Sailor Moon: Destiny Of The Stars
Chapter 4
In the split second silence, Super Sailor Sirius could only stare at the Starlight Warrior walking quickly towards them. Her heart suddenly beat wildly in her chest, as she wondered if what she was seeing was real. Could...could it be? Was it the young man she couldn't stop thinking of the moment she left Japan? Oh how she hoped so!
But before she could wonder anymore, the tension-filled silence was cut short by the angry and loud scream of the tiger-headed demon as it got ready to attack again. Its mission was to get the hatchling, and no one was going to get in its way!
"MOVE, NOW!" yelled out Sailor Star Healer just as he was coming up behind them. Sirius and Moon barely jumped high in the air out of the way as another of the deadly red laser beams shot out of the monster's hand towards them. It flashed right by them, and was just about to hit the Star Light warrior when he suddenly jumped up and front flipped safely out of harm's way. He landed on one knee besides the two Senshi. Behind them, a tree exploded when the laser hit it, and once again, the booming noise echoed throughout the small playground.
"S..Sailor Star Healer! What are you doing..." stuttered Sirius, but was cut short when Healer stood up.
"There's no time for that now! We have to get rid of this...thing!" Star Healer said, looking at the shorter senshi with apologetic green eyes. There was so much that he wanted to say to her at the moment, so much he wanted her to know, but now wasn't the time. He looked at Sailor Moon, who for once was speechless with shock.
"Sailor Moon, your Moon Power Tier, now!" Sailor Star Healer said as he pointed to the now enraged demon running up to them.
"OH! Right!" the Moon Senshi said, shaking her head a little then nodding. She concentrated, and the Tier appeared magically in her hands. She thrust it forward, her eyes now filled with determination for avenging the children that were frightened by the large demon.
"SILVERMOON, CRYSTAL POWER KISS!" Eternal Sailor Moon shouted. Instantly, purifying energy raced out of the long scepter, and it headed straight for the monster. However, instead of hitting it, the creature roared loudly once again, and jumped high out of the way. The energy from the Eternal Tier passed harmlessly underneath it, and it landed in a tree a few feet away.
"NOO! It didn't work!" screamed out Sailor Moon in distress. The three watched in horror as the creature jumped down from the tree branches, and threw another bolt of its deadly dark red energy. The three senshi once again jumped up and dodged the laser. But this time, its aim was a little better, and the beam grazed Sailor Sirius's left shoulder painfully. As she landed, she went down to one knee, gritting her teeth against the pain and clutching her shoulder with her right hand.
"Shimatta! It's too fast! We have to get it to slow down somehow!" said Sailor Star Healer. He helped Sailor Sirius to her feet quickly, concern on his face. "Are you going to be alright?" he asked.
"H...hai." Sirius breathed out raspily. "Let's just get this over with. This thing's gonna be WASTED!" she promised, balling her small hands into fists.
The white-blonde Starlight warrior nodded his head in agreement. "Good, because I think I have an idea. When I say the word, we split apart, and hit it from all sides, okay?"
"RIGHT!" shouted Sirius and Moon together. Just at that moment, the creature ran up right in front of them and stretched out a very muscular arm. Long, razor sharp nails suddenly shot out, and would have sliced through Sirius had she not jumped back quickly with the others.
"NOW!" shouted Healer. Both girls nodded, and all three jumped high and far apart from each other. Sirius and Moon landed on either side of the monster, and Star Healer behind it. The demon looked around it for a moment, confused as to why its opponents suddenly separated. But it didn't have time to do anything about it, as three voices suddenly filled the air.
"SIRIUS KISS OF DEATH, CAPTIVATION!"
"SILVERMOON CRYSTAL POWER, KISS!"
"STAR SENSITIVE, INFERNO!"
