Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Looking Up To You ❯ Sammy Slips Up! ( Chapter 3 )

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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. Also, I'm gonna go for American attack names here… *begs forgiveness from the purists*

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Sammy gasped in amazement at what he saw.

"No way…" Sammy muttered. "Ami?"

Ami was surrounded by a brilliant white flash. Sammy could only look for a split second before he had to cover his eyes.

"So bright," Sammy said. "What's going on?"

Sammy looked again. The flash had faded, and standing in the middle of where it had been was a beautiful blue-haired girl wearing a blue sailor outfit and mini-skirt. Sammy ran around the corner, out of her line of sight.

"I don't believe it," Sammy said. "That's Sailor Mercury! But…"

The stunned Sammy shook his head. He couldn't believe it.

"There's no way…" Sammy thought. "But there has to be! Ami is such a wonderful and beautiful girl… there has to be something special about her…but could she really be Sailor Mercury?"

Sammy gasped.

"Oh crap, did she see me?" Sammy thought. "Superheroes have secret identities… if Ami knew I knew who she really was, she'd erase my memory or something! But Ami wouldn't do that…"

Sammy crouched down against the wall of the building, deep in thought.

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Meanwhile, in the back alley…

"I thought I heard something," Ami, now Sailor Mercury said, looking around. "Is it the ninja?"

Mercury took out her mini-computer and began scanning the area.

"No, it's still inside…" Mercury said. "Hmmm…"

Mercury put the computer away and ran out of the back alley. Sammy, close by, could her hear coming.

"Oh no, if she sees me, I'm toast!" Sammy said. He jumped into a dumpster that was next to him. "Why am I so scared of Ami…. Sailor Mercury?"

Sammy clutched his head in his hands.

"Oh, I'm a total wreck," Sammy groaned. "But I can't stay in this stupid dumpster."

Sammy hopped out of the dumpster and ran around to the back entrance of the shop.

"I'll hide in here!" Sammy said, walking into the back door and ignoring the 'Employees Only' sign.

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The evil Ninja of Fire held Rick up in the air.

"Lemme go!" Rick yelled, kicking at the ninja futilely.

"Die," the ninja said, lighting up a fireball in its other hand.

"Oh no…" Rick thought.

"Stop right there!" yelled a female voice from the entrance of the shop.

The ninja dropped the kicking boy and turned to face the person who had challenged him. Standing in the doorway was the beautiful Senshi of water, Sailor Mercury.

"How dare you pick on innocent people!" Mercury yelled. "You are a barbaric fiend, and in the name of Mercury, I shall destroy you!"

The Ninja of Fire laughed.

"My mistress told me about you," the ninja said. "You're one of the Earth's protectors. You're one of the Sailor Senshi!'

"That's correct!" Mercury said. She raised her hand to her ear and tapped her earring, causing the VR Goggles to appear over her eyes. "Let's see… it's a fire element, so it's weak to ice and water attacks!"

Mercury smiled.

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Meanwhile, in the back room…

"Well, I'd love to stay and watch my ninja kill things, but Scion needs me," Letine sighed. "Darn."

The blonde witch teleported away just as Sammy entered through the back door.

"Where is everyone?" Sammy said, looking around. "I wonder if Rick's around…"

Suddenly, Sammy heard a faint groaning noise coming from behind a stack of boxes.

"What's that?" Sammy said, running over and looking behind the boxes. "Hey!"

Sitting behind the boxes was a brown-haired woman dressed in a waitress' outfit. She was rubbing her head.

"Unnh…" groaned the waitress, looking up toward Sammy. "What happened?"

"I don't know… hey, there's a lump on the back of your head!" Sammy said, pointing to the small lump that was on the waitress' head. "How'd that happen?"

The waitress stood up.

"I guess I must have gotten knocked out," the waitress said. "Darn…"

At that moment, a fireball blazed past Sammy and the waitress. It continued on and ignited another stack of boxes, setting them on fire.

"I don't know what the heck's going on, but I'm getting out of here!" the waitress shrieked, running out the back door.

"Should I go too?" Sammy said. "But if Ami's Sailor Mercury… then she's probably fighting in the front of the shop! I can't just leave her…"

Sammy rushed toward the front, until he was standing behind the counter in the main room of the parlor.

"Alright!" Sammy said. "Now I've got a clear view of the fight…"

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Sailor Mercury and the Ninja of Fire were facing off near a row of tables.

