Project: Sailor Earth

Chapter 16: Showdown..

By: Tory L. Brown

Legal speel: All Sailor Moon type characters (minus
Sailor Earth) is based on the series Sailor Moon, Copyright by Takeuchi
Naoko (Did I mention she rocks?).  This chapter, Moshi finally has a show
down with Imitar...or maybe she don't...read on! Warning there's a lot
of jumping views in this one.  From future to present.  I jump around
alot! Do not hesitate to email me with comments, suggestions or any other
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arigato!

     Glancing in the mirror, Moshi brushed her ponytail one last time
before she adjusted her purple bow.  She smoothed the wrinkles out of her
purple dress as she slipped her feet into her matching shoes.  Her hand
went to her ear where the pair of daisy earrings she usually wore were
gone. Sighing she sat on her bed, thinking of Hoshi again.  Deep in
thought she didn't hear her mother coming up the stairs calling for her.
She didn't look up until Miko entered the room.
    
     "Dear Kami-sama, Moshi I've been calling you for the last ten
minutes!" Takanera Miko said as she brushed her bangs out of her face. "I
still have to shower and do my hair.  I need you to finish preparing
downstairs before everyone arrives!"

     Moshi smiled weakly to her mother. "Gomen ne Okaa-san, I'm just a bit
tired I guess." She stood up and follwed her mother back downstairs.  Miko
was having a party, celebrating her promotion at work.  A promotion meant
more money, but also her having to travel much more.  She invited Moshi's
friends and their parents, plus a few other people from work.

     As Moshi cleared a spot on the table for another bowl of chips, Miko
emerged from her room glowing and smiling.  Her light perfume filled the
air.  Moshi sniffed and smiled, she liked the smell of her mother's
perfume, it reminded her of the roses in the Celestria Gardens.  The
doorbell chimed and Moshi rushed to open the door. The first guests of the
evening were Hino Rei, her grandfather and Yuuichirou.

     "Konban wa Moshi-chan!" Rei called out as she walked in, her red
skirt swished with a flourish that Moshi knew she did on purpose.

     "Konban wa Rei-chan," Moshi said through gritted teeth, sometimes
that girl just got on her nerve.  In no time Rei's grandfather was trying
to hit on Moshi's mother.  Moshi sighed and clapped her hand to her
forehead as the doorbell chimed again.

     "Help yourself to some potato chips!" Moshi said as she pointed Rei
and Yuuichirou to the table.  Mumbling to herself about pyros, she opened
the front door.  The second guests for the evening were the Tsukino
family.  A excited Usagi bounced in, giving Moshi a bearhug.

     "Konban wa Tsukino family!" Moshi said beaming a wide smile.  Ikuko
smiled as she took her husband by the arm and walked in.  

     "Konban wa Ikuko!" Miko called out as she spotted her friend enter
the house.  The two women began to chatter as the men in the room looked
for something to do.

     Moshi smirked and nudged Shingo in the ribs. "psst Shingo..looking
for something to do?"

     Shingo nodded. "Yeah, I'm bored..."

     Moshi giggled a bit. "Come with me!" She led Shingo upstairs to her
bedroom.  Pushing him over to the TV she clicked it on and turned her
Nintendo on.  Hearing him gasp in excitement, she knew Shingo would be up
here for the night. The doorbell chimed again, calling her attention to
her important matter.

     Racing back downstairs she skidded to a halt in front of the door.
She flung it open expecting another large brood of people.  Standing in
the light of the porch light was Makoto standing alone.  With a serene
look on her face she smiled. "Konban wa Mo-chan," she slightly whispered.

     Moshi's face lit up. "Mako-chan, onegai come in!"  She took Makoto by
her arm and led her into the house. "Potato chips by the table, Rei and
Usagi are already here!" Makoto smiled again and nodded, heading over to
the table of food.

     Before another thought could enter her head the doorbell chimed
again. Feeling like she was stuck in a warp, she opened the door again.
This time it was Ami with her mother and Minako with her parents.
Greetings were said, and everyone was present for the party.

     Moshi let out a sigh of relief, finally she could sit down.  She
glanced around the room, as usual Chibiusa and Usagi were arguing about
something. Rei and Minako looked as if they were plotting something.  Ami
had found a quiet corner and started to read a calc book she had tugged
along.  She could hear the excited cries of Shingo upstairs playing a
video game. She looked at Makoto, who only stood quietly at the table,
poking a few potato chips around on her plate.

