Chapter Seven.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibimoon arrived just in time to see a youma go flying into a tree. A tree that they were standing beside. Then they heard a familiar voice.
" Don't you know better than to go walking alone on this side of the park ? "
They ( generals, Darien) looked down and saw Sailor Venus lying on the ground , her energy in a cloud above her. They followed the long pair of legs standing by her to a pair of emerald eyes that were glittering with rage. A glowing symbol of Jupiter and long auburn hair that was floating in the gentle breeze.
" Leta ! " Chibimoon cried happily.
By then the other Scouts had arrived. Nervously they looked back and forth between the youma , Leta and Sailor Moon. They didn't move.
The youma stopped what they were doing and surrounded Leta and the weakened Sailor Venus. Leta assumed a fighting stance , preparing for battle. Sailor Venus cringed in fear and pain. Leta grabbed her hand and yanked her to her feet.
" I'm going to toss you over the youma alright ? "
When Venus nodded , Leta picked her up over her head and yelled. " Darien catch her ! "
With that said Leta threw Venus over her head and into Darien's arms. The youma chose that particular moment to attack . They moved in even closer and grabbed Leta. Her eyes glittering Leta fought with all her might. She tossed one youma over her head onto its fallen comrade , another was punched and kicked before it followed its friends. Leta was consumed with rage and the others could only watch in awe as she single-handedly kicked the youma's asses. A strange green aura surrounded her , the sign of Jupiter glowed even brighter as the fighting continued.
Two youma were sneaking up behind her when Sailor's Neptune , Uranus and Pluto finally got into motion.
" World Shaking ! "
" Deep Submerge ! "
" Dead Scream . "
The three combines attacks instantly killed the two youma.
" Thanks . " Leta shouted over her shoulder.
" Anytime . " Uranus returned.
Nephrite watched with a sense of pride as Leta and the three Outers fought together against the last two youma. When they were lying in a pile they all shouted at Sailor Moon .
" Now Sailor Moon ! "
She nodded and gave the final attack.
" Silver moon crystal power kiss ! "
Her attack did the trick and the remaining youma were all destroyed. Once that was done Sailor Moon looked at Leta. But before she could say anything she was interrupted.
" Hi guys sorry I'm late . "
Startled they all looked over at the owner of the voice. She was beautiful. Her curly, black hair had streaks of green shades and tones , went down to her knees . Her ebony eyes reflected the moon , she was about five' four" tall and was wearing the Sailor Jupiter fuku in a lighter green.
" Who are you ? " Mars demanded.
" Sailor Jupiter , d'uh . " She said. " The old Sailor Jupiter is gone and I was sent to replace her . "
" What ! " Leta exclaimed.
" I'm Sailor Jupiter . Who are you supposed to be ? You're not a Scout , that much I know . "
Nobody said anything, they just stared at the person claiming to be Sailor Jupiter. They glanced at Leta and saw her green glow and Jupiter symbol disappear .
" Nobody important . " She said as she walked away .
" I didn't think so . " She sneered watching her leave.
The other Scouts watched her leave, ignoring the stranger. Tears were forming in a few of their eyes.
" Leta , .." A weak Venus whispered. " come back . "
Uranus , who was holding up Venus , gave her a gentle hug and said. " I don't think that she'll be coming back . " Then turning to the stranger she demanded. " Who the hell do you think you are ? "
" I told you . I am Sailor Jupiter . " She repeated angrily. " Who are you ? "
" Sailor Uranus . "
" Oh and the rest of you ."
These are Sailors Pluto , Neptune , Saturn." Sailor Moon supplied. " Mars , Mercury and the one that Uranus is holding is Sailor Venus. This is Sailor Chibimoon and I am Sailor Moon. "
" Pleased to meet you and the other men behind you ? "
Sailor Moon looked questionably at the generals and Darien. They all shook their heads in a silent no.
" Their names are a secret. I don't even I don't know. " She lied.
" Whatever . " Jupiter shrugged.
" Well as much as I would love to stay and chat , " Mars said , glaring at Jadeite. " I have tons of work to do back at the Temple . "
" And I have to get back to the hospital . " Mercury added not looking at Zoicite.
