Chapter Three
Rini
shuddered and her mother ran her fingers through her long pink hair again. Ever
since her senshi crystal had been removed, the pain had been agonizing. Amy had
proclaimed her fine, but had warned her that she would feel some discomfort.
Some had not been enough description. She was in agony.
"Momma,
it hurts," she moaned. "It hurts!"
Neo-Queen
Serenity smiled down at her teenaged daughter.
"I
know, Rini." She smoothed her daughter's hair again. "Hang in there. Amy said
it would fade eventually and should be gone by tomorrow."
Rini
nodded but whimpered in pain.
The
Queen watched, considering her options. After the freeze, although memories of
their lives as children were faded a bit but their memories of the Moon Kingdom
had become crystal clear. The queen could now remember her life as a Princess
and was surprised to learn that she had been pretty much the same. And now the
queen thought back and remembered what Queen Serenity had done when she had
been sad or in pain.
"Shh,"
she smoothed back Rini's hair and placed her hand onto her forehead. The
crescent moon illuminated on the foreheads of both royals and then Rini's pain
vanished as she drifted into a peaceful sleep.
"I
wish I could do that with my daughter," a voice said.
The
queen smiled as Mina walked in. The senshi of love sat by her queen and gently
smoothed Rini's cheeks.
"How
is Gloria, oh by the by?" the queen inquired with a smile. Mina sighed,
"She's
all right I guess. Thankfully, she's lightened up on the jokes a bit. But she
didn't want to go to school today either." The senshi paused and changed the
subject, obviously worried. "It's been a day since Rini was attacked. She still
isn't better?"
Serenity
shook her head. "Not yet. Amy said that it would be about a day so I let her
stay home. Besides, the pain was enough when she woke up this morning that she
couldn't even get up. Diana had to come and get me."
The
two almost said more when the phone rang. Mina got up and answered. When she
hung up, she said,
"Daisy's
going to get it."
*
* *
"Daisy,
you know you always get in trouble when you fight," Maggie said logically. "Why
did you have to fight today? I thought we were going to play this weekend."
"I
know, Maggie, but that brat made me so mad. John has a major attitude problem."
"I
know, but he's younger than you."
Daisy
sighed. That was the peak of the problem. Age.
She
despised that boy. But more than that, she would not be in trouble if Gloria
had intervened. But Gloria had taken off to the other end of the playground.
She made up her mind to confront her about that when she got the chance. But
then she turned to Maggie. The logical girl smiled.
"I
have to go though Daisy. Mom took some time off today."
Daisy
smiled, despite the doom she knew she would get when she got home. She knew how
Maggie loved spending time with her mother when she got the chance. So, with a
sigh of defeat she headed towards home.
Isolo
smiled as she watched and summoned up her servant,
"Go
Kakorrhaphio. Let us see who this is. Who is Sailor Chibi Jupiter? She defends
her friends so…is she the senshi of loyalty?"
Her
servant nodded and then rushed to do her task. Isolo vanished.
*
* *
Daisy
decided to walk home through the alley. It was slower and she wanted to delay
her walk home as long as possible. She would need all the pity she could get.
But as she turned down the side street, she felt alone and vulnerable. She
swallowed hard and tried not to let the dreariness get to her.
"Afraid,
Chibi Jupiter?" a voice intoned, sneering.
Daisy
whirled immediately. But even the senshi of thunder and lightning was not fast
enough. In seconds, she was pinned to the wall, and scarcely able to breath.
"Who…who
are you?" Daisy gasped out.
Her
opponent smiled. Daisy remembered Rini saying her enemy had looked like a black
gargoyle. Daisy's was different, scarier to her. It looked like a human but
snow-white with red strings hanging off it, like strings of blood. The body
smelt like flesh, decaying flesh. It's eyes burned blood red.
"Let
me go!"
"Oh
no," the creature replied. "Not yet, Sailor Chibi Jupiter."
Daisy
swallowed and then kicked up with her free feet. She connected with her enemy's
legs and it released her. Daisy lost no time, rolled out of range and lifted
her pen high.
"Jupiter
Power! Make-Up!"
She
let the lightning and power course through her blood, altering her clothing and
releasing her powers. Once the transformation was completed, she leapt back up
and faced her attacker.
"How
dare you! I've had a bad day already and am not in the mood for any new
enemies. You have already attacked my leader and for that I'll punish you in
the name of-"
"Oh
put a cork in it!" Kakorrhaphio hissed and as she charged, claws outstretched.
Daisy
dodged and hissed,
"That's
rude, you could've let me finish!"
She
ran towards the flesh like thing and shouted,
"Jupiter
Deadly Lightning Bolt!"
However,
her attack merely split the thing right down the middle. It multiplied and soon
she was surrounded.
"Fear
me, Chibi Jupiter?" it sneered. "Feel the failure. Tell your princess you had
to run. You fail."
"Shut
up!" she hissed, her attack on the tip of her tongue.
She
jerked her hands up, into a defensive position. She saw her enemy swirling around
her but her soldier instincts told her it was a trick. But she wasn't about to
let herself be tricked.
"You're
a spitfire, you are." A voice sneered.
"Then
why don't you show yourself?!"
"Because
I love seeing you fluster. I love seeing the thought of defeat burn in your
eyes."
"Shut
up! Fight!"
"Oh,
now aren't we being pushy?"
"You
coward! Are you gonna talk or are you gonna fight?"
"Neither."
Before
Sailor Chibi Jupiter knew it, her enemy sprung from the ground and pinned her
to the ground, straddling her. Her enemy laughed and dug its claws into her
shirt. It wretched its arms apart and tore her clothing open, baring her chest.
With a sneer, its hands were on her small breasts and it pushed apart, saying,
"Appear
Senshi Crystal!"
Daisy
screamed. The pain was terrible. It felt like this enemy was clawing her heart,
ripping it from her ribs. The pain eventually was too much and her
transformation reversed. She fought to stay conscious and saw the diamond
shaped crystal appear. It hummed forest green.
"So,"
the creature sneered, "You aren't the senshi of loyalty but the senshi of
protection."
"The
Senshi of Loyalty? Of Protection?" Daisy gasped out.
The
creature nodded. "Granted I'm not supposed to kill you, I think it will prove
most entertaining."
Daisy
forced herself to calm. But the creature was going to kill her.
However,
at the last second, the power of her star saved her.
The
mark of Jupiter appeared on her forehead and green rays blazed forth.
Kakorrhaphio
screamed and then shattered like glass. Daisy collapsed and managed to hit her
communicator, which she had fallen by, and stammer,
"Mom,
Mommy…help me."
Then
she blacked out.
