Moon Shadows By Joel and Kathryn LeBlanc PART FIVE "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) _____________________________________________________________________________ New General characters (Courtesy of Joel A. LeBlanc) Selenite long Brown hair, brown suit, magic power staff that transcends Wolfenite long brown hair, dark suit (looks like Nefflight), turn to a wolf Kayite Long blond hair, blue outfit, magic arm bands Akronite Short silver hair (Like Dr.. Tomoe) magic arm bands Gelena Black hair, black cat suit, dark sword Jedeite (You all know about him!:) ____________________________________________________________________________ Mina and Serena walked down the street to one of their scout meeting. Serena was fondling a band aid on he arm from the last fight thinking of when Jedeite had appeared to her. How could she make the scouts lose. What if they hurt. They are her friends and their leader. What will they think. Mina noticed that Serena seemed really down today. "Anything I can do?" she asked Serena stared at her for a moment thinking and then just said. "No. It's my problem." Mina thought this was very unlike her. She usually feels open about her problems. "If you feel you need someone to talk to I am here. It might make feel better." "Thanks." this however did not make her feel better, but just replaced her worry with a ton of guilt. She felt like she was betraying them by not telling them. Shortly after that they both arrived at the temple meeting Lita on the way inside. That all sat down on the floor by the table. Raye was talking to Artemis about the generals. Serena noticed that Rei had a bandaged chin and started to point and laugh. "Serena, we are trying to talk here, so if you do not mind." Raye made a motion with her hands shooing Serena off. "It is not fair to laugh Serena. We where all very badly beaten up." Ami scolded her with a frown nursing her hand which was in a cast. "Yeah Yeah." she said, without another word and sat on the floor listening to her mind, and only half to what the others were saying in the background. Except for catching small snitches now and then. "So we really have no idea," Ami began after a brief silence. Serena looked across the room at the flames that were dancing in the fire place. >I don't know what to do.< she thought hopelessly, looking at her fingers as they fiddles with the bow of her school uniform >It's for their own good! But how can I help Jedeite! HELP Jedeite!< she tried to shake the idea that what she was doing was almost like being a traitor. >Did you forget, that I knew your identity sailor moon...< she heard Jedeite's mocking voice from the night before in her head. >Or should I say Sailor Moon.< he had laughed then. "Well, when those men appear again, the best we can do is maybe try to capture one and make him tell us what we need to know." Artemis suggested "Because if they're just saving their powers for something bigger we may need to be prepared so as not to be caught off guard." "If the fire was telling me anything different, I'd tell you." Rei said hopelessly. "But it always refuses to tell me anything more. Now and then that picture of Darien comes up and I really don't understand." Serena's head came up at the mention of Darien's name and she bit her lip tensely. >Darien...< Jedeite threatened to hurt Darien and her friends because he claimed to know who all of them were. She shook her head. Until she knew what he was aiming at, she really couldn't do anything. "Serena, you've been so quiet. What are you thinking about?" asked Ami all of a sudden. Serena at first didn't hear her name being called and then looked up. "Wha...me? Oh, nothing." she grinned with false convivialism, but the others recognized her acts of falsisity. Ami and Mina exchanged glances because on the walk, Mina remembered she noticed that there had been something wrong with Serena's moods. "Serena, is there something troubling you or that we should know about?" Luna asked, studying Serena "or are you just tired as usual?" Serena nodded. "Yeah, kinda. I have a major test tomorrow and I am NOT looking forward to it!" she laughed and the others had a sweat drop forming. "Serena," Luna nodded, licking her paws "It's good for you to have your mind on your school work for once, but this is scout business and totally seperatial from your personal and school life." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Serena, I can see some thing's troubling you." Darien said. They were sitting on the bench in the park. They'd had hot dogs, but Serena had been lacking her usual enthusiasm. "I just...have my mind on other things." she tried to look confident. But he just shook his head. "Serena, I know that, by looking at you. You don't usually eat half a hot dog, let alone one. You usually eat three." "Hey!" she frowned indignantly at him and folded her arms. "My eating habits are of no concern of yours! I don't gain weight, so what have you got to complain about since you don't have a fat girlfriend!" He laughed. "You don't gain weight because of the exercise you put into making it to school every day." he teased. "Now what's the matter?" "Well....I've got a major test tomorrow. I've been pondering it. That's all." His eye brow rose a fraction. "You? Worrying about your school work. Now I know something is wrong, Serena. What's REALLY worrying you?" "Darien....I JUST TOLD YOU!" she frowned at him. "Maybe you guys should trust me for once, you know. It's not like I let you down every time I make a mistake or..." "Whoah, whoah, calm down Serena!" he held his hands in front of him. But now he knew there was definitely something on her mind to make her so jumpy. "Are you going to tell me or not?" She opened her mouth to say something but didn't get a chance to. She stared over his shoulder and saw Jedeite floating in the distance, in the tree shade, staring right at her. She paled. He pointed into the woods and as Darien turned to see what she was staring at, he dissapeared. "Serena, what's wrong?" he asked. "Nothing. Uh..Darien...." she quickly took out her communicator and starting dialing. His looked at her with confusion and stared back over his shoulder. What had made her grow so instantaneously pallid like that? And now she was taking out her communicator. "Guys, I think we have trouble." she said nervously biting her lip. "Serena, no we don't.." Darien got up and continued to look at the woods. Had she seen something. "Serena, what's up?" "Darien...I think I saw someone...one of those...Just trust me would you!" she said exasperatedly and called the others. They said they would be on their way. Darien and Serena transformed and ran into the woods. They searched for any signs of Generals and were about to give up when the heard a woman crying. They ran in the direction and found a woman lying by the trunk of the tree. She had long brown hair and was clutching a cloth to her. "Miss, what is wrong?" Tuxedo Mask asked her kneeling down. Then her cries became cackles of laughter. "What is this, some kind of joke." Serena was bout to pull him back when the woman stood up and took off her cloth revealing her dark brown uniform. She took out a sword and lashed it out at Tuxedo Mask gashing his shoulder. "DARIEN!" Serena turned to the female general "You evil witch" Selenite just burst out laughing even more. "You do not know the half of it." She said in a low eerie tone. Serena almost felt sorry for her by her tone of voice when the sword turned into a long staff with a large type of sphere on top of it. Then it let out a HUGE explosion sending them flying in the air. Tuxy now unconcouis. "JUPITER THUNDER CLASH ZAP!" Jupiter yelled appearing in the trees. The attach was totally absorbed by the sphere. "What?" Mars appeared behind Selenite and tried to jump her but Selenite was too strong and her staff turned into some sort of seed. Very large and it looked like a bean. She through it too the ground near to Mars and a million vines appeared holding Mars by Arms, Legs, and waist. Another dark figure appeared that Sailor Moon recognized imediatly. "Galena!" she breathed "Sailor moon. I have been itching to see you!" She threw her sword in the air and lighting struck it. She grabbed it as it hit the ground and pointed it at the trees and it let out a large beam of dark energy. Then the figure of Mercury fell to the ground. Sailor Moon tried to run to her but Galena blocked her path. Venus then appeared. "VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!!!" But Sailor Moon blocked the way and took the attack but it hit her transformation broach instead so no damage was done. "ENOUGH PLAYING GAMES" Galena screamed as she lunged at Sailor Moon with her sword. "Sailor Moon!" cried Ami, looking up weakly. Serena hid her face in her arms and waited for the blow but it didn't come. A large burning flash of light appeared and Jedeite floated high above them, glaring at Gelena. "That's exactly what this is Gelena. A GAME." he said cooly. She glared back at him. Wolfenite mocked her. "I want at least ONE of them dead! Preferredly, her!" she pointed at Sailor Moon. The scouts and Darien (just coming to) stared in disbelief at their old arch nemesis, Jedeite. "JEDEITE!" cried Rei in shock. Lita and Mina stared at him. "Jedeite! The guy you told us about! I thought he was dead!?" "Apparently not." Ami bit her