Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Change of Fate ❯ The negaverse strikes ( Chapter 4 )

Standard disclaimer. Sailor Moon is not mine, the idea and the show belong to people much richer than I. Please don't sue!

Dimmer however is mine.. of course if someone wants to use him or any of his transformations for ANY reason "thbbt" go ahead. You have my complete and total permission. I only request you tell me… Hell, I don't care if you do it without my permission, it's not like I could find out anyway.

Warning: mild language, and first fic. Maybe lime sometime in the far future, but I seriously doubt it.

Two Weeks Later

The day was bright and beautiful. The clouds were white and fluffy, and the afternoon was extremely peaceful. As the sun looked over the city it would creep through the peaceful sleeping Dimmer, who was still recovering from his wounds from the hard two weeks of hard training. Peaking into Chad's room it heard a small, quiet melody coming from the guitar at his fingers. Smiling at the secret that Chad did actually play well when he played soft, it turned its sight to the four girls, separated, and patrolling the streets of the city. He smiled at there secret as well, as they looked around alert, and cautious, trying their best to keep safe the citizens who lived upon this land.

Lita was walking through the busy streets of the down town area when she saw, or sensed the presence the presence of someone with great power to her left. She stopped and started to walk in that direction, when she spotted something that caught her eye.

"Ice cream!" she smiled it was nearing suppertime and the ice cream stand seamed the perfect thing for her. "After all there is no way I'll be home in time for supper, so a snack wouldn't hurt. Besides the guy handing them out seems cute."

It was true the guy there definitely didn't seem the type to be selling ice cream from a street stand. His long, purple hair reached past his shoulders, and his shear presence just didn't seem right in the traditional apron most ice cream stand owners wear. Neither did the pointy ears that no one seemed to notice.

"Yes", he thought to himself. "Soon I'll be able to gather all the energy needed from these people." It really was his best plan yet. By not targeting the scouts he had no problems gathering the energy Queen Beryl wanted. Since the energy level seemed to double from the sugar-filled ice cream he gave out, they didn't even notice the extra energy being stolen from them. He had to stop himself from coming out with a maniacal laugh. "Wouldn't want to blow my cover," he thought still smiling to the brunette with the ponytail ordering a vanilla scoop. "Coming right up."

Lita was standing not far from the ice cream cart taking licks from her melting ice cream looking down some of the dark, ominous alleys where they find most of there enemies. She couldn't figure it out. She still could sense the presence of some one powerful, but it seemed she couldn't locate it. "Oh well, at least with this ice cream vender here and everyone standing around and talking I don't stand out while looking for the source of the power. And the ice cream is great; I'm not even getting a headache. Serena is going to want to know about this place. Hey! If I can get everyone's help we can all take a trip here and someone's gotta be able to find the power's source." She smiled at her own plan. While walking away toward their rendezvous at the temple she fished out the scout communicator.

"… But I still couldn't find the source of it, and it didn't seem like it was going anywhere anytime soon." Lita was just finishing her story to the rest of the girls and Luna, Serena always took her along on her patrols.

"Good work Lita, it's the only lead we got. Besides I'm getting hungry." Rei smiled. It would at least be a break if nothing else.

"Yeah lets go girls!" Serena stood up holding her fist in front of her with a look that she'd do anything necessary to protect the place.

"What's with her?" Lita whispered while the spaced out girl in front of them couldn't hear.

"There's ice cream involved" Luna sighed.

The rest of the scouts all put on a flat look, while overly big sweat drops appeared on their heads, knowing the truth of it.

"And where are you all going all excited?" came a voice from behind them.

"Sounds like their going to an ice cream shop Dim." Chad's voice followed.

The girl's eyebrows all twitched all at the same time.

"What? And without inviting us? Is that mean or what?"

"Yeah and especially after we did all Rei's chores for her so she could have the day off."

"Sorry girls. I don't see a way around it." Rei pleaded with her friends.

