Chapter 68

"What do you mean I aced my math test! I hadn't even studied! Ahem..I mean..sure..I did..but..I....well who cares...I mean...I aced my math test!" Serena shouted.

"Serena...this is surprising. From what I heard from Miss Haruna, such an act is very strange. I mean..I know you weren't cheating. Miss Haruna had warned me about that so I kept an eye on you," her math teacher said.

"Hey!" Serena said.

"You know Serena, this could mean your a prodigy of some kind."

"What? Me....no...I think you've got me confused with someone smart."

"Serena..I think maybe we should recommend you for the M.I. Test."

"The M.I. Test?" Serena asked.

"Yes, it's a test to determine whether you have an inner genius side to you."

"I could bet money on the results of that," Serena said.

"Serena. I know your academic record up to know has been less than great, but if you are a genius, we need to know about it."

"But I'm not," Serena said.

"You don't know that."

"You obviously haven't seen me in action."

"Serena, will you just come to this room tomorrow and take the test?" her math teacher said handing her a sheet of paper.

"Oh..all right...but I don't think it'll tell me anything I don't already know," Serena said and walked out of the classroom.

At lunch that day.

"The M.I. Test? You?" Amy asked in surprise.

"Yeah, me...you've heard of the test."

"Yes, I've taken several, Math, Science, History, English, Spanish, Grammar, Literature, ahem....Nuclear Physics, that's it," Amy said.

"I took the Nuclear Physics one too...tough test.." Mike whispered to Steve.

"Shut up," Steve muttered.

"So on the subject of math, how are you two doing in your quest to get a date with your math teacher," Raye said to Lita and Mina.

"Well..you know..." Lita said.

"Can't rush love, you know that," Mina said.

Greg meanwhile noticed Patterson drawing something in a notebook.

"Whatcha drawing?" Greg asked.

"The black hole those two are going to fall into any time now," Patterson whispered showing Greg the picture. Greg grinned.

"Serena..could you explain to me just how you managed to convince someone that you're actually a genius?" Raye was saying.

"What makes you think I'm not?" Serena asked.

"Well let me see," Raye said and pulled out a somewhat large book from her school briefcase. "She turned to the first page."

"Uh...what's..that?" Serena asked worriedly.

"Oh, this is the journal I took of every stupid thing you've ever done. I've filled this volume up," Raye said.

"You just carry that around with you?" Rick asked.

"Sure...when it comes to pointing out Serena's weaknesses, it is best to be prepared at all times," Raye replied. "Now let's see, entry one...."

As Raye read off the list. Serena hung her head in embarrassment, as the other girls smiled nervously. Meanwhile Steve had taken a note, written something on it and passed it to Rick, who had taken the note and written something on it, and then given it to Mike who wrote something else on it and passed it to Greg, who read it and then passed it onto Patterson, who read it.

It said.

Patterson, we still having that meeting at your place? Was written in Steve's handwriting.

Or are we all meeting there so you can massacre us? Was written in Rick's handwriting.

Should I slip into something more comfortable before coming over? Was written in Mike's handwriting next to a smily face.

Patterson just shook his head.

"The answer is yes, no, and definitely no," Patterson muttered.

"What is that all about?" Amy asked.

"Nothing," the boys except Patterson said.

Odd. Amy thought.

"Entry thirty four..." Raye continued. "How many times did you drop an ice cream cone that day Serena?"

Serena moaned.

"Kaooooooooliinnnnnnnite!" Dr. Tomoe shouted.

"Professor, I'm right here," Kaolinite muttered.

"I know..but, there's just so many phonetic games I can play with your name..I couldn't resist," Tomoe said and dumped a pot of tea on his head.

"Um..Professor?" Kaolinite said in surprise.

"Oh come now Kaolinite, haven't you ever dumped a pot of tea on your head?"

"No professor, I'd assume it's quite painful."

"No it's not. Except if you mean painful in the fact that it hurts."

"That's what I meant."

"Well...then....I think you're right..but I no time to discuss the existential value of a pot of hot tea dumped on your head, so..let's move on. I've located the next warrior."

"That is excellent Professor."

"Is it? Is it really?" Tomoe said.

"Professor?"

"I know what your thinking. Was that six shots, or only five?"

"Professor?"

"Eureka!" Professor Tomoe shouted and ran out a door. A few seconds later Kaolinite heard a crash.

"The Professor's ten foot drop into a dumpster full of newspapers of sanity," she muttered.

"Kaaaaolinite!" Tomoe shouted.

"Oh dear," Kaolinite muttered.

Later.

"Wow...this place is kickin," Steve said as the four boys walked into Patterson's war room.

"Kickin...that's slang right?" Greg asked.

