* * * *

Silver...

Silver...

All she could see was silver. The only thing to describe the dream was silver. That one word that connected the dream with her conscious thought...silver.

"Why am I just thinking of silver!" Rei thought as she tossed for what seemed to be like the fiftieth time that night. She couldn't get the silver out of her head. Everything had to do with silver. 'It can't be Valtork again! Cyber Earth destroyed him. Unless," she thought as she sat up from her sweat soaked bed.

Her dark hair clumped around her face in sweaty lumps. The rivers of sweat darkened the back of her red gown. "Something's coming...but not for Mo-chan."

She slowly stood up and padded over to the hearth. A dull ember still flickered brightly from earlier readings. Stoking the ember with a poker, Rei slowly coaxed it back into a blazing fire. Muttering ancient Shinto chants, she asked the fire to give her a sign of what she was feeling. In the glowing face of the fire, silver again showed up. This time it was a silver fuku... but also, there was Eternalsailormoon....

* * * *

Silver...

Silver was always on her mind. Moshi wondered what the hell was it about silver she kept dreaming about. Again this night, silver filled her mind once again. That bright dazzling, shining silver glowing in a light of some sort. Her dream changed from a peaceful picnic with Hoshi, to a nightmare of the Senshi running and fighting something silver.

Sailorjupiter threw herself in front of her, screaming something a silver spike entered her stomach knocking her sideways. One by one, each Senshi was picked off until the silver reached its final target.

Eternalsailormoon.

She bravely fought using her powerful starlight honeymoon therapy kiss, but to no avail. The silver brushed off the attack like a feather and slowly crushed her in its grip with it's might.

Moshi sat ramrod straight up in the bed. "USAGI-CHAN!"

Miko rushed into the room to where her daughter was screaming. She shook her violently, trying to snap her out of her dream. Moshi continued to scream. "USAGI-CHAN USAGI-CHAN! IIE, USAGI-CHAN!'"

In sheer desperation, Miko did what she never thought she would have to do. She slapped her daughter, hard, twice.

"Oh..hi okaa...something wrong?" Moshi asked, unsure of why her mom was in her room holding her.

Miko sighed. "You were dreaming again. This time you were screaming, 'Usagi-chan' instead of 'silver' like before."

Moshi ransacked her memory, she couldn't remember what she was screaming about. Shrugging she hugged her mother and settled back down to sleep.

* * * *

"Usako!" Mamoru thought as he twisted and turned in his sleep. Eternalsailormoon was in danger, and somehow no matter what attack she used, it couldn't defeat the silver that was attacking. It already destroyed the Senshi, leaving him to try and protect his precious Usako.

In a valiant effort, she pushed him to the side taking the brunt of the attack. The attack was so forceful that it broke her Eternal wings and burned the edges of her ponytails. Her odangos shriveled up and fell off as her limp, lifeless body fell to the ground.

"USAKO!" Mamoru yelled as he sat up in his bed. It had been the third time this week he had this dream. What could this dream be foretelling?

* * * *

"Konnichi wa! What goodies did you bring today!" Usagi asked as she settled down to lunch with Makoto, Ami, Moshi, and Minako.

Moshi fished around in her lunch she started bringing since she hated cafeteria food. "Hmmm some rice cakes, a few sandwiches...OOOOOH, my mom put some cupcakes in here too!!!" She started to drool when she spotted the few cupcakes in the bottom of the bag.

Usagi's blue eyes swelled. "Cupcakes?! OnegaicanIhaveonepleaseIlovecupcakes!!!"

Moshi blinked. "What did she say?"

Makoto laughed. "She asked for one, give it to her before she dies!"

When Makoto said 'dies' something clicked in Moshi's head. The dream, silver, Usagi's death. Usagi was going to die. She didn't know how, but she was going to soon.

Minako narrowed her eyes as she looked at Moshi. "Mo-chan, daijoubu?"

Moshi didn't answer, her violet eyes stared out into nowhere. Slowly her hand started to crumple up her lunch bag.

"Mo-chan, say something!" Ami said, her voice starting to grow with worry.

Makoto snapped her fingers. Moshi still didn't respond. Makoto looked at Moshi. Moshi's lower lip started to tremble as she uttered a single word. "Usagi... "

"Nani?" Usagi said after stuffing the entire cupcake in her mouth. Black crumbs spilled on the tabletop as she wiped her mouth. "What's wrong with her?"

