AN: here it is, folks! The exciting part!
Chapter Five.
----------- Serena's mind wandered that afternoon as she slept, sprawled out over her school books, and snoring. She dreamed of a far off time and place that she barely recognized. She saw a tall woman standing with a bearded man who's face was covered in shadows. The woman was her mother, Queen Serenity and the man reached down to pick her up. She was a small baby again, only two years old, and the man smiled.
"She's getting bigger every day." He said.
"It's a pity you're not here to see her more often. Serena needs her father." Queen Serenity said to him.
"I wish that I could but my duties leave little time these days. The Negaverse is breaking through and our defenses depend upon the three Knights. Who will lead them if I'm not there?" Then suddenly Serena and her parents were thrust into darkness and she could hear her mother crying.
"NO!" Queen Serenity shouted and wept as the guard brought her news of the battle on Earth..
"I'm sorry Majesty, none survived."
"No, he can't have fallen with them. Not all of them can be lost!" She wept and then she saw Serena. "Oh, my dearest daughter. I'm sorry but your father will not be coming home."------------
Serena cried out and then awoke from her dream to find a nightmare waiting for her.
"What's going on?" She asked, hearing the explosions outside.
"Serena!" Her brother cried as he ran through the house. "It's terrible. There's a Dark Sailor Scout and a Dark Guardian and they're destroying the city!" Serena leaped up and ran outside. She could see the smoke and fire from the front yard of her house. It had to be the doing of the Techno Sage. These were his Dark Incarnations. Serena had to go, she had to fight, but could she do it alone? She resolved herself to go and she hurried quickly down the street and ducked into an ally way.
"Well, here goes." She said. "Let's hope all of that training pays off." She transformed into Sailor Moon and then leaped up to the roof tops. She bounded from building to building until she reached the center of the disturbance. Right in the heart of Downtown Tokyo. By the time she got there though, the Three Guardians had already arrived with Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto not far behind them. Soon Sailors Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus joined them and the battle of their lives ensued.
The Crimson Guardian leaped up and prepared to fight the Dark Scout with his sword, but The Dark Scout laughed maliciously as she used her kusari-gama to throw down the Crimson Guardian from the sky. He landed on a parked car and smashed the roof in.
"Take this." Ninja-Ken said as he sliced through a building with his sword. It slid off of its foundation and collapsed right down on top of Sailors Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune. Sailor Moon gasped when she saw the devastation.
"This must stop!" She commanded then, and jumped into the air to face the Dark Scout. Kusari-Gama turned to face her new opponent and their duel began. Sailor Moon called upon the sword which the Crimson Guardian had given her and she used it to deflect the blows from the Dark Scout's weapon. As Sailor Moon dodged the kama's blade, the weighted chain flailed every which way, nearly hitting Sailor Moon, but she deflected it's blows as well. Then, Kusari grabbed the chain, and flew at Sailor Moon, binding her arms. Sailor Moon stared fully into her opponent's face, and gasped.
"You…You look like…" she stammered as the chain bit into her arms.
"My master gave me this face. It's quite lovely, and looks much better on me," Kusari-Gama said, grinning a stunning, but frightening, grin.
Suddenly, the Crimson Guardian came from nowhere, and with a chop of his right hand, infused with electricity, he severed the chain into a million pieces. And before she could react, he gave Kusari-Gama a kick to her lovely face, sending her into the window of a high rise.
"You okay, Sailor Moon?" he asked her.
"Yeah, but this is where Darien usually shows up." she replied.
"Well, he's a little tied up at the moment," he said. They looked down at the street, where the other Scouts and Guardians were surrounded by Mecha Ninjas. And they were having a hard time fighting them. And above them, Tuxedo Mask was dueling with the Dark Guardian. They were duking it out, sword against sword.
"You're quite good," said the Dark Guardian, smiling at his adversary.
"So what?" Tuxedo Mask grunted as he tried to keep the android off him.
