SailorStar9: With Chapter 43 uploaded, this is Chapter 44 of this fic. Read and review.
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Chapter 44: Daimon's Beach
A few hours later, the whole Senshi group was meeting in the temple yard. "You know, tomorrow's Sunday, so I was thinking. Maybe we can go to the beach." Usagi said.
"Again?" Touma muttered.
"As long as there's no giant jellyfishes this time around." Ami said.
"With our luck, they may send a bunch of piranha Daimons." Touma said.
"It'll be fun," Minako said.
"As long as those witches don't show up." Rei said.
"You mean Mimette and Eudial or Uranus and Neptune?" Kyouya asked.
"Your pick." Rei muttered.
"Here we are." Touma said, after they alighted from the bus.
"Wow this place's almost deserted today!" Usagi commented.
"What a pity, I wanted to see some cute girls." Nabu said.
All the guys stepped away from Nabu as the girls glared at him.
Ten minutes later...
"Girls, I think that was a bit too much. Burying him in the sand is not nice." Ami said.
"But we only buried him to the knees." Rei commented with a smirk.
"I see that..." Touma said looking at Nabu's legs coming out from a small sand mount.
"Okay, let's take him out of there." Makoto said a bit worried.
As the girls dug Nabu out of the sand, Touma walked to Mamoru, "They always say it's us the guys who are crazy."
Mamoru nodded, "It's partially true. I mean, I'm dating Usako, I must be crazy."
"I think we found someone to bury next, girls." Usagi said from right behind the two males.
"You know I was kidding, right?" Mamoru asked nervously.
"Let's go swim!" Minako shouted.
"Seems like I won't bury you." Usagi said.
"Good..." Mamoru said with a sigh of relief.
"Instead, I'll drown you." Usagi added. Mamoru looked at her and gulped.
"You coming, Touma?" Ami asked as the others all walked to the water.
"Err... Well..."
Ami sighed, "Never mind. Now come swim with me or else..." She pointed at the hole in the sand where Nabu had been buried earlier.
Touma chuckled, "Well, since you ask so nicely..."
"Hey isn't that Touma?" Usagi asked.
"I bet you 50 dollars the sea'll win this one." Kyouya said.
"You're on." Nabu said.
"..." Touma stood in the sand, staring at the ocean in front of him.
"I know what the problem is..." Ami quirked a grin. "You know you can't swim as well as I do."
"Now you're teasing. I can swim as well as you, if not better."
"Prove it."
"Okay, let's go!"
Line, hook and sinker, Ami thought with a smile as they both raced into the water.
"You owe me 50 bucks." Nabu said.
"Damn..." Kyouya muttered.
"Look at them go." Makoto said.
"They're quite fast." Rei said.
Right then, Ami and Terry zoomed by, splashing water on everyone.
"I agree." Minako muttered, after sputtering some water.
Ami and Touma had been now swimming for a while. They both stopped to recover their breath. "Wow... Yyou are a good swimmer," Ami commented.
"Not as good as you." Touma said.
Chibi-Usa popped out from under the water in between them, startling them for a second "Hey guys!"
"Just where did you learn to do that?" Ami asked.
"You wouldn't believe it." Chibi-Usa said. "Anyways, Eudial's here. I saw her."
"Are you sure?" Touma asked.
Chibi-Usa nodded, "I'll tell the others."
"Okay, we'll see what she's up to." Ami said.
Back at the beach, things had been peaceful so far, and everyone was having fun. Minako and Kyouya were building a sand castle, far from the water this time, and taller than the last. The rest of the group was swimming, except for Judai and Rei who were walking around the beach.
"You know," Judai said, once again breaking the silence, "The rumor spread quite fast."
"Rumor?"
"Yeah, everyone in your school knows about us."
"Oh... go figures. I'll kill Umino later."
Judai chuckled, "Well I don't know if he was the one who told everyone."
"How romantic, the two lovebirds walking around the beach..."
Judai and Rei spun around and saw Eudial standing there, smiling coldly at them.
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
Eudial leapt forwards dodging both attacks. "I see the birds of prey are here too."
"Damn, can't take on all of them." Rei muttered.
"Where are the others?" Judai asked.
"Oh, they'll be busy for a while," Eudial said.
"Girls, Judai and Rei are being attacked." Nabu said, pointing at the beach.
"We have other things to worry about, though." Makoto said.
The others looked around as a dozen fins started swimming around them.
"Sharks here?" Ami said.
"Something tells me these are no sharks." Makoto said.
