This is my first attempt at only comedy. I prefer
writing dramas, but I want to constantly try new
genres and challenge myself. Let me know how I
did please.
The song, Love is a Battlefield, is by Pat Benatar.
"We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand,
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
Whoa whooaaa
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefied.
You're makin me go.
Then makin me stay.
Why do you hurt me so bad?
It would help me to know.
Do i stand in your way?
Or am I the best thing you've had?
Believe me, believe me,
I can't tell you why,
but I'm trapped by your love,
and I'm chained to your side.
We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand,
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefield.
We're losing control,
will you turn me away?
Or touch me deep inside?
And if all this gets old,
will it still feel the same?
There's no way this will die.
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, you'll need me to hold.
We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand.
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefield.
Love is A Battlefield:
She sighed in bliss as she snuggled closer to her lover.
Everything was perfect. God how she wished she could freeze this
moment and live in it until the end of time. *The end of time?
Come on Michelle, that is Trista's department.* Amara was stirring.
Damn, Amara would wake up any moment, and she would not have this
moment any longer. "Michelle," Amara's deep voice said quietly.
"Mmmhmm..." Michelle mumbled, wishing fervently that her
lover would fall back asleep.
"Ready to get up baby?"
Michelle growled. "I told you not to call me
THAT!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed, jumping in Amara's face. Amara's
face broke into a huge grin as she began laughing hysterically.
"YOU WON"T THINK IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN I SEND MY POWERS ON
YOUR BUTT!!" Michelle screamed.
Amara put her hands up in defeat though she was still
laughing hysterically. "All right...all right," she managed to
say between her loud chuckles.
Michelle got out of bed, feeling grumpy. *Does she have
to ruin every morning this way?* she thought bitterly, but she
smiled on the outside and went to the bathroom.
Amara yelled at her from the bedroom. "I knew that
would get you up!" she yelled proudly.
"Excuse me?" Michelle said, walking calmly out of the
bathroom. Fire was burning in the water senshi's eyes.
*Uh oh,* Amara thought, knowing from experience that
when Michelle stood there calmly with the fire in her eyes she
was in a lot more trouble than when Michelle yelled and got
furious. Amara gulped. "Nothing," she squeaked.
Michelled nodded. "That's what I thought," she said,
returning into the bathroom.
"Ha," Amara mumbled under her breath.
"Did you say something Dear???" Michelle yelled from
the bathroom.
"No, of course not," Amara said quickly, glad Michelle
couldn't see her eyes. Michelle had that uncanny power to see
when she was lying. Amara sighed in relief when she heard the
water running. Michelle would be taking a shower, so now she
could relax and go eat some breakfast.
On the other side of town a very different couple was
amazingly going through a similar...uh...situation. Serena
sighed contentedly in her lover's arms. She rested her head on
Darien's chest, wishing this moment could last forever. Darien
stirred. Damn, he was going to wake up and that meant she would
have to get up too. "Serena," Darien ventured quietly.
"Whattt?" Serena whined.
Darien put his hand over his ears and grimaced. "Ready
to get up love?"
Serena pouted. "I don't wannaaaaaaaaaaa."
"Aww, Serena come on."
"No," she said, anger rising.
"All right, all right," he said. "I guess I'll get
dressed on my own. He picked out his ugly dark puke green
shirt out of the closet. *Oh God, that helpless idiot,* Serena
thought, honestly feeling pity for him.
"Here," she said, jumping up. "Let me help you," she
said, looking through his closet in earnest. "You are not
going out in that," she said, throwing the ugly green shirt on
the floor. Darien grinned. After she had picked out the
perfect outfit for him, he smiled even bigger. "I knew that
would get you out of bed," he said smugly.
Serena's mouth fell open. "You...You..." she
stuttered, her face turning red and steam blowing out of her
ears.
Darien backed up *Uh oh,* he thought, realizing she
was about to blow up. "Hey, Serena, just kidding," he said
cautiously.
The fire burned down, and she became calm again. "You
better have been," she said glaring at him. He nodded.
"I am going to go take a shower," Serena said calmly.
Darien nodded again and left the room to go eat some
breakfast.
You would probably be amazed if I were to tell you
that the very same thing was happening in yet another part of
town, near a temple that an old man owned and was looked after
by his fiery daughter as well as a strange, wacko musician.
Well in actuality, a similar thing was occuring with four
friends instead of two lovers. Mina woke up groggily and
wiggled deeper into her sleeping bag for warmth. She smiled
some. She liked this part of morning before anyone else was up,
and she could just rest in contentment by herself. She was not
aware that Amy was doing the same thing in her sleeping bag
next to Mina.
"Mina, Amy," Raye yelled. "Time to get up!"
*Damn,* Mina thought.
*Darn,* Amy thought.
"What about Lita?" Mina mumbled.
"Yeah no fair to leave her out," Amy agreed
wholeheartedly.
"I am already up sleepyheads," Lita said cheerfully.
Mina and Amy groaned. "I don't wanna get up," Mina
whined.
Amy was a bit more tactful as she just turned her back
to Raye and started to fall back asleep.
"Come on Mina," Lita said, pulling the girl out of the
sleeping bag.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo," Mina
screamed loudly in protest. Lita covered her ears. *Oh God,
Someone make her stop,* Lita begged silently.
"AMY GET YOUR BUTT UP!!" Raye shouted, beginning to
pull the water senshi out of her sleeping bag. She stopped
however when she saw the deadly look in Amy's eyes. Amy was,
in everyone's opinion, the weakest senshi, but when she got
that look in her eyes Raye knew from experience that Hotaru
probably wouldn't even be a match for her. She giggled
nervously and backed off.
Amy grunted in approval as she fell back to sleep.
Lita also left Mina to sleep because the screaming
was killing her ears.
Raye and Lita turned on some dance music and began
dancing, winking at each other. Mina stirred, feeling the
beat in her heart and feet. She jumped up and began dancing
with them. Lita smiled and winked again at Raye. Mina kept
on dancing, oblivious.
"Oh, have you seen this new book I got on this man's
new mathematical theory?" Raye asked Lita curiously, feigning
innocence.
Amy jumped up. "New mathematical theory? Could I
borrow that?" she begged.
Raye winked at Lita, but unlike Mina, Amy saw it.
"Hey," she said hesitantly.
"We knew the dancing and mention of a book would
get you two up," Lita announced proudly. Raye smiled in
triumph.
Amy got that look again, and Mina turned bright
red, her fists clenched at her side. Raye and Lita backed
away. "Umm...hey guys, just kidding," Lita said nervously.
"Yeah...yeah...kidding," Raye stuttered. *uh oh,*
they both thought simultaneously. Amy and Mina grinned.
Hotaru was mumbling in her sleep. Trista shook her.
Hotaru's large dark purple eyes opened reluctantly. "Huh?"
she asked in confusion. Trista smiled. "Time to get up
Hotaru," she said.
Hotaru groaned. "What time is it?"
"I am not sure. I just got up, but I heard Amara
and Michelle up. You know how Michelle likes to try to get
as much sleep as possible on a Saturday, so I assume it must
be late."
"You ASSUME??? You woke me up on a fucking Saturday
based on one of your ASSUMPTIONS????????" Hotaru screamed
angrily. She reached to the right of her bed where her silence
glaive was located.
"Let's not get hasty," Trista said, her eyes wide as
she backed up.
Hotaru gave her an evil glare but then burst out into
laughter. "I was reaching for my clock on the desk," she
spurted out in between her chuckles.
Trista smiled. "Right, I knew that."
"Sure you did."
Amara had managed to get Michelle up at 9 a.m. on a
Saturday morning. A feat for which Trista congratulated her
wholeheartedly. Someone wasn't quite so happy about the time
though. Actually several people. Hotaru and Michelle walked
into the kitchen and looked at the clock groggily. Hotaru's
eyes got wide. Michelle gasped and began struggling to breathe.
When they both calmed down enough to manage to get words out,
there was a loud scream from two very angry, very powerful
senshi. "NINE IN THE MORNING??????" They screamed. Trista and
Amara were already gone. Elsewhere at Darien's apartment and
Raye's temple the cries of the two deadly senshi were echoed
by three more very powerful senshi. Darien, Raye, and Lita
were gone too. Serena, Mina, and Amy were screaming. Their
voices merging with those of Hotaru and Michelle.
Skipping along, Serena entered the store. Eager to
see Darien whom she knew was shopping with Rini. She smiled
when she found them in the ice cream aisle. She ran up to
them, her pigtails bouncing. "Now who's a pig?" she teased,
coming up on Rini and Darien. Surprised, she saw Hotaru with
them as well. *Well, that's not so surprising. She is Rini's
best friend, after all,* Serena thought. Darien stuck out
his tongue at Serena in a joking manner.
Rini's eyes flashed with anger. "You stay away!" she
yelled at Serena. "I'm SOOO tired of the way you treat me.
