Justine's Memoirs 
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chapter 12

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Chapter 12: New Hero New Power
        Justine had been awake all night, and still wasn't
 tired when dawn was coming.  She was awake for a reason.
She knew trouble was coming.  Justine had a way of
knowing when trouble was close by, and this morning was
no exception.  Ever since Anne and Alan came to Earth, it
had be nothing but trouble for her and the scouts.
The girls wanted to be normal teenagers, not superheroes.
Lea and Serena being the main two.  No matter where you are
about to strike, I will get you at every single turn,
Justine thought bitterly, as she walked out in the cold
morning air to get the paper which was always stolen from her
doorstep unless she got it first.  On her way back into the
hotel main office to drop off the paper she stopped and turned
around.  Nothing.  Or was it?  She sensed a very familiar
presence, and it felt warm to her.  She kinda half-smiled at
herself, and the turned back into the hotel.  She still wasn't
tired.  She finally looked at the headline.  "SAILOR SCOUTS
FIGHT OFF EVIL LION!"  Justine chuckled at this.  They must have
still thought the six girls in sailor suits were the only
fighters against evil.  They will get it right, Justine
thought, one of these days they'll see me.  She also spotted
something that really struck her fancy.  A virtual reality center
was opening that very day. I might just go, she thought, it
would be nice to get out among other people.  I stay inside
way too much anyway.  When she got back to her room and in her
bedroom which was nearer to the bathroom, she got out of the
clothes she had been wearing the day before, and got into the
bathroom where she went into her shower and tried to wash off
any fear about anything bad happening today.  Today would be a
good day, and Justine knew it.  Nothing could have been closer
to the truth later the same morning.
        "Justine," she heard a happy Lea squeal. She felt a huge
jolt and felt Lea's arms hug her tightly around the neck.
        "Hey Lea," said Justine, giving her friend a short, but
meaningful enough hug  to satisfy her friend.  Lea knew that
today was not a good day for Justine and she understood
perfectly why Justine would be so distant.  It was the
anniversary of Neph's death.  Justine knew it too, but to
Lea's surprise and much to Justine's surprise too, Justine
didn't seem all that sad about it.  Justine told Lea she
wanted to be alone at the moment, just so she could go by
his grave and leave some flowers there.  Lea noticed something
in the way Justine said that.  Something told her Justine was
actually going to be okay on her own.  Justine walked on her
own, not noticing Lea had been pulled into an alley by
someone.  In fact, Justine had just begun to turn the other
way when she bumped into a young man, who's deep voice made
look up in surprise.
        "Sorry I didn't mean to bump into you the way I
did," said the man.  Justine knew there was something familiar
about his voice.  She looked up to see his face at the same
moment he looked down to see her face.  She almost screamed his
name, but he kissed her before she could.  The kiss lasted maybe
a minute but it felt like an eternity. After their kiss had
ended, Justine almost fell on top of him.  They stood there
panting and embracing for a long moment.  Justine was the
first to speak.
        "So you were the presence I felt this morning when
I was getting the paper," she said pulling back from him.
She had now gotten control of her balance.
        "Yes it was, Justine," said the brown haired man,
staring into her large, soft, blue eyes with his narrow,
piercing, blue eyes.  Justine hugged the man again.  She
never wanted to let go of him again.  This moment was
going to last her a lifetime.
        "Nephlyte," said Justine, putting her head next to his
chest to hear his heart beat.  This was wonderful just holding
on to him like this.  Little did they know that their peace
would be interrupted by the evil lurking near them.  Justine
stood straight up and was very silent for a moment.
        "Justine," asked Neph, "what's up? Is it the Sailor
Scouts?  Do they need you?"
        "I think so," she said in a hushed voice, "I can't really
tell."
        "You better go where you're needed then," he said just
as quietly.  "I will be there with you anyway.  I promise."
        "Okay, but you better be there."  She ran into an alleyway
and transformed.  She looked for the danger outside, but there
was none.  Then she heard screams on the inside of the center.
Why would someone be screaming?  The Negaverse was in there,
that's why. The Negaverse was attacking her friends, and she
wasn't in there protecting them.  Justine decided that enough
was enough.  She rammed into the VR center and started shooting
at the monster that had Darien, Moonlight Knight, and Masked
Tuxedo. Masked Tuxedo? How had he come back?  Well that
wasn't the point right now.  The point was he was back and she
had to help him and the others.  All of a sudden she spotted
Lea on the floor with her cousin.  Were they crying?  She shook
it off and went back to trying to save the guys.  She called on
her laser but it didn't work.  What the hell?  All of a sudden
out of a flash of light and a blue laser, Justine looked up to
see a new face.  A face she didn't even know.  She was surprised
by him, and started to back pedal it out of there, but stopped
when he spoke.
