All Righty…this would be part 2 of our fanfic…as if the last one wasn't long enough…
Anyway, in the second part, we will actually be ON THE ARK!!! I know, I know, it took long enough, right? Well, don't worry, when we right long, we write funny. I, Jen, am known as the comic relief…so prepare to LAUGH…just kidding.
When we last left off, me and Amanda were hauling the remaining Sailor Moon characters through a portal. After going it, the anime characters automatically go into suspended animation until we can get the ark up and running. We owe all our success so far to Kevy, our dark-winged messenger of the PTB. To give a little recap, Amanda and I are trying to save characters from the anime worlds, because a giant sea of ink is wiping out all anime!!! We are collecting characters so that we can use their memories after the ink goes away, to create each anime universe again. For example, we have taken almost every Sailor scout from Sailor Moon with us. Considering what each one has seen and done in their universe, we can just copy their memories to re-create the Sailor Moon world. That's the best I can do for explaining…I'm not very good at it. If you haven't noticed yet, Amanda is the better writer. Oh well…
Please enjoy Part 2, my lovely readers. I just hope it makes you laugh!
The Ark-Part 2…hehehe…
"Kevy-baby, WE'RE DONE!"
I jumped up in the air and yelled a rather fabulous 'woo-hoo'. I started dancing around to celebrate our success. Amanda looked over at me and shook her head.
"You IDIOT!!!"
I ran up to her and poked her in the nose.
"Don't ruin my fun!!!"
Kevy came up to us and put his hands on our shoulders. He looked exhausted, but happy.
"Well Ladies, it seems like you two were successful. But don't forget that you've only started this mission. The ink will by here for quite some time, so you're real job will be to keep those fortunate souls from killing each other. "
"Kevy…you've completely blown my celebration. How am I supposed to be happy when you say things like that. Be more excited, more…energetic!"
I
once again began to jump around. Amanda leaned over to Kevy.
"She's way too hyper…"
"That's an understatement…"
I leaped over to them. "Soooooooooooooo…shall we head out to the ark? Kevy-baby, will you be joining us?"
"On a five-star cruise like that!…well, YEAH!!!…I'll have to pop out sometimes because of the PTB though. I mean, this IS my job, and they are pretty swamped. I wouldn't dare ask for vacation time now. Unlike some other little gremlin…"
Amanda looked over at him. "Hey, what's with you and your boss? Considering the way you talk to him, I'd figure you'd be fired by now."
I nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you two fight like a married couple!"
"…ahem…we are."
Amanda and I looked over at him, both in complete shock.
"WHAT!?!?!?!"
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding…hehehehehehehe…"
I walked over to him and whacked him across the side of his head. I suddenly felt cold…and drenched…
"What the…"
I was soaked through with (sniff, sniff, sniff) what smelled like be water. Kevy had a sinister smile on his face, and Amanda was giggling uncontrollably on the floor.
"KEVY!!! What the hell is this…and Amanda…STOP LAUGHING, YOU NINNY!!!"
"Well Jen, that's just payback for before. Now, we have to get to that ark…"
Kevy opened a portal in front of him.
"I'll be updating you guys regularly on the ink problem, so don't bug me all the time with stupid questions like 'is it gone yet?' or 'how bad is it now?', it would just drive me insane…"
He motioned for us to go through. I stepped through and found myself in zero gravity.
"H-Hey…KEVY!…What the heck?"
"Oops, sorry. I forgot to tell you that the gravity had not been set up yet. I'll fix it…"
He snapped his fingers and I fell like a rock.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh……."
"Um, Kevy, was that suck a good idea?"
"Amanda, don't worry. She'll land on the ark."
"Yeah…but will she break anything…bone-wise?"
"…um…there's always ambrosia!"
"Oh goody…"
"Ooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww….ow, ow, ow!!! Ack…I think I broke a rib or something. This sucks. And that…that…STUPID little man…oh, I'll get even…"
I sat up with my right arm hugging my rib cage. I looked around me.
"Wow…this thing's pretty big. It must be like a mile in length…or something. Hmm…getting back to the pain…KEVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The cheery angel-boy jumped down from the portal, with Amanda right behind him.
"Oww…stop…oww…showing off…Kevy, fix me!!!"
"Alrighty, Jenn…"
A small bottle appeared in his hands. He pulled the cork out and handed it to me.
"Drink this and you should be feeling better in a couple of seconds."
"Ooh…"
I took the vile and downed it.
"Wow…the pain really is gone!"
