First Battle 
Prolouge



The music form the Tsukino residence blasted into the night sky, as the 
people inside celebrated the return of the children that was missing, 
but now thankfully, has been returned to them. Usagi Tsukino's parents 
had decided to trow a party to celebrate the return home of Shingo 
Tsukino, and invited the parents of other children who was also 
kidnapped by Sailor Galaxia, who was using them to find suitible 
Starseeds to try and conquer the whole galaxy. 
Luckily, Sailor Sirius, Eternal Sailor Moon, as well as the Inner and 
Outer Scouts, along with the help of the Sailor Starlights, was able to 
stop Sailor Galaxia with their teamwork and combined strenght, to save 
Shingo as well as the other missing children.

The front door of the Tsukino residense opened, and the music from 
Zhane's "Hey Mr.DJ" grew louder as Tanya Cambridge walked out of house, 
and sat down sadly on the front steps. Turning her browm face upwards, 
she wacthed the stars, and stared at the full moon, while it was
bathing her in it's glow. She recalled in her mind of how the Sailor Team
got back from the dreary dimention. Sailor Pluto had helped the Sailor 
Starlight find where the Scouts where trapped, and recruited them to 
help the sailors scouts. When they defeated Sailor Galaxia, Sailor
Pluto appeared, explaining that she could not help them because she was
afraid of interrupting the time stream. With her Garnet Orb, she quickly 
teleported the Sailor Team back home, along with the missing children.

Tanya sighed,"I STILL think that Sailor StarHealer could be Yaten. But 
how can I know for sure  if I don't ask him?"she muttered to herself.

A moment later, Usagi Tsukino walked out of her house, and saw Tanya 
sitting on the steps."Hey Tanya! What are you doing out here? The party 
is just ending, and we need help cleaning up!" She saw Tanya's 
expression, then asked softly, "Are you O.K.?" while joining Tanya on 
the steps. 

"Hmm? Yeah! Sure!" Tanya said, looking up at Usagi in surprise. "I was 
just thinking, you know, about the fight and all, and what we have been 
through with Galaxia" 

Usagi nodded, and looked with Tanya up at the moon, "Yeah, it was a 
pretty close call. We were lucky to have you with us. You did great
with your first battle with the scouts!"


"Thanks" Tanya smiled shyly. She looked intently at the moon for a few 
more moments, then said sadly, "You know, it's too bad people today 
don't know what a beautiful place the Moon Kingdom was. To all of them, 
it is just a speck of grey matter."

"Yeah" said Usagi dreamily, thinking backing to centuries ago. She
shook herself out of the dream sequence, and looked hard at Tanya.

"Hey!! What's the matter!! From since I have known you, you have never 
been so dramatic and serious. Want to talk about it?"

"It's nothing! Really!" said Tanya defensively. She then lowered her 
eyes."I have just been thinking. What if I had done something wrong in 
that fight?  What would I change if I had the chance?"

"What are you worrying about that for? We did fine against Galaxia!" 
Usagi said, giving Tanya a questioning look. "None of the other scouts 
had doubts."

"I know." said Tanya. She looked at Usagi. "Have you ever wondered
about YOUR first battle. What it felt like? What you would have changed?
What you can learn from that, and use it in future battles?"

"Well, no." said Usagi, a little embarrassed, "Luna says that with my 
first battle, I was a wimp, and I definitely needed work on!!" 

Tanya chuckled,"Yeah, it was kind of like that we me too!! You know, I 
am going to talk this over with Marco. I want him to tell me how I was  
in my first battle, and maybe I can find a few things I can work on."

"Sounds like a good plan to me!! Meanwhile, I STILL need help with 
cleaning up!!" said Usagi, standing up over Tanya with her hands on her 
hips.

"Yeah right!!! I'm coming!!" said Tanya, following Usagi in the house.


********

Later at Tanya's home.

"Marco, I really need to talk to you." said Tanya from bed, as she was 
getting ready to go to sleep. Marco looked up from the floor near the 
bed where he was laying, and gave her a questioning look.

