In the remaining days of the twentieth century a great evil attacked the Earth. To combat this evil Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi revealed themselves to the entire world. But this battle had its consequences and the Earth became covered in a blanket of ice and snow. One thousand years later Sailor Moon awakens the world through the power of her Silver Crystal. A great city of crystal had arisen in Tokyo during the darkness. The world now looked to this city and its rulers Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymoin to protect the world. The time is twenty-three years after wakening and a new group of Sailor Senshi is about to emerge.
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"Luna, what's wrong?"
"He's gone. We've looked everywhere but he's gone. Apollo never came home last night."
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"Has your mother come to forgive me yet princess?"
"She's said very little about the incident in the past week."
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"I ran a scan with my computer to make certain nothing was taken or damaged in the attack."
"What do I have worth taking?"
"Your star seed."
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Sailor Moon: Senshi in Training
Part Six: Schoolyard Bullies
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The weeks went by slowly. In addition to her regular punishment Rini had to prepare to return to school the next week. There were supplies to get and uniforms to get fitted for plus a lot of forms to fill out. Rini wasn't looking forward to another year at what she called Snob Central the Yinkari Institute. Yinkari was a private school that only rich politically connected families could afford. And a lot of the dignitaries sent their children to Yinkari, which made it worse.
At Yinkari Rini was expected to act a certain way because she was the daughter of the king and queen. She was expected to get perfect grades and have perfect manners. And she was expected to perform certain favors for some of the students. At Yinkari Rini was known as Princess Serena. People couldn't see past her title and the teachers gave her special treatment because of it.
Now as school drew near Rini was beginning to dread going back. She was sick of the false friends and the teachers who didn't treat her like a normal student. All Rini ever wanted was a chance to prove she could make it without the titles and position in life. But it looked like she would never get that chance because everyone in the palace all believed Yinkari was the best environment for her and Ian.
"Serena would you come here please. Your uniform arrived today and I want you to try it on." Serenity called to her daughter.
"Yes mom." Rini said less than enthusiastic.
"Not too thrilled to be returning to school?" Helios asked her.
"No I just don't want to go to back to Yinkari. They're all a bunch of snobs." Rini told him.
"I have a feeling something good is about to happen today." Helios said with a smile.
"I hope you're right." Rini replied.
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Something good was indeed going to happen. The uniforms that arrived were not for Yinkari but the Juban schools. There were three for Juban High and one Juban Junior High. And two of those uniforms were going to go to a brother and sister act that had never had schooling outside their home.
Luna and Artimes were determined to turn their son's life around. In their minds they felt the best thing for their son was to be around individuals his own age. And the best place to be around people his age would be in a high school. They even thought Diana would benefit from the experience.
It took Serenity and Endymoin by surprise when Luna and Artimes told them about their decision. They thought it would be the right thing for the young lunar felines. And Diana and Apollo interacting with people their own age would benefit both of them. Maybe the strict discipline of a teacher was what Apollo needed to help turn his life around.
"Well how do I look?" Diana asked her mother and the queen.
"Like a real high school student Diana." Serenity replied.
"You look wonderful." Luna said trying to hold back the tears.
Rini slowly trudged into the room a minute later with a less than enthusiastic look on her face. Diana could tell Rini didn't want to try on her school uniform one bit.
"Serena the box with your uniform is on the table over there." Serenity informed her daughter.
Rini opened the box and instead of seeing the stuffy red blazer and straight stiff skirt of Yinkari Rini saw a white shirt trimmed in blue and red with a pleated navy blue skirt. Rini was a bit puzzled by this and wondered what was going on.
"Mom this isn't the uniform I'm supposed to wear." Rini said.
"It is if you're to be attending Juban High with Diana and Apollo." Serenity told her.
"You mean I'm not going to be going back to Yinkari?" Rini wanted to know.
"Not after you've just met a wonderful group of friends. Five of them will be attending Juban High with you." Her mother replied.
"Who mom?" Rini asked.
"Everyone but Eric, Danni, and Annya attends Juban High." Luna told her.
"Mother where do they go?" Diana inquired.
"Annya is in Juban Junior High School with Ian. And Eric and Danni attend TA." Luna said.
Rini thought about what her mother and Luna had told her. She wondered why her parents were transferring her and Ian. And she wanted to know why Luna and Artimes were enrolling Diana and Apollo in an actual school instead of having them tutored at home like always. It puzzled her why both sets of parents would do this.
"I don't get it mom why are we going to Juban?" Rini asked.
"The four of us decided the four of you would benefit from some interaction with children who aren't connected to the palace politically." Serenity said.
"But the others are members of my court." Rini reminded her mother.
"Not in the halls of Juban. They've been attending public school their entire lives." Luna told her.
"It's time we gave the four of you a chance at a normal childhood for once." Serenity added.
"Again?" Rini commented.
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In Japan all children from kindergarten to the last year of high school wear uniforms. The girls' uniform usually consists of a skirt and a shirt with a sailor styled collar and a bow. Most shirts are white with the collar, bow, and skirt being the same color. Each school has its own unique set of colors to distinguish one student from another. High school uniforms have darker colors than junior high uniforms. Boys' uniforms normally consist of pants and jacket with a white shirt. Most of the time the jacket will be a blazer with a tie. Some schools however forgo the tie and have a jacket with a banded collar instead.
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Nikki zipped along the streets of Tokyo on her bike trying to avoid the Monday morning rush of students. There was no way she was going to be late on her first day back from summer break. And right now school looked a lot better than the pile of dirty dishes that took up the last part of her summer vacation. At home every night was her night to do the dishes. It was worse at the café and the palace because the number of dishes she had to scrape and scrub tripled. Nikki was glad to be away from the dishes.
As Nikki peddled faster the building that made up Juban High School came into view. Outside the large building people waited for the official start of the new session mingling with one another. Some were seated on benches while others stood around various parts of the schoolyard. And Nikki could tell from their body language they were passing around some juicy gossip.
Nikki pulled her bike into the bike rack and began putting the u lock on it. As Nikki was putting the lock through the rack she saw two pairs of feet stopped in front of her. She could tell from the shoes they belonged to her friends Sakura and Momoko. Sakura was known as the world's biggest gossip. And people who knew her father would say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Momoko was Sakura's best friend and some would say she was Sakura's lackey and gofer.
"Alright Sakura what's up?" Nikki asked as she stood up.
"Popular rumor has it we're getting three new students this session." Sakura said.