     Moshi stood up and walked over to Makoto. "Mako-chan, Daijoubu?" She
asked, her face filling with worry.

     Makoto laughed a phony laugh. "Daijoubu!" She tried to fake the small
smile she placed on her face.

     Moshi frowned, her violet eyes flashing. "I know what it is, I felt
the same way when I saw Usagi's and Minako's too-san."

     Makoto sighed, her green eyes filling with tears. "It's just...I'm
always the one going solo at such parties."

     Moshi leaned her head on Makoto's shoulder. "Mako-chan, it's not your
fault." She suddenly snapped her head up. "I say to hell with this, lets
go see a movie or something!"

     Makoto smiled a bit more. "You mean leave your mother's party?"

     Moshi shrugged apatheticly. "Hai, let's go!"

     The two spent the next ten minutes rounding up their friends.  Slowly
moving towards the door, they each crept out one by one.  When Moshi
finally left the house last, closing the door behind her.  They screamed
out loud and ran down the steps giggling widly.  They sprinted to the
corner and turned it in a flash.  Stopping to get their breath they
laughed madly about what they just done.

     After getting their breath from the 200 mile run, they decided they
would go to the new multi-plex in downtown Minato-ku to see a movie and
then to their favorite cafe for shakes afterwards.

*			*			*			*

     "Total Confusion!" SuperSailor Paradise screamed as she released her
attack, a dark purple cloud struck Imitar, rendering him confused for a
few moments, giving Sailor Utopia her chance to become the Utopian
Knight.

     "Knight power, Come to me!" she called as her all white fuku, with
the purple and yellow color slashes, transformed into a purple armored
suit with a cape.  On her face a mask of white appeared as her Dawnbringer
appeared at her side and her bracers of life appeared on her wrists.

     "Neo Life Force!" Sailor Neo Earth yelled as her attack crashed into
Imitar's shapeless mass.  With a confused scream he shrank back into the
corner of the room. 

     "Where did he come from!" Paradise yelled.  They were sitting down to
dinner when Imitar suddenly barged in and began to create havoc.  

     The Utopian Knight snarled, "I don't care, but I'm about to send him
back where he belongs."  She wielded her sword, the Dawnbringer.  Swiping
it above her head in a arc, a tail of yellow light followed.  Her bracers
started to glow brightly as she held her sword in her hands.  She walked
over to the shuddering mass and held the sword over her head.  "Utopian
Sword Illuminate!" She wailed as she leaped.  Imitar suddenly moved out of
the path of the blade into another corner.  Confused by his sudden move,
this left him a chance to attack.

     He pinned the Knight against the wall, as his hand wrapped around her
throat. She gasped as she called. "Neo Earth, go get me!"

      Leaving her mother and her sister to battle Imitar, she embarked on
the long trip to the time portal where Sailor Pluto sat alone.

*			*			*			*

     Minako laughed as Moshi acted out another part of the crazy movie
they just saw.  "That had to be the dumbest part ever!"

     Moshi shook her head as she laughed. "I think the dumbest one was the
Knights of Ni!"

     "Ni Ni!" Usagi said before she bursted out with laughter.

     Rei snickered a bit.  She pointed to Usagi and screamed. "A Rabid
Usagi..RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!"

     Ami laughed as tears poured from her eyes.  Makoto laughed also as
she pulled out her hankerchief to wipe at her eyes.

     As they walked to their favorite cafe for their shakes, Makoto pulled
Moshi behind the rest and whispered to her, "Arigato Mo-chan, you sure
know how to cheer a girl up."

     Moshi smiled. "We both were needing cheering up, now let us drown our
cheer with shakes!"

     Behind them a girl dressed in a Juuban fuku silently followed.  Her
green eyes narrowed as she tried to focus on the girls.

     The bell on the door chimed as they entered the cafe.  The manager
smiled as she saw her favorite customers approach the counter.  Over in
a corner booth sat three women, deep in conversation.  Usagi turned to
look at the menu above their heads when she spotted them.

     Mentally she eeped as she tapped Rei on her shoulder. "Rei..it's
them!"

     Rei tried to look without seeming that she was looking. "Oh boy...If
she's here something's heavy about to go down."

     Usagi nodded, she tapped Ami on her shoulder and whispered in her
ear. Ami then tapped Minako and whispered the same thing Usagi said.
Minako then tapped Makoto on her shoulder and did the same.

