Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon AR ❯ Chapter 7

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

007:
Serena stood at the edge of the castle wall looking
down on the moat and the drawbridge. A quick glance
at her clothing told her she was in medieval times, and
dressed quite regally in fact. She saw a knight ride out
the drawbridge.
"Come back to me soon Darien!" She cried.
"I will Serena, trust me," Darien said beneath
his armor. "Until then, watch out for the catapults."
"Catapults?" Serena said to herself.
"Look out!" Someone cried. Serena turned to
see a pig flying right at her. it hit her right in the chest.

"Sorry princess!" Came a cry from inside. A
castle guard resembling Melvin very closely and
standing beside a catapult had said this.
"Be careful!" Serena yelled back pushing the
pig off of her.
"The enemy is coming!" someone cried.
Serena looked out over the wall to see a large herd of
cattle racing towards the castle.
"Close the gate!" She yelled. As the gate was
slowly closed Melvin launched several pigs over the
wall towards the cows. Serena couldn't believe her
eyes at the sight.
"Princess watch out for the flying whales,"
someone cried.
"Now what?" Serena said and looked out to
see a sperm whale flying right at her.
"Ahh!" she yelled as it impacted knocking her
off the wall. She felt herself falling and then suddenly
she was lying in bed.
"This is getting to be more than annoying," she
muttered.

After taking some time to dress herself and eat,
Serena emerged from her house. it was Saturday
morning and the sun was shining brightly. Birds were
chirping. Beautiful flowers seemed to be everywhere
and on everything.
"What a nice day," Serena said taking it all in.
The dreams of the night before had disappeared from
her mind as she approached the center of the city.
Even though it was early, downtown Tokyo was
already filled with people. Most of them were students
like here enjoying their day off. Also out in force were
the various street vendors trying to get anyone to buy
what they were selling. Since most of what they were
selling was complete junk there weren't many takers.
"Hello their girly," one of them said to Serena.
"Sailor Moon right?"
"What?" Serena shouted in fear.
"Right, she's the big thing ain't she these days?
Everyone likes Sailor Moon."
"Oh...right...uh....yeah," Serena gasped still
recovering from the shock."
"Yes, she's something. The Fantastic Femme,
the Leotarded Lady of Love, the Powerful Princess of
um...Power!" he shouted.
Hmm..I'm not sure it like those nicknames.
Serena thought.
"So How'd you like to own a piece of her
hair?" the guy asked.
"What?" Serena asked once again in shock.
"Sure, I found it. I mean where else are you
going to get one of her pieces of hair?"
"Um...I can think of one place," Serena said.
"I'm not interested."
"Okay, okay, how about a piece of the Berlin
Wall that Sailor Moon herself chopped off."
"She wasn't ever at the Berlin Wall," Serena
muttered.
"How would you know? Okay, okay, how
about the one hundred percent genuine Sailor Moon T-
Shirt," the guy said holding up a white T-Shirt with an
artists rendering of Sailor Moon emblazoned on the
front of it.
"That's not bad," Serena said. "I'll take it!"
As she paid off the vendor and took her merchandise, a
milk truck skidded off the street and hit a telephone
pole. The driver hopped out of the cab unharmed as
people gathered.
"Heh heh, well...this is going to be a bit hard to
explain," he said as traffic began to back up. What he
didn't notice was that the tank that milk was stored in
had punctured and was spewing milk all over the road.
Over a hill suddenly came a mob of cats which had
almost spontaneously formed. They raced down the
street and began to drink the milk, adding to the
confusion.
"What a mess," Serena said noticing out of a
corner of her eye a dog sitting inside a fence.
"I know what to do," she said and hurried to
the fence and swung it open. The dog raced out into
the street barking like crazy. Soon several more dogs
had arrived at the call and moved towards the milk.
"They'll chase the cats away and then things
will be fine," Serena said only to see to her amazement
the dogs all stop and begin to drink the milk too
ignoring the cats entirely.
Serena moaned.
"Pretty slick meatball head," the familiar but not
very welcome voice of Raye said. Serena turned to
see the raven haired girl standing there with her usual
scowl.
"You saw it huh?" Serena asked.
"Oh yeah, I saw it. Guess you'll just have to
settle for you having to have superpowers to be a
hero," Raye muttered. "I wish I could stay and chat,
but I'll be late for karate class."
With that Raye moved off down the street.
"Hmm..her criticism was more scathing then
normal. She must really be in a bad mood. it's
probably over that guy she likes. Actually, thinking
about how bad she must feel makes me feel better. I'll
have to do that more often," Serena said to herself and
after donning her newly purchased T-shirt began to
search for something to occupy herself that morning.

