"Mystic Moon"
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon or Escaflowne characters in this fanfic do not belong to me. I am just going to barrow them to make this fanfic.
Last Chapter: The gang is in Fried as they await Van's awaking. Raye somehow makes him alive again while Lita finds out a shocking discovery. Chid is Allan's son? Serena and Amy have a talk about Mina's behavior. They have a hunch her heart was stolen by a certain red armored boy.
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Chapter 7: Mina's Battle in the Forest
"Lord Dilandau, Lord Falken says we have arrived Fried" one of Falken's men reported as he came into the Dragon Slayer's Thrown Room.
Dilandau sat in his thrown quietly, wearing his undershirt and black armored pants and boots. His Dragon Slayers filled the room.
"Good. Go get my guymelef ready. I leave in an hour" Dilandau ordered as he stood up.
"Yes Sir."
The messenger disappeared behind the door.
"You get my armor and sword ready" he ordered Gatty and Shesta.
They quickly ran to the storage room and got his blade and armor.
'I'm coming to get you Mina' he thought as he put on his armor and dashed out of the room.
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Amy and Serena looked at Mina for a while long.
"What's the matter guys? What weren't you so certain about Amy?" Mina asked as she fully entered the room.
"Oh well. um. we were just. um."
Amy couldn't find the right words to say. But Serena quickly snapped out of her behavior as she soon spoke.
"We were talking about you Mina. Are you in love with Dilandau?"
Mina went wide eyed as she stopped walking towards them.
"Serena" Amy whispered as she pushed the pigtailed girl's shoulder lightly.
"What? Sorry, I was just worried" Serena tried to explain.
They turned their attention to Mina who took a seat.
"Why would you guys think that? He's our enemy and he already hurt Van and Amy" Mina said softly as she stared at the floor.
"We know Mina. But if it's love that you feel then nothing can stop it. Even if you're enemies" Amy said as she went to seat next to her friend.
Mina sighed as she looked up at her friends.
"You guys. I don't really know how I feel. Promise that you won't tell anybody."
Serena patted Mina's back to reassure her.
"Don't worry Mina. Your secret's safe with us" she said as Amy nodded in agreement.
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"Do you think we should go look for Merle?" Raye asked as she and Van sat comfortably on a sofa as they snuggled up.
Van just sighed as he kissed her on the cheek.
"Yeah, let's go" he breathed as he helped her up and set off looking for his cat friend.
They both split up thinking it would be easier to look for her in the huge palace. Van went to look on top of the roof as Raye went to look in Merle's chambers. She knocked and waited for a reply.
"Merle? It's me Raye. Can we talk?"
She got no reply. She opened the door just enough to poke her head in. She saw Merle sitting on the windowsill as her tail swung motionless.
"Merle?" Raye asked as she went to join her.
"Go away. You're the last thing I wanted to see today" Merle said in a rough voice.
"Merle, I'm really sorry if Van and I hurt your feelings. We didn't mean to." Raye said as she reached the window and looked at the cat girl.
Her eyes were all red from crying.
"Merle, I apologize ok. I consider you my friend, even though we don't get along very well."
Merle faced Raye as she truly saw apologizing eyes. Merle sighed as a small smile appeared on her face.
"Thanks" she whispered.
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The red guymelef landed right in the forest next to Fried. Dilandau stood on top of his guymelef's arm as he could see the country not far away. He smiled evilly as he turned and took his sword from the guymelef's cockpit. He jumped off the guymelef and ran towards the city.
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"Merle! Merle!" Van called as he looked in the guymelef's room.
He had already checked the roof and any other place he thought his best friend would be hiding. But he had no luck. When he entered the guymelef room thought he spotted Prince Chid, Millerna, Lita and Allan as the small prince showed them the only guymelefs they had.
"Van, how are you feeling?" Millerna asked when she saw him.
"I'm feeling great. But have you seen Merle around her anywhere?"
"Nope, the last time I saw her was probably when you and Raye were caught kissing" Lita teased.
Van blushed.
"Oh yeah? What about you and Allan?" he asked jokingly.
He chuckled when he saw the two love birds blushing.
"Van"
He turned around to see Raye and Merle coming into the room.
"Merle" he breathed as he went to hug the cat friend.
"Sorry if I hurt you Merle. But don't forget. You're still my best friend in the world"
Merle tightened her grip on Van as a smile formed on her flushed face.
"I know" she whispered.
"Aw, how touchy" a mocking voice rang in the open door from outside.
They shot their eyes towards the door as they saw Dilandau standing there, with his sword resting on his right shoulder.
"Dilandau" Allan breathed as he took hold of his sword's end.
"My Van, I'm surprised that you're alive and well. I was hoping that you were long gone. I guess next time I'll have to precise your heart" he said as he took a step forward, holding his mockingly grin.
"There won't be a next time bastard" Raye shot as she and Lita took out their transformation pen.
"Mars Crystal Power Make-Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power Make-Up!"
Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars appeared into the room. Dilandau laughed hysterically as he shook is head.
"You think you can defeat me with your wimpy powers?"
"Why you!!!"
Jupiter lunged at him as she tried to punch him in the guts. But he swiftly jumped out of the way and charged at the group with his sword.
"Get out of the way!" Allan yelled as he got ready to fight one on one with him.
But to their shock, Dilandau grabbed Prince Chid and held a small dagger near his neck.
"Prince Chid!" Millerna screamed as fear overwhelmed her.
"Let him go you fool!" Mars said as she was ready to use her attack.
"Mars Fire"
But she was cut short when she and the others heard the silver haired boy speak.
"Bitch, don't you know that if you shot me you'll be shooting this pest as well."
Raye lowered her arm as she stopped her attack.
"What do you want Dilandau?" Allan asked as he was full with rage.
"Simple. Give me Mina in return for the prince of Fried."
"What? Why Mina?" Van asked.
"Because Mina and I have some unfinished business to take care of" Dilandau said derisively.
