Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Elementals ❯ Water and Fire ( Chapter 3 )

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"Watch out!" Makoto's warning was seconds late, and Usagi received the
blow in full force, falling on the snow covered floor. Eleanor
laughed, preparing another large snowball behind her snow fortress,
consisting of a small wall of snow, reaching up to her waist. Usagi
wailed as she sat up, rubbing her forehead.

"Take this!" Rei threw a great ball of snow at Eleanor, taking revenge
for her fallen friend, but Eleanor ducked in time, and the snowball
whizzed over her head harmlessly.

"Ouch!" Cried a girl from the sidewalk, as the snowball hit her side.
The girl looked at the group, hurt. She had medium length black hair
with red streaks, bright green eyes and wore a red snowsuit.

"Oops..." Rei smiled apologetically, "Sorry."

Sailor Moon Elemental

Chapter 3: Water and Fire, Two more senshi!

By:Tsukino Hikaru (Jackielight2@hotmail.com)

Web page: www.geocities.com/tsukino_hikaru

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The girl smiled smugly, bent down and quickly formed another snowball,
and threw it at Rei. Too surprised to move, Rei blinked as the
snowball hit her chest. The girl laughed, "There, now we're even!" Rei
smiled, "But not for long!" She quickly disappeared behind her wall of
snow to prepare her next attack.

Eleanor motioned to the girl, "Come here!" The girl hesitated a
moment, then decided she had time to play, and ran to Eleanor's group,
that consisted of Bel, Eleanor and Ami. On the other side, Makoto,
Minako, Rei and Usagi prepared new strategies for attack. Minako was
busy building up the wall while keeping out of range of the enemy's
snowballs, and Makoto was busy constructing bigger and bigger
snowballs.

"Hi, I'm Eleanor, this is Bel and Ami. Welcome to the group!" She
wlinked, "We needed someone to make this snowfight fair!"

The girl laughed, "My name is Ember, nice to meet you." She sat beside
Ami, who was doing some calculations, while Bel kept forming a big
snowball. Eleanor pointed to the snowball, "We're gonna break into
their fortress with that, since we're a bit higher on the ground than
they are."

Ember grinned, "Good idea."

"You and I will keep them at bay and busy while Ami and Bel get the
plan ready, ok?" Said Eleanor, grabbing a snowball from a small pile
at her feet. Ember nodded, taking two, one in each hand.

Rei and Makoto had also stood up, and both were ready to attack. For
the next 2 minutes, snowballs flied back and forth, hitting each girl
one or two times, while they tried to move away from others coming in
their direction. After a while, the snowballs had been used up, and
the four girls disappeared behind their respective walls.

Unnoticed by the group, a lone, blond man dressed in white watched the
group, smiling. He looked at Eleanor mostly, and finally left, after
blowing her a kiss.

"Hey, I didn't see Usagi and Minako during the fight..." Eleanor said
suddenly.

"They are probably planning something." Said Ember, looking at the
finished giant snowball.

"Well, it's too late for them to try anything, this thing is ready!"
Said Bel, looking at her handiwork. Ami smiled, "Ok guys, let's roll
this thing downhill." They all nodded, getting behind the snowball,
pushing it from behind the wall and tumbling down the hill. As soon as
it went down, the prepared a dozen or more smaller snowballs, to throw
at the other group as they left the cover of their fortress. They
stood, looking at the other side, waiting.

The giant snowball came closer and closer to the fortress, but no one
came out. They kept waiting, and soon the snowball had reached the
other fortress, crashing against the wall. But instead of breaking,
the wall held. The four girls looked on, perplexed.

"What happened?" Asked Bel, upset that their plan hadn't worked.

Laughter was heard from the other side, and Usagi's head bopped above
the wall, "Thanks for strengthening our wall guys!"

Ami groaned, "Of course! Minako and Usagi were busy building up the
wall on the other side, they already knew what we were planning to
do!" Eleanor, Bel and Ember groaned. "Now we'll never get them out!"

Just then, Mamoru's convertible parked nearby, and he got out of the
car. Usagi squealed in joy, breaking cover and running to her fiancée.
Eleanor and the rest grinned, grabbing their snowballs, and aiming
them all at Usagi, and throwing. Halfway towards Mamoru, Usagi was
thrown on the floor, and covered in a shower of snowballs. Makoto, Rei
and Minako shook their heads, "One less..."

A cry of joy came up from Ember's group, as Mamoru ran towards Usagi
and helped her out of the snow. "Waaaaa! That was so unfair!" Wailed
Usagi, as she hugged Mamoru. Mamoru gave Eleanor and the rest a mean
look, and they gulped.

The game continued for about an hour or so, and soon afterwards, they
all went to Eleanor's house, that was nearby, to take off their cold
wet clothing and drink hot chocolate.

"Usagi, when are your cats coming?" Asked Eleanor, sipping her hot
chocolate.

"I think they should be arriving tomorrow afternoon." Said Usagi,
nuzzled against Mamoru.

