* * * *

"Venus Love Me Chain!" Venus cried as she whipped the chain towards her intended target.

A demon had appeared from nowhere and started attacking people, draining their energy. The demon didn't seem to be a minion or daimon. It had just appeared.

The Senshi were having a hard time trying to pin the beast down. Each time one attacked, it would use its large legs to leap straight into the air

"Burning Mandala!" Mars yelled, trying to herd the beast towards Jupiter.

Mercury was busy scanning the demon for weak points, running figures into her computer to find a viable solution. There was one, on the top of its head. "Oh this is bad," she muttered.

"What's bad, Mercury?" Jupiter asked after releasing a Sparkling Wide Pressure on the demon.

Mercury clicked a few buttons on her computer. "The weak spot is on the top of its head," she groaned.

"Crap!" Jupiter cried. "Maybe if one of us jumped on it."

Mars snorted. "It wouldn't hold still long enough for that!"

The demon heard them talking and it started prancing around. "You can't kill me!"

The Senshi groaned.

The demon continued to dance, strutting its stuff before the disgruntled Senshi. Its bizarre dance continued until a rose struck him in the top of the head. With a gurgling noise, the demon fell over.

"Now, Sailormoon!" Tuxedo Kamen cried from one of the treetops.

Before Moon could even begin her attack, one hundred splashes of energy flew in from nowhere and pummeled the creature.

Moon took her chance and attacked. "Silver Moon Crystal Therapy Kiss!"

The light from her attack bathed the body in a silver light. When the light cleared, its battered body fizzled in a flash of steam.

"Nani?" Moon asked confused. She looked around; the other Senshi shrugged in confusion.

"I did it," a voice said from the treetops. A whoosh was heard as Supersailorearth appeared before the Senshi.

The Senshi gasped, her fuku looked exactly like Sailormoon's sans the wings. Instead of three skirts, she only had two: the bottom was yellow and the top purple. She didn't have a bow on her chest, but she had two yellow wings held in place by a purple heart. Her once purple boots were now white with purple trim.

"Mo-chan!" Moon cried.

"Don't call me that!" Earth snapped. "I only came because I felt something was happening." She turned to walk away, her long purple ribbons floating behind her.

"Earth, matte!" Moon called. She rushed forward to grab Earth's hand. Earth jerked back as if Moon was corrosive acid.

"What?" Earth said in plain English, her violet eyes were reduced to cold slits of purple.

"Gomen nasai, for what I said," Moon said. "You know I didn't mean it! I was upset at the time."

Earth had folded her long gloved arms and glared at Moon. "It's too late to apologize. The damage's been done."

Tuxedo Kamen had leaped down from his position in the tree and walked over. "Midget... "

Earth turned and ran, the long ribbons floating in the air behind her.

"Midget!" Kamen repeated. "Matte!"

He took chase after the errant Senshi, but she was no where to be seen. Dejected, he returned to report that he had lost her

* * * *

Nova cackled, rubbing her hands together as if she was about to partake in a large meal. "Brimstone!" she barked; her semi elongated canine teeth glowed in the chamber lights.

A red figure slowly appeared, followed by an increasing feeling of heat.

Nova hissed. "Stop it with the fire! You're making me hot!"

Brimstone blushed, if she could blush seeing she was mostly red. "Gomen nasai Nova-sama...I won't do it again!" Brimstone was dressed in the traditional like fuku of most Senshi. Except her fuku was totally red, even her hair was fireball red. The only other color on her was gold and that was her tiara.

Nova fanned her face, damn Brimstone, always causing a heatwave. "Seeing you posses a talent for fire, I think it's time you have a little fun with the Shinto priestess, the one called Sailormars."

Brimstone smirked, finally a chance to channel all her power! "Hai, whatever you need me to do Nova-sama!"

Nova smiled to herself, unlike Titanium, Brimstone was all too willing to be able to help. She liked this girl, she was spunky like her in a way. "One more question, why don't you wear armor like the rest?"

Brimstone turned circles with her foot on the floor. "Well Nova-sama, armor makes me hot!"

"Hey wait a minute!" a snappish voice called out. A bright golden light appeared and a second woman dressed in a golden metallic armor suit appeared. She flipped her almost white hair over one shoulder. "I don't believe it's fair that she gets to have fun. Titan had fun, now her. When is it my turn?"

Shaking her head, Nova nearly groaned. "All right, you want to go play? Go play then. Don't drag your sorry butt back here whining about your hair!"

