The Mystical Warriors, Part 6
***The Gates Of Heaven Open Wide***
Mina looked around the arcade ruefully and slumped further into her seat. Lately, she'd
felt really alienated from the rest of the Scouts. Or Mystical Warriors, She thought
sadly. She was only one of the group to not have her full power and she felt left out. All
the others talked about how much more powerful they felt and how the power ran through their
veins like fire. Mina felt like she was missing out on something great. And she was, she
knew it. Her armor hadn't appeared yet and she kind of separated herself from the group.
Ever since Lita got their armor, they'd been saying that she would get hers soon, but it had
been 5 weeks since that happened and she still hadn't gotten it yet. She was beginning to
doubt that she ever would at the rate things were going.
But, while this was happening, she had gotten closer to Andrew, the guy who worked at the
arcade. She used to have a crush on him, but since she knew he had a girlfriend, she got to
know him as a friend instead and they became like brother and sister. She felt that she had
known him for her entire life. Andrew approached her and said, "Hey Sis, what's wrong?"
She looked up at him and smiled. About a week ago, he accidentally called her "Sis" and the
name just kinda stuck. So, to give him a nickname, she called him "Bro". "Nothing, Bro."
"If it was nothing Mina, you wouldn't look so depressed."
"I can't talk about it."
"Sure you can. You can talk to me about anything. I hate seeing you this way. You're
always so happy and seeing you like this makes me doubt that there is eternal happiness out
there somewhere. So tell me your problem." Mina tried to hold it in, but one look into
Andrew's trusting eyes and Mina felt her resolve slipping away. The wayward thought that
Rita was a very lucky woman popped into her head. Mina only wished she could find someone
as trusting as Andrew was. Taking a deep breath, Mina began to explain her problem.
"Well, all my friends have just joined this new club and they want me to join, but I have to
prove myself worthy, like they did, but my time hasn't come yet and I feel left out. I'm
not mad at them and they're not excluding me, I just feel a little out of the loop."
Somewhere in the middle of her tirade, Mina's gaze shifted to her lap.
"Well, that'll all pass soon," Andrew said optimistically.
"How do you know?" Mina asked, glaring up at her friend
"I don't know. I just have a feeling that everything'll be alright."
"You always have that feeling," Mina said flatly at the cheery look on her friend's face.
"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying, can you?"
"No, I guess not."
"Hey, I'm off in about 5 minutes. Wanna go for something to eat? It's on me," Andrew said,
drawing the topic away from Mina's problem.
"If you're paying, I'll eat anything. I'm hungry."
"Ok, wait about 5 minutes and we'll be off." To Mina, the five minutes felt like months,
but finally, Andrew was ready to go. "So," he started, "Where do you want to eat?"
"I don't know. What do you want?"
"I'm in the mood for Chinese. You?"
"I could do Chinese."
"Ok then, let's go." They went to this little Chinese place that Andrew said served the
best Chinese food in the city. During the dinner, they got into a miniature noodle fight,
flinging noodles at each other. One of the waiters gave them a look and they stopped,
finishing their dinner in semi-silence. When dinner was finished, Andrew paid for it and
they left the restaurant. When they left the restaurant, Andrew started walking with her in
the direction of her house. Mina stopped walking and looked at Andrew, a look of confusion
on her face. "Andrew, what are you doing? Your house is in the other direction." Andrew,
who had taken a few more steps before stopping, turned around and looked at Mina with an
"isn't it obvious?" look.
"I know. I'm walking you home."
"Why?"
"Because I want to make sure you get there safely."
"Andrew, I can take care of myself." More then you know. Mina thought.
"I'd just feel better knowing that you're home safe, Sis." Andrew wasn't going to give up
and Mina knew it.
"Whatever you say." They started up again, walking along together in comfortable silence
for about 5 minutes when Mina hear something rustling in the bushes and she stopped, putting
her hand on Andrew's arm. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" he asked. Mina was silent for a few more moments while her ears strained to
hear the noise that wasn't there. Shrugging, she finally gave up.
"Nothing, I must be hearing things." It happened again, but louder this time. And this
time, Andrew heard it. "I don't think you were hearing things, Mina," Andrew said, both of
them halting.
"I told you so." They both stepped away from the bushes, looking at them apprehensively,
and a youma jumped out and stood before them. The youma had bright pink skin and was
dressed like a cook with hands that held many knives. Mina backed away slowly, pulling
Andrew along with her. "Uh, Andrew?"
"Wh-What?"
