Half Demon Swordsman
Chapter Forty Five: Protection For Energy Again
Asagi
The day after our fight with Mobile the Vulture-teme, I came into class cursing and limping and swearing, holding various parts of me, namely, my shoulder which I'd most likely tweaked from hitting the headstones so many times.
"Man that hurts worse than torture with a purpose!" I complained under my breath in what I swore was Norse. I failed to notice Melvin and his adopted brother Greg's interested looks (Greg was Amy's secret crush). "Stupid Mobile the Vulture bastard, stupid Negaverse bastards, stupid headstones, stupid injuries, stupid stupidness!"
Those of us who were Swordsman and Sailor Scouts were the worst. Jedite and the other Power Rangers weren't nearly as bad. I finally decided that being a Ranger was the best way to avoid situations like this again. In my dreams last night, Queen Serenity admitted that the Sailor Scout and Swordsman uniforms were originally designed for protection against magical attacks. Being thrown to the ground, slammed into a wall, tossed onto a pointy headstone tower, they provided no protection for. Stupid Swordsman uniforms.
"You know imouto," Jedite began when I limped up to him after school. I would have done it at lunch, but I was hurting way too much. "I really think—"
"That's exactly what I'm here to talk about Jedite." I snapped. Call me pissy all you like, but I was tired, injured, sore and in a bad mood. In my mind, I'd earned the right to be pissy. "Look, say what you want, just make me a Ranger, okay? If I get thrown into a headstone again, I'd like to have something that actually protects me."
He nodded, all business. "Right. What generation? Samurai?"
I shook my head. "No, they only use their Spin Swords, while we use all different swords. I mean, only Shion actually uses a Katana. Ai has her meat cleaver, I have this," Naturally I showed him my sword. "Roku has his Saxe knife, Moegi has her pointed sword, Dai has his really heavy longsword, and Shiori, when she actually joins us, uses a Tanto, if I'm not mistaken. Besides that, Jaden uses fire, but I'm the leader and I use light and darkness. Even if Sensei decided to keep me as leader, none of them use light and darkness. They only use the basic five: water fire earth wind and lightning." I thought for a moment before posing a question to the Power Rangers nut. "Do they use lightning?"
Jedite shook his head. "I don't remember. I haven't had a whole lot of time to watch lately. I swear, every time even we turn around, trouble's brewing. Ugh. Although to answer your question, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure they don't even use lightning and replace it with wood. Seems dumb to me, but whatever."
"I know what you mean." I agreed. "You'd swear. Speaking of, I got a dream from Queen Serenity last night. I know who the next target is."
Jedite's eyebrows shot up. "Oh?"
"New kid, Greg." I told him. "Yellow carrier. He can see the future, apparently."
"Really?" I nodded. "Interesting. That sure would be a helpful talent, especially considering our luck, or rather the lack of it. So now that you know who the next target is, are you gonna make another deal with that spirit or whatever? Protection for energy?"
I grinned. "Hell yeah I am. It's the chance to get another Rainbow Crystal. One Tuxedo Mask has the other one, I believe." I met Darien again in my dreams last night. "So that makes one for us, one for Tuxedo Mask, and zero for the Negaverse. So far anyway."
"I know who Darien-nii is." Jedite told me. "No need to hide it."
I shrugged. "I figured as much. But someone with too large ears might be listening and I don't want to give away the idiot I so lovingly call my boyfriend's secret identity."
However, before I could say more, a boy about our age dropped from the sky. He had red hair and brown eyes. Jedite frowned. "Rubeus?"
I looked at him. "Who?"
"His name's Rubeus. He worked for the Doom Phantom. He and his family, Diamond, Sapphire, and Emerald live on Nemesis, apparently."
I blinked. "Really?"
"Yup." He then proceeded to explain that the Doom Phantom probably did what Beryl did to him and his siblings to Rubeus and his siblings (like Jedite, Rubeus was the youngest of four; two older brothers and an older sister and the one who had to work for everything since his oldest brother Sapphire was the genius and the legitimate child).
"Sounds a lot like you nii-kun." I grinned. "Bet you two get along famously. Speaking of, have you seen Rini anywhere around here?"
Jedite shook his head. "Nope, I haven't. Though I wonder who she's going to live with. She's a Scout, possibly a Ranger, and saving the world seems to be a family business for all of us." He grinned. "Maybe she'll live with us. She is Serena's future daughter."
I snorted. "Wouldn't that be ironic."
My brother laughed. "Yeah. Anyway, come on. We'd better make sure Rubeus is okay. I'd guess he somehow broke the spell on himself. Weird huh?"
"He was under the same spell as you?" I asked, closing my eyes and checking his aura. He was just fine and wasn't an enemy. "That is impressive if he was. He's definitely safe, according to his aura. Question is, does he want to be part of our team. And also, how in Log's name are you going to create a whole new set of morphers?"
"With Sensei's help." Jedite replied, grinning. "I gave all of the morphers I already made to Sensei and told him exactly how to make them. He's the one who'll distribute them."
I grinned back. "Cool." I looked at Rubeus, who Jedite was somehow managing to carry on his shoulders. "Think we should get him home?"
"Good idea." My older brother agreed.
We somehow managed to drag him home. Luckily, Mom knew exactly what to do and patched Rubeus up in no time. Like Jedite, he had nowhere to go, so when Dad got home, Mom talked it over with him and decided that they would adopt Rubeus like they did Jedite. Well now, with Joe, who they had also adopted, that made four Tsukino boys and only two Tsukino girls. It sucked being outnumbered by boys two to one. How in Log's name they were going to afford this I had no idea, but Mom assured me they'd manage.
Then I pulled out my flute and began to play. Same deal as last time. I thought. Protection for energy. Protect Greg-san and I promise I'll give up all of my energy, or almost all of it, for an entire day.
Very well Tsuki Hanyo-hime. The same voice from last time declared. So be it. You're sure you agree to this? It could very well be worse than last time.
I agree to this. I said. I did it last time so I can do it again. It'll be no problem. Okay I said that and was all confident but I wasn't so sure. Last time was hard enough, but I felt like I had to do it. What was more important, me being sick or almost for a day or making sure that Rainbow Crystal didn't fall into Dark Zoycite's hands? Obviously, I was gonna choose making sure that Rainbow Crystal didn't fall into Dark Zoycite's hands. Duh.
So be it then. Be prepared, because in two days, I will take almost all of your energy as I did last time. Be careful, Tsuki Hanyo-hime.
So, preparing myself, I went to tell my siblings. The day after tomorrow was going to be one very rough day, but on the upside, at least it wasn't a Thursday.
