Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Knight's Work Is Never Done ❯ Fun in the Sun ( Chapter 16 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Ginsan

A Knight's Work Is Never Done

Chapter 16: Fun in the Sun

By: GINSAN

Jordan's hands glowed over the foreheads of Amara and Michelle. They were currently laid out on blankets on the floor, the easiest place to have the two side by side in the hotel room.

"That should do it. Let them rest a few hours before trying to wake them up."

Jordan stood up to walk towards the door. That's when everything started to spin.

The next thing he knew, he was laying on the floor, with his head cradled in Ami's lap. He looked up at several very concerned looking faces.

"Jordan?"

He blinked a few times, before he slowly sat up and cradled his now aching head.

"How long was I out?"

Ami frowned down at him.

"About five minutes."

Jordan winced as he fingered the bruise on the back of his head.

"Note to self. Fighting a super powered Human Class Soul Devourer, and then replacing two Soul Gems. Bad idea."

As he cracked a weak smile and glanced at the concerned faces. Ami smacked him upside the head, while Serena fell over laughing, joined shortly by Rae. Lita just blinked, before turning to Mina.

"I do believe, that he just cracked a joke..."

"I think he cracked something...."

"Oh, hardy har har. Thanks for the support." He eased himself to a standing position, before glaring at Serena and Rae. "I will remember this if you two ever get your Gems stolen."

He walked over to one of the large, cushioned chairs, and dropped into it. He tilted his head back, before jerking forward with a wince. After carefully resting his head, he looked over at Amara and Michelle, calmly sleeping.

"At least those two seem to be doing fine. At this point, I'll do more harm to the victims in the hospital, than help. Just going to rest here for a while and sneak in after hours to take care of it."

Jordan was asleep, almost before he finished talking.

"I've got a sharpie in my purse."

"Don't you dare Mina."

"Oh loosen up Ami. Not going to hurt anyone."

"No, but he will hurt you when he finds out."

"If everyone just keeps their tramps shut, we can milk it."

"That's traps Mina."

"Trap what Lita?"

"Never mind."

* * *

When Jordan woke up several hours later, he was alone in the common space of the suite. He rubbed his eyes, before glancing at his watch. Well past Midnight.

"Thanks girls."

He sighed as he got up out of the chair, knocking off a blanket that was covering him. At least someone had cared. He made a mental note to thank Ami later.

He stretched until he felt his joints pop, and gave himself a quick examination. Most of his cuts and bruises from the fight had healed, and he had regained most of the energy he had used so far. He had plenty now for the victims in the Hospital.

Well, they weren't going to heal themselves. Time to get a move on.

Jordan popped his neck, before teleporting from room, and to the Hospital.

* * *

"MINA AINO!"

All the girls screamed and jumped out of their beds, as the yell was quickly followed by several loud bangs, that sounded like someone was beating on Mina's door.

Lita grinned over at Ami.

"Looks like someone found out after all."

"He's not really going to kill her is he?"

"If he was, I don't think he would have woken her up first. We better go, just to be sure."

Ami nodded, and they both reached for the door, before realizing all they had on were their nightgowns.

"We have enough time to get dressed, right?"

"Sure."

Mina cowered under her bed, while Rae laughed at her as she got dressed.

"Next time, Mina, listen to Lita. Safer for you that way. Especially when it comes to Jordan. You have exactly five minutes to throw some clothes on, before I let him inside. Just giving you fair warning."

Serena did her best not to laugh out loud, but it was so hard.

"Give her a break Rae. It was funny."

"I never said it wasn't"

"You two are both mean. Fine, I'll face the flutist."

Rae and Serena blinked at each other, before Rae finally figured it out.

"I think she meant the Piper."

"Oh. Good luck Mina."

Mina gave them both cold stares as she slipped on a shirt and a pair of shorts.

"What the Hell is going on? Some of us are still recovering invalids you know."

Amara, Michelle, and Trista came out of their suite to see why Jordan was rampaging against Mina. As soon as she saw his face, Amara collapsed into a laughing fit, while Michelle covered her mouth as she started giggling. Jordan turned to glare at them, and Trista was even hard pressed not to laugh.

"Yah, yah. Laugh it up. Really. Everyone laugh at the guy with marker on his face. You're all a bunch of two-year-olds."

