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, Sailor 
Titanium, Makanera Toshi, and Mino Ainako belong to Tory L. Brown.
Should they be used without her permission, I just hope your insurance
is paid up.

Arc Notes:
This is the end...of the beginning...of the end... You know, this kind
of stuff always confuses me!


             ::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  E I G H T::
  	Oshimai no Nova.
	Part One

	"Ne, Rei-chan?" Moshi asked.  She was standing in front of the 
new clothing store admiring the new fashions, when Hino Rei appeared at 
her side.  Both girls were still clad in their respective school uniforms.  

	"Ah, Mo-chan," Rei started, seemingly startled.  She started to 
fidget with the handle of her school bag.

	Moshi felt a bit taken aback, she'd rarely run into Rei in the 
downtown section.  The only times she did see her was during a battle 
or at a Senshi meeting.  "I was just on my way to Fruit Parlor Crown. 
Want to go?" Moshi asked.

	Rei looked over her shoulder and then back at Moshi.  "Are any 
of the others going to be there?"

	Scratching at her dark hair while shrugging, Moshi answered, 
"Iie, not to my knowledge."

	"Sure, I'll join you then," Rei replied.  She grabbed the taller 
girl by her upper arm and dragged her along.  Moshi sighed; she was being 
dragged yet again.  She wondered if Mako-chan went through the same thing.

	Once inside, Rei made a big deal about ordering at the counter 
instead of having Unazuki come to the table.  Moshi shrugged it off and 
ordered a large strawberry watermelon fruit smoothie.  Rei had ordered a 
simple soda.

	They settled in a booth near the back of the parlor in a small 
two-person booth.  Moshi couldn't understand why Rei was acting odd.  
She knew Rei enjoyed her privacy, but this was pushing it a bit far.

	"Sa, Rei-chan," Moshi started.  "Did you need to talk to me about 
something?"

	Rei sipped a bit of her soda before speaking.  "Well, I do.  I 
actually have to ask you something."

	Noticing the large red splotches on Rei's cheeks, Moshi laughed. 
"Soo ka! This is about Yuiichirou-san, ne?!" She covered her mouth and 
giggled. Rei's mouth fell open as she gasped.  "Yuiichirou-san wa totemo 
kawaii, ne!?" She started laughing even louder.

	Rei grabbed Moshi's jumper straps and pulled her close.  "This 
isn't about Yuiichirou!"

	Moshi tapped her chin.  "Is this about something I said? You know 
I rarely mean what I say!"

	"What did you say?!" Rei asked, glaring at Moshi with one eye 
closed and one hand on her hip.

	Moshi's face turned fire engine red. She fiddled with the bow on 
her fuku shirt.  "Iie! Never mind! What is it about then!?" Moshi asked, 
trying to change the subject.

	"Actually, I just wanted to know, how are things between you and 
Hoshi-san?"

	Moshi turned red.  "NANI!?" She nearly tipped her smoothie over.  

	"Well, we are high school students now," Rei said.

	"Just a second, this isn't want you wanted to ask me!" Moshi 
exclaimed. "Exactly what is wrong with you?!"

	Rei sighed.  "To tell you the truth, I don't know.  I've been 
getting disturbing visions during fire readings."  Moshi had started 
to twiddle with her metamorphosis ring.

	"Why are you telling me?" Moshi asked, twirling the ring around 
on her finger.

	"I wanted to know if you had the same visions." Rei glared at her, 
unbelieving that she wasn't paying attention.

	She put a finger under her chin. "Iie, no visions.  But I am 
getting tired of that Makanera Toshi.  Something's not right with them."

	Rei nodded.  "That's want I've been wanted to tell you.  A Rino 
Hei showed up at my school yesterday."

	Moshi gasped and dropped her ring.  It clattered on the tabletop 
as it rolled to a stop next to Rei's forearm.  "Uso!

	"Hai! She even had the nerve to tell me she was a better singer!" 
Rei's face flushed with anger as she balled up Moshi's ring in her hand.

