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It is well known that in the S movie of Sailor Moon, Luna, for a few brief
moments, becomes a human being. Being my favorite of all Luna related
subjects, I'll spend some time on the plots and themes in the wonderful
capture of Luna's personality.
In the very beginning of the movie, Luna seems
very sick. She is sitting in Tokyo with the 5 senshi, Chibiusa, and
Artimis. She doesn't feel well, and tells Usagi that she is going home.
Artimis offers to walk with her, but she refuses his gesture and tells
him:
"I'm fine." Luna says.
"But..." replies Artimis
"I said I'm fine. Artimis, I'd rather you not treat me like a sick
person. Ja ne." Luna replies and walks off. Artemis stares at her
with sad eyes as she walks away into a crowd of people.
Luna is sweating profusely as she walks home alone. She gets to a
crosswalk and the walk light is green. Her vision goes cloudy and she
only sees a blur. She walks onto the street and falls in the middle. The
walk light turns red and she cannot move. A red sports car comes racing
towards her and she stares at it wide-eyed, unable to move. A man dives
and catches her and moves out of the way of the car as the car barely
swerves past them. "Idiot!" the driver yells out of the car
window and speeds off, leaving the man cradling Luna in his arms. She
gets a glimpse of the man just before she passes out.
As Luna regains consciousness, she sees the same man
that rescued her.
"You're awake." he says. She finds herself
in a bed with sheets covering her up. She tries to stand up slowly.
"Don't move," he cautions her, "You still have a
fever." He begins to pet her. "You stay here tonight and take
it easy." She smiles as he tucks her back under the covers.
He then reaches for a wash cloth in a bucket of ice
water. He dabs her head with the soft cloth to make her head feel
better. She meows (very cutely ^.^) and slowly falls to sleep.
In the morning, as the light shines on the observation
house where the man lives, Luna is awakening as the light shines through
the window shades onto the bed. She awakens to find the man who saved
her asleep in a chair facing the bed.
'He
took care of me all night,' Luna thinks to herself as she looks at the
man with big, loving eyes, 'Staying up for me...' She remembers him
diving to save her from the car, 'For me...' She continues to lovingly
look at the man.
Luna is awed by all of the astrological pictures on
the walls. The man who is taking care of her walks in with a three
course meal on a tray and sets it on the floor. "I hope you have an
appetite," he says to her. She meows and walks over to the food,
sniffing it. She begins eating.
"It looks like you've gotten better," he
comments. "I'm glad." She looks up at him and meows, causing
him to smile.
The
doorbell rings and he goes to answer it. Luna resumes eating.
"Kakeru, good morning!" a female voice says
(Yes, the man's mysterious identity has finally been revealed ^^!).
Luna looks up from her food.
"Hime, you're back!" Kakeru answers. They
walk into the room where Luna is eating. "When did you get
here?" he asks Himeko.
"I just arrived this morning," she replies
and smiles. She turns back to face Kakeru, "So, have you been
following the news of the Lunar Frontier Project?" she asks him.
"Yes, congratulations," he answers.
"That's all?" she asks, making him gasp. She
sees the look on his face and looks down, "Nothing," she
states and turns away from him, looking out the glass back door. "I
was away from here for a year..." She quickly turns around and
smiles at him. "So what's new?" she asks, shocking him with
the question.
"Two nights ago, I found a new comet," he
replies.
"Really?" she asks with a doubting look in
her eyes.
"Yes. I saw it right next to the Moon so I called
it Princess Kaguya." he says.
"So you were watching the Moon again," she
states with a hint of disappointment. "But that's strange... NASA
didn't find a new comet. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" he replies emotionally, "I
saw it with my own eyes!" He walks over to a shelf and picks up
something. "And this may even be a piece of the comet. The night I
found the comet, this fell from the sky." He shows her the ice
crystal he found two nights ago. It sparkles brightly.
"Beautiful," she comments, her eyes filled
with amazement.
"Then the comet disappeared," he says. Luna
walks up to their feet and stares up at them. "Yes, I checked with
the Space Science Authority, and they won't recognize my discovery. But
you believe me, don't you?" She looks down and doesn't answer.
"I saw it!" he says loudly.
She looks him in the eyes, "You once announced
that there was a goddess living on the Moon and everyone laughed at you.
Don't you think the way that you view the universe is a bit
romantic?" Luna looks up worriedly at the two, sensing tension.
"But when I watch the Moon, I feel a mysterious
energy within my body!" he says rapidly.
