WHEN HEROES COLLIDE

by Dreamcatcher

Part One: The Alliance

Remember, I used this ~ to indicate a dream sequence.

In the city of Tokyo, Japan, inside the Cherry Hill
Temple, Rae was preparing herself for one of her fire
readings while Amy, Lita, Mina and her guardian cat,
Artemis, were standing outside the entrance of the
temple. Lita looked down at her watch. After letting
out a sigh, she told the other girls, “She’s already
twenty minutes late.” “That girl is always late,”
Artemis replied. “But I did inform Serena about the
fire reading session at the temple,” Amy muttered out
loud. “Perhaps I should call her again and remind her
of the meeting.” She reached down her hand to turn on
her wrist communicator, but Mina stopped her short.

“There’s no need for that, Amy,” she exclaimed. “Here
she comes!” Amy and Lita looked in the direction she’s
pointing and see that she’s right. There was Serena,
followed by her guardian cat, Luna, running up the
temple’s stairs, huffing and puffing all the way.
“Come on, you lazy girl!” Luna shouted. “Move it!”
When the two of them finally reached the top of the
stairs, she bent down from exhaustion and took in
several deep breaths of air. “Are you all right,
Serena?” Lita shouted to her as she ran over to
Serena’s side. “Y-yes...I’m fine...I just...need to
catch...my breath,” Serena gasped. As Lita helped her
up, Amy, Mina and Artemis ran over to them. “Why were
you late this time, Serena?” Mina asked. “Did you
oversleep again?” “No, I didn’t oversleep, Mina,”
Serena muttered. “I was on the phone and I lost track
of time.” “Oh, really?” Lita asked. “Who were you
talking to?”

Serena’s cheeks turn red as she replied; “I was
talking to Darien.” She gave out a long giggle before
she continued. “I’ve got great news. Darien told me
that he’s been accepted into a major university.
Unfortunately, the university’s in the United States.”
Letting out a long sigh, with tears starting to well
up in her eyes, she continued. “Darien also said that
he was leaving today to check out this school.” With
that, Serena started to wail, with tears flowing out
endlessly. “I MISS HIM ALREADY!” she bawled with her
friends at her side, trying desperately to calm her
down.

“Will you cool it with the waterworks already,
meatball head!” The four girls looked up at Rae, who
was dressed in her traditional temple clothes. Serena
wiped her eyes and yelled back angrily, “I told you
not to call me meatball head!” “Well, I can’t help it,
Serena, if you were acting like one,” Rae retorted
back to her. “Please stop fighting, you two,” Luna
pleaded. “Yeah, you guys. Don’t forget why we’re
here,” Artemis reminded them. Reluctantly, Rae and
Serena kept quiet, and Rae motioned for everyone to
enter the temple.

The five girls and two cats entered a room with only a
fire burning in the back and a few mats on the floor.
Rae sat right in front of the fire, while the others
took their seats behind her. Picking up a bamboo staff
with silk draping from one end, Rae closed her eyes
and started to sway it back and forth in front of the
fire. “Oh, ancient spirits,” Rae chanted, “please tell
us, are there any more dangers facing the Sailor
Scouts in the future?”

All of a sudden, the flames grew and burned rapidly,
taking Rae and the others by surprise. As they looked
at the flames, a familiar image of a young woman in a
sailor uniform holding a staff appeared. “It’s Sailor
Pluto!” everyone exclaimed. “Sailor Scouts,” Sailor
Pluto started, “your help is needed once again. A year
has passed in the 30th century since the warriors of
the Dark Moon have been defeated. But now, the
remaining followers have attacked Crystal Tokyo. Their
leaders are two new members of the Dark Moon royal
family. Their names are unknown to us. As their
warriors continue the attacks on Crystal Tokyo, the
anonymous leaders have traveled back through time.”

“How far back in time have they gone?” Amy asked.
“From your current time,” Sailor Pluto replied, “they
have traveled back ten years.” “This is bad news,
Scouts,” Amy explained to the other girls. “They
possibly plan to destroy us before we even become
Sailor Scouts, when we’re still little kids.” “That is
an excellent theory, Sailor Mercury,” Sailor Pluto
responded, “but, I’m afraid that you’re wrong. Their
destination is the city of Toyoma. They are after a
group of five young warriors, like yourselves, with
mystical armor who have a major influence not just on
your present time, Sailor Scouts, but also on the
future of Crystal Tokyo.”

“But, Sailor Pluto, how can we stop them?” Rae asked.
“Do not worry, Sailor Mars,” she replied. “Small Lady
will be arriving at the temple shortly with the Moon
Crystal Key, which will allow you to travel back in
time to help these warriors. For now, I must bid
farewell to you all.” As her image began to disappear
from the flames, Lita shouted, “Wait! Who are these
warriors that we’re supposed to help?” “Small Lady
will explain everything when she arrives, Sailor
Jupiter.” With that, the image of Sailor Pluto
disappeared completely, and the flames died down.

Everyone sat in silence for a while, pondering over
what Sailor Pluto said to them. Finally, Luna and
Artemis broke the silence. “What are we doing sitting
around here for?” Luna exclaimed. “You heard what
Sailor Pluto said.” “Rini will be here any minute,”
Artemis added. “We should go outside and wait for
her.” “Right!” the five girls chorused as they ran out
of the room and left the temple, leaving Luna and
Artemis behind. Knowing from past experience that Rini
would fall from the sky, the girls split up to look
for her.

Suddenly, a small swirl of yellow clouds appeared
right above Serena’s head. “Look out, Serena!” the two
cats shouted. However, the warning came too late.
Serena looked up, but got knocked down by the little
pink pig-tailed girl, followed by her hovering Luna
Ball. “Rini,” Serena muttered through clenched teeth.
“How nice it is to see you again.” “Nice to see you
again, too,” Rini told her.

“Hi, Rini!” She looked up and saw Amy, Rae, Lita and
Mina waving at her and smiling. She jumped off
Serena’s back and ran towards the other girls, giving
them each a big hug. “Wow, Rini,” Lita exclaimed, “you
sure have grown since the last time we saw you.”
“Yeah,” Mina added. “I remember you being this small.”
She bent down to indicate how small Rini used to be.
“Well, I am one year older,” Rini admitted, “but now’s
not the time to chit-chat. We need to help the Ronin
Warriors before it’s too late!” “Before we leave,
Rini,” Amy asked, “could you tell us more about these
Ronin Warriors?” “Of course I will,” Rini exclaimed.
At this time, Serena got up and joined the others as
Rini began to tell them about the Ronin Warriors...

