Chapter 3: Arrival of the Starlights. The Meeting Of the Senshi.
Seiya put his arm around the odango-haired girl's waist and she leaned slightly against him as they walked down the street. The street lamps were starting to flicker on as they passed some stores.
"So where do you wanna go first?" Seiya looked down at the shorter person. "Are you hungry? We can go get something to eat."
"Actually I wanted to check out some Earth senshi in action. We've heard so much about them in America but we've never seen them," Serena replied.
"That sounds like a good idea. So we'll just hang around here until we feel a youma. There's bound to be some here as well." Seiya gently pulled Serena into a darkened, secluded alley and looked down at her.
Serena smiled up at him and leaned in for an expected kiss. Just a few minutes after their lips touched, they both felt spasm of fear and danger flow through their bodies. The couple broke apart from their heated embrace and headed in the same direction, towards the more shadier part of town. "Talk about bad timing," Seiya grumbled as he easily ran, being a Sailor Soldier for many years, and a great athlete.
Serena laughed as she ran next to him, keeping in step. "Don't grumble. There'll be time later. Right now, we've got a job to do."
As they approached the construction site where they had felt the youma's presence, four beams of light shined into the night sky. As soon as the beams appeared, the red, blue, yellow, and green lights faded. "The Earth senshi just transformed," Serena said as they slowed.
Seiya nodded his head in agreement, "We should transform here."
Serena pulled out a star brooch and a microphone headset with small wings at the earpiece and Seiya brought out his own identical set. They stood side by side, as they transformed.
"Striker Star Power! Make-up!" Serena shouted.
"Fighter Star Power! Make-up!" Seiya followed.
In a flurry of lights, two girls stood in the place of the couple, wearing the same outfits Serena had first seen all those years ago and had worn them all through her life afterwards. Serena's hair had been pulled up into a high ponytail, which was half pulled into a twisting bun that surrounded the rubber band in her hair.
"Let's go!" Seiya told Serena and she nodded. They ran through the shadows and leapt up onto a building for a better view. They watched as four senshi, each dressed in their own colored Sailor Senshi outfits with a short skirt, a vest, a sailor collar, two bows (one in the front and another in the back), different high heels, golden tiaras with their own color jewels in the center, and long white elbow gloves, stood in front of the ugly youma. The girl in the red, violet, and white uniform had long black hair. The girl in the dark-blue, light-blue, and white outfit had short blue hair. The third girl wore an orange, dark-blue, and white uniform and had long blond hair with a red bow. The last girl was the tallest, had on a green, pale-pink, and white uniform, and had dark brown hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail.
The red uniform clad girl faced the youma first. She yelled out, "Mars Flame Sniper!" and released her flaming arrow towards the youma. The youma shrieked and was covered in flames, but suddenly the flames died down and the youma stood there, perfectly unharmed. It shuddered and then began to multiply. In the place where only one youma had stood, now stood a dozen. The Earth senshi gasped but they held their ground. Striker knew that they were shocked that the youma had multiplied and figured that they had never fought a Multiplier Youma before.
The Earth senshi tried attack after attack but nothing seemed strong enough to stop the youma.
"Guys! We're not going to be able to beat them!" The long-black haired girl said.
"Mars is right! They're just too strong!" the short-blue haired girl shouted to her comrades as she set off her own attack, "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" The blue swirl of energy hit a group of the youma, only succeeding in slowing them down.
The monsters ran at the Earth senshi, and it was then that Striker and Fighter knew it was time to step in. Together they stood and attacked at the same time, aiming for opposite sides of the large group of youma.
"Star Serious Laser!"
"Star Rapid Strike!"
They both heard the Earth senshi gasp as all the youma exploded into pieces, which evaporated as they hit the ground. The senshi turned around towards the source of the attacks and saw two shadowy figures standing on a lamppost, their backs together.
"Penetrating the Darkness at night."
"The air of freedom breaks through."
"We are two of the four sacred shooting stars of the new millennium."
"Sailor Star Fighter!"
"Sailor Star Striker!"
"Sailor Starlights.Stage on!" They both yelled going into their poses.
"Wh-where are you from?!" The black haired girl demanded to know.
"That is no concern of yours. We were just passing through this construction area and saw you all in need of help," Fighter replied calmly.
"And we're very grateful, thank you," the blue haired girl said and stepped forward. The other two senshi nodded, while the black haired girl fumed. "I'm Sailor Mercury. That's Sailor Mars, who was being rude. The one in the green is Sailor Jupiter and the one in the orange is Sailor Venus," Sailor Mercury gestured to each as she introduced them.
"Like we said before, we're Sailor Senshi Star Striker and Star Fighter," Striker replied coolly.
"You're both very powerful. We could use some help. The youma are getting stronger every time," Mercury said with a fearful frown. "Do you think you could help us?"
"We have our own mission on Earth. And as soon as we're done, we will return to our own planet, so we can't help you," Fighter told them, a tiny, cold edge to her voice.
