Goddess of Death
Prologue
Still Moment
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Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. The series belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and many other people. Don't sue, please.
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Setsuna laid back onto the lawn lounge chair. These peaceful moments were precious and few; she wasn't about to waste even one.
I know it seems silly, especially when I talk about it, she thought. ...But time seems to slow to a stop whenever I can relax. No guard duty. No fighting monsters. Just me, Mr. Sun, and a good book!
She picked the novel up off of the ground next to her and opened it, taking out the bookmark. She relaxed in her chair, and picked up where she had left off in her new favorite book. It had everything a good story needed: romance, danger, adventure, betrayal, and all those other things you might find in a soap opera, but not quite so melodramatic.
Setuna's hand reached down to the ground, but met a small portable radio/CD player/tape player, instead. She pressed the "ON" button, and "Tsubuyaki" was heard throughout her backyard.
Just as the beautiful heroine was about to kiss her one true love, the reader heard a scream in the distance. Automatically, the "PAUSE" button was pressed, and a bookmark was inserted in the novel. She stood up quickly, almost knocking her lawn chair over. Standing perfectly still for a minute, exactly, listening for the scream again, her thoughts were confirmed: it was a monster!
She ran towards the sound of screaming, and what a sight she saw! People were running around, screaming their heads off, literally! A woman with bright pink, spiky hair and eyes that kept changing color stood amidst all the chaos. She was wearing the strangest outfit: a pink tutu, a tank top made of safety pins, an above-the-knee baby blue stockings; on her head was a hat made out of a giant rubber ducky.
The woman's skin was a strange shade of olive green. She poked the rubber ducky, and it squeaked. Setsuna hid behind a building and pulled out her transformation pen. She thrusted it up into the air and yelled.
"Pluto Planet Power!"
Lights swirled around her, and left, leaving behind her Sailor fuku She jumped out from behind the building, and caught the woman's attention.
"I am Sailor Pluto-"
"And I am Youma Baka Aho."
Setsuna felt herself beginning to laugh. She fell to the ground, pounding it with her fist, laughing hysterically. The youma's name was THAT! And she was proud of it!?!?!?
"Oh, so you think my name is funny, too? So you shall pay!"
Getting over the "shock" of the name, she began to realize the youma's helium-type voice. She shook her head slightly, forcing herself not to laugh. This was serious!
"Baka Neko no Ame!"
The youma held out her arm, showing Setsuna her palm. A hole opened up in her hand, growing until it became larger that the youma. Somehow, it was possible. A giant, bright blue cat leaped out of the hole.
"MREOW!" it bellowed, making the ground shake.
Setsuna regained her balance, and prepared to fight. The cat leaped at her, teeth bared.
"Dead Scream!"
The attack hit the cat, and it fell to the ground, dead. Even in death, it was comical; it had X's for eyes and its big, purple tongue was hanging out. It was lying on it's back, all four legs in the air, like a bug.
"Hey! You're not supposed to do that! You're supposed to die!" the youma yelled.
"Well, I guess that's just too bad, now isn't it!"
The youma growled under her breath.
"Awful Music Ear-Splitting Torture!" the youma yelled, an evil smiled on her face.
The name was enough to describe the attack. Loud, annoying music played. A very high-pitched voice sang off-key. It was like having a huge stereo playing full-blast at each ear!
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Make it stop!"
