Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Over The Rainbow ❯ Makeover Madness ( Chapter 11 )

Over The Rainbow 11

Makeover Madness

The only characters I own in this fic are the ones that you wouldn't see on Sailor Moon. Like Sailor Rainbow…and man wouldn't she be a cool sailor scout?

Tuxedo Mask awakened in a capsule. "Where, where am I?"

"Hello, Darien," Beryl said. "Would you sit up for me please?"

He sat up, groggily and came out of the capsule with Malachite looking on. He remembered the words of Sailor Rainbow. Yeh don't have to be a tool for Queen Beryl. It's not too late.

"Maybe she's right," Malachite whispered thoughtfully then quickly pushed it away. "No, she's wrong. She was talking nonsense."

Tuxedo Mask got out of the capsule. "Do I…know you?"

"Why, I am Queen Beryl," she said. "Queen of the Negaverse and you, dear boy will be my loyal servant."

But in Malachite's head, he heard tool. He shook his head and rubbed it. It had to be an effect from Sailor Moon's attack.

The four-leaf clover Lydia had given to him fell from the ground. A memory of her came back to him. "A four leaf clover," he whispered, "I think I know who gave that to me."

Beryl didn't hear what he had whispered to himself but spotted the four-leaf clover on the ground. She gasped and stepped on the four-leaf clover as if it were a bug. When she took her foot off the four-leaf clover, it was ripped in pieces.

Darien looked up at her, with a confused and pathetic look on his face. "Why?"

Beryl's act seemed to even get to Malachite. 'It's only a four leaf clover,' Malachite thought. 'What's the harm in it? I thought it was…beautiful myself…'

"Don't you know those things give you bad luck?" she asked and laughed nervously. 'I hope that didn't make him remember anything.'

"Oh." Darien looked back at the destroyed good-luck charm. He nodded, however, in his heart, he disagreed. To him, he believed it was actually something to give him good luck, not bad luck. It was a symbol of friendship and kindness. Who ever had given it to him must've been a friend, a very, dear, close friend. 'I need to know where that came from. Who gave that to me?'

"Now, Prince Darien, Tuxedo Mask," Queen Beryl said, "I want you to listen to me carefully. This is Malachite. You will work together in the quest to get the Silver Imperium Crystal back to me."

Darien looked over to Malachite and sneered. He felt something dark in him. He felt as if he saw Malachite from somewhere, or someone like him. There was something happening that he could not understand. Malachite stood sneering back at Darien.

*****

Serena, heart broken about Darien's disappearance, lay in her bed, talking in her sleep. "Oh Darien…"

"Poor Kid," Luna said, "she's dreaming about Darien again. She'll never get any sleep."

"Out of my way, Negacrum," Serena growled, moving her arm. It dropped down on Luna, trapping her. "Show him how we handle guys like these, Rainbow."

"Oh dear," Luna mumbled.

"Don't worry, Tuxedo Mask," Serena promised, "I'll set you free. Rainbow and I'll see to that. Beryl can't do anything to break our long-lasting love and friendship, we'll set you free."

"What about me?" Luna asked. "Oh, it's going to be a long night."

*****

Serena wasn't the only one dreaming about Tuxedo Mask and it wasn't Raye, it was Lydia. Though the things she said in her dreams weren't all that friendly as Serena's.

"Darien, I'll box yer ears!" he threatened, "Yous dunnit now! Ya brought dis on yerself! I warned ya about the Negaverse but ya dinnit listen to me!"

Lucky paced the floor, "Please, Lydia, be quiet. I told you not to drink so many scotch'n'sodas tonight!"

{AN: A Scotch'N'Soda is like a 7up with lemon juice and vanilla flavoring. They are veerrrry good!}

"Come on, ya old cocker!" Lydia muttered, "I'll show ya whut dis girl can do! I'm not afraid of ya!"

"I wonder if Madam Indigo is getting any sleep with this noise." He fled from her room and into Madam Indigo's. She incredibly was sleeping sound. "Ah, much better."

"Ya broke Serena's heart," Lydia said, turning over," and now I have to listen to her whinin'! I dunt need this!"

