Chapter Seven
That day, Elisa decided to explore. Usagi would try to convince her mother to let her stay in their house for longer (despite Elisa's rebuff). She didn't feel like sticking around for that, so she left and decided to walk around in Crystal Tokyo.
It's so big now that I see it in person, thought Elisa as she saw several large work facilities and buildings, a handful of small shops, and she even passed by the arcade once. Soon enough, however, things became strange.
"Free sushi! Get your free sushi rolls here!" Yelled a man near Elisa. He holding a tray of boxed sushi in front of a sushi shop called "The Silver Sushi Garden." A fairly large crowd was drawing near. Considering that she had no money to actually buy food, Elisa walked over.
Free food is great and all, but what's so good about the sushi that so many people are here for? Wondered Elisa.
"Here, take a box of 6 sushi with our new special ingredient," said the man as Elisa walked over. She was handed a black box. Small words at the bottom said,"Spice X," whatever that was. But before she could say anything else, he was already handing boxes to other people, so she walked away.
"Huh, what's the special ingredient?" Elisa wondered aloud as she shrugged and walked home. There were six rolls in the box, so Elisa figured she could let Usagi have 3.
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"Hi Usagi, I brought food," said Elisa when she got home. "Wow, thanks! Oh, and my mother says you can stay here as long as you like now, but she's running some errands and won;t be back for a few hours. What did you bring?" Asked Usagi. "That's great! I got six sushi rolls with some 'special ingredient' from a shop called 'The Silver Sushi Garden.'"
"Huh, I've never heard of that place. They must be trying to spread the word about their new shop then. I wonder what that special ingredient is," said Usagi. "I wondered too. Maybe we should try them and see," replied Elisa, opening the box.
Suddenly, Elisa smelled something strange after opening the box. It smelled quite terrible for sushi. "Hey, what's that smell?" She asked. "What smell? The sushi smells great to me," replied Usagi.
She can't smell is either? That's strange. "You can have the rest of the sushi, Usagi. I'm not really hungry, and I guess I could explore the town a little more," Said Elisa. "Are you sure? You brought it here," said Usagi. "Yes, there will always be more food anyways. Bye Usagi," And with that, Elisa went outside.
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About an hour later, the citizens of Crystal Tokyo began acting strangely. Elisa was still outside, and then a young girl about 4 years old ran to her. "Uh, hello, is anything...wrong?" Asked Elisa, a little surprised. "Do you have the Cosmic Diamond?" The girl immediately asked. "U-uh, I can't say I know what you mean-" muttered Elisa, but the girl grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to her. "Just answer me!" Yelled the girl. "E-err...I don't think I do, sorry-" Muttered Elisa, but the girl quickly interrupted her and yelled,"Ugh, you're useless like everyone else around here!" And with that, she ran away.
What was that about?! Thought Elisa frantically. I-it's just a little girl, maybe-but her thoughts were interrupted again by another person, this time a much older woman about 20 years old. "Excuse me, have you seen the Cosmic Diamond?" She asked. "Uhm, if you don't mind me asking, what is it?" Asked Elisa, tired of being asked about that and not knowing what it was. But the woman only harumphed and walked away angrily.
What's going on? What's the Cosmic Diamond, and what's happened to the people? thought Elisa, but then Usagi spoke from behind her, startling her. "Thank goodness your here, Usagi. Everyone's acting so weird, and asking for the-" Started Elisa, hoping Usagi might know something more, but she stopped dead when Usagi told her,"Do you know where the Cosmic Diamond is?"
What do I do, what do I do? Now Usagi's strange as well! What's happening?! Thought Elisa. Suddenly, all around the city, holograms appeared, each with a black-haired woman in a dress suit. The woman spoke, in a relatively high-pitched voice,"Go on now, my puppets! Keep searching! That girl has been reborn, and we will find her and take that Cosmic Diamond! Go and search for any traces of it!" With that, the holograms disappeared.
Elisa remembered what had happened when she met the Sailor Scouts. They said she was a sailor too. Now, she understood. Oh no, she thought. I'M the girl they're looking for.
But Elisa realized she had to snap out of her fear. If she was going to be any help, she had to transform. She sighed, a little afraid of transforming to actually use her powers. It was only her second time, what if something wrong? But Elisa had to save the citizens, so she took a breath and then yelled,"Lutetia Power make up!"
After a few seconds of feeling suspended in mid-air, her body twirling, her feet touched the cement ground. Looking down, Elisa realized she had once again become Sailor Lutetia. She didn't know how, but she now knew what powers she had, and how to activate them.
Ah! I did it again, but what should I do now? What if I fail, and- thought Lutetia, but she couldn;t think that anymore. She shouldn't. So, she held up her arms and yelled,"Lutetian beams of healing!"
Light filled her eyes, and a second later, everyone was on the ground, clearly confused. But Lutetia had a feeling that something evil was still nearby - and there was something indeed. Out from behind a building, the same man she saw handing out the sushi appeared. "So, it looks like you've found me out. But, I know who you are now, and you're not escaping," he said.
Pushing his arms forward, a dark sort of lightning came from his hands, and it was aimed towards her. Lutetia was about to scream, but without thinking, yelled,"Cosmic Light Tornado!" She watched, shocked, as light violently swirled around in a clockwise manner. It sucked up the dark lightning and was now heading towards the man swiftly. "Our dark forces will get you someday, mark my words!" He yelled, and in a blast of dust, the man was gone.
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"W-what did I do...?" Wondered Lutetia, still shocked and quite wordless. "Lutetia!" Yelled Usagi, rising from her position and running to her. "What happened?!" She asked frantically. "I don't know, Usagi! I just...I used my light tornado and it hit the man who controlled everyone," replied Lutetia. It was the best explanation she could give, though it lacked details.
"Usagi, what happened?!" Yelled another girl, running to the two with more girls. Lutetia realized that they were the other sailor senshi. "I...I don't know, honestly. I think I got rid of the man who controlled you all. He made you guys all ask about some sort of Cosmic Diamond," said Lutetia.
"Well, whatever happened, thank you, Lutetia. You saved us and the citizens of Crystal Tokyo," said Minako. "I think that's probably enough action for today, I'm tired," said Usagi. She turned back into Elisa. "Maybe we can discuss this tomorrow," said Sailor Mercury. "One thing's for sure, I'm never eating another sushi roll again," said Usagi. The girls laughed. Knowing that everyone was safe, at least at the time, Elisa and Usagi walked back to Usagi's house.
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