Here's the next part. It's the last part I've gotten written so far but, I'm currently working on the next part... the Rei/Serena love-scene chapter. Well, As soon as I get the next part finished(and get 4 reviews for this one), I'll post it. Anyway, Here's this one...
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Part 20: Target: Celestial Senshi, part 2...
~Makoto's House~
Michiru and Haruka are sitting on the couch, in Makoto's living-room, waiting on the brunette to return from the bedroom where, they figure, she's administering the heart-medication to Shinya(she's de-transformed).
"Will she be okay?" asks Haruka, as Makoto walks back out of the bedroom and into the living-room.
"Yes..." Mako replies, letting out a relieved sigh, "We made it in time, she's resting now. Thank you, Haruka." the tall blonde nods.
"Um, If I may ask," Michiru says, politely, as Makoto slouches into a chair near the bedroom-door, "What is wrong with Shinya's heart?"
"Well, It's a virus. Apparently, It's one that attacks the heart by causing it to tighten, or constrict." Makoto replies, "The doctors said it was probably caused by what her father done to her, when she was a little girl... and, no one knows how to cure it or, even if there *is* a cure." she pauses to wipe tears from her jade eyes, "It flares-up, about once every few months and I have to give her the medicine to relieve the pressure on her heart... the strain from the use of her strength makes it even more rapid that it affects her."
~Another Part of the City~
Ami and Chrystya are being attacked by another youma... a horrific looking monster, with a very reptilian appearance: a reptile's head, lots of sharp teeth, a scaly tail, and three-inch claws on its (Uh) hands. The youma throws an energy-ball toward Ami but, Chrystya tackles her blue-haired lover out of the attack's path. However, The youma(Scarik) throws another energy-blast toward them. Chrystya fully-covers Ami with her own body.
"I'll protect you, Ami." Chrystya says, "No matter what."
"But--"
The blast is sliced in-two and misses the twosome.
"No one's going to die, today." Kyoko's voice says.
Chrystya and Ami look around to see Kyoko, as Sailor Darkstar, standing between them and the Scarik, holding her Death-Scythe in her right hand, pointed downward. Darkstar turns her head back toward the twosome and says, "What are you waiting for? Transform yourselves!"
The two both nod and stand up...
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
Ami's Senshi-uniform replaces her regular clothes.
"Seabreeze Crystal Power!"
Chrystya spins around once clock-wise, crossing her arms in-front of her chest in an *X* as she does, and then swings them outward in either direction, horizontally. Her uniform appears: White Bodysuit, Golden Tiara w/Ocean-Blue Jewel, Blue Bead Earrings, Ocean-Blue Neckband, White Gloves-Half-Elbow Length, Sky-Blue Chest Bow, Dark-Blue Back Bow, Ocean-Blue Scout-Scarf, Ocean-Blue Scout-Skirt, Ocean-Blue Knee-Length Boots w/Sky-Blue Stripes.
"Good, Now maybe I have ssssome fun!" Scarik says, in his reptilian voice.
"Not likely." Seabreeze says, "Ice Spike!" she spins counter-clockwise once, creating a three-foot ice *spike* in her hands. When she finishes her spin, she releases the spike, throwing it toward Scarik. Scarik tries to dodge to the right but, the spike still hits his left arm near the shoulder, freezing it completely. The arm shatters and causes Scarik to fall.
Mercury's communicator starts beeping and she answers it, Makoto's face blips on.
"What is it, Mako?" she asks.
"Ami, Are you in a fight?"
"Yes. What's wrong?"
"Look around." Makoto says, "Haruka says there might a youma hiding somewhere, watching the battle."
"Alright." Mercury begins looking around to find the unseen youma, if there is one.
Meanwhile, Scarik is getting back up and Seabreeze runs toward him. Scarik slashes at Seabreeze with his right claws. Seabreeze ducks the attack and grabs Scarik's right wrist with her right hand after it passes over her head. She wraps her left arm around Scarik's arm from below, as she turns her back to the youma. She pulls forward on Scarik's arm and, at the same time, uses her right leg to sweep his legs out from under him. Using the youma's own weight and momentum to throw him over her shoulder, and onto the ground(a Judo throw).
However, Scarik comes back to his feet very quickly and backhand hits Seabreeze with his right forearm, knocking her back several feet.
"It'sss being harder than that to dessstroy I!" he says, then regrows his left arm, "Like Earth-lizard, I be able to regenerate limbsss!"
"Really?" Darkstar says, spinning her scythe in her right hand, "Well, Can you regrow your..." she runs toward the youma, "HEAD!!" she slashes horizontally with the blade of her scythe, cutting off Scarik's reptilian head.
Scarik's neck begins to lengthen and re-form, beginning to shape a new head. "I guess he can." Darkstar says.
"Darkstar! Move!" Seabreeze shouts to the other senshi.
