On to part 3. Enjoy. And yes, I don't own Sailor Moon.
Part 3: Mars and Jupiter?
Aiko and Misu ducted into a nearby alley while avoiding the dark energy. Nokomis did a back flip and produced a blue item with the sign of mercury on it.
"Mercury", she said addressing the newly transformed Senshi. "This is the mercury computer. You can use it to figure out where this yoma is without having to follow the dark tendrils of energy."
Mercury picked up the computer and opened it. Once it opened, she touched her earring and a visor appeared over her face. She concentrated a moment then exclaimed, "It's coming from the Shinto girl. No, wait, its origin is box next to her!"
"SHABON SPRAY!" Mercury's fog enabled the Senshi to approach the energy box under some cover. Just as Venus was about to attack, a yoma appeared above the box and knocked the Senshi over with a blast of energy.
"VENUS ROLL.." her attack was cut off by a second blast of energy. Mercury didn't try another attack since she had received the brunt of the first dark energy blast.
Nokomis decided to check out the dark haired girl in the Shinto robes. She was the only bystander not to unconscious from the energy. The girl was sitting trying to figure out what the evil aura she felt was.
She meowed as she noticed the sign of mars appear on the girl's forehead and the red glow surrounding her. She watched as a red pendant floated up from underneath the robes still attached to it chain. As it started to glow, a red transformation wand appeared in front of the girl, making the mars sigil glow even brighter.
"Take the wand!" Nokomis told her, her feline voice startling the girl.
"A talking cat. Great I'm loosing it." She looked into the cat's eyes, and what she had to do came to her. "MARS GAURDIAN POWER MAKE UP!" She was engulfed in red light, and Guardian Mars was standing ready for action where the girl had been.
She faced the yoma, who by that point had Venus by the neck in it's claws. "MARS SNAKE FIRE!" Flames in the shape of snakes surrounded the yoma, binding it's arms to it's sides while burning it.
"MERCURY AQUA MIRAGE!" finished the yoma off. Mercury noticed the people starting to wake up with the dark energy gone. She looked at Mars, and the both of them helped Venus into the alley where they detransformed.
"We had better go somewhere to talk and rest." Nokomis told the three girls.
"My Grandfather is busy, so we can have the temple to ourselves. I could also so a fire reading."
"Um," Aiko spoke up, "We haven't really introduced ourselves yet. I'm Kitoko Aiko, Mercury here is Misu Mivera, and the cat is Nokomis."
"I'm Ardiana Nuri. Nice to meet you Kitoko, Misu, and Nokomis" She looked at Aiko laughing at her statement. "What did I say wrong?"
"Gomen.. er I'm sorry, I said my name the Japanese way. Kitoko is my family name, and Aiko is what you all would call my first name."
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"Morrisa!" the tall dark womanish figure growled, obviously displeased. "What were you thinking?"
"Sorry KaliSama. I thought we were ready to start on a new target"
"You were wrong. There is to much power on the planet the humans call Virgo. On the one they call earth, we are closer to our goal. It is almost drained of energy and will soon be nothing. The last power source, the one the humans call "love" is also gone from earth. Finish it off, then we will have the power we need for the next target. That is an order, one you better not disobey unless you want to end up like the humans"
"As you wish"
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About a half hour later found the three girls and the cat in the yard at the Shinto temple. They had stopped by Aiko's house to get her manga reader on the way, pleasing Suki to no end seeing her granddaughters friends.
"This is the manga most people thought of as a legend, those who had never seen a senshi. I was one of those people until I learned I was a Guardian Senshi." Aiko looked at the other two after speaking.
"Um Ardiana, may I ask you something?" Aiko had a nervous look on her face while speaking.
"Sure Aiko."
"While you said your Grandfather would be busy, but what about parents?" When Aiko saw the pained look on the other girl's face she regretted asking. She had thought that maybe they were working or someplace.
"My mother left me here after my father died in an accident. No one has heard of or from her since. Grandpa told me that it was to painful for her to look at me after what happened. She was his daughter, so I guess he should know what she was feeling. My Grandmother died shortly after my mother disappeared."
"I'm really sorry I asked Ardiana"
"It's alright" Ardiana smiled weakly. "It happened awhile ago, besides, you didn't know"
"I live with my grandparents. My mother was a diplomat, and fairly well known in Japan. I traveled with her when I wasn't at my father's house. After my mother died, my father didn't want me to stay with him all the time, so he sent me to my grandparents on my mother's side. My mom had just started her career before getting married, so she kept her last name."
