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"She is so mysterious." Haruka said looking over at Rachell. They were having
one of their daily chats. "No she's not, she is just shy, but I think she is starting to trust
us." Rachell said. "You like her don't you?" Haruka asked. Rachell looked over at
Haruka wide eyed. "Don't deny it, I can see that dazzled look in your eyes." Haruka said
looking into Rachell's eyes. Rachell blushed and stared at the ground. "I can tell she likes
you too." Haruka added. Rachell looked up at her immediately. "It's true, I see that she
has only opened up to you and only you." Haruka leaned over and whispered into Rachells
ear. "Tell her." and she walked out of the room. Rachell looked
down at Jades sketchbook and picked it up and walked towards Jades room.

Jade searched through her closet. "Where is it?" she asked herself. She crawled on
the ground and into her closet. "There you are!" she crawled back out of her closet.
Before she got up in front of her someones feet were there. "Young lady, would you
please stop crawling on the ground like an animal." Serenity said in her motherly tone.
"Uhh, yes m'am." Jade said picking herself off the ground. "Excuse me, Queen Serenity,
may I please speak to Jade in private?" Rachell said standing at the door. "Sure, I will
leave you two alone." Serenity said walking out the door closing it with a soft click.

"Jade, I need to tell you something." Rachell said while sitting on Jades bed. Jade
held the object in her hand behind her back and sat down. Before Rachell could speak,
beautiful music was heard from the object that was in Jades hand. Rachell tried to look
behind her to see what it was but Jade stood up to quickly for her to see anything.

"It's never played before." Jade said holding the object close to her. Rachell stood
up and walked over to Jade. "What is that?"she asked. Jade held out the object for
Rachell to see. In Jades hand was a small locket in the shape of a star. Mixed colors of
black and gray were covering the locket. It had silver sparkles covering at five points on
the back, drawing out a pentacle. From inside there was a silver crescent moon circleing
around a dark blue bead with gold sparkles on it. From inside a melody was playing,
similiar to that of Serena's locket, but in a more gloomy yet nice way.

"It's beautiful, it looks just like Serena's star locket, but in a more mysterious kind
of way. Where did you get it from?" Rachell asked. "It's called the silver locket, my
mother told me that it will only play when I am face to face alone with my soul mate."
Jade finished off and gasped. She looked up at Rachell and backed up. "Jade, please
don't run away, there is something I need to tell you." Rachell said sitting back down.
Jade sat down next to her and looked into Rachell's eyes. "Jade, you already know what I
am going to say, about the locket, its true, my love for you is more than anything in the
world." Rachell said taking Jades hand in hers. Jade looked up at her with tears falling
from her eyes. She stood up and walked on the balcony. She sat on the edge of the
railing but did not jump off this time.

Rachell stood at the door of the balcony and watched Jade in her thinking. When
she saw tears falling from Jades face she walked over to her, and wiped her tears away.
"Tears do not suite your beauty." Rachell said lifting Jades chin up. Jade fell into Rachells
arms still crying. Rachell just held Jade in her arms and brushed her fingers through Jades hair.
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Jade sat on the edge of the lake once more. It was raining again, and she didn't
wish to go back inside, even if she is risking getting yelled at by Serenity. Jade held her
locket in her hand, trying to figure out what exactly was going on with it. "Why does it
play when I am around Rachell, do I love her? I just can't understand this." Jade
whispered to herself. She placed the locket on a rock next to her, and put her feet in the
water. After a few minutes Jade jumped in, not noticing people were watching her.

"Why is that girl always in the rain, doesn't she ever get cold?" Mina asked the
others still watching Jade swimming. "She likes the rain, and the water, shes not a bad
swimmer." Michiru said gazing at Jade. Haruka looked over at Michiru and rolled her
eyes. "Rachell, what did you say to her, she is more queit and solitary than before, as if
she is deciding something." Haruka questioned. "I think she is, but I don't know what she
is thinking Haruka so I just don't know what is wrong with her lately." Rachell said.

Jade climbed on a tall rock out of the water. She shook her hair playfully. "You
know, spying on people is not very polite!" she yelled out. All the senshi that were hiding
behind the bushes all jumped up. "Hello Jade!" they all said with embarrassed looks on
their faces. Jade didn't smile and just turned around and stared into the water. She heard
the others all walk up from behind, and sit down. "Sorry Jadey, we didn't mean to disturb
you, we are all just worried about you." Michiru apologizing, being followed by everyone
else. Jade turned away from them once more, then felt a hand on her shoulder. "Jade, we
all know that you are a very solitary and lonely, we just want you to let loose and have a little
fun for once." Rei said gently to Jade.