Besides I don't eat nearly as much as you do," she said
harshly. That stung. Tears came to Serena's eyes.
Darien put his arm around her. "Hey now. There was
no need for that Rini."
"Oh sure, defend her. You know I'm right!!"
Hotaru nodded in agreement.
"You too Hotaru?" Serena asked, hurt.
Darien kneeled down and looked Rini in the eye. "I
think you should apologize for hurting your mother's
feelings. That was very disrespectful Rini."
"Oh please," the normally quiet Hotaru shot out.
"Why don't you go get a life? Don't come near Rini," she
said angrily, standing in front of Rini protectively.
Darien looked surprised. "Geez Hotaru, I was just
saying."
"Since when do you take her side anyway?" Rini
yelled.
"Yeah stay away from us," Hotaru warned.
"Fine by me," Darien said angrily, pulling the
wailing Serena with him.
Not too far away Amara and Michelle were shopping
for new dresses for Michelle when they ran into the four
inner senshi without their leader. "Hey Lita, Hey Raye,
Hey Mina, Hey Amy," Michelle shouted.
"Hey!" they all yelled cheerfully, running towards
them. "What's up?" Lita asked.
"Aww you guys are looking for dresses? How cute!"
Mina exclaimed.
"Hmph. I don't wear dresses," Amara said gruffly.
"Oh, right," Mina said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Michelle asked
sharply.
"What? Nothing..." Mina said in confusion.
"Hey, back off!" Lita warned as her eyes flashed.
"She didn't mean anything by it Lita," Amara said
in her love's defense. "What is wrong with you today
Michelle?" she asked curiously.
"There's nothing wrong with me! I can't believe
you would say something like that," Michelle pouted, hurt.
Warning bells went off in Amara's head. *Michelle
never pouts...*
She stayed silent though. Raye held up a trendy
outfit proudly. "Look what I found!" she exclaimed
happily.
"Oh yeah, nice," Amara said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Amy asked
defensively.
"Nothing," Amara said suspiciously. *What is up
with the water senshi today?* she wondered.
"What about my outfit?" Mina asked cheerfully,
holding up the most hideous outfit any of them had ever
laid eyes on.
They all looked away. A few of them nearly choked
but said nothing. Except for two people. Lita who was
smiling and looking at Mina in admiration, and Amara who
ventured to say something. "Mina, that looks horrible,"
she said, laughing. She was never good with being tactful.
Lita jumped in immediately. "Hey, piss off!" she
spat angrily, putting herself in front of Mina
defensively.
Mina was pouting. "Hey it's all right Mina," Lita
said, hugging her.
"Thanks!" Mina exclaimed, back to her old self
already.
Amy was glaring at Michelle. "You didn't say
anything about Raye's outfit."
"It's nice..." Michelle said.
"You hesitated...why did you hesitate?? Huh??"
Michelle looked at her strangely. "I was thinking
about something Amy."
"Fine," Amy hissed, watching her carefully.
"Hey, don't worry Ames. I can fight my own
battles," Raye reassured her while hugging her.
"Just lookin out for ya best friend."
"i know. Thanks."
Michelle looked at them strangely. She knew all
the inner senshi were best friends, but she had never
heard Raye and Amy use that term when speaking to each
other. She didn't have time to ponder on this though
because she saw Lita swing a fist at Amara.
"Hey!" she yelled, jumping in front of Amara. "You
back off Bitch!" she yelled, slapping her. Lita's mouth
gaped open.
Mina's eyes flashed with anger. "You wanna taste
of that Michelle?" she yelled, slapping Michelle.
Amara was on her quickly and then Lita was on
Amara, so of course Michelle was on Lita. Leaving Amy and
Raye watching them curiously. As fate or destiny or
whatever the hell you believe in would have it, Trista
walked in at that very moment. Looking at Raye
and Amy first for an explanation but upon receiving none,
she began to to try to pry the four apart. When that
failed, she screamed. "I am going to unleash the powers
of Pluto on you if you all don't separate right
NOW!!!!!!!!" she yelled. They separated immediately. *I
can't believe I have to order them around like children.
They are young adults for god's sakes,* she thought
angrily. "What the hell is wrong with you all?" she
asked, her red eyes glaring at them all.
They all cowered in her powerful presence. Lita
grabbed Mina's hand and they just ran out. Amy and Raye
looked around for a second and then ran out to join them.
Trista sighed and glared at Amara and Michelle. "I really
would have expected better from you," she said.
"Why?" Michelle asked. "Because you expect us to
be as fucking mature and boring as you are all the time?"
Trista opened her mouth in surprise. "Michelle,
there was no need for that."
"Back off from Michelle," Amara screamed, a
primitive, beast-like fury raging in her eyes.
Trista raised one eyebrow and walked quietly out
of the store. *What the hell is wrong with everyone
today?* she wondered. She had just seen Darien pulling
Serena out of a store earlier and heard from Darien's
angry mouth about the fight they had with Hotaru and
Rini.* She sighed. Was she the only sane senshi left?
The arguments were not forgotten. However,
sailor senshi business did come first. So, grudgingly
and recluctantly, the scouts all forced themselves to try
to work together to defeat the evil monster threatening
the people's peaceful time in the park. The monster
shot out spurts of oil as all the people slipped and fell
on their butts screaming in horror.
"Oh God. How Pathetic. I can't believe I am
fighting an oil monster," Sailor Moon mumbled.
"Just make the speech," Sailor Mars said quickly.
"Back off," Tuxedo Mask growled.
"You got a problem Tuxedo Mask?" Amy asked, a
hint of warning in her voice.
Sailor Neptune looked at Sailor Jupiter for a
second. "Hey, what are you looking at?" Sailor Venus
yelled possessively.
"Nothing," Sailor Neptune mumbled.
Amara stepped towards Sailor Venus threateningly.
"You don't scare me," Sailor Venus declared.
"Oh then you're gonna be scared you blonde...."
Sailor Jupiter cut her off. "We have a mission
here, but if you insult her again, I swear I will
personally see to it that you end up worse than that
evil monster."
Amara scoffed at that. Sailor Neptune stepped
in. "You want to get her? You'll have to get through me
first."
"Fine by me!" Sailor Jupiter yelled.
"Can you all be quiet so I can make my speech?"
Sailor Moon yelled.
"Yeah back off," Tuxedo Mask defended her.
"Yeah, back off," Sailor Mini Moon mocked.
"Mini Moon," Tuxedo Mask said in a warning tone.
Sailor Saturn's eyes flashed. "Don't even think
of ordering her around. She is the best of all of us. So
do what she says!"
"Why are you even here?" Tuxedo Mask asked. "We
don't want the whole world destroyed. This is just a
simple evil monster. We don't need you."
"Don't you dare insult her," Mini Moon commanded
angrily. "We always need her you understand?"
Sailor Moon glared at her. "Shut up!"
"Don't tell her to shut up!" Sailor Saturn
yelled.
Tuxedo Mask's mouth opened, but Sailor Pluto cut
him off.
"Shut up! All of you!" Sailor Pluto ordered.
Once again the only voice of sanity and reason. Usually
Amy joined her in that category. *What is wrong with
everyone?* Oh well, she shook her head. She would think
about that later, after they defeated this evil
monster.
"We won't have you harming innocent people,"
Sailor Moon yelled down at the monster, trying to look
threatening. "We are going to trip you up on your own
oil."
"That is what you came up with?" Mini Moon asked,
putting her hand over her mouth in amusement.
Tuxedo Mask glared at her. Sailor Saturn glared
at him. Sailor Pluto glared at them all, so they all
jumped down to the ground and prepared to attack this
evil monster.
"You made a mistake attacking this park creep!"
Sailor Jupiter yelled, throwing her thunder at it.
"You Go!" Sailor Venus yelled proudly. Sailor
Jupiter smiled at her.
Sailor Uranus stepped forward. "I can beat that.
WORLD SHAKING!!!!" The swirling golden power shook the
Earth, and the monster screamed, lying on the ground in
shock.
Neptune caught her lover's eye and smiled proudly.
Sailor Uranus winked as Sailor Neptune sent her
destructive sea powers straight at the already weakened
monster.
The power did not make it to the monster however.
It went straight into a tree and destroyed it. Sailor
Neptune looked around in confusion. Sailor Venus was on
top of her. "Don't you ever try to top Jupiter again!"
she yelled angrily.
"WORLD SHAKING!!!!" Sailor Uranus' power went
straight for Sailor Venus.
Sailor Jupiter's eyes got huge as she jumped in
the way.
Sailor Mars shot a fire arrow at the monster who
was already getting back up. "Take that!" she yelled.
"Yeah!" Sailor Mercury yelled proudly.
Sailor Moon twirled and shot her powers straight
at the monster who was immediately turned into moon dust.
"All right," she said proudly.
"Way to defeat that creep Sailor Moon," Tuxedo
Mask said in adoration.
