Princess Chapter 3
Sailor-Serenity 14- I like different!
The future Sailors, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter followed Sailor Pluto down the hall to a large magnificently carved door. Sailor Pluto opened it for them and the group filed in. The room the door led to was small and dark. There was a small, undecorated door in one corner. But in the opposite wall was the most beautiful door the new scouts had ever seen.
"That's the door that leads through time." Pluto informed them, "We're on Pluto now, but we're not using that door. We've got to get into the main Plutoren castle. That's through that door." She pointed to the smaller door. Sailor Pluto opened the door. Light seeped into the small room. The group walked into the hall.
The hall was a light shade of purple. Ever few yards was a door. Pluto led them down hall after hall. They all looked the same. "Where are you leading us, Pluto?" Future Venus asked after a few minutes of silent walking. "To the Time Flower garden." She replied, "That's my favorite place in the castle and where you'll Sailor Teleport to the next planet. I must warn you, not all planets' inhabitance will be friendly. Be careful." "We will." Jupiter assured Pluto.
A few moments later Pluto stopped outside of a door and pulled a key out of her sailor uniform. She stuck it in the keyhole and the door swung open to reveal a gorgeous garden. It was filled with purple flowers growing on trellises. "Those are Time Flowers." Pluto told them, "You'll do your Sailor Teleport here." She stuck out her hand and the Time Staff and a map appeared. Pluto opened the map and motioned the girls to look. "This is a map of what planets you'll encounter before you get to the Dark Kingdom's planet. Take it." she instructed Future Sailor Mercury reached out for it. Pluto walked out into the garden. Saying something in Lunarian, she traced a circle on the ground with the Time Staff It started to glow. The future scouts approached uncertainly.
"Get in the circle." Pluto instructed. The girls did as they were told. "Now hold hands and say, 'Sailor Teleport." The new scouts did as they were told and they disappeared up into the sky.
"Not bad for their first time." Neo Queen Serenity said walking out of the shadows. Sailor Pluto spun around in surprise. "Oh, sorry Queen Serenity." She said, "You scared me." "That's alright, Pluto." The queen replied, "I just wanted to see them off." Sailor Pluto looked into Queen Serenity's eyes. "That's not it." she said softly, "You're nervous, what is it?" "Have you seen Small Lady?" the queen asked. Endymion told me she stomped off to her room when I told her she couldn't go, but she's not there anymore. Did you happen to see her? Did you let her go with the others?" "No to both of those questions." Pluto replied, "Don't worry she probably just went to a garden." "I suppose you're right." Serenity replied. "Come with me. I'll make us some tea." Pluto said leading the queen out.
Rini looked around the hall fingering her transformation stick. Using an invisibility spell Odette had given her for Christmas, she had watched the new scouts, Sailor Pluto, and her mother go through the door to Pluto. Now it was her turn. Carefully Rini slipped in the door and into the room with the Time Door. Swiftly she went to the far right corner and opened a cupboard that was almost invisible. There was a small bag inside. Rini opened the bag and looked in. Satisfied it was full of time keys she took one out and closed the bag and cupboard.
This key could bring Rini directly to the Dark Kingdom. She could arrive before the others and save Odette before they even got there. Rini opened the door of time and walked through it.
Kuruko led Odette down hall after hall to her room. "So it seems my mother has a fancy for you." He commented, "That's a good thing." "I'm glad." Odette replied. "She doesn't fancy many people." Kuruko continued, "She fancies me, and that's it. She used to fancy her generals but then they died. Same with Queen Metalia."
After a few moments of silence, they arrived at Odette's room. Kuruko checked his watch. "It's 11 o'clock now." He told her, "I'll be around to bring you to lunch at 12. How does a picnic in the garden sound?" "Wonderful." Odette replied. Kuruko left. Odette walked into her room and was immediately told off by Samara.
"Where did you go after breakfast with that kidnapper?!" she demanded, "And don't try to tell me you were at breakfast the whole time because you left hours ago." "We went to see Queen Beryl." Odette informed her. "Queen Beryl!" the cat gasped, "But your Aunt Mina got rid of her two times!" "Well she can get rid of her three times then." Odette replied.
"Now about leaving me here. I didn't get breakfast and I'm hungry!" "I thought you would be." Odette said pulling out a sausage from her dress. Samara ate it hurriedly. "Now I'm going to sleep so don't bother me." Samara said walking through the door to the library.
Rini looked around herself and groaned. She had landed back in time. In fact she was in Tokyo. Cars whizzed by her. At least she had landed on the sidewalk. A digital clock informed her that it was July 13th 2003. "It's been a year since I was here" Rini said aloud, "Darien's 18 and Bunny's 15." (Note: I know by saying this, time has just been jumbled really badly. Rini should just be appearing according to Bunny and Darien's ages but too bad. This is my story. Pretty much this time is before Darien and Bunny go to Crystal Tokyo. They've already defeated Galaxia.)
Rini walked down the street towards Darien's apartment. She smiled as she thought about how surprised Darien would be when he opened the door. He'd be more surprised than if he saw a seven-year-old Rini. Now Rini thought about how Bunny would react. "She'd probably screech and fall backward." She thought, "Then she'd transform because she'd think I was Black Lady. Then I'd crack up and tell her I'm not Black Lady. Then she'd get up, not bother untransforming, and chase me around like a lunatic."
As Rini expected, the streets had barely changed since the year before and she quickly found her way to Darien's apartment. Rini rang the doorbell. A few seconds later Darien opened the door. When he saw her he gave a little squeak of surprise, fell backward and whispered, "Black Lady!" "Jeeze, Darien!" Rini exclaimed, "I was expecting Bunny to do that not you. And you know perfectly well that Wiseman is dead so Black Lady can't come back."
