april

by julia bebop

this was a middle chapter of a saga called kids in amercia. i want to find the rest on old disks that i have and hopefully have the rest of the stories up someday!

3. Chapter 3

June

"On this June day the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring, in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year - those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled." - Francis King

It seemed so harsh to waking up to the daylight after the night when the world was tipped a little into the darkness. Serena was the first to admit that things were going from bad to worse for the most part. Yet, the first few days of having no school to go to was a little bit of relief. The daily retinues the rest of the group went without a hitch. Rio couldn't get her head around the idea of her new powers. Why was she the last one to get an upgrade in the powers?

Rio was finishing up the last leg of her paper route. She felt the whole world was building up walls of hate against her and the others. Why pick on her. She knew that she did right by the standards that her family had placed on her years earlier. She grew up in a loving, but distinct house. There was nothing she could put her finger on it. She wanted to hit playback and start all over again.

Renee tried to sleep in her bed. She, Hotura and Chibi-chibi had shared a room since coming to American just a few months ago. She had trying to adjust as best as she could. She had grown into a young lady with some help. There was still a lot of work ahead of her. Yet, the fight at Nickolas's house nearly pulled everything back. She wanted to grow up quickly after she felt the old feelings of wicked lady began to break through. The night mares were just the tip of the hill before she found herself questioning Serena's idea of just being a young kid who loved her mummy and daddy.

Hotura who was already up sat in the window sill looking out on to the outside world. There was really nothing to get hung up about whit the birds or flowers for now. She knew that Serena was trying to keep Reenie safe. She prayed that Micharu and the other outers were going to do the same. The old wounds of the past were starting to break apart.

Reenie awoke with a start. She sat up in bed, looking around with a white face. She felt cold in the mid-morning air. She wondered if everything was o.k. into the house. Hotura who had been dressed and ready for the day, turned to look at her friend.

Hotura asked with a small smile, "Mornin' Reenie!"

Reenie nearly jumped out of her skin said, "Hi… there, Hotura!"

Hotura asked, "what's wrong...you look like you have seen a ghost!'

"No…" Reenie gasped with a fake smile on her lips. She knew that her best friend was getting under her fears. She knew that she had to get her to talk about her fear. Yet, what was it all about. "What makes you say that?"

Hotura pucker her lips a little. Then, she said, "I was just a little curious. You must have had one bad dream!"

Hotura's smile was soothing. She was going to be a good nurse when she got the chance. Her dream of being a nurse at all had to be put on hold until she got through middle school. She wondered if it was all possible to get her learning done quickly.

"Hey…Re…enie?" Serena's voice could be heard all over the house. She was so close to Reenie's bedroom, that Reenie nearly did a second jump.

"What is it, meatball head?" Reenie gripped loudly.

"Are you up…you better get your butt of out bed!" Serena ordered.

Hotura watched as her best friend's face was turning a nice shade of red. She couldn't hope but over hear the yelling match between Reenie and Serena. She excused herself as she got off the window silk. She knew that friends shouldn't be in the middle of family yelling matches. It just made things harder. She said, "I got to have some breakfast…I'll see you!"

For a minute, Reenie was curious. She asked, "What…why?"

"Serena is being a painful sore!" she huffed, folding her arms over her chest. "Why does she have to do it?"

There was a hint of a smile on Hotura's lips. She knew that Reenie had to smile at the statement. Life had to go on for to last this season out. Reenie watched as Hotura walked towards the door. Then, she turned to say, "don't let her get your down…O.k.?"

"Yea…"Reenie forced a smile on her lips. She wanted to reassure her best friend that things were going to get better somehow.

Hotura opened the door to see Serena standing in the hallway. She said, "And you better be notice to her."

Serena was a little puzzled at Hotura's statement. She sighed as if she heard every word between Hotura and Reenie. "Yes…I'll try."

It sounded simple at first. Yet, Serena and Reenie were cut from the same cloth. It was a war of nerves at times with the two. It was same between Rei and Serena as well. She excused herself as she pushed herself past Serena. Then, she heard Mina and Lita talking about a boy who was running up past their house. She wondered if she was going to be the way of all giggling high school girls were in a few years. She shrugged and walked down the hall.

"Reenie?" Serena asked, voice sounded weary. She looked up at the young girl who looked like herself when she was that age. She wondered going to happen to Reenie. Sometimes, Reenie and Serena had acted like a real mother and daughter. Other times, Serena would say or do anything that had a nerving effect on Reenie. It had a wedge driving way between the two.

"Yea?" Reenie said as she pushed the covers off. She had started to climb down the top bunk to the lower one. She did not want to say anything before she gave Serena a chance to speak. After a couple of minutes of climbing down, Reenie asked, "What's on your mind?"

Serena a little surprised said with a calm face, "I just wanted to know…are you O.K.?"

Reenie was now taken aback. She knew Serena was a little on the nosy side, yet she did care about Reenie. Slowly Reenie nodded, trying to remember the last time she and the other Senshi fought. It was the first time for everyone who was involved. The hardest hit was Nattile. Laquiox had a feeling that the Sailors were good people to begin with. It was the outcome which had a bitter taste in his mind. He didn't want to blame the lost on the sailors. They were fighting a rough bunch of old enemies who became stronger. Reenie remembered the promise Serena had given to Nat and Laquiox. They will find Nick and the others in safety.

"Yea…I'm fine!" Reenie forced a smile on her lips. She walked over to the closet that she and the other two shared. She had opened it to look for something to wear. She turned to face Serena, "Why…wouldn't I be!"

"I thought you were still shook up from Prince Diamond," Serena surged her shoulders. Her eyes had so much to tell. Yet, her mind was not there on the same page as her mind. "That's all!"

Reenie felt like snapping back at Serena. There was a slight taste of fear still clinging to her. She could understand what Serena was trying to speak of. She never wanted to come too close with evil. She had a very horrible experience with the Black moon Family. It took months of talking to the other sailors to finally come to the realization that both Serena and Darien loved Reenie more than anything else in the world. She noticed a blue and white short set that she had gotten in the mail from Serena's mum and dad. It was neatly folded up, neatly sitting on a set of wire shelves. Reaching over to grab it off the top, Reenie said, "Thanks. I'll be O.K."

Pushing the issue was not in Serena's plans for the day. She was going to let Reenie alone. Serena was just looking after Reenie as best as she could. She knew all about her future. She and Darien would get married. Then, down the road Reenie would be born. She had to be careful right now. She remembered what Pluto had said to her when she had first met up with mysterious Time Senshi. "What will in the present will have either good or bad outcomes."

Reenie was now looking for a pair of socks. She opened up the first drawer of the mini-chest-drawers that was off to the side of the closet. She knew that the fighting was going to be over just yet.

"Come on Tenchi…we are going to be late for breakfast!" Ryoko sighed, rolling her eyes. She and Ryo-ki-oh stood on the staircase waiting for Tenchi and Ayeka to show up. It was still too early yet for another big to happen. There was something inside Ryoko which bubbled slowly inside.

Ten chi's voice called back from his room, "I'll be down in a minute!"

"O.K." Ryoko said as she stood at the bottom of the staircase. She yawned and stretched as she tried to get the sleep out of her bed. She had a late night of watching TV with Keyone. They were caught up in an old movie on cable. It was such a good story which made it hard to pass up.

"Ayeka are you coming?" Ryoko asked as she noticed the older sister of Sasami walking down the steps.

"In a minute. There is something I need to do!" Ayeka sighed as she opened her door. She looked at her reflection of herself in the mirror. There was a large oval nailed to the wall in her bedroom. She wanted to push herself inside the mirror. There was a sudden questionable idea that just popped into her mind as if she was still a child. Placing a hand up the cold glass, Ayeka pressed hard to find out that the glass wouldn't even budge. "That was just plain silly!" she scolded herself softly.

"Hey…Princess!" a voice called out.

Ayeka looked around to see Ryoko standing in the doorway. She wanted to know what was going on with Ayeka. Ayeka was very humiliated with someone finding out what she was doing with the mirror. "Hey.." she protested, glaring at Ryoko. "…what are you doing here?"

Noticing Ayeka's red face, Ryoko shrugged with a sigh, "Time for breakfast. I have been up for a little while."

Her feeling for were the no real concern for Ryoko, Ayeka hurried with her robe. She wanted to tell Ryoko about the dream she had from the previous night. Yet, there was her dread of the idea if this were a sign of things to come.

Ryoko asked, "What's wrong…you don't look like you got enough sleep!"

The feeling of being caught in a spot, Ayeka said as she tied up the belt, "I had a bad dream of Tenchi!"

Ryoko had heard the same line before even coming from her. She and Ayeka had a long standing War of nerves between the two. Ryoko felt a bad feeling just came from Ayeka's voice. She asked, "Was he in danger?"

"Could be. It was hard to explain!" Ayeka began to walk towards the door. "It was at night and hard to see!"

"And?" Ryoko asked with a raised eye brow. She had heard some wild stories. Yet, what was behind the idea of Ayeka's dream. Tenchi was the soul glue that held everything together for the girls in the Masiki house. Ryoko turned on her heels to walk toward the stair case. She and Ayeka began to talk about the dream.

"He was hurt…" Ayeka said, knowing that she had a difficult time trying to piece her dream together. Could she be living in her dream of the past? It sounded too hard to figure out. Yet, she was going to give her fear a real work out.

"And?" Ryoko asked, thinking of Tenchi. She knew that he was a strong warrior. She also knew about his weak side. There was a chink in the armor of great person. He did have a soft heart for the ones he had grown to love.

"I was going to help him. Things got out of hand when I was trying to look for him in the first place!" Ayeka said.

"What happened?" Ryoko said. She had started to walk down the steps. She stopped when she could hear Tenchi talking to Sasami. She stopped Ayeka from talking with a quiet, "Shh!"

Then, she placed a finger up to her lips. She was trying to silence Ayeka. She did not want Tenchi to be getting out of hand with fear. That was the last thing she wanted.

"And you want to go out with Reenie and the others to up town and see what's going on with the building of a new Wal-mart?" Tenchi asked as he and Sasami came into view. They were entering the room when Tenchi noticed Ryoko and Ayeka standing at the steps.

"Yea, I want to get something for the garden! I miss having the one back home!" Sasami sighed. She knew that there were many things that were gone from her life since she had been to America. The closeness of having everything was nice. Yet, Sasmai yearned for a much simpler way of life.

"I can understand. I don't miss the weed pulling. I'd rather be planting!" Tenchi teased.

His statement made Sasami say, "Oh! Tenchi!" then, she shook her head. She noticed her sister and Ryoko standing on the steps. She asked, "Oh, t here you are! Are you coming down for breakfast?"

"Yes…in a minute. I would like to talk to Ryoko some more!" Ayeka said. She knew she was put on the spot by just standing there.

Ryoko was a little confused by the statement. She stared at Ayeka for a second before swinging her head to stare at Tenchi and Sasami for another. She struggled as she finished climbing down the stairs. She said, "Ayeka…come on?"

Ayeka was still standing at the spot she had stopped at not eh stairs. She said, "I'll be there in a minute. O.K."

"Sure!" Ryoko said without looking at anyone. She knew things were coming to change.

Nick had been sleeping for a long time. He had drifted in and out of sleep for a while. When he finally woke up, he wondered where in earth he was. Everything was in a fog. He tried to sit up before a ringing in his head began to play with him. He wondered through the haze of pain what this room he was in was. Where were Alex and Vachon? His eyes adjusted to a darkness that he had never seen before. He was use to the dark.

Yet, this strange greenish light did not hurt him at all. He was going to let whatever was there get him. He tried to sit up and open his eyes. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He asked in a confused state, "Nat?"

"No?" a female voice said, a little coldly.

"Tracy?" he asked for a second time.

"Who?" the female voice asked, this time a little puzzled.

Nick was now at a loss. Where was he at, he wondered in his clouded mind. He had to get to the bottom of the idea of being at a loss of place and fast.

"If you open your eyes, then maybe you can find out where you are at!" a second voice said. This time was a little bit deeper and manlier.

Nick opened his eyes for the last time. The room that he was in was a drab green and was lit with an even drabber grey bulb. He stared at the room. There was nothing too the room outside of a couple of chairs and color of the walls. Grey seemed to penetrate the whole room. He asked as he tried to sit up, "Where am I?"

"You are at the guest house of the Black moon kingdom!" a male human-type man said. He was dressed in garb of a soldier.

"Oh?" Nick was very weary of these strange and new ideas that had to be just waiting for him to get his body up and moving. He was now sitting up in as very plain, but conformable bed. He noticed the mail human-type man that was dressed in a very dark grey uniform. The solider wore his blond hair short and wavy. Nick said, "Are you sure?"

"Yes…I am!" the blond solider said.

Nick stared at the solider for what seemed like more than a minute. What was going on? One minute was trying to help out his friends. Then, in the next he was waking up to what seemed like a cell of sorts.

"You are out guest. I do apologize for any inconveniences!" the blond solider said. He had been sitting on a stool for the longest time. He stood up before bowing. He said, "Our leader will here in a few minute. She wants to talk to you!"

Then, he walked over to a door. With a quick turn of the knob, he opened the door. Nick felt like stopping the blond solider. He said, "Wait!"

"Hmm?" the blond solider asked with a raised eyebrow. He turned to face Nick to asked, "What do you want?"

Only for a minute if that could happen, Nick's eight hundred year old memories seemed to quickly disappear. It was through everything he had known suddenly vanished. He did not even feel the cloud of a heavier mind control was taking a hold of. He just sat there with a blank look on his face. How or why did he feel like he had just waked up from a strange dream and couldn't remember it?

"My lady is using the mind control implant that I have developed in such a short time is going be a fast new toy for you!" Professor Temeo smiled darkly. He bowed for a second as he and a few of the others stood in the throne room of. Galaxia's

The might sailor solider of death sat on her throne. Her one hand propping her chin in a lazy, but convent pose. She smiled back as she spoke, "Well. There is something to be said for giving the tech a bit of a push!"

"Thank you, my lady!" Professor Temeo smiled again.

"It seemed too easy to catch them!" Tiger's eye smirked. He knew something was lacking this latest battle with the Sailor senshi.

"Yes. You do have a point. It seemed like a game with us. They lost a little too easy. Yet, their power was at a standstill!" Galaxia sighed a little weary. Her mind began to spin in the depiction of indication. She wanted to be sure that Nick and other two were pliable as clay. They needed to be trained. Yet, the mind control was an easy thing to use. She asked with a questioning tone, "Are you safe with this idea. I don't want any slip ups!"

"Yes…" Temeo nodded the wise fool that he was. He hoped with this new idea of kidnapping humans and using a strong mind control on them, Sailor moon could fold very easily. She was just a child by all accounts.