	"I've been doing some thinking about these look alikes," Moshi 
said. She folded her arms and chewed at her lower lip. 

	Rei noted the dark look that crossed Moshi's face.  "Have you 
talked to Ami-chan?"

	Moshi nodded.  "That's who I was waiting for.  She was supposed 
to meet me later here."

	Rei gasped.  "You said that no one else was coming here!"

	"Calm down, Rei-chan.  I meant NOT NOW, as in not being here while 
we're here." Moshi glanced at her small watch on her right wrist.   "Yoji 
ni aimasu, to Sanji-han desu!"

	"Oh, okay," Rei said nervously.  "I better get going, Usagi's going 
to come by my house later.  Make sure you and Ami-chan stop by, ne?"

	Moshi only regarded Rei with an odd expression before speaking.  
"Hai, I will.  Ja ne, Rei-chan."

	Rei stood up and gathered her book bag and sweater. "Ja ne, Mo-chan." 
She twirled, her dark hair fanning out behind her as she walked towards the 
exit, waving at Unazuki and Motoki before leaving.

	Moshi put a hand under her chin.  "Rei-chan's certainly acting odd.  
Then again, this is Rei-chan.  I've never seen her act normal!

	The cafe started to buzz with the arrival of the grade school children. 
Their shill voices requesting various desserts.  Business was growing so fast, 
Motoki had to come from the arcade for a few minutes to help Unazuki.

	Moshi finished her smoothie in silence, deep in thought about Rei's 
behavior.  There was now a Rino Hei.  What was next? A Mino Kakoto?! She 
didn't hear Ami calling her name across the cafe.

	"Mo-chan!" Ami exclaimed as she slid into the small booth.  "Didn't 
you hear me calling you!?"

	Moshi looked up, blinking.  "Iie, Ami-chan.  I was thinking."

	"Oh? About what?" She put her bookbag down on the floor next to her.

	"About these look alikes," Moshi said, pausing to take a finishing 
sip of her smoothie.  She stopped, looked at Ami, then glanced at her watch.
"Chotto matte, you're early!"

	Ami smiled.  "I'm never late for appointments, especially ones with 
my friends."

	The last conversation weighted heavily on Moshi's mind.  She didn't 
know whether to divulge the information that Rei gave her or not.  She knew 
she could trust Ami, but she didn't want to break any rules and lose face 
with Rei.  Sure, Rei didn't tell her not to say anything, but Rei came to 
her in strict confidence.  

	Glancing with concern in her blue eyes, Ami reached out and touch 
Moshi's hand.  "Mo-chan? Daijoubu?"

	The violet eyes blinked twice.  "Ah, daijoubu!  Ami-chan, I can 
trust you, ne?"

	Ami looked somewhat shocked.  She knew Moshi had a trust issue, but 
she was never asked if she could be trusted.  "Of course you can.  Is it 
something private that you need to talk about?"  Ami wondered if it could be 
relationship related and started blushing at the thought.  "Maybe you should 
talk to Mamoru-san."

	The telltale sign of a blush was on Ami's face, which caused Moshi to 
gasp.  Knowing Ami, Moshi could tell what she was thinking about.  She narrowed 
her eyes into slits.  "Are ja arimasen, Ami-chan!"

	Ami flushed an even deeper red.  "Gomen nasai, Mo-chan!

	"I saw Rei-chan earlier.  She said a look alike appeared in her class.  
Rino Hei," Moshi said.

	"Uso!" Ami exclaimed.  

	"Hai," Moshi responded.  "So far there's Makanera Toshi, Mino Ainako 
and now there's Rino Hei.  I don't know whether to be afraid or confused."

	"To tell you the truth, I'm feeling both," Ami said.  "Who knows, 
there may be a Mino Kakoto coming next!"

	Moshi shuddered.  "Don't curse it! Can we switch to another topic?"

	Ami opened her book bag and pulled out a blue spiral notebook.  "Now 
that you've mentioned it.  I've done some thinking about Nova."

