Kaiya: Thanks, and thankyou for reviewing!
Silent Comet: Thankyou, I always do appreciate it when people are completetly honest about what they read and try to explain things in depth. Advice is always good, and I always try to lissten to what my reviewers write, since that is what a review is for. Boring? ::gasps:: Just kidding. Yes, I know I do tend to undermine the action, but believe me, I'm trying. About the enemy, I realize that I really haven't gone into ANY detail about the enemy, which was a mistake. I started out by giving away little bits, and soon lost it. I will try to get in depth with the enemy in this chapter, since it is the 10th. I can't keep people guessing any longer. Anyways, as always, Thanks for reviewing :)
Shadow Fox2: Thanks for reviewing!
Dr. Cricket: Thanks for your review!
Devil Wench: Thanks for reviewing, this chapters for you, hope you like*
Tenshi-Hotaru: it's the one that was shown at the beggining of the last chapter, Ami's just showing it to Quatre. Thanks for reviewing, I alwayz enjoy your reviews!
Chapter 10
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Noko looked in the mirror. He tugged at his black hair. His black, dead looking eyes matched perfectly. He offered a smile, an evil smile.
"Oh Noko, don't be so vain," a voice answered.
"Come now brother, you know I'm not like that," Noko said. Someone looking identical t Noko stepped out if the mirror.
"Koto, I hate it when you do that. Just because we're twins does not mean I will alway believe I'm looking at my own face," Noko protested, stepping aside. His brother raised a black crystal, and spoke.
"We're not doing well brother. We've managed to fool the senshi into believing that you and I are one person, but we haven't caught the Mercury senshi yet," Koto said.
"Now now Koto, the senshi still think that we have a master we're serving. They don't know that we're working alone. Besides, catching Mercury is the last part of our plan, we must concentrate on gathering energy for now. Anyways, you did a perfect job attacking that girl and her parents earlier today. The senshi thought it was me, not you," Noko reminded.
"Yes, but-" Again, Noko interrupted his brother.
"That fool, Julliana fought the Mercury scout before, or so I'd heard in hell. She lost Koto. Do you know why? It's because she was so angry, so jealous, so blinded by her revenge, that she couldn't think clearly. She could have easily destroyed the Mercury scout, but she had to do it slowly, so that she could taste her revenge. She lost everything. We are different brother. We may have started this because of revenge on the senshi, but we are not blinded by it. We will not lose."
"Something is still bothering me Noko," Koto said. Noko frowned at him.
"What is it?"
"...Notes Noko. Notes."
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"This one was from Joe's teddy bear, right?" Ami nodded, as he read it.
"Well, this can't be from your enemy. It seems like a warning, like the last. But the thing that's bothering me is the fact that the first time you received this same note, it was in a harmful way, straped on to that arrow." Ami again nodded, and they arrived at the room her mother was reffering to, where the receptionist kept a first aid kit. A few minutes later Ami's head was wrapped up and they left, heading to where Aiko and James were. Once they entered, everything had changed. The lights in the hall had been put on, everything had been picked up, and Aiko, James, and the wedding planner sat on a table looking over a guest list.
"All of these people responded, yes. Oh, wait. One didn't. His name is....oh, Aiko it's-," James lowered his voice and said the name. Aiko nodded.
"I didn't think he'd respond. We'll give him one more day, then we're done. Now," Aiko cleared her throat, "let's have a look at that menu." She turned to Ami and Quatre, who stood looking a but confused.
"You guys get to sample!"
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Quatre held his stomach and groaned from the back seat, Ami feeling the same as he did. They were stuffed. The menu had 20 things to choose from, that was main meals discluding desert, and they had to sample a little of everything. Then came the desert. Finally, the two had chosen the steak and chicken meal, which came with vegetables and stuff. Then they would serve the guests a big chocolate cake, followed by ice cream later on. Her mother had yet to hire the DJ, that was Ami's job, and Quatre had offered to help her. They had called up a DJ at the place, and Rei and Minako would be singing for the reception as well, in the beggining. The DJ would arrive after two hours into the reception.