" It's okay Rei," Luna whispered back "we'll just have to keep an eye out for them as well as the power, we've let it go too long to leave it wait"

"Sure guys" Serena was ignoring Rei and Luna's conversation and already talking to the boys, "of course you can come. The more the merrier, right?"

"Cool. Than lets get going, No use hanging around here, eh?"

Amy just stopped where she was, looking at Dimmer with realization dawning in her eyes.

"What?"

Amy walked up to him. "Uh… Dimmer, I may have just realized where you're from."

"Really, how? And where?"

"Well to answer the first question, repeat what you had said."

"No use hanging around here?"

"No, you added a word to it, something that's has been used as a stereotype for you're nations people for a long time. I found it out while doing research on your behavior patterns. It didn't hit me until just now that I should have been looking for a place with your type of accent."

"I have an accent?"

Everyone just sweat dropped and laughed a bit looking the other way. Sometimes when Dimmer spoke, he would join the words together so mangled you could only pick out three whole, unshortcutted words out of an entire paragraph.

"Yes," Amy laughed "you do, an interesting one it is too. The word you added to your sentence was "eh?" it's very common among Atlantic Canadians."

"Cool, maybe we can tell that to Pidge (he's the cop remember?) And he might be able to narrow his search!"

"Mm hmm, and later I'll take you to the library and do some more research on your accent to see if we can pinpoint it further."

"But for now!" Serena interrupted. "Food!"

"Dam straight!" Chad agreed "now that's the best interruption I've heard all…"

"Kitty!"

"…All kitty, right, no I mean week! Wait a minute! Kitty?"

Dimmer had picked up Luna and was holding her like a baby cradled in his arms. Luna had such a look of surprise on her face with her paws facing up in the air the girls couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, isn't she so cute?" he said getting an extremely higher pitched tone of voice as he spoke on. "Is she yours Serena? What's her name?"

Serena finally stopped laughing at Luna's plight and went over to gently take her from Dimmer. "Dimmer this is Luna, Luna" She continued to hold Luna and pet her as she talked, "this is Dimmer."

"Meow" Luna said putting on her best smile. Sure she was surprised being suddenly picked up like that, but he seemed nice enough.

"Aren't you just the sweetest little thing." Dimmer smiled at her while petting her in Serena arms. "Tell ya what Luna, when we get back, in honor of our introductions, I'll get ya a bowl of milk. How's that sound?"

Luna smiled to herself. The way to a cat's heart is through her stomach theory was well in effect. She suddenly liked this young man. She bounded over to him and sat on his shoulder rubbing her face against hi in an affectionate, feline way.

"Serena laughed." I think she likes you"

"Either that or she REALLY likes milk!" Dimmer smiled.

"Okay you three" Rei was speaking to Luna as well as Dimmer and Serena" enough introductions. Lets get some food."

Luna bounded down and took the lead with Lita. They all chatted cheerfully (as the majority tended to do when food was about to eaten) as they walked toward the ice cream vendor.

It wasn't a long walk, and the sunny weather had put everyone in good mood. Serena and Rei got in an argument on the way there, but their hearts weren't in it. And after a few good-hearted jabs in from the rest of the peanut gallery, it was forgotten in a few moments.

When they got there though one had started again.

"Triple chocolate, double fudged, syrup covered, with extra sprinkles? Really Serena. You gotta learn to watch what you eat."

"Watch it? Sure I'll watch it." And so Serena watched as she pretty much swallowed the thing in record timing. "There. I watched it the whole time" she laughed.

"You keep that up and you're going to be the blubber butt I always said you'd be!"

Chad and Dimmer were sitting on the stools at the stand waiting for their order. "Blubber butt? Wouldn't that have some requirement of having some fat?" Dimmer scratched his head. "Is there even an ounce of it between them all?"

"Probably not, but you know women. I'd like a strawberry sundae."

The Ice cream guy smiled. Business was picking up. "Sure thing kid."

"Hey Chad, is it just me or does he seem a little out of place?"

"What was your first clue, the purple hair or the pointy ears?"

"Heh. Neither. It was the apron."

"Ah yes. No guy in his right mind would ever where a pink apron"

The two laughed, and walked toward the now stunned girls, who seemed to have overheard them.

