Hi Everyone. Here is part eight to the "Crystal Scouts" series. I can't believe I am almost done. I have this part and then we will meet Rini's granddaughter in the last part.
I have decided we needed another conflict between a Chibi Scout and a Crystal Scout. There was conflict between Annika and Ashley and there was a little bit if conflict between Melody and Ariel. The last batches have all gotten along with each other. So I decided have conflict between Madelyn and her future granddaughter Gisselle. We will be seeing a side of Madelyn we don't see often.
Also to give you fair warning there will be an upsetting scene between Elysian Venus and her daughter. I am trying to lead it up to a story that will be written after the "Crystal Scouts" series is done.
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The Crystal Scouts
Part Eight: The Saturn Crystal
By Angel Raye
In the future...
Hotaru sat inside her office going over the lab work Amy, Ariel and Madelyn had each done that day. As the nurse Hotaru had to run the tests and then give the results to whichever doctor had ordered it.
A knock at the door forced Hotaru to look up. Madelyn was standing there in her lab coat. Hotaru smiled at her. "Hi Mom," Madelyn said as she came in.
"How has your day been," asked Hotaru.
"Busy," Madelyn replied. "The crystal scouts who have been awakened are training now and they are getting little cuts and scrapes. Not only that but we have several cases of the flu going around right now. So Amy, Ariel and I have our hands full."
"Well speaking of Crystal Scouts," Hotaru began. "I have sent for Hannah. She'll be here in a minute."
"Time for Gisselle to go back and retrieve the Saturn Crystal," Madelyn concluded and Hotaru nodded her head. "I remember it all so clearly now. Gisselle was a year older then I was when she went back. We did not get along."
"Gisselle is a very aggressive child," Hotaru pointed out. "She must get that from her father's side because she certainly doesn't get it from our side"
The door opened and Hannah came in. Like her mother and grandmother, she was very small and undersized. She did not get their dark hair though. Hers was red. She gave her mother and grandmother a big smile. "Hi," she said.
"Hi Hannah," Madelyn stood up and kissed her daughter on the cheek. "How was your day?"
"Busy," Hannah sighed. She had become an accountant and helped Raye with all the palace finances. "A lot of money has been spent to upgrade the training simulations."
"Hannah you know that Gisselle is to become a crystal scout don't you," asked Hotaru.
"Yes I know," Hannah replied. "Since my other child is a son I can only conclude that it would be Gisselle. Is it time for her to go back to the past."
"Yes it is," Madelyn replied. "We need to go and get permission from their majesties and the Venus scouts."
"Then I guess we should get to it," Hannah stated. The three women took out their transformation pens and transformed.
Elysian Venus was infuriated. She had just come from another meeting, this time granting permission for Gisselle Tomoe to go back in time and retrieve the Saturn crystal. Once again Elysian Venus was ordered to keep an eye on her through the sphere. She knew that Gisselle was a handful and would need extra watching. Elysian Venus was not happy at all but no one listened to her complaints.
She swept into her office and saw that her daughter Chibi Venus was sitting in the chair. She had not moved from her spot since her mother told her to stay there while she attended the meeting. She looked up in fear when Elysian Venus came into the room. "What kind of fighting was that," asked Elysian Venus in fury. "Your performance during practice today was a disgrace."
"Sorry," choked Chibi Venus as a tear rolled down her face. She did not dare say that her mother's constant scrutiny and criticism was making her nervous. That was causing her to mess up.
"I don't believe this," Elysian Venus ranted. "I am told to have a daughter I don't even want just so there can be a Venus Crystal Scout and she is not even a worthwhile fighter." Chibi Venus began to cry softly which infuriated Elysian Venus even more. "Stop that crying," she bellowed. "Now what do we say?" Chibi Venus whispered something quietly. "I can't hear you."
"I'm a worthless individual who isn't wanted and will never mount to anything," sobbed Chibi Venus.
"And don't ever forget that," Elysian Venus snapped.
"Great-grandma," Chibi Venus suddenly cried. She jumped up and ran into Venus's arms.
"Hi Sweetie," Venus gave the child a kiss. "I have to talk to your mother for a few minutes. Why don't you go and see your grandmother?"
"Okay," Chibi Venus replied. "Great-grandma one day you will be my mother again. I will get back to the past somehow." She climbed down and ran off toward Cosmic Venus's office.
Venus turned to her granddaughter. "Don't you think you are too hard on her," she asked.
"What do you want Grandmother," Elysian Venus asked ignoring the question.
"I wanted to talk to you about your attitude," Venus replied as she sat down. "Keeping an eye on the children when they go back to the past is your job whether you like it or not. You're upsetting everyone with your complaining, especially your mother and I don't like to see her upset."
"I never asked for this job," Elysian Venus snapped. "But it was my destiny so I am doing it. As for my attitude you can just keep your nose out of it."
Venus got angry. "You are the most miserable person I have ever met," she stated in an icy voice. "And you are determined that everyone around you will be miserable too. I have tried to be patient with you because you are my granddaughter but I am just about running out. If you want to be a cold hateful individual then that is fine with me but you can stop making everyone else miserable." With that Venus got up and left the office. Elysian Venus glared after her and then went back to work. Venus's words did not even sink in.
Eight-year-old Gisselle Tomoe was sitting on top of her younger brother, Eizo. He was protesting, "Get off of me," he shouted.
"Not until you give me that game," Gisselle snapped.
"It's my game," Eizo pointed out.
"And I want to play with it," Gisselle replied.
"Gisselle Tomoe get off of him this instant," Hannah's sharp voice commanded. Gisselle grumbled as she got off of Eizo. Hannah walked over to her son. "Are you okay," she asked him.
"Yes Mama," Eizo replied.
Hannah gave him a hug. "I think some of the other boys are outside playing. Why don't you join them?"
"Okay," Eizo said and he disappeared out the door. Hannah turned angrily to Gisselle.
"What have I told you about your brother," she asked.
"To be nice to him," Gisselle replied flipping back her brown hair. The front of her hair was pulled back from her face in a small ponytail.
"I don't want to see that again," Hannah demanded. "Is that clear?"
"Yes Mama," Gisselle replied.
"Now your grandmother and great-grandmother wish to see you," Hannah stated.
"About what," asked Gisselle as her curiosity got the better of her.
"You are going on a trip," Hannah told her.
"A trip," Gisselle mused.
Lady Daphne sat in her throne. She called forth her last soldier. "Reaper," she called. "Get in here."
"Yes my lady," Reaper replied as he came forward.
"You are my last soldier," she stated. "All of my others have failed and have been destroyed. I do not want any more Crystal Scouts awakened. Do you understand?"
"I do my lady," Reaper replied. "Gisselle Tomoe is as good as dead."
"Then get to it," Lady Daphne ordered. Reaper vanished and Lady Daphne sat back and waited.
"Do you understand your instructions," Mina asked the child as she and Hannah escorted her to the Gates of Time.
"Yes," Gisselle replied. "I have to find the Saturn crystal and I can't tell anyone I am Madelyn's granddaughter."
"Good girl," Hannah nodded her head. She gave Gisselle a kiss. "Goodbye. I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too Mama," Gisselle replied.
"We'll be waiting when you return," Mina called. Gisselle nodded her head. She ran through the Time Gate and fell through an opening. She landed with a thud on someone.
