Salted Wounds:

{Reika and Ciprian share a dream}

When the Mako's idea to go a the beach for a weekend to Angel was found out by Tremolite during a family dinner. He ended sharing this with Nephriteand Jadeite during their weekly meetings within the Crystal Palace. Some how spread to Reika and rest of the girls before Mina called up Mako a day later to make alter her beach plans. Turning a date she wanted to have into a group trip over last four days of summer break before they returned to school. That meant bathing suit shopping for the eight of them while sorting out transportation and lodging for 8 teens. To the local shopping center as a group they all went by public transportation since none of the girls wanted their brothers along.

"Di you guy know Amelie is a former synchronized swimmer," Mina commented. "He brother was a former Japanese Olympic swim team nominee."

"I thought we agreed we wouldn't be talking about that." Amelie reminded her.

"Andor is strongest swimmer among all of us." Ciprian points to him.

"Ahenobarbus used to dive naked off high cliff back on our home world." Andor shrugged.

Everyone grew quiet and looked off to different directions when they didn't want to imagine a naked Ahenobarbus in clear daylight. Mina and Reika were jealous of figure while Mako and Amelie were enviousness of homebody that Ahenobarbus had. Angel wanted to punch Ciprian while Dann held his half-brother for reminding the four of them. Created a emotional tension between the eight of them and whoever moved from the back of the bus to the front. Leaving the back very open for them to take any of the seats or stand separately until their stopped came up.

"Sweet heart neck line or strapless?" Reika broke their silence.

"As In a swimsuit?" Mina and Amelie asked.

"I am still deciding." Mako whispered.

"You got any thoughts?" Ciprian elbowed Angel.

The answer came in the form of Ciprian needing to seat down when he was mildly shocked for bluntly asking such a thing. Slightly twitching of one of his eye brows told five to step away from Angel while Mako felt touched over what he did. To the point she took one his hands to ground his static charge and stood up on her tip toes with puckered pips. On to the corner of his mouth she would placed a simple kiss that Mina would captured on her phone using her camera feature. Then share with Dann when she forcefully hooked his arm with her own and pulled him toward her. He ended up closing her phone for her and shifting themselves slightly to the side when a stray electrical bolt buzzed them. Left a scorched mark on the near by window that had Mina looking behind Dann's head with widen eyes.

"He always like this?" She whispered to Dann about Angel's electrical discharge.

"Rare occasions," Dann sighed. "Why?"

"Nothing wrong." She snuggled up close to him.

He shrugged and ended up allowing Mina to tucked her head under his chin when she sat much closer to him out of fear. Gave her chance to look upon gemstone of his lepal pin fasten to the collar of his shirt and allowed her mind to wandered. Bringing up the time when her Star Power Stick glowed at the same time his lepal pin gave off a luminosity. A whisper similar to what Ciprian heard also granted her own image of a planet with opaque clouds of sulfuric acid. Double-eyed and shows a characteristic S-shaped pattern of clouds beside a castle in being surrounded by sulfur fog.

"Mina?" Dann called to her. "Hey. You there?"

"...huh..." She was unresponsive for a second.

"Everything ok?" He grew concerned when she didn't answer him.

She Ended up blinking a few times to process the images of a planet she knew as her mother's home world through her mind. Would have said something if Andor didn't notice their stop was coming up and Ciprian was the one that leaned over, and pressed the stop button. Mina was first on her feet and disconnecting from Dann instead of answering him. Grabbing one of the black straps hanging of the bars to save her from the impact that came after the bus stopped. Which was something that Dann didn't take to mind when he got to his feet to stand up and tried to approach Mina. He ended up being being sent a few steps to keep himself from falling in front of his half- brothers and the girls. Impressing the strangers in the front half of the bus when he braced himself with each step before door swung open.

"Everybody out!" Mina was the one that led the way.

"Hey!" Dann walked after her. "Wait up!"

