Chapter 7
Lita walked down the stairs the next morning dressed, but she didn't feel so good. She felt as if something bad was about to happen. She stopped when she heard a very young voice. She frowned and advanced towards the leaving room where she heard. "Gee Ryo I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take White blaze with me. He just followed me."
"Hmph, you're lucky this time. Don't do it again." She heard Ryo.
Lita poked her head in the room discreetly and saw the cutest boy and a cool white tiger with Ryo and the other but she didn't see Sage anywhere. She screamed in fright when someone yelled boo from behind her. She literally jumped five feet off the ground. When she recovered from the shock she found herself on the floor holding her heart as she breathed heavily. She also saw Sage laughing as he looked at her while everyone was around them puzzled.
"You should have seen your face Lita. Kodak moment." Sage said still laughing.
Lita glared up at him big time. "That wasn't funny Sage! You almost gave me a heart attack." She stood up and looked away from him with annoyance. She gasped when she felt something robbing against her leg. She looked down and found White blaze circling around her. She knelt down and smiled as white blazed licked her cheek. "You must be white blaze, ne?" She gained a nod from the large tiger.
Yuli looked up at Ryo and tugged his sleeve. "Hey Ryo who is she?" He asked.
Ryo looked at Yuli with a smile. "I'll introduce you, later."
Sage helped Lita up. "Okay White Blaze that's enough flirting for you."
White Blaze growled at Sage and everyone laughed. Lita blushed a little.
Lita smiled at the boy and advanced towards him. She lowered herself to be eye level with him. "And this handsome guy must be Yuli right? Mia told me all about you."
Yuli blushed at the compliment. "Aw gee…" He said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Aww Yuli is blushing. How cute." Mia cooed making Yuli blush even more. She grinned. "You better not let Sage get jealous, you don't know what he would do."
Everyone laughed and Lita stood up.
"Yuli this is Lita Kino." Kento said. "She's a very good friend of ours and she's staying here for a while."
"It's nice to meet you Lita. I hope we become good friends." Yuli smiled at the brunette as he offered his hand.
"I hope so too." She took the hand he offered and shook it. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Cye went to go get it. When he opened the door his smile increased when he saw Mira. "Hey, Mira."
Mira smiled brightly at him. "Hey Cye. I heard Yuli was back so I came to say hi." She explained. She walked in when Cye moved out of the way and walked in to where the others were with Cye following her. "Hey guys!!!" Mira exclaimed happily.
Yuli looked up first and a bright smile as plastered on his face as he threw himself at Mira. He laughed as she twirled him around. "Hey big guy! It's been a while huh?" She asked once she placed him down. Yuli smiled at her. "Yea!"
Mira smiled at him before she turned to the others. "What's up guys?"
"Nothing." Rowen answered.
"Well, beside Sage being jealous, nothing." Kento grinned.
Sage glared at Kento who just smiled a goofy smile. Lita smiled as she pet him on the head. "Poor pookie."
"Pookie?" Ryo and Kento asked incredulous before they broke out into laughter. Cye and Mira smiled while Mia, Yuli and Rowen snickered. Sage glared at Lita who only smiled sweetly at him. "Lita."
"I'm sorry. I had to get you back for scaring me like that." She whispered to him as she stood only centimeter away from him. Sage grinned at what she said and received a smack on his harm. "And that's why you're going to be sleeping on the floor again." She whispered.
Sage put his arm around her waist as he drew her nearer. "Oh really." He watched as she nodded before he took her lips with his.
Yuli wrinkled his nose as he watched his friend kiss the lady he just met. "Gross." He whispered. White blazed looked away as he covered his eyes with his paw. Ryo looked at them with a slight grin. He figured he would never get a chance to get Lita to go out with him or kiss him. They looked perfect for each other right there and now and they do look it everytime he saw them together. He decided to let them be and his grin grew as he said, "Get a room."
"Yea get a room!!!" Kento and Yuli joined Ryo.
Lita broke the kiss when she realized her friends were around them. She wiped Sage's lips before turning to them. "Hey Mira can I ask you something." She asked as she pulled Mira away from the group and Mia went with them.
"Sage you kissed a girl! That's gross!!!" Yuli said with a disgusted expression on his face.
Sage only smiled at him. "You're too little to understand and besides weren't you the one blushing when she called you handsome?" He grinned.
Yuli blushed as he was caught off guard. His hand went behind his head as he laughed nervously. "That's different." White Blaze rolled his eyes while the other guys laughed.
"Right Yuli." Rowen said as he winked at his friend.
"Aw you guys are mean." Yuli pouted as he crossed his arms over his thin chest.
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Raye was at the temple in front of the great fire. She was concentrating in finding her friends, who had been missing for a week now. Her concentration was lost when she felt something ominous outside. She stood up and carefully went to the door, where she slides them firmly opened and narrowed her eyes. "Who's there?!" She yelled angrily.
Raye saw someone by the stairs and walked forward. She stopped when she could tell that the person was a man who held strong amount of evil around him. She glared at him. "What do you want here? Who are you?"
Keiji grinned. "You are the warrior of Mars. I come to take you with me." He replied calmly.
Raye got her pen that was tucked in her Kimoto. "Not without a fight." She whispered. She rose her hand up. "Mars,"
Keiji's grin spread wider. With a mental note tentacles shot out underneath Raye and wrapped around her tightly. She screamed in pain when she felt electricity flow through her body, slowly she lost consciousness and her pen fell on the ground. Keiji laughed as he walked closer to her and stopped when he was only inches away. "Not much of a fight huh?" He asked the sleeping raven. "Such beauty. To bad it will be all a mess." He touched her cheek but drew it back as if her skin burned him when a image of Mia flashed in his mind.
"What the hell?" He whispered as he shook his head as if to clear it. 'Why did that girl show up?' He asked himself. "It doesn't matter." With that he vanished with Raye. A minute later Serena walked up the stairs. She gasped when she saw Raye's pen on the ground. "No." She whispered as tears gathered in her eyes.
She rushed to it and grabbed it. "Raye!!!" She screamed out loud looking around hoping she was still here. When no one answered her she fell to her knees and cried.
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"Amy do you know where we really are?" Mina asked tiredly. They were still tied up on the cross and their arms began to hurt. She looked at Amy who shook her head. "I don't know but Takiru said we were not on earth." She looked around her feeling drained. "He also said these cross steal energy from its victims. If we stay on it longer than two three days we might not survive."
Before anymore could be said another cross-appeared beside Mina and Raye appeared in it. Both wrist where attached to the cross just like her feet were. She was still unconsciousness.
