Death Reborn Evolution Chapter 10: Apollo 18 Disclaimer: See the prologue. As usual, I own none of the source materials used in writing this work of fanfiction. There's no profit involved, this is just done for fun. "speech" 'thought' XXOOXX Ranko was getting frustrated. The Sailor Senshi had cleansed three phages since her tentative inclusion and were currently fighting another one as it attacked the local zoo. As usual, she found herself pushed to the side of the fight for "containment" purposes with Saturn and Chibi-Moon, in the off chance that the phage managed to give the older Senshi the slip. Exhaling a loud sigh, the so-called 'Sailor Titania' turned to her compatriots and ranted, "This isn't fair! Why won't they let us help?" Chibi-Moon just shrugged, "Get used to it. I think they just don't want to see us get hurt. Well, that, and none of my attacks are particularly effective unless I'm directly teaming up with bun-head. And whatever you hit those things with at the concert at only held them for a few moments." Saturn sighed as well, "And I've got the opposite problem. My attacks are just way too powerful to use inside the city, even at its weakest a Surprise takes out a city-block and I don't have anything smaller. I'm stuck on healing duty usually." "I still say it stinks," Titania pouted. "Not much we can do about it though," Chibi-Moon responded. "They'll call us in when things really get rough, but we're pretty much stuck otherwise." "And until we move outside the city to wherever this Galaxia and her minions are operating from there's not all that much I can do anyway," Saturn said. "It's just too risky otherwise." Titania deflated, "I guess you're right. I just wish there was something we could do to feel more useful." Chibi-Moon replied, "If you can think of something, I'm game, but I don't think there's much we can do. Saturn's attacks are already super powerful; I don't know how to make them more manageable. And Puu said my problem had something to do with mixing mana streams and temporal interference but it just went completely over my head." "STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!" they heard shouted from the battlefield. Looking over, the girls saw the phage engulfed in the usual pink light and surrounded by feathers. When it started to shrink back into one of the zookeepers, they hopped off to find an alley to detransform in. "Even if our abilities were more useful, I still think they'd try to sideline us," Hotaru chipped in as the trio walked back towards the Outers' house where they had been spending the afternoon. Ranko perked up, "Even so, we could try to train so we can prove that we're capable. Uncle Saffron said I'd get better with my powers the more I used them and as I got older." "The last thing I need is to get more powerful, Ko-chan," Hotaru replied. "Well, while Sa-chan and I work on beefing up our attacks, why don't you try to tone yours down," Ranko skipped ahead a bit before turning and smiling brightly at her friends while bouncing on her toes. "C'mon Taru-chan!" Hotaru looked wryly at her friend. She didn't think it would really work; after all, she had tried to limit the destructive nature of her abilities multiple times with zero success. 'It's worth a shot,' she supposed, and at least it would make her friend happy. She glanced at Usa, who was grinning back, and said, "Alright, we'll give it a try." "Great!" Ranko engulfed her friends in a tight hug before dragging them off towards the house. "C'mon! If we get our homework done we can start tonight before I have to go home!" Try as she might to suppress it, a small grin blossomed on Hotaru's face at her friend's enthusiasm. XXOOXX Later that evening, the girls transformed back into their Senshi uniforms in an abandoned lot. A dilapidated, condemned building shielded them from the view of the street and provided convenient targets to aim at. Chibi-Moon sat back to observe with Pluto, who had come along to supervise, as their power levels were pretty much set in stone for the time being. Titania was trying to think up a new attack that would actually do some damage rather than just immobilizing the enemy. Sure, she could always conjure weapons and throw them, or soak the target with a blast of water, but she had mostly been focused on freezing her opponents in place. This was all well and good, but she realized that most of the monsters needed to be beaten down and weakened first beforehand, or they would easily snap through any bonds she could currently conjure. Saturn, meanwhile, raised her glaive over her head and started to channel her power through the weapon. A purple orb started to form at the tip of the glaive, and despite her best efforts to minimize it, swelled until it was at least 2 feet in diameter. With an abrupt cry, "Aaaahhh!" she pulled her energy back and collapsed to her knees. The others rushed over, and started fussing over her. "Taru.. Saturn-chan, are you okay? Please be okay," Titania frantically pleaded. "I'm fine, I'm fine." Saturn waved them off half-heartedly. "It just took a lot out of me to pull that much energy back in without just firing it off, and that's about as small as I can make it… even getting it down to that size is really draining. It's like the second I start feeding power into my glaive it swells up enormously without me even really putting in more than the bare minimum to form the spell." "Hmm," Titania pondered. The answer to her friend's power problems was hovering just out of reach but she didn't seem to have quite enough information. Unlike the true Senshi, she could pretty much make her own magic work exactly how she wanted it to. Though it took some effort to perfect every spell, her magic was quite pliable. The Senshi, on the other hand, seemed to be stuck using preset attacks. "Hmm," she wondered, "Senshi attacks seem to be preset, right?" Getting nods all around, she continued to muse, "How did you learn how to do them?" "We just kinda do," Saturn responded. "That isn't entirely correct," Pluto interjected. "With special exceptions, all of the girls are remembering attacks that they trained to use in their past lives." "Ahh, kinda like how I learned the Amaguriken then?" Titania asked. "Exactly," Pluto responded. "The exceptions are Small Lady and myself, having no past lives to draw on." "Hmm… I know there's a way to fix this for Saturn-chan… but I just can't quite put it together," Titania pondered out loud. "You feed the spell into the glaive, right?" Saturn nodded. "And then the spell just gets bigger and bigger before you release it?" "Yep, and the smallest I've ever been able to get a Surprise down to could easily blow up a block or two… and that's by far my weakest attack," Saturn responded. "Can I try it?" Titania gestured towards the weapon. "Sure, I guess," Saturn handed her the glaive. Titania raised the glaive above her head and tried to force her power through it, but nothing happened. Not only did the weapon not amplify the ice magic, it seemed to actively resist and disperse everything that she tried to channel through it. "That won't work," Pluto interjected. "Our talisman weapons are specifically keyed to our magic. In anyone else's hands, they are merely finely crafted implements rather than magical foci." "Ah, too bad," Titania handed the glaive back to Saturn. "I was hoping that I could figure out how it