Author's note: SHOUT OUTS! THANKS to loveinthebattlefield for reviewing! Also, THANKS to Light-Princess14 for reviewing! But for the Youma…. you guys already know how it goes. They fighting Youma, Youma got defeated and so on until vice versa. But yeah… it does leave a hole in the story…
Chapter 35: Rescued!
Star struggled to get free but no matter how many times she tried, the ropes just won't budge; they were enchanted.
"Let me go! What are you going to do me?" Star demanded.
"Sheesh; are all Senshis this annoying?" He mumbled. However, Star heard that and she somehow managed to kick him… she was surprised.
"OW! What was that for?" Jadeite whined, rubbing his ankle.
"Gee I wonder." She said; her voice oozed with sarcasm.
"Hmph." Star felt the ropes vanished and he then turned to face her. "How fast can you go?" As he said that, a streak raced to her…
-Sere's room-
"Minako's gone! All done by that bastard!" Jupiter growled.
"Cool it; violence is never the answer. It only makes things worse." Haruka stated.
Jupiter sighed. "I-you're right. Where can we find?"
"Why not we look for some clues? I'm pretty sure Jadeite left some…" Ami suggested. Everybody was quiet but agreed.
Star dodged the streak by jumping in the air, allowing the streak to crash into the floor.
"Hmm not bad." He said once she landed on the ground.
"Why are you helping me to train?"
"You lack of skill." Star narrowed her eyes; she wasn't convinced but didn't press on. She recalled that this was her second time "training". She trained with Paris and now with this hooligan though Paris and Jadeite were both hooligans so it didn't matter to her anyways.
"Your turn."
Star smirked. "Love and Beauty-"She got interrupted as a bolt struck her, causing her to flip through the air and she landed successfully.
"Hey!" She protested.
"You take too long. Any attacks that are short?" She growled. Before she knew, she got slammed into the wall (which was in front of her), hard by sideways.
I will show him then! "Love Heart Chain!" A chain appeared, wrapping around Jadeite and he too got flung sideways, striking on the same wall as Minako.
"Ugh, wooooahhhhh…" He dazed a bit. "That hurt."
"Now you know how we feel!"
"We?"
"My friends, you dolt!"
"We don't even know where she is! Argh! I always hate that part!" Makoto chucked a pillow to who knows where.
"Hey! What was that for?" Rei asked.
"Chill; like I said before why don't we go back to the mall and find clues." Ami reminded them.
-Moon Mall, Clothing Store-
"Hmm…" Ami bend down to examine a broken piece of the window glass. They were in their Senshis forms as a caution tape was surrounding the store with police who were too examining what had happened here as well as questioning a few of the Senshis. After all, this was most likely their battle.
"I don't think a broken glass would be much of a help." Jupiter responded, hands on her hips. Ice moved the glass sideways, diagonally then back to the original spot then sideways again. When it was diagonally sideways, something caught her interest. When the sunlight struck the glass, it made a rainbow. The rainbow was on the floor.
However, Ami wasn't concerned about the rainbow part; it was something etched into the glass that almost looked like a symbol but at the same time it wasn't.
A mark, perhaps?
"Hey guys, come over here!" Ami waved to all of the Senshis and soon they came.
"Found anything?" Fire asked.
"Look at the glass." Ice said.
"I…um…" Haruka started.
Ami flashed it to where the sunlight was.
"It looks like a symbol but at the same time it isn't… almost like a mark." Pluto observed.
"I was thinking about that too so that's why I'm scanning it to see what it actually is. Bingo; this leads to the place to where Star was taken. To get to the place, we have to get to the graveyard." Ice concluded.
Jupiter moaned. "Why does it have to be at the graveyard?"
"Well… there is another entrance to the place which is the local sewer…" Ami told them.
"Sewer? Isn't there some kind of a legend? I heard Endy talking about it where the Earth people who flush crocodile pets so it haunts the sewers." Fire said, poking Ami.
"It's urban Myth Legend. It doesn't exit. Which path: Sewer or Graveyard? And we have to get to one of those places before midnight."
