Scrolls
by Weirdbard
Disclaimers: The characters of Sailor Moon are not mine and I
am only borrowing them to get a story out of my head so I can
move on to other stories.
This story contains adult themes and makes reference to
female/female love. (note I did not say sex but that is kind of
implied as well.) If you are too young or too closed minded to
read that type of stuff then please stop right here.
Serena sat in Raye's temple and tried to concentrate on the fire
reading going on but kept trying to doze off. She couldn't help
it.
The large bonfire in the center of the room made the room so
pleasantly warm and over the roaring fire she could just hear the
sounds of the cold rain pounding outside. If two conditions
weren't ready made to put someone into a deep sleep, she didn't
know what could.
Jerking her head up as she almost started napping again she
noticed with amusement that she wasn't the only one.
Lita and Mina were nodding their heads as they struggled to
keep sleep from them as well.
All the scouts were gathered today, both the inner scouts and the
outer ones. The only one missing was Hotaru who was home taking care of her father.
Raye had called them and told them all that she
sensed something about to happen and anyone who knew Raye
knew that you didn't dismiss her premonitions lightly.
Serena noticed that Raye had stopped chanting and seemed to
only be staring at the fire now so she risked her wrath to ask her
the question they were all wondering. "You get anything Raye?"
Raye shook her head in frustration. "No. It doesn't feel like the
Negaverse or any enemies but I still get the distinct feeling that
something is going to happen soon that will change our lives
completely. I can't even tell if it is going to be for the good or bad."
Serena started to open her mouth to tell Raye that it was all
right, that no matter what happened they would handle it but she
snapped her jaw shut as Raye once again started to chant at the
fire again.
Raye concentrated on the fire and chanted for a while longer but
broke it off when she heard snoring. Glancing angrily at Serena
she was surprised to see her with her eyes open watching her.
Serena shook her head to show it was not her and pointed beside
her to where Rini still sitting up was sleeping and snoring.
Raye's angry frown faded away to be replaced with a grin.
"Okay guys, I'll try just one more time and then will call if off."
Mina jerked her head up and said. "Um, yeah that sounds like a
great idea Raye. I agree completely."
Raye's grin grew bigger. She knew that Mina had just woke up
herself and had no idea to what she just agreed to but was only
saying to act as if she had been paying attention.
"Oh, so you agree that you will go out with grandpa tomorrow
then?" Raye asked.
Mina just nodded her head as she drifted off to sleep once again.
Raye could hear Serena lightly giggling.
Letting her face grow serious once again Raye started chanting.
Serena felt her eyelids growing heavy and struggled to stay
awake. She didn't want Raye to catch her napping and end up
agreeing to any silly things like Mina had. Just as her eyes
closed shut completely she suddenly felt a bonk on the head
right between her two 'meatballs'.
"I'm awake!" she nearly shouted as her eyes snapped open.
Looking around she saw all the scouts staring at her in surprise,
well except for Mina and Rini who were still napping
themselves. Looking down into her lap she saw a scroll sitting
there and quickly figured out that must have been what had hit her.
Picking the scroll up she saw that it was a typical old fashion
scroll. A piece of parchment with wooden rods attached on
either ends, rolled closed and tied shut with a beautiful golden
ribbon. The ribbon had printed on it a crescent moon symbol
and the astronomical symbol for the earth.
Serena had looked up the symbol for the earth a long time ago in
preparation for her and Darien's wedding someday. She wanted
the wedding invitations to have the symbols for the moon and
the earth intertwined.
"Is that a letter from your future self?" Amy asked. None of the
scouts had been paying attention to Serena and had not seen the
scroll arrived but assumed it had appeared from mid air like the
few letters she had received from her future self had.
Serena just shrugged her shoulders and untying the ribbon
opened the scroll and began reading to herself.
Amy and the rest of the scouts waited to hear what the scroll
said and were surprised when Serena started blushing.
"Well what is it moonface?" Amara finally asked.
Serena gave a start and quickly hid the scroll behind her back.
"Its a story about me and Darien." She finally said.
"What kind of story? And where did it come from?" Amy
reasonably asked.
"Um, I don't know where it came from and its just a story is all."
Serena nervously replied.
Luna walking up behind Serena could see the scroll clearly.
Serena was gripping it by the upper portion of the scroll and it
was unfurled so she could easily read it. Quietly she read for a moment.
"Serena! You haven't done anything with Darien like is in this
scroll have you?!" Her shocked voice yelled out.
"I wish!" Serena muttered before turning bright red and
snatching the scroll around to her front again and quickly rolling
it up and tying it with the ribbon again.
"What did the scroll say Luna?" Amy asked her.
"As Serena said it is a story. It has all of you scouts fighting a
youma and Serena getting hurt. You take her back to Darien's
apartment to look after her and Darien takes the opportunity to
'comfort' her." Luna in her precise accent replied.
"How does he comfort her?" Rini who had woken up when Luna
had yelled asked her.
"Um, never mind." Luna said as she walked around front to look
at Serena.
"But where did the scroll come from?" Raye asked. "You didn't
write it, did you Serena?"
"No, Serena couldn't have wrote that." Luna answered for her.
"For one thing, it was spelled correctly and had very good handwriting."
Serena scowled at the black cat.
"And for another I hope that Serena hasn't that good of a
imagination." Luna added
Serena scowl deepened and then disappeared to be replaced with
a blush as she remembered some of the things the scroll had her
and Darien doing.
The scouts were just about to press for details when Mina
suddenly jerked awake with a start. "Go out with grandpa? No way!"
Raye and the rest laughed at Mina.
Amy looked thoughtful. "Perhaps Serena's scroll is a warning
from the future about the fight with the youma?"
"I really doubt that." Luna answered. "The fight only got a small
paragraph. The story was more about Darien's 'comforting' of Serena."
"Well maybe it is from the future letting Serena's know about
Daren's comfort so she can prepare herself for that?" Lita said.
Serena allowed a big smile appear on her face. "I have never
looked forward to a youma attack before."
Luna shot her a look before turning her attention back to Lita.
"Again I doubt that. The story had a more fantasy feel to it.
Darien would never take such liberties with Serena till after they
were married. And I'm sure Serena wouldn't do anything like
that either till they were married." Luna turned her attention to
Serena. "Right?!"
Serena nodded her head. "Of course not Luna." Behind her back
she had her fingers crossed however.
"So we are still left with, where did the scroll come from and
what does it mean?" Lita asked.
Raye shook her head. "I guess when and if the time is right the
answers will just hit us."
Just as she finished saying that a small black hole appeared a
few feet above her head and a scroll fell out to land on her head
with a audible *bonk*
Raye rubbed her head and looked at the scroll in her lap with
annoyance. It was tied with a bright red ribbon and had
imprinted on it in black the symbols for Mars and the crescent
moon symbol.
Raye quickly untied the scroll and started silently reading it to
herself while the other scouts looked on in wonder.
Raye's face started to turn bright red and Amara noticed her
breathing quickened. Occasionally Raye would glance up from
the scroll and look at Serena. To Amara it looked like a look of speculation.
Finally Raye finished the scroll and careful rolled it up and tied
it with it's ribbon tightly.
Her face was so bright red and she couldn't look at the others
for a moment and stared at the ground in front of her.
"Was it another scroll about me and Darien?" Serena could not
longer contain herself and asked.
Raye not looking up at Serena just said. "It was about you but
Darien wasn't in that one."
Amy reasoning out loud said. "Well if the first scroll came to
Serena and was about her and Darien and this one came to Rei
and had Serena in it then that could mean......" Amy suddenly
broke off and started blushing herself as she realized where her
logic was leading her.
"Let me read it." Amara said holding out her hand to Raye for
the scroll. Michelle sitting next to her frowned and lightly
slapped her on the arm.
"No, not for that! Its important. Luna said Serena's scroll had
her as a sailor scout and then as herself at Darien's apartment.
What if these scrolls are not just falling here but all over town?!"
Serena's eyes grew wide and it looked like she was about to pass
out.
"And why are the stories so far only about Serena?" Lita asked.
"Maybe this is a plot by the Negaverse to destroy Serena?"
Serena muttered to herself. "Or to kill me with embarrassment?"
Amy once again was the voice of reason. "I don't think this is by
the Negaverse. If they knew who we are outside of the scouts,
they would do more than just send us made up dirty stories."
Serena and Raye blushed even more furiously at that.
"Still why are they just picking on Serena?" Lita once again asked.
Suddenly as if whoever was doing this was listening to them,
black portals appeared over all the scout's heads and scrolls
rained down on them.
Amy was conked on the head by no less than four scrolls and
Lita was hit by three. Mina had 6 scrolls dumped on her. Poor
Serena was nearly buried under an avalanche of 12 scrolls while
Raye was almost equal with her with 11 more scrolls falling on
her. Amara and Michelle had a equal number of 8 scrolls a piece
fall on them. Even Rini had 3 scrolls drop on her.
Serena brushed the scrolls off of her. "This is like some
demented book of the month club gone insane." She grumbled.
Lita was busy ripping off ribbons and reading what had been
written about her, while Amy was noting methodically the
symbols on the ribbons of her scrolls. She started to place the
scrolls separately based on the symbols on them.
"Mercury and Moon."
"Mercury and Mars."
"Mercury and Jupiter."
Amy's eyes bugged out slightly on the last scroll however but
she just put in off in its own category and said.
"Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto."
Mina scooted over to her a little.
"Hey should I be jealous? My symbol isn't on any of yours."
Amy couldn't stop blushing and started to say something when a
portal opened over Mina's head and dropped a scroll on it. The
scroll landed on the floor between her and Amy and as it rolled
to a stop they both could see the ribbon had the symbols of
Venus and Mercury on it.
"Oh. Guess mine got lost in the mail for a moment." Mina
finally said.
Amy in an effort to be clinical and detached from all of the
strange goings on said. "I suggest we all group our scrolls
together and see what the......" Her voice faltered for a moment
but then added flatly. "Parings are."
All the girls blushing to one extent or another nodded their
heads and started sorting their scrolls.
"Hey Serena? What are these symbols?" Rini asked her.
Serena glancing at the three scrolls in Rini's hands took them
from her.
"This little crescent moon must mean you Rini and this one
is....." Serena looked at it blankly for a moment. She knew she
had seen it and not long ago but she couldn't place it. "Amy?"
"It's the astrological symbol for Saturn." Amy replied.
"Oh." Serena said and then her eyes grew wide and quickly
untying the ribbon she started to read the scroll that Rini had
been given.
"Hey! That is my scroll! You shouldn't get to read it!" Rini
yelled and reached up to take it back.
"Trust me Rini! You are to young to be reading this kind of
trash." Serena said pulling the scroll away from Rini's grasping hands.
Luna who had leapt to Serena's shoulder and was reading along
with her, looked over at Serena's face. "You are too young to be
reading this too!" Looking back at the scroll and reading another
paragraph Luna's black fur bristled. "I think if Queen Serenity
was still around she would be too young to read this stuff." She gasped.
Serena shuddered and let the scroll roll back up. Tying it shut
she placed it on the other side of her away from Rini. "Trust me
sprout. You don't want to read that."
Looking at the other two scrolls Rini had her hands Serena took
them and glanced at the symbols on them. She turned slightly
green when she noticed that one of them had a small crescent
moon and a larger one on it. "She's my future daughter you
sickos!" She yelled up at the ceiling and then looking at the last
one she saw that it had a small crescent moon and the symbol for
earth on it. "Sure. Why not? If she can be with her future mom,
why not have her be with her future dad too?" She said in
disgust at the ceiling again.
"Um, Serena? Who are you talking to?" Raye asked her.
"Haven't you notice these scrolls show up when any of us make
a comment. Almost as if someone is watching us." Serena
replied still looking up at the ceiling. As if to prove her
comments a black portal opened and dropped a scroll. Being
half way prepared for it, Serena snapped out a hand and caught
it before it could hit her.
Serena angrily looked at the ribbon. "Oh nice. Now it has me,
my daughter and Hotaru together." Serena practically snarled in disgust.
"Now we don't know for sure that the stories are all..." Amy's
voice faltered again for a moment. "that kind of stories." She
finished looking at a confused Rini. "The symbols may just
show who the main characters are in the story."
Amy opened her scroll that had all the scouts symbols on it
except for Venus and quickly scanned it. Her face paled and
then blushed so strongly that the other scouts were afraid she
was going to pass out. "Okay so that one tends to disprove my
theory." She finally managed to croak out. "Who is writing this
stuff?" She asked no one in particular. "I don't even think this
part is humanly possible!"
Amara quickly reached out and snatched the scroll from Amy's
hands. Her and Michelle read it for a moment.
"It is possible but not very comfortable." Michelle said.
To the shock of the other scouts their usually always calm and
collected friends Amara and Michelle both blushed bright red.
Amy trying to get control over her own embarrassment returned
to her scientific and clinical attitude. "Okay. So how do the
scrolls break down?" She asked everyone.
Amara as if trying to get over her and Michelle's embarrassment
the same way was the first to answer. "Most of mine and
Michelle's scrolls are just about us. Although we do have two
with Serena with us and one with just me and moonface alone."
Amara couldn't help but notice Serena glance up with a blush
and if she didn't know better a slightly wondering face.
Lita was the next to answer.
"One with me and Raye and Serena"
"One with me and Serena alone."
"One with me and Mina."
Everyone looked at Ray next.
"Eight of them with me and Serena."
"Two of them with me and Darien alone."
"One with me, Darien and Serena."
"That is terrible!" Mina said.
"Yeah! You better never try to be alone with Darien!" Serena
shouted and then suddenly turned red and covered her face with
her hands. "You know what I meant." She said through her fingers.
Once again Amara thought she detected a questioning look on
Ray's face as she glanced at Serena but then decided that the
racy scrolls were affecting her judgment.
Everyone looked at Serena and she just kept blushing deeper and
deeper.
"Well Meatball head? How do the scrolls you got break down?!"
Ray finally yelled at her.
"Oh that." Serena said and then glanced down at her scrolls.
