Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Goddess, Episode 2: "Here Comes The Flood"
By: Sokai
Disclaimer: It is sad, but very true. I, Sokai, do not claim ownership to the wonderfully great Takeuchi Naoko's Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon series, or any of her brilliant characters. However, I DO own the plot, storyline, and the original characters as well as attacks that I'll put in here (though OBVIOUSLY they were inspired by Takeuchi-sama's series).
Note: Right. So sorry! I'd forgotten to mention that I'd first created/written this series/trilogy back in June 2004. HeHe Oh, and, this episode was also written in June 2004.
Lin Mo Niang walked out of Crystal Hall from lunch, and into an increasingly cloudy late afternoon, feeling her erstwhile depleting energy now replenished. Her last afternoon class had been pretty rigorous, and so she could not wait until it had been let out so that she could quickly grab something to eat before retiring to her dorm room to rest a bit, before preparing for her evening classes.
It had been three days since Niang had first arrived on campus, carrying with her mixed feelings of homesickness, and yet a very intense yearning to begin her college career.
The seventeen year old began to think about her parents back home in China, and wondered if they were doing all right without her, as it was the first time she'd ever been away from home.
Niang readjusted her grip upon her backpack while making her way through campus, the crowd of fellow students beginning to disperse as they headed in different directions towards their unknown destinations.
Niang inhaled deeply and lightly smiled to herself as a calming breeze gently caressed her cheek.
Feels like a rainstorm might be approaching, she thought to herself as she looked up towards the increasingly cloudy sky.
While storms quite often were a bother to most others, causing them
feel either scared or depressed, to Niang they were a welcoming comfort. She'd always felt the most calm and in tune with her emotions during one, though never fully understanding why.
Niang slowed down her pace as she anticipated the feeling of the first raindrop upon her saffron tinted complexion. Just then she'd spotted one of her fellow Biology I classmates, the exuberant and fair haired Tsukino Usagi sitting by herself underneath a Japanese Maple tree, seeming to be in deep thought.
". . . Hmm . . . I wonder who she could be . . . Couldn't be a follower of Galaxia-sama . . ." Niang overheard Usagi murmur lightly to herself as she approached, not yet realizing that she had earned herself a visitor.
Clearing her throat and flashing her a warm smile through her slightly
pudgy cheeks, Niang tilted her head to the side thoughtfully, her light blue hair done up, braided and curled into two tight, deep blue cloth-wrapped buns as they traditionally have been ever since she could remember.
Usagi looked up, startled a moment before returning the same hospitality to the foreigner, smiling back at her. She paused a moment, not that confident on how to respond, for several reasons.
First, she wasn't entirely sure if Niang had caught any part of her heated conversation with herself, while she tried to figure out who the new senshi, Sailorartemis, might be . . . the same girl who had injured her during their first encounter two days ago, fracturing her arm as a result.
The second reason Usagi was so weary about what to say to the new girl, was that she had yet to master how to maintain a solid conversation with her since having first meeting her the other day in class.
It certainly was not due to a lack of trying, however. No, it was simply due to the fact that Usagi had never managed to successfully master any of the language classes she and the other senshi had to partake in during some of middle school and most of high school; and so, her expertise in
conversing with anyone who was not Japanese or did not speak the language was vastly lacking.
Nevertheless, Usagi found that she very much liked the Chinese girl, even though she'd just met her. For some reason she would always seem to remind her a lot of Ami (much like how that Sibley Siasi girl had reminded her of Rei, ironically, albeit merely due to similar appearance), as they were both currently studying to become doctors and she, Niang, apparently seemed to be pretty intelligent herself.
Beginning to blush from the lapse in time of not responding to the blue haired girl, Usagi promptly cleared her own throat and smiled a bit more cheesily at her.
"Oh! Uh . . . n . . . ni hao ma, Lin Mo-san!" She'd managed, that being about the sole Mandarin phrase she had retained during her lessons. On top of that, she wasn't even entirely sure what she had just said, either, though, however, clearly it had to have been something positive because Niang's smile immediately broadened as her sky blue colored eyes twinkled from behind her bangs that normally sheltered them.
"Hen hao! Xie Xie!" Niang gushed, nodding politely at her before bowing slightly.
