* * * *

"Tsukino Usagi?" Sekano-sensei called out from the student roll call list.

Usagi raised her hand. "Here." She looked over her shoulder at the desk near the rear of the class. Moshi wasn't in class today. She'd rarely seen Moshi after the incident at Rei's place. Usagi sighed, putting her chin in her hand. Where was Moshi? Usagi raised her hand again, wanting to ask a question.

"Tsukino-san, you have a question?" Sekano-sensei asked, his brown eyes focusing near the middle of the room.

Usagi cleared her throat. "Hai, Sekano-sensei, if I may ask. Do you know what happened to Takanera-kun?"

Sekano-sensei placed his wire glasses back on his small nose as he surveyed the class list. "Hmm Takanera-kun is out sick today. Her mother called this morning.

"Arigato, Sekano-sensei," Usagi said quietly as she folded her hands on the desk. Did she really piss her off that much that she is now in home school? "Mo-chan. what did I say that was so wrong?"

She blinked back tears as she silently opened her history book. She scribbled the date on her notes and flipped the book's pages to the ninth chapter. Something moved out the corner of her eyes, she looked up and saw a flash of white pass by the door's window. Shrugging she continued to take notes, listening to Sekano-sensei drone on. Another flash of white caught her attention. She looked up and noticed a pair of eyes blinking at her and then nothing.

* * * *

As she walked past Setsuna's shop on her way to school, Rei got another funny feeling in her stomach. Something or someone was watching her. She stopped and looked around, but no one was out that early. She picked up her pace a few steps, slowly but surely speeding towards her school. Suddenly she stopped and turned around, her dark hair whipping in the early wind. Behind her, she spotted a flash of white darting around the corner. "OK Rei...hurry up and get to school!"

Near the point of running, Rei spotted her school coming up in the horizon. She looked at the building and on the roof, she could see a figure, blotted out by the sunlight. By the time she blinked, the figure was gone. "Am I seeing things?" She raced up the steps to her building and rushed inside.

* * * *

Makoto yawned. Here she was in English class and bored out her mind. Why did they have to have it so early in the morning! She looked over at Ami who, as usual, paid dear attention to the sensei. Her hand scribbled furiously over her note pad as she took notes.

Makoto wished she had English later than 8 am. She couldn't focus enough to change verbs and what not. She stretched, her long arms filling the view of others. Her auburn ponytail bounced as she shifted her long frame in the tight space of the desk.

Banba-sensei's voice cut into her thoughts. "Kino-kun how do you say I want a cup of coffee in english?"

"Oh crap," Makoto thought as she opened her mouth. "Ano... Coffe cup I'd like?"

Banba-sensei closed his blue eyes and shook his head. "Iie, that's not quite it. Mizuno-kun, you know the answer?"

Ami nearly bounced out her seat. "Hai, Banba-sensei. I want a cup of coffee."

Banba-sensei smiled. "Very good Mizuno-kun." He then continued to lecture the rest on the class on how Ami arrived to that answer.

Makoto stuck her tongue out at Ami. "You would know the answer."

Ami giggled. "Well he gave us the answer in the way he said it." She continued to giggle until she saw a pair of violet eyes peering in the window. As long as she acted as if she was talking to Makoto, the eyes stayed. The moment she focused on the eyes they vanished.

Makoto turned quick enough to see a swish of black go under the window. One lone auburn eyebrow rose as she faced Ami. "Ami-chan," she whispered. "Did you see that?"

Ami nodded. "I also saw a pair of eyes..." She paused, her blue eyes widening. "Violet eyes."

"Moshi?" They both whispered.

* * * *

"Aino-kun, you're up," the sensei called as she scribbled on her pad of paper.

"Hai!" Minako said as she raced to the end of the mat. Her first class of the morning was gym, which was her favorite of all her classes. Closing her blue eyes, she concentrated, once she opened her eyes she raced towards the pommel horse that taunted her at the end of the mat. Placing her hands on the horse, she propelled her body over high enough so that she could perform a double somersault and land on her feet perfectly. She threw her hands back and arched her back, her long golden tresses nearly scraping the edge of the mat.

"Very good Aino!" Akinra-sensei clapped.

