Moon Will Rise Again
Episode 3: The Death
Up in space, the seven deadly senshi were busy arguing and yelling at each other. Nothing seem to be getting done, that is until Anger spoke out, "What the hell were you doing, Sailor Lust!" She didn't bother looking at anyone but Lust who was busy taking her left glove off to file her nails.
"I don't know what you mean, Sailor Anger." Lust said as she blew on her nails before filing them again.
"YOU WERE HITTING UP ON NEO MOON! OUR ENEMY!!" Anger screamed as the whole room began to shake.
Everyone coward in fear as they held onto each other, while Sloth was busy crying as always. Lust wasn't effected by the whole room shaking as she continued to file her nails, "Hey, I can't help but who I am. I'm Lust...I can't help but look at a pretty figure or face and fall for it. I mean didn't you see those Knights, TO DIE FOR!" She giggled like a school girl until Anger took her nail filer away and tossed it to the side.
"I don't care if they were super models from another planet! We need to get down to business! We can't have another failure, you understand?!" Anger glares over to everyone, wanting to make sure she was crystal clear.
They nodded their heads, until the room became darkened and the hologram of a young woman appears upon the table. "The Lord is getting tired of waiting! He wants energy right now!" Everyone just stared at the hologram, almost in fear to say something. "Very well..if no one will volunteer then I will pick, Sailor Pride.." She points over to the purple style dark senshi off in the corner trying to fix her skirt and hair.
"ME?!" Pride blinks as she turns to face everyone, only to see everyone look back at her in disgust.
"Yes, you..and if you fail..don't bother coming back. The Lord will be tired of waiting!" The hologram turns off after the final word is given, the lights turn back on and everyone is staring at Pride as if waiting for her to do something.
"Um....well....bye!" Pride smiles weakly, as she waves and disappears into a puff of black smoke.
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Meanwhile back on Earth, it was a Saturday and Kurisutura knew she could sleep in and that's what she just did. She smiled in her sleep as she dreamed about her love and them together back in the Palace. As she slept, Diana came in through the window and leaped onto the bed which woke up Kurisutura.
"Huh? What? Oh..Diana...its you.." Kurisutura said before pulling the covers over her head and trying to go back to sleep. "Leave me alone, Diana!"
"But we have a meeting, Princess..you need to be there with the others!" Diana padded over to where the Princess's head was and started to paw at it to try and make her get up. "Please, princess. We need to defeat this enemy. There have been more recent attacks on people but when we get there they are gone. People are in the hospital now because of this enemy. Please!"
"All right!!" Kurisutura sat up as she rubs her sleep eyes before climbing out of bed, taking a shower and getting dressed. "Lets go, Diana.." But her voice didn't seem happy about leaving her nice warm bed or maybe it was her dream that she seemed so down.
When they arrived at Harumoni Uncle's mansion, the boys were there as well. Kurisutura walked over to Toshiro and wrapped her arms around him, holding him close. He returned it as he looked down at her in sadness before looking over to everyone else and Luna who was on the table.
Luna waited for everyone to be seats or at least stand still while she opened the meeting up. "All right..last night was very close..we almost lost our Princess and it won't happen again." She looked over to Kurisutura who just didn't seem interested in the whole meeting. "And secondly..the enemy has up their attacks on the humans on earth. I fear that who ever is controlling these Dark Senshi they are desperate to find you guys."
Artemis came up beside Luna and nodded his head in agreement, "We also learned their name..they are the Seven Deadly Senshi. Anger, Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust and Pride. These seven were created by the enemy to help find energy. They are what they say they are and they are very powerful. It seems thanks to us, they have up their attacks on the people on earth..and we must stop it by any means. Now..we are going to split up into teams of two. You will find them and call everyone when you found the enemy. Okay? Do not attempt to attack the enemy..they are too powerful for you guys."
They just nodded their heads and teamed up with their loves. Once everyone was teamed up they all headed off to find the enemy. Kurisutura and Toshiro were the only ones left in the garden now. Artemis, Diana, Luna and Orion split up to help on the search as well.
"We should get going, Kurisko.." Toshiro smiled gently down upon her before moving to leave the mansion.
"All right.." Kurisutura nodded her head, knowing mopping around wouldn't get anyone anywhere. She narrowed her eyes and ran after Toshiro to follow him.