" I gotta movie to shoot . " Venus said weakly . " Gotta book it . "
" And we're driving her to the set . " Neptune and Uranus said as they walked away with Venus.
" We have a test to study for . " Saturn and Chibimoon ran off.
Pluto shrugged. " And I promised to help them . "
Sailor Moon frowned as the Scouts left. She sighed and looked at ' Jupiter ' .
" Sorry about that . So you were sent here to replace Jupiter . "
" Yes I was . " She smiled .
' Damn I wanted to talk to Leta and give her back her wands ' Sailor Moon thought . ' Now what am I supposed to do ? '
" Well as much as I'd love to stay and chat I must be going . " ' Jupiter said . " See you at the next fight. "
Sailor Moon frowned and de-transformed.
" Why are you frowning Serena ? " Jadeite asked.
" Huh ? " Serena said . "Oh I was just hoping to give some things back to a friend of mine and fix a little error in judgement. But I can't now . "
" Talking about Leta ? " Darien prodded.
Serena nodded . " Yeah I wanted to apologize to her and give her back her transformation wands. But now that this new Sailor Jupiter is here I don't know what to do . "
" It's pretty complicated right now I guess . " Darien shrugged.
" So what are you guys going to do now ? " Serena asked the generals.
" Don't have a clue . "
" May I make a suggestion . "
" Sure . "
" Go shopping . "
Chapter Eight.
A couple weeks after the fight Leta was busy packing up her belongings into boxes when the doorbell rang.
" It's open ! " Leta shouted.
The door opened and in walked Amy, Mina and Rei . " Hi Leta . "
" Oh hi you guys. " Leta smiled. " What are you guys up to ? "
" Oh nothing much . " Rei replied. " How about you ? "
" I'm boxing up my stuff and getting ready to move . "
" Need any help ? " Amy asked.
" Sure what do you want to do ? "
Before they could answer the doorbell rang again.
" Come in ! "
" Hi Leta . " Haruka smiled .
" Hi ."
" The girls called us and told us that we had to come to your apartment . " Michiru explained .
" So what do you want us to do ? "
" You can either wash windows or the floors , vacuum , dust or help Leta pack up her stuff. " Mina said.
" Okay . "
The jobs were quickly divvied up and everyone got the work .
" So who were those guys with Darien at the battle a couple weeks ago ? " Hotaru asked. " It looked like you guys knew them."
" They were part of our lives during the Silver Millennium . " Rei growled. " And now they're back. "
" Take it easy Rei , it's just a cloth . " Amy said. " And we don't know why they're back . "
" Who are they ? " Hotaru repeated.
" They were generals from Earth , then they were generals from the Dark Kingdom . " Amy sighed. " They came back to Earth under Metallia's spell again a few years ago , that was the first time since the Moon Kingdom was destroyed that the Inner Scouts battled or even remembered parts of their lives on the Moon . They fought us and lost many times. "
" Eventually Queen Beryl and her master Metallia got fed up with them and killed them . " Leta continued.
" Either that or they killed each other because they wanted a chance to fight us . " Rei added. " Or they got killed by their own attacks . "
" Oh . " Hotaru whispered. " So why were they with Darien ? "
" We don't know . " Mina said through clenched teeth. " And I for one could care less . "
The Inner Scouts all nodded in agreement.
" So what are you going to do now ? " Michiru asked.
" Do about what ? "
" Those guys . "
" Ignore them and get on with our lives." Mina replied as she viciously scrubbed the floor.
" It's just a floor Mina . " Leta sighed.
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" So do you guys have a place to stay while you're here ? " Darien asked.
" Nope . " Zoicite replied as he examined a shirt.
" We didn't think that far ahead. " Kunzite added.
" All we wanted to do was find the girls and beg their forgiveness . " Nephrite said sheepishly . " And then we'd go from there . "
" Well I know for a fact that all of the hotels around here are full , " Darien sighed. " so there goes that idea. Hey I know . "
" Know what sir ? " Jadeite asked as he stepped out from behind a rack of ties.
" It's Darien Jadeite, not sir. " Darien rolled his eyes. " And I know where you guys can stay . "
" Yeah where ? "
" In my apartment complex. " He replied. " There are plenty of vacant apartments there for a decent rent. "
" Are you sure about that Darien ? " Zoicite asked.