Jordan beat on the door one more time, before stalking off to the common room, and waiting for Mina to come out.

Amara finally got herself under control, and the three of them followed him.

"Just how do you know it was her anyway? It could have been any of the girls."

Jordan turned his head, and pointed to Mina's signature.

"Oh. You do have to admit, it is funny."

"So funny, it's going to be plastered all over the morning news. Thanks."

"You're serious?"

"I decided to walk back to the Hotel after I finished at the Hospital. I needed some fresh air. I got jumped buy some paparazzi a few blocks from the hotel. Two had cameras, and one had a video recorder."

"I'm sorry, it was just a joke."

Jordan spun to pin Mina with a glare as she stepped into the room. She quickly ducked behind Amara.

"Oh no. I'm not getting between the two of you."

Amara spun behind Mina, and pushed her towards Jordan.

Mina gulped as Jordan continued to glare at her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you into trouble. I'll make it up to you, I promise."

Jordan glared for a few more moments, before his face changed to a sadistic smile.

"Oh, don't worry. I already have something in mind."

Jordan pulled a set of colored Sharpies from his pocket, and all the color drained from Mina's face.

* * *

"I didn't know he was THAT mean. Poor Mina."

Rae and Serena stood in their room, looking through their luggage, while Mina stared at herself in the mirror.

"Lita did warn her."

"Yah, but to get back at her like that?"

"I don't know. I kind of like it."

Serena and Rae blinked as they looked at Mina.

"You OK Mina? I mean, you have rainbows and flowers all over your face. Not to mention that spooky looking Smiley Face."

"Yah, and it's not like it's just going to wash off either."

"It looks great. Especially since we're going to the beach. In public."

"If you're sure..."

"It's fine."

Ice entered Mina's last comment, and both girls stared at her fake smile in the mirror. Ah, that was it.

"Maybe we can cover it with makeup?"

"I doubt it."

There was a knock at the door.

"It's Ami."

"Come in."

Ami opened the door, and Rae and Serena both frowned at her.

"Here Mina. Jordan gave me this. He said it'll take the marker off. He already used it."

Mina leaped from the Vanity to Ami, and snatched the small bottle in her hand. She rushed back to the mirror, and started using it, grinning at the results.

"Ami, is that what you're wearing to the beach?"

"Of course."

Rae and Serena nodded, before they both pounced, and dragged her across the hall to her room.

"You are not wearing a one piece to the beach."

"Right, not if you want to impress Jordan."

"But he already saw me in it. He said it was cute."

Rae and Serena both sighed.

"Right. You're changing."

"This is my only suit."

"Really, then what's this?"

Rae pulled a rather skimpy bikini out from where she had been rummaging in Ami's suitcase. Well, skimpy by Ami's standards.

"That's not mine. How. How did that get in there."

"Has to be yours. It is in your suitcase."

"But. But I never packed that. I've never even seen that before."

Both girls grinned, and they forced Ami to take it, then shoved her into the bathroom to change.

"Let's just say, we talked to your Mom before we left Tokyo."

Ami let out an indignant grunt as she was shoved past the door, and Rae and Serena pulled it shut.

"You two are supposed to be my friends."

"We are."

"You have a boyfriend now Ami. Show off a little."

"You two will pay."

"Save the threats until after Jordan sees you."

* * *

Serena looked around the lobby as they waited for Jordan to get back. He had said something about getting them some rentals for the day.

"Has anyone seen the girls? Rini never came back last night."

Amara and Michelle frowned.

"Hotaru wasn't in her bed this morning, either."

Rae pulled out her communicator.

"I'll give them a call, and make sure they aren't in trouble."

Rae pushed the button for Rini, and waited a moment as the Pink-haired girl finally answered.

"Rae? Is something wrong?"

"That's what we wanted to know. You never came home last night."

"Oh, sorry. We stayed in Morgan's room. We were out kind of late talking last night."

"We're glad you three are alright at least. Are you coming to the beach with us?"

There was a chorus of 'Beach?!", before the communicator switched off.

Rae blinked at the rest of the girls, then looked back at her communicator.

"She said they were alright. Maybe someone should go check on them though?"

"No need!"

