Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: The Movie
EfrainMan
EfrainMan9@yahoo.com
I wrote this story 5 years ago (GASP!) when all I had was the DiC dub. That's
why I use some English and Japanese names. I ain't going back to change 'em! :p
Yeah, I know the Starlights don't do anything in my story but fly away, and it's
not in script format, but I couldn't think of anything else for a title.
Sailor Moon is owned by some Japanese people who are not me. Even if did try to
sue me, I wouldn't be able to read the subpoena ;p
"An artist doesn't finish his work, he only abandons it."
-Chuck Jones
Alien terminology:
1 click=2 hours
1 gobj=2 months
1 kecam=around 4 liters
1 pahced=1 kilogram
1 shrem=2 degrees Celcius
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Part 6:
Super Sailor Jupiter was quickly running out of breath. She was sur-
prised at her running partner's endurance.
"Wait," he said, and Jupiter was glad to stop, "Are you as tired as I
am?" he asked between breaths.
'Okay, maybe he doesn't have that much endurance,' she thought, then
said, "Yeah," she said as she sat down, "Say, what's your name?"
"I do not have one. My parents died while I was young. And if I ever
had one, I would have been too young to know what a name was."
"Oh. Then how did you learn to talk?"
"A learning machine in one of the castles taught me. Quite remarkable.
By the way, it says 'Mercury Educational Division' on it. Do you know what
this means?"
"That just says who made it."
"Oh, okay."
"Um, is there anyone else here?"
"No. I have never seen anyone else. I have had feelings that there
are others here, but that is it. Just feelings. I am the last of my race."
"You mean 'WE are the last.' I'm Jovian, too"
"You? But, you do not look like me."
"Of course not. It's the fact that I look different that gives me my
power. But I'm still of your race."
"It is nice to know I am not alone."
"By the way," Jupiter asked, "where are we going?"
"Oh, I am sorry. I must have forgot to tell you. One of the things the
machine taught me was that if someone dressed like you are ever arrived, that
person should be led down this fortress. But I do not know why."
But Jupiter knew, and said, "Well then, we'd better get going."
"Okay. But do not lose my voice. This is going to become a maze very
soon, and I have memorized the right path. Plus, there are various traps along
the way. I will warn you of those, too." Jupiter heard his footfalls heading
away, and she followed. Ahead, she saw a lighted room. She headed towards it,
but was instantly pulled back into the shadows.
"NO!" the voice shouted, "It is one of the traps. The white light is
something called radiation. Apparently, it harms."
"Whew. Thanks." Jupiter felt his hands for the first time. It felt
like cracked stone. She wondered why it felt like that. Jovian skin usually
was hard, but smooth. But that was before she left. She heard the now familiar
sounds of footsteps, and followed behind them. He was right when he said it
was a maze. Jupiter had trouble following his voice, not to mention the fact
that the maze echoed and her own labored breathing made it even harder. But
fortunately, the echo (plus the abilities of her lungs) helped her call her
escort those two times she went down the wrong path. She felt like she was
running for hours, but soon she was in front of a room lighted by an eerie
green glow. Wondering if this was a second trap, she asked her escort:
"Is it safe?" But now she realized she was alone. She only heard her
own breathing, and the glow cast light only on her. She wondered if she lost
him again, but realized she heard his steps to the end.
"What the f-" she started to say, but was interrupted by a large slab
of stone that blocked the way back. Then she heard the voice say:
"Um, sorry. I forgot to tell you. The next trap is sort of a test kind
of thing. I took a secret exit, but I'll be waiting for you on the other side
of the trap. Good luck, I guess."
'Great,' she thought to herself, 'a test. Clichéd and annoying all at
the same time.' She entered the room, and discovered the source of the glow.
All around the cave, there were phosphorescent globs of matter stuck on the
walls of what she now realized was a cave. She walked forward to take a closer
look, but stepped on something that cracked under her foot. She looked down at
the floor to see numerous cracked eggshells. Except the one she stepped on.
Her foot had crushed an unhatched embryo, and the fluids stained her shoe. For
some reason, she felt a great panic envelop her, and she stepped away from the
destroyed egg in terror. She started to sweat profusely, and backed herself up
to a wall. Some neighboring goop slimed towards her and grabbed her wrists,
ankles, and neck.
