DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon is property of Naoko Takeuchi, Viz Media, Toei Animation. I'm just a fan.

NAMES: Every main character in this story has a parallel to the characters that you know and love (Olugbeja::Mamorou; Galing::Ami; Wicapiwakan/Wika::Rei; Madeira/Madi::Makoto; Etoiledor/E.B.::Minako) Look up their names in their native languages and you'll see the connection.

Act XI: Gonna Make You Sweat

Wake up! We're back with more of The Radiant Sailor Moon!

Part 2: Nephrite

Interlaced into a single blunt weapon, Nephrite swung his fists down violently towards the ground. The five girls scattered in all directions as the fitness guru smashed the floor. As they leapt away, Usagi (unintentionally) and Etoiledor (intentionally) dropped their disguises. No coordinated command was necessary for their next action:

"Mercury power…"

"Mars power…"

"Jupiter power…"

"Venus power…"

"Moon Prism power…"

"MAKE… UP !"

Like five twinkling points of a star, the shimmering auras surrounded an admiring Nephrite. In an instant, he was surrounded by exactly who he wanted to see: the guardians. He cracked his knuckles. "Wonderful. So..who will approach me first?" His request was met with a strong jet of pool water. While impactful, he was able to keep his footing. "You'll have to do-" His taunt was cut short as his leg was yanked out from under him. Examining himself, he saw that a beaded chain wielded by Sailor Venus was the culprit. As he leaned forward to untangle himself, a fireball flew right in front of his face. Paused in that vulnerable position, he suddenly felt himself being put into a full-nelson hold. While he struggled, he saw Sailor Moon, Moon Stick in hand quickly approaching.

"Sailor Moon! Hurry up!" A straining Sailor Jupiter yelled. Venus held her chain tightly while Mercury continued to waterboard their captive. Mars also was approaching, holding a flaming ofuda. Though the attack had caught him off-guard, Nephrite wasn't very worried. Working against Sailor Jupiter, he brought his torso forward and got one foot solidly up under himself. With his balance reestablished, he pulled his other foot underneath, dragging Sailor Venus a few inches as she failed to hold him still. By this time Mars had reached him and was about to place her ofuda. With a loud roar, Nephrite leapt into the air, taking Jupiter, Mars, and Venus' chain with him. While hovering at the apex of his jump, Nephrite broke Jupiter's hold, grabbed Mars' face with both hands, and thrust it over his shoulder into Jupiter's forehead. He ended up landing on his feet. Mars and Jupiter crashed down on their backs.

He unwound the chain from his leg. "Ladies, it's clear that you have not trained properly. Your strength is lacking. Allow me to give you a real workout!" He smiled. "I'll make you sweat 'til you bleed!" With that, he took Venus' chain and violently pulled it in opposite directions…

...but it didn't pull apart. He tried to snap it over his knee. Nothing. Dumbfounded, he looked to Sailor Venus and nodded. "This is a high-quality instrument." He tossed it back to her and jetted over to the field equipment. Before the girls could reorganize, he began to hurl every object as his disposal at them: javelins, hammers, shots. The speed with which the objects came at the senshi caused them to dodge and flee in pure defense; exactly what Nephrite was counting on. With the guardians sufficiently scattered, he turned and ran towards the wall. The warriors looked in bewilderment as he then began to run up the wall !

"There's no way!" Sailor Mars uttered.

"Actually," Mercury said over the comms, "the wall has a slight grade to it. Plus, I gather that he's wearing special shoes to increase his traction."

"It's faster than taking the stairs!" Sailor Moon added.

At the top of the wall, he backflipped onto the awning of the catwalk maze. He quickly ran into the covered portion, his movements concealed.

"Sailor Jupiter, do you know what's up there?" Venus asked.

"As far as I know, it's a maze with workouts at each dead end," she replied. "The only ways out are to finish the maze, or take the leap onto the trampoline."

"That's 30 meters straight down!" Sailor Moon exclaimed. "You'd have to be crazy to do-" A loud crash cut her off. Smashing out of the side of the catwalk was Nephrite. In his hands he held a barbell with heavy weights on the ends. As he descended, he threw the equipment on a perfect line, directly at Sailor Moon. Panicked with the projectile zooming at her, Sailor Moon dropped the Moon Stick and put her hands out in defense. As the weight made contact, her enhanced senshi strength allowed her to successfully corral it, but the impact knocked her off-balance, causing her to fall backwards with the bar on her chest.

