Only after two days Serena met Orion and they began dating, Luna noticed a change in her owner's personality quickly. Even though everytime she met a new Soldier and became happier with a new friend, she had a complete 180 degree turn from the sad, depressed state she was in back in Tokyo when meeting Orion. She was smiling all of the time with a beautiful sparkle in her eyes, she was a little more self-confident than she was with Darien, and even though she did wear nice clothes, she felt more self-assure about her appearance and personality around her new boyfriend.

And a week after they had started dating, the 22nd of June, after they begun dating, Serena was getting ready to go on a lunch date with Orion and Rachel. Ever since the day she found out Rachel was her future child, she half-told the truth about her being a Soldier to her family, but Rachel used mind-control to convice Serena's family she was a cousin staying with them.

The reason for the sudden date during the day was because Orion and his grandfather had just gotten back from a trip to New York, where Orion's grandfather was on a business trip for the high-tech, high-end phone company he was was the Vice President of. So, it was a special date for the couple and their future daughter just to catch up, before Orion and Serena have to devote themselves for a while to their SATs coming up.

"Which dress, Luna? The white one or the pink one?" Serena said as she held knee-length dresses. The white one had thin straps black lace and the pink one was strapless with a black belt at the waist.

"The white one." Luna said as she stretched out her body, sleepy from research about the Neo Soldiers last night.

"Thanks!" Serena said with a smile as she skipped into the bathroom and began getting dressed.

As the blonde got dressed, the front door of her home. Luna craned her neck to look out the bedroom door, while her husband and future daughter slept, to see Rachel running up the stairs with someone behind her. The black moon cat smiled as Ellie and Rachel entered the room.

"Yo, Luna! How is it going?" Ellie basically as she jumped on the bed, waking up Artemis and Diana. She wore a white button-up with a red plaid mini-skirt, with black-and-white legwarmers and armswarmers along with an undone red tie and black combat boots

"Just fine, Eleanor. I haven't seen you in a few days." Luna pointed out.

"Oh, tell me about it. But I have been busy with my family, studying for SATs, teaching all of the Soldiers about their jobs with Winona helping, and trying to catch up with my guy friends." Then Ellie flopped over to her stomach and groaned, "Ugh, I thought summer was supposed to be relaxing!"

"Not when you are a Neo Soldier juggling a normal life and trying to get ready for tests that will help you get scholarships." Artemis said in a sleepy tone before nodding back into a deep sleep.

Ellie moaned as Serena came out of the bathroom and saw her best friend lying face-first in her bed. "ELLIE!"

"SERENA!" The redhead cheered as she jumped up and hugged her friend. "It's been like... forever since we last saw each other!"

"A week's worth of catching up!"

"But you have your date with Orion in like an hour!"

"That's right! We need to have a sleepover with all of the girls so we can catch up!"

"I totally agree with that!"

As the two girls chattered away, Rachel sat up on the bed and grabbed Diana, placing the small moon cat in her lap as she watched the two teenagers talk. She wore a pink tutu-like skirt with a white, short-sleeved shirt that had black pokla dots and black high-top Converse that were over light blue, calf-high socks. She petted the small moon cat, whom already took a liking to the new Mini Moon, as she bounced Luna-P with her foot as it was on the ground.

After watching the girls exchange a few more words, Rachel finally raised her tiny hand. Serena looked at her future daughter, as well as Ellie, as the child asked "I thought you guys were going to hang out with the Inner Princesses today on a shopping trip. But instead, you guys are going to ditch them to go on the date with Daddy and Ellie has to study for that SAT test that is happening in two weeks."

Both of the faces of the girls looked crestfallen as they were reminded of their already-set plans. They had promise the Inner Princesses, after Marisol was found out to be Neo Venus, that they will all going on a shopping trip. But instead, Serena decided to go on her date with Rachel and Orion while Ellie's parents are forcing her to go to a study session for the SAT test that was happening in two weeks.

"Dang it! I knew that I had plans today, but I forgot them over the phone." Serena said with a sadness in her eyes.

"I know! But we can't just cancel two hours before we are supposed to go shopping." Ellie said in despair. But then, her eyes lit up as a smile came over on her face. "Unless..."

"Unless what?" Rachel and Serena asked at the same time.