" Of course I'm sure . Plus I know where all of the girls live . "
" Sounds good to me . " Nephrite said.
" Then it's settled. " Darien declared. " Have you guys got everything that you need ? "
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" Everything is going according to plan I presume . "
" Yes my Lord. Everything is perfect . "
" Excellent. "
" When I get through with the Sailor Scouts they won't now what hit them . " A female snickered. " At least until it's too late . "
" I certainly hope so . " Her employer said. " Dismissed . "
" Wait my Lord I have a question to ask. "
" What ? ! "
" Well in your package you never gave me a description of what the Scouts looked like. Or anyone that hung around with them. Today when I arrived at the fight I saw a young woman fighting off seven youma on her own. She was surrounded by a strange green aura . She took care of three or four of them before three of the Scouts joined in. She wasn't even a little scared of them . Who was she ? "
" What did she look like ?"
" She was very tall , long auburn hair in a high ponytail , and she had the greenest eyes that I have ever seen . Also I could have sworn that I saw a greenish number four on her forehead. "
" That was the old Sailor Jupiter . " Her master replied.
" Oh. She was very beautiful. I've never seen anyone fight so well nor anyone that strong . "
" She was the strongest of all the Inner Senshi physically in both her Sailor and human forms . She is the only Senshi besides Sailor Moon that can kill a youma with her powers alone . No other Scouts can, with the possible exception of Saturn. "
" Wow . One more question. "
" What ? ! "
" There were five men with them . Four of them looked like generals of some sort . "
" Descriptions . "
" Well one had long silver hair and grey eyes , another had long brown hair and green eyes , a third with long sandy hair and green eyes , the fourth had short blond hair and blue eyes. The last one had short black hair and eyes that were such a dark blue they were almost black. Oh , and they were all tall. Four were in tattered grey uniforms, the fifth was in civilian attire."
" The four in the grey uniforms were all generals of the Dark Kingdom. The fifth sounds like Prince Endymion. " He replied. " Are you sure than there were only four of them in the grey uniforms ? "
" Yes why ? "
" There are supposed to be four more . "
Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibimoon arrived just in time to see a youma go flying into a tree. A tree that they were standing beside. Then they heard a familiar voice.
" Don't you know better than to go walking alone on this side of the park ? "
They ( generals, Darien) looked down and saw Sailor Venus lying on the ground , her energy in a cloud above her. They followed the long pair of legs standing by her to a pair of emerald eyes that were glittering with rage. A glowing symbol of Jupiter and long auburn hair that was floating in the gentle breeze.
" Leta ! " Chibimoon cried happily.
By then the other Scouts had arrived. Nervously they looked back and forth between the youma , Leta and Sailor Moon. They didn't move.
The youma stopped what they were doing and surrounded Leta and the weakened Sailor Venus. Leta assumed a fighting stance , preparing for battle. Sailor Venus cringed in fear and pain. Leta grabbed her hand and yanked her to her feet.
" I'm going to toss you over the youma alright ? "
When Venus nodded , Leta picked her up over her head and yelled. " Darien catch her ! "
With that said Leta threw Venus over her head and into Darien's arms. The youma chose that particular moment to attack . They moved in even closer and grabbed Leta. Her eyes glittering Leta fought with all her might. She tossed one youma over her head onto its fallen comrade , another was punched and kicked before it followed its friends. Leta was consumed with rage and the others could only watch in awe as she single-handedly kicked the youma's asses. A strange green aura surrounded her , the sign of Jupiter glowed even brighter as the fighting continued.
Two youma were sneaking up behind her when Sailor's Neptune , Uranus and Pluto finally got into motion.
" World Shaking ! "
" Deep Submerge ! "
" Dead Scream . "
The three combines attacks instantly killed the two youma.
" Thanks . " Leta shouted over her shoulder.
" Anytime . " Uranus returned.
Nephrite watched with a sense of pride as Leta and the three Outers fought together against the last two youma. When they were lying in a pile they all shouted at Sailor Moon .
" Now Sailor Moon ! "
She nodded and gave the final attack.
" Silver moon crystal power kiss ! "
Her attack did the trick and the remaining youma were all destroyed. Once that was done Sailor Moon looked at Leta. But before she could say anything she was interrupted.
