This part could pass as entirely Sailor Moon, but this story will
include Sailor Moon, Ranma, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, and Here is
Greenwood. Since not many people are familiar with Here is
Greenwood, I'll do my best to make those parts easy to
understand if you don't know anything about it.
I would very, very much appreciate C & C of any kind.
Please feel free to point out any problems you notice.
This fic started out as a parody.
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Souls' Haven
By Joy Lyn
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. If I did, the men would be
wearing quite a bit less and the Sailor Senshi wouldn't be forced to
fight in high heels.
Part 1: An Introduction
"Tell me what we're looking for again, Ami?" Makoto asked as the
two of them walked along a sidewalk.
The blue haired girl shrugged her shoulders. "Anything out of the
ordinary, Mako-chan. I don't know what those two readings my
Mercury Computer picked up the last time we were fighting in this
area correspond to." She held up her mini-computer to draw
attention to it. "I didn't have time to get good readings on them
after the fight; we had to leave when the authorities arrived. I do
know the readings don't match any of the enemies we've fought."
Makoto frowned. "Well, I'm glad you asked me to come with you
while investigating, Ami. Just because they don't match any of the
enemies we've fought *yet* doesn't mean they aren't dangerous."
"Actually, with the power levels I picked up, they are almost certainly
dangerous. It's just a question of whether or not they're dangerous to
the Sailor Senshi."
Makoto's ponytail bobbed as she nodded her head in agreement.
"Have you picked anything up on them yet? Do you think they're
still in the area?"
"Not yet," Ami responded. "And whether or not the two power
sources are still in the area depends on several factors: 1) Whether or
not the power sources are mobile, 2) If they are mobile, is this the
area they usually spend their time in, and 3) If they do spend most of
their time in this area, are they here *now.*" As she spoke, she
ticked the points off on her fingers. "Also, whatever they are might
only have power levels that high sporadically. None of the Sailor
Senshi show high power readings unless we're in our sailor fuku. If
the power levels are too low, we won't be able to find them."
"So, we might not-"
"Matte!" Ami cried. "I'm picking something else up!" Peering at her
computer she exclaimed, "A youma! We need to transform!"
Looking up, she glanced around quickly for someplace to change,
only to be dragged into a conveniently placed alley by Makato.
"JUPITER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
Two transformation sequences and a quick call to the other Senshi
later, the two dashed out of the alley towards the school where
Mercury's computer showed the youma attacking.
Arriving quickly at Meiou High, the two Sailor Senshi saw the youma
attacking students in the courtyard. It looked like cross between a
horse and a rhinoceros, with perhaps a dash of someone's perverse
idea of a unicorn, and also had two tentacles growing from its back.
The pile of unconscious uniformed students showed that, unlike their
own school, Meiou High students had already finished summer break
and resumed their studies. Even as the two watched, the monstrosity
grabbed another student with a tentacle, drained her energy, and
casually tossed her, pink skirt fluttering around her legs, into the
pile with the others.
Sailor Jupiter charged forward. "School is for students to learn and
meet new friends. In the name of Jupiter, I'll make you pay for
ruining their day!"
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" she launched her attack at the
youma, who staggered slightly but otherwise remained unaffected. It
started to turn in their direction, obviously angry at the interruption.
"SHABON SPRAY FREEZING!" Sailor Mercury cried out and a
thick cold fog surrounded the monster. "Jupiter, this youma is very
tough! We need to distract it until the others get here!"
Jupiter's reply was cut off by a rumbling sound, soon joined by a
high-pitched screeching reminiscent of dentist drills and fingernails
on chalkboards. With a roar from inside the fog, the ground
exploded. The two Sailor Senshi jumped out of the way as debris
flew everywhere. Jupiter escaped with only minor cuts and bruises,
but a broken piece of cement hit Mercury in the head, knocking
her out.
"Mercury!" Sailor Jupiter cried out.
The youma's attack had destroyed a fan shaped area of the school's
courtyard, the wall surrounding the school, and a good part of the
street beyond. The fog began to dissipate.
A voice called out; "Hurting the pretty sailor-suited defenders of the
solar system is unforgivable! I'm Sailor Bio, and in the name of the
Earth, I'll punish you!"
