Chapter 8: Meetings and Truths

When Usagi got out of detention she was shocked to see Nickole waiting for her. " Come on Usagi, we've got to stop by the library to get Alisha and Tanya. Then we'll go to the Hino temple." Nickole said when she spotted Usagi.

"Rei will be mad." Usagi replied.

"No, because they can't even start the meeting for another half an hour." Nickole said while grinning.

"Why?"

"Because, Haruka has a race."

"How do you know where the library is?"

"Yaten and the others gave us a tour."

"Oh." Usagi said. "How do you know Haruka has a race today?"

"It was in the paper. Here we are the library. Now to find Alisha and Tanya." Nickole said looking around the library. "There they are." She added as she spotted Alisha and Tanya walking towards them.

"You ready to face the outers Nickole?" Tanya asked.

"Not really, but we might as well get it over with." Nickole replied.

As they walked to the temple Usagi couldn't help but wonder why these new scouts hadn't come sooner. As soon as they reached the top step they heard Rei and the others discussing something that involved Usagi being voted out of leadership. Nickole held up her hand signaling for Usagi and the others to wait where they were. Nickole then went to investigate and noted that the inners all agreed with Rei.

"So you think your princess isn't capable of leading you do you?" Nickole said stepping out of the shadows. "Then it seems I have over estimated some of you this is not beneath Mars but the rest of you. I'm ashamed in you. Especially you Luna and you Artemis it seems that you are not capable of protecting her and guiding her any more. Do as you wish but your transformation sticks belong to Serenity. Hand them over because the truth is you can not over rule the princess as not all are present." Nickole said holding out her hand.

"Who are you to tell us what to do?" Rei asked.

"She is Serenity's head guard and you would do well not to anger her as she is also Serenity's sister and she knows how to fight." Came a voice they all recognized as Haruka's.

"Hand them over now, and Luna, Artemis if you wish to defy Serenity then you loose all your rights as well. And Haruka I'm surprised you are back already, did he run away to the Negaverse before you could kill him?" Nickole stated. When the scouts showed no sign of giving up their transformation pens Nickole summoned them into her hand.

"Yeah that fraud ran before I could really teach him a lesson." Haruka said smirking at the expressions on the ex-inners faces.

With another wave of her hand the pens disappeared and Luna and Artemis lost their human speech. "By the way I will inform you of this Mamoru is not the real prince of Earth, he was meant to be a decoy, but then he betrayed us to the Negaverse. That's all I'm telling you the rest of the scouts will hear what else I have to say." Nickole said turning around and walking out with Haruka.

Usagi looked like she was about to cry when Haruka and Nickole reached her. "Usagi it's okay we can handle it on our own, with out them. Really it was a test of their loyalty, which seems to have wavered since the Silver Millennium." Nickole said pulling her sister into her arms. "Come on everyone else is waiting for us at Haruaka's and the others' place."

Haruka led them down to where she had parked her car, which was where they all got in and drove to the outers' house. "I thought you had a race Haruka." Usagi said after she had finished crying in Nickole's arms.

"No I didn't have a race who told you that?" Haruka replied.

"Nickole did." Usagi said looking at Nickole questioningly.

"I'll explain later Usagi." Nickole said. When they arrived they found every one waiting for them.

"So how did it go?" Yaten asked looking at Nickole.

"Not good Yaten definitely not good." Nickole replied shaking her head.