THE DISCLAIMER: GUESS WHAT? SAILOR MOON ISN'T MINE! BECAUSE IF SHE
WAS THEN I WOULDN'T NEED TO PUT UP THIS FREAKING DISCLAIMER SAYING
THAT SHE ISN'T MINE. SO LET'S SAY IT ALL TOGETHER: "I DO NOT IN ANY
WAY SHAPE OR FORM OWN SAILOR MOON." THANK YOU AND NOW ON WITH THE FAN
FICTION. OH YEAH BEFORE I FORGET I GOT THIS IDEA FOR A FAN FIC AFTER
READING JEFF BRANCH'S "GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN" IN IT HE MENTIONS
THAT MAKO-CHAN AND MINAKO ARE OFF AT A WEEKEND VOLLEY BALL CAMP. SO
THIS STORY TAKES PLACE AT THAT VOLLEY BALL CAMP. AND MY NEW CHARACTER
YAMINO CHIJIN (IF MY INFO IS CORRECT THEN HER NAME TRANSLATES TO
FRIEND OF DARKNESS) IS LOOSELY BASED OFF OF A CHARACTER THAT I PLAYED
FOR THE DRAGONLANCE 5TH AGE(tm) (WIZARDS OF THE COAST) GAME. E-MAIL
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TROUBLE IN VOLLEY BALL CAMP
BY: CHIBI STEEL BRIGHTBLADE (1/9/02)
It was another beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands. The sky
was crystal clear and there wasn't a soul to be found. Save for one
he was by his nature a loner, but then again in this time when the
world shunned his art he felt it was best for him to remain unknown
to the world, but not only that his family lineage alone was enough
to turn history into myth and myth into history. For you see this
young man is a descendant of one of the most powerful wizards to ever
walk the Earth. This young man is a relation to Merlin. Since that
great wizard's time magic had always been in his family and Richard
McLeod was no different. Indeed to those that practiced the arcane
art Richard was said to be the one that had the most potential to
master magic since the Great Merlin himself. Lately though the young
mage had been troubled by strange and disturbing visions. He was
troubled that an ancient evil was about to revisit the Earth, and
this was an Evil that even Merlin himself had barely survived.
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Aino Minako had just finished packing her things for the upcoming
weekend volley ball camp that she and Makoto had signed up to
participate in. "Well, now that I'm all finished packing I can get
ready for my date tonight." She happily said as she started going
through her closet looking for just the right outfit to wear. Artemis
just snorted at the mention of Minako having a date he'd been through
this scene many times before. "So, what's the name of the new guy
that's going to break your heart in less than a week?" The white cat
said in a rather condescending manner. "Gee, thanks Artemis you could
at least pretend to happy for me, and when did I ever say it was a
guy." Minako replied humorlessly. That statement made the cat laugh.
"Right, Minako you really expect me to believe that you're going on a
date with a girl." He said as he jumped onto Minako's desk. Minako
just giggled and told Artemis that he could believe anything he
wanted to, but he'd find out soon enough that she wasn't joking. "Ah
perfect, I'll wear this dress tonight." She said as she pulled out a
red sun dress that had two crossing white roses over the middle of
the chest she completed the outfit by putting on a pair of white
pumps. She looked at herself in the mirror for a few seconds and blew
her reflection a kiss. "Minako you are one fine looking girl." She
grabbed her purse and then took a seat on her couch and waited for
her date to arrive.
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Kino Makoto was sitting by a fountain that had become a very
special place for her. Because it was at this very spot that her best
friend Minako had asked her out on a date. It was hard keeping the
news from the girls but they felt it best for now that nobody know.
She looked down at her watch. It was time for her to start walking to
Minako's. She picked up her suitcase and started the trip. Makoto had
a feeling that this was going to be one of the best weekends of her
life. She would be able to spend almost the entire weekend with the
one person that meant more to her than almost everybody else in life.
Somehow whenever Makoto was away from Minako she felt incomplete. She
had been wondering if maybe after all this time her so-called Mr.
Right was really a Miss Right. She had a feeling that after this
weekend she'd know. The plan for tonight was simple they were going
out to dinner and then a moonlit stroll around the park, and since
they both had to be at the bus station early so they could get to the
volley camp Makoto was going to spend the night with Minako. Although
Makoto had been on dates before she felt really nervous about this
upcoming weekend and even more so about tonight.
