Chapter 29: Tall, Tall Mountain
Odango. Seiya was in Odango's arms, safe and sound.
"Oooh...Pierre..." Where did THAT voice come from, Seiya wondered. She looked out in the pink area she and Usagi were floating in and saw that Pierre was floating there too, with Ahmed in his arms.
"Yes, that's it, no one should be in unrequited love," Seiya whispered as she closed her eyes again. Then she gasped, as she felt like she was falling. She opened her eyes, only to see a pool of water beneath her. She landed in the water, coming up sputtering, Ahmed beside her doing the same. They climbed out onto a long rocky path together.
"This isn't the Crystal Palace," Ahmed said flatly.
"Um, no, it's not. Probably one of those Magic Knights or that evil Sailor Senshi teleported us here, like how she...she..." Seiya stopped, snarling and clenching her hand into a fist. There was a shrieking sound, and suddenly a monkey leaped down out of seemingly nowhere, snatching up Ahmed's transformation bracelet. It ran off, chattering tauntingly.
"Give that back now. I don't want to lose more weight by chasing you," Ahmed snapped.
"I think it's plotting against you then," Seiya joked before they began their pursuit of the monkey. Even though bottomless pits opened up in the path before them, somehow they were able to leap across, buoyed by a mysterious wind.
"Come on, come on! Come play with me!" giggled a voice that carried on the wind.
"That sounds like one of those Magic Knights!" exclaimed Seiya.
"I think we lost the monkey," said Ahmed. Yes, it was nowhere to be seen.
"It's probably just further up the mountain. I can go check for you if you want," volunteered Seiya. She didn't wait for Ahmed's response and she charged forward until she found an area that looked like it was a good place to go rock climbing. When she looked up, she could see the monkey at the top, running away out of sight. She then screamed as Ahmed suddenly came crashing down on her.
"WEEE!!! More fun with the silly ones who pine for love!" giggled that voice again. Ahmed crawled off of Seiya, looking around for where that was coming from.
"Quit manipulating us and show us where you are!" demanded Seiya.
"Then come find me," the voice replied, and a strong wind picked up and Seiya and Ahmed were lifted into the air. They floated over the rocky ledges, around a corner, across another spot where they could've dropped back down to the bottom, until they landed on the other side. That was where they saw the girl. She was dressed mostly in green, with white armor around her chest. She had fluffy blond hair and glasses framed her green eyes. In short, she was Fuu Hououji, the Wind Knight. In her hand was Ahmed's silvery transformation bracelet.
"Give that back! Otherwise we'll both be powerless!" shouted Seiya.
"Nope. I like it too much," Fuu shrugged.
"What would you want with it anyway, you're not Sailor Vanilla!"
"Dear foolish girl, you need to learn that we Magic Knights must stop the Sailor Senshi from destroying Cephiro. But I guess playing sports has addled your brains so that you would forget," Fuu smirked. Her sword appeared in her hands, she swung it...
"Where did that monkey come from?!" exclaimed Seiya. Yes, now Fuu's vision was blocked by the monkey, which was grabbing her face. This forced her to drop both her sword and Ahmed's transformation bracelet, which the pink-haired boy gladly picked up.
"Vanilla Power, Make Up!" Fuu threw the monkey off of her and then screamed in horror when she saw the silver-clad Senshi standing there with that fearsome Glaive in his hands.
"Oh no! I didn't plan for this! I thought I could keep him from turning into that form!" she wailed, "All my plans involved him being powerless!"
"Go get her, Sailor Vanilla! Remember, if you kill her, she'll return to her..."
"Emerald Typhoon!" Fuu suddenly called, sending a strong gust of wind that knocked Seiya and Sailor Vanilla to their butts.
"Hey, I thought you just said you didn't have any plans!"
"Shut up, you stupid athlete-type! That was done on a whim!" Fuu retorted. Then she barely had time to duck out of the way as Sailor Vanilla nearly decapitated her with the Silence Glaive. She ran ahead and then disappeared when she jumped through what looked like a solid rock wall, except that it shimmered when she passed through it.
"After her!"
"You know, possibly she just went back to her world."
"This isn't a time to hesitate, Ahmed! She's in with that evil Sailor Senshi who destroyed Kinmoku and stole my powers!" Seiya snapped.
"I just don't think we should rush into what could be a trap."
"Just go!" Seiya shouted, shoving Sailor Vanilla ahead of her towards the place Fuu had vanished. Sailor Vanilla stuck his head through. It was completely different in there; more like an amusement park slide in a dark room rather than a mountain in the open air.
"HAHAHA!!! You look silly with your head stuck in the rock," Fuu taunted. She had to back up, however, as Seiya shoved Sailor Vanilla through and they crashed in a heap on the floor. Fuu backed up so much that she ended up stepping on the slide and she began to slip down. Seiya grabbed Sailor Vanilla and pulled him onto the slide with her so they could chase Fuu.
"Mystery Cloud!" Sailor Vanilla called.
"What was that for?! Now we can't see where we're going!" Seiya shouted.
"You people seem to hate fog powers," noted Fuu.
"That's because they're useless!"
"Emerald Typhoon!" When Fuu blew the fog away, she had to duck away from the blade of the Silence Glaive again. She materialized her sword again, intending to have an old-fashioned sword fight with the Senshi, but, once again, that monkey landed on her face again.
"Mystery..." Sailor Vanilla started to say, but Seiya clamped her hands over his mouth.
"Don't do that again, I want to be able to see where we're going."
"Get off of my face, you stupid monkey!" Fuu finally flung it off her face and it fell shrieking over the edge of the slide. She then blocked the blade of the Silence Glaive with her own sword.
"Just let him kill you! You'll go back to your world!"
"Don't lie, evil alien Sailor Senshi who tried to seduce Usagi! I declare that this be the nerd's revenge on an athletic oppressor who tried to force everyone to play sports whether they like it or not!"
"That makes no sense, Fuu! I did NOT try to seduce Odango!"
"Yes you did! You forced her to date you!"
"No I didn't! She could've not showed up! I didn't go to her house and DRAG her to the park! She chose to keep the date!"
"Then you tried to force sex on her!"
"Dancing! I was just going to dance with her!"
"Look out, you two! We just went down the wrong path!" exclaimed Sailor Vanilla. Seiya and Fuu screamed as they saw the skull marking pass over their heads, but then Seiya smiled.
"What's wrong? Doesn't this mean we'll all go back to our own worlds?"
"Then it means I'll see Pierre again."
"No you won't! We'll all die! MWAHAHAHA!!!
"Fuu, I believe in Odango's friend Rei..." Seiya whispered as everything became black.