Chapter 4
"Wake up!" Luna screamed. "Do we have to go through this every morning? Can't you get yourself up at least once so I won't have to wake you up?
"Serena when you go to school you should be on your guard. You see Central Command says that Sailor Dark Moon will show up soon-maybe even today!"
"What!?!" Serena screamed waking up instantly. "You mean I could have another Sailor with major problems at my school? This isn't happening. I don't know why this has to happen to me."
"Will you get over it Serena," Luna said, "we have more important things to worry about than you and your life today. I've already informed the other Sailor Scouts about this new information. Lita, Mina, and Ami are on their guard and you should be, too. Rei will join you all after school."
"Fine," Serena said, "I'll look for this new Scout. I'm getting up and getting ready so I can be early to school."
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"I'm so tired," Serena moaned.
"Why?" India asked. "It's such a beautiful morning outside, and I just couldn't imagine not being energetic about it."
"Oh, don't worry about Serena," Molly answered. "Serena is always a sleepyhead in the morning. You and Serena might look a like, but you and she are completely different. You always seem so happy and content, but Serena is just tired and depressed if she doesn't have food or Darien around."
"What did you just say?" Serena asked offended.
"Admit it Serena," Molly said, "you only have a few things that make you happy, and the top two are Darien and food."
"All right I'll admit it," Serena said, "and number three is the arcade."
"See she's so spacey," Molly laughed.
India laughed, "You guys are really close, and funny."
"Attention class," Miss H ordered, "come to order. Today we have a new student joining. Her name is Nanashi Black. She is fifteen years old. She, too, is from the United States. Actually, she is India Present's cousin. I guess your family has genes that Serena could use greatly. All of you could learn from these two. They're new and from a total different country, yet they can keep up and make better grades than half of this class."
Miss H went to the door and opened it, in stepped a girl with skin as white as milk. She had long, black hair that reached her knees. Her eyes were as dark and as cold as black coals. The darkness of her hair and eyes gave her a really weird look. She seemed sinister, and evil.
Those cold eyes seemed to drink the whole class up and into her brain. Her eyes rested on India with a dark, hidden meaning. Then, she shifted her eyes to Serena and gave the same cold look.
Talk about bad vibes, Serena thought.
Suddenly Nanashi's eyes softened and she greeted the class, "Hello. My name is Nanashi
Black. I'm very pleased to meet you all. Everyone says that this is such a good school. I hope I'll make you Miss H and all of my classmates pleased with me. It's really great how I can be in the same class with my cousin India. I'd really like the chance to meet everyone of you. Thank you."
"Why don't you sit by your cousin India?" Miss H suggested.
"I'd be pleased to," India said.
"Is that really your cousin?" Serena asked. "I mean she seems so weird and creepy, and you seem so nice."
India's usually warm, friendly look turned harsh. "She's not really my cousin," India said, "we're only related by marriage. It's okay if you don't like her I don't like her much myself. You just can't pick whom you're related to."
"Hi India," Nanashi greeted with obviously too much sweetness, "it's nice to see you again. I can't remember seeing you after me and my family moved back to the U. S. from Paris."
"What are you doing here?" India asked harshly.
"Why your mom isn't the only one with a new job," Nanashi said, "it just so happens that my father found a job here, too. Isn't great the that the whole family is back together again? I don't know why your mom works. My mom wouldn't be caught dead doing manual labor."
"By father, don't you mean stepfather?" India asked with sarcasm.
"Well, I'm sure David would love for me to call him father, don't you?" Nanashi responded. "I mean look at him, he's so pathetic it's sickening."
"If he's so sickening why is your mother still with my uncle?" India asked.
"Come now you already know the answer," Nanashi responded, "we've had this conversation before. The only reason my mom even acts like she loves him is for the money."
"Even now you are spawned evil," India whispered. "It makes perfect sense since you come from a mean, hateful person."
"Really," Nanashi sighed, "we both know I would have ended up this way even if I was 'spawned,' as you say, from the most sweetest person on this Earth."
"I have no time for you so why don't you crawl back into the hole you came from?"