"Yeah and get this one of them is a transfer from the Yinkari Institute." Momoko added.
"Gee Sakura what'd you do last night hack into the school files or just talk to your sources in that on line chat room. Then again maybe you did both." Nikki said sarcastically.
"Can I help it if I have to have thorough reports when I get wind of some juicy gossip." Sakura commented to her friends.
"So what's the scoop on the other two?" Nikki asked.
"Home schooled. They're a brother and sister pair and even though he's younger than her by a year he's going to be in our class." Sakura reported.
It was at that point a pair of female students walked up to Nikki and her friends. One was a blonde and the other had long sea green hair. The girls smiled at Nikki.
"Nikki Morne fancy seeing you here." the blonde said.
"I didn't realize you and Michelle went to Juban Alex." Nikki replied.
"So how are your hands holding up?" Michelle asked her.
"Sore and raw. Do you guys know if Annya speaks Swahili at all?" Nikki told them.
"I don't know if she remembers any of it. She was only three when she came back to Japan from Africa." Alex explained.
Sakura and Momoko were a bit in the dark about what Nikki and the other girls were talking about. The blank stares on their faces were quite obvious that they were confused.
"I got into trouble with my mom for swearing in French. I need to learn a language she doesn't know and a friend of Alex and Michelle's is Russian and might know Swahili too." Nikki explained.
"That explains a lot. So did you two hear about the new students?" Sakura said absorbing the new juicy bit of information on her friend.
"Not other than what's being tossed around the schoolyard." Alex replied as the girls left the bike rack to find a place to sit.
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Rini had huge butterflies in her stomach. As she walked along the streets of Tokyo with her father, Ian, Diana, Luna, Artimes, and a less than happy Apollo Rini began to wonder if she'd make any new friends. Transferring schools was tough enough but going to the gossip filled world of public school was even harder. Rini looked over to her father and her best friend for reassurance. Endymoin gave his daughter a smile telling her everything would be alright.
The building that was Juban High loomed over the street. It looked inviting enough and Rini and Diana could see a lot of students standing around talking to one another in the schoolyard. Apollo just rolled his eyes and leaned against the entrance. He couldn't see why his parents were making him go to a human school when he could be with Gaia.
"Well Serena this is where we part ways. I want you to make lots of friends and listen to your teachers." Endymoin told his daughter.
"I will dad. And Ian good luck little brother." Rini said.
"You too sis." Ian replied.
Luna and Artimes also had some words of encouragement for their children.
"Diana I want you to keep an eye on your brother and listen to your sensei." Luna said.
"You can count on me mom." Diana replied.
"Apollo please try and make some friends here." Artimes told his son.
"Whatever." Apollo said with little enthusiasm.
"Well we'd better get your brother to school before he's late." Endymoin said as the others left.
Apollo slumped off to be by himself under one of the trees in the schoolyard. Rini and Diana looked at each other and rolled their eyes. In their minds Apollo was becoming a lost cause.
Looking around the schoolyard Rini caught sight of Nikki sitting with Alex and Michelle and two girls she didn't recognize. Off to one side by herself was Jenna with her head buried in a book and a small computer on her lap that looked like Ami's. And walking over to Nikki and the other girls was Kari. Rini decided to wait a few minutes to see what developed.
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Nikki and her friends were talking about this and that when Kari came up to her. The blonde haired teen knew this was the perfect opportunity to throw in some friendly teasing about the incident at the palace. Kari wasn't about to let her live this one down.
"Hey Nikki did you mother have your mouth declared a lethal weapon yet?" Kari joked.
"Funny Kari real funny." Nikki said not very thrilled by her comment.
"Hey you can't blame a girl for trying." Kari remarked, "But seriously I have it on good authority that one of our new students is a real troublemaker."
Sakura began looking like a dog that's found the world's largest soup bone. The newest piece of information was the juiciest piece yet. And Sakura thrived on gossip.
"Oh this is just too good." Sakura commented.
"Maybe that's why his parents stopped home schooling him." Momoko added.
Kari wasn't too interested in continuing the conversation about the new students and decided to change the subject when she saw Jenna off by herself.
"Hey Nikki what's Jenna doing over there?" Kari wondered.
"Why would a fashion plate like you be interested in the school brain?" Sakura asked.
"Just curious. And who says I'm a fashion plate?" Kari replied.
"We have our sources. The same ones that say Jenna Urwa over there has no friends and cares only about her grades and her books." Momoko explained.
"Maybe she'd have friends if people like you didn't always put her down." Kari said as she went to sit next to Jenna.
Michelle and Alex looked at each other and smiled. They knew Kari was doing the right thing. It was hard sometimes for people to go against the popular opinion and Kari was doing just that.
As the girls sat in silence waiting for the principal to officially start the new term Nikki felt someone whispering into her ear.
"Bonjour Nicole." The girl said in a singsong tone.
Nikki slowly turned around to see none other than Rini and Diana standing behind her. Rini had a playful smile on her face and Diana was looking over at Kari and Jenna. Diana was proud of Kari for going over and spending time with Jenna.
"Rini what are you doing here? I thought you didn't attend public school." Nikki asked her.
"Yinkari is nothing but a breeding ground for money grubbing socialite snobs. Besides mom wanted me to have a normal high school life." Rini told her.
The moment Sakura heard Rini used to go to Yinkari she got a big grin on her face. She had another target. The fashion plate, the brain, and now the Yinkari snob. This was going to be a good term for gossip and social outcasts. Turning around to face Rini Sakura gave the princess her opinion of her.
"You know people are saying you're nothing but a spoiled little Yinkari snob and I happen to agree with them." Sakura said.
"Sakura that's not a nice thing to say you know." Nikki told her friend.
Rini could tell Sakura was the school gossip and remembered one from her mother's high school days when she went back in time for Senshi training who was just as bad. Rini began to wonder if this particular person was the daughter of the gossip that her mother wasn't too fond of.
"Nikki what's Sakura's last name?" Rini asked.
"Gurio why?" Nikki replied.
When Rini heard Sakura's last name she was one hundred percent certain she was the daughter of one Melvin Gurio world-class gossip and Internet lover. With that information Rini began speaking to Nikki in French a mile a minute.
"Nikki how can you hang around someone like that? She's just as bad as her father if not worse." Rini asked her in French.
"I don't go along with half of the things she says Rini but she is my friend." Nikki replied.
"Well just remember you're a member of the royal court now and a senshi. And as a senshi you have to stick by your teammates." Rini said.