Everybody else walked after the two when they stepped off the bus and on to the pavement where a bus sto sign was. Ended up having all eight of them crowd around after they stepped off the bus one by one as a few get ting their bearings. Leaving others to wait for them to start walking toward the direction of the shopping center they were visiting. Which did happen with Mina acting as a guide since she had been there a few time with her mother and brother. Dann ended up staying a few feet behind her with Andor and Amelie walking side by side walking in between them. Reika was holding onto Ciprian's arm to keep him from further getting electrocuted by Angel for his earlier comment. Mako was found near Angel tying to get him to calm down since he still seemed bothered by what was said earlier.

Leaving everyone to walk a pretty short distanced from each other when they moved together to turn corners and walk straight. Stopping only once when they hit they the first scramble crossing and had to want for the walk single. This was where they split into pairs with Mina still trying her best to ignore Dann's presence when he got close to her. Left him to sigh and become quiet so he'd have to wait for when she was over her discomfort to approach him. Into his pockets he would placed his hands as he moved slightly closer to her without her feeling he was invading her space. Left Everyone to stay quiet when beeping of the walking signal had them walking side by side as pairs. Forming some what weird line made of them looking like a pairs when they stepped off side walk and onto painted pavement.

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The endless racks of women's styles swim suits and wear one side of the floor while men swim trunks too up other side. Didn't stop the girls from splitting apart to see what they could pick out while the guys were pulled apart to follow them. Fitting rooms for guys and girls were pointed out by signs hanging beside the entrance and in clear sight for anyone.

"I'm in hell," Ciprian found himself holding Reika's things and sitting in a chanir."This is torture for me."

"Kinda reminds me of dress shops," Andor joins Ciprian. "We we're force to visit back on our home world..."

"At-least Jewel gave us a chance to entertain ourselves." Ciprian sighed.

Dann ended up silencing Ciprian when he handed him a oddly toy in the shape of a hammer-shaped toy with cups on both "hammer" ends and a spike at the top. The ball is attached to the toy by a string and has a hole on it to catch it on the spike. The object of the game is to swing the ball up and catch it in one of the cups or on. Called a Japanese version of ball-and-cup game, Dan kept with him for times like this. Suggesting Ciprian have fun with the item occupy his time until Reika was done. Ended up being the needed item to get Ciprian to stop complaining about waiting.

"Always prepared!" Andor was impressed.

"Beats getting creepy stares following Mina around as she picked out a swim suit." Dann pointed over to Angel.

Angel wasn't one of the few that was force to seat down and holding Mako's things whole she stayed in one of the fitting rooms. Instead was willingly following Mina, Amelie, and Mako around the racks of swimsuits that came in their sizes. Reika was no where in sight she already had a few swimsuits that ranged in different styles of sweetheart neckline. Some had straps that crossed in the back and front whole others came in thickness that barely cover shoulder. Others had metallic rings or elaborated knots attached to them while others had usual designs cut into them. She was seeing which suited her form better without outside comments from her friends or Ciprian for rest of their visit.

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iara was able to find some kind of essence to fill the minor void she been unable to fill until now when she started working retail. Humans were always making some type of request of her when she worked the different departments of the store. Gave her regenerative abilities a boost along with fill the hungry that started to form from her lack of eating. Restoring her to her former beauty and allowing her to grow back her nails on the one hand she kept covered. Which she started decorating with nail polish after learning paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish her nails. She came by when she came across bottles of nail polish tucked back and forgotten in the backest of the store room. In between her mild feelings where she left each one of her victims alive enough they grew tired after interacting with her. She re- did her nail design to the point she was getting a reputation among her fellow sales staff and management.

When she found a group of eight teens in swim wear and near the fitting rooms when she was forced to cover for someone. She had a brilliant plan to go after one of them when the split off from the group was her first idea when she watched. When Reika ran after after picking out about handful of swimsuits without straps or came with plunging neckline. She was about to chase after her when she saw Dann, Ciprian, and Andor take a seat on the chairs fitting area. She ended up getting stuck in what to do since wanting to get back at them made the blood in her veins boil. Moments she was to flee unable to get an ounce of energy from the many humans she had come in contact with. She stood her ground and had to make a choice between a solo senshi in the fitting room or trio sitting close together. Then there was three girls and one boy walking through the racks of swimsuits wee going totally unaware. Sent shivers up and down her spine in such in thrilling set of choices she was being given at this opportunity.