Jade stood up and began to walk away again. Mina stood up, "It's not like loosing
your family is the end of the world, it doesn't even seem like you even appreciated all you had, so
lighten up and let everything go." Mina fell to the ground quickly after feeling Jades fist
punching her in the jaw. "Don't you ever mock what I am feeling inside, you have no clue what
I am feeling, so just shutup!." Jade yelled and just stood there. Mina looked up at Jade clenching
her jaw. She stood up, and walked over close to
Jade. Jade pointed at the side of her face, "Right here Mina, I know you want to hit me, so just
get it overwith." Jade said looked Mina straight in the eyes. The others all watched in astonishment.
"You asked for it." Mina said and stepped back a bit.

Jade felt herself being thrown to the ground by Mina. She stood back up and
looked over at Mina again. Mina glared at Jade and punched her hard in the eye, making a
cut on her eyebrow. Blood fell down Jades face quickly, but she stood up again. Mina
once again punched her in the jaw, causing her to fall down again. "Fight back Jade!" Mina yelled.
Jade stood up again now with her lip cut. Mina was about to lunge at Jade again but was held back
by Haruka and Rachell. "Mina thats enough, now leave her alone." Michiru said. Jade looked over
at Mina, "I hope you enjoyed taking your anger out on me, next time I might fight back."Jade
replyed and walked away.

Jade ran off into the Crystal Tower into her room. She looked in her mirror to see
the damage. There was a thin line of blood trailing down her face from the deep cut above
her eyebrow. There was even more blood that had come from her lip. She walked out on
the balcony and sat on the ground in the corner. A few minutes later she walked into her bathroom
and cleaned up the blood, and fell asleep on the edge of her bed.
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Jade awoke to a beautiful morning. She sat up, and walked over to her closet,
grabbing a pair of black baggy jeans, and a black tube top. After she changed, she put on
her ankle boots. Then grabbed her black blouse and walked out of her room.

As Jade was walking out of her room, she ran into Hotaru. She was wearing black
clothing as well. "Hey Jadey, you know, I suggest you be careful not to run into Serenity,
she will kill you for that top you are wearing." Hotaru warned. Jade looked down at
her clothing, "Don't worry about me, if I see her, I can run." Jade replyed and giggled.
She put her black blouse on and walked into the rose gardens with Hotaru. Of course, the
other senshi were already awake. Hotaru walked over and sat by Haruka and Michiru.
Jade looked around and then walked over by the fountain and sat down there alone.

"Hey Jade, we are going to the training facility to fight against eachother, care to
join us?" Haruka asked. "Sure, I need the practice." Jade replyed and raced Makoto to
the training room.

"No way, I am not fighting Jade, I will get my royal butt kicked." Mina said sitting
down. "Hey Jade, I will fight you, do you accept?" Haruka challenged. Jade stood up,
"As you wish." Jade replyed. "Dead Star Crystal Power, Make Up!" "Uranus Planet
Power, Make Up!" "This will be good, I wonder who is gonna win." Makoto said.

Sailor Uranus looked over at Jade and smiled. "Uranus World Shaking!" The
powerful attack flew out of Uranus' hands and nearly collided into Dead Star. Dodging
the attack skillfully, Dead Star jumped in the air, "Heres a move none of you have seen."
she said and smiled. "Super Nova!" Waves of energy surged out of Dead Star's hands,
and knocked Uranus back only a little. "It's not that easy." Uranus replyed and charged at
Dead Star, plowing her fist into Dead Star's gut. Dead Star had dropped to her knees
gasping for air. She looked up at Uranus, who was about to throw another punch. Before
Uranus' eyes Dead Star had dissapeared. She looked around. "Behind you!" Michiru
yelled. Uranus whirled around and caught a glimpse of Dead Stars fist driving into her
jaw, causing her to fall to the ground.

Dead Star put her hands in front of her and the scythe appeared in her hands.
"Having fun Uranus?" she asked as a beam of light appeared at the end of her weapon,
forming a blade. Uranus pulled herself from off the ground and out of nowhere the 'space
sword' appeared in the air. Uranus grabbed it and lunged at Dead Star. She slashed at
Dead Star, but it was blocked. Uranus stood back and smiled evily. "Space Sword
Blaster!" she yelled and threw her space sword at Dead Star.

Dead Star looked up at the attack coming toward her, and the sword drove into
her stomach. She screamed and fell to her knees. "Uranus..." she whispered as the outers
all walked over to her. Uranus pulled her sword out of Dead Star immediately. "Oww..
creep that hurt." she said gasping for air. She pulled herself up shortly after. "I don't give up
easily Uranus, and if the rest of you care to join her thats fine with me." Dead Star said
smiling.