India said annoyed.
"Way I came for you my dear," Nanashi said. "We both know you and I belong together.
Together we could do anything, anything. Don't you want that? I know you do, it's in your eyes. It's in our reach if we joined together."
India looked down in thought. She seemed to be thinking about what Nanashi had just said. "I don't know," India whispered.
"Come with me and you'll always be happy," Nanashi said. "We fit together like two peas in a pod."
"I don't know," India repeated, "I'll have to think about it."
"Fine, you can have all the time you want," Nanashi said, "I'll be here however long it takes."
"I know," India said.
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"So what did you bring for lunch India?" Serena asked.
"I've got leftover Beef Curry," India said.
"Really," Serena said, "all I have is Shrimp Fried Rice."
"You can have my lunch if you want," India offered.
"Thanks," Serena said taking the curry.
"So what's with all the negativity with you and your cousin?" Serena asked.
"She's really very mean when she wants to be," India began. "She can make you feel so low at times. She has this energy that makes you sad and mean. The way she looks at you sometimes is so cold. If you really knew her you wouldn't have to ask why I don't like her very much.
"But then there is sometimes where she is really sweet and caring. When we were younger, I was six and she was seven, we were best friends. She looked out for me all the time, really she still loves me and looks after me. I can remember this time when I cut my knee when we were at the park. We were playing ball and our ball bounce in the street. I went after it as a car was coming.
"'Look out,' Nanashi yelled as she pulled me back onto the sidewalk.
"She had saved me from being hit by the car. When she pulled me back, I feel and cut my knee on the sidewalk. 'I cut my knee, Nanashi,' I said through my tears.
"'It's okay, India,' She said as she pulled a handkerchief out her pocket. She cleaned my wound and put a Band-Aid on it. 'See,' she said, 'I told you it would be okay.'
"'Thanks, Nanashi,' I cried hugging her.
"'You're welcome,' she said. 'Next time you should be careful not to run out into the street like that. Just look at the ball it's okay. The car couldn't have hurt it anyway.'
"'Nanashi?'
"'Yes,' she answered.
"'Why do you take so good care of me?' I asked. 'You're always there for me when I'm sad.'
"Nanashi looked down at me and smiled so lovingly. 'I'll always be here for you, India no matter what you do,' Nanashi said. 'You're my sister and I'll love you always, and take care
of you.'
" 'Thanks, sister,' I said smiling.
"When we were younger she always looked after me like that," India said. "Then one day we drifted apart and the next time we saw each other she was so mean."
"That's really awful," Serena said. "I feel sorry for you."
"Thanks," India said.
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"I'm here," Serena yelled as she ran up to the girls, "I'm here."
"You're late again Meatball Head," Rei yelled at Serena.
"I'm sorry I had detention," Serena moaned.
"What's new?" Rei asked sarcastically.
"Excise me you two," Luna interrupted before another argument started. "Have any of you figured out who Sailor Dark Moon is?"
"Yes, Luna," Ami answered. "There is a new girl at the school named Nanashi Black.
My computer picked up a strange energy from her."
"Yeah," Lita said, "she looks really weird and acts too sweet. She gives me the creeps.
That pale skin and dark hair don't really give off a nice vibe in the first place."
"Really," Mina agreed, "she looks scary."
"You mean you think Nanashi is Sailor Dark Moon?" Serena asked.
"How could you be so dense Serena?" Lita said.
"Of course she's the next Scout," Rei said. "During lunch I sneaked over to the school to check her out."
"This almost certainly confirms that India is the new Scout," Ami said. "Both of them are related."
"They're only related by marriage," Serena said.
"That doesn't mean anything," Luna said, "it's the fact that she shares a bond with her."
"Yes," Artemis agreed, "the fact that they even know each other proves that India is the new Scout."
"Well, I guess Darien is gone Serena," Rei said mockingly.
"At least he isn't wasting his time on you," Serena shot back.
"I think that is enough for today," Luna said, "let's go home."
"Don't forget tomorrow is Friday," Ami said, "it's Scout's Night Out."
"Okay," everyone said.