Chapter 11
The orbs continued circling in an even pattern, never failing in it's orbit. In the center stood Isis, her brown tresses hanging idly against her satin black dress. Her amber brown eyes flashed an almost silver color in the dim lighting.
"Time to check up upon those Sailor Senshi once more..." she said as a smirk played against her lips. Her finger lifted and pointed towards the spinning orbs, bringing them all to a stop. "Ikari..." she said, her finger pointing toward a emerald orb. The orb floated from it's position and rested gently in Isis' hand. "Good girl..." Isis cooed. "Now is the time to attack my little one...."
« Z «
"Stay here..."
"Where are you going?"
"To fix my dress... it's about to fall off and you've already seen more than I've wanted you to..."
Jadeite cursed under his breath and gave a solemn frown. "Trust me... I wasn't planning to... nor did I want to..." he muttered, crossing his arms and giving Akutenshi a cold glare. The brown haired girl looked at him skeptically.
"You seemed as if you enjoyed it Mr. Grouch..." she muttered in reply. Again, Jadeite cursed under his breath, frowning deeply, but this time, his face turned the slightest shade of red.
"I did not..."
"Then why are you blushing?"
The man said nothing in reply, only turning his head in the opposite direction from anger. Akutenshi smiled with victory as she began walking towards the side of the clearing that the two stood in. "As I thought..." she muttered before pausing her stride and turning back towards Jadeite. "Oh... one more thing..."
Jadeite gave a small twitch before looking up from the ground and towards Akutenshi. He tilted his head and gave an exasperated sigh. "What now?"
"Don't get into trouble..." she replied simply.
"How I could I possible get into trouble?!" he asked with a growl, any traces of curiosity and sympathy were gone, replaced by anger. "We are stranded on an island!"
"Knowing you... you'll find trouble if you look hard enough..." she snapped, placing her hands against her hips and giving him a cold glare. "And you're practically helpless in your state and I'm not going to bail out out..."
Jadeite crossed his arms, his frown growing and his anger expanding. "Just who are you calling helpless?!"
"I believe I'm calling you helpless... after all... you did lose to girl..." A wicked smirk played on her lips as she said nothing more and disappeared into the brush, leaving the man to be alone with only his thoughts to occupy him... But for him... that was enough...
Jadeite frowned, digging his hand into his gray uniform and pulling out a small object. He gazed down at it as a smirk of his own appeared. "A girl alright..." he muttered. "And if I'm correct... a girl who is a member of the Sailor Senshi... And a girl who will help me get my revenge..."
He let out a small, sadistic laugh as he gripped the pink transformation tool with the green symbol of Jupiter just a tad tighter. "We'll see how strong you really are..."
« Z «
The Sailor Senshi and the Sailor Senshi X stood in a empty ball room. They were told that trouble was going to be here, but nothing seemed to be going on. Maybe it was a mistake, or maybe, just maybe, a trap.
"I really don't see anything . . ." Said Minako slowly. Everyone was in a circle facing the outside.
"Then maybe you had better look again," said a cool voice from behind them. They all spun around to face each other, but nothing, or no one was there.
"Over here . . ." They heard. The voice sounded like it was coming from several different directions.
"Come out and fight you coward." Said Usagi "Or must you hide in the shadows?" Everyone was looking around for the source of the voice. Then she was spotted. In a dark corner a lady with blue skin, dark purple hair, and neon green eyes stepped out from the shadows. Her arms were folded across her chest as she stared deep into the eyes of the senshi.
"Yes?" She asked coolly.
"Something doesn't feel right," whispered ChibiUsa "Let's get out of here. No one's in any danger."
"Except for us . . ." replied Mutashi. Everyone turned to give confused looks in her direction. "Two reasons, one, that creepy lady has disappeared again, and two, there is no way out." To everyone's surprise, when they looked around, they noticed they were in a room sort of like a box. There were no windows or anything. Just four walls, a floor, and a roof. A sweat drop appeared on everyone's head.
"This could be a problem." Said Minako quietly.
"Could be?!" Said Koneko in a panicked voice. "You mean . . . is a problem."