Spinning around, Jupiter almost fell over. On top of the remaining
wall stood a busty redhead wearing a Sailor outfit, with a very
determined expression on her face. She had a white bodysuit, like all
the Sailor Senshi, a yellow skirt and collar, and light blue bows. The
jewel in her tiara sparkled green, like the heart in the bow on her
chest, but when she turned her head slightly the jewel briefly flared
yellow. The tiara itself was much lighter colored than the tiaras of
the other Sailor Senshi. Her elbow length white gloves ended in
yellow piping, and Sailor Jupiter felt a twinge of envy when she saw
the nearly heel-less yellow shoes with straps across the top of her
feet.
A new Sailor Senshi?! Where had she gotten her henshin stick?
Jupiter didn't think enough time had passed for Luna or Artemis to get
here from Juuban ward!
Sailor Bio did not know where she was, or how she got here. Finding
a monster of some sort - possibly a youkai - attacking two of the
planet Senshi actually relieved her, as it gave her a Purpose. She
could have a panic attack later, but right now Jupiter and Mercury
needed her help!
The rumbling and screeching sounded out again, and the monster
lowered its head to the ground until its front horn touched the earth,
pointed in her direction.
"Watch out!" Jupiter called out to her.
The monster roared and sent its attack rushing towards Sailor Bio,
who jumped out of the way, landing in front of the school. Startled,
she almost lost her balance.
<Since when can I jump that far? > she thought. <And where am I?
I can tell we're somewhere on Earth, but where? I've never seen
buildings so tall and ugly! > "Jupiter! Where are we? Aren't you and
Mercury supposed to be training on the moon?"
Now Jupiter looked surprised. Didn't Sailor Bio remember anything
since the Silver Millenium? No time to worry about it now!
"Sailor Bio! We need to take this thing down!"
"Right! NIWAURUSHI KIGIRE, RETURN!" The comforting feel
of her wooden staff appeared in her hands as she held it diagonally in
front of her.
The monster did not seem to be impressed, and Sailor Bio was once
again forced to dodge its deadly attack, much to the detriment of the
building behind her. <Not,> thought Bio, <that anyone could miss
such an unattractive thing. >
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
The monster grunted in annoyance, but continued to ignore Jupiter.
"Why you�!" Jupiter ran straight for the youma and rapidly punched
it multiple times in the side. Quicker then she could react, one of
the tentacles wrapped around her, picking her up off the ground,
and started to drain her energy while trying to crush her ribs.
"KAJU HIKARI KEN!" Sailor Bio's staff emitted a glowing blade of
energy about a foot and a half long from the upper end. Running
towards the monster, she sliced the tentacle holding Sailor Jupiter in
two, who then hit the ground with an unpleasant sounding thump.
Dodging the other tentacle, the redhead darted past the monster,
twirled around, and aimed her staff in the general direction of the
part of the monster furthest away from Sailor Jupiter.
"BLOSSOM OF CONFIDENCE!" The energy blade flew from
Bio's staff and changed shape to resemble a boomerang. It sliced
through the youma's tail and cut through one of its hind legs.
Bellowing in outrage, it slowly began to aim at Sailor Bio, who was
staring in amazement as her attack demolished more of the school.
<It's never gone that far before...I've never had so much power!
Why...>
Jupiter's movement as she rolled away from the monster caught Bio's
attention, and suddenly she realized what the horned monster was
doing - and that the unconscious students and Sailor Mercury would
be caught in the its attack if she didn't move! She half ran, half
jumped towards the school. Her staff always took a while to gather
enough energy for the Kaju Hikari Ken after she used her Blossom of
Confidence attack - sometimes as long as two days. <Maybe I was a
bit hasty in using the Blossom of Confidence,> she thought nervously
as the injured monster lowered its horn to the ground and took aim.
Getting ready to dodge, her concentration narrowed to encompass
only the monster, so she didn't notice when reinforcements arrived.
Sailor Venus ran to check on Sailor Mercury as Sailor Moon and
Sailor Mars speed towards the monster and Tuxedo Kamen found an
out-of-the-way place to wait until he was needed.
"BURNING MANDALA!" Sailor Mars' attack partially merged with
the monster's attack, sending fiery destruction towards a previously
unscathed part of the school as Sailor Bio again jumped out of the
way. Her attack also managed to further injure the monster.
"Sailor Moon!"
"Right!" Sailor Moon readied her moon scepter and shouted out,
"MOON PRINCESS HALATION!"
After finishing the monster off, Sailor Moon lowered her scepter and
surveyed the wreckage around her like the royalty she was. The
courtyard - except for the pile of students who had had their energy
drained - had been completely torn up, along with most of the wall
surrounding the school. The school itself was so much rubble. Even
as she watched, flames began to spread through the remains.