"What else do we have to do?" Tiger's eye asked. He was starting have fun with this idea. He had missed out on so much with the Dark moon Circus as he and his two friends were booted out of the big top. Yet, with Sailor moon's cleansing, they began their lives afresh. Or they thought so.

Tiger's eye stood quietly, thinking on how to get a hold of Reenie. There was a great deal of power behind the little moon brat. He had heard the stories before from both Prince Diamond and Rubes. He wondered how much was truth and much was fake. He had to be willing to wait. Things like getting the right time of kidnapping either Reenie or Serena had to be perfect.

"What else do you know about this strange human?" Galaxia asked. She sat up in her chair with a bored look on her face. There was no real excitement in her life for long time. She wanted to have some sporting fun.

"He does have a connection to the sailor senshi!" Jadeite said with a slight pout. He knew that if he spoke up about what he had learned in the past few months, then things could be shaded to his side.

"Yes, I had heard about that too!" Professor Temeo shirred, rolling his eyes at the former guard.

"How strong are his ties?" the golden senshi asked.

"Very strong…the other vampire the one with dark skin has a tie with Sailor Acadia!" said a voice.

Everyone turned to see Prince Diamond standing in the back. He had just entered the room when he had the conversation. He knew a little about Sailor Acadia. He had discovered something hidden in Rio's past. He was not going to let go of the information that he had heard through the rumor mill. Yet, Sailor Aradica was still Rio inside. She had the power of being a princess of a strange and wonderful planet. The idea of being a sailor senshi was something that Alex had touched on about Rio. There had been changes in her since she had many trips to Japan. Alex was thinking out loud one night at the Raven. It was the same night that Prince Diamond had disgusted himself as a mere human. He was just hanging out at the club when his ears the idea about the sailor senshi. Most of the others dismasted the idea as a plain idea of fantasy. He spoke up, "What is that she has in her present state."

Galaxia very bored with the whole idea of playing games snapped, "What is it that you are playing at, Prince Diamond?"

"She has a flaw!" Prince diamond said with a bow.

"How original!" Jadeite said with a snort. His distend could be felt. He knew Prince Diamond was just waiting time. "They all have flaws. That's what makes them human!"

As prince Diamond straightened himself up, he said, "not like this. She has not been a Sailor Senshi for very long!"

"And she's a weakling?" Jadeite asked with a raised eyebrow. He had a feeling that he went up against this newer senshi. "I have fought her before. She nearly blew me out of the waiter with this strange new power she had."

"All?" Galaxia smeared. She knew there was more to this story then, Jadeite was leading up to. "Did she hurt you?"

Her words seemed to be very bitter pill. He gave a slight glare at her. Then he turned around to walk out of the room. He knew she was pulling his chain. If by chance he said as he stopped for a second, "No, but she's a weak link in their chain!"

"So, there is a new way of bring the sailors down," Tiger's eye thought. "How are we going to use this new tool as well?"

He watched as the others milled their thoughts together as if they were putting together a plan of war absent the Sailors.

"It's summer…" a female voice said with a heavy British accent.

A bird flew past the owner of the voice. The sun simmered in the warmth of the day. There was a hum of bugs in the distance mixed with a far off water sprinkler.

The second voice added to the first British and female, "There's nothing to do here!"

A young girl with pink pom-poms skipped up the sidewalk with an older girl with purple shirt and grey shorts walking up the sidewalk.

"I am so bloody freaken' bored!" a third British female closed out the chat.

The three girls were lying on the grass near the front entrance. One had a funny, billed hat parked on her head. The second was dressed in a short boiler maker's set. The last one was dressed a set of cut offs and a loud orange shirt. These girls were Charlie, Rio and Stephanie. The days spent in high hopes of goofing were paying off with a slight sour taste in the mouth. Salem, Ohio was a small town that did not have a lot to offer for a set of young girls were lived in the fast pace of London England.

The pink haired girl had stopped in front of the three who were lying on the grass. She noticed Charlie was having her one arm lying over her eyes. She gasped, "What's going on?"

Charlie hummed, "Hmm?"

"I said, "what's going on?" the pink haired girl asked. She knew that the rest of the world was still busy. She walked up to the girls who were lying on the grass.

"We're bored out of our minds!" the second girl sighed. She felt the heat of the mid-day sun trying to peek out of the trees. Her name was Rio.

"What?" the pink haired girl gasped; loudly. She had been to the park with some friends. She and the dark haired girl were walking home. She said, "Are you just going to lie around like this all summer!"

Rio and Charlie quickly exchanged glances. Then, Rio looked over at the third girl and asked, "What about you, Steph?"

"Maybe…" the third girl sighed. She was the cousin of Rio. She sat up and stretched. As Stephanie noticed the brightness of the sun breaking through the leaves on the trees, she sighed, "I hope there something to do…this town is very small!"

"There are tons of things to do!" the pink haired yipped softly. Her arms were quickly folded over her chest.

"Yes, it takes money…Reenie!" Rio said as she was about to stand up.

"Some don't!" Reenie said. She had a feeling that someone just did not want to get and go. "Are you going to stay like that all summer?"

"Maybe!" Rio said as she got up to stretch. "Remember I still work at the radio station in Alliance."

"Yea," Hotura said who the dark haired girl with Reenie was. "You have all summer to run back and forth?"

"I just need a little push in the right direction…that's all!" Rio teased. She smiled at the four girls. "I just want one day to take it easy. There is so much for this summer to come and see…I really want a day or two to just do nothing!"

"Are you kidding'?" Reenie huffed. She raised her arms half way before letting home fall to the sides. She was now getting annoyed at Charlie, Stephanie and Rio.

"Yet," Rio cocked her head to one side. "I have to meet my aunt Laura in town!" there was a sour glance in her eyes. Her aunt Laura seemed to be causing waves of discontent before Rio even shown up.

"Where is old' pickle puss going to show up!" Charlie asked. She sat up quickly.

"Old' pickle puss?" Hotura asked with touch of a giggle. She wondered why Rio was putting up such a fuss over an aunt. She had only her father to speak of. Rio came from a much larger family. She did have dealing with her aunts and uncles when she was in lowland. She believed she was safe from family only to realize that she had an aunt in the states.

"Yes…she's my aunt over here. She fell in love with this town named Salem for a reason…" Rio sighed. She was the first to hear the front door being opened. She turned to see Serena and Rei standing on the stoop. She asked, "What's gives?"

"Nothing," Serena said as she glanced at Rio for a minute. Then, she turned to Charlie and Stephaney. "Charlie…you got a phone call from Jamie. He talked to your grandmother over the phone!"

"Me Grannies!" Charlie said as she was the last to sit up. She combed the back of her head with her fingers. "It's been a while. What does she have to say…?"

"She just wanted to know if you were doing fine. That's all!" Serena surged.

There was no getting around the fact that Charlie was an East-end girl. This was a part of Lola that was rough around the edges. Rio had spent time with Charlie, growing up. She got to know this brassy girl from the dock-lands. "Your grannie is just thinking of you…that's all!" Rio sighed.

"I have to give her a buzz!" Charlie said. She glanced at her watch. She gasped at the time. She said to Rio, "Me and Steph have to leave. We got some chores to do!"

Rio snorted with a smile, "you told me that you were bored just a minute ago!"

"Come on…those byways this morning. It's nearly going on elevens!" she smirked. She waited for Stephanie to get stand up. There was something about being British that told the other girls that Rio was different from a semi-rigid life style.

"There is always the library, Rio!" Stephanie smirked. She was going to give riot's chain a slight tug.

"Stephanie Bingham!" Rio gasped. She knew Stephanie was going a bit too far. Yet, there was always a bit of chain pulling from Rio to her cousin. "I don't spent all my time at the library!" she pouted. She began to put a hand under her chin.

"Yea…there's Dusty too!"

"And the newspapers…or have you forgot, Steph?" Charlie chided. The idea of the job deceiving the daily news hung over the three like a thick cloud of doom. They hoped someday they would get out of doing the daily grind.

"Yea…I hear ya…" Stephanie sighed. Then, she glanced at Rio. "Rio…we have got to go. There is still a little for us to do this summer!"

"I will have to go in and see what I can do for right now," Rio pouted again.

"What your aunt?" Serena asked as she opened the door up.

"I can see any time that I feel like. I think she wants me over for some tea!" Rio began to walk over to the door. She felt trapped in a long day of wearing dresses in the warm spring day. "I have a feeling that she going to order me about for a long time in coming!"

"Why?" Serena asked. She had her mother to boss her about. Yet, her mother world is fair at times. She did blot know what Rio had to go through with her Aunts and Uncles as she grew up.

"She's the second oldest in the family. With that I have been not hoping to see her here. She had taken up housekeeping ever since she met some bloke here and got nearly married."

"What?" Serena gaped as she stood with her mouth hanging open.

"Serena keeps outpour mouth closed!" luna hushed. She just happened to drop in at the present time to see what was ought on.

"You don't know me all that well, now do you, sere an!" Rio smirked. She was going to save the dirt for some other time. She wanted to know why her aunt was calling her.

The rain was going to come right on Siena's head if he wasn't going to vet more careful. He had spent some time with Devon. Seyia wanted to stay for a little while longer. There was so much to learn from Devon it would take the young singer a long time to hear. Yet, he was still in training with the rest of the sailor senshi.

Seyia heard his mobile phone go off. He pulled it out from his shirt pocket as his trend to go. He was now standing at the steps of the walk. He glanced around to see the night sky. It was a pale twilight. It looked at the number. It was Yaten calling him up when the number came up on the screen. He pushed the talk button and asked as he raised the phone up to his ear, "what's wrong?"

"Nothing…" Yatens's voice was perfectly normal and calm. He was being a little nosey as he checked up on his older brother. "…you just better get home. Taiki will be going nuts if you don't show up at least ten!"

"He is such a worrywart!" Seyia sighed with a smirk. He began to walk down the path leaching up to the side walk. He had to be careful as he made his way up the street. He remembered the night that Prince Diamond kidnapped Nick, Vachon and Alex right in front of the sailor senshi. The terrific battle was not like any he had seen in the past. It seemed like Galaxia was pulling out all the stops.

"I heard that!" Taiki groaned over the phone.

"There is nothing like family love!" Seiya thought to homself as he walked up the sidewalk.

"Where are you?" Yaten asked. He knew that Seiya was just doing a little bit of digging.

"Lincoln…." Seyia said as he glanced at the street sign as he past the corner of one street and another.

He told his little brother that it was going to be a little longer than he thought as he past the house. Seyia didn't want to cross anyone for the time being. It wouldn't look good for him if evil would come up.

What can go wrong today?" Seyia thought. He did want evil rearing up its ugly head at the time.

"You have to curb your speaking!" Yaten teased.

"Yea...you ought to talk about that!"

"You are such a pain!"

"Look who's talking!"

"What are you yakking about now, little brother?" Taiki's voice could be heard over the phone.

"I'm just giving Seyia his just desserts!" Yaten grasped.

Seiya had to laugh softly at the other two. He smiled as he shirked around the sidewalk near nick's house.

"Just tell him to hurry up. We have to get up early!"

The mention of the word early was a little too much for Seyia. He wanted to turn and fight for what was right with him. He had to stop himself from jumping into the situation. Both Serena and Princess Kakyuu would be upset at his foolishness. He stopped the corner. There were a few signs of the fighting from that night. A new and very deep cut in the phone poll was still visible. He had heard about some young kids who might have done the dirty work.

He waited for a minute with the heat begin to buzz in his head. There was nothing like the summer to mess with your mind. He took a breath of sweet air. He heard a noise of the night birds as they chirped their mating calls.

He told his brother that he was going to be there in no time.

Then, he placed his phone back in his pocket. He crossed the street. He had heard from Rio about a short cut. He wanted to take it and make time for himself. There was no room for chance. He was always the risk taker as he grew up. It was usually Taiki was the one who either tried to talk him out of something stupid or gave Seiya another talk about the foolish things were the outcome.

As he walked up the sidewalk past the old houses of Salem, Seiya felt sad. There were people who did not know there was a war between good and evil that was raging in the rest of the galaxy. Yet, he knew it was better for them.

Somewhere a radio was playing loudly. Old Beatles tune was running around in the air. It seemed to fit the mood if the night. It was Paul who had sung, "Picks up the rice!"

It was like a sense of a Victorian novel being unfolded in front of Seiya. Seiya noticed the over head netting of tree branches. It was the closeness the branches that made Seiya stop and thought. He felt fish like as he walked down the street. The deep blue sky was an ocean within itself. He heard and saw the tiny flying incents as they buzzed around him. This was home for him at the present state. He knew he could not go home just yet. He had talked about it for months with his brothers. He did not want to be disheartened as they began to search for Princess Kakyuu.

Another song floated past him as he crossed another corner. He could not hear the music too well. The door was closed to the outside world.

He began to walk quickly. He knew something wasn't right for now. He wanted to go home and be safe. Then he started to think about how brave he really was. He tried his best to be cheerful with his happy go lucky personify. Yet, he was a little too much with his ultra cool man porosity. He could turn people off with that.

He reached the park. The Centennial Park was huge in a way. He could cut through to make time, but what at cost. He had to stick to the edge of the park. He was going to be on the safe side four once.

Seyia had heard the noises of kids still playing the dark. The fireflies were still coming out of the grass in dribs and drabs. He could smell the spicy perfume of candles being used on a porch. The night bugs were just starting to come out of their spring growth and heading up towards being pests in the summer.

He could remember what happened just this past month. They were many changes in the past month. He hoped for the good to come out of people instead of the bad. He was just tired of fighting. "For what?" he thought.

Images flashed in his mind of what he had seen. There were so many that he could not remember all them. His past was a hard thing to remember. He had come down with his brothers to find their princess. They were very close to finding her. He had fought for so long he was willing to not give up.

He stopped in front of a tennis court. A large spot light was still on, casting a circle of daylight. The moths and other flying bugs danced as they were drawn to the light. He wondered if Serna was still up or not. He knew Rio and Rei gave up on papers for the summer. Rei had found a job at a local video store and Rio had a job at the radio station in Alliance. He knew Rei did not like the papers. There were times both her and Rio with her cousin Stephanie were caught in the rain or wind. Lita and Ami were getting ready for summer school. There was a thought, was Lita following Ami to school for the summer. What was she thinking? He had to give a laugh while he walked down the side walk nearing the intersection of Pershing and union. He wondered if Lita was trying to be the best as she wanted to be. There was always room for improvement.

There was very little idea what Seiya wanted to do. He was just still a teen who was looking for himself. He was still a long ways away. He wanted to stop at Tenchi's house and see if everyone was o.k. there was talk about a few new strangers who wanted to make Tenchi's life tough. He could hear Ryoko and Keyone sitting on the porch, enjoying the warm summer evening. His house was not too far away from Tenchi's house. He stopped over to ask the girls what was going on.

