Ha! I'm writing another chapter. I love the people who reviewed! *grins* Gives me inspiration. (Except for that debate on Seiji's hair color in earlier chapters…) I just got done watching Harry Potter with my boyfriend for the 7004958th time. (Ok, so not that many) Let's cut to the chase though, because what is following is what you're all here for!
Quote of the moment:
Shinji: Why won't it go? *referring to the Eva unit*
Asuka: Think in German!
Shinji: Okay.. uh.. er.. um.. eh.. strudel...
Asuka: Baka! Unit-02, switch to Japanese configuration
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Everyone was downstairs, eating breakfast. Touma had been awake, but he had fallen back asleep, face first into his pancakes. Shu was stuffing his face, and seriously considering taking Touma's food if he wasn't going to appreciate such good cooking and allow it to go to waste. Seiji didn't eat much, while Minako was nearly eating as much as Kento. Ami had pulled out a book on older computers, and was flipping through it as she ate. Sai was chatting with Makoto on her cooking techniques. Ryo, last but not least, was slipping Byacren small pieces of his food underneath the table.
"Wow! This is so good! I've missed you're cooking soooo much!" Minako grinned as she swallowed her food.
"What? They didn't feed you here, Minako-chan?" Ami laughed at the Senshi for Venus.
"Nooo…it's just…Nasty was a good cook, but no where near as good as Makoto here! She's the best in all of Japan!" Minako flashed a wink to the cook.
"There's someone with a lot more experince then her and is a pretty good cook herself." Shu disagreed.
"Oh no, don't tell me…" Seiji groaned.
"And who would that be?" Makoto asked Shu, pointing her fork at him.
"My mother, Mama Faun! Of course! She owns a restaurant in this town, as a matter of fact!" Shu gave a peace sign as Mt. Fuiji raised behind him.
"I'll have to meet her." Makoto shrugged, going back to her food.
"That really isn't a good idea…" Ryo muttered before sticking a slice of pancake in his mouth.
"What was that?" Makoto looked at the black haired boy.
"Nothing!" Ryo flushed a little. She looked good to him, with about the same hair color as Nasty.
'Wow…he is pretty cute…he look exactly like my old boyfriend…' Makoto thought as she looked to him before going back to her food.
Things weren't peaceful in the Dark Moon Kingdom. Kunzite had already found out about what Jadeite had done to Minako. He was currently on a hunt for his fellow general. He was already dressed in his uniform, silver-white hair flowing in the soft breezes that passed through the darkness. He approached the figure that was Jadeite. He was shirt less, practicing fighting techniques. Kunzite walked right up to him, and Jadeite stopped to face the taller general.
"What the hell were you thinking when you attacked Princess Minako?" Kunzite demanded, anger clear in his eyes.
"And what were you thinking when you attacked my Princess Rei?" Jadeite wanted an answer from his superior.
"I was following orders from our Queen." Kunzite grabbed Jadeite's throat easily, picking him up off the ground.
"You don't know what your beloved Princess was doing, do you?!" Jadeite started to struggle.
"She wasn't doing anything that warranted the attack you placed on her!" Kunzite's pale eyes narrowed in anger.
"Kissing another man wouldn't constitute? A man that kidnapped her?!" Jadeite choked out.
"What did you say?!" Kunzite threw Jadeite on the ground, wanting further information.
"I saw it with my own eyes. She was in her bed, kissing one of the wearers of the armors that our Queen desires. I decided to try to break it up and get a little revenge." Jadeite said.
"I'm sure that the boy was forcing her into it." Kunzite tried to come up with excuses for his Princess.
"I don't know. She looked to be enjoying it." Jadeite smirked from the ground.
"I'll punish the boy…Princess Minako is just a little shaken after all the recent events…that's it. I'm going to go talk with Queen beryl and make sure that you have nothing to hardly do with the rest of this operation." Kunzite stated as he turned around, walking back into the blackness with his cape swooshing.
Usagi sat in the temple, in the room where the sacred flames were. Hotaru was trying to talk to her, in an attempt to cheer her up. Rei, on the other hand, was sweeping and cleaning up the room. Next on her list was to polish the Holy Mirror. After the last vision she saw in it, she wasn't too fond to take another look into the silvery object.
"The cherry blossom season is almost over…" Hotaru looked up to a few cherry blossoms, still swirling in the sky above them. With Chibi Usa gone, Hotaru had no friends, other than the Sailor Senshi. But none of them were her age, so she always felt distant.
"Mmmhmm." Usagi nodded once a little. Beside her was a tray full of snacks, which she hadn't touched.
"Usagi-baka!" Rei called out to her. Usagi turned around a little, her eyes duller than usual. "Respond to someone when they're trying to make a conversation with you!"
"Mmmhmm." Usagi nodded a little before turning her head back around. Rei sighed, picking up the Holy Mirror and a soft rag that she had placed before it earlier that day. She started to polish it, shutting her eyes, hoping not to see another image in the glimmering face of the mirror. When she finally did open her eyes, she saw a scene displayed on the mirror. It was herself, being yanked up by the one in the dark green armor. Her mouth fell open, and the mirror fell from her hands, heading straight to the ground.
"REI!" Her grandpa had just decided to walk by, and saw the mirror crashing to the ground. He ran over to it, diving down to prevent the mirror from hitting the ground, instead hitting him in the head. The mirror dangled on his head before tipping to the side, falling to the ground again. This time, Hotaru ran up to her as fast as she could and grabbed it safely in her hands before it crashed to the ground.