Two blasts of intense energy slammed right into the creature, and it howled loudly as the force of it knocked it heavily to the ground. After a second, Sirius's power came forth and it enclosed the creature in a black ball of electric-like energy. Suddenly, fissures started spreading across its body as it continued to writhe in agony inside the ball. It then exploded in a loud bang, black shards of crystal flying everywhere. The senshi had to shield their eyes with their arms to protect them from the blinding light and the cutting shards flying around them.
When all was quiet again, the three warriors dared to look back up. The only thing that remained from the monster was a blackened piece of ground where it once stood.
"YES!" shouted out Sailor Moon in triumph. Sirius was about to raise her arm to give a high five, but hissed in pain and brought down her arm quickly when the pain from the burn streaked through her body.
Star Healer smiled...even though he tried not to, and was about to congratulate them when a small voice shouted out from the school building.
"Sailor Sirius!"
Tilly stepped out of the side door of the school, and ran as fast as her little legs could carry her to the trio. When she reached Sirius, she wrapped her arms around the dark-skinned senshi's waist.
"What are you doing out here? You should be inside where it's safe!" Super Sailor Sirius admonished. Sirius looked up to see that other children were beginning to come outside, eager to meet the real life senshi they heard so much about, yet keeping a safe distance. She was about to scold her more, but when the little girl looked up into Sirius's eyes with tears and a look of gratitude, her heart melted. She bent down slightly and gently patted the child's black hair.
"Are you alright?" Sirius asked, her voice soft and sympathetic.
Tilly nodded. "Hai! You're my hero now, all of you!" She looked at Eternal Sailor Moon and smiled in thanks, but when she looked at Sailor Star Healer, her eyes widened in slight recognition, and she let out a tiny gasp.
"What's the matter?" all three said together. But before the little girl could answer, an intense flash of bright light appeared, and when it dimmed, two very tall beings stood before them. Their bodies were like humans, but had a long, lizard-like face, with large bulging eyes and a long tail coming out from behind them. Their green scaly skin glowed in the sun's light, and the uniforms they wore were red and black, and seemed to represent some form of military rankings. They blinked their large eyes, and looked at the group before them in barely contained anger.
"Kami-sama! What in the world ARE they?" breathed out Sailor Moon in shock. All the science fiction books, movies, and manga she's seen and read certainly didn't prepare her for such a sight!
"Give us the child, NOW!" the taller of the two hissed out in broken Japanese, stepping forward.
"Sorry, but we can't do that!" said Super Sailor Sirius in defiance, narrowing her eyes. She too was amazed at the gigantic aliens, but she wasn't going to let them know it. Tilly shrieked and slipped behind Sirius to hide.
"Please, don't let them take me away!" cried the little girl. Tiny pieces of memory flooded through Tilly's young mind; memories of those same faces that wanted to get her, of trying to running away, and seeing a beautiful woman's face like her own crying. The bad people, that's what the woman that looked like her called them.
"What do you want with her?" demanded Star Healer, going in front of Sirius and the little girl.
"That is no concern of yours. Hand her over!" shouted back the shorter alien. In a quick flash, he reached into his uniform jacket pocket and took out a weapon that looked similar to a ray gun. He fired it without warning, and just as quickly, Eternal Sailor Moon jumped in front, thrusting out her Tier as it extended into a staff. The large white blast went straight into the scepter without doing any harm.
"Don't even try it!" warned Moon, anger filling her voice. "Not unless you want to end up like your lackey over there," She indicated the black spot with a jerk of her head.
The two aliens hissed with anger, then stepped back cautiously. "This isn't over. We WILL get that hatchling!" the taller one said. He and the other alien raised their right green arms to shoulder level, and pressed a button on a large watch-like device on their wrist. In a flash of white light, the two aliens were gone.
That's what YOU think! Sirius said to herself. She turned to look at the little girl behind her. "It'll be okay, don't worry." She smiled at Tilly reassuringly.
The little girl seemed unconvinced however, and sadly shook her head "no".
"Can...can I please just go home now?" she asked, her voice trembling with fear.