Darien got up off the floor. "I suppose you're right." He said, "Sorry Rini." "That's alright Darien." She said skipping in through the door. He followed her after closing the door. A few minutes later they had assembled themselves at the kitchen table. Rini had hot chocolate and Darien had coffee. "So why'd you come back?" he asked, "Is there trouble in Crystal Tokyo." "Well sort of." Rini replied. "Did Pluto send you?" "No." "Serenity?" "No." "The crystal didn't encase her again, did it?" Darien asked in alarm. "No." "Than what is it?" Darien questioned.
"Well Puu's probably going to kill me for telling you this because it's probably is under her category of changing the future, but I'll probably have to tell you for you to understand." Rini explained, "Your beloved Cinnamon Buns is in the future." Darien spit out the coffee that he had been drinking. "But she's dead!" he exclaimed. "Trust me she comes back." Rini assured him, "And now ten years after that the trouble's beginning!" "Is Odette in trouble?" Darien asked, "Is she in danger?" "Would you believe me if I told you, you never defeated the NegaVerse entirely?" Rini asked innocently. "WHAT?!" Darien demanded.
"Last night around midnight mama and papa went to check on Odette." She began, "When they got there she wasn't in the room. Odette had been kidnapped. The kidnapper left a letter that told them she had been brought to the NegaVerse on orders of a 'Prince Kuruko'. We're guessing that he's Queen Beryl's son. Odette's guards just left for the NegaVerse a few hours ago, but they won't get there for a few weeks. They're using Sailor Teleport. That's why I wanted to the Time Door to go strait to the NegaVerse but I landed here."
"Wait a second." Darien said, "Did you just say they used 'Sailor Teleport'?" "Yes." Rini replied. "But they can't be scouts." Rini smiled, "But they are." She insisted, "They're Mina's and everyone else's children." "That would make sense." Darien said.
Suddenly they heard the door burst open and a singsong voice called, "Dddddariennnnnn!" from the living room. Rini smiled evilly and pulled a pen out of her pocket. "That's the Luna Pen isn't it?" Darien asked. "It is." Rini retorted, "I thought it would come in handy on my quest so I stole it from mama's room. Now I want' to scare Bunny. Turn me into Black Lady." She said quietly. In a flash of light Rini was dressed in the black jumper with the see through shirt under it.
Bunny skipped into the kitchen and stopped dead, starring at Rini. Then she screamed. "AHHHHHH! IT'S BLACK LADY! SAVE ME DARIEN! Wait what am I thinking? MOON PRISM POWER!" (I know that this is the wrong transformation words but I don't know the right ones.) As soon as she transformed Sailor Moon yelled. "Now stand up and fight like a woman!" There was a silence and then Darien and Rini burst out laughing. Sailor Moon was very confused.
In between snorts and giggles Rini pulled out the Luna Pen. "Does –snort- this –giggle- look familiar –cough- to –snort- you?" she asked. "It's the Luna Pen." Sailor Moon exclaimed. Getting even more confused she pulled out her own. "But I've got mine." The Sailor Scout said scratching her head, "You didn't steal it." "I stole –giggle- it from –snort- mama." Rini explained. She waved the pen and her original clothing came back.
"RINI!" Sailor Moon yelled. She was blushing from making a fool in front of Darien. "Where'd you come from and why are you like, fifteen?" By now Rini had recovered from her giggle fit. "Well it's sort of obvious I came from the thirtieth century." Rini said, "And it's not like I was going to be seven for ever." "I guess so." Sailor Moon replied, detransforming, "But why are you here?" Rini explained again what had happened.
"Yeah!" Bunny exclaimed, "Darien, we're going to have two kids!" "Rini didn't say that." Darien replied. "But Odette is Rini's sister." "Did I say that?" Rini asked alarmed. "No. It's just obvious." Bunny explained. "Bunny," Rini said shaking her head, "Sometimes you're so dumb you're smart." "You mean she's right?" Darien asked. "Uh huh." She replied. "Why didn't you tell me that before?" he asked. "Well I don't want Puu getting too mad at me." Rini explained, "So far she's gone through two Time Staffs to put her Garnet Orb on this year. My gang, Odette, her gang and I have been driving her nuts. She says she rather be mad at us than alone though."
Future Sailor Mars looked around her. They were in the Sailor Teleport bubble, in the middle of space. It's beautiful!" she exclaimed. "Let's stop here and look at the map Pluto gave up." Mercury suggested. She opened the map. The other three clustered around. "It says that the closest planet to Pluto is three light years away." She said, "If this bubble can bring us one light year an hour we'll be there in three." "That's such a long time!" Venus whined, "Do you know if it's friendly?" "The planet's name is Jelith." Mercury informed them, "We studied it a few years ago. The people are friendly and they mine diamonds and rubies." "Well what are we waiting for?" Jupiter asked, "Let's go!"
Odette looked around her room. She could see Samara sleeping on the hearthrug in the library. If she looked above she could see her magic in the glass orb Kuruko had suspended there. The ceiling was tall. Odette would never be able to get it. She looked at the small clock on her bedside table. It was eleven twenty. What could she do to pass away the time. Her eyes fell on the little writing desk. It was the sort that had many little drawers on the top and big ones on the bottom.
Quickly she walked over to it and started opening tiny drawer after drawer until she found what she wanted. A small blank book. Then she opened a long drawer near the bottom. There were a few old fashioned quills, a pen and what Odette had been looking for, a pencil. She took it out and began to write in the book.
Day 2
This is my diary. My name is Odette Rhea and I'm princess of Crystal Tokyo. I will keep all my accounts of my kidnapping in this book. So far it isn't so bad. Kuruko, my kidnapper, treats me with respect. Well that's because he wants to marry me. This is because of some stupid crush his mother, Queen Beryl, had on my papa when he was still prince. Because she can't get him anymore she sent her son after me.
