Sailor Moon
Ghosts of the past
A fanfiction by Jonathan Schmidt
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon so don't sue me. There I said it J
This series is based almost entirely on the dub which, despite its shortcomings, I prefer to the original. Judge the story by how well made you think it is not by whether I include those questionable aspects of the original. Try to regard it as a different reality and dimension. It takes place a few months after the end of the Stars season. Any question/comments? Email me at ashmidt@flash.net enjoy.
Text in italics are thoughts.
Text in Triangular Brackets is psychic or telepathic communication.
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Episode nine: Definition of a Friend. Identities Revealed!
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Michelle closed her eyes as she rested at the bottom of the pool. It had become her new favorite place. So quiet, so peaceful. Just her thoughts and the water around her, for as long as she desired. It felt very comforting. She smiled as a familiar image waved at her from the surface. With a thought she rose to the surface.
"Sorry to bother you," Mina said timidly then looked at Michelle curiously. "Hey, don't you get all wrinkly from being in there so long?"
Michelle looked at her smooth hands. "Surprisingly no. Not since my test."
"Well you always have been "Miss Perfect Hair and Skin" so I guess I shouldn't be surprised," Mina laughed. "Anyway the rest of us are going to have a meeting at the temple tomorrow and we wanted to know if you were coming along. I already asked Amara and she's coming."
"Well I can't very well say no then can I." Michelle smiled, "it will be good to get together again."
"Yeah and maybe we can finally find a way to finish Jedite for good."
"Completely defeated," Jedite spat as he watched scenes from the last battle. "Weeks of work destroyed in mere minutes."
The Negaforce's ominous presence hovered overhead. "We will go more slowly from now on. Gather the maximum amount of energy then attack when we are truly ready. If we are lucky we may rid ourselves of a few of the sailors in the process."
Jedite didn't seem to hear. "Even with all my new power they continue to easily defeat me. And with Sailor Pluto now in their ranks and all those new abilities we will be even less of a threat to them. I have to find something to give us some sort of advantage."
"I found it!" Mimet cried happily as she ran from her lab holding a small laptop.
Jedite glared at her in annoyance. "Found what you useless dolt."
Mimet ignored him and presented herself to the Negaforce. "Great Negaforce I have been using our technology to scan various parts of the universe for any valuable resources and I believe I've hit the jackpot."
"Explain," the Negaforce hissed.
Mimet shot Jedite a look of superiority. "While Jedite has been moping around from his last defeat I have discovered something that will make the Yuoma's we create much more durable against the scouts attacks. At the far end of this universe there is a meteor made of an extremely strong ore. If we got it and integrated that ore into the body structure of the Youmas it would be much harder for the scouts to destroy them. Of course it isn't a endless resource but still enough to make several powerful servants."
"Tell me exactly where it is!" Jedite demanded. "I will take it myself."
"If you really think you can teleport that far then here's the coordinates," she said handing him the laptop.
Jedite looked up at the blood red eyes of the Negaforce. "I will return with every bit of this ore within the day. Then we will set about destroying the scouts."
"After what happened last time I'm surprised to hear you say that," the Negaforce replied.
"Do not fear great Negaforce for if this ore is as strong as Mimet says the creature I am planning will have a trump card that will ensure our victory."
What's this? Serena thought to herself as she opened a letter attached to her locker. It's from Molly… "Serena we need to talk about something important. Please meet me outside after school." Serena activated her communicator. "Yeah Lita? Something's come up. I have to talk to Molly so I'll probably be a bit late for the meeting."
"Well that's nothing new," Lita laughed then looked at her in concern. "Do you think something's wrong?"
"I really don't know," Serena replied as she stared at the letter.
"I want to thank you for letting me stay here Doctor Tomoe," Trista said as she sipped some tea on the couch.
"Don't mention it," the white haired man replied kindly. "Hotaru loves having you around and we have plenty of room. In fact- ah!" He clutched his head, dropping the tea to the floor as he groaned in pain.