Morgan, Rini, and Hotaru came streaking into the Lobby, blurs of color as they stopped in front of the other girls, and dropped arm loads of beach accessories.

"So when are we leaving?"

Everyone blinked at the three, before everyone laughed.

"We're waiting on Jordan. He said something about rentals, and that he'd be back soon."

"I'm back now." He tossed a set of key to Amara, before gesturing for everyone to follow him outside. "I got three Jeeps. Everyone figure out who you're riding with."

Everyone blinked. Three Jeeps? But he'd only given Amara keys.

"DARIEN!"

Serena launched herself at Darien. Only years of experience kept him from being knocked over.

"Glad to see you too Muffin Head."

Serena Stuck her tongue out at him, before kissing him. Then she smacked him in the shoulder.

"I was worried about you, you jerk. You never checked in last night. Mina and Rae said you went and fought by yourself."

"Sorry about that. I had some thinking to do. I came looking for Jordan, and he invited me along to the beach."

"So you two have made up then?"

"No quite. He won't let me talk. Something about knowing the answer already. And that I need to show off first."

"Show off what?"

Darien smirked as he pried Serena off.

"It's a secret."

"Meanie!"

She smacked him in the shoulder again, then blushed as everyone laughed at them.

Jordan grinned, before gesturing to the last Jeep in the line.

"When ever you two are ready?"

Serena blinked at Jordan before she realized that everyone had already gotten into the Jeeps except for her and Darien. Right about then is when she saw what was attached behind each of the Jeeps. Each one had a trailer with Seados. Each Jeep had 3 to a trailer.

"Seados? But aren't the beaches too crowded for that?"

Jordan grinned again.

"One, we're not in Japan. There's plenty of beach. Two, we're going to a private beach, so no crowds anyway. Soon as you get in the Jeep with Darien, we can leave."

Serena blushed, before hurrying over to Darien's Jeep, and getting into her seat.

Jordan laughed as he put the Jeep into gear, then drove off.

* * *

A two hour drive later, and Jordan had pulled off the main road, and onto a nearly invisible dirt path between trees. A few minutes later, the pulled out into the open. Empty beach stretched as far as the girls could see to either side.

"OK girls, we're here. Lita, Amara, and Darien stick around. The rest of you, grab your gear and pick a spot."

"I get why Amara has to stay. Why me?"

Jordan turned around to look at her.

"We need someone to tell us when to stop as we back up. Also, you owe me a favor. Two if I have to do it on the way home too."

Ami bopped him upside the head again as he chuckled, and started handing her and Morgan stray objects.

"I thought you were working on that attitude of yours."

"Oh, I am. I just don't believe in going cold turkey."

He dodged Ami's next swing as he drove the Jeep forward a bit, before putting it in reverse.

"OK Lita. Tell me to stop at the High Tide mark. I don't want to get mired down when we try to leave."

"Yah, yah."

They decided to leave the Seados on the trailers for now, as Jordan and Darien began assembling what looked like a grill. Jordan had sent Morgan, Rini, and Hotaru looking for rocks, while everyone else was laying out blankets, and putting up umbrellas.

"Here yah go Jordan. This should be the last bunch, right?"

Jordan turned to look as the three Chibi-Terrors dropped off a last batch of rocks.

"Perfect. You three can go into the water now, but make sure you take a couple of the girls with you. You know how the tide is around here Morgan."

"Yah, yah. We'll grab Trista. She needs a tan."

All four of them turned to look as Trista, who stopped in the middle of putting sun block on her arms.

"Did I do something?"

Jordan chuckled and turned back to putting the grill together, as the Chibi's burst out laughing, and hurried over to grab Trista and drag her to the water. She tried to dig in, and keep them from dragging her, but the three Chibi's wouldn't be denied.

There was a shriek, followed by several splashes.

"You knew they were going to throw her in, didn't you."

Jordan grinned at Darien.

"Of course I did. She needs to have some fun once in a while. Staying at the Time Gate isn't helping her have fun. With the three of them around, it's hard not to have any."

Darien was silent a moment as they finished assembling the grill. They both stood up, and wiped of the sand.

"You just enjoy manipulating people. Admit it."

Jordan grinned shamelessly.

"No other feeling like it."

Darien sighed as Jordan began gesturing for him to go join the girls.

