Serena walks through security in the Boston Airport, trying to contain her excitement
that she was going to see Darien and failing miserably. "I can't believe it! I'm actually here!"
"Correction. We are actually here." Serena sighs as she turns around to face Raye, frowning.
"You guys didn't have to come you know!"
"Well, we wanted to come along. Besides, It's educational. Visiting a foreign country is always
an adventure!" Amy declares walking up behind her, followed by Mina, Lita, Trista, Amara,
Michelle, Hotaru, Seiya and the others. Serena sighs again and turns, scanning the crowd for
Darien. "Hey guys, keep an eye out for Darien!" Serena says, worried that he hadn't shown up.
A dirty blonde teenager walks over to them, her ice green eyes showing uncertainty. "Umm...
Excuse me. Did you just say you were looking for someone named Darien?"
"Yes... Why?" Serena asks cautiously.
"Darien Shields?" The blonde asks.
"Yes! Have you seen him?!"
"I'm afraid he's not here. My name's Marie. I'm one of his study partners at the college. He asked
me to come pick you up when the professor pulled a surprise final out of his hat at the last minute.
You are Serena Tsukino right?"
"Yes."
"Okay good. I was afraid I wouldn't find you. Well, I've got my truck parked outside so grab your
stuff and let's go!"
"Umm.. What about my friends?"
"Huh?" Marie says turning back towards her and nearly face faults when she sees the large group.
"Whoa. Fourteen of you?" She says weakly. They nod in agreement. "Darien didn't tell me there
was gonna be a group. He just told me it was his girlfriend."
"We just came along for fun." Mina says.
"Well, here's where the fun starts then. My truck can only seat six people, so I guess we're gonna
have to get a rental. Any one of you good at driving?" She questions. Michelle nudges Amara, who
frowns at her, then sighs. "I am."
"Okay then. I'll get them to bring a van around. Hopefully they'll have one that can fit eight." She
says turning.
A few headaches later everyone was heading towards the college campus, the inner
senshi in Marie's truck, everyone else in an extremely large Ford 'Minivan.' "We're almost there."
Marie says glancing at those cramped in her truck. "We'll get there about an hour before he
finishes class so he told me to take you to my dorm until he finishes, maybe show you around a
little, and then he'd meet us at the Student Union. Is that alright?"
"No problem here, but I wish it were sooner." Serena says, sighing.
"Aw don't sweat it. That's what happens when you get Mr. Johnson as your Economics 204
teacher."
" How are his studies going?" Amy asks.
"Fine. He's getting pretty much good grades in everything, that is, with the exception of Spanish.
I think it's stupid that they are making him take when he is already having to learn English, but
that's how ridiculous they are. Especially since English is hard. Speaking of which, do any of you
speak English?" She wonders, this time not looking around because they were running into traffic.
"We speak some, but not much."
"Oh well, there aren't that many people here that speak Japanese so you may not want to get
separated from me or Darien."
"How did you learn speak Japanese? Not to mention fluently."
"Oh, I used to live next to a foreign exchange student, and we taught each other. I helped her
learn English and she taught me Japanese. From there I studied it as my foreign language, but they
still insist on everyone taking Spanish or Latin. Watch where your going morons!" She yells out
the window at some yahoo, running a red light and nearly colliding with them. "Sorry. People aren't
very good drivers here." She states, honking the horn as someone cuts in front of her. "I hope your
friend is a good driver, because this could get ugly being rush hour and all, and I don't mean to
scare you by saying so."
"You don't need to worry about Amara. She drives cars for a living." Raye says.
"Is that so? Taxi service or something?"
"No, she's a race car driver."
"Really? That's cool! Has she been in any here?"
"Yeah, and won!"
"That's neat. I don't keep track of things like that so I wouldn't know. The speed is nice, but the
going in circles is boring." Marie says, turning a corner and heading onto the campus. She parks
at Information and gets out, Amara pulling up behind her.
"I'll be right back, stay here." She gets out and tells everyone in the van to stay where they are,
they'll be moving again soon, and goes in. A few minutes later she comes out with something and
hops back into the truck, motioning that Amara should follow again. Serena looks at her curiously.
"What was that about?"
"I had to get you all visitor's passes. Otherwise we'd have security on our case."
"Oh."
"So, where do you want to go first? I bet you're hungry. They never serve anything edible on
airplanes. What would you say to pizza?"
"Love it!" Serena shouts. "I'm starving!"
"Oww...! Not so loud please. I'm not deaf."
"Sorry..."
"That's okay. I'm used to it. I had a little brother."
"Is he annoying like mine?"
"Devil spawn. That's what mine is. He was the biggest pain to babysit to. Drove me nuts."
