OmniScout, Chapter 2 --An Unusual Adventure by: Vivienne Rousseau Rating: PG (A little action, no foul language, if possible) Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, just Sailor Omni... In this chapter, Vee will use the OmniStaff, and be able to use another attack. Hope you enjoy! (Note: for the telepathy, I'll use this format from now on: e.g. 'text')

Vee was on her way to meet the girls at the arcade so they could hang out together for a while. She was thinking of some new way to use her Crystal Scream attack as Sailor Omni so that it wouldn't hurt her throat to use it; she thought about the ways that the other scouts used their attacks, such as when Sailor Mercury, for instance, channeled her attack through her hands. (Note: I thought of having her try the Scream this way, and it seemed to work.)

She pictured how the attack would work this way if she channeled it through her hands. It seems to work well, she thought, as she saw in her mind, herself crossing her wrists in front of her choker, then spinning, then launching the attack through her hands. "I probably could do that," she thought aloud, then when Midnight asked her about it, she told her her idea. "How about using an item, Vee?" Midnight replied. "You mean like using my tiara or my choker, right?" Vee said. "You could do that", Midnight replied, and picking up on Vee's thoughts, remembered something she'd thought about the night before when the girls were discussing Vee's powers after she'd healed everyone. "I think I might have something that will help, but I'll show it to you later." Midnight finished.

Just then, they came up to the arcade,where she met up with the others at one of the booths. She noticed a cute raven-haired guy near the counter, talking to an equally cute blond-haired guy at the counter. Talk about a couple of hotties, she thought as she got to the booth. Serena saw the dreamy look on Vee's face. "Hey, Vee!" Serena shouted to get Vee's attention. Embarrassed, Vee sat down with the others, where they told her about Darien (cute raven-haired guy), who she found out was Serena's boyfriend, and Andrew (cute blond-haired guy), who was a friend of theirs. Serena invited Darien over so that Vee could meet Darien figuring now was as good a time for Vee to officially meet Darien as any. She introduced them to each other, and told him about how they'd met Vee. Darien seemed to sense there was more to Vee than the girls could say at that time, and suggested they talk more later, after the girls finished playing video games, to which everyone agreed.

Later, after having fun on the games, Rei decided it might be best to go to the shrine to discuss Vee's powers, because her grandfather was away, visiting some old friends; which made it the ideal place to talk. At the shrine, Vee told the others more about her powers with Midnight's help, including the fact that she could use them (at least the ones they all knew about so far) outside of being in a battle. After this explanation, Vee told the girls about the ideas that she and Midnight had discussed on the way to the arcade; everyone seemed to agree after much discussion that using an item would be a good idea, since the Scream was so powerful.

'Midnight, I still want to use the scream, in case of emergency,' Vee thought to Midnight (spoke telepathically). 'That's a good thought, Vee, but because it's so powerful, I think it would be best if you channeled it instead; perhaps my "surprise" will help change your mind.' At that moment, just as Midnight finished, a loud crash was heard in the distance. Vee suddenly got another one of her visions, and saw the cause of the crash in her mind, which she "projected" to the others; shortly after, everyone transformed, and teleported to the battle scene, at the park, where the found a youma with the ability to generate storms and large amounts of electricity.

"Something tells me using my attacks on this creature may not work," said Sailor Jupiter. "They will probably just make the creature stronger," replied Sailor Mercury, who confirmed this with a quick check on her supercomputer. "I'll try to imprison it," Omni began, but just as she was about to scream, Midnight called, "Wait!" and flipped in the air, producing the OmniStaff, a weapon that she explained would enable Sailor Omni to channel her scream through. Nodding to Midnight, Sailor Omni picked up the staff, and twirled it around while shouting, "Omni Crystal Scream, Imprison!"

Just as Midnight said, the scream was channeled through the staff, eliminating the need for Sailor Omni to scream directly; what they didn't know though, was that when the staff appeared, Omni's choker changed so that the jewel on it became a form of channel in itself, so that Omni could still scream directly, but without hurting her throat, should she need to, in case she ever lost the staff (more info later on this). The youma was incased in the crystal, and the crystal began to absorb some of the energy the youma emitted. "That prison may not hold for long, since it's absorbing alot of negative energy," Mars warned, then readied her own attack, and just in time, because the crystal prison burst from the pressure of the negative energy. "Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" she shouted, just as the youma started toward them.

The youma launched a beam of energy toward them that Jupiter deflected using her attack, figuring it might work in this way instead. "Shine Aqua Illusion!" "Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Two more attacks, from Mercury and Venus, to further try to weaken the monster. "Oh, no, look out!" Artemis cried, as the monster broke free of this as well. "If we can't hold it long enough to weaken it, we've got to try to destroy it immediately before anyone else gets hurt," Mercury said, after having already taken a hit from the monster, while Sailor Moon tried her attack, to try to protect her. Omni then decided to try her scream again, only this time, for destruction.

She wasn't sure if it would work, though, as the monster was still too powerful. She knew though, that she would have to try anyway. "Don't worry, Omni, we'll help you if we can," assured Midnight, and just as in their last battle together, the girls combined their attacks together with Omni's scream. "Omni Crystal Scream Destruction!" she shouted, and the scream, with the other sailors' combined attacks, finally defeated the youma, and it crumbled to dust. "Yeah!" cheered Jupiter, who was really glad that was over, as she too had taken some damage from the monster.

Later, back at the shrine, Vee was studying her staff in the garden. "Are you glad I gave that to you now?" Midnight asked her. "Actually, yes, I am," replied Vee, a little sheepishly. "It was a big help, but there's something I felt when I took it," she began, touching her throat where her choker jewel would be, remembering the feeling she felt in her throat. "You felt as if the pain you felt using the Scream would no longer be there, right?" Midnight asked Vee, to which Vee nodded gratefully. Both of them realized what this meant, and how it would change subsequent battles.

"Hey, Vee," Amy called out just then, "Are you going to stay out there in the garden talking all night, or come help Serena study?" "Don't worry, I'm coming!" Vee laughed picturing Serena "studying", and ran inside to join the others.

(Note: When Sailor Omni took her OmniStaff, the power from it produced a mini OmniGuard jewel on her choker, which would act as a channel for the scream as well as the staff, and should she ever lose the staff, she'd still be able to use the scream with the OmniGuard Channel. Hope this doesn't confuse anyone. Next chapter might take a while, so bear with me.)