Landing with a perfect roll, Nephrite immediately got back to his feet and sprinted over to Sailor Moon. Quickly and effortlessly, he flung more barbells down, parallel to the first, so that Sailor Moon's body was covered head-to-toe with barbells. While she could lift the one that she was holding, there was no way that Sailor Moon could lift her whole body at once and move the weights. Nephrite was even nice enough to place a pair of 50kg kettlebells at her head and her feet in case she tried to wiggle out via the small openings at either end.

"Umm...a little help?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Nephrite caught Sailor Venus running over. He took a flying leap at her, crushing the ground in front of her with a punch. Sailor Venus retreated a few meters. "Someone help Sailor Moo- AAAAAUUGH!" Her command was cut short as Nephrite took hold of the chain around her waist and began to speed along the walls with her in tow.

"I've got her!" Sailor Mercury ran towards Sailor Moon as Mars and Jupiter directed their fire and lightning towards the moving target. "Ok, Usagi, I'm going to lift the ones from your upper body first," she said as she reached the Champion of Justice.

"Can you hurry up? One of these is on my hair!"

While running, Nephrite took a glance over and saw Sailor Mercury about to free Sailor Moon. He promptly turned on a dime, heading directly towards Sailor Mars. Before she could react, he stopped his forward progress and used the momentum to fling Sailor Venus at her by the chain. Before the two senshi even hit the ground, and before Jupiter could manage an attack, Nephrite tore back towards the field equipment. Picking up a discus, he wheeled his body in perfect form, and flung the heavy object towards the kneeling Mercury.

"Sailor Mercury! Look out!"

Sailor Jupiter's warning caused Sailor Mercury to look over just in time to see the discus flying towards her. Quickly she tried to dodge it...but she wasn't quick enough: the discus made solid impact to the pinky-finger side of her forearm. She collapsed and screamed in pain, cradling her arm.

" Galing! " Sailor Moon screamed. "Someone help her! Don't worry about me!"

By this time, Sailors Mars and Venus were back on their feet. Sailor Jupiter came over the comms: "I'll get her."

"No," Mars interjected. "You're our only chance at matching him with strength, and Venus is the most experienced. I'll go." Without hesitation, Sailor Mars sprinted across the wrecked gym, retrieved the injured Mercury, and carried her into the hallway. Nephrite did not interfere or pursue.

"Two incapacitated, one sidelined," he mused to Jupiter and Venus. "Looks like I have some extra time for you two!"

Jupiter walked over to Venus. "What do you think?"

Venus was looking daggers at Nephrite. "We have to keep him busy. At least until we know what's going on with Sailor Mercury. I don't think that he's going to get tired, but stalling is the best option right now." Jupiter gave a nod and the two of them ran towards Nephrite. Venus took a leap to get on the other side of him, while Jupiter arrived with a frontal assault.

Still smiling, Nephrite playfully flexed his pecs in Jupiter's direction. "Ok, let's see how those soft punches do against solid ro-" A straight punch to the solar plexus took the air out of the strongman, knocking him to one knee. Stunned, but alert, Nephrite felt Venus' chain wrap around his torso. As he got back to his feet, he saw the end of the chain being flipped to Sailor Jupiter. The Senshi of Courage used the chain to lift him into the air and smash him back to the ground. Nephrite sat up. "Ok, time to take this ser-" A crescent beam from Venus caught him between the eyes, knocking him back.

Sparing no time, Sailor Jupiter jumped immediately into an arm triangle choke. "Venus, GO! Get Usagi!" But before Sailor Venus could take a single step, Nephrite began to growl. Sailor Jupiter was familiar with arm triangle escapes, but this guy wasn't using any of them. He was simply using his strength to break the hold! The more she tried to hold him down, the further apart her arms were being pulled. Suddenly, she felt his foot on her stomach. With a swift push, Jupiter was sent flying backwards. An angry (and slightly embarrassed) Nephrite got back to his feet just as Venus came leaping at him. He tried to repel her with his arms, but ended up holding her in the air. From that position, Venus put her fingers directly in his face and charged her attack. Uninterested in taking that shot at point-blank range, Nephrite grabbed on to her uniform, and in one swift motion threw her towards the rowing machines.

In a spray of stars and unraveling orange ribbons, Sailor Venus disappeared, revealing Etoiledor Beauté. "What the-" Before she could even register what had just happened, the back of her head made violent contact with the metal post of the rowing machine. She fell to the ground, out cold. Stunned at what he had seen (including witnessing the chain around him dissipate), Nephrite opened his hand and looked: he was holding a decorative orange pin.