"What??? Mars is the one who defeated him with
her fire arrow. Sailor Moon's pitiful power did
nothing," Sailor Mercury screamed.
"You gotta be kidding?" Sailor Neptune stepped
up. "It was Sailor Uranus' world shaking that defeated
that evil monster."
"Wrong again!" Venus yelled. "We all knew
Jupiter had him down from the beginning."
Sailor Pluto sighed loudly and shook her head.
*Something isn't right.* She left.
Knock, knock.
Her red eyes peered through the eyehole. Blonde
hair, blue eyes. She opened the door. "Serena," she said
in surprise.
Serena nodded. "Trista," she said quietly.
"Come in," Trista said, standing to the side.
"Who is it?" Amara yelled down. Hotaru came
running down the stairs. Amara peeked her head out of her
and Michelle's room.
"Serena," Trista said.
"Hi," they all said.
"Hi," she responded.
"Is there something wrong Serena?" Trista asked
seriously.
"Well, yes actually," Serena said, also serious.
"I was hoping I could talk to you about it."
"Of course. Sit down," Trista said.
Serena sat down. "Thank you," she said.
"No need to thank me yet. Tell me what is
bothering you."
Serena hesitated. "It is just...I mean it could
be nothing, but I get this bad feeling, and things...well
things...have been so strange lately it seems. Maybe it's
just me..."
"No, it's not just you," Trista responded.
"Things have been strange."
"Wrong," Serena ventured.
"Yes, I think that something is wrong," Trista
agreed.
"Trista?"
"What?"
"I talked with all the inner senshi about this
already. Raye and Lita and Mina all think it's nothing,
but Amy is inclined to be more serious about this like me.
I suppose for Raye and Lita their personalities are mostly
the same, but Mina is different, and Amy is really really
different. Even Darien and Hotaru seem so different. And
well even Raye and Lita and Amara and Michelle...don't
seem right."
"What about you and me?" Trista asked.
"I don't know if I would be a fair judge of
myself. Do you think I'm different?"
"Yes...sometimes," Trista admitted.
Serena nodded. "Fair enough. You seem to be the
only one unaffected."
Trista nodded. "It does appear that way."
"Have you talked to the outer senshi about this?
Asked them what they thought about it?"
"No," Trista admitted, but Hotaru and Michelle and
Amara were all listening. Hotaru came down the stairs, and
Amara and Michelle came out of their bedroom and down the
stairs as well.
"I agree. SOmething isn't right at all," Hotaru
said softly. "I feel so strange. So...off."
Michelle nodded in agreement.
"Are you all serious? So we're all a bit
temperemental lately? People get in bad moods. It
happens," Amara said.
"We've never slapped each other before though,"
Serena said quietly.
"You heard about that huh?" Michelle asked in
embarrassment. "You're right," she said quietly. "And we've
never let our disagreements and tempers get in the way of
our senshi duty."
"Exactly," Trista said. "This is serious when it
threatens team unity and gets in the way of a battle. That
monster was an easy one. Do you know how much trouble we
would have been in if that monster had been a tough one?
Or even an average one??"
Serena and Hotaru and Michelle all nodded in
understanding.
"It won't happen again," Amara said. "You guys
need to take a chill pill," and she walked off.
"You guys hurt Amara. Stay away from her!"
Michelle said, turning on them and running after Amara.
Hotaru, Trista, and Serena looked at each other
in disbelief.
"Trista?" Hotaru finally asked.
"Yes?"
"What is happening to us? You see into the
future. What is going on? Can you tell us?"
Trista shook her head. "I don't know. I can't
believe this Hotaru, but I don't know." She sat silently
in thought for some time. "Well, I don't know everything
about the future and present and past," Trista said out
loud, though still working through her thoughts.
"Still, something as major as this. Something threatening
team unity and work should have been important enough for
me to know." She sighed. "I wish I knew," she said to
Hotaru.
Hotaru and Serena looked at each other. "I'm
scared," Serena admitted.
"So she doesn't know either? This is bad guys,"
Amy said fearfully.
"Get a grip," Lita said. "It's not a big deal. If
she doesn't know about it that only proves what the rest
of us were trying to say. There is nothing serious about
a little bit of senshi bickering."
"Bickering?" Serena said. "What about the slaps?
The attacks on one another? We can't be doing that. What
about team unity? And that monster? Trista said we could
have been in big trouble fighting the way we were if it
had been a tougher monster."
Amy nodded her head in agreement.
"I really think it's nothing," Mina agreed with
Lita.
"Me too. You all just need to calm down," Raye said.
Amy thought to herself. "Maybe you're right Raye,"
she said quietly. "It is just some bickering. We bicker all
the time," she laughed.
Serena's mouth gaped wide open. "I'm going," she
said in amazement, shaking her head.
Rini and Hotaru walked down the street, holding
hands as they ran into Serena and Darien also holding hands
and walking down the street the opposite way. Rini and
Hotaru were laughing about a joke. Darien and Serena were
shifting their eyes from watching where they were going to
gazing lovingly into one another's eyes.
"Oh gag," Rini commented. Hotaru laughed.
"You got a problem with our love for one another?"
Serena said, her eyes narrowed.
"Yeah it makes me wanna puke," Rini said, half
joking and half serious.
"Yeah, well you make me want to puke," Serena said
harshly.
Hotaru's mouth opened wide. *I can't believe
this,* she thought in amazement. "What's your problem with
my best friend?" she asked angrily, stepping in front of
Rini.
"What's your problem with my one and only?" Tuxedo
Mask asked angrily, stepping towards Hotaru.
Rini ran at him and began punching him. "Don't you
dare get near her," she screamed hysterically.
Serena grabbed and pulled her off Darien. She put
her down carefully but fire was shining in her eyes. "You
stay away from him," she warned.
They were all glaring at each other. Finally, Serena
pulled on Darien and they walked off in a huff. Rini and
Hotaru rolled their eyes and walked off angrily.
The next monster nearly defeated the "bickering"
team. The seams that held the sailor senshi together were
unraveling-and fast. Trista stood on the balcony looking
out at the city lights that evening. *What can we do? Who
can we go to?* she wondered silently. Lost and confused as
to what to do, she stared in silence.
Amara and Michelle had not come out of their bedroom
in days. They had been needed in the third battle, but they
ignored everyone's pleas for help. Trista could hear them
going at it in the room. The door was locked. She
considered breaking it down, but she knew that
even then she couldn't force them to fight. They were
obviously dead set against fighting. Their minds were on
one thing-love. *Love,* the word clicked in Trista's mind.
*Was love what was causing all this chaos? But love is what
we fight with and for...* she thought in confusion. *That
can't be it.*
Meanwhile in the bedroom, Michelle and Amara were
messing with each other's hair playfully. Michelle giggled
as Amara tickled her suddenly. "I love you Amara," she
whispered.
Amara's eyes softened. "I love you too," she said
sincerely. Their bodies merged. That morning was the
beginning of the end for them though. Amara's hand went up
and down Michelle's body, gently caressing her love. Her
eyes shone with adoration. "Michelle," she whispered.
"Let's become one again."
Michelle leaned against Amara, reaching her hand
and putting it over Amara's soft arm that was going up and
down her smooth body. "Not now love. Just hold me please,"
she requested.
"Come on Michelle. It's been almost 10 hours. I'm
going crazy," Amara chuckled.
Michelle, however, was not amused. "Amara don't
push it," she said, her teeth gritting together in
frustration.
"Do you want me to rub your back?"
"No," Michelle sighed still in frustration.
"What do you want then?" Amara asked, exasperated.
"You don't know?" Michelle asked angrily.
"I'm not a mind reader you know. No, I have no
freaking idea what the hell you want," she said, her voice
becoming loud.
You're a woman Amara! You're supposed to know what
women want!"
"Really? Hmm...oops."
"Oops?? Oops??"
"Yeah...oops"
"I'll give you oops"
Amara cowered. Michelle's eyes flashed with anger,
and Amara sighed in frustration. "Fine. Nothing I do is
ever good enough anyway," she said in bitterness. She got
up and went into the bathroom.
"Amara?" Michelle asked.
"What?" she yelled back.
"Stop being like this."
"You stop!" she screamed.
"You!"
"YOU!!!"
"Fine, I'll leave."
Amara poked her head out as a terrified look
briefly flashed across her face, but it was replaced by
an angry face. "Fine, go. See if I care. I could replace
you with any hot girl like that," she snapped her fingers.
"I hate you," Michelle screamed, pushing a few
clothes into her suitcase quickly and running out.
"I love you," Amara whispered sadly as Michelle
left.
Darien and Serena had just holed themselves up
since last night too. They no longer listened to anyone.
They were spending every single precious moment together,
deeply attached to one another.
"Darien, Will you hold me?" Serena asked, her
eyes glazed over.
"Of course love," he said, his arms encircling
her in his warm embrace and his eyes shining with his
love for her.
