Sailor Moon
Senshi From Beyond
Chapter 5
"I wonder what could be wrong with Rini…" Said Lita, as she looked outside the car. "Serena, did you notice anything wrong with her earlier?"
"No…" Said Serena. "She was fine."
"Could something have happened in her future?" Asked Hotaru.
"What?" Asked Mina.
"Well, she is from the future and all…" Said Amy. "Remember that just because you are her future mother, that doesn't mean she's completely safe."
"Can you explain that somewhat more simply?" Asked Serena. "My head is spinning from that one."
"What she means, Muffin-Head," Said Haruka. "Is that something may have happened to you or Darien in the future BEFORE she was born."
"And with this new mysterious enemy, it seems like an extremely high possibility." Said Michiru.
"But wouldn't Rini be…dead then?" Asked Lita.
"Not necessarily." Said Hotaru. "Remember, the future can be changed indefinitely."
"This is something we need to talk with Setsuna about." Said Haruka. "But that will have to wait. We're here."
All of them got out and ran up to the door. Serena rang the doorbell.
After a few seconds the door opened and they were all greeted by Rini herself.
"What the?" Said Serena. "You're not hurt!!"
"Well, duh!" Said Rini. "Well…Not anymore."
"What do you mean, 'not anymore'?" Demanded Serena.
"I had passed out." Said Rini. "I just woke up a few minutes ago."
"Any reason why?" Asked Amy.
"I dunno." Said Rini. "Lemme tell you what happened, after you guys come in…Hey wait a sec…" She looked at the rear of the group and saw her long lost friend.
"Hotaru!"
"Rini!" The two ran toward each other and gave each other a hug.
"Wow!" Said Rini. "You look just like I remembered you!"
"Yeah…" Said Hotaru.
"What's the matter?" Asked Rini. "You sound like something's wrong…"
"Hey, hey." Said Raye. "We can save the mushy stuff for later. Let's hear what happened to you, Rini."
"Oh, right." Said Rini. She led the others inside the living room, where her friend Mamo was sitting.
"Um, Mamo can tell you better that I can." Said Rini.
"Well, it was really weird." Said Mamo. "We were just sitting down, talking about school and stuff, when she just suddenly collapsed."
"Just like that?" Asked Amy.
"Yeah…Strange isn't it?" Said Rini. "And when I up, I felt just fine."
"It's not by something caused by sickness…" Said Amy. "My mom's told me so many times about what causes different kinds of fainting."
"And I don't think she's possessed either…" Said Hotaru. "Because I didn't feel so good after my attacks."
"Thank goodness for that." Said Mina. "I don't think I could go through that again."
"Well, now what?" Asked Lita.
"If Rini's all right, I guess we'll head back to your place, Lita." Said Serena.
"Hey, um, if it's all right with you guys, can I come with you?" Said Rini. "I kinda wanna be with you all."
"Well, if Mamo's cool with it…" Said Serena.
"Yeah, sure." Said Mamo. "My mom needs help with some stuff anyway."
"Alright then." Said Michiru. "I guess we all have to cram back into my car now."
Meanwhile…
"We're here." Said Sailor Venus.
"I hope we're not too late…" Said Jupiter.
"Hey, wait a second…" Said Sailor Mercury. "Where are we?"
"I don't know…" Said Sailor Uranus. "It's not the same Tokyo…"
"It's a minor setback." Said Neptune. "We'll find the Sailor Scouts of this time sooner or later."
"What about Saturn and Pluto?" Asked Mercury.
"I fear that they are lost." Said Venus. "But they can take care of themselves if they make it here."
"I agree." Said Uranus. "Although it is with a heavy heart, we must go on without them."
"All right then." Said Jupiter. "Let's go."
After arriving at Lita's apartment, everyone sat down, trying to figure out what to do next.
"Hey, Lita…" Said Serena.
"Yeah?"
"Umm…Didn't you have a dessert too?" Asked Serena.
"Serena…" Growled Raye.
"Oh, my gosh! I totally forgot!" Said Lita. "I was supposed to go get some marshmallows and some chocolate for the smores I was gonna make!"
She got up. "I'll head to the store. It's just a couple blocks away."
"Hey, not by yourself, you're not!" Said Haruka.
"I can take care of myself!" Defended Lita.
"Still, we'd feel better if one of us went with you." Said Amy.
"Fine, I'll go." Said Raye. "So long as I can get away from you, Serena."
"Hey, what did I do?" Whined Serena. She began crying.
Lita and Raye left, shaking their heads.