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The evil was now so close that it sent chills down the spine of
Richard McLeod. He knew he had only one hope he had hold it off long
enough for his comrades to arrive. If they couldn't then he was dead.
He always knew that this day would come but he had hoped that it
would be after he was considerably stronger at magic than he his now.
Kumori a demi-demon was once again free and roaming the Earth. All
the legends about Kumori said that he was born of a demon mother and
mortal warlock father. He had his mother's immortality, and his
father's magic. Kumori devastated the English and Scottish
countrysides for decades before Merlin challenged him. In one final
climatic battle of horrific magic, the likes of which the world has
never seen before or since, Merlin had managed to trap Kumori inside
of a magic mirror, but even the great wizard could not trap the
demi-demon forever, and now he was once again loose. Richard was
afraid that if he could not be stopped here and now then the whole
world would feel the demi-demon's wrath. And then the demon was upon
him. "At long last I shall have my revenge. You descendant of Merlin
will be my first victim." The creature laughed as it then spoke
arcane words and a shower of ice raced toward the young mage. Richard
spoke arcane words of his own and managed to block the ice attack. "I
will never let you beat me demon! You will go back to the void that
you were trapped in for so long!" The young mage yelled trying not to
let Kumori see his fear. "Powers of nature, powers of light, lend me
your strength. Lightning rain down from the heavens." Richard spoke
and a massive bolt of lightning came from out of the clear sky
striking the demon where it stood. The bolt had sent up a massive
amount of dirt and other debris, and when the cloud thinned so
Richard could see again Kumori was no where to be seen just then he
felt a hand grasp his throat. He then felt himself being hoisted off
the ground. "If you tell me what I want to know I'll let you live.
Where is the last of the females of Merlin's lineage?" Kumori asked
in voice that sounded like it was coming from a bottomless pit. The
young mage said nothing. "Very well then I'll just take a look into
your mind." The demon said with a murderous rage. After a brief but
futile astral battle the demon had found what he wanted. "And now
Richard McLeod descendant of Merlin you die." With those words the
demi-demon slashed at Richard's sliver cord that connects all astral
travelers to their physical bodies. Once that silver cord is snapped
the astral body dies and so does the person's physical body due to
the psychic shock. When Kumori returned to the physical plane he saw
Richard's body slumped lifeless at his feet. His new prey was in
Japan. He would go there and kill the last female in the lineage of
Merlin. He would have his revenge first then he would have the world.
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Makoto's heart was racing as she walked up to the door of her best
friend and date for the night. She rang the doorbell but the second
she hit the button the door flung open, and a smiling Minako wrapped
her arms around Makoto. Makoto dropped her suitcase and embraced
Minako. "Hey babe it's so nice to see you." Makoto said as she gave
Minako a kiss on the forehead. "I love you Mako-chan." Minako
responded as she kissed Makoto on the cheek. The two girls
disentangled from each other and Makoto picked up her suitcase and
brought it inside. "Where should I put my suitcase?" Makoto asked.
"Just put it on the couch babe." Minako told Makoto. Artemis walked
into the living room hearing Makoto's voice. "Hello Makoto, how are
you doing?" The cat asked. "I'm doing great Artemis, now if you'll
excuse us we've got plans for tonight." Makoto answered with a slight
giggle in her voice. "You mean you're Minako's date tonight?" The
white cat asked stunned at the revelation. Both girls just giggled
and told Artemis that they would see him when they got back, and that
he better not say anything to anybody especially Usagi and Luna. With
that Makoto and Minako walked out of the house arm in arm. Artemis
could hardly believe it in fact he knew that had he not witnessed it
with his own eyes and ears he never would have believed it. "In all
my time with that girl I never would have guessed that she would turn
out to be bisexual." Artemis said to a now empty house.
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Makoto pulled out a chair for Minako to sit in, and then seated
herself. The two choose an outdoor diner for their dinner. The
weather was perfect a cloudless sky and a mild temperature alog with
a waxing gibbous moon made this a great night to dine outside. The
young couple sat enjoyed each other's company. "I wonder if this is
how Usagi and Mamoru feel every time they go on a date." Minako
thought aloud. Makoto responded saying that she was pretty sure they
do. After they had finished their dinner Minako paid the bill for
both of them despite Makoto's objections that she should at least pay
her portion of the bill. "Maybe I'll let you pay next time
Mako-chan." Minako said as she kissed Makoto's hand. They then
crossed the street to the park and started a leisurely stroll around
the park's lake. The young couple walked hand in hand the whole way.