"6 of them have me and Raye together." She said without
looking in Rei's direction.
"3 of them with me and Amara." Again she didn't look in
Amara's direction but stared at the scrolls in front of her.
"And the rest of them has me with.....well practically everyone."
Mina looked over at Amy. "See you weren't the only one to get
the group story." Mina then glanced over at Serena. "Was I in
the group ones this time at least?"
Serena had to suppress an almost hysterical giggle. Only Mina
would be worried that she was left out of a group dirty story.
"Yeah Mina you were in all of my group story scrolls." She
finally said.
Rini glanced over at Luna. "I don't really understand what kind
of stories these are or what the girls are talking about."
"Good!" Luna said with a relieved sigh. "I mean this is adult talk
dear. I would have had you leave the room but since you have
had some scrolls fall on you as well, I want you by Serena so she
can make sure that you don't read them. They are really meant to
be read my someone much older and I don't want them
confusing you. Promise you won't read any of them unless
Serena or one of the other scouts tell you its okay?"
Rini still looked confused but nodded her head. "I promise."
Artemis who had been watching Mina reading some of her
scrolls and shaking his head glanced over at Luna. "Well at least
they are leaving us cats alone."
"I suppose no one wants to read about us." Luna said with a
relieved sigh. A sigh that was cut short by, yeah you guessed it,
a scroll falling from the skies and landing on her.
Luna struggled out from the heavy scroll and shot a annoyed
glance at Artemis. "You just had to call attention to the fact that
were weren't getting any scrolls, didn't you?"
"I am almost afraid to ask Luna but who's symbols are on your
scroll?" Serena asked.
Luna pushing the heavy scroll till she could see the ribbon gave
a sigh of relief. "It has tiny cat paws in black and white on it. So
I assume it is about me and Artemis."
Artemis gave a cat smirk and would have run over to Luna's
side to read the scroll except, okay now everyone say it together,
a scroll fell out of the sky to land on him.
"Ouch! Those things are heavy, aren't they?" He grumbled as
he struggled out from under his scroll. Quickly looking at the
ribbon he determined that it was him and Luna in the story.
Looking up he started to call out the information to Luna but
instead yelled. "Luna watch out! Incoming!"
Luna leaping to the side managed to keep from being brained by
another heavy scroll falling. Looking at the ribbon she gasped
out. "Oh my!"
All the scouts could clearly see the scroll's ribbon had the tiny
black kitty paw print on it and right next to it was a large
crescent moon symbol.
"Oh please! There is no way you can have..." Serena broke off
and glanced down at her daughter sitting next to her. "A story
with me and Luna in it." She finished lamely. Reaching out she
picked up the scroll and opening it started to read.
Suddenly Serena turned green and ran from the room in the
direction of the bathroom.
"What could be so bad?" Luna wondered out loud and walking
over to where the open scroll lay she started reading. Luna's
eyes kept getting wider and wider and suddenly she ran from the
room, heading to the outside. The scouts sitting dumbfounded
could hear retching noises coming from both Serena and Luna
from the different directions.
Amara got up and quickly picked the scroll up before a curious
Rini could break her promise and read it. Standing Amara read
for a moment and then without a word she quietly rolled the
scroll up, tied it and then tossed it into Raye's sacred fire.
"Hey! That's not for garbage disposal you know!" Raye angrily
yelled out.
"Well if we don't use that, we will have to start a fire
somewhere. We can't just throw these things away in the
garbage. We can't take a risk that someone else might read these
things." Amara stated.
Serena and Luna walked back into the room and not looking at
each other they sat back down in the circle around the fire.
"We still need to figure out who and why they are being sent to
us." Lita said.
"I still say its a trick by the Negaverse." Mina stated. "It is meant
to distract and upset us so we can't concentrate on the next
youma attack!"
"How? By making us so embarrassed we can't think straight?!"
Raye snapped at her.
"Look! We have to set priorities and figure this out!" Amy
stated. "First, is anyone else getting these scrolls sent to them?"
"Like who?" Serena asked.
"Well for instance, is Darien right now getting hit in the head
with scrolls? Or maybe Pluto is?" Amy asked.
At that moment a black portal opened in front of them and Sailor
Pluto walked out of it.
"I can answer the last question Amy." Pluto began but stopped
as a portal appeared over her head and a scroll fell out of it to
land on her head.
"Luna P!" Rini happily shouted.
"Hello Small Lady. I am very happy to see you again." Sailor
Pluto smiled at her and then reached up and rubbed her head in
annoyance at the bump the scroll had caused.
Serena looking at the scroll on the ground could see that it had
Sailor Pluto's symbol on it and right next to it was the symbol of
the crescent moon but this time it had a crown above it.
"I take it this means you too have been getting these things?"
She asked her.
Pluto frowned. "Yes. Mine seem to be dealing mostly with either
Queen Neo-Serenity of the future or the grown up Small Lady in
the future but I am getting them as well."
Raye's mouth was open in shock. "You mean even at the Gates
of Time they are showing up?!"
"Yes who ever is doing this and for what ever reasons, they must
be very powerful to send them." Pluto replied.
"And to answer your questions about Darien. I have used the
Gateway to look in on him and not a single scroll has fallen on
him while he is at school or walking the crowded streets. This
leads me to either believe that he will not be getting them or that
the scrolls wait for us to be alone and away from strangers
before they fall on us."
"Perhaps who ever is doing this is only targeting the scouts?"
Artemis asked.
"Are you forgetting the scrolls we were almost brained by?"
Luna asked him.
The scouts were suddenly quiet as they could hear Darien's
voice talking to Raye's grandfather outside the door.
"Is Serena here?"
"She sure is. Her and her friends are using the sacred fire room
for a get together. Just go on in. I'm sure they won't mind."
Raye's grandpa's voice could be heard.
Darien opened the door and stepping in slid it shut. Turning
around he saw Serena and all the scouts sitting there looking at
him. Serena's face looked flushed and he noticed that the others
were too.
"What's wrong Serena?" He asked, right before a huge black
portal appeared over his head and he was buried under dozens
and dozens of scrolls falling on him at once.
Serena looked down at Rini in shock for a moment before they
both leapt to their feet and raced to reach him first.
Amara glanced up at the standing Pluto. "I guess that answers
that. The scrolls wait till you are alone or with others that know
your secrets before they fall on you."
Pluto looked as if she was going to answer but a portal appeared
above her head and distracted her as two scrolls fell out and hit her.
"This is ridiculous!" Lita grumbled. "We are going to need to
get some hard hats if this keeps up."
Amy nodded her head. "Let's hope that whoever is writing these
things doesn't write a epic novel and drop it on us."
Everyone looked at the air above Amy's head and just waited for
a portal to appear and drop a scroll the size of a rolled rug on her
head but nothing showed up.
Serena and Rini were trying to dig Darien out of his scroll pile
but the fact that the portal above him hadn't shut and scrolls
kept falling on him didn't help any.
"Amy use your computer and see if you can get some kind of
lock on where these holes are coming from!" Serena shouted
back at her while she continued to dig.
Amy being a little flustered and distracted by the scrolls she had
been reading nodded her head guiltily. "Of course I should have
thought of that!"
Opening her mini computer she rapidly started typing. Only to
have her computer smashed as a fairly large scroll fell from a
portal and land on it with a loud crack.
Serena muttered angrily to herself as she finally managed to pull
Darien from the growing pile of scrolls. Only to have the portal
above him move to stay above him as more scrolls fell out.
"Darien seems to be a popular subject for whoever is writing
these things." she hissed as Darien was hit once again in the
head by a scroll and it fell to bonk Serena on the head as well
before landing on the floor. Serena glancing down saw that it
had the earth symbol and the one for Mars on it and quickly
kicked it away.
"Would someone like to explain to me why I am getting a
concussion from falling..." Darien bent down and picked up a
scroll at random. "Scrolls?"
"None of us have a clue either. They just started showing up and
falling on us." Raye yelled back to him and then catching out of
the corner of her eye a portal opening above her jerked back as a
scroll came out and missed her.
Darien glanced at the scroll in his hands and could see that it
had a crescent moon on it and his earth symbol and quickly
untying it started to read.
Darien's eyes grew wide and looking down at Serena, he
couldn't convince himself that this wasn't some kind of joke on
her and the scouts' part. "Um, Serena?" He said and then
pointed at the open scroll in his hand. "If this is some kind of
suggestion, I am more than willing to try it but my apartment
manager won't let me put in a trapeze and the ice cream and
chocolate syrup would make quite a mess."
"Darien!" Serena blushed bright red. "Rini is here." She bumped
him and nodded down at Rini. "Will talk about it later." She added.
"No you won't!" Luna said running over to them. "Not till you
are married!"
Rini looked up in obvious confusion. "Why would they have to
be married to talk about sitting on a trapeze and eating ice cream
with chocolate syrup?"
"Um, never mind Rini." Darien said as he quickly rolled the
scroll up and Luna noted put it inside his jacket.
"I am really going to have to keep an eye on those two from
now on." Luna thought to herself.
"So what do we do about these scrolls?" Darien asked as another
fell and he ducked out of the way.
"Well we could go to a public place to think. I mean Pluto seems
to think the scrolls won't fall on us if there are strangers to see
them fall. At least this way we can talk without constantly
ducking." Serena said as a scroll fell and hit her on the head.
Out of reflex she caught it before it could hit the ground.
Amara who had been walking over to them saw that the symbols
on this one were of Serena and Raye. She also made a note of
the fact that Serena after seeing this, didn't drop it with the
others but hung on to it.
"We should just burn these scrolls before we leave though."
Michelle said.
"We can't! I haven't read all of them yet!" Mina, Raye and
Serena said about the same time.
Realizing that the others were now staring at them. Raye was the
first one to speak. "There might be clues in the stories on who is
writing them. They seem to know everything about us and we
really need to figure out who is doing this."
Serena nodded her head. "She's right. No matter how distasteful
it might be we should read all the stories to get as many clues as
we can."
Amara with a look on her face that only could be called a smirk
replied. "Okay Moonface. Me and Michelle will take your
scrolls with us back home and read them for 'clues'."
"You've got your own scrolls to read." Serena said with a frown.
"Well you can't take them home with you. What would your
parents say seeing you carry in armloads of scrolls?" Amara
calmly asked her.
They heard Amy gasp behind them. "She's right. What will any
of us do? Even if we destroy these scrolls what is to keep them
from falling on us at our homes? At night when we are trying to sleep?"
Serena her eyes growing wide realized that Amy was right.
"Well maybe they, who ever they are, are almost done with the
scrolls? I mean how many more stories can they write about us?"
The portal as if it was making fun of her dropped two more
scrolls on her head and then with a slight woosh noise closed. At
the almost exact moment all the portals above the other scouts'
heads closed.
"See? They are done." Serena stated and then jerked her head
back to look up at the ceiling as if expecting a scroll to smack
her. After a few moments of nothing happen she looked back at
the scouts in triumph. "See?"
"It may not be that they are out of scrolls but are just giving us a
break." Amy stated looking at her watch.
"What do you mean Amy?" Michelle asked her.
"The sun set at the same time the scrolls stopped falling." Amy
said nodding at her watch.
"You mean they might start again tomorrow morning?" Serena
nearly wailed. "So what do we do?"
"Well there is no school tomorrow so I suggest that we all stay
here tonight. We will examine the scrolls and see if we can
figure out who or how they are getting the information about us
to write these things. We'll then destroy the scrolls first thing
tomorrow and take it from there." Raye said. "You all can call
your parents and tell them that you are staying with me as a all
night study session. We have used that excuse enough in the past
they should buy it."
"Um, what about Darien? I don't think your grandpa or Chad
would put up with him staying all night with us." Serena pointed
out.
"Darien doesn't live with anyone else. He can carry his scrolls
home and read them by himself."
"Yeah!" Serena suddenly became enthusiastic. "I can stay with
Darien and he can help me figure this all out!" Serena grabbed
Darien's arm and started to steer him towards the door to make a
quick exit but found Luna with her back arched standing in front
of the door.
"Do you honestly expect me to let you go and spend the night
with Darien reading make out stories all night!!" She hissed.
"Make out stories? Is that what those scrolls are?" Rini asked in
a stunned voice.
"Way to go Miss Blabberkitty." Serena said with a frown.
Rini eyes kept getting bigger and bigger. You said that one of
those scrolls had symbols for you and me on them?" Rini said
pointing at Serena. "Ooh that is just, just, ick." Rini said with a grimace.
"Look Serena? You can't discuss with the others what is in
those scrolls if Rini is here. I'll see her back to your place and be
back here first thing in the morning to see if you all have figured
out who is behind this." Darien said.
Serena wasn't too happy. She had a brief daydream where her
and Darien had went back to his apartment and spent the night
reading some of the more romantic make out stories together
before perhaps trying out some ideas from them but she was also
a future mother to be. She didn't want Rini to become corrupted
by the nasty things in the scrolls and there was the possibility if
she stayed with them the night. So only with a slight frown she agreed.
"Remember your promise to me Rini. If during the night or in
the morning any more scrolls fall on you, make sure you hide
them so mom or dad can't find them and don't read them!" Was
all that she said.
"All right Serena I will." Rini leapt into Darien's arms.
Serena could see Darien glancing down at the pile of scrolls
around his feet. "Don't worry Darien, I will take care of these.
Just see Rini home and get a good night sleep."
After getting all the scrolls back to Raye's room and getting a
pizza delivered, the girls settled in to read their scrolls. Pluto
had returned to the Gates of Time to take up her guarding duties
but promised to return in the morning. Michelle and Amara
living alone could have easily packed up their scrolls in their car
and drove home but considering the tone of some of the scrolls
they decided they were needed at Raye's as mature chaperones.
At least that was what Amara claimed. Lita couldn't help but
notice she had a twinkle in her eyes.
Lita figured she was just enjoying watching Serena's and
Raye's embarrassment too much to leave.
"Okay, lets start reading the scrolls and remember to look for
clues on who could be writing these things." Amy said. The
others notice that Amy looked regretfully at her text books she
always had with her just in case she found a moment to study more.
