Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Over The Rainbow ❯ Crystal Collector ( Chapter 2 )

Over The Rainbow 2

Crystal Collector

Disclaimer: Lydia/Sailor Rainbow is my character. The other sailors you see on the series are not.

"Oh are you?" Zoicite teased.

"Yeh bet I am!" She cried. "RAINBOW SHAMROCK SHOWER!" A flurry of shamrocks hit Zoicite in the face.

"Arggh!"

"Maybe shamrocks aren't good luck charms for the bad, eh, lassie?"

"Whatever." Zoicite said. "Now I need to go but my friend wants a play mate for his game, or should I say, blood bath?"

"Eh?" Sailor Rainbow asked. "Just what are yous talkin' 'bout?"

"Awaken, Game Machine Man!" Zoicite pointed to Game Machine Joe, now turning to the shadow warrior and disappeared to let Sailor Rainbow fend for herself.

"Whoa!" Sailor Rainbow cried, "The first Shadow Warrior!"

"Terminate," Game Machine Man said. He looked like a seven-foot-tall metal robot with a dark red body and gray boots, gauntlets and a scary helmet. A red stone was in the center of his chest.

"How do I change him back?" Sailor Rainbow asked Lucky, dodging the red laser he shot at her.

"I don't know," Lucky said.

"You're no luck," she hissed. "There must be a way to stop him without hurting Joe.

"He's made out of metal," Lucky said, "He'll be fine."

"Hey!" she shouted, "That's not very nice!"

"Do something, Sailor Rainbow! Before he barbeques us!"

"Okay, okay," she said. "SHAMROCK SHOWER!"

She stunned him with her attack, buying them some time.

"Now, there must be away to destroy the shadow warrior without destroying Joe!" Sailor Rainbow muttered to herself, "but how? How?"

She tightened her other hand around the one that held the red crystal. It began to glow and shot red beams of light.

"Huh?"

A gold belt appeared over her violet skirt and the red crystal settled on it. Her thigh-high green clover-shaped boots evened out to a curve and they turned white. A red stripe appeared at the top of her boots and her choker changed from white to red and so did her white ribbons at the end of her braids.

"Wow!" she cried and put her silver shamrock wand into the hoop of her belt, now having a red stripe underneath the shamrock. "It gave me more power!"

"Good, you can use it to destroy the shadow warrior!" Lucky cried. "It's getting up!"

"Right," she said. "RAINBOW RED STREAK!" She picked up the red crystal off her belt and it shot a red laser into the red stone on the shadow warrior's chest. She put it back on her belt. Her attack broke the stone and it made the shadow warrior leave Joe's body in a red fog.

"He's back!" Sailor Rainbow cried, "he's okay!" she ran to him and knelt down at his side. "Are ye all right, laddie?"

"My head," he groaned. "What happened? Something attacked me and…."

She giggled. "You'd better get home now," she said.

"Where's that girl…Lydia? Is she all right?"

"Yes, she got help," she informed him.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the help!" she replied with a laugh.

"A sailor scout? Like Sailor V?"

"Yes, I am Sailor Rainbow." She said, pulling him up. "Now run along before something else happens."

"Can you tell Lydia to meet me at the arcade so I can thank her?"

She nodded.

He smiled thankfully and walked away. She sighed. "Oh, it's nice being on the other side of the rainbow, don't you think, Lucky?"

"What?" he demanded.

"I kinda like it here," she admitted. "It's not just the mission but I just well, you know, feel a connection with the victims."

"You just met him and you already love him?"

"I didn't mean it like that!" she yelled. "These boys are very different that the ones back in Ireland. I just meant that this mission already means a lot to me. I hope I find the other victims before the Negaverse does." She turned and looked at a fallen trashcan and it came back up with the trash falling in it.

"Sailor Rainbow," Lucky asked, "how?"

Sailor Rainbow gasped, also shocked. "I-I I am not sure, lucky. I just looked at the garbage and it picked up itself. It's almost as if I--I have Joe's powers now! It must be the power of the crystal! Hurry, we have to let Madame Indigo know about this!"

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"Why did Lydia run off like that?" Serena asked herself as she brushed her hair. "Was it something I said?"

"What's the matter, Serena?" Luna asked.

