A/N: Chapter 7! ^^ Enjoy!
"Something you wanna tell us?" Lita asked, narrowing her brown eyes sideways at Raye. She sat down on her bed besides the other 3 whose eyes were glued upon Raye.
"Okay…" Raye answered quietly. She closed the door quietly behind her, "To make a long story short…"
"I think we have long enough time for the long story," Amy remarked curtly. Raye rolled her eyes impatiently and crossed her arms defiantly.
"Guys, I'm going to tell you what I can okay?" she said angrily, "So don't be a smart aleck on me!"
They stared her oddly for quite a while, blinking few times and nodded their heads hesitantly.
"Right," Raye continued, "What my father was talking about is what happened on the last week of my stay on L5 and—"
"The colony L5?" Amy questioned in surprise, "You're from a colony?"
"Yes, I'm from L5," Raye confirmed hastily, "And it was on that last week, Aiko went blind, and everything else went terribly wrong!"
"Oh so that's why you don't get along with your parents?" Mina said slowly, "Everything that went wrong was, quoting your father, was your fault…"
Raye opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out, she closed it and opened it, looking foolishly like a fish breathing in water. What Mina had said was the truth, basically, but how could she tell them the whole story without telling them the source of all this? And besides, she was a bit too proud to admit it was sort of her fault. And, the source wasn't something she didn't want to think about again. It was all ancient history now.
"Forget it okay?" she said collapsing onto her bed, "I don't need this right now, maybe tomorrow." Mina, Serena, Amy and Lita decided among each other that it was best to bug her tomorrow when her anger isn't an active volcano. They all filed out of her room quietly, closing the light and the door softly behind them.
*~*
Last night's dinner seem to slip out of everyone's mind overnight, because the next morning, everything was as if there wasn't anything wrong at all. Raye's father had gone early in the morning to work. Even Aiko suggested they go down to the mall, where they were having great sales and bargains. After getting ready to shop, Aiko would call over on the phone (which was, to everyone's delight, voice activated) an older cousin of theirs, Jeremy, who was now on his own and is in college.
Grandpa, wherever he was last night, suddenly appeared from the door, looking very pleased with himself. Unnoticing everyone staring at him, he strolled into the west wing, humming merrily along while throwing random comments like 'You look gorgeous today!' or 'My you've grown!' even if he had never met the people he said this to.
"He's unusually happy," Mina said giggling, "I wonder where he was last night."
"He probably went to the temple downtown," said Raye, "He used to work there for a while 5 years ago."
"Yeah," Aiko groaned, "But that temple torn down a year ago for…. um…I dunno…something about politics, industries and stuff…"
"So, where was he really then?" Serena asked, before the others can answer, there was a loud three-second horn from outside. Everyone (except Aiko) rushed outside to see who it was.
A metallic green minivan was parked outside with its engine still roaring. The window rolled down, revealing a young man in sunglasses. He had pure black hair that fell almost messily down to his ears. He smiled, took off his sunglasses and observed them roguishly, making Lita and Mina go googly eyed.
"Brought some hotties for me Raye?" he asked grinning broadly.
"Shut up Idiot," Raye answered coldly, she walked up to the car and opened the door. "Why do you have a van?"
After getting all of them inside the car, it was off to the mall.
*~*
Wufei was absently gazing at his shiny katana in front of him, as though there was something about it that he had never seen before. Sitting legs crossed on the floor of his room, he gazed, getting ready to meditate for the evening.
Now jumping out of his gaze, he decided now to meditate. As soon as he closed his eyes, the door swung open, causing him to jump.
"Hey, wu-man," Duo exclaimed, "Wanna go down to the mall?"
With the anger rising in his face, Wufei stood up, with his katana in hand and faced Duo with anger.
"And why would I want to go to the mall where weak people uselessly spend their energy and money on useless clothes?" He asked indignantly.
"Because you need new clothes!" Duo answered stupidly.
"Maxwell, leave me!" Wufei bellowed.
"Aw c'mon man…" Duo groaned, "Please? Everyone else is busy!"
