Hi everyone!! Here’s the next chapter. Usual disclaimers apply Enjoy!! Legend of the Excaliber - Chapter 4: Hearts from the Pink One She’s been standing just outside the park for a good hour now on another sunny day in Tokyo, "Where is Darien? He said he’d meet me here by 11, and it’s almost 12." Last night, Darien asked Serena out on a date in the lake on a row boat, and of course Serena dreamily accepted. Just then Darien came into view and approached Serena. Before Serena could ask what kept him, Darien took Serena’s head in his hands, and kissed her with all the passion he knew he had, until the need for air brought their lips apart. Darien asked, sweaty, "How’s my meatball head today?" Serena could only blush and turn her head away and replied, "I’m fine." She couldn’t help how happy she was in Darien’s arms and wanted this moment to last forever. The young couple walked into the park, still in each others embrace, and to the lake to rent a row boat for the afternoon. Rachel ran into the Crown Arcade, "Sorry I’m late Andrew. I over slept." Andrew chuckled a little, "That’s ok. I know someone who is late most of the time to just about anything that’s scheduled for her." "Oh," was her reply, while raising an eyebrow, "Have I met this person yet?" "No, not unless you met her outside the arcade. She is a regular here, but she’s usually here late in the afternoon, when your off duty." "What’s her name," Rachel asked. "Her name is Serena Tsukino," was Andrew’s reply. Rachel looked shocked at this at first, but then thought better of it, (No, it can’t be her. My mind is just messing me up.) Rachel went about her chores. Mark was having a similar situation in the Cafe next door, in a conversation with Lizzy, Andrew’s sister. In the Negaverse, General Viper and General Maverick were at it again. Coming up with a plan to keep the scouts busy in one part of town, and raid a shop on the other side of town. General Viper didn’t think this plan would work, "Are you nuts?!?! Jedite tried this plan and it failed." "I’m not nuts, and I made a few alterations to the original plan Jedite tried with this boat. Unlike Jedite’s plan, I want the Scouts to find my Youma that I stationed their. So they can Die!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA." By this point, General Viper thought Maverick has lost it, and took off for his assigned place. Several hours later, Darien and Serena had just brought the boat back to the pier, and got off the boat. Just as they were about to kiss, something light landed on Serena’s head. She took it off her head to discover it was a sealed enveloped marked, ‘To whom this a may concern.’ Being as curious as she was, Serena opened the envelope and read the letter that was in it; Dear Serena, If I were you, I wouldn’t be standing where you are with in the next 30 sec. Signed, Pink Haired Trouble Serena racked her brain for a few seconds, trying to think what it could mean, when Darien said, "Uh, Serena. You might want to move." Serena turned to look at Darien, who seemed to be looking up into the sky. "Darien, just because a letter.....," was all Serena said before something a bit heavier landed on her head, causing Serena to fall to the ground. Serena turned on to her back to see what hit her, only to have her eyed pop open so wide, they almost popped out of their sockets. Sitting on her, at no more then 6 years old, was none other then, "RINI!!" The only thing Rini could do was lift her shoulders and said, "Mind if I drop in," before she fell off of Serena in a fit of giggles, joined shortly by Serena and Darien. After a few more seconds, the three of them gathered up in a three way group hug, before Serena picked Rini up onto her back, and walked off the pier. Rini made a statement, "You know, even if I do send a letter ahead of me, warning you about me falling, I still land on your head." Darien cracked up a bit, "Sorry, Rini, but Serena wasn’t quick on the meaning of it." Serena chuckled and spoke up, "So what brings you here this time little munchkin." Rini just beamed happily, "I came to do some training." "As Sailor Chibi Moon?" Rini was shocked, "How did you know I was a Sailor Scout now." Serena giggled, "Rini, what do you mean how....," Suddenly it accord to her, that when she saw Rini in the Silver Millennium, she was 8, not 6, (Why that little munchkin. She knew I’d see her again, no wonder she giggled at my thousand year statement.), "Uhhhh, never mind. I got an inside source on that." Rini just left it at that. Serena went to a pay phone to make a call, "Muffin, do you have some change so I can call home?" "Sure thing Serena," he said and gave Serena the money to call