Lost Sailors
By: Jessica Willmington Bailey and Lena Sauran
Rating: PG-13
This story is A.R (Alternate Reality, for those who can't figure it out)
and involves characters that my friend Lena Sauran and I made up.
Sailor Moon and Co. do not belong to me, gee darn! The characters (Sun,
Star, Illusion, and Earth) are copyrighted to Lena
and myself, so please ask first. Profiles for all of these characters are
available upon request.
Now that all the technical crap is taken care of, on with the story.
Chapter 2: The Pasts of Venus and Illusion Revealed
Mirage sat at the sailor scout meeting and listened to the concerns of the
other sailor scouts. It seemed to Mirage that Serena seemed to be taking
everything on her shoulders and was bottling up her emotions. Mirage almost
smacked Artemis when he said that Serena had 'better snap out of it soon'.
"Give her a break, Artemis. She's lost someone that she really cared about.
She's just heartbroken." Raye said.
*I never thought about it before but Raye was really close to Darien.*
Mirage thought.
"She just needs someone to cheer her up." Mina said.
"I suppose that I could go and try." Mirage said.
"I'll go too." Mina added.
The others nodded and the two partners left.
"Raye and Darien were an item weren't they?" Mirage asked.
"According to Lita and Amy, they dated for a while, but nothing serious.
Not like what Darien and Serena have." Mina replied.
The two reached Serena's house and her mother answered the door.
"Hello, Mrs. Tsukino. Is Serena home?" Mirage asked.
"And you would be?" she asked.
"We're friends of Serena's. I'm Mina Aino and this is Mirage Edmunds." Mina
replied.
"Oh, well come on in, girls. She's in her room. I'm a little worried about
her. She's barely come out of her room in a week."
The two girls went down the hall to Serena's room and walked in quietly.
They found Serena crying over an advertisement.
"Hey, girl." Mina said.
"What's going on?" Mirage asked.
"Mirage, Mina. How did you get in?" Serena asked.
"Your mother." Mirage replied.
Serena sighed and looked at the ad again.
"what's that?" Mina asked, peering over Serena's shoulder.
"An ad for a new salon downtown." Serena said, quietly.
"Wanna go and check it out?" Mirage asked.
"Sure." Serena said, unenthusiastically.
The trio made their way to the new salon. Mina looked at the princess and
smiled slightly.
"Serena, you've got something in your hair." Mina said.
"Oh, get it out." Serena squealed.
Mina pulled the small twig out of her friend's hair.
"Ow, that hurt." Serena said, rubbing her head.
"Opps! I got some your hair too. Sorry." Mina apologized.
Soon they reached the salon. Mirage shivered involuntarily upon entering and
shrugged it off. They got Serena situated and sat down in the chairs in the
front room. Mirage picked up and magazine and started flipping through it.
"Something about this place isn't right…" she said, quietly.
"I know what you mean." Mina replied.
"We can help you now, ladies."
"We're just waiting for a friend." Mirage said
"Well, you could try our hair steamer treatment." The girl replied.
"No thank you." Mirage replied.
"Come on, it's free." The girl pleaded.
Mina glanced at her partner out of the corner of her eye.
"You can if you want to, Mina. I don't mind." Mirage replied, turning the
page of the magazine.
Mina stood up and looked at her partner. She followed the girl with a shrug.
Mirage glanced up from her magazine and saw Mina take out her signature bow.
Mirage sighed and went back to her magazine. Her head shot up when she heard
Mina cry out in pain. Mirage stood up and hurried towards her partner.
"Hey, nut-job, back off!" Mirage shouted.
The woman glared at her and the other workers sprayed some sort of knock out
gas in the rest of the shop. Mirage covered her mouth and ducked under the
gas. She saw Serena creeping under the fog and understood what was going on.
Pulling out her brooch, she raised it over her head.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!" she yelled.
She transformed and confronted the monster along with Sailor Moon.
"Hey, you. I believe that I'm the one that you're looking for. I'm Sailor
Moon. I fight for love and justice and on behalf of the moon, I will punish
you."