"Oui." Nikki replied.
With their conversation over Rini and Nikki resumed using English for the benefit of everyone gathered on the bench. Rini continued to give Sakura an icy stare.
"I left Yinkari for this?" Rini asked Diana.
"There has to be a lesson in this Rini. There has to be a reason your mother wanted you to go here." Diana told her.
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Morning assembly at Juban High School is an important part of the day. Here the principal reads the announcements for the day and various teachers and clubs are allowed to make their own announcements. It is during morning assembly that the students of Juban High begin to focus on the day ahead. The outside world vanishes as students prepare for the day ahead.
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The bell rang for morning assembly. The students in the schoolyard made their way to the assembly platform to listen to the morning announcements. The principal was going to have a lot to say to the students of Juban High on this day. With three new students and a new term the principal had his hands full. Walking onto the platform the principal began the morning assembly.
"Good morning students. We have a lot to go over this morning before we begin classes so let's get started." He began, "Our first order of business is the introduction of three new students to Juban. I'd like you to meet Serena Tsukino Chiba and Diana and Apollo Mau. Now I want each and every one of you to make them feel welcome here at Juban. Try and look past what you've been hearing about them and focus on who they truly are.
"Secondly since today marks the beginning of a new term club sign up sheets will be posted on the main bulletin board. Please try and sign up for something. And now Coach Nakamura would like to address the students. Coach."
"Thank you principal Kubiashi. I want to announce that volleyball tryouts for this year's team will take place this Friday. I look forward to seeing a good turn out for both the men's and women's team." The coach announced.
"Thank you Coach Nakamura. This concludes today's assembly."
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The bell rang signaling the beginning of homeroom. The students in class two section three took their seats and waited for Takahashi-sensei to arrive. The sensei entered the room a few minutes later with two new students. The other students in the room looked at the two girls. One had pink hair with rabbit ear shaped buns and pigtails and the other had gray hair with four small buns and a tail.
"Alright class before we begin I would like to introduce you to two new students joining our class this term." The sensei announced.
The students stared at the two strange new students. They began wondering which one was the transfer from Yinkari and which one had the brother. The new students were odd enough in their own right and this class was about to find out if the gossip they were hearing from Sakura was true or not.
"Quiet down class." The sensei began, "I'd like to introduce you to our first new student Serena Tsukino Chiba. Serena would you like to tell us something about yourself."
Rini took a look around the classroom. The students seemed friendly enough and there was no sign of Sakura and Momoko anywhere in the room. And as Rini continued to survey the class she saw that Nikki and Kari were in her homeroom as well. Taking a deep breath Rini addressed the students.
"As you know my name is Serena Tsukino Chiba but I prefer to go by the name Rini. Before coming here to Juban I used to attend Yinkari. I'm sixteen and I have one brother who turned thirteen this month and a boyfriend." Rini said to the class.
"Thank you Chiba-san. Our second new student this term is Diana Mau. Dina would you like to introduce yourself to the class." The sensei said.
"Thank you sensei. My name is Diana Mau and I too am sixteen. Before coming to Juban my brother Apollo and I were schooled at home. My hair has always been gray and has never once been colored. And yes this is a real tail." Diana told them.
"Thank you Mau-san. Chiba-san you can sit in the seat next to Togashi-san and Mau-san there is another seat near Morne-san."
Rini and Diana took their seats next to Kari and Nikki.
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Apollo wasn't enjoying himself very much. The sensei had subjected him to stand in front of a class that included one of his sister's trainees Alex Ten'oh. The dark haired blonde had given Apollo a challenging look that dared him to stay in the class for the entire day. Apollo was up for a good challenge he just didn't want one when he had better things to do.
It seemed as though Alex was the only one in the class taking Apollo seriously. The other students were too busy forming opinions about him based on the gossip being thrown around by Sakura. Alex knew this was a bunch of hooey and Apollo was just a good kid at heart that had been lead astray by some bad influences.
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The twins watched the building with a lot of interest. There were star seeds in there and lots of them and one of them was the sailor star seed they had sensed at the café. After a few minutes of watching the building and the empty yard the doors to the school opened. Students filed out of the building carrying small sacks and pouches and books. One by one the students found places to sit on benches and under trees dotting the schoolyard and breaking off into small groups. One student sat alone in a tree but the twins didn't seem to care or even notice.
"You've done well my pets." A voice said from behind, "When the time is right we will get that sailor star seed and make her one of us."
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Rini and Diana were glad lunch had finally arrived. Diana was worried about Apollo and wanted to talk to him in the worst way. She didn't want him getting into any trouble their first day in a real human school. Rini on the other hand wanted to talk to Nikki and the others about Sakura. She couldn't see why they liked someone who clearly judged and labeled every single person in the school.
"Rini Diana over here!" Kari called out.
Rini could see Kari and Jenna sitting under one of the trees in the schoolyard looking over what appeared to be a small thick book. Taking Diana by the hand Rini lead her to the tree and the only other sensible Senshi attending Juban High.
"Hey guys what's up?" Rini asked them.
"We're just trying to figure out Jenna's new little toy her father designed." Kari explained.
"That micro computer will come in handy during battles Jenna. In fact, your mother still uses hers for practically everything." Diana said.
"I hate to be a party pooper but has anyone seen Nikki?" Rini asked.
"I saw her being pulled off by Alex and Michelle and they didn't look too thrilled with her. Why?" Jenna told the others.
"I think she needs a talking to about her so called friends Sakura and her flunky Momoko." Rini said choking out the names of the gossip and her sidekick.
It was at that moment Alex and Michelle dragged Nikki over to the Japanese maple where the girls were seated having their lunch. Nikki didn't look too pleased and Alex had a huge grin on her face.
"This is just great Alex. Now Sakura is going to think I stood her up." Nikki complained.
"It's like we said before Nikki you need to spend some time away from her. Do you want to turn into Mr. Sourpuss over there?" Alex said pointing out Apollo.
Nikki hadn't thought about that possibility. Apollo was sitting off by himself in a tree alienating his family and any potential friends he could possibly have all because he fell in with the wrong crowd. And now he was mixed up in who knows what all because he didn't have the right kind of friends.
"I know Sakura wouldn't do the kind of things whatever his new crush is doing but I did let her make fun of both Kari and Jenna. Can you guys ever forgive me." Nikki said.
"I think I can. What about you Kari?" Jenna replied.
"I can but only on one condition." Kari told her.