"What about?" he said, looking at the clock, "It is really late, and
you should get some rest."

"Well, it is about when we were in Lybia, when I first meet you, and 
when I first fought a demon on my own" said Tanya, sitting up in bed,
"I want to know about how I was, how I fought and everything. This fight 
with Galaxia really shook me up, and I was wondering maybe there is 
something that I can find, that I can work on, and it will help me in
my battles in the future."

"I see." said Marco, jumping up on the bed next to her. "Well, I wanted 
to talk to you about that too. MAybe now is a good time. Alright, let's 
start at the beginning, shall we?"

Tanya got herself comfortable, and listened and Marco began the story
of how they met:

First Battle.
Chapter one

By Sharon Williams





In a small village nearby Tripoli Lybia, in Northern Africa, a young 
girl named Tanya Cambridge is happily celebrating her fifteenth
birthday given to her by her father and friends. On this festive
occasion, Tanya recieves gifts, songs, dancing, and quality time spent
with her often absent father, Rev. Peter Cambridge. Little does she know,
that this night was to be the beginning of her greatest destiny.


October 21, 1996

"Oh thank you SO much Ronnie, for all these great gifts and party!!" 
exclaimed Tanya, as she hugged her best friend and godsister, Veronica. 

"Hey!! It's no problem!! You deserve the very best!" said the 
light-skinned girl from Nigeria as she hugged Tanya back, and kissed
her on the cheek. "It is just a way of thanking you for being my closest 
friend, and sister in spirit!!"

Tanya blushed, and playfully punched Veronica on her shoulder, "AWWW!! 
You don't HAVE to be mushy like that!! Just a simple "you're welcome" 
would have done it!"

The rest of the party guest in the large two story house the party was 
being held in snickered behind there hand, knowing that was the typical 
"Tanya" comment. The party was in beginning to end, as it was late, and 
people had places to go in the morning. Tanya went up to the guests,
and thanked them for their gifts, and for coming to the party. 
Tanya's father, who was outside talking to leaving guests, came back 
inside and quietly walked up to her, "O.K. sweetheart. It's time to 
leave. We gotta get going."

"Sure, Daddy. I'll be right there!" said Tanya, "I just want to talk to 
Veronica for a moment." She pulled the girl by the arm, and lead her to 
the into the kitchen, away from prying ears.

Once inside the kitchen, Veronica gave her a concerned look. "What's 
wrong Tanya. You look a little worried."

"I am. That's why I waited until the end of the party to talk to you. I 
had one of those strange dreams again last night." Tanya replied, 
holding the girl's hand.

"Oh no!!" Not that dream about that strange blue-skinned lady with the 
red hair, and you dying! I thought you was over that. What brought it
on this time?" said the sixteen-old girl, pulling Tanya close, and laying 
Tanya's head on her shoulder.

"I don't know. But this time it was different. Now I see a dog of some 
sort, and the strange thing was, he was trying to talk to me somehow, 
but I could'nt hear what he was saying. I think it was a warning. What 
am I going to do?" said Tanya in a shaky voice. She looked up in the 
girls's face, "Do you think I should talk to my dad about this?"

"Of course!! Maybe he can help you. Even though I am into interpreting 
dreams and such, I'm afraid even this has boggled me!! But just in
case, I will try to speak to the spirits tonight about this when I
communicate with them through the fires."

A jeep's horn was suddenly beeping outside, and Tanya gave her
godsister one last hug, "Thanks for everything!! I knew I can talk to you
about this. I'll call you later, if I can sneak past Dad, O.K.?" she
smiled.

"Sure thing!!" Veronica laughed, "Get going before your dad gets a fit 
!!

*********

On the way home in the jeep, Tanya was unusually quiet as she took in 
the night's events, and she comtemplated on how she was going to tell 
her father about her strange dreams. Peter looked over at his daughter, 
and saw how her mood had change, and decided to try and get her to talk 
about her feelings.

