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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 01 Chapter 003
[075-1]Act 3
Rei
Sailor Mars
[076-1]Freetalk2:
I’m so happy, I’m so happy! Dolls of Usagi-chan and the gang are coming out! There are really tiny ones, too. Gufufu. And model figures! Gufu! I’m going to get them, ufufu.
I love the word “arcade.” I wanted to draw girls with dumpling heads and school uniforms with bows in the back and handsome men in tuxedos and miniskirts and the night scenery I love and exciting and romantic and heartracing and sexy and sometimes really cool! girls so I started this story about Usagi-chan. Girls are strong, aren’t they? We have to protect the girls we love.
Sailor Moon:I’ll punish you!
[077-1]SOUNDWHOOSH
[077-2]Queen Beryl:Jadeite,
you have failed once again.
Are you prepared for what will happen?
SOUNDROOOAR
[077-3]Jadeite:. . .Yes.
--Please forgive me.
[078-1]Nephrite:Your minions are mere clay.
That’s why they’re so fragile.
Jadeite:!
[078-2]Nephrite:Queen Beryl, leave this to me, Nephrite, General of the North American division.
I will gather energy efficiently for our Great Leader,
and I will get the Elusive Silver Crystal at any cost!
[078-3]Zoisite:. . .Sailor-suited soldiers. . .huh?
Could they be searching for the Elusive Silver Crystal as well. . .?
[078-4]Nephrite:Queen Beryl, please tell us,
what in the world is the Elusive Silver Crystal. . .?
[078-5]Queen Beryl:. . .
[079-1]Queen Beryl:The Elusive Silver Crystal is the source of all energy. It is a stone with
unfathomable, infinite power.
It is said that he who possesses it can control the entire universe.
[079-2]Queen Beryl:We will show no mercy to those who get in the way of our Dark Kingdom.
Far East General Jadeite!
Put off your search for the Elusive Silver Crystal for now!
[079-3]Queen Beryl:This is your last chance, Jadeite.
Jadeite:Yes, your Highness. With these hands, I will make those eyesores, the Sailor
Soldiers
[079-4]Jadeite:disappear!
[080-1]SOUNDFLICKER FLICKER
[080-2]Rei:--It’s coming.
Something is coming.
--Something unbelievable. . .will happen. . .
[080-3]Sign:Sendai Hill
[080-4]Sign:Hikawa Shrine
Girls:[Kya! Kya!]
[080-5]SOUNDBRMMM
Girl:Ah, the bus is here!
[080-6]Girl:Bye-bye, Rei-chan!
[080-7]Rei:Goodbye, Mii-chan.
Take care.
SOUNDSWF SWF
[081-1]SOUNDBMMM
[081-2]Bus Sign:Red 66 To Sendai Hill
[081-4]SOUNDBRMMM
[081-5]Rei:Six o’clock, huh. . .
[081-6]SOUNDWF
[081-7]Sign:Public Junior High School Juuban Junior High
[081-8]Students:Hey, hey, have you heard about the “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus”?
[Wai wai]
[082-1]Students:Yeah! It’s the Sendai Hill bus, right?
SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
Students:Is it true?
That rumor that if you take the bus right at 6 o’clock from Sendai Hill,
you disappear without a trace!
They say a god of death is the driver!
[Creepy]
The bus might go to hell!
[082-2]SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
SNOORE
Luna:Girls sure do love rumors. . .
SOUNDFIDGET
[082-3]Luna:Usagi-chan!
[Wake up!]
SOUNDTAP TAP
Luna:We’re going to have a strategy meeting after school with Ami-chan today!
Usagi:[Huhwhun?]
Ehhh? I want to go home and take a nap, Luna.
[082-4]Luna:Five o’clock at the arcade.
SOUNDSNAP
Usagi:Roger!
[083-1]Haruna:Sorry I’m late! First period is starting now!
SOUNDSLIDE
[083-2]SOUNDSTEP
Haruna:[Kyaa!]
W-
Who!? Who brought a cat into the classroom!?
[083-3]Usagi:Sorry, Haruda! It’s my cat. She’s leaving right now.