Lita thought to herself. "Only Amy would rather read text books
on medicine than steamy scrolls about sex."
Amara was seated on the floor and appeared to be reading one of
her scrolls. In actuality she was looking over the top of the scroll
at Serena. She was curious to see which scroll Serena would
read first. She watched as Serena pulled out one of the scrolls
from the pile that was marked with her and Darien's symbol.
Serena smiled at the scroll but then set it off to the side and
pulled another one from the pile. This one marked with the
symbol of the moon and the symbol of Mars. Amara quickly
dropped her gaze as Serena nervously looked around to see if
anyone was watching and then started to read the scroll. Amara
sneaking a peek wasn't surprised in the least to see that Raye
had a scroll up reading it and the ribbon showed next to her
symbol, a crescent moon.
Amara gave a slight smile and was elbowed in the ribs by
Michelle sitting next to her. "Read your scroll." Michelle
whispered to her.
Amara almost laughed out loud but turned her attention to the
scroll she was holding and started to really read it. That turned
out to be a mistake. The scroll was one of them that had her,
Michelle and Serena in a steamy three way. While the author,
whoever it might have been, didn't know how Amara really
thought all that well. His or her, Amara forcibly reminded
herself, descriptions were vivid enough that Amara was starting
to sweat a little. Amara couldn't lie to herself. Serena had
attracted her at first glance but at first she was the crybaby and
then later her princess. She could never do anything to her that
she would regret and she could never cheat on Michelle like
that. They had been through far too much together for that.
Maybe that was why the story was affecting her so much. The
author seemed to understand that much of Amara's thought
processes and had written the story where it had been Michelle's
idea to bring Serena into their lovemaking. It wasn't cheating if
that was what they both wanted.
Taking a break from her reading Amara glanced around the
room. The other girls were sitting or lying in various places.
From her position in the corner she could see most of the
ribbons on the scrolls they were reading. From what she could
see it looked like all of them were reading the female/female
parings instead of the ones that had them hooking up with
Darien. It could possibly be out of respect for Serena they were
not reading the stories where they stole her boyfriend but Amara
didn't think so. She noted that not a one of them had looks of
disgust on their faces at what they were reading but mostly just
seemed curious.
Hearing a slight sniffling sound in the completely quiet room
Amara glanced over at Serena and saw the scroll she was
holding up reading was shaking slightly as though she was
crying behind it.
"Serena are you okay?" She called out. Immediately all the girls
stopped reading and looked over at Serena.
Raye from her position could see Serena's face clearly and she
was shocked to see silent tears running from her eyes.
"Serena?" She called out and then raced to her side. "What's wrong?"
Serena choked back a sob. "Nothing. Its silly. This story just
shook me up. Its about that time Darien was having that stupid
dream so he tried to chase me away from him. Remember?"
Raye nodded her head.
"Well in this story he was so desperate to drive me away....."
Serena started to say.
"What? What did he do to you?" Raye demanded to know.
"He struck me. Several times in the story." Serena finally
managed to get out.
She could hear the shocked gasps coming from the other girls.
"Darien would never do that!" Mina shouted.
"I know." Serena said with a sob.
"What happens next Serena." Raye asked her gently as she
placed her arm around the sobbing girl.
"I came back to the temple here. Which by the way this author
describes so well it is scary." Serena said and then remembering
the rest of the story she starts to cry again.
"What happens?" Lita asked moving closer to where Serena was
sitting.
"I came back to the temple and you all told me that you
understood why Darien hit me. Who could possibly love a
weakling, coward fool like me. And one by one you all slapped
me and walked away. Even Amy."
"I would never do that!" Amy cried.
"None of us would do that!" Mina shouted. "That author is just
whacked is all there is to it!"
"All of them left you Serena?" Amara gently called out.
"No not all of them. Raye stayed behind and helped me wash up
from my beatings and comforted me." Serena finally said. Raye
could feel Serena stiffen slightly in her arms.
"Of course I would!" Raye stated. "You maybe sometimes a
meatball head but you are my best friend. I would always
comfort you when you are hurt." Once again Raye could feel
Serena stiffen slightly before relaxing into her embrace.
Suddenly Raye remembered that Luna had used the term
comforted when talking about the Serena/Darien story scroll that
had hit Serena and started all these problems.
Now it was Serena's turn to feel Raye tighten up beside her.
"Oh god! She figured out what I meant." Serena thought in
panic and started to pull away so Raye wouldn't be embarrassed.
Raye however didn't release her hug but turned to look Serena
in the eye and started blushing slightly. "Oh you mean that kind
of 'comforting'?"
"I didn't write the story!" Serena cried defensively and once
again tried to pull away from Raye.
"Serena. Its okay. Really it is." Raye told her. "Its just a story
someone wrote. It doesn't mean anything."
Serena quit trying to get away from Raye but seemed kind of depressed.
Raye not caring that the other scouts were all watching her and
Serena leaned in and kissed Serena on the nose. "Gods know I
love you Serena. We all do. And I would do anything if it made
you happy."
"Even that?" Serena asked in a voice that could barely be heard.
Raye placed a hand and turned Serena's face so she could look
her in her eyes. "Even that if you really wanted me." She
whispered to her.
Serena couldn't help the blush that came over her face. "Thank
you Raye. I don't know what I would have done at that time
Darien had dumped me because of that dream if you all had
turned on me like that story."
Raye looking at Serena's blushing face and her eyes shiny with
tears suddenly thought that she was the most beautiful creature
she had ever seen. Raye had been reading a scroll that had
Serena sacrificing herself to protect Raye and the other scouts
and as she lay dying Raye, the character in the story, decided she
couldn't let her die not knowing how she felt. So she confessed
how she had always been in love with her and Serena dying told
her she felt the same way. In the story which Raye had just
finished when Serena started crying, the character Raye had bent
down to kiss her Serena, when the young woman had breathed
her last. Raye ( the real one) had almost started crying herself
when she heard Serena.
"And what makes me feel almost sick with worry is, the
character Serena in the story is just like the real one. I can see
Serena easily sacrificing herself to protect anyone of us at any
time. Heavens! She already has so many times before. And at
any time she may die and just like the story character Raye, I
will be standing over her dead body regretting that I waited to
long to tell her how precious she was to me."
Raye not even aware of what she was doing bent over and kissed
Serena on the lips gently. Not caring that all the other scouts
were watching her or what Serena might think but only that she
had to let her know how much she cared for her, and desired her.
Raye came to herself quickly with her eyes widening in shock at
what she was doing and started to pull away. That is until she
felt Serena's arm encircle her waist and felt Serena starting to
kiss her back.
"Ahem Serena!" Michelle said loudly. "I don't think Luna
would approve of this behavior."
Luna had left to keep an eye on Rini and Artemis was outside
getting a breath of air. He claimed that being locked up with so
many females was making him edgy. Mina had joked that he
was just worried that they might try to use him as a teddy bear
that night.
Serena pulled away enough from Raye's lips to say. "I don't
really care what Luna approves of at this moment." And pressed
her lips back to Raye's
"Serena!" Michelle said loudly again.
Serena's eyes blinked several times as though she was waking
up from a beautiful dream and didn't want to and she found
herself looking into Raye's eyes.
Serena's eyes grew huge as she realized what she was doing. Or
starting to do anyway. She was one step away from making out
with her best friend! In front of everyone! Turning a bright
burning red she pulled quickly away from Raye. "On my god! I
am so sorry Raye. I don't know what came over me! The story....."
"Its okay Serena, Serena! Meatball Head!! Its okay." Raye
finally shouted as Serena got close to breaking down in hysterics.
"You don't hate me?" Serena asked softly.
"I told you the truth a moment ago Serena. I love you and always
will." Raye replied just as softly.
Serena managed a weak smile and Raye moved back over to her
bed and picked up another scroll to read.
The other girls not sure just what had happened, or almost
happened in front of them, returned to their own spots and
picked up scrolls and started reading again.
Raye frowned as the scroll she was reading started to get past
her scattered thoughts and she became aware of what she was
reading. This scroll was one of those with her and Darien
together but it wasn't just that. No the author of this scroll went
much farther than that. In this scroll Darien and her were
planning on eliminating Serena so Raye could be the Moon
Princess and leader of the Sailor Scouts! Raye read as her (the
story her that is) and Darien (the story character) captured
Serena in a dark alley and while Darien held her so she could
not summon help or transform into Sailor Moon, Raye beat her
to death. As Serena lay bleeding and dying in the filth of an
alley, Raye and Darien removed their dark hoods they had been
wearing so Serena could see who it was that had killed her and
started to have wild sex almost on top of Serena's dying body.
Raye with an almost scream of physical pain threw the scroll as
far away from her as she could and pulled her knees up to her
chest and shuddered violently. The scroll flew through the air
and hit the wall behind Amara and Michelle and fell to the floor.
Amara started to pick up but stopped when Raye sobbed a no at them.
Mina looked at shock at Raye. First was her admitting to Serena
she loved her and now this violent outburst. "These stories are
pretty powerful stuff I guess." She thought to herself. So far the
only story Mina had finished reading had been pretty silly. Her
and Darien went out a few times and while Darien was dunk, she
and him had sex. All the time he kept saying Serena's name. So
as far as Mina was concerned it was just a story of Serena and
Darien having sex and had nothing to do with her really.
Picking up the next scroll she looked at the ribbon and saw that
it identified it as being a Mina/Serena story. Thinking to herself
that this should be good for a laugh, she untied the ribbon and
started reading.
The story didn't start in present day or even when she had first
met Serena and the other scouts. It started back in England
where she lived for a short time as a model. This kind of
shocked Mina. She had never really talked to the other scouts
much about that time and here she was reading it from some
mystery author she had no idea who they were. Mina noted the
author got all the towns and people names correct in the story
and felt a brief pang of nostalgia reading. Mina almost dropped
the scroll when it mentioned Anna Marie. Another model that
Mina had met and how they had a very brief fling together. Mina
was beyond shock. "No one knew about that! Except for me and
Anna! I never told a living soul." Mina thought to herself.
Both of the young models had been working late one night and
after the photographer had left they started acting silly from lack
of sleep and one thing had lead to another and they had ended up
kissing. They broke it off before things had gotten too serious
however and soon after Anna Marie had moved off and Mina
had lost contact with her.
The story continued to where she had first met the Sailor Scouts
and how she realized that even though Anna had red hair and
Serena had blond how much they looked similar. It was
something about their eyes and their cute face.
Mina almost dropped the scroll.
All of that was true but where Mina had only noted the
similarities between Serena and Anna, in the story she carried it
much farther and started a intense affair with Serena.
Mina carefully rolled up the scroll when she finished reading it
and sat it off to the side and found herself staring thoughtfully at Serena.
Lita being a fast reader had read through several stories already.
One where she had an affair with Raye. "Yeah right!" She
thought with a snort. It wasn't that Raye was unattractive. Even
Lita had to admit that Raye was stunning looking. It was just that
Lita liked boys and had no interest in girls. Not that way anyway.
One of the stories had her having an affair with Darien. Going
behind Serena's back and actually beating her up when in the
story Serena caught her and Darien together. This one too
earned a snort. Lita could never knowingly hurt Serena like that
and besides, she didn't really think that much of Darien. He was
cute and all that but any guy ever treated her like he had treated
Serena over that dumb dream thing from a while back she would
have broken every bone in their body and left them in the hospital.
Picking up the next scroll she glanced at its ribbon and saw that
it was going to be a Lita/Serena/Raye one.
"If I can't see myself with one girl, making it two isn't going to
change things guys." She silently thought to who ever it was
writing these scrolls.
The story started off before Lita had met the scouts. Back when
she was in school and was always in trouble for fighting. How
some of the students had taken to calling her names. Like butch
and blunt object Lita.
Lita winced those names had hurt at the time. And here some
author she had no idea who it was, was reminding her of them.
Then came the move to the school Serena was located at. The
story reminded Lita that Serena had been the only one brave, or
foolhardy enough to come over and try to make her feel welcomed
"That might be true, but it doesn't mean I want to jump into
bed with her." Lita thought to herself.
The story continued pretty much like how real life had gone for
Lita, until it reached the night when a childhood friend of hers
had been attacked by a youma. Lita remembered that night. She
had been drained herself and was very weak, so weak that
Serena had panicked. She told Lita that she knew she was weak
and kind of a crybaby but she would try her very best to handle it
so Lita wouldn't have to become Sailor Jupiter. In real life Lita
had been touched but had went ahead and transformed and with
Sailor Moon's help defeated the monster. In the story however,
Lita had allowed Serena to face the monster alone and it had
mortally wounded her. As Serena lay dying on the ground with
her scouts around her, the other scouts accused Lita of not doing
her part and was to blame for Serena's death.
Sailor Mars had stepped to Lita's side and defended her but the
other scouts were not hearing any of it. They were losing their
leader and they knew it was Lita's fault. The story never said
what the scouts planned on doing about it.
The reason being because Serena called out to them to not
blame Lita. That Lita was everything she ever wanted to be.
Strong, intelligent and brave.
The story Lita realized that she loved Serena and Raye at that
moment. Not the young women's bodies but the blazing spirit of
purity inside of them. The story Lita realized that a person was
more than the outside form and that Serena was more worthy of
love than any of her old boyfriends had been. Before the story
Lita could tell all this to Serena however she died.
Real Lita suddenly stopped reading and felt a shudder go
through her. There had been times in real life when Serena had
come close to dying and each time it happened Lita felt like a
part of herself had been ripped out and each time she couldn't
think of how her or the other scouts could go on without their
bubbly, happy leader. But each time before she could really
think about it, Serena came back. Now Lita really thought about
trying to continue her life if Serena was gone for good.
"Well of course the first thing is, the future would be changed
forever. No Serena, no Queen Serenity, no Princess Rini, no
King Darien. The scouts would probably continue on trying to
protect the earth, if nothing else in Serena's memory. All the
scouts would probably go on to find other loves....." Lita
thought to herself but couldn't finish the thought. "Funny. With
Serena here I can think of someday finding a true love in a guy
and settling down but with the thought of Serena gone, she
couldn't even imagine finding love any more." Lita frowned and
rolled the scroll up and dropped it beside her.
