Chapter Four
What's Going On?

The Scouts land in the center of the park. They hear nothing on all sides. When one of them tries to talk, Serena and Sunshine quiet them.


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"Wait. Did you hear something?" Keller asked. 'It sounds like a human heart. Not one of the group's, either.' "I'm going to change." Keller changed into her panther form. Then, she growled low in her throat. So low, only another large feline would hear.


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"Keller's changed. She must have heard something. Wait a minute. So do I. Toward the center of the park. I'm changing." Galen goes into leopard form and everyone heads for the center of the park.


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"Keller and Galen must have changed by now. I guess we just wait for them to close in on us." Sunshine said.

"Sailor Mercury, fog the area. It'll make our chances a bit better." Serena says to Amy.

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"


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"I can't see a thing." Keller complained, going into her half and half form. She looked at Xander. "What did they do?"

"Mercury used her Bubbles Blast attack to fog the area. Use you other senses to locate them."


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All of a sudden, the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask are surrounded. On each side of them are a group of five people. Suddenly, Buffy steps out.

"Okay. Which of you is Sailor Moon?" Buffy asked. "Or, better yet, Xander, point out Sailor Moon."

"This is Sailor Moon, Buffy. And Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Sailor Sun, and Tuxedo Mask." Xander says, pointing each out. "Or you could just call them by their names. Serena, Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Sunshine, and Darien."

"Well, you see how you have a person excellent on me and my friends?" Serena says. "Sunshine?"

"Keller, black panther. Galen, leopard. Oz, werewolf. Nissa and Angel, vampires. Willow and Winnie, witches. Xander and Cordelia, humans. Giles, Watcher. Buffy, Slayer." Sunshine states. "Now, we know something is up. You're here because of one of two reasons. One: There's a new Slayer in Tokyo, now that Faith is dead, or two: something is going to happen here soon. I'm going for both."

"I've sensed there are going to be big problems. But that's not the main reason we're here." Buffy looks directly at Serena. "We're here to train the next Slayer."


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