She looks down and puts her head in her hand.
"You're a scientist for goodness sake."
"If you don't believe me, fine then, don't
believe me!" he says, putting down the ice crystal.
"Kakeru," she says worriedly, "You've
been known as a genius ever since you were a child. Physics, biology,
medicine, space engineering. You've earned doctorate degrees in many
fields. Everyone thought you'd be a prominent astronaut one day. How did
you end up being such a superstitious person?"
The ice crystal glows slightly and Kakeru grabs his
head, feeling intense pain. Luna and Himeko look at him with worry on
their faces. The crystal stops glowing and he relaxes some. Himeko walks
over to him.
"Are you okay?" she asks him.
He pushes her away. "I don't feel well. Would you
mind leaving me alone?" She looks at him blankly.
"Please?" he adds weakly.
"This is my first vacation in a year," she
says sorrowfully, "and I flew here all the way from
America
just to see you..."
"Go!" he says firmly and turns away from
her.
"All
right." she says and runs out of the room.
He looks down at the ice crystal with a feeling of melancholy. Luna
walks up to him and meows. He reaches down and picks her up. "I
don't know why I can't be happier for her." he says to Luna,
"Going to space… is her lifelong dream come true." Unknown
by the two, Himeko is listening from the next door room. "By the
way, what's your name?" he asks Luna.
"Lu..." Luna begins. He looks at her and she gasps and
looks down. 'I can't talk.' she tells herself.
He thinks for a moment, "Kuro.. Tama.. Mike? These names don't
sound right." He looks at her closely, "You've got a funny
shape on your forehead, so.. crescent.. Moon.. Luna.." Luna meows
as he says her name. "That's it,
your name is Luna!"
She meows again and blushes. 'Yes it is!' she thinks to
herself with that loving look in her eyes.
"Luna, that's a fancy name. Your owner is a very sophisticated
person, I bet." Luna bugs out at this statement as she pictures
Usagi doing a goofy laugh.
He reaches down to where Luna's food is and picks up a plate,
"Luna, do you like star candies?" She meows approval and eats
one. "Star candies are shaped like shooting stars, aren't
they?" She looks up at him while chewing. "Maybe if you wish
upon them while eating, Princess Kaguya will come into my life. I used
to think about these things all of the time. Ridiculous, right? There
are no mysterious beings on the Moon, right?" Luna meows and shakes
her head, no. "That's right! You're here with me."
Outside the room, Himeko looks down depressed.
"There's this ancient fairy tale about a Moon Princess called
'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'," Kakeru begins. "You know, I
can't help but believe that there is a lady like Princess Kaguya up
there." He and Luna hear a noise outside the room and go to
investigate. They just see Himeko walking out of the house. "Himeko..."
he says, looking at the door as it closes. Luna watches from below with
a sad face.
Next Scene.
Luna sits outside the glass back door, looking at
the ocean. She has a distant look in her eyes. She remembers looking at
Kakeru's face for the first time. "What is this feeling?" she
thinks to herself. She remembers him sleeping in the chair after
watching over her all night. She begins blushing slightly. "I'm
having a strange feeling..." She thinks of him as he talks to her.
"for the first time." She sighs and looks down at the ocean.
Many
scenes of fighting go on for a while and we don't see Luna. I'm skipping
those parts. Sorry, I'm just going the parts that Luna is a part of. ^.^
So, Next Scene.
On a walking bridge over a busy street, the eight senshi have
reverted back to normal and are discussing the snow dancers after their
long fight with them.
"Who were they anyway?" Minako asks.
"New invaders from space?" Makato suggests.
"I guess we'll have to keep an eye out for them." Haruka
states, not bothering to look up at the others. Michiru and Setsuna nod
in agreement.
Chibiusa, looking down at the street, gets excited and yells, "Hey, it's
Luna!" The Inner Senshi and Chibiusa
rush to the edge of the bridge to look.
Luna is walking on the sidewalk below, wearing a large yellow ribbon
tied in a bow around her neck. The Inner Senshi rush down to meet her
(The Outer Senshi go somewhere else). Luna jumps into Usagi's arms.
"You worried me!" Usagi says, turning on the water works.
Chibiusa
points at the ribbon, "Hey, where did you get that ribbon?"
she asks. Usagi stops crying and looks at it, too.
"Oh, this..." Luna stutters.
[Flashback]
Kakeru is tying the ribbon around Luna's neck. "Come back any
time you like," he says, smiling at her.
