SailorStar9: You ladies wanted this chapter, so here goes. This is Chapter 10 of this fic; and please be a dear and review.
Disclaimers: I do not own the animes. But I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 10: The Scream of Dead Souls? Terror of a Monster at Camp
Time passes...
Ibuki Kengo was in his work cabin one windy and rainy night. "This is also a failure!" he smashed yet another one of pottery creations.
"Oh?" Aluminum Siren chided. "Don't be so wasteful."
"Who are you?" Ibuki demanded when the Animamate stepped in.
"Are you Ibuki Kengo, the young ceramic artist whose work is being recognized? "Aluminum Siren inquired.
"What do you want?" Ibuki retorted.
"I want you to show me your 'Star Seed'." Aluminum Siren chuckled and fired her blasts, extracting Ibuki's 'Star Seed' in the process. "Another blank." she sighed and watched as Ibuki turned into his Phage form.
On a train...
"Well, which one?" Minako struggled to decided which card to pick. "Which one? This is it!" she drew a card. "Oh no!" she whined when she saw she picked the Joker.
"Since Rei recommended it, I'm very excited." Makoto noted.
"Didn't you say that you know someone that lives next to the campground?" Ami wondered.
"Yes, he's my cousin, a ceramic artist." Rei nodded. "I wonder how many years it's been since we last saw each other. He made this for me." she showed the girls the dove pendent Ibuki made.
"It was made through fire?" Usagi blinked.
"Oh, yeah." Rei nodded.
"Looks nice." Ami remarked.
"From my point of view, it looks very nice, but form his view, it's a failure." Rei supplied.
"What?" the girls exclaimed.
"This?" Usagi echoed.
Flashback
"It's a failure!" Ibuki smashed a ceramic bowl to the ground. "It's a failure!" another bowl went crashing. "This one too!" a third bowl was broken. "This too! This too! This too!" the rest of his creations went smashing to the ground. "This one too!" he took the dove ornament.
"Please stop it!" a young Rei shouted before Ibuki could destroy the pendent. "Don't destroy it. It looks so beautiful. Please!"
"I'm so sorry." Ibuki soothed the child. "Next time, I'll make something even better for you. Until then, will you keep this." he handed the bird ornament to Rei for safekeeping.
With a bright smile, Rei took the pendent.
"Kengo destroys everything when he is in a slump." Rei supplied.
"Lunch, tea, coffee, juice." the attendant came by.
On the trail to the lake...
"Are you camping here?" a police officer asked the girls on his bicycle.
"Yes." Ami answered.
"Be careful, I hear someone is ravaging camps." the police officer cautioned.
"Camp ravager?" Usagi echoed.
Elsewhere, near the lake..
"Anywhere evil is nesting, we'll come and get you like a boom." Super Blue declared, having save the girl from a rampaging zombie.
"Super Red!" Super Red posed.
"Super Yellow!" Super Yellow announced.
"Super Blue!" Super Blue finished.
"We are the sacred command, Super Commander!" the three chorused.
"You came to save me, Supper Commander!" the girls gushed. "Super nice!"
"Cut!" the director barked. "Good!"
"What a realistic performance." the wardrobe manager removed the zombie head from the actor.
"Hot, hot!" Seiya fanned himself, removing his helmet and slumping onto a nearby chair.
As that turned out, the Three Lights were acting out in a sentai-style movie.
"I can't stand this costume." Taiki stated beside him.
"I agree." that was from Yaten.
"Hey, let's go swimming during our break." Seiya suggested.
"That's a good idea." Taiki agreed.
"Let's swim!" Seiya urged the rather reluctant Yaten. "Let's swim!"
Outside Ibuki's work cabin...
"Oh?" Rei approached the log house. "Kengo! It's Rei." she called, entering the house and was shocked to find the broken pottery on the ground and Ibuki was nowhere in sight. "Did he do this because he's in a slump?" she wondered. "I've got a bad feeling."