Dead Star stepped back, and placed her hands together. "Super Nova!" she yelled
out and great amounts of energy flew out of her hands, knocking all the senshi to the
ground. Dead Star breathed in deeply, "Warning, I can control how much energy I put
into that attack." The outers all looked up at Dead Star, and attacked at the same time.
"Uranus World Shaking!" "Neptune Deep Submerge!" "Pluto Deadly Scream!" "Silence
Glaive Surprize!" The attacks all tossed towards Dead Star, moments before the attacks
neared her, Dead Star dissapeared before the senshi's eyes once again. They all looked
around frantically.

A crackling sound could be heard from above, and they all looked up immediately.
A small device was in the air, and before they knew it, an energy wall surrounded them,
and they were shocked until they fell to the ground. Dead Star called off her attack and
landed gracefully on the ground. The senshi all looked up at Dead Star. She was
breathing hard and leaning against her scythe. Uranus was the first to recover and stood
up and walked over to Dead Star. "Nice move, next time don't pour out all your energy."
Uranus informed her. Dead Star looked up at Uranus and smiled, "Never let your guard
down."

Uranus looked down at Dead Star wide eyed and fell to the ground after feeling
shockwaves running through her body. The others all watched on while still laying on the
ground. Dead Star smiled and walked out of the training facility.

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"Jade, how is it that you are so strong?"Rachell asked. "I have been training all
my life, so my powers are extremely high, thats why I was able to fight you all at once."
Jade replyed. Haruka and Michiru sat next to the two young girls. "Hey Jadey, whats
up?" Haruka asked. Jade smiled at her, "I'm good, are those shockwaves out of your
system yet?" she mocked. Haruka raised her eyebrow and laughed. "Almost, I can still
feel the energy flowing through me." Haruka added. Jade looked down at the lake water
her feet were wading in. She smiled remembering her fight earlier that day. "Jade, I need
to fight you again sometime, no one hardly ever beats me." Haruka said grinning. "We'll
see." Jade replyed.

Haruka scooted closer to Jade and wrapped her arm around Jade's shoulder. "Cheer up
will you?" she asked. Jade had a devilish gleam in her eyes as she grabbed Haruka's arm
and threw her into the lake. "Hows that for cheering up, huh Haruka?" Jade replyed
leaning against a rock. Rachell and Michiru were laughing hysterically in the background.
Haruka glared at Jade and pulled her in as well. Jade ducked underwater before Haruka
could reach her once again, and grabbed onto one of Haruka's ankles. She pulled Haruka
underwater swiftly. When Haruka finnaly managed to get to surface, Jade was swimming
a few feet away from her. Michiru and Rachell had joined in and both dunked Haruka at
the same time. "Hey, why am I the one that is getting picked on?" she pouted. Everyone
looked over to the direction Jade was swimming and all followed her. "Get back here
short one." Haruka yelled. The trio was following Jade out of the water and chased her
into the gardens.

As Jade passed a few rose bushes, she slowed down and came to a stop in the
middle of the gardens. She gasped for air and sat down to catch her breath. It was night
now and the moon was shining brightly. She breathed in the cool night air and smiled. At
that moment three crazy women had tackled Jade to the ground. Haruka had Jade by the
arms and pulled her up and put her in a head lock. Jade squirmed around but couldn't get
out of Haruka's grasp. "Gotcha, alright ladies, what shall we do to her?" Haruka asked
mockingly. Michiru looked over at Rachell and back at Haruka. Jade looked around at
the three and quickly slipped out of Haruka's grasp. She stepped a few feet away from
the others and giggled. "I guess I can get away huh?" she chocked out between her
giggling. "Your going down Jade." Rachell called out and sent Jade running.

Jade raced into the palace and up the flight of stairs with Haruka, Michiru, and
Rachell following close behind. She passed by all the inners and out the back palace
doors. She jumped up into one of the trees and sat there for a while. She gasped for air
but held her breathe as the outers finnaly came out the back door. "Where did she go?"
Michiru asked. Haruka sat down and replyed, "Lets wait here, she can't be to far and
shouldn't be out long." Michiru and Rachell nodded and sat down near Haruka.

At that moment Jade jumped from her perch in the tree on top of the three women.
Putting Haruka in a difficult armlock, Jade looked at Michiru and Rachell then laughed.
She released Haruka and leaned against a tree. "You would be amazed at how sneaky I
am." she whispered.