"Rei-chan. What is your problem?" Her grandfather got up, rubbing the back of his sore head. He took the mirror from Hotaru, thanking her before snatching up the rag and starting to polish it his self.
"I'm sorry." Rei bowed her head a little. Hotaru gave her a look, wondering what had happened. She then walked back over to Usagi, who had turned her head to look at the whole thing.
'Rei-chan freaked…she must have seen something in the mirror…' Usagi thought with teary eyes, turning her head back around once again.
'I saw myself, getting captured…that means, that I'm next…I can't tell Usagi-baka, or she'll worry non-stop…' Rei thought as she picked back up her broom, starting to sweep. Her grandfather finished with the mirror, putting it back in its holder. He felt the general air of gloom in the room, glancing to Usagi. He decided not to try to make a fool of his self and try to cheer up any of the girls by throwing his self at them, and walked silently out of the room, deciding to go and make some tea.
"Hey, Usa-chan." Usagi head a familiar voice speak. Her face was on her knees, and she didn't see who was above her. "A glum expression just doesn't look good on you. A smile fits you so much better."
"Huh?" Usagi looked up, seeing Seiya's face mere inches above her. Seiya looked like he hadn't changed a bit. She smiled, grabbing him up in a hug. "Seiya-chan!!!!!!!" Not too far away from Seiya, Haruka looked on coldly, waiting for the Star Light Senshi to do something wrong to Usagi.
"Haruka-koi, calm down." Michiru told her girlfriend, touching her on the arm again. Haruka tore her eyes away from the two, looking back to Michiru. Luna and Artemis walked up to the ground, Artemis looking thoroughly tired after the long walk up the stairs.
"Luna! Artemis! Where have you been?" Rei asked the two felines.
"We were trying to find information on the rise of the Black Kingdom. We couldn't find any." Luna sighed a little, taking a seat beside of Usagi.
"That's never good." Rei looked at Taiki and Yaten, who stood to the other side of Seiya and Usagi, quiet. "It's nice to see you again." Taiki and Yaten nodded in agreement with what Rei had just said.
"The Star Lights are here to help you all out. With most of the Inner Senshi gone, we needed replacements. They'll start attending 10th Street High school again to protect you, Usagi." Setsuna spoke softly.
"What do you mean by replacements?" Usagi broke away from Seiya, glaring darkly. "No one can ever replace Minako, Ami-chan and Mako-chan!"
"Usagi, I'm very sorry. It came out the wrong way. They're here to help protect you. They'll never become replacements for Venus, Mercury and Jupiter." Setsuna bowed her head a little. Rei's grandfather decided to walk in about that time, carrying a try with three cups of tea. He saw the new comers, and blinked a few times.
"I guess I'll go make some more tea…" The grandfather turned, walking back into the temple.
"That was a close one, he almost heard us." Yaten said, the first thing he had decided to put in his input about. 'If Minako-chan was here, she'd be sure to be all over us, even if we aren't a boy band anymore.'
"He won't think anything. He's eavesdropped before, and he thinks it's a video game we talk about." Rei shook her head, the image she saw in the Holy Mirror still bothering her. Most of the people in the group sweat dropped.
With Beryl, she had called Zoycite before her. Zoycite was bowing on the ground, one hand crossed over his chest and looking down. Right before he was killed, when the Dark Moon Kingdom first started their uprising, Tuxedo Kamen had sliced him across the face with a rose. He still carried a small thin scar on that cheek. Back then; he used to be romantically involved with Kunzite. But not any longer since he had found out about his past with Ami Mizuno. All he had been thinking about was her.
"Zoycite, you may rise." Beryl spoke to her general. "Jadeite disobeyed me by attacking the Princess Minako. Princess Ami is now in Toyama, Japan along with Princess Makoto and Princess Minako. The three Sailor Star Lights have been summoned to help guard the Moon Princess. They might be hard to take out, but I have faith in you. I want you to go and attack the Sailor Star Lights."
"The Sailor Star Lights?" Zoycite was standing, with an arm over his chest. "I don't remember them."
"They came long after our first try to conquer the Earth. They came along when Galaxia tried her hand at the sport." Beryl smiled a little more. "Reports also say that the Earth Prince hasn't been of fond of Princess Serenity like he used to be. I want for you to make sure he isn't injured. Just hurt the Moon Princess, Sailor Starlights, and whoever stands in your way. Maybe if you hurt Princess Rei, that will teach Jadeite a lesson to not disobey me."
"Yes, my Queen." Zoycite bowed a little.
"If you please me with the result of your mission, you may go to Toyama and see the Princess to Mercury. But come straight back to the Dark Moon Kingdom after you finish your mission." Queen Beryl gave the ground rules. Zoycite bowed low before disappearing into the shadows. "Ice Lady?"
"Yes, my queen?" A woman appeared from the shadows, looking to be made of ice and snow, all in blue hues. A fan that she held covered half of her face, seductive silver eyes glinting. She had long, dark blue hair and wore a Chinese mandarin style dress with silver designs over the medium blue. She didn't open her mouth when she spoke, her voice came out in echoes from all over the throne room. Bells were attached in places over her body, jingling when she moved barely.
"I need some energy for the Dark Moon Kingdom. I want you to go to Toyama, we haven't tried to harvest any energy there yet." Queen Beryl gave the youma the orders.
"Yes, my queen." Ice Lady's strange voice echoed throughout the throne room even after she had disappeared.