"On behalf of Illusions and Dreams, I am Sailor Illusion."
"We are sailor scouts and you're up for a make-over." They said together.
The monster fired a round of scissors at the two and they dodged. Illusion
landed beside Mina and checked on her. She was okay, just weak from the gas.
"I want the Silver Crystal." The monster screeched.
"Want in one hand and shit in the other one, see which on fills faster."
Illusion snapped.
"Be quiet!" the monster said.
It blasted Sailor Illusion into a wall and pinned her there with scissors.
The monster then returned it's attentions to Sailor Moon.
"Sailor Moon, get out of here. Run!" Illusion shouted.
Just as Sailor Moon was about to heal the monster, a rose flew down and
sliced her wrist, causing her to drop the Crescent Moon Wand. Sailor Moon
yelped and stared at the rose.
"Tuxedo Mask?" she asked, turning around.
"Good evening, Sailor Moon." He said.
Mirage looked from Tuxedo Mask to the rose and the flower changed from dark
red to black. *Something is wrong here…*
"I want the crystal, Sailor Moon." He said.
"What?" Sailor Moon gasped.
"I really don't want to hurt you, Sailor Moon. Just give me the crystal and
you won't be harmed."
"Traitor. What have they done to you?" she asked.
"Just give me the crystal." He yelled
Sailor Moon backed away and looked at Tuxedo Mask, tears in her eyes.
"Queen Beryl wants that crystal. Get her."
Sailor Moon cried out in fear and ran out of the shop. The monster and Tuxedo
Mask followed close behind.
"Venus Power!"
Sailor Venus appeared and she rushed over to Illusion. Helping her down, the
two hurried after Sailor Moon.
"Venus Crescent Beam, Smash!"
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The two attacks hit the monster in the back and Sailor Moon pulled out the
Crescent Moon Wand.
"Moon Healing Activation!"
The workers of Slick Chicks appeared in place of the monster. Jupiter, Mars,
and Mercury also made the scene.
"Tuxedo Mask, are you alright?" Mars asked, starting towards him.
"Keep your distance, Mars." Illusion said.
"He's no friend of ours. He's been brainwashed by the Negaverse. It's true,
that monster was taking orders from him." Venus added.
"He's Beryl's man now and don't think for a second that he's working with
anyone but her." Illusion finished.
"They're right. Now I want that crystal and I will fight everyone of you
brats to get it." Tuxedo Mask said.
Tuxedo Mask suddenly became quiet. *Telepathy.* Illusion thought with a
frown.
"You got lucky this time, girls. But next time, I'm not leaving without that
crystal." He said, retreating through a portal.
"Hey, Sailor Moon, are you alright?" Jupiter asked.
"Yeah, I'll be okay." Sailor Moon sighed.
"Well, it's been a long day. You should all go home and get some rest." Luna
said.
"Actually, I have a craving for double-decker cheeseburgers, french fries
and triple, hot fudge sundaes!" Serena said.
"I have to say that I'm happy to have the goofy, food-crazed, Serena back."
Artemis said.
"Why the sudden change, Serena?" Mina asked.
"I just came up with a wicked cool plan to get Darien back!" Serena said
with a giggle.
The group laughed at their leader.
"Yep, I'll just have to de-brainwash him. Oh and when he's back to normal…
ugh am I going to tell that guy off!" Serena added.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Mirage or one of the other scouts stuck close to Serena over the next few
days. *It would seem that they are trying to find out who Sailor Moon is,
but why use Darien? He already knows that Serena is Sailor Moon. Unless
Beryl erased that part of his memory also.* Mirage thought.
"MIRAGE!" Ms. Lomen yelled.
"Huh? What?" Mirage asked, blinking.
"I asked you to name the time period of the witching times."
"Excuse me?"
"What time in history were women prosecuted as witches?"
Mirage's eyes filled with tears and she stood up. She ran out of the room
and down the hallway.
"Mirage! Come back!" Ms. Loman yelled after her.
