Legal Gig: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is property of Toei Animation and
Takeuchi Naoko.  Project: Sailor Earth and The Utopian Chronicles are 
property of Tory L. Brown.  Any reference to anyone living or dead is 
purely coincidental, or the author just lost her mind for a second or so...

Characters: Nova, Sailor Earth/Utopia Knight/Takanera Moshi, and Tenchino 
Hoshi belong to Tory L. Brown.  Should they be used without her permission, 
I just hope your insurance is paid up.

Arc Notes:
Moshi's back home, and she got to see Hoshi in his skivies *woo*
Ready for what's happening now?  Let's go! This chapter is the gang just clowning around




                  ::T h e  U t o p i a n  C h r o n i c l e s::
                     
                                  By: Tory L. Brown 
                                (tory_brown@yahoo.com)

::A r c  T h r e e::
     Super Nova

     Haruka threw her books into her hand bag and slammed the lid to her
desk shut.  Michiru gave a sideways glance that was filled with concern
for Haruka.  Haruka had been silent all day, only responding with faint
grunts and head nods.

     "Haruka, daijoubu?" Michiru asked, placing a hand on Haruka's
shoulder and giving it a light squeeze.

     "Hai, it's just, I've been thinking about Moshi again," she said
huskily, her hand going to straighten her tie.

     "That's odd, I've been thinking about her too, have you seen any of
the Inners lately?" she asked, her aqua eyebrows knitting together in a
semi-scowl.

     Haruka shook her head, her short hair flying out and settling back in
it's cut. "Iie, haven't been doing much of anything lately."

     They turned the corner in the hallway and came upon the student
lockers where they kept their shoes.  Haruka quickly replaced her soft
soled white shoes with her black dress shoes.  Michiru did the same.

     "Haruka, look, there they are now," she said, pointing down the
hallway. They really couldn't see much of the other group because Makoto
was standing in front, but if they stepped sideways a bit, they could see
the equally tall dark-haired girl also.

     Haruka's eyes grew large. "Kami-sama, is that Moshi!?"

     Michiru nodded, her hair fluttering across her shoulders. "I believe
it is!"

     Haruka dropped her bag and ran down the hall.  She put a hand on
Makoto's shoulder.

     "Hai? oh Haruka-san!" Makoto said, surprised by Haruka's appearance.

     "Haruka-san!" Moshi called out, moving her hand in a small wave.

     "When did you get back?!" Haruka asked, grabbing Moshi by the front
of her fuku and giving it a hearty shake.

     "I j-j-jjust gg-got bb-back yy-yesterday," Moshi said, her voice
tittering by the force of Haruka's shake.

     "Haruka, stop, you're going to shake her to death!" Michiru chided.
She stepped forward and grabbed Moshi in a hug. "I'm glad to see you
again!"

     Moshi returned the embrace, seemed to be a lot of hugging going on
lately. "So am I, Michiru-san!"

     After Michiru released Moshi, she walked over to Haruka who was still
standing and gawking.  Moshi put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed
gently. "I hope you didn't blame yourself for what happened?" Her violet
eyes showed nothing but concern for the blonde woman.

     Haruka rubbed an arm across her eyes to staunch the tears that were
fighting to release themselves.  "Gomen nasai, Mo-chan--" was all she
could say before Moshi enveloped her in a tight embrace.

     "It's OK, Haruka.-san, it's not your fault." Moshi said soothingly.

     "I know, I know." Haruka said, her voice muffled by Moshi's
shoulder. She pulled back and quickly settled back into her somewhat stoic
exterior. "OK enough with the mushy stuff, I'm just glad you're back kid."

     Moshi grinned. "It's good to be back, I was going a bit nuts there
with no one to talk to but myself."

     Makoto nudged Moshi in her ribs. "I guess it's good to say, one Moshi
is all we need."

     Moshi groaned. "Mako-chan!"

*			*			*			*

     "..and there he was, standing in a pair of boxers!" Moshi squealed
before taking a bite out of her sandwich.  After school, the girls went
to the cafe across from the arcade.  Hoshi told her he would meet them
at the cafe later.  He and Mamoru had a few tests in their hardest classes 
that day.

     Rei's eyes grew large. "You mean, he was in his undies?!"

     Moshi nodded, her bangs flying before her face. "Oh yeah! I must
admit though, he had cute legs!"