	A glitter crossed the violet eyes.  "Have you?"

	Ami's short blue hair flared around her face and settled as she nodded.  
"Hai.  I've noticed from our last battle that we need swords to pierce the armor 
that encases Nova."  She paused and opened the notebook to a sketch of Nova.  
"The only ones with access to such a means is Haruka-san, Mamoru-san, you, 
Hotaru-chan and Rei-chan."

	"Why Rei-chan?" Moshi asked.  "I could see the others, but Rei?"

	"Amari hayaku naku, Mo-chan.  I was going to explain that.  Excluding 
those with swords," she said as she glared mockingly at Moshi.  "Hotaru-chan's 
glaive has the ability to pierce, and Rei-chan's attack as the ability to pierce 
also."

	"Understandable.  How do we throw her off guard, long enough for one of 
us to pierce?"

	An expression Moshi had never seen on Ami's face appeared as a sly grin 
appeared.  "That's what I want to tell you about."

*			*			*			*

	"Mo-chan! Mo-chan!" Naru called to Moshi.  "Wake up! You've fallen asleep 
again!"

	Moshi snorted and opened her eyes.  "Sheesh, Naru-chan.  Why didn't you 
just hit me with your history book?" 

	Naru waved the book around in a mock threat.  "Keep snoring like that and 
I will!"

	Moshi rubbed her sore cheek.  She had fallen asleep on her English book 
and had the word "Eigo" stamped across her face.  "What's going on?"

	Naru whispered, "Sekano-sensei's passing back the last English exam."

	Moshi grinned.  "You know what that means!"

	Together both girls exclaimed, a little to loudly, "Free time!"  After 
every exam, the classes were allowed to view the overall results in the hallway. 
They all knew Ami would score the first position as always.  Naru and Moshi were 
betting that they would surpass one another.  Since it was English, they also 
knew Minako would score high as well.

	Moshi motioned to Usagi, who nodded back.  Because Usagi's desk was 
placed in the front of the class, conveniently near the door, she could beat 
anyone else to the hallway and stake out a spot for the rest.

	Naru straightened in her chair when Sekano reached her desk.  "Osaka-kun, 
you've done better on this test."

	Moshi peered across the desk to get a glance at Naru's paper. "Naru-chan, 
what did you get?!"

	Naru grinned and waved the paper around.  "I got a 92! My last test was 
an 87!"

	"Wow, a 92!? That's great!" Moshi exclaimed. She was feeling frantic.  
If Naru could get a 92, she could get higher.  She tried sitting still when she 
spied Sekano making his way to her desk.

	She tried her best not to snatch her paper from his hand.  "Okay, 
Takanera-kun, here's your paper!"

	Moshi clutched it to her chest and scrunched her eyes close.  All she 
needed was a 95 or better and she could beat Naru.  She opened her eyes slowly 
and glanced at the paper, a glaring 99 stared back at her.

	"NANI?!!?" Moshi screamed, jumping to her feet.  "I don't believe this!"
The entire classroom turned their eyes to her, some envious and others angry.

	"Takanera-kun, sit down!" Sekano-sensei ordered.  When the frantic 
teenager continued to dance around her small desk, he grabbed her shoulders and 
planted her in the seat.

	"Gomen nasai, Sekano-sense!" Moshi said, bowing slightly.

	Sekano glared at Moshi for a few seconds, before walking to the front 
of the class.  Seconds later another loud celebration was heard as Usagi glanced 
at her score.

	"I take it Usagi-chan passed," Naru giggled.

	Sekano rapped his ruler on the desk to gather the students' attention.  
The hushed whispering died down slowly as the students turned to their teacher.
"Class," he began, "you may go--" Sekano didn't get a chance to finish his 
sentence.  He was instantly swamped with students breaking from the room to 
look at the posting.

	Of course, Usagi had made it to the board first and staked out positions 
for her friends.  Minako was the first to reach Usagi with Moshi being the last.