"Uh what's wrong with Lita?"

Lita had her head bouncing in a steady beat off the plastic table, while Rei was patting her back in a comforting matter. Rei sighed "It was something she ate."

"Okaaaay, we'll be over there, where the tables aren't vibrating and there's no "I'm dressing up as a elf day" going on. Come on Dimmer."

After they left everyone at the table groaned.

"Well not only have we managed to scare off our dinner company, we have managed to let our dinner company find our target before us." Luna said a little bit perturbed by the events.

Amy sighed, "we should wait until he closes shop to strike, I'm going to start figuring out how this shop benefits them by monitoring the customers."

"You do that Amy. Just call us at nine when the place closes and tell us what you've come up with." Lita was saying while her forehead still seemed like it was attached to the table. "I think I'll go home and take a nap."

Serena yawned, pretty much used to of getting showed up, "sounds like a good idea Lita. I'm a bit tired myself."

"WHAT?!" Everyone jumped back. "Serena's tired after having ice cream!"

"Serena come outside in one of those alleys Lita explored earlier. I want to scan you."

"What just because I'm a bit tired?"

"Yes."

So the two went out while the rest went their separate ways home. They would have to be well rested for that night.

"So that's it" Amy smiled at Serena. "They're gathering energy through extra energy we usually receive after an intake of sugar."

Serena looked appalled. "I can't believe it! They taint something as sacred as my sugar rush? The nerve!"

"Sorry Serena, it looks exactly like that's what's happening here." Amy was scanning others in the crowd now.

"These Negacreeps are gonna pay this time!"

"Okay Serena, you go home and get some rest, I didn't have much ice cream so I'm not tired. Me and Luna will stick around here and keep watch."

"Okay Amy! See ya tonight. Oof." Serena ran into Dimmer as she was looking toward Amy.

"Woah, what's the rush Serena? Where'd everybody go?"

"Sorry Dimmer, were all heading home now."

"Oh. All right me and Chad we're heading back ourselves. We just wanted to let yas know before setting off."

"All right Dimmer, see ya later!" Serena took off.

"Strange, everyone rushing off like this." He walked passed the stand.

"MEERRRRROOOOWW!" Luna jumped near four feet when someone walked on her tail.

"Huh? Oh Jeez! Luna! I'm sorry, did Serena leave you behind?" Dimmer picked up the navy blue cat, rubbing the sore spot on it's tail. "Come on I'll take ya to the temple and get you that milk I promised you. You can wait there until Serena comes to pick you up."

Luna was at a lost. She couldn't just scratch the eyes out of the person who had offered her milk, and she couldn't get out of his arms any other way. She looked up at Amy with a face saying sorry. Amy just smiled and waved her hand dismissively at Luna. Letting her know it was all right. "Oh well." Luna thought, "might as well enjoy the ride". She fell back into Dimmer's arms, and was rocked slowly into sleep from his and Chad's slow pace. Neither really wanting to get back that quick knowing they'd have to kick the crap out of each other after they arrived.

Their Sensai was going really hard on them, but they were learning at amazing rates. Dimmer smiled at thought of yesterday's match though. It was the first time he managed to win the prize. Sensai told him he was at the level Chad was at two weeks prior.

When they got back he laid Luna down gently on some extra blankets so as not to disturb her nap. He also set the promised bowl of milk beside her.

Luna woke up to the sight of Rei's grandfather saying fight, and the boys hard at work. She licked at her milk growing interested to see who would win.

After a while Rei came in to watch as well and seen Luna watching the fight intently. She walked over and lay down beside Luna so she could whisper to her without being noticed. "Getting better aren't they?"

"You could certainly say that." Luna admitted. "If they keep up at this pace, in a month they may be able to give you a go."

"Actually." Rei was a little loath to admit this. "Chad could probably give me a good match now. I've never seen or heard of anything like this Luna."

Luna was a little bit surprised at Rei's admission. But it was true. The combatants in front of her looked like they've been training for years not weeks.