lip. Jedeite acted unaware of the commotion he had caused at his entrance. "Do not ruin the game, Gelena. Or I will exclude you from the chess board and your move is out." Jedeite said firmly. "Jedeite! What are you doing here!" Rei yelled at him angrily. He seemed amused. "Talking to you, Rei." He snapped his fingers and the other generals dissapeared and the vines that had held Lita sank back into the ground. She rubbed her wrists and sore hands weakly. They all stood up. "Serena, we've got to get rid of him." Mars whispered to Serena "Ami and I will distract him, Venus can team up with you and Darien can cover you. Then when you can, shoot him with your scepter elimination. K?" Serena blanched. It couldn't be all up to her now! She'd let them down! She promised Jedeite she wouldn't. "Mars...I can't...I can't do that..." Mars gave an impatient gesture. "Sailor Moon, no time to chicken out now. Just do it." and before Serena could protest Rei moved on. Jedeite gave her a knowing look. Obviously that was why he was not joining his henchmen. he was going to every extent to make her look like a traitor to her friends. Maybe that was his plan..... Everyone was in their positions, with Mars and Mercury talking in peevish voices, trying to distract him. he did a good job pretending to be distracted enough, but Serena was sure he was as ready as a cat. Venus was ready to fire her attack. And Jedeite wasn't even moving! She knew this wasn't going to be easy. "Venus love chain encircle.." "Moon scepter elimination!" Serena yelled too quickly and aimed it slightly away from Jedeite. But since it was yelled too soon, when Venus's attack was fired, instead of even hitting Jedeite, it was hit by Serena's attack, and both evaporated. "SAILOR MOON! YOU DITZ!" Mars cried ion frustration. Jedeite laugh. "Not much changes in a year, right girls. I'll be seeing you." and he was gone. Serena looked at her wand. She knew that when she raised her eyes they were all going to be staring at her. And she was right. Their eyes were all demanding an explanation, and she had none she could give. ______________________________________________________________________________ Back at their lair Wolfenite and Jedeite talked. "You saw her today. She was wild and almost ruined everything! The Dark energy runs through her TOO strong. She WILL ruin everything,maybe even you if you do not stop her!" He explained in a harsh tone. "No, she is to valuable. We will need her power in the future. Her power does not have limits like out but was like Beryl's, it grows. But as long as she never knows that she is of no harm." He said coldly. A tall figure with long black hair stood in the darkness listening. > That is what you think Jedite. When the dark comes it will be my duty for it to fall upon you along with everything....and everyone else that stands in my way< with that she stole away to formulate a plan of her own.... which no one can escape! _________________________________________________________________________ Joel's notes: OOOOOOOOooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! What might she be planning? MY OH MY HOW EXCITING!!!!!!!! (Note: I wrote that as well as the battle scene until the seen where Jedite apeared) Hope you like that and PLEASE!!!!!!! write us on it!!! What do you think? How do you feel? What you had for breakfast? ANYTHING????????????/ P.S. visit my site at: http://www.angelfire.com/ma/ASailorMoonsite1/index.html It has links pics, my own web ring, my own club, a Sailor Saturn, Mars , mercury, pluto, and neptune shrine, plus more activities, including my Magic 8 ball and the background giveaway!!! Kate's Notes: Joel, be a dear, and shut up would you :) I am constantly having to correct his spelling ,which is terrible! Joel wrote the beginning, and then I started at the point where she was in the temple thinking about hwo she was not a traiotr. Joel started the fighting scene and I started the part when Jedeite appeared and Joel wrote the conversdation bewteen Jedeite and Wolfenite in their layre. Sort of been give and take :) Any way, hope that you all like this chapter. Chapter five! Wow! The start of life for everyone :) Can you believe that this story has been an idea since August! And now the year is almost over! :) Love Kate And castaway Joel (a silly name our friend Melanie calls him. Every boy in HER school is scared of her!) *^_^* P.S.S.Joel's notes:You can talk "Zelda!" he he!. You are not any secretary either!!!! :) Kate: Never mind us folks, we'll send this to aArtemis and Luna and just carry out our quarrel in private. Good night :) Joel: > Evil cacles in background< Kate: he thinks he'll win, but he never does :)