DISCLAIMER
As usual, "Sailor Moon" and all related characters
are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI
Animation and other agencies.
The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however
content in some chapters is based on the Mercury
Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.
******
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The Saga of Mercury
Chapter 9
First Evening Out
A majestic sunset lit up the sky in beautiful
colors as the bullet train sped its way toward
Tokyo. With the train's fast speed, the colors
seemed to blend together.
But to a certain number of people in two first
class compartments, time seemed to stand still.
The Sailor Soldiers, three of which just saw
their true knights in shining armor for the
first time, seemed to be in heaven.
In one compartment were Serena and Darien, Amy
and Greg, and Chad and Raye. In the other were
Lita and Ken, Mina and Jamie, Rini, Luna and
Artemis.
Serena was snuggled into Darien right next to
the window, looking at the scenery and the
whizzing steel poles that held the train's
overhead electrification system. She was
spooked once or twice by the whizzing of trains
going the opposite direction, but other than
that... Serena... was serene.
Greg and Amy read a book about scientists'
opinions on the Periodic Table of the Elements,
which Greg happened to purchase on a whim
before they boarded the train; One of Greg's
hands held the book... the other held Amy.
Chad was still boasting that he was the Mars
Knight, which left sweatdrops on Raye's head.
In the other compartment, Ken was asking Lita
how her cooking was coming along. "I'm enrolled
in the culinary cooking academy in Shinjuku,"
he said. "One day I have to show you what I've
learned."
"That's the spirit!" responded Lita, blushing
slightly and placing her hand on his. "And I'll
be around if you need any help."
"Well actually," said Ken, "there's a cooking
competition in a nearby high school in a couple
of weeks, perhaps you can help me out with
that?"
Lita smiled and nodded her head.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Mina talked volleyball.
"I've got to see you play a game one of these
days," said Mina.
"YOU have to start playing again, Mina!"
responded Jamie. "I don't think you've played
in a while."
"That's right," Mina said in a powerful voice,
"I will play volleyball again, and I'll prove
that nobody... and I mean NOBODY... messes with
Mighty Mina!"
"Ah..." Jamie had a sweatdrop on his head as he
was trying to find words. "Well, I have a match
in a few weeks, and I hear that there's a
referee coming from America to officiate the
match. They say he's really good..."
Rini was talking to Luna and Artemis about the
new members to the team.
"They seem so happy, why don't I have a
knight?" she said.
Luna sighed. "Rini, we've been through this
several times already! You are too young to
have your own knight."
"NO I AM NOT!" Rini shouted in reply, veins
bulging from her head. Rini had now caught the
attention of everyone else in her compartment.
"I am a Sailor Soldier like everyone else! You
watch, some day I'll have one! Someone who I'll
love very much and call my own."
Artemis tried to cheer Rini up... "Well if you
had a knight now, what would we call him, the
mini knight? If that was the case he'd be half
your size!"
Luna, Rini and everyone else in the compartment
gave Artemis the strangest of looks following
that failed joke attempt.
Hmm, that didn't work, did it... Artemis thought
to himself with a sweatdrop on his head.
After the bullet train pulled into Tokyo,
everyone took the subway and walked to the
Jubban Shopping Center area to spend the night.
They split up into two groups: The girls with
Luna and Artemis, and the guys. They agreed to
meet back at the Crown parlor in two hours for
dinner.
The guys decided to do some sightseeing around
the OSA*P store.
Serena dragged Raye, Mina, Luna and Artemis
over to Bob Floy's.
Amy and Lita were walking toward the
supermarket. "So what do you think of Ken?"
asked Amy.
Lita couldn't find the right words to say for a
few seconds. Then she responded, "Well we all
remembered everything when we found out about
all those guys. Ken..." Lita blushed at this
point. "I LOVE being back together with him.
It's perfect timing too, he became single again
a while ago, and we both had a GREAT time
talking again when we were on the train. He
told me that he's in a cooking contest in a few
weeks, and I said I would help him to prepare
for that."
"I wonder what kind of food he likes," said
Amy.
"SO... how about you and Greg? What do you think,
now that you have a true love?"
"Oh, don't change the subject!" Amy responded,
giggling and blushing. "Well... as I'm sure
you've seen already, we've had our share of
good times and bad times in the past few
weeks."