"Grandfather's getting a little worried. They've mastered all basics and the majority of the advanced. There will be little else to teach them soon. Yet neither know much about spirits or the forces that guide the art. Usually we try to balance out the learning, but they just learn the physical side too quick for us, even with Chad's music career, and all of Dimmer's side jobs, they still continue train through the night. That would worry us if it were by itself, but there's more."

"More?"

"That's just by themselves, when they work together to try to defeat grandfather, the things they do are miraculous. They know each other so well, and what they're doing next they've managed to completely synchronize with each other. They use moves that compliment each other's when working together, and move to disadvantage the other when fighting for their cheesy poof. These are not the techniques that rookies like them should be learning already."

"And they don't just practice in the dojo either. Streets, rooms, buildings, and anywhere else they might be on their last cheesy poof. I'm a little frightened of what these two can do Luna".

Luna could tell Rei was a little shaken when Chad performed a triple flip back kick, knocking Dimmer into the wall. Dimmer shook it off as nothing and he was between Chad and the cheesy poof before any one could blink an eye. The uppercut kick wasn't part of Dimmer's usual arsenal of moves and so Chad wasn't expecting to be knocked straight up into the air. He recovered quickly though, spinning himself into a quick drill kick, missing Dimmer barely.

"The thing that's scary is even with the same moves, they put such a twist on them we hardly recognize them anymore. They seem to earn a month's training almost every night. Grandfather is afraid to put them into any tournaments in case they start training harder because of it."

"It could be worst Rei, at least they don't use their skills to hurt anyone. In fact they don't even brag about it."

"That's probably the only reason I can stand them."

Beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep

"That's the communicator Luna. Let's get going!"

The group was only waiting on Serena as they stood around the corner from the ice cream stand that would be closing any minute now. Rei was getting impatient.

"Where is she?"

"She's coming Rei. It won't take long after she starts running." Lita was trying to defend her friend while she wasn't there. Every one of them knew that if there was anything on Serena's side it was speed, so Rei knew it to be true, but where was she?

"We can't wait any longer, guys!" Amy protested, "He's closing it up now!"

"Than we have to stall him". Rei grabbed her wand "Sailor Mars Power!"

Lita and Amy weren't far behind.

"Sailor Jupiter Power!"

"Sailor Mercury Power!"

Ribbons formed from the magical energy surrounding the girls. Wrapping around their small frames, turning into mini skirts, high heels, and gloves and reforming their blouses. The three high school girls were no more. Left in their place was the famous Sailor Scouts.

"Halt evil doer!" came the voice from behind the ice cream vendor.

"Dammit!" he choked to himself. There was no mistaking the bad corny lines of something er other fighting for justice crap coming from behind him. "They shouldn't have found me, my acting was perfect!"

"Your acting maybe good, Negaslime, but evil always stands out in a crowd!" the one in blue went on to say.

"Listen Sailor Scouts, I don't know exactly how you found me, but you sure can't catch me Hahahahaha! Icynia I order you to ATTACK!!" At this, the deep freezer exploded showing the hard ice cream melding together to form a rather shapeless blob with three icy tentacles on either side. It growled loudly in a guttural, unintelligible sound as it thrust an extremely sharp and deadly tentacle at each of the girls. The man with pointy ears and purple hair quickly teleported away.

"Aaah!" all the girls screamed as they ducked, dodged, and twisted to avoid the icy tentacles. It was fast. Every time they finished dodging they had to dodge another tentacle to avoid being skewered.

"Sailor Mercury! Do something! Jupiter and I will distract it!" Mars yelled while dodging another tentacle. She was now dodging three tentacles instead of two while trying to close in on it.

Jupiter took the hint and jumped in the fray with Mars to try to get its attention away from Mercury. Sailor Mars and Jupiter had now taken several hits and were dodging every other strike just barely. It was like fighting six to two and they were quickly being overwhelmed, but their tactic was working.

"It cannot hit what it cannot see! Mercury bubbles BLAST!!" Mercury yelled as the area was blanketed with fog.