Ami shrugged. "She just went catatonic!"

Moshi shook her head as she started to come to. "Ano...cupcake? You want a cupcake?"

Minako tapped Moshi on the temple. "My friend, what have you been smoking lately?!"

Moshi looked at Minako and gasped. "I don't smoke!" She whacked Minako with her lunch bag.

"Ouch!" She yelled as the attacking lunch bag connected with her forehead. "You act as if you're smoking something!" Rubbing her forehead, she was glad that Moshi didn't have bento. The box might have cracked her skull open if Moshi had used the same amount of force as she did with the bag.

"Forget that! What happened to you?!" Makoto asked, pushing Minako back in her seat.

Moshi blinked and stuttered as she tried to explain. "There's something wrong. I don't know what, but all I know is it involves silver and Usagi..."

"ME?!" Usagi screamed, her ponytails nearly standing up on her head like horns.

Ami nibbled on her finger as she thought. "Maybe Rei-chan know if something is afoul or not.."

Usagi grimaced. "Afoul? What's that?!" She sniffed at her armpits, quite an unpleasant scene for a lunchroom.

Makoto smirked as she patted Usagi on the back. "She means something bad or not."

"Something's bad gonna happen to me?" She whispered. Her bye eyes were bulged in fear.

* * * *

"Mistress!" a voice called as a silver figure came into view. "I believe the one called Moshi or Supersailorearth has figured something out!"

A light started to grow from somewhere in the dark chamber. The light surrounded the silver figure. Posed on the dark marble throne was Nova, the Silver Senshi. Her silver fuku gleamed in the light as if it was carefully polished. Her dark hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail that dangle from underneath her helmet. Her black eyes narrowed as she slowly stood up. Stalking over to the silver ball that was held in the clutches of a odd looking table, she waved her hands over the silver ball, clearing the fog, getting a clear picture of the Senshi in class.

"Titanium...I want you to...play with these Senshi. DO NOT under any circumstances hurt Eternalsailormoon in anyway." Her voice edged like hard diamonds.

The second figure bowed. "As you wish Mistress Nova." Titanium vanished, off to accomplish it's deed willed by Nova, the Silver Senshi.

* * * *

"You've been having the dreams too?!" Rei asked, not believing what Moshi had said.

Moshi nodded, a serious look crossing her face. "Hai Rei-chan. It's nothing but silver...somehow Usagi-chan is in trouble!"

Rei turned to face the others. "Have any of you had dreams about silver or Usagi?"

Minako hummed to herself a bit. "I had one last night! Somehow, we were at the Celestial Gardens. Moshi was at a picnic. I can't remember the rest but there was silver, lots of silver!"

Ami's blue eyes widened. "You too?!"

Minako nodded to Ami. "Hai.."

Makoto nodded also. "I've been having the same dream...I thought it was just something I was eating. I've been trying new recipes..."

Usagi watched as the all chattered about her...HER. She stood up with her fists balled as tight as they would go. "WAIT A MINUTE! I am not gonna sit here and have you talk about me as if I died or something!"

Moshi and Rei's face paled when she said died.

"Galaxia was defeated and everything is DONE I don't want to become Sailormoon not ever again!"

"Usagi-chan..."

"No Rei-chan, don't try and talk me out of it...never will those wings grace my back again," Usagi finished as she plopped back down and folded her arms. Her anger blazed across her cheeks like red paint.

Moshi frowned. "Usagi-chan, if there is a new threat it's YOUR job as Neo-Queen Serenity, Eternalsailormoon to make sure the threat does not conquer the earth!"

Usagi stuck out her tongue. "If you're so concerned about the Earth. YOU take care of it. You are Sailorearth, not me. Oh wait I forgot, you're not the 'real' Sailorearth, just some stand in so that Mamo-chan doesn't have to wear a fuku."

"Usagi!" Ami chided.

Minako made a gagging sound.

Another sound that was heard. It was Makoto's hand connecting with her forehead.

Moshi felt like someone kicked her in the stomach. She felt her eyes instantly well up with tears at the insult. She couldn't believe Usagi of all people would say something like that.

She felt her anger boil over in a defensive attempt to recover her injured pride. Moshi's eyes narrowed into violet slits. "Oh that was a low blow...Come over here and say that!" She leaped from where she was sitting over to Usagi.

