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A Shadow's choice
"Rei! Wait up!" Minako said as she and Makoto spotted Rei on the street. Rei looked a little down.
"So where you going?" Makoto asked as she was trying to catch her breath from having to run nearly a whole block
"Huh? Oh nothing." Rei lied. It was easy to see that the nothing was really something because the only time Rei is down about something is when there is some kind of trouble. Minako and Makoto just looked at each other then Rei sighed and spoke. "Okay I was trying for the past week to see if I could get some vision of what dangers are a head." Rei said.
"And ….? Did you see anything?" Minako asked.
"I saw nothing." Rei said.
Minako and Makoto felt relieved. "That's good then. I thought--" Makoto started to say but Rei cut across.
"It's not good." Rei said as they turned a corner.
"Not good?" Minako and Makoto both said. Their attention was now completely on Rei.
"I saw a world with nothing in it. Just darkness, no life of any kind." Rei said.
"Well, we faced horrible stuff before and everything turned out." Makoto said with a smile. "So this will to." She added and forced a smile on her face.
"I don't think it will." Rei said. "At least not this time." She added as she hugged herself. "But I'm going to go back home and try again." Rei said and after that she sped up to a half run half walk.
Later on at the small Café Minako and Makoto told the others what Rei told them.
"Well, we faced trouble like that before and we made it." Usagi said and she gave a small laugh.
"Do these visions usually have some truth in them?" Saitai asked
"Of course they don't." Usagi said. "Rei is probably just over worked and when she thought…" Usagi stopped as they saw Minako and Makoto shake their heads slowly and look down. "So she can't see a way out of it this time?" Usagi asked.
"When was the other danger that she had a vision about?" Seiya asked.
"Well, I believe it was when there was a villain looking for pure hearts because he was trying to find the three Talismans." Minako said.
"But that prepared us for the danger and this time I don't think she can find a way to prepare us." Makoto said.
"These sounds like it will really be a challenge." Luna said.
"Yeah and with our number getting smaller then I don't know what we can do to stop it." Artemis added.
"Usagi? Where are you going?" Luna asked as Usagi stood up.
She did not look nor answer anyone she just started walking away.
"Odango?" Seiya said as he began to get up.
"Stay here. I am going to go and find some answers." Usagi said. "Then maybe I can convince them to work with us." She added.
"Do you think that they will listen? Let alone work with us?" Yaten asked as he gave a small yawn.
"You guys didn't want to work with us at first and look at where we are now." Usagi said and she then looked at them. "We are together like a team should be." She then turned and walked out.
"Psst… Suisei? Do you think that they will listen to her?" Kawaira asked.
Suisei shrugged. "Well, maybe. I mean Koda is the main part of the Shadow Fox so I know he will listen but the others …. I don't know." Suisei said.
It took Usagi a little while to get to Koda's house because she kept taking wrong turns. When she finally made it Usagi smiled as she saw Koda was outside. "Hey Koda!" Usagi said.
"Oh hey!" Koda said as he smiled and waved. "Odango hair right?"
"Hey!" Usagi said as she was got mad. "Only two people can call me that!" She yelled.
Koda laughed. "I was kidding. What's up Usagi?" He asked as he leaned and the rail on his porch.
"It's about Shukujo." Usagi said.
Koda gave a sigh and he could see that Usagi was serious. Looking down at his hands he shook his head then looked at Usagi. "I figured it would be that." He said. "Just let me get my shoes on and I'll walk with you and we can talk." Koda said. He then went inside. Inside he saw Tracey's look and he gave her the look that said she has a right to know.
Slipping his shoes on he left the house and the two began walking. "So what is it you want to know?" Koda asked.
"I want to know how we can beat her." Usagi said.
"I see …." Koda said as he gave a sigh. "You should be talking to Corey about that since it was him that was captured. Out body's split when Shukujo got a hold of us." Koda said.
"I see." Usagi said. Her voice had that tone of being defeated. "But how can you…. Ummm." She could not find the word she was wanting to say.
"Split up?" Koda asked. He smiled at her as they turned into the park. Looking around he spotted a bench. "Come on lets sit down." Koda said. The two walked to the the bench that had the chipped white paint on it and sat down. Koda stretched out his feet and looked up at the sky. "Just like there are many sailor scouts and many different shades of colors in the world there are different shades of shadows so it is easy for us to split. Which is a good thing to do otherwise we would drive each other nuts." Koda said as he gave a small laugh.