*****

Molly was looking through a beauty magazine with three of her friends at school. "Hey look at this!" Molly exclaimed.

"Slick Chicks Beauty Salon."

"Free facial and haircut? Way cool!"

They bring the ad over to Serena, but she's too down in the dumps to listen.

"Hey Serena, look." Molly said. "You can finally get those meatballs off your head."

"What a cool way to open a salon," said Pauline, "I'm going right after school and get a major makeover."

"Oh I'm so mad!" Molly muttered, "I have to baby-sit after school!"

"Tough break, Moll," Lonna said, "we're going to made over and come out looking like beauty stars."

"So Serena, are you going to go?" Molly asked. But she didn't answer. She didn't' even seem to hear the question. "Hello, Earth to Serena. She's so spacey. I mean, worse than normal. Serena…"

Lydia sighed and walked over, "I don't think she's in the mood to go, Moll."

"Oh, bummer," Molly said.

"Hey, why don't you come with us?" Loraine invited. "It'd be fun! You could use a manicure too! Look at your nails!" she gasped. "They look like as if you pull weeds an' stuff with your bear hands!"

"That's because I do!" Lydia muttered, ticked off. "In Ireland, I lived on a farm."

"Wow," Molly said, "I couldn't do that. My hands would get so dirty and dry and…"

"You get used to it," Lydia said, "look at these calluses! I can't feel a thing, see?" she took a pencil and began jabbing it onto a callus. "I bet yeh can fry an egg on them…"

"Gross," Lonna said.

"Wow," Molly said. "But you could still use a manicure."

Lydia groaned, "maybe some other time. I think I'll walk Serena home instead."

"Good idea," Molly agreed, "she might turn up at the wrong house or something."

*****

"I'm afraid you guys will have to be more patient with Serena," Luna told the other cats at the temple. "She's taking this Tuxedo Mask disappearance thing very hard."

"She's stopped eating?" Lita asked.

"Poor girl," Amy said.

"Yes, I know." Luna said. "She can hardly function."

"At least she has a good friend like Lydia to keep her in line," Amy said.

"Yeah, Lydia's so cool," Lita added, "I don't think we'll be able to stop the Negaverse without her. I just wish I was conscious when she talked back to Malachite!"

"Yeah, me too!" Raye laughed.

"Last night, I heard Serena calling for Darien in her sleep," Luna said.

"What a wimp!" Artemis muttered, "what kind of princess goes into hyperspace just when we need her the most?"

"Come on, Artemis," Raye said, "cut her some slack. She's just heartbroken."

"You standing up for Serena, Raye?" Lita asked, "That's a first. You haven't done that before."

"Yes I have," she said.

"Huh?"

"I was about to tell her she was a good leader until Rainbow nearly broke my wrist," Raye said.

"You need to talk some sense in her," Artemis told Lydia.

"I think what Serena needs is some distraction," Mina spoke up. "Maybe I can think of something."

*****

"Lydia, this is not my house," Serena said.

"I know," she said, "it's mine. I want you to meet somebody." She led Lydia in and called for Madam Indigo.

"Why, ya brought a friend with ya," Madam Indigo said.

"Madam Indigo, I'd like ya to meet Serena," Lydia said. "My best friend--Sailor Moon--the Moon Princess."

"Lydia, what are you doing?" Serena demanded, "trying to blow my cover?"

"It's okay, Serena," Lydia said, "She's a friend. She believed in the legend about the moon princess and she told me about it."

Madam Indigo smiled. "To think I'd never see this day."

"A pleasure, I think," Serena said, blinking.

"Sit down," Lydia urged, pulling her down.

"I'm glad I finally got to meet you," Madam Indigo said. "My grandmother told me about the moon princess when I was a child. I thought it was the most beautiful story I've ever heard. Some others have believed the legend about the moon princess, but my grandmother's story was different."

"How so?" Serena asked. "Did the prince from the earth and princess from the moon live happily ever after?"

"Well, no."

She groaned. "That wasn't what I wanted to hear."

"But in this certain story," Lydia said, "the one Madam Indigo's grandmother told her, and what she told me, is that the Moon Princess had a very special friend from Earth."