"Now that you mention it Aiko, I think I remember reading something about your mother on the net once" Misu spoke up. "It was in with a group of articles about Japan. I didn't connect the name with yours at first because I wasn't sure how common of a name it was. Wasn't an assassination attempt suspected? "
"I didn't want to know anything, so I didn't ask." Aiko looked sad as she spoke. "I should be getting home, my grandmother might be worried about me, ja matta" Unseen by the other girls, tears streamed down Aiko's face as she ran down the steps.
Aiko stumbled blindly though the streets of New Hope with no particular destination in mind. She started to cross the street without looking and found herself staring down a rapidly approaching truck. She froze with terror, when suddenly she felt herself swept up into someone's arms and being carried to safety. After her rescuer set her down on a bench did she look up. She found herself looking at the tall brunette from class.
"You have to be careful around here Aiko." The girl smiled at her. "The name is Nariko Saskia. Are you ok?"
"I think so. I just got upset at something one of my friends said." Aiko wiped the tears from her face, trying not to draw attention to the fact that she had been crying. 'Too late, I think Nariko already noticed. I feel something from her. I should let Nokomis know'
Just as Aiko was thinking of her, Nokomis walked up to her mistress, being careful to meow instead of talking. She looked at Nariko as the girl sat down next to Aiko. 'She has an interesting aura, I should keep an eye on her.' Nokomis thought to herself. Sensing Aiko's mood, she jumped into her lap and rubbed her head up against Aiko's hands while purring.
Nariko laughed at the cat's antics. "You know that cat Aiko?" she asked.
Aiko smiled as she hugged her cat. "Hai, She's my cat Nokomis. She followed me home after my first day of school, and my Grandmother let me keep her."
"You don't live with your parents?"
"No"
"Neither do I. I live with my Mother's sister, and her husband." Nariko sighed. "I don't have to be home for awhile, do you want to do something? The palace has some great cakes."
Aiko's heart skipped a beat at the mention of the palace. Misu might look for her there, and she didn't feel up to explaining her behavior to her friends at the moment. "I've been there already, since I'm new in town, maybe there is someplace else I could try"
"Well, I know of this nice bakery on the other side of town. They have really good pastries, and they are next to a park"
Aiko sighed silently with relief. She followed her new friend to the bus stop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Misu didn't know what to say after Aiko left. 'I shouldn't have said that much to her.' She mussed while Ardiana watched her.
"It's alright Misu, I'm sure you didn't mean to hurt her feelings."
"I know, It's just that I should have realized that she would still be sensitive about it. Maybe we should go after her."
"If you want to, go ahead. I have a bad feeling about something, and I want to do a fire reading. It's up to you if you want to stay"
Misu stopped feeling guilty and started to wonder what Ardiana meant. "What do you mean by a bad feeling?"
"Ever since I can remember I've been able to feel things, sort of like promotions. I thought it was my Shinto heritage and training, but maybe being mars has something to do with it. Sailor Mars in Aiko's manga was the same way."
"But what is their that you feel bad about?" Misu's curiosity was getting the best of her.
"Something about Aiko's mother. The feeling started when you were asking her about her. I do remember hearing about the death of her mother. One of my classmates is into politics so I knew about what happened."
"How did your father die Ardiana? I don't mean to pry, but after talking about Aiko's mother, something is bothering me"
Ardiana took a deep breath before speaking. "He was protecting my mother. She didn't say much about what happened because she was to upset. Whatever killed him was after her." A single tear slowly fell as she finished talking.
"I'm so sorry for asking Ardiana."
"Don't worry. I have a feeling that this all has some importance in something, but I don't know what. What about your family?"
"I live with my parents and my fish. This isn't to be repeated except to Aiko, but I'm adopted. I have no idea about my birth parents, but then again, I never asked. Maybe I will. If your alright after what happened today, I'm going home to ask my mother."
"It's fine. I can do my fire reading while you talk to her. Bye Misu"
As Misu walked home she thought about asking her mother. 'I don't want to hurt her feelings' she thought 'and even if she doesn't mind, she might not even know. I think I'll try my computer. The mercury mini computer should help the process of hacking into the databanks of the adoption agency.'
Next time: The truth about Misu's past. Also, what does the girl's families have to do with the current situation. And is Nariko's aura that of a senshi or a yoma?
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Character spot: Ardiana Nuri Name meaning: Firey Flaming Lights Age 14, attends New Hope School for girls Black hair, dark blue eyes Blood type: AB Favorite food: fish Hobbies: meditation Weakness: can be overly critical Strengths: ability to sense evil Necklace: red stone with Kanji of "war" Birthday: April 17 (Aries)
Part 3: Mars and Jupiter?
