AGE
Serena: 19
Amy: 19
Raye: 20
Lita: 20
Mina: 19
Darien: 26
Rini: 12
Andrew: 26
Amara: 22
Michelle: 22
Trista: 24
Hotaru: 14
Kiyoko Yamana: 500?
Lucifer: 500?
Years passed after the Battle with Galaxia. Life was finally restored but as usual, it didn't last long. A lost soul of a former powerful priestess who died in vain is searching for revenge. It needs a body in order to survive and it has decided to take over Serena causing her to change dramatically. Unless the body is dead, the soul will not leave once it has taken control. What will the scouts do when a great evil Demon is trying to take over the world? Massive of destructions are being made, and without Serena, they don't stand a chance. What's worse is that, if they want Serena back, they would have to get rid of the priestess' soul and in order to do that, they would need to kill the deadly spirit, but wouldn't that be killing Serena as well?
Years has passed since the battle with Galaxia and the life of the scouts aren't exactly the same ever since. Raye became a talented singer and Mina became a skilled actress. Amy has achieved her dreams of becoming a doctor, and now she's the most famous doctor of all lands known as "Mother of Life".
Lita wasn't as famous as her friends, but she did manage to own a pretty well known restaurant and now, she's busy cooking and baking all day. Rini and Hotaru became best friends as predicted and went to school together gossiping about everything that has happened in their lives.
Amara and Michelle lived on with their own dreams and became a famous racer and musician as promised. And Trista? Well, she preferred to be in a more peaceful and quiet environment managing her new shop designing clothes.
As for Serena, she's still the same, if you minus the fact that her father's company has almost succeeded in dominating the whole world, making her the princess of wealth, literally.
And Darien… well lets just say that life for him wasn't easy in the beginning. He had to start out from scratch. But now, he's the head of the company Shields, doing business along with Serena's dad side by side. Serena has grown smarter and smarter as years passed by (yes, it's a miracle), and she learned how to adapt to the new environment her father has given her. Soon she will be the next in line to take over the Tsukino Company. But of course, the love between Darien and Serena has not been forgotten since they are officially engaged and is expected to be married next year at around June in 2007. It is now 2006 almost the end of June and lives for our favorite heroes are good, or more precisely, never the better. However, as usual, good things never intend to last for long.
Energy…energy…I need life and I need it now! I will make them all pay for what they have done to me! I will make them all pay! Hahahahaha hahahaha
"SERENA hurry, we're about to be late! Raye's going to kill us; we'll never hear the end of her if we end up late again!"
"Alright, alright, gosh… chill… its not like we need these Scout Meetings anymore so why are we even rushing?"
"Honestly I have no idea, but coming from Amy, it must be something important. I think Raye had one of her premonitions again."
"Amy I believe, but Raye? Ha, she probably just needs us to help her around with chores."
"Oh please…if Raye wanted help with chores, she could have just hired people to do it for her, having you as one of the helper would only bring more destruction"
"Hey, take that back, like you're any better than me!"
"Of course not, but at least I know how to act as if I'm actually helping, unlike you, the minute chores are being brought up, and you are already gone"
"Mina!"
"Alright, alright, look, we're here" said Mina, as she pointed to Raye's temple.
A couple of minutes later, everyone was settled down inside the temple. It seems like the Inner scouts plus Amara and Michelle are all here, along with Darien and Rini as well. Raye sat in the front facing the Holy Fire as her back is facing towards everyone else. Luna and Artemis were each by her side and as for Diana…well she found an interesting spot on top of Serena's head, mistaking her two buns as if it were yarn balls.
"Where are Trista and Hotaru?" Luna asked.
"Yah, where's Pu and Hotaru?" Rini asked as well.
"Oh, haha, they couldn't make it. But don't worry sweetie; Trista will see you soon. And as for Hotaru, she said she'll meet up with you later. Something important came up. I'll fill them in when I see them. It seems like Trista's designing has kept her pretty busy with her customers." Amara chuckled nervously. When she saw everyone was satisfied with her answer, she calmed down a little. For a while there I thought they wouldn't but it.
"Oh…ok..." that's weird, what could have happened that would make Hotaru miss a Scout meeting. And Pu, she never puts her personal life before the scouts. Rini had suspicions but she puts it behind her thinking she must worrying too much.
"So, why are we here?" Michelle asked, with a worried look on her face.
"I sense something evil, something that we've never been up against before." Raye answered.
"That's funny, why do I feel like as if I've heard that before" Mina stated sarcastically.
"Yah, she said the same thing right before we were confronted with Galaxia." Lita said while smirking.
"Sigh… I guess we should say goodbye to our precious lives, right Michelle"
"But things just started go smoothly, besides, I'm building quite a reputation with my music performances, it's kind of hard to let it go Amara."
"Ditto" Amara agreed.
"Ouch! Get off of my head Diana, stop… arggg… You just ruined my perfectly done hair."
"Sorry Princess Serena, but you're buns are just so funny, it makes a cat want to scratch, pull, bite, tear…." She was being cut off from a sudden voice in the front.
"Guys I MEAN it, this is serious, I mean I sense this horrifying event that is about to happen, but I can't see it. What I'm trying to say is that, I have no idea what is coming toward us. And on top of that, the fire spoke to me last night."