I have no clue what she just said, but she seems to be pretty happy, so I'm just gonna go with it, Usagi thought to herself, embarrassed as she
pressed her back against the tree behind her, using it as support as she began to slink her way up and off her feet since her right arm was now secured within a sling.
"Um . . . chi!" Usagi said, wanting to thank Niang for extending out her free hand and helping her from off of the ground, though sadly not remembering any other Mandarin words to aid her in the process.
Ugh, I probably just said something really stupid . . . hope it was "thank you," at least, since that's what I was aiming for, she thought sulkily to
herself once again.
After finishing bowing herself, Usagi looked up at Niang's face to see that it now reflected one of confusion and amusement, mysteriously patting her stomach.
"Oh! S . . . Shi!"
Finally exasperated, Usagi sweat dropped rather heavily as frustration began to wash over her, sighing.
"Listen, Lin Mo-san; I like you. I really do. You seem to be a very sweet and interesting girl. But, well, the thing is, of all the people to have tried to talk to here on campus, I would have to be your absolute worst choice. You see, I am horrible in remembering, let alone learning foreign languages -- especially English. Hmm . . . I guess I should thank my lucky stars that you're not from America, otherwise we'd get no where fast.
Anyway, I would really love to carry on future conversations
with you; I would, but that will be extremely impossible to do if it involves speaking further Mandarin . . . and, I know continuing on right now is pretty pointless, since I'm sure you have no idea what I'm saying . . ."
"Oh . . . well, then forgive me, Tsukino-san! I didn't know that you couldn't speak my native language as I can speak yours!"
Usagi stared blankly at Niang a moment, her mouth falling open in disbelief at the sound of the smaller girl's fluent Japanese response.
"Whoa! Wait a second, here! You mean to tell me that all this time you understood and knew how to speak Japanese? Why did you allow me to continue to make a complete fool of myself, saying God only knows what to you, while I successfully butchered your Chinese language in the process?"
Niang merely shrugged, lightly blushing herself as she allowed a faint giggle to escape from her rosy lips.
"Of course I can speak Japanese, Tsukino-san! I don't really see how else I'd be able to make it through a single day of classes here, let alone an entire semester, if I couldn't!
And as for 'allowing' you to continue on speaking to me in Mandarin, I guess it was because you just seemed so eager and determined to communicate with me, that I hadn't really the heart to tell you otherwise. Plus, it was quite amusing . . ." Niang trailed off, her grin fading away slightly as she watched Usagi's fair visage crumple into one of faint
disdain and embarrassment.
"Oh, no! No, I didn't mean it to be taken as an insult, Tsukino-san! I merely meant that yours has been the most friendly face I've encountered thus far, and I have yet to meet a cantankerous one.
So, I have to say that that's saying quite a lot about you, although I'm sure you've heard such compliments from others all the time in the past."
Usagi's former hurt expression instantly melted away, and once again her cheery smile beamed across it in its place as she let out a small giggle.
It was decided. She definitely liked this girl.
Lightly hugging her still injured arm (Niang promptly taking notice, briefly wondering what unfortunate mishap could have befallen such a warm and friendly person as her new friend to thrust her into such a predicament), Usagi winked happily at her.
"Well, I can honestly say that you are the first to give me such a lavish compliment as that. Thank you, Lin Mo-san. Anyhow, what are you doing right now? On break, or about to head to class?
If you're anything like my friend, Ami, then you'll probably be heading off somewhere 'brainy' like the library or computer lab to study, since you seem so smart and all. Oh! Not that that's a bad thing, either, of course!"
"Actually, no, I was just coming from the cafeteria, having eaten some early dinner, before heading back to the dorms to prepare for my evening classes. But, thank you for your compliment, Tsukino-san," Niang answered, lightly blushing as she offered up a small smile in return.
She really liked this Tsukino Usagi girl, and liked her all the more for taking recognition in her intelligence, although she never had been one to boast about it.
On the contrary, while Niang and her family did always take vast pride in her ample intellect, they also held even greater pride in modesty and being humble about it.