Ellie wiggled her eyebrows as she let go of Serena and pulled out her Comsic Communicator. She smirked as she said, "I have a backup plan." Then she began dialing a random number as she ran downstairs, leaving her best friend in fear of what the redhead was planning as she ran downstairs.

~0~

Within thirty minutes, four guys stood at the front door of the Tsukino residentance as the door opened with Ellie smiling like a fool. Nick, Jack, Kai, and Zach all looked a little afraid as their best gal friend pulled them all in with the sheer force of her strength as a Solider and her slightly insanity working in at the moment.

"OW! What the hell, Ellie?" Jack yelled once all four guys face-planted on the ground. He wore a pair of black skinny jeans with a tear in the left knee, a pair of grey low-top Converse, and a long-sleeved white button-up shirt with a short-sleeved black shirt over it that had a red-and-black print of the Yin-Yang symbol.

"Nothing, Jackie!" Ellie yelled in excitement as she pulled her friends up on the ground. Then she asked, "Now, there is something I need to ask you guys..."

"If it's why you are insane, the answer is yes." Zach said in his Cockeny accent, very annoyed that is silver shirt and gold tie was messed up a little, while straighten his white Italian suit and dusting off his leather black shoes before getting up.

"No, not that sillyhead! It is a more important request for you guys." Ellie said as she began wiggling her eyebrows, her friends knowing that she had a wicked scheme in mind. "It involves four very pretty girls that need some assistance for today."

Of hearing there was four girls, one for each of them, the guys stood straight up with interested look on their faces. Ellie laughed as she directed her mischevious look at her guy friends, saying in a seductive voice "Now, these four girls will need to be assisted for today as Serena goes on her date with her boyfriend and I go study for the SATs."

"Finally, you are actually studying." Kai said in a cold tone. He wore a long-sleeved light blue button-up shirt with his usual black, sleeveless vest over it. He wore a pair of black jeans with a pair of brown loafers, and a gold watch on his left wrist.

"Love you too, Kai! But really, my parents are making me go and take the test for like a gazillion times, and we pormise our friends we have a shopping day. So, please do this one thing for me and I shall never complain about going to another art class or boxing class or even the SAT study session!" Ellie begged her friends as she got on her knees.

After a moment, the four boys sighed at the sight of their only girl friend begging and pleading for a simple request. They all sighed as Ellie peeked through a closed eye, hoping her friends would be conviced by her begging, which she was planning to do all day if they said no to her.

Within a minute after seing her pitiful show, the boys sighed again as they said together "Okay, we will do it."

"THANK YOU!" Ellie partically yelled as she jumped fromn her knees up to the air. The boys rolled their eyes as the doorbell rang again, causing Ellie to stop dancing around for a moment to open the door, seeing the four Inner Princesses. "Oh, hey guys!"

All four Inner Princesses looked confuse as the boys dropped their mouths slightly, seeing that Ellie wasn't lying when she said her friends were pretty. As they walked through the door, Ellie jumped over to her guy friends and said, "Okay we have a slight dilemma today."

"What is it?" Keiko asked in concern. She wore a sleek black mini-skirt and a white short-sleeved lacy shirt with a pair of gold strappy heels, gold bangles on each wrist, a thin brown belt around her waist, and three, gold pearl necklaces piled on her neck. Her hair was in a ponytail but with a bun on the top of the ponytail, with her red-dyed bangs on either side of her head.

"Well, you guys know that Serena has a date with Orion and Rachel..." Ellie started off nervously.

"Yeah. Why? Is there a problem?" Adina asked in worry in her voice. She wore a light blue, short-sleeved shirt that had a slight V-neck. Under the light blue shirt, there was a light purple-and-white tank shirt. On her feet were a pair of light brown boots that went to her mid-calves over a pair of thin white socks. She wore a pair of lilac short-shorts that had a black belt.

"The date is today and my parents are forcing me to go to this dumb study session. So, I decided that the best way to keep this shopping tirp is for my four best guy friends to take each of you shopping!" Ellie said excitely, like this was the best idea to come in forever.

For a moment, everyone was silent as the girls were confused on what was happening and the guys realized what they had to do. Only Ellie was smiling, unknowingly that everyone was in disagreement of her idea in some way.

