Well, Chapter 9 to Charmed Senshi. I know it's been a long time coming but
it's finally here. And I think a part of this will make some of you
happy!!! Enjoy and remember...I don't own Charmed or Sailor Moon.
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"Wait," Paige said, standing up. "You want some of us to go down to the underworld just to find out what the Source and Chaos are planning? Can't we do that just fine up here?"
Piper shook her head. "I don't want to do it either, Paige. But what other choice is there? The Elders sent us here to help and that's I intend to do, help."
Ami cleared her throat. "Is the underworld where these demons come from?"
"Hai, and that is where the Source resides," Leo said. "It's a dangerous place and there is no telling what can go wrong."
Piper sighed. "Listen, I'll go down there, someone that can orb and heal will go with me and then one of the senshi will go as well. The rest will stay up here."
"But we can't contact you when you're down there," Phoebe said. She looked Piper in the eye. "You could get really hurt or get separated from the group and then where would you be?"
"Up the ocean without a watermelon," Minako said.
Silence while everyone just looked at the blonde who was grinning triumphantly.
Ami sighed and put a hand on Minako's shoulder. "That's not how it goes, Mina-chan."
Minako rolled her eyes. "Yes it is, Ami-chan. I read that somewhere."
Again....silence. Then Rei cleared her throat.
"Okay, um...we know Piper's going but who else?"
Paige looked over at Leo then shrugged. "I'll go. I can't heal as well as Leo but I can orb. Leo can stay up here with Phoebe."
Leo nodded. "That's fine. If I went down there with Piper I would probably be in the way trying to talk her out of whatever she has planned."
Piper grinned and kissed his cheek. "Good thinking, hot stuff."
Giggles went up around the room. Usagi sighed, wishing Mamoru was back home in Japan and not so far away in America.
"Now," Piper said. "Which senshi?"
The senshi all looked at one another.
"Well, Usagi should stay here," Rei started.
"Why?" Usagi exclaimed. "I am the most powerful."
"But you are the princess and you have the crystal. If Chaos is really down there then he will want you more than anything," Ami stated.
Nods from the others made Usagi understand, but that still left the question unanswered.
"Then who-?" Usagi said.
"I'll go," Ami spoke up. "I have the new power of mine to make me and others invisible. If we are really just going down there to see what's going on then we won't need a very strong fighter. I can take notes on the Mercury computer and keep us out of sight."
"Ami-chan, you can't!" Makoto said. "Your powers wouldn't be able to help anyone for long!"
Ami raised an eyebrow at her brunette friend. "Thanks a lot, Mako-chan!"
Makoto waved a hand in front of her. "No, I didn't mean it like that!!"
Ami giggled. "I know, Mako-chan."
Piper stood up. "Then it's settled. We should leave as soon as possible."
Rei looked at the clock in her room. "It's kind of late now. Why don't we do this tomorrow morning?"
"That's fine," Piper said. "We need to go to Motoki's place. He's letting us stay with him and his wife while we are here."
"But what if we need to get in touch with you really quick?" Usagi asked. "What if a demon attacks late at night?"
Luna stood up and walked over to the Charmed Ones and Leo. "I think I have a few extra communicators that you can use." She did a flip in the air and four wrist communicators fell to the floor. "This will get you in touch with all the senshi. They are models from a while ago but they will have to do. It's much quicker and safer than a phone."
"Cool!" Paige said as she put the communicator on her wrist. "It's like a 007 gadget!"
The others laughed. They knew this was going to be tedious and dangerous work, but if it meant saving the world yet again....then so be it.
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Mamoru sat up with a gasp. That dream again! But this time is was even clearer than the other times.
He swung his feet over to the side of the bed and put his head in his hands. He hated being away from Usagi for so long. His boss in Japan had told him of a great business conference in New York and he knew he had to take it. This conference would help his career and put him on the good side with his boss. But it was two months long. A whole two months away from his beloved Usako and his friends.
And lately, horribly vivid dreams of the senshi in battle had been plaguing his nights. A night didn't go by without him waking up in a sweat in the middle of the night. And in every dream, there were three women he didn't know helping the senshi.
Mamoru stood up and shuffled to the bathroom. His boss had given him the number of a company that rented houses out to visiting business men for a few months. And thank Kami his boss had paid for the rent as well. So Mamoru had his own house just outside of New York City with a kitchen, a den, a bedroom, and a bathroom. Just enough for him to get by on.
He switched on the bathroom light and leaned over the sink, still shaking from the dream. Seeing Usagi hurt just killed him. And he was so far away! He felt so helpless.
Splashing some water on his face, he looked up at the mirror. He looked rough. His hair was going everywhere and his eyes had huge bags under them.
"What do these dreams mean?" He thought out loud. "Surely if the senshi were in danger they would have contacted me by now."
