The Mystical Warriors, Part 9
***Earth and Water Break Their Way Through***
The next morning, Serena woke up with somewhat of a headache. She opened her eyes and
immediately shut them again, protecting them from the power of the sunlight that was
streaming in through her window. God, I think fighting right before bed makes my head
hurt the next day. Oh well, if we saved peoples' lives, then it was worth it. Sighing,
she sat up and kicked her legs off the bed, kicking Luna at the same time, who happened to
still be sleeping. "Serena, could you be a little more considerate for cats who are
sleeping?"
"Oh, sorry Luna, I didn't know you were there." Luna yawned and continued to laze on
Serena's bed, her eyes closed.
"It's alright. How was your date with Darien last night?"
"It was fine, but the weirdest thing happened."
"What?" Serena smiled; she couldn't wait to tell Luna that piece of news.
"We have a sixth warrior." At that, Luna bolted up, wide awake, and said, "Say that again?"
Serena shook her head, a smile still on her face; it was the reaction she was looking for.
Sighing, Serena began to explain the news about Celia.
"I said we have a sixth warrior. Her name is Celia and she controls the Armor of Time."
"So, she's from Pluto. It was always Pluto's responsibility to look after Time. Well, when
do I get to meet this warrior?"
"Today at 5:00. We're meeting in the part where a youma attacked last night and we're going
to her house to formally introduce ourselves. And you're coming."
"Sounds fine with me," Luna said, barely containing a yawn, while settling back down on the
bed, "Just let me get a few more hours of sleep." At that Serena chuckled. "I think you've
adopted my old sleeping habits," she said with a lilt in her voice.
"Oh shut up," Luna deadpanned as she fell back asleep.
***
Serena was holding Luna in her arms as she stood in the park, waiting for everyone else in
the spot they said they'd meet at. "Where are they, Luna?"
"Serena, just to let you know, we're early. By about 10 minutes. So sit down and wait
patiently." If there was on thing that hadn't changed about Serena was that she was still
as impatient as ever. But, this time, Serena knew Luna was right.
"Ok, Luna." Serena sat down and crossed her legs, still holding Luna in her arms. They sat
there in silence for about 10 minutes or so until they heard a rustling in the bushes and
turned their heads to find Lita and Raye coming out of the bushes. "Hey, Girlfriend, you're
early," Lita said, surprised to see Serena already waiting for them. Usually, it was the
other way around.
"I know, I was antsy and had to get out of the house. So I left early."
"How long have you been here?" Raye asked.
"About 10 minutes."
"You've been here that long?" Lita asked.
"Yes, and she's been really impatient waiting for you guys to show up," Luna said
exasperated. The other two chuckled. "Now you know how we felt when you were always late,
Meatball Head," Raye taunted. Serena's face contorted into a mask of anger and annoyance at
being called by her old nickname.
"Ooh, I thought we agreed not to call me that any more!"
"Sorry, slip of the tongue," Raye said apologetically, really meaning it. Serena didn't
deserve that name anymore.
"It's ok," Serena said, "I can deal."
"Hey guys!" they heard Ami cry out. The four of them turned their heads to find Darien,
Mina, Ami, and Celia walking towards them. Serena stood up and let go of Luna, who jumped
to the ground to say hello to Artemis. "Are we going to go back to my house?" Celia asked,
"Because I think it would be safer to talk where no one could hear us." The others agreed
and walked with her back to her house.
***
When they arrived in front of Celia's house, the others gasped. Her house was a huge
3-story mansion on, as she said, the outskirts of Tokyo. The house it self was a
pinkish-coral in color and the trim was white. "Celia, where did you get this house?" Ami
asked.
"I have my connections," Celia said conspicuously.
"No seriously, where did you get this?" Ami asked again.
"This house has been mine for a while. I would come and stay down here when I would look
after you when you were all Sailor Scouts," she said as she walked up the steps to the front
door. The others followed her closely, still amazed at the sight and size of the house.
Celia pulled out a set of keys from the purse that was over her shoulder and unlocked the
front door, opening it to show a large foyer. The others stepped inside and were amazed
once again. "Wow, it's bigger then it looks, if that's possible," Serena said.
"How many rooms does this have?" Raye asked.
"It has this foyer, a living room, a grand dining-room, a kitchen, a waiting room, a
downstairs den, 10 regular bedrooms, ten guest rooms, 15 bathrooms, and a family room
upstairs that's on the floor with the regular bedrooms." Raye whistled at the account of
all the rooms as Celia led them through the house, and up two flights of stairs to the
family room that was on the third floor. Breathless, the group sat down on the various
couches, set up in a half circle. With all 7 of them sitting down, they still could have
fit about 10 more people. "Why did you take us all the way up here? Wouldn't a room on the
first floor be more convenient?" Mina asked, still trying to catch her breath from the trek
up the stairs.
"Yes, but this room is more comfortable and it's my favorite room in the house," Celia said.