Sailor Bio also found her gaze drawn to the building. She didn't know
what it was for, but she felt undeniable satisfaction at its
destruction. Somehow, she got the impression this building was a
prison of some sort. It wouldn't keep anyone away from the living
green of Earth anymore. Having caught her breath, she returned her
attention to the strangers.
"Sailor Moon? There isn't a Sailor Moon! There's never been a
Sailor Moon. And who are you?" she pointed at Tuxedo Kamen. "Is
Mercury OK, Venus? How 'bout you, Jupiter?"
"I think she's beginning to regain consciousness," Sailor Venus
remarked.
"WAHHH! You're so mean! Of course there's a Sailor Moon! I'm
Sailor Moon! WAHHH!"
"Yah, I'm OK. It takes more than one youma to do me in!"
"YOUMA!" everyone chorused, including Sailor Bio and Sailor
Moon who'd stopped crying in surprise.
"That was a youma?" asked Venus.
Jupiter shrugged, awkwardly clambering to her feet. "That's what
Mercury said, anyway."
As the others took their attention off of Sailor Bio, Tuxedo Kamen
continued to stare at her. <Why is she so familiar? >
"We haven't fought any youma since we killed Kunzite and Queen
Beryl," exclaimed Sailor Moon.
Bio froze at the stranger Senshi's comment. They had killed Kunzite?
[Flashback]
Kunzite stood in the middle of a clearing surrounded by tall evergreen
trees as the sun beat mercilessly down on them, his pale green hair
immaculate as always. He stood still, wearing loose, lightweight tan
pants and a darker brown vest that showed his bronzed skin to the
best advantage, looking steadily at Sailor Bio. She stood a few feet
in front of him, wearing her Sailor fuku and holding her staff at her
side. A smear of dirt lay smudged on one of her cheeks, and her
bright red hair fell limply behind her. Both of them were covered
in a fine sheen of sweat. She did not look at him; instead she
gazed at the ground in front of her.
Neither moved. The sound of insects was very loud, as was the
occasional sound of her half-brother turning a page in his book.
Finally Bio spoke. "I don't think I can do this."
Kunzite continued to look at her with his intense gray eyes. "Yes you
can," he said, "Both Sailor Earth and the head priestess of Bio have
traditionally been able to do this attack."
Bio looked up, frustrated. "Then why hasn't my mother taught it to
me? She must think I can't. She was the head priestess, she would
know better than you if I can learn it. We've been training all day,
and I don't have anything to show for it!"
A pause.
"I should not tell you this," Kunzite observed. Bio leaned closer.
"Your mother wanted to teach you, but Lord Zikun insisted it was too
dangerous." Bio flushed in anger. Lord Zikun, the King's suspicious,
overly cautious advisor, despised Sailor Bio's very existence. If he
had had his way, there would *be* no Sailor Bio; she would simply
be the future head priestess of Bio, as her mother had been. Prince
Endymion insisted Zikun simply wanted things to remain as they were
in the past before Sailor Earth had created the position of Sailor Bio
and didn't dislike her personally. Bio was highly doubtful of that.
Either way, Zikun certainly had the inclination and political clout to
keep her from gaining proper control over her powers. He could also
get Kunzite in serious trouble.
"Why are *you* willing to teach me," she asked. One of his rare
genuine smiles illuminated his face.
"You are my friend. Besides, I'm not teaching you the *exact*
attack; I hunted done all the references I could find to it and then
revised it a little. It is close enough to the original not to give
you any problems, and different enough that Lord Zikun cannot
do anything about it."
Her half-brother Zoisite spoke up from his seat in the shade.
"Bio-chan, if Kunzite says you can do it, you can! You just have to
have confidence in yourself, and stop being a wuss."
"A wuss?! I don't see you doing anything strenuous!"
"Biiida!" responded Zoisite, pulling down his lower eyelid.
"Biiida!"
"Biiida!"
"Enough, you two!" Kunzite interrupted. "Ziosite is right about you
needing to be confident, Bio-chan. Mental attitudes have a large
effect on magic, especially the type of magic you deal with. That's
probably why you haven't been able to get this to work. Why don't
you try it again?"
Sailor Bio nodded, and settled into a ready stance, bringing her staff
in front of her. "KAJU HIKARI KEN!" She easily called her energy
blade to life. <Confidence! I can to do this! Zikun is an old fool,
and doesn't know anything about what I can do! > She concentrated
on achieving the proper mental balance and then turned to face the
large rock behind her. Looking at it, she *knew* what Kunzite had
said was true, but something seemed�off�about the attack name.
As if it should be something else. Aiming her staff, she let the words
come as they wished.
"BLOSSOM OF CONFIDENCE!" Her energy blade flew loose,
transforming at the same time, sliced off a small part of the rock, and
continued on to nearly reach the trees before fading.
"I knew you could do it, Bio-chan!" Zoisite crowed.
"It looks like we need to work on your aim a bit, Sailor Bio," was all
Kunzite said.
[End Flashback]
The stranger Senshi's words echoed in Sailor Bio's mind. <"�we
killed Kunzite�.we killed Kunzite.."> With a soft, wounded cry she
turned and ran, absently noting but not paying attention to her
enhanced speed as tears streamed down her face. Her brother and
his fellow generals were her only real friends. If these Senshi had
killed Kunzite, then Zoisite was dead too; they would have had to go
through him to get to Kunzite. Had the other two been killed as well?
And what of Endymion?
She ran, trying to get away from these Sailor Senshi she had thought
were trustworthy, trying to get away from these awful buildings boxing
her in and the unpleasant metallic tasting air. Trying to outdistance
her grief.
**********
Later that day, at the Hikawa Shrine:
>From her comfortable perch on top of Ami's lap - she wiggled less
than Usagi did, and rarely showered her with crumbs or tears, the
only downside being Ami's mediocre petting skills - Luna observed
the assembled group. Five part-time Sailor Senshi, check. One
speech producing, rose throwing future king, check. One lazy white
cat, check. Herself, check. No one else around who should not hear
about Senshi business, check. Makoto's cuts from the fight earlier
had been bandaged; Ami had been looked over and pronounced fine.
Everyone was here, and everything was in order; she would *finally*
get to find out what happened earlier! She cleared her throat to get
everyone's attention.
"From the hints you've dropped and the way you've been acting,
something very important happened during the fight earlier today.
Perhaps you would like to tell me what it is now?" she asked.
"If you and Artemis hadn't been off somewhere on a date, you could
have come with us," Minako remarked, brushing her long blond hair
out of the way.
"We were NOT on a date!" Luna announced stiffly. "We were
discussing Sailor business."
"Ri~ight," said Usagi.
Luna changed the subject quickly. "What was it you wanted to
wait until everyone was here before discussing?"
Usagi's face lit up. "There's a new Sailor Senshi! She really did a
number on that youma, but then she ran away." Her face fell. "She
didn't know anything about Sailor Moon, either."
Makoto leaned forward. "She acted like she didn't remember
anything since the Silver Millenium. Remember, there wasn't a Sailor
Moon until Luna gave Usagi her locket. She also seemed really
surprised at the strength of some of her attacks, but not surprised she
could *do* them. Do you think she might have a memory problem like
Tuxedo Kamen did?" Everyone looked at Mamoru.
"Rhiannon�" he murmured.
"Huh?" everyone chorused.
"Mamo-chan! You have memories of another girl? WAHHH!"
Luna congratulated herself on her seating choice as Usagi's tears
waterfalled around her - on the other side of the room.
"Will all of you please calm down!" Luna exclaimed in her best nanny
voice. "WHO is this Sailor you saw?"
"Sailor Bio," Mamoru explained, "who was my cousin Rhiannon, one
of the four Earth Sailor Senshi. I didn't remember her until she ran
away. She was very shy; I'm not surprised none of you recognize
her. She might not have met all of you, even." A stunned silence met
him as he took a deep breath. "Sailor Bio draws her power from
Earth's wildlife, both plants and animals. Rhiannon spent almost all
of her time in one forest or another; she had a hard time dealing
with even medium size crowds of people. When Sailor Moon -
someone she didn't recognize - commented on how we beat
Kunzite - a close friend of hers, she looked horrified: that was
when she ran away."
"That makes sense," Ami agreed thoughtfully. "But how come we
never heard of the Earth Senshi? Why are there four of them? How
was she able to transform?"
"Why didn't she ever show up before?" interjected Rei, "Are we sure
she hasn't been brainwashed, too?"
Artemis spoke up from his perch on Minako's shoulder. "Luna and I
remembered and discussed the Earth Senshi some time ago, but we
didn't think they'd been reincarnated with the rest of you and neither
of us have any idea how the Earth Senshi activate their powers, so we
didn't think to tell you about them."
Luna nodded. "Originally only one Earth Senshi existed, Sailor Earth.