"Name it." Nikki said.
"No hanging around her for three months." Kari announced.
"Are you nuts?" Nikki asked.
"I think that's a fair deal. Besides three months is how long it will take before she forgets about the three of us the snob, the brain, and the fashion plate." Rini said.
"Oh alright I'll do it." Nikki conceded.
With that bridge crossed Diana was ready to get down to some serious business concerning the creature that attacked the Rose Café. It was taking a while but Lita and Jean Paul were getting things back in order. Diana knew this was a Senshi matter if she ever saw one. But when she was about to bring up the subject Nikki began slowly backing away from the group with a look of sheer terror on her face.
"Uh guys I don't want to alarm you or anything but those things found me again." Nikki said.
"This calls for the Senshi. And remember the number one rule." Diana told them.
"Hai! You ready guys?" Rini said.
"Ready." The others replied.
The girls ducked around a nearby corner of the building and pulled out their henshin devices.
"This is it everybody our first battle as a team. We may not have a full compliment without Mars, Pluto, and Saturn but I think we can take him." Rini said.
Raising their rods in the air the girls called out their henshin phrases.
"Mercury Planet Power!"
"Jupiter Planet Power!"
"Venus Planet Power!"
"Neptune Planet Power!"
"Uranus Planet Power!"
"Moon Crisis Power!"
When the transformations were over the six Sailor Senshi stood ready for battle.
"Well what's our first move oh great and powerful leader?" Venus wanted to know.
"I don't know. Any suggestions?" Sailor Moon replied.
"I could scan the creature for any weaknesses while the rest of you hit it with everything you have." Jenna suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Uranus said.
With that the Senshi prepared to face the creature as a team.
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The moment the girls left to transform Diana went to find Apollo. She knew Apollo would use the chaos and confusion in the schoolyard to try and ditch his afternoon classes to find his new girlfriend. As she looked over to where Apollo was Diana could see her brother trying to leave the schoolyard. Diana was not about to let him mess things up.
"Are you crazy!" Diana yelled at Apollo.
"I don't see why I have to stay in this place." Apollo argued.
"Don't you even remember what mother said to you last night? She wants you to start making some real friends here."
"I know what people here think of me. Well if they don't want me around then so be it."
Diana was about to jump her brother and pin him down when the creature attacking the schoolyard caught sight of them and advanced towards them. A glimmer of recognition flashed across its face when it realized just who one of the brother and sister pair was. Its target was no longer the person with the Sailor Star Seed but the lunar feline who had tried to ditch the gang the night Gaia showed up.
"This is just great!" Apollo yelled.
"What?" Diana asked him.
"That thing knows me." He told her.
"What do you mean it knows you?"
"Whatever that thing is now I think it used to be one of the strays and they're still mad at me for running out on them last month."
"This is not good."
"You're telling me onee-chan."
The creature cornered the pair of lunar felines and pinned Apollo down on the ground. Diana upon seeing her brother in mortal danger let out an ear-piercing scream.
"Hold it right there tall dark and ugly!" a voice called out.
The creature, Diana, and Apollo looked towards the source of the voice. There standing in the schoolyard was a pink and white version of Sailor Moon and five Sailor Senshi.
"How dare you attack my friends. I am Sailor Moon..." Sailor Moon began.
"And we are the Sailor Senshi..." the Senshi added.
"And on behalf of the moon we shall punish you!"
"Uh guys a little help please." Apollo said.
"Okay so who's going first?" Venus asked.
"It doesn't matter who goes first just do something!" Diana yelled.
"Mountain Quake!" Uranus called out performing a move similar to her mother's.
The ball of energy ripped through the ground and hit the large cat like creature getting its attention. The creature forgot about Apollo and turned to face its attacker. Letting loose a blast of dark energy the Senshi scattered to get out of the way.
"Wait a minute the last one I fought didn't have that little ability." Jupiter commented.
Mercury activated her visor and scanned the creature entering the data into her computer.
"This thing's crawling with dark energy but it becomes weakened after each attack. So the best time to hit it would be right after an attack." Mercury reported.
"Sounds good to me. Venus Meteor Shower!" Venus said.
Venus's attack added to the damage caused by Uranus's attack and allowed for the others to get in some shots of their own.
"Tsunami Wave!" Neptune called out dousing the creature with a ball of water.
"Jupiter Thunderstorm Crash!" Jupiter yelled.
The electrical attack hit the creature combining with the water from Neptune's attack. When the shock to the creature ended Mercury saw it was weak enough for Sailor Moon to get in her attack.
"Now Sailor Moon while it's too weak to attack!" Mercury called out.
Sailor Moon pulled out her Kaleidoscope and raised it high into the air.
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
The energy from the attack turned the creature into a large pile of dust. Sailor Moon began leaping up and down for joy and hugging her scope. For the first time one of her attacks had actually worked right. The other Senshi and the two lunar felines just stared at the moon princess.
"It worked! It worked! It worked! It worked! Oh happy day. Happy day." Sailor Moon said a mile a minute very excitedly.
"What are you talking about?" Venus said somewhat confused.
"It's the first time one of my attacks actually worked right. Unlike that pink sugar thing." Sailor Moon explained to the others.
The conversation was cut short when the first bell signaling the end of the lunch period sounded. The students began to file back to their classes. Sailor Moon panicked and ran to detransform and get back to class. The other Senshi tried hard not to laugh at their pink haired leader.
"Guess we'd better get back too before we're late." Jenna commented.
"You are coming with me." Alex said grabbing Apollo by the tail.
"Hey! What's that for?" Apollo complained.
"I'm not about to have you become Sakura's favorite little gossip target. Besides detention here is something you do not want to get especially on your first day." Alex told him.
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Gaia was not a happy camper. The creature that was supposed to go after the Sailor Star Seed the twins had detected had gone after Apollo instead. She had told the members of Big Orange's gang Apollo was off limits to anyone but her. Gaia couldn't see why the common strays had to continue going after him. It made no sense to the ex lunar feline.
"Tell me something. Do you enjoy disobeying my direct orders?" Gaia asked the twins.
The twins shook their heads and placed their tails between their legs. They didn't want their mistress or Big Orange mad at them.
"If anything happens to him before I can extract the information I need out of him I'll see to it that you two suffer extreme pain." Gaia warned them.