worked… hey, how come some of you have foci and the others don't?" "Unfortunately, the other talismans were never finished," Pluto responded. Ranko cocked her head to the side and a confused look crossed her face. "Um… call me crazy but, those weapons make you more powerful, right? So why can't Saturn just do her attacks without it?" Jaws dropped and the others stared at Titania, completely gobsmacked. It was so deceptively simple. Saturn asked, "Would that work Pluto-mama?" Pluto slapped a palm to her forehead and rubbed her eyes tiredly. She muttered, "I can't believe I never thought about that." Shaking herself out of it, Pluto responded, "Yes, Saturn-chan, your Glaive acts merely as a power focus, albeit an exceptional one. Your spells should work just fine without it; just like your healing powers. Why don't you give it a try?" Tentatively, Saturn raised a hand above her head and tried to draw her mana forth the same way that she would to launch a Silence Glaive Surprise, just using her arm as a conduit for the power rather than her glaive. Motes of purple light gathered at the tips of her fingers and flowed inward to gather in a small ball in her cupped palm, only to fizzle out and disperse a moment later. A few tries later, Saturn had reformed the ball and attempted to release it forward, only for it implode as it left her hand. "Those were some good attempts. It may take you a while to get the power levels balanced into a viable spell without the glaive to balance it. Figuring out an incantation should help you stabilize the spell matrix… you didn't think we shouted silly phrases just for fun, did you girls?" Pluto asked rhetorically. "However, it is getting late and you ladies have school tomorrow morning. We should probably head for home," Pluto said. "Aww, do we really have to stop? Saturn-chan is doing so amazingly right now," Titania whined. Saturn's cheeks pinked slightly at the praise. "Sorry girls, we can take a little trip to help Saturn finish sorting her new spell out." Pluto mused, "Hmm, better make it someplace a bit isolated, just in case." "Sounds great! I'll have to ask mom if it is okay though," Ranko responded, letting her costume melt off to reveal her clothes underneath. The others detransformed in a flash of light and they casually joined the evening pedestrians to walk back to their respective homes. XXOOXX The afternoon weather was crisp and clear in the Nagato Province of Japan's west coast with a brisk sea breeze. Many of the locals were out strolling along the beach, enjoying one last beautiful day before the weather turned entirely too cold—it was already far too late in the season for swimming—but the approaching sunset promised to be quite romantic. The picturesque scene was shattered and the beach-goers froze in shock to stare as a large panda appeared on the horizon, body-surfing up to the beach. It dragged itself ashore, and the residents could see that it was wearing a dirty, yellowing, severely frayed gi and clutching a small, oaken cask protectively in the crook of an arm. Shaking itself off, the panda started to approach the closest of the evening beachgoers. However, seeing a massive, 350 pound, black and white bear hobbling towards them had most on the scene nervously backing away. A nearby couple with a picnic basket froze up, enabling the panda to rear up in front of them. The man stepped protectively in front of his wife, but was still trembling slightly. The panda made a peace sign with a paw and "growf'd" in what it thought was a non-threatening manner before pulling a wooden sign out of… somewhere that read, 'Excuse me, where is Nerima?' "Um… you're in Nagato… Nerima is to the east," the man replied cautiously. The panda flipped the sign so that it read, 'Thanks, where can I get some hot water?' "Th-there should be a café just up the street with water," he replied. The panda "growf'd" appreciatively once more before bounding off at deceptive speeds up the beach. The woman turned to her husband and said, "Honey, remind me not to drink so much sake after dinner." He responded, "Dear, we haven't had dinner yet tonight." "That means… there actually was a panda asking directions?" she asked. "Yes dear," he replied. "Oh… very well then." She promptly fainted. XXOOXX Ami sat down and leaned against an isolated tree in the courtyard of Juuban High School and set out her bento while she waited for her friends. A few minutes later, Minako, Makoto, and Usagi joined her. They usually ate together, slightly isolated from the rest of their classmates so they wouldn't accidentally let slip their extracurricular activities. Minako was busy lamenting that her last date had been a total drag when a tone sounded from Ami's bag, indicating that the Mercury computer had received a message. Ami pulled the micro-computer out and checked her inbox. "Hmm, is it something important, Ami-chan?" Makoto asked. They watched as Ami absently chewed her lip as she focused on the screen. "Setsuna sent us a message," Ami replied absently. "Well, what's she have to say," Minako asked. Ami leaned forward and gestured for them to join her. "Here, come see for yourselves." Minako and Usagi moved over next to her, leaving Makoto to squeeze in behind Ami to read over her shoulder. Ami stiffened and blushed fiercely; her taller friend's body pressed into her back and she could hear Makoto breathing just a few inches away from her ear. While she was no stranger to hugs or other normal signs of affection between friends, Ami was thoroughly embarrassed of being so intimately close to another person. "Hmm, Setsuna-chan wants us to go over to their house after school? Fun!" Usagi cheered. "Yeah, it's always nice to get everyone together, but I wonder why she wants to meet," Makoto commented as she finished reading. "I… I'm sure we'll find out later," Ami squeaked. Her face was still bright red. Makoto finally realized her position, and hopped back with an embarrassed blush of her own. "Sorry, Ami-chan. I didn't mean to invade your space like that," she bowed her head slightly and apologized. "N-no problem, Mako-chan," Ami replied. XXOOXX The Senshi gathered at the Outers' household after school. Most of the afternoon was spent in a joint study session with plenty of snacks, provided by Makoto and Michiru. Finishing up homework took a while, but with Ami and Setsuna to help, the senshi eventually finished most of their week's workload. Afterwards, Setsuna broached the topic of taking a training trip that weekend. Tentative plans were made for Saturday and the girls returned to socializing. The evening, however, slowly wound down as each of the girls—excepting the Outers—left for the night. Usagi, Luna and Usa were the first to leave; Ikuko wanted them home for dinner. Minako, Artemis and Rei departed shortly thereafter as they also had commitments at home and at the Shrine respectively. Ami, on the other hand, stayed relatively late as her mother was working a long shift at the hospital and she had no desire to spend the night alone in their big apartment. Makoto, who lived by herself nearby Ami, eventually walked her home, leaving Ranko as the last remaining guest. She too had a mostly empty house to look forward to that evening. Kasumi was on a date with Tofu, and Nodoka was working late all week to make up for missed shifts from Saffron's visit. Eventually, however, Ranko decided that she really ought to head out before it got too much later, and she too started to walk home. "Hey Ko-chan, wait up!" Hotaru raced out mere moments after her friend finally left for the night. Ranko stopped and turned around. "Hmm, what is it,Taru-chan? Did I forget something?" Ranko's head cocked slightly to the side and she blinked inquisitively. "No no, I just realized that I still owe you an ice cream, and since we finished our homework for this weekend…" Hotaru trailed off. She couldn't quite meet Ranko's eyes, her gaze ducked towards the floor where one toe absently drew patterns on the sidewalk. 