"Yeah, you almost lost him one time."
"And I almost lost him, too, when he was being
controlled by Sorinya."
"...Sorinya?" Lita asked.
"They never told you," Amy responded, "She's
our new enemy from the Negamoon."
Lita stopped walking and put her hands on her
hips. "Oh," she said in disgust, "I just hate
fighting those Nega-creeps!"
"Lita," Amy said, "it's our job to fight off
the Negaverse for the good of our entire Moon
Kingdom."
"That's what you always say," Lita said.
"There's another reason, too... She.. she is after
me."
"You, Amy?"
"Yes, and Luna and Artemis believe that I'm the
target... and in order to get to me, she'll use
any means necessary, including getting through
you, Serena, and the other girls. That's why
the knights were brought back."
"Don't worry, Amy, as long as I'm here, you'll
be safe. You're one of my best friends... You
know what? One day you should come over to my
house so I can cook a meal especially for you!"
"Thanks for the offer Lita, maybe I'll take you
up on it."
"Yeah, I can make you something like..." Lita was
trying to think of some little-known food that
she could serve Amy. Then one popped into her
mind. "I have a lot of seafood! How about a
nice, juicy, yellow-tailed tuna fish?"
Amy's eyes bulged and sweatdrops appeared on
her head when she heard the key phrase,
"Yellow-tailed tuna fish." She remembered
trying that once before, and despite her desire
for a variety of foods, especially nutritious
foods, this was one dish that she absolutely
hated. "Uh, no... sorry, I've had problems with
that. Yellow-tailed tuna fish --"
Amy was interrupted by a tap on her shoulder.
"Excuse me, miss," said a female voice.
Amy and Lita turned around to see a woman in a
green shirt with light khaki pants, sandals,
and short orange hair. The shirt had a pocket
with a purple fish on it. "I understand you
hate yellow-tailed tuna fish? What's wrong with
it? You should try it once again soon. Once you
taste it again then maybe you'll change your
mind."
"Your point?" demanded Lita.
"Oh yes, well, if you're interested in fishing
excursions for yellow-tailed tuna, and other
fishes such as trout, bass or snapper, I can
help, because I represent a touring company
that specializes in fishing."
Lita's eyes beamed. "Really! Wow, tell me all
about it, fish would make excellent main course
dishes!"
"Yep," the woman snapped. "Really, any fish,
and any size, we can pretty much take care of
the experience!"
"I.. I'm really not into fishing that much,"
said Amy.
"Oh don't worry about it, we can make your
experience pain-free!"
"Why don't we give it a shot," said Lita.
"No, wait," said Amy, "I still have my doubts.
For starters, where will the tour meet?"
"The tour," the woman responded, "meets outside
Brighton Academy. Isn't that where you went to
school, Amy?"
"Why, yes, it was, when I was a young... wait a
minute, how do you know my name?"
"Uh... your name?? What name??" said the woman.
"You said my name, how do you know it?"
"Yeah, what gives," shouted Lita.
OH CRAP, the woman thought. She proceeded to
shove Amy hard to the ground.
"AMY!" Lita yelled.
Amy was unconscious on the concrete sidewalk.
Turning to the woman, Lita yelled, "What was
that for?"
The female grinned an evil grin and took a step
back. "Orders from my queen," she said in an
evil voice. "Oh well, I blew my cover so I
might as well kill her!"
"You're not going to lay a finger on her!"
shouted Lita, taking out her transformation
pen. "JUPITER STAR POWER!" she yelled.
Thunderbolts surrounded her, as she became
Sailor Jupiter.
The woman in the green shirt had morphed into
what looked to be a mermaid, with a red-scaled
body, very long orange nails and long, silky
orange hair. The necklace that she wore
contained a ruby crystal with the inverted
symbol of the Negamoon.
"I am Morphonia, the most beautiful of Queen
Sorinya's servants! I have come to avenge for
my sister, Aquina. Sailor Mercury shall
perish!"
"Not a chance," yelled Sailor Jupiter. "I'm
going to show you what happens when you mess
with one of my friends. I am the sailor-suited
pretty soldier of love and courage! I represent
thunder and lightning! I AM SAILOR JUPITER! On
behalf of the planet Jupiter, I shall punish
you!"
