First off, I'd like to wish to anyone who reads this that you will enjoy reading what I have wrote for you. I have about 2 other stories, sequal actaully, to this story, so if enough people complain about this one, I'll post them :) This post contains Chapters One and Two, and the next post contains Chapters Three and Four, for the convienance of the reader. Questions and Comments should be sent to CHOCOBO413@aol.com The Sailor Scouts are property of Naoko Takeuchi and all of her little companys that handle everything for her. Under a Chaotic Moon Written By Chris "Chocobo" Carpenter Prologue A stranger came trudging down the street, the rain the only sound, his evil aura chilling the hearts of all that saw him. For he was Gibbous, a long descendent of the Moon Kingdom, with a mission in his dark soul. He raised his left hand. At the same time, the rain's pounding became stronger, hail like. He smiled as he felt the shatter of the pounding rain against his cold body; immense pain never bothered him. He entered a small restaurant, the patrons and workers all looked at the tall man with uneasiness in their eyes. Gibbous slowly unsheathed the blade from under his cloak. He walked towards to who looked like an employee, his wet boots clashing with linoleum on the floor. "What do you think you're doing?" The young employee's last words were just that. Gibbous used no effort to chop the employee's head like a guillotine. He then thrust the sword into a young girl who was screaming, silencing her for eternity. Her scream let out a warning for the rest, as they all fled. All except one, a female sitting in the corner. She looked sickly at all of the blood, then looked at Gibbous. "Gibbous?" she asked with a sweet tone in her voice, "when we find a place to stay, do you think we could....maybe we could have sex.....?" Maia trailed off. "Damn it Maia, I didn't come here for you! And I wouldn't do it with you, anyway." He shoved Maia away from him. "We have to complete the objective before we do anything!" "Yes, but why not just......" Gibbous slapped Maia. "Tonight we rest. Tomorrow we find the Sailor Scouts." Maia rubbed her bright red cheek . She looked at Gibbous scornfully, then remembered not to disrespect her master. She stood up and walked out. Gibbous began to look at his sword with an excited look. He kicked one of his victims' body and followed Maia out the door. Under a Chaotic Moon Episode 1: Sailor Two Serena hit the alarm clock; it didn't stop singing "Foggy Twilight". She tried to hit it again, but hit Luna instead, who was sleeping next to it. "OOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!" Luna screeched as she fell on the floor, making a solid thud sound as she landed. Serena awoke from Luna's yelling. "Luna, why'd you have to wake me up! It's Saturday! See?" Serena pointed to her Sailor V calendar, with a red "X" over the days that have passed. She noticed that Friday hadn't been crossed off. "NNNOOO! It's Friday!" She bolted out of bed, her hair miles behind her. She jumped into her school clothes, grabbed some toast, and ran out. It took her 3 minutes to get to school, for she forgot her school books. She even forgot to shower! "Serena...huff...puff." Luna rushed up to Serena, out of kitty breath. "You still have a half an hour before school starts!" Serena sulked. "Well, I...uh...wanted to study for the test so I could get an 'A'. Yeah, that's it." She stood triumphantly, knowing she fooled her cat, which is an achievement for she who never achieves. "Hello.......Sailor Moon." A tall, dark man appeared. Serena looked up to see he was floating in the air. "Ms. Moon, must I make an appointment?." Sarcasm was dripping from his voice. "Who....how did you know?" Serena looked at Luna, shocked. Luna was in the same state of confusion. "How many other girls have that same goofy haircut? As for me, I am Gibbous, the one whose name will ring throughout the Universe as the one who defeated the Sailor Scouts!" Serena wondered aloud to Luna. "We're known through out the Universe? Cool!" Gibbous raised his left hand. A strange wind began to flap violently through his long black hair; his black cape shook violently. "This will be the end of Sailor Moon! Or perhaps the beginning......" He raised both of his hands. A strange orb of mysterious energy appeared in his grasp. "Moon Crystal Power!" Serena shouted as she held up the Silver Imperial Crystal. At the moment, however, Gibbous launched the ball of energy at Serena during her transformation from school girl to super heroine. Serena got knocked to the grassy courtyard, next to the flag pole. "Serena!" Luna began to bite at Gibbous leg. "What are you doing!?!" "Just watch, kitten." Gibbous pointed at the fallen Serena. But there were two girls in the place of the crumpled body: Serena and Sailor Moon! Luna wasn't able to speak. Gibbous threw his head back in laughter. He kicked Luna off of him; she fell into the grassy school yard, giving her a soft landing. Sailor Moon began to stand up. "You're moon dusted, Nega.....uh......you're from the NegaVerse, right?" She pointed at him, her pinkie and index finger on the other hand sticking out. "Either way, you're going down, Scouts Honor!" She took out the Moon Scepter. "Oh no, not the MOON SCEPTER. I better leave." Gibbous said with a laugh as he began to flee. "No you don't!" Sailor Moon began to chase down Gibbous. Luna awoke just in time to see Sailor Moon run off. "Wait! Don't go!" Luna wailed as Sailor Moon's image began to disappear from view. Luna trotted over to Serena, still lying on the grass, weak as a bunny. "Two Serenas'? Who was that guy, and why is he here? I better alert the other scouts." She tried to bring Serena back to consciences, but couldn't. Luna hatched an idea in that cat brain of hers: "I'll hide Serena, and find Lita and Amy when school starts." She