"So your good…But your also a stinking fleshy!" he said shrilly as his arm extended, and grabbed hold of Tuxedo Mask's neck from behind! He screamed as the fingers dug into his skin.
"Humans making but mistakes," the Dark Guardian said as he squeezed harder.
"Your…over confident," Tuxedo Mask said as he wedged his sword between them, and sliced off the choking hand. The android shrieked as his severed appendage sparked and spit out battery acid.
"D%$ fleshy!" he said as he reattached his hand without fail. "Now I'm really ticked! Kusari!!!" he screamed. In seconds, she came flying out of the high rise, and used the weight on her chain to hit Tuxedo Mask in the head, knocking him out cold.
"No!!!" screamed Sailor Moon as she jumped up to where her love's body lay. She bent over him, and hugged him. She felt his heart beating as she laid her head on his chest. He was alive, but he had a massive bruise on his head.
"Humans are so fragile," said Kusari-Gama as she watched them. One of her arms was scratched up, revealing wires and metal under the fake skin. She raised her kama, and said, "Now I'll be merciful, and take both your heads in one swing."
"You will not touch them!!" shouted Crimson as he came up behind and jabbed his sword through her stomach. She gasped as she started to shut down.
"Kusari!!" screamed the Dark Guardian as he caught her mechanical body. He stared at her lifeless metal shell, and his eyes began to glow redder. "YOU'RE DEAD YOU STINKING FLESHY!!!!" he shrieked as he stabbed Crimson in the shoulder with his short sword. Sailor Moon ran behind him, screaming as she sliced through the android's chest with her father's sword. Ninja Ken stood straight…then his eyes went out, and he fell over on top of Kusari-Gama.
By then, the other Scouts had made it to the roof where Sailor Moon stood panting from near exhaustion. While Pluto and Gold looked to Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mercury ran over to Crimson, and checked his wound.
"Are you alright, Jeremy?" she asked him gently.
"Yeah," he said weakly, "It's just…a scratch." he said with a weak smile.
"Nonsense," she said, "That's a deep stab wound. You need medical attention."
"We've got all we need in the Caverns," said Gold as he helped carry Darien's body on his shoulder, "We all need to get back there."
"Such a waste," said the voice of the Techno Sage. He appeared from a black orb, and stood, shaking his head at his creations. "But they did accomplish some things."
"You!" shouted Sailor Moon. "You and your creations are monsters!" she said, getting ready to fight him.
"Now now, little Princess, I'm not about to fight opponents that are six feet in the grave. I must make modifications to my children, as well. But next time, you will not find them so easy to terminate." he said as he called up the lifeless metal bodies, like marionettes, and swirled back into his black orb, floating away into the sky.
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The Scouts took their wounded back to the Crystal Caverns where their injuries were tended to and their broken bodies healed in the crystal chambers. Large round tubes made entirely of crystal came down around the Crimson Guardian, Tuxedo Mask, and the other injured Scouts. They stood still and waited as fresh, pure energy coursed through them, healing, and regenerating them. When they came out again, they were fine, and none the worse for ware.
"Oh Darien." Sailor Moon said hugging him. "I thought you were a goner."
"Hey, no way I'd ever leave you here alone Meatball Head." He told Sailor Moon.
"Well now that that's all over and done with. What's say we celebrate." Gold suggested to them. "We've earned it after all, we've defeated the Techno Sage twice in as many weeks. Let's party!" It was a good idea and they all agreed that after the day they'd had, they were ready for some fun. The girls all went home and changed while the guys hung out and talked. Kat and Lita got stuck with making the snacks though.
"This totally sucks!" Kat shouted from the kitchen. Her hands were elbow deep in dough, and her timer for the pizzas went off. "I kick major Ninja butt for hours, and then I have to cook for these ingrates! Where's my break?"
