Dark Side of the Moon
Chapter Four
Rating: PG
By: Eowyn (sailoreowyn@bishoujosenshi.com)
Disclaimer:
I do not own Sailor Moon, and I don't claim to Sailor Moon, so don't sue me,
k? ^_^
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Usually the Temple grounds were calm and peaceful. There were never many people there, which made it an excellent place for Scout meetings. Today, however, there was a sense of tension in the air as the Scouts started to collect in a courtyard. Mina and Artemis were just arriving. Raye was absent-mindedly sweeping the floor by the steps
that a sad looking Darien, an exhausted and frustrated Amy, a distressed Lita and a worried Luna were all sitting on.
"Sorry we're late you guys, I wanted to check up on Serena before I came." Mina explained.
"It's ok. How is she?" Luna asked as Artemis sat down next to her, lending any moral support that he could. He knew what a hard time this was for Luna. Serena got
extremely angry when she came back from the future three days earlier. No one would let her go look for Rini. Luna told Serena that she might get lost or captured, and that
they should wait until Rini showed herself. Serena told Luna that she was a heartless, stupid cat and that she never wanted to see Luna again. Luna was hurt tremendously and had been staying with Darien since.
"Her mother said that she hasn't eaten much, that she's been very edgy and moody and spends most of the day in her room." Mina answered as she sat down next to Lita.
"Her mother also suggested that we come and pay her a visit, but I don't think that would help."
"You're probably right. We have to find a way to cure her, this can't go on! Have you found any thing new, Amy?" Lita asked.
Amy looked horrible, her eyes were blood shot, her hair was unkept and her clothes were all wrinkled. It was a definite change from her normally well kept look. "I haven't found *anything*! I don't know what to do!!! I've looked over my data countless times, done thousands of calculations, researched hundreds of possible cures, and I can't find anything at all! I don't (sniffle) think that I can (sob) handle this!!" Amy exclaimed as she broke down into tears. The girls quickly enveloped Amy in a big group hug and tried to comfort her. They hadn't realized how much stress she had been putting on herself.
Darien looked at the group and sighed. This is when Serena is needed. This is when her cheerful personality helps the most. We have to get her back! Maybe if we find
Rini, Serena will come back us. That might be when we can heal her! "Amy, don't cry. It'll be ok, Serena will come back to us, you'll see! You can't work yourself so hard,
this isn't your fault." Darien explained as he tried to calm the poor girl down. "What we need to do is find Rini. I bet if we can get her back, things will start to get better. Do you think that you could do a search for her?"
"Well," Amy started in a shaky voice as the girls gave her some room, "I programmed my computer to search for concentrations of negative energy within the city. However, since I've been using so much of the memory trying to help Serena, the search has been rather slow." Amy said, looking to the ground, ashamed at her failed attempt to help.
"Why don't you look for her now. How long would it take if you did a search without using the computer for anything else at the same time?" Luna suggested. She knew Amy, and when something exciting happened and Amy had the answer, she would get this spark in her eyes. Luna wanted to see that spark again.
Amy whipped out her computer and started typing. "The computer has searched about sixty percent of the city and hasn't found any negative energy. If I help it the rest of
the way, I'll be done in about 20 minutes." Amy exclaimed, excited with the thought of making some progress.
"That's great! Why don't we move inside. I'll make some tea and get us something to eat while you work on it. As soon as you find Rini, we'll go after her!" Raye said as
she started to herd her guests inside.
"Don't I get invited to tea too?" Everyone turned to the direction that the voice came from. Behind the group stood a woman with fuchsia hair in strange odangos and long ponytails. She was wearing a long black dress with a slit that went to her thigh and it had burgandy colored see-through sleeves.
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"So, Black Lady, when are you going to start your attack on the Sailor Scouts?"
"Actually, I'm going to start today, Prince Diamond. I'm sorry that I couldn't start sooner, I'm sure that you are aware of the side effects negative energy has."
Black Lady and Prince Diamond were both wearing the clothes of business people and sitting across from each other at a wide desk. They were in a large, spartan office that had a wonderful view of the park.