However, now that she was away from home, Niang was not really sure how to feel anymore. While she'd suddenly felt so free like an everflowing river, free to explore new and uncharted territory not offered to her back home, by the same token she'd also felt just as restricted as a glacier, forever gazing at the world beyond and moving at such a slow pace to at last embrace it.
"You know, I didn't mean to intrude on you the way I had, but I wanted to say hello. Plus, everyone else seems to be heading inside for shelter as a storm might be coming, and I just saw you sitting here by your lonesome.
You should probably do the same -- take cover, I mean -- or at least get away from underneath this tree . . . bad place to be during thunderstorms, after all," Niang suggested to Usagi, who then gazed up at the darkening sky.
"Oh . . . wow . . . I didn't even notice the change in weather . . . I guess I was just too engrossed within my own mind. We probably should head inside before the rain comes down, ne?" Usagi said and advanced from her spot, walking ahead of Niang.
"Come on! Since you have time before your evening classes begin, what do you say I treat you to an ice cream sundae in the lobby parlor?" Usagi offered, secretly hoping she'd say yes, as ice cream was her favorite food to eat.
Then again, any type of different food was her favorite (save milk and carrots), and she had never really needed any sort of excuse to engage in eating any of them.
Regardless, she'd also wanted to take this presentable opportunity to get to know Lin Mo Niang a little better.
Niang smiled pleasantly at Usagi as the two began to walk towards the dorms, the rain at last beginning to let down.
"Of course, Tsukino-san! I would really enjoy that."
"Please, you can just call me Usagi if you'd like, Lin Mo-san."
"Only if you call me Niang, after all."
The two stopped momentarily despite the rain by then beginning to pour heavily, and shared a friendly, mutual laugh between them before they quickly began to sprint towards the dormitory building.
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Rei sighed impatiently to herself in frustration as she opened her eyes, her brows deeply furrowed.
"Anything?" Makoto asked from Rei's bed, at last breaking the heavy silence that had bombarded the singles dorm room for the past hour and a half.
Rei sighed again, rising slowly from the makeshift shrine she'd made for herself for times of meditation.
"No, and it's becoming pretty annoying, too. What good is it to be a miku-san and clairvoyant if I can't even decipher whether or not Sailorartemis is our enemy," she responded, quickly rushing to the window to open it wider as Makoto bent down to put out the small fire they had lit to help in her concentration to find out the truth.
If they were found out by the Resident Advisor, both she and Makoto would be kicked out of the dorms, and possibly off campus for violating one of the floor's rules already.
"Well, maybe . . . and I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe Sailorartemis really isn't evil, and that's why you haven't been able to find out anything about her thus far."
"Not evil? Mako-chan, she attacked us, and then managed to injure Usagi-chan on top of that! I mean, the girl even said that she'd 'make us pay!' What good senshi do you know of would say that to a fellow senshi?" Rei countered as she took a seat in her desk chair, sitting backwards in it as the brunette flashed her a sympathetic look.
Makoto knew how much the recent events was effecting her, more than it had been Usagi or even herself.
Rei had always been able to get to the bottom of things whenever it came to figuring out who the Sailor Senshi's potential enemies might be. Now, for some strange reason, however, the young miku-san seemed unable to do so this time.
Plus, as Usagi's best friend, Rei having allowed her to get injured during battle was far more personal to her than it might have been to Makoto. She'd felt as though she had failed the young blonde as a friend as well as her sworn, eternal protector by not having taken better measures to prevent Sailorartemis' arrow from embedding itself within the Princess' arm that fateful day.
Clicking her tongue in further frustration, Rei ran a tired hand through the top of her raven head, the rest of her hair tied into a tight, long french braid.
"Well, I honestly don't know what to think about our situation right now. Between keeping up with our studies, adjusting to this new college life -- and, not to mention my duties as Shinto Priestess at grandpa's temple -- dealing with our other responsibilities as a Sailor Senshi might take its toll on me . . . demo, I will say one thing, though, Mako-chan . . ."
Makoto looked away from the open window, enjoying the cool breeze that the downpour of rain was offering up to them, and rested her emerald eyes upon her friend.
"Nani? What's that, Rei-chan?"
