Title: Secrets aren't so secret anymore

Author: Sailor Linnea

Chapters: 23

" Speak"

(Thoughts)

The Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask watched Geeseen with alert eyes, awaiting his next move. He was dressed in a red suit with some sort of white mask. The mask's eyes were red and had no visible irises or pupils. He wore a large metallic band on his lower right arm with a circular black control pad further up on the right arm.

"You're not going to get away with this!" Tuxedo Mask yelled at the laughing Jadeite.

"Oh, I think I already have. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a victory celebration to attend to," Jadeite said with an evil smile.

"Wait! Don't you know that it's very rude to go before introducing yourself?" Sailor Mars said.

"Why should I introduce myself to you; you'll soon be dead anyway!" Jadeite said with a nonchalant tone.

"Don't want to dirty your hands?" Sailor Mars asked with a mocking smile.

"Normally I wouldn't concern myself with weaklings such as yourself. But you irritate me, little girl," Jadeite said and with an evil laugh threw an energy ball at her.

"Nice throw, but I'm not slow. Take this: Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars yelled and threw a giant fireball at Jadeite. When the smoke cleared, he still stood on the same spot and around him glimmered an energy shield. Sailor Mars's attack had been reflected by his shield and had hit a tree beside him. He laughed at her obvious irritation.

"I really have better things to do than play with little girls. I'll go now," Jadeite said with a smile and a portal appeared behind him. "By the way my name is Jadeite. I'm one of the highest ranked Generals in Beryl's army. Remember my name Mars, because it's the name of your executor," Jadeite said and with an evil laugh he disappeared without a trace.

"Look out, Sailor Mars!" Jupiter yelled and Mars turned around to find herself face to face to Geeseen.

"Time to play, Sailor Girlies. The game is about to begin," he chuckled evilly and launched a par of gripping claws towards the red-clothed Sailor Senshi. She quickly jumped to safety and landed beside Sailor Mercury.

"What is his weak spot?" Mars asked her friend impatiently.

"I'm not sure yet. My scans indicates that he can create weapons with the help of that control pad, but I'm not sure what kind of weapons yet," Sailor Mercury said and typed furiously on her laptop.

"Great; I hate surprises," Sailor Mars sighed. With an arm around Sailor Mercury, she jumped out of the way of Geeseen's claws again. "Mercury, please be aware of the battle. I can't stand by your side all evening to scoop you off to safety."

"We don't have to stand here all day if I can just find his weak spot," Mercury retorted without even looking up.

"Venus Crescent Beam!" Venus threw her attack towards Geeseen but he quickly jumped out of the way and swung a line with spiked hammer towards the Senshi of Love. She threw herself to safety and barely missed being hit in the stomach.

"He's so fast!" Sailor Moon said and dodged another attack.

"Damm, and I was so close to get a bonus by hitting that yellow player," Geeseen grumbled.

"Mind if a new player introduces herself?" Sailor Jupiter asked as she attacked him. "Supreme Thunder!"

"Ah, my circuits!" Geeseen yelled in pain as Jupiter's attack hit him. He flickered and turned to dust.

"That's game over for your, Geeseen!" Sailor Mars said with a satisfied smile as she watched him turn to dust. She turned around with a proud smile over their easy victory, but the horrified gasps from the other girls and Tuxedo Mask made her turn around again. Before her very eyes the dust formed together and a moment later Geeseen form was recovered.

"Do you really think that you can defeat me so easily?" Geeseen asked with an evil laughter. "The game is far from over, round two is about to begin."

"How did he do that?" Sailor Jupiter asked with a frown.

"Oh oh! He's getting ready to attack again. Look out, Jupiter!" Sailor Moon yelled with a concerned voice.

This time Geeseen threw rockets shaped as game controls. Sailor Venus dodged and the control crashed into the ground behind her with a wide explosion.

"Aren't there any rules in this game?" Mercury asked with a serious voice, trying to stall time to find his weak spot.

"Rules?" Geeseen asked with a hesitant voice.

"Every game should have rules, you know. Otherwise you can't play it." Ami said.

"You're just trying to trick me! I say that they're no rules in this game. The winner is the survivor!" Geeseen said after a few seconds when he realized that Sailor Mercury was only trying to stall time. "And you haven't the faintest chance of winning! Take this, bitch!" he yelled and created a laser gun out of thin air. He fired several shoots at Sailor Mercury but she quickly dodged and took cover behind a dumpster.

"Are you all right, Mercury?" Venus asked as she took cover behind Mercury.

"I'm all right! Did he just call me a bitch?" Mercury asked her with a frown.

"Mercury, try not to take it personal. Who cares what a lousy youma calls us?" Venus said.