     Usagi grinned and poked Moshi. "Moshi no ecchi!!!"

     "Usagi, I'm hurt!" Moshi started, her tone going to the point where
she could say anything outrageous the next moment. "I'm not ecchi.  If
it's there, I'm gonna look!"

     "Yeah, Usagi, Moshi's not ecchi," Minako started, giving her a wink.
"Moshi's hentai!!!"

     Moshi gasped and threw her napkin at Minako. "Minako-chan!!"  Makoto
started laughing, threatening to choke on her french fries.  Reaching
inside her book bag, Moshi whipped out her crumpled lunch bag and whopped
Minako on the shoulder with it.

     "Ah, I was wondering when you were going to do that!" Minako said,
moving away from the attacking bag. "I was a bit upset when you didn't hit
me with it at lunch!"  Since high school started, a small ritual was
forged between Minako and Moshi.  Minako would often make an outrageous
comment that caused Moshi to hit her with her lunch bag.  Of course this
was all done out of affection for the blonde, who always made her laugh.
Minako was just glad the girl didn't pack bento.  That box could have done
some damage.

     "That's because you were waiting 'til now to say something stupid!" Moshi
countered, giving her another whack for good measure before cramming the
brown bag back into her book bag.

     "It seems, things are back to normal," Ami said. "or abnormal,
considering us." She ran her hand through her short blue hair, pushing it
back from her face.

     "Yeah, normal for us would be a building blowing up," Moshi started, 
pausing to lick a bit of mayo off her hand.

     "Or some monster coming to collect crystals," Minako finished, 
snatching a potato chip away from a fussing Moshi.

     "Oh oh, wait here comes sexy knickers himself," Rei said nearly
collapsing into a fit of laughter.

     Together and discussing something about class, Mamoru and Hoshi
walked into the cafe.  Mamoru was wearing his usual dark clothing, dark
jeans and a dark colored tee-shirt.  Hoshi was wearing regular jeans with a
plain white tee-shirt.  Moshi looked at his legs and imagining him in his
boxers, started giggling along with Rei.

     The two stopped and looked at the giggling group.  Hoshi turned to
Mamoru and said, "What's with them?"

     Mamoru shrugged. "Females, they usually act odd.  I think it's all
the sugar they pack away.  Especially Usagi and Midget, I'm amazed they
haven't explode yet."

     Rei muttered something that caused the girls to laugh even harder.

     "What was that?" Hoshi inquired, he didn't like the way they was
looking at him.

     Scratch that, they were looking at his legs.
 
     "Sexy knickers," Rei said, much louder than before.  Minako was
laughing so hard, she had tears falling down her cheeks. Ami had covered
her face with her hands, hiding the wild blush that was growing.  Makoto
wiggled her eyebrows at Hoshi in a suggestive manner.  Usagi, well Usagi
was simply pointing and laughing.

     Hoshi's green eyes grew large as he realized what she was implying.
Mamoru looked at the shocked expression on his friends face and said, "I
don't know what you've done,  but it seems you have an audience.

     Hoshi covered his eyes and shook his head while groaning.  "I don't
believe this."

     Moshi stopped laughing for a moment and patted the empty chair next
to her. "Aww, Hoshi-chan, don't be embarrassed.  You have very
nice...bwahahaha" She couldn't hold it any longer.  

     Mamoru sat down in the empty seat next to Usagi and Hoshi in the seat
next to Moshi. She reached up and patted Hoshi on his cheek then replacing
her hand with a small kiss, causing him to blush wildly.

     Mamoru chuckled, Moshi really had him nearly wrapped around her
finger. Of course Usagi would never embarrass him that way. "Usako!" He
nearly gasped, she kissed him on his cheek also.

     Hoshi glared at Moshi, his green eyes flashing. "I think we better
get going." He raised one reddish brown eyebrow.

*			*			*			*

     Once away from the giggling group, Moshi calmed down a bit before
placing her hand in the crook of Hoshi's arm.  She looked up at him,
forcing the most innocent expression she could imagine to appear.  "You're
not mad at me are you?" she asked in her Usagi voice.

     "No, I'm not mad, but I would appreciate it if only you knew about my
'sexy knickers'" He looked forward, dots of red staining each cheek.