Haruna:[Tsukino-san!]
This is your doing again!?
[083-4]Usagi:[Tee hee!]
I’m Tsukino Usagi.
I’m in eighth grade, and I like sleeping and the arcade.
Actually, thanks to the talking cat, Luna,
I’m also a soldier of justice.
[084-1]Usagi:Furthermore!
Sign:Crown Arcade
[084-2]Motoki:You’ve improved, Usagi-chan!
Usagi:I’ve got Great Teacher Ami-chan on my side.
SOUNDPYOON PYOON
[084-3]Usagi:This is the genius from Class 5, Mizuno Ami-chan.
She’s a chosen soldier of justice, like me,
Sailor Mercury!
I can’t believe we’ve found one of our allies so quickly.
[084-4]Usagi:Ami-chan, you cleared these hard levels before, right?
[Ahhh!]
Ami:It’s different from the one I passed. Maybe there’s some sort of pattern to it?
SOUNDPYOON
GAGAGAGA
[084-5]SOUNDPYOON PYOON
Usagi:[Noooo!]
SOUNDGAGAGA
Ami:. . .I still can’t believe it.
[085-1]Ami:I’m a soldier of justice.
I have strange powers. . .
[085-2]Luna:You’ve only just been awakened.
I’m sure you’ll grow to understand.
Everything.
[085-3]Ami:Luna,
What is this “enemy”?
What’s their objective? What are we supposed to do. . .?
[085-4]Luna:. . .We have to
protect our princess
and the Elusive Silver Crystal.
[085-5]Ami:The Elusive Silver Crystal?
[085-6]Usagi:All right! I passed the second level!
SOUNDGAGAGA
PYOON
CHALILAAA
[085-7]SOUNDSPARKLE
[086-1]SOUNDKATHUNK
Usagi:Waaa! Something came out of the machine again!
[086-2]Usagi:They’re watches!
SOUNDPOP
Usagi:Here, there’s one for you, too, Ami-chan!
[086-3]Luna:Ah, these are perfect!
If I remodel them a little, they’ll work as communicators!
SOUNDWSK
[086-4]Ami:. . .Luna?
Did you do something to the. . .?
[086-5]Luna:[Meow]
[086-6]Usagi:Ami-chan. it’s after 5, is that okay?
Ami:[Eh!?]
No way! Oh, no! I’ve got English cram school today!
[086-7]Usagi:But it’s no fun if you go home, Ami-chan!
Ami:Then, you want to come with me, Usagi-chan?
[Hee hee]
[086-8]Ami:If we go now,
and we take the bus, there’s a really beautiful girl who sometimes rides and
we’ll catch a glimpse.
SOUNDVMMM
HONK HONK
[087-1]Usagi:To Sendai Hill? I feel like I’ve heard that before. . .
Sign:To Sendai Hill
SOUNDVRMMM
[087-2]SOUNDNYO
Umino:That’s right!
This is where you catch the “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus” of rumor.
You’d better not get on, Usagi-san!
Usagi:[Umino...where did you come from?]
[087-3]Umino:People really have disappeared!
Usagi:Ehhh, it’s just a rumor, don’t you think?
[I’m getting on with Ami-chan.]
[087-4]Ami:Look, Usagi-chan! The girl in the T.A. Girls’ Academy uniform!
SOUNDBMMMM
[Freetalk]
Ufufufu!
This is the chapter for Naoko's miko Rei-chan, who she favors just a little bit. I wrote three different scripts for this chapter, but the anime people ended up using the first one I wrote. Yep! At first Jadeite was a Shinto priest. But in the end, in the manga I just made him a background character. Wheeze wheeze. (My editor said this script was the best one.) Jadeite-sama got turned into a bus driver. Wah!
Ufufu! The thing I like best about Rei-chan are Sailor Mars's HIGH HEELS! I never thought they'd let her have them in the anime, too! I'M SO HAPPY!!
I'll punish you in high heels!
Hmmph!
. . .I'm weak against women like this. . .
Incidentally, you know what I like best about Ami-chan?
This, this!
