Ok, that's it for now. Um...why is Mercury smiling now
that Rose is dead??? Find out in the next chapter! And
it's FAR from over!!
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Tokyo Rose & The Princess of Mercury
Chapter 6: Who Is That Masked Maiden?
I think someone has already used this title I used for
this chapter...If they have, I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to. Of course, thanks to Jade for the help. And to
Kitty Kat for being a brat...She should have a story
out by now... I forget the name of it, but it's under
the name Sailor Tuxedo Luna. Go read it. It's pretty
good. And, go read Jade Max's stories. All of her's
are good...
I don't own SM...
As Mercury's smile grew, the other's hearts sank. They
may not have known who the person was, but they had
saved their lives.
The yoma's smile grew as it began to power up again.
As he began to fire, a small giggle could be heard
that soon turned into laughter. As if it were mocking
the monster.
Everyone began to listen for the laugh as it grew in
volume. But, it was hard to see the person laughing
for all of the smoke that the fire blast had caused.
Mercury never looked away from the spot Rose had
stood. "There!" She yelled as she saw a figure start
to emerge from the smoke. It stopped under the street
light, which gave the person an eerie shadow like
figure. Even though the person was hidden in the
smoke, one could easily pick out the top hat and cape
that flowed from the figure.
"Is that the best your master can do,"the caped savior
asked. Still laughing, the person stepped out of the
smoke completely.
"Who is that?" Sailor Moon asked, leaning into Tux's
embrace. "And why is she dressed like you, Muffin?"
Tux shook his head. He didn't know who this girl was
although she did look familiar. But, he couldn't place
her...
"I am Tokyo Rose," The girl proclaimed. "And YOU," she
said, pointing to the monster, "Will be banished on
behalf of Earth and Mercury." Everyone was shocked,
including Mercury this time. What was Rose up to?
The yoma was frightened. He did not want to fight this
woman. He knew he would lose. He began to teleport
away as Rose began to form a blue fire ball in her
hands. Just as the the yoma was about to disappear,
Rose shot the fire ball at it's head. The yoma was
dusted instantly.
Although Rose won the battle with out much effort, she
collapsed feeling weak. She began to breathe heavily,
her head began to pound for no reason, and she felt as
though all of her energy had been drained away. She
quickly stood before anyone could help her.
"Rose!" She turned to see Mercury reach her first.
Mercury placed an arm around Rose to help her stand
straight. "Are you alright, Rose?" Mercury asked in a
concerned voice.
Rose's mood brightened. "I'm feeling very weak. Other
than that, I'm fine." Rose stopped leaning on Mercury
so the rest of the group could look at her. She
quickly noticed Jupiter's expression. It was not a
kind one...
"I better leave. Here Blue," Rose said, reaching
behind her back and pulling a small computer disk from
a sub-space pocket. "I've noticed you're having
trouble trying to locate weaknesses. I've decided it
was because the lack of memeory your mini-computer
has. This disk is will enlarge your data computer's
memory by storing old information and clearing files
so you can have more space. This disk will save it and
when you need the old information, you'll have it."
Mercury gratefully took it. "Thank you, Rose."
Rose smiled. "Uh, I think you better bring your
friends up to speed. I trust you won't tell
everything?" Mercury nodded. "Fare well, then." And
she walked away before just vanishing into thin air.
Mercury looked at her friends. "I know. I have a lot
of explaining to do." She sighed, bowing her head in
shame. "Rose is an old friend. She's the one who told
me of my destiney before I met Luna." She looked back
up to see her friends very interested in what she was
saying.
"Does she know who you are, Ami," Mars asked.
Mercury nodded. "She does. And I know who she is, too.
I just can't tell you right now. I haven't told her,
but I'm sure she knows who you are as well."
"But," Tuxedo Mask asked, "Can she be trusted?"
Mercury smiled. "Of course. She's saved me many times
before I learned who she was."
"Well, I'm tired," Sailor Moon said, powering down.
