Trapped Together till Halloween
By Krysia
CHAPTER 12
Rated: PG-ish
Set: 1st season-ish
e-mail: Krysia2882@hotmail.com
Mars wiped her brow and took a quick breath while Venus and Jupiter tried to double team the monster. Mercury still worked frantically off to the side analyzing the battle. This youma did not seem to follow the typical Dark Kingdom pattern. This feminine-shaped creature seemed to be stronger and more intelligent than past youma. She was quite tall in stature, a hideous blue-green color and had several tentacles instead of arms. This thing had the ability to raise a shield and deflect most attacks that came her way and launched offensive maneuvers with those tentacles whenever the senshi tried to power up.
Blow upon blows, the senshi fought. Alternating attacks, their movements were in harmony with one another. The youma did not give up without a fight, but with the four senshi each 90 degrees from one another, it was continually bombarded and finally after several minutes, the youma disintegrated before their eyes. The girls slumped with exhaustion. This fight was longer than most because Sailor Moon hadn't been there to finish off the youma. Instead, the senshi had to keep using their powers until the monster was defeated.
A flurry of flower petals appeared in the sky not far from where the youma dust lay. Zoisite clapped slowly.
"Bravo Senshi. I am impressed." His words dripped with sarcasm. "You girls were able to defeat my youma all on your own without your pathetic leader. So, where is the Moon brat?" He surveyed the area with a smirk. "Unless she's cowering behind a tree somewhere, I do believe you are leaderless at the moment."
A crescent beam came from behind and narrowly missed the arrogant gray-clad servant of Beryl. He turned to face Venus better, the girl who dared to challenge him. Cold blue eyes glared back at the Negaverse general.
"Get lost creep before we moon dust you." Venus' voice was angry, but controlled. The rest of the girls began to power up to lend strength to the golden senshi's words.
Zoisite scowled at the magical girls before teleporting back to Queen Beryl. Although she would not be happy with Zoisite on allowing a strong youma to be destroyed by the senshi, she would surly be interested in this new development. Not only was Sailor Moon absent from the battle, but Tuxedo Kamen as well.
Mercury scanned the area and announced that there was no longer any dark energy present. The senshi glanced around. Seeing no one, they moved to a cluster of trees to return back to their normal guise.
Luna approached the girls from her hiding place. Her frown deepened when she realized that Artemis had disappeared again. He must have left the same time Zoisite did. She cleared her throat as she addressed the girls.
"Congratulations on defeating the youma. But I thought you had made sure there would be no Negaverse attacks." She rounded on Ami who flinched under the black cat's glare.
"All's well that finishes good, Luna." Minako bubbled as she tried to draw Luna's attention from the blue-haired girl. Almost at once, the girls began making excuses on needing to be somewhere and they all fled in separate directions.
Luna grit her teeth in frustration. "I will get to the bottom of this," she vowed. She turned and headed towards the Crown arcade to check in with Central Control. Without Usagi around to constantly watch over, she felt a little lost. Maybe focusing on finding the Moon Princess and defeating Queen Beryl would take her mind off her current problem. Not only had the girls removed her main responsibility from her, but also she actually missed the bright blonde girl with whom she was instructing. Luna would admit that Mamoru and Usagi's bickering had definitely gotten out of hand as of late, but the means that they went about to end this was too outrageous to even contemplate. With a shake of the head to clear her thoughts, she exited the park and went to try to be somewhat productive.
Meanwhile, Ami had returned home and sat at her desk staring at her computer, analyzing the battle they completed previously. The good news was that the four of them were able to defeat the youma; but the bad news was that it took a lot more time and energy to do so. Not only that, but the enemy also took note of their missing leader. That was definitely not good.
The blue-haired girl cringed as she remembered how furious Luna was. Ami wondered how much of that anger was because they were able to defeat the youma without the help of Sailor Moon. Although they did deserve to have the tar beaten out of them for the stunt they pulled on Usagi and Mamoru, isn't it more important that the greater evil be beaten and the lesser evil just get yelled at?
Once this was all said and done Minako and Motoki had better have been right; that there was underlying attraction causing their incessant fighting-otherwise there would be hell to pay from those two. And she was sure that it would be even worse than facing Luna. Usagi may be very loving and forgiving, but she could also drive them to distraction with her shrieking and wailing. Or even worse, Usagi could decide to return the favor and start a matchmaking campaign of her own.not that Minako and Makoto would mind. And Mamoru. Ami shuddered. He has proven himself to be intelligent and focused. His aloof nature caused one to wonder if there is any emotion in him at all. But Motoki assured them that Mamoru was a good guy and even Minako pointed out that Usagi and Mamoru's arguments, as obnoxious as they were, created enough heat between the two of them to set the room on fire. The self-proclaimed Senshi of Love had insisted that the two were meant together and their arguing was just a form of foreplay. Ami reddened and on that note, switched her train of thought.