"But don't you think that saying bitch was a little rude?" Mercury protested.

"Well youma aren't exactly known to be polite, Mercury. Don't let him upset you. He's not worth it!" Venus said with a sweat-drop. (Yeesh! Why is she so upset? This isn't like her!)

"Well, I still think it was uncalled for," Mercury said angrily.

Venus only sighed. "Have you found any weaknesses yet?"

"It doesn't seem like he has one," Mercury said with a frown still marring her face. "A bitch? Why did he call me a bitch?"

"WHAT? He doesn't have any weaknesses? Then how are we supposed to defeat him?" Jupiter asked as she joined the two girls behind the dumpster.

"If you hide, you'll not get any bonus! Now come out from there! Otherwise I'll have to blast you!"

"We weren't hiding! We were planning the next move," Jupiter protested. "But why am I even discussing this with you?"

"Maybe because you're trying to stall time before you die? You chicks seem to be all talk and no action," Geeseen said and threw more game controls towards the dumpster that the three girls had taken cover behind. It exploded into dust while the girls threw themselves out of the way of the attack.

"Don't you know that it's unwise to turn your back on other opponents! Burning Mandala!" Mars shouted and Geeseen was barely able to dodge the fire and the red rose that came from behind.

"You really are pathetic creatures aren't you? You have to shout out your attacks in order to make them work! That way your opponents get a warning before the impact and are able to avoid it. You're just a group of little bitches that walk around in really short skirts and think you are so pretty and powerful. But I, Geeseen, will prove to the world that the Sailor Senshi are weak!" Geeseen said and laughed.

"That's it! I won't allow you to call me a bitch ever again!" Mercury yelled as she dusted off her skirt. She stood up and faced Geeseen with a furious face.

(Ami sure is scary when she's angry!) Usagi said with a shudder when she watched her friend.

(Yeah! Remind me to never make her angry! I don't want that aimed at me. I'd rather face an army of youma!) Mamoru said and stared at the usual calm and shy girl with scared eyes.

"Well what are you going to do about it, BITCH?" Geeseen asked with a sarcastic voice.

"I'm going to freeze you to death!" Mercury yelled and with a flick of her wrists she called upon, a previously unknown power. "Arctic freeze tornado……!" Around her wrists huge ice blocks appeared and when she lowered her arms they started spinning until a tornado was formed. "POWER!" The tornado headed strait towards Geeseen. Before he had a chance to react it hit him, and with a loud yell of pain he collapsed onto the ground, turning to dust once again.

"Was that enough to defeat him?" Mercury mused and watched the dust with cautious eyes. In a matter of seconds Geeseen once again stood before them with an evil expression.

"Don't you know that this is useless? Every time that you hurt me I'll recover. There isn't anything you can do to kill me!" he laughed.

"Are you sure about that, Geeseen?" Sailor Moon asked and approached him with confident strides.

(Honey? What are you doing?) Mamoru asked with a shocked voice.

(Trust me, muffin! I know what I'm doing!) Usagi replied with a confident voice.

"What do you mean, little moon brat?" Geeseen asked with a confused voice.

"How do you know that you're immortal?" Sailor Moon asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm one of the seven shadow warriors! Of course I'm immortal!" Geeseen replied, a little doubt evident in his voice.

"That may be true, but you're using a human body as a vessel!" Sailor Moon stated.

"That has nothing to do with it!" Geeseen protested, but with a hesitating voice.

"You're half a shadow warrior and half a human. Therefore you're most likely mortal. And because you basically are created of a game you have a number of lives before it's Game Over. I wonder how many you have?" Sailor Moon mused.

"Don't make fun of me little girl! I'm the great and powerful Geeseen. One of the shadow warriors, loyal to the Negaverse! I'm almighty!" Geeseen yelled with an enraged voice.

"Almighty? No, I don't think so! I bet you only have three lives. I wouldn't call that almighty, would you?" Sailor Moon said with a teasing voice.

"And I bet you only have one life little girl! I hope you have enjoyed it, as it soon will be ended!" Geeseen laughed and typed a command on his control pad, causing a pair of gripping claws surrounded with electricity to head towards Sailor Moon at an alarming speed. The others watched in horror as the claws approached their leader. They were too far away to save her. But, to their big surprise, Sailor Moon jumped over the claws with a grace that they didn't know that she possessed, and with a loud yell called out a new attack: "Crescent moon light, POWER!" There was a bright life that forced the Senshi and Tuxedo Mask to avert their eyes to avoid being blinded. When the light subsided they saw their leader kneeling in front of Geeseen with a gentle hand on his forehead. She took up her moon wand and with a look of concentration called upon its power: "Moon Healing Escalation!" Sailor Moon and Geeseen started to glow in a soft pink color. When she removed her hand a few seconds later, a black shadow rose from Geeseen's body. It tried to escape but was consumed by the healing light from the moon wand. With a last scream of anger it turned to dust. When the light disappeared, Geeseen transformed back to Jou. Sailor Moon stood up on shaky legs. Tuxedo Mask embraced her tightly and Sailor Moon leaned against him weakly.