Meanwhile, ten years from then, in the city of Toyama,
Japan...

~Ryo was wandering around in a thick fog, wearing his
red and white sub-armor. He took a look around, cupped
his hands over his mouth, and shouted out, “Hello!
Sage! Cye! Kento! Rowen! Can anybody hear me?” The
echoes from his pleas seem to come from everywhere. He
was extremely frustrated and was just about ready to
give up when suddenly; the fog parted to reveal the
silhouette of a girl from the back, who was holding a
staff in her left hand. Ryo was on his guard. “Who are
you?” he shouted to the intruder. “What do you want?”

The figure turned around and was revealed as a young
woman with dark green hair down to her waist, and
wearing a sailor dress with a black skirt, black
boots, long white gloves, and a gold tiara. “There is
no need to fear me, Ryo of Wildfire,” she told him. A
bit startled, Ryo asked, “How did you know my name?”
“I know everything about the Ronin Warriors, Ryo of
Wildfire.” “Who are you?” he asked the young woman. “I
am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time. I have come to warn
you of two dangerous beings from the future. You will
recognize them by the black crescent moons that appear
on their foreheads. They may prove too formidable a
foe for you and the other Ronin Warriors. But do not
worry, Ryo of Wildfire. Help will arrive soon.”

She turned quickly to her side, revealing the
silhouettes of five young girls, one small child
holding a ball, and two cats. Ryo couldn’t see any
faces or details of any of the figures in the
distance. He did notice this: one of the young girls
and the child had strange-looking pigtails; one girl
had her hair up in a ponytail and was taller than the
rest; another girl had a large bow in her hair, and
the two cats had golden crescent moons on their
foreheads. Ryo turned towards Sailor Pluto and asked,
“Who are they, and how can they help us?” “They are
the Sailor Scouts, warriors of the future. Accompanied
by Small Lady and the guardian cats of the Moon
Kingdom, they will arrive to assist you in defeating
these enemies of the future.”

The silhouettes of the Sailor Scouts disappeared, and
Sailor Pluto started to take leave. "Wait, Sailor
Pluto!” Ryo cried out to her. “Can you tell me who the
Sailor Scouts are?” The mysterious Sailor Pluto turned
toward Ryo and announced, “Do not worry, Ryo of
Wildfire, you and the other Ronin Warriors will
encounter the Sailor Scouts in time. When that
happens, I will appear to you all. Until then,
farewell, Ryo of Wildfire.” She continued to walk into
the dense fog. Ryo tried to follow her, but he lost
her in the thick, gathering mist. “NOOOOO!!!”~

Ryo suddenly jerked up from his bed in a cold sweat.
His sudden movements woke up White Blaze, who was
lying right next to his bed. “It’s okay, White Blaze,”
Ryo whispered as he petted his white tiger, “I was
just having a dream, that’s all.” As though he
understood Ryo, White Blaze yawned and went back to
sleep. But Ryo couldn’t go back to sleep as easily. He
turned his head towards the window and stared at the
crescent moon shining through. “I wonder,” he thought
to himself, “if that was just a dream or a warning.
Maybe it’s a premonition, like the ones I had before.
I better tell the guys about this tomorrow. We should
look around the city and see if we can find these
Sailor Scouts before it’s too late.” With that last
thought in mind, Ryo fell back to sleep...

In the meantime, back in Tokyo...

Rini was waiting patiently at the docks, along with
Luna and Artemis, for the five young heroines to
arrive. She told the girls that they would be gone for
a few days, so they all went back home to pack some
clothes and agreed to meet Rini at the docks. She was
pacing slowly back and forth when Luna interrupted
her. “Rini, the girls are here now.” She looked up and
saw Serena, Rae, Amy, Lita, and Mina racing towards
her, each with a backpack in her hand. She smiled as
they came to a halt and caught their breath. “Are you
ready to go to the past?” she asked them. “You bet we
are!” they replied simultaneously. “Great, let’s go!”

Rini took the key from the chain around her neck, held
it up in the air, and yelled, “MOON CRYSTAL KEY! Take
us back in time ten years from now to the city of
Toyoma, so we can help the Ronin Warriors!” As she was
saying this, the wind started to pick up from a gentle
breeze to a roaring gust. Suddenly, a beam of yellow
light shone on the group and they vanished into thin
air.

The beam of light reappeared again up in the clouds.
Serena emerged from the light, which disappeared as
soon as she left it. “Hello!” she cried out. “Where is
everybody?” She couldn’t see anything because of a
thick haze surrounding her. As she walked through the
haze, Serena arrives at a pair of large doors engraved
with the different phases of the moon. “The Gate of
Time!” she whispered to herself. She started to walk
towards the door when a familiar voice shout out,
“Don’t move, trespasser!” Serena managed to avoid the
staff being swung at her, although it resulted in her
falling down. “No, wait! I can explain…” she started
to explain to the familiar figure. “Too late,
trespasser!” she told Serena. As she brought down her
staff to finish off Serena, a voice yelled, “No, Luna
P, stop!” When the haze parted, it revealed Sailor
Pluto and Rini. As she got up, Serena noticed the
other girls standing behind her.

“Small Lady,” Sailor Pluto said to Rini, “please
explain.” “These are the Sailor Scouts, Luna P,” Rini
started. After glancing toward the five girls, she
continued. “I thought it would be best if we traveled
through the time portal like this because if anyone
saw them as Sailor Scouts, they would ask too many
questions.” “That sounds like an excellent plan, Small
Lady,” Sailor Pluto admitted. “I’m very proud of you.
And now, for the rest of you,” she addressed to the
young girls, “I must apologize. I have mistaken you
for intruders, although I didn’t recognize you without
your sailor uniforms. And you, Sailor Moon,” she
addressed to Serena, “please accept my most humble
apologies for attacking you. I hope you will forgive
me.”

Sailor Pluto turned her attention to the Gate of Time.
“Now the time has come for you to continue your
journey. Beyond this gate is a void, and beyond that
void is the Cosmic Time Warp!” She lifted her staff
above her head, and the Gate of Time opened up to
reveal a massive blue glow. She turned towards the
group and added, “Remember, the Cosmic Time Warp is
very powerful and very dangerous. You must hold hands
and concentrate hard on your final destination: ten
years in the past to the city of Toyoma.” While she
was speaking, the six girls joined hands, and Luna and
Artemis held on to Serena and Mina’s shoulders.