And one girl was not going to stand for it. "Hell no am I hangin' around some prissy little boys! No offence, Sparky, but I rather stick my foot up my own arse the spend an hour with some lad I ain't have an idea about." Janelle said as her accent grew thicker. She wore a tight, light grey t-shirt that was low-cut, with a pair of black skinny jeans and a pair of grey high-top Converse. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail with a green baseball cap over her hair, her rose earrings visible with a pair of wrist-length, fingerless black gloves.

"She's right, whatever she said. Why do we have to spend the day shopping when we have better things to do?" Jack said, a little annoyed that Ellie tricked him into doing this.

As Ellie watched her friends, both girls and guys, leave the house, she thought of a quick plan as she began crying fake tears. Everyone turned to watch her go back up the stairs, her fake tears coming down harder as she said, "Well, I tried to do the right thing. I knew you guys had nothing to do, and I didn't want to ditch my girlfriends. But it seems like I just messed up again."

As she wiped a tear falling down from her face, she saw the empathic Marisol and Nick look at her with sadness. She faced the other way as she smirked, seeing the two over-emotional teenagers take pity on her.

Finally, Marisol looked at her gal friends and said, "Come on, guys. What is the worst that can happen with hanging around some cute guys? We fall in love with them?" She wore a dress that was very flowy with a sleeveless, white top and a white bottom that had a floral patten that was pink and light green. The dress reached the floor, and the top and bottom were separated by a brown belt. She also had on Jesus sandals, brown leather bracelets, and a blue love ring, with her usual flower circlet.

"Yeah. How about we stay with the girls for a few hours, then we will bring them back when Serena calls us?" Nick suggested. He wore a white t-shirt with a black pring of a bear on the front, with his dark green army jacket over it. He wore a pair of faded blue jeans with brown hunting boots that were covered in paint.

Despite the annoyed looks on their friends' faces, all of them sighed as they said, "Okay then." and "Whatever" at the same time.

As she heard then comply to her will, Ellie skipped down the stairs at an inhuman pace and said, "Okay here is the plan; Zach will go with Adina, James with go with Keiko, Nick will go with Janelle, and Kai will go with Marisol."

With their mouths hanging opened as they realized they had been tricked, Serena and Rachel came downstairs with Luna and Diana. Artemis was following and ran over to Marisol, jumping into her arms as Ellie grabbed her best friend's arm and began running to the door.

"Have fun you guys!" Ellie called out as she slammed the door, taking Serena and Rachel with her.

~0~

Adina was both confuse and uncomfortable as she stuck in a clothing store. She was more of the girl who knew what she needed or wanted in a clothing store, getting out as soon as possible. But right now, she was sitting on an uncomfortable seat as she waited for Zach to finish up his shopping. For himself, to be exact.

She didn't know that a teenage male could be so intrigued by simply shopping, but it seem like Zach fit the bill of a young, urban, heterosexual male with a refined sense of taste, an interest in fashion, and liberal political views, or better known as a metrosexual male. Not that she had a problem with Zach's personality, but she rather be in a book store than at a clothing store.

After what seem like hours, Zach came over to the blunette after buying his new clothes and said, "I have some killer outfits for this fall."

"You pick out clothes before the upcoming season?" Adina asked in confusion.

"Just some two new outfits to add spice to my closet. Mother and Father work for the Queen's family overseas, so they send over some money every once and a while." Zach said as him and Adina walk out of the store.

"Then can I ask why you are here if your parents are overseas?" Adina said, slightly confused and more than ever curious about this young man.

"They have to stay overseas if they are working with the Queen's family, after all. But I wnated to explore the world before settling down with this nice girl Mother introduced me to, see who else is out there for me and what I can really do besides just working for the Queen. So far, I got nothing." Zach said in a fashion that showed he didn't care. "I lived with my aunt who moved to America at a young age, wanting to be free of the tough job of taking care of thre royal family."

As he talked about his family connections and the nice girl he wanted to marry, Adina started to feel odd, in a way she never experienced before that made her stomach warm and tugged at her heart. Her mind wandered back to her sister and the dark path she was on, the tough challenge of living up to her parents' wishes of being a doctor and marrying a rich Jewish boy. It seem odd that her personal life and Zach's personal life seem to match up in some odd way.