home, "I’ll watch Rini while you call." Rini just muttered something about being older and can watch herself. Serena dialed home, and the phone rang twice before Serena’s Mom picked up, "Hello." "Hi, Mom! It’s Serena. Can you make dinner for 5 tonight instead 4?" "Your bringing Darien to dinner tonight," Ellen Tsukino asked. "No, but I got a surprise for the family. I’ll see you when I get home in a couple of hours. Bye Mom." "Bye Serena. Thanks for the warning," Mrs. Tsukino said, before Serena hung up. Serena just got out of the phone booth, when her communicator went off. She opened it up to see Molly’s face, "Serena, you better get to pier 12 near the shopping wharf." Serena was worried, "What is it, Molly?" "There’s a boat docked here. Ray and I are detecting Nega vibes here," was Molly’s reply. "We’re on our way," Serena disconnected the line and went to Darien, "Scout business at pier 12 Darien." Darien and Rini agreed and the three got into his car and drove off to their destination. When they got their, all the inner Scouts were already on the scene. When Serena and Darien got out, the scouts started walking over to them but stopped when a third figure came out that they knew very well as they all shouted, "RINI!!!!" Serena stopped their rampaging questions, "We'll discuss this later. Ray what’s the situation?" "This boat definitely has the Negaverse written all over it, but the ship’s crew wont let us on. The Outer Scouts are patrolling the opposite end of Tokyo for anything out of the ordinary there," was Ray’s report. Luna turned to Serena, "Your the only one who will be able to get in their, Serena. You’ll have to use the Lunar Pen." Rini purked up at this. She’s never seen her Mom use the Lunar Pen in the future or in her last visit to the 20th century during the Nega-Moon war. Serena reach into her sub-space pocket and pulled the Lunar Pen out, "DISGUISE POWER!! Turn me into a member of the ship’s crew." In a flash of light, where Serena once stood was now someone with a Sailor’s uniform on and short blond hair. Serena wasted no time and went to the boarding ramp. The officer let Serena pass and she went in to investigate. The rest of the Scouts, and Darien decided to catch up with Rini while they waited. Serena went up and down the entire ship, but found nothing out of the ordinary. She finally ended up in the ship’s lounge and investigated there. Someone grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, "Aren’t you suppose to be scrubbing the floors on deck 7?" Serena was in a panic. She and this officer were in a corner where no one could see them. Seeing that Serena couldn’t come up with an excuse, she did something she normally wouldn’t do. she decked the officer in the face, and he fell to the ground. Serena was about to apologies when the officer turned into a jello mold looking thing, before it vanished into thin air. As this happened, Serena took out her communicator, "Guys, it’s Serena. The ship’s crew are jello mold looking creatures from the Negaverse." She heard Rini say, "And I thought everyone loved jello." Mina said, "At least there’s plenty of room on that ship. I mean, there’s always room for jello." Serena was a little perturbed, "Guys, quit with the jello jokes, transform, and get in here." she signed off just as a big hideous youma came into view. It looked like it came out of a volcano, and was steaming hot. It’s most noticeable feature was the horn on it’s forehead. It chuckled with evil at Serena, "So, your working with the Scouts. no problem. Your bait." Serena thought fast and kicked the youma in the stomach. When that failed, she took a red pole out of subspace, "POWER POLE EXTEND!!" The pole grew long enough to throw the youma to the other side of the lounge. As soon as this was done, Serena put her power pole back into subspace and took her brooch, "MOON CRYSTAL POWER." Outside the ship, the scouts got to work fast; Darien took out a rose. "EARTH STAR POWER." "MARS STAR POWER." "MERCURY STAR POWER." "JUPITER STAR POWER." "VENUS STAR POWER." "MOON PRISM POWER." After the usual light show, the Sailor Scouts ran to the ship. The officer at the ramp turned to them and transformed into a jello creature, "Ah, the Sailor Scouts are here." Mars had a fit, "What ever nega creep used this plan must be related to Jedite’s clone. MARS FIRE IGNITE." Sailor Mars’s attack melted the creature and the scouts went up the ramp. In the ship’s lounge, Sailor Moon was putting the moves on this youma. She’s been firing kamehamehas, and Kaio-Ken combination attacks, but did no good. The youma just seamed to absorbed the energy attacks, "You can’t defeat me Sailor Brat." "I’m sick