"What is going on?" Kento yelled as his fist slammed into one of the gym lockers. The guys were supposed to be getting ready for gym; they were the only ones left in the locker room. But, instead of getting ready, they were sitting on one of the benches and they were discussing the girls' strange behavior.

"I don't know, Kento," Sage said calmly, "But we're going to get to the bottom of this." Kento squeezed his eyes shut against the pain.

He knew there was something wrong with Lita and it pained him to know that. Seeing her run out of English with tears with her eyes had greatly disturbed him. He loved Lita, although he hadn't told anyone yet, and seeing her hurt made him hurt and all he wanted to do was make the pain go away.

"Well, Lita was crying before she ran out of class, so whatever it is, it's bad," Kento said quietly, his tone of voice the opposite of what was going on inside of him.

"And it involves all of them," Cye said, thinking about what happened with Mina that morning.

"And according to all of you, all of them, except for Ami, left class at the same time. That's the strange part," Rowen said, leaning against one of the lockers with his arms crossed.

There was something strange about these girls that Rowen couldn't just put his finger on. Some of the information that they had gotten about them could only bring up suspicions about them that Rowen was going to have to look into at a later date.

"I say we go and find them and demand to know what's going on," Ryo said. These girls had become his friends and he was dammed if he was going to let this slip by his notice.

"I say you're right, Ryo," said Sage. Ryo nodded and the 5 left the locker room, completely forgetting about gym class.

***
Serena sat down at the spot where the girls and the guys normally ate lunch. The courtyard that she was in was empty; everyone was either in a class or in study hall. It was still third period and instead of making a cake in home economics, she was chasing down Lita, who had magically disappeared on them and managed to block her emotions from them.

She put her head in her hands with exhaustion and sighed deeply. Serena could feel tears of frustration prick her eyes, but she tried to ignore them. This was a lot for Serena to deal with. Having the girls get their memories back had brought Serena's back to the surface. When Serena learned that she was the Moon Princess, she had received the memories of her years in the Moon Kingdom, particularly the ones of her last night on the Moon Kingdom, the ones where the Scouts and the Ronin Warriors both died.

When Serena received these memories, she purposely kept them from the Scouts so they wouldn't have to go through the same rude awakening that she did and feel the pain of getting their memories back. She tried to protect them and it had backfired. They had still gotten hurt. Maybe I just should have let them get their memories back naturally. Maybe it would hurt less.

Serena heard footsteps and lifted her head to see who was in the courtyard. Her eyes widened when she saw the Ronin Warriors walking towards her and, judging by the look on their faces, they wanted to talk to her about what was going on with the girls. Serena commanded her body to move her away from the guys so she wouldn't have to explain something that was too painful to explain, but her body was frozen in place.

As they were within 5 paces of the table, her body finally started to move and she was just starting to walk away when Kento and Ryo grabbed her arms, preventing her from going anywhere. Her face set in a grimace, she turned around to face the Ronin Warriors.

"Can I help you with something?" she asked, as if nothing was wrong.

"Yeah, you can. What is going on with you guys?" Sage asked.

"What do you mean?" Serena asked, feigning innocence.

"And don't give us that innocent act," Rowen said, "You and the girls are hiding something from us and we want to know what's going on."

Serena's shoulders slumped in defeat and she said, "I can't tell you."

"What do you mean you can't tell us?" Kento demanded.

"I'm sure that you guys have figured out that there are things about us that we can't tell you."

Without waiting for them to answer, she continued, "Well, this is one of those things. I promise you, all will be explained one day, but not now."

"Why not now?" Ryo asked. Serena opened her mouth to speak when she looked beyond the guys.
Her eyes opened wide with shock as she saw Lita standing there, underneath a tree, looking at Serena with tears in her eyes. And she was glowing. Lita was letting her emotions rule her powers and her powers were reacting to the commands of her emotions.

At the moment, only Serena could see the green aura surrounding Lita, but if Lita was allowed to continue on like she was, everyone would be able to see it; Serena could only see it right now because she had been sensitized to the auras.

"Lita," she whispered. When Lita's symbol started to glow on her forehead, Serena cried out, "No!" and ran for Lita, deftly escaping the clutches of Kento and Ryo. She ran over to Lita and placed her hand over her forehead so the guys wouldn't see the symbol of Jupiter on her forehead.

"Lita, please. Calm down," Serena begged, her voice quavering with tears, "You have to get control of your emotions."

"I can't," Lita whispered, "And I don't want to. I've kept this up inside of me for too long. And it's not just the memories I've received in the last two days. It's everything." Tears started rolling down Lita's face as she continued.

"I'm tired of all the pain, Serena."

Lita closed her eyes and clenched her right hand into a fist.

"I just can't take it anymore!" she yelled as she hurled her fist into the tree beside her. There was a small explosion of lightning as Lita threw her power into that punch and a shower of wood splinters as Lita's hand made a hole in the tree.

"Lita! Stop it!" Serena yelled as Raye, Ami, and Mina approached, having seen the small outburst.

"Lita, please. Get yourself under control," Raye pleaded.

"Listen to her, Lita. Please, we need you. Don't do this," Mina cried, her eyes starting to glisten with tears.

"You're a part of the team, Lita. Please, calm down," Ami said, her throat choking on a sob as she said the last words. Lita looked confused for a moment, like she was battling something inside herself and Serena took that moment to grab her arm and pull her out of the courtyard, leaving the guys there wondering what was going on.

The guys' eyes were wide with disbelief. What had happened when Lita punched the tree? As Rowen, Sage, Kento, and Cye watched the girls walk away, Ryo went over and investigated the tree that Lita had just punched.

"Oh my God," Ryo said.

"What is it, Ryo?" Rowen asked.

"Come look at this," Ryo commanded, not believing what he was seeing. The guys came over and gasped at what they saw. In the middle of the tree was a fist-sized hole that went halfway through the tree.

"That's not possible," Rowen said.

"How could she make a mark like that?" Sage asked.

"I don't know, but I intend to find out," Ryo said, "Come on. Let's go see if we can find the girls." The guys went in the direction of the girls, but they would never find them.