By the lake...
"Yahoo!" the girls jumped into the water. "It's cold!"
"Are you okay, Minako?" Usagi taunted. "It's a fire engine! Boom!" and begun sending a wave of water at Minako, drenching the other blond's hair.
"Now you've done it." Minako growled. "Niagara!" and retaliated, dousing Usagi with water.
"Typhoon Number 18!" Usagi countered with another water wave.
"Pololoka!" Minako retorted, the two blonds starting their own water fight. "Hurricane!" and causing Makoto and Ami to sweatdrop.
"Camp ravager." Makoto stated. "I wonder."
"A squall!" Usagi snapped, the water fight growing larger.
"A big flood!" Minako countered when Ami noticed something in the water that was heading towards the two blonds.
"Usagi, behind you!" Ami warned.
"A big tide!" Usagi retorted as Ami dashed into the water when the 'something' emerged from the water.
"Seiya!" Usagi gaped when the Three Lights appeared.
"Taiki?" Minako blinked.
"Yaten?" Makoto gasped.
On shore...
"What?" Ami echoed after Seiya told them. "You guys are the agents of justice protecting Earth?" and burst out laughing. "It's the end of the world."
"Shut up, Water-drops." Seiya snapped. "So, the monster resurrects from the lake and attacks a camp." he continued. "And we're going to defeat it in the story."
"Wow!" Usagi gushed.
"What if those who are ravaging camps are actually monsters?" Minako whined. "I'm scared."
"What's that about?" Taiki asked.
"We heard that someone is ravaging the campgrounds around here." Makoto supplied.
"What?" Taiki blinked.
"Camp ravaging?" Seiya echoed.
"That's what we heard." Usagi confirmed.
"Sounds exactly like the movie shoot." Yaten noted.
"I'm very scared." Minako muttered.
"It might be true." Seiya remarked, an idea coming to him.
"What?" Usagi started. "What is that?"
"A monster!" Seiya replied.
"What are you saying?" Usagi chided. "There can't be."
"You never know." Seiya looked intently at Ami.
Ami backed off slightly and looked at the other two Lights. "He's plotting mischief, isn't he?"
"I'm not plotting." Seiya said flatly.
"Scheming, maybe." Taiki noted.
"Or possibly planning." Yaten jumped in.
"But not plotting." Taiki finished.
Seiya rolled his eyes at the two boys' attempt at humor. "Thanks a lot." he sighed.
Ami looked amused, "It's so hard being surrounded by wise guys." she said to Seiya with a teasing twinkle in her eyes.
"Thank you." Seiya said with a exaggerated nod, "It's nice to see someone who understands my plight."
"Uh huh." Ami rolled her eyes. "So," she looked curious, "What's going on? He's plotting something again," she noted, recognizing the gleam in Seiya's eyes. Taiki opened his mouth and Ami sighed, "Not again, it wasn't that funny the first time."
"Awww." Yaten pouted.
"Oh no!" Minako snuggled to the silver-haired Starlight. "I'm scared. Yaten, please protect me!"
"Three Lights!" the assistant director called. "We're starting!"
"Keep an eye on that guy." Ami told the other two Lights as she pointed to Seiya.
"Will do." Yaten gave a wave.
In the forest...
Usagi was gathering firewood when Rei suddenly appeared in front of her and scaring the blond in the process.
"Don't scare me." Usagi sighed, dropping the firewood.
"What?" Rei blinked.
"You showed up so suddenly." Usagi replied. "Rei, is your cousin alright?"
"Actually, he wasn't there." Rei replied. "I told him earlier."
Back at the set...
"Cut!" the director hollered after the 'Super Commander' defeated the zombie. "Okay! It's the end of the day! Have a good one!"
"Have a good day!" the crew repeated.
"Hey, you'll get into trouble if you take them without permission." Yaten reminded as Seiya snuck into the props truck.
