hey peeps! haha. yes, i am back. here's the next chappie. sorry it's taken so long. well, here's chapter 11!

Wonderments Again
Sazumi walked over to Taku. "What's going on?"

Takuwrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "Kazumi's gone and Mariko is in mourning. She keeps saying over and over that she should not have let Kazumi go"

"They will knock you down one by one"

Taku smiled, and looked down at his angel. Always acting so wise, he thought. Always looking for every possible motive, every possible move. You always even consider the impossible as something possible. "We will crush them"

She pulled away from him, frowning. "Has Wiseman told you this?"

Taku's smile slipped. "I do not understand why you hate him so much. I have never known you to hate anyone, but yet you despise him. Hate him. Why?"

"I would glorify his death. You do not know anything about his past."

"I know that he was once beaten by the Sailor Scouts and wants revenge." He studied her. "You have told me nothing about your past, and I do not ask."

"He talks about the Outer Scouts as if they are real"

Taku gently put on hand on her side. "And that is where I know he has gone insane. I only take things he sees with half a mind, and when he begins speaking his rubbish about the Outers, I simply block it out. The defeat last time wore him terribly, and crushed his heart"
"If he had a heart to begin with." Her voice was stone, as was her face. No emotion revealed, as if none existed in her.

Mariko walked in, and Sazumi turned to her.

"Sazu," Mariko whispered, inbetween sniffles and wiping tears away.

Sazumi went and comforted the girl.

Taku watched the two. You know something, I do not. You see things, I do not. Sometimes you seem as if you are made of stone, and other times as if out of pure emotion. Do not betray me, girl. Do not leave me. I will not win this war without you.' Deep in his bones though, Yoru felt that Sazumi was not truly on his side.

Wiseman watched Taku, Sazumi, and Mariko from the shadows. They do not believe in the Outer Sailor Scouts. They are not legends; they do be truth. Let them find out on their own. The Outers will appear, and they will not be prepared. I will not warn them; they will not believe me. I will not speak a word of the Outers until they themselves show up. I will prepare for those brats, without Yoru or his group's help. They are merely pawns. Maybe they will do something right and rid me at least of one or two of the Sailor Scouts.

Now you, Sazumi, are one I question. I know you had something to do with the Outer Scouts' sudden disappearance. You took them away before I could get to them, and gave them the element of surprise, didn't you? I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out you have. You also lead those strange boys here, the ones from the group called Weib Kruez. You are giving those scouts more and more allies, and it just happens that another group from yet another dimension came here as well. Is this your doing, woman? What are you up to? Are you attempting to destroy everyone from the inside? Whatever she was trying to do, Wiseman knew he would have to somehow lay himself on the same side with her, whatever side that happened to be. Still, I will take control of everything yet. Sazumi was still only one of his pawns, although she was harder to control. I will rule the unviverse yet!