Ryoko was sitting on a rocking chair, with her one arm just dangling over the one arm rest. Her eyes were half closed when she was listing to the sounds of the night. Keyone on the other hand was just watching the stars. A large plastic mug of ice water sat on her lap with one hand holding on to the handle.

Seiya walked up to the edge of the yard and asked, "What's up with you guys?"

Ryoko opened her eyes slowly and smiled, "Nothing…"

"Just talking…" Keyone added before taking a sip of water. She was quick and quiet as she sipped. She replaced the mug back to its resting place.

'There is a moon out for the night!" he nodded. Then, he tried to look for the moon. It was high over head with a few stars shining around the moon. It looked pretty and sad at the same time.

"It's nice. I had to say that school would be a long way off!" Keyone said. She was just making sure Seiya was going to spend some time in thinking about keeping his mind sharp for classes next fall.

"Don't rush me. I want to enjoy this summer. It's not normal for me to be thinking about class work when the summer is so free!"

Ryoko asked in an icy tone, "What about Lita and Ami?"

"First off…" Seyia winced with a pouting mouth. "Ami is just one of those girls who don't need to be around too many guys. She likes Taiki because they are such mind freaks!"

"She is a great help too!" Keyone chided. She gave Seyia a warning glance. She knew that Seyia was like Serena, always wanted to goof off when the idea crossed her mind.

"Yes…she has great strength like the rest of the girls. She will be a good doctor someday!" Seyia nodded.

"What about Taiki?" Ryoko asked. She had been puzzled why Taiki did speak of what was in his future.

"He wants to go to college first and see what he can learn in some understudy group if there is such a thing. Then, he wants to go Europe to see what he can learn there. He knows about a lot of things but, he wants to know more!" Seiya sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Lita found out about some new English Teacher, he's a hottie!" Ryoko said. She found out about a new teacher that just moved into the Salem Ohio area. He came from Carson City, Nevada he had one family ties to the Salem Area. She wanted to check out the teacher to how hot he was. Yet, she was still in love with Tenchi.

"Mister Lark!" Seyia nodded. He had been talking to Miss Urd about a new change to the teaching staff at Salem High. "He's different!"

"Yea…it does seem like he keeps to himself!" Keyone added.

"I did not know about his family history. He told Miss Urd about being born in Nevada, but having a few ties in this area," Ryoko said.

"I just hope that he is going to be a better teacher than some of them oil have already met!" Seiya said. He tried to get along with people. There were times he just wanted to be alone and just think about the past. He told the girls that he could be seeing them soon. He turned to walk up the street towards his house.

When Seyia got to his house, Taiki was sitting at the witting desk, looking over a series of papers. He had sent away from the University of Troika an informational packet. It came in the mail that day. He looked up from his reading to see Siena's reflection on a picture. He said, "It took you long enough!"

"I wanted to visit for a minute or two with Miss Ryoko and Keyone!" Seiya shrugged as he tried to hide a smile from his brothers.

"You just wanted to charm the very bugs off the tree?" Yaten asked as he sailed in to the room with a stack of towels. He wanted to do something other than just sit and wait for his oldest brother to come in from the night.

"Yes!" Seiya groused. He was getting himself use to American lifestyle. There was no school to think about until the fall. Why did the other two have to be so much a pain? Yet, he couldn't live without them.

"We are just…" Taiki said, taking the letter up in his hands. "…worried about you. Remember you are our leader of sorts!"

"I know…" Seyia's voice began to trail off. He became lost in his own thoughts. He wanted to tell to Serena how he really felt.

"You need to be more focused!" Taiki said. He knew that Seyia was in his own world.

"You are so hung up on that meatball head!" Yaten's voice called out from the kitchen.

"Uh?" Seyia gasped, coming back to earth.

"You are the one who I have to worry about the most at times!" Yaten griped with a sour look on his pretty boy face. "Taiki is still very competent."

"What does that mean?" Seiya hissed. His feelings were now being pricked. There was always fighting between the three. This was one of those times where everything was being gently pushed to one corner very quickly.

"To me, Serena is still a child. I think Renee has more sense than her!" Yaten pointed out. He folded his arms over his chest. "You know that Serena is going to be queen of this part of the galaxy!"

"And I know that Darien is going to be king!" Seyia pointed out what Yaten was driving at. "Just this once. I want to think aorist me and no one else!"

"Not even Serena?" Taiki said.

"Maybe…" Seyia sighed, before gnawing on his lower lip for just second. He knew that his brothers were just being brothers.

"What about the others?" Yaten asked. He had his mixed feelings for inner senshi. He did tease Setsuma about her hair at times. He was cool to both Hakura and Michuri. He wondered about Houtra, Reenie and Rio. He tried to get along with Chibi-chibi.

"Not even the pothers. I just wanted to think about myself for a minute or two. I have been kind of not thinking about me!" he shrugged, He started to head off for bed, feeling tired fromtr eh long walk. Seiya glanced at Taiki. He asked, "What's that?"

"A letter," Taiki uttered. He noticed it was still in his hands. "I think I'm going to college a little earlier, if we stay here!"

A bit puzzled, Seyia wondered out loud, "You mean here…in the states?"

Trying to reassure his brother, Taiki smiled, "No…back in Japan!"

"What about in Europe?" Yaten sneered. He knew that Taiki wanted to be with Ami. It seemed like Ami and Taiki were growing fond of each other.

"After I get a full two years in first…I'm meaning…Tokyo U has so much to offer!" Taiki blushed. Then, he thought, "Is that minx Yaten is reading my mind?"

""Look, we have been through a lot. I would like to slow just a little," Seyia sighed. He glanced at his two brothers. There was nothing which could stand in their way on going back to look for their princess.

"Yes. I can understand what you are saying. Yet, I was just making some plans on my own…" Taiki sighed He wanted to give him a little taste of freedom. What other people knew about life in the norm was a wonder in which Taiki puzzled over most of his life. "If we don't see our Princess Kyuuku, then I want to go to college!"

"Is that your finally answer?" Yaten teased a little at his older brother.

Taiki knew that Yaten was pulling his chain a little. He glared with a mild look in his eyes, "Yes. I will go to college!"

"Then, we have to get on the ball with the fighting and searching. Our Princess is not going to wait forever for us!" Seyia said.

With that, Seyia wanted to look at Taiki's letter. The idea of Taiki going to college was a far dream that they wanted to share very much.

Somewhere in the hours before dawn and morning Deavon was just sitting on the front stoop of his home on Lincoln Avenue. He was listening to Paul Simon's Graceland on CD. He was on the second song as he half sang half mumbled, "She looked me over, and I guess she thought I was all right, All right in a sort of a limited way, for an off-night, She said, "Don't I know you, From the cinematographer's party?"
I said, "Who am I, To blow against the wind?"*

*(from Paul Simon's Graceland, second song, I know what I know!)

The idea of having a little break from being an actor and a vampire, made Sam stop to give himself a little breathing room. He did not know why he was had not move out of the time and place he ended up in. it still felt strange. The feeling was stranger than his first leap into another person's body which baffled him to no end. Just when will leave and end up sometime and where was really up to fate. On the other hand, he was no in any hurry just yet.

Then, Al came out of nowhere. There was a side long look of surprise on Al's face. He wondered what was going on with Sam. He asked, "Why are you out here?"

"Nothing…I just wanted to be outside…that's all!" Sam shrugged. He knew he needed to get out and have a breath of air.

"Oh?" was Al's answer of mild surprise. He heard his com-link squeaking. He pushed the buttons on the link. He sighed, "You better get in as soon as possible. You know that…"

He was interrupted by Sam with a, "I know!" Sam rolled his eyes to glare at his friend. He wanted to be normal again. Could he be that normal and live with being a creature of the night? It was a difficult question he was being torn with.

"And there is something else that Ziggy had found!" Al groaned a little perturbed. He knew that Sam was just being Sam. He had to get it through his friend's thick skull he was just helping out the brilliant man of science until Sam came back home.

"What about?" Sam asked with smirk. He placed a hand on his chin. He was actually having fun with leap. The idea of staying one place was notice in Sam's idea. He did not like the idea of drinking blood or not seeing the sun. Yet, the idea of being in a small town far away from the other leaps was conformable.

"There is a hitch in the system with Ziggy's data base!" Al said. He punched a few buttons in his comlink.

"A hitch?" Sam uttered loudly and slowly. He wondered what was going on with Ziggy. He came up with a standard statement. "Run a check with the computer!"

"All ready taken care of. There is a clearing program right now on the lower end of Ziggy's memory, but we haven't found anything just yet!"

Sam was well versed in computer and he had no idea of what he was facing him at the time. He wondered for a little bit. He said, "What else can you do?"

"We do have back up…but, we don't know for how long. Things are getting out of hand with idea of government cutbacks and very limited space!" Al sighed with a glance up at the very slowly movement of the dawn. He knew that the black was turning into a dark blue. He had watched sunsets and sunrises with a sort childlike awe.

Sam felt like he could stay here just a little while longer. It was like his own greediness talking to him. He hoped for a time to watch other people work out things with no help from him. He wanted to say something to Al. he glanced at his watch. He remembered what Laquiox had ordered him in a joking way, "All good little vampires should be in bed on later then an after half before sun up!"

"He is one strange!" Sam sighed with a roll of his eyes. He couldn't understand why Laquiox had a warped sense of humor.

"Yea…the guy is not wrapped up too tight! Look," Al said as he bent down to get Sam's attention, "there is a weird pattern to all of this. Yet, we cannot start or stop with this one leap. I have a bad feeling about this!"

Sam noticed Al's face. Al was wrong about some leaps. Others were the idea of flying on the edge of the seat approach. He had seen all of them through with Sam. Sam had different idea of what made a person tick. He studied his friend's face and asked, "What is going on with the others that made you very contrived?"

"Have you heard about a group calling them the army of the Galaxia?" Al asked with a puzzled glance at Sam before looking at his com-link.

Sam shook his head. He began to wonder about Galaxia. Who was this stranger? Was Al pulling his leg? He said, "No…I could not tell you yes. There were weird stories of monsters. Yet, this is a small town and full of long tales!"

Al was puzzled about what Sam had told him. He checked with his com-link. Placing a hand up to his chin, he said, "What about young girls with super powers!"

Sam was convinced that Al had flipped a little. Everything was being twisted a little from reality to fantasy. On questioning Al, Sam said, "Girls with super powers. What like super girl…Clark Kent's cousins?"

He gave a snort of a laugh. Then, he stopped short. There were stories about a group of girls who fought on the side of love and justice. They were pretty powerful as a group. Even sailor moon could pull a surprise or two from her hat so to speak. He said, "There is a group calling themselves the Sailor Scouts!"

"Ah-a!" Al said with a wide grin. He knew that Sam was on the same page as he was. He checked the name of the sailor scouts with his com-link. He said as he pointed at Sam, "I knew that you were the only one!"

"What?" Sam asked, with a raised eyebrow. Who else was in the same boat in the information game about the sailor scouts?

"There were strange reports around town…about the locals seeing a bunch of girls weaning short skirts!" Al sighed.

"That's nothing?" Sam sighed. He knew that Sam was just noticing the local color for the first time.

"And they were using magical powers…like in a fairy story." Al said, roiling his eyes.

"Like what?" he asked his long time friend.

"This one girl had a real magic wand…she was using it for something!" Sam said as he placed his hand up to his cheek. He was trying to figure out what was going on with his memory.

"Magic wand!" Al said as he began to punch in the data he was getting from Sam. He glanced bug-eyed at the outcome on his comlink. "What the…?"

"And you get?" Sam asked. He careened his head to see Al looking at the comlink with a puzzled expression on his face.

"It says here…according to Ziggy, a girl who fights love and justice…"

"A girl who fights for love and justice…" Sam shook his head out of disbelief. "Like Superman?"

"No…he fights for truth, justice and the American way. There is nothing in the idea of love in his statesman!"

"I am going to go around in circles trying to figure out what you are trying to say to me, Al!" Sam uttered.

"Are you sure about this? Al asked. He knew Sam was against a wall. He said, "There is something else that had come to light with this strange turn of events!"

"And that being?" Sam asked. He raked his one hand over his hair. He was trying to figure who were these magical girls.

"There is a force that no one knows about. It's pure evil. These magical girls are fighting against. Lately, some agents of the dark force got a hold of Nick Knight and two others!"

"And Alex…Vachoin!"

"What about this..." Al said, glancing at his comlink. There was a new twist in the tale. It was getting into a place that even Al found it too fanatic to think about.

Sam glanced up at the sky. It was quickly changing over from dark to pale, pale to light. It was on the edge of morning. For the Edge of morning had its own creatures. Neither human nor other beasts who wanted to travel into the realm of earth. Tiny flowers and incents buzzed into life from the heat of the ground. Others yawned and stretched as the world took shaped, solid color. He said in a small, still voice, "I have to go. There so much to think about."

Sam stood up to see a small mole hobbling alone in the middle of the yard. Then, opening the door up to step inside of the entrance, Sam said, "Then world that Nick is in…I have a feeling that he is going to change…and not for the better."

"There is a fifty-nine present that Nick will be monsters…even the like of his own father, Laquiox would hate!" Al's eyes were cold with fear.

Sam studied his friend's face for just a minute before opening the door. He knew Al was not lying this time. "I have to sleep on it…those girls are thought. I have seen them fight."

"You have?"

There was a minute of hopeful quiet between two friends. He fumbled for the knob. The world was nearly at the edge of the morning light. Sam quickly entered into the entrance way of the house. He hoped with the closing of the door, that the light did not come in. he placed a hand up to the door. There was heat than Sam could feel just a minute. It was sun trying to warm the earth. The very thing he feared as a creature of the night. Then, he heard Al entering the room by another route. He said, "Just be careful Sam!"

"Yes…I will!" Sam said. He felt the hairs pricking up on the back of his neck. He wondered why he was experiencing this strange fear that was starting eat at him. He had to think about magical girls with special powers. He began walk towards the stairs. He was going to bed for a long day's sleep.

Mishiso and Keyone were jogging in the park. It was going to be a normal and boring morning. There was no more school. They were off duty for a while. There were a few things to do at the house, yet they could wait. It was nice to have a morning free from the daily grind of being police officers. They were going past the long path leading up to the pool. It seemed very quiet and still. The sun light was just beginning to dance along the middle of the water. When the two reached the top of the path, Keyone huffed, "Let's stop here!"