"So am I." Wufei said curtly. He intended to shout out, 'GO AWAY' one more time, but something stopped him. It was as if someone taken away his ability to speak. Then there was a little voice in his mind, it didn't sound like his. It chorused in his mind, "Go…You must go…"
How stupid, he thought, scoffing, go to the mall? Who's making me?
"Just go you pompous, ignorant moron!" the voice screaming angrily. His eyes widened, the voice was talking to him. No…he was just hearing things…
"Believe, you will thank me if you go…"
Why? He asked.
"Do you ask this many question?! Just go idiot, I'm trying to be cryptic here!" the voice answered angrily.
Wufei curled his lips and rolled his eyes. I don't appreciate being called idiot… who the hell are you?
"The little voice in your mind that will be talking to you from time to time!"
Why should I go?
"Believe, it'll be for a good cause"
Tell me.
"I told you, I'm trying to be cryptic here!"
Who are you? Tell me your name!
"If you want a name, just call me Phobos."
Phobos?
"That's all I can say now, but please, go."
"Hey, Wu-man…" Duo said in a singsong voice, waving his hand in front of Wufei's face that held a blank expression. "You alright man?"
Wufei snapped out of his conversation with that little foreign voice in his mind and for an awkward moment, stared hard at Duo.
"Alright," he said finally but with much difficulty, forgetting to yell at Duo for calling him 'Wu-man' "I'll go…"
"Why the sudden change of attitude?" Duo asked in surprised.
"Hey, do you want me to come or not?" snapped Wufei, already walking out the door, "C'mon, lets get this over with."
*~*
Serena, with difficulty, was trying to pry open a tin can full of chocolate. She sat and tried and tried and tried, making not an inch of a progress in her effort. Finally, giving up, she sighed and slammed the can on the table.
"Still can't get it opened?" Lita asked, smiling weakly at Serena, looking as if she ran a mile.
"You could go back to the store and make them open it for you," Amy suggested, "Its just around the corner isn't it?"
"You guys go ahead," Aiko said calmly, "me and Jeremy will wait here with the bags until you come back." And that was a lot of bags. They've been shopping only but 2 hours or so and their hands were already full with bags and bags of clothes and such.
"Alright then." Raye agreed, she stood up, the others did also and started walking down the way to the Candy Shop Serena had bought the chocolate from. They turned at a corner and entered the store (Where it was fully packed) and fought their way to one of the workers, who seemed to have his hands full of customers, which most of them were kids.
"Excuse me sir," Serena shouted, "Excuse me." All the employees seemed to be too busy to hear as they scuttled here and there around the store. They waited, and while they did, took to observing (or more like tasting) the candy. They were surrounded by every kind of lollipops you can imagine; long sweet and sour rolls, caramels and chocolate delicacy. The smell of sugar was strong in the air and made anyone who smelled it giddy and hyper.
The girls seemed to have lost themselves in enjoyment and even took to flirting with some of the cute and older customers.
In the midst of all the excitement, a black shadow slithered between them. In the corner, it went and transformed, most spontaneously into a monster. It roared and everyone froze and sharply turned their heads to it. Before they can scream in terror, more, hideously twisted black demon-like creatures appeared and roared. The strange thing was, they didn't make an effort to attack the humans, but it made for the chocolates. Now people screamed and rushed out of the store, almost stampeding on each other. The only people that stayed inside were, as you can guess, our heroines: Raye, Serena, Lita, Mina and Amy.
"It's not attacking the people," Amy exclaimed, "It wants the sweets!"
"What are they? Serena Monsters?" Raye shouted in question.
"Hey, take that back!" Serena wailed.
"The entrance!" Lita gasped, pointing at the glass doors. The doors were now being ensnared by green, alien, and disgusting looking vines that locked onto each other, forming a wall.
"Oh no…" Serena cried, "How do we get out now?"
"Guys we need to transform!" Mina declared, but before any of them can get started, a sudden shock blasted them from where they stood and threw them onto the ground so hard that it form dents on the floor.
At the very same moment, chaos spread across the mall. Wufei and Duo was not very far off from the store. When they heard about it they (Or more like Duo), they decided to investigate. Both of them hustled to the front of the shop, where the police was trying to clear people and bust into store with a simple handgun.
