Chapter 21
"We
need to search for the Scouts," a male voice said.
"Where
do we look?" a female voice asked.
"Last time we just
stirred up trouble and they came," another male voice
offered.
"Are you stupid?" a different guy asked, "We
want to prove that we've changed, not show them that we're are old
selves."
"How are we supposed to do that, Neflyte?"
the female voice asked. "If we can't even find them."
Reenie
held her breath in. She had remembered Sailor Moon mentioning
something about Neflyte as being a bad guy from the Silver
Millineium. Reenie stayed still and listened some more.
"Zoicite,"
the guy called Neflyte said. "Hell. I don't know. Maybe if there
is anybody from the Negamoon or anything, than we could get in
trouble or something..."
"Don't you think they'd
recognize us?" a male voice asked.
"No shit,
Sherlock," a third male voice said.
"Sorry,
Malachite," the male voice said.
"Whatever," the
guy named Malachite said. Then, "Neflyte, didn't you know who
Sailor Moon was?"
Reenie's
eyes widened in horror. Would they be going after Serena and the
others again? Not if she could prevent it. She took out her
transformation pen. She remembered what she would have used if she
were little, but she wasn't little anymore. She was fifteen. Sailor
Moon used a different call anyways.
"Moon CT Power!"
Light
beams surrounded Reenie and she immediately began to transform into
CT Sailor Moon. The light beams faded and CT Sailor Moon no longer
heard voices.
"What the hell was that?" the one named
Zoicite wanted to know. "Jediate?"
"I don't
know," Jedaite replied. "Could it be that Sailor Moon has
turned into the CT Moon person?"
The four people walked into the alley where CT Sailor Moon was waiting for them.
CT Sailor Moon took out her communicator. She was about to press the All Call button, but instead put her communicator away and got ready to fight these creeps on her own. She didn't need the others. Not now. Not ever. She could do this alone. She readied herself as she heard footsteps rounding the corner.
Kirstein's back stiffened. She felt something. She wasn't exactly sure what it was at first but then she recognized it. One of the Younger Scouts had transformed. That meant that a battle was near. She pulled out her communicator and contacted the Younger Scouts. "What's up?" Kirstein asked, and was surprised when none of the other Younger Scouts had any idea what she was talking about. "You sure?" Kirstein asked.
All of them replied, yes and that they were sure.
Kirstein
sighed. Why had she felt like that then? There were only four Younger
Scout... Wait. There had been only four
Younger Scouts. Not anymore, though. Now there was seven. That meant
that either Prince Kenneth or Princess Kara had transformed and she
had a feeling that it was neither of them, so that left only one
other person. "Princess Serena!" Kirstein cried out loud.
"Mars CT Power!"
Younger CT Sailor Mars quickly
pressed the All Call button on her communicator. "Guys,"
she said. "Transform. We have a fifteen year-old Princess out
there."
The others nodded and also transformed. CT Sailor Mars headed off in the direction which she felt her Princess and future Queen were in.
Jedaite
and Neflyte rounded the corner first. CT Sailor Moon was ready for
them. She gave each a round house kick to the face. Both went down.
Malachite and Zoicite ran to see why their colleagues had fallen
down. Obviously, they had not seen the attack. CT Sailor Moon kicked
Malachite in the stomach and he flew back against a wall. Zoicite's
features showed anger.
"Sailor Moon," Zoicite said.
"We don't want to hurt you. We want to join you."
"Yeah,
right," CT Sailor Moon said. She shot her fist out at Zoicite.
Zoicite got cut on the cheek. Instead of striking out at Sailor Moon
as she would have done in the past, Zoicite wiped the blood that was
running down her cheek and said, "You're not the Sailor Moon we
fought against when we were under Beryl's influence, are you?"
CT
Sailor Moon said nothing. After all, why was she going to say
anything to a low life creep?
Zoicite smiled and shook her head
in disbelief. "What is it going to take to convince you?"
Zoicite asked. "I know that you'ew not the Sailor Moon that I
fought against before, but can't you see that if I was your enemy I
would have attacked you by now?"
CT
Sailor Moon thought about this. What Zoicite was saying was true.
Unless, of course, her enemy was very, very stupid. But Zoicite
didn't seem to be that way. CT Sailor Moon stood straight up and
looked at her. "So what do you want?" she asked.
"We
want Sailor Moon," Zoicite replied.
"I'm her," CT
Sailor Moon said.
"The one we fought against. We want to
join up with her."
CT Sailor Moon nodded. "Hang on, and I'll contact her then," CT Sailor Moon said. She took out her communicator and contacted Serena.
Serena
was reading a book when she heard a beeping noise. She knew what it
was and immediately grabbed her communicator. Reenie's face was in
the little circle. Serena almost cried out when she saw that Reenie
was dressed as CT Sailor Moon. "What's the matter?" Serena
asked, ready to transform into Sailor Moon.