	"Ichi moku! Ami-chan ga ichiban!!" Usagi squealed, pointing at the Kanji 
that spelled Ami's name.

	Ami turned slightly red as her friends patted her on the back.

	Minako gasped.  "Mo-chan look! We're both number two!"

	Moshi looked up at the board and saw bother her name, and Minako's 
name in the second slot.  "Kami-sama! We've scored second slot over the 
entire school!"  Minako grabbed Moshi's hands and they both started dancing 
in a circle.

	Naru smiled also.  "I've made number 5! I was 9 last time!"

	Makoto grumbled.  "I guess number 12 is okay."

	Usagi nudged Makoto in her side.  "At least you're not 20!"

	Moshi blinked. Usagi? 20? "What did you guys get?!"

	"I got a 99," Minako said.  "I guess you got the same score too."

	"I got an 83," Makoto said.

	Usagi muttered, "80."

	Moshi grinned.  "That's good! Remember the last test? You were in 
the 70s!"

	Usagi and Makoto grinned.  "I guess we've all improved some, thanks 
to Ami-chan."

	Ami blushed again.  "We've all done it.  We've finally managed to score 
above 20 all together!"

	"Hey, that's right! I say fruit smoothies after school!" Moshi crowed.

	Usagi added, "Hey, can we have burgers too?!"

	"We should go to the movies!" Minako said, adding to the girls' 
excitement of a pending celebration.

	"Wait," Ami started.  "This means one thing though."

	Usagi stopped jumping and glared at Ami.  "Please don't say more 
studying!"

	Ami looked at Usagi as if she uttered a bad word.  "Iie.  I was 
going to say we should have cheesecake!"

	Moshi and Usagi's eyes grew large.  "Chisukekku! Lucky!"

	Minako added with a sly grin. "Sa, Mako-chan.  Feel like cooking 
a cheesecake?!"

	Makoto shrugged nonchalantly.  "Why not. I have a few I made yesterday."

	Usagi looked at Moshi, who nodded in response.  "Lucky!"

	"Aw cripes! 42!? What kind of nonsense is this!" Ainako crabbed.  Her 
and Toshi had pushed their way through the crowed, earning a few harsh words 
from the owners of injured toes.

	"That's better than 50!" Toshi exclaimed.  "I can't believe it, I'm 
at the halfway mark!"

	Ainako smirked, knowing fully that their doubles were glancing at 
them sideways.  "Well, maybe if we would have cheated like Mizuno-kun, we 
wouldn't have this problem."

	Ami's face turned slightly red.  "I've done no such thing.  Who 
are you to even accuse me!"

	This caught Moshi's ears.  "NANI! Mo ichido itte?" She immediately 
started rolling up one sleeve of her school shirt. 

	"You heard me," Ainako spat.  "I say she cheated.  That test was 
near impossible!"  She smirked at the outraged expression on Ami's friends 
faces' "Then again, you and Aino-kun are number two.  Whose to say you all 
didn't cheat?"

	"I never had to cheat on a test to pass," Moshi said a little too 
calmly.  Usagi slowly backed away from Moshi, feeling her anger pass over 
her like a wave.  By now the rest of the students had diverted their attention 
from the board onto the spectacle that was taking place.

	"I never had to cheat on a test to pass," Ainako mimicked.  "Bah! 
You've got Mizuno-kun there...that's cheating."

	Makoto's eyebrow twitched and then raised.  "Chotto matte.  At first, 
you said Ami-chan cheated, then Mo-chan.  Now you're saying Moshi cheated from 
Ami.  Make up your mind!"

	Ainako's face went blank.  Toshi tried to think of something to say 
to cover up Ainako's blunder. Both wound up standing with their jaws hanging 
open, looking stupid. 

	Usagi smirked, Makoto was right.  "I think they're forgetting one thing.  
The reason they got such a high score was they can speak Eigo."  When she saw 
Ainako and Toshi's face fall, she knew she was on the mark.

	Moshi's eyes had opened back up and she started to laugh.  "You mean, 
they *can't* speak Eigo!?" 

