Summary:

This chapter is about the episode in the Sailor Stars Series where Sailor Tin Nyanko tries to shoot Eternal Sailor Moon down with a cat bazooka, but Seiya takes the hit instead. What if he didn't get there in time?

Please enjoy the newest chapter, Cat Bazooka!

Cat Bazooka

Serena sighed, laying her head down on her desk. It was hard, having to listen to Darien's voice on the phone, but him not hearing her's.

"Hey! You've reached Darien! I'm not here right now so please call my number in the states..."

Serena sighed and slammed the phone down onto her desk. Darien...she wanted him so bad.

yyyyy At the Mall yyyyy

I decided to take a walk around the mall so I could, you know, get my mind off of things. I was halfway through the second floor when I saw a booth I don't remember seeing there before.

It was called "R-san's House of Wisdom." R-san? I've never heard that name before. Going inside, I discovered it was sort of like a fortune telling place, except in this place I was to tell my problem, and the woman inside was supposed to help me.

Sighing miserably, I walked inside. "I miss Darien." I started off sadly. "I miss him so much...but there's also...this other guy..."

"Other guy?" she inquired, raising one eyebrow.

"Yes, other guy." I continued. "I met him just after Darien left for college, and I can't stop thinking about him. I feel so guilty, because I know my heart belongs to Darien, but...but..."

"Ah, I see" R-san said mysteriously. "You love Darien, but you have feelings for this other man...just not the same romantic ones you have with Darien". She then proceeded to give me a ticket. A ticket?

"This is a ticket to radio DJ Emmy's studio. He's holding a live interview with the starlights tonight. I think you'll find it in your best interest to go."

"But...but...how did you know?"

Then R-san ripped off the veil that was covering her face. "Because it's me, Raye, you meatball head! Now get out there and visit Seiya! The interview starts in 15 minutes!"

The dumb look that I'm sure was on my face slowly disappeared, and the corners of my lips upturned. "Thank you!" I cried. I leaned forward and gave her a friendly peck on the cheek before bouncing out of the fortune telling booth.

((((( At the DJ's Studio )))))

I watched Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki at the interview tonight, and needless to say, it was quite boring.

I suddenly found myself extremely interested in watching what Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki were doing, instead of listening.

I noticed that Yaten had this strange habit of glaring at everyone in the live audience, especially women. He would sort of stare at them until they turned and made eye contact, and then he would glare until that person turned away.

Taiki just sort of sat there, like a stone statue, with an expressionless look on his face. When he was asked questions, he would answer in a strange monotone: "Yes. No. Yes. No."

Then I went to Seiya. He seemed to be the only one paying attention, so DJ Emmy was asking him most of the questions. Hmm, how strange! He didn't seem to have any strange habits…oh my…he's caught my eye…my cheeks are on fire.

But then…I made the mistake of looking a little to the left, and Taiki and Yaten caught my eye at the same time. They gave me a very 'who invited her here?' look and quietly conversed amongst themselves.

Ugh. I've had enough of this. I know Raye was only trying to help, but Taiki and Yaten are giving me evil glares, and Seiya keeps making big goo-goo eyes at me. Not to mention the girls sitting around me are giving me evil looks, too…

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Seiya's POV iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

I was kind of surprised when I saw Serena jump out of her seat and leave the studio. Hey, I wanted to follow her! I really wanted to talk to her. I sighed inwardly. It's a good thing this boring interview is done is 5 minutes…4 minutes and 55 seconds…4 and 45 seconds…4 and 43….and counting….

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr After interview ends rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Finally, that oh so extremely boring interview was over! I thought I would never get out of there! I walked into a lounge room, where I found Serena, Yaten, and Taiki.

After chatting with them for a while, I heard a most dreaded sound: a man's pained scream. It sounded like that DJ Emmy guy. Serena turned on her heel and bolted out of the room, and I was going to follow her, but Yaten grabbed my arm.

"Don't follow her! We have our own duties to attend to!"

"And what would that be? We did an interview tonight, and we have a concert tomorrow! There's nothing else to do! I need to go help her!"

And back and forth we went, until Taiki finally stopped us. "Enough! You can fight later. Can you feel that?"

Oh yeah, I felt it alright. As soon as Yaten and I stopped squackering, I filled with this feeling of dread, that something really, truly, bad was about to happen. Suddenly Serena's picture popped up in my head. Serena!

I was about to run in the same direction she had run in earlier, but then Yaten whispered quietly, "Where does your loyalty lie?"