"Did you like the party tonight Honey?" he asked as he drove. "Hmmm? 
Sure Daddy! It was great!! The best night of my life!!!" replied back 
Tanya, smiling up at her father. 

Somehow, Peter knew that the smile did not really reach her eyes. "You 
know Tanya, if there is anything you want to talk about, you know I am 
always here for you. Are you...were you...thinking about your mother?"
he asked in a concerned voice.

"Part of it." she muttered to herself. She looked up at her father, "I 
wish she could have been here with us, to enjoy tonight. I miss her so 
much!" she said, sadness slipping into her voice. 

"I know, Little Star. So do I. Very much" Peter said, smiling to
himself as the memories washed over him.

Tanya always loved when he called her that, but she had no explanation 
why. For a few moments, Tanya remained silent as she put in the new CD 
she recieved for her birthday, and listened to the music of BOYZ II 
MEN's song called, "A song for Momma"

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Tanya saw the jeeplights shined 
on something on the road as they passed it. To Tanya, it looked like a 
streak of blond hair, like someone was laying on the side of the road 
hurt.

"Daddy wait!! Stop the car!!" shouted Tanya, and her father slammed on 
the brakes quickly, causing them to buck forward.

"What is it? What's the matter?" Peter called to his daughter as she 
opened the door and ran out of the jeep.

"Oh look!! It's a hurt doggy!" said Tanya, kneeling down look at the 
somewhat small golden retreiver dog, who was laying down on his side, 
and looking up with pleading eyes.

"It looks like his side is hurt! Can we please pick him up and try to 
help him? PLEASE!!" pleaded Tanya, while stroking his head. 

"Now Tanya, you know we can't just pick up stray animals! We have no 
idea where he has been, or he could even belong to someone." said her 
father, walking out of the jeep up to her. "Now come along, I have a 
very important meeting in the morning"

"But Daddy, he is not a stray! Look, he's all clean, and he even has 
this cute funny little white star on his forehead. He has no collar 
either, so he must have ran away from the pound or something. Please
let me take him. It would be the most wonderful birthday present EVER!!! 
Tanya said. She was now hugging her father, and giving him one of those 
"puppy dog" looks.

Finally, her father blew out an exhausted breath, and said, "Alright, 
Alright!! He can stay for the night, and YOU can see if you can bandage 
him up. But in the morning, I'll see, O.K.?"

"O.K.!!" sang Tanya, and they both loaded the sleepy dog into the back 
of the jeep. On the way home, Tanya tried to comfort the dog by
stroking it, and singing to it. Suddenly she stopped. Somehow, singing
and stroking the dog seemed...familiar...somehow, and she didn't know
why. Tanya never had a pet in her life. Then she had a thought. What if
this dog was like the one she dreamt about last night? Could this be a
sign? Tanya shrugged, and quickly put the thought out of her mind.

When she got home to Tripoli, and to her spacious two story house,
Tanya spent the night trying to mend the dog's wound, and giving him
medicine and feeding it. When she thought that she did enough for him,
she finally went to bed.

Morning came, and Tanya bounded joyfully into the den where the dog 
slept, carrying dogfood. "Hiya pouch!!! And how is my patient this 
morning!!"

"Very well thank you. And please do NOT call me "pouch" " said the dog 
sleepily, lifting up his head and turning to her.

"EEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!" Tanya screamed, dropping the bowl of food, "OH MY 
GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!!! This can't be!!"

"I think we need to have a LONG talk." said the dog, doing a doggy
style of smile.

To be continued

First Battle Chapter2
By Sharon Williams




Tanya drew in huge breaths, trying to calm herself as she watched the 
golden retreiver dog laying in front of her. "This can't be real! It has 
to be a dream somehow! Dogs do NOT TALK!!!"

"Why don't you take a seat, and I can give you some explainationss" said 
the dog friendly, getting up to a sit. The bandage done around his side 
caused hime to wince a little, but he kept a watchful eye on the girl.