"That that of all the people Sailorartemis could be, that transfer student, the one from Greece, Sibley Siasi, is definitely not . . . I mean, I don't know why, and I'm sure it might make me sound a tad petty here, but that girl just rubs me the wrong way . . ."
"Yeah, probably because she seems to possess your short fuse of a temper, and self righteous demeanor . . . not to mention that she also sort of looks like you, too . . ." Makoto smirked at Rei, who reached for one of the pillows from off of her bed and threw it at her.
"Hey! I don't think I'm self righteous! And yeah, ok, I'll admit that I can lose my temper quick enough from time to time, but I'm not that bad . . . I'll even go as far as to say that she might share a few similiarities look wise, but that's where these similiarities between Sibley Siasi and I end!
She is so infuriating and arrogant, and . . . and obnoxious! She joined the Archery club just like I did, and seems to think she has a run of things in it. Ugh, I just want to ring her neck . . ."
Makoto couldn't help but to think of what Usagi would have said at that very moment had she been there: 'If I didn't know any better, Rei-chan, you basically described yourself to a T, so I can't understand why you're getting so upset.'
"Are you listening to me, Makoto?" Rei asked impatiently as she watched Makoto's face crumple into one of amusement.
"Oh! Right, sorry! Listen, Rei-chan, I am sorry that you apparently have quite a few issues with Siasi-san --"
"I do not have 'issues' with Sibley Siasi!"
"Okay, fine! The point is, no matter how you might feel about her, she isn't our top priority at the given moment. We have to figure out what's going on before things become too hectic."
Sighing, Rei nodded slowly in agreement, her brows lightly furrowed.
". . . I just hope that whatever might happen next, we'll be strong enough to handle it with just the three of us . . ."
"Forgive me, Miss Siasi for saying so, but how many times must we go through this? You are indeed a Goddess Senshi, reborn from the 'Days of Old' to carry out a mission and --"
"Yes, yes, I heard you before, Obelix. But what I'm not hearing is the whole entire story. Why have I been reborn, why have I been 'chosen,' and why do I have to carry out this so called mission? What's the point?"
Sibley had been sitting in her empty dorm room for the past twenty minutes, her roommate having left for her evening classes not too long ago, listening to all that the Red-tailed hawk perched upon her open windowsill had to inform her about her supposed past and apparently being a "Magical Girl."
While the details spilling from Obelix's beak seemed to be extremely far fetched, she couldn't help but feel as though there was some truth to what he was saying.
To be quite honest, Sibley had always felt slightly different than other people. Almost as if she possessed a greater purpose in life . . . and maybe this was it. Still, she wanted to be sure of everything and to get all of the facts before jumping to any drastic conclusions.
"I wish I could tell you more, however now would not be the right time, Miss Siasi. All I can say to you now is that it is very important that we find the other eight Goddess Senshi to help you carry out your mission, as you shall lead them to victory," Obelix responded, beginning to preen himself underneath one of his raised wings.
Wanting to find out more from her supposed guardian, however now too intrigued by the fact that he'd also just apparently gave her postion of leader to these . . . Goddess Senshi, Sibley smirked lightly to herself, thinking.
Leader of eight others, huh? Whoa, wait a second: eight? That seems to be an awful lot of supposed warriors to babysit. Still, so long as they all understand and always know that I'm in charge of things, I don't suppose me and my future teammates will have a problem.
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Leaving the blue crystal building that had housed her last class of the evening, Niang let out a tired sigh as she once again walked through the still pouring rain. She wasn't entirely sure whether or not it was due to the fact that she was tired that it seemed to feel as though the rain was simply gliding off of her without drenching her body while a warm sensation suddenly growing deep within her stomach.
Either way, she didn't have enough time to really ponder the matter as she had suddenly come face to face with a mysterious lone woman with spiky short black hair and dressed in a peculiar black ensemble consisting of red and orange bows.
Niang continued to stare at the raven haired girl, who stared directly back at her, the rain eerily gliding right off of she as well as they stood. She seemed to be too fascinated by the stranger's equally strange attire to really take notice of the hawk that continued to circle overhead, surveying the on goings as if expecting something interesting to happen.
At last the equivocal black clothed girl spoke, speaking what Niang surmised to be Greek instead of the "universal" language of Japanese most everyone on campus had been conversing in since her arrival there.
