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The black cat Luna simply sighed as she watched the dimwitted girl known as Serena devour another cookie. The leader of the Sailor Scouts paid no attention to the crumbs that fell from hands and onto her homework assignment. All Serena did was reach out her hand to grab another cookie from the plate in front of her.
Luna was not alone as Serena's friends had the same thoughts, yet they tried their best to pay no attention to it. The said girls were the other member of the Sailor Scouts: Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina. They all surrounded the table the pig-tailed blond was at, each one preparing for their upcoming exams. It was the reason why they arrived at Darien's apartment, believing that the presence of Serena's boyfriend would help her study. Unfortunately, Darien was temporarily away, leaving the Scouts to focus on Serena's habits instead of their books.
Lita stared at Serena with surprise as the pig-tailed girl munched another of her baked cookies. Her eyes went to the other blond that sat next to her as she whispered to Mina, "I can't believe she's still going at it. Serena's almost finished all of my cookies!"
Mina simply smiled at brunette. "Serena does have quite the appetite," came from the other blond.
With Mina was another talking cat named Artemis. He, like Luna, found Serena's eating habits to be annoying, but the white cat was enjoying Mina's stroking a hand over the coat of his white fur. The white cat simply closed his eyes with satisfaction as he said, "Look, it doesn't really matter now. Let the girl have a break."
The bluenette of the group took her eyes off of her book to look at Serena. Amy said, "Serena, you really should be studying. We need to prepare for the test next week."
Serena, after finishing yet another cookie, cheerily responded, "Don't worry! You guys can study and give me the answers for the test!"
Raye felt a sweat drop appearing on her head at Serena's bumbling attitude. "I sometimes wonder why this meatball head is even our leader," the priestess sighed, a hint of irritation in her voice.
The others were willing to agree with Raye's statement on that. Serena had been dubbed the leader of the Sailor Scouts for over a few years now. She and the others had defeated many foes; the Negaverse, the Nega Moon from the future, the Heart Snatchers, and recently, the Black Moon Circus. Still, Serena often acted as the same girl both in battles and in normal life, often tripping and sometimes needed to be rescued. Her ditzy attitude completely contradicted with how they originally thought how the leader of the Scouts was supposed to act.
The five girls and two talking cats heard the door to the apartment opening, and they all turned to see Darien at the doorway. The tall alter ego of Sailor Moon's guardian Tuxedo Mask strode into his apartment with a bag of groceries in one hand. "Hey everyone, I'm back!" Darian greeted the Scouts with a smile.
Serena's head perked up and her eyes fell upon her boyfriend. "Darien!" she exclaimed.
The leader of the Sailor Scouts was ready to leap over the table and dash to Darien, but what stopped Serena was that someone else besides her boyfriend. Next to the young man, everyone could see a small pink-haired girl holding Darien's free hand with one of her small ones. The girl looked enough like Serena, including the odd hair style of pig-tails, but then again, this girl was Serena and Darien's daughter from the future.
The girl, who everyone recognized as Rini, waved a free hand at them. "Hi, everyone!"
When her eyes fell upon Rini, Ami asked, "What are you doing? I thought you were supposed to be at home."
Rini gave the Scouts a playfully innocent look. "Oh just I'm spending with my Darien," she replied with a giggle.
The words made Serena's eye twitch a little and it did not help when she saw Rini tenderly holding Darien's free hand. The edginess in her voice was sharp as she said "That's my Darien's hand you're holding! Get away from him!"
Rini responded by blowing out a raspberry out at her future mother, who in turn blew out her own raspberry at the pink-haired girl. As the exchange of raspberries continued, everyone else prevented yet another sign from escaping their mouths.
While Rini and Serena were supposed to be daughter and mother, they often acted more like sisters. Both argued with each over many things, like Darien's affection and attention, and try to get on each other's nerves. It was almost like a comedy routine because it always happened whenever the two would meet.
Darien simply changed his gaze from his daughter from the future to his girlfriend. "Rini was helping me with the groceries, Serena," Darien told her with the same temperance he had been known for. "Nothing else happened."
Fortunately, Darien's words were enough to make both mother and daughter stopped their childish behavior, at least long enough for the young man to place the groceries in the kitchen. When he returned, Darien sat next to Serena to assist her and the other Scouts with their studies. Rini predictably occupied Darien's other side, an action made her receive a small glare from Serena. It did not bother the girl from the future as she simply stuck her tongue out at the leader of the Scouts.
Staring at the only male from across the table, Raye asked, "So what's happening, Darien? Anything interesting going on?"
After trying to gain a little personal space between himself and the two girls flanking his sides, Darien pulled was able to out a newspaper from underneath his armpit. "Well, I picked up this newspaper while I was getting food," he said as he placed it on the table.