"That too."
"Yoo hoo! Up here" The senshi heard a voice, they looked up and saw the lady floating up in the air.
"If she is able to teleport herself from place to place that quickly than how are we supposed to destroy her?" Asked Kusanagi.
"That's just the thing . . . you're not going to... I will destroy you."
"Who are you and what do you want?" Asked Usagi defensively.
"I am Ikari, under Isis's control, who is under the control of Malfeacance."
"Isn't that the same lady who sent the dark quadret?" Asked ChibiUsa
"Yes, but they were weak children, and we are strong. Enough chit chat though. Prepare to die!!!!"
« Z «
"Are you done yet?!"
"No!"
"What's taking so long?!"
"Well I don't see you helping!"
"I didn't think that you would need help in a simple job like picking apples! After all, you're the almighty Amazon Queen and I am but a lowly... not to mention... HUNGRY general!"
Akutenshi frowned as she looked down angrily at the general and hurled an apple down at him, hitting the general dead on in the back of the head. The general gave a scowl of pain, cursing under his breath as he grabbed the back of his head trying to subside the ache. He turned quickly to return Akutenshi's glare with his own.
"What was that for?!" the general asked, enveloped in a fit of rage.
"What else?! It's so you can eat you selfish pig!" Akutenshi paused. "Oh wait! That's an insult to the pigs! Just shut up and eat the stupid apple and stop bugging me!" She stuck her tongue out at him and then returned to her apple picking, not wanting to hear any more from the blonde haired general.
Her long pink dress had been drastically changed. She had made a pair of short shorts and a belly top to where during the hot weather that seemed endless on this island. As for the remaining parts, she saved and created a blanket to provide at least some shelter from the cold nights, though during the day she wore it ask a skirt, tied around her waist and nearly touching the sandy ground when she stood.
The general grabbed the apple that Akutenshi had thrown at him and took a bite immediately after giving another glare to the girl. The sweet juices refreshed his senses and dampening his parched throat. His sneer turned to a smirk as he took another bite before turning to walk away from where Akutenshi worked diligently gathering apples, only now discovering her skirt was a good tool to hold them in.
Akutenshi looked down momentarily to glare at Jadeite. "Where do you think you're going?!" she asked, eyes fuming with pure irritation.
"Where else?" Jadeite called back. "To find trouble!"
Another apple was thrown from Akutenshi's hand only to land miserably behind the general as he disappeared into the dense forest. The girl crossed her arms angrily.
"Fine... go and get yourself killed..." she muttered with a curse. "See if I come and save your butt again..." With aggravation, she turned abruptly back to her work, only to pause and look down at the apples before her with a frown. Her anger slowly, but surely, began to soften.
"Well... I might just take a peek to make sure he doesn't get killed..." she muttered, pulling the skirt's edges together, taking a better grip on the bundle of apples she had collected. She grabbed a nearby tree branch and made her slow descent. "I don't want to be stuck alone of this cursed island now do I?"
« Z «
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
The wave of water shot off towards the youma before the Senshi but was blocked by an invisible shield moments before contact. Ikari's ruby lips curved upwards into a wicked smile as the Senshi and Senshi X re gathered to try another attack.
This time, Mars X stood up.
"Mars X Burning Creeper... Eruption!"
In a yell of fury, the lava surged forward from the young girl's hands but again was blocked by the monster's shield.
"This isn't working too well..." the Senshi of Mars mused aloud with nervousness creeping up in her voice.
"Is that all you've got?" the youma asked, floating in the air above them. "I must say... I overestimated your powers... this isn't in the least bit challenging..."
"You want a challenge?" Sailor Moon X asked as she and Sailor Moon both took a step forward.
"You got it!" Usagi cried.
"Starlight X Crystal Hope Shine!"
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"
The two powers surged forward, combining into one long beam of light. Ikari did not move, and when the powers neared, she only smirked. Both powers slammed into a shield and broke apart from one another, flying to opposite sides of the room leaving the Senshi gawking.
"It didn't work!" Venus X cried with disbelieving eyes. The youma only smirked back in reply.
