Serenay Moon
Episode 26 : Early Morning Trouble
©2001 Kitt y Ocean
Edited by: Cat

It was a beautiful cerulean morning and everything looked peaceful in Zach's hometown. Zach was still sleeping and Kitt was sleeping on a mattress next to him. They were still tired of last night; fighting whose turn it was to sleep in the bed.

They arrived at Zach's house a week ago, because Zach and Kitt decided to spend 2 weeks at Kitt's place first. But now they were at Zach's house, and his mother and father loved their company.

Outside the village, on a hill, a guy was looking through his binoculars at Zach's house. Beside him was a girl in a pink shirt and a pink skirt. "Are you sure that's his house Moka?"

"100% positive." Moka mumbled. "Look, there is his mother getting the mail."

"Then let’s go!" Mika smiled and stood up.

Suddenly, they heard soft giggling. Surprised, Moka and Mika turned around, but when they saw WHO had giggled, they jumped into each other's arms again. "No!" They yelled. "Not you again!"

Chibi Gaia giggled and raised her arm. A green ball of energy shot out of her hand and hit Mika and Moka.

 

In the mean while, Kitt had got up. Sleepy, she walked downstairs. She had trouble looking out of her eyes, but managed not to hit anything.

All of a sudden, the door bell rang. "Kitt?" Zach's mom asked. "Could you open the door, I'm busy."

Without answering, Kitt slowly walked to the door. She yawned loudly when she opened it. Kitt rubbed her eyes and finally saw who was in front of her: nobody! Kitt looked questioning, was this a trick? "Damn," She cursed, "Stupid kids!"

She wanted to walk away, when she suddenly heard giggling. She looked down. Pale, Kitt recognized this girl. Chibi Ignis.

"Good morning Kitty." Chibi Ignis smiled. "Come with me."

Kitt rubbed her eyes again. She wasn't dreaming. "No way!" She said. "No more tests. I'm not coming with you! Go away!"

"Kitt?" Zach asked, who had got up. "Who's at the door?"

When Kitt looked back at Chibi Ignis, she saw she was gone. Instead of her. There was a young woman, in a black dress: Lady Ignis! She was glowing and Kitt could feel the heat coming out of the Guardian of fire. "Come with me!" She demanded.

"Kitt?" Zach asked again.

Kitt turned around, walked at Zach and pushed him towards the door. "It's for you." She mumbled. Zach was astounded when he saw Lady Ignis.

"Ehm... mom?" Zach yelled. "Don't wait for us with diner!"

 

Zach and Kitt fell out of a portal in a cave. When they looked around, they didn't know where they were. Suddenly they saw Lady Ignis.

Zach jumped up. "I don't want to do more tests. What do you want from us?"

"Just wait." Lady Ignis replied.

Kitt folded her arms. "Mm, looks like she's in a bad mood."

At that moment, a new portal opened and Moka and Mika crashed on the hard floor.

"Moka and Mika!" Zach yelled and ran at them. "What are you guys doing here?"

Moka looked quickly around. "Is she gone?"

"Who's gone?" Kitt asked.

"That cute little girl. Chibi Gaia!" Mika also looked around. "Every time we see her we get into trouble!"

"You know the Chibi's?" Kitt and Zach asked astounded.

Mika started crying. "Know them?" She cried. "They did horrible things to us and they claimed it to be tests!"

"We thought we would be rid of them after being defeated by Chibi Kim." Moka added. "But now they are here again!"

Mika sniffed a moment and looked around again. "Ehm... where are we anyway?"

"You are at Serenay Moon." They heard.

When they looked around, they saw Lady Gaia, Lady Ignis and Lady Luna. Zach walked at them. "What's with the reunion Ladies?" He asked. "And where are your other 2 sisters?"

The Ladies looked sad, when suddenly, another portal opened and a boy with green hair rolled out of it. Lady Aqua followed. The boy crawled back up. "Hey sweetie, what's your answer when I ask you out on a date?" Lady Aqua pushed him away, when he suddenly saw Kitt.

He ran at her and hugged her greatly. "Kitt!" He exclaimed. "I knew you couldn't live without me!"

Kitt tried to get free of this massive hug, but Zach had to help her. "Derak!" She growled. "What are you doing here?"

Derak looked at her and Zach. "Don't ask me, you are the one who brought me here. Just admit it, you still like me. You still wear that jacket I gave you!"

Mika walked at Kitt. "This jacket was a gift from him?"

"It's comfortable." Kitt snarled at her. She turned at the Ladies. "What's he doing here? What are we doing here?"

Lady Aqua stepped forward. "We need your help. Our sister has disappeared and we need you to get her back."

Zach started yelling. "Us? That means working together!"

Kitt pointed at Derak. "Working together, with him?! No way! He's pure evil!"

"Hey." Moka started. "We were evil too. People can change."

"You were not evil, you were stupid." Kitt answered.

"What?" Moka exclaimed.

Zach whispered in Kitt's ear. "That was a mistake. Apologize!"

"For what? Telling the truth?" Kitt asked.

"So you think we are stupid?" Mika asked angry.

