Sailor Moon V. Episode 4.

Sailor Moon V

Written by Kisiro.

*Music intro plays.*

Episode 4.


Sailor Moon held up her Moon Stick in front of her. While gazing at the weakened, bloated monster. Barely able to move, all four of the eaten Sailor Soldier's lives continued to hang in the balance within the greedy creature's stomach. Sailor Moon continued to have a serious look of determination on her face. Luna, Artemis, and Tuxedo Mask watched Sailor Moon prepare her attack.

"Moon...Healing...Escalation!" Sailor Moon shouted out, while twirling her body around with the Moon Stick in her right hand. The Moon Stick emanated a trail of glitter and mist, while she moved it in a wide circular motion. Drawing an outline of energy in the shape of a circle around her body. After the circle was formed, the Silver Crystal on the Moon Stick began to emit rays of light. Followed by balls of white energy that projected toward the bloated beast. Beginning to show a hint of concern, it only took seconds for the creature to suddenly start grunting in pain. Pressing both of it's webbed hands against it's swollen belly, while the glitter and mist overwhelmed it.

"Nnnn....noooOOOO!!!" The toad monster bellowed out loud in agony. The harder it pressed it's webbed hands against it's bloated belly, the more tightly cramped the eaten Sailor Soldier's felt. Each one of them grunted in the process. The white balls of energy then collided with the beast. Forcefully absorbing into the swollen amphibian. The toad woman then quickly raised it's arms up, while pressing it's webbed hands against both sides of it's head. "GGGAAAAHHH!!!"

The bloated beast shouted in agonizing pain, before it's whole body began to shine brightly with white energy. "REFRESH!!!" The female frog-ish monster suddenly shouted for some unknown reason. Once the bright light slowly faded, everyone gazed upon the end result. What was once a very tall female monster with frog features, now appeared to be a normal looking human woman. White energy still surrounded her body. She stood there, with her eyes closed. Her face expressed the look of being unconscious. Her height had shrunk down considerably, but she still appeared slightly taller than even Sailor Jupiter.

Sailor Moon gasped, while raising up her left hand in front of her mouth. She instantly recognized who the woman is. "Miss...Haruna?!" Sailor Moon spoke out in shock. "Who?" Artemis questioned. Luna looked just as shocked and confused as Sailor Moon. "Miss Haruna Sakurada..." The black cat answered. "She's Usagi's 8th grade English teacher..." Tuxedo Mask answered, while walking over to where the cats are. Artemis looked puzzled. "But...How, and why???" The white cat asked. Tuxedo Mask, Luna, and Artemis then looked over at the long red haired woman. "That's a very good question..." Luna responded. "But, how did you know she was really a human? Or even Miss Haruna for that matter?" Artemis question Tuxedo Mask. He looked down at the white cat. "I saw her face on the news, when she first appeared and made a scene. This was before the other Sailor Guardians lured her away from the public. At the time, I assumed that everyone here would have the situation covered. But, once I sensed that Usagi was in danger, I came as quickly as I could." Tuxedo mask explained, before looking back up at the sight before them. "As for why I had a hunch that it was her, was because I thought she looked familiar. I knew that I had seen that face from somewhere before. I had a feeling that it had to be a human turned into a monster. The more I thought of her face, the bigger my hunch grew. I imagine that everyone here didn't have the time to think, or even consider the possibility of what they were really dealing with. More importantly, who." Tuxedo Mask added. "I see...Makes sense." Artemis replied. "Good thing. If Sailor Moon were forced to use the full power of the Silver Crystal, she not only would've killed herself, but Miss Haruna too. If only we had known earlier, she could have simply just healed Miss Haruna with the Silver Crystal from the very beginning." Luna commented. "I wonder how this healing process will affect the others. Will they finally be freed?" Artemis question. All three of them continued to watch the event unfold.

"They're...still in...her stomach..." Sailor Moon spoke, while noticing that Miss Haruna still had an abnormally large round belly. Her gigantic gut hung bare, while sticking out proudly. The bottom of it now rested against the concrete floor. Without Sailor Moon realizing it, the Silver Crystal on her Moon Stick began to suddenly shine brighter. The white energy that surrounded Miss Haruna instantly began to do the same.

