Fenris and Cerebus: To answer your question simply, Zeus is somewhat perverted because he finds a little amusement in torturing Sailor Storm about. However, he used Kyle's computer and inputted the information he had of Sailor Storm, which included exact measurements from all sides of her body. He used the information to find Tera's sizes. This will pretty much be the last time Zeus will act perverted; I think.
Wolfy: I'm very glad to hear that I managed to re-inspire you to read stories on FanFiction again. Thank you very much for your compliments. And thanks for the "plushie."
-chiksta-: I'm sorry if these chapters do seem long to you, but I'm afraid that's how I write. Still, I'm very appreciative of your compliments as well. I do hope you enjoy this chapter as well.
Note: Text in italics are Kyle's thoughts.
Disclaimer: All characters of the series "Sailor Moon", except for Sailor Storm, Thunderstorm, the Sailor Elements, the Five Storms, and all other Original Characters, are under copyright protection of Naoko Takeuchi.
Sailor Storm: The Lost Element
Ch. 9: Some People Stay, Others Don't
Part 2
Serena and the others, having just witnessed the odd occurrence, have decided to de-transform and continue their day at the mall. They were all a bit happier knowing that Kyle did at least show up as quickly as he did, but they felt even more sorry for him due to what he had went through while fighting that old pervert.
"Hey, Serena. Cheer up a little. At least Kyle did try to make it," Lita said.
"I know, Lita. But I was hoping that he would stay and hang out with us. If only it wasn't for that ugly old man," Serena said.
Those last words made the other four girls visibly shudder. Even Amy shuddered as well, except she was the only one who didn't make a sound.
"Don't talk about that pervert, Meatball Head. Just thinking about it gives me the creeps," Ray said.
"That's not all. Has anyone seen where Tera had ran off to," Serena asked, to which everyone shook their head no.
"I haven't seen her since we hid to transform," Lita said.
"Oh I hope she's alright. She seemed like an interesting girl-," Mina started saying until she noticed Serena looking pale and started to waver. "SERENA, WHAT'S WRONG?"
"I feel... like I'm... about... to," Serena started but could never finish.
Serena instantly threw a hand over her mouth and made a beeline to the girl's bathroom. The others could easily hear the sounds of Serena's digestive system going in full reverse. After waiting for a few minutes, they entered the bathroom after the sounds died down.
"Serena, are you okay," Mina asked.
"Yeah. I'm starting to feel better now," Serena said while on the floor pushing her head up from the toilet.
"Do you want us to take you home," Lita asked.
"No, I'm alright now," Serena answered as the color in her face returned.
"Alright. Just don't scare us like that again, Serena," Ray said.
"Aww. Ray, I didn't know you cared about me," Serena said looking glum.
"Don't push it, Meatball Head," Ray mumbled.
"What did you say!"
"Nothing. I didn't say anything. Now let's see if we can find Tera," Ray said hoping to actually avoid anymore conflict.
"Oh alright," Serena said.
The girls searched up and down the plaza for around 15 minutes, yet they couldn't find any trace of her. Now they were hoping that she just went home and had managed to arrive there safe. It was at that point when Amy remembered that she had managed to get information on her earlier. She had her Mercury Computer run through the information she had obtained on Tera and was quickly given the results.
"Guys," Amy asked.
"What is it, Amy," Serena asked with the others looking at Amy.
"I'm not sure how to tell you this, but I have managed to get the results of the scans I did on Tera."
"And...," Lita inquired.
"And I think that we should head back to the Temple so I can tell everyone in private."
"I think Luna and Artemis are still there," Ray said.
"Okay, then. Let's go," Serena said.
"But what about the sales," Mina asked.
"Sales come and go. This is more important."
With that said, Serena and the girls left the plaza to return to the temple, hoping to get there and find out what was going on before dark.
Zeus was waiting in the living room after Tera threw him out, literally. Apparently, she didn't want him spying on her when she changed clothes and transformed back into her male self. He was rubbing his head when Kyle walked down from the stairs and proceeded towards the main phone. He was lucky to pick up an international call card while he was visiting an American Navy store. He followed the instructions and dialed the number to his parent's house.
