An: I dunna own any songs in the course of this story,
Elysion ate quietly, occasionally eyeing her dinner partners. It had been a half a month since the incident and they were still a little tense. She wasn't sure why they were, but it was starting to get on her nerves. Lately there have been more attacks and more people sent to the hospital. Each had fallen into the same death like coma that Usa's friends had been in. It had gotten so that her mother had left the ingredients and recipe with her. By now they had to restock their supply, for there were many people who needed the antidote.
Then, the whole ground shook and screams were heard floating into the palace.
"There's too many of them! Run!" Some man yells.
"Come on!" Usa shouts getting up and calling out her henshin then setting off to where the source of the screams where coming from.
The others followed suit, Endymion paused long enough to say to Elysion, "Stay here, it's safer." Then ran after them, summoning his powers.
Elysion frowns and stood up. 'I can't just sit around here!' She walked out towards the doors and looked around the hallway as people ran everywhere. 'I've got to do something….but what?'
"Lighting Shock!" Terra Warrior shouts, pointing his hand at one of the demons as he fought another, using his fire saber. He took a quick glance around at the others before defeating his enemy. They were struggling too; there were just too many shadow demons for them. Even Cosmos seemed strained and she is the most powerful of them all.
'Gods, if you're even paying any attention to us' he prayed silently as he, yet again, destroyed another demon coming up from behind. 'send us a little help here.' He whirls around just in time to slice another demon in half. "There are too many of these damn things." He mutters.
Then, several roses appeared, hitting each of its targets, exactly where the person wanted it to be and they exploded.
"What the?" Mars looks up as the others looked around. For a moment, they would be able to rest for a while until the next wave came.
A figure jumps down in front of them.
"Who are you?" Neo moon asked.
The newcomer pulls the hood down and revealed her face. It was obvious that it was female, but her attire was odd. For one thing, it seemed to be some sort of prince outfit.
The coat of it was long sleeved with a few pockets. It parted at the bottom to reveal a frill of green, like a skirt but not, and black shorts with green and gold shoes.
The shoulders had what seemed to be shoulder guards of some sort that looked to be an emerald green with gold lining the base and black tassels over the shoulder and arm.
On her neck, where the uniform started, was a dark green brooch with the earth symbol on it and a strap of braided clothe ran from there to her other shoulder. Strapped to her waist was a sword in a black scabbard. Her bangs were three different colors, dark green, gold, and black, the same colors as the beads on two braided locks of her hair. The rest of the beads were back were few and sparse in her hair.
She wore a mask so they wouldn't see her face and a red rose in her right breast pocket completed the outfit.
The girl didn't reply, instead turned her back on them as a figure appeared in front of them.
"Who are you, girl, to interrupt our fun?" A man asked. He was fair, light skinned complexion with dark, almost black, brown eyes and wore casual clothes that consisted of white slacks and a light blue shirt.
She looks up at him, "What do you mean?"
He frowns, "Do you fight for good and whatnot, or for lovely evil darkness that is within us all?" He floated down and stood in front of her. " What say, you child?"
She smirked, "I don't fight for love, and I don't fight for justice either."
Terra warrior frowned in confusion like the rest of them.
"The why did you save us?" Cosmos asked, as she and the others readied themselves to fight this weird girl.
The man smiled, "Well then, you should come with me." He looks her over a bit, "What is your name?"
"Called out from the bowels of the Earth, summoned by her cries, I'm Bishojou Kamen Senshi, Neo Chikyuu Senshi." She pulls out her sword and points it at him, "And you, her own child turned against her, shall perish." She ran towards him, dropping her cape, with her sword raised, "Lighting Slash!" She bought it down getting a direct on the surprised man.
He clutched his shoulder and stared venomously at the girl, "I'll get you for this." He snarls before starting to fade, "Remember my name! Jamil!" Then he disappeared and as he did so some of the shadow demons appeared.
Neo Terra Warrior grabs her cape and puts it back on and began to leave.