Meanwhile at the public library.
"Quantum Mechanics, for College Students.
I've been looking for this book," Amy said laying it out
in front of her on the desk.

With her leg in it's condition, there wasn't much
Lita could do with herself. it did give her the
opportunity to think. She sat in her front yard with her
leg propped up on a chair. She remembered the past,
and the time now seemingly in the distant past. it had
been over two years ago when she had fallen in love
with Matthew. The minute she had set eyes on him,
she knew he should be hers. In fact, every girl in her
junior high thought the same thing, but she went after
him, and she got him. The two had been going for
three months and things were going well, but then
everything was shattered by a rainy day.
Lita and Matthew had taken shelter from a
sudden downpour under a gazebo. While she watched
the rain fall and saw the beauty in it, Matthew was
having other thoughts.
"Isn't this nice, even though it's wet?" Lita
asked.
"Uh..Lita. I was going to tell you this sooner,
but I don't think we should keep seeing each other,"
Matthew had said. She had been so stunned by these
words that she had felt sure that she had dreamed them
up herself, and she didn't respond.
"Did you hear me?" He asked. The realization
hit her and she whirled around to face him.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean that it's over," he said. "You're a nice
girl, but I've found someone else."
It was such a heartbreaking experience then
that Lita now, two years later couldn't help, but shed a
tear. Matthew had walked off into the rain. She had
followed for a few feet, but then realized the futility of
such a move. She stood there watching him go, the
tears swelling inside her eyes as the rain soaked her.
Something had interceded then, an umbrella had been
placed over her and protected her. Holding it was a
boy her age. A boy she knew.
"Are you all right?" he asked.
"No, Ken, I'm not," she said.
"Here take this," Ken said and handed her the
umbrella. She took it.
"Thank you," She said.
"Your welcome."
Lita immediately began to feel better. The two
had been friends for years and they still were Lita
never considered Ken as a boyfriend, and he wasn't.
She treated him just as she would treat any other good
friend, and they got along fine. it suited Ken fine, since
he didn't like complex relationships. Lately the two
hadn't seen each other. Ken was a hard worker and
his school work didn't leave him much time to see her.
Still she tried.
it was with all this thought that Lita realized that
she was truly in love again, or at least truly deluded.
Either way, she knew she had to act, but first she
needed to call Ken.
Of course when Mina and Serena walked in
she knew she would have to wait a while.
"Hi there," they both said.
"Serena, where'd you get that shirt?" Mina
asked noticing it for the first time.
"Someone was selling it. isn't it cool. I've got
my own fan base," Serena said.
"Yeah...young children everywhere love you,"
Lita said.
"Girls look up to you," Mina said.
"And forty year old men are obsessed with
you. Figure that out," Mike said appearing next to
them.
"Hey Mike," Mina said joyfully.
"Hey girls, wish I could stay and brighten up
your lives some more, but I'm on my way to do some
very important business downtown," Mike said.
"Like what?" Lita asked skeptically.
"You...know..important business transaction,"
Mike said.
"You're just buying gum at that candy store
aren't you?" Mina asked.
"So I am," Mike muttered. "But then I'm
expected somewhere, so it's a moot point, see ya," he
said and hurried away.
"That's your boyfriend?" Serena asked.
"He's a nice guy," Mina said.
"Oh Mina, your heart is too pure to be broken
so quickly," Lita said.
"And what does that mean?" Mina growled.
"Give it six months and you'll hate that guy
enough to throw him off a roof and then drop an anvil
on top of him," Lita said.
"I doubt that," Mina said.
"Trust me, I know," Lita said.
This caused Mina to think a little until they were
interrupted by the sound of yelling. Down the
sidewalk raced Rick Fujimori trailing a pair of pants
behind him. He rounded the turn quickly.
"Hey how you doing," he said as he did so.
Seconds later Steve raced down the street after
Fujimori, topless, and wearing a bathing suit and a pair
of sneakers.
"Give me back those pants Fujimori!" he
shouted.
"Hi Lita," he added as he raced by her.
"Hmmm...Lita, I suppose that's a good guy you
got there isn't it?" Mina asked viciously.
"Aw...Mina, let's just give up and become
nuns," Lita said.
"You two are worse than I thought," Serena
said.
"WHO ASKED YOU?" The two snapped
back.
"Sorry," Serena said.

