Truly Krappy Productions Presents: The Lost Chapter!
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Chapter 2.5
By: Kagato
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. I write this for the free entertainment of others.
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Kagato, leaving his new home (and the mortal plane) behind, began to explore his new home, Juuban. Being a fan of Anime, and knowing a bit about Sailor Moon (owning the Original Season, and S) he set out to see what information was fact, and how much disinformation he'd stored away in memory.
Juuban on the astral plane was.. weird. He could perceive high amounts of elemental energy (a lot of which was electricity), and under it all there were multiple streams of power. All of Juuban seemed to be resting on a flat whirlpool of magic. It spun slowly, lazily, but some places here and there, various random interruptions in the spiral flow caused semi-violent eddies. He went to one of these, and had himself appear in an empty alley.
Walking out towards the larger road the alley lead away from, he turned left, and began walking down the sidewalk. The few people he passed were silent, though, if they spoke, he probably wouldn't have been able to understand them anyway. Still, he nodded at them politely, and continued on his way towards the anomaly.
Thunder rumbled nearby, and, if Kagato had been able to understand it, a radio was advising that a random storm was brewing, and to expect rain throughout the rest of the night. The crescent moon had already hidden the approaching storm, and now lightning could be seen flashing within the building darkness.
Kagato finally turned down a smaller side street, and then an alley creeping off from that. There, he found the anomaly. A Cardboard box pushed up against a run-down building and hidden from view by an odd-looking dumpster. Quirking his brow, he approached, wondering how a cardboard box could affect ambient magic so violently.
Suddenly, a figure darted out. It was feminine in appearance, though somewhat disfigured. It almost looked like... Kagato's eyes opened in recognition. A youma. Did this mean he and Tannim had appeared during the first season? Or was this a leftover? Considering every Youma the Generals brought with them were destroyed (the Youma of the day/episode) by the Sailor Senshi, it wasn't likely. But then, there were gaps in time between episodes. So theoretically, a few youma could have been summoned, and not all destroyed.
With a sigh, Kagato realized there wasn't much information to work with, and he had other things to deal with, now. The youma was eyeballing him hungrily. On the astral plane, the youma's silhouette gestured for a moment, and suddenly, a tendril of darkness reached out towards Kagato. Frowning, he moved his astral body over it, his physical projection rising to hover a couple meters above the ground as well.
The tendril stopped, and withered away after a moment. Kagato watched it from his spot in the air, and the Youma looked back at him, fear emanating from its astral body now. He decided to try attacking. He'd learned movement, and was getting better at it all the time, but here was an opportunity to use an offensive power.
The Youma turned to run, only to find Kagato standing before it, now. "Ah-ah," Kagato teased, "You had your chance, now it's mine."
On the astral plane, Kagato concentrated, and then activated the feeding power he'd kept repressed. The youma's fear leapt from its body to his, and he could feel power building up inside him. It didn't feel like being wide-awake, and he couldn't feel the power leaping from fingertip to fingertip (seeing as how he'd withdrawn from the mortal plane, he had no fingertips upon which power would leap), it was just... a feeling of power.
Concentrating focused it, though not too sharply. He then tried to release it at the Youma.
The Mercury computer, always scanning, picked up something hadn't detected in a while. Dark Kingdom energy, Mid-power Youma-type. An anomalous energy source was also detected nearby, but wasn't a known type of energy. Suddenly, though, the Youma's energy shifted, and the anomalous reading began absorbing the energy at a fantastic rate. The Mercury Computer noted that the youma's power levels dropped to dangerously low (For a youma), and the Anomaly had actually gained power exponentially.
Then, there was a flash of magic the Computer somewhat recognized. It was on a different magical wavelength than was standard for the Moon Kingdom, but there was a 97.3 probability that this was a distress beacon.
Ami Mizuno stared at the Mercury Computer's display intently. A moment ago, it had begun registering magic of a type most commonly associated with a foe they (the Senshi) had vanquished quite a while ago. Then, someone or something had attacked the youma, almost to the point of death, before calling for help. She thought for a moment that it was genuine, but reason shouted out to her that this was most likely a trap. Still, a Beacon recognizable as such to the Mercury Computer was still a beacon. Thankful her mother was working late at the hospital tonight, she called the others on her communicator, and gave them the location. Then, pocketing the computer, she scribbled a short note to explain her absence, and walked out the door, locking it behind her.
Kagato was annoyed. He'd wasted most of the energy in a pointless blast that apparently did nothing at all. The Youma was leaning against the wall, weakened by the drain of energy it'd had to endure. Kagato tried to build up and focus the remaining energy, and tried to unleash it in a more controlled blast. Something, however, seemed to be approaching him from the other side of the youma. The blast he'd been powering up died out, the energy transferring from its volatile state to his own energy, his body converting it to his own type without conscious thought. He used this energy to appear on the mortal plane again, standing near the entrance to the alley. A moment later, one of the Senshi ran into view, moving faster than he'd seen any other human move.
"Sailor Mars." Kagato muttered, staring at her in awe and surprise. On the astral plane, she looked... just like she did on the mortal plane. Apparently, her transformation to Sailor Mars from Rei Hino pulled her into both realms equally. She couldn't see on the astral plane as he could, but anything she threw would hit him no matter where he was. The Youma, seeing Sailor Mars, straightened up, trying to fool her into thinking it was fully powered, and powerful. Mars, however, didn't notice, or didn't care. "Mars Flame Sniper!" she called, firing a blast at the youma. Right before it tore through the weakened creature, the youma's hatred-filled gaze settled on the slightly grinning Kagato.
Once the Youma was destroyed, Sailor Mars realized there was someone else in the alley with her. If Sailor moon were here, Rei knew she'd have had to wait for Usagi to finish her speech, posing, and acting, and then watch as Sailor Moon attacked and killed the youma with love. Mars was tired, cranky. Getting the call that a youma'd been reported didn't make her any happier, and, having been the first one here, she didn't feel like giving a speech, posing, or acting. She'd just fried it, so she could get back to sleep. However, there was somebody here, watching her, and something about him wasn't quite right.
She looked at him, and, although she couldn't see it, she could feel he had power. Dark power. She glared at him, and waited for him to condemn himself.
"Umm. Hello, Sailor Mars. You don't know me, but I know you and.. Ehh.. I mean you no harm!" Kagato said, not liking the way her gaze had turned on him. Senshi of Fire was right. "I come in peace!" he said, loudly, holding his hands up in the air non-threateningly.
Sailor Mars was even more annoyed. This guy wasn't acting dangerous, but nothing he said made sense. She knew it was English, and she recognized her name and 'peace,' though she didn't know what context he'd used it in.
"Who are you?" She asked slowly, hoping he knew some Japanese. He frowned a little, and rubbed his chin in thought. She waited, tapping her foot impatiently, as he repeated what she'd said under his breath. Finally, he looked at her again.
"My name is Kagato," he said, haltingly. She nodded, once. Apparently, he knew a little bit of Japanese. She decided to tell him who she was. "Sailor Mars," she said, knowing he'd understand the words, if not the true meaning. The figure, Kagato, grinned, and shook his head.
The next thing he said shocked the sleep right out of her. He pointed at her, and said "Rei Hino." The skies opened up then.
Before she could shout, scream, demand, or deny, he waved at her, a peace sign, and grinned at her a little more. "Bye, Miss Rei." He called to her, before disappearing into thin air. Rain fell around her, cold and wet. Rei stood there, stunned. A couple minutes later, when Sailors Venus and Moon arrived, they found her still staring at the wall he'd been leaning against, wet, miserable, and, though she'd never admit it aloud, she was scared.
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-Kagato
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