"Whoa, what is that thing?" Duo asked, eyeing the vine wall in surprised. Both him and Wufei pushed themselves to the front where the police were still firing away. Every time the bullets hit the wall, the weird substances seemed squirm and squeal.
"There's monsters inside!" someone in the crowds cried, "Monsters! Demons!"
"Those measly guns aren't going to work," Wufei shouted hoarsely, "Don't waste the bullets!"
"RAYE!" a voice screamed over the crowd.
Wufei froze. Someone had screamed 'Raye'. Could it be? No…
"RAYE, LITA, SERENA, MINA, AMY WHERE ARE YOU?" Wufei turned sharply around to see who had said this. Raye…that name was so familiar…
"Raye…" the voice seemed to falter but sounded closer, "Jeremy I think they're still inside!"
Wufei searched around the crowd to find the speaker. He saw a young girl, being tightly held by a man, was making their way to the front. Suddenly, he heard screaming inside from the store. His attention caught, he swerved around, facing the store once again. People were still in there…
"Wu-man…" Duo shouted, "We have to get in there…"
Maybe, Wufei thought, Raye…maybe…
"Sir, my cousin and her friends are still in there!" Wufei turned to source of the voice. He saw the same two people, who were talking to the chief sheriff. She talked to the sheriff but at the same time seemed to stare past him. Then it him that she must've been blind. As far as he can remember, it could be since it fitted perfectly. Just maybe I can…foolish of me, even if she is alive; she is nothing to me now.
Someone grasped his shoulder and turned to him. It was Duo, with his face-flushed with excitement and a bit of seriousness.
"Dude," he said, breathing very fast, "They're girls still in there…"
"What're we going to do about it?" Wufei asked quickly.
"Rescue them of course," Duo answered incredulously "They're damsels in distressed!" Wufei grunted. He turned his eyes to the store, then to the girl that was still talking to the sheriff.
"We can 't get in there." Wufei said to Duo, "We need more then guns."
"I've got a dynamite!" Duo suggested, digging quickly into his pocket and fishing out bright red dynamite.
"Why do you have a dynamite on you?" Wufei asked in surprised.
"The guy on the street was selling them to me for 5 bucks, a rip off but…oh well." Duo answered, grinning sheepishly. Both he and Wufei broke into a run to the door, the policeman ran after them, telling them to stay back.
Duo stuck the dynamite snugly into wall. The vines squirmed and grasped it. Then he took out a match and fused the dynamite. The black fuse on the end burned quickly and Wufei and Duo both backed up, with the policeman doing the same thing when they saw the dynamite.
BOOOOOM!!! The dynamite had exploded, sending clouds of rubbles and debris of the alien vine to be thrown out. There was a hole in the vine wall now, and Duo shouted in delight. But their celebration ended short when the vines seemed to start closing in.
"We have to make a run for it!" Wufei shouted, "Come on!" Both of them broke into a fast sprint and leaped into the whole before it fully closed up.
*~*
"We just need a little break to transform!" Raye gasped as she dodged another attack.
"But we're not getting that break!" said Lita, kicking one of the monster in the groin, "Its like they're preventing us!"
"Guys help!" Serena wailed. A group of monsters had her trapped in the corner. "Guys!"
"Damn, we're in deep shit!" Lita groaned, "I've had enough of this." Lita took a step back and pulled out her transformation pen and raised it above her head. "Jupiter crystal –" One of the demons sprang on her from the back and knocked the pen out of her hands.
"Lita!" Amy cried, "Oh no…"
It was then the front entrance exploded and two figures leapt in. The entrance immediately closed, relinquishing any hopes they had.
The explosion had delayed the attacks of the monster demons. They had retreated.
"Now what?" Mina groaned, clutching her stomach.
"Hey you guys okay?" said the one with a long braid at the back. The two figures came close enough for the girls to see the outlines of their body clearly. Raye and Lita groaned angrily.
"What're you doing here?" Lita snapped.
"Don't you want to be rescued?" the one with the braided hair asked incredulously.
