Sailor Moon Millenium - The Rise of the Stellar Scouts Chapter # 23 - Jennifer's Time To Shine : A New Relationship - Created September 3ed, 2000 By K.W. Isenor (sailor_sun_@hotmail.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well tonight is the big night! I finally get to do my part as Juliet!" Jennifer said her voice full of excitement. "I can't wait! I just hope that I don't mess up!" She said on a down note, as she hung her head. "Come on Jennifer, that will never happen, you almost go as far to say your lines in your sleep! I am sure that you don't have to worry about messing up on it! You will play the best Juliet there ever was!" Jessica said trying to make her friend aware of her talent. "Yeah you will do great! The only thing I would be worried about would be the kissing scene that you and Ryan have to do and the look on poor old Brittany’s face! That could turn out bad, very bad!" Alissa said jokingly. The four girls broke out in a little burst of laughter. The Brooke spoke up. "So is there anything going to happen between you and him? I have seen you two hanging out a lot more!" She said quietly. "Such a comment from you Brooke!" Jessica, Alissa and Jennifer all said at once as they turned to look at her now very red in the face friend. Brooke tried to hide her face from her friends. "Sorry Jennifer, I didn’t mean anything rude by it, I just saw you two hanging out more and was wondering if you were going to make anything of it?" She said as she looked up shyly. "I don’t know." Jennifer said as it was her turn to blush now as she looked down at the floor then across the Computer Classroom to see Ryan talking to a bunch of his friends, and he too was blushing for some reason. "He is really nice, and isn’t a jerk like the other guys that I have dated, so that is good." She admitted. "Jennifer and Ryan up a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Alissa began to sing quietly as she looked from Jennifer to Ryan. The brown haired girl got a look that could kill in her eyes as she looked at Alissa, the blonde quickly stopped the song and turned back to her computer screen and began to type. "But seriously, I think you should ask him before the play! That would be really neat, then the kiss that you have could be really passionate and meaningful, instead of fake!" Jessica suggested as she looked at her friend. "I could do that, I really like him, but I don’t know if he likes me." She said on a down note. As she quickly turned to the television screen and typed a few commands on the screen. "Oh I think he does, if you haven’t noticed, he and his friends will turn over here and look at you every now and then, so I am pretty sure that he likes you by the nervous look on his face, and how he try’s to change the subject!" She laughed quietly as she heard Ryan going on about something that had nothing to do with anything. "Do you really think so? Do you think he likes me?" Jennifer asked as she looked over at Ryan out of the corner of her eye. "Well you can look at it this way, if you never ask, then you will never know!" Brooke said in a matter-of-fact-tone. Jennifer nodded and turned to her computer screen with the others as the teacher walked by looking down at how they were doing on their task for the day. * * * * * "Well fido what do you want from me today?" Shi-ryuu asked as he turned towards the door, which the dog had just entered as quietly as possible. Gritting his teeth at the comment he walked into the room. "You really have to stop calling me that, I am not your average dog you know." The Beast said as he walked into the room out of the darkness to show his sleek black fur in the lights that shone down, his pure white teeth shone brightly. "Oh really, you are a dog that can talk, that doesn’t make you very original, there are two other talking dogs that I know of, on the surface. And they aren’t anything out of the ordinary." Shi-ryuu mocked. "You think so, you just wait and you will see my true power, along with my mistresses, when our plans comes into place. And you to will have you time to show your true powers which no one has seen in an era." The beast said as he turned towards the door. "Yes sure show powers, now that is all fun, but when do we get to the destroying everything? I would really like to get to that soon, because as you know I don’t have the time for waiting around. Thank-you very much but I have done that for many centuries now and I would rather not wait any longer then I have to." "No need to worry, you will not be waiting much longer because your time will come soon enough, now Emperor Valico would like a word with you and your brother, Kurai-ki is already there." The beast spoke exiting the room. "Oh great I get to put the blame on Kurai-ki again, how fun. I really have to get to attacking Sailor Sun’s family." Shi-ryuu said as he walked slowly to the door as his tail swished behind him. "Yes now after you make your brother look like a complete idiot then meet me out in the hall and the mistress wants to have a meeting with