Chapter 4: Love and Senshi Surprises

The locker opened with a click and Pierre looked inside. The book he needed for his next class was in there all right, but so was a letter.

"My pen-pal wrote again! I can't believe he knew which school in Crystal Tokyo to send it to!" he exclaimed with excitement. As he left to go to his next class, he didn't see the pair of dark blue eyes watching him.

"So your pen-pal from Iraq was able to find you at your new school?" Serena asked. It was after school and she, Rainbow and Galaxy were eagerly listening to his story.

"Yes, and I only told him that I was going to live in Crystal Tokyo. He never responded after that, though, until now." Pierre opened the letter, Galaxy peeked over at it, and squealed.

"He's HERE!!! He's a Senshi too! It said he's a Senshi too!" she shrieked.

"Who's a Senshi too?" Rei Hino asked, she had entered while the teenagers were talking about the letter.

"Pierre's pen-pal. He got a letter in his locker today," Galaxy informed her.

"Oh? I have another present for him then," Rei said and she produced a rainbow-colored bracelet from her pocket, "You, along with Sailor Cinnamon, are the successor to my powers, though she's the one with the fire powers."

"Great! Now we girls don't have to work as hard to fight monsters. He's a guy, he can do the fighting for us little weak girls," commented Galaxy.

"How can you say that when almost all of the Sailor Senshi have been female in history!?" Rainbow blurted out.

"Because that's just the way things are. Men are better at fighting than women," Galaxy shrugged.

"Not all men; I always thought that Sailor Moon was more powerful than Tuxedo Mask," countered Serena.

"Don't you think he'd look handsome in a tuxedo uniform? Or maybe he'll look more like Prince Endymion?" Galaxy said, changing the subject. As she turned to look at Pierre, she noticed something else in the letter. "Why does it say 'I think I'm falling in love with you' in it but I thought you said your pen-pal was male."

"He is. Is there anything wrong with him having a crush on me?" Pierre asked, innocent and confused. Rei, who was still nearby, bent down to sit by Galaxy.

"You better watch what you say in this house, Haruka might get angry if she hears you being homophobic. And Haruka being angry is a very scary thing," she whispered playfully.

"Huh? I just think it's weird and creepy. I'm not going to kill Pierre's stupid pen-pal if he wants to go kiss boys, it's not worth it and also not ladylike," Galaxy answered in a snooty tone. Just then, Umi crashed into the room, landing on top of Rei.

"Time to use our powers! Peanut Butter Power, Make Up!" called Serena.

"Popsicle Prism Power, Make Up!" added Galaxy.

"Cookie Prism Power, Make Up!" finished Pierre. Sailor Popsicle then screamed. Pierre was dressed in a short-skirted Senshi outfit that matched the two girls' sailorsuits, only his was rainbow-colored with black bows.

"AAAH!!! My pure vision has been soiled! A man in a skirt like that is so disgusting!" she cried, covering her eyes with her hands.

"Water Dragon!" Umi shouted, and the water blast hit Sailor Popsicle, knocking her down. Sailor Peanut Butter glared at her new male Senshi ally.

"You just made her get hit! Apologize!" she snapped.

"How is it MY fault?! What do you want me to do, fight with no superpowers?" Sailor Cookie retorted.

"Water Dragon!" Umi shouted again, blasting Sailor Peanut Butter this time, making the red-clad Senshi crash into the wall.

"Don't argue about Sailor Cookie being a guy in a skirt, just fight Umi for now!" Rei called, she was trying to find a place where she could hide from Umi but also make sure that she could watch how the new Senshi were handling things.

"That's right! Paper Cut Slash!" yelled Sailor Cookie, and sharp sheets of paper whizzed by Umi as she tried to dodge them. One of them cut her cheek; she touched the blood with shock and fury in her eyes.

"How DARE you hurt my beautiful face! Sapphire Hurricane!" A small whirlwind of water spun towards Sailor Cookie, but then a streak of silver and red got in the way and took the blast for him. When the winds stopped, Sailor Peanut Butter was lying on the floor, her glasses next her and cuts from the sharp winds on her arms.

"See? See what happens when you try to reverse the order of things? Girls are too weak to fight for men!" Sailor Popsicle cried out, still trying not to look at Sailor Cookie's outfit.

"Don't hurt Umi...tie her up instead...maybe we can make her not be evil...she's not supposed to be..." Sailor Peanut Butter was whispering.

"Of course I'm not evil, you stupid brat! You're the evil one!" Umi retorted.

"Please, Umi...don't act like Alcyone...that thing about hurting your face is what she would say..." Sailor Peanut Butter pleaded weakly.

"Shut up! I am NOT Alcyone! I AM NOT EVIL!!!" Umi screamed, raising her sword to chop the silver-haired Senshi's head off.

"Paper Cut Slash!" Umi jumped back as her other cheek gained a bloody scratch. Before she could attack again, Sailor Cookie threw himself at her, knocking her to the floor with his obese body.

"EEEEEK!!! Get off of me! I'm not going to kiss you, you pervert!"

"Quick, someone get a rope! And I don't even like to kiss girls, stupid," Sailor Cookie snapped, first to the other Senshi and then to Umi. Sailor Popsicle was happy to oblige since it meant that she could get away from him and his outfit that was creepily similar to hers. She not only came back with a rope, she also had Haruka and Michiru with her, who were happy to help them tie up Umi so she couldn't attack.

"Let me go! Why are you capturing me instead of attacking?!" she shrieked.

"Because Serena had a good idea. Now we can get some answers," replied Sailor Popsicle.

"I'm not telling you anything! Do your worst!" Umi shouted defiantly.

"Why are you acting like Alcyone? That thing you said about hurting your face is like something she'd say. A lot of the girl villains on anime say it," Serena pleaded, she had detransformed to show she didn't want to hurt Umi.

"How do you know about Alcyone? Are you a friend of hers? Clef told me you Sailor Senshi were going to destroy Cephiro if we didn't stop you," Umi retorted, unknowingly giving away vital information.

"Destroy Cephiro? Why would we want to destroy a place that's just in an anime series?" Serena asked, confused.

"Anime series?! Cephiro's a real place, I've been there! It's not imaginary!"

"No, see? I have a DVD with you on it about you and your friends Hikaru and Fuu in Cephiro," Serena explained, showing Umi the DVD case. Umi gasped. There she was, on the cover of that thing.

"That is bizarre, though it might just be a trick. Now I think you're even more evil, how dare you have a picture of me without my permission! What ARE you, some kind of messed-up paparazzi?! I'm telling you, I'm NOT the evil one 'cause I'm just not evil!"

"Of course you're not. You're just morally challenged," joked Pierre.

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN???!!! COME HERE YOU...MPPHHH!!!" Umi's ranting was cut off as Haruka tied a cloth around her mouth and dragged her off to a closet.

"We'll keep you here until you can promise not to attack us. We'll feed and take care of your basic needs, but you're not getting out," she said sternly.

"Isn't that kind of mean to her? She's probably just gotten tricked by that weird Senshi we saw who threw the Starlights here," Serena argued.

"You call her mean yet she hurt you the most of us," sighed Galaxy.