"There's a new girl at school," Serena replied. "She's' from Ireland. I was showing her around town and when we were at the arcade, she left suddenly. I'll have to ask her about it tomorrow."

"You didn't offend her did you?" Luna demanded.

"Of course I didn't!" she yelled at her cat. "She said she had to do something. Game Machine Joe was there--I think she went after him when he left."

"This sounds like the Negaverse," Luna meowed.

"Everything sounds like the Negaverse to you!" Serena scowled. "What, you think Lydia's a spy for the Negaverse? You thought Ami was too but she ended up being the second sailor scout!"

"But there are no more sailor scouts, Serena," Luna reminded. "You have the whole group with you now. There's a new enemy upon us, Serena and I want you to keep your eyes wide open, and keep them on Lydia."

"But I already told you, she can't be from the Negaverse!" she shouted. "I feel, I feel I already know her! It's almost like we've been friends for years!"

Luna decided that arguing wasn't going to solve anything. Sighing, she curled in a corner and went to sleep.

'Lydia, you can't be sent from the Negaverse.' Serena thought, hoping to send a telepathically message to Lydia. 'You just can't be, but why do I have the feeling that you didn't just come to be an exchange student? Is there a secret you're hiding?'

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"Lydia!" Joe shouted from the stuffed animal machine.

"Sailor Rainbow gave your message," she said.

"I just want to thank you for helping me back there." He said. "How did you know how to find Sailor Rainbow?"

"Ah, don't mention it laddie," she said, waving her hand casual, "it was nuthin'. I guess I just have good luck."

"You know, I use my gift to take the toys from this machine," he whispered to her.

"Ye cheat?" she gasped, "I knew it had to be more than just luck!"

"But I give them to poor little kids," he added quickly.

"How nice."

"I just want to give you a stuffed animal," he said, putting a coin in the machine, "which one do you want?"

"I like that rabbit," she said.

"A rabbit?" he asked, "I know a rabbit's foot can give you good luck but why would you need a whole rabbit with all the luck you've already got?"

She laughed. "I like to collect good luck charms. Bunnies are really cute."

"I'll get you two prizes," he said, moving the machine. He stared at the rabbit, trying to use his telekinesis to move it to the claw but nothing happened. He had to do it manually and drop it into the pick up box. "That's weird," he said, reaching into the gate to get it for her.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"I tried using telekinesis to get it," he explained, "but it didn't work."

"Don't worry, Joe," she said, "maybe ya will get it back soon."

He peered closer into the glass at a stuffed tiger. "I know I can do this. I'm going to get that tiger for you."

"Don't strain yourself, laddie," Lydia said, "ye don't want the attendants to see ye, do ye?"

"You saw me use my power, Lydia," Joe told her, "why can't I do it now? Did it have anything to do with that freak that attacked us?"

"Might be," she said, "but you're fine now, Joe. That's all that matters. You take care of yourself, okay? Why don't you go and get yehself some sleep?"

He smiled, "okay. Thanks."

She smiled back and watched him leave the arcade. She looked back into the window and stared at the unicorn inside. Lydia checked to see that there were no eyes on her and made the unicorn fall in the drop box and she reached in to get it out.

'He lost his power,' she thought, 'and I got it. Was it the crystal that did it?'

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"Top of the mornin' to ya, Molly," Lydia said, getting in her seat.

"Hi," she mumbled.

"Why so glum, chum?" she asked.

Molly sighed, "Well, Lydia, it's kind of complicated."

"How so?"

Molly smiled, "I lost someone very important to me. He was a very wonderful man."

"What happened to him?"

"He was killed."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Lydia whispered. "Hey, where's Serena?"

"She's always late," Molly said.

"Molly, you want to go to the insectariums and look at some insects?" Melvin required.

"Insects?" Molly demanded.

"It could cheer you up." He said.

"What's wrong with ye laddie?" Lydia asked, "don't ye know that girls don't like bugs? Bugs won't cheer her up none! What she needs is a good luck charm!" she looked at Molly, "how about we go out and look for some four-leaf clovers?"

Molly forced a smile, "I don't think we have any over here."

"Ah, that is what you think! But da world is filled with good luck charms, just waitin' to be found!"

"I'd like that," Molly said.

Serena sat down looking bummed.

"What's wrong, Serena?" Molly asked.

"I'm grounded," Serena replied, "because of my grades."

