Chapter 93

"Honestly, if you make a necktie out of hot dog wieners you can get in at half price," Mike said.

"It's not worth it," Rick said.

"Well that depends," Steve said.

"What are you imbeciles talking about?" Raye asked.

"Yeah, I have to admit I'm curious," Lita said.

"Well..you see.." Mike began. They heard a squeaky scream from outside.

"What's that?" Serena said bolting up from her seat.

Both Patterson and Amy looked out the window to see Melvin down in the front plaza in the clutches of a fierce looking negaverse monster. Many students were running away from the area in terror.

"A negaverse attack! It's on Melvin!" Amy said.

"Hmm...maybe someone should do something about it," Mike said.

Serena walked to the window.

"Oh..no it's coming up here! Everyone out!" She shouted abruptly.

"Wha...." Amy began noticing the creature was still standing on the ground.

The students who weren't scouts hurried out of the room.

"Slick huh?" Serena said.

"How'd you think to do that?" Raye said.

"It's hero stuff, can't explain it now," Serena said.

Greg meanwhile moved to the door and closed it, drawing the shade over the window that was there.

"Now that we have some privacy," Lita said pulling out her power stick. The entire group pulled out their transformational items.

"Moon Crystal Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Venus Star Power!"

"Saturn Star Power!"

"Uranus Star Power!"

"Neptune Star Power!"

"Pluto Star Power!"

"Maverick Power!"

The ten transformed.

"Now what?" Venus said.

Sailor Moon slipped into Mercury's aura.

"Okay...Guardian Scouts..get out there and distract the creature," Sailor Moon said noticing that Melvin's heart was now being drawn out.

"Oh..great..so we're nothing more than glorified targets," Uranus muttered.

"That's all Maverick ever was," Mars snapped back.

"Speaking of that..Maverick...go up on the roof and watch for any more trouble..like Neptune and Uranus," Sailor Moon said.

"She's not talking about us is?" Guardian Neptune said to Guardian Uranus.

"She very well..could..." Uranus muttered.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be somewhere?" Jupiter said.

"Oh..like out there..." Neptune muttered. "We're going."

The four male scouts opened up the window, drew their energy swords and jumped out heading for the ground. Maverick turned and hurried out the door of the room.

"Now what do we do?" Mercury asked.

"We get in behind it," Sailor Moon said.

"Sailor Moon...couldn't we just attack the creature from up here?" Mars asked.

"Hmm..true...Mercury's aura must be wearing off.." Sailor Moon muttered.

The guys meanwhile had landed a few feet away from the creature. And flung their energy attacks out. The creature adeptly jumped out of the way, and holding Melvin's heart, flew right at them.

"Not good," Neptune muttered as the four scattered.

"Hah..do you want a piece of Monster Trun!" the creature shouted.

"That's an odd name..." Neptune said, before Monster Trun unleashed an attack with his free hand sending it spiraling at him. He flipped out of the way. Uranus jumped forward and spun swinging his foot and his sword around. The foot connected on the monster's chest, the sword on it's face. It shouted and flung the heart upward, swinging at Uranus with it's free hand. Uranus ducked the blow, but was hit with the other hand and thrown into a large bush. Pluto dived forward to get the falling heart, and caught it on the ground, wincing at the pain he felt from the small impact. The creature raced at him.

"Saturn! Heads up!" Pluto shouted and tossed the heart towards Saturn. Who caught it carefully. The monster stopped and turned towards Saturn.

"Give me that," it hissed. "I am Monster Trun, destroyer of hills!"

"Destroyer of Hills," Neptune muttered from a safe distance. Trun whirled towards him and sent another blast flying. Neptune flipped out of the way. Pluto sent a sword attack flying at Trun which flew off to the side.

"Bad aim," Trun muttered and lunged at Saturn, who tossed the heart back over to Pluto. Trun whirled and ran at Pluto, who tossed the heart over to the recovered Uranus.

"We can't get a good shot if they keep him moving like that," Mars shouted in frustration up in the classroom.

"Will you jokers stop messing around!" Jupiter shouted.

"Messing around?" Pluto muttered now carrying the heart, he tossed it to Neptune.

"Well we are playing hot potato with a crystal heart and a negaverse monster," Neptune said and passed it to Uranus.

"Yeah..they wanna do something about it they should come down here," Uranus muttered and tossed it to Saturn..only Trun had caught on and he was flying at Saturn as the heart flew. He smashed into Saturn and grabbed the heart.

"Aw..geez..." Pluto muttered.

"Hah!" Trun shouted and was hit with four energy attacks dead on.