"Don't complain," Lita said as she took the pizzas out of the oven with one hand while pouring tea with the other. "I should be out there with Jim, in some nice clothes."
"My clothes are nice!" Kat said, washing her hands and arranging food on plates, "Not my fault you couldn't leave and we're the same size."
"Same size my foot," Lita said, turning around. "Your shirts are too small."
"Maybe your chest is too big," Kat muttered as she balanced the dishes on her arms.
"What was that?" Lita asked.
"I said let's just do our best to keep from dropping everything," Kat said, grinning as she walked out to the dining room.
Meanwhile, Michelle was dragging Amara inside. "Come on," she said as she pulled on her cousin's arm.
"No!" Amara said sternly. "I don't see why I have to wear this stupid thing," she said gesturing to her sleeveless, scoop necked red dress.
"He said he likes girls in red," Michelle replied, "Just go up to him and ask for a dance."
"He'll say no," Amara said, crossing her arms.
"You won't know that for sure unless you ask. Now go, or I'll never let you live this down."
"Fine," Amara sighed. She ran her hand through her hair, took a confident step in her red heels, and walked into the dining room. Heads turned as she came in, except Jeremy's. He was turned away from her. As she made her way across the room, Jim and Darien's eyes followed her, and their jaws dropped. Serena went, "Humph," and put shut her boyfriend's mouth. While Lita passed by Jim and spilled some hot tea on his lap.
"OWWWWW!!" Jim yelled as the super hot liquid splashed on him. "What was that for?" he asked Lita, mopping up the mess and blushing.
"Oops," Lit said coyly, "Clumsy me. I must be hanging around Serena too much."
During all this, Amara came up behind Jeremy. She tapped his shoulder, and he turned around. She then saw that he'd been talking to Amy…And she was wearing the same red dress. Amara gagged.
"Hey Amara," Jeremy said, "Something's different about you this evening. Oh, I know, you got a hair cut!"
"No," she said flatly.
"Okay, let's see," he said, pondering hard. "It's not shorter…You got extensions!"
"No," she said a little more sternly.
"So it's not the hair…Hmmm…You got shorter? Taller? Thinner? You got contacts? No, no, no…Give me a minute," he said, holding his head, "I'll get it."
Her face was red with rage, and steam nearly came from her ears. She couldn't take it anymore! "Oh just forget it!!!" she shouted. Then, she gave him a sucker punch to Jeremy's gut, and stormed off as he doubled over in pain. Amy stood there in shock. And the other girls huffed, and followed Amara out the door- except Kat, who stomped upstairs.
"You know," he grunted as Amy helped him up, "I think I may have gone a little too far in my kidding around."
"Well it serves you right," Amy said. "I think she really liked you. But after this, I doubt she'll have patience for you now."
"Yeah, you're right…I'll lay off the jokes
for a while. I promise," he said, lifting his hand in a peace sign. "But right now…I'm in a lot of pain, so if you could call a Medic…" and he fainted to the ground.
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But during all this, the Techno Sage was in his lair, repairing his android incarnations. Now, they kneeled before their master, heads bowed in shame.
"We failed you, Master," said Kusari-Gama. "We did not complete our primary operative."
"We are unworthy and obsolete," said Ninja Ken.
"Nonsense," the Sage said. He snapped his fingers, and the cables that attached him to his throne came loose, and he stood up. He approached them, and bade them stand. "You, my dear Kusari, are my eyes and ears, and you, Ken, are my right arm. You did not fail. You both gained valuable information. Now rest, my children, and be ready for our next battle. Two tanks came from the ceiling. Kusari and Ken stepped into their respective tanks, and let a webbing of wires and cables surround them and hook up into their arms, legs, and faces. They closed their red eyes and - if the word could be used in this case - slept.
"We shall see who is the victor next time," said the Techno Sage as he returned to his throne, and let the cables reattach themselves into him.
To Be Continued…
AN: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Stay tuned for the Second Book of the Guardian Saga!