'Why's Taru-chan so nervous, it's almost like she's asking me out on…' Ranko's eyes widened immensely and she froze up, 'Gah… like that would ever happen. I just don't get why Taru-chan is so shy sometimes… and she's acting like…' Seeing that Ranko wasn't responding Hotaru's head drooped and she sadly continued, "Well… I guess it's okay if you don't want to. Sorry I asked." She turned and started trudging back towards her house. "Wait!" Ranko flew forward, literally, and crashed into Hotaru with a tight hug. "Of course I want to hang out with you! I was just surprised you even remembered that silly promise." "Really?" Hotaru perked up and smiled brilliantly. "How about Sunday afternoon then?" "Sure, it's a date!" Ranko chirped before blushing bright red. 'I did not say that. I did not say that. I so did not say that.' "I mean… you know what I mean." "S-sure," Hotaru replied as her cheeks pinked slightly too. "Great! I've really gotta get home now though, goodnight Taru-chan." Ranko sped off leaving a wistful looking Hotaru standing in the streets. Drawing back from the window Haruka snorted, "I can't believe they're still dancing around each other… they ought to just admit they want each other and stop messing around. I swear if they take too long I'm going to lock them in a closet together until they figure it out." "Haruka, that's our daughter you're talking about!" Michiru slapped her arm, "Besides, they are just shy. I think it's cute." Haruka snorted, causing Michiru to slap her again. "Fine, fine! I'll be good," Haruka backpedaled and waved her hands in surrender. "Good." XXOOXX The Senshi met an hour after dawn Saturday in an isolated copse of trees in the park closest to the Hikawa Shrine. Ranko leaned back against a tree and bit back a yawn while they waited for Usagi and Chibi-Usa to join them. A few minutes later, the perpetually tardy Princess and her future daughter strolled into the clearing and greeted the other Senshi. "Morning everyone," Usagi chirped. "Meatball head, you're late again!" Rei grumbled. "Sorry! I overslept," Usagi rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. Rei continued to mutter incoherently but was too tired to raise any real fuss over the matter. "Are you finally going to tell us where we are going, Setsuna-mama?" Hotaru asked for what must have been the twentieth time. Setsuna had been smirking more mysteriously than usual whenever asked. "Well, we have a couple options, since we will be teleporting to our destination. Anything remote will do. I would normally suggest the Australian outback or the backcountry of Nepal, but the weather is a bit too extreme this time of year to truly be comfortable in either," Setsuna replied. "Where do you think we should go instead?" Ami asked. "There are a few good options left," Setsuna drawled. "Out with it already," Haruka demanded. "That was unnecessary, Haruka," Michiru admonished. Haruka had the good graces to look chastised. Michiru continued, "But she does have a point. Please stop teasing us, Setsuna." Setsuna shrugged, "I was going to suggest the Moon." "What? Really?" Ranko's pupils dilated as she and many of the others stared at Setsuna incredulously. Setsuna merely nodded back. "You're not joking?" Minako gasped. "I don't see why I would," Setsuna replied. "It is remote, close enough that we won't be worn out from the teleport, and there is absolutely zero chance of any bystander incidents." "The Moon does sound ideal, but what about the vacuum, Setsuna? I know that most of us are naturally immune to its effects when transformed, but Ranko-chan may have to breathe or worry about decompression," Ami postulated. "Um, I don't know about that decompression thing, but I don't think that the breathing will be a problem. I've spent over 15 minutes straight underwater and never really felt like I had to breathe," Ranko admitted. "Ami, can you scan Ranko and have the Mercury computer analyze any risk factors for taking her into space. I'll admit I did not consider the ramifications," Setsuna said. "Of course," Ami replied. She pulled her micro-computer out of subspace, pointed the base at Ranko, and took some readings. A few moments later found her typing and manipulating data rapidly. "What's the verdict?" Setsuna asked. "It looks like it should be okay… ooo, that's interesting," Ami absently noted. "What, what's interesting?" Ranko demanded. She was slightly uncomfortable with the idea of Ami analyzing her. "Hmm, if I'm interpreting this correctly then it looks like, strictly speaking, you don't breathe for the same reason that the rest of us do. Normal humans, and the rest of us while we aren't transformed, extract oxygen from the air to use in metabolism. Ranko-chan, you seem to be drawing out the water vapor instead… I'd like to test something first before I give you the verdict on leaving the atmosphere though," Ami replied. "Michiru, can you transform and make some water for us please?" Michiru nodded once and raised her right hand into the air. Her fingers closed tightly around the Neptune wand, she shouted, "Neptune Planet Power, makeup!" Her clothes dissolved in a nimbus of light and she turned 360 degrees. A column of water erupted from around her feet, obscuring her from view momentarily. The water dispersed, revealing Sailor Neptune. "Where do you want the water, Ami?" Neptune asked. "Anywhere is fine," Ami answered. "Alright," Neptune agreed. She pulled out the Deep Aqua Mirror and channeled a minimal amount of her magic into it. With a cry of "Submarine Reflection" a beam of water shot out from the mirror to impact the ground a few feet away from the group. "Perfect. Now Ranko-chan, can you please go splash yourself with some of the water while holding your breath?" Ami asked. "Um… ok, I guess I can," Ranko splashed a bit of water on her face. "I don't see what you're getting at though." "Backup plan," Ami explained. "Nothing in the data suggested that there would be any major risk in taking you into space, but I wanted to make sure that we had a fallback in case something goes wrong. While you don't seem to need oxygen directly and my analysis indicates that you don't need to worry about decompression, your magic won't necessarily provide for you the same way our Senshi transformations will for the rest of us. But, should it prove an issue, Neptune and I can just blast you with a low-powered attack and you can absorb the water." "Oh, cool!" Ranko responded. "So, that means we really get to go to the moon? That's amazing!" "Assuming there are no objections," Setsuna replied. The rest of the senshi quickly signaled their agreement. "In that case, if everyone will transform, we can get going." What followed was a cacophony of phrases and a dazzling array of sparkling light-shows that left