Here we are with chpater 3 now I told you I would have it up by this week. Yay I made a work ethic.

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon does not belong to me.


Chapter 3

"What an asshole!" Makoto said standing up and brushing away cds and the pieces of the shelf she had fallen onto.

"He did have a point." Mamoru added helping Rei up onto her feet.

"That was most likely the enemy's weakest soldier, and we were no match for him." Ami said using they wall to help her shaking legs hold her standing weight.

"Hey guys, the ambulances are on their w-" Seth said walking in urgently and noticing the girls were not the way he remembered them and that he was now surrounded by sailor senshi. "Who the hell are you people? And what did you do with the kids I came in here with!" he yelled tossing a punch at Mamoru.

Mamoru caught his hand, but only barely. It hit with enough force to cause his hand to go numb. He didn't intercept his next attack in time. Seth dropped quickly to the ground and swept Mamoru off his feet.

"You did this." he growled in a low intimidating voice that sent chills up Mamoru's spine. The kids was fast and he had some serious power for a person his size. While Mamoru may have been taller and have more muscle. This kids had speed and agility. He was more than they could handle right now. Makoto managed to get behind him in the time he had been putting Mamoru to the floor and locked his shoulders and arms around her arms. Seth simply raised his arms and dropped down removing himself from the hold and shoved his elbow into her stomach knocking the wind out of her. He leaped to the side of Makoto ready for the next one when Usagi stepped forward.

"Stop this, were not the enemy. He's already been destroyed." she pleaded. Seth took a quick look around finally realizing who he was fighting.

"Just who are you anyway?" he asked looking at how they were dressed. "Is it Halloween here or something?"

"What? No it's not Halloween! What would make you think that?" Rei yelled at him.

"Well... you're all dressed weird. Is it some sort of weird festival day or something?" he asked giving them another glance.

"No we're the sailor senshi we guard this planet." Makoto said finally regaining her breath and standing back up.

"Hero's of justice? Vigilantes? Don't we have cops for that?" he sighed leaning back against the wall.

"The cops can't take on the enemies that we face." Mamoru added with a grin towards the others.

"I took you down. How had can your enemies be?" Seth rolled his eyes.

"It's obvious that your not normal either." Mamoru countered.

"Maybe not, I thought I was." Seth shrugged. "Anyway, it seems we've just got a simple misunderstanding here. Sorry about that." he said bowing his head in apology.

"So you believe us?" Usagi smiled.

"I'd already heard of you. I just didn't know you dressed like that. I still think it's weird." he chuckled.

"Well anyway. See you later." Usagi said winking at him.

"Hopefully sooner." Minako winked at him as they disappeared.

"Now, well the hell are those girls in all this mess?!" he muttered to himself in a sigh.

"Hey, wassup?" Usagi asked stepping into the room the Shingo and Seth were sharing.

"Not much." Seth answered from his bed where he was reading some book.

"What is that?" she asked regarding the book.

"You wouldn't be interested in it, baka-Usagi!" Shingo said sticking his tongue out at her.

"Schoolwork." Seth answered nonchalantly without looking up from his book.

"So you're studying?" Usagi asked in surprise.

"Yeah, school starts in a few days and I need to be ready." Seth sighed.

"What is it?"

"Physics, and the two on the table are Human genetic structure and advanced Japanese." he explained still studying his book.

"Are you studying to be a doctor too?" Usagi asked.

"Who knows? I still don't know what I want to be yet." he answered finally looking up at her.

"But you're 20 aren't you?" Usagi asked in surprise.

"Just cause I'm 20 doesn't mean I have my life planned out yet, I'm still young. There's no rush to try and find out just what I wanna be yet." he said setting his book down on the table and picking up the Japanese book.

"Besides I thought you already knew Japanese. You speak it very well." Usagi said glancing at the book with slight fear.

"I have to stay on top though if I want to be a teacher though, right?" he said as Usagi's mom walked by with a proud smile.

"So is being a teacher what you want?" Usagi asked.

"I guess I wouldn't mind being one." he shrugged. "But it's not like it's my dream or anything."

"If only we could get Usagi to follow you study habits though." her mother said from the hallway as she passed by with a load of laundry.