That one statement caught me extremely off guard. I stood there solidly for several seconds…until I realized…that that bad feeling had gotten worse…those dumb seconds I wasted standing there were just enough for something bad to happen.

"MEATBALL!" I screamed as I transformed and ran into the parking lot at the same time.

OOOOOOOOO Parking Lot OOOOOOOOOOO

Whew! I'm glad that was over. As soon as I healed DJ Emmy, the scouts and I were about ready to go home. But even before we could let our guard down, this woman appeared in front of us…who I later learned went by the name of Sailor Lead Crow.

She was mumbling some crack about getting revenge for Sailor Aluminum Siren, the women who was like a sister to her. The scouts and I were all tensed up, ready to attack at a moment's notice, when suddenly I heard something charging behind me. It sounded like a 'machine get ready to fire' sort of charging, not the 'lion racing after you' charging.

Wait a minute…machine getting ready to fire…wha… "AAAHHHH!"

KKKKKKKK Seiya's POV KKKKKKKK

I had just gotten to the parking lot, with Sailor's Star Maker and Healer charging behind me. Unfortunately, I had not gotten there on time. No…not Sailor Moon!

I watched, shocked, with a glazed look on my face, as a burst of power seemingly coming from nowhere shot out like a rocket, going toward Sailor Moon. I ran as fast as I could, but those few wasted seconds worked their magic and I was too late.

Eternal Sailor Moon was starting to turn around when it hit her, slamming into her side. The blast was so powerful that it turned her around and finished by blasting her chest, slamming her into the wall behind her.

But the one thing I'm sure I'll never forget is the pained scream that came out of her mouth…that look of pure agony on her face as she was brutally attacked and ruthlessly slammed into a brick wall.

"Why…you…AAAH!" Suddenly, with a rush of adrenaline, I ran up to the perpetrator and attacked with all my might.

"STARLIGHT…SUPER…STARS…REVOLVING…!" I was so mad, so angry, so shocked over what just happened, that I had created a whole new attack. But whoever that perpetrator was, she left just in time, and instead, that other woman who was attacking the soldiers from the front got hit. As soon as she hit the ground she jumped into a telephone booth (that I've never seen before) and it disappeared.

"MEATBALL!" I screamed, my voice cracking. I broke into a run to help Sailor Jupiter pull Eternal Sailor Moon from the harsh, cold, wall.

"Uggh" she moaned. There was blood dripping down her side, from where the attack first hit her. There was also blood that came out of her…wings? I guess they were real. Since her back hit the wall, her wings were scratched, ripped…some parts of it was so bad I could see muscle and bones showing through the feathers. Some was so bad; there were no feathers at all. Blood soaked through the remaining feathers, giving her wings a morbid, vampiric look.

Sailor Venus ran over to us, as did everyone else. Then everyone transformed except for Sailor Moon. "Serena…Serena! Are you awake? Can you hear me?"

Serena groaned, and even though her eyes were closed, she bit out through clenched teeth… "I hear you….oh…that hurts…"

"Don't worry, Serena, Amy went to go get an ambulance," I reassured her. "Can you open your eyes? Can you tell me where it hurts?"

It pained me, it pained me so much to see how much trouble it took just to open her eyes. I gripped her hand tightly as she struggled to answer.

"My…my stomach," she whispered, " and my back is killing me…and I can feel it in my wings…they feel ripped."

I bowed my head and allowed myself to shed a few tears. Dammit! Damn it all to…forget about it. If I had only…left as soon as I felt that bad feeling…this might not have happened…it's all my fault…it's all my fault!

Raye patted my hand reassuringly. "It's not your fault, Seiya-kun," she soothed. I looked up at her in shock. How did she…?

"No, I can't read minds," she murmured, "but today at the mall you told me how much you cared for her, and I know you would give anything to make sure she is safe."

I smiled, suddenly happy for the moment. But that happy moment was quickly broken as Serena suddenly squeezed my hand extremely tight, and shut her eyes.

"Serena? What's wrong? Serena?"

"I…"she gasped, "OH! It hurts! It feels like…my heart is being ripped out of my chest..ungh…aaah…"

Suddenly her right hand shot up to grasp at the area in her chest where the heart belongs. "Ooh…Seiya…uh…"

Suddenly, I felt my world stop as she went limp as quickly as she had squeezed my hand. Oh no…her face had a slight blue hue to it, and she wasn't responding to voice or touch. Suddenly, Amy came running up.

"You guys! Her heart has stopped beating! Move aside so the paramedics can get to her!"

The next several hours of my life were a blur, a complete hellish blur in which I felt like none of my questions were being answered.