"Raye!!!" Both Mina and Amy exclaimed. They both frowned worried frowns when she didn't answer. "Ray?" Mina asked.
"Don't waist your breath." Keiji said as he appeared in front of them. He looked up and gave them one of his wicked smiles. Levitating off the ground gave him an advantage. "Well," He faced Mina. "You are the leader of the senshis when your princess isn't around aren't you?"
Mina looked at him with a glare that would scare anybody, but she didn't scare Keiji. "And what's it to you, bastard." She sneered. "You'll never get Serena or Lita you got that!?"
Keiji only continued to grin. "Who said we were after Serena?"
Amy's eyes grew wide just like Mina's did. "What?" She asked. "Then why are…"
"We only want our princess." Keiji whispered.
"Lita?" Amy whispered. "You're not after Serena you never was. You just said that so we would be guarding the wrong person. Lita is who you really want." She gasped as she figured it out.
Keiji turned to her. "My, you're as smart as I have heard you to be."
"So we are nothing but pawns in your games to get to our friend?" Mina growled. If she had use of her hands she would have taught him a lesson but for some reason she felt weak to even move.
"That's right."
"I was right." Raye whispered as she slowly raised her head. She glared at Keiji and said, "You want her power right? So you guys can do as you wish. Well let me tell you something buddy, your plan wont work, because Lita is smarter than that. If you want to get her you better be smarter than you look." She sneered.
Mina grinned. "By the way how's your shoulder? I hope it's fine." She sarcastically said remembering her beam had pierced right through it. "I hope I didn't hurt you two much."
Keiji drew back his arm and slapped her as he narrowed his eyes as she insulted him. "I suggest you keep your mouth closed." He turned back to Raye and said, "We'll see about that. You'll be expecting company soon." He disappeared.
"We have to warn Sage and the others including Lita." Amy whispered.
Mina spat on the ground the blood she tasted in her mouth before saying, "But how do we do that?" Mina asked as she sighed. "My arms are killing me."
'Lita.' Raye thought silently.
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"What?!" Andrew and Ken yelled. They were both at Ken's house in his room in front of the crying Serena. "They have Raye?" Andrew asked furiously.
Serena nodded her head as she wiped her tears away. "Yea, she said for me to meet her at her place but when I got there I saw her henshin pen on the floor. I called out her name and she didn't answer and you know that Raye always answer when I call her."
"Oh god. Now it's only us three." Ken said as he ran his hand through his hair frustrated. "We have to find away to get Lita before they do."
"But how do we do that?"
"I don't know."
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Lita's head lifted from what she was doing as a strange feeling washed over her. Yuli who was seated by her side looked at her puzzled. "Lita what's wrong?"
Lita held her head as the image of mars flashed through her mind. She had never felt something like this so panic washed over her and she gave out a cry of surprise and pain. Yet she didn't feel any pain. "Mars, Raye no." She said as a tear rolled down her cheek. It was then when she heard Yuli calling out her name. She looked up at him and smiled even though she didn't feel so well. "I'm ok Yuli." She sighed. "Do you mind if I stopped reading to you? I need to rest."
"Of course not. I'll just get Mia or Mira to do it." Yuli jumped up from the couch and ran to the kitchen.
Lita walked out the house and went to the lake. She stopped when she saw her reflection on the cool water of the lake. "Raye how can you let them take you?" She whispered as she closed her eyes and sighed.
"Lita?"
Lita turned around and found both Mira and Mia behind her looking worried. "Hey guys."
"What's wrong? Yuli came to us and said something was wrong with you." Mira explained.
"Nothing is wrong I just need fresh air."
"You lie to much princess." A voice boomed.
All three girls looked at a lake where they saw a handsome man standing inches on top of the water. Nothing on his face said that he was a kind man. Lita stood up immediately and backed away. "Who are you?"
The guy bowed. "Sorry, I've been terribly rude, princess." He raised only his head and grinned before he stood up straight. "Takiru."
Mia gasped in horror as she stepped back a couple of feet. Mira looked puzzled and looked at her friends then back at Takiru. Something tugged in her mind when she studied his face. "What's going on? Why do you always call Lita princess?"
"I just wanted to pay a visit. Hope you didn't mind?" He asked as if he didn't care for an answer. "I call her princess because she is one. I'll see you later and when you do, be prepared." He bowed one last time before he vanished.
Lita who was glaring at Takiru the whole time he was here sighed in relief that she didn't have to transform even though she was dying to kick his ass. She turned to Mira who looked surprised and confused and Mia who look horrified. "Let's go inside." She whispered.
When they got there they passed Sage, Cye and Ryo. The guys stopped them when they saw the look on their faces. "Hey are you girls ok?" Cye asked worried.
"Cye we just saw the strangest thing." Mira whispered. "A man appeared out of thing air, he was floating on water. Can you imaging? Floating?"
"Yes I can." They all thought.
"He said he was paying a visit to Lita but he called her princess and he insisted she was one." Mira sighed. "What a weird guy."
"Mira his right." Lita said. They all looked at her. Sage, Ryo, Cye, and Mia shocked that she was revealing herself to someone, while Mira looked at her incredulous. "Come again?"
"I'm the princess he came to see. Princess Lita of Jupiter. Pleasure to meet you." Lita slightly bowed.
Mira laughed. "Nice joke Lita." She said.
"I'm not joking." Lita insisted strongly.
Mira looked at the others and watched as they nodded agreeing with Lita and she fainted. Cye quickly caught her, and picked her up.
"She took it better than I expected." Ryo joked and earned a light slap on the arm by Mia.
"Here set her down on the couch." Sage spoke. He was confused why Lita would reveal herself to someone besides them. Cye walked over to the couch and placed Mira down as gently as he could while Sage pulled Lita away from everyone by the arm. He looked at her as he said, "What are you doing? You can't just tell her you're a princess."
Lita sighed. "Look she just saw a man floating on top of water and heard him say I was a princess. What am I to do, tell her she was dreaming? Come on Sage." She whispered dully.
Sage frowned at her. "What's wrong with you? Are you ok?" He asked concerned.
"I'm fine, let's just go try and wake her up." Lita turned around and walked away from Sage. She was getting tired of this. Her staying here while her friends was being captured all because of her. To tell you the truth, she wanted to cry. Cry for Amy, Mina and Raye and cry for the rest of them that was being hunted by her enemy. Something had triggered in her mind when she saw the man earlier, like she was suppose to remember something about her past but nothing came. She squat down by Mira and looked at her.
Sage looked at Lita trying to figure out what was wrong with her. The way she spoke to him before was like she didn't even care but he could feel just the opposite inside her. He didn't even notice that White Blaze and Yuli had came out of the kitchen with the rest of the guys. Yuli gasped when he saw Mira on the couch. He immediately ran to her side. "What happened?" He asked.