Amanda was observing the ark. "…Spacious…luxurious…manageable!"
Kevy looked a little hurt. "Manageable?…is that all it is?"
"Kevy, honey, I didn't mean it in a bad way. I meant that this is exactly what we needed. GOOD JOB!!!"
He smiled, then raised his hands in the air.
"Watch this you guys…"
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I watched as Kevy raised his hands. What now?…
"Watch this you guys……" He snapped his fingers and every character that we had 'rescued' appeared in a half circle around us. Considering how many there were, it was a big circle. It took about three seconds for everyone to get their bearings.
"What the?—"
"How?—"
"So this is—"
"—hell did we—"
"It's pretty big—"
"I said I'm not going and that's….damn—"
"Ahem…everyone?"
"What do you think?"
"—don't like this—"
"Hey! Watch it!"
"Oh Yeah?"
"Why are we in space?"
"Who are they?"
"Excuse me, Everyone?"
"Don't know. I'm gonna find out though."
"Didn't agree to all this…"
"Where's the pastries?"
"Excuse me…Ahem…"
"Want to fight? I'll take you both on!"
"Stop it both of you! Where is Amanda? She brought us here, right?"
"Yeah, she'd know!"
"Where is Amanda?"
"Where's Jen? This is all her fault—"
"Who's Jen?"
"Who's Amanda?"
"EVERYONE SHUT UP FOR ONE MINUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The thousand or so conversations stopped and everyone stared at Kevy, Jenn and me. At least I got their attention…
"Thank you. Alright everyone, this is the ark, where you will be living for the next little while. For those of you we grabbed without explaining anything, your universe has been destroyed, and we saved you so we can restore it at a later time. For those of you who are having second thoughts, this just a reminder that you have no where else to go. Everyone's universe has been destroyed….Alright…I think that takes care of the first bit…Now…" I motioned to Kevy and Jenn for them to step forward. Both seemed a little flabbergasted. Kevy leaned over and whispered to Jen.
"Is she always like this?" Jen smiled and nodded.
"That's why I invited her. She's good at this kind of thing." Kevy nodded.
I smiled and turned back to the crowd. "This is Jen, those of you who know me probably haven't met her, and likewise. Needless to say, we're partners and are working together on this. This is Kevy, whom you may or may not have met. He's a friend of ours, a messenger of the PTB, and a powerful mage to boot. Don't mess with him. Ask around if you don't believe me. Several members of this 'crew' will tell you the same. Speaking of this crew…." I looked over to Kevy, who was avidly staring at the proceedings. He straightened when he realized that I was looking at him.
"Kevy, we need the girl ark. And Janice. She's the one looking after it."
"Right…." Kevy snapped and Janice appeared in front of us.
"What? Amanda? Jen? What's going on?"
"We'll explain everything later, ok? Kevy what about the other ark?"
Kevy pointed to the side of the ship. A second ark was floating beside us, connected to ours by a roped bridge.
"Oh. Ok." I turned back to the crew, most of whom were discussing how a giant ark just appeared beside us. I cleared my throat, and everyone quieted down. "Ok, everyone, you're going to be divided into two groups, mainly, there will be a guy ark and a girl ark. Before you start to argue, the arks will be sailing relatively close together, and there will be get-togethers weekly, so you'll be able to see your friends and 'other halves' on a regular basis. Before we start to divide you all up, I figured that we'd give you a tour of the ark, and let you all get to know each other today. We'll split up tonight. Any questions so far?"
"Yeah, who is she?" Lime pointed at Janice.
"This is Janice. She hasn't had anything explained, so she's even more confused than you are, but once we've explained everything to her, she'll be in charge of the girl ark. Jenn and myself will be looking after the guys." Janice smiled and whispered to Jenn, who nodded.
"Amanda? Janice needs to sit down, I'm going to take her to the girl ark and explain everything. We'll tour the ship while we're at it. O.k.?"
"Sure, no prob."
Jen guided Janice to the girls ark. I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her, but I knew she'd get her bearings soon enough. Back to the matter at hand….
"Any more questions?… Ok. Kevy, if you'd care to start the tour of the ark?" I swept my arm dramatically towards him and half-bowed. Kevy smiled and stepped forward to address the group.
"Hi everyone, I'm Kevy!" A few 'hellos' and a 'no duh' came from the group. Kevy's smile never faltered, even if it tightened slightly.
"Yes, well, I designed this ark to be the absolutely greatest in existence, filled with anything and everything you might possibly need. I think I've succeeded and created the greatest recreational vehicle ever. Even if it is an ark." Kevy was prouder than a peacock. That is until….