They arrived, and Quatre got out of the car first, claiming he was late getting somewhere. He rushed off. Ami smiled. She moved to unbuckle the seatbelt.
"Uck, too much to eat," she murmered, getting out. Aiko was first to open the door of the apartment to find it empty. She checked her watch.
"James, they said they'd be home by 5:00, it's 7:00." James frowned. They entered and looked around.
"Alright, we can wait another ten minutes, then we'll go look," Aiko said.
"Um...no. I can go find them now. You never know, they could be lost," Ami ventured.
"Ami, that's not safe. it's late. Besides, you're grounded from leaving unless we're with you," Aiko reasoned.
"I know the city like the back of my hand mom. Besides, it's summer and it doesn't get dark for another two hours. I know I'm grounded, but it's not like I'm going out to have fun, I'm doing it for a good reason," Ami protested. The phone rang. Aiko ran to answer it.
"Hello Makoto, Ami's not allowed on the phone. You're where? They're where?" After a minute, Aiko said goodbye and hung up.
"They're all the way on the other side of Tokyo. Kevin and Goerge were side tracked by some martial arts exhibition. Some non-locals trying to show off martial arts, they tarvel around the world and do stuff like that. According to Makoto, there martial arts is 'crappe.' All of your friends were there, even Quatre found them. Anyways, let's get over there." In a matter of five minutes, they were there, and Ami jumped out and ran towards where her friends stood, surrounding Goerge, Anna, Kevin, Lisa, and Joe, who stood clapping for the fighters.
It was planned out, and the fighters had no real talent. Ami could tell. Their movements were so stiff, like machines. Many of the locals who stood watching were calling out rude remarks. Ami took a closer look at them. Obviosuly not japanese, they looked like they had taken a few basic martial arts classes and since they had money, ahd decided to set up this thing to show it off.
"Get off the stage!" Ona man cried out. The man who was introducing the fighters tugged nervously at his collar.
"But that's not all folks, you see, we are inviting a group of fighters to go against our champions, a group from the crowd!" At this point the crowd cheered, and the man gulped at his sudden decision. He looked into the front row and counted. He had 11 exhibition fighters, all he needed was eleven weak looking people.
"You guys, yeah, you," he said, pointing to Usagi, Mamoru, Makoto, Ami, Rei, & Minako.
"Us?" He nodded, and looked around again.
"Oh, and you five," he said, ushering to the gundam pilots. Heero, & Wufei rolled their eyes.
"We will not engadge in this stupidity," Wufei said.
"Yeah," Rei said.
"Come on, I need some people who are gonna lose to my fighters. I promice, they'll go easyon you! They won't hurt you, but the crowd is hating what we're doing right now," he whispered to the group. Minako felt badly for him, so she stepped on, and the rest begrudgingly followed. The crowd cheered, but got quiet when the man signaled.
"What is she doing up there! They'll hurt her," Aiko whispered fiercely, fully prepared to go over there and yank Ami off of the stage.
"Wait," James said, grabbing her arm. he stared intently at the stage, remembering the day at the dock. Lisa frowned, and turned to stare up at the stage.
"Ladies and gentleman, we have chosen our fighters. They all look to be about 17-20 years old. For any concerned parents out there, don't worry, my fighters will go easy on them, we won't hurt them. All ready?" Everyone nodded, and they were paired up, and offered helmets and stuff to protect them. They all declined, and Ami shot a confused look at Usagi, whom shrugged. The fighters paired up with them were all guys and they didn't look to happy about the change of plans and the five that were paired up with girls weren't happy about trying to hit them.
"Alright, fighters ready? We'll go one pair at a time! First up, Miss- hey what's your name? oh right, Usagi tskino versus my fighter called 'Rage.' Ready? Go!" Usagi really didn't want to go up there, but the man shrugged and ran towards her. Usagi was about to scream and run away, her expression said so, when she paused and thought about what Makoto had taught her. She stepped aside and slightly clumsily, but still alright, punched him. He fell off the stage. He jumped up, bright red with embarassment, but it was over. The anouncer looked surprised, but after another nervous tug at his collar, continued.