"It's nothing to worry about Yuli. She just fainted." Cye explained.
"Why?" Rowen asked.
"Because I told her who I really was." Lita whispered as she continued to look at her sleeping friend.
Rowen and Kento couldn't believe what she had just said; they didn't want to believe it while Yuli looked at everyone in the room confused. "You did what???" Kento exclaimed shocked.
"Lita are you serious? Why?" Rowen asked baffled. He too couldn't believe it.
"Because," She whispered. After a great pause she told them about Raye then about the man floating on water and to Kento and Rowen her telling Mira she was a princess just like the man had said. Everything was quiet, they all thought about what she said except Yuli who was completely lost in the lack of conversation and knowledge. "Could you guys please tell me what's going on?" He asked almost afraid to know.
"You guys tell him I'm going upstairs." Lita sighed and slowly stood up. She walked up stairs and closed the door behind her. Sage looked at where she was a minute ago before following her, he needed to know what was wrong with her and he was going to find out.
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Sage walked into the room and found Lita crying her heart out on a pillow as she laid on the bed curled up with the pillow covering her face. It tore him when he saw her like that. She was hurting and he couldn't do anything to ease her pain, he didn't even know what to do or why she was crying. He walked up to her and sat on the edge of the bed. "Lita." He whispered.
Lita turned to him slowly and rested her head on his lap as she sniffled and wiped her tears like a child. She felt Sage's hand run through her hair after he undid the ponytail, she shivered when she felt his touch. "What's wrong Lita? Why were you crying?" He asked.
Lita kept quiet for a while before she opened her mouth, feeling she was going to lie to him he turned her face so she could look at him. "Don't lie to me Lita, tell me the truth." He whispered. He watched as Lita sat up her back facing him, she turned her head side ways to look at him. "I---I need to go back." She whispered. Her voice was soft and quiet but to Sage it seemed like she screamed it. "I can't stay here anymore Sage. My friends are in trouble because of me, each hunted like an animal just to get me to go to them. I can't let them do that anymore. I---I'm sorry." She whispered the last part as she faced away from him trying not to cry anymore.
"Lita." Sage whispered as he looked at her. He was angry at her for leaving yet he was proud of her at the same time. Not to many people would leave their love behind to save other people. He turned her around to face him, he could see she didn't want to leave but the determination in her eyes said everything else. He held her chin and lifted her head up so she could meet him eye to eye. "I don't blame you if you want to leave but promise you'll come back please." He whispered.
Lita's tears fell from her eyes as she looked at him. She cupped his hand that was on her cheek with her hand. She nodded and before she spoke a sob escaped. "I will. I promise." She whispered. Sage leaned in and kissed her. The kiss was more passionate than the other kisses they had shared. As Sage leaned more on Lita, Lita leaned downwards to the bed.
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Serena, Ken, and Andrew walked up to the shrine, wondering if Raye left any clues behind. As soon as they stepped on the grounds of the shrine a voice boomed. "It's so nice you finally showed up!"
Immediately Andrew stood in front of Serena protectively and Ken took a fighting stance and they watched Sumio and Keiji stepped out of the temple. Behind them they saw Raye's grandfather and Chad on the floor on conscious. Serena gasped as tears gathered in her eyes, the thought of them hurt plagued her mind strongly. She looked at Keiji and glared at him. "Where are my friends?" She screamed. "What did you do to them?"
Sumio giggled as she brushed her hair back. "You want to join them?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice that made the three shiver.
"That's ok." Andrew quietly said as he studied both of them. He could tell that the were both very powerful, he noticed that the woman cared much more hatred towards them than the man, and wondered why.
Sumio looked at Ken angrily. "You are the one who killed Yesho correct?" She asked trying to act calm.
Ken looked at her confused but didn't show it. He wondered how she knew that. "What if I did?" He asked.
Sumio's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Then you shall die." Immediately she lunged at him full force. Ken cried out as he was slammed into a thick oak tree he felt several cracked and knew some of his ribs were broken and the pain was indescribable. He looked at her directly in her deep cold blue eyes and whispered. "I killed the one you cared for and you took mine away," He grinned with hatred. "I think we're equal don't you?" He asked her. Before she expected it he materialized his sword and ran it trough her stomach. She screamed in pain before she disappeared in black smoke. Ken groaned in pain as he fell to his knees and dropped to the ground, giving into the blackness he had tried to put at bay.
"Ken!!!" Both Serena and Andrew yelled. Serena ran towards the motionless Ken, but before she could get to him he disappeared and Keiji appeared in front of her. "Princess I believe we haven't met yet." He said sarcastically as she gasped and stepped back. He reached out to grab her.
"Stop!!!" Andrew yelled angrily and worried for his fiancée. Keiji who held Serena by the arm roughly looked up at him. "Let her go. You can take me instead." He said almost pleadingly.
Keiji looked at the blonde in front of him who was trying not to cry and looked back at Andrew. "Alright, but you," He made Serena look up at him as he grabbed her shin roughly. "You will deliver a message to Princess Jupiter. Tell her that all her friends are with us and if she wished to see them again she should come here to the shrine in one day from now…alone." He shoved her away and she cried out as she hit the ground hard. She looked up at Andrew who was standing by Keiji pleading him not to go, not to leave her but only he smiled at her reassuringly. "Don't worry Bunny." He whispered to her before both men vanished.
"Andy…." She whispered looking at the spot where he was just a second ago as tears fell from her eyes. "Andrew!!!" She screamed heart brokenly and started to sob heavily.
Pluto appeared behind her princess with tears also in her eyes. "Princess." She whispered.
Serena looked back and almost immediately she ran in the older senshi's arms and cried. "Why is this happening, why?" She asked.
Pluto only sighed. She couldn't answer her question. "Princess, you must be strong. The battle is not over yet." She paused when Serena got out of her hold. She wiped her tears. "Go to Lita, and tell her what has happened." Pluto created a gate behind her princess. "You must hurry and gather everyone. You must also awaken two other senshi that are still sleeping. Use the crystal to help you, you will know who they are once you see them." The door of the gates opened and Serena ran in thanking Pluto. The gates vanished and Pluto went along with it.
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Lita laid flat on the bed her green T-shirt opened, with Sage on top of her when a portal opened and a devastated Serena came out. Lita quickly noticed it and saw her princess, she gently pulled Sage away who turned and looked towards the princess who was crying and running blindly towards Lita, apparently didn't realized what she had interrupted. "Lita!!!" She yelled and collapsed in the princess of Jupiter's arms as she and Sage stood up.