"Well you can't have her!!" Jupiter shouted as she charged at the Zaibach soldier again.
"Lita stop!!"
Everyone shot their eyes at the door to the entrance of the palace. Mina, Amy and Serena were standing there. A smile curved on Dilandau's face when he saw the blond goddess.
"Well, well, well, nice to see you again Mina. So are going to come with me or not?" he asked.
"Only if you let Chid go and leave my friends alone" Mina said.
"What are you talking about Mina? You can't. He'll kill you." Serena spoke as she grabbed hold of her friend's arm.
"Shut up bitch" he spat at Serena.
"If you come with me I'll give you your pen back" he told Mina.
"Deal, now let him go" Mina said as she got lose of Serena's grip.
"First come over here and stand behind me" Dilandau ordered.
Mina left her possession as she walked over to were Chid and Dilandau stood.
"Mina, don't do this!" Serena wept as Amy restrained her from going after the scout.
"Here, catch" Dilandau said as he threw the small boy at the group.
"Chid!" Millerna shirked but Allan caught him just in time.
"Let's go" Dilandau said as he started to back away with Mina moving back as well.
"And if any of you fallow or try to help her, she will surly die and this kingdom will soon be one of my ash collections" Dilandau warned as he and Mina soon left the guymelef room.
Serena wept on Amy's shoulder as the rest watched in horror at what just happened.
"What does he want with her?" Mars asked worriedly.
"Have faith in her guys. Don't forget, she is our leader" Amy reminded them.
But she felt fear for her friend as well.
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"What exactly is our unfinished business?" Mina asked crossing her arms, trying to act brave.
She couldn't help but feel fear all over. Dilandau led her away from Freid and into the forest near were his guymelef was placed.
"Don't play hard to get Mina" Dilandau said mockingly as he leaned on a tree.
He got off it as he threw a sword at her.
"Huh?" escaped Mina's lip when she caught the sword.
Dilandau took his out and stared at Mina.
"Let's see if you can get your transformation pen back" he said as he held the pen up.
"Fine" Mina peeped as she held the sword handle with both hands and stood in her fighting stance.
'Good thing I was able to learn from Gadeth' Mina thought.
She stared at Dilandau as she started to feel weak kneed.
'Ok Mina, you can do this. Just don't back down' she encouraged herself as she charged at the Dragon Slayer's leader.
His and her sword made contact as they tried to pull each other off the other.
'Shit he's strong' Mina complained as she felt his weight being put on the sword.
She removed the two swords together by jumping out of the way. Dilandau still held his grin as he watched her every move. She charged again but this time he knocked her blade away from her hands as he held his near her heart.
He laughed evilly as he backed away, waiting for her to fight again. Mina grabbed her sword and lunged at him. He made her trip and held the sword next to her face. He again backed away giving her his well known grin.
'Shit, he's toying with' she cursed.
She got up, her back aching from landing on a small pebble. She held her sword firmly making sure that she wouldn't let it go the next time he attempted to.
Taking a deep breath she spring at him from above but he blocked her move. She fell on her knees as he placed his sword near her neck. Mina was panting from all the action as she felt weak.
"What the matter girl? Too afraid to fight?"
Mina tried to look up at the soldier but saw her transformation pen stinking out of his pocket.
'Now's my chance' she thought as she grabbed her sword and swung it at Dilandau's sword, making it leave her neck and falling to the ground.
Mina grabbed hold of her pen before she fell backwards.
"Impressive" Dilandau scoffed.
Mina quickly got to her feet as she lifted her pen in the air.
"Venus Crystal Power Make-Up!"
Mina took the form of the well known heroin Sailor Venus.
'It feels good to be Venus again' Mina spoke to herself as she looked at her outfit.
She placed her eyes at Dilandau.
'You're not going to kill me' Dilandau thought as he held his sword again.
"Venus Crescent Beam, Smash!"
Dilandau dodged the ray headed towards him.
"Shit, I missed" Venus griped.
Dilandau pounced at her from behind as she went flying towards a tree. Her back hit the bark as she fell to her knees; crushed.
"What's the matter Mina? You can't kill me? Are your feelings taking control of you?" Dilandau asked contemptuously as he walked over to the limped scout.
Venus tried to move but she felt too weak to get up. Dilandau toward over her as he bent down to pick her up by the shoulders. Venus groaned in pain as she felt her back crack.
'No Mina! Come on, you got to fight back' Venus notion.
A streak of blood fell from the corner of her mouth. Dilandau pushed her back on the tree as she cried in pain.
'Mina, come on. Your friends are waiting for you. Don't give up'
Her thought swam in her head as she felt Dilandau wipe the blood from her mouth away with his thumb. He held her chin up, making her look at him.
"I win" he whispered as he leaned over and kissed her.
Venus was filled with shock and confusion. Dilandau pressed harder motioning her to kiss back. Venus tried to struggle as she was blushing deep red. She could feel his cold lips against hers as she faintly returned his kisses.
'What's going on? Why is he doing this?' Venus thought as her head spun.
Dilandau pushed Venus harder against the tree as she moaned in pain, making his tong enter her. Venus cringed as she felt him exploring her mouth. Dilandau broke the kiss as he pulled back.
"I'll see you later Mina" he said sarcastically as he grabbed his sword and disappeared into the forest.
Venus leaned on the tree for support as she tried to stay standing. Breathing hard she tried to stand on her own two feet as she turned back into Mina Aino in her gold dress.
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Lita paced impatiently in her room as Raye, Amy and Serena were with her. Amy could see a hint of fear in all her companions' eyes as she too felt the same.
"That's it! I can't take it anymore!" Lita screamed, making the others jump from shock.
"Calm down Lita" Amy said.
"How can I calm down? Our friend is out there with a mangy lunatic! I can't believe we even let her go!"
"Don't worry guys. We should all try to be strong and hope for the best for our friend" Amy assured as she heard Serena sniffle.
Raye sat quietly on the bedside next to Amy.