"Your speeches are like a broken record!"
protested Morphonia. "Well get ready because
I'm about to break you!"
Sailor Jupiter attacked without hesitation.
"SUPREME THUNDER!"
But Morphonia whacked the thunder back at
Sailor Jupiter with her bright, red fin.
Sailor Jupiter yelled as she was hit by her own
attack. So much energy was drained from her;
there were almost two unconscious bodies on the
sidewalk.
"This is too easy!" Morphonia said in triumph.
"Now, who to get rid of first..."
Sailor Jupiter tried to get up. Ken, she
thought to herself, where are you when I need
you the most?
"You've won the draw," Morphonia declared.
"Meet your death, Jupiter!" With that she
extended her hand and thrusted her dagger-like
nails at Jupiter's chest.
Jupiter tried to cross her arms to avoid the
attack. Then she heard...
"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"
The nails were chopped in half from the
electricity coming from Jupiter Knight's blade.
"Ken.. Jupiter Knight.." Lita said, gazing at her
knight with sparkling eyes.
"You'd better wake Amy up," said Jupiter
Knight. "The others are on their way."
Just as he finished the sentence, in came
everyone else: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor
Venus, Tuxedo Mask, Mercury Knight, Mars
Knight, Venus Knight, Sailor Mini Moon, Luna
and Artemis.
Sailor Moon was in the middle of eating ice
cream when she transformed, and had hints of
vanilla and chocolate on her lips.
"MI MAM MAYMAA MOOF!" said Sailor Moon,
striking her patented pose, but still stuffed
with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Mars Knight looked at Sailor Moon and said,
"Your entrance was, like, so bogus."
"Did I hear someone say that they were
beautiful?" yelled Sailor Venus.
"HA! My long, rich hair beats yours anytime."
Morphonia said.
"Ok, no more Miss Nice Soldier! VENUS LOVE-ME
CHAIN!"
The Love-Me chain was deflected as well, and
the deflection headed straight for Sailor
Venus.
"VENUS LOVE SHIELD CHARGE!" yelled Venus
Knight. The shield absorbed everything. Venus
looked at her knight and smiled, saying
"Thanks!"
Everyone, except for a dazed Amy who was
struggling to get up, threw their best shots at
Morphonia, only to get their attacks deflected
by that huge fin.
Mercury Knight then realized that he had a
computer visor, similar to that of his female
counterpart. He activated it and attempted to
search for a weakness... but couldn't find it.
"I can't find this fish's weak spot!" Mercury
Knight yelled to Artemis.
Artemis responded, "Mercury Knight, see if you
can get Amy to transform, then you can
interface your computer with hers."
"Interface?" said Mercury Knight.
"Yes," said Artemis. "Back on the Moon Kingdom,
when some strong enemies came to attack, you
two joined your computers together. The
interface made your computers more powerful,
and thanks to that, you could spot or predict
weaknesses easily."
"Hmm, okay, let's try."
Mercury Knight had to get through Morphonia to
get to Amy on the other side. He decided to run
at her with his Mercury Ice Blade attack. The
attack was sent up to the darkening sky by
Morphonia's fin.
He finally got to Amy who was weak in the
knees... literally.
"Hey Ames," Mercury Knight said, helping Amy to
her feet. "Artemis says we can interface our
visors. Transform and then we'll try it."
Amy held her transformation pen high in the
air. "MERCURY STAR POWER!"
Morphonia was slamming back Sailor Mars'
Burning Mandala attack.
"Stop it, you fish!"
Morphonia turned around to see Sailor Mercury
and Mercury Knight.
"I AM SAILOR MERCURY, champion of justice! In
the name of Mercury, I will not allow you to
continue to take batting practice using our
powers!"
"And I am the protector and defender of Mercury
... I AM MERCURY KNIGHT! And don't you forget
about that!"
"Oh, I won't forget, but you'll soon forget
that Sailor Mercury is alive!" Morphonia
yelled, as she sent the nails from her other
hand flying toward Sailor Mercury. Mercury
Knight picked up Sailor Mercury and carried her
out of the way before the nails were able to
pierce her.
