Disclaimer: I do not own this series at all the only thing i do own is the plot and the characters William O'Dell, Lady Zaira and Guardian .....

This Fic is dedicated to my own moon princess, you know who you are......

Chapter 9: The Battle

As Serena finished, there wasn't a dry eye in the room. "How tragic to guard someone all those years, falling in love with them at the same time. Then when you both finally realize that both of you feel the same way, one of you has to leave forever.." Mina replyed with tears running down her face. The rest of the girls nodded in agreement at what Mina had just said. As Mina spoke, Serena kept hearing a strange sound coming from around where Rei was sitting. She walked over and noticed Rei who was trying to keep the cold look that she usually had on her face. But what touched her the most, was the single tear slowly flowing down Rei's face. Serena sat down and gave Rei a hug, "It is ok to cry Rei, nobody here will think any less of you if you do. You are among friends who care for you and respect you for who you are. Not what you act like, just who you are inside." At this Rei's cold exterior shattered, and she started sobbing into Serena's shoulder."Do you have any idea how hard it is to keep a cold expression on your face all the time? To act like no matter what happens, that nothing bothers you? That you feel no emotion what so ever?" When the sound of someone sobbing filled the room, the rest of the girls didn't think that much of it. So they went back to discussing Serena's dream, the whole time thinking it was Serena who was the one sobbing as usual.

But when they heard Serena comforting someone, they all turned in shock to see who it was. They were startled to find Serena holding and comforting a sobbing Rei, from which they faintly heard "I cant take it anymore, I can't be the calm, unemotional, act like nothing ever bothers me, Rei that everyone knows. I-I j-just cant do that anymore.." The girls went over to were Rei and Serena were sitting, wrapped their arms around both of girls in one big hug.
Mina softly spoke what the other girls and herself were thinking, "We all care about you Rei, and we want you to be happy, no matter what, so cry, laugh, do anything you feel to your hearts content. Just then Luna burst in the room, "Girls, there is a Yuma attacking downtown. We need to get there as soon as possible." As Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi arrived downtown they saw the most hideous and strangest monster they had ever faced. It looked like someone turned a pin cushion into a yuma, which at that second was throwing pins at anything that moved. When they made there appearance known, the yuma bellowed
"Must have more pure energy!!" and attacked. Sailor Moon and the Senshi started
battling it with all sort of attacks, but to their great horror every attack bounced off or had no effect.

"Mercury, what is happening!!! Why are our attacks not working????" Sailor Moon shrieked as a giant pin barely misses the top of her head. "I dont know, the scanner reads that nothing is wrong with our attacks, it's just that the pins she is using generates some type of field that cancels out our attacks." A visibly shaken Sailor Mercury replys, "I-I-d-dont know if anything can defeat her." Sailor Moon was surprized so much by this news, that she didn't see the pin thrown at her until it was too late. Just as she thought her life was over, a single red rose flew through the air striking the pin and shattering it.
As a man in a tuxedo appeared out of the shadows a deep voice was heard, "Didn't anyone ever tell you that it's not safe to play with sharp objects?" For the first time since the battle started, the girls had a glimmer of hope. Tuxedo Mask had joined the battle, and now they had a chance of winning.

Next chapter: The Battle Part 2
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