This of course did draw a few odd glances and stares, but neither
girl really cared what anybody else had to think. The two sat down on
a bench about half way around the lake. Minako put her arm around
Makoto's waist and Makoto did likewise. They both had one thought
going through their heads. 'I hope this night never ends.'
"Mako-chan." Minako whispered. "Yes babe?" Makoto responded. "I love
you." Minako said. "I love you too, and as long as I'm here nobody
will ever break you're heart again." Makoto replied as their lips met
in a soft kiss. "I was always wondering if you kissed on the first
date Minako." Makoto said as this brought a chuckle from the blonde.
Minako looked down at her watch. "We better get going we don't want
to be late getting up tomorrow." She said as the two girls started to
walk back to Minako's hand in hand.
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When they got back Minako's house they worked out the sleeping
arrangements they both slept on the floor in Minako's room. Before
they fell asleep Makoto could tell that Minako was crying. "What's
wrong babe?" Makoto asked with a voice laced with concern. "I'm fine
love, it's just I'm so happy that I have a best friend like you, and
with all the heart break I've been through it's nice to know that I
have somebody that I can fall back on if I need to." Minako said as
she hugged the taller girl. "I told you before Minako I'll be there
whenever you need me, and I think you can start calling me your
girlfriend now." Makoto told the smaller blonde as she hugged her
tightly. The two girls kissed one more time, and then cuddled up and
fell asleep in each other arms.
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Makoto was the first one to awaken when saw Minako still sleeping
she smiled down at her new girlfriend and brushed a few stray hairs
out of her face. "Why didn't we try dating sooner love?" She asked to
no one in particular. She leaned down and softly kissed Minako's
forehead. Minako stirred for a second but didn't wake up. Makoto
slowly got up and headed for the kitchen she planed to make the two
of them breakfast. As far as breakfast food went Minako didn't have
much. Just eggs, bacon, and bread, so Makoto decided on scrambled
eggs with bacon and toast. She also put a pot of coffee on to brew.
Shortly after the coffee started brewing Minako staggered into the
kitchen. "Good morning babe." Makoto said as she walked over to the
still groggy Minako and hugged her and kissed her cheek. Minako
returned the hug and the kiss. "Good morning to you too love." Minako
mumbled practically stumbling over the words, and trying to stifle a
yawn at the same time. "Breakfast will be ready shortly, but all you
had were eggs, bacon and bread, so I made scrambled eggs, fried some
bacon and made some toast." Makoto told her girlfriend. Minako just
smiled. "Love that sounds great." The two girls made small talk while
they ate their breakfast. After they had finished breakfast, they
both took quick showers and got dressed. Then they picked up their
suitcases and headed out for the bus station.
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At the bus station the two girls sat down and started talking
about the upcoming volleyball camp and how much fun it should be.
Minako leaned in close to Makoto. "Yeah, it will be nice to have some
down time, and be ourselves for once instead of having to save the
world." Minako whispered to Makoto. Makoto just smiled. "I hear that
girl friend." She replied in her own whisper. Then the look on
Makoto's face grew serious. "Did you bring yours?" She asked knowing
that all too well that things don't always go as smoothly as planned.
Minako showed Makoto her henshin stick. Makoto did likewise. "Like
the Boy Scouts always say, Be Prepared." Minako said as she put her
henshin stick away. "Minako you actually got one right." Makoto
teased as she took her partner's hand in her own. Minako laughed as
she gently squeezed Makoto's hand. As the two sat talking to each
other another girl walked up to the young couple. She had short dirty
blonde hair cut in a similar fashion to Ami's, she stood about 4 four
foot 9 inches, her skin was a little darker than a fair skinned
person, and she looked to be about 12 or 13 but in her case looks
were deceiving. She was in truth older than Makoto by a little less
than a year. "Excuse me but is this seat taken?" She asked indicating
the seat next to Makoto. "No nobody is sitting there." Makoto said.
The girl sat down. "Do you mind if I ask where you two are headed?"
The girl shyly asked. "We're going to volleyball camp for the
weekend." Minako answered. "The Jr. Japan Girls Volleyball Camp the
one that's sponsored by the women's Olympic Volley Team?" The girl
asked now sounding excited. "The same one." Makoto replied. "Wow
that's where I'm headed. Oh I'm sorry I never introduced myself. I'm
Yamino Chijin." She stated as she bowed her head. "I'm Aino Minako."