[End Flashback]
Luna shakes her head, "Er.. anyway, there's a mysterious comet
approaching the Moon. We need to check it out."
"A comet?" Usagi asks as everyone stares at Luna.
Some time later, Usagi, Chibiusa
, Ami, Rei, and Makoto are at Rei's shrine. They are gathered around a
fire.
"I did some checking and there's no report of the comet that
Luna mentioned," Ami reports.
"Ami's computer is pretty thorough." Rei adds.
"Well, there's no new developments since the other day. Maybe
that was just a strange incident," Makoto says.
"Sorry I'm late!" Minako says as she and Artemis run to
meet the others.
"You just can't be on time, can you?" Rei asks.
"Well, I saw a really cute guy on the way and he distracted
me." Minako says exuberantly.
Artemis is looking around. "Luna?" he asks.
"She said she had business to take care of, " Usagi
responds, cooking something on a stick in the fire while Chibi
Usa
eats one behind her contentedly.
"She's been acting strange lately," Chibiusa
adds, "She keeps on reading medicine books and eating star
candies."
"That's true," Ami says, "Luna came to my place to
borrow my medical encyclopedia."
"Yesterday, I saw her near the Space Science Authority's
observatory." Minako says, "I said 'Hi!' to her but I don't
think she heard me. She looked preoccupied."
"I wonder where that yellow ribbon came from?" Rei asks.
"In addition to all that she stopped bossing me around and
telling me 'Study, study, study!'." Usagi says. "Something's
strange!" she adds and then bites into the food. She proceeds to
make one of those faces that only Usagi can make and screams in pain as
she burns her mouth.
At Usagi's house, Luna is on the floor looking through a big book.
"I don't know...nothing in this book tells what he's suffering
from.
She returns to the observation house and looks through
the glass back door. She sees Kakeru in bed and Himeko taking care of
him. Luna pushes open the door, making Himeko look up in fright. Luna
starts to make her way through the door. Himeko walks over to her.
"I'm sorry, kitty-chan. He's very sick so I can't let you in."
she says politely and closes the door.
"Can't let me in..." Luna thinks to herself, looking down
sadly, "because I'm a cat?"
Next Scene.
Usagi and Mamoru are sitting on a park bench by the ocean as the sun
is slowly setting. Mamoru is reading a book and Usagi is hugging his
arm, looking up at him.
"So, Luna has been acting strange since the day she
returned," Usagi says, eyeing Mamoru. She leans back, facing him,
"What do you think happened to her?"
He closes the book and smiles. "Usako, maybe Luna just needs
some time to herself." he replies, "Maybe you shouldn't be
worrying so much and chasing her around."
"Chasing her around you say?" Usagi says, getting a sad
look on her face, "Mamo-chan, I get it.. I get it..." He looks
at her confused, his mouth twitching, trying desperately to figure out
where he screwed up this time. "I see, Mamo-chan. You don't want me
around anymore!"
He drops the book, "Hey, Usako! That's not what I meant!"
he pleads.
Luna is walking home from the observation house. "If only I were
human, I could care for Kakeru."
"What made you think I was talking about you?" Mamoru asks
Usagi. Luna overhears this and stops to look on from afar. Usagi and
Mamoru are now standing up facing one another.
"Well, you said I was chasing around too much." Usagi
replies sadly.
He takes hold of her arms. "Well, Usako, I never found your
chasing around annoying." he tells her.
"Really?" Usagi asks.
"Of course." he replies.
She hugs him hard, "Mamo-chan".
"Usako." He breaks the hug, still holding her
arms. He leans toward her, preparing to kiss her. She stands up on her
tip-toes and receives the kiss. Luna watches on in awe and blushes
slightly.
Next Scene.
At night, Usagi lets down the odangos in her
hair and brushes her hair, humming to herself as she brushes (she's
humming Moonlight Densetsu) Chibiusa
is on the bed, asleep. Luna walks over to Usagi, sniffing the air.
"Usagi-chan, that smells cute," Luna says to her.
"It's potpourri,"
Usagi replies, picking up the jar full of potpourri on her dresser. She
opens the top for Luna to get a better smell. Luna jumps up on the
dresser and sniffs it, making a happy noise of content.
"Um...what do you and
Mamoru-san talk about when you are together?" Luna asks, eyes full
of interest.
