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"Your hair is so dark! It's darker than Rei-chan's!" Usagi cooed as she ran a brush through Moshi's thick, curly hair. In the midst of a heated pillow battle, Usagi had knocked one of her odangos loose. As a sign of good faith, she volunteered to pin it back up after Moshi grumbled about it for a few seconds. It was already three hours into their senshi slumber party at Rei's. They wanted to take this time out to get to know Moshi a bit better.

"I agree!" Chibiusa said as she wrapped one small finger in a curl. Moshi smiled and flattened the wrinkles out her tan pajama pants.

"Enjoy it while you can because I might get it cut off soon," Moshi quietly replied.

"You're kidding! Why do you want to cut it?" Chibiusa nearly yelled, tugging on Moshi's ponytail.

"It's a hassle. Besides, I'm just thinking about it. That's all," Moshi said as she looked at the floor.

"I think it would be just a shame to cut all that pretty black hair!" Minako interjected, flicking a long strand of golden hair over her shoulder. Moshi looked at the movement and shudder. She *hated* her hair and hated the fact that the odangos was the only thing that kept her hair from flying in every direction.

Rei had been perched on her bed reading through her lates mangas. The conversation caught her ear and she looked up from her manga. "Enough chit-chat. I think we have a few more questions to ask Moshi-chan." She stared at Ami who nodded in return.

Moshi looked up from the floor, her dark eyebrows crinkling with confusion. She particularly didn't like the way Rei had said that. "Nani?" She twisted her hands in the silk of her pajamas. She knew Rei was going to ask about what happened.

Makoto fought the urge to comfort the small girl. Moshi knew what they were going to ask, she could almost smell the fear that radiated from the violet eyes. "I think you know what I'm going to ask. It's about how you know this Glutius," Makoto said, standing up from where she was sitting.

Moshi's head whipped to face Ami when she heard the girl clear her throat. "What did you mean about 'not you again?'" Ami added, closing her physics book.

"Gomen, I don't understand," Moshi retored a bit huffy. Mentally chiding herself for seeming so defensive.

Rei threw her manga on the floor and said, "Don't play dumb with me! Are you on our side or not!" Rei jumped from her bed and stood before Moshi, who was now standing with her fists clinched. Makoto silently stood behind Rei with a stern look on her face. In the corner sat Minako, Usagi and a stunned Chibiusa.

Moshi's voice almost came out in a growl. "No wonder you acted funny, You think I'm evil or something?" She folded her arms across her small chest and huffed. "I don't have to sit here and be accused!" She stormed over to her bag and replaced her pajamas with her pink fuku, swearing under her breath she stuffed her things in her bag and stalked past Ami and Minako. Both pairs of violet eyes, one dark, one brilliant, flashed as she passed Rei on the way out. She could hear Usagi calling her name loudly. With tears streaming down her cheeks, she headed for the bus stop to go home.

Rei watched from inside her house. Makoto emerged from the bedroom fully dressed. "Where are you going?" Rei asked as Makoto went past her for the door.

Makoto turned to Rei, her green eyes seemed to flash with every word. "I'm going to follow her, If she's evil, I'll find out. I'll contact you as soon as possible," she replied as she let herself out and flew down the steps.

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On the bus, Moshi silently cried. The tissue she was holding had became a soggy ball from the flood of tears. Ringing for her stop, she dropped the tissue in a garbage pail at the post. It seemed so long ago, when she was still with the Sailor Elementals, her, Sailor Flame, Breeze and Aqua were close friends. Founded by Gaia, Mother of the Earth, to protect the planet from those who wanted to destroy it. All was well until Glutius came along and killed three of the Elementals. Sailor Earth was all that was left and now Glutius was after her.

She sighed deeply, clutching her bag closer to her body. "If I could only be a normal teen," she said as she passed the Crown Arcade ice cream shoppe.

Gaia told her of the universal Sailor Senshi and sent her to find them. Lately Moshi wasn't able to contact Gaia, she wondered if Gaia was even still alive. Deep in thought, Moshi didn't see the young man approaching and neither did he see her.

"Excuse me!" the man said as he pried her loose from his chest. Moshi looked up into a face that seemed oddly familar.

"Ahh, Sumimasen! I didn't see you!! Daijoubu!?" she babbled slightly, looking up into a pair of bright blue eyes.

His eyes crinkled as he laughed. "I'm sure I'll live, it's not everyday that I get attacked by midgets!"