Minako introduced herself. "And, I'm Kino Makoto." Makoto then
introduced herself. The three girls then started to talk about the
camp and why they had decided to go. It wasn't too long after that
the bus had arrived and the three girls boarded the bus.
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The bus ride was rather uneventful. That was until the bus pulled
into a small sports complex that had eight small buildings around a
larger central building. The bus pulled to a stop in front of the
large building, and everybody disembarked. Makoto, Minako, and Chijin
were the last three off the bus. They were greeted by a woman that
appeared to be in her mid to late 20's, and she told them to find a
seat in the gym, and that all the details would be given when the
last of the buses had arrived. The gym was already crowed when the
three girls had made their way inside. Another woman was telling the
new arrivals to take a seat as close to the top as possible and fill
each row from left to right so there would be room for everybody
else. Minako had expected a large number of attendees but she had no
idea it would be this big, and there were still more people coming.
She whispered to Makoto. "I hope they have enough room in here to fit
everybody." She was commenting on the fact that the bleachers were
already over half way full. The three girls took their seats about
three quarters of the way down and to the far right. It was a couple
of minuets later that the announcement was made that the last of the
buses had arrived. When the last of the participants had arrived
there wasn't enough room in the bleachers to fit everybody so some of
the last ones to file in were sitting on the floor. There were five
women on the stage four of them introduced themselves as the
instructors, and the fifth one introduced herself as the camp
director, and said that were five more associate instructors that
would be coming a little later in the day. After they announced the
rules for the weekend, they started dividing the group up. They had
all those trying out for the Jr. National Volley team go into one of
the locker rooms. Then they had all those that had come with a group
from Jr. High Schools exit the gym and get their room assignments,
the same was done for those that came with a group from a High
School. After those participants had left the gym there were only a
few dozen kids left. "O.K. now for those of you remaining I need you
to get into groups of three or four, and I'll hand out your room
assignments." The camp director said. "Chijin, would you like to room
with us?" Minako asked. The smaller girl replied that she would like
that. They decided that they would wait for everybody else to get
their room assignment first. The idea paid off. They were the only
ones to get a room on the third floor of the building they were in.
All three of the girls laughed about having an entire floor to
themselves. After all the room assignments were handed out, one final
announcement was made that they were to meet back here half an hour.
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The room that the three girls shared was small. It had two bunk
beds, two closets with two small dressers in each closet, and two
small desks in the middle of the room. It had a small bathroom off to
the side. "I guess you two are going to want one set of beds." Chijin
said. Makoto looked at Chijin with a wicked grin on her face. "We'll
only need one bed for the both of us." Makoto said. Minako poked her
girlfriend in the side. "Mako-chan! I can't believe you said that."
Minako giggled. "I was only kidding babe." Makoto said in her
defense. Chijin just laughed. "How long have you two been together?"
The sand blonde asked. "Not long, but we've been friends for a long
time now." Minako said as took Makoto's hand in her own. "Yeah, we
just went on our first date last night." Makoto added as she squeezed
Minako's hand gently. Chijin just smiled at the couple. "Wish I had
somebody that I could be close to. My last boyfriend broke up with me
after I moved to Tokyo." Chijin said. "I'm sorry to hear that Chijin.
Where did you live before you moved to Tokyo?" Minako asked.
"Nagasaki. My dad got promoted from his position as branch manager to
regional director and he got transferred from the Nagasaki office to
the main office in Tokyo, but all of my friends are back in Nagasaki.
Tokyo is a lonely place I'm learning." Chijin told the young couple
while her eyes began to moisten. "What part of Tokyo?" Makoto asked.
