AN: Don't worry all of you… THERE IS an ending and its gonna be a happy soon one! Lol :P Anyway, please continue reading because its nearly done! I'm guessing about 4-5 chapters will do it… or maybe 6… or 7... OH NO!! I'm losing it! Please read and review and tell me what you want or else I can't help you J
Chapter 26– Awaken, four soldiers of freedom; Part 2
Jackie felt a strange feeling within her soul and a rising anger in her mind. She felt like punching something and as hard as she could.
"I'm not a COWARD!" screamed Jackie as a strange sign appeared on her head. It shon bright red and a bloody red light enveloped Jackie as she screamed in rage. Her clothes blended into a long black dress with bloody red covering the dress in blotches. Her hair let out and twirled into a very tight ponytail with a red tip at the end. Jackie looked at herself in amazement and suddenly her past came rushing back to her. She was Sailor Ar, scout of rage, war and fire!
She crossed her hands over her head and whispered the ancient chant of war, raising a spirit fire dragon into the air. "Spirit Dragon, get rid of the enemy! Now!" screamed Sailor Ar as the red light disappeared. A raging scream was released from the Spirit Dragon causing a huge wind to start blowing the mist backwards. The spirit dragon disappeared with the mist, leaving the corridors empty besides the two bodies on the ground.
"Where's papa?" thought Sailor Ar as she slowly reached the two breathless bodies on the ground.
Sailor Uranus shivered a little and got up shakily. She turned to look at Sailor Ar and smiled. Sailor Ar looked at herself properly and realised the red blotches on her dress was real blood. Carefully she touched the red blotched on her dress. They didn't seem to smear off and the blood on her fingertips quickly vanished.
"I'm covered in blood," said Sailor Ar shakily.
"That's alright," said Uranus encouragingly. "You are the sailor of war, and war has left blood stains on you. You are the strongest scout of the new scouts though some don't know it yet.
"Couldn't you have done that a little faster? I look like a tomato with all this blood on my face," said the usual monotone voice behind them.
Haruka transformed back to her usual self and collapsed into giggles. That was probably the closest Heero ever got to joking, but his face was so serious Haruka couldn't stop herself from laughing.
"There is no time to laugh. I need all the goddesses of planets now! There is an enemy lurking by and I want to catch it," said Sailor Ar, fire reflecting in her eyes.
"Now we're talking! Let's go," exclaimed Haruka.
"You aren't going to leave Heero here! He is too weak to run. Make the goddesseses and scouts come here."
Haruka nodded and took out her communicator. Each goddess had one.
"Michiru, please tell everyone to come to the agency," Haruka said into the communicator before switching it off. She sighed, turning back to Heero before giving him an awkward smile.
Heero's breathing suddenly became irregular and he collapsed on the ground before Haruka could catch him. He pressed his back against the wall for support and took in sharp gasps.
"What's happening to him?" asked Haruka quietly.
"I don't know! I don't understand any of this. I don't understand why he's feeling so strange!" exclaimed Sailor Ar glancing at Heero again.
"Sailor Ar, what do you know of the prophecy. We need to know now," said someone from the other side of the hall. Haruka's face lightened up seeing the scouts walking towards them. Those boys were with them too. The four new scouts appeared on the other side of the hall, making sure they weren't too close to the other scouts in case something bad happened again.
"We have no time to waste. I cannot tell you anything of the prophecy that you do not know. But I can feel a curse running between the goddesses and new scouts. Sailor Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Aphro, Ze, and Hade please step forward," said Sailor Ar ignoring the raise of pain evolving in her body as Sailor Mars came closer. She could feel it. She could feel the curse growing larger as they moved closer to eachother. The others seemed to be in pain too but tried not showing it as they formed a circle around her.
"Close your eyes and put your minds into one," said Sailor Ar. The group nodded and closed their eyes, concentrating on Sailor Ar as she began whispering an ancient spell.
Sailor Herm stared through her illusion. This was all too interesting. It was so easy to trick people into thinking she was Sailor Mercury. This way they could never catch her as she slowly plotted against them. These scouts were strong and if she was discovered it could be a problem.
I work for myself. I don't trust people into doing my job. That is why I always succeed in the end thought Sailor Herm as she stared at the scouts. A strong beam flew from Sailor Ar's head as she tilted it backwards. She screamed as she felt the pressure in her body.
"Awaken four soldiers of freedom to your true powers. Awaken goddesses of the beautiful planets and unite!" screamed Sailor Ar as the warm energy surrounded the scouts and enveloped them in the power.
Sailor Ar rose her hands as a strange stringy energy flew from everyone's soul. She pulled her hands apart as if she was tearing the energy apart. A last whine surrounded the room and the energy blew up into thousands of little pieces. Sailor Ar opened her eyes and carefully looked around the room. The curse was gone! She didn't feel the pain within her body anymore.
The scouts stared at eachother in amazement as they felt the same ease as before. Sailor Herm looked at the scouts in amusement. This was all getting too interesting. Heero got up from his lying position, sweating and feeling extremely cold. Sailor Herm put on a face of disgust and walked towards Sailor Ar, smiling innocently.
"I'm so glad," said Sailor Ar "This way I don't have to serve Usagi yet and yet there is no pain in my body anymore!"
Suddenly Herm's arm shot out and grabbed Sailor Ar's wrist. Ar screamed in pain as she felt Herm's hand burning into her skin and pulled away in shock. The scouts stopped and turned to look at the gasping scout.
"What are you doing Sailor Mercury" exclaimed Ar. "Don't tell me your angry that I'm not serving Usagi."
"Who's not serving me?" asked a voice behind them. Sailor Moon and Mamoru appeared towering over Ar.
