Disclaimer, I don't own Sailor Moon. I suppose that's about it, so enjoy, and don't forget to review. Shout out again to my fellow Sailor Moon fans, you know who you are. .
Now on with the story...
The next morning Serena woke up bright and early, got ready and called Darien. Once he answered Serena as overjoyed to hear his voice. "Hi, Darien!" Serena said happily.
Darien chuckled on the other end and smiled though Serena could not see him. "Hi, Serena. How are you doing?" Was his kind reply.
Serena became serious as she remembered yesterday's fight. "Oh, I'm fine and you? Are you okay?" She asked cautiously.
Darien let out a breath and laughed. "Yeah, I'm feeling much better now and it's all thanks to you, Serena." Darien said lovingly.
Serena blushed to the roots of her hair, flustered by his sincere appreciation for her help. "I'm glad I could help you, Darien." Serena said shyly.
Darien heard the tone of her voice and his smile broadened. "You shouldn't be so modest. But since you helped me out I'll meet you later at the arcade, okay?" He said warmly.
Serena's mood quickly changed from overly concerned to joyous and care-free. "Sure, then we can talk more about how you're doing." Serena said happily.
Darien chuckled at the excitement in her voice. "Can't wait." He replied and they both hung up.
Serena quickly ran downstairs in a flash and ate breakfast, grabbed her shoes and yelled, "I'll see ya later, Mom!"
Her mother looked around the doorway of the kitchen and waved happily at Serena. "Bye, sweetie!"
Then Serena closed the door behind her and went straight to the arcade.
As soon as Serena walked into the arcade she saw Darien walking to the counter in the back. He had just gotten there. Serena came up from behind and surprised him. "Hi, Darien!"
Darien turned around startled then smiled. "I'm surprised to see you here so early, Serena. I just got here myself and wasn't expecting you for at least another twenty minutes." Darien said pointing to his Rolex wrist watch on his left wrist.
Serena hugged Darien's arm and nestled her head against his uninjured shoulder. "I'll do anything for you, Darien." Serena said affectionately.
Darien smiled warmly down at her. "I would too." He said lovingly.
Serena looked up at him adoringly. "Oh Darien, you're so sweet." As she looked up into his face she saw that he looked a bit pale. "Are you sure you're feeling well? You look a little pale." Serena said concerned.
Darien smiled nervously and scratched his head. "I'm fine. I feel great, really. I'm okay."
Serena looked up at him suspiciously but seemed content with his answer. "Okay, if you say so. I believe you, Darien." Serena said calmly.
Darien's warm smile returned. "Let's go. I'll buy you a triple hot fudge Sunday." Darien said happily.
Serena brightened at his words. "Mmm, yummy. But what for?" Serena asked curiously.
Darien looked at her with smiling eyes. "Because you've been such a big help and you took care of me. So I decided to do something for you." Darien said happily.
Serena snuggled Darien's arm shyly with her eyes downcast. "You don't have to do that for me, Darien." Serena said softly so Darien had to strain to hear.
"What? Why not?" He asked as he looked down at her curiously.
Serena slowly shook her head and hugged his arm a little tighter. "Just seeing you doing well and spending time with you is good enough for me." Serena said slightly blushing at her own words.
Darien nodded in agreement. "Okay. But at least let me take you for a walk in the park." He pleaded.
Serena brightened and looked up gleefully into his face. "Okay! What are we waiting for?" She said excitedly as she pulled him forward and they both left the arcade.
Meanwhile the four bounty hunters were cooking up a plan on how to lure the Sailor Scouts out into the open so they could test their strength and ability. Soon they had thought up the perfect plan and needed a public place to execute it.
They figured that since the Sailor Scouts protect the people here, they needed a place with lots of people to better their chances to lure the Scouts out of hiding. They had been scouring the city all night and morning and found that the best place to unleash their plan would be the local park. As soon as the four bounty hunters reached the park they watched all the people and how peaceful they looked.
Disgusted at such a sight, Takashi shot a beam at a nearby tree and set the plan in motion and the people running. As the people panicked Takashi, Radimus, Kei and Touga stepped forward revealing themselves and went to block all the exits while terrorizing people.
Darien and Serena saw the commotion and prepared to take action. While Darien transformed into Tuxedo Mask, Serena clicked open her communicator watch and called the girls. "Girls, come quickly. We have some trouble down at the park. Those creeps are back. Darien and I will hold them off until you get here." Serena said running with Darien to find a hiding place for her to transform.
"Right, we'll be there." They all said in unison. Then Serena closed the watch and transformed into Sailor Moon.
As Takashi laughed wickedly while blasting down trees, a voice came from behind him and called. "Stop right there!" He spun on his heels and saw the Sailor Scouts, but there were five of them now accompanied by a young man in a tuxedo and a mask.