As they stepped up to the open door, Serena turned her
head towards Sailor Pluto and asked, “Are you sure you
can’t come with us? We don’t even know what the Ronin
Warriors look like.” “Do not worry, Sailor Moon,” she
replied. “When you find the Ronin Warriors, you will
know who they are. When the time comes, I will appear
to you all. Until then, farewell and a safe journey to
you all.” With that, Sailor Pluto turned around,
walked towards the gathering mist, and disappeared.
The girls jumped through the open doors and reached
the Cosmic Time Warp. A huge gust of wind nearly
knocked them down, but they kept their ground and
continued walking. Unbeknownst to them, someone was
watching them...

A young man with wild carrot-orange hair, wearing a
dark red-orange vest jacket, dark brown pants, and
dark brown boots, was gazing through a crystal ball
mounted on a large golden staff. In the crystal, he
saw the images of Rini, Serena, Rae, Amy, Lita, and
Mina slowly, but surely, walking through the time
warp. “Intruders in the Cosmic Time Warp,” he muttered
to himself. “I must inform Amethyst of this.” He left
the room and entered another with a black throne in
the center. Sitting there was a young woman holding a
wineglass in her hand, with long wavy lilac hair and
deep violet eyes. She was wearing a short-sleeved
purple dress, with matching gloves, which matched her
eyes. Both had black crescent moons on their
foreheads.

The young woman turned towards him as he entered the
room. “Well, Topaz,” she asked, “what news do you have
for me?” “I have spotted intruders in the Cosmic Time
Warp,” Topaz replied. “How many?” she inquired. “There
are eight of them: five young girls, two cats, and a
little girl whom I believe is Small Lady.” Amethyst
responded by dropping her glass, which shattered into
several pieces on the floor. “If Small Lady is with
them,” she started, “then those five girls must be the
Sailor Scouts.”

She rose from her throne and paced around, in silent
thought. Her concentration was interrupted by Topaz.
“If they are indeed the Sailor Scouts, they will
interfere with our plans.” “Then, we should execute
our plan sooner than expected, brother,” Amethyst told
him. “You know what to do, Topaz.” “Yes, sister,” he
agreed, bowing to her, “I’ll go right away.” With
that, he turned away and disappeared. Amethyst sat
back down, picked up the locket she was wearing, and
opened it. Inside the locket was a picture of her
three brothers; Diamond, Sapphire, and Rubeus; and her
sister, Emerald. “Do not worry, Prince Diamond,” she
whispered to the picture. “We will finish the dream
that you started: to take over Crystal Tokyo and
destroy the Sailor Scouts once and for all!” As she
gave out a wicked laugh, she closed her locket, got up
from her throne, and walked toward a large window. She
looked down at the city of Toyoma and whispered to
herself, “The Ronin Warriors are down there somewhere,
and my brother and I won’t rest until they’re
destroyed.”

Meanwhile, in the busy streets of Toyama, Ryo, Sage,
Cye, Kento and Rowen are walking down the streets,
looking closely at everyone they see. “Remember,
guys,” Ryo reminded them, “we’re looking for a group
of five young girls, so keep your eyes open.” A few
seconds later, Rowen asked, “What about them?” Ryo
looked up and saw the group of five women, possibly in
their thirties, walk past them. “No,” Ryo muttered,
“they’re too old to be the Sailor Scouts.” “Are you
sure that it was a vision you had last night?” Sage
asked him. “Yeah,” Cye replied. “Are you positive it
wasn’t just a bizarre dream you had?” “I’m sure it
wasn’t a dream, Cye,” Ryo told him. “But, if we don’t
see anyone that resemble the Sailor Scouts, we’ll go
to the park and kick back, OK?” The others nodded in
agreement as they continued walking...

Meanwhile, in an abandoned alleyway not far away, a
pair of large doors mysteriously vaporized through the
dead-end wall. The doors slowly opened to reveal a
massive glowing blue void. Approaching the open doors
were Serena, Rae, Amy, Lita, Mina, Rini, Luna and
Artemis. As soon as they all entered the alley, the
doors closed and disappeared. They quickly turned
around and noticed their dilemma. “Oh no!” Serena
wailed as she fell to her knees. “Now how are we
suppose to go back home?” “Calm down, Serena,” Rini
told her. “I still have my Moon Crystal Key, so we’ll
still be able to go home.” “Don’t worry about it,” Rae
told her. “We have to concentrate on finding the Ronin
Warriors.”

Serena nodded in agreement and got up. “All right
then, let’s go!” she announced with determination in
her voice. The girls left the alleyway, followed by
Luna and Artemis, and started their search by walking
down the street and watching for groups of five guys.
As they turned right and walked into the busiest part
of Toyoma, Mina cried out, “This is hopeless!” “It’s
like looking for a needle in a haystack!” Artemis
admitted. “I have an idea,” Amy suggested. “Why don’t
we ask Rini if she can help us?” They looked around,
but Rini was nowhere in sight. “Oh no!” Lita shouted.
“We lost Rini!” “Stay here, you guys,” Serena told
them. “I’ll retrace our steps and see if I can find
her.” With that, Serena ran back in the direction they
came. She looked down the street they were on, but
there was no sign of Rini or her Luna Sphere. She
walked back to the alleyway they came out of, and she
gave out a sigh of relief.

There was Rini, still in the alleyway, attempting to
tip over a trashcan full of garbage. “Rini, what are
you doing?” She turned around and saw Serena standing
there with her hands on her hips, tapping her foot
like an impatient mother. “I dropped my key,” she
explained, “ and it landed in this trash can. Can you
help me turn it over, please?” Serena ran over to the
trashcan and, with Rini’s help, managed to tip it
over. “Eww, gross!” Serena shouted as garbage fell all
over the place. Rini picked up a banana peel and there
was the key, safe and sound. She picked it up and put
it back around her neck. “Come on, Rini,” Serena
explained. “The others are waiting.” With that, she
grabbed Rini’s arm and dragged her back to where the
others were, followed by the Luna Sphere...