"Come on Madelyn I'll race you," called Ariel as she began to run.
"Not fair you started ahead of me," Madelyn protested as she ran to catch up with Ariel. Ariel giggled and sped up. Suddenly someone landed on top of her and Ariel ended up flat on the ground. She looked up and saw that a girl was sitting on top of her.
"Oh I landed on someone," the girl stated. "Thanks for the soft landing."
"Get off me," Ariel pleaded.
"Now why should I," asked the girl deciding to tease Ariel a little bit.
"Because you're hurting me," Ariel replied as tears rolled down her face.
"Oh really," asked the girl and she began to bounce up and down a little. Ariel began screaming.
"Get off her," Madelyn yelled angrily as she ran up to them.
"Grandma," Gisselle thought. "Why should I squirt?"
"You're hurting her," Madelyn replied as she tried to push Gisselle off. Gisselle just laughed and pushed Madelyn away. Suddenly another person threw herself against Gisselle. She looked up and saw Gloria. "Cosmic Venus," she thought.
"Just what do you think you are doing," yelled Gloria furiously.
"I was just having some fun," Gisselle replied crossly. Annika and Madelyn were helping Ariel to her feet. Ariel was still bawling.
"Well let's see if you like someone sitting on top of you," Gloria snapped. She tried to push Gisselle down. In a few minutes the two girls were fighting. Then two pairs of arms came and pulled them apart. Raye had a hold of Gloria and Lita had a hold of Gisselle. Amy was holding her daughter trying to pacify her.
"What is going on," asked Raye.
"Sorry Aunt Raye," Gloria replied. "But this little creep was sitting on top of Ariel so I came to stop her."
"And who are you," Lita demanded of Gisselle.
"My name is Gisselle," Gisselle replied. "And I was sent here."
Amy didn't look too happy. "To my office," she ordered.
Hotaru gave a gusty sigh as she and Amy headed back to the office after the meeting. A scan showed that Gisselle was related to her. She had already heard about Gisselle's display of behavior outside and was not looking forward to having this child stay with her.
"Problem," Amy asked.
"This child has not come to stay with me yet and I already have a headache,' Hotaru replied. "I just hope the way she was outside is not a preview."
"Well if you need tips on dealing with handfuls just talk to Mina," laughed Amy. "If anyone knows how to deal with troublemakers she can."
"That's true," Hotaru replied with a chuckle. They went into the office. Gisselle was sitting at Amy's desk. Her feet were up and she was tossing something up in the air and catching it.
"Put that down," Amy demanded in exasperation. She realized that Gisselle was tossing a papier-mâché apple that Ariel had made in art class. "My little Ariel made that for me. Also my desk is not for you to put your feet up on." Gisselle put her feet down. "That's better," Amy stated. She turned to Hotaru; "Good luck."
"So," Gisselle stated. "I guess I am staying with you."
"You are," Hotaru replied. "Come with me and I will introduce you to Madelyn properly." As they started walking Hotaru thought, "What is Madelyn going to say?"
"Nani," Madelyn shrieked. "She has to stay with us?"
"Yes Sweetie she does," Hotaru gently replied.
"After what she did to Ariel I don't want her here," Madelyn shouted angrily.
"Madelyn Grace Tomoe that will be quite enough," Hotaru commanded in a stern voice. "Like it or not she will be staying with us. I expect you to treat her like you would treat any other guest."
"Fine," Madelyn fumed angrily. She stomped off to her bedroom and slammed the door. Hotaru winced. She then turned to Gisselle.
"She is usually a very sweet child," she explained.
"I know," Gisselle replied. "Grandma is very sweet."
That night Hotaru had put the girls to bed and then went in and sat down by Anthony on the couch. "How is Madelyn doing," asked Anthony.
"She's grumpy," Hotaru replied. "But then Gisselle is a very rude, aggressive child. I don't blame Madelyn for being grumpy." She gave a gusty sigh.
"Something else is bothering you," Anthony observed as he began to massage his wife's shoulders in an attempt to get her to relax.
"I just have a bad feeling about this whole business," Hotaru admitted. "I have the feeling that Gisselle is going to make Gloria look like a perfect angel."
"Now that's a scary thought," Anthony stated in horror.
"I know," Hotaru replied. "That's what worries me."
Madelyn was in a very dark mood. She was not happy about having to share her room with Gisselle. The child was very aggressive and had already pushed Madelyn around. Madelyn did not like it.
Suddenly there was a thud on her bed. Madelyn looked and saw Gisselle was sitting by her. "What do you want," asked Madelyn.
"I just want to see how strong you are," Gisselle replied. "Mama tells me I'm very aggressive."
"Well I'm not," Madelyn muttered. "I don't like hurting other people."
"Oh it's all in good fun," laughed Gisselle.
"Like when Ariel started crying today," asked Madelyn angrily.
"She needs to be tough," Gisselle pointed out. "I can clobber her easily."
"You leave her alone," snapped Madelyn.
"Maybe," giggled Gisselle as she went back to her bed.
"She said that," Annika asked with her eyes very large.
"Yes," Madelyn replied miserably. It was after school and some of the children were out in the palace garden. Madelyn had told Annika, Gloria and Ariel about what Gisselle had said to her last night.
"She's going to clobber me," Ariel asked in terror.
"She said she could," Madelyn replied.
Ariel looked very scared. Suddenly she turned and ran toward the palace screaming, "Mommy!"
"Don't worry Madelyn," Gloria assured her. "I'll take care of her if she hurts either you or Ariel."
"I was counting on that," Madelyn replied gratefully.
A scream got their attention and they all ran to investigate.
Gisselle had been walking around the palace garden. She was placed in the same class as Faith. Some of the other children had told her it had been nice to be in the same class as the palace children while others moaned about being by themselves. Gisselle didn't care one way or the other. Her aggressive behavior always got her into trouble. She already had a note for starting a fight today.
"Well, well there you are," an unfamiliar voice stated. Gisselle looked up and saw a very ugly man standing in front of her. "I have been looking for you Gisselle Tomoe."
"Who are you," asked Gisselle in a nervous voice.
"Allow me to introduce yourself," the man replied. "My name is Reaper and I am the last soldier for Lady Daphne."
"You aren't going to do anything to me,' Gisselle shouted. "My friends already told me about how they were attacked."
"Well then you will be expecting this," Reaper stated with a laugh. Gisselle tried to run away but Reaper grabbed her by the neck. She began to scream. "Let me see," Reaper laughed as he held up his hands. "Shall I use a knife?" His hand turned into a knife. "Or how about a machete?" His hand turned into a machete.
"How about shoving one of those down your throat," shouted a voice. Reaper turned and saw three Chibi Scouts standing nearby. "She's a brat but she doesn't deserve to be killed," one of them shouted. "I am Sailor Chibi Venus and on behalf of Venus I will give you divine punishment."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Mars," shouted the second one. "I will use fire to destroy you."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Saturn," shouted the third one. "I am the Sailor Scout of death and destruction. I will not allow you to do as you please."
"Such interference," Reaper sighed. "But I am the deadliest warrior so I will not be defeated." He held up his hand. An energy circle appeared before above him. Suddenly they became knives.
