Ami called him that night. She wasn't about to give herself time to think
about what she was doing. The more she thought about things, the less she
actually did. So, she was going to deal with this now.
"Hallo!" he answered his phone after two agonizing rings.
"Hey." Ami managed to choke out.
"Ames?"
"Yea...um..."
"Long time, no hear. Finally gave in to the desperate need to hear the sound of my wonderful voice?"
"No. I need..." She began.
"To actually see my exquisite body in person?" She was cheerfully interrupted.
"No! I mean, yes. I need to see you. I need my books back!" Her usual exasperation at his antics once again making her forget her problems momentarily.
"Oh, your books. Riigght. What a convenient excuse."
"You stole them!"
"Didn't put up much of a fight, did you?"
"I was sick and half asleep, you moron."
"Well, if that's the way you want to pretend it was..."
She swore she could hear him grinning, "That was the way it was. Now, are you going to give them back, or do I need to call the cops?"
"Hey now, don't worry. You'll get them back. Jeesh. What some girls will do to see a cute guy."
Ami knew better than to respond at this point. She had got what she wanted. Previous experience taught her that if she continued talking, things would just go downhill fast.
"I'll be there in a half an hour, is that okay?" she asked.
"Oh, aren't we anxious?"
"I'm hanging up now." She said, before slamming the receiver down on any comeback he might have made. She wanted to be mad. She told herself that she was mad at him. But that didn't keep her from grinning stupidly at his antics.
* * * * *
A half an hour later, Ami wasn't smiling. She was standing outside Zoicite's door, trying to bring herself to knock. She was actually hoping that he would open the door magically without her knocking. That would have been nice. But unfortunately, Zoicite seemed to have not gotten that particular memo.
Taking a deep breath, Ami knocked on the door.
And waited.
And waited.
And knocked again.
Where was he? Here she was, using up all her courage to knock on the door and he didn't even have the decency to answer! Damn him! And he knew she was coming. He was supposed to...
The door swung open mid-thought to show a sheepishly grinning Zoicite, "Hey Ames. Sorry, you caught me while I was in the bathroom."
Oh.
The bathroom.
Ami followed him into his apartment and stood awkwardly, trying to think of how to begin as Zoicite fetched her bag and books from the bedroom.
"Can I talk to you?" Ami asked as he handed her her bag.
"Sure. What about?" Zoicite asked, all his earlier teasing gone from his voice.
"I was wondering...do you...Do you remember the past? I mean, like, where you came from?"
Ami felt like hitting her head against the wall. Even she wasn't sure what she was saying.
"My past? What do you mean?" he asked, his brow scrunching up as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"Like five years ago? What were you doing? Where you in school? Where were you living? Were you...I don't know! Were you trying to take over the world?" Ami couldn't believe she had just said that. The urge to beat her head against something increased. Or maybe dig a hole, and hide in it for a millennium.
Zocite chuckled dryly, "Take over the world. I think that's a little ambitious, even for me. What's this about?"
Ami opened her mouth to reply just as a scream echoed through the room from right out side the door.
* * * * *
The demon cursed viciously. It had been following this girl all day and had just materialized outside the door she had gone in when a woman came down the hall and saw him. He lunged at her, but she managed to give off a scream before he sunk his claws into her, draining her energy so that she dropped to the floor.
* * * * *
Ami and Zoicite burst through the door together in time to see the woman fall to the floor, a dark grey monster hovering over her, it's long claws dripping blood where they had just been inside her. Red eyes turned towards the pair and Ami cursed as another door opened. A wide eyed man stood staring at the scene.
"Call an ambulance!" Ami yelled at him. He quickly snapped out of shock at the sound of her voice and dashed back into his apartment.
Meanwhile, Zoicite had charged the monster, knocking it away from the woman.
"How dare you?" the thing hissed, a whip of blue crackling energy forming in its hand. The whip snapped out, catching Zoicite in the middle of his chest and leaving a fiery burn deep into his flesh.
"No!" Ami cried, seeing the whip pulled back to strike again.
"You!" the monster's head whipped around towards her and it features twisted into a smile, "I know who you are. I think the time for watching is over. Now, I think, you will die little scout."
Ami stared in horror. It knew she was a scout. How? She hadn't even known up until a few days ago.
Before she could react, the whip came slashing down, slicing through her cheek and across the bridge of her nose. The pain sent little shock waves through her body and she shook herself out of her daze. It didn't matter that the monster knew. Right now she had to fight.