you. She has news to tell you about the one Sailor Sun." The beast disappeared into the darkness and Shi-ryuu turned and followed. * * * * * "I am so nervous. I can’t believe that the play is tonight!" Jennifer’s voice was shaky with the last bits of stage fright. "You have everything that you need right?" Jessica asked as she gave her friend a comforting pat on her back. "Yeah but the majority of stuff that I will need is already at the school back stage." Jennifer said as she walked over and got into the car behind Kevin whom was driving. "Why are you leaving so early? The play doesn’t start for another hour!" Alissa asked as she pilled into the car beside Jennifer. The brown head turned to her friend. "Because it take me forever to get into my costume, you should see how many parts there are to it, and the hardest part will be my hair and makeup! Our makeup crew was so happy that I had long hair so they didn’t have to try to style a wig which is the hardest thing to do." Jennifer said with a smile as she put a piece of her hair behind her shoulder. "I can’t wait to see the play! We have front row tickets right?" Brooke asked as she looked at Jennifer with her small questioning eyes. Jennifer nodded as she and the others slid on their seat belts and Kevin pulled out of the driveway. "Are you going to need any help?" Jessica asked as she turned her head around so she was able to face Jennifer, Alissa and Brooke. "The only help that I will need is for you four to keep Shi-ryuu and Kurai-ki from destroying this for me. This is my night to shine for me, not as a secret identify." Jennifer said as she nervously played with a strand of her long wavy hair. "Don’t worry we will keep those jerks from destroying it! My jumping competition was destroyed and I know how it feels. So this can be my pay back time for that day!" Alissa said as she put up a clenched fist. "Yeah we will make sure that those two demons come nowhere near the building so you can prefer the play and make everyone cry at the end!" Jessica said proudly. "We will get Eclipse and Nova to patrol out around the building while the play is going on, and they have communication devices that will easily contact us." "Thank-you!" Jennifer said as she turned to look down at her script, which had battered edges and ripped corners. Along with various stains from who knows what. * * * * * "Well I am glad that is over!" Shi-ryuu walked out into the dark hallway wit Kurai-ki close on his heals. "Another great plan from the mastermind Kurai-ki! We get to go and watch a play." The larger demon spoke sarcastically. Kurai-ki rolled his eyes and walked off dawn the hall; his footsteps soon became faint and hard to hear. Shi-ryuu turned towards the "dead end" and there was the beast sitting on the floor looking up at Shi-ryuu. "Alright fido, lets get going then. We don’t want to keep your mistress waiting. I have a quick question; do you get to sleep at the foot of her bed? Because I must say she is definitely a nice catch . . ." "Enough." The beast interrupted. "I will not have you talk about her in such a way. Now come along. You know how she hates to be left waiting! And this will only be quick. So don’t worry that big empty head of yours. You will be in and out into to attack the Stellar Scouts once again!" The beast walked through the wall, which went into a wave; Shi-ryuu clenched his fists at his sides and followed the beast through into the nothingness on the other side. * * * * * The music started up and everyone seated in the auditorium became quiet as from out behind the curtain stepped, a Jennifer and Ryan to recite the prologue together. "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; whole misadventured piteous overthrows. Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love. And the continuance of their parents' rage, which, but their children's end, nought could remove. Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; the which if you with patient ears attend. What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend." The audience started clapping loudly as whistles came from all around; Jennifer smiled at Jessica, Kevin, Alissa and Brooke that sat in the front row with her mother and her little sister. * * * * * The scene before the Act 3, Scene 2 Capulet’s Orchard. The nurse spoke, as she stood by Juliet. "Will you speak well of him that kill'd your cousin?" Now Juliet spoke. "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name. When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it? But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have kill'd my husband. Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring; your tributary drops belong to woe, Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy. My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain; and Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband: all this is comfort; wherefore weep I then? Some word there was, worser than Tybalt's death, that murder'd me: I would forget it fain; but, O, it presses to my memory, like damned guilty deeds to sinners' minds: 'Tybalt is dead, and Romeo--banished;' That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,' Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's death Was woe enough, if it had ended there: Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship and needly will be rank'd with other griefs, why follow'd not, when she said 'Tybalt's dead,' thy father, or thy mother, nay, or both. Which modern lamentations might have moved? But with a rear-ward following Tybalt's death, 'Romeo is banished,' to speak that word, is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. 'Romeo is banished!' There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word's death; no words can that woe sound. Where is my father, and my mother, nurse?" The nurse spoke. "Weeping and wailing over Tybalt's corse: will you go to them? I will bring you thither." "Wash they his wounds with tears: mine shall be spent, when theirs are dry, for Romeo's banishment. Take up those cords: poor ropes, you are beguiled, both you and I; for Romeo is exiled: he made you for a highway to my bed; but I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. Come, cords, come, nurse; I'll to my wedding-bed; And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!" "Hie to your chamber: I'll find Romeo to comfort you: I wot well where he is. Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night: I'll to him; he is hid at Laurence' cell." "O, find him! Give this ring to my true knight, and bid him come to take his last farewell." Juliet spoke and the curtain began to close. An up roar of clapping arose and people whistled. It was now the intermission as people stood up and were able to go out into the gym where food and drinks were being served. "Wow! Jennifer is doing such a good job at playing Juliet! She really gets into it! I can’t wait to see the rest of the play! And isn’t someone tapping it? I will have to buy my own copy!" Jessica said excited. "She is doing a very good job isn’t she?" Jennifer’s mom asked as she walked over with Jennifer’s little sisters hand in hers. "Yes she is Miss. Allen, she really does have a great talent for acting that is for sure! I heard that there are some scouters in the audience that might take some of the youth here tonight and offer them a acting contract!" Jessica said excited. "Well that is very exciting indeed!" Miss. Allen said as she walked over towards a woman she knew. "Now if you will excuse me I must go talk to one of Jennifer’s teachers. Jessica, Kevin, Alissa and Brooke all nodded as they walked over to the table to get some food. Suddenly Jessica heard Eclipse’s voice faintly. Pretending to drop something Jessica got down on her hands and knees and crawled under the table. "Alright what is it Eclipse?" Jessica whispered into her transformation medallion. "I think you and the other’s had better come outside now, people are being attacked, and you had better do something about it and now! They are in the parking lot. You might want to stop them before they get to the building and destroy Jennifer’s night." The communication cut out, Jessica crawled out from under the table and grabbed Kevin’s hand, Alissa and Brooke followed. "Alright we had better find somewhere to transform, we have trouble on the way!" She whispered. "Right!" Alissa and Brooke said together as they went down the hallway and into an empty classroom. No one was around so they each held out their transformation medallions, just before they were going to call out their phrase’s Jennifer walked into the room. "Hi guys, I saw you coming in here and my best guess was that something was up!" She said as she pulled the long dress she was wearing up just high enough so the front wouldn’t be dragging on the floor and there would be a less chance of her tripping. "SOLARIS STAR . . . . ." "DAYSTAR COSMIC . . . . . " "POLLUX STAR . . . . ." "CAPELLA STAR . . . . ." "SHAULA STAR . . . . ." Then all together they called out, "POWER!" Jessica then closed her eyes. The Solaris Medallion disappeared into many little orange and gold sparkles; this caused her body to shimmer the colors of the sparkles as they fell onto her body. Then her silver tiara appeared with the red jewel in the center. The jewel then emitted a blinding flash of orange light that surrounded Jessica giving her the feeling of the bright morning sun on her body. Then a swirl of orange and gold sparkles warped around her body moving upward as it spun around her body. The body suit of her uniform then appeared. And the bows came out of the heart in the center of her chest. Sparkling golden rings then went around her feet forming boots. Then more sparkling rings went around her arms forming her gloves. Soon afterward the golden sparkles went around her waist forming her skirt. At that point there was a large burst of golden sparkles that flew up into the air, when the sparkles fell to the ground Sailor Sun was then revealed fully transformed. She did her transformation pose. She stood there with one hand