"It's perfectly understandable. As long as you do a better job than that idiot Emerald, I think we'll get along very well."
"Thank you sir, you don't have a thing to worry about. I know the Scouts like the back of my hand. This will be the easiest task I've ever done, and the most enjoyable." She ended with an evil cackle.
"Wonderful. Now, if you'll please leave, I have to meet with some clients in ten minutes."
"Of course, my Prince." With that, Black Lady stood and left.
Prince Diamond, Sapphire, and herself were all working under the covert operation of Diamond Industries, a computer company set up in the 20th century to cover the costs of the war that was waging in the future.
She walked to her office, sat down, and took out a day planner. "Ok" she said as she scanned what was written on it. "The Scouts are out of school in thirty minutes and then they'll meet at the temple for a 'Scout Meeting.' That leaves me some time to kill. I think I'll go see Sapphire." She stood up and teleported to Sapphire's office.
Sapphire was working on some calculations regarding the black crystal when he felt a presence in the room. He turned the chair of his desk around to be greeted by the smiling face of Black Lady. "Hello." He said while gesturing for her to take a seat across from him. "Aren't we supposed to be searching for some Sailor Twits??"
"Actually, that's why I'm here. I wanted to see if the object I requested is ready."
"Ah yes. Here it is" Sapphire held his hand palm up and a black crystal materialized into it.
"Excellent! How do I use it?" she asked as he handed the crystal to her.
"It's fairly simple. You need to weaken whom ever you are capturing significantly. Than, call out "Black Crystal Capture" and the number of people you want to catch."
"That's it?! What do I do with the people once I have them?"
"You can easily teleport them to one of the cells in the building. Remember, the ones in the basement?"
"This is great. Thank you for getting it so quickly!" she said while standing to leave.
"No problem, anything to speed up our return to the future."
"Believe me, I know exactly what you mean," Black Lady teleported from the room.
Sapphire picked up the data pad that he had been working with but wasn't able to concentrate on it. He had been watching Wise man carefully since Emerald's demise, especially since the Wise man needed the black crystal to convert the Rabbit the to the Black Moon family. At first, the energy that the Wise Man took was reasonable and could be understood. However, he gradually started taking more than was needed and was still taking minute amounts. What Sapphire couldn't figure out was what Wise Man had been doing with the extra energy. By now he should have a good amount, enough to
convert another person to the "dark side". Maybe he was going to finish converting Serena? That could be it! But why would he make his own plans to do that if Diamond was planning the same thing?? This was getting very confusing. Sapphire decided that the best way to solve this was to see his friend the Wise Man…
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Black Lady still had 15 minutes to burn, so she decided to walk to the temple. When she got there, she wandered around and saw the courtyard the Scouts started to collect in. She found a nice bush, sat down behind it, and changed from her business clothes to her normal black dress with a mere thought. After that, she waited for the right time to strike. After all, she didn't want to make her entrance until the whole group was there. So she listened and waited until the right moment to strike. She got worried when the Scouts talked of trying to find her. I should get them now before they find me? I want the upper hand in this encounter, not the other way around! she thought and
stood up.
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"Don't I get invited to tea too?"
"Who are you, and what do you want?!" Raye yelled as she faced the new person.
"My name is Black Lady, I am a member of the Black Moon Family. As far as what I want, I want to destroy the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask! Isn't it amazingly convenient that that's who *you* are?" Black Lady exclaimed with an evil cackle. She then threw a ball of energy at the group, knocking them down to the ground.
As Darien fought to remain conscious, a strange feeling of recognition washed over him as he looked at Black Lady. He couldn't understand why, though, he had never seen her before. However, he didn't have time to search his feelings, the strange woman was powering up for another attack.
"She already knows who you are, just transform and get this over with!" Artemis instructed.
"You heard him, let's go! Venus Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
After several blinding flashes of multi-colored lights four Sailor Scouts and one Tuxedo Mask stood in fighting positions in front of their new enemy.