"Oh, Serena…" Said Mina. "You know she didn't mean it."
After they had left the building, Raye sighed and said,
"I still wonder how Meatball-head becomes queen of the world…"
"You know she'll grow up one day…" Said Lita.
"You're right, I guess." Said Raye.
The two walked in silence as they approached the store.
When they walked in, they did not notice the group of strange-looking men staring at them.
In about five minutes, they had found the marshmallows and the chocolate that they needed.
"I wonder if this is enough…" Said Raye.
"It's 3 bags of marshmallows!" Said Lita. "It had better be enough!"
"You know Serena…" Said Raye.
Lita just laughed as they walked up to the checkout counter.
After paying for their items, they left. After they had taken about ten steps, the group of men that had been staring at them earlier approached them.
"Hey, good looking." One of them said.
"Uh, hey yourself." Said Raye. She felt uneasy about these guys…
"Where are you headed?" Asked another.
"Home." Said Lita.
"Aww, that's no fun." Said the biggest of the men. "Why don't you come with us?"
"No thanks." Said Raye, politely. She wanted to get away from these guys as soon as she could
Lita was thinking the same thing.
"We have friends who are expecting us." Sail Lita. "We don't want to keep them waiting."
All the men suddenly withdrew a weapon.
"Oh, come on now." Said same man. "We INSIST."
I don't think I can take them all…thought Raye. Or even with Lita. This isn't looking good.
She was considering morphing into Sailor Mars when a voice from behind said
"Hey."
Everyone turned to see who spoke.
Standing about 10 feet away from Raye next to a car were two people, male and female. The guy was dressed in all black and sitting on top of the hood of a car. The woman standing next to him was also dressed completely in black, but she had on a pair of mirrored sunglasses. They appeared to be about Darien's age, perhaps 19 or 20.
"Who are you?" Demanded one of the men.
"A bunch of guys vs. two defenseless females." Said the mysterious man. "Now that hardly seems fair. The name's Vincent, so now you can tell everyone who beat you."
"Ha!" Said another of the men. "You are gonna die!"
Vincent's companion remained silent, as she and the others watched as Vincent withdraw a very large Katana blade from the scabbard that was hidden on his back.
"Heh. Nice toy." Commented the big stranger.
Vincent looked at the challenge placed before him. There were 10 men, armed with knifes. I doubt that they will be much of a problem, he thought to himself.
He charged toward the group.
Raye and Lita watched as the dark stranger began defeating each of the attackers, yet not injuring any of them. He fought as if he knew what each move that was going to be made against him.
After he had dispatched what seemed to be the last attacker, Vincent looked behind and saw that his companion had been captured, with a knife at her throat.
"Hehe, not bad." Said the captor. "But how are you gonna get our friend out of this one?"
"Well, that's weird," Said Vincent. "Because my 'friend' is right over there." He pointed a few feet away.
"Wha-?" The captor looked in the direction that Vincent had pointed in, but saw nothing.
Vincent's companion, taking advantage of her captor's extreme stupidity, brought her arm back, bashing her fist into his face.
"Argh!" He shouted, dropping the weapon he had been using.
The woman then flipped the attacker over her back, completing the humiliation.
"Hmph." She said.
As the two turned to leave, Raye noticed the attacker had withdrawn a gun.
"Hey!" She shouted. "Watch out!"
Vincent turned around and saw the weapon pointed at him. He quickly whispered something.
The attacker fired. Suddenly, it had seemed as if time had slowed to a crawl. Raye and Lita watched as they actually saw the projectile head toward its target. They watched as Vincent deflected it with his weapon.
For a mere fraction of a second, Lita thought she saw the symbol a certain Sailor Senshi glow on the blade.
No, she thought. I've gotta be seeing things.
Suddenly, everything seemed to snap back into place.
"That was rather stupid." Said Vincent. He suddenly charged forward, and slashed his weapon downward against the still-stunned attacker.
The attacker watched as his gun suddenly split in half.
"I'm outta here!" He shouted, scrambling away.
"Hey, thanks." Said Lita.
"Whatever." Said Vincent. He and his companion walked toward their car and got in.
Lita and Raye watched as he drove away.
"Umm, ok." Said Raye. "That was truly creepy."
"No kidding." Said Lita. "I thought we were done for."
The two walked back towards Lita's place. Halfway there, Raye said,
"You know, that guy who helped us seemed really weird?"
Lita nodded. "You said it. Although…"
"Although what?" Asked Raye.
"He kind of reminds me of my old boyfriend." Said Lita.
Raye just laughed as the two of them continued on toward Lita's place.