". . . So . . . is she supposed to be Sailormazu or what, Obelix?"
Sailormazu? Obelix? What was this girl talking about? Niang thought to herself, still not entirely sure whether or not she should run, or think of a way to get out of what could or could not become a potential threat -- what with she being alone outside, in the middle of the semi-late evening and in the onslaught of rain that might hinder her path of direction while trying to escape this new girl.
Taking a step backward, just in case, Niang thought it best to stall for time while her mind tried to rapidly formulate a plan, though at the same time something deep inside of her kept nagging away at her, telling her that this was probably the safest place to be at the given moment.
"E . . . Excuse me . . . do you think you could tell me whom exactly you are? And . . . what are you wearing? Is this some unknown custom around here that I was not aware of when I transferred?" Niang asked, speaking in fluent Greek back to the girl with the amethyst colored eyes, who then widened them slightly in surprise.
Apparently there seemed to be no language that Lin Mo Niang hadn't mastered before arriving in Japan.
"Well, would you look at that? She can understand me; you can understand me. Well then, that will make my job a whole lot easier when I tell you that you a Great Warrior, and a part of my team, the Goddess Senshi, Lin Mo Niang . . . or, should I say, Sailormazu."
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"Who ever heard of taking a walk in the rain, and late at night, no less . . . how do we know there isn't a lurking 'chikan' somewhere?"
"Aww, scared, Rei-chan? If you had a boyfriend he could be here to protect you," Usagi giggled, sticking out her tongue at the girl in the bright red poncho as she held onto her bunny decorated umbrella in her good hand.
"Let's not start a fight right now with each other, ne? Save that energy for when we track down Sailorartemis and take her out once and for all . . ." Makoto reprimanded in a lowered voice, her green eyes scanning the area ahead of them, the green hood of her raincoat sheltering her head.
"Yeah, well, no one wants to get her more than I, Mako-chan, but when I said that I'd suddenly felt a shift of energy not too long ago, I didn't mean that we should go rushing out into the pouring rain like this!
I barely had enough time to grab this poncho before you and 'Princess Gimpy' both dragged me out of the dorms -- breaking yet another rule, being out after hours like this, thanks!"
"Oh, come on, Rei! What's the point in being in college -- in school, period -- if you're not gonna break a few rules? And, look on the bright side! If you do get kicked out, you won't be alone, because me and Mako-chan here will get kicked out with you!" Usagi comforted, grinning cheesily after realizing what she'd just said.
Before anyone could comment upon the simpleton remark the injured blonde had just said, a bright shimmering surge of blue light had rocketed into the night sky several distances away from them.
Almost immediately had Rei broken into a feverous run, beckoning the others to follow suit.
"That's her! Come on, minna! Tonight, we finish this!"
"Ok, b . . . but! We saw a red light the last time, a . . . and this is one i . . . is blue! Will you slow down, guys? I can't run so fast with this bad arm!" Usagi panted as she struggled to keep up with the taller girls already widening the gap of distance between them, the three pulling out their henshin wands from out of their pockets.
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". . . So all of . . . this is what happens when I say, 'Mazu Goddess Power, Make Up?' How extraordinary . . ."
Sailorartemis watched with slight boredom as the newly transformed Niang began to give herself a once over.
In place of her former school uniform, she now had on the same exact outfit the other girl standing idly before her did, only different in color. She still donned the same cloth-wrapped hairstyle, her same sky blue eyes shining with excitement and intrigue, but upon her slightly stout body was a black sailorfuku with a sky blue skirt and sea green bow complementing the overall ensemble in the front, a blue crystal jewel with what looked like a ice blue colored raindrop decorating the center.
Niang lightly grazed her backside with her now black gloved hand that reached all the way up to her elbows, the very end of it the only part that was blue, and found that there was yet another bow, a larger one of the same color resting there.
Engraved eerily upon her neck as well was the same illuminating ice blue raindrop symbol.
Feeling at last satisfied with her exploration, Sailormazu reached up to brush away a few strands of her blue bangs from out of her eyes and felt that upon her forehead was now a cris crossing crystal tiara that reflected the color of ice blue, with yet another raindropped jewel sitting comfortably within its center.