"Yes," Madam Indigo said, "a princess of the rainbow. They were like sisters, did everything together and wanted nothing more than for to the other be safe and happy."

"And I'm that princess, Serena," Lydia reminded.

"Yes, I know," Serena said playfully, "I haven't forgotten. But how is this supposed to bring Tuxedo Mask back?"

"Tuxedo who?" Madam Indigo questioned.

"Oh, he's the prince," Lydia explained, "an ally of the sailor scouts. You didn't tell me about Tuxedo Mask."

"He came back as Tuxedo Mask, you say?"

"Yes," Lydia replied with a nod.

"This new form of the Prince must be a way to save his strength," Madam Indigo explained, "He was very strong."

"So what happened to him?" Serena asked.

"He forgotten how to use that power," Madam Indigo explained, "So he became this Tuxedo Mask instead."

"So how can we save him?" Serena questioned, "Queen Beryl has him!"

Madam Indigo looked saddened but however, stayed confident. "Don't you worry. Queen Beryl will try to take away his memories but she can't take them all away. He may be able to remember at least one of you."

"I hope I'm that one," Serena sighed and stood up. "Thank you for the story, Madam Indigo, but I'd like to go home now."

"Would you like me to walk you home?" Lydia asked.

"It's all right, Lydia," Serena said, "I know my way."

Lydia smiled. There was something about the way Serena said that sentence that made her confident she'd get home safely, and not just the way to her home, but to save Tuxedo Mask too.

*****

Serena sat in her room, pondering what Madam Indigo said. She remembered an old memory of Darien.

"Don't make that face, Meatball Head. It might get stuck that way!"

"Darien, where are you?" Serena asked, "I'd thought I'd never miss you calling me Meatball Head." She noticed the magazine ad and remembered what Molly had told her. "If I chop 'em off, no on will call me Meatball Head."

"Hey Serena," Mina said, "have time for your best friend?"

"Huh? Mina?" Serena mumbled. "You're not my best friend, Lydia is."

Mina grumbled and then quickly smiled, "oh, I know. I was just kidding."

"How did you get in anyway?"

"Your mom." She replied, "She was just on her way to buy some ice cream for you. Hey, I got an idea. It's really fun. You need a serious change of pace here."

"Yeah?"

Mina took down Serena's hair and began to brush it. "It's makeover time. You can pretend to be someone totally different. Sounds cool, huh?" she asked. "Best part of a makeover is to have some pamper you up and make you feel special, don't you think?"

"Hmm, maybe I should change my hair," Serena said, "for real."

*****

Malachite looked around for Queen Beryl, perhaps to tell her that he didn't want to work with Darien. Tuxedo Mask stood behind her.

"There you are, Malachite," Queen Beryl said. "What's your plan to get the crystal? You've set the trap yet?"

"Yes," Malachite said and showed a single hair. "This hair belongs to Sailor Moon. All we have to do is analyze it and find a match."

"I see," she said, "proceed Malachite. Tuxedo Mask will show up to trick the scouts."

"Are you sure he's ready?" he asked.

Queen Beryl cocked her head, "questioning my orders, are you? You know where that left Zoicite."

"Yes, your queen, I'm sorry." He bowed, "forgive me."

*****

At the Slick Chicks Beauty Salon, almost every girl in the city was present getting pampered. Mina and Serena came up. The Head Beautician greeted them.

"Hi girls," she said, "What can I do for you?"

"Ooh," Mina said, pushing Serena forward, "My friend here would like a total makeover, head to foot, 'kay?"

"Sure thing," the beautician said. "You'll be a whole new you, starting with losing those bon bons." She took Serena by the hand and led her past Lydia, who was getting her nails done.

"Lydia!" Serena cried, "What're you doing here?"

"Oh," Lydia groaned, "Madam Indigo said my hands are too much like a mans' and told me to get a manicure."

"Don't fret, my dear," said the manicurist, "your fingers will look quite lovely when I'm done."

"Yeah, girly too," she muttered under her breath. She looked up at her best friend. "So what are ya doing here?"

"Oh, Mina said I need a new look," Serena explained.