As quickly as he opened his hand, the pin was knocked out of it. He smiled as Sailor Jupiter stood before him once again. "You might hit a little harder than I thought, but still not good enough." He leaned in. "But my offer still stands. Come with me and let Queen Beryl give you power that you've never dreamed of. You and I, together, we could set this world on fire!" He dismissively gestured towards the downed Etoiledor. "Leave these losers behind."

"Hey! Who are you calling losers, musclehead?!" Sailor Moon yelled from her iron prison.

Nephrite nodded in Sailor Moon's direction. "Exhibit A."

"Damn right she's 'Exhibit A'," Sailor Jupiter retorted. "She's everything that's right about this uniform!"

Nephrite looked her up and down. "Sexy, I will admit...but...very impractical."

Jupiter ignored the quip. "Fighting for love. Fighting for the powerless. Defending the good in the world. That's what we're here for!" She assumed a Taekwondo fighting stance. "Whatever evil 'gifts' your queen gave to you, I'll be happy to beat 'em out of you!"

Sailor Mars was gingerly holding Sailor Mercury's injured arm. The Senshi of Intelligence had her visor and supercomputer activated. "What is it?" Mars asked.

Wincing with pain, Mercury answered: "It looks like a clean fracture of the ulna." She swallowed hard. "I'm going to need your help. I need to set the bone while transformed to speed up healing as much as possible."

"Galing! You have to get away from there let the others handle it!" Luna screeched over the comms.

"I'm out of harm's way," Mercury replied. "And Pheta is here with me."

"Ok, I can try to help with the bone," Mars said. "But, doesn't it need to be set perfectly or the bone may misalign?"

Mercury forced a smile. "Good thing that I trust you, right?"

Sailor Mars let out a nervous exhale. "Ok. Just let me know if I'm hurting you."

"Oh, it's going to hurt...a lot. But we just need to get it in the right place and hold it for a little while."

Mars moved into position. She could still hear the commotion from inside the gym. She frowned. "How the hell are we gonna get out of here?"

"I really think that you should finish your workout today. It'll teach you a thing or two about stamina!"

Jupiter scowled. "Let me see how long I can continuously pound your face in! That's a good endurance test, right?"

Nephrite smirked. "I can think of a more enjoyable test that includes endurance and pounding!"

"Oh! You are so disgusting!"

"I was talking about sumo training! Looks like a lot of fun to me. I can't help it if dirty things are on your mind!"

During their colorful banter, the two athletes circled each other, throwing punches, dodging, parrying, trying to find an opening. Sailor Jupiter's expression was one of intense focus. When she was facing an opponent on the mat, her goal was to identify their strengths and use them to her advantage. Once she could do that, they would either continue to play into her hands, or rely on their weaker skills. When she looked into Nephrite's eyes she got...well...she got more than one feeling. On the surface, his cocky smile - unflappable, even when taking hits - was really pissing her off. But underneath that, especially with their trash talk, there was this eerie sense of...nostalgia? It didn't make a lot of sense, but...it felt like she had done something like this before!

Nephrite lunged with a straight right hand. Jupiter caught it in her palm. It hurt, but she could take it, and stop his momentum. He countered with his left. She dodged and used the opening to send an elbow into his chest followed by a Muay Thai knee strike. He buckled just a bit. "That was cheap! You're built like one, so fight like a real man!" Nephrite swung again.

Sailor Jupiter dodged and countered with her mouth: "I've heard that one a million times. Get some new material!" At this point, Jupiter had figured out his strategy. "He's not a fighter," she thought to herself. "He has no confidence in anything but punches because he's not trained." An imperceptible smirk came to her face. "You're a one-trick pony!" she taunted. "All you can do is swing and hope that you can connect!"

"One swing is all that I'll need!" Nephrite shot back while throwing a wild punch. Sailor Jupiter easily sidestepped it, letting Nephrite stumble past her. In an instant, Nephrite launched himself into a backflip and landed with his knee exactly where Jupiter had been standing a fraction of a second earlier. He rose. "And I have a few more tricks than you might think." He quickly grabbed her by the wrist and gave a quick shot to her ribs. Jupiter dodged the second attempt, grabbed Nephrite's, arm and stepped into a strong hip toss. Still holding on to him, Jupiter tried to go in for a choke, but two feet to her face knocked her back. They both got to their feet at the same time. Nephrite smiled and took off in a blur. Jupiter stood in place as Nephrite literally ran circles around her. His enhanced speed made it tough for Sailor Jupiter to get a read on him. "Having trouble keeping up? Can't hit a moving target?"