	Minako couldn't help but giggle a bit.  "I think Usagi-chan had it 
right."  Looking thoroughly beaten, Ainako and Toshi quietly slipped away as 
the surrounding students' titters grew into loud laughs.

	"Kami help us all," Moshi said.  "Someone's been smoking near the gene 
pool again!"

*			*			*			*

	"I think I ate my weight in cheesecake and burgers," Usagi said as she 
plopped down on Moshi's bed.  The six girls had stopped at Moshi's place, since 
Mamoru's apartment was closer to the downtown section, where they spent the last 
two hours at the latest movie showing at the Cine-plex.  

	Moshi shoved Usagi's leg to the side and crawled up on her bed.  "I 
think I ate double that." She rubbed her full stomach.  "I'm going to hate 
myself in the morning."

	"I warned you both!" Rei chastised as she took a seat at Moshi's desk.

	Minako and Ami had taken the two beanbags and converted them into chairs 
while Makoto had taken to sprawling on the floor with her back propped against the 
wall.

	"I just want to know one thing," Makoto said.  "Why are we here?"

	Ami looked at the two lumps on the bed that were moaning quietly.  "If 
Moshi-chan's not too full, I think she can explain why."

	Moshi burped before she sat up, disturbing Usagi's comfortable position 
that had taken her a good five minutes to find.  "Mo-chan, quit squirming!"

	"Gomen." Moshi eased off the bed and plopped to the floor.  "Well, 
Ami-chan's came up with a way we could possibly beat Nova."

	"Was this when you were waiting for Ami-chan at the parlor crown?" Rei 
asked.

	Moshi nodded.  "Hai." 

	"But what about the Outers? Do they know what you have planned?" Rei 
questioned, turning her dark eyed gazed onto Ami.

	Ami nodded.  "Setsuna has a copy of my notes.  I gave her a set after 
my meeting with Mo-chan." She flipped through the same blue notebook from earlier.  
She stopped on the page with the sketch of Nova.

	She pointed to the circled section with her pencil.  "By my calculations, 
if everything goes according to plan, we may be able to pierce this section and 
render her incapacitated."

	Moshi saw the grins pass over her friends' faces and noted that everything 
just may work.  "Continue, Ami-chan. This is sounding interesting."

*			*			*			*	

	Toshi checked her wristwatch.  Where was Hei? She told her to meet her in 
the park after dark.  Hei would be late for her own funeral if possible.  Toshi 
and Ainako were ready to call it a night when they saw the dark-haired girl, who 
was still in her school fuku, running up towards her.

	"Gomen nasai.  Toshi-chan to Ainako-chan desu ka?" Hei asked as she sat 
down on the bench next to Toshi.

	"What kind of question is that! Of course it's us!" snorted Ainako as she 
crossed her legs and glared at Hei.  Hei wasn't the smartest, per se.  In fact, 
her intelligence was a little on the downward end.

	Hei blushed.  "Silly me! Gomen nasai!"

	Toshi groaned and resisted the urge to slap her forehead in frustration. 
Ainako had the similar urge, except it was Hei she wanted to slap.  "Enough with 
the stupid act.  Do you have any information for Perenity?"

	Hei paused for a second, clearly thinking.  "Well, Hino Rei is in my 
class!"

	"Kami-sama, Hei! You're supposed to be in her class, dummy!" Ainako 
growled.

	"Perenity set it up so you *would* be in her class, Hei-chan," Toshi 
said softly.  Unlike Ainako, she was a bit more civil to the slower-minded Hei.  
She turned to Ainako who was glaring at Hei with thoughts of mayhem.  "Ainako, 
can you please be a bit nicer to Hei?"

	"Hell no! Okinodoku!" Ainako exclaimed.

	Toshi's dark eyes widened.  Ainako was being beyond her crabby self this 
evening.  "Well, if you can't hold a simple conversation without the frantics, 
I'll take over."

	Hei scrunched her face up in agony.  "I know I'm not as quick as the 
rest of you, but I do know something."