But it mattered not to him. An evil smile crept across his face as he spoke. "Oh, it's you prissy little Sailor saps again. We've come back like I promised and this time we won't give up so easily."
Seeing only him without his comrades gave Sailor Moon a sense of reassurance. "We? There's only one of you, pal." Sailor Moon remarked arrogantly.
Takashi laughed silently to himself and looked at the Sailor Soldiers mischievously spreading out his arms. "Oh, but that's not entirely true. Meet my fellow bounty hunters." As soon as Takashi had said that the other three bounty hunters mysteriously stepped out from behind him. The Sailor Scouts stared in bewilderment. And Takashi smiled at their ignorance. "Introduce yourselves, boys. It seems that these lovely ladies are just dying to meet us." He chuckled.
A young man with blond shoulder length hair and sea-green eyes stepped forward and bowed. "I am Radimus."
The next man that came forward had short cropped black hair and black eyes smiled as he bowed. "I am known as Kei."
The third man brushed away his green hair that hung loosely over his hazel eyes and bowed. "I'm Touga."
Last but not least was their leader. He was much taller and thickly built with his bulging muscles. He had red hair that tumbled over his shoulders as he quickly bowed and rose with his men pushing back his black cape, which looked very much Tuxedo Mask's, looking at the scouts with his orange eyes and smiling. "And I'm the leader of my lord's warriors. My name is Takashi."
The three bounty hunters stepped back as Takashi took another step forward showing his rank and authority. The scouts noticed that they had all grown bulkier and taller from their last encounter. "Now aren't you girls lucky, you're our target. Now just relax, we're only here to throttle you. If you stay still, I promise we'll make it quick and painless. Or we can do this the hard way. It's your call girls. Choose quickly, I'm a very busy man, you see." Takashi taunted.
Jupiter became enraged at his little games. "Throttle us? You obviously don't know who you're dealing with. You're the ones who are going to be throttled!" She said as she jumped forward. "Jupiter Thunder Clash!" She cried as the flashing power of her thunder bolt raced at the four bounty hunters.
As it drew nearer the clever bounty hunters dodged her attack and landed effortlessly on the ground. Takashi chuckled aloud and put a hand on his hip. "Now, is that any way to treat a guest? I think we need to teach you some manners!" And with that Takashi spread out his legs and arms and clenched his fists. "Rock Cave In!" He yelled as the ground underneath Jupiter began to shake violently. Then countless rocks shot up from the ground around her. As she was being attacked Takashi knelt on the ground and placed his right palm flat upon the ground and from his hand shot lightening that traveled through the ground and shocked Jupiter.
The scouts watched in fascinating horror. "Jupiter!" They all yelled worried. They rushed to help and Venus, enraged, attacked. "Venus Love Chain Encircle!" She cried as her attack shot forward hitting Takashi and sending him crashing to the ground.
Takashi rose from the ground injured and brushed himself off. He was furious that a mere girl could injure him with such an attack, but he struggled to keep his cool by using the exact same attack on Venus.
As Venus fell to the ground Mars and Mercury both double teamed and attacked all four bounty hunters with, "Mars Fire Ignite!" And, "Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Injuring them all.
Furious Kei, Touga and Radimus charged in blind fury, knocking Mars and Mercury to the ground. Sailor Moon became enraged, and as her anger mounted, her bracelet began to glow. Takashi blasted Tuxedo Mask when he tried to help the Sailor Scouts and fell trying. All the Scouts were down, suddenly it was more than Sailor Moon could handle and the bracelet shone sending out a tremendous blast of energy that hit all four bounty hunters and sent them flying to the ground. Her energy spent Sailor Moon fainted.
The four bounty hunters retreated back to Lord Akio. Takashi could barley stand on his own and dropped to his knees before Lord Akio. "Well?" Lord Akio said heatedly. "What happened?"
Takashi took a deep breath trying to keep himself steady. "They were worthy adversaries, but there are now five of them." Takashi said licking his dry lips nervously.
"What?!" Lord Akio exclaimed. "I thought you said there were only four of them!"
Takashi flinched under the pressure of his master's fury. "I know... I beg your pardon, my lord. But another one appeared alongside the other four. She is called Sailor Moon and she seems to be far stronger than the others." Takashi said timidly.
Lord Akio looked thoughtfully at the bounty hunters. "Hmm, stronger, eh?" He mused. Then an evil smile crept across his lips. "Good work, Takashi. You've just given me the key to a new plan!" Akio said triumphantly.
Takashi's face lit up at his redemption. "I-I'm glad to be of service, my lord." He stammered.
Lord Akio became tired of their presence. "Yes, I know. Now leave me. I have a lot of thinking to do." Akio said as he waved them away.
Takashi bowed along with his comrades and disappeared into the shadows.
Chapter 4 is finally done! sigh But at least there was some action here, eh? It might be a while before I update again so please read and review so I know what you guys think! Unitl next time.