"Murderer, murderer," a weird, female voice repeated over and over.
Jupiter was amazed at how every word fell on her like a hammer.
"You killed again. You're a evil monster. How many have you killed?
One hundred? Two? When will it stop? You just killed an egg."
"No!" Jupiter shouted, "Who are you? What are you talking about? I've
only killed evil. And the egg was an accident!"
"You are a murderer. You killed Rekaru." Jupiter turned pale at the
voice's last sentence.
"H-how do you know about that? How CAN you know?"
"You killed Rekaru, and now you killed that egg."
"No! I was still testing my powers. I didn't know I could do that,"
she replied with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"No excuses. You killed him. And now this. Stop it. End it now." And
with those words, the ground under the eggs opened up into a bottomless hole.
There were various screeching noises coming from the bottom, and Jupiter felt
the spirits of other people. The goop let go of her, and Jupiter fell to her
knees. She looked ahead and saw the hole.
"Come. You are supposed to stop evil. Stop yourself." Jupiter started
to crawl towards the hole with an expressionless look on her face.
"Yes. That's it." Jupiter stopped in front of the edge and picked up
the destroyed egg. It turned to stone and then dust which sifted through her
fingers. Jupiter started to get a little more color in her face.
"Don't stop now. Don't delay this anymore. It ends now."
"Yes, it ends now. But you are the one who will die today. Before I
killed Rekaru, the killing of evil was only a duty to me. But since then, I've
always felt guilt every time I killed anything, including evil. All of this
unjustified guilt has been building in me, and this room is its incarnation.
You preyed on my greatest weakness as a warrior: feeling sorry for evil. I
almost believed you. But you made a mistake. You presented it to me wrong. The
egg? It was innocent. Of course I would feel sorry. But it's different. It was
accidental AND an illusion. You just made me realize: I don't need all of this
guilt. I should save it for when I kill innocents. And how many times has that
happened? Two? Maybe three times? You were here to break me, but you made me
even stronger than before!"
"ARRRGH! You will not leave ALIVE!" Suddenly, the pieces that used to
be the egg were being consumed by the green goop on the walls, and took a hu-
manoid shape. Then it started to run towards her.
"Ugh, I don't have time for this. JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!" Her power
completely consumed the thing and disintegrated it within seconds. She then
felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, wake up. Are you well?" Jupiter heard the familiar voice of her
escort and opened her eyes.
"Wha-. How'd I get here?"
"I was waiting for you, and I heard you talking to yourself. Then, you
appeared out of nowhere right in front of me covered with this slime. Well,
did you pass?"
"Does it looked like I passed?" she asked with a groan as she got up.
"Oh, right. You would not be here if you did not. Nice job. Um, can I
ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"Who's Rekaru?"
"Oh, you heard. Um, when I was ten, I was finally given my powers, and
I was very anxious to use them. I dragged a few of my friends to a training
island to try my powers against my trainer's wishes. I sparred with two of my
friends and beat them easily, but not badly. But Rekaru, the fool, thought I
was just lucky and challenged me. He put up a hell of a fight and we were at a
standstill. All of a sudden, I got so mad that my power's incantation came to
me, and I used it. My parents barred my powers from me for five months."
"Thank you for telling me. It must be hard."
"Not anymore. Thank you for listening." Jupiter held his hand tightly,
glad for the companionship. She felt her escort get up, and she did too. But
she didn't let go of his hand. She realized he might be wondering why she
still held him.
"Uh, I'm still a little shook up," she tried to explain, "it might be
better this way."
"Okay." Jupiter was glad at his response, and they started again. The
path was easier now, and they easily avoided the rest of the traps. Jupiter
was doubly glad that there were no more tests. She had enough tests at school
to worry about. She was once again getting tired, and was going to ask to slow
down, but her escort spoke first.
"Wait. We are here."
"We are? Cool!"
"Well, sort of. We have reached the point where I can go no further.
Ahead is a door that opens only when you alone touch it. But there must be no
other living soul within ten meters for it to work. Just keep walking straight
and follow the walls. You cannot miss it."
