Wanderer D wrote:
After the Tokyo Tower was destroyed the Sailor Senshi had avoided any
contact with it, the twisted metal bars and the rubble were a
remainder of their failure. For, when the once proud tower once stood
also had stood people. People that had trusted them to save them from
the evil sadistic monster that had destroyed it without a second
glance.
They had tried to ignore the pain of facing the families of those
people.
When did they face the families?
Therefore, in an effort to put their minds at rest, Ami had found the
means to take them to the beach. Still, they had found their enemies
even there.
Not only that but the dragons had attacked Usagi's family before they
left, and now Ami had been warned that the same could happen to the
other's families.
And so, Ami had returned to the dreaded place, the Tokyo Tower to tell
her mother to leave. And to do that, Ami realized now, she would
have to reveal her deepest secret.
---------------------Sailor Moon; Masks & Dragons---------------------
Chapter 6; 'P.S. I want you dead.'
By Wanderer D
"Tell me, Winter. Why is it that I permit this barbaric beings to
continue perpetrating their miserable treacherous race?"
"perpetuating"
Winter, kneeling at the base of Black's throne looked up at his master.
Tilting his head to the side he curiously looked at him as he
pondered a suitable answer.
"I do not know your lordship, why?"
"I have decided to discontinue this particular..." Black shifted
thoughtfully, trying to express his feelings to his servant.
"...cattle."
"cattle" is plural. You could say "herd of cattle"
Winter gulped down slowly, never taking his eyes from the figure on
the throne. He didn't like where this was going.
"How many statues are still left in this island?"
"on that island"
"Two, sir..."
"Very well then, send 'Gold' to retrieve them. I will destroy this
island when we have them."
"that island"
Winter bowed low after standing up and quickly ran to fetch Gold.
However, before he left the room, Black stopped him. "Winter, don't
tell 'Gold' what I told you, it would be unfortunate to lose him...
accidentally..." Winter nodded and left.
Black waited alone in the throne room quietly. He then started to
chuckle softly as a small sphere of light appeared before him. Inside
it, Japan could be seen.
"What are you going to do, Rae?" Usagi asked.
Mamoru, Usagi and Rae sat at the Hikawa temple, Rae wasn't sure if
she should tell her grandfather her true identity.
"What if what Sapphire said was some sort of a trap?" Rae asked
nervously.
"You know that's not true Rae!"
Finally Rae sighed and nodded. "I know. It's just that I didn't want
grandfather to know that..."
"Know what, Rae?" asked her grandfather, as he walked into the room.
"Grandfather!"
Gold stood up when Winter entered his quarters. Seeing who it was he
sat down again and glared at the white dragon. "What is it that you
want?"
"Black has ordered you to retrieve the next statue as soon as
possible." Winter returned coldly.
"Oh, the lizard is finding his fangs! Very well then, I shall find
the next statue tonight."
The white dragon left irritated and almost bumped into Sapphire, who
was walking in right then.
"I see you haven't changed your mind." she commented.
"I told you my plans. I can't act until my debt is paid." responded
the gold dragon.
"Can't or won't? Listen Gold, I'll be surprised if you survive long
enough to pay your debt." she said darkly..
Gold glared at her as she left. Somehow, he knew she was right.
"I will avenge my friends." He vowed vehemently. "Even if it costs me
my life."
"Well dear, you know I can't stay away much longer..." Dr. Mizuno
said looking at her daughter. "What is it Ami?"
Comma after "it".
Makoto placed her hand reassuringly on Ami's shoulder. Ami smiled at her
and turned towards her mother.
"Mom, I... I don't know how to say it..." Ami looked at Makoto for
support.
"Come on Ami, you can tell her, she's your mother..." she whispered.
Ami looked resolutely at her mother. "Mom I'm..."
"A lesbian? Come on Ami, you already know I really don't have problems
with lesbianism. I know that two of your friends are lesbians too."
Usagi/Rei: WE ARE NOT!
Makoto quickly retrieved her had from Ami's shoulder and looked at her
"hand"
surprised, as the later looked in disbelief at her mother. "MOM!"
Dr Mizuno looked at the two in surprise. "You two are not together?"
They shook their heads. "Oh, my. Sorry about that Ami."
Mizuno-sensei: But you make such a cute couple. She's so butch, you're
so femme!
