The next day finds Serena regaling everyone with her lives story, the first one as the princess and the second as Serena Tsukino. Ryo and Rowen told their parts as well and the others are stunned by everything they're told. " Okay, so why did I get Jupiter's power? " Cye asks.
Rowen looks at him, " Because you were her brother back then, it's just you took more after your Neptunian father than your Jovian mother. Kento got Uranus' because he is hers and Serena's half-brother. Queen Serenity had a tendency ta use her powers ta force people ta do what she wanted, which included gettin' the King of Uranus ta bed her. The Queen of Uranus accepted Kento as her own and never stopped him from spendin' time wit' da princess, bein' Serena. Dais got Neptune's because Neptune has long been associated wit' the ability ta cast illusions. "
" Okay, so how does that explain White Blaze getting Mars' powers? " Ryo wonders.
" He's your tiger, probably absorbed some of yer pow'ah, Ryo. " Rowen speculates.
" You got Mercury because you were the Prince of Mercury and I'm just now remembering being the Prince of Venus, which is why I got Venus' power. Mina no baka, turning on the princess like that. " Sage says, directing the first part of his statement towards Rowen.
" I obviously got Pluto's because I'm the best suited to guarding the Time Gates, which have been relocated to the Dynasty, where the guys and I can guard them. Plus, I actually like the scout uniform, much better than the armor, no offense. " Kayura says.
Hotaru sighs and takes the floor, " I've been acting as a watcher for the hime, keeping an eye on the traitors and what not. I actually destroyed twenty of the demons before Pluto and the others became aware of the problem. Once they did I had to act as though I wasn't able to handle them, otherwise they would have tried to kill me as well. I would have invited the Starlights to come help but the other Outers would not have allowed it. "
" They're the three scouts from another system, right? " Kale asks Hotaru.
" Correct, the hime would not have been able to save Galaxia from Chaos if not for them. They kept her alive and gave her hope. " Hotaru says.
" You said we're capable of doing this without the scouts, right? " Rowen asks.
" Hai, I did. Hell, Serena could do this alone, but it would probably kill her. Put Ryo and Serena together and we're golden. However, we need to take down the underlings first as Mercury was unable to locate the base for this current enemy. Find the base and send me in, Serena made it so I can use my Ultimate attack and not die from it. " Hotaru says.
" So, until we can do that we need to set up a system of patrols and hope to hell we can put a stop to all of the attacks that have been happening here. " Sage says.
" We warlords will take the night patrols, but we have no way of notifying you guys if we find anything. "
Artemis races in just then, " That's where you're wrong, Mau just sent through nine more communicators, in your armors' respective colors. They're patched into the scout frequency. "
The Ronins take their watch like communicators and put them on. Artemis then teaches them all how to access their subspace pockets, which would make life infinitely easier for all of them, as they could now carry anything they may possibly need with them, and as the girls had learned, stuff purchases, school bags, and what not in there if caught unaware. Serena stands up, " I'm off to the arcade, I'd like to see Andrew again and get some down time in, something Mars did not understand, at all. "
She was gone in a blur of black and Hotaru laughs, " Don't worry, Ryo, Andrew is like her big brother. "
" Oh, she mentioned an older brother once, so that's his name. " Ryo says.
" Not surprising she didn't mention much about this dimension, as she was betrayed and nearly killed here. Kayura's the only one who can actually transform here of all the recipients, however, Rowen, you do have access to the Data Computer, right? I have a feeling we're going to need it. " Hotaru says softly.
" I cin access it, no prob. Always was bett'ah at usin' it anyhow. " Rowen says.
" So, should we send Blaze out to look for trouble with Artemis, because Artemis has a communicator, right? " Cye asks.
" I do, it's a micro-communicator in my ear. " Artemis answers.
" Since Serena gave Blaze the ability to turn invisible and Artemis can get into the places he can't I think that's what we'll do. " Ryo says.
The two felines head out and set to work. Serena, meanwhile has reached the arcade and she smiles, " Double chocolate milkshake, please, Andrew. "
The blonde behind the counter blinks at her, " Do I know… Serena, is that you? Where have you been these last two years? " Andrew asks.
" I'll tell you at closing, this way I can be assured that we won't be overheard. I've missed you, nii-chan. " Serena replies as he hugs her and then sets to work on her order.
Serena heads for the Sailor V game and annihilates it. It helped that she had lived it all and she no longer had to pretend that she was an idiot. " Milkshake's done, Serena. "
Serena heads to her usual booth and hangs out until closing time. Then she leads Andrew to the hidden back room that she had used to train while the others were out shopping. " Whoa, when did this get here? " Andrew asks.
" I think since I was fourteen, I'm not actually too sure on that. I'd ask Luna but she's untrustworthy. You see, Andrew, I'm Sailor Moon, and this is where I'd come to train. " Serena says.