It was obvious that Celia was used to going up and down all those stairs like that; she
didn't look affected at all by the climb up to the third floor.
"Oh," Mina said; there are some people that she just will never understand.
"I have a few questions for you, Celia," Serena said.
" Like what?"
"Can you use the attack you used last night on every enemy any time you wanted to? Because
it would make fighting a lot easier."
"I cannot," Celia said gravely.
"Oh, why not?" Serena whined.
"Because, it is not good for me to stop time too often. I can only use that attack when it
is necessary. Last night was necessary." Serena knew that Celia had a point; the idea of
freezing time seemed to be pretty serious.
"Wait, you can freeze time?" Raye asked.
"Yes, but only when it's necessary."
"How cool," Lita said.
"What's your other question, Serena?" Celia asked, moving away from the topic of her power.
"Can you explain the story of the armors, planetary and earthly, because Luna doesn't know
enough and I though you might." Celia nodded at her and began to explain the story.
"You were right. I do know the whole story. Let me tell you. In the beginning of the
Silver Millennium, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the
Moon all created 9 special armors to be worn by the protectors of the planet. All the
princesses of the planets at the time when you lived in the Silver Millennium were Sailor
Scouts, including Serena, and were training to wear the armor, but unfortunately, none of us
were ready when Queen Beryl attacked."
"Yes, we know that, but can you explain the Earth's armor?" Serena said annoyed. She wanted
answers to the questions she didn't know. Celia shot Serena a look that said she had to be
patient. Serena abruptly shut her mouth.
"I was getting to that. Right before the end of the Silver Millennium, when we were Sailor
Scouts, there were ten kingdoms on Earth. One of them was Darien's kingdom, which was sworn
to protect the Moon Kingdom. The other 9 kingdoms had their own special armors."
"What were they?" Raye asked.
"They were the armor of Wildfire, the armor of Halo, the armor of Torrent, the armor of
Hardrock, the armor of Strata, the armor of Cruelty, the armor of Venom, the armor of
Corruption, and the armor of Illusion. Of these nine kingdoms, the kingdom that owned the
armor of Wildfire was the leader. After a most unfortunate accident, 5 of the kingdoms had
their kings die unexpectedly. So their sons took their place. The kings were now King Ryo
of the Wildfire, who was Serena's cousin in the past, King Sage of the Halo, King Cye of the
Torrent, King Kento of the Hardrock, and King Rowen of the Strata and they were all young
kings, about the ages of you 5 girls at the time. King Ryo, who was betrothed to Darien's
sister. . . "
"I had a sister in the Silver Millennium?" Darien found that strange; he didn't recall
having any family during the Silver Millennium.
"Yes you had a sister, though I can't remember her name right now. Anyway, King Ryo
requested the help of the Moon Kingdom to combine all the 9 armors into a Mystical armor for
the Earth. The Moon Kingdom agreed and set out to help him in his task. When we finished,
the armor for the Earth was called the Armor of Life. So now, all there was to do was wait
for it to choose a bearer.
"When it finally chose, all of the Kingdoms rejoiced, for now they would have someone to
protect them. A common lord named Talpa was the one chosen wear the armor. He was trained
and eventually had enough training to wear the armor. But when he did, he was lured over to
Queen Beryl's fight against the Moon Kingdom and the side of evil, where Queen Beryl took
away his power and made him a general. When the battle started, he was there in the middle
of it, but when Queen Beryl started to lose, he withdrew himself from battle and hid
himself.
"After the battle was over and everyone was transported to the future, he reclaimed his
armor, but he was extremely weak. A nether world called the Evil Dynasty took him under
their wing and helped him regain their power, in hope that he would lead them in conquering
the world. He did, but he lost to a monk with Ancient powers, who defeated him and
separated the armor into its nine original parts. He then arranged it so that when the time
came, the kings who gave up their armor to create the armor of Life, would be reborn and
wear the armor against evil once again."
"But the armor can still be recreated?" Ami asked.
"Yes, but in two ways. If combined by the leader of the armor's wearers, or the Ronin
Warriors, it creates the armor of Inferno. If combined by the person who last wore the
armor of Life, will create the Earth's armor once again."
"Can the Armor of Life be combined with the others to make that special armor worn by the
bearer of the armor of Moonlight? The armor Luna was talking about?" Serena asked.
"Yes, but only in the form of the armor of Life. When the armors are in their 9 original
parts, they cannot be used to created the special armor of the planets, even when it's the
Inferno armor."
"What's the special armor called when all of the 9 planet armors are combined?" Serena asked
again.
"I don't know, I couldn't tell you. We know it can be formed, but it never was, so we don't
know what it's called. The name will be revealed when the armors are combined for the first
time."
"Oh," Serena said. There was a silence for a few minutes when Celia said, "There's
something I left out in that story."
"What's that, Celia?" Ami asked. What else could Celia possibly tell them.