"They won't come out!" Mina said loudly to
Trista. She and the rest of the inner senshi were at the
outer senshi's house. Although two of the outer senshi
were missing. For once they weren't together though.
Trista had informed them of a huge fight and screaming
she had heard that morning. Michelle had left. All were
surprised but too caught up in the crisis with Darien
and Serena to think much about it.
Trista shook her head. *What the hell is going
on?* she thought for perhaps the fiftieth time that week.
Rini looked at Trista in concern.
"We have to find a way to get them out I
suppose," Hotaru said.
"Well yeah, but how?" Lita asked.
All the senshi looked at each other. "Reason
with them?" Amy asked.
"Oh come on," Lita said. "They won't listen to
reason. We need force."
"I thought it was a good idea," Raye said,
defending Amy.
Trista sighed. "No more arguments are going to
start. Do you understand?" she asked, giving her sternest
look to everyone. They all nodded their heads reluctantly
in agreement.
"What do you think we should do Trista?" Raye
asked.
Trista thought for a moment. "I'll be honest,"
she said. "There is something bigger going on here.
Nothing is right with any of you lately."
"Us?" Lita asked defensively. "What about you?"
"Yeah, don't be pointing fingers. You aren't
immune," Rini agreed.
Trista sighed. *But I am immune. Why?* "Well,
whatever the case is is not important. The point is
this is more than just a case between Darien and Serena
or Amara and Michelle. There is something going on, and
to be honest I think we need to find out about this
new negative force and destroy it if we are ever to stop
this madness."
The senshi all looked at each other. "All right,"
Raye finally said.
Amy nodded in agreement, and Hotaru and Rini
quickly agreed.
"I don't know...how do we do that?" Mina asked.
Trista sighed. "I'm not sure," she admitted. "If
Amy could begin running scans on everyone I suppose that
would be a start."
Amy nodded again. "All right," Mina agreed. Lita
sighed and reluctantly agreed as well.
"Serena I'm sorry. Nothing I do ever seems
to make you happy anymore," Darien said in exasperation.
"Please tell me how I can make you happy?" he begged.
"Forget it," Serena snapped impatiently. "I
just don't know why I bother sometimes."
"Because you love me," Darien said, a huge
grin covering his face.
Serena sighed and turned over, her back now
to Darien.
"Hey!" Darien exclaimed. He wrapped his arm
around her, but she pushed it away angrily.
"What's wrong with you?" Serena demanded.
"What's wrong with you is the question,"
Darien said, anger rising up in his voice as well.
"What's wrong with me is that I've been
spending every second of my day with a loser who
doesn't even know how to bring me any pleasure,"
Serena snapped as she tore out of the room.
"GOOD RIDDANCE, AND DON"T COME BACK!"
Darien screamed.
"NOT A cHANCE IN HELL I"M COMING
BACK," Serena screamed in return as she ran home.
At the exact same time Serena and Darien
were breaking up, the rest of the senshi minus
four members and with friction between two other
members, were attempting to defeat a new evil
monster.
Besides Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask,
Sailor Mini Moon and Sailor Saturn were also missing.
Sailor Neptune began their fight with a
speech in place of Sailor Moon's usual speech and
entrance. "Take a look in the mirror and see who you
really are, and we'll show you what you really deserve
creep," Sailor Neptune said.
"That has to be the stupidest line I've ever
heard," Sailor Uranus declared.
"Oh yeah, well at least my name isn't the butt
of everyone's jokes. No pun intended," Neptune shot
back.
"Ha, ha," Sailor Uranus laughed sarcastically.
*That is it," Sailor Pluto thought. *A huge
portion of our team is missing, and those two are
fighting while Venus and Jupiter as well as Mars
and Mercury are respectively glued at the hip.
Something has got to be done about this right away.*
Sailor Pluto's determination was only
strengthened after learning of the huge fight and
breakup between Serena and Darien as well as
a similar fight she heard the end of between
Hotaru and Rini. That one ended with Rini storming
out of the house the outers resided in. Trista
had called Amy and asked her about the scans.
Of course where Amy went, Raye always went as
well.
"I didn't find anything wrong with us, but
I am getting concerned," Amy admitted. "Now Mina and
Lita have locked themselves in a room, saying their
friendship is so special they only want to spend time
with one another.
"Why don't we do the same?" Raye asked Amy.
Amy smiled and nodded her head in agreement.
Trista sighed and began a long night of
research. She used Amy's computer and tracked signals
going to the room Lita and Mina were staying in as
well as the one Amy and Raye were together alone in.
She followed the signals to a house. *Why bother to
knock on the door?* she thought to herself. *I may
need to fight.* So she transformed.
She saw a guy with big glasses on and short
messy brown hair sitting in a chair in front of a
large mechanical device. *He looks like Melvin,*
she thought briefly before approaching him quietly
and assessing her need for secrecy. She saw no
weapons hidden anywhere, so she detransformed and
made her presence known.
Meanwhile Mina and Lita as well as Raye and
Amy had gotten in huge blowout fights like all the
rest of the senshi.
Who are you?" Trista asked.
"Oh, it's you. Drat, how did you find my
secret liar?"
"After I figured out that you were behind all
of this, I simply looked for your house."
"Oh, right...of course," the man chuckled.
"I will not repeat myself again. Who the hell
are you?"
"Calm down. Calm down. Just an obsessed fan,"
the man answered simply.
"Are you the one behind this?" she asked
angrily.
"Behind what?" he asked in confusion.
"The destruction of the sailor senshi you
idiot. Don't play dumb with me. What the hell did
you do to them all?"
"I was just...I mean. I didn't destroy
anything. I was trying to help."
"You were trying to help?" Trista asked
incredulously.
"Yes."
"Well if your idea of helping is splitting
the whole team up and putting the whole world in
danger, you did a great job."
"Wow, is that what happened? That couldn't
of been because of me. I did them all a favor."
"You are destroying them and this world.
Since when is that a favor?"
"Listen lady you must have me confused with
someone else."
"Why am I talking to you? You won't give me
any answers, so I should just be destroying you." She
transformed into Sailor Pluto and lifted
her staff up, preparing to attack.
"Whoa, whoa. Calm down. All right I'll tell
you what I did, but I swear it was a good thing.
Someone else must have caused this destruction
you speak of."
Trista looked at him. "Go ahead," she said.
"Explain. I'm waiting."
"Right," he nodded quickly. "All I did was
heighten their love for one another. That is a good
thing right? You all fight for love, so I
made the love between Amara and Michelle and Darien
and Serena stronger. For the rest I made the
friendship love for one another much stronger. How
can it be bad to make them all more in love? That
should have made them all happier and stronger. Love
is what you all fight with...and for isn't it?"
Trista groaned. "You idiot," she mumbled.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," she said. "Yes we fight with and
for love but not just exclusive love for one person.
Yes, Darien and Serena as well as Amara and Michelle
have special, important bonds of love. And yes,
Hotaru and Rini, Mina and Lita, and Raye and Amy
have important, strong friendship bonds of love.
However, that is not all the love they fight with
and for. Serena also fights for all her friends.
They all fight for each other and with the strength
of love for each other. And not just each other. They
fight with and for the love of the billions
of people on this planet. You took all that away and
left them with only an incredibly clingy co-dependent
love for one another. Then eventually they were
together so much that they even turned on the one
they loved, leaving them alone, angry, miserable,
and apathetic."
"Wow, I never realized."
Trista said nothing.
He said nothing.
"Well undo it!!!" Trista finally screamed.
"Oh, oh, right," he said hastily.
"One more thing," she asked. "Why did you
leave me out?"
"Well..." he said cautiously. "There was an
odd number. Someone had to be left out. I could have
had a group of three, but that didn't seem
right somehow. You just stuck out as the one with
the least connection or love for anyone."
Trista shook her head. "I may be very
independent, but I love them all very much."
"Yes...I know," he said, pushing a button
next to his chair.
Michelle poked her head in the door.
"Amara?" she asked. "I am so sorry about that. I
don't know what came over me. You know I love
you deeply." Amara nodded and they embraced, all
forgiven and understood.
"Serena please forgive me," Darien said at
her door.
"Oh Darien, I am sorry too," she said,
embracing him in love.
Hotaru approached Rini quietly. "Rini, I am
so sorry. Please can you ever forgive me? I can't
believe I was so cruel."
"Oh I was too. It's ok," she promised as
they hugged.
"Lita," Mina said sadly. "I'm so sorry."
"Me too," Lita said simply, and they
hugged.
"Oh Raye I should never have said those
things. I don't know why I said that. I didn't mean
any of it. I'm so sorry."
"It's all right. I am too," Raye said as
she hugged Amy too.
And all was right again.
The End
How was my first attempt at writing a comedy?
i hope i managed ok...let me know though please.
writing dramas, but I want to constantly try new
genres and challenge myself. Let me know how I
did please.
