Author's Notes: Here we go with my sixth installment!! Hurrah...
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Rifts RPG belongs to Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books, the Symbiotic Order is based loosely on original concepts created by Marvel Comics, physical appearances of Parallax, Nexus, Raganok, Shyft and Omicron are based on original designs by Mainframe Entertainment and Akira Toriyama. The name for this installment and one quote comes from Wizards of the Coast. So please don't sue me!!!
Consecutive Battles - Songs of the Damned
The shadow of that so called demi-God still lingered in the mind of the Moon Princess. His words, regardless of how barbaric they sounded, had some form of truth in it. That is what she feared. The day will come when she will be forced to take a human life. Taking the lives of monsters had never bothered her much but a human being? These thoughts gave her endless insomnia, night after night.
Darien had grown worried. Serena had never been this depressed in her entire life. Not even a surprise visit did much good. As he drove Hotaru and Rini to the library, he could feel his love slipping away from him. "Darien?" He snapped out of his trance and shot a smile to his future daughter. "Something on your mind, Rini?"
"Well, Serena hasn't been feeling herself lately. When I make fun of her, she just ignores it. She's never done that before!!" Darien gave a weary sigh. "I know how you feel. It's like we're losing her to this whole situation. If it wasn't for..." He remained silent, trying to figure out who to blame.
It was time to change the subject. "So, Hotaru. Is your dad alright?" She nodded. "Daddy's been recovering at home." An idea popped into the pink-haired girl's head. "Why don't we go to the gift shop and buy your dad a get-well present?" Hotaru gave a smile. "Good idea!!"
"Enter login." "Temporal Warrior Number 461, Jay Capashen." "Login accepted. Enter password." "Open up or else I'll drop you in an Astral Hole." "Access granted." I chuckled at the password Pluto had come up with for my laptop. 'Let's see if there's any activity going on.' The screen started to give me a 'please wait' along with an annoying tune. A few seconds later, the monitor detected matter from another dimension.
"Thanks for paying for the gift!!" Hotaru held the bag tightly to her chest. Darien smiled before noticing people running from something. The trio ducked into a hidden part of the mall, transformed and headed towards the problematic area. They saw a gigantic monster with powerful claws. He fixed his blue eyes on them. "You're not the ones I want but it will have to do." He slowly walked towards them. Tuxedo Mask threw a handful of roses while Sailor Mini-Moon attempted the Pink Sugar Heart Attack.
The attacks did as much damage as a shock from static electricity. Sailor Saturn and Tuxedo Mask took out their respective weapons and attacked. The monster easily blocked the attacks and tossed them over to a wall. He then noticed the young sailor. "A defender of this world is a child? No matter."
He used one of his claws to pin her to a wall. The other claw was raising itself up to strike Mini-Moon. As soon as it went down to strike the girl, a sword, made out of energy, blocked the claw. "Good God, Parallax...you've reduced yourself to a new low by attacking innocent kids like Pinky here!!" Before Parallax could react, Jay had already sent him flying to the other side with a powerful roundhouse kick.
The giant recovered and turned to face the demi-God. "Ah, my dear friend. It's been quite a while...my, you've grown into a handsome young man!! I guess the programming for physical beauty went off smoothly." A small snarl came from Jay's lips. Parallax gave a sinister smile before dashing towards Jay.
I only had a second to block the attack with my Psi-Sword. Using the intangibility skill from the Psi-Ghost, I was able to buy myself some time. I powered down the Psi-Sword and grabbed another weapon, one that I've been dying to try out. The Deathbringer Sword. Lousy name but great balance and strength. A scream was heard. I whirled to see that Parallax was once again advancing on Pinky.
A scowl came onto the giant's face. The Temporal Warrior is either gone or intangible. "Now where were we before the rude interruption?" Parallax shot an energy beam to keep Sailor Saturn and Tuxedo Mask down. Sailor Mini-Moon was too paralyzed with fear to call the other sailors for help. The monster then noticed something unsettling. For a moment, he was frozen with fear. A sword came from out of nowhere and Parallax snapped out of his trance to block it. Jay became tangible again and landed a side-snap kick to the monster's chest, sending him flying.
"Ha ha!! Gotta love the horror factor from intangibility!!!" I grinned as Parallax tried to recover in the air but could not. He slammed heavily into a part of the mall, destroying some stores and a restroom facility. I almost felt Saturn crying for a moment. "Oh no!! Hotaru's gift!!!" Then it hit me. She was getting a gift for her father...and it probably was a beautiful one too. I shook the thought and flew over to where Parallax landed. I sensed a small rift before I got to the area. He was gone.
The fragments of Saturn's present were hard to find but I found the remains of a bag and some pieces in it. From the smoothness of the material and its gentle touch, it must have taken Saturn a long time to find an item such as this. I gave a small sigh as I replaced my weapon. My sixth sense started to ring like crazy. Then I noticed Pinky and her friends, running from a mob that obviously has symbiotes on them. "Get down!!!" I tossed a Sonic Grenade in their direction. Most of the symbiotes came off but some of them were stubborn. I used my Particle Beam Rifle to kill the symbiotes and the hosts of the stubborn ones.