"It looks pretty boring. It's ugly too. I've seen better looking canoes." Mei Ling laughed. In fact, she was too busy laughing to notice Kevy was stalking towards her with the slightest of smiles on his face and his eyes literally flaming. He looked scary enough that everyone parted without comment for him as he made his way towards Mei Ling. She stopped laughing just in time to straighten and see Kevy towering over her. He picked her up by her collar and headed for the staircase that lead to the lower decks. Fearing another Touya-like incident, I followed after. The crew shrugged collectively and followed suit. Kevy headed down the stairs.
"Kevy! What are you doing?!"
"Simple. I'm going to give this little cynic here a first hand tour of the ark. After she's seen it all, then she can complain." Kevy sounded pretty determined and more than a little hurt. I couldn't help but agree with Mei Ling though. From what we'd seen, this was just a big, big wooden box, not the luxury vessel that Kevy described. We continued down the stairs, but couldn't see anything other than the soft glow at the rim of each step.
"Kevy baby, I agree with you and all, but why is it so dark? I can't see a blessed thing." Kevy never paused in his descent.
"It'll be more of a surprise this way." I heard quite a few murmurs from the group behind me. Most followed the 'why the hell is it so dark' 'watch it that was my foot/arm/head' and 'surprise my butt, it's gonna look just like the rest of the ship' format. I smiled inwardly. Kevy was going to have a tough time convincing this group of the ark's luxury status. I stopped rather abruptly when I crashed into Kevy, or more specifically his wings.
"Ouch. Sorry Kevy-baby."
"It's Ok. Just wait one second." Light rose ever so slowly that I first thought it was my imagination. It made a large circle around Kevy and me and the hallway. What was strange was that, even though this circle of light appeared, and we could now see ourselves, and the area it encircled, we couldn't see a damnable thing outside said circle. It was pitch black, still.
"Cool lighting, Kevy, but when to we get to the tour?"
"Ohhhhhh…. Any second now. Just watch." He set Mei Ling down and turned to address everyone. "Now that you're all assembled, I'll be happy to begin the tour." He raised his hands, and the hallway lit up in response. Or should I say the lounge/wetbar lit up. We weren't in fact in a hallway, but rather in a gorgeously decorated lounge area, complete with tables, comfy looking chairs, and plenty of nooks and crannies with fireplaces surrounded by couches and chairs. On one wall was a complete self-serve bar, and pleasant music was playing in a jukebox. The whole room was done in tones of wine red, gold, and mahogany. It screamed luxury. This wasn't the most amazing thing, however. What boggled our minds was the fact that A) This room was twice the size of the deck, and B) there were four hallways branching off, a doorway in each main wall. Each had, in golden letters above it, (which were beautiful without looking gaudy) the titles ROOMS, ENTERTINMENT, EXERCISE and COMMONS. Kevy had been speaking for some time, though I doubt anyone was really listening.
"…………And so, you'll each have the opportunity to have your own rooms, or to share suites, whichever suits you. Now, in the entertainment wing, you'll find several viewing rooms, a study, a library, a video library, a music library- each library is vast, because it contains all the relevant material from each of your worlds, so ask for help when looking for something. There's a computer room, several games rooms, one of which is for gambling, several art rooms for drawing, painting and sculpting, and an arcade, plus a lot more. The exercise area has three gymnasiums, one for general use, one with bleachers for viewing any games or tournaments, and one for training in martial arts or any form of swordplay and sparring. We have a weight room, an Olympic sized swimming pool with diving boards for training, courses for jogging, bicycling, rollerblading, skiing, snowboarding and a full course for skateboards/x-bikes/blades. We have a full training ground for Mecha battling, and all of those of you with a gundam or gymelith will find it there. We also have the best mechanics from your worlds, so train to your hearts content. We've got a gymnastics area, a hockey rink, a football/soccer field, and a lot more. The commons area is designed so that you can meet up with people and relax, and have a little fun. There's a ballroom, where dances will be held, two kitchens for your use, should you wish to cook, a swimming pool, a steam room, an ice rink, a beautiful garden, a meditation room, several other lounges, a spa, and a few other things. That pretty much sums it up." Kevy was smiling his little I-Told-You-So smile and I tried not to laugh. "Any more comments about my work of art?" He glanced toward Mei Ling, whose chin was on the floor. Literally.
