An Amazon Princess, chapter 6
"We've got to do something!" Ryoga shouted, running to the base
of the gigantic root.
"Usagi! Daijoubu ka?!" Shampoo shouted, cupping her hands over
her mouth.
"Hai! But get me down from here!!" Usagi shouted back down,
sounding very frightened.
"It is Usa-chan!" Venus said, clapping her hands together.
"I'd recognize that voice anywhere," Mars replied, smiling.
"She's back, guys!" Mars, Venus, and Jupiter all hugged eachother,
grinning. They had their Usagi back! It was Mercury who finally broke
through their happiness.
"Um, she's getting higher up." She alternated between typing
franticly at the small keyboard in her hands and looking through her
visor to take readings. "I don't know why, but the root is just growing
taller. She's got to get out of there, or who knows what may happen!"
Her words silenced the other three girls as they took in what was
happening.
"Fine. We need to get her down from there then," Jupiter said,
rubbing her hands together as she took a step forward. "Supreme
Thunder!!" Her attack flew for the gigantic root, finally catching the
attention of the strangers in the process.
"Baka! You want Usa to drop all the way to the ground?!" Mars
shouted at Jupiter while the smoke cleared.
"I want her down. The quickest way is to chop the thing down!"
"Guys. We don't have to worry about Usagi falling." Venus's
soft voice interrupted the argument before it really began. The two
others followed Venus and Mercury's eyes up to where the root was only
now beginning to topple. A man could be seen above the top of the root,
and in his arms was a limp body with long hair.
"Usagi!" Jupiter shouted, running towards the weakened base.
"Baka! Get back before it falls on you!" Mars shouted after,
racing to stop her friend before it was too late.
Shampoo finally noticed them, four girls about her age in very
short skirts. 'Must be the sailor senshi,' she thought to herself. The
main question in her mind though, was why were they behaving as if they
knew Usa.
"Usagi!" The shout by the tallest of the girls caught her
attention, and she looked back up to where her 'sister' was. The root
no longer had ahold of her. Someone, a man, was instead holding her.
"Your friends are very determined, princess." Usagi managed to
open her eyes just enough to see the scene below. Shampoo had leaped to
the roof of one of the few intact buildings still on the street, but
she was still to far down. The man who had taken out the yoma was on
the other side of the street, trying to get as high as he could as
well. Even further below were four girls. Usagi had to concentrate for
a moment before their skirts suddenly told her who they were. 'Sailor
senshi,' she thought to herself, mouth wide. "Too bad it's already too
late for you." The man's voice brought her attention back to her
predicament, moments before they vanished.
"They're gone," Mercury said. Her whispered words caused Venus
and Jupiter to halt their attacks in mid-shout, though Mars's already
lit up the empty sky.
Usagi must have passed out again when they transported. A
blackness overtook her the moment she lost sight of the Nerima street.
She saw nor heard anything else for a long time.
It was a cough that finally woke her up. She opened her eyes
slowly. At first, she wondered if she actually did open her eyes. She
couldn't make out anything in the dark that surrounded her.
"So you finally decided to wake up." Usagi turned her head
towards the voice. She had no idea how the person knew she woke up, or
how he could see through the darkness. His voice sounded gravely,
either from too much or too little use.
"Where am I?!" She sat up, trying to force her eyes to adapt to
her surroundings.
"With me. Don't ask me where that is, because I don't know
either." Usagi had to shield her eyes against a sudden brightness that
lit the chamber. A rough chuckle caused her to slowly take her hands
away from her eyes. "Am I that unpleasant to look at?" Usa finally
managed to look towards the holder of the light. Now that her eyes were
getting used to it, she realized it was rather dim. A softly glowing
orb rested in a large palm, the fingers thick and short. Her eyes
traveled up until they met those of a man that could really only be
half-human. His nose more resembled a knot of wood then a nose.
Slightly pointed ears hid behind snow-white hair. The dim light
reflected off green-gray skin. "Two-Edge," his thick lips said,
frowning slightly at the name. "My mother must really hate you if she
put you in here with me."
"Usagi," Shampoo whispered, looking at the empty sky. "Gomen,
Usagi. Shampoo get you back."
"Shampoo. What happened out here?" Shampoo turned to see her
great-grandmother coming from the door of the ramen shop. Her wide eyes
took in the destruction around her, grumbling about how long it would
take to clean up the mess.
"Monster attacked. Big root get Usagi," Shampoo said, dropping
her head as tears began to fall from her cheeks.
"A big root?" Cologne looked at the root now laying in the
street. "Well looks like you got the big root. Where is Rabbit then?"
"Someone took her." The man's voice pulled Shampoo from her
worry as she turned to look at the one who came from her window.
"Who you?!!" Shampoo shouted at the poor lost boy.