When the five young boys turned the corner, Ryo
noticed a young girl emerging from an alleyway,
dragging a much smaller and younger girl by the arm.
He especially noticed their hair: the two girls both
wore their hair up in these strange-looking pigtails.
Ryo recognized them from his vision. As he attempted
to catch up with them, a heavy crowd heading the
opposite direction stopped him dead in his tracks.
Never noticing Ryo, Serena and Rini managed to catch
up with the other girls, and they left together. Later
on the crowd thinned out a bit, and Ryo managed to
squeeze through and ran down the street he saw the
girls turned into. Ryo stopped dead in his tracks.
There was no sign of the two girls he spotted earlier.

“Hey, Ryo!” he heard Kento yell. “Wait for us!” He
turned toward his four friends. “Why did you run off
like that, Ryo?” Sage asked him. “I’m sorry about
that, guys,” Ryo explained, “but I recognized two
girls from my vision.” “Did you find them?” Cye asked.
“No, I lost them in the crowd.” “Don’t worry about it,
Ryo,” Rowen assured him. “I’m sure they’ll turn up
again. It’s almost three o’clock. What do say we head
on down to the park and play some ball?” “Yeah, let’s
go!” Kento shouted, “I’m starving!” “But, Kento,” Cye
retorted, “you just ate half an hour ago and you’re
still hungry?” “You bet I am!” His stomach agreed with
him by letting out a loud growl. The five boys all
laughed as they headed toward the park...

Meanwhile, outside the city, Mia Coji just finished
washing the dishes when there was a knock at the door.
“Hold on, I’m coming,” she called out as she walked
toward the front door. Expecting the callers to be Ryo
and the others, she didn’t bother to look through the
peephole. She opened the door, revealing the caller to
be a young man with orange hair, wearing jeans and a
T-shirt. “Excuse me, miss,” he started, “but would it
be all right with you if I use your phone to call a
tow truck? My car broke down, and your house was the
closest.”

“Of course you may use the phone,” Mia replied. “It’s
in the kitchen. Follow me, please.” As she turned
around, the stranger grabbed her in a choker-hold. She
tried to break free from his hold, but he was too
strong. He took one hand and touched her forehead,
which caused Mia to pass out. He gave out an evil
chuckle as his clothes disappeared, revealing himself
as Topaz. “Time to wake up and serve your new master!”
he commanded. Mia woke up, but her eyes were glazed
over like she was in a trance. “What do you wish from
me, sire?” she asked. “I need you to retrieve the
Jewel of Life. Go get it and bring it back to me.”
“Yes, sire,” she replied as she walked upstairs.

While she was upstairs, Topaz pulled a hand-held
communicator out of his pocket and turned it on. “This
is Topaz. I have the Ronin Warriors’ ally under my
control, and she is retrieving the Jewel of Life as we
speak. Phase One of our plan is nearly complete.”
“Excellent,” Amethyst responded through the
communicator. “As soon as the Jewel of Life is in your
possession, use the girl to create a distraction for
the Ronin Warriors, while I continue with Phase Two.”
“Yes, my lady,” Topaz agreed. “Consider it done.”

He looked up to see Mia walking down the stairs,
holding the jewel in her hand. As she handed it over
to Topaz, she asked, “Can I be of any further service,
sire?” “Yes, I do have one more task for you. But
first,” he explained as a small flask containing a
strange-looking liquid appeared in his hand, “you must
drink this.” He handed her the flask, and she
willingly drank the contents. When she finished, she
dropped the flask, which shattered into pieces. Mia
fell down to her knees and held her hands to her
throat. The black crescent moon of the Dark Moon
appeared on her forehead as she changed into a hideous
creature...

Meanwhile, the six girls and their feline companions
have searched over half of the city, but their efforts
were fruitless. They were now walking into the Toyama
City Park. “I’m exhausted,” Serena complained to her
friends. “Can we stop and rest for awhile?” The others
agreed without protest, and they dropped
simultaneously onto the grass. Luna and Artemis,
however, were not as exhausted as the girls. “Serena,”
Luna called out to her. “Artemis and I are going to
take a quick look around the park for anything
suspicious. We should be back in a few minutes.”
“Okay, Luna, see you later,” she muttered as the two
cats ran off into the brush.

Luna and Artemis found a worn dirt path and decided to
follow it. After five minutes of walking down that
path, Artemis stopped and pricked up his ears. “Is
there something wrong, Artemis?” Luna asked him. “I
heard something from behind those bushes,” Artemis
explained, gesturing toward a wall of tall hedges.
“Let’s check it out,” Luna muttered thoughtfully as
she ran to the hedges and started to crawl underneath
them, with Artemis right behind her. As she reached
the other side of the hedge, Luna slowed down her
crawling, not wanting to reveal herself just yet.
Artemis caught up to her and crawled to her left side.
Together, they peered out from underneath the shelter
of the brush.

It turned out to be just five boys playing a game of
catch. “Artemis,” Luna whispered, “perhaps they are
the ones we’ve been looking for! We better tell the
Scouts about this.” As they started to turn around,
they heard a large growl from behind. The two cats
turned around and received the shock of their nine
lives: the growl came from a huge white tiger! Luna
and Artemis yowled in fright as they scrambled out
from under that bush as fast as their paws could carry
them. But the massive tiger hurdled over the hedge and
chased after them...

After catching the ball that Sage threw to him, Ryo
looked up and noticed White Blaze sniffing underneath
the hedges nearby. Thinking nothing of it, he threw
the ball to Kento. A growl from White Blaze caused
them to look up. They heard a couple of yowls and
rustling noises from underneath the bushes.
Apparently, that was what White Blaze was waiting for,
since he jumped over the hedge. “White Blaze!” Ryo
yelled as he and the other guys ran after the white
tiger...

“Quick, Luna, this way!” Luna noticed Artemis climbing
up a tree. “Are you crazy!” she yelled. “Tigers can
climb trees, too!” “I know that,” he retorted, “but
this tree’s too small to support his weight, so I
don’t think he’ll try to climb it.” Luna scrambled up
to the first limb of the tree to join Artemis, but now
they were in a bit of a predicament. The tiger was
pacing around the base of the tree, so they had no way
of getting down.

The five boys found White Blaze pacing underneath a
small tree. Perched up on the bottom limb were two
frightened cats: one white and one black. Ryo managed
to pull the massive tiger away from the tree, allowing
Sage and Rowen to get the cats. Sage pulled himself up
on a limb next to the cats. “It’s okay,” he whispered
reassuringly to the cats. “We’re not going to hurt
you.” He picked up the white cat first, and handed
him down to Rowen’s outstretched arms. Then, he picked
up the black cat and leapt off the limb, landing
safely on the ground. Rowen and Sage took a closer
look at the cats, to make sure that they weren’t
injured, and they both noticed something very strange.
“Hey, Ryo,” Sage called out to him. “I think you
better take a look at this.” “Keep an eye on White
Blaze,” Ryo told Kento and Cye as he made his way
toward the other two. They held the cats up so Ryo
could see what they just saw.

