Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Card Captor Sakura. This goes for the rest of the fic as well. I don't own either of them.

Note: This fanfic happens after Sailor Moon Another Story (A video game for the Super Nintendo). Apsu has been revived and is trying to change destiny once again. For those of you hasn't played the game here's a little key for you:

Hogosha is Japanese for "protector".

Apsu: The person who has convinced the Opposito Senshi that the Sailor Scouts are the reason for their problems and has promised them both revenge and power. She tried to change destiny before and was defeated at the end of SMAS (Sailor Moon Another Story). She was killed and even though she had combined with Sin, Sin is still alive.

Sin: The Opposito Senshi of Sailor Moon. She looks exactly like Sailor Moon except she is wearing a dark body fitting suit and has different color tattoos on her face and neck. She wants revenge on the Scouts because Apsu has convinced her they were the ones who killed her parents, in their neglect of Crystal Tokyo. In actuality, Apsu was the one who killed her parents.

Nabu: The Opposito Senshi of Sailor Mercury. She looks exactly like Mercury except hear hair is flipped inward towards her face, she is wearing a dark body fitting suit and has different color tattoos on her face and neck. She joined because she had nothing better to do and she wanted power.

Nergal: The Opposito Senshi of Sailor Mars. She looks nothing like Mars as she has hot pink hair in a style similar to Sailor Star Fighter (I think that's the one with the blue hair in a ponytail). She too has tattoos and a tight body fitting suit. The only reason she seems to be in the Opposito Senshi is for power.

Marduk: The Opposito Senshi of Sailor Jupiter. She looks exactly like Jupiter except her hair is black; she is wearing a dark body fitting suit and has different color tattoos on her face and neck.

Ishtar: The Opposito Senshi of Sailor Venus. She looks exactly like Venus except she is wearing a dark body fitting suit and has different color tattoos on her face and neck. She is the biggest ditz in the group and this is proven because she is often posed with her butt sticking way out.

Anshar: Brother of Sin, he actually has more power than any of the Opposito Senshi. He helps Rini during the game and they fall in love. Eventually though, they have to fight. Rini beats him and she doesn't hear from him again. (As far as I know…)

This is the redone version of my story. I'm hoping a lot more of it makes sense now. I'm going to put dates and times because I know before it was very confusing as to what was going on in terms of days. Even I got confused and I'm the one who created it. So, anyway, on with the story.

Context Key:

'Thoughts'

"Talking"

Italics background music or emphasis (you can figure out based on the context of the sentence which goes where)

Place: Date – Time

Time

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Life Loses Its Meaning

By ebacusta

Chapter 4

Rini leaned shakily against a building. "I can't believe we let them see us," Hotaru mumbled.

Rini wasn't as concerned about that. This was only the second youma attack and it already was getting too much for them to handle.

"Do you think they recognized us?" Hotaru asked. When Rini didn't reply, she looked over at her friend. She was shaking. "Rini? Rini? RINI!"

Rini's head snapped up. Fear was dominating her red eyes. "Rini what's wrong?" Hotaru asked placing her hands around the shaking shoulders of her friend.

"What if they come back?" Rini gasped allowing the tears of her fear to fall. "What if they come back and attack us? We can't handle them by ourselves. We aren't powerful enough. But what if next time more come? We could die. We were so close. What would have happened if that girl hadn't saved us?" Rini yelled clutching Hotaru's arms and lifting her tear stained face to her friends.

Rini's words echoed in her head. Hotaru's own eyes widened. She hadn't thought about it like this. What would have happened? Would they have died? Would they have eventually escaped so beaten and battered they would only have enough energy left to make it to a hospital? Would they even had made it that far? Fear began to settle in Hotaru's own heart. What if they attacked again? Would Rini and her survive a second attack?

Rini was scared. She had never been so scared in her whole life. A sudden feeling of useless suddenly overwhelmed her. Would she and Hotaru be able to live up the prophecy? Would they be able to protect the hogosha? What if Apsu was back? Could they defeat her by themselves? What about Kaisuke's family? Who would protect the protectors? Could she even live up to what she expected of herself?

Suddenly she heard footsteps. She whirled around and screamed.