"I live in the Juuban district, Juuban Towers Condominiums." Chijin
answered. "The Juuban district me and Mako-chan live there too, and I
know exactly where the Juuban Towers are." Minako began. "Maybe the
three of us could hang together sometimes, and me and Mako-chan could
introduce you to some of our friends." She finished. By now Chijin
was completely in tears from hearing that there are actually people
that would want to be her friends. Despite all her attempts to make
new friends she hadn't succeeded but now here were two people that
were willing to give her a chance. Chijin found herself at a loss for
words. "I...I...I just have no idea what to say." She finally managed
to choke out the words. Makoto gently put her hand on Chijin's
shoulder. "I know how you feel I moved around a lot when I was
younger I never really had a chance to make many friends and being
lonely is the worst." She softly said to the small sand blonde, and
then hugged her. Minako pretty much dittoed Makoto's sentiments. "As
long as me and Mako-chan are around I promise you Chijin you'll never
be alone." Minako said as she too hugged Chijin. Just then Chijin's
watch went off signaling that it was time to head back to the gym
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The only ones in the gym this time were those that didn't come
with any group. There were two of the instructors with the group, and
one of them started speaking. "Well, I hope everybody got settled in
all right. Now the fun begins. Just to give you guys a run down. We
will be going over the rules of and playing two on two beach
volleyball, four on four beach volleyball, weather permitting, and of
course the traditional six on six indoor volleyball." When she was
done talking she handed out a packet of information, and informed
everyone that the rules and schedule for the weekend were inside. "By
show of hands how many of you have played some kind of organized
volleyball before just six on six, either school, Jr. Nationals, or
something along that line?" The instructor asked. About one-quarter
of the group raised their hands. For about the next half hour she
started going over the rules of the six on six game. Then she had
everybody line up and do some drills on bumping and setting after
those drills were finished she had everybody practice serving both
overhand and underhand. Once all the drills were finished she broke
the group up into eight teams of six, and let them play. When it was
time to break for lunch, everybody had been impressed by Minako's
ability, and Chijin too proved to be a dominating player as well and
Makoto was also a pretty decent player, in fact none of Makoto's
spikes were neither returned nor blocked. Some had joked that Minako,
Makoto and Chijin could probably beat the Jr. National team by
themselves. This made the three girls laugh. "Three on six I doubt
we're that good." Minako had responded. The three girls ate their
lunch together, and talked about how much fun it had been so far, and
how much they looked forward to the rest of the weekend.
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Kumori could feel it the one he was searching for. He could feel
her magic he would never for get what the magic of Merlin felt like.
However her magic felt somewhat different, like she was she was a
specialist mage, but what bothered him was he could also feel two
very powerful forces with her. Magical yes, but it was a magic that
he wasn't familiar with. It definitely wasn't Merlin's magic, nor was
it the magic of some the other great wizards. "Could this be Clow
Reed's magic?" He mumbled to himself. His one regret in life was that
he never did get a chance to face that powerful magician before he
was trapped in the void by Merlin, but maybe he could face one of his
descendants. No, somethingstarted gnawing at him it wasn't Reed, it
wasn't any other wizard, magician, sorcerer, or mystic it was
something totally different. Well, in the end it wouldn't matter he
would kill them too. There was no one on Earth that could withstand
him, and he would never be returned to the void again.
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As Chijin continued to eat her lunch with her two new friends she
felt it an incredible evil magic. She uttered a single word.
"Kumori." Minako and Makoto both looked at the smaller girl. "What
did you say Chijin?" Minako asked as Chijin's face took on a very
serious look. "I was just thinking out loud about something, but it's
nothing important." The sand-blonde replied. The two girls decided to
let the issue drop for the time, but because of their experience as
Senshi they had a feeling that she was being less than truthful. The
lunch break soon ended and the three girls headed back to the gym
with the rest of their group. The instructor broke the group up again
but this time she had all of the experienced players face off one
against each other, and the remaining ones watch the game. As the
game progressed Makoto noticed that Chijin seemed distracted by
something. This began to worry to the tall brunet she'd seen this
same look on Rei's face on a number of occasions. Makoto started to
get an uneasy feeling in her gut she knew this feeling all too well
something bad was about to happen the only problem was she wasn't
sure when it was going to. The game ended with Minako serving an ace
to win it the winning congratulated themselves as the losing team did
likewise. Just before one of the instructors was about to start
something a loud explosion shook the ground. Several of the girls
were knocked off their feet then seconds later came a second
explosion, and then a third. Minako and Makoto looked at each other
instinctively knowing that something evil was a foot. The two girls
knew that they had to find a way to separate themselves from the rest
of the group, and they got that chance when the lights suddenly went
out. Most of the girls were yelling and screaming in a frenzied panic
while the instructors were trying to keep some kind of order. Minako
and Makoto were following the bleachers, but soon they found
themselves in a still fully lit gym. There was a dome of darkness
just behind them. "What the hell is going on here?" A perplexed
Makoto grumbled. "I wish I had a clue love but I don't." Minako
stated equally as confused by what she was seeing. She had seen a lot
of strange things in her time as both Sailor V and Sailor Venus but
she had never seen anything like this before. A fourth explosion
again rocked the gym but this one sounded closer than the last three.
