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Chapter Four:
In which Chaud has to swallow his pride and a breezy associate is found
As Sita neared the door into her small house, she noticed a slender young man with long, pale blonde hair leaning against the door frame. She smiled. "Hello, Adriel!" she called, and jogged over to him. "What brings you here?"
He smiled. "Good afternoon, Little Bright One," he answered, using his pet name for her. "I came here to check up on you. How's training going?"
"It's going well, actually," Sita said. "Amore learned her first attack today, and destroyed her first monster." Adriel nodded.
"Well, as of today, we have found three of the new Elementals. According to the report, we're halfway there." Sita nodded thoughtfully.
"But will they work together?" she wondered. Adriel shrugged.
"Hard to say, but I hope they will. Time will tell," he murmured.
"Now you're sounding like Nova," Sita teased. Adriel shrugged, and told her that he really had to be going, to keep an eye on the operations. Sita nodded, and kissed him softly on the cheek before he left. Then, she headed inside to relax and work on the next lesson. This might be harder than she had originally thought.
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The tall young woman brushed a lock of jet-black hair away from her face. Her silver eyes opened, and a shudder shook her body.
"I sense a great shadow," she murmured aloud, though none could hear. She walked up the flight of stairs to her bedroom, then took a black medallion from a small box. She left the building, grabbing plum-colored windbreaker off a stand, and set off in search of the evil that she had felt.
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"The usual, and make it a double," the young girl said, sitting uprightly in her chair. Yai Ayano waited patiently as the man handed her a large glass of strawberry milk, her favorite snack drink. She took a lady-like sip, but was interrupted by her net navi, Glyde.
"Miss Yai, shouldn't you be hurrying up? Ms. Mari did assign homework tonight . . ."
"Be quiet, Glyde," Yai said, taking another sip of milk. "You know that homework's gonna be a piece of cake for a genius like me." Glyde sighed, but waited patiently as his net op finished her milk, payed her check, and left the elegant restaurant. She got into a high-tech elevator, and relaxed as she felt the gentle lift of the elevator rising. A tall teenage girl was also in the car, leaning against the other wall. However, the idyllic peace of the car was shattered as something large and heavy slammed into the top of the car, forcing it to a halt.
"What was that?" Yai screamed, the force of the impact having almost knocked her off her feet. She waited breathlessly to see what would happen. The sound of tearing and folding metal assaulted her ears, as the roof of the car was torn open to reveal a large red creature that looked like a cross between a man and a tiger. The sharp claws on his hands tore through the metal like paper.
Yai screamed, and looked for somewhere to hide. There, unfortunately, was nowhere to hide except behind the tall girl, and so Yai dove behind her. The young lady placed her hand on Yai's arm protectively, and suddenly the two were bathed in pale blue light, emanating from Glyde's symbol which was etched in blue light on Yai's large forehead. The older girl gasped, and moved Yai back further as the tiger/man leaped down into the car.
"Give her to me!" he snarled.
"Never!" the older girl spat angrily, then pulled a black medallion from inside her sharply tailored suit. "COSMIC STYLE TRANSFORM!" she shouted. There was a brilliant flash of light, followed by a dark galaxy that swirled from the girl's body, engulfing her. When the darkness faded, the girl had changed. She now wore a black pleated skirt with a v-shaped belt. She wore a black leotard with a glittering black gem on the square neckline, fluttery black gauzy sleeves, long black gloves with violet bands around the wrists, and glittery black high heels with two straps making an 'X' over the top of the foot. She advanced slightly, tiny sparks leaping up every time her shoes hit the metal.
"I'm Sailor Nova!" she declared. "The protector of Cosmos. Through the vastness of space, I will punish you for trying to abduct innocent children!" She posed, the held out her hand and a long rod with a circular black crystal on the end appeared in her hand. She held it out straight in front of her, and the globe glowed an angry red. "Celestial Meteors!" she shouted, then pointed the globe at the tiger/man. "Strike!" she finished, and a volley of meteorites rained down upon the monster. Nova scooped up Yai in her arms, then leaped into the air, through the hole and out onto the roof of the car.
Nova pulled a small disc from somewhere, and stood Yai beside her. "Aure, I've found a Scout. I need her pin, but I can't get to you. Could you teleport it?" she said into the disc, then described the symbol. In a bright sparkle of light, a small pin with Glyde's symbol etched on it in blue appeared. Nova caught it with one hand. "Thank you . . ." she said into the disc, then made it disappear as quickly as it had appeared.
"Take this," she told Yai, handing her the pin. "Use this to transform."
"WHAT!" Yai yelped. "I don't have any idea what you . . ."
"Just do it!" Nova cried. "We don't have much time! Look, you can transform just like I did. Yell out the first phrase that comes to mind when you hold this pin."
Yai bit her lip, then nervously shouted, "AIR POWER TRANSFORMATION!" She could feel the air around her swirl and bunch into a swirling globe of air around her. It was a hurricane, and she was the eye of the storm. Then, it carried her up, and she felt her regular dress melt away like mist. Ribbons of wind then formed a white futuristic leotard with a light blue sailor collar held in front by a large sky-colored bow pinned by a brooch with Glyde's symbol on it. Then the air around her arms solidified into long white gloves with rings at the top the same color as her bow. A pair of knee-length light blue boots appeared on her legs with a sky-colored pointed rectangle on the top. Air ribbons formed a pleated light blue skirt with a sky-blue bow at the back. A golden tiara with a sky-colored gem in the middle appeared on her forehead, and a sky-blue choker appeared on her neck. Then the winds abated, and set Yai down, gently, on the car roof.