Molly held her hand by her mouth and said in a hushed voice to Lydia, "I think Serena needs a four-leaf clover too!"

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"Zoicite, how dare you come back empty handed!" Queen Beryl scowled.

"I am so sorry, my queen," Zoicite said, her eyes on the cold floor.

"How hard is it to get one crystal?" she demanded, "With the homing crystal, you should have had no problems! You fool!" She began to create an ice shard.

"You queen, please," Malikite begged, "allow her to explain!"

"This had better be good," Queen Beryl said.

"It wasn't the crystal, my queen," she said. "There was a new sailor scout."

"Hmm, a new sailor scout?" Queen Beryl hummed.

"Yes. I believe she called herself Sailor Rainbow."

"Sailor Rainbow. How convenient she is after the rainbow crystals." Queen Beryl cupped her chin in thought.

Zoicite waited for Queen Beryl to dismiss her, punish her, or give her another chance.

"I wonder why she is after them," Queen Beryl said.

"No doubt to keep us from getting our hands on them," Zoicite said.

Queen Beryl grinned, "Zoicite, I shall let you try again. This Sailor Rainbow might be of some use to us."

"You believe she can come to our side?"

"Keep a close watch on her," Queen Beryl commanded. "We might not need the crystals after all. Yes, we'll just take Sailor Rainbow. When you see Sailor Rainbow again, just let her take the crystal and watch what she does with it. She can be our new shadow warrior, our own crystal collector!"

Zoicite breathed a sigh of relief, bent at the waist with her arm across her chest, "yes, my queen."

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"I'm bored, bored, bored, bored," Serena said, upon her bed.

"Well, maybe some studying will take you out of your boredom," Luna scolded.

"No, that's even more boring!" she snapped.

"Serena," Luna said, "something just came to my attention. Queen Beryl is plotting to revive her shadow warriors."

"Shadow warriors?" she gasped, "no, not the shadow warriors! Anything but the shadow warriors! Please, not the shadow warriors!" Serena bawled, her hands in fists as she jumped to one leg to the other. "I just hate the shadow warriors…whaaaaa! Uh, just who are the shadow warriors, Luna?"
Luna sighed, "Serena, they are Beryl's most fierce fighters. When the evil Queen Beryl attacked your home, your mother turned her minions, the shadow warriors and trapped them into a large crystal. The crystal broke on its way to earth seven pieces, which are the rainbow crystals. They hold the shadow warriors inside."

"Where are they now?" Serena asked.

"In seven people," she replied.

"Who?"

The cat looked doubtful, "that I do not know but I am sure Queen Beryl is able to find them. She did a back flip, a wand plopping on the floor and Luna pushed it to Serena's feet with her nose. "This wand is for you. It had a homing device so you could tell when there is a crystal or the Negaverse is nearby. But the device is gone. Someone else got it."

"Then what good is it?" Serena demanded.

"You'll just have to find out who that person is," Luna replied. "I hope someone from the Negaverse didn't get it. The first crystal has already been found. If one of Beryl's general takes away the crystal, the shadow warrior will be awakened and take control of the victim's body. Your wand however, can break the spell."

"I got to tell the others about this!" Serena shrieked, heading to the door.

"But you're grounded, Serena!" she reminded. "Use your communicator to get a hold of them!"

"This is unfair," Serena groaned, "how can a super heroine like myself be grounded at a time like this?" She pulled out her communicator. "Sailor scouts, I want you to be on a look out for the Negaverse. Something weird is happening."

"What are you going to do, Meatball head?" Raye demanded. "Why do we have to do all the work?"

"I'm grounded, okay?" Serena snarled.

"Don't worry, Serena," Mina said, "we'll handle it."

{AN: Yes, I know Mina/Sailor V/Venus does not show up until after all the 7 crystals are found but let's just say she showed up to the scene before that, okay? How, I don't know. She's shooting a movie or something. Make it up.}

"The Negaverse is gonna be history!" Lita said.

{Yeah, and I know Lita is introduced at the beginning of the search for the 7 crystals but as you already know, it is Lydia that helped Joe and not Lita. It's kind of funny how the animators timed the way the scouts were introduced.}

"Oh, just when I was getting to the good part in this book," Ami sighed.

"Thanks, guys," Serena said, "I knew I could count on you!"