"I had the same problem, three times!"
"Really? How many siblings do you have to be tortured by?"
"Just one, but I..." Amy covers Serena's mouth. "She has two little cousins that drive her insane,
but she loves them." Marie gives them a funny look and then shrugs. "Yeah, aren't those the
works. Well, here we are at my dorm. I'll order a pizza for you and then I have to run and get my
assignment from class. It won't take to long and I should be back before the pizza arrives, but just
in case I'll leave you some money okay? I doubt you had your money exchanged, am I right?"
"Yes, pretty much. The exchange system was closed."
"Yeah, their having some problems with their computers, no one really knows what, but they had
to close until they can fix it." Everyone follows her up to her dorm and she orders the pizza for
them. After that, she leaves them the money and takes off. Serena glares at Amy. "What you go
and cover my mouth like that for?! I wasn't going to tell her the truth!"
"Well you can never be to careful." Serena lets out a frustrated groan and plops down in a chair.
Lita decides to change the subject to cheer her up. "Do you think Darien will have changed?"
"Nope! He still be my wonderfully sweet guy!"
"You scare me sometimes." Mina says, turning on the TV and then turns it off remembering it's
in English. She looks at the magazines on the table and underneath them finds a few movies, in,
believe it or not, Japanese, on them was a note saying, 'Here are some movies to watch while
we're in class. Have fun! -Marie.'
"Hey guys! She left us some videos!"
"Cool! What are they?"
"Um... Star Wars 2, Spiderman, X-men, and The Final Battle... Hey! How'd she get this?"
"Why, what is it?"
"It's a movie we were in before we left. A dramatic action one if I'm not mistaken, but it wasn't
supposed to come out until next summer, and even then only in Japan." Amy replied, looking
over her shoulder. "Well, who cares how she got it, let's watch it!" Mina says, shoving it into the
VCR and pressing play. Half way through the pizza came and near the end Marie came back with
Darien. "Oh good, you found the movies. So, watcha ya think?"
"It's wonderful!" Mina says, hearts in her eyes, staring at the screen.
"Seen it already." The three lights reply.
"Oh yeah. You were the leads weren't you? Must be nice to be famous. Well, most of the time."
"Yeah, the fans can sometimes get a little crazy." Seiya exclaims calmly.
"Well, don't worry, not to many people will recognize you here, no offense. They're all into
Smashing Pumpkins and all that other junk."
"Do you mind us asking where you got this?" Yaten says, looking at her suspiciously.
"You mean the movie? Well, as I was telling them earlier, I learned Japanese from a girl who lived
next door to me when I was little, anyway, we kept in touch and she told me she wrote it, and
even sent me an extra copy of it, since she gets it early."
"Oh." Of course this whole time Serena has been hanging on Darien's neck, nearly choking him.
Everyone laughs when she finally lets go and he gasps for air. "Darien! I missed you so much!"
"Well you don't have to choke me to prove it."
"I'm sorry. Can we do something special tonight? I've missed you so much and I want to do
something!"
"Well, Marie is playing a concert tonight, we can go, and then have dinner afterward, talk, and
catch up on what's happening."
"Marie's concert?" She asks curiously.
"Yeah... I.. uh... I sing. Rock, classic, J-pop, just about anything. I play my keyboard as backup
and do my own guitar."
"Backup?"
"I sing alone. I don't have anyone else playing with me, but my keyboard can play any background
if I program it. I also play instrumentals."
"Cool!" Everyone replies.
"Hey, you guys sing, do you want to perform with me?" She asks the three lights. "I don't see how
it would hurt. It might be fun!" Seiya answers. Yaten and Taiki agree. Marie turns to Michelle.
"And you play the violin right?"
"Yes."
"Will you perform to? It will be a real treat for the club."
"Why not... Oh. I didn't bring my violin."
"That's okay. You can use mine. It's been collecting dust since I got my keyboard, and it could
use a good performance."
"Okay."
"Great! I'll see you all there then. I have to hit another class, umm... here." She pulls out a paper
and writes a quick note to someone in English. "Just give this to the usher and he'll let you in.
Have fun and I'll see you there!" She says, running out again.
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That night Marie gets ready to go on stage. Michelle tunes the violin she's borrowing,
and the Three Light's get their stuff ready as well. (They brought it with them just in case. :P)
Marie gives them a thumbs up as she walks onto the stage. She sets the mike up and smiles at
the audience sitting at the tables, enjoying a nice dinner and such.
