The wait was too long and there is no excuse. The Neo Sailor Scouts have some cool technology.
Disclaimer-You know, I still don't own Sailor Moon. If I did, it would be just like this. Every author would have the rights to their characters, of course.
Warning- Bad language runs rampant in this chapter and probably the ones after.
PS: Andrew is the prince of the Solarian Kingdom and he's Serena's brother. YES.
In With the New VIII- This is Really Happening
Her mind is restless.
Queen Serenity finds herself wandering the empty halls of her palace. She can't seem to focus on the trivial matters of her kingdom, even though she really shouldn't call `urgent matters concerning the citizens of Crystal Tokyo' trivial. She can't seem to keep her mind on the matters at hand without them popping up in the forefront.
This new enemy that she can't shake off her conscience, this new enemy that seems to grow in numbers every day, this new enemy that truly threatens the order of the solar system. She turns left down another hall and wanders all the way down to the end. There is an open balcony that stands in front of her and she takes a spot in the middle of the space. She rests her arms over the railing and lets her eyes drink in the aerial view of the Earth.
"You can never go a day without slacking off, can you?"
Neo Serenity blinks out of her thoughts and turns to the voice that addressed her. Red dress, black hair, fiery attitude; Raye a.k.a. Mars.
"You can never go a day without insulting me, can you?" She asks with a smile. Raye scoffs and takes a spot next to her on the balcony.
"What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?"
The question hangs in the air between the friends for a minute, silence being the only answer.
"No friend of mine, that's for sure." Serenity looks over to Mars. "Where would I be without your input?"
"Still on Earth, cramming donuts in your mouth at Andrew or Jovian's arcade."
Serenity flusters. "Leave my past transgressions in the past. Andrew, I mean Jovian, happened to like my company then."
"What about now?"
"My brother and I get along fine. Endymion is in a conference with him right now."
Mars scoffs once more. "You already know that they're not doing anything but wasting time and talking shit about us." Serenity cocks an eyebrow.
"You mean they're talking about you and not the rest of the Solar System Kingdom's monarchs?"
Mars' violet eyes narrow at Serenity's input. "Quit arguing semantics."
The playful banter rests between the two and they continue to look out over the Earth. The silence feels peaceful between the two monarchs and it grows thicker as they retreat to their own thoughts. It grows thicker and heavier with each passing moment and both queens know why. Neither wants to talk about it but it cannot go unsaid. After a few minutes, Mars is the first one to speak up and break the heavy atmosphere.
"Genesia's on the move."
"I know."
"She's already sent agents to Earth to find our scouts."
"I know."
Mars looks to her friend. "Then you should know that we need to do something about this. We cant just sit back and stare at the Earth." Serenity nods but keeps her eyes ahead of her.
"I am doing something Mars. Luna and Apollo are searching for our sailor scouts just as well as Genesia is. Put your faith in them and they won't let you down. They won't." Mars turns her own eyes back to Earth.
"You'd better know what you're talking about."
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"I assure you that I'm not."
"Are you serious Apollo?"
"I assure you that I am."
"This is too fucking strange."
"I assure you that it isn't."
"Would you stop assuring me?"
"I assure you-"
"Okay that's enough you two, stop it." Luna sighs. She swears that these two will never shut up; they'll be the death of her.
As of now, the quartet is in Kylie's room, discussing Melody and Kylie's newfound powers. Melody is stretched out over Kylie's bed, while the raven is sprawled on the floor with her legs resting on the bed. Luna is sitting next to Melody and Apollo lies on his bed at the foot of Kylie's bed.
"This doesn't make any sense!" Kylie whines, flailing on the floor. The other three ignore her.
"Of course it doesn't, you keep interrupting me, you idiot." Apollo growls. Kylie pulls her legs off the bed and adjusts herself into a sitting position, a serious expression on her face.
"Remember who you're talking to. Any more insults and you'll be sleeping in Kasely's room tonight." Apollo gives Kylie a deadly glare but says nothing else.
"Alright then" Luna states, grabbing everyone's attention, "since Kylie doesn't understand, I'll reiterate. A new threat has just declared itself an enemy against our solar system."
"Do you know where this enemy came from?" Melody questions.
"No but what we do know is that they prove a dangerous threat to this system. Now that the original sailor senshi have claimed the thrones to their respective planets, there is no one to protect the solar system from this new threat; that is where you girls come in."
Melody and Kylie exchange a glance, and Luna continues. "The queens have all decided that in order to combat this new threat, we must gather a new group of Sailor Scouts with their own powers."
Kylie faces the cat. "So we're the new batch of Sailor Scouts?" she questions, messing with her bracelet.
"Yes you girls are the new Sailor Scouts."
