It took me awhile, but now I'm back! And...yeah, the majorly bad thing is...I only have one friend...;.; So enjoy this, please!
Chapter Two- Meeting 'Grief'
"Scouts, there's been a disturbance in the eastern part of town, get there on the double!" Artemis said through the communicator. Serena had just tucked Rini in, and now tiptoed away from her room in order to sneak outside. There, she transformed into Sailor Moon, and hurried to meet the girls at the sky scraper block of the city. Once she got there, she met Sailor Mars, who looked like a big point had just been made.
"Not a word, Mars," Mercury warned, looking through her Scouter to find the source of the disturbance.
"What do you mean? Oh, the whole thing that such an innocent soul would attract evil? No, not a word..." Mars grumbled.
"Okay, Scouts, let's not cause a second disturbance," Venus dissuaded the argument.
"I've got a reading....it looks like any regular organic material...there was something here, but-"
"You know, you ladies are a bit late," a rich voice said. All five girls and two cats jumped, they didn't recognise the voice, but it came from everywhere. "You won't find me by merely looking."
"Who ARE you?" Mars demanded.
The voice laughed, "Oh, this is too much!! You really don't know? Well, my princess Phantom Star seems to be losing her touch! She obviously hasn't found you yet!" The voice cackled on. With a swoosh, a shadowy figure started to shape itself in front of them, putting them into defensive mode. The figure turned into a man, a tall man with black eyes, wearing a gray and black kimono. In his hand was a sceptor, in the shape of the sun. "Oh, don't worry. I haven't come to harm you. I merely came to warn you." The girls glanced disbelievingly at each other. "Now, really! I'm hurt! You really don't trust me? How shameful on your part! I am hunting down the Phantom Star for you, and you're not believing me! How cynical." The man sighed. "Of course, she may be watching us now..." He looked carefully around, but saw nothing. "Maybe not. I'm just warning you lovely ladies now, don't get in my way, or else I'll be forced to destroy you. You may want to run along now, like good little dears, because I have some business to take care of."
"What makes you think we're leaving that easily?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Actually, it may be in your best interest," the man replied. "She draws ever near." He doubled over in laughter then. "I'm sorry...it's just....I don't remember....seeing the Queen....look so stupid!"
"Hey....not funny," Sailor Moon said.
"No, it wasn't," a new voice replied.
"Heh?" All the Scouts looked around, but saw nothing. The man in purple didn't seem to be laughing anymore. In fact, his face was quite pale, and he stared around as the voice continued.
"Hello, Jolmen. I'm afraid I can't say I missed you, because I was just getting used to the air without its foul smell of death," the voice continued.
"Show yourself, Phantom! Dammit, I can't see her," he mumbled.
"I'm right here, Jolmen," the voice said softly, quite closer than before. Jolmen turned on his heel quickly, and stood face-to-face with a girl's figure, cloaked in an indigo colored cloak with its hood up. "Pleasure to see you, as well." Jolmen trembled under her intenese indigo glare. Her eyes glowed under the shadow of
her hood, and he winced.
"P-princess Anenara.....I didn't mean it, I'm.....s-s-sorry," he whined. The Scouts looked at each other dumbly.
"What the hell's goin' on?" Jupiter asked Mercury behind her hand.
"Apparently, this guy knows her...well," she shot back. "What did he say her name was?" Jupiter shrugged. Jolmen, his gray-gold hair hanging in his eyes, stumbled back a step from the Phantom.
"I cannot forgive what I cannot forget," the Phantom replied. With a slight wave of her hand, she sent Jolmen flying into the wall of the building behind him. The cement cracked and crumbled as he fell, leaving his imprint.
"Ouch!" Venus winced.
"Girls, her power level just went sky-rocketing.....I think we're in trouble," Mercury whispered. Jolmen stood, to get a sceptar thrown against his throat, choking him. He gagged as the Phantom leaned her weight against the sceptar, growling under her breath.