"Ladies, get inside right this moment, you shouldn't be outside in those wet
clothes." Serenity yelled out. Michiru winced at Serenitys shrill voice, then laughed. Jade
ran inside after catching the look Haruka and Rachell were giving her. "Get back here
Jade!" They both yelled at once and the chase continued. They ran right past Serenity and
ignored her calls to come back. "Serenity, I say leave them be, Jade is having a little fun
for once." Michiru said watching everyone dissapear down a hallway. Serenity just
watched and giggled. "It reminds me of when you girls were young, always running
around here, pulling pranks on eachother. Watching you girls grow up was great, now that
Jade is here, you all can watch her grow up from her teens." Serenity said then smiled.
Michiru smiled at Serenity then walked off to her room. "Gotta go, by the time they catch
her they will probably bring her to my room for our own little punishment.

Jade was panting. Sweat was dripping from her eyebrow. Before she knew it
Haruka put her in a head lock and Rachell grabbed a hold of her legs. "Hey man, thats not
right, let me go." Jade cryed. Haruka just laughed as she and Rachell dragged Jade off to
Michiru's room.

Michiru was sitting at the end of her bed when she heard a knock on her bedroom
door. "Come in!" she yelled out. Rachell came in first holding onto Jades legs followed
by Haruka. Rachell and Haruka let go of Jade and fell to the floor hard. Jade crossed her
arms and just stared at the ceiling looking like a child. Haruka and Michiru giggled at the
sight. "Yea, yea, you had your fun." Jade snapped. Haruka fell to the ground laughing.
Jade stood up and looked at Haruka. A sparkle was in her eyes when she tackled Haruka.
That starting a little wrestling match between the two. Michiru and Rachell watched on
while giggling.

Haruka got a hold of Jade and pinned her to the ground. Jade gasped for air then
pushed Haruka off of her. "Having fun?" Jade nodded. "Its about time we got to see your
beautiful smile." Rachell said. Jade blushed a few shades of red, but covered it up with her
hair.

At that moment an explosion was heard from outside. The outers ran out to the
balcony. A tall woman dressed in all black was standing a few feet away from them in the
air. She looked over and spotted the one she was sent to kill. Jade gasped once she saw
her enemy. "Katerina?" Katerina dissapeared before the scouts eyes.

A buzzing sound was heard from above. When they looked up an energy wave
sent Jade flying away from them about twenty feet, and an energy field surrounded them.
Shocking them to keep them in.

Katerina appeared in front of Jade and smiled evily. Jade stood up immediately.
"My dear sister, I have finnaly found you. Sadly only to kill you." she said then laughed.
"Dead Star Crystal Power, Make Up!" Dead Star stood in front of Katerina. "So I see you
still might have some power left, its still a small fraction of my power though." Katerina
mocked. Dead Star looked up at her in anger. "You are my sister, I thought you were
dead along with everyone else and the enemy. I can see I was wrong, but I will still fight
to the death." Dead Star yelled. "To the death yes, you will be dead soon, and I shall
leave this place unharmed." Katerina informed. Dead Star just glared at her. She glanced
over at the outers all trapped. Then caught a glimpse of the others running towards them.

"I don't think so, no one shall interfere with this battle." Katerina said while
placing a strong energy field over the others. A massive amount of energy formed in her
hand and it flew out at Dead Star. Dead Star quickly called upon her scythe. She grabbed
it quickly and knocked the energy to the skys. "So you have been training I see, usually
you are out for a week not being able to knock that attack away." Katerina shouted.

Dead Star glared at her, "You won't win this, not in this life." she yelled and
dissapeared. Katerina smiled and turned around quickly and punched at the air. At first it
hit nothing, then Dead Star hit the ground. She stood up quickly and wiped the blood
from her lips. Katerina smiled and shot more energy at Dead Star, this time hitting her.
Dead Star flew back and hit a wall. Her body crumbled to the ground. Katerina laughed
evily at the sight of her sister in pain. "You never did like me." Dead Star said wincing in
pain when she stood up. She looked up at Katerina and smiled. "Super...Nova!" massive
amounts of energy shot out of Dead Stars hands. Katerina gasped at the power coming
from Dead Star and just barely dodged it. She looked up through the dust in the air and
spotted Dead Star with her hands in front of her while breathing hard. "You finnaly
learned how to use more energy in that attack." Katerina said.