"RUN!" They both took off and the youma followed them. They ran into the park, but
somehow, the youma had gotten ahead of them and stood in front of them, waiting for the two
to show up. Andrew and Mina saw the youma and stopped suddenly. Andrew stepped in front of
Mina in a vain attempt to protect her. "Stay away. I won't let you hurt her," Andrew tried
to say menacingly, but Mina could hear the fear in his voice.
The youma only laughed and threw a knife at Andrew. Mina leapt and pushed Andrew down to
the ground, landing on top of his back. She stood up and stepped in front of Andrew, who
she was now ignoring, and glared at the youma. "Don't try that again, you hear me?"
"Who are you to be telling me that, girl?" the youma said.
"Believe me, you have no idea who you're messing with."
"Show me," the youma taunted. Mina drew in a deep breath and felt Andrew's eyes on her
back. Quickly looking at him, she saw him sitting up, looking at her, scared of the person
in front of her. She gave him a reassuring look and cried out, "VENUS POWER!" and
transformed into Sailor Venus.
Behind her, she heard Andrew gasp as she transformed and, for some reason, she didn't care
about him knowing that she was Sailor Venus. As soon as her transformation was complete,
she assumed a fighting stance and said, "Try me." The youma looked mildly surprised and
sent a bolt of energy straight for Mina. She dodged it easily, but temporarily forgot that
Andrew was behind her. Mina turned around just in time to see the bolt of energy hit Andrew
hard, knocking him unconscious.
She ran over to check on him and saw that besides a nasty bruise on the head and the fact
that he was out cold, he was breathing easily and was alive. Although he was ok, Mina was
extremely mad at the youma standing in front of her. Facing the youma again, she said, "How
dare you hurt my friend, you monster? You won't get away with that."
"Oh really and what are you going to do about it?"
"This: VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" A beam of light went straight for the youma and the
youma dodged it. In fact, it dodged about 5 of Mina's attacks. "Ooh, this is it! You're
dead."
"What makes you think so, little girl?"
"Little girl? I'll show you what this little girl can do. Power of the Heavens!" Bright
orange light surrounded Mina and she stood there in her sub-armor. It was like the others,
but her color was orange and her symbol was a pair of golden wings with a silver sword in
between the two wings. "That's cute," the youma sneered.
"You haven't seen anything yet. I call upon the armor of the Heavens! Armor of the
Heavens, TO ARMS!" Wind and golden light swirled around Mina. The wind, like the others,
swirled her hair around until it formed a bun on the top of her head. The golden light
swirled around her legs, arms and torso, turning into armor. As with the others, golden
light gathered in front of her face creating a helmet that she picked up and put on.
She stretched out her right hand, her palm facing up, and more golden light gathered in her
hand, creating a bow and light gathered at her back, creating a quiver of unlimited arrows.
When the light died down, she was standing there with her bow in her right hand, glaring at
the youma in front of her. Her armor was like everyone else's except hers was orange, her
symbol was the golden wings with the silver sword down the center, and her helmet was like
Raye's, with her symbol on the forehead. Calmly and smoothly, she pulled an arrow out of
her quiver while saying "BEAUTY!" She then set the arrow in the bow, light gathering at the
heart-shaped tip while saying, "SHOCK!" Then, she let go of the arrow while saying, "WAVE!"
and the arrow flew to the feet of the youma, surrounding it a bright, beautiful ball of
painful light and energy. The youma screamed and fell to his knees.
Suddenly, Mina heard Serena cry, "MOONLIGHT VANQUISH!" and a bolt of light flew toward the
youma, disintegrating it. Mina turned around, a huge smile on her face, and saw Ami, Lita,
Serena, and Raye standing in their armors, ready to fight. "Just in time," Mina said.
"Yeah, just in time to save you butt," Raye said as everyone laughed.
"Um, excuse me?" Everyone turned their heads to look at a confused Andrew, who was slowly
pushing himself into a sitting position on the ground.
"What is going on here? Who are you guys?" Mina looked at all the others and, shrugging
her shoulders, said, "We can tell him. He saw me transform into Sailor Venus. We can trust
him with this." The others nodded and at the same time, all 5 took off their helmets and
held them under their arms while Andrew looked at them shocked. "Ami? Lita? Raye?
Serena? Mina?" All of them nodded. "You guys are superheroes?"
"No, we're super heroines," Lita corrected him, emphasizing the last word of her statement.
"Pardon me," Andrew said, really meaning it, and everyone laughed. All of them
detransformed and checked over Andrew. After a few moments of fussing, Andrew was finally
allowed to get up. "You do know that this is serious and you cannot tell anyone, right?"
Serena asked.
"Yeah, I won't tell anybody." Everybody sighed in relief. "Well," Mina said, "I have to
get home."
"Yeah, me too," everyone else said. Everyone said their good-byes and separated, walking in
the direction of their own home.