"How come we never get any down time without something screwing it
up? Well what it is it's gonna pay!" Makoto said as she withdrew her
henshin stick. Minako followed suit. Chijin saw her two friends take
out their henshin sticks from the second she met the two she could
feel their power it was magic but a magic that she had never felt
before, and what happened next took the young Spectramancer by
complete surprise. "Venus Crystal Power, Makeup." Minako yelled as a
golden light surrounded her body and then the Sailor Senshi of Love,
Sailor Venus, stood in her place. "Jupiter Crystal Power, Makeup."
Makoto then yelled and lightening surrounded her body, and then she
became the Senshi of Thunder, Sailor Jupiter. "Come on partner lets
get this over with." Sailor Venus said to Jupiter. "I'm right with
you girlfriend." Jupiter replied as the two girls left the gym
together. 'Minako, and Makoto are Sailor Senshi? So, that was the
power I felt from them. Maybe I might just survive the day after
all.' Chijin thought to herself as she went to join her friends.
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When Sailors Venus and Jupiter got outside they noticed four very
large smoking craters in the ground but they couldn't see the cause
of them. There senses were on high alert. They were looking for
anything out of the ordinary. "Minako, Makoto, it's me he wants. He
wants to kill off all the descendants of Merlin and he wants to start
with me the last direct female in Merlin's line." The two Senshi
turned around at hearing that voice. They couldn't believe what they
saw it was Chijin but only now she was wearing a gray, and red
striped kimono. "I know your secret I saw you two transform into
Senshi. Looks like I wasn't the only one keeping secrets." She said
in a monotone voice. The two Senshi were at a loss for words. "Did
you say Merlin? As in the magician?" Minako asked stumbling over her
words. Chijin told the two Senshi all about her lineage and that due
to the fact that Merlin was so powerful at magic that all of his
descendants also had magic to one degree or another. She also told
them that she was a Spectramancer a wizard that specialized in the
magic of manipulating light and that she had caused the dome of
darkness in the gym so nobody would see her leave. "What's causing
this?" Sailor Venus asked. "His name is Kumori, he's the offspring of
a demon and a warlock, or so the legends say. He fought against
Merlin and lost being trapped inside of a magic mirror, but the
mirror has been shattered and he is once again free to roam the
Earth. The only way to stop him is to trap inside the mirror again,
but as I said the mirror is shattered, so there is no way to stop him
now." Chijin sounded defeated. Jupiter gently put her hand on
Chijin's shoulder and smiled at her. "No, that is where you're wrong
together we'll find a way." Venus added in her agreement. "You know
like they always say where there's a drill, there's a weight." Chijin
laughed. "It's where there's a will there's a way Minako." She
corrected. Kumori looked down at the threesome and smiled. It was her
the last female descendant of Merlin, and the two other magic users
he felt. 'Good now they all die.' Kumori thought to himself as he
slowly made his way down to the ground. Chijin suddenly snapped her
head skywards. "He's coming." She said as Venus and Jupiter followed
her gaze. They saw a roughly man-sized object descend from the sky.
Jupiter grinned "Let's hit him before he's ready." She said as the
antenna on her tiara rose and lightening began to roll around it.
"Supreme Thunder." She yelled as a bolt of lightening shot out from
her tiara towards the demi-demon. The attack found it's mark, but it
only seemed to stop him for a few seconds. Then he started diving
towards the ground at a blinding speed. Before any of the girls could
blink Kumori was on the ground. "At last I have found you, Chijin
descendant of Merlin. I see you managed to find some allies too bad
now they must die too." He spoke in his hollow voice. Jupiter and
Venus looked at each other then at Kumori. "Bring it on." Makoto said
in a challenging manner. "Many have tried but none have succeeded."
Venus finished her partner's challenge. This just made Kumori laugh.
He started to speak arcane words. Sailor Jupiter could feel the
charge of electricity beginning to build in the air as the demon
spoke. "He's going to use a lightning attack." She warned her
friends. This made Kumori stop in the middle of his spell casting.
