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//....// Telepathic Communication from Hotaru to Sailor Saturn
\\....\\ Telepathic Communication from Sailor Saturn to Hotaru
`The Machine`
Chapter 13:
Sailor Saturn Meets Juunanagou!
*Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn*
"Silent wall!" I shouted, dodging yet another black lightning bolt. I wasn't sure how long I could keep this up, but I knew it wasn't going to be very long.
My barrier shattered and I was flung back, skidding across the dirt field of ruined flowers. Sailor Koriaisu walked up to me as my head came up, my glaive coming up to protect myself.
'I may not have a choice . . . but if I die, then how will we get Ami and Rei back?' I thought to myself. 'Damn it Firefly, your petty emotions are beginning to anger me.'
//Your emotions can make you stronger if you learn how to fight with them.// A voice inside my head told me.
\\What . . . Firefly, how did you get here?!\\ I demanded.
//I don't know. Maybe a break in the link that was keeping us apart?//
\\Well then leave, your distracting me.\\
//You may need me, Saturn. Let us rejoice, just for this battle.//
\\No, leave now.\\
//As you wish Saturn. I'll be here if you need me.//
\\I wont need you.\\
I rolled to the side just in time to dodge another lightning bolt. "You're strong," I smirked. Sailor Koriaisu followed my example. She crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I will meet you soon, Saturn."
What? How was she going to meet me soon when I just met her. \\Firefly, explain. You're hiding something.\\
//Yes, I don't think that Sailor Koriaisu exists yet.//
\\What do you mean, 'doesn't exists yet'? She's right in front of me!\\
//I mean, that this might be a simulation of the future. We're in the Forbidden Gates, stuff like this can happen.//
\\How do you know?\\
//I'm not sure.//
\\Incompetent fool. Why must you be inside my mind now?\\
//You called me, did you not?//
\\......................\\
With a growl I flipped myself up and glared at Sailor Koriaisu. "I look forward to seeing you in my dimension soon, Hotaru, Saturn." With that, the Senshi disappeared and so did the scenery. Suddenly, I was in a silver room, with three doors for me to chose from.
"Just great. I'm not here to play games." I mumbled and looked at the three doors before me. They had no differences, besides the fact that they had different numbers on them. "Ichi, ni, san." I read.
"Sailor Saturn, is that you?" Someone called.
I didn't turn around, but through the corner of my eyes I saw Makoto, Sailor Jupiter, walk in through the darkness that stretched outside the room. "Yes, it is I."
She came up to me and looked at the three doors with a frown. "Is this supposed to be some kind of game room?"
"I doubt it. But we'll have to enter through one of those doors to get to the other side." I answered. What was nagging me was which one do we pick? The doors could have anything on the other side of them. One could lead to the others, while another could bring us all the way back to the beginning.
"Well lets go then." Sailor Jupiter answered. She walked in front of me, punching her fist into her hand. "Alright, if anything nasty comes out, point it my way and I'll take care of it!"
Before any of us could do anything, however, the third door opened and Sailor Venus stood there, smiling. "Well, glad you could make it, we were worried there for a second!"
"Venus?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Man, and I thought we were going to have some fun. Is everyone else in there?"
Venus nodded. "Let's go then, the more time we waste, the more danger Ami and Rei could be in." I interrupted.
"Right," Sailor Jupiter agreed, and Sailor Venus led us inside. The room was a very bright silver, a large copper door stood at the top of a flight of stairs, standing dominantly over us all. It was through that door that we would have to pass in order to get to wherever the two lost Senshi were. But the down fall of that was the fact that we had a very limited time while as monsters from other dimensions could come to us.
Downfall number two: there was no way of returning that we knew of. Even if we did go and save Rei and Ami from whatever danger they were in, if they were in it, but what was the use if we didn't know how to get back? We hadn't thought that far ahead, and even if we did, we would have to come up with theories to try as one.
After this Setsuna and I would be severely weakened, and I had no idea how long the effects were going to last.
*Setsuna -- Sailor Pluto*
I helped Sailor Sun to her feet and she began to dissipate before my eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked as she wrinkled her face in pain. She didn't answer, and I looked up, Sailor Star, supported by Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, was beginning to disappear as well. "Taiyo, answer me, what is wrong?"
"Our energy is low," She rasped out. "We're dead, and turning ourselves into solid form uses up a lot of our power. Fighting with all of you, it weakened it as well. I'm afraid we're gonna disappear for a long time."
"How long?" Sailor Uranus demanded.