While they walked into another clothing store, much to Adina's dismay, Zach saw the blunette's unhappy face. He leaned his head to one side as she took out her book again and said in a soft voice, "I'm going to the book store."

"Are you sure? I mean, I would like to pick you out something since you have to deal go into clothing stores with me." Zach said, his eyes filled with worry for the sad-looking Jewish girl.

For a moment, Adina was in shock as she looked back up at Zach and said, "Really? I... I am not the type of girl to going shopping for clothes a lot." Embarrassed, she lowered her head and looked at the white tile ground.

"Then, come on! Let's have some fun while we are here!" Zach said as he grabbed her hand and dragged her into the girly clothing store.

As Adina dragged her heels against the tile floor, Zach stopped and began picking out clothes for the blunette. She noticed quickly that the clothes Zach was picking out were in colors of white, black, or blue and that they were a little out of her usual taste of clothing. They were a little skimpy and tight-looking, unlike her well-fitted and modest clothing in her closet. At least he got the clothes in her favorite colors.

After a moment, Zach piled the clothes in the Jewish girl's arms. Her book almost fell, so Zach took it like a gentleman and placed it inside one of his shopping bags for safekeeping. The sweet gesture almost made Adina smile as she peeked through the large pile of clothes in her arms.

"So, what do I do now?" Adina asked.

"Well, you will go into the dressing room and try on this wonderful outfits. I picked out clothes that I thought would highlight your curves, or what little you have at least." Zach said in a cutly manner, not thinking of the girl's feelings for a second.

As he insulted her figure, Adina dropped every single article of clothing and looked at him with slightly angry eyes. She grabbed the shopping bag that held her book, getting her favorite book from the pile of clothes it was under and glaring angrily at the British boy. Then she turned on her heels, her head held high as she avoid Zach's confused eyes.

She marched out of the clothing store, trying to get away from Zach as fast as she could. With her book in her hand, she walked quickly to the nearest bench and sat down with her leg crossing over each other. She opened her novel and began reading from where she last left off, now completely miserable as she was insulted.

For a moment, as she read the passage she was on from Macbeth, her mind began working as to what happened back in the store. A small smirk quirked on her lips as she pulled out a simple pranking item, a basic tool for even beginning pranksters, and placed it on the space left on the bench.

Now, she waited.

But as she began the passage where the witches were cursing the Scottish king, she heard a pair of footsteps coming towards her. She spared a glance upward with one grey eye, seeing that it was Zach. She sighed unhappily, worrying that she was going to get insulted again, but a smile spread on her face as she remembered her plan.

As the British boy came to sit down, a loud squeaking came from under him. Instantly, as his face turned red, Adina covered her mouth and began giggling. Zach looked at her in confusion as the Jewish girl looked at him, trying to control her laughter as she said, "I'm sorry... But pulling a prank seems to make me feel better."

For a moment, Zach looked upset. But then a smile came on his face as he said, "I guess it's no problem."

"It shouldn't be a problem. You said I had little curves." Adina pointed out, burying her nose back into her book.

Zach looked confuse about the comment, but a sad smile came on his face as he said "I am so very sorry. I was just saying that I wanted to bring out your curves because I know that someone with a pretty face like yours must have something to show off."

Adina smiled a little at hearing she had a pretty face, always being told her sister was the prettier one, but she still gave a slight cold shoulder. "Well, I just have A-cup breasts and I am built like a stick. So, I have nothing to really show off like my sister does."

"You have a sister? I thought you only be an only child." Zach said with interest sparking in his eyes right away.

"Um, yeah I do. Her name is Melinda and she is twenty years old. Everyone, including my parents, thought she was the prettier and smarter sister. She got all of the high marks on every test, she was drop-dead beautiful, and everyone who didn't know her like I did thought she was this sweet, helpful angel who is pure and innocent." Adina said in a sour tone.

"Know the real her? What was she really like?" Zach asked.

"Well, she is a huge bully that gets away with everything and she has had multiple boyfriends under our parents' nose, with them only knowing the two Jewish boyfriends Melinda that has. And even though she is at Harvard, she is partying like a sorority rich girl and she has sent me all of the low grades she has made." Adina said, her tone getting angrier at metioning her sister.

