Moon Shadows By Joel and Kathryn LeBlanc Author's Notes: Hi guys, so now my brother and I are writing a story together.We planned the whole thing in July and now we are starting it. It might take longer because we are sort of both working on it. I will do the typing out but we still have a lot of planning to do in it, and so be patient. Enjoy the story of two mad geniuses at work! Bwa ha ha ha!!! PART TWO "I will rise, I will return The phoenix from the flame. I have learned I will rise You'll see me return Being what I am There is no other troy for me to burn You should have left the light on, Then I wouldn't have tried. You never would have known....... Sinead O' Connor (Troy) __________________________________________________________________________ Rei, the raven haired priestess, bowed before the sacred flame of her temple. "O secret flame of the fires, tell me what this evil is that has come back top haunt us." she said and a large blast of gold and orange seemed to almost lash out at her. She stared into the depths and realized there it was again: the pulsing responses to an old evil that was growing nearer and nearer every day. Yet the flames seemed unable to tell her which evil it was. "Ach!" she groaned in frustration, wiping her brow from the heat and standing up to stretch her legs. "Maybe I need something else than just what the fire can tell me." she sighed and rubbed her temples. Maybe this old enemy, whatever and who ever it was, was going to attack them. But when and where? The only thing that troubled her was that if they had fought this person or thing before, why was it back? And was it stronger than before? _____________________________________________________________________________ "Ami, I'm hungry and I'm tired. I want to go home." whined Serena in her little girl's voice. Ami rolled her eyes. "Serena, you asked me some tips on how to make a good report on Gogol, and that was after you even asked me who he was! If you want to get a good mark you'll stay put and read these books I took out for you." Serena stared at the pile of 5 or 6 books Ami had pulled out on Gogol, and groaned. "But I'm hungry. I didn't have any lunch!" Serena sighed and sank into her chair and then yawned. "What time is it any way?" "It;s nearly 4 o clock, Serena. Stop asking me that." Ami said , reading through one of the books an d making notes for her own reports. "You haven't been here ha;half an hour and already you want to call it quits. You'll never amount to anything..." "Not you sound like mom and Miss Haruna combines." Serena said and flicked a tak off the table. She had been fiddling with the colored taks that someone had left there. However it hit the passing girl in the cheek. She cried out and rubbed her cheek, glaring at Serena. Serena grew a large sweat drop on her head and waved her 3 fingers at the girl. "Um...sorry. he he. Sorry about that." the girl glared but walked pass and Ami rolled her eyes. "Serena, would you just sit still, be quiet and read. If you ant to get a good mark an hour in the library won't kill you." Serena frowned "No, but no nourishment for another hour might. I have to live Ami! If I don't get some food I'm going to..." "Fine! All right. Let's go home." Ami sighed closing her book, unable to tolerate any more of Serena's studying company while she was trying to study herself. Serena breathed a sigh of relief as they got up. "Serena, no wonder you never get a good mark if you never=ever take study seriously!" Ami said with a smile and a frustrated look. Serena shrugged carelessly. "All I care about right now Ami is food and... hey what's all the commotion outside about? maybe a parade or something!" she exclaimed excitedly. Ami rolled her eyes. "At this time of year? Probably some construction or something. Let's just go home." But when they got out the door they heard noises like crashing and banging and even...people crying out in surprise. "Ami, this doesn't really sound like construction." Serena said, looking around. Ami seemed to agree as they wondered why everyone was so excited. It was then that Serena noticed a man with long brown hair floating above the crowd. At first she thought she had just studied too long but then she realized that everyone else could see him as well. "Ami look! There's a guy flying in the air!" "Where?" Ami looked at her skeptically, obviously also thinking Serena needed food more than even she said. "Over there!" Serena pointed. Ami was unable to treat it as a joke when she too saw the man and then realized that there were 2 more people beside him. The woman with a long brown pony tail, and dark eyes. The men also had long hair. One brown and one blond. They too had dark eyes. Ami then recognized they were clad in a general's costume. "Serena, I think we'd better call the scouts on this." Ami said seriously, pulling Serena half way inside the door so the people wouldn't see them. "Do they look like who I think they do?" Serena stared at them harder. "You know they almost remind me of some of those wacko generals we dusted a while ago." Ami rolled her eyes. "Just what I was thinking. Serena I'll c all the scouts because this doesn't look too good. You go change." Serena nodded and ran down the hall while Ami opened her communicator. "Hi, anyone there? Guys we need some help here!" she said and she saw Lita's face on the screen. "Hi Ami. What's up?" "Lita, we've got a bit of trouble down here at the library." Ami said. Lita laughed. "Of which sorts? Serena got lost or Serena fell a sleep or Serena..." "Not THAT kind of trouble Lita! We've got some wackos down here floating in the air...and they look like some of Beryl's generals." Lita looked serious. "Anyone we know?" "How can you make jokes at times like that?" Ami exclaimed "This might have something to do with that stuff about ancient evils coming back Rei has been so wrapped up in. Can you get the others down here and also get Darien if you can?" "No sweat! be there in a 5 minutes and...where are you?" "The Library on Kings street." Ami said. "The library! How'd you get Serena to the Library! Making her run after a hot dog on a string or something?" LITA! JUST HURRY UP!" Ami exclaimed as she heard a large sound like a crash outside. Lita obviously heard it too. "Get the others and get down here on the double!" Ami put her communicator away, quickly transformed into her alter ego, Sailor Mercury and came out of the Library. But before she could do anything she saw Sailor Moon unconscious on the ground. ____________________________________________________________________________ Jedeite frowned and then smiled lightly as he saw Wolfenite's surprise attack on sailor Moon's backside. He watched Sailor Mercury emerge from the Library and then try her own attacks against his three generals. "They seem to be a little rusty since last I met them." he observed smugly almost. Cooly, but with a smug air. "After all, they are just kids! If Beryl had just listened to me, they would have been dead long ago!" he thought with anger and then calmed himself as he watched the battle continue to take place. he observed that Mercury was even more powerful than he remembered her to be. He wondered if the same was about sailor Moon. >Even if she has all the power in the world, she lacks the skills to use it well!< he thought. It was such a typical move for her to turn around and forget that Wolfenite was behind her! But his smile vanished when he saw a large thunder blast come out of nowhere and strike at Selenite. who was about to hit Mercury's backside. He realized he had not met this girl before. She was tall in a green scout costume and brown hair and her power was phenomenal. It almost matches some of that of his generals! He observed her. Sailor Jupiter, he heard Mercury call her. So there was a new scout? No matter, it would make it more interesting. but still he observed her power and realized she was indeed very strong. When had she come along? Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask came right on cue afterwards, through the crowds of running people. But then he saw a girl in an orange costume and blond hair! Sailor moon>? But she was passed out after a surprise attack? He glanced and saw sailor moon was still lying down, though being protected by Tuxedo Mask >What else is new?< he wondered dryly. Then turned his attention back to the blond haired scout he had mistake for sailor moon and then realized after closer scrutinizing, that she had different features and her costume was different. She called herself sailor Venus >They still have those stupid little opening speeches!< he thought with disgust. So when did this scout come in? And were there more? How many more? He observed the two new ones and realized they were very strong. In fact every one seemed stronger than he last remembered. Maybe it was age... no matter. In time he would be stronger than all of them put together. Tuxedo Mask had woken Sailor Moon and she was probably going for that stupid infinestimal tiara....but she wasn't. She pulled out some scepter. He frowned and realized that of course, if the others were stronger, she would be too! He immediately called for the generals to make a brief retreat while he could watch what happened. The three disappeared as Serena sent her scepter's power right at them, only to hit nothing. But he realized from the vibes he could pick up that the power was about 10 times stronger than her old powers! he had not expected this. It was not going to ruing his