"So, you think you're pretty little costumes are going to help you beat me? You've got another thing coming!" Black Lady said with an arrogant air. "Let me show you how
helpless you are!" I have to make them weak! She thought, remembering Sapphire's words. She threw a larger ball of energy at the group, but this time they were ready and all managed to move out of it's path.
"That's it, I've had it! Hey Venus, let's double team her!" Jupiter called to her friend.
"Ok! Venus Crescent Beam..."
"Jupiter Thunder...."
"Smash!"
"Crash!"
An electrified beam of golden energy went racing towards the fuchsia haired woman.
"RINI!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Serena screamed as she ran from the woods and jumped in front of Black Lady, taking the entire blast straight on.
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Serena hadn't left her room since she came back from the future. At least, that's what she wanted everyone to think. She spent most of her days in bed. After everyone
went to sleep she would sneak out her bedroom window to search the streets for Rini since, it was easiest to feel people's presence's while they sleep. Once she had thought
she felt the girl, but the feeling wasn't the same as Rini's, it was twisted somehow. Serena sighed and rolled over. 3:00, that means school just got out. I wonder if the Scouts are having a meeting today. They haven't talked to me about it, not that I want them to. Those idiots! If they hadn't made me come home, I wouldn't have to worry about my
parents breathing down my neck all day. I could have found Rini by now! Hey, who's that? Serena sat up at the sound of a familiar voice. That sound's like Mina! What is that brat doing here?!?! Serena got up and cracked her door open so that she could spy with one eye.
"I'm sorry, Mina," Serena's mother said in an apologetic tone, "Serena doesn't want to see anyone right now."
"I understand. How has she been doing?"
"Not well. She's in her room all day and rarely leaves her bed. She's moody and edgy and won't eat much either. I didn't have the heart to send her to school while she's like this."
"I understand. Thank you Mrs.Tuskino. I really should be leaving now, I'm meeting the girls today."
"No problem. Maybe you could bring them over one day to try and cheer her up. You are all so close, it might do her some good to see you."
"That's a good idea. I'll talk to everyone about it. Goodbye!" Mina walked away and Mrs. Tuskino closed the front door. She looked towards Serena's bedroom with a sigh and walked back to the kitchen.
Good thing I moved before she saw me. So, Mina was worried, Isn't that sweet. Serena thought sarcastically as she moved back to her bed and sat down. I wonder why they are meeting without me? After all, I *am* their leader. Maybe I should go spy on them, see what's so important that they couldn't tell me. Serena went to her closet and put on a pair of shoes then moved to her window and climbed down the tree that was outside of it.
Serena reached the temple in about 10 minutes, shortly after Mina came. She felt a strange presence about the temple, but ignored it when the meeting started. She was
annoyed at the topic of conversation and didn't appreciate being talked about behind her back. She thought Amy's out burst was hilarious, and Darien's sorrowful expression was
to die for. The group was starting to move inside and Serena was heading towards a window when Black Lady introduced herself.
Black Lady, huh? Well, let her take care of them. They told me that *I* couldn't transform, so I guess that they don't need *my* help. Serena edged closer to the courtyard to get a better view but stopped when the presence that she had felt earlier hit her like a ton of bricks. The presence has intensified! It must be coming from Black Lady!! It's strange, she feels familiar, like I've met her before. But who could she be? As Serena was pondering this, she had moved into the bushes to the left of Black Lady, that way she would have the best view of the scene. She looked at the Scout's faces and then turned to get a good look at Black Lady. That's when her identity hit Serena. RINI??? That's RINI!! Oh my God! What's Jupiter and Venus doing?! Serena watched in horror as the two Scouts powered up for their attacks. Doesn't Darien realize who he's fighting!! Why isn't he stopping those idiots! No, those stupid fools!! I have to stop them!
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"Rini, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Serena made a mad dash for Black Lady, knocking her out of the way and letting the blast fall to herself, protecting Rini, just as she did when Diamond attacked days earlier.
"Serena!!" Came the collective cry from the group. They all crowded around her asking tons of questions and completely forgetting that Black Lady was only feet away.