"Well, wasn't that a surprise. Next up, Heero Yuy verse Night! Fight!" Heero didn't want to get on the stage and get involved with such stupidity, and after a shove from Duo, stumbled on. He glared daggers at Duo, then at his challenger. His challenger was a big bulky guy, and noticing the small lean guy in front of him, almost laughed outloud. Before the challenger had even moved, Heero had kicked him off the stage. He walked off, grunting at the anouncer as he passed. Again, the anouncer tugged on his collar. That was starting to annoy Ami now. Next Duo went up, and like Heero, took his pitiful oponent out in a matter of seconds. Then Wufei went up.
"Ready? Go!"
"What a waste of time. Weakling!" Wufei barked at him after taking his opponent down. The anouncer gulped as Wufei walked by, scaring him. Then Trowa stepped up, silently taking his opponet out. He walked off the stage without a word. Quatre was next up.
"Oh, it's Quatre! But he's so gentle, I hope that fighter doesn't hurt him. i mean, the others so far were good, even that crybaby Usagi, but-" goerge stopped Anna.
"We get the point honey, let's just watch."
Quatre faced his oponent, meeting his eyes briefly. The person smirked, probabaly thinking he'd been paired with a loser and that he would do better than the others before him had. Quatre decided to do like his friends and get it over with. So he did. His oponent ran towards him and aimed a flying kick at his head. Quatre simply moved aside let him crash to the floor. The man got up angrilly and ran towards him, but Quatre kicked him and he fell to the floor. He stepped off of the stage to join the others. Then Mamoru fought, followed by Minako. Same results. Rei stepped up.
"Go!" Her fighter was fast, but he tripped on his way over. Rei roller her eyes.
"Baka, you-" she stopped. His muddy shoe had flown off of his foot and kit into her white shorts. Rei looked up at him sharply, spproaching with the shoe.
"Look at what you did to my NEW shirt," she said.
"I, I-" she cut him off, by throwing the shoe at his head and tossing him off the stage. Makoto had gotten angry and really hurt her opponent, and her shoe mark was imprinted into his face. Ami was, unhappily the last to go, facing a tuffer guy. She assumed becasue of how weak she looked, he had decided to idiot proof his fights by at least taking down one person, pairing his strongest to whom he assumed was the other teams weakest. She stepped up and he smirked.
"Ami Mizuno verse 'The Dragon.' You better watch yourself little lady, cause he's fierce!" Ami rolled her eyes and got in a fighting stance. Her opponent did as well. he charged at her, and Ami saw his shoulder slump to the right and his right leg extend towards her. he was just planning on tripping her. How typical. She moved to the side and he stopped, and turned, trying to kick her legs from underneath her. Ami grew frustrated and punched him, but he only wavered slightly, and this time he was angry at being hit by a girl. Hmm, she had received the chauvanist of the group. He tried to punch her this time, and Ami kicked him away and then dropped to the floor, spinning her legs and kicked his feet from underneath him, like had been trying to do to her.
"That's how you do it, idiot. It's unaffective standing." She walked off the stage to join her unamused friends, all whom looked bored, and a little aggrivated. They guy Makoto had fought walked by with a black eye. Ouch.
The announcer again tugged at his collar.
"As I said, ehem, my fighters went easy on them. Well, thanks for watching, bye!" He sped off. His fighters all looked pretty aggrivated as they approached the group. Most of the crowd had dispersed. The only people left in the area were Aiko, James, Lisa, Kevin, Goerge, Anna, and Joseph. They stood behind the teens, watching silently. The first guy that had fought Usagi stepped forwards.
"Well, ya know we lost just to show the people a good show," he said.
"Oh, we know, RAGE. We tremble in fear at your presence," Minako said. Minako and Duo then proceeded to start making fun of him, saying his name in high pitched frightened tones and low serious tones, which ended in laughter. His face began to turn red.
"Enough!" They grew silent when the guy Mamoru had fought stepped forewards.
