"You haven't changed at all, have you?" Ceres asked Altais with
a laugh.
"Tried not to." He smiled.
They were sitting in the park under the shade of one of the many trees.
Altais had finally convinced her to go on a semi-date with him, and
she had chosen a picnic lunch. They had finished eating only moments
ago, and were now just talking about the old days.
"I wonder if we are all still in shape." Ceres thought aloud.
"Probably not." Altais laughed. "But I heard that Nikkos,
Raven and Mikka were still pretty good."
"They always were the top fighters."
"I still say you were the best."
Ceres blushed slightly, making Altais smile.
"You know that's not true." She recovered.
"A matter of opinion." He grinned. "Your most certainly the most
beautiful."
"Stop that." Ceres chided him, as a smile spread across her
face.
"Merely speaking the truth." He defended himself.
Before Ceres could reply, or figure out what was happening, he kissed
her. Ceres' eyes widened in shock before she kissed him back.
Altais pulled back and smiled at her.
"I've always wanted to do that." He confessed.
"I know." She grinned.
"We should get going." Altais suggested.
"Probably." Ceres sighed.
A smile spread across Altais' face.
"We don't have to go right this second though..."
Ceres returned his smile.
"No, it can wait for awhile longer."
With that, they kissed once more.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Usagi yawned as Luna droned on about how things had been too quiet
lately. The inner scouts were meeting at the Temple like they had been
doing for so many years.
"...And we need to figure it out." Luna finished.
The scouts simply nodded their heads.
"Right." Minako added.
"None of you were listening, were you?" Artamis asked.
"Uh...not exactly..." Usagi confessed.
"Sorry." Makoto sighed.
"I tried to." Minako looked guilty.
Rei shook her head.
"My mind was someplace else."
"I was listening." Ami told them.
Luna sighed, but before she had a chance to repeat herself, Ami's mini
computer started beeping.
"Its picking up a Youma." Ami told the others. "Somewhere in
the park."
"Since when does it do that?" Makoto asked.
"Its a new feature I added a few days ago."
"Well, lets go scouts." Usagi said, getting up.
They transformed into the Sailor Senshi, and ran out of the temple in
the direction of the park.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Altais'
voice rang in the heads of the other Crimson Senshi.
Nikkos asked him.
Ceres told
them.
Artio told them.
Clio and Pyper spoke in unison.
Mikka told them.
"Well, lets go." Mikka told Nikkos and Raven.
"But how are we going to get there quickly? We're 20 miles out
of town?" Nikkos asked her.
"We can try to teleport." Raven suggested.
"Its worth a shot." Nikkos agreed.
The three of them transformed, and formed a small circle. They held
hands, and closed their eyes.
"Shimmering Planet Power!"
"Cosmic Planet Power!"
"Shifting Planet Power!"
They shouted their phrases, and were each consumed by different color
lights. The lights shone brighter and brighter, until they were almost
as bright as the sun.
Suddenly, the lights faded, and the three scouts were gone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Deadly Storm!"
"Shadow's Embrace!"
The attacks slammed into the monster's side, drawing its attention
towards the two fighters.
"We have to keep it busy so the people have a chance to
escape." Storm spoke.
"Easier said then done." Shadow noted.
The creature they faced was enormous. Its body stretched at least 15
feet long, and that wasn't counting its tail.
"Thunder Strike!" Storm shouted, hitting the beast's back.
"Eternal Darkness!" Shadow exclaimed, targeting its tail.
The creature charged at them, much faster than either expected.
They both sprouted their wings, and flew in opposite directions.
Shadow exclaimed.
"Ice Storm!"
"Dream Illusion!"
"Light Aura!"
The attacks struck the monster's left side.
"It didn't even blink." Light gasped.
"Flame Wall!"
"Wind Scream!"
These struck from the right.
"That thing sure is big." Wind noticed.
"Where is Cat, Wolf and Star?" Storm shouted from above their
heads.
"No clue." Dream shouted back at her.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Mars Flame Sniper"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
The Sailor Senshi struck from behind.
"Looks like we have company." Light smiled.
"My God that thing is big." Jupiter breathed.
"The others should be here any minute." Moon told the Crimson
Senshi.
