Chapter 4
July 31, 1998
"Mina-chan, Let's go!" Makoto yelled. "We're gonna be late!"
"No later than Usagi!" Minako yelled back, catching up with Makoto.
"True, but it still doesn't look good for us." Makoto retorted running up to the Tomoe household. She pushed the doorbell and leaned against the door frame.
A few seconds later, Souichi Tomoe opened the door, and Makoto jumped away from the frame. "Hello Kino-chan, Aino-chan. Everyone is in the living room."
"Thank you!" The girls said together, and walked to the living room.
The Jules sisters, along with Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru were waiting for them. "Hello Makoto, Hey Minako!" Alexis called waving them into the room.
"Rei, Usagi, and Ami haven't come yet?"
"Yeah, Rei's here. She's in the kitchen. Usagi and Ami…" Michiru said.
"We're here!" Usagi's voice rang out from the hallway.
Setsuna smiled at Makoto and Minako. "Girls, move." She warned.
Makoto and Minako looked curiously at her, then got bowled over as Usagi barreled into the living room with Ami in tow.
"Sorry we're late. Usagi had detention. She begged me to stay with her."
Meanwhile, on the floor, Makoto twitched. "I'm sorry Mako-chan!" Usagi exclaimed.
"It's okay, I should have moved when Setsuna warned us to."
"We are here on official Senshi business. Let's get started." Rei said as she came into the living room with a tray filled with glasses of iced tea. She put the tray down, and then noticed Usagi disentangling herself from Makoto. "Can't you ever be on time for anything you Odango Atama?!"
"WHAAAAAH REI! YOU'RE SO MEAN!"
"If you'd be on time I wouldn't have to be!" Rei yelled back, sticking her tongue out at Usagi.
"Plbhhhhh!" Usagi retaliated in kind.
Soon an all out tongue war was in full swing.
The Jules sisters all looked at each other in shock. "This is our future queen?" Abby asked.
Ami looked at the sisters, "Yes, even though she doesn't always act like it."
"Guys! Please, don't fight." Hotaru said. "We're here for a specific reason, why don't you tell us?"
The tongue war girls stepped away from each other. "Heh, heh, heh, sure Hotaru." Usagi said putting a hand behind her head.
Setsuna stood, and stared to speak. "Sailor Senshi, Usagi and myself have spoken about the Zodiac, and we both agree that a change is needed in our teams."
"But, Setsuna," Abby interrupted. "Aren't we all one team?"
"No, it has always been the Outer Senshi doing their own thing, keeping the same attacks, and having no variables to their attacks. While the Inner Senshi learn new attacks, and their powers strengthen. Also, there has been a rift between the two."
"Thank you Pluto." A calm voice said, It was Usagi, but her voice sounded older, wiser. Her clothing shifted from her school uniform to an elegant white dress. A yellow crescent moon appeared on her forehead.
"Serenity." Breathed the older Senshi. The Jules sisters, however, had very confused looks on their faces.
Pluto leaned over to Abby, "That is our future queen."
"Oh."
"Each of you will be partnered, an Inner Senshi with an Outer Senshi. Each of you will compliment the other. Jupiter you will be counted as an Outer, and Star you will be counted as an Inner."
"But, Serenity, I'm already an Inner, and they've" Makoto said gesturing to the Outers. "already adopted Abby as an Outer."
"Jupiter, I am aware of that. However, your protecting planet is in the outer part of the system, and you along with the other Inner Senshi are no longer needed to protect my future self. So you will be counted along with the Outers. Star will be counted along with the Inners, because the Inner Senshi needs someone else as strong as her. My Outer Senshi's powers are strong, they are the strongest of the Senshi, They don't need another strong Senshi among them. Now do you two understand?"
The Senshi nodded, and sat back.
"All right now. Mercury, you and Jupiter will be partnered. Jupiter can help you with hand to hand combat. You'll need to learn that as a majority of your attacks are defensive. Venus, you and Saturn will be partnered. You are the most experienced Senshi, and will help Saturn through your experience. Earth, you and Neptune will be partnered."