"Oh, did she?" Lydia looked over her shoulder to see Mina looking at a magazine to hide from Lyida's glare. "What's wrong with being yourself? Say--ow! That hurt!" she winced as the manicurist pushed back her cuticle.

"When was the last time you've done this?" the manicurist demanded, "I dare say, you have to take care of your hands!"

"Come, dearie," the head beautician urged, pulling on Serena's hand. "You can talk to your friend after her nails are done and you're a brand new you."

"SSS, ow!" Lydia grimaced. "The pain…"

"Beauty hurts, my dear," said the manicurist.

The Head Beautician placed Serena's head in the sink. "So how do you feel about short and bright red?"

"Me," Serena mumbled, a towel over her face, "a red head?"

Mina smiled as she turned the next page in her magazine. This is great. It's just what Serena needs right now: Total distraction. And I hope that manicurist grinds Lydia's fingers down to the bone!

But in another part of the parlor, another beautician helped a woman into a hair steamer. "There you are. I'll come get you when it's done."

"Okay, now for some conditioner," the beautician said, reaching for a bottle. She took a look at the steamer and then over to her mirror. There was a display on her mirror. Seems that the steamer is not a steamer at all. In fact, is a scanner and it was analyzing the lady's hair to Sailor Moon's. No match.

'Oh no match,' she thought, 'will this girl who's Sailor Moon ever come in?'

A beautician approached Mina, who was reading magazines. "Okay, we'll take you now."

"Huh?" she asked.

"Sorry you had to wait."

Mina laughed, "Oh, I'm just waiting for a friend."

"No problem," she said, "while you wait, how would you like to try our new hair steamer? It's warm and relaxing. It will make your hair silky and nice. You'll look like a star. But you already ready look like one. But why not try it? It's free."

"Really?" Mina said.

'A star?' Lydia thought, 'Whatever!' She cleared her throat, "actually, I think she'll look really cool if ya died her hair violet and shaved it in a Mohawk! Hahahahaa--ouch!" The manicurist nearly drew blood from Lydia's cuticles. "Ohhhh."

"Strange with all those hard spots on your fingers, you're feeling pain," Mina sniggered. "Sure, I'd like to try the hair steamer. It's free huh? Can't beat that."

"Good," she said. She helped her to the steamer. "I'll come get you when it's done."

Across from the steamer, Mina sticks her tongue out at Lydia. Lydia does the same. The manicurist looked up at her and Lydia smiled quickly. "Saaaaay….can I pick the nail color?"

"Sure, I guess."

"Oh, and can you decorate them with green shamrocks?"

"Of course."

The Head Beautician activated the scanner again. There was a match with Mina's hair and Sailor Moon's!

'Ah, so Blondie here is Sailor Moon.' She thought, not paying attention to Serena's hair.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Serena muttered. "Do you have to rub so hard?"

'Queen Beryl will be so thrilled!' the beautician thought. 'That crystal is gonna be mine.'

"Ow! Ow!"

Lydia heard Serena. "Hey, Serena, you okay? Ow! Ow!"

The head beautician turned on the spray and left Serena. However, it's too hot for Serena to handle.

"Um, excuse me," Serena said, "The water's too hot, you know?"

She approached Mina. "You're now mine, Sailor Moon."

"Huh?" she mumbled, looking up at her.

"You can't hide anymore." She ripped off the steamer.

"Aaah!"

"What the!" Lydia gasped. "Ouch" the file stabbed her again. She got up and grabbed her fingers. "I have the feeling you're not really beauticians! Which beauty school ya girls went to?"

"Oh, school?" the manicurist asked, "We must've missed that part!" She and the others sprayed a sleeping gas.

"Oh no, cover your mouth!" Lydia warned, coughing and covering her mouth as she backed away.

"Unhand that crystal, Sailor Moon!" the beautician demanded Mina.

"I'm not Sailor Moon!" Mina shouted and pointed to Lydia, "she is!" Then they look over at Lydia.

"Me?" Lydia muttered. "Come off it, Mina, I'm not Sailor Moon! Who'd believe that Sailor Moon was a red head?"

"Of course, it's you Blondie!" said the head beautician, "I've analyzed your hair! It's a match! Transform, Sailor Moon!"