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It's time for the annual Kimono Festival in Juban. Everyone pitches in to help out including the queen's court. While Mina covers the festival for her TV show and Illya takes pictures the Senshi enjoy a night of fun and frivolity. Will one of Gaia's minions ruin the festival or will the Neo Senshi have something to say about it. Find out in Sailor Moon: Senshi in Training Part Seven: Festival of the Kimono.
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"Luna, what's wrong?"
"He's gone. We've looked everywhere but he's gone. Apollo never came home last night."
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"Has your mother come to forgive me yet princess?"
"She's said very little about the incident in the past week."
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"I ran a scan with my computer to make certain nothing was taken or damaged in the attack."
"What do I have worth taking?"
"Your star seed."
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Sailor Moon: Senshi in Training
Part Six: Schoolyard Bullies
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The weeks went by slowly. In addition to her regular punishment Rini had to prepare to return to school the next week. There were supplies to get and uniforms to get fitted for plus a lot of forms to fill out. Rini wasn't looking forward to another year at what she called Snob Central the Yinkari Institute. Yinkari was a private school that only rich politically connected families could afford. And a lot of the dignitaries sent their children to Yinkari, which made it worse.
At Yinkari Rini was expected to act a certain way because she was the daughter of the king and queen. She was expected to get perfect grades and have perfect manners. And she was expected to perform certain favors for some of the students. At Yinkari Rini was known as Princess Serena. People couldn't see past her title and the teachers gave her special treatment because of it.
Now as school drew near Rini was beginning to dread going back. She was sick of the false friends and the teachers who didn't treat her like a normal student. All Rini ever wanted was a chance to prove she could make it without the titles and position in life. But it looked like she would never get that chance because everyone in the palace all believed Yinkari was the best environment for her and Ian.
"Serena would you come here please. Your uniform arrived today and I want you to try it on." Serenity called to her daughter.
"Yes mom." Rini said less than enthusiastic.
"Not too thrilled to be returning to school?" Helios asked her.
"No I just don't want to go to back to Yinkari. They're all a bunch of snobs." Rini told him.
"I have a feeling something good is about to happen today." Helios said with a smile.
"I hope you're right." Rini replied.
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Something good was indeed going to happen. The uniforms that arrived were not for Yinkari but the Juban schools. There were three for Juban High and one Juban Junior High. And two of those uniforms were going to go to a brother and sister act that had never had schooling outside their home.
Luna and Artimes were determined to turn their son's life around. In their minds they felt the best thing for their son was to be around individuals his own age. And the best place to be around people his age would be in a high school. They even thought Diana would benefit from the experience.
It took Serenity and Endymoin by surprise when Luna and Artimes told them about their decision. They thought it would be the right thing for the young lunar felines. And Diana and Apollo interacting with people their own age would benefit both of them. Maybe the strict discipline of a teacher was what Apollo needed to help turn his life around.
"Well how do I look?" Diana asked her mother and the queen.
"Like a real high school student Diana." Serenity replied.
"You look wonderful." Luna said trying to hold back the tears.
Rini slowly trudged into the room a minute later with a less than enthusiastic look on her face. Diana could tell Rini didn't want to try on her school uniform one bit.
"Serena the box with your uniform is on the table over there." Serenity informed her daughter.
Rini opened the box and instead of seeing the stuffy red blazer and straight stiff skirt of Yinkari Rini saw a white shirt trimmed in blue and red with a pleated navy blue skirt. Rini was a bit puzzled by this and wondered what was going on.
"Mom this isn't the uniform I'm supposed to wear." Rini said.
"It is if you're to be attending Juban High with Diana and Apollo." Serenity told her.
"You mean I'm not going to be going back to Yinkari?" Rini wanted to know.
"Not after you've just met a wonderful group of friends. Five of them will be attending Juban High with you." Her mother replied.
"Who mom?" Rini asked.
"Everyone but Eric, Danni, and Annya attends Juban High." Luna told her.
"Mother where do they go?" Diana inquired.
"Annya is in Juban Junior High School with Ian. And Eric and Danni attend TA." Luna said.
Rini thought about what her mother and Luna had told her. She wondered why her parents were transferring her and Ian. And she wanted to know why Luna and Artimes were enrolling Diana and Apollo in an actual school instead of having them tutored at home like always. It puzzled her why both sets of parents would do this.
"I don't get it mom why are we going to Juban?" Rini asked.
"The four of us decided the four of you would benefit from some interaction with children who aren't connected to the palace politically." Serenity said.
"But the others are members of my court." Rini reminded her mother.
"Not in the halls of Juban. They've been attending public school their entire lives." Luna told her.
"It's time we gave the four of you a chance at a normal childhood for once." Serenity added.
"Again?" Rini commented.
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In Japan all children from kindergarten to the last year of high school wear uniforms. The girls' uniform usually consists of a skirt and a shirt with a sailor styled collar and a bow. Most shirts are white with the collar, bow, and skirt being the same color. Each school has its own unique set of colors to distinguish one student from another. High school uniforms have darker colors than junior high uniforms. Boys' uniforms normally consist of pants and jacket with a white shirt. Most of the time the jacket will be a blazer with a tie. Some schools however forgo the tie and have a jacket with a banded collar instead.
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Nikki zipped along the streets of Tokyo on her bike trying to avoid the Monday morning rush of students. There was no way she was going to be late on her first day back from summer break. And right now school looked a lot better than the pile of dirty dishes that took up the last part of her summer vacation. At home every night was her night to do the dishes. It was worse at the café and the palace because the number of dishes she had to scrape and scrub tripled. Nikki was glad to be away from the dishes.
As Nikki peddled faster the building that made up Juban High School came into view. Outside the large building people waited for the official start of the new session mingling with one another. Some were seated on benches while others stood around various parts of the schoolyard. And Nikki could tell from their body language they were passing around some juicy gossip.
Nikki pulled her bike into the bike rack and began putting the u lock on it. As Nikki was putting the lock through the rack she saw two pairs of feet stopped in front of her. She could tell from the shoes they belonged to her friends Sakura and Momoko. Sakura was known as the world's biggest gossip. And people who knew her father would say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Momoko was Sakura's best friend and some would say she was Sakura's lackey and gofer.
"Alright Sakura what's up?" Nikki asked as she stood up.
"Popular rumor has it we're getting three new students this session." Sakura said.
"Yeah and get this one of them is a transfer from the Yinkari Institute." Momoko added.
"Gee Sakura what'd you do last night hack into the school files or just talk to your sources in that on line chat room. Then again maybe you did both." Nikki said sarcastically.
