Chapter 5: A First Kiss

"I don't feel like studying at Rei's," Serena whined. "I'm too tired. The weather's so nice and warm. I'm wasting my youth."

"I think you'd be better off studying," Luna scolded her.

"I'd rather go on a date with Darien," Serena retorted. She saw Darien on his motorcycle. Rushing to him, she saw he had another girl with him.

"Who's this girl?" Serena asked.

"Serena, this is Lizzie," Darien introduced them.

"Yeah, Andrew forgot something so I'm returning it to him. It's my duty as his sister," Lizzie smiled at Serena.

"She was walking down the street and I came by. So I offered her a ride," Darien informed.

Serena was much relieved after hearing this.

Serena went to a coffeshop with Lizzie. "Have you ever kissed Darien?" she asked.

"A kiss with Darien!" Serena exclaimed. Serena quickly lowered her voice.

"Have you?" she asked again.

Serena blushed and couldn't answer. "It's embarrassing."

"So you haven't kissed him. Don't worry. You're only in junior high and you should be studying."

"You're in high school. Have you kissed a boy?"

"There's a boy I really like, but we haven't kissed yet."

"Why? If you like him so much, why don't you kiss him?"

"I want to make the first kiss very special. With the person I really love, at the best time, at the best place. Until then, I want to save it. Isn't that what everyone thinks?"

Erica laughed. She stood behind them with Michelle close by. Erica said, "Dreaming about a first kiss, it's very cute."

"It's very romantic," Michelle said. "Do you know who was the very first person to kiss? It was Adam and Eve."

Erica added, "There are many kinds of kisses. Kissing the hand means respect, the forehead means friendship, and the palms means someone who wishes something."

"Erica, you know a lot," Serena commented.

Michelle repeated, "In the 15th century Italy, if a young boy and a young girl kissed, they had to get married." Erica and Michelle left.

"I have lots of cake over at my house, if you and your friends want to come later," Lizzie invited.

"All right!" Serena yelled, then realized she was acting childishly.

"Have you found the next target?" Professor Chronos asked Kaolinite.

"The pure soul of a girl who dreams of her first kiss," Kaolinite replied.

"A kiss. I haven't had that for many years," he said. Then he laughed insanely.

Lizzie was cleaning her house in preparation for her guests. She wondered, as she did so, if she was thinking of her first kiss too much.

The demon seed embedded itself into the vacuum. It changed into a monster and attacked Lizzie. It sucked out her soul crystal and ran off into the street.

"We won't let you keep that!" Sailor Uranus yelled as the demon reached the street.

Uranus charged the demon. The crystal flew from the demon's hands.

"Where did it go?" Sailor Neptune asked.

Serena and friends arrived at Lizzie's house. Luna scolded Serena. "We were wondering where you had gotten to."

"It's okay," Mina soothed. "We got cake out of it."

"I want to clean Andrew's room again," Lita said excitedly.

"Besides, we can study anywhere," Ami added.

"Are you planning a study session at Lizzie's house?" Rei asked.

"Anything wrong with it?" Ami returned.

Serena kept ringing the doorbell, but nobody answered. "I wonder if Lizzie's still working?"

Serena pushed the door open. Lizzie lay inside on the floor, unconscious. Everyone rushed to her.

"Her soul has been taken," Artemis noticed.

"We have to hurry and return her soul," Mina replied with resolve.

The demon went in search of Lizzie's soul crystal. It had a soul crystal locator so it found the crystal before Sailor Neptune and Uranus.

Ami calculated on her computer to try to locate Lizzie's soul crystal. Finally the computer beeped. "It's ten miles to the north," she revealed.

Rei said, "We should split up and look for it."

Lizzie moved from her place on the bed where the girls had placed her. She stood up in a zombie-like state. "Kiss," she mumbled. "I want to kiss.

Serena stopped her. "Remember your dream," she pleaded.

"I don't care who it is. I want to kiss," she replied as a zombie.

"It must be because her pure soul taken," Ami concluded.

Rei pulled out her anti-evil paper strip. She whispered the words and used the anti-evil spell. Lizzie stopped still.

"I'll stay and watch her," Rei volunteered.

Out on the streets, Serena stared about in wonderment. "What do we do?"

Ami consulted her computer. "The demon is only three miles away. It would probably be easier to find it."

Darien arrived on his motorcycle, "I thought you guys might need help."

"We need to find Lizzie's soul," Serena exclaimed.

"I'll give you a lift." And Serena and Darien took off.

As they sped along, Serena saw the demon dart into a garbage dump. "Stop!" she yelled. Darien stopped and Serena jumped off.

"Moon Cosmic Power!" she quickly transformed.

Sailor Uranus and Neptune were in the midst of fighting the demon.

"I have the crystal," it growled. "You will have to defeat me to get it!"

"I won't give anyone that pure soul!" Sailor Moon yelled as she arrived. "I will never forgive you for taking the soul of a girl that dreams of her first kiss."

The demon lunged at Sailor Moon. She dodged out of the way.

The demon prepared to blast Sailor Moon. A red rose struck the demon. "The crystal of a pure soul does not fit someone with a dirty heart. Give the crystal back and become one with the steel trash!" Tuxedo Mask challenged. "Sailor Moon, show it the power of justice."

"Moon Heart Spiral Collision!" Sailor Moon attacked the demon. It hit the crystal and sent it flying.

Sailor Moon tried to reach the crystal but Neptune got it first. Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon fought Neptune and Uranus for the soul crystal.

"Give it back. If I don't return the crystal, Lizzie will die," Sailor Moon pleaded with Uranus and Neptune.

"I know. There will have to be sacrifices," Uranus replied coldly.

"Why?" Sailor Moon asked.

"It's not something you would understand," Uranus said.

"It's our mission," Sailor Neptune added.

"We have to get the talismans," Uranus concluded.

Sailor Neptune took the crystal from Uranus. "This isn't it."

Sailor Uranus looked disappointed. Then Neptune threw the crystal to Sailor Moon. She rushed away to return the crystal to Lizzie.

Sailor Neptune watched her leave. "I wonder if the girl who dreams of first kisses will be all right."

"She will be," Uranus responded.

"It's good that wasn't the talisman," Uranus commented.

Uranus snapped, "What are you saying?! No matter what, we have to find the talisman."

"Yes, that's our mission."

At Lizzie's house, Serena returned Lizzie's soul. She started to recover.

"Now we don’t' have to worry about her kissing anyone," Lita said relieved.

"A kiss is something you want to share with someone special," Mina added.

"In Italy," Serena said. "When a boy kisses a girl, they have to get married. That's how important a kiss is."

Mina smiled, "Isn't there someone who is giving you that important kiss?"

Serena blushed.

"Now that Lizzie's soul is recovered, we can concentrate on studying," Ami told them. "Let's start studying!"

"It's good that Lizzie recovered," Darien said.

"It's good that Lizzie's dream recovered too," Serena smiled.

"The first kiss..." Darien mused

"Lizzie's dream is very great," Serena said. "And I'm happy I got to protect it. Darien, do you remember our first kiss?"

"Umm..." Darien started to sweat.

"Darien! You can't remember?!"

"That's...it's okay..."

"No, the first kiss is important."

Darien tried to change the subject. "The moon is very pretty..."


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