Author's Note:
4/01/2001

    There are five things I want to tell you readers before you starting reading Tuxedo Mask: Spirit of the Moon.

    First, this story is based on my belief that Tuxedo Mask is truly "Sailor Earth" (Guardian of Earth) because of his Japanese name "Mamoru Chiba"  meaning "Defender of Earth". There are already plenty of evidences that Tuxedo Mask has the power of  the planet Earth, and Sailor Galaxia herself said that Tuxedo Mask is in charge of the Earth just like Sailor Moon being in charge of Moon. The attraction between Darien (Mamoru) and Serena (Usagi) can be compared to the attraction between the Earth and the Moon. It is said that the Japanese treated Tuxedo Mask as a senshi (Japanese name for "warrior") of the Earth.
    Second, this story includes some elements that may be unfamiliar to anyone who hadn't read Naoko Takecuhi's mangas. For example, Darien (Mamoru)'s healing power was used few times in Naoko T.'s manga, but his powers weren't quite obvious in the Anime(cartoon) series. In the Anime version of  SMS, he used his powers to keep Rini (Chibiusa) alive when her heart crystal was taken from her body by Mistress Nine, and that seemed to be a best example of his healing power.
    Third, there are some references to Sailor Venus's past when she was Sailor V that may be unfamiliar to some people. I will say two things about her past: Mina (Minako) spent some of her time in London, England, and she once had a boyfriend named Alan from London. As Sailor V, she managed to escape from an explosion, but she pretended to die in that explosion so she can depart to Japan along with several other personal reasons.
    Fourth, all pages are basically computer colored and mostly in 16-color GIF format (usually loads faster than JPG). I realized that the manga needs a lot of dark backgrounds, so I decided to use the computer coloring method.  Despite the computer coloring, the colors of this fanfic manga are still in black and white with some various gray shades added. The coloring of the manga usually follows the coloring of Naoko Takeuchi's mangas.  The pun panels are replaced by just roses with the cute chibi plush dolls sitting on one leaf, holding a rose.
    Fifth, because of its size, Tuxedo Mask: Spirit of the Moon is divided into three parts for your conviences. The second part has very few touches of humor, and may seem dark. It was quite tough to keep the track of the entire script because of  its size, and so much stuff in it. I hope I haven't missed anything or left some important questions unanswered.  I haven't been able to get the final draft of my fanfic manga proofread by someone else because of timing, (plus that he was too busy) so you will encounter some grammer errors. Please ignore them, and concentrate on enjoying the story. I always hate it when I keep making grammar errors no matter how hard I try to avoid them. ^_^;

Thanks goes to the people as listed below:
    Rich Anderson for managing to find some time to review the script.
    Gwen Anderson for reviewing the script and grammar checking
Sharon Williams for her opinions on some of the scenes in this fanfics and her advice. ^_^
    Sakura Oken for checking the grammar, and making sure that the characters sound authentic in Part I & Part II.
    Eric "MHE" for help with grammer in Part III.
    Anyone who helped by spotting the typos,  and anything else I may have missed in all of the six chapters of the Saga of the Orb of Time.