The day was grey. It looked like rain. It was earliest part of June. The grass was emerald and short. The two were excited about idea of not being attacked by Yugi. It seemed like Yugi had fallen back to another world. She was scared to see what could have gone wrong when your guard was down.

There was talk about Sailor moon. Keyone had wondered who Sailor moon was. Was it a story that Sasami and Renee cooked up. They were still so young at that age.

Mishosi has stopped in front of the stop sign. She panted hard and looked at the tennis court. It was the area of small battle between the sailors and the nega-moon. She was well aware of the sailor sensei was well. She didn't question Sasami's idea. She was very much a child in the mind. She had no resident of having an extra pair of hands in fighting crime.

"What a grey day!" Keyone sighed, feeling lungs burn a little from running. She looked at her watch. Sasami was getting up for the day. She was usually the first one to get up with the dawn. She was quick with doing what her cooking for the morning. Keyone and Mishosi were usually in the kitchen with her.

"It's going to rain…I bet!" Mishosi sighed. She did not want to even attempt to go any further if it was going rain on them.

"I hope not. That's the least of my worries…" Keyone sighed. She stood up a little straighter. She could taste the salt on her lips. She must have been running a little too hard.

"Yea, I hear you…" the blond Galaxy police officer sighed as she looked at the pool on the bottom of the hill. The day was just starting for the two. She wondered if the pool would be opened later in the day. The last week in May was the finishing up of school.

"I want no more worries for the day. I have so much to catch up on, it's silly!" Keyone said. Then, she decided to walk down the sidewalk from the pool. She was going to cut past the pool down the hill towards the corner of Union and Oak.

"Wait, Keyone!" Mishosi wined a little. She began to walk, following the other footsteps.

Within a sort of laugh, Keyone said, "Come on…slow poke. I can't wait for you!"

"Keyone?" she asked. Then, something caught her eye. It was a humming bird that was out of season. It was getting in the feeding with an early start. Mishosi never saw a humming bird that close. It zipped around the lower branches of a tree.

"What's it now, Mishosi?" Keyone sighed, rolling her eyes at her friend.

"That bird," she smiled. She and her friend watched as the bird buzzed around the grass before taking off. It was nothing to the rest of the world. Yet, to two girls in a small town it was something nice.

"I see it," Keyone said. She breathed deeply once again before telling Mishosi that it was getting late. They had to head back.

The sun was razing in the sky. Yellow was mixing with the orange of the heart of the sun. It meant it was to be very warm in the midday. There was going to be small battle in that heat.

Betty was hurried as she made her way in early morning in the back streets in Salem. She knew on how to get to nice the older parts of Salem by using the back roads. She was going to visit Rio before dropping off a list of adds with a local lumberyard. She was driving up Third Street. She noticed the old Jr. High school on the way over to where Rio was staying on Union. She barrowed Mackie's car when she was in Alliance.

"It was going to be hot one," Betty huffed as she pulled over to roll down the window. Parking for a second, she noticed a jogger running up the street. She thought to herself, "Buddy…you're crazy!"

She wondered if the heat was getting to her as well. She understood the heat of a summer's day was very demanding. She wondered if she was going to make it until the car reached the house.

Meanwhile, Steve and Dusty were trying to find Allen. It seemed like Allen had disappeared from the house all morning. There was nothing to be had saying where Allen had gone. Dusty went up to Seiya's house in order to find Allen. Steve went along with him. Dusty and Steve were walking up the street near Seiya's house. They were going to see if Seiya would like to listen to a baseball game on the radio. Dusty and Steve were becoming baseball fans as they were continuing to stay on in the states. They were known Seiya was into sports.

Seiya was just finishing out a pass with the mower. The grass was growing too fast for anyone to keep with. He needed to stop mowing so much. He wished he did not have to mow. He liked living in an apartment back in Tokyo. Mowing grass was not his thing. He turned to see Steve and Dusty coming up the side walk. He turned off hate mower. He felt his hands go numb after the mower had quit.

"What are you doing?" Dusty asked with a shrug of the shoulders.

Seiya released the bar break to shut down the mower. He glanced at the young pilot with a startled stare. He was caught off guard by Dusty and Steve's sudden appearance. He said, "I'm mowing the grass. Doesn't this look like fun?"

Steve hated to do anything yard work piped in, "No it don't!"

"Steve!" Dusty gasped as he turned to see Steve looking over his shoulder. He knew that Steve was standing on his tip-toes to look over his shoulder. "Quit looking over my shoulder. What will I do with you?"

Steve flashed a toothy grin, "Send me back to London!"

Seiya had to smile at the two. They acted more like bothers than best friends. He said, "Why are you here?"

The door opened and Yaten stepped out onto the porch. He needed to help his older brother with the yard work. He did not want to do it at first, but there was a reason for his face sudden change. He had been writing a song for a new CD. He had hit a wall during the time he was writing. Taiki ahd offered him some help with the song writing. He flet liokle a complete child when he had said no to his older bporther. He interupeted saioya by calliong out, "Hey…Seiuya…what are Steve and Dusty ehre?"

Seoya smiled a little as he knew thast Yaten was just beuing himse;lf. He said, "I was just askign that same quesiton."

"Tehre is a baseball game oin the wireless," Duisty said hwne he tuernd to face Yaten.

Yaten stepped off of the porch and begna to walk towards the gargare. He was goimg to get a rake to help out Seiya.

"If tjhere is a game…I can't afford to miss it!" seiya smirked at his little bporther. "I'm sure it's going to be a good one!"

"Borther!" Yaten rolled his eyes at Seiya. He was trying to figure out why Seiya wnatned to see a dumb old baseball game.

"Ah…please inroge my little borhter!" Seioya pitioted out YAetn with a thumb.

Betty had turend off to the corncer of Uion and thrdi befreo Steve and Dusty saw Seiya. Bnow she was coming ujp on uoin ave. she honked her horn at the boys were stnaidng at Seiya's hosue. She could see them just for a minute. There was nothing to see. Berry had to stop at rio's house. She said to herse;f, "Thney had nothing too do this summer!"

Steve and the other three waved quiklcy. He saod, "that's miss Rioberts!"

"Yea…she has go thbrough and get her line uip owth Rio done ujp. With rio and Ami there was a few new idea they wanted to throw at Mister Sherwood."

"when did Ami get imnto the act?" Yaten aksed. He was surprised to hear Ami was helping out wht Rio in script writing.

"This week, there was a few things that even the great Miss Roberts couldn't get mind on!" Dusty sighed.

"rio must be very lucky or talnweted!" Yaten said.

"Yet, Ami has a few bones of talewnt too!" Seoya shugged.

Betty noticed Skuld and Sasmai rolling up the stareet on skates hwen she drove up the street. She hjd no idea what was going to happen next. She droive the car as easily as the next person could. She woidnerd if she should have phoned rio to see iuf the young girl was goiung to be at home. She had a feeling Rio wasn't going to be there. She was wrong at first. Rio was pretty myuch a reliagble girl. She did not want to goof far from home.

Betty had to slow down when she saw another older car that was inchikng algone the road. she rrmmebered what it was. There uin front of her was a 1923 model T. she was wodnmering who was driving such an old car.

The car betgan to slow down to the poiutn where Betty cyhokd see the number of the linese plate. She hoped it was not running out of gas. Shge would just have to go around the car in order to get to rio's house.

Reenie and chibi-chibi were jumping rope towqaerds Skuld's house. They wanted to go pover to playh with Sasami and Skuld. To betty, it seemed like the dya was prety much a a run in the mill day with one exception. The car in front of betty's was not mvomg at a;l;l. sje was becomikng a little iratated with the the droiver in the model T.

Reenie looked aorund to see what was makignt he noise. She had to wodnered why there was a model T driving aorund.

"chibi-chibi?" chibi-chibi gaped at the sight of the car.

"Yea…loolk who is behind that car…it's Miss Roberts!" Reenie said as she noticed trhe other older car. Machie's car was a late model 1934 ford with white wall tires. It was dark bleu on the outside with cream interdor.

"Reenie?" chibi-chibi asked with wide eyes. She tiurend to see the old car puttering up the street. There was a strange look on the driver's face. It seemed like Reenie and Chibi-chibi had seen the driver before.

Reenie had to do a doulbe take. Insdie of the model T was Rubeus. He was dressed very stangely. It was not his noraml clothes that he was in. itsndea, he was in a suit and ite. Wjhat was going on?

"Hey…Reenie?" Sasami's vioce called out. She was skating up the street when she saw Reemie and Chibi-chibi.

"Oh no…" Reenie thoight. She had to think of soemthing fast or she and the others will be kindnapped. "I think I see Rebues."

"Give me a minute…" Skuld siad as she nearly halted on the grass. She had to stop on the grass for one reeaosn, she did not want to fall over on the pavemewnt.

"Why now…" Reenie thboguth. She had give Chibi-chibi an ordfer to go back to the hosue and get Serena. There was no time to do anything else. Was there a feeling of Whicked lady bubbling upo to the sufiuace. "My friends will be kidnapped loile before."

She looked at the old car. It was not stopping for any reason. It was heading for the house where the Sailor Senshi lived.

"I don't want to relieve the past!" she thought in a fear of the evil that was kept under heavy wraps in her mind.

"Are you O.K.?" Sasami asked Skuld.

"Yea..sure…I have been just thinking!" Skuld sighed. She did not want to be treated like a little kid again.

"About what?"

"Life!" she sighed. She realized that Sasami was just looking for her. She had a good friend in this special princess.

"You are getting old!" Sasami sighed before laughing.

"Maybe!" she pursued her lips to one side.

Then there was something that struck the two strange. There was a hint of danger in the air. The two girls had stopped laughing to stare at the old model-T. It was turning into a lump of a black shapely mass.

"What is that?" Sasami gaped at the figure standing at the road which was very near the sailor Senshi house.

Betty nearly slammed into the mass with the car. She became frightened with the sense of evil starting to creep into the car she was borrowing.

"Oh great!" Reenie gasped at the horror of finding out she could have been too late. She hoped that for a miracle.

Mina and Lita were stepping out of the house. They were going to go and some books to read. There was nothing else to do for the few weeks of summer break. They were not use to have all this free time on their hands out side of house work. They noticed something strange unfolding in front of their eyes.

"The car had stopped in the middle of the road?" Mina said.

There was something that nearly made Lita jump back. Darkness was coming from it in a blindly race towards the Sailor's house. She said, "Get Rei out here!"

"What?" Mina asked. She was not that easily convinced that there was an evil present in that car.

"That car…" Lita said before leaning forward to whisper in Mina's ear. "I feel cold coming from that car!"

"Are you right?" Mina questioned her best friend with a puzzled glance. She wanted to give a good shake to Lita for pulling her chain hard. She turned to see the car turning from a dark green to black. "I think I've changed my mind!" her eyes grew wide with surprised.

"See…I'm telling you the truth!" Lita said as she tried to pull Mina back into the house.

Seiya and the others were watching the car changing. Taiki did not speak as he thought of a way of getting Steve and Dusty into the house as a dissections. Seiya said, "There is a new…"

"…a new TV show on cable…you have got to see!" Taiki said as he spot of picked up what Seiya was driving at, get Steve and Dusty in the house.

"What show?" Steve asked. His face was a little curious as he wondered why Seiya was being so over the top about a just a simple TV shows.

"Yea?" Dusty added. He was going to see Rio and that was his idea all morning long. He had seen her. He was hoping to hear about her family coming over for the reengagement party. She was had two maddened aunts who lived in town. He hoped the two aunts were not going to put their feet into the planning. Rio had it all thought out with help from her Aunt Iva and her Grand'Mere, Vivienne.

"And what else?" Steve added. He had a feeling of being pushed around was Seiya's game. He wanted to speak up and tell Seiya that he was not going with Dusty to watch some TV show.

"We've got a new…" Seiya began to speak before he and the others heard a scream. They were watching the black car changing into a large black bull. The driver had disappeared in to a void. His gut was telling things were going from bad to worst.

"A new wall paper on the computer!" Yaten said. He was trying to help out Seiya in a quick spin on a topic. He knew that Steve and Dusty were not welcomed if danger should pop up.

Dusty sighed as he gritted his teeth, "Great…let's see it!" He and Steve were just about to cave in when they heard a scream.

"Great…" both Yaten and Seiya thought. They were hoping to drag the other two in before there fighting started.

Strangely by cue, the world had stopped for just a minute. The monster had swung around to get a better look at Betty. Betty watched with large eyes a large beast which appertained like a tiger with black and grey fur. She felt her heart stopping out of fear.

"A blue plate special…" Seiya thought in the same way Rio's spoke at times

"If the girls would get it to before we do, then, they would end up like toast!" Yaten thought. He made a grab for Steve's arm. He said, "Look…gets inside. There are things we need to talk about…"

"Why?" Steve asked with a puzzled looked.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you!" Yaten snapped. He back off just enough for Steve to get the message. There was something going on that shouldn't be happening. He sensed fear and evil coming at him like before at the basketball court. He was taken by surprised at the outbreak of the princes who wanted to take Serena away.

"He will not be here for long!" Seiya thought. He said, "Have you heard about Sailor moon?"

He stared at Steve and Dusty. Dusty believed that his newly founded friend ship with the teen idol had finally been starting to get a little wild. "Who?" Dusty asked.

"Sailor moon?" Steve asked with a raised eyebrow. The two English boys glanced at each other for a second. Then, Steve came to the conclusion that he was hearing things. "Are you sure that you are not making stuff up?"

"No…" Yaten gasped, trying to put the sailor Senshi in an easy understandable format. Yaten and the others heard something coming from the distance. It was sounded like Hakura's voice calling out the evil to dispel it.

"WORLD SHAKING!" the voice screamed. Then, a large flash of light engulfed the monster-ish model-T. It was nearly done in by the power flash. It had to stand from with the all the evil power it was given.

Completely stunned with wide eyes, Steve and Dusty watched as the monster grew even larger. There was a distance scream coming from Salami who was still standing down the street. Steve managed to gasped, "What was that?"

"Evil…gets into the house!" Seiya began to order Steve and Dusty into his house for their own protection.

"What…where?" Dusty asked. He watched as Sailor Uranus landed near the corner of 6th and Union. He felt his heart start to beat a little faster. He could feel a pull between the bond he and Rio had shared. Was this a pull of power? He was not sure.

Steve had to try to remember where he saw her. He was surprised to see girl who was not afraid to stand her ground like she did. "Are you sure that she is willing to fight?" he asked Seiya.

"Yes. That's Sailor Uranus! She's very powerful!" Seiya said as he grabbed Steve by the arm. He started to pull Steve towards the house.

"Don't worry…she will protect us with help from the others in her group!" Yaten said as he watched as Dusty followed Steve and Seiya like a little child. He had to get the other two down the street to safety. It was going to be very messy.

