A Double-Edged Sword Part 2
Never Look Twice
by
Sailor Janus
The next day began like almost any other morning. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and Usagi and Minako were racing off to school late once again. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary except for one girl who was slowly walking down a crowded hallway at Juuban High School trying to find room 104.
"Wow, it seems nothing like the academy, but then again, it is rather similar. At least no one has declared me as weird yet," Hotaru said softly to herself. Soon she found her destination, room number 104. Taking a deep breath the dark violet-haired girl grabbed the doorknob, turning the handle as she pulled the door open and walked inside.
Clutching her school bag for what seemed like dear life, Hotaru glanced around the small room. 'Great. Everyone already knows each other. Oh well, better find a seat.'
Slowly the violet-eyed teen walked rather self-consciously across the room to find a desk. Luckily she was able to find a vacant chair in the back row. Hotaru did well in school, but she was still very uncertain around her peers that she preferred sitting in the back where she didn't feel as if everyone were watching her not to mention that she was now a year younger than her classmates.
As Hotaru took her seat, she noticed that there was a girl next to her who appeared to be rather alone as well. Silently the green-eyed girl scribbled on a sheet of paper in her red notebook before pausing to glance at the people chatting in the room. Heavily she sighed and scribbled a little more in the notebook once again before softly closing it.
'I wonder who she is? No one seems to take notice to her. Then again, no one is actually going out of their way to meet me either,' Hotaru concluded turning her attention to the teacher, Miss Leona as class began.
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"AHHH! I can't believe that there is a test tomorrow!" Usagi whined with tears in her blue eyes as she followed Makoto out of the building. School was finally over for the day, which fortunately for Usagi as well as many other students, meant a chance of freedom. Of course, not until after studying and completing various homework assignments.
"It's only a review test so Miss G. can figure out what level everyone is on," the brunette said trying to calm her panicky friend.
"I'm gonna flunk it! I just know it!" the blonde cried out with the tears now gushing out of her eyes.
"Calm down, Usagi! That's not as bad as what I'm going to have to do! I have an essay due tomorrow!'" Minako complained as she flicked a strand of hair off her shoulder.
"Hello everyone," Ami greeted her friends as she joined them.
"Hi, Ami. Where's Hotaru? I thought we were all going to walk home together?" Usagi inquired, shuffling the books cradled in her arms.
"She should be here any minute."
"Oh, look, there she is! Hey, Hotaru! Over here!" Makoto called to the younger dark-haired girl.
Glancing up, Hotaru slightly smiled, lighting up her face after she found four friendly faces in a sea of strangers. "Hi."
"Did classes go okay, Hotaru?" Ami asked as they began heading home together.
"Yeah, even though everyone seems pretty stuck up and didn't even try to greet me or anything," Hotaru shrugged.
"They'll come around. Don't worry, Hotaru."
"I hope so because it really sucks being the new girl in school."
"Hey, isn't that the girl who you smacked yesterday, Makoto?" Minako asked as she pointed to the girl who was walking a few feet in front of them.
"MINAKO! That was an accident!" the tall green-eyed girl shouted as she turned beet red.
Startled by Makoto's outburst, the girl turned around to find out what the commotion was about, eying the group of girls suspiciously.
"Uh, heh heh, Hi," Makoto waved as she blushed. 'I could kill Minako.'
"Hi," the burgundy-haired girl softly said, not really knowing what to expect of the quintet.
"Listen, I am really sorry about yesterday! Normally I am not nearly that klutzy!" Makoto explained. 'Usagi definitely must be rubbing off on me!'
"It's okay. All is forgiven," The girl smiled. "Hey, aren't you in one of my classes? Psychology I believe?" she questioned of Hotaru.
"Yes, I am. My name is Tomoe Hotaru, and these are my friends, Tsukino Usagi, Mizuno Ami, Aino Minako, and Kino Makoto."
"Hi, My name is Doubre Deidera. It's nice to meet all of you."
The five girls noted that she had long, curly, burgundy hair that fell to her waist with a thin braid of hair crowning her head. She also had very striking, jade green eyes that shone in the sunlight. Deidera seemed friendly enough but was a little drawn back.
Suddenly, a loud piercing scream rang out from a few blocks down.
"Oh no! That sounds like Rei!" Ami exclaimed, as she looked at her friends who nodded in agreement.
"Um, it was nice to meet you too, Deidera, but we really must go or we'll be late for study group! Bye!" Makoto quickly said, racing off with the others to henshin.
Deidera stared after them in bewilderment. "Odd, I wonder why they must leave so quickly?" she softly said before continuing on her way. "Oh well. At least they seemed nice…..a little strange though."
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Rei screamed again as she raced down the street and to the shrine as the Satyr chased after her.
'I have to gain some time so I can henshin!' She thought, trying earnestly to run faster. "Oh no!" the dark-haired girl yelled out as its arm extended and wrapped around her waist.