began to drag Serena by her hair into the dumpster area where it's nice and dark (and too smelly for anyone to go) when a young woman appeared. "Okay, gimme the scout!" She held out her hand, as if she was expecting for Luna to pick up Serena and hand her over. Luna growled. "Who are you?" "No hesitation! Give her to me now!" "Never!" Luna began to drag Serena away from the strange woman. "You're funeral." The woman snatched Luna up and threw the cat with all her strength. Luna soared past Tokyo. The woman began to pick up Serena. She began to laugh to herself. "Gibbous sure will be proud of me now!" Serena began to wake up. "Oh no! Not now!" The school bell began to sound. "No! I'll have to get her later!" Jovian disappeared, leaving Serena where she lay. As the students began to walk into the dungeon they call school, some of them noticed Serena, her clothes soiled from the grass, began to stand up weakly. "Uh...what happened?" Serena began to feel dizzy. At that point Lita and Amy began towards Serena. "What happened, get here to fast?" Lita said sarcastically. Serena fell over onto Lita's shoulder. "Let's take her to the nurse." Amy suggested. The two of them carried Serena on their shoulder into the school, towards the Nurse's Office. * * * Raye, Mina, Artemis, and Lita waited at the Cherry Hill Temple for both Serena and Amy. "What is this for anyway? I got chores to do!" Raye started to complain. She began to look angrily around the temple, looking for the duo. "Sheez Raye! Amy might know what happened to Serena this morning!" Mina began to look angrily around too. Everyone was very impatient that day. "Finally! There's Amy....but where's Serena?" Raye had a look of worry in her eyes, which is rare, considering how Raye despises Serena. Amy came running at top speed. She stopped short of Lita. "Serena is at the hospital! The Nurse said she was too weak, and they needed to see what was wrong," Amy said in one breath. All the scouts looked at each other shocked. "Where's Luna?" Artemis asked. "Maybe she might know why Serena is so sick?" A dead silence fell over the lot. They seemed too scared to answer. "We'll have to talk to Serena tomorrow at the hospital if we can. How about we all meet there at 6:15 tomorrow? That's when the visiting time starts." Amy suggested. "We might not be able to see her if she's in bad enough shape." Lita's voice is not without concern. "We'll see. But for now girls, let's try to stay alert. It could be something from the Nega Verse." Artemis thought of where Luna could be. "Whatever it is, we have to be ready." * * * Jovian stared angrily at Maia as Gibbous approached the two women. "Part one of our plan is in effect. Sailor Moon is out looking for me after I ditched her." Gibbous looked away from the girls. "That will keep her busy for now. Even if she does find us, the twins or Ace can deal with her. But she will soon run out of energy without her alter-ego." His black cape turned with him as he spun around. "Maia, it is your job to find the identity of the other scouts. Jovian, you will go to the hospital. There you shall finish off the sailor girl." Jovian's brown eyes, never taken off Maia, showed hatred as Maia went over to Gibbous and hugged him. "Gibb's," Maia began, "Do you think we can have time to relax together? You never answer me...." She asked quietly as Jovian stormed out of the hideout (which used to be the old Juuban Planetary), feeling a sense of sickness in her stomach. "Gibb's, do you think we can have time to relax together!" Jovain mimicked. "If I have to listen to another one of her whines, I'll go on a killing spree!" At that moment a hand graced Jovian's face. It is the hand of Gibbous, pulling her face toward his own, trying to kiss her. ""What the hell are you trying to do? I don't want you!." Jovian pushed Gibbous away from her. Gibbous began to walk away from the angry Jovian, still standing there. "You know that you're the one I want," he grabbed her cleavage. "What was that!?" She slapped Gibbous in the right side of his face. "Don't you ever do that again!" Gibbous looked at Jovian angrily and walked off. Jovian pushed back her pony tailed, white hair from her eyes, eyes which were filled with disgust. She began to walk away from the planetarium, her brown, short cape flapping behind her sailor outfit with the brown trim. In the distance, Sailor Moon watched, her body slowly becoming weak from the energy loss. "Ah ha! I've got them now!" Without the fear or rationality of her alter-ego, Sailor Moon jumped down from her spying place and traveled towards the hideout. * * * As Sailor Moon entered the run down planetarium, a chill ran down her back; little did she know it was not fear, but her power slowly slipping from her. The place hadn't been used in years, which could be seen from the walls, which were cracked and peeled. Sailor Moon walked further into the hideout. The traveling heroine came across a huge picture of a the moon; at the base of this picture were two girls, about 6 in age, wearing little light brown dresses with bonnets. "This is our home." The first twin blurted out as she pointed to the Moon picture. "Where is your home?" "Her home is here" the other twin looked at Sailor Moon. "She belongs to us now! Let's play with her now!" The twins began to approach Sailor Moon "Who are you........" at that moment Sailor Moon could feel her energy depleting. She tried to walk away from the approaching fiends, but was to weak. Sailor Moon lay there, unconscience. "We didn't even have to do anything!" Deimos looked at her twin Phobos. "We're good!" Under A Chaotic Moon Episode 2: They Don't Teach Insanity in School "Okay class, your homework last night was to read pages 45-97 in your......is it just me, or is something missing?" Miss Haruna, the "School Wench" as she is called, looked around her classroom. "Oh yes, Serena