FINALLY HOME
Diana Crescent
Chapter Thirty-Five: Girls Against the World part Two
Thanks to those that reviewed, and please, by all means, keep it up!!!
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Serena sat at her desk. Since the guys had left two weeks ago, Sally had offered her a job as a Preventor, but still being a secretary as well, seeing as she was the best they had ever found, and Serena knew all the drills. Sally really didn't want to train a new Preventor, and Serena didn't want to train a new secretary.
Serena sighed. She had gotten an office of her own, which was actually the large filing closet that had never been put into use. She still had her duties as a secretary, but she actually got into some of the action, which hadn't been very much, but then the yoma's started showing up.
There hadn't been one in a few days and for that she was extremely grateful. Her butt still hurt from last time.
::FLASHBACK::
Serena jumped out of the way of the yoma's attack, only to be grabbed by a long, powerful tentacle.
Serena was quickly thrown, with great force, down to the ground, landing on her backside with a large thump and a great shock of pain.
"Ow. . ." She moaned as she struggled to stand up, only sending a bright flash of pain throughout her body.
::END FLASHBACK::
Relena came over her intercom, startling her from her thoughts. "Ms. Tsukino!"
"Yes, can I help you?" Serena said sweetly, even from her office, she could feel the negative energy that Relena was giving off, making her shudder from the darkness of it.
"There's a meeting on Colony 5, apparently they are having problems with Colony 3, you are to go and make them make peace! Is THAT understood?"
Serena rolled her eyes, she may be a klutz and a ditz, but she wasn't that stupid. "Yes. When do I leave?"
"Your plane leaves at five." Relena said and hung up, much to Serena's relief.
She glanced at the clock and then at the calendar. Today was December 23rd, and it was noon. She smiled, why not spend Christmas near their favorite homes.
"Mina!" She said over her communicator.
"Hey girl! What's up?"
"Nothing. Who all is with you?"
"Raye, Lita, Amy, Michelle and Trista. We're all in the kitchen eating lunch."
"How would you guys like to go to Colony 5 for Christmas? I have to go there for a peace meeting and I thought it would be nice to spend Christmas in space."
"I'm in." She heard Raye say.
"Sounds like a plan! What did Amara and Hotaru say?"
"I haven't contacted them yet. I'll call you all later, oh, and the plane leaves at five."
"Alright, we'll put some stuff in sub-space pockets. Is there a flight that we have to catch?"
"No, we'll be taking one of the Preventors' private jets."
Mina smiled. "Gotcha!"
"Bye Mina!"
"Bye!"
Serena smiled and contacted Amara.
"Hey Koneko!"
"Hey! How are the races?"
"Fine, but they aren't all that fast."
"You should have entered." Serena said, earning a smile from Amara.
"I was wondering, how would you and Hotaru like to spend Christmas on Colony 5? I have to be there for a meeting and I thought it would be nice to get away and spend some time together? Just us girls!"
Amara smiled. "I like the sound of that! What do you think Hotaru?"
Hotaru smiled and shook her head.
"When do we leave?"
"At five. See you guys then, I'll put some things in your subspace pockets for you."
"Okay, thanks." Amara said.
Serena sighed. This is exactly what they all needed, to get away from everything and just relax in space. . .their favorite home.
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They all got off the plane, only to be greeted by the diplomats there.
They were all introduced to the heads of the colonies, as well as a great many that were very influential.
"I had hoped to see Wufei here, but I am glad to see so many pretty faces." An old Chinese gentleman said.
"You know Wufei?" Raye asked timidly. "He and I are friends."
"Yes, I am Meilan's grandfather."
"Who's Meilan?" Raye asked, getting a feeling that she wasn't going to feel all that great after he told her.
"He has not told you?!" He asked indignantly, thinking that Wufei was trying to forget any memory of his granddaughter, dishonoring her and her family.
"He and I have only known each other for a few months. We got to be friends through friends, you know what I mean? His friend Duo is going out with my friend Hotaru."
The old man gained some composure. "Yes, I understand now. Meilan IS his WIFE." He said, still considering Wufei bond to Meilan's memory, even if she was only that, a memory in their hearts.
The words hit Raye straight in the chest like a bullet. It was like shards of glass cutting their way through her soul.
"Really? I didn't know he was married. I've never seen her." Raye said, her voice was close to breaking.
The man's eyes softened, seeing that she was hurt. She was in love with his grandson-in-law and he had just hurt her. Boy, did he feel like a heel.
"Meilan died in battle only a few months after they were married." He said softly, not wanting to pry into her business and not knowing how to tell her that she would be good for Wufei. . .he could sense a great goodness and strength within her.
Raye's eyes went wide. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"No, don't be. I still like to think of her as alive, an old man's foolishness. Perhaps Wufei did not tell anyone, because he is trying to move on from his past. He was always a smart one. One of the best scholars that my clan ever saw."