"Where the hell are you going?!" Jupiter shouts at her and ducked a punch before kneeing it in the gut. "Aren't you going to help us!?"
She looks over at them, "You don't need me anymore." She just up on to a near by roof. "See ya!" and disappears from sight.
Elysion sighed, staring out the widow. She couldn't think straight anymore and it was affecting her grades in school, well, except one class and that was Music. She really didn't know why she couldn't concentrate. It was like everything was a blur to her and she felt tired a lot.
The battles seemed to become more frequent, though the shadow demons seemed rather weak, but a problem nonetheless and that new warrior that shows up out of the blue, then disappears again really was staring to bug the Senshi.
She rubbed her face and looks down at her guitar, just playing random notes, not really making an effort to actually play it.
"Hey, Elysion." She looked up, breaking her train of thought as Serenity entered the room. She wore casual clothes, seeing as it was the afternoon and that it was a Saturday deemed that she should wear pale jeans and a dark blue short-sleeved shirt. "What are you up to?" She asked and sat down in one of the extra chairs there.
Elysion glanced at her, "Nothing much," she replied, switching her gaze to her instrument. "Just thinking."
Serenity nods, "Yes, well, there has been a lot of things happening lately." She relaxed into the chair, "But, Mamo-chan and I, and of course the others, couldn't help but noticed that you seemed tired lately." She frowned a little, "You have dark circles under your eyes. Have you been sleeping well?"
Elysion didn't reply, only strummed a few cords on the guitar, trying to think of something to play. "What do you want to hear?" She asked not looking at the regal queen, who was studying her closely.
"Oh, it doesn't matter." Serenity said, "Anything would do."
Elysion nods, "Ok." She paused for a few moments then nods again, "I know," She glances at the queen with a slight smirk, "How about Aerosmith's 'I don't want to miss a thing'? It's a very good song."
Serenity nods, "Ok, I think I've heard of them before."
"They're an American band, very good. I used to listen to their albums and cds at home."
"A music lover." Serenity smiled a little, "Well play already."
Elysion began to play, humming along with the cord for a while, before singing.
"I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you are far away and dreaming,"
They didn't notice, Endymion sneaking in and sit next to his wife. He leans over and whispers in his wife's ear. "Hey, what's going on?"
Serenity kissed him on the cheek and answers, "Nothing much, just listening to Elysion playing and singing."
Endymion puts an arm around her and smiles, "She's pretty good."
"I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
Where a moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,"
"Hey, what's going on here?" Usa asked as she, Hotaru, and Setsuna walked in, followed by Minako.
Serenity shushed them then invited them to sit down and listen.
Elysion had turned everything out, only concentrating on the sound of the instrument and her voice. She closed her eyes, playing the song to it's fullest potential. She loved this song; it was sad and happy all at once.
"I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing"
Michiru peaked inside of the room, hearing the song all the way down the hall. She wanted to know who was singing and playing. 'She's good.' she thought with a faint smile, ' she plays with such intensely and emotion that it really reaches out to the listener.' She stood near the door as Makoto, and Haruka showed up.
"She's singing?" Haruka sounded a little surprised as she watched the girl.
"She's good isn't she?" Michiru commented.
"Very." Makoto agreed.
"Lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
And I wondering what you are dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you are seeing,"
Elysion was working up the crescendo and actually stood up with the guitar, not missing a beat. She was handling it like it was an electric guitar.
"Then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever"
"Wow, I wish I could play like that!" Usa whispered to her friend. "And the song is sooo cool."
Hotaru nods, "It has such emotion in it." She wiped her eyes, "it almost makes me want to cry."
"I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
And I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
Just like this, I just want to hold you close,
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment,
For all of the rest of time"
She opened her eyes and was looking out the window again; it was a bright day, so then why was she playing a sad song? She didn't know and didn't care at the moment, she was caught up in the music and she felt free, like she didn't have a care in the world. 'That's how music is supposed to be!' She thought, starting to finish up the song.