"There's another set of armor that I failed to tell you about. The armors from the Sun
Kingdom. When they're needed, the three armors from the Sun Kingdom, the Armor of Destiny,
the Armor of Fate, and the Armor of Prophecy, will come to help us. But, when that is, I
don't know. All that I know is that they will be coming and when they do, we'll need their
help."
"Why didn't they help us back in the Silver Millennium?" Darien asked.
"They, too, weren't ready to fight. They hadn't been trained well enough to wear the armor,
so they couldn't help us. They tried, but they also were sent to the future," Celia said.
"Who were they?" Mina asked.
"They were the daughters of Apollo, the king of the Sun Kingdom. Their mother was aunt to
Ryo of the Wildfire. Although the Moon Kingdom ruled over the Solar System, the Sun Kingdom
ruled over the Universe."
"So, they're my second cousins, or something like that," Serena said.
"Right," Celia said, "But we don't know where they are. We won't know until it's time for
them to appear," Celia finished. Then, the discussion of the group fell away from armors
and they started to talk about everything that went on in their lives, trying to introduce
Celia to their lives. After a few hours of talking and basically just acting their age, the
Mystical Warriors decided that it was time to go home. Darien left with Serena, Lita and
Mina left together, and Ami and Raye left together, all saying good-bye to Celia before they
left. Celia watched as they all walked down the walkway, smiling at their retreating
figures. "If only you knew how much I knew," she muttered. Smiling even wider at the
secrets she knew, she shook her head and closed the door.
***
Raye and Ami were walking towards Ami's house to drop her off. They were walking home
together because their houses were in the same direction, as Lita and Mina's houses were in
the same direction. "What an interesting night, huh?" Ami asked Raye. Raye nodded in
agreement.
"Yeah, it was weird all right. But do you know what I don't get?" Raye asked.
"What?"
"When she was mentioning the names of the 5 young kings of the Earth's 9 kingdoms, I got the
weirdest chill when she said, 'King Sage of the Halo'. Did something like that happen to
you?" Raye wanted to know that she wasn't crazy.
"Yeah it did. But it happened when she said, 'King Rowen of the Strata'. It's like that
name triggered something inside of me that I had forgotten."
"Yeah, me too. I forgot about Chad for a moment . . . " Raye trailed off as tears gathered in her eyes.
"You still miss him, huh?" Ami asked, noticing Raye's demeanor change.
"Sometimes I do. I'm just mad because I never got to find out if I like him, but I'm not
really sad anymore." Raye wondered at that statement. Was she still really sad that Chad
was gone?
"Well that's good," Ami said, not fully believing Raye. She had a feeling that Raye still
missed Chad more than she let on.
"Besides, if I ever meet this Sage person, he better be cute."
"I know how you feel. I feel the same way about if I ever meet 'King Rowen'. He better be
smart, though. I could never have a stupid boyfriend."
"Ami, the person who went out with you would have to be smart to keep with up with your
science babble." Ami giggled and said, "Thanks Raye. But, the person who went out with you
would have to be understanding and patient with the way your temper gets sometimes."
"Yeah, I know." She smiled dreamily when she heard a scream and her face hardened as she
slipped into her warriors mode. "Ami, I hate to break up this nice chat of ours, but did
you hear that that scream?"
"Yes, I did. We should go check that out. Power of the Arctic!"
"Power of the Phoenix!" The girls were suddenly in their sub-armor, running towards the
place of the scream.
When they got there, they saw a youma that was a cross between a salamander and a human
being. The youma was about 10 feet tall and had a tail that was about that same length. It
had cornered two boys and was spitting poison at them, which the boys were barely dodging.
Raye and Ami had figured that the youmas weren't really after innocent people. They were
just using people to lure the Mystical Warriors to them. "Hey lizard-breath." The youma
turned around to look at Raye, who called that out, and glared at them. "You talking to
me?" the youma hissed, literally. "Yes, I'm talking to you, stop torturing those two boys
and fight us. I call upon the armor of the Phoenix! Armor of the Phoenix, TO ARMS!"
"I call upon the armor of the Arctic! Armor of the Arctic, TO ARMS!" A few moments later,
Raye and Ami stood there in their full armor, ready to fight. "Good luck fighting me.
You'll never win. I shall enjoy listening to you die slowly."
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do? Spit poison at us?" Raye asked sarcastically. The
youma only smiled and the two girls felt their confidence fade.
"No. I'm going to do this." The youma crouched down and using its tail, which had
magically gotten longer, swung it though the air, knocking both of the armored girls off
their feet and sending them flying through the air. The girls were rammed into a wall and
were badly bruised, even through the layers of their armor. The youma approached their
beaten forms and was amazed. "You are still conscious! That is amazing. But, I must say,
I am slightly disappointed in your powers. I expected more from you. Well, all the better
for me as I kill you slowly."
"I don't think so, buster."
Raye and Ami lifted their heads to see two girls in sub-armor standing behind the youma.
One was a girl who could have passed as a boy, if she wasn't wearing the sub-armor. She had
dusty, golden blond hair and blue eyes. Her sub-armor was like everyone else's except her
color was midnight blue and her symbol were two daggers, a gold one and a silver one,
crossing over her chest and she had on a midnight blue headband going across her forehead.
The other was most definitely a girl. She had turquoise-colored hair that went a little
past her shoulder and the same color eyes. Her sub-armor color was an aquamarine where
everyone else had their color and her symbol was a silver trident. "Who are you?" the youma
asked. The one with the blond hair said, "I am Alex, bearer of the Armor of the Earth,
protector of the planet Uranus and you are going down."
"And I am Michelle, bearer of the Armor of the Seas, protector of the planet Neptune and
you'll be flooded out of town."
Suddenly, Alex cried out, "I call upon the armor of the Earth! Armor of the Earth, TO
ARMS!" In a flurry of golden light, midnight blue armor encased her arms, legs, and torso.
Her helmet was created and after she put it on, she crossed her hands in front of her where
two daggers appeared from the light that gathered in her hands. One dagger had two yellow
topazes engraved in the hilt and the other had two blue topazes. Her symbol on her chest
and forehead was the same as before.
The other girl, Michelle, who was still in her sub-armor, giggled slightly and said, "I
guess I better follow suit. I call upon the armor of the Seas! Armor of the Seas, TO
ARMS!" Swirls of water and wind flew around her. The wind scooped her hair up into a bun
at the top of her head and the water created aquamarine armor over her torso, legs, and
arms. Her helmet was created from water that gathered in front of her and she put it on.
Then, a thin water column appeared in front of her, creating a trident that was about a foot
taller then her with two aquamarines where the three spokes came together. Her armor symbol
was the same one on her chest and forehead then was on her sub-armor.
The two standing together made a magnificent pair, almost as if they belonged together.
Michelle took her trident and held it in two hands, right below where the jewels were, and
the jewels started to glow with an aquamarine colored light. She put the base of the
trident on the ground and water started to form above the middle spoke of the trident, while
saying, "ROARING!" She then picked up the trident and created a circle of water above her
head, which formed a column of water around her body, while saying, "HURRICANE!" Then she
hit the ground with the base of the staff and said, "BLAST!" and the column of water hurled
itself toward the youma, hurting it with the force and energy of the attack.
Then, Alex stepped forward and crossed her daggers in front of her face. She then started
to glow with a golden-yellow light. "EARTH QUAKE!" She raised her hands above her hands
and connected the hilts of the daggers and slammed the daggers down on the ground, the
golden light leaving her body, going into the daggers and into the ground, while saying
"STRIKE!" The ground under the youma exploded and covered the youma with pieces of rock,
killing it instantly. Raye and Ami got up weakly, holding on to each other for support.
"Thank you," Ami said.
"No problem," Michelle said.
"Yeah, you looked like you could have used a little help," Alex said smiling. Raye and Ami
smiled back and suddenly, Lita, Mina, Celia, and Serena appeared, armored and ready to
fight. "Where's the youma? And who are these two?" Serena asked.
Alex stepped forward and said, "I am Alex, bearer of the armor the Earth, protector of the
planet Uranus." Michelle, stepping up next to Alex said, "I am Michelle, bearer of the
armor of the Seas, protector of the planet Neptune and it is a pleasure to meet you,
princess," she said to Serena. "Thanks, I think." Serena wasn't used to being called
"princess" yet. "It's nice to meet you to. I am Serena and this is Celia, Lita, and Mina.
The two over there are Raye and Ami and we welcome you to our team."
"Thank you, it is nice to meet you too," said Alex.
"Now we just have to wait for Saturn to get here and we'll have a full team," Celia said.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I have school tomorrow and I need my beauty sleep. I'll
see you all tomorrow," Serena said sleepily and walked off. The others all expressed their
tiredness and went home.
Alex and Michelle, who were watching the other 5 Warriors walk off, approached Celia, their
eyes still on the others. "They're quite a team, aren't they?" Alex asked.
"Yes, they are a very interesting group of warriors. A little disorganized at times, but
they have what it takes to be unstoppable," Celia said to Alex and Michelle. Turning
towards them, she said, "But, you guys didn't come to talk to me about the other Mystical
Warriors. You two need a place to stay, don't you?" Alex was too embarrassed to say
anything, but Michelle had no problems speaking up. "Yes, we did. We have our stuff in
Alex's car, but we have nowhere to go. Do you have any room for us?" Celia smiled at the
two young women. "Like you wouldn't believe," she said, "Let's go to my house in your car
and I'll show you where you can sleep." Alex and Michelle smiled at her.
"Thank you Celia," Alex said. Alex and Michelle started walking off towards Alex's car,
with Celia slightly behind.
"It's no problem, no problem at all."
***Earth and Water Break Their Way Through***
The next morning, Serena woke up with somewhat of a headache. She opened her eyes and
immediately shut them again, protecting them from the power of the sunlight that was
streaming in through her window. God, I think fighting right before bed makes my head
hurt the next day. Oh well, if we saved peoples' lives, then it was worth it. Sighing,
she sat up and kicked her legs off the bed, kicking Luna at the same time, who happened to
still be sleeping. "Serena, could you be a little more considerate for cats who are
sleeping?"
"Oh, sorry Luna, I didn't know you were there." Luna yawned and continued to laze on
Serena's bed, her eyes closed.
"It's alright. How was your date with Darien last night?"
"It was fine, but the weirdest thing happened."
"What?" Serena smiled; she couldn't wait to tell Luna that piece of news.
"We have a sixth warrior." At that, Luna bolted up, wide awake, and said, "Say that again?"
Serena shook her head, a smile still on her face; it was the reaction she was looking for.
Sighing, Serena began to explain the news about Celia.
"I said we have a sixth warrior. Her name is Celia and she controls the Armor of Time."
"So, she's from Pluto. It was always Pluto's responsibility to look after Time. Well, when
do I get to meet this warrior?"
"Today at 5:00. We're meeting in the part where a youma attacked last night and we're going
to her house to formally introduce ourselves. And you're coming."
"Sounds fine with me," Luna said, barely containing a yawn, while settling back down on the
bed, "Just let me get a few more hours of sleep." At that Serena chuckled. "I think you've
adopted my old sleeping habits," she said with a lilt in her voice.
"Oh shut up," Luna deadpanned as she fell back asleep.
***
Serena was holding Luna in her arms as she stood in the park, waiting for everyone else in
the spot they said they'd meet at. "Where are they, Luna?"
"Serena, just to let you know, we're early. By about 10 minutes. So sit down and wait
patiently." If there was on thing that hadn't changed about Serena was that she was still
as impatient as ever. But, this time, Serena knew Luna was right.
"Ok, Luna." Serena sat down and crossed her legs, still holding Luna in her arms. They sat
there in silence for about 10 minutes or so until they heard a rustling in the bushes and
turned their heads to find Lita and Raye coming out of the bushes. "Hey, Girlfriend, you're
early," Lita said, surprised to see Serena already waiting for them. Usually, it was the
other way around.
"I know, I was antsy and had to get out of the house. So I left early."
"How long have you been here?" Raye asked.
"About 10 minutes."
"You've been here that long?" Lita asked.
"Yes, and she's been really impatient waiting for you guys to show up," Luna said
exasperated. The other two chuckled. "Now you know how we felt when you were always late,
Meatball Head," Raye taunted. Serena's face contorted into a mask of anger and annoyance at
being called by her old nickname.
"Ooh, I thought we agreed not to call me that any more!"
"Sorry, slip of the tongue," Raye said apologetically, really meaning it. Serena didn't
deserve that name anymore.
"It's ok," Serena said, "I can deal."
"Hey guys!" they heard Ami cry out. The four of them turned their heads to find Darien,
Mina, Ami, and Celia walking towards them. Serena stood up and let go of Luna, who jumped
to the ground to say hello to Artemis. "Are we going to go back to my house?" Celia asked,
"Because I think it would be safer to talk where no one could hear us." The others agreed
and walked with her back to her house.
***
When they arrived in front of Celia's house, the others gasped. Her house was a huge
3-story mansion on, as she said, the outskirts of Tokyo. The house it self was a
pinkish-coral in color and the trim was white. "Celia, where did you get this house?" Ami
asked.
"I have my connections," Celia said conspicuously.
"No seriously, where did you get this?" Ami asked again.
"This house has been mine for a while. I would come and stay down here when I would look
after you when you were all Sailor Scouts," she said as she walked up the steps to the front
door. The others followed her closely, still amazed at the sight and size of the house.
Celia pulled out a set of keys from the purse that was over her shoulder and unlocked the
front door, opening it to show a large foyer. The others stepped inside and were amazed
once again. "Wow, it's bigger then it looks, if that's possible," Serena said.
"How many rooms does this have?" Raye asked.
"It has this foyer, a living room, a grand dining-room, a kitchen, a waiting room, a
downstairs den, 10 regular bedrooms, ten guest rooms, 15 bathrooms, and a family room
upstairs that's on the floor with the regular bedrooms." Raye whistled at the account of
all the rooms as Celia led them through the house, and up two flights of stairs to the
family room that was on the third floor. Breathless, the group sat down on the various
couches, set up in a half circle. With all 7 of them sitting down, they still could have
fit about 10 more people. "Why did you take us all the way up here? Wouldn't a room on the
first floor be more convenient?" Mina asked, still trying to catch her breath from the trek
up the stairs.
"Yes, but this room is more comfortable and it's my favorite room in the house," Celia said.