At last, the final remnants of Sailorartemis' patience fled from her.
"If you're done fondling yourself, Mazu-san, we can get on in explaining what's what!" She scolded, tapping her black high heeled shoe upon the wet ground while Sailormazu blushed, inclining her head slightly, causing her dangling raindrop shaped ice blue earrings to jostle lightly.
Casting her eyes downwards in slight embarrassment and shame, Sailormazu's eyes gazed upon the ground and idly rested upon her light blue knee high boots, one of the two jeweled raindrops winking up at her with its shine as the rain continued on.
"I . . . I'm most sorry, of course . . . Artemis-san, was it? It's just that it isn't exactly every day that something this intriguing happens, and to me, no less."
"Hmm, yes; I'm sure it must be the highlight of your otherwise mundane life. Just listen up already, while Obelix explains the rest of everything to you a bit more -- I don't have patience for that sort of thing."
"You don't seem to have patience for anything, Sailorartemis! Not even sticking around to have you're ass inevitably kicked!"
Already recognizing the voice, Sailorartemis sighed and rolled her eyes in annoyance as Sailormazu let out a startled gasp once laying eyes upon three new women who'd just arrived to the scene -- all three wearing outfits similiar to hers and Artemis', although white in contrast.
"You know, I knew all of you would show up to ruin our evening, Sailor Brats . . . was actually beginning to wonder what was keeping you. Perhaps 'Blondie' there slowed you down?" Sailorartemis smirked, Eternal Sailormoon hugging her injured arm just then as though the remark had somehow managed to reopen its wounds.
Regardless of the notion, however, none would be the wiser, as each senshi's sailorfuku magically seemed to mask any sort of injury endured from previous battles.
"How did you --"
"What? Know about your still battered arm slowing you down on the way here, or that you were coming? Let's just say that I have a . . . 'Third Eye' for these sorts of things . . ."
Sailorjupiter glared at the girl through the pouring rain, making a tight fist.
"Yeah? Well, is your mystical 'Third Eye' able to see that after tonight you're gonna have to use a wheelchair to get around from now on?
Because, Eternal Sailors Moon, Mars, and I, the Senshi of Lightning, Eternal Sailorjupiter, are here to take you down! You, and your little friend over there!"
Sailormoon leaned in towards Sailormars, who glared daggers at Sailorartemis, clearly feeling far more disdain towards her than Jupiter was currently harboring.
". . . Do you think we should be worried, now that there seems to indeed be another one of these senshi walking about? I mean, what if we can't 'take them down?'" She whispered into the girl's ear while watching the two ebony haired young women present keep their blazing eyes locked firmly upon the other.
"It's called having faith, Moon-chan; you might want to try having some right about now . . ." Eternal Sailormars responded stiffly through gritted teeth.
Meanwhile, Sailormazu stood slightly behind and to the side of Artemis, not entirely certain what was now unfolding before her.
It was obvious, however, that these three women had some sort of quarrel with the brash girl, and now, apparently, with she as well.
But three against one? That hardly seems fair, she thought sympathetically while contemplating whether or not she should help out, although not really sure how she even could.
"Well, then! Now that the 'pleasantries' are out of the way, what say we get down to business, ne? You already know me, and clearly you've now met Sailormazu here, sooooo . . . Artemis . . . Archer . . . Precision!"
Sailorartemis shouted, sending her fiery arrow suddenly towards the three Sailor Senshi.
Sailormazu jumped back in shock, helplessly watching the impending battle unfold before.
Eternal Sailormars, this time prepared for her attack, countered with her own as she dodged the arrow with extreme stealth.
"Fire . . . Soul . . . Bird!" She exclaimed as a blast of flame shaped in the form of a firebird was created from her white gloved hands, deploying it towards her opponents.
Not wishing to waste another precious moment, both Sailors Moon and Jupiter nodded towards one another as they formed their own attacks to use in defense against Sailors Artemis and Mazu.
"Sparkling . . . Wide . . . Pressure!"
"Silver . . . Moon . . . Crystal . . . Power . . . Kiss!"