	This was what Ainako was looking for.  "What is it? Tell us!"

	"Well--" Hei started when she was suddenly cut off.

	The three looked at the blinding silver light that was filling the empty 
park area.  From the bright light, a figure emerged, clad in all silver. Her 
silver eyes glanced around the area.  With each movement, the short serrated 
skirt brushed her metal clad thighs.  Her arms were akimbo at her sides as she 
finally narrowed her gaze on the three girls.

	"It's Perenity!" Hei exclaimed, falling to her knees.

	Toshi and Ainako were prepared to do the same, when something about 
the woman wasn't right.  "That's not Perenity!" Toshi exclaimed.

	"Perenity? Never heard of her.  What's the matter, Moshi? Don't 
recognize me?"

	Toshi growled. Everyone was confusing her with this Moshi person.  
"No, I don't remember anyone like you.  I think I'd remember a freak in a 
silver fuku."

	Ainako couldn't help but join in.  "Really! Are you some kind of 
bondage hentai or something?"

	The tall woman's dark eyes narrowed into slits. "What did you just 
say to me?!"  Her silver gauntlets started glowing with power.

	Hei grimaced and ducked behind the taller Toshi.  "Guys, I think 
we shouldn't anger her."

	Ainako snorted.  "Who cares? She can't do anything to us!"

	Hei was about to beg different, when a blinding ball of silver 
light crashed into the bench, sending them flying in opposite directions.  
Toshi crawled to Ainako's side.  The blue-haired girl had been knocked 
unconscious by the flying debris.

	"Oh geez!" Hei cried.  "Where's a Sailor Senshi when you need one!"

	"You rang?" a new voice called out, pausing Nova in her attempt to 
obliterated the smart mouthed girls.

	"Damn, not another one!" Nova muttered.

	"Ai to netsujoo! Seera fu, bishoujo Senshi! Seera Maazu!" A 
figure clad in red came into view.

	"To Seera Biinusu!" Another figure, this one in gold, emerged 
from behind the first figure.  

	Together the two longhaired Senshi finished.  "Watashitatchi kawatte! 
Oshiokiyo! 

	Hei screamed and pointed at the Senshi. "That's Re---mruph!"  She 
didn't get to finish because Toshi had clamped a hand over her mouth.

	"Shaddup! This is our cue to leave!" she muttered harshly.   Toshi 
made Hei pick up Ainako's unconscious body and together they high-tailed it 
from the park.
	
*			*			*			*

	For hours, the inner Senshi had prowled the streets of downtown Juuban.  
Their mission for that night was to find Nova, or at least draw her out in the 
open with Usagi as bait.

	Usagi warily walked with her henshin brooch gripped tightly in her hand.  
As an added measure, Luna, Artemis, and Moshi walked with her.  Moshi had used 
her ring to change into a backpack in the shape of Sailor Moon.

	"I forgot how much I hate turning into items," Moshi muttered.

	Usagi responded while tugging on one of the straps.  "At least you're 
not stuck carrying something so heavy! Now stop talking before people think 
I'm nuts for talking to my backpack!"

	"Pardon me! Just make sure to hit the sign, okay!" Moshi replied.

	"Yeah, yeah!" Usagi responded huffily.  People on the street were 
starting to give her the oddest expressions.

	She paused at a window, pretending to be checking the items on display.  
She clicked her communicator watch on.  "I'm in the shopping district.  Nothing 
so far."

	"Nothing from my point either," Mars said.

	Suddenly Mercury cut in on the communication.  "Minna, hurry to the 
park.  Mars and Venus are there with Nova!"

	"Hear that Mo-chan? Let's get going!" Usagi cried, taking off down 
the street at top speed.

	"Slow down, I'm gonna be sick!" Moshi wailed from her perch.

*			*			*			*

	
	"I hope they hurry soon!" Mars said as she dodged a tree limb that 
was ripped from its tree by a furious Nova.

	Venus nimbly dodged a shot of silver energy.  "They should be here 
soon!"