Alexis, Hayley, Michiru, and Haruka's mouths dropped to the floor. "WHAT!?" They all yelled.
"I can't do that!" Alexis yelled.
"Serenity with all do respect, I don't think anyone could handle my sister's temper." Hayley said.
"Neptune can. She handles Uranus well enough." Serenity said.
"I won't be partnered with anyone else!" Haruka yelled jumping up.
"ENOUGH!" Serenity yelled. Everyone shut up. "The zodiac could mean our end. Our survival depends on your teamwork. We can only work as a team when you can learn to work with someone new. Now. myself will be partnered with Pluto. Your wisdom will hopefully help keep my counterpart under control. Mars," Serenity's voice caught on her name. "you will be partnered with Universe."
"Serenity, Please no!" Rei pleaded.
"Mars, your temper needs control. Universe will provide it."
"Odango Atama!" Rei shouted, and stormed out of the room.
Serenity lowered her head. She took a deep breath. "Finally, Star will be partnered with Uranus. Uranus, you will be able to teach Star how to handle her powers with your experience, and Star, you will be a good compliment to Uranus' hot temper."
Haruka shook her head. "I won't. I won't do it. Neptune is my partner. I WILL NOT be partnered with anyone else."
"We must do what we must to survive. You all must accept this partnership." Serenity said before turning back to Usagi. She fell to her knees, and almost hit the floor before Alexis and Hayley caught her. They both had frightened looks on their faces.
"Becoming Serenity drains a lot out of her." Pluto explained.
Michiru stood, "I'll go get Rei-chan." She stood up and walked to the kitchen. When she got there, Rei was sitting at the table her head in her hands. "Rei-chan."
She sniffled, and rubbed her eyes before lifting her head to the aqua haired Senshi. "What?" She asked tightly.
"You know you must do what Serenity asks."
"That, that Odango…"
"Serenity knows that we have to work as a team, we must if we want to survive. You heard her say that."
"I know THAT! I just… She's my partner, even if we don't always get along, we ARE best friends. We can survive even if we aren't partnered with other people. I mean, When Master Pharaoh Ninety tried to destroy us, we still beat them."
"The Zodiac are more powerful than he was. And we MUST do what we must to survive, Serenity knows that, and she's from the past, not the future."
"What difference does that make?"
"Serenity doesn't know these Zodiac." Usagi said from the doorway.
Michiru and Rei looked over at her.
"Michiru-san, would you…?"
Michiru smiled gently, "Of course Princess."
"Rei-chan, you have to understand why we need to partner up. I understand."
"Of course you do!"
"Rei, this doesn't mean that I don't want you for a friend either."
"I know that, I just… you're my partner, you're my best friend. If you don't want to be my partner anymore, then it seems like you don't want to be my friend, my best friend anymore either."
"Oh, Rei-chan, it's not like that, it's not like that at all!" Usagi said, kneeling on the floor in front of Rei. Usagi grabbed Rei's hands and asked the raven haired girl to look at her. "I love you, Rei, you're like a sister to me. You know that. I'll always be here for you. But, we need to work as a team, and like Serenity said the only way we can do that is if we work with different people. Hayley will be a good partner for you. I'm certain you two will get along with each other."
Rei dropped her gaze from her princess' blue stare. "I'll try, and that's all I can promise."
"Something is better than nothing Rei-chan. Thank you."
"You know, you can be pretty smart when you want to be." Rei said, a sly smile on her face.
Usagi glared back at her best friend. "And you're still very ornery."
The two girls laughed as they went back to the living room.
"Usagi, Rei, Souichi-chan was just saying we should all go on a training trip. He has a beach house near the eastern shore, and I'm certain you all deserve the break." Setsuna said.
"A beach vacation! YEAH!" Usagi yelled jumping up and down..