Aiko and Misu ducted into a nearby alley while avoiding the dark energy. Nokomis did a back flip and produced a blue item with the sign of mercury on it.
"Mercury", she said addressing the newly transformed Senshi. "This is the mercury computer. You can use it to figure out where this yoma is without having to follow the dark tendrils of energy."
Mercury picked up the computer and opened it. Once it opened, she touched her earring and a visor appeared over her face. She concentrated a moment then exclaimed, "It's coming from the Shinto girl. No, wait, its origin is box next to her!"
"SHABON SPRAY!" Mercury's fog enabled the Senshi to approach the energy box under some cover. Just as Venus was about to attack, a yoma appeared above the box and knocked the Senshi over with a blast of energy.
"VENUS ROLL.." her attack was cut off by a second blast of energy. Mercury didn't try another attack since she had received the brunt of the first dark energy blast.
Nokomis decided to check out the dark haired girl in the Shinto robes. She was the only bystander not to unconscious from the energy. The girl was sitting trying to figure out what the evil aura she felt was.
She meowed as she noticed the sign of mars appear on the girl's forehead and the red glow surrounding her. She watched as a red pendant floated up from underneath the robes still attached to it chain. As it started to glow, a red transformation wand appeared in front of the girl, making the mars sigil glow even brighter.
"Take the wand!" Nokomis told her, her feline voice startling the girl.
"A talking cat. Great I'm loosing it." She looked into the cat's eyes, and what she had to do came to her. "MARS GAURDIAN POWER MAKE UP!" She was engulfed in red light, and Guardian Mars was standing ready for action where the girl had been.
She faced the yoma, who by that point had Venus by the neck in it's claws. "MARS SNAKE FIRE!" Flames in the shape of snakes surrounded the yoma, binding it's arms to it's sides while burning it.
"MERCURY AQUA MIRAGE!" finished the yoma off. Mercury noticed the people starting to wake up with the dark energy gone. She looked at Mars, and the both of them helped Venus into the alley where they detransformed.
"We had better go somewhere to talk and rest." Nokomis told the three girls.
"My Grandfather is busy, so we can have the temple to ourselves. I could also so a fire reading."
"Um," Aiko spoke up, "We haven't really introduced ourselves yet. I'm Kitoko Aiko, Mercury here is Misu Mivera, and the cat is Nokomis."
"I'm Ardiana Nuri. Nice to meet you Kitoko, Misu, and Nokomis" She looked at Aiko laughing at her statement. "What did I say wrong?"
"Gomen.. er I'm sorry, I said my name the Japanese way. Kitoko is my family name, and Aiko is what you all would call my first name."
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"Morrisa!" the tall dark womanish figure growled, obviously displeased. "What were you thinking?"
"Sorry KaliSama. I thought we were ready to start on a new target"
"You were wrong. There is to much power on the planet the humans call Virgo. On the one they call earth, we are closer to our goal. It is almost drained of energy and will soon be nothing. The last power source, the one the humans call "love" is also gone from earth. Finish it off, then we will have the power we need for the next target. That is an order, one you better not disobey unless you want to end up like the humans"
"As you wish"
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About a half hour later found the three girls and the cat in the yard at the Shinto temple. They had stopped by Aiko's house to get her manga reader on the way, pleasing Suki to no end seeing her granddaughters friends.
"This is the manga most people thought of as a legend, those who had never seen a senshi. I was one of those people until I learned I was a Guardian Senshi." Aiko looked at the other two after speaking.
"Um Ardiana, may I ask you something?" Aiko had a nervous look on her face while speaking.
"Sure Aiko."
"While you said your Grandfather would be busy, but what about parents?" When Aiko saw the pained look on the other girl's face she regretted asking. She had thought that maybe they were working or someplace.
"My mother left me here after my father died in an accident. No one has heard of or from her since. Grandpa told me that it was to painful for her to look at me after what happened. She was his daughter, so I guess he should know what she was feeling. My Grandmother died shortly after my mother disappeared."
"I'm really sorry I asked Ardiana"
"It's alright" Ardiana smiled weakly. "It happened awhile ago, besides, you didn't know"
"I live with my grandparents. My mother was a diplomat, and fairly well known in Japan. I traveled with her when I wasn't at my father's house. After my mother died, my father didn't want me to stay with him all the time, so he sent me to my grandparents on my mother's side. My mom had just started her career before getting married, so she kept her last name."