Still in a slight shock, Tanya did as the dog asked, and quickly and 
quietly sat down in front of the dog, waiting to see what would happen 
next. "Anyway, I'm sure I'll wake up soon! " After sitting down, she 
stared at the dog curiosly. "You know, this dog DOES look familiar, 
somehow.."

The dog began. "Your name is doesn't happend to be Tonicia KinghtStar, 
would it?" he asked. Tanya could only stare for a moment longer before 
she dare herself to answer, "Ummmm, no, it's not. My name is Tanya. 
Tanya Cambridge." she said in almost a whisper.

"Oh dear, oh dear!! I thought you was her! I really did!!" said the dog 
despairingly, hanging is head low. Tanya could only shake her head, "My 
God, I am ACTUALLY talking to a dog!!!" she thought to herself, 
"Veronica is going to flip when I tell her this dream!"

"Ahhh, who exactly are you looking for?" she asked, "As if I can do 
anything about it!" she thought.

" I am looking for my mistress, the Princess of the Sirius Star System, 
Tonicia KnightStar. She was supposed to be here, fully restored to life, 
and waiting for me!" the dog said with a little frustration. "But I am 
afraid something has gone terriblly wrong. I still haven't found her 
after so long!"

"The Sirius Star System? As in the "Sirius Star" also known as the "Dog 
Star" by the ancient Romans?"  asked Tanya breathlessly. "Sorry, pooch, 
I'm afraid you're a little far from there, like a couple of light 
years!!!" She said, crossing her arms over her  chest, and giving him an 
unbelieving look.

"I see a little introduction is in the works here." the dog growled 
softly with touch of annoyance, "My name is Marco, and I am the Guardian 
and Mentor to Princess Tonicia KnightStar, Heir to the Pheonix Throne of 
the Sirius Star System, and also known as Sailor Sirius. And we are NOT 
known as any  "Dog" Star!!"

"I see." Tanya said, rolling her eyes, "Well, I am definitely not a 
princess, and I know I am not this Sailor whatever person. So now, 
before I totally freak out, I think I should put this dream to and end!"

Tanya got up form the floor, and was about to leave in a hurry, when the 
dog bark, then winced and whined in pain again. Marco called out, "Wait, 
come back!! Maybe there is a way I can know for sure!!"

"Really ? How are you going to do that? How do you know if I am this 
Princess....whatever?" Tanya asked as she turned back around to face 
Marco. "Come closer" he said.

When Tanya stood right in front of him, the dog siad a strange word, 
like a language Tanya has never heard before, even though she spoke 
English. All of a sudden,  a dark blue glow surrounded the golden dog, 
and suddenly appearing around neck was a beautiful necklace, silver, 
with a rather large emerald inside surrounded by tiny diamonds.

"Please." Marco said, with fierce determinationin his eyes, "Put the 
necklace on. I assure you this is NO dream!!"

"Oh my gosh!! This ISN'T a dream!! I have never seen a dog do that!!!! 
"Ummm, sure, whatever." Tanya said causiously. Slipping the jewel from 
around the dog's neck, she put it around her own.

As soon as she did, her body began to glow the same dark blue as 
Marco's. It enclosed her like wings on an angel, and Tanya closed her 
eyes as images entered her mind. She saw a girl who looked exactly like 
her in a beautiful pale blue dress, but her hair was wavier, and she had 
a bright white star in the middle of her forehead. She was standing in 
what looked like a garden, but strange somehow. The grass was red, and 
the sky was a voilet color instead of blue, and shining down rays was a 
gigantic sun with a smaller one next to it. 

Walking up next to her was the dog, Marco. The girl petted him for a 
moment, and both walked into a magnificant castle. The scence changed, 
and now Tanya saw the girl in some sort of space station, hugging and 
kissing what seem to be a king and queen, by the way they dressed. The 
girl entered the ship, and the couple turned, around, and a young 
handsome man was holding the Queen's hands as she weeped.