On the foreheads of both cats were golden crescent
moons. Ryo gasped at the sight of this. He recognized
them as the two cats from his vision. The two cats
looked at each other with puzzled looks in their eyes.
“Artemis,” Luna told him telepathically, “I have a
feeling that these are the ones that we’ve been
searching for.” “I think you’re right, Luna,” Artemis
replied telepathically. “What should we do?” “Why
don’t we lead them towards the girls and see if
anything happens?” Luna asked telepathically. “Great,
let’s go!” Artemis cried out, realizing too late that
he spoke right in front of the boys. “Was I hearing
things,” Rowen asked, “or did this cat just talk?”
Luna quickly squirmed out of Sage’s arms and made a
run for it. Artemis managed to squeeze out of Rowen’s
grasp and ran after her. The five guys stood there
bewildered for a moment, until Ryo broke the silence
with “What are we doing standing around here for? We
got to catch up with those cats. I have a feeling
they’ll lead us to the Sailor Scouts.”

They ran in the direction Luna and Artemis headed,
with White Blaze in the lead. Artemis managed to catch
up with Luna, who was fuming. “You imbecile!” she
yelled at him. “What if they’re not the Ronin
Warriors, hmm? They’re going to ask too many questions
about us.” Luna stopped running for a moment to catch
her breath. “Don’t worry about it, Luna,” Artemis
assured her, stopping right next to her. “We probably
lost them, anyway.” Luna looked behind him and gasped,
“That’s what you think!” Artemis looked in the same
direction and saw the white tiger running towards
them, followed by the five young boys. They screamed
and ran away as fast as their paws could carry them.

Meanwhile, the six girls were all stretched out on the
grass, looking up at the clouds. Mina sat up and
muttered out loud, “Luna and Artemis have been gone
for a while. Do you think we should go look for them?”
“Aww,” Serena moaned. “Do we have to get up right
now?” The other girls groaned as they helped Serena up
to her feet. When they were all up on their feet, the
girls felt a quick gust of wind. As soon as they felt
it, it was gone, just like that. “That was strange,”
Amy muttered thoughtfully. “A gust of wind couldn’t
possibly move that fast.” Suddenly, they heard two
familiar screams coming from nearby. “That sounded
like Luna and Artemis,” Rini shouted. “Come on,” Lita
yelled out to the others. “Let’s help them!” They
started to head towards the direction of the screams,
when Luna and Artemis emerged from the bushes,
completely exhausted. “Luna! Artemis! What’s going
on?” Serena asked with concern in her voice.

Before the two could respond, the tiger that had been
following the two cats jumped over the bush and landed
right behind the girls. They turned around, took one
look at the massive feline, and screamed to their
heart’s content. At that moment, on the other side of
the bush, Ryo and his friends heard the girls’
screams. “Sounds like White Blaze found the Sailor
Scouts for us,” Kento mentioned jokingly. “We have to
make sure of it,” Ryo muttered. “Listen, I’ll go first
to see if I recognize any of them. Wait a few minutes,
then follow me.” With that, he ran over to the other
side, while the others watched through a small opening
in the bushes.

Meanwhile, the girls started to calm down a bit when
they realized that the tiger wasn’t going to attack
them, except for Serena. “WAHHH!!!” she bawled
hysterically. “I don’t want to be eaten by a tiger!”
Immediately, a young man emerged from behind the
bushes and ran toward the white tiger. While he was
calming the beast down, Luna whispered to the girls,
“Keep a close eye on him. He’s the one who owns that
tiger.” They nodded and looked in the direction of the
boy, who had apparently calmed down the tiger. He
appeared to be sixteen years old, with long black hair
and tiger-blue eyes...

Ryo ran toward White Blaze, who looked like he was
ready to pounce onto the girls. “Easy, White Blaze,”
he whispered as he stroked the cat’s head. “It’s
okay.” He turned around to face the girls, who
appeared to be holding a private conversation. They
quickly turned around, staring at him for a moment,
and stood up. He recognized the two from earlier in
the day, but the four girls with them were a bit
familiar to him from his vision. “They’ve got to be
the Sailor Scouts,” Ryo thought to himself, “but if
they are the Sailor Scouts, then why didn’t Sailor
Pluto appear like she said she would?” He took a few
steps towards them and started, “Hey, I’m sorry if my
tiger, White Blaze, scared you.” “He’s your tiger?”
asked the tallest of the six, with her auburn hair
tied up in a ponytail on top of her head. “Well,
yeah,” Ryo replied. The same girl stepped up to him
and nailed him in the chin with a left hook. As he
fell to the ground, Ryo heard the other girls yell,
“Lita! What did you do that for?”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the bushes, Ryo’s
friends bore witness to the whole fiasco. “That’s got
to hurt,” Rowen whispered to the guys. “Yeah, but you
got to admit,” Kento whispered back to him, “the
girl’s got a mean left hook!” “Well, what are we doing
sitting around here for?” Cye asked. “Yeah, we better
help Ryo,” Sage added, “before he gets hammered.” The
foursome got up and headed around the bushes to help
out their fallen friend. Rowen and Kento helped a
staggered Ryo up to his feet while Sage and Cye kept
an eye on the six girls, particularly the one who
slugged their friend.

As soon as Ryo was back on his feet, the entire group
was nearly blinded by a white light. When their vision
returned to them, they noticed the image of a young
woman in a sailor dress holding a staff, who was
recognized by the six girls and Ryo. “It’s Sailor
Pluto!” Serena and Ryo said simultaneously then looked
at each other in bewilderment. “How did he know who
Sailor Pluto is?” Serena thought. “Unless...” Ryo
thought.

Before the two leaders could finish their thoughts,
Sailor Pluto held her staff up in the air. From it,
ten small beams of light emerged. The individual beams
shone directly onto the foreheads of the five young
girls and the five young boys. A symbol appeared on
each forehead: a crescent moon (Serena), the symbol of
Mars (Rae), the symbol of Mercury (Amy), the symbol of
Jupiter (Lita), the symbol of Venus (Mina), and the
Japanese symbols of Virtue, Wisdom, Trust, Justice,
and Life. The ten young heroes stared up at Sailor
Pluto as though they were in a trance.