Neo Queen Serenity scanned the palace with her powers. She couldn't find Rini anywhere. "Where did she go?!" she exclaimed. "Where did who go?" Endymion asked walking into the room. "I can't find Rini anywhere." Serenity informed him. "She probably went out into the city like she did last time she got mad at you." He assured her. "I guess you're right." She said relaxing a bit, "I just hope she's home by dinner.
Rini looked out the window of Darien's apartment onto the busy streets of Tokyo. Behind her the scouts, Bunny, and Darien were discussing something. They had insisted she stay the night. But she was very anxious to leave and continue her quest. Suddenly there was a shriek. "Bunny you dope! Why'd you spill coke all over me?" Ray yelled. "I'm sorry Ray! It was an accident!" Bunny said timidly. The two thundered by, ruffling Rini's hair. She smiled. It was good to be back.
The future Sailor Scouts looked around at the tiny planet they had just landed on. "It's so small." Venus said. "It's only twenty miles around." Mercury informed them. It looked like they had landed in a village. There were little huts and large trees everywhere. People were peaking out of windows at them. One man stepped out of the hut. "Who are you and why are you here?" he demanded. "We're on a journey to the planet that holds the Dark Kingdom." Venus said proudly. "Are you going to defeat it?" the man asked. "No." Mercury replied, "They have some one very dear to us captive."
The man smiled. "The Dark Kingdom does nothing to harm us but we know it's bad. If you want to can stay here for the night." "That would be nice." Jupiter said smiling. "So tell me about this 'dear one'." The man said leading the girls to a hut. "Well we were supposed to be protecting her." Mars said. "But we really didn't need to Crystal Tokyo in a time of peace." The man stopped. "Crystal Tokyo?" he repeated, "You couldn't be one of the little princess's guards?" Mars smiled, "We're Princess Odette Rhea's guards." "So you're looking for her?" the man asked. "Yes." Jupiter said.
The man started walking again. "We are loyal to Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion on this planet." He informed them, "Sailor Pluto comes every once and awhile and lets us know about news in Crystal Tokyo. Her favorite thing to talk about and our favorite thing to hear, is about the little princesses and their guards. The way you guys and the others are always making trouble is quite amusing. The scouts all blushed. The man stopped at a small hut. "This is the guest hut." He explained, "There are two beds but we can get you two pallets to sleep on. Dinner is in an hour." "That's perfect." Mercury said. No one saw the man dressed in all black jump from one tree to another.
Neo Queen Serenity looked up from the paper she was signing to see a grey kitten walking into her study. "Have you seen Small Lady, Diana?" she asked. "Uh, haven't seen her." Diana said uncertainly. "You're lying." The queen said flatly. "I'm not supposed to tell." Diana replied pulling a small wool ball out from under Serenity's desk. "Tell me or I'll tell your parents about that big mess you started in the kitchen last year." She threatened.
"Fine." Diana said sighing, "I'll tell you. Rini went through the door of time so that she could get to Odette before the others." "What?!" Serenity exclaimed, her face paling visibly, "Did she bring Luna P?" "Yes." Diana replied. Queen Serenity swept out of the room towards Amy's laboratory.
Amy was putting the final touches onto an experiment when the queen came in. "Where's the second part of Luna P?" she asked. Amy walked over to a small drawer in a file cabinet and pulled out a white Luna P. She handed it to Serenity. "I touch its nose to get in touch with the other one right?" she asked. "Yes." Amy replied.
Rini sighed and looked around the room. The others were playing Life, but there weren't enough pieces for Rini to play. Dinner had been great. Darien and Lita had teamed up together to make a great dinner of chicken, pasta, stirfry vegetables, and a cake at the end. "I'm going for a walk." Rini declared to the group. "Do you still remember your way around?" Darien asked. "How did I get here?" she retorted, closing the door behind herself.
"Hah! I win!" Mina declared. "You're too good." Ray whined. Bunny turned on the TV. "Let's play another round." Lita said. "In the kitchen so we don't disturb her majesty while she's watching TV." Ray said picking up the board.
A few minutes later Bunny looked around the room for something to do. It was a commercial brake. Then Bunny saw something on the windowsill. She walked over to it and smiled. It was Luna P. But it was different. It seemed much smaller than usual.
"Small Lady?" a voice coming from it demanded, "Small Lady?" It wasn't Luna P's voice but it sounded very familiar. "Small Lady?" It demanded again. Remembering how Rini had talked through Luna P many times, Bunny pushed its nose and said, "Rini's not here right now can I take a message?" The voice sighed. "Yes." it said, "Tell her that her mother-" "Neo Queen Serenity?!" Bunny exclaimed happily. "OK." Serenity said, "I take it that Small Lady didn't make it to the Dark Kingdom. "No." Bunny replied, "She went too far back. The year's 2003 and she's in Tokyo."
It was Serenity's turn to be surprised, "Bunny?" she asked. "That's me!" she replied happily. "Well please tell Rini when she comes back that she has to get herself back to Crystal Tokyo as soon as possible. She's not part of Odette's guards. Sailor Pluto isn't so happy either. Tell Rini that Odette's getting closer in that bet about the Time Staff."
"What bet?" Bunny asked curiously. "At the beginning of this year Small Lady got Pluto mad and she snapped the Time Staff." Serenity explained, "Then Rini's guards got her mad and she did it again. Odette betted Small Lady that Pluto would go through five Time Staffs by the end of the year. Small Lady said three and she'd crack the fourth one. I think that Odette's going to win because it's only July. Well I've got to go and tell Endymion where Small Lady is."
Odette was just finishing her book when Kuruko walked into the library holding a basket and a blanket. "Ready to go?" he asked. "Yes." Odette said getting up, "But this time we take Samara. She's bored. Samara's ears perked up at the mention of her name. "Fair." Kuruko said smiling, "Let's go." Odette and Samara followed him out of the rooms.
