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“Good, good! Now let the anger flow through you. Whack it as hard as you can!” Keyla shouted at the young woman.
The girl’s silver eyes gleamed as she continued to beat the “practice droid.” She kicked it with such force that sparks flew out of it. “Is that good?” Aerin asked in her southern accent.
Keyla smiled, twisting her long, blue hair around her delicate fingers. “Very,” she said. “You will be a perfect agent of the Dark Side.”
“Why did I EVER agree to this?” Kendren sighed as Kirana piled more clothes into his already-full arms.
“Because you love me,” she answered. Kirana, Yuki, Sutaru, Xarae, Ben, Kendren and Raven had gone to the store. Of course the boys didn’t want to go, but the girls dragged them there.
Yuki felt her heart leap as she looked at Ben. He is so cute! she thought.
“What do you think?” Xarae asked, coming out of the dressing room. She wore a long, form-fitting red dress.
“You are so beautiful!” Kirana exclaimed. “Xarae, that dress is perfect.”
“And guess what? I can afford it!” Xarae cried. She and Yuki high-fived.
The boys rolled their eyes. “But you do look good in that dress, Xarae,” Ben said.
Yuki had an idea. “Come on, Kirana, you’re coming with me,” she said.
“But-” Kirana began.
“Just come!” she cried, dragging Kirana by the wrist.
“I have to find that dress,” Yuki hissed.
“But, Yuki-chan - why?” Kirana asked.
“Because Ben said Xarae looked good in that dress, and if I wear it, maybe he’ll think the same!”
“But Yuki, red isn’t your color. Why not try something in, say, blue?”
“Where did they go?” Ben asked.
Raven shrugged. “Beats me,” he said.
A couple minutes later, Yuki arrived in a long, white, sparkling dress.
Kirana grinned, saying, “And I picked it out!”
Ben’s eyes went wide. “Yukiko, you look - so pretty - like a Goddess.” Yuki’s eyes widened with delight. Then she dropped to the floor.
“What’s wrong?” Sutaru asked. Then she frowned. “I feel something - weird -” Everybody began clutching their heads and moaning - except Kendren, who had little Force-sensitivity.
“A girl,” Kirana said. “With... silver hair...”
“You mean Magena?” asked Kendren, concerned.
“Don’t think so,” Xarae said. “I’ve never felt her before. She’s...evil. And she’s coming...”
“They’re in there,” Keyla said. “Just bring as many as you can to me.”
Aerin smiled. “That I can do,” she said. First, she transformed into Sailor Sith Firrerre, then put a cloak over her, so no one would know who she was. Then she entered the store...
She found them looking shaken-up but sifting through racks of clothes. Sailor Sith Firrerre threw her cloak of, revealing a red and silver fuku.
“Another Senshi?” Kirana asked in disbelief, not believing no one told her.
“Close,” the silver-haired beauty said. “I am Sailor Sith Firrerre! And you’re comin’ with me, sugar,” she added. Then she cried, “Magnet Surround!” A powerful magnetic field washed over them, scrambling their brains for a while. When they recovered, they transformed into senshi. All except Kendren and Raven, that is. They were still ready to fight, though.
Sith Firrerre used her next attack. She was finally able to capture Sailors Hoth and Corellia, as well as Kendren Antilles.
“Oh,” Kirana moaned, running a hand through her pearlescent hair. “What happened?”
“They’re gone!” Xarae cried. “And we’d better be, too - the store manager is coming!” Kirana, Xarae, Raven and Ben ran out of the store, looking for their friends.
“We’re too late,” Kirana said. “That girl must have taken them! Who was she, Sith Firrerre?”
Xarae nodded. “Sithspit!” she cried. “I was having a good time, finally found a dress I liked - those evil Sith had to ruin it, didn’t they?”
“Wait!” Ben cried. “Ippin told us about her, remember? She found her, but Keyla took her.”
“That’s right!” Kirana exclaimed. “I know she’s a good person inside. If only we could turn her to light...”
“But first we have to rescue the others,” Xarae said. “Come on, let’s go look!”
“Ippin told me about you,” Yukiko said to Aerin. “She said you wanted to be accepted. You could be accepted with us! Please come with us, Aerin.”
Aerin looked as if she were debating inside her head. “Geri told me you would say that. She said you always lie!”
“Excuse me but... GERI IS INSANE!” Sutaru said. “She is not all right upstairs! Come on... do you want to believe me, or some girl who escaped from the looney bin?”
“I did NOT escape from the loony bin, for your very own personal information,” Geri said. Her smile was wicked and a bit crazed. “And finally some of you little senshi brats will be no more!” Then her eyes met Kendren’s. “Ooh,” she squealed. “Look at the cute boy, Aerin! Wouldn’t you like to have him for your very own?”
“He IS cute,” Aerin said. “But what about that guy that was with Mistique? The one with the red hair? I’d like to have HIM.”
“No way,” Geri said, putting her hands on her slender hips. “He’s mine! I saw him first!”
While the two Sith argued, the prisoners devised a plan...
“They’re here! I can feel them!” Xarae exclaimed.
“So can I,” Kirana, Ben, and Raven said at once.
They went in, searching for their friends...
“Oh, girls,” said Kendren. “One of you can have me. I don’t need that worthless Omwati girl anymore.”
He is so convincing! Yuki thought.
As Kendren distracted the Sith, Yuki and Sutaru transformed as quietly as possible. They managed to break out just when their rescue party arrived... Sailor Omwat was appalled. Kendren was kissing Geri!
“Light Beam, Attack!” she cried. A blinding light hit Geri in the face, and Kendren struggled free. One by one, the senshi attacked, then managed to escape.
Xarae smiled as she held up the red dress. “I’m so glad I finally got this!” she cried.
“And I got THIS,” Yuki said, holding up the white one.
“The only thing I’m not happy about is that Aerin is still with the Dark Side,” Sutaru said. “But she’ll turn, one day...”
