Episode Five: Vow of Mercury, Twin Trouble... Part Two
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Author Notes: I'm a Zodiac senshi!!! *hugs Seishi* Go check out her Sailor Zodiac story! I'm Aria! As if you couldn't guess that XD.
Well here's chapter five... already - -" I think this is the most on the ball I've been for a story... ever. O.o I hope this keeps up.
Disclaimer: *dances to the Techno Remix of the Gerudo Valley theme* If I owned Sailor Moon, I wouldn't have to be dancing to this in the comforts of my little computer room... I'd have a stage... and men in small loincloths... and Darien in my closet... *checks closet* One out of three ain't bad ^__^;;
"Woah, Aria... slow down and say that again." Celeste insisted as she looked up from her Calculus book. Aria shook her head and took a deep breath. She jumped into Celeste's lap.
"I saw them! The two you saw before!" Aria yelled. Celeste shook her own head slightly.
"Who?"
"The two from your battle the other day." Aria explained in an exasperated tone. Celeste's eyes grew wide.
"What? Where?" she exclaimed.
"They're the enemy! I saw them going to report to the negaverse." Aria growled. Celeste's eyes grew wide.
"They couldn't be! They healed Serena." Celeste insisted. Aria's jaw was set tight, though, and she wasn't going to change her mind.
"I'm sorry, Celeste..." Aria began.
"No! I'm not wrong! You're wrong, Aria!" Celeste snapped. She pushed Aria out of her lap and stood. She grabbed her jacket.
"Where are you going?"
"Out. I'll be back later." Celeste growled, leaving the room. Aria stared after her.
"You've failed me in two ways, Reed."
Reed cringed inwardly. "I am sorry, Mistress." Reed said respectively.
"You failed to capture the scorpion, and you allowed the two humans I assigned you to kill escape."
Reed didn't want to say she was sorry again, so she said nothing.
"Will you fail me again?"
"No, Mistress." Reed insisted.
"Then take two of our best demons and capture the scorpion."
"What of the two humans, Mistress?" Reed dared to ask.
"They are of none of your concern."
"Yes, Mistress."
Luke could barely focus as he escaped. With every step he fought the voice in the back of his mind. *You coward! You abandoned your sister to them! You bastard!*
He closed his eyes and fought to continue. He knew that he was in no condition to save her now.
Blood stained his cloak and shirt with it's crimson stare.
'Hold on, Feiran... I'll return for you. I promise.' he thought towards the towering structure of black stone that rose behind him.
He was almost there.
Celeste wasn't sure where she was going, but she was going there fast. She wandered around the streets, the crescent moon above not supplying much light, seemingly searching for something.
She seemed to have found it.
"Sir? Are you alright? Sir?" she called. A body, obviously male and very injured lay on the grass near the entrance of the park. His hair appeared to have been blonde once, but it was soaked with blood. His own, she deduced, from the puddle he was in. He appeared to be wearing a shredded cloak, and his shirt had delicate gold and silver detailing on it.
Somehow she knew him from somewhere. She approached carefully. "Oh my god, you're hurt bad..." she mumbled, kneeling. Her hand searched his limp wrist for a sign of life. A moment later she found one, albeit faintly.
"At least you're still alive." she whispered, looking down on the man. She stood to go get help, when his hand tightened around hers weakly.
"No doctors." he managed.
"You're awake!" she jumped. His eyes crept open slightly and she gasped. The eyes shone the color of red brandy. It was the man she had seen before.
"Please..." he managed. She nodded and proceeded to bite her lower lip.
Kirai sighed. She found that she loved her new house, and it's Olympic sized bathtub. She had just climbed out from a long, hot bath and was taking in the steamy atmosphere. Her eyes were only half open when she looked into the mirror, which miraculously wasn't all steamed up.
It took her a moment, but then she squinted. Her eyes seemed to be a bright emerald green in the reflection, instead of her usual ice blue. She leaned forward to see closer, but to her dismay, the reflection of her did not.
"What's wrong?" it asked. She screamed, jumping backwards.
"What's going on!?" she screamed. The reflection of her laughed.
"Don't worry, you're not going crazy. But it is about time we talked." the reflection stated. Kirai eyed it.
"What do you mean?"
"Alright... now where to begin?" the reflection said.
"The beginning is a good start." Kirai grumbled, rubbing her temples.
"Thanks." it replied dryly. "Now, I am the twin within you, the source of your power, Sailor Gemini. Now, why I've taken so long to awaken is beyond me, but-"
"Wait, slow down. Twin within? Power? Sailor Gemini? God, I have cracked!" Kirai exclaimed. The reflection looked puzzled.
"Hasn't Aria told you anything?" it asked.
"Who's Aria?" Kirai countered. The reflection's eyes grew wide.
"You mean to tell me that you're don't know yet?!" The reflection yelled. Kirai shrugged.
"I'd guess not."
"Oh my goddess..." it mumbled. "You have to find Aria. She'll explain it all."
"Again my question, who's Aria?" Kirai pressed. The reflection seemed to concentrate. A moment passed.
"I contacted her... I still don't believe no one told you yet, wow... Well, she's on her way over to talk to you." the mirrored image spoke.
"Now, who are you again?"
The reflection sighed. "The symbol for the Gemini are twins. I am the twin within you, aid to your power. I'll always be here to fight with you." the reflection said. "I have to go now, but if you ever need me, just look within yourself."
