Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Looking Up To You ❯ Letine Attacks! ( Chapter 4 )

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* And I'm just making up an English name for Sailor Moon's finishing attack. I am so lazy… *kicks self*

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*Sammy's house, the following afternoon*

"Sammy!" Sammy's mother called from the front door. "Ami's here!"

"Alright!" Sammy said, running down the stairs. "Hey there, Ami!"

"Hello," Ami said, a smile on her face. "How are you doing today, Sammy?"

"I'm doing great!" Sammy said. "I got a few more wins in Spoils of War IV, and now I'm 6-1! That 1 loss is from you…"

Ami giggled.

"That's the only match I've played!" Ami said. "I haven't had much time to play video games today…"

"Why not?" Sammy asked. "You should! You're really good!"

"I've been doing research on the Meiji period of Japan for an exam that I'm going to be taking in a couple of weeks," Ami said.

"Oh," Sammy said. "I see. Well, anyway, shall we go up to my room? Maybe you can play there!"

"I'd love too!" Ami said cheerfully. Sammy and Ami ran up to Sammy's room, closed the door, and locked it.

"Okay," Sammy said. He looked in the closet. "Sometimes, Serena likes to hide in there."

Ami giggled.

"Still?" Ami asked. "I thought she was more mature than that…"

"She's Serena," Sammy said. "She's not mature at all!"

Ami and Sammy laughed.

"No one's around," Sammy said. Ami sat down on a chair while Sammy sat on his bed. "Okay, now tell me some stories about your adventures as Sailor Mercury!"

"Alright," Ami said. "Let's see…. I remember this one time when the other Senshi and I were fighting a monster by the name of Miss Trust. Now, this monster liked to play crazy tricks on people. She messed with people's minds."

"Sounds scary!" Sammy said.

"Anyway, she tricked all of my friends into thinking I cheated on my tests!" Ami said. "It made me really sad, because I didn't know what was going on…"

"Aw," Sammy moaned. "That sounds terrible! What did you do?"

"Well, you see, this monster tried to trick me into attacking the other Senshi!" Ami said. "But I overcame the monster's illusions and helped Sailor Moon and the others destroy the monster!"

Sammy clapped his hands.

"Really cool!" Sammy said. "Tell me another one!"

"Well, okay," Ami said. "There was this one time when it was just Sailor Moon and I. The other Senshi hadn't been discovered yet. Anyway, we got trapped in the space-time continuum!"

"Oooh!" Sammy said, his voice lined with excitement. "How'd you escape that one?"

"Sailor Moon got turned into a little girl," Ami said. "The monster had us beaten! But then…"

"Then what?" Sammy asked.

"Tuxedo Mask came and saved the day!" Ami said.

"I think I know who that is," Sammy said. "He's that dude in the Zorro costume that throws roses around."

"Yes," Ami said. "Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon happen to be in love, as well."

"Good," Sammy thought.

"So he threw the rose, and then…" Sammy said. "what happened?"

"Sailor Moon changed back into her normal size and destroyed the monster," Ami said.

"Is she always the one that destroys the monsters?" Sammy asked. "That doesn't seem fair…"

"Well, she's the leader of the group," Ami said. "She's a very good leader."

"But you're the smartest!" Sammy said. "You should be the leader!"

Ami smiled.

"Sammy, Sammy, Sammy," Ami giggled. "Sometimes, I wish I was the leader. But Sailor Moon's an excellent leader. Sometimes she makes mistakes, but she's the toughest one out of all of us… she's never died in battle."

Sammy gasped.

"You've died?" Sammy yelled in a surprise tone. "How… what…"

"The first time that I died, as well as all of the other Inner Senshi, except for Moon of course, we were fighting an evil queen of darkness named Queen Beryl," Ami said. "We went into her stronghold, and a group of five deadly youmas attacked us."

"But…but you came back to life later, right?" Sammy asked.

"Of course I did!" Ami said, smiling.

"Did it hurt… did it hurt to die?" Sammy asked.

"Well-"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Hey Sammy," Sammy's mom said softly. "Are you and Ami hungry? I made milk and cookies!"

Sammy opened the door. Sammy's mother walked in, carrying a large tray of milk and cookies with her. She set them down on the desk in Sammy's room.

"So, what are you two doing?" Sammy's mother asked.

"We're just talking," Sammy said. "About… um… video games."

"Video games?" Sammy's mother asked. "I always thought of you as more of the bookish type, Ami!"

"After seeing how much Sammy enjoyed playing his new computer game, I decided to buy a copy for myself!" Ami said. "It's really fun!"

"Sammy, your sister Serena and her friends are all out eating ice cream," Sammy's mom said. "I thought you guys might want to go with them. I could drive you, if you want, seeing as how the ice cream parlor near here was burned down."

"That sounds very nice!" Ami said, standing up. "If Sammy wants to go…"

"Sure!" Sammy said.

