Lord Cynic: "All right! I've got a good movie!"

Mini Ivan: "What is it?"

Lord Cynic: "It's supposed to be a really good one..."

Mini Garet: "Yeah, so what movie is it?"

Lord Cynic: "I can't wait to watch it!"

Mini Jenna: "WHAT'S THE MOVIE?"

Lord Cynic: "Whoooaaaaaaaaa!" (Smashes into the wall and the video pops out of his hand)

Mini Garet: Reads it and sweatdrops. "You've got to be joking..."

Mini Isaac: "What?"

Mini Garet: "... It's a Pokemon movie."

Everyone stares at Lord Cynic, but he's been knocked out so he doesn't reply.

Mini Mia: "Pokemon's cute! I like them."

Mini Sheba: "... Cute?"

Mini Mia: "Yeah! I love Charmander, he's so cute!"

Mini Isaac: (eyes Mia suspiciously)

Mini Mia: (hastily) "... not to say that you're not cute, I just... I just meant..."

Mini Isaac: "..." (Walks off)


Mini Garet: "Mini Cynic doesn't own Golden Sun. He owns the er..." (Counts) "... Six of us, but not Golden Sun. Golden Sun belongs to Camelot Soft."

Cynic: "In this fanfic, there may be a fair amount of POV changing. Try and figure it out, okay?"


Chapter 11 - Night Four, a.k.a. Sailor Isaac

Nothing much happened much the next day. Oh, except for a certain redhead suspiciously entering employment offices... then there was the tornado conjured up by Ivan and Sheba that messed up Isaac's hair (and he screamed louder than Jenna ever could) ... oh, and Jenna achieving a new volume in her voice (Oh, never mind, then)... oh, I also heard of someone being the first Adept on Jupiter... nah, nothing much happened.


Nighttime fell quickly, and once again, Mia prepared for another night of babysitting.

This will be the night, she thought to herself. One way or another, I will confess my feelings for Isaac.

She was about to make herself some coffee when the front door opened, and Isaac walked in, hair still completely ruined (At least, that's what he reckoned).

"Hello, Isaac."

Isaac hadn't noticed Mia, and hesitated slightly before answering. "Oh, er, hi."

Mia became concerned. "Something wrong?"

"Oh, no," Isaac said quickly, and hastily stuffed a small box into his pocket while Mia was preoccupied with the kettle.

"Want some coffee before you go to bed?" she asked, even though she'd already poured two mugs. Isaac walked into the kitchen, and Mia presented him with a mug, smiling sweetly. (i.e., the face.) He took it hesitantly, and then turned away before she could catch sight of his flushing face. Unfortunately for him, she could see the heat emitting over his head. She smiled again, to herself, and together they sipped their coffee quietly (Although Isaac made the brutal mistake of trying to glug it down in one go, and nearly burnt his tongue off in the process).


As they set their mugs down in the sink, Felix, Jenna and Ivan walked in. They were looking particularly smug, and Isaac eyed them suspiciously, especially Felix, who was wearing a cap too small for his head.

"What're you lot looking so happy about?" he asked.

The tricky trio smirked at each other and revealed their secrets: Felix removed his cap (with great relief) and showed his new haircut (however, it only looked slightly better than his previous hairdo, and Isaac couldn't tell the difference anyway); Ivan took out a strange box from his jacket (which Isaac thought looked suspicious in the first place); and Jenna took off her necklace from around her neck. Isaac's eyes widened (after he'd finished becoming suspicious, of course).

"Okay, first of all, what the heck is that, Ivan?" he asked.

Ivan smirked. "It's a joke box. Read the title: 1001 ways to send people insane and to Venus."

Isaac slapped a hand to his forehead in a "Duh!" motion, and then made an intrigued face after his brain actually took in the title of the little black box. "Okay, then where'd you get the money for those?"

"We got some generous donations from our busking," Jenna said casually.

Isaac nodded, then muttered, "They must've paid you to stop," as Mia gloomily went back to the kettle.

I can't confess to Isaac in public, she thought to herself as she turned the tap on to refill the kettle. He might reject it, and I'd be humiliated in front of my friends. If... if only we could be alone for just two minutes, then -

"Mia?"

"Huh?"

Mia snapped back into reality, and realised that she'd kept the tap going. She turned it off quickly, face burning with embarrassment.

"Something wrong?" Isaac asked, looking at her strangely. She shook her head and returned the kettle to the bench. She suddenly spun around, and Isaac sweatdropped when she flashed on her company smile.