"Actually no...Steve just says that because he has no idea what the current slang words are..he figures he can get away with it," Mike said.

"Have a seat gentlemen," Patterson said somewhat sinisterly as he sat with his massive computer behind him. The guys took a seat around the table, with a view screen embedded in it, in the center of the room.

"Wow..think about all the video games you could play with this equipment," Mike said.

"Yeah..is this a game right here," Steve said pointed to the map projected on the table of Japan covered with red squares and dots.

"No, that is the tactical distribution of the Self Defense Forces, and now that you've seen it, I'll have to kill you," Patterson said.

"Heh heh..I have a bad memory," Steve said nervously.

"Good enough," Patterson said and the map disappeared.

"Okay..Patterson..we want to know everything," Rick said.

"Everything?" Patterson asked.

"Yes, if we're going to be scouts, we want to know the background info," Rick said.

"Hmm...I suppose that's valid, but don't you think you should devote more of your time to training to actually use your powers?" Patterson asked.

"The girls didn't have to," Mike said.

"At least not much," Steve said.

"Yeah, they managed, so why should we bother?" Rick asked.

"Maybe after I get done explaining to you the history of the Sailor Scouts, you might change your mind," Patterson said.

"Why?" the four said, a bit of nervousness coming over them.

"Shall we begin?" Patterson said. "I would start with once upon a time, but that would only be if I was sniffing glue quite regularly, so I will begin with this. This story begins a little less than two years ago...."

And then Patterson began to relate the history of the scouts, all the battles, and such.

Meanwhile the girls were walking down the street together.

"Where are those guys?" Raye asked.

"I think I saw them heading towards Patterson's house, but then I think they saw me and hid or something," Mina said.

"Why would they do that?" Lita asked.

"Well...we have to find out what they're up to," Serena said.

"Why? They're not your boyfriends," Raye said sternly.

"Yeah, but if those five guys are alone in the same place at the same time it's probably not a good thing," Serena said.

"Well that's logical," Mina admitted.

"Yeah, I mean..they do enough damage when there's just two of them," Lita said.

Mina, Lita, and Raye were soon hurrying off down the street.

"You coming Amy?" Serena asked.

"No, I have to study," Amy said.

"Oh...yeah...well..I guess you should then," Serena said and hurried off.

"Glad their enjoying themselves. But we are in high school now. We shouldn't have time for all this running around like this," Amy said. "Oh well," she said and walked off. I wonder what those five are talking about right now. Probably some detailed tactical plan or something knowing Patterson.

"Okay..now you see in this picture...Melvin dressed like Tuxedo Mask and getting his butt kicked," Patterson was saying. The four guys laughed.

Meanwhile in a sewer. Eddie, an employee of the department of public works was working on a busted pipe.

"Jeez...this would be my luck working in a sewer....yeah..see what a Ph.D in Biology gets you," he muttered to himself not noticing Kaolinite appearing behind him.

"What a pitiful man you are," She said.

"What?" Eddie said whirling around. "Wow..this jobs beginning to have some perks. What are you some kind of sewer mermaid."

"Idiot," Kaolinite said and blasted him. He began to transform in front of her.

"Now...go do what you're good at," she said.

"Yeah," Eddie the monster said and dashed through the sewer.

Meanwhile at the Crown Video Arcade.

"Why are we here?" Raye asked.

"I thought we were supposed to be figuring out what the guys were up to," Mina said.

"Yeah..you were...but I mean...how would we find out when they were inside Patterson's house. We'll have to figure it out other ways. In the meantime..I want to show you the latest game they came out with," Serena said.

"Which is?" Lita asked.

"Hey girls," Andrew said.

"Hi Andrew!" Lita, Mina, and Serena all said as their hearts beat faster.

"Aren't you guys forgetting something..." Raye muttered.

"What?" they asked.

"YOU ALL HAVE BOYFRIENDS!"

"Well..Raye...we're open minded," Mina said.

"Good answer," Raye muttered.

"So..you girls here to try out the new Sailor Moon game?" Andrew asked.

"The what?" The girls except Serena said.

"The game I was telling you about," Serena said. "See..come look at it."

"They've been working on it for a little while now...it's in honor of the Sailor Scouts.." Andrew said.

"Oh..how cute.." Lita and Raye said as low key as they could.

"Of course when you've had seven video games made about you all ready..." Mina said.

"Ehh..." the others muttered.

"Well I'll let you girls try it," Andrew said and moved off.

"Our own video game! Cool!" Lita said.

"I always knew I should star in a game like this," Raye said.

"Think about it though..since we happen to know a few things about being a Sailor Scout we should be able to ace this thing in minutes," Mina said.

"You're right," The others said.

Minutes later. Predictably...

