Chapter 7

Friend or Foe?

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Sorry it's taken so long to post. I've had the main draft for this chapter worked out for a while. But my Japanese is a little rusty so I've been hunting around websites looking for the Japanese (romanization) and translation of the Outer senshi introduction speeches, not an easy task. But I found Saturn and Neptune's so it shouldn't be too bad.

Anyway I'm going to stop rabbeting and its... on with the story!!!!!

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We stood mute as we watched the two figures approach. As they got closer I realised that they were human. Two human women dressed in very, very skimpy sailor outfits.

The taller of the pair, the one with four magnificent white angel wings, wore dark purple ribbons fastened onto her lower back. Her sailor collar was silver and her skirt was triple layered; the top silver, the middle sky blue and the bottom dark purple. On her chest she wore a silver locket with four angel wings sprouting out; similar to those that were on her back. Her neck was adorned with a sky blue chocker and Silver Star. While her ears sported silver heart studs with silver stars hanging off them. Her arms bore long white gloves that reached well above her elbows and were trimmed with a silver finish, shoes that's' ribbons laced up her long slender legs were also in that shimmering silver. But was most peculiar I thought, were her long almost turquoise aqua locks, that half bounced with a life of their own down her back. And just to add to the mystery was the black inverted crescent moon that graced her forehead.

The second and obviously younger and lesser of the two, wore again a sailor outfit but hers was of a much simpler design. Her ribbons both on her back and on her front were black; centred in the front ribbons was a small circular silver locket. While her sailor collar and skirt were both coloured imperial purple. Her almost satin looking white gloves came to just below her elbows and were finished with the same imperial purple that both skirt and collar were. Also her knee high, laced up boots and plain chocker were both of the same colour as the rest of her outfit. On her ears were simple black studs, but unlike her partner her forehead bore no inverted sign, but instead between her midnight blue bangs there appeared to be a silver tiara with a black jewel in its centre.

The pair stopped about five metres away from us. Then the elder and obvious leader began to speak;

"Watashi wa shi no fuchiyori no kaze,

Arashi no hoshi, Nemesis o arashi ni motsu,

Arashi no senshi, Bishoujo senshi eternal seera Nemesis!

Aratana jidaini sasowarete, koko ni sanjou!"

The language was a strange Japanese dialect but I wasn't exactly sure of what she had said. But one emphasis I strongly detected throughout her speech was the power with which spoke, and the obvious challenge the words seem to imply to.

"Daniel?" Jack asked.

"uumm, I'm not entirely sure." I replied, desperate to wheedle my way out of the unspoken question of 'what the hell did she say!'

"Well what did it sound like?" He hinted.

"I think it was a challenge. Then again it could have just been an introduction..." I was interrupted before I could continue.

"It was both," the smaller 'sailor' stated, "I am the secondary senshi of the world of the storm, ruler of the whirlwind, Leader of the Neo Sol system senshi, Sailor Nemesis! Neo!"

The way she spoke with such a familiarity with our language startled me. As of all the people we have met in the entire universe she was the only one (apart from the Goa'ulds and Jaffa) who spoke unhaltingly. It was Sam though who raised the next question that I had totally missed.

"I don't understand," she began, "there is no planet called Nemesis in our solar system. So how can you be a leader of any kind within it?"

I noticed the elder 'senshi' flex her wings in agitation, this action also did not go unnoticed by Teal'c, who gripped his staff tighter ready to shoot if need be.

"Um, actually I was wondering what your friend said." I hesitated, hoping to attempt to put some ice on the fire. Unfortunately all I did was stoke it, for the elder seemed to almost snap. Her wings spread out and she glared at us.

"If you knew anything you wouldn't be asking that question!" She snapped, "shall I repeat it so that you can understand it ne?" And without waiting for an answer she launched straight into the translation;

"I am the messenger of the winds,

Carrier of the protection of the planet of the storm, Nemesis,

The soldier of the storm, pretty sailor soldier Eternal Sailor

Nemesis!

Invited by a new age, here I stand!"

As she repeated this almost terrifying speech with her wings raised and her staff almost crackling with power where it was held in her right hand. I could have sworn I felt harsh, strong winds bite into me, as though they were mimicking their mistresses thoughts and emotions on her feelings about us, the intruders on her world.

"Wow!" I heard Jack murmur.

"Nemesis-sensei," the smaller girl began looking up to the angered angel who stood before her, "Nemesis-sensei," she began again, "it was not their fault, it was..."

"Yours I know, yours and Neo Mercury's', but you won't be the ones made to pay for this transcretion. We will probably have our henshin items taken away for the next two decades. And that's only if they feel like being lenient." Eternal Nemesis scowled.

Strangely enough they were talking in English.

"Excuse me?" Jack started. I felt like braking down, now was not the time to be asking questions.

"But how about we just mosie on back through the Stargate and then we can all..." But he was cut off in mid-sentence by Eternal who had rolled her eyes and completely ignored him.

"From what century are you from?" She asked, ignoring Jacks indignant look, and Neos' pained one from being snapped at. It was obvious from all accounts that she just wanted Eternals approval.

"We are from twenty-first century Earth." Teal'c spoke for the first time.

"Kuso!" Eternal screamed, causing Neo to cringe and the rest of us to jump. Suddenly she turned on Neo eyes flaming making the smaller girl shrink under this hard gaze. "You and your damned experiments, I should have said no straight off, but you went behind my back to Saffir-oujisama, thus knocking my word straight out of context. You'll be lucky if I don't ask the Souri-daijin-sama to remove your hide from this planet and; that I don't ask Neo Princess Small Lady Serenity to remove your henshin wand!"

"Wwee didn't know what would happen, it was an accident." Her voice wavered under the fiery glare of the older sailor.

"Well your going to have to recreate what ever you did now, because even I can feel the time vortex that you made beginning to waver."

"Hai, Nemesis-sama." She murmured in defeat.

"Now you are going to watch them and keep them out of the way, while I go consult with the Tower of Law." And with that the Eternal sailor disappeared in a flash of black light that eventually disappeared after about ten seconds. Leaving us alone staring at the space that had once held Eternal Sailor Nemesis. Slowly Neo Sailor Nemesis turned to us....

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Nasty isn't she, but then again how would you feel if a group of people had just appeared on your planet and started asking questions. And you knew that even though it was not your fault you would be the one to get given the blame.

Oh when Eternal said she would ask the Tower of law that didn't mean she would go and talk to a tower. What it meant is that she was going to talk with the Souri-daijin-sama who resides in the tower.

Quick Glossary,

Souri-daijin-sama = Prime minister

Oujisama = Prince

Kuso! = Damn!

Sorry if Eternals intro doesn't actually say what I say it does, but have you any idea how difficult it was to actually write!