"Hi peoples! I would like to dedicate this show to my friend's friends, who probably have no clue
what I'm saying, since they are visiting from Japan! Can we spot them please?" The spotlight
shifts from her to Darien, Serena and everyone, then back to her as the welcome applause dies
out. "Well, I'm going to start the show, and then we'll have some of them come on and perform for
you!" She says, starting up the music. She starts off with a dramatic Celtic song, then moves on
to a rock song. After finishing this she smiles. "And now I give you the Three Light's!" About a fifth
of the audience screamed upon hearing this, Mina, Raye, Lita and Amy included. Marie laughed
and took a position behind her keyboard, her guitar also in place. The Three Lights took the stage,
more screaming, and they began to sing, Marie playing they're back-up since they didn't bring that
with them. After they finish, with some more screaming, which amused Marie so much she almost
fell over from the laughter, She announced Michelle, and they left the stage. Michelle stepped out,
starting with a slow waltz, then played more quickly and dramatically as the song progressed.
When the song ended and the applause had died, Marie came back on stage. "Well, I hope you
all had a great evening. Have a safe trip home and I'll see you all next week! Oh, and if you want
the Three Lights autographs, pictures, or articles of clothing, they are leaving now through the
lobby. Goodnight folks!" She said as most of the girls in the audience ran screaming out the door.
She laughed again. Everyone met backstage, most glaring at her. "Why did you say that?" Amy
asked, frowning that she had lied.
"I said it so that they wouldn't be mobbed when we tried to leave. Unlike you guys, I'm not used to
screaming fans, so I don't have to do things like that. I wanted to avoid the whole situation by
telling them you left." Marie answered, frowning as well. "It makes sense doesn't it?"
"Yes, but still..." Amy continues. Marie shrugs. "Look, it doesn't matter. They'll just think they
missed 'em or something. That's all. Saved us some trouble didn't it?"
"Yes. It did."
"Alright then. I..." But she didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as an explosion came from
the other side of the stage sending them flying to the ground. Marie coughs in the dust, Serena
looks over, trying to see who is there. "What's going on?!" Marie screams. Serena glances at all
the other scouts, nodding at them to be ready in case it was their kind of trouble. As the dust
clears, they could see a woman standing there. She was one of the girls who had been sitting in
the audience, but she had a dark look about her and a glazed look in her eyes. She looks at them.
"Who among you is the Moon Princess?" She asks in english. Serena gulps, then glares at her.
Marie looks at her as if she's crazy, then stands up, scowling. "Look lady. I don't know what you're
talking about, but what the hell is your deal?! You don't just going blowing up building sides! Use the
door you maniac!" She shouts angrily. The woman's eyes glow a blood red as she raises her hand.
Marie stares at her, still thinking she's some nut. Serena's eyes go wide. "Look out!" She shouts,
getting up and tackling Marie to the ground just before a wave of black energy blows a hole in the
other wall. "What the hell?!" Marie says, eyes wide with shock. The woman turns her eyes back
on Marie. "Where is the Moon Princess?" Serena looks around. "Darien, Marie, someone, what is
she saying?!"
"She's some mutant nutcase asking for a moon princess, that's what!" Marie shouts, backing
away.
"Marie! You get out of here. We can take care of this."
"Are you insane?!"
"Trust me! Go get the van started, we'll be out in a minute. GO!" Serena shouts. Marie gives her a
strange look and runs for the door. The woman glances at her and raises her hand once more, this
time her eyes pure black. A dark bubble of black lightning shoots out of her hand, heading towards
Marie at an amazing rate. Marie trips over a chair someone left pushed out and falls on her back,
shrieking when she sees the large bubble heading for her. As she screams, a bright wave of light
envelopes her, and destroys the bubble. When it fades, she lies unconscious on the floor. Serena
wonders what had happened, since she and the other's had not transformed yet. She shakes the
thought off though and starts to transform, the other's following suit. The woman takes a step back
when she sees fourteen scouts standing before her, ready to fight, then sets her jaw in determination.
"The mistress must have the princess!" She shouts, rushing at Eternal Sailor Moon, preparing
another black lightning bubble. Sailor Uranus sends her attack straight at her, knocking her to the
ground. "Now!" She shouts. ESM (Eternal Sailor Moon) brings out her staff and starts the healing
phase, but it doesn't affect her. The woman gets up, the same dark, glazed look in her eyes.
"Guys, it's not working! What are we going to do?!" ESM shrieks. The woman screams in anger,
and sends an extremely large black wave towards them. "Combine your attacks! If she can't be
helped, then she'll have to be destroyed!" Uranus shouts, preparing her attack. "Right!" Everyone
agrees and prepares, their attacks.
"Uranus... World... SHAKING!"
"Neptune... Deep... SUBMERGE!"
"Pluto... Deadly... SCREAM!"
"Silence... GLAIVE!"
"Mars... Flame ... SNIPER!"