In their minds, however, it appeared that the ten of
them were standing up in the clouds. They all looked
around with puzzled looks on their faces. Suddenly, a
voice called out to them, and with each name called,
the person responded by turning around to face the
person hidden within the clouds. “Sailor Moon, Sailor
Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus,
Ryo of Wildfire, Sage of Halo, Cye of Torrent, Kento
of Hardrock, Rowen of Strata.” As the clouds parted,
the speaker was revealed to be Sailor Pluto. “The
negative forces of the Dark Moon are closing in on
your world. You all must put your differences aside
and form an alliance in order to defeat the Dark Moon
family once and for all. Although you are strong on
your own, you will be an unstoppable team when you
work together. Before I go, I must ask a favor of all
of you.” “What is it?” Ryo asked. “Please watch over
Small Lady.” “Right,” everyone responded in agreement.
The image of Sailor Pluto disappeared and everything
faded into darkness.

Meanwhile, Luna, Artemis and Rini were doing
everything they could to wake up the Sailor Scouts
from their trance. “Come on, Serena,” Rini pleaded,
pulling on Serena’s skirt, “please wake up!” While
they were trying without success, White Blaze was also
attempting to wake up Ryo. First, he rubbed hard
against Ryo’s legs, and then he nudged Ryo with his
head. Nothing seemed to work on the young heroes.
“This is hopeless,” Luna yelled in frustration. “As
long as they’re in a trance, we won’t be able to wake
them up.” Suddenly, the beams of light vanished and
the symbols disappeared from the foreheads of the ten
heroes in a brilliant flash of light. Luna, Artemis,
White Blaze and Rini shielded their eyes from the
light.

When they opened their eyes, Rini was relieved to see
the Sailor Scouts awake. “Serena!” she shouted as she
embraced the leader of the Sailor Scouts. Serena
looked down at the little girl and smiled at her. She
looked up to the five young boys, who they now knew as
the Ronin Warriors. Their leader, who they now knew as
Ryo, said to them, “You know our names now. I think it
would be fair if you tell us your names.” “Oh, of
course,” Serena stuttered. “I’m Serena, and these are
my friends Rae, Amy, Lita, and Mina. This one here is
Rini,” she pointed to the little girl standing next to
her, “and those are our cats, Luna and Artemis.” Luna
ran to Serena and whispered loudly, “Serena, what are
you doing?” “Don’t worry, Luna,” Serena replied.
“They’re the Ronin Warriors.” “But, how do you know?”
“I’ll explain later.”

“So, Ryo,” Serena asked the leader of the Ronin
Warriors, “how did you know who Sailor Pluto was?”
“Last night, I had a vision,” Ryo explained. “Sailor
Pluto was in it, and she warned me about the Dark
Moon. She also told me that the Sailor Scouts,” he
pointed to them, “would come and help us defeat them.”
Everyone was silent for a moment. “So, can you tell
us,” Rowen asked, “who are these people from the Dark
Moon?”

The girls never had the chance to respond. “Don’t
bother, Sailor Scouts,” a man’s voice replied. “We can
introduce ourselves,” a woman’s voice added. Everyone
looked up at the two people floating in the air, with
visible black crescent moons on their foreheads. “Who
are you,” Ryo asked, “and what do you want?” “I am
Amethyst,” the woman replied, “and this is my brother,
Topaz. We are here for one reason only.” “And that is
to destroy you,” Topaz boasted, pointing down at the
Ronin Warriors, “and these interfering Sailor brats!”
“We’ll just see about that!” Kento yelled up to them.
With that, the Ronin Warriors changed into their
sub-armor, and stood ready for battle. “Very
impressive, I must say,” Amethyst retorted, lightly
clapping her hands, “but it’s going to take more than
that to defeat us.”

Topaz snapped his fingers, and a monster appeared
instantly, floating in midair. “Rubella,” he ordered
the creature, “destroy the Ronin Warriors!” “Yes,
sire,” she agreed as Amethyst and Topaz disappeared.
She was a hideous sight with dark blue hair and black
eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless charcoal-gray top
with matching pants, a transparent black skirt, and
black boots. On her forehead was the symbol of the
Dark Moon clan. Although they had never seen this
creature before, the Ronin Warriors had a strange
feeling about her, as though they met before. “Don’t
worry, guys,” Serena boldly shouted out to the Ronins.
“We’ll back you up, right, girls?” “Right!” the others
agreed as they reached into their pockets and pulled
out...absolutely nothing!?! They looked at each other
with confused looks on their faces.

“Missing something, Sailor failures?” Rubella asked as
she reached into a black bag attached to her black
belt. The five girls gasped. In her hand were the
Sailor Scouts’ transformation wands. “That’s right,”
she admitted, “that ‘gust of wind’ you felt was me
stealing your transformation wands!” “Give those back,
ugly!” Lita yelled. “If you want them so badly,”
Rubella replied as she placed the wands back in her
bag, “you’ll have to get them from me.” “Don’t worry,”
Ryo told the girls. “We’ll get those wands of yours
back. Armor of Wildfire! DAO JIN!” “Armor of Halo!
DAO CHI!” “Armor of Torrent! DAO SHIN!” “Armor of
Hardrock! DAO GI!” “Armor of Strata! DAO INOCHI!”
Instantly, the Ronin Warriors were transformed into
their full armor and ready to battle Rubella, who had
just landed on the ground...

Meanwhile, the six girls and the two cats ducked
behind a bush. Watching the battle, Rae whispered to
the others, “What are we going to do? Without our
transformation wands, we won’t be able to help the
Ronin Warriors.” “Serena, why are you here with us?”
Luna asked her. “You’ve got to help them!” “But how
can I help them?” Serena whimpered. “Because you still
have your locket, duh!” Luna retorted. Serena looked
down and saw that Luna was right: she was still
wearing the locket. “You’re right, Luna,” she
admitted, “but how am I going to get those wands back
by myself?” “Don’t worry,” Luna explained. “I have a
plan.” “Well, you better hurry,” Mina replied, looking
toward the Ronins, “because they could really use our
help right about now.” “Okay, Serena,” Luna whispered.
“Listen carefully. This is what we’re going to do...”