"It's about time!" Venus shouted from the window. Trun sunk to the ground. Two more blasts smashed into him, one yellow, one aqua marine. Trun began to disintegrate.

"Gotta get the heart!" Sailor Moon shouted and jumped out the window. The four guys went for it too, and not unexpectedly they all smashed into each other. Meanwhile Sailor Uranus leapt forward and grabbed the heart landing several feet away. Sailor Neptune soon appeared next to her. The four Sailor Scouts landed on the ground.

"Get off me!" Sailor Moon shouted trying to push the pile of guys off her.

"Woah..sorry," Saturn said jumping off.

"Hey..I kinda like this," Neptune said. Sailor Moon slapped him.

"You are so immature, and yet the world depends on you? Thank goodness we're here to save it," Uranus said.

"Interesting way you have of doing it," Mars snapped.

"Yeah, give the heart back," Jupiter said.

"It is not a talisman, I might as well," Uranus said and threw it back to Melvin's limp body, where it embedded itself in his chest. The two groups then stood there staring at each other, saying nothing. Mercury glanced up to the roof apprehensively. She noticed Maverick standing on the roof.

Uranus noticed Mercury's glance and realized what was happening. Uranus grinned slightly.

"Come on Neptune," she said and the two jumped away.

"We should follow them," Mars said.

"We've got class though," Venus said.

"We probably couldn't catch them anyway, we'd better get back to class," Jupiter said.

Minutes later, a variety of emergency vehicles surrounded the scene. Melvin was taken to the hospital and Principal Oksua was standing outside with a frown on his face. Class was still in session.

"I don't see why all this stuff keeps happening at my school?" Oksua muttered.

"Maybe they don't like you for some reason," Police Chief Ozaki said with a sly grin.

"Wonderful theory, I'm so glad our tax dollars are financing such highly trained investigative work," Oksua replied.

Ozaki grinned again.

"Is Melvin all right?" Molly asked Serena.

"Sure, he just needs to rest...you know the drill when you get attacked by the negaverse," Serena said.

"Unfortunately yes I do," Molly said solemnly.

"We can visit him after school okay?"

"Right..of course."

"Nacho, Nacho Man, I want to be a Nacho Man," Dr. Tomoe sang as he typed something into one of his computers.

"Professor," Eudial said. "The daimon failed. I was unable to retrieve the heart."

"And why is that?"

"The Sailor Scouts, and the Guardian Scouts, and those two others were all there."

"But you were only a minute's distance away," Tomoe said.

"Yes sir, I know. I saw a group of them emerging from the school," Eudial said.

"The school...of course! They must go there!" Tomoe said.

"What?"

"Well..how could those annoying scouts all arrive so quickly, unless they were all enrolled at the school..granted there are other explanations, but this one is the most simple and convenient."

"Uh..yes professor."

"We will prepare a special group of daimons."

"Daimons? Won't that stress our energy reserves?"

"Yes, but if we eliminate the scouts, we'll only need one more daimon to collect the hearts."

"That's true professor."

"Now..let's get to work. We shall create the NACHO DAIMONS!"

"Nacho Daimons?"

"YES THEY ARE NACHO DAIMONS SINCE I CALL THEM NACHO DAIMONS!" Tomoe shouted.

"Of course professor," Eudial said and sighed.

"Say..Amy..I know they gave you all of Melvin's homework..why don't you come by the hospital with us and give it to him?" Serena asked.

Amy's eyes lowered and she paused.

"No...why don't you bring it to him," She said.

"Uh...okay..." Serena said realizing that Amy was not comfortable with what she had suggested. Amy handed her a packet and walked off..her head down towards the ground.

"What's wrong with her? She was fine earlier?" Molly asked.

"I shouldn't have asked her to come to the hospital, I must have caused her to think about her parents," Serena said.

"Oh.."

"How could I be so stupid," Serena and smacked herself in the face. She paused for a minute.

"That really hurt!" She shouted and started to cry. "Why did I do that?" She whined.

"Serena..calm down.." Molly said with some embarrassment.

"You know I've been thinking..." Mike began sipping a soda, as he, Rick, Steve, and Greg sat around a restaurant table.

"We could remind you what a danger you are to humanity when you do so, but continue," Steve said.

"Well..you know we stink at working as a team," Mike said.

"No we don't, we did okay today," Greg said.

"Yeah..but..overall...we're just not cut out for it," Mike said.

"I think you're right. We may get lucky, but most of the time we're in each other's way," Steve said.

"We're just inexperienced," Greg said.

"We're experienced, we're just not improving," Mike replied.

"Well, at least not to any real point. I mean you see us, we're just good at distractions, and even that gets out of hand when we're tripping over each other," Steve said.

