Thought I might start up Chapter 5. Hope I actually have people reading my stories. I seem to have a writer's block for the other stories I have. Disclaimer: I'm getting tired of writing these but I guess I should. I own none of the Sailor Scouts but I do own the ones not found in the series.

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Chapter 5

Amy's Rival of Degree

Amy was walking down the sidewalk to school. She held her books in her hand as she walked. She had told herself never to travel to school with Serena if she didn't want to be late. Her short blue hair flew from side to side from the northern winds that were coming. The only thing on her mind was if Lita was there and all right.

She made it to school and took her seat in her classroom. She looked around and saw that there was a new face in the crowd. He walked up to the front of the class and looked to the kids.

The boy's eyes were a dark blue almost violet as he looked around. His hair was short just ending just above the shoulders and layered. His hair was the exact same color as his eyes.

He stood there standing straight and tall. He said, "My name is Induo Voi. It's a pleasure to meet all of you."

"Well," the teacher said, "you can take a seat behind Amy Anderson."

He nodded and walked over to Amy who had signaled where to sit. He sat down without a word and pulled out his notebooks to take notes. There was a pop quiz over what they learned throughout the week and everyone including the new kid had to take it.

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"Please, you have to help her," Tuxedo Pluto said last night as he held Lita in his arms. He was starring at another figure, which was Tuxedo Saturn.

"Pluto, we are not supposed to save their lives. They mean nothing to us," Neptune said. "Why do you even care about the fate of these girls?"

"You guys make no sense! How can you even think about letting them die?" Pluto said. He looked to Lita and smiled, "Don't worry. I won't let you die...my love."

Neptune looked to Saturn and said, "I'm surprised. This is the first person I've ever heard him say that to. He'll never forgive us if we don't save her."

Tuxedo Saturn narrowed his eyes and said, "Fine, but this is the only time I do this for him."

A smile crossed Pluto's face as he walked over to Saturn. Saturn took Lita into his arms and closed his eyes. Energy formed around his body as he yelled, "Saturn Recovering Ravage!"

Lita's wound mended itself as Saturn stared at her. Her eyes twitched as she moved from the pain she was feeling from the healing.

Saturn held out Lita to Pluto and said, "Here. Take her out of my sight."

He turned around and disappeared out of sight with Neptune following. Pluto turned his view from them to Lita as he smiled, "See I told I would help you."

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Crimson appeared in front of Queen Raina and asked, "My Queen, you haven't given me another mission."

Queen Raina's hands began to circle around her crystal ball as she said, "I will give you a mission if you wish. I want you to go collect energy and back up who I've sent with your animasters."

"Who have you sent?" Crimson asked giving a bow to the queen.

"Why, your oldest member," she answered with a smile.

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Lita was in a bed found in a dark room. She was still in her sailor outfit as a figure put blankets over her. A smile was seen across his face as he said, "Get better soon."

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The school bell rang and Amy was seen heading back home to study for the test they were going to have the next day. Serena ran over to her side and asked, "Any sign of Lita?"

"No, but I see Aaron returned," Amy said looking to the boy that ran up to them.

Aaron gave them a smile as he asked, "Have any of you seen Lita?"

"No, where were you yesterday?" Serena asked.

He looked to her and answered, "I was at Lita's. Apparently, I past out in Lita's arms on Tuesday. I got sick from the rain, but I staid there yesterday waiting for her to come so I could thank her. Please tell me when you see her. Huh? What's wrong?"

Tears were seen streaming down Serena's eyes without her even realizing it. She wiped her eyes and said, "Oh, it's nothing. Come on, Amy, let's get going home."

The two turned their backs to Aaron as he stared at them worriedly. The two girls were about to take the turn when a voice yelled, "Amy! Amy Anderson!"

Amy looked back to see the new kid in her class. He ran up to her and smiled. Amy said, "Hi, Induo. What do you need me for?"

"Well, I heard you were the smartest kid in class and was wondering if you would like to go to dinner with me," he said with confidence.

A blush crossed Amy's face as she stared at him with disbelief. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, of course," he replied looking at her with his indigo eyes. "It doesn't have to be today. Saturday would be fine. You'll have time to think. I'll take your answer tomorrow."

He turned away and walked away knocking shoulders against Aaron. Aaron looked back at him with narrow eyes of dislike.

Serena looked to Amy and said, "Wow, Amy, you got yourself a date."

"Only if I take it. I'm surprised, Serena. You haven't spoken once about Darien coming back tomorrow," Amy said as her blush disappeared. The two began to walk again.

A huge smile grew on Serena's face. "That's right! Darien's coming back tomorrow! Um, Amy, I'm going to run home. Just in case Darien calls."

"Ok. See you later, Serena!" Amy yelled as Serena disappeared in the distance.

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Crimson appeared atop of a building and looked around. A figure wearing a back cloak stood near the side. Crimson walked over to him and asked, "Do you need an animaster?"

The figure looked to him. His face was hidden under the hood but you could see his mouth smile.

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Serena ran as fast as she could not even bothering to look left and right when she crossed the street.

A car was coming at full speed as Serena took a step on the road. Her eyes widened, as she knew she would get hit. Before the car could hit her, a pair of hands wrapped around her waist and pulled her back.

