Chapter 2
Andrew turned to the girls, blue eyes flaming. "What exactly was that about, Raye? You can't just come in and start throwing ofuda scrolls at people, especially a new girl in town!"
Lita stared in shock. "Andrew, she went behind your counter! For all we know, she could have been trying to steal money!"
"In front of both Darien and Serena?" he challenged. "That's not exactly believable, seeing as both of them watched her walk around the counter, and Serena was the reason for it!"
Raye turned and looked at Serena, who blushed. "I may have knocked her bag down, and instead of letting Andrew get it she offered to let him keep working and get it herself," Serena mumbled, biting her bottom lip.
"It was kind of rude for you to attack Raye. We didn't know what she was doing, or why, not to mention Darien and Serena could have stopped her if she had tried anything stupid. You overreacted, and majorly at that," Amy admonished.
Mina, blushing, quickly came to Raye's defense. "Don't forget I was the one that called out there was a thief. Raye probably wouldn't have attacked if I hadn't put the negative idea into words."
Shaking his blond head, Andrew replied, "Look, I know you girls mean well, but would you please apologize to Makenna? She said she might become a regular customer here, and I would prefer that she not run off or put on a show like she did whenever she sees you all." Putting a milkshake down in front of Serena, he went back to cleaning the counter.
"Alright Andrew, we'll apologize. Do you know where we can find her?" Serena asked, taking a sip of the milkshake that had been presented to her. "You said she was new here, so we may not see her again soon."
Sighing, Darien looked at his girlfriend. "Didn't you see the type of school uniform she had in her bag?" When Serena shook her head no, he extended the question to the rest of the girls. "She had a uniform to you, Amy, Mina, and Lita's school, Serena. You'll probably see her tomorrow."
"Yippee!" Mina cried. "Maybe she'll want to hang out with us."
Raye turned, heading outdoors. "Maybe. I'll see you all later, I have to go."
Staring at the raven haired priestess, Serena wondered what she had to do that was suddenly so important.
As Raye left, Luna and Artemis walked past the arcade, talking.
"What was so important Luna? You said you thought you might know something about our new senshi that doesn't want anyone to know anything about her, but you haven't told me anything yet." Artemis's voice held a slight hint of annoyance that Luna had figured something out before him, but pride that his memories weren't being the dictating factor of distinguishing this new senshi.
Luna sighed, and when she spoke her voice was a mere whisper. "You remember the Senshi of the Galaxy tale we both heard before we were appointed advisors, right?"
Artemis nodded, confused. Senshi of the Galaxy was a series of myths and legends regarding the senshi and their origins.
Luna continued, her voice stronger. "Do you remember how we were told there were six senshi, while four were mythological and only to be called on in times of true danger?"
Again, Artemis nodded. Thinking back to the tale, he struggled to remember. There was the Guardian Senshi, who protected time and space, but could never leave her post. The Destruction Senshi, with powers so great she could destroy an entire planet and couldn't be trusted by the Outer Senshi. The Legendary Senshi, who there had never been a history of before and was from a planet not within the Silver Alliance. The Premature Senshi, with powers weakened as she trained for her true destiny. "Luna, why are you bringing this up though? Those four senshi are mythological, remember?"
Shaking her head, the black cat continued. "We know three of those mythological senshi." As Artemis stared, she continued. "Sailor Pluto is the Guardian Senshi, Sailor Saturn the Destruction Senshi, and Sailor Moon the Premature Senshi. I believe this new girl to be the fourth mythological senshi, and I have an idea what senshi that may be as well."
"Tell me already!" Artemis yowled. He couldn't believe that the story they had been told for training was actually true; he and Luna had assumed it was a legend to always give them hope when things looked bleak.
"Raye said that the new senshi appears to have fire based attacks, but that isn't the case. Our new senshi's attacks are more so magma, or lava. What if this girl is Sailor Earth?"
Artemis purred. "She can't be. Darien has the Sailor Crystal for Earth, remember?"
Luna looked at him seriously. "Darien also said he hasn't been doing well lately every time a youma attacks. What if she is drawing energy from the crystal within him, draining his energy?"
