Chapter 12: Maker
Celestia Aino squealed with happiness as she ripped through the wrappings of the boxed gift that Noriko Mizuno had surprised her with.
"It's a...thingy in a box and it looks like you can see in it!" she giggled.
"It's a video camera," answered Taiki wryly, she was also there with a present for Celestia, interestingly enough. Celestia then stared at her.
"What's that thing you got? Hey, I know! It's a candy!" she exclaimed and grabbed the "candy," which was actually her brown Senshi wand topped with a pink star, out of Taiki's hand and immediately stuck it in her mouth. Then she spit it out.
"That's your transformation wand. You have my Senshi powers," Taiki sighed. Celestia stuck it in her pocket and then turned to the video camera, gleefully ripping it out of its box.
"Hey, put some batteries in this thing and let me see what it can do!" she exclaimed. Noriko was happy to oblige at the time, not realizing what would happen if Celestia got a video camera in her hyperactive paws. After getting the batteries put in, Celestia ran off to go find something to capture on tape. She decided to peek into Haruka and Michiru's area to see if anything interesting was happening there. She looked, and ended up taping Michiru playing her violin until she told Celestia to leave. This was mainly because Celestia kept making up nonsensical lyrics to the classical tunes Michiru was playing. Pouting, she then went to see if anything was going on with Karinka and Andromeda, Hotaru's daughters. Indeed, Andromeda was quite excited to see her.
"You picked a good time to catch me on tape, kid. Today's the day I scheduled my fight against 007," Andromeda boasted importantly. Celestial just looked confused, then excited.
"Who's that? Is that some new number monster? Because I just got my Star Maker powers and I can blast them! Pow pow!" she exclaimed.
"No, I am 007, one who bests foolish dominatrix-wannabes," replied what was a pompous child's voice. The owner of the voice, Electra Mizuno, strode into the room. Andromeda snickered at her.
"You're not even wearing any armor. Nor do you have any weapons. With my whip, I can beat you easily, you little twerp!" she declared, and she lunged at Electra, completely forgetting that Celestia was in the middle of the crossfire. She crashed into Celestia, and Electra just smirked as she stepped outside the door.
"Why do I need armor when you have such poor combat skills?" she taunted smugly. Andromeda jumped back up, swinging her whip at Electra, but she missed again and knocked a vase of flowers onto the floor. The whole time, Celestia was videoing them, giggling, not caring if she got stepped on in the process.
Meanwhile, Ami was looking for her daughter Electra. She had heard that she was planning to fight Andromeda, but she wasn't sure where. Along the way, she found Taiki and Noriko, who had just given Celestia her Senshi powers and a new video camera. They told Ami so.
"A video camera? Do you think she could be taping Andromeda and Electra's fight?" Ami asked worriedly.
"I don't know. She just said she was going to find interesting things to tape, and then I think she just left," shrugged Noriko, "I just want her to be happy."
"Well, she's not going to be that happy if she gets in the middle of a fight, she could get hurt," Ami pointed out. Just then, Electra ran by, with Celestia in hot pursuit, still holding the video camera in front of her. Ami peeked out farther down the hallway, and she saw Andromeda collapsed in a panting heap on the floor. Ami went to go check on her, but then Celestia raced back too, nearly knocking Ami down. She pointed her camera at Andromeda.
"So, you have given up the chase? Ladies and talismen, Electra won the match and knocked out Andromeda with her super duper speedy powers!" Celestia announced. Andromeda reached up, glaring fiercely at Celestia, and tried to pull the camera out of the impish girl's hands.
"Shut up...I'll win...yet..." Andromeda managed to gasp out.
"How? Electra is gone! She has gone to the invisible choir where they will sing her praises! She is throwing the daises at the stones and is pushing up the restroom!" Celestia shouted dramatically.
"Yet I am still alive," Electra said with a smirk from across the hallway. Celestia looked confused.
"I thought that just meant someone won! I saw some British show where they were saying stuff like that and I thought they were saying how much they liked their carrots!" she retorted.
"You shall video my victory speech. Enough butchering Monty Python," Electra ordered smugly. Celestia stuck her tongue out at the furry girl.
"No way! It's my camera and I'll tape what I want to, tape what I want to, tape what I want to! It's my camera and I'll tape what I want to, you would too if you had one too!" Celestia sang, to the tune of a 1950's teenybopper song. Electra still smirked at Celestia, only this time she looked more menacing.
"You WILL give it to me, you know," she said firmly, and she pulled out her Senshi wand. Celestia did the same.
"No way! I'll fight you for my freedom! Maker Prism Power, Make Up!"
"You shall recall your statement shortly. Mars Sparkle Power, Make Up!" At this point, Ami was in a state of panic, because while she wanted to protect her daughter and break up the fight, she also knew that to step in between the two Senshi could be dangerous if they happened to hit her with their attacks. So she decided on pleading.
"Please stop it, Electra! I don't want you to get hurt!" she yelled.
"Fear not, mother, for 007 never fails. Mars Burning Reaction!" Chibi Mars called, and she spewed flames from her mouth at Chibi Maker, who quickly dodged them and rushed at Chibi Mars, swinging her video camera like it was a club. The flames, however, hit someone else, namely, Taiki, who was also there. Noriko was too, and she screamed when she heard Chibi Maker getting ready to strike.
"Look out, Celestia! I'll help you! Jupiter Sparkle...OW!" That was all she said before she was knocked unconscious from behind by none other than Prince Demando. He then wasted no time in shooting Ami's heart crystal out of her body. It was definitely one of those moments when Taiki wished she had not just given up her Senshi powers to a manical kid who seemed to take more pleasure in fighting her own teammates than the enemy. Luckily, Chibi Mars spotted Prince Demando before he could get away.
"Are you actually daring to steal my mother's heart? I don't think so. Mars Burning Reaction!" she yelled, and blasted the distracted Nemesis prince with her fire attack. He rolled around on the floor, putting the flames out, and then Chibi Maker jumped on top of him.
"Hey, Yaten, stop it! I thought you were one of the good guys!" she accused. Chibi Mars smirked.
"See? I told you those Starlights are evil," she said smugly.
"That's NOT Yaten. Yaten has a ponytail, remember?" Taiki pointed out from her spot behind one of the pillars, hoping that Mars wouldn't burn her again. Chibi Maker giggled as she pressed on Prince Demando's chest.
"Hey, your chest is really flat, Yaten! Are you going back to your man form? And your eyes don't look right, too," she commented.
"Get off of me, you foolish child!" shouted Prince Demando as he shoved her away with an energy blast. Chibi Maker flew through the air and landed on top of Noriko's limp body.
"You're not Yaten, are you. Your voice sounds all wrong, too," noted Chibi Mars coolly. She was busy sneaking over to where Demando had dropped Ami's heart crystal, but he caught her by the tail.
"Bingo, monkey-girl. I am Prince Demando of Nemesis, not some mangirl from a planet that smells like olives," he snarled.
"That's olive blossoms," sighed Taiki.
"Mars Burning Reaction!"
"Star Gentle Uterus!" Chibi Mars and Chibi Maker suddenly decided to attack together and they did so, destroying Prince Demando. Chibi Mars picked up the heart crystal and put it back in her mother's body. She then turned back to Chibi Maker, rolling her eyes.
"Why do you have such a ludicrous attack name?" she taunted calmly.
"I don't know, but it's fun to say! Star Gentle Uterus! Star Gentle Uterus! Star...MPPHH!" Chibi Maker was finally cut off as Chibi Mars grabbed the older girl's mouth. This, of course, caused them to start fighting once again, while Taiki stared in shock at the holes in the walls that were made by the power she once used.