"Oh that's right, the theory can't be
conclusively proposed until that last variable is
discerned. it'll take years of intense research just to
figure out the parameters," Amy said reading the book
intently.

"Let's get Lita something that will cheer her
up," Serena said.
"I think she was pretty cheerful," Mina said.
"No one's cheerful when they're hurt," Serena
said.
"Oh," Mina said. "So what should we get her."
"You're the closest to her, what do you think?"
"I'm the closest? How?"
"You guys hang out the most."
"We spend most of the time arguing."
"Still, that's hanging out."
"So you're the closest to Raye then?"
"Absolutely not!" Serena shouted.
"So what do we get her?"
"I have no idea."
"Shouldn't we know what our friend likes?"
"We should, but we don't."
"That's kinda strange."
The two shrugged.

Relgar perched on a rooftop and stared down
at Lita, who was talking on the phone.
"She has no idea what is in store for her."
He slowly raised his hand and built it with
energy.
I will incapacitate her with one blow, and then
her destruction will be accomplished quite easily.
A blast of energy flew over his head. He spun.
"I have no time for your nonsense," He said to
the warrior. The warrior just drew his sword and fired.
Relgar leapt up and raced forward. The warrior leapt
over him and stabbed him again. He dropped behind a
house and disappeared.
"Odd," Relgar said. "Where is he?"
Relgar looked around some more and then built
up his energy again. He looked around curiously and
then moved towards the wall again. A sword blast flew
straight up and slammed into his face knocking him to
the ground.
"You'll pay for that!" Relgar shouted.

Mina and Serena meanwhile were walking
back towards Lita's house carrying a cookbook.
"You know we should have thought of this
sooner," Serena said.
"But all that stuff we found in the Canadian
Memento's shack was really cool too," Mina said.
"No it wasn't," Serena muttered. "I hate
Canada."
"Most people do," Mina said.
"Do you hear something?" Serena asked.
"Like what?"
"Like..."
Relgar slammed into the ground in front of
them.
The two girls jumped and then hurried off down
a side street.
"We know what we have to do now," Mina
said.
Serena for once, was way ahead of her.
"Cosmic Moon Power."
"Venus Star Power!"
The two transformed quickly. They returned to
the street to find Relgar racing down the street narrowly
avoiding the warrior's energy blasts.
"I will kill Sailor Jupiter! You can't stop me!"
Relgar shouted.
"Venus Crescent Beam! SMASH!"
Relgar was hit in the head. He fell forward.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
Her energy chain flew out and connected.
Relgar shouted and hopped up, spinning to face the
two.
"Moon Scepter Elimination!"
The attack flew at him. He dived out of the way
only to be hit by yet another of Venus Crescent Beams
and knocked back into the path of the energy.
"No!" he shouted and vaporized.
"Not a bad days work," Venus said.
Sailor Moon smiled.
"He was after Jupiter though," Venus said.
"We should have expected them to try to get her while
she was hurt."
"I guess we should keep an eye on her till she's
healed, but I need to sleep sometime."
The strange warrior dropped to the ground.
"I'll handle it, I can watch over the house, if
they come back, she'll be protected."
"Arigato!" the two girls replied. The figure
disappeared before they could say anything more.
"Hey guys," Lita said as Serena and Mina
walked in.
"How's the leg?" Mina asked.
"Getting better, but still, it feels so weak," Lita
said.
"Here, we got ya a present," Mina said.
"Yep, it took us five hours to pick up so ya'd
better like it," Serena said.
Lita grinned.