"This is my domain!" she screamed with a victorious tone. "You will NEVER win!" All eyes darted back to the two senshi of Mercury, both of whom just began blinking in surprise.
"What are you guys looking at?!" asked Mercury X, who took a step back from the rest of the Senshi.
"You guys are smart! Figure out how to get out of here!" Sailor Moon X pleaded. Simultaneously, Mercury and Mercury X pulled out their nearly identical computers and began typing furiously.
"Alright! We're trying! We're trying!" the replied with nervous frustration.
Sailor Jupiter's eyes now darted back around with surprise. "Ikari's gone!" she cried in horror, calling all other eyes to attention. Again, the senshi appeared to be alone in the large dark room.
"Come on out!" the Senshi of Venus X cried, almost angrily. "Show your ugly face or let us out of this nightmare room!"
"Ugly?"
Ikari's voice seemed to eerily echo across the room and the nervousness in each of the Senshi's hearts grew. And the youma appeared, standing to the left of the group, and for a moment, there was a slight break of tension. The tension only grew as another Ikari appeared on the other side of the group... and then another... and another... until there was enough to completely surround the Senshi.
"Nice going loud mouth..." Sailor Chibi Moon muttered towards Venus X, who only smiled nervously back in reply.
"There's eleven of them..." the senshi of Mercury announced, still holding her computer, but no longer typing. "That means one each..." Mercury X, who had continued to type, looked up momentarily.
"If one of you can hold of two of them I can continue trying to find a way out of here..." she said. Both senshi of Mars gave identical smirks.
"We'll handle it..." Rei offered as Koneko also smiled. And all began to ready themselves for attack.
« Z «
The blonde haired ex-general continued through the thickness of the forest, pushing away the branches that got in his way. The girl was following him, he figured, though she was doing a good job of keeping out of sight and unheard. Every now and then his hand would drift to his pocket and feel over the object there, the pink transformation tool that he presumed belonged to the girl.
Jediete's mind drifted back a little ways to the night before. It was a warm night and the fire was beginning to die out. He asked her again why she had freed him, but she only gave a small smile, not even turning to him and said nothing in reply.
She confused him...
And what confused him even more was the possibility that she was a Sailor Senshi... Should she be a member, then that would mean that she just freed one of her enemies... And from what he had heard during her murmurs while she slept, Tokyo was already in enough danger... So why would she free him? Attempt to turn him to the side of good?
Hmph... fat chance of that...
Then there was the other possibility... That this Akutenshi girl was actually working for the dark side and was sent to find allies to strengthen their chances and secure a clean victory against the Senshi who protected Tokyo. As to the transformation tool... well... he hadn't figured out where that would come in quite yet... Perhaps she had stolen it...
But in his mind, the first one was more likely... And he would put it to the test to find out... But what if she was a Senshi...? She would become his mortal enemy... And he swore to Queen Beryl that he would destroy the Senshi... So he would have to destroy her... The thought of appeasing Queen Beryl (even if she do lay dead) pleased Jediete's dark mind. So why did his heart ache with sickness?
He paused, reaching a small clearing in the forest and a smile spread across his face as his mind over powered his heart. At the other edge of the clearing rest a cave, opened in the side of the steel hill that rest there. He sensed a presence inside and smiled more. "Oh look what I found..." he muttered to himself, pushing back a branch and entering the clearing. "Trouble..."
« Z «
Koneko and Rei smirked at each other as they surrounded three of the imitation Ikari.
"MARS FIRE SNIPER!!!" Rei cried
"MARS X BURNING CREEPER ERUPTION!!!!" Koneko immediately followed.
"MARS GEMINI FIRE . . . BLAST" They screamed in unison. Since these Ikari's did not have a shield the bursts of fire combined and hit the imitation Ikari's with full force turning them into nothing more than a pile of dust that the wind gently swept away. Rei and Koneko looked at each other and smiled.
The other sailor scouts decided that killing each would take too much time there for they created a shield around each of them. The real Ikari looked at them in wonder.
"STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"STARLIGHT X CRYSTAL HOPE SHINE!"
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"VENUS X LOVE ARROW PIERCE!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"PINK SLEEPER CRYSTAL DUST!"
All of the powers combined to make a silver flash of light that blinded the whole room, and destroying everything that was not protected. The girls removed their shields and turned to smile at the real Ikari. She was no longer standing and staring at them. Mercury X smiled.
"Your powers combined destroyed her shield and hurt her badly, now we just have to finish her off." She said to her friends. Koneko and Rei looked at each other and smiled, then looked at Mutashi and Usagi pleadingly. Mutashi rolled her eyes then began to laugh. She and Usagi looked at each other and smiled.
"Go ahead . . ." Usagi replied. "It's one less battle we have to end."
"MARS TWIN FLAMES . . . DESTRUCTION!!!!" They cried in unison. Then they stood back and watched, the others looked confused, they had never heard of this power before. Just then flames sprung up around Ikari then closed in around her then quickly dissappeared, taking her ashes with them. Everyone looked amazed. They were now back where they had started. They then turned to Koneko and Rei questioningly.
"You all may have your special talents such as being the leader, their strongest, the fastest, the smartest, and the future leaders . . . " Koneko began.
"But we have the Gemini twin power enabling us to combine our powers and use others." Rei finished with a smile. Everyone laughed except for Mutashi.
"How many more secrets have you kept from me!!!!" Mutashi cried glaring at Koneko. Koneko looked around nervously.
"None that I know of . . ." She replied. Just as Mutashi was about to tackle her Usagi caught her.
"It's late and we've had a difficult day, we'll discuss this in the morning." Usagi concluded. Everyone started to walk home, except for Makoto, who stared up at the moon.
"Akutenshi . . . come home soon . . . we miss you and need you!" Makoto said quietly and then ran to catch up to her impatient friends.
"What were you doing back there?" Asked Minako.
"Praying." replied Makoto. Everyone nodded.
"We'll find her soon," said Aairo with a reassuring smile. Makoto smiled back and silently thanked God for her friends.
The orbs continued circling in an even pattern, never failing in it's orbit. In the center stood Isis, her brown tresses hanging idly against her satin black dress. Her amber brown eyes flashed an almost silver color in the dim lighting.
"Time to check up upon those Sailor Senshi once more..." she said as a smirk played against her lips. Her finger lifted and pointed towards the spinning orbs, bringing them all to a stop. "Ikari..." she said, her finger pointing toward a emerald orb. The orb floated from it's position and rested gently in Isis' hand. "Good girl..." Isis cooed. "Now is the time to attack my little one...."
« Z «
"Stay here..."
"Where are you going?"
"To fix my dress... it's about to fall off and you've already seen more than I've wanted you to..."
Jadeite cursed under his breath and gave a solemn frown. "Trust me... I wasn't planning to... nor did I want to..." he muttered, crossing his arms and giving Akutenshi a cold glare. The brown haired girl looked at him skeptically.
"You seemed as if you enjoyed it Mr. Grouch..." she muttered in reply. Again, Jadeite cursed under his breath, frowning deeply, but this time, his face turned the slightest shade of red.
"I did not..."
"Then why are you blushing?"
The man said nothing in reply, only turning his head in the opposite direction from anger. Akutenshi smiled with victory as she began walking towards the side of the clearing that the two stood in. "As I thought..." she muttered before pausing her stride and turning back towards Jadeite. "Oh... one more thing..."
Jadeite gave a small twitch before looking up from the ground and towards Akutenshi. He tilted his head and gave an exasperated sigh. "What now?"
"Don't get into trouble..." she replied simply.
"How I could I possible get into trouble?!" he asked with a growl, any traces of curiosity and sympathy were gone, replaced by anger. "We are stranded on an island!"
"Knowing you... you'll find trouble if you look hard enough..." she snapped, placing her hands against her hips and giving him a cold glare. "And you're practically helpless in your state and I'm not going to bail out out..."
Jadeite crossed his arms, his frown growing and his anger expanding. "Just who are you calling helpless?!"