"An electormancer damnit I can't use any electricity attacks against
them, unless I take her out first." He growled. He then started
uttering a new spell. "Oh no you don't!" Venus yelled. "Venus Love Me
Chain." She called forth her attack. A chain of light energy wrapped
itself around Kumori's legs and with a yank from the Senshi of Love
the demon was flat on his face. Jupiter pressed the advantage.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution." She cried as electrically charged oak leaves
shot out towards the demon. Exploding on impact. But, when the smoke
cleared Kumori was back on his feet. "You're quite powerful
electormancer, that spell would have killed a lesser opponent, but I
am immortal." He laughed. "Damnit, I think were in trouble. Chijin
you never said he couldn't be killed." Jupiter yelled fearing that
this time they would loose. "No, but I told you it was hopeless." She
retorted. "Nothing is ever hopeless." Venus shouted back. Before
anybody had time to react Kumori was standing toe to toe with
Jupiter. He hit her with a kick that sent her flying into a near by
cherry tree. Her body went limp the second it hit the ground, and she
just laid their in a heap. "JUPITER! NO!" Venus cried at the top of
her lungs as she ran over to her downed partner. Again the demon just
laughed. "She didn't have to die if she would have just stayed out of
my way." Kumori said as he looked down at the fallen Senshi. Venus
now an emotional wreck sat down beside her girlfriend and cried.
"Jupiter please say something, oh lord please be alive. Mako-chan you
can't die don't leave me alone." She continued to cry out, as tears
poured down her cheeks like rainwater, her anguish all she was able
to feel at the moment. Almost as if Venus's silent prayer was
answered she heard Jupiter groan. 'Thank heaven she's alive.' Venus
thought to herself relieved that her soulmate was still alive. Venus
was so distracted by her worry over Jupiter that she failed to notice
that Kumori was again chanting the words to a spell. "Venus close
your eyes." She heard Chijin's voice. She then heard Chijin start to
chant as well, and then she heard Kumori yell and grunt about his
eyes. "Come on Minako if you do know of a way to defeat Kumori then
we need to regroup." Chijin spoke. Venus then helped the groggy
Jupiter to her feet and the three took off to discuss a new plan of
attack.
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The furthest the three could get with Venus helping Jupiter stay
on her feet was behind one of the dorm buildings. Venus sat her
partner down and propped her against the building. "What did you do
to Kumori?" Sailor Venus asked. "I told you I'm a Spectramancer so I
created a blinding flash of light to help us get away from him, but
he'll recover soon. How's Makoto?" Chijin asked. "I'll live good
thing we Senshi heal fast, but it's still going to take a few minutes
before I'm back to normal." She grimaced. "Try not to move babe."
Venus said as she gently laid a hand on her girlfriend's shoulder.
All three had one thought on their mind and that was grim this
situation looked. Chijin had hopped that her friends would have
enough power to somehow stop the demon, but she doubted it. What she
didn't tell them was that her dad had used his magic to alter things
so he would wind up in Tokyo, so he could study these near legendary
heroines the Sailor Senshi. In truth her father had known that Kumori
would eventually escape his prison and would come looking for him and
his daughter, so he wanted to try get the Senshi's help in battling
him. Well, now the demon was breathing down her neck, and the Senshi
were here but the amount of help they had provided thus far didn't
seem to be enough. It seemed like they could only help delay the
inevitable. "Minako where are the other Senshi?" Chijin asked hoping
that the others were somewhere near by. "Sorry Chijin they're not
with us, Moon, Sirius, and Vulcan are all back home, Mercury is out
of the country, Mars is at a Shinto convention on Hokkaido island,
and it's anybody's guess as to where Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto are.
We're all you've got." Venus stated dryly. At this point even Venus
had to admit that things didn't look good. "Only if you were all here
then we might have a chance." Chijin said defeated. "As long as we're
alive we have a chance." Sailor Jupiter said as she slowly got to her
feet. She was still a little shaky and when Venus asked if she was ok
Jupiter just responded that she would be all right.