"I see," she said. 'I must've got some of Serena's hair on my while brushing it. So this salon is just Negaverse beauty trap.'

Serena heard the commotion. "The Negaverse. Oh no, Lydia, Mina!"

"So you're going to be stubborn, Sailor Moon?" The beautician demanded, threatening her with shears. "No matter. I can be very convincing." She stepped back and the others began to whirls around her and they became a Negaverse monster.

Lydia backed away and left Mina to fend for herself. "Lydia, hey wait! Don't leave me here!"

"Ya think I'm that cold blooded?" she demanded. I gotta see if everyone's all right!" then she backed into Serena. "Hey, there you are! That woman thinks Mina's Sailor Moon!"

"Then it's time for the real Sailor Moon to step forward, don't you think?" Serena asked.

"Yeah," Lydia nodded. "Let's wallop her!"

"MOON PRISM POWER!" Specks of pink applied to Serena's nails.

"RAINBOW PRISM POWER!" to Lydia's nails, gold.

They began to transform in a whole new sequence. They twirl together side by side as pink ribbons fold over Serena's torso and gold ribbons on Lydia's. They cross their hands over and legs over, two ribbons of different color transforming them into the sailor scouts of the moon and rainbow. They were then lifted up and their eyes opened and they both give each other thumbs up. Then they pose together, Sailor Moon in her original classic pose and Sailor Rainbow at her back, holding her finger out like a gun.

"Looking for me?" Sailor Moon demanded.

The negamonster was shocked.

"You are looking for Sailor Moon, aren't you?" she asked.

"Well here's the real thing!" Rainbow added.

"What? How can this be?" The creature shouted.

"I am Sailor Moon! Champion of justice!" Sailor Moon declared. "On behalf of the moon…I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you! You got the wrong girl, Roller-brain!"

"Time to go back to beauty school and learn a thing or two!" Sailor Rainbow said.

"Hah!" the Negamonster grunted," pretty speeches have no effect on me. I'll snip yo down size in no time flat!" She lunged forward with her scissor-like fingers. Sailor Rainbow pulled her out of the way.

"Thanks, Rainbow!" Sailor Moon thanked.

"Thank me later!" she shouted, "we have a monster to wallop!"

"How about a quick blow dry?" the monster said and her left hand became a blow dryer. "I'll set it on…REALLY HOT!"

"Aaah!" Sailor Moon shouted. "She's gonna burn us up!" Rainbow and Moon dodged the flames.

"Ah-ha! Missed us!" Sailor Rainbow shouted.

"I gotta help them," Mina said but the sleeping gas took over and pulled her unconscious.

"Let's get rid of those split ends right down…to the roots!"

Sailor Moon and Rainbow hid behind a partition. "Hey, I dun't have any split ends!" Rainbow muttered.

The flowers were toasted in the flowerpots.

"Whoa!" Sailor Rainbow gasped, "this lass is too hot to handle! Seriously!"

"Bangs are little long, don't you think?" the monster said.

"Oh, shut up!" Rainbow muttered.

The monster's hand became a razor and it's very sharp. It went through the partition, almost cutting the two scouts. They ran away as her hand again became a gun that shot barber shears.

"Down!" Sailor Rainbow ordered, pulling her down. They roll away into some cosmetics. "How about some blush for that light complexion!" she picked up a jar of blush and threw it at her face, blinding her.

"Aah! My eyes!"

"Now Sailor Moon," Rainbow said.

But Sailor Moon stayed huddled down on the ground. "She's going to cut us down limb to limb!"

"Not if you heal her first!" Rainbow said. "Hurry!"

"Oh yes," Sailor Moon said, "Moon Healing…" something hit her hand, making her drop the wand. "Ouch!"

Sailor Rainbow picked up the wand. "Ya all right?"

"What was that?" Sailor Moon said. She noticed a rose on the ground. "Huh? A rose?"

The two turned around slowly "Tuxedo Mask?" Sailor Moon asked. "Is it you?" On a chair with their backs toward them is indeed Tuxedo Mask. He turned around.

"It is you!" she cried.

"Wait," Sailor Rainbow warned, holding her hand out before she could move, "something's wrong."

"What do you mean?" Sailor Moon asked.