"You can be so smart, and then you do something like that!" Rei said.
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(After school the next day.)
"OH! Mom's gonna kill me!" Usagi said holding the mock final up. The number 22 was written and circled on the top of the page in bright red ink.
"Hey Usagi! Another flop on your test?" Osaka Naru asked.
Usagi flinched at the sound of her once best friend's voice. She felt guilty for not hanging out with her lately. Well with being a Sailor Senshi, and trying to study with the others, she hadn't had much time for all her old friends anymore. "Uh, he-hey Naru-chan."
"Where've you been lately Usagi-chan?" Naru asked.
"Um... well…" 'I can't just tell her I'm Sailor Moon, can I?' Luna jumped down onto Usagi's shoulder.
"Hey Luna!" Naru said.
'Should I tell her? I should tell her, heck, Naru might even be a sailor Senshi! We've found three more we didn't even know we had!' "Naru-chan, I need to talk to you."
Luna's ears twitched at this, 'What is this girl up to?'
"Sure Usagi, what's up?"
Usagi grabbed her friend and drug her into the alley just down the block. "Naru-chan, um, I've got to tell you, um…"
"Jeez, Usagi, you'd think you were trying to tell me you're a Sailor Senshi or something!"
Usagi took a step back and her eyes widened. "Um, well…" She began to push her index fingers together.
"Usagi-chan, what? You're not? No you're not, you would have told me." Naru watched as her friend's face went from confused, to shocked, to guilty. "Usagi-chan, just spit it out for God's sake!"
"OkayI'msailormoonandInevertoldyouandI'mreallysorryPleaseforgiveme!" She said all in one breath. 'Okay, now I feel better.'
"What?! Usagi? You, Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Moon?" Naru burst out laughing.
"I'm serious! Luna can talk too!" Usagi said. "OW! LUNA!" She yelled as Luna sank her claws into her shoulder.
"Luna talks? Cats can't talk Usagi! I think we need to check you into a mental institution."
"You don't believe me?! I'll prove it to you! Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Usagi yelled, and transformed into Sailor Moon.
"You, you ARE Sailor Moon!" Naru exclaimed. She then turned to Luna. "And you can talk?"
"Yes, I talk, Usagi you moron! Why did you do that?" Luna asked.
"I think this is the only time I've transformed with out the intent to go fighting." Usagi said looking at herself. "What? Oh because I couldn't stand not telling her anymore, lying to one of my best friends. I just couldn't do that anymore."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Naru asked.
"Well, you were already getting hurt, and I felt that if I told you, you'd get even more hurt. But you know now."
"I always did wonder where you always ran off to when a monster attacked, and then you'd show up later."
Sailor Moon shrugged. "I suppose I should de-transform."
Luna nodded. "Good idea."
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August 3, 1998
Setsuna awoke without the assistance of the alarm clock Souichi had set. She got up and got into the shower. Exactly thirty minutes later she got out of the shower, and went out to the kitchen. The automatic coffee pot had already made the coffee when she was in the shower. She grabbed the pot and poured herself a cup. She went out to the porch, retrieved the paper, then went back to the kitchen, passing a dead to the world Haruka along the way. 'Wonder what she's done now?' she wondered to herself smiling. She sat back down at the kitchen table, and opened the paper.
Souichi woke up when the alarm went off, he heard the shower running in the bathroom. He got up and got dressed, then went to the kitchen to pour himself a cup of coffee. Then he went down to his lab. The Professor at the local high school, where his daughter would be going to school next year, had offered to help him figure out what had happened to Hotaru. He knew in his heart that it wasn't natural to go from baby to eighteen year old in two weeks. Even with supernatural assistance. He heard Setsuna upstairs walking around, and went up. He found her sitting at the kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee, and reading the paper.
"Don't you already know everything that happened already?" He asked.
She smiled, but didn't jump. "Yes, but it's nice to read the horoscopes, and read the comics. At least, that's what Haruka and Alexis would say."