"Why?" Pluto asked, raising an eyebrow.
-An hour before Midnight-
"Everybody here and did they made "clones" of themselves?" Ice asked while everybody said yes in unison. "Okay, let do it!" Everybody clasped their hands together and soon, started to glow their respective colors.
"Sailor… Teleport! Teleport us to a place where it is mostly abandon!" Flashes appeared and in a second, the room was once more into total darkness…
It was silent… a very creepy silent with dripping noises echoing the deadly silence. A mysterious sound appeared, disturbing the silence. It sounded as if it was… screaming.
"AAAAAAAAA!" Several screams ruined the silence until loud splashes was heard, one by one.
"Ugh, ewww! This is too gross! I blame it on you, Ice!" Sere said as she was clearly revolted to where they had landed or rather splashed. They splashed in the sewer shallow water that looked like puke green.
"You guys chose the sewer not the graveyard, which is pretty less disgusting if you ask me." Ice said, simply as she was getting up.
"Yeah sure; with dead bodies that could possibly be turned into zombies." Rei muttered.
Ice gave her an exasperated look. "Not in that way."
"Hmph; let's just get out of these waters! I hate the stench, ugh." Fire said, disgusted. She got up but when she took a step, she slipped on something, falling back down again.
"Eww! Can we just go already!" Fire complained.
"I did tell you to choose the place wisely."
"Ami!" The girls shouted while Ami put her hands in defensive.
"I'm just saying."
"Which way?" Saturn asked.
-Sometime later-
"We're almost there!" Ice said, panting.
"That's what you said a while ago!" Neptune whined.
"This time it's the truth and the only reason I lied is that to make you shut up!
"Gee, thanks for being an awesome friend, Ice." Neptune said, sarcastically.
Ami stuck her tongue at her. "We only have ten minutes left until midnight! Hurry guys!" Ice panted.
"It's not easy when you have an angry crocodile chasing right on your tail!" Sere cried out. Behind them, was indeed a very angry crocodile that looked it just got provoked.
"Did you have to provoke it, Fire?" Jupiter yelled.
"Um… curiosity kills the cat?"
"Ami; I thought you said this was a legend!" Hotaru responded.
"Um… there it is!" Ice exclaimed while at the same time, changing the subject.
"… I don't see it…" Uranus said, confused. Ice skidded to a halt.
"You guys distract it while I go and do the stuff." Ice ordered as everyone got to their attacks. Ice overheard several attacks being launched.
"Torment of Water!"
"Fire Sword! Ignite!"
"Thunder Bolt Strike!"
"Paralyzing Time Ray!"
"Poisonous Mist Spikes!"
"Shadow Decree!"
A twist happened. Instead of poisoning the crocodile, it surrounded the whole place, making the Senshis to cough as some of them began to fall on their knees.
"U…Uran…" Neptune coughed. "Uranus… what… gives?"
"I-I don't know. It's supposed to weaken the crocodile." Uranus stammered, clearly being shocked the fact that her attack went the wrong way.
"You're… glowing. Look!" Hotaru pointed it out. Indeed she was with an eerie glow, outlining her body.
"Even if she is so, she can be still weak." The crocodile said, before forming a sly smile. "Like you wretched lot."
"Woah it can… talk?" Fire and Silver Moon said in unison, clearly amazed.
"I can talk thanks!" It grumbled until it unleashed an attack at the group. It knocked Uranus high in the air before she splashed in the shallow water. Then, the attacks got severe, hearing cries from different directions.
"Leave them ALONE!" Uranus roared, then she got up, but she spun around, feeling the water following her fingers diagonally as she went. Then once she was facing it, she unleashed an enormous amount of the water so it looked like a powerful tsunami, racing to the crocodile who gasped as it got over-run by the powerful wave. Uranus fell down her knees then laid down to the ground; she was weak, based on the amount of energy she used.
"Uranus!" The girls quickly ran to her and as Jupiter picked her up.
"She will be alright. She just needs rest." Neptune informed them after she checked her pulse; everybody felt a sigh of relief.
"GUYS! Hurry! I can't hold it!" A cry came as the group looked at Ami who was struggling to keep something open.
