The Death Scout

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Disclaimer: I would own Sailor Moon if I had the money (And the creator would give up ownership), but I only have about $50 right now. In other words: I don't own Sailor Moon. Outer Moon, though is graciously being lent by my friend Princess Silver Serenity. The bad guys are mine and if you would like to use them please ask.

Chapter 5 – Plans and Changes

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The rest of that week and the following week, Sakura was completely cold toward all the girls who made up the scout group. When new monsters would attack, it seemed to the scouts that she was working with the other side.

During that time, Sailor Pluto had returned back to full health and sent Sailor Neptune to pay Sakura a visit.

"What do you want, Michelle?" Sakura stopped walking and turned slowly around, "Trista sent you because she's afraid to confront me, right?"

"Well, she was wondering what you're going to do."

"What do you mean?" Sakura's face became a scowl.

"I mean, are you going to help the scouts and stay, leave and go back to your own time? What?"

"Let me guess, Pluto wants me to stay and help them? Or for me to go visit myself and move here during this time?" Sakura's scowl deepened, "You can just tell her that I'll be doing whatever I want, and that if she wants more details, she can come and talk to me herself!" she calmly walked away.

"Trista won't be happy about this at all." Michelle whispered to herself after Sakura had left.

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"So what are we going to do about Miss 'I'll do what ever I want, even help your enemy if I want'?" Raye asked Trista.

"I don't know." Trista sighed.

"Can't you just pluck her out of time and put her wherever you want?" Amy said, "You've done it before."

"Only…Queen Serenity, that's it!! Time Gate, Open!" Trista opened a portal to the time gate, stepped through, became Sailor Pluto and closed the portal.

"That was nice, come up with an idea and take off. Speaking of taking off, shouldn't Serena be back by now?" Lita remembered Serena.

"Scouts!" The girls heard Serena call from just outside the temple.

Everyone completed a quick transformation and raced outside, ready for a battle.

"Hahahaha…got ya!" Serena was almost rolling with laughter.

"You little…!" Raye yelled, "Mars Flame Explosion!"

Serena screamed and tried to duck. About three feet before Mars' attack was to reach Serena, an even bigger sphere of black energy enveloped Mars' attack and then both colors just vanished as if they had not even been there.

"You do NOT attack the princess when I am around!" Outer Moon's voice came from behind all the scouts.

"If you want to have a say in what we do, you have to be a part of the team!" Sailor Jupiter called back.

"Sorry, but that won't be happening!" Outer Moon called in reply to Jupiter's response, "But you will not have any more chances to hurt the princess with powers you can't completely control, any more!" Outer Moon snapped her fingers and disappeared along with Serena.

SERENA!! The scouts all screamed in unison.

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"Where are we?" Serena looked around her.

"What will be my place when I am old enough to have a place of my own. You stay here," Outer Moon pointed to a couch, "I'll be right back. You can watch TV if you want.

"What-"

"Save the questions for later." Outer Moon pushed a button on her wristwatch and was gone.

"Cool! Let's see what there is to snack on." Serena raided Sakura's kitchen before sitting down on the couch and turned the TV on.

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"Trista, they almost killed her! And just because she was playing a little joke on them! And aren't you supposed to be at the time gate?"

"So how will her staying with you help matters any? And I locked the time gate. Nothing can get through it at the moment"

"I can work with Serena. Train her to react faster. It will keep her alive when the others attack her and in case a monster attacks when she's not ready."

"Why not work with all of them on control and everything else?"

Sakura answered Trista with a glare that said, 'You know the answer to that!'

"You'll just be putting it off, and you know that." Trista replied simply, "Want some tea?"

"No thanks." Sakura sat down across the room from Trista, "After the dispute we had, there is no way they would cooperate, even if I was willing to help them now. And Queen Serenity can't change that at all. Why'd you send her over?"

"To get you to cooperate."

"Well, she can't change what I'm going to do!"

"So what really brought you here? I know your excuse 'to receive your permission about this' is false. I know you don't care if I approve or not about what you do. Is it because you don't want to have to bother with them after your little 'dispute'?" Trista asked for the millionth time.

"Fine. I want your 'permission' as a way to keep Serena there and the scouts away. And, yes, they would like to know, and I'm not going to talk to them." Sakura admitted, "And so that I don't have to 'hurt' you again."

"Oh, yes. What was that for anyway?"

"Fun…" Sakura appeared to think for a moment, "…and revenge."

"For what?" Trista was uneasy with the smug look on Sakura's face.

"For trying to make me work with those sniveling, sailor scout wanna-bes. I'll work with Serena, she's my princess. I'll work with the outer scouts if necessary. But I WILL NOT work with the inner scouts cooperatively! There is too big a chance that someone will get hurt and I will be blamed for it." Sakura stood up a and started off, "Oh. Do I have your 'permission' and cooperation?" Sakura stopped halfway to the door.

"No more then three months and yes. I will be there myself to pick her up."

"You'll get her if she is ready." Sakura left.

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