"Of course." He said. "So how much longer to we have before the kids get up?" He asked wrapping his arms around her shoulders.
"Well, Haruka will sleep about another hour, as long as we don't make any noise. Michiru will sleep for another thirty minutes, but won't be down for and hour and a half. Abby, Alexis, and Hayley will sleep until at least noon."
"And Hotaru?"
"I don't know. She's always been able to shield herself from my sight."
"Setsuna…"
"I don't know how it could be possible, but it's happened. And she's healthier than she's ever been."
"I know. I'm just worried."
"And you have every right to be Souichi-chan. She's your only daughter, I know you're worried." She paused. " No Souichi, she will be the only child you will have."
"But, I…"
"I know I do too, I just can't you have to understand."
"Understand what Pu?" Hotaru called from the doorway.
"That's only for your father." She smiled at Hotaru.
Hotaru tugged at her night shirt which was a bit too small for her. "Puu, can we go to the mall today? I need my own clothes. Something that actually fits me?"
"Well, Hotaru, I wanted…" Souichi began.
"NO MORE TESTS SOUICHI!" Setsuna raised her voice a bit too loud.
Haruka appeared in the doorway a few seconds later wearing only a thigh length T-shirt. "Jeez! Can't a girl get a little sleep around here? What time is it anyway?"
"Ten, and I'm sorry Haruka." Setsuna said to the blonde girl.
Haruka stretched, and it definitely didn't do much for her modesty. "Jeez, I could have slept…"
"Another hour, yes I know. Haruka, put your arms down!" Setsuna replied.
Hotaru's face turned beet red. "Haruka, don't you think you ought to wear a pair of boxers? Especially when you sleep in the living room?"
"It's better than nothing at all right?" Haruka said, teasing the most powerful Senshi.
Her jaw dropped, and if it was possible, she turned even more red.
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"Wow, Rei! That dress looks amazing on you!" Usagi said admiring the short dark purple dress Rei had stepped out of the dressing room in.
"You think Usagi-chan?" She said turning around in front of the mirror. "It's not too short?"
Usagi raised an eyebrow at that. "How can you ask that Rei-chan?"
"What do you mean how can I ask that?"
"Our fuku skirts are much shorter than that."
Rei laughed. "Yeah I guess so. Hey isn't that Setsuna and Hotaru?"
"Yeah! There's the Jules sisters too!" Usagi said running over to them. "Hey you guys!"
Abby lit up as she saw the exuberant blonde running over to them. "Hey Usagi! How've you been?"
"Great! How are you?"
"Pretty good. We're just trying to get Hotaru to get something other than black." She said smiling, and gesturing to Hotaru's arms.
Usagi glanced at Hotaru, and noticed everything from pants to shirts to dresses, even parts of underwear that was showing was black. "You don't want any color Hotaru?" She asked.
Hotaru giggled. "No, Poppa says it looks good on me. And I think so too."
Rei came up behind Usagi with her regular clothes on.. "Hey girls."
Hayley started at Rei's voice. "Hey Rei."
Rei tightened her lips. "It's Hino-san to you three."
Usagi whirled around to her friend. "Rei! Stop it!"
Rei's eyes went to the floor with out and apology.
"Setsuna, can I talk to you?" Usagi asked.
Setsuna nodded. "Of course Princess. Hotaru, why don't you go try those on, and see it they all fit." She turned to Usagi, and took her arm lightly in her grasp. Setsuna led Usagi over to a formal section of the shop. "What's wrong?"
"Don't you know?"
Setsuna smiled. "Yes, but ask anyways."
"Will they listen? Most of all will Rei-chan listen?"
"In time. But it will take something that will come close to threatening their lives to get them to cooperate."
"What is it? Setsuna, tell me!"
"I can't. But you will soon learn."
"You've never been able to give me a straight answer. Why is that Pluto?"
"You have to be able to learn things on your own instead of relying on me for all the answers."