"We only have three minutes!" The girls quickly broke into a sprint. The crocodile shook its head, being dazed for a bit until it saw those idiotic Senshis, heading into something that looked like a portal but it had an image of an eerie dark palace.
"Oh no you don't!" It ran towards them, seeing as Jupiter and Uranus were last to go but the only last one was Ami. She looked to see the crocodile.
"Ice…fog!" The place went foggy but the crocodile wasn't fooled by the fog as it opened its mouth…
Heavy noises were heard in the sudden pitch black.
"We're…in…" A panting voice stated.
"Great! Fire, any chance you can make light?"
"Uh sure. But… Uranus is still glowing." Fire reminded them as she made a fireball appear. Fire shrugged. "It's the least I can do."
"Wait, Jupiter put Uranus down!" Ami suddenly replied. She did and they all watched Uranus as the glow began to pulse. Soon, the pulse stopped and then it started to wash her from head to toe; it was silent until Uranus slowly opened her eyes and blinked then groaned.
"Ugh; what going's on and where are we?"
"Uranus!" They exclaimed, hugging her.
"What's up?" Uranus started to get up but when she did, she staggered back as Pluto caught her. "Heh; guess I still feel weak."
"Look! Your outfit changed!" Silver Moon chimed. Her fuku was slightly lighter than before while a blue lagoon bow was shown and an opal jewel was adorned in the middle. The white gloves had symbols on top of her both wrists. Her heels was now an azure color.
Instead of having one layered sleeves, there were now, two translucent sky blue and cobalt bow was tied at her back with medium trails hanging off. Opal earrings and a tiara with an opal jewel rested in the middle of the tiara; the tiara was thinner.
Two glittering tattoos were drawn on her cheek and her hair was the same but the color had some tints of dirty blonde.
She grinned. "Cool."
"I wonder what your name is now since it's no longer Uranus." Hotaru wondered. Uranus shrugged.
"Let's get going. We have a lot to go through." Ice stated. Once she took a step, she let out a sudden sharp gasp before going down, clutching her shoulder while wearing a pain face.
"Ice! What's wrong?" Silver Moon asked, filled with worry as she joined her.
"It's… nothing… I… will be fine…" Ami responded, still clutching her shoulder. Silver Moon wasn't convinced as she noticed that she was clutching her shoulder.
"Your… shoulder…" Silver Moon removed her hand from her shoulder and gasped. "You're bleeding!"
"I will be fine!" Ami protested.
"With that shoulder being wounded, there's a high chance that you won't be fine. Here let me help you." Hotaru offered as she made her way and she bend down so that she can be the same level as Ami. Then, her hand glowed purple and she placed it on her shoulder gently. Soon, the glow died down, revealing Ice who had her shoulder almost healed.
"It's the best I could and at least I stopped it from bleeding." Hotaru said.
"Thanks… Saturn."
As they walked, Michiru heard a sudden roar.
"Did you guys hear that?" Neptune asked, pausing to listen.
"Huh? Hear what?" Silver Moon quizzed.
"… It sounds like…" Fire started to say as the girls turned around and gasped.
"Dang it! We shouldn't have looked back!" Haruka exclaimed.
"Too late now! Here comes a torment of water!" Neptune cried out, seeing an massive amount of water, rushing towards them…
Minako crashed into the wall hard and she fell down to her knees. Jadeite smirked at the pathetic Senshi who had scratches and bruises everywhere; some of her uniform parts were torn whereas her hair was also a mess with tangles everywhere and she breathed heavily while watching him who was floating in the air with a very hatred look.
"Aw… is that all you could? That's very pathetic… just like your other pathetic-"
"Star Love Heart Chain!" The chain tied towards him but he only smirked yet again. As the chain was flying towards him, he sends the chain back to Star who had her eyes wide. The chain tied around her and she was struggling to get loose.
What! God damn it! It's my own attack and I got tied from my own attack! Who does that!
As she was struggling, she didn't notice that Jadeite appeared in front of her until now.
"Go away! I don't want to look at your ugly face!" Star shot back.