Icynia could not understand these enemies its master summoned it to face, but it knew trouble when it could see it, and not being able to se your opponent was always trouble. Too bad for it, it didn't know how much trouble it was in. One of its opponents shouted something to do with thunder, what it wasn't expecting, though, was a ball of thunder to come straight out of the fog to hit it square in its chest. Paralyzed in fear and pain it screamed loudly when it heard the other of its opponent's scream out "Fire". It was hard not to fear something that was the very bane of your existence. It felt the coming blast of heat while it was a mere flame in the girl's hand. The resulting blast left it as a puddle.

"Yes! We did it!" Mars yelled happily "And without Sailor Moon too!"

The fact that a sixth sense warning kicked in last second kept the three girls from celebrating any longer than that. They all dodged just in time to see a pink energy ball hurled toward them. Resulting explosion they quickly realized probably would have killed them all if any of them were a second later. They looked up to the rooftop of a nearby building to see where the blast had come from. It was the same guy as earlier, laughing as he formed another ball.

"That, Sailor Scouts, was your last mistake!"

"Last mistake? What are you talking about, Negascum!?" Jupiter yelled, but than she knew. It was, the now, familiar guttural yell of the ice cream monster as all three scouts were unsuspectingly caught in its cold, icy grip of its tentacles.

"That jerk! That blast must have been meant to revitalize the monster!" Jupiter choked out trying to keep the freezing tentacle from strangling her. She than felt her legs go suddenly numb. Her friends and her were being frozen into scoutcicles!

"That's right, Icynia, you hold them. "This" blast will be meant for them." This time he allowed himself a maniacal laugh as the pink energy ball nearly finished forming in his hands. "AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!"

"Hold it right there, Negascum! First, you turn a simple pleasure like dessert towards your evil purposes, and than you attack my friends? This is unforgivable! I'm Sailor moon! Champion of justice! And on behalf of the moon, I will punish all that is evil! And that means you."

"Sailor Moon! Help us!" Sailor Mars managed to choke out.

"Right! Moon Tiara MAGIC!"

"You won't catch the great Talenite that easily Sailor Moon!" Talenite called out as he teleported to the next roof, out of the way of the incoming tiara.

Sailor Moon just smiled, "I wasn't going for you"

Talenite looked down to see his monster turned into to a pile of moon dust, and its spell of ice quickly melting away from the rest of scouts, who would soon be battle ready."

"I'll deal with you next time, Sailor Moon. Until than!" He quickly stepped into a portal leading into the Negaverse.

Sailor Moon jumped down from the roof to see to her friends. "Are you guys okay? Sorry I'm late."

"No, Sailor Moon, your timing was perfect." Jupiter smiled. "You really saved our skins there."

"Yes. Good work Sailor moon!" Luna, who was hiding, considering all she would've been able to do to a big ice cream monster is lick up the remains, strolled up from behind a dumpster. "For once your tactlessness came in handy."

"Oh Luna, cut her some slack. She did just save all of us and put a good scare into that negatwit." Jupiter responded putting an arm around Sailor moon, and shaking her comfortingly.

"Yes, I suppose so. But do try to be on time next time, Serena won't you?"

"Sure Luna, I'll do my best" Serena was pleased she was only going to get off with a warning this time.

"Well that's all I can ask. Come on girls lets get home. You all got school in the morning."

The girls all complied; they changed back into their regular selves and started their walk back.

"Hey Rei?" Amy asked "could you ask Dimmer if he'd meet me at the library after school tomorrow? I want to see what I can find out about his accent."

"Sure, Amy. I'll see if he can go. With the time Grandpa has him training, his helping out at the school, and his nightshift at the arcade, he doesn't have very much time."

"He's really busy isn't he? I only see him any more on Thursday nights where I'm teaching him how to read. Though, he'll hardly need any lessons in it in another few weeks."

"Yeah, he hardly even sleeps what with his training, jobs, and homework you give him."

"I hope he isn't getting too stressed out."