Sailor Mercury then activated her computer
visor. "Okay, Mercury Knight, let's try it."
The two of them joined hands and concentrated.
And soon... their visors turned from a blue color
to a golden yellow color. Their computers were
now interfaced with each other, and their
scanning abilities tripled.
The visors zoomed in to pick up something
microscopic on Morphonia's back.
"There's a small defect on one of her vertical
fins," said Sailor Mercury.
"You're right," responded Mercury Knight, "It
may be like her Achilles Heel. Let's try
targeting that."
"Right!"
The two let go of their hands to return their
visors to normal, but they knew what they were
aiming for.
"Everyone! Aim for the back, just below her
shoulders!" yelled Mercury Knight.
"I'll help," yelled Sailor Mercury. "SHABON
SPRAY FREEZING!"
The attack froze Morphonia in her tracks. This
enabled everyone to use their attacks toward
Morphonia's back.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"
"FIRE SOUL!"
"MARS FIRE BLADE CHARGE!"
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"
"CRESCENT BEAM!"
"VENUS LOVE BLADE CHARGE!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"MOON TIARA ACTION!"
Tuxedo Mask threw three roses to that same
area, with one flick of the hand, to close out
the attack.
Morphonia screamed in agonizing pain as each
attack hit her. The Crescent Beam attack nearly
shattered her Negamoon necklace. When it was
over, she was left slumped on the floor.
"Now, Sailor Moon!" yelled Tuxedo Mask.
"NOT SO FAST!" yelled Morphonia, breaking
through the ice and struggling up. "You...
haven't.. heard.. the last of me!" she yelled. A
puff of orange smoke and she was gone.
"Wha?" said Sailor Moon. "She's gone!"
"Gone?!?!" replied Mars Knight. "You mean, we
attacked her and all that, and then she just
disappears?"
"I don't get it," said Sailor Mars. "That
doesn't happen much."
"Well at least I was excited," said Jupiter
Knight. "I think that was my first attack!"
"Yeah, I really liked it too," Venus Knight
said in agreement. "This is like making a kill
in volleyball!"
"Well, I'm glad you found it that way," said
Sailor Venus, "because that's what fighting the
Negaverse is basically all about."
"We thought you guys were gonna have to train
again," said Sailor Jupiter. "Looks like we
were wrong!"
"I'm hungry!" complained Sailor Mini Moon.
"Okay," said Tuxedo Mask, "Looks like we're
done for now, so let's head on over to the
Crown for a bite."
"We'll have to keep our eyes open, you guys,"
said Sailor Moon.
They all de-transformed and headed to the Crown
parlor.
As they were walking down towards the parlor,
Greg looked to his left and noticed that the
10-Ban Land Amusement Park was open tonight. It
struck an idea in his head.
They entered the Crown Game Center, which was
below the parlor, and walked upstairs. As soon
as they got upstairs, Lita noticed the special
of the day. "Amy! Look at this!"
Amy looked at the special, and then found
herself with sweatdrops all over her.
The special was, Yellow-tail tuna fish,
customer's choice of raw, fried or broiled...
Amy froze in her tracks. Greg put his arm
around her. "What's up Ames? You look... oh," he
chuckled, "Yellow-tail tuna fish is the
special, eh? You won't try it again?"
Amy vigorously shook her head. Greg then turned
to the others. "Can you guys help Amy out with
the yellow..."
Greg stopped talking when he saw sweatdrops on
Serena, Raye, Mina and Rini. They were staring
at the specials menu in discomfort.
Greg then turned his head back to the specials
menu, and read the special again.
Yellow-tail tuna fish, customer's choice of
raw, fried or broiled... with warm shitake
mushroom sauce, drenched or baked in. Served
with asparagus and steamed carrots.
***********************************
End of Chapter 9
Will EVERYONE enjoy their meal?
Morphonia claimed that the scouts and knights
had not seen the last of her... will she return?
And what was Greg thinking about when he saw
the amusement park?
Find out in Chapter 10 of, The Saga of Mercury.
As usual, "Sailor Moon" and all related characters
are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI
Animation and other agencies.
The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however
content in some chapters is based on the Mercury
Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.
