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The Saga of Mercury
Chapter 21
In the Name of Mercury
Greg stepped up to the porch, put the key
into the hole, and opened the front door.
"Welcome to the 21st century Urawa
household, Sasha!" he said.
Sasha beamed a smile as she, Amy and Greg
stepped into the house.
Inside in the kitchen, Mr. Urawa was
fixing up dinner when his attention was
drawn to the three.
"Hi everyone!" said Mr. Urawa.
"Hello dad!" said Greg.
"Good evening, Mr. Urawa," said Amy.
"Hi!" said Sasha.
Mr. Urawa took off his cooking gloves and
walked over to Sasha.
"Did you enjoy the bus ride?" he asked.
"Yes very much, thank you!" she replied.
Mr. Urawa turned to Amy. "Are you staying
for dinner?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll be here for a few hours, then
I'm going to the train station," Amy
responded.
"Sasha and I will walk her over," said
Greg.
"Oh, don't worry about it," said Mr.
Urawa. "I'll drive you guys over there,
it's no problem with me."
"Ames?" said Greg.
"Fine with me," said Amy.
"Great, thank you," said Greg.
"Very well then!" said Mr. Urawa. "Dinner
is just about ready. I have a small
turkey here that I've just finished
roasting. It has gravy sauce and
cranberry jam. It's a popular food in
America when they celebrate Thanksgiving
and Christmas."
"Great!" said Sasha.
"Sasha," said Greg, "you don't know how
good of a job my dad does at cooking..."
"Oh don't say that!" responded Mr. Urawa.
"I just try my best, that's all."
With that, the quartet sat down and
enjoyed a nice, filling meal of turkey.
After they finished, they went into the
den.
"Sasha," said Mr. Urawa, "would you like
me to show you the rest of the house?"
"All right," said Sasha, turning to Amy.
"Is it all right, Amy?"
"Go ahead," said Amy.
"You and Greg can stay here and turn on
the television... The seventh day of the
sumo basho is on right now," said Mr.
Urawa.
With that Mr. Urawa and Sasha stepped
out...
Which left just Amy and Greg in the den.
Greg walked over to the middle of the
wide couch facing the television, took
the remote control, turned on the
television, and sat down.
Amy sat down as well... on Greg's lap.
"Whoa, uh, Amy, wha..."
Amy wrapped her left arm around Greg, and
put her right index finger over his lips.
"Ssssh... you know, there's something that
I've wanted to tell you."
"Hmm..." said Greg, turning down the volume
with the remote. "What is it, Ames?"
"Well, I look back on all the years of my
life," said Amy, running her fingers
through Greg's hair. "Especially the time
that I've spent in school, and on being a
sailor scout... and I've never, ever, had
any free time or any time for a social
life... that is, until I met you, Greg.
From the first day that I met you in
school when you first transferred over...
you've opened up a whole new world for
me. So..." she said, wrapping her other arm
around Greg, "I just wanted to say... Thank
you."
Amy smiled... and after a few moments, Greg
followed suit.
"Amy," Greg said, stroking Amy's hair, "I
am so glad that the two of us are
destined to be together, forever... you
know, they say that in order to have a
true relationship, you have to love a
person on the outside, and on the inside...
for example... you Amy."
Amy giggled and blushed.
"I'm telling the truth here, Amy," Greg
continued. "You are the most beautiful
and gorgeous person I have had the honor
of knowing. You are so pretty on the
outside, accentuated by your blue hair...
and you are knowledgeable and intelligent
on the inside."
Amy pulled Greg closer to her.
"Knowledgeable and intelligent.. then.."
she said, closing her eyes, "why am I
doing this..."
Greg closed his eyes.
Their lips were only millimeters apart..
when they heard the phone ring.
Greg opened his eyes, looked at Amy's
eyes that were also open at this point,
and let out a huge sigh.
Greg reached over to answer the phone.
"Hello? ... Darien, what's up? .. yep ..
uh-huh .. yeah, we're all set for tomorrow.
Uh-huh .. they'll be... all right! Yep, see
you then... bye."
"Darien was checking up on tomorrow?"
said Amy, arms still around Greg.
"Yeah, wanted to make sure Sasha's
surprise was... all... set..." Greg said,
slowing down his speech as his eyes
locked with Amy's. "Now, where were we..."
Amy said, "right about here..."
Amy and Greg inched together and closed
their eyes.
"And that's the tour of the Urawa
household! Glad you enjoyed it, Sasha!"
Amy and Greg opened their eyes, and
quickly repositioned themselves on the
couch, one neatly sitting next to the
other. Greg immediately turned up the
volume on the TV.
"Wow, what a charge!" said Greg, as Sasha
and Mr. Urawa re-entered the den.
"How's the sumo going?" Mr. Urawa asked
Greg.
"Ah, they haven't gotten to the good
matches yet," said Greg.
"No, they start in another few minutes,"
said Amy.
"Oh, well," said Mr. Urawa.
Sasha ran around the couch and sat down
next to Greg and Amy.
"Sumo wrestling is very interesting,"
said Sasha.
"Well, it's a sport that's been popular
in Japan for centuries. In fact, we can
trace it back to more than 2,000 years
ago, back when..."
An announcer on the television
interrupted Greg.
"We interrupt this program to bring you
the following special news bulletin.
Apparently, a monster has broken through
into the Roppongi district and is
wreaking havoc on Tokyo's popular
nightspot. The fire department is
responding to several fires that have
apparently been set by this monster, and
the police, as per usual, are saying that
the only ones who can stop this
destruction are Sailor Moon and her team
of sailors and knights... none of which
have been spotted in the area as of yet.
We will keep you posted on further
developments."
Amy, Greg and Sasha looked at each other,
and nodded their heads.
"Oh, crap!" yelled Greg. "Amy's train
comes in only ten minutes! I forgot all
about it!"
Amy looked at her watch and gasped.
"You're right... the next train won't leave
until after midnight!"
"Ok, calm down guys... gee you should have
told me about this earlier," said Mr.
Urawa. "Don't worry, let's jump into the
car now and head on over there."
"All right," said Sasha.
The four jumped into the car, and Mr.
Urawa sped over to the entrance of the
train station.
As Amy, Greg and Sasha stepped out of the
car, Mr. Urawa suddenly realized... "Holy
smokes! I left the cake I was baking in
the oven! I... I gotta run back home before
the house burns down!"
"Oh boy, uh... don't worry," said Greg,
"Sasha and I will walk back. I'll make
sure I've got a good eye on her."
"All right then, Amy, safe ride, and
guys, see you later!" Mr. Urawa said as
he sped away.