"Amy's right. We got to have faith in our leader" the three girls heard Raye.
Lita plopped on her sofa next to Serena as she lay her head down.
"It's not that I don't have faith in her Raye, it's just that I don't trust that bastard" Lita confirmed.
"Neither do I but we still have to believe" Raye spoke.
Just then Merle came barging in.
"She's here, she's here!!" the cat girl spoke with glee, making all the scouts jump out of their seats.
"What?" Serena asked the happy girl.
"Mina, she returned safely" Merle said as she took hold of Raye and took them downstairs.
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Mina stood in the Thrown Room with Van, Darien, Allan, Prince Chid and Millerna.
"I'm glad to see you back safe and sound Mina" Darien spoke as he gave his friend a hug.
"Yeah, it's great to be back" Mina said as she gave all them her warm smile.
The door to the Thrown Room burst open as her four contented friends exploded into the room.
"Mina!!" Serena screamed joyful as she lunged her whole weight at the blond girl.
"Serena" Mina smiled as she hugged her friend back.
Without warning Serena broke into tears as she wept on her friend's shoulder.
"I thought you were dead. You have no idea how scared I was for you" she said between sobs.
"Oh Serena, I was only gone for three hours" Mina said as she soothed her back with rubs.
"Mina, you're alright!" Raye and Lita said at the same time as they lunged at the two girls for a huge.
"Lita, Raye" Mina said as her smile brightened.
But she couldn't help but feel a bit dread when the two put their whole weight on her.
"I'm glad you're back" Amy said as she also joined the hugging group.
"Me too!! Me too!!" Merle jumped with delight as she then jumped in the pile of hugging girls.
The weight was way too much for Mina as she soon lost balance and made everyone fall on top of her.
"Ah Serena, get your foot out of my face!" Raye screamed.
"Oh yeah?! Get your hand off mine!!" Serena shot back.
"Ah my hair!!" Lita shrieked as she felt it being tugged violently.
"Oh sorry Lita" Merle apologized.
"Ah, my arm!" Amy wined as she felt a great force on top of it.
"Get off you guys! You're stopping the blood from going threw my veins." She then added.
Van, Darien, Allan, Millerna and Prince Chid watched the tangled group trying to get off one another as a sweat drop fell from their heads. But Millerna noticed that they haven't heard Mina speak at all.
"Oh my god" she breathed.
"Allan, Van, get them off Mina" she cried.
Van and Allan quickly aided the fallen group as they each untangled each girl until the reached the last one, Mina. She was completely flat as a sweat drop fell from everybody's head again.
"Not again" Raye said.
"Whoppers" Lita gasped.
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Dilandau walked towards his chamber when he was stopped by Falken.
"What you want now?" Dilandau asked scornfully.
Falken eyed the boy mysteriously.
"The Duke of Fried does not want to collaborate with Zaibach. My messenger said that he refused to aid us." he informed.
"So?" Dilandau asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"I want your men to help mine attack Fried and burn it to pieces. The Duke is not at his kingdom yet. He won't make it back here until two to three weeks from now."
An evil grin crossed the young soldier mouth as he understood.
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Mina plopped on her bed as she was exhausted. After the fight and everything the young girl couldn't take it anymore. She rolled to her side as she closed her eyes and went to sleep. She had no clue that someone was watching her from the door.
"Do you think she's ok?" Serena asked Amy as they both poked their eyes in the slightly opened door.
"She seems ok" Amy whispered as she observed the sleeping scout.
"We should leave her alone and let her have her rest."
Serena nodded as they drew back their heads and closed the door completely.
But they were then welcomed buy two other girls.
"What are you guys doing?" Lita asked as she cocked her head slightly.
"Oh, um., we were just. um. checking on Mina" Amy answered.
"Yeah right. You were spying on her" Raye rolled her eyes.
"No. we weren't" Serena struggled to say.
"It's ok guys. Raye and I were going to do the same thing" Lita confessed as she went to the door and opened it halfway, enough to see Mina sleeping.
"No I wasn't!" Raye retorted.
Serena snickered as she eyed the raven haired girl.
"Yeah right" she said mischievously.
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Raye shot back as she and Serena soon got into their common fights.
"Will you guys shut up" Amy said as she covered both of their mouths.
"Mina's trying to sleep. You guys could at least help her by giving her peace and quiet."
Raye and Serena looked down at the floor remorsefully as they were both ashamed by their behavior. Lita closed the door of Mina's room as she turned to the others.
"She seems fine. She's sleeping like a baby" she stated.
"That's good" Raye said as she stretched tiredly.
"I think I'm going to bed too" she said resignedly.
"Yeah me too. I think it's time for all of us to hit the sack" Lita confirmed.
"Hit the sack? Why would we want to do that?" Serena asked as a big question mark appeared above her head.
The three girls made an anime fall.
"It means to go to bed silly" Lita explained as she gained control of herself.
"Oh" Serena said as she nodded and understood.
Amy looked at her watch as she told them the time.
"My it's already 10:25" she informed the other girls.
"It's late. We all should go to bed. Good night guys" Lita said as she started to walk to her room not far away.
"Yeah, see ya" Raye said as she went to her bedroom door.
"Night Serena" Amy said as she and Serena headed to theirs.
All four girls soon entered their rooms as they closed the door behind them. But then an explosion shook the whole castle.
"What was that?!" Lita yelled as she and the four girls swung their doors wide open in a flash.
"It's just like what happened at Fanella and Allan's city" Amy observed.
"Fuck, we're being attack!" Raye noted.
The last of the sailor scouts soon burst out of her door.
"What's going on?" Mina asked the others who were close to her door.
"We're being attacked. We've got to fight." Raye said.
"Right" Mina said as she ran back in her room and came out holding her transformation pen.
They ran down the hall to look for the others. They found them all in the guymelef room were Van and Allan were entering their guymelef's cockpit.
"Allan" Lita called, making the blond swordsmen stop from going in completely from the cockpit.