"Serena, what's wrong? How did you get here?" She asked panicky and worried. She looked at Sage and he returned her gaze equally worried.
"They took them!!!" Serena exclaimed. "They took Andy and Ken!" She cried harder in Lita's arms. Lita had went ridged when she heard Serena. Her legs gave out not able to support her or Serena anymore they plummet to the ground, more tears ran down ran down Lita's eyes as she held Serena tighter. The door opened and everyone came in. They heard screaming upstairs so they had ran up, to their surprise they saw Serena in the arms of Lita on the floor crying. Lita had buried her face in Serena's neck. They looked up at Sage who was looking at the two princesses on the floor sadly and not knowing what to do. He looked back at the others and slowly stepped towards them he quietly mentioned for them to get out and he did too. He thought he could at least give them privacy. Once they got downstairs they saw Mira just waking up. They gathered around and listened to what Sage had to say. "Ken and Andrew have been taken." He whispered.
"What!!!!" Everyone but Mira and Yuli yelled.
"Oh my god." Mia whispered. She was close to tears, she knew Lita would be very sad and wondered what she would do.
"Who's Andrew?" Mira asked.
"Um," Cye looked hesitant. "Andrew is a knight from the sun, he's currently engaged to Serena who is sailor moon." From there he explained the everything to Mira and Yuli listened too.
When Cye was explaining the history of Jupiter and the silver millennium something snapped in Mira's mind but she couldn't place it. Before they could say anything else someone cleared their voice from behind them. They all looked back and saw Serena who still looked miserably from the lost standing in front of Lita. "I came to re-report a message." She whispered and took a seat by Ryo while Lita walked over to Sage and let him in fold her in his arms.
Before she spoke Serena noticed two knew faces she had never saw before, when she stared into the eyes of the woman something set off in her mind. 'You must also awaken two other senshi that are still hidden. Use the crystal to help you, you will know who they are once you see them.' She shook her head and gasped when her eyes fell on a white tiger and froze. Kento and Cye noticed and smiled at her. "It's ok, Serena he wont hurt you." He whispered.
Hesitating Serena nodded. "The man w-who took Ken and Andrew told me to…to tell Lita and I quote; 'you will deliver a message to Princess Jupiter. Tell her that all her friends are with us and if she wished to see them again she should come here to the shrine in one day from now…alone.' And then he vanished taking both guys. Pluto came to me and opened a portal for me to get to Lita." She held her hands together as if she was praying, her eyes narrowed in determination. "Lita you're no going…alone." She whispered.
Lita opened her mouth to protest, but Serena cut in as she looked at her. "Don't argue with me." She firmly said. Lita looked into her eyes and knew the princess within her surfaced and she nodded keeping her mouth closed. Serena's gaze fell on Mia and what Pluto had said to her crossed her mind again. She smiled faintly. 'So it's them.' She thought. "In one day we go." She whispered and looked at all of them. "If you guys don't want to go…" She eyed everyone but Lita. "I understand."
"Are you kidding?" Kento exclaimed. "I would never miss a good fight."
"And neither a meal." Rowen said teasingly.
"Hey!!!" Kento yelled defensively.
Everyone else laughed.
"We'll be glad to help." Ryo said and all the other ronins nodded.
Mia cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Umm, Serena I don't think it would be wise for Mira, Yuli and I to go along. We'll just get in the way."
Serena shook her head. "No you won't." She took out her silver crystal and watched it glow a light pink in her hands and obtained information from it. The others watched in awe as Serena transformed into the beautiful moon princess. "If the crystal is right you both are known as the protectors of Princess Jupiter along with Keiji, Sumio, and Yesho each coming from the five of the many moons of Jupiter. Betrayed by the other three you guys were killed protecting the princess and the emerald crystal. Reborn on this planet here to wait for the one you protect. Your alter ego is known only to both queens and all the other senshi, you Mai are Sailor Callisto leader of the group and Mira Sailor Io second in command." After the information sunk in all present Serenity stood up her white gown looked beautiful and perfect on her. She looked at both shocked and hesitant women with a kind smile. "If you both want I can awaken the warriors within you." She whispered.
Both Mia and Mira looked at each other, then at Lita and back at each other nodding slightly. "Go for it." Mia said.
Serenity closed her eyes and concentrating in awaking the dormant senshi with the help of the crystal. Suddenly both women gasped when they felt something in them surface. They both glowed an intense ice blue and deep red. Slowly memories flowed in their minds and they saw themselves with three other people introduced to a princess with brown hair and green eyes as her guardians. How they became friends and four of them fallen in love. Pictures of them fighting against demons and watched three of their friends captured. The crying and heartache that Mia felt for the lost of Keiji while Lita and Mira could only pray. The betraying the end of their lives and of the prince, Lita taken to the moon, destruction of Jupiter and rebirth of all after the end of the millennium. A blinding light shone and forced everyone to cover his or her eyes. When they looked up they gasped at what they saw. Both women knelt facing Lita wearing tight black pants, bikini/breastplate like top. Mia Icy blue and Mira red. On their waist was a belt that was crooked and held their sword, on there forehead where tiaras like the other senshi and black gloves adorned their hands and arm fading into their color. Mia wore boots that looked like Saturn's except they were a lot shorter and ice blue while Mira wore plain red boots. They both looked up and stood up smiling at each other. "We're back!" Io exclaimed. They both high five each other as they said "yes!"
Serenity smiled before she faded into Serena again and collapsed from the lost of energy. Lita and the two now awaken senshi rushed to her while the others staid behind watching worried. "Serena!" Lita whispered as she helped her sit up. "Are you okay?"
Serena looked at Io and Callisto with a smile. "I did it." She whispered before she fainted.
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Pluto smiled proudly at her princess. She had been watching from the time gates the fold of the events. "You certainly did my princess." She whispered with the proud smile still on her face. She waved her hand in front of the screen and lost her smile when she saw Ken and Andrew had joined the other senshi on the crosses. 'Helps on the way.' She thought 'Just hold on.' She whispered when she saw Amy's and Mina's head drooping, showing they were weak and needed to get off the cross that was sucking all there energy, but since Amy and Mina were the first on them they were more affected by it than the others but Raye was getting to that point herself.
"It's a bad thing the outers are on vacation outside of the continent." Pluto sighed. "They could be anywhere, it doesn't matter this is there fight not the outer senshi."
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Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out! I got tied up with school. So anyway how do you guys like this chapter? Please tell me what you think. I think I'm starting to make this story go bad ^^;; Well anyway, see you guys later. And I'll try to get the other chapter out soon...once I got an Idea ^^;;
Keiko.