	Venus couldn't have predicted a better time.  As soon as she said 
that, a large infinity sign came flying from the darkness and clipped Nova 
on the nose.

	"Stop right there!" a voice rang out.

	Nova rubbed her sore nose and grumbled.  "Not again."

	The winged form of Sailor Moon emerged from the trees and onto 
the path.  "Ai to seigi no! Seera fu, Bishoujo Senshi, Seera Muun!" She 
paused in her pose as three more figures emerged."

	They mimicked moon's actions and exclaimed.  "To, seera tiimu!"

	The words, "Mo, Takishido Kamen!" filtered down from a treetop.  
Everyone paused and looked up, seeing the tuxedo clad man land to his 
feet next to the Senshi.

	With a slight grin, Moon finished her traditional speech.  
"Tsuki ni, kawatte.  Oshioki yo!"

	Nova glanced around and noticed she was surrounded: Senshi at 
her back and Senshi before her.  Who was going to appear next? Her old 
lackey, Titanium?

	The next voice answered her unspoken question.  "Kane no Senshi! 
Seera Titanium! Koko da!"

	"Honestly, don't you think this is a *tad* unfair?" Nova questioned.

	"Unfair?!" Earth parroted.  "You think this is unfair? How about 
this?" Earth ran forward and stuck one hand out.  The other Senshi backed 
away, knowing what she was about to do.

	"Earth!" The infinity symbol appeared in her hand and was suddenly 
surrounded by purple and gold energy.  "Splash!" She started to spin around, 
creating a shield that dazzled with energy sparks.  "Fount!"  She suddenly 
stopped and one hundred hands of energy lashed out, slapping against Nova's 
fuku.

	Nova laughed as the energy tickled her, curling around her hands as 
she batted it away like a kitten playing with yarn.  "Dame!"

	"Crap!" Earth exclaimed as Nova returned the favor with an attack 
of her own.

	"You girls are going to have to come with something a bit stronger, 
if you plan on getting rid of me," Nova chuckled.
		
	Mercury twisted one of her earrings, causing her blue visor to appear.  
She pulled her hand held computer from her sub space pocket and started working 
on the problem.

	She was counting on the others to hold Nova's attention while she 
worked.  She would only need a few minutes.  Once satisfied that the situation 
ran smoothly in simulation, she closed the computer and put away her visor.  
"Minna! Imayo!"

	Nova didn't like the sound of that.  "What?!"

	"Shabon spray!" Mercury cried, calling forth a cloud of soap bubbles 
that rendered Nova's vision.

	"Damn, not this again!" she muttered as she waited for the attacks to 
come.  When nothing happened, she listened closely, waiting for the least bit 
of movement to garner her attention.  She could feel her legs start to quake 
when she finally heard something.

	"Knight power! Come to me!"

	That was enough to get the silver Senshi in motion.  She knew that the 
Knight was going to try and pierce her. 

	Nova jumped to a tree limb out of the path of any random attacks.  When 
the soap fog cleared, she spotted the winged Senshi standing next to another 
Senshi who was clad in red.  Crouching down low, she prepared herself for a 
gigantic leap.

*			*			*			*

	Utopia was pissed.  The plan was going haywire from the beginning.  
Usagi had forgotten to release her from the dreaded backpack form until 
the last moment.  She wanted to be in the knight form before the fight 
started.  Now she couldn't see with the giant fog that Mercury had created 
and had to use her sword for illumination.  The last was the best though, 
they were unable to locate the Outer Senshi.

	The fog had started to lift a bit and she bumped into someone 
standing next to her.  Utopia jumped back and brandished her sword.  

	"Calm down, it's just me," Kamen said.

	"Sorry, I'm a little jumpy!" Utopia responded.  Where was Nova? 
The last she'd seen of her was before the fog.

	"This is not good," Jupiter commented as she glanced around.

	Mars said, "I agree.  Everyone stay on your guard."  She edged a 
little closer towards Moon.

