Done in the style of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
The Adventures of Pretty Sniper"Another hard
day at school!" complained Leena as she threw her bookbag onto her bed.
She adjusted the bow on her school uniform before turning and leaving the room.
She headed for the kitchen to finish off a cookie that she had saved the previous
day. It was missing. She turned slowly and saw Bit standing in the doorway.
He had cookie crumbs on his shirt. "Bit Cloud!" she yelled. "What
happened to my cookie!"
He grinned. "How should I know?" he asked innocently. He turned and
ran.
Leena ran after him. "I'll make you pay!" she said. He laughed and
kept running. Being a good sprinter, she soon caught up with him and grabbed
his collar. "I thought I told you not to eat my food!" she yelled.
He grinned, and produced her cookie from his pocket. "Who said I ate it?"
he asked. She released him, dumbfounded. "Here," he said, handing
it to her. She was so surprised, that she could only stare as he winked at her
and walked away. Leena held the cookie gingerly. Bit could be so immature...but
sometimes he was...
As she turned and took a bite out of her cookie, something on the floor caught
her attention. It was one of her dad's zoid models! She bent over and picked
up the tiny Redler from the floor. "Hi!" it said to her.
"Wha--?" she cried, dropping the model. It fell towards the floor,
but lifted itself up on its wings and flew back to her. "What's going on?"
Leena cried, astonished.
The Redler winked at her (don't ask how) and said "My name is Artemis,
and you're going to be the savior of Zi!"
Leena blinked. "What? How's that?"
Artemis perched on her shoulder. "A long time ago, the Ancient Zoidians
lived on planet Zi. They were a peaceful people, with great knowledge of magic
and zoids. There were three who ruled over all. These three were the protectors
of the earth, and each had a guardian with them. Then a meteor crashed into
one of Zi's moons, destroying it and killing all the Zoidians. The spirits of
the three protectors lived on, to be reborn when Zi was in danger. You are one
of the Protectors, and I'm your guardian."
Leena was silent for a moment. "You mean I'm supposed to protect Zi?"
Artemis nodded. "There is one protector for each of Zi's three moons. Since
one of the moons was destroyed, I don't know if the third protector's spirit
lives."
"Okay," said Leena. "So how am I supposed to save Zi, anyway?"
"Let me give you a hint," said Artemis. "Hop in your Gunsniper
and go destroy the giant monster that's attacking Romeo City."
"There's a monster attacking Romeo City!?" Leena yelled. She ran down
the hall and turned towards the hangar. She leapt into the Gunsniper and launched.
"Here, take this," said Artemis, producing a golden wand from the
air. "Use this with your transformation phrase to become Magical Pretty
Sniper."
Leena waved the wand over her cockpit and chanted, "Artemis Moon Power
Transform!" The wand began to glow, and it flew from her hand, attatching
itself to the top of her gunsniper. It then grew until it had completely transformed
into a giant gun. Leena looked at herself. Her outfit had changed too! "Hey,
this is amazing!" she said, and the gunsniper ran towards Romeo City. She
could see a big scary slimy sort of monster thing ripping up the city and generally
causing mass panic. "Hey you!" she yelled at the creature. It looked
up at her and shot at her with its laser eyes. She leapt aside easily. "In
the name of the Artemis Moon, I banish you!" she declared, and shot of
blast of energy from the special gun on her gunsniper. The monster disappeared
with a roar, and all the people of Romeo City cheered. Suddenly, three more
monsters appeared and surrounded the Gunsniper. Leena laughed. "I am the
Magical Pretty Sniper, and you don't stand a chance!" With that, she fired
three more shots, and the monsters disinegrated into the air.
"Pretty Sniper! Behind you!" cried Artemis in a panic. A giant monster
had reared up behind the Gunsniper, and stood over it, ready to strike. Before
Leena could to anything, a beam came from a nearby red gunsniper and destroyed
the monster."
A voice came from the red gunsniper. "Are you okay?"
Leena looked the other zoid over. It had a special mounted gun on it as well.