Lita walked down the stairs the next morning dressed, but she didn't feel so good. She felt as if something bad was about to happen. She stopped when she heard a very young voice. She frowned and advanced towards the leaving room where she heard. "Gee Ryo I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take White blaze with me. He just followed me."
"Hmph, you're lucky this time. Don't do it again." She heard Ryo.
Lita poked her head in the room discreetly and saw the cutest boy and a cool white tiger with Ryo and the other but she didn't see Sage anywhere. She screamed in fright when someone yelled boo from behind her. She literally jumped five feet off the ground. When she recovered from the shock she found herself on the floor holding her heart as she breathed heavily. She also saw Sage laughing as he looked at her while everyone was around them puzzled.
"You should have seen your face Lita. Kodak moment." Sage said still laughing.
Lita glared up at him big time. "That wasn't funny Sage! You almost gave me a heart attack." She stood up and looked away from him with annoyance. She gasped when she felt something robbing against her leg. She looked down and found White blaze circling around her. She knelt down and smiled as white blazed licked her cheek. "You must be white blaze, ne?" She gained a nod from the large tiger.
Yuli looked up at Ryo and tugged his sleeve. "Hey Ryo who is she?" He asked.
Ryo looked at Yuli with a smile. "I'll introduce you, later."
Sage helped Lita up. "Okay White Blaze that's enough flirting for you."
White Blaze growled at Sage and everyone laughed. Lita blushed a little.
Lita smiled at the boy and advanced towards him. She lowered herself to be eye level with him. "And this handsome guy must be Yuli right? Mia told me all about you."
Yuli blushed at the compliment. "Aw gee…" He said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Aww Yuli is blushing. How cute." Mia cooed making Yuli blush even more. She grinned. "You better not let Sage get jealous, you don't know what he would do."
Everyone laughed and Lita stood up.
"Yuli this is Lita Kino." Kento said. "She's a very good friend of ours and she's staying here for a while."
"It's nice to meet you Lita. I hope we become good friends." Yuli smiled at the brunette as he offered his hand.
"I hope so too." She took the hand he offered and shook it. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Cye went to go get it. When he opened the door his smile increased when he saw Mira. "Hey, Mira."
Mira smiled brightly at him. "Hey Cye. I heard Yuli was back so I came to say hi." She explained. She walked in when Cye moved out of the way and walked in to where the others were with Cye following her. "Hey guys!!!" Mira exclaimed happily.
Yuli looked up first and a bright smile as plastered on his face as he threw himself at Mira. He laughed as she twirled him around. "Hey big guy! It's been a while huh?" She asked once she placed him down. Yuli smiled at her. "Yea!"
Mira smiled at him before she turned to the others. "What's up guys?"
"Nothing." Rowen answered.
"Well, beside Sage being jealous, nothing." Kento grinned.
Sage glared at Kento who just smiled a goofy smile. Lita smiled as she pet him on the head. "Poor pookie."
"Pookie?" Ryo and Kento asked incredulous before they broke out into laughter. Cye and Mira smiled while Mia, Yuli and Rowen snickered. Sage glared at Lita who only smiled sweetly at him. "Lita."
"I'm sorry. I had to get you back for scaring me like that." She whispered to him as she stood only centimeter away from him. Sage grinned at what she said and received a smack on his harm. "And that's why you're going to be sleeping on the floor again." She whispered.
Sage put his arm around her waist as he drew her nearer. "Oh really." He watched as she nodded before he took her lips with his.
Yuli wrinkled his nose as he watched his friend kiss the lady he just met. "Gross." He whispered. White blazed looked away as he covered his eyes with his paw. Ryo looked at them with a slight grin. He figured he would never get a chance to get Lita to go out with him or kiss him. They looked perfect for each other right there and now and they do look it everytime he saw them together. He decided to let them be and his grin grew as he said, "Get a room."
"Yea get a room!!!" Kento and Yuli joined Ryo.
Lita broke the kiss when she realized her friends were around them. She wiped Sage's lips before turning to them. "Hey Mira can I ask you something." She asked as she pulled Mira away from the group and Mia went with them.
"Sage you kissed a girl! That's gross!!!" Yuli said with a disgusted expression on his face.
Sage only smiled at him. "You're too little to understand and besides weren't you the one blushing when she called you handsome?" He grinned.
Yuli blushed as he was caught off guard. His hand went behind his head as he laughed nervously. "That's different." White Blaze rolled his eyes while the other guys laughed.
"Right Yuli." Rowen said as he winked at his friend.
"Aw you guys are mean." Yuli pouted as he crossed his arms over his thin chest.
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Raye was at the temple in front of the great fire. She was concentrating in finding her friends, who had been missing for a week now. Her concentration was lost when she felt something ominous outside. She stood up and carefully went to the door, where she slides them firmly opened and narrowed her eyes. "Who's there?!" She yelled angrily.
Raye saw someone by the stairs and walked forward. She stopped when she could tell that the person was a man who held strong amount of evil around him. She glared at him. "What do you want here? Who are you?"
Keiji grinned. "You are the warrior of Mars. I come to take you with me." He replied calmly.
Raye got her pen that was tucked in her Kimoto. "Not without a fight." She whispered. She rose her hand up. "Mars,"
Keiji's grin spread wider. With a mental note tentacles shot out underneath Raye and wrapped around her tightly. She screamed in pain when she felt electricity flow through her body, slowly she lost consciousness and her pen fell on the ground. Keiji laughed as he walked closer to her and stopped when he was only inches away. "Not much of a fight huh?" He asked the sleeping raven. "Such beauty. To bad it will be all a mess." He touched her cheek but drew it back as if her skin burned him when a image of Mia flashed in his mind.
"What the hell?" He whispered as he shook his head as if to clear it. 'Why did that girl show up?' He asked himself. "It doesn't matter." With that he vanished with Raye. A minute later Serena walked up the stairs. She gasped when she saw Raye's pen on the ground. "No." She whispered as tears gathered in her eyes.
She rushed to it and grabbed it. "Raye!!!" She screamed out loud looking around hoping she was still here. When no one answered her she fell to her knees and cried.
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"Amy do you know where we really are?" Mina asked tiredly. They were still tied up on the cross and their arms began to hurt. She looked at Amy who shook her head. "I don't know but Takiru said we were not on earth." She looked around her feeling drained. "He also said these cross steal energy from its victims. If we stay on it longer than two three days we might not survive."
Before anymore could be said another cross-appeared beside Mina and Raye appeared in it. Both wrist where attached to the cross just like her feet were. She was still unconsciousness.