     "Gomen nasai, Hoshi-chan," she said, suddenly feeling bad for making
fun of the situation. "But you gotta admit it, you've got nice legs!"

     "Yamero, Moshi!" he whispered harshly as they entered the arcade.

     Motoki was filling the change machine when he spotted Moshi and Hoshi
entering the arcade.  "Konnichi wa, Mo-chan!" he called out, chuckling.

     "Konnichi wa, Mo-kun!" she returned giggling.

     Hoshi glared at Motoki and then Moshi. "Mo-chan, Mo-kun? What's
this?!

     She patted his shoulder. "His name is Motoki, mine Moshi.  Mo-chan,
Mo-kun, get it."

     "Uh-huh," he replied, although not believing it.

     "Hoshi, don't tell me you're jealous?!" she asked.

     Two more red dots stained his cheeks. "No, but I'm just asking, I
never met that guy before."

     She looked up, her violet eyes twinkling. "Oh, Hoshi!" She stood on
her tiptoes and gave him a peck on the cheek.  Consequently, this caused
Hoshi to blush for what seemed to be the fiftieth time today.

*			*		*			*

     "I know now, what I must do," Nova thought to herself as she floated
in and out of consciousness.  It had taking her months to work off the
affects of the Revenge of Gaia attack.  Slowly but surely, she would be
back at full force.  But she couldn't just straight out attack like
before, no.  This time she would need a plan.  A plan that would destroy
the sailor senshi.

     Nova knew that a chain was only as strong as it's weakest link.  If
she could attack one link, destroy that link, soon the rest of the chain
would be destroyed.  Now, all she had to do was come up with a way to
destroy the link.  It didn't matter, she all the time in the world.

     Look out Sailor Senshi!  

     Super Nova has exploded.

*			*		     *			    *

     Moshi twisted and turned in her sleep.  After the little argument in
the arcade, the thought weighed heavily on her mind that Hoshi just might
actually be angry with her.  It didn't help when she had a nightmare that
made her jump awake screaming.  It took Mamoru shaking her senseless, to
get her attention.

     She dreamt that she was at the arcade with Hoshi like earlier.
Except this time, he yelled at her, called her names and pushed her away.   
"Get away from me!" he roared, pushing her back.  The force knocked her
onto her behind.  

     She glanced up in shock. "Hoshi-chan!?!?"

     "Don't 'Hoshi-chan' me!" he roared again, this time kicking at her
feet. "I don't love you, I never had and never will!"

     His form shifted and waved, becoming that of Mamoru.  "Stupid
ingrate, you're not my sister, I never wanted one!"

     The form shifted again, this time becoming the Sailor senshi.  Pluto
snorted and turned away.  Neptune and Uranus simply pretended that she
wasn't there.  What ripped at her heart was the evil glares the inner
senshi was giving her.  

     Sailor Jupiter frowned. "You were never my best friend.  You never
cared, you only cared about your stupid past and yourself!" she spat out.

     "Yeah!" Sailor Moon started. "We had enough senshi as it was, we
surely didn't need you!"

     Mercury and Venus pointed and laughed at her.  "She actually thought
we liked her!"

     "IIE!!" Moshi screamed, reaching her hand out to the vision.

     Mars held up an ofuda. "Begone, Moshi! Akuryou Taisan!!!"

     The moment the ofuda touched her forehead, it started to burn.  It
set her hair afire, as it did her clothes.  She threw herself to the
ground, rolling.   It seemed the rolling did nothing more than make the 
fiery blazes grow even bigger.

     "Finish her Sailor Moon!" Mars cried.

     "Hai!" Sailor Moon said, powering up for her most powerful attack.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!!!"

     Moshi suddenly became surrounded by the bright silver of the attack.
All of sudden her pain was gone, she doubted that she was still in her
body.

     Mamoru rushed into the small room.  He could see Moshi's body
thrashing back and forth on the bed.  Her mouth was opened in a silent
scream as she scratched at her arms and stomach.  He grabbed her by her
shoulders and shook her fiercely.  Whatever dream she was having, held her
deep within it's clutches, for she didn't awake.

     He shook harder, this time screaming in her ears. "MIDGET!!! Wake
up!!!" He didn't want to resort to slapping her, but if she didn't wake up
this time, he would have to.

     She stopped shaking and looked into his eyes. "Miko-mama??" she asked
fuzzily.

