Here's Chapter five. I'm sorry that it's taken so long to get this out. I've been working alot on them, though. I hope that these chapters will make up for the long wait. So, here's the long awaited chapter 5!
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Rini and Hotaru were watching the Saturday Morning cartoons with the kids when Heero's laptop started beeping. The kids didn't even turn around; they were too engrossed in watching the colorful characters parade around the screen.
Hotaru opened the laptop and checked the email. Some mobile suits were attacking the colony and the gundams were needed.
"We have to do something," Rini said when she looked at the email. "We'll have to take the gundams out ourselves."
"Right," Hotaru said. "Let's g--"
But before she could get the "go" part all of the way out of her mouth, their sailor scout communicators started beeping. Hotaru turned her's on and was looking into the face of Sailor Uranus.
"Amara-papa," Hotaru cried joyfully.
"Hotaru, what in the world happened to you?! You're all grown up," Urnaus shouted.
"No time to explain," Hotaru said seriously. "What's the trouble."
"Monsters," Urnaus shouted over the sounds of screams. "We need the inners down here!"
"They can't come," Hotaru said. "I'll be there soon!"
She clicked off her communicator and turned to Rini.
"Looks like you'll be going solo," Hotaru said grimly.
"Ok," Rini said. "Good thing Duo taught me some of the controls to the gundams one time. Now, you get going and I'll find the hanger again. They changed it's entrance since the last time I found it."
"Right," Hotaru responded before turning into Sailor Saturn, the sailor scout of distruction, and running out of the house.
"Duo," Rini called. "Duo, come here, honey."
"Yeah," the five-year-old said, looking up at Rini.
"Darling, do you know where the gundam hanger is," Rini asked.
"Uh.....," he said, scratching his head. "No?"
"Oh, great," Rini moaned. "When he fell out of that tree yesterday he must have gotten slight amnesia."
"I have a gundam," Duo said proudly. "His name is Deathscythe! We fly around like this!"
He spread his out like airplane wings and began running around the room, making "Woosh" noises. Rini groaned in frustration then turned to Wufei.
"Wufei, do you know where the gundam hanger is," she asked in a sweet voice.
"Uh...," Wufei said, turning to look at Heero. Heero shook his head slightly. "What are gundams?"
"Where'd Hotaru go," Serena asked.
"Scout bussiness," Rini said.
"Why didn't you go," Rei asked.
"Because I have something else to do," Rini said.
"Whatcha' gonna do," Mina asked.
"I have to fight other monsters," Rini said paitently.
"Why," Lita asked.
"Because they'll destroy everything if I don't destroy them," Rini answered.
"Ok, Serena said cheerfully. "We'll go help Hotaru, then!"
"No, don--," but before she could finish her sentence, the small girls were already transforming into the planetary soldiers.
"Moon Cosmic Dream Action!
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Mars Crystal Power!"
In a flash of multi-colored lights, the five little girls transformed into the "pretty soldiers" of love and justice, only smaller.
"You guys can't help," Rini said. "You're too little!"
"No, we're not," Serena cried, putting her little hands on her little hips.
"I bet your powers don't even work right," Rini said in a high-and-mighty way.
"They do so," Lita cried.
"Show me," Rini said.
"Alright," Lita said.
She rubbed her hands tpgether and concentrated.
After a few moments, the best she could manage were a few sparks and a small electric current that made the rest of Heero's hair stand on end when Lita touched his hand.
"Aw, it's no good," little Lita wailed.
"Okay, Rei, your turn," Rini sighed.
"Alright, here we go," Rei said. But sadly, all she could manage was a small flickering flame that burned on her fingertip for a fraction of a second.
"Dang," Rei whined.
"Ami," Rini said.
"I'll give it a shot," Ami said meekly. Her outcome was a few icicles on the still ceiling fan.
"Mina, do you want to try," Rini asked.
"No, thank you," Mina said. "If their's doesn't work, why should mine?"