"Now that you mention it Aiko, I think I remember reading something about your mother on the net once" Misu spoke up. "It was in with a group of articles about Japan. I didn't connect the name with yours at first because I wasn't sure how common of a name it was. Wasn't an assassination attempt suspected? "
"I didn't want to know anything, so I didn't ask." Aiko looked sad as she spoke. "I should be getting home, my grandmother might be worried about me, ja matta" Unseen by the other girls, tears streamed down Aiko's face as she ran down the steps.
Aiko stumbled blindly though the streets of New Hope with no particular destination in mind. She started to cross the street without looking and found herself staring down a rapidly approaching truck. She froze with terror, when suddenly she felt herself swept up into someone's arms and being carried to safety. After her rescuer set her down on a bench did she look up. She found herself looking at the tall brunette from class.
"You have to be careful around here Aiko." The girl smiled at her. "The name is Nariko Saskia. Are you ok?"
"I think so. I just got upset at something one of my friends said." Aiko wiped the tears from her face, trying not to draw attention to the fact that she had been crying. 'Too late, I think Nariko already noticed. I feel something from her. I should let Nokomis know'
Just as Aiko was thinking of her, Nokomis walked up to her mistress, being careful to meow instead of talking. She looked at Nariko as the girl sat down next to Aiko. 'She has an interesting aura, I should keep an eye on her.' Nokomis thought to herself. Sensing Aiko's mood, she jumped into her lap and rubbed her head up against Aiko's hands while purring.
Nariko laughed at the cat's antics. "You know that cat Aiko?" she asked.
Aiko smiled as she hugged her cat. "Hai, She's my cat Nokomis. She followed me home after my first day of school, and my Grandmother let me keep her."
"You don't live with your parents?"
"No"
"Neither do I. I live with my Mother's sister, and her husband." Nariko sighed. "I don't have to be home for awhile, do you want to do something? The palace has some great cakes."
Aiko's heart skipped a beat at the mention of the palace. Misu might look for her there, and she didn't feel up to explaining her behavior to her friends at the moment. "I've been there already, since I'm new in town, maybe there is someplace else I could try"
"Well, I know of this nice bakery on the other side of town. They have really good pastries, and they are next to a park"
Aiko sighed silently with relief. She followed her new friend to the bus stop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Misu didn't know what to say after Aiko left. 'I shouldn't have said that much to her.' She mussed while Ardiana watched her.
"It's alright Misu, I'm sure you didn't mean to hurt her feelings."
"I know, It's just that I should have realized that she would still be sensitive about it. Maybe we should go after her."
"If you want to, go ahead. I have a bad feeling about something, and I want to do a fire reading. It's up to you if you want to stay"
Misu stopped feeling guilty and started to wonder what Ardiana meant. "What do you mean by a bad feeling?"
"Ever since I can remember I've been able to feel things, sort of like promotions. I thought it was my Shinto heritage and training, but maybe being mars has something to do with it. Sailor Mars in Aiko's manga was the same way."
"But what is their that you feel bad about?" Misu's curiosity was getting the best of her.
"Something about Aiko's mother. The feeling started when you were asking her about her. I do remember hearing about the death of her mother. One of my classmates is into politics so I knew about what happened."
"How did your father die Ardiana? I don't mean to pry, but after talking about Aiko's mother, something is bothering me"
Ardiana took a deep breath before speaking. "He was protecting my mother. She didn't say much about what happened because she was to upset. Whatever killed him was after her." A single tear slowly fell as she finished talking.
"I'm so sorry for asking Ardiana."
"Don't worry. I have a feeling that this all has some importance in something, but I don't know what. What about your family?"
"I live with my parents and my fish. This isn't to be repeated except to Aiko, but I'm adopted. I have no idea about my birth parents, but then again, I never asked. Maybe I will. If your alright after what happened today, I'm going home to ask my mother."
"It's fine. I can do my fire reading while you talk to her. Bye Misu"
As Misu walked home she thought about asking her mother. 'I don't want to hurt her feelings' she thought 'and even if she doesn't mind, she might not even know. I think I'll try my computer. The mercury mini computer should help the process of hacking into the databanks of the adoption agency.'
Next time: The truth about Misu's past. Also, what does the girl's families have to do with the current situation. And is Nariko's aura that of a senshi or a yoma?
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Character spot: Ardiana Nuri Name meaning: Firey Flaming Lights Age 14, attends New Hope School for girls Black hair, dark blue eyes Blood type: AB Favorite food: fish Hobbies: meditation Weakness: can be overly critical Strengths: ability to sense evil Necklace: red stone with Kanji of "war" Birthday: April 17 (Aries)