"Mo....Momma? ....Mother? " whispered Tanya, feeling tears run dowwn her 
cheeks. Even though Tanya had never seen this beautiful woman before,but 
inside her heart, she felt she knew this woman somehow, and felt a 
strong connection to the people watching the girl leave. The last thing 
Tanya saw before all darknend was the people turning around to look at 
her, then calling to her with tears in their eyes, but she could not 
hear them, then the vision ended.

"Oh!! It IS you!! The princess!!! The Star EmeraldStone could not be 
wrong!!" exclaimed Marco happily, "Oh thank the gods!!!"

Tanya threw back her head and took in a deep breath, overwhelmed by the 
visions she saw. Wiping the tears of her cheeks, she turned to Marco, 
"Who...who... were those people? That girl who looked like me? Why did I 
feel that lady was my mother? And why were they...crying?" Tanya said 
sadly.

Marco then proceeded to tell Tanya about the Sirius Star System, the 
Moon Kingdom, and the fate which befell them. He ended the story by 
telling her that now that he has found her, it is time for them to begin 
their mission in finding the reborn Moon Princess, Princess Serenity 
Crestmoon.

"But I don't know any girl named Serenity! I don't even know where to 
begin!" said Tanya in exhaustion. She got up once more from the floor, 
"I have to call my godsister Veronica. Maybe she can help."

Marco was about to tell her about keeping what he told her as a secret, 
when suddenly screaming began outside. "What in the world is going on!!" 
Tanya exclaimed, while running to the front window.

Outside, in the street, a creature that looked like a  giant imp was 
starting to smash up cars driving along down the road. It punched in 
windows, and smashed in hoods. "Starseeds!!!" it screamed in a 
high-pitched voice, "I want ALL your Starseeds!!!" It started to grab 
people and flinging them in the air.

"Ughhh!!! What the heck is THAT ugly thing!!" Tanya shouted, getting 
really scared. She turned to look at Marco, but he was already in front 
of her, holding the necklace in his mouth. He dropped it in her hand.

"That is a chance for you to begin your destiny, princess!! The time has 
come for you to defend the innocent, and defeat evil!!!" he shouted. "It 
is time for Sailor Sirius to return!"

Tanya gulped hard, and looked from the beautiful necklace in her hand to 
outside, where the creature was still on a rampage. "This is turning out 
to be one STRANGE birthday!!"

To be continued...


First Battle Chapter 3

By Sharon Williams 

Outside in the streets, the yuomen continued to it rampage. It smashed 
cars, and hurdle people several feet form it as it searched for the 
starseeds it came for. Tanya could only stare in horror as it came 
nearer her house, and smashed the head of a policeman who tried to stop 
him into the ground.

"Listen to me Tanya!!" shouted Marco above the screams, looking into her 
eyes, "I know that you are scared right know, but what I have showed you 
is not a dream!! You must become Sailor Sirius, and defend the innocents 
from evil such as that!!!" pointing with his head at the demon imp.
"But HOW!! If I go out there, that thing with eat me for breakfast! Just 
what exactly am I supposed to do against it?" Tanya said back, fear 
causing her voice to tremble like it never had before. This was one 
birthday Tanya never dreamed of getting. "There is no way I can defeat 
it." She clucthed the necklace she had in her hand into a fist, and 
looked at Marco with a sad look.

"Yes you can!! That necklace in your hand is the Emerald StarStone that 
protected the Sirius Star System for thousand of years! If you believe 
in it now, it will help you win the battle you must fight. After all 
this time, destiny has brought you together. Now, do you believe in 
yourself, and that you WILL defeat this monster!!" Marco now had his paw 
on her foot, and fixed Tanya with a hard stare to show  that he meant 
every word he said. 

Tanya looked at Marco again, then back at the necklace in her hand. "You 
know, for some reason, I believe I CAN do this!!" she thought to 
herself. Tanya narrowed her hazel eyes, and straightend up with new 
determination and courage. "YES!!! I do believe in myself, and I will 
defeat this....whatever it is!! What do I have to do?" she yelled, now 
feeling outrage that her birthday, and well as the livelihood of the 
people in her nieghborhood, had been ruined.