After a few seconds, Pinky ran up to me and stamped my foot. "I save you from being the next experiment of the Order and this is the thanks I get?" She gave me a glare. "Don't you feel sorry for killing those people or the others a few days ago?" A small wind blew the strands of my hair from my face. A confused look came on Mini-Moon's face. "It's not windy!! How come...?" I shook my head. "Not wind, but the breath of the dead. The Songs of the Damned haunt me everytime I take a life. At times, I want to stop killing to make it stop but I figured that it's worth listening to if I can save the lives of others." I knelt down to her. "Tell me...would you kill a human in order to save a friend's life?"
Her angry expression slightly softened as she tried to answer my question. "I don't know." I gave a small grunt before talking. "Now replace your friend with an entire population. I have to consider these types of things everyday. Who is going to be a casualty? As far as I'm concerned, the casualties suffered during the Silver Millennium and the war in Crystal Tokyo were minimal. And even then, the dead were reborn into new lives. You live in a world where it's happy, happy, happy and everybody lives. That reality is about to change and true casualties will mount up like in the major wars in the first half of the twentieth century." I rose to give Cape Boy a glare.
"I have to say that as a future king, you are not measuring up to standards, Endymion. It was your responsibility to protect your future daughter. She would have been nothing more than another name on Parallax's list of people he sliced up with claws!!" With that out of me, I focused on the last major thing on my mind. I walked over to Saturn and gave her a globe. The globe had a small bit of crystal in it. "Prophetic Quartz Crystal, from the mines of Earth-Beta 9. I'm sure your father would appreciate this, both as a gift and a geological mystery to solve."
She gently took the item and looked at me with gratitude in her eyes. "Thank you," she whispered. A small nagging voice came into my head: why the hell am I being so nice to her? Obviously, I destroyed the gift and I had to replace it. Arriving at her house to save her from insanity was pure coincidence. I dismissed that little voice and teleported away from the mall.
Mini-Moon could now understand what Serena has been feeling. Pure uncertainty and a paradox situation. The stranger's words are going to keep haunting her just as his last sentence are haunting the future ruler of Crystal Tokyo. "Not wind, but the breath of the dead."
I would have thought there would be more reviews. Anyway, please review the story!!! If you have any suggestions, I'll take them into consideration when I write the next installment.
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Rifts RPG belongs to Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books, the Symbiotic Order is based loosely on original concepts created by Marvel Comics, physical appearances of Parallax, Nexus, Raganok, Shyft and Omicron are based on original designs by Mainframe Entertainment and Akira Toriyama. The name for this installment and one quote comes from Wizards of the Coast. So please don't sue me!!!
Consecutive Battles - Songs of the Damned
The shadow of that so called demi-God still lingered in the mind of the Moon Princess. His words, regardless of how barbaric they sounded, had some form of truth in it. That is what she feared. The day will come when she will be forced to take a human life. Taking the lives of monsters had never bothered her much but a human being? These thoughts gave her endless insomnia, night after night.
Darien had grown worried. Serena had never been this depressed in her entire life. Not even a surprise visit did much good. As he drove Hotaru and Rini to the library, he could feel his love slipping away from him. "Darien?" He snapped out of his trance and shot a smile to his future daughter. "Something on your mind, Rini?"
"Well, Serena hasn't been feeling herself lately. When I make fun of her, she just ignores it. She's never done that before!!" Darien gave a weary sigh. "I know how you feel. It's like we're losing her to this whole situation. If it wasn't for..." He remained silent, trying to figure out who to blame.
It was time to change the subject. "So, Hotaru. Is your dad alright?" She nodded. "Daddy's been recovering at home." An idea popped into the pink-haired girl's head. "Why don't we go to the gift shop and buy your dad a get-well present?" Hotaru gave a smile. "Good idea!!"
"Enter login." "Temporal Warrior Number 461, Jay Capashen." "Login accepted. Enter password." "Open up or else I'll drop you in an Astral Hole." "Access granted." I chuckled at the password Pluto had come up with for my laptop. 'Let's see if there's any activity going on.' The screen started to give me a 'please wait' along with an annoying tune. A few seconds later, the monitor detected matter from another dimension.
"Thanks for paying for the gift!!" Hotaru held the bag tightly to her chest. Darien smiled before noticing people running from something. The trio ducked into a hidden part of the mall, transformed and headed towards the problematic area. They saw a gigantic monster with powerful claws. He fixed his blue eyes on them. "You're not the ones I want but it will have to do." He slowly walked towards them. Tuxedo Mask threw a handful of roses while Sailor Mini-Moon attempted the Pink Sugar Heart Attack.