"Well, then maybe we should work harder at training," Greg said.

"No, I don't think that's the answer," Mike said.

"Neither do I," Steve said.

"Oh..I see," Greg muttered realizing that would never be the answer.

"I think we have to work independently," Mike said.

"Not a bad idea," Steve said.

"How? There's only one daimon..if you guys show up to fight it, you'll end up in the same mess you were in before?" Greg asked.

"Not if we find out who the target is first?" Mike said.

"Yeah..." Steve said. "What? How are we going to do that Mike?"

"Simple...using logic," Mike said.

"Not a bad idea....but...I see a problem," Steve said.

"Let me guess...it is something along the lines of me not being the slightest bit logical, and you not being anywhere near logical or smart for that matter," Mike replied.

"Yes...ahem..except for the second part," Steve said.

Mike grinned slightly.

"See..what we'll do is independently search for the next target, and then...whoever finds it, hangs around until the daimon shows up and fights it, at best until it's beaten. At worst, until the Sailor Scouts show up. In the meantime, the others are just hanging around," Mike said.

"What if we looked for the daimon as a group, but only one of us fought him?" Steve asked.

"We could do that too...then I can say Split up and search!" Mike said.

"Finding out who the daimon is would be a good idea, but the rest of your theory is flawed, and how are we supposed to find out who it is? Really?" Greg asked.

"No clue, but we have to try," Mike said.

"Yeah...we have to be some use to the girls," Steve said.

"All right..we'll try it," Greg said.

The three noticed Rick sitting there still sipping his own drink and staring at the tabletop.

"Rick?" Mike asked. "You haven't said much."

"Oh..well..I was just letting you get all your talking out of your system until I tell you that I think it's a stupid idea you came up with," Rick said. "Furthermore, since I am the leader of the Guardian Scouts, I'm not going to let you do it."

"Excuse me?" Mike said. "When are you the leader?"

"Well come on, we all know I am the best Guardian Scout in battle here, and I have leadership qualities, so...I'm the leader...the Guardian Scouts need direction and I'm here to give it to you," Rick said. "Now...as for finding out who the daimon is first? That's impossible..and for working independently, I don't think you know what you mean. The power of the scouts is from teamwork, either we learn it or we continue to stink. Even if it does involve training," Rick said.

"You can't tell us what's right and wrong," Mike said.

"Yeah..you have no authority," Steve said.

"Oh..I don't huh? All right..then who would you rather have as leader?" Rick asked.

"Well..I think I came up with the plan, I should lead," Mike said.

"Uh...now that you mention it...I don't think you should lead....so to speak," Steve said. "I mean...maybe I'd be a good compromise."

"None of us should be leading," Greg said. "Including me."

There was a pause. The four looked at each other.

"Greg's the leader," Mike, Steve, and Rick said in unison.

"What?" Greg asked.

"Hi ya Melvin!" Serena said grinning as she popped in the hospital room door, followed by Molly. Melvin was lying on a bed relaxing. On a bed next to him was an old man reading a book.

"Hey Girls! You ever read about cement!" The old guy said and started laughing.

"Uh..weird..." Serena said.

"How are you Melvin?" Molly asked.

"Fine, but the doctors say I need rest. I should leave now," Melvin said.

"Well I'm sure they know what they're talking about," Molly said.

"Say...if I can be so curious...why did you two girls come to see me? I mean...I know you're usually tolerant of me and all, but this is a surprise," Melvin said.

"Oh..uh...well...I'm just being nice...oh and I have to give you your homework," Serena said and handed him a paper.

"Homework..heh heh.laying pipes ehh!" The old man shouted and started coughing.

"Uh..I better get out of here," Serena said. "Get well soon," she added as she dashed out the door.

"Does this mean you like me Molly?" Melvin asked abruptly.

Molly blushed.

"Well..we're friends..whether I like it or not," Molly replied with a slight grin.

The old man started laughing again.

"Friends..." he said and continued to laugh.

"Uh..anyway...I hope you get better..and I'll see you in class..we can talk more," Molly said and hurried out.

"So..are both of them your girlfriends?" The old man asked Melvin.

"No, only one," Melvin said exaggerating.

"Oh...can I have the other one?" the man asked.

The next morning, Melvin was back in class. The four Guardian Scouts walked in in the midst of an argument.

"I can't be the leader," Greg said.

"Of course you can," Mike said.

"Yeah..sure...you're perfect for the job," Steve said.

"We need you in charge," Rick said.

"But why?" Greg said. "I mean..I..well..I don't want to be the leader."

"What's this all about?" Lita asked.

"Greg's the new leader of our group of four, if you know what I mean," Steve said.

