Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny's Hold ❯ Chap. 5: Know Your Role ( Chapter 5 )

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

Destiny's Hold: Season 6…the lost season

© 2003-2004 By Stacey Padjune (Serena CrystalMoon)

Disclaimer: Sadly enough, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the other characters, I just manipulate them...

Riza - Do not worry about writing such long reviews, I enjoy reading them greatly, if only others would review... Anyhow, I'm glad you're not one that wants the plot ruined for them just to see if they're musings are right, what would be the point in reading the story after that? ^_^ Yes, I was wondering if anyone would review asking what the pairings were since I hadn't written any down.

I will always want your impressions on my fic. Not only are you my peer but you are also an author that I highly respect, and I must say, I love your newest chapter to "Her Battle"! I made sure to put the possibility of a Makoto/Ami relationship in there but there will be many relationship possibilities for each person as I've said before and yes, Michiru and Haruka are already together as they should be, I wouldn't dream of breaking them apart so they weren't together in this fic, though there may be some flirtation with others and turbulence and such later on!

And about the "Shi-ne" thing. Around a year ago, my friend had told me that "shi-ne" meant "die" so yes you interpreted well, I didn't think of the possiblility that her translation might be wrong so I didn't check before using it. After your review I checked it using an online dictionary.

saikoro = die

shi = death, decease

shiin = cause of death

fumetsu = undying

With these findings I know now that my friend had been wrong. She had been watching an anime that was subtitled and when the character yelled "Shi-ne Takatori!" the subtitle had said "Die Takatori!" so that's where my information came from. I guess it really said something like "Shi Takatori" and my friend had heard an extra syllable. Thank you for finding this mistake, already I have fixed the chapter and reloaded it, though I used "saikoro" instead of "shin" or "shi-ne", though I'm not sure of what “shin-ne” means now, so if you know or anyone else knows for that matter, please let me know! If you come across anymore mistakes please let me know so I can fix them!

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Chapter 5: Know Your Role
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Ami had been unconscious well into the night and most of the early morning following the incident. When she had woken up finally around five a.m. that morning she had only stayed awake long enough to groan painfully, take some painkillers and a bit of water before she fell into a deep sleep. It was now around eight in the morning and Ami was still sleeping. Rei was up and already working, her miko robes billowed in the wind as she rushed around the Jinja cleaning and performing her chores. Eventually she made her way outside, her silky black hair shining with a deep purple tint as she stood under the morning sunshine raking cherry blossoms and fallen leaves into a large pile, listening to the last of the birdsong she would here in quite awhile before the birds left on their migration south for the colder months ahead. She hummed along with the beautiful sounds of nature, content and happy breathing in the crisp autumnal air. Her humming stopped, a cold chill pushing the breath from her body as it coursed down her spine, making her back arch. Something wasn't right. Suddenly the birdsong had died away, the rippling of the nearby stream had quieted to nothing and the wind had picked up and was raging furiously now. Pulling out an ofuda, Rei sat her rake down and circled the Jinja, taking in everything slowly. Another icy chill slid down her spine, something was very wrong. Spinning around Rei found a sharp knife placed against her throat and was looking into the evil eyes of a smirking humanoid-like youma. Its eyes were a bright red, like shiny rubies and its body and face was covered in a black ninja-type suit, hiding its features all except those glowing red eyes. Those eyes held murder in them as he pressed the knife firmer against Rei's throat. Raising her arm she quickly knocked the youma's arm holding the knife away from her, jumping back she took a deep breath.

“RIN, PYOU, TOU, SHA, KAI, JIN, RETSU, SAI, ZEN. AKURYO TAISAN!” She bellowed fiercely, throwing the ofuda at the youma, paralyzing it for a moment. “MARS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!” she wasted no time, yelling out her transformation command while retrieving her henshin stick from her subspace pocket.

“Sailor Mars, you shall die!” the ninja youma shrieked after the ofuda's power faded away. Elongating his razor sharp nails to resemble long ruler-length razor blades, the youma swiped at Mars, tearing four long gashes in her upper right arm, blood springing from the wounds and trailing down her arm.

“FIRE SOUL!” Sending out a fireball, Mars hoped the youma hadn't enough time to evade the attack. Her hope was lost when he jumped out of the way and made another sweep at her with his nails, this time cutting her other arm. “BURNING MANDALA!” she shouted the phrase of her next attack, rings of fire circling around her before she shot them one by one at the enemy before her, landing good shots each time.

Gritting her teeth at the throbbing pain of four more gashes enveloping her arm, Mars turned to the youma who had recovered from her last attack and now was speeding at her, nails raised and ready to strike. Leaping back she landed in a battle stance, steady on her feet and eyes a glow with battle. “FIRE SOUL!” she called out once more sending another fireball at him. Immediately following the loose of her attack, Mars pulled out another ofuda from within her subspace pocket. “RIN, PYOU, TOU, SHA, KAI, JIN, RETSU, SAI, ZEN. AKURYO TAISAN!” she shouted, activating the magical ward and throwing it at her enemy. “MARS FLAME SNIPER!” the senshi of fire yelled her weapon command, a fiery bow materializing in her hand. Pulling he sting of flames back, she sent her flaming arrow straight at the paralyzed youma, burning it to a crisp. What was left of the youma fell to the ground, a charcoaled disintegrating mess.