Meanwhile

Dimmer leaned back onto his futon and sneezed. He just finished his work on his reading for Amy, but he was realizing he was starting to turn into an insomniac. He didn't like to sleep really. When he'd sleep, flashes of memory would haunt him. This normally would be a reason to want to sleep in someone in his situation, but the memories would always hurt his head and wake him up. The only thing he'd usually remember from these dreams anyway was the pain that hung around even after he woke up. So he got up and was about to head to the Dojo to do a few katas to relax.

On his way down the hall he heard some music softly playing from Chad's room. Rei had warned him about Chad's so-called music, but this didn't seem so bad. He decided to sneak in while Chad played the song and have a listen. After all, the tune sounded familiar.

Chad was unaware of his friend's presence. He was playing a famous tune he heard down at the karaoke lounge. He couldn't get it out of his head. The song was called "Yesterday", and was sung by the Beatles. It was a favorite played down at the lounge daily, and he wanted to see if he could give it a go by the next week. The haunting melody stirred an unseen emotion in him, and never failed to turn up the hairs on the back of his neck when played or sung right.

He couldn't say when the voice had started singing with the music just above a whisper. It was just loud enough to bring that pleasant feeling of the original song. He didn't even realize his own voice had started singing with it until he'd sung half of the song. It almost felt shameful to end the song. He could have played it all night.

Chad turned around to see Dimmer still standing in the hall blinking and stunned at his own voice. Chad smiled. "Is there anything he can't do?" Chad thought to himself. "Wow man, You probably don't remember where you learned how to sing, but you've definitely done THAT before."

"Yeah." Dimmer was still stunned. That song was way too familiar to sing than compared to him trying to sing the songs that came on the radio around here. "I know I've sung that before, heck I know I've sung a lot. I think I know the lyrics to a lot of songs. That one kinda triggered the rest, but I think I need music to get the first word out, know what I mean? Do you know any more? English ones I mean. Do you know anymore like that?"

"Yeah, a few. Old American songs have become kind of a fad around here lately so I try to keep up with them. But usually I prefer something a bit louder."

"Yeah, that's what Rei tells me, but you play soft a lot better."

"Thanks, but that maybe what I'm good at, it doesn't mean that's what I want. You can be good at math to, but hate doing it."

"Too true, but it would be a shame to let that talent go completely to waste. You should give the quiet ones a chance. You don't have a bad voice either."

"Speaking of wasting talent, your voice kicks! Have you ever thought in a career of singing?"

"No. I'm good, but I don't think I'm that good. It's all in fun for me."

"Well I'll make you a deal than I'll play soft every now and than, if you sing in a few of my gigs. Nothing big mind you, just karaoke."

"Wha? No I couldn't do that. I get nervous just thinking about that, man"

"Fine then, no slow songs for me."

"Aw. C'mon ya ain't doin' that to me, is ya?"

Chad just smiled. "Listen I got a little place I can go to really practice where I won't scare the neighbors. You come with me every now and than, get all the practice you think you need, and when you feel up to it we can do a duet publicly."

"Did you plan this out?"

"Nah, came up with it on the fly, you in?"

"Hell, why not? I still had a bit of spare time anyway."

"Alright Sensei's used to of me taking off every now and than, so when you don't have work or nothing you can come, you wouldn't have gotten in much training without me anyway."

"Alright than, I'll see if I can't find a song I remember, at the library that isn't a bit louder, eh?"

"Cool, but you best go get some sleep, or I'm gonna have a real easy time getting those cheesy poofs from you tomorrow."

"We will see about that Chad, We will see" Dimmer left toward his room.

Chad smiled as he put up his guitar. "Indeed" he said to himself, and went to bed.

Dimmer walked toward his room, and yawned. "Yeah, Chad gotta point. Sleep. Need."

Rei, who had just arrived from fighting evil and what not, was yawning and focused on pretty much the same thing.

Well, with all this yawning going on, and no one watching where they were going, for instance, Dimmer, who had just walked past his room by mistake, they were both just asking to run into something.

"Eep!"

"Ugh!"

