Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or characters belonging to Noako Takeuchi. I DO own the Mystical Scouts and the youmas I created.
Authoress' Notes: Here is the Chapter 1b of the Mystical Saga! I only got one review! One! Is anybody actually reading this? Remember, there is yuri, but don't flame me because of it. I did warn you. Slight language by Sailor Neptune. Please review!
Chapter 1b: Fighting the New Youma
Last time...
"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Chibi-Usa's heart-shaped compact just beeped. "What's going on? Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Chibi-Usa stayed Chibi-Usa.
"Moon Eternal Power, Make Up!" Usagi's crystal compact flickered, but went dark. "The isn't good. Moon Eternal Power, Make Up!" Nothing happened. "We're in trouble," muttered Usagi.
Now...
The Sailor Senshis' transformations took less than a minute, and seven girls in sailor fukus jumped out of the room. Usagi and Chibi-Usa could only watch in silence from the back room. Gomefee looked at them in surprise, and then smirked.
"Ooh, a new game to play! How about this? Acid Cappacino!" The coffeepot on his hand let out a stream of dark brown liquid laced with green. The Sailor Senshis all jumped out of the way, but some splashed on Sailor Venus' leg.
"Aahh! That hurts!" she cried in pain. "You'll pay!" The symbol of Venus glowed in her hand and she brought it to her lips. As she kissed the tips of her finger, an orange heart formed. Yelling "Venus Love and Beauty Shock!", Sailor Venus threw it at Gomefee. However, the monster just waved it off.
"Is that all you've got?" Gomefee asked disgustedly.
"Gomefee! Stop immediately!" The mysterious figure commanded. Gomefee stopped in his tracks. "I take it you are the Sailor Senshis who beat poor Beryl. And I see you have friends. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Kiecro, and stealing souls is my business!" The figure stepped into the light.
Long forest-green hair adorned her head, the top half plaited into a braid and the bottom hanging free. Emerald green eyes smiled maliciously. She wore a short black miniskirt and a tube-top-like shirt with straps attaching it to a choker around her neck. Ebony pearl earrings adorned her ears, and the same color pearls were sewn into her choker, shirt straps, the hems of her clothing, and even in her hair.
"Stealing souls may be your job-" Started Sailor Mars.
"But stopping evil is ours!" finished Sailor Jupiter.
"We are the Sailor Senshis-" Sailor Mercury said.
"Champions of love and justice!" Sailor Venus followed.
"We shall right wrongs-" Sailor Uranus began.
"And triumph over evil!" finished Sailor Neptune.
"In the name of the Moon and our guardian planets-" Sailor Saturn said.
"WE SHALL PUNISH YOU!" they chorused. Kiecro laughed, then stopped with an arrogant smile on her face.
"Oh my dears, you have not even seen true power! All the enemies you faced before were just preliminaries for my Queen. You are not even powerful enough without those Moon brats to defeat Gomefee here! But being in the proximity of the black pearl alone will cause the Moon brats to detransform. We have you beat!"
"I don't think so!" The glowing symbol of Jupiter appearing the Senshi's hand, Sailor Jupiter crossed her arms over her chest and spun rapidly around. Her antenna went up, causing electricfied leaves to fly at the evil pair. "Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Again, Gomefee just waved it away.
Sailor Uranus brought her sword out of its subspace pocket and charged at Gomefee. The blade shone a bright gold. "Space Sword Blaster!" A beam of energy came from the blade directed at the monster. Gomefee fired a blast from his gun to counter Sailor Uranus' attack. The energy blows pushed against each other, but ultimately the monster's won. "Aah!" cried Sailor Uranus as she was blown into an arcade game. Sailor Saturn raced over to use her healing ability.
"Uranus!" cried Sailor Neptune, wincing as the other Senshi hit the game. The Senshi no sea turned back to Gomefee. "You asshole!" The mirror of Neptune appeared in her hands. Looking into it, Sailor Neptune then pointed it at Gomefee. "Submarine Reflection!" Silvery energy flew at Gomefee, who jumped out of the way.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" The blue symbol of Mercury formed into a water harp. Sailor Mercury played it, and a large stream of water rushed at the monster. Sailor Jupiter sent a "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" along it, letting the water conduct the electricity. Gomefee didn't see it, and it him before he could dodge. However, the response wasn't as the Senshis had hoped.
"Hey, that tickles!" Sailors Mercury and Jupiter could only stare in shock. Nothing was working!
"Gomefee! Finish these nuisances off!" Kiecro commanded.
"My pleasure! Say goodnight, Sailor Senshis!" Gomefee leveled his gun at the Sailor Senshis. In the back room, Chibi-Usa tucked her face into Usagi's stomach, not wanting to see the destruction of her friends. Silently tears flowed down the blonde 'Odango atama's' face as she could only watch Gomefee fire. The energy blast raced toward the Sailor Senshis...
"Mars Phoenix Fire Stars!" The Sailor Senshis watched amazed as a fire-winged girl flew in front of them, shooting fireballs from a flame between up-lifted hands. The mysterious girl's attack drove back the monster's, and Gomefee was knocked back by the blows of two attacks, his own and the girl's.