"I can't even believe I'm standing with these losers. What a shameful experience." He glowed for a moment before looking up. Noko. He laughed, and snapped his fingers. One of the doors on the stage opened up and the real competitor fell out of the door, along with a broom. Oh, a closet. Kind of creepy. The guy came to almost instantly and ran to stand with his friends, who were already backing up in fear. Noko was smiling, that scary smile of his, his dead eyes looking lifeless. He turned to stare at the men.
"What pests. I'd drain your energy if you were only just a little less pathetic." With a snap of his fingers, a big cage appeared, and with only a movement of his hand, the fighters were thrown in. They kicked at the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Don't bother, that door will only open when I open it." They all sat down on the floor of the large cage, looking defeated. Ami pitied them.
"What is going on," Aiko asked. James shook his head, wondering if he really had just seen that man change into a creepy looking man with magic powers.
"And as for you teens, pretty impressive. Now step aside." No one budged, and Noko simply ignored them. He raised his hand, and in his palm appeared two gems. He threw them, and one hit Lisa in the forehead. She dropped to the floor. The second one was aimed at Kevin, and Minako hit it with her purse to deflect it. It attached itself to Minako's hand, and she screamed for them to take it off. Makoto grabbed it and threw it on the floor. This one shattered on impact. Ami ran to grab Lisa's. Kevin and Joseph were kneeling next to her, Anna and Goerge behind them and Aiko and James standing in between the two groups, looking unsure of what to do.
Ami grabbed the small gem off of Lisa's forehead and set it down, smashing it with Goerge's cane. The black aura surrounding Lisa dissapeared, and she sat up. Ami turned to where her friends were having trouble with Noko, who kept tossing gem after gem. Most of them dodged, but those who were unlucky enough to be hit had to wait for it to be removed when someone had the chance.
"Well? Where are your Sailor Senshi now?" Just as he said this, a blast hit Noko from behind, knocking him off of his feet.
In a small circle, their backs all against one another, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Mini Moon stood. Noko turned to glare.
"Oh, I forgot about you senshi. Ugh, there are too many of you! How can that many people work together?" He sighed. He needed a youma or two to fight all of them without using his strength. His own strength was too valuable to waste at the time. His expression changed to one of confidence.
"I don't have time for this right now. Goodbye, Senshi." He dissapeared. Right away, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Mini Moon ran off. The cage holding the fighters dissapeared, and they scrambled away. Quatre turned to Ami from his position on the floor.
"This is some pretty pathetic alone time we're getting here, Ames. Till when are you grounded?"
"I'll be free on Wednsday," Ami said.
"Fine, then keep your plans open Ames. I'm taking you out to dinner, just me and you." He lowered his voice, "and no youma are invited!" Ami laughed and reached down to help him up.
Duo turned to Minako.
"When's date two for me?" Unnoticed by the others, Heero and Makoto met eyes, Rei and Wufei gave each other a side glance, & Usagi and Darian smiled at each other.
Trowa looked up, kind of bored. He wandered off for a moment, leaning against a tree.
"A small flash of light behind him caught his eye. He turned around. Setsuna stood there, smiling.
"Duo does have a point. When's our date two?" Trowa gave a rare smile, and after a minute oftalking to her, returned to the group.
"Excellent how you guys held your own with that man," kevin said. He turned to Minako. "Thanks." She nodded, as Kevin picked up Joseph.
"How did you guys know what to do about those little crystals," asked Anna.
"Oh, well Usagi had something similar to that happen before. besides, the people of Tokyo have been dealing with these strange happenings for three years now. Everyone should be used to it," Ami explained. Aiko looked a bit startled, but nodded as if it was a common thing for her.
"I believe the teenagers have to deal with this stuff more, don't they," asked James, reading Aiko's mind. She smiled.
"Is suppose so. I feel old!"
"Your telling me," Anna mumbled, reaching for Goerge's cane. Ami looked over to where Noko had dissapeared. Something strange was going on. There was something Ami was sure they just didn't understand. A missing piece to the puzzle. She would find it.
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Sorry about any grammatical mistakes, this chapter was a bit rushed. R&R!
