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Last time-
"We just spoke last week. I would have thought you would have remembered your own father, Ami."
Chapter 19
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If Ami was surprised, she certainly didn't show it. Quatre and Kaden were no longer tense and upset, but smiling, happy that it wasn't Noko. The rest of the guys were indifferent, and the senshi all gasped.
"Oh, so you're Ami's father," Makoto said, looking at him as if she was making a judgement. She stopped a moment later and nodded to herself in approval, coming to the conclusion that he wasn't a crazy psyco.
"Well young lady, did I pass," he asked. She face-faulted, and then blushed.
"Well, I'm glad you could make it, Mr. Shino. You have a seat reserved over there," Ami pointed to a table there, "with some of my mom's other family. I'll show you later on."
"Um...thankyou, Ami. But, don't call me Mr., Shino will do just fine," he said. Ami nodded. She had waited years to meet her father. When she was younger, she would ask her mom why her daddy didn't live with them, and her mother responded that people just grew apart sometimes. Then, in her mother's lonliness, she grew caught up in her work, and hired several nannies to care for Ami until she was 12.
By that age, Ami was tired of them. Nothing had ever seemed to fill the void left by her parents. Nothing. She met her friends, started a new life as sailor Mercury, she had done well. When she was with them, it was great. And then her mother had started becoming closer to her that summer. And she had a house full of family, of love. And the void was seemingly filled.
Or was it simply covered, hidden from many to see? Ami stared at her father, who now looked downcast, unsure of what to say. Afraid of the gazes her friends had on him, the ones that said, 'you're just not good enough'.
Ami reached over and enveloped him in a hug. He looked surprised at her kindness, but hugged her back, surprised.
"I'm sorry," he said, tears coming to his eyes, "I could have written, called, done...something. I know a painting sent once a month by mail doesn't exactly make me a father."
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Ami's friends watched as she hugged her father.
"It's good that Ami's forgiving, I guess," Duo said, watching the two begin to talk for real.
Quatre smiled.
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About a half hour later, the food was served, it being the chicken/steak meal her and Quatre had chosen.
"Wow, this food is wonderful Ames. Especially since we don't have to sample everything we ate that one day," Qautre said. Ami laughed.
"Yeah, and best of all- No Noko so far, and everyone is enjoying themselves," Ami said, lowering her voice at this statement.
Once everyone finished their main meal, Ami looked up to the stage on the side of the room, suddenly remembering that the DJ wouldn't be there for another half hour. Because Rei and Minako were entertaining them until then, along with Haruka and Michiru. Minak took one of the microphones and encouraged couples, especially the bride and groom, to go dance as they sang.
Rei grabbed a microphone as well. Ami and Quatre headed out to the dance floor, to see what they had planned. The two began to sing ,"My only Love," while Michiru played violen slowly along with it and Haruka played the melody with the piano.
"Deep, in my soul
Love so strong,
it takes control.
Now, we both know.
The secrets there,
the feeling shows.
Driven, far apart.
I make a wish,
on a shooting star.
There will come my day,
somewhere far way,
in your arms I'll stay-
my only love.
You reach the deepest part,
of the secret in- my heart,
i've known it from the start,
my only love.
My only- Love."
Everyone applauded as they finished, and Ami and Quatre seperated, watching to see what they would do next.
"Alright, now everyone on the dance floor, not just couples," Rei said into the microphone. Joseph and the girls ran on, as well as almost everyone else. It was packed.
Rei and Minako began to sing a very fast-paced song, and Haruka threw a lemon on Miciru's violen, and began to play along to what the girs were singing. Michiru bounced the lemon from corner to corner on her violen as she played (as seen in one of the Sailor Moon S episodes), and everyone clapped excitedly, and began to dance.
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Aiko called everyone's attention as she and James cut the wedding cake. They both held the knife upside down and cut the first piece. Everyone clapped, and again congratulated them.
Then the service took over and cut the rest of the cake. The DJ arrived, so Minako and Rei had a break, like Michiru and Haruka. Ami checked on her friends. The four sisters were having a great time, and were currently flirting with some of James's family, his young cousins, about 20 or so. Andrew and Rita were dancing, as well as Greg and Julliana, and Kaden was dancing with Liz. Ami smiled.
And despite this- Ami suddenly had the feeling something was wrong. Quatre aproached her.
"What is it Ames?" she turned to look at him, and spoke quietly.
"I've got a bad feeling Quatre. A very bad feeling." Soon, all of the senshi minus Rini and Hotaru were gathered with the pilots, plus Kaden of course. The four sisters had agreed to occupy everyone so that no one noticed they were gone. Greg stopped Ami, Julliana's hand in his.
"Ami, I just had a terrible vision. Noko, is outside," he said. The guys looked at him strangely.
"Oh, sorry.I forgot to mention- Greg can see into the future," Usagi said.
"Well- I saw something else Ami. You can't go outside." Ami grabbed his arm and forced him to look at her.
"I've told you before. You make your own future. I'm not letting that stupid vision get to me. Is there anything we can do to avoid it?"
"Try- try your hardest not to get behind," he said, Julliana nodding. They all agreed and headed out to the back. It was gorgeous. It had a stone walkway, flowers, fountains. Statues of angels. There was no one else outside now, probably because it had gotten chilly.
While walking by one of the statues, Ami was completely shocked when it moved, and then tackled her to the floor. At her startled gasp, everyone turned around. Noko laughed at his disguise.