across her forehead and the other across her stomach with her legs together. Her long red hair then blew to the side. The mist wrapped around counter clockwise around his body covering him from the eye. When the mist faded away Kevin was only a shadow. Then was an explosion above his head and small glittering yellow and maroon sparkles fell over his shoulders and his long cape appeared around his shoulders. Then with a bright flash of golden light his armor appeared. Then he held his right arm to the sky and opened his eyes. Once his eyes were open a large powerful silver sword appeared in his hand, he then slid the saber into it's proper spot on his belt. Alissa shouted out the phrase as she held her transformation item above her head. Alissa then closed her eyes then her transformation wand disappeared. Her hair was then lifted off of her shoulders. I strong gust picked up and swirled around her. Then her silver tiara appeared with the white jewel in the center. The jewel them emitted a blinding flash of gray light that surrounded Alissa giving her the feel of a warm spring breeze blowing through her hair and across her face. Then the swirling air divided into rings and two rings went around her body moving upward as it spun around her body. The body suit of her uniform then appeared. And the bow came out of the heart in the center of her chest. Gray rings of air went around her feet forming boots. Then more gray rings went around her arms forming her gloves. Soon afterward the gray air went around her waist forming her skirt. At that point the wind picked up greatly, her hair was blowing wildly. From above a tornado came down and circled around Alissa blocking her from view. When the tornado died down and her hair slowly dropped back resting on her shoulders. Sailor Pollux was reveled fully transformed. She did her transformation pose. Her pose was her standing with both of her hands on her cheeks, looking very innocent and harmless. Her head was tilted a little bit to the side. Her legs were apart, one was a little ahead then the other. Jennifer shouted out these words as she held her transformation medallion above her head. She then closed her eyes then her transformation medallion disappeared. Her hair was then lifted off of her back. Then her silver tiara appeared with the green jewel in the center. The jewel them emitted a blinding flash of green light that surrounded the girl giving her the feel of leaves brushing across her face and around her body. Then from the ground vines formed at the bottom of her feet. The vines then slowly moved up her body. Her legs were then covered from view. The vines continued to move up her body, her waist was then hidden, the vines continued to move up and they covered her upper body then they moved down her arms. Then there was a large burst of green light and the vines started to move away from her body slowly moving down. The vines revealed her gloves then her body suit was formed. Next came her skirt and the vines completely disappeared and her boots were reviled. The heart in the center of her chest was reveled. From the heart came more vines they formed her bow. Then the bow in her back appeared with the vines. At that point more vines appeared and they grew upward. The vines keep growing up until they were above her head. They then began to wrap around her body causing a wall of vines around her. The vines tied into a point above Jennifer's head. When the vines died down and the girl's hair slowly drops back resting on her shoulders. And Sailor Capella was reveled fully transformed. She did her transformation pose. Her pose was her standing with her right arm stretched out in front of her. Her left arm is resting on her hip. Her head was tilted slightly forward. Her legs were together. Brooke shouted out the words as she held her transformation medallion above her head. Brooke then closed her eyes then her transformation medallion disappeared. Then her silver tiara appeared with the sea green jewel in the center. The jewel them emitted a blinding flash of sea green light that surrounded Brooke giving her the feel of her body being surround by the cool summer water. Then from behind her a wave formed and crashed down on top of her, she didn't stir. Once the water resided, Brooke stood in it. A small bit of water at her feet moved up her knees forming boots, which were transparent. The water then slowly moved up her body. Her waist was then hidden beneath water, the form of her skirt could be seen the water continued to move up and it covered her upper body then it moved down her arms. Then rain began to fall from an unseen source, covering her body. As the water touched her arms it reveled her gloves then her body suit. Next came her skirt and the rain slowly tapered off, but not before her boots were reviled. The heart in the center of her chest was reveled. From the heart came more water it formed her bow. Then the bow in her back appeared in the same fashion. And Sailor Shaula was reveled fully transformed. She did her transformation