He then brought out two of his fingers which were put under her chin and brought her face closer to him.
"Is that the best insult you can come up with?" He asked with a sneer, making his face even worse which it looked a demented one. "How very pathetic indeed."
"Is pathetic the only thing you can say!" Star mocked him.
He growled. "Don't you mock me, you little insect!"
"Who are you calling a-"At the last sentence, she got stopped because his lips were planted on hers. She again struggled to break free from it and that was when, she stomped his foot, hearing him screaming in pain.
"You little wretch! You will pay for that!" Jadeite bellowed, clutching his sore foot. He then stuck his arm out, releasing an energy ball and it struck her, sending Star to smash into a wall so she slid down.
"Pathetic cowardly little insect! You will wish that you had never been born!" He raged as Minako started to glow a soft orange.
"The only thing that is a pathetic insect is you, Jadeite! No one can be more pathetic as you are!" She spoke back, using the wall as her support to get up. As she said that, the glow became brighter and she gripped tightly on the chain. With one hand, she broke it…
"I stand for Beauty and Love with the stars shining so brightly! And my duty is to protect the innocents from the Evil!" The glow exploded as it washed over, revealing her as the Twilight Princess and this made Jadeite to be even more outraged. Twilight felt more powerful than last time as she began to glow yet again but this time with a dark blue.
She then unleashed a gigantic amount of energy, zooming towards Jadeite who had also unleashed a fury amount of energy that's the same size as Minako's. The two energy's collided against each other with a remarkable speed, illuminating the whole place before everything went total black…
The massive water smashed onto them as some of them began to gasp for breaths as they broke the surface to gather eager gulps of air. Neptune was the first one to break the surface though she usually had no probably with water but this wave came unexpectedly.
"Guys!" Neptune shouted as she was being plunked down from another wave that forced her to go down. Once again, she broke the surface, taking eager gulps of air. "Guys?" Unfortunately, a powerful wave crashed onto her and this time, she was sinking down, away from the surface with her eyes slightly open as everything became blurrier.
As she went further away from the surface, silence pressed against her but her back was still facing the "ground" while her face was facing the distance surface and that was… until her eyes started to glow blue dangerously. She thrust both of her arms out then went into a ball position, feeling the water circling around her…
Silence…
Maybe voices…
The person couldn't tell as everything became dizzier and blurrier though the person was sure that it had heard familiar voices before the person had blackened out.
The vision became blurrier as the person slowly opened its eyes and the vision became less blurry.
"Will she be alright?" An anxious voice asked.
"I'm pretty sure she will be."
"How sure are you sure?" Another voice asked though the person had a feeling that whoever asked that, made a sly smile.
"Sure enough to beat you up so you can shut up." The third person answered, making the second figure to scowl. "You asked for it."
"You guys will never stop bickering…" A weak voice responded, earning many sighs of relief.
"Neptune… how… how are you?" Haruka asked, worriedly.
"I'm alright… just dizzier…" She sighed.
"At least I'm not the only one who got an outfit changed." Haruka pointed at Neptune who slowly got up from Pluto.
Neptune looked down. Her fuku was now a teal color with a white suit that was attached with an ocean blue bow in the middle as an aquamarine jewel shined in the middle of it. The white gloves reached up to her elbows while having symbols on top of her both wrists.
Two translucent turquoise sleeves were there while her light blue knee-length boots with the same symbols were shown. A baby blue bow was tied at her back with her medium trails hanging off. Aquamarine earrings and the tiara with an aquamarine jewel were decorated in the middle of the thin tiara.
Two glittering tattoo were drawn on her cheek and her hair was slightly darker.
"Um… nice… outfit…" Haruka slightly blushed at her new look.
"Thanks."
"Actually thanks to you… if you didn't save us… we wouldn't be here right now." Saturn said. After a moment of silent, Fire was the first to interrupt.
"Let's go and save Minako. She's waiting for us."
"How much do we have left of this… whatever it is?" Jupiter asked.
"A third." Ami answered. Once she stepped in a different path, everything became foggy. "Huh? That's odd?"