is sick in the hospital...." a sad look appeared on her face, but only to mask the joy she felt. Serena, the thorn in her side, was gone, and possibly going to die. This brought joy to an already mentally unstable woman. The school bell rung. All the kids ran out. Miss Haruna wondered why she didn't ask for the homework at the BEGINNING of class. Another school day ended, this time without a vein coming out of Patricia Haruna's head from 'The Hurricane'. "I'm just going to go home and relax," she thought to herself as she walked out to her car. But there was already someone in the car. A woman with short brown hair, wearing what seemed to be a dark blue trimmed sailor outfit. "Hey!" Haruna shrieked, "That's my car! Come back here!" The car began to peel out of the parking lot. "Eat my dust, woman!" Maia called back, "You are not worthy of such a vehicle. See ya!" She drove away. Miss Haruna closed her eyes. "This is not happening, not happening, not........THAT SLUT STOLE MY CAR!" Faster than any teacher has ever run, she began to chase down her car. She began to leave a trail of flames behind her as she dodged between cars and motorcycles. But she was no match for her (now Maia's)Convertible Thunder Mach. Maia threw back her head in laughter as she scooted away from the angry teacher. "Gibbous will like my gift to him! Now if I can find the identity's of the Sailor Scouts, he will love me more!" Maia began to dream of a herself in a wedding dress, her husband Gibbous looking into her blue eyes, dazed with love. "Sigh" "It will never happen." Maia turned to see Jovian in the passenger seat of the car. "You and Gibbous? Never!" Maia glowered at the smug intruder "You....you can't tell me how my life will be! I know he loves me! I can see it in his eyes!" Jovian blinked, then laughed hysterically. "Maia, he grabbed my cleavage. I wouldn't consider that loyalty to you." A look of confusion and fear came over Maia. A thud was heard from the back of the car. Both of the woman looked back and saw nothing....until Miss Haruna pulled herself up from the bumper and into the car. "I have you know!" "Nuisance!" Maia slammed the breaks, and Miss Haruna stumbled into the front seat. "No one shall stand in my way to get Gibbous!" Maia cupped her hands in front of her face, as if praying. "Haaaaaail Storm!" She shouted. Out of nowhere, it began to hail. She kicked Haruna out into the hail storm, then pushed Jovian out too. "We'll see who gets Gibbous......" Maia muttered as she put the top of the car up and drove away. The hail became less painful as it began to melt, but Haruna was still in the street, stunned. Stunned and VERY confused....... Jovian walked over to the bruised teacher. "Pathetic civilians....ha!" She began to walk in the direction of the hospital. As she did, she looked back at Maia's car, now far behind her, and actaully took pity on Maia. * * * The Cherry Hill Temple: Place of partying and praying. But not today. Grandpa was still asleep when Raye came home from school. Chad was off flirting with some of the girls visiting the temple, as he always did before Raye came back. Raye came up the temple steps to see her perverted grandfather snoring loudly. "Grandpa! Wake up......." her exclamation was cut short by the sound of a woman outside. A woman shouting "Die Nega Scum!!!!!" Raye rushed outside to see what was going on. "You're scaring me!" A young girl visiting the temple screeched. Miss Haruna was dressed in full Sailor regalia, pointing at the frightened youngster. "I am Sailor Mars, and you shall pay for your crimes against love and justice! Feel my true power!" Sailor Haruna pulled out a detention slip and threw it at the girl. "MARS FIREBALL CHARGE!!!!" she yelled as the young girl ran away. "Ha! Another evil sent away from this world! I'm HOT! Get it? HOT! HA HA!" The impersonator laughed to herself. "What is going on, you're making us lose business...whatever business that is. Who do you think you are anyway!" Raye stood her ground, waiting for the crazy to attack. "I'm Sailor Mars! My mission is to defeat all Nega Verse goons! If you try to stop me, I'll give you some fire therapy!" "Hmmmmm......." Raye thought to herself. "I have to use that one." Raye slowly backed into the house. "I better call the police so they can sedate this creep. Or maybe........" Sailor Mars went into the temple, found the bathroom, and pulled out her Transformation Wand. "MARS POWER!" The Mirror began to shake; the commode was almost taken of the ground as Reye transformed into the real Sailor Mars. "I'll have some fun with her first." The bathroom door was kicked down; Sailor Mars rushed out to confuse the teacher by showing her the REAL Sailor Mars. "Heh heh....this outta be funny!" she concluded as she greeted the pretend avenger outside. "I am Sailor Mars!" "No, I am Sailor Mars!" "No, I am Sailor Mars!" "Do you have powers like mine?" "Do you have powers like mine?" Sailor Haruna's makeshift sailor suit split down the back. "Ha! See, I am the real Sailor Mars!" Reye laughed and pointed at Miss Haruna in her embarrassed state. "But.....I am! I was transformed after being knocked out of the Doom Chariot! While it was raining needles of ice!" Miss Haruna began to feel dizzy. "Doom Chariot....what the? What am I......AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" She looked down at her sailor costume. "What happened to me...." Miss Haruna fainted. She plummeted to the cold concrete. "That was weird.....maybe the NegaVerse is brainwashing people!" Sailor Mars reverted back to her normal self. "Maybe I should do I fire reading to make sure." * * * "What the hell is this?" Gibbous looked at the car that was once a lonely school teachers'. "It's.....it's a gift." Maia slowly said, trying not to anger Gibbous anymore. "It's worthless. I send you to find the identity's of the other