Finished chapter 4 on Thanksgiving, but I put it out after it all. Can't
wait till Christmas! Now that's a great holiday.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters from the show just the ones that
weren't on it.
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Chapter 4
New Power Manifests
Serena ran out of the house like the last two days and took the sharp turn to see that the blond guy was sitting down on the sidewalk. She stopped nearly tripping over him and yelled, "What do you think you're doing in the middle of the sidewalk?"
"Middle? For your information, I'm on the side of the sidewalk," he said. "It's your own fault you almost tripped over me, creampuff head."
"No one's aloud to call me names but my Darien!" she yelled. "I'm heading off to school now. By the way, where's your friend anyway?"
"I don't know," he said looking up at the sky. "It looks like it's going to rain like yesterday."
"Aren't you worried about your friend?" Serena stormed at him.
"Look here, creampuff head, if you were me, you wouldn't be too worried about your friends. To tell you the truth, I don't even consider them my friends. It's always been me since I can remember," he said. "Now get going before you're late for the third time."
Serena nodded her head slowly and ran to her school. When she got there she managed to get there right when the bell rang. She looked around at the kids in her class and didn't see any sign of Aaron.
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Crimson was lying down on what looked like a bed. The room was pitch black as he just slept too weak from what the queen did to him. His hand stirred as footsteps were heard. Crimson slowly opened his eyes. His eyes did not even have a glare of life in them.
Pumpkin was the owner to the footsteps as he appeared from the shadows. He sat down on the side of the bed and set a lamp ablaze. He looked to Crimson with caring eyes as he asked, "How are you feeling?"
Crimson's lifeless eyes looked to Pumpkin as he whispered, "I feel so tired and weak, Kin. I don't think I'll be able to fulfill the queen's next mission."
"Then I'll do it," Pumpkin said.
"No, you can't. The queen wants me not you," Crimson said. "I should get going. Ah!" Crimson had tried to sit up but fell back as a result.
"CRIMSON!" Queen Raina's voice echoed through the whole place.
"Kin, can you take me to her? If she gives me another mission, I guess you can help me fulfill it," Crimson smiled.
Pumpkin nodded his head and helped Crimson off the bed. Their journey there was long considering Pumpkin didn't want Crimson to get any more hurt than he already was.
The two appeared in front of the queen who stared at them judging their presence. Her voice echoed as she said, "My dear, Crimson. I take it that you will not fail me on this mission. Pumpkin, you may leave."
"My Queen, in Crimson's weaken state, I ask that I go along with him and help," Pumpkin offered.
"No, he will do fine on his own," the queen said. "Now, get going on your mission, Crimson."
"Yes, my Queen," he answered. He managed to balance himself on his feet as he teleported out of there.
Pumpkin looked to the queen and said, "How dare you let him go out there in his condition. I don't care if you are my queen, he'll die." Negative energy formed around him as he teleported away.
The queen smiled, "So his true powers have finally come to him. The others shouldn't get a hold of his knowledge."
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Terry was at the pet store looking at the place where the parrot used to be. He walked over to one of the workers and asked, "What happened to the parrot?"
"Someone stole it yesterday. We don't know when but we've seen no sign of it," a female worker answered.
Terry nodded in reply and looked to the door as a young couple walked in. He looked away and sighed, "Where are you Crim?"
He walked over to the rabbits and picked one up. He held it in his arms as he petted it. He turned his head to the door that opened again and saw a little boy and his mother walk in.
Terry put the rabbit back down where it was and walked out the door. He followed the sidewalk and stopped when he heard, "TERRY!"
He looked back and saw Crimson leaning against the wall of the building. Crimson closed his eyes tightly from pain and slid along the wall to the ground.
"Crim!" Terry yelled running over to him. He knelt down next to him and put his arm over his shoulder helping him up. "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"Nothing," Crimson replied. He twitched from the pain as the muscles in his legs gave. "I'm so tired and weak."
Terry's eyes widened as he looked around at the people who stared at them. He then narrowed them and began to walk away.
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The school bell rang and Serena ran out of the school to find that it was raining. She ran over to Amy and asked, "Where's Lita?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her all day. Raye said that she wanted us to meet up with her at the temple," Amy said.
The two made it to the temple and found Raye, Mina, Artemis, Luna, Rini, and Diana there waiting for them. Amy and Serena took a seat and looked to the others.
"So what did you want us for?" Serena asked.