Over in the U.S., the phones inside the demi-mansion of the Rayden family started going off. Due to Bill being away on a business trip, Sharon had answered the phone. Fortunately for her, she was already up waiting for her son to call due to the fact it was around 3:30 in the morning. When she picked up the phone, she was rewarded with Kyle on the other end of the line.
"Hello," Sharon said.
"Hi, mom," Kyle said.
"Hi, Kyle. How are you?"
"I'm doing alright."
"Good. I was hoping you would call back this soon."
"Why? What's going on?"
"Well... I don't know how to say this, so I'll go ahead and say it. We're having some big problems down here. There's been monster attacks reported all over the city since the past month and they've been getting worse. The city isn't safe anymore."
The words "monster attacks" had made Kyle suddenly stiffen up. He now knew why Juuban hasn't been under attack for so long. The damn Negaverse was now attacking his home. But why was his mother calling him about this? Kyle now had to be careful of what he says and how he says it. He had to act like he was NOT Sailor Storm.
"Isn't there anything the Police can do," Kyle asked.
"No, not even the Army can do anything to stop them completely anymore. The city is under Martial Law and it has been working up until now. Their weapons no longer have any effect against them. Kyle, ever since Sailor Storm left, this city has gone straight to hell."
"Something doesn't smell right about this," Kyle thought. "But there must be something the government can do."
"The government can't do anything anymore short of nuking the city. However, WE can."
"Now what is she talking about? What are you letting on, Mom? Why am I feeling sick to my stomach?"
"Actually, Kyle, it's YOU who we need right now. The entire city needs you right now."
"Wh.. What are you talking about?"
"You're Sailor Storm."
"WHAT THE! HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW THAT!"
Kyle just stood there with a shocked look on his face and almost dropped the phone. Both he and Zeus were now sweating. Even though Zeus couldn't hear the entire conversation, he heard enough. Kyle's mother knew exactly who he is.
"I take it from your silence that you are Sailor Storm, Kyle."
"How? How did you know?"
"When you left for school in Japan, I had a funny feeling that this was actually in desperation. Also when you left, Sailor Storm disappeared pretty much at the same time. I managed to put two and two together and I also used my mother's intuition."
A moment passes...
"So what is it that you need for me to do?"
"Come home as soon as you can to help this city return back to the way it was. We're still managing to hold off the attacks for now, but they are saying that if this keeps up for the next month and a half, then this city will be declared lost and will be dealt with. Kyle, even with the help we are giving to our entire family, not all of us have the money to move away in time. That's why you're our last hope."
"Okay. I'll do my best to get there as soon as I can. I need to take care of school though."
"I understand. Thank you, Kyle. Please hurry."
"I will."
"Goodbye, Kyle."
"Bye."
Kyle slowly put the phone back on the hook, and just collapsed to the floor. Zeus rushed to him to see if he had fainted, but Kyle was very much conscious.
"Are you alright, Kyle," Zeus asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine," Kyle said distantly.
"What are we going to do?"
"I know one thing. That attack today had made me think about a couple of things. One, my skills are not high enough if I wasn't able to dodge something like that. Two, we need to do something about my uniform so that doesn't happen again."
"Well, you're in luck with the first part. I did some research on that battle of yours while you were changing. As it turns out, that old man who glomped you and was literally batted away by you has connections with a martial arts dojo in the Nerima district. His name is Happosai, the declared Grandmaster of the Anything Goes Martial Arts, but he's way too much of a pervert to rely on him. So, I've decided to pick the next best martial artist of that caliber. As it turns out, he's the most reliable character we can count on."
"What's his name?"
"Ranma Saotome. While he is a very strong and even faster martial artist, he does have his own set of problems."
"Like what?"
"He has two official fiancés, one self-declared fiancé, one self-declared wife, and is pretty much the cause and source of all of the chaos going on down there. And to make matters even worse, he's cursed to turn into a certain something that has its share of ups and downs as well."
"Sounds like this guy has been REAL busy. So what does he turn into?"
"A girl."
"Why did I have a feeling he was about to say that?"
"How long has your mother given you to be back home?"
"A month and a half. Which means, I get this Ranma guy to help me train to become a better fighter for a month."
"You got it."