Usagi laughs, "Various
things. Mamo-chan is usually busy studying and doesn't have time to talk
with me." She pauses for a moment, then puts her hands together and
drums her fingers and smiles even bigger, "But when he talks to me
about what he's interested in, he talks to me so enthusiastically."
She then places her index fingers together suggestively. "And
then..."
"And then?" Luna
says quickly, remembering when the two kissed earlier in the day. She
begins blushing.
"He always falls asleep
on the couch." Luna sweatdrops and falls off the dresser. Usagi
looks down at Luna, "Something wrong?" she asks. Luna is
twitching on the ground, her face expressing the goofiest look. She
finally stands up.
"Nothing." she
replies, still sweatdropping.
"Don't you see?"
Usagi says as she walks toward her and Chibiusa
's bed, "He does it because he feels so secure with me." Luna
begins to look on with curious eyes again. Usagi sits on the bed and
looks up dreamily, "Mamo-chan's face is so cute when he sleeps.
Just like a child's."
Luna looks down, "Um..
how does his kiss taste?" she asks, slowly looking up at Usagi.
Usagi looks down from her
previous state, "Well," she says, resting her face in her
hands and closing her eyes, "it tastes so sweet. Like something
melting in your mouth."
"Sweet.. melting..."
Luna echoes, again blushing.
A few hours later, Usagi and
Chibiusa
are asleep on the bed, sprawled out everywhere. Luna, too, is in the
bed. She gets up and slowly walks over Usagi and jumps off the bed. She
leaps onto the dresser and walks to the potpourri. She tries to remove
the lid and almost has it open when suddenly Usagi and Chibi
Usa
both roll over on the bed, "Mamo-chan..." they say in unison
in their sleep. Luna bugs out and falls off the dresser, the lid to the
potpourri in her paws. The potpourri jar spins wildly on the dresser and
falls off, onto Luna's head. Potpourri sprinkles down and lands on her
fur.
Next Scene.
At the observation house,
Kakeru awakens to see Luna sitting beside him. "Luna," he
says, "you came to see me." She meows assent. "I used to
have a dreaming of being an astronaut." he says, picturing a space
shuttle. Then he moves his head slightly and continues talking,
"But I had to give it up because I was too weak for such a
demanding job. I think I'm getting weaker these days." The ice
crystal begins glowing. He convulses in pain until the glowing fades. He
reaches under his pillow for something. It is a picture of several
astronauts together, with himself and Himeko together in the middle.
"I must stay around until Hime takes off for space." Luna
looks at him with worry.
"Hime turned out to be the
one who achieved out dream. Luna, please wish with me for her mission to
be successful." She meows a reply. "It's funny," he says,
petting her chin, "Although you're a cat, I feel like we understand
each other perfectly." He leans back, pondering, "From space,
the view of the blue must be so beautiful. Luna, I wish we could see it
together." He pulls her close to him, "Come here," he
says, "Luna, you smell so good, it makes me feel so good." He
falls asleep, cradling Luna. She sits up, looking at his face.
She thinks of what Usagi told
her. "Mamo-chan's face is so cute when he sleeps. Just like a
child's."
'I too wish we could go to
space together.' Luna thinks to herself. She walks around to get right
next to his face. She leans forward, eyes slowly closing, and kisses him
softly. Her eyes open and she blushes tremendously.
Suddenly, she is running through
a beautiful field of grass, with the sun slowly rising, casting its ray
over the sparkling water. She is smiling happily. She continues running
(Very happy BGM ^^).
Next Scene.
The 5 inner senshi, Chibiusa, and Artimis are
at the Hikawa shrine.
"I saw it! I saw
it!" Rei declares to the group, who is sitting around a table on
pillows, "I saw Luna coming home early in the morning with a look
of happiness on her face!" The others gasp.
"She must be in
love," Makoto says.
"Love?" Usagi asks.
"Luna's in love, at
last!" Makoto declares.
Artimis gasps, and looks down
sadly. Minako catches the look and says, "Ah, maybe you're just
wishing it."
"Well, what about that
yellow ribbon?" Makoto asks her.
Chibiusa
jumps up, "I agree!" she says. Artemis walks out of the room,
looking very depressed.
"Can't you be more
considerate to Artimis?" Minako yells at the others.
"Sorry..." Makoto
says.
Usagi gets a goofy look on
her face, "What?" Usagi asks everyone.
"Usagi-chan," Ami
says, "You mean you haven't noticed all this time?"
"What?" Usagi asks,
looking at everyone quickly, "What, what?"