"Hey!" He placed one hand over Ami's mouth and the other at her neck, a sword forming in his hand. Forcing Ami to her feet, he stood up and backed away. Of course, everyone approached at once. He raised the sword closer to Ami's neck.
"Not a step closer. You wouldn't want the poeple in that lovely little party to be alerted of this. Or to get an extreme wake up call," he said, ready to blast a hole through the glass doors and kill them all.
"Brother, stop," Kaden said, stepping forwards.
"Ah, if it isn't the traiter now. And if you come another step closer, Koto, I'll kill her and then do the same to you. Traiters are cut no slack." He looked down at Ami's head.
"Awww, cute hair," he said in a baby voice, tapping one of the ringlets of curls. Ami flinched.
"Koto is no longer my name. It is Kaden. Let her go," he demanded, Quatre stepping forwards as well.
"No no no," Noko said, his voice extremly amused as he faked a british accent, "First, I do believe I shall beat her into a bloody pulp. Then, I will take her essence, rendering her dead and come back to kill you," he said pointing at Kaden, "and you," he pointed at Quatre, "and then the rest of you. Because with her essence, it will be all too easy. Because then I will be able to posses a power greater than any one in the universe ever had. And with the final essence of the Mercurian, I will rule over all. Good day," he said, dissapearing in a small flash of light, Ami trying to free herself from his grasp or at least get her mouth free.
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Back inside at the reception, Aiko was wondering where Ami was. She was about to go investigate when the crowd wanted some more dancing, including the bride and groom. After all, they were celebrating them. James squeezed Aiko's hand reassuringly.
"There are a lot of people. She's probably just dancing and having a good time with her friends," he said. Aiko smiled. He was right. And Ami had told her that there was no one left to fight this morning, hadn't she? She was soon caught up in a dance with James, and forgot about it quickly.
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Everyone sat outside miserably.
"What now? We don't even know where Noko took her," Quatre said miserably. Usagi put a hand on his shoulder.
"After he kills Ami, he's gonna come back here and kill everyone else. WIth the last essence he has, he'll be invincible, as he said," Kaden said, shaking his head.
"Well- do you know where he could have taken her," asked Duo. Everyone agreed.
"I know of one place. But it will take me an hour to channel my energy and gain enough to be able to teleport myself and one or a few others there, depending on how much I can gather. Ami healed me, so there is only a bit of my power left."
"We can give you some power," Usagi said. He shook his head. "Your powers are very differnt from mine Usagi. Mine are dark. Noko and I created this place many years ago. Anyone with negative energy flowing through their veins can go."
"But Ami healed you."
"Yes, but my powers are evil. I did not gain them purely. We killed for them."
"Oh." Everyone thought for a couple of seconds, before they asked Kaden to start gethering his powers.
"Who will come with me?" Everyone automatically vollunteered.
"No, I'll go," Quatre said, looking serious. There was objection, but in the end they had to let him go.
"Alright, Everyone, go to the party. Qautre, you and Kaden find a place you'll be secluded, and Kaden can gather his energy. Everyone is to act like nothing's wrong. Quatre, you can't go back into the party without Ami because Aiko will know something's wrong. Hopefully, Ami can last until you guys get to her. Alright?" Everyone nodded and did as they were told.
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Noko teleported them to a strange lair. It was all made of some dark rock, and there was a door at the end and the rest all empty space.
"My powers, are stronger here scout," he said, letting her go and kicking her away. Ami stumbled and caught her balance. If she was to survive and return to the party with her dress in shambles, everyone would know something was wrong.
"Even if my stupid brother was to find a way here, he'd be too late. He'll be at least an hour."
Ami stepped back, readying her henshin wand.
"So, if you want to scream or run, that would make killing you all the more fun."
"Mercury crystal power!" She transformed quickly and backed away some more.
"How amusing," Noko said, forming a large blast in his hand, "but even that won't save you!" He released it, just as Mercury called her newest attack.
"Mercury Ice formation!" It became what she wanted, and she wanted a shield. The attack hit the shield and cracked it, but it still resisted.
"Hmm, maybe your not as pathetic as I thought. But no matter, that attack wasn't even an ounce of my powers, while it was a large chunk of yours." Mercury frowned, fearing the worst. Noko suddenly appeared in front of her, elbowing her very hard in the stomach. Ami gasped, and he followed up with a kick at her head, sending her sprawling across the floor to the other side of the room.
"Get up," he called, "you'e pathetic!" She struggled to her feet, but before she was even up, Noko appeared in front of her, blasting her in the stomach. Mercury stepped back, gripping her stomach, but Noko was not fiished yet. He formed two small blasts in each of his hands and sent them at her. The two stopped on either side of her, before letting out a shock that had screaming and on her knees.
Noko laughed.
"That was just a warm up," he said, rubbing his palms together excitedly, "now the real fun begins!"
Noko seemed to be choosing his attacks carefully, Mercury noted from the ground as she struggled to get up. Every attack he sent was more painful than the last one so far. He wanted her at the brink of death before he had her esence. That was clear.
Noko placed one hand, palm facing the ceiling, in front of him, on the other on top. His hands seperated as he formed the large attack. The blast became several small ones, only the size of a baby's palm. Merury gasped in horror. She manged to roll over and dodge the first set of the miniature blasts, but the second set hit her head on.
She struggled to sit up, blood now pouring from those wounds.
Noko appeared above her.