"Alright. Thank you very much," she said, and searched for his face
with her free hand. When she found it, she brought it close and gave him a
kiss on the cheek. She then started to head towards the direction she was told
to go in. After what she guessed were twenty or so meters, her hand touched a
wall. Immediately, the wall vanished and a bright light illuminated the maze.
She looked behind to see what her friend looked like, but he was no longer
there. Realizing this place was just full of weirdness, she decided to go on.
The room she entered was ten meters tall and wide, and each of the
walls had a large pink piece of tapestry hanging from the ceiling. Each of the
pennants, of course, had the symbol of Jupiter painted on it in green. In the
center of the room, on top of a tall stone platform, was the Hammer (what, you
were expecting Bugs Bunny?). It was a large sledgehammer with a silver head.
The handle was pink, with a green vine twirled around it. She headed towards
it slowly, wondering if there were any more surprises. But the only thing that
happened when she picked it up was a sudden rush of power that, much to her
dismay, quickly calmed into a lower-but-higher-than-before-level. She held it
with one hand at the end of the handle and the other just under the head. She
was smiling and purring at her new prize, when she felt something hit her on
the head. She looked down and saw a small pebble. She looked up and saw the
source of the room's illumination. The whole ceiling was glowing a hot white,
and slowly breaking apart.
Super Sailor Venus headed towards the two doorways cautiously. The one
on the side of Lyral was illuminated, and the one on the side of Kripler was
totally dark. Not being one to take unnecessary chances, she went towards the
lighted room. Inside, the room wasn't too big or small, and it was lighted by
numerous candles just like those in the shrine. And on the far wall there was
a human sized statue of Lyral. But all that didn't matter to her, because in
the center of the room, hanging in midair, was a large scimitar with an orange
hilt and silver blade.
"Yes! giggling. There it is." She ran up to it and grabbed it with
great enthusiasm. "Hmmm. I don't . . . feel any more powerful," she said with
a puzzled look on her face. She looked over the sword, but dropped it as it
turned to stone. Then the whole room started to rumble and break apart.
"Damn! A trap!" Venus ran out of the door, but arrived too late as the
whole shrine was coming down, and the way out was blocked. The ceiling in the
room with the fake sword had already collapsed, and the one in the main room
was almost ready to go. Venus fell to her hands and knees as the rumbling was
increasing intensely. She looked up to see that the other room, though dark,
was still intact. She got up and tried to run for it, but kept on tripping on
the rocks on the floor.
"Goddamnit! VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!" The beams cleared a path in
front of her and she finally made it to the other room. But to her screaming
dismay, there was no floor in the room and she started to fall down a long
chute. She felt her stomach in her neck as she was approaching a faint light.
The light was the end of the chute, and she fell through with a squeak into a
giant room full of green liquid. Floating all around the liquid were pieces of
metal, cloth, and other trash. She was floating in the pool trying to survey
her surroundings. The walls of the room were bare, and the ceiling had a semi-
sphere of glowing green energy.
"UGH! This place stinks. Oh, man! Recycle fluids. I'd better get out
of here. They might eat through my suit." She knew that these chemicals eat
through all but the toughest metals and polymers. She wasn't sure wether her
suit would stand it.
"If I could find the fluid's formula, I could solve all of Earth's
garbage troubles. I'd be rich!" She looked around to see if there was an exit,
when her gaze met upon a bright light. In front of her, glowing with golden
energy, was a European broadsword. It's blade was silver, and the hilt was
orange with a little yellow heart at the base of the hilt. A broad smile grew
on her face, and she started to swim toward it. But when the fluids in front
of her started to bubble, she immediately stopped with a shriek. The bubbling
grew more powerful, and it was soon going to envelop her. She tried to swim
away from the disturbance, only to have it follow her. Then, with a deafening
roar, a humungous monster leapt out of the fluids and roared in general anger.
What could be seen of the monster was two stories high and a chalky white in
color. The head was covered with finger-like hair which moved on its own
accord. It had one eye, but it was stretched from ear to ear, although its
ears looked like fins. It had no nose, and, when it opened it, its mouth was
a gaping hole with pointed teeth inside. The body was round and fat, and its
arms had no hands, but giant crab-like claws. Venus went pale at the sight
before her and immediately dived under the fluids. She tried to swim away from
it, but felt it grab her by the waist. It picked her up out of the water and
flung her against a wall. With the breath knocked out of her, she fell on her
right shoulder right onto a large slab of metal in the fluids. She was happy
that the slab floated, because she wouldn't be able to swim for a few seconds.