" Hi guys sorry I'm late . "
Startled they all looked over at the owner of the voice. She was beautiful. Her curly, black hair had streaks of green shades and tones , went down to her knees . Her ebony eyes reflected the moon , she was about five' four" tall and was wearing the Sailor Jupiter fuku in a lighter green.
" Who are you ? " Mars demanded.
" Sailor Jupiter , d'uh . " She said. " The old Sailor Jupiter is gone and I was sent to replace her . "
" What ! " Leta exclaimed.
" I'm Sailor Jupiter . Who are you supposed to be ? You're not a Scout , that much I know . "
Nobody said anything, they just stared at the person claiming to be Sailor Jupiter. They glanced at Leta and saw her green glow and Jupiter symbol disappear .
" Nobody important . " She said as she walked away .
" I didn't think so . " She sneered watching her leave.
The other Scouts watched her leave, ignoring the stranger. Tears were forming in a few of their eyes.
" Leta , .." A weak Venus whispered. " come back . "
Uranus , who was holding up Venus , gave her a gentle hug and said. " I don't think that she'll be coming back . " Then turning to the stranger she demanded. " Who the hell do you think you are ? "
" I told you . I am Sailor Jupiter . " She repeated angrily. " Who are you ? "
" Sailor Uranus . "
" Oh and the rest of you ."
These are Sailors Pluto , Neptune , Saturn." Sailor Moon supplied. " Mars , Mercury and the one that Uranus is holding is Sailor Venus. This is Sailor Chibimoon and I am Sailor Moon. "
" Pleased to meet you and the other men behind you ? "
Sailor Moon looked questionably at the generals and Darien. They all shook their heads in a silent no.
" Their names are a secret. I don't even I don't know. " She lied.
" Whatever . " Jupiter shrugged.
" Well as much as I would love to stay and chat , " Mars said , glaring at Jadeite. " I have tons of work to do back at the Temple . "
" And I have to get back to the hospital . " Mercury added not looking at Zoicite.
" I gotta movie to shoot . " Venus said weakly . " Gotta book it . "
" And we're driving her to the set . " Neptune and Uranus said as they walked away with Venus.
" We have a test to study for . " Saturn and Chibimoon ran off.
Pluto shrugged. " And I promised to help them . "
Sailor Moon frowned as the Scouts left. She sighed and looked at ' Jupiter ' .
" Sorry about that . So you were sent here to replace Jupiter . "
" Yes I was . " She smiled .
' Damn I wanted to talk to Leta and give her back her wands ' Sailor Moon thought . ' Now what am I supposed to do ? '
" Well as much as I'd love to stay and chat I must be going . " ' Jupiter said . " See you at the next fight. "
Sailor Moon frowned and de-transformed.
" Why are you frowning Serena ? " Jadeite asked.
" Huh ? " Serena said . "Oh I was just hoping to give some things back to a friend of mine and fix a little error in judgement. But I can't now . "
" Talking about Leta ? " Darien prodded.
Serena nodded . " Yeah I wanted to apologize to her and give her back her transformation wands. But now that this new Sailor Jupiter is here I don't know what to do . "
" It's pretty complicated right now I guess . " Darien shrugged.
" So what are you guys going to do now ? " Serena asked the generals.
" Don't have a clue . "
" May I make a suggestion . "
" Sure . "
" Go shopping . "
Chapter Eight.
A couple weeks after the fight Leta was busy packing up her belongings into boxes when the doorbell rang.
" It's open ! " Leta shouted.
The door opened and in walked Amy, Mina and Rei . " Hi Leta . "
" Oh hi you guys. " Leta smiled. " What are you guys up to ? "
" Oh nothing much . " Rei replied. " How about you ? "
" I'm boxing up my stuff and getting ready to move . "
" Need any help ? " Amy asked.
" Sure what do you want to do ? "
Before they could answer the doorbell rang again.
" Come in ! "
" Hi Leta . " Haruka smiled .
" Hi ."
" The girls called us and told us that we had to come to your apartment . " Michiru explained .
" So what do you want us to do ? "
" You can either wash windows or the floors , vacuum , dust or help Leta pack up her stuff. " Mina said.