scouts, and you bring me back a car? If I didn't need you to complete our mission, I would kill you for your incompetence." Gibbous walked over to Maia and punched her in the stomach. She winced and fell to the floor, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "I....thought..." Maia grabbed her stomach in pain. "I thought you loved me......." She looked at Gibbous, this time she was crying. "Hmmmm, then you thought wrong. Why would I even like you? Look at you, crying. What a baby." Gibbous kicked the car, leaving a large dent in it. "But.........." Maia whispered, then stopped, held her stomach, and kept on crying on the floor. "Attention everyone!" Jovian, playing poker with Ace, didn't bother to turn her head. Ace, on the other hand, turned at the sound of Gibbous strong, loud voice. She turned so quickly that she dropped a couple of hidden cards, tucked inside of her red and blue mini-skirt. "Hey! No fair cheating!" Jovian threw her cards down in the table, face up. Her hand had a 10 of Spades, a King of Hearts, a 5 of Hearts, an 8 of Diamonds, and another King, this time a Club. "Oh...and....um....this." Jovian threw down a 4 of Clubs from under the table. The twins Phobos and Deimos were napping while on guard duty, so they couldn't see when Gibbous kicked over the card table. Sailor Moon lay in a cage, unconscience from energy loss. "Listen up!" Gibbous stepped on the card table, breaking it in two. "I have a proposition for you. Whoever among you finds the identity's of the Sailor Scouts, I will make it worth their while. "Yes, my master,." Ace busted in. "I will find their identities for you!" Ace began dealing to Jovian over at another, smaller table. "If you could all be more like Ace...." Gibbous was about to push Jovian out of her chair, but Ace stopped him. "Yes, Jovian, why don't you act more like me?." "Too tired." Jovian replied "Ha! Gibbous will kill you, you fool. Give him loyalty. You got that?" Ace flicked a card at Gibbous. "Wanna play?" Gibbous walked over towards the struggling Maia, and kicked her back onto the floor. Under a Chaotic Moon Episode 3: Revelation 5:56 PM, Juuban General Hospital; four school girls and a white cat tried to enter to see their sick friend. "Sorry ladies, we don't allow cats into this hospital, you'll have to take him home." The girls all looked at each other, then at Amy. "Why me....." she let out a large sigh. "Okay, come on Artemis." "Meow," Artemis complied and jumped from Mina's arms to Amy's, but missed and made a large 'Kerplat' sound, a sound like a rubber ball hitting the ground on a hot day. "Meow!" He pulled himself up, and the two left the hospital. "Okay, you can come in know." The full figured nurse gave the remaining group directions. * * * "Oh, I'm sorry miss." He picked up Amy's cat, who he had knocked over in the collision. "I should have watched where I was going. I'm sorry" He handed the dumbfounded cat back to the dumbfounded girl "Oh, no problem." Amy looked at the stranger; she knew him from somewhere in her past, or had seen him somewhere. The feeling scared her. ".......can...I...can I take your picture?" There was a long pause. He finally held up his camera that was strapped over his shoulder. "Uh, I guess." Amy looked questionably at the fan. He pointed the camera at Amy's face, got Artemis in the picture somehow (Artemis never missed a photo-op), and 'BZZZZ Click!' he took a picture. ".....thanks......" he walked off. "That was......odd" Amy looked at Artemis. He looked around before he spoke. "Maybe you shouldn't have let him take that." He was right. The stranger was none other than Charles Croy, the Tokyo known teenage photographer. At just age 10 he was snapping pictures of famous events, like the Arcade catching on fire, and he always had an eye out for action. But about 2 years ago, his attentions had focused on those sea faring damsels, The Sailor Scouts. Every moment he could, he would snap a picture of them. He had a picture of the their final battle with Jedite, one where 'a rose' comes from nowhere and saves the scouts, and one where they had just defeated a Nega Goon, standing over it's defeated body, just to name a few. But over time this had become an obsession; he wanted to find out who they really were. Now he had known at least one identity; Sailor Mercury's. He ran back to his house, entered the red room that his parents had gotten made for him, and began to develop the picture. When the picture had shown, he compared it to an earlier one of Sailor Mercury dodging a blast of energy. He laughed maniacally, for today, he was a god. * * * Serena did not awaken the whole time the girls were visiting. They tried to talk to her, but nothing even moved her. It went on for 26 minutes like this. They all left empty hearted. Mina thought, "It's sad to see Serena not crying, or yelling, or eating, or the things that we hated before....wait, those are the things we hated before. Good luck, Serena." Lita questioned, "I wonder if she will be all right.....she may be a pain, but she is also a good friend." Raye grumbled under her breath, "Ungrateful brat, she didn't even say good-bye........." * * * Another normal school day. Well, with the exception of Haruna's class being filled in by a substitute, Serena's empty desk, and Charles' decision to approach Amy about the picture, it was a normal day. Charles had seen Amy around school, but just now noticed her there. Today, he decided, he would ask if she was really Sailor Mercury. "Oh, how great this will be!" he thought. "To finally meet THE Sailor Mercury!" It was lunch when he came up to Lita and Amy. "Uh, you remember me from yesterday, don't you?" He looked at Amy, whilst making no eye contact with Lita at all. "Yeah, we bumped into each other, then you took my picture. Why?" Lita looked with curiosity at the two of them. "Well, I need to ask you