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Chibi-Rei and Isas stood there together, looking in different directions as people passed them by on the sidewalk. "This is going to harder then finding a needle in a hay-stack." Isas said calmly as he continues to look around, trying to avoid coming in contact with the people.
"Tell me about it..but I don't understand..why do you get to keep your name..and we have to change it?" Chibi-Rei asked as she continues to look around, while walking beside Isas.
"Um...that's easy? Since the enemy is looking for you guys and not us..we can act like we are normal in every kind of way, sort of speak." Isas said, making his words sound more confusing then ever.
"So what your saying is..that they are after us..and not you guys, right?"
"That's it sugar cakes." He grinned from ear to ear until he saw the cold glare coming from Chibi-Rei. "Right..I forgot..you don't like to be called that..hehe.." He chuckled nervously.
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Michiko and Huyu were on the other side of the city, they both stood there looking around as best they could. Michiko pulled out her tiny computer, just like how her mother use to do and began to scan the area around them to see if there was any enemy near by.
Huyu looked over to Michiko, seeing her so serious made him even more nervous as he stood beside her. He then looked away or tried to act like he wasn't looking at her when he saw her look in his direction.
"Huyu-kun..you don't have to act nervous around me, you know?" Michiko said calmly as she looked back down at her computer, scanning every nook and cranny.
"I know, Ran-chan..but..I can't help it. When I'm around you I get all nervous inside!" Huyu looked back at her, and went around to her back to look over her shoulder. "Now..lets see where this enemy is. Any luck?"
"None...damn it!" Michiko puts her tiny computer away into her pants pocket.
"This is going to be hopeless! There has to be a faster way!"
"Well..the best we can do is look around. Come on.." Huyu grabbed Michiko's hand and headed off down the sidewalk, to look for the enemy.
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A young woman wearing a buisness like outfit, but of course it was purple, and her hair was up in a spiky pony tail. She narrows her eyes as she stood on the street corner, watching the people move about with their buisness.
"This isn't fair! Why do I have to go and do this and the others don't get punished at all!" The young woman said coldly as she crosses her arms across her chest. "Oh well..I might as well get something done." Lowering her hands down by her side and walks passed Chibi-Rei.
Chibi-Rei stops suddenly as she looks around, but by the time she looked the woman was gone.
"Akana-chan..is something wrong?" Isas asked when he saw her look around.
"Didn't you feel that?" Chibi-Rei replies back with another question, looking over to him with a confused face.
"No..what did you feel?" Isas looked around but didn't see anyone that looked suspicious.
"Never mind...maybe it was nothing. I guess I'm just a little jumpy..come on!" Chibi-Rei paused for a second to look behind her then marched on ahead, while Isas calling behind her asking the same question over and over again, what did you feel?
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The same young woman arrived at a little arts and graft school. She knew this would be a great place to gather energy. She walked inside and waved her hand over the papers on the table, and other arts supplies. A teacher came over and asked what she was doing but the woman glared over to the woman and grinned devilishly.
"Maybe I can use you.." The woman blew a kiss of dark energy to the teacher and when the teacher took in a deep breathe the dark energy took over the teacher and made her into one of their slaves. "Now..get as many people as you can into the class. Kids, Students, and Adults alike..I want them all! My pride is in affect to this!"
The teacher gave a nod of her head and turned, walking over to make posters for the school. The woman grinned as she snapped her fingers, out of a split second she was dressed as a art teacher. Kurisutura and Toshiro were walking down the same street as the little art school. Kurisutura saw a teacher come out and post up a poster for the school.
"Toshi-chan! Look!" Kurisutura shouted as she rushed over to the where the poster and the teacher was. She read it out loud to herself, while Toshiro came up behind to read it along with her silently. "Free Art lessons today. Come in and make great art just like the pros." Kuristura squealed with joy as she turned to Toshiro, "Can we Toshi-chan! Please!!"
Toshiro scanned over the poster several times, as if he was looking for some mistake or that it sounded too good to be true. "Hoshiko..you know your suppose to call me Ryoko, okay?" He shook his head in disgust when she called him by his real name. Though he didn't answer her question.
"I know, but none of them.." Kurisutura coughs as people passed by, watching them closely before looking up at Toshiro.
"Yes, that's true. I guess you can call me, Toshiro from now on." Toshiro nodded his head, knowing Kurisutura was right about the enemy not knowing who they were since it was only the Six Princess they were after. "And no we can't. We have a job to do and we have to do it, Hoshiko."