"Hey! I heard that!" Usagi shouted at her retreating mother's form.

"He's pretty smart, he's been helping me with these equations I've been working on." Shingo admitted.

"Really?!" Usagi turned back to them with a sly grin.

"Uh oh, I think she wants you to do her work for her." Sammy warned with a grin of his own.

"She'd have to pay me for that." Seth answered seriously.

"How much?!" Usagi blurted out.

"I was just kidding baka. You'll have to do your own work, but I'll help you out if you need it." he grinned as Luna padded into the room and hopped up on Seth's lap.

"Careful Seth, Usagi is really protective of that baka stupid cat hers." Sammy teased.

"I am not! She just can't stand YOU!" she snapped at her little brother. Seth simply chuckled softly and stroked Luna's fur.

"So he offered to tutor you in math?" Minako gasped.

"He's too kind. I hope he has a lot of patience." Rei replied.

"He certainly has a lot of strength." Makoto said holding her stomach remembering the pain he had inflicted on her.

"He definitely surpasses all of you in power." Luna said.

"And speed." Ami added.

"I was trying to get reading of the power of his aura, and frankly you should all be glad he didn't continue fighting. In all honesty, he made our enemy's power feel like nothing." Luna remarked.

"So you're saying he's dangerous?" Rei asked.

"No, I don't know yet, but maybe he might be able to help us out later if we can't take care of things on our own." Makoto grinned.

"Hey everyone, is this your hang out spot or something?" Seth called walking up the steps of the temple.

"Yeah, we come here to visit Rei sometimes." Usagi answered.

"So, what are you doing here?" Ami asked.

"Well, I thought I'd visit since I had never been to a temple." he explained looking around at the place.

"Well then, here the temple's very own priestess to show you around and give you the full tour." Usagi said shoving Rei at him.

"What the hell are you doing baka-Usagi?" Rei shouted at her friend.

"Helping you out, he's cute you know." Usagi whispered to her best friend.

"Damn you! Stay out of it!" Rei whispered back.

"Was there any particular reason why she just did that?" he asked as they turned to walk away.

"She's trying to get me a boyfriend." she said softly to him while rolling her eyes.

"You mean your single?! Who they hell was stupid enough to let you go? I'll kick his ass!" he grinned at her as she blushed at his complement. "But then again her encourage only embarrasses you too, doesn't it?" he said his smile fading to a look of sympathy as she nodded. "Well in my opinion, it doesn't look like you really need help." he said and Rei tried to hide her again blushing face.

"Your first mission failed." the prince said.

"I made an error in judgment, I did not think that there was anyone on that planet who had learned to control energy. It seems there are only a small amount though, so this time I will send a stronger soldier to take care of them." Akalyte replied.

"Very well, I will allow you to continue, but make sure the works this time." the prince sighed as Akalyte disappeared. "And take care of yourself little brother." he mumbled to himself.

"I brought a friend today." Usagi said walking up with Mamoru.

"Hey, if it isn't Mamoru the waiter." Seth smiled shaking his hand.

"She drag you along?" she said jerking a thumb at Usagi.

"So, what are you doing here, you sight seeing again?" he asked.

"Nope. I'm working. Rei convinced me to volunteer to help out around the temple. She said that doing that will explain what temple life is all about."

"So, she conned you into working for her huh?" Mamoru chuckled.

"I don't really mind." Seth shrugged and grinned watching Rei chase Usagi around yelling about something.

"You like Rei?" Mamoru asked.

"Is it that easy to tell?" Seth asked.

"Tell her." Mamoru offered.

"I can't. Not now anyway." Seth sighed.

"Okay, just don't let her find out before you tell her." Mamoru warned with a small grin. That's when he felt it, a loss of energy from somewhere near by.

"You okay? You just blanked in mid discussion and started to stare off into space." Seth said turning to look at him.

" I just remembered I have something to do for school, I'll see you later on then." he said.

"Well don't you wanna tell Usagi goodbye?" he asked, but when he turned around Mamoru had already disappeared.

"So, now the enemy is stealing energy right out in public?" Usagi stated looking around at all the people laying unconscious in the street.

