Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Lament ❯ A golden light in a dark battle ( Chapter 22 )

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

“Blessed Serenity… Everyone, back to back now!” Luna demanded in a cold demanding voice as the four materialized in the center of what could only be described as a killing field.

Merci gasped, Bruuna tightly grit her teeth, and Sailor Moon started sobbing wildly as their surroundings truly began to register to them. Hundreds of bodies were torn apart and burnt, scattered throughout the ticketing area of Tokyo International. The four companions had materialized atop a pile of charred remains. Sailor Moon lost it and began to vomit, through her continued frenzied sobs.

Had Ami’s consciousness been able to remember this, it would have haunted her nightmares for years. Merci pitied Usagi, knowing that the young warrior was not so lucky. Were they not in a most deadly situation, she would have liked to take the reincarnated warrior into her arms and help her to forget and cope with the destruction she was faced with. Sailor Moon, Usagi, after all was the reincarnation of her beloved Vileal. Now however, was not the time for such inappropriate thoughts.

“Vile bastard!” Bruuna spat, nearly gagging on the overwhelming stench of immense amounts of spilt blood and burnt flesh.

A booming explosion rocked the foundations of the airport. Sailor Moon, already week kneed, fell to the floor crying hysterically. As a soldier of love and justice she had fought and won many battles, but she had yet to be faced with death in such a grand scale, and in such a vile display as this. The sight and smell of hundreds of people torn to pieces around her was too much for her.

Merci, could not ignore her heart any longer and knelt beside Sailor Moon, helping her to her feet. She wanted to say something, but Luna beat her to it.

“Get a hold of yourself Sailor Moon!” The feline general hissed.

The sudden sound of machine gun fire sobered everyone immediately. Screams and several explosions quickly followed the barrage.

“General, she is not ready for this. Keep her safe and away from this mad man. Bruuna and I will go out and face him.” Luna nodded at Merci, torn by the circumstance of her forced decision.

The feline general was furious, but as hard as she was on her soldier, she could not fault her reaction. Although Luna had seen carnage comparable to this once before in her life, her young student had not. The general just hoped to get her calm enough to be able to help Merci and Bruuna, before it was too late.

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“Useless, how utterly useless!” The dark general roared with laughter as he launched a barrage of explosive energies towards the soldiers and policemen trying to gun him down. He hovered fifteen feet above the ground, a purplish globe of energy surrounded him and served as an impenetrable shield. A continual spray of bullets ricocheted off of it, sending the empty shells to rain down beneath him.

On any day Jadeite was an imposing, and fearsome looking foe. He looked like a demon this night. His body still carried the wounds from before, and was caked with the blood of hundreds intermixed with his own. The tatters of his Nazi uniform had long since been soaked through, and now dripped blood in several areas.

Had anyone been close enough to look at him clearly, they would have been able to see that all traces of humanity, and even sanity itself, had left his cold empty eyes. With the threat of imminent destruction at Beryl’s hands the Dark General had lost all traces of his remaining sanity. He had everything to loose, and he fought like a demon because of it, it made him unpredictable and very, very deadly.

“Shabon Spray!”

“What?” Jadeite’s insane laughter ceased as his vision was obscured by a thick freezing fog.

“Jadeite!” Merci’s voice cut through the blinding mist. “We’re here, leave these men be and face me!”

“As you wish… My lady!” Jadeite, an accomplished and vicious warrior, felt the shift in the air around him and spun away to avoid Bruuna as she leapt at him in an attempt to skewer him with her massive trident.

“Mecurian Bitch!” Jadeite spat, as he escaped the near death blow. With a minor bit of focus, the Dark General reached into the pocket realm that held his arsenal, and withdrew his ancient blade. “This time your blood will stain my blade crimson!”

With a skill far superior to two thousand years prior, Jadeite lunged at Bruuna, who had no time to recover from her wild leap. Jadeite shot from his position fifteen feet above the one eyed guardsman, at amazing speed. Bruuna, relying on her instincts flipped forward and set her trident in preparation for the charge. Jadeite saw her tactic and spun to the side, avoiding her trident and slashing out at the same time.

Bruuna winced as she felt his sword cut through her shirt and into her flesh. Regardless of his first blood, she whipped her trident around, catching his ankle as he flew past. Her strength behind the swing was enough to shatter the bone. If the loud sound of bones crunching wasn’t an indication of the damage, than Jadeite’s hateful scream was.