"Just wait." Jupiter stuck out her pointer and pinky fingers, and moved her arms into supreme thunder position. As her antenna began to extend, the blur changed direction and moved towards her. A lightning-quick left hook to the midsection finally slowed Nephrite down. "You're superhumanly fast...but you're not comic book character fast!"

Nephrite sneered and charged back at Sailor Jupiter. The towering senshi deployed excellent parries and followed up with a vicious 5-hit boxing combo, finishing with a powerful uppercut. Nephrite's back found the floor right beside the trampoline. Jupiter once again wasted no time in trying to apply a choke. As she leapt, Nephrite caught her hands so that the two warriors were now palm-to-palm. Sparks crackled around her antenna as electricity moved through her arms. With a roar, Jupiter discharged the shock through her hands. Equally intense was Nephrite's expression as he pressed as hard as he could against Jupiter's hands. The force between the opponents caused the electricity to build and coalesce into an arcing sphere in each hand. With one last push, Jupiter tried to force the shock through Nephrite, but the resulting effect was a powerful explosion that threw her backwards.

After shaking out the cobwebs, Sailor Jupiter brought her knees to her chest and sprung to her feet with a powerful kip-up. She looked towards Nephrite...but he wasn't there. Where cou-

Before she could even process the possibilities, a massive double axe handle to the back of her head knocked her flat, face-first into the floor. "I told you: one swing is all I need." Nephrite walked around her body. "And you have your own flaw: you always go for the choke-out. Easy to set up a counter." Nephrite prepared to turn his attention to figuring out where the one in red must have run off to. But...at his feet, Sailor Jupiter began to stir. Nephrite's face was a mix of crestfallen and incredulous. That didn't knock her out? How was he going to incapacitate her? At that moment, he noticed that he was standing next to the trampoline. He looked up to the drop from the catwalk. If a blow aided by a 30m drop wouldn't knock her out, nothing would. He sprinted towards the wall...but was in a little too much pain for the strain of running straight up, so he went for the stairs. Once he reached the catwalk, he could see the exact angle that he needed to jump from. He needed to build a little speed (but not super speed) and catch the edge of the platform perfectly to push off and add to gravity's work. He took a deep breath and began to mark his steps.

"Burning…"

Beginning his stride, Nephrite wondered: "What was that?"

" ...mandala! "

Seemingly from nowhere, discs of fire buzzsawed through the mesh of the catwalk enclosure. Nephrite's smooth gait was now a stumbling attempt to avoid both the flames and the holes that had been created in the walls and the floor.

The commotion helped to rouse Sailor Jupiter from her daze. She looked towards the door. Sailor Mars was leaning against it in a sitting position, as if she had just been blown backwards by something. Looking up, she could tell that Nephrite was coming to attack, but something that Mars had done had knocked him off-balance. Not eager to waste the opportunity for offense, Jupiter got to her feet. Her mind flashed back to the strange phenomenon that occurred when she and Nephrite were palm-to-palm, and the powerful discharge that had resulted. Could she harness that ability for herself? One way to find out! She pressed her hands together as hard as she could, while also passing as much electricity between them as possible.

On the catwalk, Nephrite was approaching his launch point and had just about regained his balance. But on his penultimate step, a support beam damaged by Mars' attack gave way, causing the mesh tunnel to collapse. Nephrite found himself dumped out of the maze, hurtling downward. He had enough athletic ability and awareness to regain control his body during the fall. And he knew that while it would hurt, he would be able to break the fall without injuring himself too badly. Once he had established the safest fall position, his eyes fell on a horrifying sight: Sailor Jupiter, directly below him, with a glowing, arcing orb in her hand. With wide eyes and no defense, Nephrite could only say: " Vot der'mo …"

"Sparkling...wide... PRESSURE! "

With a motion that was part underhand throw and part uppercut, Sailor Jupiter shoved the ball of electricity directly into Nephrite's abdomen. With a blinding flash of light, Nephrite, doubled over from the impact, was launched back into the air before coming down on the trampoline. He bounced off of it and then onto the floor in a smoking, unconscious heap.

Sailor Mars ran over towards the battered Jupiter. Before reaching her, a shiny object caught her eye: Sailor Venus' pin. She picked it up and finished her trek. "You ok?"

Jupiter nodded. "I'll be fine." She turned to her companion: "What was that attack that you used?"