"Point taken," Rini said.
"Hey! I remember where it is," Duo cried suddenly, yanking on Rini's hand. "Come on! Follow me!"
Duo ran down the hall as fast as his little legs would carry him, with Rini close behind him.
They soon stood in front of a grandfather clock in one of the hallways. This clock was the same one that Rini had put Wufei's katana on. {Remember that? I think that was in Chapter 2 where she took his katana away.}
"Just set the clock to ten 'o clock backwards, and then then the secret panel will open up," Duo cried joyfully. "Oh, but you have to press that little red button above the six and then set it, while you're still holding the button, or it won't work."
"Thanks, Duo," Rini said, kissing his cheek. "You've always been a buddy."
"Who's gonna watch us while you're gone," Duo asked.
"One of the butlers," Rini explained. "His name is Gaston. He's a bit old so I want you guys to be good until Hotaru and I get back. Stay out of trouble, you hear?"
"Yes, ma'am," Duo said. Rini didn't notice, but behind his back, he had his fingers crossed.
Rini watched him run down the hallway then turned back to the clock. She set it exactly as Duo had said and the clock slid to the right, revealing a door. Rini opened it and stepped inside.
Sure enough, there were the gundams. But which one would she pilot? Deathscythe, of course!
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"We have a baby-sitter now," Serena wailed in distress.
"Yup," Duo said. "Rini said for us to be good because the man, Gaston, is kinda old."
"Baby-sitters aren't supposed to be old men," Lita said. "They're supposed to be teenage girls!"
"This guy's a butler," Duo said.
"You must be the children Miss Rini asked me to watch," said a kind voice from behind them.
They all turned around to see an old man smiling at them warmly. His neat hair was snowy white, as was his mustache. His wrinkles made him look wise, not old. Serena knew who this man was immedetaly.
"GRANDPA," she cried, running to the old man and flinging herself into his arms.
"Bunny," he said joyfully. {In japeneese, I think that Serena's name translates to "Bunny of the Moon." So, I thought that her nickname should be Bunny.} "You're as cute as a button! Rini explained everything to me."
"Rini said he was old, but she didn't say he was ancient," Duo whispered to Mina.
"Shh," she hissed, elbowing him in the side. "Mr. Moon is a very nice man."
"How would you little rascals like to hear a story," Serena's grandfathr asked.
"Hey, wait a minute here," Heero said, walking up to Grandpa. {Hey, I own grandpa. Just thought I'd let you know.} "Why would Rini tell you about this?"
"Because Grandpa is an immortal, a survivor of the first Crystal Tokyo, and not really my grandpa at all," Serena explained. "He's really my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa."
"Wow, all of that in one breath," Duo muttered to no one in particular.
"But I just call him my grandpa," Serena said. "He was Serenity's grandpa, so in a sense, he's mine, too. He knows everything about us and our past.
"Come on, Bunny," Grandpa said, sitting down on the sofa. "All of children gather around and I'll tell you a story of the Crystal Tokyo of the past."
"Yay," Serena cried, hopping onto his lap. "Come on, Trowa! There's room up here for you, too!"
Trowa sat on one of the elderly man's knees while Serena sat on the other. The man told them the story of the day of the fall of Crystal Tokyo, but halfway through the enchanting tale, he fell asleep. Serena giggled.
"Now we'll never hear the ending," Duo pouted.
"Oh, Duo," Ami said affectionately. "You've heard this story before. Serena and the rest of us told it to you when we told you who we really were."
"Yeah, but he was a really good story-teller," Duo whined.
Heero grabbed Lita's hand and led her out of the room totally unnoticed. When she opened her mouth to question him, he put one of his small fingers onto her lips, signaling her to be silent. He led her to the very same gradfather clock that hid the entrance to the gundam hanger. He hoisted Lita up onto his shoulders and gave her instructions on how to open the entrance.