"Oh my god! I am in love with Serena!" She thought in near
panic and shot a look over to where Serena was reading another scroll.
Amy was reading one of her scrolls and noting the sentence
structure, grammar usage and punctuation's. "Obviously a well
educated person wrote this." She thought to herself. Finally
Amy actually got around to reading the scroll instead of trying to
analyze it.
The story was almost biographical Amy noticed. It talked about
her early life of studying. Of how she wanted to be a doctor just
like her mother. The classes she had taken, the subjects studied.
Amy felt herself yawn. "Wow, reading about what I had
studied seems more boring that when I actually had studied it."
She thought to herself.
The story mentioned some of the people that Amy had went to
school with and real life Amy was surprised. She had forgotten
most of them till being reminded by the reading. She had her
nose stuck in a book so much she hadn't really noticed the
people moving in and out of her life.
That is until she met Serena.
Serena unlike the others that Amy had met and known going
through school wasn't intimidated by her intelligence.
She had seen the studious but at the same time lonely young
woman and had made it her mission in life to get her to enjoy
some of the more simpler things in life. Ice cream, video games
and friends.
Amy prided herself that she never lied to herself. She never ran
from her own mind but carefully analyzed her emotions. Some
might say overanalyzed. One thing Amy had known for a long
time was she had a crush on her friend.
Amy remembered the beginning, the first few missions when it
was just Serena as Sailor Moon and her as Mercury before they
found the other scouts. After they found the other scouts Amy
admitted to herself that she was a little jealous of the time
Serena spent with them. Oh she appreciated the help but before
it had only been her and Serena fighting and now the other girls
divided Serena's attention.
Amy returned her attention the story in front of her. She noticed
the story had reached a point where it was about how the other
scouts under Raye's instigation turned on Serena and kicked her
out. Serena heartbroken and upset turned to her oldest scout
friend Amy and the story devolved into a simple make out story
between her and Serena.
"Why do so many of these stories seem to be about one of us or
Darien turning on Serena? No one who ever knew Serena could
really want to hurt her or hate her." Amy thought to herself.
Suddenly the analytical part of her mind came up with the
answer. "Because almost all of these stories have one or all of
us making out with her and the author figures that it would take
a tremendous emotional strain for Serena or any of the other
scouts to act on their feelings! That is what all these stories
have in common! They are all about the scouts and Serena
being secretly in love with one another and what it might take
for us to break through and admit it to one another!"
Amy glanced up from her scroll and as inconspicuously as she
could looked around the room. Serena was reading another
scroll. This time with a faint blush and smile on her face. Amy
could not see from her position what symbols were on the ribbon
on the scroll.
Continuing to look around the room she noted the others were
not reading. They were all trying to secretly stare at Serena while
she read!
Amy was shocked when she suddenly became jealous. "How
dare they stare at my Serena!" Amy thought to herself.
The analytical part of her mind ground to a stop. "Her
Serena?!" It questioned.
"Yes. My Serena! I knew her before any of them did! I knew her
even before Darien/Tuxedo Mask knew her." Amy argued back.
Her analytical part of her mind smugly pointed out that mentally
arguing with yourself was not a great sign.
"How do you feel about the other scouts then?" It asked her.
Amy took her eyes off of Serena and once again scanned the
other scouts.
"Well, I have always admired Raye for how bold and outgoing
she is. And Lita is always so brave and strong. Mina almost
looks like Serena. She is so beautiful. Amara is so skilled and
determined. And Michelle...." Amy paused for a moment
remembering the time she swam against Michelle in a race. How
graceful and beautiful she was then.
"Ah ha!" Her logical part of her mind said in triumph. "You are
in love with all of the scouts! Not just Serena." As if sensing
that Amy's emotional part of her mind was going to start arguing
it added. "You feel stronger towards Serena but you still have
feelings for the others. It really is only logical if you think about
it. Serena was your princess thousands of years ago on the
moon and you died with her and the others then. Being reborn
you met her and together you and all the others have come so
close to dying a second time many times. It is no wonder that all
of you are tied so closely together and have such strong
feelings."
Amy thought in argument with her mind. "It is natural that I
want to sleep with my best friend?"
"Perfectly. It just wouldn't be wise to act on those feelings. It
would cause too many complications and might mess up the
timeline. Serena is destined to be in love with Darien and be
Neo-Queen Serenity in the future."
The emotional part of her mind responded. "And isn't it logical
that Serena can be in love with more than just Darien at the
same time?"
Almost in self defense her analytical part of her mind tried to
change the subject. "You should forget reading any more scrolls
and quietly pick up the physics text book. None of the others
would notice."
Amy's emotional part of her mind realized what the logical part
was trying to do and realized that it had not answered her last question.
Serena couldn't suppress a giggle. The story she was reading
had Darien taking her to Raye's temple for a surprise birthday
party. The story Darien was acting so cute Serena couldn't help
but get that warm fluttery feeling in her stomach she got every
time she was close to her 'muffin' in real life. As Serena read
she found when the temple doors opened she saw all her scout
friends in their Sailor Scout uniforms.
Serena frowned in sudden worry for her character in the story.
"Oh please! Don't let this be another 'Scouts and Darien reject
me story.' The author couldn't be so cruel as to have them do
that to me on my birthday!"
Serena took a deep breath and continued reading.
All of the scouts were there except for Lita. "Oh great." Serena
thought to herself. "Is Lita going to be the one I run to and sleep
with in this story after the others reject me?" Serena wished she
had taken the time to look at the ribbon before she had opened
the scroll and started reading it.
In the story, the character Raye suddenly pushed a giant cake
into the room. As the story Serena started to drool over it, the
top of the cake suddenly popped open and there stood Lita with
her Sailor Jupiter uniform with icing all over her. As the scouts
began to sing happy birthday to Serena, Jupiter threw her arms
wide in a dramatic gesture and icing flew off her hands to hit
Mars and Venus.
Serena in real life started giggling again at that mental picture
and glanced up from the scroll. She could have sworn for a
moment that everyone in the room was looking at her but when
she turned to look they were all staring intently at their own
scrolls. Shrugging her shoulders she returned to reading.
Serena almost laughed out loud as the story continued with Mars
and Venus getting angry and picking up handfuls of icing threw
it back at Jupiter who ducked and the icing hit Mercury and the
story Serena. Story Darien stepped up and told them all to grow
up. All the scouts and Serena looked at him for a moment and
then picking up handfuls of icing threw it at him almost
completely covering him in icing. Story Darien looked shocked
for a moment and then with a smile raced over and tackled
Serena into the cake.
Real life Serena struggled to suppress more giggles. The giggles
however stopped to be replaced with a blush when she read the
scouts and Darien decided that since the cake was now all over
the story Serena, they would just lick it off of her.
Serena swallowed deeply and blushed more as the story began to
have detailed descriptions of the scouts and Darien licking her
while she licked back at however was near.
The real Serena started turning bright red with embarrassment
as the story ended with them all naked rolling around on the
floor in a wild orgy.
A part of Serena's mind noted that she didn't feel any jealousy
when the story had Lita and Darien kissing at one point because
they were with her. It just didn't seem like anything to be jealous
about as long as the scouts were sharing Darien with her and
wasn't trying to steal him away from her.
"That and its kind of hard to be jealous about Lita kissing
Darien when you were doing THAT with Raye and Amy." Her
mind pointed out.
Even though she was still blushing like crazy Serena giggled again.
"I take it that is a good story Moonface?" Amara called out to her.
Serena glanced up guiltily. "Yes. This one is really cute and
funny one."
As she started to roll up the scroll, Serena surprised herself with
the thought. "Its a pity the author didn't put Amara and
Michelle in it too. Oh and Trista too."
"Well if it is that good, maybe I would like to read it too."
Amara gently teased Serena.
"Um, no. You have your own scrolls to read." Serena replied
back but in a teasing voice.
"Perhaps we should all tell what has been in the stories we have
read so far." Amy called out and then blushed. "I mean it would
help us to see if there is any common threads between all the
different stories. We don't have to go into details. Just basically
what the stories were about."
Amara was the first to answer. "Well most of mine and
Michelle's stories have been about us. The love we share."
Amara said without blushing at all. "A few have been about us
and Serena and a couple were about us and one of the other scouts."
Amy nodded her head and then noticed that everyone was
looking at her. "Uh oh. I think I stuck my foot in my mouth by
suggesting this." Out loud she said with a slight stutter. "M m
mine have been mostly about me and Serena or Me, Serena and
Raye being together."
Getting it out she turned to look at Lita.
"Mine were mostly either about Darien or Serena, or both." Lita
said with a slight blush.
Serena called out. "This isn't getting us anywhere. We knew the
scrolls were about us being with one another or with Darien
from the symbols on the ribbons. We still haven't a clue on who
sent them or for what reason."
Serena in frustration reached out and pulled another scroll from
her pile. Glancing at the ribbon on it she saw that it had the
symbol for Pluto and her symbol with the crown on it.
"This is one of Trista's scrolls. She must have left them when
she went back to the Gates of Time and I picked it up when we
were cleaning out the Sacred Flame room."
Serena was reluctant to read Trista's scroll without permission
but since she was one of the characters in the story, or at least
her future self, she decided that it would be all right.
Untying the ribbon she opened the scroll and saw......It was
blank. There was no writing on it at all.
"That's weird!" Serena thought to herself. Quickly rolling the
scroll back up she searched through her pile again till she found
another one with Pluto's symbol and hers on it. Quickly opening
it she saw that it too was just a blank scroll.
With a frown Serena reached into her pile and pulled a scroll
with her symbol and Mars on it and unrolled it. This one was
filled with a story. Even though Serena suspected she might
have found a clue she couldn't help herself and started reading
the Serena/Raye story. This story dealt with Raye's grandfather
dying and Serena's attempts to cheer Raye up. Of course at the
end it ended up being another make out story but still Serena felt
a warm feeling on her face and in her heart. Her and the scouts
had been through so much together and the knowledge that they
would be there for each other in the future made Serena feel loved.
Suddenly a black portal opened in the middle of the room and
out stepped Sailor Pluto.
"Sailor Pluto? I thought you were going to come back in the
morning?" Raye called out to her.
Sailor Pluto with a smile nodded her head at the door to Raye's
room that lead outside. All the scouts looking up could see the
first faint rays of sunshine hitting the door.
"We've been sitting her all night reading?!" Mina yelped.
Lita nervously looked up at the ceiling above her and waited for
the scrolls to start dropping again.
Serena with realization dawning on her face called out to her.
"Don't worry Lita, I don't think any more scrolls will fall. Will
they Sailor Pluto? They served their purpose, didn't they?"
All the scouts including Amara and Michelle looked at Serena
like she was crazy but Serena with a confident look on her face
just watched Sailor Pluto.
Finally Pluto's shoulders sagged just the slightest bit. "How did
you figure it out?"
The scouts with their mouths hanging open just stared at Pluto.
Serena smiled. "Actually my first real hint came when I picked
up a scroll that had your symbol on it that you left here. It was blank."
Pluto made a grimace as she realized the mistake she had made.
"They were left blank because you only used them as props so
we would think you were getting scrolls too. And then even if
they had writing on them, you said it was about you and me in
the future. Who could have written about us in the future unless
the scrolls were from the future? And there is no one in the
future that could send these back without the Guardian of Time
knowing it."
Pluto didn't bother to deny it.
"All I want to know is why Pluto? Why and where did you find
these scrolls? Some of them are horrible!" Serena almost cried.
"As usual I can't tell you details about the future." Pluto began.
"But some time in the near future there is going to be an incident
so severe that Sailor Moon and the scouts may not survive it. All
your courage, all your friendship will not help you. The only
thing that will save you all is love, pure love."
"But we all love Serena." Amy said and then blushed.
Pluto looked at her and smiled gently. "Yes, yes you do but if
there is even the slightest doubt or feeling that the way you love
her is wrong then he will take advantage of it."
"He?" Amara asked.
"I can't tell you more." Pluto said
"Can you at least tell us where you got those scrolls from?"
Raye asked.
Pluto had a look on her face as if she was debating with herself.
"Yes I can tell you that. In the future Queen Neo-Serenity took
up as a hobby creative writing."
"These are my stories?!" Serena shouted in shock.
"Not all of them." Pluto said with a smile. "The other scouts
took up the idea of creative story writing as well. I understand
some of them put in historical non fiction stories and some of
them put in stories on how they wished things had gone and
some of the stories are strictly fiction.
Even Small Lady contributed to the library. I believe even some
of the palace staff have taken to writing some scrolls and
sneaking them into the library."
Serena thinking of some of the more unpleasant stories she came
across asked. "Do some of the palace staff have something
against me?"
Pluto frowned. "Well you are Queen of the Earth, you have a
handsome husband that adores you and are almost always
surrounded by your scouts that practically worship you. There is
slight resentment from some of course. Why? I have never read
any of the stories in the library, are some of them less than flattering?"
"You can say that again." Raye muttered under her breath.
"I am sorry." Pluto said sadly. "When I noticed the disruption in
the time stream and saw what caused it I had to react as quickly
as I could to keep the disturbance from becoming permanent. So
I just grabbed scrolls at random from the library, sorted them by
their ribbons and set them to be sent through the portals. I am
sorry Serena if any of the stories made you or any of the others
to feel sad or upset."
Serena glanced over at Raye. "That is okay Pluto. The
realizations that came from reading them far out weigh the
momentary sadness they might have caused."
Raye blushed prettily.
"So......What do we do now that we know for certain how we all
feel?" Mina asked not looking at anyone.
Serena with a blush but at the same time a almost wicked grin
said. "Pity we don't have any cake here."
All the scouts having not read that story didn't know what
Serena was talking about. Serena with a grin pulled the scroll
out and started reading it out loud to them. Motioning for Pluto
to sit down and relax. Pluto started to shake her head but just sat
down when she got a commanding regale look from Serena.