"Get out of the way!" Raye shouted.

"Watch it Mars!" Mina said.

"Hey...look out!" Lita said.

"I had a clear shot!" Raye snapped.

"You almost singed me," Mina said.

"Well if you had watched where you were going," Raye said.

"This is all too familiar," Serena said. "And why does my character keep falling down!" she screeched.

"Pretty accurate game isn't it?" Melvin said popping up. "They say the programmers got a hold of every piece of research they could when making it."

"That's all we need," the four muttered.

"Jeez...what a low score..you guys would make pretty bad Sailor Scouts," Melvin said. The four glared at him.

"Um..what?" he said.

"You have no idea!" they shouted.

"Uh..okay.." he said and backed off. There was a crash outside.

"What was that?" Lita said instantly becoming serious.

The four hurried to the door to see a negaverse monster standing in front of an open manhole and blasting things.

"That's just great," Mina said.

"We should transform," Lita said.

"How?" Raye said.

"Say...Andrew....is there a back door to this place?" Serena asked.

"Sure..but why do you need it?" Andrew asked.

"Take a look out front," Serena replied.

"Oh..I see," Andrew said worriedly. Serena and the others hurried out the back door and got ready to make their transformation.

When they showed up Eddie the sewer guy was trashing the place.

"Hi ya," he said.

"Stop right there evil-doer!" Sailor Moon shouted.

"Evil-doer?" the other three asked.

"What!" Sailor Moon shrieked.

"You wanna a piece of me?" Eddie said. "Give me your best shot!"

"Mars Celestial Fireball Surround!"

"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"

"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"

"Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!"

The four shouted. Eddie stood there and took the blasts. Then the creature inside him immediately died and he fell to the ground.

"WHAT!" The four girls shouted.

"That's it!" Kaolinite shouted watching from a rooftop nearby.

"Well..that was quick," Jupiter said.

"Yeah...strange," Mars said.

"I wish all the creatures would just stand there," Sailor Moon said.

"Makes our job easier," Venus said.

The next morning Serena showed up at a small room in Juuban High School. She was still half asleep when she sat down. A few people in suits walked in.

"Hello. You are Serena Tsukino?" one of them said.

"Yes," she said.

"Aw...good...we're just going to test you and see if you're a child prodigy or not," the other one said.

"Be my guest," Serena said. "Heck..I'm getting out of class for this so take your time."

The two suits glanced at each other.

"Heh heh..sorry..old habits.." Serena said and laughed nervously.

"Okay...we're just going to give you a general M.I. Test first before the math one," one of them said.

"If you like," Serena said.

"We're just going to ask you some questions. First word association. We're going to tell you a word and you tell us what word immediately comes to mind."

"Okay."

"Trees."

"Cheese."

"Uh..Water."

"Mercury," Serena said. Whoops..better be careful. She thought.

"Mercury..I see....how about school."

"Late."

"Light?"

"Dressing."

"What?" The two said. "Ahem..sorry...anyway...next word....oxen."

"Boxen."

"There's no such thing as boxen."

"Well..it is the first word that came to mind."

"It's not a word."

"It could be in Paraguay!"

"Paraguay? Why Paraguay?"

"Well..I mean...why not? It's not like Paraguay is run by the commies you know," Serena said.

"Ehh...let's move on," one of the suits said.

I wonder how I'm doing. Serena thought.

Meanwhile up in home room.

"What's the deal with you geniuses anyway? You're not only smart and capable to pass any school assignment, but you also get to miss class so they can test you to see if you are a genius or not?" Mike said to Amy and Greg.

"Nice isn't it?" Greg asked.

"You've figured out our secret," Amy said with a grin. Both of their eyes narrowed.

"We're everywhere," the two said.

"Ahhh!" Mike shouted.

"What's the problem Leslie?" Haruna snapped.

"Uh..well...oh.you wouldn't believe me if I told you," Mike said. "In fact you might be one of them..."

"One of what?" Haruna said, her patience was just about gone.

"I believe Mike has just discovered that you are a teacher Miss Haruna," Steve said.

The entire class started laughing.

"Wonder what tipped him off," Mina said.

"Actually..Ma'am...I have a simple explanation for all this," Mike said.

"Let's hear it," Haruna said.

"It's all Serena's fault," Mike said.

"Explanation accepted, let's begin class," Haruna said.

Meanwhile.

"If a tree falls in the forest, yeah, sure it makes a sound!" Serena said.

"But no ones there to hear it."

"So?" Serena asked.

"So how do you know it makes a sound?" the evaluator asked.

"You don't have to be a genius to figure that out...come on. Ask me something hard," Serena said. The two evaluators sighed.

"We'd better just give you the math test," they said.

"Is it hard?" Serena asked.

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