Mirage ran out of the school and cried under a large tree. She felt a hand
on her shoulder and she looked up. Mina was there looking very concerned
about her friend and partner.
"Mirage, what's wrong?" Mina asked.
Mirage quickly wiped her tears away.
"It's nothing, Mina. I'm just being a ninny." Mirage whispered.
"It has to be something to get you this upset. Why don't you tell me?" Mina
said, sitting on the grass next to Mirage.
"It's just something that someone said."
"Your teacher said that she asked you a question and you freaked out."
"It has something to do with my past."
"You can tell me, Mirage. No matter what, you will still be my best friend."
"Well, as you know, I was born before you were."
"Nine months before." Mina said with a nod.
"No, Mina, I was born a long time before you were. I was born in 1816 in
France. I'm 176 years old."
"But that's impossible!" Mina exclaimed.
"Mina, we are Sailor Scouts, we have different abilities then normal people
do. Slowed Aging, our powers, everything about is different."
"Okay, but that still doesn't explain why you freaked out at a question."
"She asked me about the witching times....I lived through that, Mina. I was
one of the countless innocents punished for imaginary witchcraft." Mirage
said.
"Oh, Mirage, I'm so sorry." Mina said.
"It just brought back a lot of painful memories from my past that I thought
that I was over. Like I said before, I was just being a ninny."
"No, Mirage. You weren't. Even I have times that I cry over her past."
"Katrina and Alan?"
"Yes." Mina said, looking at the grass.
Mirage looked at the blonde next to her.
"You know, Mina, you are probably the closest thing that I will ever get to
a sister." Mirage said, smiling slightly.
"That is probably the nicest thing that anyone has said to me in a time."
Mina said, tears filing her eyes.
"Now don't you start crying too." Mirage giggled.
They both laughed and Mina hugged the lavender haired girl. Mirage was
slightly surprised, but hugged Mina back. The two stood up and were headed
back to class when the school bell rang, signaling the end of the school
day. Mirage sighed and the two made their ways to their classes to gather
their things.
"Are you alright, Ms. Edmunds?" Ms. Loman asked.
"Yes, I am sorry for disturbing the class, Ms. Loman."
"That's alright, Mirage. I was more worried about you then the class time."
"Thank you, Ms. Loman."
"You're welcome. I will see you tomorrow, Mirage." her teacher said with a
smile.
"Yes, have a nice day, Ms. Loman."
Mirage met Mina in at the front gate and the two made their way home.
"Do we have enough time to go home before the meeting?" Mirage asked,
concerned about being late.
"Of course, we'll be there before Serena, so we won't miss anything." Mina
replied.
Once they got home, Mirage went upstairs to her room to drop off her books.
She heard the phone ring and she picked up the hallway extension.
"Hello?"
"Hello, may I speak to Mina Aino, please?" a familiar female voice asked.
"May I ask who's calling."
"Katrina."
Mirage nearly dropped the phone in surprise.
"Umm, yeah. Just a minute and I'll get her."
Mirage ran down the hall to Mina's room.
"Mina, you have a phone call." Mirage said.
"Who is it?"
"It's Katrina."
"What?!"
"Katrina is on the phone."
Mina bolted out of her room to the phone.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Mina? It's Katrina."
"I know." Mina said, quietly.
"Could you meet with me? There are some important things that we need to
talk about."
"Sure, where do you want to meet?"
"Outside my hotel?"
"I have some things that I have to take care of first, so I'll meet you
there at 6 o'clock."
"I'll see you then."
Mina hung up the phone with a sigh. Mirage glanced at the blonde and shook
her head.
"Are you sure that you want to meet with her alone?"
"I owe her that much, Mirage."
"I trust your judgment, Mina. But be careful, you are at risk of getting
your heart trampled on."
"Let's get to the meeting." Mina said.
The two arrived at the temple a short time later. Raye was about to lecture
them about being late but Mirage gave her a look that said 'not a good
time'.
The meeting went as usual and Mina left.
"So why were you late, Mirage?" Raye asked.
"Mina got a phone call from an old friend of hers. Someone who is very
important to her."