A blank look crossed Moshi's face. It took her a few seconds to realize that he was actually joking with her. She quirked one dark eyebrow and grinned. "Hey watch it with the midget jokes, I'll bite your kneecaps off!" They both paused and laughed for a moment.

"What's your name, kid? Mine's Chiba Mamoru."

Chiba... Mamoru... That name sounds familiar! "Ano...watashi desu Takanera Moshi," she paused and bowed. "dozo yorishiku, Mamoru-san."

"I was about to go for some Ice cream, care to join me. It's not everyday I take a midget out for a treat." He smiled at her, 'Who is this small girl..why do I somehow know her?' he thought. He also wondered why she wore her hair like Usagi. Surely she wasn't from the Moon kingdom.

Moshi stopped and took a long look at Mamoru. The feeling she was getting wasn't like puppy love, but it was more as if he was an old friend she hadn't seen in a while. "I have nothing else to do today, let's go!" she answered grinning brightly, placing her hand in the crook of his outstretched arm.

Down the street, hiding behind a tree, Makoto was spying on the action taking place between Mamoru and Moshi. She gasped when she saw how Moshi and Mamoru was conversing. She pulled out her communicator and contacted Rei.

Rei heard a beeping noise. She opened the face of the communicator watch and saw Makoto's face come into view. "Rei here, what's up?"

Makoto covered the communicator with her hand and whispered harshly. "I think Moshi is up to something. She's seemed to be talking with Mamoru." At the mention of his name, she could hear Usagi fussing in the background "The two went in for ice cream. She has her hand in his arm! I'll keep a look out and report back."

Back in the Ice cream shoppe, the two new friends were laughing over malts. The familiar feeling that Moshi was getting slowly grew stronger by the minute. "So, do you know a Tsukino Usagi?" He asked, peering at her slightly.

"Hai, I do. Why did you ask?" she answered, hesitating slightly.

"It's odd, but you two wear your hair alike," he replied, tugging on one of her dark ponytails.

"You're 'Mamo-chan!'" Moshi nearly squealed, dropping her spoon. "You're the one Usagi-chan and Chibiusa-chan told me about."

His eyebrows lifted. "Oh you know my Usako and her friends?"

She nodded. "Although, Rei really doesn't like me. At least now she don't," she said solemly, cleaning off her spoon.

Their conversation was interrupted by a loud noise coming from outside. Moshi turned and saw people running past the cafe window, their eyes large with fear as if they were running for their lives. A car flew past the window. She turned to Mamoru and noticed that he was exiting the cafe. She jumped from her seat and followed, taking care to not get trampled in the frantic rush of the people. She ran towards the nearest alley she could find. Making sure she was alone, she pulled her necklace from under her tie.

She raised a hand to the sky and said, "Earth Planet Power, make up!" Moshi's figure was consumed by a tan light, as tiny infinity signs emerged from her necklace. The energy surrounded her in a tornado like fashion as her fuku slowly formed, from the boots on up. Her necklace vanished as her tiara appeared. The tan stone winked, finishing her transformation.

She hurried outside where she could see a man in a black tux ushering people away from the commotion. She screamed for his attention, but he couldn't hear her as a second car whisked past as if it had the weight of a feather. She tried to rush over to tuxedo clad man, but a firm hand on her shoulder prevented her from doing that. She whipped around ready to call on her power of energy, until she saw the face that belonged to the hand.

Her dark eyebrows knitted in a scowl. "Glutius, I knew this was your doing!" Sailorearth jerked, removing her shoulder painfully from his grip and taking a defensive stance.

He chuckled slightly, green slime oozing from his pores caused Sailorearth to gag. "We have unfinished business you and I," he said, he then grinned, revealing a sharp row of pointy teeth.

Sailorearth frowned. "Hai, we do, you slimy bastard. I still owe you for what you did back then. Life Force Drain!!" She spun in a circle, creating an arc of energy. The arc flew out towards Glutius. With the flick of his wrist, the arc returned towards Sailorearth. Bracing herself, she screamed as she flew backwards into the wall of the Ice cream shoppe. In a flash Glutius was over at her pinning her against the wall. She struggled as a black, foul smelling cloud, surrounded her, crushing her.

"Get your hands off of me, freak!" She gathered her strength and commanded a shockshield to zap him. It seemed not to bother him one bit.