Chapter Five.
----------- Serena's mind wandered that afternoon as she slept, sprawled out over her school books, and snoring. She dreamed of a far off time and place that she barely recognized. She saw a tall woman standing with a bearded man who's face was covered in shadows. The woman was her mother, Queen Serenity and the man reached down to pick her up. She was a small baby again, only two years old, and the man smiled.
"She's getting bigger every day." He said.
"It's a pity you're not here to see her more often. Serena needs her father." Queen Serenity said to him.
"I wish that I could but my duties leave little time these days. The Negaverse is breaking through and our defenses depend upon the three Knights. Who will lead them if I'm not there?" Then suddenly Serena and her parents were thrust into darkness and she could hear her mother crying.
"NO!" Queen Serenity shouted and wept as the guard brought her news of the battle on Earth..
"I'm sorry Majesty, none survived."
"No, he can't have fallen with them. Not all of them can be lost!" She wept and then she saw Serena. "Oh, my dearest daughter. I'm sorry but your father will not be coming home."------------
Serena cried out and then awoke from her dream to find a nightmare waiting for her.
"What's going on?" She asked, hearing the explosions outside.
"Serena!" Her brother cried as he ran through the house. "It's terrible. There's a Dark Sailor Scout and a Dark Guardian and they're destroying the city!" Serena leaped up and ran outside. She could see the smoke and fire from the front yard of her house. It had to be the doing of the Techno Sage. These were his Dark Incarnations. Serena had to go, she had to fight, but could she do it alone? She resolved herself to go and she hurried quickly down the street and ducked into an ally way.
"Well, here goes." She said. "Let's hope all of that training pays off." She transformed into Sailor Moon and then leaped up to the roof tops. She bounded from building to building until she reached the center of the disturbance. Right in the heart of Downtown Tokyo. By the time she got there though, the Three Guardians had already arrived with Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto not far behind them. Soon Sailors Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus joined them and the battle of their lives ensued.
The Crimson Guardian leaped up and prepared to fight the Dark Scout with his sword, but The Dark Scout laughed maliciously as she used her kusari-gama to throw down the Crimson Guardian from the sky. He landed on a parked car and smashed the roof in.
"Take this." Ninja-Ken said as he sliced through a building with his sword. It slid off of its foundation and collapsed right down on top of Sailors Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune. Sailor Moon gasped when she saw the devastation.
"This must stop!" She commanded then, and jumped into the air to face the Dark Scout. Kusari-Gama turned to face her new opponent and their duel began. Sailor Moon called upon the sword which the Crimson Guardian had given her and she used it to deflect the blows from the Dark Scout's weapon. As Sailor Moon dodged the kama's blade, the weighted chain flailed every which way, nearly hitting Sailor Moon, but she deflected it's blows as well. Then, Kusari grabbed the chain, and flew at Sailor Moon, binding her arms. Sailor Moon stared fully into her opponent's face, and gasped.
"You…You look like…" she stammered as the chain bit into her arms.
"My master gave me this face. It's quite lovely, and looks much better on me," Kusari-Gama said, grinning a stunning, but frightening, grin.
Suddenly, the Crimson Guardian came from nowhere, and with a chop of his right hand, infused with electricity, he severed the chain into a million pieces. And before she could react, he gave Kusari-Gama a kick to her lovely face, sending her into the window of a high rise.
"You okay, Sailor Moon?" he asked her.
"Yeah, but this is where Darien usually shows up." she replied.
"Well, he's a little tied up at the moment," he said. They looked down at the street, where the other Scouts and Guardians were surrounded by Mecha Ninjas. And they were having a hard time fighting them. And above them, Tuxedo Mask was dueling with the Dark Guardian. They were duking it out, sword against sword.
"You're quite good," said the Dark Guardian, smiling at his adversary.
"So what?" Tuxedo Mask grunted as he tried to keep the android off him.