"But, Toshi-chan! We are working! I mean look at it! No one would give a free lesson for learning art!" Kurisutura points to the poster again, looking from it then to Toshiro with pleading eyes.
"All right! All right! We'll go inside and check it out. Just stop with those puppy dog eyes. You know I hate it when you do that!" Toshiro looked away, then looked back after a few seconds had passed to see if Kurisutura stopped giving those eyes.
Kurisutura cheers happily as she grabs Toshiro's left hand and runs into the building. Inside looked rather normal, all the teachers were hovering around their students. Giving them pointers on how to make something look right or drawing the trees or something else. The two looked around carefully or rather at least Toshiro did, but Kuristura was jumping up and down wanting to paint or draw or something instead of just standing around.
A young woman with spiky dark purple hair tied up into a pony tail and light purple eyes, wearing a dark purple buisness teachers outfit gave a warm but yet dark smile. "Hello! Would you like to join our lesson? Remember the poster said Free and we do not lie here."
"Yes, we like to join the free lesson. I wanna draw like a pro!" Kurisutura smiles warmly to the young woman, though she didn't like the aura she got off of this teacher.
Toshiro leans forward to Kurisutura and whispers to her, "Hoshiko, I don't trust this lady. Just be careful while I look around, okay?" He looked at her for a second to see her nod her head once but she still smiled to the lady as if nothing happened. "Excuse me, where is the mans restroom?"
The lady looked at him rather curiously, as if he was trying to escape, but she pointed down the hall way, "Its down the hallway to the left, you can not miss it. Please hurry back. Our lesson is almost over with." She kept smiling as she directed Kurisutura to one of the drawing tables and told one of the assistant teachers to help Kurisutura in her drawing.
While the lady was busy, Toshiro decided to look around for a second. He didn't seem to trust all this beauty and what not. It didn't seem normal for a art school this fancy to give away free lessons. He made his way down the hallway and saw the restrooms to his left but to his right he saw another door marked DO NOT ENTER. He didn't like when things told him not to do something, and being curious he had to go and find out what was behind that door. He walked over to the door and opened it up slowly, peaking inside he didn't see much really. It was pitch black as he stepped inside, the door closed behind him which also closed what light was left. But when the door finally closed, lights came on or rather torches lite up.
"What in the world?" He whispered to himself as he saw a long cave like tunnel going on and on, and it seem to never end. As he walked down the long tunnel, he saw a door to his left and opened that one up. What he saw, made him scared for his life. People were hooked up to what look like machines that seem to be draining their energy life right out of them. It looked rather painful, since he saw the expression upon the faces inside the tubes. They were of pain and horror, some were even crying because of the pain they were feeling. "I have to stop this.." He closed the door and made his way down the hallway to find the storage area. While he was going down the hallway, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed Kurisutura's number. He put the phone to his ear and heard it ring, "Please, Kurisko..answer the phone.."
In the classroom, Kurisutura was having the time of her life painting on the white paper that they gave her. She laughed, that is until she heard her cell phone ring. "Excuse me.." She said as she picked up her purse and walked over to a quiet area outside the classroom. Answering the phone, she put it to her ear. "Hello?"
"Oh thank god!" Said Toshiro over the end of the phone, he seemed out of breathe and scared.
"Toshi-chan,what's wrong?" Kurisutura seem a little nervous by the fact of his voice.
"Get out of here and get the others. The enemy is stationing itself here to gather energy! I knew I felt something wrong when we came in here. Now go! I'll try and find the storage area." Toshiro spoke as calmly as possible.
"Wait!" Kurisutura called out over the phone to him, hoping he didn't hang up the phone.
"No, Kurisko! You can't come with. Now go and get out of here while you still can! GO!" Toshiro called out as Kurisutura went go and say something else, she heard the dead sound over the other end.
She let out a heavy sigh of air as she felt someone behind her. Quickly she put her phone back in her purse and turned around to see the Lady again. "OH, hi!" She smiles brightly as she backed up a little away from the lady.
"Do you wish to continue your lesson, Miss?" The Lady took a step forward towards Kurisutura, still smiling her dark smile.
"Um, actually..my mother called me and said that I have to get home right now. Help with dinner and setting the table." Kurisutura laughs as she took another step towards the front door. "So, I'll be going now."