Everyone looked on in shock, while noticing that Miss Haruna's bloated belly slowly began to become transparent! Within seconds, they could see all four of the eaten Sailor Soldier's crammed together inside her stomach! Each of them appeared to be unconscious, with a glowing light surrounding each of their bodies as well. Sailor Moon's eyes slowly grew wide. "EVERYONE!" She shouted to them, before running over to Miss Haruna. "I'm here! Please, be okay!" Sailor Moon shouted, while resting the Moon stick on the ground beside her. She proceeded to reach her arms out around Miss Haruna's bloated belly. Bending down on her knees, while the palms of her hands pressed against the warm skin of Miss Haruna's swollen abdomen.

Tuxedo mask, Luna, and Artemis began to slowly walk up behind Sailor Moon. Miss Haruna remained unconscious, while continuing to stand up straight on her feet. White energy still shined around her entire body. With tears rolling down her cheeks, Sailor Moon's eyes suddenly bulged wide. She could no longer feel the warmth of Miss Haruna's bare stomach. It slowly began to physically fade from existence. "Huh?!" She questioned. "Does this mean?" Luna asked. "I think it does..." Artemis replied. Tuxedo Mask smiled, while watching the event continue to unfold with the rest of them.

Suddenly, the transparent bare skin of Miss Haruna's bloated belly completely vanished! Followed by her clothing instantly repairing itself. Looking as if it had never been torn open to begin with. The result revealed all four unconscious Sailor Soldier's hovering in mid air. Still covered with the glowing white energy, each of them appeared to remain crammed together in a fetal position. Directly in front of Miss Haruna's lower belly, and thighs. Everyone watched in shock. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. Then the white energy around Miss Haruna instantly vanished. Sailor Moon blinked her eyes, before finding herself quickly dog-piled on by the unconscious Sailor Soldier's.

"Gaah!" Sailor Moon yelped, while they collapsed all over her. Each one of them covered with a mix of icky saliva, and stomach juices. "Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Mask spoke, before attempting to aid her. During this, Miss Haruna slowly collapsed to the concrete floor as well. Still unconscious, while she laid there. Luna, and Artemis ran over to the passed out teacher. "Hmm, I think she'll be okay. She's still breathing..." Luna spoke. Tuxedo Mask helped pull Sailor Moon out from under the unconscious Sailor Soldier's. "Are you okay?" He asked her. She looked up to him with a small smile. "Yes. Thank you..." She responded, while her cheeks blushed a tiny bit. Her eyes then suddenly went wide, before turning her head to look down at everybody. She quickly kneeled down to check on them.

"Everyone! Are you alright?! Please, wake up! Say something!" Sailor Moon questioned, and begged them. All four Sailor Soldier's battle suits showed signs of acid burn. The battle damage also remained on Sailor Mars suit as well. However, each of them appeared to look completely healed. Obviously due to the healing affects of the Silver Crystal. Problem is, neither one of them responded to her. Sailor Moon closed her eyes, while tears rolled down her cheeks. Was she too late? Did they run out of air before she could free them? These thoughts began to upset her greatly. Tuxedo Mask gently rested his right hand over Sailor Moon's right shoulder, while lowering his head to turn away. Both Luna, and Artemis had a look of sadness on their faces. They both lowered their head's down as well, with their eyes closed.

"Please, say something...Anything..." Sailor Moon stuttered, while she cried with her eyes closed. Now sitting on her knees, her head lowered with tears rolling down her cheeks. Suddenly, she felt a hand gently rest over her left shoulder. "Heh, still a crybaby..." Sailor Moon heard, before slowly opening her eyes. "...Mars...?" Sailor Moon softly spoke, while looking up in front of her. Sure enough, it was Sailor Mars right hand resting on her left shoulder. Sitting up in front of her, Sailor Mars gave a warm smile to Sailor Moon. The other three Sailor Soldier's were now sitting up too, behind Sailor Mars. Each of them gave a warm smile as well. Sailor Moon's eyes slowly bulged wide.