"Now, now Shampoo, calm down. This young man ended up helping,
didn't he?" Cologne's rational voice said as she spoke to her
great-granddaughter.
"Shampoo guess," the young woman admitted softly. "How we get
Usagi?"
"Maybe those young women could help," Cologne said, smiling as
she noticed the senshi.
"Mercury, anything yet?"
"For the tenth time, Venus, be patient! I can't do anything if
you keep distracting me," Mercury replied, never taking her eyes away
from her computer screen. The four senshi stood silently as they waited
for their smartest to come to a conclusion. When her voice finally did
break the silence again, her comrades were practically ready to burst.
"There is a trail. With some work, a Sailor Teleport could
bring us at least close to where Usagi is being held."
"Take us with you." The four senshi looked up in shock at the
newcomers. The man had spoken. Under any other circumstances, the
regular reaction to his appearance would have been Mako saying that he
looked like her old boyfriend, and Mina attaching herself to his arm.
These were not regular circumstances though.
"What?" Mars said, frowning. "You two are just civilians. We
can't bring you into this!"
"These two are quite powerful." The old lady's voice came from
behind Shampoo. As she came out, the senshi were startled to see the
tiny woman hopping on the top of a walking stick as tall as they were.
"This young man alone killed your yoma."
"I wasn't able to save Usagi though," the man said quietly,
looking down at the ground.
"Sailor senshi have to bring Shampoo! Man have Shampoo sister!"
The girls looked at the purple haired woman in shock. Usagi had
a sister?!
Hehe. I'm evil, leaving it there, aren't I? Well, you'll just
have to get over it. Yes, yes, even you!
School starts back up for me in another day. If you're lucky, I
might feel inspired to write another chapter in one day, tomorrow,
which would be for Son Usagi, and I would have it posted tomorrow night
as well.
Hey, if you like strange pairings, go check out my first story,
Android 14, and the sequel, A14: The Fight for Ki. They are DBZ/SM
fics. Its getting very little attention, compared to Amazon Princess
and Son Usagi, yet I consider it my best piece of work. So many plot
twists, it'll make your head spin! Anyway, enough with the
self-promotion. *grin*
To ElfQuest people: I'm using the basics of Rayak, Winnowill,
and Two-Edge's personalities, looks, etc. No more ElfQuest people will
be brought into this (unless I feel like doing a humor chapter or
something), and Rayak and Winnowill are as human as Beryl and the
Negaverse generals. Two-Edge, well...
~Jade Nova
moon_archer82@lunap.com
"We've got to do something!" Ryoga shouted, running to the base
of the gigantic root.
"Usagi! Daijoubu ka?!" Shampoo shouted, cupping her hands over
her mouth.
"Hai! But get me down from here!!" Usagi shouted back down,
sounding very frightened.
"It is Usa-chan!" Venus said, clapping her hands together.
"I'd recognize that voice anywhere," Mars replied, smiling.
"She's back, guys!" Mars, Venus, and Jupiter all hugged eachother,
grinning. They had their Usagi back! It was Mercury who finally broke
through their happiness.
"Um, she's getting higher up." She alternated between typing
franticly at the small keyboard in her hands and looking through her
visor to take readings. "I don't know why, but the root is just growing
taller. She's got to get out of there, or who knows what may happen!"
Her words silenced the other three girls as they took in what was
happening.
"Fine. We need to get her down from there then," Jupiter said,
rubbing her hands together as she took a step forward. "Supreme
Thunder!!" Her attack flew for the gigantic root, finally catching the
attention of the strangers in the process.
"Baka! You want Usa to drop all the way to the ground?!" Mars
shouted at Jupiter while the smoke cleared.
"I want her down. The quickest way is to chop the thing down!"
"Guys. We don't have to worry about Usagi falling." Venus's
soft voice interrupted the argument before it really began. The two
others followed Venus and Mercury's eyes up to where the root was only
now beginning to topple. A man could be seen above the top of the root,
and in his arms was a limp body with long hair.
"Usagi!" Jupiter shouted, running towards the weakened base.
"Baka! Get back before it falls on you!" Mars shouted after,
racing to stop her friend before it was too late.
Shampoo finally noticed them, four girls about her age in very
short skirts. 'Must be the sailor senshi,' she thought to herself. The
main question in her mind though, was why were they behaving as if they
knew Usa.
"Usagi!" The shout by the tallest of the girls caught her
attention, and she looked back up to where her 'sister' was. The root
no longer had ahold of her. Someone, a man, was instead holding her.
"Your friends are very determined, princess." Usagi managed to
open her eyes just enough to see the scene below. Shampoo had leaped to
the roof of one of the few intact buildings still on the street, but
she was still to far down. The man who had taken out the yoma was on
the other side of the street, trying to get as high as he could as
well. Even further below were four girls. Usagi had to concentrate for
a moment before their skirts suddenly told her who they were. 'Sailor
senshi,' she thought to herself, mouth wide. "Too bad it's already too
late for you." The man's voice brought her attention back to her
predicament, moments before they vanished.