"How are we going to fight this new threat then? There's only two of us!"
"At the moment there is." Apollo adds. He rises from his bed and stands in front of the girls. He opens his mouth to say something when Kylie's bedroom door bursts open. Kasely stands in the doorway with a phone to his ear and a glint in his eye.
"What the hell are you two doing? Not you Dusty, I'm talking to Lee and Melbelle."
Melody blushes at her nickname. "Kasely, don't call me that! It's embarrassing!"
Kasely seems unimpressed. "Who's laughing at you, Apollo? Me and Kylie don't care about your nickname."
"What the hell are you doing in my room anyway?"
"I heard voices."
"Do you not see me and Melody sitting here?"
"Other voices stupid, other than you and Melbelle." Kasely answers, resisting the urge to hit his sister with something. Honestly, sometimes her mouth was down right annoying.
"You're hearing things, kid." Kylie states, falling back to the floor. Kasely turns to Melody for help, but the triplet turns away.
Damn.
He reaches down to Apollo and scratches behind one of the dog's ears. "I'm going to feed Apollo now. Dad said he'll be home later, so we got to walk Melody home."
"Did he say what time?"
"Like 11."
"Okay."
"Let me know when you losers want to leave." The male twin shuffles his dog out of the room and closes the door. Kylie and Melody share a glance before releasing a relived sigh they didn't know they were holding. Luna shot out form behind Kylie's pillows and made herself a spot on Melody's lap.
"That was too close. You girls have to learn to be more careful. Now that you're Sailor Scouts, you have to keep your senshi identities a secret."
"You mean we can't tell anybody?"
"Not a soul Kylie, not even Kasely. If our enemy knew who you were related to...I don't want to think about it."
Melody strokes Luna's fur softly. "Who are the other scouts that we have to find Luna?"
"The other scouts?" The cat tilts her head to guide Melody's hand under her ear. "Yes. Well, You're Neptune and Kylie's Moon so that's two. We need to find Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. The queens chose their successors from this area of Earth, so they shouldn't be too hard to find."
Kylie scoffs. "How are we going to find them? I can't just walk up to people and ask, `Hey are you a Neo Sailor Scout?' They'll think I'm crazy."
Luna stands up in Melody's lap and hops onto the bed. Her limbs go four different ways as she stretches and yawns. She leans back before leaping into the air and hitting a backflip. Two black cell phones land under her and she nudges them when she lands.
"This is what you'll use to find the other scouts. This is called the Solar Scouter X."
Kylie and Melody each take a scouter and examine the devices. They look like ordinary black smartphones, thin and sleek yet large enough to fit in the palms of their hands. The phones are encased in a hard, silicone case and the cases are in the girls' main colors-Kylie's lavender and Melody's turquoise- with their senshi symbols in silver engraved on the back of the cases.
"Sailor Scouts with cell phones? Awesome."
"How do we use these exactly?" Melody questions. Luna makes her way back to the triplet's lap and takes a seat. She motions towards Melody's scouter with a paw, touching the screen. The screen lights up and Melody slides the lock button on the screen to unlock it. The wallpaper is a picture of her.
"What the...?"
"They're touch screen, as you may have noticed. They work like regular cell phones so they should be easy to use, however they can only be used for communicating with other senshi. They can also help you detect any enemies that appear so stay sharp. Now aim your scouters at each other and press the camera button that's on the home screen."
The girls obey, with Kylie posing for her picture. When they finish, each girl looks down at her phone and notice the changes.
"Whoa! I just got a biography on Melbelle! Is it supposed to do that Luna?" She shows the cat her phone and sure enough, a picture of Melody in her senshi form with her statistics underneath adorn the screen. Luna nods in the affirmative.
"That's exactly what it's supposed to do. It's designed to easily help you find and identify the other senshi in a way that you're familiar with." Kylie nods and starts fiddling with her phone; Melody does the same. "There is also a feature that will alert you of a new senshi. Go to the menu, select `Tools', then select `Senshi I.D.' There should be a list of the Neo Sailor Senshi identities, just you two for now."
Melody stares at herself on the phone, a Neo Sailor Neptune stares back at her. Luna leaps off Melody's lap onto the bed and takes a seat. "When the time is right and a new senshi reveals themselves, your scouter will ring or vibrate, depending on the setting. The screen will also light up in that senshi's color." The girls nod as they continue to explore the devices.
The only two pictures in the Senshi I.D. list are Melody and Kylie, so who could be the other scouts?
"Queen Serenity really went all out for us."
"Small Lady actually designed these for you girls." Luna supplies.
Kylie smiles. "I'll be sure to thank her when I see her."
AN: Next chapter-Let's see what everyone else is up to.