Chapter 8 A Special Music Box It took Serena a moment to realize that she hadn't been blown to bits.  At the last second, her own personal savior had grabbed her and leaped them both out of the rocket-glove's way.  Serena looked up into Tuxedo Mask's face as they landed on another short grave several feet away from the explosion and felt a rush of relief and intense joy. “Tuxedo Mask!  Just in time!” she cried out happily. “Sorry I'm late,” he said with a slightly guilty smile.  “And for missing the last fight entirely.” “You're here now, that's what matters,” Serena said with a shake of he

Chapter 7 Priestly Advice The bus stop closest to China Town was two blocks from the district's main entrance, which meant Serena, Molly, and Melvin had a brief walk ahead of them.  It was a nice area with clean streets and pretty buildings, including a church close to China Town's entrance.  Sprawling next to the church and close to the road the three middle schoolers were walking down was a graveyard, and as they walked by Molly suddenly stopped and turned to look at it.  Serena and Melvin noticed quickly, and moved to stand with her as she stared at the burial ground.  The grass was lush and neatly trimmed, a few large trees provided som

Chapter 6 Tale Of The Rainbow Crystals Amy, Lita, and Luna arrived at the Cherry Hill Temple roughly twenty minutes after school let out.  Lita strode up the long flight of stairs to the temple quickly and easily, while Amy walked half a step behind her with Luna on her shoulder.  The cat had been cryptic about the subject of this meeting, and was presently lost in thought and looking very serious.  When they reached the actual temple, Raye stepped out to greet them in her Shinto shrine maiden robes; which they found surprising, considering she must have just gotten out of school, too.  She was also carrying a broom. “Sorry, but I n

Chapter 5 Molly’s Broken Heart Crown Arcade had been closed for an hour when Luna climbed quietly through a high window.  One of the advantages of being a small black cat was that people didn't notice you much, and no one thought to raise any kind of alarm if you were seen pawing at a random window or door.  She made her way across the dark room to the Sailor V games, and gracefully jumped onto the one she used to communicate with Central Control.  She hit the ON button then punched in the special code on the control pad and the screen blinked into a field of static snow. “This is Luna, code name 0091,” Luna said to the g

Chapter 4 Lightning Strikes Twice Game Machine Man was distracted from his efforts to kill Sailor Moon as bolts of lightning suddenly encircled Lita.  There was a roll of thunder as the light became too bright to look at, and then the mini-storm ended as quickly as it began.  Lita now stood in a Sailor Scout uniform with a green skirt, collar, and laced ankle boots, and pink bows.  Her rose earrings remained unchanged.  Serena stared in surprise. “I am. . .Sailor Jupiter!” Lita declared, the name coming to her out of nowhere.  The next words out of her mouth just flowed naturally: “In the name of Jupiter, you'll pay!”

Chapter 3 “He Looks Just Like My Old Boyfriend!” Serena, Lita, Amy, and Raye got in close to the infamous claw-game and watched the boy play.  Now that they were closer, they could see the boy also wore dark-rimmed glasses.  He seemingly ignored the crowd around him as he bent to retrieve his newest prize, a super-cute Sailor V doll that dropped out of the machine.  He scooped it up and dropped it into a bag that was stuffed full of stuffies that he had won.  Serena figured the guy must’ve had the key to the darn machine to get that many toys out of it; those things were almost impossible to win at!  She had tried those gam

Chapter 2 One Strong Girl! After a long morning of math equations, English verbs, and history facts, lunch time had at last arrived.  Students were scattered across the campus eating and talking. Some had already finished their lunches and were using the spare time before class started again to play various sports, and some of the kids just kicked back in the sun, enjoying the lingering warmth before all traces of summer were wiped away by autumn. “Lunchtime, lunchtime!  My favorite time of the day!” Serena sang to herself as she looked for a good place to eat and maybe someone to eat with.  Amy was in the computer lab working on

Chapter 1 The Dark Leader Queen Beryl walked down the long flight of stone steps in silence and alone.  Only she ever went down here, to the deepest part of the Dark Kingdom; even her four generals had never been where she was now going.  Her face was set and grim; things were not going as she wished.  She had lost half of her generals, and virtually no progress had been made toward her ultimate goals.  Quiet as she was on the outside, inside Queen Beryl was seething.  Reaching the bottom of the staircase at last, she stood before a tall stone door.  The Queen raised one long-nailed hand and released a small wave of magic that pushed the sea

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King Chronos of Pluto The Time Gate stood outside the regular flow of time, so there was no accurate way to measure just how long Princess Minthe stood guard there.  It could have been millions of years, or just a few seconds.  She felt time turn around her, without touching her.  Except for those few instances when, in a way, it did.  When her father came to visit. She could tell he had come again before she even turned around, for she could smell fresh tea mixed with autumn leaves, spring flowers, winter snow and summer grass.  She smiled as she turned to face him; he was sitting down at a table set for lunch, with two chairs. He smiled