Silent Comet: Thankyou, I always do appreciate it when people are completetly honest about what they read and try to explain things in depth. Advice is always good, and I always try to lissten to what my reviewers write, since that is what a review is for. Boring? ::gasps:: Just kidding. Yes, I know I do tend to undermine the action, but believe me, I'm trying. About the enemy, I realize that I really haven't gone into ANY detail about the enemy, which was a mistake. I started out by giving away little bits, and soon lost it. I will try to get in depth with the enemy in this chapter, since it is the 10th. I can't keep people guessing any longer. Anyways, as always, Thanks for reviewing :)
Shadow Fox2: Thanks for reviewing!
Dr. Cricket: Thanks for your review!
Devil Wench: Thanks for reviewing, this chapters for you, hope you like*
Tenshi-Hotaru: it's the one that was shown at the beggining of the last chapter, Ami's just showing it to Quatre. Thanks for reviewing, I alwayz enjoy your reviews!
Chapter 10
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Noko looked in the mirror. He tugged at his black hair. His black, dead looking eyes matched perfectly. He offered a smile, an evil smile.
"Oh Noko, don't be so vain," a voice answered.
"Come now brother, you know I'm not like that," Noko said. Someone looking identical t Noko stepped out if the mirror.
"Koto, I hate it when you do that. Just because we're twins does not mean I will alway believe I'm looking at my own face," Noko protested, stepping aside. His brother raised a black crystal, and spoke.
"We're not doing well brother. We've managed to fool the senshi into believing that you and I are one person, but we haven't caught the Mercury senshi yet," Koto said.
"Now now Koto, the senshi still think that we have a master we're serving. They don't know that we're working alone. Besides, catching Mercury is the last part of our plan, we must concentrate on gathering energy for now. Anyways, you did a perfect job attacking that girl and her parents earlier today. The senshi thought it was me, not you," Noko reminded.
"Yes, but-" Again, Noko interrupted his brother.
"That fool, Julliana fought the Mercury scout before, or so I'd heard in hell. She lost Koto. Do you know why? It's because she was so angry, so jealous, so blinded by her revenge, that she couldn't think clearly. She could have easily destroyed the Mercury scout, but she had to do it slowly, so that she could taste her revenge. She lost everything. We are different brother. We may have started this because of revenge on the senshi, but we are not blinded by it. We will not lose."
"Something is still bothering me Noko," Koto said. Noko frowned at him.
"What is it?"
"...Notes Noko. Notes."
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"This one was from Joe's teddy bear, right?" Ami nodded, as he read it.
"Well, this can't be from your enemy. It seems like a warning, like the last. But the thing that's bothering me is the fact that the first time you received this same note, it was in a harmful way, straped on to that arrow." Ami again nodded, and they arrived at the room her mother was reffering to, where the receptionist kept a first aid kit. A few minutes later Ami's head was wrapped up and they left, heading to where Aiko and James were. Once they entered, everything had changed. The lights in the hall had been put on, everything had been picked up, and Aiko, James, and the wedding planner sat on a table looking over a guest list.
"All of these people responded, yes. Oh, wait. One didn't. His name is....oh, Aiko it's-," James lowered his voice and said the name. Aiko nodded.
"I didn't think he'd respond. We'll give him one more day, then we're done. Now," Aiko cleared her throat, "let's have a look at that menu." She turned to Ami and Quatre, who stood looking a but confused.
"You guys get to sample!"
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Quatre held his stomach and groaned from the back seat, Ami feeling the same as he did. They were stuffed. The menu had 20 things to choose from, that was main meals discluding desert, and they had to sample a little of everything. Then came the desert. Finally, the two had chosen the steak and chicken meal, which came with vegetables and stuff. Then they would serve the guests a big chocolate cake, followed by ice cream later on. Her mother had yet to hire the DJ, that was Ami's job, and Quatre had offered to help her. They had called up a DJ at the place, and Rei and Minako would be singing for the reception as well, in the beggining. The DJ would arrive after two hours into the reception.