"Your fire attacks might be flashy, but they're easy to dodge!" Mercury said. "But this won't be!"

Mercury extended her palms toward the monster.

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury shouted. The large stream of bubbles engulfed the ninja, who began to recoil in pain.

"I hate water!" the ninja yelled. "Why, you…"

But before the ninja could strike back at Mercury, the room had been filled with a dense fog.

"I can't see…" Sammy said, looking around. "Where'd she go?"

The ninja, who was just as perplexed as Sammy, looked around the room in frustration.

"She's disappeared!" the ninja shouted. "Where did she-"

As quickly as she disappeared, Mercury reappeared… right next to the ninja.

"Mercury… Aqua… Rhapsody!"

The huge waves of water washed over the ninja, who collapsed to the ground.

"I… I… NOOOOO!" the ninja yelled as he melted into nothingness and became nothing more than mist in the air. Mercury's fog disappeared.

"Alright!" Sammy cheered. "You go, A-"

Sammy put his hand over his mouth.

"Oops, I mean… you go, Sailor Mercury!"

"That's it for him," Mercury said. "I'm glad I was able to defeat him before anyone was hurt… I hope… is there anyone here?"

Rick crawled out from under the table that he had hid under after the ninja dropped him.

"Yeah…" Rick said. "Thank you."

Mercury scanned the room for anyone else.

"Uh oh… where did Sammy go?" Mercury thought. "Did he run off?"

Sammy was still hidden behind the counter.

"What am I gonna do?" Sammy thought to himself. "If I come out from behind here, Ami'll know I was sneaking around… and she might think that I know that she's Sailor Mercury! But…"

Sammy shook his head.

"I might as well come out," Sammy thought. "She can't possibly know what I know! I know it!"

Sammy leapt up and hopped over the counter to face Sailor Mercury.

"Hello," Mercury said, with a slight smile. "Where did you come from?"

Mercury giggled.

"She's Ami alright," Sammy said. "What a beautiful smile… oh, what am I thinking?"

"I hid behind here when the monster showed up…" Sammy said.

"I thought you ran out to check on Ami," Rick said. "Wait a second… where is Ami?"

"I thought I saw a blue-haired girl behind the store," Mercury said. "She was hiding behind there to get away from the monster."

"Just like a girl to run off and leave the guys around when a monster shows up," Rick said.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go now," Mercury said. "If I see your friend Ami, I'll tell her that you're looking for her, okay?"

"Okay," Sammy said. "Thank you, Sailor Mercury!"

Mercury smiled at Sammy, then ran out the front door.

"That was wild!" Rick said excitedly. "Man, if it hadn't been for Sailor Mercury, I woulda been toast!"

Rick sat down on one of the chairs that had been untouched by the monster's flames.

"Geez, I bet Ami's all the way home by now," Rick said. "I don't blame her, though. So Sammy, what were you doing back there, anyway? What did you see?"

"Oh, Ami wasn't there when I looked," Sammy lied.

"It figures," Rick said. "Well, I gotta be going, Sammy."

Rick turned to leave.

"I'll see ya tomorrow, okay?" Rick said. "But I think we'll be staying home this time."

"Yeah," Sammy said, smiling. Rick walked out of the restaurant. "Well, I guess I'd better be going, too…"

Sammy walked out the door and turned toward his house.

"I don't think Ami knows that I found out about her being Sailor Mercury," Sammy said. "I'd better keep it that way…"

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Sammy turned the last corner toward his house.

"Whew, what a day…" Sammy said. "Now I just want to relax… huh?"

Sammy noticed a girl standing near the entrance to his house. The girl was waving to him.

"Ami?" Sammy said. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, she knows I know she's Sailor Mercury! She's showed up at my house to zap my memory… or worse! But Ami wouldn't do that!"

Sammy smiled and waved back.

"Come on now, Sammy Tsukino. Get a hold of yourself!" Sammy thought. "She couldn't have seen you…"

Sammy walked up to Ami.

"Sammy, I'm so sorry I left you and Rick at the ice cream parlor," Ami said. "I just… I just got so scared when that monster showed up, and-"

"Don't worry about it," Sammy said. "I don't blame you. It's a good thing Sailor Mercury showed up when she did, huh?"

"Sailor Mercury showed up?" Ami said, in a fake tone of amazement. "Did she destroy the monster?"

"Yeah, she did!" Sammy said. "It was really cool!"

Ami giggled.

