Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon G

by WyndSyrin

When the new court of the the Silver millennium was chosen, the Queen of the moon added 9 more to the role. This is their story in the present.Currently eight of the thirteen stories are written and going through the edit stage

2. Chapter 2

Ok all here is Part two of the Sailormoon Guardians Series.

All Characters with the Exceptions of the Guardians are property of Takeuchi Naoko-sama and others that I can't remember.

Here is some clarifications in regards to the Guardian Series:

This is NOT a Ronin Warriors Cross over. The Names of the Guardians happen to be coincidentally similar to those of the Ronin Warriors. This series also takes place after the Sailor Stars TV series. I have also added some elements of the Manga to this set of stories as well. The names of the Guardians are the best translation of their names from the Silver Millennium. Here are the approximate translations of their names and what everyone called them and the point of the code of the Guardians.

Circle of Light Halo Wisdom

Raging Water Torrent Trust

Twin Aspect of Flames WildFire and Inferno Perfect Virtue

Peaceful Currents of Air Stratta Life

Sturdy Stone HardRock Justice

Time Keeper Chrono Honor

Deep Waters Trition Loyalty

Harbinger of life and Death Thanos Serenity of Spirit (Pure Heart)

And if you are just joining this fic here is what you missed:

Shane Adams, a highschool student has just found out that he is the leader of a group of people called the Guardian Senshi. He is currently going to school in Tokyo Japan. He is there because of no school in the States wants to have him in their school. After finding out that Zoisite was still alive the Senshi plan to find all of the remaining Guardian Senshi to help fight this new menace. Yet something hasn't been totally said. Sailor Pluto had said that she had no idea about what happened to the Outer Guardians. What is she really hiding and why?

Sailormoon Guardians: Part 2

RISE OF THE RAGING TORRENT

It had been a long week for Usagi and her friends. For Usagi, it was longer than she had wanted in the first place. She had found out that she had received low marks on her latest test in English. Low could not describe it enough. She thought that she had studied hard for that test. In the end she had only got a 56. She could not help it if she mistook certain words for others.

'Give me a break,' Usagi thought in a whine. 'I did not know that "Angel" and "Angle" were two completely different words. It's just not fair!'

At least it was much better that her usual marks. And yet they were still not acceptable enough for her parents. They wanted, at the very least, passing grades and nothing more. She understood their reasons for only that expectation, but did not quite fathom their reasons for the kind of motivations they thought that they had to use.

'They threatened to send me to Juken1 if my next test is not at least passing,' Usagi thought as she pulled out her home work that she had for her third period Math class. She would have to ask Shane for help if she were going to have any hope of passing the test.

Minako, on the other hand, had gotten worse than her. Usagi remembered looking at Minako's test and saw that she had only got a 12. And here she had lived in England for a time. In Usagi's mind there just was not any excuse for Minako to do so poorly. She had to wonder what her parents would tell her. Though the last time she checked, Minako was already in trouble for her grades.

Shane marks on the test had made her sick. He had gotten a perfect 100 on his test. That had set off Ami's competitive drive to be the top student. She thought about warning Shane about it, but in truth she would like to see Shane have some form of competition. Though she did have to admit that because he was a native English speaker, he would have had an easier time with English tests than most students. She shuddered to think what her score would have been like if she did not have someone like Shane to practice her English on. She had visions of seeing a paper with a minus twelve or worse on it.

Usagi could swear that Shane was being too hard on her. Granted she knew that the mid-term exams were just about to begin, but to snap at her for her lack of attention to school work was something that she did not really need. Though she only yelled at him in her mind since she had the threat of Juken looming over her if she did not pass the test. She had to wonder if Shane was under a similar pressure like she had from her parents. They also had the mock exams for college entrance to worry about in a few weeks. If she wanted to she could sleep the rest of the weeks away and then do what she usually did when it came to tests. When she did that she usually got a 10 or less on them. Usagi really did not care for school, but after the discussion that she and Mamoru had on Sunday, Usagi knew that she had better concentrate more on her school work. Even her mother agreed with Mamoru when it came to the lack of her attention on her education.

'Mom didn't need to be so harsh about the way that she said that to me,' Usagi thought with a sigh. 'What was she expecting from me? I know that it is too late for me to get all A's, but she did not have to be so mean about it.'

Deep down, Usagi knew that what he mother said was right. She wanted to pass highschool more than ever. If only so she could go to at least a second tier college. Usagi knew that she could at lest find a decent job with that kind of education.

On top of all of her worries about school, she and her house guest Shane were at odds over half of the food in the house. Their rivalry was purely friendly. Funny how that their heated debates usually turned into Shane tickling her until she was red in the face from laughing so hard. He had only turned viscous when her mother had brought home the ingredients to make a Coconut Cream pie. She had never seen anyone use a fork like a spear before.

'I would hate to take him to a place that has all you can eat,' Usagi thought with a laugh coloring her mental tone.

It also was interesting to find out that he was a Senshi like her. Well not quite like her but still was a Senshi no less. Though Usagi had to wonder just what it was that made Shane do the things that she had seen him do. Over the last few weeks Usagi and the others had witnessed Shane single handedly destroy most of the youma that Zoisite would send at them. With that kind of power, Usagi had to wonder what side he was really on. She was afraid that Shane could and would turn on them. The only thing that she knew that was stopping that was his devotion to Makoto and the fact that he lived by some strict code of ethics that she was not too familiar with.

It amazed her that Haruka and Michiru were keeping quiet all of a sudden. The last time that something escaped their notice, the two of them were trying their best to keep Usagi from getting involved. That incident happened nearly two years ago. Maybe Setsuna had some words with them about the situation and that was why they were quiet. At least she could hope that was the reason why they were quiet. She could easily recall what happened the last time Haruka and Michiru tried that tactic with her. The entire planet was almost destroyed by a creature from the Tau Ceti galaxy2.

As she lazily looked through the class room she spied Shane working away on what appeared to be his home work. It puzzled her that even though he was as late as she would be, he was getting grades as good as her best friend Ami. One thing that she did notice about him he was not as book orientated as Ami was. He knew how to have fun and cut loose. Plus the fact that he was also dating her best friend Makoto which also seemed to surprise her even more. It seemed that something had just clicked between them. This was like the way things clicked between her and Mamoru. Well more to the point after a really bad false start between them. She could not help that she initially thought that he was a jerk.

Just as Usagi was about to fall asleep, the teacher came in the room followed by a student. From the look on his face he was apparently shy and did not like being put on display. Deciding that her nap could wait until later, Usagi managed to look at least half way interested. She had to wonder who he was and what he was doing at Juban High. She hoped that it was not someone that ended up being a girl as well. In a way she thought that the way that Seiya and the others deceived her was wrong. She had to admit that before she found out their secret she had a small crush on Seiya.

"Class, we have a new student. His name is Brad Evans," Haruna-sensei said. "Now I want you all to make him feel welcome."

'Wait a minute,' Shane thought as he took a closer look at this new kid. He never really took much notice of the coming and goings of students, but in this case something about this new student caught his attention. Something about this young person stood out to Shane and he could not put his finger on it. Maybe he had been studying too hard. It was the only thing that he could think of at the moment. 'Torrent?! Nah, it couldn't be. I know that there are going to be others that remind me of them, but the fact remains that I don't really think that the others had been reborn. I have yet to see any indication to the contrary.'

"Um Haruna-sensei, we seem to be short of seats since Shane-sama was put in this home room," Ami said politely.

'Since when did I deserve that honorific,' Shane thought in muted shock. 'There is no need to be that polite when talking about me. San would be just fine. Hell she could even use -kun for all I care.'

In the back of his mind he could hear the giggle that he knew came from Makoto. She was finding his mental commentary amusing. Feeling totally embarrassed, Shane tried to find interest in his studies.

"Thank you Ms. Mizuno, but it seems that there was a student that had to be pulled from school on mysterious circumstances and he can use that seat," Haruna-sensei said.

As soon as the introductions were over with Usagi decided that this would be the perfect time for a nap. Just as Usagi laid her head down on her desk to take a nap, she felt something tapping her on the back of her head. Looking behind her, she saw that Shane was giving her a look of disgust. At this silent admonishment, Usagi decided to try to stay awake in the rest of her classes. She could not understand why Shane was acting the way that he was. Perhaps she would ask him about it later. Though maybe it had something to do with what happened after she failed yet another test. She wanted get good grades this year so she would have a chance of getting into a second or third tier College. Her grades were not good enough to allow her to get into the best universities.

At lunch there was so much clamor over "The New Kid" that it drove Usagi nuts. Every group of girls that she passed on her way toward her usual spot to eat lunch were commenting about this new person. She could not really get too upset since she was one of those that would be wanting to know more about this person. Yet there was something about him that seemed faintly familiar to her. Somewhere in the back of her mind a face tugged at her memory. However, at the moment she could not figure out who the person that she saw in her mind's eye. Maybe it would come to her once she had some food in her system. She thought that she could think better after she ate.