"Raye!!!" Both Mina and Amy exclaimed. They both frowned worried frowns when she didn't answer. "Ray?" Mina asked.
"Don't waist your breath." Keiji said as he appeared in front of them. He looked up and gave them one of his wicked smiles. Levitating off the ground gave him an advantage. "Well," He faced Mina. "You are the leader of the senshis when your princess isn't around aren't you?"
Mina looked at him with a glare that would scare anybody, but she didn't scare Keiji. "And what's it to you, bastard." She sneered. "You'll never get Serena or Lita you got that!?"
Keiji only continued to grin. "Who said we were after Serena?"
Amy's eyes grew wide just like Mina's did. "What?" She asked. "Then why are…"
"We only want our princess." Keiji whispered.
"Lita?" Amy whispered. "You're not after Serena you never was. You just said that so we would be guarding the wrong person. Lita is who you really want." She gasped as she figured it out.
Keiji turned to her. "My, you're as smart as I have heard you to be."
"So we are nothing but pawns in your games to get to our friend?" Mina growled. If she had use of her hands she would have taught him a lesson but for some reason she felt weak to even move.
"That's right."
"I was right." Raye whispered as she slowly raised her head. She glared at Keiji and said, "You want her power right? So you guys can do as you wish. Well let me tell you something buddy, your plan wont work, because Lita is smarter than that. If you want to get her you better be smarter than you look." She sneered.
Mina grinned. "By the way how's your shoulder? I hope it's fine." She sarcastically said remembering her beam had pierced right through it. "I hope I didn't hurt you two much."
Keiji drew back his arm and slapped her as he narrowed his eyes as she insulted him. "I suggest you keep your mouth closed." He turned back to Raye and said, "We'll see about that. You'll be expecting company soon." He disappeared.
"We have to warn Sage and the others including Lita." Amy whispered.
Mina spat on the ground the blood she tasted in her mouth before saying, "But how do we do that?" Mina asked as she sighed. "My arms are killing me."
'Lita.' Raye thought silently.
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"What?!" Andrew and Ken yelled. They were both at Ken's house in his room in front of the crying Serena. "They have Raye?" Andrew asked furiously.
Serena nodded her head as she wiped her tears away. "Yea, she said for me to meet her at her place but when I got there I saw her henshin pen on the floor. I called out her name and she didn't answer and you know that Raye always answer when I call her."
"Oh god. Now it's only us three." Ken said as he ran his hand through his hair frustrated. "We have to find away to get Lita before they do."
"But how do we do that?"
"I don't know."
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Lita's head lifted from what she was doing as a strange feeling washed over her. Yuli who was seated by her side looked at her puzzled. "Lita what's wrong?"
Lita held her head as the image of mars flashed through her mind. She had never felt something like this so panic washed over her and she gave out a cry of surprise and pain. Yet she didn't feel any pain. "Mars, Raye no." She said as a tear rolled down her cheek. It was then when she heard Yuli calling out her name. She looked up at him and smiled even though she didn't feel so well. "I'm ok Yuli." She sighed. "Do you mind if I stopped reading to you? I need to rest."
"Of course not. I'll just get Mia or Mira to do it." Yuli jumped up from the couch and ran to the kitchen.
Lita walked out the house and went to the lake. She stopped when she saw her reflection on the cool water of the lake. "Raye how can you let them take you?" She whispered as she closed her eyes and sighed.
"Lita?"
Lita turned around and found both Mira and Mia behind her looking worried. "Hey guys."
"What's wrong? Yuli came to us and said something was wrong with you." Mira explained.
"Nothing is wrong I just need fresh air."
"You lie to much princess." A voice boomed.
All three girls looked at a lake where they saw a handsome man standing inches on top of the water. Nothing on his face said that he was a kind man. Lita stood up immediately and backed away. "Who are you?"
The guy bowed. "Sorry, I've been terribly rude, princess." He raised only his head and grinned before he stood up straight. "Takiru."
Mia gasped in horror as she stepped back a couple of feet. Mira looked puzzled and looked at her friends then back at Takiru. Something tugged in her mind when she studied his face. "What's going on? Why do you always call Lita princess?"
"I just wanted to pay a visit. Hope you didn't mind?" He asked as if he didn't care for an answer. "I call her princess because she is one. I'll see you later and when you do, be prepared." He bowed one last time before he vanished.
Lita who was glaring at Takiru the whole time he was here sighed in relief that she didn't have to transform even though she was dying to kick his ass. She turned to Mira who looked surprised and confused and Mia who look horrified. "Let's go inside." She whispered.
When they got there they passed Sage, Cye and Ryo. The guys stopped them when they saw the look on their faces. "Hey are you girls ok?" Cye asked worried.
"Cye we just saw the strangest thing." Mira whispered. "A man appeared out of thing air, he was floating on water. Can you imaging? Floating?"
"Yes I can." They all thought.
"He said he was paying a visit to Lita but he called her princess and he insisted she was one." Mira sighed. "What a weird guy."
"Mira his right." Lita said. They all looked at her. Sage, Ryo, Cye, and Mia shocked that she was revealing herself to someone, while Mira looked at her incredulous. "Come again?"
"I'm the princess he came to see. Princess Lita of Jupiter. Pleasure to meet you." Lita slightly bowed.
Mira laughed. "Nice joke Lita." She said.
"I'm not joking." Lita insisted strongly.
Mira looked at the others and watched as they nodded agreeing with Lita and she fainted. Cye quickly caught her, and picked her up.
"She took it better than I expected." Ryo joked and earned a light slap on the arm by Mia.
"Here set her down on the couch." Sage spoke. He was confused why Lita would reveal herself to someone besides them. Cye walked over to the couch and placed Mira down as gently as he could while Sage pulled Lita away from everyone by the arm. He looked at her as he said, "What are you doing? You can't just tell her you're a princess."
Lita sighed. "Look she just saw a man floating on top of water and heard him say I was a princess. What am I to do, tell her she was dreaming? Come on Sage." She whispered dully.
Sage frowned at her. "What's wrong with you? Are you ok?" He asked concerned.
"I'm fine, let's just go try and wake her up." Lita turned around and walked away from Sage. She was getting tired of this. Her staying here while her friends was being captured all because of her. To tell you the truth, she wanted to cry. Cry for Amy, Mina and Raye and cry for the rest of them that was being hunted by her enemy. Something had triggered in her mind when she saw the man earlier, like she was suppose to remember something about her past but nothing came. She squat down by Mira and looked at her.
Sage looked at Lita trying to figure out what was wrong with her. The way she spoke to him before was like she didn't even care but he could feel just the opposite inside her. He didn't even notice that White Blaze and Yuli had came out of the kitchen with the rest of the guys. Yuli gasped when he saw Mira on the couch. He immediately ran to her side. "What happened?" He asked.