"You're bleeding pretty badly, but you've still got a lot of life let in you. I want your essence just before you die. Hmmm.......what attack shall I do next? I have so many...Aha!" He landed on the ground and stepped back. 5 red cubes of energy formed around him, channelling the energy he was offering. Then they dissapeared.
"What," Mercury asked, looking around. Her question was answered as Noko appeared in front of her. No- it looked like noko, but he was standing in front of her, laughing. Then another appeared, and another, and another two after that. 5, like the cubes. They all surrounded her. Mercury gulped, fearing the worst. Noko floated next to one of the dublicates, in a black outfit, unlike the rest of the duplicates. They wore red, which was the only way she could tell him from the rest. They all raised there palms facing Mercury, the real Noko the only one laughing. She tryed to run, but found she couldn't, her legs were stuck in place. All of the energy saved up in their hands was suddenly released, meeting her in the center.
Her screams echoed through the place, which really please Noko.
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Quatre sat with Kaden behind the trees in the back of the hall. Kaden had been silent since he began gathering his energy. A small ball of black light had begun to form in front of him, but it had only been a half hour. Kaden needed more time, but he wasn't sure Ami had the time.
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Mercury stood, only to have herself knocked back down by Noko. Noko's duplicates were gone, having dissapearded about 10 minutes ago. He had gotten bored of energy powered attacks, so he had just settled on beating her up. She had tried to fight back, but he was much stronger than her, and she was already hurt. She managed to get up and run. The door on the other side of the room, maybe it would help her get away. She grasped for the door handle and opened it up.
Running in, it was a well-lighten hallway.
"Ooooh, trying to run? It just makes it more entertaining for me," Noko said, following her. He caught up with her in a flash, and grabbed her around the waist.
"Hold on a sec, missie. We're not finished here, " he said, turning her around to face him, as he towered over her, his one arm the only thing holding her up. Mercury visibly trembled, although she tried not to. He laughed.
"You know, it's really a shame I have to kill you," Noko said, "such a waste of a pretty face." Mercury was shaking harder now, and tears were falling from her eyes from both the pain and the fear. Noko leaned in to forcefully kiss her, and Mercury turned away, still shaking.
"Now now, we should be able to have a little fun before you die," he said, using his free hand to grab her face and make her turn towards him. He leaned in again and kissed her forcefully, Ami struggling, which hurt because Noko had such a firm grip on her face that when she moved it was bruising her.
He stopped.
"Geez, don't be so serious Merc. Don't you know, most girls your age like dating up," he said. He leaned in again for another kiss, this time trying to force her mouth open with his toungue. Mercury refused to co-operate, and started kicking and thrashing about, despite the fact that his hold on her was tightening each time.
He sighed.
"Enough of this foolishness." He raised his palm and fired a small ball ball of energy, knocking her to the floor.
"I'm running ot of time. If I don't kill you now my foolish brother will interfere."
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Quatre listened as Kaden spoke.
"We'll need a distraction, my brother will sense us coming and kill Ami quicker," he said. Quatre got an idea.
"Can the senshi come," he asked. Noko shook his head.
"No, my brother will sense them before he senses me," Kaden said.
"How many can you teleport," he asked.
"Well, I've saved up more energy than planned. I can teleport another 4 more at the most, but that's it. Say, do your friends have powers?" He shook his head. "They'll be perfect if you go ask them. All we need is for them to do what they do best. Be loud and annoy Noko until you get Ami away. Then I'll take care of him. Quatre nodded. He ran inside and found the other pilots, who were willing to help. They informed the scouts and walked outside.
Noko focused his powers, and the 6 dissapeared.
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Noko had again gotten caught up in pummelling Ami again. In the last few minutes he had doubled the damage he had done earlier. He raised his hand to strike her one last time when suddenly he looked up.
"Ah, my brother has arrived. I'll go distract him. Would you mind waiting a moment Mercury," he asked sweetly, dissapearing. Mercury couldn't say anything. She couldn't even pick herself up. She was sure she had bruised or broken a rib. She was hurt bad- much worse than when she had fought Julliana. Much worse. She tryed to move her arm, but to no avail. She was drained.
'Sorry Quatre, but I'm dying.'
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Kaden had appeared with the pilots in a big room. On the wall, words that looked like they came from a projecter read, "Just for Laughs."
"Where's Ami," Quatre asked.
As if on cue, it looked like a movie began to play on the wall. They tried to move, but found that they couldn't.
It showed a faster version of what had happened the past hour. Noko teleporting with Ami, Ami able to defend herself only a bit, Noko beating up Ami with mostly energy powered attacks, Noko making duplicates, and so on. Quatre felt a low growl errupt from his mouth as he saw Noko mercilessly beating Ami. Ami struggled over to the door and ran through, being caught at the waist by Noko who turned her around and grabbed her face, leaning in to kiss her. Ami turned away, and then he forced her to. He raised his head and said something, and then leaned in again, Ami struggling even more now until he released her. He watched him blast her to the ground, and continue the onslaught until he looked up, probably having sensed the arriving.
They saw it all in about five minutes, before Noko floated down. The pilots stayed hidden in the shadows until Kaden confronted Noko.
"Stupid son of a-" Quatre was interupted.
"Our plan backfired, let's go find Ami," Heero said, grabbing the enraged pilots arm.
"Man, that guy is disguisting, good thing Ami didn't let him do anything," Duo said angrilly, causing Wufei and Trowa to nod.
