Sailor Moon Z: #4 - Reunite By: Janelle Jimenez (pandora@indy.net) Official WebPage: http://www.indy.net/~pandora/sailormoon/zodiac/intro3.html "Its so unfair!!" Usagi wailed, "Why do those Zodiac people get such a cute guy?!" Rei glanced up at her and rolled her eyes, "Gee, Usagi, you and Mamoru-san were really meant to be, weren't you?" she asked smirking a little. Usagi stiffened, then sniffed. "Hmph, if MAMORU can look at other women, so can I!" she said proudly, Minako clapped, "I second that!" she said cheerfully, Rei grinned, "Heh, Usagi-chan can look at other WOMEN too?" she asked. Usagi's eyes widened, "Reeeei-chan!" she exclaimed, the three started laughing hysterically. "I wonder what the Shadow Star Ninja is doing right now.." Ami murmured, interuppting the laughs. She obviously had been in a daze and hadn't heard a word of what the girls were giggling about. Mako looked at Ami quizzically, "Ami-chan! What about Urawa-kun!" she exclaimed, referring to Ami's genious 'boyfriend' with psychic powers. Ami looked at Mako, "What about him? We aren't a couple. I know I seem to have been waiting for him, but nothing is going to come of it. It's been almost three years since I saw him last." she murmured, still in a daze. Usagi crawled over to Ami. Ami didn't even notice the blonde coming towards her, she was hugging a red couch pillow closely to her chest and her blue eyes were staring at a spot on the ceiling. Usagi waved her hands in front of Ami's face, "Ami-chan!!!! Wake up!!" she exclaimed, Ami looked at Usagi and hit her lightly with the pillow and smiled. "Well, the Shadow Star Ninja is very handsome.." Ami said, the girls looked at her wide-eyed. Ami noticed this and blushed, "Ami-chan! I've never seen you so head-over-heels for a guy!" Rei exclaimed, "Right when I thought you and I were the only ones not totally obsessed with dating." "I never used to be...till I lost Mamo-chan." Usagi sniffed, everyone ignored her comments. "I'm not so obsessed, I just want to go on a date!" Minako exclaimed. "Ami-chan and Rei-chan aren't the only ones, I don't think the Outer Senshi really care about men..especially Michiru and Haruka." Mako said smiling secretly. "Where are they anyway?" Minako asked sitting up, Rei shrugged. "You know.." Usagi began, leaning againt a couch. Ever since things got quiet, the girls had made it a ritual to stay the night at one of the girls houses, today it was Usagi's house. "I don't really like the Outer Senshi.." she confessed. Minako looked at her surprised, "You don't like the Outers? I might understand a feeling of negetivity towards Haruka-san, Michiru-san, and Setsuna-san, afterall they did blame everything on you...but even still, I thought you would have forgiven them by now. How can you not like Hotaru-chan? She's so nice." Minako said. "No, she's not! They think they're better than us! I don't like it.." Usagi said, defending herself. Rei looked angry, like she was holding something in, after a few seconds of silence, she exploded. "I hate to break it to you Usagi, but THEY ARE BETTER!" she shouted, "You are so ungrateful! How many times have they saved us? Can't you get it through your head that they are more powerful? Without them, we'd be dead! No way we'd could have ever destroy Hotaru when she was Sailor Saturn! The whole world would be dead!" Rei said harshly, trying to get everything through Usagi's head. Usagi frowned and looked at Rei, she held back tears. "Who do you think healed her?" Usagi snapped, "I don't like them, Rei-chan. Okay? I act nice, pretend to be nice..but I don't like them.." she choked. "Whatever.." Rei muttered, and sulked back into the couch, Usagi began to cry, not loudly, but she cried many silent tears. Minako gave Usagi a hug, and comforted her. "What a ruined evening.." Mako sighed as she sank back into a chair. * * * * "Alana is mad at us.." Joanna said, as she dropped her black bookbag on the floor of Jessica's room. Jessica glanced upwards at Joanna, she was busy writing an essay. "How come?" Janie asked, staring at the ceiling of Jessica's room, she was eating red rope licorice and offered Joanna a piece. Joanna shook her head, "Naww..no thanks..Anyway, Alana feels left out..she feels we don't invite her to anything and there's some big secret we have." Joanna reported, Jessica looked up and rolled her eyes. "Number one, we DON'T invite her to anything. Number two, there IS some big secret we can't tell her." she said flatly. Joanna glared at the back of Jessica's head, and opened her mouth to say something, but Janie touched the back of Joanna's hand and gave her a worried look with her eyes, telling her not to say