Raye didn't reply and Mirage left with Serena. Mirage didn't say much while
she and Serena walked towards the park.
"What's the matter, Mirage?"
"Nothing, I'm just worried about Mina."
"She's alright, Mirage. She can..." Serena started.
Mirage heard a familiar scream and she pulled out her brooch.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!"
"Moon Prism Power!"
"Sailor Venus! Let her go, negatrash!" Illusion yelled.
Venus cried out in pain as the chain of green butterflies tightened around
her. *Mina, NO!*
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The yellow and white beam sliced the monster across the face and the chain
of butterflies disappeared. Venus fell to her knees and saw something. An
oval locket. She grabbed it and opened it. Inside was a picture of her,
Katrina, and Alan. Tears came to her eyes as she looked at the monster.
*That monster is Katrina.*
"Moon Tiara..."
"No, Sailor Moon, don't! She's human!"
"What?"
The monster recovered and went on the attack. Venus leapt at Sailor Moon and
knocked her out of the way.
"Let's regroup and make a plan." Illusion said.
The three ran to the harbor with 'Katrina' dead on their heels. Illusion
skidded to a stop and fired her attack at 'Katrina', knocking her into the
bay.
"Come on." Moon said
"Get in the boat." Luna said.
"But I can't sail, can you?" Moon cried.
"Sailor Moon, use the Luna pen." Luna said, annoyed.
"Oh, right. Disguise Power! Turn me into a sailor!"
Sailor Moon instantly transformed into a sailor and they jumped in the speed
boat. Serena started the engine and pushed the throttle full out.
"Venus, are you alright?" Illusion asked.
"They got to her, Mirage." Venus replied, brokenly.
"Who got to who?"
"The Negaverse got to Katrina, That monster is her."
"And here she comes! Speed it up, Sailor Moon." Luna shouted.
Serena pushed the throttle full out and quickly put distance between them
and the monster.
"So what is your past with that girl, Venus?" Serena asked.
"She was a girl that I while I was in England..." Mina started.
Over the next few minutes all of Venus' past as Sailor V was revealed.
"So we left England and found you guys." Venus finished.
"She doesn't sound like a very good friend to me." Serena commented.
"She couldn't help the way that she felt. Neither could he. Love works that
way and there's nothing that anyone can do to change it." Venus replied.
The group pulled up to a cruise boat and stowed aboard. Unfortunately they
hadn't gotten rid of Katrina and she followed them onto the luxury liner.
The foursome hid until they could think up a plan. 'Sailor' Serena let her
transformation go and, in a flash of light, returned to being Sailor Moon.
The light attracted Katrina and she tossed the table, that they were hiding
under, aside.
"And the cat finds the mice." she snarled.
"I'm no mouse, negatrash! Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The attack hit Katrina at close range blinding her, temporarily. The monster
lashed out blindly and caught Sailor Illusion. The force of the blow slammed Illusion through one of the large windows. She landed in an unconscious heap on the deck.
"Sailor Illusion!" Venus cried, *You know, Mina, you are probably the closet
thing that I'll get to a sister.*
Anger flashed in Venus' cerulean eyes.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
*You know, Mina, you are like the little sister that I never had.*
Venus cried in anguish and pulled the beam to the left, missing Katrina.
"Big mistake, Little Sister." the monster snarled.
*Katrina's still in there!*
"Moon Tiara..."
"Sailor Moon, heal her!" Venus cried.
"But she stole your guy." Sailor Moon said, glowing tiara still in hand.
"But he loves her." Venus said, tears running down her checks.
"Okay. Moon Healing Activation!"
The English policewoman reappeared and collapsed. Venus glanced from the
unconscious Illusion to Katrina. Getting up slowly, she made her way to
Illusion. She gently placed the head of her partner, best friend, fellow
scout and big sister in her lap.
*Katrina is the past...* Venus thought with a tear.
She hastily wiped the tear away and waited for Mirage to wake up.
*****************************************************************
to be continued...
Next time on Lost Sailors...