As she waited for the rest of her friends to show up she began to think about what Shane had told her about the other Guardians and how they related to the rest of the Princesses. She knew that the twins that were the Guardians of Rei were both in love with her. Usagi thought it would make Rei's day to find this out. She saw the devotion that Shane has to Makoto. Usagi had to wonder if that was his past life taking control or if it was really the way that he felt about her. What little Shane knew about Minako's Guardian was that he was truly smitten with Minako. It seemed that if Torrent had romantic feelings they were unknown to him and besides he was a very gentle person.

Usagi knew that Shane also could be a gentle sort, but some times he could let his temper get the better of him. She had only seen him loose his cool once to her knowledge. Several guys who were playing hookie from school tried to accost her on her way to school two weeks ago. After he stepped in to protect her, they decided that they should leave quickly.

'He did not need to beat that kid up,' Usagi thought with a sniff. 'Scaring him would have been more than enough.'

There were times that she would think that Shane would turn on her as well. He could be too quiet and when she would try to find out about him as a person, she got nothing. Maybe, she thought, he was a private person. Then again, she had heard him talking about someone that he had to leave behind. She could have swore that her name was Mandy or something like that. It made her wonder if he already had a girlfriend and was just doing this to spite her.

When Usagi tried to find out about why he came to Japan, all that she would ever get out of him was something to the extent that he was deported here by his parents. Because of that he resented them for doing what they did with out even listening to him. That alone was enough to shock Usagi. She had never known anybody to have that much hatred for their parents. Usagi had to wonder what kind of people Shane's parents really were to do that to him. But now he had a good enough reason to stay. She knew that his reason was his attachment to Makoto. Usagi was very happy for Makoto because she had now found someone that could make her happy.

Usagi was not aware that Shane and Rei did not get along. Least of all Usagi did not understand why they hated each other so much. Perhaps she would ask him about the reasons a bit later. Though she had her suspicions about the real cause of it. Though Rei never talked about it, Usagi figured out that she did not have a high opinion of guys all that much. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Rei's own father practically abandoned her on her grandfather.

Usagi was jarred from her long thoughts by Minako, Ami, Makoto, and Shane. Usagi could see that Minako was love struck by the new student.

"Usagi-sama what are you thinking about?" Shane asked. "You've seemed so preoccupied since he showed up in home room I was wondering if you knew him some how?"

"He is a dream boat who ever he is," Minako said.

"Minako-sama his name is Brad Evans," Shane said flatly. Her drooling over every guy was starting to get on his nerves. "He is in our home room. Or were you not paying any attention?"

"Um nope I was not," Minako said with a shake of her head.

"Figures," Shane said as he dropped his head into his free hand. "Minako were you sleeping in class or were you spacing out?"

"Both," Minako said.

'Joy,' Shane thought with a snort. 'Minako only pays attention when it seems to suit her. That has to be the reason that she got a 12 on the last test. Hell Usagi got a 56 on the last test. I think that may have been due to the fact that Usagi just did not understand the assignments. I will help her out for this upcoming English test that we have. From the sounds of it I think that she will need all of the help that she can get.'

"Well let's eat and figure out when we can get together to study for mid terms and the exams that are coming up," Makoto said changing the subject. "Shane dear how far ahead are you? Or should I even ask?"

"Mako-chan I am only two to three chapters ahead," Shane said with a very lopsided smile. "I have only been here one month and I am still having a hard time reading half of the Hirigana, Katakana and especially the Kanji."

"But you have been getting grades as good as mine," Ami pointed out. Shane thought he could hear the slight sounds of grinding teeth when she said it. "You are as good as I am. I think that you are better than you give yourself credit for."

"Ok Ami-sama you got me there," Shane said laughing. Usagi could see that Shane was at ease now. It was a total change from the way that he was acting in the first few weeks when he arrived. She thought that he was sitting on a stick that had been turned on end. "But what seems to bug me is that the new student seems vaguely familiar."

"That is true," Ami said with a nod. "I feel the same way. Let's get together after school and see what everyone knows about him."

"Sure not a problem there Ami-sama," Shane said as he started to eat. Usagi saw that one thing about Shane was not diminished was his appetite.

The rest of the day went on with out much incident. Aside from the fact that Usagi ended falling asleep during science class. She never really understood science that well, but it was a required class that she had to take. She could see that Shane was constantly absorbed in the current lecture. What amazed her was the fact that he, unlike most of the class, would actually pay attention to the lecture. Ami did as well, but Usagi knew that she always did that kind of thing.

As Usagi, Shane, Minako, and Makoto walked home there was the usual joking around between them which seemed to leave Shane out. It was true that he had only been there for about a month, but he still felt like an outsider. In fact as far as Rei was concerned he was still an outsider. That did not really sit too well with him. It bothered him to no end that no matter what he did to be nice to her, she would never treat him any better than like some piece of slime that she found on the bottom of the tub. Usagi noticed that Shane was not paying much attention so she decided to pull a joke on Shane. Usagi had managed to convince Makoto to try to embarrass him.

Makoto walked over to Shane and whispered something into his ear. What it was, Usagi had no idea. She had hoped that Makoto would at least say something that would just make him turn red. However, what she got instead was something that she had not expected. Shane's expression went from his normal semi-serious look to one of shock and astonishment. Totally the opposite of what they had expected.

"Um I think I will meet you there I need time to think," Shane stammered as he walked on ahead.

"What did you say to him Mako-chan?" Minako asked.

"Well I just asked him if he would like to be a father and he just freaked out," Makoto said. "I hope that I didn't scare him."

""You said that to him?!" Minako and Usagi chorused at the same time.

"I was only joking too," Makoto said in defense.

"That's good I would hope that you were not serious," Minako said.

'Well I am but it can wait till after we get out of College,' Makoto thought with a smile. 'I do want Shane to be the father of my children.'

Shane was walking alone trying to gather his thought and mull over what Makoto had said to him. He had no idea that she wanted to go that far. In all fairness to himself, he barely knew her. No, he amended, that was not the truth. He knew her better than anyone else did. Even Usagi and the others did not really know her that well. As much as he knew about her was something that he took pride in. However, Makoto wanted him to be the father of her children. This was something that he was not expecting from her. Granted they knew each other in the past, Shane had only knew her in this lifetime for about a month. How could he be certain that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

"Don't let it bother you Shane," A voice said.

Turning around he saw who he thought was Sailor Pluto but he could not be sure. The woman was the right height and build to be Sailor Pluto. The hair and eyes were also a match as well. Yet he could not even be sure that it was her in the first place.

"Pluto-sensei?" Shane asked quietly.

The woman nodded. "Please call me Setsuna while I am like this," Setsuna said. "Come let's talk," Setsuna said indicating a malt shop near by.

When they got inside and sat down, Shane was his usual somber self. He knew that there was no way that he could stay that way around his old teacher and friend. Something about her manner made it impossible for him to be that way.

"Shane, you need not worry about what Makoto said. She was only joking with you now. But she is serious about that after you all graduate from college," Setsuna said.

"Setsuna-sensei, you have always known that I can never be gloomy around you," Shane said as he brightened up. "But there is other things that is bugging me."

"What is it?" Setsuna asked. She could see several dozen questions scrolling across Shane's face.

"Well I have been wondering which of the other Guardians will show up," Shane said. "Things are not going to get easier. And in truth I think that I am going to need their help."

"I know that you do, and you will see one of them really soon of that I can promise," Setsuna said cryptically.

"Man I totally forgot about that meeting," Shane said in a rush. He could not believe that he spaced out when it came to something that important. In the time that he knew Minako and the others, Shane had to wonder about them. "Setsuna-sensei, thanks for everything," And with that he ran off at top speed down the sidewalk.

While running down the sidewalk he crashed into a guy that was about his age. He had the lightest brown hair that Shane had ever seen.

"Sorry about that I am sorta in a hurry," Shane said as he helped him up.

"Not a problem I should have been watching where I was going," The guy said. "Aren't you in my home room?"

"Yeah I am," Shane said. "My name is Shane Adams."

"Brad Evans." Brad said. "My parents are English and Math teachers at Tokyo University."

"Well Brad it was nice to meet you, but like I said I am needed somewhere in like three minutes. See you later," Shane said as he ran off like a shot down the street to Rei's temple.

Across town the girls slowly began to arrive at Rei's Temple. Each one was talking animatedly about one subject or another. Usagi and Minako were, as usual chattering about the latest teen idol that was biggest sensation. Ami was trying to tell them that they should focus more on their studies. All of her admonitions were however, falling on deaf ears. Only Makoto was doing her best to maintain some semblance balance between her friends. She was trying to keep up with Usagi and Minako's conversation also doing her best to heed Ami's suggestions as well.