"Alright then!" Sammy's mother said. "I'll be waiting in the car outside, okay?"

"Thank you, Mrs. Tsukino!" Ami said with a slight bow. "We'll be right down!"

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Meanwhile, near the ice cream parlor…

"Excellent!" Letine said, scanning the area for people to attack. "Hopefully, I can get the Senshi to attack… hmmm…"

A man walked up to Letine. He was wearing a neatly pressed policeman's uniform.

"Konnichiwa, miss!" the policeman said. "Do you need any help?"

"No," Letine said. "But you will!"

Letine raised a large staff and pointed it at the policeman.

"What?" the policeman stammered. "What's that?"

Letine cackled and blasted the officer with a large red energy bolt. The unfortunate man flew back into a nearby building, impacting hard and passing out immediately. People that had seen the attack began to scream and run away.

"Well, this is very fun!" Letine giggled. "I think I'm going to enjoy this!"

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Meanwhile, inside the ice cream parlor…

"Hey Serena," Raye said, taking a bite out of her ice cream cone. "I wonder where Ami is?"

"I heard that she took Sammy and his friend out for ice cream yesterday," Mina said. "You know, it makes you wonder…"

"Now Mina, Ami and Greg are a couple!" Lita said, smiling. "Greg's coming back to Juuban in two weeks. I'm sure that Ami just considers Sammy a friend."

"Yeah," Serena said. "You know, Sammy needs to find a girlfriend his own age. There are plenty of girls at his middle school who I'm sure would love to date him!"

"You think we could hook Sammy up with someone?" Mina asked. "It wouldn't be too hard! Not for the goddess of love, at least!"

Rei frowned.

"Mina, quit that," Rei grumbled. "Besides, I could get way more girlfriends for Sammy than you could. Do you know how many girls visit the temple every day?"

"Yeah," Serena said. "And they're all scared away by your lech grandpa!"

Serena, Mina, and Lita giggled.

"Very funny," Rei hissed.

Suddenly, a huge explosion could be heard nearby.

"What was that?" Serena shrieked, standing up.

"Guys, I don't like the sound of this," Lita said. "There's trouble!"

"I sense the presence of evil," Rei said. "A very great evil…."

"Let's go!" the girls all yelled in unison. They got up and ran outside.

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:"Mwahaha!" Letine cackled, blasting a car with a ball of fire. "Fry, fry, fry!"

"Stop right there!" yelled a female voice from behind Letine. The red-clothed witch turned around… and came face to face with four of the Inner Senshi.

"Who are you?" Letine asked. "Oh, wait. You must be the Sailor Senshi. This is great!"

"The question is, who are YOU?" Sailor Moon asked, pointing at Letine. "I am the champion of justice! I am Sailor Moon! And in the name of the Moon…"

Suddenly, the Moon princess' speech was cut off by five very sharp fingernails closing around her throat.

"Is that all you can do?" Letine asked. "Make stupid speeches?"

Sailor Moon grabbed Letine's arm with both hands, trying to pull the witch's powerful hand from her neck. It was of no use, however. Sailor Moon began to choke.

"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Sailor Venus yelled, launching a powerful magical chain at the witch. The chain wrapped around Letine's wrist. Letine released her grip on Sailor Moon's throat and turned to Venus. The Moon Senshi collapsed to her knees, holding her neck and gasping for air.

"Well, this is a cute attack," Letine said. "But…"

Letine grasped the chain in both hands.

"Time for a shocking surprise!" Letine shrieked. Electricity coarsed through the chain and zapped Sailor Venus. Venus fell to the ground in a smoking heap. Sailor Mars raised her wrist-com to her mouth and began speaking into it.

"Mercury, you there?" Mars asked.

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Outside Sammy's house…

"Are you ready?" Sammy's mom asked.

"Yeah!" Sammy said. "How about you, Ami?"

"I'm ready!" Ami said. At that moment, she heard a faint beeping noise. "Uh oh… trouble…"

Ami turned to Sammy and his mother.

"Could you hold on for a second? I have to use the restroom really quick before we go," Ami said.

"Alright," Sammy's mother said. "Don't take too long!"

Ami ran into the house.

"Hmmm…" Sammy said to himself. "I don't think she's using the bathroom at all…"

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Inside the house…

"Mars, is that you?" Ami said into the wrist-com.

"Ami, this crazy witch is attacking us," Mars said. "We need your help!"

"I'll be right there!" Ami said. She ran back outside.

"Well, are you ready to go now?" Sammy's mother asked.

"Sorry," Ami said. "Something came up!"

Ami ran off down the street.

"Ami?" Sammy's mother shouted. "What's going on?"

"I'm sorry!" Ami yelled back.

"I knew it," Sammy thought. He turned to his mother. "I gotta go too!"

Sammy ran off after Ami.

"What the heck's going on here?" Sammy's mother asked.