"Oh, Sammy, I'm so sorry I ran off…" Ami said. "Maybe we could go get ice cream tomorrow, okay?"

"I don't know," Sammy said. "The ice cream parlor is destroyed, and Rick's kind of mad at you. Maybe some other time."

"Are you angry?" Ami asked. "Because I'm really, really sorry…"

Ami looked down at the ground with a sad look in her eyes.

"No, Ami…" Sammy said. "I…"

Sammy embraced the blue-haired girl. She leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Ami, I forgive you," Sammy said. "It's okay…"

Sammy backed off.

"What am I doing?" Sammy thought. "Oh geez, I hugged her… now she'll think I'm all weird and stuff…"

"Thank you, Sammy," Ami said. She smiled at Sammy with her familiar, beautiful smile. "I needed that… thank you."

Sammy smiled at Ami.

"If you want to get ice cream, I guess we can go tomorrow," Sammy said. "But it'll be a long way to walk."

"Alright, that sounds great!" Ami said. "I'm sure that Darien can take us in his truck. But that means that Serena would have to go too!"

"Not Serena," Sammy thought. "But ice cream is ice cream, and Ami is Ami."

"That's fine," Sammy said. "I'll see you tomorrow afternoon then!"

Sammy hugged Ami again, then walked up the walkway toward his house.

"She doesn't know that you know, Sammy!" Sammy thought. "You're home free!"

"By the way," Ami said, "tell your friend Rick that I'm sorry too… if he wants to go get ice cream tomorrow, he can, okay?"

Sammy turned and smiled.

"Alright, I'll try to get him to come," Sammy said. "He's fine. You saved him, remember?"

"Oh CRAP!"

Ami gasped.

"Me?" Ami said. "I don't know what you're talking about…"

"I don't know either!" Sammy stammered, trying to find something to say. "I mean… Sailor Mercury saved him!"

"You know," Ami said. "You… you know… you know my secret…"

"Oh no, Ami, I don't know! Ami, I'm so sorry! It was an accident! Please don't erase my memory!" Sammy pleaded.

Ami giggled.

"I swear, I swear I won't tell anyone!" Sammy said. "I promise!"

"You know, I became Sailor Mercury when I was only a few weeks older than 14," Ami said. "A little older than you are now."

"Ami?" Sammy said.

"I know you won't say anything to anyone," Ami said. "I know I can trust you… you're my friend."

"That's good," Sammy said, feeling very relieved. "Ami… what's it like being a Sailor Senshi?"

Ami smiled.

"You already know who I am, I can't tell you everything, Sammy!" Ami said. "But maybe tomorrow, I can stop by and tell you a few stories about my adventures… okay?"

"That sounds awesome!" Sammy said. "I'd rather hear about cool adventure stories than eat ice cream any day! And I promise, I won't tell anyone who you are! Not mom, not dad, and DEFINITELY not Serena!"

"There's no way she'd believe I was Sailor Mercury anyway!" Ami said, giggling.

"You're probably right," Sammy said. Sammy and Ami began laughing for several seconds. "Well, goodbye, Ami!"

"Goodbye, Sammy!" Ami said as she walked away, back to her own home.

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Back at the evil castle…

"Scion, you were right about the Sailor Senshi," Alexis said. "It only took one of them to beat Letine's monster."

"There are five Senshi in all," Scion said. "The Dark Force was right when he said it would take more than monsters to defeat the Senshi."

"We just need big monsters!" Letine said.

"No, Letine. It may take one of us," Scion said.

"Let me go! Let me kill the Senshi!" Letine cried, jumping up and down eagerly.

"Let Letine fight them," Alexis said. "Maybe they'll beat her, and she'll stop being so annoying."

A sly grin crossed Alexis' face.

"I'll show you!" Letine huffed, pointing at Alexis angrily. "I'll bring back the Senshi's heads, and I'll mount them on MY wall and charge you money to look at them!"

"Oh boy," Alexis said. "Like I'd really want to pay money to see dismembered heads."

"That's enough from you two," Scion said. "Alright then, Letine. Tomorrow, you will go to Earth and fight these mysterious Sailor Senshi. But be careful. They are far more powerful than you may thing."

"Don't worry," Letine said. "Tomorrow, I'll make them dead! All dead!"

Letine cackled insanely.

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My my, that Letine's an eager one, isn't she? Will she make good on her promise to kill the Senshi? Will Alexis have enough money to see their heads? I guess you'll just have to wait until next chapter…