Cresting the top of the long staircase, they could see that Rei had already been home and had enough time to change into her robes. Now she was attending to her after school chores. Glancing around, Usagi hoped to see if Shane had already arrived ahead of them. It was amazing that Shane was the one that was running late for a change. It was some time later that they could hear someone taking the stairs three at a time. Waiting to see who it was, all of the girls watched the stairs. The person that was running up the stairs was Shane. Breathing a sigh of relief, Usagi patently waited for Shane to sit down and catch his breath.

"What took you so long," Rei asked him. Shane could hear the disapproving tone that was evident in her voice.

"I was talking to Setsuna-sensei and then literally ran into the new kid at school," Shane said in between gasps for air. He had taken the stairs faster than he had intended and was paying the consequences for his actions. "Besides Rei, why in the world should you care about me and my comings and goings?"

"Children please," Luna chided. "Selene told me that another Guardian might be some where in this city. Now I suggest that we find him before the Dark Kingdom does."

"I agree Luna," Shane said as he sat down next to Makoto. "Since the Dark Kingdom is on the prowl again, then I think that we should find him or her before they do. I would hate to have to face someone that was supposed to be our ally. That could be a really messy situation to say the least. This is something that I don't think that even Uranus and the Outer Senshi could deal with."

"But who are we looking for?" Minako asked.

"I am not for certain, but I think that Brad might be the one," Shane said. "There is something about the way that he moves and acts that I just can't shake. Maybe I am either being paranoid, or I just want the others to come back that I am seeing them in everyone."

"Why do you think that?" Ami asked. "Surely you are reading too much into this new student. It's not like every new student will be the one that we are looking for."

"The way that he acts reminded me a lot of Torrent," Shane said with a slight sigh. "I think that Brad is the one that we are looking for. For some reason, Setsuna-sensei did say that one would be showing up before too much longer."

"How do you figure that?" Makoto asked. She was curious as to how Shane came to his conclusions.

"Well for one thing, he looks like him. The very light brown hair that could almost be blonde and the steel gray eyes. On top of which, the thing that gets me is that his personality is so much like Torrent that it is just too obvious," Shane said at length. "Torrent was always quiet and very reserved. Sometimes he could be too quiet. I had always known Torrent to be extremely shy."

"That's not much to go on," Rei said with a small snort. "Anyone could be like that."

"She does have a point," Selene pointed out.

"For once," Shane grumbled out.

"How will we know for certain?" Usagi asked. "We just can't go up to him and ask him if he is Torrent now can we?"

"Even if I am right, I don't think that he knows about his past life. I seriously doubt that his Soul Bond was woken up two years ago," Shane said archly ignoring Rei's dagger-like stare. "And besides, that is Luna, Selene, and Artemis' job to discover the truth."

"Why is it our job?" Luna asked.

"Well Luna it seems that you three can tell if someone has either good or bad vibes. Plus what Selene told me was that she saw both my planetary allegiance of Jupiter and the Aspect of Wisdom appear on my forehead just as Zoisite attacked the plane that I was on." Shane said.

"I see." Was all that Luna said as she pondered the meaning of what Shane just said. "So you mean that the Guardians have two symbols on them?"

"Yep, one is the Planet of our allegiance and the other is the symbol of the secondary source of our power," Shane said. "This is why I said that Selene is going with you. She can sense both until we start working together more often."

"Was there another one of us that was with your group?" Artemis asked. "I could swear that there was at least one other with you guys."

"Um yeah there was. I believe that his name was Cosmos," Shane said with a look of puzzlement on his face. "He was Thanos' advisor. That is about all I remember about him."

"I had hoped to never see him again," Luna said with a sniff.

"Why is that," Usagi asked Luna as she hefted her cat into her lap.

"Cosmos is my little brother and can be a pest," Luna said as she settled herself onto Usagi's legs. "I can't abide by the way that he bothers me. Also he will constantly voice his own opinion about everything."

"Isn't that what younger siblings are there for," Shane quipped.

"How would you know about things like that," Luna snapped back.

"You know nothing about me Luna," Shane remarked. "I have a little demon that is masquerading as my sister Mandy. So I think that I know what you are going through."

"Well who are we looking for?" Rei asked changing the subject before Shane started to argue with Luna.

"We don't know exactly but I suspect that another Guardian is around here somewhere. At least one of us should keep an eye on Brad," Shane said. He was not going to let a little thing like an argument with a cat get the better of him. He had his ways of ending arguments with cats real quick. It was called a large bag of catnip that he kept in his top dresser drawer. "I will help as best as I can, but if anyone can locate the other Guardian it would be the Princess that he is Soul Bonded to."

"Shane you forgot one thing." Selene said interrupting his train of thought.

"And that is?" Shane asked.

"The one thing that connects all of the Guardians together. Your powers," Selene said. "All of your powers are similar but different. Remember that it was Queen Serenity that gave you your powers and there in is your link."

"What about the Guardians of the other Senshi?" Luna asked. "Weren't they Soul Bonded as well?"

"No they weren't," Shane said with a shake of his head. "It was only the five of us that protected Princess Serenity's bodyguards that were Soul Bonded to our respective Princesses. As to the reasons why the others did not have a similar bond, I don't really know."

"Five? But there are only four that protect her," Artemis said. "Who is this fifth one that you speak of?"

"Artemis, since you weren't here when I explained it, I will be brief. Princess Mars has two Guardians. Their names mean Twin Aspect of Flames. One is called WildFire and the other is Inferno."

"I see," Artemis said.

"Well tell you what since there are effectively eleven of us including the Cats I say that we split up and look for him," Shane said as he looked around.

"How do you suppose that we split up? Rei asked.

"Well I suggest that I go with Ami-sama. Mako-chan and Minako-sama, you two would be the best as a pair. Usagi-sama and Chibi Usa-sama can team up. I think that the two of them can do a good job together. Now for the cats, they can go with who ever. Selene, why don't you come with me, Artemis you can go with Minako-sama and Luna and Diana you can go with Usagi-sama and Chibi Usa-sama," Shane said after some thought. He knew that he had left Rei out and he did that to annoy her.

"What about me?" Rei asked very annoyed that she had been left out.

"Well pick a group and go with them I don't really care what you do," Shane said with some indifference.

"Well I am going with you and Ami just so you can have some extra fire power," Rei said hotly.

'Baka! Baka! Mina Baka!!,'3 Shane thought disgustedly.

"Well now that we know what we are doing the next thing that we should do is start to look for him or her," Shane said.

"Agreed." Minako said. "We will keep in touch through our communicators."

"That was one of the reasons that I said I was going with one of you ladies," Shane pointed out. "I don't have one so that is why I suggested going in groups."

"We need to remedy that real soon," Usagi said. "I think that everyone should be able to keep in contact with each other.

Everyone was amazed that Usagi was taking things very seriously. Especially the business that related to the Senshi. Minako was impressed as well. When they first met some two years ago Usagi was barely passing junior high school. Now she was getting better grades, not as good as either Ami, Shane, or Umino, but good enough to where Usagi's mother wasn't yelling at her that much. Not to mention the fact that the only time that she was late was to school. Minako thought that having Shane around was a good influence on her. Yet seeing him running late was humourous none to say the least. As Minako watched the way that Usagi acted more and more responsible especially in regards to the finding of the Guardians, she had to smile. Yet the one thing that caught her attention about Shane was the fact that when he was with them he was very polite and well behaved. It amazed her that there was one person that she just met a month ago and he was always polite to them.

"Well let's get going on this," Minako said as she jumped to her feet. "No time like the Past to start."

"That's 'No time like the Present,'" Shane said with a sigh.

"Exactly," Minako said.

'She's still an air-head,' Shane thought with a snort.

Brad had just wandered into the malt shop that Shane left. He was convinced that he knew him from some where, but for the life of him he could not remember where. It was almost like he had seen him in a dream. His dreams were unlike anything that he had ever had before in his life. Usually he could only remember bits and pieces of his dreams, but in the dreams that he had been having lately he could remember large portions.

