Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Real Heroes ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1

The bells rang signaling the end of school. A partly cloudy, totally average day. The cars drove, the people walked, and the groups of students left the school in the middle of Tokyo, all in their uniforms. Among those students was a klutzy blond named Usagi Tsukino. With her were her best friend Ami and her friend/tormentor Rei. They had just finished school, and were walking on the sidewalk.

"Oh!" screamed Usagi. "It's too windy today!"

"This is how you tell we're in times of peace," responded Rei. "After the end of those circus freaks, we can worry about the wind patterns."

"She's right though," said a worried Ami. "The winds are unusually high."

"Let me guess, it's the Negaverse or something."

"Well, no, but it is unusual."

The winds began to pick up as the three girls headed over to a fast food place to meet up with their two friends, Makoto and Minako. The two were waiting at a table with 5 seats, having ordered two burgers and sodas. They didn't seem to notice the heavy winds outside.

"Hi guys!"

"Oh, hi Usagi," responded Minako. "How are you?"

"A little freaked by the winds, but fine."

"Oh?" interjected Rei. "You mean that "F" on that math midterm didn't bother you?"

Usagi was slightly embarrassed as Makoto and Minako suppressed laughs "Did you have to bring that up?

"Yes." Smiling, Rei began to sit down as people began screaming outside. As they turned to see what caused the commotion, they noticed three large flying ships, with flat bottoms leading up to a tower at one end. The tower was shaped like a cobra's head. All five of the girls were bewildered.

Makoto was the first to recover. Looking up at the three ships dropping tanks and armed solders confused the normally calm brown haired girl. "What's that?"

"I don't know!" screamed Usagi. "You don't think it's…"

"Let's go!" responded Ami. Whipping out a small computer and a pair of glasses, she began to look at the craft and type, while the computer crunched data…

From a seat on board the command bridge of one of the carriers, Cobra Commander began giving orders to his generals through view screens. The reflections of the screens were easily visible in his shined mask, although the solders piloting the ship paid little attention, being too busy with their duties.

"Destro, are our paratroopers ready?"

"Yes, commander. Teams of Vipers and B.A.T. units are being dropped into the city. The Dreadnoks are handling the Bubbles. Rattlers and other Bubbles are coming in to support them. Also, our ground tanks are being dropped in as well."

Cobra Commander clutched the console in front of him. "Excellent. Phase 1 of Operation Asia Snake is go."

"So Ami," asked Rei, "what is that thing?"

"Whatever it is, it's jamming my computer."

"Do you think it's the Negaverse?" asked Minako.

"I'm not sure," replied Ami as she tried to get through the confused crowd.

The confusion soon turned to panic as a loud voice boomed over the city, coming from one of the ships. "People of Tokyo, we are Cobra! We have come to take this city away from the government that is unworthy of controlling these islands. Do NOT attempt to resist us. We will not harm you if you surrender, but if you resist, so help us…"

Tokyo's population went into a panic. People began running as police were quickly being overwhelmed by Cobra's Viper troops and B.A.T. androids. Three of the silver faced robots approached Usagi and her friends. As they began approaching, Rei screamed. "Run!" The five girls ran as fast as they possibly could, notice the masses of troops and small hovercrafts rounding up the population and tanks rolling into the streets.

"In here!" Ducking into an open door, the five girls managed to escape their pursuers. But they were soon greeted to a far more terrifying picture.

The Cobra forces have succeeded in incapacitating the police, and were in the process of rounding up the populace. Panicked citizens ran, and a few were gunned down by Cobra gunmen. Red-shirted Cobra solders were bullying families that refused to leave. The solders laughed as tanks crushed cars and bicycles.

"That's it!" shouted Makoto. "No one wrecks my town and gets away with it!"

"I say the Sailor Senshi teach them a lesson!" supported Usagi.

"Are you crazy?" asked a worried Ami. "They only outnumber us 500 to 1. We don't know what we're up against!"

"I'm the leader, and I say we fight. They can't take over Tokyo without us getting in the way!"

The others agreed, leaving Ami to go along with the crowd. As they transformed into their senshi outfits and climbed to the top of the building, emotions varied from fear to rage. But they all the same objective. Stop Cobra from conquering Tokyo.