Venus cried out as she was thrown back by the large Guardian. "Venus!" Sailor Moon yelled out but she was forced to jump out of the way as the large beast rounded on her.
"Dead scream," a calm voice said right before a blast of purple light hit the Guardian in the chest and knocked it over.
"Pluto!" Venus said with obvious relief in her voice. Sailor Pluto along with the other outer warriors stood there gazing at the large monster.
"What's going on?" Pluto asked.
"We're not quite sure yet," Venus said tersely.
The girl yawned, "There are no other chosen here," she sighed. "I guess we should go," she said to the huge thing beside her. It nodded it's massive head and together they disappeared as mysteriously as they came.
"What was that?" Neptune asked.
"I have no idea…" Sailor Moon said slowly.
Luna padded over just then, "I just talked to Nova," she said slowly.
"And?" Uranus asked.
Luna looked at them, "Oh you're here too?"
"I sensed the disturbance," Saturn explained.
Luna nodded, "All right. Listen very carefully, I can only explain this once."
Netto hung upside down from a jungle gym bar at a playground the three had retreated too. "What the hell was that?" he asked.
"I have no idea," Enzan replied. "It was all greek to me."
Netto made a face, "Why do I get the feeling that the cat knows more then she's telling us?"
"Probably because that's right," Rockman said. "And she said something about Guardians, what's that?"
Netto sighed and swung his legs around so that he landed softly on the ground, "No idea."
Laika opened his mouth to say something but at that moment Nova decided to make her grand entrance. "Hello," she said.
Netto squatted down, "How come you can talk?" he asked.
"Because I can," Nova replied. "I've always been able to talk. I'm not from this planet," she explained.
Netto stood up and crossed his arms, "Obviously," he replied.
Nova blinked for the first time caught unaware, "You're not surprised?" she asked.
"After Duo?" Rockman asked.
Netto shook his head, "Not likely."
Enzan and Laika both nodded their agreement to the statements made by Netto and Rockman.
"Well then, I see you three know about that kind of thing then."
"Six," Netto corrected automatically.
"Hm?" Nova asked.
"Six, there are six people here. Me, Rockman, Enzan, Searchman, Laika and Blues," Netto explained. "Our navis were there with us the whole time the Duo thing happened."
"Oh," Nova said. "Well, that makes sense."
"What's going on?" Laika asked.
"That girl was a Chosen, or rather a human with the power of a specific Chosen. And the thing next to her was a Guardian. Her Guardian was overwhelmed by a dark power and so she and it are under the control of an evil Chosen and his Guardian. Is this making sense so far?" she asked.
"Crystal," Blues said a tad sarcastically, and Rockman hid a small laugh.
"Anyways," Nova said, "She is looking for people, or rather humans like her who have the powers of Chosen due to certain circumstances. That's it, the reason you could defeat the guardian before was because it didn't have it's Chosen yet. It couldn't use its power but the ones with the Chosen can and it's not a power to be trifled with."
"And you're telling us this… why?" Enzan asked.
Nova sniffed, "You wanted to know. In addition too you three are already tangled in this because you went after the first Guardian and took it down."
"Yay," Netto said.
Nova nodded, "Indeed," she replied. "Regardless, you three should probably be a little careful from now on."
Netto shrugged, "Like we aren't anyways?"
"Hm?" Nova asked.
Rockman gave a wan smile that Nova couldn't see, "Trust me, Netto-kun, Enzan-san and Laika-san have made enough enemies to know what that means."
"What do you kids do?" Nova asked.
"We're Net Saviors," Laika explained.
Nova gave them a blank look.
"That means that we solve Net Crimes and fight against the Net Mafias," Blues said.
Netto nodded, "Right and we all have been doing it for a few years now too."
"How old are you?" she asked.
"14," Laika said.
"13," Enzan said.
Netto blushed, "I'll turn 13 next month," he said.
Nova blinked, "Right," she said.
"So now what?" Laika asked.
"What happened to those girls?" Netto wondered.
Laika opened his mouth, then closed it, "That's a good question," he admitted.
"So those kids?" Usagi asked in a hushed voice.
Luna nodded, "But don't say anything about it," she said through her teeth. "They can't know, we're trying to avoid it."
Michiru nodded, "Understandably. War, be it among a small group of people or between nations is never a good thing."
Everyone was quiet for a moment before they were interrupted by a cheerful yell. "Hey!"
Usagi turned around and grinned, "Hello Netto-kun!" she greeted.
Netto ran up to them and caught his breath. "Are you guys okay?" he asked.
Usagi nodded, "We're fine."
Laika and Enzan walked behind Netto at a much more subdued pace then their hyper friend. Netto looked at the four new people and looked a little puzzled, "Who are they?"
"Netto-kun, be polite," Rockman chided.
Michiru hid a smile behind her hand while Haruka held out her hand with a small smile, "My name is Haruka."
"I'm Michiru," the aqua haired girl said.
"My name is Setsuna," the tall woman said in a quiet voice.
"I'm Hotaru," a girl with short black hair said shyly.
Netto took Haruka's hand and shook it firmly. "I'm Netto," he said with a grin and held up his PET, "and this is Rockman."
"Hello!" Rockman said cheerfully.
"Hello," Michiru said happily.
"My name is Enzan," Enzan said as he motioned to his PET, "And my net navi is Blues."
"Hello," Blues said.
"I'm Laika," Laika said and touched his PET, "And my navi is Searchman."
"Pleased to meet you," Hotaru said.
"And you too," Enzan replied. "We just came back to make sure you were okay."
"We're fine!" Minako said brightly.
"Where are you going to go now?" Usagi asked.
Netto shrugged, "No idea, it's only what…"
"Noon," Rockman said automatically.
"Yeah, so we've got a whole day ahead of us," Netto said.
Usagi grinned, "Do you like sweets?" she asked.
"Of course I do!" Netto answered.
"Oh god," Rockman muttered.
"I know this awesome cake shop down town, do you wanna go?" she asked.
Enzan and Laika both sighed heavily because they knew what was coming.
"Of course!" Netto said happily.
"We're going to let him have sugar," Laika said slowly.
"Yes we are," Enzan replied.
"He can't be any worse then Usagi," Makoto said with a grin.
Laika and Enzan snorted, "I wouldn't be to sure about that," Blues said softly.