When Prince Endymion reached six years of age, the Sailor Earth of
the time announced she needed to split her power into five parts.
Sailor Bio gained power from the wildlife of Earth, Sailor Aero's
power came from the air, Sailor Hydro had control over water, Sailor
Geo received the power of land, and Endymion himself was granted
the power from the people of Earth. No-one understood why - or
how - Sailor Earth did that, and she couldn't be questioned, since she
died in the power transfer." She paused to take a breath, and
Artemis resumed the story.
"Queen Serenity investigated it, and found that Sailor Earth
*expected* to die. But she never found a reason for the split,
especially as the power split resulted in an instability. The power
itself stabilized after a few months, but the new Sailor Senshi
became somewhat mentally imbalanced."
"They were crazy?" asked Usagi in surprise.
"Not really; they just felt extremely uncomfortable outside their sphere
of influence," Artemis explained.
Mamoru nodded. "From what I remember of Rhiannon, it was like
any other phobia - claustrophobia, ailurophobia, arachnophobia -
except it extended to almost everything that wasn't wildlife. That
would explain why she hasn't shown up before - she probably wasn't
even *in* Tokyo. Too uncomfortable for her." Everyone digested the
new information in silence.
"We need to make friends with her," Usagi cried out, determined.
"Yes!" Minako agreed, "We can take her shopping!"
"And to the ice-cream shop!"
Rei broke in on Usagi and Minako's excited planning. "First we have
to convince her we're the good guys."
"That'll be easy!" Usagi stated confidently. "If I transform to
Princess Serenity and Mamoru transforms to Prince Endymion, she'll
recognize us and we can explain about Kunzite being brainwashed!"
She paused and screwed her face up in thought. "But how are we
gonna find her?"
"She might go to the school the youma was attacking," Makoto
suggested. "What's it called?"
"Meiou High," Ami spoke up, "One of the most prestigious schools in
Japan." Luna reflected that it might be nice to have another
intelligent, responsible member of the group.
"Ami, was that really a youma we were fighting? It didn't seem like
any youma I've ever seen!" Usagi remarked.
Makoto agreed, "It sure didn't act like any youma I've fought before!
I would've been in big trouble if Sailor Bio hadn't showed up!"
"Hai," Ami answered from above Luna. "Youma have very distinct
energy patterns. You're right though, it didn't seem like the youma we
faced before. I'll analyze the data on my computer and see if I can
find out why."
*********
In a park somewhere in Tokyo, a figure sat with a bowed head,
desperately trying to remember what had happened earlier today,
as he had been doing for the last four hours. He knew he had a hole
in his memory; he had been going through his normal daily routine,
and then he woke up here an hour later. This was disturbing. This
was *very* disturbing. His life included too many people who wanted
to kill or humiliate him in it. If one of his enemies had not had a
hand in whatever had led to his memory loss, then they would take
advantage of it if they found out about it. Beyond that, if he had
been acting in an unrestrained manner he may have seriously hurt
someone. Or multiple someones.
Wincing at the thought, he stood up and started walking in the
direction of home. With any luck, he'd be able to find someone who
could tell him what had happened.
********
In a dark cavernous room, a shadowy figure lounged on a throne,
facing a large blackened screen. The screen that had until recently,
been alight with the bright colors of the Ningenkai, showing him the
fight between his servant and the Senshi.
"So," he murmured, "Sailor Bio has awakened to her power." His
crimson eyes narrowed. "I had not expected that. Oh well; it is of no
importance. If she does not accept the aid of the other Sailor Senshi,
she will be easy prey for my pet. The time is ripe to reap the
benefits from my alliance with Queen Beryl all those many years
ago." He smiled in cruel amusement and brought a wineglass filled
with a red liquid too opaque to be wine to his lips. "Sailor Bio,
my pet may have allowed you to escape to the haven of death
before, but this time I will not allow her to disobey me."
*********
-End Part 1
Part 2 will follow shortly.
Japanese words:
Fuku - outfit/uniform
Matte - wait
Nani - what
Hai - yes
Henshin stick: The transformation rods of the Sailor Senshi
Youma - monsters under Beryl's command, on Sailor Moon's first
season - from the Negaverse
Youkai - the demons in Yuu Yuu Hakusho. From the Makai, or
Demon World
Niwaurushi Kigire, Return - Piece of the Tree of Heaven, Return! (at
least I hope that's what it means)
Kaju Hikari Ken - Flowering Tree Light Sword (again, I *hope*
that's what this means)
Ningenkai - Human World