anything. No one had ever talked back to Jessica, she was a natural leader, a total beauty as well, even if she wasn't kind. "Uhh..well...why don't we ask Alana to join us this weekend to do something? She can even pick!" Janie suggested, Jessica waved her hand showing she didn't care. "Fine with me.." Veronica said, not looking up from the magazine she was reading, Joanna nodded in agreement with Veronica. Picking up the phone, Janie made a dramatic show of punching in the numbers, Jessica turned around in her swivel chair and rolled her eyes at Janie. "Hello? Alana-chan..this is..yea..thats right..Hey, wanna do something with us? Umm, me, Veronica, Joanna..yes, Jessica..yes she does. I don't know, well..really? Me too..anyway, so do you? Wanna do something. Yea..Saturday..camping? Spiffy-kool! We'll be there! Okie dokie, Jessica's working on her essay too..I don't know..wanna ask? Oh well, see ya!" Janie chattered, she then hung up the phone. "Camping?" Jessica asked looking a little excited about the idea. "YEA! I love camping!" Veronica exclaimed jumping up and dropping the magazine on the floor. "You guys be here at Jessica's house at 6 o'clock tomorrow..I gotta go!" Janie exclaimed, looking at her watch, waving to her friends she ran out the door. Jessica smiled, the other girls saw this and look surprised. Jessica didn't smile very often. The next morning, the girls arrived one by one, the last to come was Alana. A white van pulled up with millions of kids in the car, a girl with brown curls jumped out of the van, her hazel eyes glanced around, looking a little unsure. Janie jumped up and gave her a hug, and soon all the girls where chatting happily, even Jessica. The girls took their things and walked towards the woods in Jessica's backyard. They followed a trail, and tried not to look too suspicious as they passed the site of where they battled the Sailor Senshi. Alana didn't seem to notice when Veronica bent down hastily and picked up a piece of green cloth made of a strange material not found anywhere else on earth and slipped it into Sailor Capricorn's hands. Soon they stopped in a clearing, they were close enough to still see Jessica's house up on the hill, but far enough to have a total experience. "This is so great!" Janie exclaimed holding her hands out, and turning around in a full circle. Jessica smiled, and looked around. "Nice and quiet as well.." she added. The girls nodded in agreement. Just as they were getting settled, a puff of smoke appeared, when the smoke cleared, a woman stood there before them, dressed in a black suit. "Cyanida!" Jessica hissed, she looked back at Alana, then back at Cyanida, "Oh well..gunna hafta transform.." she said to herself, "LEO COSMIC STAR POWER...MAKE UP!" she shouted, she held her transformation wand above her head, and spun in full circle until an apparition of a lion ran towards her and jumped up. She was then totally changed into a black uniform with a shimmery orange-red skirt, she tossed her black hair over her shoulder. "Sun Lion Destroy!" she shouted, her hand caught aflame and a lion created of the fire leaped from her fingertips and ran towards Cyanida. Cyanida disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Je-Jessica?" Alana stuttered looking shocked, Sailor Leo looked back, "Yes, Alana..this was our big secret." Leo explained. "O-Our?" Alana repeated, she started to shake with shock and fear. "Yes our.." Veronica's voice said, Alana turned to see a Senshi in black and dark purple, her long green hair still in a braid. "I am Sailor Sagittarius!" Veronica smiled, and posed. "What..on earth?" Alana said still shocked. "Alana!" said another voice, Alana looked down and saw Estrella. Alana screamed and backed away, "This is a bad dream? Right?" she asked, Sailor Leo looked annoyed. "Whats so bad about it?" she demanded, Estrella leaped up and flipped in the air, suddenly a small transformation wand appeared. From the tree Alana was by, energy shot down from the leaves and a small round sign appeared on Alana's head, she then instinctively picked up the stick and raised it to the sky, "Taurus Cosmic Star Power, Make UP!" she shouted, pink vines of energy seemed to grow from the ground and wrap themselves around Alana, and soon she was transformed into a black uniform with a dark pink skirt. Sailor Leo looked impressed, "At least you didn't have to be told what to do.." she smirked looking directly at Sailor Aquarius, Estrella looked at the girls, then back past Jessica's home. She was looking at a column of yellow smoke in the distance. "Cyanida is over there, probably trying to get the Silver Crystal from the Sailor Senshi!" Estrella