"Sure you can," said Sirius, nodding her head and smiling gently. She crouched down and took the child's hands in her own. The Star Senshi was about to tell the little girl how brave she was, how she was proud that she did what she was told, when Tilly suddenly rushed into Sirius's arms. She buried her face in her shoulders and cried her little heart out as Super Sailor Sirius tried her best to soothe her.
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Later that evening
Cambridge residence:
Up in her room, Tanya patiently tried to put the distraught little girl to sleep after such an ordeal, doing everything she could. It took hours, as Tilly was now afraid to be alone. But soon, the child closed her eyes and drifted off in a light doze, and with a sigh, Tanya gently left the room and headed back downstairs.
"Well, she's finally asleep." said Tanya in relief as she walked down the stairs to the living room. Marco's golden form trotted down beside her faithfully.
Minako, Rei, Makoto, Ami, Usagi, Mamoru, and Yaten all stood up at Tanya's arrival, then sat back down on the floor and couch with relief at the news. Artemis and Luna stretched out their furry forms on the carpeted floor from their long rest, and sat up in attention.
"That's good. I hope that episode earlier today didn't traumatize her too much." said Ami in thought.
"Yeah, I'm just sorry we weren't there to help. Imagine, picking on a little kid like that!" said Makoto in anger. She brushed a strand of stray brown her behind her, and it fell in a soft wave along with the rest of her hair down the middle of her back.
"It's alright guys, we handled it well enough." Tanya said. She sighed sadly and sat down on the couch next to Minako. Marco walked up and laid down at her feet, eager to hear about what they were going to do about the lost little girl. "But I just don't get why they're after her. I mean, is she really important or something?"
"I have no idea. I even consulted the fire during my meditation earlier today, and I still haven't come up with anything important." said Rei. The fire priestess's eyes showed her worry.
The group all sighed, knowing that now, their lives of peace were no more. "Well, I for one am glad we won't not be fighting this alone. We have a little help." Minako smiled in appreciation as she looked at Yaten, who once told her in an audition to be an idol that she held the brightest star of all out of all the other girls auditioning. The young man smiled back and blushed slightly.
"Well, our planet and star system is already 95% repaired, so I asked to come back and visit. Princess Kakkyou was surprised I waited so long to ask, and she encouraged me to come. I was able to stay male in my Starlight form because somehow, the princess's crystal and powers became increased during our planet's reconstruction. She used the crystal to enable us to stay males in case Seiya, Taiki, and I decide to come back to Earth. Our powers were increased too." He gave a small, shy smile. "We also decided to stay men. Even though we were born female, we've always felt we were masculine inside. Whether it was by fate, or our subconscious minds, we decided it was more...comfortable this way."
The young man turned to Usagi. "Oh, and Seiya told me to say hello," He winked at her with a smile. She blushed harshly, knowing the short infatuation Seiya had with her. "So, here I am. I'm glad I did though." He turned to give Tanya a secret smile, and she too blushed a dark shade of red.
"I'm glad you came back too...," said Luna, but was interrupted from saying anything more when Artemis gave her a distraught look. Luna blushed and hung her black-furred head. At that scene, everyone chuckled slightly before getting serious again.
"That's good, because we're going to need all the help we can get." said Mamoru with a nod. He got up and took Usagi's hand in his to stand her up too. "Well, before it gets any later, we'd better go."
"Good night Tanya-chan," said Usagi, going over and giving the shorter girl a hug. "And don't worry, we'll figure something out!" She gave a hopeful nod.
"I know," replied Tanya with a grateful smile as she hugged back. She truly hoped they could figure out something, because deep in her heart, she didn't know what she would do if any harm came to the child that somehow came into her care.
"Good night everyone," she called as everyone filed out minutes later.
When it was finally quiet, Tanya turned to the golden-furred dog. "Marco, I think I want to be alone for a while. If Tilly wakes up, you know where to find me."