”Another one.” The fire senshi grunted, heaving a sigh as she breathed deeply, choking a bit with the stench of rotting youma. “So leads the life of a magic soldier, destined to forever rid the universe of evil.” She chuckled half amused before de-transforming and walking back into the Jinja and to her room where she would have to clean and dress her wounds.

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Blackness was overwhelming within the enclosed chamber, faint firelight of wall sconces bounced off of the ebony walls, dancing beautifully in the surrounding darkness. A throne sat in the middle of the room, shiny black metal decorated with stones of obsidian and cushioned with black satin. In front of the dark throne sat a cauldron of pewter, a silver liquid bubbling inside, even with no fire underneath. A man of average height stood next to the cauldron, his long hair reaching down his back in a cascade of fiery red and orange, a beard of matching colors adorning his face. His eyes, a glowing orange held specks of gold within as he stared down into the cauldron, following the movements of the silver liquid. His long robe of black velvet reached down to the floor, hiding his feet. Knocking sounded at an invisible door to the left of the man. Walking to his throne, he sat upon the satin cushion. “Enter.” He commanded, watching the center left-hand wall give way to the opening of an invisible door. “Onyx.” He stated, showing he recognized the creature before him, walking swiftly to the throne. Onyx was rather short compared to his master, a squat and chubby thing of elfin decent with jet-black metallic hair reaching down to his shoulders and matching hematite colored eyes. His ears as were his ancestors were pointed at the top and stuck out from his mane of sparkling black hair.

“Shairon, we have been discovered. Already, two of your youma have been found and defeated-“

“Defeated? Defeated by whom, Onyx?” Shairon hissed venomously.

“Th-the Sailor Senshi, sire.”

“The Sailor-“

“A group of girls, five of them, warriors with magic.”

“Never interrupt me again!” Shairon's voice boomed around the cavern like room, raising his hand and flinging it to the side, making Onyx fly from his position in front of the throne to the other side of the room, slamming him into the brick wall. “Next time, the punishment for your insolence won't be so light handed.” He told his minion, as the short elfin creature crawled to his hands and knees, looking at his master with a bleeding scratch on his cheek and a trickle of blood escaping from his mouth and down his chin. “Now, go! Find me more humans, I need more!”

“Y-yes sire.” Onyx answered, getting to his feet and hurrying out of the chamber.

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Violet eyes followed the small wisps of smoke of burning incense, their smell of Jasmine filling the bedroom and relaxing the miko within into a state of meditation. Ami slept in a futon next to Rei's bed, oblivious to everything around her. Candles sat around the room releasing the scent of vanilla into the air, letting it mix and mingle with the Jasmine. Rei lay on her bed, eyes half open in a lazy dream-like trance, following the incense smoke intently, her raven hair was spread out over her silk crimson red pillow covers and her pale skin glowed faintly in the candle light of the room.

Rei's vision blurred, the room around her becoming fuzzy. The silence of her room no longer existed, faint music could be heard and the buzz of light laughter sounded within her ears. Coming into focus, the blurred room around her had changed. Finding herself standing within a large elegant ballroom, Rei looked down at herself, surprised to see herself dressed up in an elaborate ball gown. The gown was decorated with what appeared to be rubies, diamonds and the most beautiful pearls and was made with layers upon layers of fiery red silk, it was of fine and noble fashion and took her breath away as she looked down at it. Lifting her silk-gloved hands to her face, she felt the edges of a mask as she looked around, fascinated by the others at this masquerade ball. A man of dark blue eyes and jet black hair walked up to her his upper-face hidden behind a mask, taking her hand he kissed the silk glove adorning it before addressing her. “Ah, Milady you're look quite ravishing this morrow, yet where is your most exquisite asset, your lady love? Ah! There she is.” The man exclaimed gesturing behind her. Turning in the direction of which her companion was facing she felt herself smile as her masked lover came closer, decked out in a dress resembling her own, the woman wore a dress of black silk and diamonds. Lifting her black-gloved hand, the masked woman before her took Rei hand within her own, entwining their fingers.

The lines of the vision began to fade, colors smearing together and sounds dying out to nothingness. “Rei, hey Rei, open up!” Makoto's voice boomed loud and clear through the door to Rei's bedroom, the sound of her beating against it following soon afterward. Rei sat straight up in bed, her head pounding like a jackhammer at a construction sight. “Rei, Mistress Miko! Open this door!” Mokoto's voice boomed once more. Groaning, Rei looked to Ami's futon to find her sitting up rubbing the last remnants of sleep from her eyes. Climbing out of bed and padding across her floor, she opened her door to let her friends in. Turning, after opening the door, Rei stepped into her bathroom, grabbing a cup of water and some aspirin. Walking back into her room, Rei was immediately aware of the stares of her friends as their eyes landed on the bandaged cuts on both her upper arms, blood seeping through the bandages enough to see the faint outline of the gashes in red. She sighed and gestured for everyone to sit, now two explanations were in order.

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Author's Note: I saved the explanations for the next chapter, I hope you all don't mind, it should be out soon! Please review, I love reviews!!!!!

--Serena