Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Rivers Run Dry ❯ chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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

Well, let us see what the girls can figure out. Did Rei get any sort of vision the night before during her fire reading or what? Sigh… Please enjoy and give me your thoughts at the end!

Rivers Run Dry

By: Hotaru

Rating: Older Teens (16+) for some mature themes, language, etc.

Chapter 2

My my, what have we got here? It's the disclaimer damnit! You see, fan fiction authors are required to specify that they don't own any characters involved in their story, that were not made up on their own. SOOO therefore, I say, “I do so solemnly swear that I do not own any characters created by Takeuchi Naoko. I only own my own and my plot.” And, would you please do that same courtesy of stating that you don't own my characters should you ever for some reason decide to use them, as well as the plot. Thank you.

“…” Dialogue

`…' Thoughts

-…- An expression or something

The few Japanese phrases you will here in this chapter. I will keep them to a minimum and only use them when the English translation might or will sound odd.

Jii-san: Grandpa

“Shit! This hill is IMPOSSIBLE!” Usagi yelled out as loud as she could, but when the voice reached the others' ears, it was a mere whisper. The storm had finally arrived, when they were maybe halfway to the shrine. None of them had umbrellas, and all doubted they would have helped anyway, except to become an inconvenience. Now at the hill, they were struggling against the pouring rain, the blowing wind, and hoping they wouldn't be struck by the lightning that kept on striking down. They were three quarters of the way up.

Makoto tried to reply, “I would help if I could! But I can't do anything to make this storm any less powerful!” They barely heard the tall brunette speak, just like they had barely heard their princess. All of them had rain in their eyes, were soaked to the bone, and freezing. The first to make it up was Makoto. She waited several more minutes, shivering, for the other girls to make it up, the last being Usagi, “About time!” Ami reprimanded. Usagi was blushing in slight guilt, but no one could see it due to the downpour. They all hurried inside the gate, and another boom of thunder crashed, causing all the girls to run to the front door.

Sliding the door open, all four stepped inside, out of the rain. All of them were soaking wet, “REI! JII-SAN!” Usagi's high-pitched voice cried out. Almost immediately, the priestess appeared in the hallway, and saw the state everyone was in, “Wait just one more minute! I am going to get you guys something to dry off with, and a change of clothes.” She disappeared around a corner, and soon after, her sock clad feet were heard making their way back across the wooden floor.

All of the girls gladly welcomed the towels that were offered, and removed their shoes and socks, drying off their feet. Then, they all hurried towards the bathroom to leave their uniforms and change into the simple yukatas that Rei had given each of them.

“Ooh… dry clothes feel soo nice!” Minako was saying very luxuriously. The five were now in Rei's room, dry in all ways aside from their hair. All of them were wrapped up in blankets around the low table, getting warm, hoping they wouldn't get sick from their little escapade in the still raging storm. Lightning flashed, and Makoto's emerald eyes stood out in their glare, “No matter how hard I try to reach the spirit of Jupiter… I get nothing. Nothing at all.” She sighed somewhat exhausted, and lay down on the floor.

Rei spoke up, “I tried to get a reading from the fire last night… but nothing. I will next try to contact Haruka and see if she got anything from the wind yesterday,” She paused, her violet eyes thinking, “The only problem is they could be anywhere, it could take all night.”

All the girls sighed. Rei stood up, and said, “I am going to go try to get something from the fires again. You girls try contacting Haruka by your own means alright? We might get things done faster that way.” She looked out the window ominously, “There's no telling how much time we have before things get out of hand.” The Sailor Senshi lost their amused looks, and all nodded in agreement. Ami brought out her mini laptop, and Usagi opened up her communicator. It was a shame that Luna was at her house, because the black cat most likely could have helped out as well.

The dark depths of space, the stars shining brightly, and the planets glowing gently, were a beautiful sight indeed. However, two of the planets were changing. The clouds that enveloped their surfaces had faded, and now, the true colors of these planets were revealed. Uranus was now a very beautiful desert land, and perhaps deep navy skies would be seen from its surface, compared to its once bright blue color; Jupiter, an emerald green, what could have been forests, a stark contrast to what had been ugly colors of rusty red and murky yellow. The surfaces may have been peaceful, but within each of the two, power was crying to be released… power that had been held back for so long.

Rei was sitting in front of her fire, quietly chanting. The image of Jupiter and Uranus flashed before her closed, violet eyes. The firebrand had been trying to contact the Princess of Uranus, but instead, got that image. Standing up, Rei stared down at her flames and studied them silently, and then went to the others, “I saw something.”

All four looked up from their thoughts. Ami asked, “Well, what did you see?” The priestess explained her vision to them and they all thought on it. The Mercurian was typing away furiously, and her bright blue eyes looked up, “It is as if the clouds and gases were covering the surfaces for a reason, hiding what lay beneath; like a treasure hunter searching for gold beneath the surface of the river. Except this time, that river has run out.” She stared at them all, “I think that whatever is causing these things has to do with what hides beneath the surfaces of our blessed planets. I am not sure how long it will take, but I have a feeling that the other planets will begin to follow suit. It is just a matter of time.”

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Bleh. So this chapter is quite short. I needed to end there. BUT! I am back. Yay! Anyway, I got my title. And the reason for it, is obviously in the last paragraph of the chapter. You will see the enemy soon. I just hate it when people make Sailor Moon stories and a new enemy is brought in almost immediately.

Hotaru

11-29-05