"What are you going to do?" Taiki asked Yaten. He knew that he and Yaten couldn't transform in front of the house. It was going too led into trouble.

"We have to sit on our hands and wait!" he said with a concern look on his face.

Meanwhile, Galaxia was sitting front of a large glass mirror. She had a twisted smile on her face. Things were going good for her. She wanted to corner Sailor moon once and for all. It was just falling into place so nicely. She said, "Prince Diamond?"

"What is it, milady?" the white haired prince asked as he entered the room.

"Sailor moon is now caught in a cross fire situation!" she smiled as she stood up from the chair she was sitting on. She never could image in her wildest dreams that Sailor Moon was becoming so frightened at fighting her that the Moon Princess did not have the nerve to show up. She said as she turned to check prince Diamond's reaction, "she will not show up at this time for sure. She has no back bone after the last fight with you!"

Prince Diamond's face remained cool. He did not smile when he said, "She is tougher than you give her credit for. She has grown up quickly. You have got understand her. She has times where she had caved in, yet things in these past few months had changed her."

Feeling her curiously peeked, Galaxia slowly stood up from her chair. She turned her face a little to think what Prince diamond had spoke of. He knew Serena had been pushed into her adult self. She said, "Are you sure she had been growing into a strong fighter?"

"She had not back down the lasted time I have fought against her. She had still a weakness, yet she over comes it very quickly," he said as he walked over to where Galaxia was now standing. His face was no cold with his anger. He wanted Serena to bend to his will. Darien was just another road block in which he; Prince Diamond had to get rid of.

"What about the others?" she asked as she remembered, all the sailors had a weakness. She gave the mirror a deeper look.

"Just be patient. Each sailor has a weakness that will be uncovered veer carefully. I'm not in a rush to get them all."

She turned to give a sharp question at the Prince, "What about Tuxedo mask?"

He felt the sting of her question go right through him. He snarled softly as he turned his face away, "He's just a fool in my way!"

"And what about little pink haired rabbit. Do you have a thing for her?" she smiled slightly. She knew that Reenie had a large jolt of dark power thrown at her. The little pink haired girl was and could be used a barraging tool.

"Princess Reenie?" he asked. He wondered if she could be used once more. It could be worth his while.

"Why did you ask?" another voice questioned. It was tiger's eye who entered the room. He was busy being bored. He was hoping to get a cut in the action. He was a little disappointed to hear who was given the command of the lasted assault.

"Ah…are we jealous of someone else's getting the glory!" Galaxia asked. She knew her next move was going include Tiger's eye.

Then, there was a brilliant beam of light which came out of nowhere. All eyes were fixed on the light coming from two sources. Sailor moon and Sailor Acarida were standing on the curb near where Reenie were standing at. Reenie said to Sailor moon, "Watch out...these one is a tough one!"

"It's going to be hard...but remember we are sailors and we have been in tougher fights before!" sailor moon reassured her future daughter. There was a bright spot of anger in sailor moon's eyes. She knew Sailor Acarida had friends who were dear to her.

"That's right... you have to learn how to crawl before you run!" sailor Acardia spoke in a firm tone.

The car had instantly changed into a monster in which the sailor senshi had fought before. It was strange to be fighting something from the past. Was this an idea of testing how far sailor moon had grown in her fighting abilities? She had to remember who she and the pothers had fought this car. There were a number of short comings including the number of sailors.

"This is my past coming back to pull one over on us!" she thought.

"Come…on…this one is so easy," Prince Diamond said as he watched her in mirror.

"Don't let your guard down…" Sailor Moon said. She knew that Sailor Acarida was shaken up from her loss. She was going to help Rio get over it very quickly.

Sailor Acarida looked at her friend and said, "You too, mate!"

Sailor moon wondered if Sailor Uranus could attack the monster for just a minute. She had an idea to wear this beastie out. She had to think on how to use her silver moon power. It was very strong the last time she had used it. There was a fear of using it on just normal people. Yet, this was not a normal creature. This was a monster.

"Sailor moon…I'm glad that you are here!" Jadeite said as he entered the sense in a cloud of smoke.

"Jadeite!" her lip was curled in a slight snarl. She knew he had been powering up from the help of a certain leader. There was no way queen beryl could give Jadeite power like he used with Galaxia. "Please leave us in peace…that's what we all want!"

He was going straight for the heart of the matter. He raised his left hand into a fist. He loudly growled, "Never!"

"What are you going to do?" Sailor moon thought to her. She noticed Sailor Acarida gearing for her attack. She had to do something. She ordered to Sailor Acarida to use her Harpy yell.

"If it's going to work…then, I'll do it!" Sailor Acarida said. She glanced at sailor moon with a determined look on her face. She raised her left wrist and said, "You leave her alone!"

"Who…" he smirked as he began to walk towards the two who were standing now at edge of the street. "Miss Roberts!"

"You have interfered in our lives for the last time…" sailor moon cried out. She was going to give the cleansing of Jadeite's life. She knew it was a tall order to fill in, but she was the one to do it.

"Oh, still holding a grudge!" he chided. He was going to get a hold of Sailor moon. All the pure power in her heart was going to be used for all evil.

"In a way..." she said. She looked bitter at her oldest monster who had no idea how she had griffon in her power. She had kept her mind together. The last few battles were just mere testing points to see if she could be twisted to the dark side. "I just wish you could just leave…"

"There is a grudge and it's a big one!" Rubues said as he popped out of the blue. He was now standing where Sailor Uranus was. He was going to break the chain of sailor's power starting from the strongest. He threw a pooch at her back. She was instantly caught off guard. She felt the blow coming-out of the blue that she had barely enough time to catch her breath.

"Smart move…" Jadeite smiled with a twisted leer. He knew every step was going to be a good move on their part to getting the Silver Moon Crystal. He and Rebus was not going to expect what was going to happen next.

"This is the end for you lot!" sailor Acarida cried out. She hoped that Alex, Vachon and Nick were O.K. they were still being brainwashed by Galaxia's evil powers. She had to find them. In her heart, Rio wanted to have a normal life for all people. She and Serena were both in agree, a normal life was nice. "In the name of the seven winds of the planet where dreams have been kept," she began to say.

"Silent!" jadeite ordered. Then, he waved his hand and sent Sailor Acarida crashing towards a tree.

She could feel the pain breaking her to the edge. She was nearly conscience as she quickly landed on the ground. The others watched in horror.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" a voice called out in order to protect Sailor Acarida from a second attack.

"Sailor Mercury!" Sailor moon gasped in relief. She realized the others were comimg.

"How is she?" Sailor Jupiter asked as she came running towards Sailor Acarida.

"She is still awake!" Sailor Mercury said as she checks her mini-computer. She was quickly running towards the battle ground.

Sailor Acarida tried to raise herself off the ground with the use of her elbows. She feels very muscle ache. She glanced at Sailor Jupiter who came to her aide. "Talk…'bout the wind knocked out of ya!" she gasped in aguish.

"Keep still!" Sailor Mercury ordered in her gently way. She noticed nothing broken. She had a feeling Jadeite was getting more than just a power boost. This was a full flagged up grade.

"I'm not going to let some creep keep from stopping me!" Sailor Acarida. She was about to sit up when she felt something make a grab for her left ankle. She let out a yelp. It was fast, all she could do was scream for help. She was now hanging upside down by the ankle. She looked around so wildly she could not make who to be held her.

"No way…" Sailor Jupiter gasped.

"Put her down…" Sailor Mercury pleaded.

A man appeared out of thin air. He was not like any other man the sailor Senshi had noticed. This was a man only Sasami knew. It was hotsuma who had Sailor Acarida by the ankle.

"Quick move!" Jadeite said.

"Don't hurt her too much!" Prince Diamond requested in a gentle tone.

"What a pretty child…you are…" Hotsuma said as he felt her struggling in his hand.

"LET ME GO, YOU MONSTER!" sailor Acarida screamed. She tried to move in a swinging action.

Hotsuma felt her move. He was going to teacher a lesson about manors in a quick and painful way. On squeezing her ankle, he smeared darkly, "Listen little girl…I'm going to give the orders to you for now on!"

"Come on and fight me instead you washed out has been!" a voice said.

Sasami noticed Ryoko sitting in a tree. She had a habit of leaving the house when there was too much housework to be done. She heard the noises from on the ground. At first she was going to not pay attention to them. Yet, when she saw what was unfolding right in front of her, Ryoko had to fight. She wondered in her mind, why Hotsuma showed up there at a strange time.

"Don't call me that…" he barked out. He glared up at the tree for just a minute. "Ryoko…why do you have to be a pain!"

With all of her might, Sailor Acarida swung herself towards Hotsuma's ankles. She was going to make a grab for his ankles. She hoped that she could at least fight a little street style. Hotsuma was going to the squeeze on her when he felt her move. She winced at the pain.

"Stop it…now…Hotsuma…you don't even know her!" Ryoko chided in her annoying way.

"Oh..Be quiet!" Hotsuma snapped as he waved his hand at her.

Ryoko felt a force throwing her off the tree. She landed, knocking the wind out of her on the ground.

Sasami screamed out of shock, "RYOKO!"

"Love chain encircle!" another voice called out. Sailor Venus stood at wall near the turn off of Union. She had a feeling something was not right when she noticed Sailor Moon was caught in a corner. Her chain instantly caught Hotsuma by the neck. She screamed in anger, "THIS IS NOT A BATTLE FOR NEWBIES!"

"Oh…are you just learning on how to be graceful in your anger!" Hotsuma said before giving a jolt to Sailor Venus.

She let out a yelp as she dropped her chain. It instantly vanished into the air. She gasped as she checked her hands. The pain danced wildly on the palms. She got a good jolt of whatever he threw at her. She said, "That creep. He is playing very rough."

"That's it!" Sailor moon huffed. She did not want to show any feelings towards evil. The tears in her eyes were hot and stinging as hate rolled down the face. She held out her Eternal tiara. She was going to give evil a good scare. She raised hands to call forth the Eternal tiara. It instantly appeared out of thin air. She said, "Honey Therapy Kiss!"

"No way, this little girl is going to get off that easy!" Hotsuma groaned.

"You want to bet!" Sailor Acarida said. Then, she swung with all of her might towards Hotsuma's belly. She was going to punch him hard. She gave an iron left hook to his thigh. He instantly let go of her with a great deal of pain racing up towards his stomach. There was something to be said about living on the East end of London. It made even the sweetest, soft spoken girl into a rough and tumble fighter. Rio never backed down in a corner.

"Why you little witch!" he hissed as he watched her fall to the ground.

Her heart ached as it beat hard. She glared at him when she scrabbled to the other side of him. She said, "Listen hear, you monster…I grew up in the east end of life. There is no doubt in my mind…that we will win!"

"You will bend to our will!" Jadeite snarled. He had an ace up his sleeve. He knew sailor moon had a many chinks in her armor.

"Nothing doing!" Sailor Jupiter howled. She raised her hand in an attack. She called forth, "OAK EVOLUTION!"

She sent it flying towards Jadeite. With a loud explosion, Jadeite was engulfed in a huge ball of lighting. She wanted to smile so badly after the attack. Yet, she held herself back as she remembered how many times her attacks just weakened a monster. She wanted to be sure this time.

As the smoke cleared, they were surprised to see Jadeite still standing, but badly shaken. He was not ready for the attack. This was full power Sailor Jupiter was using.

"What the…" Jadeite coughed. The pain knifed him all over his body. He had to fight back.

"He's still standing!" Sailor Venus gasped in anger. She was going to wait just for little while to let Sailor Moon uses the big guns.

As Sailor moon used her powers to get Miss Roberts out of the line. She hoped that Miss Roberts was not going a monster. She watched as the monster changed back into a car. It felt too simple of a trick. Was this was going to be a weakening of the sailor Senshi.

"Come on…" Sailor Moon huffed. She felt anger at the outcome. Yet, Ryoko was a big help so far. It was like they were being pulled in all different discretions. Trying to pull everything back together was a hard task ahead. "I'm tired of this!"

"Once again…I have an idea!" Sailor Uranus spoke up. She wondered if there was a way of using her space sword as a diving rod. She was going to push sailor moon into this battle kicking and screaming. She had to give Sailor moon a boast into being an adult. "And doesn't whim out on me…Moon face!"

"What?" sailor moon gasped a little annoyed. She weans going to clean up the evil and make Sailor Uranus eat her words. "Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" she chanted as she raised her wand.

While Sailor Moon was channeling all of her powers into her attack, Sailor Uranus raised her sword. She could feel her powers coming to a mighty surge. She said, "Space sword!"

"Attack!" the two sailors said in a harmony. The power of the attack could be felt within a fifty year area. The attack was going to knock the monster out. It also spilt out into a shower of light beams striking the evil down.

"What the…" Jadeite gasped as he felt the power of the sailor Senshi in full action.

"That is one-tenth of her powers!" prince Diamond goaded before he disappeared. He knew that if all the Senshi placed their powers into one final attack, it would not drain them to the brink…it would wipe out Galaxia for good.

The monster instantly changed back into a car. Kagao wondered about Sailor moon. She had power he had to figure out where it was coming from. She was born that way or did it come to her when she was growing up. "She will be a tough nut to crack!" he thought as he watched as Sailor moon gave her final attack.

"Mars flame shooter!" Sailor mars added to her powers.

"Oak Revelation!" Sailor Jupiter gave her powers as well.

Sailors Venus and mercury added their powers, but it seemed it was not enough. Then, Sailor Acarida stood up slowly. She gave Kagao a good shove. He backed off quickly. A voice rang in his mind. It sounded like Galaxia,"You…baka-san…leave!"

"Dream…awakening…" Sailor Acarida said as she pointed a hand towards Kagao and the second hand towards the monster car. A large rose colored light mixed it not a pool of the tethers light beams. The power of Senshi seemed to increase with Sailor Acardia's light. In a heartbeat, everything was cleansed. Evil had been sent back. It seemed too easy again. It felt like a set up for Sailor moon to win so easily.

Sailor moon nearly fell to the ground from the power surge. She felt totally drained from her battle. She said, "Is everyone all right!"

"Just a little bruised, but we will be all the better when the time comes!" Sailor Acarida said. She remembered catching a glimpse of Kagao as he disappeared from her sight. She wondered if he was real or was he just another mind probe from her missing past.

"Ryoko…" Sasami called out.

Ryoko glanced at upon Sasami and skuld running towards her. She said, "I'm glad that did not hurt in the cross fire!"

"Who was that?" Sailor moon said as she noticed Betty lying on the ground. She wondered if Betty was going to wake up with any memories of the battle.