"Don't get your race cars in a bunch," Sailor Star muttered. "We'll be gone for a while, but it's not like we wont see each other again right? Besides, in the land of the living, we can visit you while you sleep. It doesn't take any power at all. Kinda like lighting a single candle from a fire place, the candle receives power, but the big bon fire losses barely half a percent."
"Where do you go?" Sailor Moon asked, and I looked back at Taiyo, who's hand was completely gone.
"We're here, spiritually." Sailor Sun answered the Princess. "But you can't see us, but you can hear us."
"So you were those voices?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"Yes, that was them." Sailor Saturn answered. For some reason, though I couldn't quite understand how, she seemed different. Stronger, mentally. Something must have happened while she was here, and in the back of my mind, I thought Hotaru's aura was shining with hers.
"Well, see ya later senshi!" Sailor Star said, waving slightly before disappearing into a cloud of smoke.
"It was nice, old friend." Taiyo whispered, smiled at the others, but I knew she was directing the comment to me. I watched, powerless to help, as my only true friend vanished instantly.
'Good bye for now, old friend.' I thought, and I knew she could hear me.
"Well, lets get down to business!" Minako yelled. "We've made it this far, why stop now?"
"She's right." Neptune added. "Setsuna, what's the plan?"
"Same as it was last. Sailor Saturn and myself will have to concentrate on opening the doors, combining the powers of my time staff and her silence glaive. If we're strong enough, we'll be able to open the doors." I explained, turning my attention to the copper entrance before each of us. "Then, each of you will have to enter inside. I'm not sure how, but if we have enough energy, Sailor Saturn and I will follow. If not, then you'll be on your own."
"Some of us will have to stay here, wont we?" Sailor Moon asked. "To protect this world."
"We'll stay." Sailor Neptune suggested, gesturing to herself and Sailor Uranus.
"If anything comes up, we can handle it." Sailor Uranus put in. "After all, they were your friends and part of your team first, right?"
"Um-hum," Sailor Venus hummed with a nod. "So you'll be our back up while Usagi, me, and Makoto try to get in."
"Sounds just about right," Sailor Jupiter put in.
"Are we set then?" Sailor Moon asked.
Each of us nodded, and Saturn made her way over to me. This would determine everything. Whether we were strong enough, and whether or not we would be able to save Rei and Ami, our beloved friends and Sailor Senshi.
*Usagi -- Sailor Moon*
Sailor Saturn and Sailor Pluto stood face to face, barely a yard apart. Sailor Pluto had out her time staff, and Sailor Saturn was gripping her silence glaive. Energy was around them both, as their eyes locked for a second. They both nodded, once.
I watched as a purple aura surrounded them both, their planetary signs appearing on their foreheads; bangs being blown back by an unfelt wind. "Pluto . . ." The senshi of time whispered.
"Saturn . . ." The smaller senshi of destruction murmured.
"Planet . . ." The garnet eyed woman said louder.
"Planet . . ." The violet eyed teenager practically shouted.
"POWER!" They both cried out at once, the aura around them strengthening, shattering the ground around them and up lifting small pieces of debris. All I could do was watch in awe as their weapons clashed like two striking swords, making an 'x.'
Pure, raw, energy smacked into me and I shielded my face with my arms, the purple wave around me still, pushing me back. My hair blew behind me violently, and I fell to my knees, the ground instantly shattering. Broken tile lifted from the ground and floated in the air as the power intensified even now. 'Incredible,' I thought.
I heard a sound like giant rip. It sounded like someone was tearing up hundreds of sheets simultaneously. And when I looked up, I found out that the doors were making the sounds! They were opening, slowly but at least they were opening!
"They're doing it!" Sailor Venus shouted ecstatically. "C'mon you guys, lets go!"
We got to our feet, but suddenly, what seemed like hundreds of creatures entered through the opening bronze doors. "No . . ." I whispered as I recognized who they were. They were all our old enemies . . .
All of them!
*Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn*
Open your eyes damn it! Part of my mind shouted as pain rippled through my body. I knew the doors were opening, and that we didn't have much time. My concentration was already slipping as I heard the screams of my fellow senshi, my princess. 'Let it go, let it go! Is it worth losing your Princess?!' I thought to myself.
'Is it worth losing Ami and Rei?' The back of my mind shouted back.
What was I supposed to do?
//Let me help you,// I heard the all too familiar voice of Hotaru.