     "Iie, it's me," he whispered, gathering her into his arms.

     "Ru-chan!" she sobbed. "It was so scary.  Hoshi said he didn't love
me anymore! You said you never wanted a sister and Usagi-tachi said they
hated me!" She broke down again, this time the sobs wracked her body so,
it shook Mamoru also.

     "Midget," he started, pulling her face up so that he could look into
her eyes. "Don't believe any part of that dream.  Like I said before I'm
glad to have you as my sister.  And don't you think for one second that I,
Hoshi, or Usako-tachi don't love you."

     She blinked, clearing away some of the tears. "You...love me?"

     He nodded, the tears in his eyes making them seem like sapphires.
"Aishite iru."

     "Ru-chan!" she whispered, wrapping her arms around his midsection and
clinging tight like a limpet.

     The next morning, Mamoru presented Moshi with a two boxes.  One flat
and square the other more bulky and square.  Eyeballing the packages she
looked at Mamoru. "Uh, Ru-chan? Nanda?"

     Folding his arms and smirking he responded. "Just opening them.
Actually it was Hoshi's idea!"

     She cringed, it might be something nasty.  Seeing that she nearly
embarrassed him to death yesterday.  "OK..." She opened the larger box.  It
was a helmet, wrist and knee pads.  "Nanda!?"

     "Just open the other one!" he prodded, pushing the other box towards
her.

     It was one of the things she was dreading.  A pair of inline roller
skates. "Ru, you know I can't skate! Usagi can skate better than me and
you know how she klutzes out!"

     Mamoru had vanished into his room and reemerged wearing the same
gear, with a pair of skates slung over his shoulder. "I know, but Hoshi,
Makoto and I will show you how."

     "IIE!" she screamed, pushing the box away.

*		*				*			*

     "Give me your hands," Hoshi instructed to Moshi, who was clinging to
the bench.  Mamoru took, no dragged, Moshi to the park.  Waiting for them
were Usagi-tachi and Hoshi.  

     "Get away from me you sadist!" she screamed, clawing at the bench's
surface.  Moshi was scared that she would fall and nearly kill herself.
All she needed was a broken neck from skating.  Not her cup of tea.

     Hoshi stifled a laugh.  Makoto careened over gracefully, laughing.
"Come on Mo-chan! It's fun!" She grabbed Moshi's arm, causing her to
scream even louder.

     "IIE!!! I'M TOO KAWAII TO DIE!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
Makoto was willing to bet she beat Usagi in that decibel.

     Even Usagi had the gracefulness to not fall on her face once.  That
is with the help of Ami and Minako.  The trio clung to each other for
support.  Rei was managing well on her own, she'd managed to get a bit
better in the balance department.

     "It's just like ice skating," Makoto said, trying to tug Moshi away
from the bench.

     "I never ice skated BEFORE!" she said, glaring at Makoto.  "How could 
you betray me like this Mako-chan!" She sniffed and started whining under 
her breath.

     Hoshi sat on the bench next to her.  "You know I wouldn't let you get
hurt.  Just give me your hands and I'll make sure you don't fall."

     "You won't let me get hurt?" she asked, still unsure.

     His green eyes twinkled. "Of course!" Sighing she resigned herself to
disaster.  She placed her hands in his and he tugged her to her feet.
He skated backwards, slowly pulling her along.  

     "Hey, this isn't too bad--whoops!" she yelled, falling against his
chest. Blushing, she pushed herself away and forged ahead.

     "Not bad, Midget, not bad!" Mamoru said as he zipped past with Usagi
and Minako trailing him.  Makoto hovered near Moshi and Hoshi while Ami
and Rei followed behind them slowly.

     Thanks to her balance from being a senshi, Moshi caught onto skating
pretty fast.  Hours later, she was able to skate at a moderate pace on her
own.  She felt superior in her little knowledge of skating, that is until
Makoto decided to use her as a cosmic whip.

     Makoto grabbed her hands and pulled her along.  "Not to fast
Mako-chan!" she chided, trying not to fall. Usagi went past giggling,
Moshi glared at her. Suddenly Makoto's grip tightened on her hands to
almost a bone crushing grip.  Her eyebrows flew up as Makoto spun quickly,
turning her outward.

     "Alright, Cosmic Whip!" Minako screamed. "Aim for the bushes!!"

