SMST 5B: Journey to Adventure! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special Note: The rest of this story will focus solely on "Rosario Plus Vampire Capu Chu" series, since "Sekirei" has been spun-off as its own story, though Ranma does show up from time-to-time. C&C are welcomed.
Part 37
After returning to the Youkai Academy, Usagi was ready to go bed at the girl's dorm, when an owl appears in front of her window. It was hovering while a fancy piece of parchment was carried in its beak.
"Hmmm?" Usagi said, as she goes to the window, and opens it, thus allowing the bird to fly into the room. It flies around a bit, drops the parchment in her hand, and flies out of the room.
"I wonder what Hogswart want," Usagi said, as she unrolled the note. A quick glance from the note told her that the note was not from Hogswart, but was actually from the realm of the Mamodos.
"Oh, it's from Laila!" Usagi said with glee. "I wonder what she's been up to…"
Back when before she became "Sailor Moon", Usagi had just celebrated her thirteenth birthday, when her family went to Europe on a family vacation in England. She wouldn't know it at the time, but her fate was intertwined with that of Laila, a somber, emo Mamodo would was in the thrall, along with ninety-nine other Mamodos that had been trapped on Earth 1000 years before. When this happened, the contest to determine who would be "king of the Mamodo Realm" was disrupted. It would only be present day that a new contest would be held amongst the Mamodos, who were living dolls (for lack of a better term). It was during that time that Usagi and Laila became one…
FLASHBACK!
"Waaaahhhh!" Usagi cried. "I want to go home!"
An evil Mamodo named Zophis growls. It was dressed in flowing robes, wore a cap of some kind and had sharp teeth and yellow eyes. She had kidnapped Usagi in order to utilize her connection with another Mamodo, as a part of her grand scheme to create a Mamodo army that would do her bidding…
If she could stand Usagi's incessant whining.
"Waaaaahhhh-!"
"SHUT UP!" Zophis yelled. "I don't understand why you still have an independent mind…"
All Mamodos had to have human partners in order to get stronger…
"That's because she is the Moon Princess," said a mamodo girl, as she stepped forth. She had short black hair, tiny horns, and a somber disposition.
"What?" Zophis said.
"What's that?" Usagi asked.
"You don't know?" the girl said. "Then, you haven't awakened yet."
"But can she be used, Laila?"
"It depends," Laila said, as she presents to Usagi her spellbook. It had rune symbols etched on the surface of the book.
"Huh?" Usagi said. "You…want me to read this book?"
"You are my human partner, Usagi Tsukino," Laila said. "You were supposed to be, until another of my kind sealed me and others up in stone tablets. Only Zophis freed us, Usagi, and that is why I fight for her."
"But she looks MEAN!"
"Why you-!" Zophis said.
"That is because she wants to be the queen of the Mamodos, Usagi. She is mean so that she can be tough."
"Oh, I see. And…if she wins, will you be free?"
"Yes," Laila said.
"Then…I will help you," Usagi said, as she takes the book from Laila. It begins to glow, as a connection between Usagi and Laila is established.
"Eeexcellent," Zophis said, as she rubs her hand evilly. "HOHOHOHOHOHOHO-!"
Seeing this, Usagi imitates Zophis her, pretending to understand a joke that Zophis was making, and missing the point entirely.
"HOHOHOHOHOHO-!" Usagi laughs heartily, which causes Zophis to get angry while Laila was shaking her head in disbelief…
Later, Usagi and Laila would meet other Mamodos and their human partners…in combat.
"Migron!" Usagi yells, as Laila discharges a crescent-shaped beam at a Mamodo named Zatch.
FWOOSH!
"Yah!" Zatch yells, as he and his human partner Kiyo Takamine, a foreign exchange student from Japan.
"Oh, this is fun!" Usagi said.
"Hhh," Laila said.
"Okay, Zatch!" Kiyo said. "Zak-ken!"
Zatch opens his mouth, and delivers a concentrated blast of lightning at Usagi.
"Now, use your defenses!" Laila said.
"Right!" Usagi said, as she looked up her spell for a defense…
"Luna SHIELD!"
Laila raises her want, and creates a giant energy shield that was in the shape of a crescent moon.
BWOOSH!
"Hey, guys!" Usagi yelled. "Let's do it again!"
"Who is that girl, Kiyo?" Zatch asked.
"I don't know, Zatch," Kiyo said, as he readies another spell. "But maybe we can get her and her Mamodo friend on our side…"
Eventually, Kiyo and Zatch DID succeed in doing just that. Turning the tables of Zophis and her human friend by recruiting Usagi and Laila, Zatch and Kiyo was able to defeat Zophis and her army of Mamodos. And once Zophis was forced back to the Mamodo Realm, Laila, rather than fight her friends for the right to rule the Mamodos, chose to leave. And that means, burning her book.
"Must you go?" Usagi said tearfully.
"We'll see each other again someday," Laila said with a smile.
"See?" Usagi said. "I knew that I could make you smile."
"That wasn't a smile," Laila said with a red-face expression.
"It is, too!"
"Is not!"
And so forth. A year later, Usagi became 'Sailor Moon', incorporating many of the spells she learned from her dealings with the Mamodo, and the rest is history…
END FLASHBACK!
"Ahhhh," Usagi said to herself, as she sighed contently. Apparently, Zatch, now king of the Mamodos, was appointed to a position as a princess, so that she could rule whenever Zatch took the day off.
"Such happiness…"
The next day…
"Hi, sensei!" said Ruby the Witch (long, black haired girl with purple eyes), as she swept the front entrance of the main campus.