"Wait!" Kirai yelled, but the mirror turned dark. When it returned to normal, her reflection was what it should be. Save one of her eyes was now emerald green, though the other was it's normal ice blue. She blinked in surprise.
Celeste wiped the back of her hand across her forehead as she bandaged the last of the mystery man's wounds. He was delirious, but awake. She helped him into a sitting position.
"That's the best I can do." she breathed. He nodded slightly. "By the way... what happened? Who are you?"
He looked up into her eyes and again Celeste was overcome with the thought that she was somewhere far away. The moment faded fast again, and Celeste found herself shaken by it's loss this time.
"My name is Luke... Luke Arthur." he managed. He took a deep breath.
"What's with the fancy clothes? Cape and everything." she asked. He smiled slightly.
"I can't say... You remind me of someone... what was your name?" he spoke, voice gaining a bit of strength.
"Celeste Taylor." she supplied. They shared a slight smile.
"How touching a moment..." a voice crooned. Celeste shot her gaze up.
Among the darkness, Celeste saw the person she'd fought before. Reed.
"Run, Celeste... hurry." Luke urged. She looked down at him and shook her head. "No, don't argue. I can't run. You have to get away." he ordered, pushing away from her. She stood, looking down at him.
"Don't make me go." she pleaded.
"Now!" he yelled. She turned heel and ran. Just out of sight she ducked behind a wall and glanced around. She pulled her compact from her pocket and held it tightly.
"Scorpion Eternal Power"
Kirai looked at the compact in her hand with a mixture of apprehension and fear. It was yellow, outlined with silver and black. She glanced past it to the calico at her feet.
"So... I'm some mystical warrior thing?" she asked.
"That's about the size of it." Aria confirmed. Kirai sighed.
"Oh yes, definitely makes tons of sense." she mumbled to herself.
*Kirai! There's trouble!* A voice in her mind boomed. Kirai shook her head.
*What do you mean?* Kirai shot back.
*Ask Aria where Scorpio is.*
Things looked bad, Scorpio knew. Reed was tougher, or perhaps more determined this time than she had been.
"Scorpion Black Magic!" she tried, but the attack missed. Perhaps without her pure rage behind it, it was less effective.
"Pitiful little scorpion." Reed taunted. She laughed and clicked her fingers. Behind her two figures appeared. "Meet Tairushe and Yyuu, my friends. Get them, boys." Reed ordered. The two stalked forward as Reed disappeared in a flash of crimson.
They reminded Scorpio of werewolves.
She glanced near her, seeing Luke was on his feet and headed her way.
"Run!" she called. A moment later, as she blinked, his cloak and shirt seemed to become new. A black mask appeared across his face. Her jaw dropped.
"Need a hand, Sailor Scorpio?" he asked slyly. She nodded, unable to find words.
The two were nearly upon them, and Scorpio's heart beat heavily in her chest. One, she didn't know which, lunged for her throat, but Luke intercepted it. Scorpio took an apprehensive step backwards as the two locked into combat.
She eyed the other.
A moment later they two were battling, too.
Scorpio knew immediately that she was outmatched, partially because of the sizely gash she received on her right arm and mainly because her attacks weren't fazing the enemy in the slightest.
She wondered how she'd done it that time, that it had come so near to killing Reed. What was she doing different?
Her thoughts shattered as a pain exploded throughout her chest. She realized a second later that claws had raked there way across her chest.
Her eyes blurred as she spilt to the ground.
"Hold it! Don't you dare hurt her again!"
Scorpio forced her vision to near normal and turned her weary head up. She would have sworn the girl there was dressed as a senshi.
"Mistress Reed said that there was only the scorpion." one of the werewolf men growled. The other snarled.
The mystery girl in the senshi suit jumped from her perch atop the brick wall and landed just in front of one of the men. "I told you to back off, slimeball!" she yelled.
The senshi wore skirts of layered yellow, light blue, and black. Her bow was blue, her shoulder pins appeared to be dual silhouettes. Across her shoulders and streaming down her back was a yellow cape with a layer of pale blue ribbons over it. Her boots were little more than ankles boots.
"Who are you?" the wolf snapped.
The girl seemed cocky. "I am Sailor Gemini, the dual senshi." she snapped back.
The wolves laughed, but Gemini didn't seem worried.
"Gemini Double Team Attack!" she yelled. Suddenly Gemini seemed to split into two forms and rushed around the wolves, striking at random moments. The wolves finally fell, twitching, to the ground. "You're turn, Scorpio!" she yelled, turning.
Scorpio took a deep breath and forced herself to stand. "Alright." she managed. "Scorpion Black Magic!" she yelled, concentrating the blast as hard as she could. She caught the first, then the second in repetition. They disintegrated.
Scorpio fell to her knees and panted. Then her mind whirled. She searched frantically, but could not find Luke. "Where did he go?" she whispered.
"Dammit... why did I help her... imposter senshi..." Luke snapped to himself and he managed to limp away. He closed his eyes. He had too much to worry about now.
He had to find Feiran.
Author Notes: Ya gotta love it. ^_^ So, let's count. We've got Scorpio, everyone's favorite senshi, right? *grin* We've got her out of it, but there anyway to help friend, Gemini. *laughs* Ok, so I based her partly on my friend, Ethereal Angel. *hides* Then we've got the mystery senshi, Feiran, and her brother, Luke. What's with them anyway? *looks innocent*