"One thing though. I hate to do this to them, but I don't have a choice. I do NOT want ANY of the girls to know about this. They've got more on their plate than they realize. They need to stay here and protect Tokyo. Besides, this is something I have to do alone."
"I had a feeling you were going to say that. It's your decision, Kyle. Now about this second thing, I don't really know how I can help you there."
"You're going to have to try, Zeus. I already have an idea on what changes I want done on both Sailor Storm forms."
"Okay. I'll do what I can."
Kyle had proceeded to give the details to Zeus about the changes he made to both Sailor Storm and Neo Sailor Storm. Zeus also mentioned that he would also go ahead and declare Kyle successfully completing the eleventh grade of high school. After all, his grades were more than high enough. With the way things were moving for them, Kyle and Zeus would be moving into Nerima by noon tomorrow.
The girls have managed to arrive at Ray's temple at around 5:10 in the afternoon. Chad and Ray's grandfather greeted them as usual, and they were quickly told to leave the girls to themselves as usual. They were about to start when four more girls had shown up. They recognized them as Hotaru, Amara, Michelle, and Trista; the Outer Sailor Senshi. Once everyone was sure that no one would interrupt them, Amy was allowed to begin explaining. She first told the Outers about what has been going on recently as apparently they already knew about Sailor Storm somewhat.
"So what exactly is this all about," Amara asked.
"We happened to come across a girl about your age, Amara, while we were visiting a new plaza today. The reason why Serena had me run a diagnostic on her was because she sort of resembles Princess Serena through her face. However, we already know that the Moon Princess is Serena and that this girl had brown hair instead of blonde. So I ran diagnostics on the scans I have retrieved from her and they came up with the results."
"So who is she," Ray asked impatiently.
"Her name is Tera, but she has no last name. Also, she has a magical aura that matches Princess Serena's perfectly, except in magnitude."
"That's impossible! I'm Princess Serena! She isn't," Serena yelled.
"Calm down, Serena. We already know who we all are, but Amy wasn't finished yet," Ray said.
"What did you mean that her aura matches the princess's except in magnitude, Amy," Michelle asked.
"Her aura wasn't nearly as powerful. Actually, it was barely giving off a signature. However, it still means that she does have it. I'm afraid that's all I have," Amy said.
Trista, who was sitting quietly at the table, knew that Amy was hiding something. However, she didn't show notation about and decided to confront her about it later.
"Artemis, what is it? You've been staring at the table for at least ten minutes now," Luna said.
"It's nothing important. It doesn't have to do with this," Artemis said without turning his head.
"Nothing important? I know that look in your eye. You can't fool me-."
"I SAID IT'S NOTHING, LUNA! Stop pesking me about it."
"Artemis," Mina scolded.
Artemis didn't want to wait around to be questioned, so he bounded off the table and out the door.
"Just leave him be, Mina. Whatever is on his mind, he'll take care of it himself," Luna said.
"Alright," Mina said simply.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to keep our eyes open for this girl. Whoever she is, I'm willing to bet she knows why she almost looks and feels like the Moon Princess. Serena, I know both Michelle and I have had our differences with you before, but we're willing to apologize to you and wish to work with you from now on," Amara said.
"Amara, you don't have to apologize. You're always part of the team, and we would appreciate your help," Serena said.
"One thing, Serena. Where is this Sailor Storm we've heard about. Shouldn't she be here as well," Michelle asked.
Serena caught what Michelle had said. Apparently, Amara and Michelle don't know that Sailor Storm was born a male. She didn't want to do it, but she had to cover for Kyle.
"I'm afraid Sailor Storm was attacked earlier today by a perverted old man who was attacking other girls at the plaza. She ran off before we could figure out what was going on, so she doesn't know about this meeting."
"Okay, Serena."
"Well if there's nothing else, we're off. Take care," Amara said while getting up.
The others decided to close the meeting as it was now becoming dusk. Amy was met up with Trista, who told her that she wanted to speak with her alone. When Amy agreed, both girls were transported to the Time Gates for full privacy. Amy immediately noticed that Artemis was there too.
"Amy, I would like to hear the rest of your story. I know you were hiding something from us," Trista told her.