~SCHOLAR!! Justice-boy is a SCHOLAR?!?!~ Raye thought.
Seeing the confusion on her face, he chuckled. "Wufei changed a lot after Meilan died. She was a warrior, a. . .what did Wufei call her when they met. . .Justice-freak. After she died, he began to think that no woman belonged in battle. . .he says it's because they are weaker, but he doesn't want so many people to go through the hurt he did. He also became very big on justice."
Raye wanted to cry. She wanted to cry for Wufei's pain, Meilan's death, and for herself, though she would not cry for the last one, even though she wanted to greatly. "That's usually the way it is when you lose someone you love. . .you want to be more like them, brave, kind, strong like them. He must have really loved her." She whispered.
The old man smiled. "Yes. . .I believe he did, but not the passionate way that most people want. . .not true love. I believe he was destined for someone else." He said quietly, looking straight into her eyes. He bowed at her and left.
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Serena sat at the board meeting about peace.
"Why did you send threatening letters to our Colony!?" Some young man said, jumping up, accusing the head diplomat.
"We sent nothing of the kind!" Another young man said.
Serena slammed her hand onto the table, startling them all. "ENOUGH!! I will get to the bottom of this. You all deny that your Colony did something to the other! Did you ever think that it might be true!? Perhaps there is someone else doing all of this, hoping for war!" Serena said loudly, making them all think.
Serena picked up her cell phone and called Raye.
"Moshi moshi! Raye Hino here."
"Raye, I need to ask a favor."
"Sure Ondago. What is it?" Raye said, using her nickname for the first time in a long time.
"I need you to do a fire reading for me. I want you to see who's behind all the trouble with the colonies."
"Okay. Ja ne Ondago."
"Ja ne Pyro." Serena said, only to be met with a growl of frustration from her fiery friend.
"What good is this 'fire reading'?" One of the young men asked, skeptical of what she was doing.
"Raye will find out. She's never wrong." Serena said, sitting down, praying to Selene that Raye would get a vision.
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Fifteen minutes later, Raye came running into the meeting room of the hotel, where the peace meeting was being held.
"It's not the colonies! It's a rebel group!" She said, clutching her chest. The elevator was too slow at getting there, so she had had to run down seven stories worth of stairs.
Everyone looked at her in surprise. "A rebel group?"
Raye shook her head.
"GIVE ME YOUR ENERGY!!!!!!" A shrill voice screeched, making them all jump and hold their ears.
"I don't think so!" Raye shouted at the yoma that had just appeared.
It was bright pink and black with steel gray hair and glowing purple eyes. Her arms shot out like vines, grabbing the head diplomat for Colony 5.
Raye ran over to one of the older war veterans, the one who had a sword at his side.
She jerked the sword from the hilt and quickly attacked the yoma.
The diplomats all watched in shock as the girl battled with the monster. She showed strength, ability, stealth and power as she dodged flying thorns.
Serena snuck out and called the others. "ETERNAL MOON COSMOS POWER!"
Raye flipped over, sending an anti-demon charm flying towards it's head.
The paper burned the yoma's head as she ran and picked the sword that it had flung away from her.
"Hold it right there you evil monster! How dare you interrupt a meeting, trying to make peace between the colonies, with your thoughts of destruction, evil, and war! Have you no morals!? In the name of the moon I, Sailor Moon, will punish you!" Sailor Moon shouted from the doorway.
Raye looked at her and smiled. "Right on time Sailor Moon!"
"Don't forget about us! We are the Sailor Scouts!" Sailor Venus said, standing behind Sailor Moon.
The yoma grunted in irritation. "You're mine!" It shouted and shot vines out to the Sailors, who dodged them with ease.
The yoma started sending hundreds of poisonous thorns towards all of the senshi. The girls dodged them every which way, but they were getting too hard to handle.
Raye saw an opportunity. She quickly and quietly ran over to the yoma. She kicked it in the neck, sending it to its knees, stopping the attacks.
"NOW SAILOR MOON!!!!!!!!" Raye shouted.
"RIGHT! Moon Cosmic ELEMINATION!"
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The girls all watched as the plane was being boarded to send the diplomats home later that same day.
Meilan's grandfather walked up to Raye. "You are a very strong fighter and a great warrior. I am very proud to say that I have met you. You are very brave."
Raye blushed and bowed respectively. "Arigato. It was an honor to have met someone as great as yourself."
He smiled at her. "Love him well, Ms. Hino. . .love him well."
Raye stood up to see his retreating figure. She smiled. "Merry Christmas Meilan. . .Merry Christmas Wufei. Wherever you are." She whispered, looking up to the stars.
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TBC Review please. I hope you liked this chapter.
