Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Revolution Prophecy ❯ A Narrow Victory... ( Chapter 5 )

A Narrow Victory. . .

 

Neo-Sailor Moon said breathlessly, "Jamin..."

He was involved in a losing battle, and as he kept fighting, it became apparent that his ship was sinking pretty fast. Nevertheless, Jamin fought valiantly, lashing out with quick strikes. Unfortunately, his mere mortal attacking power was no match for this daemon. He flipped backwards to avoid a massive fist when he slipped and fell onto his back.

Wasting no time, the daemon jumped high in the air with its leg outstretched, ready to lay the finishing blow on Jamin. He tried to move, but when he fell on his back, it knocked the wind out of him, and he had enough difficulty breathing, much less avoiding the deathblow. He shut his eyes tightly and braced himself for the afterlife.

Much to his surprise, he heard a loud grunt and an accompanying thump two seconds later. He opened his eyes slowly and saw Hiro standing over him. He mustered as much breath as he could, and croaked, "Muhhh... moron...?"

"Of course it's me, baka.", Hiro replied quickly. "Couldn't let that monster kill you when I promised you I'd do the deed myself."

His mouth stretching into what could only be an extremely painful grimace mixed with a smile, Jamin passed out, leaving Hiro facing the daemon which had gotten to its feet with a menacing stare and near-roar. Hiro reached behind his back and pulled out the long fighting staff he'd made during his training with Neo-Sailor Moon and prepared himself for the attack.

Even so, the daemon hit him and he went flying, landing on his own back. "Ahhhh...", Hiro groaned loudly. "That'll leave a mark tomorrow.", he continued, getting up to his feet and facing the daemon again.

This time, instead of going in with a physical combat attack, the daemon directed both arms in Hiro's direction and released a fiery blast that he was barely able to avoid. Feeling the adrenaline flowing throughout his body, he continued leaping out of the way of the blistering blasts from the daemon and wondering to himself, "Is this the way it was back in the 20th century? Is this anything of what it felt like to be a Sailor Senshi?

A loud voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey hothead! Yeah! I'm talking to you!"

Hiro looked over at Neo-Sailor Moon, standing with a familiar pose. "In case you haven't heard, it's open season on daemons!"

The daemon responded in perfect Japanese. "If you say so, foolish sailor girl. How about I incinerate you instead?"

"You would upset the beauty of this afternoon in front of a serene lake? I won't allow it! For love and justice! An appren... uhh...", Neo-Sailor Moon continued, stumbling over her mistake at the end. "A pretty soldier in a sailor suit! Neo-Sailor Moon!"

Neo-Sailor Moon assumed the original pose and finished her entrance. "In place of the Moon, I will punish you!"

Not even pausing to acknowledge Neo-Sailor Moon's threat, the daemon attacked her viciously. Leaping and dodging the onslaught, she pondering on how fortunate she was to have studied a small bit of martial arts from Makoto. She was certainly placing that training to the test at the moment.

While Neo-Sailor Moon was trying to avoid the relentless attack and look for an opportunity to use Moon Tiara Action, Hiro succeeded in bringing Jamin back to consciousness.

"Get up, you pathetic fool.", he said bitterly. "To think, the same person who told me that I was too weak to defend Princess Serenity is sleeping while she fights for her life."

Jamin opened his eyes. His body screamed of pain in places that he never knew existed. Gathering his wits, he flipped to his feet in an attempt to downplay the injuries and exhaustion that plagued him. Fighting the wave of nausea and vertigo that assaulted his senses, he turned and fixed an icy stare on Hiro.

"Listen here, boy.", he said, assuming the same authoritative tone that irritated Hiro to no end. "First of all, I made reference that you were simply too ignorant to be her guardian. But I do have to admit, if you had to wake me up instead of helping her yourself, I'll agree that you are weak as well as stupid."

Hiro stood motionless as Jamin turned his back to him and re-entered the fray. The first thing he noticed was the beautiful girl in the uniform of a Sailor Guardian fighting against the daemon. He stared for a few moments, and then began looking around for the Princess Serenity he remembered. Seeing her nowhere, he made a mental note to ask the girl what her business was and how it was that she was a Sailor Guardian.

Not having noticed Jamin back on his feet yet, Neo-Sailor Moon spied an opportunity to strike. Leaping to the side as the daemon charged her with fist and arm outstretched, she landed on her feet, whipping the tiara from her forehead and filling it with energy as quickly as possible before she flung it at the daemon who was just turning around.

