Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB ❯ Terror from the Past: Rebirth of the Four Cardinals ( Chapter 23 )

“Is that really true?” Pronyma asks.

She is speaking with King Gareeth who is in shadow in a tall extravagant mirror.

“It is,” he replies. “The Mirror of Souls which StarFire hides in is affected by her Golden Crystal. The mirror itself will have a shimmering gold look to it. Do you understand, Pronyma? Find and capture the one with the Golden Soul Mirror.”

“There can't be too many left in this city with shining souls. I am sure that StarFire will soon fall into our hands.”

“Use those four soldiers I resurrected from the Silver Millennium Revolution. However, never be caught off guard.”

“As you wish, true ruler of the new moon, the ever so handsome King Gareeth.

The opening credits have changed again. The new opening song is the theme song from “No Rule.” Also, the Amazon Trio is no longer shown, instead, the new enemy, the Four Cardinals, is shown. They are shown transforming with transformation wands. The Brothers are now shown with their armors, and new weapons. StarFire is shown still in the crystal forest, only now all the Original Brothers, Yellow LightStar, and Angel Warrior are there with Xero Warrior.

Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB

Episode 150: Part One of the Big Transition Mini Series

Terror from the Past: Rebirth of the Four Cardinals

Timmy and Mark are at Game Edge Video Arcade, and are watching Miranda put up a poster.

“Did you hear about it from Joey?” Timmy asks Mark.

“Yeah I heard!” Mark replies.

“He went to see it with his mom last week.”

“He said it was the best thing he ever saw!”

"What is the 'it' you are talking about?” TJ asks, walking in with Ashley.

"'It' is that poster," Miranda replies. “The Cru-Soul Circus is that tent that's been up across town for a few weeks now.”

"Hmm, I don't know about this 'Cru-Soul Circus,'" Ashley says, reading the poster.

"Ashley, I have a favor to ask," Timmy says, changing his voice to that of a little kid. “What could the cute Takato Katsuhito be asking for right now?”

"Don't even think about it," TJ interjects. "If she wants to go, she'll go with me, alone! That way there won't be any interruptions.”

Ashley rolls her eyes and Zakia snickers.

“Nobody has the right to get between two people in love,” TJ continues.

"Are you two in love?” Mark asks.

"Yes we are. We're melting in love," TJ responds.

"Yeah, we're so in love that we're sticking to one another," Ashley says, laughing.

"Wow, that's really something that your brother has such a hot girlfriend," Mark comments. "When I get older, I want to have a nice girlfriend to melt in love with me."

"Well, when you do get older," TJ says, "you'll find a girl that will melt in love with you."

"I want to be an adult now."

“Being grown does have its perks,” Zakia smiles.

"I don't believe this, no fair," a girl says in the background. "Captain Commando had that guy and then he dodged and shot me."

Four girls are playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes.

"I've never seen them before," Miranda notices.

"We're getting paged," another of the girls says, looking at her Nextel. "Time for us to go."

"Hey kid," one of the girls says as they're walking out, "Don't be in such a rush to be an adult."

"Yeah, you must've misunderstood," another one adds. "Adults have to worry about what society thinks when they want to dream."

"It's not really that fun to be an adult, it's better to be a child,” the girl that was playing the game says.

"Don't wish that you're all grown up; big dreams are best just for kids," another of the girls sings as they exit.

"Don't listen to them," Miranda comforts Mark, seeing him look puzzled. "People can be so mean sometimes. Seems kids have a really severe outlook on life these days."

"It's probably because they don't have boyfriends that are giving them what they need," Zakia comments.

“What have you been learning back home?!” Ashley questions.

* * *

Back at the Cruxius Circus, the freaks are talking about the scene with Mark, singing the one song the girl was. An old man says that he found out that he could only dream when he's asleep.

“Your dear loving prince looks like a toad in the mirror,” one of the girls from earlier says while balancing on a giant ball.

“Even if he looks like a prince, with the magic of dreams, his voice is still that of a toad,” another one of the girls from earlier says on a swing.

“It's a dream that won't come true after all,” the third girl from earlier says, hanging upside down. “We're good at giving up, making excuses, and wanting what we don't have.”