The ringing of the phone snapped him out of his thoughts. As he ran to answer it he glanced at the clock. '2:00 a.m.! Who would be calling at this hour?' He stopped, the phone still ringing. "Oh gods! Usako!!!!"
He quickly answered it. "Hello?"
"Mamoru-san?"
"Hai," he said in Japanese. "Who is this?"
"Michiru."
Mamoru raised an eyebrow. "Michiru?"
"Listen, Mamoru-san. I know we never got along that well and I never really got to know you but Haruka, Setsuna, Hotaru, and I have been feeling.." She paused. "Uneasy lately. We think something is wrong in Japan."
"Where are you?"
"England."
Mamoru nodded. "I have that feeling as well, Michiru-san. What do you propose we do?"
"Setsuna suggest that we wait it out and see what happens but Haruka is going crazy with worry. She wants us to go to Japan now."
Mamoru grinned, picturing the blonde racer pacing the room she was in now, muttering under her breath about Setsuna not knowing anything. "Well, Michiru, all I can say is that I really want to go and help the senshi but it's probably best if we wait a little bit."
"NANI!!??" That was Haruka.
"Michiru, do you have me on speaker-phone?"
A giggle was heard. "Hai."
"Listen to me, Mamoru-baka," Haruka said, her voice getting closer to the phone. "Usagi and the others are in trouble or are going to be. We need to go help!"
"Haruka, I agree. But we don't really know that much about it right now," Mamoru countered. "What if they are fine and we just show up for nothing?"
"What do you think it's a coincidence that we are all feeling the exact same thing??" Haruka shouted.
Mamoru sighed. "Haruka, Michiru, I don't know. If I could I would go over there right this minute but I can't. They probably don't even need us."
"Mamoru-san," That was Setsuna's voice. "The more we talk about it, the more I see Haruka's point."
Haruka gave a shout of triumph and giggling was heard from Michiru and what could only be Hotaru.
Setsuna continued. "I may not be able to see the future now but my sense of foreboding is getting stronger by the second. I feel that great danger is about to come to the princess and her senshi."
Mamoru cleared his throat. "So, now what? Do we just hop on over there?"
"We will come to you, Mamoru."
"What?" Mamoru exclaimed. "New York is a little out of the way!"
He could hear the smile in Setsuna's voice. "Not by mode of Senshi Transportation."
To be continued..........
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There it is. And I am very excited about this little addition to the group ^_~ I have plans for Mamo-chan and the outers. Oh yes, big plans!!! *rubs hands together* But I promise....as of now, no one is going to die. I promise by the Girl Scout Code (and I was a Girl Scout).
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"Wait," Paige said, standing up. "You want some of us to go down to the underworld just to find out what the Source and Chaos are planning? Can't we do that just fine up here?"
Piper shook her head. "I don't want to do it either, Paige. But what other choice is there? The Elders sent us here to help and that's I intend to do, help."
Ami cleared her throat. "Is the underworld where these demons come from?"
"Hai, and that is where the Source resides," Leo said. "It's a dangerous place and there is no telling what can go wrong."
Piper sighed. "Listen, I'll go down there, someone that can orb and heal will go with me and then one of the senshi will go as well. The rest will stay up here."
"But we can't contact you when you're down there," Phoebe said. She looked Piper in the eye. "You could get really hurt or get separated from the group and then where would you be?"
"Up the ocean without a watermelon," Minako said.
Silence while everyone just looked at the blonde who was grinning triumphantly.
Ami sighed and put a hand on Minako's shoulder. "That's not how it goes, Mina-chan."
Minako rolled her eyes. "Yes it is, Ami-chan. I read that somewhere."
Again....silence. Then Rei cleared her throat.
"Okay, um...we know Piper's going but who else?"
Paige looked over at Leo then shrugged. "I'll go. I can't heal as well as Leo but I can orb. Leo can stay up here with Phoebe."
Leo nodded. "That's fine. If I went down there with Piper I would probably be in the way trying to talk her out of whatever she has planned."
Piper grinned and kissed his cheek. "Good thinking, hot stuff."
Giggles went up around the room. Usagi sighed, wishing Mamoru was back home in Japan and not so far away in America.
"Now," Piper said. "Which senshi?"
The senshi all looked at one another.
"Well, Usagi should stay here," Rei started.
"Why?" Usagi exclaimed. "I am the most powerful."
"But you are the princess and you have the crystal. If Chaos is really down there then he will want you more than anything," Ami stated.
Nods from the others made Usagi understand, but that still left the question unanswered.
"Then who-?" Usagi said.
"I'll go," Ami spoke up. "I have the new power of mine to make me and others invisible. If we are really just going down there to see what's going on then we won't need a very strong fighter. I can take notes on the Mercury computer and keep us out of sight."
"Ami-chan, you can't!" Makoto said. "Your powers wouldn't be able to help anyone for long!"
Ami raised an eyebrow at her brunette friend. "Thanks a lot, Mako-chan!"