Raye looked at her annoyed and said, "Serena, we decided to meet here because we all know that we are no match against this new evil. And to top it all off, we also need to discuss things about Tuxedo Pluto and Tuxedo Neptune."
"And Tuxedo Saturn. We met him yesterday and it seems that he is very strong," Amy said. "He told us that we just get in their way."
"How rude of him. Who do those guys think they are?" Mina said as she crossed her arms.
"I believe that we might know something about them," Artemis said. "They say they serve the prince. If Darien were here, we might be able to ask him."
"Just be cautious of both the new enemy and those guys," Luna said. "You all will have to power up like you did all those other times."
Diana was about to speck when Rini covered her mouth. Diana looked to her, as she nodded her head no.
"I guess we'll think of something," Raye said. She looked around and asked, "Where's Lita?"
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Lita was at her apartment putting a small towel over Aaron's head. He twitched from its presence. Aaron's eyes slowly opened as he asked, "Where am I?"
"You're in my apartment. You past out last night in my arms and I brought you here. I'm sorry I was late and I'm surprised you waited," she smiled.
Aaron smiled as he slowly fell back to sleep. Lita smiled and just sat there looking at him.
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Terry opened the door to his apartment and walked in still helping Crimson walk. He sat him down on the couch there and flipped on the TV.
Crimson's eyes widened in surprise to the object as he asked, "What is that?"
"Oh, don't tell me you don't know what a television is," Terry said as he opened his refrigerator. He took out a container filled with water and poured it into two glasses. He walked over to Crimson and said, "Here. Have some water."
Crimson took the glass into his hands and took a sip. He kept the glass in his hand as Terry sat down on the couch next to him. He looked to Crimson and asked, "So what do you think of those monsters that have been showing up, Crim?"
"Monsters? Um, I don't know," he replied. "What do you know about those girls who can't beat them?"
"Hmm? I don't know much. They've been saving people for a while I hear," Terry said. "But also from what I hear, there are new figures entering the scene. But what is the whole point of those monsters? They just drain the innocent peoples' energy and harm them. It's just wrong."
"...Wrong?" Crimson said looking to the side. "I better get going."
"No, you stay. You're too weak to go anywhere. I'm going to go and do a little errand. Press this button to change the channel. That's all you really need to know," Terry said standing up and slipping on a jacket. "If Mitch walks in here, don't worry. He'll just look at you, nod his head, and walk back to his room.
"If he doesn't walk back to his room, he'll sit down and read his book. He's the quiet type and never talks. I tell him to go out and find a girl but he just says 'but I wouldn't trust them'," Terry said. "Well, bye."
He waved to Crimson as he walked out the door and locked the door behind him.
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Pumpkin appeared in front of OSA P. He looked to the side and saw Molly walk into the store. He followed and saw all the jewelry that was kept on the shelves. He walked around and looked at every bit there was.
"Can I help you?" Molly asked walking over to him. "Are you looking for something in particular? Oh, wow, that's a beautiful earring. Where'd you get it?"
"I don't know. It was a gift. Do you have anything made out of a yellow tourmaline?" Pumpkin asked looking to her with his calm orange eyes.
"Hmm, let's see," Molly said walking around the store. "Ah, over here. Now, who are you buying this for?"
"A friend," Pumpkin smiled. "She loves the color yellow. Do you know what I should get her?"
"How about a bracelet?" Molly asked.
"Hmm? Maybe," he said walking toward the door. "I'll have to think about it. Farewell."
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Crimson sat on the couch watching the television as a figure waked into the room. Crimson looked at him as the individual looked right back at him.
"You must be Crim?" the figure said. His eyes were dark blue and his hair was snow-white. "My name's Mitch."
Crimson watched as Mitch walked over at sat down on the couch. Mitch opened up a notebook and began to write in it with a pencil. Mitch looked to Crimson and gave him a smile. He then returned to writing in his notebook.
Crimson slowly staggered to his feet and headed out the door. Before completely walking out he said, "Tell Terry I had to go."
Mitch nodded his head in reply and watched as the door closed.
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Crimson appeared just outside the pet shop and looked inside. He closed his eyes and concentrated on two of the animals in there. The animals teleported from their spot and into his arms. He held them in his arms and petted them gently.
"From what Terry said, these are called," Crimson said, "...rabbits."
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People were running like crazy from the two animasters that were after them. One managed to grab a young boy as the other grabbed a hold of his mother. The two screamed out in pain as their energy was being drained.