The attacks did as much damage as a shock from static electricity. Sailor Saturn and Tuxedo Mask took out their respective weapons and attacked. The monster easily blocked the attacks and tossed them over to a wall. He then noticed the young sailor. "A defender of this world is a child? No matter."
He used one of his claws to pin her to a wall. The other claw was raising itself up to strike Mini-Moon. As soon as it went down to strike the girl, a sword, made out of energy, blocked the claw. "Good God, Parallax...you've reduced yourself to a new low by attacking innocent kids like Pinky here!!" Before Parallax could react, Jay had already sent him flying to the other side with a powerful roundhouse kick.
The giant recovered and turned to face the demi-God. "Ah, my dear friend. It's been quite a while...my, you've grown into a handsome young man!! I guess the programming for physical beauty went off smoothly." A small snarl came from Jay's lips. Parallax gave a sinister smile before dashing towards Jay.
I only had a second to block the attack with my Psi-Sword. Using the intangibility skill from the Psi-Ghost, I was able to buy myself some time. I powered down the Psi-Sword and grabbed another weapon, one that I've been dying to try out. The Deathbringer Sword. Lousy name but great balance and strength. A scream was heard. I whirled to see that Parallax was once again advancing on Pinky.
A scowl came onto the giant's face. The Temporal Warrior is either gone or intangible. "Now where were we before the rude interruption?" Parallax shot an energy beam to keep Sailor Saturn and Tuxedo Mask down. Sailor Mini-Moon was too paralyzed with fear to call the other sailors for help. The monster then noticed something unsettling. For a moment, he was frozen with fear. A sword came from out of nowhere and Parallax snapped out of his trance to block it. Jay became tangible again and landed a side-snap kick to the monster's chest, sending him flying.
"Ha ha!! Gotta love the horror factor from intangibility!!!" I grinned as Parallax tried to recover in the air but could not. He slammed heavily into a part of the mall, destroying some stores and a restroom facility. I almost felt Saturn crying for a moment. "Oh no!! Hotaru's gift!!!" Then it hit me. She was getting a gift for her father...and it probably was a beautiful one too. I shook the thought and flew over to where Parallax landed. I sensed a small rift before I got to the area. He was gone.
The fragments of Saturn's present were hard to find but I found the remains of a bag and some pieces in it. From the smoothness of the material and its gentle touch, it must have taken Saturn a long time to find an item such as this. I gave a small sigh as I replaced my weapon. My sixth sense started to ring like crazy. Then I noticed Pinky and her friends, running from a mob that obviously has symbiotes on them. "Get down!!!" I tossed a Sonic Grenade in their direction. Most of the symbiotes came off but some of them were stubborn. I used my Particle Beam Rifle to kill the symbiotes and the hosts of the stubborn ones.
After a few seconds, Pinky ran up to me and stamped my foot. "I save you from being the next experiment of the Order and this is the thanks I get?" She gave me a glare. "Don't you feel sorry for killing those people or the others a few days ago?" A small wind blew the strands of my hair from my face. A confused look came on Mini-Moon's face. "It's not windy!! How come...?" I shook my head. "Not wind, but the breath of the dead. The Songs of the Damned haunt me everytime I take a life. At times, I want to stop killing to make it stop but I figured that it's worth listening to if I can save the lives of others." I knelt down to her. "Tell me...would you kill a human in order to save a friend's life?"
Her angry expression slightly softened as she tried to answer my question. "I don't know." I gave a small grunt before talking. "Now replace your friend with an entire population. I have to consider these types of things everyday. Who is going to be a casualty? As far as I'm concerned, the casualties suffered during the Silver Millennium and the war in Crystal Tokyo were minimal. And even then, the dead were reborn into new lives. You live in a world where it's happy, happy, happy and everybody lives. That reality is about to change and true casualties will mount up like in the major wars in the first half of the twentieth century." I rose to give Cape Boy a glare.
"I have to say that as a future king, you are not measuring up to standards, Endymion. It was your responsibility to protect your future daughter. She would have been nothing more than another name on Parallax's list of people he sliced up with claws!!" With that out of me, I focused on the last major thing on my mind. I walked over to Saturn and gave her a globe. The globe had a small bit of crystal in it. "Prophetic Quartz Crystal, from the mines of Earth-Beta 9. I'm sure your father would appreciate this, both as a gift and a geological mystery to solve."
She gently took the item and looked at me with gratitude in her eyes. "Thank you," she whispered. A small nagging voice came into my head: why the hell am I being so nice to her? Obviously, I destroyed the gift and I had to replace it. Arriving at her house to save her from insanity was pure coincidence. I dismissed that little voice and teleported away from the mall.
Mini-Moon could now understand what Serena has been feeling. Pure uncertainty and a paradox situation. The stranger's words are going to keep haunting her just as his last sentence are haunting the future ruler of Crystal Tokyo. "Not wind, but the breath of the dead."
I would have thought there would be more reviews. Anyway, please review the story!!! If you have any suggestions, I'll take them into consideration when I write the next installment.