Amy held Sasha's hand as the three ran up
the steps to the train platform.
The platform was completely empty,
because...
"The next train comes in 45 minutes... good
way to get out of that situation," said
Greg.
"Well, I'm amazed that I actually lied...
there are few times that I do that," said
Amy.
"Are we going after that monster?" asked
Sasha. "How are we going to get to it?"
"Transform first, then I'll tell ya,"
said Greg.
Sasha opened her locket, Amy took out her
transformation stick, and Greg took out
his dagger.
Greg looked around a final time...
"Good to go, ladies, let's do it!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER!"
"MERCURY PRISM POWER!"
"MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"
The three appeared to be one as they
transformed, surrounded by showering
bubbles and light, into Sailor Mercury,
Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight.
"Now," said Mercury Knight, "do you
remember that sometimes, to go somewhere,
the three of us would get together and do
something called a Mercury Teleport?"
"Oh, yeah!" said Sailor Mini Mercury. "I
remember that! But I haven't done it in a
while..."
"Let's join hands and try it, then," said
Sailor Mercury.
The three joined hands where they stood.
"All right," said Mercury Knight. "Close
your eyes and concentrate..."
The three closed their eyes...
They concentrated...
Soon, a bright, blue ray of light began
to surround them, and the wind began to
gust up.. but they weren't fazed as they
suddenly found themselves in the air.. and
down on the ground, only a short distance
away from where the youma was.
"All right," said Sailor Mini Mercury,
"let's get him!"
"Hold it," said Mercury Knight,
restraining her. "We've got to analyze
this first."
"Are you going to use your computers?"
said Sailor Mini Mercury.
"This should answer your question," said
Sailor Mercury, as she and Mercury Knight
joined hands, activating their super VR
visors.
They zoomed in to get a closer look at
the youma with the goggles.
The youma had a dark, red body with
orange hair, with a dark, black cloak. It
was shooting streams of fire out of its
mouth. Some bystanders nearby were
running away in panic.
"Guess we're the first ones here," said
Mercury Knight.
"All right, let's go as close as we can,"
said Sailor Mercury.
The three of them walked, Mercury Knight
in front and the ladies behind, inch by
inch toward the monster.
At the right moment, the three of them
stood together in a line.
Mercury Knight was about to speak, when...
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" said Sailor Mini
Mercury.
The monster turned his head toward Sailor
Mini Mercury.
So did Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight.
"Stop what you are doing right now! You
are causing devastation to a popular area
in this city, and we will not allow it!
We are the forces of Ice! I AM SAILOR
MINI MERCURY!"
"I am the pretty-suited Sailor Soldier of
Intelligence and protector of water,
SAILOR MERCURY!"
"And I make sure I never let my future
daughter and future wife out of my
sights! I AM MERCURY KNIGHT, and don't
you forget about that!"
"AND ON BEHALF OF MERCURY, I SHALL PUNISH
YOU!" yelled Sailor Mini Mercury.
"WE WILL TOO!" said Sailor Mercury and
Mercury Knight.
"I am Atsugi!" said the monster in a low,
masculine voice.
"Atsugi?" said Mercury Knight.
"Interesting name for someone like you."
"I have something to show you... allow me
to open up for you to see!"
Atsugi opened up his black cloak, which
spread across for quite a bit.
The three from Mercury gasped.
Shown wrapped up, unconscious within the
cloak, were Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mini
Moon, Sailor Mars, Mars Knight, Sailor
Jupiter, Jupiter Knight, Sailor Venus,
Venus Knight, Sailor Uranus and Sailor
Neptune.
"They must have gotten here first then,"
said Mercury Knight.
"What have you done to our friends?"
asked Sailor Mercury.
"They just got in my way of stealing
precious energy, so I had no choice but
to take them as my own prisoners," said
Atsugi.
Mini Mercury was looking at everyone in
Atsugi's grasp. But then noticed
something. "Where's Sailor Moon?"
"Ergh... uh..."
Sailor Mini Mercury turned around when
she heard the groaning, and looked to the
ground a short distance away.
"SAILOR MOON!"
Sailor Mini Mercury and Sailor Mercury
ran over to Sailor Moon, who was all cut
up and bruised on the ground.
Mercury Knight, meanwhile, still stood in
the presence of the red monster.
"Well, since your girls are tending to
that weird looking blond, you're first!"
Atsugi said, opening his mouth and
shooting a fireball straight at Mercury
Knight.
Mercury Knight wasted no time: "MERCURY
ICE SHIELD!" he yelled, activating the
Ice Shield, and deflecting the fireball
up into the sky.
The Ice Shield was still up as Sailor
Mercury, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini
Mercury made their way behind Mercury
Knight.
Mercury Knight took this opportunity to
activate his computer visor once more.
The visor was able to pick something up
on Atsugi's chest.
"NOW!" said Atsugi. "Sailor Moon!
Surrender your Spiral Rod now! Or your
friends will die!"
Sailor Moon was now scrambling to figure
out what to do.
"Hey, do you see a flower on that guy's
chest?" said Mercury Knight.
There was a closed, light-pink flower
over Atsugi's left chest.
"My visor is picking it up as a.. oh, no.."
"What is it?" said Sailor Mercury.
"It's.. a Kisenian flower!"
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury gasped.
The words 'Kisenian flower' triggered
thoughts in their heads that went back to
their battle with Fiore several years
ago.
"What's a Kiss.. Kissa.." started Sailor
Mini Mercury.
"Sssh," said Mercury Knight. "You don't
wanna know."
"That's right," said a horrific feminine
voice emanating from around Atsugi. "You
DON'T WANT TO KNOW... hee, hee, hee, haa,
haa!"
The flower petal opened up to reveal the
Kisenian.
"Remember me?" said Kisenian. "The one
that you got rid of a while back? Well,
here I am! Seems that Sorinya had an
extra flower of mine, and she's putting
it to great use! Now, Atsugi, on with
your orders!"
"Yes, Kisenian. So, what's it gonna be,
Sailor Moon? Your Spiral Rod.. or your
friends??"
Sailor Moon did remember when she dealt
with Fiore. She remembered what she did
in a situation like this.. and she knew
what she had to do now.
She took the Spiral Rod out...
And dropped it on the ground in front of
her.
"You win," said Sailor Moon.
Sailor Mercury looked at Sailor Moon.
Mercury Knight deactivated his shield,
and took out his sword. "I'll ante in,"
he said, tossing his sword to the ground.
