Boy Genius, 
Chapter 4 

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Super Sailor Sirius barely heard Pluto's words as she continued 
to cry. Sailor Pluto then grabbed her face in her hands, then 
raised it up so Sirius's eyes can meet hers. "SIRIUS! Listen to 
me. This is only in your mind. You must be strong and face you 
fears. You can do it, I know you can!" Pluto said, looking hard 
into the crying girl's eyes. Sailor Sirius's sobs slowly subsided, 
and she looked up at the older Senshi with teary eyes. 

"You...you really think I can do it?" Sirius said in a shaky voice.
Pluto looked to the two remaining Senshi, and they smiled in agreement. 
"You CAN do it Sirius! Just believe in yourself!" said Neptune and 
Uranus together. 

"AWWW! This is just all so sweet. Maybe I should take a picture for 
such a touching moment!" shouted the Anima-mate demon as he moved 
forward. He howled a sickening sound, then raised his scythe to blast 
the remaining intruders. 

But unknown to him, the icicles that began to creep up Sirius's back 
and legs were beginning to slowly dissipate as the anger inside her 
started to build up. She held her head in her hands and began to 
shake it to get out the frightening mental thoughts. "This is all an 
illusion! It's NOT REAL!!" she thought. The ice on her melted away 
from her legs then, and suddenly the gigantic insects heading straight 
for her disappeared as if from a dream. Sirius stood up quickly and 
moved to a fighting stance with Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto. 

"WHAT!! How did you break out of my fear spell?!! THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE!!" 
screeched out the dark clad Sailor Fear. He backed up a few paces, 
raised the Fear Scythe up and pointed it straight for Super Sailor 
Sirius's heart. 

"Nothing is impossible when you have friends who care about you and 
believe in you, CREEP!" yelled back Sirius, "Which is more than I 
can say for you! Your evil method of turning our worst fears against 
us are over!" She threw her hand in the air. "As sure as the Star that 
shines brightest in the Heavens, I am Sailor Sirius, and you WILL be 
vanquished!" She turned to the Outer Senshi, "Hey, what say we make 
this Death wanna-be pay for making us ladies scared?" she asked with 
a sly grin. 

"With pleasure! URANUS SPACE SWORD BLASTER!" shouted Sailor Uranus, 
calling forth her Talisman once again and shooting forth the deadly 
gold light. Neptune outstretched her hands and her Agua Mirror Talisman 
appeared suddenly. "This is for Hotaru! NEPTUNE SUBMARINE RELECTION!" 

-"PLUTO DEAD SCREAM!" 
-"SIRIUS KISS OF DEATH, CAPTIVATION!" 
In a flash that was almost too quick, the powers came together and 
slammed into the screaming Sailor Fear. He was wrapped in darkness, 
then began to shrink. A golden flash slashed across the darkness, and 
an instant later, he exploded in a burst of lights and water, leaving 
nothing behind. After a moment in the silence, Sailor Sirius blew out 
a sigh of relief, then fell to her knees in exhaustion. Suddenly there 
was a sound of cracking breaking. Sirius then jumped up and ran over to 
the encased heroes. "LOOK! The ice casing is melting!" she said in wonder. 

The ice around the Senshi were cracking apart and melting, and with 
Sirius, Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus helping, they shakily stepped out of 
the ice blocks and started brushing ice shards from their uniforms. "What 
in the world just happened! I....I've never been so scared in my life! The 
images were so real!" said Sailor Moon, looking to the others to see if 
they were all right. 

"Without the demon to feed off your fear, the ice had no more power over
you. You can also thank our new recruit for being so brave, and helping 
us to kick his baka butt!" said Sailor Uranus, patting Sirius on the back. 

"Really?" said Sailor Star Healer. She looked at Sailor Sirius with new 
admiration in her eyes. "Not bad kid! Not bad at all!" She smiled, and 
winked in a way that only Sirius can see. 

"Don't call me kid!" Sailor Sirius, said, trying to sound and look mad, 
but blushed when the other Senshi smiled at her. 

"I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but we have to get going if we 
are to find Kijuro!! Time IS of the essence!" said Sailor Pluto. The 
Sailor Senshi and Star Lights nodded, then quickly ran forward to the 
opening at the end of a large open spaced area that was nothing but 
black space with stars. But as soon as they reached outside the large 
maze-like dimension, they were suddenly engulfed in a heavy dense fog. 
They disappeared and was instantly transported into the throne room of 
Sailor Galaxia. There were no walls, and stars blazed down. 

The Golden Senshi sat with her legs crossed on her large gold throne, 
waiting for them. Sailor Tin-Nyanko suddenly appeared besides her, 
laughing evilly. 