"I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing"
When the last note faded, applause broke out from behind her. She slowly turned around and saw that most of the senshi were there. Her cheeks began to feel really hot as a very deep blush stained them.
"That was great, Elysion!" Usa cheered, "Why didn't you tell us you could sing like that?!"
"It..…wasn't a big deal, Yam-head." Elysion told her, "I just like to..…uh…..fool around with things, that's all. Besides," She went and sat down, "I'm not that good."
"Can you play another one for us? Please?" Usa pleaded, forgetting that Elysion had called her 'Yam head', in favor of another song.
"Like what?" She asked.
"Uhh..…how about another American song, since that it seems that's all you've listened to." Michiru suggested.
Elysion shrugged, "I know very few Japanese songs and they're Anime theme songs." She smirked, "Mama loved Anime, said it was her favorite cartoons."
"Well then, give us one." Haruka told her.
"Ok….. um….. how about Fukai Mori….. other wise known as, 'Deep Forest'" She didn't wait for a reply and began to sing it.
"
I'm sure that
the heart I left behind
still lies hidden in the heart of the deep, deep forest
Exhausted, without the strength to search
people vanish into the infinite darkness
If it's so small, I wonder if I can see it even now?"
There was a brief moment in silence as she turned and began to play the piano, instead of the guitar.
Somewhere else in the palace, a priestess was looking deep into the flames of a sacred fire. Her eyes snapped opened from the meditation. She felt something, but she wasn't sure what it was. Again, she closes her eyes and began to pray, asking what the enemy wanted.
" As we live on,
we lose a little bit more.
Shrouded in falsehoods and lies,
we stand frozen to the spot, unable to cry out"
The fire roared, almost reaching the ceiling then settled a little as it revealed a little of what the enemy had wanted. Inside the priestess's mind was a crystal, but it was smaller than the ones that they had, like a gemstone of sorts.
'Why do they want it?'
"
The days pass by and change,
without us even realizing how blue the sky really is.
Overcoming that made-up scheme, we live the present,
and our rusted hearts begin to beat again!
If we can find the rhythm of time, we can fly once again"
In another place, a man started at the crystal in his hand, examining it closely, then switched his gave up towards the machine in front of him. He stood and walked calmly over towards the machine, touching it carefully like it was fragile glass and if pushed too much, it would break. He looked down at his hand and grinned, 'soon, I'll have enough power to get them back for what they did.' He thought.
" We live our lives
wandering to the ends of the earth.
Believing (in you?), now I begin my journey with you,
in search of the light."
Elysion was starting to feel a little tired, like she had ran a mile or so. All she knew was that something was not right. Those monsters were after people with jewels, but she didn't know why they were so important. 'And those dreams are becoming more and more frequent. I have to do something about them, but what?'
" As we live on,
we lose a little bit more.
Shrouded in falsehoods and lies,
we stand frozen to the spot, unable to cry out"
Makoto's eyes narrowed on the girl's back, trying to figure out where she had seen those eyes before. It was on the edge of her memory, but she couldn't figure it out. It was as if someone was trying top keep her or them from remembering and making the connection.
'What is this girl hiding and why didn't she want us to call upon her mother for help?' she wondered, 'there is something very wrong with that girl and we're going to find out what it is!'
"We live our lives
wandering to the ends of the earth.
Closing off
the way back,
we walk on for eternity."
Elysion began to slow down her tempo to match the song as she came to the end of it. Something in her mind nagged and gnawed away at her about her dreams. The ones with the blood and the dead bodies, with something shining on their chests. She knew she would have to figure it out soon, or people may die, if she didn't. 'Maybe I should tell them about my dreams.…' She shook her head slightly at the thought, 'No, they would only worry about me even more.'
"We live our lives standing frozen to the spot,
unable to cry out, for eternity..."
Soon after the song ended there was an attack. Elysion sighed as she heard the Senshi rushing off to fight the enemy.
An: Next chapter coming soon.