Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters.
Originally these sequel stories to Eep! were meant to be focused on Serena/Darien matchmaking, but I got distracted and made pairing stories instead… however they still do feature a little matchmaking.
Names used in Eep! MARS:
Serena, Mina, Rei, Ami, Lita, Darien, Matthew (Malachite), Chad (Jadeite), Greg (Zoicite), Kevin (Nephrite)
Summary: Our beloved Meatball Head and Jerk want their revenge, even if they have to go through fire for it! However, our mischievous little matchmaking couple is only a little part of the picture. Fate has already been hard at work, and what better place is there to start than the beginning?
Unspoken thoughts or flashbacks are in italics
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Chad could feel the cold of night seep into his skin, as the heat of adrenaline drained away. He wiped the streak of splattered blood off his cheek and glanced around him.
Cowards exiting off stage left, pathetic losers snoozing away on stage center, and…
Hurried footsteps echoed down the alleyway behind him.
Extra goons coming in stage right.
The footsteps thumped faster on the black pavement, accompanied by yells, as the entering gang members took in the sight of fallen and fleeing comrades.
"You're in Jackal territory!"
Chad turned slightly and the four guys halted a good fifty feet away from Chad.
"It's Jin!" One of them choked out hoarsely.
Chad turned completely and approached them slowly; they shrank back, wide-eyed.
"This is Dragon territory," he stated flatly.
The four guys, still wide-eyed gave no reply. Instead they scattered, leaving their fallen behind. Chad spit on the ground.
Cowards. Looks like I'm already finished. How boring.
He gave a sigh that misted the night air.
Time to report back.
As he stepped over an unconscious Jackal lackey, Chad felt a slight twinge in his chest. His eyes widened and narrowed.
Not here. Have to get out of this contested area.
He lunged forward and broke out into a run, trying to ignore the second… and the third… the fourth… twinge. The twinges seemed to increase in frequency exponentially.
He could hear himself gasping, but it was almost as if someone else gasping at the far away end of a tunnel. The world seemed to slow and blur as his feet numbly came to a stop, and he stumbled to his hands and knees.
The phone dropped to the floor with a hard crack on the wooden floor. Rei could hear the puzzled man's voice from the receiver, "Miss? Miss? Hello?" as she rushed out the door without bothering to change out of her shrine garb. People on the street gaped as she whizzed by, white sleeves flapping furiously behind her, in broad daylight.
I should've never let that stupid old lecher go off on his own!
Tears filled her eyes and she wiped them angrily away.
It's your fault! She scolded herself. You should have known better! You should have nagged and nagged and nagged and persisted until he let you come with him!
She angrily stomped into the bus that just pulled into the bus stop. Red-eyed, she fished out some coins, dropped them in the box in front of a confused bus driver, and stomped to the back of the bus.
"Hey! Are you okay? Come on! You have to wake up!"
The cries echoed dimly from a distant land. Chad opened his eyes slightly. The world was shaking in slow motion.
That… can't be a good sign.
Chad closed his eyes again, but the voice persisted and grew louder.
"Hey! Wake up! HEY! WAKE UP!"
Chad mumbled, "go away."
The shaking stopped, and Chad opened his eyes slowly. A platinum-blonde guy was supporting him into a sitting position.
Chad tried to push the man away and get up, but his body was not obeying his brain's commands, and all that came out was a weak groan.
"Shhh, it seems like you've just had a fainting fit," the platinum said, worry evident in his voice. His pale green eyes were annoyingly soothing.
So annoying… sympathy… This stupid weakness is so annoying…
"Chest pain huh? I'm going to call 911 so we can get the hospital to check on you. You seem like a pretty young guy you know, so you shouldn't be having problems with your heart."
The platinum was pulling out his cell phone. Chad jerked into action. He knocked the cell phone out of the platinum's hands and sprang to his feet. He swayed and the platinum tried to steady him, but Chad knocked the platinum's hands away too.
"Thanks… but no thanks…" Chad managed to grunt before stumbling away, leaving the platinum behind.