Rini's heart was beating uncontrollably fast. As her scream penetrated the air, she felt something inside her snap.

Her mouth shut as her vision dimmed and her knees gave way beneath her. Swaying dangerously, she collapsed unconscious to the ground.

:..:Hotaru (3rd Person):..:

"Rini!" Hotaru exclaimed as she ran towards her. The person, who had scared her, got their first.

"Rini…Rini… What happened? What's wrong with her?"

"Poor Rini," Hotaru said. "She's just stressed out."

Kaisuke stood up with Rini in his arms. "We should get her somewhere. A place where she can rest."

"Has the siege at your house been lifted yet?" Hotaru asked.

Kaisuke shook his head. "No, it hasn't. I left through the same hole that you did."

"Oh, well, we can take her to my place," Hotaru suggested. "But, currently, I'm there by myself. My, erm, guardians have all gone on vacation."

"Maybe we should take her to her house," Kaisuke said. "Her mother will be there to watch over her."

"Actually, if I recall correctly, Rini's parents left this morning to go check how things are at Sammy's college, and then they're going a trip. Like a third honeymoon of sorts," Hotaru said.

"So Rini's alone too?"

Hotaru nodded. "But don't worry… we can take her to her house and I can stay and watch her. I mean I'm alone by myself anyway. I could use a little company."

"Okay," Kaisuke agreed.

10:30 PM

"You might as well stay here tonight as well," Hotaru said. "It's not like you can go back to your house now."

"Yeah," Kaisuke said sadly. They were silent a few minutes.

Hotaru broke the silence, "Thank you for carrying Rini home. She'll be all right later. Trust me. She's just been having a hard time."

Kaisuke just nodded. They were silent again. "What are Garoben?"

Hotaru froze. How could she get out of this one? Was it even possible? Rini had whispered the name. And they had only come after Hotaru and Rini.

"Well, uh," Hotaru was interrupted by a loud crash. "Rini!"

10:30 PM

Sakura Kinomoto stood straight up.

"Sakura?" Li asked.

"A clow card!" she exclaimed. She ran down the stairs and pulled on her roller blades.

"What?" Li asked running after her. "Are you serious?" He hadn't felt anything yet. That was unusual. He put on his shoes anyway.

"Madison," Sakura said into her cell phone as she started rollerblading down the street. "A clow card is nearby."

"There's another?" Madison asked. Sakura remembered she hadn't told Madison about the switch.

"Er, long story. Just trust me!" she exclaimed. "Not quite sure where it is though! We'll meet you at the park in fifteen minutes."

"Roger!" Madison said.

"Bring Kero with you!" Sakura said.

"We're on our way!" The two hung up.

"Did you want to call Meilin?" Sakura asked. Li almost winced. He wasn't certain that now would be a good time to call. She didn't exactly know what was going on. And besides, she was still in Hong Kong. Was this a big enough emergency to call her? "Oh wait, she's still in Hong Kong isn't she?"

"Yeah, I'll call her later," Li said running along side Sakura.

Sakura skidded around a corner, closely followed by Li. They met Madison at the park, and together, the three of them raced through the streets. The skidded to a stop in front of a fairly big house, about the same size as Sakura's.

"It's coming from here," Sakura said.

"Yeah, I feel it now," Li said.

"But it's inside someone's house," Madison said. "How are we going to get to it?"

Sakura seemed to have hit that roadblock as well.

"We'll go inside," Li said.

"But that's someone else's house," Madison said. "That's not appropriate."

"It doesn't look like anyone is home," Li said, "let's just try it." Carefully, the threesome went up the walkway, and tried the door. It opened. Peeking inside, they stepped inside and looked around.

"Looks deserted," Sakura said. She took another step inside.

"Who are you?" a voice exclaimed. She jumped and looked around. "Why are you in this house? You don't live here."

"I'm… I'm sorry!" Sakura exclaimed. "I thought it was my friend's house!" Quickly, she retreated from the house.

"Sakura and Li," Kaisuke said as he and Hotaru came to the door and watched them make a hasty retreat.

"You know them?" Hotaru asked.