pose. Her pose was her kneeling down on one knee, her elbows rest on that knee, her head rested in her hands and she had a big smile which spread across her face. The four Stellar Scouts and the male counterpart ran out of the classroom and down the hall towards the nearest exit. Bursting out into the parking lot they were greeted with the screams of students that went out side to have some fresh air. And there Kurai-ki and Shi-ryuu were in the middle of all of the mayhem that was happening around them. Shi-ryuu threw a lifeless body to the ground that one of the brave bystanders broke her fall with his own body. "Hey Kurai-ki! Shi-ryuu!" Get over here now and leave the helpless alone, and fight some one that will be a match to you!" sailor Capella yelled across the parking lot. Almost all at once the screams stopped from screams of pain and went to screams of joy. The people would yell out "We are saved the Stellar Scouts have come!" And variations of that. Sailor Sun smiled as she walked up and looked at the two demons that flew over the parking lot, whom had both turned to face the four Sailor suited girls and the capped man. The wind picked up and blew their hair, and uniforms to the side. Stepped up with an angered look on her face Sailor Sun fired out an attack. "SUN FIRE BEAM . . . . . BURN!" Sailor Sun stood with her legs together, then she put her hands together as if she were going to pray. She closed her eyes and slowly lifted her hands towards the sky. During the whole time Sailor Sun's hair was blowing fiercely around her. There was a bright flash of golden and orange light which caused her body to shimmer, then a large golden fireball spun around Sailor Sun then turned and headed towards Shi-ryuu and Kurai-ki. When it reached them the fireball began to spin around them. Again being the usual coward Shi-ryuu used his wings to protect his backside and Kurai-ki to protect his front side. Kurai-ki groaned in pain as he fell to the ground, the people below scattered from the falling green demon. "SHAULA FLOOD OF TEARS . . . . . DOWNPOUR" Tears welled up in Sailor Shaula's eyes as she bent down and kneeled on her knees, she looked up at Kurai-ki and Shi-ryuu. As the tears began to pour down her face at a great speed, soon she had a puddle of tears that was growing in size and it was soon up to her waist, raising higher and higher. The tears were now at her neck and covered over her head. She then tightly shut her eyes and the pile of water, which had formed a column around her, went right towards Kurai-ki and Shi-ryuu. It leapt up into the air and circled around them then dropped onto them with such power it forced them to be pushed into the parking lot. Shi-ryuu was being to get very angered so he shot out a whole swarm of the bat made of fire, they flew this way and that diving down. Attacking the Stellar Scouts and the helpless people that were running around the parking lot waving their hands over their heads trying to get ride of the bats that burned their hair and clothing. "POLLUX STORM TORNADO . . . . . SPIN!" Sailor Pollux stood with her legs apart. Her hands were clasped across her chest. Her head was bowed and her eyes were closed. Then her eyes snapped open as her neck straightened. She put her hands above her head and a strong wind picked up. Sailor Pollux's hair and uniform blew wildly in the wind. She turned her wrist and a gray tornado came down from above. It surrounded her then she put her hands directly in front of her chest and the tornado spun out not towards Shi-ryuu or Kurai-ki and the small bats of fire were caught up in the tornado and thrown off and disappeared. * * * * * Juliet’s and Romeo’s final scene was coming up. Jessica, Kevin, Alissa and Broke all sat in the front row waiting to see the saddest scene of the entire play. Juliet spoke to Friar Laurence. "Go, get thee hence, for I will not away." Friar Laurence exited. "Juliet spoke again. "What's here? A cup, closed in my true love's hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end: O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss thy lips; Haply some poison yet doth hang on them. To make die with a restorative." She kissed him and whispered words for only Romeo’s ears. "Will you go out with me?" He winked at her to say yes. "Thy lips are warm." The First Watchman spoke. "Lead, boy: which way?" Juliet spoke again. "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!" Snatching Romeo's dagger. "This is thy sheath;" stabbed herself. "There rust, and let me die." She fell on Romeo's body, and died. The rest of the play finished, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the entire building. Everyone clapped as the cast came out after the closing curtain to do the formal bow. Romeo handed Juliet a bouquet of flowers and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She returned the kiss. Everyone was standing up and clapping very loudly and whistling to show how much they loved the play. People threw flowers up on the stage for the various cast members.