Tuxedo Mask, Luna, and Artemis sighed in relief. "Why so glum?" Sailor Jupiter questioned with a smile. "Yeah! You look like you're currently in a funeral, or something." Sailor Venus followed with a smile. "What you should really be upset about more than anything, is your school grades." Sailor Mercury added with a smile. Each of them were obviously teasing Sailor Moon, in order to help cheer her up. Each of them showed an expression of being very proud of her as well. "Yeah, so stop your whining already...You saved us, alright? So start acting your age..." Sailor Mars spoke, while playfully sticking her tongue out at Sailor Moon with a smile. Tears continued to roll down Sailor Moon's cheeks. After wiping them from her eyes, she proceeded to look at them.

"Everyone!" Sailor Moon cried out happily, before suddenly diving forward to tackle-hug her friend's. Each of them embraced her with open arms. Tuxedo Mask, and the two cats watched with a smile on their faces. While hearing the mixed sounds of the Sailor Soldier's giggling, and Sailor Moon's cries of happiness. All at once, Sailor Mercury hugged Sailor Moon, while Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus patted Sailor Moon on the back. During this, Sailor Jupiter was giving a playful noogie against the top of Sailor Moon's head.

While this went on, Tuxedo Mask walked around them. Only to kneel down in front of Miss Haruna. He placed the index fingers of his right hand against her neck. Everyone suddenly stopped celebrating, and turned their attention to what he was doing. "Oh! Right...Is...Miss Haruna okay?" Sailor Moon asked Tuxedo Mask. He looked up at her, before standing up to his feet. "She has a pulse, but she's still unconscious. It couldn't hurt to get her checked into a hospital, just to be on the safe side." He replied.

"That's strange..." Sailor Moon spoke, while picking up her Moon Stick off the ground. Sailor Moon, and the rest of the Sailor Soldiers stood up to their feet. "The Silver Crystal should have fully healed, and revived her." Sailor Moon explained, before looking down at Luna. "Right?" She asked the black cat. "Of course! The Moon Stick has never failed us before. It's never had a problem completely healing a human that's been turned into a monster. She should've woken up as healthy as a horse by now." Luna explained. "Well, maybe being turned into a monster takes a lot out of a person..." Sailor Moon suggested, while shrugging her shoulders. "I don't know...This whole situation has been VERY odd from the beginning. I wonder what exactly it is we're dealing with here. Whatever turned her into that thing, might have something to do with why the Silver Crystal hasn't fully healed her. Whatever it is, their's a good chance it might still have a hold on Miss Haruna..." Artemis spoke in response.

"So you're saying their's a good chance she could very well turn into that monster again?" Sailor Mercury questioned. The other four Sailor Soldiers suddenly freaked out in response. "Guh! I sure hope not! That whole experience was frightening, and disgusting!" Sailor Venus spoke her mind. "To think, we were all trapped in Miss Haruna's stomach...Feeling helpless in that vile darkness." Sailor Jupiter mentioned in disgust. "Yeah...And their was nothing we could do about it. Except sit, and struggle. Waiting to be digested, while our efforts to escape were teased constantly..." Sailor Mars added with a cringed look on her face. "Creeeeepy..." Sailor Moon replied, after overhearing their experience. Folding her arms, only to rub them up and down with her hands while she trembled. "Oh, Hush! You didn't even get eaten! You can't even imagine how terrifying it was!" Sailor Mars suddenly picked on Sailor Moon. Blinking her eyes, Sailor Moon instantly had an angry look in her eyes. "Hey! You're the one who kept telling me to leave, so I wouldn't get eaten!" Sailor Moon argued back at Sailor Mars.