The song, Love is a Battlefield, is by Pat Benatar.
"We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand,
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
Whoa whooaaa
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefied.
You're makin me go.
Then makin me stay.
Why do you hurt me so bad?
It would help me to know.
Do i stand in your way?
Or am I the best thing you've had?
Believe me, believe me,
I can't tell you why,
but I'm trapped by your love,
and I'm chained to your side.
We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand,
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefield.
We're losing control,
will you turn me away?
Or touch me deep inside?
And if all this gets old,
will it still feel the same?
There's no way this will die.
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, you'll need me to hold.
We are young.
Heartache to heartache we stand.
No promises, no demands.
Love is a battlefield.
We are strong.
No one can tell us we're wrong.
Searchin our hearts for so long.
Both of us knowing,
Love is a battlefield.
Love is A Battlefield:
She sighed in bliss as she snuggled closer to her lover.
Everything was perfect. God how she wished she could freeze this
moment and live in it until the end of time. *The end of time?
Come on Michelle, that is Trista's department.* Amara was stirring.
Damn, Amara would wake up any moment, and she would not have this
moment any longer. "Michelle," Amara's deep voice said quietly.
"Mmmhmm..." Michelle mumbled, wishing fervently that her
lover would fall back asleep.
"Ready to get up baby?"
Michelle growled. "I told you not to call me
THAT!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed, jumping in Amara's face. Amara's
face broke into a huge grin as she began laughing hysterically.
"YOU WON"T THINK IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN I SEND MY POWERS ON
YOUR BUTT!!" Michelle screamed.
Amara put her hands up in defeat though she was still
laughing hysterically. "All right...all right," she managed to
say between her loud chuckles.
Michelle got out of bed, feeling grumpy. *Does she have
to ruin every morning this way?* she thought bitterly, but she
smiled on the outside and went to the bathroom.
Amara yelled at her from the bedroom. "I knew that
would get you up!" she yelled proudly.
"Excuse me?" Michelle said, walking calmly out of the
bathroom. Fire was burning in the water senshi's eyes.
*Uh oh,* Amara thought, knowing from experience that
when Michelle stood there calmly with the fire in her eyes she
was in a lot more trouble than when Michelle yelled and got
furious. Amara gulped. "Nothing," she squeaked.
Michelled nodded. "That's what I thought," she said,
returning into the bathroom.
"Ha," Amara mumbled under her breath.
"Did you say something Dear???" Michelle yelled from
the bathroom.
"No, of course not," Amara said quickly, glad Michelle
couldn't see her eyes. Michelle had that uncanny power to see
when she was lying. Amara sighed in relief when she heard the
water running. Michelle would be taking a shower, so now she
could relax and go eat some breakfast.
On the other side of town a very different couple was
amazingly going through a similar...uh...situation. Serena
sighed contentedly in her lover's arms. She rested her head on
Darien's chest, wishing this moment could last forever. Darien
stirred. Damn, he was going to wake up and that meant she would
have to get up too. "Serena," Darien ventured quietly.
"Whattt?" Serena whined.
Darien put his hand over his ears and grimaced. "Ready
to get up love?"
Serena pouted. "I don't wannaaaaaaaaaaa."
"Aww, Serena come on."
"No," she said, anger rising.
"All right, all right," he said. "I guess I'll get
dressed on my own. He picked out his ugly dark puke green
shirt out of the closet. *Oh God, that helpless idiot,* Serena
thought, honestly feeling pity for him.
"Here," she said, jumping up. "Let me help you," she
said, looking through his closet in earnest. "You are not
going out in that," she said, throwing the ugly green shirt on
the floor. Darien grinned. After she had picked out the
perfect outfit for him, he smiled even bigger. "I knew that
would get you out of bed," he said smugly.
Serena's mouth fell open. "You...You..." she
stuttered, her face turning red and steam blowing out of her
ears.
Darien backed up *Uh oh,* he thought, realizing she
was about to blow up. "Hey, Serena, just kidding," he said
cautiously.
The fire burned down, and she became calm again. "You
better have been," she said glaring at him. He nodded.
"I am going to go take a shower," Serena said calmly.
Darien nodded again and left the room to go eat some
breakfast.
You would probably be amazed if I were to tell you
that the very same thing was happening in yet another part of
town, near a temple that an old man owned and was looked after
by his fiery daughter as well as a strange, wacko musician.
Well in actuality, a similar thing was occuring with four
friends instead of two lovers. Mina woke up groggily and
wiggled deeper into her sleeping bag for warmth. She smiled
some. She liked this part of morning before anyone else was up,
and she could just rest in contentment by herself. She was not
aware that Amy was doing the same thing in her sleeping bag
next to Mina.
"Mina, Amy," Raye yelled. "Time to get up!"
*Damn,* Mina thought.
*Darn,* Amy thought.
"What about Lita?" Mina mumbled.
"Yeah no fair to leave her out," Amy agreed
wholeheartedly.
"I am already up sleepyheads," Lita said cheerfully.
Mina and Amy groaned. "I don't wanna get up," Mina
whined.
Amy was a bit more tactful as she just turned her back
to Raye and started to fall back asleep.
"Come on Mina," Lita said, pulling the girl out of the
sleeping bag.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo," Mina
screamed loudly in protest. Lita covered her ears. *Oh God,
Someone make her stop,* Lita begged silently.
"AMY GET YOUR BUTT UP!!" Raye shouted, beginning to
pull the water senshi out of her sleeping bag. She stopped
however when she saw the deadly look in Amy's eyes. Amy was,
in everyone's opinion, the weakest senshi, but when she got
that look in her eyes Raye knew from experience that Hotaru
probably wouldn't even be a match for her. She giggled
nervously and backed off.
Amy grunted in approval as she fell back to sleep.
Lita also left Mina to sleep because the screaming
was killing her ears.
Raye and Lita turned on some dance music and began
dancing, winking at each other. Mina stirred, feeling the
beat in her heart and feet. She jumped up and began dancing
with them. Lita smiled and winked again at Raye. Mina kept
on dancing, oblivious.
"Oh, have you seen this new book I got on this man's
new mathematical theory?" Raye asked Lita curiously, feigning
innocence.
Amy jumped up. "New mathematical theory? Could I
borrow that?" she begged.
Raye winked at Lita, but unlike Mina, Amy saw it.
"Hey," she said hesitantly.
"We knew the dancing and mention of a book would
get you two up," Lita announced proudly. Raye smiled in
triumph.
Amy got that look again, and Mina turned bright
red, her fists clenched at her side. Raye and Lita backed
away. "Umm...hey guys, just kidding," Lita said nervously.
"Yeah...yeah...kidding," Raye stuttered. *uh oh,*
they both thought simultaneously. Amy and Mina grinned.
Hotaru was mumbling in her sleep. Trista shook her.
Hotaru's large dark purple eyes opened reluctantly. "Huh?"
she asked in confusion. Trista smiled. "Time to get up
Hotaru," she said.
Hotaru groaned. "What time is it?"
"I am not sure. I just got up, but I heard Amara
and Michelle up. You know how Michelle likes to try to get
as much sleep as possible on a Saturday, so I assume it must
be late."
"You ASSUME??? You woke me up on a fucking Saturday
based on one of your ASSUMPTIONS????????" Hotaru screamed
angrily. She reached to the right of her bed where her silence
glaive was located.
"Let's not get hasty," Trista said, her eyes wide as
she backed up.
Hotaru gave her an evil glare but then burst out into
laughter. "I was reaching for my clock on the desk," she
spurted out in between her chuckles.
Trista smiled. "Right, I knew that."
"Sure you did."
Amara had managed to get Michelle up at 9 a.m. on a
Saturday morning. A feat for which Trista congratulated her
wholeheartedly. Someone wasn't quite so happy about the time
though. Actually several people. Hotaru and Michelle walked
into the kitchen and looked at the clock groggily. Hotaru's
eyes got wide. Michelle gasped and began struggling to breathe.
When they both calmed down enough to manage to get words out,
there was a loud scream from two very angry, very powerful
senshi. "NINE IN THE MORNING??????" They screamed. Trista and
Amara were already gone. Elsewhere at Darien's apartment and
Raye's temple the cries of the two deadly senshi were echoed
by three more very powerful senshi. Darien, Raye, and Lita
were gone too. Serena, Mina, and Amy were screaming. Their
voices merging with those of Hotaru and Michelle.
Skipping along, Serena entered the store. Eager to
see Darien whom she knew was shopping with Rini. She smiled
when she found them in the ice cream aisle. She ran up to
them, her pigtails bouncing. "Now who's a pig?" she teased,
coming up on Rini and Darien. Surprised, she saw Hotaru with
them as well. *Well, that's not so surprising. She is Rini's
best friend, after all,* Serena thought. Darien stuck out
his tongue at Serena in a joking manner.