"Lita, you got to transform. All of the Zaibach army is attacking" he informed as he then went in his guymelef.
"You heard him. Let's do it" Mina ordered.
"Venus Crystal Power Make-Up!"
"Moon Eternal Make-Up"
"Mercury Crystal Power Make-up"
"Mars Crystal Power Make-Up"
"Jupiter Crystal Power Make-Up"
Darien was already in his Tuxedo Mask uniform when the scouts finished.
"You got to try our best to defend this kingdom. It's one of the last that isn't joining Zaibach" Millerna told them.
"We'll do our best" Venus said as she motioned her friends to enter the battle field.
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"Man, there more then I thought" Jupiter breathed when she caught sight of four tan colored guymelefs charging at her.
She dodged one as she used "Jupiter Thunderclap Zap" on one. It shut down but three more took its place.
"Ah!!" Jupiter screamed as she was almost hit by one.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!"
Mercury froze two of the guymelef's that almost got Jupiter.
"Thanks a lot Amy" Jupiter said as she faced the blue haired girl.
Mercury gave her a smile as she and Jupiter then faced five more tan guymelefs.
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"Moon Tiara Magic!"
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
Mar's fire combined with Sailor Moon's tiara as it hurled into a guymelef.
"There too many" Sailor Moon wined when she and Mars were surrounded by seven tanned guymelef.
"Pull yourself together meatball head. Use your Moon Scepter while I'll use my Celestial Fire" Mars said.
"Hey, don't call me meatball head! You haven't called me that in ages so don't start again!" Sailor Moon snapped.
"I can call you what ever I want meatball head!" Mars yelled.
The five guymelef's formed sweat drops as they saw the two girls fighting. But one then charged at the two busy scouts.
"AAhhh!!!!!" Sailor Moon and Mars screamed as they were able to jump out of the way in time and land on their feet. Well actually Sailor Moon landed on her butt.
"Look what you did meatball head!!" Mars screamed at Sailor Moon.
"What? You're blaming it on me? It was your fault!" Sailor Moon said when she was on her feet.
The two girls still fought while the guymelefs charged at them. They kept dodging the moves but were still enraged at the other Sailor Scout.
"You'll pay for calling me meatball head!" Sailor Moon said as she took out her Moon Scepter.
"Moon Scepter Elimination"
She aimed it at Mars who went behind a guymelef to dodge it. The guymelef was destroyed as the attack hit him.
"Why you!!" Mars screamed as she shook her fist at the pigtailed scout.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
The ring of fireballs went shooting for Sailor Moon but she hid behind three guymelefs for protection. Like the other guymelef, they were shut down. The two girls kept like this until they were able to destroy all the guymelefs that charged at them.
"You good for nothing pig!" Mars screamed.
"Take that back!!" Sailor Moon said as she aimed her Scepter at Mars.
"Uh.. NO!" Mars screamed as she got ready to use her firebird attack.
"Why the go you guys."
The two fighting girls turned to see Venus.
"Venus" they both said in unison.
They then realized the shattered guymelefs near them. A sweat drop fell from their face.
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"Hello Van" Dilandau said as he lunged at Escaflowne.
"Hello to you too Dilandau" Van spat as his and Dilandau's guymelef's sword made contact.
They pushed each other away as then lunged again. They each missed their target as they charged again and again. Escaflowne ran into a house as the red guymelef rammed into him. All the scouts turned their attention to them.
"We have to get them all away from the city" Mercury said as she put on her blue glasses and scanned the area.
Almost the whole city was burning, making the night sky light up from the fire's ember.
"And how do we do that?" Mars asked.
Venus noticed Dilandau fighting Van as she counted the still remaining guymelefs. There were exactly twenty guymelef still on the battlefield. Fifteen were blue, five colored tan, and Dilandau's red guymelef. She knew the blue one's were the Dragon Slayers as she started to form a plan in her mind.
"You guys. The blue ones that are still standing are the Dragon Slayers. I presume they are very attractive to us so they'll fallow us eagerly. The tan one's, Allan and the rest of the royal guymelefs will take care of since they're only five. Spread out and lead them to the clearing not far from here. I'll take care of the red one."
All the scouts nodded at their leader's orders as they spread out to handle the Dragon Slayers. Venus turned to face the red guymelef and Escaflowne. She saw that Escaflowne was down and that his sword was blocking the red guymelef's blow.
'Here goes nothing' Venus thought as she ran forward to the red guymelef.
She jumped up and landed on top of Escaflowne, making the two guymelefs stop dead at their tracks.
"Mina, what are you doing?" Van asked skeptically.
Venus winked at Van as she whispered "saving your skin of course."
She then turned her attention to the red guymelef.
"Dilandau, I just wanted to tell you something." She said to the pilot.
"Get out of the way girl!" Venus heard his voice from the guymelef.
"Not until you hear me out" she said as she stood her ground.
"I'm listening" Dilandau said heatedly.
"I just wanted to say.."
Mina faltered a bit making the boy even madder.
"Get on with it!" Dilandau screamed.
"Well I just wanted to say that you're a really bad kisser. You're the worst I've ever had" she said as an evil grin approached her face.
She was deceiving him thought. She loved his kiss and wished she could have more. But she only said this so the pilot would get mad and maybe be willing to kill her. This meant he would chase her until they reached the clearing.
Dilandau's face went pale when he heard her words. His eyes shot wide as he stared at the orange scout from his guymelef view frame.
Van was traumatized as well. He never knew they kissed so this was a very shocking news.
"Why you bitch!!" Dilandau bawled from inside his guymelef.
"Sorry but the truth hurts" Venus said mockingly.
"You'll pay!"
Dilandau lunged one of his metal claws at Venus but she jumped out of the way and made a dash for the clearing. She turned to see the red guymelef not far behind.
'Perfect' she thought as she ran faster.
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Ouch, poor Dilandau. Who in the world would want to hear that from a girl? Well anyway, you'll have to wait what happens next. Review this fic please.
