Act 4


	Defy Destiny... \| home and follow your heart... Act 1 \| Act 2 \| Act 3 \| Act 4 Act 4 What if the Starlights Appeared in the R Season of Sailor Moon? Act 4 July 14 Sitting in a van, for 9 hours straight.... I need something to do to stop the insanity! Ahhh, the little things in life, crank up ELT and I'm ready to write! -Sora Miraaju [email protected] "I'm really starting to worry about Usagi," Rei said, looking at the faces of the other senshi in the room with her. "The Three Lights ... I haven't even met then yet... neither has Minako-chan, but... I think that as a group, if we try to understand them, find out why they're here, and what they are after ...That's the best thing we could do for Usagi right now." "I agree," said Ami, her eyes softening as she spoke. "If only we could have told Usagi-chan before she left..." Looking at the textbook on the short table she was seated at reminded her of what Usagi had said about being a team. "Tuxedo Kamen-sama... Why wouldn't she want him to be a part of this team?! Is it because he doesn't want Usagi-chan to be with the Lights?" Minako slammed a fist to the table and jumped up, knocking over a cup of tea. "Something has to be wrong with Usagi-chan! She can't just give up on Mamoru-san! That's why we were reborn, for Serenity-sama and Endymion-sama to be together, for us to protect them! We failed... and look at how they are now..." "Minako-chan, that's enough!" Makoto said, standing next to her. "How could we ever have guessed this would happen? Things will smooth out, and Usagi-chan will be back with Mamoru-san before you know it," Makoto finished, placing an arm on her shoulder. "I don't know," Luna said, concerned, "as long as the Lights are here ..." she left her sentence trailing. "If anything, I believe that Mamoru-san feels threatened by the Lights." "Luna, you may be onto something," Rei said, "but Usagi... I just don't get it!" "We should meet again tomorrow," said Artemis. Luna stood up and stretched. "I'll talk to Usagi-chan and see what happens." _______________ Usagi shook her head to the side, wondering why she was doing this. 'Is it because of Seiya...that... that I don't want to lose him...?' She shivered as the thought occurred to her. She glanced up looking at a three Lights Poster advertising their CD, and a sigh escaped her lips. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Our home is a far from here, a place called Kinomoku. The reason why we're here is to find..." "She's close by somewhere..." "Seiya, come on let's go!" "Fighter..." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Thinking about the looks on their faces...the desperation in their voices, saddened her, hurt her. 'Who are you searching for?' Looking up to a nearly full moon, Usagi shuddered, not from the cold but something else. 'Something's going to happened tomorrow ... I know it!' Taking off like lighting, Usagi ran to her house. Follow Day at School Usagi arrived at school a few minutes before the bell rang, surprising some that saw her in the hallway. Much to her surprise, Taiki and Yaten were standing by her desk waiting, and as usual Seiya was seated behind her desk. Usagi wasn't sure if this was a good or bad sign. Usagi walked over to her seat, waiting for them to speak. Silence. Usagi was about to sit down when one the Lights broke the quiet. "Why did you have two of your senshi attack us?" Yaten accused. "What are you talking about?" Usagi asked, confused. "All five of us were at Rei-chan's shrine before I went home!" Seiya smiled, "See? I told you Odango couldn't be behind it." "The two we saw had uniforms like yours," said Taiki in a low voice, staring into her eyes. "One was tall, short blonde hair and wore a navy blue one, the other was a bit shorter, aqua hair, and had a teal uniform." "Ring a bell?" Yaten asked, beginning to become annoyed. "I don't know anyone like that..." stammered Usagi. She backed away putting more of a distance between her, Taiki, and Yaten. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?!" Taiki shouted angrily. Usagi gulped. People around the room began to stare at them. Taiki cleared his throat and left her desk, ignoring the glances he was receiving, Yaten followed him and sat down on his chair. Usagi sighed again. Everything seemed to be going wrong. She felt a hand tap her shoulder and froze, almost afraid to turn around. "Odango, I still need to talk to you," Seiya said. Usagi nodded her head, she was about to reply when a ruler hit the front of her desk. "AAGH!" Usagi shrieked, nearly falling out of her chair. "Just because your teacher isn't here doesn't mean you can goof off," the substitute teacher remarked, picking up her ruler from the desk. Walking to the front of their room, the woman picked up the attendance book and introduced herself, "For today call me Saito-sensei." ** "Akio-san?" "Hai! "Ayanami-san?" The list went on and on. This was going to be a long day at school for Usagi. Once attendance was taken, the students were told to take out their books. A student in the back on the room snickered. Looking at her attendance book, the teacher angrily said, "Ikuhara-san, is there something you would like to share with the class?" "Where's Haruna-sensei?" Asked Ikuhara, "if she's not here, neither should we." "Why you little.." Saito angrily said standing up sharply looking at him with a cruel expression. "If that's the way you want tot play it kid, fine! I'll take your energy too!" Saito's eyes glowed an eerie red. Usagi gasped. 'No, not here! This can't be happening!' The teacher transformed into an elf like creature, with pointed ears, in a light pink dress, with a sword attached to her belt. A crooked smile plastered across her face, she raised her hand ready to snatch their energy. In a frenzy students tried to escape, only a few succeed, those sitting in the back of the classroom, a few feet away from the door. "Now give me you're energy!" Saito screamed. A knock echoed on the shut classroom door. The students looked at each other puzzled, their expression mirrored that of the driod. "Whose disturbing class?" barked Saito, lowering her arm. The door creaked open a crack, and stopped... "Who's there?" She yelled. Nothing. Saito was furious at the situation taking place inside the classroom. "Stop playing games!" A blast of energy hit her, knocking her into the black board in the front of the room. Sailor Star Healer walked in threw the door followed by Sailor Star Maker. "Quickly, everyone please leave," Star Maker instructed, while Sailor Star Healer carefully eyed the driod. A few more students were able to escape to safety before a protective grid with held the remaining teenagers inside the room. "Great," Star Healer said. Behind the barrier three senshi stood, one quickly typing on a computer and analyzing the data. Closing her mini computer shut, she said, "aim towards the actual driod, whom is the source of the grid." "STAR SERIOUS LASER!" The energy barrier was down in a matter of seconds. "Who's there?" questioned Saito. Sneering at the three before her. "School is a place of learning, where students work really hard! For disturbing the peace, we won't forgive you! Pretty sailor-suited solider Sailor Moon!" "Sailor Mercury!" "On behalf of the moon we'll punish you!" Sailor Moon and Mercury finished together in unison. "So, you're Sailor Moon..." Saito said. 'Perfect..." Out stretching a hand forward, energy gathered around her fingertips, throwing knife-like objects towards Sailor Moon, quickly moving to the side of the room, Sailor Moon avoided the onslaught. Saito smiled. She had her exactly where she wanted her. With a large leap she was in front of Sailor Moon in seconds, with her hands around her throat. Sailor Moon tried to struggle free from Saito but to no avail, her grasp was too firm. Laughing Saito pushed her against the glass, small cracks emerged behind her head... the glass was so close to shattering.... Crack! "SAILOR MOON!" Sailor Star Fighter screamed. Star Maker, and Star Healer stood there frozen, while Sailor Mercury ran to the window. The glass shards remained a few stories below, Saito slowly stood up, the fall had also taken a bit out of her. With a clenched fist, Sailor Mercury leaped out the window and gracefully landed on her feet eyeing Saito. The Starlights followed after her. Raising her hands across her chest she shouted, "SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" She hit Saito knocking her back. "Deal with the driod, I need to tend to Usagi-chan!" Quickly running over to her princess she frantically searched for a pulse, and gasped. A pulse was there, but it was very weak. Sailor Mercury slowly exhaled the breath she was holding. "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" A disk made of lighting zapped Saito back a couple feet from her prey. "I knew have gym first period would help one day," Jupiter remarked, giving Sailor Mercury a thumbs up sign. Her triumph glaze immediately turned to concern seeing Sailor Moon's form besides Mercury. Running towards her fallen comrade Jupiter asked, "Mercury is .... is she going to be all right?" "I don't know yet," Mercury responded, concern and worried plastered over her face, as well as her eyes. "We need