\\No!\\
//Please, we need to do this together!//
A scream; Setsuna's. My concentration broke entirely and I fell to the floor panting. \\I don't need to do anything!\\ I shot back, and the link between me and Hotaru closed.
I surveyed the damage around me: Setsuna was holding off six red slimes that were shaped like people with one eye and no legs. Michiru was trying to beat a person with brown hair and an upside down black crescent moon on his forehead. Haruka was holding off what looked like to be a machine with an extending claw with the help of Makoto. And Minako was protecting my unconscious Princess from . . . Mistress 9.
"Damn it!" I whispered, getting to my feet. Suddenly two arms grabbed me. I looked to my left and my right, expecting to see one of our old enemies wanting to finish me off. Instead I saw Sailor Sun and Sailor Star pulling me toward the closing copper doors. "What are you doing?!"
"Once this door closes, it cannot be opened from here again. You're the only one not busy, and we've already taken care of half of your foes." Sailor Star said quickly.
"We can help them, but you need to help Mercury and Mars, its the only way!" Sailor Sun added.
"No -- I need to protect Serenity!" I shouted, struggling from their grasp. But it was no use, I was too weak. They shook their heads, and threw me through the doors, seconds before they slammed shut. Around me was a mass of colors, all of them. A rainbow of only different greens, a rainbow of just purples, that was just the minimum.
I was being sucked through a tunnel, and it was making me sick. Any minute now I thought I would vomit out all my insides. But just as I thought I couldn't take any more, I was free falling. My eyes closed, I didn't want to look. It made me weak, but at that moment I didn't care. If it was my fate to die, then let it be. I failed Serenity, I couldn't protect her. Damn it!
I fell faster, landing hard and feeling as if every bone in my body broke and churned into dust. I could barely move, I could barely see. But I did see a face over me. It was a man; he had medium length black hair, an orange scarf on his neck and wearing a tan trench coat over blue jeans and a shirt. He was holding a long shot gun, and he smirked at me before I passed out.
Everything faded, and finally went black.
~~~
Slowly, my eyes opened and I groaned; wincing as sudden light smacked me in the face. I sat up, realizing I was in a bed of some sort, inside a warm wooden cabin. Closing my eyes, I concentrated. \\Firefly . . .\\ Just barely above a whisper, I heard a soft moan. \\Firefly!\\ I repeated louder with my mind.
//You do not have to yell, I was able to hear you the first time.//
\\Then you should have answered, I wouldn't have had to yell.\\
//Just because I'm technically inside your senshi body at the moment, doesn't mean I cannot feel the affects; including the pain you feel. Which brings me to wonder, where are we?//
My eyes popped open as I realized the seriousness of her question. Where was I indeed? I was in a bed, covered up with sheets and a blanket. A closed window with open curtains overshadowed me, and there were various pieces of furniture around. Including tables, chairs, and a couch. "Are you done talking with yourself?" A cool voice asked, and I jumped in surprise.
Immediately my silence glaive was in my grasp, and I was in a defensive stance. My eyes narrowed as I saw a figure step from a shadowed doorway. "Who are you?" I asked harshly.
"So I was right, you aren't a normal human. The extremely high ki proved that. And," he gestured to my glaive, "not many people that I know of can materialize objects out of thin air." His smirk deepened, as did my frown. "Mind telling me how you managed to fall more than fifty miles up, and land in the snow, outside my house, alive and well?"
"That does not concern you," I answered, straightening. It was obvious now that he posed no immediate threat, and I felt I could trust him, despite the fact that I didn't even know who he was. "Now answer me, who are you?"
"Call me Juunanagou." He answered. "Now; tell me who you are."
"A number for a name," I mused. "You may call me Saturn, or Hotaru, which ever you approve of, it has no importance to me. As of how I arrived here . . . I'm searching for two friend's of mine."
Juunanagou crossed his arms over his chest, a smirk on his face. "The two new comers?" He asked absentmindedly. "How many more plan to show up? Juuhachigou and the rest have enough on their minds."
"New comers?"
At my question, his smirk broadened and he shook his head slightly, his black hair swaying slowly.
*****End of Chapter*****
Sorry it took so long. My plane was delayed (Argghh!) and I got back April 10th . . . at 3:00 AM. To make things worse, our stupid Bellsouth phone and internet provider had some screw up they had to fix and I couldn't get access to the internet to upload this until April 14th! Before I did get to go on my brother's computer, but that was only to add the little info on the summary.
Enough of this talk. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you're still reading this fic.... u.u'
(PAY ATTENTION TO THIS SIGN-KEY THINGY, OR IT MIGHT GET CONFUSING!)
