AN: Here's my next chapter took me long enough but I'm determined to finish this fic. Up next you'll see the description of two characters aside from the chappie itself.

Lonnie Stevens: Olive-skinned, curly brown hair, poisonous blue eyes.

Lisa Romero: Rectangular glasses, dark green eyes. Her hair color is orange with a pink streak.

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At Crosswinds jr. high, a school assembly was about to take place.

The seven friends were all talking to Lisa Romero, a girl Beth had befriended. She like Bruce became aware of their magical activities and doesn't mind one bit. Tony, Sra's brother, was sitting next to Bruce, who was in front of them wearing the school uniform so no one would suspect.

Sadly right behind them is the "Snob Squad". And they were intent on giving the girls a hard time.

"Looks like somebody didn't give them the dress code memo." Lonnie Stevens quipped making her followers snicker.

Zaira, Theo, Beth, Haruna and Lisa glared. Yui, Sara, Kylie, Bruce shook their heads boredly.

"Sounds like someone's IQ hard drive just crashed." Bruce commented.

Theo frowned sourly, "So what's her problem?"

Zaira sighed and began to explain, "Before the Pantheon family moved to Odaiba, she was the center of attention and the closest thing to a celebrity but now that the Beth and her sisters are here…"

"She's violently jealous." finished Sara.

"Exactly."

Then the teacher made the announcement."Boys and girls, I'd like you to welcome two new students who have just transferred to our school…"

Lonnie filed her nails, uninterested. "Probably some more brainy geeks."

"…. I hope you'll all make them feel welcome."

Her opinion changes in an instant, however, when she sees the transfer student Kai Silverbell. Short Platinum hair, dark grey eyes, clear glasses but quite attractive.

"What a cutie. . ."

Beth seems to think so too, thought in a different way. 'He is kinda cute…' but then she shakes her head and slaps herself. 'Snap out of it! You already got a guy!'

Lisa noticed Beth's reaction and asked the girls, "Is she having an inner romantic conflict or is it just me?"

"That's right." Sara responded calmly, "But this is something she has to figure out on her own without our interference until she asks for it."

"So NO spying or crazy schemes to bring them together." Zaira added. "That includes you, Theo!"

Theo shrugged and leaned back in her seat, "Can't blame a 'Best female friend' for trying."

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Later on, Beth is at a vending machine when she is approached by one of the new students, Kai.

"May I have a word with word you?"

"Sure I guess." Beth replied. The way this new student spoke to her was the same way her fiancé used to.

She followed him a secluded corner where no one would hear them.

"Beth, there is something you must know…" Kai began softly, "I am the one you had to leave behind. And you we're given something you were meant to carry for quite some time now."

"Whoa, rewind! How can you even know all that?"

"It's time you learned who I am."

He removes his glasses and his image fades to a beloved familiar face. The Supreme kai, now known as Kibitoshin for his fusion with his bodyguard. To prove his point even further he pulls something out from his coat: potara earrings.

And Beth can't believe her own eyes or contain her excitement.

"What are you doing here?" She gasped. "Is it really you?"

"It is me." He replied, "I've decided to try and visit you more often, which would include courting you properly."

"That's wonderful!" Beth smiled, "Oh but you got keep a low profile, wouldn't want any mortals or others hearing that the supreme kai is here."

"Of course I will."

Meanwhile, Lonnie, who passing, hears them. She tries to cross over, but ends up trapped in the midst of students leaving classes when the bell goes off.

"Ah! Beth, hang on to that guy for me, will ya?!" she hollered.

Beth and Kai turn around and see her and visibly look panicked.

"Run for it!" Beth said frantically, pushing him towards the exit, "Before she sees your true form!"

Kai was stunned but conceded to Beth's advice and disappeared in the sea of students.

Beth would've followed, but Lonnie, having just arrived, grabs her arm and stops her.

"WHY'D YOU LET HIM GO, PANTHEON?!" The plastic yelled, "I NEARLY GOT TRAMPLED OVER!"

Beth glared at her, "Will you just let go of my arm?!"

Lonnie lets go and yells down the hall. "Hey Kai, my name's Lonnie."

This prompts Beth jaw to drop and make her glower at Lonnie, "What are you trying to pull? Silverbell's my guy!"

"Oh, I don't think so." Lonnie said giving her that cocky, irritating smirk, "He's up for grabs. I'll make him mine forever by piercing his heart with my love arrow. He won't be able to resist me."

"Over my dead body!" Beth growled.

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That very night, Beth, Theo and Lisa are gossiping on the phone.

"Puh-leeze!" said Lisa on the phone to Beth, "He'll never fall for a two-faced peacock like Lonnie!"

Theo chimed in, "Yeah, you already told us he's a one girl guy! So he has eyes only for you!

At a close up we see Lisa is not at home, but in a park, wearing black burglarish clothes. She was trying to pull a prank on one of Lonnie's cronies who insulted her and the girls earlier that day.