"Leave us and return to your primitive homes, we will be gone shortly." A brown-eyed blond headed man appeared in the air above them said.

"You're hurting our people! Do you honestly expect us just to turn around and go back?" Minako shouted.

"They will be fine we aren't taking enough to kill them, we only take enough to put the asleep for a while." the man snapped back. "Leave or I will kill you." he threatened coldly in a low and stern voice.

"No! We will stop you." Usagi stated firmly.

"Then DIE as you have wished!" he shouted and hurled an energy ball at the senshi who leaped out of the way. "You will not stop our plans, no one will stop the Dark Army!" he shouted and hurled another set of energy balls at the senshi, who made sure to grab the innocent people in the path of the destructive balls of energy so they would not fall victim to the attack. They never made it, the balls of energy exploded in mid air. Usagi looked back to see two white roses stuck in the ground.

"I thought I had already told you." a voice called out. "You're either stubborn, can't hear or won't give up easily." said the young man in the white tux and cape standing on a nearby street light. "If you really want to fight, then you should train to get stronger and faster. Of course someone will have to train you, but I decline to take the job. The last thing I want to do is train a bunch of stubborn fools like you." he grinned at them.

"That's enough, no one will stop me for collecting the energy we need we need!" the soldier shouted.

"Poor fool, you have no idea just who these people are, do you?" the man in the white tux chuckled. "If these kids actually find someone to teach them properly then the Silver Shadow will no longer be needed!" he leaped forward and slammed an energy ball into the soldier's stomach. The soldier flew backwards spitting up blood from the damage caused by the force of the blow. The soldier used his power to stop himself in mid-air a few feet above the unconscious people on the street.

"You'll have to do better than that." the soldier grinned back up at the Silver Shadow.

"Stupid and predictable." the Silver Shadow sighed and disappeared from sight. He reappeared below the soldier and slammed an energy beam into his beam. It tore through his stomach before it turned him into silver powder.

"So, you're called the Silver Shadow?" Usagi asked.

"Yes, Princess Serenity. I am." he answered dropping onto one knee in front of her and bowing his head.

"How do you know that name?" Mamoru asked.

"Tuxedo Mask, or rather Prince Endymion. I'm afraid I cannot tell you yet." he smiled. "However you need to find yourselves a teacher and worry less about me. Until then, I 'll hold them back." he continued smiling warmly.

"But where can we find one?" Usagi called out, but the Silver Shadow had already disappeared.

"What is the Dark Army?" Usagi sat up on her bed and asked.

"Where did you here that name?" Luna demanded hopping up on Usagi's bed and staring her in the face.

"From the Silver Shadow." she replied backing away from Luna a bit.

"You saw him?!" Luna asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, he's the one that destroyed that soldier from the Dark Army." Rei answered.

"So, the Dark Army is the enemy. That explains why you've been having such a hard time with the even in your eternal forms." Artemis said from Mina's lap. Everyone was gathered in Usagi's room. They were sitting together on the floor around a small table.

"And the Silver Shadow has returned." Luna added.

"What is it you guys know? Fill us in." Ami asked.

"Well, the Silver Shadow was the guardian of the Moon Kingdom during the days around the end of the Silver Millennium." Luna explained.

"Some job of protecting it he did." Makoto muttered.

"No. He was gone the day that Beryl and Metalia showed up. The queen had sent him off to help the outer rim senshi to defend the kingdom from the Dark Army who were threatening the border of our galaxy." Luna continued.

"The Dark Army was a creation of General Zukoro, who was the former Captain of the guard of the royal family of the moon. He gathered the best soldiers through out the galaxy and used his influence and the promise of the Moon Kingdom's downfall to gather thousands of followers. It seems that even though he was unable to take the kingdom down personally he was successful in achieving his goal whether he knew it or not. From what I understand, with the help of the four outer senshi he was able to seal them of in some small corner of the galaxy. I hear that only 500 or soldiers were left out of the original 4 or 5 thousand." Artemis finished.

"What happened after that?" Minako asked.

"We don't know. Beryl attacked right after we received the information about how things had turned out." Artemis said.

"He must have shown up after everyone had been sent to earth's future." Luna said looking sad.

"I kinda feel sorry for him." Ami replies.