Katerina dissapeared and appeared behind Dead Star, kneeing her in the back, then
roundhousing Dead Star in the head. Katerina transported in front of Dead Star. She
grabbed Dead Star by her bow and punched her in the jaw, cutting it once again. She let
Dead Star fall to the ground then kicked her in the stomach and face until blood spilled out
of her mouth. Katerina threw Dead Star in the air and shot an energy wave sending her
flying. Dead Star cried in pain as she hit the wall and fell to the ground next to where the
outers were trapped. She looked over at them and smiled. "Dead Star get out of here,
your gonna get killed." Uranus yelled out. Dead Star shook her head and summoned her
scythe. She grabbed it and pulled herself to her feet.

"Not giving up yet I see, well then, shall we continue?" Katerina asked. Dead Star
smiled and transported in front of her sister. Katerina gasped as she felt Dead Star's fist
slam hard into her gut. She fell to her knees, breathing hard. "You still beleave that my
power is as low as it was when we were young, it will be your downfall." Dead Star
informed while uppercutting Katerina in the jaw, followed by another roundhouse to her
side. Dead Star frowned at the sight of her sister standing up, and looking on with anger
in her eyes. Katerina cracked her neck a little and grinned at her little sister. "Super
Nova!" she yelled out as great amounts of energy surged through her body and shot at
Dead Star.

As the dust cleared Katerina looked towards her target with a smile on her face. It
went away quickly. Dead Star stood in front of her with her scythe held in front of her
and an energy field surrounding her body. "Now, now, don't forget the fact that mother
taught me a lot more attacks and techniques then you know of." Dead Star assured while
releasing her Star field. She walked towards Katerina then quickly grabbed a hold on
Katerina's wrist. "Dead Shock!" she yelled as electricity flew through her hands into
Katerina's body. She let go of her sisters wrists and let her fall to the ground. The only
sounds that could be heard was Katerina shouting threats at her younger sister as she
stood up. "You will pay for being born!" she yelled as she shot black lightning bolts at
Dead Star making a direct hit every time. The sound of Dead Star crashing into a wall
could be heard a mile away. The only sounds that could be heard after was Dead Star's
crys in pain as Katerina lodged a dagger through her stomach. The wall Dead Star
crashed into was right next to where the outers were all trapped.

Katerina plunged the dagger into her sisters body once again, being greatly pleased
at the screams coming from the young girls throat. Dead Star's eyes glazed over as she
looked over at the energy field her friends were encased in. Uranus had out her space
sword and was trying to break through the wall. The last thing she saw before she
blacked out was the energy field exploding and Sailor Suns eyes filled with rage.

As Katerina placed her dagger up to Dead Star's throat, she was blasted twenty
feet away. There stood Sailor Sun, her eyes black as ever and the look of death spread
across her face. She looked down at Dead Star and picked her up in her arms easily. She
handed her over to Pluto and turned to Katerina.

Katerina lunged at Sun, but was knocked back with a slick jab to her eye. She
held her face with one hand and looked over at Sun. A double-bladed dagger appeared in
front of Sailor Sun. She grabbed it and transported in front of Katerina, and slashed her
sides. Katerina stumbled back, then looked up at Rachell, who glared back. "You will
understand now what it is like to be the weaker species. Enjoy the wrath of the Sun, and
I hope your trip to hell is overwhelming." Sailor Sun yelled as four 6 inch blades emerged from
both her fists. She walked to Katerina slowly, and on both sides of her neck, had sliced 2 inch thick cuts.
Katerina fell to the ground after crying in agonizing pain, and died instantly.

Powering down and detransforming, Rachell walked over to where the others now
were at. Dead Star was back to her civilian form from the loss of energy. She was held
up by Haruka. Rachell walked over to her and smiled. "Thats the end of that, now Jadey,
who was that exactly?" she asked. "That was my older sister, Katerina." Jade said and stood up with Haruka holding her up.

"Hey, get us out of here, were kind of stuck." Sailormoon shouted from her prison with the inners. Jade jumped up on the small device and destroyed the energy field and fell to the ground on her feet. "Rachell?" she asked. "Yes?" Rachell replyed. "Catch me..." Jade said as she fainted and Rachell caught her before her body fell to the ground. (i know, this story is a bit odd but work with me here.)
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Hours later Jade awoke in her bedroom. She sat up and the first person she saw was Rachell. Jade scooted over to Rachell and rested her head on her shoulder. Rachell looked down at Jade as she spoke. "You showed all your energy just to save me..." Jade said. "I have my reasons, and I am sure you already know them." Rachell said and smiled down at Jade. "I love you." Jade replyed and slid closer to Rachell. Rachell just stood up and pulled Jade up with her. She pulled the young girl into her arms. Tilted up her chin, and kissed her lovingly, smiling after. "Ai shiteru Jade...."

~finish~