Sailor Moon: Evil Arises Anew
Chapter 4 Part 1: Like Mother, Like Son
Alex Kino had gotten out of the bath Rei Hino prepared for him, toweling himself off and looking down to see a kimono at his feet. Picking up both pieces, he'd look them over carefully before starting to put it on.
"How… Do people wear these things?"
Walking out to the front porch, he would wave to the women sitting there; Serena, Amy, Rei, Mina, Amara, Michelle, Trista, Hotaru, and Rini. All of them had looked at the young man, and started to laugh!
"Have some problems with the kimono, Suzumiya?" Amara asked, doubled over in laughter.
They all had good reason to laugh; Alex had put the kimono on wrong. The top part was tied around his waist, and the bottom part was over his torso! Blushing, he held up a fist and yelled.
"Stop laughing! I've never worn one of these before! Where's Lita?"
"She's preparing for the bakery contest Mugen High is having. But let's get to the point. Who are you and why are you here?" Amy asked.
"Hold it. First he needs to fix his clothing." Trista stood and lead Alex into a room, instructing him on how to wear a kimono properly. A few moments later the two re-joined the group outside, Trista sitting by Hotaru, and Alex sitting by Rei, sighing.
"Alright. You all deserve the truth, on who I am, and my mission. First off, my name isn't Alex Suzumiya, that last name is merely an alias. My real name is Alexander Heiwa Kino."
"KINO?!" all of them shouted in unison, eyes widened.
"Yes. In the thirtieth century, Crystal Tokyo, Lita Kino is my mother. I don't know who my father is. But my mission is to protect and fight alongside all of you from the new Nega-Verse monsters. You've encountered them before; they are called Soul Suckers. They harvest the souls of innocent people, and use them to power up Queen Beryl. They.. They took mother's soul and fled to this time. I've made it my priority to get it back, no matter what cost."
"Why didn't you just come to us for help when you arrived?" Serena asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"We would have gladly lent you a hand."
"I was afraid of messing up the timeline. But, now I know I can trust you fully. Sailor Soldiers, we must stand together to do battle against this evil. With my pendant, I can become Sailor Knight Europa, and aid you. Speaking of which, can I have my pendant back, please?"
The girls looked to one another, nodding and turning to face Alex.
"NO!"
The answer made his hair blow backwards, he shutting his eyes tight. Shaking his head rapidly to fix his hair, he turned on the water works.
"But why not? I need it!"
Amy shook her head and placed a gentle hand onto his wounded shoulder, which made him wince.
"See? You're wound isn't fully healed yet. If you were to fight in your current condition, you're chances of winning would only be twenty percent."
"Just twenty? Ah man…."
"Go ahead and get some rest, kiddo. You've got to get healed."
Mina said, patting him on the back
"Fine…" with a sigh of defeat, Alex returned to his room.
A while later, Alex had dressed into his normal clothes, and was sneaking around the temple, making his way to the main steps when he heard a whistle. Turning, he spotted Rini with a whistle in her mouth.
"Rini, what are you doing?"
The sound of running footsteps pounding on the pavement reached his ears. Slowly, he turned to see all of the Scouts rushing at him with ropes. Serena played the Calvary charge on a toy trumpet as the others jumped on him, he trying to escape but getting pulled down again and again. Finally, after the dust cloud vanished, Alex was bound in many ropes, and gagged with a cloth.
"mmmph! Mm mmmph!"
"That's your punishment for trying to sneak out." Amara said, hoisting the gagged and bound Sailor Knight over her shoulder and carrying him back to his room.
"I've not yet begun to fight!" Alex thought to himself, loosening the bonds on his body and breaking free, also removing the gag. He snuck around once more, this time climbing over the fence and landing a little less than perfect on the sidewalk.
"Sweet freedom!" he cheered to himself, walking down the street with a smile on his face.
Smells were coming from the kitchen of Mugen High. Inhaling, Alex would open the door and step inside, sighing happily at the scents.
"Alex! What are you doing here?"
"Hmm?"
At the kitchen area of the school, Lita was shutting an oven door and turning on a timer, then put a big pot of vegetables on an oven burner.
"Lita! Actually, it was your cooking that lead me here. You need a hand?"
"You bet. My partner became sick and I've been working on all of this by myself. Come on and help me with the stew."
"Got it." Alex rolled up his sleeves and put on a white headband with black kanji on it, Lita doing the same, and, giving each other a thumbs up, the two set off to cooking many dishes.
"We still need a dessert for the cook-off, but I'm fresh out of ingredients!"
"I got the perfect idea. Get some dough ready and make it into a big circle."
Lita did as instructed, while Alex reached up into the cabinets and pulled out a box of banana pudding. Grinning at Lita, he emptied the contents into a bowl and got the substance to thicken after stirring. Once finished, he distributed it onto the dough and handed the pudding pizza to Lita.
"Make sure its chilled before serving it. This is a great dessert where I come from."
"Wow, you're folks must like to cook as much as I do!"
"You have no idea."
The two were cleaning up the kitchen, then Lita slipped and splashed the remaining pudding on Alex's face. Smirking, he took some off with his finger and put it onto her cheek. She took some off of his face as well, sticking it onto his nose. The two began to laugh, repeating the process until both of them were covered in banana pudding.
"Oh no, it's getting late! I've got to get home and clean!"
"May I walk you home, Lita?"
Blushing, she nodded and the two wiped off their faces, heading out of the high school and into the sun-set light of Tokyo.
"Thanks again for helping me out today, Alex. I really appreciate it."
"No need to thank me. I do love to cook too. I'm just nowhere near your level."