"What to do?" She didn't want to choose.

She knew going after Reika meant she had go through the only entrance had a few to many bodies she didn't want to pass. Fearing they already knew her face and had come up with a plan to handle her whenever she was to show back up. Had her looking toward the only way to get back at them despite the two times she was laid out before those red heels. She didn't even want to recall when she was forced to hear the caterwauling of Dann and Mina that one time. Way Andor and Amelie left her barefoot with nailless hand that barely stopped blooding after she finally found food. What was pulling her toward Angel and Mako was image of those brats {Kousagi and Derek} running around. Since sight of bright pink hair and midnight black tresses weren't running around under Angel's and Mako's feet. Gave her this cheek to cheek idea to approach those two and sample their energy in greedily manner.

"I know who I am going after." She could feel her mouth water.

She just had to watch and wait pairing she wanted to split off from the two girls they were with and then she could attack. Just the strong electrical charge the two carried had her wandering how strong were their own natural energy fields were. That added to growing impatiention she would have when she watched the four of them interact through the rows. Learning that out of the three girls, Mina preferred above the knee skirted, two piece playsuit as Amelie was going to with a conservative One Piece Swimsuit. Had Mina saying that her friend needed to step out of her comfort zone. A solid twisted bra, controlfit one piece swimsuit ended up being picked out. Angel was even asked his opinion about how Andor would react to Amelie wearing her choice. He blushed to the point he had to cover the lower part of his face with his hand as he looked away. Left Mako to answer for him whole she had a Bralette Bikini tucked under one of her arms. Which he noticed and mumbled he was fine with what the Mako and Amelie had chosen before excusing himself.

Mako would follow after him knowing that Amelie and Mina could handle checkout at the register without her. Being that person paying for all of this was Mina's brother since she 'took' his credit card. Left Amelie and her to to go join the the rest of everyone outside the waiting room before moving on. Knowing Angel and Mako would end up joining them when ever they sort out their differences. That was happening in the other end of the swimsuit section where men's trunks were sold. Mako found Angel near a rack of Boardshorts,that were sorted in prints and solid colors. He was just staring at and not making an attempt to chose from what Mako could observe before approaching him.

"I say something in green in a carnation print?" She hoped he heard her suggestion.

Angel sighed with his eye shifting from racks to face of Mako as he removed his hand covering his mouth to speak to her. Trying to describe how he never had a time back on his home world in the House of Thundra to even visit a beach. Always fulifulling his duties that fell upon members of his family from sun down to sun up with not time to relax. His family's sand gardens full of Fulgurite formations always gave him the peace of mind he needed in his down time. Some how to the idea of him gifting a variety of the mineraloid lechatelierite to Mako in form of jewelry. He'd was ready to agree with her on the the choice of design in Boardshorts to get when sight of iara approaching them.

Set Him Off!

His electrical field got so strong that feed to the cameras cut out and lights ended up flickering on/off with iara stopping in her tracks. Discharge she could sense from him alone had her wanting to throw away the control she had on her emotions. What she could suck up alone without needing to get to violate with him with her tongue or burning touch.

"Get Behind Me!" Angel tried to keep his calm telling Mako.

"Do you trust me?" She already had her Star Power Stick in hand.

He ended up understanding what she was aiming at by lifting one his fingers to his lepal pin when Mako now stood beside him. This made iara what to take a step back and retreat from what was about to happen when fear took hold. Not like she was going to listen to that part of her after many time she lost to them as she stepped forward twice. What stopped here was the electrical crackling that was still lingering in the air when she tried to take another step. Not paying attention to when Mako took her senshi form and split off from Angel when he looked like he was transforming.

"No little prats to save you this time." She thought small talk wouldn't hurt.