something, in private please." This time he looked at Lita. She didn't move. "Is that okay Lita?" Mercury looked at Charles, then at Lita. "Yea, I'll be under that tree. I'll leave you two love birds alone." She smiled and walked away. "Are.....are you...." He looked around. "Are you Sailor Mercury?" A wave of nervous energy overcame him; he began to tremble. "Wha...what!" Amy practically yelled it. "That's ludicrous!" "Look at this, then." Charles put his shaking hands into his pockets and procured the two pictures. "First one, taken as Sailor Mercury, she triumphantly dodges a NegaVerse enemy's laser/plasma/whatever beam. Second photo, taken yesterday, shows you and your kitty, a kitty with a moon on his forehead. You cannot tell me that their is a resemblance......ERK!" Lita grabbed Charles by the neck. "My knee is about to break you, little man. If you swear not to tell, I won't send you to the hospital in pieces!" Sweat was dripping from his forehead; he could feel Lita's patella against his back. "I'm not going to tell.....I just wanted to meet the Sailor Scouts. I'm....I seem to be your guys', er, girls' biggest fan." Lita threw him on the ground. "You better be telling the truth, girl, er, guy!" Lita kicked him in the side. "........I'm flattered that you would do this, but we try to keep this thing private, not let anyone know about it. You understand." Amy helped Charles up. "Hey, I know who you are! You're that photographer kid! I loved that picture of that baby riding the dog you took." "Actually, I never liked that one, but apparently the newspaper did." "Wha the?" Lita was never used to high culture, even the newspaper was beyond her at this point in time. "Well, at least can I get an autograph?" He shrugged. He really wanted more than an autograph. "So you can have proof? Now way!" Lita pushed him to the ground with her foot. "Listen, I.....you girls are the best. I mean that. I have a scrap book of your many misadventures." Amy helped Charles on his feet. "I'll bring it if you like." "That sounds good." Lita kicked him to the ground again. "Bring it tomorrow." The split second after, Maia crossed by, dressed "normally' in a blue dress. The fence separating the school yard from the public could not separate sound from the public. "Wow, I can't believe I know the Sailor Scouts!" Maia heard Charles and paused. She watched as he walked away over to the school building, staring at his every movement. She was too focused on Charles to realize who he had been talking too. She knew what she had to do. * * * Jovian looked down at the sleeping Serena. "I wish you the best, Sailor Moon........" * * * "Has her condition changed?" Mina asked the nurse, worry trembling in her voice. "No, sorry. Usually in these cases of energy loss, the victim slowly regains there strength, but this....." the nurse shook her head sadly as she left the room, leaving Mina alone with Serena. "Oh Serena.......get well....." "She will....with your help." Mina spun around to see Jovian standing at the corner of the room. "Who do you think you are? Sailor Interrupt?" Mina took a step back. "Well, it would be better than who I am now, but that's not important. Serena was divided into her two persona's: Sailor Moon and Serena. Sailor Moon is being held at the Juuban Planetarium. Sailor Venus, you must gather the other scouts and save Sailor Moon!" "How did you........." Mina took another step back, this time almost falling on top of Serena. "Who is behind all this?" "An evil man named Gibbous." Jovian came closer to Mina, the shadow of the room no longer hiding herself. "If you do not merge Sailor Moon with Serena, they will soon both die." "Right......thanks, whoever you are." "Your welcome....for the universe's sake, save Sailor Moon." With that, Jovian vanished. Mina looked at Serena, laying there so peacefully. "We'll save you Serena, everyone depends on us, including you." * * * Maia watched as Charles walked his daily half a mile walk home from school. She watched his every muscle quiver and vibrate. She watched the joy in his eyes, excited at the concept that he knew the Sailor Scouts. Maia grinned. "On the Eve of the Foggy......who are you?" Maia came from her lookout post and surprised the singing teen. "Well, judging by the fact I'm about to squeeze every piece of information about the Sailor Scouts out of you, I'd say you're living hell." She grabbed Charles by throat and held him up. "Now tell me, who are the Sailor Scouts?" He choked, "They're a super heroine fighting force..." Maia threw him to the ground with all her force. "NO MORON! WHAT ARE THEIR REAL IDENTITIES?" She kicked him. "I........I can't say!" Maia kicked him again. He tried to get up and run, but she lowered her foot over his back. "Tell me, and I might spare you!" "I............" "What do you think you're doing!" Amy and Lita just happened to take the long way home. Lita pointed at the pain inflicting Maia. "Unhand him now!" "Oh, you want some fun too?" Maia threw a nearby rock at Lita. "Well too bad, I'm busy." "Busy enough for this?" Sailor Mercury came from behind and rammed Maia in the back with her shoulder. Both flew through the air. "Ah ha! Sailor Mercury enters the fray!" Maia grabbed Mercury by the hair and pulled the scout towards her. Sailor Mercury tried to get away, but couldn't pull Maia away from her. "No! Don't hurt her!" Charles had gotten to his feet. "I'll tell you if you let her go." "No! Sailor Mercury can take care of her!" Lita began to root for her Sailor buddy. "Well......ow......I can't.......ow!" Mercury grabbed Maia's leg, pulled it towards her mouth, and bit. "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Maia screamed as Mercury still held on with her teeth. "Meow, cat fight," a passerby said to his friend. The biting and the pulling continued until Lita ran to an alley and transformed into