"Don't be so modest! Not many people can make sushi and tempura soup like you did."
Blushing, Alex nodded a little. The trip to Lita's place was calm and slow, peaceful.
"Sooullls."
"What was that?" Lita asked, stopping when the eerie voice sounded.
"Sooulls…."
"Uh oh." Alex said, gently taking her arm in his hand.
"Your souls are mine!!" A new Soul Sucker emerged from the ground. This one had a fox tail, huge horns sticking from its head, and glass-like eyes.
"What is that thing?!"
"Just run!"
The two turned, running the other way from the monster as fast as they could. However, the monster just teleported in front of them, its hands growing nine inch nails and grinning evilly.
"We're going to have to fight this thing." Lita said, getting into her fighting stance. Alex nodded and got into his own fighting stance, silently praying his shoulder could hold up.
"Hya!"
"Take this!"
The two moved in unison, throwing punches, kicks, and flipping as though their minds were linked as one.
"Where'd you learn how to fight?"
"I had a good teacher back home."
"Hahaha! Nice try, puny humans. Your fists are no match for the Nega-Verse!"
The monster shot forth it nails, Lita dodging them, as did Alex, except for one that nailed him in his wound.
"Aghhh!"
Fresh blood seeped from his shoulder, he clutching it with his hand. Looking up, the Soul Sucker grinned and kicked him in the face, sending him flying into a glass window of a building.
"Oh no, Alex! That's it! Jupiter Crystal Power!!"
Lita, now angered, took out her transformation crystal and spun around in the middle of an electrical atom. Green boots adorned her feet, her skirt now having green trim, and a tiara with a green gem in the middle of it.
"I'm Sailor Jupiter, the Thunderstorm of Justice! You'll pay for hurting my friend!"
A small antennae sprouted from Jupiter's tiara, thunder rumbling in the sky.
"Jupiter Thunder, Crash!!"
Lightning came from the sky and shot from the antennae, zapping the monster.
"Nice try, Sailor Bozo. Your attacks are useless against me! Hahaha! Now, give up that pretty soul of yours."
Grabbing Jupiter off the ground, the Soul Sucker's hand began to glow, and the creature thrust it into her chest.
"No! I….I'm getting… Cold."
Alex groaned as he stood up slowly, blood was here and there on his face from the glass cutting him, but when his eyes regained focus, the scene in front of him sent a shock down his spine. Slowly, he staggered out of the building and sank to his knees.
"No, it's happening again. I'm going to fail my mission, Jupiter…Mom…I'm going to lose her all over again! No… Not now… Never…"
"MOTHER!!!!!!!"
The sign of Europa glowed on his forehead, his yell echoing throughout the skies. A beam of light hitting the neon green heart. Shutting his eyes, a warm light enveloped his body. Then he called out;
"Knight Europa Power!"
"He's the Sailor Knight the others told me about?!"
Alex held his hands up in the air, grabbing a black coat that materialized above him. Putting it on swiftly, he held his fists in front of him, black gloves covering them. Doing a spin kick, black pants would cover his legs and boots adorned his feet. Putting a hand onto the handle of his sword, he would kneel on one knee. He was now the Handsome Sailor Knight, Europa!
Glaring at the beast, he would step forward, his sword sheathed on his back while talking in a very P.O'd voice.
"Put my mother down, NOW!"
"Huh?"
"Did…he just say mother?"
Europa reached out and grabbed the Soul Sucker's arm, putting a fierce grip on it, and forcefully pulling it out of Jupiter's chest. Jupiter fell to the ground, coughing.
"Are you ok, mom?"
She looked up to see the Knight holding her in his arms gently, eyes holding a hot fire within.
"I'm fine now… What do you mean by 'mom' though?"
"That has to wait." he helped her stand up, glaring daggers at the Nega-Verse monster.
"Do you remember the time you used the Supreme Thunder Dragon?"
"Yes, why?"
"Call upon those emotions once more. Together we can beat this goonball!"
"Got it!"
Shutting her eyes, the antennae sprouted once more.
"In the name of Jupiter I call upon the forces of Love and Nature!"
A tiara made of neon green light formed on Europa's forehead, an antennae sprouting up as well.
"In the name of Europa I call upon the forces of Love and Peace!"
"Jupiter! Thunder!"
"Europa! Lightning!"
"DOUBLE DRAGON!!" the two called out in unison.
Two dragons shot forth from the lighting rods, flying to the Soul Sucker and hitting it from both the top and the bottom. When the dragons vanished, the monster was gone.
"We did it!" Jupiter pumped a fist in the air, looking at her companion with a look of triumph. However, Europa was crying.
"Alex.. What's wrong?"
"Mom… I almost lost you again. I don't ever want to experience that again. Mom.."
He hugged her tightly, eyes shut while tears kept coming. She wrapped her arms around him, smiling a little while patting his back.
"Shhh. It's ok now. I'm safe. But… You're going to have to explain why you keep calling me 'mom.' Ok?"
Nodding, the two looked up at the setting sun, the planet Jupiter was shining, as was its moon, Europa.
"Grrrr! Great, now he's got Sailor Jupiter on his side. Why can't I get one lousy- Wait…" Queen Beryl looked down at a glass sphere beside her. Within this sphere was the soul of Future Lita. Grinning to herself, she picked it up and traced a finger around it, a plot forming in her mind.
"One cant stand to lose the other.. I'll make him an offer to good to refuse. Hahahahahaha!"
What is Queen Beryl planning? Will Alex be able to protect the Sailor Scouts and beat her? Find out in Chapter 5!