"No way," gasped Chibi Mars. The knives suddenly flew toward them. Chibi Mars and Chibi Saturn found themselves pinned to trees.
"Why you," snapped Chibi Venus. She powered up. "VENUS BEAUTIFUL SHOCKWAVE!" Her attack flew out and hit Reaper. He dropped Gisselle who hit her head, knocking her out.
"You little brat," Reaper shouted. He held up his hand. An ax appeared. It flew toward Chibi Venus. She tried to dodge it but it got her skirt. She was pinned to the ground. "Now," Reaper stated, as his hand became a machete. "Which one of you shall I kill first?"
Chibi Mars began screaming.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" The attack flew out and hit Reaper. He yelled in fury. Sailor Jupiter came forward. "It's lucky for you kids that I was just getting home." She turned angrily toward Reaper. "I have called for backups. In a few minutes there will be about twelve other Sailor Scouts here. I would suggest you give up."
"Not a chance," growled Reaper. "I'll be back for this brat later." With that he disappeared. The knives and the ax also disappeared. Chibi Mars continued to scream.
"Are you girls all right," asked Jupiter as she picked up Gisselle.
"Yes thank you," Chibi Venus replied in relief just as the rest of the Scouts and Chibi Scouts arrived. Sailor Mars dashed over to Chibi Mars and picked her up.
"What happened," demanded Sailor Venus as she helped her own daughter up.
"I'm not sure," Chibi Saturn muttered.
Neo-Queen Serenity called forth a Scout meeting to discuss Gisselle and the enemy. After a description of Reaper everyone was worried.
"Luna, Artemis have you found anything out about Lady Daphne yet," Mina asked the cats.
"We know she is from the Silver Millenium," Luna replied. "We're not sure if she might have been related the queen or not."
"She may have wanted to take over but failed," Artemis added. "We are still looking into it."
"You've got to find out something soon," Raye demanded. "We're going to have to find a way to defeat her."
"Gisselle told me that Reaper had mentioned he was the last soldier for Lady Daphne," Hotaru pointed out. "If that's the case then her ranks are thin."
"So if we destroy Reaper then maybe Lady Daphne will make an appearance," Amy concluded.
"Then we need to be careful," Haruka stated. Everyone nodded in agreement.
A knock at the door interrupted the meeting. Madelyn was there with Ariel who was crying. Her clothes were all dirty and her knees were scraped. "Ariel darling what happened," Amy asked as she went to Ariel and picked her up."
"Gisselle started wrestling with her," Madelyn replied. "Right now Daisy is fighting her."
"Let's go Hotaru," Lita muttered. "Sounds like we have a fight to break up." The two women left the room. The rest of the Scouts watched with sweat drops coming out of their heads.
"Never a dull moment here," Raye sighed and Serenity nodded in agreement.
Outside Daisy and Gisselle were rolling around in the dirt pummeling each other. When Daisy saw Gisselle wrestling with Ariel she was angry. When Gisselle continued wrestling Ariel after the smaller child had started crying Daisy was furious. She yanked Gisselle off Ariel and began to fight her herself.
"Come on Daisy, sock her, you can do it," Faith shouted.
"Yeah Daisy, give her the what for," Gloria added.
"They have both torn their clothes," Maggie hissed to Hope and Annika.
"And they are going to be in huge trouble," Hope sighed.
"Yes here comes Aunt Lita and Aunt Hotaru," Annika groaned. Sure enough Lita and Hotaru came out. Both of them looked very angry. Lita walked over and yanked Daisy to her feet. Hotaru grabbed Gisselle by the arms.
"What have I told you about fighting," Lita asked angrily.
"Not to do it," Daisy replied in a sulky voice.
"You and I are going to have a long talk," Lita stated as she steered Daisy in the direction of the palace.
"Serves her right for interfering," Gisselle muttered. She started to walk away but Hotaru grabbed her by the ear. "Ouch," shrieked Gisselle. "What are you doing?"
"We are going to talk," Hotaru stated angrily. "I don't know what the rules are like in your home but around here I don't like fighting. You are not to fight any of the kids here. Do you understand?"
"You can't tell me what to do," snapped Gisselle in anger.
"Oh really," asked Hotaru. "Well you have a choice. You can either abide by my rules or you can go and stay with Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama. It would only take one day with them to straighten you out."
"I'll stay with you," Gisselle muttered. "Great-grandma I do love you but I like being tough."
The next day after school Gisselle was looking through Madelyn's assortment of games. She was upset to see that there were no video games. "Don't you have any video games," she asked Madelyn.
"No I don't like them," Madelyn replied. "Go and see the other kids. They all have video games."
"You are so boring then," Gisselle muttered. "I mean look at all these jigsaw puzzles. How can you like those?"
Madelyn glared angrily at Gisselle. "I'm sorry if I don't have anything here you like," she snapped. "I didn't invite you here. If you don't like my toys then get out."
Gisselle pushed Madelyn who stumbled backward and fell to the floor. "You can't tell me what to do," Gisselle stated angrily. "You're not Grandma yet."
"And you stop pushing me," Madelyn yelled angrily. Without warning she gave Gisselle a swift kick in the shin and stormed out of the room. Gisselle grimaced in pain. She went to go and find Madelyn but saw that she had left. She decided to go outside. She found Annika, Gloria and the twins all tossing a ball to each other.
"Hi Gisselle do you want to play with us," Hope asked.
"Sure," Gisselle muttered.
"Then you can stand over there," Faith pointed to a spot. Gisselle went and stood in the area. Soon the girls were tossing the ball around. Hope's catching skills were dreadful. She kept missing the ball and would have to scramble after it. Annika was a little better but she had her fair share of misses too. Finally Gloria tossed the ball. Her aim was a little off so it flew between Annika and Gisselle. Both girls ran to get it. Annika got to it first but Gisselle pushed her out of the way.
"Hey," Annika protested. "I was there first."
"Well I got it now," Gisselle said with a laugh. She pushed Annika down. Annika immediately started crying.
"You know we didn't have to ask you to play with us," Faith snapped as she, Hope and Gloria came running up. Hope pulled Annika to her feet.
"It's not my fault the little wimp can't stand up for herself," Gisselle replied.
"All right that's it," Gloria shouted. "You, me, right here, right now."
"Nani," asked Gisselle.
"You want to fight," yelled Gloria. "Well I'll fight you."
"Gloria no," Annika cried in horror. "You'll only get into trouble."
"Okay, I'll fight you," Gisselle shouted back. She flew at Gloria. She caught her square in the jaw. Gloria struck back. In a few minutes there was a grand fight going on. The two girls were on the ground punching each other. Then they were pulled apart. Mina and Raye had come out to stop the fight.
"What is going on," Mina asked angrily.
"She was picking on Annika so I decided to fight her," Gloria replied. "She likes fighting."
"Well I don't," Mina pointed out. "You have just bought yourself a weekend of grounding."
"Bummer," Gloria muttered as she left with her mother.
"As for you," Raye told Gisselle. "I will be talking to Hotaru about this." With that Raye took Annika's hand and left. Faith and Hope followed.
"Spoil sports," Gisselle muttered. She walked over to the swings. She was about to get on one when her ear was grabbed. "Ouch," she shouted. She looked up and saw Celine standing over her. "On no not you."
"Yes it's me," snapped Celine. "I knew you were going to be trouble. I've been watching you and decided I've had enough."