"Yeah, we go to school together," Kaisuke replied. "They're actually really nice people, but they can be kind of secretive. And both of them have some sort of magical aura about them. But, I've never been able to figure out what it was from though. They have some secrets." Hotaru looked at Kaisuke out of the corner of her eye.

"Why do you think they were here?" Hotaru asked. "I know the girl was lying."

"I don't know," Kaisuke said.

"What if it has something to do with that card?" Hotaru thought aloud. "What was it? The Power card."

"Heellllllllllllllpppp!"

"We're coming!" Rini suddenly came charging down the stairs.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as she headed for the door.

"What?" Hotaru asked as she jumped out of the way as a bright flash of light bounced off the wall, and flew through where she had just been. Rini burst out of the house and headed down the street.

"What's going on?" Hotaru and Kaisuke yelled as they got up and chased after her.

11:15 PM

"Sakura look!" Li exclaimed. He was pointing at the house. They watched as the Rini dived out of the way of a shot and it ricocheted back towards her. She threw her body back to avoid it, before bursting forward again.

"The SHOT card," Li said.

"Oh no," Sakura said. "How are we supposed to catch it? We don't have the Mirror card."

"You can do it Sakura," Madison said.

"Hurry, SHOT's aim is increasing!" Kero exclaimed. They watched as Rini tripped and flew to the ground. SHOT went over her head but turned before she could get up. She rolled out of the way. And jumped back several times to avoid the next couple of shot attempts. Rini rolled back, dodging another shot, and flipped back several times. On her last flip, SHOT made contact with her ankle. She landed on her feet and sank, grasping her ankle.

"Watch out!" Sakura yelled. She threw the card in front of her quickly. "SHIELD!" The beak of her wand hit the card and instantly a shield formed around Rini. Rini looked around in surprise as the shot bounced off the shield trying to get to her.

"Sakura, think quickly," Kero said. "SHOT's aim is almost 100 and the shield won't last forever."

"I know, I know," Sakura said. She racked her brain trying to think of the cards she had. Then an idea came to her. "I've got it!" she exclaimed. Jumping over the hedge and dashing down the slope towards the girl, she ran into the street. She reached in and threw out a card. "CREATE!" she exclaimed, slamming the beak of her wand into the card.

Instantly, a book and pen appeared in her hand. She quickly wrote, A magical mirror appeared in front of the shield bubble. A few feet away from it, a chain link fence appeared. Hoping that her recreation of the situation would help, she quickly discarded her book and pen and allowed her wand to come back. She watched as SHOT slammed in to mirror, and was reflected back into the fence. Wasting no time, Sakura said, "SHOT Card, return to your power confined! SHOT CARD!" Her beak hit air and a box of light about the size of a card formed at its tip.

The pink woman who sat on her knees was sucked into it, in ribbony parts and pieces. When she was completely gone, the box of light turned into a card and flew back into Sakura's waiting hand. The shield around Rini disappeared.

"Thank you, for helping me," Rini said.

Sakura looked rather nervous. "I'm just glad you're okay… but…"

"Your magic? Don't worry about it. It doesn't freak me out. In fact, I think it's kinda cool," Rini said. With a wave, she headed back to her house.

"She knows about your magic Sakura, but she doesn't seem phased, or surprised in the least," Li said.

"It's possible she's involved with some kind of magic as well," Kero said.

"I do sense some sort of aura coming from her. But what it is, I can't seem to place," Sakura said.

"Keep an eye on her," Li said. "Be careful. I think there's more to her than meets the eyes. And I also think that she's been expecting something like this. Almost as if she were from the future and already knew what would happen."

"I don't know Li," Sakura said. "That sounds a bit too far off. But, I guess anything is possible."

"What ever the case may be, I will be there the catch Card Captor Sakura in action," Madison said joining the group.

Sakura fell over, leg in the air. "Madison, we're almost sixteen. Don't you ever get tired of that?"

"Of course not. How could I ever tire of you Sakura?" Madison asked. Sakura sweat dropped. The foursome turned away and headed down the street.

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Short chapter, but I kinda of got stuck. So, we'll see how things turn out since I no longer have my old story to refer to, it's likely things are going to be taking a very different turn. Next chapter, is probably gonna be Rini's birthday, and then after that we'll see where we're going. Please review.

ebacusta