Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Celestial Atlantis ❯ And Then There Were 12 ( Chapter 5 )

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~ Part 5: And Then There Were Twelve ~

"I love that boy!" Mica gushed to Rachel as they parted after history class.

"Yeah, and I get to talk to him during passing period!" Rachel teased.

"I hate you!" Mica joked back.

Rachel made her way through the halls to the top floor of the main building, aptly titled 'Main'.

"Ohiyo, Sota-san!" Rachel waved to Sota as he neared her in the crowded hallway.

"Oi! Ohiyo, Achu-chan!" Sota had taken to calling her 'Achu' instead of 'Rachel' because it was easier for him to pronounce.

"How have you been?" Rachel asked.

"I am tired. How are you?"

"Same. Find out anything new?"

A short pause. "No, nothing yet."

"Mmm... where's everyone else?"

Another pause. "I saw many of your friends in the Quad."

"Alright. Arigato, Sota-san."

Rachel ran down to the Quad as fast as she could with a ten pound backpack, hoping she had enough time to make it to the Quad and back.

When she got to the Quad, she noticed not only was Mica and Autumn there, but Lucy, Zulla, Rica and Patti were there as well. Any plans to talk to Mica and Autumn about the Zodiac Senshi were thrown out the window.

The girls got to talking and forgot about the ten-minute passing period. The bell rang and the girls started to run to their respective classes, but were stopped by an ominous roar and Sailor Antares' voice.

"These four girls are the last of the Zodiac Senshi," she started, obviously happy that the others had been found. "Zulla, you are Sailor Capricorn. Take this." A green transformation pen with the g (Capricorn) symbol appeared in her outstretched hand. "Hold it up and say 'Capricorn constellation power.' Patti, you are Sailor Taurus. This is your transformation pen." Patti took the green pen with the j (Taurus) symbol. "Hold it up and say 'Taurus constellation power'. Lucy, you are..."

"Sailor Aquarius. I'll hold up the pen and say 'Aquarius constellation power', right?" It was more of a statement than a question. She took the pen with the h (Aquarius) symbol.

"Right," Antares seemed a bit peeved at being interrupted. "Rica..."

Rica hid behind Zulla and cried, "I don't want to be a Sailor Scout!"

"To bad, it's your destiny," Antares replied. "And you're a Zodiac Senshi; the Sailor Scouts are another name for the Sailor Senshi, and you're not a Sailor Senshi. Now then, you are Sailor Cancer. Take this pen," A blue pen with a a (Cancer) symbol appeared. Rica, still hiding behind Zulla, refused to take it. Mica took the pen and chucked it at her.

"You will hold it up and say 'Cancer constellation power', understood?!" Rica nodded meekly. "Now then," Antares said calmly. "You better transform."

"Libra constellation POWER!"

"Virgo constellation POWER!"

"Scorpio constellation POWER!"

The rest of the girls took the hint.

"Aquarius constellation POWER!" Lucy was surrounded by a gentle tornado of white wind, her dark hair waving upwards. After a graceful turn, she appeared wearing a light blue uniform adorned by white bows. She wore light blue high heels with a ribbon of the same color wrapped around her ankles. A light turquoise gem studded her tiara.

"Taurus constellation POWER!" Patti spun around amidst a torrent of colorful autumn leaves. She emerged in a gold uniform with crimson-purple bows. She wore boots of the same crimson-red shade that came up to about mid-shin; the gold tiara was centered on a shining pink ice gem. Along with her trademark blonde braids.

"Capricorn constellation POWER!" Zulla appeared in light green uniform with blood red bows after having been caught in a flurry of rainbow flowers. She wore deep red high-heeled sandals. Her tiara held a beautiful dark green, polished jade stone. The short-haired Mongolian girl looked particularly pleased with the color combination, though it reminded Libra vaguely of a Christmas tree.

Rica (who was Mica's cousin and could easily pass as her sister) gulped and took a deep breath. "Cancer constellation POWER!" A tidal wave of sea green water washed over her. Her skirt and collar were a dark navy blue and the bows were cerulean blue. In the middle of her forehead was a dark blue sapphire from which her tiara arched.

The roaring became more incessant and the enemy appeared: a hideous abomination resembling a hairy, fly-winged spider. Cancer took her place behind Capricorn.

"Libra heavenly THUNDER!"

"Scorpio tsunami TIDALWAVE!"

"Virgo earth SHAKE!"

Sailor Capricorn decided to go next. "Capricorn animal RAGE!" What appeared to spirits of thousands of terrestrial animals charged at the offending monster, knocking it back wards. The monster got back up and managed knock Capricorn over before she knew what hit her. Cancer was left unprotected as the creature turned around and started after her. She shut her eyes tight and screamed, "Cancer sea-storm SURGE!"

Below her feet appeared a massive expanse of ocean. Water rose from all around her, spiraling upwards into the sky, then hurtling down into the monster. The enemy was knocked away from Cancer.

"Aquarius thunderstorm SHOCK!" Aquarius held out an arm and moved it along with the movements of a lightning bolt that crashed directly on the monster.

"Taurus vine WHIP!" Taurus held up a vine of strangely dangerous looking foliage. She used it as a whip against the creature, lashing at it several times.
The monster, though hurt, charged at the girls again.

"Antares constellation REVOLT!" It appeared as though the entire night sky was swept into the moon and star at the top of Sailor Antares' staff. The decoration lit up and when Antares brought it forward in front of her, a massive light beam coursed towards the monster, killing it on impact and leaving a small crater in the center of the Quad.

"And that," Antares said with obvious annoyance at the deceased monster, "was my weakest attack." Antares turned around and stood in front of the astonished group. "Hello." The echo-like timbre was gone from her voice. "It's me, Sailor Antares, in the flesh. I've come to take you to the future."

"The future?" Capricorn asked incredulously.

"That's right, I haven't told most of you yet. We will journey through the Gates of Time to the 40th century, were you will meet the leaders of Neo Silver Millenium, the new Moon Kingdom. Once there, we will assist the Sailor Senshi in their fight to destroy the evil threatening our world."

"Now?" Cancer asked.

"Yes." Came the reply

"YES! We get to skip geometry class!" Libra cried happily.