Sailor Moon Z: #11 - Double Danger "SAILOR VIRGO!?!" the Zodiac Senshi gasped in confusion, they all were thinking that Tenshi was probably the last person capable of being a Zodiac Senshi. Sailor Virgo saw their confusion and smiled. "I'm just as shocked as you are..I saw the transformation wand for Sailor Virgo nestled in a piece of cloth back in Jessica's room at her house before I left. I thought it might be funny to try it out, so I did..and this happened." she said shaking her head. "Yes, I can't believe I missed ANOTHER Senshi..but you see, Tenshi has been able to control gravity since she was just a child. She obviously got her powers a long time ago. That is how she saved you, by manipulating gravity." Estrella explained. "That iss how I did so well during the Volleyball tournament.." Virgo explained looking down at the ground in embarrassment. "Well..if I had known we where going to be saved, I wouldn't have given the stars to the Sailor Senshi." Sailor Leo said frowning, Estrella's smile faded. "You did WHAT?!" she exclaimed, "How could you do THAT!?" Estrella demanded. Sailor Leo looked away her face full of shame, Sailor Scorpio smiled smugly. "She had to do it, Estrella..they would have killed us.." Sailor Taurus said quickly jumping to the aid of Sailor Leo. Estrella's eyes narrowed, "They would have killed you anyway, don't you see? It would have been better to have died with the stars than to have given it up to them!" Estrella shouted. "We're sorry, Estrella." Sailor Aquarius said speaking up, "But it had to be done, we thought perhaps the Sailor Senshi were more honorable than to kill someone after a bargain had been made.." she explained. Estrella frowned at Aquarius, and shifted her eyes over everyone of the Zodiac Senshi-- Sailor Leo looking shamed, Sailor Scorpio with a smug smile on her face, Sailor Sagittarius playing with her braid, Sailor Aquarius with a apologetic look on her face, Sailor Virgo and Sailor Taurus both looking extremely nervous, and Sailor Capricorn with a dazed look in her eyes. "You all need to learn some dicipline. I'm going back home to study some papers..and find the remaining Zodiac Senshi." Estrella said sternly. Sagittarius looked up, "The rest?" she repeated. "Yes, Sailor Aries, Sailor Pisces, Sailor Gemini, Sailor Cancer, and Sailor Libra." Estrella reported. Aquarius let out a low whistle, "That's alot of Zodiac Senshi.." she commented. Estrella ignored her comments. "You all better be working extra hard to regain those star pieces. Or blame the horrific deaths of yourselves and those you love solely on your selfishness." Estrella said coldly and walked off into the distance. * * * * "It's so good to have the Garnet Orb back." Setsuna replied, she was looking at two objects in her hands, the Opal Orb that Sailor Charon had presented her with and the newly regained talisman, the Garnet Orb. "I'm sure Mako-chan is glad to be part of the team again." Michiru smiled, resting her head on her chin. Haruka smirked and opened her mouth to comment, but decided against it. "However..Hotaru-chan's Glaive isn't much of a use..without..her.." Setsuna said down at the frightening white blade. "It seems so quiet..without her here.." Michiru commented, "Silent." Haruka added. "Her lamps gather dust in her room.." Setsuna said out of the blue, "I don't dare clean them, however." "Sailor Saturn was extremely powerful, ne?" Michiru said, raising head up from her hands. Haruka nodded in agreement, "More so than the rest of us.." she replied. "When Saturn returns..how strong will she be then?" Michiru asked, "I'm not sure, Michiru-san..your the smart one." Haruka smiled, "But I'm almost positive she'll have regained all her power..she'll be frightening." Haruka concluded. "She is the Senshi that Must Never Awaken.." Setsuna said quietly. Haruka looked at her thoughtfully, "What?" "Sailor Saturn is the Senshi that Must Never Awaken, for if she does the world shall end..." Setsuna said looking up, still holding the Orbs in her hands. "But the world hasn't ended yet, Setsuna-san." Michiru replied, resting her head back on her hands. Setsuna looked at her grimly and stared into the Opal Orb, she lifted her eyes and quietly murmured, "Yet.." * * * * "I'm so glad we took a day off.." Janie smiled, she put her hands behind her head. "I hate the mall." Shi replied. "I LOVE it! The mall is wonderful..so many people! So many..guys!" Veronica exclaimed gleefully and on cue, a group of handsome young men walked by. "You girls most certainly do NOT need a day off." Estrella snapped, Joanna rolled her eyes and shoved Estrella's