"Oh? Now you make it sound like you were left out..." Sailor Mars replied, while placing her hands on her hips. "No! That's not what I meant!" Sailor Moon snapped back. "That's always been one of your biggest problems! You always act without thinking, and you never listen! Back there, you were even too stubborn to do as I asked! When you knew how dire the situation was! With as many poor choices that you constantly make, you're always just asking for trouble! And their may come a time where none of us will be able to be there to help bail you out!" Sailor Mars argued back. Blinking her eyes, Sailor Moon then gritted her teeth. "Oh yeah?! Well, it's a good thing I didn't listen to you! Otherwise, you would still be trapped in Miss Haruna's stomach!" Sailor Moon argued in her defense. With her eyes suddenly bulged wide, Sailor Mars instantly stuck her tongue out right in Sailor Moon's face. Her arms folded, with her back turned. Sailor Moon quickly did the exact same thing to Sailor Mars in response. Everyone else instantly had a sweatdrop on the right side of their head's, while looking down with their eyes closed.

Just then, Miss Haruna's eyes slowly opened. Looking up, the first person she saw was Tuxedo Mask. He looked down at her, only to notice that she had awoke. He quickly kneeled himself down to her. "Are you okay, Miss?" He calmly asked her. Sailor Moon, and Sailor Mars instantly stopped their bickering, before turning their attention to them. Everyone else watched as well.  "I...think so..." Miss Haruna weakly responded, while her cheeks showed a hint of blushing. Due to her finding the masked man to be quite dreamy. "Who...are you?" She asked, before looking over at the Sailor Soldiers. "Can you stand?" Tuxedo Masked asked, while offering his right hand to help her up. "I...think so...I just feel so...weak..." She replied, while slowly standing up to her feet. Gazing around at her surroundings, she then turned her attention back to everyone. "Where...am I? What...happened?" She asked.

Everyone was currently speechless. They weren't exactly sure what to say, or how to explain everything that happened. One thing everyone was sure of, Miss Haruna appeared to have no memory over what she had done over the past couple of hours. "Well, Miss...It's difficult to explain. In short, we saved you from a terrible...thing..." Tuxedo Mask explained the best he could. "Thing?" Miss Haruna questioned. "Yes. Please, can you tell us if you recall the last thing you remember?" Tuxedo Mask asked her. She placed her right hand against her chin, while trying to think. "Well...I remember that I was on my way home, after staying late at school grading paperwork. I took a shortcut through the local cemetery. At first, I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Like a dark shadow..." Miss Haruna explained, before looking back up at everyone. Sailor Mars eyes suddenly tensed up. "Black shadow?" She thought to herself, while continuing to listen. "Their were these two tombstones that stood side by side. When I passed by them, I noticed a very small frog sitting on top of one of them. At first, I thought it looked cute...However, the way it stared at me as I passed by it...I don't know. Their was something creepy about the way it watched me..."

Everyone stood there listening, while the school teacher continued to explain her story. "Anyway, I continued to walk home. Once I arrived at my front door, I dropped my keys. I...kneeled down to pick them up. As soon as I stood up, I heard the sound of a frog...I looked up, and saw a small frog sitting on top of the porch light. Now that I think about it, I don't know how it got all the way up there. Strangely enough, it looked exactly like the frog I saw back in the cemetery..." Miss Haruna explained. Everyone displayed a tense look in their eyes.  "Do you...Remember what happened next?" Tuxedo Mask asked her. Miss Haruna placed her left hand against her forehead. "Well, I think it...jumped down at me...Like it was attempting to attack me...I remember it's eyes glowing red too..." Suddenly, Miss Haruna received bits and pieces of flashbacks in her mind. The images she saw involved her screaming, while the small frog lashed it's long tongue down toward her. Miss Haruna's mouth opened wide, while she screamed. As soon as she did, the small frog dived directly inside it. It appeared to look like it leaped down into her mouth on purpose. She gagged, before feeling forced to swallow...