But this was the first time that he had ever seen Shane. Or was it? He had thought that something was not right when he started having strange dreams that started to make no sense to him. Every dream was the same, he would find himself in a deep blue armor and being addressed as Torrent. Or was the name he was called Selece. He could not be sure which. Other times he would be in a uniform that made feel as if he were some kind of prince. He did not want to think that something was going on with him. It just really would not do for him at all. He had enough problems already with school and did not want to have any kinds of problems with himself as well. Glancing around he found a booth and sat down with his vanilla malt. While walking over to it he noticed that in one booth there were three ladies and one guy sitting there. The guy looked to be about as tall as Shane but then again he was not that good at judging heights of people. He had short close cut blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He was wearing what appeared to be the uniform for the school that he went to. The woman that sat next to him had the most beautiful turquoise green hair. Brad wondered if that was her natural color or if she died it that color. The woman also had deep blue eyes that seemed to twinkle just a fraction when he looked at her. They were unique that was for certain. He thought that the combination was just perfect. She was wearing a black dress with a very nice floral print on it. In Brad's opinion that dress suited her very well. In the other seat was a girl of what appeared to be twelve or thirteen, Brad could not tell which. He was not really all that good with guessing people's ages at all. She had the darkest black hair that he had ever seen. What caught his attention was the fact that she had dark purple eyes. Something about her eyes entranced him. He knew that he had seen her once before, but could not for the life of him remember where. She was wearing a girls school uniform. Mentally chiding himself for staring, Brad continued to walk by. The final occupant of the booth was an older woman who appeared to be in her early to mid twenties. She had dark Jade green hair and lavender eyes. She was wearing a lavender skirt that came up past her knees by well over six inches. She was also wearing a white blouse with a red bow and a matching jacket. What stood out the most about the woman was the fact that she looked like she had a dark tan. Brad had to wonder if that was natural or if it really was a tan. One less that virtuous thought crept into his mind as well. Brad had to wonder that if it was a tan did she have tan lines or not.

Finally sitting down Brad started to sip on his malt. He was planning on how he was going to study for the mid terms that were coming up. Not to mention the mock exams that were three days after the mid-terms. He knew about these exams. In fact since he had been born and raised in Tokyo he knew the school system very well. He did not want to become a ronin.4 It was bad enough that he had barely passed his entrance exams to get into Juban High, but he figured that he did not want to fail his entrance exams into college. Brad figured that he would probably have to ask either one of the tree top students in his home room to help him to study. Regardless of the fact that he was but a second year student they still did the exams even then. This was the second time that year that he had taken them. As far as his placement was concerned he came in fourth overall. Every one used pen names for their mock exams. The top three he had no idea who they were except by their Pen names. The top student's name was Mercury the second was Halo and the third was Professor Googly Glasses.5 He had taken to using Torrent as his test taking name simply because it would be the last thing anyone would associate with him.

From the other booth Brad could see that the jade green haired woman turned around and just stared at him for a couple of seconds.

"Setsuna-san what is up." The man asked.

"Haruka, I think that I have found the next Guardian." Setsuna said.

"Who is it," Haruka asked in shock.

"The young man in the booth behind us," Setsuna said evenly. "I believe that he will be one of them."

"Why are they here Michiru-mama?" The little girl asked. "Do I have a Guardian too?"

"Well Hotaru-chan, I don't know the answer to that. Pluto might though." the woman said that was setting next to the blonde man.

"Michiru, let's just say that the Guardians are well past over due for their awakening." Setsuna said as she took a drink of her tea. "They should have been awakened when we dealt with the Death Busters a year ago.6 Also they should have been here when Sailor Galaxia arrived earlier this year.7 Though I do not have a clue as to why they are starting to appear now. Someone must have been keeping them safe from Galaxia's rampage."

"You are the only one that we know of that has the power to protect people," Haruka said blandly.

"Not the kind of power that allowed them to avoid being swept up in Galaxia's rampage," Setsuna said evenly. "That is well beyond even what I am capable of."

"Who would have that kind of power," Haruka asked.

"Only two people that I know of," Setsuna said. "And at the time, one was too busy with her own problems."

"Ah Usagi-san," Hotaru piped in. "So who is the other one Setsuna-Mama?"

"I haven't seen her in ages," Setsuna said not really answering her question.

"But Setsuna, why are they awakening now?" Michiru asked. "Surely they aren't needed any more."

"What would your brother say if heard you say that?" Setsuna asked, letting in a hint of disgust in her voice.

"You mean Trition is still alive?" Michiru asked in shock. "I thought he was the first one to die when Metallia attacked the Moon?"

"He was, but Thanos managed to bring him back from death. But at great cost to herself. She was very drained and nearly died. Stratta could have helped her but he had already died. It was then that My cousin sent them ahead in time to now. She managed to block their memories until at such time the other Guardians were woke up." Setsuna said at length. "The only one that still remembers what had happened was my Cousin. I didn't tell Halo that because he still thinks that it is his fault that they are gone."

"You mean Halo is already back?" Haruka asked. "He is not going to be too thrilled."

"Yes Haruka he is." Setsuna said. "And that is why I think the boy in the booth behind us is one of the Guardians."

"Should we get involved?" Michiru asked.

"Not yet. I want to see how Princess Serenity deals with the Guardians coming back." Setsuna said. "It already seems that there is a rift that is forming between Halo and Sailor Mars. That rift needs to be closed before it becomes a problem."

Brad, ignored the rest of their conversation. He was shocked to find out that the person that had the pen name of Halo was actually a super hero. And what exactly did she mean by he was one of these 'Guardians?' Somewhere within him he knew what she said was the truth, but he did not know he knew this. Shane being a super hero did not really surprise him that much considering all of the hype that was on the televison about Sailor V. However, all of that publicity ended about two years ago when Sailor V mysteriously disappeared and then there was a new member of the Sailor Senshi. She called herself Sailor Venus. Then the publicity about the Sailor Senshi started up and it was the same media circus all over again. Finishing his malt, Brad walked out of the shop and started to walk home. Finally he remembered where he had heard the name Hotaru. She was the daughter of the headmaster of Infinity Academy. That school still mad him feel uneasy every time that he walked past it. Something about seeing it explode for no reason what so ever bothered him. When the news decided to call it a gas main explosion, Brad knew that it was a lie. Of course he did not know how he knew that it was a lie. All that he knew was that what was reported was not the truth at all. It was nice that he lived on the campus of the university. That way he did not have to try to navigate through the maze of streets in the Juban ward.

Brad did not get very far when a man in a gray body suit with the darkest red hair stepped out of what appeared to be the wall. He thought that he was seeing things and this was just some strange nightmare that he was having.

"Brad Evans I have come to take to the Dark Kingdom." The man said.

"Who in the name of the Nine Hells are you?" Brad asked.

"My name is Sapharite." Sapharite said with and evil laugh. "And now you will become part of the Dark Kingdom." With that Sapharite summoned several beings of pure cold fire to take him away.

"AAAAARRRRRGGGHHH!!" Brad wailed. "Get away form me!!!"

It was at this time that Ami and Selene were looking for any sign of the person that could possibly be the next Guardian. Suddenly Ami stopped and was doubled over in pain. Nothing that she knew of could make her feel this way. All that she knew was that someone was in pain and she was feeling it as well. Selene looked very concerned.

"Ami-sama, what is wrong?" Selene asked with concern evident in her voice.

"He is in trouble." Ami managed to say. "I can't explain how I know it is just that I know."

"It is the Soul Bond that Queen Serenity placed between you two." Selene said. "It seems that Torrent is the Guardian that has shown up."

"We must help him!" Ami said as she ran off to find him.

"Call the others to help." Selene reminded her.

"Right." Ami said, and then punched the panic button on her communicator. This was the all scouts come call.

Elsewhere Rei was looking for the Guardian when her communicator started to beep. Checking it, she saw that the person that hit the panic button was not Usagi but Ami. Looking around to see if she could find Shane, She decided that the other Senshi could deal with this by themselves.

'I will leave him out of this. We don't need him for this!' Rei thought and then pulled out her Transformation pen. "MARS CRYSTAL POWER MAKE UP!!!" In a flash of energy Rei was transformed into Sailor Mars. Luckily there was no one around when she transformed. Her secret identity was safe. Then running off to where Ami had said that she could sense him. This was irritating her because now Ami's Guardian had been found and she still did not know where her's was at. All she knew was that there were two brothers that were her Guardians and that was all. Putting that aside Rei ran off in the direction that Ami said.

Usagi and Chibi Usa were the first two to arrive at the place that Ami said. When they surveyed the scene they saw the new student Brad was being swarmed by six beings that were surrounded in blue flames. Both Usagi and Chibi Usa slipped around the corner and transformed. A few minutes later Sailor Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter showed up to help Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon.

"Where is Halo?" Venus asked.

"We really don't need him." Mars snapped. "We can handle this ourselves."

As Selene moved to where she could look at Brad a lot more closely, she saw that on his forehead glowed the symbol of Mercury and that of the aspect of trust.

"That is Torrent!" Selene yelled. "We must save him."

"Let me try." Mercury said. "Shabon Spray!!!" She then yelled and a very dense fog appeared all around the area. "Now you guys try to get these things off of him!"

"We will try." Venus said. "Crescent beam shower!" With that a beam of golden energy shot out and then splintered into several beam and hit all of the energy beings. There was no effect on them. Venus looked very upset that they were still there.

"Now what do we do?" Venus said. "We can't defeat them."

"Let me try." Mars said. "Mars Flame Sniper!" Once again when the flame arrow impacted on the being nothing happened. "What is going on here?"