" Okay . "
The jobs were quickly divvied up and everyone got the work .
" So who were those guys with Darien at the battle a couple weeks ago ? " Hotaru asked. " It looked like you guys knew them."
" They were part of our lives during the Silver Millennium . " Rei growled. " And now they're back. "
" Take it easy Rei , it's just a cloth . " Amy said. " And we don't know why they're back . "
" Who are they ? " Hotaru repeated.
" They were generals from Earth , then they were generals from the Dark Kingdom . " Amy sighed. " They came back to Earth under Metallia's spell again a few years ago , that was the first time since the Moon Kingdom was destroyed that the Inner Scouts battled or even remembered parts of their lives on the Moon . They fought us and lost many times. "
" Eventually Queen Beryl and her master Metallia got fed up with them and killed them . " Leta continued.
" Either that or they killed each other because they wanted a chance to fight us . " Rei added. " Or they got killed by their own attacks . "
" Oh . " Hotaru whispered. " So why were they with Darien ? "
" We don't know . " Mina said through clenched teeth. " And I for one could care less . "
The Inner Scouts all nodded in agreement.
" So what are you going to do now ? " Michiru asked.
" Do about what ? "
" Those guys . "
" Ignore them and get on with our lives." Mina replied as she viciously scrubbed the floor.
" It's just a floor Mina . " Leta sighed.
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" So do you guys have a place to stay while you're here ? " Darien asked.
" Nope . " Zoicite replied as he examined a shirt.
" We didn't think that far ahead. " Kunzite added.
" All we wanted to do was find the girls and beg their forgiveness . " Nephrite said sheepishly . " And then we'd go from there . "
" Well I know for a fact that all of the hotels around here are full , " Darien sighed. " so there goes that idea. Hey I know . "
" Know what sir ? " Jadeite asked as he stepped out from behind a rack of ties.
" It's Darien Jadeite, not sir. " Darien rolled his eyes. " And I know where you guys can stay . "
" Yeah where ? "
" In my apartment complex. " He replied. " There are plenty of vacant apartments there for a decent rent. "
" Are you sure about that Darien ? " Zoicite asked.
" Of course I'm sure . Plus I know where all of the girls live . "
" Sounds good to me . " Nephrite said.
" Then it's settled. " Darien declared. " Have you guys got everything that you need ? "
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" Everything is going according to plan I presume . "
" Yes my Lord. Everything is perfect . "
" Excellent. "
" When I get through with the Sailor Scouts they won't now what hit them . " A female snickered. " At least until it's too late . "
" I certainly hope so . " Her employer said. " Dismissed . "
" Wait my Lord I have a question to ask. "
" What ? ! "
" Well in your package you never gave me a description of what the Scouts looked like. Or anyone that hung around with them. Today when I arrived at the fight I saw a young woman fighting off seven youma on her own. She was surrounded by a strange green aura . She took care of three or four of them before three of the Scouts joined in. She wasn't even a little scared of them . Who was she ? "
" What did she look like ?"
" She was very tall , long auburn hair in a high ponytail , and she had the greenest eyes that I have ever seen . Also I could have sworn that I saw a greenish number four on her forehead. "
" That was the old Sailor Jupiter . " Her master replied.
" Oh. She was very beautiful. I've never seen anyone fight so well nor anyone that strong . "
" She was the strongest of all the Inner Senshi physically in both her Sailor and human forms . She is the only Senshi besides Sailor Moon that can kill a youma with her powers alone . No other Scouts can, with the possible exception of Saturn. "
" Wow . One more question. "
" What ? ! "
" There were five men with them . Four of them looked like generals of some sort . "
" Descriptions . "
" Well one had long silver hair and grey eyes , another had long brown hair and green eyes , a third with long sandy hair and green eyes , the fourth had short blond hair and blue eyes. The last one had short black hair and eyes that were such a dark blue they were almost black. Oh , and they were all tall. Four were in tattered grey uniforms, the fifth was in civilian attire."
" The four in the grey uniforms were all generals of the Dark Kingdom. The fifth sounds like Prince Endymion. " He replied. " Are you sure than there were only four of them in the grey uniforms ? "
" Yes why ? "
" There are supposed to be four more . "