The End.
by Weirdbard
Disclaimers: The characters of Sailor Moon are not mine and I
am only borrowing them to get a story out of my head so I can
move on to other stories.
This story contains adult themes and makes reference to
female/female love. (note I did not say sex but that is kind of
implied as well.) If you are too young or too closed minded to
read that type of stuff then please stop right here.
Serena sat in Raye's temple and tried to concentrate on the fire
reading going on but kept trying to doze off. She couldn't help
it.
The large bonfire in the center of the room made the room so
pleasantly warm and over the roaring fire she could just hear the
sounds of the cold rain pounding outside. If two conditions
weren't ready made to put someone into a deep sleep, she didn't
know what could.
Jerking her head up as she almost started napping again she
noticed with amusement that she wasn't the only one.
Lita and Mina were nodding their heads as they struggled to
keep sleep from them as well.
All the scouts were gathered today, both the inner scouts and the
outer ones. The only one missing was Hotaru who was home taking care of her father.
Raye had called them and told them all that she
sensed something about to happen and anyone who knew Raye
knew that you didn't dismiss her premonitions lightly.
Serena noticed that Raye had stopped chanting and seemed to
only be staring at the fire now so she risked her wrath to ask her
the question they were all wondering. "You get anything Raye?"
Raye shook her head in frustration. "No. It doesn't feel like the
Negaverse or any enemies but I still get the distinct feeling that
something is going to happen soon that will change our lives
completely. I can't even tell if it is going to be for the good or bad."
Serena started to open her mouth to tell Raye that it was all
right, that no matter what happened they would handle it but she
snapped her jaw shut as Raye once again started to chant at the
fire again.
Raye concentrated on the fire and chanted for a while longer but
broke it off when she heard snoring. Glancing angrily at Serena
she was surprised to see her with her eyes open watching her.
Serena shook her head to show it was not her and pointed beside
her to where Rini still sitting up was sleeping and snoring.
Raye's angry frown faded away to be replaced with a grin.
"Okay guys, I'll try just one more time and then will call if off."
Mina jerked her head up and said. "Um, yeah that sounds like a
great idea Raye. I agree completely."
Raye's grin grew bigger. She knew that Mina had just woke up
herself and had no idea to what she just agreed to but was only
saying to act as if she had been paying attention.
"Oh, so you agree that you will go out with grandpa tomorrow
then?" Raye asked.
Mina just nodded her head as she drifted off to sleep once again.
Raye could hear Serena lightly giggling.
Letting her face grow serious once again Raye started chanting.
Serena felt her eyelids growing heavy and struggled to stay
awake. She didn't want Raye to catch her napping and end up
agreeing to any silly things like Mina had. Just as her eyes
closed shut completely she suddenly felt a bonk on the head
right between her two 'meatballs'.
"I'm awake!" she nearly shouted as her eyes snapped open.
Looking around she saw all the scouts staring at her in surprise,
well except for Mina and Rini who were still napping
themselves. Looking down into her lap she saw a scroll sitting
there and quickly figured out that must have been what had hit her.
Picking the scroll up she saw that it was a typical old fashion
scroll. A piece of parchment with wooden rods attached on
either ends, rolled closed and tied shut with a beautiful golden
ribbon. The ribbon had printed on it a crescent moon symbol
and the astronomical symbol for the earth.
Serena had looked up the symbol for the earth a long time ago in
preparation for her and Darien's wedding someday. She wanted
the wedding invitations to have the symbols for the moon and
the earth intertwined.
"Is that a letter from your future self?" Amy asked. None of the
scouts had been paying attention to Serena and had not seen the
scroll arrived but assumed it had appeared from mid air like the
few letters she had received from her future self had.
Serena just shrugged her shoulders and untying the ribbon
opened the scroll and began reading to herself.
Amy and the rest of the scouts waited to hear what the scroll
said and were surprised when Serena started blushing.
"Well what is it moonface?" Amara finally asked.
Serena gave a start and quickly hid the scroll behind her back.
"Its a story about me and Darien." She finally said.
"What kind of story? And where did it come from?" Amy
reasonably asked.
"Um, I don't know where it came from and its just a story is all."
Serena nervously replied.
Luna walking up behind Serena could see the scroll clearly.
Serena was gripping it by the upper portion of the scroll and it
was unfurled so she could easily read it. Quietly she read for a moment.
"Serena! You haven't done anything with Darien like is in this
scroll have you?!" Her shocked voice yelled out.
"I wish!" Serena muttered before turning bright red and
snatching the scroll around to her front again and quickly rolling
it up and tying it with the ribbon again.
"What did the scroll say Luna?" Amy asked her.
"As Serena said it is a story. It has all of you scouts fighting a
youma and Serena getting hurt. You take her back to Darien's
apartment to look after her and Darien takes the opportunity to
'comfort' her." Luna in her precise accent replied.
"How does he comfort her?" Rini who had woken up when Luna
had yelled asked her.
"Um, never mind." Luna said as she walked around front to look
at Serena.
"But where did the scroll come from?" Raye asked. "You didn't
write it, did you Serena?"
"No, Serena couldn't have wrote that." Luna answered for her.
"For one thing, it was spelled correctly and had very good handwriting."
Serena scowled at the black cat.
"And for another I hope that Serena hasn't that good of a
imagination." Luna added
Serena scowl deepened and then disappeared to be replaced with
a blush as she remembered some of the things the scroll had her
and Darien doing.
The scouts were just about to press for details when Mina
suddenly jerked awake with a start. "Go out with grandpa? No way!"
Raye and the rest laughed at Mina.
Amy looked thoughtful. "Perhaps Serena's scroll is a warning
from the future about the fight with the youma?"
"I really doubt that." Luna answered. "The fight only got a small
paragraph. The story was more about Darien's 'comforting' of Serena."
"Well maybe it is from the future letting Serena's know about
Daren's comfort so she can prepare herself for that?" Lita said.
Serena allowed a big smile appear on her face. "I have never
looked forward to a youma attack before."
Luna shot her a look before turning her attention back to Lita.
"Again I doubt that. The story had a more fantasy feel to it.
Darien would never take such liberties with Serena till after they
were married. And I'm sure Serena wouldn't do anything like
that either till they were married." Luna turned her attention to
Serena. "Right?!"
Serena nodded her head. "Of course not Luna." Behind her back
she had her fingers crossed however.
"So we are still left with, where did the scroll come from and
what does it mean?" Lita asked.
Raye shook her head. "I guess when and if the time is right the
answers will just hit us."
Just as she finished saying that a small black hole appeared a
few feet above her head and a scroll fell out to land on her head
with a audible *bonk*
Raye rubbed her head and looked at the scroll in her lap with
annoyance. It was tied with a bright red ribbon and had
imprinted on it in black the symbols for Mars and the crescent
moon symbol.
Raye quickly untied the scroll and started silently reading it to
herself while the other scouts looked on in wonder.
Raye's face started to turn bright red and Amara noticed her
breathing quickened. Occasionally Raye would glance up from
the scroll and look at Serena. To Amara it looked like a look of speculation.
Finally Raye finished the scroll and careful rolled it up and tied
it with it's ribbon tightly.
Her face was so bright red and she couldn't look at the others
for a moment and stared at the ground in front of her.
"Was it another scroll about me and Darien?" Serena could not
longer contain herself and asked.
Raye not looking up at Serena just said. "It was about you but
Darien wasn't in that one."
Amy reasoning out loud said. "Well if the first scroll came to
Serena and was about her and Darien and this one came to Rei
and had Serena in it then that could mean......" Amy suddenly
broke off and started blushing herself as she realized where her
logic was leading her.
"Let me read it." Amara said holding out her hand to Raye for
the scroll. Michelle sitting next to her frowned and lightly
slapped her on the arm.
"No, not for that! Its important. Luna said Serena's scroll had
her as a sailor scout and then as herself at Darien's apartment.
What if these scrolls are not just falling here but all over town?!"
Serena's eyes grew wide and it looked like she was about to pass
out.
"And why are the stories so far only about Serena?" Lita asked.
"Maybe this is a plot by the Negaverse to destroy Serena?"
Serena muttered to herself. "Or to kill me with embarrassment?"
Amy once again was the voice of reason. "I don't think this is by
the Negaverse. If they knew who we are outside of the scouts,
they would do more than just send us made up dirty stories."
Serena and Raye blushed even more furiously at that.
"Still why are they just picking on Serena?" Lita once again asked.
Suddenly as if whoever was doing this was listening to them,
black portals appeared over all the scout's heads and scrolls
rained down on them.
Amy was conked on the head by no less than four scrolls and
Lita was hit by three. Mina had 6 scrolls dumped on her. Poor
Serena was nearly buried under an avalanche of 12 scrolls while
Raye was almost equal with her with 11 more scrolls falling on
her. Amara and Michelle had a equal number of 8 scrolls a piece
fall on them. Even Rini had 3 scrolls drop on her.
Serena brushed the scrolls off of her. "This is like some
demented book of the month club gone insane." She grumbled.
Lita was busy ripping off ribbons and reading what had been
written about her, while Amy was noting methodically the
symbols on the ribbons of her scrolls. She started to place the
scrolls separately based on the symbols on them.
"Mercury and Moon."
"Mercury and Mars."
"Mercury and Jupiter."
Amy's eyes bugged out slightly on the last scroll however but
she just put in off in its own category and said.
"Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto."
Mina scooted over to her a little.
"Hey should I be jealous? My symbol isn't on any of yours."
Amy couldn't stop blushing and started to say something when a
portal opened over Mina's head and dropped a scroll on it. The
scroll landed on the floor between her and Amy and as it rolled
to a stop they both could see the ribbon had the symbols of
Venus and Mercury on it.
"Oh. Guess mine got lost in the mail for a moment." Mina
finally said.
Amy in an effort to be clinical and detached from all of the
strange goings on said. "I suggest we all group our scrolls
together and see what the......" Her voice faltered for a moment
but then added flatly. "Parings are."
All the girls blushing to one extent or another nodded their
heads and started sorting their scrolls.
"Hey Serena? What are these symbols?" Rini asked her.
Serena glancing at the three scrolls in Rini's hands took them
from her.
"This little crescent moon must mean you Rini and this one
is....." Serena looked at it blankly for a moment. She knew she
had seen it and not long ago but she couldn't place it. "Amy?"
"It's the astrological symbol for Saturn." Amy replied.
"Oh." Serena said and then her eyes grew wide and quickly
untying the ribbon she started to read the scroll that Rini had
been given.
"Hey! That is my scroll! You shouldn't get to read it!" Rini
yelled and reached up to take it back.
"Trust me Rini! You are to young to be reading this kind of
trash." Serena said pulling the scroll away from Rini's grasping hands.
Luna who had leapt to Serena's shoulder and was reading along
with her, looked over at Serena's face. "You are too young to be
reading this too!" Looking back at the scroll and reading another
paragraph Luna's black fur bristled. "I think if Queen Serenity
was still around she would be too young to read this stuff." She gasped.
Serena shuddered and let the scroll roll back up. Tying it shut
she placed it on the other side of her away from Rini. "Trust me
sprout. You don't want to read that."
Looking at the other two scrolls Rini had her hands Serena took
them and glanced at the symbols on them. She turned slightly
green when she noticed that one of them had a small crescent
moon and a larger one on it. "She's my future daughter you
sickos!" She yelled up at the ceiling and then looking at the last
one she saw that it had a small crescent moon and the symbol for
earth on it. "Sure. Why not? If she can be with her future mom,
why not have her be with her future dad too?" She said in
disgust at the ceiling again.
"Um, Serena? Who are you talking to?" Raye asked her.
"Haven't you notice these scrolls show up when any of us make
a comment. Almost as if someone is watching us." Serena
replied still looking up at the ceiling. As if to prove her
comments a black portal opened and dropped a scroll. Being
half way prepared for it, Serena snapped out a hand and caught
it before it could hit her.
Serena angrily looked at the ribbon. "Oh nice. Now it has me,
my daughter and Hotaru together." Serena practically snarled in disgust.
"Now we don't know for sure that the stories are all..." Amy's
voice faltered again for a moment. "that kind of stories." She
finished looking at a confused Rini. "The symbols may just
show who the main characters are in the story."
Amy opened her scroll that had all the scouts symbols on it
except for Venus and quickly scanned it. Her face paled and
then blushed so strongly that the other scouts were afraid she
was going to pass out. "Okay so that one tends to disprove my
theory." She finally managed to croak out. "Who is writing this
stuff?" She asked no one in particular. "I don't even think this
part is humanly possible!"
Amara quickly reached out and snatched the scroll from Amy's
hands. Her and Michelle read it for a moment.
"It is possible but not very comfortable." Michelle said.
To the shock of the other scouts their usually always calm and
collected friends Amara and Michelle both blushed bright red.
Amy trying to get control over her own embarrassment returned
to her scientific and clinical attitude. "Okay. So how do the
scrolls break down?" She asked everyone.
Amara as if trying to get over her and Michelle's embarrassment
the same way was the first to answer. "Most of mine and
Michelle's scrolls are just about us. Although we do have two
with Serena with us and one with just me and moonface alone."
Amara couldn't help but notice Serena glance up with a blush
and if she didn't know better a slightly wondering face.
Lita was the next to answer.
"One with me and Raye and Serena"
"One with me and Serena alone."
"One with me and Mina."
Everyone looked at Ray next.
"Eight of them with me and Serena."
"Two of them with me and Darien alone."
"One with me, Darien and Serena."
"That is terrible!" Mina said.
"Yeah! You better never try to be alone with Darien!" Serena
shouted and then suddenly turned red and covered her face with
her hands. "You know what I meant." She said through her fingers.
Once again Amara thought she detected a questioning look on
Ray's face as she glanced at Serena but then decided that the
racy scrolls were affecting her judgment.
Everyone looked at Serena and she just kept blushing deeper and
deeper.
"Well Meatball head? How do the scrolls you got break down?!"
Ray finally yelled at her.
"Oh that." Serena said and then glanced down at her scrolls.