Adonia giggled and twirled, her white hair fanning out. "I thank you Nova-sama!"

Nova removed her helmet and released her hair from the ponytail. The crown of her hair was pure silver, the rest was dark hair that tumbled down over her shoulders like black rain water. "I want you Adonia to go play with Uranus, Neptune and Pluto first. Those three are incredibly strong and I want you to get rid of them!"

Adonia stuck her finger up at Brimstone. "Hai Nova-sama!"

Brimstone grabbed a lock of Adonia's hair and growled, "You bitch."

"Oh be gone all of you!" Nova said, with a wave of her hand the two dueling Senshi vanished.

* * * *

Rei sighed and looked at her watch, soon the rest should be here. She flopped down on the bench, her short skirt of her school fuku fanned out around her legs. The birds did their regular routine of singing as they flew around.

The sun peered down on Rei, showing off the deep purple highlights of her dark hair. Throwing her arms behind her head, Rei closed her eyes and leaned back, today was such a beautiful day.

Brimstone spotted Rei sitting on the bench with her eyes closed. "The little wench has no idea what's about to happen."

A tingling sensation caused Rei to sit straight up, her dark eyebrows came together in almost a line. ' Nani...' she thought as she looked around, the tingling sensation was growing with each passing second.

Brimstone seized her chance and created a large ball of fire and stone. "Fire and Brimstone!" The ball of fire careened towards a stunned Rei. With a loud yelp she dived and rolled away from the bench.

"Nani kore!" she yelled as she pulled her henshin stick out her book bag. As she held it into the air the golden insignia of Mars twinkled in the sunlight. "Mars Crystal Power, make up!" Supersailormars looked around, wondering where the blast came from. She noticed that it was also a blast of flame. Storing that in her memory, she spotted Makoto rushing over, armed with her henshin stick.

"Sailormars! Daijoubu!" she nearly yelled. She was on her way here when she spotted the large blast head over towards Rei. Makoto, taking no chances held her henshin stick up. "Jupiter Crystal Power, make up!" From Jupiter's tiara her thunder rod appeared. It grew up past her head and started to flash as her powers roared throughout her body.

"Sailormars, what happened?!" She asked as she surveyed the area, looking at the damage that the flame caused. "Whoever sent that blast is pretty strong," she thought as she turned to face Sailormars.

Mars blinked, "I have no idea, I was sitting here waiting. I then felt an intense heat and then that blast of flame appeared!"

Brimstone appeared before them, bringing that same intense heat Mars felt before. "It was my flame that almost hit you." She nearly chuckled as she took small steps toward the Senshi. "Atashi Brimstone. The Senshi of fire and stone!"

Jupiter snorted, her rod starting to flash faster. "I am the Senshi of protection, Supersailorjupiter. Try out this for size! Supreme Thunder!"

Brimstone screamed as Jupiter's thunder attack crashed into her stomach, flying her backwards into the small pond. A loud hissing noise could be heard as her fiery body plunged into the cool depths of the pond. As the steam started to condense and fade, a figure stalked from inside the cloud back into view. Brimstone's hair had gone out, leaving her totally bald. "My hair!" she wailed as she patted her bald scalp.

Sailormars snickered as she pulled out an ofuda. "You should try a better hair dresser! Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen. Akuryou taisan!" She charged forward and slapped the ofuda directly on Brimstone's forehead. Brimstone wailed loudly as she was suddenly frozen in place.

"What is this? I can't move!" she yelped as she struggled to move, it seemed her body refused to obey her as it stood still, trapped under the power of the ofuda.

Sailorjupiter smirked at Sailormars. "Let's finish her!"

Mars nodded. "Hai!"

Brimstone wheezed. "Iie! Onegai, I won't attack you again, I promise! Please DONT KILL ME!"

Two hands flew out to the side as their respected planet symbols appeared in their palms. Each symbol was consumed by the source of their power.

"Mars Flame..."

"Jupiter Oak..."

"SNIPER!"

"EVOLUTION!"

The large arrow of flame flew towards its destination, Brimstone's heart. Brimstone screamed in pain as the arrow pierced through her fuku, passing through her heart. A second later large green leaves sliced at her skin, like a thousand paper cuts. In a burst of flame, Brimstone was no more. The only remnants that were left were scraps of her red fuku and a golden tiara that suddenly dulled to a plain gray.

Jupiter gave Mars the victory sign and yelled, "Yatta!"

