Chapter 263
"Just a reminder," Setsuna said before beginning lecture. "Today is when you sign up for any after school activities you're interested in. Now..moving on.."
"Yaten..I just happen to be the expert on after school activities," Mina said.
"Are you?" Yaten said.
"Yep, allow me to be your guide to the wonderful examples of extracurricular excellence," Mina said.
"Whatever," Yaten said.
"You'd show us too right?" Seiya asked motioning to Taiki and himself.
"Uh..sure.." Mina said. "I always like a crowd."
"Then you won't mind us helping you will you?" Lita asked with a grin.
"Yeah..you always like a crowd," Raye said.
"So glad you could join me," Mina muttered.
"I don't particularly care about clubs," Taiki whispered to Seiya.
"Aw..come on, don't be so stiff," Seiya said.
Meanwhile the male side of the class was stewing angrily.
"After school activities..well..there are possibilities there," Rick said.
"A stray football..baseball..or say..thousands of baseballs..that just happen to hit the three lights and brain them.." Steve said.
"Isn't brain damage a little much?" Greg asked.
"Ehh..brain damage isn't that bad," Mike said.
"You would definitely be the expert on that one," Steve said.
"Still...we cannot let this opportunity pass us by," Rick said.
"Yes.." the males said.
"What are you all yessing about?" Setsuna said.
"Patterson asked us if we were women, would we think he looked handsome?" Mike replied quickly.
"We replied accordingly," Steve said.
Patterson glared at the ground with embarrassment.
"Ladies man are you Patterson?" Seiya asked.
"Maybe he was the happening thing before we showed up," Yaten said.
"Can't see why..but perhaps," Taiki said.
Patterson said nothing and retained his stoic expression. Setsuna glanced at him.
Now that worries me. He should have thrown those three through the window by
now.
At lunch that day.
"Okay..Mina plans on taking them to all the extracurricular events..we need our operatives stationed everywhere," Rick said.
"Each of you must have a plan of attack," Steve said.
"Which is?" someone asked.
"Greg?"
"What..you wanted a plan from me?" Greg asked.
"Well you are the smartest guy here," Rick said
"Uh..okay..well I'm really not in this for any violent solutions," Greg said.
"Any other ideas?" Mike asked.
"How about we just do our own thing..that won't arouse suspicion," someone suggested.
"Excellent idea," Rick said.. "After all..a little accident here or there..might be overlooked."
"Well for the lack of any other good ideas, we can go with that," Steve said.
And another table.
"Girls..didn't we answer all your questions yesterday?" Taiki asked.
"You kidding? We've got thousands," Serena said.
"Yes...we're curious school girls in search of answers," Mina said.
The rest of the group nodded.
The Three Lights sighed.
"Okay.who has the first question?" Seiya said.
"Over here Seiya!" the entire group yelled and raised their hands.
In the classroom.
"They're much each easier to beat during the day...." Haruka said.
"That seemed apparent," Michiru said.
"They seemed very confused too," Setsuna said. "Either they don't know who we are, or they do and still think we are connected with these star seeds, which I can only assume is what's coming out of the victim's head."
"Or what isn't," Hotaru said. "The force behind it doesn't seem interested."
"And it doesn't seem like Galaxia's found what she wanted yet," Haruka said.
"And interestingly enough, Galaxia seems quite fond of the idea of Sailor Scouts herself," Michiru said.
"I wonder if Galaxia and these Starlights have met before," Haruka said. "Though it's unlikely, they can't seem to tell the difference between us and the evil forces."
"That makes them dangerous," Setsuna said. "They're not only powerful, they're confused."
"We can handle them," Patterson said from the back of the room.
"That so far seems to be true, but Patterson don't forget, they're still trying to figure things out and have not seemed very aggressive," Setsuna said.
"They may be holding back," Michiru said.
"We are holding back as well, Patterson said.
"Regardless of that, we still need to be concerned. After all..they call themselves the Sailor Starlights, but they don't seem very aware of what Sailor Scouts are," Setsuna said. "It just occurred to me...both Galaxia and them have Sailor Scouts of a different sort working for them...where'd they come from and why this fascination?"
"Hopefully they'll let us know," Haruka said.
"It's not like there's many other ways to find out," Michiru said.
That afternoon.
Lita pulled back and threw the javelin a long distance and it slammed into the ground. The group all clapped.
"Ah..Lita...you are the best javeliener..javeliness..who cares..that I've seen in a while," the track and field club captain said. "Would you join our team?"
"Uh..well..actually I'm not sure.."