"Of course," said Marco quietly. "Remember, I and everyone else are here for you whenever you need us." Tanya smiled gratefully, hugged the talking dog, then went to her special place to think; her roof. Quietly, she walked up the stairs, through the attic, then on to the roof. She sat down and drew her knees to her chest quietly for a few minutes, letting the warm breeze flow through her hair as she closed her eyes. Suddenly her eyes snapped opened as she felt another presence beside her on the roof. She jumped up slightly and fell back on her backside, nearly screaming as she unexpectedly looked into a pair of green eyes as Yaten crouched in front of her.
"I thought I'd find you here," Yaten smiled. "Sorry to startle you, but I had to see you alone."
"OOHH!" shouted Tanya as she punched him in the shoulder, then giggled slightly at the look of surprised on Yaten's face. She paused for a moment, then rushed forward and gave him a loving hug as he sat down beside her. "I missed you so much, Yaten-chan! I didn't think I would ever see you again." she whispered, a tear falling down her dark cheek as she buried her face in his chest.
"And I didn't think I'd fall in love in this rural little planet." Yaten whispered back, stroking her black hair gently as he held her smaller body in his arms.
Tanya looked up at him in surprise. What she saw in Yaten's eyes was something she never imagined would come to her; love. She had always watched and heard about other girls falling love, and she never thought it was actually happen to her. She had thought love just wasn't destined for her, but now, she knew she was wrong. She closed her eyes as the young Starlight warrior leaned forward and gently yet passionately kissed her full on the lips. As the kiss deepened, a feeling like none other spread across the young girl's body as she held on to her love, a feeling that filled her with pleasure she was unfamiliar with, and she moaned with all the feelings and passion she held deep inside since she last saw him as she kissed back. Tears fell down her dark cheeks as Tanya then realized just how much she missed Yaten, and she knew in her heart that she never wanted him to go away again, not ever.
Over head, a shooting star shot through the starry and endless night sky, a long trail of sparkles following behind it. As if it heard Tanya's thoughts, it seemed to leave a special light in its sparkly trail that shined down on the two lovers, and it secretly promised her true love forevermore in her mind and soul.
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"WHAT? You LOST the hatchling?" screamed out Captain Sha'krani. The two Vishstri soldiers were on the first floor of an abandoned factory building that they took on as their base, and the voice of the large holographic image of the captain above the two nearly shook the foundations of the immense building.
"Captain, it was not all our fault!" said the Va'trini, fear entering into his voice. "It was as you said, the...senshi...as you called them, interrupted our capture. We almost had her in our hands, but...
"ENOUGH!" the captain screamed out. The two hissed loudly in fright and bowed low to the ground, their red tongues flicking out.
"I will not tolerate on-going failure! I want that brat, and I want that piece of Star Stone." Sha'krani continued. The two soldiers got up from their knees, nodding their green heads in agreement.
"Sir, give us another chance. We CAN get the child!" said O'mashki, desperately trying to regain his dignity. He reached into his uniform jacket and pulled out the box containing the black crystals, and held it up to show to their leader. "We have plenty more of our Crystal Warriors. Surely they cannot defeat all of them!"
"See to it they don't!" hissed back the Captain. "Formulate another plan, and get me that Star Stone! Failure is not an option."
"We obey, our fearless Captain!" said the two Vishtri, bowing down once more. The black vortex swirled around, black lighting flashing around it. Then, with a dark flash, the vortex disappeared, and all was quiet and dark.
When the two finally looked up after a moment, O'mashki gave the younger soldier a sly grin. "I think I have an idea." he said softly. He reached into the black box he carried, and took out a small black crystal replica of a rose.
"It is said that the little..princess...enjoys what they call, a rose." he said, the plan developing more and more in his mind. "Well, let's see if it's true!" Both laughed deep in their throats, enjoying the feel of victory they thought already in their hands.
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To Be Continued.
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