Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday!

Many thanks go to Crystal Persian as this story was her idea. Thanks; and this story is for you!XD

This story will be a lot like my other one, A New Threat, because it's another idea we both got from Sailor Moon SuperS. It takes place after Antauri gets his new body; but Jinmay isn't there. Enjoy!

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The Nightmares…

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He knew that something bad was going to happen. He didn't know what or how, but he felt it in his heart.

The atmosphere had changed and seemed to become more eerie with each strand of dust the gentle wind blew.

Nothing seemed to break the silence that infiltrated the air around him.

The young warrior closed his eyes to calm his sole; but it was trembling too much for him to bear.

The sound of a light boot crushing the sand became apparent and the boy's eyes forced themselves opened.

There a man with tall thick leather boots and a draping warm fur black coat stood with what looked like a black crystal shard in his right hand walked towards him.

The boy's stern face cringed at the sight as a maddening feeling overwhelmed him. Yet the desire to run and escape from this stranger still cried out to him. However, it was too late. He knew the man would pursue him wherever fate lead him; so he remained looking upon his enemy that slowly began to step forward.

Three words he spoke, and with each one, an unknown fear that stabbed his heart came.

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"One!" He whispered. I quivered as I felt a solid object lean against my back.

"Two!" Cold grey chains latched to the board behind him preventing him from moving.

"Three…." His world went hazy until darkness took him.

He then heard a scream in the distance and quickly shot up.

There he noticed he was back in his room with the water trickling softly and the warmth to settle him down.

'I better go and see what Chiro screamed at….' He told himself before running to his leader's room.

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The teen clenched his blankets so tightly that his knuckles began turning white; but he didn't care. The pain he felt was real enough and he wanted to forget all about. He shut his eyes only to see the whole scenario playing again; but without hearing or feeling what was happening.

The sound of his doors opening made him look up. There he saw his spiritual mentor Antauri looking at him with much worry.

"Are you alright Chiro?" Antauri asked as he walked up to the teen's bedside.

Chiro sighed. "Ya; just another nightmare." He turned to Antauri. "When do you think I'll stop having them?"

Antauri recalled his own nightmare that he had as well. "It just depends on how many times you've had it. For example, I've had the same nightmare for three days in a row; that could only mean that it will happen. However, you can still try to prevent it."

Chiro half heartedly smiled before looked back down at his sheets.

He really didn't want to tell Antauri that he had been having this same nightmare for over three weeks, but he wasn't sure what that would mean.

Antauri sensed that Chiro was confused and hiding something, but he didn't even dare try to find out what it was as he saw the sad face of the boy. He didn't want to make him do something that might upset him even more.

"Well, if you ever want to talk about this dream of yours, I'll always be here."

This caused Chiro to smile. He loved how Antauri always took time out of his own agenda just to make sure that he was okay or to help solve his problems.

"Thanks Antauri." Chiro said looking much happier than before. This caused Antauri to smile as well.

Both of them turned as the door opened to see Sprx walk in.

"We've been calling you guys for a while." Antauri's smile faded at the remark. Sprx ignored it. "Breakfast is done; and getting cold."

Chiro hopped out of bed and the three proceeded to the kitchen.

There they saw everyone else had eaten and were no where to be seen.

"Hey, where are all the others?" Chiro asked looking around.

"Oh, they already ate and are probably messing around in their rooms. – I'm going to hit the arcade." Sprx reported before leaving the room.

Antauri and Chiro watched as Sprx went off before sitting down and began eating; but it was dead silent. It made both of them uneasy until Chiro started laughing.

Antauri looked at him weirdly wondering what he could be laughing about.
But Chiro knew well what it was going on and couldn't stop laughing. He knew what the others were doing and laughed at how Sprx acted.

"Are you alright? – You're starting to turn blue in the face." Antauri took another bite of his eggs.

"Ya….I just remembered some joke BT and Glenny told me a lot time ago."

Antauri looked at him in a misunderstanding face. "And what might that be?"

Chiro stopped laughing; at least half way. "Okay okay, here it goes: Silence is golden, and duck tape is silver."

Antauri sat quietly trying to figure out if this joke was indeed funny or not. "This would make more sense if I were in the situation you were in."

Chiro was laughing again and said, "Ya, it would make a LOT more sense."

Antauri smiled at the happy teen; forgetting about his nightmare that he had.

The two soon finished breakfast and walked out of the kitchen to see Nova rushing towards them with a sad expression.

"You guys come quickly! There was an accident in the training room and well, come on!" She cried before turning right back around and running back to the room.

Antauri and Chiro looked at each other with grim faces and bolted to the training room.

However, when they opened the door, Antauri gasped in astonishment.

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Author's Note:

I know this is a short chapter, but it's just to introduce the conflict. Hope you enjoyed! Thanks again to Crystal Persian! This story was her idea!XD