"No—yes but not now!" Lita answered furiously. The one person with the braided hair looked at them oddly. His eyes were a playful cobalt blue with long chestnut brown hair. The other one, who had not spoke once at all, had black hair, pulled back into an ever so tight ponytail. His eyes were cold onyx compared to the other guy.
"You don't to be saved now?" the braided haired boy asked, scratching his head in confusion.
"Uh…well…" Amy started, "It's not like that but…" Raye, for once, had said nothing during the past few minutes, which was very unlike her. Her interest was mostly in the second boy, the one with the black hair. He seemed so familiar yet strange. There was something about him that reminded her of someone.
"The name's Duo," Duo introduced, "My friend here is Wufei."
"There were supposedly monster in here." Said Wufei, speaking for the first time.
"There was," Lita answered, "Until you guys came along."
"So you're saying it's our fault now?" Duo asked flatly, crossing his arms.
"You can say that." Lita answered sourly. Their bitter conversation was cut short when from out of the blue; the monster demons just sprang out of the air and roared.
"Wonder where they've been!" Mina shouted clasping her ears with her hands, "Distract them!"
Wufei and Duo jumped back in terror. Now they were unable to move. They've seen battles and wars; they've seen dead people, gored people but monsters?
"Move idiots!" Raye hollered at them, "What're you doing standing there?!" They both jumped out of the way just close enough so that the monsters only singed their clothes.
Lita, Mina, and Amy saw this a perfect time to transform. While the demons were busy perusing the boys, they stole away to transform while saving Serena on the way. But Raye couldn't go. His name was Wufei and it had to be him. A wave of memory swept through her mind and aroused a lot of forgotten memories.
"Duo, Wufei!" Raye called, "Over here!" Duo and Wufei did as she told and sprinted to her.
*
Wufei was breathing very fast. He hadn't a time to think since he saw those hideous monsters, he had forgotten the real reason he had came in here. One of the girls had call to them and forgetting his dignity, he and Duo and run like idiot cowards to her.
"You guys okay?" she asked. Wufei looked up, half expecting, half hoping, that, from the bottom of his heart he had hoped for it to be her. Her voice reminded him of her. She had the long black hair with highlights of dark wine that shone in the weak light. Her eyes were the same beautiful and familiar. Yes, he remembered now, eyes of deep purple velvet, those 5 years ago. He stood up straight and locked his eyes with hers. The very moment and air was thrilling between them. Forgetting everything around them, everything seemed to go freeze and mute.
Her own breathing was the only thing she can hear. It was short, slow and nervous.
"WATCH OUT!" Duo screamed. A large blast of light shot between them, blowing them to the opposite side.
"Stop right there!" somebody yelled. And sure enough, looking up, Sailor Moon and her 3 sailor Soldiers standing beside her appeared on the large mountains of rubble.
"You sugar-loving fiends. You don't deserve all these sweets!" Sailor Moon continued dramatically, "You've been very naught children. And in the name of the moon! I shall punish you!" She strike her Sailor Moon trademarked pose. "I am eternal Sailor Moon!"
"And in the name of Mercury, I will see it to that you will not go unpunished!" the blue haired soldier declared, "I am Sailor Mercury!"
"I stand for love! And does planet Venus, and in its name you will be disciplined," the second golden soldier stepped up, "Sailor Venus! That's me!"
"And lastly, I, in the name of Jupiter, the leader of the gods, you'll be crushed for I am Sailor Jupiter!" the green dressed, brunette hair soldier cried.
And together, they chorused, "We are the Pretty Sailor Soldiers!"
"Nice intros…" Duo remarked, "Great skirts!"
Raye sat up, groaning in pain. Wufei was already up and was resting on his haunches. He looked up at the Sailor Soldiers and grimaced coldly.
"RAYE!" Mercury suddenly cried, "Watch out!" Raye looked up strangely at Mercury then in front of her, seeing the same beam of light was head towards.
"Get out of the way!" Sailor Moon cried, "Raye hurry!" It seemed all was too late though. She couldn't get away in time, somehow she know that. Raye scrambled to her feet, her eyes still locked with the beam of energy.