Crimson watched from atop one of the buildings. He just sat there too weak to even bother to stand down there where his monsters were.
The monsters resembled that of rabbits. They both had black fur that covered their body and a fuzzy ball of a tail. They had long black ears that stood straight up, narrow red eyes, a rabbit's nose, and buckteeth. They had whiskers on either side of their face.
Their feet were made to jump really high as their toes had sharp nails at the end of them. Their hands only had three fingers and a thumb that were used as claws.
The monsters dropped their victims after they received the energy and chased after someone else. Before they could catch their next victim, a voice yelled, "Stop right there!"
The two animasters looked to where the voice came from and yelled together, "Who are you?"
"How dare you still the energy of people especially children!" Serena yelled, "On behalf of love!"
"And on behalf of justice!" Rini yelled.
"I am Sailor Moon!" Serena yelled.
"And I'm Sailor Mini Moon!" Rini said.
The two together yelled, "And in the name of the moon, we shall punish you!"
"And we're the Sailor Scouts," the others yelled from the middle of the street.
The two animasters looked at each other and smirked. Without a minute to think, the monsters ran in different directions toward them. One took the left and the other took the right.
The monsters each grabbed one of the Sailor Scouts and began to drain their energy. Before one of the others could pull them away, they would drop their victim and back flip behind the one that disrupted them and grabbed them.
Serena looked around wanting to attack the animasters but didn't knowing it would be any use. Tears strolled from her eyes as she thought, {There has to be a way. There has to!}
One of the animasters finished draining the energy from Amy and looked to Serena for her next victim. She smiled and ran toward Serena. Before she could grab her, she was kicked away by Lita who finally showed up.
"Raba! Bita! Drain every last bit of their energy, you hear!" Crimson yelled from the top of the building.
The one called Raba stood up from the ground and charged Lita. Bita finished what she was doing and charged Rini. Rini ran but was caught in the arms of Bita. She jumped high in the air and began to drain the energy from Rini when a pair of arms wrapped around her neck.
She gagged for air and stopped draining Rini's energy. The three fell to the ground not landing on their feet. The person who the arms belonged to forced Rini out of Bita's grip.
"Are you all right, Sailor Mini Moon," he asked setting her down on her feet. "Don't worry. Unlike my other colleagues, I want you and your friends to stay alive. I got most of my power back. If it wasn't for Saturn, I'd be dead by now."
"You were always the loyal one," Rini said.
Tuxedo Pluto's head went to the side as he asked, "Huh? What do you mean by that?"
She didn't have enough time to answer as Bita jumped to her feet and tackled Pluto. He fell back gripping the monster by the arms not wanting to get pierced by the claws.
Rini ran over to help but was kicked back by Bita. Bita roared at Tuxedo Pluto getting fed up that he was stronger than she was.
Tuxedo Pluto looked to the side and yelled, "Sailor Mini Moon, are you all right!"
Rini staggered to her feet and answered, "Yes, now get rid of her."
"As you wish," he said as he narrowed his eyes. He bent his legs and kicked Bita back. He then jumped to his feet and ran over to Rini. He smiled, "Now, watch this."
He raised his arm to his side and dropped it quickly then pulling it up. A long rod appeared in his hand as he looked to Rini. "Something don't you think? Now." He narrowed his eyes at Bita and yelled, "Pluto Happiness Malignant Shriek!"
He twirled the rod making no mistake as an energy ball went toward Bita. She disintegrated and all that was left was the dead body of a rabbit.
Tuxedo Pluto looked to Rini and said, "Poor animals that they have tainted with evil. Just to kill them off. If only we could save them."
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Crimson's eyes widened with the fear of failing his queen again. He narrowed and staggered to his feet. Since he was weak, he lost balance and was about to fall back when a pair of hands caught him.
He looked back to see Pumpkin standing there. Pumpkin gave him a smile and said, "It seems like you're going to lose this one."
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Lita fought Raba hand-to-hand combat. A punch flew along with a kick. Raba dodged her every move with an evil smirk on her face. Raba then sent a kick flying in Lita's direction causing Lita to jump back in reaction.
Raba snickered, "You're so pathetic. To think that you could ever beat me."
"What do you mean? You've been on defense the whole time," Lita panted.
"Exactly! Now watch and learn, human," Raba said. Lita blinked which was a huge mistake because when she opened her eyes, Raba was nowhere to be seen.