Minako blushed. "Arigato!" She raced back to the end of the line to wait for her turn again. As she stretched and pulled her hair back, she looked towards one of the windows, only to see a flash of purple run by. Shrugging she continued to stretch and cool down, only to get the feeling of being watched.

She crouched down and padded over towards the window, sitting beneath the window on her haunches, she waited until the figure peered in again. She sprung to her feet, and nearly scared the figure as it jumped back and leaped to the roof. Not fast enough for Minako to get a glance at the long dark ponytail and white boots. "What the devil was that?"

* * * *

Minako waved her arm in the air once she spotted her friends enter the school courtyard. "Hey guys over here!" She moved her book bag from one spot and cleared space for everyone else.

Usagi sat down on the small brick wall and sighed. "Today is just a terrible day!" She poked at the food in her bento.

Ami smiled. "Today was a wonderful day, I got a phrase right in English!" She smiled even wider; her eyes no longer open.

Makoto groaned as she threw her head back. "English is gonna kill me!"

Usagi's eyes narrowed as she spoke. "Did you guys see something weird this morning?"

Minako nodded as she opened her thermos. "Hai, we were in gym and there was this person at the window. I went over and hid under the window until they started to look in again. I jumped up and scared them. They freaked out and leaped to they roof." She stopped and took a sip from her juice.

"Makoto and I saw something in English!" Ami said as she picked up a bit of rice with her chopsticks. "It had violet eyes!"

Makoto added. "We think it was Mo-chan."

Usagi sighed. "What I saw was wearing white gloves, it could be Mo-chan!"

"I didn't tell you this Mako-chan, but I saw the eyes for a while, I didn't actually turn my head until I was sure it was her!" Ami reported, her cheeks staining slightly.

Makoto finished, "That proves it! It was her!"

* * * *

Rei sat down at the table. "Something was following me this morning!"

Minako looked up from her history book. "We believe it's Mo-chan." Next to Usagi and across from Rei, Makoto and Ami both nodded, their hair bouncing with each nod.

Usagi jumped up from where she was sitting. "Let's solve this then!" She marched over to Rei's phone and dialed Moshi's house.

"Moshi, moshi, Takanera residence. Miko speaking." Her light voice filled the phone.

Usagi smiled and responded. "Moshi, moshi, Takanera-san is Mo-chan home?" She made a motion to Rei to come over.

She paused for a second or so, "Gomen nasai Usagi-chan. Moshi is doing her homework."

Usagi twined her finger in the cord. "Hmm, has she been there all day?"

She laughed. "Of course Usagi-chan, she has a cold."

Usagi laughed a phony laugh. "Well tell her I called."

"I will Usagi-chan, Ja ne."

"Arigato, Ja ne." She replaced the phone on the receiver and stared at Rei. "She's been at home all this time!"

Rei facefaulted. "Then who has been following us?"

Ami answered, "Iie, it HAD to be her, I never seen anyone else with eyes like those!"

Makoto stood on her feet. "I mean really, how many dark hair violet eyed people are running around here." She glanced at Rei who narrowed her eyes into violet slits. "Uh..gomen.." She blushed and sat back down.

Minako added, after stuffing her mouth with chips, "Can't Mo-chan imitate people's voices? That might have been her. She is a mimic." She grabbed a juice to wash down the chips.

Usagi snapped her fingers, she hurried and placed her shoes on her feet and nearly vaulted out the door. The others quickly put their shoes on and chased after Usagi. The chase led them to Setsuna's dress shop. She pushed on the door alarming the small bell attached to the top of the door. "Setsuna-san!?" she called out.

A pair of reddish eyes peered over the top of a computer. "Hai? Oh Konnichi wa princess... um, Usagi-chan," she called out, placing her pencil behind her ear she walked over to greet the girls. "So what brings you here today?"

Usagi took a deep breath before she started. "Well, we were wondering have you been 'followed' lately by something?"

Setsuna gnawed on her pencil a moment to think. "There was this morning when I opened. Something dressed in white followed me to the door and then ran past..."

Minako gasped, "It's following you too!?"

Setsuna raised one dark green eyebrow. "Too? You mean something's been following you also?"

The five nodded in agreement. Setsuna's eyes opened wide at the response. "I wonder if Haruka or Michiru or even Hotaru had some kind of involvement, with this thing."

