The Mystical Warriors, Part 2
***The Myth of the Armors***
The walk to Raye's temple was relatively quiet, with a few pieces of conversation here and
there. Everyone was too preoccupied to think. Where had this new armor of Serena's come
from? That question, the group knew, could only be answered by Luna, who was, herself, deep
in thought. Eventually, they arrived at Raye's temple and walked into her room. Mina gave
Serena a look to remind her what she had said about detransforming and Serena detransformed
from her sub-armor to her regular clothes. They all sat down around the table that was in
Raye's room and no one moved to speak.

Finally, Luna spoke. "I suppose you are all wondering what I know about this armor and the
ones like it. I'm telling you now, I don't know everything, but I will tell you what I
know." She cleared her throat and began. "In the beginning of the Silver Millennium, each
planet created its own special armor, to be worn by the protector of the planet. But, in
order to receive the armor, one had to go through training." Serena suddenly interrupted
and said, "By being Sailor Scouts." She was getting it for once.

"Yes, being a Sailor Scout was preparing the defender of the planet to wear the armor and
wearing the armor meant that the defender of the planet had finally completed their
training. The armors are fueled from the powers of the specific planets. Like for Mars,
that planet's armor revolves around fire.

"The armors were specially formulated so that when it was needed, all of the armors' powers
could be combined and create an armor that would be worn by the person who wore the Moon's
armor. What would happen was that the other eight planets would give up their power to the
person who wore the Moonlight armor so they could wield the combined armor." Luna stopped
at the confused look on Serena's face. "What's wrong Serena, do you not understand?"

"Oh, I understand perfectly, but I have a question. You said there were eight others. Are
those the other planets?"

"Yes."

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, there are 9 planets in our solar system and there are a total of
9 armors, including the Moonlight Armor. What planet does not have an armor?"

"I was just getting to that," Luna said. "Since the armors were connected to the Moon
Kingdom, the Earth, which was a separate kingdom on their own, didn't have an armor
connected to the Moon Kingdom, but it did have an armor. But this armor is special in how
it came about. Right before Queen Beryl's attack on the Moon Kingdom, the king of the Earth
requested that he have an armor made for his planet. On Earth were 10 kingdoms, and there
was one that was sworn to protect the Moon Kingdom, the kingdom that you were born in,
Darien. That kingdom didn't have one, but the other 9 kingdoms had a mystical armor
connected to it. The ruler of all the 10 kingdoms requested that the Earth's armor be made
from the combined 9 armors of the separate kingdoms and the other kingdoms agreed to it.

"So, we helped the Earth make the armor and waited for it to choose a bearer, since in order
to wield the armor, it has to choose you. But no one did, so it sat useless in the Royal
armory for some time until it chose someone. He trained with the armor and finally became
worthy of the armor, but right after, he was wooed over to join Queen Beryl to destroy to
Moon Kingdom."

"But the armors are good. They can't be used for evil!" Serena exclaimed.

"No, that's not true. The armors are neither good nor evil, but can be either depending on
the person. So anyway, the bearer of the Earth's armor was now one of Queen Beryl's
generals and since she feared the power of the armor, she took it away from him. So in
fact, there were 5 generals, not 4. After the battle that destroyed the Moon Kingdom, he
was the only general who survived, but he was extremely weak. But, he found a nether world
called the Evil Dynasty and built up his power using the Earth's armor. Eventually, he was
strong enough to rule the Evil Dynasty and he led an attack on Earth.

"But, a monk with magical powers defeated him and split his armor back into the original 9
pieces that had been before, but could still be combined to make the Earth's armor by the
person who bore the armor last. The 9 armors of the Earth were always able to combine to
make a special armor, but the bearer of the special armor was the ruler of the 10 kingdoms,
it was not the same as the armor of the Earth, because the armor of the Earth can only be
recreated by the person who wielded it last."

"So what became of the 9 armors?" Raye asked intently

"The armors were hidden away, only to be used again when they were needed."

"Why were they hidden away?" Ami asked.