"So what were you reading?" Kuruko asked a few minutes later. "Reign of Fire." Odette replied, "It's a marvelous story had you read it?" "No." Kuruko replied, "We get so many books each month it's hard to read all of them. Odette smiled.
When the group arrived at the garden Liana was there to help set up. I hope you like lamb or chicken." Kuruko said pulling the main course out of the basket. "I love them." Odette said taking the food from him and putting in down on the blanket.
In no time the two had started a conversation about the latest books. Liana had left to help in the kitchen. "So what's your favorite book?" Kuruko asked. "I don't know." Odette replied, "It's probably that classic series, 'Harry Potter'." "I thought those were great!" Kuruko exclaimed, "Which of the seven was your favorite?" "The third and the seventh." Odette said. "Only one." He teased. "The third one, then. I like it because it didn't have much to do with Voldermort. He sort of gets boring after awhile." "I agree." Kuruko said, "But my favorite book is the fourth. Voldermort is interesting in flesh and bones."
"Can we talk about something besides these books?" Samara asked, "I've never read them. Let's talk about... archery." "Why archery?" Odette asked. "It's the first thing that came to my mind." "I like archery." Kuruko commented, "I'm pretty good at it." "I've never tried it." Odette said embarrassed. "Would you like to try?" he asked. "I'd love to!" Odette exclaimed. "After lunch I'll bring you to the court." Kuruko said.
Kimi looked around the small hut that the man had given them. There was two built in beds on two of the four walls. On the floor were two pallets where half of the girls would be sleeping. Currently all four of them were sitting on the floor. They had detransformed because there was no danger on the peaceful planet.
"So who volunteers to sleep on the floor tonight?" Hoshi asked the others. "Not Me!" Kimi and Kaede said at the same time. "I'm not either." Kimi said. "I will." Mercury volunteered. "Who else?" Kaede asked. Hoshi put her finger on her nose. Seeing this, so did Kaede. Kimi looked around and sighed. "I guess I've got the other pallet." she said sadly. "You've got it!" Hoshi said happily.
Neo Queen Serenity walked down the long halls of the palace. Finally she stopped in front of the door leading to Pluto. She opened the door and walked in. Pluto was sitting in a chair that was completely black and would have blended into the background if not for her sitting on it. She looked at the queen and got out of the chair. No one sat in the presence of the queen without permission not even the Sailor Scouts.
"You can sit down Pluto." Serenity said pulling up another almost invisible chair. "What did you come here for?" Pluto asked the queen. "I'm assigning someone to come down and visit you everyday." Neo Queen Serenity informed her. "You don't have to do that." Pluto said, "I'm used to being alone." "Not anymore." Serenity said, "I know that you can't wait each day until you hear the pounding of feet outside your door which announces the arrival of Small Lady or Odette with her group of friends. Don't think that Odette's been good and hasn't used her magic to spy on you from time to time. She tells me about that. You're always sitting in the same spot and starring at the wall."
"You're right." Pluto said sighing, "I haven't been use to being alone since Small Lady first visited me." "Someone will visit tomorrow." Neo Queen Serenity said, getting up and leaving.
Kuruko led Odette and Samara into the true outdoors of the Dark Kingdom. The sky was grey, not black as she had expected. From where Odette stood she could see a forest, an archery course with a shed, and some stables. Kuruko walked towards the archery course. The others followed. He opened the shed and took out a large bow and a quiver of arrows. "I'll show you it the first time and then you can try." Kuruko said pulling out an arrow.
"It's real!" Odette exclaimed looking at the pointed tip. "Of course it is, what were you expecting?" Kuruko asked. "I guess the type with suction cup ends." Odette replied. He chuckled. "I haven't used one of those since I started." Kuruko informed her, "There for young kids who are learning so they don't run an stab themselves." "Oh." Odette said blushing.
"Anyway, what you do is you take the arrow, put the feathered part on the string, which should be facing you, and pull back. Make sure that the arrows pointing towards your target." Kuruko showed her, "Once you've done that all you have to do is let go." He did this. The arrow landed in the ring, right outside the bull's eye area. "Not bad for the first try today." Kuruko said looking at the target. "Your turn."
Odette took the bow. It was amazingly light for something that big. She took an arrow from the quiver and strung it onto the bow. She pulled back. Once again she was amazed by the bow. She was not expecting it to be so easy to pull back. Odette saw the target. She let the arrow go.
The arrow went strait into the middle of the bull's eye. Kuruko gasped. Samara whistled. (Can you imagine a cat whistling?) "Looks like I've got a natural on my hands." Kuruko said starring at the arrow.
Early in the morning the Future Scouts got up, transformed, and walked outside to Sailor Teleport. The man who had greeted them the day before stood there, waiting. "Good morning." He said. "Good morning." Future Sailor Venus said, yawning. "Are you leaving so soon?" he asked. "Yes." Future Sailor Mercury said. "Well before you go let me tell you a story and a request." The man said.
"Every once in a while the people of a planet by the name of Nanu attack us." The man began, "Every once in a while equals about once a month or a little more. They are strong and born warriors. The people from are whole planet come to battle when they attack, but every time we lose around twenty or thirty people. Because our planet is small so is our population. We cannot continue to lose people like this. Every day we've prayed for a warrior to come. We would like a gift back for our hospitality to you. We are hoping that the strongest among you will stay with us."
There was silence as the scouts thought it over rapidly in their heads. "Future Sailor Jupiter is the strongest." Mercury said quietly, breaking the silence, "She will stay with you. Venus, Mars, let's go." The three left in Sailor Teleport. Jupiter sighed. She knew that Mercury was right to leave her with these people. They acknowledged Neo Queen Serenity and they didn't get anything back from it. This would hopefully pay for most of the neglect.
The end of chapter 3! Did you like it? Sorry it took so long to get out. :(
Sailor-Serenity 14- I like different!
