Part 12: Naru's Guilt Trip!
"Do you believe any of what Pluto said," Neptune asked as she and Uranus were following the path Pluto had told them to go on.
"I don't know what to believe," Uranus flatly stated. "She kept saying something about us having a hidden power and that we're actually stronger than her!"
Uranus shook her head.
"I think she's starting to lose it," Uranus said sadly. "She was just trying to give us some confidence."
The two continued to follow the instructions that Pluto had given them, until Neptune stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Something isn't quite right," Neptune trailed off.
"Like what?"
"I don't know," Neptune mumbled. "I just don't know..."
"Hey, look up ahead!" Uranus pointed. "That must be what Pluto was talking about!"
"Lots of dark and negative energy is coming from there," Neptune observed. "They're definitely there."
"Looks like it's time to fight," Uranus grinned at Neptune.
"We're a team," Neptune smiled back. "We'll get rid of them together and save those two girls."
The two nodded to each other and walked up to the door, wondering what
they were going to encounter...
****
"We're lost," Chibi Moon complained.
"I can't figure out where to go," Mercury said while typing on her miniature computer.
"There are two paths up ahead," Venus pointed out.
"But which one do we take?" Saturn asked.
"I say we seperate and take both," Jupiter said with determination.
"That could be dangerous," Mars cautioned her.
"Yeah, it could be risky," Mercury added on.
"Well, it's a risk that we're going to have to take!" Jupiter said with bawled fists. "One path could lead us to Jen and the other could lead us to Naru!"
"But what if it's a trick," Mercury asked.
"But what if it isn't," Jupiter argued.
"She has a point," Saturn agreed.
"What do you think we should do, Sailor Moon," Venus asked.
Usagi had been pretty quiet the majority of the conversation. She kept getting bad dizzy spells, but she didn't want to tell the others about it. She refused to since she didn't want to burden them, and she was truly determined to save Naru and Jen as soon as they possibly could. She knew that complaining about a few headaches would only slow them down.
"Huh," the odango-atama asked.
"What do you think we should do," Venus asked again.
"Well, I guess...um..."
"You weren't even listening, were you," Mars scolded.
"So what, I wasn't listening," Sailor Moon snapped as her.
"Usagi-chan, are you feeling okay," Mercury questioned.
"I'm sorry," the girl apologized. "I'm just a bit worried."
"Well, what do you think of my idea?" Jupiter asked. "Our splitting up."
"It makes sense to do," Sailor Moon said slowly. "We do have two paths here."
"See, Sailor Moon feels that it's a good idea," Jupiter slightly carried on.
"Nice," Mars scoffed sourly, her arms crossed.
"Mars!" the others shouted.
"Sorry, sorry."
"Okay, how about this," Jupiter started, "Sailor Moon and I will take this path and the rest of you take the other."
"Chibi Moon can come with us too," Sailor Moon added.
"No way!" Chibi Moon objected. "I don't want to be with a klutz! Can Saturn come with us?"
"Chibi-Usa-chan," Sailor Moon muttered angrily under her breath, her teeth gritted.
"Of course," Jupiter sweatdropped holding Sailor Moon back from trying to hurt Chibi Moon.
"Good," Chibi Moon smiled mischeivously. "At least Saturn and Jupiter are responsible," gave Usagi a mocking look, "unlike some people."
"Um, enough of that now," Mercury sweatdropped, not wanting a fight to break out between the "Moon" Soldier representatives of the group. "Let's get going. Now if we run into any trouble, we always have our communicators."
"Right," the girls nodded, taking off to go on their assigned tasks.
****
Meanwhile, Naru had finally awakened, but felt very weak...
"Where am I," she murmured as she barely opened her eyes. "Where'd these clouds come from?"
The girl lifted up her head to inspect her surroundings. All around her was fog and she saw that she was tied up. It looked as if her arms were shackled to a wall, but not with normal handcuffs. They were being held by some kind of an energy bracelet and she couldn't move either of her arms to even attempt to escape; even if she would've had the strength to. It took a while for Naru to take in all that had happened. She remembered the strange person capturing her and Usagi and her friends transforming right in front of her.
"Usagi is Sailor Moon," Naru said outloud. "How could she keep such a secret from me..."
Naru looked over to her side and saw another girl beside her. She recognized her right off by her aqua-green hair. She was tied up the same way that she was, like she was shackled against a wall.
"Jen-chan!"
The girl was still a bit out of it but she managed to lift up her head and look to her side to see who it was that had called out to her.
"Naru," the girl questioned.
"Yeah, it's me."
"What happened," Jen asked.
Naru told her what had happened and then Jen told Naru about what had happened to her.
"Hey," Jen panicked, finally realizing that she couldn't move her arms. "Why am I tied up here?"
"I think these people want to hurt us," Naru frowned, looking away from Jen.