"The rose hit your hand, Sailor Moon," Rainbow reminded.

"That's right," Tuxedo Mask, "and it was no accident I assure you."

"What?" Sailor Moon gasped. "No, they tricked you!"

Sailor Rainbow looked at the rose as it changed to black. "They turned yeh against us! TRAITOR!" Sailor Rainbow charged Tuxedo Mask with her shamrock wand in her hand.

"No, don't!" Sailor Moon called.

"What a rotten twist of luck," Sailor Rainbow said, "and this is how I handle bad luck! RAINBOW SHAMROCK SHOWER!"

Tuxedo Mask prepared himself with a rose, but he stopped when he saw the millions of shamrocks heading at him. 'Wait…I've seen one of those before…' He focused on Sailor Rainbow and realized it was she who had given him the four-leaf clover. They knocked him back into a mirror. Then he caught a few in his hand as they fell down from his chest. Sailor Rainbow pulled down her wand and marched up to Tuxedo Mask.

"How dare you attack us, Tuxedo Mask!" she shouted. "Ya supposed to be on our side! What have the Negaverse dun to ya?" She socked him with a left hook. "Have ya fahgutun everything?" She punched him again.

He stared into her eyes and remained quiet. He didn't even fight back. Somehow, he felt that he was getting exactly what he deserved.

"Why ya starin' at me like that?" She demanded. His gaze prevented her from punching him again. Her hand was tightly clutching his collar while the other was just a few inches from his face. 'He doesn't seem to remember Sailor Moon, but can he remember me?'

"Rainbow, let him go!" Sailor Moon pulled her away from him. "Tuxedo Mask, are you all right?"

He looked at Sailor Moon and then he was reminded why he had come to the parlor in the first place. "The crystal! Give it to me. Beryl wants it!"

"She made yeh into a tool for the Negaverse!" Rainbow gasped, "They did to yeh what they were going to do to me!"

"You told you'd always be on my side!" Sailor Moon cried. "You, you lied to me! You lied to all of us!"

The Negamonster got up and pulled out giant hair clippers. "Cough up the crystal or get a buzz cut."

"Actually, I think she looks just fine the way she is!" Rainbow snapped.

The clippers cut at the floor, heading toward Sailor Moon. "Oh no, this can't be!"

"Sailor Moon, let's move!" Rainbow grabbed her and ran out of the salon, the Negamonster and Tuxedo Mask following them.

"Stop her!" Tuxedo Mask said. "We need that crystal!"

Mina recovered her strength and noticed Tuxedo Mask leaving. "Tuxedo Mask is working for the Negaverse. I gotta transform and tell the others. VENUS POWER!"

*****

"You need a new look, Sailor Moon. How about BALD? Very hip. Very cool."

"I think you need to learn what's cool and hip before you try to cut our hair, ya scissor-handed Nega-lass!" Rainbow shouted as they dodged the clippers and they hit a telephone pole. "Oh, trying to call the Negaverse for back up?"

"You'll never get that crystal!" Sailor Moon declared, "Got that, tool-head?"

"You have no choice," Tuxedo Mask said, "Give it!"

"No way!" Sailor Rainbow and Moon shouted through clenched teeth.

"No more Mrs. Nice Guy," growled the Negamonster. "Ready for that buzz cut?"

"DROP IT, NEGASLEAZE!" the other sailor scouts commanded.

"Hey, there ya lasses are!" Rainbow said, "Dun't let Tuxedo Mask fool ya. He's on their side now!"

"I don't believe it," Mars mumbled.
"Well, believe it," Tuxedo Mask growled, tossing a black rose at her. She had to burn it with her fire.

"Let's take care of this monster first," Jupiter said, "ready?"

"JUPITER THUNDER CRASH"

"MARS FIRE IGNITE!"

The double-teamed attack made the clippers stop working. Now it was Mercury's turn.

"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"

The fog made the monster disoriented.

"Use yer wand," Sailor Rainbow said to Sailor Moon. "They don't get paid to give unruly haircuts and terrorize the scouts, ya know."

"Yeah, okay," Moon nodded and held up her wand. "MOON HEALING ACTIVATION!"