"6 of them have me and Raye together." She said without
looking in Rei's direction.
"3 of them with me and Amara." Again she didn't look in
Amara's direction but stared at the scrolls in front of her.
"And the rest of them has me with.....well practically everyone."
Mina looked over at Amy. "See you weren't the only one to get
the group story." Mina then glanced over at Serena. "Was I in
the group ones this time at least?"
Serena had to suppress an almost hysterical giggle. Only Mina
would be worried that she was left out of a group dirty story.
"Yeah Mina you were in all of my group story scrolls." She
finally said.
Rini glanced over at Luna. "I don't really understand what kind
of stories these are or what the girls are talking about."
"Good!" Luna said with a relieved sigh. "I mean this is adult talk
dear. I would have had you leave the room but since you have
had some scrolls fall on you as well, I want you by Serena so she
can make sure that you don't read them. They are really meant to
be read my someone much older and I don't want them
confusing you. Promise you won't read any of them unless
Serena or one of the other scouts tell you its okay?"
Rini still looked confused but nodded her head. "I promise."
Artemis who had been watching Mina reading some of her
scrolls and shaking his head glanced over at Luna. "Well at least
they are leaving us cats alone."
"I suppose no one wants to read about us." Luna said with a
relieved sigh. A sigh that was cut short by, yeah you guessed it,
a scroll falling from the skies and landing on her.
Luna struggled out from the heavy scroll and shot a annoyed
glance at Artemis. "You just had to call attention to the fact that
were weren't getting any scrolls, didn't you?"
"I am almost afraid to ask Luna but who's symbols are on your
scroll?" Serena asked.
Luna pushing the heavy scroll till she could see the ribbon gave
a sigh of relief. "It has tiny cat paws in black and white on it. So
I assume it is about me and Artemis."
Artemis gave a cat smirk and would have run over to Luna's
side to read the scroll except, okay now everyone say it together,
a scroll fell out of the sky to land on him.
"Ouch! Those things are heavy, aren't they?" He grumbled as
he struggled out from under his scroll. Quickly looking at the
ribbon he determined that it was him and Luna in the story.
Looking up he started to call out the information to Luna but
instead yelled. "Luna watch out! Incoming!"
Luna leaping to the side managed to keep from being brained by
another heavy scroll falling. Looking at the ribbon she gasped
out. "Oh my!"
All the scouts could clearly see the scroll's ribbon had the tiny
black kitty paw print on it and right next to it was a large
crescent moon symbol.
"Oh please! There is no way you can have..." Serena broke off
and glanced down at her daughter sitting next to her. "A story
with me and Luna in it." She finished lamely. Reaching out she
picked up the scroll and opening it started to read.
Suddenly Serena turned green and ran from the room in the
direction of the bathroom.
"What could be so bad?" Luna wondered out loud and walking
over to where the open scroll lay she started reading. Luna's
eyes kept getting wider and wider and suddenly she ran from the
room, heading to the outside. The scouts sitting dumbfounded
could hear retching noises coming from both Serena and Luna
from the different directions.
Amara got up and quickly picked the scroll up before a curious
Rini could break her promise and read it. Standing Amara read
for a moment and then without a word she quietly rolled the
scroll up, tied it and then tossed it into Raye's sacred fire.
"Hey! That's not for garbage disposal you know!" Raye angrily
yelled out.
"Well if we don't use that, we will have to start a fire
somewhere. We can't just throw these things away in the
garbage. We can't take a risk that someone else might read these
things." Amara stated.
Serena and Luna walked back into the room and not looking at
each other they sat back down in the circle around the fire.
"We still need to figure out who and why they are being sent to
us." Lita said.
"I still say its a trick by the Negaverse." Mina stated. "It is meant
to distract and upset us so we can't concentrate on the next
youma attack!"
"How? By making us so embarrassed we can't think straight?!"
Raye snapped at her.
"Look! We have to set priorities and figure this out!" Amy
stated. "First, is anyone else getting these scrolls sent to them?"
"Like who?" Serena asked.
"Well for instance, is Darien right now getting hit in the head
with scrolls? Or maybe Pluto is?" Amy asked.
At that moment a black portal opened in front of them and Sailor
Pluto walked out of it.
"I can answer the last question Amy." Pluto began but stopped
as a portal appeared over her head and a scroll fell out of it to
land on her head.
"Luna P!" Rini happily shouted.
"Hello Small Lady. I am very happy to see you again." Sailor
Pluto smiled at her and then reached up and rubbed her head in
annoyance at the bump the scroll had caused.
Serena looking at the scroll on the ground could see that it had
Sailor Pluto's symbol on it and right next to it was the symbol of
the crescent moon but this time it had a crown above it.
"I take it this means you too have been getting these things?"
She asked her.
Pluto frowned. "Yes. Mine seem to be dealing mostly with either
Queen Neo-Serenity of the future or the grown up Small Lady in
the future but I am getting them as well."
Raye's mouth was open in shock. "You mean even at the Gates
of Time they are showing up?!"
"Yes who ever is doing this and for what ever reasons, they must
be very powerful to send them." Pluto replied.
"And to answer your questions about Darien. I have used the
Gateway to look in on him and not a single scroll has fallen on
him while he is at school or walking the crowded streets. This
leads me to either believe that he will not be getting them or that
the scrolls wait for us to be alone and away from strangers
before they fall on us."
"Perhaps who ever is doing this is only targeting the scouts?"
Artemis asked.
"Are you forgetting the scrolls we were almost brained by?"
Luna asked him.
The scouts were suddenly quiet as they could hear Darien's
voice talking to Raye's grandfather outside the door.
"Is Serena here?"
"She sure is. Her and her friends are using the sacred fire room
for a get together. Just go on in. I'm sure they won't mind."
Raye's grandpa's voice could be heard.
Darien opened the door and stepping in slid it shut. Turning
around he saw Serena and all the scouts sitting there looking at
him. Serena's face looked flushed and he noticed that the others
were too.
"What's wrong Serena?" He asked, right before a huge black
portal appeared over his head and he was buried under dozens
and dozens of scrolls falling on him at once.
Serena looked down at Rini in shock for a moment before they
both leapt to their feet and raced to reach him first.
Amara glanced up at the standing Pluto. "I guess that answers
that. The scrolls wait till you are alone or with others that know
your secrets before they fall on you."
Pluto looked as if she was going to answer but a portal appeared
above her head and distracted her as two scrolls fell out and hit her.
"This is ridiculous!" Lita grumbled. "We are going to need to
get some hard hats if this keeps up."
Amy nodded her head. "Let's hope that whoever is writing these
things doesn't write a epic novel and drop it on us."
Everyone looked at the air above Amy's head and just waited for
a portal to appear and drop a scroll the size of a rolled rug on her
head but nothing showed up.
Serena and Rini were trying to dig Darien out of his scroll pile
but the fact that the portal above him hadn't shut and scrolls
kept falling on him didn't help any.
"Amy use your computer and see if you can get some kind of
lock on where these holes are coming from!" Serena shouted
back at her while she continued to dig.
Amy being a little flustered and distracted by the scrolls she had
been reading nodded her head guiltily. "Of course I should have
thought of that!"
Opening her mini computer she rapidly started typing. Only to
have her computer smashed as a fairly large scroll fell from a
portal and land on it with a loud crack.
Serena muttered angrily to herself as she finally managed to pull
Darien from the growing pile of scrolls. Only to have the portal
above him move to stay above him as more scrolls fell out.
"Darien seems to be a popular subject for whoever is writing
these things." she hissed as Darien was hit once again in the
head by a scroll and it fell to bonk Serena on the head as well
before landing on the floor. Serena glancing down saw that it
had the earth symbol and the one for Mars on it and quickly
kicked it away.
"Would someone like to explain to me why I am getting a
concussion from falling..." Darien bent down and picked up a
scroll at random. "Scrolls?"
"None of us have a clue either. They just started showing up and
falling on us." Raye yelled back to him and then catching out of
the corner of her eye a portal opening above her jerked back as a
scroll came out and missed her.
Darien glanced at the scroll in his hands and could see that it
had a crescent moon on it and his earth symbol and quickly
untying it started to read.
Darien's eyes grew wide and looking down at Serena, he
couldn't convince himself that this wasn't some kind of joke on
her and the scouts' part. "Um, Serena?" He said and then
pointed at the open scroll in his hand. "If this is some kind of
suggestion, I am more than willing to try it but my apartment
manager won't let me put in a trapeze and the ice cream and
chocolate syrup would make quite a mess."
"Darien!" Serena blushed bright red. "Rini is here." She bumped
him and nodded down at Rini. "Will talk about it later." She added.
"No you won't!" Luna said running over to them. "Not till you
are married!"
Rini looked up in obvious confusion. "Why would they have to
be married to talk about sitting on a trapeze and eating ice cream
with chocolate syrup?"
"Um, never mind Rini." Darien said as he quickly rolled the
scroll up and Luna noted put it inside his jacket.
"I am really going to have to keep an eye on those two from
now on." Luna thought to herself.
"So what do we do about these scrolls?" Darien asked as another
fell and he ducked out of the way.
"Well we could go to a public place to think. I mean Pluto seems
to think the scrolls won't fall on us if there are strangers to see
them fall. At least this way we can talk without constantly
ducking." Serena said as a scroll fell and hit her on the head.
Out of reflex she caught it before it could hit the ground.
Amara who had been walking over to them saw that the symbols
on this one were of Serena and Raye. She also made a note of
the fact that Serena after seeing this, didn't drop it with the
others but hung on to it.
"We should just burn these scrolls before we leave though."
Michelle said.
"We can't! I haven't read all of them yet!" Mina, Raye and
Serena said about the same time.
Realizing that the others were now staring at them. Raye was the
first one to speak. "There might be clues in the stories on who is
writing them. They seem to know everything about us and we
really need to figure out who is doing this."
Serena nodded her head. "She's right. No matter how distasteful
it might be we should read all the stories to get as many clues as
we can."
Amara with a look on her face that only could be called a smirk
replied. "Okay Moonface. Me and Michelle will take your
scrolls with us back home and read them for 'clues'."
"You've got your own scrolls to read." Serena said with a frown.
"Well you can't take them home with you. What would your
parents say seeing you carry in armloads of scrolls?" Amara
calmly asked her.
They heard Amy gasp behind them. "She's right. What will any
of us do? Even if we destroy these scrolls what is to keep them
from falling on us at our homes? At night when we are trying to sleep?"
Serena her eyes growing wide realized that Amy was right.
"Well maybe they, who ever they are, are almost done with the
scrolls? I mean how many more stories can they write about us?"
The portal as if it was making fun of her dropped two more
scrolls on her head and then with a slight woosh noise closed. At
the almost exact moment all the portals above the other scouts'
heads closed.
"See? They are done." Serena stated and then jerked her head
back to look up at the ceiling as if expecting a scroll to smack
her. After a few moments of nothing happen she looked back at
the scouts in triumph. "See?"
"It may not be that they are out of scrolls but are just giving us a
break." Amy stated looking at her watch.
"What do you mean Amy?" Michelle asked her.
"The sun set at the same time the scrolls stopped falling." Amy
said nodding at her watch.
"You mean they might start again tomorrow morning?" Serena
nearly wailed. "So what do we do?"
"Well there is no school tomorrow so I suggest that we all stay
here tonight. We will examine the scrolls and see if we can
figure out who or how they are getting the information about us
to write these things. We'll then destroy the scrolls first thing
tomorrow and take it from there." Raye said. "You all can call
your parents and tell them that you are staying with me as a all
night study session. We have used that excuse enough in the past
they should buy it."
"Um, what about Darien? I don't think your grandpa or Chad
would put up with him staying all night with us." Serena pointed
out.
"Darien doesn't live with anyone else. He can carry his scrolls
home and read them by himself."
"Yeah!" Serena suddenly became enthusiastic. "I can stay with
Darien and he can help me figure this all out!" Serena grabbed
Darien's arm and started to steer him towards the door to make a
quick exit but found Luna with her back arched standing in front
of the door.
"Do you honestly expect me to let you go and spend the night
with Darien reading make out stories all night!!" She hissed.
"Make out stories? Is that what those scrolls are?" Rini asked in
a stunned voice.
"Way to go Miss Blabberkitty." Serena said with a frown.
Rini eyes kept getting bigger and bigger. You said that one of
those scrolls had symbols for you and me on them?" Rini said
pointing at Serena. "Ooh that is just, just, ick." Rini said with a grimace.
"Look Serena? You can't discuss with the others what is in
those scrolls if Rini is here. I'll see her back to your place and be
back here first thing in the morning to see if you all have figured
out who is behind this." Darien said.
Serena wasn't too happy. She had a brief daydream where her
and Darien had went back to his apartment and spent the night
reading some of the more romantic make out stories together
before perhaps trying out some ideas from them but she was also
a future mother to be. She didn't want Rini to become corrupted
by the nasty things in the scrolls and there was the possibility if
she stayed with them the night. So only with a slight frown she agreed.
"Remember your promise to me Rini. If during the night or in
the morning any more scrolls fall on you, make sure you hide
them so mom or dad can't find them and don't read them!" Was
all that she said.
"All right Serena I will." Rini leapt into Darien's arms.
Serena could see Darien glancing down at the pile of scrolls
around his feet. "Don't worry Darien, I will take care of these.
Just see Rini home and get a good night sleep."
After getting all the scrolls back to Raye's room and getting a
pizza delivered, the girls settled in to read their scrolls. Pluto
had returned to the Gates of Time to take up her guarding duties
but promised to return in the morning. Michelle and Amara
living alone could have easily packed up their scrolls in their car
and drove home but considering the tone of some of the scrolls
they decided they were needed at Raye's as mature chaperones.
At least that was what Amara claimed. Lita couldn't help but
notice she had a twinkle in her eyes.
Lita figured she was just enjoying watching Serena's and
Raye's embarrassment too much to leave.
"Okay, lets start reading the scrolls and remember to look for
clues on who could be writing these things." Amy said. The
others notice that Amy looked regretfully at her text books she
always had with her just in case she found a moment to study more.