"What are you doing to do with that?" Taiki inquired.
"I have an idea." Seiya grinned, taking out the zombie costume.
Commercial Break.
The image is black for several seconds, then car engines start roaring in the background.
Voice-off Announcer: This time, the speed may be too much to handle.
The camera now switches to a highway, and we can see several cars racing through it.
VO A: This time, the adrenaline will run faster than ever.
The camera zooms in to one of the cars, a blue Lamborghini Diablo with some crescent moon-shaped blades strategically placed around it. The driver's none other than Usagi Tsukino.
VO A: This time, it doesn't matter who races the faster...
The camera shows some of the other cars: A red Lotus with razor blades on it's wheels, driven by Rei. A small yet strong-looking convertible that is constantly shooting ice into the ground, driven by Ami. A huge, green truck driven by Mako and an orange jet engine-adapted dragster driven by Minako.
VO A: This time... Winning is the only way of surviving.
Rei and Usagi's cars start hitting each other hard as they run, each trying to throw the other out of the road. However, Usagi suddenly brakes, barely dodging Mako's truck. Rei, however, ain't that lucky and her car's dragged forwards by it. Mercury's car takes the lead, shooting a patch of ice as it goes, and Mako's truck goes out of the road and right into a river.
VO A: This time, reflexes are the ultimate weapon.
Minako's dragster zooms by, knocking Ami's car out of the road, and Ami ends up hitting a tree. Minako starts laughing as she sees the finish line, but a red rose-shaped (?) car crosses her path, causing her to rapidly steer to her right and fly out of the road, ending up a good 100 meters away. The oddly-shaped car stops and Mamoru walks out of it, just in time to see Usagi's car cross the finish line.
VO A: Carmageddon: Crystal Tokyo Edition. In stores, January 2993.
End Commercial Break.
In the evening...
The girls had set up camp and were preparing dinner when, "Big trouble! Big trouble!" Yaten shouted as he and Taiki ran towards the campsite.
"We saw a monster ravaging a camp." Taiki replied.
"What?" the girls exclaimed.
"What shall we do?" Usagi wondered.
"No way..." Rei realized.
"What's up, Rei?" Usagi inquired.
"Was my relative attacked by the camp ravager?" Rei wondered.
"No way!" Usagi gasped when a scream alerted the group.
"Run away!" someone shouted. "It's going that way."
"He's scaring strangers too." Yaten whispered.
"He's over exaggerating." Taiki stated.
"Probably, Kengo was attacked too." Rei wondered.
"Do you think there really is a monster?" Usagi stammered.
"Failure!" the Phage droned. "Failure! Failure!" he started demolishing the campsite with his hammer. "Failure!"
"Tent..." Usagi gasped. "Our tent! Hey you, what are you doing?"
"Failure!" the Phage continued his rampage. "Failure! Failure!"
"He looks like the real thing." Yaten chuckled.
"But did he have that?" Taiki stated. "Wasn't it a chainsaw?"
"That scare must've worked." Seiya remarked in his zombie costume as he strolled towards the campsite. "They'll be paralyzed by fright."
"He hasn't come back yet." Taiki wondered. "Is he still chasing them?"
"Seiya gets too excited, doesn't he?" Yaten sighed. "He's coming back." he noted as Seiya entered.
"Yes, he is." Taiki nodded. "Why don't you stop, that's enough." he chided.
"I'm hungry." Yaten complained.
"What do you mean by 'enough'?" Seiya was puzzled. "I haven't done anything yet. First of all, where are they?"
"Seiya, did you just arrive?" Taiki prodded.
"That's right." Seiya replied. "Oh, come on! I was thinking of scaring them but where are they? What? The tent is broken?"
"Yaten, that was..." Taiki looked at his fellow Starlight.
"The real thing." Yaten concluded.
"Hey!" Seiya called as the two rushed off. "What 'real thing'?" and ditched his costume's head. "Hey!" he took off after his teammates.