"Get off of me you morons! Do you realize what you almost did!!! Can't you tell who that is! Are you that dense!" She said this remark while glaring at Darien. Black
Lady was practically in shock.
Why did she do that?! Wise Man said that she didn't care! If she didn't care, then why did she save me?! I was just going to repel the attack. I can't believe she saved me! Black Lady turned her attention to the Scouts and Serena. Serena was desperately trying to free herself of the arms that tried to hug her and the questions that wouldn't stop. "Serena's right, you are a bunch of morons!! Do you honestly think that that blast was going to harm me? I'm *so* much stronger than you will *ever* be. I was simply waiting for the blast to get close enough to repel it. However, seeing Serena get hurt was definitely a plus to my day!" Black Lady picked herself up from off the ground and started levitating about 6 feet above the group as she said this.
"Rini, don't you understand? I did that because I love you! You're the only person that I care about! I've been searching for you for days! I was so worried about you! What
happened? Did Diamond do this to you? When I get my hands on that jerk he'll wish he was never born!" Serena started cracking her knuckles as she thought of giving Diamond his just desserts.
"Serena's acting nuts! What's wrong with her?!" Artemis whispered to Luna. The cats were towards the back of the group, staying out of the way and observing the situation as it played out.
"It must be the negative energy. Half of her life energy is now negative, and Black Lady's energy is probably enhancing it." Luna explained, looking towards Amy who was
discretely taking readings of both princesses.
"You don't care about me! You're lying! You're just trying to trick me into coming back to you! You don't love me! You don't care about me! I hate you!" Black Lady
screamed, although it seemed as if she was trying to convince herself instead of Serena.
"Rini, you can't mean that! I love you, you're my daughter! I've always loved you and I always will!" Serena said, tears in her eyes at the thought of losing the one person that she still cared about.
"That's not true! Wiseman told me what you did! He let me see what you truly thought of me! AND MY NAME IS BLACK LADY! RINI IS DEAD!" Black Lady quickly teleported away, leaving a stunned Serena behind.
Crushed, Serena sunk to her knees and started sobbing. Not loud, Serena sobs, quiet, painful ones.She hates me! I can't believe she hates me! I tried to save her, I truly
did! Why does she hate me?!?!
Raye, taking pity on her friend's state, decided to try and comfort her. She kneeled down next to Serena to let her know she wasn't alone. "Serena, I'm so sor-"
"Don't even start Raye!" Serena cut her off and stood up quickly. "Don't even tell me that you're sorry. Don't tell me you'll be there for me. Don't tell me this will all
work out." Serena looked from face to face as her tears kept rolling from her eyes. "This is your fault! All of you are to blame! If you had stopped Diamond in the first place,
Rini wouldn't have been captured. If you had let me search for her right when we came back, I could have stopped her transformation. NOW SHE HATES ME!!!!!! YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS! DON'T *EVER* SPEAK TO ME AGAIN!!!!" Serena ran from the
temple as fast as she could.
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Black Lady materialized in her office and sat down heavily in her cushioned desk chair. She didn't know who to believe. Wise man said that Serena hated me, but Serena
said that she still cared. She acted like she still cared, she took that blast head on. While drowning in her confusion, Black Lady's phone rang. "Hello?"
"Black Lady?"
"Prince Diamond! What can I do for you?!"
"Come to my office, now."
"Yes sir." She hung up the phone and teleported to the Prince.
"You wanted to see me, my Prince?"
"Yes, please sit down." He continued as she did so. "What happened today? There are no Sailor Scouts in the holding cells, yet you have already returned. Why!?"
"OH! You don't have a thing to worry about Prince Diamond! This isn't what I expected to happen, but it'll work out to our advantage. You see, Serena still has the crystal. To get it, and her, all we have to do is……."
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'Til next time!
Eowyn *^_^*
Chapter Four
Rating: PG
By: Eowyn (sailoreowyn@bishoujosenshi.com)
Disclaimer:
I do not own Sailor Moon, and I don't claim to Sailor Moon, so don't sue me,
k? ^_^
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Usually the Temple grounds were calm and peaceful. There were never many people there, which made it an excellent place for Scout meetings. Today, however, there was a sense of tension in the air as the Scouts started to collect in a courtyard. Mina and Artemis were just arriving. Raye was absent-mindedly sweeping the floor by the steps
that a sad looking Darien, an exhausted and frustrated Amy, a distressed Lita and a worried Luna were all sitting on.