Zach blinked a few times as he realized that the blunette just shared something very personal. Even Adina covered her mouth as she realized that she wasn't suppose to share that with anyone, quickly adding to the conversation "I'm so sorry! I promise my sister I would never tell a soul and where I am talking about her. Just pretend that I never said that. I'm so sorry that you had to hear that, anyways."

Zach began laughing as he placed a hand on Adina's shoulder. "It's fine, seriously. I promise not to tell a soul about this to anyone. It is just that... I didn't mean to upset you. You looked so upset for a while, since we left that clothing store I got some clothes at."

"Oh, that. It's just that when you were talking about your family, I realized that you having a girl that your parents introduce you to and my family wanting me to marry a Jewish, along with our families wanting us to go into certain professions, I noticed that our lives were matching up in some way." Adina said in a nervous tone, her pink cheeks becoming a deep shade of red.

For a moment, Zach looked at her as he began to think about what the blunette said. Adina buried her nose back into her book as she realized she just gave away more information, like she always does when she becomes talktive.

But what happened next made that embarrassed feeling go away as Zach pushed her bok down away from her face. She saw him looking at her in a kind manner as he said, "I guess you are right about us having similar lives."

"Really?"

"Of course. You are a very smart girl, from what I heard. I should have known that you would have picked up something as quick as you did with our lives being similar." Zach joked lightly, but still being serious at the same time.

Adina laughed back as Zach got up from the bench, letting the Jewish grab her whoppie coshion to place it back in her bag, as the British boy took her hand and helped her up. She smiled as he clicked his tongue and winked at her, saying in a somewhat cocky manner "How about we head on to the book store? you deserve it after going to like fifty clothing stores with me."

"Actually, we have been to four clothing stores. But I like the idea of the book store." Adina said with a smile as she realized that today was beginning to look brighter.

~0~

Keiko was angry beyond belief when 1:30 PM came around. Here she was trying to look at beautiful Victorian pieces in an antique store, but instead she had to deal with the arrogance and know-it-all personality of Jack, whom Ellie had paired her up with. All he did was complain about being an antique store instead of a sporting stores, and that all women did was waste time in one store. At this point, Keiko was surprised that she has last this long without snapping but she kept her elegant manner as best as she could.

As she bought a black iron table lamp, Jack rolled his eyes as his teeth wiggled around the unlit cigarette in his mouth. With his hands shoved in his pockets, he dragged his feet against the floor as he followed Keiko out.

"Why do you carry around that flith in your mouth when it is not even lit?" Keiko asked the boy, her eyebrows still twitching in the comment he made about women looking at the same items but in different colors.

"It's a metaphor. I have something that could kill me in my mouth, yet I am not giving it the power to do so." Jack said as he had a cocky smirk in his eyes, thinking he bagged another girl with his charms.

"Ugh, you are like every male jock at Brentwood; selfish, perverted, rude, thick-headed, stupid, and so sexist." Keiko said straight-out, not wanting to deal with any extra drama if she had to. "Why can't there one decent male that doesn't try to use his charms to get a girl into bed with him? Why can't you just let a girl like you for your personality... Oh wait, you don't have good qualities instead of being athletic."

"You forgot good looking." Jack added in a cocky manner.

Keiko gritted her teeth as they turned the corner, ignoring the blonde boy as the best she could. She couldn't stand men like him, but she knew that she had as much to blame as the personalities of the boys she met. She always stacked them against her father, him being Keiko's only respectful male figure in her life. But it seem like Jack Matsuoka was trying to be a jerk to her.

So as she was about to enter a jewerly store, she made sure Jack was out of her eyesight. Right until they both heard a little girl crying insanely from only a few feet from them.

They both turned around to see at the bench near the fountain, there was a small child no more than five years old. She has short and curly chestnut-brown hair, light golden-amber eyes, light brown skin with freckles, and a cute chubby body as she looked like she came up to Keiko's leg. She wore light pink shorts with a green-and-white striped t-shirt and a pair with white tennis shoes, with a bright blue backpack that had a stuffed white bunny hanging out of it and a rubber red ball in her hands.

As the child cried, Keiko left the blonde jock in the dust as she ran over to the child. The little girl saw a shadow hovering over her as she looked up to see the Japanese cheerleader starting to kneel down towards her.