"Who are you?" she asked.
The cockpit of the red gunsniper opened, and a masked girl with red hair stood.
"Codename: Sniper N," she declared. "And you are?"
Leena opened her cockpit and stood. "Magical Pretty Sniper," she replied.
"Thanks for the save. Maybe we can be partners?"
Sniper N grinned. "I'd like that." A model Raynos flew from Sniper
N's zoid and met with Artemis in the air.
"Artemis!" the Raynos exclaimed. "You're here too!"
Artemis nodded. "It's good to see you Diana."
Pretty Sniper and Sniper N leapt from their zoids and ran to meet each other.
Sniper N smiled. "Nice to meet you. I'm guessing that you're the second
protector of Zi."
Pretty Sniper nodded. "Yes. My guardian, Artemis just came to me."
"Ah," said Sniper N. "I met Diana a few days ago. I still find
it hard to believe that I'm a protector of Zi."
"Yeah," agreed Pretty Sniper. "Listen, Sniper N," she said.
"If we're going to work together, we mind as well know our true identities."
She glanced around before turning herself back into Leena.
Sniper N was shocked. "Leena? Leena Toros?" Sniper N waved a wand
above her and changed into Naomi Fluegel. "We go to school together!"
Leena was surprised. "I know! I can't believe that you're a protector!"
Artemis interrupted the conversation. "Girls, you must return home now."
"What for?" asked Naomi. "Is something wrong?"
"Artemis and I have been talking," said Diana. "And we've come
to the conclusion that you two are the only protectors of Zi." Diana paused
for a brief moment. "Without three protectors, there is an imbalance that
can drain energy from the remaining protectors. You must return home and rest,
or you may both die."
The next day at
school, Leena and Naomi met during lunch. "How are you feeling?" asked
Leena.
Naomi shrugged. "Okay, I guess. I did feel pretty weak last night, though."
"Me too," said Leena. "Of course I had to stay up all night trying
to calm my dad down. He seems to be missing three of his zoid models."
Artemis popped his head out of Leena's bookbag. "Did you say three?"
Leena nodded. "Yeah, I did. Dad's missing a Redler, a Raynos, and a Storm
Sworder." She grinned. "Of course, I know where two of them went."
Diana appeared from Naomi's bookbag. "The third guardian has awoken!"
she exclaimed. "Could that mean that the third protector's spirit still
lives?" The two model zoids glanced at each other. Before they could say
anything else, a great explosion rocked the school. The girls looked up and
saw a large monster looming over the school building.
"Where are all these creatures coming from!?" cried Leena. She reached
into her bag and grabbed her wand. Naomi followed suit and transformed into
Sniper N.
Artemis and Diana flew into the sky and swooped around the school building.
"They're being summoned by the void!" Diana cried as she swooped towards
Sniper N. Leena transformed into Pretty Sniper and leapt into her Gunsniper.
"Moblizing!" she yelled as her gunsniper took off after Sniper N's.
Within a few minutes, the monster had been destroyed and five had sprung up
in its place. Pretty Sniper and Sniper N fought valiantly, but the longer they
fought, the more creatures appeared.
"We need to close the void!" Artemis yelled. "It will only work
if the energies of the three protectors are stablizied!"
"Never fear!" came a voice over the air. There stood a black liger,
poised for battle. "The third protector is here!"
The liger leapt into the air and came down onto one of the monsters. The monster
fell to the ground, and no more appeared.
"The void has been closed!" Diana said triumphantly.
The liger and the gunsnipers formed a triangle around the monsters and moved
in on them, quickly picking them off with shots from their special cannons.
The battle was soon over. Pretty Sniper opened her gunsniper cockpit. "Way
to go Sniper N!" she said. She turned towards the black liger. "And
who are you?" she asked.
The cockpit opened and a shadowed figure stood. He was dressed completely in
black, and he wore a mask over his eyes. His blonde hair spilled out over his
mask, but his eyes were concealed. "You can call me Dark Zero," he
said. With that, he shut the cockpit of his liger and disappeared behind the
nearest building.