Diana Crescent
Chapter Thirty-Five: Girls Against the World part Two
Thanks to those that reviewed, and please, by all means, keep it up!!!
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Serena sat at her desk. Since the guys had left two weeks ago, Sally had offered her a job as a Preventor, but still being a secretary as well, seeing as she was the best they had ever found, and Serena knew all the drills. Sally really didn't want to train a new Preventor, and Serena didn't want to train a new secretary.
Serena sighed. She had gotten an office of her own, which was actually the large filing closet that had never been put into use. She still had her duties as a secretary, but she actually got into some of the action, which hadn't been very much, but then the yoma's started showing up.
There hadn't been one in a few days and for that she was extremely grateful. Her butt still hurt from last time.
::FLASHBACK::
Serena jumped out of the way of the yoma's attack, only to be grabbed by a long, powerful tentacle.
Serena was quickly thrown, with great force, down to the ground, landing on her backside with a large thump and a great shock of pain.
"Ow. . ." She moaned as she struggled to stand up, only sending a bright flash of pain throughout her body.
::END FLASHBACK::
Relena came over her intercom, startling her from her thoughts. "Ms. Tsukino!"
"Yes, can I help you?" Serena said sweetly, even from her office, she could feel the negative energy that Relena was giving off, making her shudder from the darkness of it.
"There's a meeting on Colony 5, apparently they are having problems with Colony 3, you are to go and make them make peace! Is THAT understood?"
Serena rolled her eyes, she may be a klutz and a ditz, but she wasn't that stupid. "Yes. When do I leave?"
"Your plane leaves at five." Relena said and hung up, much to Serena's relief.
She glanced at the clock and then at the calendar. Today was December 23rd, and it was noon. She smiled, why not spend Christmas near their favorite homes.
"Mina!" She said over her communicator.
"Hey girl! What's up?"
"Nothing. Who all is with you?"
"Raye, Lita, Amy, Michelle and Trista. We're all in the kitchen eating lunch."
"How would you guys like to go to Colony 5 for Christmas? I have to go there for a peace meeting and I thought it would be nice to spend Christmas in space."
"I'm in." She heard Raye say.
"Sounds like a plan! What did Amara and Hotaru say?"
"I haven't contacted them yet. I'll call you all later, oh, and the plane leaves at five."
"Alright, we'll put some stuff in sub-space pockets. Is there a flight that we have to catch?"
"No, we'll be taking one of the Preventors' private jets."
Mina smiled. "Gotcha!"
"Bye Mina!"
"Bye!"
Serena smiled and contacted Amara.
"Hey Koneko!"
"Hey! How are the races?"
"Fine, but they aren't all that fast."
"You should have entered." Serena said, earning a smile from Amara.
"I was wondering, how would you and Hotaru like to spend Christmas on Colony 5? I have to be there for a meeting and I thought it would be nice to get away and spend some time together? Just us girls!"
Amara smiled. "I like the sound of that! What do you think Hotaru?"
Hotaru smiled and shook her head.
"When do we leave?"
"At five. See you guys then, I'll put some things in your subspace pockets for you."
"Okay, thanks." Amara said.
Serena sighed. This is exactly what they all needed, to get away from everything and just relax in space. . .their favorite home.
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They all got off the plane, only to be greeted by the diplomats there.
They were all introduced to the heads of the colonies, as well as a great many that were very influential.
"I had hoped to see Wufei here, but I am glad to see so many pretty faces." An old Chinese gentleman said.
"You know Wufei?" Raye asked timidly. "He and I are friends."
"Yes, I am Meilan's grandfather."
"Who's Meilan?" Raye asked, getting a feeling that she wasn't going to feel all that great after he told her.
"He has not told you?!" He asked indignantly, thinking that Wufei was trying to forget any memory of his granddaughter, dishonoring her and her family.
"He and I have only known each other for a few months. We got to be friends through friends, you know what I mean? His friend Duo is going out with my friend Hotaru."
The old man gained some composure. "Yes, I understand now. Meilan IS his WIFE." He said, still considering Wufei bond to Meilan's memory, even if she was only that, a memory in their hearts.
The words hit Raye straight in the chest like a bullet. It was like shards of glass cutting their way through her soul.
"Really? I didn't know he was married. I've never seen her." Raye said, her voice was close to breaking.
The man's eyes softened, seeing that she was hurt. She was in love with his grandson-in-law and he had just hurt her. Boy, did he feel like a heel.
"Meilan died in battle only a few months after they were married." He said softly, not wanting to pry into her business and not knowing how to tell her that she would be good for Wufei. . .he could sense a great goodness and strength within her.
Raye's eyes went wide. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"No, don't be. I still like to think of her as alive, an old man's foolishness. Perhaps Wufei did not tell anyone, because he is trying to move on from his past. He was always a smart one. One of the best scholars that my clan ever saw."