"Moon Tiara Action!"

The daemon had turned fully around to see the tiara flying towards itself. It swatted at the tiara, not even bothering to move out of the way. With a fierce backhard, the daemon sent the tiara spiraling off into the near distance, landing in a close gathering of trees 40 feet away.

Neo-Sailor Moon stood there, unbelieving. She felt as small as she had while training as Sailor Chibi-Moon, standing there and listening to her foes laugh at her while she tried to figure out why her attack wasn't working. That moment of hesitation was all that the daemon needed.

It charged at Neo-Sailor Moon with a loud cry that snapped her focus back to the situation at hand. She crouched down low and powered her way into a leap that was too late to stop the daemon from getting her. Her right leg did not clear the daemon's path and she felt bolts of pain shoot through her leg as she began to spin out of control, landing on her already injured right foot and spraining it severely. She cried out as she slumped against the ground.

Jamin, unaware of her real identity, stopped briefly to inquire as to whether she was all right, and began fighting the daemon, who was only now beginning to show the slightest signs of tiring. Leaping out of the way of a burning fist aimed for his head, he yelled towards Hiro.

"Get her weapon, boy! I have the feeling that even injured, she is the only one who can stop this thing."

Stifling the urge come back with an insulting retort, he ran in the direction of the grove of trees. He cursed under his breath as he had to search through tall grasses for Neo-Sailor Moon's headpiece.

While Hiro was searching, Jamin pushed his already exhausted body to limits that even he didn't he had as he not only had to fight the daemon that outclassed him in strength, speed, and endurance; but he also had to keep it from attacking Neo-Sailor Moon as well.

The monster sneered at Jamin as it leaped backwards to obtain a measure of distance between itself and its opponent, and began to fling searing firebolts towards him and Neo-Sailor Moon at the same time. Without thinking, Jamin leaped towards Neo-Sailor Moon, grabbing her and leaping away again in split seconds. As fast as he was, however, one of the spherical flameshots razed his back.

Her nervous system was going into shock as he set Neo-Sailor Moon down on the ground as fast as he could while taking care not to further pain her ankle. He stood up and ran towards the daemon, screaming. Slightly amused that the nearly-powerless human would have enough courage to rush him, the daemon decided to play with Jamin instead of trying to finish him off. The daemon would teleport a short distance away a split second before Jamin could get to it.

It began to laugh evilly, which just served to further fuel Jamin's near-berserk rage. He began to rush faster, attacking harder, and it required all of the daemon's attention to avoid the nearly-insane boy, which was exactly what Jamin wanted. While Jamin was drawing the daemon's attention, Hiro handed Neo-Sailor Moon's tiara back to her.

Neo-Sailor Moon sat up as much as she could with tiara in hand. She let go of it and closed her eyes. Her tiara was hovering above the ground between her hands and began to glow as Neo-Sailor Moon began to pour the power of the Silver Crystal into her weapon.

Even through the haze of pain clouding his senses, Jamin saw Hiro motioning to him from the side. Nodding quickly, he turned his attention back to the daemon, and stopped moving, faking exhaustion. The daemon rushed him with fist outstretched for the killing blow. Jamin dropped to the ground just as the daemon would have gotten him and launched the daemon into the air with his legs. The daemon's own momentum sent it flying towards Hiro, who was waiting with his fighting staff in hand. Hiro leaped and brought the weapon down on the daemon's neck, and dropped to the ground with uncanny speed and used the weapon to send the daemon straight up into the air.

From her sitting position, Neo-Sailor Moon aimed her tiara, which was practically vibrating with pent-up energy from the Silver Crystal, and flung it with all of her strength, calling out...

"Moon Tiara Action!"

The disoriented daemon didn't even see the tiara coming as it slammed into the hapless monster's chest, spreading the energy of the Silver Crystal throughout its body like a shockwave.

The daemon was falling to the ground as its body began to turn to dust. All three warriors slumped to the ground in exhaustion as the last of the daemon's remains sprinkled down on to Neo-Sailor Moon's tiara.

Jamin, struggling to retain consciousness, looked over at Hiro, tending to Neo-Sailor Moon's ankle. "You know, boy, that was quite an impressive display of fighting prowess.", he said.

"You might not be so useless after all, Hiro.", Jamin said as the pain coursing throughout his entire body finally won over his will to stay awake and he passed out.