and tired of you nega-creeps calling me that," was Sailor Moon’s reply before, "MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION." Unfortunately, that too was absorbed. The Sailor Scouts just got to the top floor of the lounge at this point, right above the fight. They were about to jump down to attack when they saw Sailor Moon’s last attack doing no good. Sailor Mercury stopped them all and she began scanning the nega monster for weaknesses, "Scouts, if we take out that horn on its head, it can’t absorbed energy anymore. Unfortunately, it has to be a physical attack the does the job, and we can’t get close enough to do that due to it’s hot skin. While she said all this, Chibi Moon ran to Sailor Moon to tell her this, when no body was looking. Sailor Moon was getting tired. She used every tactic she could think of. It absorbs energy attack, but not physical. Only problem is, with it’s hot skin, she can’t get a punch or kick in. Before she transformed, she saw that her boot she was wearing, when she kicked the youma, had melted a great deal. Just then she saw Chibi Moon run up from behind the youma. The Scout didn’t know what to do to help Sailor Moon. While they were talking, Tuxedo Mask noticed Chibi Moon has disappeared, "Where’s Rini?" Everyone looked around but saw nothing before Ray located her, "Down there. What is she doing?" Everyone looked down to see Chibi Moon Running up to Sailor Moon from behind the youma. The youma turned and saw Chibi Moon running to it. It raised it’s right arm and brought it down, intending to clobber Chibi Moon. Luckily, she thought fast and did a somersault under its fist and missed getting hit by it. Chibi Moon got back on her feet and ran the rest of the way to Sailor Moon, "Sailor Moon. Use your tiara on it’s horn. With it gone, he can’t absorb energy attacks anymore." Sailor Moon got to her feet and took off her tiara, aiming at the horn, "MOON TIARA MAGIC." The Tiara flew and sliced the horn off. The Youma screamed in pain before the other scout jumped down, and everyone attacked at once; "MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION." "TORNADO STORM BLAST." "MERCURY ICE STORM SPLASH." "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND.' "JUPITER THUNDERCLAP ZAP." "VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE." "PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK." Tuxedo Mask threw a rose. All attacks hit and turned the youma to dust. After they found a place to hide, the scouts, and Tuxedo Mask powered down, and left the ship. Once they were off, they all split up and went their separate ways home. General Maverick was ordered to King Onix’s throne room. When he got there, the king was so mad, steam came out of his ears, "General Maverick, I’m extremely disappointed in you. I thought you were more reliable then my own sister’s generals, but it turns out your just as bad," Maverick said nothing, "Wait here while I decide on your punishment." With that, the king was about to leave when Viper came in, bruised and battered. Now Onix was in a really bad mood, "What the heck happened to you, Viper?" "I ran into the Outer Sailor Scouts. There was no warning, and they attacked me. I was forced to withdraw," was Viper’s reply. "Wait here. I want to talk to you later. After I decide Maverick’s punishment," with that, the king left the room. Serena and Rini got home on time for supper. When the two walked in, Rini stayed out of sight while Serena went to the kitchen, "Hi mom, I’m home." Ellen, by this point was climbing the walls, wanting to know what the surprise was, "Serena, You know I hate surprises. Spill it." "Alright!! Alright!! OH RINI," Ellen was shocked at what Serena said, and almost fainted at the sight of her future granddaughter as she walked into the kitchen. Then Rini ran into Ellen’s waiting arms, "GRANDMA." The two hugged for what seamed like hours, before the two pulled away, when Sammy, and Ken came in, and got their hug too. Dinner was eaten with more conversation then usual as the family welcomed Rini back, and talked about the news that she is now a Sailor Scout in Training. At their hotel room, Rachel and Mark were watching the news about the fight at the docks. Since that afternoon, Rachel had been feeling strange, and she didn’t know why. But she shrugged it off and went to bed before she realized she felt strange because somehow, she felt some type of new connection she couldn’t place. Well that’s this chapter. What did you all think? Stand by for the next chapter, Trust in Stubbornness. Send me your comments at gbess@iname.com. Visit my web site at www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/2058.