"It's none of your business," Gisselle snapped back.
"It is so," yelled Celine as she tightened her hold on Gisselle's ear. Gisselle gave a cry of pain. "This aggressive behavior is going to stop. I don't want any more fighting. Save it for Scout practice."
"Why should I listen to you," asked Gisselle in a rude voice.
"Behave yourself or I will be back," Celine ordered. "I am getting really tired of this. I've had to come back here for every single child. You have to find that crystal so do it."
"Yes Ma'am," Gisselle snapped. Celine nodded her head and held up the time key. She vanished. "No wonder Tiffany is always so sad."
Gisselle wandered back to Hotaru's quarters. Both Hotaru and Madelyn were sitting on the couch looking at a book. Hotaru looked up. "There you are," Hotaru stated. "Raye told me you and Gloria got into a fight. You will be going to bed an hour earlier tonight."
"Yes Ma'am," Gisselle replied. She walked over to Madelyn, "I'm sorry I kicked you."
"That's okay," Madelyn muttered in surprise. "Maybe she isn't so bad after all."
The next couple of days went more smoothly. Gisselle tried to ease up on her aggressive behavior and tried to be nicer to the girls. Things were a bit tense but everyone tried to be civil with each other.
Everyone knew Reaper would be back for Gisselle so they kept a close eye on her. They never knew when he was going to attack.
Gisselle, Madelyn and Ariel decided to walk into town for some ice cream. There was a favorite ice cream parlor that served every flavor. The girls went in. Ariel picked strawberry, Madelyn picked raspberry and Gisselle decided on mint. The three took their ice creams and began the walk home.
"Yummy," Ariel said as she licked hers. She was already a mess.
"Ariel you're the only person I know who can get so messy after just a few licks of ice cream," Madelyn pointed out.
Gisselle giggled. She had heard stories about how messy Ariel was. Her favorite was the chocolate cake story.
"I can't help being messy," Ariel replied. Gisselle continued giggling.
"Hi girls," Rini came up with a bookbag full of books. She was so busy studying for the high school entrance exam. "Ariel you're a mess."
"So what," Ariel shrugged. "You shouldn't worry because Mommy is the one who has to give me a bath."
"And I feel sorry for her," Rini sighed. She pulled out a handkerchief and tried to clean Ariel up a little. "How can someone so smart be so messy at eating?"
"Good question," Madelyn replied.
Gisselle finished her cone and looked for a trashcan. She found one. She went over and dumped her trash in. "So we meet again Gisselle Tome," a voice stated. Gisselle turned and saw Reaper standing behind her.
"Not you again," Gisselle shrieked in terror.
"Yes it's me," laughed Reaper. He reached down and grabbed Gisselle. "Now I believe we have some unfinished business to attend too." Gisselle began screaming in terror.
"Hold it right there," shouted a voice. Reaper turned and saw Cosmic Moon with Chibi Mercury and Chibi Saturn. "How dare you hurt a little girl. I'm an agent of love and justice, a pretty soldier in a sailor suit, Sailor Cosmic Moon and in the name of the moon I will punish you."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Mercury," called Chibi Mercury.
"And I am Sailor Chibi Saturn," Chibi Saturn added.
"More annoyances," grumbled Reaper. He held up his hand and a machete appeared. It flew toward the Scouts who all jumped out of the way. It caught a few strands of Cosmic Moon's hair and sliced right through them.
"So sharp," she gasped. Chibi Mercury had her visor and computer out. She was trying to scan him for a weak spot.
"I'll get your girls," snarled Reaper. He threw Gisselle down. Her head hit the pavement and she was knocked out. Reaper's hand turned into an ax. He began to go after the Scouts with it. They all screamed and ran.
"DESTRUCTIVE RAY!" Chibi Saturn's attack hit him, slowing him down a little.
"Chibi Saturn," Sailor Saturn came up with Sailor Mercury. "You've got a new attack coming. It will weaken Reaper enough so that Cosmic Moon can destroy him."
"What is it," asked Chibi Saturn. Reaper got to his feet. Chibi Mercury and Sailor Mercury began throwing their attacks at him to keep him busy.
"Close your eyes and concentrate," Saturn told her daughter. "It will come to you."
Chibi Saturn closed her eyes. She felt a new power building up inside her. "I know what it is," she shouted. She called forth her glaive. She ran toward Reaper and held up the glaive. It began to glow. "SILENT GASH!" The glaive went right through Reaper. He screamed in agony and collapsed.
"Now Cosmic Moon," shouted Mercury.
"Right," called Cosmic Moon. She pulled out her scepter. "MOON PRINCESS HEALING KISS!" The attack flew out and destroyed reaper who screamed.
"Good job Cosmic Moon," shouted Saturn.
"Thanks to Chibi Saturn," Cosmic Moon added. They all turned to her and saw that Chibi Saturn was glowing.
"What's going on," asked Chibi Mercury. Her mother had picked Gisselle up to carry her back to the palace.
Chibi Saturn continued to glow. Suddenly something took shape above her. As she stopped glowing it fell to the ground. Saturn picked it up and saw it was a crystal.
Gisselle came to in the palace hospital. Her head was killing her. She looked and saw Hotaru, Amy and Serenity standing with her. She sat up, "Where is he?"
"Relax," Hotaru soothed. "Cosmic Moon took care of him."
"Good," Gisselle sat back on her pillow.
Hotaru took Gisselle's hand and placed something in it. "I believe this is what you are looking for," she stated.
Gisselle looked and saw it was a purple crystal. She held up her hand and felt power going through her. "SATURN CRYSTAL POWER MAKE UP!" Her clothes melted into a purple Sailor uniform. When the transformation completed, she stood before the three women. "I am Sailor Crystal Saturn," she told them. "It will be an honor for me to serve with you in the future."
"We figured you must be Hannah's daughter," Serenity said.
"I am," Gisselle replied as she powered down. "I'm more aggressive then the rest of my family but I do love them very much."
"And we love you," Hotaru replied.
"I have to go back home now," Gisselle sighed. "But I would like to say goodbye to Madelyn first."
"She'll want to say goodbye to you too," Hotaru replied. She took Gisselle by the hand and headed toward Saturn's quarters.
"Do you really have to leave now," asked Madelyn. "I was just starting to like you."
"I have to go," Gisselle replied. "I miss my family."
"I hope I can see you again," Madelyn gave Gisselle a hug.
"You will," Gisselle promised. "Goodbye Grandma."
Gisselle saw her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all waiting for her when she returned. The Venus Scouts were with them. "Mama," Gisselle cried in delight as she ran up to Hannah. She jumped into her mother's arms.
"Welcome home my darling," Hannah replied.
"Now that I know it was you who had come back I can tell you to be aggressive in the training simulations," Madelyn laughed as she kissed her granddaughter.
"I will," giggled Gisselle. "And I can't wait to remind Cosmic Mercury what a messy eater she was."
"Please don't do that," laughed Hotaru. "I don't think she likes thinking about that."
Mina stepped forward. "We are glad to have you as a member of the team," she told Gisselle. "Welcome aboard."
Gisselle bowed before Mina. "Thank you."
Lady Daphne was furious. All of her soldiers were destroyed. "I will have to take care of this myself," she declared. "The Crystal Scout of the moon will never awaken."
