Pretty Soldiers, Sailor Zodiac
Episode Four: Explanations and Warnings, Twin Trouble... Part One


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Author Notes:Well, since I'm on a roll, here's chapter four to boot. ^_^ Leave me alone, I've been bored. - -" Hope you all like this chapter, too. If you even liked the previous chapters...

Oh, by the way.... Reed being a white hound is a reference to the Celtic Lunar Zodiac. Scorpio and Reed are the two that oppose each other, thus Reed is our main sub-enemy. Lol. Not very imaginative, I know.

Disclaimer: Insert witty disclaimer here.

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"Aria... Serena hasn't been in school all week... are you sure she's alright?" Celeste asked the calico that was snug in her arms as she traversed towards Crossroads High. The girl cast her eyes down, still feeling a bit guilty over the injury that Sailor Moon had gained in their joint battle against the dark forces. Strands of her deep black hair fell into her eyes. The deep red highlights couldn't be noticed in the early morning light.

"Yes, Luna insists she is. Serena just likes to milk her injuries like this." Aria responded with a purr as Celeste rubbed her ears.

"Won't she get behind at school?" Celeste pressed. Aria chuckled.

"Not with Ami Anderson, the biggest brain of Crossroads High, as her tutor." the cat assured. Celeste sighed.

"That doesn't stop me from feeling bad." she mumbled.

"Celeste Taylor?" came a cheerful voice from behind the girl in question. Celeste's eyes widened and she hoped suddenly that the person hadn't heard Aria talking. The scorpion turned around.

Standing there was a girl with large ice blue eyes and a smile that seemed it couldn't fade from her face. Her hair was dark brown and tied up into short, bushy pigtails. Though her uniform was the same as Celeste's, the girl could pass for someone in Jr. High, perhaps even younger.

"Yes, I am her." Celeste answered. "Who are you?" she added. The girl smiled wider, if that was possible.

"I'm Kirai Jones. I heard you're new, like me." the girl rambled.

"Yeah, I am. Where are you from? Before you moved here I mean." Celeste asked, gesturing for Kirai to join her on the remainder of the walk to the school.

"Originally California. That's in the States." Kirai stated, adding the explanation by habit.

"Really? I'm from New York." Celeste responded. Kirai laughed a bit.

"Oh awesome! Glad to know another States girl." the brunette stated. She placed her hands behind her head.

"Me too. Do you have any friends here yet?" Celeste asked. Kirai shook her head.

"This is my first day." she explained.

"Well, there's this arcade near here. There's a café there and everything. Want to go check it out after school?" Celeste asked. Kirai seemed shocked.

"Oh, sure! Sounds great!" the girl managed. Celeste smiled. "I'll see you after school, if not in some of my classes."

"See ya, Kirai." Celeste laughed, watching her new friend running towards the office.

"Well, she seems nice." Aria managed. "And you did too, for that matter." Celeste sighed.

"I guess I'm starving for anything from home." she sighed. Aria began to feel bad for her mistress.

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Rei was tense.

She wasn't often this tense in school. She got straight A's with paying a minimal amount of attention to anything. But her mind was occupied enough to take away from the thoughts of her destiny.

Today was just... different. Sitting two seats in front of her was a girl with sandy blonde hair. Not that sandy blonde hair was an uncommon or strange thing, but this peticular girl had a very strong psychic signal.

Rei wondered how she had never noticed it before.

For that matter, Rei couldn't seem to remember the girl's name, though they would have certainly been in school together for years.

'Strange... why haven't I noticed how strongly this girl radiated before...?' Rei thought to herself. She furrowed her brow and sat back to concentrate on this problem as the teacher droned on concerning the lesson.

*Why are you trying to touch my mind?* a voice cut into Rei's mind. She jumped, violet eyes wide. Inadvertently, she knocked her book from her desk and it clattered to the floor.

"Ms. Hino! Is their a reason you're disturbing the whole class?" the teacher snapped. Rei jumped to her feet and bowed as she picked up her book.