All started fighting with each other. Lady Luna tried to calm them down. "Stop it! Listen to me." She started. "Queen Blackheart has... Stop fighting." She kneeled down, hands on her head as if she was in great pain. "Stop fighting please." She mumbled. "Stop Fighting!!!" She exclaimed suddenly, and put the cave under a spell.

The cave became blue and all stopped fighting. They looked around. All of a sudden, they saw the 5 guardians, but they were not real.

"Awesome!" Derak noticed. "This is better than tv! Has anyone got popcorn?" Kitt crawled against Zach, she didn't like this at all!

All of a sudden, something exploded in the cave and a woman in a dress with black feathers flew laughing in. "This time I will succeed!" She screamed.

Mika saw that the guardians tried to defeat her one by one, but this woman was too strong. "Moka." She whispered. "What's happening?"

"I don't know." He whispered back.

"Black Kiss!" The woman screamed and blasted the guardians against the walls. Suddenly, they all changed into Chibi's! The woman grabbed Chibi Kim and flew away again, leaving the other 4 Chibi's behind powerless.

The cave became normal again and Lady Luna collapsed. Her sisters kneeled at her. "Why did you do it?" Lady Ignis asked. "It was foolish to use your powers while we have so little left."

"This was the only way." Lady Luna replied.

Lady Aqua stepped forward. "Now you know what happened." She said. "We need to be together if we want to be strong. We need our soul-sister to survive."

"Who was that chick in feathers?" Derak asked.

"That was Queen Blackheart." Lady Gaia explained. "She is the Queen of the NightWing. She wants to destroy us. You must defeat her to make Umbra 6 peaceful again and the galaxy safe. And to get our sister back."

"Sounds easy." Zach answered.

Lady Ignis released a sarcastic laugh. "That's what you think. We couldn't defeat her because we made one mistake. We had to attack her as one, and we tried to defeat her one by one. Now we are getting weaker and weaker, each day we are more separated."

Lady Luna stepped up, she seemed to have recovered. "We are too weak to transport and fight the Queen ourselves. You have to do it for us."

"Peachy." Moka ironically said. "How do we get there?"

Lady Aqua made an image of a space ship. "You'll get this space ship from us and the journey will take a week. But beware for the 4 Ancient Warriors." She made 4 new images, of 2 men and 2 women. "Queen Blackheart has hired them to stop us and you. They are Aletheia, Ryu, Courage and Tempus. Beware of the leader, Tempus. Time is at his side."

Lady Luna made a larger image of Courage. "And beware of Courage too. She has the ability to block magical powers. You'll have to fight her without."

Zach pulled Kitt aside him. "No sweat, here is the top 2 of the Moon Tournament!"

"Ehm, and number 3 too." Derak added.

Mika sat down. "Why have you chosen us? What's so special about us?"

Lady Ignis thought a moment. "We have chosen Derak for his strength, Moka for his determination, Mika for her unknown powers, Zach for his courage and Kitt..." She paused a moment. "Ehm... why have we chosen Kitt again sisters?"

Kitt was astounded. Lady Luna thought a moment too. "Honestly, I can't remember. Maybe Chibi Kim has chosen her." She smiled. "Oh, whatever!"

"Hey, wait a minute!" Mika exclaimed. "I do have powers!"

Lady Gaia giggled. "Mika, there is a difference between powers that come from the head and powers that come from the soul." She pointed at Kitt, who was still astounded. "Even Kitt could learn how to do a fire attack, but water attacks are more powerful with her, because they come from the soul."

"And what about me?" Moka asked disappointed.

Lady Luna laid a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about that. Knowing the future is very boring. Just be patient, little moon of mine."

But even after this, Mika and Moka were disappointed. Kitt was also very disappointed.

 

Even when they boarded the space ship to Umbra 6, Kitt was disappointed. She stared out of the window and looked at the passing stars. A week she was trapped with Derak, Moka, Mika and Zach, only one hour had passed. 167 hours more to go... 10019 minutes left.

Speaking of the devil, Zach smacked Kitt on her back. "Kitt, cheer up! This will be fun! And look, I even found little bags with peanuts." He tried to get one open, but it was stuck. He saw Kitt was still sad. "What wrong?" He asked. "Does it still bother you that...?"

Kitt nodded. "I feel so 5th wheel-ish."

"Wha?" Zach asked. His bag of peanuts suddenly flew open and the peanuts fell on the floor.

"I feel like being a 5th wheel."

Zach laughed. "Don't worry, we'll find out why they have chosen you! Cheer up, adventure knocks at our door!"

"It feels more like kindergarten." Kitt mumbled.

Zach looked back. He saw Mika and Moka chasing Derak who stole their bags of peanuts.

"Give back!" Moka yelled.

"You are mean!" Mika added, as they went for another circle.

"I see what you mean..." Zach replied. He offered Kitt some peanuts. "Peanuts?" He asked.

In the mean while, Moka stopped running. "I've had enough of it! Give them back!"

"Make me!" Derak smiled.

"You asked for it!" Mika raised her arm. "Gem Shatter!"

"Red Wolf!" Moka added.

A massive power-attack headed towards Derak, while Kitt and Zach looked astonished at what had happened.

"Noooooooooo!" Zach yelled, when Derak dove away and the attack hit the wall of the ship....

 

End of episode 26

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