"Usagi! We need to get going, if we're going to make it to the party store and then to Mamoru's on time for his return."
"He comes back today?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi blushed. "Yes, Only for his birthday, and then he's going back again."
"And you're going to help him celebrate?" Alexis said grinning.
"We all are." Rei said tightly.
"I was just teasing!" Alexis retaliated.
Usagi pushed Rei from behind to get her moving. "Let's go Rei, we still have to make it to the party store!" 'Bye' She mouthed to the other five.
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"Do you think Mamo-chan will like the decorations?" Usagi asked the inner senshi.
Minako looked around the room at the balloons, crepe paper, and 'happy birthday' signs. "I certainly hope so. Otherwise, we went through all this trouble for nothing."
"Really, Usagi," Rei said bumping into some crepe paper that started to droop. " DO you think all this is necessary?"
"I want Mamo-chan to have a good birthday..."
"The decorations don't mean anything Usagi!" Makoto said smiling.
"I tried to tell her that in the party store when she just about bought out the entire stock of decorations."
"Shh" Ami said. "I think he's coming!"
They all hid behind the couch as keys rattled outside the door. Usagi chuckled a little as the door was opened. The lights were turned on and the five girls jumped up and yelled "SURPRISE!"
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Mamoru was exhausted when he got off the train. Mioki Takahowski, daughter of the host family he was staying with was with him, as she wanted to see Tokyo for herself, stepped off the train behind him. "Your girlfriend isn't here to meet you?"
"Heh, she's probably with the other girls planning something wild for my birthday." Knowing Usako, it wasn't going to be simple. He hoped that he'd be able to talk to her before he saw her, because if she saw him with Mioki, She'd flip out. "I'm warning you, you'll be astounded by Usako, but she's one of the sweetest people I know."
Mioki smiled, and laughed. "Sounds like Niaki"
"He does remind me of Usako." He said picking up his bags, as she did the same.
They got to his car, and were on their way to his apartment. He fumbled with his keys at the door of his home. Bumped the door open, and flipped on the lights.
His bags dropped to the floor as the five inner senshi jumped up and yelled "SURPRISE!" 'Oh God.' he thought.
"Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked, tears forming in her eyes.
"Usako, no, it's not what you think!" Rei was shooting daggers at him, Ami's eyes were wide, her jaw to the floor, Minako and Makoto's eyes were wide, but they both looked ready to transform and kill him on the spot.
"What do I think Mamoru?" She asked, she sounded very pissed.
"You think I brought her home as a girlfriend. But that's not it at all. I brought her here, because she wanted to see Tokyo."
She pointed down the hall to his bedroom. "I think we need to talk!"
'Every man's nightmare is hearing his girlfriend say those words.' He followed her down the hallway and into his bedroom.
"Mamo-chan, you'd better not be lying to me!"
Oh yeah, she was pissed. "Usagi, she's in the host family I'm staying with. She wanted to see Tokyo for herself, she'd never been here, and I volunteered to bring her."
"Oh... is that all?" She asked eyeing him.
"Yes. Usako, please you know I'd never leave you. I love you!"
"Oh, Mamo-chan" She threw her arms around his neck, and kissed him. "Happy birthday."
"Thank you Usako."
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"Good-bye Mamo-chan." Usagi said wiping a tear form her eye.
"Usako, you know I'll be here if you need me. I've got my car there."
She nodded, then leaned up and whispered in his ear, "We're taking a vacation this weekend, Mamo-chan. It's strictly Senshi business, and I think you should be there."
"A vacation," He wrapped his arms around her to hug her, then continued. "What do you need a vacation for?"
"Training. We've partnered up, just like I told you we'd do, and we really need to practice. Setsuna promised to teach us how to teleport solo."
"That way I could come a lot easier."
She nodded against his shoulder. "I'll see you this weekend."
He smiled and nodded. "I'll see you then." He then leaned down and kissed her cheek. "Be careful."