Usagi curled one small hand into a fist. "I don't like the feeling I'm getting from this."

Setsuna looked at her watch, "How about you girls go across the street to the cafe, and when Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru come I'll bring them over."

A half-hour later Setsuna joined the rest of the girls at Crown Ice Cream Shoppe. Behind her were Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru who held Michiru's hand. "I asked them if they saw what I had seen," Setsuna said as she sat down.

Usagi looked to Haruka. "Haruka-san?"

Haruka sat down; she pushed her lanky blond hair hack with her long fingers. "Hai Usagi-chan, Michiru and me were walking back from Juuban when we spotted something wearing white following. By the time we turned around, it was gone."

Michiru supplied, "The only thing I really saw was white boots.."

When Michiru said that Minako's blue eyes opened wide. "I saw white boots too! Did you see a black ponytail?!"

Hotaru pipped up. "I saw a black ponytail at school!" Eight pairs of eyes focused on the small dark haired girl. She smiled and continued. "She was wearing beautiful boots like Eternalsailormoon."

"Were they white Hotaru-chan?" Minako asked her, she stared into her purple eyes, pleading almost.

Hotaru nodded. "The boots were white."

* * * *

Adonia cursed as she looked at her swollen face in the mirror. "The armored senshi of beauty shouldn't look like 12 miles of bad road!" she spat at her reflection and plopped down on her couch.

Titanium giggled as she sat on the couch facing Adonia. "Admit it, take away those 'good looks' and you have nothing."

Adonia glared at her. "Who the hell do you think you are?!"

"Someone who just tells the truth," Titanium responded, she laid back on the couch, draping the cover across her midsection. "I'm sure you're just teeming with anger over what those outers did to your--"

Adonia folded her arms. "So what if I am a bit miffed," she interrupted. She turned her red nose up in the air and stretched out on the couch. Her ice blue eyes widened as she continued. "Oh, yet there's a certain Sailorearth you didn't defeat."

Titanium huffed as she sat up. "My mission wasn't to destroy...unlike you, I carried out exactly what Nova-sama wanted me to do!"

The large mirror in the center of the room started to shudder. A pair of dark eyes filled the mirror. "Adonia..." It was Nova.

Adonia sat up. "Hai, Nova-sama?"

"Come to my throne room now," Nova said. The eyes closed and vanished.

"Donia's gonna get it...donia's gonna get it," Titanium teased from the couch.

Before she vanished, Adonia hurled her pillow at Titanium's head. Reappearing before Nova on her black marble throne. Adonia kneeled on one knee, with her head bowed. Her long white hair covered her face. "You wish to see me Nova-sama?"

Nova purred as she stretched. "I'm going to give you another chance Adonia, fail this time and that's it for your ass!"

Adonia held her head up, bruises and all and smiled. "Arigato Nova-sama. I won't fail!" She quickly transformed to her armor suit and prepared to leave.

"Before you go!" Nova stopped her. "Be on the look out for Sailorearth. I don't like the way she's slinking about."

Adonia saluted, her gauntlet clanging against her helmet. "Hai!" In a bright flash of golden light, she was gone.

* * * *

For twenty minutes the Senshi, both inner and outers, sat near the fountain in hopes that what ever was following them would show up soon. It was around late afternoon and the after work crowd was starting to litter the streets of downtown minato-ku. Usagi helped herself to an ice cream cone while she waited.

As she walked back over to the bench where they were sitting, she caught a flash of white out the corner of her eye. She raced back to the bench and sat down, puffing.

"I saw something," she whispered to Rei, who nodded in response.

Rei leaned back and whispered, "I saw the white too." She leaned over as if tying her shoes and whispered louder, "Minna, Usagi saw something, be on the look out."

In their own way each Senshi nodded. They slowly moved and sat in more relaxed positions, to make it seem as if they were just sitting on the bench hanging out with their friends. On top of the OSA P Jewelry shop, a figure blotted out by the afternoon sun watched them and waited. Soon something should happen.

"Well isn't this just my luck," a voice called out the nine Senshi quickly raised their heads in the general direction the voice came from. A bright golden light appeared as it slowly took the form of a armor clad woman. Her white hair flowed in the breeze as she held her hand up. A staff of gold appeared in her grasp.