	'The quiet before the storm,' Venus thought as she scanned the 
trees.  Something silver in one of them caught her eye.  "Are yo! Venus 
Love-me chain!" She whipped her attack towards the silver and gave the 
chain a firm jerk.

	The silver flew from the tree and slammed into Moon, knocking her 
tier from her hand.  She never had a chance to scream.

	"Shimatta!" Jupiter yelled, her attack was frozen in her hands.  
She couldn't get a clean shot.  "Seera Muun, ugoku!"

	Moon would have moved, but the firm grip that was around her throat 
had other plans for her.  "I see one spark of energy and I take your star 
seed!" Nova hissed.

	"I wouldn't dream of it!" Moon growled with as much force as she 
could muster.  She could feel her airway slowly closing under the pressure 
of the crushing grip.

	Nova got to her feet, dragging Moon with her and dangling the Senshi 
a few inches above the ground.  "We're going to play this game my way, ne?"

	Moon muttered something that earned her another rough shake.  "Iie, 
little Moon.  We're moving the party to another place.  Somewhere *I* can 
feel comfortable."

	"Yeah, where's that? Jigoku?" Jupiter questioned.  The wand on her 
tiara was sparking with electricity.

	A crude smirk crossed Nova's face.  "Funny. I'll let you know when 
we should meet.  Oh and just to be safe..." She shook Sailor Moon again, 
this time adding a bolt of silver energy.  

	Moon screamed as she felt her henshin melt away, leaving her clad 
in her regular clothing.  Nova reached up, snatched the brooch off Usagi's 
chest, and threw it to Mars.

	"A little something to remember Moon by!" Nova cackled as her and 
Usagi faded from sight.

	"Usako!" Kamen screamed.
 
	

To be continued.

*** JAPANESE USED IN ARC EIGHT ***

-chan -- suffix added to a name to denote affection amongst friends
-kun -- suffix added to a name to denote affection but also used in school
situations (Takanera-kun would be said to Moshi by her teacher)
-sama -- suffix added to a name to denote respect. Used for Deity's and Royalty.
-san -- suffix added to denote respect.  Similar to Mr/Ms/Mrs

Ai -- Love
Amari -- Too much (excessive)
Are -- That over there
Chotto -- a moment
Dame -- Useless
Daijoubu -- Are you sure (or Are you okay?)
Gomen nasai -- I'm sorry!
Eigo -- English (or Beigo)
Ichiban -- Number one
Iie -- No. (Formal version)
Ja -- Well, then (til then)
Jigoku -- Hell
Kane -- Metal
Kami -- God
Kawaii -- Cute
Matte -- Wait
Nani -- What
Ne -- Said to elicit a response.  Yatta ne? (You did it? No?)
Oshimai -- End (Usagi said this at the end of Stars!)
Sa -- So?
Shimatta -- Damn!
Soo ka! -- That's right!
Totemo -- Very!
Ugoku -- Move!
Uso -- Impossible/ that's a lie
Watashitatchi -- We

** SAYINGS **

Yoji ni aimasu, to Sanji-han desu. 
We're meeting at four, and it's only half past three.

Ai to netsujoo -- For love and passion

Watashitatchi kawatte oshiokiyo -- We will punish you!

Kane no Senshi, Titanium! Koko da! -- Senshi of Metal, Titanium is here!

Ai to seigi ni seera fu, bishoujo Senshi, Seera Muun! Tsuki ni kawatte, Oshioki yo!
For love and justice I am the lovely sailor suited warrior, Sailor Moon.  In the
name of the Moon, I will punish you!

To seera tiimu! -- And the Sailor Team

Mo, Takishido Kamen -- Also, Tuxedo Kamen-sama

Mo ichido itte! -- Say that again! (say that one more time)

Ichi moku! Ami-chan ga ichiban! -- Look! Ami's number one!

Are ja aremasen -- Not that!
Amari hayaku naku! -- Not so fast (slow down)

Okindoku! -- She/he has my pity. (I pity you)