Hello, again. Finally, the next chapter! And the final warrior to be found! I'm soo happy! And BTW, thanx for your kind reviews! I love reading them! So, here's the next chapter! Read, enjoy and review! Ok, let's go!

Disclaimer: Duh. Read the previous chapters.

Chapter Six

In which the final Scout is found, and Dex learns that earthquakes are bad.

It was a pleasant day, and the downtown area of DenTech city was bustling and noisy. Anetta hummed to herself as she walked along the sidewalk. Wednesday was her shopping day, and she enjoyed browsing through the shops in town. As she walked by a large florists shop, she suddenly remembered something.

"I need some more fertilizer for my plants, I'm all out," she said to herself, then headed into the store. She'd never been in this store, since it was fairly new, but she liked it the minute she came in. There weren't many people around, and she wasn't sure where to find the fertilizer, so she waited to see if there was anybody who could help her.

A girl in a dark green skirt, white open-necked blouse and a green apron, indicating that she worked there, noticed Anetta, and came over to see if she could help. "Hi," she said. "Do you need some help?"

"Yeah, I'm looking for some fertilizer," Anetta explained. The girl smiled and nodded.

"Sure, come with me." She headed off, and Anetta followed. The older girl paused by a row of plants, gently stroking the leaves of one, her dark green ponytail cascading over her shoulder. She stood up, and motioned for Anetta to follow her.

"I take it you like plants?" Anetta asked.

"Is it that obvious?" the girl said with a smile. "They're so lovely, and the ones here are well taken care of. That's why I love working here."

"So, what's your name?" Anetta asked.

"Darlene Woodward," she replied. Darlene stopped at a row of shelves. "Here's the fertilizer. Take your pick." Anetta considered, then chose a bag. "So that's all you need?" Darlene asked. Anetta nodded. "Okay then, let's take this over to the check-out line." She began threading her way through the large store. As they passed some bags of peat moss, Anetta heard a rustling, then the sound of tearing plastic. She turned to see a figure that roughly resembled a woman, formed out of peat moss.

"Darlene!" Anetta cried, pointing at the monster. Darlene turned, and her eyes got big.

"Oh no . . ." she murmured, then grabbed Anetta's arm and ran away from the monster and ducked into a hallway marked "Authorized Personnel Only." "I don't think it can get in here," Darlene murmured, looking at the thick metal door.

"Are we supposed to be in here?" Anetta asked, but Darlene motioned for her to be silent. Suddenly there was a sound of pounding, and the door burst open.

"Crud!" Darlene hissed, then fished a green medallion out of her shirt and held it out. "WOOD POWER TRANSFORM!" she shouted, and a green light surrounded her. A flurry of leaves and petals swirled around her. When the light faded, Darlene was changed. She wore a green 'harem costume' with a veil over the bottom of her face. Her wrists bore several golden bracelets, she wore a band on her upper right arm, and several earrings.

"What?" Anetta wondered aloud.

"Attacking innocent people is despicable! I'm Sailor Ivy! And by the Durability of Wood, consider yourself punished!" She posed, but the monster growled, unimpressed. It produced a wooden staff and charged at her. Ivy jumped out of the way, then produced a wooden bow out of the air.

"Wood!" she cried, notching an arrow to the string. Several vines entwined around the arrowhead. "Earth!" she shouted, pulling the arrow into firing position and releasing it. The vines began to entwine around the monster. "Drag Down!" she shouted, and the vines began to crush the monster. However, the monster broke free of the vines and hit Sailor Ivy with her staff. She screamed, and collapsed to the ground, wincing.

"Darlene!" Anetta cried, She ran over and knelt beside her, placing her hand on the Sailor Senshi's arm. Suddenly, there was a flash of dark green light that surrounded Anetta and Sailor Ivy. Anetta looked down, and saw a symbol etched in green on her left thigh, right below the bottom of her red cut-off shorts. She realized with a sinking feeling that it was the symbol of Silk, her net navi, deleted at the hands of Protoman. Her face went pink, and she tried to cover it up with her shorts. "What the . . ?" she wondered.

Ivy smiled through her pain. "You're a Scout like me! You can transform!"

"How?" Anetta asked, slightly shocked.

"With this!" Ivy created a globe of green energy, which then solidified into a circular pin with Silk's symbol etched in it in green. "Just say the words on the back and transform!" She handed it to Anetta.

Anetta looked at the back of the pin and at the strange letters etched in it. At first, she couldn't understand it, then, the words seemed to reveal themselves to her. She held the pin out and cried, "WOOD POWER TRANSFORMATION!" Suddenly, a globe of cherry blossoms surrounded her, and she rose off the ground. In a very embarrassing moment, her clothing melted away. Vines wrapped around her body, creating a white futuristic leotard with a green Sailor collar . There was a pale green bow in the front, secured with a brooch with Silk's navi symbol on it. More vines wrapped around her arms, creating a pair of elbow-length gloves with light green tops, the same color as her bow. Vines covered her feet, unwrapping to reveal a pair of pale green high heels, with a band around the ankles and a strap connecting the front of the band with the rest of the shoe. Then, vines connected to her leotard, forming a pretty pleated skirt with a light green bow in the back. A green jewel appeared on her forehead, then became a golden Tiara, and green light created a green choker. Then the light faded. Anetta stared at herself.

"Oh my . . ." she murmured.