"Hi, there. Are you lost, sweetie?" Keiko asked in a soft tone.

The child nodded her head as she said, "Yes. I lost my mommy and daddy in the upper level when my ball rolled into the elevator. I don't wanna go back in there because it's scary."

"It's fine, sweetheart. Can you tell me your name?" Keiko asked sweetly.

"My name is Cassandra, but everyone calls me Cassie." The young girl answered quickly.

Keiko nodded her head as she stood up and held her hand out. The little girl grabbed the elegant girl's hand, with Cassie grabbing it quickly like it was a lifeline. As the two held on to each other, Jack came over and cocked an eyebrow at them as Keiko began wiping the tears off Cassie's face.

"What's going on here?" Jack asked in a semi-rude manner.

Keiko shot him a murderous glare as she said, "This young child, Cassie as she wants to be called, has lost her parents and we need to help her. She can't just be left here alone, helpless to the evil men that wander this mall for children like her."

"Well, aren't you a ball of sunshine?" Jack snapped at the elegant cheerleader, earning a even more dangerous glare from the beauty.

But then, as Keiko was ready to just full-on attack the boxing jock, Jack did the unthinkable; he reached down to Cassie and grabbed her other little hand, smiling at the cute child. Her tears were almost gone now as she smiled cutely at the blonde jock and the elegant cheerleader, both whom were taking care of her for the moment.

"Thank you." Cassie said happily.

"You're welcome. Now, tell us where your parents were at when you got into the elevator." Keiko asked sweetly, kneeling down to meet the eye level of the child.

Cassie pressed her index finger to her lips, her eyes serious as she thought about where she lost her parents. Then she pointed to the nearest elevator, her finger going upward to the third level then going to the right until she was pointing at a movie store.

"There. Mommy and Daddy were looking at movies for us to watch tonight." Cassie said with huge, innocent eyes.

Both Keiko and Jack nodded their heads as the blonde jock picked up the five-year-old, smiling at her as he said "Come on, sweetheart. Let's go get you back to your Mommy and Daddy before they start worrying themselves after to death."

"Yup!" Cassie said as thet three began walking towards the elevator.

For a moment, Keiko was completely and utterly shocked and speechless. She didn't know how a person like Jack, the definition of a stereotypical male jock, could be so kind and loving towards a helpless, young child. She was expecting him to laugh or ignore the child, while he left Keiko to do the job of finding Cassie's parents herself. Yet, she was proven wrong as she watched Jack talk to Cassie like he has done it a thousand times beforehand.

As the three walked to the elevator, Cassie held on to her rubber ball tightly. Keiko remembered what the child said about her ball rolling into the elevator, causing this whole dilemma. So, with great kindness, she went up and looked at the young girl as she said, "Let me carry the ball. That way it doesn't roll away again."

"Thank you, nice lady!" Cassie said as she handed the ball to the cheerleader.

With Keiko holding the rubber ball, the three finally entered the elevator.

But before the doors closed, the sound of collective gasping was heard. Keiko bared a glance to see a couple running towards the elevator, looking wildly at the two teenagers and the small child. Having enough sense, Keiko stopped the elevator with her foot as the peopl pushed a button to keep the doors open long enough.

"I'm sorry. We didn't know that-"

"Cassie!" A woman called out, cutting off Jack's sentence.

As Keiko and Jack walked out, they saw that it was a young man and woman around their mid-twenties. They both had light brown skin and curly chestnut brown hair, with the woman having gold eyes and the man having amber eyes. The woman was tall and curvy, wearing a white dress with black tights and flats while the man was tall and muscular, wearing a grey button-down shirt with black jeans and black shoes.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Cassie yelled as she reached for her parents.

"Sweetheart! My god, we would have missed you if we didn't see you go into that elevator." The woman yelled in joy as she grabbed her child and hugged her.

"Wait, how did you not notice your own child?" Jack asked, a weary look in his eyes.

"We just got down here from the other side of the mall. We were looking all over the floor we lost her, so we were coming down here to get some security guards to help us find her. But it looks like you two found her instead." The man said as he stroked his daughter's curly locks.