"I believe I'm calling you helpless... after all... you did lose to girl..." A wicked smirk played on her lips as she said nothing more and disappeared into the brush, leaving the man to be alone with only his thoughts to occupy him... But for him... that was enough...
Jadeite frowned, digging his hand into his gray uniform and pulling out a small object. He gazed down at it as a smirk of his own appeared. "A girl alright..." he muttered. "And if I'm correct... a girl who is a member of the Sailor Senshi... And a girl who will help me get my revenge..."
He let out a small, sadistic laugh as he gripped the pink transformation tool with the green symbol of Jupiter just a tad tighter. "We'll see how strong you really are..."
« Z «
The Sailor Senshi and the Sailor Senshi X stood in a empty ball room. They were told that trouble was going to be here, but nothing seemed to be going on. Maybe it was a mistake, or maybe, just maybe, a trap.
"I really don't see anything . . ." Said Minako slowly. Everyone was in a circle facing the outside.
"Then maybe you had better look again," said a cool voice from behind them. They all spun around to face each other, but nothing, or no one was there.
"Over here . . ." They heard. The voice sounded like it was coming from several different directions.
"Come out and fight you coward." Said Usagi "Or must you hide in the shadows?" Everyone was looking around for the source of the voice. Then she was spotted. In a dark corner a lady with blue skin, dark purple hair, and neon green eyes stepped out from the shadows. Her arms were folded across her chest as she stared deep into the eyes of the senshi.
"Yes?" She asked coolly.
"Something doesn't feel right," whispered ChibiUsa "Let's get out of here. No one's in any danger."
"Except for us . . ." replied Mutashi. Everyone turned to give confused looks in her direction. "Two reasons, one, that creepy lady has disappeared again, and two, there is no way out." To everyone's surprise, when they looked around, they noticed they were in a room sort of like a box. There were no windows or anything. Just four walls, a floor, and a roof. A sweat drop appeared on everyone's head.
"This could be a problem." Said Minako quietly.
"Could be?!" Said Koneko in a panicked voice. "You mean . . . is a problem."
"That too."
"Yoo hoo! Up here" The senshi heard a voice, they looked up and saw the lady floating up in the air.
"If she is able to teleport herself from place to place that quickly than how are we supposed to destroy her?" Asked Kusanagi.
"That's just the thing . . . you're not going to... I will destroy you."
"Who are you and what do you want?" Asked Usagi defensively.
"I am Ikari, under Isis's control, who is under the control of Malfeacance."
"Isn't that the same lady who sent the dark quadret?" Asked ChibiUsa
"Yes, but they were weak children, and we are strong. Enough chit chat though. Prepare to die!!!!"
« Z «
"Are you done yet?!"
"No!"
"What's taking so long?!"
"Well I don't see you helping!"
"I didn't think that you would need help in a simple job like picking apples! After all, you're the almighty Amazon Queen and I am but a lowly... not to mention... HUNGRY general!"
Akutenshi frowned as she looked down angrily at the general and hurled an apple down at him, hitting the general dead on in the back of the head. The general gave a scowl of pain, cursing under his breath as he grabbed the back of his head trying to subside the ache. He turned quickly to return Akutenshi's glare with his own.
"What was that for?!" the general asked, enveloped in a fit of rage.
"What else?! It's so you can eat you selfish pig!" Akutenshi paused. "Oh wait! That's an insult to the pigs! Just shut up and eat the stupid apple and stop bugging me!" She stuck her tongue out at him and then returned to her apple picking, not wanting to hear any more from the blonde haired general.
Her long pink dress had been drastically changed. She had made a pair of short shorts and a belly top to where during the hot weather that seemed endless on this island. As for the remaining parts, she saved and created a blanket to provide at least some shelter from the cold nights, though during the day she wore it ask a skirt, tied around her waist and nearly touching the sandy ground when she stood.
The general grabbed the apple that Akutenshi had thrown at him and took a bite immediately after giving another glare to the girl. The sweet juices refreshed his senses and dampening his parched throat. His sneer turned to a smirk as he took another bite before turning to walk away from where Akutenshi worked diligently gathering apples, only now discovering her skirt was a good tool to hold them in.