"Usagi, Mamoru, would you leave us alone?" Rae asked her friends, who
nodded and left, closing the door behind them.
"Well, Rae?" Asked Grandfather Hino.
Rae closed her eyes and sighed deeply, gathering her courage while her
grandfather waited patiently.
"Grandfather, so much has happened... I really don't know where to
start..."
"Sometimes Rae, the best place to start is the beginning." he answered
smiling.
Rae smiled back. "Remember how shaken I was when Tokyo Tower was
destroyed?"
That's not the beginning, of course.
"Well Ami, if it wasn't what you were going to tell me..."
"if that wasn't"
Makoto suddenly looked up at the sky and scowled. Ami and her mother
looked up and saw a figure flying into the city.
"What was that?"
"Gold." Makoto growled. "That means there'll be another attack!" She
looked at Ami meaningfully.
Dr. Mizuno caught the look and her expression darkened slightly. She
grabbed Ami's hand and walked to where Makoto couldn't hear.
"Ami, don't tell me you're somehow related to what happened to Tokyo
Tower?"
"Mom, I..." Ami stammered.
"Too late Ami! We have to go. Now! He's found the statue! I can feel
it!" Makoto practically shouted as she grabbed her by the shoulders.
"If we want to stop Black, we need the statues!" she added.
Ami looked at her mother apologetically, then turned to run after Gold.
Makoto grabbed her arm and stopped her. "We won't get there in time
this way, you'd better kill two birds with one shot."
"Jupiter Crystal Power Makeup!"
"Mercury Crystal Power Makeup!"
Dr Mizuno had seen many things in her life, but nothing remotely
similar to what she now saw as her daughter and her friend being
surrounded by energy. Blue energy enveloped her daughter as green
energy did the same to Makoto. Water suddenly appeared out of no where
and created a blue and white sailor fuku for Ami as she rotated in the
air until she stopped and a tiara appeared on her forehead.
Lightning surrounded Makoto and created another fuku for her, this one
dark green and white.
Then they ran away, jumping high and avoiding all obstacles with
incredible ease.
Dr. Mizuno fell to her knees, as she watched them go she remembered
two days ago.
Flashback;
Not really necessary.
Ami's mother sat down completely spent on the couch, she had been
working all day at the remains of Tokyo Tower along with many
volunteers and doctors trying to find survivors. They had found none.
The fact that there was a crater beneath the rubble didn't help much
either.
Ami came in with a sandwich and a glass of milk for her, she gave them
to her and sat down. Ami's mother now recalled that Ami had kept her
gaze on the floor all the time.
"Did you find anything, mom?"
Ami's mother sighed deeply and rubbed her eyes with her forearm. "No."
She took a long drink before speaking again. "What is it with this
city, Ami? There's always something going on here, and not only in the
city, all over Japan! Two days ago someone reported sighting a group of
humanoid turtles in Mount Fuji, they also said that they wore masks and
carried weapons. Then, just last week I met a colleague from the Nerima
district, and you wouldn't believe the stories he told me. Then here in
Tokyo, some winged monster destroys Tokyo Tower and nobody did a
thing!"
"What about the Sailor Senshi?"
"Hmm! They are as bad as the monsters! Most of their attacks shatter the
ground! Some of the people that were able to see the battle say that
the sailor Senshi were responsible for the explosion, since the monster
"Sailor"
reacted to their presence! I know sometimes the cure is worse than the
disease, but this is ridiculous!"
She looked up to see Ami running upstairs.
End Flashback.
Kneeling on the ground, she let the tears slide down her face. "Oh, Ami.
I'm so sorry..."
"Hmm... it should be around here..." Gold muttered as he dived and
landed on the rooftop of a building, surveying the area.
In the streets he spotted the entrance to the subway. "Ah, there.
There's too many people though, I'll have to wait..." sitting down
he adopted a meditative pose and closing his eyes, he slowly faded.
When Jupiter and Mercury arrived near there, they couldn't find him.
"He came to this area..." Ami said.
"So where is he?"
"I don't know, we'll have to wait around here until he returns."
"Are you sure he'll be back?" Makoto sounded dubious.
"There's a very high probability that he'll do just that."
"Then we'd better call the others."
