Wow, guys! Sorry, I was really busy these past few months, I'll try to update regularly again!
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Chapter 3: It Learns
Emil was beyond excited, she was elated! Walking into class, she sat down next to Meru, the girl with the light cobalt hair and perfect aqua eyes. Normally Emil would be extremely jealous of these factors combined with her creamy pale skin, which made her a real knock out, but today was special. Today she didn't notice any of those things, she sat down and turned to her friend, almost destroying her eardrum when she shouted,
"Good Morning!"
Meru turned to her joyful little friend and said cooly, "Why are you so happy today."
Emil motioned for her to lean in closer. Meru gave her a funny look, Emil replying,
"I gotta whisper it, we can't have the entire classroom knowing I have a date with Rue..."
Meru looked up at her wide-eyed, "No way! That's amazing! How'd you pull that one off?!"
"Shh... This morning I bumped into him and he helped me pick up my books, we started talking, one thing lead to another and he wants to hang out today after school!"
Meru shrieked with joy, for her it was a normal thing. Actually it was more of a one-sided things, she was used to boys chasing after her but was never really interested in dating. She was excited one of her friends was getting out into the field. She said,
"But he's, like... The hottest guy in the school! Girls would kill for him!"
"I know, That's why I can't have everyone knowing I have a date with Rue! Did I mention I have a date with Rue..." Emil turned to the front of the room with an expression of satisfaction smeared across her face as the teacher called the class to a start. She wasn't really sure, but Emil was starting to feel like the teacher was just up there babbling. Because all she heard was gibberish, celebrating mentally that she managed to land a date with the object of the affection of every female that attended Megami Junior High.
"I'm so good I even surprise myself..."
The day rushed to a close as she left the front doors of the school with a smile on her face, she was meeting Rue in an hour and a half at the local park to hang out and get something to eat, that left her just enough time to head home and get ready! She rushed home so quickly that nobody she usually tried to drag out the end of the day by talking to even saw her as classes were dismissed. Walking in the front door, she noticed her mom wasn't home yet,
"She's always working late... She puts in all these hours and never really spends time here..." sighing to herself, Emil rushed up the stairs and into her room, where a four-part harmony shout of "Surprise!" was met with Emil's own scream.
"What are you guys doing here!?"
Meru, Tai, Rikku, and Lena" each slinked out from seperate clever hiding spots around Emil's room, and trust me, there were plenty of those when you can barely see your own floor. As Tai and her long golden wavy hair, which Emil noted jealously of, made their way out of Emil's closet, she must have nudged something because waves and waves of clothes began to just waterfall out of the large space in the corner of her room. Emil shrieked and ran over to her as she was buried in the fashionable garments.
"Tai! Tai! Tai! Speak to me, Tai! Are you there!?" She dug through the avalanche of clothes until she finally found the pale flawless face of her friend buried under all the cloth.
"You never... threw any of this... away. Did you?" Tai said, slowly pulling herself out of the landslide. Emil breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Rikku, Meru, and Lena who were standing behind her, excitedly saying,
"What are you guys doing here?"
Lena slowly approached Emil,
"Well we figured since you were going on such a big date your best friends should help you pick out an outfit... hm?"
Emil looked to Meru, her mouth agape and an energized flicker in her eyes,
"You told them!?"
"How could I not?!" Meru replied. The girls gathered together, laughing as they began to sift through the clothes, Rikku saying,
"You have plenty of nice clothes for dating... but what are you going to wear for this date... Let's see..."
The girls spent a good hour before finally settling on a purple silk dress with ruffled shoulders that went down above her kneecaps, a vintage belt with a golden buckle around the waist, a light black jacket, and black Gucci boots. Her purse was a small dark purple handbag that really accessorized the outfit nicely. The four girls gathered around Emil, looking proud of what they'd done. Emil gave each one of them a hug before realizing,
"Oh, God! I'm gonna be late!"
Her rather helpful friends got her out the door as fast as she could and waved her off as Emil started to walk down the street towards the local park which was 1 convenient block away from her house. As she disappeared into the distance, the four of them looked at each other.
"So who's gonna watch her?"
"Doesn't that seem a little parenting?"
"We have to make sure she doesn't get hurt!"
"She's got a point, Emil wouldn't take heartbreak very well..."
"I'll do it." Meru said calmly. The others looked at her and nodded, it seemed like a good idea. Meru was resourceful and could think on her feet, but she was also pretty tough and would rough up any pretty boys that messed with her best friend.
"But you'll need a disguise... Face it, you stick out like a sore thumb." Rikku said, Meru nodded and looked around, noticing a brown trenchcoat and a black hat hanging on Emil's mom's door.
"Hm..."
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Emil and the boy with bleach blond hair that went down to his ears, neatly styled with fairly attractive side bangs sat side by side on a bench, enjoying soft melty cold ice cream which was especially refreshing on this warm day.
"It's been going really well! Maybe he'll ask me on another date at the end of today!"
They sat in silence until it was broken by the violet light flashing out the opening of Emil's purse which was delightfully accompanied by a soft "ping!"ing sound. Emil looked at it with an expression mixing anger, shock, and fear.
"Oh, sorry, Just my phone..." She said to Rue who nodded at her understandingly. He start to give her a quizzical look after a couple more moments, saying,
"Well, aren't you gonna get that?"
"Oh... Right! Of course!" Emil looked into the handbag and saw it start to blink brighter, hearing a voice,
"Emil! We've got big trouble at the park!" It was Apollo. Wonderful.
"Well, I-- Uhm... I've got something I need to do but it was a really great date! But, um, I should be going now!"