Lita thought to herself. "Only Amy would rather read text books
on medicine than steamy scrolls about sex."
Amara was seated on the floor and appeared to be reading one of
her scrolls. In actuality she was looking over the top of the scroll
at Serena. She was curious to see which scroll Serena would
read first. She watched as Serena pulled out one of the scrolls
from the pile that was marked with her and Darien's symbol.
Serena smiled at the scroll but then set it off to the side and
pulled another one from the pile. This one marked with the
symbol of the moon and the symbol of Mars. Amara quickly
dropped her gaze as Serena nervously looked around to see if
anyone was watching and then started to read the scroll. Amara
sneaking a peek wasn't surprised in the least to see that Raye
had a scroll up reading it and the ribbon showed next to her
symbol, a crescent moon.
Amara gave a slight smile and was elbowed in the ribs by
Michelle sitting next to her. "Read your scroll." Michelle
whispered to her.
Amara almost laughed out loud but turned her attention to the
scroll she was holding and started to really read it. That turned
out to be a mistake. The scroll was one of them that had her,
Michelle and Serena in a steamy three way. While the author,
whoever it might have been, didn't know how Amara really
thought all that well. His or her, Amara forcibly reminded
herself, descriptions were vivid enough that Amara was starting
to sweat a little. Amara couldn't lie to herself. Serena had
attracted her at first glance but at first she was the crybaby and
then later her princess. She could never do anything to her that
she would regret and she could never cheat on Michelle like
that. They had been through far too much together for that.
Maybe that was why the story was affecting her so much. The
author seemed to understand that much of Amara's thought
processes and had written the story where it had been Michelle's
idea to bring Serena into their lovemaking. It wasn't cheating if
that was what they both wanted.
Taking a break from her reading Amara glanced around the
room. The other girls were sitting or lying in various places.
From her position in the corner she could see most of the
ribbons on the scrolls they were reading. From what she could
see it looked like all of them were reading the female/female
parings instead of the ones that had them hooking up with
Darien. It could possibly be out of respect for Serena they were
not reading the stories where they stole her boyfriend but Amara
didn't think so. She noted that not a one of them had looks of
disgust on their faces at what they were reading but mostly just
seemed curious.
Hearing a slight sniffling sound in the completely quiet room
Amara glanced over at Serena and saw the scroll she was
holding up reading was shaking slightly as though she was
crying behind it.
"Serena are you okay?" She called out. Immediately all the girls
stopped reading and looked over at Serena.
Raye from her position could see Serena's face clearly and she
was shocked to see silent tears running from her eyes.
"Serena?" She called out and then raced to her side. "What's wrong?"
Serena choked back a sob. "Nothing. Its silly. This story just
shook me up. Its about that time Darien was having that stupid
dream so he tried to chase me away from him. Remember?"
Raye nodded her head.
"Well in this story he was so desperate to drive me away....."
Serena started to say.
"What? What did he do to you?" Raye demanded to know.
"He struck me. Several times in the story." Serena finally
managed to get out.
She could hear the shocked gasps coming from the other girls.
"Darien would never do that!" Mina shouted.
"I know." Serena said with a sob.
"What happens next Serena." Raye asked her gently as she
placed her arm around the sobbing girl.
"I came back to the temple here. Which by the way this author
describes so well it is scary." Serena said and then remembering
the rest of the story she starts to cry again.
"What happens?" Lita asked moving closer to where Serena was
sitting.
"I came back to the temple and you all told me that you
understood why Darien hit me. Who could possibly love a
weakling, coward fool like me. And one by one you all slapped
me and walked away. Even Amy."
"I would never do that!" Amy cried.
"None of us would do that!" Mina shouted. "That author is just
whacked is all there is to it!"
"All of them left you Serena?" Amara gently called out.
"No not all of them. Raye stayed behind and helped me wash up
from my beatings and comforted me." Serena finally said. Raye
could feel Serena stiffen slightly in her arms.
"Of course I would!" Raye stated. "You maybe sometimes a
meatball head but you are my best friend. I would always
comfort you when you are hurt." Once again Raye could feel
Serena stiffen slightly before relaxing into her embrace.
Suddenly Raye remembered that Luna had used the term
comforted when talking about the Serena/Darien story scroll that
had hit Serena and started all these problems.
Now it was Serena's turn to feel Raye tighten up beside her.
"Oh god! She figured out what I meant." Serena thought in
panic and started to pull away so Raye wouldn't be embarrassed.
Raye however didn't release her hug but turned to look Serena
in the eye and started blushing slightly. "Oh you mean that kind
of 'comforting'?"
"I didn't write the story!" Serena cried defensively and once
again tried to pull away from Raye.
"Serena. Its okay. Really it is." Raye told her. "Its just a story
someone wrote. It doesn't mean anything."
Serena quit trying to get away from Raye but seemed kind of depressed.
Raye not caring that the other scouts were all watching her and
Serena leaned in and kissed Serena on the nose. "Gods know I
love you Serena. We all do. And I would do anything if it made
you happy."
"Even that?" Serena asked in a voice that could barely be heard.
Raye placed a hand and turned Serena's face so she could look
her in her eyes. "Even that if you really wanted me." She
whispered to her.
Serena couldn't help the blush that came over her face. "Thank
you Raye. I don't know what I would have done at that time
Darien had dumped me because of that dream if you all had
turned on me like that story."
Raye looking at Serena's blushing face and her eyes shiny with
tears suddenly thought that she was the most beautiful creature
she had ever seen. Raye had been reading a scroll that had
Serena sacrificing herself to protect Raye and the other scouts
and as she lay dying Raye, the character in the story, decided she
couldn't let her die not knowing how she felt. So she confessed
how she had always been in love with her and Serena dying told
her she felt the same way. In the story which Raye had just
finished when Serena started crying, the character Raye had bent
down to kiss her Serena, when the young woman had breathed
her last. Raye ( the real one) had almost started crying herself
when she heard Serena.
"And what makes me feel almost sick with worry is, the
character Serena in the story is just like the real one. I can see
Serena easily sacrificing herself to protect anyone of us at any
time. Heavens! She already has so many times before. And at
any time she may die and just like the story character Raye, I
will be standing over her dead body regretting that I waited to
long to tell her how precious she was to me."
Raye not even aware of what she was doing bent over and kissed
Serena on the lips gently. Not caring that all the other scouts
were watching her or what Serena might think but only that she
had to let her know how much she cared for her, and desired her.
Raye came to herself quickly with her eyes widening in shock at
what she was doing and started to pull away. That is until she
felt Serena's arm encircle her waist and felt Serena starting to
kiss her back.
"Ahem Serena!" Michelle said loudly. "I don't think Luna
would approve of this behavior."
Luna had left to keep an eye on Rini and Artemis was outside
getting a breath of air. He claimed that being locked up with so
many females was making him edgy. Mina had joked that he
was just worried that they might try to use him as a teddy bear
that night.
Serena pulled away enough from Raye's lips to say. "I don't
really care what Luna approves of at this moment." And pressed
her lips back to Raye's
"Serena!" Michelle said loudly again.
Serena's eyes blinked several times as though she was waking
up from a beautiful dream and didn't want to and she found
herself looking into Raye's eyes.
Serena's eyes grew huge as she realized what she was doing. Or
starting to do anyway. She was one step away from making out
with her best friend! In front of everyone! Turning a bright
burning red she pulled quickly away from Raye. "On my god! I
am so sorry Raye. I don't know what came over me! The story....."
"Its okay Serena, Serena! Meatball Head!! Its okay." Raye
finally shouted as Serena got close to breaking down in hysterics.
"You don't hate me?" Serena asked softly.
"I told you the truth a moment ago Serena. I love you and always
will." Raye replied just as softly.
Serena managed a weak smile and Raye moved back over to her
bed and picked up another scroll to read.
The other girls not sure just what had happened, or almost
happened in front of them, returned to their own spots and
picked up scrolls and started reading again.
Raye frowned as the scroll she was reading started to get past
her scattered thoughts and she became aware of what she was
reading. This scroll was one of those with her and Darien
together but it wasn't just that. No the author of this scroll went
much farther than that. In this scroll Darien and her were
planning on eliminating Serena so Raye could be the Moon
Princess and leader of the Sailor Scouts! Raye read as her (the
story her that is) and Darien (the story character) captured
Serena in a dark alley and while Darien held her so she could
not summon help or transform into Sailor Moon, Raye beat her
to death. As Serena lay bleeding and dying in the filth of an
alley, Raye and Darien removed their dark hoods they had been
wearing so Serena could see who it was that had killed her and
started to have wild sex almost on top of Serena's dying body.
Raye with an almost scream of physical pain threw the scroll as
far away from her as she could and pulled her knees up to her
chest and shuddered violently. The scroll flew through the air
and hit the wall behind Amara and Michelle and fell to the floor.
Amara started to pick up but stopped when Raye sobbed a no at them.
Mina looked at shock at Raye. First was her admitting to Serena
she loved her and now this violent outburst. "These stories are
pretty powerful stuff I guess." She thought to herself. So far the
only story Mina had finished reading had been pretty silly. Her
and Darien went out a few times and while Darien was dunk, she
and him had sex. All the time he kept saying Serena's name. So
as far as Mina was concerned it was just a story of Serena and
Darien having sex and had nothing to do with her really.
Picking up the next scroll she looked at the ribbon and saw that
it identified it as being a Mina/Serena story. Thinking to herself
that this should be good for a laugh, she untied the ribbon and
started reading.
The story didn't start in present day or even when she had first
met Serena and the other scouts. It started back in England
where she lived for a short time as a model. This kind of
shocked Mina. She had never really talked to the other scouts
much about that time and here she was reading it from some
mystery author she had no idea who they were. Mina noted the
author got all the towns and people names correct in the story
and felt a brief pang of nostalgia reading. Mina almost dropped
the scroll when it mentioned Anna Marie. Another model that
Mina had met and how they had a very brief fling together. Mina
was beyond shock. "No one knew about that! Except for me and
Anna! I never told a living soul." Mina thought to herself.
Both of the young models had been working late one night and
after the photographer had left they started acting silly from lack
of sleep and one thing had lead to another and they had ended up
kissing. They broke it off before things had gotten too serious
however and soon after Anna Marie had moved off and Mina
had lost contact with her.
The story continued to where she had first met the Sailor Scouts
and how she realized that even though Anna had red hair and
Serena had blond how much they looked similar. It was
something about their eyes and their cute face.
Mina almost dropped the scroll.
All of that was true but where Mina had only noted the
similarities between Serena and Anna, in the story she carried it
much farther and started a intense affair with Serena.
Mina carefully rolled up the scroll when she finished reading it
and sat it off to the side and found herself staring thoughtfully at Serena.
Lita being a fast reader had read through several stories already.
One where she had an affair with Raye. "Yeah right!" She
thought with a snort. It wasn't that Raye was unattractive. Even
Lita had to admit that Raye was stunning looking. It was just that
Lita liked boys and had no interest in girls. Not that way anyway.
One of the stories had her having an affair with Darien. Going
behind Serena's back and actually beating her up when in the
story Serena caught her and Darien together. This one too
earned a snort. Lita could never knowingly hurt Serena like that
and besides, she didn't really think that much of Darien. He was
cute and all that but any guy ever treated her like he had treated
Serena over that dumb dream thing from a while back she would
have broken every bone in their body and left them in the hospital.
Picking up the next scroll she glanced at its ribbon and saw that
it was going to be a Lita/Serena/Raye one.
"If I can't see myself with one girl, making it two isn't going to
change things guys." She silently thought to who ever it was
writing these scrolls.
The story started off before Lita had met the scouts. Back when
she was in school and was always in trouble for fighting. How
some of the students had taken to calling her names. Like butch
and blunt object Lita.
Lita winced those names had hurt at the time. And here some
author she had no idea who it was, was reminding her of them.
Then came the move to the school Serena was located at. The
story reminded Lita that Serena had been the only one brave, or
foolhardy enough to come over and try to make her feel welcomed
"That might be true, but it doesn't mean I want to jump into
bed with her." Lita thought to herself.
The story continued pretty much like how real life had gone for
Lita, until it reached the night when a childhood friend of hers
had been attacked by a youma. Lita remembered that night. She
had been drained herself and was very weak, so weak that
Serena had panicked. She told Lita that she knew she was weak
and kind of a crybaby but she would try her very best to handle it
so Lita wouldn't have to become Sailor Jupiter. In real life Lita
had been touched but had went ahead and transformed and with
Sailor Moon's help defeated the monster. In the story however,
Lita had allowed Serena to face the monster alone and it had
mortally wounded her. As Serena lay dying on the ground with
her scouts around her, the other scouts accused Lita of not doing
her part and was to blame for Serena's death.
Sailor Mars had stepped to Lita's side and defended her but the
other scouts were not hearing any of it. They were losing their
leader and they knew it was Lita's fault. The story never said
what the scouts planned on doing about it.
The reason being because Serena called out to them to not
blame Lita. That Lita was everything she ever wanted to be.
Strong, intelligent and brave.
The story Lita realized that she loved Serena and Raye at that
moment. Not the young women's bodies but the blazing spirit of
purity inside of them. The story Lita realized that a person was
more than the outside form and that Serena was more worthy of
love than any of her old boyfriends had been. Before the story
Lita could tell all this to Serena however she died.
Real Lita suddenly stopped reading and felt a shudder go
through her. There had been times in real life when Serena had
come close to dying and each time it happened Lita felt like a
part of herself had been ripped out and each time she couldn't
think of how her or the other scouts could go on without their
bubbly, happy leader. But each time before she could really
think about it, Serena came back. Now Lita really thought about
trying to continue her life if Serena was gone for good.
"Well of course the first thing is, the future would be changed
forever. No Serena, no Queen Serenity, no Princess Rini, no
King Darien. The scouts would probably continue on trying to
protect the earth, if nothing else in Serena's memory. All the
scouts would probably go on to find other loves....." Lita
thought to herself but couldn't finish the thought. "Funny. With
Serena here I can think of someday finding a true love in a guy
and settling down but with the thought of Serena gone, she
couldn't even imagine finding love any more." Lita frowned and
rolled the scroll up and dropped it beside her.