"Mercury... Aqua... RHAPSODY!"
"Jupiter... Oak... EVOLUTION!"
"Venus... Love and Beauty... SHOCK!"
"Star... Serious... LASER!"
"Star... Gentle... UTERUS!"
"Star... Sensitive... INFERNO!"
"Kinmoku... Fusion... TEMPEST!"
"Honeymoon... Therapy... KISS!"
As they all shouted out their attacks, they formed into one blinding light, swirling and
rushing towards the woman. Her shrieks echoed through the air as the light enveloped her. When
the light faded, nothing was left of the woman except a ring, on which inscribed on the inside was
'Love till our marriage on the new year.' ESM, fell to her knees crying. The others detransformed
and went to her side. "Serena..." Darien whispered, crouching next to her and putting his arms
around her as she detransformed as well. "I... I... I couldn't save her..." She sobbed.
"There was nothing you could do. She would have hurt you otherwise."
"But... this wasn't supposed to happen. There was supposed to be peace... I thought I wouldn't
have to transform again..."
"Hey, it's alright. It was just one woman. We'll figure it out, but for now, I think you should go back
to Japan."
"But... what about you?"
"I'll be fine. The semester ends in a couple of weeks and I'll come home. You'll be fine too right?"
He asks, lifting her head so she looks into his eyes and smiles at her. She smiles weakly back at
him, and he wipes the tears from her face. "That's my girl..." He hugs her and stands up. "We had
better go. Where's Marie?" He looks around and sees her lying on the floor close to the door, still
unconscious. "Oh no..." He hops down off the stage, and runs over to her, the others following. He
lifts her up, shaking her gently. "Marie. Marie! Wake up. I can't tell if she's breathing." Amy leans
over her. "She is, but barely. We'd better get her to the hospital." Darien nods and asks Seiya to
help him carry her out to the van.
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A few hours later, in the waiting room, the nurse walks in. "She's woken up. You can
see her now." Darien translates and they rush into her room. Marie looks at them groggily. "Hi
guys... What happened?" Serena looks at the others, then turns back to Marie. "There was some
sort of explosion and you hit your head. You've been out for a few hours."
"Great... I was supposed to study for a final... Now I'll flunk for sure."
"Actually, the hospital called your professors and told them that you were to be given a couple of
days extra before you needed to take the tests. They said you came close to getting a concussion."
Amy explained.
"Good." Marie lies back down. "Man, it feels like I've been run over or something."
"I suppose that can happen. Marie, I'll come back and visit you to bring you the work and stuff, the
doctors say that you have to stay here for about a day so they can watch you to make sure your
okay, but Serena and the other's are going back to Japan tomorrow."
"Why?"
"We could only get a couple of days off from school, so we have to go back tomorrow or they start
to be unexcused absences." Serena lied.
"Alright. I hope you had fun apart from that explosion part."
"Yeah, it was great. We wish we had more time, but education calls."
"Yeah." Marie sighs and closes her eyes and then opens them again. "You said it was an
explosion?"
"Yes." Serena said nervously, afraid she was going to remember what happened.
"Does anyone know what caused it? Because I think I remember some sort of black wave... Was
it a oil leak from something?... I'm babbling. Maybe I should sleep."
"I think they said it was a gas valve. That's a good idea. So you know, after this semester's over
I'm going back to Japan too."
"Okay. I'll miss ya. You been a great study buddy." She mutters, turning on her side and closing
her eyes. They all leave the room and head back to the van. "The nurse says they'll release her
after lunch, but that I should come back and pick her up, just in case she'll still too out of it to
drive." Darien says, as they reached the van door. Serena nods, looking down. "I shouldn't have
come."
"Serena, we've been over this! It's not your fault. She's fine."
"I know, but... no I don't. Darien, I'm afraid. This is all starting over again! I hate this! So many
people get hurt because of me! Because of people trying to get to me! Last time it killed you all!"
She says, looking around at the others. "I can't take this. I cause all this pain!" She runs off into
the darkness, tears running down her cheeks. "Serena!" The others turns to run after her, but Kara
stops them. "She needs some time alone. Don't worry."
"But..." Mina started, but Kara stopped her.
"No. She needs to figure this one out on her own."
"But Princess. What if something happens?" Taiki asks.
"She can handle it. She'll need to. Come on, we should go back. We are staying in your dorm,
correct Darien?"
"Yeah, sure..." He says, still looking in the direction Serena had run off in. Michelle steps in front
of him. "Kara's right. Come on." She grabs his wrist and forces him to get into the van. "Amara,
you had better take the wheel." She nods and gets in the driver's seat. Once everyone was in,
she revved the engine and peeled out of the parking lot, heading back to the campus.