It's called an intercom.
[088-1]Ami:Well, Usagi-chan, this is my stop!
SOUNDSHINE
[088-2]Bus:Next stop, Sendai Hill, Hikawa Shrine.
SOUNDBMMM
VMMM
Sign:Sendai Hill
[088-3]Luna:Usagi-chaaaan! What are you doing following some girl? Getting off the bus in
a place like this. . .
Usagi:But she’s so pretty!
[Who cares? I’ve got nothing to do.]
SOUNDBMMM
[088-4]Usagi:[Huh!?]
She’s gone! It’s all your fault, Luna! I lost her!
[Gasp!]
SOUNDSQUEEEZE
Luna:Usagi-chan!
[Come on!]
Maybe she went in that shrine.
[Honestly.]
[088-5]Sign:Hikawa Shrine
[088-6]SOUNDRUSTLE
CAW CAW
[088-7]SOUNDFLAP FLAP
Usagi:Kyaa!
What, what!?
Luna:Usagi-chan!?
[089-1]SOUNDGASP
[089-2]Rei:I feel it!!
[089-3]Rei:An incredible ill will!
A mononoke!?
SOUNDDASH
[089-4]Usagi:Nooooo!
SOUNDRUSTLE RUSTLE
[089-5]Rei:It’s finally come, huh?
[089-6]Rei:How dare you try to bring catastrophe to a holy shrine!
I won’t forgive you!
[089-7]Rei:Evil spirit, begone!
[090-1]SOUNDSTICK
[090-2]SOUNDTHUD
KYUU
[090-3]Rei:H. . .Huh?
A girl!?
[090-4]Rei:. . .I’m sorry.
Um. . .Usagi-san?
I made a mistake.
I know I felt ill will, but. . .
Luna[Ill will?]
SOUNDTHUMP
Usagi:Haha!
[090-5]Rei:Phobos and Deimos don’t usually attack people.
Usagi:That shocked me. So she’s a miko?
SOUNDTHUMP THUMP
Usagi:[I always forgive pretty people for their trespasses.]
[091-1]Woman:I pray that our Mii-chan comes home.
SOUNDCLAP CLAP
[091-2]Rei:Did something happen to Mii-chan, oba-sama?
Woman:Rei-chan.
[091-3]Woman:You might have heard about it on the news.
. . .Mii has disappeared. . .
[091-4]Woman:Children are all gossiping about the “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus,” you’ve heard?
Mii took the bus in front of this shrine, and this area has always been dangeous.
She may have been kidnapped. . .
[091-5]Woman:I’m very worried. . .
Oh, I’m not saying that your shrine is dangerous or anything, Rei-chan.
[091-6]People:What the? That miko’s expression didn’t even flicker.
SOUNDWHISPER WHISPER
People:That Hino Rei-chan is kind of strange. She does weird chants, and keeps crows,
and they say she has supernatural powers.
[091-7]SOUNDPERK
Luna:--Supernatural powers!?
A calm, composed young woman with strange powers. . .
[092-1]Luna:--Noble features,
a graceful manner,
and the gods’ intermediary.
[092-2]Luna:--Could she be the princess!?
[092-3]Rei:--Sendai Hill. . .
[092-4]Rei:is where five streets meet.
It’s not something you see every day.
[092-5]Sign:Sendai Hill
Rei:But they say that there used to be a sixth street as well.
[092-6]Rei:They say. . .
the “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus” goes down that road and disappears.
Do you know what they call that?
[093-1]Rei:They call it. . .
being spirited away.
[093-2]Nephrite:This plan is taking a long time, Jadeite.
[093-3]Jadeite:It’s better to lure them out this way.
The more hostages, the better,
[Heh heh]
don’t you think?
[093-4]Jadeite:We don’t even need to drain their energy.
We can offer them up whole as sacrifices to our Great Leader!
[Heh heh heh]
Along with the heads of the sailor-suited soldiers.
[093-5]Students:Good morning.
Hey, did you see the news? A girl from the seventh grade has been missing for
four days!! And she takes the bus to school!!