To be continued...
I have decided we needed another conflict between a Chibi Scout and a Crystal Scout. There was conflict between Annika and Ashley and there was a little bit if conflict between Melody and Ariel. The last batches have all gotten along with each other. So I decided have conflict between Madelyn and her future granddaughter Gisselle. We will be seeing a side of Madelyn we don't see often.
Also to give you fair warning there will be an upsetting scene between Elysian Venus and her daughter. I am trying to lead it up to a story that will be written after the "Crystal Scouts" series is done.
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The Crystal Scouts
Part Eight: The Saturn Crystal
By Angel Raye
In the future...
Hotaru sat inside her office going over the lab work Amy, Ariel and Madelyn had each done that day. As the nurse Hotaru had to run the tests and then give the results to whichever doctor had ordered it.
A knock at the door forced Hotaru to look up. Madelyn was standing there in her lab coat. Hotaru smiled at her. "Hi Mom," Madelyn said as she came in.
"How has your day been," asked Hotaru.
"Busy," Madelyn replied. "The crystal scouts who have been awakened are training now and they are getting little cuts and scrapes. Not only that but we have several cases of the flu going around right now. So Amy, Ariel and I have our hands full."
"Well speaking of Crystal Scouts," Hotaru began. "I have sent for Hannah. She'll be here in a minute."
"Time for Gisselle to go back and retrieve the Saturn Crystal," Madelyn concluded and Hotaru nodded her head. "I remember it all so clearly now. Gisselle was a year older then I was when she went back. We did not get along."
"Gisselle is a very aggressive child," Hotaru pointed out. "She must get that from her father's side because she certainly doesn't get it from our side"
The door opened and Hannah came in. Like her mother and grandmother, she was very small and undersized. She did not get their dark hair though. Hers was red. She gave her mother and grandmother a big smile. "Hi," she said.
"Hi Hannah," Madelyn stood up and kissed her daughter on the cheek. "How was your day?"
"Busy," Hannah sighed. She had become an accountant and helped Raye with all the palace finances. "A lot of money has been spent to upgrade the training simulations."
"Hannah you know that Gisselle is to become a crystal scout don't you," asked Hotaru.
"Yes I know," Hannah replied. "Since my other child is a son I can only conclude that it would be Gisselle. Is it time for her to go back to the past."
"Yes it is," Madelyn replied. "We need to go and get permission from their majesties and the Venus scouts."
"Then I guess we should get to it," Hannah stated. The three women took out their transformation pens and transformed.
Elysian Venus was infuriated. She had just come from another meeting, this time granting permission for Gisselle Tomoe to go back in time and retrieve the Saturn crystal. Once again Elysian Venus was ordered to keep an eye on her through the sphere. She knew that Gisselle was a handful and would need extra watching. Elysian Venus was not happy at all but no one listened to her complaints.
She swept into her office and saw that her daughter Chibi Venus was sitting in the chair. She had not moved from her spot since her mother told her to stay there while she attended the meeting. She looked up in fear when Elysian Venus came into the room. "What kind of fighting was that," asked Elysian Venus in fury. "Your performance during practice today was a disgrace."
"Sorry," choked Chibi Venus as a tear rolled down her face. She did not dare say that her mother's constant scrutiny and criticism was making her nervous. That was causing her to mess up.
"I don't believe this," Elysian Venus ranted. "I am told to have a daughter I don't even want just so there can be a Venus Crystal Scout and she is not even a worthwhile fighter." Chibi Venus began to cry softly which infuriated Elysian Venus even more. "Stop that crying," she bellowed. "Now what do we say?" Chibi Venus whispered something quietly. "I can't hear you."
"I'm a worthless individual who isn't wanted and will never mount to anything," sobbed Chibi Venus.
"And don't ever forget that," Elysian Venus snapped.
"Great-grandma," Chibi Venus suddenly cried. She jumped up and ran into Venus's arms.
"Hi Sweetie," Venus gave the child a kiss. "I have to talk to your mother for a few minutes. Why don't you go and see your grandmother?"
"Okay," Chibi Venus replied. "Great-grandma one day you will be my mother again. I will get back to the past somehow." She climbed down and ran off toward Cosmic Venus's office.
Venus turned to her granddaughter. "Don't you think you are too hard on her," she asked.
"What do you want Grandmother," Elysian Venus asked ignoring the question.
"I wanted to talk to you about your attitude," Venus replied as she sat down. "Keeping an eye on the children when they go back to the past is your job whether you like it or not. You're upsetting everyone with your complaining, especially your mother and I don't like to see her upset."
"I never asked for this job," Elysian Venus snapped. "But it was my destiny so I am doing it. As for my attitude you can just keep your nose out of it."
Venus got angry. "You are the most miserable person I have ever met," she stated in an icy voice. "And you are determined that everyone around you will be miserable too. I have tried to be patient with you because you are my granddaughter but I am just about running out. If you want to be a cold hateful individual then that is fine with me but you can stop making everyone else miserable." With that Venus got up and left the office. Elysian Venus glared after her and then went back to work. Venus's words did not even sink in.
Eight-year-old Gisselle Tomoe was sitting on top of her younger brother, Eizo. He was protesting, "Get off of me," he shouted.
"Not until you give me that game," Gisselle snapped.
"It's my game," Eizo pointed out.
"And I want to play with it," Gisselle replied.
"Gisselle Tomoe get off of him this instant," Hannah's sharp voice commanded. Gisselle grumbled as she got off of Eizo. Hannah walked over to her son. "Are you okay," she asked him.
"Yes Mama," Eizo replied.
Hannah gave him a hug. "I think some of the other boys are outside playing. Why don't you join them?"
"Okay," Eizo said and he disappeared out the door. Hannah turned angrily to Gisselle.
"What have I told you about your brother," she asked.
"To be nice to him," Gisselle replied flipping back her brown hair. The front of her hair was pulled back from her face in a small ponytail.
"I don't want to see that again," Hannah demanded. "Is that clear?"
"Yes Mama," Gisselle replied.
"Now your grandmother and great-grandmother wish to see you," Hannah stated.
"About what," asked Gisselle as her curiosity got the better of her.
"You are going on a trip," Hannah told her.
"A trip," Gisselle mused.
Lady Daphne sat in her throne. She called forth her last soldier. "Reaper," she called. "Get in here."
"Yes my lady," Reaper replied as he came forward.
"You are my last soldier," she stated. "All of my others have failed and have been destroyed. I do not want any more Crystal Scouts awakened. Do you understand?"
"I do my lady," Reaper replied. "Gisselle Tomoe is as good as dead."
"Then get to it," Lady Daphne ordered. Reaper vanished and Lady Daphne sat back and waited.
"Do you understand your instructions," Mina asked the child as she and Hannah escorted her to the Gates of Time.
"Yes," Gisselle replied. "I have to find the Saturn crystal and I can't tell anyone I am Madelyn's granddaughter."
"Good girl," Hannah nodded her head. She gave Gisselle a kiss. "Goodbye. I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too Mama," Gisselle replied.
"We'll be waiting when you return," Mina called. Gisselle nodded her head. She ran through the Time Gate and fell through an opening. She landed with a thud on someone.
"Come on Madelyn I'll race you," called Ariel as she began to run.
