Past Meetings
Chapter Thirteen
by, Cony
"Lord Zoisite, where are we going?" panted an exhausted Mercury. "I
don't know. I'm just running. I hoped you knew where were we,"
answered the General. "Then let's stop, so I can check." They did as
told, and looked around. "
Ok, let's see. Big plants, huge leaves, enormous branches, indicated
the presence of a lake nearby. Also almost no light, except for that
Martian light-plants. They are very rare, and aren't supposed to exist
anywhere else but on their home planet. They are over 20 thousand
years old, and to reach this high, they must be almost... ."
"Five hundred years. I know that. Also, they live without water, they
are self-sufficient. They breathe air, and can live on water or earth.
Does that helps us at all?"
"Wow, I see you know as much as I do about biology. Are you the
studious type?"
"Does the nickname Book Mouse answer your question? That's how
Jadeite and Endymion call me. Do you like studying too?"
"Wanna know how my friends call me? Brain Girl. They have told me
a thousand times that the Library isn't my room, that I should get
some sleep every once in a while, that the books aren't all in life, and
that I should...."
She was interrupted by Zoisite, who said: "Go out more. That a book
won't get me a wife, and that I'm gonna be alone for the rest of my
life if I don't do something soon. I think we are very alike, don't you
think?"
"Indeed." They looked at each other, and blushed furiously.
Coughing to hide his embarrassment, Zoisite said: "So, could you
figure out where are we?"
Mercury thought for a second, and a shadow of alarm passed
through her face. "What is it Lady Mercury?" asked Zoisite,
concerned that it was Ren again. "Well, I think we are on the North
side of the Gardens," answered Mercury. "But I wish I had my
computer in here to make sure. Holy Queen, my computer."
"What? You lost it or something?" asked the general. "No. I'm a fool.
I think I left my brain back in the fountain.
I could use it to get us out of here in a minute." "Well that's great.
Where is it?" "In here" answered Mercury, as she searched in her
pockets, and took out a blue pen. "That's not a computer, it's a...."
"Mercury Power... Make up!!" A flash of blue light engulfed the young
princess, and Zoisite had to cover his eyes. When he could open
them again, a girl dressed in a blue Sailor fuku, with knee-high boots
and a bow in the middle of her chest was standing where the
princess was just seconds ago. A blue visor covered her eyes.
"Who are you?" said Zoisite, worried that it was one of the Saturnine
prince's traps again.
"Oh, you fool," said the girl, "It's me, don't you see?"
"La... Lady Mercury? Is that you?"
"Of course it's me. Here, take a look." The girl pressed her right
earring, and the visor disappeared.
Zoisite looked intently at the girl eyes, and thought. So, it really is
her. I don't think anyone could ever have that eye color. And that
they were so beautiful.
"So?" said Sailor Mercury.
"Wow. I've never seen any of the Sailor Senshi before. If you haven't
told me who you were, I would have never recognized you,"
answered the still amazed General. "It's part of the magic. It hides
our true identity, but it disappears immediately when the secret is
told."
"So I see, my little princess. Or should I say, Senshi?" said a
disrespectful voice. They both turned around, and saw their worst
nightmare. Ren was walking towards them, with a painful grin in his
face, and a bleeding wound in his chest.
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