"Ours too." Flame told them.
A flash of light appeared to the left of the creature, and when it
cleared Cat, Wolf and Star stood in its place.
"We did it." Cat smiled.
Star spread her wings, and quickly flew away from the creatures reach.
Wolf followed her, with Cat in his arms.
"Its about time you guys got here." Shadow yelled at them.
"At least we got here." Cat shouted back.
Wolf set Cat down on the ground as he and Star landed.
"Looks like they started without us." Uranus noted.
Moon smiled.
"What took you guys so long?"
"We had to find Saturn and Chibi-Moon." Neptune explained.
"Over here people." Cat called them all in.
All of the Senshi, both Crimson and Sailor gathered around Cat, Wolf
and Star.
"Looks like we're all working together on this one." Wolf
noted.
"How are we going to beat that thing?" Venus asked.
"We need to attack at the same time from different directions."
Star spoke.
"If we split up into four groups, we can strike from all
sides." Mars agreed.
"If we split up by element, then the attacks should be
stronger." Cat suggested. "Like, have a huge fireball instead of two
little ones."
"Good idea." Uranus agreed.
The creature swung its tail in their direction, and they all scrambled
out of the way.
Moon and Cat stuck close to each other, and decided how to attack,
while the others kept the creature busy.
"What elements do you have on your team?" Cat asked Moon.
"Two waters, earth, time, fire, thunder, love, death, and
two that don't really fall anywhere." Moon told her quickly. "What
about you guys?"
"Fire, wind, heavens, light, shadows, water, ice, illusion
and two that don't really fall anywhere." Cat spoke quickly. "We can
put the four waters and the thunder together from the left, the
two fires with the illusion, earth and wind on the right." Cat offered.
"Time, death, love, light and shadows can attack from the back.
Moon spoke. "And the rest can attack from the front."
"Sounds good to me." Cat agreed. "Lets do this quickly."
"Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter." Moon called out. "Take the left
side."
Cat spoke in their
minds.
"Mars and Uranus, Right side."
"Pluto, Saturn and Venus, Back."
"Chibi-Moon, Front."
The Senshi took their places.
"Everybody ready?" Moon shouted.
They responded, each saying they were ready.
"Use your most powerful attacks." Cat told them.
"Now!" Moon shouted.
"Deep Submerge!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Winter Furry!"
"Deadly Storm!"
The Senshi on the left attacked in unison.
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"World Shaking!"
"Flame Wall!"
"Dream Illusion!"
"Wind Funnel!"
The team on the right attacked on cue.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Dead Scream!"
"Silence Glaive Surprise!"
"Light Aura!"
"Shadow's Embrace!"
The team behind the creature struck.
"Star Explosion!"
"Tooth and Claw!" Cat and Wolf exclaimed in unison.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"
The Senshi in front of the monster attacked.
The attacks struck within seconds of one another. The monster cried
out in pain, moments before it turned to red dust which blew away
in the wind.
Cat cheered, and leapt into Wolf's arms laughing. Wolf laughed at her
antics, and spun her around.
"We did it." Moon smiled.
"That was tough though." Wind noticed.
"The hardest one yet." Flame agreed.
"Its getting harder each time." Mercury added.
"So what do we do?" Venus asked.
Each of the Senshi shrugged.
"Guess we'll figure it out when the time comes." Storm sighed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Mikka sat upon he balcony railing, her body teetering in the blowing
winds.
"What's up?" Nikkos asked her, as he came up beside her.
"Nothing." She spoke softly.
"Something." He looked at her. "What's wrong Cat?"
"If I leapt of this balcony right now, I'd plunge to my death."
Nikkos was taken aback.
"Since when are you suicidal?"
"I'm not." Mikka said, jumping off the railing to the wooden
floor of the balcony. "But there was a time when I would open my wings,
and soar into the sky."
"Oh." Was all he could say.
"I was the one who lived to soar above the clouds, that's why
she did it to me, that's why she took away my wings."
Nikkos embraced her, and held her close.
"Its ok." He whispered into her ear. "We'll find a way to get
your wings back. I promise."
Mikka smiled sadly.
"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep."