******
You can view released chapters in PDF format by visiting
the official web site of this fanfic, at:
http://members.aol.com/jrhorse98/sagaofmercury/index.html
You can also view these chapters at:
http://www.fanfiction.net
http://www.moonromance.com
http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic
http://www.fandomination.net
Chapters are also posted weekly at the Sailor Moon newsgroup:
news:alt.fan.sailor-moon
******
The Saga of Mercury
Chapter 9
First Evening Out
A majestic sunset lit up the sky in beautiful
colors as the bullet train sped its way toward
Tokyo. With the train's fast speed, the colors
seemed to blend together.
But to a certain number of people in two first
class compartments, time seemed to stand still.
The Sailor Soldiers, three of which just saw
their true knights in shining armor for the
first time, seemed to be in heaven.
In one compartment were Serena and Darien, Amy
and Greg, and Chad and Raye. In the other were
Lita and Ken, Mina and Jamie, Rini, Luna and
Artemis.
Serena was snuggled into Darien right next to
the window, looking at the scenery and the
whizzing steel poles that held the train's
overhead electrification system. She was
spooked once or twice by the whizzing of trains
going the opposite direction, but other than
that... Serena... was serene.
Greg and Amy read a book about scientists'
opinions on the Periodic Table of the Elements,
which Greg happened to purchase on a whim
before they boarded the train; One of Greg's
hands held the book... the other held Amy.
Chad was still boasting that he was the Mars
Knight, which left sweatdrops on Raye's head.
In the other compartment, Ken was asking Lita
how her cooking was coming along. "I'm enrolled
in the culinary cooking academy in Shinjuku,"
he said. "One day I have to show you what I've
learned."
"That's the spirit!" responded Lita, blushing
slightly and placing her hand on his. "And I'll
be around if you need any help."
"Well actually," said Ken, "there's a cooking
competition in a nearby high school in a couple
of weeks, perhaps you can help me out with
that?"
Lita smiled and nodded her head.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Mina talked volleyball.
"I've got to see you play a game one of these
days," said Mina.
"YOU have to start playing again, Mina!"
responded Jamie. "I don't think you've played
in a while."
"That's right," Mina said in a powerful voice,
"I will play volleyball again, and I'll prove
that nobody... and I mean NOBODY... messes with
Mighty Mina!"
"Ah..." Jamie had a sweatdrop on his head as he
was trying to find words. "Well, I have a match
in a few weeks, and I hear that there's a
referee coming from America to officiate the
match. They say he's really good..."
Rini was talking to Luna and Artemis about the
new members to the team.
"They seem so happy, why don't I have a
knight?" she said.
Luna sighed. "Rini, we've been through this
several times already! You are too young to
have your own knight."
"NO I AM NOT!" Rini shouted in reply, veins
bulging from her head. Rini had now caught the
attention of everyone else in her compartment.
"I am a Sailor Soldier like everyone else! You
watch, some day I'll have one! Someone who I'll
love very much and call my own."
Artemis tried to cheer Rini up... "Well if you
had a knight now, what would we call him, the
mini knight? If that was the case he'd be half
your size!"
Luna, Rini and everyone else in the compartment
gave Artemis the strangest of looks following
that failed joke attempt.
Hmm, that didn't work, did it... Artemis thought
to himself with a sweatdrop on his head.
After the bullet train pulled into Tokyo,
everyone took the subway and walked to the
Jubban Shopping Center area to spend the night.
They split up into two groups: The girls with
Luna and Artemis, and the guys. They agreed to
meet back at the Crown parlor in two hours for
dinner.
The guys decided to do some sightseeing around
the OSA*P store.
Serena dragged Raye, Mina, Luna and Artemis
over to Bob Floy's.
Amy and Lita were walking toward the
supermarket. "So what do you think of Ken?"
asked Amy.
Lita couldn't find the right words to say for a
few seconds. Then she responded, "Well we all
remembered everything when we found out about
all those guys. Ken..." Lita blushed at this
point. "I LOVE being back together with him.
It's perfect timing too, he became single again
a while ago, and we both had a GREAT time
talking again when we were on the train. He
told me that he's in a cooking contest in a few
weeks, and I said I would help him to prepare
for that."
"I wonder what kind of food he likes," said
Amy.