     "Cosmic whip?" Moshi screamed as Makoto spun faster and faster. 
What the HELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She let loose and Moshi flew towards
the bushes. A pair of skate covered feet could only be seen from the top
of the bush.

     Usagi nearly fell, she was laughing so hard.  Moshi's outrageous face
appeared over the bushes.  Twigs and leaves decorated her hair like some
misshapen kiddy crown.  Her cheeks blazed red with anger as she got back
on her feet.

     She slowly skated towards the laughing group. "If we weren't in
public, I'd show you something Cosmic...like lightning!" she growled,
plucking a twig from her bangs.

     Ami had stopped laughing, the sky had turned a few shades lighter.
"Minna. Look up in the sky!" she pointed skyward.

     "I can't believe she said that," Makoto commented, shading her eyes
with her hand.

     "I believe it," Moshi answered, mimicking Makoto's gesture.

     The sky was almost a blinding white.  It was almost as if something
had exploded silently.

     "What do you think that was?!" Minako asked.

     Rei shrugged. "I don't know, maybe a star went nova?"

     "Can we not mention that name!?" Moshi said shuddering.  She bent
over, while holding onto Hoshi's arm, and removed her skates.

*			*			*			*

     Nova smiled to herself, she finally managed enough energy to awake
from her comatose slumber.  She fought the urge to zip straight to earth
and blast away the senshi.  No, she would have to wait.  Patience is a
virtue, or at least that's what Galaxia use to tell her.  She would have
to stick to her original plan.  She wanted to reawaken Sailor Saturn, the
senshi of destruction.  It would be hard, but she was sure she could
manage it. But wait, didn't Earth use a forbidden attack to try and
destroy her?

     A slow grin crept across Nova's face.  Maybe a rethinking of plans
were in order.  If she could almost possess Sailor Earth, she might be
able to force her to destroy the world, with the help of Sailor Saturn,
surely she had to be at the age of using her senshi powers now.  She could
use Earth to influence Saturn to help destroy everything.  Hmm, was there
another senshi with the power to destroy, oh yes Pluto.  Earth would never
be able to convince Pluto to destroy, but maybe Saturn.

     If she could get Earth to do Revenge of Gaia, Saturn to use Death
Reborn Revolution and Pluto use her Dark Dome Closing, everything would be
wiped out.  Sailor Senshi, humans, animals, EVERYTHING! 

     The grin grew wider.  This wouldn't be no sudden thing, no.  This
would take time, effort and good planning on her part.  Earth should be a
piece of cake, Saturn would fall soon afterwards.  It was Pluto who seemed
to be a bit of a challenge.  If she could work a near miracle with Earth
and Saturn, Pluto would just have to die with the rest.

*			*			*			*

     "Mako-chan, love you I do, but if you use me in a Cosmic whip again,
I'll fry you!" Moshi said, throwing an acid glance at a giggling Makoto.

     "Everyone went through the Cosmic whip once," Minako said, making
sure to stay out of reach of Moshi's arms. "It was just your turn."

     "You people are nuts!" Moshi exclaimed. "Don't tell me you were in on
it too?" She looked at Hoshi, who was trying his damnedest to look innocent.

     He failed. "Well--" He started to laugh, ducking away from the flying
skates.

     They continued through the park, skates flung over their shoulders.
"Of all the peop--HEY YOU!" Moshi yelled, dropping her skates and
running off.  Hoshi picked them up and chased after her.

     A young couple sitting on a bench, who were eating burgers, had
thrown down wrappers onto the ground into the flower bed behind them.
Moshi had spotted the spectacle and immediately took off to set them
straight. Hoshi wished he saw them first, he could have adverted the scene
that was about to play out right before their very eyes.

     "Aren't you going to pick that up?!" Moshi nearly yelled at the
startled couple.

     "Pick what up?" the young man asked, his brown eyes growing larger.

     She went behind the bench and picked up a wrapper and shook it in his
face. "THIS! How dare you trash the park with your crap.  I should shove
this right up your--mrughphhpph!!"

     Hoshi had grabbed Moshi and covered her mouth, he sensed a bad word
coming, especially after she mentioned shoving something somewhere.

     Blushing, Usagi took the wrapper from Moshi's clenched fist and gave
it back to the man. "Throw it away and she won't attack you."