"So your good…But your also a stinking fleshy!" he said shrilly as his arm extended, and grabbed hold of Tuxedo Mask's neck from behind! He screamed as the fingers dug into his skin.
"Humans making but mistakes," the Dark Guardian said as he squeezed harder.
"Your…over confident," Tuxedo Mask said as he wedged his sword between them, and sliced off the choking hand. The android shrieked as his severed appendage sparked and spit out battery acid.
"D%$ fleshy!" he said as he reattached his hand without fail. "Now I'm really ticked! Kusari!!!" he screamed. In seconds, she came flying out of the high rise, and used the weight on her chain to hit Tuxedo Mask in the head, knocking him out cold.
"No!!!" screamed Sailor Moon as she jumped up to where her love's body lay. She bent over him, and hugged him. She felt his heart beating as she laid her head on his chest. He was alive, but he had a massive bruise on his head.
"Humans are so fragile," said Kusari-Gama as she watched them. One of her arms was scratched up, revealing wires and metal under the fake skin. She raised her kama, and said, "Now I'll be merciful, and take both your heads in one swing."
"You will not touch them!!" shouted Crimson as he came up behind and jabbed his sword through her stomach. She gasped as she started to shut down.
"Kusari!!" screamed the Dark Guardian as he caught her mechanical body. He stared at her lifeless metal shell, and his eyes began to glow redder. "YOU'RE DEAD YOU STINKING FLESHY!!!!" he shrieked as he stabbed Crimson in the shoulder with his short sword. Sailor Moon ran behind him, screaming as she sliced through the android's chest with her father's sword. Ninja Ken stood straight…then his eyes went out, and he fell over on top of Kusari-Gama.
By then, the other Scouts had made it to the roof where Sailor Moon stood panting from near exhaustion. While Pluto and Gold looked to Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mercury ran over to Crimson, and checked his wound.
"Are you alright, Jeremy?" she asked him gently.
"Yeah," he said weakly, "It's just…a scratch." he said with a weak smile.
"Nonsense," she said, "That's a deep stab wound. You need medical attention."
"We've got all we need in the Caverns," said Gold as he helped carry Darien's body on his shoulder, "We all need to get back there."
"Such a waste," said the voice of the Techno Sage. He appeared from a black orb, and stood, shaking his head at his creations. "But they did accomplish some things."
"You!" shouted Sailor Moon. "You and your creations are monsters!" she said, getting ready to fight him.
"Now now, little Princess, I'm not about to fight opponents that are six feet in the grave. I must make modifications to my children, as well. But next time, you will not find them so easy to terminate." he said as he called up the lifeless metal bodies, like marionettes, and swirled back into his black orb, floating away into the sky.
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The Scouts took their wounded back to the Crystal Caverns where their injuries were tended to and their broken bodies healed in the crystal chambers. Large round tubes made entirely of crystal came down around the Crimson Guardian, Tuxedo Mask, and the other injured Scouts. They stood still and waited as fresh, pure energy coursed through them, healing, and regenerating them. When they came out again, they were fine, and none the worse for ware.
"Oh Darien." Sailor Moon said hugging him. "I thought you were a goner."
"Hey, no way I'd ever leave you here alone Meatball Head." He told Sailor Moon.
"Well now that that's all over and done with. What's say we celebrate." Gold suggested to them. "We've earned it after all, we've defeated the Techno Sage twice in as many weeks. Let's party!" It was a good idea and they all agreed that after the day they'd had, they were ready for some fun. The girls all went home and changed while the guys hung out and talked. Kat and Lita got stuck with making the snacks though.
"This totally sucks!" Kat shouted from the kitchen. Her hands were elbow deep in dough, and her timer for the pizzas went off. "I kick major Ninja butt for hours, and then I have to cook for these ingrates! Where's my break?"
"Don't complain," Lita said as she took the pizzas out of the oven with one hand while pouring tea with the other. "I should be out there with Jim, in some nice clothes."