***The Gates Of Heaven Open Wide***
Mina looked around the arcade ruefully and slumped further into her seat. Lately, she'd
felt really alienated from the rest of the Scouts. Or Mystical Warriors, She thought
sadly. She was only one of the group to not have her full power and she felt left out. All
the others talked about how much more powerful they felt and how the power ran through their
veins like fire. Mina felt like she was missing out on something great. And she was, she
knew it. Her armor hadn't appeared yet and she kind of separated herself from the group.
Ever since Lita got their armor, they'd been saying that she would get hers soon, but it had
been 5 weeks since that happened and she still hadn't gotten it yet. She was beginning to
doubt that she ever would at the rate things were going.
But, while this was happening, she had gotten closer to Andrew, the guy who worked at the
arcade. She used to have a crush on him, but since she knew he had a girlfriend, she got to
know him as a friend instead and they became like brother and sister. She felt that she had
known him for her entire life. Andrew approached her and said, "Hey Sis, what's wrong?"
She looked up at him and smiled. About a week ago, he accidentally called her "Sis" and the
name just kinda stuck. So, to give him a nickname, she called him "Bro". "Nothing, Bro."
"If it was nothing Mina, you wouldn't look so depressed."
"I can't talk about it."
"Sure you can. You can talk to me about anything. I hate seeing you this way. You're
always so happy and seeing you like this makes me doubt that there is eternal happiness out
there somewhere. So tell me your problem." Mina tried to hold it in, but one look into
Andrew's trusting eyes and Mina felt her resolve slipping away. The wayward thought that
Rita was a very lucky woman popped into her head. Mina only wished she could find someone
as trusting as Andrew was. Taking a deep breath, Mina began to explain her problem.
"Well, all my friends have just joined this new club and they want me to join, but I have to
prove myself worthy, like they did, but my time hasn't come yet and I feel left out. I'm
not mad at them and they're not excluding me, I just feel a little out of the loop."
Somewhere in the middle of her tirade, Mina's gaze shifted to her lap.
"Well, that'll all pass soon," Andrew said optimistically.
"How do you know?" Mina asked, glaring up at her friend
"I don't know. I just have a feeling that everything'll be alright."
"You always have that feeling," Mina said flatly at the cheery look on her friend's face.
"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying, can you?"
"No, I guess not."
"Hey, I'm off in about 5 minutes. Wanna go for something to eat? It's on me," Andrew said,
drawing the topic away from Mina's problem.
"If you're paying, I'll eat anything. I'm hungry."
"Ok, wait about 5 minutes and we'll be off." To Mina, the five minutes felt like months,
but finally, Andrew was ready to go. "So," he started, "Where do you want to eat?"
"I don't know. What do you want?"
"I'm in the mood for Chinese. You?"
"I could do Chinese."
"Ok then, let's go." They went to this little Chinese place that Andrew said served the
best Chinese food in the city. During the dinner, they got into a miniature noodle fight,
flinging noodles at each other. One of the waiters gave them a look and they stopped,
finishing their dinner in semi-silence. When dinner was finished, Andrew paid for it and
they left the restaurant. When they left the restaurant, Andrew started walking with her in
the direction of her house. Mina stopped walking and looked at Andrew, a look of confusion
on her face. "Andrew, what are you doing? Your house is in the other direction." Andrew,
who had taken a few more steps before stopping, turned around and looked at Mina with an
"isn't it obvious?" look.
"I know. I'm walking you home."
"Why?"
"Because I want to make sure you get there safely."
"Andrew, I can take care of myself." More then you know. Mina thought.
"I'd just feel better knowing that you're home safe, Sis." Andrew wasn't going to give up
and Mina knew it.
"Whatever you say." They started up again, walking along together in comfortable silence
for about 5 minutes when Mina hear something rustling in the bushes and she stopped, putting
her hand on Andrew's arm. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" he asked. Mina was silent for a few more moments while her ears strained to
hear the noise that wasn't there. Shrugging, she finally gave up.
"Nothing, I must be hearing things." It happened again, but louder this time. And this
time, Andrew heard it. "I don't think you were hearing things, Mina," Andrew said, both of
them halting.
"I told you so." They both stepped away from the bushes, looking at them apprehensively,
and a youma jumped out and stood before them. The youma had bright pink skin and was
dressed like a cook with hands that held many knives. Mina backed away slowly, pulling
Andrew along with her. "Uh, Andrew?"
"Wh-What?"
"RUN!" They both took off and the youma followed them. They ran into the park, but
somehow, the youma had gotten ahead of them and stood in front of them, waiting for the two
to show up. Andrew and Mina saw the youma and stopped suddenly. Andrew stepped in front of
Mina in a vain attempt to protect her. "Stay away. I won't let you hurt her," Andrew tried
to say menacingly, but Mina could hear the fear in his voice.