head down the bag she was riding in. "Yes we do, Estrella, we need to relax." Jessica replied and lead the group forward as usual. However Shi wasn't far behing her commenting at Jessica's every decision. "Do you REALLY think its smart to eat first THEN shop?" Shi asked folding her arms, the other girls looked at her in amazement. No one ever had the guts to talk back to Jessica, if she was good at anything positive, it was leading. Jessica stared at Shi, "Yes, Shi-chan, it IS the smartest idea." she replied finally and began to walk forward. "But I want to shop firrssstt.." Shi whined. Jessica rolled her blue eyes. "Alright, then shop. But don't whine at me about it when you don't have money left to eat." Jessica snapped. Shi frowned, knowing that was a fairly decent idea. "Fine...MOTHER." she grumbled. After lunch, the girls wandered around the mall, never buying anything..just wandering. Suddenly Janie let out a small shriek, "OOH! OOOHHHH!! Look at that!" she exclaimed, all heads turned to look at what Janie was pointing at. It was a pretty blue silk shirt, Janie was jumping down with excitement. "I MUST have that!" she exclaimed and dashed towards the store where it was being displayed in the window. Jessica shrugged, and sauntered towards the store, the rest of the girls following her. Janie closed in on her desired shirt, she was about to grab the last one off the rack, when suddenly a pale hand plucked it from the rack. Janie grabbed the sleeve of the shirt, "NOOOOO!!!" she shrieked and pulled it towards her, "Hey..what the..?" said a voice, a girl stepped out from behind the rack. Janie immediatly began to stare, the girl was short and had the strangest looking hair. It was cut short and sophisticated, she had half her hair a shimmery silver color and the other half a deep blue, the same color of the shirt infact. The girl had one hand on her hip, and was staring back at Janie. The girl was obviously a very cultured and wealthy judging from her fashionable clothing. "Umm..Umm..I'm sorry..but I wanted that shirt.." Janie stammered, the girl smiled..then frowned. "Well, yes..but as did I." she said in a strange foreign accent. Jessica and the rest came up beside Janie, Jessica's eyes looked at the girl critically but seemed to soften at seeing the girls confusion. "Hello." Jessica said, not exactly in the world's friendliest voice but nicer than most of the rest of the girls had ever seen. "Hi.." said the girl rather critically. "UMM..I'm Janie!" Janie exclaimed, letting go of the precious sleeve, the girl smiled. "I'm Natalia..nice to meet you..all." she said with a smile. "OOH! I know you! You go to my school!" Tenshi suddenly exclaimed, "I do..? I've never seen you there." Natalia replied looking at Tenshi with critical eyes. "Well, I'm a grade below you." Tenshi explained blushing slightly. Natalia's lips formed an O. "Well, would you like to walk around with us or something?" Janie asked brightly. Natalia looked at her for a moment then shrugged, "I guess so.." she replied. "Ooh GREAT! Well, lets go and see if they have anymore of these shirts!" Janie exclaimed and grabbed Natalia's hand and began dragging her away. * * * * Princess Lithia smirked, "Now, what sort of place does this Usagi Tsukino hang around in..?" she asked to her sister. Sulfiria thought for a moment, her mind drawing a blank. "I dunno.." Sulfiria shrugged, Lithia rolled her eyes. "I know..a mall..of course! Why didn't I think of this sooner? Earthling teenage girls like those places..Next question, who shall we send?" Lithia said. "Umm..how about Leadan?" Sulfiria suggested, referring to the handsome Black Star General she so admired. "How about...ARSENIRU!!" Lithia exclaimed jumping up, almost tripping on her black dress. Sulfiria rolled her eyes, she didn't see what her intelligent sister saw in such an arrogant man. However, just as Lithia had exclaimed his name, a burst of flames appeared and there stood the red-haired man, a smirk playing on his lips. He bowed deeply. "Yes..m'princesses..Did I not tell you Scorpio would fail? Worse yet, she joined the enemy." Arseniru said shaking his head in false shock. Lithia giggled and smiled broadly, "Yes, yes..you were right..but we've saved the best for last." she said gazing at Arseniru longingly. "What about your brother, Leadan..?" Sulfiria asked, unlike her sister, who obsessed over Aresniru, Sulfiria preferred his brother, Leadan. "What of him? I shall not fail this mission, Princess. He isn't a fighter anyway," Arseniru smirked, "He's a dreamer..he'd more likely send that untrustworthy robot of his to gather the