"Sorry we're late you guys, I wanted to check up on Serena before I came." Mina explained.
"It's ok. How is she?" Luna asked as Artemis sat down next to her, lending any moral support that he could. He knew what a hard time this was for Luna. Serena got
extremely angry when she came back from the future three days earlier. No one would let her go look for Rini. Luna told Serena that she might get lost or captured, and that
they should wait until Rini showed herself. Serena told Luna that she was a heartless, stupid cat and that she never wanted to see Luna again. Luna was hurt tremendously and had been staying with Darien since.
"Her mother said that she hasn't eaten much, that she's been very edgy and moody and spends most of the day in her room." Mina answered as she sat down next to Lita.
"Her mother also suggested that we come and pay her a visit, but I don't think that would help."
"You're probably right. We have to find a way to cure her, this can't go on! Have you found any thing new, Amy?" Lita asked.
Amy looked horrible, her eyes were blood shot, her hair was unkept and her clothes were all wrinkled. It was a definite change from her normally well kept look. "I haven't found *anything*! I don't know what to do!!! I've looked over my data countless times, done thousands of calculations, researched hundreds of possible cures, and I can't find anything at all! I don't (sniffle) think that I can (sob) handle this!!" Amy exclaimed as she broke down into tears. The girls quickly enveloped Amy in a big group hug and tried to comfort her. They hadn't realized how much stress she had been putting on herself.
Darien looked at the group and sighed. This is when Serena is needed. This is when her cheerful personality helps the most. We have to get her back! Maybe if we find
Rini, Serena will come back us. That might be when we can heal her! "Amy, don't cry. It'll be ok, Serena will come back to us, you'll see! You can't work yourself so hard,
this isn't your fault." Darien explained as he tried to calm the poor girl down. "What we need to do is find Rini. I bet if we can get her back, things will start to get better. Do you think that you could do a search for her?"
"Well," Amy started in a shaky voice as the girls gave her some room, "I programmed my computer to search for concentrations of negative energy within the city. However, since I've been using so much of the memory trying to help Serena, the search has been rather slow." Amy said, looking to the ground, ashamed at her failed attempt to help.
"Why don't you look for her now. How long would it take if you did a search without using the computer for anything else at the same time?" Luna suggested. She knew Amy, and when something exciting happened and Amy had the answer, she would get this spark in her eyes. Luna wanted to see that spark again.
Amy whipped out her computer and started typing. "The computer has searched about sixty percent of the city and hasn't found any negative energy. If I help it the rest of
the way, I'll be done in about 20 minutes." Amy exclaimed, excited with the thought of making some progress.
"That's great! Why don't we move inside. I'll make some tea and get us something to eat while you work on it. As soon as you find Rini, we'll go after her!" Raye said as
she started to herd her guests inside.
"Don't I get invited to tea too?" Everyone turned to the direction that the voice came from. Behind the group stood a woman with fuchsia hair in strange odangos and long ponytails. She was wearing a long black dress with a slit that went to her thigh and it had burgandy colored see-through sleeves.
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"So, Black Lady, when are you going to start your attack on the Sailor Scouts?"
"Actually, I'm going to start today, Prince Diamond. I'm sorry that I couldn't start sooner, I'm sure that you are aware of the side effects negative energy has."
Black Lady and Prince Diamond were both wearing the clothes of business people and sitting across from each other at a wide desk. They were in a large, spartan office that had a wonderful view of the park.
"It's perfectly understandable. As long as you do a better job than that idiot Emerald, I think we'll get along very well."
"Thank you sir, you don't have a thing to worry about. I know the Scouts like the back of my hand. This will be the easiest task I've ever done, and the most enjoyable." She ended with an evil cackle.
"Wonderful. Now, if you'll please leave, I have to meet with some clients in ten minutes."
