Betrayal of the heart
Chapter forty-two: Love and Softball
There was to be a sports festival in Serenity's school. Serenity sighed, she wasn't all that good at sports.
"Serenity, what are you going to do?" Hotaru asked. Serenity sighed.
"I'm not good at sports. Soiya, are you playing volleyball?" She asked.
"Of course.. with Taiki" Soiya said. She said the last part softly. She wasn't sure about playing volleyball with Taiki, but he had asked her, so she had agreed.
"Hotaru, what are you doing?" Serenity asked. Hotaru sighed.
"Well, Yaten asked me to play basketball, so I guess that I'll be doing that" Hotaru replied, nervously.
"Serenity, what are you doing?" Aya asked, but before she could answer, Seiya popped up next to her.
"Odango is playing softball with me" He said. Serenity blushed. For some reason she didn't mind Seiya calling her Odango, because of her hair.
"I'm not that good" She warned.
"I'll teach you" Seiya offered. Serenity smiled shyly. She still wasn't sure how she felt about him. Would she be betraying Helios if she went out with Seiya. I mean, Helios did kiss her. She accepted his after.
After school, Serenity and Seiya were getting ready to practice. The other girls were watching them practice, including Usagi, Hina and Chibi Chibi, who had come to watch after Serenity had called and told Usagi what was happening.
Serenity was actually doing fairly well, which surprised her friends. They hadn't ever seen her pick up a softball before. Then Then a girl with long green hair came by with a group of girls, and scowled. It was Ijuuin Sonoko, the captain of the softball team. She was also the head of the Three Lights fan club, being member number 1.
"I can't allow Serenity to be that close to Seiya" Sonoko said, tossing her long hair back. Serenity scowled.
"You can't order me around" Serenity snapped. "Seiya asked me to play softball" Sonoko's scowl deepened.
"Very well. Seiya, I challenge you and Serenity to a match" Sonoko said. "If I win, you must promise never to see Serenity again. If you win, You will be allowed to go out with Serenity" Seiya dropped his bat. He never backed down from a challenge, but he was not a prize to be won. He glanced at Serenity, and she didn't like the idea either.
"First of all, I can date whomever I want" Seiya said, angrily. "Secondly, I don't care if you are the number one fan in the club, the club is stupid, trying to win me is stupid and you are getting on my nerves" Sonoko tried to sputter a response, but nothing came out. "Now, if you still want to challenge me, go ahead, but I refuse to stop being friends with Serenity, no matter how things turn out" Sonoko threw her bat down and stormed off the field.
Meanwhile Aluminum Siren and Lead Crow were in front of Galaxia.
"Sailor Aluminum Siren, can't you find the real star seed yet?" Galaxia asked, impatiently.
"Not yet" Siren said, apologetically.
"Not yet?" Galaxia questioned angrily.
"Galaxia, Siren is trying her best" Crow tried to intervene.
"Silence! I don't need any incompetents" Galaxia snapped.
"I know. I'll try my best" Siren said, bowing.
Serenity and Seiya kept practicing until late at night, to be ready for the competition. Usagi invited Seiya over for dinner. After they finished dinner, Serenity and Seiya went and sat on a bench in the park. They looked up at the stars. Seiya realized that he still hadn't revealed the truth to Serenity. He contemplated telling her now.
"Every living thing on this planet has a glittering star inside their bodies" He said softly.
"A glittering star?" Serenity questioned.
"They say this in a place far away. Everyone has it. The stronger the star is, the brighter it glitters. Yours is glittering exceptionally bright" Seiya said. Serenity blushed, and realized that it was now or never.
"Seiya, I've been meaning to ask you this for awhile now" She said slowly. "And what you've just said has answered my unanswered question, I think. Are you Sailor Star Fighter?" Seiya sighed heavily.
"Yes" He said. "But it's not what you think"
"Oh really?" Serenity asked looking at him. Seiya sighed again.
"I really am a guy" He tried to explain. "I don't know why our transformations turn us into girls" Serenity laughed.
"I wasn't really worried about that" She said, smiling. "I like you a lot Seiya, and I know that you know my true identity, but have you figured out the others?" She asked.
"I wasn't really thinking about it" Seiya told her honestly. "But I am guessing that it's your friends and thier mothers, am I right?"
"Partially" Serenity said. "Some of the original scouts don't have children, and Hotaru has lived two life times. Anyway, I'd really like to keep this between us for now"
"I should tell you, Taiki and Yaten know who you are too. I mean, you did pick up my keychain in front of the three of us, not realizing it was" Serenity groaned.
"I had forgotten about that" She said. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "But I won't tell my friends about thier identity, if they don't want" The next day, Serenity's class (1st year, class 1) and Sonoko's class (3rd year, class 2) made it to the finals of the softball tournament.
Meanwhile, Siren and Crow (in their human clothes) came to Juuban High School.
"Is there really an owner of the Star Seed here?" Siren asked.