"I have no idea Mars." Jupiter said.

"We must save him!" Mercury yelled.

As the Senshi start to move toward Brad, the entities grabbed him and pulled him through a portal.

"Why?" Mercury sobbed. "Why did they take him?"

A few minutes later Halo arrived. From the looks of things he was too late

"Guys What happened?" Halo asked as soon as he arrived.

"Where were you?" Mars yelled.

"I was looking for the person that might be the Guardian." Shane snarled. "I couldn't even find him. Then I sensed that Mako-chan needed back up so I came as quick as I could."

"Well it wasn't quick enough!" Mars yelled this time getting right in Halo's face.

"Princess Mars back up really slowly." Selene said. "If I were you I would not have done that."

"And why not?" Mars asked.

"That is why." Selene indicated as Halo grabbed Mars by the arms and pushed her away from him.

"Mars, if you would have told me what was going on then I would have been here to help you." Halo said with venom in his voice. He did not care too much for the way that Rei was acting toward him. She was still acting like a spoiled brat.

"Halo it was Torrent." Mercury sobbed. "They took him. We were too late to save him."

"Princess Mercury, we will get him back." Halo said as he hugged her close. "You have my word as a Guardian that I will bring him back."

"You mean we don't you?" Jupiter asked as she laid a hand on Halo's shoulder. "All of us will bring him back."

"Your concern is noted my Princess but I will need only three others to help me on this." Halo said.

"And who might they be?" Minako asked.

"Princess Jupiter, Princess Mercury and Selene." Halo said.

"Why them?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Well let's just say that I could use the help of my Princess. I asked Mercury to come because she is bonded to Torrent. Selene is there just in case we get him back then he can regain all of his memories." Halo said as he began to think about how to get him back. "Other than them I really don't need to burden the rest of you with this mission."

"I see." Rei said with a snort.

"Listen it's getting late and we need to get home ASAP." Halo said as he walked into an alley to power down. "Now if I were you I would get home as well. Come on Selene."

With that Shane walked home. After he left the other Senshi went back to Rei's temple to talk. When they got there Usagi noticed that there were four more Senshi waiting for them. It was Sailor Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn.

"Pluto what are you four doing here?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Princess, is it true that one of the Guardians was captured by the Dark Kingdom?" Sailor Pluto asked. She was concerned for many reason that she was not about to tell any one at the moment.

"Yes Pluto one was." Sailor Moon said. "Torrent was the one that was captured."

"How do we know that it was Torrent?" Sailor Neptune asked.

"I knew that it was him." Mercury said. "Plus Selene also sensed the power of Mercury in him as well as his power of Trust."

"Mercury-san what should we do if he is corrupted by the Dark Kingdom?" Sailor Saturn asked.

"Well he will be considered a threat and must be dealt with accordingly." Sailor Uranus said.

"No!" Sailor Moon said emphatically. She knew exactly what Haruka had in mind for Brad and she did not want something like that on her conscious. "I will not allow it. Even though he might be corrupted I am sure that I can heal him. In fact I know that I can."

"But if you can't then what?" Neptune asked.

"I don't know." Sailor Moon answered. "I really don't know what to do after that."

"Where is Halo?" Pluto asked. "Why is he not with you?"

"He went home." Mars said. "Which is where he deserves to be."

"Well what ever you decide to do then realize that if he becomes a threat then we will deal with him." Uranus said.

And with that those four left. After that all of the others powered down and went home as well. Minako walked Ami home mostly to make sure that she would be alright. As soon as Ami got inside Minako started for home as well.

When Usagi got home she was curious as to the reasons that Shane gave for only taking three people to find the missing Guardian. She hoped that it was not because of the way that Rei was treating him. She hoped that the reason was exactly what he said it was. Somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that Shane lived by the eight points that the Guardians were founded on. Also she knew because of this he also had a very high sense of honor.

Walking upstairs to Shane's room, she pondered how she was going to ask him if he was serious about what he had said earlier. Standing in front of his door she finally found her nerve and a way to ask him with out sounding like she was being too nosey. She knew that it was not going to be easy for her to talk to him about what was going on, but she knew that she had to do just that. As she was about to knock on the door she hear a voice from the other side of the door say.

"It's open Usagi-sama."

Walking in, Usagi saw that Selene was sitting on the window sill cleaning herself. Shane, on the other hand was reading a Manga that he had bought at the store. She was amazed that he was not doing his homework.

"I thought you would be doing your homework?" Usagi asked.

"I finished it as soon as I got home." Shane said as he put his Manga down. "What do you want Usagi-sama?"

"I wanted to ask you why you only wanted to take Mako-chan and Ami with you when you went looking for Brad?" Usagi asked.

"Usagi-sama, it was for the reasons that I said earlier." Shane said. "Besides what reason would I have for lying to you? I have never lied to you before and I don't think that I about to start now. If I did then I wouldn't be a very good leader."

"I see." Usagi said.

"As much as I hate to say this there is a chance that we might have to kill Torrent." Shane said. "I don't want to, but it may come to that."

"You can't kill another Guardian." Selene said. "If you do that then there is a chance that you could be stripped of you powers."

"I said that we might have to kill him. I did not say that we would kill Torrent." Shane said. "I don't want to cause Ami-sama any more pain than this already causing her. This is already causing me some problems since I know that we are going to have to rescue Torrent from the Neo-Dark Kingdom now."

"Still you shouldn't kill a fellow Guardian." Selene chided. "What would Princess Mercury have to say about this?"

"Geez Selene, Chill out." Shane said. "I am not going to kill him. You worry too much."

"Um Shane the outer Senshi showed up at Rei's temple today." Usagi began. "It seems that Haruka has decided that they will deal with Brad if he becomes a threat to them."

"That is typical of her to solve all problems with violence of some sort," Shane said with a snort. "I wish that she would stop acting like a child. What does Setsuna-sensei have to say about it?"

"Pluto did not say much about it this time." Usagi said. "I wish that we could have been faster to save him."

"Well if I would have been told, I think that we would have been able to save him before all of this happened." Shane said. "I mean Rei didn't have to leave me out of it like she did. That was just unfair of her. I wouldn't doubt that Ami-sama is upset with me. I really can't blame her if she is."

"Shane, Ami is not mad at you." Usagi said. "In fact she is taking this the hardest. She wants to find him more than the rest of us. I am not for certain but there might be something about him that she likes."

"Usagi-sama, I highly doubt that." Shane said as he put up his manga that he was reading. "Since this is Torrent that we are talking about he would not know anything about romance even if it came up and bit him on the nose."

"I see." Usagi said. "Well it is late and I need my beauty sleep."

"Good night Usagi-sama!" Shane said. 'Usagi you don't need beauty sleep. You already have good enough looks. Just don't you ever change.'

The part of him that was connected to Makoto started to feel warm and fuzzy. It was as if Makoto thought that his thought was directed toward her. In an sense part of his thoughts were for Makoto. But the rest of it was his unspoken hopes for Usagi. Shane had his reasons for doing what he did and seldom wanted any praise for what he did. He actually wanted her to succeed in life as well as in school. He just hoped that she could do just that.

'Now you go to sleep Mako-chan. I still haven't changed my feelings for you,' Shane sent along their bond.

"Good night Shane." Usagi said as she left his room, shutting the door behind her.

As soon as she left, Shane curled up on his bed and fell asleep. He knew that the rest of the week was not going to be any easier. As he slept, Shane slipped into the memories of his past self. He did that from time to time hoping to draw strength from what they had to teach him. On several occasions he would get glimpses of those people that he once knew. Other times he would find himself walking in a city that he did not remember ever being in. His memories of what he knew to be real was starting to become a part of a person that was almost a complete stranger to him. Nothing about what he was then would ever have any impact on who he was currently.

'Do I really believe that I can save Torrent,' Shane's dream-self thought. 'I shudder to think of the consequences if I am unable to complete this task,'

The next morning, Ikuko could hear both Shane and Usagi running around upstairs. Something about the way the two of them were so close to being alike made her smile. In the months since Shane came to her house, she had noticed a remarkable change in him. He was actually starting to act like a normal teenager. She had phoned Shane's mother to tell her about her son's progress. Though the reaction that she got from her old college roommate was not exactly what she was expecting.

"Katherine, it's me Ikuko," Ikuko said to the person that picked up the phone on the other end.

"I haven't heard from you since we graduated," Katherine said in surprise. "How have you been?"

"Good," Ikuko said. "How have you been?"

"Well work has been miserable," Katherine said with a sigh. "And Mandy for some reason is being even more difficult than normal."

"Maybe she misses Shane," Ikuko said. "Which is the reason that I called."

"What's he done this time," Katherine said, her voice filling with venom.

