Hello everyone! Here I am, updating no less. Isn't that a shocker? Lol. Any ways, I don't own Sailor Moon. Also here is a recap from the previous chappy...

"Who am I? I'm Makoto, the Guardian of the Forest of Dessssssspair! You called me, I came...now you mussst deal with me! Mha ha ha!!!" Then the snake voice of the guardian faded back into the unnatural silence of the forest. What is going to become of me is now the only question filling my thoughts...

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Celeste Dragoon

Chapter Six: Return Her To Us

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"I can't belive we have to do this..." groaned Endymion as he closed his eyes in exasperation. "I can't belive we have to go into the Weeping Forest just because the elder's wife lost her necklace!"

"Hey, for me, it beats running into a tree..." stated Jediate as he rubbed the bruise on his pale-skinned forehead. Kunzite laughed and slapped his hand on Jediate's shoulder. "OW! What is with you and hurting me?!"

"Hey, I'm not the only one who hurts you...you hurt yourself," he laughed. "Remember not to think too hard lest something break up there..."

"WHAT?! You are the biggest-"

"Would you both stop fighting?!" yelled the normally calm Zoicite. The two men stopped, their eyes went wide and their mouths dropped. "How old are you two any ways?!"

"C'mon guys, lets get this over with. I want to sleep," said the raven haired man.

Sluggish with the lack of sleep the four men pulled on their packs and began the trek through the sleeping village of Nozomi. In the night sky the stars finally came out and were twinkling eerily in between the dark clouds. Near it's peak, the full moon glimmered and every now and then it would be partly hidden by a cloud.

"Hey, did you guys see a odd looking girl at the story?" Endymion asked when they had reached the fields that Serenity had hid in while watching them. Jediate snorted and Zoicite looked confused.

"That's not a nice thing to say about someone Endy," laughed Jediate. "Was she really that bad-"

"I did not see anyone that caught my attention, what did she look like?" interrupted his white haired friend.

"She had pale skin and golden hair," he said as he struggled to remember her features. "and when she looked up it seemed..."

"What?" asked Zoicite as he paused. Endymion shook his black hair, deep in thought.

'It seemed as if she could see straight through me...' his mental voice murmured, but aloud he said, "Nothing, I was just thinking things." and he continued walking. Kunzite, Jediate and Zoicite exchanged glances but said nothing.

"Hey! Where did Nephlite run off to?" Jediate suddenly noticed their friend's absence. "Why doesn't he have to go on a mission into the deep, dark woods for a necklace?"

"Maybe if you were paying attention, Gaia Forbid, you would have heard him say that he had to run several errands for Allen and Ann," Kunzite responded and walked after Endymion. Jediate's suddenly somber eyes looked up to the sky, deep in thought.

'Why can't people see that I'm not an idiot?' he thought with a sigh. Zoicite quietly walked up and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"He only plays, you shouldn't take it so seriously."

"Yeah, I guess your right...C'mon let's go before Endymion does something stupid!" he laughed and ran after the two males up ahead. Zoicite shook his head and muttered,

"I've never seen Endymion do anything stupid before..." before he too followed after.

-Selenity's POV-

BAM! WHACK!

I had been kicking and punching these trees for hours! Yet not one of them had budged at all. I had even tried to find something among the dead underbrush, something that could help me get out but ever since the light had been blocked I couldn't see a thing. I am tired, yet I cannot rest because if I do the after effects of this forest would pull me into depression. Placing my hand on one of the trees I closed my eyes and concentrated on looking at the tree's energy.

It was tinted with darkness. My eyes snapped open, there was no way that the woman Beryl could have gotten down here so quickly after being on the moon.

'How did she corrupt this forest then?' I thought. Then closing my eyes again I started talking to the tree, ever since I was a child I had an uncommon gift to speak to anything that was living.

"How were you stained with hate?" I asked the tree. Suddenly the tree groaned and ten minutes later a elderly, female voice whispered,

"A...mortal, she came in search of the Chikyu crystal...When the guardian of the forest, Matoko, refused she spread her ancient black magic throughout the forest and corrupted us."

"Chikyu Crystal?! What is it doing here? Why is it not at the castle?" I questioned, it felt as if the ground beneath me was spinning. The tree groaned again, but this time the response came quicker.

"The previous king was paranoid and hid it here, he used the term 'Long Forgotten Gaia Crystal' to make everyone believe that the Chikyu Crystal was forever gone..."

"So the Gaia crystal is only a decoy?"

"Yes...and the mortal saw straight through it."

"Did this, mortal, have long auburn hair, brown eyes-"

"YES! She did! You know her?!" The tree interrupted, I nodded and opened my eyes.

"She is named Beryl, she destroyed my home." I said and then I was returned to the quiet void of the silent forest.

I'm guessing twenty minutes later, the tree I had spoken to began to twitch and move it's branches. How could I tell in the darkness of my confines? Well, considering the fact that when it moved it was making groaning noises and that I was leaning against that tree, let's just say it was a hunch. (AC: Sarcasm anyone?) That was when the other trees began to move also. All of the branches near the grounds moved back to their respectful places and I could see moonlight stream in.

"Little one, you are alone, But...hear the forest's plea...Return to us...the Matoko we once knew," whispered the tree in a haltingly manner. (AC: Meaning that it said a couple words stopped and after a few seconds began again.) "If she summons us we must do her bidding, but for now we are willingly letting you go..."

"I will and thank you." I whispered back but the tree was silent once more. Pushing myself away from the trunk, I stood up and began to run through the trees in search of Matoko and the Chikyu Crystal. As I ran I was mentally counting the trees, don't ask why, I think it's just something I do when bored, any ways, around the 100th tree I heard something I hadn't heard in what seemed like days.

Voices. Male voices.

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Dun dun dun!!!!! Guess who it is! (Editor: It's not hard...Me: Shush!) ANYways, I hope you all like this chappy! Just remember,

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Angel-Of-Serene