"There is no time for unsureness in the fast paced world of track and field..do not pass up the adrenaline rush. You know you want it..you can feel the blood boil as the javelin slices through the air."
"I don't think a Javelin slices.." Lita said.
"Amy?" the crowd asked.
"Uh...hmm...I'm not sure there is a word to describe it," Amy said.
"Perhaps the javelin is drilled through the air," Taiki said.
"Yes! Taiki is correct!" the girls all shouted.
"As much as I'd like the adrenaline rush, I really thought about the cooking club.." Lita said.
"The cooking club does not give you the thrill! It can never compete with the track and field club for pure athleticism."
"But...it's not supposed to..."
"Let's get out of here, this is getting ugly," Mina said. Everyone nodded and the three lights, the girls and the massive amounts of followers went with them.
"So..dumpling hair..what sports do you think I should play?" Seiya asked.
"Do not call me that," Serena said.
"Why?"
"Because I don't like that nickname."
"Okay, okay...it is a nice nickname though, and what sport do you think a handsome guy like me should play?" Seiya asked.
"I don't know," Serena said.
"We have suggestions," Mina, and Raye said popping up.
"Oh.." Seiya said.
"You should be on the volleyball team," Mina said. "I am.."
They stopped in front of the volleyball team.
"Watch this," Mina said.
I will prove myself to them through my volleyball skill. Mina thought and stepped onto the court.
"Come on! Serve it up!" she said. The ball came flying over. She did her flip-hit and knocked it over the net.
"That's not bad..." Seiya said.
The first three words on the way to a relationship. Mina thought happily.
"I'll consider it," Seiya said.
Also words on the way to a relationship. I'm in control.
"Why are we following Seiya around. He's the athletic one?" Yaten asked.
"I wasn't interested in clubs," Taiki said.
"Me neither, guess there's no where else to go," Yaten said.
"Next is basketball," Raye said.
"Raye, you're not in charge of this tour," Mina said.
"I was just helping you..Mina..." Raye growled.
"Your help is appreciated, but unnecessary," Mina growled back.
"The basketball court is this way Seiya," Amy said pointing in that direction.
"AMY!" Mina and Raye said.
"He asked me," Amy said.
They were in the gym minutes later.
"I will dedicate this to you dumpling," Seiya said.
"Why?" Serena asked.
"You should feel honored."
"Why aren't I?" Serena muttered. She liked the way Seiya spoke, looked and sang, but she couldn't stand the dumpling remark.
"Serena!" came a collective shout. She whirled to see all the girls staring at her.
"Do not speak to idol star Seiya Kau that way!" they all said.
"Oh...uh...sorry..." Serena said.
Seiya meanwhile was weaving through basketball defenders and was going up for a slam dunk.
He slammed it and stood there.
"I only had to go through ten of you," he muttered to the team. They all growled at him.
"Seiya is the Emperor of Basketball!" the girls shouted.
"What is an Emperor of basketball?" Yaten muttered.
"That reference escapes me at the moment," Taiki said.
Minutes later on the football field.
"So...Mr. Kawasaki, you want to play football do you?" the Captain of the team asked. "Very well..everyone gets a fair shot..even you...what position?"
"Wide receiver."
"Take the formation," The Captain said. This is annoying. We haven't had a good corner back in years, he'll embarrass us for sure if he's the least bit good.
"Seiya, Seiya, he's our man, if he can't do it, no one can! Go Seiya!" the girls shouted in unison.
Seiya went out for a pass. The Captain keeping to his word threw it. Seiya leapt into the air and caught it. He dashed down the field narrowly missing all of the players and scoring a touchdown.
"Not bad.." the Captain said.
"Of course it's not...I'm the best player to come along in a while. I just finished dusting off the basketball team....now I'll do the same here."
"So you're just out to prove you're better than all of us."
"Essentially," Seiya said.
"Yea! Seiya!" the girls all shouted.
"Come on..let's do it again..I'll destroy your defense," Seiya said.
"Very well..but I'm on defense," The Captain said. "One of you get Q.."
The second QB walked in. He was thrown the ball and he threw it up. The Captain, a linebacker by nature, moved in to try and stop the ball, but Seiya flipped over him and caught it. He sprinted down the sidelines and scored.
The Captain sighed.
"But can you play defense?" the Captain said.
"Just as well as I can play offense," Seiya said. "Why. You'd like to be embarrassed again?"
"Captain Morita," came a solemn voice. Morita looked for the source.
"Patterson," Morita said.
Patterson motioned towards the field.
Morita nodded.