They both fell down in a mess of arms and legs. This wasn't good as it was, but throw in some stairs, and you have two individuals in a whole lotta pain. Rei now very much awake, and in pain after the fall, was about to let her new housemate know how much she appreciated falling down a flight of stairs, when she realized something. That was the position every boy and girl anime character fall into after running into each other. She blushed and was trying to slide out from beneath him as quickly as possible.

Dimmer's mind didn't follow the same direction as hers though. He was way too tired to realize anything. He smiled and than yawned out a "Hi Rei," he ended with a smile again, "Late night?" His eyes barely open, he got up off of her, and started slow steps toward his room. "Come to think of it." He thought to himself as he started the climb up the stairs, "Maybe I'm a bit more tired than I thought I was."

Rei was still blushing; after all, having boys fall on you and landing in erotic poses was hardly an every day occurrence. But embarrassment was quickly being replaced by worry. Every one knew how busy Dimmer had gotten while he tried to take everything on at once, everyone also knew that he wasn't getting proper rest. But did anyone know just how little he got? She decided to find out. Those eyes were of someone who hadn't slept in days.

"Hey umm… Dimmer?" Rei realized though he lived with her, both of them only really talked to each other congenially, and out of courtesy. They never talked just for fun. She had to admit her jealousy of his learning abilities might have been the reason for it. She would see him and Amy always kidding around, which had scared the life out of her at first. Usually Amy would never poke fun back if you made a jibe at her; she would just smile, and laugh with you. Not when she was with Dimmer though… She would often start the jibes; it was rather comical to watch, really. Than again she had known Dimmer longer. She berated herself for that line of thinking though.

"Hey" she thought to herself, "Serena and him are always talking like age old friends too, and we both met him the same night. Funny that. He'd never make any jibes at Serena unless she started it, like he did with Amy. And "everyone" made jibes at Serena; in fact he usually defended her." Rei smiled to herself; well that explains why they're such great friends. Serena was friendly with almost everyone, but she became pretty much obsessive over anybody who defended her. Look at Tuxedo Mask! Heck! Even Lita has become better friends with him than I have, and I live in the same house as him!"

"Yeah Rei? What's up?"

"Are you feeling alright? You look really tired. When was the last time you got some sleep?"

Dimmer, looked at his watch, it blinked a 3:30am at him. His mind wasn't up to thinking up the answer to two questions at once right than, so he just answered the only one he could remember. Of course this still took some thought. "Now let's see, I can't say it was yesterday night because she was training with me and Chad than. So I'll just say it was the night before. No need to let her know it was last week, now what is today? I worked with the kids. That would mean it's either Monday or Thursday." He took a guess.

"Tuesday?"

Determining from the way her eyes bulged, he guessed wrong. "Uh oh, things ain't gonna be pretty…"

"What? You don't remember do you?"

Dimmer stared at her blankly, not knowing if she figured that out by him answering in the form of a question, or if he had guessed wrong.

Rei literally pushed him up the stairs. "I'm calling Mrs. Grant tomorrow, and the arcade. I'm going get some time off for you. AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO USE IT TO TRAIN!! Now go upstairs and get some sleep." At this she pushed him into his room, and shut the door. Leaving him standing there scratching his head.

"If she does that what am I going to do tomorrow? Ah well, bed time!" Dimmer fell onto his futon with a thump. He was asleep before his body made the thump noise.

Rei shook her head while standing outside his door. She heard what he said before he fell on his bed, and she was determined to see to it that he did nothing but sleep tomorrow. She'd just have to skip school the next day; after all taking care of Dimmer was part of her temple duties, and scout business come to think of it. Rationalizing it out, she walked into her room and set her alarm early for school as usual. She'd have to be up early to give the arcade and Mrs. Grant plenty of notice.

"Well." She yawned, "time for bed myself."

Endnotes: Hello again! how didja like my first try at an actual battle sequence? I tried to pt just like the actual show, you will hardly ever see another fight like it, cause it just felt soo very corny to write it. not to say their won't be any more battle sequences, just not too many like that one. See ya next week! Oh yeah, please review!