        "Masked Defender, I told you I would be here," he said.
        "W-who are you?" I asked. "How do you know who I am?"
        "I am the Masked Avenger, my sweet, and I know who you are
because we are in love."  His deep, rich voice making it clear
who he was.  She nodded her head and then shot another barrage
of red lasers at the monster.  Justine knew she was getting help
from the scouts, but she didn't really mind.  After the
monster was dusted, Justine went over to hug Masked Tuxedo.
        "Hiro," she said happily with her arms around him, "you
remember right? You remember that you are Masked Tuxedo?"
        "I wouldn't be here if I didn't now would I?" Hiro said
hugging her back.
        "Okay you two!" said Lea, who was beginning to look
quite jealous.  Justine  decided to leave them alone.  She
could now leave happily from a fight and not dread the next
one.  Hey you would be happy too if you got your man back
from the dead.  But the fact that she couldn't use the one
thing that always weakened her enemies bothered her quite a
bit.  It wasn't until the next day did everything come clear
to her.  Let's see.  Justine was walking with Neph to school,
and then remembered it was a holiday.  It had to do with
the Celebration of the Cherry Blossom.  Justine almost
didn't want to go because for some strange reason she thought
Neph would killed by Zoycite again.  She had no idea why.  She
decided to get some guts and go to the celebration.  Neph
promised to stay by her the whole time.  Of course we all
know what happened to everyone that day, so lets skip to
the part where Justine is trying to fight against the
weird creature.  Justine was de-transformed, not able to
throw any attack, and very close to getting her energy zapped.
All of a sudden she was falling into the whole with Neph
and Obsidian right behind her.  When she awoke she couldn't
find the girls.  She wondered if she was dead at first, but
that wasn't exactly what she was.  Before she knew it, she
was standing in Sun Aide form in front of Neph and another
man she didn't know.
        "Who the hell are you?" she asked.  Neph kinda
glared at her. "What? I don't know who he is and I have
a right to demand to know."
        "You are very true to your heart, Justine," said
the other man, smiling at her.  "You have every right to
know who I am.  I am the god Osiris."
        "G-g-god?" Justine stammered.  Neph went to her as
she fainted from embarrassment and shock.  When she came
out of it, she felt very shy all of a sudden.  Justine
was never shy.
        "I am sorry for my earlier behavior," she said
quickly.
        "Justine, I am not mad at you," Said the god, putting
a hand on her shoulder."  "In fact, honesty is the one thing
I love about you.  You seem to know the value of truth.  I am
very proud of you.  Listen, your old form is quite out of
energy so I am giving you a new power.  You must now say the
words 'Masked Supreme Power!' and your new attack has something
to do with an old gift from Nephlyte.  Do you remember the
dagger he gave you?"
        "Yea, I remember it.  It was a gold dagger."  Justine
started to realize what was going on.  Neph then pulled out a
beautiful weapon that she hadn't seen for a while.
        "Justine," said the god, "use this to help you fight your
enemies with courage.  When you use this weapon you must call
out 'Masked Laser Dagger THROW!'  You must always put emphasis
on the 'throw' or the attack won't work.  The Masked Defender
will always be there for the scouts, and will always weaken
the monster enough to let the Cousins kill it."
        "Where are the girls?" asked Justine, worried her friends
were dead.
        "Getting there own new powers, and weapons.  You must
go now.  Neph, I want you to take good care of her.  She
will need guidance, and you are the best guide for her.  Same
goes for you, Obsidian."
        "Osiris," Justine asked as she was about to leave,
turning around to face him.
        "Yes, Justine?" asked the god.
        "What about Tuxedo Mask?  Is he gonna be coming back
soon?"
        "Tuxedo Mask will be back, but not until the current
enemy is beaten.  Darien shall regain all of his memories
then.  Oh, I almost forgot.  Do you remember your old
butterfly pin?"
        "Yea," said Justine.
        "Well here is your new pin.  You will use it when
you call out your new transformation phrase." Osiris
walked over and handed Justine a similar pin to her old
one. Justine looked at the new ornament.  It was only a
little different from her old one.  Instead of being plain
and small it was  medium sized with pretty little crystals
on each side, each representing a scout.  Well, mostly every
scout.  You could say Serena and Lea weren't present on the
pendant but it wasn't really important.  Justine knew who
she would be protecting.  She all of a sudden found herself
right next to the Cousins. The girls now had this new way
of killing a monster.  A magic scepter. They of course beat
the bad guy and revived their friends. They wouldn't know
who they were fighting until later on.  But that's the next
chapter.

[AN:  This is making me pretty annoyed.  I have 12
stories done and no one is even trying to give me
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Even what you didn't like.  I just want to know what
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