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Meanwhile, at the battle…

Letine turned to Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter.

"Well, show me what you've got!" Letine yelled.

"Mars… Flame… Sniper!" Mars yelled, pointing her index fingers at Letine and firing off a large arrow of fire.

"Jupiter… Oak… Evolution!" Jupiter shouted. She twirled around and fired a stream of lightning and rocks at Letine. Letine smiled.

"Like I said, your attacks are cute, but leave so much to be desired!" Letine yelled. She pointed her hand at the two attacks. "Time to end this!"

A huge wall of fire appeared in front of the evil witch. It rushed at Mars and Jupiter, absorbing the two attacks and engulfing the two Senshi. The two girls screamed as the towering inferno washed over them, scorching them severely. The attack disappeared. The two Senshi collapsed to the ground.

"How pathetic," Letine said. "Scion was wrong about them. They're no challenge!"

"Mercury… Aqua… Rhapsody!" yelled a voice out of nowhere. A huge wave of water crashed into Letine, knocking her back.

"Who was that?" Letine shouted, looking around.

Sailor Mercury leapt down in front of Letine. Sammy was hiding behind a group of bushes, unseen by Letine or any of the Senshi.

"I am Sailor Mercury!" Mercury yelled.

"Ah yes, now I remember! You killed my precious ninja yesterday!" Letine said. "Well, I have to avenge him now, don't I?"

Letine pointed her hand at Ami. Ami gasped.

"Take this! Wall of Fire!" Letine shouted, sending a pillar of flames surging toward Sailor Mercury. The water Senshi leapt out of the way and behind Letine.

"Mercury Bubbles Bla-" Mercury started to yell before she was cut off by Letine's fist slamming into her stomach. Sailor Mercury doubled over and fell to the ground.

"Darn, too bad you couldn't get that attack off the ground," Letine said. "And too bad YOU can't get off the ground!"

Letine giggled at her own joke.

"Sailor Mercury!" Sammy yelled, standing up. "Ooops…"

Letine turned toward Sammy.

"And who might you be?" Letine asked.

"Sammy…" Mercury whispered. "What… what are you doing…"

"Sammy?" Sailor Moon shrieked, standing and wobbling weakly, just having recovered from nearly being strangled by the evil witch. "I can't let that witch hurt my brother!"

Letine slowly began to walk toward Sammy. The boy trembled, but bravely held his ground.

"Are you a member of the Sailor Senshi fanclub?" Letine asked. "You poor, perverted little boy."

Letine stood right next to Sammy and grabbed him by the shirt collar. Sammy struggled to free himself from Letine's grasp.

"Maybe I'll let you die first!" Letine shrieked.

Sailor Moon stood up and pointed her staff at Letine.

"Moon… Blessed…"

Letine turned around, dropping Sammy.

"What?" Letine yelled.

"HALLATION!" Sailor Moon shouted, sending a wave of magical energy at Letine. The witch raised her own staff to defend herself from the attack.

"Dark Red Stream!" Letine yelled, firing a huge, crimson-colored wave of dark energy at Sailor Moon's magical blast. The two magical waves collided, but Letine's blast quickly managed to push Sailor Moon's attack back.

"Noooo!" Sailor Moon yelled.

"Sailor Moon!" the other Senshi screamed. Letine's attack pushed all the way back toward Sailor Moon until it completely dissipating Moon's attack. The dark magic wave then rushed over Sailor Moon's body. A mammoth explosion engulfed the Moon princess.

"NOOOO!" Sailor Mercury screamed. A brilliant flash of red light blinded everyone in the area. When the light disappeared, Sailor Moon was lying on the ground, motionless. Her Senshi outfit had been torn in several places, and she had several large burns and cuts on her body.

"Just like shooting fish in a barrel," Letine said. She turned back to Sammy. "Didn't you enjoy that?"

Sammy shivered in fear. The other Senshi were still on the ground, heavily injured by Letine's attacks.

"I wonder who to kill next?" Letine asked. "Let's see…"

A red rose descended from the sky. Letine, caught off-guard, winced in pain as the thorny rose scratched across her face, making a small cut.

"Who was that?" Letine yelled. "Whoever it was…"

Letine looked up to the roof of the ice cream parlor to see a man wearing a tuxedo, a cape, and a mask on his eyes staring at her.

"It seems you enjoy bringing pain and suffering to others!" Tuxedo Mask yelled. "Maybe I should bring some pain and suffering to you!"

Letine smiled.

"What a cutie," Letine thought. "I wonder if he screams well?"

A smile crossed Letine's face.

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That's it for this chapter! Looks like somebody's really ticked off at Letine… and his name is Tuxedo Mask! What's going to happen? I guess you'll just have to wait and see! If you guys don't review… well, I'll still write, but my self-esteem will fall to 99.9% of its normal level, and that's not a good thing, it's a bad thing! ^_^