Zoicite was the only other person in the hall way now, everyone else had fled. That was good enough for her.
Within seconds, the Mercury pen was in her hand and she was transformed. The familiar feeling of cool ice filled her, giving her strength and power, soothing away the pain that had blossomed where the whip ha caught her. As the blue faded from her sight, she had only a moment to take in Zoicite's shocked face.
"Mercury Bubble Blast!" She yelled, a heavy mist rising up around her, obscuring vision. Her Mercury visor materialized around her, giving her an infrared view of her surroundings.
She was madly searching for the monster when she heard something behind her. She whirled around and jumped back as crackling blue blades, like the monster's whip, sliced through the air where she had been standing. She ran towards the monster, trying to get in under its guard to attack it. She managed to land a few blows, her body remembering centuries old fighting lessons. But she was out of practice and an unexpected move by the monster brought whip whirling cracking through the space between them to wrap its self around her throat. As she struggled to free herself, it started to contract. She could feel the tender flesh on her throat beginning to blister as her windpipe was slowly crushed.
Then Zoicite was there, once again rushing the monster and distracting it for the few crucial seconds Ami needed to free herself.
"Mercury Ice Bubbles Freeze!" She shouted, a huge bubble of ice shooting out towards the monster and trapping it inside.
"How did you know who I was?" Ami asked the struggling monster.
It looked at her with a glare full of hatred, "We know who you all are. Don't worry, little Mercury. You won't live long enough to see the end of your pathetic little world."
The ice prison began to crack under the force of the monsters struggles.
"Mercury Ice Storm Splash!" Mercury's attack caught it just as it broke free of the ice. With a shrill scream of rage and pain, the monster dissolved into a thick cloud of dark grey smoke which slowly began to dissipate.
Ami sank to the ground breathing heavily. She had gone for over five years without fighting. Now, in less that a half an hour she had used up almost all the energy she had. She hadn't been this tired in a long time.
As the transformation faded away, Ami sighed. She knew she had to get out of there. The police would be here soon and they were bound to have questions she didn't want to answer. But right that second, she couldn't get her body to obey her demands.
And then there was a pair of strong arms around her, lifting her into off the floor and carrying her into Zoicite's apartment. She was carefully laid out on his bed. She was now struggling just to stay awake. The adrenaline rush from the fight was gone and her abused body was demanding that she sleep.
A wet cloth carefully washing her burned neck roused her enough to open her eyes. And she was greeted with the sight of Zoicite's concerned features. His slightly beaten, black and blue features. The monster had apparently not gone down easily the second time he tried to tackle it.
"Have to...get out of...here...police..." she muttered sleepily, struggling momentarily to get up.
"Shh. Don't worry. I'll take care of it. You can explain everything later, okay?" he tried to smile, and winced slightly as it pulled at his bruised lip.
She slowly allowed herself to fall into the welcome arms of sleep.
* * * * *
"What do you mean Shrekonal is dead?" Rubeus asked, the deadly calm of his voice causing the demon in front of him to shiver.
"I'm sorry, my Lord. Apparently he was discovered by the scout he was watching and there was a confrontation."
"Damn you!" Rubeus hissed, "How much do the scouts know because of this?"
"Nothing my lord."
"You had better be right or I shall personally make sure that your death is a long and extremely painful one."
* * * * *
Hey all! I'm trying to keep my promise here to update more faithfully. And so I wrote a fight scene. I personally don't think I can't write fights to well, so I try to keep them short. But this is a Sailor Moon fic so I was feeling a fight was over due. Ah well, hope you all like this.
BenRG - no Lita yet. You were right, that last chapter was a lot of filler but I need to write it or the story gets confusing. If nothing else, I have to answer all the questions that I come up with.
SJ - *cowers in fear* I promise!
Linda_ishtar  - I'm trying to get stuff out faster this summer. Unfortunately, ff.net fell off the face of the earth there right after I finished this so its a couple days late. Not my fault! hee hee...
Jabba - hey ma'am! Glad you liked that conversation. I've wanted to talk about some of those things in a fic before and I finally got a chance. Woo hoo!
happygolucky111 - A rebirthing party? Hm...that's an idea...I'll see what happens.
lazzykane - Hey! Yea, I'm trying to update more often. The beginning of the summer was just a tad bit nuts. And I'm glad you liked the Lita teaser. It gave away a lot but I was feeling bad for not updating in so long.