"Doctor Tomoe?" Trista said in concern as Hotaru came into the room.
"Daddy!" She ran up to him and gently laid him down on the couch as he breathed heavily and sweated. "You need to rest just stay there."
"Ho-Hotaru…" Tomoe said weakly. "Is that you?"
Hotaru took her fathers hand and caressed it against her face. "Yes daddy it's me. I'm right here."
Tomoe smiled slightly as he drifted into sleep. "Good… then everything is all right…"
"Daddy…" Hotaru laid his hand by his side.
Trista looked at her. "His attacks have gotten a lot worse since the last time I was here."
Hotaru nodded, "I just don't know how to explain it. We've done every test for every disease you can think of and he's not suffering from any of them. Every day it gets worse I don't know how much longer he'll…" she broke into tears. "I don't want to lose him!"
Trista held her gently. "I promise you Hotaru that won't happen."
Jedite smiled as he came upon the meteor, floating alone in the blackness of space. It was at least a hundred feet long and nearly as tall. He surrounded it with dark energy and disappeared, reappearing back in his base. Getting there and back had required little energy, simply some proper use of dimensional portals to get from one end of the universe to another.
The Negaforce spoke from the darkness. "Begin immediately."
Jedite nodded and raised his arms over the huge space rock that now lay in the main chamber. As his power surrounded it Jedite melted down the meteor then separated the ore. The liquid mass floated above the ground as he looked to Mimet.
Mimet motioned to pipe near the chamber leading to her laboratory. "This goes to a large storage unit in my lab. It should be big enough."
Jedite maneuvered the huge mass and sent it streaming down the pipe, leaving a bit still floating near him. He then turned his attention to the mound of organic material in the corner. He raised up a portion of it and molded it into the ore. He glanced at Mimet. "I hope you aren't expecting me to thank you though this was one of your better findings."
"I'm flattered," Mimet said sarcastically. "So, what are you making this time? I hope its better then that Bountyhunter creature. Uranus was able to beat it all by herself."
"Oh it is much better," Jedite said with a confident smirk as he molded the matter, "and its ligaments, muscles and weapon will be bonded to this ore."
The material at last formed its final shape and the new Youma stood before its master. It looked somewhat human but was huge, at least eight feet tall and very muscular. In its powerful hands it grasps the chain of a huge spiked mace. (It looks just like the huge pirate that Sazuka defeated in Outlaw Star.) It knelt down on one knee.
Jedite smiled even as he panted from the exertion of creating the creature. "Meet Juggernaut."
Mimet tossed her head as she walked off. "That's original…"
"Tell me Jedite, what about this creature makes it worth the massive amount of energy you just used to create it?"
"Do not fear great Negaforce. Juggernaut will most assuredly repay the energy he has costed us and more. His mace has great energy gathering capability but his main purpose will be to destroy Sailor Moon."
"Considering your past attempts perhaps a less imposing target would be more appropriate." The Negaforce sounded quite skeptical of Jedite's proposal.
"I have been keeping a close eye on her my master. Today she will be alone and some distance from her allies. Not to mention she will be with one of her civilian friends Molly. Keeping her identity a secret combined with protecting the human will make her more vulnerable. She will be easy prey."
Mimet listened with a spying device in her lab (like what she used to listen in on Tomoe). That fool. She smiled. It will be fun to watch him fail… again.
Serena strolled around a corner outside of school wondering what on Earth Molly wanted to talk about. Finally she spotted her standing under a nearby tree. She ran up to her panting. "Molly, there you are. So what did you-" she stopped speaking as she noticed how stoic Molly appeared.
Molly didn't meet Serena's eyes as she spoke slowly. "Serena… where were you that day those circus freaks covered the city in spider web?"
Serena smiled nervously. "Molly why are you asking something like that?"
"Just tell me."