"I'm not sure…" Sailor Mercury said when she walked over to see of Miss Robert needed any help. She helped Sailor Acarida to get on her feet again. She had a strange feeling of dread. She glanced at Renee. Reenie and Hotura could be taken back to Galaxia at any time. Then, things could go from bad to worst. With the powers of the dark forces unleashing the two evil creatures inside of the two innocent girls, it would pose as a huge problem.

Ryoko glanced over to see Sailors Acarida and Jupiter checking over the battle grounds. She asked, "Are you guys O.K."

"Yea…" Sailor Jupiter said with a sour look. She knew the Dark kingdom was backing Sailor moon into corner. This was just toying with her and the rest. Her eyes narrowed a little when she glanced at the empty car with a stunned Betty Roberts who was standing next to it. Somehow the monster had force Betty out. She was lying on the ground, in a semi-conscious state. Her star seed was being drained while she was still in the car. Now she was being helped by Sailor Venus to her feet.

The battle was going to take a few twists to the darker realm before Sailor moon would see she transform to the last leg of her power.

Bell dandy watched as the rain came down the window. She sat on the bench in the kitchen. She was a little sad to see the day turn so quickly from blue to grey. She was hoping to go for a walk down the street. She had heard about a field at the end of the road from her house. She wanted to go and see it. She could stand for a long walk. Her mind needed clearing. The past events were a testing ground for her and her sisters. Yet, Keiichi was still in his self denial state at times. He wanted to get through classes as fast as he could. A summer break was just what he wanted to have. There was work around the house needed to be done. Plus there was a part-time job at a local garage was just waiting for him.

"It's still raining!" urn sighed. She looked out of the window at the sink. She was getting a drink of water from the sink. She noticed her little sister sitting at the window. She wondered if Bell was O.K. while she waited for K to come back.

"Uh?" Bell dandy asked with slight turn of her face towards the sink. She was a little surprise to see Urd standing at the sink. She had to ask about her sister standing at the sink. She knew the last battle between the forces of good and evil. She had heard her little sister Skuld talk about it non-stop. It was like she wanted to be a sailor Senshi instead of a goddess. "I'm sorry…I was lost in my thoughts…that's all!" she blushed.

"That's O.K." urd looked for a drinking glass on the counter. She did want to open a cupboard and hunt for a glass. She could understand about Bell dandy's idea of being lost. She was lost in her thoughts when she had nearly lost her sister countless times. Why should this be any diffident? The thing of it was she was losing her sister to a man. She knew that Bell was going to leave one day trod the outside world. She cajoled not stop her.

"I was hoping to get outdoors for a little while. There is so much weed pulling in the garden that I think it will take all of us in the house to do it!" Bell blushed a little. She loved to be outside with nature. She had a power that healed the earth and brought forth the light of a new life.

"Oh…goodie!" Urd winced. She did not like getting her hands dirty with normal acuities. She was into making things with her cymbal. Her idea of a good time was making love charms and making Skuld suffer just little if skuld should stick herself when it was not wanted. "Is there something else besides getting all muddy with all that planting!" she begged a little teasingly.

"Oh Urd!" she shot her older sister a sour stare. She always thought of her sisters as more than just sisters, she believed in their own personalities.

"O.K. O.K. I'll help!" Urd sighed. She had a feeling a net was going to fall on her any minute. She wanted to back away from her sister just for a second. There was something called regrouping of a person's thought ran in her mind.

"Thanks Urd!" she smiled.

"Hey…Urd!" Skuld shouted into the kitchen. She stood in the hallway, phone in hand.

"I can hear you, Skuld," urd said. She noticed her little sister being a brat as she answered the phone. "Thank goodness for cordless phones!" she shook her head.

"What else do you think we should do…with the weather being very nice I thought I wanted to have supper outside!" Bell dandy said.

"Oh?" Urd said with a goofy look on her face. She had to play along with her sister just to make Bell dandy happy. She thought of the many days spent back home in Tokyo with her sisters and Keichii. She missed it terrible. Yet, she had made new friends in Salem. She did realize how luck she was. "Let me take this call."

"Yes…" Bell dandy smiled a little. Pushing any ideas on urd was not like Bell dandy's system. She was quiet and gently. She knew when to back off when Urd was having a bad day. She feels if she and the others would be outside, then things could be to be normal once again. She had run-ins with both Mara and Peorth. She knew God was just testing her faith in him and herself. She watched as urd walked over to where Skuld was standing.

The oldest goddess took the phone. She wondered who could be calling at this time in the afternoon. She said, "Hello?"

"Miss Urd?" a voice female voice said over the phone. A few background noises of people talking and moving around could be heard. "It's me…Washu!"

"Oh…hello, Miss Washu!" Urd said after a minute of trying to realize who was at the other end. "What's going on with you?"

"Nothing much…I just wanted to know if you had some time off."

"Sure…" she sounded a little surprised. She tried to remember when she had a day off. There were no more classes at the high school. She did not place her name in the summer school teacher's pool. She basically had a whole summer to just relax. She said, 'I have Friday free…why?"

"I want to see you about something going on in town!' Washu said as she looked out the door. She was in the back door leading to a small backward. She was taking a break from her forgotten experiences in time and placement of the stars. Things were going from normal in her view point to strange. The idea of Kagato hooking with another person outside of yugi's little band of persons made Washu stop and cringe. The slight changes in the time flux as people twisted power to their own idea of a perfect world could lead into distaste.

"I'm not sure…I have not checked out anything in this past week. I have been busy with fin signing up things!" urd said. She felt comfortable as she stared at Skuld. Skuld was going to be a pain by starting back at ether. Urd began to wave her left hand away in a weak attempt in shooing her little sister away from her.

Skuld was not buying it. She was going to leave anyway. She had a sour look on her face as she turned. "Why do I even bother with you!" she gambled.

"Brat!" urd hissed as her eyes narrowed. She whipped around to glare at the clock. "Sure…I'll be over if you want me to."

Bell dandy did want to start anteing without her sisters.

Then, urd said her goodbyes to Washu and walked over to hang up there phone. She told Bell dandy that she was going to be out for a while. She was going to check out what was happening down town. She had to do something to keep her mind from slipping away. She wanted to be back in home, yet she did have some good times with her friends.

Washu and Urd were at the Cherry-pickers, coffee house. They were sitting on a couple of bar stools at facing the window. There was no traffic on Penn Ave. They searched a large pot of green tea and a few cookies. It was after the lunch rush crowds had left the coffee house. The quiet was a nice addition to the tea. Washu and urd had to get together about the darkness which was starting to ever shadow their lives. "What I don't get is how one or two people could be that evil!" Washu said.

She had to stop and think about what her terms were on evil. She wow the greatest sciences in the galaxy had dreamed up many different devices of mass dictation.

"It's just normal for humans to get caught up with themselves and their ever wants for one thing…" Urd said when she picked up her cup. She took a sip, glancing out the window. She watched as a bird made its way to sidewalk from hopping around on the street.

Washu was curious with her statement, "Could that be power?"

She placed her cup on a saucer, "yes…there is money, sex and many different things that could drive a person up a wall!"

"And the idea of being a person who doesn't care how or what cost of being a ruthless creature as long as they could pull it off!" Washu said as she gave Urd a skeptical eye.

"Humans are a strange lot. They are always trying to get ahead in life. Some just wanted to life without fear. There are others who put the fear into those one who don't."

"Why do it anyways!" Washu asked with a concerned look on her face. She noticed a couple of girls walking up the street. It was clear who they were. Hotura and Reenie were walking down the street from the post office.

Then, two other girls who were following along a few steps behind. It was Reid and Ami. They were mailing off some letters back home. They had to figure out how to say they were O.K. without causing a stir.

They were walking up with really a care in the world for the present. The fresh air was doing them a world of good.

Washu looked up at the four girls as they walk past. "They have no idea what is going to happen to them!"

"What makes you say that?" Urd asked with a slight reuse of the eye brow.

"They are still children…to compare to us…they have no idea what they could use themselves in a very danger situation if it did happen!"

"Given danger, I think those four could be pushed into a fighting corner!" Urd smiled.

It rained so hard that Jamie felt like not leaving the comfort of the flat. He hated rain like this. What did he grandma said, "It the rain that makes me bones aches!"

"Make me bones ache!" Jamie repeated the phrase to himself as he stared out the living room window. He had smiled just a bit as he reflected hard on London. He missed home and the rush of the city. He had to figure out on calling his family some time soon. He wanted to know if his granny was doing good or not.

"I have to get a brally for this!" Tinny said as he checked the coat closet for his. He opened the closet door and tried to find it.

"Are you going to be back for supper?" Jamie asked. He gave Tinny a glance. He knew that Tinny got a job at a local tire shop down the street from the house that they were renting.

Tinny loved working on cars even American cars. He had to get ready for the real world if even meant getting his hands dirty. "No, I'll have to pack in a few…" Tinny said as he glanced at his watch. He knew it he had some time left to pack something to eat for supper.

"And life goes on!" Jamie sighed, rolling his eyes towards the door. He knew that tinny had a full plate with both school and work. He tired to help out his friend as best as he could with the homework. He had still finished his own work and has time with Charlie (Charlotte) his girlfriend. He told Tinny to call home if he needed anything.

"Yea…mate…I need something printed out on the computer," tinny said. He wanted to take some summer courses to keep his grades up. He had an English report to finish out. He darted to the kitchen to see if there was any food that could be not wrapped up in a box. Grabbing an apple, Tinny said, "It's on the hard drive."

"When do you want it done?" Jamie asked with sour look on his face. He was hoping to have a night off from there rest of the world!

"Not until tomorrow. I have still some editing to do," tinny said. He knew that Jamie was going to leave him to do his own work when he gets back.

"How about school, you have to be art classes on ten at least. You cannot be slacking off!" Jamie warned. His green eyes cooled down to a warning. He did want Tinny to finish out on top.

He knew Jamie was looking out for him as he smiled back. Placing a hand on his shoulder, he said, "don't worry about it mate. I'll be fine with it."

"You think?" Jamie snorted cautiously. He breathed slowly to let his mind take in everything about this day. He and tinny worked around the flat. Jamie took off for his job at a local movie rental place. It was his half day. He knew that Jamie was hard at work with his studies. He was going to help out a friend who was there for him in the past. "One day you will have to thank me on the extra work that I had to do!"

"Sure…" tinny shrugged. He double checked his sack before heading towards the door. He gave the place a once over with his eyes. Everything including Jamie was normally where they were supposed to be. "Off to work…I hope the guys had fixed Mister Johnson's car!"

"Who knows?" Jamie said, watching his friend walk out the door. It seemed like he could be watching his firmed leave for the last time. He stopped himself from calling out in order to stop Tinny. He had bad feeling in the put of his stomach.

Tinny went down the stairs with his lunch bag in hand. He had seen a green car pull up at the stop sign. It was very plain to the eye were there was brown grass; it was turning a little green. Tinny looked at the car. It was just a plain looking car. He had heard about Betty having the life scared out of her when the car she was in turned into a monster. He still could not get through his mind on what had just happened to her. He looked down at the street. It had rained early in the day to the point of making the grass peeking out from the cracks greener. It had been long for the light to change. Tinny began to walk across the street in a slow way. He wanted to be sure he was going to be safe.

Inside the car, the driver watched Tinny. He knew tinny was busy with his own little world to be really paying attention to the car. The person who drove the car was none other than jadeite. He was on the hunt for the purest of star seeds. This was a direct order from Galaxia herself.

Tinny just could do down the street before hitting the middle to cross over to the other side. He wanted to get to work on time. Jadeite tired to figure out if Tinny was going to just stand still for just a minute. He wanted to test the purity of the star seed.

Jadeite decided to drive around until he had spotted Tinny. It was just a simple game of cat and mouse. It had to be a sport this victim of unseen powers. Tinny crossed the street as he heard the buzzing of the wind in the tree tops. He had a feeling that he was being watched for one reason or another. "Why," he thought.

He gave a quick glance over his left shoulder before turning back. He could not stop for any reason. He did not want to be late for work.

Jadeite was going to feel like he was going to hit another dead end. He also noticed a shocking trying from the corner of his eye. It was two sailor sensei walking up the street. Mina and Ami were coming from the Salem historical society. They were given a private tour of the building by one of the locals. It was very different because Ami had a ton of questions about Salem. Mina went with Ami to see if she could spot any fashions that would appeal to her.

Mina and Ami were taking a break from all the fighting. They were release on their plans. They wanted to stick it out until they reached home.

He looked at the two. He needs to get power one way or another.

Ami smiled as glanced over to where Tinny was. She said, "Hi…"

"This was truly meaningless for the sailor scouts to be so kind!" Jadeite thought.

The two girls looked around for a spot to cross. It seemed like an odd twist when their eyes met up with Jadeite's car. "There is a glitch in the system!" Jadeite thought.

His hands were tightly bound to the steering wheel. He was most upset with the outcome. He had to remain cool! What was going on with this outcome? He wondered if he had been spotted by Ami and Mina. He was going to get this job done quietly. He knew Ami and Mina were still learning about their new powers.

What are you thinking about?" a voice asked in Jadeite's mind.

Ami wondered who was driving the car. She had a feeling in her miond of someone who shouldn't been there. She said to Mina, "do you see that car?"

Mina glanced at Ami to ask, "Which one?"

"That grey one over there!" Ami nodded at the car coming towards them.

"That one?" Mina questioned her. She glanced at the driver's side. Jadeite was in disguise.

"It's nice…" Ami said as she waited for the traffic to thin out.

"Maybe…if you like that shade of grey!" Mina shrugged.

Jadeite sighed as he watched as the two girls walked up the street. They noticed Tinny going down the street. The pain of someone breaking into his mound was an annoy with him. He knew Lady Galaxia was looking him up.

He said to himself, "I will look for the star seeds…just give me time!"

He knew that if he caught one of the sailors, then his standing with galaxia would be a few pegs up from before.

"Hi…Tinny!" Ami called out. Ami noticed Tinny as he crossed the street.

He looked up at the girls and smiled he waved back at the girls. He wondered why mina and Ami were out. Then, he stopped to cross the street. As he stepped onto the street from the curb, he felt a surge of power, dark and evil ripping him from the inside out. Letting out a scream of fear, Tinny jolted back so fast, he had no time to get his breath.

Rei and Ami watched in a surprised horror. Mina said, "Not again!"

"This is has got to stop!" Ami agreed.

"We have to transform…but where!" Mina asked as she noticed there was really no place in the parking lot of the restoration and hotel called the Timberlines to transform.

"Flame sniper!" a vice called out. It was sailor Mars who caused a large circle of fire which danced around Tinny's body.

"Don't hurt him"! Mina asked.

"I promise I wouldn't…" sailor Mars said as she took out a paper scroll from her glove. She raised it into the air as she began o chant. She hoped that the monster who was trying to get into Tiny was halted.