"Where'd she go?" Lita asked looking right and left.
It all happened so fast. Tuxedo Pluto's eyes widened as he yelled, "Jupiter, watch out!" He ran toward her to try and save her as Raba appeared behind her. Raba smirked as she thrusted her claw of a hand through Lita's back.
Lita's eyes widened from the pain she felt. Raba pulled her hand out and jumped away. Lita fell back and was going to hit the ground when Tuxedo Pluto caught her in his arms.
Serena looked to her friend as she yelled, "Jupiter!"
Some of the other Sailor Scouts had waken themselves up from their weakness and also yelled to their friend. Tears strolled from all of the girls' eyes. Serena walked over to Tuxedo Pluto and asked, "Is she going to be all right?"
Tuxedo Pluto didn't look up at her. He just stared at Lita with his right hand on her chest and the other holding her in his arms. He tried to stop the blood from flowing as blood stained his own hand. With no sign of it, tears strolled from his eyes and down and off his cheek.
Serena's eyes widened as she heard him whisper, "You can't die. You're not supposed to. I'm supposed to protect you all."
"Tuxedo Pluto," Serena said. She looked to hand at the wand in it. "If only I could get rid of this monster."
Tuxedo Pluto looked up at her and said, "You can. Believe in yourself."
Serena closed her eyes and thought of all the memories she had of her and her friends. {They all believe in me. I just know it. Lita please don't die.}
Serena's wand began to glow along with Rini's as their wands transformed only slightly. Serena looked at the wand as Tuxedo Pluto said, "Now destroy the monster."
Raba had jumped to the top of the building and thought what her next move should be. Rini ran to Serena as the two looked to Raba. Raba smiled and jumped from the building aiming straight at them.
"Sailor Moon! Sailor Mini Moon! Attack now!" Tuxedo Pluto yelled.
Serena grabbed hold of Rini's hand and the two looked to Raba. Moon energy formed around the two as they yelled, "Moon Striker Healing Release!"
Raba froze in place, as it seemed that she disintegrated. Instead, a black rabbit fell to the ground still alive and hopped around. Serena and the girls smiled. They then ran over to Lita who still wasn't answering Tuxedo Pluto's words.
"Will she be all right?" Mina asked as Amy said, "Her injury is severe."
"Mercury, don't say stuff like that," Raye said looking to Lita with tears in their eyes.
Tuxedo Pluto held Lita protectively as he said, "I'm sorry that I wasn't able to save her."
He staggered to his feet and looked at the girls. "If you let me, I might be able to heal her wounds."
"How?" Serena asked.
"Well, the same way I've been coming to help you in battle each time after I got hurt badly," he smiled. "Don't worry. I won't dare let anything happen to her. Though it may require for me to beg to him. Now that's a person to get to help. You'll see her tomorrow as good as new."
Tuxedo Pluto turned his back to them and began to walk away from them. He jumped on top of a building and disappeared out of view.
"I hope he's able to help her," Mina said.
"Yeah," the rest answered.
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Crimson and Pumpkin both teleported in front of Queen Raina. She stared at them and said, "You did well."
The way she said that you could tell she forced herself to say it calmly. Crimson looked to her and said, "I was able to get lots of energy for you."
"I see. I saw how you ordered your animasters to attack those humans. You seemed to have learned," she said. "...But."
"Crimson, you may leave. I would like to have a word with you, Pumpkin," she said.
Crimson staggered back into the shadows as Pumpkin asked, "What do you want, my Queen?"
"My dear Pumpkin. When you first joined me, you were never that loyal to me. Now I ask. What have you seen?" Queen Raina asked, as her red eyes grew bright.
Pumpkin jumped as a thought flashed through his mind, {How did she know?}
Queen Raina laughed as she said, "To think that I wouldn't know of it. Your kind were the ones to have that ability."
Pumpkin narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you know what I know?"
She smiled and answered, "Sometimes. The only one I've been able to see clearly was Crimson."
Pumpkin looked to the side and said, "...Crimson."
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Aaron opened his eyes to find that he was alone in Lita's apartment. He sat up and looked into the darkness. He got to his feet and walked around. He found a cookie and stuck it in his mouth.
After he finished the cookie, he asked, "Lita, where are you?"
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There I finished. It was hard considering it was Thanksgiving Day and my family was running all over the place trying to set the food. Well, you got to love them. I apologize if Chapter 5 doesn't come out right away. I do want to work on my other stories. Please review!