Makoto waved a hand in front of her. "No, I didn't mean it like that!!"
Ami giggled. "I know, Mako-chan."
Piper stood up. "Then it's settled. We should leave as soon as possible."
Rei looked at the clock in her room. "It's kind of late now. Why don't we do this tomorrow morning?"
"That's fine," Piper said. "We need to go to Motoki's place. He's letting us stay with him and his wife while we are here."
"But what if we need to get in touch with you really quick?" Usagi asked. "What if a demon attacks late at night?"
Luna stood up and walked over to the Charmed Ones and Leo. "I think I have a few extra communicators that you can use." She did a flip in the air and four wrist communicators fell to the floor. "This will get you in touch with all the senshi. They are models from a while ago but they will have to do. It's much quicker and safer than a phone."
"Cool!" Paige said as she put the communicator on her wrist. "It's like a 007 gadget!"
The others laughed. They knew this was going to be tedious and dangerous work, but if it meant saving the world yet again....then so be it.
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Mamoru sat up with a gasp. That dream again! But this time is was even clearer than the other times.
He swung his feet over to the side of the bed and put his head in his hands. He hated being away from Usagi for so long. His boss in Japan had told him of a great business conference in New York and he knew he had to take it. This conference would help his career and put him on the good side with his boss. But it was two months long. A whole two months away from his beloved Usako and his friends.
And lately, horribly vivid dreams of the senshi in battle had been plaguing his nights. A night didn't go by without him waking up in a sweat in the middle of the night. And in every dream, there were three women he didn't know helping the senshi.
Mamoru stood up and shuffled to the bathroom. His boss had given him the number of a company that rented houses out to visiting business men for a few months. And thank Kami his boss had paid for the rent as well. So Mamoru had his own house just outside of New York City with a kitchen, a den, a bedroom, and a bathroom. Just enough for him to get by on.
He switched on the bathroom light and leaned over the sink, still shaking from the dream. Seeing Usagi hurt just killed him. And he was so far away! He felt so helpless.
Splashing some water on his face, he looked up at the mirror. He looked rough. His hair was going everywhere and his eyes had huge bags under them.
"What do these dreams mean?" He thought out loud. "Surely if the senshi were in danger they would have contacted me by now."
The ringing of the phone snapped him out of his thoughts. As he ran to answer it he glanced at the clock. '2:00 a.m.! Who would be calling at this hour?' He stopped, the phone still ringing. "Oh gods! Usako!!!!"
He quickly answered it. "Hello?"
"Mamoru-san?"
"Hai," he said in Japanese. "Who is this?"
"Michiru."
Mamoru raised an eyebrow. "Michiru?"
"Listen, Mamoru-san. I know we never got along that well and I never really got to know you but Haruka, Setsuna, Hotaru, and I have been feeling.." She paused. "Uneasy lately. We think something is wrong in Japan."
"Where are you?"
"England."
Mamoru nodded. "I have that feeling as well, Michiru-san. What do you propose we do?"
"Setsuna suggest that we wait it out and see what happens but Haruka is going crazy with worry. She wants us to go to Japan now."
Mamoru grinned, picturing the blonde racer pacing the room she was in now, muttering under her breath about Setsuna not knowing anything. "Well, Michiru, all I can say is that I really want to go and help the senshi but it's probably best if we wait a little bit."
"NANI!!??" That was Haruka.
"Michiru, do you have me on speaker-phone?"
A giggle was heard. "Hai."
"Listen to me, Mamoru-baka," Haruka said, her voice getting closer to the phone. "Usagi and the others are in trouble or are going to be. We need to go help!"
"Haruka, I agree. But we don't really know that much about it right now," Mamoru countered. "What if they are fine and we just show up for nothing?"
"What do you think it's a coincidence that we are all feeling the exact same thing??" Haruka shouted.
Mamoru sighed. "Haruka, Michiru, I don't know. If I could I would go over there right this minute but I can't. They probably don't even need us."
"Mamoru-san," That was Setsuna's voice. "The more we talk about it, the more I see Haruka's point."
Haruka gave a shout of triumph and giggling was heard from Michiru and what could only be Hotaru.
Setsuna continued. "I may not be able to see the future now but my sense of foreboding is getting stronger by the second. I feel that great danger is about to come to the princess and her senshi."
Mamoru cleared his throat. "So, now what? Do we just hop on over there?"
"We will come to you, Mamoru."
"What?" Mamoru exclaimed. "New York is a little out of the way!"
He could hear the smile in Setsuna's voice. "Not by mode of Senshi Transportation."
To be continued..........
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There it is. And I am very excited about this little addition to the group ^_~ I have plans for Mamo-chan and the outers. Oh yes, big plans!!! *rubs hands together* But I promise....as of now, no one is going to die. I promise by the Girl Scout Code (and I was a Girl Scout).