//....// Telepathic Communication from Hotaru to Sailor Saturn
\\....\\ Telepathic Communication from Sailor Saturn to Hotaru
`The Machine`
Chapter 13:
Sailor Saturn Meets Juunanagou!
*Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn*
"Silent wall!" I shouted, dodging yet another black lightning bolt. I wasn't sure how long I could keep this up, but I knew it wasn't going to be very long.
My barrier shattered and I was flung back, skidding across the dirt field of ruined flowers. Sailor Koriaisu walked up to me as my head came up, my glaive coming up to protect myself.
'I may not have a choice . . . but if I die, then how will we get Ami and Rei back?' I thought to myself. 'Damn it Firefly, your petty emotions are beginning to anger me.'
//Your emotions can make you stronger if you learn how to fight with them.// A voice inside my head told me.
\\What . . . Firefly, how did you get here?!\\ I demanded.
//I don't know. Maybe a break in the link that was keeping us apart?//
\\Well then leave, your distracting me.\\
//You may need me, Saturn. Let us rejoice, just for this battle.//
\\No, leave now.\\
//As you wish Saturn. I'll be here if you need me.//
\\I wont need you.\\
I rolled to the side just in time to dodge another lightning bolt. "You're strong," I smirked. Sailor Koriaisu followed my example. She crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I will meet you soon, Saturn."
What? How was she going to meet me soon when I just met her. \\Firefly, explain. You're hiding something.\\
//Yes, I don't think that Sailor Koriaisu exists yet.//
\\What do you mean, 'doesn't exists yet'? She's right in front of me!\\
//I mean, that this might be a simulation of the future. We're in the Forbidden Gates, stuff like this can happen.//
\\How do you know?\\
//I'm not sure.//
\\Incompetent fool. Why must you be inside my mind now?\\
//You called me, did you not?//
\\......................\\
With a growl I flipped myself up and glared at Sailor Koriaisu. "I look forward to seeing you in my dimension soon, Hotaru, Saturn." With that, the Senshi disappeared and so did the scenery. Suddenly, I was in a silver room, with three doors for me to chose from.
"Just great. I'm not here to play games." I mumbled and looked at the three doors before me. They had no differences, besides the fact that they had different numbers on them. "Ichi, ni, san." I read.
"Sailor Saturn, is that you?" Someone called.
I didn't turn around, but through the corner of my eyes I saw Makoto, Sailor Jupiter, walk in through the darkness that stretched outside the room. "Yes, it is I."
She came up to me and looked at the three doors with a frown. "Is this supposed to be some kind of game room?"
"I doubt it. But we'll have to enter through one of those doors to get to the other side." I answered. What was nagging me was which one do we pick? The doors could have anything on the other side of them. One could lead to the others, while another could bring us all the way back to the beginning.
"Well lets go then." Sailor Jupiter answered. She walked in front of me, punching her fist into her hand. "Alright, if anything nasty comes out, point it my way and I'll take care of it!"
Before any of us could do anything, however, the third door opened and Sailor Venus stood there, smiling. "Well, glad you could make it, we were worried there for a second!"
"Venus?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Man, and I thought we were going to have some fun. Is everyone else in there?"
Venus nodded. "Let's go then, the more time we waste, the more danger Ami and Rei could be in." I interrupted.
"Right," Sailor Jupiter agreed, and Sailor Venus led us inside. The room was a very bright silver, a large copper door stood at the top of a flight of stairs, standing dominantly over us all. It was through that door that we would have to pass in order to get to wherever the two lost Senshi were. But the down fall of that was the fact that we had a very limited time while as monsters from other dimensions could come to us.
Downfall number two: there was no way of returning that we knew of. Even if we did go and save Rei and Ami from whatever danger they were in, if they were in it, but what was the use if we didn't know how to get back? We hadn't thought that far ahead, and even if we did, we would have to come up with theories to try as one.
After this Setsuna and I would be severely weakened, and I had no idea how long the effects were going to last.
*Setsuna -- Sailor Pluto*
I helped Sailor Sun to her feet and she began to dissipate before my eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked as she wrinkled her face in pain. She didn't answer, and I looked up, Sailor Star, supported by Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, was beginning to disappear as well. "Taiyo, answer me, what is wrong?"
"Our energy is low," She rasped out. "We're dead, and turning ourselves into solid form uses up a lot of our power. Fighting with all of you, it weakened it as well. I'm afraid we're gonna disappear for a long time."