Patterson lined up against Seiya. The crowd all went quite.
"So you're my opponent ey..Donovan?" Seiya said.
Patterson's eyes narrowed.
"You tell him Seiya!" the girls said and began laughing.
Patterson readied himself. The guys all stood on one end, the girls on the other waiting. This was a showdown. The Captain hiked the ball and stepped back. The defense held the line. Patterson raced out into a pattern. Seiya followed him carefully. The Captain threw it in the air. The crowd grasped as both Seiya and Patterson watched it coming. The two leapt up for it....and Patterson grabbed it out of the and spun around landing and shooting forward. Seiya followed a look of shock on his face. He lunged forward to grab Patterson, but Patterson jumped upwards to avoid him. Seiya hit the ground and raised a cloud of dust. The football team all started yelling and so did the males. The great Seiya had been beaten.
"That's odd..Seiya's never been beaten before," Yaten said.
"Well...he's out of practice," Taiki said.
"Exactly!" Mina said. "He's just out of practice!"
"Yeah! He's just out of practice!" the girls all echoed.
"So what?" the guys all replied.
"If you ever actually become serious Seiya..we could use a player like you..otherwise..stay the heck away from my team," The Captain said.
"I proved my point. You still needed tank-boy here to save you," Seiya said.
"I'd be careful what you say," Captain Morita said.
"I'm not afraid of some loser like that," Seiya said and walked off.
"That'll change," Morita said.
At that point on the school roof.
"Serena, I thought you liked the three lights..why all this antagonism?" Amy asked.
"Seiya just annoys me. I don't know..the other two are fine..but...Amy..I think he's coming onto me."
"Oh...that's not good at all," Amy said.
"No it's not. I have Darrien, I don't need him."
"You finally realized that?"
"Took a little while, but yeah. I like the three lights a lot, but Seiya..he just worries me. I guess in a way I'm worried I'll start to like him too."
"Oh..maybe you should tell him you're involved."
"But I don't know if he's really serious, I don't want to embarrass myself."
"Hmm..true..I don't know. Maybe Mina or Lita will attract him away, and then you're problem will be solved."
"Maybe, but let's be honest Amy, those two aren't scoring many points."
Amy giggled a bit.
"So Amy..." Serena said.
"Yes?"
"Are you really interested in Taiki?"
"Merely to discuss matters of intellectual importance," Amy said.
"But you've got Greg to do that with."
"Uh..well...it's always good to get a third opinion."
"Right sure it is," Serena said.
"Ahh..there you are Dumpling...that is Serena.." came a voice. The two turned to see Seiya standing there.
"Bye," Amy said and dashed off.
"Amy! Come back! Ehh...hello Seiya," Serena muttered.
"You seem to have a problem with me," Seiya said.
"You call me Dumpling."
"I'm trying to break the habit."
"Well try harder."
"Well..you're a rare one..most girls are happy to see me," Seiya said.
"I'm not unhappy to see you, but that dumpling stuff gets to me."
"Oh really? So you really like a guy like me?" Seiya asked.
"Maybe," Serena said.
There was a shout.
"What was that?" Serena said.
"Probably nothing," Seiya said.
"Gotta go," Serena said and moved to run away.
"Leaving so soon," Seiya said grabbing her arm.
"Let me go," Serena said.
"Fine," Seiya said and let go. Serena raced down the stairs.
Meanwhile, Sailor Iron Mouse was drawing a Star Seed out of Captain Morita..
"Ah..geez..another dud," Iron Mouse muttered. "What's the deal with this anyway? Ah well..gotta go."
The phone booth formed around her and she disappeared. Captain Morita morphed into a creature the same size as his human form but pink and with large pointed ears.
"Sailor Guts!" he shouted.
"Are you?" came four voices. Landing on the ground were the Guardian Scouts.
"Ah..opponents. I am Sailor Guts, prepare for combat against the most feared warrior in this immediate one square mile area!"
"You're pink..." Uranus said.
"Hah!" Sailor Guts said. "Do you have speeches?"
"Uh..yeah..sure.....you mean you're going to let us say them?" Neptune asked.
"Why not?" Guts said.
"Okay.." Neptune said. "Uranus.."
"From the planet Uranus, I come bearing a ten pound bag of butt kicking in a five pound bag for ya!" Uranus said. "Guardian Uranus has arrived.
"From the planet Pluto, I bring all sorts of pain!. Guardian Pluto's gonna knock some heads!" Pluto said.
"From the planet...Neptune...I um..have this bear..." Neptune said holding up a stuffed teddy bear.