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"So, where is the best place to find four leaf clovers?" Molly asked.

"They like to hide with all the other clovers," Lydia replied.

"Would they be near the cemetery?" Molly questioned, stopping next to it.

Lydia looked surprised, "um, well, I suppose so. I never looked for them at a cemetery."

Molly stepped through the gate and got down on her hands and knees, searching for four leaf clovers.

Lydia looked on, wondering if she had lost her mind. Then she noticed that her locket started to blink the color of orange.

'The orange crystal is nearby,' she thought, 'where?'
"What is it that you are searching for, my child?" said a soothing, low voice.

"Oh, Father," Molly mumbled, getting up. "I was looking for four leaf clovers."

"Four leaf clovers?"

Lydia looked at the priest, 'he has the orange crystal!'

"It was my idea, Father," Lydia said, stepping to grab his arm, "My friend here has been feeling sad and I thought looking for four leaf clovers would cheer her up."

"In a cemetery?" the priest raised his eyebrow.

Lydia shrugged, "maybe it would be more good luck to find one in a place like this than in a park."

"But actually, Father," Molly said, "I think I just want someone to talk to."

"Of course, child."

"You don't mind, do you, Lydia?" Molly asked.

"Who me?" Lydia joked, "It's also good luck to talk to a priest, so go right a head."

"Thanks, Lydia," Molly thanked and went to sent with the priest

"Just go on and talk," Lydia muttered, "I'll just stay here and look for four leaf clovers…in a cemetery." She groaned and got on her hands and knees, crawling over the cemetery to search for four leaf clovers. 'I'd better keep a good eye on them and make sure that Nega-bad-lass comes to stir some trouble.'

"Lydia!" Lucky shouted, scampering to her, "are ye out of yeh mind? What duh ye think ye are doing?"

"Looking for four leaf clovers," she replied.

"At a time like this?"

"It's always a good time to look for four leaf clovers," Lydia said coolly. "I know the orange crystal is nearby. It's inside the priest, the one talking to Molly. I'm keeping an eye on them until that creep comes to get it."

"Just don't let her get away with it!" Lucky said.

"Blimey! I found one!"

"Father, I need to confess my sins!" Zoicite said, appearing over Molly and the priest.

"You're the one who killed Nephlyte!" Molly shouted.

"You again?" Zoicite said. "How ironic that I should find you in a cemetery!"

"It's Zoicite!" Lucky cried.

"Who are you?" the priest commanded, "No evil thing shall be in a holy place!"

"What, a place of just dead people?" Zoicite cracked. "Then you are in the right place! ZOI!"

"Run, child!" The priest cried, pushing Molly aside. "Run! Children must not be near evil!"

"Sir!" Molly gasped.

"ZOI!" Zoicite shouted again, holding out the black homing crystal. "Come out, orange crystal." 'Come out, Sailor Rainbow, come out--come out--come out wherever you are!'

"I found a four leaf clover in a cemetery!" Lydia went on, staring at the four leaf clover she just found, "Today must be me lucky day!"

"Lydia," Lucky hissed, "transform! Zoicite is here to collect the crystal!"

"What? She is?"

"You have a bigger good luck charm to collect than a four leaf clover," Lucky said. "The orange crystal!"

"Oh, that's right!" she said.

"Hurry, she's already taking it from the priest," he said, "you must collect it before she does!"

"I will, I will," she said, "here, hold this for me!" she jabbed the clover in his mouth, making the cat look quite angered. She hid behind a big tombstone of an angel to transform.

"RAINBOW PRISM POWER!"

"Oh no, you leave him alone!" Molly shouted. "Someone help!"

"Hold it right there!" Sailor Rainbow said, walking up to the gazebo. "How dare you attack a priest? Don't you know it's bad luck to attack a religious person? I see you're no saint!"

"Sailor Rainbow, we meet again," Zoicite said.

"Ah, you remembered my name!" she laughed, "I collect good luck charms, four leaf clovers, rabbit's feet, crosses and I'll collect the rainbow crystals too!"

"Come and get it," Zoicite teased.

"Don't mind if I do!" She held out her hand and used telekinesis to take it away. "I call upon the power of the orange crystal!" She held it against her chest and Zoicite watched her absorb the power. Her choker and ribbons changed from red to orange and an orange stripe appeared right under red stripe of her boots and on her shamrock wand. Then the crystal floated on her belt, right next to the red one.