A mysterious new sailor scout saves the scouts' bacon...
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Jessica Willmington Bailey
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By: Jessica Willmington Bailey and Lena Sauran
Rating: PG-13
This story is A.R (Alternate Reality, for those who can't figure it out)
and involves characters that my friend Lena Sauran and I made up.
Sailor Moon and Co. do not belong to me, gee darn! The characters (Sun,
Star, Illusion, and Earth) are copyrighted to Lena
and myself, so please ask first. Profiles for all of these characters are
available upon request.
Now that all the technical crap is taken care of, on with the story.
Chapter 2: The Pasts of Venus and Illusion Revealed
Mirage sat at the sailor scout meeting and listened to the concerns of the
other sailor scouts. It seemed to Mirage that Serena seemed to be taking
everything on her shoulders and was bottling up her emotions. Mirage almost
smacked Artemis when he said that Serena had 'better snap out of it soon'.
"Give her a break, Artemis. She's lost someone that she really cared about.
She's just heartbroken." Raye said.
*I never thought about it before but Raye was really close to Darien.*
Mirage thought.
"She just needs someone to cheer her up." Mina said.
"I suppose that I could go and try." Mirage said.
"I'll go too." Mina added.
The others nodded and the two partners left.
"Raye and Darien were an item weren't they?" Mirage asked.
"According to Lita and Amy, they dated for a while, but nothing serious.
Not like what Darien and Serena have." Mina replied.
The two reached Serena's house and her mother answered the door.
"Hello, Mrs. Tsukino. Is Serena home?" Mirage asked.
"And you would be?" she asked.
"We're friends of Serena's. I'm Mina Aino and this is Mirage Edmunds." Mina
replied.
"Oh, well come on in, girls. She's in her room. I'm a little worried about
her. She's barely come out of her room in a week."
The two girls went down the hall to Serena's room and walked in quietly.
They found Serena crying over an advertisement.
"Hey, girl." Mina said.
"What's going on?" Mirage asked.
"Mirage, Mina. How did you get in?" Serena asked.
"Your mother." Mirage replied.
Serena sighed and looked at the ad again.
"what's that?" Mina asked, peering over Serena's shoulder.
"An ad for a new salon downtown." Serena said, quietly.
"Wanna go and check it out?" Mirage asked.
"Sure." Serena said, unenthusiastically.
The trio made their way to the new salon. Mina looked at the princess and
smiled slightly.
"Serena, you've got something in your hair." Mina said.
"Oh, get it out." Serena squealed.
Mina pulled the small twig out of her friend's hair.
"Ow, that hurt." Serena said, rubbing her head.
"Opps! I got some your hair too. Sorry." Mina apologized.
Soon they reached the salon. Mirage shivered involuntarily upon entering and
shrugged it off. They got Serena situated and sat down in the chairs in the
front room. Mirage picked up and magazine and started flipping through it.
"Something about this place isn't right…" she said, quietly.
"I know what you mean." Mina replied.
"We can help you now, ladies."
"We're just waiting for a friend." Mirage said
"Well, you could try our hair steamer treatment." The girl replied.
"No thank you." Mirage replied.
"Come on, it's free." The girl pleaded.
Mina glanced at her partner out of the corner of her eye.
"You can if you want to, Mina. I don't mind." Mirage replied, turning the
page of the magazine.
Mina stood up and looked at her partner. She followed the girl with a shrug.
Mirage glanced up from her magazine and saw Mina take out her signature bow.
Mirage sighed and went back to her magazine. Her head shot up when she heard
Mina cry out in pain. Mirage stood up and hurried towards her partner.
"Hey, nut-job, back off!" Mirage shouted.
The woman glared at her and the other workers sprayed some sort of knock out
gas in the rest of the shop. Mirage covered her mouth and ducked under the
gas. She saw Serena creeping under the fog and understood what was going on.
Pulling out her brooch, she raised it over her head.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!" she yelled.
She transformed and confronted the monster along with Sailor Moon.