They arrived, and Quatre got out of the car first, claiming he was late getting somewhere. He rushed off. Ami smiled. She moved to unbuckle the seatbelt.
"Uck, too much to eat," she murmered, getting out. Aiko was first to open the door of the apartment to find it empty. She checked her watch.
"James, they said they'd be home by 5:00, it's 7:00." James frowned. They entered and looked around.
"Alright, we can wait another ten minutes, then we'll go look," Aiko said.
"Um...no. I can go find them now. You never know, they could be lost," Ami ventured.
"Ami, that's not safe. it's late. Besides, you're grounded from leaving unless we're with you," Aiko reasoned.
"I know the city like the back of my hand mom. Besides, it's summer and it doesn't get dark for another two hours. I know I'm grounded, but it's not like I'm going out to have fun, I'm doing it for a good reason," Ami protested. The phone rang. Aiko ran to answer it.
"Hello Makoto, Ami's not allowed on the phone. You're where? They're where?" After a minute, Aiko said goodbye and hung up.
"They're all the way on the other side of Tokyo. Kevin and Goerge were side tracked by some martial arts exhibition. Some non-locals trying to show off martial arts, they tarvel around the world and do stuff like that. According to Makoto, there martial arts is 'crappe.' All of your friends were there, even Quatre found them. Anyways, let's get over there." In a matter of five minutes, they were there, and Ami jumped out and ran towards where her friends stood, surrounding Goerge, Anna, Kevin, Lisa, and Joe, who stood clapping for the fighters.
It was planned out, and the fighters had no real talent. Ami could tell. Their movements were so stiff, like machines. Many of the locals who stood watching were calling out rude remarks. Ami took a closer look at them. Obviosuly not japanese, they looked like they had taken a few basic martial arts classes and since they had money, ahd decided to set up this thing to show it off.
"Get off the stage!" Ona man cried out. The man who was introducing the fighters tugged nervously at his collar.
"But that's not all folks, you see, we are inviting a group of fighters to go against our champions, a group from the crowd!" At this point the crowd cheered, and the man gulped at his sudden decision. He looked into the front row and counted. He had 11 exhibition fighters, all he needed was eleven weak looking people.
"You guys, yeah, you," he said, pointing to Usagi, Mamoru, Makoto, Ami, Rei, & Minako.
"Us?" He nodded, and looked around again.
"Oh, and you five," he said, ushering to the gundam pilots. Heero, & Wufei rolled their eyes.
"We will not engadge in this stupidity," Wufei said.
"Yeah," Rei said.
"Come on, I need some people who are gonna lose to my fighters. I promice, they'll go easyon you! They won't hurt you, but the crowd is hating what we're doing right now," he whispered to the group. Minako felt badly for him, so she stepped on, and the rest begrudgingly followed. The crowd cheered, but got quiet when the man signaled.
"What is she doing up there! They'll hurt her," Aiko whispered fiercely, fully prepared to go over there and yank Ami off of the stage.
"Wait," James said, grabbing her arm. he stared intently at the stage, remembering the day at the dock. Lisa frowned, and turned to stare up at the stage.
"Ladies and gentleman, we have chosen our fighters. They all look to be about 17-20 years old. For any concerned parents out there, don't worry, my fighters will go easy on them, we won't hurt them. All ready?" Everyone nodded, and they were paired up, and offered helmets and stuff to protect them. They all declined, and Ami shot a confused look at Usagi, whom shrugged. The fighters paired up with them were all guys and they didn't look to happy about the change of plans and the five that were paired up with girls weren't happy about trying to hit them.
"Alright, fighters ready? We'll go one pair at a time! First up, Miss- hey what's your name? oh right, Usagi tskino versus my fighter called 'Rage.' Ready? Go!" Usagi really didn't want to go up there, but the man shrugged and ran towards her. Usagi was about to scream and run away, her expression said so, when she paused and thought about what Makoto had taught her. She stepped aside and slightly clumsily, but still alright, punched him. He fell off the stage. He jumped up, bright red with embarassment, but it was over. The anouncer looked surprised, but after another nervous tug at his collar, continued.