     "What is this chain gang?" Moshi said noticing the odd behavior they
were displaying.  Rei jerked a thumb over in the direction of the corner
booth.  One could tell Moshi saw what she needed to see, for her eyes
widened in terror.  If Setsuna was around, something was either going to
burn, blow up or die.  Hopefully neither was going to happen to them.

     They took their shakes and eased into their spot.  Too nervous to do
anything they sat and stared in their glasses, their urge for shakes now
killed.  

     "I don't know about you," Moshi said as she began to slurp her shake
quickly. "I'm about to finish this and get out of here!" In two more
slurps her small shake was gone.  Wiping her mouth she threw her cup away
and returned to the table, where the others were finishing their shakes as
well. 

     "Remember now, play cool," Rei whispered as she straightned her red
skirt.  Trying to keep the playful level they had when they entered the
store, they slowly but surely walked out of the cafe.  Once outside they
took to the sidewalk running pell mell to the corner.  Around the corner
and out of sight they all took a deep breath and sighed the sigh of
relief.

     "We better get back to the party," Ami said as she looked at her
watch.

      Moshi nodded. "Hai, lets go minna." Tired from all the running they
slowly walked back to Moshi's house.  A thought nagged at Moshi in the
back of her head.  She didn't want to upset the others, but she had to
talk to someone.  She tapped Ami on the shoulder and slowly pulled her
back.

     "Ami-chan," Moshi said, looking at Ami.

     "Nani, Mo-chan?" Ami asked, her blue eyes filled with
concern.

     Looking down at her hands, Moshi twiddled her thumbs. "Well...I have
a odd feeling...something isn't right.  Don't you feel it?"

     Ami closed her eyes for a moment and slowly began to nod. "Somehow I
feel it too."

     Rei heard the conversation and slowed her walking pace to match Ami
and Moshi's. "Hai, I feel it too.  Something is out of balance."

     "What are we going to do?" Moshi said as she looked to her friends
for answers.

     Ami shrugged. "There's nothing we can do until we know what's
wrong."

     Rei knitted her eyebrows.  "Ami-chan, some day we'll have to have a
discussion about your tact, the lack thereof."

     Makoto bursted out loudly. "You mean the odd feeling I've been
getting all day?"

     Moshi sighed. "Hai Mako-chan."

     Usagi looked around in bewilderment. "Odd feeling? Nani?"

     Rei inwardly moaned. "Oh boy, you mean you're not getting an odd
feeling that something isn't right?"

     Usagi shook her head so that her ponytails started to fly around her
head. "Iie, I've felt nothing!"

     Moshi slapped herself on the forhead again for what seemed to be the
fifteenth time tonight. "Oh Kami-sama, what are we going to do with
her!?"

     That did it, Usagi's eyes wealed up with large tears as she opened
her mouth to let loose a loud wail. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU
ARE SO MEAN TO ME!"

     Rei plugged her ears. "Now see what you done Mo-chan!"

     "ME?!" Moshi yelled above the loud wailing. "I've done nothing!"

     They spent the next few minutes trying to calm the wailing Usagi.
Behind them in the shadows the girl dressed in the Juuban fuku still
follwed at a close pace.  She pushed her black bangs out of her eyes as
she crouched behind a tree, keeping an eye on her targets.  'Maybe not
tonight, but for sure tomorrow,' she thought as she stood up and ran
away into the night.

     Finally reaching Moshi's house, the six friends slowly crept up the
front stairs.  Moshi went to put her key in the door when it flew open.
Standing before her with eyes of brown fire was Miko.  'I'm dead!'
Moshi thought as she waited for the hand of punishment to slap her
silly.

     "Where in the name of Kami-sama have you girls been! We've been
worried sick about you! If it wasn't for Chibiusa who told us where you
were...I ...just ...ooo...Moshi!" She sputtered at a lost for words.
Usually when she sputtered Moshi knew it was either death or disembowlment.  
She would prefer the former...it would be faster.

     "Before you kill me!" Moshi yelled, to break her mother out of her
sputtering rage. "I had to get away, Mako-chan was feeling bad.  I didn't
want her to feel bad..so we left!" She folded her arms, trying to somewhat
look brave.  Behind her Makoto held her head down.

     Miko's eyes softened, she remember Moshi telling her about how
Makoto's parents were killed in a plane accident.  She suddenly knew that
her being around everyone else's parents made her feel a bit sad. "Gomen
ne Mo. You just made me upset walking off like that!"

     Feeling like the governor had called, Moshi walked in with her
friends in tow. "I'm hungry! FOOOOOOD!" she said as she broke for the
table.