Taking this into consideration, Artemis nodded. "I guess we'll have to go about this carefully. How do suppose we find out if she's Sailor Earth or not?"
Shaking her head, Luna replied, "I don't know. I do want to let the Outer Senshi know about her though, so that they won't harm her. I've called a meeting with the four of them later at Trista's house."
"That's my girl Luna. Shall we head back to the girls?" Artemis inquired.
As Luna was about to answer, a scream was heard coming from the direction of the Temple.
Makenna heard the beeping and groaned. Not only had she been ousted from the arcade by those girls, but she hadn't made it home yet to drop her new school clothes off. Sighing, she imagined what Europa would say if she didn't take care of this youma, and quickly checked the Ther-Monster. When she saw the reading, she began sprinting toward the attack. A 28! Those nimrods will never be able to manage two youma on a level 8 power basis.
Jumping into the first low tree she could find, she quickly put her bags in the high branches, and transformed. Relishing having her hair back again, she jumped through the tree tops until she came upon a temple, with a raven haired girl at the mercy of the youma. Sailor Mystery quickly identified the girl as the one who had thrown ofuda scrolls at her, and almost laughed at the irony before realizing how silly she was being.
Stepping onto an open branch, she called out, "Hey slime faces, why can't your queen do any of her work for herself?"
As one youma directed its attack toward her, she quickly jumped out of the tree and began to think of how to deal with the youma. Before she called out an attack though, she heard a new voice.
"Submarine Reflection!" called out an aquanette wearing a sailor uniform. "When youma try to strike the innocent, I step in! I am Sailor Neptune."
A second senshi stepped out from behind a tree and spoke immediately after the aquanette, pointing at the youma. "Sailor Uranus will not allow this to happen. Uranus World Shaking!"
Looking at them, Sailor Mystery let out a laugh. "Thanks for helping. You're much more useful than the other senshi I know." Without waiting for a reply, she looked to one of the youma and said, "Volcanic Rising!" As she waited for the first youma to disintegrate, Sailor Mars ran in.
"Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, is everything all right?" she asked, throwing a glare in the direction of Sailor Mystery.
Sailor Uranus shrugged. "We've got everything, but who's the girl with white hair? She's definitely got power."
"I'm not letting you know anything until I know more about you," Sailor Mystery retorted as she stared at the second youma. As she got ready to use her strongest attack, she heard a third voice from right behind her ear, no louder than the faintest whisper.
"Silence Glaive Surprise." As Sailor Mystery turned, the girl thrust the glaive forward, unleashing power that destroyed the youma in one hit. Nodding in satisfaction, she walked over to the blond, aquanette, and raven haired senshi. "Sailors Mars, Uranus, and Neptune; it is nice to see you again."
Sailor Mars nodded. "It's good to see you too, Sailor Saturn."
The girl then turned to Sailor Mystery, who stiffened. "May I ask who you are? You aren't a senshi that I'm familiar with."
Leaping back into a tree, Sailor Mystery called over her shoulder. "Are you the Destruction Senshi?" She looked back to see the glaive wielder nod.
"I have been known as that, as well as many other names," she replied.
"Very well, then know this. A great danger is coming, and you will be needed here. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune will be needed too, I believe."
"What about me, and the rest of the senshi?" Sailor Mars challenged. "Since when are we not good enough to save the world?"
"Since your senshi didn't bother coming to the attack today. The fight ahead will require full use of wits, which I don't believe you or those other girls have." As Sailor Mystery turned to retrieve her bags, she called one last thing to Sailor Mars. "If you see the girl who was getting attacked, please make sure she's ok, and give her an apology from me that I wasn't fast enough to prevent the attack." With that, she left the area and detransformed.
Whew, Makenna thought. Sailor Saturn does have some power to her!
Luna and Artemis raced onto the temple grounds in time to see Sailor Mystery vanish into the trees, with Sailors Mars, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn staring after her.
"Darn, we missed her Luna." the white cat said while sulking.
Sailor Saturn, noticing the cats, replied, "She didn't give us much information about herself, but she did tell the Outer Senshi some things that she didn't want Sailor Mars to overhear. I can tell you at the meeting."
Luna nodded. "Good. We need all the information we can to figure out who she is."
