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Nine. Cloudcuckoolander
"Moon Power! Turn me into a Mugen student!" Usagi cried, brandishing the Luna Pen. There was a flash and she was clothed in the burgundy uniform of the academy. "Okay, minna, I'll go find out where the dorms are!"
"Hurry!" Ami shouted, surprising everyone. "I'm... worried about Michiru-san." She blushed a little, causing Rei to cough into her fist and mutter something.
"Yeah!" Usagi said, then ran into the academy. She looked around, then spotted a teacher standing nearby.
"Um, ma'am, today is my first day. Could you please tell me where the dorms are?" she asked sweetly, trying to look as innocent as possible. The teacher looked at her and blinked.
"Sure. You'll exit the building and take a left, and the girls' dorms are over there." The teacher smiled at her, reminding Usagi of her grandmother. "Have a good day, now. Don't get into any trouble."
"Yes! Thank you!" Usagi said happily, cheerfully waving to the woman as she left. The teacher began to laugh as she watched the girl go.
"I think that one has a Pure Heart... she may have the third Talisman..."
"I believe someone is holding out on the Three of Hearts..." Professor Tomoe said, a smile not on his face for once as he stared down intently at his hand of cards.
"Oh! It's me! I'll discard!" Mimete announced, then placed the card down.
"Thank you," Tomoe said.
"Pass," Kaolinite said. "Mimete, discard the Five of Hearts, would you?"
"Kaolinite-sempai, isn't the world of gambling very severe?" asked the orange-haired witch.
"You're stingy..."
"It's my turn, isn't it?" Viluy murmured, then placed a card down. "Porno," she giggled a little as she said the name, "you were holding out on this one, weren't you?"
"Porno," the porn Daimon said. "Porno Porno."
"Well," Viluy said with a smirk, "I don't know what you're talking about."
The porn Daimon nodded. "Porno."
Tomoe sighed. "Porno, would you calm down?"
"Porno?" the porn Daimon blinked.
"It's just a game," Kaolinite said calmly.
"Yeah, let's have fun!" Mimete shouted, throwing her cards up in the air.
"Pass."
"Octave."
"I'll pass," Tellu said. Octave stared at her.
"Octave!" it shouted.
Tellu looked up and down the body the Daimon was in. "I'll discard them if you go on a date with me," she said, chuckling.
"Octave!"
"No!"
"I wonder when they're going to come back," Eudial sighed. "This is boring."
She yawned once and looked at Michiru, who was tied up behind her.
"Do you know how interesting watching you is? It's about as interesting as pulling a splinter out from my finger," the red-haired witch said. "I mean, really, it's—"
BOOM.
Michiru's handcuffs fell to the floor as she lightly rubbed her wrists. Reaching up, she pulled the gag off, brandished her henshin stick, and flatly said, "Neptune Planet Power, Make Up."
"Oh shit," Eudial said, grabbing the prototype Fire Buster. "You—how-how'd you do that?"
"Easy," Neptune said coldly. "I focused." Without warning, she shot a Deep Submerge at the witch, who was knocked out.
The Senshi of Sea reached down, grabbing a keychain from the witch's belt, and ran into the hallway.
She would need Haruka's help to get the Space Sword back; that much she knew. Tomoe would probably have some sort of guard around it. They would grab it, grab Haruka's body, and escape.
Simple enough.
She read the room labels as she passed the doors. Men's Bathroom, Women's Bathroom, Twister Room, Computer Lab, Laboratory...
She stopped in front of the door labeled Cells, using a key to unlock it. She walked in, only to be greeted with another hallway.
Did these people really keep that many prisoners?
She unlocked them all, one by one, just to see what was inside. A very pale man, a dog, a Mary Sue, and finally...
She smiled as she opened the door to reveal Haruka.
"Haruka."
"Michiru?" The racer stood up quickly. "Michi, Michi, Michi," she sang, grinning widely at her lover, then muttered something about some city named R'lyeh. "Michi, Michi, I made a friend!" she shouted cheerfully.
"Haruka...?" Michiru couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Are you... all right?"