Everyone glanced at him.
"Hey, I'm unpredictable," Neptune said tossing the bear away. "Guardian Neptune."
"Uh..and from planet Saturn..I will uh...hurt you... Guardian Saturn."
The other three looked at him.
"Let's just attack," Saturn muttered.
"Wait for us!" came another voice. The four Inner Sailor Scouts dropped to the ground beside them.
"I'm Sailor Mars,but you can call me hot stuff," Mars said.
"I call her hot lips," Uranus whispered.
The guys laughed.
"I'm Sailor Venus, and really it's unfair for me to have all this beauty," Venus said.
"Where?" Sailor Guts asked.
"You will so pay for that!" Venus shouted.
"I'm Sailor Jupiter, I've got a killer uppercut," Jupiter said.
"And I'm Sailor Mercury, using the force of intelligence to triumph over all foes."
"We are the Sailor Scouts!"
"They've got a better entrance," Sailor Guts said.
"Yeah..well..what do you know?" Neptune snapped.
"Anyone else?" Sailor Guts asked.
"Oh you bet!" came another voice. Sailor Moon stepped out.
"I am Sailor Moon Champion of Justice! I right wrongs over evil as well as punish you on behalf of the moon!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"Is that the abridged version?" Mars asked.
"Yes," Sailor Moon said.
"Is that it?" Sailor Guts asked.
"Where is the Star Seed!" came a shout.
"Aww..geez..not these idiots," The girls muttered.
The Sailor Star Lights landed on the other side of Sailor Guts. He backed up to keep all the scouts within his site.
"Sailor Star Fighter!"
"Sailor Star Maker!"
"Sailor Star Healer!"
"Sailor Starlights!" the three shouted.
"Whoopdie dooo!" Neptune said.
"Now all of you..where is the star seed?" Star Fighter said.
"Give us an answer," Star Maker said.
"You're kinda not being very cooperative," Sailor Moon said. "We don't take orders from you. Maverick..where the heck are you! Take care of them!"
"Aw..yes..that fool..we are ready for him!" Sailor Star Fighter said. The three fanned out and faced in different directions.
"He cannot attack us without us seeing him," Sailor Star Maker said.
"This time we'll get him for sure," Star Healer. "Then we will talk about the Star Seeds."
Silence fell over the battle field.
"Well?" Everyone said.
"I am Sailor Guts, the battle shall continue!" Sailor Guts shouted.
"Oh yeah.." Sailor Moon said. "Him."
"Do not touch him until we have our answers," Star Fighter said.
"You know..what.." Sailor Guts said.
"What?" everyone asked.
"I don't like those three..their speeches stunk," Sailor Guts said and ran at the three Starlights.
The three didn't move and unleashed an energy wave. It smashed into Sailor Guts and threw him back several feet.
"You girls watch the black jokers, we'll get guts," Uranus said and leapt forward with the other Guardians, they hit Sailor Guts with an energy barrage.
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury shouted quickly. The air was filled with mist. The Sailor Scouts moved in and attempted to surround the Sailor Starlights. The Starlights jumped off quickly.
"Where'd they go?" Sailor Moon said looking around as the mist cleared.
"We got too close!" Neptune said as he and Guardian Uranus were thrown over their heads and skidded along the ground.
Amidst the confusion. The Sailor Starlights stood several feet away watching patiently.
"Let them finish off that creature then we shall deal with them.." Star Fighter said.
"Saturn Ice Rings Blast!"
The attack smashed into Sailor Guts he fell to the ground.
"I got it, Pluto Healing Power!" he shouted. The attack flew into Sailor Guts, he glowed, but then growled and raced at the two.
"Oops!" Pluto yelled and the two ran out of the way.
"Great it doesn't work unless I do it," Sailor Moon muttered.
Sailor Jupiter hurried into action. She clipped Sailor Guts in the knee and he fell down.
"Sailor Moon," she said.
"Moon Crystal healing Activation!" Sailor Moon shouted. Sailor Guts was returned to his original form.
"Now about the Star Seeds!" Star Fighter said.
The three were now facing them.
"Our defensive position," Star Healer realized.
"Too late!" came a shout as Maverick leapt forward and swung his sword through all three of them before jumping off again. The Sailor Starlights fell to the ground.
"Now you're going to do some talking," Sailor Moon said as the scouts advanced. The Starlights went motionless and sent out a wave, that knocked down the scouts. The group then hurried off.
"They got away again.." Sailor Moon said.
"At least we won," Sailor Jupiter said.
"It would be nice to have some answers though," Mercury said.
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