Rini's eyes flashed with anger. "You stay away!" she
yelled at Serena. "I'm SOOO tired of the way you treat me.
Besides I don't eat nearly as much as you do," she said
harshly. That stung. Tears came to Serena's eyes.
Darien put his arm around her. "Hey now. There was
no need for that Rini."
"Oh sure, defend her. You know I'm right!!"
Hotaru nodded in agreement.
"You too Hotaru?" Serena asked, hurt.
Darien kneeled down and looked Rini in the eye. "I
think you should apologize for hurting your mother's
feelings. That was very disrespectful Rini."
"Oh please," the normally quiet Hotaru shot out.
"Why don't you go get a life? Don't come near Rini," she
said angrily, standing in front of Rini protectively.
Darien looked surprised. "Geez Hotaru, I was just
saying."
"Since when do you take her side anyway?" Rini
yelled.
"Yeah stay away from us," Hotaru warned.
"Fine by me," Darien said angrily, pulling the
wailing Serena with him.
Not too far away Amara and Michelle were shopping
for new dresses for Michelle when they ran into the four
inner senshi without their leader. "Hey Lita, Hey Raye,
Hey Mina, Hey Amy," Michelle shouted.
"Hey!" they all yelled cheerfully, running towards
them. "What's up?" Lita asked.
"Aww you guys are looking for dresses? How cute!"
Mina exclaimed.
"Hmph. I don't wear dresses," Amara said gruffly.
"Oh, right," Mina said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Michelle asked
sharply.
"What? Nothing..." Mina said in confusion.
"Hey, back off!" Lita warned as her eyes flashed.
"She didn't mean anything by it Lita," Amara said
in her love's defense. "What is wrong with you today
Michelle?" she asked curiously.
"There's nothing wrong with me! I can't believe
you would say something like that," Michelle pouted, hurt.
Warning bells went off in Amara's head. *Michelle
never pouts...*
She stayed silent though. Raye held up a trendy
outfit proudly. "Look what I found!" she exclaimed
happily.
"Oh yeah, nice," Amara said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Amy asked
defensively.
"Nothing," Amara said suspiciously. *What is up
with the water senshi today?* she wondered.
"What about my outfit?" Mina asked cheerfully,
holding up the most hideous outfit any of them had ever
laid eyes on.
They all looked away. A few of them nearly choked
but said nothing. Except for two people. Lita who was
smiling and looking at Mina in admiration, and Amara who
ventured to say something. "Mina, that looks horrible,"
she said, laughing. She was never good with being tactful.
Lita jumped in immediately. "Hey, piss off!" she
spat angrily, putting herself in front of Mina
defensively.
Mina was pouting. "Hey it's all right Mina," Lita
said, hugging her.
"Thanks!" Mina exclaimed, back to her old self
already.
Amy was glaring at Michelle. "You didn't say
anything about Raye's outfit."
"It's nice..." Michelle said.
"You hesitated...why did you hesitate?? Huh??"
Michelle looked at her strangely. "I was thinking
about something Amy."
"Fine," Amy hissed, watching her carefully.
"Hey, don't worry Ames. I can fight my own
battles," Raye reassured her while hugging her.
"Just lookin out for ya best friend."
"i know. Thanks."
Michelle looked at them strangely. She knew all
the inner senshi were best friends, but she had never
heard Raye and Amy use that term when speaking to each
other. She didn't have time to ponder on this though
because she saw Lita swing a fist at Amara.
"Hey!" she yelled, jumping in front of Amara. "You
back off Bitch!" she yelled, slapping her. Lita's mouth
gaped open.
Mina's eyes flashed with anger. "You wanna taste
of that Michelle?" she yelled, slapping Michelle.
Amara was on her quickly and then Lita was on
Amara, so of course Michelle was on Lita. Leaving Amy and
Raye watching them curiously. As fate or destiny or
whatever the hell you believe in would have it, Trista
walked in at that very moment. Looking at Raye
and Amy first for an explanation but upon receiving none,
she began to to try to pry the four apart. When that
failed, she screamed. "I am going to unleash the powers
of Pluto on you if you all don't separate right
NOW!!!!!!!!" she yelled. They separated immediately. *I
can't believe I have to order them around like children.
They are young adults for god's sakes,* she thought
angrily. "What the hell is wrong with you all?" she
asked, her red eyes glaring at them all.
They all cowered in her powerful presence. Lita
grabbed Mina's hand and they just ran out. Amy and Raye
looked around for a second and then ran out to join them.
Trista sighed and glared at Amara and Michelle. "I really
would have expected better from you," she said.
"Why?" Michelle asked. "Because you expect us to
be as fucking mature and boring as you are all the time?"
Trista opened her mouth in surprise. "Michelle,
there was no need for that."
"Back off from Michelle," Amara screamed, a
primitive, beast-like fury raging in her eyes.
Trista raised one eyebrow and walked quietly out
of the store. *What the hell is wrong with everyone
today?* she wondered. She had just seen Darien pulling
Serena out of a store earlier and heard from Darien's
angry mouth about the fight they had with Hotaru and
Rini.* She sighed. Was she the only sane senshi left?
The arguments were not forgotten. However,
sailor senshi business did come first. So, grudgingly
and recluctantly, the scouts all forced themselves to try
to work together to defeat the evil monster threatening
the people's peaceful time in the park. The monster
shot out spurts of oil as all the people slipped and fell
on their butts screaming in horror.
"Oh God. How Pathetic. I can't believe I am
fighting an oil monster," Sailor Moon mumbled.
"Just make the speech," Sailor Mars said quickly.
"Back off," Tuxedo Mask growled.
"You got a problem Tuxedo Mask?" Amy asked, a
hint of warning in her voice.
Sailor Neptune looked at Sailor Jupiter for a
second. "Hey, what are you looking at?" Sailor Venus
yelled possessively.
"Nothing," Sailor Neptune mumbled.
Amara stepped towards Sailor Venus threateningly.
"You don't scare me," Sailor Venus declared.
"Oh then you're gonna be scared you blonde...."
Sailor Jupiter cut her off. "We have a mission
here, but if you insult her again, I swear I will
personally see to it that you end up worse than that
evil monster."
Amara scoffed at that. Sailor Neptune stepped
in. "You want to get her? You'll have to get through me
first."
"Fine by me!" Sailor Jupiter yelled.
"Can you all be quiet so I can make my speech?"
Sailor Moon yelled.
"Yeah back off," Tuxedo Mask defended her.
"Yeah, back off," Sailor Mini Moon mocked.
"Mini Moon," Tuxedo Mask said in a warning tone.
Sailor Saturn's eyes flashed. "Don't even think
of ordering her around. She is the best of all of us. So
do what she says!"
"Why are you even here?" Tuxedo Mask asked. "We
don't want the whole world destroyed. This is just a
simple evil monster. We don't need you."
"Don't you dare insult her," Mini Moon commanded
angrily. "We always need her you understand?"
Sailor Moon glared at her. "Shut up!"
"Don't tell her to shut up!" Sailor Saturn
yelled.
Tuxedo Mask's mouth opened, but Sailor Pluto cut
him off.
"Shut up! All of you!" Sailor Pluto ordered.
Once again the only voice of sanity and reason. Usually
Amy joined her in that category. *What is wrong with
everyone?* Oh well, she shook her head. She would think
about that later, after they defeated this evil
monster.
"We won't have you harming innocent people,"
Sailor Moon yelled down at the monster, trying to look
threatening. "We are going to trip you up on your own
oil."
"That is what you came up with?" Mini Moon asked,
putting her hand over her mouth in amusement.
Tuxedo Mask glared at her. Sailor Saturn glared
at him. Sailor Pluto glared at them all, so they all
jumped down to the ground and prepared to attack this
evil monster.
"You made a mistake attacking this park creep!"
Sailor Jupiter yelled, throwing her thunder at it.
"You Go!" Sailor Venus yelled proudly. Sailor
Jupiter smiled at her.
Sailor Uranus stepped forward. "I can beat that.
WORLD SHAKING!!!!" The swirling golden power shook the
Earth, and the monster screamed, lying on the ground in
shock.
Neptune caught her lover's eye and smiled proudly.
Sailor Uranus winked as Sailor Neptune sent her
destructive sea powers straight at the already weakened
monster.
The power did not make it to the monster however.
It went straight into a tree and destroyed it. Sailor
Neptune looked around in confusion. Sailor Venus was on
top of her. "Don't you ever try to top Jupiter again!"
she yelled angrily.
"WORLD SHAKING!!!!" Sailor Uranus' power went
straight for Sailor Venus.
Sailor Jupiter's eyes got huge as she jumped in
the way.
Sailor Mars shot a fire arrow at the monster who
was already getting back up. "Take that!" she yelled.
"Yeah!" Sailor Mercury yelled proudly.
Sailor Moon twirled and shot her powers straight
at the monster who was immediately turned into moon dust.
"All right," she said proudly.