[094-1]Students:I heard ten kids from Ichinohashi Junior High are missing!!
No way!
I’m sure it’s that “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus!”
They disappeared at Sendai Hill!
Noooo! It’s too scary!
SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
[094-2]Haruna:Quiet!
Several students have gone missing these past few days.
Please be careful.
[094-3]Usagi:Spirited away,
huh?
Umino:Usagi-san!
I think this is the work of a new kidnapping ring!
[094-4]Luna:It’s suspicious.
This smacks of the enemy.
[094-5]Luna:. . .
[094-6]Luna:Hey, Usagi-chan.
I want to investigate this Sendai Hill bus business.
Can we go visit that Rei girl?
[095-1]Luna:She intrigues me.
This “Rei-chan”
could be one of our allies.
[095-2]Usagi:--She could also be
an enemy.
[095-3]Luna:My!
Sometimes you show some promise.
[095-4]Luna:The bus is here.
SOUNDVRMMM
Usagi:Ehhh? I’m scared. I don’t wanna.
[095-5]Usagi:If something happens to us, it’ll be your fault, Luna.
SOUNDVRMMMM
FWUMP
Luna:Don’t worry, it’s only 5 o’clock.
And you can always call Ami-chan on the communicator.
[095-6]SOUNDSHOCK
Luna:!!
[095-7]Usagi:Hm?
Luna:Meow meow!
Usagi:What’s the matter, Luna? You’re being annoying. Talk!
[096-1]Mamoru:Yes, Luna, please do go on.
[096-2]Usagi:[Ahhhh!]
It’s you again!!
Mamoru:. . .Stop yelling, Dumpling Head, I’m right here. We seem to run into each other
often.
[096-3]Usagi:Whyyy are you here!?
Mamoru:I take the bus to school.
Usagi:No way! You’re a normal junior high student!?
[You are wearing a uniform today, come to think of it.]
[096-4]Mamoru:I’m a full-fledged high school student.
SOUNDFWIP
Card:Student ID
Chiba Mamoru
Moto-Azabu High
Second Year
[096-5]Usagi:“Chiba Mamoru, Second Year Moto-Azabu High School.” Hmmmmm.
[096-6]Usagi:. . .Have you heard about the “Cursed 6 o’clock bus,” then?
[097-1]Mamoru:. . .Yeah. It’s on this line, right? Around this time.
A lot of strange incidents have been happening.
[097-2]Usagi:. . .Oh!
SOUNDTHUMP
Usagi:His profile. . .
[097-3]SOUNDCRACKLE
Usagi:He looks just like that Tuxedo Mask. . .
SOUNDTHUMP
[097-4]Usagi:Oh, no!
SOUNDSNAP
Usagi:Why is my heart beating so fast?
[098-1]Mamoru:--Soldier of justice. . .
[098-2]SOUNDTHUMP
Usagi:Eh?
SOUNDJOLT
Mamoru:. . .Never mind, it’s nothing. . .
Bus:Next stop, Sendai Hill, Hikawa Shrine.
[098-3]Usagi:Th-th-that startled me!
[Huff huff]
Luna:That guy’s pretty sharp!
SOUNDVRMMM
[098-4]SOUNDVRMMM
[098-5]Luna:“You can call Ami-chan on the communicator. . .”
Disk:Gather data
on the “Elusive Silver Crystal.”
Gather data. . .
[098-6]Sign:Hikawa Shrine
Woman:Like I said. . .
[099-1]Woman:We just want you to use your powers to find our daughters.
[099-2]People:She’s a miko.
She’ll know where our children are.
She has psychic powers, right?
SOUNDWHISPER WHISPER
[099-3]Rei:My powers. . .
I can’t really use them to find people. . .
[099-4]Rei:You’d probably better leave it to the police. . .
[099-5]Woman:--Couldn’t you at least cooperate with us at a time like this?
We’re patrons of this shrine.
[099-6]Woman:And you with those weird prayers. . .
Maybe you made our children disappear!?
[099-7]Rei:. . .G. . .
Go home!
[100-1]SOUNDGASP
[100-2]Usagi:. . .Poor Rei-chan. . .