"It gave you more powers," Zoicite whispered, "then you will need it to stop my new friend! I hope you like birds! BO BO THE VULTURE, AWAKEN!"

"Oh no!" Molly gasped as the priest became a man-vulture monster with boxing gloves.

"Get out of here now!" Sailor Rainbow ordered Molly.

"But--" Molly protested.

"Lucky, get Molly out of here!" she ordered her cat.

"Yes," the cat meowed and scampered to Molly, "this way Molly."

"But what about--"

"Don't worry, Sailor Rainbow will take care of it." He led her away.

"Let's see you get out of this one, Sailor Rainbow."

The vulture man creature flew toward her with his left right hand. Sailor Rainbow jumped to the side.

"Ha, I'm too fast for you, buzzard head!" she laughed. "I'm going to clip your wings! RAINBOW ORANGE SLASH!" she sent a beam of orange colored energy to the orange belt buckle on his waist. It destroyed the belt buckle and broke the spell. An orange smoke lifted up away from him.

"Sweet mother of God," the priest mumbled as he rubbed his head. "What happened?"

"I win again, Zoicite!" Sailor Rainbow cried.

"Enjoy your victory while it lasts, Crystal Collector," Zoicite laughed and went back to the Negaverse.

"I wonder what she meant by that," Sailor Rainbow mumbled as she walked to the priest. "You all right?"

"An angel?"

Sailor Rainbow laughed, "I'm no angel, father. Just a sailor scout. Sailor Rainbow." She smiled then ran off to de-transform.

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"Molly, are you over here?" Lydia asked as she stepped to the sidewalk.

"Oh, Lydia, you should have seen it!" Molly cried.

"Seen what?"

"The same person who killed Nephlyte attacked the priest!"

"Who's Nephlyte?"

"The guy I lost. I really cared about him."

'Nephlyte?' Lydia thought, 'that sounds like a name for one of Beryl's generals. How could Molly fall for a guy from the Negaverse?'

"Then a sailor scout came to save us!" she said excitedly.

"Wow, cool," Lydia said, "oh, I forgot," she quickly snatched up the four-leaf clover that she had given Lucky, which he dropped and handed it to Molly. "Here, I found a four leaf clover."

"But you found it."

"It's more luck if you give it away," Lydia informed. "Besides, you've been very down lately and I want you to have it."

Molly smiled and hugged Lydia, "Oh, Lydia, I'm so lucky to have a friend like you! I don't need a four leaf clover!"

"But I got it just for you."

"Okay, I'll keep it. Thank you, Lydia!" Molly said. "I'll see you later, okay?"

"Sure."

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"Did you guys find anything?" Serena asked through her communicator.

"No, nothing," Lita replied.

"Too bad your wand doesn't have that tracker on it," Raye said.

"The orange crystal has already been collected," Mina said, "I wonder who got it."

"I just hope the Negaverse didn't," Ami sighed.

"Well, thanks guys. Keep your eyes open for now on though. We need to make sure the Negaverse doesn't get their dirty hands on the rainbow crystals."

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"So, did you run into Sailor Rainbow again, Zoicite?" Queen Beryl asked.

"Yes."

"And what did you learn?"

"She absorbed the orange crystal's power," she replied, "and became stronger. Should I take the two crystals away from her next time?"

"No, let her take the crystal and pretend to give up," Queen Beryl commanded.

"My Queen, I don't think that is wise--" Zoicite began.

"Silence!" she shouted, holding her long finger-nailed hand and twisted Zoicite's heart.

"Auuugggh!"

"No, don't!" Malachite begged.

"How dare you question my orders!" Queen Beryl scowled.

"She's only being wary, your majesty," Malachite said. "How can we know this will work?"

"All my orders work," Queen Beryl hissed.

"Your majesty, please, stop! I apologize!" Zoicite cried, "stop!"

Queen Beryl groaned and pulled her hand down. Zoicite collapsed in Malachite's arms.

"Just let Sailor Rainbow take the crystals," Queen Beryl commanded. "I know what I am doing. Any objections?"

"No, your majesty," Zoicite sighed.

"Malachite?"

"No, my queen."

"Good."

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