"Well, wasn't that a surprise. Next up, Heero Yuy verse Night! Fight!" Heero didn't want to get on the stage and get involved with such stupidity, and after a shove from Duo, stumbled on. He glared daggers at Duo, then at his challenger. His challenger was a big bulky guy, and noticing the small lean guy in front of him, almost laughed outloud. Before the challenger had even moved, Heero had kicked him off the stage. He walked off, grunting at the anouncer as he passed. Again, the anouncer tugged on his collar. That was starting to annoy Ami now. Next Duo went up, and like Heero, took his pitiful oponent out in a matter of seconds. Then Wufei went up.
"Ready? Go!"
"What a waste of time. Weakling!" Wufei barked at him after taking his opponent down. The anouncer gulped as Wufei walked by, scaring him. Then Trowa stepped up, silently taking his opponet out. He walked off the stage without a word. Quatre was next up.
"Oh, it's Quatre! But he's so gentle, I hope that fighter doesn't hurt him. i mean, the others so far were good, even that crybaby Usagi, but-" goerge stopped Anna.
"We get the point honey, let's just watch."
Quatre faced his oponent, meeting his eyes briefly. The person smirked, probabaly thinking he'd been paired with a loser and that he would do better than the others before him had. Quatre decided to do like his friends and get it over with. So he did. His oponent ran towards him and aimed a flying kick at his head. Quatre simply moved aside let him crash to the floor. The man got up angrilly and ran towards him, but Quatre kicked him and he fell to the floor. He stepped off of the stage to join the others. Then Mamoru fought, followed by Minako. Same results. Rei stepped up.
"Go!" Her fighter was fast, but he tripped on his way over. Rei roller her eyes.
"Baka, you-" she stopped. His muddy shoe had flown off of his foot and kit into her white shorts. Rei looked up at him sharply, spproaching with the shoe.
"Look at what you did to my NEW shirt," she said.
"I, I-" she cut him off, by throwing the shoe at his head and tossing him off the stage. Makoto had gotten angry and really hurt her opponent, and her shoe mark was imprinted into his face. Ami was, unhappily the last to go, facing a tuffer guy. She assumed becasue of how weak she looked, he had decided to idiot proof his fights by at least taking down one person, pairing his strongest to whom he assumed was the other teams weakest. She stepped up and he smirked.
"Ami Mizuno verse 'The Dragon.' You better watch yourself little lady, cause he's fierce!" Ami rolled her eyes and got in a fighting stance. Her opponent did as well. he charged at her, and Ami saw his shoulder slump to the right and his right leg extend towards her. he was just planning on tripping her. How typical. She moved to the side and he stopped, and turned, trying to kick her legs from underneath her. Ami grew frustrated and punched him, but he only wavered slightly, and this time he was angry at being hit by a girl. Hmm, she had received the chauvanist of the group. He tried to punch her this time, and Ami kicked him away and then dropped to the floor, spinning her legs and kicked his feet from underneath him, like had been trying to do to her.
"That's how you do it, idiot. It's unaffective standing." She walked off the stage to join her unamused friends, all whom looked bored, and a little aggrivated. They guy Makoto had fought walked by with a black eye. Ouch.
The announcer again tugged at his collar.
"As I said, ehem, my fighters went easy on them. Well, thanks for watching, bye!" He sped off. His fighters all looked pretty aggrivated as they approached the group. Most of the crowd had dispersed. The only people left in the area were Aiko, James, Lisa, Kevin, Goerge, Anna, and Joseph. They stood behind the teens, watching silently. The first guy that had fought Usagi stepped forwards.
"Well, ya know we lost just to show the people a good show," he said.
"Oh, we know, RAGE. We tremble in fear at your presence," Minako said. Minako and Duo then proceeded to start making fun of him, saying his name in high pitched frightened tones and low serious tones, which ended in laughter. His face began to turn red.
"Enough!" They grew silent when the guy Mamoru had fought stepped forewards.