Wufei, his mind racing as fast his heart was pounding mindlessly broke into a run, faster then he had ever run before in his life. He jumped in front of Raye, grasped her body and threw himself and her away from the line of the beam. They rolled on the floor twice before stopping. The shot missed them and hit one of the monster demons instead.
Raye snapped her eyes opened, amazed at what had just happened. He had saved her. Wufei was on top of her, now opening his eyes and staring straight into hers.
"Are you…" Raye whispered but was interrupted by the screaming of the monster demons. Wufei leapt off of her and she sat up quickly, seeing her companions already fighting the monsters.
Wufei turned his heads to the 'super girls', the Sailor Soldiers that had supposedly came to save them. Each of them had a color of their own and emitted powers of different elements. He turned his head back to Raye, but she wasn't there. Wufei stared wide-eyed at the spot. Where the hell did she go?
"Mars fire sniper!" a new voice screamed. Another of them had arrived. Dress in firing red, she threw a fire arrow at a demons monster and it burned to ashes completely.
"Sailor Mars is here," she said, "Get ready to feel the burn of my powers!" The Sailor Soldiers prepared themselves for a line of attack.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter Oak revolution!"
"Venus love and beauty shock!"
"Mars fire..sniper!"
Now it was time for eternal Sailor Moon to finish of the rest of the job. Taking out her Eternal Tial, she twisted, ballet and readied her powers.
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy…. KISS!" And thus, it was done.
Duo and Wufei, who still really and truly couldn't believe what was going on was speechless, dirty, hurt and hairs a mess. They were supposed to save the girls, but it seemed the girls had disappeared and 5 more girls had come to save the day. What a bummer!
The Sailor Soldiers sighed together and smiled tiredly.
"Well, we got them." Sailor Moon said cheerfully, "That was a hard fight."
"Yeah," Venus agreed, "I'm totally famished. Hey, what about a night in the Spa!"
"Yeah!" Jupiter, Moon, Mars and Mercury agreed enthusiastically.
They turned to the boys and smiled. Sailor Moon winked at them. "Thanks for all your help!"
"Help?" Duo groaned, who was scratched and beat up to a great extent. "How did we help?"
"You distracted the monsters long enough for us to come," Venus answered, "'kay?"
"Where did the girls go?" Wufei asked, looking around.
"We got them out." Sailor Mars lied, frowning a bit at him, "They're safe." Wufei eyed her suspiciously but she turned away.
"We've got to go." Jupiter declared, "Sayonara!" Before the two boys can protest, they jumped and disappeared from out of sight, leaving them breathless and awed.
*~*
(About 8 hours later)
After Raye, Lita, Mina, Amy and Serena were all checked up, the hospital allowed them home where Aiko and Jeremy awaited them anxiously.
"You know," Amy, murmured to the others, "I think we could've gone better off just letting them steal the chocolates."
"You think?" Lita wondered, "Yeah, strange isn't it?"
"RAYE!!" Aiko had blindly sprang out of her chair and hugged Raye tightly, "You're alright! I was so worried!"
"That's alright," Raye groaned, "Aiko, let go, ouch!" Aiko released her cousin and started sniffing.
"Sorry…" she groaned, "I was so afraid I was going to lose you and I can't let that happen ever!"
"Uh…" Raye didn't seem really fazed by Aiko's feelings, but rather seemed anxious and a bit angered herself. "Aiko, I need to talk to you." Aiko stopped her sobbing and blinked.
"What about?" she asked.
"In the room." Raye answered, "C'mon."
*~*
"Sailor Soldiers," Uraline gasped, "They destroyed our first troops."
"Did you underestimate our enemy?" Lady Akhile asked strictly, her face softened, "Besides, we got a good amount of the earth chocolates!"
"Yeah," Uraline agreed, she bit her lips and looked a little disappointed. "But we still failed…"
"Stop worrying!" Lady Akhile trilled, "It'll give you wrinkles! Besiiiides! If it take that much to destroy only one of our troops, they will not be able to handle the other 40 we planned for them!"
"Yes, there were 5 at the shop," Uraline said quietly, "and I know there are more."
"I'm seeing wrinkles!" Lady Akhile teased in a singsong voice. Uraline grimaced and sweat dropped.
A/N: How'd ya like that? ^^