"Nothing at all," Ikuko said quickly. Maybe the stress was getting to her old friend. She knew that her friend would pull all night study sessions just so she could get the top grades in all of her classes. "I just thought that you would be happy to hear that Shane is on his way to being the top of his class. It is just amazing that he is doing so well."

"If you say so," Katherine. "He hasn't been kicked out has he?"

"Not once," Ikuko said. Her reaction to this news was not what she was expecting at all. "I don't know what happened there, but he has not been in trouble once for misconduct."

"Make sure that it stays that way," Katherine said shortly. "Now I really must go, we are getting ready to go to a party at the Mc Tavish's. Give Shane my love."

They way that conversation ended made her concerned for the kind of atmosphere that Shane was living in. She would have to have a nice long talk with Shane if only so she could sort out just exactly what was going on.

She was startled out of her thoughts when she heard a loud thud from the bottom of the stairs. Getting up to see what had caused it, Ikuko found that Shane was sitting at the bottom of the stairs with a look of pain on his face.

"Shane are you alright?" Ikuko asked.

"I am alright Ikuko-san." Shane said as he picked himself up. "I am gonna be late if I don't move it."

With that Shane was out of the house with out another word. Usagi had just came down the stairs when she saw her mother standing there waiting for her.

"Usagi hurry up or you will be late." Ikuko said to her daughter.

"Ok Mother." Usagi said as she put on her shoes. "I am off!"

Usagi was late as usual, but as far as getting a detention was concerned she did not get one for a change. She later found out that she and Shane was assigned to clean their home room classroom as soon as school was done for the day.

As she sat down in her seat, she saw that Brad was not in class. She had to remind herself that the reason that he was not in class was because of what happened yesterday. The events of yesterday bothered her since she did not like what they might have to do. Although she knew that killing one of their own out of self defense was a distinct reality. She just did not like thinking about it. In fact it bothered her too much to even consider harming another human being.

When Usagi looked to see if Ami was here, she saw that Ami was indeed here but from the looks of it she was very distracted. This bothered Usagi a lot to see her best friend upset. She knew why and yet there was nothing that she could do about it right now.

When Haruna-sensei walked in the room, Usagi's heart just sank. It seemed that Haruna-sensei was either upset or concerned.

"Class I have some bad news for you." Haruna-sensei said. "It seems that Brad Evans has disappeared yesterday without a trace. Now I want you to understand that the authorities are looking for him even as we speak."

"Um Haruna-sensei what if they can't find him?" Shane asked.

"Well then he will then be officially declared missing." Haruna-sensei said. "Was he a friend of yours Shane?"

"Yeah, kinda." Shane said.

The rest of the class went by very quietly. All of the energy that could be found among the students seemed to have been sucked right out of them. Even Usagi, who was usually the loudest of them, was much quieter than usual which was a surprise to Haruna-sensei. When lunch time rolled around Usagi, Minako, Ami, Shane, and Makoto all met at their favorite spot to have lunch together.

"You realize that we have to go looking for Brad ASAP." Shane said.

"I know." Minako said. "I wish I knew what to say

"Where do we start looking?" Usagi asked.

"I don't have a clue." Shane said. He could see that Ami was a bit pale. "Ami-sama are you alright?"

"Kinda." Ami said. "I mean I can't believe that the Dark Kingdom would take him."

"Usagi!" said another voice that Shane did not recognize. Looking up Shane saw a girl that was about Usagi's age with shoulder length reddish-blonde hair and green eyes.

"What is it Naru-chan?" Usagi asked.

"I have to tell you something." Naru said with some excitement.

"Ok Naru-chan, what is it?" Usagi asked.

"Remember about two years ago when the man that I fell in love died?" Naru began.

"Um yeah." Usagi answered. She could swear that she saw Shane start to squirm slightly.

"Well I got a letter from him yesterday and he said that he wants to see me again." Naru said.

"Um Naru-san, what is his name?" Shane asked.

"His name is Nephrite." Naru said.

"I see." Shane said. He was trying to hide the fact that he knew that it was Nephrite that killed Torrent back in the ancient times. Though he had to wonder if Nephrite was still under the sway of the Neo-Dark Kingdom or not.

"Naru what are you saying?" Minako asked.

"Aren't you and Umino a couple?" Ami asked in shock.

"Well yeah." Naru said. "But I don't know what to do. That is why I wanted some advice."

"Naru-san, If I may say something?" Shane asked.

"Sure. But I don't know your name." Naru said.

"My name is Shane Adams." Shane said.

"Pleased to meet you Shane." Naru said. "Now what do you want to say?"

"Well Naru-san this is just my opinion, but if you do go to see him realize that he may or may not be the same person that you knew. He might have changed, either for good or bad. I would be careful if I were you." Shane said.

"Well Usagi what do you think?" Naru asked.

"I agree with Shane on this one." Usagi said.

"Thanks for the help." Naru said as she went off to finish her lunch.

"So Nephrite is alive as well?" Shane asked with a sigh once Naru had left.

"Looks that way." Ami said.

"Well that makes two of four alive." Minako said. "If Zoisite and Nephrite are alive who's to say that Kunzite and Jadeite are alive as well."

"You know in a way I am kinda glad that the other Guardians are not here." Shane said.

"Why's that?" Makoto asked.

"Well Mako-chan the simple reason being that Torrent was killed by Nephrite and The twins were killed by Kunzite and Jadeite."

"How did you know about that?" Usagi asked.

"I asked Selene after I finished my home work from last night."

"Oh, what happened to my Guardian?" Minako asked.

"Well from Selene told me was after you were killed, Stratta attacked Beryl and was killed that way. He was distraught to find that you had been killed by someone close to you," Shane said with a shudder. He really did not like to remember what had happened then. "Anyway we will try to locate Brad tonight."

"You sure about that?" Minako asked.

"I swear it." Shane said.

"You swear it on the principles of the Guardians?" Ami asked.

Shane turned pale. He knew that if he were to swear on that then there would be no backing out of it. There were dire consequences if he did not stick to his oath if he did swear on the principles. Consequences that he did not want to think about.

"I can't swear that way." Shane said with a firm shake of his head. "You know what happens if I don't fulfill my promise that way? Please I beg you don't make me do it!"

"I am well aware of what could happen, and I want you to swear that way." Ami said.

"Ami-sama that is asking the impossible." Shane said.

"Please Shane?" Ami implored. "I don't want anything to happen to him."

"Shane come on." Makoto said.

"Alright." Shane said with resigned sigh. He hated to make that kind of an oath. "I swear on all eight principles of the Guardians that we will find Brad and bring him back. On this I swear!!"

"Thank you Shane." Ami said.

The rest of the day went on with out incident. It was around 4:50 that Usagi and Shane were finished cleaning the classroom. When they left the School they were met by Ami, Makoto, Luna, and Selene.

"Well shall we get going on trying to find Brad?" Ami asked.

"Alright let's get going." Shane said. "Usagi-sama why don't you get in touch with Rei-sama, Minako-sama, and Mamorou-sama just in case we need help."

"Ok I will. What about Chibi Usa?" Usagi asked.

"She can help too I guess." Shane said.

With that they went their separate ways.

Elsewhere Sapharite was not having very good luck. He was trying to break down the unusually strong mental barriers that were present in Brad's mind. Something about the way that he would resist made Sapharite almost giddy with excitement when he did break the walls down. Needless to say it was not easy. He had tried to use his worst fears against him but that only seemed to strengthen his resolve. Sapharite was almost tempted to kill him. It was then that he sensed the mystical bond that was inside Brad. What Sapharite found was that there was a bond between Brad and some human girl that he did not even know.

"Sapharite, What is you status?" said a voice.

"Wiseman, I am unable to break his defenses." Sapharite said.

"We must use him to bring down all of the Sailor Senshi." The Wiseman said. "I want to make sure that Sailor Moon never grows up to become Neo-Queen Serenity."

"We will make sure of that." Said another man that walked out of the darkness. He had the whitest hair that could ever be seen on someone.

"Lord Kunzite!" Sapharite said with a bow. "What brings you here?"

"It seems that two of the Sailor Brats are coming to try to get you captive back." Kunzite said. "They have some one else that is with them."

"His name is Halo." Zoisite said as he appeared in a flurry of lotus petals.

"Ah Zoisite, I see you decide to grace us with your presence." Sapharite said acidly. "I do not need or want help from someone that can't decide what gender he is supposed to be."

"Ah but I know how to crush them." Zoisite said.

"Enough of this petty bantering!" The Wiseman said. "You were not even capable enough to defeat those brats the second time that you were alive. What makes you think that you will do it this time. And now since the Guardians are starting to wake up it will be even tougher than before."

"But what about him?" Sapharite asked indicating Brad on the crystal table.

"You idiot." The Wiseman snapped once he got a good look at the person that was on the table. "That is one of the Guardians. Which one even I can't say but if he does awaken to his powers then we are in trouble."