The girls and the two cats turned their attention away from their books and towards the newspaper on the table. "'Mysterious burglar strikes again,'" Luna read. "'Again, another artifact has been stolen from the museum. The artifact, a glass box, was donated by Princess Diamond."
"I have been hearing about those," Amy spoke up. "Apparently, there have been a lot of rumors of ancient artifacts missing for the past month."
While Serena continued to devour more cookies, Mina and Raye widen their eyes with curiosity at the news. As for Lita, she simply dismissed it with a wave of her hand. "So what? It's nothing special. Just a bunch of thieves after some jewelry."
Mina would have agreed with that, but her eyes managed to catch more of what was written in the article. "It says here that they didn't steal any jewelry," she spoke.
That caught Raye's attention as she voiced the same question going through everyone's mind: "Then what did they steal?"
Darien finally interjected into the conversation. "This apparently," he answered.
As he spoke, Darien placed a finger on the picture under the main headlines and all eyes fell on the image on the front page. Within the frame of the image was a glass box with special markings all over it. As amazing as it looked, the unique design on it did not catch anyone's attention as they all carried one thought: "That's all they stole? Just a box?" Mina asked.
"It seems that way," Darien answered. "The reason why it was stolen remains a mystery."
Before Darien had the chance to state his opinion, he found a cookie being jammed into his mouth and he looked to see the perpetrator was the pink-haired girl from the future. Still, the words from Darien's mouth left an air of curiosity among the Sailor Scouts as they began to wonder about the stolen artifact.
"Why would anyone want to steal a box?" Lita thought allowed.
"Maybe make some money," Raye suggested. "That's what most robbers usually want, anyway."
From among the Scouts, Amy silently agreed with the priestess' suggestion, yet there still remained something strange. Curious, Amy turned her head towards the black cat. "What do you think, Luna?" Amy asked.
The Scout of Mercury did not receive an answer for both Luna and Artemis kept their eyes focused on the picture. The silence from the two cats was less than reassuring as it caught Mina's attention. "Luna? Artemis?" she called out.
And again, nothing emerged from either furred animal. All they did was simply stare attentively at the picture that was placed before them. Neither of them moved a muscle, not until Artemis placed a paw on the image on the front page. "That insignia…" Artemis' voice trailed off before turning his head to his fellow cat. "Luna, do you recognize this?"
The black cat nodded without any hesitation. "I do. That's the Moon Kingdom insignia!"
Those words immediately attracted everyone's attention as they gathered around the two cats. Even Serena managed to turn away from the cookie in her hand and to Luna. "Are you sure about that, Luna?" she inquired.
"There's no doubt about it." Luna nodded before looking back at the picture. "That is the symbol of Queen Serenity."
Serena's eyes fell onto the picture that everyone else had been staring at for the past few moments. The artifact within the picture had the insignia of a crescent moon etched within the silver glass that made up the artifact. The two tips were pointed upwards, and it was not inverted, like it was with the Nega Moon Clan. "She's right," Mina proclaimed in recognition. "It is the Moon Kingdom's symbol!'"
"That's not all," Artemis interjected. Placing a paw on the paper he turned it to the others. "Read this."
Amy had been the one to be closest to the newspaper and she read aloud, "It says here that the three guards looking over the artifact were taken to the hospital. There were no signs of any physical injuries, but were left unconscious. As if they were drained of their energy."
While Rini fed her future father and Serena resumed to eating, the other Scouts stared at each other with eyes full of speculation. The signs described sounded so familiar to the Scouts that it was not too hard to assume the perpetrator. "Could it be the Negaverse?" Raye proposed.
"It's possible," Amy voiced her thoughts. "They were after the Silver Imperium Crystal."
Lita shook her head in denial. "But, they were destroyed. If there were any of them left, wouldn't they have showed up a while back?"
Before any debates could be drawn, Luna hopped onto the table and thus, gained the attention of the four Scouts of the inner planets. "Whatever the case is, we need to figure this out," Luna said before sparing another glance at the paper. "It says here that another artifact is being displayed in the museum. We'll take a look there tonight."
"Yeah but who can get inside to see what's going on?" Mina brought up.
In less than a second, all eyes fell upon the only person that could pull their plan off. After gulping down the last piece of cookie, Serana finally took notice of the stares she had been receiving from everyone. "Uh… why is everyone looking at me like that?"
AN: Okay, that's it for now. I do plan on updating that story, I just have no idea when. If anyone wants to leave a review, it would be most appreciated along with constructive criticism, if there's anything wrong. Also, this idea is not up for adoption.
Raika out!