Ch. 8
Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face,
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face…
-Ya'll know this song!!
"SEIJI!!!" Venus yelled as
he came into view. Seiji leaned down and allowed her to hug him, though he was
still carrying Ule.
"I
missed you so much." She whispered.
"Uh huh." Seiji said. Shin turned
smiling bitterly at Jupiter.
"I nae know whether to be happy or angry
ye're here." Jupiter smiled.
"We'll
settle that one later. For now, let's get out of here." Mars took over
supporting Ryo, kissing the scars on his face as they went. Presently, Ryo woke
up.
"Huh..wha-....Rei??"
Mars smiled.
"Yes, Ryo. It's me, and I won't let them
hurt you anymore." He smiled.
"You
were here..earlier.." Mars stopped dead in her tracks.
"Huh? How'd you know?"
"I
dunno..I just knew you were there, watching..." The Ancient One nodded.
"It
appears I was right. Come. We MUST press on if we are to gain headway before we
are encountered and attacked." While they walked, the couples continued to
whisper to one another, except Sailormoon and Shou who asked the Ancient all
sorts of questions. At one point, Seiji stopped and stared at Venus.
"You're
kidding..," Sailorvenus smiled.
"No,
I'm not." She said just before kissing him.
Bertie
found herself swept up into one of the most passionate kisses she'd ever had
with Rajura. She pulled away, felling quite dizzy. He sat down on the couch and sighed.
"I'm
sorry, hon." Bertie looked at him. Rajura almost never apologized. He must
feel REALLY bad.
"I
understand. You were agitated."
"No reason to hit you."
"That's
true."
"How
'bout I make it up to you....tonight?" Bertie grinned.
"I think I might really like that."
He grinned and kissed her again. Just then, Prizma and Sh'ten barged in. Here
it comes...Bertie thought.
"They're
gone!!"
"WHAT!!!!" Rajura roared, jumping
up and if I'm not mistaken, Anubis and Naaza shouted it too.
"How?" Bertie asked, as if she
didn't know. Prizma waved her hands in
confusion.
"I
don't know...we were guarding the door the whole time, and they can't
teleport.."
"No.."
Rajura started. They can't but-"
"The
Ancient can, and he can take people with him." Sh'ten finished the thought
for him. Rajura' expression grew the coldest Bertie had ever seen.
"That
son of a...Bertie! Anubis! Naaza! Sh'ten! Everyone! We're going to catch them
and we're going to make them pay." Bertie couldn't stand fighting them
right after she'd helped them, and suddenly, and not by her own will, she threw
up right there and then. Rajura looked at her with concern.
"On second thought, I'll stay here with
Bertie. Anubis, you're in charge of the mission." Anubis smiled.
"Whatever
you say boss." He nodded to everyone else and disappeared, with everyone
except Bertie and Rajura not too far behind.
"RYO,
WATCH OUT!!!" Mars yelled as the entire group was split up by a dozen
blasts at once.
"SNAKE
BITE STRIKE!!!"
"QUAKE
WITH FEAR!!!"
"TAKE
A POWDER!!!" All rang out at the same time, splitting up the small weak
group. All the Ronins transformed except Shou again. Not that he didn't try.
Avery laughed.
"Look
at the pathetic little fool. Time to whip you into shape, Pudge-Boy!!"
With that, Avery snapped the whip tight around Shou's waist and started to
pull.
"MOON TIARA ACTION!!" Put an end to
that. Shou beamed at Sailormoon.
"Nice
frisbee throwing."
"Hey,
thanks Shou!" Shou tried one more time to transform.
"ARMOR OF
HARDROCK......DOWCHICHI!!!" This time it worked, but Shou felt odd being
back in his armor, like trying on a suit that had grown a little to small for
him. It felt tight, choking, almost suffocating. He shook off the feeling and
concentrated on the task at hand.
"SUPER......WAVE...SMASH-OOF!!"
Shin had the wind knocked out of him. When he tried to execute the attack,
Sh'ten had rammed full speed into his gut. Now, Shin kneeled wheezing on the
ground. Jupiter turned angrily on Sh'ten.
"Supreme Thunder!!" She yelled,
encasing Sh'ten in a column of lightning. Sh'ten fell to the ground-or would
have if Prizma had not caught him. She took off his helmet and looked into his
face. Then she glared hatefully at Sailorjupiter.
"This
means war...Makoto." Jupiter
glared back at her while kneeling beside the fallen Shin.
"I'm
always ready for you, Negasleeze." Ryo couldn't fight so Mars protected
him. She got out about six scrolls.
"Akuryo
Taisan!!" She threw them at the sisters and Warlords, locking them all in
place.
"Now, Mercury!!" she yelled.
Mercury nodded.
"Shine
Aqua Illusion!!!" Seiji grinned despite himself.
"I
don't think they'll be going anywhere for a while." Venus nodded, also
grinning. The Ancient appeared.
"Which gives us time to think."
Sailormoon turned on him.
"Hey,
where were you?" He smiled.
"It
is not yet my time to fight." Sailormoon developed a teardrop, clearly
confused.
"No good to ask him anything else."
Ryo said as if he had guessed her thought.
"You
won't get anything else out of him." Mars helped Ryo struggle to his feet.
"Hey,
can we go now?" she asked. Seiji turned back to the enemy, still frozen in
place.
"What
about them?" Mercury shrugged.
"Give them a chance to thaw." The
Ancient nodded and teleported them all out of there.