"He doesn't want the job," Mike added.

"Leading the three of you? How could one reject such an offer?" Raye said sarcastically.

"Wait...don't tell me..let me guess..you're mocking us," Mike said.

Raye narrowed her eyes.

"Say..Amy?" Serena asked.

"Yes?" Amy said turning.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine now," Amy said managing a smile.

"Okay..." Serena said.

Miss Haruna walked in the door.

"All right people let's settle down..and begin," she said.

"Aw..geez...." Patterson muttered.

"Do you have a problem with the lesson Mr. Patterson?" Haruna snapped.

"No, there's just thirteen monsters heading right at the school at this very moment," Patterson replied.

"Are you getting smart with me?" Haruna snapped.

The sound of an impact followed.

Most of the class hurried to the window seeing a group of monsters surging towards the door.

"Okay..so you aren't," Haruna said.

"Run for it!" someone shouted and the group raced out the room, a smoke cloud rose into the classroom. And when it cleared, the ten scouts stood there.

"AHH HAH! Found em!" they heard a voice say...a creature had attached itself to the window as was staring at them with a weird grin on it's face.

The five male scouts drew their swords. The grin disappeared.

"Whoops," it said. The scouts fired and blasted the window to pieces and hit the creature dead on, it fell to the ground.

"Companies coming though, let's get out of here so they don't damage the school," Mars said.

"And we'll go out the window again..wow..." Neptune said.

"This is beginning to follow a pattern," Pluto said. The scouts soon had jumped out the window and we're outside the school. The creature they had hit was lying motionless. The others were nowhere to be found. Then they heard the sound of grumbling. Up in the room they had just left stood the monsters.

"They're down there!" one of them shouted.

"Then why are we up here!" another monster shouted.

"Don't know!" a third shouted back.

The monsters were soon dropping out of the window towards them.

The scouts scrambled to get out of the way of the monsters and ready an attack. Suddenly two more figures leapt out of a window, followed by two more of the creatures. Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus soon landed near the zone of attack.

"Well look who's here?" Jupiter snapped.

"Decided to stick around for the battle for once?" Venus said.

"Save your criticisms for later...we have a battle to fight," Sailor Uranus snapped.

I wonder why they are standing to fight. Mercury asked herself, but quickly dismissed it as the daimons attacked.

Sailor Moon swept forward her moon sword drawn. Instantly she swung her sword through a daimon and kneed it using Jupiter's aura. The creature fell back. Mars flew forward and kicked her daimon target in the head. Another daimon rushed at Mercury, she side stepped it. Jupiter flew out of nowhere and barreled into the creature knocking it to the ground. Venus flipped backwards to avoid the attack of her opponent. Sailor Moon swung around it and cut into it with her sword. Guardian Neptune dodged out of the way of an attack which lead a monster right into Saturn's sword and he drove it into the creature's head. Guardian Uranus swung his sword around and was blocked by the creature's strong arm, the two began to spar. Guardian Pluto was also involved in a boxing match with his opponent. Sailor Uranus did a cartwheel to avoid an attack but was immediately grabbed by another monster and held above it's head. She tried to twist free. Maverick stood there with his sword aimed right at the monster. It flung Uranus into a wall and Maverick fired blasting the monster into a tree. Sailor Neptune vaulted off the top of one of the monster's heads and up to the roof.

"Mercury Bubbles! Blast!" Mercury shouted. The air was filled with icy fog.

The creatures all began grumbling in confusion.

The mist began to clear.

"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"

"Mars Celestial Fireball Surround!"

"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"

"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"

"Neptune Triton Impale!"

"Uranus Fire Spikes Attack!"

"Pluto Lightning Fist Punch!"

"Saturn Ice Rings Blast!"

"Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!"

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

Eleven energy attacks and a blast from an energy sword flew into the crowd of monsters plowing them back down the street in a heap.

"That oughta do it," Sailor Moon said. The creatures began to stand up.

"Wha.." practically everyone said as the enemy creatures rushed at them. There wasn't enough time for them to ready their attacks again. The five guardian scouts leapt forward. Saturn swung his sword into two of the creatures and stopped them before being punched by a third and flung several feet away. Uranus got two more before meeting the first floor window of the principal's office first hand. Pluto didn't bother with the sword and charged into two of them before getting grabbed and thrown elsewhere. Neptune missed completely and was kicked to the side. Maverick leapt over the group spun around and hit the momentarily confused enemies with a barrage of laser fire. He then leapt out of the way as they turned to face him. Seven energy attacks smashed into the group and incinerated them.

"It just took some effort. That's all," Sailor Moon said and shrugged.

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