"I can handle setting the rest of this up. So spend some time with your Princess. It will be a long while before you see her again."

Darien looked at him quizzically, but Jordan ignored him, as he started hauling the coolers out of his Jeep. Feeling summarily dismissed, Darien shrugged it off, and went over to join Serena. Who was in the middle of another fight with Rae.

He sighed as be braced himself to interrupt them. If you didn't know the two, you'd swear they hated each other.

Jordan had just gotten the fire started, when he felt the little hairs on the back of his neck stand straight up. He stood up, and turned around. And immediately started choking as he tried not to laugh.

Trista was giving him a death glare. Or, at least as fierce a look as she could manage, draped as she was in seaweed.

"Trista. Did you," pause, as he tried not to laugh. "Did you have fun playing with the girls?"

Trista shrieked as she tried to hit him. She tripped as he dusked out of the way. As a result, she collided with him, sending them both sprawling. And Jordan ended up covered with seaweed as well.

"I'll take that as a no."

Jordan extracted himself, much to the amusement of Lita and Mina who came over to see what was going on.

Lita shook her head as he shoved Jordan away from the grill, and Mina helped Trista up.

"You two, out of my kitchen."

Jordan turned to look at her, as he peeled seaweed off his face.

"Since when is this your kitchen?"

"Since now. Go spend some time with Ami. She's got her nose plastered in a book. Again."

Jordan turned to look where she was indicating. He shook his head. Ami was still wearing clothes over her swimsuit. She was sitting under a beach umbrella, reading glasses on as she was reading a rather large book. He jaw dropped as he read the title of the book.

"Oh my God. Is that a Test Book for the Mid-terms coming up?"

Mina and Lita both chimed in as they picked the last of the seaweed off a still fuming Trista.

"Yes."

Jordan muttered under his breath as he started walking over toward Ami. Only she would bring a Test-prep book with her on vacation.

"Ami, put the book down."

She waved a hand at him absentmindedly, as she continued to read the book.

"I'm almost done. Five more minutes."

Jordan muttered under his breath, before grinning. he's just have to play dirty.

"You're going to have fun. Now. No more books."

Ami blinked up at him, as he snatched off her glasses, and tossed the book aside. Before she could protest, he picked her up, and slung her over a shoulder. He kicked off his sandals, and snatched off hers with his free hand.

"Jordan, put me down right now! Just what do you think you're doing?!"

"Making you have fun."

As she started beating on his back, he began walking casually towards the water. As soon as she realized what he was up to, she redoubled her efforts, trying to get down.

"Put me down right now! I still have my clothes on!"

"That's your fault."

"I'm warning you. Put me down right now!"

"Where's the fun in that."

Jordan walked right into the water, dragging Ami with him. Once he got out to his waist, he dropped her with a satisfying splash.

Ami was drenched under a wave, and came up sputtering. Jordan tried to help her up, but ended up with a slap across the face instead.

"You are such a jerk."

"Who's the one ruining a perfectly good vacation, by sticking her nose in a book, and studying? We're at beach. Try and act like it. Have some fun."

"I was having fun."

"Reading a book, and hiding under an umbrella at the beach is not fun."

"It is for me."

"No it's not. Admit it. You're just scared to actually bust out, and takes those clothes off, and have a good time."

"I am not afraid of having fun."

"Are too. Admit it."

"I am not. I was having plenty of fun."

"Ami, you were hiding. Now, admit it. Were you hiding from having fun, or having fun with me?"

Some of Ami's anger drained at that, and she began blushing slightly.

"I'm not hiding from you."

"Oh really. Then why haven't you taken your clothes off? Even Trista has loosened up, and gone in the water."

"She was dragged in by Hotaru, Rini, and your sister."

"She still went into the water. And you're in the water now. So loosen up. Have a little fun. it won't kill you. If it does, you can haunt me till the Cauldron claims us all."

Ami was silent for a few minutes, as they two of them were pushed away from the group by the waves.

"All right. You want me to loosen up, and have fun. Fine."

Ami reached down, and grabbed her shirt. Before Jordan realized what she was doing, she had pulled off her shirt.

"Well, happy?"