"Not fair you started ahead of me," Madelyn protested as she ran to catch up with Ariel. Ariel giggled and sped up. Suddenly someone landed on top of her and Ariel ended up flat on the ground. She looked up and saw that a girl was sitting on top of her.
"Oh I landed on someone," the girl stated. "Thanks for the soft landing."
"Get off me," Ariel pleaded.
"Now why should I," asked the girl deciding to tease Ariel a little bit.
"Because you're hurting me," Ariel replied as tears rolled down her face.
"Oh really," asked the girl and she began to bounce up and down a little. Ariel began screaming.
"Get off her," Madelyn yelled angrily as she ran up to them.
"Grandma," Gisselle thought. "Why should I squirt?"
"You're hurting her," Madelyn replied as she tried to push Gisselle off. Gisselle just laughed and pushed Madelyn away. Suddenly another person threw herself against Gisselle. She looked up and saw Gloria. "Cosmic Venus," she thought.
"Just what do you think you are doing," yelled Gloria furiously.
"I was just having some fun," Gisselle replied crossly. Annika and Madelyn were helping Ariel to her feet. Ariel was still bawling.
"Well let's see if you like someone sitting on top of you," Gloria snapped. She tried to push Gisselle down. In a few minutes the two girls were fighting. Then two pairs of arms came and pulled them apart. Raye had a hold of Gloria and Lita had a hold of Gisselle. Amy was holding her daughter trying to pacify her.
"What is going on," asked Raye.
"Sorry Aunt Raye," Gloria replied. "But this little creep was sitting on top of Ariel so I came to stop her."
"And who are you," Lita demanded of Gisselle.
"My name is Gisselle," Gisselle replied. "And I was sent here."
Amy didn't look too happy. "To my office," she ordered.
Hotaru gave a gusty sigh as she and Amy headed back to the office after the meeting. A scan showed that Gisselle was related to her. She had already heard about Gisselle's display of behavior outside and was not looking forward to having this child stay with her.
"Problem," Amy asked.
"This child has not come to stay with me yet and I already have a headache,' Hotaru replied. "I just hope the way she was outside is not a preview."
"Well if you need tips on dealing with handfuls just talk to Mina," laughed Amy. "If anyone knows how to deal with troublemakers she can."
"That's true," Hotaru replied with a chuckle. They went into the office. Gisselle was sitting at Amy's desk. Her feet were up and she was tossing something up in the air and catching it.
"Put that down," Amy demanded in exasperation. She realized that Gisselle was tossing a papier-mâché apple that Ariel had made in art class. "My little Ariel made that for me. Also my desk is not for you to put your feet up on." Gisselle put her feet down. "That's better," Amy stated. She turned to Hotaru; "Good luck."
"So," Gisselle stated. "I guess I am staying with you."
"You are," Hotaru replied. "Come with me and I will introduce you to Madelyn properly." As they started walking Hotaru thought, "What is Madelyn going to say?"
"Nani," Madelyn shrieked. "She has to stay with us?"
"Yes Sweetie she does," Hotaru gently replied.
"After what she did to Ariel I don't want her here," Madelyn shouted angrily.
"Madelyn Grace Tomoe that will be quite enough," Hotaru commanded in a stern voice. "Like it or not she will be staying with us. I expect you to treat her like you would treat any other guest."
"Fine," Madelyn fumed angrily. She stomped off to her bedroom and slammed the door. Hotaru winced. She then turned to Gisselle.
"She is usually a very sweet child," she explained.
"I know," Gisselle replied. "Grandma is very sweet."
That night Hotaru had put the girls to bed and then went in and sat down by Anthony on the couch. "How is Madelyn doing," asked Anthony.
"She's grumpy," Hotaru replied. "But then Gisselle is a very rude, aggressive child. I don't blame Madelyn for being grumpy." She gave a gusty sigh.
"Something else is bothering you," Anthony observed as he began to massage his wife's shoulders in an attempt to get her to relax.
"I just have a bad feeling about this whole business," Hotaru admitted. "I have the feeling that Gisselle is going to make Gloria look like a perfect angel."
"Now that's a scary thought," Anthony stated in horror.
"I know," Hotaru replied. "That's what worries me."
Madelyn was in a very dark mood. She was not happy about having to share her room with Gisselle. The child was very aggressive and had already pushed Madelyn around. Madelyn did not like it.
Suddenly there was a thud on her bed. Madelyn looked and saw Gisselle was sitting by her. "What do you want," asked Madelyn.
"I just want to see how strong you are," Gisselle replied. "Mama tells me I'm very aggressive."
"Well I'm not," Madelyn muttered. "I don't like hurting other people."
"Oh it's all in good fun," laughed Gisselle.
"Like when Ariel started crying today," asked Madelyn angrily.
"She needs to be tough," Gisselle pointed out. "I can clobber her easily."
"You leave her alone," snapped Madelyn.
"Maybe," giggled Gisselle as she went back to her bed.
"She said that," Annika asked with her eyes very large.
"Yes," Madelyn replied miserably. It was after school and some of the children were out in the palace garden. Madelyn had told Annika, Gloria and Ariel about what Gisselle had said to her last night.
"She's going to clobber me," Ariel asked in terror.
"She said she could," Madelyn replied.
Ariel looked very scared. Suddenly she turned and ran toward the palace screaming, "Mommy!"
"Don't worry Madelyn," Gloria assured her. "I'll take care of her if she hurts either you or Ariel."
"I was counting on that," Madelyn replied gratefully.
A scream got their attention and they all ran to investigate.
Gisselle had been walking around the palace garden. She was placed in the same class as Faith. Some of the other children had told her it had been nice to be in the same class as the palace children while others moaned about being by themselves. Gisselle didn't care one way or the other. Her aggressive behavior always got her into trouble. She already had a note for starting a fight today.
"Well, well there you are," an unfamiliar voice stated. Gisselle looked up and saw a very ugly man standing in front of her. "I have been looking for you Gisselle Tomoe."
"Who are you," asked Gisselle in a nervous voice.
"Allow me to introduce yourself," the man replied. "My name is Reaper and I am the last soldier for Lady Daphne."
"You aren't going to do anything to me,' Gisselle shouted. "My friends already told me about how they were attacked."
"Well then you will be expecting this," Reaper stated with a laugh. Gisselle tried to run away but Reaper grabbed her by the neck. She began to scream. "Let me see," Reaper laughed as he held up his hands. "Shall I use a knife?" His hand turned into a knife. "Or how about a machete?" His hand turned into a machete.
"How about shoving one of those down your throat," shouted a voice. Reaper turned and saw three Chibi Scouts standing nearby. "She's a brat but she doesn't deserve to be killed," one of them shouted. "I am Sailor Chibi Venus and on behalf of Venus I will give you divine punishment."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Mars," shouted the second one. "I will use fire to destroy you."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Saturn," shouted the third one. "I am the Sailor Scout of death and destruction. I will not allow you to do as you please."
"Such interference," Reaper sighed. "But I am the deadliest warrior so I will not be defeated." He held up his hand. An energy circle appeared before above him. Suddenly they became knives.
"No way," gasped Chibi Mars. The knives suddenly flew toward them. Chibi Mars and Chibi Saturn found themselves pinned to trees.