She drifted back to the battle. The four had actually done quite well. Under Venus's direction and Mercury's tactical advice, they were able to beat the youma and scare off Zoisite. Their movements had been instinctive as if were totally natural for the inners to be fighting without the presence of Sailor Moon. Without each of them worrying about Usagi getting hurt, the senshi were able to focus on destroying the youma as efficiently as possible.
Ami frowned. Why had that youma been there anyway? As far as she could tell, there had been no Nijizuishou carrier around. Granted, Sailor Moon wasn't there with her Crescent Moon Wand, but there was nothing to indicate that the youma was human, so they were able to moon dust it. The creature seemed to have the sole purpose of draining energy and wreaking havoc. This youma seemed to be substantially stronger, she mused. 'I wonder if they were test driving a new model?'
With a sigh, Ami put her computer away and picked up her Japanese Literature book. After all, she was only 15 chapters ahead. It wasn't until the wee hours in the morning that she readied herself for school. With everything she needed placed in accordance to her morning routine, Ami turned out the light and leaned back in her bed. Her head had barely touched the pillow before she shot back upright. She dropped her head in her hands in despair. School was tomorrow. Usagi was missing school. Why did she ever agree to this? Usagi couldn't afford to miss school? Not only that, but how would they explain Usagi's absence? Fighting down a panic attack, Ami resisted the urge to do an all-call on the senshi communicator. Minako said she would handle it.
Her hand dropped into her lap and she let herself fall backwards into her bed, an uncharacteristic move on Ami's part. She stared sightlessly at the ceiling. She had no idea how Minako took care of her part in all this. Ami was scared. In a few short hours, she would have come up with a plausible excuse why Usagi wasn't in class, if asked.
'Please, please, please,' she begged her ceiling, 'please let Minako take care of this in a satisfactory way.' The blue-haired girl drifted into a restless sleep, dreaming of a beautiful place where she was in her senshi form. And she seemed to be searching for someone.
AN: Sorry it took me sooooo long to update this. Not only was real life busy (and writer's block), but then I broke my arm in August and couldn't type!! But I've since discovered that inspiration seems to strike in the various waiting rooms, so I guess it was a mixed blessing! ^^;
Mars wiped her brow and took a quick breath while Venus and Jupiter tried to double team the monster. Mercury still worked frantically off to the side analyzing the battle. This youma did not seem to follow the typical Dark Kingdom pattern. This feminine-shaped creature seemed to be stronger and more intelligent than past youma. She was quite tall in stature, a hideous blue-green color and had several tentacles instead of arms. This thing had the ability to raise a shield and deflect most attacks that came her way and launched offensive maneuvers with those tentacles whenever the senshi tried to power up.
Blow upon blows, the senshi fought. Alternating attacks, their movements were in harmony with one another. The youma did not give up without a fight, but with the four senshi each 90 degrees from one another, it was continually bombarded and finally after several minutes, the youma disintegrated before their eyes. The girls slumped with exhaustion. This fight was longer than most because Sailor Moon hadn't been there to finish off the youma. Instead, the senshi had to keep using their powers until the monster was defeated.
A flurry of flower petals appeared in the sky not far from where the youma dust lay. Zoisite clapped slowly.
"Bravo Senshi. I am impressed." His words dripped with sarcasm. "You girls were able to defeat my youma all on your own without your pathetic leader. So, where is the Moon brat?" He surveyed the area with a smirk. "Unless she's cowering behind a tree somewhere, I do believe you are leaderless at the moment."
A crescent beam came from behind and narrowly missed the arrogant gray-clad servant of Beryl. He turned to face Venus better, the girl who dared to challenge him. Cold blue eyes glared back at the Negaverse general.
"Get lost creep before we moon dust you." Venus' voice was angry, but controlled. The rest of the girls began to power up to lend strength to the golden senshi's words.
Zoisite scowled at the magical girls before teleporting back to Queen Beryl. Although she would not be happy with Zoisite on allowing a strong youma to be destroyed by the senshi, she would surly be interested in this new development. Not only was Sailor Moon absent from the battle, but Tuxedo Kamen as well.
Mercury scanned the area and announced that there was no longer any dark energy present. The senshi glanced around. Seeing no one, they moved to a cluster of trees to return back to their normal guise.
Luna approached the girls from her hiding place. Her frown deepened when she realized that Artemis had disappeared again. He must have left the same time Zoisite did. She cleared her throat as she addressed the girls.