"Artimis has a crush on
Luna." Makoto tells her. (Aw! How sweet! ^^)
Usagi has a look of shock on
her face which is replaced by a psychotic grin. "Is that
true?" she asks.
"Where have you
been?" Rei asks, putting her hand on her head.
Usagi leans over the table to
look straight at Rei, "I just thought they were good friends."
Usagi says.
"Dummy." Rei
responds, causing Usagi to face fault.
Makoto leans back on her
pillow, putting her hands behind her head, "Being in love, how nice
it is."
They start talking about boys
and there is no mention of Luna or Artimis for the rest of the scene.
The next two scenes have nothing to do with Luna. The outer senshi are
in cafe sipping coffee in the first scene, talking about the enemy, and
then the enemy, the Snow Queen, surrounds the other scene. We'll start
again with Luna when she sees Artimis on her way to Karkeru's.
"It's been
awhile.." he says.
"Yeah.." Luna
replies, blushing.
"Luna, if there's
something that's making you worried..."
"I'm sorry," she says,
"but I'm in a hurry." She runs by him, leaving him
behind to stare at her. 'I'm sorry Artimis,' she says to herself as she
runs. Usagi spots her running and chases after her, no doubt going to
find out what was up with her guardian kitty.
Luna arrives at the
observation house, followed by Usagi. She opens the sliding glass door
and Usagi stays outside, watching and listening. She sees Luna on the
bed with a man as he rubs her neck. 'So that's the man Luna loves?' she
says to herself. She ducks out of sight as she hears the door open.
Himeko walks in.
"Kakeru, I'm leaving
this afternoon," Himeko informs him.
"I see," he
answers, "The big moment had arrived. I wish you success."
"Thank you," she
says, timidly, "Kakeru...when I get back from space, I'll return
right away and talk care of.."
"Don't bother,"
Kakeru returns, "You and I are now living in totally different
worlds. You see the Moon as a satellite revolving around Earth. That's
not how I see it." She is shocked silent by his words. "I'm
sure you'll find someone more suitable for you."
Her hands are shaking as she
replies, "Oh, I see. If that's how you feel about me, I understand.
I know there is nothing left between us now. Is there?" Kakeru is
gripping the sheets covering him tightly, unable to answer. "You're
right. I don't believe in any mysterious beings on the Moon but.."
He covers his ears and yells,
"Enough!" Himeko runs out of the room in a flood of tears.
Luna is shocked by the whole ordeal, unable to do anything about it.
When she is gone, Kakeru gets his picture of them together out and looks
at it as the tears begin to fall.
"Kakeru really loves her.."
Luna thinks to herself.
Next Scene.
Luna leaves the house and
walks down the stairs to find Usagi waiting for her.
"Usagi-chan," she
says weakly.
"Luna," Usagi
manages to whisper back, "Is he the man you.."
Luna nods.
"Kakeru-san is a fool,
he shouldn't hide his illness from Himeko-san. He loves her so
much," Luna says with tears in her eyes, "Usagi-chan, to tell
you the truth, this even more foolish cat thought maybe there was
something between us. But there could never be..." Usagi gets
teary-eyed, too. Luna begins crying, "I wish I were human. If I
were, I would be able to be with him and I'd be able to tell him my
feelings so at least I wouldn't suffer like this." Luna cries
without stopping now. Usagi bends down and hugs her as they cry
together. (This is quite the tear-jerker. I cried the first, second,
thrid...okay, so I cry every time at this part...^^;;;)
They are interrupted as a snow
dancer flies to the glass door and peeks in. It looks in for a few
seconds and flies off. "Kakeru-san..." Luna says worriedly and
she and Usagi rush to the door.
Inside the observation house,
the crystal again glows, causing him pain. It begins snowing inside the
room as the ice woman appears. "I found it!" she says,
reaching for the crystal. Usagi and Luna arrive at the door to find it
frozen shut and they cannot force it open. The ice woman breaks the
container holding the crystal and takes it, laughing. "It looks
like the crystal has absorbed your energy and become more
powerful." she says to Kakeru.
"So that comet was..
Princess Kaguya was..." he demands.
"Princess Kaguya, what a
wonderful name," she says, "Yes, my ship is approaching Earth.
And as the whole planet freezes, you will also be a part of my beautiful
collection." She laughs and disappears, causing the snow in the
room to leave, too.
"So they haven't given
up on Earth," Usagi states from outside the house, "I must
inform everyone!"
"The cause of
Kakeru-san's illness was a piece of crystal from that comet," Luna
says.