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon or Escaflowne characters in this fanfic do not belong to me. I am just going to barrow them to make this fanfic.
Last Chapter: The gang is in Fried as they await Van's awaking. Raye somehow makes him alive again while Lita finds out a shocking discovery. Chid is Allan's son? Serena and Amy have a talk about Mina's behavior. They have a hunch her heart was stolen by a certain red armored boy.
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Chapter 7: Mina's Battle in the Forest
"Lord Dilandau, Lord Falken says we have arrived Fried" one of Falken's men reported as he came into the Dragon Slayer's Thrown Room.
Dilandau sat in his thrown quietly, wearing his undershirt and black armored pants and boots. His Dragon Slayers filled the room.
"Good. Go get my guymelef ready. I leave in an hour" Dilandau ordered as he stood up.
"Yes Sir."
The messenger disappeared behind the door.
"You get my armor and sword ready" he ordered Gatty and Shesta.
They quickly ran to the storage room and got his blade and armor.
'I'm coming to get you Mina' he thought as he put on his armor and dashed out of the room.
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Amy and Serena looked at Mina for a while long.
"What's the matter guys? What weren't you so certain about Amy?" Mina asked as she fully entered the room.
"Oh well. um. we were just. um."
Amy couldn't find the right words to say. But Serena quickly snapped out of her behavior as she soon spoke.
"We were talking about you Mina. Are you in love with Dilandau?"
Mina went wide eyed as she stopped walking towards them.
"Serena" Amy whispered as she pushed the pigtailed girl's shoulder lightly.
"What? Sorry, I was just worried" Serena tried to explain.
They turned their attention to Mina who took a seat.
"Why would you guys think that? He's our enemy and he already hurt Van and Amy" Mina said softly as she stared at the floor.
"We know Mina. But if it's love that you feel then nothing can stop it. Even if you're enemies" Amy said as she went to seat next to her friend.
Mina sighed as she looked up at her friends.
"You guys. I don't really know how I feel. Promise that you won't tell anybody."
Serena patted Mina's back to reassure her.
"Don't worry Mina. Your secret's safe with us" she said as Amy nodded in agreement.
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"Do you think we should go look for Merle?" Raye asked as she and Van sat comfortably on a sofa as they snuggled up.
Van just sighed as he kissed her on the cheek.
"Yeah, let's go" he breathed as he helped her up and set off looking for his cat friend.
They both split up thinking it would be easier to look for her in the huge palace. Van went to look on top of the roof as Raye went to look in Merle's chambers. She knocked and waited for a reply.
"Merle? It's me Raye. Can we talk?"
She got no reply. She opened the door just enough to poke her head in. She saw Merle sitting on the windowsill as her tail swung motionless.
"Merle?" Raye asked as she went to join her.
"Go away. You're the last thing I wanted to see today" Merle said in a rough voice.
"Merle, I'm really sorry if Van and I hurt your feelings. We didn't mean to." Raye said as she reached the window and looked at the cat girl.
Her eyes were all red from crying.
"Merle, I apologize ok. I consider you my friend, even though we don't get along very well."
Merle faced Raye as she truly saw apologizing eyes. Merle sighed as a small smile appeared on her face.
"Thanks" she whispered.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
The red guymelef landed right in the forest next to Fried. Dilandau stood on top of his guymelef's arm as he could see the country not far away. He smiled evilly as he turned and took his sword from the guymelef's cockpit. He jumped off the guymelef and ran towards the city.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
"Merle! Merle!" Van called as he looked in the guymelef's room.
He had already checked the roof and any other place he thought his best friend would be hiding. But he had no luck. When he entered the guymelef room thought he spotted Prince Chid, Millerna, Lita and Allan as the small prince showed them the only guymelefs they had.
"Van, how are you feeling?" Millerna asked when she saw him.
"I'm feeling great. But have you seen Merle around her anywhere?"
"Nope, the last time I saw her was probably when you and Raye were caught kissing" Lita teased.
Van blushed.
"Oh yeah? What about you and Allan?" he asked jokingly.
He chuckled when he saw the two love birds blushing.
"Van"
He turned around to see Raye and Merle coming into the room.
"Merle" he breathed as he went to hug the cat friend.
"Sorry if I hurt you Merle. But don't forget. You're still my best friend in the world"
Merle tightened her grip on Van as a smile formed on her flushed face.
"I know" she whispered.
"Aw, how touchy" a mocking voice rang in the open door from outside.
They shot their eyes towards the door as they saw Dilandau standing there, with his sword resting on his right shoulder.
"Dilandau" Allan breathed as he took hold of his sword's end.
"My Van, I'm surprised that you're alive and well. I was hoping that you were long gone. I guess next time I'll have to precise your heart" he said as he took a step forward, holding his mockingly grin.
"There won't be a next time bastard" Raye shot as she and Lita took out their transformation pen.
"Mars Crystal Power Make-Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power Make-Up!"
Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars appeared into the room. Dilandau laughed hysterically as he shook is head.
"You think you can defeat me with your wimpy powers?"
"Why you!!!"
Jupiter lunged at him as she tried to punch him in the guts. But he swiftly jumped out of the way and charged at the group with his sword.
"Get out of the way!" Allan yelled as he got ready to fight one on one with him.
But to their shock, Dilandau grabbed Prince Chid and held a small dagger near his neck.
"Prince Chid!" Millerna screamed as fear overwhelmed her.
"Let him go you fool!" Mars said as she was ready to use her attack.
"Mars Fire"
But she was cut short when she and the others heard the silver haired boy speak.
"Bitch, don't you know that if you shot me you'll be shooting this pest as well."
Raye lowered her arm as she stopped her attack.
"What do you want Dilandau?" Allan asked as he was full with rage.
"Simple. Give me Mina in return for the prince of Fried."
"What? Why Mina?" Van asked.
"Because Mina and I have some unfinished business to take care of" Dilandau said derisively.