Darkstar listens and moves, as Seabreeze finishes a spin with her arms crossed like in her transformation. Seabreeze swings her arms out the same way she did to transform, also, as she shouts, "Diamond Dust!" releasing a sub-zero icy-wind toward Scarik... which hits him, just as his head finishes its regrowth, freezing the youma in solid ice.
"You won't come back this time!" Darkstar states, as she performs a diagonal-downward right-to-left.
The slash cuts the youma in-half. The two halves fall to the ground and shatter on-impact into millions of pieces. And, At that moment, Mercury locates the unseen youma, hiding around the corner of a nearby building.
"Got you!" she says, "Shining Aqua Illusion!" the blast hits the wall, where the youma is hiding and knocks it out in the open.
The youma shakes its head and looks up to see itself surrounded by the three senshi.
"Sorry, I have another engagement!" the youma says, reaching toward its wristband and presses several keys, creating a portal behind it, "Bye!" it jumps backward and the portal closes after it passes through it.
"So, That's where Hariel's lair is, another dimension." Darkstar says, "Now, at least we know how to get there."
"Yes." Mercury agrees, "But, We'll need one of their control-bands and, we'll have to discover the key-sequence to open the portal, too."
She turns to consult Chrystya about it but, sees her lover lying on the ground, unconscious.
"Chrystya! What happened?" the blue-haired genius asks worriedly... no response. She kneels next to the platinum-haired girl, "Chrystya?" ... again, no response.
"What's wrong with her, Ami?" asks Kyoko.
"I don't know. This has never happened before!" Ami says, checking for Chrystya's pulse... she finds it. "She's okay... I think. Just unconscious. She should be fine when she wakes up..." then says in her mind, 'I hope...'
"We should get her in-doors... something bad is going to happen. And soon. I can feel it." Kyoko says, kneeling down and lifting the unconscious Chrystya off the ground.
"Makoto's house is the closest but, it's nearly a half-mile away."
"No problem." Kyoko says, materializing her scythe(or sickle) in her right hand, "The Death-Scythe will take us there in a matter of seconds."
~Hariel's Lair~
"Damn!" Hariel curses, "They discovered the surveilence-youma!"
"So?" Endymion says, "If they've been discovered, just stop using them."
"That's not an option!" Hariel states, "We need them to measure the senshi's fighting-spirit!"
Endymion shrugs.
"Well, Nevertheless, That takes care of two of three of those annoying Celestial Senshi. Just three to go."
~Elsewhere~
Raika is standing in a forested area eight feet from another female: a girl her age, with shoulder-length blonde hair and hazel eyes. She's wearing a three-piece outfit: a skin-tight top that's cut-off just below her breasts, a fairly short blue skirt, and black shoes(and she's wearing undies, of course).
"Damia!?" Raika says, surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"Raika," the other girl says, smiling faintly, "I came to tell you to leave."
"What? Why?" Raika asks.
"Nevermind that." Damia replies, "Just leave. Leave Tokyo, and Japan! Don't stay here, please." she turns and starts walking away.
"Wait! Damia!" Raika calls after her, "Please, Don't go!"
"Just, Don't stay here..." Damia repeats once more and fades as she continues walking.
~Tree-Branch That Raika's Napping On~
"Damia!!" Raika calls out, as she wakes and sits up, her right leg draped off one side of the branch. 'It was... a dream?' she asks herself 'It couldn't have been *just* a dream. That *was* Damia! Why would she want me to leave, though?' she jumps down out of the tree.
'I can feel her, here... she's in Japan but, where?' Raika thinks 'I have to find her, then she can tell me what that dream was all about.'
she runs off in a random direction.
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To Be Continued...
Ramblings: This fic just keeps gettin stranger and stranger, doesn't it? Well, It'll all make sense by the end... I hope. Bet you're all wondering who Damia is and about her relationship with Raika, eh? Sorry, Can't tell you. You'll just have to read on to find out. I received a review for an earlier chapter from someone that said they didn't like this story because of the chapter-titles(Does anyone reading this understand that? I don't). If the person who submitted that review is reading this chapter, I just want to say 'don't judge a book by it's cover'(clitche, I know but, it's correct) I didn't like the name 'Absence' but, I read the fic and found the best and most involving novel I've ever seen(which is certainly strange, cause I don't even like novels. They generally can't retain my interest but, 'Absence' by Kirika did, not to mention fueled my interest in the sequel)I also realized why it had the name, up close to the end of it and like the name cause it fits the story perfectly. Anyway, Sorry for not having Rei and Serena in this chapter but, the story is about them so, they'll be in it plenty. And, The next chapter is solely about the two of them... Oh yeah, Someone asked in a review "What other powers do Rei and Serena possess?" Well, I can't say 'exactly' but, I will say that they haven't reach their full-potential yet. Ah, Okay, They have alot more powers to show off... Keep reading this story to find out what those powers are, okay? ......(Long ramblings, eh?)