Lil-PrincessK - hmm...that could be arranged...*runs off to type*
"Hallo!" he answered his phone after two agonizing rings.
"Hey." Ami managed to choke out.
"Ames?"
"Yea...um..."
"Long time, no hear. Finally gave in to the desperate need to hear the sound of my wonderful voice?"
"No. I need..." She began.
"To actually see my exquisite body in person?" She was cheerfully interrupted.
"No! I mean, yes. I need to see you. I need my books back!" Her usual exasperation at his antics once again making her forget her problems momentarily.
"Oh, your books. Riigght. What a convenient excuse."
"You stole them!"
"Didn't put up much of a fight, did you?"
"I was sick and half asleep, you moron."
"Well, if that's the way you want to pretend it was..."
She swore she could hear him grinning, "That was the way it was. Now, are you going to give them back, or do I need to call the cops?"
"Hey now, don't worry. You'll get them back. Jeesh. What some girls will do to see a cute guy."
Ami knew better than to respond at this point. She had got what she wanted. Previous experience taught her that if she continued talking, things would just go downhill fast.
"I'll be there in a half an hour, is that okay?" she asked.
"Oh, aren't we anxious?"
"I'm hanging up now." She said, before slamming the receiver down on any comeback he might have made. She wanted to be mad. She told herself that she was mad at him. But that didn't keep her from grinning stupidly at his antics.
* * * * *
A half an hour later, Ami wasn't smiling. She was standing outside Zoicite's door, trying to bring herself to knock. She was actually hoping that he would open the door magically without her knocking. That would have been nice. But unfortunately, Zoicite seemed to have not gotten that particular memo.
Taking a deep breath, Ami knocked on the door.
And waited.
And waited.
And knocked again.
Where was he? Here she was, using up all her courage to knock on the door and he didn't even have the decency to answer! Damn him! And he knew she was coming. He was supposed to...
The door swung open mid-thought to show a sheepishly grinning Zoicite, "Hey Ames. Sorry, you caught me while I was in the bathroom."
Oh.
The bathroom.
Ami followed him into his apartment and stood awkwardly, trying to think of how to begin as Zoicite fetched her bag and books from the bedroom.
"Can I talk to you?" Ami asked as he handed her her bag.
"Sure. What about?" Zoicite asked, all his earlier teasing gone from his voice.
"I was wondering...do you...Do you remember the past? I mean, like, where you came from?"
Ami felt like hitting her head against the wall. Even she wasn't sure what she was saying.
"My past? What do you mean?" he asked, his brow scrunching up as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"Like five years ago? What were you doing? Where you in school? Where were you living? Were you...I don't know! Were you trying to take over the world?" Ami couldn't believe she had just said that. The urge to beat her head against something increased. Or maybe dig a hole, and hide in it for a millennium.
Zocite chuckled dryly, "Take over the world. I think that's a little ambitious, even for me. What's this about?"
Ami opened her mouth to reply just as a scream echoed through the room from right out side the door.
* * * * *
The demon cursed viciously. It had been following this girl all day and had just materialized outside the door she had gone in when a woman came down the hall and saw him. He lunged at her, but she managed to give off a scream before he sunk his claws into her, draining her energy so that she dropped to the floor.
* * * * *
Ami and Zoicite burst through the door together in time to see the woman fall to the floor, a dark grey monster hovering over her, it's long claws dripping blood where they had just been inside her. Red eyes turned towards the pair and Ami cursed as another door opened. A wide eyed man stood staring at the scene.
"Call an ambulance!" Ami yelled at him. He quickly snapped out of shock at the sound of her voice and dashed back into his apartment.
Meanwhile, Zoicite had charged the monster, knocking it away from the woman.
"How dare you?" the thing hissed, a whip of blue crackling energy forming in its hand. The whip snapped out, catching Zoicite in the middle of his chest and leaving a fiery burn deep into his flesh.
"No!" Ami cried, seeing the whip pulled back to strike again.
"You!" the monster's head whipped around towards her and it features twisted into a smile, "I know who you are. I think the time for watching is over. Now, I think, you will die little scout."
Ami stared in horror. It knew she was a scout. How? She hadn't even known up until a few days ago.
Before she could react, the whip came slashing down, slicing through her cheek and across the bridge of her nose. The pain sent little shock waves through her body and she shook herself out of her daze. It didn't matter that the monster knew. Right now she had to fight.