"SO... how about you and Greg? What do you think,
now that you have a true love?"
"Oh, don't change the subject!" Amy responded,
giggling and blushing. "Well... as I'm sure
you've seen already, we've had our share of
good times and bad times in the past few
weeks."
"Yeah, you almost lost him one time."
"And I almost lost him, too, when he was being
controlled by Sorinya."
"...Sorinya?" Lita asked.
"They never told you," Amy responded, "She's
our new enemy from the Negamoon."
Lita stopped walking and put her hands on her
hips. "Oh," she said in disgust, "I just hate
fighting those Nega-creeps!"
"Lita," Amy said, "it's our job to fight off
the Negaverse for the good of our entire Moon
Kingdom."
"That's what you always say," Lita said.
"There's another reason, too... She.. she is after
me."
"You, Amy?"
"Yes, and Luna and Artemis believe that I'm the
target... and in order to get to me, she'll use
any means necessary, including getting through
you, Serena, and the other girls. That's why
the knights were brought back."
"Don't worry, Amy, as long as I'm here, you'll
be safe. You're one of my best friends... You
know what? One day you should come over to my
house so I can cook a meal especially for you!"
"Thanks for the offer Lita, maybe I'll take you
up on it."
"Yeah, I can make you something like..." Lita was
trying to think of some little-known food that
she could serve Amy. Then one popped into her
mind. "I have a lot of seafood! How about a
nice, juicy, yellow-tailed tuna fish?"
Amy's eyes bulged and sweatdrops appeared on
her head when she heard the key phrase,
"Yellow-tailed tuna fish." She remembered
trying that once before, and despite her desire
for a variety of foods, especially nutritious
foods, this was one dish that she absolutely
hated. "Uh, no... sorry, I've had problems with
that. Yellow-tailed tuna fish --"
Amy was interrupted by a tap on her shoulder.
"Excuse me, miss," said a female voice.
Amy and Lita turned around to see a woman in a
green shirt with light khaki pants, sandals,
and short orange hair. The shirt had a pocket
with a purple fish on it. "I understand you
hate yellow-tailed tuna fish? What's wrong with
it? You should try it once again soon. Once you
taste it again then maybe you'll change your
mind."
"Your point?" demanded Lita.
"Oh yes, well, if you're interested in fishing
excursions for yellow-tailed tuna, and other
fishes such as trout, bass or snapper, I can
help, because I represent a touring company
that specializes in fishing."
Lita's eyes beamed. "Really! Wow, tell me all
about it, fish would make excellent main course
dishes!"
"Yep," the woman snapped. "Really, any fish,
and any size, we can pretty much take care of
the experience!"
"I.. I'm really not into fishing that much,"
said Amy.
"Oh don't worry about it, we can make your
experience pain-free!"
"Why don't we give it a shot," said Lita.
"No, wait," said Amy, "I still have my doubts.
For starters, where will the tour meet?"
"The tour," the woman responded, "meets outside
Brighton Academy. Isn't that where you went to
school, Amy?"
"Why, yes, it was, when I was a young... wait a
minute, how do you know my name?"
"Uh... your name?? What name??" said the woman.
"You said my name, how do you know it?"
"Yeah, what gives," shouted Lita.
OH CRAP, the woman thought. She proceeded to
shove Amy hard to the ground.
"AMY!" Lita yelled.
Amy was unconscious on the concrete sidewalk.
Turning to the woman, Lita yelled, "What was
that for?"
The female grinned an evil grin and took a step
back. "Orders from my queen," she said in an
evil voice. "Oh well, I blew my cover so I
might as well kill her!"
"You're not going to lay a finger on her!"
shouted Lita, taking out her transformation
pen. "JUPITER STAR POWER!" she yelled.
Thunderbolts surrounded her, as she became
Sailor Jupiter.
The woman in the green shirt had morphed into
what looked to be a mermaid, with a red-scaled
body, very long orange nails and long, silky
orange hair. The necklace that she wore
contained a ruby crystal with the inverted
symbol of the Negamoon.
"I am Morphonia, the most beautiful of Queen
Sorinya's servants! I have come to avenge for
my sister, Aquina. Sailor Mercury shall
perish!"