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Part 20: Target: Celestial Senshi, part 2...
~Makoto's House~
Michiru and Haruka are sitting on the couch, in Makoto's living-room, waiting on the brunette to return from the bedroom where, they figure, she's administering the heart-medication to Shinya(she's de-transformed).
"Will she be okay?" asks Haruka, as Makoto walks back out of the bedroom and into the living-room.
"Yes..." Mako replies, letting out a relieved sigh, "We made it in time, she's resting now. Thank you, Haruka." the tall blonde nods.
"Um, If I may ask," Michiru says, politely, as Makoto slouches into a chair near the bedroom-door, "What is wrong with Shinya's heart?"
"Well, It's a virus. Apparently, It's one that attacks the heart by causing it to tighten, or constrict." Makoto replies, "The doctors said it was probably caused by what her father done to her, when she was a little girl... and, no one knows how to cure it or, even if there *is* a cure." she pauses to wipe tears from her jade eyes, "It flares-up, about once every few months and I have to give her the medicine to relieve the pressure on her heart... the strain from the use of her strength makes it even more rapid that it affects her."
~Another Part of the City~
Ami and Chrystya are being attacked by another youma... a horrific looking monster, with a very reptilian appearance: a reptile's head, lots of sharp teeth, a scaly tail, and three-inch claws on its (Uh) hands. The youma throws an energy-ball toward Ami but, Chrystya tackles her blue-haired lover out of the attack's path. However, The youma(Scarik) throws another energy-blast toward them. Chrystya fully-covers Ami with her own body.
"I'll protect you, Ami." Chrystya says, "No matter what."
"But--"
The blast is sliced in-two and misses the twosome.
"No one's going to die, today." Kyoko's voice says.
Chrystya and Ami look around to see Kyoko, as Sailor Darkstar, standing between them and the Scarik, holding her Death-Scythe in her right hand, pointed downward. Darkstar turns her head back toward the twosome and says, "What are you waiting for? Transform yourselves!"
The two both nod and stand up...
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
Ami's Senshi-uniform replaces her regular clothes.
"Seabreeze Crystal Power!"
Chrystya spins around once clock-wise, crossing her arms in-front of her chest in an *X* as she does, and then swings them outward in either direction, horizontally. Her uniform appears: White Bodysuit, Golden Tiara w/Ocean-Blue Jewel, Blue Bead Earrings, Ocean-Blue Neckband, White Gloves-Half-Elbow Length, Sky-Blue Chest Bow, Dark-Blue Back Bow, Ocean-Blue Scout-Scarf, Ocean-Blue Scout-Skirt, Ocean-Blue Knee-Length Boots w/Sky-Blue Stripes.
"Good, Now maybe I have ssssome fun!" Scarik says, in his reptilian voice.
"Not likely." Seabreeze says, "Ice Spike!" she spins counter-clockwise once, creating a three-foot ice *spike* in her hands. When she finishes her spin, she releases the spike, throwing it toward Scarik. Scarik tries to dodge to the right but, the spike still hits his left arm near the shoulder, freezing it completely. The arm shatters and causes Scarik to fall.
Mercury's communicator starts beeping and she answers it, Makoto's face blips on.
"What is it, Mako?" she asks.
"Ami, Are you in a fight?"
"Yes. What's wrong?"
"Look around." Makoto says, "Haruka says there might a youma hiding somewhere, watching the battle."
"Alright." Mercury begins looking around to find the unseen youma, if there is one.
Meanwhile, Scarik is getting back up and Seabreeze runs toward him. Scarik slashes at Seabreeze with his right claws. Seabreeze ducks the attack and grabs Scarik's right wrist with her right hand after it passes over her head. She wraps her left arm around Scarik's arm from below, as she turns her back to the youma. She pulls forward on Scarik's arm and, at the same time, uses her right leg to sweep his legs out from under him. Using the youma's own weight and momentum to throw him over her shoulder, and onto the ground(a Judo throw).
However, Scarik comes back to his feet very quickly and backhand hits Seabreeze with his right forearm, knocking her back several feet.
"It'sss being harder than that to dessstroy I!" he says, then regrows his left arm, "Like Earth-lizard, I be able to regenerate limbsss!"
"Really?" Darkstar says, spinning her scythe in her right hand, "Well, Can you regrow your..." she runs toward the youma, "HEAD!!" she slashes horizontally with the blade of her scythe, cutting off Scarik's reptilian head.
Scarik's neck begins to lengthen and re-form, beginning to shape a new head. "I guess he can." Darkstar says.
"Darkstar! Move!" Seabreeze shouts to the other senshi.
