Sailor Moon: Evil Arises Anew
Chapter 2: New friends and a Secret Revealed
It had been four whole days since the attack from the Nega-Verse. Alex had been keeping a sharp eye on the five inner scouts every day, watching from the shadows, and even conversing with them after slowly lowering his shields. At the moment, he was looking over some plants in front of Mugen High when a voice behind him spoke up.
"Now this is a surprise. I never took you for a gardener."
Turning around slowly, he saw Trista in her school outfit, and smiled a little.
"Hello there, Trista. How long have you been behind me?"
"A few moments. My friends tell me you're quite the conservationist, after you finally opened up."
Alex blushed a little, rubbing the back of his neck. The sun was setting, the light hitting his pendant perfectly to make it glow.
"That's a pretty necklace. Where'd you get it?"
"My… My mother gave it to me, when I was little."
" Really? She sounds like a nice person."
" You have no idea.." he said with a sly smile
"Hmmm. If you're interested in plants so much, why not join the Gardening Club? I'm the head of it, and you're more then welcome to give it a try."
"Thanks, Trista. Well, I better get back to my apartment. See you tomorrow!"
"Good Night." she said with a smile. "Something odd about that boy…."
The following day, Saturday started out like normal. Alex was making his way down the streets of Tokyo to visit Amy for a brief study session, when he saw a familiar figure; Tekita. He was holding onto a little girl's arm, glaring at her.
"You should apologize to those you bump into, pinky."
" You tripped me on purpose, you pea-brain gorilla!"
"Rini?" Alex had saw the pink hair and a ball that looked like a cat face, the Luna-P.
"Let me GO!" Rini had grabbed the Luna-P and hurled it into Tekita's stomach, making him double over.
"Ha!"
"You little brat, I'll get you for that. Do you not know who I am!?" Tekita grabbed both of her arms, Rini whimpering.
"Excuse me.." a voice said behind the bully, a tap to his shoulder.
"Beat it, bud-UGH!" The moment he had turned around, a fist had slammed into his face, sending him into a pile of dolls being sold.
"What did I tell you about bullying? Come on, its ok now." he kneeled down to the small woman, talking softly and offering her his hand. "My name is Alex, what's yours?"
"My name is… Rini. Thank you." Small Lady bowed to the older male, blushing slightly.
"No problem. Where you heading to anywhere important before Mr. Gorilla attacked you?"
"I was going to visit my friend Hotaru, I was going to ask her if we could go out for some ice cream together."
"I see. Tell ya what. I'll go with you to Hotaru's place, and then we'll all go get ice cream together. How's that sound?"
"OK!"
Taking her hand in his, Alex would turn to the doll vendor and point to Tekita, who was currently out cold.
"He'll pay for any damage, sir! Make sure he does!"
"Excuse me, Alex, but where are you from?"
"Shinjuku. I was going to meet your friend Amy for a study session, then this happened. I'm from the future where I'm your guardian. Too bad I cant just say that."
"Wow, you walked?! You must be crazy!"
"Actually…I…..uh…. Cant drive." he said with a sweat drop.
Rini giggled a little bit and soon they arrived at the Tomoe residence. Knocking on the door, the young Hotaru opened it and smiled when Rini was there, then looked up to the older male.
"Hello, Rini. Who is this?"
"This is Alex Suzumiya, he saved me from a bully! I was going to ask if you'd like to get some ice cream with us."
"Ice cream…. Sounds good. I'll go tell my dad."
"Yay!!"
At the ice cream shop, the three of them sat in a booth, eating happily when a deep female voice spoke. " You babysitting, Suzumiya?"
Alex nearly choked on his ice cream, beating his chest to get it the rest of the way down. Turning, he spotted two of the other Outer Scouts.
"Well what do we have here; Amara and Michelle. And what brings you two ladies here?"
"Amara promised me a strawberry sundae if I beat her in a swimming contest." Michelle said, smiling while taking a strawberry into her mouth.
"Wow, and you won, Michelle?" Rini asked.
"Naturally."
"She swims like a fish, Rini. Besides, I was in the mood for some cookies'n'cream. How are you three doing?"
"We're okay." Hotaru spoke up, having finished her cone. "Alex…"
"Hmm? Yes, Hotaru?"
"May I have another cone, please?"
"Sure. But just one more. Don't want to spoil your dinner."
"Alright." she took the yen he gave her and walked back up to the counter.
"You're going to spoil them, Alex." Amara said, winking.
"Spoil this!" Rini has pulled back her spoon and intended to flick some ice cream at Amara, only to have it back fire and hit herself in the face. Blinking, she growled.
"I think that's suppose to go like this." Amara said and fired her own. Rini ducked, and Alex was hit this time.
"Ok that's it!" grabbing his own spoon, flicking some… and hitting Michelle.
"Your aim is horrible!" Michelle giggled and flicked some, only to hit Hotaru who was sitting back down.
"Same goes for you…" Hotaru grabbed some of Rini's and landed it on Amara's shirt.