"Are you all right Sailor Moon?" Venus asked with a concerned voice.

"I'm fine, just a little exhausted. That healing took a lot of power. I'll be fine as soon as I have rested." Sailor Moon said and smiled.

"That was incredible, Sailor Moon! Well done!" Jupiter said.

(Well done, darling,) Mamoru said with a tender voice.

"But you could have defeated him a little earlier don't you think? Then I wouldn't have ice in my hair," Sailor Mars muttered as she tried to remove the ice from her hair.

"How ever did you manage to get ice in your hair, Mars?" Jupiter asked with a giggle.

"Don't laugh; it isn't funny!" Mars fumed. "It's Mercury's fault!" she said as she tried to untangle her hair from the small ice blocks. The only thing indicating that Mercury had heard her was a slight movement of her wrist, which resulted in the ice suddenly melting.

"Ahh! Cold, wet hair!" Mars yelled. "Does anyone have a towel?"

"Actually I think I have one," Sailor Moon said and started to search through her subspace pocket. "Ah, there it is!" She pulled out a white towel with bunnies on and handed it to the wet fire Sailor.

"Thank you Sailor Moon!" Mars said dried her hair with the towel before she handed it back with a grateful smile. "But why are you carrying around a towel in your subspace pocket?"

"Well, you never know when you need one!" Sailor Moon said.

"I wonder what other things you have there?" Jupiter mused.

"Well, let see. Make-up, a change of clothes, manga, candy……."

"I shouldn't have asked!" Jupiter sighed. "If Luna knew that you use you subspace pocket as an extra storage for your candy and manga she would be furious!"

"Well, if neither of you tell her, that's not going to be a problem," Sailor Moon said with a panicked look.

"Well, this information could be useful!" Mars mused with a wicked grin.

"If you tell her about it, you'll regret it Mars! I forbid you!" Sailor Moon said with an unusual commanding voice.

"It looks like this little kitten has claws after all!" Mars said and smiled at Sailor Moon. "Don't worry about though, I won't tell her. After all, you did manage to save Jou. I'm proud of you, so I let this opportunity pass. And, besides, thanks to you I don't have to get back home with wet hair."

"Thank you for your kind words and support!" Sailor Moon said with a brilliant smile and hugged Mars before going back to Tuxedo Mask's loving arms.

Jou choose that moment to moan and open his eyes. "What happened?" he asked and looked around with confused eyes.

"Are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked with a gentle voice. Jou looked up to Sailor Moon and his eyes widened when he recognized the Sailor Senshi.

"What happened?" he asked again and looked around.

Sailor Moon helped him up. "You were attacked by a youma. But he's gone now," she replied and gazed at him with the bluest eyes he had ever seen.

"A youma?" he asked.

"Yes; it is an evil creature collecting the energy from humans in order to release their master. If they gather enough energy she will awaken and destroy Earth," Tuxedo Mask explained with a serious voice.

"This time they used a different method, though. They were trying to possess your body with a youma. Sailor Moon saved you. If you had stayed like a youma longer, your soul would have been destroyed," Sailor Mercury said.

"Sailor Moon saved me?" Jou asked and turned his attention towards the leader of the Sailor Senshi. She looked back at him with a tired yet happy expression. From her radiated love and her skin glittered almost silver in the moonlight. "Thank you Sailor Moon. I'm most grateful!" he said and bowed to Sailor Moon.

"There is no need to thank me, Jou. I'm just happy that I could save you in time. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to…." Before she finished the sentence, she fainted. Tuxedo Mask managed to catch her before she touched the ground and he carefully lifted her up into his strong arms.

"I'll take her home to my place. I'll bring her back when she has recovered her strength," he said with a tender voice and left the park with the unconscious Sailor Moon in his arms.

"Is she going to be okay?" Jou asked with a concerned voice.

"She'll be fine. She just needs to rest. Tuxedo Mask will take care of her," Jupiter said with a smile.

"He loves her, doesn't he?" Jou asked as he watched the disappearing figure of Tuxedo Mask hopping from rooftop to rooftop.

"Yes he does. But enough of this; we'll take you home now. You need your rest as well," Jupiter said and approached Jou. With a smile she easily lifted him up in her arms and headed towards the south of Tokyo.