"Anyone else want some coffee?" she asked. Everyone shook their heads, and Isaac started to walk upstairs. "Going to bed?"

"Yeah," Isaac said. "I haven't sleep well at all recently." He grew a face of confusion as the others exchanged dark looks, but the naive Venus Adept didn't noticed. "'Night."

Everyone murmured "'Night," and he departed up the stairs. However, before he disappeared from view, Mia noticed a mysterious ring on his right wrist.

"Um, guys?" she started. "Anyone notice anything on his wrist?"

"Yeah, the ring," Jenna said casually, and the boys shrugged in a "Whatever" way. Then, she added, "But don't worry, isn't the left hand the wedding hand?" She smirked malevolently, and Mia blushed again.

"I... I didn't say anything about that," she said breathlessly, her face burning red.

"Just making sure you know," Jenna said, smirking broadly now. The guys sniggered as Mia returned to the kettle, her face returning to normal colour but filling with fear instead.

I definitely can't admit my feelings to Isaac now, she thought fretfully. What will I do?


"Your resume is unique, Mr... ?"

"Garet."

We finally found Garet - at the local pub... heh, heh... (snorts laughter)

"Hey!" Garet shouted, glaring at the camera. Eheh... sorry.

"Whom are you talking to?" the employment secretary asked, looking around in confusion. Garet cleared his throat.

"No one," he said quickly, turning back to face the secretary. "So, are my qualifications decent?"

"Yep," she said, and then radioed ahead. "Okay, Mr. Garth -"

"Garet."

"- the boss is ready to see you now."

Garet looked confused.

"Oh, nothing to worry about," the secretary assured him. "My boss just wants to see you face-to-face before you start the job."

"Oh," Garet said, taken aback.

"Good luck, Mr. Gareth," the secretary said, waving.

"Grr," Garet growled, but all the same, he waltzed into the room of the Boss himself... well, maybe not quite...

"Hello, Garet."

"What the?"


Back at Isaac's house, in Isaac's bedroom...

"Mortal fools," a sinister voice muttered in the darkness. "They wouldn't notice if the town Psynergy Stone went flying over Vault." He chuckled to himself as he held a black (-ish) jewel in his hands. "Now to use this Teleport Lapis to cause some havoc." The lapis began to glow, and a flash of light filled the room.

"What was that?" Mia asked alarmingly, noticing the flash from downstairs.

"... Looks like it came from Isaac's room," Felix said casually.

"You're not concerned?" Mia asked, almost shrilly.

"Well, why should we be?" Ivan asked. "In the past few days, Isaac's been looking for revenge for his father's death, been a bicycle-riding maniac... a maniac in general," he added, shuddering," and recently a referee for your fight with Sheba."

He and Felix closed their eyes and smiled slyly, until Jenna and Mia promptly bashed them up with rolling pins. Jenna folded her arms in disgust as Felix and Ivan lay on the ground with spiral faces.

"Honestly," she said, "all men are hopeless." She noticed that Mia had resumed looking upstairs. "Oh, for -" She stopped herself when Mia snapped back into reality again and was looking at her strangely. "Let's go then."

Jenna sighed heavily, and Mia (whose eyes suddenly lit up) bounced up the stairs.


"You look surprised to see me, Garet."

Garet's mouth gaped open stupidly like the laughing clown at the Mini Golf course.

"Who, what, where, why..."

Sheba shook her head in pity (Gasp!). 'Poor misguided afro-clad fool," she thought to herself, and then cleared her throat. "Come now, Garet. Aren't you glad I'm the boss 'round here?"

Somewhere far away, a Siren wailed.

"Okay, Porcupine Boy," Sheba said, her voice losing its casualness, "we all know about your current financial crisis - everyone except your parents, that is."

Garet had opened his mouth to speak, but now all he could do was babble endlessly, dreading the reaction of his parents.

"Yes, your parents don't know you're flat broke," Sheba continued. "I'm sure they don't want to hear that their hero of a son was conned into losing all his money... although, that said, they probably wouldn't be surprised."

Like a Slowpoke on Valium, it took Garet 45 seconds to realise he'd been insulted. He opened his mouth yet again to shoot back with a remark, only to find Sheba gone. Confused, he left the office, where the secretary had been expecting him.

"Ms. Sheba told me to tell you that you start tomorrow," she said. "9am sharp."

"Um, okay," Garet said slowly. "Do I have to bring anything?"

