Chapter 22: Romance and Logic

Serena sat on a chair in front of the Love Angels, staring up at them in confusion. She raised her hand.

"I still don't understand. Why do you want me to go to the observatory? I'm not really that interested in stars and planets," she said.

"Because of Pierre, aka Sailor Cookie. Remember? You should know this, you used to live with him. I found out that one day that he likes astronomy. We can use this against him, and if you go, he'll be less likely to want to fight you. You can convert him to our side easily. Tell him not to be evil like Haruka and Michiru," Momoko coaxed her.

"But what if he's not there?" Serena asked.

"Aphrodite told us he would be going there tonight with Ahmed. Duh. Now get ready, and remember, they're evil gay guys who want to ruin true love and family values," Hinagiku said, pulling Serena up out of the chair.

"Aren't we going to eat supper first? Don't make her go right now," whined Momoko. Hinagiku rolled her eyes.

"I meant for her to get ready mentally, not leave right this minute," she snapped back at her pink-haired friend. Angel Salvia turned to Serena.

"There's some things that we have to tell you about who might be there. It's some important information about when the Senshi were still teenagers. Aphrodite gave it to us," she told her seriously. With that, Serena rushed back to her seat and listened eagerly to their tale.

At the observatory, there was some excitement because many people were eager to see the return of Wataru Comet. Not only were Ahmed and Pierre there, but so were Jessica, Mortimer, Ami, and Taiki. Pierre immediately spotted Taiki and Ami and began to wave at them.

"Hey! Isn't this the comet that you guys fought over! I heard about that story!" he called eagerly. Mortimer heard him and started yelling too.

"Yeah, that was REAL dumb, Ami! Just because you want it to stop raining, it doesn't mean you can wish it away with your mind!" he jeered. Ami blushed, unsure of how to respond.

"She wasn't trying to do that! And I think that logic and romance have EQUAL value! Everyone needs to quit fighting them against each other!" Pierre retorted.

"Pierre, maybe you should just ignore Mortimer. Ami and Taiki can handle themselves," Ahmed said quietly, afraid that they would get in trouble for arguing over silly things.

"I was just defending Ami since she wasn't going to do it herself," Pierre shouted, "And besides, I find arguing to be fun," he added, smirking. Jessica then tugged on Pierre's pant leg.

"It's raining, mon. We can't see the comet through the clouds," she said matter-of-factly.

"Then why did they schedule the comet viewing! I wasted my time!" shouted Mortimer.

"Because the weather forecast was unpredictable. They weren't sure if it would rain, or if it did, how long it would be. There's still a chance, and we should stay to find out," Pierre asserted.

"And even though it's raining, there could still be a chance to see the comet. I'm sure of it. This is a special comet born from dreams and romance," Ami said, speaking to no one in particular, but Ahmed and Pierre heard her anyway.

"Did she just say that Mr. Amanogawa created the comet from his dreams?" Ahmed asked his lover.

"Hey! It's a magic Sailor Senshi comet! It has the power of Mr. Amanogawa's dreams in it! It...wait...since when is there a magic comet! Did the Love Angels send that thing to hit us!" Pierre blurted out.

"The comet is not magical, mon. I am not sure what Mrs. Mizuno meant, but I am sure she did not mean it was created from someone's dreams," Jessica corrected him coolly.

"That's not what I meant. I meant that the comet is one that is magical because its power of dreams and romance guided Mr. Amanogawa to find it, and it has the power to banish rain, just like it did before," Ami responded dreamily.

"That's not scientific, though! That was just a coincidence, anyway! Who says that'll happen again! I'm leaving!" Mortimer snapped. As he stomped to the door, he was knocked backwards as a rainsoaked girl walked in.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you! I just was told to come here to spread true love!" the girl blurted out. Pierre grabbed Ahmed protectively, noticing that the girl was Serena McDouglas, Sailor-Senshi-turned-Love-Angel.

"This isn't the place for spreading love! This is a science place!" Mortimer shouted at her.

"Oh, but stars are so romantic!" Serena gushed, twirling around.

"We can't see any stars when it's raining, though, not even the Sun. We're waiting until the rain stops to see the comet," Pierre supplied.

"Well, I'm sure the rain will stop soon enough. That's the way magical girl anime stories go, and we're living in one since we have magic powers!" Serena giggled cutesily.

"Usually magical girl stories don't have people who turn evil simply because they couldn't stand to fight their favorite characters, though," Pierre pointed out.

"I am NOT evil! You are! You're the one in an evil relationship that's going to turn you into a hypocrite!" Serena shouted angrily.

"When has he ever been a hypocrite? What about me? Or Maria and Akane?" Ahmed asked quietly. Pierre nodded.

"And Galaxy misses you. She wishes that she could have become better friends with you, so you wouldn't have run away," he added. Serena shook her head in confusion. Once again, she didn't know which side to turn to. It was true, she realized, she didn't remember Pierre ever doing anything as bad as Haruka and Michiru did, nor Ahmed, nor Akane, nor Maria. In fact, she thought, Maria even stuck to her pacifism and didn't transform that time Mew Berry appeared, when the others wanted to fight.

"I just don't want to fight the Love Angels! They're my favorite anime characters!" Serena pleaded tearfully.

"That's no reason to attack people just for loving the same gender. Would the real 'Love Angels' want you to do things like that?" Ami reasoned, "If they're 'Love Angels,' why would they only support heterosexual love?"

"Yeah, what she said. They're the hypocrites anyway, always claiming to support love but then they're always fighting with each other over that one guy on the TV show. If they were so into protecting love, they wouldn't be so jealous of each other like that," argued Pierre. Serena slumped to the floor, quivering. She hated to admit it, but something WAS wrong with the Love Angels. She just didn't want to argue with them since they had helped her when she was angry at Haruka and Michiru and took her in. But, it always had bothered her that they wanted her to fight her former teammates. She stood back up.

"I can't decide yet. I need to leave and see them again," she said with a whimper. Ami nodded.

"That's a big decision. I can understand that it's hard to want to fight someone who you used to idolize. But remember what happened with the Magic Knights; when they died, they went back to their anime dimension. The same will happen with the Love Angels and you can help free them from Sailor Nemesis," she said kindly.

"And since when do the Love Angels follow the 'Book of Love' anyway! That thing wasn't on the show! Shouldn't that be more proof that they're just pawns of Sailor Nemesis?" added Pierre. Serena left with a sad look in her eyes.

"At least we didn't have to fight," Ahmed noted.

"Isn't it going to stop raining? Is it too late?" Ami worried, getting back to the topic that was on hand before Serena had arrived. Taiki came over.

"I just checked with the head astronomer here, and she said that the comet has already passed," she informed them. Ami suddenly broke down in tears.

"I thought it was a magic comet! It was the comet that was supposed to have taught everyone the value of dreams and romance!" she wailed.

"This is stupid, let's just go," snapped Mortimer, and he stomped out the door, actually making it this time.