Raye hadn't expected to hear any sound
coming out of Central Junior High School as she
passed by it heading home from karate class, but
surprisingly she did. it wasn't just any sound either, it
was music, good music. The minute she heard the tune,
she fell in love with it. Turning off the sidewalk she
began to search for the source. it took her only a
minute to find that the school gym was where she was
looking for. Peering in an open door Rick, Steve, and
Mike. Rick and Steve were both playing guitars. Mike
sat in the back of them at a drum set, banging away at a
constant beat. Raye just stood there and listened. The
song continued for another minute or so. When the
three stopped, she contemplated what she should do.
Rick hasn't been very nice to me of late, but
that is good stuff, and they should know that. Maybe I
should complement them, but what if they don't
appreciate it. Then I'll just be...
Her thoughts were interrupted by a call from inside.
"Hey! You out there!"
She broke out of her thought to see the three
guys staring at her. Rick had been the one to call to
her.
"What?" She asked.
"Do you like it?" Rick replied with a grin.
"Sure," Raye replied.
"Well then don't stand out there. Come inside.
We like to have our audiences where we can see
them," Mike said.
Raye paused a minute then hurried inside. She took a
seat in the bleachers across from the group. They
broke into another song. Raye once again was
impressed by the three's skill and creativity with the
rhythm. When that song ended she was surprised to
see Rick beckoning to her.
"All right. Miss Hino, remember this day.
You've seen the best band in the world," he said.
"Right on," The other two guys said.
"Now. Let's see your talent," Rick finished.
"Are you kidding?" She asked skeptically, not
expecting to be challenged, especially by a boy who up
till now showed little interest in her.
"No. Come on down to the microphone," Rick
said. Raye hesitated, but then started moving towards
them.
"You don't know any of my songs," she said.
"Sure we do," Mike said. He had since moved
to a synthesizer situated next to the drum set.
"Just follow our lead," Rick said.
"If you insist," Raye said cynically and stood
behind the microphone.
Like they'd really know any of my songs. She
thought. To her utter shock. The lead in to one of her
latest songs was played perfectly in the background.
She recovered quickly enough to begin.
The makeshift group went through the entire song
without a hitch.
"Well, looks like you've got everything you
think you have," Rick said.
"Of course I do," Raye said.
Mike and Steve laughed.
"That's a typical Raye response if I ever heard
one," Rick said.
"What's that mean?" Raye said. Her ire rising.
"You're a beautiful and talented girl, but you
have just a tiny bit of arrogance," Rick said.
"Is that why you've been so hostile to me?" she
asked. Unsure how to take that quote.
"Hostile? Hmm..to be honest. I was just
nervous when you were around," Rick said.
"Nervous? Why?" Raye asked in confusion.