"What's going on?" Sailor Saturn asked. She and Mars were going to help out. Sailor mars had a feeling about this turn of events. She had to get a hold of Mina and Ami. There was no possible time if they were trapped into a situation which they saw themselves in.

"I'm not sure…" Ami said as she wanted to use her minicomputer.

"I have a feeling!" Sailor Mars huffed, scanning around the area for a signs of Nega-moon creeps.

Mina had a feeling as well. She helped to search the area. She spotted a car that had been moving very cautionary. She knew the Black Moon family was on the prowl. She said, "I had no idea they would stoop that low!"

"It seems like they were going to be playing tag with us…" aim said. She did not want to admit that they were in a corner.

"That's just wrong!" Sailor Mars huffed. Then, she raised her hand to stop the fire! It quickly died out.

"And they have to get a hold of another innocent bystander," Mina said as she balled a hand into a fist. She was growing upset with every time the dark moon kingdom was eating up power and for what.

"What if they were getting ready for something?" Saturn asked as she felt something inside of her mind starting to bug her. She had the same feeling from before. She knew her father and the sovereign of silence used her as a tool to open a link to let in Pharaoh 90 in.

Tinny stared all around to see nothing was burnt on his body. He was happy and stunned. What was going on right now? There was a powerful hit of light, then a crazy fire which came out of nowhere. He had to get to work in quickly and tell his friends. He gasped as he looked the girls who were standing at opposite end of the street.

"Who are you…" he wondered in a surprised look.

"We are the fighters for love and Justice!" sailor Mars said after she turned to look at Tinny in the face. Her smile was a sad and longing vision of what was about to come for the rest of the world. She did not want that to repeat itself once ago an.

"And we are called the sailor scouts!" Sailor Saturn added.

Then, if by an unseen call the three sailor scouts were pinned to an unseen wall. Jadeite was going to have some fun one way or another.

Sailor Mars was not going to take all this playing around. She had been saving lives for some time. Now she had to save her own life once again. She was trying to keep her life pretty much normal. She had grown tired of being a warrior. It seemed like she was turning into another Serena. She wanted to go back home and be normal. She knew there was no normal for any sailor scout. She had to fight.

"What are you thinking of?" she thought to herself. She turned to stare at herself on the reflection of the mirrored glass that was part of a window in a hotel.

"You are nothing!" a voice hummed her mind.

Sailor mars stopped her-self from thinking too hard. It was going to be like an unspoken cue if she thought of doing it again.

"You are nothing!" the voice teased her again. This time it was going to be pushing her mental levels in her soul.

"I'm not going to listen to you!" Sailor Mars huffed in her mind. She knew that jealously was a great green-eyed monster. She was going to stand firm to her own beliefs. She had to be strong to be a great sailor sensei.

"Are you willing to receive more power?" the voice asked, nearly begging.

"Uh?" Sailor Mars felt tricked. She looked around to see who was talking to her. She had to stop and think. "More power?"

"Yes. Beyond all of your powers lies a great power!" the voice was trying to coax her into a false sense of reality.

"If I lintel to this…then, I'm going to fall!" Sailor Mars knew it was a trick. It sounded too good to be true.

"Don't…its sounds like my father…" Hotura said with a wearily glance. She knew her father was up to no good. He was going to have his old way of taking over the world. The old monster in which had used her as a tool had been reborn as Shiuchi Tomeo had fallen ill to an mysterious viral brought forth from Galaxia herself.

"Did you read my mind?" Sailor Mars asked as she glanced at her friend.

"I can tell...my father had been haunting me in my dreams. It seems like Galaxia had been stepping up in her powers!"

"Let's take out pretty boy over there…" Sailor Mars asked as Mina and Ami tried to find a place to transform.

"Tag team?" Sailor Saturn asked. She wondered if it was good idea or not.

"What is he thinking?" Sailor Mars asked, noticing the fact that Jadeite had not even moved once.

Then, Jadeite opened the car door. He knew a mind probe was being used. He had a feeling Kagato was just the right spice to add at this very minute of battle. With the idea of bring two dark forces together was too sweet of an idea to pass up. He thought, "Thanks…you got these two little girls on the run!"

"I think this is not good by us!" Sailor Mars said as she could sense a black cloud wrapping itself around Jadeite.

"Venus….love chain encircle!" a voice cried out. Leaping into his air was Sailors Venus and Mercury. They landed so carefully on either side of Sailors Mars and Saturn. it was a complete surprise.

It nearly encircled jadeite's right leg. He felt the power of Sailor Venus's straight. He snapped, "What are you doing?"

"I'm a sailor for Love and peace!" she said with a great deal of pride in her v0ice.

"More like a little pest!" he chided. He was going to be a pain to her one or another. He tried to lift his leg as he attempt to get out of the car.

"What did you just say?" Sailor Venus huffed. Her eyes narrowed darkly. She knew he was going to get her goat.

"Wait…" Sailor Struan said. She had a feeling this was going to lead into a large mess. She had no idea she was on the right track. She had to stop the others before they were leaded down a very dangerously steep slope. She turned to look at her friend, "…he is going to get you to break out the most out of you in order to break you down!"

"No…we go back a long time!" Sailor mars said as she remembered how many times jadeite had taunted the others. "You were not around when he was the first general of Queen Beryl's army!"

"Uh?" the purple eyed girl gasped. She heard the stories, but never realized how long lived the grudge was between the two kingdoms. She had a feeling there was more than what the inners were telling the outers. Even Sailor Acardia was having a hard time getting her mind around why Serena did not feel like opening up to her. "Why…" she began to say.

She was interrupted by Sailor Mars with a sharp, "We don't have time for this!"

"Are you telling me that the Sailor girl who had fought for love and justice is back down?" the voice hissed.

"I am not like some toy that needs to be played around with" Sailor Mars thought to herself. She had a feeling she was going to break if the voice would not stop.

"Are you telling me that I'm not telling you the truth?"

There was a bit of hesitation on Sailor Mars. Was she going to fight or not? The choice was up to her.

Sailor Venus said with a great deal of agony, "He's breaking free. I can't hold him for long!"

The choice was going to be very quick. Jadeite said as he taunted them, "Look at the little Sailor babies. They need to do away with all the love and justice!"

"No…way!" a voice barked out.

"And will not see another monster being made by his evil hands!" a second voice added.

There standing at the other corner of the street stood Sailor Moon and Sailor Star-fighter. Sailor moon and sailor star-fighter were going to put an end to jadeite and reform him one way or another. Sailor Mars looked one of her oldest friends and blanched. She knew if she had back down a few minutes earlier then, the moon kingdom would crumble.

"And we will be by your side when ever things get rough!" Sailor Star-fighter said as a small smile.

"Are you sure?" Sailor Mars said. It was the first time Sailor Mars, Rei Hino had a great deal of doubt in her soul. She knew there was friction between her and Serena. Yet, they had always managed to smooth it out in the end. She had always realized on herself to get through the bad times when they seemed hopeless. Now, so far from home, what will Rei do., she knew she had friends, but no family in Salem. No one to really call on the outside of her own friends which she could turn to.

"Yes…I'm very sure!" Sailor moon smiled. She knew Rei was starting grow up and become the woman that even her grandpa would be proud of. "Don't be ever afraid to face the doubt on your heart."

She gave Sailor Moon a curious stare. "What is she saying? I'm really going to have doubt." She wanted to chide Sailor moon for being so lame in her sentences. She had to stop herself from noting the obvious. She had to trust in Sailor moon. Then, she said, "I will let you go on with the final attack," she said, giving her head a slight jerk, "but, if you screw up…then, I'll have a hard time in forgiving you!"

"You always say that…" Sailor moon huffed back. Then, the old feeling of trying to not fight with Rei was starting eat at her.

Sailor mars narrowed her eyes in fearful protest. "Please…do this for us…" she begged. She bit her lower lip for a just a second.

"In the name of the moon…I will!" Sailor moon said as she called forth her Rainbow Moon calcie. A small red and gold heart and crown appeared out of nowhere. As she drew back her right hand, a long rod appeared. She said, "This is your last chance…"

Jadeite now standing, glared at his oldest enemy. His sore spot in his mind was starting to ache. He wanted to end everything which was contacted to Sailor Moon. He hated her with his whole heart. There was no way of getting around her and her little band of sailor babies. She had grown up to a less likely to start crying and put up a brave fight. "Let's see you try."

"You're on…" she growled. Her powers were peaking to the maximum. She had the Rainbow Moon Calcie in her left hand. She spun to her left, and then she quickly turned to her right. Then, she faced Jadeite with grim determination. Finally, she called out, "Silver Moonlight Kiss!"

"No way…are you going to do me in!" he groused. His smirk had deepened just a hair for personally reasons. Then he raised his hands up to protect himself from the blast. He knew she had new powers and he was not fully ready for them.

"Now…give us back Nick, Vachon and Alex!" she ordered jadeite. Then, her eyes glared even more with anger. Something inside of her was starting to ache with a tiny bit of darkness. Was it all the year of fighting the nega-moon peoples that she had finally had a taste of something new? It was going to be a new test of herself.

"You want to bet!" jadeite chided before he was hit with the blast. He felt overwhelming warmth in which he never had felt previously. He wondered about how the Sailor Senshi had been always kind and so gentle. It was a quality that he had never thought about until now.

"The Moon princess will not success!" Galaxia growled loudly in Jadeite's mind.

"I'm going to success now when I had failed other times," he thought. He had a contraction to Galaxia with his mind. He knew how to keep his mind clear as he fought. There was only one small problem. He was growing nervous with this battle.

"I'm not having this war rage on. I want to be a normal teen…have normal problems, even here!" Sailor moon thought to her. She let her anger and pity dance so quickly, she nearly became blinded.

Tinny was now free to run and hide. The feeling of complete surprise and shock to see what had just witnessed was truly an eye-opening event. It seemed like the monster-like attack was weakened enough for him to break-free. He was still a little weakened at the energy drain on his mind, but he was able to move.

He started to trot down the street in a slow pace. The pain from the energy drain was too much. He looked at the battle unfolding one last time before turning back to cross the street. He said, "I have a feeling about a strong storm coming!"

Then, he inched across the street with the feeling about the world changing very quickly.

In the mean time, Jadeite was now thinking about the pain he had caused on others as he and the three Generals of the Nega-verse roamed the earth in search for the silver moon crystal. It seemed pretty pointless to want so much power. Then, he thought of the Sailors themselves. They were mere children playing in the adult world. Was the White moon kingdom using the innocence of these young girls? He had to stop himself from thinking of that.

"There is no way...I'm backing down. There is too much to be thinking of!" Jadeite said to himself as he glared at Sailor moon. Then, there was break in jadeite's soul.

What was this feeling of compassion? He never in his life had it. It was breaking him down for the first time. He knew it was a trick from sailor moon. Was she bending him to her will? He had to break free in order to capture her for Galaxia.

"Why does this power weaken?" he thought. This was not a mere little girl who did not know how to use her powers. This was a very strong willed woman who wanted to protect her friends and family.

"I am use to help you see how you can change!" she said with an extremely sad look in her eyes.

Was there a way of backing down from this new power of hope, love and peace? All that Jadeite knew was hate, pain and anger. He knew there was no way of breaking from Sailor moon's love of people.

"What can I do?" he thought as he gazed so very bitterly at her.

"You can be a good person!" she smiled with a heart of innocence.

"Yet...there is more to me than you could ever dream of!" Jadeite howled. He felt like his heart was going to burst. It was the pain of the evil trying to leave his body. There was no way he was going to be controlled by goodness and kindness. He was going to destroy Sailor moon.

"And why are you wanting to hurt yourself!" she asked. Sailor moon felt the pain pouring out of Jadeite's mind, body and soul. She knew he was mistreated.

"I had enough of this…" he snapped. He knew he was starting to think for himself. His bitterness was starting to break away from him.

"And you will…your heart is going to be in a better mood," Sailor moon pleaded. Her heart was starting to break for him. She had to fix his soul.

"And why?"

"There is nothing to really fear!" sailor moon said.

Then, if by a strange twist of fate, Jadeite felt for the first time wore out with the pain. He knew that he had not won the battle for the last time. He finally understood what she was talking about. He fell over from the power for a second before disappearing from them.

The sailors looked at each other before Sailor moon said, "That was totally strange!"

Sailor Jupiter wondered out loud, "Where did he go!"

"I'm not sure!" sailor moon said as she shook her head very slowly.

The day for the moon kingdom to be changed from good to evil was just starting.

There was nothing like the summer to get away from it all. That what Keiichi believed in. he had been in college for too long. He and Bell were talking about taking a one tank trip up to somewhere fun.

He went to the library to look around to see what was available. There were craft-shows and there were a couple of low cost museums. Really nothing that caught his eye.

Belldandy and her two sisters were hoping to go somewhere safe. They were concerned for him. She wondered if the stories were true about evil forming to take people away. She could not let that happen.

He had no idea what was going to happen to him if he would let the fates take him. He knew Belldandy had a very strong will of protection when it came to him and megumi. He was always surprised to see Belldandy in action when it came to see evil creeping up from out of nowhere.

Skuld was her Benpei part 2 a complete re-haul. The winter and spring were completely hard on the little robot. She was outside on this warm day. She had a large plastic tarp with her little robot tore up in the middle. She was in the back yard.

Urd was sunning herself of all places a little further from Skuld. She could see nearly right into her class room at Salem Sr. high School. She wondered what was going with the summer help cleaning up the class rooms. The birds were signing happily as they flew past. It seemed like a story out of a movie from the 1940's instead of the early part of the 21st century.

Keiichi was outside in the front yard, polishing up his bike. He was going to take a spin with Belldandy riding on the back. It seemed great weather for it. Keiichi was also waiting for his mail to come. He had written back home to his sister Megumi in Tokyo. He hoped she was not goofing off during summer break. He had a feeling that Tamiya and Otaki were making her and Sora Hasegawa had to do all the work at the club. What was nothing at most of the time during the time that should be spent in studies in any case?

The phone rang in the kitchen. Belldandy was in the kitchen. She was cleaning the cabinets for the summer. She was going to be ready for the rest of the summer. There was talk about staying in Salem until next winter. She missed home with Keiichi terribly. She knew that when they were ordered to go to spend time in another part of the world, they couldn't ask any questions. They had to do it.

When Belldandy answered the phone, she said, "Hello?"

There was another voice which sounded like Peorth. It was a long time since she had heard from her fellow Goddess. She wondered why she was being called up by Peorth.

Peorth was sitting at her desk at the Goddess Helpline. She had to review the status of Belldandy's performance living another part of ht world. She said, "Hello…Belldandy?"