"Poor Jou, maybe someone should rescue him?" Venus giggled as she heard his cries of terror as the Senshi of thunder hopped from rooftop to rooftop.

"Talk about literally sweeping a guy off his feet," Mars agreed with amusement in her eyes.

The girls turned around to Mercury, who stood at the same spot as she had when she launched her attack at Geeseen. "Do you think we should rescue him, Mercury?" Venus asked.

Mercury turned around and the girls gasped when they saw the scary expression that still marred her face. With a look of terror the girls looked at each other and then quickly left the park. (How dare he call me a bitch? A bitch? What have I done to deserve such language?) Mercury blinked when she suddenly found herself standing in the park alone.

"Huh? Where did everyone go?" she wondered and scratched her head in confusion. "Well, can't think of that right now. I have to study! After all, I'm only a few chapters ahead. Can't fall behind with my studies just because of Senshi Business," she said and headed home as well.

To be continued…..

Hi again! Hope you liked this chapter...The next chapter will not be uploaded until next weekend. I'm going to Milano in Italy tomorrow...It's going to GREAT! Please RR anyway... :)

ClaimingUntoughable- hey love this chapter hope u can write more very soon

MoonBunny777- please put a new chapter up soon i need to know what happens

Starflower-Gem- oh! Meany! -pouting- ok...so your not exactly a meany...but still! I'm the only one allowed to leave nasty little cliffies in my stories! chuckles I love this story! I can't wait for your next chapter...is it just me or are Mamoru's little 'comments' becoming few and far between? I thought those were funny and the best part of the story! Oh, well...he can't be like that all the time right?

AN/ You are right with your observation. If I would have his comments throughout this whole story, it think the story will be quite boring.

artisia- yeah, new chapter... can't wait for the next

dancingpixies- You need to continue! Evil cliffies! -sends her Red-Eyes Blackness Dragon and her three Blue Eyes White Dragons after the cliffies..- lolol I love this fic, you need to continue. Wait..I said that twice --, This is a good fic.
-headbangs to Metallica-

MeiMeiPrettyFlower- interesting...so are there "light warriors" too? shadow..light, they go together, no? well, great chapter! Add some more humor! I missed it in this chapter! think...Funny:))

AN:Hmmm...I'm not sure if I follow your thought. What did you mean with light warriors? Man, I'm tired. Maybe that is why I can't undertand your comment right now.

Edens-MoonlightAngel- I really enjoy this story but I feel like I'm rewatching the SM episodes all over again. Add alittle more of your own plot into the story. Make it more your own. This is not a flame because I love your fic. and just want to see more of your ideas and plot lines come out in your fic.

AN/ Don't worry...it is coming later on...

Kat ffgirlmoonie- oik,i'm sorry to say that i skimmed theought the chapter cause i have to go to bed!

Sailormoonhannah- THis was a wonderful chapter! please update soon!

Anime Goddess47- Awesome Chappy, You've just got to update soonner.

Tsukia- 'nother great chapter. So now we have jedite a shadow warrior and three scouts along with tuxie at the end of the chapter in battle.interesting way to leave us hanging. love the story

Ishq- hm this chapter was good! Ya i always wondered y mako-chan never went to mamoru and said oo he looks like my old boyfriend...i really do wonder y cause i wonder love to have him as my bf winkwinknudgenudge (hehe!) And i thought it was hilarious when rei called jadiete cute cause that was soo out of character for her! So have none of the generals died yet? Cause if they haven't could you please make the senshi go with the generals cause that would be great! kk update son! Ishq

AN/ No, no one of the generals have died yet...Jedaite is the first one they meet. On your other question: you have to read and find out. :)

Serenity's Blaim- kk

KeikoKasaiTora- keep on going. It is really good.

ashpup- oo... i remember this one as well...i luv how u put parts in. r u going to make mamoru forget usagi and turn evil? ..wonder how that wud go if they still had the mind link and all. but this is ure story so ill just have 2 w8t. update ASAP!

blvd- me want MORE! lol! ur stories are great! eep it up!

CharmedSerenity3-Love it. Update soon. The only words I have for you.

anangelslife- cool chap!

meljoy-Well, at least they are once step closer in finding their princess!

LunaScoobyGurl-Very good...I'm very curious now to see how far you'll take the story...will Mamoru and Usagi ever stop hearing each others thoughts? It's going to be very interesting to see in later chapters what will happen...

Red-Rose18-great chapter please update soon!

cardcaptor eternity- hey, this is a good chapter considering you updated at 3:30 in the morning today... no offense though, i do like it

AN/ Actually I did send out this either in the morning around 9AM or in the evening 9PM. I live in Sweden, so the time is different here...