"How long?" Sailor Uranus demanded.
"Don't get your race cars in a bunch," Sailor Star muttered. "We'll be gone for a while, but it's not like we wont see each other again right? Besides, in the land of the living, we can visit you while you sleep. It doesn't take any power at all. Kinda like lighting a single candle from a fire place, the candle receives power, but the big bon fire losses barely half a percent."
"Where do you go?" Sailor Moon asked, and I looked back at Taiyo, who's hand was completely gone.
"We're here, spiritually." Sailor Sun answered the Princess. "But you can't see us, but you can hear us."
"So you were those voices?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"Yes, that was them." Sailor Saturn answered. For some reason, though I couldn't quite understand how, she seemed different. Stronger, mentally. Something must have happened while she was here, and in the back of my mind, I thought Hotaru's aura was shining with hers.
"Well, see ya later senshi!" Sailor Star said, waving slightly before disappearing into a cloud of smoke.
"It was nice, old friend." Taiyo whispered, smiled at the others, but I knew she was directing the comment to me. I watched, powerless to help, as my only true friend vanished instantly.
'Good bye for now, old friend.' I thought, and I knew she could hear me.
"Well, lets get down to business!" Minako yelled. "We've made it this far, why stop now?"
"She's right." Neptune added. "Setsuna, what's the plan?"
"Same as it was last. Sailor Saturn and myself will have to concentrate on opening the doors, combining the powers of my time staff and her silence glaive. If we're strong enough, we'll be able to open the doors." I explained, turning my attention to the copper entrance before each of us. "Then, each of you will have to enter inside. I'm not sure how, but if we have enough energy, Sailor Saturn and I will follow. If not, then you'll be on your own."
"Some of us will have to stay here, wont we?" Sailor Moon asked. "To protect this world."
"We'll stay." Sailor Neptune suggested, gesturing to herself and Sailor Uranus.
"If anything comes up, we can handle it." Sailor Uranus put in. "After all, they were your friends and part of your team first, right?"
"Um-hum," Sailor Venus hummed with a nod. "So you'll be our back up while Usagi, me, and Makoto try to get in."
"Sounds just about right," Sailor Jupiter put in.
"Are we set then?" Sailor Moon asked.
Each of us nodded, and Saturn made her way over to me. This would determine everything. Whether we were strong enough, and whether or not we would be able to save Rei and Ami, our beloved friends and Sailor Senshi.
*Usagi -- Sailor Moon*
Sailor Saturn and Sailor Pluto stood face to face, barely a yard apart. Sailor Pluto had out her time staff, and Sailor Saturn was gripping her silence glaive. Energy was around them both, as their eyes locked for a second. They both nodded, once.
I watched as a purple aura surrounded them both, their planetary signs appearing on their foreheads; bangs being blown back by an unfelt wind. "Pluto . . ." The senshi of time whispered.
"Saturn . . ." The smaller senshi of destruction murmured.
"Planet . . ." The garnet eyed woman said louder.
"Planet . . ." The violet eyed teenager practically shouted.
"POWER!" They both cried out at once, the aura around them strengthening, shattering the ground around them and up lifting small pieces of debris. All I could do was watch in awe as their weapons clashed like two striking swords, making an 'x.'
Pure, raw, energy smacked into me and I shielded my face with my arms, the purple wave around me still, pushing me back. My hair blew behind me violently, and I fell to my knees, the ground instantly shattering. Broken tile lifted from the ground and floated in the air as the power intensified even now. 'Incredible,' I thought.
I heard a sound like giant rip. It sounded like someone was tearing up hundreds of sheets simultaneously. And when I looked up, I found out that the doors were making the sounds! They were opening, slowly but at least they were opening!
"They're doing it!" Sailor Venus shouted ecstatically. "C'mon you guys, lets go!"
We got to our feet, but suddenly, what seemed like hundreds of creatures entered through the opening bronze doors. "No . . ." I whispered as I recognized who they were. They were all our old enemies . . .
All of them!
*Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn*
Open your eyes damn it! Part of my mind shouted as pain rippled through my body. I knew the doors were opening, and that we didn't have much time. My concentration was already slipping as I heard the screams of my fellow senshi, my princess. 'Let it go, let it go! Is it worth losing your Princess?!' I thought to myself.
'Is it worth losing Ami and Rei?' The back of my mind shouted back.
What was I supposed to do?
//Let me help you,// I heard the all too familiar voice of Hotaru.