"And you can tell your King that I will not return to his damned Utsuri Realm, no matter how many times he begs me to come back. Remember, Jolmen, your Princess is only the Guardian of her Queen." The Phantom turned the sceptar, a black and dark blue diamond-studded staff with a symbol that looked like a cross surrounded by a circle on its end. It glowed brightly as she said, "Teleport!!!" and Jolmen dissapeared in a blinking light. The Phantom took a moment to dust herself off before she turned to the scouts, her cloak opened a slice to reveal her indigo and blue-
"Sailor Scout uniform?!" Sailor Moon demanded. "Why the hell does she have that?!"
"Allow me to introduce myself," the girl said, ignoring Sailor Moon's outburst. "I'm Phantom Star, otherwise known as the Phantom Scout." All of their jaws dropped, and Sailor Moon turned to Luna and Artemis.
"PHANTOM Scout???"
"We have no more clue than you," Luna supplied.
"Well," Phantom interrupted. "I can see that manners have not made their calling yet, so I have no need to further explain my appearance here-"
"Wait, wait! We'd like to know, we're sorry, it won't happen again," Mercury said, stopping the girl's retreat. She looked at them again.
"All right," she said, sitting down on a rock from the rubble she'd just created. "Let's see.....what would you like me to explain?"
"Uh....where'd you come from?" Mercury asked. The girl must have rolled her eyes.
"The Utsuri Realm. The only way for us to get here was by time travel. In my time, or, your daughter's time, rather," she said, nodding at Sailor Moon, "There was an army called the Nega Stars. Long story short, they were like the Negamoons, but they had a long life of revenge to repay the Queen. So she put together her own army. I was a neutral, because I had no identity at the time. So, I tricked them all; I acted neutral.
"I helped people, but I dodged all the Queen's efforts to recall me, and I also helped her enemy at times. Nothing huge, just the small details, like the location of the Guardian Scouts' base. That wasn't a big deal at all, because I ended up saving all of them, anyway. So, when I was banished from the Queen's realm, I wasn't exactly surprised. I mean, I had almost wanted it. So I went to the Utsuri Realm. It was even more horrible than I first thought, its black towers and buildings sky-high, and filled with captives of war.
"Well, it just so happens that I met Echola and Ryjen, two unlikely suspects of the new War of the Ages. They were so strange, I don't know why I overlooked it..." Her voice trailed off, and she looked up at the sky, almost mournfully. Then she saw the girls staring at her, "...and I got sent through a time warp back here." They all stared at her, and she looked confusedly at them. "What, it's not like I killed anyone. I just travelled a lot."
"Yeah, but you betrayed the Queen for no real reason at all..."
"I didn't betray her because I wanted to, if that's what you mean. Look at it this way, my trionamille got mixed up, and for awhile, I wasn't me."
"Trion...amille?" Mercury repeated.
"Uh, yeah, sorry, forgot that you don't understand. My reasons for being. It's Utsuri Realm language."
"O..kay..." Jupiter said, "Now, pardon me, but, do you have a name?"
"Yes, everything has a name."
"What is your name?"
"Grief," she said simply, shrugging. "Ask your brilliant friend about it. She'll tell you." Sailor Moon glanced at Luna; how did this 'Grief' know about Anne? And being as she did, did that mean she was following them around? Questions ran through their minds aimlessly as 'Grief' continued, "Well, ladies, if you'll excuse me..."
"Um..." The Scouts looked at each other, then shrugged. Sailor Moon asked, "Will we see you again?"
"Of course you'll see me again; I'll have to keep an eye on the future queen," Phantom Star said, standing and turning away. She looked over her shoulder for a final comment, "But, I may end up fighting you one day, so," she winked, "keep an eye out for me, all right?"
"Wait just a minute!" Luna cried defiantly. "Who are you to challenge Princess Serenity?" Again, Phantom Star's eyes darkened with sadness. She looked at the ground, and a lock of hair fell from behind her ear, hanging loosely at the side of her face as she stood in a pensive stance.
"I'm...I'm her failure," she mumbled, then turned and walked away, her cloak shimmering and dissapearing with her on the wind as she did.
***
Yes, kinda shorter than I would have liked...but anyway, let me know what you think. And if Phantom Star or Anne become somewhat Mary Sue-ish, I beg you to tell me. I would have to beat myself up if I let that happen. Also, feel free to suggest ANYthing at all. Or to challenge. I LOVE challenges. Thankee, byes!