"This is just like before.. I.. I can't let
go of my friends.." said Sailor Moon. "My
friends are the most important things to
me.. I might not be smart in school, but
I'm smart enough to know that when the
going gets tough, I have friends.. here
standing besides me.. and over there, with
you. I don't want my friends to get
hurt.."
"I never knew you cared about them so
much..." said Atsugi.
Kisenian then had enough of this. "Oooh!
First Fiore, now you! I'll just have to
eliminate Sailor Moon myself!"
With that, the Kisenian separated itself
from Atsugi and formed in front of him,
standing on what appeared to be plant-
like crab legs.
Atsugi, on the other hand, changed
appearance into a man with a business
suit, and collapsed on the floor. The
huge black cloak vanished, and the other
sailors and knights that were caught in
it fell onto the ground as well. They
began to come around as Kisenian made her
way to Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury,
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.
Sailor Moon immediately picked up her
Spiral Rod and attempted a Moon Spiral
Heart Attack... but it didn't work.
Sailor Mini Moon tried her Shabon Fan...
but it was useless.
Mercury Knight knew that it probably
wouldn't work, but he tried a Mercury Ice
Blade Charge attack anyway... and as
expected, it failed.
Which left Sailor Mercury, the soldier of
intelligence, to make a big decision in
her mind.
"Sailor Moon, the only way to defeat the
Kisenian is to use your Silver Crystal..
but you are too weak to use it.."
"I don't feel weak..." said Sailor Moon.
"NO," responded Sailor Mercury, "you have
to save your strength... while I will try
the next best thing."
"The next best thing?" said Mercury
Knight. "What could be second to the
Silver Crystal?"
Sailor Mercury looked down at her Scout
Ring. "A certain blue crystal," she
responded.
Which set off alarms in Mercury Knight's
head. "Amy... DON'T!" he yelled.
Sailor Mercury raised the Scout Ring in
the air and yelled "ETERNAL MERCURY
POWER!"
A gusty wind began to pick up and
surround Sailor Mercury, as the other
scouts that were caught up in the black
cloak made their way to Sailor Moon,
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.
Rays of white and blue light began to
surround Sailor Mercury... as she became
Princess Amy.
The princess was in her long, blue gown,
with the Mercury symbol glowing on her
forehead.
"Oh, Princess Amy! Well," said Kisenian,
"Queen Sorinya has had a large interest
in you... might as well finish the task
that she already started!"
"No, you wont," said Princess Amy, a
large blue crystal floating around her
hands.
"The Planet Crystal!" yelled Sailor Mini
Mercury.
"So I guess THAT's second to the Silver
Crystal," said Mars Knight. "Wait, Ames!"
"Don't... don't do it!" said a shaky Sailor
Moon.
"It's too dangerous!" said Venus Knight,
alert and reviving the others.
"In the name of Mercury..." said Princess
Amy.. "This.. is for my friends.. for
Sasha... for Greg... and for the future...
MERCURY POWER!"
As Kisenian was launching a thunderous
energy attack toward Princess Amy, the
princess unleashed the power of the
Mercury Planet Crystal.
It was a very strong force.. which sent
out bubbles and lightning toward the
incoming energy attack.
The two attacks collided mid-way, and it
was a push and shove match between the
two forces.
Kisenian's attack was starting to get the
upper hand... but the Princess was starting
to fight back harder and harder.
Mercury Knight had enough. "I'm going to
go help her," he said.
But before he could act, the Princess'
attack made it all the way to Kisenian,
who yelled as the attack froze her and
shattered her into many pieces.
At that instant, the power of the Mercury
Planet Crystal expired...
And so did Princess Amy, her lifeless,
limp body collapsing onto the asphalt
pavement.
"NO!" yelled Mercury Knight.
"MOMMY!" cried Sailor Mini Mercury.
"AMY!" cried Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.
Mercury Knight immediately snapped, "Ken,
hold Sasha!"
Jupiter Knight held on to Sasha as the
others scrambled over to the body of the
Princess.
Mercury Knight flipped the princess' body
on its back. He saw Amy's pale skin and
face, with the Mercury symbol gone from
her forehead, and tried to awaken her by
shaking her shoulders.
"No, no, no, NO, NO!!" he yelled.,
checking for a pulse and starting
emergency CPR. After a few moments' worth
of CPR, which didn't help at all, he
cried out, "Don't do this to me! DON'T DO
THIS TO ME! DON'T.. AMY.. DON'T DO THIS.."
he said before finally breaking down, his
head falling onto the princess' chest.
Sailor Jupiter covered her mouth and
tried not to cry.
"Oh, God," said Sailor Mars through
tears.
"Why..." said Sailor Venus.
Sailors Uranus and Neptune were in shock.
"I'm sorry, Greg..." said Sailor Neptune.
Mercury Knight looked up at Sailor
Neptune, nodded his head, and looked back
at what was supposed to be the
intelligent girl.. his girlfriend.. his
future wife... and the future co-ruler of
Mercury.
Through the tears, the memories were
coming back.
He was starting to remember all of the
good times he had with her.
The time they met in school...
The time they first spoke to each other...
Their first date...
Their first kiss at the train station...
Their first battle together...
The discovery of Sasha as their future
daughter...
And he remembered what she said earlier
in the day...
"I've never, ever, had any free time or
any time for a social life... that is,
until I met you, Greg. From the first day
that I met you in school when you first
transferred over... you've opened up a
whole new world for me..."
"Amy, I am so glad that the two of us are
destined to be together, forever... you
know, they say that in order to have a
true relationship, you have to love a
person on the outside, and on the inside...
I'm telling the truth here, Amy... You are
the most beautiful and gorgeous person I
have had the honor of knowing. You are so
pretty on the outside, accentuated by
your blue hair... and you are knowledgeable
and intelligent on the inside."
The outside and the inside, he said to
himself... the symbol of true love...
"I have to do something to Amy," Mercury
Knight said to the others.
"Why do you want to do anything," said
Mars Knight. "It doesn't matter now,
she's already dead!"
Mercury Knight looked up at Mars Knight,
straight in the eyes.
"Chad," said Mercury Knight, "do you
believe in love?"
Mars Knight was puzzled at Mercury
Knight's question, unsure of how to
respond.
"Love means to hold dear," said Mercury
Knight. "To feel devotion or tenderness,
to like or desire actively, to thrive in...
I'm sure that all of you have your kinds
of love, especially toward each other.
Well, I for one really believe in it. I
really believe in love. I was taught once
that in order to love, there are two
qualities you much search for... external
properties and internal properties. The
outside, and the inside.