The future Sailors, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter followed Sailor Pluto down the hall to a large magnificently carved door. Sailor Pluto opened it for them and the group filed in. The room the door led to was small and dark. There was a small, undecorated door in one corner. But in the opposite wall was the most beautiful door the new scouts had ever seen.
"That's the door that leads through time." Pluto informed them, "We're on Pluto now, but we're not using that door. We've got to get into the main Plutoren castle. That's through that door." She pointed to the smaller door. Sailor Pluto opened the door. Light seeped into the small room. The group walked into the hall.
The hall was a light shade of purple. Ever few yards was a door. Pluto led them down hall after hall. They all looked the same. "Where are you leading us, Pluto?" Future Venus asked after a few minutes of silent walking. "To the Time Flower garden." She replied, "That's my favorite place in the castle and where you'll Sailor Teleport to the next planet. I must warn you, not all planets' inhabitance will be friendly. Be careful." "We will." Jupiter assured Pluto.
A few moments later Pluto stopped outside of a door and pulled a key out of her sailor uniform. She stuck it in the keyhole and the door swung open to reveal a gorgeous garden. It was filled with purple flowers growing on trellises. "Those are Time Flowers." Pluto told them, "You'll do your Sailor Teleport here." She stuck out her hand and the Time Staff and a map appeared. Pluto opened the map and motioned the girls to look. "This is a map of what planets you'll encounter before you get to the Dark Kingdom's planet. Take it." she instructed Future Sailor Mercury reached out for it. Pluto walked out into the garden. Saying something in Lunarian, she traced a circle on the ground with the Time Staff It started to glow. The future scouts approached uncertainly.
"Get in the circle." Pluto instructed. The girls did as they were told. "Now hold hands and say, 'Sailor Teleport." The new scouts did as they were told and they disappeared up into the sky.
"Not bad for their first time." Neo Queen Serenity said walking out of the shadows. Sailor Pluto spun around in surprise. "Oh, sorry Queen Serenity." She said, "You scared me." "That's alright, Pluto." The queen replied, "I just wanted to see them off." Sailor Pluto looked into Queen Serenity's eyes. "That's not it." she said softly, "You're nervous, what is it?" "Have you seen Small Lady?" the queen asked. Endymion told me she stomped off to her room when I told her she couldn't go, but she's not there anymore. Did you happen to see her? Did you let her go with the others?" "No to both of those questions." Pluto replied, "Don't worry she probably just went to a garden." "I suppose you're right." Serenity replied. "Come with me. I'll make us some tea." Pluto said leading the queen out.
Rini looked around the hall fingering her transformation stick. Using an invisibility spell Odette had given her for Christmas, she had watched the new scouts, Sailor Pluto, and her mother go through the door to Pluto. Now it was her turn. Carefully Rini slipped in the door and into the room with the Time Door. Swiftly she went to the far right corner and opened a cupboard that was almost invisible. There was a small bag inside. Rini opened the bag and looked in. Satisfied it was full of time keys she took one out and closed the bag and cupboard.
This key could bring Rini directly to the Dark Kingdom. She could arrive before the others and save Odette before they even got there. Rini opened the door of time and walked through it.
Kuruko led Odette down hall after hall to her room. "So it seems my mother has a fancy for you." He commented, "That's a good thing." "I'm glad." Odette replied. "She doesn't fancy many people." Kuruko continued, "She fancies me, and that's it. She used to fancy her generals but then they died. Same with Queen Metalia."
After a few moments of silence, they arrived at Odette's room. Kuruko checked his watch. "It's 11 o'clock now." He told her, "I'll be around to bring you to lunch at 12. How does a picnic in the garden sound?" "Wonderful." Odette replied. Kuruko left. Odette walked into her room and was immediately told off by Samara.
"Where did you go after breakfast with that kidnapper?!" she demanded, "And don't try to tell me you were at breakfast the whole time because you left hours ago." "We went to see Queen Beryl." Odette informed her. "Queen Beryl!" the cat gasped, "But your Aunt Mina got rid of her two times!" "Well she can get rid of her three times then." Odette replied.
"Now about leaving me here. I didn't get breakfast and I'm hungry!" "I thought you would be." Odette said pulling out a sausage from her dress. Samara ate it hurriedly. "Now I'm going to sleep so don't bother me." Samara said walking through the door to the library.
Rini looked around herself and groaned. She had landed back in time. In fact she was in Tokyo. Cars whizzed by her. At least she had landed on the sidewalk. A digital clock informed her that it was July 13th 2003. "It's been a year since I was here" Rini said aloud, "Darien's 18 and Bunny's 15." (Note: I know by saying this, time has just been jumbled really badly. Rini should just be appearing according to Bunny and Darien's ages but too bad. This is my story. Pretty much this time is before Darien and Bunny go to Crystal Tokyo. They've already defeated Galaxia.)
Rini walked down the street towards Darien's apartment. She smiled as she thought about how surprised Darien would be when he opened the door. He'd be more surprised than if he saw a seven-year-old Rini. Now Rini thought about how Bunny would react. "She'd probably screech and fall backward." She thought, "Then she'd transform because she'd think I was Black Lady. Then I'd crack up and tell her I'm not Black Lady. Then she'd get up, not bother untransforming, and chase me around like a lunatic."
As Rini expected, the streets had barely changed since the year before and she quickly found her way to Darien's apartment. Rini rang the doorbell. A few seconds later Darien opened the door. When he saw her he gave a little squeak of surprise, fell backward and whispered, "Black Lady!" "Jeeze, Darien!" Rini exclaimed, "I was expecting Bunny to do that not you. And you know perfectly well that Wiseman is dead so Black Lady can't come back."