"So you guys are from Japan?" Asked Ember. She had decided to spend
the afternoon with her new found friends, and was glad she had too,
since she had not known anyone that morning when she arrived from
Canada.

Ami nodded, "We all managed to come with the exchange program. We were
lucky too, since we're all studying different things, and it's quite
hard to get the exchange for the same city."

Bel grinned, "I'm on vacations, but I'm gonna apply at Harvard also.
I'm from India, and I'm studying Biology. I want to be a botanist."

Ember nodded, "Cool! So I'm not the only exchange student around here!
I'm studying Design." Rei looked at Ember closely, she felt that she
knew her, and immediately thought of the posibility of this girl being
her sister from the silver millenium. She smiled though, and said
nothing.

As Eleanor finished her hot chocolate, she heard the front door close.
"Oh, that must be my mother." She smiled as her mother came into the
living room. "Hi mom, these are my friends, I invited them over to get
warm. We were having a snow fight."

Jennifer, Eleanor's mother smiled warmly at the group. "Well, that's
great, it's nice to see you have so many friends all of a sudden!"

She smiled at Makoto and Bel, "You two must be sisters, you look so
much alike!" Makoto smiled, "Yes, I think you could say that." She put
an arm around Bel, who blushed slightly. Eleanor laughed, "My mother
can always spot similarities between sisters, no matter how different
they may appear at first sight." Jennifer nodded, "Yes, and if I
didn't know better, I'd say your friend with the man there is your
cousin!" She said, referring to Usagi. Eleanor looked at Usagi,
knowingly, "Who knows, maybe we are related in some way."

Then she looked at Ember and Rei, who were seated together. "Are you
two sisters also?" She asked.

Ember and Rei looked at each other, they suddenly noticed that even if
they were different, a certain resemblance could be noted, their eyes
were shaped the same way.

"No, I just met Rei today actually." Said Ember. Rei nodded.

"Oh... well, you look like sisters anyway." Said Jennifer. Then she
turned to her daughter, "I'll be upstairs if you need me." Eleanor
nodded.

"Well guys, I have to go now, I promised Usagi I'd take her out for
dinner." Said Mamoru, as he and Usagi stood. Makoto, Minako, Ami and
Rei also got up.

"We were going to go do some sightseeing, anyone else interested in
going with us?" Said Minako. Eleanor shook her head, "No, I have some
work to do for next week, so I'll just stay here."

Bel smiled, "I'll go then!" Ember looked at her watch, then shrugged,
"Oh, why not, I'd like to see the city also." The group left the
house, and Eleanor closed the door behind them. As she entered her
room, she yelped in surprise as she saw Shigán sitting on her bed.

"Shigán, what... how did you get here?" Said Eleanor, closing her
door.

"Have a fun time with the rest outside?" Shigán said, ignoring
Eleanor's question. Eleanor nodded, "Sure, why?"

"Didn't you notice anything strange in Ember?" Prodded Shigán. Eleanor
looked at Shigán, then she looked out her window.

"Fire."

Shigán nodded, producing a gold chain with a red Mars symbol charm on
it. "Thought you would figure it out." She put it on the bed, and then
disappeared.

Eleanor took the charm and pocketed it. She sat down to do her work.

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Japan

Mic hiru had been swimming for almost an hour alone in the big pool on
the top floor of the hotel when another woman walked in. She had
short, shoulder length spiky dark blue hair, and deep blue eyes. She
wore a simple, sports type blue swimsuit, with light blue stripes on
either side, and a midnight blue towel slung over her shoulder. She
sat by the edge of the pool, leaving her towel on a chair, and then
slipped silently into the water. Michiru looked at her from underneath
the water, where the woman swam freely and for a long time underneath,
without coming up for air. After a minute of underwater somersaults
and martial arts type movements, the woman came up for breath, at the
shallow part of the pool.

Michiru surfaced on the opposite side, smiling at Haruka, who was
seated at a table, with two drinks. Haruka smiled back, grabbing
ichiru's green towel and walking to the edge, as Michiru got out.
Haruka wrapped the towel around her, and lightly kissed her.

"That girl reminds me a bit of Ami." Whispered Michiru, as she sat at
the table. She took her Aqua mirror from her bag, looking at the
woman, who was once more swimming underneath the water.

Haruka nodded, "Yes, but she's much more strong willed." Said Haruka,
eyeing the slim form of the swimmer. Michiru looked at her mirror. An
image of the woman appeared, then half of the face turned into Ami's.
The resemblance was noticeable.

Michiru nodded, "Have you spoken to Setsuna lately?" Haruka glanced at
the mirror, "Yes... you think she's?"

"Water."

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Shadows, a room darkened by thick curtains. The sound of a door
opening and then closing.

"Why have you taken so long to decide to appear?" Said a female voice.

"I don't know... I just thought she wasn't ready... and anyway, she
hasn't needed me yet." Replied a male voice. A figure walked to the
window, opening the curtains, letting the sun shine into the room. The
blond man turned from the window, "Why do you always leave the
curtains closed?"