"We'll see." Nikkos replied, holding her closer.
a laugh.
"Tried not to." He smiled.
They were sitting in the park under the shade of one of the many trees.
Altais had finally convinced her to go on a semi-date with him, and
she had chosen a picnic lunch. They had finished eating only moments
ago, and were now just talking about the old days.
"I wonder if we are all still in shape." Ceres thought aloud.
"Probably not." Altais laughed. "But I heard that Nikkos,
Raven and Mikka were still pretty good."
"They always were the top fighters."
"I still say you were the best."
Ceres blushed slightly, making Altais smile.
"You know that's not true." She recovered.
"A matter of opinion." He grinned. "Your most certainly the most
beautiful."
"Stop that." Ceres chided him, as a smile spread across her
face.
"Merely speaking the truth." He defended himself.
Before Ceres could reply, or figure out what was happening, he kissed
her. Ceres' eyes widened in shock before she kissed him back.
Altais pulled back and smiled at her.
"I've always wanted to do that." He confessed.
"I know." She grinned.
"We should get going." Altais suggested.
"Probably." Ceres sighed.
A smile spread across Altais' face.
"We don't have to go right this second though..."
Ceres returned his smile.
"No, it can wait for awhile longer."
With that, they kissed once more.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Usagi yawned as Luna droned on about how things had been too quiet
lately. The inner scouts were meeting at the Temple like they had been
doing for so many years.
"...And we need to figure it out." Luna finished.
The scouts simply nodded their heads.
"Right." Minako added.
"None of you were listening, were you?" Artamis asked.
"Uh...not exactly..." Usagi confessed.
"Sorry." Makoto sighed.
"I tried to." Minako looked guilty.
Rei shook her head.
"My mind was someplace else."
"I was listening." Ami told them.
Luna sighed, but before she had a chance to repeat herself, Ami's mini
computer started beeping.
"Its picking up a Youma." Ami told the others. "Somewhere in
the park."
"Since when does it do that?" Makoto asked.
"Its a new feature I added a few days ago."
"Well, lets go scouts." Usagi said, getting up.
They transformed into the Sailor Senshi, and ran out of the temple in
the direction of the park.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Altais'
voice rang in the heads of the other Crimson Senshi.
Nikkos asked him.
Ceres told
them.
Artio told them.
Clio and Pyper spoke in unison.
Mikka told them.
"Well, lets go." Mikka told Nikkos and Raven.
"But how are we going to get there quickly? We're 20 miles out
of town?" Nikkos asked her.
"We can try to teleport." Raven suggested.
"Its worth a shot." Nikkos agreed.
The three of them transformed, and formed a small circle. They held
hands, and closed their eyes.
"Shimmering Planet Power!"
"Cosmic Planet Power!"
"Shifting Planet Power!"
They shouted their phrases, and were each consumed by different color
lights. The lights shone brighter and brighter, until they were almost
as bright as the sun.
Suddenly, the lights faded, and the three scouts were gone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Deadly Storm!"
"Shadow's Embrace!"
The attacks slammed into the monster's side, drawing its attention
towards the two fighters.
"We have to keep it busy so the people have a chance to
escape." Storm spoke.
"Easier said then done." Shadow noted.
The creature they faced was enormous. Its body stretched at least 15
feet long, and that wasn't counting its tail.
"Thunder Strike!" Storm shouted, hitting the beast's back.
"Eternal Darkness!" Shadow exclaimed, targeting its tail.
The creature charged at them, much faster than either expected.
They both sprouted their wings, and flew in opposite directions.
Shadow exclaimed.
"Ice Storm!"
"Dream Illusion!"
"Light Aura!"
The attacks struck the monster's left side.
"It didn't even blink." Light gasped.
"Flame Wall!"
"Wind Scream!"
These struck from the right.
"That thing sure is big." Wind noticed.
"Where is Cat, Wolf and Star?" Storm shouted from above their
heads.
"No clue." Dream shouted back at her.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Mars Flame Sniper"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
The Sailor Senshi struck from behind.
"Looks like we have company." Light smiled.
"My God that thing is big." Jupiter breathed.
"The others should be here any minute." Moon told the Crimson
Senshi.