Seiya put his arm around the odango-haired girl's waist and she leaned slightly against him as they walked down the street. The street lamps were starting to flicker on as they passed some stores.
"So where do you wanna go first?" Seiya looked down at the shorter person. "Are you hungry? We can go get something to eat."
"Actually I wanted to check out some Earth senshi in action. We've heard so much about them in America but we've never seen them," Serena replied.
"That sounds like a good idea. So we'll just hang around here until we feel a youma. There's bound to be some here as well." Seiya gently pulled Serena into a darkened, secluded alley and looked down at her.
Serena smiled up at him and leaned in for an expected kiss. Just a few minutes after their lips touched, they both felt spasm of fear and danger flow through their bodies. The couple broke apart from their heated embrace and headed in the same direction, towards the more shadier part of town. "Talk about bad timing," Seiya grumbled as he easily ran, being a Sailor Soldier for many years, and a great athlete.
Serena laughed as she ran next to him, keeping in step. "Don't grumble. There'll be time later. Right now, we've got a job to do."
As they approached the construction site where they had felt the youma's presence, four beams of light shined into the night sky. As soon as the beams appeared, the red, blue, yellow, and green lights faded. "The Earth senshi just transformed," Serena said as they slowed.
Seiya nodded his head in agreement, "We should transform here."
Serena pulled out a star brooch and a microphone headset with small wings at the earpiece and Seiya brought out his own identical set. They stood side by side, as they transformed.
"Striker Star Power! Make-up!" Serena shouted.
"Fighter Star Power! Make-up!" Seiya followed.
In a flurry of lights, two girls stood in the place of the couple, wearing the same outfits Serena had first seen all those years ago and had worn them all through her life afterwards. Serena's hair had been pulled up into a high ponytail, which was half pulled into a twisting bun that surrounded the rubber band in her hair.
"Let's go!" Seiya told Serena and she nodded. They ran through the shadows and leapt up onto a building for a better view. They watched as four senshi, each dressed in their own colored Sailor Senshi outfits with a short skirt, a vest, a sailor collar, two bows (one in the front and another in the back), different high heels, golden tiaras with their own color jewels in the center, and long white elbow gloves, stood in front of the ugly youma. The girl in the red, violet, and white uniform had long black hair. The girl in the dark-blue, light-blue, and white outfit had short blue hair. The third girl wore an orange, dark-blue, and white uniform and had long blond hair with a red bow. The last girl was the tallest, had on a green, pale-pink, and white uniform, and had dark brown hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail.
The red uniform clad girl faced the youma first. She yelled out, "Mars Flame Sniper!" and released her flaming arrow towards the youma. The youma shrieked and was covered in flames, but suddenly the flames died down and the youma stood there, perfectly unharmed. It shuddered and then began to multiply. In the place where only one youma had stood, now stood a dozen. The Earth senshi gasped but they held their ground. Striker knew that they were shocked that the youma had multiplied and figured that they had never fought a Multiplier Youma before.
The Earth senshi tried attack after attack but nothing seemed strong enough to stop the youma.
"Guys! We're not going to be able to beat them!" The long-black haired girl said.
"Mars is right! They're just too strong!" the short-blue haired girl shouted to her comrades as she set off her own attack, "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" The blue swirl of energy hit a group of the youma, only succeeding in slowing them down.
The monsters ran at the Earth senshi, and it was then that Striker and Fighter knew it was time to step in. Together they stood and attacked at the same time, aiming for opposite sides of the large group of youma.
"Star Serious Laser!"
"Star Rapid Strike!"
They both heard the Earth senshi gasp as all the youma exploded into pieces, which evaporated as they hit the ground. The senshi turned around towards the source of the attacks and saw two shadowy figures standing on a lamppost, their backs together.
"Penetrating the Darkness at night."
"The air of freedom breaks through."
"We are two of the four sacred shooting stars of the new millennium."
"Sailor Star Fighter!"
"Sailor Star Striker!"
"Sailor Starlights.Stage on!" They both yelled going into their poses.
"Wh-where are you from?!" The black haired girl demanded to know.
"That is no concern of yours. We were just passing through this construction area and saw you all in need of help," Fighter replied calmly.
"And we're very grateful, thank you," the blue haired girl said and stepped forward. The other two senshi nodded, while the black haired girl fumed. "I'm Sailor Mercury. That's Sailor Mars, who was being rude. The one in the green is Sailor Jupiter and the one in the orange is Sailor Venus," Sailor Mercury gestured to each as she introduced them.
"Like we said before, we're Sailor Senshi Star Striker and Star Fighter," Striker replied coolly.
"You're both very powerful. We could use some help. The youma are getting stronger every time," Mercury said with a fearful frown. "Do you think you could help us?"
"We have our own mission on Earth. And as soon as we're done, we will return to our own planet, so we can't help you," Fighter told them, a tiny, cold edge to her voice.