"My clothes are nice!" Kat said, washing her hands and arranging food on plates, "Not my fault you couldn't leave and we're the same size."
"Same size my foot," Lita said, turning around. "Your shirts are too small."
"Maybe your chest is too big," Kat muttered as she balanced the dishes on her arms.
"What was that?" Lita asked.
"I said let's just do our best to keep from dropping everything," Kat said, grinning as she walked out to the dining room.
Meanwhile, Michelle was dragging Amara inside. "Come on," she said as she pulled on her cousin's arm.
"No!" Amara said sternly. "I don't see why I have to wear this stupid thing," she said gesturing to her sleeveless, scoop necked red dress.
"He said he likes girls in red," Michelle replied, "Just go up to him and ask for a dance."
"He'll say no," Amara said, crossing her arms.
"You won't know that for sure unless you ask. Now go, or I'll never let you live this down."
"Fine," Amara sighed. She ran her hand through her hair, took a confident step in her red heels, and walked into the dining room. Heads turned as she came in, except Jeremy's. He was turned away from her. As she made her way across the room, Jim and Darien's eyes followed her, and their jaws dropped. Serena went, "Humph," and put shut her boyfriend's mouth. While Lita passed by Jim and spilled some hot tea on his lap.
"OWWWWW!!" Jim yelled as the super hot liquid splashed on him. "What was that for?" he asked Lita, mopping up the mess and blushing.
"Oops," Lit said coyly, "Clumsy me. I must be hanging around Serena too much."
During all this, Amara came up behind Jeremy. She tapped his shoulder, and he turned around. She then saw that he'd been talking to Amy…And she was wearing the same red dress. Amara gagged.
"Hey Amara," Jeremy said, "Something's different about you this evening. Oh, I know, you got a hair cut!"
"No," she said flatly.
"Okay, let's see," he said, pondering hard. "It's not shorter…You got extensions!"
"No," she said a little more sternly.
"So it's not the hair…Hmmm…You got shorter? Taller? Thinner? You got contacts? No, no, no…Give me a minute," he said, holding his head, "I'll get it."
Her face was red with rage, and steam nearly came from her ears. She couldn't take it anymore! "Oh just forget it!!!" she shouted. Then, she gave him a sucker punch to Jeremy's gut, and stormed off as he doubled over in pain. Amy stood there in shock. And the other girls huffed, and followed Amara out the door- except Kat, who stomped upstairs.
"You know," he grunted as Amy helped him up, "I think I may have gone a little too far in my kidding around."
"Well it serves you right," Amy said. "I think she really liked you. But after this, I doubt she'll have patience for you now."
"Yeah, you're right…I'll lay off the jokes
for a while. I promise," he said, lifting his hand in a peace sign. "But right now…I'm in a lot of pain, so if you could call a Medic…" and he fainted to the ground.
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But during all this, the Techno Sage was in his lair, repairing his android incarnations. Now, they kneeled before their master, heads bowed in shame.
"We failed you, Master," said Kusari-Gama. "We did not complete our primary operative."
"We are unworthy and obsolete," said Ninja Ken.
"Nonsense," the Sage said. He snapped his fingers, and the cables that attached him to his throne came loose, and he stood up. He approached them, and bade them stand. "You, my dear Kusari, are my eyes and ears, and you, Ken, are my right arm. You did not fail. You both gained valuable information. Now rest, my children, and be ready for our next battle. Two tanks came from the ceiling. Kusari and Ken stepped into their respective tanks, and let a webbing of wires and cables surround them and hook up into their arms, legs, and faces. They closed their red eyes and - if the word could be used in this case - slept.
"We shall see who is the victor next time," said the Techno Sage as he returned to his throne, and let the cables reattach themselves into him.
To Be Continued…
AN: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Stay tuned for the Second Book of the Guardian Saga!