"Woah!" Yai cried. She clapped her hands to her chest as the tiger/man appeared. He snarled, and snapped at Nova.
"So, the little Scout has come into her own. Well, now I guess I have to destroy both of you!" His hands glowed black, and he swiped at Yai. Yai screamed, and took a step back, onto nothing! She felt herself plummeting to the bottom of the shaft! She opened her mouth to scream, but the scream never came, for at that time, the air around her collected around her body and lifted her up. It deposited her on the car roof. She glared angrily at the monster, and words began to form in her mouth.
"Such actions are evil, and I hate evil. With the Alacrity of Wind, you will find no sanctuary here!" She began to spin, collecting air into a tornado. "Tornado Vortex!" she shouted, letting the twister grow in strength. Then she pushed it forewards. "Vindication!" she called, and the tornado smashed into the enemy. He screamed, and shouted "We'll get you! The Shadow's will have their revenge!" just before he dissolved into dust.
"Don't count on it!" Nova and Yai said in unison, then turned to each other, and laughed.
"Nicely done!" Nova said, smiling. "You handled that almost as well as Hurricane, and she's a seasoned pro!" Yai shrugged.
"Well, I am a genius. So, what exactly happened there?" she asked. Nova sighed.
"Those shadow monsters are trying to overrun the world, and destroy the Elemental sentinels, us," she gestured at herself. "You are also a scout, one of us. Your name is Sailor Zephyr, protector of Wind. Welcome to the team, Zephyr." She shook hands with the younger girl. "I'm Sailor Nova, or better known as Electra Powers." She murmured something under her breath, and she transformed back into the girl that Yai had first seen.
"My name's Yai Ayano, and how do you change back like that?" Yai asked. Nova told her the word, and Yai de-transformed. "Um . . . now, how do we get out of here?"
"Up the service ladder, unless you've mastered your winds enough to fly," Electra said, and began climbing. Yai's face fell, and she nervously gripped the ladder rung, then climbed up, remembering that the winds had caught her before, and they might do it again. As they climbed, Electra told Yai that she would be her Scout tutor, and she would be in charge of training her. "We'll start tomorrow after school. I'll meet you outside the school gates, ok?" Yai nodded. She just hoped that she didn't have too much . . . "HOMEWORK!" she shouted. "I STILL HAVE HOMEWORK!" Life was so unfair some days . . .
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Chaud Blaze rang the doorbell of the apartment and waited. He felt extremely uncomfortable, especially since this really wasn't the type of place he was used to. It was a very simple and obviously low-rent apartment building. He shifted uneasily as he waited for Eugene to answer the door. After a few minutes, the door opened, and the red-haired teen held the door open for Chaud to come in.
"Alright, I'm ready to begin my training," Chaud said. He hoped Eugene appreciated the effort he was going through. It was taking all his will to say those words.
"Good. Transform," Eugene said brusquely, and pulled his pendant out. "FIRE STYLE TRANSFORM!"
"ICE POWER TRANSFORMATION!" Chaud shouted, holding up his pin, and allowing the delicious cold seep into every atom of his being. Blaze led him up to the roof, where a sight similar to what Lan had seen earlier revealed itself to the Ice Guardian. However, wooden Katanas (or boken) were lined up on one side, along with shinai (bamboo swords). Blaze grabbed a shinai, and threw another one to Glacier.
"Do you know any kendo?" he asked. Glacier shook his head.
"No, my father doesn't really go into sports. He wants me to worry about the company instead of pleasure." Blaze could since the bitterness in Glacier's words.
"Alright, then we'll start with the basics." Blaze showed him how to hold a shinai correctly, then they moved on to exercises. For an hour they trained, and by the time they were done, Glacier was sore and stiff. Boy am I ever going to feel that in the morning . . . he thought. Blaze was brutal, but he supposed that the monsters wouldn't be nice on him either, and so Blaze was doing him a favor by preparing him. But in spite of the pain, he had enjoyed it. Now he felt some of the joy that Protoman felt when he used swords. It just felt . . . right.
"That was actually kind of fun . . ." Glacier commented. Blaze smiled slightly.
"Wasn't it? That's one of the reasons I like this, I get to work with swords on a regular basis." Glacier nodded, understanding his emotions. "That's all for today," Blaze said, "you can de-transform." He himself was already de-transformed. Glacier followed his lead. "Same time next week," Eugene said, "and remember to practice some! I expect some improvement next lesson!" Chaud gave a good-natured snort and walked down the stairs. He actually was anticipating the next lesson. Maybe this Guardian business would be fun. It was kinda like being a net saver, only . . . more powerful. And he loved that feeling of calm power. He could get used to this . . .
So, was it worth the wait? Sorry about Chaud's section being so short . . . I don't know much about Kendo, even though I read Rurouni Kenshin like hotcakes . . . And the training session is important to the later plot, after the group is formed . . . but I've said too much already! You'll have to find out what it's leading up to in the later chappies! OK! PLEASE R&R! I'M DESPERATE! I NEED REVIEWS! OTHERWISE I MAY NOT FINISH THIS STORY! -evil laughter- But anyway, I do need reviews. I don't get enough. I need to know what you think, and I don't mind constructive criticism. To a point, not excessive, ok? Ok! Bye for now! See you in chapter 5!