SMST6C: Hero Ultimate! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 26
Outside the courthouse, a large man wearing gladiator gear is seen tearing up the streets.
"Big Sir wants Flash!" the giant of a man yelled, as screaming civilians run about the streets. "Big Sir wants Flash now-!"
SWISH!
The Flash arrives upon the scene, just as a civilian was about to be clubbed by Big Sir.
SNATCH!
"Huh?" Big Sir said, as he looks about the street wildly. "Where did puny man go-?"
Tap, tap!
Big Sir turns to see-
"Hi," the Flash said, as he waved.
"THERE!" Big Sir said, as he swung his spiked club, only to have the Scarlet Speedster evade the swings.
"Big Sir, I don't know why you are doing this-"
"To get to you, of course!" said a man dressed in white clothes, as if he was a stage magician.
"Abracadabra!" the Flash yelled in surprised.
"Of course," said the magician, as he points his magic wand…
ZAP!
"Ah!" the Flash said, as he felt his muscles tense.
"Get him, you big oaf!" the Mad Magician yelled. "His access to the source of his power is neutralized!"
"Now, the Flash is finished-!"
And Big Sir swings his spiked club to hit the Flash in the head…
"No!" Sailor Cosmo said, as she appears to push the Flash out of the way…
BAM!
Sailor Moon is knocked off her feet, and into the asphalt. She started to scream loudly.
"Oops," Big Sir said. "Sorry, pretty lady."
"Well, it don't matter," said Abracadabra. "The Flash once again failed to save someone…once again."
The Flash sees Sailor Moon holding her face, and then he turns to see Abracadabra chortling.
"No," the Flash said, as he tapped into his power. "Not again…"
Abracadabra was really an illusionist from the 65th century. In that era, technology, called "Hypertech", is indistinguishable from magic. The villain originally wanted to make a name for him self, by passing himself off as a bonifide magician. Why the Flash felt the need to stop him, no one knows, but since then, Abracadabra and the Flash have been enemies ever since.
"What's this?" Abracadabra said, as his instruments began to beep incessantly.
"NOT AGAIN!" the Flash yells, as a surge of power enveloped him. A lightning effect cascaded around him, before the Flash took action.
ZOOM!
The Flash created a tornado effect that picked up Big Sir off the ground.
"Ulp-!" Big Sir said.
Meanwhile, Abracadabra tries to increase the power levels of dampening field.
"Come on," Abracadabra said. "Stop that guy-!"
"Moon Tiara Attack!" Sailor Moon yelled, as she threw her tiara, as it turns into a glowing disk.
SWWWWISH!
BAM!
"Argh-!"
The weapon hits home, knocking the mad magician unconscious in the process, and returns to its owner.
KTCH!
After Sailor Moon places her tiara back on her head, she sees Big Sir, who was now on the ground. At the same time, the Flash was vibrating his arms.
"I won't let you hurt another person, Big Sir!" the Flash said, just as he was about to scramble Big Sir's brain…
Quickly, Sailor Moon takes out a tuning fork, and tapped it. She wanted to create a counter-vibration that would match the Flash.
FWAK!
"Ah!" the Flash said, as he cracked his fingers on Big Sir's head. They weren't broken, but still…
"Flash!" Sailor Moon yelled, as she comes running up.
The Flash looked surprised to see that Sailor Moon was okay.
"Sailor Moon?" Flash said in surprise. "But…your face…"
"Yeah, 'big boy' did surprise me on that one," Sailor Moon said, as she looked at the unconscious Big Sir. "It hurt, but I'll recover."
"My god," the Flash said, as he looks down on his beaten foe. "I could have…killed him."
"Then you'll have to learn how to manage your fear," Sailor Moon said.
The Flash turns to look at his friend.
"Easy for you to say," the Flash said. "I bet you never killed someone in cold blood."
"Actually, I have," Sailor Moon said with a sigh. "I served as an agent for the Allied Powers during the World War II. I had to do a few 'hit' jobs, especially those targets that were metahuman or supernatural in origin."
"Well, that's easy for you to say, Sailor Moon," the Flash said. "There was a war going on."
"Perhaps, but I could have simply sat it out, and let the Axis Powers win."
"Huh?"
"My point is that circumstances…happen. Yes, you did kill Professor Zoom. Yes, you could have killed Big Sir, but…you didn't."
"Well, it's only because you were here."
Silence.
"Flash, yes, I was here this time, but I know that if I wasn't here, you wouldn't have even attempted to do what you were about to do."
Flash looks over towards Sailor Moon.
"You think so?"
"Well, sure. I saw your facial expression after I had gotten smacked in the head. It was the look of a man who lost something precious."
"Well, I do consider you a friend, Sailor Moon."
Sailor Moon lightly touched the Flash's right arm.
"As I do, you."
"But…you with Ronin, and your reputation-"
"Ronin and I have an understanding, and my 'reputation' is what it is. Take or leave it. I like you, Flash. What you do with that fact is entirely up to YOU."
For a moment, the Flash mulled over Sailor Moon's words. He then takes her hand.
"I still love Iris."
"And I'll always love Ronin, but, that doesn't mean that we cannot be special friends, at least at this moment in time."
The Flash forms a smile on his face. He then picks Sailor Moon in his arms.
"Whoa!" Sailor Moon said. "Easy, there…"
"I owe you a proper good time," Flash said.
"What about Iris?"
"You did promise to fulfill her role in every way possible."
"Well, that's a bit of a stretch, but…I'm game."
With that, the Flash and Sailor Moon leave the scene, just as the cops show up…
A month later, on a deserted island…
"This was a nice suggestion you had, Usagi," Barry said, as he and his girlfriend Usagi sipped champagne while lounging on a beach, on an island in the South Pacific Ocean.
