Auston Jade Hi all! I'm writing the authors notes this time. Me, Jade. I have one thing that you readers need to know. This story takes place as a sort of substitution for the episode "A Crystal Clear Destiny" so the sailor scouts have met Sailor Venus and Serena and Darien do not yet know who each other are. If you read this then write me or Auston about it! This is Auston speaking, I think this part of the story should be rated PG for a little violence. Enjoy! PS - If Mercury is your favorite character well... uummm, find out for yourselfs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Golden General Chapter 5 Tuxedo Mask ran through the streets of Tokyo quicker than the eye could follow, his mind in a turmoil of confusion. Why had Sailor Moon gone with Zoisite? What did Zoisite want with Sailor Moon? What *matters* did the two of them need to discuss? What was he going to tell the scouts? The only answer that he could figure out for this last question was, the truth. Tuxedo Mask rounded corner after corner, speeding down streets as fast as he could until the ice cream shop that the Nega-monster had attacked finally came into his sight. What he saw only made him run faster, if that was possible. The scouts were fighting what appeared to be an eight foot Nega- monster with claws like knives and eyes like never ending, bottomless pits. But the thing that caused Tuxedo Mask to run faster was the fact that even from the distance he was at, he could easily see that the scouts were loosing. As Tuxedo Mask neared he saw Sailor Mercury being smuthered down on the ground by one of the monsters huge big arms. He formed a red rose in his hand and, taking careful aim, sure not to hit Mercury, he threw it at the monsters arm and it reered back in pain and surprise as the rose imbedded itself in it's shoulder. The scouts took this opportunity to rush forward and attack the monster with each of their powers. But they seemed to have little or no effect on the monster before them. It blew them back easily with a blast of power and each scout, except for Mercury, who was still on the ground and had not attacked, was sent sailing through the air, towards the other side of the street, where each of them lay, struggling weakly to get up and attack again. Tuxedo Mask dashed towards Mercury, seeing that the others were fine, though slightly weak from the attack, and kneeled down at the small girls level, looking at the young, pale form in a blue senshi uniform. "Are you alright?" He asked in between gasps. Sailor Mercury looked at the dark form looking down at her and smiled. She reconized it, almost. Not, quiet but almost. What was she doing in a tattered down uniform? She looked up suddenly, from inspecting her clothes, as she heard a cry sound from above her and raised her head in time to see the figure before her blown away with a blast of some sort of dark wind. She watched as thetuxedo clad man crashed into a wall and then slowly struggled to his feet again, running towards where she lay, shouting something she couldn't hear. And then the monster came into her veiw. She looked at the thing that was looming before her silently for a moment, fear paralyzing her. But then she screamed. A high pitched scream which demolished the thing, the monster, whatever it was, that was attacking her, much like Sailor Moon's scream did to monters. "I think I take that as a no, you're not alright." Tuxedo Mask remarked as he walked over to where she was still lying on the ground, dazed, and dizzy. Sailor Mars, Jupiter and Venus all strolled over to where Tuxedo Mask was since the fighting was over and Murcury won the day, "Whats the matter with her?" Sailor Mars asked Tuxedo Mask, looking at her fellow scout in blue worriedly. "I don't know, I don't think.... I guess there is something the matter with her." Tuxedo mask said very smartly. "Well, we can see that!" Sailor Mars said, getting angry. Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mars started getting into long discussion, well, more like an arguement while Jupiter and Venus just looked at each other. It was then that Venus discovered a most extrordinary fact that the rest of the scouts had missed, worrying about Mercury. Sailor Moon was not among them in any way, shape or form. Venus cleared her throat, trying to interrupt Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mars's arguement. When it didn't work the first time, she stamped her foot on the ground. When that didn't work she screamed and stamped her foot on the ground. Finally Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask stopped arguing and looked at Venus, amazed. Even Jupiter was looking at Venus strangly. Mercury was just lying on the ground, still dazed, and very confused with a whole bunch of weird people in front of her. "Tuxedo Mask, why isn't Sailor Moon with you?" Venus asked him, finally glad that she had caught the attention of everyone around her. Tuxedo Mask head loomed down, he was not ready to tell them..... Not yet. Suddenly the scouts and Tuxedo Mask heard the sound of a teleportantion and all of them dropped into fighting stances (except of course Sailor Mercury). They all searched for where the sound of the teleportation had come from, to find their enemy. They where all sure that he would spring up at any moment. It had to be one of the generals. Only they teleported anywhere. Nega-monsters travelled by foot or by flight. And then they heard it. A soft, familiar, *feminine* laughter coming from above them, and they all looked up to see the most astonishing thing any of them had ever seen. It was Sailor Moon, in a females general uniform. It was dark grey, like the male one, only with a dark navy trim on the hem and collar and a strange insignia pinned to the fabric on the right side of her neck. This was indeed Sailor Moon, but all the scouts could plainly see that this Sailor Moon was from the Nega-Verse. It was obvious both from the uniform and the fact that she was in fact, floating in midair ten or twenty feet above their heads. The scouts and Tuxedo Mask were shocked to their teeth and no one could speak for a long, long, long time.... TO BE CONTINUED.....