~~ Noi ~~
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Chapter 4
New Power Manifests
Serena ran out of the house like the last two days and took the sharp turn to see that the blond guy was sitting down on the sidewalk. She stopped nearly tripping over him and yelled, "What do you think you're doing in the middle of the sidewalk?"
"Middle? For your information, I'm on the side of the sidewalk," he said. "It's your own fault you almost tripped over me, creampuff head."
"No one's aloud to call me names but my Darien!" she yelled. "I'm heading off to school now. By the way, where's your friend anyway?"
"I don't know," he said looking up at the sky. "It looks like it's going to rain like yesterday."
"Aren't you worried about your friend?" Serena stormed at him.
"Look here, creampuff head, if you were me, you wouldn't be too worried about your friends. To tell you the truth, I don't even consider them my friends. It's always been me since I can remember," he said. "Now get going before you're late for the third time."
Serena nodded her head slowly and ran to her school. When she got there she managed to get there right when the bell rang. She looked around at the kids in her class and didn't see any sign of Aaron.
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Crimson was lying down on what looked like a bed. The room was pitch black as he just slept too weak from what the queen did to him. His hand stirred as footsteps were heard. Crimson slowly opened his eyes. His eyes did not even have a glare of life in them.
Pumpkin was the owner to the footsteps as he appeared from the shadows. He sat down on the side of the bed and set a lamp ablaze. He looked to Crimson with caring eyes as he asked, "How are you feeling?"
Crimson's lifeless eyes looked to Pumpkin as he whispered, "I feel so tired and weak, Kin. I don't think I'll be able to fulfill the queen's next mission."
"Then I'll do it," Pumpkin said.
"No, you can't. The queen wants me not you," Crimson said. "I should get going. Ah!" Crimson had tried to sit up but fell back as a result.
"CRIMSON!" Queen Raina's voice echoed through the whole place.
"Kin, can you take me to her? If she gives me another mission, I guess you can help me fulfill it," Crimson smiled.
Pumpkin nodded his head and helped Crimson off the bed. Their journey there was long considering Pumpkin didn't want Crimson to get any more hurt than he already was.
The two appeared in front of the queen who stared at them judging their presence. Her voice echoed as she said, "My dear, Crimson. I take it that you will not fail me on this mission. Pumpkin, you may leave."
"My Queen, in Crimson's weaken state, I ask that I go along with him and help," Pumpkin offered.
"No, he will do fine on his own," the queen said. "Now, get going on your mission, Crimson."
"Yes, my Queen," he answered. He managed to balance himself on his feet as he teleported out of there.
Pumpkin looked to the queen and said, "How dare you let him go out there in his condition. I don't care if you are my queen, he'll die." Negative energy formed around him as he teleported away.
The queen smiled, "So his true powers have finally come to him. The others shouldn't get a hold of his knowledge."
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Terry was at the pet store looking at the place where the parrot used to be. He walked over to one of the workers and asked, "What happened to the parrot?"
"Someone stole it yesterday. We don't know when but we've seen no sign of it," a female worker answered.
Terry nodded in reply and looked to the door as a young couple walked in. He looked away and sighed, "Where are you Crim?"
He walked over to the rabbits and picked one up. He held it in his arms as he petted it. He turned his head to the door that opened again and saw a little boy and his mother walk in.
Terry put the rabbit back down where it was and walked out the door. He followed the sidewalk and stopped when he heard, "TERRY!"
He looked back and saw Crimson leaning against the wall of the building. Crimson closed his eyes tightly from pain and slid along the wall to the ground.
"Crim!" Terry yelled running over to him. He knelt down next to him and put his arm over his shoulder helping him up. "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"Nothing," Crimson replied. He twitched from the pain as the muscles in his legs gave. "I'm so tired and weak."
Terry's eyes widened as he looked around at the people who stared at them. He then narrowed them and began to walk away.
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The school bell rang and Serena ran out of the school to find that it was raining. She ran over to Amy and asked, "Where's Lita?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her all day. Raye said that she wanted us to meet up with her at the temple," Amy said.
The two made it to the temple and found Raye, Mina, Artemis, Luna, Rini, and Diana there waiting for them. Amy and Serena took a seat and looked to the others.
"So what did you want us for?" Serena asked.