"Of course, my Prince." With that, Black Lady stood and left.
Prince Diamond, Sapphire, and herself were all working under the covert operation of Diamond Industries, a computer company set up in the 20th century to cover the costs of the war that was waging in the future.
She walked to her office, sat down, and took out a day planner. "Ok" she said as she scanned what was written on it. "The Scouts are out of school in thirty minutes and then they'll meet at the temple for a 'Scout Meeting.' That leaves me some time to kill. I think I'll go see Sapphire." She stood up and teleported to Sapphire's office.
Sapphire was working on some calculations regarding the black crystal when he felt a presence in the room. He turned the chair of his desk around to be greeted by the smiling face of Black Lady. "Hello." He said while gesturing for her to take a seat across from him. "Aren't we supposed to be searching for some Sailor Twits??"
"Actually, that's why I'm here. I wanted to see if the object I requested is ready."
"Ah yes. Here it is" Sapphire held his hand palm up and a black crystal materialized into it.
"Excellent! How do I use it?" she asked as he handed the crystal to her.
"It's fairly simple. You need to weaken whom ever you are capturing significantly. Than, call out "Black Crystal Capture" and the number of people you want to catch."
"That's it?! What do I do with the people once I have them?"
"You can easily teleport them to one of the cells in the building. Remember, the ones in the basement?"
"This is great. Thank you for getting it so quickly!" she said while standing to leave.
"No problem, anything to speed up our return to the future."
"Believe me, I know exactly what you mean," Black Lady teleported from the room.
Sapphire picked up the data pad that he had been working with but wasn't able to concentrate on it. He had been watching Wise man carefully since Emerald's demise, especially since the Wise man needed the black crystal to convert the Rabbit the to the Black Moon family. At first, the energy that the Wise Man took was reasonable and could be understood. However, he gradually started taking more than was needed and was still taking minute amounts. What Sapphire couldn't figure out was what Wise Man had been doing with the extra energy. By now he should have a good amount, enough to
convert another person to the "dark side". Maybe he was going to finish converting Serena? That could be it! But why would he make his own plans to do that if Diamond was planning the same thing?? This was getting very confusing. Sapphire decided that the best way to solve this was to see his friend the Wise Man…
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Black Lady still had 15 minutes to burn, so she decided to walk to the temple. When she got there, she wandered around and saw the courtyard the Scouts started to collect in. She found a nice bush, sat down behind it, and changed from her business clothes to her normal black dress with a mere thought. After that, she waited for the right time to strike. After all, she didn't want to make her entrance until the whole group was there. So she listened and waited until the right moment to strike. She got worried when the Scouts talked of trying to find her. I should get them now before they find me? I want the upper hand in this encounter, not the other way around! she thought and
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"Don't I get invited to tea too?"
"Who are you, and what do you want?!" Raye yelled as she faced the new person.
"My name is Black Lady, I am a member of the Black Moon Family. As far as what I want, I want to destroy the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask! Isn't it amazingly convenient that that's who *you* are?" Black Lady exclaimed with an evil cackle. She then threw a ball of energy at the group, knocking them down to the ground.
As Darien fought to remain conscious, a strange feeling of recognition washed over him as he looked at Black Lady. He couldn't understand why, though, he had never seen her before. However, he didn't have time to search his feelings, the strange woman was powering up for another attack.
"She already knows who you are, just transform and get this over with!" Artemis instructed.
"You heard him, let's go! Venus Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
After several blinding flashes of multi-colored lights four Sailor Scouts and one Tuxedo Mask stood in fighting positions in front of their new enemy.
"So, you think you're pretty little costumes are going to help you beat me? You've got another thing coming!" Black Lady said with an arrogant air. "Let me show you how
helpless you are!" I have to make them weak! She thought, remembering Sapphire's words. She threw a larger ball of energy at the group, but this time they were ready and all managed to move out of it's path.
"That's it, I've had it! Hey Venus, let's double team her!" Jupiter called to her friend.
"Ok! Venus Crescent Beam..."