Darien got up off the floor. "I suppose you're right." He said, "Sorry Rini." "That's alright Darien." She said skipping in through the door. He followed her after closing the door. A few minutes later they had assembled themselves at the kitchen table. Rini had hot chocolate and Darien had coffee. "So why'd you come back?" he asked, "Is there trouble in Crystal Tokyo." "Well sort of." Rini replied. "Did Pluto send you?" "No." "Serenity?" "No." "The crystal didn't encase her again, did it?" Darien asked in alarm. "No." "Than what is it?" Darien questioned.
"Well Puu's probably going to kill me for telling you this because it's probably is under her category of changing the future, but I'll probably have to tell you for you to understand." Rini explained, "Your beloved Cinnamon Buns is in the future." Darien spit out the coffee that he had been drinking. "But she's dead!" he exclaimed. "Trust me she comes back." Rini assured him, "And now ten years after that the trouble's beginning!" "Is Odette in trouble?" Darien asked, "Is she in danger?" "Would you believe me if I told you, you never defeated the NegaVerse entirely?" Rini asked innocently. "WHAT?!" Darien demanded.
"Last night around midnight mama and papa went to check on Odette." She began, "When they got there she wasn't in the room. Odette had been kidnapped. The kidnapper left a letter that told them she had been brought to the NegaVerse on orders of a 'Prince Kuruko'. We're guessing that he's Queen Beryl's son. Odette's guards just left for the NegaVerse a few hours ago, but they won't get there for a few weeks. They're using Sailor Teleport. That's why I wanted to the Time Door to go strait to the NegaVerse but I landed here."
"Wait a second." Darien said, "Did you just say they used 'Sailor Teleport'?" "Yes." Rini replied. "But they can't be scouts." Rini smiled, "But they are." She insisted, "They're Mina's and everyone else's children." "That would make sense." Darien said.
Suddenly they heard the door burst open and a singsong voice called, "Dddddariennnnnn!" from the living room. Rini smiled evilly and pulled a pen out of her pocket. "That's the Luna Pen isn't it?" Darien asked. "It is." Rini retorted, "I thought it would come in handy on my quest so I stole it from mama's room. Now I want' to scare Bunny. Turn me into Black Lady." She said quietly. In a flash of light Rini was dressed in the black jumper with the see through shirt under it.
Bunny skipped into the kitchen and stopped dead, starring at Rini. Then she screamed. "AHHHHHH! IT'S BLACK LADY! SAVE ME DARIEN! Wait what am I thinking? MOON PRISM POWER!" (I know that this is the wrong transformation words but I don't know the right ones.) As soon as she transformed Sailor Moon yelled. "Now stand up and fight like a woman!" There was a silence and then Darien and Rini burst out laughing. Sailor Moon was very confused.
In between snorts and giggles Rini pulled out the Luna Pen. "Does –snort- this –giggle- look familiar –cough- to –snort- you?" she asked. "It's the Luna Pen." Sailor Moon exclaimed. Getting even more confused she pulled out her own. "But I've got mine." The Sailor Scout said scratching her head, "You didn't steal it." "I stole –giggle- it from –snort- mama." Rini explained. She waved the pen and her original clothing came back.
"RINI!" Sailor Moon yelled. She was blushing from making a fool in front of Darien. "Where'd you come from and why are you like, fifteen?" By now Rini had recovered from her giggle fit. "Well it's sort of obvious I came from the thirtieth century." Rini said, "And it's not like I was going to be seven for ever." "I guess so." Sailor Moon replied, detransforming, "But why are you here?" Rini explained again what had happened.
"Yeah!" Bunny exclaimed, "Darien, we're going to have two kids!" "Rini didn't say that." Darien replied. "But Odette is Rini's sister." "Did I say that?" Rini asked alarmed. "No. It's just obvious." Bunny explained. "Bunny," Rini said shaking her head, "Sometimes you're so dumb you're smart." "You mean she's right?" Darien asked. "Uh huh." She replied. "Why didn't you tell me that before?" he asked. "Well I don't want Puu getting too mad at me." Rini explained, "So far she's gone through two Time Staffs to put her Garnet Orb on this year. My gang, Odette, her gang and I have been driving her nuts. She says she rather be mad at us than alone though."
Future Sailor Mars looked around her. They were in the Sailor Teleport bubble, in the middle of space. It's beautiful!" she exclaimed. "Let's stop here and look at the map Pluto gave up." Mercury suggested. She opened the map. The other three clustered around. "It says that the closest planet to Pluto is three light years away." She said, "If this bubble can bring us one light year an hour we'll be there in three." "That's such a long time!" Venus whined, "Do you know if it's friendly?" "The planet's name is Jelith." Mercury informed them, "We studied it a few years ago. The people are friendly and they mine diamonds and rubies." "Well what are we waiting for?" Jupiter asked, "Let's go!"
Odette looked around her room. She could see Samara sleeping on the hearthrug in the library. If she looked above she could see her magic in the glass orb Kuruko had suspended there. The ceiling was tall. Odette would never be able to get it. She looked at the small clock on her bedside table. It was eleven twenty. What could she do to pass away the time. Her eyes fell on the little writing desk. It was the sort that had many little drawers on the top and big ones on the bottom.
Quickly she walked over to it and started opening tiny drawer after drawer until she found what she wanted. A small blank book. Then she opened a long drawer near the bottom. There were a few old fashioned quills, a pen and what Odette had been looking for, a pencil. She took it out and began to write in the book.
Day 2
This is my diary. My name is Odette Rhea and I'm princess of Crystal Tokyo. I will keep all my accounts of my kidnapping in this book. So far it isn't so bad. Kuruko, my kidnapper, treats me with respect. Well that's because he wants to marry me. This is because of some stupid crush his mother, Queen Beryl, had on my papa when he was still prince. Because she can't get him anymore she sent her son after me.