the Senshi transformed in their wake. "Alright, we teleport to the junction of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis," Pluto instructed. The Senshi formed a circle and joined hands. Titania found herself interposed between Saturn and Chibi-Moon. With a cry of "Sailor Teleport," the Senshi disappeared under Pluto's guidance. XXOOXX Moments later, the Senshi reappeared on a slight prominence overlooking a sea of gray. The Earth hung just off the horizon like a bright, multicolored gem set against the black backdrop of space. "It's gorgeous," Venus breathed as they admired the view. "It really is," Pluto agreed. The others detected a wistful quality to her statement and they realized that Setsuna had seen this before. "However, we should get down to business. When we aren't in crisis mode, we can always come back. Saturn-chan, why don't you get started on your spell? I'll be over to help you momentarily." "I'll help too!" Titania chirped. "Okay, Pluto-mama, Titania-chan," Saturn agreed. They moved a short distance away from the others and Saturn dismissed her Glaive. Gathering mana into her upraised palm, she started working on the fundamentals of her new attack. "Alright girls, before I go to help Saturn-chan I did have a few ideas for the rest of you. Accuracy is always worth working on, as is speed. The faster you can get your attacks out, the better. Unfortunately, either of those will take more time than we have before we head back to Tokyo to really show results. Instead, I think you girls should work on synergizing your attacks together. While not every combination will work, it is quite possible to merge two or more spells together at once for a greater effect. We were all quite proficient at combined attacks in the Silver Millennium, and they should provide a quick boost for our current needs," Pluto said. "We've done something like that before," Mars said. She had inadvertently combined a fire attack to power up the Moon Tiara before and there was always the Sailor Planet Attack. "Not often, or for a specific purpose before," Pluto replied. "If we can combine attacks deliberately like that, why haven't we worked on them before?" Mercury asked. "It takes substantial control over the individual spells to get the power levels right," Pluto answered. "Realistically, none of you girls had the control or the experience required to begin working on these before unlocking the highest level of your transformations. Even so, combining attacks is tricky. I would recommend starting with your simplest attacks to get a feel for how the process works. If you need advice, just ask." "Sounds like it is worth trying," Uranus commented. "Shall we?" she asked Neptune. "We shall," Neptune replied. The lovers also moved slightly away from the rest to work together. Neptune tried to channel her "Deep Submerge" into Uranus' "World Shaking." The attacks started to blend together before detonating prematurely. The others broke down into small groups, Mercury with Jupiter, Mars with Venus, and Moon with Chibi-Moon to start working on combination attacks of their own. After watching for a few minutes, Pluto wandered over to watch Saturn, who had a look of intense concentration on her face, as a basketball-sized, purple sphere coalesced in her upraised hand. Flicking her arm forward, she released the blast. The spell was quite obviously unstable. While it did travel a good 15 to 20 feet forward, it pulsated wildly before dispersing completely. "Good attempt, Saturn-chan," Pluto said. Once she had Saturn's attention, Pluto started to instruct her adopted daughter in the fundamentals of planetary magic. She explained, once again, that the "Silence Glaive Surprise," like any of the talisman boosted attacks, was merely an upgraded version of a more basic spell. Unfortunately, the originals had been lost since before the fall of the Silver Millennium. "As I mentioned before, the incantation is the best place to start, Saturn-chan," Pluto emphasized. "A proper incantation will guide you in forming the spell matrix more easily." "How do I figure out what to say though, Pluto-mama?" Saturn asked. "Since you are trying to deconstruct your Silence Glaive Surprise, I would imagine variations on that phrase may prove effective. The incantations are just mental focusing tools, after all. Eventually, they can be cut entirely, but saying the cantrip still helps focus the spell which is why I still whisper my Dead Screams," Pluto said. "So I should try something similar to start with? Hmm… Silence Surprise Blast…. Spear… Spray…" Saturn mused. "Nothing really seems to fit." "Hey Saturn-chan," Titania interrupted, "why don't you just cut out the Glaive part?" "That sounds like a good place to start, at the very least," Pluto acknowledged. "While other phrasing might shape the attack into a specific form, Spear forming a spear for instance, sometimes the basics really are the best." "Alright, here goes!" Saturn raised her arm above her head once more and purple motes started to form in her empty palm. They swirled together, forming a slowly expanding dark purple ball. Crying out, "Silence Surprise!" Saturn thrust her hand forward. The energy blast rocketed forward into the hillside before detonating violently. After the flash subsided and the dust cleared, they saw that the attack had outright vaporized a perfectly hemispherical new crater, 3 meters in radius, out of the moon rock. Titania whistled, while an order of magnitude weaker than anything Saturn had managed to limit herself to previously, her friend was still devastatingly powerful. "Saturn-chan, that was amazing!" Titania chirped. "Indeed, that was quite impressive," Pluto commented. Saturn looked a little out of it, as if she hadn't quite expected her attack to work. "You've made an excellent start so far, Saturn-chan. Now you just need to work on getting the attack out faster. If you need any more help, come get me. I'm going to assist the others now." "Thanks, Pluto-mama," Saturn crashed into the elder of her mother figures with a surprisingly tight hug. "And thanks too, Titania-chan!" she squealed and hugged the stuffing out of her friend now that the elation of succeeding had finally sunken in. Pluto, chuckling at her daughter's antics, moved back to the other group. "Um, you're welcome, Saturn-chan," Titania flushed pink at the sudden contact. Oblivious to her friend's reaction, Saturn bounced back to her impromptu firing range to continue refining her new attack. A few moments later, Titania shook her head to clear it and started running through some advanced katas and flight maneuvers. She figured that none of her abilities were so wholesale destructive that they necessitated such a remote training ground and she wouldn't have many opportunities to practice adapting her moves to different gravity environments. Plus, leaping around in low gravity was a lot of fun. XXOOXX Pluto found the other Senshi still busy working to combine attacks with a partner. Moon and Chibi-Moon had made by far the most progress. Once before, they had combined two Rainbow Moon Heart Aches together, and they had found that any shared attack could be duplicated and merged into a more powerful double attack. By far their most powerful, though most time consuming, was their "Double Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" though it involved far too much charge