"Oh, it's a variation on my fireball." She blushed ever so slightly. "Jet taught me a form of meditation to manipulate the flame."

Jupiter looked up at the destroyed catwalk. "Effective."

"Yeah...but lucky. I didn't expect it to be so powerful. And I can't aim it worth shit." The pair walked over to where Nephrite was down. "And how did you come up with 'sparkling wide pressure?"

Jupiter returned a confused look. "I said 'white'. The orb was sparkly, white, and created because of pressure."

Mars laughed. "Be more careful with your English. You clearly said 'wide.'"

"Pheta? Madeira? Is everything alright?"

"We're good Galing," Jupiter answered.

"Is everyone ok?" Artemis jumped in. "I haven't heard from E.B. in a while!"

"Hey Galing, can you check on Etoiledor? Something happened with her transformation." Sailor Jupiter looked to the corner. "And I guess that I should free Usagi!"

"Well... thanks !" Usagi sarcastically commented.

After liberating Sailor Moon and getting the still woozy Etoiledor to her feet (and calming a blubbering Artemis), the team gathered around the still unconscious Nephrite. After Etoiledor re-transformed, Sailor Moon pulled out the Moon Stick and the group performed the team healing. They were prepared for it this time, but the shock and the visions were identical to that of Jadeite's healing. As Nefrit regained consciousness and worked to a sitting position, Sailor Jupiter knelt beside him.

"How do you feel?"

Nefrit looked around him. He held his head in his hands. " My gym ! My beautiful Crematory!"

Jupiter gave an offended laugh. "You're welcome!"

Nefrit turned to her. "Don't get me wrong. I'm grateful. I can think clearly. But...still...did you have to destroy my Crematory?"

"Hey, you were the one throwing things around!" Sailor Moon reminded him.

"The force that clouded your mind," Sailor Venus began, "what do you remember about it?"

Nefrit looked far off. "Whatever it was...I gave myself willingly."

Sailor Mars looked angry. "Why would you willingly give yourself over to evil?"

"My dream was dead. I would have done anything to revive it."

Jupiter placed a hand on his shoulder. "But was it worth your soul?"

Nefrit looked her in the eye. "You won't know the price that you're willing to pay until desperation is at your door."

"So you let Queen Beryl give you this power."

Nefrit shot a strange look to Sailor Venus after her question. "...who?"

Jupiter looked taken aback. "Queen Beryl? The one with the influence? The one you were recruiting me for?"

Nefrit slowly shook his head. "No...doesn't sound familiar. I don't know how I got all of this. Like I said, I wasn't thinking clearly. I was aware of it, but just kept doing what I did. But...I don't remember a Beryl."

"Holy crap!" Everyone looked to Sailor Moon after her outburst. Her hands were cupped to her ears as her orbs had activated. "The police are here!"

Mercury shook her head. "This is a bad habit that we're developing."

Sailor Jupiter took a final look at Nefrit down on the ground. Words escaped her. Nefrit gave her a genuine, non-cocky smile. "It's been a busy day. We'll catch up later. We...have a lot to catch up on...I think." With that, Sailor Jupiter nodded and the senshi fled the scene, careful to stay unseen.

The girls had not even begun to move from the pad before Artemis bounded over into Etoiledor's lap. "E.B.! I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU! Are you ok?!"

Etoiledor squeamishly patted the sobbing, tearful, hairy mess. "It's...it's ok. I'll be fine."

Madi jumped to her feet. "Nephrite didn't remember Queen Beryl! What the hell does that mean?!"

"The same thing that it meant with Jet," Wicapiwakan calmly responded. "He only knows that he did wrong. But he can't pinpoint exactly what caused him to do it either." She huffed. "This bitch is good at covering her tracks."

"Excuse me for interrupting," Galing said, "but I believe that Etoiledor and I should go to the hospital."

"I'll ride with you," Wika volunteered. The three of them made their way upstairs and out of Game Center Crown. The remaining four sat down, mentally exhausted.

"What happened out there?" Luna asked.

Usagi shrugged. "Ask Madi. She saved the day."

"No, it was teamwork," Madi corrected. "I couldn't have done it without Wika's help at the end." Her countenance fell. "I just wish that we hadn't gotten so many people hurt...again."

Usagi looked over to her feline companion. "Luna...do you know anything about this Queen Beryl?"

Luna shook her head. "Honestly, Usagi, the only thing that I got was a chill when I heard the name."

"But we know that she's the one responsible for everything!" Madi said. "All of this stuff is linked together through these guys, and they're all linked to her! She's controlling it all!"