"What's this fog doing? And something tells me that we're in different scenery." Fire noted. Haruka grunted.
"Way to state the obvious, Captain Obvious." Haruka muttered as Fire stuck her tongue out.
"… I'm feeling… sleepily…" Silver Moon said, sleepily as she yawned while her eyes kept fluttering, trying to be awake and her pace went slowly.
"Hmm… yeah me too. Nighty night." Jupiter said, drowsily before joining Silver Moon. The two Fallen Princess slept.
"I think… it's the fog…" Pluto observed with fatigue. "Ice…"
"I'm…on…it." She yawned. Soon, the others started to fall asleep as Ami now collapsed on her knees. "C…ourage, girl… it's… a sleeping fog… that allows… you… to sleep… probably for an… eternity…" Ami couldn't help it but feel her eyes drooping with fatigue.
"That's… nice…" Fire mumbled, wearily.
As soon as Ami was about to fall asleep, a laughter was heard, causing her to snap somewhat out of her sleepily state.
"Wh-who's… there?"
"Too right you are. This fog was to be designed to make you fall asleep, never to be awakened again." The figure laughed an annoying laugh before it released an attack that started to rush towards Ami who gasped…
Ami gasped but… the attack was an inch to hit her but something stopped it with a single-
"Rose!" Ice said. The figure growled, looking at another figure.
"Who-"It started.
"You're a disgrace… trying to stop the Senshis from rescuing their captured friend. Sailor Ice, do not give up now or everything will be in fate. Believe in yourself!" Tuxedo Mask said before vanishing.
"He's right! Ice…" Ami groaned before falling down to the ground.
The figure sneered. "How can you possibly defeat me if you can't?" It laughed.
"Ice… fog!" The fog covered up the sleeping fog.
It had its eyes wide. "What! How?" It saw Ice standing with a stern face.
"Wind Piercing Surround!" A tornado-like wind struck squarely in the chest at the figure who fell down.
"Sailor Wind!" Ice said, seeing Haruka who was getting up.
"Say it don't wear it." She grinned, "What do you say we defeat this twit?"
"TWIT?" It shrieked but it couldn't launch an attack because the jewel that was on its chest got broke so all it could do was to watch the two girls who had their hands clasped.
"Wind Piercing Surround."
"Ice… Frostbite!" The two attacks swirled one another and the figure gasped before it screamed in agony as it exploded into dust. The two gave out, exhausted until, shortly, the rest started to wake up.
"Ugh… my head hurts!" Sere complained.
"Who gets headache from sleeping?" Hotaru asked, raising an eyebrow while rubbing her eyes.
"Woah you have a head?" Fore commented, amazed before earning a punch. "OW! That hurt you know." She growled, rubbing her shoulder.
"You deserve it jerk!" Silver Moon shot back.
"You look thoughtful, Ice. What's up?" Jupiter noted.
"Haven't you guys guessed it?" She didn't wait for an answer. "That fog was based on mine except my fog wasn't made for sleeping."
"So?" Fire asked, still not getting it.
Ami sighed. "The Generals are making the palace to be based on our attacks but… opposite. Like Michiru, the water was based on her power but she couldn't stop the wave because she wasn't controlling it."
"And the fog was the opposite of yours. Instead of tricking, it made us to go to sleep." Haruka said, getting it while Ami nodded. "But who's next?"
"Well obviously it will be me!" Fire stated, proudly while beaming.
"You're right." Ami replied, making Fire to beam even more.
"By zero percent." Fire's face fell as Haruka snickered. "The Generals are picking specific powers but I don't know who's next in line." Ice concluded, skimming the words on her mini-computer.
"One way to find out is to start walking." Michiru responded.
"Won't that be fun." Fire muttered, sarcastically. She continued to walk… for about ten minutes until she tripped.
"You that much of a klutz?" Silver Moon implored. Rei continued to glare at her once she got up but her glaring never left.
"I'm-AAA!" Rei suddenly jumped to one side as something came, crashing down to the ground and it nearly struck her by an inch; everybody raised their eyebrows. "Something nearly killed me, thanks for your concern!"