"Can I help it if I have to have thorough reports when I get wind of some juicy gossip." Sakura commented to her friends.
"So what's the scoop on the other two?" Nikki asked.
"Home schooled. They're a brother and sister pair and even though he's younger than her by a year he's going to be in our class." Sakura reported.
It was at that point a pair of female students walked up to Nikki and her friends. One was a blonde and the other had long sea green hair. The girls smiled at Nikki.
"Nikki Morne fancy seeing you here." the blonde said.
"I didn't realize you and Michelle went to Juban Alex." Nikki replied.
"So how are your hands holding up?" Michelle asked her.
"Sore and raw. Do you guys know if Annya speaks Swahili at all?" Nikki told them.
"I don't know if she remembers any of it. She was only three when she came back to Japan from Africa." Alex explained.
Sakura and Momoko were a bit in the dark about what Nikki and the other girls were talking about. The blank stares on their faces were quite obvious that they were confused.
"I got into trouble with my mom for swearing in French. I need to learn a language she doesn't know and a friend of Alex and Michelle's is Russian and might know Swahili too." Nikki explained.
"That explains a lot. So did you two hear about the new students?" Sakura said absorbing the new juicy bit of information on her friend.
"Not other than what's being tossed around the schoolyard." Alex replied as the girls left the bike rack to find a place to sit.
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Rini had huge butterflies in her stomach. As she walked along the streets of Tokyo with her father, Ian, Diana, Luna, Artimes, and a less than happy Apollo Rini began to wonder if she'd make any new friends. Transferring schools was tough enough but going to the gossip filled world of public school was even harder. Rini looked over to her father and her best friend for reassurance. Endymoin gave his daughter a smile telling her everything would be alright.
The building that was Juban High loomed over the street. It looked inviting enough and Rini and Diana could see a lot of students standing around talking to one another in the schoolyard. Apollo just rolled his eyes and leaned against the entrance. He couldn't see why his parents were making him go to a human school when he could be with Gaia.
"Well Serena this is where we part ways. I want you to make lots of friends and listen to your teachers." Endymoin told his daughter.
"I will dad. And Ian good luck little brother." Rini said.
"You too sis." Ian replied.
Luna and Artimes also had some words of encouragement for their children.
"Diana I want you to keep an eye on your brother and listen to your sensei." Luna said.
"You can count on me mom." Diana replied.
"Apollo please try and make some friends here." Artimes told his son.
"Whatever." Apollo said with little enthusiasm.
"Well we'd better get your brother to school before he's late." Endymoin said as the others left.
Apollo slumped off to be by himself under one of the trees in the schoolyard. Rini and Diana looked at each other and rolled their eyes. In their minds Apollo was becoming a lost cause.
Looking around the schoolyard Rini caught sight of Nikki sitting with Alex and Michelle and two girls she didn't recognize. Off to one side by herself was Jenna with her head buried in a book and a small computer on her lap that looked like Ami's. And walking over to Nikki and the other girls was Kari. Rini decided to wait a few minutes to see what developed.
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Nikki and her friends were talking about this and that when Kari came up to her. The blonde haired teen knew this was the perfect opportunity to throw in some friendly teasing about the incident at the palace. Kari wasn't about to let her live this one down.
"Hey Nikki did you mother have your mouth declared a lethal weapon yet?" Kari joked.
"Funny Kari real funny." Nikki said not very thrilled by her comment.
"Hey you can't blame a girl for trying." Kari remarked, "But seriously I have it on good authority that one of our new students is a real troublemaker."
Sakura began looking like a dog that's found the world's largest soup bone. The newest piece of information was the juiciest piece yet. And Sakura thrived on gossip.
"Oh this is just too good." Sakura commented.
"Maybe that's why his parents stopped home schooling him." Momoko added.
Kari wasn't too interested in continuing the conversation about the new students and decided to change the subject when she saw Jenna off by herself.
"Hey Nikki what's Jenna doing over there?" Kari wondered.
"Why would a fashion plate like you be interested in the school brain?" Sakura asked.
"Just curious. And who says I'm a fashion plate?" Kari replied.
"We have our sources. The same ones that say Jenna Urwa over there has no friends and cares only about her grades and her books." Momoko explained.
"Maybe she'd have friends if people like you didn't always put her down." Kari said as she went to sit next to Jenna.
Michelle and Alex looked at each other and smiled. They knew Kari was doing the right thing. It was hard sometimes for people to go against the popular opinion and Kari was doing just that.
As the girls sat in silence waiting for the principal to officially start the new term Nikki felt someone whispering into her ear.
"Bonjour Nicole." The girl said in a singsong tone.
Nikki slowly turned around to see none other than Rini and Diana standing behind her. Rini had a playful smile on her face and Diana was looking over at Kari and Jenna. Diana was proud of Kari for going over and spending time with Jenna.
"Rini what are you doing here? I thought you didn't attend public school." Nikki asked her.
"Yinkari is nothing but a breeding ground for money grubbing socialite snobs. Besides mom wanted me to have a normal high school life." Rini told her.
The moment Sakura heard Rini used to go to Yinkari she got a big grin on her face. She had another target. The fashion plate, the brain, and now the Yinkari snob. This was going to be a good term for gossip and social outcasts. Turning around to face Rini Sakura gave the princess her opinion of her.
"You know people are saying you're nothing but a spoiled little Yinkari snob and I happen to agree with them." Sakura said.
"Sakura that's not a nice thing to say you know." Nikki told her friend.
Rini could tell Sakura was the school gossip and remembered one from her mother's high school days when she went back in time for Senshi training who was just as bad. Rini began to wonder if this particular person was the daughter of the gossip that her mother wasn't too fond of.
"Nikki what's Sakura's last name?" Rini asked.
"Gurio why?" Nikki replied.
When Rini heard Sakura's last name she was one hundred percent certain she was the daughter of one Melvin Gurio world-class gossip and Internet lover. With that information Rini began speaking to Nikki in French a mile a minute.
"Nikki how can you hang around someone like that? She's just as bad as her father if not worse." Rini asked her in French.
"I don't go along with half of the things she says Rini but she is my friend." Nikki replied.
"Well just remember you're a member of the royal court now and a senshi. And as a senshi you have to stick by your teammates." Rini said.
"Oui." Nikki replied.
With their conversation over Rini and Nikki resumed using English for the benefit of everyone gathered on the bench. Rini continued to give Sakura an icy stare.
"I left Yinkari for this?" Rini asked Diana.