Stars." Arseniru laughed. Just as he said that, a man slowly faded into existence. "Talking about me, brother?" said the man who was obviously Leadan. "Well..yes..and that traitor who you so love." Arseniru replied nonchalantly. Leadan's smile faded, his looks where on an opposite side of the spectrum in comparison to Arseniru. It was hard to believe that Leadan, with long silvery-white hair and with kind grey eyes and a soft smile was related to Arseniru who was blessed with red hair and red eyes..his mouth always smirking at something. "She was not a traitor." Leadan replied gently, "She was never.. She was never trully one of us anyway.." he said looking down. "Anyway..we need to get the Stars." Sulfiria said, cutting into the discussion. She didn't wish to see Leadan being mocked by his brother...or hear anymore about Leadan's love for Scorpio. "Let me go down there .I shall not let you down." Arseniru replied flashing his eyes. Lithia was gazing at him with admiration, "Wonderful, Arseniru. I know you'll be able to defeat those annoying Senshi..once and for all.." Lithia sighed. Arseniru smirked his trademark smirk. "Of course I will.." he said..almost..sarcastically. However, Lithia paid no attention. "Sayonara, M'Princesses, I shall return successfully." Arseniru promised, bowing as he spoke. Suddenly a blaze of fire surrounded him and he disappeared. "Unfortunatly, my brother misjudges the power of these so called, 'sailor senshi.' Scorpio was the best general and fighter in all of the Black Star Army, I hope his ego doesn't get in the way..or you may never see him alive again." Leadan said seriously and quietly, he raised his grey cape and brought it in front of him and disppeared. * * * * "WOW! Look at this!" Janie exclaimed pointing to a small toy bird that drank water. Jessica leaned against a wall and looked at her nails. The new friend to the group, Natalia looked frightened all of a sudden. Alana sensed this immediatly, "Hey..whats wrong?" she asked gently. Natalia looked at Alana and shook her head, "Nothing..Nothing..Its just..don't you think its umm..quiet or something?" Natalia asked, Joanna looked around and then shook her head 'no.' Natalia frowned, "Well..I better get going.." she said rushing towards the left. "That was definatly..odd." Jessica commented and then looked back at her nails again. "Well..perhaps this is not a good moment for me to bring up a premonition I am feeling. But..its not a very good one. I sense danger all around us." Tenshi said quietly. Suddenly the girls heard a strange snicker, like someone would make while smirking. "Aren't you a quick one?" the voice said. "Something tells me..its henshin time.." Tenshi whispered. "Right when we were having a free day!" Alana exclaimed. Just then from the left appeared what was obviously a Zodiac Senshi with a blue skirt and collar, the sign of Gemini at her choker. She had the most fascinating hair of silver and blue. However, she was extremely pale with strange dark circles under her eyes and a black star seemed to shadow her face. "Look, Zodiac Senshi, I've captured one of your own." said the voice, it laughed. "Actually, you seemed to have found a Zodiac Senshi for us. Usually I'd deny it all..but since you know us already........" Jessica began, she stepped forward and took out her beautiful henshin wand, "LEO COSMIC STAR POWER..MAKE UP!" she shouted, the rest of the Zodiac Senshi quickly followed her lead. "Ah, the elusive Zodiac Senshi..Sailor Gemini! Attack!" said the voice. At once Sailor Gemini became animated, a smirk crossed her lips. "Mind Split.." she said in a monotous voice. Suddenly all of the Zodiac Senshi felt confused. They looked ahead and saw two Sailor Geminii coming towards them..also there was a man with blazing red-hair and an evil smirk playing on his lips coming closer...wait..now there was two..both of them wielding frightening swords made of flame. "My God.." Sailor Capricorn muttered, she was holding her head tightly and squeezing her eyes shut. "My brain..is..exploding..!" Sailor Sagittarius exclaimed, falling to her knees. "Double Ice Freeze." said Sailor Gemini, Sailor Leo gasped as two streams came towards her, a stream of freezing blue water, and a stream of sharp silver ice. "Son of a.." Sailor Leo muttered as she stared straight as both of the Sailor Geminii sent the attack. "Rain Flood!" Sailor Aquarius shouted quickly, causing the ice to to melt down into a puddle of water on the mall floor that swirled with silver and blue. However, the water slowly seemed to form back together into the streams of water and ice. "WHAT KIND