Jadeite bit his lip to cut off his scream. He flew forward a few more feet before turning to face his adversary. He nodded to her once as he hovered five feet above the ground before her. Bruuna returned the nod before both battle hardened warriors charged. Their weapons met in a clash of sparks and magical flames. There was no more laughter or taunts as the two warriors flowed through the complex, lethal dance.

At first Bruuna thought that she might have the upper hand, but as scant few minutes passed it was obvious that Jadeite had adapted to her technique and was quickly pressing his attack. His skill was amazing, if he were not her opponent in this fight to the death she would be awed by his mastery of the blade. Even still, she was proud and honored to have lasted this long in a fight with some one so much her superior.

Bruuna fought her hardest, putting everything into the battle, it was not enough. She thrust her trident forward, but Jadeite had sidestepped it and thrust forward. Bruuna felt her end, she hoped that Merci had enough time to evacuate the remaining humans, she hoped that Merci left with them and would live a long and happy life.

“Moon-Tiara Action!”

Bruuna’s eyes shot wide at the familiar attack phrase, used centuries ago by the former Moon soldier, Vileal. Sailor Moon stood several yards behind them, she looked sick and terrified. General Luna was tightly gripped to her shoulder and whispering into her ear. Jadeite ceased his killing strike and turned to knock Sailor Moon’s Tiara out of the air. Bruuna took immediate advantage of the distraction and thrust her trident forward.

Jadeite knew he was in immediate danger after knocking away the spinning disc thrown by Sailor Moon. He could feel the rush of pressure as Bruuna’s trident approached his back. Knowing that he lacked the time to spin and parry, he used his power to fly upwards, hoping to dodge the death-blow completely.

“Arrrgh!” A scream tore from his lips as Bruuna’s trident bit deep into the back of Jadeite’s right thigh. He could feel it as it slid through his flesh, tore his muscle, and cracked his bone. With the sudden jolt of pain, Jadeite released a tremendous burst of energy, the sphere that blocked the gunshots earlier reappeared and pulsed outward, slamming into Bruuna. The sudden force of it hit her like a sledgehammer and sent her fling through the windshield of an abandoned cop car.

Bruuna flew through the air at an astounding speed. When she hit the windshield it felt like her body had exploded. She was unconscious as the windshield shattered and her possession faded. Ayanee Mizuno, flew through the patrol car, breaking the passenger’s seat cage and lay still upon the back seats.

Jadeite pushed himself into the air, to hover twenty feet above the ground. Biting through his cheeks he grasped the trident and pulled it from his ruined leg. As it left his leg the trident became intangible and vanished. The pain of his wound was indescribable. A wave of sudden nausea hit him, almost causing him to black out. Taking mere seconds to center himself Jadeite grit his teeth and let out a deafening roar of defiance. He had seen how Bruuna had landed and knew that she was no longer a threat, so he turned his attention to his newest adversary.

“Sailor Moon run!” Merci cried out as she emerged from the thinning fog created by her power and the smoke of the burning vehicles and service men. She had not seen Bruuna as she was defeated, but she moved with ferocity of one protecting her lover. Even though Usagi, as Sailor Moon was not Vileal as she was, that is what Merci saw when she looked upon the younger girl.

“Ice Beam!” Merci shouted as she focused her energies into a concentrated beam. Twin lasers of ice shot from her hands, leaving her blue arms coated in a thin layer of frost. The twin blasts left a twinkling trail of flaking ice as they traveled unerringly towards their target.

Jadeite’s eyes widened as he paced the powerful attack. At the second before impact, he threw up his magical barrier which was engulfed by the freezing beam. His shield wavered, but held out against the attack.

Usagi watched Merci in awe for a moment before breaking from her equally fear and awe induced trance. Merci charged Jadeite, hurling a stream of freezing water toward him. The General held respect for Merci’s power, but not her skill. He watched as the attack approached and simply levitated out of its way rather than risk his shield absorbing another attack. He tried to concentrate enough to form an attack of his own, but the pain in his leg was too distracting. He needed energy to help repair the damage or at the very least, dull the pain. He marked Sailor Moon as the easiest target and sped toward her.

Seeing his intent, Luna shouted instructions to Usagi, who followed them without hesitation or thought. She blindly led the wounded General closer to Merci before ducking under an overturned Humm-v. Jadeite, who had to maintain his levitation in order to stay mobile could not follow. So intent on Sailor Moon was he that he failed to notice Merci as she seized on an opening in his defenses.