"I can't even believe I'm standing with these losers. What a shameful experience." He glowed for a moment before looking up. Noko. He laughed, and snapped his fingers. One of the doors on the stage opened up and the real competitor fell out of the door, along with a broom. Oh, a closet. Kind of creepy. The guy came to almost instantly and ran to stand with his friends, who were already backing up in fear. Noko was smiling, that scary smile of his, his dead eyes looking lifeless. He turned to stare at the men.
"What pests. I'd drain your energy if you were only just a little less pathetic." With a snap of his fingers, a big cage appeared, and with only a movement of his hand, the fighters were thrown in. They kicked at the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Don't bother, that door will only open when I open it." They all sat down on the floor of the large cage, looking defeated. Ami pitied them.
"What is going on," Aiko asked. James shook his head, wondering if he really had just seen that man change into a creepy looking man with magic powers.
"And as for you teens, pretty impressive. Now step aside." No one budged, and Noko simply ignored them. He raised his hand, and in his palm appeared two gems. He threw them, and one hit Lisa in the forehead. She dropped to the floor. The second one was aimed at Kevin, and Minako hit it with her purse to deflect it. It attached itself to Minako's hand, and she screamed for them to take it off. Makoto grabbed it and threw it on the floor. This one shattered on impact. Ami ran to grab Lisa's. Kevin and Joseph were kneeling next to her, Anna and Goerge behind them and Aiko and James standing in between the two groups, looking unsure of what to do.
Ami grabbed the small gem off of Lisa's forehead and set it down, smashing it with Goerge's cane. The black aura surrounding Lisa dissapeared, and she sat up. Ami turned to where her friends were having trouble with Noko, who kept tossing gem after gem. Most of them dodged, but those who were unlucky enough to be hit had to wait for it to be removed when someone had the chance.
"Well? Where are your Sailor Senshi now?" Just as he said this, a blast hit Noko from behind, knocking him off of his feet.
In a small circle, their backs all against one another, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Mini Moon stood. Noko turned to glare.
"Oh, I forgot about you senshi. Ugh, there are too many of you! How can that many people work together?" He sighed. He needed a youma or two to fight all of them without using his strength. His own strength was too valuable to waste at the time. His expression changed to one of confidence.
"I don't have time for this right now. Goodbye, Senshi." He dissapeared. Right away, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Mini Moon ran off. The cage holding the fighters dissapeared, and they scrambled away. Quatre turned to Ami from his position on the floor.
"This is some pretty pathetic alone time we're getting here, Ames. Till when are you grounded?"
"I'll be free on Wednsday," Ami said.
"Fine, then keep your plans open Ames. I'm taking you out to dinner, just me and you." He lowered his voice, "and no youma are invited!" Ami laughed and reached down to help him up.
Duo turned to Minako.
"When's date two for me?" Unnoticed by the others, Heero and Makoto met eyes, Rei and Wufei gave each other a side glance, & Usagi and Darian smiled at each other.
Trowa looked up, kind of bored. He wandered off for a moment, leaning against a tree.
"A small flash of light behind him caught his eye. He turned around. Setsuna stood there, smiling.
"Duo does have a point. When's our date two?" Trowa gave a rare smile, and after a minute oftalking to her, returned to the group.
"Excellent how you guys held your own with that man," kevin said. He turned to Minako. "Thanks." She nodded, as Kevin picked up Joseph.
"How did you guys know what to do about those little crystals," asked Anna.
"Oh, well Usagi had something similar to that happen before. besides, the people of Tokyo have been dealing with these strange happenings for three years now. Everyone should be used to it," Ami explained. Aiko looked a bit startled, but nodded as if it was a common thing for her.
"I believe the teenagers have to deal with this stuff more, don't they," asked James, reading Aiko's mind. She smiled.
"Is suppose so. I feel old!"
"Your telling me," Anna mumbled, reaching for Goerge's cane. Ami looked over to where Noko had dissapeared. Something strange was going on. There was something Ami was sure they just didn't understand. A missing piece to the puzzle. She would find it.
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Sorry about any grammatical mistakes, this chapter was a bit rushed. R&R!