“So eat it while it's still yummy!” the last girl from earlier says, doing flips on a tight rope. “Snatch them up while they're still carefree!”

“Don't wish that you're all grown up; big dreams are best just for kids,” everyone chants.

“That's enough!” Pronyma yells, coming into the main tent.

All of the circus freaks leave, leaving just the four girls.

"Four Cardinals, appear before me," Pronyma beckons.

"We're here," one says. "Time to transform."

"Forcystus of Flowers, Make Up!”

A girl with platinum hair and brown skin with mysterious gray eyes holds up a silver ball, and flower petals blow from it, surrounding her. They then stick to her body, creating a skin tight black leather outfit with silver flower designs on it and a silver half cape.

"Rodyle of Bouncing Balls, Make Up!”

A white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes holds up a blue ball and water comes from it. The water traps her in a giant bubble, and when it pops, she is in a black skin tight leather outfit with blue and white designs on it and little white boots with bouncing balls on them, and a blue half cape.

"K'var of Acrobatics, Make Up!”

An Asian girl with jet black hair and emerald eyes holds up a green ball and a wave of light washes over her. As her body turns from green to white, and then back to normal, a skin tight leather outfit appears on her with green zigzagging lines on the sides of her legs. She has on green boots and a green half cape.

"Magnius, the Animal Trainer, Make Up!”

A red-headed Hispanic girl with red eyes and tan skin holds up a red ball and it shatters. The shatter effect creates sparkles which cover her body, giving her a black skin tight leather outfit with red glitter on it. She has on knee high boots, and a red half cape.

“You're late,” Pronyma says, not impressed. “What have you all been doing all this time?”

“What do you want, old hag?” K'var yawns.

"We're a lot busier than you think,” Forcystus says.

“If you want something from us, hurry up with it,” Magnius commands.

“In other words, we're too busy playing,” Rodyle states.

"You idiots, you weren't resurrected form the dead and brought back in these new and improved bodies by our great leader King Gareeth, just so you could play! What happened to your search for the soul StarFire is hiding in?”

“We have no reason to follow your orders,” Forcystus replies.

“I hate being told what to do,” Rodyle pouts.

“Are you being serious?” Pronyma asks.

“What will you do?” K'var challenges.

"What if I am?" she asks.

“I will take title of ring master!” Magnius says. “Red Ball Attack!”

Magnius jumps high into the air and goes flying towards Pronyma. Pronyma holds her hand up and creates a barrier. Magnius, being guided by the red ball, connects with the barrier, and for a minute there is a clash of power. Eventually Pronyma uses more strength and knocks her back into the other girls.

"It would be a problem if they all attacked at once," Pronyma thinks to herself. "Finishing you all off would be like playing with a baby, and I don't have the time for it. Now go and find who StarFire is hiding in."

"Well?” Magnius asks, getting up.

"Here, take this," she says, throwing them a picture of Mark. "This is your target."

"Hey, this is that guy from Game Edge," Magnius says, recognizing him. “Who's going to go?”

“You should since you messed up,” K'var says.

“Fine, I get it. I'll go.”

Magnius changes back into her human form, and then meets up with Mark and Timmy.

"Here, take this," she says, giving them a book of free tickets to the circus.

She then leaves, and goes around the corner.

"I wonder where she got all these tickets from," Timmy wonders.

"Who cares, she told us to have fun, so let's do it," Mark suggests.

“Don't wish that you're all grown up; big dreams are best just for kids. So dream while you're still a kid; just dream while you're still a kid!” Shannon (Magnius' human form) chants, as the two friends run off, excited about the tickets.

* * *

That evening, at the circus, the guys are impressed with how big it is.

"This is my first circus," TJ says.

"I've seen a few circuses," Tyrone comments, "But this is the first time I've been to one in this realm."

"Don't get too excited," Styve notes. "We have to remember that we're here watching Timmy and Mark."

“It's nice to spend an evening with you, Stevyn” Zakia sighs, hanging onto his arm.

The Four Cardinals are above, watching the guys.

"There's Mark," Rodyle notices.

"How will we get him away from those guys?” Magnius asks.