"He'll be okay
then," Usagi adds.
"No," Luna says,
causing Usagi to look in through the door. Kakeru is still suffering.
"Why?" Usagi asks.
"The crystal is already
linked to him and will keep taking his energy." Luna explains.
Back at the ocean, the ice
woman returns, "Now it is time to make this planet an eternal
glacier!" she commands to her snow dancers, holding up the crystal.
She throws in into the water where it touches the still growing chunk of
ice below the surface. The ice suddenly grows at a tremendous pace,
causing Kakeru even more pain.
Next Scene. Though Luna isn't in this one, I'll go
over it.
"I remember now!"
Artemis declares to the other 4 Inner Senshi, "I've read about this
in an old story. An evil comet appeared long ago. It spread ice crystals
and they covered the Earth, turning it into a dark planet of stillness.
However, the power of love and friendship, Silver Crystal Power, melted
the ice and saved the Earth. It's happening again!"
"An evil comet? It
sounds like the comet Luna was talking about." Rei says.
"I wonder how Silver
Crystal Power stopped it before?" Minako asks.
"It seems clear now that
the evil comet is back after a long absence, trying to take over Earth
again." Ami states.
"We won't allow
it!" Makato says, slamming her fist onto the table.
Next Scene.
At the Space Science
Authority, Himeko is talking to fellow astronauts. They are wishing her
luck. She turns to leave the building and Usagi is standing in front of
the door holding Luna. "Oh, it's you, kitty-chan!" she says,
smiling at Luna, "Is she yours?" she asks, looking up at
Usagi.
"Himeko-san, please delay the
Lunar Frontier Project!" Usagi demands.
"What are you saying?"
Himeko asks, shocked.
"A dangerous comet is coming,
"Usagi explains to her, "and there is an evil ice woman who
will..."
Himeko smiles at her, "I
don't understand what you're talking about at all."
"It may seem
unbelievable, but she's trying to freeze the planet." Himeko
ignores that and walks out of the building and gets into a car as Usagi
follows, "It's too dangerous to go into space now."
"That's ridiculous! I've
had enough of these fairy tales." Himeko says as the driver takes
off. Usagi and Luna can only watch her go.
Next Scene.
Usagi and Luna are looking in
the back door to check on Kakeru. "Maybe," Luna says, "if
he saw Princess Kaguya, his lifelong dream, he might be able to regain
strength and overpower the curse of the crystal."
"Princess Kaguya?"
Usagi asks.
"If I were human, I could
be his Princess Kaguya..." Luna says sadly.
"Luna, even if you could
become human, you wouldn't be able to..."
"I don't care what
happens to me," Luna states, "I just want to save Kakeru-san.
I know I may sound foolish talking like this, but I know what I'm
saying. Princess Kaguya is our only hope of saving him!" Usagi is
shocked to see so much emotion from Luna, "But I'm only a cat,
after all," Luna concludes.
Next Scene.
On the big screen on the
MALTA
building, there are huge chunks of ice covering the ground and snow is
still falling. "The cold weather is reaching around the world. Even
here in
Africa
an unprecedented snowstorm has fallen for days..." the newscaster
announces. Usagi and Luna are watching.
"This is..." Usagi says.
"This is all her
doing!" Luna concludes.
Usagi's communicator begins
beeping. She takes it out and Ami begins talking, "Usagi-chan,
we've figured out the invader's plan!"
The next scene is of the senshi fighting with the snow
dancers. I'll skip it, okay?
Luna enters the observation
house and discovers that Kakeru is gone. She runs down to the front door
and finds it open. "He can't be walking around in that." she
says and runs out into the blizzard.
Artemis spots her and watches
her run off. "Luna..." he worries.
"Hime...don't go,"
Kakeru says so he walks through the snow. He is ghastly pale. "The
princess is trying to freeze Earth. Someone please let her know."
He passes out in the snow.
I didn't really want to go over fighting scenes, but
since these last few tie in with Luna's story, I will.
"Deep..."
"Fire..."
Neptune and Mars are knocked to the ground by the
snow dancers before they can successfully attack.
"Crescent..."
"World..."
Venus and Uranus are picked up and thrown
violently into a chunk of ice.
The snow dancers are knocking
Mercury around. Jupiter punches one in anger and destroys it, but is
beat by several others.
Pluto hits at several with
her staff, but two snow dancers grab the staff at either end as a third
strikes her, knocking her to the ground, her staff landing at her side.