"Why do you say that?" Kunzite asked.

"Because if this one is Guardian of Mercury then he is the Third Strongest of all of the Guardians." The Wiseman said.

"Who is the Strongest and second strongest?" Zoisite asked with interest.

"Zoisite you fought the strongest a month ago. The second strongest is the oldest of the Guardians of the Princess Mars." The Wiseman said.

"Ah Inferno!" Kunzite said with a half smile on his face. "I killed him ten-thousand years ago. It would be so nice to kill him again."

"Don't get to full of yourself." Sapharite said. "If he is the second strongest then I would wonder exactly how strong their leader is."

"He is weak in comparison to me." Kunzite said with a laugh.

"Lord Kunzite it seems that the Sailor Brats are snooping around one of our staging areas." One of the Youma said.

"My princess no don't go near it is a trap." Brad said as he fought the intrusion into his mind. In this state the sigil of Mercury and of the aspect of trust flickered on his forehead.

"He is the Guardian of Mercury." The Wiseman said in shock.

"We must get rid of him and quick!" Kunzite said.

"No, I think that I can break his resolve now." The Wiseman said. With a wave of his hand Brad said up. The expression on his face was that of total rage.

"I will have my revenge on Halo for him allowing me to die." Brad said.

"What did you do to him?" Sapharite asked.

"Same thing I did to the rabbit." The Wiseman said. " I just turned his hatred outward at Halo."

With that Kunzite placed Brad in the place where the two Senshi and the Guardian was sighted.

Ami suddenly stopped in her tracks. She was obviously in pain. After two seconds the pain passed. Thinking it was nothing, she continued on looking around. Though this pain did not feel like it was anything that she had ever felt before. This kind felt like it was closer to her spirit. She had a good idea what it was and it did not sit too well with her at all. As she passed by an open door she got a reading on her computer. There was life signs in the room.

"Mako-chan, Shane, You better hurry over to where I am I might need your help." Ami said over the communication channel. She had loaned her communicator to Shane since he did not have one yet. This way he could stay in touch while they were looking for Brad.

"Ami-sama we are on our way." Shane said.

As Ami looked in the room she saw a lone figure illuminated by a single light. He was standing with his back to the door. Walking into the room she got a good look at the person. He was about her height. He had pale blond hair and was wearing the school uniform of their highschool.

"Brad?" Ami asked cautiously.

"I have been waiting for you Sailor Mercury." the figure said as he turned around. The expression that was on his face was that of pure rage and hatred. This was the first time that she had ever seen that kind of emotion on his face. Ami could see that his eyes looked as if they had lost all life in them.

Ami could see that there was dark energy crackling off his arms. What she could not figure out was why had Brad turned on them? About this time Makoto and Shane arrived at the door to the room. Makoto could see that the person that they were looking for was in the room. What surprised them was the fact that he was radiating negative energy.

"Ami get out of there!" Shane yelled. "Brad is under the control of the Dark Kingdom."

"We need to save him." Ami said.

"Then at least transform!" Selene said.

"Right!" Shane said. "JUPITER PLANET POWER TRANSFORM!!!" Once again Shane was bathed in a green white light and was transformed into Halo.

As soon as Shane transformed, Ami and Makoto transformed as well.

"Mercury Crystal Power. . ."

"Jupiter Crystal Power . . ."

"MAKE UP!"

In a flash of energy both Ami and Makoto were transformed into Sailor Mercury and Jupiter respectively.

"Brad snap out of it." Halo pleaded.

"You will die Halo." Brad growled. "I will make you suffer just like I had to suffer when I was killed ten-thousand years ago. It was your fault that I died."

All that Shane could do was shake his head in disgust. He knew that they may have died back then, but after he though about it he knew that he did what he could to save them.

Brad then gestured and blackish blue flames leapt off his hands and impacted on Halo, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Jupiter knocking them out of the room and into the wall on the far side of the building that they were in.

"Selene, get the others and tell them to get here quickly I have no idea how long that we can hold out against him." Halo said once he go his wind back.

"I will get them." Selene said and then squeezed out of a hole in the wall.

"Mercury, can you provide us with some cover?" Jupiter asked, voicing the thought that was going through Halo's mind.

"Ok." Mercury said. "Shabon Spray!!!" A very thick fog filled the room. Luckily Halo, Mercury, and Jupiter could see in this fog.

"Ok now what?" Halo asked. "There is no way that I can attack him with out hurting him badly and I really don't want to do that."

"We might have to and let's hope that Usagi can heal him of this rage." Mercury said as she tried to conceal the hurt in her voice..

About that time the wall behind the three of them splintered and exploded. When the smoke cleared Halo could see Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Sailor Mars, Sailor Chibi Moon. Also the Sailors Senshi from the outer System was here as well. It was Sailor Uranus' World Shaking that caused the wall to shatter.

"It looks like we came just in time." Sailor Venus said.

"Thanks. Sailor Moon, we are going to need your help in order to heal him of this rage." Halo said. "Can you do it?"

"I can try." Sailor Moon said. "But we need to try to subdue him."

"I don't think I will give you that option." Brad said. "All of you will die. Ebon Flame Inferno!!!" With that the flames that were forming in the palms of his hands lanced out and engulfed all of the Senshi and Halo.

"Now what should I do with all of you?" Brad mused as he walked past each one of his current captives. Shane could not believe what he was seeing. Someone that was supposed to be on their side was now working with the Neo-Dark Kingdom. "I think that this is perfect that all of the people that betrayed me are here now. Let's see starting with dear Princess Mars. You never did like any of us did you? And don't try to deny it. I know you too well."

What he did next shocked all of them. Casually reaching through the barrier, Brad backhanded Mars across the face; not once but twice leaving both cheeks an angry red.

"Princess Venus so self centered and always worrying about yourself and never about anyone or anything else. You make me want to puke," Brad continued as he walked past the barrier where Venus was held. " Princesses Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto all of you have decided that I would be more of a threat than a help. You especially Uranus. Maybe I should start with you when I eliminate the lot of you. It would not be a big loss to destroy the mighty Sailor Uranus. Princess Mercury, You of all people should know the depths of my pain and yet you refuse to acknowledge even me. Was I that much of an embarrassment to you? Princess Serenity, you my dear sweet foster sister. You were the worst of them. I trusted you and you really betrayed me. Last and definitely least, Halo. Why in the world were you are leader? I will never know."

All of the Senshi were in shock. They had no idea that Brad had so much resentment penned up inside him. Halo knew that this was not the real Brad talking. He could tell that the real Torrent was inside trying to break free of the nightmare that he was living.

"This is not the real Brad talking." Halo said. "Who ever it was that corrupted him has managed to warp his mind."

"That would be me." A voice said. Then a robed figure carrying a crystal ball materialized in front of them. "Greetings Sailor Brats. You should remember me. I am the one that turned the pink haired rabbit against you."

"Wiseman!!" Pluto growled. "You were supposed to be dead. How is this possible?"

"When Galaxia was restored to normal, some of the energy was released that allowed Queen Metallia to return. Also she had enough remaining energy to revive me as well," The Wiseman said. "As you can see I am back and am willing to destroy you all for the sake of our Glorious Leader."

"Mercury, The only way that I can think of to break his hold is to remind him of his vow to you and to the Guardians." Halo said as he struggled against the cylinder that held him captive. "Remind him of the Principles and how all of us really care about him."

"But he said that we betrayed him." Mercury said.

"Did we?" Halo countered. Shane could not believe that Mercury would actually believe what this imposter told her. "I never betray a friend. Especially one that is a Guardian. That would be not living up to the point of Loyalty. You know that I always follow the code that we swore ourselves too all those years ago. I'm sure that Princess Neptune's brother and my closest friend Trition would be upset if we did not have Loyalty."

"You will not confuse me." Brad said as he tightened the flames around everyone except for Mercury. Strangely enough the flames that were around her disappeared. Sailor Mercury was surrounded by a blue white light. That light managed to almost blind everyone in the room. When the light went away, everyone could see that Sailor Mercury and Brad were gone. Standing next to the column of flame that Sailor Moon was in was Tuxedo Kamen.

"Sailor Moon, what happened?" Tuxedo Kamen asked.

"Brad is under the control of some shit stain named Wiseman and I am really starting to get pissed off here," Halo snarled. "If I were you I would back up a bit because I am going to try to break out of my prison."

"Ok." Tuxedo Kamen said as he took three steps backwards.

"Thanks." Halo said and started to glow with his usual green-white light. As soon as he was powered up, Halo let all of that power loose at the black flames. "RAGING ELECTRO CYCLONE!!!" Shane yelled. All of the energy turned into a large cyclone of electrical energy and impacted the flames. Once it hit all of the other flame columns flickered and then went out. Halo then dropped to the ground gasping for breath.