SOUNDTURN
[100-3]Sign:Sendai Hill
Luna:I can’t understand what the enemy is after.
[100-4]Luna:If they’re our enemy,
they should be searching for the “Elusive Silver Crystal.” But this time. . .
Usagi:The enemy’s looking for that Silver Crystal too?
[100-5]Luna:Yes.
[100-6]SOUNDPFF
CRACKLE CRACKLE
[100-7]Rei:--Concentrate.
What’s happening? What is going to happen?
[100-8]Rei:. . .Who is that. . .?
[100-9]Rei:. . .Usagi-chan. . .?
[101-1]Luna:But, Usagi-chan,
remember, you absolutely can’t let the enemy get their hands on the “Elusive
Silver Crystal.”
[101-3]Rei:. . .A bad omen. . .
Usagi-chan’s in trouble!?
SOUNDCLENCH
[101-4]SOUNDSTEP
[101-5]SOUNDBMMM
[102-1]Sign:Sendai Hill
Door:Automatic Door
[102-2]SOUNDSCREECH
[102-4]SOUNDGASP
Rei:That driver. . .!
He’s the man I saw in the fire. . .!
[102-5]Rei:. . .My feet
are moving on their own. . .
SOUNDWOBBLE
[102-6]Jadeite:Come. . .
get on the bus.
[Heh heh heh]
The bus that connects this world and our castle through another dimension. . .
[102-7]Usagi:It’s almost 6 o’clock.
[102-8]SOUNDVMMM
[102-9]Luna:Usagi-chan! That bus!!
The indicator is flashing red!!
SOUNDVRMMM
[103-1]Usagi:Rei-chan!?
[103-2]SOUNDUNYAAAN
Usagi:No way!
A huge hole opened in the wall!?
SOUNDBRMMM
[103-3]Usagi:That’s the “Cursed 6 o’clock Bus”!?
I have to save Rei-chan!!
[103-4]Usagi:All right!
SOUNDFWIP
[103-5]Usagi:Moon Power!
[104-1]Usagi:Transform into a stewardess!
Luna:Usagi-chan!?
Why a stewardess?
[104-2]SOUNDJUMP
Usagi:It’s my duty to make sure my passengers have a safe and pleasant trip!
SOUNDGRAB
[104-3]SOUNDWIGGLE
SNAP
Luna:[Ah!]
[104-4]Usagi:Luna!?
[105-1]SOUNDFWUMP
[105-3]Usagi:Tuxedo Mask!?
[105-4]SOUNDWHF
Usagi:[Ah. . .]
[105-5]SOUNDGOGOGOGO
[105-6]Usagi:No way!
SOUNDTHEN
Usagi:Where in the world are we going!?
[105-7]SOUNDGOGOGOGO
Usagi:. . .I’m scared. . .
[105-8]Usagi:I don’t have Luna or Tuxedo Mask
to save me anymore. . .
SOUNDSQUEEZE
[106-1]Tuxedo Mask:--She just transformed right in front of me!!
What in the world is she. . .?
[106-2]SOUNDGASP
STEP
[106-3]SOUNDDASH
Tuxedo Mask:. . .
[106-4]SOUNDBEEP BEEP
GASP
CHATTER CHATTER
[106-5]Ami:Luna!?
Luna:Usagi-chan got caught by the cursed bus!
[106-6]Luna:Thank goodness I gave her that communicator.
I hope we can use it to track her.
SOUNDBEEP BEEP
[107-1]Ami:!! The sensor. . .
It just jumped off the screen!
SOUNDSHOCK
BEEP BEEP
[107-2]Ami:It’s going. . .
SOUNDBEEP BEEP
Ami:“Down”!?
[107-3]Usagi:. . .Come in, Luna! Luna!
SOUNDGAGA
BEEP
GASP
Ami:Usagi-chan!? It’s you, right!? Where are you!?
[107-4]Usagi:Ami-chan!? What should I do?
We came through this hole and now I’m in this place that looks like a stone
castle. . .
I lost the bus!
[107-5]Usagi:Luna! What should I do!?
