Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Rivers Run Dry ❯ chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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

Well then, here is the third chapter. Anyway, let's see what happens next. Will we get to catch a glimpse of our enemy? Or will the wait continue, the tensions continue to grow? How does this affect the Senshi whose planets have been distraught? Will they loose power over their celestial powers? Just a note, remember they are 16 or so now, so they have more maturity than they used to.

Rivers Run Dry

By: Hotaru

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

Chapter 3

12-17-05

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.

Japanese phrases used: (I only use them when the English translation would sound unusual)

Tadaima - I'm back home, I'm home, etc.

Okaeri - Welcome back, welcome home, etc.

“What should we do? Should we just leave things up to them, as they are gradually becoming weaker?”

“What the hell do you mean `should we leave things up to them!' What else are we supposed to do? Allow the Greater Being and the Greater Being's followers come to power?”

“Silence, both of you. We will come when we are called for. When she rises from her rest, we will do as she orders, and then go.”

And, as the third voice ordered, silence continued on in the dark, eerie place.

“Matter of time…” Usagi mused to herself in a serious tone. Lightning flashed into the room, and then it seemed as though the storm stopped. The thunder disappeared, as did the sound of rain pouring on the roof. Ami stood up and walked to one of the sliding doors, and carefully slid it open a crack. She looked out with her crystal blue eyes, and then shut the door back to the way it was, “It's stopped.” Everyone looked at each other. That strange feeling of calm had again come. This time, it was more overbearing.

The moon princess let out a sigh of exasperation, “Someone PLEASE talk, aside from me. Why didn't we bring Luna with us? We could use her right about now.” She was tightly hugging a pillow.

Minako seemed to think of something, and said, “Mako-chan, would you mind transforming? We need to know whether any of this affects your transformation, or your powers.” She looked at Ami, “And would you mind analyzing it as it happens? I realize that we haven't analyzed our transformations before… but it might be a smart idea to do so.” The daughter of Venus was taking on her role as leader of the Inner Senshi very well.

The green eyed beauty nodded, and brought out her transformation pen, “Jupiter Crystal Power - Make up!” The shower of green circled around her, as she became Sailor Jupiter. Ami was typing on her computer as this happened. The transformation complete, Jupiter asked, “Ok, now what should I do?” Minako was thinking for a second, trying to think of what was the best thing to do. The blonde said, “Ami, did you get anything strange from that?” Rei and Usagi looked at the blue-haired girl expectantly.

Ami looked up from her computer, “Well, there was of course the surge of abnormal power… I would need to compare it to another of you guys' transformations. It is best that it is Mars or Venus, considering Moon is more powerful.” The two looked at each other, and Minako said, “You go ahead Rei.” And so, she followed suit, and transformed into Sailor Mars.

Sailor Mars and Jupiter stood there, waiting for Ami's response. The genius was typing away. She stopped, and looked up, “There was no difference.” All of the girls let out sighs of denial, and of relief.

“Try attacking.” Usagi was the speaker, “The least we could do is see if Jupiter can still attack.” She stood up from her place at the table, and walked over to the doors that Ami had shut. The moon princess opened both doors to the side, and stared out into the now clear night. The teenager was in that serious mood again. Everyone made to go outside. Those without shoes simply sat on the ledge, while Jupiter and Mars walked out. Turning around, Jupiter asked, "Well? What do you think we should hit?" Everyone looked about, and then Minako finally said, "I think your best bet would be the ground. Then you wouldn't destroy anything overly valued."

Sailor Jupiter decided to go with an old attack, "Supreme Thunder!" The electricity began to build up and gather power. The powerful brunette released the attack at the ground. As it cleared, a small hole was left in the ground, leaving very little damage. Jupiter, however, was crouched low on the ground, panting for breathe, "Well... that took a bit out of me." She looked up with a tired smile. Sailor Mars ran over to help her get up. The tall girl shook off the help, and stood up herself, "I'm fine. I just guess that using my attacks will make me more tired than usual." All of the girls stared at each other grimly, not liking the results of their little test.

The sound of a door opening and closing broke the silence in the dimly lit room. "How go the extractions?" A man walked towards the figure sitting in a chair, feet up on a table, as whoever it was seemed to be thinking very deeply.

"Well... the process is quite slow." A young, female voice answered, "Only two extractions have taken place. As far as I can tell, we aren't recieving everything we should be getting. Something is holding a majority of it back." The girl had her long hair in a braid, aside from a short layer that trimmed her chin. She had an interesting style of a tank top and mini skirt, a scarf wrapped around her neck and red tights going up to her thighs, her feet clad in black combat boots, with buckles here and there.

The first sighed, "We need to get all of it in order to accomplish everything..."

The girl flashed her green eyes, "Don't worry. We'll get everything we need eventually. How about we be happy with what we have and work with that. I will work on more extractions. Although, what I did get took a lot out of me, so..." Hands rested on her small shoulders, and the other replied, "You have done well. After all, we have just begun. Take a break for a day, and then you can come back. We will figure out a way to get everything out of the extractions." The hands squeezed her shoulders, and then let them go. Footsteps clunked against the ground. A door opened, and then closed. The girl turned around, and looked at her carefully made model of the Solar System. The planets twirled around on their axis, as they made their life circling the sun. She reached a fishnet covered hand up, and pulled on a string, turning out the lights. The only thing now visible was the bright yellow of the fake sun, and the little stars.

"Haruka!" A sea green-haired beauty stared worriedly at her blonde companion who was currently Sailor Uranus, "Are you ok?" A second later, Sailor Uranus went and became her normal self. Today was one of those days that Haruka resembled a woman, rather than a man. I am following the manga, in which Haruka is usually a man, and sometimes a woman

Pushing back a strand of her short blonde hair, she said, "I think so. But... no matter how much I train, I can't escape the loss of energy after I perform one of my attacks." She looked away in a small amount of embarassment. Michiru placed a hand on her back, "Don't worry, Haruka. We should figure it all out eventually. It has to have something to do with this weather."

"Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama!" A young teenager with black-purple hair ran in, "Guess who is here!" Hotaru's eyes were filled with excitement as she awaited the guesses of her foster parents. Both shook their heads in curiosity. The firefly crossed her arms as the two didn't even attempt a guess, and then finally said, "Setsuna-mama!" The other two's eyes widened a little in surprise, as the dark-green haired woman stuck her head in through the doorway, and said with her calm voice, "Tadaima."

Right, umm... I won't beg this time for reviews. I am very sad that I can't put this up right now. I am grounded! Due to my pyro-mania and little lies. So, I can't use the computer. The only reason I am able to write is because I have secretly fixed my laptop. That is how bored I was. I fixed this piece of crap thing. HAHAHA. The downside is that something is wrong with my microsoft word, so I am stuck with wordpad. So yeah. I am now most likely missed on gaia. I am quite the regular in a few threads on there... and no one knows what happened to me. I will be going skiing (snowboarding I should say) on Tuesday, and won't come back from that until the 2nd of January. So, my New Years will be spent there. Maybe I will get a New Years kiss this year... I have never been kissed on New Years, and I feel like having one this year. So, Happy New Years everyone.

Hotaru