"Oh." Usagi said. She gazed up at the clear blue sky and then looked over at a couple of kids playing tag. "Well, can you … maybe talk to them about working together with us?" Usagi asked. Koda gave a sigh. "I wouldn't ask if it wasn't for Rei's vision honest." Usagi said.
Koda looked and saw that Usagi was looking at him and he could see in her eyes that she was worried. "First tell me about this vision Rei had." Koda asked as he positioned himself to look at Usagi.
Usagi went in to full detail on what Minako and Makoto told them what Rei told them two. When she was done she waited for Koda to respond. "Well?" She asked impatiently.
Koda stood up and so Usagi was forced to look up at him. Her eyes were searching his even though he was not looking at her. "I'll talk to my pack." He said. "I'll tell them everything. I'll make them listen alright?" Koda said as he looked at Usagi and smiled.
Usagi stood up, with her hands together in front of her she did a small bow. "Thank you, Koda."
"Yeah." Koda said and he walked off leaving Usagi alone. Usagi sat back down on the bench and looked up at the sky.
"Well, you got Koda's attention. So that's good." Suisei said as she, Kawaira, and Saitai came over to Usagi.
"We watched from the trees." Kawaira said as there was a chipmunk on her shoulder. She petted it and it ran down her and across the grass to the tree.
"So you guys followed?" Usagi asked as they sat down besides her. Kawaira sat in the grass next to the bench and the other two sat on the bench.
"Yeah, Seiya and the others were worried about you." Saitai responded.
"Thank you." Usagi said as she smiled. "I am lucky to have friends that are worried about me." Usagi said.
"Well, you would do the same for us." Suisei said as she patted Usagi on the back.
"Yeah, you have a gentle soul and a good heart." Saitai added.
"Yep, and you are addicting." Kawaira said and they all laughed even Usagi.
"You want us to what!" Tracey said as Koda had came home and requested tat we join forces with the others.
"You heard me." Koda said in a stern voice. He was definitely the leader of the pack. "We need to work together and stop Shukujo." Koda said.
"No we are now going to be able to live peacefully." Tracey argued.. "Don't you think that this family has been through enough pain?" She asked.
"There will be more pain if we do not pull together!" Koda yelled.
"Koda? How do you know this?" Michael asked.
Koda explained everything that Usagi had told him. When he was done everyone was silent. "Don't you see? This is bigger then us." Koda said. "If we don't do something then the whole galaxy is lost not just this planet." Koda said.
"But what if we die?" Tracey asked. It was clear to see that that's what she was afraid of happening to them.
"We'll die here when Shukujo finds us." Corey said as he came down the last steps.
"COREY!" Everyone looked at him in surprise. Corey walked over to Koda and smiled.
"You okay sweetie?" Tracey asked. She started to walk over to him but stopped just inches from him when he put his hand out to tell her to stop.
"No I am not okay." He said. "Our leader is right. Even if we do die then I would rather it be fighting then hiding." Corey said.
"Corey…" Kyle said.
"Honey you aren't feeling well, did you hear what you just said? Come on let's get you back to bed." Tracey took the boy's hand.
"No!" Corey said and he jerked his hand away and got closer to Koda. "Tracey you guy took me in when I was the only surviving cub left and I ended up betraying you. Please let us just listen to Koda and join forces." Corey said in a calm voice.
"But how can we help destroy Shukujo?" Kyle asked.
"There might be away if you saw what I did." Corey said.
"This is crazy." Tracey said then her eyes went wide as Kyle and Michael got up and stood besides Koda and Corey.
"Honey they are right." Michael said.
"Yeah Mom, if we don't fight we are going to be dead anyways.
"Are you sure that he talked to them?" Makoto asked as She, Rei, Minako, Usagi, Seiya, Yaten, Taiki, Kawaira, Suisei, and Saitai were walking down the street.
"Usagi nodded, the sun gave off an amazing orange glow.
"Hey look." Rei said as she pointed.
"What's that?" Taiki asked.
In the distance five small black figures were running very strangely. As it got closer everyone saw what it was. "It's Koda and his pack!" Suisei said.
Sure enough five separate black Shadow Foxes were running towards them
"Come on!" Seiya said and he and the others ran to meet them. They met half way and the five Shadow Foxes changed to their human selves.
"This was a Shadow pack's choice." Koda said. "WE all decided to join you." Koda added. Midnight barked and jumped up on Koda and wagged his tail. Koda actually fell over on to his butt and Midnight started licking his face. Everyone laughed.
Then Corey finally spoke. "What do you want to know?" He asked.