shouted, Leo nodded, "SUN RISE!" she shouted and spun, tracing a circle from the fire in her hands. A orange bright bubble appeared around the girls, and lifted them up, it flew towards the site at light speed, blinding whoever dared look up at it. Sure enough Cyanida was there, and so were the Sailor Senshi. "Not you again!" Sailor Moon exclaimed, Cyanida had created monsters made of yellow smoke, they weren't difficult to defeat, but as soon as one was destroyed, the smoke would converge back together and make the monster again. "Venus..Love and Beauty Shock!" Sailor Venus said, a golden wreath appearing in her hand, she blew a kiss and threw the golden hearts at the monsters, destroying them, but sure enough they came back. "Die already!" Sailor Mars exclaimed in exasperation. "Dead Scream.." said a quiet voice, a pink ringed ball of energy travelled around until it had hit every single one of the smoke monsters. "Sailor Pluto?" Sailor Mercury said in shock, she knew Pluto only came when something bad was going to happen. Sure enough, from the shadows a beautiful woman stepped forward. She had dark skin and red eyes, her long green hair was tied in half of a bun. She was dressed in a white fuku with a black skirt and collar and high heeled black boots. In her hands she held a long staff which resembeled a key. "Its good to see you.." Mercury added, then glanced at Sailor Moon who refused to make eye contact. "Yes..and the rest of us.." a familiar masculine voice added. Stepping from behind Sailor Pluto was a pretty aqua haired Senshi, her hand rested on her chin as if she were in thought, and then blonde haired Senshi who had just spoken to them. "Sailor Neptune! Sailor Uranus!" the Inner Senshi said in shock, they hadn't seen them in so long, even when Tuxedo Kamen had suggested they call the Outer Senshi, they didn't know how. "Don't forget me.." said a soft voice, out of a shadow stepped a Senshi with a dark purple skirt and knee-high lace up boots. She held a menacing looking weapon, "Sailor..SATURN!?!" Sailor Mars exclaimed, trully in shock. The last time they had seen Hotaru she was just a baby, now she was around 16. "How did you know?" Venus asked, "Mamoru-san told us you needed help, so we came." Sailor Neptune replied. Sailor Moon looked down, I told you we didn't need their help, Mamo-chan, she thought. "Is the family renunion done?" Sailor Leo asked, once again cutting in. "Exactly what I was going to ask," said another voice, it was Cyanida who had been watching the whole situation. "Fourteen Senshi..how wonderful to get to kill you all.." Cyanida smiled, Sailor Saturn looked up at her. Cyanida raised her arms, "SHINDE! (DIE!)" she shouted, sending blasts of burning yellow smoke down at them. Sailor Saturn, who had correctly predicted her actions, stepped in front of all the Senshi and raised the Silence Glaive, "Silence Wall!" she shouted, the smoke travelled over and around the Glaive as it created a protective barrier around the Sailor Senshi, "White Bull Charge!" Sailor Taurus shouted, a white appartion of a bull appeared and charged towards Cyanida, it hit her and knocked her off the tree she was standing in. She then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "Umm..Thank you.." Sailor Moon said to Sailor Taurus. Sailor Leo who was standing next to Sailor Pluto, gazed at her Time Staff. "Its a star!" she screamed suddenly, and tore the Garnet Orb off the Time Staff. Sailor Pluto instinctively raised the staff and hit Sailor Leo, the Orb flew out of Leo's hand and out of her reach into the bushes. The Zodiac Senshi and the Sailor Senshi all made a mad dash for the Orb. "Venus LoveMe Chain!" Sailor Venus shouted, throwing the gold chain of hearts at the Orb and dragging it towards her. "Rain Flood!" Sailor Aqaurius shouted, a cloud appeared above Sailor Venus and a steady pour of rain appeared above her, not only confusing her, but destroying the LoveMe Chain. "NO! Don't let them get it!" Sailor Neptune shouted, "Deep Submerge!" she screamed and threw a ringed blue ball of energy at Sailor Aquarius which knocked her out of the way. Sailor Moon was nearing closer to the Orb. Sailor Leo had gotten out of Pluto's grasp, and was also running towards the Orb. "Shabon Spray!" Mercury shouted, filling the air with bubbles. "I can't see anything!" Sailor Mars shouted in anger, "Nature Entangle!" someone suddenly said in the confusion. "Sun Rise!" Sailor Leo shouted, the mist burned off in the heat of the bubble Leo created, Sailor Pluto gasped as she saw all the Senshi had been tied up in vines that had appeared out of nowhere...The Zodiac Senshi as well as the Garnet Orb were gone.