"What kind of a weak man beats up on someone who can barely defend themselves," Wufei said, remembering that in the movie, Ami barely was standing most of the time.
They came upon a door. The same door they had seen Ami run through in the movie.
"She must still be in there," Wufei said. Everyone nodded. They opened the door and walked in. The hall was lit up. At the end, there was someone lying on the ground.
"Ami!" They ran towards her, and Quatre got down on his knees next to her.
"Ami, can you hear me," he asked.
"Yeah," she answered softly. Automatically, Quatre grabbed her arm and Duo grabbed the other. She let out a small cry of protest when they moved her so suddenly. Quatre looked down at her, realizing her injuries were much worse than they had thought. Her body was all scratched and bruised, something was clearly broken, and their were deep wounds everywhere. How could she possibly survive all of that?
"Come on. We've got to get away from here before Noko beats his brother and comes back to finish the job," Heero said.
"Too late," a voice said. They turned to look at Noko who stood in the doorway. He had knocked his brother out for the time being, coming back to kill Ami before anyone else interfeared.
"Ah, I see you boys are here too. How could I have missed you. Just pre-occupied, I guess." Noko turned to Mercury.
"It's safe to say that you've been a bother, not to say I haven't enjoyed myself so far," Noko said, his eyes glinting evily, "but I think it's time to finish the job."
He raised his hand, and a strong wind blew the pilots to the other side of the hall, hitting the wall. Mercury collapsed to the floor, unable to stand without help. They were now unable to move from the wall. As Noko approached Mercury, Quatre watched with eyes opened wide. She was shaking violently in fear, and Quatre had never seen Ami afraid like this. Never. Noko blasted her backwards to the wall next to the guys, allowing her to let out a small scream as he began to laugh.
He pulled out a small gold box.
"Ready Merc? Hope so, cause there's no turning back now."
The box radiated with light, before opening up, a white beam of light hitting Mercury as it had before. It turned from white to blue. Her transformation flickered, and the gem on her tiara began to transfer onto the box.
What about her mother? James? All of her friends? Quatre. She couldn't leave them. She loved them. The thought of never seeing them again, was ten times worse than the thought of just dying, or the pain she felt now. Maybe...maybe she could save herself like last time. If she saved herself, she could stop Noko from getting her essence which would have resulted in him killing everyone.
She suddenly felt cold. It was happening again, just like last time. The beam taking her stone from her tiara stopped. She felt herself stand, although not really controling her actions, and her palm was held in front of her. She stepped sideways, and her other hand moved to meet the first, a blue beam forming between it. It shot from her hands, dispersing around the room, then concentrating on Noko. An explosion met her ears. Kaden arrived, just to see Mercury destroy his brother. A twinge of sadness over-took him for only a moment, before it dissapeared. Noko was finally resting. His evil would no longer plague him or anyone else.
"I'm- I'm not dead yet yet," a voice shouted, as Noko floated forwards. Before anyone could react, Kaden raised his arms, and blasted his brother into oblivian.
"I'm sorry brother, but you would have killed us all," he said, shaking his head.
Mercury collapsed. The pilots all ran towards her. Her transformation did not fade though. She couldn't let it, because her blood would leak all over her dress.
That was the key to making it look like nothing had happened. So her mother would be happy. That was- if she made it to the party. She wasn't sure if she'd survive anymore. Her injuries...they were severe. She was having trouble with each breath. Noko had beaten her badly.
"Quickly, let me get us out of here before the place collapses," Kaden said, looking at the ceiling. The place shook. Kaden concentrated his powers, and the seven dissapeared. After teleporting them back behind the trees, Duo ran in to get the other senshi, who'd been awaiting there arrival. Kaden took a deep breath as he leaned against the trees. After teleporting them there and back, and fighting Noko while the guys ran off to get Ami, his powers were drained. Not that he minded. He never wanted to use them again. The rest of the guys were gathered arounded Mercury, although they gave her and Quatre plenty of room.
Quatre had her leaned against him, holding her loosely, but protectively just the same. Her eyes were open half way and her head was tilted to the side as she took deep, strained breaths.
Her friends arrived.
"Oh my gosh, Ami," shouted Usagi, whom was quickly shushed by everyone. They didn't want anyone from the party to notice.
Everyone ran over.
"Why haven't you detransformed," asked Minako.
"Her dress will get ruined, and she won't be able to go back in. I keep telling her to just forget about it," Qautre said.
Everyone was silent, thinking.
"The dress," Michiru spoke first, "is the least of our worries. We've gotta get you some help Ami. Get you to a hospital."
"Yes, we'll get you some help and tell your mom you're leaving," Minako said.
"No." Everyone looked up, shocked. That was the first time she had spoken so far, and that was the last answer they expected. Ami turned to look at everyone. "I- I lied to my mother this morning. I can't ruin her day with this. If- if she finds out, she'll be.......crushed."
"Oh Ami, that doesn't matter! Your gonna bleed to death being stubborn this way," Makoto said.
"What now then?" Mamoru asked.
"Just leave me a bit.....and I'll go inside when I'm.............feeling better......." As Mercury spoke, she drifted back and forth from consiousness.
"That's it! You're getting some help right now," Haruka said jumping up.
"I agree, detransform and relax Ames," Duo said.
"No!" Upon saying this, she groaned and turned over.
"Ami, don't get stressed, you'll aggrivate your injuries, and your already on the brink of life and death," Setsuna said. But it was too late.
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Last time-
"We just spoke last week. I would have thought you would have remembered your own father, Ami."