up time to be practical in an actual fight. They were working on combining weaker attacks into something quick that could still pack enough of a punch to be worth using on their new foes. All of the others had made decent progress, though only Uranus and Neptune had fully combined an attack. Dubbed the "Deep Shaking," it was the product of launching a "World Shaking" into the path of a "Deep Submerge" to create a violently churning blast of water that sucked anything struck by it into a maelstrom before detonating. The new attack was only moderately more destructive than the two would have been otherwise, but it now also had the capability to disorient or stun a foe to allow something more powerful to finish it off. Less progress had been made by the other Inner Senshi. Mercury's attacks were being overwhelmed by Jupiter's, but they were calmly working on it by analyzing the results using Mercury's visor and computer. All was not well, however, with Mars and Venus. They had initially attempted to combine a "Crescent Beam Shower" with a "Fire Soul." That failed spectacularly, as Venus' attack pierced and disrupted Mars'. Then, Venus hit upon the brilliant plan of using her "Rolling Heart Vibration" attack instead. Stunningly enough, the attacks combined easily. Unfortunately, however, that led to the current situation with Mars running for her life from a gigantic, fiery heart. "Whups, sorry about that," Venus sheepishly shrugged her shoulders. "Are you okay, Mars?" "I swear Venus… you do that again and I'll… well, it won't be pretty," Mars grumbled. "Well… what if you tried to set my 'Love Me Chain' on fire?" Venus posed. "The chain would do more damage, and you won't have to worry about the attack chasing you." "Fine, whatever," Mars replied. "Ready?" "Yep! Venus Love Me Chain!" Venus called. She reached for the chain around her waist and let it spiral up around her. Mars shot her Fire Soul into the twirling hearts, causing them to glow bright red instead of their usual gold. Venus grabbed the chain… and promptly threw it away. "Oww, hot!" "Ahhh!" Mars screamed. The searing chain tangled itself up around her ankles and tripped her up. Fortunately, as the Senshi of fire, she was somewhat resistant to the heat but it still hurt. Unraveling the chain, Mars stalked towards Venus. "Wh-what are you doing, Mars-chan?" Venus tentatively asked. "Come here Venus," Mars sang. Her eyes glinted madly. Venus took off running with Mars in hot pursuit. "Where are you going, Venus-chan? Don't you want to work on our new attack?" Mars screamed. "Ahhh! Save me," Venus attempted to evade her volatile pursuer. It was working too, until she tripped over a rock and tumbled across the surface while kicking up a huge dust cloud in her wake. Mars dove in after her and the nearby Outers could hear the sounds of a scuffle. "I suppose we should see if they are okay," Neptune said. "Wow, I didn't know Mars practiced shibari," Uranus commented appreciatively after the smoke cleared. Neptune just slapped her lover, though inwardly she did have to agree. Venus had been tied up in her own chain and the knots were rather… artistic. Sighing, Pluto unwrapped the trussed up Venus and dragged the two younger girls off to help them with their attacks before the situation could devolve further. Apparently leaving those two to their own devices just wasn't safe. The Senshi continued to train for the better part of the morning under Pluto's tutelage. By noon, however, they were all getting a bit worn out and decided to break for lunch. Each pair had managed to fully combine at least one set of attacks, except for Mars and Venus. They too had made rather substantial progress once Pluto arrived and sorted them out. In addition, Saturn had nearly perfected her "Silence Surprise." The Senshi dusted off a small rocky outcropping to serve as a table. Now, anyone that has attempted to eat in a vacuum will tell you that liquids freeze nearly instantly. This lead to a rather interesting lunch. Anything with a sauce had frozen solid, including the contents of Titania's and the Inner Senshi's bentos (not counting Mercury, who had packed a very simple lunch). Fortunately, Pluto had thought to provide a large number of sandwiches to supplement. Titania was just about to start her third helping when the Mercury Computer emitted a series of chimes. After opening her mini-computer, Mercury gasped and nearly dropped the device in shock. "What did it find, Mercury-chan?" Jupiter asked. "I don't believe it… I'm getting a signal from what looks like a Silver Millennium mainframe," Mercury absently replied while typing frenziedly. "What? Really?" The others gathered around. "I can't tell for certain what it is." Mercury continued typing and navigating screens rapidly. "But it looks like something survived the fall. How it still has power completely eludes me though." "That's easy," Pluto responded, "while a lot of the hardware from the Silver Millennium ran on normal power, the backup generators were essentially gigantic mana batteries. They absorbed the excess mana that bled off after large-scale magic use. And after today, we must have jump-started one." "Why didn't we ever check this before?" Uranus asked. "I guess it just never occurred to any of us that anything could have survived," Venus replied. "The last battles were pretty nasty." "True, but realistically, anything that hadn't been destroyed before Queen Serenity's banishment spell would still be functional," Pluto agreed. "I really should have thought of it, but between all the crises… and finally having a family again… well, it never occurred to me." "Pluto…" Neptune began, but she couldn't think of anything to say. It had never really occurred before to any of them that Pluto was the last survivor of a forgotten age… with all the emotional baggage and loneliness that millennia of isolation entailed. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go explore!" Titania was bouncing on the tips of her toes with a broad smile on her face, completely oblivious to any serious undertones. She was just looking forward to visiting an ancient, and probably gorgeous, palace. Moon perked right up and turned doe eyes on Pluto. "Can we go see the palace now, please?" The others joined in and Pluto found herself assaulted by seven sets of puppy-eyes, two bemused smirks, and one cool, curious gaze. "Fine, just turn the pouts off," Pluto grumbled, causing the others to giggle. "I will guide another teleport. Don't expect too much though, I'm not sure what state everything will be in." The girls circled up, and they teleported away; leaving new craters and pockmarks as the only visible testament that someone had disturbed the barren, lifeless surface of the moon. XXOOXX The Senshi reappeared in a small clearing at the base of a hill approximately thirty miles northeast of their impromptu training grounds. Pluto raised her staff and incanted a short, archaic phrase to deactivate a cloaking field, and the surroundings wavered. The barren and craggy, yet empty plain melted into a devastated ruin. All around were blown out husks of crystalline architecture and shattered streets. Pluto nearly fell to her knees and the others looked on in stunned horror. "Wh-where are we, Pluto?" Moon sniffled. Composing herself, Pluto sighed, "This was once the Lunar capital city and the seat of the Silver Millennium. We