Raye looked at her annoyed and said, "Serena, we decided to meet here because we all know that we are no match against this new evil. And to top it all off, we also need to discuss things about Tuxedo Pluto and Tuxedo Neptune."
"And Tuxedo Saturn. We met him yesterday and it seems that he is very strong," Amy said. "He told us that we just get in their way."
"How rude of him. Who do those guys think they are?" Mina said as she crossed her arms.
"I believe that we might know something about them," Artemis said. "They say they serve the prince. If Darien were here, we might be able to ask him."
"Just be cautious of both the new enemy and those guys," Luna said. "You all will have to power up like you did all those other times."
Diana was about to speck when Rini covered her mouth. Diana looked to her, as she nodded her head no.
"I guess we'll think of something," Raye said. She looked around and asked, "Where's Lita?"
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Lita was at her apartment putting a small towel over Aaron's head. He twitched from its presence. Aaron's eyes slowly opened as he asked, "Where am I?"
"You're in my apartment. You past out last night in my arms and I brought you here. I'm sorry I was late and I'm surprised you waited," she smiled.
Aaron smiled as he slowly fell back to sleep. Lita smiled and just sat there looking at him.
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Terry opened the door to his apartment and walked in still helping Crimson walk. He sat him down on the couch there and flipped on the TV.
Crimson's eyes widened in surprise to the object as he asked, "What is that?"
"Oh, don't tell me you don't know what a television is," Terry said as he opened his refrigerator. He took out a container filled with water and poured it into two glasses. He walked over to Crimson and said, "Here. Have some water."
Crimson took the glass into his hands and took a sip. He kept the glass in his hand as Terry sat down on the couch next to him. He looked to Crimson and asked, "So what do you think of those monsters that have been showing up, Crim?"
"Monsters? Um, I don't know," he replied. "What do you know about those girls who can't beat them?"
"Hmm? I don't know much. They've been saving people for a while I hear," Terry said. "But also from what I hear, there are new figures entering the scene. But what is the whole point of those monsters? They just drain the innocent peoples' energy and harm them. It's just wrong."
"...Wrong?" Crimson said looking to the side. "I better get going."
"No, you stay. You're too weak to go anywhere. I'm going to go and do a little errand. Press this button to change the channel. That's all you really need to know," Terry said standing up and slipping on a jacket. "If Mitch walks in here, don't worry. He'll just look at you, nod his head, and walk back to his room.
"If he doesn't walk back to his room, he'll sit down and read his book. He's the quiet type and never talks. I tell him to go out and find a girl but he just says 'but I wouldn't trust them'," Terry said. "Well, bye."
He waved to Crimson as he walked out the door and locked the door behind him.
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Pumpkin appeared in front of OSA P. He looked to the side and saw Molly walk into the store. He followed and saw all the jewelry that was kept on the shelves. He walked around and looked at every bit there was.
"Can I help you?" Molly asked walking over to him. "Are you looking for something in particular? Oh, wow, that's a beautiful earring. Where'd you get it?"
"I don't know. It was a gift. Do you have anything made out of a yellow tourmaline?" Pumpkin asked looking to her with his calm orange eyes.
"Hmm, let's see," Molly said walking around the store. "Ah, over here. Now, who are you buying this for?"
"A friend," Pumpkin smiled. "She loves the color yellow. Do you know what I should get her?"
"How about a bracelet?" Molly asked.
"Hmm? Maybe," he said walking toward the door. "I'll have to think about it. Farewell."
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Crimson sat on the couch watching the television as a figure waked into the room. Crimson looked at him as the individual looked right back at him.
"You must be Crim?" the figure said. His eyes were dark blue and his hair was snow-white. "My name's Mitch."
Crimson watched as Mitch walked over at sat down on the couch. Mitch opened up a notebook and began to write in it with a pencil. Mitch looked to Crimson and gave him a smile. He then returned to writing in his notebook.
Crimson slowly staggered to his feet and headed out the door. Before completely walking out he said, "Tell Terry I had to go."
Mitch nodded his head in reply and watched as the door closed.
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Crimson appeared just outside the pet shop and looked inside. He closed his eyes and concentrated on two of the animals in there. The animals teleported from their spot and into his arms. He held them in his arms and petted them gently.
"From what Terry said, these are called," Crimson said, "...rabbits."
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People were running like crazy from the two animasters that were after them. One managed to grab a young boy as the other grabbed a hold of his mother. The two screamed out in pain as their energy was being drained.