"Jupiter Thunder...."
"Smash!"
"Crash!"
An electrified beam of golden energy went racing towards the fuchsia haired woman.
"RINI!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Serena screamed as she ran from the woods and jumped in front of Black Lady, taking the entire blast straight on.
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Serena hadn't left her room since she came back from the future. At least, that's what she wanted everyone to think. She spent most of her days in bed. After everyone
went to sleep she would sneak out her bedroom window to search the streets for Rini since, it was easiest to feel people's presence's while they sleep. Once she had thought
she felt the girl, but the feeling wasn't the same as Rini's, it was twisted somehow. Serena sighed and rolled over. 3:00, that means school just got out. I wonder if the Scouts are having a meeting today. They haven't talked to me about it, not that I want them to. Those idiots! If they hadn't made me come home, I wouldn't have to worry about my
parents breathing down my neck all day. I could have found Rini by now! Hey, who's that? Serena sat up at the sound of a familiar voice. That sound's like Mina! What is that brat doing here?!?! Serena got up and cracked her door open so that she could spy with one eye.
"I'm sorry, Mina," Serena's mother said in an apologetic tone, "Serena doesn't want to see anyone right now."
"I understand. How has she been doing?"
"Not well. She's in her room all day and rarely leaves her bed. She's moody and edgy and won't eat much either. I didn't have the heart to send her to school while she's like this."
"I understand. Thank you Mrs.Tuskino. I really should be leaving now, I'm meeting the girls today."
"No problem. Maybe you could bring them over one day to try and cheer her up. You are all so close, it might do her some good to see you."
"That's a good idea. I'll talk to everyone about it. Goodbye!" Mina walked away and Mrs. Tuskino closed the front door. She looked towards Serena's bedroom with a sigh and walked back to the kitchen.
Good thing I moved before she saw me. So, Mina was worried, Isn't that sweet. Serena thought sarcastically as she moved back to her bed and sat down. I wonder why they are meeting without me? After all, I *am* their leader. Maybe I should go spy on them, see what's so important that they couldn't tell me. Serena went to her closet and put on a pair of shoes then moved to her window and climbed down the tree that was outside of it.
Serena reached the temple in about 10 minutes, shortly after Mina came. She felt a strange presence about the temple, but ignored it when the meeting started. She was
annoyed at the topic of conversation and didn't appreciate being talked about behind her back. She thought Amy's out burst was hilarious, and Darien's sorrowful expression was
to die for. The group was starting to move inside and Serena was heading towards a window when Black Lady introduced herself.
Black Lady, huh? Well, let her take care of them. They told me that *I* couldn't transform, so I guess that they don't need *my* help. Serena edged closer to the courtyard to get a better view but stopped when the presence that she had felt earlier hit her like a ton of bricks. The presence has intensified! It must be coming from Black Lady!! It's strange, she feels familiar, like I've met her before. But who could she be? As Serena was pondering this, she had moved into the bushes to the left of Black Lady, that way she would have the best view of the scene. She looked at the Scout's faces and then turned to get a good look at Black Lady. That's when her identity hit Serena. RINI??? That's RINI!! Oh my God! What's Jupiter and Venus doing?! Serena watched in horror as the two Scouts powered up for their attacks. Doesn't Darien realize who he's fighting!! Why isn't he stopping those idiots! No, those stupid fools!! I have to stop them!
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"Rini, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Serena made a mad dash for Black Lady, knocking her out of the way and letting the blast fall to herself, protecting Rini, just as she did when Diamond attacked days earlier.
"Serena!!" Came the collective cry from the group. They all crowded around her asking tons of questions and completely forgetting that Black Lady was only feet away.
"Get off of me you morons! Do you realize what you almost did!!! Can't you tell who that is! Are you that dense!" She said this remark while glaring at Darien. Black
Lady was practically in shock.
