infinityrecord@geocities.com[C.J. Ambrosia] Sailor Moon is not mine, but the story is so :-p Flames, comments, etc. are welcomed and appreciated. Thanx and enjoy the story. Note: No real excuse for taking so long; guess I just got preoccupied with other things in life. So I put aside my lead guitar track for "Chances"(from my forthcoming album-shamless plug:-)), and give you this little gem. BTW, I just did an outline, and there will be MORE than six parts to be read. Whooo-Hooo!!! Sailor Moon Scouts Honor Chapter 6 ********************************************************************** Four Years Ago... She walked alone. She really didn't mind walking alone as much as she just hated walking. But such is life, she mused. The girl often wished she had a bike or even a friend with a car, but THAT wouldn't be happening anytime soon. The blonde haired girl sighed as she turned a corner. Her thoughs were on her latest delema: Darien. He refused to see her anymore, and wouldn't give her a reason why. What's worse, is he had been spending all his time with her "cousin" Reenie. "That little fungus is always with MY guy; why can't she just go away?" she muttered to herself. Was she jealous? She decided that wasn't the case. After all, Serina HAD saved Reenie more than once from the Nega-Moon Sisters, but she couldn't help feeling...replaced. She guessed she really didn't mind the little spore, but it took all of her resolve to get through a day with her. It seems like everytime she tried to talk- Her thoughts were interupted by a scream that she realised two seconds later was her own... ********************************************************************** Two blocks away, four minutes earlier, Greg and Ami walked in silence. Greg was still the shy quite type around Ami, but this was a little much, even for him. Ami decided to test the waters. "Greg?", she asked quietly. No answer. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts. "Greg?", she asked a little louder this time Greg stopped and turned so suddenly, that Ami, who was following slightly behind, ran right in to him. "Serina", he breathed. Ami for the most part, collected herself quickly and asked "What's wrong Greg?" "Serina's in danger..." he said quietly. I thought Darien was the only one who knew how to sense that. Unless... Her thoughts were cut off as Greg grabbed her arm and started runing. "We haven't got much time", he said as they ran off. *********************************************************************** The man stood over Serina as she cowered in the corner. Why am I so afriad, she asked herself. It's just another person. I can take of things like this. Or she would've rationalized that if she waasn't wailing like she normally did. Something about this man, his black hair in a pony- tail, wearing a treanchcoat, seemed to call out all of her fears at once. "The crystal," he whispered in a low voice. "I will have it." Serina, through the haze of fear, figured he must be from the Negaverse. Always something new with those guys. No sense trying to fool him. But she remained immobile, as if a powerful evil was holding her resolve down and brining out the deepest fears in her. "Please", she whimpered, "I can't..." He face seemed to transform...and took the face of Darien Chiba. "The crystal," he repeated, in the same voice Serina had come to know and love and hate all at the same time. "Noooooooooooo", she wailed. She felt her mind snapping. This isn't happening, notagainnotagainnotagain- "Hey Nega-sleeze", came a voice from down the road a bit. "How about picking on someone your own size?" The man with Darien Chiba's face turned to Sailor Mercury and Greg. "Darien no", Mercury cried, frozen like ice. Greg however, saw right through it. "It's not really him Sailor Mercury!!! I know what he is, and what he plans to do." The man spoke. "You think you can see it all can't you boy. Think you've got it all figured out." He turned back to Serina, who was mortified by the sight before her. "Now, give me what I-" "MERCURY BUBBLES SMASH!!!" And then Serina did the unthinkable. Still in the haze of his spell, she dove in to "Darien" and knocked him out of the way. The ice attack sail- ed over thier heads. "Oh Darien we'll help you again", she cried in his arms. He took her face in his hand a grined evily. "Oh yes you will my princess." And she looked deep into his eyes. Into his soul. And saw the evil below. No trace of Darien at all. Pure evil. Serina screamed. Like her pink haired cousin. Only far worse. All saw the sigil on Serina's head begin to glow and shoot light into the night sky. Time stood still. For two seconds. "Now Mercury!!!" Greg cried. The who wore Darien's face had backed up from Serina's mind numbing wail, and gave Sailor Merciry the perfect opening. She fired. "MERCURY ICE-STORM FREEZE!!!" "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" the Negaverse alien cried as he was engulfed in ice crystals. "I will have you," he screamed, losing feeling in his body. "I will have you all!!!" And then nothing, but a five foot six inch block of ice. Sailor Mercury and Greg ran over to Serina, who was now sobbing quietly. Mercury detransformed and she and Greg helped Serina to her feet. They walked slowly and carefully to the block of ice and peered inside it. Empty... ************************************************************************* Darien Chiba, aka Tuxedo Mask, stood off behind a tree, arriving moments after the melee ended. He was torn to go to her, to comfort her, but he knew he had to follow the warnings of his dreams. He couldn't do that to her, risk losing her altogether. But why didn't he feel anything sooner? What took so long for the feeling of danger arrive? He always knew before when she needed help; why didn't it come now? Maybe it's from being apart from her so much, he thought to himself. He turned to walk away. "Better late than never eh, hotshot?" Darien detransformed and looked at Raye Hino for a moment. Then began away again. "Hey she could've been killed", she pressed. "Where's that almighty sense of being her hero now?" "You wouldn't understand" he murmured, walking away from her. "You're a coward," she began again. "You don't give a damn about anyone but yourself". He stopped dead and whirled on her thrusting a finger in her face. For a minute, she was afraid that she would strike him. "Now you listen here Raye", he began, voice dropping low to show his true anger. "You, nor anyone else has any idea what's going on. You and the other girls parade around here like you have all the answers. Well let me tell you, you guys don't know jack. You don't have any idea what it's like for me to not be with her now. All I know is that I won't put her in any more danger and if that means being away from her, then so be it." He backed up and took a long hard look at her, then walked away. Raye Hino felt a sinlge tear fall down her cheek for the man she still loved... ************************************************************************* He pulled his minion out at the last possible second. He couldn't risk showing himself to them; it wasn't yet time. As he cradled the broken body of the one who acttacked the princess, he sighed. Things were not going well, and he was afraid (although he shared it with no one) that they were losing the battle. To the point of defeat. He placed the body into the regeneration machine and adjusted the controls. The machine hummed to life, perhaps for the last time. It was old and worn out, much like he felt. But if it could work one last time, make the occupant all powerful again, he would save his own future and his dreams of conquest. He looked at the body with a twinge of sadness, hesatant to start the process. It would erase all memories that the body had accumulated, but it was the only way for him to survive. His thoughts wandered to a time of peace and happiness, when he had a real purpose in life. A family, people he cared about. Then Beryl and her damned Negaforce DAMN YOU BERYL!!! he cried to himself. That was the real reason for the fighting and the attack from the Crystal Palace. If only there had been another way... "But there is not," the Wiseman sighed, pressing the button to start the process. "But you, my son, will never know..." The one to be called Jake in the past, screamed as the energy took him... To Be Continued... infinityrecord@geocities.com Hey all, some songs from my album are up!!! All you need is RealPlayer 5.0 http://home.onestop.net/infinity