"Quickly!" said Marco, relief evident in his voice. He looked around, 
making sure there was nobody in the house. "Put the necklace on, and 
shout out...." he never finished.

 Somehow, Tanya had an idea what to do. Just as she slipped the jewelry 
around her neck, a phrase came into her mind, and almost as a reaction, 
she threw up her right hand, spread her legs apart, and shouted out, 
"Sirius Star Power!! Make-up!!!"  The whole house was then awashed in 
dark blue light, followed by a burst of little blue stars. A white 
six-pointed star flashed on Tanya's forehead, then it disappeared, and 
in it's place was a gold tiara with a black opal.

When the sequence was done, Sailor Sirius stood in front of Marco in a  
white, black, dark navy blue, and yellow fuku. "After all this time, it 
never ceases to amaze me!" Marco mumble to himself. "Come on! We don't 
exactly have time to stay here and admire the fashion!!" he said, then 
dashed out the front door of the house, with Sailor Sirius running behind
him. 
The two heroes ran down the block to were the demon had yet another 
victim in its hands. The demon was about to thrust its claws through the 
woman's body, taking her starseed for it own twisted deeds, when a young 
voice filled with anger and digust shouted above the screams to get his 
attention."Hey!! You ugly...thing....!!!!" shouted Sailor Sirius,
pointing her 
finger at it,  " You have no right being here!!! Put her down and back 
off, or else you are in serious trouble!!

The demon only stared at her for a few moments, then began to laugh 
hysterically. In its amusement, it did not realize it let the woman go, 
and she crawled away with tears in her eyes, whimpering. "How poetic is 
this!!!" it said in a high raspy voice, "A mere wisp of a girl and a 
hurt pooch around are going to get ME in trouble!!" It suddenly stopped 
laughing, and clasped its hands in front of it, "How's this for trouble, 
sweetie?!!!!" 

A massive laser of pure black energy lept out of its hands, headed 
directly for the two standing in front of it. Fear nearly paralyzed 
Sailor Sirius in her place, and she stood still, waiting to die by the 
hands of a monster. MArco jumped up just then, butted his head against 
Sailor Sirius's back and pushing her out of the way, just as the energy 
struck the place where she had just occupied. The black energy hit the 
groung hard, leaving a crater a few feet deep. The noise of the impact 
sounded like a bomb exploding.

Sailor Sirius landed on the ground near the impact, and covered Marco 
with her body to protect him from the debry flying all around. When all 
was quiet again, Sailor Sirius dared a chance to look at Marco. The 
golden retriever's left back paw was covered in blood, and the fur was 
nearly burnt of. "Marco!!!! NO!!!!!!" Sailor Sirius yelled, and began to 
hold his head, to see if he was still alive. 

Marco's eyes slowly opened, and weakly whispered, "Your...scepter. You 
must use your scepter to defeat him! It is the only way!!" He blew out 
one last breath, and was silent. 

Sailor Sirius let Marco's head drop from her hands, the realization that 
she was alone sinking into her mind. This dog did nothing to deserved 
what had happened to him, and now he was probably dead because of her. 
She heard the demon chuckling behind her, and slowly she stood up, 
turned around, and fixed the monster with a cold as ice stare. Slowly, 
dangerously, she walked up to it. "You!!! You are going to pay for what 
you did!! You and all others like you are a disease to all that is good 
and beautiful!!! Prepare to die ugly!!! As sure as the star that shines 
brightest in the Heavens, I am Sailor Sirius, and you WILL be
vanguished!!!"
From a memory long hidden, Sailor Sirius threw up her right hand, and 
magically, a black scepter with a rose-shape tip, and a diamond fixed at 
the top appeared in her hands, and with full purpose, pionted the 
scepter straight at the demon. 

"HA!!" What are you going to do, beat me to death with your little 
toy??!!" it bellowed, and smiled its ugly yellow pointed teeth at her, 
trying to be intimidating.  "No." Sailor Sirius answered coldly, still 
pointing, at it, "I am going to destroy you. Or are you too stupid to 
understand that?" 

The creature growled low in its throat at the insult, and threw another 
of its black energy at her. This time, Sailor Sirius was too angry to be 
scared, and easily jumped out of the way. She jumped a flip over the 
monster's head, and landed saftely behind him. By the time the demon 
turned around, she was ready for him. She yelled out, "Sirius 
Scepter!!Illumination!!" and a massive beam of white light energy shot 
of the scepter, and into its eyes. The demon then screamed horribly with 
pain and frustration.

Knowing the demon was unable to see now, she quickly ran up to it, and 
gave it a swift punch in the face. "That is for calling me sweetie!!" 
she shouted. The creature began to stagger, its pain now increased by 
the punch. Sailor Sirius then went for the lower gut with a kick. "And 
that is for calling my dog a pooch!!" 

The demon was now on the ground, and Sailor Sirius, looked at him 
coldly. She raised her left hand pointed her palm at the demon, and 
yelled out, "Sirius Infrared Laser!!! Disintergrate!!" Her body began to 
glow a red aura, and a out of her palm shot a thick massive red beam of 
lazer energy, and it struck the demon with a loud bang. Slowly, as if 
time itself was slowing down, the demon screamed, and began to 
disintergrate. When it was finish, nothing but a pile of black sand 
stood in it's place.

"And that," Sailor Sirius said with a little smile, "is for ruining my 
birthday!!"  She then turned and walked over to Marco, who was still 
laying on the ground not too far from her. "Oh Marco, I am so sorry!!" 
she whispered, cradling his head on her lap. "I didn't want this to 
happen to you." A tear drop fell unknowingly from Sailor Sirius's eye, 
down her neck, on to the necklace that was hidden inside the fuku shirt.
A green light suddenly began to envelope the two who sat on the ground. 
Sailor Sirius looked wildly around, not quite knowing what was going on. 
The wounds around the dog's side and paw began to shrink, and  suddenly, 
disappear. The bandages fell of of Marco, and his eyes flew open. 
"Marco!" Sailor Sirius yelled, feeling him move in her arms, "You're 
alright!! What happened?!" 

"Your bravery and courage gave the Emerald StarStone strenght, and when 
it felt your pain, it knew exactly what to do!!" Marco said, winking at 
her. "Always knew you had in you kid!"  Sailro Sirius laughed gave Marco 
a gigantic hug, and he happily gave a loving doggy kiss.

****Sailor Galaxia's Fortress

"SHIMATTA!! DAMN THOSE SCOUTS!!!" screamed out Sailor Galaxia. "No 
matter where I go, there has to be a sailor scout somewhere!!! How can 
there be a scout so far away from Japan?!! In such a remote country!?"
Sailor IronMouse winced at her mistresse's outburst, "I do not know, 
your Highness. Queen Serenity must have scattered everyones soul's all 
over Earth." 

"We are going back to Japan NOW!!!" screeched Sailor Galaxia. "The only 
way we can defeat these brats is if we nipp them at the bud!!"
"Yes, Most Exalted One!!!" Sailor IronMouse replied weakly.</PRE></HTML>



First Battle: Epilogue

By Sharon Williams


Six months later:

"But DAAAD!! I don't want to move again! I like it here!!" wailed Tanya, 
walking after her father into the living room, having explained after 
dinner, he needed to discuss something important with her. Tanya  very 
well knew what was to be discussed.

"Look, I know this may be hard on you, but it will benefit us in the 
end. This new job I got is an opppurtunity that I cannot refuse! 
Besides, I not sure I like living in a nieghborhood and country where 
demons and such can run a muck." Peter Cambridge gave his daughter a 
pleading look. "Please try and understand?"