*dissapears in a flash ready to go pah-tey!*
Chapter Two- Meeting 'Grief'
"Scouts, there's been a disturbance in the eastern part of town, get there on the double!" Artemis said through the communicator. Serena had just tucked Rini in, and now tiptoed away from her room in order to sneak outside. There, she transformed into Sailor Moon, and hurried to meet the girls at the sky scraper block of the city. Once she got there, she met Sailor Mars, who looked like a big point had just been made.
"Not a word, Mars," Mercury warned, looking through her Scouter to find the source of the disturbance.
"What do you mean? Oh, the whole thing that such an innocent soul would attract evil? No, not a word..." Mars grumbled.
"Okay, Scouts, let's not cause a second disturbance," Venus dissuaded the argument.
"I've got a reading....it looks like any regular organic material...there was something here, but-"
"You know, you ladies are a bit late," a rich voice said. All five girls and two cats jumped, they didn't recognise the voice, but it came from everywhere. "You won't find me by merely looking."
"Who ARE you?" Mars demanded.
The voice laughed, "Oh, this is too much!! You really don't know? Well, my princess Phantom Star seems to be losing her touch! She obviously hasn't found you yet!" The voice cackled on. With a swoosh, a shadowy figure started to shape itself in front of them, putting them into defensive mode. The figure turned into a man, a tall man with black eyes, wearing a gray and black kimono. In his hand was a sceptor, in the shape of the sun. "Oh, don't worry. I haven't come to harm you. I merely came to warn you." The girls glanced disbelievingly at each other. "Now, really! I'm hurt! You really don't trust me? How shameful on your part! I am hunting down the Phantom Star for you, and you're not believing me! How cynical." The man sighed. "Of course, she may be watching us now..." He looked carefully around, but saw nothing. "Maybe not. I'm just warning you lovely ladies now, don't get in my way, or else I'll be forced to destroy you. You may want to run along now, like good little dears, because I have some business to take care of."
"What makes you think we're leaving that easily?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Actually, it may be in your best interest," the man replied. "She draws ever near." He doubled over in laughter then. "I'm sorry...it's just....I don't remember....seeing the Queen....look so stupid!"
"Hey....not funny," Sailor Moon said.
"No, it wasn't," a new voice replied.
"Heh?" All the Scouts looked around, but saw nothing. The man in purple didn't seem to be laughing anymore. In fact, his face was quite pale, and he stared around as the voice continued.
"Hello, Jolmen. I'm afraid I can't say I missed you, because I was just getting used to the air without its foul smell of death," the voice continued.
"Show yourself, Phantom! Dammit, I can't see her," he mumbled.
"I'm right here, Jolmen," the voice said softly, quite closer than before. Jolmen turned on his heel quickly, and stood face-to-face with a girl's figure, cloaked in an indigo colored cloak with its hood up. "Pleasure to see you, as well." Jolmen trembled under her intenese indigo glare. Her eyes glowed under the shadow of
her hood, and he winced.
"P-princess Anenara.....I didn't mean it, I'm.....s-s-sorry," he whined. The Scouts looked at each other dumbly.
"What the hell's goin' on?" Jupiter asked Mercury behind her hand.
"Apparently, this guy knows her...well," she shot back. "What did he say her name was?" Jupiter shrugged. Jolmen, his gray-gold hair hanging in his eyes, stumbled back a step from the Phantom.
"I cannot forgive what I cannot forget," the Phantom replied. With a slight wave of her hand, she sent Jolmen flying into the wall of the building behind him. The cement cracked and crumbled as he fell, leaving his imprint.
"Ouch!" Venus winced.
"Girls, her power level just went sky-rocketing.....I think we're in trouble," Mercury whispered. Jolmen stood, to get a sceptar thrown against his throat, choking him. He gagged as the Phantom leaned her weight against the sceptar, growling under her breath.
"And you can tell your King that I will not return to his damned Utsuri Realm, no matter how many times he begs me to come back. Remember, Jolmen, your Princess is only the Guardian of her Queen." The Phantom turned the sceptar, a black and dark blue diamond-studded staff with a symbol that looked like a cross surrounded by a circle on its end. It glowed brightly as she said, "Teleport!!!" and Jolmen dissapeared in a blinking light. The Phantom took a moment to dust herself off before she turned to the scouts, her cloak opened a slice to reveal her indigo and blue-
"Sailor Scout uniform?!" Sailor Moon demanded. "Why the hell does she have that?!"