"No wonder he berates us so much. He left the kingdom in our care and when he came back it was destroyed and the queen he served was dead." Rei said softly.

"So, where are we supposed to find someone strong and fast enough to train us." Minako asked and the room fell silent in thought.

"Hey Seth, telephone!" Shingo shouted from downstairs and everyone suddenly looked at each other as realization set in on them on them.

"Seth! Of course!" Usagi said with a big grin.

"Alright, no problem. Look I'm gonna have to go. I have a congregation of girls around me." Seth said into the phone. "Is there something you girls wanted?" he asked as he hung up the phone. "don't tell me you all need help in school?" he moaned thinking Usagi had told them he should tutor them all.

"Well actually I could use a little-"

"Train us!" Usagi blurted out interrupting Ami.

"Very subtle BAKA!" Rei said smacking her friend in the back of the head.

"Training, for what?"he asked suspiciously not really liking where he thought this was headed.

"Well.. you're fast... and strong, so we thought that you could..." Usagi started to say.

"Martial arts! Are you out of your mind?!" he asked unsure whether he wanted to do it or not.

"Usagi, your clumsy ass would end up dead by accidentally killing yourself, and that's before we even start the hard or dangerous training. Even if by some miracle you do happen to survive, I think your parents would kill me!" he protested.

"Well, let's find out. Hey mom!" Usagi called out down the hall.

"In the kitchen!" her mother called back.

"I have a question for you." Usagi called and her mother walked out into the hallway.

"What is it now Usagi?" she said sighing and rubbing a fresh stain off of her apron.

"Is it okay if Seth teaches me martial arts for self defense?" she asked making big puppy dog eyes at her mother.

"Usagi,what is this all of a sudden? Are you being bullied at school?" her mother asked concerned.

"No it's nothing like that, it's just that if the time ever comes I want to be able to defend myself or those I care about." she comforted her mother.

"Seth, you know martial arts?" her mother looked at him.

"Yes mam, I've been training for a little over 12 years." he answered.

"Well, don't have a problem with it. Maybe this will teach her some discipline." she sighed.

"I wouldn't count on that." Rei barked out and Seth raised a doubting eyebrow. As she headed back into the kitchen.

"I still don't know if I want to do it though." he said looking them over. "I don't really have enough free time in my schedule anyways." he added.

"I can help you study." Ami offered.

"I could pay." Minako shrugged.

"Yeah, and if you do this we'll throw in two dates with Rei, we know you like her." Makoto grinned.

"Hey! You can't offer me up as some sort of bribe!" Rei growled at her.

"I agree with her. That's not something you can bargain with. Besides I was gonna ask her out tonight anyways." he said stopping Rei from another outburst.

"If it becomes too much for me I'll take Ami up on her offer to help me study. As for paying me I will make you a deal. Minako, since you're loaded help me out with buying this car and I'll train you as long as you want." he grinned.

"No problem how much do you need?" she asked.

"400,000 yen. I got the rest." he answered.

"Is that it? I've got that on me." she said digging into her purse and handing him some cash.

"Wow! That was easy. Guess I'll see you guys at the temple tomorrow then." he said in surprise. "You guys can join Mamoru. That was him on the phone. He asked me if I could help him with his training he wanted to know what I did in my training to become so fast. So I told him and agreed to train him." he explained.

"So, what was his condition?" Usagi asked with a look of a spy asking for information.

"Nothing, I just said I'd see if I had time." Seth answered.

"What?! After you made Minako pay?!" Makoto demanded.

"Did you think I was gonna put girls through that kind of harsh training without some compensation. You will all be complaining the whole way through. I want compensation for all the whining I'm gonna be putting up with. Just you remember this Usagi, you chose to do this. Plus at the time I thought it was just gonna be I'm. Now I'm training 6 people." he explained.

"Fine whatever." Makoto said turning away and heading back upstairs.

"So, what time tonight?" Rei asked once everyone else had gone back upstairs.

"I was hoping to ask you in a slightly less embarrassing manner." Seth said blushing.

"It's okay, what time?" she asked.

"I was thinking eight o'clock." he answered.