Akutenshi looked down momentarily to glare at Jadeite. "Where do you think you're going?!" she asked, eyes fuming with pure irritation.
"Where else?" Jadeite called back. "To find trouble!"
Another apple was thrown from Akutenshi's hand only to land miserably behind the general as he disappeared into the dense forest. The girl crossed her arms angrily.
"Fine... go and get yourself killed..." she muttered with a curse. "See if I come and save your butt again..." With aggravation, she turned abruptly back to her work, only to pause and look down at the apples before her with a frown. Her anger slowly, but surely, began to soften.
"Well... I might just take a peek to make sure he doesn't get killed..." she muttered, pulling the skirt's edges together, taking a better grip on the bundle of apples she had collected. She grabbed a nearby tree branch and made her slow descent. "I don't want to be stuck alone of this cursed island now do I?"
« Z «
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
The wave of water shot off towards the youma before the Senshi but was blocked by an invisible shield moments before contact. Ikari's ruby lips curved upwards into a wicked smile as the Senshi and Senshi X re gathered to try another attack.
This time, Mars X stood up.
"Mars X Burning Creeper... Eruption!"
In a yell of fury, the lava surged forward from the young girl's hands but again was blocked by the monster's shield.
"This isn't working too well..." the Senshi of Mars mused aloud with nervousness creeping up in her voice.
"Is that all you've got?" the youma asked, floating in the air above them. "I must say... I overestimated your powers... this isn't in the least bit challenging..."
"You want a challenge?" Sailor Moon X asked as she and Sailor Moon both took a step forward.
"You got it!" Usagi cried.
"Starlight X Crystal Hope Shine!"
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"
The two powers surged forward, combining into one long beam of light. Ikari did not move, and when the powers neared, she only smirked. Both powers slammed into a shield and broke apart from one another, flying to opposite sides of the room leaving the Senshi gawking.
"It didn't work!" Venus X cried with disbelieving eyes. The youma only smirked back in reply.
"This is my domain!" she screamed with a victorious tone. "You will NEVER win!" All eyes darted back to the two senshi of Mercury, both of whom just began blinking in surprise.
"What are you guys looking at?!" asked Mercury X, who took a step back from the rest of the Senshi.
"You guys are smart! Figure out how to get out of here!" Sailor Moon X pleaded. Simultaneously, Mercury and Mercury X pulled out their nearly identical computers and began typing furiously.
"Alright! We're trying! We're trying!" the replied with nervous frustration.
Sailor Jupiter's eyes now darted back around with surprise. "Ikari's gone!" she cried in horror, calling all other eyes to attention. Again, the senshi appeared to be alone in the large dark room.
"Come on out!" the Senshi of Venus X cried, almost angrily. "Show your ugly face or let us out of this nightmare room!"
"Ugly?"
Ikari's voice seemed to eerily echo across the room and the nervousness in each of the Senshi's hearts grew. And the youma appeared, standing to the left of the group, and for a moment, there was a slight break of tension. The tension only grew as another Ikari appeared on the other side of the group... and then another... and another... until there was enough to completely surround the Senshi.
"Nice going loud mouth..." Sailor Chibi Moon muttered towards Venus X, who only smiled nervously back in reply.
"There's eleven of them..." the senshi of Mercury announced, still holding her computer, but no longer typing. "That means one each..." Mercury X, who had continued to type, looked up momentarily.
"If one of you can hold of two of them I can continue trying to find a way out of here..." she said. Both senshi of Mars gave identical smirks.
"We'll handle it..." Rei offered as Koneko also smiled. And all began to ready themselves for attack.
« Z «
The blonde haired ex-general continued through the thickness of the forest, pushing away the branches that got in his way. The girl was following him, he figured, though she was doing a good job of keeping out of sight and unheard. Every now and then his hand would drift to his pocket and feel over the object there, the pink transformation tool that he presumed belonged to the girl.