Rue looked at her strangely as she could up and gathered herself, throwing away the remnants of the cone of her ice cream, as Rue did the same he took her by the shoulders saying, "I really enjoyed it... Do you want to... say... hang out again sometime?" Emil's face started glowing, she could feel the heat rushing to her cheeks. She smiled at Rue until she realized she really couldn't delay any longer, her smile slowly faded to a face of worriness, a sort of frown.
"Yes! Yes, definitely, but right now I really need to go and you do to so, thanks! Uh, just call me!"
Wait... Dammit, he needs your phone number to call you.
She fumbled around in her purse until she pulled out a pen and drew his warm hand into hers, blushing furiously, she wrote her number from his wrist along his forearm, finishing the last number and throwing the writing utensil back into her purse.
"Bye!" She said, running off in the direction that screaming and yelling had just originated from moments before. Looking at her like she had a screw loose, Rue witnessed Emil run off behind a tree and proceeded to go home. Meanwhile, a figure in a trenchcoat followed Emil in the direction she had fled in.
"What is she doing?! She's blowing it!"
Meru followed her with great haste.
Apollo met with Emil who saw the Youma firing shots of a green lazer from its hands at civillians who were running this way and that way in an attempt to get away from the green monster. Those it hit fell to the ground, not hurt, but having all their energy siphoned.
"Emil! It's time for Sailor Saturn!" Apollo said to her, the urgency evident in his voice. Emil nodded.
Saturn Planet Power! Make Up!
"My guardian diety is the planet of silence, soldier of death and rebirth, I am Sailor Saturn!" Raising her palm in the air, she materialized her lance in a flash of light and pointed it at the creature, "and in the name of the planet Saturn, I will punish you!"
She was unaware that Meru had been watching all this from the shadows under the bridge that, with the help of another bridge, isolated this island in the middle of the park.
Emil recklessly charged the Youma, preparing to cross-slash it across the chest, as she approached it fired a red colored attack at her, she brought her glaive in front of her quick enough to deflect the attack to the side off of the metal. She continued her assault and vaulted over the monster with the base of her weapon, turning around and swiping it. It fell down and quickly got up, spinning around to face Emil and shoot at her again, this time, she couldn't dodge it. It made a direct hit. Emil fell down onto her back, pain shooting through her. She felt like she couldn't move. As the Youma slowly approached her, it held a ball of red energy in its hand, preparing to fire it at Emil.
"Sailor Saturn, no!" Apollo cried.
It looked like the end... Suddenly, Meru tossed the coat and hat to the side and charged in front of Emil, facing the monster. She threw her arms out to the side, possessing a face of rage and anger. "Don't you dare hurt her!"
Emil looked up, "M-Meru... Y-you came for me..." Meru didn't take her eyes off the creature, which began to advance again. She started to feel the anger and passion welling up inside of her, as the green symbol of Jupiter appeared on her forehead.
Apollo gasped, running towards the girls and the creature,
"Could it be...?!" He jumped and span in the air, conjuring up an emerald Sailor Star. He nudged it towards Meru's foot. She looked down and picked it up, as it shone brightly with a blinding light in recognition.
"It's time for Sailor Jupiter to accept her fate, say 'Jupiter Planet Power!'" Meru was in no position to argue or question, she just wanted to save her friend.
Jupiter Planet Power! Make Up!
Her surroundings faded, as she entered a whirlpool of electricity. The energy of thunder and lightning surrounding her. Lightning bolts shot at her, first her chest, then her waist, her feet, her hands, her forehead, and finally the back of her head where her hair clumped up into a ponytail. As her surroundings returned to the park, electricity emanated from her body all around. The flashing light in a sea of clouds, Sailor Jupiter!"
"My guardian diety is the planet of Lightning, solder of Thunder and Courage, I am Sailor Jupiter! And in the name of the planet Jupiter... I will punish you!" Meru looked down at herself, dropping her offensive stance and appraising herself, she was clad in the pink and green senshi uniform of Sailor Jupiter! She was astonished.
"Sailor Jupiter! Focus!" Apollo yelled to her from afar.
She nodded and returned her focus to the Youma, regaining her offensive stance. She charged the monster and dashed to one side as she creature shot lazers at her. She punched it in the chest and spun around behind it, kicking it in the back. She backflipped a few feet away and crossed her hands across her chest. She moved them around in front of her in flowing, wave-like motions as she conjured a large ball of green electricity into her hands before her,
"Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" She held her hands out in front of her, as the ball erupted towards the creature with a large tail of electric energy behind it, like an emerald comet. As the two made contact, the Youma exploded and all its energy slowly flowed back into the people scattered around. Sailor Jupiter made her way over to Saturn and picked her up into her arms, carrying her home where the other girls had been long gone from.
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"Meru, You're Sailor Jupiter!" Emil said, proceeding to tackle/hug her in ecstasy.
"Y-yeah, I guess I am... But what is all this?" Meru said, it was time for some questions.
"I think I can explain that..." Apollo came out from beneath Emil's bed, walking over to Meru who didn't seem surprised he could talk. He and Emil spent the next half an hour effectively explaining what was happening and what Meru's new responsibility as a Sailor Senshi was. She accepted it gladly.
"Well I guess Emil does need someone to look after her." She said sarcastically.
Emil ignored this and looked to Apollo, "My date was ruined!" she said disappointedly, "Even if he did ask me out again..." she added under her breath.
"It's all apart of your job..." Apollo said. The first lesson she had to learn as a senshi, it was her new number-one priority.