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that she was going to see Darien and failing miserably. "I can't believe it! I'm actually here!"
"Correction. We are actually here." Serena sighs as she turns around to face Raye, frowning.
"You guys didn't have to come you know!"
"Well, we wanted to come along. Besides, It's educational. Visiting a foreign country is always
an adventure!" Amy declares walking up behind her, followed by Mina, Lita, Trista, Amara,
Michelle, Hotaru, Seiya and the others. Serena sighs again and turns, scanning the crowd for
Darien. "Hey guys, keep an eye out for Darien!" Serena says, worried that he hadn't shown up.
A dirty blonde teenager walks over to them, her ice green eyes showing uncertainty. "Umm...
Excuse me. Did you just say you were looking for someone named Darien?"
"Yes... Why?" Serena asks cautiously.
"Darien Shields?" The blonde asks.
"Yes! Have you seen him?!"
"I'm afraid he's not here. My name's Marie. I'm one of his study partners at the college. He asked
me to come pick you up when the professor pulled a surprise final out of his hat at the last minute.
You are Serena Tsukino right?"
"Yes."
"Okay good. I was afraid I wouldn't find you. Well, I've got my truck parked outside so grab your
stuff and let's go!"
"Umm.. What about my friends?"
"Huh?" Marie says turning back towards her and nearly face faults when she sees the large group.
"Whoa. Fourteen of you?" She says weakly. They nod in agreement. "Darien didn't tell me there
was gonna be a group. He just told me it was his girlfriend."
"We just came along for fun." Mina says.
"Well, here's where the fun starts then. My truck can only seat six people, so I guess we're gonna
have to get a rental. Any one of you good at driving?" She questions. Michelle nudges Amara, who
frowns at her, then sighs. "I am."
"Okay then. I'll get them to bring a van around. Hopefully they'll have one that can fit eight." She
says turning.
A few headaches later everyone was heading towards the college campus, the inner
senshi in Marie's truck, everyone else in an extremely large Ford 'Minivan.' "We're almost there."
Marie says glancing at those cramped in her truck. "We'll get there about an hour before he
finishes class so he told me to take you to my dorm until he finishes, maybe show you around a
little, and then he'd meet us at the Student Union. Is that alright?"
"No problem here, but I wish it were sooner." Serena says, sighing.
"Aw don't sweat it. That's what happens when you get Mr. Johnson as your Economics 204
teacher."
" How are his studies going?" Amy asks.
"Fine. He's getting pretty much good grades in everything, that is, with the exception of Spanish.
I think it's stupid that they are making him take when he is already having to learn English, but
that's how ridiculous they are. Especially since English is hard. Speaking of which, do any of you
speak English?" She wonders, this time not looking around because they were running into traffic.
"We speak some, but not much."
"Oh well, there aren't that many people here that speak Japanese so you may not want to get
separated from me or Darien."
"How did you learn speak Japanese? Not to mention fluently."
"Oh, I used to live next to a foreign exchange student, and we taught each other. I helped her
learn English and she taught me Japanese. From there I studied it as my foreign language, but they
still insist on everyone taking Spanish or Latin. Watch where your going morons!" She yells out
the window at some yahoo, running a red light and nearly colliding with them. "Sorry. People aren't
very good drivers here." She states, honking the horn as someone cuts in front of her. "I hope your
friend is a good driver, because this could get ugly being rush hour and all, and I don't mean to
scare you by saying so."
"You don't need to worry about Amara. She drives cars for a living." Raye says.
"Is that so? Taxi service or something?"
"No, she's a race car driver."
"Really? That's cool! Has she been in any here?"
"Yeah, and won!"
"That's neat. I don't keep track of things like that so I wouldn't know. The speed is nice, but the
going in circles is boring." Marie says, turning a corner and heading onto the campus. She parks
at Information and gets out, Amara pulling up behind her.
"I'll be right back, stay here." She gets out and tells everyone in the van to stay where they are,
they'll be moving again soon, and goes in. A few minutes later she comes out with something and
hops back into the truck, motioning that Amara should follow again. Serena looks at her curiously.
"What was that about?"
"I had to get you all visitor's passes. Otherwise we'd have security on our case."
"Oh."
"So, where do you want to go first? I bet you're hungry. They never serve anything edible on
airplanes. What would you say to pizza?"
"Love it!" Serena shouts. "I'm starving!"
"Oww...! Not so loud please. I'm not deaf."
"Sorry..."
"That's okay. I'm used to it. I had a little brother."
"Is he annoying like mine?"
"Devil spawn. That's what mine is. He was the biggest pain to babysit to. Drove me nuts."
"I had the same problem, three times!"