She soon saw that the monster moved slowly above the water, and was struggling
to get to her, roaring as it came. Confident she could swim again, she dived
back in and started to swim towards the sword. It was behind the monster, but
she was sure that she could swim around it. As she was nearing the sword, the
monster brought down one of its claws to grab her again. Venus grabbed a pipe
that was near her and thrust it between the open claw. The monster roared as
it tried to remove the pipe with its other claw. Venus took the opportunity to
get the sword. Standing right under it, she used a slab of metal to propel
herself upward. But was completely surprised when she fell back into the fluid
empty handed. Her hands went right through the sword. Then, with a flicker,
the sword disappeared.
"Another fake! Damn!" But she had no time to worry as the monster had
removed the pipe from its claw. It roared again as it began to look for its
prey. Venus dived under the fluid, hoping that it hadn't seen her yet. She was
scrambling for an idea, but was at a loss. Plus the fact that she could not
hold her breath very long didn't help. She looked around the water to see if
there was anything she could use, when a piece of metal caught her eye. Before
she tried to get it, she resurfaced for air behind the monster, glad it hadn't
seen her yet. She dived back in and headed for the metal. It was a long, thin
scrap, bent in a few places, and had some signs of being worn by the fluids.
She was about to grab it, when she realized if it could survive the fluids all
this time, it would probably cut her hand. Then, she grabbed a nearby strip of
some kind of cloth.
'Probably just as resilient as the metal,' She thought, and quickly
wrapped the cloth around one end of the metal like a handle. She swam back up
for more air, and to see what she could do to the monster. It had finally seen
her, and thrust another claw at her. Venus swung the makeshift blade to slash
the claw, but was overwhelmed when the sword not only slashed the claw, but
the rest of the monster, too. The sword sent out an energy that cut it in half
at the chest. It made no sound as the top half fell off the bottom half with
a wave of the green blood, and died. Venus was dumbfounded at what just took
place, and looked at the blade with her mouth wide open. All of a sudden, the
blade glowed with so much intensity, that Venus had to look away. When she
could see again, she realized she was out of the fluids and back inside the
shrine. But it was different. It was almost as it was before the cave-in, only
the other side of the shrine was lighted. Plus, the two doors had disappeared,
leaving another wall covered with lighted candles. And, standing on the wall
opposite Lyral, was a statue of the monster she just killed. Then it hit her:
"Holy shit! That was Kripler I just fought! I beat an incarnation of
the Prophet of War. Wow. Hmm?" She looked down at the blade which had changed
completely. It was now a Katana sword, with (of course) a silver blade, and an
orange Tsuka with a row of little yellow hearts from top to bottom. She was
amazed at the piece of trash's transformation. She looked it over, getting in
every detail. Then her left arm brushed something at her side. She looked down
to see that, just above her skirt, a sheath for her sword was attached. It was
orange with yellow ivy-like decorations streaming all over it. She sheathed
her sword and was surprised at how smooth it felt. She drew the sword again,
then sheathed it back, feeling its power flow every time she even moved it.
Then the ground started to shake again, much to her dismay.
"What? Not again!" But she realized that, this time, something was
trying to break through the wall where the doors were.
Eternal Sailor Moon had a small trickle of blood on the corner of her
mouth, and was bent over Tuxedo Mask like a cat protecting something valuable.
He was clutching his chest which had a huge slash from his right shoulder to
the bottom left of his abdomen. His blood was staining his shirt and dripping
on the sand. They were both staring at Corji, who was just now removing a rose
lodged in her left thigh. She winced in pain as she tried to step forward, and
stopped. Fifty meters behind her, the Captain was holding himself up on Super
Sailor Saturn's shoulder. His left shoulder no longer had armor, and the skin
below was badly burned and bleeding. Saturn's right arm had a cut across her
biceps, and the blood was already staining her glove. Not unlike the others,
they were both staring at Shecou, who was clutching his left hand, which was
obviously broken. Then, as best as they could, Corji and Shecou charged.