"I won't let them!" Jen said with determination, ready to find a way to fight her way out. "I'll take care of them!"
"Forget it, we're trapped," Naru bluntly responded, hardly any feeling in her voice.
"What are you talking about?"
"If these people are who I think they are, we aren't going to get away, unless it's in a casket, but if we're lucky, we'll get rescued."
"Huh?"
"Only Usagi, Makoto, and the other Sailor Soldiers can save us," Naru stated.
"Usagi, Mako-chan? What do they have to do with anything dealing with the Sailor Soldiers?"
"They're...Sailor Soldiers," Naru said slowly.
"What? No, they can't be!" Jen insisted. "Mako-chan would've told me! I'm her best friend!"
"That's what I thought," Naru frowned. "I've been Usagi's best friend since we started school back when we were six."
"You're serious, aren't you," Jen asked, noticing the seriousness in Naru's voice.
Naru nodded.
"But why would they keep that a secret from us," Jen wondered.
"It must was a good reason," Naru said flatly.
"Quiet over there!" shouted out a voice.
A person floated down in front of the two girls with long, dark brown hair, wearing close fitting green pants and a close fitting dark blue tank top to show off her figure.
*Note: Notice all of the Earth-like colors for her; the brown hair, blue shirt, green pants, etc. ^^*
"You," Jen growled.
"You know her?".
"Yeah, she's the jerk who nabbed me while Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were fighting against that Garbage Demon Girl!"
"No need for name calling now," the long haired girl greeted them. "The name is Sekai."
"What do you want with us!" Naru demanded.
"Nothing much," Sekai said with an arrogant smirk. "Just your energy to ressurect our master's sister from the Netherworld that Sailor Moon helped to put there!"
"What?"
"I'm sure you two wouldn't understand any of this, so I'm not going to bother telling you the story of Beryll-sama whose body was taken over by our queen's sister right before Sailor Moon's final battle with us."
"Beryll..." Naru said to herself. "I remember that name...she's responsible for Nephlite's death somewhat."
"I don't understand..."
"What did I tell you," Sekai smirked.
"Why us," Naru inquired. "Why do you want us?"
"Because your energy readings are off the scale!" Sekai laughed. "We only use the best when it comes to our queen."
Naru and Jen frowned as they tried looking through the thick fog.
"How do you guys like this fog I created," Sekai asked while giving them an evil, yet playful look. "Your friends are going to have a very difficult time getting through here, and if they do, we'll just sink Sailor Moon on the other Sailor Brats."
The girl laughed loudly. Naru got a look of confusion and spoke up, defending her friend.
"Usa---er I mean, Sailor Moon would never do that!" Naru said.
"Usah? So her true name is Usah?" Sekai wondered to herself. "Interesting."
Sekai stopped thinking to herself and spoke out.
"Of course she'd attack her friends and it's all your fault," Sekai sneered. "If it weren't for your running off, you wouldn't have gotten caught by us and Sailor Moon wouldn't have joined forces with us in order to keep you safe!"
Naru got a blank expression on her face at the statement, realizing that all the Earth Demon had said was true. She did run off, away from the others.
Sekai noticed the look Naru now had. Her plan to make her feel guilty was working.
"No, don't believe her," Jen warned. "It's probably some kind of a mind trick!"
Naru didn't listen and remained in that state, guilt setting in.
"I've got her," Sekai smiled to herself. "I doubt I could use that guilt trip thing on that other girl, but this one seems to be weak."
"Neechan," a voice called out.
"What is it, Koori," Sekai asked.
A handsome boy with short, spiky light-blue hair and an ice-colored jacket along with ice-colored pants and a white T-shirt landed by his sister.
"We have company," Koori said with an evil grin, which never left his face.
"So, the other Sailor brats have arrived," Sekai acknowledged with no emotion. "We have a few surprises for them."
"Oh no," Naru thought. "This is all my fault!"
"Sailor Moon ordered us to attack at will if we see any of the other brats," Sekai winked at her brother.
"Huh, Sailor Moon," Koori started to ask in confusion, until Sekai elbowed him in the arm. "Oh-oh yeah! I'm such an idiot sometimes!"
"Make that all the time," the older girl muttered.
"Hey!"
"Just go get Inazumi and carry out Sailor Moon's orders."
"Hai," the boy nodded as he took off.
Sekai turned back to the two girls and smiled.
"Well, I better go and fufill Sailor Moon's orders to destroy the other Sailor Soldiers," she smirked, staring right at Naru. "She told us that you're more important to her than anything in the world and is going to sacrifice her other friends' lives just to get you back safe and sound."
Sekai laughed as she flew off to join her brother and sister.
"Don't believe anything she said," Jen told her friend, but Naru just wasn't listening.
"What have I done," Naru asked herself in thought. "What have I done..."