Keiko smiled as Cassie looked back at the cheerleader. The elegant teenager looked down to see the rubber ball still in her hands, smiling as she handed the ball back to its owner. As cassie grabbed the ball happily, Jack smiled and smooth out the young child's hair in a soft motion.

"Thank you, nice people." Cassie said with a sweet smile.

"You're welcome, sweetie. Just remember that you must always stay with your parents, even if you lose something." Jack said in a fatherly tone.

"Okay, nice boy." Cassie said as she nodded her head rapidly.

Cassie's parents looked at Keiko and Jack with kind eyes, saying together "Thank you for watching over our daughter. Is there any way we can thank you?"

Before Keiko could say anything, which was that they didn't need to do anything for her and Jack, the blonde jock she was with stole her spotlight by saying "No, there is no you can do. We were just being good citizens, that is all."

Keiko's mouth literally dropped as the couple nodded their heads in Thank You, then walked away as Cassie waved good-bye. The two teenagers waved good-bye as well, Keiko having a more shocked expression on her pretty face than she would have liked to at the moment. But Jack seem calm as he was smiling at the young child, watching her and her parents leave their sight as the last thing they saw of the family was Cassie kissing her father's cheek.

The cheerleader was still in shock as she looked back at Jack, who had returned to his bad boy persona with the cigarette in his mouth and the cruel look on his face. But she saw the slight joy in his eyes, from helping a sweet child finding her parents.

For a second, she caught her senses again and asked, "Why did help her?" before confusion clouded her mind again.

Jack looked at her with cunning eyes as he asked sharply, "What do you mean by that?"

That is when Keiko regained her senses completely and glared at the blonde jock. She gritted her teeth as she said, "You are not really the first person that comes to mind when Ithink of a 'good citizen'."

"So what?"

"So what?! Listen, I don't care if you are the the best boxer in Brentwood and the most handsome guy, what you did was a selfless act that is completely out of your character. Now, answer me on why you helped that little girl or so help me Christ, you will understand why women wear heels when I bea you with one." Keiko said in a sharp manner, keeping her voice calm and her gaze deadly.

Finally, with much of the heat being poured down his back by the beautiful cheerleader, Jack gave up as he looked at her with serious eyes. Even thopigh those eyes caught her off, Keiko stood her ground as she heard the blonde jock say,"I helped that little girl because even though you see a stupid and sexist jock, I did it because she reminded me of my sister."

"Your sister?" Keiko said, a little confuse now.

"Yes, my sister. She is around the age of Cassie and seeing that little girl cry made me think of what if that was my sister. And remembered when you said we couldn't leave kids helpless while there is evil men walking around? Well, I took that into consideration and knew you were right. Those are the reason I helped her."

Hearing the reasons come out of his mouth, Keiko was slightly in shock again. She never thought Jack would have a little sister, thinking about how selfish and cold he was. But he looked and sounded honest enough where Keiko had no doubt that he was telling the truth of having a sister and truth behind his reasons. But what she can't get over is that he took her words into consideration, actually understanding why she said that to begin with.

As she began to blush and smile slightly, Jack noticed the cold cheerleader's change of personality. He narrowed his eyes at her and began snapping his fingers in front of her face in a very rude way, capturing her attention again and gaining back her icy persona that he had gotten use to.

"What's your deal?" Jack snapped with flaming eyes.

Keiko's blood began to boil as turned on her heels, successfully hitting Jack on the head by a mistake that she was hapy about. Then she pursed her lips together and huffed, "I was right! No matter what you do, you are still a selfish and annoying jerk."

As she began walking away, Jack followed her and rubbed the back of his blonde head. He looked at her with annoyed eyes as he groaned under his breath, "What did I do this time, you conceited bitch?"

"I heard that." Keiko said in an icy way that it finally made shivers go down the blonde jock's back in a way, knowing that he was probably about to be seriously hurt if he didn't shut his mouth. And knowing that he finally afraid of her, Keiko smiled in victory as they headed back to the jewerly store.

[MEANWHILE IN TOKYO]

Ashley was walking down the hallway of her penthouse, angry at what she just saw. With her hips swinging in her tight red mini-dress, her black heels clicked down the marble flooring to one of the rooms. She had let the Scouts and Darien stay over while she sent for their studd to go to whatever Serena went, so each two Scouts had to share a room while Akuma and Darien shared a room but different beds.