"It's nothing to worry about Yuli. She just fainted." Cye explained.
"Why?" Rowen asked.
"Because I told her who I really was." Lita whispered as she continued to look at her sleeping friend.
Rowen and Kento couldn't believe what she had just said; they didn't want to believe it while Yuli looked at everyone in the room confused. "You did what???" Kento exclaimed shocked.
"Lita are you serious? Why?" Rowen asked baffled. He too couldn't believe it.
"Because," She whispered. After a great pause she told them about Raye then about the man floating on water and to Kento and Rowen her telling Mira she was a princess just like the man had said. Everything was quiet, they all thought about what she said except Yuli who was completely lost in the lack of conversation and knowledge. "Could you guys please tell me what's going on?" He asked almost afraid to know.
"You guys tell him I'm going upstairs." Lita sighed and slowly stood up. She walked up stairs and closed the door behind her. Sage looked at where she was a minute ago before following her, he needed to know what was wrong with her and he was going to find out.
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Sage walked into the room and found Lita crying her heart out on a pillow as she laid on the bed curled up with the pillow covering her face. It tore him when he saw her like that. She was hurting and he couldn't do anything to ease her pain, he didn't even know what to do or why she was crying. He walked up to her and sat on the edge of the bed. "Lita." He whispered.
Lita turned to him slowly and rested her head on his lap as she sniffled and wiped her tears like a child. She felt Sage's hand run through her hair after he undid the ponytail, she shivered when she felt his touch. "What's wrong Lita? Why were you crying?" He asked.
Lita kept quiet for a while before she opened her mouth, feeling she was going to lie to him he turned her face so she could look at him. "Don't lie to me Lita, tell me the truth." He whispered. He watched as Lita sat up her back facing him, she turned her head side ways to look at him. "I---I need to go back." She whispered. Her voice was soft and quiet but to Sage it seemed like she screamed it. "I can't stay here anymore Sage. My friends are in trouble because of me, each hunted like an animal just to get me to go to them. I can't let them do that anymore. I---I'm sorry." She whispered the last part as she faced away from him trying not to cry anymore.
"Lita." Sage whispered as he looked at her. He was angry at her for leaving yet he was proud of her at the same time. Not to many people would leave their love behind to save other people. He turned her around to face him, he could see she didn't want to leave but the determination in her eyes said everything else. He held her chin and lifted her head up so she could meet him eye to eye. "I don't blame you if you want to leave but promise you'll come back please." He whispered.
Lita's tears fell from her eyes as she looked at him. She cupped his hand that was on her cheek with her hand. She nodded and before she spoke a sob escaped. "I will. I promise." She whispered. Sage leaned in and kissed her. The kiss was more passionate than the other kisses they had shared. As Sage leaned more on Lita, Lita leaned downwards to the bed.
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Serena, Ken, and Andrew walked up to the shrine, wondering if Raye left any clues behind. As soon as they stepped on the grounds of the shrine a voice boomed. "It's so nice you finally showed up!"
Immediately Andrew stood in front of Serena protectively and Ken took a fighting stance and they watched Sumio and Keiji stepped out of the temple. Behind them they saw Raye's grandfather and Chad on the floor on conscious. Serena gasped as tears gathered in her eyes, the thought of them hurt plagued her mind strongly. She looked at Keiji and glared at him. "Where are my friends?" She screamed. "What did you do to them?"
Sumio giggled as she brushed her hair back. "You want to join them?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice that made the three shiver.
"That's ok." Andrew quietly said as he studied both of them. He could tell that the were both very powerful, he noticed that the woman cared much more hatred towards them than the man, and wondered why.
Sumio looked at Ken angrily. "You are the one who killed Yesho correct?" She asked trying to act calm.
Ken looked at her confused but didn't show it. He wondered how she knew that. "What if I did?" He asked.
Sumio's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Then you shall die." Immediately she lunged at him full force. Ken cried out as he was slammed into a thick oak tree he felt several cracked and knew some of his ribs were broken and the pain was indescribable. He looked at her directly in her deep cold blue eyes and whispered. "I killed the one you cared for and you took mine away," He grinned with hatred. "I think we're equal don't you?" He asked her. Before she expected it he materialized his sword and ran it trough her stomach. She screamed in pain before she disappeared in black smoke. Ken groaned in pain as he fell to his knees and dropped to the ground, giving into the blackness he had tried to put at bay.
"Ken!!!" Both Serena and Andrew yelled. Serena ran towards the motionless Ken, but before she could get to him he disappeared and Keiji appeared in front of her. "Princess I believe we haven't met yet." He said sarcastically as she gasped and stepped back. He reached out to grab her.
"Stop!!!" Andrew yelled angrily and worried for his fiancée. Keiji who held Serena by the arm roughly looked up at him. "Let her go. You can take me instead." He said almost pleadingly.
Keiji looked at the blonde in front of him who was trying not to cry and looked back at Andrew. "Alright, but you," He made Serena look up at him as he grabbed her shin roughly. "You will deliver a message to Princess Jupiter. Tell her that all her friends are with us and if she wished to see them again she should come here to the shrine in one day from now…alone." He shoved her away and she cried out as she hit the ground hard. She looked up at Andrew who was standing by Keiji pleading him not to go, not to leave her but only he smiled at her reassuringly. "Don't worry Bunny." He whispered to her before both men vanished.
"Andy…." She whispered looking at the spot where he was just a second ago as tears fell from her eyes. "Andrew!!!" She screamed heart brokenly and started to sob heavily.
Pluto appeared behind her princess with tears also in her eyes. "Princess." She whispered.
Serena looked back and almost immediately she ran in the older senshi's arms and cried. "Why is this happening, why?" She asked.
Pluto only sighed. She couldn't answer her question. "Princess, you must be strong. The battle is not over yet." She paused when Serena got out of her hold. She wiped her tears. "Go to Lita, and tell her what has happened." Pluto created a gate behind her princess. "You must hurry and gather everyone. You must also awaken two other senshi that are still sleeping. Use the crystal to help you, you will know who they are once you see them." The door of the gates opened and Serena ran in thanking Pluto. The gates vanished and Pluto went along with it.
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Lita laid flat on the bed her green T-shirt opened, with Sage on top of her when a portal opened and a devastated Serena came out. Lita quickly noticed it and saw her princess, she gently pulled Sage away who turned and looked towards the princess who was crying and running blindly towards Lita, apparently didn't realized what she had interrupted. "Lita!!!" She yelled and collapsed in the princess of Jupiter's arms as she and Sage stood up.