Artemis was nodding in thought. "...two more…"

"Two more what?" Usagi asked.

Artemis jumped. "Aah...t-two more...things! There are two more things that I need to check before we go after our next target!"

Madi smiled and rubbed Artemis' head. "You're way too jumpy! Etoiledor is ok! It was rough, but we take care of each other out there!"

Luna looked back to Usagi. "Do you think that you guys can finish the mission? Do you have one more in you?"

Usagi nodded. "I know that we can!" She then looked into the distance. Her mind ran over the battles with Nephrite, Jadeite, and Queen Beryl. They had been trapped. Incapacitated. Concussed. At their attackers' mercy. Almost killed. They had escaped...but not by much. Was it realistic to think that they could they keep this up? "Maybe…"

Shivering in fear, Zoisite knelt before his queen. After her anger with Jadeite's disappearance, he had no idea what kind of outburst to expect with Nephrite now lost.

"Rise."

The voice was calm and composed. Zoisite lifted his head. Queen Beryl was on her throne, peering into her crystal ball. He stood up. "My-my queen?"

"I had four of them in my grasp. Jadeite came close to finishing them. So did Nephrite. But we all failed. We all underestimated them. That fault ultimately lies with me. You don't have a background in warfare. I do." Without lifting her gaze, she motioned to her side and opened a portal. "Go. Prepare yourself. You're their next target." Zoisite saluted and turned towards the portal. An alert came over his phone. He took it out and read.

"Zoi!"

Beryl raised her eyes. Zoisite had stopped right in front of the portal. "I haven't heard that in a while! What is it?" She leaned in. "Is it... him again?"

"No, my queen."

"Then...what is it?"

Zoisite smiled. "Two very interesting things! Give me some time to confirm and I'll return with a full report!"

Beryl returned to her crystal. "Make it so."

Zoisite stepped through the portal. As the swirl closed behind him, he was now back in his sub-basement office at Z.O.I. Cyber's main building. He immediately jumped on his supercomputer to check his alerts. The first was something that he had suspected for a while: their operations had been hacked. Shipping manifests, dummy corporations, international communications, everything had been accessed. Some entity - no doubt connected to the guardians - had found a way to figure out what they were doing! But, at this point, it appeared that all this party could do was search for information, not change anything. That would make things simple enough. He could deploy his own weapon and deflect their searches. And thanks to the flash drive that was retrieved from the attack on the Tokyo office, he had an excellent idea of how the opponent programmed their tools. He would have loved to hack into their systems and dig out information on their end, but their system was wonderfully complex! Almost...alien!

With that mystery solved, he moved on to the other notification. This led him to the pages of newspapers and crime websites in and around the Arabian Peninsula. His translator made it clear that the figure that he had been searching for was once again active. He laughed softly.

"Found you, hermano !"

With Luna asleep in her bed, Artemis was alone at the computer, doing research for their next mission. The panel at the top of the staircase slid open and a figure quietly descended.

"You should rest," Artemis said without turning around.

"I'm ok," Etoiledor answered. "I can't sleep." She sat down. "Despite everything that we've been through, I still keep thinking about…" She fought back tears.

"It's ok, I understand," Artemis soothed. "And he's a part of this, so as we move forward, we'll find out more about-" A chime caught his attention. His eyes darted over to the icon. Before he could examine it, he was lifted up by the scruff of his neck.

"That's my alert!" Etoiledor exclaimed as she typed in commands with her free hand.

"Uhh...E.B. ...could you let me down?" Etoiledor dropped Artemis on the console and continued searching. With a couple of clicks, the result of the alert was found: a Tweet from Amman with a clear picture of a mysterious figure dressed in a white outfit. The caption read: "Wherever the moonlight shines on evil, a shimmering knight will arrive."

Tears flooded Etoiledor's eyes. Her voice broke:

"...Kunzite!"

Hello! Zoisite here! I won't turn this into a commercial since you already have so much of my software on your phones, computers, and tablets! But I will say: out latest app is by far my favorite! Just give it a try and you'll be playing for hours...and hours...and hours! Naturally, the guardians will once again try to shut down my plans. But to do that, they'll have to prove their mental dexterity. I doubt that any of the can match me...but...maybe the one in blue can sustain my interest. She's intriguing… How will your heroines fare when playing by my rules? You'll see next time with "Mastermind." Adios!

[Go to YouTube and search "The Radiant Sailor Moon" for access to Etoiledor's Playlist! Did you catch the lyrical allusion from this chapter's title?]