Jediete's mind drifted back a little ways to the night before. It was a warm night and the fire was beginning to die out. He asked her again why she had freed him, but she only gave a small smile, not even turning to him and said nothing in reply.
She confused him...
And what confused him even more was the possibility that she was a Sailor Senshi... Should she be a member, then that would mean that she just freed one of her enemies... And from what he had heard during her murmurs while she slept, Tokyo was already in enough danger... So why would she free him? Attempt to turn him to the side of good?
Hmph... fat chance of that...
Then there was the other possibility... That this Akutenshi girl was actually working for the dark side and was sent to find allies to strengthen their chances and secure a clean victory against the Senshi who protected Tokyo. As to the transformation tool... well... he hadn't figured out where that would come in quite yet... Perhaps she had stolen it...
But in his mind, the first one was more likely... And he would put it to the test to find out... But what if she was a Senshi...? She would become his mortal enemy... And he swore to Queen Beryl that he would destroy the Senshi... So he would have to destroy her... The thought of appeasing Queen Beryl (even if she do lay dead) pleased Jediete's dark mind. So why did his heart ache with sickness?
He paused, reaching a small clearing in the forest and a smile spread across his face as his mind over powered his heart. At the other edge of the clearing rest a cave, opened in the side of the steel hill that rest there. He sensed a presence inside and smiled more. "Oh look what I found..." he muttered to himself, pushing back a branch and entering the clearing. "Trouble..."
« Z «
Koneko and Rei smirked at each other as they surrounded three of the imitation Ikari.
"MARS FIRE SNIPER!!!" Rei cried
"MARS X BURNING CREEPER ERUPTION!!!!" Koneko immediately followed.
"MARS GEMINI FIRE . . . BLAST" They screamed in unison. Since these Ikari's did not have a shield the bursts of fire combined and hit the imitation Ikari's with full force turning them into nothing more than a pile of dust that the wind gently swept away. Rei and Koneko looked at each other and smiled.
The other sailor scouts decided that killing each would take too much time there for they created a shield around each of them. The real Ikari looked at them in wonder.
"STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"STARLIGHT X CRYSTAL HOPE SHINE!"
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"VENUS X LOVE ARROW PIERCE!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"PINK SLEEPER CRYSTAL DUST!"
All of the powers combined to make a silver flash of light that blinded the whole room, and destroying everything that was not protected. The girls removed their shields and turned to smile at the real Ikari. She was no longer standing and staring at them. Mercury X smiled.
"Your powers combined destroyed her shield and hurt her badly, now we just have to finish her off." She said to her friends. Koneko and Rei looked at each other and smiled, then looked at Mutashi and Usagi pleadingly. Mutashi rolled her eyes then began to laugh. She and Usagi looked at each other and smiled.
"Go ahead . . ." Usagi replied. "It's one less battle we have to end."
"MARS TWIN FLAMES . . . DESTRUCTION!!!!" They cried in unison. Then they stood back and watched, the others looked confused, they had never heard of this power before. Just then flames sprung up around Ikari then closed in around her then quickly dissappeared, taking her ashes with them. Everyone looked amazed. They were now back where they had started. They then turned to Koneko and Rei questioningly.
"You all may have your special talents such as being the leader, their strongest, the fastest, the smartest, and the future leaders . . . " Koneko began.
"But we have the Gemini twin power enabling us to combine our powers and use others." Rei finished with a smile. Everyone laughed except for Mutashi.
"How many more secrets have you kept from me!!!!" Mutashi cried glaring at Koneko. Koneko looked around nervously.
"None that I know of . . ." She replied. Just as Mutashi was about to tackle her Usagi caught her.
"It's late and we've had a difficult day, we'll discuss this in the morning." Usagi concluded. Everyone started to walk home, except for Makoto, who stared up at the moon.
"Akutenshi . . . come home soon . . . we miss you and need you!" Makoto said quietly and then ran to catch up to her impatient friends.
"What were you doing back there?" Asked Minako.
"Praying." replied Makoto. Everyone nodded.
"We'll find her soon," said Aairo with a reassuring smile. Makoto smiled back and silently thanked God for her friends.