"Serena, what's wrong? How did you get here?" She asked panicky and worried. She looked at Sage and he returned her gaze equally worried.
"They took them!!!" Serena exclaimed. "They took Andy and Ken!" She cried harder in Lita's arms. Lita had went ridged when she heard Serena. Her legs gave out not able to support her or Serena anymore they plummet to the ground, more tears ran down ran down Lita's eyes as she held Serena tighter. The door opened and everyone came in. They heard screaming upstairs so they had ran up, to their surprise they saw Serena in the arms of Lita on the floor crying. Lita had buried her face in Serena's neck. They looked up at Sage who was looking at the two princesses on the floor sadly and not knowing what to do. He looked back at the others and slowly stepped towards them he quietly mentioned for them to get out and he did too. He thought he could at least give them privacy. Once they got downstairs they saw Mira just waking up. They gathered around and listened to what Sage had to say. "Ken and Andrew have been taken." He whispered.
"What!!!!" Everyone but Mira and Yuli yelled.
"Oh my god." Mia whispered. She was close to tears, she knew Lita would be very sad and wondered what she would do.
"Who's Andrew?" Mira asked.
"Um," Cye looked hesitant. "Andrew is a knight from the sun, he's currently engaged to Serena who is sailor moon." From there he explained the everything to Mira and Yuli listened too.
When Cye was explaining the history of Jupiter and the silver millennium something snapped in Mira's mind but she couldn't place it. Before they could say anything else someone cleared their voice from behind them. They all looked back and saw Serena who still looked miserably from the lost standing in front of Lita. "I came to re-report a message." She whispered and took a seat by Ryo while Lita walked over to Sage and let him in fold her in his arms.
Before she spoke Serena noticed two knew faces she had never saw before, when she stared into the eyes of the woman something set off in her mind. 'You must also awaken two other senshi that are still hidden. Use the crystal to help you, you will know who they are once you see them.' She shook her head and gasped when her eyes fell on a white tiger and froze. Kento and Cye noticed and smiled at her. "It's ok, Serena he wont hurt you." He whispered.
Hesitating Serena nodded. "The man w-who took Ken and Andrew told me to…to tell Lita and I quote; 'you will deliver a message to Princess Jupiter. Tell her that all her friends are with us and if she wished to see them again she should come here to the shrine in one day from now…alone.' And then he vanished taking both guys. Pluto came to me and opened a portal for me to get to Lita." She held her hands together as if she was praying, her eyes narrowed in determination. "Lita you're no going…alone." She whispered.
Lita opened her mouth to protest, but Serena cut in as she looked at her. "Don't argue with me." She firmly said. Lita looked into her eyes and knew the princess within her surfaced and she nodded keeping her mouth closed. Serena's gaze fell on Mia and what Pluto had said to her crossed her mind again. She smiled faintly. 'So it's them.' She thought. "In one day we go." She whispered and looked at all of them. "If you guys don't want to go…" She eyed everyone but Lita. "I understand."
"Are you kidding?" Kento exclaimed. "I would never miss a good fight."
"And neither a meal." Rowen said teasingly.
"Hey!!!" Kento yelled defensively.
Everyone else laughed.
"We'll be glad to help." Ryo said and all the other ronins nodded.
Mia cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Umm, Serena I don't think it would be wise for Mira, Yuli and I to go along. We'll just get in the way."
Serena shook her head. "No you won't." She took out her silver crystal and watched it glow a light pink in her hands and obtained information from it. The others watched in awe as Serena transformed into the beautiful moon princess. "If the crystal is right you both are known as the protectors of Princess Jupiter along with Keiji, Sumio, and Yesho each coming from the five of the many moons of Jupiter. Betrayed by the other three you guys were killed protecting the princess and the emerald crystal. Reborn on this planet here to wait for the one you protect. Your alter ego is known only to both queens and all the other senshi, you Mai are Sailor Callisto leader of the group and Mira Sailor Io second in command." After the information sunk in all present Serenity stood up her white gown looked beautiful and perfect on her. She looked at both shocked and hesitant women with a kind smile. "If you both want I can awaken the warriors within you." She whispered.
Both Mia and Mira looked at each other, then at Lita and back at each other nodding slightly. "Go for it." Mia said.
Serenity closed her eyes and concentrating in awaking the dormant senshi with the help of the crystal. Suddenly both women gasped when they felt something in them surface. They both glowed an intense ice blue and deep red. Slowly memories flowed in their minds and they saw themselves with three other people introduced to a princess with brown hair and green eyes as her guardians. How they became friends and four of them fallen in love. Pictures of them fighting against demons and watched three of their friends captured. The crying and heartache that Mia felt for the lost of Keiji while Lita and Mira could only pray. The betraying the end of their lives and of the prince, Lita taken to the moon, destruction of Jupiter and rebirth of all after the end of the millennium. A blinding light shone and forced everyone to cover his or her eyes. When they looked up they gasped at what they saw. Both women knelt facing Lita wearing tight black pants, bikini/breastplate like top. Mia Icy blue and Mira red. On their waist was a belt that was crooked and held their sword, on there forehead where tiaras like the other senshi and black gloves adorned their hands and arm fading into their color. Mia wore boots that looked like Saturn's except they were a lot shorter and ice blue while Mira wore plain red boots. They both looked up and stood up smiling at each other. "We're back!" Io exclaimed. They both high five each other as they said "yes!"
Serenity smiled before she faded into Serena again and collapsed from the lost of energy. Lita and the two now awaken senshi rushed to her while the others staid behind watching worried. "Serena!" Lita whispered as she helped her sit up. "Are you okay?"
Serena looked at Io and Callisto with a smile. "I did it." She whispered before she fainted.
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Pluto smiled proudly at her princess. She had been watching from the time gates the fold of the events. "You certainly did my princess." She whispered with the proud smile still on her face. She waved her hand in front of the screen and lost her smile when she saw Ken and Andrew had joined the other senshi on the crosses. 'Helps on the way.' She thought 'Just hold on.' She whispered when she saw Amy's and Mina's head drooping, showing they were weak and needed to get off the cross that was sucking all there energy, but since Amy and Mina were the first on them they were more affected by it than the others but Raye was getting to that point herself.
"It's a bad thing the outers are on vacation outside of the continent." Pluto sighed. "They could be anywhere, it doesn't matter this is there fight not the outer senshi."
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Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out! I got tied up with school. So anyway how do you guys like this chapter? Please tell me what you think. I think I'm starting to make this story go bad ^^;; Well anyway, see you guys later. And I'll try to get the other chapter out soon...once I got an Idea ^^;;
Keiko.