"Well you can't have her!!" Jupiter shouted as she charged at the Zaibach soldier again.
"Lita stop!!"
Everyone shot their eyes at the door to the entrance of the palace. Mina, Amy and Serena were standing there. A smile curved on Dilandau's face when he saw the blond goddess.
"Well, well, well, nice to see you again Mina. So are going to come with me or not?" he asked.
"Only if you let Chid go and leave my friends alone" Mina said.
"What are you talking about Mina? You can't. He'll kill you." Serena spoke as she grabbed hold of her friend's arm.
"Shut up bitch" he spat at Serena.
"If you come with me I'll give you your pen back" he told Mina.
"Deal, now let him go" Mina said as she got lose of Serena's grip.
"First come over here and stand behind me" Dilandau ordered.
Mina left her possession as she walked over to were Chid and Dilandau stood.
"Mina, don't do this!" Serena wept as Amy restrained her from going after the scout.
"Here, catch" Dilandau said as he threw the small boy at the group.
"Chid!" Millerna shirked but Allan caught him just in time.
"Let's go" Dilandau said as he started to back away with Mina moving back as well.
"And if any of you fallow or try to help her, she will surly die and this kingdom will soon be one of my ash collections" Dilandau warned as he and Mina soon left the guymelef room.
Serena wept on Amy's shoulder as the rest watched in horror at what just happened.
"What does he want with her?" Mars asked worriedly.
"Have faith in her guys. Don't forget, she is our leader" Amy reminded them.
But she felt fear for her friend as well.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
"What exactly is our unfinished business?" Mina asked crossing her arms, trying to act brave.
She couldn't help but feel fear all over. Dilandau led her away from Freid and into the forest near were his guymelef was placed.
"Don't play hard to get Mina" Dilandau said mockingly as he leaned on a tree.
He got off it as he threw a sword at her.
"Huh?" escaped Mina's lip when she caught the sword.
Dilandau took his out and stared at Mina.
"Let's see if you can get your transformation pen back" he said as he held the pen up.
"Fine" Mina peeped as she held the sword handle with both hands and stood in her fighting stance.
'Good thing I was able to learn from Gadeth' Mina thought.
She stared at Dilandau as she started to feel weak kneed.
'Ok Mina, you can do this. Just don't back down' she encouraged herself as she charged at the Dragon Slayer's leader.
His and her sword made contact as they tried to pull each other off the other.
'Shit he's strong' Mina complained as she felt his weight being put on the sword.
She removed the two swords together by jumping out of the way. Dilandau still held his grin as he watched her every move. She charged again but this time he knocked her blade away from her hands as he held his near her heart.
He laughed evilly as he backed away, waiting for her to fight again. Mina grabbed her sword and lunged at him. He made her trip and held the sword next to her face. He again backed away giving her his well known grin.
'Shit, he's toying with' she cursed.
She got up, her back aching from landing on a small pebble. She held her sword firmly making sure that she wouldn't let it go the next time he attempted to.
Taking a deep breath she spring at him from above but he blocked her move. She fell on her knees as he placed his sword near her neck. Mina was panting from all the action as she felt weak.
"What the matter girl? Too afraid to fight?"
Mina tried to look up at the soldier but saw her transformation pen stinking out of his pocket.
'Now's my chance' she thought as she grabbed her sword and swung it at Dilandau's sword, making it leave her neck and falling to the ground.
Mina grabbed hold of her pen before she fell backwards.
"Impressive" Dilandau scoffed.
Mina quickly got to her feet as she lifted her pen in the air.
"Venus Crystal Power Make-Up!"
Mina took the form of the well known heroin Sailor Venus.
'It feels good to be Venus again' Mina spoke to herself as she looked at her outfit.
She placed her eyes at Dilandau.
'You're not going to kill me' Dilandau thought as he held his sword again.
"Venus Crescent Beam, Smash!"
Dilandau dodged the ray headed towards him.
"Shit, I missed" Venus griped.
Dilandau pounced at her from behind as she went flying towards a tree. Her back hit the bark as she fell to her knees; crushed.
"What's the matter Mina? You can't kill me? Are your feelings taking control of you?" Dilandau asked contemptuously as he walked over to the limped scout.
Venus tried to move but she felt too weak to get up. Dilandau toward over her as he bent down to pick her up by the shoulders. Venus groaned in pain as she felt her back crack.
'No Mina! Come on, you got to fight back' Venus notion.
A streak of blood fell from the corner of her mouth. Dilandau pushed her back on the tree as she cried in pain.
'Mina, come on. Your friends are waiting for you. Don't give up'
Her thought swam in her head as she felt Dilandau wipe the blood from her mouth away with his thumb. He held her chin up, making her look at him.
"I win" he whispered as he leaned over and kissed her.
Venus was filled with shock and confusion. Dilandau pressed harder motioning her to kiss back. Venus tried to struggle as she was blushing deep red. She could feel his cold lips against hers as she faintly returned his kisses.
'What's going on? Why is he doing this?' Venus thought as her head spun.
Dilandau pushed Venus harder against the tree as she moaned in pain, making his tong enter her. Venus cringed as she felt him exploring her mouth. Dilandau broke the kiss as he pulled back.
"I'll see you later Mina" he said sarcastically as he grabbed his sword and disappeared into the forest.
Venus leaned on the tree for support as she tried to stay standing. Breathing hard she tried to stand on her own two feet as she turned back into Mina Aino in her gold dress.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
Lita paced impatiently in her room as Raye, Amy and Serena were with her. Amy could see a hint of fear in all her companions' eyes as she too felt the same.
"That's it! I can't take it anymore!" Lita screamed, making the others jump from shock.
"Calm down Lita" Amy said.
"How can I calm down? Our friend is out there with a mangy lunatic! I can't believe we even let her go!"
"Don't worry guys. We should all try to be strong and hope for the best for our friend" Amy assured as she heard Serena sniffle.
Raye sat quietly on the bedside next to Amy.