In the meantime, the Ronin Warriors are all down on
their knees, completely exhausted. They had nearly
thrown everything they had at Rubella, but she
surprisingly avoided all of their attacks. “What is
going on?” Ryo asked. “It’s like she knows what we’re
going to do before we do it,” Rowen replied. “If we
can’t defeat her,” Cye asked, “how are we going to get
back those wands?” “Too bad, Ronin Warriors,” Rubella
mocked sarcastically, hovering above them. “It looks
like you’ve met your match. Enough toying around with
you. The time has come to destroy you once and for
all!”

“I don’t think so!” a voice yelled out from behind the
creature. Rubella turned around, revealing Serena as
the bold one, with Luna by her side. “You’re going
down! Moon Crystal Power!” she cried out, holding her
locket up in the air. In an instant, Serena was
transformed into Sailor Moon. “So, you’re Sailor
Moon,” Rubella replied. “You got that right!” she
shouted. “In the name of the moon, I fight for love
and justice, too! By the time I’m through with you,
you’ll be moon dust!”

The Ronin Warriors were watching Serena with great
interest. When she transformed into Sailor Moon, Ryo
exclaimed, “She’s gone crazy! Even as Sailor Moon, she
can’t defeat that creature on her own.” “But what can
we do, Ryo?” Cye asked him. “We’re too weak to help
her.” “No, you’re not!” The five warriors looked down
at Luna as she continued. “Sailor Moon knows what
she’s doing. Rowen, do you think you can remove
Rubella’s bag with one of your arrows?” she asked.
“I’ll try,” Rowen muttered as he stood up. He removed
an arrow from his quiver, placed it in his bow, took
careful aim, and fired.

Meanwhile, after Sailor Moon finished her speech,
Rubella snickered. “Well, we’ll just see who’ll be
dusted!” she cried as she went after the leader of the
Sailor Scouts. Before she reached Sailor Moon, she
felt something fly past her. Rubella caught the arrow
and turned around to see who aimed it at her. It was
Rowen, holding his bow up in the air. Rubella didn’t
realize that her bag with the Sailor Scouts’
transformation wands was missing. She also didn’t
realize that White Blaze was carrying the bag in his
mouth toward the girls. She thought that Rowen
attempted to destroy her, but missed. As she snapped
the arrow in half with her hand, she looked down at
Rowen and sneered, “You’re losing your edge, Strata.”
She dropped the two broken pieces of arrow as she
descended to the ground...

Meanwhile, the other girls almost cheered out loud
when Rowen’s arrow cut off the creature’s black bag.
Their little celebration was interrupted by the
arrival of White Blaze, carrying the bag in his mouth.
Rini cautiously walked up to the tiger. “Rini, please
be careful!” Rae pleaded. “Don’t worry, Rae,” Rini
assured her. “He’s not going to hurt me.” She was now
face to face with White Blaze. Rini put out her hands,
and the tiger willingly dropped the bag into her
hands. She giggled as the massive cat licked her face.
She patted him on the head, and said, “Good boy, White
Blaze!” She turned around and gave the bag to the
girls. As they pulled their wands out of the bag,
Artemis told them, “You better hurry! The others need
your help!” “Right,” the girls agreed in sync as they
raised their wands up in the air. “Mars Star Power!”
“Mercury Star Power!” “Jupiter Star Power!” “Venus
Star Power!”

In the meantime, Rubella was on the ground, ready to
attack the Ronins. She was about to strike, when they
heard a familiar voice shout out, “MERCURY ICE BUBBLES
BLAST!” A thick fog appeared around Rubella, freezing
her dead in her tracks. “Hurry, guys, get over here!”
It was Sailor Mercury who saved the Ronin Warriors.
“That ice won’t hold her for long!” she shouted. The
five warriors quickly got up and joined the Sailor
Scouts. “Do any of you have a plan to defeat Rubella?”
Ryo asked the Sailor Scouts. “Yes, we do,” Sailor
Mercury replied, “but first, I need to analyze the
monster.” She reached up and touched her earring, and
a visor appeared over her eyes. As she began to
analyze Rubella, Rowen asked, “What was that?” “It’s
Sailor Mercury’s visor,” Sailor Jupiter explained.
“She uses it to analyze enemies for any weak spots.”

Sailor Mercury, who had finished her analysis,
interrupted the conversation. “We’ve got a big problem
here,” she explained as she touched her earring again,
causing the visor to disappear. “My analysis shows
that Rubella doesn’t have any known vulnerabilities.
There’s more. The analysis also showed that Rubella is
human, or was human.” The Ronin Warriors gasped when
they heard this news. “If that’s true,” Sage muttered
thoughtfully, “then we can’t destroy her. How can we
make her human again, Sailor Mercury?” “Don’t worry,
Sage,” she replied. “The Sailor Scouts can change her
back.” “But, how can you do that?” Cye asked. “No
problem,” Sailor Moon replied. “I can heal Rubella
with the Silver Emperium Crystal.” “Well, what are you
waiting for?” Kento retorted. “It’s not that easy,
Kento,” Sailor Mercury answered. “Rubella’s power
levels are extremely high. It is necessary to drain
away her powers first; otherwise the Silver Crystal
won’t work on her.” “How are we going to do that?” Ryo
asked.

Before anyone could answer his question, there was a
sudden explosion from behind them. When they turned
around, they saw that Rubella had broken free from her
ice cell. “Stay back, guys,” Sailor Mars instructed
the Ronins. “We’ll handle this. MARS CELESTIAL FIRE
SURROUND!” The rings of fire repeatedly struck
Rubella, leaving her bruised and slightly drained of
energy. “Let’s try a double team, Sailor Venus!”
Sailor Jupiter suggested to her blonde ally. “Right!”
“JUPITER THUNDERCLOUD ZAP!” “VENUS LOVE-CHAIN
ENCIRCLE!” The blast of lightning, surrounded by an
orange chain of hearts, struck the creature right n
the stomach, knocking her down to her knees. “Sailor
Moon,” Sailor Mercury shouted to their leader. “Now!”
“Right!” she agreed as she held her locket up in the
air. “MOON HEALING ACTIVATION!”

