Chapter 6: Failed Conversion

Basil approached the Aino household nervously. Its very size intimidated him; he had heard from Bridget that they were rich, but the implications of that fact had never truly registered in his mind. He pressed the doorbell shakily and waited for someone to answer. Without giving him too long to wait, the door opened, and Basil screamed.

"Oh, hi! You must be Bridget's guest!" Basil hid his eyes in fear--why was there a monster there?! Did he need to transform and fight it? It was horribly ugly, had longish, stringy black hair and coal-like black eyes, rather dark skin, like it was a scary evil Arab, and it was dressed all in black as well.

"Dad, I think he's scared of you." Basil peeked out between his fingers. Akane was close behind the frightening demon, snickering. THAT was Akane's father?! Not a monster?

"Scared of me? I think he'd rather be scared of you; you've got much more of a temper than me," teased the surprisingly friendly man.

"Eh? That's your father, Akane?" Basil exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, of course he is!" giggled Akane. Meanwhile, at the Love Angels' house, Angel Ivy was getting ready to go after a target they had picked for her.

"Really? You think she would be good?" Angel Ivy was asking.

"Yes, of couse. From what you told me about the other Sailors, it sounds like she is the most likely to be bitter and thus easily convinced that the source of said bitterness is because of impure love. Take her to that evil mansion where the impure girl resides," Angel Lily ordered.

"Yeah! This'll be fun!" giggled Angel Ivy. She patted the bag that was around her waist, smirking. Actually, the reason she had suggested this target to the other Love Angels was because her house was close by. At that house, Rei was gone. She was off doing advertising work for their kimono shop, which left Daisuke, her husband, alone to take care of Jessica and Madoka. Jessica was reading an advanced chemistry book when the door was suddenly smashed open by a giant metal ring. Angel Ivy jumped through the remains, grinning at her.

"Jellybean Prism Power..." Jessica started to call.

"Why do you need to do that? I've come here to help you," Angel Ivy interrupted. Jessica paused, as she did remember that girl to be one of the Sailor Senshi. But why was she dressed like a Love Angel?

"In what way, mon?" Jessica challenged, still with her bracelet in her hand.

"Because you must be very bitter. You feel like no one gives you the respect you deserve, just because you're little. Oh, don't be so surprised, I heard all about that incident at the amusement park. You know, you could strike back against those people who hurt you," Angel Ivy said confidently.

"That would be irrational and foolish," Jessica retorted coolly, turning back to her book. Angel Ivy glared at her and ripped the pack off her belt.

"Metallic Cage Surround!" she shouted, flinging the pack at Jessica, who leaped off of the chair to escape it. It hit her anyway, and in a burst of green light it formed a metal cage around her tiny body.

"What the are you doing to her?!" a girl's voice shouted. Angel Ivy spun around to see Madoka standing nearby.

"I'm showing her the true way to deal with her hidden anger," retorted the Sailor Senshi-turned-enemy as she grabbed the chain that hung from Jessica's cage and began to drag her quickly out of the door.

"Bubble Gum Prism Power, Make Up!" When she heard the call, Angel Ivy panicked, and she rushed outside, spotting Rei's car.

"Do you know how to drive, mon?" Jessica asked from the cage.

"No, but I can try," giggled Angel Ivy as she tossed her captive in the back seat and climbed in front of the wheel.

"You won't get away from me that easily!" roared Sailor Bubble Gum as the engine began to start. She climbed on the back of the car, struggling to reach the roof. The car took off, with her hanging on the back. Daisuke saw her out the window and screamed.

"What is she DOING?! I hope Rei doesn't come back to a funeral," he moaned.

"Where are you taking me?" Jessica asked, still as calm as ever, although she was bruised in a few places from the rough treatment.

"To a place that's evil. They've got a big mansion where they do yucky things and steal money from the poor to give to the rich," Angel Ivy explained as she bounced the car over the street, other drivers hurrying to get out of her way. At that "evil house," Akane, Basil, and Bridget were playing a card game together.

"WOW!! I've only got one left!" Akane exclaimed.

"That's not good! In this game, you have to get the most number of cards," Bridget corrected her.

"Huh? Then what have I been playing?" asked Akane, confused, "I thought this was Uno." Basil stared at the rules, furrowing his brow.

"I think these rules are all mixed up, eh. It says you win by either having no cards or all the cards, and it looks like it's mixing up the rules of War and Uno," he said.

"What?! I don't ever remember having a messed-up game like that!" shouted Akane, snatching the rules out of his hands angrily.

"There they are! The evil girl! Smoke Bomb Cage!" shouted a voice. Akane turned her head to the door just in time to get a stream of green smoke in her mouth. She slumped forward, falling asleep with her head on her wheelchair tray. The world swirled around her for a few seconds until it formed a dream-like scene. Now she could see Sailor Licorice and Sailor Vanilla running in a field. They were being pursued by a girl with long brown hair that turned into blond at the bottom.

"First our masculinity is in danger because of these #$ skirts, and now we're running from the enemy?!" Sailor Licorice was shouting.

"Oh, I dunno, I kind of liked the breeze," Sailor Vanilla responded calmly. Akane was confused. Since when did Ahmed like running? And she had never known Basil to be angry about the Senshi skirts, though maybe if she asked him...

"Wake up, Akane! There's an attack!" Sailor Licorice was now yelling.

"Yeah, I know, that girl is chasing you," mumbled Akane, half-asleep.

"What girl?! Angel Ivy isn't chasing me, she's trying to hit us with a giant ring! And she has Jessica in a cage!" Sailor Licorice added. Akane blinked. The girl was gone and so was Sailor Vanilla. Sailor Licorice WAS yelling at her, but they weren't in the field anymore, just back at her house.

"What do you think about wearing a skirt when you're a Senshi? Does it make you feel too girly?" Akane asked sleepily.

"That doesn't matter right now! Dead Scream!" Sailor Licorice called, reaching to the side to shoot an energy ball out of his hand at the cage that held Jessica. It released her in a explosion, and Angel Ivy shrieked with surprise.

"What kind of pure boy in love are you?! I was going to have her help you!" she snapped.

"Jellybean Prism Power, Make Up!" Jessica called, and Angel Ivy began to panic. Her gloved hands glowed.

"Saint Metallic Ring Strike!" she shouted.

"Vine Entanglement!" Sailor Cupcake countered, using her vines to grab the giant ring before it hit anyone.

"Dead Scream!"

"World Shaking!"

"Death Reborn Revolution!" Sailors Jellybean, Licorice, and Bubble Gum combined their attacks and threw them at Angel Ivy. She was knocked out, and she disappeared in a glitter of green sparkles.

"Do you not like the Senshi skirts?" Akane tried again, as her mind was still stubbornly clinging to her strange dream.

"Maybe a little bit. It's short, and doesn't make good protection in battle, but I like being able to be powerful as a Senshi so that makes it not as bad, eh," Basil shrugged as he detransformed.

"That was just strange. Who was that new Love Angel, and why did she have Jessica in a cage?" Bridget asked, wondering aloud.