"You are arrogant, but I must admit, ever since
I saw you up there on stage, singing your songs. Well
I've had this crush. Up till now, you haven't shown any
interest in me, so I've kept my distance. Then you
started talking to me and we'll it was a surprise. I mean
I can have any other girl in the school if I wanted...." he
was cut off as Steve and Mike began to chuckle. He
shot a glance back at them and they quieted down.
"..but I was always afraid to pursue you for the same
reasons I like your personality," Rick finished.
"Really?" Raye asked.
"Yeah...and in the detention room...well..I was
scared, but I was also testing you," Rick said.
"Testing me? How?"
"I wanted to see how much you could take.
One of the reasons I like you so much is that you're
strong, arrogant, easily angered, but strong too. I
wanted to see how strong. You reacted to me the way
I had hoped, and while it did hurt a little when I hit the
wall, you passed the test and here you are back talking
to me which proves you're in this for more than just
something."
"Oh. So are you saying you want to go out
sometime?" Raye asked nonchalantly.
"I thought that was the message," Rick said.
"Sure," she said.
"Yes," Rick said openly.
"And while were on the subject of arrogance to
be perfectly honest. You're a pompous jerk," Raye
replied.
"Ooooo," Mike and Steve said.
"You two! Out!," Rick and Raye said in
unison. Mike and Steve made a mock salute and
walked out.
"Pompous? Hmm...I guess I am," Rick said.
"Don't worry though. You'll always be the most
arrogant person in school. Your title's safe," he said
sarcastically.
"Are you looking to get kicked in the head?"
Raye said amused and dismayed at the same time.
"Well...if it'll help the relationship. Why not?"
Rick said. "Go ahead. Kick me."
"I was only joking," Raye said.
This isn't the same guy I was leering at. She
thought. Not that this guy is a problem.
"Come on. I can take it," Rick said moving out
into the center of the Gym.
"No," Raye said.
"Oh, come now. A strong willed girl like you
can't even throw a kick."
"Rick I could, but I don't want to hurt you."
"You can't do it."
"Wanna bet?" Raye asked.
"Sure. If you hurt me, you pick the place we
go on our date. If you don't. I pick the place," Rick
replied.
If I kick him and he collapses. We'll be
spending our date in the hospital. Still maybe a kick to
the chest could set this guy straight. Raye thought.
"All right, all right. If you'll just shut up about
it," Raye said.
"Fine," Rick said and took up a fighting a
stance. Raye did the same.
"Ready?" she asked.
"Bring it on," Rick said. Raye kicked, aiming
for Rick's stomach. She hadn't put as much force into
it as she could have. She didn't want to hurt him really.
Before the kick could connect though, Rick's hand shot
out and deflected it knocking her off balance. She
didn't have time to make a shout of dismay before
tumbling towards the ground. She was surprised again,
when she didn't hit, but was instead lifted upwards.
Rick had grabbed onto her arm.
"Told you," He said. "Rick Fujimori, karate
student, nice to meet you."
"You set me up," Raye said.
"Wasn't it neat though?"
"If you didn't look so good I'd slap you," Raye
said.
"Thank you," Rick said.
"Those two have really hit it off," Mike said
watching from the doorway.
"Will it last though?" Steve asked.
"Good question. They seem to be able to put
up with each other. That's a start. We all know Rick's
had his trouble with women and some odd habits."
"He can get them. He just can't keep them or
he doesn't want to."
"That reminds you. What about you?" Mike
asked.
"Me?" Steve replied.
"Sure? You know that Lita girl has the hots for
you."
"Well we went out, things got a little out of
hand."
"Come on Steve. I hear Melvin has had better
luck than you with the ladies," Mike said.
"That's cold. Besides I'm going out with her
aren't I?"
"Sure. I'm just making sure you stick with it.
Lita really likes you, you know."
"How do you know that?"
"Mina told me."
"Oh, that's right. Mina....you're new girlfriend,"
Steve said with a laugh. The fact that Mike had a
girlfriend was always good for a few laughs.
"I don't know what you're problem is. She's
wonderful."
"She's not who I'm worried about," Steve said.
Rick and Raye had meanwhile approached the two and
had been listening in as they spared back and forth.
"Didn't I tell you two to scram?" Rick asked.
"We did. Only we came back," Mike replied.
"Wise guy," Rick said. "Me and Raye are
going to the park. You guys handle the equipment."
"Sure Rick. We'll throw your stuff off the roof
so we don't have to lug it home," Steve said.
"Whatever works," Rick said.
This hasn't been a bad day at all. Raye thought.

Amy was surprised, but not in a bad way, to
see Serena on her doorstep. Having returned from the
library, the girl genius had been hoping to find one of
her friends.
"Hey Amy, are you busy?" Serena asked.
"I usually am, but I'm glad to see you," Amy
replied with her polite smile.
"Uh..that's great, so what are you doing?"

"Just some studying," Amy said.

"Well I really should make sure all the
equipment's been saved," Rick said. "I really don't
trust those two with anything valuable."
"Ok," Raye said. "So were you happy? I
mean...uh did I pass the one date test?" she asked.
"So you heard about that did you?" Rick
asked.
Raye nodded nervously.
"Sure, you did," Rick said. "Which is what I
expected from the start."
"Oh, good," Raye said. "So what does that
mean? Is there a second date test or something?"
"Not really," Rick said. "Now we just see how
things go."
"Cool!" Raye shouted.
Rick laughed.