"Amy's right. We got to have faith in our leader" the three girls heard Raye.
Lita plopped on her sofa next to Serena as she lay her head down.
"It's not that I don't have faith in her Raye, it's just that I don't trust that bastard" Lita confirmed.
"Neither do I but we still have to believe" Raye spoke.
Just then Merle came barging in.
"She's here, she's here!!" the cat girl spoke with glee, making all the scouts jump out of their seats.
"What?" Serena asked the happy girl.
"Mina, she returned safely" Merle said as she took hold of Raye and took them downstairs.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~
Mina stood in the Thrown Room with Van, Darien, Allan, Prince Chid and Millerna.
"I'm glad to see you back safe and sound Mina" Darien spoke as he gave his friend a hug.
"Yeah, it's great to be back" Mina said as she gave all them her warm smile.
The door to the Thrown Room burst open as her four contented friends exploded into the room.
"Mina!!" Serena screamed joyful as she lunged her whole weight at the blond girl.
"Serena" Mina smiled as she hugged her friend back.
Without warning Serena broke into tears as she wept on her friend's shoulder.
"I thought you were dead. You have no idea how scared I was for you" she said between sobs.
"Oh Serena, I was only gone for three hours" Mina said as she soothed her back with rubs.
"Mina, you're alright!" Raye and Lita said at the same time as they lunged at the two girls for a huge.
"Lita, Raye" Mina said as her smile brightened.
But she couldn't help but feel a bit dread when the two put their whole weight on her.
"I'm glad you're back" Amy said as she also joined the hugging group.
"Me too!! Me too!!" Merle jumped with delight as she then jumped in the pile of hugging girls.
The weight was way too much for Mina as she soon lost balance and made everyone fall on top of her.
"Ah Serena, get your foot out of my face!" Raye screamed.
"Oh yeah?! Get your hand off mine!!" Serena shot back.
"Ah my hair!!" Lita shrieked as she felt it being tugged violently.
"Oh sorry Lita" Merle apologized.
"Ah, my arm!" Amy wined as she felt a great force on top of it.
"Get off you guys! You're stopping the blood from going threw my veins." She then added.
Van, Darien, Allan, Millerna and Prince Chid watched the tangled group trying to get off one another as a sweat drop fell from their heads. But Millerna noticed that they haven't heard Mina speak at all.
"Oh my god" she breathed.
"Allan, Van, get them off Mina" she cried.
Van and Allan quickly aided the fallen group as they each untangled each girl until the reached the last one, Mina. She was completely flat as a sweat drop fell from everybody's head again.
"Not again" Raye said.
"Whoppers" Lita gasped.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
Dilandau walked towards his chamber when he was stopped by Falken.
"What you want now?" Dilandau asked scornfully.
Falken eyed the boy mysteriously.
"The Duke of Fried does not want to collaborate with Zaibach. My messenger said that he refused to aid us." he informed.
"So?" Dilandau asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"I want your men to help mine attack Fried and burn it to pieces. The Duke is not at his kingdom yet. He won't make it back here until two to three weeks from now."
An evil grin crossed the young soldier mouth as he understood.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
Mina plopped on her bed as she was exhausted. After the fight and everything the young girl couldn't take it anymore. She rolled to her side as she closed her eyes and went to sleep. She had no clue that someone was watching her from the door.
"Do you think she's ok?" Serena asked Amy as they both poked their eyes in the slightly opened door.
"She seems ok" Amy whispered as she observed the sleeping scout.
"We should leave her alone and let her have her rest."
Serena nodded as they drew back their heads and closed the door completely.
But they were then welcomed buy two other girls.
"What are you guys doing?" Lita asked as she cocked her head slightly.
"Oh, um., we were just. um. checking on Mina" Amy answered.
"Yeah right. You were spying on her" Raye rolled her eyes.
"No. we weren't" Serena struggled to say.
"It's ok guys. Raye and I were going to do the same thing" Lita confessed as she went to the door and opened it halfway, enough to see Mina sleeping.
"No I wasn't!" Raye retorted.
Serena snickered as she eyed the raven haired girl.
"Yeah right" she said mischievously.
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Raye shot back as she and Serena soon got into their common fights.
"Will you guys shut up" Amy said as she covered both of their mouths.
"Mina's trying to sleep. You guys could at least help her by giving her peace and quiet."
Raye and Serena looked down at the floor remorsefully as they were both ashamed by their behavior. Lita closed the door of Mina's room as she turned to the others.
"She seems fine. She's sleeping like a baby" she stated.
"That's good" Raye said as she stretched tiredly.
"I think I'm going to bed too" she said resignedly.
"Yeah me too. I think it's time for all of us to hit the sack" Lita confirmed.
"Hit the sack? Why would we want to do that?" Serena asked as a big question mark appeared above her head.
The three girls made an anime fall.
"It means to go to bed silly" Lita explained as she gained control of herself.
"Oh" Serena said as she nodded and understood.
Amy looked at her watch as she told them the time.
"My it's already 10:25" she informed the other girls.
"It's late. We all should go to bed. Good night guys" Lita said as she started to walk to her room not far away.
"Yeah, see ya" Raye said as she went to her bedroom door.
"Night Serena" Amy said as she and Serena headed to theirs.
All four girls soon entered their rooms as they closed the door behind them. But then an explosion shook the whole castle.
"What was that?!" Lita yelled as she and the four girls swung their doors wide open in a flash.
"It's just like what happened at Fanella and Allan's city" Amy observed.
"Fuck, we're being attack!" Raye noted.
The last of the sailor scouts soon burst out of her door.
"What's going on?" Mina asked the others who were close to her door.
"We're being attacked. We've got to fight." Raye said.
"Right" Mina said as she ran back in her room and came out holding her transformation pen.
They ran down the hall to look for the others. They found them all in the guymelef room were Van and Allan were entering their guymelef's cockpit.
"Allan" Lita called, making the blond swordsmen stop from going in completely from the cockpit.