Chapter 19
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If Ami was surprised, she certainly didn't show it. Quatre and Kaden were no longer tense and upset, but smiling, happy that it wasn't Noko. The rest of the guys were indifferent, and the senshi all gasped.
"Oh, so you're Ami's father," Makoto said, looking at him as if she was making a judgement. She stopped a moment later and nodded to herself in approval, coming to the conclusion that he wasn't a crazy psyco.
"Well young lady, did I pass," he asked. She face-faulted, and then blushed.
"Well, I'm glad you could make it, Mr. Shino. You have a seat reserved over there," Ami pointed to a table there, "with some of my mom's other family. I'll show you later on."
"Um...thankyou, Ami. But, don't call me Mr., Shino will do just fine," he said. Ami nodded. She had waited years to meet her father. When she was younger, she would ask her mom why her daddy didn't live with them, and her mother responded that people just grew apart sometimes. Then, in her mother's lonliness, she grew caught up in her work, and hired several nannies to care for Ami until she was 12.
By that age, Ami was tired of them. Nothing had ever seemed to fill the void left by her parents. Nothing. She met her friends, started a new life as sailor Mercury, she had done well. When she was with them, it was great. And then her mother had started becoming closer to her that summer. And she had a house full of family, of love. And the void was seemingly filled.
Or was it simply covered, hidden from many to see? Ami stared at her father, who now looked downcast, unsure of what to say. Afraid of the gazes her friends had on him, the ones that said, 'you're just not good enough'.
Ami reached over and enveloped him in a hug. He looked surprised at her kindness, but hugged her back, surprised.
"I'm sorry," he said, tears coming to his eyes, "I could have written, called, done...something. I know a painting sent once a month by mail doesn't exactly make me a father."
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Ami's friends watched as she hugged her father.
"It's good that Ami's forgiving, I guess," Duo said, watching the two begin to talk for real.
Quatre smiled.
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About a half hour later, the food was served, it being the chicken/steak meal her and Quatre had chosen.
"Wow, this food is wonderful Ames. Especially since we don't have to sample everything we ate that one day," Qautre said. Ami laughed.
"Yeah, and best of all- No Noko so far, and everyone is enjoying themselves," Ami said, lowering her voice at this statement.
Once everyone finished their main meal, Ami looked up to the stage on the side of the room, suddenly remembering that the DJ wouldn't be there for another half hour. Because Rei and Minako were entertaining them until then, along with Haruka and Michiru. Minak took one of the microphones and encouraged couples, especially the bride and groom, to go dance as they sang.
Rei grabbed a microphone as well. Ami and Quatre headed out to the dance floor, to see what they had planned. The two began to sing ,"My only Love," while Michiru played violen slowly along with it and Haruka played the melody with the piano.
"Deep, in my soul
Love so strong,
it takes control.
Now, we both know.
The secrets there,
the feeling shows.
Driven, far apart.
I make a wish,
on a shooting star.
There will come my day,
somewhere far way,
in your arms I'll stay-
my only love.
You reach the deepest part,
of the secret in- my heart,
i've known it from the start,
my only love.
My only- Love."
Everyone applauded as they finished, and Ami and Quatre seperated, watching to see what they would do next.
"Alright, now everyone on the dance floor, not just couples," Rei said into the microphone. Joseph and the girls ran on, as well as almost everyone else. It was packed.
Rei and Minako began to sing a very fast-paced song, and Haruka threw a lemon on Miciru's violen, and began to play along to what the girs were singing. Michiru bounced the lemon from corner to corner on her violen as she played (as seen in one of the Sailor Moon S episodes), and everyone clapped excitedly, and began to dance.
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Aiko called everyone's attention as she and James cut the wedding cake. They both held the knife upside down and cut the first piece. Everyone clapped, and again congratulated them.
Then the service took over and cut the rest of the cake. The DJ arrived, so Minako and Rei had a break, like Michiru and Haruka. Ami checked on her friends. The four sisters were having a great time, and were currently flirting with some of James's family, his young cousins, about 20 or so. Andrew and Rita were dancing, as well as Greg and Julliana, and Kaden was dancing with Liz. Ami smiled.
And despite this- Ami suddenly had the feeling something was wrong. Quatre aproached her.
"What is it Ames?" she turned to look at him, and spoke quietly.
"I've got a bad feeling Quatre. A very bad feeling." Soon, all of the senshi minus Rini and Hotaru were gathered with the pilots, plus Kaden of course. The four sisters had agreed to occupy everyone so that no one noticed they were gone. Greg stopped Ami, Julliana's hand in his.
"Ami, I just had a terrible vision. Noko, is outside," he said. The guys looked at him strangely.
"Oh, sorry.I forgot to mention- Greg can see into the future," Usagi said.
"Well- I saw something else Ami. You can't go outside." Ami grabbed his arm and forced him to look at her.
"I've told you before. You make your own future. I'm not letting that stupid vision get to me. Is there anything we can do to avoid it?"
"Try- try your hardest not to get behind," he said, Julliana nodding. They all agreed and headed out to the back. It was gorgeous. It had a stone walkway, flowers, fountains. Statues of angels. There was no one else outside now, probably because it had gotten chilly.
While walking by one of the statues, Ami was completely shocked when it moved, and then tackled her to the floor. At her startled gasp, everyone turned around. Noko laughed at his disguise.