"And I don't want to go near Raye, she seems
awfully messed up right now and with Darien gone, well
here I am," Serena said.
"It's always good for me to have a friend over.
it reminds me that there's more to life than just
studying," Amy said. "Back when I was at Brighton
Academy everyone was so competitive that no one
really had friends," Amy said.
"Hmm..that must have stunk. I mean, being
smart is one thing, but no friends," Serena said.
"I realize now how bad it was. I'm worried
though."
"About what?"
"The negaverse has been really good at
attacking us. They know where we go to school, where
we live, everything."
"I see," Amy said. "I've noticed something else.
Haven't you always found it strange that many times the
negaverse acts irrationally almost to the point of utter
stupidity?" Amy asked.
"Yeah. it seems like they trip themselves up.
Why would they do that?" Serena asked suddenly
intrigued.
"I think that the negaverse so evil that they all
possess arrogance and overconfidence," Amy replied.
"Yeah, that makes sense," Serena said.
"Think about it. Respect is a very honorable
virtue. In history some of our the greatest battles were
won because a Leader not only knew his enemy, but
also respected him. The negaverse doesn't respect us.
They don't believe humans are a threat. They think
they're the best because of the cruelty inside them and
the fact that we've beaten them every time doesn't
change that."
"While we're on the subject Amy. Why do
you think they always attack Tokyo. The world is very
large, so why always here where we are."
"I have a theory on that too."
"You always do."
"This is probably their power base, we know
the negaverse is after energy, and they want to
conserve it as much as possible. it may be easier just
to keep attacking here. Also, it may be a matter of
revenge now. They may have to get rid of us first,
before their plans for invasion continue."
"Boy you're smart," Serena said.
"Don't talk like that Serena, you can do
anything if you put your mind to it."
"Don't get cliche with me Amy. I know my
limitations."
"No you don't. You create them, but we saw
how you did in math. You can go farther."
"Enough with the pep talk."
"Okay, let's change the subject. Did Lita look
all right today when you saw her? Getting attacked last
night probably wasn't fun for her," Amy said.
"She seemed fine, I guess she's used to it.
What I don't understand is why it's taking so long for
her leg to heal. Usually when we defeat the negaverse
everything goes back to normal."
"The difference is her leg was burned Serena.
The burn was caused by negaenergy, but once the burn
itself set in, it was completely human. So when we
killed the creature, it still has to heal. Lita's health and
her powers probably sped up the process though."
"Hmm....this is depressing you know that. I
come over to see you and we talk about the negaverse.
We should have more in common than just who we
fight."
"We do Serena, we're friends, we know a lot
about each other."
"But me and you, we're so different."
"Are we really?"
"Yes, I mean, you're vocabulary is ten times as
big as mine is. You've read every book in existence as
far as I can tell. I read comic books."
"Serena, there's nothing wrong with comic
books."
"That's not all Amy, you're such a hard
worker, I'm a slacker. We would never be friends if
we hadn't run into each other fighting the negaverse."
"Maybe, or maybe not."
"Come on, I thought you were a pompous jerk,
a brain farm reject, and I would have continued to do
that I guess."
"Would you really have?"
"Well you would have thought less of me still."
"Maybe, but that's not the point. We're friends
now. We've been through a lot. I didn't think we
needed to prove that to each other."
"I'm just feeling to well, with Darien gone and
Mina and Lita in love and Raye in this phase of
hers...well I feel so ..lonely and I've actually thought
about things, and it's...depressing."
"Serena, perk up. That's what you're best at."
"Easy for you to say. I think I'll go home. Let
me guess...back to the work."
"Yes. I've got some catchup work in Life
Sciences to do before I get to work on our history
paper," Amy said.
"You're kidding. Catchup work?" Serena
asked.
"Yes. I'm only on chapter 29," Amy said.
"Isn't Melvin on chapter 23?"
"Yes, but if I'm going to stay ahead of things, I
need to read ahead."
"I don't get it Amy. Why would you do that? I
mean wouldn't it make sense to just concentrate on the
chapter you're on?"
"it probably would, but I can't help it. After
I've read a chapter for the fifth or six time. I fully
understand it, I want to go even farther."
"Well good for you," Serena said and opened
the door.
"Serena, by the way, I'm still around if you
need me. You showed some potential, you just need to
bring it out."
"Well....all right. How about tomorrow you
come by and help me out."