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Serena is 17 turning 18 soon.
The inners scouts are already 18
The outer scouts are 19
Darien and Diamond are 25

Don't own Sailor Moon.

Irresponsible Leader

"Leave me alone! I'll be there when I can." The Scouts froze in shock; how could their leader act or pretend that something else was much more important than this. Their decision made, they unconsciously nodded their heads in agreement. They had to talk to Sailor Moon as soon as possible.

"Mercury is there another way, that we can beat the youma without Sailor Moon?" Sailor Jupiter asked. If they did not hurry and destroy it, then somebody is bound to be hurt or killed.

Venus in the background mumbled to herself "What can be more important than this?" as she walked towards Tuxedo Mask. She noticed him leaning heavily on the tree and noticed him hold his right shoulder with his left hand as he tried to prevent the flow of blood.

"Sailor Moon is dead meat, next time I see her!" Mars yelled as she once again attacked the youma, Mercury on the other hand could not help but to agree with Mars for the first time.

Emerald looked down at Sailor Moon, "Pathetic, how could a weakling like you be Sailor Moon" she told the unconscious girl as she got near her. "Killing you would be so easy, if only Wise Man had not forbade it" as she kicked her once again, smiling as she heard a groan of pain. She noticed the blood on the side "at least I manage to make you bleed" she laid her palm against the wound grinning as she sent out enough dark energy to cause her pain. Emeralds eyes glowed with hate as she slowly and deliberately stepped over Serena's sprained wrist, "Ta...ta… for now, Moon Brat" she said before disappearing.

A constant beeping was heard throughout the room until a cried of pain came from the person lying on the bed. She raised her hand to her forehead but felt something pull against her hand, 'what's going on?' she thought as she slowly opened her eyes and saw white. "What am I doing in the hospital?" she asked slowly as she felt a bandage wrapped around her head, in fact her arm and waist were wrapped up as well.

"I must have broken something," she cried out in pain as she tried to sit up. She looked at her clothes that laid on the chair right next to her bed, as her eyes widen in realization. She never made it to the battle but then there was the question on who brought her here. After Emerald had attacked her in her civilian form, she had lost conscious. "I hope the others are alright," she whispered as she reached out for her watch, when it began to beep once again.

"Scouts, there is another attack at the arcade, Rini is with me" Mina's voice was heard.

"We're on our way" Lita responded as the communication was turned off.

"Another attack?" she told herself before crying out loud "oh no Rini!" as she slowly put on her clothes just at the nurse walked in.

"What are you doing?" the nursed asked in confusion, here she was checking her patient and her patient was getting ready to leave. "I'm sorry Miss but you have to be a good girl and lie down" she was speaking very slowly as if she were talking to a small child who did something wrong.

"Listen, I don't know how I got here," Serena paused as she finished dressing "but I can't stay."

"Miss, if you don't go back to the bed then I am going to call security, someone found you unconscious and they brought you here. We could not find any identification so we could not contact anyone." The nursed explained as she slowly walked towards the red button on the wall, hoping to keep the girl distracted before she did something stupid.

'Thank god, I accidently left my purse at home' she thought, 'now the only problem is getting myself out of here.'

"Miss, I don't want to keep repeating myself but it would be best if you laid down, if you are not careful those wound are going to re-open," she was just about to press the button when she saw the girl nod her head and sat on the bed.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." Serena told her as she sat down.

"That's okay Miss but just lay there and let me get the Doctor. Then he can explain everything." The nursed relaxed around Serena as she slowly re-adjusted the IV and added a dosage to make the girl sleepy and calmed before leaving the room.

"Good, she left" Serena exhaled not realizing that she was holding her air, as she planned her escape she did not noticed the nurses intention. Serena once again removed the IV and got up, she walked slowly to the window and looked down. 'Dam it, the building is two stories high' she mentally screamed at herself as she reached out for her brooch 'well, there isn't anything I can really do about it' she thought as she began to yell out "Moon Crystal Power!" Serena transformed into Sailor Moon the bandages that she just wore disappeared, she looked down from the window "this is going to hurt" she cried out before jumping down. She cried out in pain as she felt her wounds reopening, her right wrist was hurting so she grabbed it with her left hand and began to run towards the arcade favoring her side.

They had managed to hide Rini before the fight got worse as half of the arcade was literally destroyed. The attack from the previous day had drained the girls, without Sailor Moon they had to use more energy to finish the youma.

"What are we going to do?" Venus asked Mars, "Yesterday, we barely managed to destroy that thing."

Mars looked at Venus "We cannot depend on Sailor Moon for every little attack there is. She never showed up for the last attack, yesterday was proof. We do not need Sailor Moon to win a fight…"

"Watch out!" Jupiter yelled as she dodged another attack.

"Mars attack the youma on the head, which is where it is weak" Mercury interrupted them.

"I finally made it" Serena told herself as she leaned against a tree as she tried to catch her breath. No one noticed that she finally arrived "Might as well catch the….." for a moment she thought she saw black "woah" she whispered as she tried to clear her head and try to make everything stable. It seemed as if the drugs had finally began to take an effect on her, add that to the lost of blood and everything seemed to be harder to focus.

Once Serena thought everything was okay she stepped out of her hiding place and began to say "I am Sailor Moon, I fight for love and fo…"

"So you finally decided to grace us with your presence, don't just stand there! Finish, it" Venus interrupted.

Sailor Moon looked at Venus 'what is her problem' she thought as she reached out for her wand but whimpered in pain 'I don't think I can do this' she thought.

"Sailor Moon, finish it!" Tuxedo Mask yelled at her.

Sailor Moon did not know why they were acting the way they were, "What is taking so…" Tuxedo Mask was sent flying as he hit one of the machines.

"No" Sailor Moon cried out as she ran towards Tuxedo Mask but was stopped by Mars glare as she was now next to Tuxedo Mask.

"Are you satisfied now? Just finish the youma off" Mars was trying to keep her focus but her patience was running thin "Now!"

Serena held back tears as she looked back at the youma, she raised her wand again this time noticing right arm shake 'please…please work' she begged as she yelled "Moon Scepter Activation" and watched as the youma turned to dust.

End of The Irresponsible Leader

There, I finished editing chapter 3, I'll try to have chapter 4 done before this Wednesday or maybe I'll be able to get

through chapter 6. Please tell me what you think of this newer version or if there are any suggestions you would like to

make. If you've read this story before this chapter is different from what it was days ago and I just want to tell you that

chapters 4-9 are going to change, the chapters are basically the same plot just an extra added scene here and there.

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