"Hey!" He placed one hand over Ami's mouth and the other at her neck, a sword forming in his hand. Forcing Ami to her feet, he stood up and backed away. Of course, everyone approached at once. He raised the sword closer to Ami's neck.
"Not a step closer. You wouldn't want the poeple in that lovely little party to be alerted of this. Or to get an extreme wake up call," he said, ready to blast a hole through the glass doors and kill them all.
"Brother, stop," Kaden said, stepping forwards.
"Ah, if it isn't the traiter now. And if you come another step closer, Koto, I'll kill her and then do the same to you. Traiters are cut no slack." He looked down at Ami's head.
"Awww, cute hair," he said in a baby voice, tapping one of the ringlets of curls. Ami flinched.
"Koto is no longer my name. It is Kaden. Let her go," he demanded, Quatre stepping forwards as well.
"No no no," Noko said, his voice extremly amused as he faked a british accent, "First, I do believe I shall beat her into a bloody pulp. Then, I will take her essence, rendering her dead and come back to kill you," he said pointing at Kaden, "and you," he pointed at Quatre, "and then the rest of you. Because with her essence, it will be all too easy. Because then I will be able to posses a power greater than any one in the universe ever had. And with the final essence of the Mercurian, I will rule over all. Good day," he said, dissapearing in a small flash of light, Ami trying to free herself from his grasp or at least get her mouth free.
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Back inside at the reception, Aiko was wondering where Ami was. She was about to go investigate when the crowd wanted some more dancing, including the bride and groom. After all, they were celebrating them. James squeezed Aiko's hand reassuringly.
"There are a lot of people. She's probably just dancing and having a good time with her friends," he said. Aiko smiled. He was right. And Ami had told her that there was no one left to fight this morning, hadn't she? She was soon caught up in a dance with James, and forgot about it quickly.
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Everyone sat outside miserably.
"What now? We don't even know where Noko took her," Quatre said miserably. Usagi put a hand on his shoulder.
"After he kills Ami, he's gonna come back here and kill everyone else. WIth the last essence he has, he'll be invincible, as he said," Kaden said, shaking his head.
"Well- do you know where he could have taken her," asked Duo. Everyone agreed.
"I know of one place. But it will take me an hour to channel my energy and gain enough to be able to teleport myself and one or a few others there, depending on how much I can gather. Ami healed me, so there is only a bit of my power left."
"We can give you some power," Usagi said. He shook his head. "Your powers are very differnt from mine Usagi. Mine are dark. Noko and I created this place many years ago. Anyone with negative energy flowing through their veins can go."
"But Ami healed you."
"Yes, but my powers are evil. I did not gain them purely. We killed for them."
"Oh." Everyone thought for a couple of seconds, before they asked Kaden to start gethering his powers.
"Who will come with me?" Everyone automatically vollunteered.
"No, I'll go," Quatre said, looking serious. There was objection, but in the end they had to let him go.
"Alright, Everyone, go to the party. Qautre, you and Kaden find a place you'll be secluded, and Kaden can gather his energy. Everyone is to act like nothing's wrong. Quatre, you can't go back into the party without Ami because Aiko will know something's wrong. Hopefully, Ami can last until you guys get to her. Alright?" Everyone nodded and did as they were told.
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Noko teleported them to a strange lair. It was all made of some dark rock, and there was a door at the end and the rest all empty space.
"My powers, are stronger here scout," he said, letting her go and kicking her away. Ami stumbled and caught her balance. If she was to survive and return to the party with her dress in shambles, everyone would know something was wrong.
"Even if my stupid brother was to find a way here, he'd be too late. He'll be at least an hour."
Ami stepped back, readying her henshin wand.
"So, if you want to scream or run, that would make killing you all the more fun."
"Mercury crystal power!" She transformed quickly and backed away some more.
"How amusing," Noko said, forming a large blast in his hand, "but even that won't save you!" He released it, just as Mercury called her newest attack.
"Mercury Ice formation!" It became what she wanted, and she wanted a shield. The attack hit the shield and cracked it, but it still resisted.
"Hmm, maybe your not as pathetic as I thought. But no matter, that attack wasn't even an ounce of my powers, while it was a large chunk of yours." Mercury frowned, fearing the worst. Noko suddenly appeared in front of her, elbowing her very hard in the stomach. Ami gasped, and he followed up with a kick at her head, sending her sprawling across the floor to the other side of the room.
"Get up," he called, "you'e pathetic!" She struggled to her feet, but before she was even up, Noko appeared in front of her, blasting her in the stomach. Mercury stepped back, gripping her stomach, but Noko was not fiished yet. He formed two small blasts in each of his hands and sent them at her. The two stopped on either side of her, before letting out a shock that had screaming and on her knees.
Noko laughed.
"That was just a warm up," he said, rubbing his palms together excitedly, "now the real fun begins!"
Noko seemed to be choosing his attacks carefully, Mercury noted from the ground as she struggled to get up. Every attack he sent was more painful than the last one so far. He wanted her at the brink of death before he had her esence. That was clear.
Noko placed one hand, palm facing the ceiling, in front of him, on the other on top. His hands seperated as he formed the large attack. The blast became several small ones, only the size of a baby's palm. Merury gasped in horror. She manged to roll over and dodge the first set of the miniature blasts, but the second set hit her head on.
She struggled to sit up, blood now pouring from those wounds.
Noko appeared above her.