EfrainMan
EfrainMan9@yahoo.com
I wrote this story 5 years ago (GASP!) when all I had was the DiC dub. That's
why I use some English and Japanese names. I ain't going back to change 'em! :p
Yeah, I know the Starlights don't do anything in my story but fly away, and it's
not in script format, but I couldn't think of anything else for a title.
Sailor Moon is owned by some Japanese people who are not me. Even if did try to
sue me, I wouldn't be able to read the subpoena ;p
"An artist doesn't finish his work, he only abandons it."
-Chuck Jones
Alien terminology:
1 click=2 hours
1 gobj=2 months
1 kecam=around 4 liters
1 pahced=1 kilogram
1 shrem=2 degrees Celcius
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Part 6:
Super Sailor Jupiter was quickly running out of breath. She was sur-
prised at her running partner's endurance.
"Wait," he said, and Jupiter was glad to stop, "Are you as tired as I
am?" he asked between breaths.
'Okay, maybe he doesn't have that much endurance,' she thought, then
said, "Yeah," she said as she sat down, "Say, what's your name?"
"I do not have one. My parents died while I was young. And if I ever
had one, I would have been too young to know what a name was."
"Oh. Then how did you learn to talk?"
"A learning machine in one of the castles taught me. Quite remarkable.
By the way, it says 'Mercury Educational Division' on it. Do you know what
this means?"
"That just says who made it."
"Oh, okay."
"Um, is there anyone else here?"
"No. I have never seen anyone else. I have had feelings that there
are others here, but that is it. Just feelings. I am the last of my race."
"You mean 'WE are the last.' I'm Jovian, too"
"You? But, you do not look like me."
"Of course not. It's the fact that I look different that gives me my
power. But I'm still of your race."
"It is nice to know I am not alone."
"By the way," Jupiter asked, "where are we going?"
"Oh, I am sorry. I must have forgot to tell you. One of the things the
machine taught me was that if someone dressed like you are ever arrived, that
person should be led down this fortress. But I do not know why."
But Jupiter knew, and said, "Well then, we'd better get going."
"Okay. But do not lose my voice. This is going to become a maze very
soon, and I have memorized the right path. Plus, there are various traps along
the way. I will warn you of those, too." Jupiter heard his footfalls heading
away, and she followed. Ahead, she saw a lighted room. She headed towards it,
but was instantly pulled back into the shadows.
"NO!" the voice shouted, "It is one of the traps. The white light is
something called radiation. Apparently, it harms."
"Whew. Thanks." Jupiter felt his hands for the first time. It felt
like cracked stone. She wondered why it felt like that. Jovian skin usually
was hard, but smooth. But that was before she left. She heard the now familiar
sounds of footsteps, and followed behind them. He was right when he said it
was a maze. Jupiter had trouble following his voice, not to mention the fact
that the maze echoed and her own labored breathing made it even harder. But
fortunately, the echo (plus the abilities of her lungs) helped her call her
escort those two times she went down the wrong path. She felt like she was
running for hours, but soon she was in front of a room lighted by an eerie
green glow. Wondering if this was a second trap, she asked her escort:
"Is it safe?" But now she realized she was alone. She only heard her
own breathing, and the glow cast light only on her. She wondered if she lost
him again, but realized she heard his steps to the end.
"What the f-" she started to say, but was interrupted by a large slab
of stone that blocked the way back. Then she heard the voice say:
"Um, sorry. I forgot to tell you. The next trap is sort of a test kind
of thing. I took a secret exit, but I'll be waiting for you on the other side
of the trap. Good luck, I guess."
'Great,' she thought to herself, 'a test. Clichéd and annoying all at
the same time.' She entered the room, and discovered the source of the glow.
All around the cave, there were phosphorescent globs of matter stuck on the
walls of what she now realized was a cave. She walked forward to take a closer
look, but stepped on something that cracked under her foot. She looked down at
the floor to see numerous cracked eggshells. Except the one she stepped on.
Her foot had crushed an unhatched embryo, and the fluids stained her shoe. For
some reason, she felt a great panic envelop her, and she stepped away from the
destroyed egg in terror. She started to sweat profusely, and backed herself up
to a wall. Some neighboring goop slimed towards her and grabbed her wrists,
ankles, and neck.