"I love each and every one of you. All of
you have your special talents that make
each of you individuals.. and make me
proud to fight alongside you. I love all
of you.. I love Sasha.. and I love Amy. Amy
is a part of me... always has been, and
always will be...
"Which is why I am confident," he said,
lifting the princess' body into his arms,
"that I can bring her back, with nothing
but true love."
The sailors and knights that were
standing around him thought about and
reflected on Mercury Knight's words.
"I'm with you," said Sailor Moon.
"I'm not your girlfriend, but I love you,
and everyone," said Sailor Venus.
"I love you, Greg!" said Jupiter Knight,
still with Sailor Mini Mercury, who
shouted, "I love you, daddy!"
"We love you," said Sailors Uranus and
Neptune.
"We shall share our love for each other
as we try to bring back Amy," said Sailor
Mars.
"I think that's the way to do it," said
Mars Knight.
"Let's all concentrate," said Sailor
Jupiter.
"I'm ready," said Venus Knight.
Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mini Moon also
showed their approval.
"Ok then," said Mercury Knight. "Everyone
focus your love now on Amy, as we try to
bring her back."
Mercury Knight lifted Princess Amy's head
to his.
He whispered... "I love you..." and kissed
her.
As he kissed her, the winds began to pick
up yet again. Everyone else stood firm as
they focused their love to Amy.
Mercury Knight still had his lips pressed
on those of Princess Amy's...
Until he felt that his lips were being
pressed back...
As Princess Amy awoke and wrapped her
arms around her knight.
The Mercury symbols on their foreheads
were now shining brighter than ever
before.
Sailor Uranus smiled at the sight. So did
Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Moon
and Mars Knight. Sailors Mars, Jupiter,
Venus and Mini Moon were shedding tears
of joy.
Venus Knight called to Jupiter Knight.
"Let her come over!" he said.
Jupiter Knight let go of Sailor Mini
Mercury, and the two of them ran over.
Princess Amy and Mercury Knight broke
their kiss, stared at each other, and
smiled.
"Thank... thank you..." uttered Princess
Amy, "for sharing your love... and saving
my life..."
"You saved all our lives," said Sailor
Moon. "Thank you for being a true pal and
a great friend."
Princess Amy was almost startled as
Sailor Mini Mercury ran to her future
mother and gave her a great big hug.
"Here's to Princess Amy!" she yelled.
"Hip, hip..."
"HOORAY!" yelled everyone.
Meanwhile, back in the Negaverse...
"Oooh, those Kisenian flowers are nothing
but crap!" said Sorinya. "I'll have the
ones that are left burned.. but make no
mistake... my quest to dominate the
universe AND capture Sailor Mercury is
NOT OVER!! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!
Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight
faced Sailor Mercury on a quiet street in
front of the Mizuno residence.
"Well, I'd say it was.. a successful job
tonight," said Sailor Mercury.
"But we almost lost you.. to.. to be
honest.. I... almost lost you," said
Mercury Knight. "But you came through
for us. Thanks."
"Thank you Amy for your help!" said
Sailor Mini Mercury.
"And don't forget, we've got plans
tomorrow, all three of us, and a few
other friends," said Mercury Knight.
"We do?" asked Sailor Mini Mercury.
"Yep, but it's a surprise. You'll have to
wait until tomorrow," said Mercury
Knight.
Turning his attention back to Sailor
Mercury, Mercury Knight said, "Well..."
"Well..." said Sailor Mercury.
The two stared at each other for a few
seconds, before reaching forward for a
parting goodnight kiss.
"Till tomorrow," said Sailor Mercury.
"See you then," said Mercury Knight.
"Bye!" said Sailor Mini Mercury.
"Ok, ready to teleport Sasha? One, two,
three!"
A trail of blue light was left behind
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury as
they streaked into the sky.
Sailor Mercury looked up at the sky,
smiled, and went back into her house.
When they got back to the Urawa
household, Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini
Mercury de-transformed.
As that happened, Greg was expecting to
get his Mercury Dagger back for safe
keeping... but he didn't expect to get
back...
"A cell phone?" said a surprised Greg.
It was a flip phone with a blue exterior,
and a blue LCD screen inside. He pressed
a button, and instantly the cell phone
lit up a bright blue.
The screen showed he had one voice
message, and it showed instructions on
how to retrieve it.
"Wow, I don't know what this is for,"
said Greg.
"Maybe it's a present?" asked Sasha.
"Who knows," said Greg as he entered the
house.
Mr. Urawa was in the den, and yelled as
he was watching the sumo, "Amy got on the
train all right?"
"Yep," responded Greg. "I'm tucking in
Sasha now." He turned to Sasha. "You get
dressed and I'll see you in your room to
tuck you in."
As Sasha ran to get dressed, Greg entered
the new room that would be Sasha's on the
weekends. He punched in a code and
retrieved his voice mail.
"Greetings, Greg," said a familiar voice.
"This is Artemis speaking. Luna and I
just wanted to thank you for all of your
help today in destroying the Kisenian
flower, and for proving that true love is
really something to be cherished. And as
recognition for all of your hard work,
you and the knights are getting equipment
upgrades. From now on, your daggers will
be concealed as regular looking cell
phones. These phones will be your new
communication tools for talking to the
other members of the sailor team. And
when the time comes to transform, the
phones will change back into your
daggers, allowing you to complete the
transformation. Again, thanks for all
your help. Say hello to Sasha! Good
night..."
Greg smiled. He decided to save the
message, rather than delete it.
In Sasha's new room, Greg was tucking
Sasha in.
"Phew!" said Greg. "What a day."
"I'm glad it's all over... and I'm looking
forward to tomorrow very much," said
Sasha.
"That's great. Well..."
"Greg, I remember what you said about Amy
today... and, uh..."
"Yes?"
"Do you love me?"
"Love you?" Greg smiled. "Of course," he
said, hugging Sasha. "You've just become
a very important part of my life... I love
you a lot, and as I said before, I won't
let you, or Amy, out of my sights, ever."
Sasha's eyes were starting to close from
being sleepy.
"Ooh, ok, better pull up the covers
here," said Greg, doing just that.
Greg kissed Sasha on the forehead. "Good
night, Sasha."
Sasha kissed Greg on the cheek. "Good
night, Greg."
Greg walked to the door and turned off
the wall light.
"Sweet dreams," said Greg, as he left and
closed the door.
With a long and eventful day now over,
Sasha smiled... closed her eyes... hoped for
sweet dreams during the night... and fell
fast asleep.
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End of Chapter 21
What is in store for Sasha tomorrow?
Find out in Chapter 22 of The Saga of Mercury.