That's right! Friendship is an illusion and is weak. These girls should learn to trust only themselves. There can only be one ruler of the world and only one existent per world and that will be me thought Sailor Herm as her mouth twisted into a smirk.
"That's exactly why I'm angry. You should be loyal to your princess, otherwise the group will break. I don't like the way you do things," said Sailor Herm in an angry tone.
"You must be kidding. Mercury, are you alright today?" exclaimed Haruka.
"She's not! She's not herself at all," said Ar, her temper rising. She closed her eyes and let hot fire surround her body.
Heero watched Ar as her body flamed. Sailor Mercury seemed to be having too much fun. This wasn't the girl he remembered. She could get mad, but she would never hurt anyone. Why did she seem so strange? Heero looked closely at Sailor Mercury. The halls darkened and the only thing Heero could make out was the back of Mercury's head. A loud shrill laughter filled the hall and Mercury's head slowly turned around but her face was different. Her eyes were dark black and the features on her face were different. Another scream filled the room but it was desperate and crying.
Suddenly light filled the room again and Heero found himself staring at Mercury's face who was staring at him in disgust.
"Heero? Heero... HEERO!" screamed Haruka lightly slapping Heero on the face. Heero looked at Haruka before looking back at Mercury's amused face. The scream filled his mind again. Who's scream was in? Who was crying!? No one seemed to notice it but him. Maybe he got brain damage when he got ran over by the truck. That must have been it.
"Heero, you're as pale as a ghost," said Ar gently.
Heero felt sweat pouring down his face. This couldn't be the Mercury he knew. He was always told to trust his instincts but something here was wrong. Why couldn't he figure it out!? Why did he care so much for the girl even when she rejected him completely?
Heero's gaze turned back to Sailor Ar who seemed to be calm now.
Damn Heero! He always ruins things for me! I need to kill Sailor Ar and the only way I can do that is by destroying her flames once they are at their highest energy! This has gone far enough!
Ar suddenly twirled around and glared at Sailor Mercury.
"There is something about you that is reminding me of another scout I used to know from my past. You remind me of my sister!" screamed Ar angrily. Herm staggered back. Surely Ar couldn't remember her?
No no! How could she remember? She was three when I left the moon to go to my own planet. She was four, and I was six. Could Ar possibly see through her illusion? No, that wasn't possible! No one could.
"What sister could that be?" asked Herm cooly, trying to hide her nervousness.
"The sister that left me with my original horrible parents when I was only four! That sister left me with the parents who are responsible for my anger and temper! I could not remember it until you brought the same anger, I had experienced when I was young, back to my mind! She was the future scout of water, illusion, and ice. She disappeared from my life completely. Oh god, how I begged her to take me with her but she left me! She left me, to live in loneliness and anger, and each day my anger rose until my parents could not handle me anymore and sent me to earth to be reincarnated to this time. The moon was attacked only three days later, while I was travelling to earth in a ball of flame. At that moment I fell into complete solitude and anger overwhelmed me because I had lost everyone I knew. Even my parents didn't let me die with them, but sent me to earth. I would have been taken over by chaos completely, but the mark on my forehead saved me from it. With the last of my energy it blocked my memory and reincarnated me to this time, hoping I would learn love and happiness before my memory came back!" said Sailor Ar, stroking back her hair before continuing. "Heero showed me that happiness through his modelling. He was the reason I awoke without horrid thoughts of killing everyone. So I find it so hard to watch you mock him infront of me. But that will stop, Sailor Mercury! I don't know what has gotten into you, but I'm sick of you acting this way!"
Heero stared in shock. He had done nothing to help her! Why were all the new scouts to attatched to him? What had he done? Nothing! He felt a sickening disgust in his stomach. This was all wrong! He didn't want anything to do with this.
He felt a strange energy wave surround him. As he stared at Sailor Mercury he suddenly realised there was a watery blanket surrounding her which no one seemed to see. Her face turned to look at him angrily. His eyes met her eyes and they began to darken. The scream filled his voice again. Heero closed his eyes and the sounds in the room became normal again.
Sailor Ar's body enveloped in flame again. Even her eyes grew bright red.
Now is the time thought Sailor Herm staring at the sign that began to burn into Ar's forehead. Her hand reached out to touch Ar's sign but a body shot out in front and knocked her backwards. She collapsed on the ground in anger, and glared at her offendor.
"You," she hissed. Heero glared at her, struggling to stay on his legs. Shakily he reached for his gun and pointed it at her head. He hoped he was correct. Follow his instincts was what he was told to do, and love had no room for it. If he was incorrect, it would not be a grave loss! He stared into her eyes and the watery blanket grew brighter around her body.
"You're not Sailor Mercury, you bitch! You're the enemy!" Heero let off the safety on his gun and got his finger ready to shoot.
"Heero, what are you doing?" screamed a frantic voice behind him.
Duo?
"Heero, stop! This is not helping anyone! I know you fought, but don't conclude to this."
Quatre?
"Heero, don't you dare shoot that gun!"
Sailor... Moon...
Tears filled Sailor Mercury's eyes.
"Why are you crying?" questioned Heero angrily, ignoring the remarks behind him.
"She not crying Heero! She's laughing! Can't you see?" exclaimed Sailor Ar.
No! She was crying, but the laughter filled Heero's ears. He didn't know which was deceiving him! His eyes, or his ears!? What in the world was happening to him?
AN: OMG!!! I'm so happy! After about 2 months of torturous writer's blocks and misery of failing to be able to write anything, I think I have finally gotten my inspiration back! It may be bad writing, but at least I'm getting there and I hope my next chapter will improve greatly. As a sincere apology I'll try finish the next chapter today and give you two at the same time, but don't forget to review though ^_-