Serena stumbled with her words. "I uh, I was with my family waiting for it all to blow over of course."
"Don't lie to me Serena!" Molly yelled, suddenly angry. "Where were you when Mugen School was destroyed?"
Serena didn't answer.
"And for that matter where were you when the whole city almost froze over because of those ice monsters?"
Serena was catching on. She sighed. "Molly… something tells me you already know where I was all those times."
Molly's voice was dead serious. "Then its true. You are Sailor Moon. And the other girls?"
Serena nodded.
Molly's eyes moistened. "I guess I should have seen it sooner. It all makes so much sense."
"Does Melvin know?"
"Yeah," she gave a struggled laugh. "You know how analytical he is. It was just a theory to him but he figured it out way before me. I didn't believe him for a long time… guess I didn't want to believe."
"Molly what's wrong. I hope you're not hurt that I kept this secret. All I wanted to do was protect you."
"No, it's not that… Serena…"
"Then what is it."
"I don't think we can be friends anymore."
Serena gasped.
Mina's eyes sparkled as she chewed a slice of chocolate cake. She turned to Trista, her face beaming with the happiness that only sweets can bring. "You have to try some of this cake its like heaven on my tongue!"
Even Trista couldn't help but sweatdrop at the ridiculously euphoric girl. "I think I'll pass."
Darien leaned back against the wall and looked at the cats. "So Luna, Artemis have you made any progress finding Jedite's base."
Luna sighed, "we haven't found a thing."
Artemis: "I just don't understand it our search technology is very advanced he shouldn't be able to hide like this."
"Perhaps the Negaforce knows all about our scanners the same way it knew all our identities…" Amy pondered.
"If so we may have to completely rethink our scanning methods from the beginning," Michelle said.
"My dad could help," Hotaru said then sighed sadly, "if only he was in his right mind…" Michelle put a hand on her shoulder.
Everyone was somber for a moment when the air was suddenly filled with the happy moaning of Mina as she put another piece of cake in her mouth. "Oh this cake is incredible!" Everyone sweatdropped.
A vein bulged on Raye's forehead. "Honestly will you forget about the stupid cake."
"But variety is the kite of life!" Mina beamed, stars in her eyes.
Amy sweatdropped, "that's "spice of life" and what on Earth does that have to do with anything!"
"Don't bother talking to her right now," Lita said, "she's on a sugar rush."
Amara smoothed back her yellowish hair; "anyway I think that as soon as we find out where Jedite's base is we attack it. Its obvious we have the power to beat him if we could just find the coward."
"I'd be careful underestimating Jedite," Luna warned. "He knows a lot about us and is quite cunning. Who knows what he may be capable of." The other nodded (Mina is dancing in the background with hearts around her and laughing insanely.)
Molly's eyes shook with emotion as she spoke. "You belong to a different world then me. I was listening in on one of your conversations once. One day you're going to be queen of the entire Earth. I always thought we might drift apart but not like this." A tear streamed down her face.
"Molly don't be silly. We're always going to be friends."
"You're being delusional Serena. You're something too incredible for me to understand and you'll go on to greater things then I could ever hope for. Ever since the sailors appeared we've been drifting apart. Sometimes its like I'm not even there… You belong with them, in that world. I can't be a part of your life forever. I'm just… human…"
Serena didn't quite know what to say. "You're willing to end our friendship just because I'm a little different from normal people?"
"No. I'm ending it now because I know it will happen anyway and I don't want either of us to get hurt more then we have to be. I've always valued your friendship and I'll always remember it but I can't cope with this. I want to live an ordinary life."
Serena took her hand. "Molly you're being ridiculous, let's talk about this."
Molly jerked away and ran, tears sparkling in the air behind her.