"Hey, you. I believe that I'm the one that you're looking for. I'm Sailor
Moon. I fight for love and justice and on behalf of the moon, I will punish
you."
"On behalf of Illusions and Dreams, I am Sailor Illusion."
"We are sailor scouts and you're up for a make-over." They said together.
The monster fired a round of scissors at the two and they dodged. Illusion
landed beside Mina and checked on her. She was okay, just weak from the gas.
"I want the Silver Crystal." The monster screeched.
"Want in one hand and shit in the other one, see which on fills faster."
Illusion snapped.
"Be quiet!" the monster said.
It blasted Sailor Illusion into a wall and pinned her there with scissors.
The monster then returned it's attentions to Sailor Moon.
"Sailor Moon, get out of here. Run!" Illusion shouted.
Just as Sailor Moon was about to heal the monster, a rose flew down and
sliced her wrist, causing her to drop the Crescent Moon Wand. Sailor Moon
yelped and stared at the rose.
"Tuxedo Mask?" she asked, turning around.
"Good evening, Sailor Moon." He said.
Mirage looked from Tuxedo Mask to the rose and the flower changed from dark
red to black. *Something is wrong here…*
"I want the crystal, Sailor Moon." He said.
"What?" Sailor Moon gasped.
"I really don't want to hurt you, Sailor Moon. Just give me the crystal and
you won't be harmed."
"Traitor. What have they done to you?" she asked.
"Just give me the crystal." He yelled
Sailor Moon backed away and looked at Tuxedo Mask, tears in her eyes.
"Queen Beryl wants that crystal. Get her."
Sailor Moon cried out in fear and ran out of the shop. The monster and Tuxedo
Mask followed close behind.
"Venus Power!"
Sailor Venus appeared and she rushed over to Illusion. Helping her down, the
two hurried after Sailor Moon.
"Venus Crescent Beam, Smash!"
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The two attacks hit the monster in the back and Sailor Moon pulled out the
Crescent Moon Wand.
"Moon Healing Activation!"
The workers of Slick Chicks appeared in place of the monster. Jupiter, Mars,
and Mercury also made the scene.
"Tuxedo Mask, are you alright?" Mars asked, starting towards him.
"Keep your distance, Mars." Illusion said.
"He's no friend of ours. He's been brainwashed by the Negaverse. It's true,
that monster was taking orders from him." Venus added.
"He's Beryl's man now and don't think for a second that he's working with
anyone but her." Illusion finished.
"They're right. Now I want that crystal and I will fight everyone of you
brats to get it." Tuxedo Mask said.
Tuxedo Mask suddenly became quiet. *Telepathy.* Illusion thought with a
frown.
"You got lucky this time, girls. But next time, I'm not leaving without that
crystal." He said, retreating through a portal.
"Hey, Sailor Moon, are you alright?" Jupiter asked.
"Yeah, I'll be okay." Sailor Moon sighed.
"Well, it's been a long day. You should all go home and get some rest." Luna
said.
"Actually, I have a craving for double-decker cheeseburgers, french fries
and triple, hot fudge sundaes!" Serena said.
"I have to say that I'm happy to have the goofy, food-crazed, Serena back."
Artemis said.
"Why the sudden change, Serena?" Mina asked.
"I just came up with a wicked cool plan to get Darien back!" Serena said
with a giggle.
The group laughed at their leader.
"Yep, I'll just have to de-brainwash him. Oh and when he's back to normal…
ugh am I going to tell that guy off!" Serena added.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Mirage or one of the other scouts stuck close to Serena over the next few
days. *It would seem that they are trying to find out who Sailor Moon is,
but why use Darien? He already knows that Serena is Sailor Moon. Unless
Beryl erased that part of his memory also.* Mirage thought.
"MIRAGE!" Ms. Lomen yelled.
"Huh? What?" Mirage asked, blinking.
"I asked you to name the time period of the witching times."
"Excuse me?"
"What time in history were women prosecuted as witches?"
Mirage's eyes filled with tears and she stood up. She ran out of the room
and down the hallway.
"Mirage! Come back!" Ms. Loman yelled after her.