"Ours too." Flame told them.
A flash of light appeared to the left of the creature, and when it
cleared Cat, Wolf and Star stood in its place.
"We did it." Cat smiled.
Star spread her wings, and quickly flew away from the creatures reach.
Wolf followed her, with Cat in his arms.
"Its about time you guys got here." Shadow yelled at them.
"At least we got here." Cat shouted back.
Wolf set Cat down on the ground as he and Star landed.
"Looks like they started without us." Uranus noted.
Moon smiled.
"What took you guys so long?"
"We had to find Saturn and Chibi-Moon." Neptune explained.
"Over here people." Cat called them all in.
All of the Senshi, both Crimson and Sailor gathered around Cat, Wolf
and Star.
"Looks like we're all working together on this one." Wolf
noted.
"How are we going to beat that thing?" Venus asked.
"We need to attack at the same time from different directions."
Star spoke.
"If we split up into four groups, we can strike from all
sides." Mars agreed.
"If we split up by element, then the attacks should be
stronger." Cat suggested. "Like, have a huge fireball instead of two
little ones."
"Good idea." Uranus agreed.
The creature swung its tail in their direction, and they all scrambled
out of the way.
Moon and Cat stuck close to each other, and decided how to attack,
while the others kept the creature busy.
"What elements do you have on your team?" Cat asked Moon.
"Two waters, earth, time, fire, thunder, love, death, and
two that don't really fall anywhere." Moon told her quickly. "What
about you guys?"
"Fire, wind, heavens, light, shadows, water, ice, illusion
and two that don't really fall anywhere." Cat spoke quickly. "We can
put the four waters and the thunder together from the left, the
two fires with the illusion, earth and wind on the right." Cat offered.
"Time, death, love, light and shadows can attack from the back.
Moon spoke. "And the rest can attack from the front."
"Sounds good to me." Cat agreed. "Lets do this quickly."
"Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter." Moon called out. "Take the left
side."
Cat spoke in their
minds.
"Mars and Uranus, Right side."
"Pluto, Saturn and Venus, Back."
"Chibi-Moon, Front."
The Senshi took their places.
"Everybody ready?" Moon shouted.
They responded, each saying they were ready.
"Use your most powerful attacks." Cat told them.
"Now!" Moon shouted.
"Deep Submerge!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Winter Furry!"
"Deadly Storm!"
The Senshi on the left attacked in unison.
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"World Shaking!"
"Flame Wall!"
"Dream Illusion!"
"Wind Funnel!"
The team on the right attacked on cue.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Dead Scream!"
"Silence Glaive Surprise!"
"Light Aura!"
"Shadow's Embrace!"
The team behind the creature struck.
"Star Explosion!"
"Tooth and Claw!" Cat and Wolf exclaimed in unison.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"
The Senshi in front of the monster attacked.
The attacks struck within seconds of one another. The monster cried
out in pain, moments before it turned to red dust which blew away
in the wind.
Cat cheered, and leapt into Wolf's arms laughing. Wolf laughed at her
antics, and spun her around.
"We did it." Moon smiled.
"That was tough though." Wind noticed.
"The hardest one yet." Flame agreed.
"Its getting harder each time." Mercury added.
"So what do we do?" Venus asked.
Each of the Senshi shrugged.
"Guess we'll figure it out when the time comes." Storm sighed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Mikka sat upon he balcony railing, her body teetering in the blowing
winds.
"What's up?" Nikkos asked her, as he came up beside her.
"Nothing." She spoke softly.
"Something." He looked at her. "What's wrong Cat?"
"If I leapt of this balcony right now, I'd plunge to my death."
Nikkos was taken aback.
"Since when are you suicidal?"
"I'm not." Mikka said, jumping off the railing to the wooden
floor of the balcony. "But there was a time when I would open my wings,
and soar into the sky."
"Oh." Was all he could say.
"I was the one who lived to soar above the clouds, that's why
she did it to me, that's why she took away my wings."
Nikkos embraced her, and held her close.
"Its ok." He whispered into her ear. "We'll find a way to get
your wings back. I promise."
Mikka smiled sadly.
"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep."
"We'll see." Nikkos replied, holding her closer.