It was obvious that Celia was used to going up and down all those stairs like that; she
didn't look affected at all by the climb up to the third floor.
"Oh," Mina said; there are some people that she just will never understand.
"I have a few questions for you, Celia," Serena said.
" Like what?"
"Can you use the attack you used last night on every enemy any time you wanted to? Because
it would make fighting a lot easier."
"I cannot," Celia said gravely.
"Oh, why not?" Serena whined.
"Because, it is not good for me to stop time too often. I can only use that attack when it
is necessary. Last night was necessary." Serena knew that Celia had a point; the idea of
freezing time seemed to be pretty serious.
"Wait, you can freeze time?" Raye asked.
"Yes, but only when it's necessary."
"How cool," Lita said.
"What's your other question, Serena?" Celia asked, moving away from the topic of her power.
"Can you explain the story of the armors, planetary and earthly, because Luna doesn't know
enough and I though you might." Celia nodded at her and began to explain the story.
"You were right. I do know the whole story. Let me tell you. In the beginning of the
Silver Millennium, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the
Moon all created 9 special armors to be worn by the protectors of the planet. All the
princesses of the planets at the time when you lived in the Silver Millennium were Sailor
Scouts, including Serena, and were training to wear the armor, but unfortunately, none of us
were ready when Queen Beryl attacked."
"Yes, we know that, but can you explain the Earth's armor?" Serena said annoyed. She wanted
answers to the questions she didn't know. Celia shot Serena a look that said she had to be
patient. Serena abruptly shut her mouth.
"I was getting to that. Right before the end of the Silver Millennium, when we were Sailor
Scouts, there were ten kingdoms on Earth. One of them was Darien's kingdom, which was sworn
to protect the Moon Kingdom. The other 9 kingdoms had their own special armors."
"What were they?" Raye asked.
"They were the armor of Wildfire, the armor of Halo, the armor of Torrent, the armor of
Hardrock, the armor of Strata, the armor of Cruelty, the armor of Venom, the armor of
Corruption, and the armor of Illusion. Of these nine kingdoms, the kingdom that owned the
armor of Wildfire was the leader. After a most unfortunate accident, 5 of the kingdoms had
their kings die unexpectedly. So their sons took their place. The kings were now King Ryo
of the Wildfire, who was Serena's cousin in the past, King Sage of the Halo, King Cye of the
Torrent, King Kento of the Hardrock, and King Rowen of the Strata and they were all young
kings, about the ages of you 5 girls at the time. King Ryo, who was betrothed to Darien's
sister. . . "
"I had a sister in the Silver Millennium?" Darien found that strange; he didn't recall
having any family during the Silver Millennium.
"Yes you had a sister, though I can't remember her name right now. Anyway, King Ryo
requested the help of the Moon Kingdom to combine all the 9 armors into a Mystical armor for
the Earth. The Moon Kingdom agreed and set out to help him in his task. When we finished,
the armor for the Earth was called the Armor of Life. So now, all there was to do was wait
for it to choose a bearer.
"When it finally chose, all of the Kingdoms rejoiced, for now they would have someone to
protect them. A common lord named Talpa was the one chosen wear the armor. He was trained
and eventually had enough training to wear the armor. But when he did, he was lured over to
Queen Beryl's fight against the Moon Kingdom and the side of evil, where Queen Beryl took
away his power and made him a general. When the battle started, he was there in the middle
of it, but when Queen Beryl started to lose, he withdrew himself from battle and hid
himself.
"After the battle was over and everyone was transported to the future, he reclaimed his
armor, but he was extremely weak. A nether world called the Evil Dynasty took him under
their wing and helped him regain their power, in hope that he would lead them in conquering
the world. He did, but he lost to a monk with Ancient powers, who defeated him and
separated the armor into its nine original parts. He then arranged it so that when the time
came, the kings who gave up their armor to create the armor of Life, would be reborn and
wear the armor against evil once again."
"But the armor can still be recreated?" Ami asked.
"Yes, but in two ways. If combined by the leader of the armor's wearers, or the Ronin
Warriors, it creates the armor of Inferno. If combined by the person who last wore the
armor of Life, will create the Earth's armor once again."
"Can the Armor of Life be combined with the others to make that special armor worn by the
bearer of the armor of Moonlight? The armor Luna was talking about?" Serena asked.
"Yes, but only in the form of the armor of Life. When the armors are in their 9 original
parts, they cannot be used to created the special armor of the planets, even when it's the
Inferno armor."
"What's the special armor called when all of the 9 planet armors are combined?" Serena asked
again.
"I don't know, I couldn't tell you. We know it can be formed, but it never was, so we don't
know what it's called. The name will be revealed when the armors are combined for the first
time."
"Oh," Serena said. There was a silence for a few minutes when Celia said, "There's
something I left out in that story."
"What's that, Celia?" Ami asked. What else could Celia possibly tell them.