"Molly wait!" Serena took off after her, running through a dark alley before catching up to her on a large city street. Molly was standing completely still, her face shocked at the scene before her. Serena gasped. In the center of the road stood a huge man holding a giant steel mace. He didn't seem to take notice of them as he silently raised the mace over his head and began to spin it. The mace crackled with dark energy as the speed of its revolution increased. Surrounding windows shattered and people collapsed as tentacles of energy shot from the mace, draining them.
Molly was still too stunned to move as a whip of black energy extended toward her. "Molly look out!" Serena tackled her out of the way and they came to rest back in the alley. Serena stood up, her face determined. "Stay here." She started to walk back out to the monster.
"What are you doing?"
Serena looked back and spoke with complete resolve. "You may have lost faith in our friendship but I haven't and now I'll show you why its worth fighting for." She raised her transformation broach. "Moon Eternal Power!"
Molly's eyes shook in wonder as the angelic form of Eternal Sailor Moon appeared before her, her suit casting bright rays of light in all directions as she floated to the ground. "Mere differences can't destroy any relationship unless you let it," Moon continued, "and I'm not going to let these doubts of yours or this creature tear us apart. No matter what you may think you're still Molly and I'm still Serena. Nothing, not time, not the Sailor Soldiers, not any force in this universe can change that!"
"Serena…" Molly whispered as the sailor left.
"Hold it!"
The creature glanced at the new arrival and smirked as he retracted the mace's chain into its holder. So she came. Jedite said she would be near here. He faced her, his voice low and threatening. "Greetings Sailor Moon. I am Juggernaut. Consider yourself pitied for you shall be the object of my wrath."
"Well that's original." Moon said as she analyzed the situation, something she found herself doing more and more these days. I can't call the other sailors; all this energy blowing about would totally disrupt our communicators. I'll just have to handle things myself. "Well consider yourself moon dust pal. I'm Sailor Moon, Champion of Justice, I fight for love and friendship and I won't allow you to roam free in this city. In the name of the Moon I'll punish you!"
Juggernaut chuckled under his breath. "Punish this!" In the blink of an eye he shot the mace toward Moon. She dodged aside as it tore through the street then flew into the air. Her wings glowed brightly then folded back.
"Angel Wing!"
Juggernaut crossed his arms and with a loud yell deflected the energy wings to either side. Moon gasped, "no…" Juggernaut smirked then sent the mace flying toward her again. Moon dodged well for the next half minute as Juggernaut's mace destroyed the surrounding area then flew toward him upon finding an opening. This proved to be a mistake as Juggernaut swatted her aside and into a wall, cracking it. She struggled back up as quickly as she could and raised one hand. "Moon Crystal Encase!"
Juggernaut was struck in the chest and covered in a coating of crystal, trapping him. All too briefly though as dark energy surged out of him and with a roar he broke free. Moon held her right palm out toward him. "Moon Gravity Force!"
Juggernaut struggled against the wave of gravity but to no avail as it knocked him into and threw a nearby wall. Within seconds he emerged from the rubble and started towards her again. Moon thought quickly. I need some serious power. Her crescent mark began to glow. "Eternal…"
Juggernaut stood at the ready. "Hit me with your best shot."
"Moon…"
Juggernaut began to sweat. "Her power…"
"Beam!"
The beam rocketed forward as Juggernaut leaped aside. Moon adjusted the beam's direction to follow him. With a great swing of his mace Juggernaut deflected the huge beam, causing it to surge down the center of the street ripping it apart for some distance. Moon lost no time as she summoned her sword and raced forward. Juggernaut raised the chain of the mace in front of him but she simply cut through it then followed with two swift mid-air kicks in his stomach and chest. Juggernaut faltered a few steps then fell hard onto his back, his fall cracking the concrete. However as he fell he managed to fire a blast of energy from his right hand, stunning Moon as it struck her in the stomach. He recovered quickly and leaped back up, throwing the mace's chain and wrapping it around Moon's body causing her to drop the sword. He charged a fist with dark power. "Now you die."