"Not a chance," yelled Sailor Jupiter. "I'm
going to show you what happens when you mess
with one of my friends. I am the sailor-suited
pretty soldier of love and courage! I represent
thunder and lightning! I AM SAILOR JUPITER! On
behalf of the planet Jupiter, I shall punish
you!"
"Your speeches are like a broken record!"
protested Morphonia. "Well get ready because
I'm about to break you!"
Sailor Jupiter attacked without hesitation.
"SUPREME THUNDER!"
But Morphonia whacked the thunder back at
Sailor Jupiter with her bright, red fin.
Sailor Jupiter yelled as she was hit by her own
attack. So much energy was drained from her;
there were almost two unconscious bodies on the
sidewalk.
"This is too easy!" Morphonia said in triumph.
"Now, who to get rid of first..."
Sailor Jupiter tried to get up. Ken, she
thought to herself, where are you when I need
you the most?
"You've won the draw," Morphonia declared.
"Meet your death, Jupiter!" With that she
extended her hand and thrusted her dagger-like
nails at Jupiter's chest.
Jupiter tried to cross her arms to avoid the
attack. Then she heard...
"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"
The nails were chopped in half from the
electricity coming from Jupiter Knight's blade.
"Ken.. Jupiter Knight.." Lita said, gazing at her
knight with sparkling eyes.
"You'd better wake Amy up," said Jupiter
Knight. "The others are on their way."
Just as he finished the sentence, in came
everyone else: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor
Venus, Tuxedo Mask, Mercury Knight, Mars
Knight, Venus Knight, Sailor Mini Moon, Luna
and Artemis.
Sailor Moon was in the middle of eating ice
cream when she transformed, and had hints of
vanilla and chocolate on her lips.
"MI MAM MAYMAA MOOF!" said Sailor Moon,
striking her patented pose, but still stuffed
with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Mars Knight looked at Sailor Moon and said,
"Your entrance was, like, so bogus."
"Did I hear someone say that they were
beautiful?" yelled Sailor Venus.
"HA! My long, rich hair beats yours anytime."
Morphonia said.
"Ok, no more Miss Nice Soldier! VENUS LOVE-ME
CHAIN!"
The Love-Me chain was deflected as well, and
the deflection headed straight for Sailor
Venus.
"VENUS LOVE SHIELD CHARGE!" yelled Venus
Knight. The shield absorbed everything. Venus
looked at her knight and smiled, saying
"Thanks!"
Everyone, except for a dazed Amy who was
struggling to get up, threw their best shots at
Morphonia, only to get their attacks deflected
by that huge fin.
Mercury Knight then realized that he had a
computer visor, similar to that of his female
counterpart. He activated it and attempted to
search for a weakness... but couldn't find it.
"I can't find this fish's weak spot!" Mercury
Knight yelled to Artemis.
Artemis responded, "Mercury Knight, see if you
can get Amy to transform, then you can
interface your computer with hers."
"Interface?" said Mercury Knight.
"Yes," said Artemis. "Back on the Moon Kingdom,
when some strong enemies came to attack, you
two joined your computers together. The
interface made your computers more powerful,
and thanks to that, you could spot or predict
weaknesses easily."
"Hmm, okay, let's try."
Mercury Knight had to get through Morphonia to
get to Amy on the other side. He decided to run
at her with his Mercury Ice Blade attack. The
attack was sent up to the darkening sky by
Morphonia's fin.
He finally got to Amy who was weak in the
knees... literally.
"Hey Ames," Mercury Knight said, helping Amy to
her feet. "Artemis says we can interface our
visors. Transform and then we'll try it."
Amy held her transformation pen high in the
air. "MERCURY STAR POWER!"
Morphonia was slamming back Sailor Mars'
Burning Mandala attack.
"Stop it, you fish!"
Morphonia turned around to see Sailor Mercury
and Mercury Knight.
"I AM SAILOR MERCURY, champion of justice! In
the name of Mercury, I will not allow you to
continue to take batting practice using our
powers!"
"And I am the protector and defender of Mercury
... I AM MERCURY KNIGHT! And don't you forget
about that!"