Sailor Jupiter. "Now you've had it, Miss," Lita shouted as she kicked Maia away from Mercury. "MERCURY BUBBLES..........BLAST!" Mercury got her wits about her and blasted a mist around Lita and Maia, disabling their eyesight for the moment. Lita jumped back out of the mist. "JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!" She aimed at the blurry image in the mist. But unfortunately, Maia anticipated it and deflected it with another attack. The lighting ball went in the direction of Charles. The last thing he saw was a flash of white energy. His body burnt, the ashes fell to the ground. Lita was horrified; her mouth fell open. Amy hadn't seen it until she heard someone scream in a crowd watching. When she did see, however, she almost threw up. A charred body lay where the most excited teenager once stood. Maia saw; she almost started to cry. What she said to him earlier was just threats; now he really was dead. "NO! I didn't.....I couldn't have......" Maia walked over to the body. "I never wanted to kill........" "Then why did you try?" Lita's voice jumped angrily at Maia. "I......." She thought of Gibbous, how finding there identities would make him fall in love with her. She was a fool to believe that. But people in love are always fools. "I....I never wanted to kill him, really." Maia fell on her knees. "I never wanted to kill anyone!!!!!!" She fell down and wept for the soul of Charles Croy. Amy wanted to go over to Charles, but was scared too. Filled with fear and hopelessness, Amy began to cry. You could still see the red of the cinders, but no one wanted to. The ambulance came at this point; they were shocked at what they saw. Before they came, Maia left, leaving a trail of sadness and mourning with her. * * * Maia looked out over the lake; it's placid cover reflecting the beauty of the moon. Maia sat alone, wondering what had happened to her. She was never evil, and before she met Gibbous, she never had any intent to harm or kill anyone. A tear trickled down her cheek. She wished she had never met Gibbous, whom she fell in love with. With whom she was influenced by, to help the Chaotic Moon. She wondered why. A hand fell upon her shoulder. "Heard about what happened......." Jovian sat beside Maia. "I'm sorry." Maia didn't respond, she just kept staring out. "Maia.......do you still love Gibbous?" Maia responded this time by turning her head a little. "I know you don't like me much Maia, but.......I need to ask you of something, and for some reason, I feel I can trust you." Maia turned her head, facing Jovian this time. "I don't know if I still love Gibbous....I have nothing else....." she began to cry. "I'm not on your side, Maia, I'm against Gibbous." She said it quickly so that maybe Maia wouldn't have heard it. There was a silence. "I want you to help me, Maia. I have a strange sense that I can trust you with this. Gibbous doesn't love you, he's using you. I know becuase I was once acting like you. You must help me fight him and his evil. Please...." Her voice trailed off. "Gibbous.........he will kill millions, won't he?" Maia looked at Jovian as if she were a little girl, questioning about the world. "Yes.....he will, Maia. Only we can stop him. When the Chaotic Moon comes, we will be the Universe's only chance." Ace kicked Jovian in the spinal column. "You girls won't be anything to the Universe when I'm done with you! Pity, though, you were a pretty good card player Jovian." "That's not the only thing I deal." A gun is procured from Jovian's outfit and placed at the forehead of Ace. "No way out now!" "You can't kill her!" Maia stands back, knowing that her pleas will go unanswered. "You are all the same!" "Maia, this is for justice; if Ace lives, we die, the human race dies, everything dies. If we kill Ace, we have a chance." "You bitch." Ace spit in Jovian's face as the trigger was pulled. This time the death was more violent. Maia just stared at Jovian, who stuck the gun back into her outfit without a care that she just took a life. The blood began to flood down into the river. Two have died in the last 6 hours. "Maia....are you with me? Will you help me destroy Gibbous?" Maia hesitated. "How will we....." "That will all be explained."Jovian broke in. "But....oh no, Ace is missing now. We have to find a replacement.....this is gonna be tough." "Jovian.....I'm in." Maia looked at Jovian with hatred. "No more killing though." "If I can prevent it, I will. Otherwise, I'm sorry. Now we have to clean this up." Maia just looked at Jovian, wondering how someone can kill without thought or sadness. * * * "How do you do it?" Maia asked Jovain as the last of Ace is discarded into the lake. "Do what?" "Kill. How can you live with yourself?" "I don't know; it comes natural for me. I've seen death my whole life, and it's no different when I dish it out. I guess I just don't think about it much." "Maybe you just don't want to." Maia turned and looked at the moon, thinking how beautiful it would be to walk with a loved one around the lake. Jovian began to give thought to what Maia said. "I guess violence is the only thing I have, like the only thing you had was Gibbous. Maybe anger towards having no memory." Maia turned, surprised. "I fight for that, one day, I shall remember who I once was, that I am not really Jovian, that none of this has ever happened. I still hold on to that...." "Jovian......I'm sure you will remember, we both will. But please, no more killing." Jovian looked at where Ace's body once was, and fell silent. * * * "I quit." The whole group was shocked beyond belief. "I am leaving the Sailor Scouts." Amy turned away from her friends. "After what happened today, I feel responsible. If we didn't exist, would any of this NegaVerse stuff had happened?" "Amy........" Raye was too surprised to finish. "I'm going to be sad leaving you, yes, but I must. It is not my