The Silver Crystal's power surged out of the broach at her silent command. "Not yet!" Juggernaut was blinded and stunned by the shock wave that surged out of her disintegrating the chain, by the time he looked up Moon had moved behind him. "Lose something?"
Juggernaut roared in complete rage and slammed his fist into the concrete sending out a seismic wave of energy. Moon floated up over the mini earthquake and fired another Angel Wing. Again he knocked them aside but with some degree of effort. He panted heavily then noticed movement in a nearby alley. He smiled and grabbed what remained of the mace's chain, throwing it toward the girl.
"No Molly!" Moon screamed.
To Molly the next few seconds seemed like hours as she watched Sailor Moon fly in front of her and push her out of the way. The mace slammed into the soldier's back full force, crushing her wings and sending her face first into the street, digging a trough through it. "Serena!" Molly cried in panic
Juggernaut smiled triumphantly. "I knew you would make yourself vulnerable to save your friend," he said as the chain regenerated in his hands and he retracted it back into its holder. He got ready to strike her again. "That is what makes you weak. Now there is no one to save you…" He shot the mace toward her once more. Moon struggled to get out of the way but to no avail. In the next instant four energy orbs shot over her.
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Deadly Scream!"
"Ebony Silence Scream!"
The four orbs combined and collided with the mace, disintegrating it in a great explosion of power. Juggernaut looked to the new threat.
The eight sailors, Outers in front, plus Tuxedo Mask stood on the roof of a nearby building. Saturn stood in the center of them and stepped forward. "You who would try to destroy our future queen and dearest friend will pay severely."
Tuxedo: "As long as I live you will not harm another hair on her head."
Uranus: "We will pay you back every ounce of pain you've given her."
Neptune: "You are as foolish as you are ugly."
Pluto: "For by attacking her you will now suffer our combined wrath."
Venus: "We are the sailor suited soldiers of love and justice."
Mars: "We right all wrongs."
Mercury: "We live to see the Negaforce wiped out of existence."
Jupiter: "And in the name of the Moon we'll punish you!"
Venus glanced at the other sailors. "Keep him where he is, me, Tuxedo and Mercury will help Moon." The other nodded and leaped down, surrounding him.
Mercury quickly examined her as Tuxedo held Moon in his arms. "Sailor Moon are you all right?"
Molly was in hysterics as she ran up to them. "No Serena this is all my fault!"
Mercury looked up. "I don't think anything's broken but she's hurt bad, we have to get her out of here now."
Tuxedo: "I'll take her."
"Wait," Venus ordered. The two looked at her confused as she laid the barely conscious Moon back down. "I think I can help her." Golden light bathed her body, forming a dome of energy around them as she placed her hands on Moon's shoulders. "Passion Regeneration!"
Moon's wings reformed as she was covered in the same light. She opened her eyes fully healed. Tuxedo sighed in relief. She smiled, "thanks Venus."
Venus nodded and smiled back. Then a thought occurred to her. "Hey didn't Molly just call you Serena?"
Molly glomped onto Moon crying. "Oh Serena I'm so sorry, if I hadn't been here this would never have happened!"
Sailor Moon took her hands. "But you were here and I'm glad you're safe. I wanted to keep you from getting hurt you have nothing to be sorry over. Its okay."
Molly's tears continued to flow freely. "Serena… what'd I ever do to deserve you?"
Moon wiped her hand across Molly's cheek, wiping away some of her tears. "You have to get out of here now. This thing isn't down yet."
Molly nodded. "Be careful." With that she ran and didn't stop.
Venus raised an eyebrow; "something tells me we missed out on something."
"Just a little loss of faith," Moon said simply, "but we'll talk about it later. Right now we have this over muscled nega slug to take care of." They ran to the rest of the sailors.
Juggernaut was still panting heavily as he stared the sailors down.
Jupiter: "So tough guy what are you gonna do now?"