Merci leapt up into the air from behind the wrecked Humm-V, gathering the moisture in the air around her to form a magnificent blade of solid ice. The Ancient soldier sprung twenty feet into the air before crashing down onto the startled and wounded General.

“No!” Jadeite saw the attack at the last moment, and he knew he could not dodge it. Risking fate he threw up his left arm and focused his energy shield to form once more.

Merci, seeing the shield, focused her power into her blade and let it explode the moment it hit his shield. The effect was catastrophic for Jadeite. His shield buckled and shattered under Merci’s rage and power. Her blade, still burning with the freezing energy of her element tore through not only his shield, but his arm as well.

Jadeites pupils dilated in pain as he held back a scream. The world slowed to a crawl as he felt his hand detach from his wrist. He watched as it slowly fell free of his body to land on the floor. He watched Merci as her momentum doubled her over leaving her exposed.

With a vengeful snarl, Jadeite fought through his pain and readied his sword. Before Merci could regain her balance Jadeite deftly maneuvered his blade behind her defenses and tore it across her belly.

The sudden agonizing sensation tearing across her gut stopped Merci in her tracks, as she crouched over in pain. She had thought that her attack had finished the madman, that she had finally avenged her lover. She had failed. Jadeite had finished his stroke and bashed the pommel of his blade into the base of Merci’s skull. Her world exploded into a blast of searing pain and then nothing.

“Ami!”

“Lady Merci!” Sailor Moon and Luna cried as Merci fell to the ground with a thud, blood already pooling from her stomach and head. Before her body had settled, her possession had faded and it was Ami, not Merci who now lay in a pool of blood.

Jadeite moved in for the kill, but had a sudden change in mind and turned instead toward the wrecked vehicle in which Sailor Moon hid. An invisible form moved quickly from where he had silently watched the battle. When he saw Merci go down he knew he had to get over his fear and step in; he was amazed that his minor dazzle had distracted the crazed killer. He regretted turning his attention on Sailor Moon, but he needed to save his friend before she bled to death.

Jadeite floated silently toward the Humm-v, not seeing as Ami’s wound began to fuse shut, do to the invisible man’s aid. With a wave of his sword arm, the vehicle rose into the air and flew off to explode several meters away. Sailor Moon was crouched, low trying to wipe away her tears after seeing what she thought was Ami’s death. Exposed by Jadeite, Sailor Moon launched her tiara in a wild toss. Grief, shock, and fear, badly hampered her aim and Jadeite easily dodged it.

The wounded madman slowly hovered toward the cowering Moon Soldier and the hissing feline General.
Before he was a yard away, a large red rose split the air before him and lodged several inches into the ground. Jadeite looked up in curiosity and annoyance. A tall man dressed in black and holding a large metal cane, leapt from the wreckage of a downed airplane and landed protectively in front of his intended prey.

“Sailor Moon, steady yourself, we can beat him together.” The man in black spoke in a calm and collected voice that annoyed Jadeite.

“Silly man,” Jadeite coughed, while sizing up his newest adversary. He determined that the tall slender boy dressed in a silver mask and black tuxedo would pose no threat.

“You cannot even save yourself!” The dark general, still levitating, lunged forward.

“Tuxedo Kamen!” Sailor Moon and another soft, masculine voice screamed simultaneously.

With two swings of his sword, the battle was over. The first disarmed the young man, and the second plunged into his heart. Or, it should have, an invisible barrier of some kind had formed, deflecting the blow. Jadeite was surprised at the boy’s ability to use such a defense, but was unconcerned, there was after all a much easier way to defeat him.

“Aaaaahhhh!” The masked man screamed through gritted teeth as his life’s energy was siphoned off of him.

“NO!”

Jadeite spun around at the sound of the disturbingly familiar voice. He recognized the owner immediately. Behind him the air shifted as a young man became visible. He was the same man who had nearly killed him a week earlier.

“You…” Jadeite whispered, already feeling stronger from the energy he managed to take from the masked fighter. The young man with the green tinted skin raised his hands in front of him and with a milliseconds concentration had his nails elongate and twist into the equivalent of two blades.

Fiore feigned a charge, causing Jadeite to brace for it. Instead of attacking however, Fiore used his developing powers to phase behind his opponent, and retrieve the unconscious form of the man he loved. Jadeite spun around, his sword leading the way, but all he hit was air. The elfin man had already vanished, taking the masked youth with him.