     Usagi's ears perked up. "Did she say food, outofmyway!" She pushed
past Rei, following Moshi's trail.

     The party for the rest of the night was fun, the parents went into a
separate room where they had their drinks and conversation, while the
girls stayed with the food and discussed their usual topics.

*			*			*			*

     "Ohaiyo!" Usagi called as she ran into class, late again as
usual.

     "Ohaiyo Usagi-chan!" Moshi and Naru said in unison.  They looked at
each other and began to laugh.

     They worked quietly until the bell for lunch rang, both Usagi and
Moshi being ravenous that day, ran with their luch bags in their hands,
heading for their usual seat under the oak tree.

     "Konnichi wa Mako-chan, Ami-chan." Moshi and Usagi said as they sat
down to their lunches.

     Makoto and Ami smiled.  They watched to see the spread Moshi brought
with her today.  Her large bag buldged with food, she cackled as she
pulled out her first treat of the afternoon.  A sandwich.

     "Uhoh here comes hurricane Moshi!" Ami said as she scooted away so
she wouldn't get food on her.

     "Hey are you trying to say I'm a messy eater?" Moshi asked with a
mouthful of bread and meat and cheese.  Makoto icked as bread crumbs
splatted on her dress.

     At another tree a figure watched the girls as they ate.  Moshi sensed
a pair of eyes on them.  She turned and looked, and there was the girl who
was following them last night, watching from behind a tree.

     "That's it!" she said as she threw her sandwhich back in her bag.
"It's one thing to stare, but not while I'm eating!"

      'Oh no, she saw me!'  the girl thought as Moshi stomped over
towards her.  Her black ponytail pumped up and down with every step.

     "Say, why are you staring at us?" Moshi asked as she put her hands on
her hips.

     The girl smiled. "Okaa-san," she whispered.

     Moshi's eyes went blank. "Okaa? Shi, is that you?!" she asked as she
looked closely at the girl, Shi was a taller than her, nearly Makoto's
height.  She looked into the girl's green eyes. Green? Miko had green
eyes, not Moshi...if her eyes are green, that means... "Oh Kami-sama!" 
Moshi said as she fell backwards in a faint.

     Moshi hit the ground with a loud thud.  Miko kneeled next to her
mother. "Okaa-san, Daijoubu!?"

     "She fainted!" Makoto said as she leaped to her feet and ran over,
Ami and Usagi quickly follwed.

     "Dare?" Usagi asked the girl who was next to a comatose Moshi. 

     "Atashi Miko!" she said, happy to see Usagi again. "You don't
remember me?!"

     "Dear lord, you're big!" Ami said.  Her eyes wide in disbelief.

     Miko giggled. "Well I am 16 now, I was sent back to retrieve her. "
She pointed to the prone figure lying on the ground.

     "Imitar--" Makoto whispered.  Saying the name finally registered what
that odd feeling was. "That's why we didn't know what was happened.  It
was something in the future!"

     Miko's green eyes narrowed as her voice turned serious. "Okaa-san
sent me back to get her.  We cannot defeat him alone, he's somehow too
powerful for us alone."

     Moshi moaned as she sat up. "Guys, you wouldn't believe the dream I
had.  I saw Miko and boy was she huge!"

     Miko smiled and poked Moshi in the shoulder. "It was no dream
mama!"

     Moshi slowly turned, fearing what she might see. "EEP! So it wasn't a
dream!"

     Miko nodded. "I have to go, I'll go to Rei-san's.  Go there after
school and I'll fill you in." She stood and ran out of the courtyard,
waving as she vanished out of sight.

      "Sugoi," was all that they could say.

*			*			*			*

     "I wish Neo Earth would hurry back!" SuperSailor Paradise said as she
heaved another attack at Imitar.  "No matter what we do, he keeps coming
back!!!"

     SailorStar Neptune attacked Imitar also, her fountain of water seemed
to do no damage to the insane morpher.  "I hope she hurries also, we can't
spare no more time!"

*			*			*			*

     "....so I have to go with you now?" Moshi asked.  She couldn't
believe she had to go to the future to help herself and her children.
"What could I possibly do, I'm weaker than the rest of you!"

      Miko shook her head. "We need the power of the cyber armor.  You can
take an attack better than any of us can."

     Minako entered the room, wondering what the urgent meeting could
be about now.  "Konnichi Wa Minna-chan!" she called out as she put her bag
in the corner and kicked off her shoes. 