Andrew sits down in the control booth as Serena tells him everything. Then she pulls out some parts and starts to build a new communicator which was just white in color and once it is finished she hands it to him, " This is for you while I'm here cleaning up the mess my scouts have made of everything. I'm also giving you the option of relocating into the other dimension, arcade and everything, in the same place. I can do that with the crystal. You hear of anything happening around here just hit the moon symbol and I'll be there. " Serena says.
" Got it, give me some time to think on everything else, all right. " Andrew says.
Serena nods at this and heads out the back entrance, after programming Andrew in. Andrew had already realized he had to keep quiet about what Serena had told him. Serena transforms before setting foot outside and races across the roof tops, smiling as she was able to once again take the familiar route. She figured she might as well patrol while she was out. She'd swing through the park before heading home, as every evil villain seemed to love to attack in the park. The park was hit more times than any other place, except maybe the shrine.
People start pointing and shouting as they spot Sailor Moon dashing along the roof tops, their heroine was back, maybe now the attacks would be stopped as Sailor Moon was back. Only Saturn had been able to do a good job, and she had stopped once the others had found out about the attacks, as she didn't want them turning on her. Even the citizens of Juuban knew that much, they'd seen how the others had looked at their leader. They had hated her and only kept her around until they thought they no longer needed her. They'd all thought Sailor moon had left because she'd been attacked by them, and needed some distance to recover and strike back.
News was already spreading that she'd taken care of the traitors. The people of Juuban were smart and they knew that Sailor Moon only killed when she had no other choice in the matter. They also knew that she had saved them several times over and that she was the only one who had kept those other scouts in line. At least those other three, the Starlights were always conscious of collateral damage, the others weren't, they'd caused more damage than the youma had, and that was saying something.
Sailor Moon leaps down into the park and travels through the trees continuing on her patrol and she curses when she's blasted from behind, " Hotaru, get to the park, I found a playmate. "
Once the message was sent Sailor Moon, whom had managed to land on her feet twirls her tier in her hands and glares at her opponent, " Bring it on, ugly. "
" You are not a bearer. "
" No, but I'm dating the leader and he trained me how to fight. " Sailor Moon states and she launches at the demon. As she dances with the demon Sailor Saturn and Halo are on their way to the park, Ryo hadn't been too thrilled with his girlfriend's brief message, but he had realized that she probably couldn't give specifics, plus, apparently the park was a hot spot for trouble here, Hotaru knew where it was, and Sailor Moon would have more than enough power to actually destroy a demonic minion.
Sailor Moon smirks as she performs an aerial back flip away from her opponent and subsequently calls out, " Tiara Magic! "
The golden disk makes contact and the demon howls in pain. At the park entrance Sage shakes his head, " Well, she pissed it off. "
Saturn smirks, " Nah, she just wanted to let us know where she is, and to let the citizens know to steer clear, we scouts would normally give speeches in order for the non-combatants to clear out, we'd end up giving up the element of surprise but to save innocent lives it was well worth it. "
" Makes sense. " Sage says as they race through the park, thanks to the Venusian powers now coursing through his veins his identity was hidden from the normal citizens of Juuban. Artemis had said that Serena could give them all that kind of protection, mostly it was just Kale and Sekmet that needed it. The rest of them were carrying Silver Millennium planet powers. Hotaru had said she and Serena would train Kayura on how to transform and use the Plutonian powers.
Saturn leaps up into a tree and then leaps back down, twirling her glaive over her head as she slams it down, Sailor Moon diving aside to her right, turning a somersault, and coming back up on her feet, " Death Reborn Revolution! "
" Imperial Scepter Blast! "
Sage blinks as the pair destroy the demon, " Why did I come? "
" To get the lay of the land. " Saturn replies.
" Yeah, you need to know the territory if you're going to defend it, blondie. I normally patrolled every night so the girls could get some sleep. " Sailor Moon says.
" Seriously, you patrolled every night, went to school, and defended the Earth, how did you do it? " Sage asks her.
" I had to. I was the only one who could, I ended up falling asleep in class, I was late to meetings and battles because I had to fight several youma on my way to them, and yet no one would ever let me explain. " Sailor Moon states.
" I knew what was going on and so did Mini-Moon and the Starlights. We were the ones who were truly your friends. " Saturn says.
" Wait, Mini-Moon is your future daughter, right? " Sage asks Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon smiles at this, " With her personality she had to be mine and Rekka's child. "
Sage understands immediately what she was saying, as she didn't want to use names in public. She had a tendency to use Ryo's Japanese title to chew him out. She used his and Rowen's to tease them. Cye was the only one she didn't tease, but he baked her, her goodies so of course she wasn't going to annoy him. Kento had learned very early on not to steal food from Serena.
They head back to the Outer's Mansion and go eat dinner, Andrew had fed Serena all day. Ryo looks at his girlfriend, " You seriously stayed at the arcade all day? "
" Will be tomorrow as well, though Kayura and Hotaru are coming with me. Kayura is going to be trained how to be a sailor scout. I'll need Artemis as well. " Serena states.
Disclaimer: I do not own sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors.