Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Looking Up To You ❯ Trouble At The Ice Cream Parlor! ( Chapter 2 )
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters, blah, blah, blah.
NOTE: This story takes place after Sailor Stars, however, I haven't seen Sailor Stars, so forgive me if I miss a plot point or two.
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*Inside the evil castle…*
Scion sat down on his throne and thought to himself.
"These Sailor Senshi… are they really as powerful as the master says?" Scion thought to himself. "Maybe I should find out…"
"Oh, boss!" yelled a loud female voice from right outside the room. "What'cha doin'?"
"He was talking to the Dark Force," said a much quieter male voice. "Don't disturb him."
"Nonsense!" the female voice yelled. A blonde woman wearing a red witch outfit ran into Scion's throne room. "I'm curious!"
"Hello, Letine," Scion said in a monotone voice. "I was just talking to the master, that's all. You can come in if you want… but I guess you already invited yourself in."
"I tried to stop her, my lord," the owner of the male voice said, walking into the room. He was tall, with long, back hair and a suit of obsidian-colored armor. "I'm truly sorry-"
"Nonsense. I'm done talking now, anyway," Scion said.
"See! I know what I'm doing, Alexis," Letine said. She stuck her tongue out at the long-haired man.
"Alright then," Alexis said. "So, master, if I may ask… what were you conversing about with the Dark Force?"
"Our conquest of Earth may be tougher than I thought," Scion said. "You see, the Earth is protected by five magical warriors known as the Sailor Senshi."
"Oooh, really?" Letine said. "Magical warriors? What kind of magic?"
A fireball materialized in Letine's right hand.
"Dark magic?" Letine asked.
"Not likely," Scion said. "However, I have a plan. I will send one of our soldiers to Earth to see just how powerful the Senshi are. From what the master said, they should be able to defeat it easily."
"However, it will give us a chance to see the Senshi's powers, right, my lord?" Alexis asked.
"Precisely," Scion said. "And, if the Senshi are defeated, then we won't have to worry about them at all. Letine, do you have anything for us?"
"I certainly do!" Letine said. She extended her palm. "Watch!"
The blonde-haired witch fired several fireballs into one spot. The fireballs materialized into a tall, human-like creature. It was wearing a red ninja suit. The creature was surrounded by flames.
"I give you the Ninja of Fire!" Letine said. "It's not my strongest, but I think it'll do very well to test the abilities of any magical warriors!"
"Excellent," Scion said.
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It was now morning at the Tsukino house, and Sammy was getting ready for his big day.
"I feel great!" Sammy declared, putting on a blue-striped t-shirt to go with the blue shorts he was wearing.
At that moment, Sammy's older sister Serena decided to peek into the room.
"What are you doing?" Serena asked. "Why are you so happy?"
"None of your business, meatball head," Sammy said.
"Why you…" Serena fumed, trying to control her anger. "Are you going somewhere today?"
"For your information," Sammy said in a slightly angry tone, "Me and Rick and Ami are going to eat ice cream today."
"Ami's going with you guys?" Serena asked. "She didn't invite me…"
Serena's eyes began pooling with tears.
"Are you going to whine, Serena?" Sammy asked. "If you are, you need to go somewhere else so you don't flood my room!"
"Waaaah!" Serena whined, two large streams of tears streaming down her face. "I want ice cream too!"
Serena stopped crying.
"Wait, I think I know why Ami didn't invite me," Serena said slyly. Sammy began to blush.
"No, you don't!" Sammy said. He walked out of the room, past Serena. "You don't, you don't, you don't!"
"I think I doooo!" Serena said. "Sammy and Ami, sitting in a tree…"
"Aaah!" Sammy yelled, covering his ears. "Not listening!"
The doorbell rang.
"That must be Rick," Sammy said. "I told him to come early so we could get in a game of Spoils of War."
Sammy began walking down the stairs to the door.
"That stupid game?" Serena asked. "Ugh."
"You're the one who told Ami to buy it for me," Sammy said, opening the front door for his friend. "But I'm glad you did!"
Sammy smiled. Rick walked into the house.
"So, you ready to play?" Rick asked.
"Uh-huh," Sammy said. "Ami's gonna be here in about an hour."
"Man, I can't wait!" Rick said. The two boys dashed up the stairs and into Sammy's room.
"Ugh, I'm just gonna leave you two dweezoids alone," Serena said, closing the door to Sammy's room.
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Sammy and Rick sat in front of the computer. Sammy had just began a game, and he was now setting up his formation.
"Let's see…" Sammy said. "I think I'll put some infantry right here."
Sammy clicked on the screen, planting an infantry unit near one of his supply bunkers.
"Now, I'll attack," Sammy said. He clicked on one of the buttons on the screen, sending several of his units to attack one of his opponent's bunkers. However, when Sammy's troops got there, they were immediately ambushed by a Stealth Tank unit. The three tanks fired onto Sammy's attacking troops, annihilating all of them.
"Oh no!" Rick said. "A surprise attack!"
"I don't believe it," Sammy said. "This guy's pretty good…"
Sammy clicked on one of his supply bunkers and instructed it to produce more units. However, just as it began to produce more soldiers for Sammy's army, it exploded in a huge blaze of fire.
"Crap!" Sammy yelled. "What was that?"
"A Kamikaze Defense Unit ran into your supply bunker!" Rick said. "Man, you're in trouble…"
"Who am I playing?" Sammy asked. He clicked on his opponent's avatar, IceValkyrie71. "I don't believe it… this is their first game! Their record is 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws…"
"You think it's just someone's alternate account?" Rick asked.
"No, it tracks IP addresses… this is their first account," Sammy said. "Now who could be that good?"
Rick began reading IceValkyrie's profile.
"Sammy, it says this person is a female…" Rick read.
"Wait, you don't think it could be… no, it couldn't be," Sammy said. "I'll check."
Sammy clicked on the "In-Game Conversation button on IceValkyrie's profile."
"Hello," Sammy typed. "Do I know you?"
Sammy waited.
"Perhaps," a message that had popped up on the screen said. "Is your name Sammy?"
"Ami, is that you?" Sammy typed.
"You found me out," said the next message. "How are you doing today? ^_^ After I left your house yesterday, I went out and bought a copy of this game for myself! It looks like I'm doing pretty well!"
"Sammy, your girlfriend's a really good player!" Rick said. "Wow…"
"She's not my girlfriend," Sammy said.
"It's been nice talking to you, Sammy, but are we going to play now, or what? ^_^"
"Oh, right!" Sammy typed. "I'm sorry…"
"It's okay! Good luck!"
Sammy began scanning his list of options, looking for a move to play against Ami.
"Darn, my supply depot got destroyed… and I can't build another one for a while…" Sammy said.
Sammy moved his remaining units to the side of the screen.
"I hope they don't get destroyed…" Sammy said.
Sammy's hope didn't last very long. A few seconds later, Ami's tank rolled over Sammy's last few soldiers, crushing them.
"Aw, you lost," Rick said.
"At least I lost to Ami," Sammy said. "She won't brag like Serena would! I'm glad Serena doesn't play…"
Sammy began typing another message to Ami.
"Good game," Sammy typed. "See you soon!"
"Okay!" read Ami's reply message. "Same here!"
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An hour later…
"Sammy, your blue-haired friend is here!" Sammy's mom yelled from downstairs.
"Ami's here?" Sammy said. "Alright!"
Sammy and Rick shut off Sammy's computer and ran down to the front door to greet Ami.
"Good afternoon!" Ami said. "So, are you guys ready to go get some ice cream?"
"Sure!" Sammy said. "Let's go!"
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The ice cream parlor was rather close to Sammy's house, so Ami, Sammy, and Rick didn't have to walk very far to get there. The three teens walked into the parlor, found a booth next to the window, and sat down. Sammy and Rick sat together on one side of the booth, and Ami sat across from them.
"So, what have you guys been up to today?" Ami asked, smiling.
"Oh, you should know," Rick said. "Man, you kicked Sammy's butt!"
Ami giggled.
"I'm surprised I was able to beat you, Sammy," Ami said. "What happened?"
"You're really smart," Sammy said. "You can strategize really well and everything…"
"But you've got experience, Sammy!" Ami said. "It's just like chess. You don't have to be smart to play chess, you learn something from every game."