"I'm going home. Come on, Muffin." Serena and Darien
walked off.
"Me, too," Mina said. "Bye guys." She left in another
direction.
"I better get home before Gramps realizes I'm gone."
Rei turned. "Hey, Mina!" She yelled. "Wait up!"
Ami stood there with Lita eyeing her cautiously. Ami
finally looked up to meet her gaze. "You're mad,
aren't you?"
Lita sighed and shook her head. "I just wish you would
have told us, that's all." She put her arm around
Ami's shoulder to keep her warm. "Let's go..."
When they reached Lita's apartment, just for fun and
just to hold her, Lita picked Ami up in her arms and
began to jump from balcony to balcony. Ami smiled the
whole way up...
When they reached Lita's balcony, Lita opened it and
let Ami enter first. They walked to the front door and
hung their coats on the rack and began to walk back to
Lita's soft, warm bed. In the hallway, they met Lacy.
"Hey guys," she said. It was eveident she was sleep
walking.
Ami smiled. "Good night, Lace."
Lacy smiled. "Nighty-night!" She walked to the couch
and nearly fell off of it when she collapsed onto it.
Ami sighed and shook her head. Ami smiled and laced
her fingers with Lita's. "Come on. I'm tired." Lita
smiled.
When they reached the bed Ami crawled under the covers
and fell asleep almost instantly. Lita's smile grew.
Ami was on her side, faceing the window. Lita
carefully crawled under the covers next to her
girlfriend and pulled the blankets up. Lita then slid
one arm under Ami's sleeping head and one she snaked
around the smaller girl's body to pull her close.
Lita rested her head close to Ami's and whispered into
her ear: "Good night, Ami. I love you..." And she soon
fell asleep...
When Lacy woke up the next morning, she felt as though
her head was in a vise. Her head was pounding so hard,
she was sure her veins were popping in and out of her
head in sync with her heart beat. She felt very weak
for some reason...She had a pretty good idea why...
When she entered the kitchen, Ami and Lita were
already up and waiting for her. She yaned as she sat
next to Lita. "Mornin' guys," Lacy said trying not to
let her headache get the best of her.
Ami looked at her sister and became worried. "Lacy,
are you alright? You look sick. And you're very pale."
"I'm fine," Lacy said not too convincing. "I'm just a
little tired. I had a rough night. I'll be ok,
really." Lacy poured her milk over her cornflakes she
had prepared while talking. She put the cap back on
the mild and began to eat.
"Well, Lacy," Lita said. "Ami and I were going to the
movies here in few hours. Want to come with us?"
Lacy thought for a minute, but in the end, declined.
She was too weak to go any where right now. "I can't.
I just too tired."
Ami becamce very worried at this point. "Lacy? What is
wrong with you? You were fine yesterday. What
happened?" Lacy started at the table, not answering.
"Do you need to go to the docter?"
Lacy's head jerked up. "No," she snapped. "I'm fine!"
Lacy stood from the table and walked to the bathroom
to put her clothes on. When she came out, her face
still read anger on it. She stomped to the door,
grabbed her coat, and slamed the door behind her.
Lita looked at Ami who had a very irratated look on
her face. "What was that all about, Ami?" Lita asked.
Ami shook her head as she rested her elbows on the
table. Holding her chin in her hands, Ami sighed
sadly. "Lacy use to have alot of medical problems when
we were younger." Ami's eyes glazed over as the
horriable trips to the hospital came back to her.
"Lacy was always in and out of the hospital. She
eventually came to hate all hospitals. Then, a few
years ago, she didn't have to go any more. She was
finally better. The docters told her she only needed
to come back for check-ups. She hated those, too,
because she felt they were trying to find a way to put
her back into the hospital. She finally learned to
hate all docters except Mom. Thats why she hates to
here the sentence, 'Lacy, do you need to go to the
docter?'. She's afraid of the place." Ami smilked
sadly. "It's the only thing besides death she fears."