Crimson watched from atop one of the buildings. He just sat there too weak to even bother to stand down there where his monsters were.
The monsters resembled that of rabbits. They both had black fur that covered their body and a fuzzy ball of a tail. They had long black ears that stood straight up, narrow red eyes, a rabbit's nose, and buckteeth. They had whiskers on either side of their face.
Their feet were made to jump really high as their toes had sharp nails at the end of them. Their hands only had three fingers and a thumb that were used as claws.
The monsters dropped their victims after they received the energy and chased after someone else. Before they could catch their next victim, a voice yelled, "Stop right there!"
The two animasters looked to where the voice came from and yelled together, "Who are you?"
"How dare you still the energy of people especially children!" Serena yelled, "On behalf of love!"
"And on behalf of justice!" Rini yelled.
"I am Sailor Moon!" Serena yelled.
"And I'm Sailor Mini Moon!" Rini said.
The two together yelled, "And in the name of the moon, we shall punish you!"
"And we're the Sailor Scouts," the others yelled from the middle of the street.
The two animasters looked at each other and smirked. Without a minute to think, the monsters ran in different directions toward them. One took the left and the other took the right.
The monsters each grabbed one of the Sailor Scouts and began to drain their energy. Before one of the others could pull them away, they would drop their victim and back flip behind the one that disrupted them and grabbed them.
Serena looked around wanting to attack the animasters but didn't knowing it would be any use. Tears strolled from her eyes as she thought, {There has to be a way. There has to!}
One of the animasters finished draining the energy from Amy and looked to Serena for her next victim. She smiled and ran toward Serena. Before she could grab her, she was kicked away by Lita who finally showed up.
"Raba! Bita! Drain every last bit of their energy, you hear!" Crimson yelled from the top of the building.
The one called Raba stood up from the ground and charged Lita. Bita finished what she was doing and charged Rini. Rini ran but was caught in the arms of Bita. She jumped high in the air and began to drain the energy from Rini when a pair of arms wrapped around her neck.
She gagged for air and stopped draining Rini's energy. The three fell to the ground not landing on their feet. The person who the arms belonged to forced Rini out of Bita's grip.
"Are you all right, Sailor Mini Moon," he asked setting her down on her feet. "Don't worry. Unlike my other colleagues, I want you and your friends to stay alive. I got most of my power back. If it wasn't for Saturn, I'd be dead by now."
"You were always the loyal one," Rini said.
Tuxedo Pluto's head went to the side as he asked, "Huh? What do you mean by that?"
She didn't have enough time to answer as Bita jumped to her feet and tackled Pluto. He fell back gripping the monster by the arms not wanting to get pierced by the claws.
Rini ran over to help but was kicked back by Bita. Bita roared at Tuxedo Pluto getting fed up that he was stronger than she was.
Tuxedo Pluto looked to the side and yelled, "Sailor Mini Moon, are you all right!"
Rini staggered to her feet and answered, "Yes, now get rid of her."
"As you wish," he said as he narrowed his eyes. He bent his legs and kicked Bita back. He then jumped to his feet and ran over to Rini. He smiled, "Now, watch this."
He raised his arm to his side and dropped it quickly then pulling it up. A long rod appeared in his hand as he looked to Rini. "Something don't you think? Now." He narrowed his eyes at Bita and yelled, "Pluto Happiness Malignant Shriek!"
He twirled the rod making no mistake as an energy ball went toward Bita. She disintegrated and all that was left was the dead body of a rabbit.
Tuxedo Pluto looked to Rini and said, "Poor animals that they have tainted with evil. Just to kill them off. If only we could save them."
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Crimson's eyes widened with the fear of failing his queen again. He narrowed and staggered to his feet. Since he was weak, he lost balance and was about to fall back when a pair of hands caught him.
He looked back to see Pumpkin standing there. Pumpkin gave him a smile and said, "It seems like you're going to lose this one."
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Lita fought Raba hand-to-hand combat. A punch flew along with a kick. Raba dodged her every move with an evil smirk on her face. Raba then sent a kick flying in Lita's direction causing Lita to jump back in reaction.
Raba snickered, "You're so pathetic. To think that you could ever beat me."
"What do you mean? You've been on defense the whole time," Lita panted.
"Exactly! Now watch and learn, human," Raba said. Lita blinked which was a huge mistake because when she opened her eyes, Raba was nowhere to be seen.
"Where'd she go?" Lita asked looking right and left.