Why did she do that?! Wise Man said that she didn't care! If she didn't care, then why did she save me?! I was just going to repel the attack. I can't believe she saved me! Black Lady turned her attention to the Scouts and Serena. Serena was desperately trying to free herself of the arms that tried to hug her and the questions that wouldn't stop. "Serena's right, you are a bunch of morons!! Do you honestly think that that blast was going to harm me? I'm *so* much stronger than you will *ever* be. I was simply waiting for the blast to get close enough to repel it. However, seeing Serena get hurt was definitely a plus to my day!" Black Lady picked herself up from off the ground and started levitating about 6 feet above the group as she said this.
"Rini, don't you understand? I did that because I love you! You're the only person that I care about! I've been searching for you for days! I was so worried about you! What
happened? Did Diamond do this to you? When I get my hands on that jerk he'll wish he was never born!" Serena started cracking her knuckles as she thought of giving Diamond his just desserts.
"Serena's acting nuts! What's wrong with her?!" Artemis whispered to Luna. The cats were towards the back of the group, staying out of the way and observing the situation as it played out.
"It must be the negative energy. Half of her life energy is now negative, and Black Lady's energy is probably enhancing it." Luna explained, looking towards Amy who was
discretely taking readings of both princesses.
"You don't care about me! You're lying! You're just trying to trick me into coming back to you! You don't love me! You don't care about me! I hate you!" Black Lady
screamed, although it seemed as if she was trying to convince herself instead of Serena.
"Rini, you can't mean that! I love you, you're my daughter! I've always loved you and I always will!" Serena said, tears in her eyes at the thought of losing the one person that she still cared about.
"That's not true! Wiseman told me what you did! He let me see what you truly thought of me! AND MY NAME IS BLACK LADY! RINI IS DEAD!" Black Lady quickly teleported away, leaving a stunned Serena behind.
Crushed, Serena sunk to her knees and started sobbing. Not loud, Serena sobs, quiet, painful ones.She hates me! I can't believe she hates me! I tried to save her, I truly
did! Why does she hate me?!?!
Raye, taking pity on her friend's state, decided to try and comfort her. She kneeled down next to Serena to let her know she wasn't alone. "Serena, I'm so sor-"
"Don't even start Raye!" Serena cut her off and stood up quickly. "Don't even tell me that you're sorry. Don't tell me you'll be there for me. Don't tell me this will all
work out." Serena looked from face to face as her tears kept rolling from her eyes. "This is your fault! All of you are to blame! If you had stopped Diamond in the first place,
Rini wouldn't have been captured. If you had let me search for her right when we came back, I could have stopped her transformation. NOW SHE HATES ME!!!!!! YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS! DON'T *EVER* SPEAK TO ME AGAIN!!!!" Serena ran from the
temple as fast as she could.
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Black Lady materialized in her office and sat down heavily in her cushioned desk chair. She didn't know who to believe. Wise man said that Serena hated me, but Serena
said that she still cared. She acted like she still cared, she took that blast head on. While drowning in her confusion, Black Lady's phone rang. "Hello?"
"Black Lady?"
"Prince Diamond! What can I do for you?!"
"Come to my office, now."
"Yes sir." She hung up the phone and teleported to the Prince.
"You wanted to see me, my Prince?"
"Yes, please sit down." He continued as she did so. "What happened today? There are no Sailor Scouts in the holding cells, yet you have already returned. Why!?"
"OH! You don't have a thing to worry about Prince Diamond! This isn't what I expected to happen, but it'll work out to our advantage. You see, Serena still has the crystal. To get it, and her, all we have to do is……."
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Hola!
How's everyone doing? I don't think my last chapter got put on the main page w/ the rest of the new stories. My friend Tasha (READ HER STORY!!! It's at moonromance.net!!) thought that maybe as part of the site's new plan to keep the server from crashing they were only updating every few chapters. Anywho, a new chapter can never hurt. ^_^ if I don't get some reviews, I'll assume that it didn't get posted again, and I'm going to start e-mailing people who have written reviews in the past. Sound good? Well, hope that you enjoyed the story so far. This was my favorite chapter to write. It's different, it was really fun to write. Let me know what you guys think, I love reviews!! And I have my address at the top of the page, so feel free to drop me an e-mail.
'Til next time!
Eowyn *^_^*