Lita sat there in silence. Lacy didn't seem to be the
type of person to fear such a place. But, than again,
Lita was afraid of air planes since her parents died
in a crash when she was six. "Why was she in the
hospital so much? What was wrong with her?"
Ami shook her head while standing up. "I can't tell
you. She made me promise not to tell anyone." Ami
gathered her bowl and glass. As she reached over to
take Lita's, she took her hand. Ami looked at her with
tears in her eyes.
"Ami," Lita said, standing next to her and taking her
into a warm embrace. "If you don't want to tell me,
thats fine. Just, don't shut me out completely, ok?"
Ami shook her head.
"I'm not shutting you out, Lita," she said while
wiping a tear from her eye. "I just have a few secrets
that I ned to keep for myself." Lita shook her head in
agreement.
Ami took the dishes to the kitchen sink and Lita
yelled: "Are we still on for the movie?"
Lacy parked across the street from the arcade. *Why
did I come here* she thought to herself. Lacy sighed
for not knowing the answer and walked across the
street. When she enterde the arcade, Andrew welcomed
her. But, he mis took her for some one else.
"Hi Ami! The girls aren't here yet if you're meeting
them here." Andrew became aware of the girls get
togethers on the weekends.
"Hi, Andy. I'm not Ami." Andrew looked at her a minute
and slightly blushed.
"Oh, uh...Lacy, right?" She nodded. "Sorry, Lacy. You
just look so much like Ami."
Lacy walked over to the counter and sat on a stool.
"It's ok. Alot of people think we are the same person
when were alone. But there's one way to tell us
apart."
Andrew leaned on the counter with his crossed arms.
"How?" He asked.
Lacy leaned forward and said,"Our father's eyes were
Wilson Green. I don't have just Baby Blue in my eyes."
Andrew stared into her eyes for a minute before he
realised she was telling the truth. Her eyes were a
bluish green.He smiled. "You have very pretty eyes,
Lacy Anderson."
Such a comment would have made any other girl blush.
But, Lacy kept a straight face other than the smile
she already wore. "You remembered my last name." Lacy
leaned back off the counter. "Your eyes are very cute,
too." Andrew slightly blushed.
"Thank you." Lacy's smile grew. How she loved to
flirt. But there was something about Andrew that made
her heart soar. He was very handsome, but Lacy didn't
notice his looks alone. He had a kind heart to him, as
well.
"Well, I think I'll have a cheese burger with fries,"
Lacy siad.
Andrew looked at her, than at his watch, than back to
her again. "At 9:30 in the morning?"
"You're right," Lacy asked. "I was just bing plain
silly, wasn't I? I'll change my order to a medium
cheese pizza instead."
Andrew laughed. Something he hadn't done since he and
Rita broke up two years ago. Well, he laughed, but
never whole heartly. Lacy seemed to have a way with
him...He just couldn't explain. But, he liked it.
Over the next few weeks, Lacy and Ami had made up and
weren't fighting anymore. But they were sisters...On
Valintines day, Lita took Ami out to dinner and then
to a movie. Ami had bought Lita a cook book she didn't
own and a dozen white roses.
Andrew invited Lacy over to his house on Valintines
day and got into a fight over who was stronger:Sailor
Uranus or Sailor Mercury. Lacy won because Andrew
ended up on the floor in fight. But, to apologize,
Lacy took him to dinner the following night.
The fights with the new strong yoma weren't getting
easier, but the scouts were doing better. Especially
with Tokyo Rose helping them. Although Mercury was the
only one with information to both their new enemy and
their allie, the girls and Tux began to think that
Rose had good intentions. All, except Lita...
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Ok, that's it. Hmmmm...wonder why Lita's got her nose
all in a twist over Rose? Maybe she's jealous....I
dunno. I thinkI forgot to do this in my last couple of
stories, so here's the disclaimer: I DON'T OWN SAILOR
MOON! HAPPY??!!!
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Heather "Lita" McCoy
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