Digital Moon- Chapter 5

Author: Hey, guys! Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry for taking so long! You wouldn't believe how crappy things have been lately. Troubles with some friends and my parents gave me an HOUR long lecture after I got a 79.9% in my English class. Not to mention the fact that Internet use time has now been restricted. ANYWAY! A thanks to koneko for that review. I know it's a little rushed… I'll try to work on that. And sorry if I come off sounding like a total idiot. But that's just me! And I'm damned proud of it! As for the sugar references, I'm totally addicted. Sugar rules my every thought and action. Iden, thanx for your sympathy. Julius Caesar IS a truly evil play. Dou'sTenshi, before I read your review I was actually planning on Serena getting back with Darien. Can you believe it?! And I want to thank everyone else who reviewed. You guys are amazing! *sniffle* I feel so luved! I think I'll shut up and let you read the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. I do not like green eggs and ham. Just call me Sam I Am!

***Park***

The DigiDestined were making sure they had everything they would need, while Serena relaxed under a tree. She looked up as Tai sat down beside her. "You all right?" he asked, but the only answer was a nod. "Listen, Serena," Tai sighed, "I know this has gotta be hard for you. But don't let 'em get to ya. We care. And we're right here for you."

"Thank you," whispered Serena. Tai smiled and gave her a quick hug before he went to help the others finish packing.

***Behind the Temple***

"What the hell is going on?! Why the hell did you call this meeting, Trista?" asked Raye. The raven-haired priestess had changed very little in the past four years. Though she was no longer Sailor Mars, Raye still had a fiery temper and tended to get jealous when other girls looked at her boyfriend, Darien.

"Calm down," Amy sighed. "I'm sure Trista has a good reason to ask us to meet her." Now in university to become a doctor, Amy had let her blue hair grow out and wore it in a long braid that hung down her back.

In an attempt to lighten the mood, Lita spoke up. "Why don't we eat? I have all these leftovers from class!" The slightly boy-crazed brunette had been accepted into one of Japan's finest cooking schools and often shared her homework with her friends.

Mina giggled as she grabbed at a plate of cookies. "Don't mind if I do!" She hadn't changed a bit. Mina had an occasional modeling job or a gig singing at one of the local nightclubs. Her spare time (and there was a lot of it) was spent stalking the male population of Tokyo.

Darien nibbled on a muffin as he carelessly threw an arm around Raye. He had really buffed-up in the last little while. Sometimes it seemed as though Darien's ego had grown along with his muscles. And yet his female patients continued to swoon all-over him. "I still wanna know why we're here," he said as he glanced towards the Outers. Those four girls made him uncomfortable. He knew they wanted nothing more than to put him in the hospital for a month. Darien flinched as Amara glared at him.

"Just shut up," she said coldly. "You'll see." Amara was an extremely famous racer and traveled the world competing.

"Jeez! Can't a guy ask a question?"

Before Amara could deck the Earth Prince, Michelle laid a delicate hand upon her shoulder. "Calm down," she said quietly. Michelle often toured with Amara, though her violin and painting supplies always managed to find a way into her luggage.

"She's right," Hotaru nearly whispered. "We should just relax." Since she didn't talk much, everyone listened when she did. After the battle with Pharaoh 90, Hotaru had returned to infancy. But she had soon begun to grow at an unusual rate and it was decided that Hotaru would move in with Amara and Michelle as their "other" cousin. By all accounts, Hotaru was now 16 and had a sort of mysterious beauty about her.

No one said anything for the next few minutes. Each was lost in their own thoughts… and nervous about what might be happening. Mina was starting to wonder if her butt was going to go numb if she sat much longer, when Trista smiled and stood. "They're here," she declared.

Everyone rose and turned to look in the same direction as Trista. "What the hell?!" muttered Darien. Off in the distance, they could see several… things headed towards them. Because of the distance, and the fact that the sun was shining in their eyes, one couldn't be sure as to the size of the approaching (and airborne) objects.

After a minute, they realized that there were eleven very different things that resembled monsters aiming for them. It was Amy who put a voice to everyone's thoughts. "There appear to be humans riding upon those… thingys." There were echoes of, "Thingys?!" all around. "And you have a better adjective or noun for them?" Amy asked with a smirk.

"Actually," Trista corrected, "I believe the word you are searching for is 'Digimon'."

"A WHAT?!" screeched Mina. "What the hell ya talking 'bout Trista?"

There was a sigh from the Guardian of Time. "A Digimon. It's short for Digital Monster."

"I don't get it," Mina replied in typical blond fashion.

Another sigh, "Digimon come from the Digital world. A sort of parallel dimension. The group you are about to meet protects the Digital World and keeps evil Digimon out of our world. They each are paired up with a human child and have special abilities and powers." Trista continued her explanation, complete with holographic images of each Digimon, and within a few minutes everyone had an understanding of who the DigiDestined were and what they did.

"Okay," said Darien. "But why are they coming here?"

"You'll see." It was obvious no one was satisfied with her answer, but they didn't say anything. Everyone backed into the trees as the Digimon prepared to land.

There really were people on the Digimon; all seemed to be in their teens. Three of the creatures were carrying two people each and a boy with thick glasses and short blue hair was holding another Digimon. The first of the Digimon landed. A girl with long hair and glasses jumped to the ground. Then another figure landed beside her.

"Rini?!" screeched Darien. "What the? How the?!"

"Hello everyone!" Rini said. She then turned to the other girl. "Thanks for letting me ride with you, Yolei."

"You're welcome," Yolei replied.

One by one, the various Digimon landed. The last was a large orange dinosaur type creature. A boy jumped off then turned to help another person down. Though the last person wore a long coat with the hood covering the head, it was obviously a female. She walked towards the group with her head bent. Finally, she stopped right before the scouts.

"Well, I can honestly say I never thought I'd be here again," she said quietly. Then the girl lifted her head and the hood slid back.

"Serena!" exclaimed Darien and the ex-Inner Scouts.

"That's right. I'm back."

Author: Once again, I'm sorry that took so long. I wanted a longer chapter, but I felt I owed it to everyone to post this NOW! Some of you are probably wondering why Joe was riding with someone else. Don't forget his Digimon can't fly in ANY of its forms. And there are still questions as to how Rini can still exist. Trust me, it will all be answered later in the story. I have to warn you, I have no idea when the next chapter will be out. I barely have time to even sleep lately. And I'm going in for surgery on December 12. It's hard to write anything decent when you're on painkillers. Well, I'll see ya'll later! Please review!!!!!!!!!!