"Like-"Michiru didn't finish the sentence because something too, nearly struck her. "What the-"Pretty soon, that something started to attack like falling bombs everybody who started to jump this way and that.
"It feels like something is stinging me! See!" Silver Moon touched her finger to an invisible object that was until she got… shocked, earning scares from everyone.
It then revealed a smoking Sere. "Well that hurt oww…" Haruka shook her head while Fire slapped her forehead.
"Something called a brain?" Rei yelled. "And you didn't get stung, you got electrocuted!"
"Heh heh; stung dung pung." Haruka replied, earning odd looks.
"I guess that answers the question. Jupiter, you're up." Pluto stated.
"Quite right there." An unknown voice said, alerting them.
"Show yourself!" Jupiter commanded. It did appear which surprised them because usually the enemy doesn't appear on their command.
"Hoity Totty. Such temper you have! Absolute no patience!" It responded.
"You talking me or the one in the red?" Jupiter demanded. Rei scowled.
"You duh! I'm not the who just said 'show yourself' in a rude way." It replied. "Now then, less talk more action!" It then shot out lightning, making them to be separated from each other by jumping sideways. Once they jumped, smoke aroused and Jupiter looked at the Youma-figure with determination flashed across her face while her ponytail tip fell over her shoulder. She then glanced at Silver Moon who was on her side then back at the figure.
Unexpectedly, a sudden smoke was once more aroused. Jupiter squinted her eyes to see blue lighting racing towards her. With a mere second to lose, she quickly jumped sideways just as the lighting struck the ground. She grunted, once she landed on the ground.
The Youma then started shoot lighting at the other Senshis who miraculously dodged them. Silver Moon dodged lighting but she didn't have the time to dodge the other one which was unnoticed. Luckily Jupiter had noticed this.
"NO!" She rushed towards her and Sere looked in time to see the lighting racing towards her then closed her eyes, waiting for the death. Until-
She opened her eyes, being puzzled as to why she wasn't dead and gasped at her savior. It was Jupiter with lightning coursing throughout her body.
"NO! Jupiter!" Sere cried out.
"I… will be… fine… if I… could just… control it!" Jupiter struggled while hearing the evil laughter.
"Tough luck kid." The Youma laughed, gleefully.
"Wanna… bet…" The Youma gasped as it saw Jupiter controlling the blue lighting as it circled around her. She then fired it at the Youma who had its eyes wide before shrieking in unbearable pain as the lightning electrocuted its body.
"Silver Moon! NOW!" Jupiter ordered with a fierce voice.
Sere nodded before doing twists and twirls. "Rainbow… of pure light!" The lights washed over the Youma, hearing the excruciating scream before it dissolved away. Once it did dissolved, it unleashed a immense amount of lightning that practically started to destroy the room, having the walls crumpling.
"We have to get out of here! NOW!" Jupiter instructed.
"I'm on it!" Pluto said before glowing a dark green color. "O Great Time God. Hear my bidding and in my time of need, grant me the power of Time." Just then the glow flashed as it revealed a Time Scepter. The Time jewel which was on the top of the scepter glowed and soon Pluto felt like a breeze brushing over her. It then released the power which engulfed the Senshis, getting out of the place before the room had collapsed…
-Unknown-
The Senshis groaned, getting up as they looked around their new place.
"Where do you suppose we are?" Michiru wondered, earning shrugs.
Silver Moon was the first to get up and walked, observing the new place until.
"Minako?"
Author's Note: O... M…G… Finally done this… chapter… took me forever to write this! I know there had been many places to be left with a cliffhanger but I was about to end to where Minako fell unconsciousness but then I thought that you guys would want to know how they rescued her and so I did! But here are some questions that need to be answered.
Questions:
For my next sequel, should I include the Outer Senshis?
What do you think Michiru's new form is? (Ex. Sailor Uranus = Sailor Wind) A/n: This one doesn't need to be answer but I would still like your opinions)
Who's stronger between Jupiter and Uranus? (to me it makes sense if Uranus is)
Please R&R until next time Nightmares!