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The Saga of Mercury
Chapter 21
In the Name of Mercury
Greg stepped up to the porch, put the key
into the hole, and opened the front door.
"Welcome to the 21st century Urawa
household, Sasha!" he said.
Sasha beamed a smile as she, Amy and Greg
stepped into the house.
Inside in the kitchen, Mr. Urawa was
fixing up dinner when his attention was
drawn to the three.
"Hi everyone!" said Mr. Urawa.
"Hello dad!" said Greg.
"Good evening, Mr. Urawa," said Amy.
"Hi!" said Sasha.
Mr. Urawa took off his cooking gloves and
walked over to Sasha.
"Did you enjoy the bus ride?" he asked.
"Yes very much, thank you!" she replied.
Mr. Urawa turned to Amy. "Are you staying
for dinner?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll be here for a few hours, then
I'm going to the train station," Amy
responded.
"Sasha and I will walk her over," said
Greg.
"Oh, don't worry about it," said Mr.
Urawa. "I'll drive you guys over there,
it's no problem with me."
"Ames?" said Greg.
"Fine with me," said Amy.
"Great, thank you," said Greg.
"Very well then!" said Mr. Urawa. "Dinner
is just about ready. I have a small
turkey here that I've just finished
roasting. It has gravy sauce and
cranberry jam. It's a popular food in
America when they celebrate Thanksgiving
and Christmas."
"Great!" said Sasha.
"Sasha," said Greg, "you don't know how
good of a job my dad does at cooking..."
"Oh don't say that!" responded Mr. Urawa.
"I just try my best, that's all."
With that, the quartet sat down and
enjoyed a nice, filling meal of turkey.
After they finished, they went into the
den.
"Sasha," said Mr. Urawa, "would you like
me to show you the rest of the house?"
"All right," said Sasha, turning to Amy.
"Is it all right, Amy?"
"Go ahead," said Amy.
"You and Greg can stay here and turn on
the television... The seventh day of the
sumo basho is on right now," said Mr.
Urawa.
With that Mr. Urawa and Sasha stepped
out...
Which left just Amy and Greg in the den.
Greg walked over to the middle of the
wide couch facing the television, took
the remote control, turned on the
television, and sat down.
Amy sat down as well... on Greg's lap.
"Whoa, uh, Amy, wha..."
Amy wrapped her left arm around Greg, and
put her right index finger over his lips.
"Ssssh... you know, there's something that
I've wanted to tell you."
"Hmm..." said Greg, turning down the volume
with the remote. "What is it, Ames?"
"Well, I look back on all the years of my
life," said Amy, running her fingers
through Greg's hair. "Especially the time
that I've spent in school, and on being a
sailor scout... and I've never, ever, had
any free time or any time for a social
life... that is, until I met you, Greg.
From the first day that I met you in
school when you first transferred over...
you've opened up a whole new world for
me. So..." she said, wrapping her other arm
around Greg, "I just wanted to say... Thank
you."
Amy smiled... and after a few moments, Greg
followed suit.
"Amy," Greg said, stroking Amy's hair, "I
am so glad that the two of us are
destined to be together, forever... you
know, they say that in order to have a
true relationship, you have to love a
person on the outside, and on the inside...
for example... you Amy."
Amy giggled and blushed.
"I'm telling the truth here, Amy," Greg
continued. "You are the most beautiful
and gorgeous person I have had the honor
of knowing. You are so pretty on the
outside, accentuated by your blue hair...
and you are knowledgeable and intelligent
on the inside."
Amy pulled Greg closer to her.
"Knowledgeable and intelligent.. then.."
she said, closing her eyes, "why am I
doing this..."
Greg closed his eyes.
Their lips were only millimeters apart..
when they heard the phone ring.
Greg opened his eyes, looked at Amy's
eyes that were also open at this point,
and let out a huge sigh.
Greg reached over to answer the phone.
"Hello? ... Darien, what's up? .. yep ..
uh-huh .. yeah, we're all set for tomorrow.
Uh-huh .. they'll be... all right! Yep, see
you then... bye."
"Darien was checking up on tomorrow?"
said Amy, arms still around Greg.
"Yeah, wanted to make sure Sasha's
surprise was... all... set..." Greg said,
slowing down his speech as his eyes
locked with Amy's. "Now, where were we..."
Amy said, "right about here..."
Amy and Greg inched together and closed
their eyes.
"And that's the tour of the Urawa
household! Glad you enjoyed it, Sasha!"
Amy and Greg opened their eyes, and
quickly repositioned themselves on the
couch, one neatly sitting next to the
other. Greg immediately turned up the
volume on the TV.
"Wow, what a charge!" said Greg, as Sasha
and Mr. Urawa re-entered the den.
"How's the sumo going?" Mr. Urawa asked
Greg.
"Ah, they haven't gotten to the good
matches yet," said Greg.
"No, they start in another few minutes,"
said Amy.
"Oh, well," said Mr. Urawa.
Sasha ran around the couch and sat down
next to Greg and Amy.
"Sumo wrestling is very interesting,"
said Sasha.
"Well, it's a sport that's been popular
in Japan for centuries. In fact, we can
trace it back to more than 2,000 years
ago, back when..."
An announcer on the television
interrupted Greg.
"We interrupt this program to bring you
the following special news bulletin.
Apparently, a monster has broken through
into the Roppongi district and is
wreaking havoc on Tokyo's popular
nightspot. The fire department is
responding to several fires that have
apparently been set by this monster, and
the police, as per usual, are saying that
the only ones who can stop this
destruction are Sailor Moon and her team
of sailors and knights... none of which
have been spotted in the area as of yet.
We will keep you posted on further
developments."
Amy, Greg and Sasha looked at each other,
and nodded their heads.
"Oh, crap!" yelled Greg. "Amy's train
comes in only ten minutes! I forgot all
about it!"
Amy looked at her watch and gasped.
"You're right... the next train won't leave
until after midnight!"
"Ok, calm down guys... gee you should have
told me about this earlier," said Mr.
Urawa. "Don't worry, let's jump into the
car now and head on over there."
"All right," said Sasha.
The four jumped into the car, and Mr.
Urawa sped over to the entrance of the
train station.
As Amy, Greg and Sasha stepped out of the
car, Mr. Urawa suddenly realized... "Holy
smokes! I left the cake I was baking in
the oven! I... I gotta run back home before
the house burns down!"
"Oh boy, uh... don't worry," said Greg,
"Sasha and I will walk back. I'll make
sure I've got a good eye on her."
"All right then, Amy, safe ride, and
guys, see you later!" Mr. Urawa said as
he sped away.