"You're bleeding pretty badly, but you've still got a lot of life let in you. I want your essence just before you die. Hmmm.......what attack shall I do next? I have so many...Aha!" He landed on the ground and stepped back. 5 red cubes of energy formed around him, channelling the energy he was offering. Then they dissapeared.
"What," Mercury asked, looking around. Her question was answered as Noko appeared in front of her. No- it looked like noko, but he was standing in front of her, laughing. Then another appeared, and another, and another two after that. 5, like the cubes. They all surrounded her. Mercury gulped, fearing the worst. Noko floated next to one of the dublicates, in a black outfit, unlike the rest of the duplicates. They wore red, which was the only way she could tell him from the rest. They all raised there palms facing Mercury, the real Noko the only one laughing. She tryed to run, but found she couldn't, her legs were stuck in place. All of the energy saved up in their hands was suddenly released, meeting her in the center.
Her screams echoed through the place, which really please Noko.
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Quatre sat with Kaden behind the trees in the back of the hall. Kaden had been silent since he began gathering his energy. A small ball of black light had begun to form in front of him, but it had only been a half hour. Kaden needed more time, but he wasn't sure Ami had the time.
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Mercury stood, only to have herself knocked back down by Noko. Noko's duplicates were gone, having dissapearded about 10 minutes ago. He had gotten bored of energy powered attacks, so he had just settled on beating her up. She had tried to fight back, but he was much stronger than her, and she was already hurt. She managed to get up and run. The door on the other side of the room, maybe it would help her get away. She grasped for the door handle and opened it up.
Running in, it was a well-lighten hallway.
"Ooooh, trying to run? It just makes it more entertaining for me," Noko said, following her. He caught up with her in a flash, and grabbed her around the waist.
"Hold on a sec, missie. We're not finished here, " he said, turning her around to face him, as he towered over her, his one arm the only thing holding her up. Mercury visibly trembled, although she tried not to. He laughed.
"You know, it's really a shame I have to kill you," Noko said, "such a waste of a pretty face." Mercury was shaking harder now, and tears were falling from her eyes from both the pain and the fear. Noko leaned in to forcefully kiss her, and Mercury turned away, still shaking.
"Now now, we should be able to have a little fun before you die," he said, using his free hand to grab her face and make her turn towards him. He leaned in again and kissed her forcefully, Ami struggling, which hurt because Noko had such a firm grip on her face that when she moved it was bruising her.
He stopped.
"Geez, don't be so serious Merc. Don't you know, most girls your age like dating up," he said. He leaned in again for another kiss, this time trying to force her mouth open with his toungue. Mercury refused to co-operate, and started kicking and thrashing about, despite the fact that his hold on her was tightening each time.
He sighed.
"Enough of this foolishness." He raised his palm and fired a small ball ball of energy, knocking her to the floor.
"I'm running ot of time. If I don't kill you now my foolish brother will interfere."
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Quatre listened as Kaden spoke.
"We'll need a distraction, my brother will sense us coming and kill Ami quicker," he said. Quatre got an idea.
"Can the senshi come," he asked. Noko shook his head.
"No, my brother will sense them before he senses me," Kaden said.
"How many can you teleport," he asked.
"Well, I've saved up more energy than planned. I can teleport another 4 more at the most, but that's it. Say, do your friends have powers?" He shook his head. "They'll be perfect if you go ask them. All we need is for them to do what they do best. Be loud and annoy Noko until you get Ami away. Then I'll take care of him. Quatre nodded. He ran inside and found the other pilots, who were willing to help. They informed the scouts and walked outside.
Noko focused his powers, and the 6 dissapeared.
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Noko had again gotten caught up in pummelling Ami again. In the last few minutes he had doubled the damage he had done earlier. He raised his hand to strike her one last time when suddenly he looked up.
"Ah, my brother has arrived. I'll go distract him. Would you mind waiting a moment Mercury," he asked sweetly, dissapearing. Mercury couldn't say anything. She couldn't even pick herself up. She was sure she had bruised or broken a rib. She was hurt bad- much worse than when she had fought Julliana. Much worse. She tryed to move her arm, but to no avail. She was drained.
'Sorry Quatre, but I'm dying.'
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Kaden had appeared with the pilots in a big room. On the wall, words that looked like they came from a projecter read, "Just for Laughs."
"Where's Ami," Quatre asked.
As if on cue, it looked like a movie began to play on the wall. They tried to move, but found that they couldn't.
It showed a faster version of what had happened the past hour. Noko teleporting with Ami, Ami able to defend herself only a bit, Noko beating up Ami with mostly energy powered attacks, Noko making duplicates, and so on. Quatre felt a low growl errupt from his mouth as he saw Noko mercilessly beating Ami. Ami struggled over to the door and ran through, being caught at the waist by Noko who turned her around and grabbed her face, leaning in to kiss her. Ami turned away, and then he forced her to. He raised his head and said something, and then leaned in again, Ami struggling even more now until he released her. He watched him blast her to the ground, and continue the onslaught until he looked up, probably having sensed the arriving.
They saw it all in about five minutes, before Noko floated down. The pilots stayed hidden in the shadows until Kaden confronted Noko.
"Stupid son of a-" Quatre was interupted.
"Our plan backfired, let's go find Ami," Heero said, grabbing the enraged pilots arm.
"Man, that guy is disguisting, good thing Ami didn't let him do anything," Duo said angrilly, causing Wufei and Trowa to nod.
"What kind of a weak man beats up on someone who can barely defend themselves," Wufei said, remembering that in the movie, Ami barely was standing most of the time.