"What the- Who are you?" Sailor Jupiter asked. The girl turned to face them, strawberry blonde hair framing a face with bright green eyes. A long red dress had cutouts at the neck and waist with slits up the sides of her legs. Wings of fire spread from her back, and the Senshis could see stars forming from these flames and joining with the fire she held in her hands. Golden feathers hung from the waist of her dress and a smaller one was on her necklace. She wore cross-strap heels in the same color. Opening her mouth, she spoke.
"It's none of your business who I am. You need to get out of here Sailors. You're no match." Gomefee got back up shakily, then charged at the fire-winged girl. She turned quickly around, but wouldn't be fast enough. Suddenly, a cry came from the side of the Senshis.
"Neptune Mermaid Sea Whirlpool!" A stream of water spiraling outward slammed into the approaching monster. Knocked back into the arcade game again, Gomefee struggled to get up, but collapsed unmoving.
"You two again! Quit interfering with our plans!" Kiecro exclaimed, her visage angry. Another girl stepped forward and next to the fire-winged girl. Blue-gray hair cascaded to the middle of her back, and turquoise eyes sparkled with intelligence. A dark blue bikini top matched the color of her one-strap heels and the diamond-shaped gems on her naval and forehead. A mermaid's blue-green tail cam from the waist until it stopped at the knees in the front and continued in the back. A choker of the same color was on her neck, and three blue bands were on each arm. Two pairs of fins came from her back.
"We'll stop interfering with your plans when hell freezes over!" the blue-haired one said. "Why didn't you stay there?" Kiecro smirked.
"Someone with no soul can't stay there, of course. My Queen just revived me, that's all."
"Great," muttered the blonde stranger. Louder, she said, "We stopped you last time, we can stop you again!" The blue-haired girl echoed her.
"Whatever brats. Gomefee, get up and finish those two off! I don't care about the Sailor Senshis; anyone could beat them." The Senshis bristled at this. "But if you beat those... creatures, you'll be getting a high rank in my Queen's army!"
"What? Too afraid to do the dirty work yourself?" taunted the blue-haired girl. Kiecro growled.
"Gomefee, do your job!" Then the new enemy disappeared.
"Mermaid, hold him off!" cried the fire-winged girl, diving for the white pearl. It still rested on the ground, shining softly like moonlight. Mermaid, who was the blue-haired girl, nodded and faced the monster. Gomefee got up shakily once more.
"Acid Cappucino!" The stream of poisoned coffee raced at Mermaid.
"Neptune Mermaid Sea Whirlpool!" The water flow held back the poison. "Phoenix, hurry! I can't hurt him too badly!" The other girl nodded, the white pearl in her hand.
"This is for the cute manager!" Phoenix yelled, crushing the pearl underfoot. She jumped back as the white mist floated out the remains. It slowly headed to Gomefee.
"No! Noooo!!! I don't want to have a soul!" The white mist seeped into Gomefee's body, and the monster changed back into Motoki, the Crown Parlor manager. Toppling toward the ground, the boy lay motionless.
Phoenix and Mermaid sighed. Glancing at each other, the two started to walk out of the arcade, totally ignoring the Sailor Senshis.
"Wait! Who are you?" Sailor Mars asked. Phoenix growled and started to form a 'Fire Stars' attack, but Mermaid put a hand on her arm. Exchanging looks, Phoenix stopped preparing her attack. Mermaid smiled at the Senshis.
"My partner doesn't wish for us to know each other, for we had... tension in the Silver Millenium. We didn't like each other very much. Right now all you need to know is that we're friends." Phoenix growled at this. "Phoenix shut up. But you Senshis can't fight these battles until you reach the final stage. Leave the fights to us." And Mermaid and Phoenix left.
Grace and Faith left the girls and the arcade, but a figure, shadowed in black, on the rooftop
caught their attention.
"Is that-" Faith started, but Grace cut her off.
"It can't be! She's dead!" Grace exclaimed in a whisper, horrified. "But who else could it be?"
"I don't know." The figure released a small object, which flew off. The girls exchanged glances and raced to follow the pearl. It phased through the Crown Parlor door, and they heard screams. Grace pulled Faith into a nearby alley. Peeking out, the girls watched worriedly as customers ran out of the building. Grace and Faith each grabbed their necklaces.
"Mars Phoenix Power, Make Up!"
"Neptune Mermaid Power, Make Up!" The two Mystical Scouts transformed, and peered into the arcade. A hideous monster was attacking the Sailor Senshis, and the known heroes were losing. The same figure that was seen before on the rooftop was watching the battle.
"Oh man, it IS her!" moaned Mars Phoenix. "How?"
"I don't know," replied Neptune Mermaid, watching Kiecro introduce herself. "But they can't beat her alone. We better go help."
Phoenix laid a hand on her arm. "No, don't. The Princesses need to be taught a lesson on modesty and humbleness. Look at their arrogance! Just because they helped beat a few enemies as a large team doesn't mean they can beat her!"