"There's another set of armor that I failed to tell you about. The armors from the Sun
Kingdom. When they're needed, the three armors from the Sun Kingdom, the Armor of Destiny,
the Armor of Fate, and the Armor of Prophecy, will come to help us. But, when that is, I
don't know. All that I know is that they will be coming and when they do, we'll need their
help."
"Why didn't they help us back in the Silver Millennium?" Darien asked.
"They, too, weren't ready to fight. They hadn't been trained well enough to wear the armor,
so they couldn't help us. They tried, but they also were sent to the future," Celia said.
"Who were they?" Mina asked.
"They were the daughters of Apollo, the king of the Sun Kingdom. Their mother was aunt to
Ryo of the Wildfire. Although the Moon Kingdom ruled over the Solar System, the Sun Kingdom
ruled over the Universe."
"So, they're my second cousins, or something like that," Serena said.
"Right," Celia said, "But we don't know where they are. We won't know until it's time for
them to appear," Celia finished. Then, the discussion of the group fell away from armors
and they started to talk about everything that went on in their lives, trying to introduce
Celia to their lives. After a few hours of talking and basically just acting their age, the
Mystical Warriors decided that it was time to go home. Darien left with Serena, Lita and
Mina left together, and Ami and Raye left together, all saying good-bye to Celia before they
left. Celia watched as they all walked down the walkway, smiling at their retreating
figures. "If only you knew how much I knew," she muttered. Smiling even wider at the
secrets she knew, she shook her head and closed the door.
***
Raye and Ami were walking towards Ami's house to drop her off. They were walking home
together because their houses were in the same direction, as Lita and Mina's houses were in
the same direction. "What an interesting night, huh?" Ami asked Raye. Raye nodded in
agreement.
"Yeah, it was weird all right. But do you know what I don't get?" Raye asked.
"What?"
"When she was mentioning the names of the 5 young kings of the Earth's 9 kingdoms, I got the
weirdest chill when she said, 'King Sage of the Halo'. Did something like that happen to
you?" Raye wanted to know that she wasn't crazy.
"Yeah it did. But it happened when she said, 'King Rowen of the Strata'. It's like that
name triggered something inside of me that I had forgotten."
"Yeah, me too. I forgot about Chad for a moment . . . " Raye trailed off as tears gathered in her eyes.
"You still miss him, huh?" Ami asked, noticing Raye's demeanor change.
"Sometimes I do. I'm just mad because I never got to find out if I like him, but I'm not
really sad anymore." Raye wondered at that statement. Was she still really sad that Chad
was gone?
"Well that's good," Ami said, not fully believing Raye. She had a feeling that Raye still
missed Chad more than she let on.
"Besides, if I ever meet this Sage person, he better be cute."
"I know how you feel. I feel the same way about if I ever meet 'King Rowen'. He better be
smart, though. I could never have a stupid boyfriend."
"Ami, the person who went out with you would have to be smart to keep with up with your
science babble." Ami giggled and said, "Thanks Raye. But, the person who went out with you
would have to be understanding and patient with the way your temper gets sometimes."
"Yeah, I know." She smiled dreamily when she heard a scream and her face hardened as she
slipped into her warriors mode. "Ami, I hate to break up this nice chat of ours, but did
you hear that that scream?"
"Yes, I did. We should go check that out. Power of the Arctic!"
"Power of the Phoenix!" The girls were suddenly in their sub-armor, running towards the
place of the scream.
When they got there, they saw a youma that was a cross between a salamander and a human
being. The youma was about 10 feet tall and had a tail that was about that same length. It
had cornered two boys and was spitting poison at them, which the boys were barely dodging.
Raye and Ami had figured that the youmas weren't really after innocent people. They were
just using people to lure the Mystical Warriors to them. "Hey lizard-breath." The youma
turned around to look at Raye, who called that out, and glared at them. "You talking to
me?" the youma hissed, literally. "Yes, I'm talking to you, stop torturing those two boys
and fight us. I call upon the armor of the Phoenix! Armor of the Phoenix, TO ARMS!"
"I call upon the armor of the Arctic! Armor of the Arctic, TO ARMS!" A few moments later,
Raye and Ami stood there in their full armor, ready to fight. "Good luck fighting me.
You'll never win. I shall enjoy listening to you die slowly."
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do? Spit poison at us?" Raye asked sarcastically. The
youma only smiled and the two girls felt their confidence fade.
"No. I'm going to do this." The youma crouched down and using its tail, which had
magically gotten longer, swung it though the air, knocking both of the armored girls off
their feet and sending them flying through the air. The girls were rammed into a wall and
were badly bruised, even through the layers of their armor. The youma approached their
beaten forms and was amazed. "You are still conscious! That is amazing. But, I must say,
I am slightly disappointed in your powers. I expected more from you. Well, all the better
for me as I kill you slowly."
"I don't think so, buster."