"Really? How many siblings do you have to be tortured by?"
"Just one, but I..." Amy covers Serena's mouth. "She has two little cousins that drive her insane,
but she loves them." Marie gives them a funny look and then shrugs. "Yeah, aren't those the
works. Well, here we are at my dorm. I'll order a pizza for you and then I have to run and get my
assignment from class. It won't take to long and I should be back before the pizza arrives, but just
in case I'll leave you some money okay? I doubt you had your money exchanged, am I right?"
"Yes, pretty much. The exchange system was closed."
"Yeah, their having some problems with their computers, no one really knows what, but they had
to close until they can fix it." Everyone follows her up to her dorm and she orders the pizza for
them. After that, she leaves them the money and takes off. Serena glares at Amy. "What you go
and cover my mouth like that for?! I wasn't going to tell her the truth!"
"Well you can never be to careful." Serena lets out a frustrated groan and plops down in a chair.
Lita decides to change the subject to cheer her up. "Do you think Darien will have changed?"
"Nope! He still be my wonderfully sweet guy!"
"You scare me sometimes." Mina says, turning on the TV and then turns it off remembering it's
in English. She looks at the magazines on the table and underneath them finds a few movies, in,
believe it or not, Japanese, on them was a note saying, 'Here are some movies to watch while
we're in class. Have fun! -Marie.'
"Hey guys! She left us some videos!"
"Cool! What are they?"
"Um... Star Wars 2, Spiderman, X-men, and The Final Battle... Hey! How'd she get this?"
"Why, what is it?"
"It's a movie we were in before we left. A dramatic action one if I'm not mistaken, but it wasn't
supposed to come out until next summer, and even then only in Japan." Amy replied, looking
over her shoulder. "Well, who cares how she got it, let's watch it!" Mina says, shoving it into the
VCR and pressing play. Half way through the pizza came and near the end Marie came back with
Darien. "Oh good, you found the movies. So, watcha ya think?"
"It's wonderful!" Mina says, hearts in her eyes, staring at the screen.
"Seen it already." The three lights reply.
"Oh yeah. You were the leads weren't you? Must be nice to be famous. Well, most of the time."
"Yeah, the fans can sometimes get a little crazy." Seiya exclaims calmly.
"Well, don't worry, not to many people will recognize you here, no offense. They're all into
Smashing Pumpkins and all that other junk."
"Do you mind us asking where you got this?" Yaten says, looking at her suspiciously.
"You mean the movie? Well, as I was telling them earlier, I learned Japanese from a girl who lived
next door to me when I was little, anyway, we kept in touch and she told me she wrote it, and
even sent me an extra copy of it, since she gets it early."
"Oh." Of course this whole time Serena has been hanging on Darien's neck, nearly choking him.
Everyone laughs when she finally lets go and he gasps for air. "Darien! I missed you so much!"
"Well you don't have to choke me to prove it."
"I'm sorry. Can we do something special tonight? I've missed you so much and I want to do
something!"
"Well, Marie is playing a concert tonight, we can go, and then have dinner afterward, talk, and
catch up on what's happening."
"Marie's concert?" She asks curiously.
"Yeah... I.. uh... I sing. Rock, classic, J-pop, just about anything. I play my keyboard as backup
and do my own guitar."
"Backup?"
"I sing alone. I don't have anyone else playing with me, but my keyboard can play any background
if I program it. I also play instrumentals."
"Cool!" Everyone replies.
"Hey, you guys sing, do you want to perform with me?" She asks the three lights. "I don't see how
it would hurt. It might be fun!" Seiya answers. Yaten and Taiki agree. Marie turns to Michelle.
"And you play the violin right?"
"Yes."
"Will you perform to? It will be a real treat for the club."
"Why not... Oh. I didn't bring my violin."
"That's okay. You can use mine. It's been collecting dust since I got my keyboard, and it could
use a good performance."
"Okay."
"Great! I'll see you all there then. I have to hit another class, umm... here." She pulls out a paper
and writes a quick note to someone in English. "Just give this to the usher and he'll let you in.
Have fun and I'll see you there!" She says, running out again.
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That night Marie gets ready to go on stage. Michelle tunes the violin she's borrowing,
and the Three Light's get their stuff ready as well. (They brought it with them just in case. :P)
Marie gives them a thumbs up as she walks onto the stage. She sets the mike up and smiles at
the audience sitting at the tables, enjoying a nice dinner and such.