"Murderer, murderer," a weird, female voice repeated over and over.
Jupiter was amazed at how every word fell on her like a hammer.
"You killed again. You're a evil monster. How many have you killed?
One hundred? Two? When will it stop? You just killed an egg."
"No!" Jupiter shouted, "Who are you? What are you talking about? I've
only killed evil. And the egg was an accident!"
"You are a murderer. You killed Rekaru." Jupiter turned pale at the
voice's last sentence.
"H-how do you know about that? How CAN you know?"
"You killed Rekaru, and now you killed that egg."
"No! I was still testing my powers. I didn't know I could do that,"
she replied with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"No excuses. You killed him. And now this. Stop it. End it now." And
with those words, the ground under the eggs opened up into a bottomless hole.
There were various screeching noises coming from the bottom, and Jupiter felt
the spirits of other people. The goop let go of her, and Jupiter fell to her
knees. She looked ahead and saw the hole.
"Come. You are supposed to stop evil. Stop yourself." Jupiter started
to crawl towards the hole with an expressionless look on her face.
"Yes. That's it." Jupiter stopped in front of the edge and picked up
the destroyed egg. It turned to stone and then dust which sifted through her
fingers. Jupiter started to get a little more color in her face.
"Don't stop now. Don't delay this anymore. It ends now."
"Yes, it ends now. But you are the one who will die today. Before I
killed Rekaru, the killing of evil was only a duty to me. But since then, I've
always felt guilt every time I killed anything, including evil. All of this
unjustified guilt has been building in me, and this room is its incarnation.
You preyed on my greatest weakness as a warrior: feeling sorry for evil. I
almost believed you. But you made a mistake. You presented it to me wrong. The
egg? It was innocent. Of course I would feel sorry. But it's different. It was
accidental AND an illusion. You just made me realize: I don't need all of this
guilt. I should save it for when I kill innocents. And how many times has that
happened? Two? Maybe three times? You were here to break me, but you made me
even stronger than before!"
"ARRRGH! You will not leave ALIVE!" Suddenly, the pieces that used to
be the egg were being consumed by the green goop on the walls, and took a hu-
manoid shape. Then it started to run towards her.
"Ugh, I don't have time for this. JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!" Her power
completely consumed the thing and disintegrated it within seconds. She then
felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, wake up. Are you well?" Jupiter heard the familiar voice of her
escort and opened her eyes.
"Wha-. How'd I get here?"
"I was waiting for you, and I heard you talking to yourself. Then, you
appeared out of nowhere right in front of me covered with this slime. Well,
did you pass?"
"Does it looked like I passed?" she asked with a groan as she got up.
"Oh, right. You would not be here if you did not. Nice job. Um, can I
ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"Who's Rekaru?"
"Oh, you heard. Um, when I was ten, I was finally given my powers, and
I was very anxious to use them. I dragged a few of my friends to a training
island to try my powers against my trainer's wishes. I sparred with two of my
friends and beat them easily, but not badly. But Rekaru, the fool, thought I
was just lucky and challenged me. He put up a hell of a fight and we were at a
standstill. All of a sudden, I got so mad that my power's incantation came to
me, and I used it. My parents barred my powers from me for five months."
"Thank you for telling me. It must be hard."
"Not anymore. Thank you for listening." Jupiter held his hand tightly,
glad for the companionship. She felt her escort get up, and she did too. But
she didn't let go of his hand. She realized he might be wondering why she
still held him.
"Uh, I'm still a little shook up," she tried to explain, "it might be
better this way."
"Okay." Jupiter was glad at his response, and they started again. The
path was easier now, and they easily avoided the rest of the traps. Jupiter
was doubly glad that there were no more tests. She had enough tests at school
to worry about. She was once again getting tired, and was going to ask to slow
down, but her escort spoke first.
"Wait. We are here."
"We are? Cool!"
"Well, sort of. We have reached the point where I can go no further.
Ahead is a door that opens only when you alone touch it. But there must be no
other living soul within ten meters for it to work. Just keep walking straight
and follow the walls. You cannot miss it."