"Phoenix, listen to yourself! Our job is to protect, just like theirs is! It's been a damn 1000 YEARS since the Moon Kingdom! People change! Get over it!" Phoenix directed her face away from her sister. Mermaid just groaned and resumed watching the fight. After a moment, Phoenix did the same.
The battle was hopeless for the Sailor Senshis, and Gomefee raised his gun to finish them off. Phoenix growled and flew into the arcade, her wings outstretched. Yellow stars of fire came from her wings to the area between her uplifted palms. A burning flame formed. At Phoenix's cry of "Mars Phoenix Fire Stars!", fireballs flew at Gomefee. Mermaid grinned and ran in after her sister.
"What the- Who are you?" one of the Sailor Senshis asked. Phoenix faced them. The one in green fuku with pink bows had asked. 'I believe she must be the Princess of Jupiter. And the only one I know with that hairstyle is Makato.'
Phoenix said angrily, "It's none of your business who I am. You need to get out of here Senshis. You're no match." 'Those monsters could kick their butts to Pluto, and yet they still try. Maybe Mom and Mermaid are right. Maybe we should we team up with them...'
Mermaid gasped as the monster stood up and headed for her sister and partner. The gem on her forehead glowed as she held her hands out, inside wrist to inside wrist. Water pooled into them. At the cry of "Neptune Mermaid Sea Whirlpool!", the water jetted forward in an outward spiral manner, slamming into the monster. Mermaid walked up to her sister, who let the flames forming vanish.
"You two again! Quit interfering with our plans!" Kiecro said angrily.
"We'll stop interfering with your plans when hell freezes over!" Mermaid said. "Why didn't you stay there?" 'How did she come back to life?' At Kiecro's smirk, Mermaid frowned. 'Something isn't right here...'
"Someone with no soul can't stay there, of course. My Queen just revived me, that's all."
'That's it!' realized Mermaid. 'The monsters are so hard to beat because they CAN'T die! That's why we're always had to destroy the pearl! Only with a soul can they truly die!' Mermaid glanced at Phoenix, who, by the look on her face, had realized the same thing.
"Great," muttered Phoenix. 'In order to actually stop Kiecro, we have to find her Soul Pearl. That bites!' "We stopped you last time, we can stop you again!" 'We can stop her, but we can't kill her! Damn! What happened to the Good Ol' Days?'
"Whatever brats. Gomefee, get up and finish those two off! I don't care about those Sailor Senshis; anyone could beat them. But if you beat those... creatures, you'll be getting a high rank in my Queen's army!"
"What? Too afraid to do the dirty work yourself?" taunted Mermaid. Kiecro growled.
"Gomefee, do your job!" Then the green-haired enemy disappeared. Mermaid quickly looked around, seeing the white pearl on the ground near the demolished counter. Phoenix saw it at the same time. 'Kiecro's too overconfident! She thought Gomefee would be powerful enough to stop us!' Mermaid thought. 'I thought dying would help that arrogance!'
Phoenix dived for the pearl. "Mermaid, hold him off!" Mermaid nodded. Gomefee got up and fired his "Acid Cappucino!" at her. Mermaid's gem shone once more, calling water to her.
"Neptune Mermaid Sea Whirlpool!" Mermaid's attack held back the poison, yet didn't overpower it. 'I can't hurt his body too badly, otherwise the soul can't return!' "Phoenix, hurry!" 'If his soul doesn't return, we can't beat him! He can't die!' "I can't hurt him too badly!" Phoenix nodded.
'I have to destroy the Soul Pearl!' "This is for the cute manager!" She yelled, dropping the pearl to the ground and stepping on it with her heel. The white mist came out as Phoenix jumped back. Seeping into Gomefee, despite his protests, he back into Motoki and collapsed.
Phoenix and Mermaid sighed in relief. 'Good. We defeated our first monster here in Japan. I still want to know why they decided to relocate though,' were the thoughts of Phoenix.
'That's a relief. If that was all Sailor Senshis could do without Sailor Moon, then that could be why Gala decided to leave New York City. We may not have followed, and she would have won here, no problem,' were Mermaid's thoughts. Both were so caught up in them, the two Mystical Senshis totally ignored the Sailor Senshis.
"Wait! Who are you?" the Sailor Senshi in the red fuku with purple bows asked. 'Red fuku, purple bows, black hair, violet eyes. Princess of Mars or more commonly known as Rei Hino,' Mermaid mused. She placed a hand on her sister's arm when Phoenix started a 'Fire Stars' attack.
"My partner doesn't wish for us to know each other, for we had... tension in the Silver Millenium." 'Boy, I'll say!' "We didn't like each other very much." 'Understatement!' "Right now all you need to know is that we're friends." Phoenix growled at this. "Phoenix shut up." 'You did save them after all.' "But you Senshis can't fight these battles until you reach the final stage." 'If you ever.' "Leave the fights to us." And Mermaid and Phoenix left.
To be continued...