"Sailor Senshi, there is
nothing left for you to do!" the ice woman says, gathering ice
balls in her hands, "Here comes the final blow!"
"Stop right there!"
"Who is it?" the
ice woman asks, dropping her arms, causing the ice balls to fade.
"Sailor Moon!" the
Senshi shout from the ground as Moon arrives.
"Another Sailor Senshi?"
the ice woman asks sarcastically. She laughs and continues, "So,
what do you think? The Earth is about to become an ice planet and join
my collection."
"Collection?" Moon
asks, "We're not gonna be part of your stupid collection!"
Meanwhile, Luna is running as
fast as she can, trying to find Kakeru.
"You will have eternal
sleep in the glaciers," the ice woman says, "You will enjoy
peace and tranquility without feelings of sadness or fear. Won't it be
wonderful?"
"Who wants that?"
Moon replies, "I'd rather be able to fall in love and be
hurt."
Luna finally finds Kakeru and
rushes to his side. "Hime..." he manages to say.
"Kakeru-san..."
Luna says.
"Sometimes I can't sleep
because I love someone so much." Moon continues, remembering Luna
crying over Kakeru. "And there is always sadness in our lives. But
that sad feeling keeps us going!" The ice woman looks on blankly.
The Senshi all look at Moon with understanding. "If we can overcome
sadness, we can hope for happiness in the future!"
"Enough of the
sentimental crap!" the ice woman commands, "You will soon
become ice statues!" She shoots ice balls at Moon, who jumps out of
the way. "The whole universe is mine!"
"It's sad that a selfish
woman like you will never know how wonderful being in love is."
Moon says.
[Flashback]
"I don't care what
happens to me, I just want to save Kakeru-san..." Luna says sadly.
[End Flashback]
Moon finishes talking, her
emotions too high. The ice woman prepares to throw more ice balls at
her.
"Crisis, Make Up!"
"What?" the ice
woman asks as Moon transforms into Super Sailor Moon.
Super Sailor Moon remembers
Luna saying, "If I were human, I could be his Princess Kaguya."
She looks up at the ice woman, who balks at first and finally prepares
to throw ice balls.
"Rainbow Moon Heart
Ache!" The attack and the ice balls collide. The balls tear through
Super Sailor Moon's attack and slam her into the ground. The other
senshi become extremely worried.
"This will be the end of
you!" the ice woman says.
Super Sailor Moon forces
herself up, "Your beautiful icy world will be a dark land of
death."
"You are in pain; let me
remove it!" the ice woman declares, gathering tremendous energy.
Super Sailor Moon stands up.
"How could a world without life be beautiful?" she asks. She
reaches for her locket, bringing out the Ginzuishou.
"Super Sailor
Moon!" Venus says, standing up, "You'll die if you use the
Ginzuishou!"
Uranus also stands up,
"We won't let her die!"
The other senshi stand up.
"Everyone, help her!" Mars says.
Mercury remembers what
Artemis told them earlier, "However, the power of love and
friendship, Silver Crystal Power, melted the ice and saved Earth."
"That's right!"
Mercury says to the others, "This is the legendary Silver Crystal
Power!"
The energy that the ice woman
is making grows larger and larger as Super Sailor Moon holds up the
Ginzuishou. The other Senshi begin walking toward her. Some snow dancers
fly toward the Senshi. They are destroyed by Tuxedo Kamen, who has just
arrived with Chibi Moon, "Sailor Chibi Moon, join the others to
protect Sailor Moon."
"Right!" she says,
joining the others. They form a ring around Super Sailor Moon as Tuxedo
Kamen knocks away the snow dancers.
"Everyone..." Super
Sailor Moon says. The Senshi around her lock hands. "Everyone, for
the sake of this world full of like..." She holds up the glowing
Ginzuishou.
"Silver Crystal
Power!" they say in unison. Their clothing glows dazzlingly as they
spin around in a circle. Super Sailor Moon flies above the ground and
the Silver Crystal Power between them all form a pyramid of light. The
snow dancers who touch the pyramid instantly die.
"Enough!" the ice
woman says, releasing her energy at the Senshi. It collides with a beam
from the Silver Crystal Power.
"That light!" the
ice woman says, remembering, "It's the same light..." Her
power rises and slowly envelops the Silver Crystal Power.