The Ronin Warriors, who were back in their sub-armor,
watched in awe as Rubella was bathed in the white
light emerging from the Silver Crystal. When the light
disappeared, they were shocked to see their friend,
Mia, standing where Rubella was. Weak in the knees,
Mia started to sway. “Mia!” Ryo yelled as he ran
toward her. He managed to catch Mia before she fell.
As Ryo laid her head down gently, the Sailor Scouts
and the other Ronin Warriors joined him. “Is she going
to be all right?” he asked Sailor Jupiter, who was
checking her pulse. “She’ll be fine,” she assured Ryo.
“She’s just exhausted from all the changes she’s gone
through. It’s nothing a little rest wouldn’t cure.”
The Ronins gave out sighs of relief.

“So,” Sailor Moon started, “you know this girl?” The
Ronins nodded their heads, and Ryo explained, “This is
Mia Coji. She was a big help to us during the battle
with Talpa and the evil Dynasty.” “How did she help
you guys out?” Sailor Mercury asked. “Well, you see,”
Rowen started, “she studied Japanese mythology with
her grandfather, Dr. Coji, who was a college
professor. They both were especially interested in the
legend of the five Ronin armors, which is obviously
not a legend anymore. Mia helped us out by giving us
information about our armor that we didn’t even know
about before.”

Mia started moving around a bit. “Look, she’s waking
up,” Ryo exclaimed as she opened her eyes. “Ryo,” she
whispered, “what’s going on?” “That’s kind of a long
story,” he replied. “Where are we?” she asked as Ryo
helped her up. “You’re in the park with the rest of
us,” Rowen responded. Mia looked around and saw for
herself that Rowen was right: they were in the park.
“Do you remember anything, Mia?” Sage asked her. “I
remember, I had a visitor at my home. He said he
needed to use the phone, so I let him in. After that,
everything else is just a blur.” She looked up and saw
the Sailor Scouts standing there. “Hmm… who are they?”
she asked. Ryo hesitated, not knowing whether the
Sailor Scouts wanted their identities revealed to a
strange girl they didn’t even know. “It’s okay, Ryo,”
Sailor Moon told him, “you can tell her.” “All right,”
Ryo replied. “Mia, these are the Sailor Scouts: Sailor
Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and
Sailor Venus...”

In the meantime, Amethyst and Topaz were watching the
events occurring through the crystal ball. “What are
we going to do now, Amethyst?” he asked his sister
bluntly. “Those meddling Scouts made the girl human
again.” “That is not a problem, Topaz,” she replied,
facing him as she spoke. “Her services were no longer
needed, anyway. The time has come to move on to Phase
Three of our plan.” With that, Amethyst left the room,
with her brother closely behind her.

She approached a wall and rapped her knuckles against
it three times. A door opened, and they walked through
it. Inside was a cylinder-shaped stand, with five
shining glass orbs resting on top. “How are these
glass paper weights going to help us conquer Crystal
Tokyo?” Topaz asked his sister as she approached the
display. “These are not mere glass paper weights,
brother dear,” she replied. “Each stone contains a
fragment of the Dark Crystal. In time, the crystals
will grow, and from each stone will emerge a powerful
creature, obedient to us. When all five creatures
emerge from their Celestial Stones, they will merge
into the ultimate monster, capable of destroying
Crystal Tokyo!” Amethyst chuckled as she picked up one
of the orbs and dropped it down a hollow glass tube.
She did the same with the remaining four orbs. When
all of the Celestial Stones were in place, she pressed
a button, and the stones went down the tube...

Meanwhile, Rini was watching from behind the bushes,
with Luna, Artemis and White Blaze keeping her
company. Suddenly, White Blaze pricked up his ears and
looked up at the sky. “What’s wrong, White Blaze?”
Rini asked curiously. “He probably heard something,”
Luna replied, looking up to see what was troubling the
tiger. Unexpectedly, five beams of colored light
appeared in the air and as soon as they appeared, they
separated and were gone in the blink of an eye. “What
the heck was that?” Artemis asked. “The Celestial
Stones,” Rini thought to herself. “Could they be
real?”

“...And, now, we’re here to help the Ronin Warriors by
teaming up to defeat those nasty people from the Dark
Moon,” Serena finished. By this time, both the Ronin
Warriors and the Sailor Scouts were back into their
normal clothes. They were so busy talking to Mia that
they never noticed the strange lights that appeared in
the sky. “So, how long are you staying here?” Mia
asked the five girls. “As long as it takes,” Lita
responded. “Do you have a place to stay until then?”
Her second question was met with silence. “Well, don’t
worry about it. You can stay with me for as long as
you need to.” “Well, I don’t know, Mia,” Rae replied.
“We wouldn’t want to be a burden to anyone.”
“Nonsense,” Mia admitted. After a bit of talking, Mia
finally convinced the girls to stay with her. They
were all ready to go, but then Serena and Ryo realized
who was missing...

Meanwhile, Luna was curious as to why Rini was still
looking up at the sky where the lights first appeared.
“Rini?” she asked the little girl. “Rini! Snap out of
it!” She looked down at the cat and said, “I’m sorry,
Luna. What did you say?” Before Luna could respond, a
shrill whistle pierced the silence. “White Blaze!”
they heard Ryo yell. “Time to go!” White Blaze
understood and ran over to Rini. He laid down right
next to her. “Do you want me to get on you and ride
you like a horse?” Rini asked the tiger, who responded
by giving a low roar. “I’ll take that as a ‘yes!’ ”
Picking up Luna and Artemis, Rini got on White Blaze’s
back and nearly fell off when he stood up. She held on
tightly as White Blaze took off the direction of Ryo’s
voice.

The group watched as White Blaze came running toward
them, with Rini, Luna and Artemis on his back. He came
to a stop at Ryo’s side. “Good boy,” Ryo whispered as
he petted the tiger on the head. “That was fun!” Rini
exclaimed as she got off the tiger with Ryo’s help.
“Can I ride him again?” she asked Ryo. “Sure, if it’s
okay with your friends,” he explained, looking toward
the five girls. “Mia,” Serena told their new friend,
“this is Rini, Luna and Artemis.” “Nice to meet you,”
Mia greeted. “We better get moving. The sun will set
in a few hours, and it’s a long walk back to the
house.” Serena felt a hard tug on her arm. “What is
it, Rini?” she asked. “Can I ride White Blaze to the
house? Please!” Rini pleaded. “Well, all right,”
Serena agreed as Rini cheered. “But if White Blaze
gets tired of carrying you, you’ll walk with the rest
of us. Deal?” “Deal,” Rini agreed. The group of eleven
left the park and headed for Mia’s house, followed by
Rini on White Blaze, and Luna and Artemis...

TO BE CONTINUED