"Why you," snapped Chibi Venus. She powered up. "VENUS BEAUTIFUL SHOCKWAVE!" Her attack flew out and hit Reaper. He dropped Gisselle who hit her head, knocking her out.
"You little brat," Reaper shouted. He held up his hand. An ax appeared. It flew toward Chibi Venus. She tried to dodge it but it got her skirt. She was pinned to the ground. "Now," Reaper stated, as his hand became a machete. "Which one of you shall I kill first?"
Chibi Mars began screaming.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" The attack flew out and hit Reaper. He yelled in fury. Sailor Jupiter came forward. "It's lucky for you kids that I was just getting home." She turned angrily toward Reaper. "I have called for backups. In a few minutes there will be about twelve other Sailor Scouts here. I would suggest you give up."
"Not a chance," growled Reaper. "I'll be back for this brat later." With that he disappeared. The knives and the ax also disappeared. Chibi Mars continued to scream.
"Are you girls all right," asked Jupiter as she picked up Gisselle.
"Yes thank you," Chibi Venus replied in relief just as the rest of the Scouts and Chibi Scouts arrived. Sailor Mars dashed over to Chibi Mars and picked her up.
"What happened," demanded Sailor Venus as she helped her own daughter up.
"I'm not sure," Chibi Saturn muttered.
Neo-Queen Serenity called forth a Scout meeting to discuss Gisselle and the enemy. After a description of Reaper everyone was worried.
"Luna, Artemis have you found anything out about Lady Daphne yet," Mina asked the cats.
"We know she is from the Silver Millenium," Luna replied. "We're not sure if she might have been related the queen or not."
"She may have wanted to take over but failed," Artemis added. "We are still looking into it."
"You've got to find out something soon," Raye demanded. "We're going to have to find a way to defeat her."
"Gisselle told me that Reaper had mentioned he was the last soldier for Lady Daphne," Hotaru pointed out. "If that's the case then her ranks are thin."
"So if we destroy Reaper then maybe Lady Daphne will make an appearance," Amy concluded.
"Then we need to be careful," Haruka stated. Everyone nodded in agreement.
A knock at the door interrupted the meeting. Madelyn was there with Ariel who was crying. Her clothes were all dirty and her knees were scraped. "Ariel darling what happened," Amy asked as she went to Ariel and picked her up."
"Gisselle started wrestling with her," Madelyn replied. "Right now Daisy is fighting her."
"Let's go Hotaru," Lita muttered. "Sounds like we have a fight to break up." The two women left the room. The rest of the Scouts watched with sweat drops coming out of their heads.
"Never a dull moment here," Raye sighed and Serenity nodded in agreement.
Outside Daisy and Gisselle were rolling around in the dirt pummeling each other. When Daisy saw Gisselle wrestling with Ariel she was angry. When Gisselle continued wrestling Ariel after the smaller child had started crying Daisy was furious. She yanked Gisselle off Ariel and began to fight her herself.
"Come on Daisy, sock her, you can do it," Faith shouted.
"Yeah Daisy, give her the what for," Gloria added.
"They have both torn their clothes," Maggie hissed to Hope and Annika.
"And they are going to be in huge trouble," Hope sighed.
"Yes here comes Aunt Lita and Aunt Hotaru," Annika groaned. Sure enough Lita and Hotaru came out. Both of them looked very angry. Lita walked over and yanked Daisy to her feet. Hotaru grabbed Gisselle by the arms.
"What have I told you about fighting," Lita asked angrily.
"Not to do it," Daisy replied in a sulky voice.
"You and I are going to have a long talk," Lita stated as she steered Daisy in the direction of the palace.
"Serves her right for interfering," Gisselle muttered. She started to walk away but Hotaru grabbed her by the ear. "Ouch," shrieked Gisselle. "What are you doing?"
"We are going to talk," Hotaru stated angrily. "I don't know what the rules are like in your home but around here I don't like fighting. You are not to fight any of the kids here. Do you understand?"
"You can't tell me what to do," snapped Gisselle in anger.
"Oh really," asked Hotaru. "Well you have a choice. You can either abide by my rules or you can go and stay with Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama. It would only take one day with them to straighten you out."
"I'll stay with you," Gisselle muttered. "Great-grandma I do love you but I like being tough."
The next day after school Gisselle was looking through Madelyn's assortment of games. She was upset to see that there were no video games. "Don't you have any video games," she asked Madelyn.
"No I don't like them," Madelyn replied. "Go and see the other kids. They all have video games."
"You are so boring then," Gisselle muttered. "I mean look at all these jigsaw puzzles. How can you like those?"
Madelyn glared angrily at Gisselle. "I'm sorry if I don't have anything here you like," she snapped. "I didn't invite you here. If you don't like my toys then get out."
Gisselle pushed Madelyn who stumbled backward and fell to the floor. "You can't tell me what to do," Gisselle stated angrily. "You're not Grandma yet."
"And you stop pushing me," Madelyn yelled angrily. Without warning she gave Gisselle a swift kick in the shin and stormed out of the room. Gisselle grimaced in pain. She went to go and find Madelyn but saw that she had left. She decided to go outside. She found Annika, Gloria and the twins all tossing a ball to each other.
"Hi Gisselle do you want to play with us," Hope asked.
"Sure," Gisselle muttered.
"Then you can stand over there," Faith pointed to a spot. Gisselle went and stood in the area. Soon the girls were tossing the ball around. Hope's catching skills were dreadful. She kept missing the ball and would have to scramble after it. Annika was a little better but she had her fair share of misses too. Finally Gloria tossed the ball. Her aim was a little off so it flew between Annika and Gisselle. Both girls ran to get it. Annika got to it first but Gisselle pushed her out of the way.
"Hey," Annika protested. "I was there first."
"Well I got it now," Gisselle said with a laugh. She pushed Annika down. Annika immediately started crying.
"You know we didn't have to ask you to play with us," Faith snapped as she, Hope and Gloria came running up. Hope pulled Annika to her feet.
"It's not my fault the little wimp can't stand up for herself," Gisselle replied.
"All right that's it," Gloria shouted. "You, me, right here, right now."
"Nani," asked Gisselle.
"You want to fight," yelled Gloria. "Well I'll fight you."
"Gloria no," Annika cried in horror. "You'll only get into trouble."
"Okay, I'll fight you," Gisselle shouted back. She flew at Gloria. She caught her square in the jaw. Gloria struck back. In a few minutes there was a grand fight going on. The two girls were on the ground punching each other. Then they were pulled apart. Mina and Raye had come out to stop the fight.
"What is going on," Mina asked angrily.
"She was picking on Annika so I decided to fight her," Gloria replied. "She likes fighting."
"Well I don't," Mina pointed out. "You have just bought yourself a weekend of grounding."
"Bummer," Gloria muttered as she left with her mother.
"As for you," Raye told Gisselle. "I will be talking to Hotaru about this." With that Raye took Annika's hand and left. Faith and Hope followed.
"Spoil sports," Gisselle muttered. She walked over to the swings. She was about to get on one when her ear was grabbed. "Ouch," she shouted. She looked up and saw Celine standing over her. "On no not you."
"Yes it's me," snapped Celine. "I knew you were going to be trouble. I've been watching you and decided I've had enough."
"It's none of your business," Gisselle snapped back.