to help the Starlights." "STAR SERIOUS LASER!" Much to her dismay, Fighter's attack was repelled back at her. "Dodging my own attack, what is this?" _______________ On a nearby rooftop Tuxedo Kamen laid unmoving, much like is princess... the pain was too much for him to bare. In time he would wake, but the battling senshi were quickly running out of it. _______________ "Still stay in the shadows?" A too familiar voice asked. Her appearance was hidden by the shadows, her aqua hair flowed with the wind. Standing there was not easy for her to do, but her partner was so stubborn... "Not yet... this distraction doesn't help... the silence is so close... but at the same time we must protect our princess! There!" The tall blond senshi pointed at the Starlights... "It is because of them all this is happening..." "We can't be in two places at once... the Princess or the silence, we must choose one..." "How can you chose between the one you swore to protect, and a power treating to swipe out everything that exists?" "You can't Haruka. All we can do at the moment is wait... no matter what the cost." _______________ Tapping her sapphire earring, a blue visor disappeared from her face. "Why? It doesn't add up! Only now has the driod starting reflecting our attacks! How has this happened?" Mercury questioned, furiously typing. Her computer hummed.... Then stopped, an answer came to her. "We have to attack the driod at once, all of us, so she can't reflect our attacks!" Mercury explained, raising her hands. "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" "STAR SENSTIVE INFERENO!" "STAR GENTILE UTERUS!" "SHINE AQUA ILLIUSION!" "STAR SERIOUS LASER!" "NNOOooooooo..." the cry was cut short as Saito shrivel to dust, a breeze blew by scattering the remains. Cheers erupted from inside the junior high, students lined up against the windows watching the senshi save the day. A siren wailed in the distance. "The teachers might have called the police or an ambulance. We should leave," Sailor Star Maker said looking at Fighter and Healer. "Please wait!" Mercury quickly said. "I'll go back to class and cover for you three if you wish, but please help Usagi-chan!" The last part sounded like a plea to the Starlights. "Sailor Moon has helped us in the past..." Sailor Star Fighter said to Sailor Star Maker, and Healer. After what seemed like an eternity to Fighter and Mercury, Maker finally spoke, "just this once." Sailor Mercury smiled. "Arigatoo!" "I have to get back too. We'll contact you later, and thank you... we'll repay you somehow," said Jupiter. The Starlights turned and started to walk away, Fighter was carrying Sailor Moon with her. "Matte!" Sailor Mercury shouted, causing them to stop and turn. "So no one follows our tracks...." Out stretching her hand in front of her she called out an attack, "SHABON SPARY!" A fog filled the area, the senshi quickly departed. Jupiter, running like lighting she had to quickly get back to her class... even though they weren't to far away from the battle, finding a place to de-transform proved to be difficult. _______________ "Kino-san, where were you?" A fellow classmate asked, seeing Makoto coming around a corner. "... I thought I dropped something, so I went back to check..." Makoto replied to her. "Minna-san, gather around," called Makoto's gym instructor, she waited a few seconds, but the chattering continued. Losing patience, she blew a whistle, having everyone's attention she continued. "We're going back inside for the rest of the period, so once we come back in change into your school uniform." Ten Minutes Later "... due to this morning events, school will be dismissed until the tomorrow morning, class dismissed." Director Ghim finished his announcement over the speaker system. "Yay!" "Wooah!" "All right!" "Yeppie!" _______________ Rising slowly, Tuxedo Kamen sat up, his head spinning in circles, he needed to find Usako, but he didn't know where to start. Standing up caused a great deal of pain that shot up his side. Taking in a sharp breath, he paused a moment waiting for the pain to die down a little, before he continued on. _______________ "You summoned me, Madame?" Asked a short girl in a white dress, a long slender tail curled up resting on part of the dress. "It's time.... go now and collect the pure starseeds!" "As you wish... Galaxia-sama." _______________ "How long do think she'll be here, eh?" Yaten asked pacing back and forth. "Seiya is looking after her...." added Taiki, "he cars about her too much... would Seiya... ever endanger our mission... no, no he won't." "He better not! I think Seiya wants to find the Princess as much as