Usagi smiled at him and nodded once more. "Good-bye!" She then noticed Mioki behind him. "Nice meeting you!"
Mioki smiled. "It was nice meeting you too!
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The next day while at school, Minako, Makoto, Rei, Ami, Usagi, and Naru sat outside eating their lunches.
"So you're in on the secret huh Naru?" Rei asked.
"Hai! Thanks a lot for not killing Usagi too much for this."
"Don't worry, even though she can get aggravating at times, we know we have to keep her around!"
All the girls laughed at this. "I really couldn't believe it. After Usagi and Luna left me, I just sat there in astonishment. Then later on, it just dawned on me that the rest of you were the other senshi!"
"You figured it all out just from knowing who Usagi is?" Ami asked.
"Hai!"
"Oh!" Usagi squealed. Don't look now, but there's Pat, Ben, Aaron, and Craig."
"I can't believe how many people have transferred here!" Makoto said. "I mean they're from all different parts of America, but they all know Japanese, fluently."
"I know." Minako said. "How do you think they all know Japanese? Do you think they could be part of the Zodiac?"
"Like they're here under cover?" Rei asked.
"Sorta like that. You agree with me though don't you Rei?"
"I don't sense any evil in them. Oh no! Here they come."
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Aaron Virgesse, Patrick Leoni, Benjamin Cap, and Craig Sagitus, all knew each other from America. They had all learned Japanese from the same nationwide school. They found each other on line in a chat room on the school's web site and had become instant friends. They had all decided to come to Tokyo, and go to the best college they could find. All of them were interested in learning about the culture, and about the Senshi that they had heard so much about.
Ben was the oldest, at 16, but only by a few months than the others. He had grown up in the really small town of Ellis, Kansas, and the boys teased him often about Dorothy and Toto.
Patrick was the second to oldest. He was born in Ontario, Canada, but had grown up in Buffalo New York.
Aaron was just younger then Pat, by a month and a half. He had grown up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and you could tell it from his heavy accent.
At the youngest, Craig wasn't one to be taken lightly. Although the youngest, he had studied the martial arts since he was five. and practiced regularly. He was currently teaching the other boys some of the basics. He had been born in Sidney, Australia, but had moved to San Francisco, California with his family when he was ten.
The four of them sat eating their own lunches, staring at the six girls sitting under the large gingko tree. "So Ben, are you going to get up the gumption to ask her out yet?" Aaron asked smiling.
"Shut up, man!" Benjamin said. He looked over at Aino Minako, she was very beautiful. If maybe a little familiar. "I'm going to ask her today."
"What about you Pat?" Craig asked him.
"Makoto scares me." The other three laughed at him. "Hey! It's not funny, I'm serious. I was watching her today in gym class, she's really tough." he looked down at his plate and mumbled something that the others couldn't quite catch.
"What was that?" Craig asked teasingly.
"I said she could kick my ass! But I'm going to do it. I am going to go over there."
"So go Romeo!" Craig got a smack to the back of the head for that.
Patrick looked over at Ben. "You're going to come with me right?"
Ben looked over at the girls, who were looking over at them. "Right. Sure. Of course."
The two teenage, panicky boys stood and walked over to the Gingko tree.
"Excuse us for interrupting your lunch Aino-san!" Benjamin said in perfect Japanese.
Minako smiled. "It's okay. What's up?"
"Um... um..." 'Oh GOD! I can't think when she's looking at me like that!' "Um... um... Aino-san. Would you? Um..."
"You already said that... five times."
"Right, um, I mean! Um..."
'I really should help him out on this one, but it's too much fun to watch him squirm! Oh well...' "Cap- kun." She smiled. "Would you be asking me out on a date by any chance?"
"UM!"
"Yes. I will. How about you come by my room say around eight Thursday night?"
"Um... Sure, thanks Aino-san!"
"You can call me Minako"
"Minako. Okay." He accepted the piece of paper she handed to him.
"That's my room number and phone number, in case you get lost."