"Alright. Thank you very much," she said, and searched for his face
with her free hand. When she found it, she brought it close and gave him a
kiss on the cheek. She then started to head towards the direction she was told
to go in. After what she guessed were twenty or so meters, her hand touched a
wall. Immediately, the wall vanished and a bright light illuminated the maze.
She looked behind to see what her friend looked like, but he was no longer
there. Realizing this place was just full of weirdness, she decided to go on.
The room she entered was ten meters tall and wide, and each of the
walls had a large pink piece of tapestry hanging from the ceiling. Each of the
pennants, of course, had the symbol of Jupiter painted on it in green. In the
center of the room, on top of a tall stone platform, was the Hammer (what, you
were expecting Bugs Bunny?). It was a large sledgehammer with a silver head.
The handle was pink, with a green vine twirled around it. She headed towards
it slowly, wondering if there were any more surprises. But the only thing that
happened when she picked it up was a sudden rush of power that, much to her
dismay, quickly calmed into a lower-but-higher-than-before-level. She held it
with one hand at the end of the handle and the other just under the head. She
was smiling and purring at her new prize, when she felt something hit her on
the head. She looked down and saw a small pebble. She looked up and saw the
source of the room's illumination. The whole ceiling was glowing a hot white,
and slowly breaking apart.
Super Sailor Venus headed towards the two doorways cautiously. The one
on the side of Lyral was illuminated, and the one on the side of Kripler was
totally dark. Not being one to take unnecessary chances, she went towards the
lighted room. Inside, the room wasn't too big or small, and it was lighted by
numerous candles just like those in the shrine. And on the far wall there was
a human sized statue of Lyral. But all that didn't matter to her, because in
the center of the room, hanging in midair, was a large scimitar with an orange
hilt and silver blade.
"Yes! giggling. There it is." She ran up to it and grabbed it with
great enthusiasm. "Hmmm. I don't . . . feel any more powerful," she said with
a puzzled look on her face. She looked over the sword, but dropped it as it
turned to stone. Then the whole room started to rumble and break apart.
"Damn! A trap!" Venus ran out of the door, but arrived too late as the
whole shrine was coming down, and the way out was blocked. The ceiling in the
room with the fake sword had already collapsed, and the one in the main room
was almost ready to go. Venus fell to her hands and knees as the rumbling was
increasing intensely. She looked up to see that the other room, though dark,
was still intact. She got up and tried to run for it, but kept on tripping on
the rocks on the floor.
"Goddamnit! VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!" The beams cleared a path in
front of her and she finally made it to the other room. But to her screaming
dismay, there was no floor in the room and she started to fall down a long
chute. She felt her stomach in her neck as she was approaching a faint light.
The light was the end of the chute, and she fell through with a squeak into a
giant room full of green liquid. Floating all around the liquid were pieces of
metal, cloth, and other trash. She was floating in the pool trying to survey
her surroundings. The walls of the room were bare, and the ceiling had a semi-
sphere of glowing green energy.
"UGH! This place stinks. Oh, man! Recycle fluids. I'd better get out
of here. They might eat through my suit." She knew that these chemicals eat
through all but the toughest metals and polymers. She wasn't sure wether her
suit would stand it.
"If I could find the fluid's formula, I could solve all of Earth's
garbage troubles. I'd be rich!" She looked around to see if there was an exit,
when her gaze met upon a bright light. In front of her, glowing with golden
energy, was a European broadsword. It's blade was silver, and the hilt was
orange with a little yellow heart at the base of the hilt. A broad smile grew
on her face, and she started to swim toward it. But when the fluids in front
of her started to bubble, she immediately stopped with a shriek. The bubbling
grew more powerful, and it was soon going to envelop her. She tried to swim
away from the disturbance, only to have it follow her. Then, with a deafening
roar, a humungous monster leapt out of the fluids and roared in general anger.
What could be seen of the monster was two stories high and a chalky white in
color. The head was covered with finger-like hair which moved on its own
accord. It had one eye, but it was stretched from ear to ear, although its
ears looked like fins. It had no nose, and, when it opened it, its mouth was
a gaping hole with pointed teeth inside. The body was round and fat, and its
arms had no hands, but giant crab-like claws. Venus went pale at the sight
before her and immediately dived under the fluids. She tried to swim away from
it, but felt it grab her by the waist. It picked her up out of the water and
flung her against a wall. With the breath knocked out of her, she fell on her
right shoulder right onto a large slab of metal in the fluids. She was happy
that the slab floated, because she wouldn't be able to swim for a few seconds.