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That's it for chapter 5. How did you like it? Well, who knows, I might even have another surprise for you later. Well, later days, Loyal Readers! REVIEW!
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Rini and Hotaru were watching the Saturday Morning cartoons with the kids when Heero's laptop started beeping. The kids didn't even turn around; they were too engrossed in watching the colorful characters parade around the screen.
Hotaru opened the laptop and checked the email. Some mobile suits were attacking the colony and the gundams were needed.
"We have to do something," Rini said when she looked at the email. "We'll have to take the gundams out ourselves."
"Right," Hotaru said. "Let's g--"
But before she could get the "go" part all of the way out of her mouth, their sailor scout communicators started beeping. Hotaru turned her's on and was looking into the face of Sailor Uranus.
"Amara-papa," Hotaru cried joyfully.
"Hotaru, what in the world happened to you?! You're all grown up," Urnaus shouted.
"No time to explain," Hotaru said seriously. "What's the trouble."
"Monsters," Urnaus shouted over the sounds of screams. "We need the inners down here!"
"They can't come," Hotaru said. "I'll be there soon!"
She clicked off her communicator and turned to Rini.
"Looks like you'll be going solo," Hotaru said grimly.
"Ok," Rini said. "Good thing Duo taught me some of the controls to the gundams one time. Now, you get going and I'll find the hanger again. They changed it's entrance since the last time I found it."
"Right," Hotaru responded before turning into Sailor Saturn, the sailor scout of distruction, and running out of the house.
"Duo," Rini called. "Duo, come here, honey."
"Yeah," the five-year-old said, looking up at Rini.
"Darling, do you know where the gundam hanger is," Rini asked.
"Uh.....," he said, scratching his head. "No?"
"Oh, great," Rini moaned. "When he fell out of that tree yesterday he must have gotten slight amnesia."
"I have a gundam," Duo said proudly. "His name is Deathscythe! We fly around like this!"
He spread his out like airplane wings and began running around the room, making "Woosh" noises. Rini groaned in frustration then turned to Wufei.
"Wufei, do you know where the gundam hanger is," she asked in a sweet voice.
"Uh...," Wufei said, turning to look at Heero. Heero shook his head slightly. "What are gundams?"
"Where'd Hotaru go," Serena asked.
"Scout bussiness," Rini said.
"Why didn't you go," Rei asked.
"Because I have something else to do," Rini said.
"Whatcha' gonna do," Mina asked.
"I have to fight other monsters," Rini said paitently.
"Why," Lita asked.
"Because they'll destroy everything if I don't destroy them," Rini answered.
"Ok, Serena said cheerfully. "We'll go help Hotaru, then!"
"No, don--," but before she could finish her sentence, the small girls were already transforming into the planetary soldiers.
"Moon Cosmic Dream Action!
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Mars Crystal Power!"
In a flash of multi-colored lights, the five little girls transformed into the "pretty soldiers" of love and justice, only smaller.
"You guys can't help," Rini said. "You're too little!"
"No, we're not," Serena cried, putting her little hands on her little hips.
"I bet your powers don't even work right," Rini said in a high-and-mighty way.
"They do so," Lita cried.
"Show me," Rini said.
"Alright," Lita said.
She rubbed her hands tpgether and concentrated.
After a few moments, the best she could manage were a few sparks and a small electric current that made the rest of Heero's hair stand on end when Lita touched his hand.
"Aw, it's no good," little Lita wailed.
"Okay, Rei, your turn," Rini sighed.
"Alright, here we go," Rei said. But sadly, all she could manage was a small flickering flame that burned on her fingertip for a fraction of a second.
"Dang," Rei whined.
"Ami," Rini said.
"I'll give it a shot," Ami said meekly. Her outcome was a few icicles on the still ceiling fan.
"Mina, do you want to try," Rini asked.
"No, thank you," Mina said. "If their's doesn't work, why should mine?"
"Point taken," Rini said.