"At last, the Sailor Team before me." she said sneering. She looked at 
them in contempt. "I knew you all would come here and try to save the boy. 
But it was all in vain. I will have the pleasure of destroying you all one 
by one." She then cackled out an evil laugh. Sailor Mercury was about to 
demand that she set free Kijuro when Sailor Galaxia then raised a 
threatening hand and pointed her finger at her. "SILENCE! You may have won 
a few battles with me before, but no more!! As soon as I take what I came 
for, your galaxy will be mine, and I will be the SUPREME RULER!" Galaxia 
flicked both her hands, and in front of her and Sailor Tin-Nyanko, 
Kijuro Sato suddenly appeared, floating in the air on some invisible table. 
He was still out cold. The senshi could only then gasp in shock and anger. 

Sailor Galaxia then gave them a sly, evil look. "Of course, there is a 
way that you can come of this without getting destroyed. All you have to 
do is surrender your Star Seed to me, and become my servants. Then maybe, 
just maybe, I won't have to destroy you." She looked up and gave a 
knowing smile. "Do we have a deal?" 

"I thought we already gave you an answer to that! What part of NO don't 
you understand, you witch?" said Eternal Sailor Moon. "This galaxy will 
never be yours! We will defend and protect to the death this place that 
we call home! It is where our family, friends, past and future reside in, 
and we will NOT give that up! I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the 
Moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon went through her pose then pointed 
a challenging finger at the Golden Senshi 

"Fine then! Have it your way!!" Galaxia shrieked out. With lightning fast 
reflexes, she reached into Kijuro's chest and savagely pulled out the 
small glowing Star Seed before the Senshi could stop her. As soon as 
the Star Seed came out, Kijuro's eyes snapped open, and he fell to the 
ground with a painful scream. When he hit the floor, he immediately began 
a transformation. 

He grew taller and his his skin turned dark green. Claws then grew out 
of his fingers. When the transformation was done, he was the gigantic 
Sailor Lizard. Sailor Galaxia clutched the Star Seed in her hand and 
laughed evilly along side Tin-Nyanko. "At last, one of the most powerful 
Star Seed is mine. Crystal Tokyo will be no more!" She held the Star Seed 
in front of her and waited for the sign that it was a true one. Instead, 
it turned black and lost all the brilliance that came with it. Galaxia 
yelled in rage, then turned to her hench-men. "DESTROY THEM!" she screamed 
at Sailors Tin-Nyanko and Lizard, then disappeared in a golden flash. 

"You're not getting away with this!" screamed out Sailor Star Fighter 
just as Galaxia disappeared. Immediately, the Anima-mates shot out their 
power at the Senshi. Sailor Tin-Nyanko continously shot lightning bolts 
from her Cat Paw weapon, while the Lizard shot out acid spit, dissolving 
the plane floor when it missed them. The group scattered everywhere to 
jump out of the way of the deadly attacks. One of the lightning bolt 
suddenly missed Saturn's head by an inch and scorched a little of her 
already black hair 

"That does it! NO MORE MISS NICE GUY!" shouted Sailor Saturn. She raised 
her Silence Glaive, ran up to Tin-Nyanko, and knock the bazooka out of her 
hands. She was about to slice through her when Sailor Jupiter stopped her. 
"Allow me! Nobody calls me a wench, JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" Sailor Tin-Nyanko, 
expecting her attack, merely smiled and jumped high out of the way. When 
she was in the air, she thrust out her arms and bent them at the elbows. 
Her golden bracelets flashed once, and out of them came two balls of golden 
light. They flew wildly around the Star Lights and Senshi as they looked on. 
After a moment, they suddenly slammed right into Sailor Sirius's chest as 
Tin Nyanko landed on her feet expertly. "SIRIUS!" the group yelled as they 
watched in horror. 

Sirius screamed as her body then stiffened, but it was no ordinary scream. 
It was a loud cry of anquish that was pure suffering and pain, unimaginable 
to all others. Tears squeezed out of her shut eyelids as Sirius felt her 
body burn as if it was on fire. Then, as though time itself was slowed down, 
she fell slowly to the ground on her back. A moment later, petals sprouted 
out of her forehead and her Star Seed slowly began to come out from its 
flowery casing. The tiny dark blue crystal floated above the Star Senshi's 
body, and the light it gave off was so bright, it made everyone turn away 
and shield their eyes for a moment. 

"Yes, a true Star Seed!" Tin Nyanko gloated. "At least I will not go back 
empty-handed!" The rest of the Senshi gasped, awed by the sheer beauty and 
brightness of a true Star Seed. 

*M..MASAKA!* thought Sailor Star Healer to herself. *That's the same power 
and brightness I felt in her!* Sailor Sirius's body suddenly began to fade 
into tiny sparkles of light, and she looked up at the fighters with pleading 
eyes. 

"Minna-san! G..gomen nasai.." she whispered softly as tears flowed down the 
side of her dark face. She closed her eyes as her body began to fade get 
more and more transparent. Sailor Tin Nyanko laughed again, then ran to 
grab the floating crystal. 

"You will not have it! STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!" screamed out Star Healer. 
The blast hit away Tin Nyanko just as she was about to reach Sirius's body. 
The rest of the Star Lights shouted their power too, and it came together 
in a blinding flash, destroying the Cat Senshi in a burst of stars. 