In the forest...
"Failure!" Sailor Artist was still chasing the girls. "Failure!"
"Rei!" Usagi gasped when Rei tripped over a root and causing the pendent she wore around her neck to fall off.
"Failure!" Artist moved in for the kill, forcing Rei to jump to dodge the attack.
"Rei, let's transform." Usagi stated.
"Right!" Rei nodded. "Holy Mars Power, Make Up!"
"Holy Moon Power, Make Up!" Usagi called.
"With so many plans, we came to this summer resort to have fun." Mars stated.
"Singing and eating." Moon added. "Are part of our happy camp that you've disturbed, you bad guy. Agents of love and justice."
"Pretty Senshi!" Mars stated.
"Moon!" Moon posed.
"Mars!" Mars continued.
"In the name of the moon," Moon remarked.
"We'll punish you!" the two chorused.
"Failure!" Artist droned. "You're a failure!"
"How rude!" Moon fumed. "Why am I a failure?"
Forming clay bottles out from his stomach, Artist flung it at the Senshi. "Failure! Failure!" He released another clay pot
"What are those clay shaped pot and plat things?" Moon stammered, dodging.
"Failure!" Artist fired another pot at Mars.
"No way..." Mars realized, dodging the pot.
"Failure!" Artist picked up Rei's dropped ornament and proceeded to smash it.
"Please stop it!" Mars shouted. "Don't destroy it! Kengo!"
"What?" Moon gasped.
"You're Kengo, aren't you?" Mars asked.
"Failure!" Artist fired another clay pot at the Senshi.
"Is that true, Mars?" Moon asked.
"I'm sure." Mars confirmed. "Someone probably turned him into this."
"Failure!" Artist declared. "Everything here and there is a failure!"
"Please stop, Kengo!" Mars pleaded.
"Failure!" Artist formed another pot from his stomach.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars released her arrow.
Artist stumbled back, giving Mars the opening she needed. "Mars Eternal Phoenix Resurrection!"
"Beautiful!" Artist squealed when a flame arrow shot towards him taking the form of a fire phoenix mid-way. he stood there frozen, utterly still, then the fire construct encased him in a cocoon of fiery feathers. The phoenix then released the Phage from its embrace, revealing a fully healed Ibuki in its wake and his 'Star Seed' returning to his body.
"Kengo!" Mars hurried to her cousin's side and smiled when she noticed Kengo was holding onto the bird pendent.
On a tree...
"It seems that they're capable when they need to be." Star Fighter noted.
"Yes." Star Maker agreed.
"Shall we go?" Star Healer asked and the three Starlights vanished.
Later, in Ibuki's work cabin...
Minako was trying her hand out at pottery and failing miserably, causing the group to burst out laughing.
"Kengo, were all of your great works destroyed?" Rei asked.
"That's alright." Ibuki assured. "It's a good chance to start again. I've been looking for something so new that I've lost myself."
Outside...
"Shame on you!" Ami teased. "You fainted when you saw the camp ravager? Aren't you the hero if justice who protects the Earth in the movie?"
"Well, it suddenly appeared, so..." Seiya defended.
"If your fans find out, they'll be disappointed." Ami tsked.
Seiya hushed her when the door suddenly opened, knocking Seiya off his feet and causing him to fall onto Ami.
"Ami!" the girls gasped at compromising position the two were in.
"Seiya!" the two Lights gaped.
"Seiya, three seconds." Ami growled in warning, her hand reaching for the stiletto knife she kept on her thigh." Get off me before I deploy more... drastic measures." she rested the cold metal of her blade against Seiya's neck.
"It's an accident!" Seiya insisted, sweating.
SailorStar9: Now that's done, read and review. In the next chapter, Seiya comes over to Ami's house while she is home alone, and they are soon joined by many others - including Sailor Lead Crow and Sailor Aluminum Siren.