* * * *

Setsuna shook her head, causing her green hair to fly about her shoulders. This action caught Michiru's attention, which caused her to push her shake aside for the moment.

"Something's wrong Setsuna?" she asked calmly, taking another sip from her shake.

Setsuna blinked and replied, "I just had an odd feeling. That's all."

"Hai," Haruka said as she stirred her soda with a straw. "I've been getting the same sensation myself."

Setsuna sipped a little bit on her green tea. "Things started to feel funny after you told me about what happened with Moshi-chan."

"Speaking of which, have anyone seen her as of late?" Michiru asked after she wiped her hands with her napkin.

Haruka shook her head, her short blond hair flying out and settling again. "Iie, I haven't seen her since that day."

As if on cue the bell on the door to the parlor rang as a new customer entered. Michiru looked up and noticed the small girl with the long black ponytail, held up by a purple bow. She was dressed in the fuku of Juuban high. She knew only one girl who had her hair like that, Moshi. "Haruka, speak of the Moshi there she is."

Haruka looked over, sure enough there was Moshi ordering a large cone. Her violet eyes flashed with greed as she held the cone and started to consume it.

"I just love ice cream!" Moshi thought as she proceeded to gobble the cone down. She felt eyes on her, was she being a pig again? She looked up and spotted the Outers sitting at a table near the window. Careful not to gobble greedily, she walked over to their table. "Konnichi wa Minna-san!"

Michiru smiled. "Konnichi wa Moshi-chan, genki desu ka?"

Moshi smiled back. "Genki desu!"

Setsuna smiled as she scooted over to make a place for Moshi. Moshi sat her bookbag down and scooted into the booth.

"Sa, what have you been up to Moshi-chan?" Setsuna asked, as she stirred her tea.

Moshi wiped her mouth. "Ano... I've been just going to school and stuff." She blinked nervously.

Haruka put her straw down. "I think what Setsuna is trying to ask, have you talked with your friends lately?"

Michiru placed one hand on Haruka's arm. "Haruka, stop, you're scaring her." She then turned to Moshi and said, "I believe what Haruka wants to know is how come you haven't talked to the Inners lately?"

Moshi's eyes widened, it had been almost six days since she left Hikawa Jinja. "Iie," she replied softly, lowering her eyes to the table.

Michiru said, "I'm sure Usagi-chan meant nothing by what she said. The last few months was stress on us all."

A pair of violet eyes flashed in anger. "Stress? You want to talk about stress.." She stopped for a moment to finish the cone. "At least you haven't lost nearly two years of your life!"

Michiru retorted, "It's all relevant, stress has affected us all." She didn't raise her voice; she stated it as a matter-of-fact.

Moshi balled her napkin up in her hand. "So I guess I'm suppose to go crawling back to Usagi-chan and the rest, begging to be friends again?! She made it pretty clear how she felt!" She then folded her arms and mimicked, "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."

Haruka looked up, she really did sound like Usagi.

"Now if you excuse me, I have lots of homework to do," Moshi said as she stood up and grabbed her bookbag. She flung her napkin into the trash and stalked out the shop, jerking hard on the door the bell rang a sharp sound as she tried to slam the door behind her.

"Moshi-chan wait!" Michiru called as she scrambled to her feet and raced out the shop. Soon Haruka and Setsuna followed. Moshi hadn't been gone for 20 seconds, but she was nowhere to be found on the street.

"She moves fast," Haruka noted.

"It's not her that I'm concerned about anyway!" Adonia said as she came into the Outers' view. "I am the Senshi of armored love and beauty, Sailoradonia!"

Setsuna reared back. "I knew something was up!"

Haruka nodded. "It's back to fighting again. Uranus Crystal Power, make up!"

"Neptune Crystal Power, make up!"

"Pluto Crystal Power, make up!"

While Sailor Pluto was in mid henshin, Adonia swiped her staff at her, sending a golden ball of energy towards Pluto.

"Deep!" Neptune yelled as a ball of water shaped like the planet Saturn appeared between her hands. "Submerge!" She pushed the water out towards Adonia, engulfing her as if she fell into the ocean

"My hair!" Adonia cried as she wrung her hair between her armored hands. "Look at this! My armor is going to rust!"

Supersailoruranus held her hand into the air, a bright light twinkled in her palm as she grabbed it. "World..." She spun around as the wind in her hand grew stronger. She slammed her fist into the ground releasing the power. "Shaking!"