\\No!\\
//Please, we need to do this together!//
A scream; Setsuna's. My concentration broke entirely and I fell to the floor panting. \\I don't need to do anything!\\ I shot back, and the link between me and Hotaru closed.
I surveyed the damage around me: Setsuna was holding off six red slimes that were shaped like people with one eye and no legs. Michiru was trying to beat a person with brown hair and an upside down black crescent moon on his forehead. Haruka was holding off what looked like to be a machine with an extending claw with the help of Makoto. And Minako was protecting my unconscious Princess from . . . Mistress 9.
"Damn it!" I whispered, getting to my feet. Suddenly two arms grabbed me. I looked to my left and my right, expecting to see one of our old enemies wanting to finish me off. Instead I saw Sailor Sun and Sailor Star pulling me toward the closing copper doors. "What are you doing?!"
"Once this door closes, it cannot be opened from here again. You're the only one not busy, and we've already taken care of half of your foes." Sailor Star said quickly.
"We can help them, but you need to help Mercury and Mars, its the only way!" Sailor Sun added.
"No -- I need to protect Serenity!" I shouted, struggling from their grasp. But it was no use, I was too weak. They shook their heads, and threw me through the doors, seconds before they slammed shut. Around me was a mass of colors, all of them. A rainbow of only different greens, a rainbow of just purples, that was just the minimum.
I was being sucked through a tunnel, and it was making me sick. Any minute now I thought I would vomit out all my insides. But just as I thought I couldn't take any more, I was free falling. My eyes closed, I didn't want to look. It made me weak, but at that moment I didn't care. If it was my fate to die, then let it be. I failed Serenity, I couldn't protect her. Damn it!
I fell faster, landing hard and feeling as if every bone in my body broke and churned into dust. I could barely move, I could barely see. But I did see a face over me. It was a man; he had medium length black hair, an orange scarf on his neck and wearing a tan trench coat over blue jeans and a shirt. He was holding a long shot gun, and he smirked at me before I passed out.
Everything faded, and finally went black.
~~~
Slowly, my eyes opened and I groaned; wincing as sudden light smacked me in the face. I sat up, realizing I was in a bed of some sort, inside a warm wooden cabin. Closing my eyes, I concentrated. \\Firefly . . .\\ Just barely above a whisper, I heard a soft moan. \\Firefly!\\ I repeated louder with my mind.
//You do not have to yell, I was able to hear you the first time.//
\\Then you should have answered, I wouldn't have had to yell.\\
//Just because I'm technically inside your senshi body at the moment, doesn't mean I cannot feel the affects; including the pain you feel. Which brings me to wonder, where are we?//
My eyes popped open as I realized the seriousness of her question. Where was I indeed? I was in a bed, covered up with sheets and a blanket. A closed window with open curtains overshadowed me, and there were various pieces of furniture around. Including tables, chairs, and a couch. "Are you done talking with yourself?" A cool voice asked, and I jumped in surprise.
Immediately my silence glaive was in my grasp, and I was in a defensive stance. My eyes narrowed as I saw a figure step from a shadowed doorway. "Who are you?" I asked harshly.
"So I was right, you aren't a normal human. The extremely high ki proved that. And," he gestured to my glaive, "not many people that I know of can materialize objects out of thin air." His smirk deepened, as did my frown. "Mind telling me how you managed to fall more than fifty miles up, and land in the snow, outside my house, alive and well?"
"That does not concern you," I answered, straightening. It was obvious now that he posed no immediate threat, and I felt I could trust him, despite the fact that I didn't even know who he was. "Now answer me, who are you?"
"Call me Juunanagou." He answered. "Now; tell me who you are."
"A number for a name," I mused. "You may call me Saturn, or Hotaru, which ever you approve of, it has no importance to me. As of how I arrived here . . . I'm searching for two friend's of mine."
Juunanagou crossed his arms over his chest, a smirk on his face. "The two new comers?" He asked absentmindedly. "How many more plan to show up? Juuhachigou and the rest have enough on their minds."
"New comers?"
At my question, his smirk broadened and he shook his head slightly, his black hair swaying slowly.
*****End of Chapter*****
Sorry it took so long. My plane was delayed (Argghh!) and I got back April 10th . . . at 3:00 AM. To make things worse, our stupid Bellsouth phone and internet provider had some screw up they had to fix and I couldn't get access to the internet to upload this until April 14th! Before I did get to go on my brother's computer, but that was only to add the little info on the summary.
Enough of this talk. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you're still reading this fic.... u.u'