Haruka giggled—she giggled—and said, "Never been better! So do you wanna meet my friend?"
"Oh dear. What did they do to you?" the violinist asked, then sighed. "Who's your friend?"
"His name is Giant Red Tentacle Monster Who Comes From a Distant Star!" Haruka shouted excitedly. "You should have seen the look on Tomoe's face when he introduced us! He was soooooooo happy!"
"Haruka, would you be a dear and transform?" Neptune asked, hoping that the transformation would snap her out of it.
"Sure! Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!"
Neptune wondered why there were sparkles when Haruka transformed.
Uranus grabbed Neptune's arm and chattered, "So do you wanna meet him? I'm sure he'd like you!"
"No... no thanks, Uranus," the Senshi of Sea murmured. "Come on. We should get out of here."
"He even taught me a cool phrase! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!" Uranus yelled as they started walking. "He told me that the phrase is about his uncle! Isn't that awesome, Michi?"
"Sure," Neptune agreed, then spotted something. "Uranus, wait here. I'll be right back."
"YOU!" Neptune growled, grabbing Tomoe by the collar. "Whatever the hell you did to Haruka, I want it undone. NOW!"
"The drugs will wear off in about a day," Tomoe said, smiling. "I won the card game."
"I. Don't. Care!" Neptune hissed. "Reverse it!"
"Well," Tomoe suddenly added, "the drugs will wear off. The madness won't."
"AND WHY IS THAT?"
"Michi, I saw him through a telescope and he looked at me and waved!" Haruka said, walking up behind Michiru. "My friend!"
"And there you have it! Master Pharaoh Ninety has looked at her!" Tomoe said, grin widening. "He induces madness in everything he looks at!"
Neptune saw red, pressed Tomoe up against a wall,pressed her hand to his head and screamed, "DEEP! SUBMERGE!"
Tomoe's head exploded.
Then another head appeared where his old one had been.
"You can't kill me that easily," he said. "Because I am the most powerful Daimon of all!"
He ripped open his shirt, revealing a disgustingly hairy chest and a black star.
"I am Germatoid!" he yelled, cackling. "And I have discovered that you, Sailor Neptune, have the second Talisman!"
"What?" she said, shocked.
"I have also discovered how your partner became a Daimon! So after I take your Talisman, you will become one of my Daimons as well!" His cackles grew louder. "Now, Haruka, take her Pure Heart!"
The displaced racer gasped. "Does that mean she's going to become friends with Giant Red Tentacle Monster too?"
"Of course!"
Neptune looked between the two. "Haruka. Don't do it, Haruka."
"Okay!"
"Do it, Haruka!" Germatoid said.
"Okay!"
"Don't do it."
"Okay!"
A new voice cut in. "Stop wasting time! I'll do it!" Eudial appeared, holding a gun full of pink liquid.
They all looked at her. Neptune took the opportunity to fire a Deep Submerge at the black star on Germatoid's ugly chest.
Germatoid immediately fell down, dead.
The Senshi of Wind looked at him. "Is he sleeping?" she asked.
"No time for that! Uranus, let's go!" Neptune grabbed Uranus's bow-hand and ran off to find the Space Sword.
"Well, this sucks," Eudial said, staring down at the dead professor.
Next time! On Red Wine!
Mistress Nine does something! The Aqua Mirror is revealed! (maybe.) Haruka has really weird mood swings! And Michiru is slowly losing her mind thanks to Haruka's inane chatter!
Red Wine!
The light of the moon is love's message.
Everyone: Unfortunately, I start classes again on Monday. (I'm an English major.) So please don't be surprised if I fail to update every day like I have so far.
WindChaser0001: Well, my thought process when creating that Daimon basically went as follows: I need a new Daimon. It has to be different. I'm lazy, so I'm going to use something I mentioned before. Kaolinite's computer. It has that video of Haruka and Michiru getting it on. Porno.
Dawnlight-6: Daimons do have strange tastes, and are very suggestible.
James Birdsong: Be sure to clean behind your ears while you're at it.
Petiyaka: Yes, a porn Daimon. What else would Kaolinite do on that computer, work?