"Go on, Sailor Oasis! Get that thing . . ." Ivy said. Anetta blinked at the sound of her Scout name, but swallowed, and prepared. Words came into her head.

"Raging Vine Slash!" she cried, and several vines shot out of the ground and entwined around the monster. Then, more untangled themselves and sliced the monster in an 'x' shape. The monster screamed and disintegrated. Oasis gasped, and sank onto the floor.

"Not bad," Ivy said, standing up slowly. "You've got potential. It's rough, unrefined, but hey, you're still new to this!"

"But . . . I don't understand. What's going on?"Oasis asked. Ivy offered a hand to the younger girl and helped her to her feet.

"You're a Sailor Senshi, like me. You are gifted with the power of an element, in your case wood. I'm also a wood Scout. It's my duty, since I found you, to train you in how to battle and get stronger. We, the Elemental Sentinels, are battling against the Shadow Forces who are trying to shroud this world in darkness and despair forever. We must make sure that they don't ever do that. Ok?" Oasis nodded, but she still felt confused. "Oh, don't worry," Ivy said, "you'll understand after a while. It just takes a few days to get used to being a Soldier of Justice."

"Uh, how do I change out of this?" Oasis asked. Ivy giggled and blushed under her tanned skin.

"Oh, sorry. Just say de-transform." With those words, Ivy transformed back into Darlene.

"De-transform?" Oasis said softly, and in a swirl of cherry blossoms, she transformed back into her normal clothing.

"Ok, can you meet me tomorrow outside the store, at say, four? I'll be off work then," Darlene said. "We can start training tomorrow."

"Ok, I guess," Anetta said, still a bit overwhelmed by all the goings on.

"Great, see you then," Darlene said cheerfully, leading Anetta out of the hall and to the checkout. "Oh, by the way, what's your name?"

"Anetta."

"Ok! I'll be seeing you, Anetta!" Darlene waved and skipped off. As Anetta paid for the fertilizer, she realized how strange this day had been, and tomorrow would be even stranger.

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Dex waited nervously at the location that was on the paper that Windy had handed him the day before. He was kinda afraid to not be there. At four 'o-clock exactly, Windy showed up. She walked over to him. "C'mon, Rocky, let's go." She marched off, Dex following timidly in her wake. She brought him to an abandoned area of the city. "I don't think we can cause much damage here," she said. "Ok. Let's transform! AIR POWER TRANSFORM!" A small hurricane engulfed her, and when it cleared, Sailor Hurricane stood in front of him. "Ok, now you. Come on!"

Dex glared at her, then grabbed his pin. "EARTH POWER TRANSFORMATION!" With a rumbling of rocks and trembling of earth, Guardian Crag appeared. "Now what?" he asked.

"Now, you come with me. We're going for a hike." Crag's jaw dropped.

"What makes you think that I'm going to do that?" he snapped. "I'm not going on a dumb hike!"

"Yes you are!" Hurricane growled.

"NO I"M NOT!" he shouted, and stomped his foot on the ground. There was a rumble, and the ground shook. A small crater opened up from where he had stomped his foot on the ground. Crag's eyes opened wide, and he stared at the ground. "Was that me?" he asked stupidly.

"Sheesh, you sure are dense, aren't you. Since you're Earth, you can create earthquakes!"

"Cool!" he cried.

"No, not cool," Hurricane snapped. "You have to be careful. You could do some damage with those earthquakes, including giving me a headache. Don't use that power unless you're sure you won't hurt anyone!"

"Why should I do what you say?" he asked, a beligerent tone creeping into his voice.

"Because I'm older than you, I'm stronger than you, I have more training, and I can kick your sorry little butt. Got that?" she snapped, shoving her face into his. A large sweatdrop rolled down the side of Crag's head and he gave a nervous chuckle.

"Sorry?" he ventured.

"Yeah, you better be," Hurricane said, flouncing off. "Now, c'mon, march!" Crag, not wanting another uncomfortable confrontation sheepishly followed, and took off at a brisk march. The two marched for a while, until Hurricane noticed that Crag was beginning to get really tired.

"Ok, that's enough for today, you can de-transform." Crag did and nearly fell down from exhaustion. "Oh, get up. You're not that tired. Besides, you have to be in top form to keep battling monsters. Now go home and rest up. I'll be seeing you here next week. Same place, got it?" Hurricane too de-transformed, then walked off, headed for her home.

"Boy, she's tough," Dex mumbled, pulling out his PET

"But she's not that bad, is she Dex?" Gutsman asked. Dex got kinda pink, and put his PET back in his pocket. He took off for home.

"Aww, stop teasing, Gutsman," he said. "She's a mean old drill Sargent." But as he headed off, he thought, But somehow, she kinda reminds me of Maylu . . . maybe she's not all bad. He shrugged, and continued walking towards home.

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Yay! Yay! Yay! Hip, hip hooray! Petal has introduced all Six of the Senshi! Yay! Now we can focus on the bad guys! And joining up the team! Ok, some of you may be wondering, I did base several of the Elemental Sentenals on Megaman characters. Here's who's who:

Sailor Thunder - Roll

Guardian Tsunami - Lan

Sailor Ivy - Anetta

Guardian Blaze - Chaud (duh)

Sailor Hurricane - Maylu

Guardian Aureole - Megaman (at least his polite attitude and gentle spirit -)

Sailor Nova is the only one not based on a Megaman character. She's based on Sailor Pluto, but that's kinda obvious to any Sailor Moon geek.

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