That night the Sailor Senshi waited patiently, hidden between
buildings and up some trees. From her vantage point, up a tree,
Makoto looked a Rae who stood next to a building. The raven-haired
"at Rei"
Senshi of fire looked up at her and shook her head. Jupiter sighed
heavily, until a sixth sense told her to look up. Doing that she
noticed a draconic figure standing on top of one building. She saw
Gold jump down and catch one of the drafts, gliding down to the
ground and landing lightly on his feet.
He then walked into the subway. All the Senshi plus Tuxedo Mask ran
down the subway stairs.
Doesn't deserve it's own paragraph.
The train had just left and there was no one around for the moment
so Gold ignored the drunk that had lain down in a corner and looked
around.
He finally found the place he was looking for in the wall on the
other side of the rail.
He started walking towards it when a small scratch stopped him.
Turning around he faced the senshi, who were glaring at Usagi.
"Sailor Moon!" Rae groaned.
Still Rei.
"Sorry..." She said meekly.
"So, you found me. I'm really not surprised."
"You're going to stop this now Gold!"
Lame speech. Doesn't even make sense.
The golden dragon snorted and pointed his open palm at the wall.
Meanwhile;
White looked at his master from where he knelt. "Coldfire's here."
he reported.
"Good. Tell Coldfire to enter, and leave."
Winter nodded his acknowledgement and left the throne room, after
Coldfire had walked in he closed the doors.
He assumed what seemed to be a threatening possition and stood
"position"
guard.
Suddenly he sensed something and looked up. His eyes opened wide
and he yelped as he jumped to the side. Where he stood a concrete
tube crashed, braking in two.
There, between the rocks was a small wooden chest.
Winter growled low and picked it up. He went into Black's chamber.
Black looked at him angrily.
"Gold has delivered the Silver statue."
The sailor senshi looked at the wall where a part of the concrete
had been sliced and the cilinder of solid concrete had dissapeared.
"cylinder", "disappeared"
"You are not having much luck are you, youngsters? The Silver
statue was in there, now Black has it."
The Senshi glared at him, and were about to attack when a voice
stopped them.
"YOU IDIOTS! YOU HAVE LOST EVERY STATUE FROM THE BEGINING! I
SHOULD KILL YOU ALL NOW!"
Suddenly the cieling gave in, and huge chunks of stone crashed to
"ceiling"
the ground. The senshi covered their eyes from the dust that had
covered the area, while Gold looked interested.
Rae stumbled back from the force of the feelings she got. She lost
control and fell to her knees gasping. Usagi knelt beside her.
"Mars!" she shook her friend until Rae looked at her and hugged
her as if her life depended on it. Usagi held her as the dust
setteled, she could make out the armored figure of Mask.
He had his sword in his right hand, and all his figure glowed with
small trickles of white lightning, his cape buffeted wildly as if
the air was trying to tear it from him.
As Rae calmed down a little she looked up at him. "Such hate..."
Mask started walking towards the senshi and the dragon.
Suddenly a red beam flew towards him. Without missing a beat he
swung his sword and cut the beam in two, which crashed behind him
with an explasion. He stopped to look at his antagonnist and
growled.
"I see you're pretty good with drama knight, I wonder if you're as
good fighting?"
"at fighting"
A female dragon walked down the stairs. Her grace evident to
everyone, but also the coldness of her steel colored eyes. She
litteraly shone with the remaining light, her silver scales
reflecting it perfectly.
Gold recognized her imediately. "Coldfire!"
She walked up to him and smiled. "I bring news to you, Gold."
Fast as lightning, she impaled her claw into Gold's stomach.
A bit too easy I think. It would be better if he was distracted by
combat with someone else.
Gold's eyes opened wide as she took her blodied hand out and slashed
his chest.
"bloodied". Why is Gold just standing there?
Gold felt cold growing up his spine.
"In case you haven't understood yet, I'll tell you his message: I...
don't... need... you... anymore. Black. P.S. Say hi to..."
She let Gold fall to the floor as she crouched, where her neck had
been mere seconds ago Mask's katana passed almost invisible with it's
speed.
Her tail lashed out and hit Mask in the chest, sending him crashing
into the wall. Undented, he got up and charged again. Swinging down
he managed to graze Coldfire's arm, but the dragon buffeted him with
the wing, which only made him step back, however that was all
Coldfire needed. She uppercuted Mask, and he let go of his sword as
"uppercutted" or "hit Mask with an uppercut".