"Hi peoples! I would like to dedicate this show to my friend's friends, who probably have no clue
what I'm saying, since they are visiting from Japan! Can we spot them please?" The spotlight
shifts from her to Darien, Serena and everyone, then back to her as the welcome applause dies
out. "Well, I'm going to start the show, and then we'll have some of them come on and perform for
you!" She says, starting up the music. She starts off with a dramatic Celtic song, then moves on
to a rock song. After finishing this she smiles. "And now I give you the Three Light's!" About a fifth
of the audience screamed upon hearing this, Mina, Raye, Lita and Amy included. Marie laughed
and took a position behind her keyboard, her guitar also in place. The Three Lights took the stage,
more screaming, and they began to sing, Marie playing they're back-up since they didn't bring that
with them. After they finish, with some more screaming, which amused Marie so much she almost
fell over from the laughter, She announced Michelle, and they left the stage. Michelle stepped out,
starting with a slow waltz, then played more quickly and dramatically as the song progressed.
When the song ended and the applause had died, Marie came back on stage. "Well, I hope you
all had a great evening. Have a safe trip home and I'll see you all next week! Oh, and if you want
the Three Lights autographs, pictures, or articles of clothing, they are leaving now through the
lobby. Goodnight folks!" She said as most of the girls in the audience ran screaming out the door.
She laughed again. Everyone met backstage, most glaring at her. "Why did you say that?" Amy
asked, frowning that she had lied.
"I said it so that they wouldn't be mobbed when we tried to leave. Unlike you guys, I'm not used to
screaming fans, so I don't have to do things like that. I wanted to avoid the whole situation by
telling them you left." Marie answered, frowning as well. "It makes sense doesn't it?"
"Yes, but still..." Amy continues. Marie shrugs. "Look, it doesn't matter. They'll just think they
missed 'em or something. That's all. Saved us some trouble didn't it?"
"Yes. It did."
"Alright then. I..." But she didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as an explosion came from
the other side of the stage sending them flying to the ground. Marie coughs in the dust, Serena
looks over, trying to see who is there. "What's going on?!" Marie screams. Serena glances at all
the other scouts, nodding at them to be ready in case it was their kind of trouble. As the dust
clears, they could see a woman standing there. She was one of the girls who had been sitting in
the audience, but she had a dark look about her and a glazed look in her eyes. She looks at them.
"Who among you is the Moon Princess?" She asks in english. Serena gulps, then glares at her.
Marie looks at her as if she's crazy, then stands up, scowling. "Look lady. I don't know what you're
talking about, but what the hell is your deal?! You don't just going blowing up building sides! Use the
door you maniac!" She shouts angrily. The woman's eyes glow a blood red as she raises her hand.
Marie stares at her, still thinking she's some nut. Serena's eyes go wide. "Look out!" She shouts,
getting up and tackling Marie to the ground just before a wave of black energy blows a hole in the
other wall. "What the hell?!" Marie says, eyes wide with shock. The woman turns her eyes back
on Marie. "Where is the Moon Princess?" Serena looks around. "Darien, Marie, someone, what is
she saying?!"
"She's some mutant nutcase asking for a moon princess, that's what!" Marie shouts, backing
away.
"Marie! You get out of here. We can take care of this."
"Are you insane?!"
"Trust me! Go get the van started, we'll be out in a minute. GO!" Serena shouts. Marie gives her a
strange look and runs for the door. The woman glances at her and raises her hand once more, this
time her eyes pure black. A dark bubble of black lightning shoots out of her hand, heading towards
Marie at an amazing rate. Marie trips over a chair someone left pushed out and falls on her back,
shrieking when she sees the large bubble heading for her. As she screams, a bright wave of light
envelopes her, and destroys the bubble. When it fades, she lies unconscious on the floor. Serena
wonders what had happened, since she and the other's had not transformed yet. She shakes the
thought off though and starts to transform, the other's following suit. The woman takes a step back
when she sees fourteen scouts standing before her, ready to fight, then sets her jaw in determination.
"The mistress must have the princess!" She shouts, rushing at Eternal Sailor Moon, preparing
another black lightning bubble. Sailor Uranus sends her attack straight at her, knocking her to the
ground. "Now!" She shouts. ESM (Eternal Sailor Moon) brings out her staff and starts the healing
phase, but it doesn't affect her. The woman gets up, the same dark, glazed look in her eyes.
"Guys, it's not working! What are we going to do?!" ESM shrieks. The woman screams in anger,
and sends an extremely large black wave towards them. "Combine your attacks! If she can't be
helped, then she'll have to be destroyed!" Uranus shouts, preparing her attack. "Right!" Everyone
agrees and prepares, their attacks.
"Uranus... World... SHAKING!"
"Neptune... Deep... SUBMERGE!"
"Pluto... Deadly... SCREAM!"
"Silence... GLAIVE!"
"Mars... Flame ... SNIPER!"