     The man jumped up and ran over to the trash can and made a grand show
of throwing the wrapper away.  He hurried over and grabbed his
girlfriend's hand and hauled her off the bench, running away.

     Moshi had wrenched Hoshi's hand off her mouth. "And if I see you
doing it again, I will inflict PAIN!!!" she yelled at the top of her
lungs, causing the couple to run away even faster.

     Rei sighed and shook her head. "At least she's getting better about
it."

     Mamoru blinked. "Better, how was this better!" He pointed at Moshi,
her face flushed red with anger. "She threatened to shove an object,
somewhere I won't mention!"

     Ami placed a hand on Mamoru's shoulder. "Believe Rei-chan, last time
we had to pull her off someone."

     "Kicking and screaming no less," Makoto applied. "You think that one
curse word that was about to come out was bad? You should have heard all
the others she spitted before we could pull her away."

     "Oh yeah. I remember that time!" Minako said. "She said she was going
to cram a lightning bolt up his...um er...well...you know." Her face turned
slightly red as she remembered some of the words Moshi had said.

     Usagi grinned. "The best was the stick though!" She started giggling.

     Rei laughed also. "We had to chase her for like three blocks.  This
one girl had kicked a flower over.  Moshi grabbed a stick and started
chasing her!"

     Hoshi shook his head. "What have I gotten myself into."

     Moshi grinned. "Just think, you now know never to make me mad.  Or
I'll use a stick on you!"

     Quickly thinking he bit back with a rejoinder. "And I know just how to
make you un-mad." He waggled his eyebrows and then winked at her and walked
off, hands in his pocket.

     "Oooohhhh!!!!" the girls cooed as Moshi started turning red.  She
grabbed her ponytail and started twisting it.

*			*			*			*

     "Come on, you gotta do it!" Usagi urged, tugging on Moshi's jumper.
They stood outside the video rental store.  They tried to rent Army of
Darkness using Usagi's mother's card, but the movie was Rated R and none
of them were over seventeen yet.  So as a plan, they wanted Moshi to use
her ring to become Ikuko and rent the movie.

     "Are you NUTS?!" Moshi complained. "No way, no how."

     Makoto nudged her in the side. "Who was the one that kept repeating
quotes from the commercial?"

     Her eyes became violet slits as she glared at her friend. "Don't help
Mako-chan."

     "Come on, we'll watch it and bring it back today!" Ami said. This
wrangled a few glances from her friends.

     Moshi's eyes opened back up. "Congratulations Usagi.  You've
corrupted Ami-chan." She grabbed the pen Usagi kept in her shirt pocket.
"Why don't you use the pen!?"

     Usagi snatched the pen back and put it in her pocket. "Because, I
can't age progress or change size like you!  I'll look like a sixteen year
old playing dress up!"

     "Usagi can go in with you and it'll be like she went home to get her
mother!" Minako added. 

     "Man you guys are persistent." Moshi sighed as she felt the crown of
defeat placed on her head.  She walked off around the corner and returned
as Tsukino Ikuko.  She was still using her own voice. "Let's go Usagi!"

*			*			*			*

     That night, the girls assembled at Makoto's apartment for a sleep
over. They were still giggling about the movie they 'secretly' rented
earlier. Makoto had settled down on the couch to catch the evenings news,
something she always done.  She just had to know what was going on before
sleep.

     Ami had just returned from the bathroom where she had brushed her
teeth. Those nachos Makoto heated up left a bad taste in her mouth.  Not
that she didn't enjoy them.  "Oh wow!" she said as she ran over to the
picture window.

     "Ami-chan, nan des ka?!" Moshi asked as she jumped to her feet,
sending the crumbs of potato chips flying.

     "The sky, it's kuroi!" she pointed, she had thrown the curtains open
for the rest to see.

     "Sugoi," Usagi whispered as she stood next to Ami.  The sky was
pitch black.  Darker than Moshi's and Rei's hair combined.

     "I never seen anything so dark before!" Minako said, peering over the
window sill. "Too bad Luna and Artemis aren't here, they might know if
something's up."

     "Minna, I'm scared," Moshi said, her voice cracking a bit.

     "LOOK!" Ami yelled again, pointing upwards. A bright white light
streaked across the sky, brightening it temporarily.  The light careened
around the tops of buildings and homes and headed for the girls. 