"Oh, no," the secretary said, a devious glint in her eye that only Garet wouldn't notice. "You seem to already be equipped with your own mop."

Garet's brow furrowed, as he tried to interpret her words, but he simply nodded. However, as he walked out he finally understood what she said, and turned back around.

"My hair is not a - OWW!"


As Mia and Jenna arrived at Isaac's bedroom, another flash briefly illuminated it. They glanced apprehensively at each other as Mia reached for the doorknob. However, her hand just grabbed the handle when Isaac burst through the door yet again. The girls' eyes widened when they caught sight of what he was wearing: a tight-fitting sailor suit, complete with white elbow gloves, a netball skirt, white heeled boots and a large red bow on his chest (A.N.: "I think that's the outfit..."). The ring on his wrist glowed malevolently, and that was the first thing Mia noticed, after she gained the self-control to look away from Isaac's bewildering outfit. She pointed it out to Jenna as a tune played from Isaac's room:

'Fighting evil by moonlight,

Winning love by daylight,

Never running from a real fight,

She is rhe one named... Sailor Moon!'

The tune continued to play ('She will never turn her back on a friend...') as Isaac performed the Sailor Moon transformation before delivering his (improvised) battle speech.

"Sailor Moon is back to kick some butt! So in the name of the moon, I will punish you!"

The music ended ('She is the one... Sailor Moon!') As she performed Sailor Moon battle pose. Mia and Jenna looked at each other with satellite dish eyes as Isaac continued to stand before them. He looked particularly more impatient that usual, so Mia approached him cautiously.

"Um... Isa - er, I mean, Sailor Moon?"

Isaac looked at her strangely, and in his mind, she transformed into Amy Anderson, a.k.a. Sailor Mercury (A.N.: "Wow, what a coincidence").

"Sailor Mercury?" he uttered apprehensively, and then beamed. "Sailor Mercury, you're here! Just in time!"

"Huh?" Mia became confused, and then she remembered who Sailor Mercury was (Okay, let's just say that in their sparetime, Isaac and Mia spend many (silent) hours together watching Sailor Moon). "Yes, I'm here to help you fight the, er, Negacreeps!"

Jenna became worried, but when Mia nodded to her while Isaac was preoccupied adjusting his red bow, she understood and nodded too.

"Hey Sailor Mercury, you've let your hair grow out a long way," Isaac piped up, noticing that for the first time as Sailor Moon. Mia sweatdropped nervously, then turned to Isaac with a ; face.

"Oh yeah, um, I thought it was time for a change," she said quickly, hoping it was an effective alibi.

"Well, you look great with your hair like that," Isaac said, obviously impressed.

"T-Thanks," Mia said, going magenta. That'll be just Sailor Moon talking, she thought to herself, but maybe that's Isaac talking... oh, if only I could -

"Look out, Sailor Mercury!" Isaac cried suddenly, pointing at a bewildered Jenna. Mia thought quickly and came up with an idea.

"Don't you remember Sailor Jupiter?" she asked Isaac, nodding at Jenna. Jenna got the point and straightened up.

"That's... that's right," she stammered. "I... I came here with Sailor Mercury to assist you."

Isaac nodded, but stared strangely at Jenna, making her, if possible, even more nervous.

"Sailor Jupiter, you seem to have become a lot shorter," he observed. Mia and Jenna both sweatdropped.

"Well, um," Mia started, "maybe you've gotten taller."

Isaac pondered this for a moment. "Yes, I have been eating a lot of icecream lately."

Mia and Jenna glanced at each other, still sweatdropping, and wondering how long this would last.


Sheba returned to the house to find Felix and Ivan still unconscious. Smirking to herself, she stood at their heads, and then commanded a small, "Whirlwind!" At once, the two winds blew at the top of their heads. Smirking even more broadly now, she commanded the whirlwinds to stop after a few seconds, and then used Plasma to wake the guys up. After the initial shock, Felix and Ivan sat up, then pointed and shouted to each other:

"Haha, your hair's messed up! No, yours it! Yours is! Mine is too? This can't be!"

Hearing of this 'disaster', both slapped their hands to their cheeks and screamed in terror. This was enough to cause Sheba to fall over, and attract the attention of the Sailor Scouts upstairs.


"Sounds like trouble," Sailor Moon said. She turned to the long, blue-haired Sailor Mercury, and the short Sailor Jupiter. "Let's go downstairs."

Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter nodded briefly, and the three of them darted downstairs. Then they got there, they found Felix and Ivan crying and Sheba shaking her head in exasperation.

