Chapter 14: The Pirates Strike Back

Date: June 20, 2010

Area: Entei

Condition of Target Area: Stable

Eiren and Reisen both ran through the gates of Entei, both out of breath. They quickly ran through the large mansion to their princess's quarters.

"Princess Kaguya!" Eiren yelled, "Princess Kaguya!"

She threw open the doors to her princess's quarters. Reisen and Eiren both gasped at what they saw. Fujiware no Mokou, Kaguya's rival, and Kaguya were having the most intense, brutal, mind-numbing battle ever fought amongst humans: they were having a staring contest.

"Ummm...Princess Kaguya?" Reisen asked, slightly confused.

"Sh!" Kaguya hissed, not taking her eyes off of Mokou's.

"Agreed," Mokou growled. Eiren rolled her eyes and walked over to the two immortals. She then grabbed them by the heads and knocked them together.

"OW!" Mokou and Kaguya yelled in pain.

"You blinked first!" Mokou yelled.

"No you did!" Kaguya retorted back.

"Would you two stop bickering!" Reisen yelled. Mokou and Kaguya both glared at Reisen in annoyance. "Errrr...sorry," the Lunar Rabbit apologized.

"Now what do you want, Eiren?" Kaguya asked, "Mokou and I were very busy!"

"We were attacked," Eiren said, "But not by any youkai. We were attacked...by aliens."

"Other aliens?" Kaguya asked, "The only other aliens I can think of at the moment are those Chozo fellows we met a few years back."

"No, they were peaceful and they looked nothing like these things," Eiren said. She went over to a desk and pulled out a piece of paper and an ink pen. She drew what the Space Pirates that attacked her and Reisen looked like. She then handed the drawing to Kaguya who looked at it with disgust. Mokou also looked at the drawing.

"Not a very attractive bunch, are they?" Mokou said.

"Agreed," Kaguya said, "Well, hopefully they don't find us. But just in case, Reisen, order the other Rabbits to fortify the walls. I'm pretty sure we can handle them. And Mokou, you're staying."

Mokou was about to walk out when Kaguya told her she was staying.

"Dammit!" she cursed, "I suppose you want me to help too?"

Kaguya nodded.

"DAMMIT!" Mokou cursed again.

"I'll go get the Rabbits ready," Reisen said, and ran out to tell her subordinates what to do.

"Well I guess we wait then," Kaguya said, sitting down on a floor cushion.

Little did the Lunarians know, they were being watched Shadow Troopers. The Pirates had a couple of the espionage troops with them when Eiren and Reisen fled from them. The Shadow Troopers were experts at survival and tracking. They hung back and waited for the the more clumsy troops to trigger any traps that might have been lying in wait. After all the traps were tripped, they merely tracked the girls until they reached Entei. They were recording Kaguya's orders and transmitting them to Ridley. Ridley was laughing at the Lunarians' foolishness. He then ordered his troops to the Entei, Ridley heading the attack.

A Lunar Rabbit looked at the sky and gasped when she saw Ridley flying towards Entei. "Here they come!" she yelled. She saw hundreds of Pirates and fired at them with her rifle. More Lunarians joined her, but the they couldn't hold them back, especially with Ridley bearing down on them. The Shadow Troopers came out of hiding and attacked Kaguya and Mokou, viciously stabbing them with their plasma scythes. They looked at the two immortals, confused as to why the two girls weren't dead. Before they could ask, however, a Pirate Commander walked into the room flanked by two commandos.

"Under the order of Commander Ridley, you are now our slaves," the Pirate growled.

"Nice going, Kaguya," Mokou grumbled, "Now we're slaves to the aliens."

"Shut up, I didn't see you fight back!" Kaguya retorted.

"Both of you shut up!" the Commander snarled. He looked around the room rapidly. "There were three of you in here, where's the third one?" he asked angrily.

Kaguya looked around. "I don't know," she answered truthfully.

"Liar!" the pirate roared. He kicked Kaguya hard across the face. "Tell me where she is, or I'll kill your friend!"

"I'm not her friend, buddy," Mokou said coldly, "And I can't die, nor can she."

The Pirate looked confused. He then shot Mokou in the head with his plasma rifle.

"Ow," Mokou groaned, "Told you so."

"Take these two to back to the base," the Commander ordered the other Pirates, "And torture them while you're at it. It appears they're in too much pain right now to fight back." He then turned to the Shadow Troopers. "Ridley is impressed by your actions," he said, "You two are getting a pay raise and a promotion." The Shadow Troopers both grinned.

"Tell him we're grateful," one of the Shadow Troopers said. The pirates then shackled Kaguya and Mokou and took them to an awaiting skiff where they would be taken back to the Space Pirate ship. The other Lunarians were throwing their weapons to the side and being led off to whatever cruel fate that awaited them.

Eiren, on the other hand, managed to escape amidst the chaos. She ran through the Bamboo Forest to the one place she knew where she could find help: Hakurei Shrine.