Lisa suddenly spots something out of the corner of her eye, "Oh! Girls drop whatever you two are doing and come one down to the park in Shibaura!"

On the other lines the other two girls grinned. They already knew what Lisa was planning.

"Be there soon," Theo commented.

Little did they know was that their plans for the night was about to go awry.

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On Lisa's side, she grins and prepares her prank, "This is gonna be good!"

However, entering her line of vision was neither one of the Plastics but a random couple. Much to her disappointment. But it didn't last long for something pops up and attacks the couple.

It looked like a huge green goblin with burning red eyes. It had a clawed left hand but it's left was shaped like a sickle.

"Augh!" Lisa gasped, "What is that!"

The thing grabs the couple and slowly started draining their energy then it drops the couple, making Lisa yelp and hide inside a kiosk (don't ask how).

"Lisa, what's going on?" Beth's voice asked

"There's something out there!" She yelped, shivering.

Carefully she peeks through the cracks between the panels and the monster—known as a boggle pops up.

"Your energy's mine!"

Lisa yelped backing up and screams….

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On both separate lines, Lisa's screams are heard.

"Lisa!" Beth cried from her side.

Theo determinedly called in from hers, "We're coming girl!"

They both run off-screen.

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Lisa is seen screaming in side her hiding place as the boggle starts breaking down the panels.

"Aargh!" Lisa yelled into the cell, "Now it's in - - GUGH!"

She was cut off for the boggle had grabbed her by the neck.

Luckily Beth and Theo arrived just in the nick of time.

"Get it off me!" Lisa yelled, having broken free of the monster's grip and was now trying in to push it away with little success

Thinking fast, Theo slam-dunked a bucket over the boggle's head to keep it busy.

Immediately the three girls run to wards the middle of the park.

"That oughta keep him quiet," Theo commented

Lisa panted for breath, "OK he ruined my prank. That creep is gonna pay!"

"Uh, girls," Beth said to them, "Maybe it was just me but that thing sure had the characteristics of a youma…or a boggle."

She recalled about it, because she had been doing some light reading though the Book of Secrets as Kylie had suggested.

"Come one Beth," Theo looked to her childhood friend, "Sure, we're bound to have a few run ins with the usual hocus pocus monsters of lore and what not. But there's no youmas in our town."

As soon as she finished, the boggle cut threw the underbrush

"Not according to him!" Lisa cried.

The friends took cover. "We got to warn the girls!" called Theo.

Beth barely dodged the monster's sickle. "No time! It's just you and me, T!"

To prove her point, she closed her eyes and focused. Within seconds the Ethereal Heart emerged, a glowing crystal orb encased inside the silvery figures of a lion's head (to the left) and a blossoming rose (to the right).

In a flash of pink and orange, Beth and Theo were both in their Guardian garb. Beth wore a fuchsia gi with teal pants and belt in memory of her past. Theo wore a strapless fuchsia top and teal skirt both short flexible.

Theo yelled"The fun's over, greenie!"

The boggle turns away from Lisa and tries to snare the fairies, but they jump out of the way. Time after time, the thing misses it's target. Until it snares Beth's ankle.

"Beth!" Lisa and Theo both yelled.

It begins to drain Beth's vital energy. The red-head tomboy struggles viciously to get loose but it only tightened it's grip and she was getting weaker by the minute.

"Hang in there Beth!"

Theo charges, jumps and placing her hands onto the boggle's arm. When she does her hands started to glow an angry orange and the beast shrieks, releasing Beth.

"Now let's take it out together!"

Both girls raise their hands and shoot beams of magical power which incinerate the boggle completely.

Lisa runs to her friends, ruffling their hair and hugging them, "You two maniacs! You almost gave me a heart attack, I--"

Before she could even finish her rant, a derisive voice spoke out

"Guardians."

All three girls glance up and see a hologram of a woman and three young girls in long indigo cloaks.

"We never imagined there'd be someone like you defending our section of the Earth's Veil.

"What?!" Theo snapped.

Lisa gave them a weird look, "Egg-squeeze me? YOUR section?"

"You heard me. It's our realm now and I suggest you get used to it"

Beth didn't so much blink an eye. "You're the ones who sent that goblin, am I right? "

The cloaked woman shrugged mockingly, "Just our way of getting acquainted. Be sure that you'll be seeing more of us sooner than you think."

And they vanished.

The three girls just continued staring at the spot in mute shock for a few seconds.

"Guess this is an even bigger quest than the we thought," Theo mused.

"They said there'd be more of them, wonder just how MANY?" Lisa emphasized.

"We can take em," Beth said stubbornly, "We always can. Whoever they are, I'll make sure they're taken down."

AN: Ooh, looks like the girls have so far met the 'Big cheese' themselves and looks like Beth has got a rival in love. Might take a while before I update again, I'll be thinking up good chapters for the adventures. R & R!