Neptune: "Surely even your simple mind must grasp that you can't win."
Juggernaut smirked, "I still have one trick left." He threw the chain aside as dark energy surged around him. His muscles flexed as he breathed heavily and levitated a few inches above the street. He crossed his arms around his body, closed his eyes, and began to spin, slowly at first but with ever increasing speed.
Tuxedo: "What's he doing?"
"I don't know but it can't be good," Mercury said as she activated her scanner. She gasped, "we have to attack quickly, his spinning is causing an energy barrier to form around his body."
"We're on it!" Mars cried. "Fireball Flash!"
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Crescent Beam Smash!"
Each attack found its mark but upon contact they were all deflected away, some flying back at the sailors as they dodged. The concrete beneath him began to fragment as his spinning increased. The area continued to grow as larger and larger slabs of concrete broke away from the street beneath and around him in a circular pattern.
Mercury looked on worried. "It's too late and now his power shows no sign of slowing its growth."
"Yes sailors," Juggernaut said from his dark whirlwind. "And it will keep growing until I engulf this whole area!"
Uranus ducked as a shard of concrete flew at her. She drew her sword. "We have to keep trying." Dodging the shrapnel she ran and leaped at Juggernaut, "Space Sword Blaster!" She slammed her sword into him but was simply knocked aside and hard into a stone wall.
"Uranus!" Neptune cried out as she ran toward her only to be knocked to the ground stunned by a fragment of concrete striking her in the head.
Saturn raised her scythe. "Get behind me. Silent Wall!"
"We have to get to Uranus and Neptune!" Moon cried from within the dome.
"Don't try to save us," Uranus said as she struggled to stand. "It won't do any good." Neptune managed to crawl out of the line of fire.
"Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus fired from within the dome, her attack passing through it.
Tuxedo joined her. "Tuxedo the Smoking Bomber!"
The two attacks struck and were in turn deflected back at them. Still his spinning increased.
Jupiter stepped forward. "I have an idea, Lightning Whip!" The whip wrapped around Juggernauts body but almost instantly broke apart.
Venus: "Let me try, Love Chain Encircle!"
Moon raised her right hand into a throwing position as she watched Venus's chain wrap around Juggernaut then snap. "Maybe this will work, Moon Crystal Encase!"
The crystal energy formed around him but shattered an instant later. Mars looked on in shock; "something tells me my lava won't work either."
Maybe if I can counter his whirlwind with one going in the opposite direction… Uranus thought as she struggled toward him. "Space Turbulence!"
The wind energy formed into a small twister and rammed against Juggernaut's spinning form but proved to not be strong enough as it was quickly annihilated. Uranus cursed, "nothing works!" Juggernaut adjusted his spin from vertical to horizontal and came flying at the soldiers, creating a trough of ripped up cement along his path. Saturn deactivated her shield and the sailors leaped aside, dodging him. He began to spin vertically again from his new location.
"There must be a way to stop this," Moon said as Uranus and Neptune rejoined them. Saturn raised her scythe and stepped forward. "Saturn what are you doing?"
"I believe I can stop his spinning with the Silent Scythe but it will briefly exhausts my power." She looked to Moon, "that will give you a chance to use the moonbeam as soon as I'm clear."
Moon nodded, "all right but I've already used it once so it's going to take longer to charge."
"Mars looked to the two, "we'll cover you just get ready."
The violence of his spinning increased even more as the sailors took their places in front of Moon. Venus sliced incoming slabs of concrete in half with Crescent Beam while Tuxedo and Pluto knocked away other fragments with cane and staff. Mercury sent out her ice bubbles, freezing still more. Mars melted some with Fireball Flash, Uranus cutting others in half with her sword as well as destroying an incoming car with World Shaking. Neptune deflected many with Hydro Blast while Saturn charged up her staff. Moon's crescent mark began to glow brightly. Saturn raced toward Juggernaut, dodging shrapnel left and right.
