TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
by Neko Majikku
Chapter Three: Mars' Fire Dims
Rated: PG-13
"That wasn't as interesting as I thought..." The Man put his hands behind his head and watched The Woman. "Who's next?"
"Sailor Mars." Replied the Woman, as she watched the fire reading in process in the shimmer of the scythe's blades.
"Ooh, any chance this'll be interesting?"
"She has discovered that "the man with the kind eyes" is a close tie to Sailor Mercury and that "such a strong man" is connected to Venus... That is it."
"Hm... So. Will it be any interesting?" he asked again, kicking at the non-existent ground. Nothing but nothing existed here.
"If you wish to come, then follow me when I go."
"You still haven't answered my question."
Silence.
"The man with the kind eyes..." Luna lay down on her paws and sighed heavily. "I have no clue what that could possibly mean."
"I have no remembrance of Ami-chan liking anyone except Riyo," Makato muttered. "And our definition of kind eyes kinda differs, ne?"
"This isn't right! How are we being defeated so easily?!" demanded Usagi, pounding her fist onto the table and earning herself a sore hand.
"Usagi-chan! Calm down, we'll solve this," Rei scowled at the girl. "But in order to do that- we kinda need to stay calm."
"Now, we still have Ami-chan's and Minako-chan's notes as clues," Michiru stated. "The next one to leave in the middle of the night, contact us... Leave a note- something that will lead us to what is going on."
"Agreed."
Archery... I always did enjoy it... And with such a handsome partner, how could I go wrong? Here on Mars, I was safe from evil... Just him and I playing archery under the warm sun while peace lived on. The handsome partner put his arm around me; strengthening my posture and helping me draw back the strings and aim. His face was so close to mine... I could make out all the little stars in his blue eyes...I hardly noticed I had stopped paying attention to the target and gave him my undivided gaze.
"... Are you paying attention, Firefly?" he asked suddenly. I started and blushed. I couldn't believe I had been caught. The handsome partner smirked slyly at me. "You should pay more attention to the target."
"I am... I've made you my target." I playfully giggle and set aside my bow and arrow, laying the quiver onto the grass.
"Okay, we'll take a break. You're distracted, aren't you?" he asked, now more worried than before.
I gaze at the other planets as a strange sense washes over me. "Yeah..."
A bleak breeze covers us and I shiver in such a thin dress. Before the target stood a woman in black with white, scarred skin. She looked awful, like always. Couldn't she ever find something to darken her skin and be more careful about being cut? "What do you want?" my handsome partner asked, putting a protective arm around me.
The ground shook suddenly, almost knocking me off my feet. I turn and gasp at the sight of hundreds of youma swarming around my home. I could just barely hear the woman say a few simple words. She had such a small vocabulary sometimes. "Resistance is futile..." and the cold wind signaled her departure. I had more important things to worry about. I watched, frozen in shock, as a Shadow Youma came for my partner and I.
Rei sat up in her bed. She gazed around, drenched in cold sweat. "I can hear you calling..." she stood and wrote down the simple words: "I always loved archery" and left to find whomever this person was. She eventually found herself in the abandoned construction site; footprints, similar to that of Minako and Mercury's shoes were traipsed about the site. Rei transformed and a cold wind surrounded her. "You're here and so am I."
"Do you know who I am?" asked a many voiced figure in the shadows.
"No." Mars replied.
"No.... I am the Judge... Fight me for Life... Blah, blah, blah... Get on with it, already. Formalities over. Sailor Mars, meet The Judge. Judge, meet Sailor Mars." A man lay out on the framework, holding his chin his palm and looking bored.
"You want me to fight?" Mars asked the woman, never taking her eyes off of her.
"I do." She replied, pulling off her hood to reveal the masked, white face.
Mars took a step back and concentrated on her fire powers. "Okay, then... But tell me what you did with Venus and Mercury!"
"They lost..." was her reply.
"Mars! Flame... Sniper!" Mars fired a burning arrow at The Woman.
She simply jumped over the attack, holding out her scythe and falling toward Mars. "Kontan... Banshee!" she cried, and a horrible scream pierced the night sky.
Mars clutched at her ears as searing pain flowed through them over and over again. She shut her eyes and wished for the infernal sound to go away. Something hit Mars in the chest and slammed her into a wall. Arms held her to it. Mars carefully opened her eyes to see The Woman standing there, watching her from a few feet away. "What.... What now?"
"You lost, Hino Rei." The Woman held her scythe towards Mars and absorbed her powers into the great weapon. Mars watched Venus and Mercury.... Mercury was against the wall and Venus... the ceiling? Or was she on the ceiling and Minako the floor? "There are no walls, no floors, no ceilings.... There is nothing but darkness here, Princess..."