"Leave it to me, I'll take care of it," Forcystus says.

The circus starts, and everyone is having a good time. Sometime later, an act with a bear on a swing starts. Forcystus is moving the bear, and sometimes has to replace it for some reason. Mark sees this, but thinks he is seeing things. The movement of the swings hypnotizes him, and Forcystus takes that cue to spread some flowers on him. The flowers put a spell on him, and he starts to walk outside. Timmy gets worried, and tells TJ. Mark walks outside, and then suddenly stops.

"How did I get here?" he asks.

"Simple, we brought you here," Forcystus answers, revealing herself.

The other three girls appear also.

"It was real nice of you to come out here; now your Soul Mirror is ours!” Magnius laughs.

"That must be the new enemy," TJ says. "Guess it's time to transform."

"Right," the guys say, holding up their Henshin balls.

Magnius pulls out her red ball, and uses the new way to shoot out the Soul Mirror. She takes the ball, and then hits it with a pool stick. It bounces off of random things, until finally flying into Mark's body, forcing his Soul Mirror to come out of either his back, or his stomach, depending on where the ball goes in.

"It's not the Golden Mirror," she says.

The seven daggers then strike the ground where the girls are standing.

“On a nice, fun night at the circus…”

“We won't allow for any bad pranks!”

“For justice and what's right…”

“The Brother Warriors!”

“In the name of Virtue…”

“And in the name of the future…”

“We will punish you!”

"So, I guess you guys are the Brothers that we've heard so much about," K'var laughs.

"We're pleased to meet such fine men," Forcystus says slyly.

“Watch yourself, honey,” Angel Warrior commands.

"I'm not glad at all," Rodyle pouts.

"It's nice of you to come out, but we won't let you get in our way,” Magnius says, changing her pool cue into a whip. “Remless, Snake Woman, Garagara-musume!"

Her shadow then expands and the Cruxius symbol appears. Next, a snake Remless emerges from it.

"Eat Mark's dream," Magnius commands.

The Remless jumps up and swallows the mirror whole.

"Hey you can't do that," Xero Warrior says. "Give it back."

He then runs up to the snake and reaches inside its mouth to get the mirror.

"We can't attack until Xero Warrior gets away," JetStorm comments.

"Get out of my belly!” Garagara roars, spitting out Xero Warrior.

"Now's our chance. Quick-fire Soul!”

"StarFire please come, come and save this person's soul! Call of the Flame!"

The girls are impressed because this is the first time they've seen the real StarFire.

"Rage of Inferno!”

The Four Cardinals leave, and Xero Warrior puts the mirror back into Mark.

* * *

Later, some massagers are massaging the four girls on their beds back at the Cruxius Club Spa, their hang out spot instead of the Cruxius Bar.

"Searching for StarFire is going to be hard with those Brothers around," K'var says.

"I can't stand it already, Kim," Rodyle says to K'var, continuing to crying.

"Don't cry Sam,” Forcystus says to Rodyle. “I want to play with them some more!”

"You would say something like that, Lauren,” Shannon states to Rodyle. “If you guys don't want to go, I'll get the next target.”

“I'd feel bad if you had to do them all, Shannon,” Kim says.

They all start to argue about who gets the next target.

"StarFire was gorgeous," Sam finally concludes, having all of them agree.

"It's too much for that old hag Pronyma to handle," Lauren says.

"We shouldn't let her have it," Shannon adds.

Back in her own personal tent, Pronyma is talking to King Gareeth about the girls.

"The Four Cardinals might be actually thinking of keeping StarFire's power to themselves," she says. "Most gorgeous King Gareeth, they may become dangerous soon."

"You worry too much," King Gareeth says in the mirror. "Leave them alone. Let them do what they want, just keep an eye on them."

"But King Gareeth..."

"Do you not want to follow my orders?"

"I'm sorry King Gareeth. Forgive me for my insubordination."

Behind the mirror is King Gareeth's world. He is in a space full of stairways and mirrors. He stands at 6'3, light skin, a shaved head, and very well built with golden eyes. He hasn't aged a day since the flashback episode in season one!

"Just keep quiet, and follow my orders. After all, I am the true ruler of the New Moon!"