"They were hidden away so the wielder of the Earth's armor couldn't recreate them and take
over the world."

"So is there an official name for the armors?" Mina asked.

"Yes," Luna said, "The armors from the planets are called the Mystical Armors and the armors
from the planet Earth are called the Ronin Armors."

"But the 9 pieces of the Earth's armor will be used again?" Darien asked.

"Yes, but I don't know when."

"Do you think we'll get our new armors soon?" Raye asked.

"It all depends on how far along you are in your training?" Luna said.

"Then why did Serena get it first before any of us? I'm further along with my training then
she is."

"Hey!" Serena said, insulted as Luna said, her gaze slowly moving over to Serena, "I don't
know why Serena got her armor first…hey Serena, where's the Silver Crystal?" Everyone
looked at her for her locket and started yelling at her for losing the Silver Crystal. "How
could you lose the Silver Crystal, Serena?" Luna said. The Silver Crystal is the most
powerful object in the universe. If she's lost it, I'll claw her eyes out.

"I did not lose the Silver Crystal," Serena said indignantly.

"Then where is it then?" Raye asked, annoyed.

"Give me a minute, ok?" Suddenly, Serena closed her eyes and focused on the power of the
crystal inside her. She searched for it inside herself, looking for the familiar tingle of
the crystal's power. Once she found it, she knew she had to bring it out, no matter how
much she would miss its presence. Willingly, she made the crystal appear in front of her,
immediately missing the power of the crystal inside her. She smiled and opened her eyes to
stare at the surprised faces, staring at her with awe and wonderment. "Where did it come
from?" Lita asked.

"From inside me."

"Inside you?" the others exclaimed.

"Yeah, the crystal is inside me now and I can call it out and back in willingly." She
closed her eyes briefly and the crystal disappeared back inside her and she smiled at the
rush of power that flowed through her veins. "Serena that is amazing! That is what
completed your training. Being able to control the Silver Crystal like that," Luna said
astonished.

"Well, to tell you the truth, it only disappeared inside me with I got angry that my friends
had gotten hurt. What really triggered it was I knew that I would do anything, including
die, to save my friends and protect the Silver Crystal," Serena said.

"Wow," Mina said, "You sure have matured quickly. You never would have had that attitude
before in a fight."

"Yes, I also noticed that you are much stronger in a fight, Serena. Would that have
anything to do with her being able to wear the armor, Luna?" Ami asked.

"Yes, I believe it does. The power of the armor is much stronger than your Scout power
because your Scout power is like training, so you don't get all your power in your Scout
form." A silence fell upon the group. There were a few moments of silence while everyone
let everything they were just told soak in when Serena yawned. "Well, I'm exhausted. I
didn't know that two full powered attacks could be so tiring. Good night." She got up to
leave when Darien said, "Wait, I'll walk you home." He stood up and walked out the door
with her. Soon after, everyone else said their good-byes and left Raye's house.
***
"So…" Serena said nervously as they walked down a quiet street. It was getting late and not
many people were on the streets.

"So what?" Darien asked, noticing the nervous tone in Serena's voice and becoming worried.

"Are, um, we a couple, or what? Because last week we kissed, but we haven't really talked
since or seen each other for that matter. So, what's up with us?" Darien, wanting to show
Serena her answer rather than tell her, stopped and grabbed Serena's arm, turning her
towards him. Gently lifting her chin up with his finger, he looked into her eyes and kissed
her gently, yet passionately.

When he withdrew, he saw tears gleaming in her eyes. "Does that answer your question?"

"Sums it up nicely, I think," Serena said. Smiling widely at him, she took a hold of his
hand and started walking. They walked the rest of the way to Serena's house holding hands
and when they arrived at Serena's house, he thoroughly kissed her and said, "I'll see you
tomorrow?"

"You can count on it," Serena said. Kissing her good bye once more, he bid her good night
and walked off home, leaving a dazed Serena on her front porch, leaning against the door for
support for the romanticism of his actions made her knees weak. Sighing, she stood up
straighter and walked into the house and went to sleep.
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