"Silence Scythe Strike!"
The blade of Saturn's scythe slammed into Juggernauts right upper arm full force, slicing it clean off and stopping his spin. As he roared in pain and shock Moon became fully charged. "Eternal Moonbeam!"
Juggernaut didn't even have time to realize what was happening as the beam surged forward and struck his chest, ripping right through him. His whole body was engulfed in the moonbeams light as he exploded in a truly great blast, a column of light shooting up from the center of the explosion.
Venus breathed heavily, "now that's what I call team work."
Later the sailors watched from a rooftop as ambulance after ambulance drove away with victims of the attack.
Moon sighed, "I guess the energy Juggernaut stole still went to Jedite even though he was destroyed."
Tuxedo held her hand; "at least they'll be all right in a few days."
"What about Molly?" Mercury asked.
Moon's eyes saddened, "I don't know. I have to find her."
Tuxedo: "I'm sure you'll work it out. Even the greatest friendships go through hard times and Molly discovering who you really are was bound to shake things up."
Pluto looked at Moon in concern. "What disturbs me is that this attack was no accident. That creature knew exactly when and where to find you."
"What do you mean?" Moon questioned.
"Think about it," Mars said. "That thing just happened to attack while you were off on your own and the rest of us were engrossed in our meeting. If we hadn't listened to our senses who knows what would have happened."
"Jedite must be keeping tabs on us," Jupiter surmised.
Uranus placed her hand on Moon's shoulder. "Its probably best if none of us go off on our own until we can be sure its safe, especially you. We might not get here in time next time."
Neptune agreed as Mercury nursed her head wound. "Uranus is right. We can only rely on our luck so much. With Jedite keeping such a close eye on us we're going to have to be on guard very differently then we have been with our past enemies. Jedite is in control of when these battles happen we have to do all we can to not play into his hands. He could even attack us in our sleep. From now on we listen to our premonitions like never before. If any of us feels in the slightest that there could be an attack soon we say so."
"But we can't predict every attack," Saturn pointed out.
Uranus: "Then we'll still have to rely some on luck until this is over."
Venus: "Haven't we always?"
"I'll talk to Luna and Artemis about it," Mercury said. "Its possible we can make something that will keep Jedite from being able to spy on us so easily."
"I hope so," Jupiter said, "its creepy to think he's looking over our shoulders all the time."
The next morning Serena ran to the park hoping that Molly would be there. She soon arrived at the pier where both Rini and Diana had come and gone to from the future. So many memories, she thought to herself then spotted Molly sitting next to a large cherry blossom tree. She was about to call out but decided against it, afraid that Molly might try to run again. She slowly walked toward her, getting within ten feet before Molly noticed. She stood up; her eyes a bit panicked, but didn't run. They stood apart for some time. Finally Molly could contain herself no longer and with tears rushing down her face she ran and hugged Serena like her life depended on it. "I'm so sorry I doubted Serena," she managed to say in-between sobs.
Serena hugged back gently then took her friends hands in hers, tears sliding down both their faces. "No matter where our destinies take us you will always be my friend."
The two embraced for some time and let their tears be their words.
Notes:
Seeing as Molly was ignored in the Stars season I'm giving her some special treatment here. Hope you like it.
*Mina, Darien and Melvin walk in*
Mina: "Hey my whole role in this series has been comedy relief when are you going to show more of my serious side?"
Darien: "All I've done is encourage people and fight. What about my life?"
Melvin: "Every time I'm seen it's with Molly. I'm not always around her you know."
Me: "Easy guys I'm doing my best. Its tough to be fair to everyone when there are so many characters."
Mina: "When are you going to give me a guy!"
Me: "Well, I have no current plans-"
Lita: "And when do I get one!"
Me: "Where did you come from?!"
Well people it seems I have some problems to work out with my characters so see you later. *Arranges meeting and buys some donuts*