"Hey! I remember where it is," Duo cried suddenly, yanking on Rini's hand. "Come on! Follow me!"
Duo ran down the hall as fast as his little legs would carry him, with Rini close behind him.
They soon stood in front of a grandfather clock in one of the hallways. This clock was the same one that Rini had put Wufei's katana on. {Remember that? I think that was in Chapter 2 where she took his katana away.}
"Just set the clock to ten 'o clock backwards, and then then the secret panel will open up," Duo cried joyfully. "Oh, but you have to press that little red button above the six and then set it, while you're still holding the button, or it won't work."
"Thanks, Duo," Rini said, kissing his cheek. "You've always been a buddy."
"Who's gonna watch us while you're gone," Duo asked.
"One of the butlers," Rini explained. "His name is Gaston. He's a bit old so I want you guys to be good until Hotaru and I get back. Stay out of trouble, you hear?"
"Yes, ma'am," Duo said. Rini didn't notice, but behind his back, he had his fingers crossed.
Rini watched him run down the hallway then turned back to the clock. She set it exactly as Duo had said and the clock slid to the right, revealing a door. Rini opened it and stepped inside.
Sure enough, there were the gundams. But which one would she pilot? Deathscythe, of course!
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"We have a baby-sitter now," Serena wailed in distress.
"Yup," Duo said. "Rini said for us to be good because the man, Gaston, is kinda old."
"Baby-sitters aren't supposed to be old men," Lita said. "They're supposed to be teenage girls!"
"This guy's a butler," Duo said.
"You must be the children Miss Rini asked me to watch," said a kind voice from behind them.
They all turned around to see an old man smiling at them warmly. His neat hair was snowy white, as was his mustache. His wrinkles made him look wise, not old. Serena knew who this man was immedetaly.
"GRANDPA," she cried, running to the old man and flinging herself into his arms.
"Bunny," he said joyfully. {In japeneese, I think that Serena's name translates to "Bunny of the Moon." So, I thought that her nickname should be Bunny.} "You're as cute as a button! Rini explained everything to me."
"Rini said he was old, but she didn't say he was ancient," Duo whispered to Mina.
"Shh," she hissed, elbowing him in the side. "Mr. Moon is a very nice man."
"How would you little rascals like to hear a story," Serena's grandfathr asked.
"Hey, wait a minute here," Heero said, walking up to Grandpa. {Hey, I own grandpa. Just thought I'd let you know.} "Why would Rini tell you about this?"
"Because Grandpa is an immortal, a survivor of the first Crystal Tokyo, and not really my grandpa at all," Serena explained. "He's really my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa."
"Wow, all of that in one breath," Duo muttered to no one in particular.
"But I just call him my grandpa," Serena said. "He was Serenity's grandpa, so in a sense, he's mine, too. He knows everything about us and our past.
"Come on, Bunny," Grandpa said, sitting down on the sofa. "All of children gather around and I'll tell you a story of the Crystal Tokyo of the past."
"Yay," Serena cried, hopping onto his lap. "Come on, Trowa! There's room up here for you, too!"
Trowa sat on one of the elderly man's knees while Serena sat on the other. The man told them the story of the day of the fall of Crystal Tokyo, but halfway through the enchanting tale, he fell asleep. Serena giggled.
"Now we'll never hear the ending," Duo pouted.
"Oh, Duo," Ami said affectionately. "You've heard this story before. Serena and the rest of us told it to you when we told you who we really were."
"Yeah, but he was a really good story-teller," Duo whined.
Heero grabbed Lita's hand and led her out of the room totally unnoticed. When she opened her mouth to question him, he put one of his small fingers onto her lips, signaling her to be silent. He led her to the very same gradfather clock that hid the entrance to the gundam hanger. He hoisted Lita up onto his shoulders and gave her instructions on how to open the entrance.
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That's it for chapter 5. How did you like it? Well, who knows, I might even have another surprise for you later. Well, later days, Loyal Readers! REVIEW!