Darkstar listens and moves, as Seabreeze finishes a spin with her arms crossed like in her transformation. Seabreeze swings her arms out the same way she did to transform, also, as she shouts, "Diamond Dust!" releasing a sub-zero icy-wind toward Scarik... which hits him, just as his head finishes its regrowth, freezing the youma in solid ice.
"You won't come back this time!" Darkstar states, as she performs a diagonal-downward right-to-left.
The slash cuts the youma in-half. The two halves fall to the ground and shatter on-impact into millions of pieces. And, At that moment, Mercury locates the unseen youma, hiding around the corner of a nearby building.
"Got you!" she says, "Shining Aqua Illusion!" the blast hits the wall, where the youma is hiding and knocks it out in the open.
The youma shakes its head and looks up to see itself surrounded by the three senshi.
"Sorry, I have another engagement!" the youma says, reaching toward its wristband and presses several keys, creating a portal behind it, "Bye!" it jumps backward and the portal closes after it passes through it.
"So, That's where Hariel's lair is, another dimension." Darkstar says, "Now, at least we know how to get there."
"Yes." Mercury agrees, "But, We'll need one of their control-bands and, we'll have to discover the key-sequence to open the portal, too."
She turns to consult Chrystya about it but, sees her lover lying on the ground, unconscious.
"Chrystya! What happened?" the blue-haired genius asks worriedly... no response. She kneels next to the platinum-haired girl, "Chrystya?" ... again, no response.
"What's wrong with her, Ami?" asks Kyoko.
"I don't know. This has never happened before!" Ami says, checking for Chrystya's pulse... she finds it. "She's okay... I think. Just unconscious. She should be fine when she wakes up..." then says in her mind, 'I hope...'
"We should get her in-doors... something bad is going to happen. And soon. I can feel it." Kyoko says, kneeling down and lifting the unconscious Chrystya off the ground.
"Makoto's house is the closest but, it's nearly a half-mile away."
"No problem." Kyoko says, materializing her scythe(or sickle) in her right hand, "The Death-Scythe will take us there in a matter of seconds."
~Hariel's Lair~
"Damn!" Hariel curses, "They discovered the surveilence-youma!"
"So?" Endymion says, "If they've been discovered, just stop using them."
"That's not an option!" Hariel states, "We need them to measure the senshi's fighting-spirit!"
Endymion shrugs.
"Well, Nevertheless, That takes care of two of three of those annoying Celestial Senshi. Just three to go."
~Elsewhere~
Raika is standing in a forested area eight feet from another female: a girl her age, with shoulder-length blonde hair and hazel eyes. She's wearing a three-piece outfit: a skin-tight top that's cut-off just below her breasts, a fairly short blue skirt, and black shoes(and she's wearing undies, of course).
"Damia!?" Raika says, surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"Raika," the other girl says, smiling faintly, "I came to tell you to leave."
"What? Why?" Raika asks.
"Nevermind that." Damia replies, "Just leave. Leave Tokyo, and Japan! Don't stay here, please." she turns and starts walking away.
"Wait! Damia!" Raika calls after her, "Please, Don't go!"
"Just, Don't stay here..." Damia repeats once more and fades as she continues walking.
~Tree-Branch That Raika's Napping On~
"Damia!!" Raika calls out, as she wakes and sits up, her right leg draped off one side of the branch. 'It was... a dream?' she asks herself 'It couldn't have been *just* a dream. That *was* Damia! Why would she want me to leave, though?' she jumps down out of the tree.
'I can feel her, here... she's in Japan but, where?' Raika thinks 'I have to find her, then she can tell me what that dream was all about.'
she runs off in a random direction.
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To Be Continued...
Ramblings: This fic just keeps gettin stranger and stranger, doesn't it? Well, It'll all make sense by the end... I hope. Bet you're all wondering who Damia is and about her relationship with Raika, eh? Sorry, Can't tell you. You'll just have to read on to find out. I received a review for an earlier chapter from someone that said they didn't like this story because of the chapter-titles(Does anyone reading this understand that? I don't). If the person who submitted that review is reading this chapter, I just want to say 'don't judge a book by it's cover'(clitche, I know but, it's correct) I didn't like the name 'Absence' but, I read the fic and found the best and most involving novel I've ever seen(which is certainly strange, cause I don't even like novels. They generally can't retain my interest but, 'Absence' by Kirika did, not to mention fueled my interest in the sequel)I also realized why it had the name, up close to the end of it and like the name cause it fits the story perfectly. Anyway, Sorry for not having Rei and Serena in this chapter but, the story is about them so, they'll be in it plenty. And, The next chapter is solely about the two of them... Oh yeah, Someone asked in a review "What other powers do Rei and Serena possess?" Well, I can't say 'exactly' but, I will say that they haven't reach their full-potential yet. Ah, Okay, They have alot more powers to show off... Keep reading this story to find out what those powers are, okay? ......(Long ramblings, eh?)
