"Sailor Angel and Sailor Phosphora - The Fight Against Catastrophe"
By Angel Sentier and M'Lila Cronk
Chapter Three
"Well, I guess this is it," said Celeste.
Zara looked around the modest apartment with an air of slight disappointment. Celeste caught the look.
"I know that this isn't the most extravagant place in Tokyo, and I know that you're used to your palace, but this is for the sake of appearing normal."
"Oh, I know," sighed Zara. "It's fine, really."
Celeste shrugged. "I guess I'm just used to staying anywhere because of all the traveling I do. Really, you don't know how lucky you are to be able to stay at your own palace. I haven't seen mine for more than a day for at least six months!" She paused and looked at the bare room, then smiled. "There is one good thing about this place though."
"What?"
"Interior decorating!"
Zara's smile lit up her face and she clapped her hands in excitment. "Oh, yeah! That's as much fun as shopping!"
"Go to it, girl! I leave it in your capable hands, just leave my bedroom alone, I get dibs on that."
Celeste went into the kitchen while Zara began to work a spell that would furnish the apartment to her liking. Celeste looked about the kitchen, and then glancing over her shoulder, she took her Wand out and waved it over her hand muttering a spell. After a brief flash of white light, a silver platter appeared in her hand bearing blueberry muffins, Celeste's favorite! "Hey, Zara, if you're hungry, I made some muffins!" she called, setting them on the counter.
"Maybe later," Zara said from the living room. "I'm going to go out and find some material for curtains!"
"Can't you conjure those?"
There was a pause. "Okay... I want to go check out the available species, satisfied?"
Celeste giggled and muttered to herself. "Same Zara..." She peeked her head out of the kitchen and grinned at her. "Check out some good ones for me all right? I'm going to stay and finish settling into our apartment."
Zara rolled her eyes. "I don't see how you could pick that over guy watching, but to each her own. Ja ne!"
"Ja!" After Zara left, Celeste was suddenly brought to her knees by an immense wave of pain flooding her senses. She placed one hand to her head and willed the vision to end...
In her mind's eye she could see images... of several youmas at a park draining the humans there... After a moment, the image subsided and the pain a moment after... Celeste rose to her feet. She knew what she had to do, whether or not Zara or the other senshi were with her. They were all sleeping and Zara was out... besides, she might be somewhat small, but she could hold her own. This could be her chance to prove to everyone that she wasn't just some little angel and actually a formidable warrior! She held up her Wand...
"Celestial Light Power, Make-UP!"
In a flash of silver stars and white light, she stood as Sailor Angel once again. She opened the large window that faced central Tokyo and flew into the dark sky.
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She didn't need to know where the park was she could see the bright red flashes from a long distance away. From her vantage point in the air she could see the disgusting youmas with their bright red skin, wings like those of a bat, long fangs and pointed ears, with black soulless eyes staring out of a skull-like head, they had several humans at the ends of long black whips and several more lay on the ground, motionless. Sailor Angel would have recognized Catastrophe's youmas anywhere... she only too vividly recalled her last battle with him... She, Galaxia, and Zara had barely been able to defeat him... She could only imagine what would lie in store this time.
She landed gracefully across the way and addressed the youmas bravely. "Hold it right there! You have no right to steal the energy from the innocent people taking their moonlit walks! I am Sailor Angel and in the name of the galaxy, I will defeat you!"
The youmas dropped the humans they were holding and grinned evilly at her... Suddenly, Angel wasn't feeling quite so sure of herself...
At that moment, a voice rang out.
"Star Disorientation STRIKE!"
A wave of golden stars came flying from behind Sailor Angel and engulfed the youma in a whirlwind. Angel turned her head in the direction of the voice as youma fell all around her and smiled.
Sailor Phosphora stood a few meters away. "Girl, you'd better tell me the next time you go off to battle youma! Just be glad that I was here to save your butt!"
"Excuse me if you were guy watching when I had a vision!"
Several more youma closed in. Phosphora glanced around, temporarily losing her game face. "Okay, now's not the time, Angel!"
Angel and Phosphora tried to hold their own in the battle, but there were too many for just the two of them. Angel received a nasty shoulder wound and a fall to the ground. "We need help!"
Just as the words fell from her lips, something made itself heard over the sound of the battle... a sound like someone had snapped their fingers. All heads turned in the direction... and several meters away stood three scantily clad figures.
The one with the long black hair spoke up. "Penetrating the darkness..."
The one with a brown ponytail continued. "The three shooting stars in the night sky..."
Finally, the one with silver hair spoke. "We are..."
"Sailor Star Fighter!"
"Sailor Star Maker!"
"Sailor Star Healer!"
All three shouted in unison. "To protect our friends on the planet Earth, Sailor Starlights are here!"
But apparently the youmas didn't care who they were. They advanced upon the new Senshi but they didn't get far. Fighter took the offensive. "Star Serious Laser!"
Most of the youma were obliterated in that one attack. Angel and Phosphora were stunned. Such power!
"I think those are..." Angel started.
"The starlights!" Phosphora finished. "Wicked cool!"
"Galaxia told me about them... They were the ones who helped Sailor Moon defeat Chaos."
"Yeah, I've heard stories about them from cousin Kakyuu!"
Sailor Star Fighter looked in their direction. "Hey, are you gonna stand there gabbing all night or help us defeat these things?"
Phosphora's quick temper flared up at that remark. "Well, FINE if you're going to be that way about it, let's roast these things, Angel!"
"You got it, Phosphora!"
Phosphora knelt on the ground while Angel took her position behind her. They both glared at the remaining youma and pointed their weapons with deadly accuracy. "Galactic Star Strike Double-TEAM!"
In a whirl of silver and gold, the two energies that emitted from Phosphora's Staff and Angel's Wand merged together to form one great power that quickly engulfed all the youma and destroyed them leaving nothing but dust.
Phosphora looked at Fighter. "Did that help?" she asked sweetly.
The starlights stood there stunned for a moment before dismissing the comment and turning to leave.
Angel took a step forward. "Hey, wait! Why are you here?"
Maker looked back at her. "The same reason you are, I imagine." She glanced at Phosphora and nodded in acknowledgment. "Princess Zara..."
Phosphora looked up, surprised that she knew whom she was. "How did you..." She looked back at Angel to see if she had some sort of explanation, but Angel could only shrug. When they both looked back, the three figures had vanished.
Phosphora paused for a moment, then struck her staff on the ground in frustration. "Well... Fine then! Go! Leave us hanging! See if I care!"
Angel gazed off into the distance where the starlights had previously stood. "Is leaving without a goodbye popular among the stars?"
Phosphora gave her a disgusted glance before stomping in the direction of their apartment. "Okay, let's just go."
With a shrug, Angel followed her and they leaped across the rooftops... to finish their interior decorating.
To Be Continued...
