"Jeanette!" (snatch) "Hey..."
"Antoine!" (snatch) "Give that back!"
"Sophie!" (snatch) "No, not my stamp collection..."
"Fabienne!" (snatch) "Somebody stop her!"
"Pierre!" (snatch) "Mommy, that lady just stole my lollipop..."
Azusa hummed happily as she snatched one cute thing after another. If someone was trying to stop the little kleptomaniac, she would just use her powers to create some illusions. And the best thing was: When she was wearing her little fuku, no one would ever suspect it was her!
Back at 'home' (which means the cave of the Youmas), she took a good look at her hoard of precious little things.
"Oooooh, you're all sooo cute!" she gushed.
Back in the shadows, the dark lady was closely watching a vial that was slowly filling with a crimson liquid. "Yes..." she whispered. "More chaos, cause more chaos, my darling!"
Azusa smiled. "Sure!" And she was gone again.
----
"And now the latest news," the woman on TV said. "The Sailor Senshi... national heroes or just ordinary thieves? Yesterday afternoon, the newest sculpture of the world-famous artist Cablo Cipasso has been stolen when he arrived at the airport. According to eyewitnesses (and there are many of those), the perpetrator was a Sailor Senshi of unknown origin. She caused some kind of mass hallucination and took the sculpture 'Rearing Horse' right out of its creators hands.
What baffled most of Tokyo's citizens was the fact that none other than Sailor Moon, together with a group of different Senshi - many of those well-known to the public - destroyed the cars of the policemen before they were able to take pursuit of the thief. Which makes us wonder: Is Sailor Moon the defender of peace and justice she makes us believe? Or is that just a disguise to mask her real criminal deeds? Stay tuned for more..."
Ikuko Tsukino switched the TV off. "Terrible, terrible," she shook her head. "And I always thought Sailor Moon was our hero..."
Her husband Kenji sighed. "Well, looks like we were wrong... But I must say, I never trusted those girls with their silly costumes... always taking law into their own hands, never revealing themselves to the public... They are really dubious, I must say..."
Usagi didn't say anything. She just went up the stairs and sniffled. Now even her own parents doubted her. How could she fight for justice and love if everyone believed she was a criminal?
"Hey, I think we shouldn't just think of Sailor Moon like that," her brother Shingo suddenly spoke up. "Just remember how often she saved the people of Tokyo from those monsters... I think there just has to be some kind of mistake..."
Kenji sighed. "Shingo, you saw the pictures of the airport, right? They destroyed the cars of the police, did they? So how can you say they are not criminals?"
"Hey, if the policemen had some sort of hallucination, why not the Senshi as well? And if one of them is a thief, that doesn't mean all of them have to be. Besides, that Senshi thief could easily be an impostor in disguise, right? Sailor Moon is a hero, I know it!"
Usagi smiled as she wiped some tears away. Her brother could be really sweet, if he wants to...
Luna looked up as Usagi came into the room. "Usagi?"
"Shingo is right, Luna," Usagi said. "We have to prove that we are no criminals! We have to find that rogue Senshi and bring everything she stole back. If she really is a Zodiac Senshi, we can always ask her why she did all this. If she is an impostor... we can take her to the police!"
Luna smiled and nodded. "That's the spirit, Usagi-chan! You can do it!"
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"Sailor Capricorn..." Sting murmured as he was lying on Nabiki's desk, back at the Tendo Dojo. "It was her, I could feel it... But I don't really understand what caused her to become a thief."
"I'd really like to know how she managed to trick us like that." Nabiki said. "There were no dragons, yet she made us believe the police cars WERE dragons... how did she do that?"
"Sailor Capricorn's abilities include creating illusions and manipulating a person's mind... The original Capricorn only used it to fool her enemies, though..."
"What about those Youma we all fought?" Nabiki asked. "They all looked identical... Could Sailor Capricorn be under a Youma's control?"
"Perhaps..." Sting replied. "But we still need more information. Tomorrow, when we meet the Outer Senshi, we will try to find a way out of this mess."
"You're right," Nabiki sighed and turned out the light. "Good night."
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