"Okay. While I was running the diagnostics, I noticed something very familiar about this Tera. Then I got this feeling that I should try to match her with some of the Sailor Senshi that we know of. Of course, all of the Sailor Senshi from the Silver Millennium have been completely identified when I remembered about Sailor Storm. Despite the fact that we already know who she, or he, is, I've decided to start with his original form."
"And that was when you found out that Sailor Storm and Tera are pretty much the exact same person," Trista said.
"Yes. That's it exactly."
"So if Tera and Sailor Storm are the same person, then does that mean that Kyle is able to turn into a girl without becoming a Sailor Senshi now," Artemis asked.
"That is correct. Tera IS Kyle. It seems that he has had this ability of his for some time now; most likely when he gained control of his Thunderstorm power," Trista said.
"But why didn't he tell us about this," Amy asked.
"That's something I can't explain, Amy. You will need to ask him. Until then, I think it would be best if we respect his wishes until he decides to tell us," Trista answered.
"So what was going on that caused you to act like that, Artemis?"
"That is something that only we alone can discuss, Amy. I'm afraid you need to be getting back home," Trista countered.
"Okay."
Amy was returned to the world in an alley around the corner from her home. She quickly made her way inside, hoping that tomorrow she would be able to shine some light on this.
The next day, Serena had again managed to make it to school just in time with Mina only seconds ahead of her. Both girls had bursted into the class room just before the home room teacher walked in. By the time they sat down, Serena had noticed two things different. One, Ray was now in her class as she had transferred in from her other school. Two, Kyle was absent. The teacher noted his absence and asked Serena and the others if they knew where he is. After each and every one of them said no, the teacher went ahead with her business before switching with another teacher. At about 9:35, the Vice-Principal had walked in and gave the current teacher a note stating that Kyle Rayden has passed the eleventh grade of high school due to the U.S. standards he still followed. Yesterday was his last day. The teacher was then instructed to post the note on the desk for the others to see it as they walked in. Serena and the others somehow knew that something fishy was going on, but they couldn't find out why until after school was let out. This made Serena more happy as she wouldn't have detention for being late.
As soon as school had let out, all five girls headed towards Kyle's house. They hadn't even bothered to go home to change out of their uniforms as they were just being desperate for answers. Everything that has happened up to now has just been one big mystery, and hopefully, Kyle and Zeus had some answers. It took them about 10 to 15 minutes to finally reach the bus stop that was closest to Kyle's house. However when they got there, they saw no indication that the house was being lived in. Serena went ahead and knocked on the door. No answer. When she pressed the doorbell, there wasn't a chiming sound. She was about to knock again when Lita called for her to look at something. What Lita found was a note from the Tokyo City Authority saying that all electricity, water, heat, and gas was shut off due to request of homeowner. Reading that note had just made one thing clear to the Sailor Senshi. Kyle, Sailor Storm, was gone.
A/N: I was originally planning to make this chapter a little longer, but I had managed to already write all that I had wanted. This chapter continues off directly from the last chapter. The first scene is supposed to take place right after Sailor Storm had left the plaza. I can't say the reason why Serena had gotten sick, but I can say that she did get sick at virtually the same time Tera did. In case some people don't know, here's a list of the english names alongside their japanese names: Serena (Usagi), Amy (Ami), Ray (Rei), Lita (Makoto), Mina (Minako), Amara (Haruka), Michelle (Michiru), and Trista (Setsuna). Hotaru is still Hotaru. Their last names remain japanese. I'm hoping that the twists and cliffhangers I'm trying to come up with aren't revealed too soon, as this story is between 1/4 and 1/3 done. I still have a way to go. The next chapter will begin focusing on Sailor Storm more often than the others. I've decided to insert the Sailor Stars season around this point, but I will not be writing about the events. The next time I start writing about the main Sailor Senshi again will be after the defeat of Galaxia. I'll try to work out something with Eternal Sailor Moon once I get up to that point. Also, the next chapter will be a crossover chapter into the Ranma ½ series. The time-line I chose for that series will be after the wedding incident, which is the last part of the last manga. Last but not least, both Sailor Storm and Neo Sailor Storm will gain a new look. Until then, later.