"There has to be a lesson in this Rini. There has to be a reason your mother wanted you to go here." Diana told her.
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Morning assembly at Juban High School is an important part of the day. Here the principal reads the announcements for the day and various teachers and clubs are allowed to make their own announcements. It is during morning assembly that the students of Juban High begin to focus on the day ahead. The outside world vanishes as students prepare for the day ahead.
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The bell rang for morning assembly. The students in the schoolyard made their way to the assembly platform to listen to the morning announcements. The principal was going to have a lot to say to the students of Juban High on this day. With three new students and a new term the principal had his hands full. Walking onto the platform the principal began the morning assembly.
"Good morning students. We have a lot to go over this morning before we begin classes so let's get started." He began, "Our first order of business is the introduction of three new students to Juban. I'd like you to meet Serena Tsukino Chiba and Diana and Apollo Mau. Now I want each and every one of you to make them feel welcome here at Juban. Try and look past what you've been hearing about them and focus on who they truly are.
"Secondly since today marks the beginning of a new term club sign up sheets will be posted on the main bulletin board. Please try and sign up for something. And now Coach Nakamura would like to address the students. Coach."
"Thank you principal Kubiashi. I want to announce that volleyball tryouts for this year's team will take place this Friday. I look forward to seeing a good turn out for both the men's and women's team." The coach announced.
"Thank you Coach Nakamura. This concludes today's assembly."
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The bell rang signaling the beginning of homeroom. The students in class two section three took their seats and waited for Takahashi-sensei to arrive. The sensei entered the room a few minutes later with two new students. The other students in the room looked at the two girls. One had pink hair with rabbit ear shaped buns and pigtails and the other had gray hair with four small buns and a tail.
"Alright class before we begin I would like to introduce you to two new students joining our class this term." The sensei announced.
The students stared at the two strange new students. They began wondering which one was the transfer from Yinkari and which one had the brother. The new students were odd enough in their own right and this class was about to find out if the gossip they were hearing from Sakura was true or not.
"Quiet down class." The sensei began, "I'd like to introduce you to our first new student Serena Tsukino Chiba. Serena would you like to tell us something about yourself."
Rini took a look around the classroom. The students seemed friendly enough and there was no sign of Sakura and Momoko anywhere in the room. And as Rini continued to survey the class she saw that Nikki and Kari were in her homeroom as well. Taking a deep breath Rini addressed the students.
"As you know my name is Serena Tsukino Chiba but I prefer to go by the name Rini. Before coming here to Juban I used to attend Yinkari. I'm sixteen and I have one brother who turned thirteen this month and a boyfriend." Rini said to the class.
"Thank you Chiba-san. Our second new student this term is Diana Mau. Dina would you like to introduce yourself to the class." The sensei said.
"Thank you sensei. My name is Diana Mau and I too am sixteen. Before coming to Juban my brother Apollo and I were schooled at home. My hair has always been gray and has never once been colored. And yes this is a real tail." Diana told them.
"Thank you Mau-san. Chiba-san you can sit in the seat next to Togashi-san and Mau-san there is another seat near Morne-san."
Rini and Diana took their seats next to Kari and Nikki.
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Apollo wasn't enjoying himself very much. The sensei had subjected him to stand in front of a class that included one of his sister's trainees Alex Ten'oh. The dark haired blonde had given Apollo a challenging look that dared him to stay in the class for the entire day. Apollo was up for a good challenge he just didn't want one when he had better things to do.
It seemed as though Alex was the only one in the class taking Apollo seriously. The other students were too busy forming opinions about him based on the gossip being thrown around by Sakura. Alex knew this was a bunch of hooey and Apollo was just a good kid at heart that had been lead astray by some bad influences.
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The twins watched the building with a lot of interest. There were star seeds in there and lots of them and one of them was the sailor star seed they had sensed at the café. After a few minutes of watching the building and the empty yard the doors to the school opened. Students filed out of the building carrying small sacks and pouches and books. One by one the students found places to sit on benches and under trees dotting the schoolyard and breaking off into small groups. One student sat alone in a tree but the twins didn't seem to care or even notice.
"You've done well my pets." A voice said from behind, "When the time is right we will get that sailor star seed and make her one of us."
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Rini and Diana were glad lunch had finally arrived. Diana was worried about Apollo and wanted to talk to him in the worst way. She didn't want him getting into any trouble their first day in a real human school. Rini on the other hand wanted to talk to Nikki and the others about Sakura. She couldn't see why they liked someone who clearly judged and labeled every single person in the school.
"Rini Diana over here!" Kari called out.
Rini could see Kari and Jenna sitting under one of the trees in the schoolyard looking over what appeared to be a small thick book. Taking Diana by the hand Rini lead her to the tree and the only other sensible Senshi attending Juban High.
"Hey guys what's up?" Rini asked them.
"We're just trying to figure out Jenna's new little toy her father designed." Kari explained.
"That micro computer will come in handy during battles Jenna. In fact, your mother still uses hers for practically everything." Diana said.
"I hate to be a party pooper but has anyone seen Nikki?" Rini asked.
"I saw her being pulled off by Alex and Michelle and they didn't look too thrilled with her. Why?" Jenna told the others.
"I think she needs a talking to about her so called friends Sakura and her flunky Momoko." Rini said choking out the names of the gossip and her sidekick.
It was at that moment Alex and Michelle dragged Nikki over to the Japanese maple where the girls were seated having their lunch. Nikki didn't look too pleased and Alex had a huge grin on her face.
"This is just great Alex. Now Sakura is going to think I stood her up." Nikki complained.
"It's like we said before Nikki you need to spend some time away from her. Do you want to turn into Mr. Sourpuss over there?" Alex said pointing out Apollo.
Nikki hadn't thought about that possibility. Apollo was sitting off by himself in a tree alienating his family and any potential friends he could possibly have all because he fell in with the wrong crowd. And now he was mixed up in who knows what all because he didn't have the right kind of friends.
"I know Sakura wouldn't do the kind of things whatever his new crush is doing but I did let her make fun of both Kari and Jenna. Can you guys ever forgive me." Nikki said.
"I think I can. What about you Kari?" Jenna replied.
"I can but only on one condition." Kari told her.
"Name it." Nikki said.
"No hanging around her for three months." Kari announced.
"Are you nuts?" Nikki asked.
"I think that's a fair deal. Besides three months is how long it will take before she forgets about the three of us the snob, the brain, and the fashion plate." Rini said.