"ICE CREAM FIGHT!!" Rini called out, the five them firing the food back and forth at each other, laughing the entire time.
"Um… Did I miss something?" Trista stood there, watching the five act like little kids, blinking. Stopping, they all looked at each other, then slowly back to her, grinning.
"Uh oh…"
A while later, they had cleaned up the ice cream shop themselves, and were walking down the streets of Tokyo.
"Hey guys, I have to get going. Can you please take Rini and Hotaru home?" Alex said.
"Sure thing, be careful." Michelle waved to the boy who headed the other direction, patting Rini on the head. "He sure is a kind boy. A little anti-social, but kind."
"Kind of like you, huh Hotaru?" Rini nudged her friend playfully
"I'm not anti-social, I'm just quiet." she said with a bit of a smile, looking up to Amara.
"She has a point, Small Lady." Trista said.
"Sooooullllls…."
"Huh?" Rini looked around quickly. "You guys here that?"
"That's the noise…" Amara started
"Serena said she and the others heard before they were attacked…"Michelle finished.
"I want your soulllllls!!!"
Out from the ground appeared a Soul Sucker! This one was dark brown, with vines twisting around its body and a giant boomerang in its hand.
"You guys ready?" Trista asked.
"Let's do it!" the others responded.
"Uranus…"
"Neptune…"
"Pluto…"
"Saturn.."
"Super Moon.."
"Planet Power!" the four Outer Scouts called.
"Crisis Power!" Rini called.
They all spun around, their Sailor Soldier outfits appearing on them piece by piece until they all stood together, side-by-side.
"Behold! The four Sailor Scouts of the Outer Planets, Sailor Uranus! Sailor Neptune! Sailor Pluto! Sailor Saturn!"
"I'm Sailor Mini Moon, Champion of Love and Justice!"
"And together, we will defeat you!" the five of them said together.
"Hmph. See if you got what it takes. To me you're all just target practice!"
The monster charged at the five Scouts, meanwhile Alex had been heading back for Shinjuku when his pendant had glowed red.
"Oh no, Nega-Verse!" Quickly he turned and began to run the other way toward the battle.
"Uranus World Shaking!" Uranus powered up her signature attack and slammed it into the ground, a yellow sphere charging toward the Soul Sucker. But it had thrown its boomerang, and it sliced the attack in two!
"Didn't your friends tell you who we are? You're attacks wont harm us!"
"This isn't looking good…" Neptune said. The five of them looked in horror when multiple boomerangs appeared and were thrown straight at them. Saturn and Pluto had used their staffs to reflect the ones aimed at them, Uranus and Neptune used their attacks to get the ones aimed at them. However, Mini Moon was frozen in place in fear. A boomerang was heading right for her!
"Gotcha!…ergh!!!"
Someone had pushed her out of the way, only to be pierced in the shoulder by the boomerang tip.
"You… ok… Mini Moon?" the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't recognize him.
"Yea… What about you?"
"I'm fine…I'm on your side."
Turning to face the nega-verse monster, Sailor Knight Europa slowly pulled his sword out, wincing before dropping it.
"Crap… Cant even hold my sword."
Looking to the others, he panted, before getting an idea.
"Mini Moon, I need you to scream."
"Huh? Why?"
"Just do it. If my plan works, then it'll be vulnerable."
"Got it!" With that, Sailor Mini Moon shut her eyes, inhaled, and began to scream, very, very loudly, over and over again. The amplifiers in her hair glowed, the scream becoming piercing.
"S…Stop that racket! I cant take it! Shut up you brat!"
The monster fell to its knees, groaning.
"Good. Pluto, Saturn! Drive your weapons into it!"
The two nodded and twirled their weapons above their heads, running from opposites sides and impaling the sharp ends of their weapons into the Soul Sucker.
" Now finish it off!"
Each of the scouts powered up their attacks.
"Uranus World Shaking!
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
"Pluto Deadly Scream!"
"Silence Glaive Surprise!"
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"
All of the attacks combined was enough to decimate the Soul Sucker! Smiling at them all, Europa began to walk away slowly, but Mini Moon blocked his path, shaking her head.
"You're injured, and you need help."
"I'll be fine, Small Lady."
Rini gasped.
"How… Do you know that name?"
"You'll find out soon e…eno…ugh."
Knight Europa fell, unconscious. His body began to glow, and soon his Knight form vanished, the sword turning back into a certain pendant. All of the Scouts gasped, looking at the young man in front of them.
"It's not possible, he's one of us?" Uranus asked.
"We'll have to ask him later. We need to take him to Rei's temple." Pluto said.
Neptune and Saturn picked him up, holding his arms over their necks as blood kept seeping from his wound. Mini Moon picked up the Pendant and put it around her neck, following the others to Rei Hino's shrine.
"He's not going to be happy when he wakes up." Neptune said to Uranus.
"Tough. He saved our lives, but I want to know who he is." she replied.
The rest of the group was silent, carrying Alex along the way.
"I'm in biiiiiig trouble…"