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Kumori roared as he waited for the effects of the flash of light
to wear off. "Damn her, I will take her head as my trophy." He said
as refocused himself on finding the threesome. He could tell that
they were close but what bothered him was the one that he had injured
he could feel her life force growing stronger again. 'Seems like
these new adversaries can heal themselves, I must kill them off
quickly then.' The demon thought as he took to the air to find his
prey. It didn't take him long to find them. He smiled and chanted the
words to a fireball spell. Sailor Venus noticed the incoming attack
at the last possible second, and got both Sailor Jupiter and Chijin
out of the way in time. The fireball exploded on impact leaving a
smoking crater in its wake. In the next second there seemed to be
hundreds of Sailor Venuses, Sailor Jupiters, and Chijins. "What
happened?" Jupiter asked seeing the illusions as well. "It's an
illusion Makoto it's the best idea I could think of to buy us some
more time." Chijin answered as ice, fire and lightening was attacking
the illusions. "I doubt he'll be fooled for long Chijin." Venus said.
Chijin didn't say anything. "Wait I think I know how we can stop
him." Chijin said at last. "The source of your powers. I maybe able
to make use of them." That was all she could get out before her
illusions all disappeared. "Venus Love and Beauty Shock." Venus said
as heart shaped energy surrounded her and then she blew a kiss and a
heart shot towards the demon. Kumori thought that this was yet
another illusion, but was proven wrong when it impacted on him. "So
the one in orange, she's no ordinary Spectramancer." He said as
landed on the ground. The attack managed to stun him just briefly.
"Chijin what do you mean our sources of power?" Jupiter asked. "The
items you transformed with I may be able to use those to stop
Kumori." She said sounding desperate. "I thought you only knew light
magic." Venus said as she pulled out her henshin stick and handed it
to Chijin Jupiter did the same. "Yes, I'm a Spectramancer but that
only means I specialize in light magic, but I have some limited
general magic." She answered as she took both henshin sticks and
placed one in each hand. Kumori was now approaching the threesome. "I
hope you are all ready for the next life, and Chijin say hello to
Merlin for me when you meet him." Chijin paid no attention to the
demon as she was concentrating on her spell. Jupiter and Venus took
up a defensive posture in front of Chijin to try and buy her all the
time that they could. Kumori also started to chant words to a spell,
but Chijin finished hers first. Both of the Senshi could feel it a
power start to come out of their henshin sticks. Lightning and Gold
Light mixed and shot towards the Kumori who had stopped chanting his
own spell when he realized what Chijin was doing. The combined
effects of Chijin's magic with the Senshi's own power had opened up a
dimensional rift and the demon was now being pulled into it. He knew
that he couldn't stop it, but he'd be damned if he went down alone.
He grabbed onto Sailor Venus and she too was being pulled into the
rift. An enraged Jupiter grabbed Venus's legs trying desperately to
keep her partner, her soulmate from being sucked in. It was beginning
to look hopeless when a voice came from out of the void. "Kumori
you've lost again." The male voice spoke. Kumori's eyes went wide
with shock. "No, it can't be you're dead! Merlin's dead!" Kumori
shouted as a white light surrounded him he lost his grip on the
Senshi of Love, and then disappeared into the rift. "Oh and Kumori
say hi to Raistlin to for me." Chijin said as she closed the rift.
Finally it was over at least for a time hopefully forever. "Is it
over?" The two Senshi asked at the same time. "Yes, I trapped Kumori
in the Abyss, and with luck he'll never find his way out." Chijin
said as then collapsed to the ground. The two Senshi ran over to her
concerned for their new friend. "You ok?" Venus asked. "Yes, I'm just
tired I've never tried a spell that complex before." The two Senshi
just looked at each other but decided to say nothing. Instead they
headed back to their room so they could get some rest.
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After all was said and done nobody remembered a thing. When Kumori
was trapped in the Abyss all the damage that he did was repaired and
all anybody knew Chijin had just come down with a minor case of
vertigo, and needed some time to rest. When, Makoto and Minako asked
how that had happened Chijin told that Merlin had a small hand in
that. The rest of the Volleyball Camp went without a hitch. A new
friendship was formed and a new ally found, so all in all the trip
had been worth it after all. When Makoto and Minako got back home
they introduced Chijin to the rest of the Inner Senshi and told them
all about the encounter with Kumori. Then Makoto and Minako broke the
happier news about their relationship. It seemed as though everyone
was expecting it, and they all congratulated the two and wished them
the best of luck. Chijin no longer found herself as the stranger in a
strange land she had friends now, good and true friends that loved
her for who she was, and that meant the world to her.
THE END
Let me know what you thought of my newest story. I hope to be able
to write more in the future. I've kinda grown attached to Chijin so
I'm sure you'll be seeing more of her. Love ya, Chibi Steel
Brightblade. 01/18/02 elarachan@penpen.com
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