Amy held Sasha's hand as the three ran up
the steps to the train platform.
The platform was completely empty,
because...
"The next train comes in 45 minutes... good
way to get out of that situation," said
Greg.
"Well, I'm amazed that I actually lied...
there are few times that I do that," said
Amy.
"Are we going after that monster?" asked
Sasha. "How are we going to get to it?"
"Transform first, then I'll tell ya,"
said Greg.
Sasha opened her locket, Amy took out her
transformation stick, and Greg took out
his dagger.
Greg looked around a final time...
"Good to go, ladies, let's do it!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER!"
"MERCURY PRISM POWER!"
"MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"
The three appeared to be one as they
transformed, surrounded by showering
bubbles and light, into Sailor Mercury,
Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight.
"Now," said Mercury Knight, "do you
remember that sometimes, to go somewhere,
the three of us would get together and do
something called a Mercury Teleport?"
"Oh, yeah!" said Sailor Mini Mercury. "I
remember that! But I haven't done it in a
while..."
"Let's join hands and try it, then," said
Sailor Mercury.
The three joined hands where they stood.
"All right," said Mercury Knight. "Close
your eyes and concentrate..."
The three closed their eyes...
They concentrated...
Soon, a bright, blue ray of light began
to surround them, and the wind began to
gust up.. but they weren't fazed as they
suddenly found themselves in the air.. and
down on the ground, only a short distance
away from where the youma was.
"All right," said Sailor Mini Mercury,
"let's get him!"
"Hold it," said Mercury Knight,
restraining her. "We've got to analyze
this first."
"Are you going to use your computers?"
said Sailor Mini Mercury.
"This should answer your question," said
Sailor Mercury, as she and Mercury Knight
joined hands, activating their super VR
visors.
They zoomed in to get a closer look at
the youma with the goggles.
The youma had a dark, red body with
orange hair, with a dark, black cloak. It
was shooting streams of fire out of its
mouth. Some bystanders nearby were
running away in panic.
"Guess we're the first ones here," said
Mercury Knight.
"All right, let's go as close as we can,"
said Sailor Mercury.
The three of them walked, Mercury Knight
in front and the ladies behind, inch by
inch toward the monster.
At the right moment, the three of them
stood together in a line.
Mercury Knight was about to speak, when...
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" said Sailor Mini
Mercury.
The monster turned his head toward Sailor
Mini Mercury.
So did Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight.
"Stop what you are doing right now! You
are causing devastation to a popular area
in this city, and we will not allow it!
We are the forces of Ice! I AM SAILOR
MINI MERCURY!"
"I am the pretty-suited Sailor Soldier of
Intelligence and protector of water,
SAILOR MERCURY!"
"And I make sure I never let my future
daughter and future wife out of my
sights! I AM MERCURY KNIGHT, and don't
you forget about that!"
"AND ON BEHALF OF MERCURY, I SHALL PUNISH
YOU!" yelled Sailor Mini Mercury.
"WE WILL TOO!" said Sailor Mercury and
Mercury Knight.
"I am Atsugi!" said the monster in a low,
masculine voice.
"Atsugi?" said Mercury Knight.
"Interesting name for someone like you."
"I have something to show you... allow me
to open up for you to see!"
Atsugi opened up his black cloak, which
spread across for quite a bit.
The three from Mercury gasped.
Shown wrapped up, unconscious within the
cloak, were Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mini
Moon, Sailor Mars, Mars Knight, Sailor
Jupiter, Jupiter Knight, Sailor Venus,
Venus Knight, Sailor Uranus and Sailor
Neptune.
"They must have gotten here first then,"
said Mercury Knight.
"What have you done to our friends?"
asked Sailor Mercury.
"They just got in my way of stealing
precious energy, so I had no choice but
to take them as my own prisoners," said
Atsugi.
Mini Mercury was looking at everyone in
Atsugi's grasp. But then noticed
something. "Where's Sailor Moon?"
"Ergh... uh..."
Sailor Mini Mercury turned around when
she heard the groaning, and looked to the
ground a short distance away.
"SAILOR MOON!"
Sailor Mini Mercury and Sailor Mercury
ran over to Sailor Moon, who was all cut
up and bruised on the ground.
Mercury Knight, meanwhile, still stood in
the presence of the red monster.
"Well, since your girls are tending to
that weird looking blond, you're first!"
Atsugi said, opening his mouth and
shooting a fireball straight at Mercury
Knight.
Mercury Knight wasted no time: "MERCURY
ICE SHIELD!" he yelled, activating the
Ice Shield, and deflecting the fireball
up into the sky.
The Ice Shield was still up as Sailor
Mercury, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini
Mercury made their way behind Mercury
Knight.
Mercury Knight took this opportunity to
activate his computer visor once more.
The visor was able to pick something up
on Atsugi's chest.
"NOW!" said Atsugi. "Sailor Moon!
Surrender your Spiral Rod now! Or your
friends will die!"
Sailor Moon was now scrambling to figure
out what to do.
"Hey, do you see a flower on that guy's
chest?" said Mercury Knight.
There was a closed, light-pink flower
over Atsugi's left chest.
"My visor is picking it up as a.. oh, no.."
"What is it?" said Sailor Mercury.
"It's.. a Kisenian flower!"
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury gasped.
The words 'Kisenian flower' triggered
thoughts in their heads that went back to
their battle with Fiore several years
ago.
"What's a Kiss.. Kissa.." started Sailor
Mini Mercury.
"Sssh," said Mercury Knight. "You don't
wanna know."
"That's right," said a horrific feminine
voice emanating from around Atsugi. "You
DON'T WANT TO KNOW... hee, hee, hee, haa,
haa!"
The flower petal opened up to reveal the
Kisenian.
"Remember me?" said Kisenian. "The one
that you got rid of a while back? Well,
here I am! Seems that Sorinya had an
extra flower of mine, and she's putting
it to great use! Now, Atsugi, on with
your orders!"
"Yes, Kisenian. So, what's it gonna be,
Sailor Moon? Your Spiral Rod.. or your
friends??"
Sailor Moon did remember when she dealt
with Fiore. She remembered what she did
in a situation like this.. and she knew
what she had to do now.
She took the Spiral Rod out...
And dropped it on the ground in front of
her.
"You win," said Sailor Moon.
Sailor Mercury looked at Sailor Moon.
Mercury Knight deactivated his shield,
and took out his sword. "I'll ante in,"
he said, tossing his sword to the ground.