"They're gone," Mercury said. Her whispered words caused Venus
and Jupiter to halt their attacks in mid-shout, though Mars's already
lit up the empty sky.
Usagi must have passed out again when they transported. A
blackness overtook her the moment she lost sight of the Nerima street.
She saw nor heard anything else for a long time.
It was a cough that finally woke her up. She opened her eyes
slowly. At first, she wondered if she actually did open her eyes. She
couldn't make out anything in the dark that surrounded her.
"So you finally decided to wake up." Usagi turned her head
towards the voice. She had no idea how the person knew she woke up, or
how he could see through the darkness. His voice sounded gravely,
either from too much or too little use.
"Where am I?!" She sat up, trying to force her eyes to adapt to
her surroundings.
"With me. Don't ask me where that is, because I don't know
either." Usagi had to shield her eyes against a sudden brightness that
lit the chamber. A rough chuckle caused her to slowly take her hands
away from her eyes. "Am I that unpleasant to look at?" Usa finally
managed to look towards the holder of the light. Now that her eyes were
getting used to it, she realized it was rather dim. A softly glowing
orb rested in a large palm, the fingers thick and short. Her eyes
traveled up until they met those of a man that could really only be
half-human. His nose more resembled a knot of wood then a nose.
Slightly pointed ears hid behind snow-white hair. The dim light
reflected off green-gray skin. "Two-Edge," his thick lips said,
frowning slightly at the name. "My mother must really hate you if she
put you in here with me."
"Usagi," Shampoo whispered, looking at the empty sky. "Gomen,
Usagi. Shampoo get you back."
"Shampoo. What happened out here?" Shampoo turned to see her
great-grandmother coming from the door of the ramen shop. Her wide eyes
took in the destruction around her, grumbling about how long it would
take to clean up the mess.
"Monster attacked. Big root get Usagi," Shampoo said, dropping
her head as tears began to fall from her cheeks.
"A big root?" Cologne looked at the root now laying in the
street. "Well looks like you got the big root. Where is Rabbit then?"
"Someone took her." The man's voice pulled Shampoo from her
worry as she turned to look at the one who came from her window.
"Who you?!!" Shampoo shouted at the poor lost boy.
"Now, now Shampoo, calm down. This young man ended up helping,
didn't he?" Cologne's rational voice said as she spoke to her
great-granddaughter.
"Shampoo guess," the young woman admitted softly. "How we get
Usagi?"
"Maybe those young women could help," Cologne said, smiling as
she noticed the senshi.
"Mercury, anything yet?"
"For the tenth time, Venus, be patient! I can't do anything if
you keep distracting me," Mercury replied, never taking her eyes away
from her computer screen. The four senshi stood silently as they waited
for their smartest to come to a conclusion. When her voice finally did
break the silence again, her comrades were practically ready to burst.
"There is a trail. With some work, a Sailor Teleport could
bring us at least close to where Usagi is being held."
"Take us with you." The four senshi looked up in shock at the
newcomers. The man had spoken. Under any other circumstances, the
regular reaction to his appearance would have been Mako saying that he
looked like her old boyfriend, and Mina attaching herself to his arm.
These were not regular circumstances though.
"What?" Mars said, frowning. "You two are just civilians. We
can't bring you into this!"
"These two are quite powerful." The old lady's voice came from
behind Shampoo. As she came out, the senshi were startled to see the
tiny woman hopping on the top of a walking stick as tall as they were.
"This young man alone killed your yoma."
"I wasn't able to save Usagi though," the man said quietly,
looking down at the ground.
"Sailor senshi have to bring Shampoo! Man have Shampoo sister!"
The girls looked at the purple haired woman in shock. Usagi had
a sister?!
Hehe. I'm evil, leaving it there, aren't I? Well, you'll just
have to get over it. Yes, yes, even you!
School starts back up for me in another day. If you're lucky, I
might feel inspired to write another chapter in one day, tomorrow,
which would be for Son Usagi, and I would have it posted tomorrow night
as well.
Hey, if you like strange pairings, go check out my first story,
Android 14, and the sequel, A14: The Fight for Ki. They are DBZ/SM
fics. Its getting very little attention, compared to Amazon Princess
and Son Usagi, yet I consider it my best piece of work. So many plot
twists, it'll make your head spin! Anyway, enough with the
self-promotion. *grin*
To ElfQuest people: I'm using the basics of Rayak, Winnowill,
and Two-Edge's personalities, looks, etc. No more ElfQuest people will
be brought into this (unless I feel like doing a humor chapter or
something), and Rayak and Winnowill are as human as Beryl and the
Negaverse generals. Two-Edge, well...
~Jade Nova
moon_archer82@lunap.com