"Well it seems I will be able to kill all of the Sailor Elementals," he chuckled. "This has been fun, but now you die." In a sudden move, he slammed her to the ground, tighting his grip on her shoulders. Another black cloud surrounded them as energy coursed through them both. Earth opened her mouth, but no sound escaped as her very breath was being sucked out. The tiara faded and her necklace appeared. The infinity sign on her forehead faded as a bright light shot up into the sky.

"Eat this sucker!" she gasped, "Earth....Planet...POWER!" The beam grew in size as she commanded her power forth. She directed the beam into Glutius' face, pouring very last energy poured into him causing Glutius to let go in a screech. His hands clawed at his face as her energy pounded him. Her necklace glowed bright before it shattered into a million pieces. Glutius vanished as the pieces fell like rain. She transformed back to her school fuku and she remained on the ground, crying.

The senshi had just arrived on the scene when they spotted a small girl laying on the ground. They rushed over to her, anxious to see who the girl was. When they noticed it was Moshi, SuperSailormoon knealed and picked her head up and held her head on her lap "Mo-chan, Mo-chan! Daijoubu?" she said as she rubbed one gloved hand over Moshi's odangos. Moshi said nothing as she sat up, looking around her.

Sailorjupiter placed one hand on Moshi's shoulder. "Gomen about being late..."

Moshi was about to respond when she noticed the pieces on the ground. "Oh no, my necklace! It's destroyed!" she screamed as she scrambled to gather the remaining pieces of her necklace. The only thing that survived was the tan stone. Bits and pieces of gold that was the neck part littered her skirt. She held the stone in her palm as tears flowed down her cheeks. "I'll never be Sailor Earth again," she sobbed. Sailormars knelt down and took the stone from Moshi.

"This is something the Sailor Senshi can handle," she said, placing the stone on the ground. Standing back she held her henshin stick to the sky and yelled, "Mars!"

Catching on, Sailorjupiter sood back up and held her henshin stick up and said, "Jupiter!"

Mercury held her pale blue stick up also. "Mercury!"

A golden one soon followed. "Venus!"

The clasp on the Cosmic Compact opened. "Moon!"

They all said in unison, their voices ringing like bells, "Star Power Create!!!!"

Moshi stared in awe. The colors of Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter gathered in the circle above the stone, forming a star. The star slowly fell towards the Earth, landing on the stone, encasing it in its gold exterior. SuperSailormoon stepped into the circle and picked up the five pointed golden star and handed it to Moshi, who was still on the ground looking on in shock.

"Now you can be Sailorearth once again, but now a more powerful Sailorearth," SuperSailormoon said smiling.

With tears in her eyes, Moshi smiled as she stood up and held the star up. She palmed the star and threw it into the air and said, "Earth Star Power, make up!!!" Now with a new power, and a new method of transforming. Moshi spun the star on her finger, as tiny infinity signs emerged from its center. The signs surronded her leaving her in her sailor fuku. The star left her finger and placed itself on her bow. The now purple stone in her tiara winked, completing the transformation.

Opening her eyes she looked down and gasped. The tan color she always wore was gone! Her once tan boots were now a deep purple, as was her skirt. Reaching up she could feel a tiny infinity sign on her choker. Her bows were still the bright lemon yellow color. "What happened to my old color!?" she questioned, staring at her skirt.

"That was the old Sailorearth. Now you have a higher power and a new color!" SuperSailormoon said, smiling.

"I'd have to admit, the purple looks better than the tan," Sailorvenus said, ducking a playful hit from Sailorearth.

"But I'm not done yet," SuperSailormoon began, she opened her brooch and turned towards Sailorearth. "by the power of the Moon, I give you a new power; Cosmic Lighting" Sailorearth looked down and the infinity sign on the star had opened, showing the stone inside. A bright light flowed from Sailormoon's brooch into Sailorearth's star. The light enveloped Sailorearth. She could feel herself growing more and more powerful. When the light faded, she slumped to the ground. Sailorjupiter rushed and held onto her.

Sailorearth wondered, was it finally a close on the old chapter of her life as she and the other Senshi headed off.

The End

Next chapter: Will the real Moshi stand up?

*** Japanese Words used in Chapter Three ***

Ano -- Verbal pause like um or uh
Dozo yorishiku -- Pleased to meet you.
Gomen -- Sorry.
Hai -- Yes.
Henshin -- Transform/morph
Iie -- No.
Manga -- Japanese graphic novel (comic book)
Nani -- What.
Odango -- a dish with meatballs similar to Usagi's hairdo
Senshi -- Warrior/Solider (NOT Scout)
Sumimasen -- Excuse me.
Watashi desu -- I am.