"Dare?!" Usagi called out as she fished in her pocket for her brooch. Each Senshi were doing similar acts, searching for their tool of transformation.

"I'm sure your friends there the Outers know who I am," Adonia said as she winked at Haruka. "Although the blonde did slap me around a bit."

Haruka stood up with her first clenched. "And I'll slap you again should I have to!"

Adonia waggled her finger. "Tsk tsk, didn't anyone tell you slapping is rude!" She aimed her staff right at Usagi. The tip started to vibrate with a golden color.

Usagi's eyes grew huge as she started to scramble out the path of the blast. She could hear a voice call, "Infinite Boomerang!" and a large infinity sign appeared and nailed Adonia in her back, causing her to fall forward onto her knees.

"Minna, Henshin-yo!" Minako called out as she brought her wand into the light. "Venus Crystal Power, make up!"

Each Senshi called out her respectable planet and transformed. Mercury looked amongst the rubble of the bench only to find a semi-awake Usagi, who was gripping her brooch tightly in one small hand.

"Usagi-chan!" Supersailormercury called out as she threw pieces of wood into the air, clearing Usagi from the wreckage.

Suddenly a man in tuxedo raced over and pulled Usagi from the broken pile of wood. "Usako," he said as he ran a hand over her face. Her eyelids fluttered as she focused on the face above her.

"Mamo-chan," she breathed as she sat up. Noticing Adonia knocked on her knees she placed her brooch on her chest and stood up. "Moon Eternal Make up!!!" The large white wings of Eternalsailormoon shifted ever so slightly as she looked to see what knocked Adonia down.

Adonia spun around on her knees and looked up. "You bastard, who did that!" She shook her fist at the air. In a whoosh a figure leaped down in front of Adonia and pointed at her.

"Jinsei to energy no seera fuku, bishoujo senshi, Supa Seera Aasu! Mugendaini kawatte, oshioki-yo!" In her hands, she held another boomerang in the shape of infinity. Her dark ponytail swished as she drew back ready to release another shot to Adonia.

Adonia growled deep in her throat. Her armor glowed as she started to power up. Suddenly a ball of golden energy hit the ground and spanned out into different directions, each path was toward a Senshi.

In one second, eleven bodies flew into different directions. Supersailormars snarled as she jumped back onto her feet, her heels clicked on the pavement. "Fire...Soul!" she called, creating a ball of flame. Heaving the flame towards Adonia, who was still seated, she finished her attack by yelling, "BIRD!" The flame morped into a phoenix that cawed as it slammed into Adonia's armor.

Jupiter glanced at Mars, who had a smug expression on her face, "You think that was good...lets try this! Supreme...Thunder..." Her rod appeared over her tiara as the thundercloud grew in size. Once large enough she called, "Dragon!!!" The dragon of thunder opened its large jaws and clamped down on Adonia, sending electric pulses through her body. Adonia spasmed and then was still.

Eternalsailormoon started slowly to walk towards Adonia. Earth watched as she saw Adonia's hand twitch. "Moon, NO! Earth!" She threw her hand out to the side and a infinity sign that was in her palm became consumed by energy.

"Splash.." She stood on one toe and started to slowly spin, the more she spun the faster she turned. A purple shield with yellow sparks surrounded her.

"FOUNT!" She suddenly stopped and the sparks trapped inside the shield struck out and reached their target, Adonia. Adonia screamed as she was pummeled by one hundred splashes of energy.

The golden staff that Adonia once held started to glow. Adonia's armor at the same time glowed also. "She's powering up! Watch out!" Earth cried as she ran and stood in front of the Senshi, as if she was guarding them.

Adonia's form floated in the air and then righted. Her ice blue eyes fluttered open. She hovered higher into the air, creating a golden shield around herself "But of course! Golden Hand!" A large hand made of gold appeared and pushed Earth down into the ground. The cement cracked as the force of the hand pushed Earth into the rubble.

"Space Sword Blaster!" Supersailoruranus called out as she charged towards Adonia. Steel clashed as her space sword encountered Adonia's golden staff. Adonia blinked and forced Uranus back, sending her sprawling.

Saturn twirled her glaive in her hands. "Silence Glaive Surprise!"