"Yes…this is her…" Belldandy said as she stood near the phone. She held in the other hand her cleaning rag. She felt the warm sun leaning into the window. She watched as Keiichi was taking out a large piece of metal to the drive wait. He was going to spray some water on the metal to get it washed. "What is that you want?"

"How are you doing?" Peorth asked.

"I'm fine. Everything is pretty much normal!" Belldandy said as she smiled. She heard Skuld talking to Urd. Urd was rolling over to her stomach to tan her back.

"You have no idea…" Urd grasped at her little sister. She knew that Skuld was going to be loud with her tools. She wished that Skuld was not there.

"And why?" was Skuld's statement.

"Summer here is very quiet!" Belldandy said as she looked the clock. It was going on four in the afternoon. The time was spent very carefully. Belldandy did not want Keiichi to slip away from her. "How is it back in Tokyo?"

Peorth was handed a large stack of papers. The first page was about the students at Nekomi Institute of Technology. There was so much going on without even Belldandy knowing that the shrine was in good hands. Peorth went over the list of the students.

She said, "First off…Megumi!"

Belldandy closed her eyes to see an image in her mind's eye of Megumi, Keiichi's little sister.

"She has been seen with a young man who going to NIT," Peorth said, sounding like a Hollywood reporter.

Belldandy asked with a hint of curiosity, "What does he look like!"

"Very charming…he looks like one of the gundam pilots on gundam seed. I think Athrun Zala."

"Who?" Belldandy asked as she wondered about what Peorth was talking about.

"It's a new show…they are working on. There were news leeks on what the people would look like! He's in his late teens, light green eyes and short, shaggy blue-black hair."

"And what about the others, Tamiya and Otaki?"

"Since you and K left, they have been trying to get a hold of new students. It's not easy…Keiichi must have a soft heart!" Peorth said. She recalled the stories that she had heard from earth bound creatures about the sad whole Tamiya and Otaki had placed the motor club in. it was Keiichi's job to keep things afloat with the whole club!

"I wonder if when we come back, would things change." Belldandy asked rather innocently.

"I'm not sure!" Peorth said, doubting the auto-club. "They are not all the sharpest blade in the knife box."

"Peorth!" scolded Bell dandy. She knew deep down the auto club would survive with or without Keiichi.

"What about you?" Peorth asked. She knew that Bell dandy could have lost Keiichi in Salem, but she was a goddess and needed not to fear.

"Everything is pretty much slow for right now…." Bell dandy said as she peeked out the window. Skuld was looking over her tool box.

"And Keiichi!"

"He's doing better. He had finished out his spring quarter in at YSU!" she said as she heard keiichi coming up the steps.

"Oh…" Peorth said as she remembered the time Keiichi was attacked for no reason at. He had a hard time getting bore the nightmares.

"And my sisters are doing well too!" Bell dandy added.

"Is urd up to her usual tricks?" Peorth tested. She knew Urd had an itch for spell casting and love position making.

"She got a job at the local high school!" Belldandy said as she had to think about the time when Urd had to show up at work, borrowing Belldandy's best dress. She looked like a prim and proper schoolmarm.

"There is nothing more that I want to ask for…" Peorth said as she placed the papers in a folder. She had an empty folder on the table. She wanted to know Bell dandy was ok.

Bell dandy hung up the phone when she told Peorth about seeing her in the fall back in Tokyo. She turned to look out the window. She noticed Keiichi was standing in the drive way with a hose in his hands. He had to turn the water on from the side of the house.

Keiichi looked from his view and said, "Hey!"

"What are you looking at?" Belldandy asked. She began to walk towards the window. She felt like opening it. It was still pretty warm out.

"Nothing…" Keiichi said. He noticed a few kids running up the street. It seemed pretty much a dull day for them as well.

"You want to pick up something at the store with me?" she asked.

"I would like to!" he said. He looked at her for just a minute. He had a feeling Belldandy was happy all day long. She must have found cleaning to be an uplifting chore. He asked, "What's up…you look like you have swallowed some happy pills!"

"What?" she giggled. She felt less homesick after talking to Peorth. She had to touch on her past if it was just a little bit. She had missed her heavenly home more than she realized.

"Your smile, you are so happy about…" he said before getting cut off by a voice.

"Do you guys see Sasami?" the voice said.

He looked around to see Tenchi and Ayeka standing in the drive way. There was a slight concerned look on their faces.

"No…I'll be she's at Rennie's. They were talking about going on to see Rio's teacher!" Keiichi said.

Ayeka was a little ticked off at her sister. She had to keep on an eye on Sasami as beset as she could. Sasami was starting to grow up more as she hung out with Skuld, Reenie, Chibi-chibi and Hotura. Little did Ayeka knew, Sasami had told Tenchi was going out for a couple of hours with Reenie and Hotura. They wanted to see the dragons that were growing on a farm outside of town. The farm was near the outskirts of Waterworth Memorial Park. Deep within the park laid a large path which had a clearing contenting to the world of Acardia. There were thin passageways between both worlds. Some were well hidden. Rio was going to see Master Poal and his wife, Kathlina. She had some questions about her family tree. Plus it was a hop over to the Acardia side to see at least her adopted son, Wolfsbane. He had to stay close to see his mother during the summer months.

"I did not see Sasami all day," Belldandy said.

"I guess…" Tenchi looked at Bell dandy and Keiichi with a sigh of regret, "…we have to move on to where Rennie lives. I hope she's at home!"

Deep within the forest of near the Waterworth Park, Rio was with her cousin Stephanie. They were taking their time on a nature hike before heading off to where Poal lived. There was long leg of peace and quiet as the two girls walked. They could hear in the distance back ground three younger girls talking. The other three girls were Sasami, Reenie and Hotura. They were lagging behind a little as they kind of strayed off from the path just a little.

Rio turned to glance around her shoulder just make sure; the other three were not getting lost. She had to a ton of explaining to the others if Reenie, Hotura and Sasami got lost. Rio was going to have a long talk with Jakten if he was there. He had been very busy with his work at the dragon farm. It was late spring and the young hatchlings were getting into mischief. He was not happy with the extra work. He hoped to see Merlin at least before the end of the month.

Stephanie said without looking, "What you lot looking at?"

The three girls were startled a little as Hotura picked up a long leaf. Reenie let out a shriek of surprise when she saw a long legged bug crawling aournd. Sasami just stared at the two in stunned silence. It was the first time three saw a bottle bug.

"What did you pick up this time?" Rio sighed. She had not only grown upon in the city of London, but she grew on her uncle's farm.

Stephanie and Rio stopped to turn around to see Hotura trying to touch the bug. Rio went over to see what was going on. She asked, "What do you have?"

Hotura a little afraid pointed out the bug and said, "That!"

Rio got on her hands and knees to get a better view of the bug. It was rather long in length. The legs were like wires stuck to the body. The body was short and thin. "How odd!" she said, trying to come up with an answer.

"It's a big bug…its looks like walking on wires!" Rio said as she carefully touched the bug.

The three girls let out another series of shrieks as it moved. Rio closed her eyes as she tried to block out the noise. She said, "Scream like that again and something else will come out of the woodwork!"

"How very intrusting!" a vioce hummed above the girls.

Rio did not move for just a minute. Her heart slammed in her chest. She wondered who it could be.

"How amusing!" a voice purred in Rio's ear? She froze with fear. At first she believed it the dark moon forces that been watching the girls and decided to strike.

Rio spun around as best as she could to see Frik standing there. She let out a yelp of surprise. Then, she bolted upright to see Frik in a better view. She asked, "What are you doing here?"

He tried to remain calm as he said, "I should ask you the same question!"

Stephanie just looked at the others with wide eyes. How Frik did knew where Rio could be found. She was stunned speechless.

"What are you lot doing here?" Frick asked with a surprised smile.

It took Rio a minute before even thinking about speaking. She looked Sasami, then at Reenie and finally at Hotura. She said, "I am just out for a walk...I want to see Poal!"

Frik pursed his lips into a prefect, "oh?"

Rio half shook her head. She had to wonder why Frick was alone. He had no trooping fairies, no elves and no Master Merlin with him. It was not strange to see Queen Knab at his side. She was with the High Banchee looking for a band of Green-men who were scaring off trolls. She sighed as she said, "I have to talk to him…."

Frick moved backwards in a graceful monition. He glanced at Reenie then at Sasami. He tried to smile at them. They were not going to smile so easily. It was like trying to make the girls feel like they were just walking into a trap. He wondered what was going with them, "Why do you look like that, girls?"

It seemed out of personality for Hotura to speak, but she said in a calm tone of voice, "You scared us…"

Frik feeling he must apologized to the girls said, "I'm truly sorry, girls. I just wanted to know where you lot are going!"

"Well, next time…please knock or do something to warn us!" Rio added. She was going to have a heart attack if she had to see one of Frick's tricks. The day was starting get strange.

"Why you don't see master Merlin!" Frick purred with a smile. He knew Rio was just a young girl who needed be to training in the old ways. Yet, he also knew she was too head strong to bend to anyone else's way.

"Uh," Rio wondered out. Her mouth hung open.

"Why?" Reenie asked. Curiosity was just eating at her with all if it's might. Why should they go and see him of all people.

"He just wants to know that if you have your second sight back or hot…" Frik started to back away from the girls. He looked at the girls for just a minute. His decision of whether to leave or not was a good thing. He had a vague understanding if the girls would get lost, then he would be really in trouble. He knew he had to be careful in the woods. The thin line between the two worlds was growing dangers. There was talk about Trolls and another beasties were coming around to visit earth from Acadia.

"What if I don't…?" Rio glanced at the others with a wary eye. She was going to regret not obeying what Frik wanted. "…we shall I say, we don't!"

"If you don't see him first…then, I have a grave idea someone else will see you before he does!" the words seemed to be so distance, Frik's smile changed into a caution look.

"What will he if I don't do that?" She asked. She turned to look at Frik.

"Nothing…" he smiled instantly. "But, there are some creatures that are looking for you that are if you don't show up!"

"Like who?" Rio asked. She did like to be psyched around by anyone without a good reason. She had dealt with Trolls, Globins and a couple of fries. She had hoped to see a Green-man in her lifetime. The idea of seeing at one was an idea she had since she had heard about them from her childhood.

Frik wanted to tell her about the people he had come across. These were natives of the area. Not even Knab knew who they were.

There was a note of wonderment for Rio in Frik's words. What was going on?

Frik asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?

"Is it my aunt?" she asked. She knew the day would have to come to see her aunt and soon. She said, 'I have to go and visit the old pickle puss!"

Frik let out a giggle and it was a loud one. The birds who were roosting took off in a huff. He spun around on his heels to change over to a young and very dashing long haired swordsman. He knew Rio loathed her aunt just a little. She wanted Rio to be a demure creature who never questioned anyone. Both of Rio's uncles had another plans. Uncle Ziegfeld taught Rio to be faithful of her own set principles of good and truth. He taught her the finer things in life where not always bought in the store. On the other hand, Uncle Anthony was an explorer of life. He took Rio to the creek near his farm house. She had learned both life and death as both sides of the coin as he raised her as well as the many cows, chickens and dragons on the farm.

They were going to have a staring contest one way or another. This was certain. Frik knew he was licked with Rio. Rio had to give sometime soon. She thought about the people who wanted to see her. Both of her Uncles had to take time to see her in the states when it was necessary. In fact, her Uncle Ziegfeld was coming to see her after he had seen a friend from Pittsburgh. He ordered Rio to be on her best of behavior when he got there. He had to be with at her aunt's tea.

"Who wants to see me?" she asked finally with her arms folded over her chest. She knew the person who wanted to see her most was her aunt. "It's my aunt…now is it?"

Frik was puzzled at Rio asking about if it was her aunt who had ordered him to tell her about a visit. He shook his head. Then, his face became grave as he spoke, "It's not a family member. In fact, it has to do with your Uncle Ziegfeld's housekeeper."

Instantly, Rio knew who it was. It was Marie the housekeeper. She has hired by her uncle to take of her and the house for many years. Marie had a strong bond with Rio. She had taught Rio to be quiet when the time called for it. Was this the time. "Marie…" riot's eyes grew wide. She was excited about hearing from the family. "Is she here?"

"No…her brothers…Hiram and Joe-Casey!" he said. He and others heard a roar over head.

Reenie's eyes bugged out when she heard the roar.

Hotura said in a reassuring tone, "It's probably nothing but a dragon!"

There was a second roar ringing out in the forest. "Maybe.." Rio said as she looked at the pothers. She knew the dragon farm was not too far off. It was summer and the males were trying to vibe for the females.

"And what you are going to do?" Frik asked. He was the only one who was calm throughout the roaring.

"You want to check it out?" Rio asked. She knew wild dragons would not attack humans for any other reason outside of being provoked.

"Maybe later?" Hotura said when she bolted upright in a straight standing pose. She felt her own heart beating like a drum machine. She reached over to take Renee's hand.

"What if we go to Poal's house? There might be a safe bet we can hide out there!" Stephanie asked, she took a long deep breath

A large dark cloud zipped past the tree tops. At first, Rio just stood there with her heart pounding away at her chest. She realized it was a dragon. She said, "Everything will be o.k. one, we get to Poal's house..."

Reenie felt like screaming. She looked at Rio and squeaked after a second of her own heart beating fast, "Are you sure!"

"Really...wild dragons don't hurt people!" Frik reassessed the girls. He raised his hands in mid-air to show the girls everything was very much calm. He turned to see a small blue-grey dragon about the size of a large dog was sitting on its haunches was now staring at them with a wild look.

Rio was now upset with the dragon. She knew who it was as she snapped at, "Julies Caesar. What are you doing here?"

The dragon raised it head to look at the others before lowering its head to glare at Rio. It leapt up into the air with a great deal of power. It was going to land on Rio. It did not know Rio was able to read its mind as she stepped back little. She was going to make sure the dragon was going land on the ground and not on her.

"Where is that stupid dragon…" an older man's voice could be heard in the forest.

Rio relaxed who it was. She said to her cousin, "That's Poal!"

The old herbalist stepped out of the forest and was a surprised look. He said as he noticed the dragon landing on a pile of mossy leaves. "Good heavens."

"He's going to be the death of me yet!" she said.

"Which one?" Stephanie asked as she walked over to where the dragon landed.

It was now sitting on the pile, appearing very dazed. It sat up to shake itself from the stunned landing. It looked like a long necked, pot bellied dragon with long wings. Poal looked at the girls and Frik. He was trying to stop the dragon from crossing over to the park. Having a wild dragon on the park grounds could have been a mess. He felt like he was very much responsible for raising such a stubborn dragon.

"Where are you going?" he asked the dragon, not even moving an inch as he stared anger with the strange beast.