Sailor Lizard howled when the Anima-Mate was destroyed, and started advancing 
towards the Senshi. "Sailor Moon, GO!" yelled Uranus. 

"Here goes nothing! STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!" The flash of pink 
light from the Eternal Tier struck the demon in a burst of feathers. 
"Beautiful!" he screamed out, and slowly began to shrink and returned back 
to normal. When it was done, Star Healer ran over to the almost faded 
dark-skinned Senshi. With a smile, she knelt done on one knee, and gently 
pushed back the shining Star Seed back in her body. Immediately, Sirius 
began to solidify. After a moment, she blinked her eyes open, and looked up 
at Star Healer's eye's. She reached up and touched her cheek. "Arrigato." 
she said gently. Healer nodded, then helped Sirius to stand. 

"Yogata!" whispered Sailor Moon as she moved in to hug Super Sailor Sirius. 

Kijuro then moaned as he lay on the hard floor. Sailor Mercury quickly 
ran up to him and checked his pulse. She sighed in relief. "He's alright, 
just very exhausted!" 

Sailor Pluto looked over at Kijuro, then nodded her approval. "Yes. His 
Star Seed turned out no good for Galaxia, and the future has been secured,"
She looked over at the other senshi and smiled. "Good job everyone! Now, 
let's go home!" Everyone then looked at one another and breathed a big 
sigh of relief. Sailor Pluto then waved her powerful Time Staff, the Garnet 
Orb glowing brightly. A bright flash of light then burst forth over all 
the senshi and Kijuro, and in an instant, everyone disappeared, leaving 
the desolate place empty for now. 

***Juuban High School*** 

Tanya sat up on the roof of the High School, her favorite place, and 
watched the stars twinkle. She was sitting comfortable with her knees 
drawn up to her ample chest and her arms around her legs, when suddenly, 
there was a scuffling sound behind her. Stepping onto the roof from the 
ladder was Yaten Kou. She gasped when she realized who it was. Yaten looked 
at her in surprise when he saw her."OH! I'm very sorry! I didn't realize 
anyone was here! This is the place where I usually...meditate." 

"No! I'M sorry! I'll leave if you want!" Tanya said shyly as she got up. 
She hung her head, then looked up at Yaten with an embarrassed look, 
blushing harshly. "I didn't know anyone else knew about this place." she 
said softly she began to walk slowing towards the ladder to climb down. 

"No, don't leave! I would enjoy the company. So, do you like looking at the 
stars at night?" he asked, taking Tanya's hand and sitting her down with him. 

Tanya looked back at him and smiled shyly."Oh yes, they're SO beautiful! 
They help me feel better sometimes when I am lonely or feel like getting 
out of my house. It's just one of those simple things in life I enjoy. 
Sometimes, I think each of those stars are someone's dreams, and they shine 
brightly just for that person alone." Tanya became quiet as she looked once 
again at the stars shining down. 

"Yeah, well, sometimes, people don't have time to enjoy the "simple" things 
in life. There's too much going on in the world to waste our time doing 
silly things like just sitting looking at the stars and dreaming.. Time you 
can spend looking for someone you need to find! Dreams are for the stupid." 
said Yaten, his eyes narrowing as he also turned his head up to look at the 
stars, thinking of Princess Kakyuu and his mission to find her. As soon as 
he realized what he said, he looked quickly at the girl at his side and saw 
that she had bent her head in embarrassment again and tried to hide the tears 
that began to form in her large hazel brown eyes. 

"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out that way!" stammered 
Yaten, feeling himself blush for the first time. He tried to place his hands 
on her dark ones, but instead she quickly snatched it away before he can 
touch her. 

"Maybe I should leave! I don't have to stay here and listen to this!" said 
Tanya angrily as she got up and turned away. She ran for the ladder to 
climb down. Yaten quickly stood caught up with her. 

"Wait, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean that!" he said, putting his hand on 
her shoulder to stop her, then turned her around to face him again. 
"Please let me make it up to you. Me and the guys rehearsed for tomorrow 
night's concert a thousand times already, so I don't have anything much to 
do until then. Why don't I show you to the place where me, Seiya, and Taiki 
hang out?" he said hopefully, looking Tanya full in the eyes. 

Tanya cocked an eyebrow at him. "You mean like a date? Just me and you?" 
she said, crossing her arms over her chest. 

"Well, ummmm....actually...I mean...that is, it will be more like a tour, 
and...umm..a desperate plea at forgiveness!" said Yaten, blushing harder 
as he was trying desperately to find the right words to say he wasn't ready 
to start dating. Tanya sensed his hesitation and thought it over a moment. 

"Well, alright." Tanya said. She then gave Yaten a soft look in his eyes. 
"But you need to seriously change your attitude." She held out her hand 
for a shake. "Deal?" 

Yaten gratefully took her hand and began to shake it. "Deal!" he smiled. 
Above the two young people, the bright stars continued to shine down on 
them, basking them in their protective glow. 

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