"This is just like before.. I.. I can't let
go of my friends.." said Sailor Moon. "My
friends are the most important things to
me.. I might not be smart in school, but
I'm smart enough to know that when the
going gets tough, I have friends.. here
standing besides me.. and over there, with
you. I don't want my friends to get
hurt.."
"I never knew you cared about them so
much..." said Atsugi.
Kisenian then had enough of this. "Oooh!
First Fiore, now you! I'll just have to
eliminate Sailor Moon myself!"
With that, the Kisenian separated itself
from Atsugi and formed in front of him,
standing on what appeared to be plant-
like crab legs.
Atsugi, on the other hand, changed
appearance into a man with a business
suit, and collapsed on the floor. The
huge black cloak vanished, and the other
sailors and knights that were caught in
it fell onto the ground as well. They
began to come around as Kisenian made her
way to Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury,
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.
Sailor Moon immediately picked up her
Spiral Rod and attempted a Moon Spiral
Heart Attack... but it didn't work.
Sailor Mini Moon tried her Shabon Fan...
but it was useless.
Mercury Knight knew that it probably
wouldn't work, but he tried a Mercury Ice
Blade Charge attack anyway... and as
expected, it failed.
Which left Sailor Mercury, the soldier of
intelligence, to make a big decision in
her mind.
"Sailor Moon, the only way to defeat the
Kisenian is to use your Silver Crystal..
but you are too weak to use it.."
"I don't feel weak..." said Sailor Moon.
"NO," responded Sailor Mercury, "you have
to save your strength... while I will try
the next best thing."
"The next best thing?" said Mercury
Knight. "What could be second to the
Silver Crystal?"
Sailor Mercury looked down at her Scout
Ring. "A certain blue crystal," she
responded.
Which set off alarms in Mercury Knight's
head. "Amy... DON'T!" he yelled.
Sailor Mercury raised the Scout Ring in
the air and yelled "ETERNAL MERCURY
POWER!"
A gusty wind began to pick up and
surround Sailor Mercury, as the other
scouts that were caught up in the black
cloak made their way to Sailor Moon,
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.
Rays of white and blue light began to
surround Sailor Mercury... as she became
Princess Amy.
The princess was in her long, blue gown,
with the Mercury symbol glowing on her
forehead.
"Oh, Princess Amy! Well," said Kisenian,
"Queen Sorinya has had a large interest
in you... might as well finish the task
that she already started!"
"No, you wont," said Princess Amy, a
large blue crystal floating around her
hands.
"The Planet Crystal!" yelled Sailor Mini
Mercury.
"So I guess THAT's second to the Silver
Crystal," said Mars Knight. "Wait, Ames!"
"Don't... don't do it!" said a shaky Sailor
Moon.
"It's too dangerous!" said Venus Knight,
alert and reviving the others.
"In the name of Mercury..." said Princess
Amy.. "This.. is for my friends.. for
Sasha... for Greg... and for the future...
MERCURY POWER!"
As Kisenian was launching a thunderous
energy attack toward Princess Amy, the
princess unleashed the power of the
Mercury Planet Crystal.
It was a very strong force.. which sent
out bubbles and lightning toward the
incoming energy attack.
The two attacks collided mid-way, and it
was a push and shove match between the
two forces.
Kisenian's attack was starting to get the
upper hand... but the Princess was starting
to fight back harder and harder.
Mercury Knight had enough. "I'm going to
go help her," he said.
But before he could act, the Princess'
attack made it all the way to Kisenian,
who yelled as the attack froze her and
shattered her into many pieces.
At that instant, the power of the Mercury
Planet Crystal expired...
And so did Princess Amy, her lifeless,
limp body collapsing onto the asphalt
pavement.
"NO!" yelled Mercury Knight.
"MOMMY!" cried Sailor Mini Mercury.
"AMY!" cried Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.
Mercury Knight immediately snapped, "Ken,
hold Sasha!"
Jupiter Knight held on to Sasha as the
others scrambled over to the body of the
Princess.
Mercury Knight flipped the princess' body
on its back. He saw Amy's pale skin and
face, with the Mercury symbol gone from
her forehead, and tried to awaken her by
shaking her shoulders.
"No, no, no, NO, NO!!" he yelled.,
checking for a pulse and starting
emergency CPR. After a few moments' worth
of CPR, which didn't help at all, he
cried out, "Don't do this to me! DON'T DO
THIS TO ME! DON'T.. AMY.. DON'T DO THIS.."
he said before finally breaking down, his
head falling onto the princess' chest.
Sailor Jupiter covered her mouth and
tried not to cry.
"Oh, God," said Sailor Mars through
tears.
"Why..." said Sailor Venus.
Sailors Uranus and Neptune were in shock.
"I'm sorry, Greg..." said Sailor Neptune.
Mercury Knight looked up at Sailor
Neptune, nodded his head, and looked back
at what was supposed to be the
intelligent girl.. his girlfriend.. his
future wife... and the future co-ruler of
Mercury.
Through the tears, the memories were
coming back.
He was starting to remember all of the
good times he had with her.
The time they met in school...
The time they first spoke to each other...
Their first date...
Their first kiss at the train station...
Their first battle together...
The discovery of Sasha as their future
daughter...
And he remembered what she said earlier
in the day...
"I've never, ever, had any free time or
any time for a social life... that is,
until I met you, Greg. From the first day
that I met you in school when you first
transferred over... you've opened up a
whole new world for me..."
"Amy, I am so glad that the two of us are
destined to be together, forever... you
know, they say that in order to have a
true relationship, you have to love a
person on the outside, and on the inside...
I'm telling the truth here, Amy... You are
the most beautiful and gorgeous person I
have had the honor of knowing. You are so
pretty on the outside, accentuated by
your blue hair... and you are knowledgeable
and intelligent on the inside."
The outside and the inside, he said to
himself... the symbol of true love...
"I have to do something to Amy," Mercury
Knight said to the others.
"Why do you want to do anything," said
Mars Knight. "It doesn't matter now,
she's already dead!"
Mercury Knight looked up at Mars Knight,
straight in the eyes.
"Chad," said Mercury Knight, "do you
believe in love?"
Mars Knight was puzzled at Mercury
Knight's question, unsure of how to
respond.
"Love means to hold dear," said Mercury
Knight. "To feel devotion or tenderness,
to like or desire actively, to thrive in...
I'm sure that all of you have your kinds
of love, especially toward each other.
Well, I for one really believe in it. I
really believe in love. I was taught once
that in order to love, there are two
qualities you much search for... external
properties and internal properties. The
outside, and the inside.