Fiore looked back upon the battle from the distance he had teleported. He wanted to go back and help Ami and Usagi, but he could feel his power waning and he needed to make sure that Mamoru would be safe. ::I’m sorry Miss. Ami. Please hang on for just a few minutes, she will be here soon. And unlike me, she will have the power to save us all from this demon.::

“So, little girl,” Jadeite whispered as he slowly floated toward a cowering Sailor Moon. “You have been a thorn in the Dark Kingdom’s side for far too long. Beryl will be most please if I bring your head along with that of Lady Merci’s.”

Luna hissed wildly, preparing to leap out in futile protest against their executioner. ::I’m sorry Queen Serenity, I have failed them again.::

“Farewell Sailor Moon!” Jadeite swung his sword downward in a deadly arc.

Sailor Moon closed her eyes tightly not wanting to see her end, when she was hit with a sudden impact. Her eyes opened in shock as she was tackled out of the way of Jadeite’s death stroke. Jadeite did not have time to stop his momentum. His sword struck the pavement with all of his strength behind it. The shock of the impact jarred him badly causing him to drop the sword and loose his concentration completely. With his concentration broken, Jadeite lost his ability to float and fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

“Ami!” Sailor Moon shouted in joy, as she tightly hugged the other girl. Ami was too hurt to protest the hug or the familiarity in which Usagi spoke her name.

“Miss. Ami, are you alright? Oh God, Ami you’re bleeding!” Sailor Moon gasped and without thought ripped the bow off of her uniform and pressed it tightly to the horribly mangled scar that ran across Ami’s stomach. When Ami had tackled her out of harms way, the quick fuse that Fiore had performed on her gut wound had torn open slightly. Ami winced at the sudden pressure against her injury, but was touched by Usagi’s immediate and genuine concern.

Luna was especially concerned for Ami, who not only transformed back from Merci, but lost her transformation into Sailor Mercury as well. The ancient General did a quick appraisal of her charges as Sailor Moon still fussed with the wound on Ami’s stomach. Sailor Moon was fine physically, but she looked pale and was trembling slightly. Luna was very concerned about her mental well being.

Ami‘s condition was the exact opposite. The older teen looked completely battered. Her t-shirt had been torn in half, exposing her midriff and the mangled scar that had started to bleed again, covering her abdomen and a good portion of her jeans as well.. Her long blue hair was also matted and caked with sticky blood, especially near the base of her head. Luna surmised that whatever partially sealed her gut wound must have also healed her head, otherwise she would surely have a concussion.

“Girls we have to move now before that psychopath gets up!” Luna warned as she frantically shifted about on Sailor Moon’s shoulder.

“Too late for that kitty cat.”

Sailor Moon and Ami screamed. Jadeite, sword in hand, stood less than a yard from them. The crazed General looked as if he should be dead. His skin was deathly pale, as if all the blood had drained from the stump on his grotesquely mangled arm, or the horrific wreckage of his leg where Bruuna had broken the ankle and shredded the thigh. His face was deceptively calm, but his eyes held a raging flame of pain and insanity.

“Sailor Moon, Ami RUN!” Luna screeched as she leapt from Sailor Moon’s shoulder, attempting to distract their attacker. Jadeite flung his sword out in a quick, brutal swipe, hitting Luna with the flat of his blade and sending her flying through the air. Luna had lost consciousness upon impact with the sword and could not land properly and flopped across the airport runway. When she finally skid to a halt she lay on her side, very, very still.

Jadeite had immediately changed the course of his blade to swipe at the two girls. Ami, despite her wound jumped to her feet, pulling Usagi with her. Without a second thought to her own safety, Ami shifted so that her body would shield that of the panicked Moon Soldier.

“Admirable.” Jadeite whispered with a genuine bit of admiration in his voice.

“You are completely powerless and yet you still seek to defy me.” For a brief moment the fire in his eye’s cleared, and he appeared as he might have thousands of years before, before he accepted the taint of the Great Shadow.

“I wish that I could offer you the dignity of killing you as Merci, and not as this human shell you are wearing.” The Dark General paused for a moment to consider the terrified moon Soldier and the battered, but defiant young woman. He locked gazes with Ami’s deep blue eyes, then finding what he was looking for he raised his sword in a final salute. “Farewell, Lady Merci…”

“Aaaaaiiieee!”