"How in the world can you fit this much space into this ark? This lounge is bigger than the deck! How is it even possible, considering everything else you've told us about?" Kevy looked over.
"Well…um…Izzy, isn't it? I thought so. Well Izzy, it's pretty self-explanatory. I'm a mage. The greatest mage, to be exact. It's all done by magic."
"But—"
"Scientifically? I have this ship caught between two different 'warps' one it the deck of the ship, nothing more than a flat, wooden frame. The second was an empty cross-dimension, so I simply re-designed it."
Izzy looked even more confused. Then again, I figured Kevy did it on purpose.
"I think that's everything, so I'll let you go and explore the ark. Don't forget to follow the signs, and ask the maps if you get lost. They'll tell you where you are."
"Actually Kevy, there's one more thing. Since everyone is splitting up tonight, there will be a party held in the ballroom. Dinner will be served as well, so I'd like you all to come for a while and get to know your shipmates. There will also be some minor announcements made, so attendance is mandatory, at least until dinner is over."
"But what are we going to wear? I'm still in my school uniform! I can't go to a party like this! Besides, what am I going to wear for the rest of the trip?"
"Yeah!"
"What are we going to wear?"
"Um…Kevy, they've got a point."
"So? If she had been listening at the beginning of my tour, she'd have known that each room was equipped with a 'magical closet' -and I know it's a corny name. Most of them wouldn't recognize an armoire, so I didn't have much choice.- It'll provide you with exactly what you want, no matter what the occasion, in just your size. Now, I'd suggest you all figure out where you're spending the nights, and let me know. Remember girls, this isn't your ark, so you'll have to go to yours to figure your sleeping plans out. Your ark is exactly like the guys' ark, a direct copy in fact, so don't worry about getting lost. Your best bet is to find your room and change, then join up with the guys. I'll be here in the lounge, if you need anything, Amanda?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, Um…I'll be wandering around a little later, but there's three more things, then you can go. The party will begin at 6:30, and its 4:00 right now. That's two and a half hours prep time. If you have any problems, or need anything, come and see Jennifer, Kevy or me. And I need to see Haruka, Count D, Saiya, Yaten, Taiki, and Nuriko before you go. That's all folks! Enjoy the ship!"
Everyone wandered off in separate directions. Haruka and the others came up to me.
"Yes?"
"Well, due to you're…um…uniqueness…ahem…You're ship assignments are going to be a little different. Haruka, you're going to cause a lot of trouble on the girl ship because you act, dress and look like a guy. So I'm going to have to ask you to stay on the guy ark, at least for a week or two. We have to get the girls used to not being with their other halves every day."
Haruka's eyebrow began to twitch so quickly I thought it would fall off, but she didn't comment.
"Saiya, Taiki and Yaten, we were a bit undecided about you, since we know you are both the Starlights and the Three Lights, so we figured you can spend one week as girls on the girl ark and one week as guys on the guy ark, rotating. This way you get the best of both worlds." Seiya looked at Taiki and Yaten and all three shrugged collectively.
"Yeah sure, why not?"
"Count D, you'll be on the girl ark, considering you're practically female anyways."
"Ok, but where's the pastries you promised?"
"Check the bakery in the commons."
"Goody!"
"Nuriko, obviously, you'll be on the girl ark, since you're only wish seems to be female. Besides, you're going to really screw up the guys otherwise."
"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! Yippee! All that access to make-up! None shall surpass my beauty!!!"
"…Right…Ok, that's all. Have fun on the ark." Everyone split off. Haruka stepped forward. In a low voice, se asked;
"I don't see why the hell I have to be on the guy ark. I refuse to leave Michiru. I can't…I love her."
Haruka waited for me to bug out or explode or react in some way. Apparently, that was the normal reaction to her confession.
"I know you do. But Mamoru loves Usagi. Duo loves Hilde. Lee loves Sakura. Akane loves Aburatsubo. The list goes on. Do you think you're better than they are? Do you deserve different treatment?"
Whatever she had been expecting, this wasn't it.
"I-I-I….No but…I…But…" For the first time ever, I saw Haruka flustered. And embarrassed.
"You'll still see her a few times a week, you'll won't be too far apart, and it won't be for the duration of the trip. Count you stars lucky and throw in the towel. I'm staying firm on this point. Alright?" Haruka nodded tight lipped and walked off. I figured she had to think about what I had said. Not to mention she had to tell Michiru. I didn't envy her in the least. I Headed towards the girls ark. I'd have to tell Jen about everything, then I could get ready for the party.
"This is going to be fun…"
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