"I love each and every one of you. All of
you have your special talents that make
each of you individuals.. and make me
proud to fight alongside you. I love all
of you.. I love Sasha.. and I love Amy. Amy
is a part of me... always has been, and
always will be...
"Which is why I am confident," he said,
lifting the princess' body into his arms,
"that I can bring her back, with nothing
but true love."
The sailors and knights that were
standing around him thought about and
reflected on Mercury Knight's words.
"I'm with you," said Sailor Moon.
"I'm not your girlfriend, but I love you,
and everyone," said Sailor Venus.
"I love you, Greg!" said Jupiter Knight,
still with Sailor Mini Mercury, who
shouted, "I love you, daddy!"
"We love you," said Sailors Uranus and
Neptune.
"We shall share our love for each other
as we try to bring back Amy," said Sailor
Mars.
"I think that's the way to do it," said
Mars Knight.
"Let's all concentrate," said Sailor
Jupiter.
"I'm ready," said Venus Knight.
Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mini Moon also
showed their approval.
"Ok then," said Mercury Knight. "Everyone
focus your love now on Amy, as we try to
bring her back."
Mercury Knight lifted Princess Amy's head
to his.
He whispered... "I love you..." and kissed
her.
As he kissed her, the winds began to pick
up yet again. Everyone else stood firm as
they focused their love to Amy.
Mercury Knight still had his lips pressed
on those of Princess Amy's...
Until he felt that his lips were being
pressed back...
As Princess Amy awoke and wrapped her
arms around her knight.
The Mercury symbols on their foreheads
were now shining brighter than ever
before.
Sailor Uranus smiled at the sight. So did
Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Moon
and Mars Knight. Sailors Mars, Jupiter,
Venus and Mini Moon were shedding tears
of joy.
Venus Knight called to Jupiter Knight.
"Let her come over!" he said.
Jupiter Knight let go of Sailor Mini
Mercury, and the two of them ran over.
Princess Amy and Mercury Knight broke
their kiss, stared at each other, and
smiled.
"Thank... thank you..." uttered Princess
Amy, "for sharing your love... and saving
my life..."
"You saved all our lives," said Sailor
Moon. "Thank you for being a true pal and
a great friend."
Princess Amy was almost startled as
Sailor Mini Mercury ran to her future
mother and gave her a great big hug.
"Here's to Princess Amy!" she yelled.
"Hip, hip..."
"HOORAY!" yelled everyone.
Meanwhile, back in the Negaverse...
"Oooh, those Kisenian flowers are nothing
but crap!" said Sorinya. "I'll have the
ones that are left burned.. but make no
mistake... my quest to dominate the
universe AND capture Sailor Mercury is
NOT OVER!! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!
Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight
faced Sailor Mercury on a quiet street in
front of the Mizuno residence.
"Well, I'd say it was.. a successful job
tonight," said Sailor Mercury.
"But we almost lost you.. to.. to be
honest.. I... almost lost you," said
Mercury Knight. "But you came through
for us. Thanks."
"Thank you Amy for your help!" said
Sailor Mini Mercury.
"And don't forget, we've got plans
tomorrow, all three of us, and a few
other friends," said Mercury Knight.
"We do?" asked Sailor Mini Mercury.
"Yep, but it's a surprise. You'll have to
wait until tomorrow," said Mercury
Knight.
Turning his attention back to Sailor
Mercury, Mercury Knight said, "Well..."
"Well..." said Sailor Mercury.
The two stared at each other for a few
seconds, before reaching forward for a
parting goodnight kiss.
"Till tomorrow," said Sailor Mercury.
"See you then," said Mercury Knight.
"Bye!" said Sailor Mini Mercury.
"Ok, ready to teleport Sasha? One, two,
three!"
A trail of blue light was left behind
Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury as
they streaked into the sky.
Sailor Mercury looked up at the sky,
smiled, and went back into her house.
When they got back to the Urawa
household, Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini
Mercury de-transformed.
As that happened, Greg was expecting to
get his Mercury Dagger back for safe
keeping... but he didn't expect to get
back...
"A cell phone?" said a surprised Greg.
It was a flip phone with a blue exterior,
and a blue LCD screen inside. He pressed
a button, and instantly the cell phone
lit up a bright blue.
The screen showed he had one voice
message, and it showed instructions on
how to retrieve it.
"Wow, I don't know what this is for,"
said Greg.
"Maybe it's a present?" asked Sasha.
"Who knows," said Greg as he entered the
house.
Mr. Urawa was in the den, and yelled as
he was watching the sumo, "Amy got on the
train all right?"
"Yep," responded Greg. "I'm tucking in
Sasha now." He turned to Sasha. "You get
dressed and I'll see you in your room to
tuck you in."
As Sasha ran to get dressed, Greg entered
the new room that would be Sasha's on the
weekends. He punched in a code and
retrieved his voice mail.
"Greetings, Greg," said a familiar voice.
"This is Artemis speaking. Luna and I
just wanted to thank you for all of your
help today in destroying the Kisenian
flower, and for proving that true love is
really something to be cherished. And as
recognition for all of your hard work,
you and the knights are getting equipment
upgrades. From now on, your daggers will
be concealed as regular looking cell
phones. These phones will be your new
communication tools for talking to the
other members of the sailor team. And
when the time comes to transform, the
phones will change back into your
daggers, allowing you to complete the
transformation. Again, thanks for all
your help. Say hello to Sasha! Good
night..."
Greg smiled. He decided to save the
message, rather than delete it.
In Sasha's new room, Greg was tucking
Sasha in.
"Phew!" said Greg. "What a day."
"I'm glad it's all over... and I'm looking
forward to tomorrow very much," said
Sasha.
"That's great. Well..."
"Greg, I remember what you said about Amy
today... and, uh..."
"Yes?"
"Do you love me?"
"Love you?" Greg smiled. "Of course," he
said, hugging Sasha. "You've just become
a very important part of my life... I love
you a lot, and as I said before, I won't
let you, or Amy, out of my sights, ever."
Sasha's eyes were starting to close from
being sleepy.
"Ooh, ok, better pull up the covers
here," said Greg, doing just that.
Greg kissed Sasha on the forehead. "Good
night, Sasha."
Sasha kissed Greg on the cheek. "Good
night, Greg."
Greg walked to the door and turned off
the wall light.
"Sweet dreams," said Greg, as he left and
closed the door.
With a long and eventful day now over,
Sasha smiled... closed her eyes... hoped for
sweet dreams during the night... and fell
fast asleep.
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End of Chapter 21
What is in store for Sasha tomorrow?
Find out in Chapter 22 of The Saga of Mercury.