"Hello," Usagi said, as she walked up to the school. "How have you've been?"
"Well, being an all-around person is strenuous," Ruby said. She then gets misty eyed.
"Oh, how I can tell you how many, many things have happened since then…"
"Well, that's nice," Usagi said. "I would love to hear about that someday."
Usagi then sees the lamia (torso of a woman, lower body of a snake) Kagome Ririko, the local math teacher. Rumor has it that Kagome was still draining students of their emotions in exchange for tutoring…
"Hello," Kagome said.
"Likewise," Usagi said, as she nods her head in reply, before she returned her attention back to Ruby. "As you were saying…?"
"Well, I look forward to it," Ruby said with a pleasant smile. "Oh, and I hope you sign my petition to lengthen the skirts."
"What seems to be the problem?"
"They are too short. There should be a mystery to the ways of womanhood."
"I'm sure it'll be alright," Usagi said. "They are kids, after all…"
Later, that night, Usagi's suspicions of Kogome would be proven correct, when she captured Moka out of revenge for interfering with her plans to drain the emotions Moka's boyfriend Tsukune. So, that night, Usagi confronted the lamia, but not as herself…
"Moka-san!" Tsukune said, as he walks unto the roof of the school building. He sees his friend bound and strung up.
"Wha-"
"Good evening, Tsukune-kun," Kagome said, as she flicks her whip. "We have unfinished business to attend to…"
Her lower body becomes snake, as the petals on the end of her tail opens up.
"If you wish to free your sweetheart, you will have to come through me."
"…"
"HOLD IT!"
All eyes turn towards a sailor suited girl.
"It's YOU!" Kagome said. "The Destroyer!"
"So…my reputation precedes me," Sailor Moon said, as she steps forth by jumping down from the steeple. She used Sailor Moon guise, instead of her Sailor Cosmos guise in order to give the lamia a fair fight…
"Who are you?" Tsukune asked.
"I am 'Sailor Moon', champion of Love and Justice!" Sailor Moon said in a sentai poise. She then turned to point at Kagome.
"And I will punish you!"
"Oh, just try it!" the lamia said, as she extends her claws.
"The sensei is certainly fierce," Tsukune said.
"I am not your sensei!" Sailor Moon said.
"Mother, you're the only one here with your particular hairstyle," Moka said.
"Er, never mind that," Sailor Moon said. "Sensei Kagome will be punished."
"Oh, please, punish me!" Kagome said, as she struck first, wrapping her snake body around Sailor Moon.
SNAG!
"Errgh!"
"Let's see you escape NOW. HOHOHOHOHOHO-!"
"Fine," Sailor Moon said, as she suddenly took to the skies.
FWOOSH!
"Ulp-!" Kagome said, as she was pulled along…
TING!
"I didn't know sensei could fly," Tsukune said.
"Oh, she knows a lot of things, Tsukune-kun," Moka said, as her mother came back down with a fully humanoid Kagome in her arms…
"Is she…?" Tsukune-kun asked.
"No, unconscious," Sailor Moon said. "A lack of oxygen can do that to a person…"
Sailor Moon then turns towards Moka.
"What were you up here anyway, Moka?"
"I…was asked my Miss Kagome to see her about getting some tutoring," Moka said,
"Ah, so you fell in a trap."
"Yes, Mother…"
"Well, at least your math teacher won't be causing any problems anytime soon…"
Meanwhile, in the heart of the school, Ruby was speaking to the Headmaster.
"Sir, the Rosario cross that was put in place to maintain this pocket dimension is cracking," Ruby said somberly. "It is only a matter of time before the seals that separates the demon world from the human world…is broken."
The headmaster of the school, who was dressed in robes, stands up.
"We do have options, Miss Ruby," the headmaster said. "And that is why you are here: to make sure that we do have options."
"I understand."
"Be mindful that this dimension came to be in order to neutralize the threat of the Overfiend, which couldn't have been possible without the help of the Moon Princess."
"Is that the real reason Ms. Usagi is here?" Ruby asked.
"Aye, and for other reasons, yes. She would be the last line if the demon world chose to invade the human world…"
Pause.
"That, and the fact that she is fun to watch."
"I see…"
A few weeks later…
As a treat to her student, Usagi took them to a winter resort operated by an old friend and her family, for the weekend. In fact, the snow-girl's mother ran the resort…
"Welcome," Tsurara the Snowwoman said with a pleasant smile. "I hope that your stay will be a pleasant one…"
She then glides over towards Usagi.
"And I especially welcome you, 'Minato'," Tsurara cooed.
"Um, thank you for the welcome, but I'm Usagi these days," Usagi said nervously.
"We'll see…"
Tsurara turns towards her daughter Mizore.
"Be sure to show your friends to their rooms, Mizore," Tsurara said.
"Yes, Mother," Mizore replied. She then turns towards her classmates.
"This way…"
"Will your mother be okay?" Tsukune asked.
"She should be," Moka said.
"I don't know," Yukari the Witchling said. "I don't think Mizore's mom rubbing her hands and grinning evilly is confidence inspiring.
"Then I know who to call," Kurumu the Succubus said, as she makes a phone call on her cell phone…
"I didn't know you have cell phone connection up here," Tsukune said.
"Considering that we're in enemy territory, I'm not about to take a chance."
"Who's the enemy?"
FWOOSH!
TING!
"Me, of course," Mizore said, after freezing her rival Kurumu. This caused Tsukune to just stare.
"…"
Tbc.