"Well, after catching that 'Blue Lagoon' picture on cable recently, I figure that a weekend getaway was something that we both can appreciate," Usagi said, as she sits her glass down. "And besides, after that latest scheme by the Rogues, we certainly can use some R&R."
Usagi began to undo her bikini top.
"And I believe that we've lowered our inhibitions just enough for some little…fun."
Barry smiles, as he drinks the contents of his glass clean. He then pulls his somewhat girlfriend to him.
"Yes," Barry said. "Let's…"
As the two became intimate, they fail to notice the sudden squall that was forming nearby. In fact, the storm was unusual in that it was artificial…
SNARRRRRRRRRRK-!
BOOM!
A lightning bolt struck Usagi, as the current ran from her, to Barry and back again.
ZAAAAAPPPPPP!
And, with some effort, Usagi, using Lightning Bending, redirected the current away from her and Barry…
"Ugh," Usagi said, as she collapsed from exhaustion.
"Are you okay?" Barry asked, as he held Usagi by the shoulders.
"Yeah, I guess," Usagi said groggily. "Was it as good for YOU…as it was for ME…?"
Barry chuckled, but then got serious.
"Wait, we didn't expect a storm to occur," Barry said.
"That's because there wasn't suppose to be one," Usagi said, as she got up. She then blinked her eyes. "I must be more dazed than not, since everything seemed so…slow."
Barry frowns. He then picked up an unopened champagne bottle, and threw it at Usagi…fast.
KTCH!
"Why did you throw that bottle at me?" Usagi frown.
"You…blurred."
"So?"
"Usagi, I think when that lightning bolt struck, my powers may have transferred to you."
Usagi blinked.
"In fact, I see that your molecules are charged."
"Get OUT," Usagi said with astonishment. "You mean…I have super-superspeed?"
"Well, if you're up to it, we can find out," Barry said.
"Okay, let's do this," Usagi said with excitement.
A moment later, after racing across the surface of the ocean, the Flash and Sailor Moon were in the Valley of the Gods, a series of natural formation that tower like skyscrapers.
"Okay," the Flash said. "We are going to vibrate through these formations. Follow me."
"Okay," Sailor Moon said, as she breathed deeply. She had to remember to vibrate her entire molecular structure to the point of converting her body into a semi-transparent state. The concept was not too foreign to her, since she was familiar with the concept of matter-energy conversions…
FWOOMP!
The Flash was the first to enter and exit one of the rock formations.
"Okay, your turn," the Flash said.
"I'm on it," Sailor Moon said, as she did the same, though, for her, it was not quite second nature to her.
"Ugh," Sailor Moon said, as she held her stomach. "I think I am going to puke…"
"Just breathe deeply," the Flash said, as he rubbed Usagi's back. "First time I did that trick, I DID puke."
"Well, I appreciate the sentiment-"
Sailor Moon looks up, and sniffs the air.
"What is it?" the Flash asked.
"Ozone," Sailor Moon said. "I recognize the signs that there is atmospheric manipulation, and I should have guessed that something was off, the moment we were struck."
The Flash enhanced his senses. He could see the very molecules that were vibrating in the air…
"You're right," the Flash said. "And I see the source. Come on…"
And with that, the Flash and Sailor Moon head off to find the source of the trouble…
Meanwhile, in the nearby lair of the Weather Wizard…
"Damn it!" the Weather Wizard yells, as he spots the familiar energy signature of the Flash. "Now…there're two?"
Being the only Rogue that had not been captured, since he wasn't in town when the fight between his buddies and the Flash and Sailor Moon had took place, the Weather Wizard hoped to remotely shock the Flash into submission, thanks to the Scarlet Speedster's unique energy signature. But now, it seems that there are two similar signatures.
"I'm going to change tactics-"
SWISH!
Suddenly, the Weather Wizard was in binds.
"More like change clothes into prison garb," the Flash said. "It was only by coincidence that we were in the same area that YOU were, wizard, when Sailor Moon recognized YOUR energy signature."
"Tee-hee!" Sailor Moon said with a smile.
The Weather Wizard could only groan his response.
Over time, with practice and experience, Sailor Moon became known as the "Fastest Magical Girl Alive"…much to the annoyance of the Flash. As time went on, Flash's relationship with Sailor Moon cools, though they do remain friends…at least, before she and Ronin mysteriously disappeared. And then, one day, the Flash leaves the 20th century behind for good, but first…
It was a muggy evening in Hinokuni Prefecture, and Minato Kazama sat on top of the head of the Third Hokage…the stone edifice, of course. Minato, the inventor of the Rasengan Technique, sighed. He was thinking about marrying his girlfriend Kushina, but politics seemed to get in the way.
"I don't care IF she's from the Land of Whirlpools," Minato said. "And if I have to give up my rank for her, so be it."
He then felt a familiar presence…
SWISH!
SNATCH!
The Flash catches the kunai in his hand.
"Yep, it's you, alright," said the Flash, as he flicks the blade in his hand.
Minato frowns. This foreigner had a lot of power…
"I just wanted to tell you that Iris is alive and well, back in the 30th century, and that I wanted to tell you good-bye."
"I don't know what you are talking about," Minato said.
"I know, but your energy signature is HERS."
With that, the Flash tosses a scroll of some kind. It was bound and sealed with the mark of the Rantsu clan.
"I was told by you that if something ever happens to you, I was to give you this," the Flash said. "I stayed as long as I could, until I found you again."
"What?"
"Good bye, Usagi," the Flash said, before he disappeared into the darkness, leaving a perplexed Minato behind.
Tbc.