The evil Scout of the Sun finally arrived to the bedroom she was seeking as she heard a crash come from the other side of the door. Her red lips smiled as she took the doorknob in her hands and swung the door open, to only find a strange scene fold out in front of her.

Raye was drinking goat's blood, which wasn't unusual or disturbing as long as she didn't get it on the floor. But as she was drinking the chalice filled to the brim with blood, she was throwing knives to the other side of the room where the quiet and useless Amy was sitting at, curled into a ball in the corner so she can avoid Raye's attacks.

Ashley rolled her eyes as she entered the room and said, "We need to talk you two."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT, FUCKING WHORE? CHILD OF SATAN THAT I AM JEALOUS OF!" Raye yelled at the top of her lungs, putting her chalice on the table as her lips dripped with the blood of a poor goat.

Ashley flipped her gold-red hair back as she said, "We have a problem. It seems like instead of pulling the Generals to our side like we planned, the Orb has tod me that they have already allied themselves with Serena and her Neo Soldiers."

Raye and Amy stopped what they were doing to listen, in shock of the new information. With their attention grabbed easily, Ashley smiled as she said, "Yup. The Orb has already told me that Jadeite and Zoisite have already allied themselves, even without knowing. That means only Kunzite and Nephrite are still being thrown betweens our two sides. We must find a way quickly to get them to turn to our side."

As the Scout of the sun spoke in her silky British accent, Amy still looked a little unsure as Raye was totyal devoted to the plan because she knew she could kill some people.

Unlike the other Scouts, Amy only presented the idea of Serena being a clusmy leader ebcause she was worried for her blonde friend's safety. She never meant it in a cruel way nor she did attack Serena like the others did, seeing that they were wrong right when their old leader spoke. She was willing to help Serena become a better leader, but the others forced her to say that they needed a new leader because she felt overowered that day. It still killed her that only days after Serena left and Ashley became co-leaders with Akuma, the Scouts began to change from good-hearted heroines to monsters that even their family members did now know.

Finally, as Ashley was finishing her little plan to the two girls, Amy stood up and looked her co-leader in the eyes. The Scout of the Sun and the Scout of Mars looked a bit shocked as Amy finally rasied her voice in a long time and said, "No. We can't do this anymore."

For a moment, Ashley blinked as she asked, "What did you say?"

"We can't create the Nightmare Kingdom! We can't turn people aaginst the Neo Soldiers because they are more powerful than us and we haven't even fought them yet! We were wrong to think everything we did the the Silver Millenium and the tings we think are right today. Let's just... Let's just forget about this whole plan and go back to being normal girls." Amy begged, tears welling up but never falling as she stayed strong.

As the last words left her lips, all Ashley and Raye did was look at the blunette in shock. Amy thought she had gotten through to them, that she had stopped this wicked scheme before it was even set in motion.

But she was wrong. Dead wrong.

Quick as lightning, Ashley snapped her fingers as a pink glow covered Raye's obsidian eyes. The Satanic Scout jumped off the bed and tackled Amy, sending the genius to the floor as her arms were pinned behind her by her former friend. She was jerked up and Raye lifted Amy's head upward, growling in the blunette's ear like some kind of feral animal that has been let out of its cage for the first time.

As Amy struggled against Raye's string grip, Ashley glidded across the mable floor to the two girls. She looked down at Amy as she held her thumb and index finger only an inch away from each other, while black energy formed in the space between the two fingers. A black seed appeared with a dark purple aura around it, causing Amy's eyes to bug out of their sockets.

Ashley touched Amy's chin as she slowly lwered the black seed towards the blunette's forehead. "If you won't obey by choice, then we will have to alter your personality a bit."

Amy began whipping her head to the sides as she screamed, "No! Please don't do this, Ashley! Think about what you are doing!"

But all Ashley did was curled her lips together as she said, "I do know what I am doing."

Then she pressed the black seed on Amy's forehead, while black markings came form the spot as the seed absorbed into the blunette's forehead. "Chaos Seed." Ashley said in a soft, dark tone as the three people in the huge room were covered in a dark purple light as Amy's eyes turned dull and lifeless.