Zoicite was the only other person in the hall way now, everyone else had fled. That was good enough for her.
Within seconds, the Mercury pen was in her hand and she was transformed. The familiar feeling of cool ice filled her, giving her strength and power, soothing away the pain that had blossomed where the whip ha caught her. As the blue faded from her sight, she had only a moment to take in Zoicite's shocked face.
"Mercury Bubble Blast!" She yelled, a heavy mist rising up around her, obscuring vision. Her Mercury visor materialized around her, giving her an infrared view of her surroundings.
She was madly searching for the monster when she heard something behind her. She whirled around and jumped back as crackling blue blades, like the monster's whip, sliced through the air where she had been standing. She ran towards the monster, trying to get in under its guard to attack it. She managed to land a few blows, her body remembering centuries old fighting lessons. But she was out of practice and an unexpected move by the monster brought whip whirling cracking through the space between them to wrap its self around her throat. As she struggled to free herself, it started to contract. She could feel the tender flesh on her throat beginning to blister as her windpipe was slowly crushed.
Then Zoicite was there, once again rushing the monster and distracting it for the few crucial seconds Ami needed to free herself.
"Mercury Ice Bubbles Freeze!" She shouted, a huge bubble of ice shooting out towards the monster and trapping it inside.
"How did you know who I was?" Ami asked the struggling monster.
It looked at her with a glare full of hatred, "We know who you all are. Don't worry, little Mercury. You won't live long enough to see the end of your pathetic little world."
The ice prison began to crack under the force of the monsters struggles.
"Mercury Ice Storm Splash!" Mercury's attack caught it just as it broke free of the ice. With a shrill scream of rage and pain, the monster dissolved into a thick cloud of dark grey smoke which slowly began to dissipate.
Ami sank to the ground breathing heavily. She had gone for over five years without fighting. Now, in less that a half an hour she had used up almost all the energy she had. She hadn't been this tired in a long time.
As the transformation faded away, Ami sighed. She knew she had to get out of there. The police would be here soon and they were bound to have questions she didn't want to answer. But right that second, she couldn't get her body to obey her demands.
And then there was a pair of strong arms around her, lifting her into off the floor and carrying her into Zoicite's apartment. She was carefully laid out on his bed. She was now struggling just to stay awake. The adrenaline rush from the fight was gone and her abused body was demanding that she sleep.
A wet cloth carefully washing her burned neck roused her enough to open her eyes. And she was greeted with the sight of Zoicite's concerned features. His slightly beaten, black and blue features. The monster had apparently not gone down easily the second time he tried to tackle it.
"Have to...get out of...here...police..." she muttered sleepily, struggling momentarily to get up.
"Shh. Don't worry. I'll take care of it. You can explain everything later, okay?" he tried to smile, and winced slightly as it pulled at his bruised lip.
She slowly allowed herself to fall into the welcome arms of sleep.
* * * * *
"What do you mean Shrekonal is dead?" Rubeus asked, the deadly calm of his voice causing the demon in front of him to shiver.
"I'm sorry, my Lord. Apparently he was discovered by the scout he was watching and there was a confrontation."
"Damn you!" Rubeus hissed, "How much do the scouts know because of this?"
"Nothing my lord."
"You had better be right or I shall personally make sure that your death is a long and extremely painful one."
* * * * *
Hey all! I'm trying to keep my promise here to update more faithfully. And so I wrote a fight scene. I personally don't think I can't write fights to well, so I try to keep them short. But this is a Sailor Moon fic so I was feeling a fight was over due. Ah well, hope you all like this.
BenRG - no Lita yet. You were right, that last chapter was a lot of filler but I need to write it or the story gets confusing. If nothing else, I have to answer all the questions that I come up with.
SJ - *cowers in fear* I promise!
Linda_ishtar  - I'm trying to get stuff out faster this summer. Unfortunately, ff.net fell off the face of the earth there right after I finished this so its a couple days late. Not my fault! hee hee...
Jabba - hey ma'am! Glad you liked that conversation. I've wanted to talk about some of those things in a fic before and I finally got a chance. Woo hoo!
happygolucky111 - A rebirthing party? Hm...that's an idea...I'll see what happens.
lazzykane - Hey! Yea, I'm trying to update more often. The beginning of the summer was just a tad bit nuts. And I'm glad you liked the Lita teaser. It gave away a lot but I was feeling bad for not updating in so long.
Lil-PrincessK - hmm...that could be arranged...*runs off to type*