"See you then." she said, pecked him on the cheek, and ran upstairs where he could her the other girls giggling as she made it up to Usagi's room.

"So what do you need me to do?" Mamoru asked looking at all the weights he had strapped on.

"Well, with those two 50 pound free weights you have tied to your back and chest, as well as the 30 pounds of wrist weights and 40 pound legs weights all I really want you to do is to run around the temple10 times and then spare with me. Honestly this is how I trained when I was younger. Hopefully it will help you out. This is why I was originally against the girls joining up with you. I figured they would think I was being overly hard on them. Makoto and Ami seem to be taking it without complaining too much though." Seth grinned.

"Well, then I better get started." he said trying to break into a jog.

"I think I'll join you, I haven't done this in a while and it would be fun to see if I still have the stamina." Seth said strapping on the weights as well.

"I think I'm gonna die!" Usagi panted.

"This is what I was talking about, if you aren't going to take the training seriously then you won't improve." he sighed strapping on the free weights.

"But I don't think I can take any more!" Usagi moaned.

"You've only done have a lap, everyone else is on there second one. Get moving or I'll give you 10 more." he threatened.

"Damn you, your such a slave driver!" she yelled at him.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, just get moving." he said waving it off and started a full sprint around the temple. "Yes, still light as a feather!" he grinned to himself.

"Forgive me sire. I failed again." Akalyte bowed before the prince.

"Get up Akalyte. I realize now why we have had problems with out plans so far. It's this Silver Shadow character. The name sounds familiar." the prince muttered looking of a small holographic pad in front of him.

"I'll run a check through the historians if you like sire." Akalyte offered.

"Yes, and find out what happened to the moon around this planet. Legends say it was rich with energy." the prince said in concentration.

"So, where are we going?" as she got into Seth's new black viper.

"I don't know. I was thinking maybe a small restaurant then the park." he said.

"I know this great sandwich shop." Rei offered.

"Alright lets go there then." Seth replied pulling out onto the street.

"Was all of that weight really necessary?" Rei asked Seth as he finished up his sandwich.

"What, the amount of weight?" he grinned.

"Yes, all the weights, were they really necessary?" she asked.

"Well it's what I trained with, you guys said you wanted to become as fast as me, right?" Seth asked looking up at her. "You did feel a lot lighter once you took them off right? Did you notice any difference between how you moved before and how you move now doing normal everyday things?" he pointed out.

"Yeah, it seemed like things were easier after I got through being tired." Rei smiled back at him.

"That's the point. Once your able to move around at a normal pace with all that weight on you should be ready to spare with me for real. It does more than increase your speed. It makes you stronger too. Sparing with the weights on all the time you start to punch like you always have them on so when they are gone you moves are faster and stronger." he explained.

"You must have had a serious instructor. Where did you grow up?" Rei asked curiously.

"It's a city called Memphis, in a state called Tennessee." he explained.

"Could you show it to me sometime?" she asked.

"Sure." he smiled warmly with faraway look in his eye.

"What was your house like?" she asked.

"I lived in the dorms on campus." he chuckled.

"No, I mean what's your parent's house like?" she corrected him.

"I don't have any they died when I was young. My mother died in childbirth and my father died from gunshot wounds when I was about 4. They said he was shot in a bad part of town." he answered softly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry." she apologized.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." he replied waving her concern away.

"How did you manage to get into college?" she asked in curiosity.

"Well, my grades did help me get some good scholarships, but it was a lot of hard work. I became an assistant instructor at my master's dojo. So I was able to have money to live off of. My master raised me when he found out I was living on my own. In a way he became my father. Even though he didn't make enough money to afford to adopt me." he said thinking back on his past. "Of course we were more like best friends then a father and son. I wonder how the old man is doing now, I haven't seen him in a while since he left a year ago to go around the country." he added.

"Your different from most of the guys I know."Rei replied.

"How so?" he asked.

"Most of the guys I've met would either brag about there past or not talk about it at all." she answered.

"What kind of guys have you been seeing?" he asked with an expression of worry.

"Just a bunch of fancy morons my father likes to try to set me up with now that I've turned 17." she replied with disgust.

"Well, I didn't think that there is all that much about me that could impress you. I'm just a normal guy." he shrugged.