A silver and black striped cat jumped onto the sofa. "Because I like
it dark!" She had a silver crescent moon on her forehead. Then another
cat, golden with black stripes walked in from the bedroom, yawning.
"Where were you guys?" He asked.

"Out taking a walk." Replied the man. The silver cat smiled, "And
spying on Eleanor." The golden cat smiled also, "So, have you decided
to appear before her, Apollo?"

Apollo looked at the sun, dying on the horizon. "Yes, I will,
Kashoku... Athena, soon you will be with her again, I promise you
that." He said, turning to the silver cat. She smiled, purring.

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Pandora sat on her blood red bed. She had the black box on her lap. "I
have gathered much, thanks to Sailor Moon and her friends, I think
that I can now create some minions to help me collect the power of
Chaos." She said to herself, opening the box.

From the box, purple mist came out, and after a small cloud had
formed, she closed it again.

"Come forth, Pain." She said.

The cloud took the form of a girl, with blood red eyes, and black hair
done up in a single bun. She wore a short, dark red dress and black
boots. Her skin was deathly white. "I am at your service,
Pandora-sama."

"I want you to gather as much dark energy as you can." She said,
making a replica of the black box she held in her hand, and giving it
to the girl. "Beware of the senshi, for they can, and will, destroy
you." She said. Pain bowed, and then disappeared, leaving a faint
trace of purple mist.

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Pain appeared on the street outside Eleanor's house. She looked
around, looking for potential Victims. She knew how Pandora had been
gathering the dark energy, but found it a bit slow. To depend on the
help of the senshi would be very dangerous for her also. She sneaked
up on an old man, a black bow and arrow appearing in her hand. She
aimed for the man's heart, and shot the arrow. It passed right through
the old man, and his star seed appeared in front of him. Pain crept
up, and grabbed it, putting it into the black box. She then ran away,
as the old man dissolved into nothingness.

Athena jumped down from the tree close to Eleanor's house, frowning.
"This is not good, not good at all." She said, running after Pain.

Pain had found already another 4 victims, and was ready to shoot
another deadly arrow at a small 5 year old girl. Athena cried out,
jumping on Pain's shoulder, as the arrow sped off, missing the girl
completely. Pain grabbed Athena by the scruff of the neck and threw
her on the floor.

"Stupid cat." She muttered. Athena fell on all fours, and she turned
to hiss at Pain.

"Stop right there!" Pain looked up to see Sailor Light standing a few
feet away. "I will not forgive you for attacking a young girl and a
cat!" Said Sailor Light. "I am the senshi wielder of light powers,
Sailor Light! And in the name of my element, I shall punish you!"

Pain looked at Sailor Light for one second, and then ran off, trying
to get away from her. Sailor Light ran behind her. Suddenly, Pain
disappeared in a puff of purple mist, to reappear floating behind
Sailor Light, arrow ready in it's bow. Sailor Light turned around,
surprised. The arrow left the shaft before Sailor Light had a chance
to move away from the attack. But seconds before the arrow pierced her
heart, a white clad figure pushed her safely out of the way. She
looked at her rescuer, and saw two blue eyes hidden behind a gold
mask, blond hair ruffled with the wind. The man stood, helping Sailor
Light to her feet, then, without a word, he jumped at Pain, twin
katanas in his hands. Pain yelped at the attack, and disappeared once
more.

The man was dressed in a white armour similar to Endimion's with gold
trimmings. He turned to Sailor Light, "Are you ok?"

Sailor Light nodded, "Who...who are you?"

The man smiled, "I am... the Sun Warrior." He winked at Sailor Light,
and ran off into the shadows. Sailor Light began to follow, but
stopped as she heard the cries of the girl who had been almost
attacked. Sailor Light kneeled by the girl's side, "It's ok,
everything's fine now. Go home." She said, ruffling the girl's hair,
smiling warmly. The girl looked at Sailor Light, sniffed and smiled,
and then ran off.

"Meow." Said Athena, to attract Sailor Light's attention to herself.
Light looked at the silver and black cat, smiling.

"You were very brave little cat." She said, picking up Athena, and
scratching her between the ears. "You don't have a collar, are you a
stray?"

"Meow." Said Athena, pleadingly.

"Ok, I'll take you home then." Said Light, detransforming and walking
back to her house. Athena smiled inwardly, purring in her owner's
arms.

As the street was once more deserted, Pain reappeared. "Meddlesome
senshi..." She muttered, looking around. "I'll have to be more careful
next time." She took out the black box, and looked at the five black
star seeds she had collected. She took them out and placed them on the
floor, forming a five pointed star. She placed a hand on top of them,
and chanted a few words in an unknown and long forgotten toung, and
the blackness of the star seeds seeped out, turned into purple mist.
Pain let the mist into the box, and then closed it. The five star
seeds were now clear once more. Pain smiled, "A pity they don't have
any bodies to return to." She said, crushing them underneath her feet.