"Halo-san are you alright?" Sailor Saturn asked as she went to try to help him.

"I will be fine as soon as I get my energy back." Halo said as he sat up on the ground. "I used my own personal energy to power that attack."

"That was stupid." Sailor Mars said.

"I didn't see you giving any suggestions!" Halo snarled.

"I can see why our Guardians are not here yet." Uranus said to Neptune.

"You sure that you will be alright?" Sailor Neptune asked completely ignoring Uranus' remark.

"I am fine now." Halo said as he started to get up. Jupiter went over to support him. "Thanks my Princess."

"Where did they go?" Sailor Venus asked.

"On that I have no clue." Halo said as he stretched. "The fact still remains that we have to do something about those Neo-Dark Kingdom bastards."

"Well we need to find them." Usagi said and then went to look for them.

When Sailor Mercury opened her eyes, she could see that she was no longer in the building where she had found Brad. Looking around, Sailor Mercury found the remnants of a castle. The Ivory walls were burnt and destroyed. Every where around her Sailor Mercury could see the destruction. Walking through the wreckage she saw bodies laying where they died. Every time she stepped she could see the evidence of an ancient devastation.

"Where am I?" Sailor Mercury asked out loud.

"You are on your home world Princess Mercury." A voice said.

"I am on the planet Mercury?" Sailor Mercury asked the voice. When she looked at her clothes she saw that she was in the formal dress of the court of Mercury.

"That is correct." The voice said. " You are here after Queen Beryl attacked and destroyed your world. I have brought you and your Guardian here so you both could see the destruction that was caused by Queen Metallia. You need to know about all of this so you can help Selece."

"But where is Brad?" Ami asked. She heard the distaste in the tone of the voice when it spoke the name of Queen Beryl and that of Queen Metallia. "He was under the control of the Wiseman."

"For now he is. But it is you that must break the spell that was placed on him." The voice said.

"But who are you?" Ami asked.

"Come now surely you don't recognize the voice of some one that was closest to all of the Senshi and especially to Queen Serenity herself?" The voice said.

"No I don't. Ami said. "How am I to break the spell on him?"

"Princess Mercury, Halo gave you the key to breaking the hold on him." The voice said. "It is the only way."

"I will try." Ami said.

"No." The voice said. "You must do it or all is lost."

Then mysteriously as it appeared, the voice vanished. Once again Ami was left alone to find Brad. As Ami walked through the remains of the castle she could recall the life that she lead on this planet. Ami was the Crown Princess of a beautiful world, even though it was underground. She knew that in the years leading up to her being chosen as the new Senshi of Mercury, that she was being carefully trained in all matters of science and in having the most basic grasp of magic. She also saw several grave stones at the head of five freshly dug graves. Walking closer to them she saw that these were the graves of her Mother, Father, and of her three siblings. She was under the impression that they would be still among the bodies that were lying about the ruined castle. Looking up on a broken wall, Ami could see a figure sitting there. As she got closer she could see that it was Brad.

"Brad!" Ami yelled.

"Go away." Brad said. From the tone of his voice he was trying to fight the control that Wiseman had over him. Ami knew that what Shane had said must have gotten to him some how. Now she had to finish what he had started. "I want nothing to do with you or the Sailor Senshi."

"Why not?" Ami asked.

"Because they betrayed me when I needed them the most." Brad said bitterly. "Your betrayal was the hardest to take. I loved you."

"Brad. . . I mean Torrent, you have a duty to the Guardians and most importantly to me as your Princess." Ami said in her most authoritative tone that she could muster. "What about the Principles of the Guardians?"

"What about them?" Brad asked hotly. "They are just ideals that have no place in this world. They came from a time where they were valued and now they have been thrown by the wayside."

"So there is no place for Wisdom, Perfect Virtue, Life, Justice, Honor, Loyalty, Serenity of Spirit, or TRUST?" Ami asked and put extra emphasis on the word trust. She knew that point belonged to Torrent. It was from that point that he managed to form the tight bond that joined all of the Guardian Senshi together.

As soon as she said the final point of the Guardians, Brad dropped to his knees and started to clutch his head in pain. Ami did not go to help him because she was afraid of the fact that he might not be free of the influence of Wiseman. Finally after about four hours, Brad stood up. Ami could tell that there was a calm serene look on his face that was not there before. Ami could sense that the inner conflict was gone and there was only Brad and Torrent and they were now indistinguishable from another. This was the Torrent that she had been told so much about by Shane. This was also the same man that she was hopelessly in love with as well.

"Princess Mercury, I want to thank you for bringing me back to my senses." Brad said with a tone that Ami recognized as coming from the side of him that was Torrent. It surprised her that the two people that she knew were now integrated into one person.

"I am glad to have you back." Ami said as she hugged him tightly. "Now let's go back to the others and then we can pay back Wiseman for what he did to you."

"Yes let's do just that," Brad said.

"Good now that your Guardian is back on the side that he belongs on, I shall return you two to your friends." The voice said. There was the flash of blue light again and then they were gone.

Ami and Brad reappeared right in the same spots that they disappeared from. It amazed everyone that was assembled to see them reappear. Sailor Moon rushed to Ami's side immediately.

"Ami where were you and what happened?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Just bringing back an old friend." Ami said as she transformed once again.

"Brad take this and transform." Selene said as she tossed him a light blue bracelet.

Catching it, Brad then preceded to put it on. Words started to form in his mind on how to activate the hidden power that was within him.

"MERCURY PLANET POWER TRANSFORM!!!" Brad yelled and then in a surge of Blue-white light Brad was transformed into a suit of light blue armor. He is also carrying a Trident as well.

"Behold, I am the water warrior named Torrent." Torrent said. "I will not forgive you for what you did to me. On behalf of the Guardians and of the Planet Mercury, I will make you pay with your life."

'Who writes these things?' Halo thought.

"I am not impressed." Wiseman said.

"Feh, you will be." Torrent said with an air of arrogance. "WATER WAVE SMASHER!!!!" A flood of water then shot out of his trident and blasted the Wiseman in the chest.

"You haven't seen the last of me Sailor Brats." Wiseman said as he disappeared.

"Let's get out of here and now." Halo said as he started to make his way out of the building.

As soon as all of the Senshi got out of the building they all met at Sailor Mars' place. When they all powered down then the questions started to fly.

"Brad what in the world did you do by letting yourself get captured like that?" Rei asked.

"Brad, why did they capture you in the first place?" Shane asked.

"I don't know why they captured me." Brad said. "But what I do remember is that they want to make sure that Usagi never becomes Queen Serenity."

"Hey why did you just ignore my question?" Rei fumed.

"Because Ms. Hino, your constant shrieking tends to get on my nerves at times." Brad said coldly.

"Brad, you realize that there will some of us that do not trust you?" Setsuna asked.

"I am aware of that Setsuna-san." Brad said. "And if Haruka or Michiru attempts anything I will deal with it in turn. Now if you will excuse me, it is getting very late and I really need to be getting home to study for the tests that we have coming up. Not to mention I need to tell my parents where I was at yesterday. Well at least tell them something that would make sense anyways."

"I understand." Michiru said politely. "We don't want to keep you here all night if you don't need to be here."

"You are too kind Princess Neptune." Brad said with a small bow.

"Thank you Brad." Michiru said smiling sweetly.

"May your way be green and golden Princesses and Prince Endymion." Brad said in departure that was customary for the Guardians to say when they left the company of the Princesses. "Fare thee well Shane!"

"And to thee Brad!" Shane said in return.

"We all should be getting home and to studying as well. I know one of us needs to pass that exam better than you did the last time." Shane said as he looked at Usagi.

"What?" Usagi asked. "I studied."

"For all of five minutes before engrossing yourself in one of my Manga that I let you borrow." Shane said tersely.

"Which one was that?" Minako asked.

"Magic Knight Rayearth number 1 volume 1."8 Shane said.

"Children please." Selene chided. "We do need to be getting home."

And without another word all of the Senshi in their Civilian Identities left the temple with the exception of Rei who lived there.

The End For now.

Please review and give me all C&C

1Juken or Cram School is quite common in Japan. Most students go so they will have a better chance of passing the nearly impossible, by American standards, Entrance exams for College.

2From Sailor Moon S.

3Baka, Baka, Mina Baka is a saying from a character by the name of Ruri Ruri from Martian Successor Nadesco. Really cool Anime and I have seen ALL of it.

4Ronin. That is a term that is used to describe a student that is not in school. I refer to the Anime of Maison Ikkoku. For a better explanation of that term.

5Professor Googly Glasses. Umino's pen name that he used in the Sailor Moon SS special called Ami-chan's first love.

6Death Busters. A group of villains from the Sailormoon S series.

7Sailor Galaxia. Major villain from Sailormoon Stars series.

8Magic Knight Rayearth. Shojo Manga that is put out by Studio CLAMP.