"I wouldn't exactly say normal, your unique in your own way. I would say that you're a breath of fresh air." she smiled. This caused him to blush.

"Well thank you for that." he said and turned to look out at the setting sun as it dipped below the tall buildings of Tokyo's business district. That's when she noticed what was dangling from his left earlobe. It was a small crescent moon that hung from a hook that let it dangle from his ear.

"That's a beautiful earring, where did you get it from." she asked as he took notice of the object that dangled from his ear.

"Oh, this? I heard it was given to me by my mother so I always keep it with me. I don't know why but I always seem to be uncomfortable if I don't wear it." he explained.

"It's beautiful. Like it's owner." she smiled at him.

"I believe it's time for another mission to gather the energy we need. This time we will send some one down that we know can take care of this Silver Shadow." the prince stated.

"Yes, of course your highness." Akalyte bowed. "It seems that the Silver Shadow was responsible for sending us to the Queral system a millennia ago. He was the guardian of the moon that circles this planet." Akalyte explained.

"Very well, so a descendant has come to try to make history repeat itself. Kill him. We can't let him stop us, and as for this this Sailor Moon girl. Bring her to me." the prince ordered as Akalyte listened, then disappeared.

"This is what I want you to do." Akalyte said softly to the soldier standing beside him in the crowded crosswalk of the shopping district. Find an item that these people seem to focus their attention towards and use that to relieve them of there energy. When the Silver Shadow arrives, kill him. A promotion is on the line if you can accomplish this mission." he finished and the soldier nodded his head in understanding.

"Looks like your starting to get the hang of it." Seth smiled as he duck another one of Mamoru's punches. "If you keep this up I might ask you to take off the weights so we can have a real sparring match." he smiled. Mamoru blinked his eyes as he felt a sudden shift in the energy flow. "Is something wrong?" Seth asked bringing Mamoru back to where he was.

"I'm kinda tired, can we finish this up later?" Mamoru asked.

"We've only been at it for forty minutes, but I guess so." Seth replied watching Mamoru remove the weights. "So, who's next?" Seth asked turning to see that the girls had disappeared when he wasn't looking. He turned to see Mamoru moving out in a hurry. Careful Seth, curiosity killed the cat. He warned himself. "Ah, to hell with it!" he muttered to himself and followed Mamoru out.

Hang on Usagi! I'm coming! Mamoru said quietly to himself as he stepped behind a tree and reappeared as Tuxedo Mask. He didn't however, notice Seth hidden nearby staring at him in disbelief, or see him following him.

"This is bad!" Usagi gasped looking around in disbelief. There were bodies lying everywhere.

"So, you've come at last!" a voice called out and a man appeared in a long black out fit on the sidewalk. He had silvery-white hair and misty blue eyes. "I'm not really interested in you small fry, but I can you could be useful for entertainment until my real target appears." he grinned and stalked towards them.

"Oh, so you were waiting on me?" the Silver Shadow asked looking down at them from a nearby street light.

"Yes, I've come to be your executioner." the man said his grin growing wider with maliciousness.

"You?! I thought they would have sent someone of more skill and power." the Silver Shadow laughed.

"Power?! You want to see power?! Fine here is a proper display for you you arrogant little punk!" the man shouted and lunged forward to grab Usagi, who side stepped away at the last moment to let the man's arm sail past her face.

"I see you found yourselves a fine teacher and that you are improving at an impressive rate." the Silver Shadow smiled at her. "It seems that next time you might even be able to participate in the battle." he chuckled.

"Indeed you have become fast. However, you're still not fast enough. The soldier stated running at the others. "You'll die first!" he shouted at Rei and hurled a ball of energy at her faster than she could move. The Silver Shadow took a step towards her then stopped as if deciding not to. She was about to be destroyed when Seth leaped in the way taking the blast directly in the chest.


So, how was that we finally got som real romance going. I promise it will be more than dialogue, but I needed to work on character development. Righ now I have to get you the reader comfortable with the character of Seth before I become evil and just jump into the action aspecvts of this story and forget all about the character aspects. lol I'm just kidding. There will be more romance and better desciptions of it to come. So please keep reading and letting me know what you think of my work.