After that, the rest was blank. Miss Haruna gasped, having finished her flashback experience. "No...Don't tell me I...accidentally...swallowed it! Did I?!" She spoke, and questioned herself out loud. Now looking down with a disgusted look on her face, as her left hand rested against her belly. "HUH?!" All five of the Sailor Soldiers responded. "Hmm...Could this be a case of...possession?" Sailor Mars asked herself in thought. Miss Haruna then sighed to herself, before looking back up at everyone. "Anyway. All of that must have been a dream. It had to be. Although that still doesn't explain how I got here..." The school teacher began to convince herself, before wondering how and why she ended up where she is now. She then placed her left hand against her forehead. "That's strange..." She spoke. "Hmm? What is it?" Tuxedo mask questioned. "I...just now remembered some kind of strange nightmare I had before waking up. It's weird, but I think this nightmare involved..." Miss Haruna then focused her attention on the Sailor Soldiers. "...Eating you..." She finished her sentence, while looking at them with a confused look on her face. Everyone's eyes bulged wide in shock. They were not expecting to hear that from her at all. "Crazy, right? I know, it's disturbing... Disgusting too...What's even more weird, is I've never seen you girls before..." Miss Haruna spoke, before suddenly realizing something. "Actually, you girls look a little too young to be out this late at night. Don't you have school tomorrow morning?" Miss Haruna questioned them, while raising an eyebrow. Everyone suddenly produced a sweatdrop, while rubbing a hand against the back of their head's. "Well, actually...It's Friday..." Sailor Moon responded, while laughing nervously. They WERE standing too close to Miss Haruna. Because of this, each one of them hoped that the school teacher wouldn't recognize any of them. Miss Haruna then focused her attention on Sailor Moon. "You...I don't think you were eaten in my dream..." She spoke, while pointing her index finger at Sailor Moon with her right hand. Sailor Moon blinked her eyes, before laughing nervously once more. While her left hand reached behind the back of her head. "Oh?! Lucky me..." Sailor Moon responded, while continuing to laugh in a nervous tone. The other Sailor Soldiers glared their eyes at Sailor Moon. Each with a sweatdrop on the right side of their head's.

"You...do look familiar...I think I've seen pictures of you on the news before. What was the name again? Sailor...Moon?" Miss Haruna explained, and asked. Suddenly, the teacher felt a severely sharp pain in her stomach. She grunted, while quickly clutching onto her belly with both hands. Everyone instantly gasped, while stepping closer to her. Sailor Mars eyes instantly bulged with tension. She suddenly felt a dark presence coming from the school teacher. "What's wrong?!" Tuxedo Mask asked Miss Haruna. "It's...my stomach...It...hurts..." The school teacher barely spoke in pain, before her eyes instantly turned red. "...from hunger!" The sound of her voice quickly changed, while her red eyes darkened to pitch black. Her tongue hung out of her mouth, while saliva oozed down from it. Everyone gasped once more, before jumping back away from Miss Haruna.

"I knew it! She's possessed by some kind of evil spirit!" Sailor Mars called out to everyone.



Usagi: "In today's episode we learned...Uuuum...Hmm...What was it we learned today, Luna?"

Luna: "I honestly don't know, Usagi. Must we continue this whole "Sailor Says" thing at the end of every episode?"

Usagi: "Of course! We've got to teach all the kids out there at least a little something, don't you think?"

Luna: "Well, if you really want my honest opinion, I think that your young viewers shouldn't be rotting their brains away by sitting in front of the TV all day watching cartoons. What they should really be doing is playing outside in order to stay fit, or perhaps read a book to help increase their minds if they really want to learn something.

Usagi: "Hey! You can learn a lot from cartoons! They teach important lessons all the time! Besides...Our viewers ARE reading right now, instead of watching TV. Everything we say or do. It may be a fan fiction, but it's still reading." *Giggles*

Luna: "...That's it. I'm done..."

Usagi: "Wait, Luna! Come back! Pleeeease?! Awe, she can be such a stick in the mud sometimes...Don't worry, everyone! I'll get her back! But before I go, I should probably wrap this up first! Let's see now...What important lesson did we learn today? Hmm...Ah-hah! I got it! Okay, I guess never walk through a cemetery during late hours. Why? Because you never know if someone, or something will follow you home, and pounce on you when you least expect it! You got that? Good! Now I just have to find Luna so we can get back to figuring out what's the deal with Miss Haruna. Until next time, stay tuned! Sailor Moon says! *Giggles.*