"They kicked your rear." He stood his ground.

"Don't remind me," She rolled her eyes. "You kinda come off as the stay-at-home dad type."

"Your the more of a home wrecker." He shot back.

"At least I don't have my dead predecessor always saving me." She brought up Phantom Sailor Funna.

He grew silent on her with a smirk spreading across her face as she tried to take another step forward toward him. What she got was a minor zap hit her once more with a tingling sensation to follow when she still moved forward. Her eyes didn't take in the detail of young women wearing pink rose earrings in a senshi fuku in green and pink. Moving in a low to the floor crawl that had her dragging her opposite leg will behind her as she moved her other arm forward. Become a repeated motion as she stayed quiet as she could with each motion. Not really objecting to length of her skirt or the lace up ankle boots she wore with her fuku. She would spring up into a standing position right at the edge row of boxer brief style swim wear.

"Just give up." iara shook off the shock.

"You mean that?" He asked with single finger about to tap his lepal pin.

She ended up forming a o- shape with her lips to started inhaling source of electrical energy to clear a better path to walk. Getting some what high off the crackling energy that she swallowed in a a few gulps to the point she couldn't stand in place. Over whelming sensation of raw energy had her ready to full to the ground since her knees were growing weak. Acted as a distraction for Sailor Jupiter to come charging out of her hiding spot with gloved hands out. Which didn't work out for her when out of her iara loopy stepped with slurred giggle on her lips when she moved forward. Putting her self between Angel and Sailor Jupiter without noticing in her high state of being when she started to flinch.

"I think this is the perfect moment," Phantom Sailor Funna Made her appearance. "How about it?"

"Your reading my mind." Angel triggered his transformation.

Sailor Jupiter didn't need a verbally conformation about what to do with the out of it iara when she already knew her move. Stretching her arms by doing a interlocking hand stretch with as smirk already gracing half of her face as faced iara. Knowing she was going to use the already building electrical current that was left in the air for what was forming in her mind.

"10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt!" Six circles representing the inner senshi and Sailor Arua Moon appeared behind Sailor Jupiter as she leapt into the air; absorbs the electricity. Then six bolts of electricity come from one of the six gemstones and added to her electrical charge. Outward she would punch with one of her gloves hands in a closed fist to create a path.

"Gigavolt Havoc." Knight Lightenen ended up gathering what was left of the electrical enegry he was discharged when he was civilian attire. That large spheres of electricity started to float around his form and ended up being launched towards the iara. Moving his body as if he was holding a sword within both his hands as his legs kept pace with Sailor Jupiter.

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Hiddenite wasn't happy about when he found a few extra charges on his billing statement from his credit card company. Biggest one was massive total at a clothing store for swimwear being worn by eight people. Since left him figuring his sister was behind the thief of his card last time she dropped in for a visit. Not like he was snitch on her since he was apart of her beach trip idea after hearing about it from her in detail. He just had to keep dad from flipping out over the issue of his daughter going with Dann and his half-brothers. What led to the need for escorts for her to go with the guys and her friends like planned.

"Everything alright?" Ammar puts down a surrogacy pamphlet.

"My sister pulling her usual stunts," He puts his wallet down. "Any luck?"

"Nobody jumps out at me." Ammar looked at the reject pile.

"You know people of this world rarely show a ounce of magical talent," Hiddenite reminds Ammar. "So finding one is going to be a chore."

What he got was a rough grunt from Ammar about the disapproved female candidates that Hiddenite personally gathered. Each one had some kind of connection to the field of death from having a career/ job or a personal hobby. Didn't jump out or grabbed Ammar like Hiddenite wanted after they came to agree to start looking into children.

"I know that," Ammar tried to not sound so disappointed. "...I just needed more time..."

"Then until then, I'm going to head home." Hiddenite thought be best for both of them.

This was something that couldn't be stopped when a simple kiss on Ammar's cheek was given by Hiddenite when he passed him. No attempts to stop him from picking up his bag and making a b- line for nearest exit with his phone in hand.