Mirage ran out of the school and cried under a large tree. She felt a hand
on her shoulder and she looked up. Mina was there looking very concerned
about her friend and partner.
"Mirage, what's wrong?" Mina asked.
Mirage quickly wiped her tears away.
"It's nothing, Mina. I'm just being a ninny." Mirage whispered.
"It has to be something to get you this upset. Why don't you tell me?" Mina
said, sitting on the grass next to Mirage.
"It's just something that someone said."
"Your teacher said that she asked you a question and you freaked out."
"It has something to do with my past."
"You can tell me, Mirage. No matter what, you will still be my best friend."
"Well, as you know, I was born before you were."
"Nine months before." Mina said with a nod.
"No, Mina, I was born a long time before you were. I was born in 1816 in
France. I'm 176 years old."
"But that's impossible!" Mina exclaimed.
"Mina, we are Sailor Scouts, we have different abilities then normal people
do. Slowed Aging, our powers, everything about is different."
"Okay, but that still doesn't explain why you freaked out at a question."
"She asked me about the witching times....I lived through that, Mina. I was
one of the countless innocents punished for imaginary witchcraft." Mirage
said.
"Oh, Mirage, I'm so sorry." Mina said.
"It just brought back a lot of painful memories from my past that I thought
that I was over. Like I said before, I was just being a ninny."
"No, Mirage. You weren't. Even I have times that I cry over her past."
"Katrina and Alan?"
"Yes." Mina said, looking at the grass.
Mirage looked at the blonde next to her.
"You know, Mina, you are probably the closest thing that I will ever get to
a sister." Mirage said, smiling slightly.
"That is probably the nicest thing that anyone has said to me in a time."
Mina said, tears filing her eyes.
"Now don't you start crying too." Mirage giggled.
They both laughed and Mina hugged the lavender haired girl. Mirage was
slightly surprised, but hugged Mina back. The two stood up and were headed
back to class when the school bell rang, signaling the end of the school
day. Mirage sighed and the two made their ways to their classes to gather
their things.
"Are you alright, Ms. Edmunds?" Ms. Loman asked.
"Yes, I am sorry for disturbing the class, Ms. Loman."
"That's alright, Mirage. I was more worried about you then the class time."
"Thank you, Ms. Loman."
"You're welcome. I will see you tomorrow, Mirage." her teacher said with a
smile.
"Yes, have a nice day, Ms. Loman."
Mirage met Mina in at the front gate and the two made their way home.
"Do we have enough time to go home before the meeting?" Mirage asked,
concerned about being late.
"Of course, we'll be there before Serena, so we won't miss anything." Mina
replied.
Once they got home, Mirage went upstairs to her room to drop off her books.
She heard the phone ring and she picked up the hallway extension.
"Hello?"
"Hello, may I speak to Mina Aino, please?" a familiar female voice asked.
"May I ask who's calling."
"Katrina."
Mirage nearly dropped the phone in surprise.
"Umm, yeah. Just a minute and I'll get her."
Mirage ran down the hall to Mina's room.
"Mina, you have a phone call." Mirage said.
"Who is it?"
"It's Katrina."
"What?!"
"Katrina is on the phone."
Mina bolted out of her room to the phone.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Mina? It's Katrina."
"I know." Mina said, quietly.
"Could you meet with me? There are some important things that we need to
talk about."
"Sure, where do you want to meet?"
"Outside my hotel?"
"I have some things that I have to take care of first, so I'll meet you
there at 6 o'clock."
"I'll see you then."
Mina hung up the phone with a sigh. Mirage glanced at the blonde and shook
her head.
"Are you sure that you want to meet with her alone?"
"I owe her that much, Mirage."
"I trust your judgment, Mina. But be careful, you are at risk of getting
your heart trampled on."
"Let's get to the meeting." Mina said.
The two arrived at the temple a short time later. Raye was about to lecture
them about being late but Mirage gave her a look that said 'not a good
time'.
The meeting went as usual and Mina left.
"So why were you late, Mirage?" Raye asked.