"Congratulations on defeating the youma. But I thought you had made sure there would be no Negaverse attacks." She rounded on Ami who flinched under the black cat's glare.
"All's well that finishes good, Luna." Minako bubbled as she tried to draw Luna's attention from the blue-haired girl. Almost at once, the girls began making excuses on needing to be somewhere and they all fled in separate directions.
Luna grit her teeth in frustration. "I will get to the bottom of this," she vowed. She turned and headed towards the Crown arcade to check in with Central Control. Without Usagi around to constantly watch over, she felt a little lost. Maybe focusing on finding the Moon Princess and defeating Queen Beryl would take her mind off her current problem. Not only had the girls removed her main responsibility from her, but also she actually missed the bright blonde girl with whom she was instructing. Luna would admit that Mamoru and Usagi's bickering had definitely gotten out of hand as of late, but the means that they went about to end this was too outrageous to even contemplate. With a shake of the head to clear her thoughts, she exited the park and went to try to be somewhat productive.
Meanwhile, Ami had returned home and sat at her desk staring at her computer, analyzing the battle they completed previously. The good news was that the four of them were able to defeat the youma; but the bad news was that it took a lot more time and energy to do so. Not only that, but the enemy also took note of their missing leader. That was definitely not good.
The blue-haired girl cringed as she remembered how furious Luna was. Ami wondered how much of that anger was because they were able to defeat the youma without the help of Sailor Moon. Although they did deserve to have the tar beaten out of them for the stunt they pulled on Usagi and Mamoru, isn't it more important that the greater evil be beaten and the lesser evil just get yelled at?
Once this was all said and done Minako and Motoki had better have been right; that there was underlying attraction causing their incessant fighting-otherwise there would be hell to pay from those two. And she was sure that it would be even worse than facing Luna. Usagi may be very loving and forgiving, but she could also drive them to distraction with her shrieking and wailing. Or even worse, Usagi could decide to return the favor and start a matchmaking campaign of her own.not that Minako and Makoto would mind. And Mamoru. Ami shuddered. He has proven himself to be intelligent and focused. His aloof nature caused one to wonder if there is any emotion in him at all. But Motoki assured them that Mamoru was a good guy and even Minako pointed out that Usagi and Mamoru's arguments, as obnoxious as they were, created enough heat between the two of them to set the room on fire. The self-proclaimed Senshi of Love had insisted that the two were meant together and their arguing was just a form of foreplay. Ami reddened and on that note, switched her train of thought.
She drifted back to the battle. The four had actually done quite well. Under Venus's direction and Mercury's tactical advice, they were able to beat the youma and scare off Zoisite. Their movements had been instinctive as if were totally natural for the inners to be fighting without the presence of Sailor Moon. Without each of them worrying about Usagi getting hurt, the senshi were able to focus on destroying the youma as efficiently as possible.
Ami frowned. Why had that youma been there anyway? As far as she could tell, there had been no Nijizuishou carrier around. Granted, Sailor Moon wasn't there with her Crescent Moon Wand, but there was nothing to indicate that the youma was human, so they were able to moon dust it. The creature seemed to have the sole purpose of draining energy and wreaking havoc. This youma seemed to be substantially stronger, she mused. 'I wonder if they were test driving a new model?'
With a sigh, Ami put her computer away and picked up her Japanese Literature book. After all, she was only 15 chapters ahead. It wasn't until the wee hours in the morning that she readied herself for school. With everything she needed placed in accordance to her morning routine, Ami turned out the light and leaned back in her bed. Her head had barely touched the pillow before she shot back upright. She dropped her head in her hands in despair. School was tomorrow. Usagi was missing school. Why did she ever agree to this? Usagi couldn't afford to miss school? Not only that, but how would they explain Usagi's absence? Fighting down a panic attack, Ami resisted the urge to do an all-call on the senshi communicator. Minako said she would handle it.
Her hand dropped into her lap and she let herself fall backwards into her bed, an uncharacteristic move on Ami's part. She stared sightlessly at the ceiling. She had no idea how Minako took care of her part in all this. Ami was scared. In a few short hours, she would have come up with a plausible excuse why Usagi wasn't in class, if asked.
'Please, please, please,' she begged her ceiling, 'please let Minako take care of this in a satisfactory way.' The blue-haired girl drifted into a restless sleep, dreaming of a beautiful place where she was in her senshi form. And she seemed to be searching for someone.
AN: Sorry it took me sooooo long to update this. Not only was real life busy (and writer's block), but then I broke my arm in August and couldn't type!! But I've since discovered that inspiration seems to strike in the various waiting rooms, so I guess it was a mixed blessing! ^^;