Sailor Moon screamed as a sudden shower of blood covered her face and shoulders. Ami’s eyes were still as they locked on Jadeite’s arm. She never blinked as a golden, barbed chain, linked around his bicep and became taut while ripping the entire arm from its socket.

“Josef!” A shadowy figure called out in a loud, strained, undoubtedly female, voice.

Ami watched entranced as Jadeite’s eyes narrowed to slits and his face became a mask of pure hate filled rage. Blood sprayed from his many wounds as he suddenly and violently spun around to face his attacker. Sailor Moon continued to scream, and Ami watched in morbid fascination, too shell shocked to take her eyes off of the macabre display.

“You shall address me as Herr Doctor you miserable bitch.” Jadeite managed to choke out through the pain in a language it took Ami a moment to identify as German.

Faster than a human being should be able to move, the shadowy figure shot forward. Jadeite started to say something else, but choked on his words as a torrent of blood spewed from his mouth. Ami’s eyes widened in shock as she was covered with another fine spray of the mess. Sailor Moon cried and scurried away as fast as she could. Ami would have, if her body was listening to her at the moment.

Jadeite gagged once more as his back split open. A blade of shimmering silver crystal pierced through the madman, brightening and burning away any blood and gore that marred its pristine surface.

Everything slowed as jadeite slowly took a step closer to his killer, accepting more of the sword into him. He struggled to lift his handless arm to rest on her shoulder, before lowering his head to whisper into her ear.

“Is your thirst for vengeance fulfilled, my little godling? But a goddess, you are no longer… and I… I still have your heart… your soul…” The Ancient warrior’s final words were strangled by his blood escaping from his mouth. Without another sound Jadeite’s body darkened and crumpled into dust.

“Bastard.” The mysterious woman spat before sheathing her shining crystal blade.

Sailor Moon remained cowering away from the horrific scene; Ami had managed to break free from the paralyzing fear that had held her in place. She had many questions for their savior, and slowly moved forward to confront her.

The warrior was presumably of Japanese decent, though she had short golden blonde hair and sky blue eyes. She wore an old worn olive green military uniform of some sort; a beautiful, intricate red mask obscured her face. The woman, Ami could not tell her approximate age due to her mask, was armed with that magnificent katana which seemed to have been made of a shining silver or crystal. The barbed golden chain used to pull off Jadeite’s arm was looped around her waist, each of the links appeared to be tiny razor sharp hearts. The most striking feature of the mysterious woman was a glowing golden crescent moon tattooed upon her forehead.

“Thank you.” Ami called out as she rose to greet the mysterious warrior. “You saved our lives.”

The woman looked to Ami, and made a slight gesture with a shrug of her shoulders. Ami was confused by her response for a second until she realized that the golden haired woman did not understand her. Ami tried again in German, remembering the language in which Jadeite spoke to her.

The warrior nodded in acknowledgement, but she kept looking around as if she were waiting for something important to happen. Her thin fine fingered hand reached up to grab at the cloth of her uniform that covered her heart. Within moments it looked as if she were about to start fighting back tears.

“What is it?” Ami asked in a gentle voice as she slowly approached the now frightened looking woman. “Are you hurt?”

The young woman, for the closer Ami got, the more details she could see, looked Ami straight in the eyes. Her eyes were intense and beautiful, her gaze was drowning. Ami’s heart skipped a beat as she was struck by her absolute beauty. She had never seen this woman before in her life, but the single tear that rolled down the flawless skin of her cheek, broke Ami’s heart.

Ami reached out and placed her slightly trembling hand upon the young warrior’s shoulder. She started to pull away at first, but the young woman soon warmed to the comfort Ami’s touch brought her. They stood looking into each others eyes, neither blinked nor looked away. After a moment the young woman spoke. Her voice came out in a gentle whisper that was equal parts soothing and heartbreaking.

“I… I don’t understand. I should be whole again.” The young woman broke eye contact and shook her head angrily trying to fight back tears. She reached up and gently grasped Ami’s bare hand that rested on her shoulder, with her own. When their hands met Ami felt as if a shock had just passed through her, and she did not want to let go.

“I need to leave.” The golden haired woman spoke as she squeezed Ami’s hand in thanks before letting it go and turning to walk away.

“Wait! Please, who are you?” Ami called out but the young woman did not answer. She continued walking away through the wreckage of the airport runway.