"Oh alright I'll do it." Nikki conceded.
With that bridge crossed Diana was ready to get down to some serious business concerning the creature that attacked the Rose Café. It was taking a while but Lita and Jean Paul were getting things back in order. Diana knew this was a Senshi matter if she ever saw one. But when she was about to bring up the subject Nikki began slowly backing away from the group with a look of sheer terror on her face.
"Uh guys I don't want to alarm you or anything but those things found me again." Nikki said.
"This calls for the Senshi. And remember the number one rule." Diana told them.
"Hai! You ready guys?" Rini said.
"Ready." The others replied.
The girls ducked around a nearby corner of the building and pulled out their henshin devices.
"This is it everybody our first battle as a team. We may not have a full compliment without Mars, Pluto, and Saturn but I think we can take him." Rini said.
Raising their rods in the air the girls called out their henshin phrases.
"Mercury Planet Power!"
"Jupiter Planet Power!"
"Venus Planet Power!"
"Neptune Planet Power!"
"Uranus Planet Power!"
"Moon Crisis Power!"
When the transformations were over the six Sailor Senshi stood ready for battle.
"Well what's our first move oh great and powerful leader?" Venus wanted to know.
"I don't know. Any suggestions?" Sailor Moon replied.
"I could scan the creature for any weaknesses while the rest of you hit it with everything you have." Jenna suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Uranus said.
With that the Senshi prepared to face the creature as a team.
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The moment the girls left to transform Diana went to find Apollo. She knew Apollo would use the chaos and confusion in the schoolyard to try and ditch his afternoon classes to find his new girlfriend. As she looked over to where Apollo was Diana could see her brother trying to leave the schoolyard. Diana was not about to let him mess things up.
"Are you crazy!" Diana yelled at Apollo.
"I don't see why I have to stay in this place." Apollo argued.
"Don't you even remember what mother said to you last night? She wants you to start making some real friends here."
"I know what people here think of me. Well if they don't want me around then so be it."
Diana was about to jump her brother and pin him down when the creature attacking the schoolyard caught sight of them and advanced towards them. A glimmer of recognition flashed across its face when it realized just who one of the brother and sister pair was. Its target was no longer the person with the Sailor Star Seed but the lunar feline who had tried to ditch the gang the night Gaia showed up.
"This is just great!" Apollo yelled.
"What?" Diana asked him.
"That thing knows me." He told her.
"What do you mean it knows you?"
"Whatever that thing is now I think it used to be one of the strays and they're still mad at me for running out on them last month."
"This is not good."
"You're telling me onee-chan."
The creature cornered the pair of lunar felines and pinned Apollo down on the ground. Diana upon seeing her brother in mortal danger let out an ear-piercing scream.
"Hold it right there tall dark and ugly!" a voice called out.
The creature, Diana, and Apollo looked towards the source of the voice. There standing in the schoolyard was a pink and white version of Sailor Moon and five Sailor Senshi.
"How dare you attack my friends. I am Sailor Moon..." Sailor Moon began.
"And we are the Sailor Senshi..." the Senshi added.
"And on behalf of the moon we shall punish you!"
"Uh guys a little help please." Apollo said.
"Okay so who's going first?" Venus asked.
"It doesn't matter who goes first just do something!" Diana yelled.
"Mountain Quake!" Uranus called out performing a move similar to her mother's.
The ball of energy ripped through the ground and hit the large cat like creature getting its attention. The creature forgot about Apollo and turned to face its attacker. Letting loose a blast of dark energy the Senshi scattered to get out of the way.
"Wait a minute the last one I fought didn't have that little ability." Jupiter commented.
Mercury activated her visor and scanned the creature entering the data into her computer.
"This thing's crawling with dark energy but it becomes weakened after each attack. So the best time to hit it would be right after an attack." Mercury reported.
"Sounds good to me. Venus Meteor Shower!" Venus said.
Venus's attack added to the damage caused by Uranus's attack and allowed for the others to get in some shots of their own.
"Tsunami Wave!" Neptune called out dousing the creature with a ball of water.
"Jupiter Thunderstorm Crash!" Jupiter yelled.
The electrical attack hit the creature combining with the water from Neptune's attack. When the shock to the creature ended Mercury saw it was weak enough for Sailor Moon to get in her attack.
"Now Sailor Moon while it's too weak to attack!" Mercury called out.
Sailor Moon pulled out her Kaleidoscope and raised it high into the air.
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
The energy from the attack turned the creature into a large pile of dust. Sailor Moon began leaping up and down for joy and hugging her scope. For the first time one of her attacks had actually worked right. The other Senshi and the two lunar felines just stared at the moon princess.
"It worked! It worked! It worked! It worked! Oh happy day. Happy day." Sailor Moon said a mile a minute very excitedly.
"What are you talking about?" Venus said somewhat confused.
"It's the first time one of my attacks actually worked right. Unlike that pink sugar thing." Sailor Moon explained to the others.
The conversation was cut short when the first bell signaling the end of the lunch period sounded. The students began to file back to their classes. Sailor Moon panicked and ran to detransform and get back to class. The other Senshi tried hard not to laugh at their pink haired leader.
"Guess we'd better get back too before we're late." Jenna commented.
"You are coming with me." Alex said grabbing Apollo by the tail.
"Hey! What's that for?" Apollo complained.
"I'm not about to have you become Sakura's favorite little gossip target. Besides detention here is something you do not want to get especially on your first day." Alex told him.
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Gaia was not a happy camper. The creature that was supposed to go after the Sailor Star Seed the twins had detected had gone after Apollo instead. She had told the members of Big Orange's gang Apollo was off limits to anyone but her. Gaia couldn't see why the common strays had to continue going after him. It made no sense to the ex lunar feline.
"Tell me something. Do you enjoy disobeying my direct orders?" Gaia asked the twins.
The twins shook their heads and placed their tails between their legs. They didn't want their mistress or Big Orange mad at them.
"If anything happens to him before I can extract the information I need out of him I'll see to it that you two suffer extreme pain." Gaia warned them.
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It's time for the annual Kimono Festival in Juban. Everyone pitches in to help out including the queen's court. While Mina covers the festival for her TV show and Illya takes pictures the Senshi enjoy a night of fun and frivolity. Will one of Gaia's minions ruin the festival or will the Neo Senshi have something to say about it. Find out in Sailor Moon: Senshi in Training Part Seven: Festival of the Kimono.