Sailormazu's eyes widened with mixed fear and awe as the two attack's melded into one, preparing to make incredible impact with either she or her apparent comrade, Sailorartemis, or the two of them simultaneously.
Suddenly the already dark clouds above them began to blacken as a feeling of urgency washed over Sailormazu, just as the rain would if it could be possible for it to dampen she or the others while in their senshi guises.
Before anyone could react, the rain mysteriously began to come down harder as Mazu's eyes closed in concentration, familiar words forming upon her lips.
"Mazu . . . Cascading . . . Flood!" She suddenly shouted as she reopened her eyes, a massive flood forming from behind her and charging towards the Sailor Senshi and their attacks, managing to disintegrate them both; however, not before the last of it sliced through Artemis' leg, leaving behind a deep gash within it.
Eternal Sailormoon stared in disbelief as this one girl . . . her one attack had succeeded in canceling out her strongest one to date.
She raised a shaky hand to her pink, glossy lips as Sailormazu stared back at them with mixed emotion.
". . . How are we supposed to defeat such foes?"
". . . Argh . . . I think we'll call this time a draw for now . . . but rest assured, we'll be back to finish you off once and for all . . ." Sailorartemis grimaced as the pain from her gaping wound blanketed over her while struggling to stand.
"Mazu-san, let's go . . ."
"Oh, no, you don't! We're not gonna let you --" Eternal Sailorjupiter started, however Sailormoon raised a hand, signaling for her to stop.
She shook her head wearily.
"Iie, Jupiter-chan . . . although they clearly are our enemies, we obviously don't have the strength to take care of them on our own . . . I don't want to, but I think we may need to alert the others about this . . ."
She trailed off as she and her fellow Sailor Senshi watched their newfound opponents slink off in the other direction, the suddenly growing fog giving them immediate cover as the rain finally let up, as though understanding that the battle was now over . . . for the time being.
--End of Episode Two
(A.N. Okay, WHATEVER. Stupid computer just glitched on me and so all of the italics and/or emphasis I'd put into here where appropriate has been obliterated. And since it took me "forever" to revise and edit everything in the FIRST place, I'm not gonna bother with this one. I'm assuming you can and do do your own emphasizing while reading stuff in your head anyways. LoL
ANYWAY! Wasn't that interesting? BETTER have been to you, durnit LoL And I SO hope you review! C'mon, already! I know there's only about 50 billion Sailormoon fics on here, which is probably why MINE hasn't gotten many hits -- I mean, since it's buried underneath so many other stories before it, and thus who will take the time to find it, etc -- but you're killing me! I need feedback/reviews, here! LoL Oh, and in case you all DO read this and then DO review with something like, "Hey, wait. You said these charries of yours are original, right? Then how come Lin Mo Niang has the name she does?" here's why: as it's obvious by now, these senshi of mine are Goddess Senshi, as in inspired by Gods or Goddesses in different mythology -- Sailorartemis after Artemis, and now Sailormazu after the Goddess Mazu in chinese mythology. I was going to give her an original name, but I truly liked the name the girl-turned-goddess, Lin Mo Niang, had, so I just kept it. So there's the credit where credit's due. LoL Oh, right, and also, obviously my charries' personalities are or will be slightly influencial or similiar to the Goddesses their senshi alter egos are depicted upon -- for example, Sibley enjoying hunting and an expert archer as Artemis had been, and Niang studying medicine just as the Niang in mythology had vast knowledge of chinese medicine, herself. So, yeah; I'd obviously taken an EXTREME amount of time and care to research everything and brush up on or inform myself of new mythology before having started this series -- and I was a HUGE mythology buff to begin with LoL
What else, what else, before someone comes at me with nitpicking . . . oh yeah! And while I'd come up with their first name -- by that, I mean, I'd carefully and purposely selected to match their innate nature, etc -- their last names, with the obvious except to Niang, were all randomly generated by that Seventh Sanctum website that helps you when you can't think of good names or whatever. And since I could not think of a lot of Greek last names that I liked enough, I used that site and it gave me "greek sounding" last names, so there you go. LoL Um . . . I think that about covers it with the credit giving where appropriate and explanations for now. So yeah! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE review! I love you ALL! LoL Episode three to be posted soon! WHOOSH :Flies off: )