Ami just now realized the extent of the damage that Jadeite had unleashed upon the people of Tokyo. Planes were smashed and burning, bodies of servicemen and wrecked vehicles littered the runway. Cries could be heard from inside the airport, where a fifty foot section of the wall had been destroyed. The acrid smoke of the fires began to sting her eyes, but still she moved to follow the mysterious warrior.

“Ami! Miss. Ami!” Sailor Moon’s frantic cry stopped Ami’s pursuit. “Luna won’t wake up! Why isn’t she waking up?”

Ami sighed and began to limp over to where Usagi cradled Luna’s limp form. The wound in her stomach had started to throb painfully, and she wanted nothing more than to curl up into a ball and scream.

Finally making it to Sailor Moon’s side, Ami crouched beside her and took Luna from her abnormally cold and trembling hands. Ami, from listening to her mother, and from her own studies, knew that this was not a good thing at all. Gently setting Luna aside Ami did a quick appraisal of her companion.

::Damn::

“Miss. Tsukino, I need you to lie down. I am going to prop your feet up and find something to keep you warm.” Usagi just sat there staring forward, and shaking. Ami grasped her shoulders and laid her flat on her back. She propped her feet up on a loose tire and found a discarded flak jacket to cover her with.

“Miss Tsukino, you are in shock, I need you to stay like this until help arrives.” Ami watched her for a moment, growing more concerned when her transformation faded.

She had done all that she could, and needed to help Luna now. Ami sat next to the cat and gingerly checked her for signs of life. She found herself to be greatly relieved that Luna was breathing and had a strong heartbeat.

A loud repetitious thud coming from an abandoned vehicle startled Ami and she painfully pushed herself to her feet, trying to prepare herself for whatever it was. The pounding increased as did Ami’s heartbeat, until suddenly the door that was being thumped broke open.

Ami nearly screamed out in panic when her mother pushed her way out of the vehicle and took a few steps before collapsing. Ami did not retain Merci’s memories, so she had not known that her mother had been thrown into the car. “MOM!”

Ami rushed to her mother’s side and nearly sobbed in relief when she found a strong pulse and steady breath. Ayanee had many other wounds, but Ami was ill equipped both mentally and physically to handle them. The stress and horror of the battle had finally gotten to her. It was a blessing that at that moment the sounds of sirens and approaching vehicles could be heard.

Ami, as Merci, had helped the outgunned service men to escape and told them not to return until the fighting had ended. Apparently they had just gone for reinforcements and bigger guns. Ami watched wide eyed as tanks and men with bazookas and futuristic looking weaponry started to swarm the ruined airport. After the area was secured several men started strapping her and her mother to stretchers. Ami watched everything detachedly, as if it was not actually happening to her. She did not know how long it took, but eventually she, her mother, and Usagi, who cradled an exhausted looking Luna, were loaded into a patient filled helicopter. Two military medics, started to tend their wounds, Ami was not even able to flinch as a large IV needle was stuck into her vein, and the men began to field dress her stomach.

::It’s over.:: Ami thought, before her adrenaline wore out and she slipped into unconsciousness.

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PinaPoe 217;s Notes:: Ok the next update will be the final chapter plus two epilogs, I highly recommend you either watch or refresh your info on Devilman lady, especially on Lan Asuka.

And now we have all the inner Senshi introduced! The infamous Soldier V makes the scene. And I decided to go this route pretty much last minute as far as her design was concerned I originally had her in a pant version of her sailor v outfit but decided that the uniform would better suit her due to her past. You get a couple hints about her in this one, but she will remain very much a mystery for the majority of the series. Why short blonde hair? Well, she goes for practical in a fight and long hair just would not work! As Minako though she wears really good wigs;)

I have a rough outline of the next book it will be simply entitled Haruka for now. It will be a short book probably a third the length of this one, if not a fourth. But it will fully introduce Haruka and her world into the Waking Ami universe.

After that, the fourth book will be tentatively titled My friend, My enemy. That will take place six months after this one and fill in some of the gaps in between. Ami will still be the main character but she will be more of an observer, as other characters take the lead. This one is more a series of short stories highlighting each of the different characters. It will take place during the Nephrite arc in the anime. I plan on having a story about Rei, the fighters tournament that JiJi will host, Makoto, Soldier V and Zoicyte, Mamoru and Fiore, and Nephrite and Ami will be guiding everything so to speak. New villains, that you should be familiar with and the final Senshi will also be introduced in this book.

Well that’s a little update/preview so please stick with me and leave me some thoughts in a review!!

PinaPoe