Ben turned around and nudged Patrick in the ribs. "See it wasn't that hard."
"Sure." He took a deep breath and then looked directly at Makoto. "Kino-san? Would you... acompanymeonadoubledatewithBenandMinako?"
Makoto smiled, then chuckled.
'She laughing at me, oh God! She's laughing at me!'
"Sure, why not?" She said shrugging her shoulders. "I'm rooming with Minako, so you won't have to go to two different places."
"Oh okay! Thank you..." He looked at her for permission to call her Makoto. She caught his look then nodded. "Thank you Makoto." He turned on his heel and the two boys both sped away.
"Oh wow!" Benjamin said almost hyperventilating. "We actually did it!"
"Actually did what?" Came a familiar female brogue. The two spun and saw Michael and Mary Tinnery, Adam Lichi, and Joseph Arkane just coming out of the building. Craig and Aaron were right behind Ben and Pat.
"They finally asked Aino-san and Kino-san out on a date!" Craig said smirking.
"Really?" Mary said, draping her arm across his shoulders. "And here I thought we were meant for each other!" She burst out laughing, and let go of him.
"Who's meant for who?" Thomas Cancher asked running up with Nicholas Scorion.
"I was just messing around with them!" Mary said laughing even harder. She looked over her shoulder, and found that the yard had almost cleared. Then she switched to English. "Have any of you seen them yet?"
"No. But I'm pretty sure that Aino-san, and Kino-san will either know where to find them or are one of them." Aaron replied.
"Those two?" Nicholas asked rather surprised.
"I still say we should look for the senshi we saw on TV." Michael said sternly. His highland brogue still remained on his words, even after five years of living in the states.
"You're only saying that because you know who you're supposed to protect, Gemini!" Joseph said.
"Enough! Enough already! Joseph, you know you're sworn to protect Earth." Mary said, raising her hands in an effort to bring some sort of order to the chaos, that would no doubt arise would they be able to continue their discussion. Anger, laced with determination, was prominent in her accent which was the same as her twin brother's. "Right now what we need to do is find the senshi, and also find our twelfth. We're not very good guardians without an Aquarius." In the distance a bell rang. "Okay, those of us who have a class let's go, we're late, those of you who are in lunch period right now, we'll finish this later." She added very sternly, then turned to leave.
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"Gemini, come forth!" Leo called.
"Yes Ascendant one?" The female Gemini asked, clasping her brother's hand. Leo still had the power to frighten her. As he was the oldest Zodiac, but also the wisest... even tough he didn't look a day over twenty.
"What progress have you made with the senshi?"
"Finding them is hard. As we surveyed you when you did battle with them when the Senshi of the Star first came here, we thought we had seen them before. However, when we enrolled at the high school that we tracked her to, we couldn't find any trace of them." Gemini M reported.
"Sir," Gemini F asked. "is there a reason for not being able to track her?" She let go of her brothers hand and stepped forward. "Should we be able to track the star power through her, or can we only sense it when she's assumed her senshi form?"
The rest of the Zodiac stirred. Noone had ever asked a question out of turn like the female Gemini had just done. Leo could feel the weight of their stares even through the darkness. "Gemini, you bring up a very important subject. Yes, you should be able to sense her, but not as strongly. Most of our more experienced members will be able to sense her even here, like myself. But without the proper field work with experiencing the Star power for yourselves, you wouldn't be able to sense her unless she had transformed." Just as he said that, he stopped short. He sensed something building, a pain in his temple. He knew no one else would be able to feel it until she had transformed completely, but it was there. Seconds after he thought that all of the Zodiac collapsed in pain.
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To a reviwer:
this is the author of this story. I'm sorry if you believe that I purposely used Sailor Universe to copy you, because that is definately not the truth. I created Hayley and Alexis Jules a long time ago even before my stary was posted online. I'm sorry if you feel this copies you in some way, but I assure you my Sailor Universe is completely from my own mind