Chapter Three

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.