Oh, and here's just a brief little sample of the last chapter in case some of you don't remember:
Sage's face was buried in Raye's hair. He could feel her heart beating rapidly against his chest along with the fear and doubt that resided there. In fact, Raye's emotions mirrored his own.
"Raye," he began, as she broke away.
"Sage," she interrupted, forcing her voice to stay even. "You need closure."
The two soldiers faces were still just inches away from each other. As violet eyes met clear blue ones, Raye was surprised to find that all the hesitation in Sage's eyes had disappeared.
"I have closure." Sage replied, stepping closer to her again.
At that moment, all of Raye's doubts started to melt away. 'Is this the feeling Serena talks about all the time?' she thought numbly. 'Is this really love?' Looking into Sage's eyes, she found her answer.
As Sage slipped his arms around her waist, Raye brushed his bangs out of his face so that she could see both of his eyes.
"Sage," she said as she placed both of her hands on opposite sides of his face, gazing into his eyes. "I'm not Mia."
Sage nodded, letting his forehead touch hers. "Yeah," he said. "And I'm not Darien."
In that moment, they held each other in a tight embrace, caring only about the person they loved the most - each other.
Looking on at the two newfound lovers, Byauken nodded his
head in solemn approval and trotted down the steps to join the others. Almost everything was as it should be.
Disclaimer: I do not - I repeat - I do not own Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, nor do I own Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. However, someday, when I become really super-duper rich and famous with crap loads of money to spend on private islands and man-slaves, I will personally buy them from whoever owns them, thus making me very very happy. $^_^$
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
a.k.a. Ronin Warriors
and
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
a.k.a Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
in…
Boys Meet Girls
A Miss Chang Po Production
Iron Rock Crusher!" Kento's attack tore through the front yard of Mia's estate, ripping up the ground. "Watch out, Lita!" he called, grinning at his opponent. "It's coming towards you."
Lita, as Sailor Jupiter only grinned back in a way that was characteristic of her when she knew she had the upper hand.
"Don't you worry, Kento." she smiled coyly. "I'm all ready for you." Then, with a powerful yell, the Scout of Thunder and Lightning slammed her fist into the earth. The antennae on her tiara flickered with electricity as she watched Hardrock's attack rip towards, "Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!" A ball of energy shot out of her hand into the earth. It traveled beneath the surface until it collided with Hardrock's attack.
Kento blinked as the oncoming explosion sent hunks of rock flying in his general direction. A small chunk conked him on the head.
"Oww," he replied, rubbing his helmet gingerly. "I didn't think she'd do that..."
Cye landed beside him chuckling, a large grin evident on his face. "It's a good thing your head is as hard as your armor, or else you'd be in a world of plunderation."
The warrior of justice shot him a dirty look.
"All right then," Cye gripped his trident tightly. "Let me have a go." He aimed his weapon at Jupiter, who had just pulled her fist from the ground. "Super Wave Smasher!"
Lita blinked in surprise at the attack coming towards her at an incredible speed. However, before she had time to react, Mars had already jumped in front of her.
"Raye!" she cried out. "What are you-!"
Mars only smiled. "Don't worry, Lita," she said. "I've got you covered." Before Jupiter could ask what she meant, the fire priestess had already braced herself to attack. "Mars Celestial Fire, Surround!"
Instead of shooting the attack at Cye, the blazing rings of fire hovered around Mars, embers flicking off into the air. Thrusting out her hands, palms out, Mars concentrated on her attack, willing the flaming rings to form into a large shield. The large pellets of water from Torrent's attack ricocheted of the shield, turning into steam and dissipating in the air.
Cye was stunned.
"Raye, that was awesome!" Lita exclaimed.
"We're not done yet!" Mars, Jupiter, Hardrock, and Torrent looked up in surprise to see Venus perched in a tree. She leapt into the air gracefully, golden chain in hand. "Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
Cye and Kento could only blink in surprise as the golden, heart-linked chain wound around them, binding them tightly together.
Venus touched down on the ground softly. "That takes care of that." she grinned, holding up a V-sign for the others to see. "V is for Victory!"
The three girls then ran together and detransformed, giggling happily. "We won, we won!" they chorused.
Free from Venus' chain, Cye and Kento willed away their armors.
"Aww man.." Kento sulked. "We almost had'em!"
"We outnumbered you." Raye pointed out as she and the others ceased their victory dance to join them.
"Well, we wouldn't have been outnumbered if somebody hadn't chickened out on us." Kento said loudly, directing his glare at Sage, who was meditating in the shade of the trees.
The warrior of courtesy glanced at them nonchalantly. "The first rule to battling an opponent," he said calmly. "is to never underestimate your opponent."
"Very true." Cye laughed.
Kento only snorted. "Chicken." he muttered.
Sage's eye twinkled in amusement. "Better to be the chicken than the ass."
"Har, har, har." Kento frowned, ignoring the others' giggles.
Lita walked over to him, giving him a hug. "There, there, Ken," she said. "You guys put up a great fight. If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't have learned some new tricks." This cheered him up a little bit.
"Yeah," Mina agreed. "The stronger we get, the better our chances of beating that witch Argos."
"True," Cye agreed. "But she's been quiet these past couple of days. What do you think she's up to?"
"You don't have to worry about that, Cye," Lita replied. "Our two brains are back in the house coming up with a solution to that very problem."
~*~ In Mia's Study ~*~
"You say the power of your armor enables you to sense the enemy?" Amy asked as she typed away on her mini computer.
"Yeah," Rowen answered, leafing through one of Professor Koji's text books. "Dynasty soldiers are evil spirits not from this world."
"Yes, that would explain why Raye's prayer scrolls worked on them."
Rowen nodded. "When a Dynasty soldier crosses over into our world, our armor gives us the power to detect them." Rowen held up his kanji ball for the Senshi of ice water and intelligence to see. "They also alert us when one of our own are in danger, or if another armor is present."
"Hmm..." Amy took the kanji ball and fingered it delicately. Rowen was so intent on taking in her features that he didn't notice the sign of Mercury on her forehead glowing in synchronization with his kanji ball for a brief moment before returning to normal. "I have an idea." she said suddenly. "I have a program on my computer that llows me to track the enemies we fight."
"I follow you." Rowen smiled knowingly. "If we alter the program a little to detect any entries into this realm..."
"We can track any of the soldiers Argos sends to attack us." Amy finished. "Trista may not like this..." Her hands were already typing away. After making a few adjustments, Amy hooked up the Mercury computer to Mia's. "Let's just see if this works."
"Of course it will." Rowen said. "With two great minds behind it, how can it fail?"
Amy blushed and smiled. Her hands flew over the keys, lighting up the screen with codes and numbers. After a few moments, her smile vanished from her face.
Rowen noticed the change quickly. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Amy remained silent. A map of Mia's estate appeared on the screen. Numerous blue dots appeared soon after, gradually increasing in number, and slowly approaching the house.
Rowen's eyes went wide with surprise as he rose out of his seat. "No way!" The number of blue dots was still increasing.
Amy turned towards him, her expression grim. "We have to warn the others." she replied. "This may be it."
~End of Chapter 8