Neo Queen Serenity scanned the palace with her powers. She couldn't find Rini anywhere. "Where did she go?!" she exclaimed. "Where did who go?" Endymion asked walking into the room. "I can't find Rini anywhere." Serenity informed him. "She probably went out into the city like she did last time she got mad at you." He assured her. "I guess you're right." She said relaxing a bit, "I just hope she's home by dinner.
Rini looked out the window of Darien's apartment onto the busy streets of Tokyo. Behind her the scouts, Bunny, and Darien were discussing something. They had insisted she stay the night. But she was very anxious to leave and continue her quest. Suddenly there was a shriek. "Bunny you dope! Why'd you spill coke all over me?" Ray yelled. "I'm sorry Ray! It was an accident!" Bunny said timidly. The two thundered by, ruffling Rini's hair. She smiled. It was good to be back.
The future Sailor Scouts looked around at the tiny planet they had just landed on. "It's so small." Venus said. "It's only twenty miles around." Mercury informed them. It looked like they had landed in a village. There were little huts and large trees everywhere. People were peaking out of windows at them. One man stepped out of the hut. "Who are you and why are you here?" he demanded. "We're on a journey to the planet that holds the Dark Kingdom." Venus said proudly. "Are you going to defeat it?" the man asked. "No." Mercury replied, "They have some one very dear to us captive."
The man smiled. "The Dark Kingdom does nothing to harm us but we know it's bad. If you want to can stay here for the night." "That would be nice." Jupiter said smiling. "So tell me about this 'dear one'." The man said leading the girls to a hut. "Well we were supposed to be protecting her." Mars said. "But we really didn't need to Crystal Tokyo in a time of peace." The man stopped. "Crystal Tokyo?" he repeated, "You couldn't be one of the little princess's guards?" Mars smiled, "We're Princess Odette Rhea's guards." "So you're looking for her?" the man asked. "Yes." Jupiter said.
The man started walking again. "We are loyal to Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion on this planet." He informed them, "Sailor Pluto comes every once and awhile and lets us know about news in Crystal Tokyo. Her favorite thing to talk about and our favorite thing to hear, is about the little princesses and their guards. The way you guys and the others are always making trouble is quite amusing. The scouts all blushed. The man stopped at a small hut. "This is the guest hut." He explained, "There are two beds but we can get you two pallets to sleep on. Dinner is in an hour." "That's perfect." Mercury said. No one saw the man dressed in all black jump from one tree to another.
Neo Queen Serenity looked up from the paper she was signing to see a grey kitten walking into her study. "Have you seen Small Lady, Diana?" she asked. "Uh, haven't seen her." Diana said uncertainly. "You're lying." The queen said flatly. "I'm not supposed to tell." Diana replied pulling a small wool ball out from under Serenity's desk. "Tell me or I'll tell your parents about that big mess you started in the kitchen last year." She threatened.
"Fine." Diana said sighing, "I'll tell you. Rini went through the door of time so that she could get to Odette before the others." "What?!" Serenity exclaimed, her face paling visibly, "Did she bring Luna P?" "Yes." Diana replied. Queen Serenity swept out of the room towards Amy's laboratory.
Amy was putting the final touches onto an experiment when the queen came in. "Where's the second part of Luna P?" she asked. Amy walked over to a small drawer in a file cabinet and pulled out a white Luna P. She handed it to Serenity. "I touch its nose to get in touch with the other one right?" she asked. "Yes." Amy replied.
Rini sighed and looked around the room. The others were playing Life, but there weren't enough pieces for Rini to play. Dinner had been great. Darien and Lita had teamed up together to make a great dinner of chicken, pasta, stirfry vegetables, and a cake at the end. "I'm going for a walk." Rini declared to the group. "Do you still remember your way around?" Darien asked. "How did I get here?" she retorted, closing the door behind herself.
"Hah! I win!" Mina declared. "You're too good." Ray whined. Bunny turned on the TV. "Let's play another round." Lita said. "In the kitchen so we don't disturb her majesty while she's watching TV." Ray said picking up the board.
A few minutes later Bunny looked around the room for something to do. It was a commercial brake. Then Bunny saw something on the windowsill. She walked over to it and smiled. It was Luna P. But it was different. It seemed much smaller than usual.
"Small Lady?" a voice coming from it demanded, "Small Lady?" It wasn't Luna P's voice but it sounded very familiar. "Small Lady?" It demanded again. Remembering how Rini had talked through Luna P many times, Bunny pushed its nose and said, "Rini's not here right now can I take a message?" The voice sighed. "Yes." it said, "Tell her that her mother-" "Neo Queen Serenity?!" Bunny exclaimed happily. "OK." Serenity said, "I take it that Small Lady didn't make it to the Dark Kingdom. "No." Bunny replied, "She went too far back. The year's 2003 and she's in Tokyo."
It was Serenity's turn to be surprised, "Bunny?" she asked. "That's me!" she replied happily. "Well please tell Rini when she comes back that she has to get herself back to Crystal Tokyo as soon as possible. She's not part of Odette's guards. Sailor Pluto isn't so happy either. Tell Rini that Odette's getting closer in that bet about the Time Staff."
"What bet?" Bunny asked curiously. "At the beginning of this year Small Lady got Pluto mad and she snapped the Time Staff." Serenity explained, "Then Rini's guards got her mad and she did it again. Odette betted Small Lady that Pluto would go through five Time Staffs by the end of the year. Small Lady said three and she'd crack the fourth one. I think that Odette's going to win because it's only July. Well I've got to go and tell Endymion where Small Lady is."
Odette was just finishing her book when Kuruko walked into the library holding a basket and a blanket. "Ready to go?" he asked. "Yes." Odette said getting up, "But this time we take Samara. She's bored. Samara's ears perked up at the mention of her name. "Fair." Kuruko said smiling, "Let's go." Odette and Samara followed him out of the rooms.