Serena landed hard on the ground on the person who saved her. She looked to him and was shocked to see who it was. The blond haired man looked to her and said, "Can you get off me now?"

"Oh, yeah," Serena said standing to her feet. She held out her hand and helped him up. He stood up and began wiping the dirt from his clothes as she said, "I'm surprised you saved my life."

He stopped what he was doing and looked to her. A smile was written all over his face as he said, "Well, I just couldn't let you die, creampuff head. Ouch! What was that for?"

Serena slammed her fist against his face as she yelled, "Don't you ever call me that again. If you call me that tomorrow, then I'll sick Darien on you."

"Oh, wow, I'm so scared," the blond said in a bored tone. "Can you tell me one thing, Serena? What's he like?"

"What do you mean?" she asked curiously.

"I mean, is he so good to you that you could just go up to him and kiss him," he said as his face came up close to Serena's.

A blush crossed Serena's face as she stared at him. She shook her head and yelled, "Why should I tell you!"

He took a step back from what she said. He then stuck his hands in his pockets and began to walk away as he sighed, "I just wanted to know."

Serena shook her head and continued on her way to her house. When she made it there, she waited patiently in her room. An hour past by and nothing happened. No phone calls whatsoever.

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Meanwhile Amy was at the Eishindo Books store. She held a book in her hand and was reading it. By the looks of it, it had to deal with science and what not.

Aaron walked up to her and said, "I didn't know you were going to be here, Amy."

"Hmm? Oh, hi, Aaron. What are you doing here?" Amy asked looking up from her book.

"I'm looking for a book to give Scott. His birthday is coming up soon," Aaron said holding up what looked like a book of legends.

"Scott? Who's that?" Amy asked.

"Oh, you know. He's that guy with the blond hair that I was hanging out with on Tuesday," Aaron answered.

"So that's his name. He's the one that's been getting on Serena's nerves. You know, her boyfriend is returning from America tomorrow," Amy said.

"Um, are you going to take Induo up on his offer?" Aaron asked.

"I don't know. Why?" Amy asked.

Before Aaron could answer, people began screaming and yelling. Amy and Aaron looked to the back of the store to see people running in fear.

Aaron ran through the crowd of people to see what was going on as Amy found a safe place to transform.

She raised her hand with her transformation wand in her hand as she yelled, "Mercury Crystal Power!"

Water swirled around her body as her sailor scout formed on her body. When she was done, she ran to the spot where the monster was.

Aaron stood in a corner blocking attacks that came at him. Amy saw that a group of little kids were behind him shivering with fear.

The animaster was that of a turtle. A huge shell was seen on her back as she slashed her sharp claws at Aaron. She had a slim woman body, no nose, and green hair.

Aaron fell to the ground with blood trailing down his face. The animaster kicked him back against the wall and headed for the children.

"Mercury Bubbles!" Amy shouted as her attack froze the monster in place. "Hurry up and get out of here!"

The kids nodded and ran toward the exit. Before they could even get there, Crimson and the cloaked figure appeared in their way.

"Don't even think about leaving," Crimson said with a smile on his face.

Aaron stood up against the wall and saw as Crimson picked up one of the kids and threw him to a second animaster in the store. It was a ferret that was the figure of a woman. The body was exactly the same as a ferret other than it could walk on two legs. Its eyes showed that of mischief and it gave a smile that was full of sharp teeth.

The cloaked figure looked to the ferret animaster and said, "Ferreta, take all the energy you can from those humans."

"That goes for you too, Turtlea," Crimson said.

Aaron charged at Turtlea knocking her to the ground. He held her tightly against the ground as he yelled, "Sailor Mercury, get rid of her now!"

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" she yelled as she called forth her attack. Before she could fully send it toward the monster, the cloaked figure wrapped his hand around her neck. He began to tighten his grip as Amy began choking.

"Let her go!" Aaron yelled as Turtlea pushed him off.

Amy's view began to go hazy as her body weakened. The cloaked figure released her and let her fall to the ground. He turned to Crimson and ordered, "Gather the kids and let's be on our way."

"But we can't just take them," Crimson said looking at the horror on their faces.

The cloaked figure walked in front of Crimson and said, "Do not question my orders."

"Yes, sir," Crimson said. He walked over to the little kids and said, "Come here. I won't harm you if you come peacefully."

The kids nodded and went to him. He teleported them all out of there along with the two animasters.

Aaron ran over to Amy and tried to wake her up. The cloaked figure looked at them and disappeared.

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The kids were put in a room and were running around playing tag and whatever else came to mind. They all tried their best to forget what had happened.

Pumpkin appeared to Crimson and said, "So it seems your future has been set."

"Those poor human children. How could you ever bring them here, Crimson?" a female voice asked from the shadows.

"I totally agree with her. How could you even think of listening to my brother? You know he thinks of foolish things," a second female voice said.

"I can not win between the two of you. I'm sorry but your brother was threatening me," Crimson said.

"He wasn't. It was his mission to gather some human children," Pumpkin said.

Crimson closed his eyes and asked, "So what should we do now?"

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The end of another chapter. I'm sorry I didn't come out with it sooner. It's just that I had a writer's block. Don't you just hate those? Well, I hoped you liked it and please send me a review. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
~~ Noi ~~