"Well..I would let you go but my pride is in effect and I'm sorry, but no one leaves without giving in!" The lady grins devilishly as she snaps her fingers, shudders come down in front of the door and over the windows. Blocking any entry or exit.
Kurisutura turns as she looks around in fear, then back over to the lady who seem to be now in a senshi form but more darker and colder. She gasps in shock as she stumbles back a little.
"Now..you will give your energy to the Dark Lord!" Pride said as she held up her hand towards Kurisutura.
"Um..sorry but I need to go!" Kurisutura ran passed Pride as fast as possible, which made Pride very angry as she heard the senshi call out for her zombie students and zombie teachers to go and catch her. "Oh dear!" Quickly Kurisutura got her phone out again and calls Chibi-Rei. "Chibi-Rei! Hurry! The enemy is at the little art school! Quickly! Get everyone!"
"Right." Chibi-Rei replied back over the other end of the phone and then it went dead.
Kurisutura put her phone away and went towards the right, where it said DO NOT ENTER. She quickly burst her way through the door and ran down the tunnel hallway. Quickly she found a door and went inside, pushing the door closed and hard as possible. Hoping that would keep the enemy out, that is until she heard groaning and moaning coming from inside that same room she was in. She slowly turned and saw more students reaching out towards her, they were sort of like zombies. "Oh my god!!" She called out in fear, then shook her head quickly.
Get your act together, Kurisutura! You need to transform! She thought to herself as she pulled out her locket from inside her purse and held it up into the air. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
The locket opened to show golden crystal in the locket, which starts to shine golden bright then the shower of gold takes over Kurisutura's body. Her gloves appear first as she holds them over her head. Then she waves her left hand over her feet for her golden pumps to appear next. As she stands up golden ribbons form over her body to show her two piece fuku. Then her bows on her back and front appear soon after that her tiara, earrings and her other accessories finish off her fuku. She
poses at the finish of her transformation and narrows her eyes towards the enemy coming towards her. "I won't let the planet be destroyed..I can't let it happen. My family and friends are counting on me!" When she said that, the zombie like people just stopped in their tracks and a dark figure appears in front of them, in the darkness. "Who's there?!" Neo Moon calls out as she clinches her hands tightly into fists, more of fear then of rage.
"Your nightmare.." Pride said clamly as she walks out into the light then crossing her arms across her chest. "So you are Neo Moon...daughter of the dead Queen and dead King..how sad that the daughter shall meet the same fate as her parents." She laughs with a devilish grin.
"They aren't dead!" Neo Moon screams out in anger as tears came to her eyes.
"Oh, don't insult my pride, Dear Princess." Pride stands there as she waves her hand for the Zombies to go after her. "Take her and we'll make her one of us."
"What?!" Neo Moon stands there in horror as she watches the human like zombies come towards her. 'I can't let this happen...I'm not going to fall because of them..my parents are alive..I know!'
"Chiyu.." She calls out as she holds up her hand into the air as a specter, just sort of like mothers appears. She spins the specter around in the air as she twirls, calling out,"Moon Dream!" When she finishes her gathering of the energy, she points it to the people like zombies coming towards her and a golden heart shoots out of the tip and the energy of the attack seems to calm the people and turn them back to the people they once were.
"What...where am I?" Some of the people standing there as they start to come to.
"Everyone! Quickly, leave!" Neo Moon calls out as she opens the door again for everyone to leave. No one asked who she was or anything, on everyone's mind right now was to escape.
"Very clever..but not clever enough!" Pride grins as she suddenly appears in front of Neo Moon and grabs the nap of her neck. "You see..if I don't kill you now..my pride will get to me and make me hunt you down. And really I don't wanna go through that trouble at all." Neo Moon whines as she tries to get her scepter towards the girl's face but it seem like the girl is draining her of her pride. "See..what I told you, Princess..you'll end up just like your parents. Dead!"
"Kasai Dragon!" A voice shouted as a dragon filled with flames came out of no where and burned Pride enough to let go of Neo Moon, thankfully the flames didn't hurt Neo Moon at all.
Pride turns to see the four senshi's with a young man in a silver knight outfit standing at the door. "Damn you!!" She calls out weakly as she holds out a dark diamond and throws it to the ground. "Shadow Lucifer!" And out of the crystal comes a rather handsome young man with black wings. "Go and destroy them! Then you will prove yourself worthy.." She grins devilishly as she stood there to watch her master plan at work.