"There are
these people here," CT Sailor Moon said. "They want to join
the Scouts. I think one of them is named Zoicite."
Serena's jaw clenched as she remembered Zoicite. The one who had almost killed Darien. . . killed her.
Zoicite appeared, suddenly in the little picture. "Sailor Moon," Zoicite said, "Nice to see you again. We do want to join the Scouts and help fight evil. If you feel that you cannot trust Jediate, Malachite, Neflyte, or myself, then I would like to tell you that if we wanted to attack you, I could have easily killed CT Sailor Moon here."
Serena considered what Zoicite was saying. It was true that Reenie hadn't had very much training, Zoicite could probably have killed her with one shot of her power. "Okay," Serena sighed. "I'll meet you by Neflyte's old house." With that, Serena put her communicator away and transformed into Sailor Moon.
Zoicite, CT Sailor Moon, Malachite, Neflyte and Jediate were waiting for Sailor Moon to appear. They were by Maxfield Stanton's house. Suddenly, CT Sailor Moon saw Sailor Moon come running up the hill. She wasn't the only one there, however. With her were Sailor Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, all of the Younger Scouts, CT Sailor Sun, and CT Sailor S. CT Sailor Moon had expecting this, but the others had no idea who most of the other Scouts were and it was obvious that they were frightened by such a large group.
"Don't worry," CT Sailor Moon assured them. "They're friends."
That helped a little to calm the others down.
"She
won't trust us," Jediate said, nervously.
"The only
one here whom she will trust is Neflyte," Malachite said.
Then Zoicite spoke. "Malachite's right, Neflyte. You and CT Sailor Moon should be the ones to talk to Sailor Moon. She'll trust you more, especially you, CT Sailor Moon, than us."
CT Sailor Moon nodded. It was true. Serena had told her the stories about Zoicite, Malachite, Neflyte, and Jediate. She had heard that Neflyte had saved Molly (Serena's best friend). They could see everyone clearly now. They were hurrying up. Almost near the group.
Sailor
Moon and her friends stopped a few feet away from the group. Sailor
Moon sighed when she saw that CT Sailor Moon was safe. She wouldn't
have been able to bear it if she had gotten hurt. "What do you
want?" Sailor Moon demanded walking to the front of the group.
"We want to join forces," Neflyte replied.
There
was a gasp from Mercury and Mars. Another gasp from Jupiter and
Venus. Venus and Jupiter knew who Malachite and Zoicite were, but
neither of them had any clue who Jediate and Neflyte were.
"Serena,"
CT Sailor Moon said, walking towards her future mother, "Can't
you see? They are better trained and more experienced than I am. They
could have easily killed me, but they didn't. They told me that they
wanted to help the Scouts, not destroy them. Can't you just trust
them, or are we so anxious to get rid of the evil that we will turn
away anyone who wants to try and redeem themselves?"
CT Sailor Jupiter stepped forward. "Your Highness," she began, "I understand how much you want to try and help these people. But we have no idea what they are capable of. Sailor Moon does. She was the one to fight against them, we weren't."
CT Sailor Moon sighed. Why couldn't they see that they were on the side of good, not evil? "Please," CT Sailor Moon said, "Jupiter, this is my first chance to prove myself as your leader. I want you to trust my decisions. Do you trust me to make the right one?"
CT Sailor Jupiter nodded. She did trust her future queen. "Yes," she responded. "Yes."
CT Sailor Moon looked at Sailor Moon. "Sailor Moon?"
Sailor Moon sighed, then smiled and nodded. "Yes," she agreed, trusting her future daughter's decision, "If they want then, they are now part of the Sailor Scouts."
CT Sailor Moon and Neflyte smiled. Zoicite walked up to Sailor Moon and looked her straight in the eyes so that Sailor Moon would know that she meant what she was about to say."Sailor Moon," Zoicite said, "I'm sorry. So sorry."
Sailor
Moon had not been expecting this. She was definitely surprised. "For
what?" Sailor Moon asked, before she could stop the words coming
out of her mouth.
"For everything," were the words
out of Zoicite's mouth. "Everything that happened. I'm sorry."
Sailor Moon nodded so that Zoicite would know that she had accepted the apology.
Zoicite
smiled back, grateful that she was so understanding and forgiving.
"Now," Malachite said. "I understand that you are
training the new Scouts. May we be able to help?"
Sailor Moon nodded. "You most certainly may," she said. They all transformed to their normal human selves and began to walk down the hill towards town. It was certainly a sight. Five twenty-one year old women, four seventeen year old girls, a fifteen year old girl, a fifteen year old boy, an eight year old girl, a twenty year old woman, a twenty-five year old man, two twenty-seven year old men, and a twenty-eight year old man.