"Allow me to introduce myself," the girl said, ignoring Sailor Moon's outburst. "I'm Phantom Star, otherwise known as the Phantom Scout." All of their jaws dropped, and Sailor Moon turned to Luna and Artemis.
"PHANTOM Scout???"
"We have no more clue than you," Luna supplied.
"Well," Phantom interrupted. "I can see that manners have not made their calling yet, so I have no need to further explain my appearance here-"
"Wait, wait! We'd like to know, we're sorry, it won't happen again," Mercury said, stopping the girl's retreat. She looked at them again.
"All right," she said, sitting down on a rock from the rubble she'd just created. "Let's see.....what would you like me to explain?"
"Uh....where'd you come from?" Mercury asked. The girl must have rolled her eyes.
"The Utsuri Realm. The only way for us to get here was by time travel. In my time, or, your daughter's time, rather," she said, nodding at Sailor Moon, "There was an army called the Nega Stars. Long story short, they were like the Negamoons, but they had a long life of revenge to repay the Queen. So she put together her own army. I was a neutral, because I had no identity at the time. So, I tricked them all; I acted neutral.
"I helped people, but I dodged all the Queen's efforts to recall me, and I also helped her enemy at times. Nothing huge, just the small details, like the location of the Guardian Scouts' base. That wasn't a big deal at all, because I ended up saving all of them, anyway. So, when I was banished from the Queen's realm, I wasn't exactly surprised. I mean, I had almost wanted it. So I went to the Utsuri Realm. It was even more horrible than I first thought, its black towers and buildings sky-high, and filled with captives of war.
"Well, it just so happens that I met Echola and Ryjen, two unlikely suspects of the new War of the Ages. They were so strange, I don't know why I overlooked it..." Her voice trailed off, and she looked up at the sky, almost mournfully. Then she saw the girls staring at her, "...and I got sent through a time warp back here." They all stared at her, and she looked confusedly at them. "What, it's not like I killed anyone. I just travelled a lot."
"Yeah, but you betrayed the Queen for no real reason at all..."
"I didn't betray her because I wanted to, if that's what you mean. Look at it this way, my trionamille got mixed up, and for awhile, I wasn't me."
"Trion...amille?" Mercury repeated.
"Uh, yeah, sorry, forgot that you don't understand. My reasons for being. It's Utsuri Realm language."
"O..kay..." Jupiter said, "Now, pardon me, but, do you have a name?"
"Yes, everything has a name."
"What is your name?"
"Grief," she said simply, shrugging. "Ask your brilliant friend about it. She'll tell you." Sailor Moon glanced at Luna; how did this 'Grief' know about Anne? And being as she did, did that mean she was following them around? Questions ran through their minds aimlessly as 'Grief' continued, "Well, ladies, if you'll excuse me..."
"Um..." The Scouts looked at each other, then shrugged. Sailor Moon asked, "Will we see you again?"
"Of course you'll see me again; I'll have to keep an eye on the future queen," Phantom Star said, standing and turning away. She looked over her shoulder for a final comment, "But, I may end up fighting you one day, so," she winked, "keep an eye out for me, all right?"
"Wait just a minute!" Luna cried defiantly. "Who are you to challenge Princess Serenity?" Again, Phantom Star's eyes darkened with sadness. She looked at the ground, and a lock of hair fell from behind her ear, hanging loosely at the side of her face as she stood in a pensive stance.
"I'm...I'm her failure," she mumbled, then turned and walked away, her cloak shimmering and dissapearing with her on the wind as she did.
***
Yes, kinda shorter than I would have liked...but anyway, let me know what you think. And if Phantom Star or Anne become somewhat Mary Sue-ish, I beg you to tell me. I would have to beat myself up if I let that happen. Also, feel free to suggest ANYthing at all. Or to challenge. I LOVE challenges. Thankee, byes!
*dissapears in a flash ready to go pah-tey!*