"Oh my god! I am in love with Serena!" She thought in near
panic and shot a look over to where Serena was reading another scroll.
Amy was reading one of her scrolls and noting the sentence
structure, grammar usage and punctuation's. "Obviously a well
educated person wrote this." She thought to herself. Finally
Amy actually got around to reading the scroll instead of trying to
analyze it.
The story was almost biographical Amy noticed. It talked about
her early life of studying. Of how she wanted to be a doctor just
like her mother. The classes she had taken, the subjects studied.
Amy felt herself yawn. "Wow, reading about what I had
studied seems more boring that when I actually had studied it."
She thought to herself.
The story mentioned some of the people that Amy had went to
school with and real life Amy was surprised. She had forgotten
most of them till being reminded by the reading. She had her
nose stuck in a book so much she hadn't really noticed the
people moving in and out of her life.
That is until she met Serena.
Serena unlike the others that Amy had met and known going
through school wasn't intimidated by her intelligence.
She had seen the studious but at the same time lonely young
woman and had made it her mission in life to get her to enjoy
some of the more simpler things in life. Ice cream, video games
and friends.
Amy prided herself that she never lied to herself. She never ran
from her own mind but carefully analyzed her emotions. Some
might say overanalyzed. One thing Amy had known for a long
time was she had a crush on her friend.
Amy remembered the beginning, the first few missions when it
was just Serena as Sailor Moon and her as Mercury before they
found the other scouts. After they found the other scouts Amy
admitted to herself that she was a little jealous of the time
Serena spent with them. Oh she appreciated the help but before
it had only been her and Serena fighting and now the other girls
divided Serena's attention.
Amy returned her attention the story in front of her. She noticed
the story had reached a point where it was about how the other
scouts under Raye's instigation turned on Serena and kicked her
out. Serena heartbroken and upset turned to her oldest scout
friend Amy and the story devolved into a simple make out story
between her and Serena.
"Why do so many of these stories seem to be about one of us or
Darien turning on Serena? No one who ever knew Serena could
really want to hurt her or hate her." Amy thought to herself.
Suddenly the analytical part of her mind came up with the
answer. "Because almost all of these stories have one or all of
us making out with her and the author figures that it would take
a tremendous emotional strain for Serena or any of the other
scouts to act on their feelings! That is what all these stories
have in common! They are all about the scouts and Serena
being secretly in love with one another and what it might take
for us to break through and admit it to one another!"
Amy glanced up from her scroll and as inconspicuously as she
could looked around the room. Serena was reading another
scroll. This time with a faint blush and smile on her face. Amy
could not see from her position what symbols were on the ribbon
on the scroll.
Continuing to look around the room she noted the others were
not reading. They were all trying to secretly stare at Serena while
she read!
Amy was shocked when she suddenly became jealous. "How
dare they stare at my Serena!" Amy thought to herself.
The analytical part of her mind ground to a stop. "Her
Serena?!" It questioned.
"Yes. My Serena! I knew her before any of them did! I knew her
even before Darien/Tuxedo Mask knew her." Amy argued back.
Her analytical part of her mind smugly pointed out that mentally
arguing with yourself was not a great sign.
"How do you feel about the other scouts then?" It asked her.
Amy took her eyes off of Serena and once again scanned the
other scouts.
"Well, I have always admired Raye for how bold and outgoing
she is. And Lita is always so brave and strong. Mina almost
looks like Serena. She is so beautiful. Amara is so skilled and
determined. And Michelle...." Amy paused for a moment
remembering the time she swam against Michelle in a race. How
graceful and beautiful she was then.
"Ah ha!" Her logical part of her mind said in triumph. "You are
in love with all of the scouts! Not just Serena." As if sensing
that Amy's emotional part of her mind was going to start arguing
it added. "You feel stronger towards Serena but you still have
feelings for the others. It really is only logical if you think about
it. Serena was your princess thousands of years ago on the
moon and you died with her and the others then. Being reborn
you met her and together you and all the others have come so
close to dying a second time many times. It is no wonder that all
of you are tied so closely together and have such strong
feelings."
Amy thought in argument with her mind. "It is natural that I
want to sleep with my best friend?"
"Perfectly. It just wouldn't be wise to act on those feelings. It
would cause too many complications and might mess up the
timeline. Serena is destined to be in love with Darien and be
Neo-Queen Serenity in the future."
The emotional part of her mind responded. "And isn't it logical
that Serena can be in love with more than just Darien at the
same time?"
Almost in self defense her analytical part of her mind tried to
change the subject. "You should forget reading any more scrolls
and quietly pick up the physics text book. None of the others
would notice."
Amy's emotional part of her mind realized what the logical part
was trying to do and realized that it had not answered her last question.
Serena couldn't suppress a giggle. The story she was reading
had Darien taking her to Raye's temple for a surprise birthday
party. The story Darien was acting so cute Serena couldn't help
but get that warm fluttery feeling in her stomach she got every
time she was close to her 'muffin' in real life. As Serena read
she found when the temple doors opened she saw all her scout
friends in their Sailor Scout uniforms.
Serena frowned in sudden worry for her character in the story.
"Oh please! Don't let this be another 'Scouts and Darien reject
me story.' The author couldn't be so cruel as to have them do
that to me on my birthday!"
Serena took a deep breath and continued reading.
All of the scouts were there except for Lita. "Oh great." Serena
thought to herself. "Is Lita going to be the one I run to and sleep
with in this story after the others reject me?" Serena wished she
had taken the time to look at the ribbon before she had opened
the scroll and started reading it.
In the story, the character Raye suddenly pushed a giant cake
into the room. As the story Serena started to drool over it, the
top of the cake suddenly popped open and there stood Lita with
her Sailor Jupiter uniform with icing all over her. As the scouts
began to sing happy birthday to Serena, Jupiter threw her arms
wide in a dramatic gesture and icing flew off her hands to hit
Mars and Venus.
Serena in real life started giggling again at that mental picture
and glanced up from the scroll. She could have sworn for a
moment that everyone in the room was looking at her but when
she turned to look they were all staring intently at their own
scrolls. Shrugging her shoulders she returned to reading.
Serena almost laughed out loud as the story continued with Mars
and Venus getting angry and picking up handfuls of icing threw
it back at Jupiter who ducked and the icing hit Mercury and the
story Serena. Story Darien stepped up and told them all to grow
up. All the scouts and Serena looked at him for a moment and
then picking up handfuls of icing threw it at him almost
completely covering him in icing. Story Darien looked shocked
for a moment and then with a smile raced over and tackled
Serena into the cake.
Real life Serena struggled to suppress more giggles. The giggles
however stopped to be replaced with a blush when she read the
scouts and Darien decided that since the cake was now all over
the story Serena, they would just lick it off of her.
Serena swallowed deeply and blushed more as the story began to
have detailed descriptions of the scouts and Darien licking her
while she licked back at however was near.
The real Serena started turning bright red with embarrassment
as the story ended with them all naked rolling around on the
floor in a wild orgy.
A part of Serena's mind noted that she didn't feel any jealousy
when the story had Lita and Darien kissing at one point because
they were with her. It just didn't seem like anything to be jealous
about as long as the scouts were sharing Darien with her and
wasn't trying to steal him away from her.
"That and its kind of hard to be jealous about Lita kissing
Darien when you were doing THAT with Raye and Amy." Her
mind pointed out.
Even though she was still blushing like crazy Serena giggled again.
"I take it that is a good story Moonface?" Amara called out to her.
Serena glanced up guiltily. "Yes. This one is really cute and
funny one."
As she started to roll up the scroll, Serena surprised herself with
the thought. "Its a pity the author didn't put Amara and
Michelle in it too. Oh and Trista too."
"Well if it is that good, maybe I would like to read it too."
Amara gently teased Serena.
"Um, no. You have your own scrolls to read." Serena replied
back but in a teasing voice.
"Perhaps we should all tell what has been in the stories we have
read so far." Amy called out and then blushed. "I mean it would
help us to see if there is any common threads between all the
different stories. We don't have to go into details. Just basically
what the stories were about."
Amara was the first to answer. "Well most of mine and
Michelle's stories have been about us. The love we share."
Amara said without blushing at all. "A few have been about us
and Serena and a couple were about us and one of the other scouts."
Amy nodded her head and then noticed that everyone was
looking at her. "Uh oh. I think I stuck my foot in my mouth by
suggesting this." Out loud she said with a slight stutter. "M m
mine have been mostly about me and Serena or Me, Serena and
Raye being together."
Getting it out she turned to look at Lita.
"Mine were mostly either about Darien or Serena, or both." Lita
said with a slight blush.
Serena called out. "This isn't getting us anywhere. We knew the
scrolls were about us being with one another or with Darien
from the symbols on the ribbons. We still haven't a clue on who
sent them or for what reason."
Serena in frustration reached out and pulled another scroll from
her pile. Glancing at the ribbon on it she saw that it had the
symbol for Pluto and her symbol with the crown on it.
"This is one of Trista's scrolls. She must have left them when
she went back to the Gates of Time and I picked it up when we
were cleaning out the Sacred Flame room."
Serena was reluctant to read Trista's scroll without permission
but since she was one of the characters in the story, or at least
her future self, she decided that it would be all right.
Untying the ribbon she opened the scroll and saw......It was
blank. There was no writing on it at all.
"That's weird!" Serena thought to herself. Quickly rolling the
scroll back up she searched through her pile again till she found
another one with Pluto's symbol and hers on it. Quickly opening
it she saw that it too was just a blank scroll.
With a frown Serena reached into her pile and pulled a scroll
with her symbol and Mars on it and unrolled it. This one was
filled with a story. Even though Serena suspected she might
have found a clue she couldn't help herself and started reading
the Serena/Raye story. This story dealt with Raye's grandfather
dying and Serena's attempts to cheer Raye up. Of course at the
end it ended up being another make out story but still Serena felt
a warm feeling on her face and in her heart. Her and the scouts
had been through so much together and the knowledge that they
would be there for each other in the future made Serena feel loved.
Suddenly a black portal opened in the middle of the room and
out stepped Sailor Pluto.
"Sailor Pluto? I thought you were going to come back in the
morning?" Raye called out to her.
Sailor Pluto with a smile nodded her head at the door to Raye's
room that lead outside. All the scouts looking up could see the
first faint rays of sunshine hitting the door.
"We've been sitting her all night reading?!" Mina yelped.
Lita nervously looked up at the ceiling above her and waited for
the scrolls to start dropping again.
Serena with realization dawning on her face called out to her.
"Don't worry Lita, I don't think any more scrolls will fall. Will
they Sailor Pluto? They served their purpose, didn't they?"
All the scouts including Amara and Michelle looked at Serena
like she was crazy but Serena with a confident look on her face
just watched Sailor Pluto.
Finally Pluto's shoulders sagged just the slightest bit. "How did
you figure it out?"
The scouts with their mouths hanging open just stared at Pluto.
Serena smiled. "Actually my first real hint came when I picked
up a scroll that had your symbol on it that you left here. It was blank."
Pluto made a grimace as she realized the mistake she had made.
"They were left blank because you only used them as props so
we would think you were getting scrolls too. And then even if
they had writing on them, you said it was about you and me in
the future. Who could have written about us in the future unless
the scrolls were from the future? And there is no one in the
future that could send these back without the Guardian of Time
knowing it."
Pluto didn't bother to deny it.
"All I want to know is why Pluto? Why and where did you find
these scrolls? Some of them are horrible!" Serena almost cried.
"As usual I can't tell you details about the future." Pluto began.
"But some time in the near future there is going to be an incident
so severe that Sailor Moon and the scouts may not survive it. All
your courage, all your friendship will not help you. The only
thing that will save you all is love, pure love."
"But we all love Serena." Amy said and then blushed.
Pluto looked at her and smiled gently. "Yes, yes you do but if
there is even the slightest doubt or feeling that the way you love
her is wrong then he will take advantage of it."
"He?" Amara asked.
"I can't tell you more." Pluto said
"Can you at least tell us where you got those scrolls from?"
Raye asked.
Pluto had a look on her face as if she was debating with herself.
"Yes I can tell you that. In the future Queen Neo-Serenity took
up as a hobby creative writing."
"These are my stories?!" Serena shouted in shock.
"Not all of them." Pluto said with a smile. "The other scouts
took up the idea of creative story writing as well. I understand
some of them put in historical non fiction stories and some of
them put in stories on how they wished things had gone and
some of the stories are strictly fiction.
Even Small Lady contributed to the library. I believe even some
of the palace staff have taken to writing some scrolls and
sneaking them into the library."
Serena thinking of some of the more unpleasant stories she came
across asked. "Do some of the palace staff have something
against me?"
Pluto frowned. "Well you are Queen of the Earth, you have a
handsome husband that adores you and are almost always
surrounded by your scouts that practically worship you. There is
slight resentment from some of course. Why? I have never read
any of the stories in the library, are some of them less than flattering?"
"You can say that again." Raye muttered under her breath.
"I am sorry." Pluto said sadly. "When I noticed the disruption in
the time stream and saw what caused it I had to react as quickly
as I could to keep the disturbance from becoming permanent. So
I just grabbed scrolls at random from the library, sorted them by
their ribbons and set them to be sent through the portals. I am
sorry Serena if any of the stories made you or any of the others
to feel sad or upset."
Serena glanced over at Raye. "That is okay Pluto. The
realizations that came from reading them far out weigh the
momentary sadness they might have caused."
Raye blushed prettily.
"So......What do we do now that we know for certain how we all
feel?" Mina asked not looking at anyone.
Serena with a blush but at the same time a almost wicked grin
said. "Pity we don't have any cake here."
All the scouts having not read that story didn't know what
Serena was talking about. Serena with a grin pulled the scroll
out and started reading it out loud to them. Motioning for Pluto
to sit down and relax. Pluto started to shake her head but just sat
down when she got a commanding regale look from Serena.
The End.