The creatures rose from the water. They were humanoid white sharks, with legs and arms that ended in sharp claws.
"Gotta admit the enemy has imagination." Touma said.
"They're sharks and they're Daimons. So they are... Sharkmons?" Nabu pondered.
Makoto sighed, "Let's just beat them up and get over it."
Kyouya and Minako were quite close to where Eudial was attacking, but they also had other problems to take care of.
"Enter the sandman..." Minako said. A tall, mean-looking humanoid sand giant was standing right in front of them. "Now what?"
"It demolished my sand castle. It will die," Kyouya said.
"Oh. Okay." Minako said with a sweatdrop.
"So, what are you going to do now? I'm not giving up easily." Rei said.
"I'm not here to get your crystal today, boy."
"I thought so." Judai said. "Suzaku Armor!"
"If you just left me do it, you'd save yourself all the pain." Eudial said.
"Moon Twilight Screen!"
Eudial was sent crashing into the sand by the attack. Chibi-Moon dashed into the scene, "Mars, I'll keep the two Outers at bay, you take care of Eudial."
Mars nodded, "Works for me."
Uranus looked at Chibi-Moon, "So, you think you can beat us both?"
Chibi-Moon shrugged. "You don't want to fight me. You're in it just to get the talismans. So let's make it fair. If Eudial gets the crystal, I'll let you inspect it. If she doesn't, then you walk away."
Uranus snickered, "I don't think so. You kids should stay out of the way or you'll get hurt."
"So be it." Chibi-Moon said.
Mercury punched one of the shark-like creatures away and frowned, "They have the advantage here."
"But they're not letting us get back to the beach." Jupiter said.
"Damn I came here to have fun, not fight some weird shark freaks." Moon said. One of the creatures growled and charged at her "That's it! Moon Princess Beam!"
The energy beam shot forward blasting through all of the creatures and then vanished. The Senshi all looked at Moon.
"Overkill, anyone?" Jupiter said.
"Look at the bright side, we can drink some shark soup now." Tanzanite joked.
"Let's help Mars and Jadeite." Moon said.
"Lead the way, almighty leader," Tanzanite said.
"That I am." Moon said, pointing at the remains of shark scattered through the water.
"She's got you there," Mercury said with a chuckle.
"Light Sniper!"
"Flash Kick!"
The sand creature was blasted apart by the attacks. "Too much for the sandman." Kunzite said.
"Well there's still that Witch to take care of." Venus said. Both fighters dashed towards the ongoing battle.
"World Shaking!"
Chibi-Moon rolled on the ground barely missing the attack, but was kicked in the stomach by Neptune as she stood up.
"Give up kid, you cannot win." Uranus said.
I know that, but I'm just keeping them busy, Chibi-Moon thought to herself. She dodged as Neptune tried to kick her again and leapt away from her two foes. "You asked for it. Pink Sugar Heart Crusher!"
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
The three attacks clashed and vanished.
"They're strong, no kidding." Chibi-Moon said.
Meanwhile, Mars and Jadeite were going through a similar dilemma. Eudial had been able to block or dodge all of their attacks, and while mars and jadeite themselves had not been hit by Eudial's attack, their energy were running out fast.
"What's wrong, are you out of energy yet?" Eudial teased.
"I still have enough to kill you." Mars snapped.
Jadeite said nothing but glared at her and formed a fiery sphere of energy between his hands. "Rune Flare!"
Eudial paled as the blazing fireball shot towards her. It hit her and sent her skipping back in the sand. "Damn it, I'm outta here..." the evil woman said and teleported out of the scene.
"Damn now we won't know if it was a crystal." Uranus said.
Chibi-Moon shrugged, "So my mission was a success."
"Stupid kid." Uranus muttered.
"Forget it, let's get out of here," Neptune said.
Chibi-Moon shook her head as the two dashed out of the beach. The rest of the group, Mars and Jadeite included, came walking towards her ,"Why didn't you stop them?"
"I was just keeping them busy," Chibi-Moon said "I would never be able to defeat them."
Mars nodded. "She's right. The Witches and their creatures are relatively easy to deal with because they're fighting for evil. But those two... they know what's in stake, and they believe what they're doing is right. That makes them strong, just like us."
"Are you saying we cannot defeat them if they decide to go all out?" Moon asked confusedly.
"Oh of course we could defeat them. But we'd have to kill them to stop them definitely."
"There must be another way," Moon said.
"Probably, but I don't see how," Mars said with a shrug.
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