"Oh, I won't forget, but you'll soon forget
that Sailor Mercury is alive!" Morphonia
yelled, as she sent the nails from her other
hand flying toward Sailor Mercury. Mercury
Knight picked up Sailor Mercury and carried her
out of the way before the nails were able to
pierce her.
Sailor Mercury then activated her computer
visor. "Okay, Mercury Knight, let's try it."
The two of them joined hands and concentrated.
And soon... their visors turned from a blue color
to a golden yellow color. Their computers were
now interfaced with each other, and their
scanning abilities tripled.
The visors zoomed in to pick up something
microscopic on Morphonia's back.
"There's a small defect on one of her vertical
fins," said Sailor Mercury.
"You're right," responded Mercury Knight, "It
may be like her Achilles Heel. Let's try
targeting that."
"Right!"
The two let go of their hands to return their
visors to normal, but they knew what they were
aiming for.
"Everyone! Aim for the back, just below her
shoulders!" yelled Mercury Knight.
"I'll help," yelled Sailor Mercury. "SHABON
SPRAY FREEZING!"
The attack froze Morphonia in her tracks. This
enabled everyone to use their attacks toward
Morphonia's back.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"
"FIRE SOUL!"
"MARS FIRE BLADE CHARGE!"
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"
"CRESCENT BEAM!"
"VENUS LOVE BLADE CHARGE!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"MOON TIARA ACTION!"
Tuxedo Mask threw three roses to that same
area, with one flick of the hand, to close out
the attack.
Morphonia screamed in agonizing pain as each
attack hit her. The Crescent Beam attack nearly
shattered her Negamoon necklace. When it was
over, she was left slumped on the floor.
"Now, Sailor Moon!" yelled Tuxedo Mask.
"NOT SO FAST!" yelled Morphonia, breaking
through the ice and struggling up. "You...
haven't.. heard.. the last of me!" she yelled. A
puff of orange smoke and she was gone.
"Wha?" said Sailor Moon. "She's gone!"
"Gone?!?!" replied Mars Knight. "You mean, we
attacked her and all that, and then she just
disappears?"
"I don't get it," said Sailor Mars. "That
doesn't happen much."
"Well at least I was excited," said Jupiter
Knight. "I think that was my first attack!"
"Yeah, I really liked it too," Venus Knight
said in agreement. "This is like making a kill
in volleyball!"
"Well, I'm glad you found it that way," said
Sailor Venus, "because that's what fighting the
Negaverse is basically all about."
"We thought you guys were gonna have to train
again," said Sailor Jupiter. "Looks like we
were wrong!"
"I'm hungry!" complained Sailor Mini Moon.
"Okay," said Tuxedo Mask, "Looks like we're
done for now, so let's head on over to the
Crown for a bite."
"We'll have to keep our eyes open, you guys,"
said Sailor Moon.
They all de-transformed and headed to the Crown
parlor.
As they were walking down towards the parlor,
Greg looked to his left and noticed that the
10-Ban Land Amusement Park was open tonight. It
struck an idea in his head.
They entered the Crown Game Center, which was
below the parlor, and walked upstairs. As soon
as they got upstairs, Lita noticed the special
of the day. "Amy! Look at this!"
Amy looked at the special, and then found
herself with sweatdrops all over her.
The special was, Yellow-tail tuna fish,
customer's choice of raw, fried or broiled...
Amy froze in her tracks. Greg put his arm
around her. "What's up Ames? You look... oh," he
chuckled, "Yellow-tail tuna fish is the
special, eh? You won't try it again?"
Amy vigorously shook her head. Greg then turned
to the others. "Can you guys help Amy out with
the yellow..."
Greg stopped talking when he saw sweatdrops on
Serena, Raye, Mina and Rini. They were staring
at the specials menu in discomfort.
Greg then turned his head back to the specials
menu, and read the special again.
Yellow-tail tuna fish, customer's choice of
raw, fried or broiled... with warm shitake
mushroom sauce, drenched or baked in. Served
with asparagus and steamed carrots.
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End of Chapter 9
Will EVERYONE enjoy their meal?
Morphonia claimed that the scouts and knights
had not seen the last of her... will she return?
And what was Greg thinking about when he saw
the amusement park?
Find out in Chapter 10 of, The Saga of Mercury.