job to harm innocent people, and that's just what happened today." "But.....what about that Gibbous guy? We need to save Serena!" Mina jumped at the chance to talk before someone else took it. "I can't......I'm sorry." Amy gave her Transformation Pen to Artemis, turned, and walked away. "She'll be back.....I know she's just fooling us!" Raye held on to that idea, they all did, but they knew it was not true. Amy had left the Sailor Scouts. Under a Chaotic Moon Episode 4: Revelations Pt. 2 The three scouts stood outside of the Juuban Planetarium, frightened; they were missing two scouts, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon. But Sailor Moon was inside of the broken down tourist attraction. So were their enemies. They hesitated as they slowly opened the gates. The place had crumbled from it's original status since it's closure; the walls peeled and cracked, there were no lights. Even the crowds which once lit up the place were stolen away. Raye, usually fearless, shook mildly. As they passed the decrepit models of Mercury and Pluto, two small figures began to follow them. They finally saw Sailor Moon's, who seemed to be unconscience, locked in a cage, hung in front of a large picture of the moon. But the moon had changed; it went from it's gray color to pure darkness; from it's crater filled surface to nothingness. It was the Dark Side of the Moon. "Sailor Moon!" Mina ran over to the cage. "She needs help!" "You will too." A small voice came from the shadows. "Nice to meet you, Sailor Soldiers." another voice came. Phobos and Deimos emerged from the shadows. "Who are you? What have you done to Sailor Moon?" Lita approached the two girls. "We have done nothing." Phobos and Deimos spoke the same voice this time, sounding more mature. They began to meld into one creature. "I have done something." A young lady appeared where the two girls once stood. "I am Phobos and Deimos." In the distance could be heard the arguing of two crows. "Whoever you are, we'll be taking our friend back. Any arguments?" Sailor Mars approached the woman, as did Sailor Jupiter. "Look out girls, she could be dangerous," Artemis spoke with caution. "Could be? Ha! I AM dangerous! You better believe it!" "You loser!" Sailor Venus called far behind the gloating villain. "Looky who I got!" She was carrying Sailor Moon away from the scene. Phobos and Deimos looked at the cage; the lock had been picked. "You take care of her, I'll go save Serena." Mina walked as fast as she could, holding the unconscience girl between her arms. "Ow this hurts....you gotta lay off those sweets, Serena." "Hmpf...minor setback. I'm still going to kill both of you." Phobos and Deimos formed an energy toy block in her hand. "Try a Toy Bomb on for size!" Before she could throw it, a rose zinged though the air, knocking the block out of her hand. The rose came from no other than Tuxedo Mask. "Sailor Scouts, you have been beaten, with 3 comrades missing, but believe in your self, and you can......." Before he could finish, Jupiter threw a lighting bolt at the woman, knocking her down. Then Mars threw a disenchantment card at Phobos and Deimos, disabling her movement. "Are you gonna help or lecture us?" Lita looked up at the masked man. "Lecture you. I know you can do it, Sailors!" With that, he vanished. Jupiter looked up at Tuxedo Mask as he disappeared. What really caught her eye, though, was a huge model of Jupiter, hanging on the wall. "Don't......kill.....me......I'm just a little girl!" Phobos and Deimos pleaded as she withdrew another Toy Bomb. "A little girl who plays with fire!" Before she could throw it, Jupiter threw a lighting ball at the rope holding the model of Jupiter, landing with a loud crash. Phobos and Deimos feet stuck out under the planet, her toes curled up. * * * "Ack." Mina groaned as they pulled they last of Sailor Moon up into the window of Serena's hospital room. "We did it! It took us an hour, but we did it!" Lita jumped up with excitement. "Now we have to get these two love birds back together. "I hope it's easier to do than climbing Sailor Moon up here." Artemis jumps on top of Serena's bed. "I hope there's no magic words or anything." All three girls heaped Sailor Moon onto the bed. Both of the bodies began to glow. "I think it's working!" Mina laughed. After the darkness shattered their light, Serena was on the bed, not both of them. "Yeeeeeeeeeeeees!" Mina jabbed her elbow past her stomach in celebration. "She's back!" "We better make tracks now, the doctors probably heard us." Lita slapped Mina in the back of the head. She let out a 'oof.' The Sailors left the way the came, climbing out the window. Good thing she was on the 4th floor. * * * "Dead." Gibbous looked at the body of Phobos and Deimos, than at the empty cage. He snarled and walked out. * * * 2 days after Serena came out from the hospital, her friends, including Amy, took her out for dinner. The diner that they had usually went to had closed for repairs (no one knew that 2 were murdered there, their blood all over the parlor), so they took her to Tenou's, a new place. They served the best burgers there, so no one in Japan ate there. "Thanks........mmmmmm.....guys....mmmmmmm," Serena managed to blurt out between bites. "Slow down Serena, you're getting food all over the place!" Raye threw a French Fry at the salivating Serena. "I just came out of the hospital, and this is how you pay me!" Serena was hurt. "I thought you were my friend Raye........wah!!!!" The whole restaurant turned towards the crying school girl. "I didn't mean it that.......argh!" Raye began to slide from her booth to leave when Gibbous pushed her back. "May I join you?" he sat down next to Raye, squishing Amy and Lita against the wall. "I just love a good burger, don't you?" Serena stopped crying. "You're the one who hospitalized me!" "Good observation, Miss Moon. Here's