"Way to defeat that creep Sailor Moon," Tuxedo
Mask said in adoration.
"What??? Mars is the one who defeated him with
her fire arrow. Sailor Moon's pitiful power did
nothing," Sailor Mercury screamed.
"You gotta be kidding?" Sailor Neptune stepped
up. "It was Sailor Uranus' world shaking that defeated
that evil monster."
"Wrong again!" Venus yelled. "We all knew
Jupiter had him down from the beginning."
Sailor Pluto sighed loudly and shook her head.
*Something isn't right.* She left.
Knock, knock.
Her red eyes peered through the eyehole. Blonde
hair, blue eyes. She opened the door. "Serena," she said
in surprise.
Serena nodded. "Trista," she said quietly.
"Come in," Trista said, standing to the side.
"Who is it?" Amara yelled down. Hotaru came
running down the stairs. Amara peeked her head out of her
and Michelle's room.
"Serena," Trista said.
"Hi," they all said.
"Hi," she responded.
"Is there something wrong Serena?" Trista asked
seriously.
"Well, yes actually," Serena said, also serious.
"I was hoping I could talk to you about it."
"Of course. Sit down," Trista said.
Serena sat down. "Thank you," she said.
"No need to thank me yet. Tell me what is
bothering you."
Serena hesitated. "It is just...I mean it could
be nothing, but I get this bad feeling, and things...well
things...have been so strange lately it seems. Maybe it's
just me..."
"No, it's not just you," Trista responded.
"Things have been strange."
"Wrong," Serena ventured.
"Yes, I think that something is wrong," Trista
agreed.
"Trista?"
"What?"
"I talked with all the inner senshi about this
already. Raye and Lita and Mina all think it's nothing,
but Amy is inclined to be more serious about this like me.
I suppose for Raye and Lita their personalities are mostly
the same, but Mina is different, and Amy is really really
different. Even Darien and Hotaru seem so different. And
well even Raye and Lita and Amara and Michelle...don't
seem right."
"What about you and me?" Trista asked.
"I don't know if I would be a fair judge of
myself. Do you think I'm different?"
"Yes...sometimes," Trista admitted.
Serena nodded. "Fair enough. You seem to be the
only one unaffected."
Trista nodded. "It does appear that way."
"Have you talked to the outer senshi about this?
Asked them what they thought about it?"
"No," Trista admitted, but Hotaru and Michelle and
Amara were all listening. Hotaru came down the stairs, and
Amara and Michelle came out of their bedroom and down the
stairs as well.
"I agree. SOmething isn't right at all," Hotaru
said softly. "I feel so strange. So...off."
Michelle nodded in agreement.
"Are you all serious? So we're all a bit
temperemental lately? People get in bad moods. It
happens," Amara said.
"We've never slapped each other before though,"
Serena said quietly.
"You heard about that huh?" Michelle asked in
embarrassment. "You're right," she said quietly. "And we've
never let our disagreements and tempers get in the way of
our senshi duty."
"Exactly," Trista said. "This is serious when it
threatens team unity and gets in the way of a battle. That
monster was an easy one. Do you know how much trouble we
would have been in if that monster had been a tough one?
Or even an average one??"
Serena and Hotaru and Michelle all nodded in
understanding.
"It won't happen again," Amara said. "You guys
need to take a chill pill," and she walked off.
"You guys hurt Amara. Stay away from her!"
Michelle said, turning on them and running after Amara.
Hotaru, Trista, and Serena looked at each other
in disbelief.
"Trista?" Hotaru finally asked.
"Yes?"
"What is happening to us? You see into the
future. What is going on? Can you tell us?"
Trista shook her head. "I don't know. I can't
believe this Hotaru, but I don't know." She sat silently
in thought for some time. "Well, I don't know everything
about the future and present and past," Trista said out
loud, though still working through her thoughts.
"Still, something as major as this. Something threatening
team unity and work should have been important enough for
me to know." She sighed. "I wish I knew," she said to
Hotaru.
Hotaru and Serena looked at each other. "I'm
scared," Serena admitted.
"So she doesn't know either? This is bad guys,"
Amy said fearfully.
"Get a grip," Lita said. "It's not a big deal. If
she doesn't know about it that only proves what the rest
of us were trying to say. There is nothing serious about
a little bit of senshi bickering."
"Bickering?" Serena said. "What about the slaps?
The attacks on one another? We can't be doing that. What
about team unity? And that monster? Trista said we could
have been in big trouble fighting the way we were if it
had been a tougher monster."
Amy nodded her head in agreement.
"I really think it's nothing," Mina agreed with
Lita.
"Me too. You all just need to calm down," Raye said.
Amy thought to herself. "Maybe you're right Raye,"
she said quietly. "It is just some bickering. We bicker all
the time," she laughed.
Serena's mouth gaped wide open. "I'm going," she
said in amazement, shaking her head.
Rini and Hotaru walked down the street, holding
hands as they ran into Serena and Darien also holding hands
and walking down the street the opposite way. Rini and
Hotaru were laughing about a joke. Darien and Serena were
shifting their eyes from watching where they were going to
gazing lovingly into one another's eyes.
"Oh gag," Rini commented. Hotaru laughed.
"You got a problem with our love for one another?"
Serena said, her eyes narrowed.
"Yeah it makes me wanna puke," Rini said, half
joking and half serious.
"Yeah, well you make me want to puke," Serena said
harshly.
Hotaru's mouth opened wide. *I can't believe
this,* she thought in amazement. "What's your problem with
my best friend?" she asked angrily, stepping in front of
Rini.
"What's your problem with my one and only?" Tuxedo
Mask asked angrily, stepping towards Hotaru.
Rini ran at him and began punching him. "Don't you
dare get near her," she screamed hysterically.
Serena grabbed and pulled her off Darien. She put
her down carefully but fire was shining in her eyes. "You
stay away from him," she warned.
They were all glaring at each other. Finally, Serena
pulled on Darien and they walked off in a huff. Rini and
Hotaru rolled their eyes and walked off angrily.
The next monster nearly defeated the "bickering"
team. The seams that held the sailor senshi together were
unraveling-and fast. Trista stood on the balcony looking
out at the city lights that evening. *What can we do? Who
can we go to?* she wondered silently. Lost and confused as
to what to do, she stared in silence.
Amara and Michelle had not come out of their bedroom
in days. They had been needed in the third battle, but they
ignored everyone's pleas for help. Trista could hear them
going at it in the room. The door was locked. She
considered breaking it down, but she knew that
even then she couldn't force them to fight. They were
obviously dead set against fighting. Their minds were on
one thing-love. *Love,* the word clicked in Trista's mind.
*Was love what was causing all this chaos? But love is what
we fight with and for...* she thought in confusion. *That
can't be it.*
Meanwhile in the bedroom, Michelle and Amara were
messing with each other's hair playfully. Michelle giggled
as Amara tickled her suddenly. "I love you Amara," she
whispered.
Amara's eyes softened. "I love you too," she said
sincerely. Their bodies merged. That morning was the
beginning of the end for them though. Amara's hand went up
and down Michelle's body, gently caressing her love. Her
eyes shone with adoration. "Michelle," she whispered.
"Let's become one again."
Michelle leaned against Amara, reaching her hand
and putting it over Amara's soft arm that was going up and
down her smooth body. "Not now love. Just hold me please,"
she requested.
"Come on Michelle. It's been almost 10 hours. I'm
going crazy," Amara chuckled.
Michelle, however, was not amused. "Amara don't
push it," she said, her teeth gritting together in
frustration.
"Do you want me to rub your back?"
"No," Michelle sighed still in frustration.
"What do you want then?" Amara asked, exasperated.
"You don't know?" Michelle asked angrily.
"I'm not a mind reader you know. No, I have no
freaking idea what the hell you want," she said, her voice
becoming loud.
You're a woman Amara! You're supposed to know what
women want!"
"Really? Hmm...oops."
"Oops?? Oops??"
"Yeah...oops"
"I'll give you oops"
Amara cowered. Michelle's eyes flashed with anger,
and Amara sighed in frustration. "Fine. Nothing I do is
ever good enough anyway," she said in bitterness. She got
up and went into the bathroom.
"Amara?" Michelle asked.
"What?" she yelled back.
"Stop being like this."
"You stop!" she screamed.
"You!"
"YOU!!!"
"Fine, I'll leave."
Amara poked her head out as a terrified look
briefly flashed across her face, but it was replaced by
an angry face. "Fine, go. See if I care. I could replace
you with any hot girl like that," she snapped her fingers.
"I hate you," Michelle screamed, pushing a few
clothes into her suitcase quickly and running out.
"I love you," Amara whispered sadly as Michelle
left.
Darien and Serena had just holed themselves up
since last night too. They no longer listened to anyone.
They were spending every single precious moment together,
deeply attached to one another.
"Darien, Will you hold me?" Serena asked, her
eyes glazed over.