can worry about this area later, let's get to the palace." She deliberately turned and started walking stiffly up a rubble strewn path up the hill. The others followed with wide eyes. They reached the apex and stopped dead in their tracks. Before them was an empty moat with an intact crystalline bridge spanning the gap to an island in the center. They could see a pair of gates on the other side that had been knocked clean off their hinges and the blown out front wall of a multi-story, segmented and domed building built of silver with crystalline accoutrements. "Come on! It's a real palace, let's explore!" Titania bounced with excitement. She grabbed Saturn's and Chibi-Moon's hands and dragged them off into the ruined courtyard. The others looked on with wry smiles; they were nearly overwhelmed by the atmosphere of loss and the gravity of the fall of the Silver Millennium as they tried to cope with what few memories they had of the flourishing kingdom. The younger girls, however, were just excited at the prospects of the ruined palace and it did lighten the mood considerably. With wide eyes, the younger girls raced ahead to start exploring while the Inner Senshi, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto warily approached the gates. "I can't believe everything is so well preserved," Jupiter commented. "That would be the result of the vacuum, I would imagine," Mercury responded. "Without an atmosphere, there would be no forces left to erode, destroy, or cover up any of the ruins." "Ahh, that makes sense," Jupiter replied. While the slower group carefully made their way through the ruined entrance hall, the younger girls were busily climbing over a collapsed corridor when Saturn saw a glint of light out of the corner of her eyes. Curious, she picked her way through the rubble to find the half-exposed hilt of a transparent yellow, crystalline broadsword with a heart on its pommel and an inverted orange diamond near its tip trapped under a fallen piece of ceiling. "Hey, check this out. I found something," she called. Titania and Chibi-Moon, who had gone further up the corridor, doubled back. "Wow, cool!" Titania exclaimed. She grabbed the handle and pulled, but the blade wouldn't budge. Gathering herself, she yanked back with her entire body weight, but forgot that the gravity was weaker. The sword remained stuck between two pieces of collapsed ceiling. She found herself sitting on her rear fifteen feet away where she finally stopped tumbling after colliding with Neptune's shins. Grumbling, she pushed herself up. "Are you alright, Titania?" Neptune asked. "Yeah… I'm fine," Titania grumbled. She perked up. "Hey, Saturn-chan found something cool; come check it out!" She led the group over to where Saturn was suppressing her giggles and Chibi-Moon had outright collapsed in laughter. "Right, right… rub it in," Titania sighed. "S-sorry, Titania-chan," Saturn giggled. Meanwhile, Venus was staring at the buried sword. While the others were gently ribbing Titania for her acrobatics, Venus moved, transfixed by the blade before her. Her hand shakily grasped the hilt and she firmly grasped the handle right as Mercury asked what Titania had been so excited about. The blade lit up with a brilliant, orange-yellow glow, drawing all eyes to it. With a look of rapture, Venus gently pulled and the others watched as the gleaming sword casually sliced through the rubble pinning it down. "My sword," Venus whispered and vague memories of wielding the powerful blade danced behind her eyes. "Well," Pluto eventually broke the silence, "I believe we should move on. Mercury, can you direct us towards this signal of yours?" "Oh, right," Mercury touched her tiara near her ear and a transparent blue visor covered her eyes. "Let's see, triangulating the signal and correlating with a stored map of the Moon Palace," she mumbled. The others saw streams of incomprehensible data flowing over the inside of the visor. "Aha, this way," Mercury continued. She led them through a series of broken passageways and until they opened up into the throne room. Oddly, the room was separated almost in two. The silver-vein infused, crystal throne and everything behind it was completely pristine. But from the entranceway halfway to the intact portion was a complete mess, quite literally. The walls had been blown out in places, scorch marks decorated the ground and collapsed heaps of the ceiling obscured their path. They could almost envision Queen Serenity making her final stand in front of her throne. Passing by solemnly, Mercury led the group to an innocuous portion of the wall. "Pluto, it looks like the source is fifteen meters directly below this spot, but I honestly have no idea how we are supposed to get there." "The archives and the backup servers," Pluto reasoned. "The entirety of the Silver Millennium's central data network was backed up onto a secondary network in case the primary was disabled or destroyed somehow. Bringing the old SilverNet back online would give us full control of anything remotely useful left on the Moon." "It's not like there's much left," Mars snorted. "True, Beryl's army devastated the major population centers, destroyed the capital, and hit most of the strategic defenses before they were banished and they did enough damage to shut down the biosphere," Pluto agreed. "But, while large, her army wasn't innumerable. If even a few of the factories survived, getting the network started up and under control would be the first real step to restoring viability to the Moon." "But," Uranus looked at Chibi-Moon, "what about Crystal Tokyo and Small Lady?" "Yeah, we saw the future, it certainly didn't involve the Moon at all," Mars agreed. "The timeline isn't and will never be a static thing," Pluto said. "You girls visited one potential future, not the only possible future." "Wouldn't that lead to a paradox though," Mercury commented. "After all, it has to be the same future otherwise wouldn't Small Lady disappear?" "To prevent paradox, all that would be needed would be to build a replica of what you remembered to show your younger selves in the future," Pluto explained tiredly. "Temporal mechanics and paradox theory are quite complex, but there is always a loophole." "Temporal wha- and parado-thingy?" Moon questioned. "I'll explain later, Moon-chan." Mercury smiled wanly. "But if it's going to hurt the Spore I want to know," Moon whined. "Basically, what Pluto is saying is that as long as you and Mamoru conceive," Mercury's cheeks pinked, "Small Lady will be fine, Moon-chan," she simplified. "Oh, okay," Moon blushed. "Anyway, how do we access that secondary network, Pluto," Mercury asked once her composure returned. "Conveniently enough, the entrance I remember was located behind the fourth toilet stall on the right in the public bathroom closest to the throne room," Pluto replied. "What?" Mars exclaimed, "Stop messing with us Pluto." "I'm not," Pluto chuckled. "Queen Serenity figured that if the entrance should be someplace unimportant, yet attached to the palace itself for convenience and secrecy." "I certainly wouldn't think to search there," Jupiter laughed. Pluto led the senshi through an attached antechamber and into a rather well-appointed restroom. When they reached the fourth stall, Pluto opened the ornate toilet's tank and pressed the base of her staff into a hidden slot. They heard a groaning sound