At that same time, Pluto powered up for her attack. "Dead Scream," she whispered.

The combination of their two powers was devastating. The ground crumbled as the shock wave hit Adonia's shield, sending ripples through the golden light. Unfortunately, the affects of the attack hit the ground also, scattering Senshi like tinker toys.

"Mercury..." A gloved hand flew out, in the palm was the sign of Mercury, which was then consumed by water. "Aqua Rhapsody!" She played the harp of water that sent streams of water careening towards Adonia.

Adonia cackled madly as the arcs of water bounced off her golden shield. She continued to release attack after attack on the Senshi. Trying all of their most powerful attacks, none could pass through the shield.

Supersailorearth, who just awakened from the affects of the golden hand, rushed over to Supersailormercury. "Mercury!" she hissed through her teeth while grabbing her ribs.

She turned to face Earth. "Hai?"

"Can you analyze that shield she has up?" she gasped for air.

Mercury twisted her earring causing her visor to appear. "It's a bit sketchy but I can do with this." She pulled her computer from her subspace pocket and started to tackle Adonia's shield.

"Good. Do that and I'll try to protect you," she said as she slowly moved in front of Mercury.

"...Oak Evolution!" Large green leaves sharp as machetes, flowed from Jupiter's tiara, connecting with the gold shield. Large green leaves sharp as machetes, rained down on the earth, causing everyone to scatter.

"No more oak!" Mars yelled at Jupiter who sheepishly grinned and shrugged.

"I'm getting something," Mercury started. "The shield only protects the front, so if someone can get to the back, they can nail her!" she finished, slapping the computer shut.

Earth's violet eyes lit up. "That's all we need!" She went over towards Tuxedo Kamen and Eternalsailormoon.

"Midget? Daijoubu!?" he asked, concerned.

"Daijoubu. I need your help! You're the only one that can fly high enough to reach her," Earth began as she crumpled to the ground on her knees. Tuxedo Kamen kneeled also, holding onto his sister's arms. "Take this." She winked creating a infinity sign that grew until she plucked it out the air. "Yell, 'Infinite Boomerang,' and heave it to slice her armor then throw your roses!"

Tuxedo nodded and took the sign, amazed that he could hold it. "Protect Usako."

"Hai!" she said slowly getting back to her feet.

Earth watched as Tuxedo Kamen slowly made his way along the edge of the building. In fear that Adonia would spot him, she started to attack again. "Cosmic!" A dark cloud appeared over her head as lightning glowed. A large bolt appeared between her hands. "Lightning!" She heaved the bolt as hard as she could towards Adonia. It hit just as she planned; the bolt splattered across the shield.

"Why did you do that, you know it wasn't hitting!" Mars said as she balled her fists.

Earth grinned. "I'm buying time."

Adonia yawned, "This is fun, but it's starting to get old. So my dear Senshi it's time to say oyasumi!" Her ice blue eyes glowed eerily as she gripped her staff in both gauntlet-covered hands.

Earth noticed Kamen in position ready to heave the boomerang. "Imayo!"

Tuxedo Kamen heaved the symbol towards the middle of Adonia's back. "Infinite Boomerang!" The moment it hit, he pulled three roses out his pocket and threw them in succession. Only one of the roses stuck in its target, which started to squeal loudly.

Adonia turned around her eyes flashing. "Bastard!" She threw her hand out, sending an image of it into his chest. The hand slammed him into the ground, not once but twice.

"MAMO-CHAN!" Moon cried as she tried to rush over. Had Jupiter and Mercury not held her back she would have ran directly under Adonia.

"Moon, attack her" Earth yelled as she streaked past in a purple and white blur. She ran under the hovering Adonia towards Tuxedo Kamen's prone body. She tried to grab him and drag him away, but he was too heavy.

"What are you trying to do?" Adonia asked as she projected another golden hand. Earth looked behind her to see the hand coming, too tired to cast a shield she threw her small body over her brother and wrapped around him, holding for dear life.

She'd just cradled his head against her chest when the hand slammed into her back pushing her across the sidewalk. The cement scrapped at her knees and elbows as she held fast to her brother. The two rolled and came to a complete stop. Although they both were hit, Earth took the brunt of the attack. In pain, Earth fiercely held on, as strong as when she began.