"What happened to these two?" Jenna muttered to Sheba while Mia kept Isaac preoccupied.

"I only messed up their hair with a bit of wind," Sheba said, shrugging. "If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have bothered.

"Oh, for Tiamat's sake!" Jenna said angrily at Felix and Ivan, who suddenly jumped. "You're worse than Garet! Get up!"

The two sobbing masses looked at her fretfully, and then clambered up.

"But... our hair... is -" they stuttered, but Jenna interrupted them.

"Get a grip!" she hissed. "Just because your hair's not perfect doesn't mean you have to act like such -"

"Look out Sailor Jupiter!" Isaac said suddenly, pointed at Felix, Ivan and Sheba all at once. "It's the Negacreeps!"

The 'Negacreeps' looked at Jenna nervously, and were horrified to find that she was grinning evilly.

"Oh, that's right," she said, but then became confused. "Which ones?"

Everyone, including Sheba, Ivan and Felix (who all still had no idea what was going on), fell down in stupidity.

"Hnnh," Isaac groaned, slightly annoyed. He got up and pointed again at the culprits. "Jedite, Nephrite and Zoisite!"

This time, everyone except Isaac and Mia sweatdropped.

"I thought we destroyed them," Mia said, being the only other person to know what Sailor Moon even was (the show, that is).

He looked at her coldly, and she was taken aback.

"It seems they've somehow been reincarnated," he said obviously, and Mia wondered where this hostile attitude was coming from. Meanwhile, 'Jedite', 'Nephrite' and 'Zoisite' were looking at each other with increasing confusion, and Sailor Jupiter continued to smirk.

"Is it just me, or is everyone getting shorter," Sailor Moon muttered to herself, then wielded her Moon Sceptre (i.e., Mia's Crystal Rod). Sailor Mercury looked at it then glared at Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon noticed this and sweatdropped. "Oh, I almost forgot," she said, producing a Zodiac Wand, "this is your Star Wand, I seem to have had it for a while." She handed it to Mercury, and then called out to Sailor Jupiter. "Here!"

Jupiter turned around just in time to receive the second of the Star Wands. She looked at it with disgust, preferring her Phaeton's Blade, but she caught Mercury's warning glare and nodded in resignation.

Meanwhile, the Negacreeps were now eyeing the Sailor Scouts' weapons with apprehension. They jumped back in alarm when the Scouts approached them.

"Hey, hey," Jedite said, as the 'villains' backed away, "what do you plan to do with those?"

"We plan... to destroy you!" Sailor Moon declared, and even her fellow scouts became frightened when her eyes turned red. The ring, still on her wrist somehow, glowed malevolently again, and there seemed to be a dark light surrounding her. "Moon... Crystal... Power!" she bellowed, and the Crystal Rod began to glow.

Mercury glanced at Sailor Moon nervously (as did everyone else), and then said to Jupiter, "Just follow my lead. Mercury Star Power!" she then cried, holding up her Star Wand/Zodiac Wand, which started to glow as well.

Jupiter nodded cautiously, and then cried, "Jupiter Star Power!" and her wand also started to glow. Now, the Scouts' weapons at the ready, they approached the retreating denizens of the Negaverse again.

"Eat Sailor power, Negacreeps!" Sailor Moon shouted, and the sceptre and wands unleashed their powers. In less than two seconds, the Negacreeps faced the devastating blast of the Scouts' power, and were unconscious.

"That was fun," Jupiter said, grinning. Mercury nodded, but Sailor Moon started to act strangely. She dropped to the ground, releasing her Moon Sceptre, and the glow from the ring started to fade. Soon, the glow as no more, and she started to regain consciousness, but not as Sailor Moon...

"AAAAHHHHHHHH! What am I doing in a dress!"


Meanwhile, on Jupiter...

"I guess that's the last time I intentionally anger Jenna," Piers said, then looked around. "But how do I get off here!"


Mini Ivan: "You're in big trouble, Cynic..."

Cynic: (sweatdrops) "Why?"

Mini Ivan: "Your readers won't appreciate how long it took for you to write this chapter."

Cynic: "Yeah, well, um, I have holiday homework."

Mini Garet: "Not good enough. You must answer to the call of the people generous enough to use their precious time reading your fanfics!"

Cynic: "Hey, I'm not taking orders from you lot."

Mini's: "Oh really?"

Cynic: "Y-Yeah."

KRACOOM!

Cynic: (Goes spiral-eyed)