"Wow, I didn't know that fires can speak. That is sooooo cool!"
"Serenaaaa" Raye screamed while throwing a book at her.
Darien, who has been quiet for sometime, began to speak up, "Well, what did it say? Does it have anything to do with this evilness we're about to go up against?"
"That's just it, I don't know. All I heard was In Dark Times, the Eye Begins To see, spoken in an ancient voice, actually, more like chanting in an ancient voice"
"Do you think it means something?" said Amy
"It probably does, Artemis do you have a clue?"
"I'm not exactly sure Luna, but my guess is that the dark times probably means tomorrow, I mean isn't the…" he was cut off before he could even finish his sentence.
"Eclipse… the Solar Eclipse. It was said that it's going to strike tomorrow at exactly 5:00pm" Lita spoke out.
"Soo, are we supposed to wait for it to find out" Serena asked.
"I've updated the events on the Solar Eclipse, According to the net, the last Total Solar Eclipse occurred on August 11th, 1999, at around 5 years ago. And the next should strike sometime in 10 more years. However just recently, all the updates has been changed many scientist felt that something went wrong that triggered our Solar System because the Solar Eclipse shouldn't be taking place tomorrow. " Amy stated while typing on her mini computer.
"Well, there's nothing we can do now, might as well wait for tomorrow to come. How's this, we all meet at exactly 4:55 on the Taylor bridge and we'll decided then." Amara spoke, while yarning at the same time.
Darien was the first to stand, "I Agree, well, shall we…Serena come, I'll take you home, it's kind of getting late. Let's go Rini."
"I… I'll be right out honey, take Rini out with you first, I'll meet you at the car" As soon as Darien left, she turned around, stood up with her hands on her hips facing the rest of the people in the room, "Alright, that's it, tell me what's up already. You guys been staring at for a long time and I know it isn't because I'm beautiful."
"Serena" said Raye
"Yes?"
"Stay close to us… if anything… I don't want you to get hurt."
Serena had a confused look on her face, "Raye, nothing is going to happen to me. I promise, I'll be fine. Don't you think you're overreacting a bit? I mean come on; I can take care of myself." She walked out the door.
"We just don't want you to get harmed. If this is really as bad as Raye predicted, most likely they'll be after you." Michelle said while standing up following her.
"And exactly who is they that you are referring to? Geez I mean, we don't even know what we're up against, and we could all just be paranoid or something. Besides, life now is going smoothly and the flowers are blooming and butterflies are flying around, everything is more than perfect." Serena argued.
"Serena, yes, things are going pretty good now, but we'll never know if something might disturb this peace, I mean, we just want you to be prepared before it's too late." Amara said while chasing after them.
The rest of the remaining group followed. Seeing that Serena kept on walking as if she's ignoring her, Amara continued, "Come on don't be like that Serena, we swore to protect you an-…"
Serena turned around and stopped walking, "Look, I know ok… and I appreciate your concern, I really do… it's just that… I mean… you won't always be there to protect me forever. I need to learn how to be independent. If I don't start now, I'll be relying on you guys forever. And when the time comes for me to be alone, I won't be prepared."
"Serena, just be careful tomorrow, as much as I hate to say this, if anything happens to you, I'll… I'll… be blaming myself for not being able to protect you." Raye said while looking down.
"We'll all be blaming ourselves" Amy added. Everyone else just nodded.
Serena smiled, "And here I thought you always hated me Raye" she chuckled a little and continued, "Raye….. I know… and I will… Thanks"
Almost instantly, Raye's head popped up and a light blush can be seen on her cheeks, "Don't get me wrong Meatball head, I'm just doing my job. I don't want to be responsible for you getting injured because of your clumsiness. I mean come on, knowing you; you're probably trip and fall?" Raye said while trying to cover any sigh of care towards Serena.
Amara and Michelle started to laugh as Mina and Lita smiled. Amy just shook her head and sighed.
"Here we go again", Amy whispered.
Serena looked at her with wide eyes while blinking a couple of times, "Why you…you… little… arrg… humph, I take my gratitude back. You're nothing but a big grumpy meanie!" she stuck her tongue out and left. On the way to the Darien's car, she started to chuckle lightly to herself, same old same old Raye. Sighhhhh
Ohh Serena, you haven't changed a bit, at least not your personality. Haha… the funny thing is that, I hope you never will. You're perfect the way you are. Raye thought.
As the Inner scouts separated, Amara and Michelle walked towards Amara's car.
"She's matured so much that it's hard to believe. I mean just awhile ago, you would see her crying over a piece of cake, literally, and now, not only is she the heir to Crystal Tokyo, but the Tsukino Company as well." Amara said while laughing out loud.
Michelle looked at her and smiled, "we've all been though so much that we've all matured. Amara, what do you think is in store for us tomorrow or better yet, the future?"
"I don't know, I really don't know, but don't worry, we'll get through it, and we always do. As long as we have Serena leading us, it'll be fine."
"Ha-ha, then I suggests you wear a helmet, because Serena is known for walking into walls."
I really hope that Raye's premonitions won't affect Serena. It would be such a pity to see her get hurt. Michelle thought.
What ever is going to be revealed tomorrow, we'll be ready, thought Amara