The beauticians became back to normal, leaving Tuxedo Mask alone to face the sailor scouts.

"Tuxedo Mask, are--" Mars began.

"He's not one of us anymore," Rainbow said, holding her hand out to keep Mars from coming any closer. "He's let us all down."

"What are you talking about?"

"She's right," Venus told the others. "Beryl has brainwashed Tuxedo Mask. He's on their side now."

"Dun't think ya will get away with dis," Rainbow said, "dun't think for a moment that we'll let ya get the crystal. Ya told us ya were always on our side and will always be on our side, but ya lied. Ya lied to us, Tuxedo Mask and I will believe another word ya say. Friends do not lie to each other."

Tuxedo Mask stared and listened to each of her words intently. Did she mean it? Was it true?"

"We'll find away to get you back though," Moon promised, "We love--"

But Tuxedo Mask immediately tuned her words out. "Love? All I want is that crystal and I will get it!" He threw a rose at her and Sailor Rainbow stepped forward and caught it before it hurt Sailor Moon.

"I wunt let ya hurt her more dan ya already have, traitor!"

Tuxedo Mask prepared to throw another one, but froze. Those eyes of Rainbows, that glare, he had seen it before. He couldn't bring himself to toss a rose at her. He would do it to the other scouts without thinking. He did not remember them and nor did he care about them. But every time he looked at Rainbow, he kept picturing a person he once knew, once cared for, or so he felt that he did. Tuxedo Mask felt so confused. His hand holding the rose began to shake a little bit.

"What's wrong, Tuxedo Mask?" Sailor Rainbow demanded, "fahgotton how ta throw, now have yeh?"

"He's just stalling," Mercury said.

"Maybe it's a trick," Jupiter muttered.

"Tuxedo Mask, return to the Negaverse at once!" Queen Beryl ordered him. "You are not ready to take them all yet."

"Until next time," Tuxedo Mask said and disappeared in a dark Negaverse warp hole. Sailor Moon could not believe it. Mercury tried to understand how Tuxedo Mask could not hurt Rainbow.

"Rainbow, I think he remembers you," Mercury said.

"Don't be foolish," Rainbow scoffed, "he's messing with her minds."

"No, she has a point," Jupiter added. "I saw the way he was looking at you. Like he was trying to remember you."

"And he looked like he couldn't throw a single flower at you," Venus agreed.

"But why would he just remember her and not any of us?" Mars demanded.

"Yeah," Sailor Moon said, "We were in love. Just how close were you two, Rainbow?"

"That was another life ago," Rainbow said, "how am I supposed to remember? Besides, I'm not interested in him. There are lots of other decent laddies here and back home in Ireland. There's nothing we can do here now. Let's get going."

*****

As Prince Darien, Tuxedo Mask confronted spoke to the Negaforce. "Great Negaforce, I feel stronger as Prince Darien. Why didn't I go in this form?"

"The Sailor Scouts are familiar with you as Tuxedo Mask," it replied. "Use it to your advantage."

"I understand." He stood up and began to leave when he heard a voice behind him.

"I saw how you didn't move when Sailor Rainbow was assaulting you," Malachite said.

"Malachite!" Prince Darien gasped and turned around. "What do you want?"

"She was attacking you and you just let her," he said, "and how you couldn't throw that rose at her. She's making you soft?"

"I was--just tricking them," he lied. "Playing with their minds. It may stir some friction with other sailor scouts."

"I see," he said. "Queen Beryl wants me to train you and make you become stronger."

I don't want you to--" he began.

"You think I do, Prince Darien?" he asked. "We have enough help here in the Negaverse and we certainly don't need you or anyone else from the other side." Malachite turned around and left him. He had meant that in a good way. They truly did have enough minions for Queen Beryl. What would she want with Tuxedo Mask, and before that, Sailor Rainbow, when she had enough minions as it was? Malachite felt his dark heart skip a beat. Now, was he the one becoming soft?

'Sailor Rainbow,' he thought, 'you and your friend here do not need to be here, but I do. It is just what I am. Or is it?'

Just how close were Darien and Lydia in the past? And will Malachite leave Queen Beryl? You might find out in Princess School.