Raye and Ami lifted their heads to see two girls in sub-armor standing behind the youma.
One was a girl who could have passed as a boy, if she wasn't wearing the sub-armor. She had
dusty, golden blond hair and blue eyes. Her sub-armor was like everyone else's except her
color was midnight blue and her symbol were two daggers, a gold one and a silver one,
crossing over her chest and she had on a midnight blue headband going across her forehead.
The other was most definitely a girl. She had turquoise-colored hair that went a little
past her shoulder and the same color eyes. Her sub-armor color was an aquamarine where
everyone else had their color and her symbol was a silver trident. "Who are you?" the youma
asked. The one with the blond hair said, "I am Alex, bearer of the Armor of the Earth,
protector of the planet Uranus and you are going down."
"And I am Michelle, bearer of the Armor of the Seas, protector of the planet Neptune and
you'll be flooded out of town."
Suddenly, Alex cried out, "I call upon the armor of the Earth! Armor of the Earth, TO
ARMS!" In a flurry of golden light, midnight blue armor encased her arms, legs, and torso.
Her helmet was created and after she put it on, she crossed her hands in front of her where
two daggers appeared from the light that gathered in her hands. One dagger had two yellow
topazes engraved in the hilt and the other had two blue topazes. Her symbol on her chest
and forehead was the same as before.
The other girl, Michelle, who was still in her sub-armor, giggled slightly and said, "I
guess I better follow suit. I call upon the armor of the Seas! Armor of the Seas, TO
ARMS!" Swirls of water and wind flew around her. The wind scooped her hair up into a bun
at the top of her head and the water created aquamarine armor over her torso, legs, and
arms. Her helmet was created from water that gathered in front of her and she put it on.
Then, a thin water column appeared in front of her, creating a trident that was about a foot
taller then her with two aquamarines where the three spokes came together. Her armor symbol
was the same one on her chest and forehead then was on her sub-armor.
The two standing together made a magnificent pair, almost as if they belonged together.
Michelle took her trident and held it in two hands, right below where the jewels were, and
the jewels started to glow with an aquamarine colored light. She put the base of the
trident on the ground and water started to form above the middle spoke of the trident, while
saying, "ROARING!" She then picked up the trident and created a circle of water above her
head, which formed a column of water around her body, while saying, "HURRICANE!" Then she
hit the ground with the base of the staff and said, "BLAST!" and the column of water hurled
itself toward the youma, hurting it with the force and energy of the attack.
Then, Alex stepped forward and crossed her daggers in front of her face. She then started
to glow with a golden-yellow light. "EARTH QUAKE!" She raised her hands above her hands
and connected the hilts of the daggers and slammed the daggers down on the ground, the
golden light leaving her body, going into the daggers and into the ground, while saying
"STRIKE!" The ground under the youma exploded and covered the youma with pieces of rock,
killing it instantly. Raye and Ami got up weakly, holding on to each other for support.
"Thank you," Ami said.
"No problem," Michelle said.
"Yeah, you looked like you could have used a little help," Alex said smiling. Raye and Ami
smiled back and suddenly, Lita, Mina, Celia, and Serena appeared, armored and ready to
fight. "Where's the youma? And who are these two?" Serena asked.
Alex stepped forward and said, "I am Alex, bearer of the armor the Earth, protector of the
planet Uranus." Michelle, stepping up next to Alex said, "I am Michelle, bearer of the
armor of the Seas, protector of the planet Neptune and it is a pleasure to meet you,
princess," she said to Serena. "Thanks, I think." Serena wasn't used to being called
"princess" yet. "It's nice to meet you to. I am Serena and this is Celia, Lita, and Mina.
The two over there are Raye and Ami and we welcome you to our team."
"Thank you, it is nice to meet you too," said Alex.
"Now we just have to wait for Saturn to get here and we'll have a full team," Celia said.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I have school tomorrow and I need my beauty sleep. I'll
see you all tomorrow," Serena said sleepily and walked off. The others all expressed their
tiredness and went home.
Alex and Michelle, who were watching the other 5 Warriors walk off, approached Celia, their
eyes still on the others. "They're quite a team, aren't they?" Alex asked.
"Yes, they are a very interesting group of warriors. A little disorganized at times, but
they have what it takes to be unstoppable," Celia said to Alex and Michelle. Turning
towards them, she said, "But, you guys didn't come to talk to me about the other Mystical
Warriors. You two need a place to stay, don't you?" Alex was too embarrassed to say
anything, but Michelle had no problems speaking up. "Yes, we did. We have our stuff in
Alex's car, but we have nowhere to go. Do you have any room for us?" Celia smiled at the
two young women. "Like you wouldn't believe," she said, "Let's go to my house in your car
and I'll show you where you can sleep." Alex and Michelle smiled at her.
"Thank you Celia," Alex said. Alex and Michelle started walking off towards Alex's car,
with Celia slightly behind.
"It's no problem, no problem at all."