I suddenly found myself sitting in a waiting room, just…waiting.

"Seiya! Drink some water!" I graciously took a sip of water, took several deep breaths…and instantly I felt my head clear.

Looking around, I saw many teary eyed faces. Serena's closest friends were clinging to each other and crying, and her more distant friends (Amara, Michelle, Hotaru, Trista) were sitting there silently, preferring to cry alone.

Her mother was sobbing on her father's shoulder, while Serena's father seemed to be trying to console his wife while convincing her little brother Sammy that she would be alright. He wasn't very convincing, with tears streaking down his face also.

I even noticed that Taiki, and Yaten, who never seemed to care for Serena, were looking a little down. Yaten grasped my hand in a supportive manner, and I leaned on Taiki's shoulder. "Thanks for the water, man" I managed to choke out, my voice breaking horribly.

Luckily…just a mere 10 minutes later…hmm…I seemed to be noticing time a lot more often…well, anyways, ten minutes later a doctor finally emerged from the hallway, some blood splattered on his scrubs.

I could hear a few of the girls yelping at the sight of Serena's…Serena's blood…all over this doctor. I tried to block it out, because I wanted to hear what he would say. I wanted him to reassure us, to tell us that Serena would be fine.

The doctor sighed, and wrung his hands together. "Unfortunately, the chest cavity took the hardest impact, and that's why Serena had a heart attack when you were with her. Then, right after that, she went into cardiac arrest."

Serena's mother buried her face in her hands and moaned. I jumped up, anxious to here more. "Tell me that she's okay. Tell me she's okay…"

"Fortunately, she will be fine. She just needs several weeks of resting so her body can recuperate."

The walls seemed to resonate with sound as everyone heaved a big sigh of relief.

llllllllllllllll Serena's POV, 3 days later lllllllllllllllllllll

Finally, it was 3 days since that terrible attack! I was told, by my fellow senshi, that I was attacked from behind and that's why no one could do anything. They told me how Seiya was so mad he created a new attack, and it drove Sailor Lead Crow and Tin Nyanko away.

I was told by doctor that I had a heart attack and then I went into cardiac arrest. That explains why I feel so incredibly weak, why I feel so extremely tired all the time…even though I haven't even sat up in 3 days.

The doctor also told me I needed 7 stitches on my left side, and my back was so badly injured, they just wrapped my whole entire torso in bandages. The doctor explained that the back injury was about 90 of the pain, the heart attack was 7, and the stitches would be about 3 of the pain.

Anyways, sorry for boring you. The reason I am so happy about 3 days passing is because…Seiya can visit me! The very next day the Starlights had a concert (which I saw on TV, by the way), and only family could visit anyways.

After that, my friends have been visiting, but the Starlights couldn't visit until today, Saturday, because they were so behind in school that they needed to stay late for several days.

Suddenly the door opened up, breaking me out of my reverie. Now, even though I might sound healthy, mind you, when I try to actually talk it pains me a lot.

I smiled weakly as Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki walked in and shut the door behind them. "Seiya" I murmured weakly, "I'm so happy to see you. I haven't seen you since…that boring interview."

nnnnnnnnn Seiya's POV nnnnnnnnnnn

When my brother's and I were walking down the hallway, I had been preparing myself for the worst. Still, I wasn't expecting what I saw.

As I walked in the door, the first thing I noticed was her meatballs. Someone had taken them out! Her incredibly long hair was spread eagle around her body, making her look tiny and vulnerable.

She wasn't wearing a shirt, but her blanket was pulled up to her chest, with her arms resting on top of it. She was very pale, and the bed was so big, compared to her tiny 4'11" frame. She had an IV stuck in her right arm, and there were patches on her chest, monitoring her vital signs.

There was a small tube that ran across her face and under her nose, and in the part under her nose, there were two short prongs that went into her nose.

She started to smile weakly, and I smiled encouragingly so she would keep going. "Seiya, I'm so happy to see you. I haven't seen you since…that boring interview."

I grinned cheekily. "Yeah, I know it was boring. But I was the life of the show! That's why you kept looking at me, right?"

Hey everybody! I'm sorry it took so long for the next "What If" story. I had a real busy week, really really busy.

It was harder than I thought to find an episode where someone took a blow for Sailor Moon. I found myself thinking things like, what if sailor moon did do something or didn't do something, instead of, what if she actually got hit.

Well, I finally found one, but it was hard to do because I don't know this episode that well. I had written Promise of the Rose by heart, because I've watched it so many times.

I promise part two will be out soon

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