"It is so," yelled Celine as she tightened her hold on Gisselle's ear. Gisselle gave a cry of pain. "This aggressive behavior is going to stop. I don't want any more fighting. Save it for Scout practice."
"Why should I listen to you," asked Gisselle in a rude voice.
"Behave yourself or I will be back," Celine ordered. "I am getting really tired of this. I've had to come back here for every single child. You have to find that crystal so do it."
"Yes Ma'am," Gisselle snapped. Celine nodded her head and held up the time key. She vanished. "No wonder Tiffany is always so sad."
Gisselle wandered back to Hotaru's quarters. Both Hotaru and Madelyn were sitting on the couch looking at a book. Hotaru looked up. "There you are," Hotaru stated. "Raye told me you and Gloria got into a fight. You will be going to bed an hour earlier tonight."
"Yes Ma'am," Gisselle replied. She walked over to Madelyn, "I'm sorry I kicked you."
"That's okay," Madelyn muttered in surprise. "Maybe she isn't so bad after all."
The next couple of days went more smoothly. Gisselle tried to ease up on her aggressive behavior and tried to be nicer to the girls. Things were a bit tense but everyone tried to be civil with each other.
Everyone knew Reaper would be back for Gisselle so they kept a close eye on her. They never knew when he was going to attack.
Gisselle, Madelyn and Ariel decided to walk into town for some ice cream. There was a favorite ice cream parlor that served every flavor. The girls went in. Ariel picked strawberry, Madelyn picked raspberry and Gisselle decided on mint. The three took their ice creams and began the walk home.
"Yummy," Ariel said as she licked hers. She was already a mess.
"Ariel you're the only person I know who can get so messy after just a few licks of ice cream," Madelyn pointed out.
Gisselle giggled. She had heard stories about how messy Ariel was. Her favorite was the chocolate cake story.
"I can't help being messy," Ariel replied. Gisselle continued giggling.
"Hi girls," Rini came up with a bookbag full of books. She was so busy studying for the high school entrance exam. "Ariel you're a mess."
"So what," Ariel shrugged. "You shouldn't worry because Mommy is the one who has to give me a bath."
"And I feel sorry for her," Rini sighed. She pulled out a handkerchief and tried to clean Ariel up a little. "How can someone so smart be so messy at eating?"
"Good question," Madelyn replied.
Gisselle finished her cone and looked for a trashcan. She found one. She went over and dumped her trash in. "So we meet again Gisselle Tome," a voice stated. Gisselle turned and saw Reaper standing behind her.
"Not you again," Gisselle shrieked in terror.
"Yes it's me," laughed Reaper. He reached down and grabbed Gisselle. "Now I believe we have some unfinished business to attend too." Gisselle began screaming in terror.
"Hold it right there," shouted a voice. Reaper turned and saw Cosmic Moon with Chibi Mercury and Chibi Saturn. "How dare you hurt a little girl. I'm an agent of love and justice, a pretty soldier in a sailor suit, Sailor Cosmic Moon and in the name of the moon I will punish you."
"And I am Sailor Chibi Mercury," called Chibi Mercury.
"And I am Sailor Chibi Saturn," Chibi Saturn added.
"More annoyances," grumbled Reaper. He held up his hand and a machete appeared. It flew toward the Scouts who all jumped out of the way. It caught a few strands of Cosmic Moon's hair and sliced right through them.
"So sharp," she gasped. Chibi Mercury had her visor and computer out. She was trying to scan him for a weak spot.
"I'll get your girls," snarled Reaper. He threw Gisselle down. Her head hit the pavement and she was knocked out. Reaper's hand turned into an ax. He began to go after the Scouts with it. They all screamed and ran.
"DESTRUCTIVE RAY!" Chibi Saturn's attack hit him, slowing him down a little.
"Chibi Saturn," Sailor Saturn came up with Sailor Mercury. "You've got a new attack coming. It will weaken Reaper enough so that Cosmic Moon can destroy him."
"What is it," asked Chibi Saturn. Reaper got to his feet. Chibi Mercury and Sailor Mercury began throwing their attacks at him to keep him busy.
"Close your eyes and concentrate," Saturn told her daughter. "It will come to you."
Chibi Saturn closed her eyes. She felt a new power building up inside her. "I know what it is," she shouted. She called forth her glaive. She ran toward Reaper and held up the glaive. It began to glow. "SILENT GASH!" The glaive went right through Reaper. He screamed in agony and collapsed.
"Now Cosmic Moon," shouted Mercury.
"Right," called Cosmic Moon. She pulled out her scepter. "MOON PRINCESS HEALING KISS!" The attack flew out and destroyed reaper who screamed.
"Good job Cosmic Moon," shouted Saturn.
"Thanks to Chibi Saturn," Cosmic Moon added. They all turned to her and saw that Chibi Saturn was glowing.
"What's going on," asked Chibi Mercury. Her mother had picked Gisselle up to carry her back to the palace.
Chibi Saturn continued to glow. Suddenly something took shape above her. As she stopped glowing it fell to the ground. Saturn picked it up and saw it was a crystal.
Gisselle came to in the palace hospital. Her head was killing her. She looked and saw Hotaru, Amy and Serenity standing with her. She sat up, "Where is he?"
"Relax," Hotaru soothed. "Cosmic Moon took care of him."
"Good," Gisselle sat back on her pillow.
Hotaru took Gisselle's hand and placed something in it. "I believe this is what you are looking for," she stated.
Gisselle looked and saw it was a purple crystal. She held up her hand and felt power going through her. "SATURN CRYSTAL POWER MAKE UP!" Her clothes melted into a purple Sailor uniform. When the transformation completed, she stood before the three women. "I am Sailor Crystal Saturn," she told them. "It will be an honor for me to serve with you in the future."
"We figured you must be Hannah's daughter," Serenity said.
"I am," Gisselle replied as she powered down. "I'm more aggressive then the rest of my family but I do love them very much."
"And we love you," Hotaru replied.
"I have to go back home now," Gisselle sighed. "But I would like to say goodbye to Madelyn first."
"She'll want to say goodbye to you too," Hotaru replied. She took Gisselle by the hand and headed toward Saturn's quarters.
"Do you really have to leave now," asked Madelyn. "I was just starting to like you."
"I have to go," Gisselle replied. "I miss my family."
"I hope I can see you again," Madelyn gave Gisselle a hug.
"You will," Gisselle promised. "Goodbye Grandma."
Gisselle saw her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all waiting for her when she returned. The Venus Scouts were with them. "Mama," Gisselle cried in delight as she ran up to Hannah. She jumped into her mother's arms.
"Welcome home my darling," Hannah replied.
"Now that I know it was you who had come back I can tell you to be aggressive in the training simulations," Madelyn laughed as she kissed her granddaughter.
"I will," giggled Gisselle. "And I can't wait to remind Cosmic Mercury what a messy eater she was."
"Please don't do that," laughed Hotaru. "I don't think she likes thinking about that."
Mina stepped forward. "We are glad to have you as a member of the team," she told Gisselle. "Welcome aboard."
Gisselle bowed before Mina. "Thank you."
Lady Daphne was furious. All of her soldiers were destroyed. "I will have to take care of this myself," she declared. "The Crystal Scout of the moon will never awaken."
To be continued...