The youma only laughed and threw a knife at Andrew. Mina leapt and pushed Andrew down to
the ground, landing on top of his back. She stood up and stepped in front of Andrew, who
she was now ignoring, and glared at the youma. "Don't try that again, you hear me?"
"Who are you to be telling me that, girl?" the youma said.
"Believe me, you have no idea who you're messing with."
"Show me," the youma taunted. Mina drew in a deep breath and felt Andrew's eyes on her
back. Quickly looking at him, she saw him sitting up, looking at her, scared of the person
in front of her. She gave him a reassuring look and cried out, "VENUS POWER!" and
transformed into Sailor Venus.
Behind her, she heard Andrew gasp as she transformed and, for some reason, she didn't care
about him knowing that she was Sailor Venus. As soon as her transformation was complete,
she assumed a fighting stance and said, "Try me." The youma looked mildly surprised and
sent a bolt of energy straight for Mina. She dodged it easily, but temporarily forgot that
Andrew was behind her. Mina turned around just in time to see the bolt of energy hit Andrew
hard, knocking him unconscious.
She ran over to check on him and saw that besides a nasty bruise on the head and the fact
that he was out cold, he was breathing easily and was alive. Although he was ok, Mina was
extremely mad at the youma standing in front of her. Facing the youma again, she said, "How
dare you hurt my friend, you monster? You won't get away with that."
"Oh really and what are you going to do about it?"
"This: VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" A beam of light went straight for the youma and the
youma dodged it. In fact, it dodged about 5 of Mina's attacks. "Ooh, this is it! You're
dead."
"What makes you think so, little girl?"
"Little girl? I'll show you what this little girl can do. Power of the Heavens!" Bright
orange light surrounded Mina and she stood there in her sub-armor. It was like the others,
but her color was orange and her symbol was a pair of golden wings with a silver sword in
between the two wings. "That's cute," the youma sneered.
"You haven't seen anything yet. I call upon the armor of the Heavens! Armor of the
Heavens, TO ARMS!" Wind and golden light swirled around Mina. The wind, like the others,
swirled her hair around until it formed a bun on the top of her head. The golden light
swirled around her legs, arms and torso, turning into armor. As with the others, golden
light gathered in front of her face creating a helmet that she picked up and put on.
She stretched out her right hand, her palm facing up, and more golden light gathered in her
hand, creating a bow and light gathered at her back, creating a quiver of unlimited arrows.
When the light died down, she was standing there with her bow in her right hand, glaring at
the youma in front of her. Her armor was like everyone else's except hers was orange, her
symbol was the golden wings with the silver sword down the center, and her helmet was like
Raye's, with her symbol on the forehead. Calmly and smoothly, she pulled an arrow out of
her quiver while saying "BEAUTY!" She then set the arrow in the bow, light gathering at the
heart-shaped tip while saying, "SHOCK!" Then, she let go of the arrow while saying, "WAVE!"
and the arrow flew to the feet of the youma, surrounding it a bright, beautiful ball of
painful light and energy. The youma screamed and fell to his knees.
Suddenly, Mina heard Serena cry, "MOONLIGHT VANQUISH!" and a bolt of light flew toward the
youma, disintegrating it. Mina turned around, a huge smile on her face, and saw Ami, Lita,
Serena, and Raye standing in their armors, ready to fight. "Just in time," Mina said.
"Yeah, just in time to save you butt," Raye said as everyone laughed.
"Um, excuse me?" Everyone turned their heads to look at a confused Andrew, who was slowly
pushing himself into a sitting position on the ground.
"What is going on here? Who are you guys?" Mina looked at all the others and, shrugging
her shoulders, said, "We can tell him. He saw me transform into Sailor Venus. We can trust
him with this." The others nodded and at the same time, all 5 took off their helmets and
held them under their arms while Andrew looked at them shocked. "Ami? Lita? Raye?
Serena? Mina?" All of them nodded. "You guys are superheroes?"
"No, we're super heroines," Lita corrected him, emphasizing the last word of her statement.
"Pardon me," Andrew said, really meaning it, and everyone laughed. All of them
detransformed and checked over Andrew. After a few moments of fussing, Andrew was finally
allowed to get up. "You do know that this is serious and you cannot tell anyone, right?"
Serena asked.
"Yeah, I won't tell anybody." Everybody sighed in relief. "Well," Mina said, "I have to
get home."
"Yeah, me too," everyone else said. Everyone said their good-byes and separated, walking in
the direction of their own home.