Jordan's attention was drawn to the top of her Bikini. Some small part of his mind, still capable of rational thought, made a note that it wasn't something that Ami would have chosen to wear on her own. While modest compared to the bikini's the rest of the girls were wearing, it seemed to make it all the more enticing to him. The material was a shiny, metallic blue color, and reflected the sunlight off in sparkles. It also revealed some impressive cleavage. Combined with the almost Halo-ish effect of the sparkles, all Jordan could do was stare.

After a few minutes of silence from Jordan, Ami became aware of just why he'd gone silent. Blushing furiously, she quickly tried to put her shirt back on.

The movement snapped Jordan out of it, and he quickly grabbed her arms, to keep her from covering up.

"I have to say. With that on, you just became the hottest girl on the beach."

Ami blushed even deeper, and tried to pull away.

"You're just saying that."

Jordan rolled his eyes, before pulling her closer.

"When are you going to learn, when I say something I mean it."

"You -"

Whatever else she was going to say was cut off as Jordan leaned in and kissed her, rather effectively ending any protests she could have made. After a moment, she relaxed into Jordan's embrace, and leaned into the kiss.

Jordan broke the kiss, and pulled back a little.

"No do you believe me? or do you need more proof?"

An addled Ami could only blink at him, and nod. Jordan smiled, before leaning back in, and kissing her again. Deep inside her head, the still rational part of her mind tried to remind her that she was supposed to be angry at him. But, it wasn't trying very hard to be heard.

A few hours later, everyone was gathered around the grill.

Jordan managed to talk Ami into taking her shorts off so they could dry with her shirt, and the two were currently cuddling under a large blanket. Morgan, and Rini were taking turns making gagging motions at the two of them as well as Darien and Serena. Hotaru was more polite, but that didn't stop her from laughing along with everyone else.

Lita and Mina began passing out burgers to everyone, before taking their own seats.

They all ate in relative silence, though a small fight broke out between Serena and Rini over the last burger. The fight was resolved when Morgan reached out, and snatched it from both of them, and shoved the whole thing in her mouth.

Rini proceeded to try and beat on Morgan for it, but she simply jumped up, and started running, Rini chasing her around the beach.

"Well, I'd say everyone had fun today.'

"Speak for yourself."

Jordan grinned as Trista continued to glare at him. He was starting to wonder if her face had frozen like that. Luckily, he was too smart to ask such a thing out loud.

"OK, so most of us had fun. The rest can admit it to themselves later. So, now that everyone has eaten, what say we break out the Seados and have some real fun?" Jordan was almost deafened by the replies, and simply laughed as he dis-entangled himself from Ami, and stood up. "Well, this will go faster if you all help out. Rini, Morgan, and Hotaru can ride with someone. Preferably those with experience. Those who haven't done it before, wait for someone to show you how, before you try on your own. We're rather far from the Hospital if someone gets hurt. And no cheating by using Hotaru."

Silence met that statement, but everyone did manager to get to their feet, and move back to the Jeeps. Jordan and Darien took turns helping the girls drag the Seados out to the water. Hotaru rode behind Amara, Morgan rode behind Michelle, and Rini rode behind Trista who was being shown how to use the Seado by Amara. Lita and Rae were being shown how to use theirs by Mina. Darien and Serena took off, leaving Jordan to show Ami.

"Not very complicated. Just think of it like my motorcycle."

"I was terrified trying to drive that death-trap."

"It is not a death-trap. It's a finely tuned technological masterpiece."

"Just show me how to drive this thing."

Smirking, Jordan leaned over and showed her the controls.

"Steering, gas, brakes. See, easy. Just make sure not run anyone over."

Ami took a playful swing at him, before trying out the controls. Jordan gave her a head start, before following after her.

The group spent a few hours playing around. Mostly settled into them breaking into groups and playing Tag. Eventually, the games broke up, and they all headed back to the shore.

Jordan started putting the Seados up, while the girls started to pack up the Jeeps. It wasn't until he started loading the last Jeep, that everyone realized that Darien and Serena were still out in the water.

He walked up to the edge of the water to wave them back to shore so they could leave. It wasn't until they had actually waved back, and began heading for him, that he felt it.

"DARIEN! There's a Devourer in the water!"

Darien shook his head, not able to hear him over the sound of the engine.

"Damn it. This isn't good."

"What was that about a Devourer?"

Ami and Lita had come up next to him, and the other girls were close behind.