Adonia screamed as the energetic wind slammed into her side, sending her sprawling.

"Dead Scream," Pluto whispered as she twirled the garnet orb staff. Lavender energy appeared and crashed into Adonia, knocking her senseless.

Uranus grabbed Adonia by the front of her armor. She proceeded to slap her in the face, trying to arouse her. "Who are you working for!" she demanded.

Adonia's eyes fluttered. "I....I..."

Uranus snarled as she jerked harder on Adonia. "Answer me, dammit! Who do you work for?" When Adonia refused to answer she reared back and slapped Adonia harder.

Adonia cried out. "NOVA-SAMA!" A bright silver light enveloped Adonia and Uranus. Sailor Uranus dropped the armored Senshi and jumped back. Adonia stuck her middle finger up as she slowly melted into the ground, vanishing.

Uranus pushed her short bangs back. "What the hell was that all about?"

Neptune shrugged. "I have no idea."

Pluto sighed. "We have to warn the Inners, if they haven't already been attacked."

* * * *

"Nani, you were attacked today?!" Usagi rubbed her hands together, as if trying to rub away the anguish she was feeling.

"Hai, we both were," Makoto said, casting her green eyes downward to Usagi's face.

Usagi sighed as she closed her eyes. "It has started again hasn't it. Something nagged at me this morning. I tried to ignore it, but it constantly gnawed at my insides."

Ami closed her book and focused on the conversation. "Who attacked you?"

"It was some nutso Senshi, Sailorbrimstone," Makoto replied.

Minako interrupted. "Did you see Moshi?!"

Makoto lowered her eyes as she shook her head in denial. "No, I haven't seen her since class."

"Yeah, it seems like she just vanished," Rei finished as she sat down at the table.

A knock at the door stopped everyone's thoughts. Rei stood up and answered the door, outside was a worried Mamoru. He walked in lowering his head so that it wouldn't bump against the doorframe. "Minna, have you seen Midget? I haven't seen her in days."

"Mamo-chan," Usagi whispered. "We haven't seen Mo-chan for a while either."

"After what happened those few days ago, I'm pretty sure Mo-chan won't be around here," Minako added as she stood up preparing to leave. "I have to go, I promised my parents I'd be home early."

Mamoru looked for answers. "Can anyone tell me what really happened?"

"Well," Luna started as she settled on the desktop. "Usagi-chan made a comment about her being Sailorearth. To which Mo-chan took too personal and left."

"I believe it was more to the point of her being a stand in for Mamoru-san, so that he won't have to wear a fuku." Artemis settled himself on Minako's shoulder.

"As much as I'd hate to say this, it's almost like she never returned from the future," Ami said quietly.

* * * *

Nova snarled as she heaved Adonia against the wall. "You WHAT?!"

Adonia's limp figure slid down the wall, landing in a puddle at the base of the wall. "Gomen nasai, Nova-sama...I..AAAAHHHH!" she screamed as Nova released another silver attack against her.

"Baka! Brimstone is dead, you didn't get rid of the Outers. What am I to do with you all?" Nova threw her hands up in the air as a gesture of defeat. She stalked back to her dark marble throne and plopped down onto it.

Adonia crawled over on her knees. "Forgive me Nova-sama. I didn't do what you asked of me..AHHHHH!" Nova simply slapped her again and threw her against the other wall.

Titanium shimmered into view. "I see Adonia goofed again. At least I did what you asked of me. Perhaps I can do Adonia's task myself?"

Nova grinned toothily. "Well Titanium, it seems you have more spunk than I believed before."

Adonia gasped from her position on the floor. "More than me!?"

Nova frowned. "Shut up!" She shot another silver flash at Adonia, knocking her out. "Let's put it like this. Titanium if you can destroy the Outers, I'll make you captain!"

Titanium's steel gray eyes lit up with excitement. "Hai Nova-sama, count on me!" In a flash of gray, she vanished as fast as she appeared.

Nova walked from her throne and stood over the prone form of Adonia. "What to do with you?"

The End

Next Chapter: Chapter 28: Sailor Sentinel.

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

-san -- suffix added to a name to denote respect

-sama -- idbid

Genki desu ka -- How are you? (Genki desu = I'm fine)

Hai -- Yes

Iie -- No

Konnichi wa -- Good afternoon

Kore -- it

Nani -- what

Onegai -- please

Sa -- so

yatta -- We/I/You did it!