It all happened so fast. Tuxedo Pluto's eyes widened as he yelled, "Jupiter, watch out!" He ran toward her to try and save her as Raba appeared behind her. Raba smirked as she thrusted her claw of a hand through Lita's back.
Lita's eyes widened from the pain she felt. Raba pulled her hand out and jumped away. Lita fell back and was going to hit the ground when Tuxedo Pluto caught her in his arms.
Serena looked to her friend as she yelled, "Jupiter!"
Some of the other Sailor Scouts had waken themselves up from their weakness and also yelled to their friend. Tears strolled from all of the girls' eyes. Serena walked over to Tuxedo Pluto and asked, "Is she going to be all right?"
Tuxedo Pluto didn't look up at her. He just stared at Lita with his right hand on her chest and the other holding her in his arms. He tried to stop the blood from flowing as blood stained his own hand. With no sign of it, tears strolled from his eyes and down and off his cheek.
Serena's eyes widened as she heard him whisper, "You can't die. You're not supposed to. I'm supposed to protect you all."
"Tuxedo Pluto," Serena said. She looked to hand at the wand in it. "If only I could get rid of this monster."
Tuxedo Pluto looked up at her and said, "You can. Believe in yourself."
Serena closed her eyes and thought of all the memories she had of her and her friends. {They all believe in me. I just know it. Lita please don't die.}
Serena's wand began to glow along with Rini's as their wands transformed only slightly. Serena looked at the wand as Tuxedo Pluto said, "Now destroy the monster."
Raba had jumped to the top of the building and thought what her next move should be. Rini ran to Serena as the two looked to Raba. Raba smiled and jumped from the building aiming straight at them.
"Sailor Moon! Sailor Mini Moon! Attack now!" Tuxedo Pluto yelled.
Serena grabbed hold of Rini's hand and the two looked to Raba. Moon energy formed around the two as they yelled, "Moon Striker Healing Release!"
Raba froze in place, as it seemed that she disintegrated. Instead, a black rabbit fell to the ground still alive and hopped around. Serena and the girls smiled. They then ran over to Lita who still wasn't answering Tuxedo Pluto's words.
"Will she be all right?" Mina asked as Amy said, "Her injury is severe."
"Mercury, don't say stuff like that," Raye said looking to Lita with tears in their eyes.
Tuxedo Pluto held Lita protectively as he said, "I'm sorry that I wasn't able to save her."
He staggered to his feet and looked at the girls. "If you let me, I might be able to heal her wounds."
"How?" Serena asked.
"Well, the same way I've been coming to help you in battle each time after I got hurt badly," he smiled. "Don't worry. I won't dare let anything happen to her. Though it may require for me to beg to him. Now that's a person to get to help. You'll see her tomorrow as good as new."
Tuxedo Pluto turned his back to them and began to walk away from them. He jumped on top of a building and disappeared out of view.
"I hope he's able to help her," Mina said.
"Yeah," the rest answered.
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Crimson and Pumpkin both teleported in front of Queen Raina. She stared at them and said, "You did well."
The way she said that you could tell she forced herself to say it calmly. Crimson looked to her and said, "I was able to get lots of energy for you."
"I see. I saw how you ordered your animasters to attack those humans. You seemed to have learned," she said. "...But."
"Crimson, you may leave. I would like to have a word with you, Pumpkin," she said.
Crimson staggered back into the shadows as Pumpkin asked, "What do you want, my Queen?"
"My dear Pumpkin. When you first joined me, you were never that loyal to me. Now I ask. What have you seen?" Queen Raina asked, as her red eyes grew bright.
Pumpkin jumped as a thought flashed through his mind, {How did she know?}
Queen Raina laughed as she said, "To think that I wouldn't know of it. Your kind were the ones to have that ability."
Pumpkin narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you know what I know?"
She smiled and answered, "Sometimes. The only one I've been able to see clearly was Crimson."
Pumpkin looked to the side and said, "...Crimson."
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Aaron opened his eyes to find that he was alone in Lita's apartment. He sat up and looked into the darkness. He got to his feet and walked around. He found a cookie and stuck it in his mouth.
After he finished the cookie, he asked, "Lita, where are you?"
***END***
There I finished. It was hard considering it was Thanksgiving Day and my family was running all over the place trying to set the food. Well, you got to love them. I apologize if Chapter 5 doesn't come out right away. I do want to work on my other stories. Please review!
~~ Noi ~~