Super Sailor Moon closes her
eyes. She pictures various forms of life on Earth. "Every planet in
the universe in filled with energy of many vibrant lives. Listen, you
can hear them, too. We were born on this small planet Earth. Each of us
may just be a tiny powerless life force, but we want to enjoy our small
lives as much as possible."
The Silver Crystal Power
begins to overpower the ice woman's energy and envelops her, utterly
destroying her. All of the snow dancers die, also. The Silver Crystal
Power continues into space and destroys the ice comet. "Please, for
tonight only.. turn Luna.. turn Luna into a human." Super Sailor
Moon asks the Silver Crystal Power, "Grant her wish!"
The darkness in the sky parts
and Luna and Kakeru are basked in light. Luna begins sparkling. Luna
transforms into a beautiful woman. She has long, flowing purple hair
with two small odangos on each side. Her dress is bright yellow and
about the size of one of the Senshi's fukus. Two purple flowers are on
the front of the dress. The yellow ribbon around her neck remains along
with the crescent moon on her forehead.
Kakeru arises from the snow
to see a beautiful woman flying above him. "Who are you?"
Kakeru asks in awe.
"I am Princess Kaguya,"
the human Luna answers.
"Princess Kaguya..."
he stammers.
In the blink of an eye, they
are flying high in space. "Can it be? Are we in space?" he
asks her. He looks down to see Earth below him. The sun is barely
visible behind the Earth. "Amazing! What a beautiful sunrise!"
he says elatedly, "I never thought I would see this view." He
sees the crescent moon on her forehead and the yellow ribbon around her
neck. "You're..."
Not far away in space, Himeko
is working on a space shuttle. She looks at Earth, "Kakeru, I made
it. The beautiful Earth, the beautiful sunrise." She sees a flash
go by. "What? Could that be the Moon Princess? Kakeru, was that
what you saw?"
"You have to keep
going," human Luna tells Kakeru, "And you have to be there
when your Princess returns. You have to be there for the one who truly
loves you."
He nods. Her eyes get teary.
"You made my dream come true," he says to her, "Thank
you, Lu..."
She covers his mouth with her hand.
"I can't stay here with you much longer." She kisses him
deeply, "I have to go back to the Moon..."
He finds himself again face
down in the snow. He gets up and looks around.
Back at the ocean, Super
Sailor Moon falls to the ground.
"Usako!" Tuxedo
Kamen catches her.
"Usagi-chan!" Everyone screams for her.
"Luna..." she whispers.
Everything begins thawing.
The people once again return to their everyday activities.
Later [either that, or that
was one short space mission ^_^], Himeko returns to Earth. At the
airport, she is greeted by reporters, "Nayotake-san, how was the
flight? Did you enjoy it? How did the Moon look?"
"On the Moon, I saw
Princess Kaguya." she answers.
"What? That was a good
joke." a reporter says and the reporters begin laughing. "What
will you do now?"
She sees Kakeru waiting for
her with flowers. He smiles at her. "Kakeru!" she yells and
pushes past the reporters. They hug.
"Hime..." he says
as the reporters snap pictures. From above, Luna looks on.
"He did it." Luna
says.
"Luna, are you
okay?" Usagi asks her from behind.
"Of course, I'm a strong
cat."
Below, Himeko catches
something from above. "What's this?" she asks. She opens it.
"Star candies?" she asks, puzzled. Kakeru just smiles.
Luna is walking out when she
runs into Artimis. She looks down. "Welcome back, Luna!" he
says cheerfully, causing her to look up.
She blushes slightly, "Artimis..
why are you..."
"I've always been by your
side!" he answers.
She begins crying, "Artimis!"
she says and runs to him. Usagi looks on, pleased, from behind. Someone
puts his arm on her shoulder.
"Mamo-chan," she says,
looking up at him. They both watch and hold hands as Luna and Artemis
snuggle.
The End.
That was from the original
Japanese version. The English dubbed version is a bit different, but not
much. Plus, it's a lot easier to get a hold of. I'll tell you that I
like the end of the English dub better than the original. That's the
ONLY time I've ever liked the dub better. In the English dub, when Luna
walks up to Artimis, it's a bit different:
Luna is walking out when she runs into Artimis.
She looks down. "Welcome back, Luna!" he says cheerfullly,
causing her to look up.
"Dear Artimis....but why..."
"I'll always be be near you, Luna, because
you're my soul mate."
She begins crying. "Oh,
Artimis!" She says and runs to him.
I love what Artimis says. ^^
It's so incredibly sweet, not to mention romantic! Kitty love! ^^
Purrrrr....
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