"The star of the softball team is here" Crow informed her, but when she turned to look at Siren, the blue haired woman was eating chips. Crow scowled. "Never mind, I'll get it"
During the softball game, Serenity played right field, and kept making errors. But both Seiya and Sonoko were pitching and kept each other scoreless. Before the start of the 7th inning, it started raining.
While they were waiting for the rain to stop, Serenity was feeling depressed and apologized to Seiya for making all those errors.
"Don't worry about it" Seiya said. "I didn't take her challenge, so it doesn't matter if we win or not" Serenity smiled slightly, but Chibi Chibi pulled on her arm, indicating that she needed to use the facilities.
While Serenity was waiting for Chibi Chibi, Sonoko came up to her.
"In the final inning, I'll bat again. I've read Seiya pitches. I'll hit the ball at you" She said. Serenity sighed.
"I don't think I can catch it. I'm not that good. But I don't want to lose. For Seiya, who hates losing" Serenity replied.
"I saw you yesterday though" Sonoko pointed out. "you weren't bad. I think it's just nerves" Serenity smiled. "Let's try our best" Sonoko said, walking away.
Chibi Chibi finished, so Serenity and Chibi Chibi left the bathroom area, But then they heard Sonoko's scream. Serenity told Chibi Chibi to stay put, and ran back to help Sonoko. Serenity grabbed her compact and started to transform.
Aluminum Siren was walking down the hall, and her blue suit was all wet because of the rain. Then Siren saw the glitter/flash/light of Serenity's transformation.
"That glitter.. can it be the real star seed?" She wondered
Eternal Silver Moon came to face Lead Crow, who had found out that Sonoko's star seed wasn't the real one. But Crow left in her telephone box, and Sonoko turned into Sailor Leaguer.
Sailor Leaguer threw baseballs at Silver Moon, but Silver Moon luckily hit one back at her. The ball hit Sailor Leaguer and knocked her down. Silver Moon pulled out her eternal tier and was going to use her attack to turn Sailor Leaguer back into Sonoko. A ball of light came and blasted Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon dropped the eternal tier and it rolled away.
"Someone such as you had the star seed. I'll take your glittering star" Siren declared. Aluminum Siren jumped on Silver Moon, and attacked her. She tried to forcefully take the star seed from Silver Moon.
Silver Moon looked at the tier that was on the ground. Chibi Chibi came from the building and ran to the tier, But Sailor Leaguer came and stood in her way. Sailor Leaguer was going to attack Chibi Chibi, but Chibi Chibi jumped over Sailor Leaguer, Surprising both Sailor Leaguer and Silver Moon. When Chibi Chibi touched the eternal tier, a beam of light came out and shot up into the sky. The other girls all felt something, and wondered what it was. Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki also felt something and thought that it was the princess. Sailor Galaxia felt it as well, from her place in space.
Silver Moon felt a warm feeling in her heart. Her eyes closed.
Dream Sequence
Chibi Chibi (with Sailor Senshi tiara and ornaments in her heart odango) floated to Silver Moon. Then they touched, hand to hand.
"A new power. A gentle undulation. Chibi Chibi, what are you?" Silver Moon asked, amazed.
Then Silver Moon opened her eyes, returning to the present. Chibi Chibi had returned to normal.
"Sailor Leaguer, attack Silver Moon" Siren commanded. Silver Moon's tiara flashed and a long silver sword appeared before. She swung the sword at Sailor Leaguer, and shouted a new attack.
"silver moon sword attack". A beam of light hit Sailor Leaguer she returned to Sonoko.
Sailor Aluminum Siren was going to attack Silver Moon, but before she could, the Sailor Star Lights came. Since it was 4 on 1, Aluminum Siren fled into her telephone box and disappeared.
"What happened?" Sailor Star Fighter asked. Silver Moon looked down at her new weapon.
"I don't know.." She said, trailing off. "But I hope I am done with new power ups and attacks" They all laughed and reverted to thier civillian forms, now that Taiki and Yaten knew that Serenity had discovered thier secret.
It stopped raining and the game continued. In the top of the 7th inning, Seiya hit a home run and Serenity's class took a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Sonoko's class had runners on second and third with two outs. The batter was Sonoko. Seiya pitched, and Sonoko slammed the ball, into deep right field. Serenity ran back as hard as she could, and dove for the ball. When she got up, the ball was in her glove! She smiled and her class won the game. Afterwards, Usagi offered to take the girls out for ice cream.
"Um, well..."Serenity hesitated. Seiya spoke up.
"Serenity and I were going to go out, if that's ok" He said. Serenity blushed as her friends stared at her, in light of this new information.
"That's quite alright Seiya" Usagi said. "Just please bring her home before midnight" Seiya nodded, relieved. Serenity and Seiya walked off the field.
"She sure is lucky" Hotaru said.
"Yeah" The other two girls sighed.
"Come on girls" Usagi said. "i'll still take you out for ice cream"
"Ice cream" Chibi Chibi said. Everyone laughed.