"I will..Ooof...aaack geet offffff!" Usagi choked, Moshi had wrapped her hands almost around her throat. An evil look of glee crossed Moshi's face as she started to shake Usagi back and forth. Hair both blond and black whipped about in the air as the two struggled.

"Stop her before something really ugly happens!" Luna cried out. She ran over and sunk her teeth into Moshi's calf.

"OWWWEEEEEEEE!" Moshi screamed in Usagi's ear. Reaching behind in a reflex action, she pushed Luna off her leg.

Standing up she brushed her skirt off. Her fight with the tears was lost and they were now plopping down her cheeks in large rivers. "Ever since I joined this team, I've always felt like an outsider...simply because I wasn't here when the team was founded. Now I know that you don't consider me a 'real' Senshi. Usagi-chan said so herself!" Her fist was clinched at her side, more tears slid down her reddened cheeks.

Makoto looked up from her seat. "How can you say that? Usagi was just upset. No one believes that crap!" She felt a stab of guilt as Moshi turned her flushed face towards her.

"I don't know which of this feels worse. The fact you don't consider me a real Senshi, or that Usagi was the one who said it." Grabbing her bookbag and putting her shoes on. Moshi left Hikawa Jinja and headed home.

* * * *

Instead of riding the bus, Moshi was so filled with anger and pain that she walked home. The kicked feeling remained. She gripped the handle of her bookbag. Still muttering to herself as she neared the downtown district she didn't notice the figure dressed in armor following her.

Passing the arcade, Moshi felt the hair on the back of her neck start to stand up. ' Someone's following me...' She continued to walk until she neared the corner. In a sudden move, she sprinted around the corner and down the alley. She reached into her book back and pulled her henshin wand out her book bag. Instead of using the henshin star, she now used the Wand of Infinity to transform. It was a plain white wand with a large infinity sign hovering over the stick. Gripping it, she held it in the air as she called, "Earth Infinite Power, make up!"

Supersailorearth surveyed the area. Who ever was following her vanished. "Oh..So you are Supersailorearth."

"Anata Dare!?" she called out as she spun around searching for the body of the voice.

"Atashi Sailor Titanium!" A voice rang out as a figure landed in front of Her. It was another Senshi, this Senshi was dressed in a dark grayish metallic fuku. In one gauntlet covered hand she held a staff with a three-pronged fork on the tip.

"Ahh another Senshi ne?" Supersailorearth asked, trying to by herself some time. She tried to edge her way slowly out of the alley.

Sailor Titanium nodded "Hai. Enough with the introductions. Titanium Steel Push!" she said as she threw her hands out in front. A large wall of steel appeared and slammed Earth into the back wall of the alley.

Shaking her head to clear the stabs of pain. Supersailorearth brushed bits of stone and rock off her fuku. "Now that's not fair! Power..." She crossed her fists and threw the ball of energy at Titanium's feet.

Titanium threw her helmeted head back and laughed. "Is that the best you can do?" She took a step forward on the spot where the energy had landed.

"Oh wait, it gets better. GRADATION!" On her word the pillar of purple energy appeared and surrounded Titanium, slowly crushing her metallic fuku.

Trapped within the energy field Titanium cursed and swore. "You little bitch! Titanium Steel Ground!" Since she was still encased within the pillar, the attack rebounded and struck her. Her staff flew out of her hand as she was struck by the power of Supersailorearth's and her attack combined.

Supersailorearth winked. A small infinity sign appeared and started to grow larger. Holding the sign between her index and middle finger, she heaved the sign like an ofuda. "Infinite Boomerang!" The boomerang caught Titanium in the mouth and caused her to spill backwards on the alley floor. In a huff she vanished, taking her staff with her.

"I'll be back Sailorearth. Don't you forget it!" her voice threatened.

"Not again...oh kami-sama, not again!" she thought as she transformed back into her civilian clothing and hurried home.

The End

Next Chapter: Chapter 26. Broken Bonds.

-chan -- suffix added to a name to denote affection

-san -- suffix added to a name to denote respect/formal situation

-sama -- suffix added to a name to denote total respect

anata dare -- who are you!

Daijoubu -- are you ok

Konnichi wa -- good afternoon

Nani -- what

Okaa -- mother