we do, but our Princess' image is being confused with Sailor Moon." Yaten pondered. Stopping for a brief moment as another thought occurred to him. "But, what of Sailor Moon? How could someone like her possess such a great power?" "I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't. It's only a matter of time until Galaxia reaches this galaxy. Are their powers strong enough? What if..." "Hey wait," Yaten said cutting off Taiki, "as you've said before, stop wonder about the what if? We need to worry about the here and now." _______________ The time was 6pm, nine hours after the attack... Sailor Moon began to stir a bit, slowly her eyes opened. Her surrounds unfamiliar, her head throbbing... while her mind tried to recall what happened, and how she ended up in this predicament. Moving just the slight's bit caused a pain that shot up, rubbing her shoulder, trying to relax it, she slowly stood up and walked a few steps away from the bed. The door began to open in front of Usagi. Usagi froze, her heart beating inside her chest wildly. The door opened all the way, to reveal Seiya standing there. Usagi left out the breath she was holding, "Where am I?" "Odango, you're all right!" Seiya said walking up to her. "When did you wake up? How do you feel?" "I got up a few minutes ago, I'm okay... I guess," responded Usagi. "What happened after I was thrown threw the window?" Seiya quickly filled Usagi in on what happened. "I've been out that long?!" Usagi exclaimed, "wow... is Ami-chan here, or Mako-chan?" "No," Yaten said, coming in from the open door. "Now that you're awake and better, I suggest you leave, Tsukino-san." Taiki's tone had a cold, sharp edge to it. Usagi wasn't about to question them. "Arigatoo... for helping me," Usagi said. Taiki closed the front door behind her. "We have to find the princess, Taiki and I think Galaxia will be striking soon," Yaten told Seiya, facing him he added, "alone." "It would be best if we went to the park, we found her scent there last," suggested Taiki, pulling out his brooch, he called his henshin phrase, Seiya and Yaten following. _______________ Usagi was only a few blocks away from the Starlight's apartment, when she bumped into a petite young woman in a black-striped suit. "Gomen nasai." "Hmm," the woman replied. 'Why don't she watch where she's going?' A smile creep across her face, as a thought occurred. 'I have just the thing for her.' "Hey wait!" Usagi turned around, a little surprised wondering what the lady wanted. "Could you do me a favor?" she asked. "Nani?" "Show me your starseed!" Throwing off her suit, revealing her senshi fuku she laughed. "Galaxia-sama will be happy when I give her a true starseed!" Sailor Iron Mouse happily said. <snap, snap> "Huh? Huh? What's going on?" Sailor Iron Mouse looking around, trying to determine where the noise was coming from. "Penetrating the darkness of night . . ." "The air of freedom breaks through . . ." "We are the three sacred shooting stars . . ." "Sailor Star Fighter!" "Sailor Star Maker!" "Sailor Star Healer!" "Sailor Starlights, stage on!" "More Sailor Senshi? You should have joined Galaxia-sama like I did!" Iron Mouse said mocking them. "Sailor Galaxia will destroy the galaxy like she did to ours!" Sailor Star Maker argued with her. "Humph! I've be back," announced Iron Mouse as a red telephone booth appeared behind her. Getting in she said, "ja!" The door slammed shot, and vanished. "What is going on?" Usagi asked, her eyes wide with fear. "What is a starseed?" "So it has begun with Galaxia," Sailor Star Healer said. Her eyes wide, pondering of the events yet to come. "A starseed is everyone's source of power, without it, you die," explained Star Maker. Taking a deep breath, she continued, "Tsukino-san, now that Galaxia has arrived... I think it would be best to join forces." Star Maker sugguested. Looking over at Star Fighter, and Star Healer they nodded their heads in agreement. Making over to Usagi, she and Maker where about to shake hands. "WORLD SHAKING!" "Who's there?" Sailor Star Fighter questioned. Appearing out of the shadows were Sailor Neptune and Uranus. "Hey! You're the one's that attack us yesterday!" shouted Star Healer getting into an attacking posision. "You're the reason all of this is happening. The silence is coming, we won't let you near our princess!" Uranus said, prepared to attack again. Usagi gasped. 'What are they talking about. ** Saito, Ikuhara... heh heh... anyone know what anime I'm referring to? Ghim... I watched Lodess again, what can I say? Short, I know.... Two huge scenes were taken out to be put into act 5.... hmmm that's about it! Sora