She soon saw that the monster moved slowly above the water, and was struggling
to get to her, roaring as it came. Confident she could swim again, she dived
back in and started to swim towards the sword. It was behind the monster, but
she was sure that she could swim around it. As she was nearing the sword, the
monster brought down one of its claws to grab her again. Venus grabbed a pipe
that was near her and thrust it between the open claw. The monster roared as
it tried to remove the pipe with its other claw. Venus took the opportunity to
get the sword. Standing right under it, she used a slab of metal to propel
herself upward. But was completely surprised when she fell back into the fluid
empty handed. Her hands went right through the sword. Then, with a flicker,
the sword disappeared.
"Another fake! Damn!" But she had no time to worry as the monster had
removed the pipe from its claw. It roared again as it began to look for its
prey. Venus dived under the fluid, hoping that it hadn't seen her yet. She was
scrambling for an idea, but was at a loss. Plus the fact that she could not
hold her breath very long didn't help. She looked around the water to see if
there was anything she could use, when a piece of metal caught her eye. Before
she tried to get it, she resurfaced for air behind the monster, glad it hadn't
seen her yet. She dived back in and headed for the metal. It was a long, thin
scrap, bent in a few places, and had some signs of being worn by the fluids.
She was about to grab it, when she realized if it could survive the fluids all
this time, it would probably cut her hand. Then, she grabbed a nearby strip of
some kind of cloth.
'Probably just as resilient as the metal,' She thought, and quickly
wrapped the cloth around one end of the metal like a handle. She swam back up
for more air, and to see what she could do to the monster. It had finally seen
her, and thrust another claw at her. Venus swung the makeshift blade to slash
the claw, but was overwhelmed when the sword not only slashed the claw, but
the rest of the monster, too. The sword sent out an energy that cut it in half
at the chest. It made no sound as the top half fell off the bottom half with
a wave of the green blood, and died. Venus was dumbfounded at what just took
place, and looked at the blade with her mouth wide open. All of a sudden, the
blade glowed with so much intensity, that Venus had to look away. When she
could see again, she realized she was out of the fluids and back inside the
shrine. But it was different. It was almost as it was before the cave-in, only
the other side of the shrine was lighted. Plus, the two doors had disappeared,
leaving another wall covered with lighted candles. And, standing on the wall
opposite Lyral, was a statue of the monster she just killed. Then it hit her:
"Holy shit! That was Kripler I just fought! I beat an incarnation of
the Prophet of War. Wow. Hmm?" She looked down at the blade which had changed
completely. It was now a Katana sword, with (of course) a silver blade, and an
orange Tsuka with a row of little yellow hearts from top to bottom. She was
amazed at the piece of trash's transformation. She looked it over, getting in
every detail. Then her left arm brushed something at her side. She looked down
to see that, just above her skirt, a sheath for her sword was attached. It was
orange with yellow ivy-like decorations streaming all over it. She sheathed
her sword and was surprised at how smooth it felt. She drew the sword again,
then sheathed it back, feeling its power flow every time she even moved it.
Then the ground started to shake again, much to her dismay.
"What? Not again!" But she realized that, this time, something was
trying to break through the wall where the doors were.
Eternal Sailor Moon had a small trickle of blood on the corner of her
mouth, and was bent over Tuxedo Mask like a cat protecting something valuable.
He was clutching his chest which had a huge slash from his right shoulder to
the bottom left of his abdomen. His blood was staining his shirt and dripping
on the sand. They were both staring at Corji, who was just now removing a rose
lodged in her left thigh. She winced in pain as she tried to step forward, and
stopped. Fifty meters behind her, the Captain was holding himself up on Super
Sailor Saturn's shoulder. His left shoulder no longer had armor, and the skin
below was badly burned and bleeding. Saturn's right arm had a cut across her
biceps, and the blood was already staining her glove. Not unlike the others,
they were both staring at Shecou, who was clutching his left hand, which was
obviously broken. Then, as best as they could, Corji and Shecou charged.