A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 56

An and Ail were standing on the roof of their apartment outside, contemplating another plan to steal energy, looking at numerous projections at various babies, either crying, playing with toys, or crawling around exploring the world.

"Human babies may be young, but they are full of life," commented Ail. "And are also full of strong, fresh energy."

"So they will be our next target then," agreed An.

Ail once again held up a hand of eight Cardian Cards and presented them to An. "Then, please select a Cardian that would be suitable for our plan."

An then pointed her finger and, using her abilities, made the third card in his hand sharply fly upward, stopping in midair. The card grew to a large size as it revealed the image of the next Cardian they would send. She was light purple-skinned, with long flowing blue hair, and wore a dress of sorts in bright yellow and orange colors. Ail then readied his flute, putting it to his lips.

"Now! Come forth, Cardian Amaderasu!" he commanded as he then began to play.

At the sound of his flute, the card began to glow as it came to life as Cardian Amaderasu revealed herself, ready to serve her master's wishes.

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At the Juuban Municipal Nursery School, many babies and toddlers were roaming around playing and having a good time. At that time, a young woman had just arrived to pick up her baby, who was happy to see her.

"Hey there, Manami," the woman spoke as she took the baby in her arms. "Were you a good baby today?"

A caretaker then went up to her. "Oh, you were," she cooed affectionately. "You were such a good baby today."

The baby's mother smiled. "Now, say bye-bye to Nanny, Manami."

The baby in question looked at the Nanny and clenched and unclenched his hand as a wave while speaking. "Bah bah."

"Aww. Still too early to speak, huh?" the caretaker chuckled. "But don't worry, very soon you'll be talking like a grown-up in no time."

At that time, Usagi, Harusuke, and Ami happened to be walking by just coming home from school. When they saw Manami, they couldn't help but stop and admire the baby.

"Aww! How cute!" Usagi spoke, gushing.

"And what's your name?" Ami asked the baby.

"It's Manami," replied the mom. "And thank you for saying so."

"Manami, eh?" said Harusuke. "That's a pretty unique and pretty name. It suits her too."

Then suddenly, a bright light shone throughout the area, causing everyone to shield their eyes, making the area red from its glow.

"What's going on?!" cried Usagi.

"I don't know!" yelled Ami.

Harusuke then looked up to where the light was coming from and gasped. Hovering from above, just in front of the sun, he could make out a humanoid figure. However, he knew what it was upon squinting his eyes.

"It's a Cardian!" he cried.

Amaderasu held out her hands, making a strange black and blue orb in them. Multiple strands of hair-like thread shot out from that orb, wrapped themselves around all of the babies and caretakers in the area and began to drain their energy. Seeing the lines coming towards her as well, Manami's mom immediately turned around, shielding her baby from harm as the threads wrapped around her as well, draining her energy too. Usagi, Harusuke, and Ami were horrified. Not wanting to see this terrible sight and wanting to help, Harusuke was about to rush forward, but Ami stopped him by grabbing his arm.