     Miko's eyes lit up as she saw Minako. "Minako-san!" she yelled as she
rushed over and almost pounced on Minako.

     "EEK I'm being attacked!" Minako cried.  She looked up into the face
of a grinning Miko. "Miko, that's you?!"

     She nodded, her black hair flying.  Ever since Minako gave her the
red bow, she'd been wearing her hair like her idol, red bow and all.

      "I'd hate to interrupt this, but I've made my decision, " Moshi
said, breaking the two out of their conversation. "I've decided.  I will
go back, but it will have to be tomorrow."

      Miko nodded. "That's fine, you know 1 day here equals about an hour
or so in the future.  Although you may suffer some days, if you go into
the future."

     "It's for the Earth, I have to do it. It's my right as a Senshi."
Moshi said, squaring her shoulders. "Minna, I want you all there when I
leave."

     "Even Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked. 

     "Even Ru-chan," Moshi answered.

*			*			*			*

     "Good move Paradise!" SailorStar Uranus said as she pushed the desk
against the door.  Paradise had smacked Imitar with her super attack.
Sweet Dreams, an attack that puts it's victims to sleep.  Now snoring
soundly in the locked room was Imitar.  This gave them some time before
Moshi and Miko could arrive from the past. 

*			*			*			*

     The next day, they gathered at the back of Rei's temple.  Dressed in
her school fuku, Moshi stood in front with Miko, ready to jump into the
future.  Her henshin star glittered in the early morning sunlight as
Mamoru walked over and gave her a hug. "Odaijini Midget, kick his
butt!"

     Moshi sniffed. "I will Ru-chan.  Take care of Miko-mama for me, just
watch out for her."

     He nodded, wiping a tear from his eye.  Usagi was next, she clung to
Moshi like static cling. "Usagi-chan, I know you'll take care of Ru-chan
for me." 

     Makoto walked over, her eyes already filled with tears. "I don't want
to think the unthinkable, but I can't help it."

     "If I die, all existance of me will be wiped away.  You'll forget me.
It won't be too bad, you wouldn't even know I existed," Moshi said.

     Makoto sighed. "Then I'd like to say, Moshi, you're one of my best
friends and I love you for what you do.  It's like we're working on the
same page, and the only other person like that for me was Usagi."

     Moshi felt her eyes starting to leak also. "Mako-chan..You're my best
friend also," She whispered, they fell into each other's arms, sobbing
softly.

     She walked over to Rei and put an arm around Rei's shoulders.  "Rei-chan, 
even though we do fight.  I wouldn't hesitate fighting by your side
anyday."

     Rei smiled, her eyes filling with tears also. "Moshi," she whispered.
They hugged each other fiercely, gripping tightly.

      Minako started blubbering loudly as she walked over to Moshi.
Moshi snickered a bit as her and Minako embraced.

     She then walked over to Ami, who was rubbing her face, as if trying
to push back the tears. "Ami-chan," Moshi whispered as she wrapped her
arms around her.

     "Mo-chan.." Ami said before her throat closed with tears.

     She walked back over to Miko, her blue skirt fluttered in the spring
like breeze.  Looking ahead, Miko removed her time key and unlocked time's
door.

      "Ja ne Minna-chan Itte marimasu!" Moshi yelled as she waved her hand
high above her head.

     "Itte rasshi!!!" Makoto called as she waved back. "Odaijini.." She
said under her breath as Moshi and Miko walked into the portal.  There was
a flash of bright light as the portal vanished, leaving them alone.

     'Kami-sama, onegai mamo Moshi,' Makoto prayed as they turned
and walked back into Rei's temple, silent, with nothing on their minds but
their friend, who may never come back.


The End
Next Chapter: Showdown.. Part 2


*** Japanese Words Used in Chapter Sixteen *** 
-chan -- suffix added to a name to denote affection
-san -- suffix added to a name to denote respect (Mr or Ms)
-sama -- suffix added to a name to denote highest respect (princesses)

Atashi -- I
Dare -- who
Daijoubu -- Are you ok/it's ok
Gomen nasai -- I'm very sorry
Hai -- yes
Henshin -- transform
Itte marimasu -- I'm going and I'll be back.
itte rasshi -- Go and do come back.
Ja ne -- later
Kami-sama -- God
Konban wa -- good evening
Konnichi wa -- Good afternoon
Mamo -- protect
Minna -- everyone (all you people)
Nani -- what
Odaijini -- take care
Ohaiyo -- Good morning
Okaa -- mother
Onegai -- please
too -- father

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