"Mercury... Aqua... RHAPSODY!"
"Jupiter... Oak... EVOLUTION!"
"Venus... Love and Beauty... SHOCK!"
"Star... Serious... LASER!"
"Star... Gentle... UTERUS!"
"Star... Sensitive... INFERNO!"
"Kinmoku... Fusion... TEMPEST!"
"Honeymoon... Therapy... KISS!"
As they all shouted out their attacks, they formed into one blinding light, swirling and
rushing towards the woman. Her shrieks echoed through the air as the light enveloped her. When
the light faded, nothing was left of the woman except a ring, on which inscribed on the inside was
'Love till our marriage on the new year.' ESM, fell to her knees crying. The others detransformed
and went to her side. "Serena..." Darien whispered, crouching next to her and putting his arms
around her as she detransformed as well. "I... I... I couldn't save her..." She sobbed.
"There was nothing you could do. She would have hurt you otherwise."
"But... this wasn't supposed to happen. There was supposed to be peace... I thought I wouldn't
have to transform again..."
"Hey, it's alright. It was just one woman. We'll figure it out, but for now, I think you should go back
to Japan."
"But... what about you?"
"I'll be fine. The semester ends in a couple of weeks and I'll come home. You'll be fine too right?"
He asks, lifting her head so she looks into his eyes and smiles at her. She smiles weakly back at
him, and he wipes the tears from her face. "That's my girl..." He hugs her and stands up. "We had
better go. Where's Marie?" He looks around and sees her lying on the floor close to the door, still
unconscious. "Oh no..." He hops down off the stage, and runs over to her, the others following. He
lifts her up, shaking her gently. "Marie. Marie! Wake up. I can't tell if she's breathing." Amy leans
over her. "She is, but barely. We'd better get her to the hospital." Darien nods and asks Seiya to
help him carry her out to the van.
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A few hours later, in the waiting room, the nurse walks in. "She's woken up. You can
see her now." Darien translates and they rush into her room. Marie looks at them groggily. "Hi
guys... What happened?" Serena looks at the others, then turns back to Marie. "There was some
sort of explosion and you hit your head. You've been out for a few hours."
"Great... I was supposed to study for a final... Now I'll flunk for sure."
"Actually, the hospital called your professors and told them that you were to be given a couple of
days extra before you needed to take the tests. They said you came close to getting a concussion."
Amy explained.
"Good." Marie lies back down. "Man, it feels like I've been run over or something."
"I suppose that can happen. Marie, I'll come back and visit you to bring you the work and stuff, the
doctors say that you have to stay here for about a day so they can watch you to make sure your
okay, but Serena and the other's are going back to Japan tomorrow."
"Why?"
"We could only get a couple of days off from school, so we have to go back tomorrow or they start
to be unexcused absences." Serena lied.
"Alright. I hope you had fun apart from that explosion part."
"Yeah, it was great. We wish we had more time, but education calls."
"Yeah." Marie sighs and closes her eyes and then opens them again. "You said it was an
explosion?"
"Yes." Serena said nervously, afraid she was going to remember what happened.
"Does anyone know what caused it? Because I think I remember some sort of black wave... Was
it a oil leak from something?... I'm babbling. Maybe I should sleep."
"I think they said it was a gas valve. That's a good idea. So you know, after this semester's over
I'm going back to Japan too."
"Okay. I'll miss ya. You been a great study buddy." She mutters, turning on her side and closing
her eyes. They all leave the room and head back to the van. "The nurse says they'll release her
after lunch, but that I should come back and pick her up, just in case she'll still too out of it to
drive." Darien says, as they reached the van door. Serena nods, looking down. "I shouldn't have
come."
"Serena, we've been over this! It's not your fault. She's fine."
"I know, but... no I don't. Darien, I'm afraid. This is all starting over again! I hate this! So many
people get hurt because of me! Because of people trying to get to me! Last time it killed you all!"
She says, looking around at the others. "I can't take this. I cause all this pain!" She runs off into
the darkness, tears running down her cheeks. "Serena!" The others turns to run after her, but Kara
stops them. "She needs some time alone. Don't worry."
"But..." Mina started, but Kara stopped her.
"No. She needs to figure this one out on her own."
"But Princess. What if something happens?" Taiki asks.
"She can handle it. She'll need to. Come on, we should go back. We are staying in your dorm,
correct Darien?"
"Yeah, sure..." He says, still looking in the direction Serena had run off in. Michelle steps in front
of him. "Kara's right. Come on." She grabs his wrist and forces him to get into the van. "Amara,
you had better take the wheel." She nods and gets in the driver's seat. Once everyone was in,
she revved the engine and peeled out of the parking lot, heading back to the campus.
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