     "GET DOWN!" Makoto ordered, throwing herself to the floor next to
Minako, who covered her head with the curtain.

     Moshi was stunned, she was held fast by fear.  The light flew into
the window and slammed into her chest, throwing her backwards into the
wall. Books flew from the shelf as Moshi slid downwards to the floor.

     "Mo-chan!!" Usagi screamed, jumping up from her hiding place, only to
be hindered by Rei's firm grasp. Ami started sliding her body across the
floor towards Moshi.

     "Iie, it might come back, move slowly," Rei ordered, slinking across
the floor towards Moshi.

     "Moshi, answer me!" Makoto called out, following Rei.

     "Mako-chan?" she answered weakly, her long legs flailing.

     Ami was the first to reach her.  Moshi had a hand over the burnt hole
of her shirt.  She could see the dark red ring dampening her shirt.
"She's hurt!" 

     "Minako, call an ambulance!" Ami ordered, "Makoto, get me a towel or
something to stop the bleeding!"

     Not caring if she got hurt herself, Makoto propelled herself to her
feet and dashed into the bathroom, grabbing one of the towels.

     Usagi grabbed a blanket to throw over Moshi's body in case she
started going into shock.

     "Good going, Usagi, it'll keep her warm," Ami said.

     Usagi looked on, worry creeping into her voice. "Couldn't she heal
herself?!"

     Ami shook her head. "She's too dazed to think properly."  She
cradled Moshi's head on her lap. 

     "Dazed? nan des ka?" Usagi asked confused.

     "She means she's not fully awake," Rei supplied, placing a hand on
Usagi's shoulders, she knew Usagi was on the verge of freaking out.  She
could tell that she was trying her best to seem brave.  

     A low whine reached their ears as they sat and waited. "That's the
ambulance," Makoto said, getting back to her feet. "I better call Mamoru
and Hoshi..."

*			*			*			*

     Hoshi had dashed out of his apartment.  He knew something was wrong
by the tone of Makoto's voice the moment she spoke.  Moshi, struck by
lightning? Unconscious? It didn't sound good.  She couldn't talk long, the
ambulance was there and they were riding to the hospital with Moshi.

     When he got there, Rei was waiting for him in the lounge.  He could
see the worry etched on her youthful face as she flipped her hair over one
shoulder. 

     "How is she?!" He tried not to sound frantic, but he couldn't help
it.

     Rei grabbed his hand and tugged. "She's down here."

     The bright light of the hospital room nearly blinded him.  Surrounded
by her friends and brother was Moshi.  A pale sheet pulled up to her
chest, her mouth closed in a tight line.  She was unusually pale, he could
almost see the veins in her face.

     He walked over and took one of her lax hands, it was cold and limp.
No feeling, no movement. "Moshi.." he whispered, leaning over and placing
a kiss on her cold cheek.

     She moaned and moved slightly, her eyelids fluttering. "Nani? Doko?"
she mumbled as she struggled to wake up.

     "It's OK, Moshi, we're in the hospital.  The doctors said you were
struck by lightning," Ami said softly, pushing the dark bangs away from
Moshi's forehead.

     The doctor rapped softly at the door, catching everyone's attention.
"We have to let her rest, she's very tired and worn out."

     One by one they bid her a good night and slowly left, wiping tears
from their eyes.  Mamoru being the last to exit, turn the light off and
pulled the door close.  Had he stayed a second later, he would have seen
her eyes glittering red from the darkness.

Oshimai, da yo!

Next Arc: Arc Four: Reveal Thy Self Utopia!

*** Japanese Words Used in Arc Three ***

-chan, kun, san, sama -- Suffixes added to a name to denote respect/affection.

Aishite iru -- I love you
Bento -- A box lunch...the kind you see in all anime 
Daijoubu -- Are you OK?
Doko -- Where
Ecchi  -- Naughty/Nasty
Fuku -- Uniform
Gomen -- Sorry
Hai -- Yes
Hentai -- Perverted/pervert
Iie -- No
Kawaii -- Cute
Konnichi wa -- Good afternoon
Kuroi -- Dark/Black
Minna -- All you people/everyone
Nan des ka -- What is it
Nani -- What
Nanda -- What is this
Oshimai, da yo -- That's the end!
Senshi -- Warrior/Soldier
Sugoi -- Weird