They came upon a door. The same door they had seen Ami run through in the movie.
"She must still be in there," Wufei said. Everyone nodded. They opened the door and walked in. The hall was lit up. At the end, there was someone lying on the ground.
"Ami!" They ran towards her, and Quatre got down on his knees next to her.
"Ami, can you hear me," he asked.
"Yeah," she answered softly. Automatically, Quatre grabbed her arm and Duo grabbed the other. She let out a small cry of protest when they moved her so suddenly. Quatre looked down at her, realizing her injuries were much worse than they had thought. Her body was all scratched and bruised, something was clearly broken, and their were deep wounds everywhere. How could she possibly survive all of that?
"Come on. We've got to get away from here before Noko beats his brother and comes back to finish the job," Heero said.
"Too late," a voice said. They turned to look at Noko who stood in the doorway. He had knocked his brother out for the time being, coming back to kill Ami before anyone else interfeared.
"Ah, I see you boys are here too. How could I have missed you. Just pre-occupied, I guess." Noko turned to Mercury.
"It's safe to say that you've been a bother, not to say I haven't enjoyed myself so far," Noko said, his eyes glinting evily, "but I think it's time to finish the job."
He raised his hand, and a strong wind blew the pilots to the other side of the hall, hitting the wall. Mercury collapsed to the floor, unable to stand without help. They were now unable to move from the wall. As Noko approached Mercury, Quatre watched with eyes opened wide. She was shaking violently in fear, and Quatre had never seen Ami afraid like this. Never. Noko blasted her backwards to the wall next to the guys, allowing her to let out a small scream as he began to laugh.
He pulled out a small gold box.
"Ready Merc? Hope so, cause there's no turning back now."
The box radiated with light, before opening up, a white beam of light hitting Mercury as it had before. It turned from white to blue. Her transformation flickered, and the gem on her tiara began to transfer onto the box.
What about her mother? James? All of her friends? Quatre. She couldn't leave them. She loved them. The thought of never seeing them again, was ten times worse than the thought of just dying, or the pain she felt now. Maybe...maybe she could save herself like last time. If she saved herself, she could stop Noko from getting her essence which would have resulted in him killing everyone.
She suddenly felt cold. It was happening again, just like last time. The beam taking her stone from her tiara stopped. She felt herself stand, although not really controling her actions, and her palm was held in front of her. She stepped sideways, and her other hand moved to meet the first, a blue beam forming between it. It shot from her hands, dispersing around the room, then concentrating on Noko. An explosion met her ears. Kaden arrived, just to see Mercury destroy his brother. A twinge of sadness over-took him for only a moment, before it dissapeared. Noko was finally resting. His evil would no longer plague him or anyone else.
"I'm- I'm not dead yet yet," a voice shouted, as Noko floated forwards. Before anyone could react, Kaden raised his arms, and blasted his brother into oblivian.
"I'm sorry brother, but you would have killed us all," he said, shaking his head.
Mercury collapsed. The pilots all ran towards her. Her transformation did not fade though. She couldn't let it, because her blood would leak all over her dress.
That was the key to making it look like nothing had happened. So her mother would be happy. That was- if she made it to the party. She wasn't sure if she'd survive anymore. Her injuries...they were severe. She was having trouble with each breath. Noko had beaten her badly.
"Quickly, let me get us out of here before the place collapses," Kaden said, looking at the ceiling. The place shook. Kaden concentrated his powers, and the seven dissapeared. After teleporting them back behind the trees, Duo ran in to get the other senshi, who'd been awaiting there arrival. Kaden took a deep breath as he leaned against the trees. After teleporting them there and back, and fighting Noko while the guys ran off to get Ami, his powers were drained. Not that he minded. He never wanted to use them again. The rest of the guys were gathered arounded Mercury, although they gave her and Quatre plenty of room.
Quatre had her leaned against him, holding her loosely, but protectively just the same. Her eyes were open half way and her head was tilted to the side as she took deep, strained breaths.
Her friends arrived.
"Oh my gosh, Ami," shouted Usagi, whom was quickly shushed by everyone. They didn't want anyone from the party to notice.
Everyone ran over.
"Why haven't you detransformed," asked Minako.
"Her dress will get ruined, and she won't be able to go back in. I keep telling her to just forget about it," Qautre said.
Everyone was silent, thinking.
"The dress," Michiru spoke first, "is the least of our worries. We've gotta get you some help Ami. Get you to a hospital."
"Yes, we'll get you some help and tell your mom you're leaving," Minako said.
"No." Everyone looked up, shocked. That was the first time she had spoken so far, and that was the last answer they expected. Ami turned to look at everyone. "I- I lied to my mother this morning. I can't ruin her day with this. If- if she finds out, she'll be.......crushed."
"Oh Ami, that doesn't matter! Your gonna bleed to death being stubborn this way," Makoto said.
"What now then?" Mamoru asked.
"Just leave me a bit.....and I'll go inside when I'm.............feeling better......." As Mercury spoke, she drifted back and forth from consiousness.
"That's it! You're getting some help right now," Haruka said jumping up.
"I agree, detransform and relax Ames," Duo said.
"No!" Upon saying this, she groaned and turned over.
"Ami, don't get stressed, you'll aggrivate your injuries, and your already on the brink of life and death," Setsuna said. But it was too late.
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Good? Bad? Sorry for gramatical mistakes, I wanted to get this chapter out sooner*