"So what were you reading?" Kuruko asked a few minutes later. "Reign of Fire." Odette replied, "It's a marvelous story had you read it?" "No." Kuruko replied, "We get so many books each month it's hard to read all of them. Odette smiled.
When the group arrived at the garden Liana was there to help set up. I hope you like lamb or chicken." Kuruko said pulling the main course out of the basket. "I love them." Odette said taking the food from him and putting in down on the blanket.
In no time the two had started a conversation about the latest books. Liana had left to help in the kitchen. "So what's your favorite book?" Kuruko asked. "I don't know." Odette replied, "It's probably that classic series, 'Harry Potter'." "I thought those were great!" Kuruko exclaimed, "Which of the seven was your favorite?" "The third and the seventh." Odette said. "Only one." He teased. "The third one, then. I like it because it didn't have much to do with Voldermort. He sort of gets boring after awhile." "I agree." Kuruko said, "But my favorite book is the fourth. Voldermort is interesting in flesh and bones."
"Can we talk about something besides these books?" Samara asked, "I've never read them. Let's talk about... archery." "Why archery?" Odette asked. "It's the first thing that came to my mind." "I like archery." Kuruko commented, "I'm pretty good at it." "I've never tried it." Odette said embarrassed. "Would you like to try?" he asked. "I'd love to!" Odette exclaimed. "After lunch I'll bring you to the court." Kuruko said.
Kimi looked around the small hut that the man had given them. There was two built in beds on two of the four walls. On the floor were two pallets where half of the girls would be sleeping. Currently all four of them were sitting on the floor. They had detransformed because there was no danger on the peaceful planet.
"So who volunteers to sleep on the floor tonight?" Hoshi asked the others. "Not Me!" Kimi and Kaede said at the same time. "I'm not either." Kimi said. "I will." Mercury volunteered. "Who else?" Kaede asked. Hoshi put her finger on her nose. Seeing this, so did Kaede. Kimi looked around and sighed. "I guess I've got the other pallet." she said sadly. "You've got it!" Hoshi said happily.
Neo Queen Serenity walked down the long halls of the palace. Finally she stopped in front of the door leading to Pluto. She opened the door and walked in. Pluto was sitting in a chair that was completely black and would have blended into the background if not for her sitting on it. She looked at the queen and got out of the chair. No one sat in the presence of the queen without permission not even the Sailor Scouts.
"You can sit down Pluto." Serenity said pulling up another almost invisible chair. "What did you come here for?" Pluto asked the queen. "I'm assigning someone to come down and visit you everyday." Neo Queen Serenity informed her. "You don't have to do that." Pluto said, "I'm used to being alone." "Not anymore." Serenity said, "I know that you can't wait each day until you hear the pounding of feet outside your door which announces the arrival of Small Lady or Odette with her group of friends. Don't think that Odette's been good and hasn't used her magic to spy on you from time to time. She tells me about that. You're always sitting in the same spot and starring at the wall."
"You're right." Pluto said sighing, "I haven't been use to being alone since Small Lady first visited me." "Someone will visit tomorrow." Neo Queen Serenity said, getting up and leaving.
Kuruko led Odette and Samara into the true outdoors of the Dark Kingdom. The sky was grey, not black as she had expected. From where Odette stood she could see a forest, an archery course with a shed, and some stables. Kuruko walked towards the archery course. The others followed. He opened the shed and took out a large bow and a quiver of arrows. "I'll show you it the first time and then you can try." Kuruko said pulling out an arrow.
"It's real!" Odette exclaimed looking at the pointed tip. "Of course it is, what were you expecting?" Kuruko asked. "I guess the type with suction cup ends." Odette replied. He chuckled. "I haven't used one of those since I started." Kuruko informed her, "There for young kids who are learning so they don't run an stab themselves." "Oh." Odette said blushing.
"Anyway, what you do is you take the arrow, put the feathered part on the string, which should be facing you, and pull back. Make sure that the arrows pointing towards your target." Kuruko showed her, "Once you've done that all you have to do is let go." He did this. The arrow landed in the ring, right outside the bull's eye area. "Not bad for the first try today." Kuruko said looking at the target. "Your turn."
Odette took the bow. It was amazingly light for something that big. She took an arrow from the quiver and strung it onto the bow. She pulled back. Once again she was amazed by the bow. She was not expecting it to be so easy to pull back. Odette saw the target. She let the arrow go.
The arrow went strait into the middle of the bull's eye. Kuruko gasped. Samara whistled. (Can you imagine a cat whistling?) "Looks like I've got a natural on my hands." Kuruko said starring at the arrow.
Early in the morning the Future Scouts got up, transformed, and walked outside to Sailor Teleport. The man who had greeted them the day before stood there, waiting. "Good morning." He said. "Good morning." Future Sailor Venus said, yawning. "Are you leaving so soon?" he asked. "Yes." Future Sailor Mercury said. "Well before you go let me tell you a story and a request." The man said.
"Every once in a while the people of a planet by the name of Nanu attack us." The man began, "Every once in a while equals about once a month or a little more. They are strong and born warriors. The people from are whole planet come to battle when they attack, but every time we lose around twenty or thirty people. Because our planet is small so is our population. We cannot continue to lose people like this. Every day we've prayed for a warrior to come. We would like a gift back for our hospitality to you. We are hoping that the strongest among you will stay with us."
There was silence as the scouts thought it over rapidly in their heads. "Future Sailor Jupiter is the strongest." Mercury said quietly, breaking the silence, "She will stay with you. Venus, Mars, let's go." The three left in Sailor Teleport. Jupiter sighed. She knew that Mercury was right to leave her with these people. They acknowledged Neo Queen Serenity and they didn't get anything back from it. This would hopefully pay for most of the neglect.
The end of chapter 3! Did you like it? Sorry it took so long to get out. :(