echoing from outside the stall and saw that a foot thick, steel-plated trap door grinding its way open. "Good, it still works," Pluto said. "I'd like Mercury and Moon to come with me while I power up the backup systems. The Ginzuishou will be a great help, and we'll want to slave the terminal's remote access to the Mercury Computer. The rest of you may want to keep exploring the palace. Aside from computer terminals, there really won't be anything to see down there." "Do you think the living quarters are still intact, Pluto-mama?" Saturn asked. "The Senshi bedrooms and the Royal suites were located in one of the back wings of the palace. They had as good a chance of being intact as anything else," Pluto stated. "Cool, let's go find your old bedroom then, Saturn-chan!" Titania dragged Saturn and Chibi-Moon off. "Aww, I wanted to explore more too," Moon whined. "I'll lead you on a tour of the intact sections once we get this taken care of," Pluto promised. "Okay then," Moon chirped. "As long as we can find my old bedroom, I bet I had such pretty outfits…" She trailed off as the trio disappeared down the trapdoor. While Pluto, Moon and Mercury worked to reenergize and restore the SilverNet backup servers and bring what infrastructure was still intact on the Moon back online, the other senshi split off to explore the remains of the palace. Jupiter, Mars and Venus stumbled across a mostly intact onsen. Neptune and Uranus caught up to the youngest senshi and explored the living quarters, eventually finding the Senshi bedrooms. While each Senshi had their own palace on their respective planets, they each had their own in the Lunar Palace. Neptune and Uranus split off to rechristen their old suite, having combined their rooms after they originally got together back in the Silver Millennium. Saturn, Chibi-Moon and Titania continued down the corridor until they came to a door with a stylized Saturn crest. Reverently, Saturn opened the door and walked inside, though the mood was spoiled as Titania bounced in behind her. "Wow, this room really is you, huh, Saturn-chan?" Titania commented. "I can definitely see it," Chibi-Moon smirked. And it truly was. Dominating the suite was a four poster, king-sized bed with deep purple hangings, a thick purple comforter, and a bevy of soft pillows. It was flanked by a night-stand on one side and an armoire on the other with one door hanging open with a violet, sheer silk nightgown poking out. Upon exploring it further, Saturn found herself hiding the outfits from view with an embarrassed blush. Apparently, her fashion sense had been far more risqué—at least with regard to undergarments and sleepwear—in the past. She did discreetly grab a few items, however, including the nightgown and a matching teddy. Opposite the bed sat an elegant, if simple, vanity table and a full length mirror. In the corner they found a desk with an ornate Saturn crest carved into the backboard; most of its contents appeared to have been scattered and lost to the vacuum. There was a cracked and shattered computer terminal on the floor nearby and they did find a few books in the drawers, though none of them could read the language. Saturn pocketed them as well, thinking that Mercury might be interested in translating them. Finally, there was the walk-in closet, filled to the brim with ball gowns and other formal wear, along with a lesser selection of everyday wear. A handful of the outfits had been scattered on the floor, having either been knocked loose during the seige or merely carelessly strewn about. Titania flopped down on the bed with a contented sigh, it really was comfortable, while Saturn carefully paged through her old outfits. Eventually, the Senshi congregated back in the throne room. Each of the reincarnated Senshi had found a few trinkets to return with, though Venus had to be physically dragged away from her old closet once she found it. After the explorations were finally finished, they teleported back to Earth in time for dinner. It had been a thoroughly exhausting day, but they accomplished far more than any of them ever expected to. XXOOXX 'It's not a big deal; we go to the Crown all the time,' Ranko tried to convince herself. But, as her traitorous mind kept reminding her, this outing felt like something more personal than past trips. It was just after noon on Sunday, leaving her about 3 hours before Hotaru was due to come pick her up. She had just finished a light lunch and was currently soaking in the furo, trying and failing to relax. 'Not a date… just a normal outing to the Crown… except my friend is picking me up and it's just the two of us and…' Ranko sighed. When she realized that she had just been sitting there spiraling for almost thirty minutes Ranko reluctantly dragged herself out of the tub before she pruned up too much. After drying off, she wrapped a towel around her hair to keep it up and returned to her room. She pulled some of her nicer underwear on before considering the contents of her closet. 'What to wear?' she pondered. Her eyes completely bypassed her normal outfits. Intellectually, she convinced herself that this was just a normal outing with a good friend, but she still felt the need to dress up. Unfortunately, this created something of a dilemma: if she dressed too nicely, people might think they were on a date. Ranko sighed again and realized that this was something she just couldn't figure out on her own. Her thoughts were far too distracting, she was forcing herself in circles, and Hotaru was due to show up in only two hours! She had been agonizing over what to wear and made absolutely no progress on her own. Help was needed; Ranko pulled on a pair of sweatpants and went to find Kasumi. Her mother would do in a pinch, but she could be so embarrassing. Ranko just felt more comfortable asking her 'neechan. Ranko found Kasumi reading a medical textbook at the dinner table. "Um, 'neechan… do you think you could help me with something?" Ranko asked. "Of course, Ranko-chan," Kasumi carefully marked her place. "What did you need?" "Um, well… I was kinda having trouble deciding what to wear to go meet Taru-chan," Ranko blushed. "And you wanted some advice about your outfit?" Kasumi hid a knowing smile. "Yes…" Ranko toed the ground nervously. "Of course I'll help you get ready to go out with Hotaru-chan," Kasumi said. Ranko blushed furiously at the implications, but thanked her anyway and led the way back up to her room. XXOOXX Hotaru nervously approached the door to the Tanaka household, steeled herself, then knocked. "Be right there," a voice called out. Moments later, Nodoka opened the door. "Oh, good afternoon, Hotaru-chan. Please come in." "Thank you, Auntie," Hotaru said. "Is Ranko-chan ready to go?" "I believe she was almost finished. I'll go call her down for you," Nodoka replied. She walked to the staircase and called out, "Ranko-chan, hurry up. Hotaru-chan is here." "Coming!" Ranko's voice drifted down the stairs. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and started down the stairs. Hotaru's gaze tracked as her friend as she came into view. "Oh wow, you look really cute today, Ko-chan!" she said. Ranko blushed. She was wearing a crimson, v-necked blouse with a pleated black, knee-length skirt and a matching light jacket. Kasumi had helped her dry her hair with a subtle wave and she was wearing just enough makeup, including crimson eye shadow, a touch of blush and some strawberry lip gloss. Combined, she was slightly dressed up without being strangely formal. "Th-thanks, Taru-chan," she replied. "You look really nice too." And she did. Considering that it was winter, Hotaru was wearing a purple, long-sleeved turtleneck sweater and a pair of fitted black denims. She lacked Ranko's near immunity to the cold, after all. "Thanks! Ready to go?" Hotaru asked. "Yep, let's go!" Ranko said. They left the Tanaka household and walked to the Crown to spend the afternoon together. Making their way inside, Hotaru led Ranko to the food counter. "Let's start with some ice cream," she said. "Remember, it's my treat." "Alright… you really don't have to do this though," Ranko replied. "I want to," Hotaru insisted. "Thanks," Ranko beamed. They decided to order a large, five-scoop sundae with all the toppings to share. Sure, Ranko could easily manage twice that by herself, but sharing fit the mood better and would give them more time to do things together other than eat. They grabbed a booth together where they waited on their frozen treats and lapsed into silence. It wasn't precisely comfortable as neither girl really knew what to say to break the ice. Fortunately, before the situation could turn awkward, their food arrived. "Wow, that looks so good!" Ranko grabbed a spoon and dug in. "Mmm, so tasty!" she moaned. Hotaru swiped a spoonful of the confection for herself. "Hey! Leave some for me!" she glared playfully. "But it's sooooo good!" Ranko whined. With the silence broken, the teens idly chatted while slowly working their way through the sundae "Nooo! It's all gone already?" Ranko pouted at the empty bowl. Hotaru giggled at Ranko's antics. She grabbed Ranko's hand and dragged her out of the booth . "C'mon, let's play a few games." She stopped in front of the Sailor V machine and realized that Ranko's face was bright red and that she was still holding her hand. Blushing, Hotaru dropped Ranko's hand and asked, "Mind if we start here?" "Sure," Ranko agreed. They quickly made their way through the first few levels while trading off; topping the Sailor V high scores was a constant competition between the younger Senshi and the Inners. Hotaru was currently at the controls and utterly absorbed in beating the first real boss. Her eyes were wide and she was nibbling at her lower lip. 'Taru-chan looks so cute when she's focused,' Ranko caught herself staring and abruptly turned back to the screen. They moved on to the newest game in the arcade, a cooperative light gun game. It was marginally entertaining, but since neither girl played many shooters, they found themselves running into a wall against the first boss. Hotaru died first and contented herself to just watch, as opposed to continuing. Ranko's brow was scrunched up in concentration and she hadn't blinked in nearly a minute. The tip of her tongue was poking out just past her lips. Hotaru giggled, she thought the face was adorable. Eventually, Ranko barely eked out a win, and the boss died. With a grin, Ranko pulled Hotaru into a hug while babbling, "Hah! We got him!" Noticing their position a moment later (once the adrenaline wore off), the girls split apart while blushing fiercely before turning to a racing game. Two hours passed before the girls finally burnt out on the arcade. "Well, that was a lot of fun, Taru-chan, but I should probably head home soon," Ranko said. "I'll walk back with you," Hotaru offered. "You really don't have to go out of your way," Ranko said hesitantly. "Don't be silly, Ko-chan," Hotaru replied. "It's not out of the way, and I'd rather spend more time with you." "I'd like that," Ranko murmured. They left the arcade and slowly wandered towards Ranko's house, walking a bit closer than normal but not quite touching. They arrived a few minutes later and stopped at the entrance. "Thanks for coming out with me," Hotaru said. "I had a good time too," Ranko agreed. Without even thinking about it, Ranko gave in to the atmosphere of the moment. She absently leaned over and gave Hotaru a kiss on the cheek. Hotaru stiffened. Coming to her senses, Ranko flushed furiously and rushed inside with a muttered, "bye." Ranko raced upstairs and threw herself upon her bed and buried her face in the pillows. For the life of her, she couldn't figure out what possessed her downstairs. 'No… Taru-chan must hate me now,' she spiraled. 'Why… why did I have to do that?' Hotaru was still frozen on the front steps. 'She… kissed me?' her hand traced her cheek where she could almost still feel the soft warmth of Ranko's lips. She walked down the street to where she saw Haruka's car waiting for her in a daze. "Hey kiddo," Haruka greeted. "Hi Haruka-papa," Hotaru mumbled. When Hotaru didn't comment further, Haruka noticed her state and she couldn't resist teasing. "Sooo, did you have a good time on your date," she drawled. Hotaru ducked her head and blushed while shyly mumbling something that Haruka couldn't hear. "That good, huh?" Haruka said. "I said it wasn't a date," Hotaru repeated, though she wouldn't meet her papa's eyes. "Oh really?" Haruka replied. "Sure seemed like a date to me, and you're acting like it was a good one too." "It… it wasn't," Hotaru denied. "She… she kissed me," she admitted. Haruka almost couldn't resist crowing triumphantly. "That's great, Hotaru-chan." "Is it?" Hotaru commented meekly. "Why wouldn't it be? Seems to me that you like each other enough," Haruka said. They finished the drive home in silence as Hotaru found herself lost in her own thoughts. XXOOXX Author's Notes: Again, I apologize for how slow my writing has been this past year, but I doubt that will change substantially anytime soon. The only real note I have to make here is about the Sailor Moon canon. I'm using a mix of the anime and manga universes, but I wanted to make a reference to "Sailor Moon: Another Story" from the Super Nintendo. It was the source for the combination attacks (in game they are referred to as Link Techniques if I recall correctly). I didn't just make them up, I'm nowhere near that creative (aside from the entirety of the Venus/Mars combo stuff, that was all me). A huge thanks to the people at Fukufics for helping shape this into something that is actually presentable. As usual, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it and comments/constructive criticism are always appreciated. XXOOXX And just for fun, I wrote an omake for this. It hit me one afternoon, and I just couldn't resist: "I can give you the power to accomplish all your goals, you merely need to assist me in obtaining mine," Galaxia stated. "Fine," Genma responded, "I'll help you subvert the universe so long as I can reclaim my son and meal ticket." "Wonderful," Galaxia smirked. Golden sparks shot from the bracers on her wrists and impacted Genma in the chest, causing his star-seed—a black, tortuous looking crystal—to erupt from his chest and disintegrate. She clasped a pair of bracers on his arms as his body twisted and mutated. After a flash of light, a slim, busty girl with panda ears atop her head and a bushy panda tail stood before Galaxia wearing a black and white patterned fuku. "I dub you: Sailor Tungsten Panda!" "Thank you mistress," the newest Sailor Animamate replied.
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Death Reborn Evolution
Chapter 13: Chapter 10: Apollo 18
By: Shanami