"I play chess a little bit, but I'm not that good," Sammy said. "I'm definitely not as good as you…"
"Cheer up, Sammy!" Ami said. "There's lots of things you're good at. You're on the school baseball team, and the basketball team! I'm not really good at sports…"
"You're a really good swimmer!" Sammy said. "You came in first in that regional competition!"
"You came to watch me?" Ami asked. "Thank you!"
"Well, actually, I only came because Serena wanted to… but I didn't expect to see you there, Ami! If I had known you'd be there, I would have come on my own!" Sammy said. Ami smiled at him.
"Guys, it's the waitress!" Rick said. "Let's order our ice cream!"
"Okay!" Ami said. The waitress, a pretty blonde-haired woman, walked up to Ami and the others.
"Hello!" the waitress said cheerfully. "So, what ice cream will you be having today?"
"Strawberry for me," Ami said. "Thank you."
"I'm gonna have chocolate!" Rick said.
"Cookie dough ice cream for me!" Sammy said.
The waitress wrote down those orders.
"Your ice cream will be here shortly!" the waitress said, smiling. "Thank you for ordering!"
The waitress walked away.
"Well, now all we have to do is wait!" Sammy said.
"Yes, but it won't be too long!" Ami said.
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Meanwhile, in the back room…
"Well, now it's time to unleash my creation!" the blonde 'waitress' said, taking off her outfit to reveal her red witch costume underneath. She was, in fact, the dark mistress Letine. "Ha!"
Letine extended her palm.
"Ninja of Fire, come forth!" Letine said. Several flames shot from her palm and materialized together to create the ninja creature. "Go out there and destroy everything you see!"
The Ninja of Fire rushed into the eating area in a burst of flame.
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"Where's our ice cream?" Sammy asked impatiently. "I'm hungry…"
"Just wait, Sammy," Ami said. "Patience is a virtue, remem-"
A scream ran out from across the restaurant.
"What was that?" Rick yelled.
The Ninja of Fire was standing on top of a table, shooting fire at random people.
"Who's the pyromaniac?" Sammy yelled.
"Uh oh…" Ami thought. "I'd better transform… but not with all these people here…"
Ami turned to Sammy and Rick.
"I have to use the bathroom…" Ami said.
"How can you think about using the bathroom with an evil ninja running around?" Rick yelled. "Besides, the bathrooms are on fire."
Rick pointed to the area where the bathrooms used to be. Flames were pouring out of it.
"Where can I transform now? I'll just go behind the restaurant…" Ami thought.
"Be right back!" Ami said, running out of the ice cream parlor.
"I wonder where she's going?" Sammy said.
"She probably just went to go use the bathroom like she said," Rick said, hiding under the table. "C'mon, Sammy, get down!"
"Wait," Sammy said. "What if the ninja decides to go out there?"
The evil fire ninja was standing on another table, jumping up and down.
"I don't think he's leaving for a while," Rick said. A smile crossed his face. "Sammy, you pervert!"
"I don't want to watch Ami use the bathroom, I just want to make sure she doesn't get killed!" Sammy yelled. He ran out of the ice cream parlor.
"Maybe that's a good idea," Rick said. "I mean, if the ninja's in here…"
Suddenly, Rick heard heavy breathing next to him. He turned around to see the Ninja of Fire staring right at him.
"Oh crap!" Rick yelled.
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Meanwhile, behind the ice cream parlor…
"Good," Ami said, looking in all directions. "Nobody's here."
Ami took out her henshin stick.
"Now I can transform!" Ami declared.
Meanwhile, Sammy, who had just left the ice cream parlor, was standing by the exit.
"I don't have to watch her," Sammy said. "I'll just make sure the ninja doesn't walk out of the building. I-"
"Mercury Star Power!" Ami yelled, unbeknownst of Sammy's presence.
"What was that?" Sammy said. "It came from behind the building!"
Sammy ran around the corner… and couldn't believe what he saw.
"Ami?" Sammy said in amazement.
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Oooh, what did Sammy see? Well, guess you'll just have to read the next chapter to find out! Oh man, a cliffhanger… I've never done this before! I'm soooooooo good! Heh!