Leena stared for a long time, still puzzling over who the mysterious Dark Zero
was.
"Come on," Artemis said. "It's time to go back to school Leena."
Leena sighed and transformed again.
The school itself was in an uproar over what had happened. Kids in the hallway
were talking about the mysterous saviors who had come and defeated the monsters.
"Hey Leena!" Leena turned around to see Bit racing towards her. "Are
you okay?" He asked.
She smiled. "Yeah Bit, I'm fine."
He breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. I was worried that you may have been
hurt in the attack."
Leena laughed. "I can take care of myself, you know." She dropped
her bookbag on her desk, and Artemis tumbled out. Bit stared at the model in
confusion. "Uh," she said, stuffing the tiny Redler back into her
bag, "That's um...my dad's...um..."
She was cut short by the school bell ringing.
"So Artemis,
are we done now?" Leena asked. She and Naomi were sitting in a booth at
the soda shop. Artemis and Diana both rested on the table.
Artemis shook her head. "I don't think so."
"Why not?" asked Naomi. "I thought we closed the void."
"Well..." Diana said, "You did. But we need to find out who opened
it in the first place."
"If we don't, then the void could be opened again," Artemis finished.
Leena stared out the window. "I think it already has!" She pointed.
Another huge monster was slowly making its way through the city, leaving a trail
of destruction in its wake.
"Let's roll!" Naomi said, grabbing her wand.
"I am Laon!
See my power and fall before me!" proclaimed a man who stood fearlessly
on the back of the giant monster.
"Who's that?" Leena cried.
"Oh no!" Artemis exclaimed. "It's Dr. Laon! He must be the one
who opened the void!"
"Stop right there, Laon!" Sniper N yelled.
"I am Pretty Sniper!" Leena declared, firing off a barrage of missiles.
Sniper N followed suit. "And I am Sniper N!"
A voice from behind them declared "And Dark Zero!" The black liger
leapt over the two gunsnipers and landed on the monster.
All three yelled, "AND IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE - WE WILL PUNISH YOU!"
Laon laughed evilly. "I don't think so! I can open the void whenever I
want!"
"Not if I can help it!" Pretty Sniper declared, dashing forward in
her Gunsniper. She fired off another string of shots, bringing the monster down.
As the monster struggled to stand, Sniper N fired a single shot and killed it.
"That should take care of that!" Sniper N declared.
Laon leapt off the monster. "I only need to call another one! You will
never defeat me."
"Oh yeah?" Dark Zero ran forward in his liger. "Strike Laser
Claw!" He yelled, bringing down the huge zoid on Laon.
The bright light engulfed Laon, and when the light had faded he remained standing.
"What happened?" Leena cried. "He's still alive!"
Laon looked around in confusion. "Where am I?" he asked. "Who
am I?"
Sniper N stared for a moment. "Did that Strike Laser Claw erase his memory?"
"That's the idea," Dark Zero said with a grin. "Now we're safe
from his attacks."
"Way to go!" Pretty Sniper said. "Thanks Dark Zero!" Pretty
Sniper leapt from her zoid and walked toward the liger.
Dark Zero leapt from the liger and landed beside her. "We did it together,"
he said, taking her hand. He pulled her towards him, and she fell into his arms.
"I hope we'll always be together...Leena."
Leena gasped. "How did you know?" she asked.
Dark Zero smiled and produced a model of a Storm Sworder from his cloak. "This
is Luna, my guardian. I recognized your guardian yesterday."
"My guardian?" Leena said. "Artemis...the Redler! Then that means..."
Dark Zero smiled and removed his mask. Leena wrapped her arms around him. "Bit!"
she cried. "I should have known."
He laughed and kissed her gently. "Well now you do."
Leena looked up into his beautiful green eyes. "Bit..."
"Yes?"
"Kiss me again."
*Fighting Evil By The Moonlight - Winning Love By the Daylight*