"Mina got a phone call from an old friend of hers. Someone who is very
important to her."
Raye didn't reply and Mirage left with Serena. Mirage didn't say much while
she and Serena walked towards the park.
"What's the matter, Mirage?"
"Nothing, I'm just worried about Mina."
"She's alright, Mirage. She can..." Serena started.
Mirage heard a familiar scream and she pulled out her brooch.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!"
"Moon Prism Power!"
"Sailor Venus! Let her go, negatrash!" Illusion yelled.
Venus cried out in pain as the chain of green butterflies tightened around
her. *Mina, NO!*
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The yellow and white beam sliced the monster across the face and the chain
of butterflies disappeared. Venus fell to her knees and saw something. An
oval locket. She grabbed it and opened it. Inside was a picture of her,
Katrina, and Alan. Tears came to her eyes as she looked at the monster.
*That monster is Katrina.*
"Moon Tiara..."
"No, Sailor Moon, don't! She's human!"
"What?"
The monster recovered and went on the attack. Venus leapt at Sailor Moon and
knocked her out of the way.
"Let's regroup and make a plan." Illusion said.
The three ran to the harbor with 'Katrina' dead on their heels. Illusion
skidded to a stop and fired her attack at 'Katrina', knocking her into the
bay.
"Come on." Moon said
"Get in the boat." Luna said.
"But I can't sail, can you?" Moon cried.
"Sailor Moon, use the Luna pen." Luna said, annoyed.
"Oh, right. Disguise Power! Turn me into a sailor!"
Sailor Moon instantly transformed into a sailor and they jumped in the speed
boat. Serena started the engine and pushed the throttle full out.
"Venus, are you alright?" Illusion asked.
"They got to her, Mirage." Venus replied, brokenly.
"Who got to who?"
"The Negaverse got to Katrina, That monster is her."
"And here she comes! Speed it up, Sailor Moon." Luna shouted.
Serena pushed the throttle full out and quickly put distance between them
and the monster.
"So what is your past with that girl, Venus?" Serena asked.
"She was a girl that I while I was in England..." Mina started.
Over the next few minutes all of Venus' past as Sailor V was revealed.
"So we left England and found you guys." Venus finished.
"She doesn't sound like a very good friend to me." Serena commented.
"She couldn't help the way that she felt. Neither could he. Love works that
way and there's nothing that anyone can do to change it." Venus replied.
The group pulled up to a cruise boat and stowed aboard. Unfortunately they
hadn't gotten rid of Katrina and she followed them onto the luxury liner.
The foursome hid until they could think up a plan. 'Sailor' Serena let her
transformation go and, in a flash of light, returned to being Sailor Moon.
The light attracted Katrina and she tossed the table, that they were hiding
under, aside.
"And the cat finds the mice." she snarled.
"I'm no mouse, negatrash! Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The attack hit Katrina at close range blinding her, temporarily. The monster
lashed out blindly and caught Sailor Illusion. The force of the blow slammed Illusion through one of the large windows. She landed in an unconscious heap on the deck.
"Sailor Illusion!" Venus cried, *You know, Mina, you are probably the closet
thing that I'll get to a sister.*
Anger flashed in Venus' cerulean eyes.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
*You know, Mina, you are like the little sister that I never had.*
Venus cried in anguish and pulled the beam to the left, missing Katrina.
"Big mistake, Little Sister." the monster snarled.
*Katrina's still in there!*
"Moon Tiara..."
"Sailor Moon, heal her!" Venus cried.
"But she stole your guy." Sailor Moon said, glowing tiara still in hand.
"But he loves her." Venus said, tears running down her checks.
"Okay. Moon Healing Activation!"
The English policewoman reappeared and collapsed. Venus glanced from the
unconscious Illusion to Katrina. Getting up slowly, she made her way to
Illusion. She gently placed the head of her partner, best friend, fellow
scout and big sister in her lap.
*Katrina is the past...* Venus thought with a tear.
She hastily wiped the tear away and waited for Mirage to wake up.
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to be continued...
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