a prize." he snapped his fingers; Jovian and Maia turned from their booths right behind the Scouts. "Hiya!" Jovian exclaimed to Serena. "Meet my friends, Jovian and Maia; they'll show you girls how to really fight! But first...." Gibbous stood up and held up his left hand, forming an energy sword in his palm. "...you will pay for killing my good friends Phobos and Deimos!" He raised the sword above his head. The customers gasped and began to run out of the restaurant. The workers followed suit. "Look out!" Amy cried as the sword was about to pierce Serena's skull. Amy knew that her friend would see darkness for eternity. Unsuccessful was Gibbous, though, for a man came from nowhere and tackled Gibbous, flying head first into his stomach. The sword fell to the ground. "Who do you think you are, a hero?" Gibbous pulled the leg off a nearby chair, making a wooden stake, and pierced the young man's chest. "Never, EVER do that again!" he laughed. Death. It had come once again. It shot through all of their souls. They had to stop it. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" All the girls followed Sailor Moon's example and became the Sailor Soldiers; fighting for love and justice, even if it meant death. "I am Sailor Moon! You have no business breaking spirits and shattering dreams! For this, I shall punish you! "I am Sailor Mercury! I shall not let any more death occur, not on my watch! Feel the wrath of my Bubble Blast!" "I am Sailor Mars! You think I was mean before? Think again! Feel some of my Fire Therapy!" "I am Sailor Jupiter! You made a big mistake taking on us! You will pay for what you did to Charles, to Serena, to everyone!" "I am Sailor Venus! Having us drag Sailor Moon up to her room was the worst thing you could do! You shouldn't have got me mad!" Two more scouts appeared, this time in front of Gibbous, facing the girls. They were Maia and Jovian. "I am Chaotic Mercury! Your fate will be sealed by the power of the Chaotic Moon!" "I am Chaotic Jupiter! Never mess with powers that are beyond your control!" "I am Gibbous, that is all you need to know." "I am a guy dying here!" the impaled man muttered. "Hurry up and beat this guy........ERGH!" "MOON SCEPTER.....ILLUMINATION!" Sailor Moon shot a crescent moon blast at Gibbous. He held out his left hand and grabbed it. "You will make a grand queen......too young though. I'll have to take your mother...." Gibbous grinned. "Don't be talking about her momma!" Jupiter threw a lighting ball. Missed Mercury shouted her attack as she casts a mist of bubbles. No effect Mars chanted while she positioned her finger to mimic a gun, readying a fire burst. Dodged Mina shot a plasma beam at the grinning antagonist. Side-stepped Even the rose that the hidden Tuxedo Mask threw was in vain. It seemed over. "Why are we fighting girls? I thought we were friends?" Gibbous made a sad face, easily seen to be fake. "I just want to talk to you. I know we've had our......disagreements, but I want to put that all behind us. I will give you ONE chance to join me. The Chaotic Moon is coming, you know, and you won't stand a chance against his might." He looked at the dead man on the floor. "You wanna end up like him? So, will you join me or not?" "Never!" cried Sailor Moon. "We stand against evil!" "Evil? Oh, you ARE so funny." Gibbous said jokingly. "I assume your answer is no then, right?" "They won't work for you!" Artemis bellowed in the best, strong voice a cat can use. "I'll be seeing you.....I can't kill you know, that would take the joy out of watching you yearn for your mother, as I rape her. `No! Stop it!' she screams as I hold he knife closer to her body. I will RAPE her, than KILL her! Yes, kill her, watch her succumb to my power, drink her blood, watch the flame dim from her eyes. And all while you watch, helpless." "You fiend! My mother would never have succumb to you!" "Ah, but she did! Before you were born, little girl." Gibbous knew he had started to break her, break all of them. "I must prepare now......see you......later." He disappeared, along with Jovian and Maia. Serena began to cry real tears, not those of name calling or hurt feelings. "Mother........." "We must help that man over there, he may still be alive!" Artemis went swiftly over to the hurt man. "He's right, we must help." Amy looked down at Sailor Moon. "Sailor Moon.........." "I'll be okay, Amy. Go help." The girls went over to the dying man, blood all over where he lay. "We must not let him die! We fight to save, not kill. And he saved Serena." Amy held up her Transformation wand. "Let us give him life!" They all held up their wands, praying for their planet's help. All of a sudden, the body began to glow. The power of the planets could be felt as they entered his torn body. He was slowly regaining his strength, healing. He was alive now, but at what price? "He's alive!" Amy cried. "From now one, we must protect, protect everyone from that mad man." Everyone nodded in agreement. The man was taken to the hospital (coincidentally, the same room Serena was in), and he was treated for his wounds. Amy never admitted that she ever re-joined the scouts, but she knew she had too. None of this may have happened if it wasn't for them, but at least the citizens of the world knew they were safe. Serena had almost died if it wasn't for that brave man. She had to be brave, too, and save her loved ones. When Jovian left the diner that day, she had dropped a note. It had went unnoticed, but it read "I am a friend." * * * As for Luna..... "I'm sorry, we don't let cats fly on airplanes alone." The stewardess said to the strange cat. The cat, dressed with a hat and a "I luv the U.S.!" T-shirt, meowed sadly as she departed the plane. To see more of the sequal of this, please E-mail me, and ye shall recieve the next in th slowly moving series, Under A Chaotic Moon. From Chocobo, BAWK!