"Of course love," he said, his arms encircling
her in his warm embrace and his eyes shining with his
love for her.
"They won't come out!" Mina said loudly to
Trista. She and the rest of the inner senshi were at the
outer senshi's house. Although two of the outer senshi
were missing. For once they weren't together though.
Trista had informed them of a huge fight and screaming
she had heard that morning. Michelle had left. All were
surprised but too caught up in the crisis with Darien
and Serena to think much about it.
Trista shook her head. *What the hell is going
on?* she thought for perhaps the fiftieth time that week.
Rini looked at Trista in concern.
"We have to find a way to get them out I
suppose," Hotaru said.
"Well yeah, but how?" Lita asked.
All the senshi looked at each other. "Reason
with them?" Amy asked.
"Oh come on," Lita said. "They won't listen to
reason. We need force."
"I thought it was a good idea," Raye said,
defending Amy.
Trista sighed. "No more arguments are going to
start. Do you understand?" she asked, giving her sternest
look to everyone. They all nodded their heads reluctantly
in agreement.
"What do you think we should do Trista?" Raye
asked.
Trista thought for a moment. "I'll be honest,"
she said. "There is something bigger going on here.
Nothing is right with any of you lately."
"Us?" Lita asked defensively. "What about you?"
"Yeah, don't be pointing fingers. You aren't
immune," Rini agreed.
Trista sighed. *But I am immune. Why?* "Well,
whatever the case is is not important. The point is
this is more than just a case between Darien and Serena
or Amara and Michelle. There is something going on, and
to be honest I think we need to find out about this
new negative force and destroy it if we are ever to stop
this madness."
The senshi all looked at each other. "All right,"
Raye finally said.
Amy nodded in agreement, and Hotaru and Rini
quickly agreed.
"I don't know...how do we do that?" Mina asked.
Trista sighed. "I'm not sure," she admitted. "If
Amy could begin running scans on everyone I suppose that
would be a start."
Amy nodded again. "All right," Mina agreed. Lita
sighed and reluctantly agreed as well.
"Serena I'm sorry. Nothing I do ever seems
to make you happy anymore," Darien said in exasperation.
"Please tell me how I can make you happy?" he begged.
"Forget it," Serena snapped impatiently. "I
just don't know why I bother sometimes."
"Because you love me," Darien said, a huge
grin covering his face.
Serena sighed and turned over, her back now
to Darien.
"Hey!" Darien exclaimed. He wrapped his arm
around her, but she pushed it away angrily.
"What's wrong with you?" Serena demanded.
"What's wrong with you is the question,"
Darien said, anger rising up in his voice as well.
"What's wrong with me is that I've been
spending every second of my day with a loser who
doesn't even know how to bring me any pleasure,"
Serena snapped as she tore out of the room.
"GOOD RIDDANCE, AND DON"T COME BACK!"
Darien screamed.
"NOT A cHANCE IN HELL I"M COMING
BACK," Serena screamed in return as she ran home.
At the exact same time Serena and Darien
were breaking up, the rest of the senshi minus
four members and with friction between two other
members, were attempting to defeat a new evil
monster.
Besides Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask,
Sailor Mini Moon and Sailor Saturn were also missing.
Sailor Neptune began their fight with a
speech in place of Sailor Moon's usual speech and
entrance. "Take a look in the mirror and see who you
really are, and we'll show you what you really deserve
creep," Sailor Neptune said.
"That has to be the stupidest line I've ever
heard," Sailor Uranus declared.
"Oh yeah, well at least my name isn't the butt
of everyone's jokes. No pun intended," Neptune shot
back.
"Ha, ha," Sailor Uranus laughed sarcastically.
*That is it," Sailor Pluto thought. *A huge
portion of our team is missing, and those two are
fighting while Venus and Jupiter as well as Mars
and Mercury are respectively glued at the hip.
Something has got to be done about this right away.*
Sailor Pluto's determination was only
strengthened after learning of the huge fight and
breakup between Serena and Darien as well as
a similar fight she heard the end of between
Hotaru and Rini. That one ended with Rini storming
out of the house the outers resided in. Trista
had called Amy and asked her about the scans.
Of course where Amy went, Raye always went as
well.
"I didn't find anything wrong with us, but
I am getting concerned," Amy admitted. "Now Mina and
Lita have locked themselves in a room, saying their
friendship is so special they only want to spend time
with one another.
"Why don't we do the same?" Raye asked Amy.
Amy smiled and nodded her head in agreement.
Trista sighed and began a long night of
research. She used Amy's computer and tracked signals
going to the room Lita and Mina were staying in as
well as the one Amy and Raye were together alone in.
She followed the signals to a house. *Why bother to
knock on the door?* she thought to herself. *I may
need to fight.* So she transformed.
She saw a guy with big glasses on and short
messy brown hair sitting in a chair in front of a
large mechanical device. *He looks like Melvin,*
she thought briefly before approaching him quietly
and assessing her need for secrecy. She saw no
weapons hidden anywhere, so she detransformed and
made her presence known.
Meanwhile Mina and Lita as well as Raye and
Amy had gotten in huge blowout fights like all the
rest of the senshi.
Who are you?" Trista asked.
"Oh, it's you. Drat, how did you find my
secret liar?"
"After I figured out that you were behind all
of this, I simply looked for your house."
"Oh, right...of course," the man chuckled.
"I will not repeat myself again. Who the hell
are you?"
"Calm down. Calm down. Just an obsessed fan,"
the man answered simply.
"Are you the one behind this?" she asked
angrily.
"Behind what?" he asked in confusion.
"The destruction of the sailor senshi you
idiot. Don't play dumb with me. What the hell did
you do to them all?"
"I was just...I mean. I didn't destroy
anything. I was trying to help."
"You were trying to help?" Trista asked
incredulously.
"Yes."
"Well if your idea of helping is splitting
the whole team up and putting the whole world in
danger, you did a great job."
"Wow, is that what happened? That couldn't
of been because of me. I did them all a favor."
"You are destroying them and this world.
Since when is that a favor?"
"Listen lady you must have me confused with
someone else."
"Why am I talking to you? You won't give me
any answers, so I should just be destroying you." She
transformed into Sailor Pluto and lifted
her staff up, preparing to attack.
"Whoa, whoa. Calm down. All right I'll tell
you what I did, but I swear it was a good thing.
Someone else must have caused this destruction
you speak of."
Trista looked at him. "Go ahead," she said.
"Explain. I'm waiting."
"Right," he nodded quickly. "All I did was
heighten their love for one another. That is a good
thing right? You all fight for love, so I
made the love between Amara and Michelle and Darien
and Serena stronger. For the rest I made the
friendship love for one another much stronger. How
can it be bad to make them all more in love? That
should have made them all happier and stronger. Love
is what you all fight with...and for isn't it?"
Trista groaned. "You idiot," she mumbled.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," she said. "Yes we fight with and
for love but not just exclusive love for one person.
Yes, Darien and Serena as well as Amara and Michelle
have special, important bonds of love. And yes,
Hotaru and Rini, Mina and Lita, and Raye and Amy
have important, strong friendship bonds of love.
However, that is not all the love they fight with
and for. Serena also fights for all her friends.
They all fight for each other and with the strength
of love for each other. And not just each other. They
fight with and for the love of the billions
of people on this planet. You took all that away and
left them with only an incredibly clingy co-dependent
love for one another. Then eventually they were
together so much that they even turned on the one
they loved, leaving them alone, angry, miserable,
and apathetic."
"Wow, I never realized."
Trista said nothing.
He said nothing.
"Well undo it!!!" Trista finally screamed.
"Oh, oh, right," he said hastily.
"One more thing," she asked. "Why did you
leave me out?"
"Well..." he said cautiously. "There was an
odd number. Someone had to be left out. I could have
had a group of three, but that didn't seem
right somehow. You just stuck out as the one with
the least connection or love for anyone."
Trista shook her head. "I may be very
independent, but I love them all very much."
"Yes...I know," he said, pushing a button
next to his chair.
Michelle poked her head in the door.
"Amara?" she asked. "I am so sorry about that. I
don't know what came over me. You know I love
you deeply." Amara nodded and they embraced, all
forgiven and understood.
"Serena please forgive me," Darien said at
her door.
"Oh Darien, I am sorry too," she said,
embracing him in love.
Hotaru approached Rini quietly. "Rini, I am
so sorry. Please can you ever forgive me? I can't
believe I was so cruel."
"Oh I was too. It's ok," she promised as
they hugged.
"Lita," Mina said sadly. "I'm so sorry."
"Me too," Lita said simply, and they
hugged.
"Oh Raye I should never have said those
things. I don't know why I said that. I didn't mean
any of it. I'm so sorry."
"It's all right. I am too," Raye said as
she hugged Amy too.
And all was right again.
The End
How was my first attempt at writing a comedy?
i hope i managed ok...let me know though please.