"I am so sorry." she apologized, taking her seat. Predominantly, her face was bright red in embarrassment.

'Who are you?' Rei finally asked to the second presence in her mind.

*I've sat two seats in front of you in this class all year. Why all of a sudden do you have an interest in me?* the girl asked. Rei eyed the back of the blonde's head.

'How long have you had this ability?' Rei asked.

*Telepathy? My whole life, or at least most of it. By the way, Rei, nice job disturbing the whole class. That was real smooth.* the girl laughed.

'You surprised me! Anyway, what's your name?' Rei tried.

*Feiran.* she replied. Rei filed that name away. The name rang a bell in her mind, but she didn't know where.

The class ended abruptly and Rei hurried to gather her things. She filed away her papers and looked around for Feiran.

The girl was gone.

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"Let's go, Feiran... it's almost time." Luke insisted, leaning against the locker next to hers. She sighed and peered at him.

"I've got homework." she managed. Her red brandy eyes darkened. "Do we have to go tonight?"

Luke tensed. "Definitely." he insisted. Feiran sighed as she gripped her hand bag gently. Luke was a good head and a half taller than her, not to mention with the broad shoulders and chiseled features. He always reminded her of the old stories of the Greek gods.

Feiran, on the other hand, was short and slim. She'd been sick most of her childhood, and though she was free of the illness now, she was forever cursed by the lasting effects like her stature and a low tolerance to certain things.

The two were an odd duo.

"Then let's get it over with, Luke. I don't want to be out all night, if it can be helped." she spoke logically. She closed her locker and turned to walk towards the parking lot.

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"Woah... you're pretty good at that game." Celeste commented as Kirai hacked away at the newest Sailor V arcade game.

"I've been told I am." Kirai responded with a smirk. She promptly finished the level and sat back. "Cool, I got top score." she laughed. She entered her name as Gemini. Celeste tensed.

"Why the nickname?" she asked.

"Oh, Gemini is my birth sign." she laughed. "My birthday's the first of June." she added.

Celeste sighed in a bit of relief. "Cool. My birthday is in late October." Celeste responded.

"That makes you a Scorpio, right?" Kirai asked. Celeste nodded, hiding the grin she had to enjoy at that. "Cool." Kirai added, not noticing the look on her new friend's face.

Something in Celeste's mind seemed intent to tell her that Kirai was special.

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Aria was distraught. She had yet another compact she had to find the rightful owner of, and she wasn't really sure that it would be as easy as it had been before. The calico sighed.

"It was hard enough to find Celeste... by the Goddess, how am I supposed to find this one?" the cat grumbled. Ahead of her she spotted two people, and something about them was hauntingly familiar.

They fit the exact description of the two that Celeste had seen after the battle with Reed.

Aria decided to follow them.

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"Are you sure we're ready for this, Luke? We don't even know what happened to the rest of the senshi." Feiran asked as she pulled her jacket around her closer. The air wasn't cold, but she shivered anyway.

"We can't depend on them, Feiran. You should know that by now." he returned. He looked around and drew a hand held sensor device. "The opening is in this area somewhere. Let's power up now." he added.

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Aria watched intently. They were up to no good, she was sure of it.

She was even more confused when she watched the two transform. The girl's clothes became that of a Zodiac senshi uniform, except where Scorpio's uniform had a cape, hers only had two long groups of ribbons ranging from gold to orange and yellow hanging from gold pins.

The man took on a look similar to what Aria had heard that Tuxedo Mask did, only he had no top hat and the underside of his cape was an orangish gold.

"Who... are they?" she mumbled. She watched the man read something off of his sensor and suddenly a black hole opened. The two stepped through it.

"Negaverse!" she hissed.

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Author Notes: Ok, so nothing really happened in this chapter... it just all STARTED, lol. Well, can you guess what's going on? Good, fill me in please. I'm lost. XD

For that matter... anyone have a cookie? Cause I want a cookie.. Please?