"Lita, you got to transform. All of the Zaibach army is attacking" he informed as he then went in his guymelef.
"You heard him. Let's do it" Mina ordered.
"Venus Crystal Power Make-Up!"
"Moon Eternal Make-Up"
"Mercury Crystal Power Make-up"
"Mars Crystal Power Make-Up"
"Jupiter Crystal Power Make-Up"
Darien was already in his Tuxedo Mask uniform when the scouts finished.
"You got to try our best to defend this kingdom. It's one of the last that isn't joining Zaibach" Millerna told them.
"We'll do our best" Venus said as she motioned her friends to enter the battle field.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
"Man, there more then I thought" Jupiter breathed when she caught sight of four tan colored guymelefs charging at her.
She dodged one as she used "Jupiter Thunderclap Zap" on one. It shut down but three more took its place.
"Ah!!" Jupiter screamed as she was almost hit by one.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!"
Mercury froze two of the guymelef's that almost got Jupiter.
"Thanks a lot Amy" Jupiter said as she faced the blue haired girl.
Mercury gave her a smile as she and Jupiter then faced five more tan guymelefs.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
"Moon Tiara Magic!"
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
Mar's fire combined with Sailor Moon's tiara as it hurled into a guymelef.
"There too many" Sailor Moon wined when she and Mars were surrounded by seven tanned guymelef.
"Pull yourself together meatball head. Use your Moon Scepter while I'll use my Celestial Fire" Mars said.
"Hey, don't call me meatball head! You haven't called me that in ages so don't start again!" Sailor Moon snapped.
"I can call you what ever I want meatball head!" Mars yelled.
The five guymelef's formed sweat drops as they saw the two girls fighting. But one then charged at the two busy scouts.
"AAhhh!!!!!" Sailor Moon and Mars screamed as they were able to jump out of the way in time and land on their feet. Well actually Sailor Moon landed on her butt.
"Look what you did meatball head!!" Mars screamed at Sailor Moon.
"What? You're blaming it on me? It was your fault!" Sailor Moon said when she was on her feet.
The two girls still fought while the guymelefs charged at them. They kept dodging the moves but were still enraged at the other Sailor Scout.
"You'll pay for calling me meatball head!" Sailor Moon said as she took out her Moon Scepter.
"Moon Scepter Elimination"
She aimed it at Mars who went behind a guymelef to dodge it. The guymelef was destroyed as the attack hit him.
"Why you!!" Mars screamed as she shook her fist at the pigtailed scout.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
The ring of fireballs went shooting for Sailor Moon but she hid behind three guymelefs for protection. Like the other guymelef, they were shut down. The two girls kept like this until they were able to destroy all the guymelefs that charged at them.
"You good for nothing pig!" Mars screamed.
"Take that back!!" Sailor Moon said as she aimed her Scepter at Mars.
"Uh.. NO!" Mars screamed as she got ready to use her firebird attack.
"Why the go you guys."
The two fighting girls turned to see Venus.
"Venus" they both said in unison.
They then realized the shattered guymelefs near them. A sweat drop fell from their face.
~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~
"Hello Van" Dilandau said as he lunged at Escaflowne.
"Hello to you too Dilandau" Van spat as his and Dilandau's guymelef's sword made contact.
They pushed each other away as then lunged again. They each missed their target as they charged again and again. Escaflowne ran into a house as the red guymelef rammed into him. All the scouts turned their attention to them.
"We have to get them all away from the city" Mercury said as she put on her blue glasses and scanned the area.
Almost the whole city was burning, making the night sky light up from the fire's ember.
"And how do we do that?" Mars asked.
Venus noticed Dilandau fighting Van as she counted the still remaining guymelefs. There were exactly twenty guymelef still on the battlefield. Fifteen were blue, five colored tan, and Dilandau's red guymelef. She knew the blue one's were the Dragon Slayers as she started to form a plan in her mind.
"You guys. The blue ones that are still standing are the Dragon Slayers. I presume they are very attractive to us so they'll fallow us eagerly. The tan one's, Allan and the rest of the royal guymelefs will take care of since they're only five. Spread out and lead them to the clearing not far from here. I'll take care of the red one."
All the scouts nodded at their leader's orders as they spread out to handle the Dragon Slayers. Venus turned to face the red guymelef and Escaflowne. She saw that Escaflowne was down and that his sword was blocking the red guymelef's blow.
'Here goes nothing' Venus thought as she ran forward to the red guymelef.
She jumped up and landed on top of Escaflowne, making the two guymelefs stop dead at their tracks.
"Mina, what are you doing?" Van asked skeptically.
Venus winked at Van as she whispered "saving your skin of course."
She then turned her attention to the red guymelef.
"Dilandau, I just wanted to tell you something." She said to the pilot.
"Get out of the way girl!" Venus heard his voice from the guymelef.
"Not until you hear me out" she said as she stood her ground.
"I'm listening" Dilandau said heatedly.
"I just wanted to say.."
Mina faltered a bit making the boy even madder.
"Get on with it!" Dilandau screamed.
"Well I just wanted to say that you're a really bad kisser. You're the worst I've ever had" she said as an evil grin approached her face.
She was deceiving him thought. She loved his kiss and wished she could have more. But she only said this so the pilot would get mad and maybe be willing to kill her. This meant he would chase her until they reached the clearing.
Dilandau's face went pale when he heard her words. His eyes shot wide as he stared at the orange scout from his guymelef view frame.
Van was traumatized as well. He never knew they kissed so this was a very shocking news.
"Why you bitch!!" Dilandau bawled from inside his guymelef.
"Sorry but the truth hurts" Venus said mockingly.
"You'll pay!"
Dilandau lunged one of his metal claws at Venus but she jumped out of the way and made a dash for the clearing. She turned to see the red guymelef not far behind.
'Perfect' she thought as she ran faster.
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Ouch, poor Dilandau. Who in the world would want to hear that from a girl? Well anyway, you'll have to wait what happens next. Review this fic please.