"Enough of these foolish games! Give me your brain force!" ordered the green-haired, gold glowing monster that looked like a female version of a centaur.
"Centaura! You idiot! That is not what we came for!" Chimaera yelled looking rather irritated from the tree she was hiding in. "What an incompetent demon I have created," she said as she gritted her teeth, pounding her fist on the tree. 'Come on, that girl must be here somewhere; we just must wait a little longer.'
"Rei, need a hand?!" Sailor Uranus shouted as she parked the car along the side of road as Pluto and Neptune leaped out.
"Who are you?" the Satyr asked, staring quizically at the three new comers who struck a pose.
The dirty blonde-haired girl smirked and shouted, "From the heavenly planet of Uranus, I am Sailor Uranus!"
"From Neptune, the planet of the oceans, Sailor Neptune is my name!" the aqua-haired senshi smiled.
The eldest of the group twirled her staff and said, "From the time space planet of Pluto, Sailor Pluto!"
"Space Sword Blaster!" Uranus yelled as she charged at the Satyr whose grip on Rei broke allowing the senshi of Mars seconds to dodge away from the attack. Unfortunately, Centaura managed to avoid Uranus's sword as well.
"Submarine Reflection!" the aqua-haired woman shouted as she shone her mirror towards Centaura who disappeared then reappeared free of harm, as she laughed at the girl.
"Huh? How did she do that?!" Neptune abruptly shouted, looking amazed at the disappearing trick the satyr preformed.
"My turn!" The satyr cried out, glowing a brighter golden color as she threw exploding discuses at the three women who managed to avoid the first few but consequently were not so lucky with the last six, throwing them painfully to the ground.
Pluto slowly rose to her feet and twirled her time key to avoid the rest of the approaching discuses before she whispered, "Dead Scream," using her attack on the Satyr.
While this occurred, Rei found ample time to locate her henshin wand which she accidentally dropped while being chased and transformed into Sailor Mars just as the others arrived.
"Mars! Are you okay?!" Eternal Sailor Moon asked, as she looked concerned for her friend.
"Yes, but we better help Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. That enemy is really strong!"
The girls nodded as they raced off to help their friends.
"Hold it right there! I am Sailor Moon!"
"Sailor Venus!"
"Sailor Mars!"
"Sailor Mercury!"
"Sailor Jupiter!"
"And Sailor Saturn!"
"And on behalf of our planets and the moon. We will punish you!" they chorused when suddenly Centaura shot out six large spears at the sailor senshi who tried to avoid them, unfortunately, they were unsuccessful.
"Ow, you'll pay for that! Fire Sniper!" Sailor Mars attacked but the Satyr's discuses reflected the fire senshi's attack back at her.
"Oh no! Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury shouted as she used her attack to douse Mars's before it could do any harm to them.
"Let me try! Oak Evolution!" Jupiter cried out as vines came straight at Centaura who simply dodged the attack.
"I am growing very bored," She yawned.
"Hey! Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus yelled out.
But this attack too, reflected back to the Sailor Senshi. "Silence Wall!" Saturn quickly shouted as Venus's attack came straight at them but luckily was able to bounce off of Sailor Saturn's Wall, thanks to her quick thinking.
"Nothing is working!" Venus said as fear shone in her blue eyes.
"What are we going to do?" Neptune said remorsefully. "We can't defeat it!"
"Hahahaha! You pathetic sailor brats cannot stop me!" Centaura cackled as she spied her first victim. "Now, I need to gain some energy and she shall do perfectly," she said and she slowly approached the newcomer who stared in shock at the creature.
The sailor senshi turned to see exactly what had caught the demon's attention. "Oh no! Run, Deidera! Run!" Saturn shouted out as the others started yelling at her to go as well.
"We must do something! That creature is going to hurt or possibly kill her!" Mercury worriedly said.
"Yeah, but what can we do? None of our powers work!" Jupiter reminded them.
"I haven't tried mine yet," Eternal Sailor Moon said but the others shook their heads.
"It may not work though, and what happens if it's reflected back to us? I don't even know if my Silence Wall can hold it back," Saturn said with urgency in her voice.
Deidera finally glanced up to see a huge centaur-like woman smirking in her face. The poor girl froze as fear began to take over. "What...who... are you?!" she managed to stutter as the demon came closer. "Did I miss a parade or something?"
The demon sneered as she stalked even closer.
"Stay away from me! I don't know what you are or why you look that way, but keep away!" the burgundy-haired girl yelled as she dropped her books and stared in horror at the monster.
"Nonsense, girl. All I need is your brain force so I can turn you into a mindless servant," Centaura fiendishly grinned as she reached out for Deidera.
In the back of her mind she could the Sailor Senshi racing towards her, yelling for her to run, but she was frozen and couldn't seem to move a muscle. 'my brain force? What the hell has this thing been sniffing?'
"You are mine," the satyr sneered as Deidera began to scream.
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Author's Note: This is has officially been revised continue on to discover Deidera's fate.