"Oh I like this!" Adonia said as she shoved again and again with her golden hands. A loud whimper could be heard as Earth continued to protect her brother.

The golden crescent moon on Eternailsailormoon's forehead glittered as the Eternal Tier shimmered into view. Moon grabbed the Tier and brandished it. "Adonia!" she roared, catching Adonia's attention.

Adonia looked away from her torture fest into the fierce gaze of Sailormoon. "Nani?!"

"Yurusenai!" Moon cried. She started twirling the tier around, powering up for her attack. "Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!"

She threw the tier into the air, creating an arc of power. The arc crashed through Adonia's shield, nailing her in the back, she didn't even have a chance to scream.

As the bright light slammed into the armored Senshi, Adonia meekly cried, "Beautiful!" as she fell to the ground and vanished.

The tier fell from Moon's quaking hands. "Mamo-chan, Mo-chan!"

She raced over to the unconscious pair. Earth was still wrapped around Tuxedo Kamen, with her hands clamped over his head. Part of the back of her fuku was rubbed away exposing raw flesh. Her boots were grimy from the dust staining them. With a gentle nudge from Jupiter, Earth rolled away, her eyes shut with dust covering her face. Tuxedo Kamen's eyes behind the mask started to flutter.

He sat up slowly holding onto his head. "Usako," he uttered as he looked around.

Moon's eyes watered as she hugged Tuxedo Kamen.

Earth sat up, coughing and spitting dust. "Oh crap, look at my new fuku!" Realizing one with hurt ribs can't scream she regretted it the moment she yelled. Wincing she placed her hands on herself. "Earth Healing Power." Her midsection started to radiate a soft yellow as she used the last reserves of her energy to heal herself.

Each Senshi transformed back into their civilian gear, moaning about the injuries of the past battle. Moshi stood up, brushing off her pants and started to walk away.

Usagi spotted her starting to make an exit. So she rushed over and put a hand on Moshi's shoulder. "About what I said, I didn't know you'd felt like that. It was immature of me to say such a thing. Can you forgive me?" She was holding Moshi's hands within her own, scanning into the deep violet eyes of her friend.

Moshi felt her face twitch with anger. But before it could get out of control, she spoke. "I forgive you, Usagi-chan. It's just that I'd recently learned about my mission, my true mission, it confused me," she said quietly, looking down at the ground.

"What is your mission now?" Michiru asked, her aqua hair fluttering across her cheek.

"I'm not suppose to protect the princess," she said as she balled one hand into a fist.

Rei raised a dark eyebrow. "Then what is your mission?"

Moshi smirked a bit. "To protect the Princesses' guardians."

Makoto snorted, "Protect us?! We don't need protecting! Why--"

Minako piped up, interrupting Jupiter's tirade. "That's why you followed us!" After receiving a stern look from Makoto, she slowly moved over towards Ami.

"Hai." She nodded. "My original mission was to protect the Earth. Now I must protect the Earth and those who protect it and the princess." She turned her head up towards the sunlight, feeling it cascade on her face.

"Well, I'm aching and tired. I'm outta here." Haruka said as she, Setsuna, and Michiru headed for the car. The Inner Senshi looped arms and limped away into the afternoon. "Brimstone's dead, Adonia's dead. That leaves Titanium."

"But most of all, it leaves Nova..."

The End

Next Chapter: Chapter 29: Is This The End?

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

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

-sama -- idbid

-sensei -- idbid/mostly used for teachers

Arigato -- Thanks

Daijoubu -- Are you ok

dare -- who is that person/ who are you

Fuku -- uniform/sailor suit

Gomen nasai -- sorry

Hai -- Yes

Henshin -- transform

Iie -- No

Imayo -- Now! The yo implies exclamation.

Ja ne -- til then

Minna -- Everyone/ all you people

Nani -- What

Oyasumi -- Good night

Yurusenai -- I won't forgive you.

Jinsei to enaajii no, seera fuku bishoujo senshi, SupaSeera Aasu. Mugadaini, Kawatte, Oshioki-yo -- For life and energy, I am the lovely sailor suited warrior, SuperSailor Earth. In the name of infinity, I shall punish you!