~SCHOLAR!! Justice-boy is a SCHOLAR?!?!~ Raye thought.
Seeing the confusion on her face, he chuckled. "Wufei changed a lot after Meilan died. She was a warrior, a. . .what did Wufei call her when they met. . .Justice-freak. After she died, he began to think that no woman belonged in battle. . .he says it's because they are weaker, but he doesn't want so many people to go through the hurt he did. He also became very big on justice."
Raye wanted to cry. She wanted to cry for Wufei's pain, Meilan's death, and for herself, though she would not cry for the last one, even though she wanted to greatly. "That's usually the way it is when you lose someone you love. . .you want to be more like them, brave, kind, strong like them. He must have really loved her." She whispered.
The old man smiled. "Yes. . .I believe he did, but not the passionate way that most people want. . .not true love. I believe he was destined for someone else." He said quietly, looking straight into her eyes. He bowed at her and left.
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Serena sat at the board meeting about peace.
"Why did you send threatening letters to our Colony!?" Some young man said, jumping up, accusing the head diplomat.
"We sent nothing of the kind!" Another young man said.
Serena slammed her hand onto the table, startling them all. "ENOUGH!! I will get to the bottom of this. You all deny that your Colony did something to the other! Did you ever think that it might be true!? Perhaps there is someone else doing all of this, hoping for war!" Serena said loudly, making them all think.
Serena picked up her cell phone and called Raye.
"Moshi moshi! Raye Hino here."
"Raye, I need to ask a favor."
"Sure Ondago. What is it?" Raye said, using her nickname for the first time in a long time.
"I need you to do a fire reading for me. I want you to see who's behind all the trouble with the colonies."
"Okay. Ja ne Ondago."
"Ja ne Pyro." Serena said, only to be met with a growl of frustration from her fiery friend.
"What good is this 'fire reading'?" One of the young men asked, skeptical of what she was doing.
"Raye will find out. She's never wrong." Serena said, sitting down, praying to Selene that Raye would get a vision.
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Fifteen minutes later, Raye came running into the meeting room of the hotel, where the peace meeting was being held.
"It's not the colonies! It's a rebel group!" She said, clutching her chest. The elevator was too slow at getting there, so she had had to run down seven stories worth of stairs.
Everyone looked at her in surprise. "A rebel group?"
Raye shook her head.
"GIVE ME YOUR ENERGY!!!!!!" A shrill voice screeched, making them all jump and hold their ears.
"I don't think so!" Raye shouted at the yoma that had just appeared.
It was bright pink and black with steel gray hair and glowing purple eyes. Her arms shot out like vines, grabbing the head diplomat for Colony 5.
Raye ran over to one of the older war veterans, the one who had a sword at his side.
She jerked the sword from the hilt and quickly attacked the yoma.
The diplomats all watched in shock as the girl battled with the monster. She showed strength, ability, stealth and power as she dodged flying thorns.
Serena snuck out and called the others. "ETERNAL MOON COSMOS POWER!"
Raye flipped over, sending an anti-demon charm flying towards it's head.
The paper burned the yoma's head as she ran and picked the sword that it had flung away from her.
"Hold it right there you evil monster! How dare you interrupt a meeting, trying to make peace between the colonies, with your thoughts of destruction, evil, and war! Have you no morals!? In the name of the moon I, Sailor Moon, will punish you!" Sailor Moon shouted from the doorway.
Raye looked at her and smiled. "Right on time Sailor Moon!"
"Don't forget about us! We are the Sailor Scouts!" Sailor Venus said, standing behind Sailor Moon.
The yoma grunted in irritation. "You're mine!" It shouted and shot vines out to the Sailors, who dodged them with ease.
The yoma started sending hundreds of poisonous thorns towards all of the senshi. The girls dodged them every which way, but they were getting too hard to handle.
Raye saw an opportunity. She quickly and quietly ran over to the yoma. She kicked it in the neck, sending it to its knees, stopping the attacks.
"NOW SAILOR MOON!!!!!!!!" Raye shouted.
"RIGHT! Moon Cosmic ELEMINATION!"
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The girls all watched as the plane was being boarded to send the diplomats home later that same day.
Meilan's grandfather walked up to Raye. "You are a very strong fighter and a great warrior. I am very proud to say that I have met you. You are very brave."
Raye blushed and bowed respectively. "Arigato. It was an honor to have met someone as great as yourself."
He smiled at her. "Love him well, Ms. Hino. . .love him well."
Raye stood up to see his retreating figure. She smiled. "Merry Christmas Meilan. . .Merry Christmas Wufei. Wherever you are." She whispered, looking up to the stars.
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TBC Review please. I hope you liked this chapter.