"It's in the water. I just felt it appear." He looked over the water, but he didn't see anything. "This isn't good. Wait here, and get ready to fight if necessary. I'm going to try and fly out, and lure it to shore."

"Be careful Jordan."

He winked at Ami, before focusing, and summoning his wings. Stirring up a cloud of sand, he flew off, skimming across the water, and heading toward Darien and Serena.

Darien stopped as he saw Jordan flying toward him, getting an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"You two have to get to shore, Now. There's a Devourer in the water somewhere. None of us are exactly equipped for underwater combat. I'll try and lure it out."

Darien nodded, and then gunned the Seado for shore. Serena tightened her grip as they raced for the shore.

Jordan transformed as he flew in a lazy circle. He started shooting random shards of energy into the water, causing them to explode. It wasn't until Darien and Serena were almost to the shore when he finally found the Devourer. Unfortunately, it was far too late.

The Devourer erupted out of the water, directly in the path of Darien and Serena. Darien tried to swerve around it, but they were both smacked off the Seado by it's large tail.

Now mostly out of the water, Jordan knew they were in trouble. It stood at least fifteen feet high, with it's tail at least half that. it looked to be a conglomeration of a Great White Shark, and a Primate of some sort. Most of it's body was composed of glass, which helped it blend in with the water.

Jordan watched as several attacks peppered it from beach, distracting it. He swooped in, and grabbed Serena, and taking her to the relative safety of the beach. He dropped her and spun to face the Devourer, just in time to hear most of the girls scream in horror. He looked, as the Devourer swallowed Darien whole.

Once he saw that, he smirked, and casually walked up to the beach.

"Everyone calm down, and stop attacking it."

"The Hell we will. In case you missed it, that thing just killed Darien."

"No it didn't. Just watch."

"You're going to let it get away. We need to kill it now."

"It already killed itself."

With that, Jordan sat down on the beach, reverting to his civilian clothes.

Uranus gave him a look of disgust, before pulling out her Space Sword, and preparing to attack.

"Ah, there he goes. I almost feel sorry for the thing."

Before anyone could respond, The Devourer began to glow from within. A bright, golden light that was refracted by it's body. As everyone watched, it began to scream in pain, before a great sword pierced it's head. A moment later, the sword exploded with a Crimson light, and the Devourer shattered into pieces.

Floating in the air, was Darien. Now in his Earth Knight form. He flicked the residue off his sword, before snatching the Soul Gem, and jumping to the group on shore. he walked over and handed the Gem to Jordan who grinned up at him.

All the girls where stunned speechless, and reverted back to their regular clothes. Serena ran across from where Jordan had left her, and glomped onto him. He wrapped an arm around her, as he reverted back to his clothes.

Trista looked from him to Jordan, who looked up at her with a smirk on his face.

"I told you the Memory Locks wouldn't hold forever." He stood up, and dusted himself off. "I'll go grab the Seado. The rest of you finish packing up."

He teleported from the beach, out into the water, when he climbed onto the Seado. He took his time bringing it back. It would give the girls time to adjust to what happened, and make their questions later more coherent. That, and he was enjoying watching them gang up on Trista, asking about the Memory Blocks.

As he secured the Seado, and made sure the Jeep was packed, he smirked to himself. May not have been the day at the beach he had planned on, but the day had turned out interesting enough anyway.

As he hopped into the driver's seat, he could feel Lita's eyes boring into the back of his skull, along with Mina's. Ami remained quiet in the passenger seat, but he could tell by her fidgeting that she had questions as well.

"I'll answer everyone's questions after we get back to the Hotel, and everyone has a chance to clean up and change clothes. I'll have some dinner sent up, and we can all talk then."

Lita and Mina seemed to accept it, and Ami finally nodded her head, and looked away, as he put the Jeep into gear. But, apparently Lita and Mina weren't quite ready to wait for an answer to all of his questions.

"So Jordan. What did you and Ami do out there in the water while you were alone?"

"Yah. You two were out there for a while. Looked nice and cozy. maybe a little too cozy?"

Ami and Jordan both blushed slightly, and Ami began fidgeting in her seat again.

Lita and Mina smirked to each other as they rode back to the Hotel. They were definitely going to get details later.

* * *