Tanya rolled her eyes upward, and knew he was going to win this 
one...again. "Oh, allright. Where are we moving to?"

"A place in Japan called the Juuban District." Her father repiled. 
"Japan? What do you mean Japan?" Tanya asked, totally shocked. "How can 
you even think of going there? We don't know the language or anything!" 
Uncertainty and confusion shone in her eyes. 

"Calm down Tanya. Look, the school is an American based academy, and 
practically all the student will be speaking English, plus a few others. 
You'll fit right in, I promise. Just give it a chance, and I'm sure 
you'll have a wonderful time." Peter got up, walked over, and gave his 
daughter a small kiss on the forehead, and a hug.

"Alright, if you say so." Tanya said, hugging her father back. She 
looked up in his face, and gave him a teasing little smile, "But I won't 
promise that I'll like it!"

*******

The last bell of the day rang, signaling the end of another school day, 
and within seconds, the front door to Juuban High School was thrown 
open, and teenagers poured out into the school yard.

When the crowd finally thinned out after a few moments, a small solatair 
figure slowly and quietly walked out, emotionally defeated by yet 
another day of loniless and homesickness. 

Suddenly form behind her, Tanya heard the sound of pounding feet on the 
ground, and looked behind her just in time to get knocked down in a 
flash of blond pigtails. "OWWW!!! Hey! Watch where you're going next 
time!!" shouted Tanya on the floor, rubbing the sore arm she fell on. 
When she looked at the girl's face, she gasped. It was the same girl she 
had detention with yesterday for being late.

"Oh!! Sorry about that! I didn't see you! I was in a real hurry. I am 
supposed to met my friends somewhere, and I wanted to show them that I 
CAN be on time for once in my life. Here, let me help you up." The girl 
blabbbered with a silly grin on her face. She stuck ou t her arm, and 
helped Tanya to her feet. "By the way, my name is Usagi. Usagi Tsukino." 

"Thanks." said Tanya, brushing herself off, "My name is Tanya Cambridge. 
I remember you from detention yesterday. 

"Yep, that was me, as usual!" Usagi giggled, "Sorry I didn't introduce 
my self then, but I was in a very bad mood." Suddenly a car horn 
sounded, and another blonde head girl stuck her head out of the window. 
"Hey Usagi! Look who decided to give us a lift to the temple!!" The car 
door opened, and out step the most handsomest boy Tanya had ever seen in 
her life since she came to this school.

Tanya began to blush fiercely, but Usagi never noticed. "Come on, I'll 
introduce you!" They walked up to the car, and Usagi began. "This is 
Minako Aino and Yaten Kaiou. Minako, Yaten, I'd like you to meet Tanya 
Cambridge." Minako smiled and shoke Tanya's hand. "Oh right, the new 
student that came a few weeks ago. Nice to meet you."

The white haired boy with green eyes stepped up next to shake her hand. 
"Nice to meet you too. I believe we are in the same English class, but I 
never got a chance to talk to you." The smile he gave her nearly made 
Tanya faint. She could only stare at Yaten for a few moments, then she 
answered, "Ummmm...., Ahhhh,....Yeah!!" Tanya groaned deep inside, and 
began to blush fiercely once again.

The boy raised his brow in amusement, and Minako stiffled a barely 
audible giggle. "Look, I don't mean to be rude or anything Tanya, but we 
really have to go. I'll see you in school tomorrow?" interrupted Usagi, 
amusement shining in her eyes, and evident in her voice. 

"Yeah. School tomorrow. Bye!" said Tanya, still not believing how much 
of an idiot she sounded like. When the three left, Tanya groaned aloud, 
and smacked her palm against her forehead, "Good going Tanya! Now he 
thinks you're a complete basketcase!!"

Tanya then let out a long sigh. "Still, this school is not so bad. I can 
actually like going here, for once!!" Another picture of Yaten Kaiou 
flashed in her mind, and Tanya could not help but smile.

THE END

COMING SOON:  THE STRENGTH OF FRIENDSHIP.