Rei slipped into conscious sleep, watching the Woman disappear in a flurry of black feathers and wings.
by Neko Majikku
Chapter Three: Mars' Fire Dims
Rated: PG-13
"That wasn't as interesting as I thought..." The Man put his hands behind his head and watched The Woman. "Who's next?"
"Sailor Mars." Replied the Woman, as she watched the fire reading in process in the shimmer of the scythe's blades.
"Ooh, any chance this'll be interesting?"
"She has discovered that "the man with the kind eyes" is a close tie to Sailor Mercury and that "such a strong man" is connected to Venus... That is it."
"Hm... So. Will it be any interesting?" he asked again, kicking at the non-existent ground. Nothing but nothing existed here.
"If you wish to come, then follow me when I go."
"You still haven't answered my question."
Silence.
"The man with the kind eyes..." Luna lay down on her paws and sighed heavily. "I have no clue what that could possibly mean."
"I have no remembrance of Ami-chan liking anyone except Riyo," Makato muttered. "And our definition of kind eyes kinda differs, ne?"
"This isn't right! How are we being defeated so easily?!" demanded Usagi, pounding her fist onto the table and earning herself a sore hand.
"Usagi-chan! Calm down, we'll solve this," Rei scowled at the girl. "But in order to do that- we kinda need to stay calm."
"Now, we still have Ami-chan's and Minako-chan's notes as clues," Michiru stated. "The next one to leave in the middle of the night, contact us... Leave a note- something that will lead us to what is going on."
"Agreed."
Archery... I always did enjoy it... And with such a handsome partner, how could I go wrong? Here on Mars, I was safe from evil... Just him and I playing archery under the warm sun while peace lived on. The handsome partner put his arm around me; strengthening my posture and helping me draw back the strings and aim. His face was so close to mine... I could make out all the little stars in his blue eyes...I hardly noticed I had stopped paying attention to the target and gave him my undivided gaze.
"... Are you paying attention, Firefly?" he asked suddenly. I started and blushed. I couldn't believe I had been caught. The handsome partner smirked slyly at me. "You should pay more attention to the target."
"I am... I've made you my target." I playfully giggle and set aside my bow and arrow, laying the quiver onto the grass.
"Okay, we'll take a break. You're distracted, aren't you?" he asked, now more worried than before.
I gaze at the other planets as a strange sense washes over me. "Yeah..."
A bleak breeze covers us and I shiver in such a thin dress. Before the target stood a woman in black with white, scarred skin. She looked awful, like always. Couldn't she ever find something to darken her skin and be more careful about being cut? "What do you want?" my handsome partner asked, putting a protective arm around me.
The ground shook suddenly, almost knocking me off my feet. I turn and gasp at the sight of hundreds of youma swarming around my home. I could just barely hear the woman say a few simple words. She had such a small vocabulary sometimes. "Resistance is futile..." and the cold wind signaled her departure. I had more important things to worry about. I watched, frozen in shock, as a Shadow Youma came for my partner and I.
Rei sat up in her bed. She gazed around, drenched in cold sweat. "I can hear you calling..." she stood and wrote down the simple words: "I always loved archery" and left to find whomever this person was. She eventually found herself in the abandoned construction site; footprints, similar to that of Minako and Mercury's shoes were traipsed about the site. Rei transformed and a cold wind surrounded her. "You're here and so am I."
"Do you know who I am?" asked a many voiced figure in the shadows.
"No." Mars replied.
"No.... I am the Judge... Fight me for Life... Blah, blah, blah... Get on with it, already. Formalities over. Sailor Mars, meet The Judge. Judge, meet Sailor Mars." A man lay out on the framework, holding his chin his palm and looking bored.
"You want me to fight?" Mars asked the woman, never taking her eyes off of her.
"I do." She replied, pulling off her hood to reveal the masked, white face.
Mars took a step back and concentrated on her fire powers. "Okay, then... But tell me what you did with Venus and Mercury!"
"They lost..." was her reply.
"Mars! Flame... Sniper!" Mars fired a burning arrow at The Woman.
She simply jumped over the attack, holding out her scythe and falling toward Mars. "Kontan... Banshee!" she cried, and a horrible scream pierced the night sky.
Mars clutched at her ears as searing pain flowed through them over and over again. She shut her eyes and wished for the infernal sound to go away. Something hit Mars in the chest and slammed her into a wall. Arms held her to it. Mars carefully opened her eyes to see The Woman standing there, watching her from a few feet away. "What.... What now?"
"You lost, Hino Rei." The Woman held her scythe towards Mars and absorbed her powers into the great weapon. Mars watched Venus and Mercury.... Mercury was against the wall and Venus... the ceiling? Or was she on the ceiling and Minako the floor? "There are no walls, no floors, no ceilings.... There is nothing but darkness here, Princess..."
Rei slipped into conscious sleep, watching the Woman disappear in a flurry of black feathers and wings.