[Hic!]
SOUNDSNIFF
Luna:Usagi-chan, transform! You have to save everyone!
[107-6]Usagi:--Okay.
[108-1]Jadeite:--Beautiful.
I was intrigued by this girl
since I first saw her.
[108-2]Ami:Luna!
Transport me to where Usagi-chan is!
If you use the power when I transform. . .
[108-3]Luna:All right.
Take this, Ami-chan. . .
[108-4]Ami:!
[108-5]Ami:Mercury Power!
[108-6]Usagi:Moon Prism Power—
SOUNDSHINE
[109-1]Usagi:Make Up!!
[109-2]SOUNDSHINE
Moon:Ami-chan!
[110-1]Jadeite:So you’ve come, Sailor Moon!
Mercury:Usagi-chan, over there!
[110-2]Jadeite:Over here!!
SOUNDGRIP
[110-3]Moon:Let go of Rei-chan!
I won’t forgive you for abducting innocent people!
In the name of the moon, I’ll punish you!
[110-4]SOUNDGASP
Rei:! That voice. . .
[110-5]SOUNDSHINE
[111-1]Mercury:Usagi-chan! Save Rei-chan while the fog is there!
SOUNDWHOOSH
[111-2]Jadeite:Weak.
SOUNDPING
[111-3]SOUNDTUNK TUNK
[111-4]SOUNDPARARA
Moon:The fog. . .froze!
SOUNDPARA PARA
[111-5]Moon:It froze into little pellets of ice! It won’t work!
SOUNDHIC
Moon:We can’t—we can’t do it, Luna!
[Sniff]
[111-6]Luna:You can’t cry!
If you cry, you’ll release ultrasonic waves!
That world is too unstable for that! You’ll never be able to save them!
[111-7]SOUNDMMPH
HIC
Luna:Use the Moon Frisbee, Usagi-chan!
[111-8]SOUNDSHINE
[112-1]Moon:Moon Frisbee!!
SOUNDPSHH
[112-2]SOUNDCATCH
Jadeite:Hmmph, is that all you’ve got!?
[112-3]SOUNDKCHH
Luna:Now I’ve got you!
[112-4]Jadeite:!!
SOUNDKSHH
TWIRL
[112-5]SOUNDKH
[112-6]SOUNDSLAM
Moon:[Kyaa!]
[112-7]Rei:!!
[113-1]Luna:Ami-chan! The pen I gave you!
You’ve got to get it to her!
[113-2]SOUNDTHROW
[113-3]SOUNDFWA
[113-4]SOUNDSHINE
[113-6]SOUNDCAW CAW
FLAP
[113-7]SOUNDSHINE
Moon:Rei-chan!?
[114-1]Mars:Phobos! Deimos!
[114-2]SOUNDFLAP
[114-4]Mars:--Evil Spirit, Begone!!
SOUNDSNAP
FOOM
[115-1]Jadeite:[Gyaaaaa]
SOUNDFLICKER FLICKER
[115-3]Luna:Uh-oh!!
The fire is distorting the space. . .
It’s dangerous!
Usagi-chan! Gather everyone together!
[115-4]SOUNDSHINE
[115-5]Kids:Huh? Where am I?
Sendai Hill!? Didn’t I get on the bus?
SOUNDCAW
Sign:Sendai Hill
[116-1]Mars:What did I just. . .
What are these clothes!?
[116-2]Luna:Rei-chan, you can manipulate fire, under the protection of Mars. . .
[116-3]Luna:Sailor Mars!
You’re a chosen soldier!
[116-4]Mars:Soldier!?
[116-5]Moon:We’re your allies, Rei-chan.
Mercury:We’re looking for our allies, other soldiers like you!
[117-1]Moon:[Upup!]
Luna:I’m glad we found you, Sailor Mars!
[117-2]Mars:I’m Sailor Mars. . .
--The reason I had strange powers. . .
was because I’m a soldier?
[117-3]SOUNDSHUUUU
[117-4]Nephrite:. . .Shit!
How dare they defeat
one of us, the chosen Four Generals!