OF SENSHI IS SHE?!?!" Sailor Scorpio screamed. "Idiotic Traitor, she's the Senshi of your Nightmares." said the male voice. Sailor Scorpio blanched as if she realized something terrible, "I know that voice..its Arseniru isn't it?!" Scorpio exclaimed peering into the darkness he was shrouded in. "What a bright girl, no wonder my brother loved you so." Arseniru replied smirking in the shadows, his voiced laced with sarcasm. "Shame this reunion had to be one of death." he laughed. "I wouldn't be so sure of that one." said a different male voice, one that was familiar. The Zodiac Senshi and Sailor Geminii turned to look where it was coming from. From another set of shadows walked a man clothed black, his face covered, but for his green eyes. At his waist he had a threatening looking sword, with a bright white star on the handle. Sailor Sagittarius gasped. "The Shadow-Star Ninja!" she exclaimed. "The WHAT?!" Scorpio repeated. Sailor Leo put her hand on her hip, "Why did you suddenly come to us at such an easy battle? Why not when we needed it..like last week?" she demanded. In a flash the Shadow-Star Ninja had appeared by her side, his whispered into her ear, "But don't you like being around me?" Sailor Leo blushed and pushed him out of the way. Both of the Sailor Geminii cleared their throats. The Senshi looked at her, as she stood there looking blankly at them. "Double Ice--" she began, "NATURE ENTANGLE!" Sailor Taurus shouted quickly, beams of pink light emited from her finger tips and shot to the ground, suddenly pink vine sof energy grew up from the ground and wrapped themselves around Sailor Gemini, squeezing her slowly. "Shinde..(die..)" Sailor Scorpio whispered and extended claws, she ran towards Gemini ready to kill her, when Sailor Virgo screamed and shoved Scorpio out of the way. "NO! You must not!" Sailor Virgo exclaimed, "She's one of us! She CAN be healed!" she added. "How do you propose we do that?" Sailor Capricorn asked. "Well..I'm not exactly sure.." Sailor Virgo mumbled. Arseniru laughed and walked forwards in his hands was a red fire in it was an apparition of Sailor Gemini. "You'll never defeat us..there's too many of us.." he whispered, Sailor Taurus was staring at him in enchantment. Suddenly, her eyes went blank. Just as suddenly as they went blank, they slowly focused and drooped downwards. Dark circles appeared under her eyes, and a shadow of a star appeared on her face. The fire Arseniru held in his hands split into two. "See..twice the danger now.." Arseniru smirked as he split back and forth from one person into two. Sailor Sagittarius began to stare just like Sailor Taurus had. "STOP LOOKING AT HIM FOOL!" Sailor Scorpio screamed and visciously slashed at Sailor Sagittarius' leg, "AHH!" she exclaimed in pain, it had broken the spell. "Ah well..still more Senshi than you can handle.." Arseniru smirked, Two Sailor Tauruses walked forward. "Kill them slowly." Arseniru ordered. "ENOUGH!" the Shadow Star Ninja exclaimed, he lept forward, and wielded his jeweled sword, Arseniru backed away, but the Ninja had expected that move. With expert aim he slashed towards Arseniru's hands. Arseniru quickly closed his palms and jerked them closer to him, as he did that the fire in his hands where put out. Sailor Gemini and Sailor Taurus converged back into one person and fell to the ground. The remaining Senshi circled around Arseniru. He had a smirk on his face. "Ahh..what a shame I can't stay for your rituals." he said, his voice full of sarcasm. A blaze of fire surrounded him, and disappeared, taking it him with it. Sailor Sagittarius turned to thank the Shadow-Star Ninja, but she saw only air where he had stood formerly. "Who was that man?" Sailor Leo asked turning to Scorpio, she was getsuring at the space where Arseniru had stood. "Arseniru..the most arrogant, self-centered man in the Black Star Army..he's a General who depends mostly on other people to do his work.. such as 'spawn' or magical spells." Sailor Scorpio said showing obvious distaste for him. "Arseniru..I'll remember that." Sailor Leo replied. "Umm..what about them two?" Sailor Aquarius asked pointing to Sailor Gemini and Sailor Taurus who were unconscious. "Take em home, I guess." Sailor Capricorn answered looking at Sagittarius' wound in her leg. "Sailor Gemini, another Zodiac Senshi..at least Estrella can rest easy." Sailor Virgo commented staring at the girl. "Wonder who she is? She's got great hair." Sailor Aquarius said looking at her curiously. Sailor Leo rolled her eyes and shrugged, looking at her nails she replied, "I don't care. As long as I'm still leader."