Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Saga of Mercury ❯ Meet The Knights ( Chapter 8 )

The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 8

"Meet The Knights"

Written by Jose I. Ramos

Portions based on "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen No Miko

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Chapter 8 - Meet The Knights

"What was she thinking!" Queen Sorinya yelled to herself. "Ooh, that's two servants wasted and Amy Mizuno is still alive! And Greg is back together with her, to make matters worse! I'll have to think up something else… hmm… I have an idea… it seems now that Greg and Amy are back on the train to Tokyo, along with all of Amy's friends. Maybe it's those brats that are standing in my way. So… THEY'RE NEXT!!!"

Meanwhile, on the train back to Tokyo…

Greg and Amy had purchased first-class compartments for everyone for the ride back east. The two were snuggled together, with Amy leaning her head on Greg's shoulder as they watched the beautiful scenery rush on by.

Across from them, Serena was gleaming, leaning her head on one of Darien's shoulders… Rini felt the same way, leaning her head on Darien's other shoulder. A sweatdrop appeared on Darien's head as the two of them grabbed each of his arms.

Raye and Lita were stressed out at the sight, while Mina's eyes were fixed on Amy and Greg.

Greg looked at Amy, smiling. Then he turned to Serena. "By the way, Serena," he said, "as soon as we get back to Tokyo, I need to have a word with just Amy, Luna and Artemis." He turned to Mina. "Mina, did you get that?"

Mina's face was in a frozen smile as she continued to stare at the happy couple. Then she snapped out of it… "Artemis? Oh, SURE," she responded.

"Ok, Serena?" asked Greg.

Serena was too busy doing oogle-eyes on Darien. Raye kicked her in the knee. "SERENA! Greg is trying to ask you something!" Raye yelled.

"Oh so what," Serena responded as if in a trance. "I just want Darien."

"No, I want Darien," replied Rini.

"NO, I WANT HIM!" yelled Serena.

"ME!" yelled Rini.

Serena and Rini engaged in a tug of war over Darien. Then Amy put her hand between them. "You guys," responded Amy firmly, "stop this, this is the first class car and you're not supposed to be yelling out loud."

Serena and Rini let go of Darien immediately, and sat up straight in their chairs, sweatdrops on their faces.

"Uh, so, Serena," said Greg, "about Luna?"

"Yeah, yeah," Serena responded.

After the train ride, Amy and Greg got together with Luna and Artemis in Amy's den.

"So what do you want to talk to us about?" asked Luna.

"Well, the reason I brought you here is because I want to talk to you about whether or not we should be calling up the other knights, due to the latest circumstances."

"The… other knights?" asked Amy.

"Yes," Greg responded. "Amy, you are the smartest and most intelligent person out of all the Sailor Scouts, so you can be trusted with this information. We have to keep it a secret until the right time."

"All right, Greg."

"Yes Greg," Artemis said with a puzzled look, "It's also because you and Amy are in love with each other…"

A sweatdrop appeared on Greg's head. "Uh… uh… Amy… Amy is the smartest and most intelligent person of all of them. That's the reason she can know this. And besides, none of the others know who the knights are yet." He turned to Amy. "Anyway, Amy, I remember their Earth names now."

"Wait, Greg," Amy said. "Before you tell me who they are, what exactly are the knights? What exactly did the guys like you do?"

"The knights are highly-trained soldiers," said Luna, "that were chosen from their respective planets to help protect their planets, as well as the entire moon kingdom. In addition, they had to defend the princesses of those planets, the same way Price Darien defended Princess Serena on the Moon."

"Only those who were from the inner planets were chosen as knights," Artemis continued. "The defensive powers of the outer planets were so strong, that they didn't require knights."

"At first, the princesses were reluctant to have knights," Greg said, "but soon afterward, the princesses began to have strong feelings for the knights, and the knights for their princesses. Their feelings grew into a strong bond of love and friendship. For example, you, Amy, and myself. Then came the Negaverse's biggest attack in which Queen Serenity sent all of us to live second lives on Earth in the hopes that one day the Sailor Scouts would continue to defend the kingdom against any new threats that the Negaverse would throw. You Sailor Scouts have been fighting countless enemies since then, but the Knights, like myself, were kept in reserve until the right moment. Enter the point about ten days ago when I almost died on you in this very room, and became the Mercury Knight… that, in effect, was the right moment."

"Are you sure this is the right moment?" asked Amy.

"We think so," replied Artemis. "We've done some research on Queen Sorinya's past. Sorinya is the big enemy now, like Queen Beryl was a long time ago. Sorinya loves to take her anger out on individuals. She tried to kill you, Amy. You were, and possibly still are, her ultimate target. Which is why the Mercury Knight was brought back into the picture. Now we think she might eliminate the other scouts in order to get to you. So to protect them, we are thinking of calling the other knights."

"I wonder if the other knights know who they are." Amy said.

"They will, once we tell them, and once they see the light," said Greg.

"Let's settle this now," said Luna. "All those in favor of recalling the Knights of the Inner Planets, raise your hand… or your paw…"

Two hands and two paws went up.

"Well, it's unanimous." Artemis responded.

"So who are the other knights?" Amy asked.

"Just stay with us, Amy," Greg said, "and you'll find out along the way. In the meantime, we have to find out where these three guys are and have them meet up in one spot."

A week later, two guys were waiting together next to track 16 at the Tokyo train station.

"Who called us here," asked Chad, from the Hikawa Shrine where Raye lives.

"Beats me," said Ken, Lita's ex-boyfriend.

"The cards said 3 PM, Tokyo Station, Track 16, don't bring Raye." Chad responded. "Yours said not to bring Lita."

"I didn't have to, I haven't seen her since… well it's been a long time," said Ken.

They looked at a third guy walk up to them.

"Are you Chad and Ken?" he asked.

"Yeah," responded Chad, "just who are you?"

"I'm Jamie. I just finished volleyball practice and ran over here to meet this deadline."

"Hey Jamie, I'm Chad and this is Ken."

"Hi guys! Yeah, I got this card, and the card said not to bring Mina. But I don't get it… I haven't seen Mina in a long time."

"This is like so boring," Chad complained. "I wonder if there's a girl that wants to meet the three of us in private!"

"Uh… we're in a train station, this is not private!" responded Ken.

"Hi guys," said a feminine voice.

Chad looked to his left. "Amy!" he shrieked. "YOU want to go out with us?"

Greg, Luna and Artemis followed right behind her.

"Hey!" said Greg.

Chad, Ken and Jamie yelled, "WHO ARE YOU?"

"My name is Greg, I'm Amy's boyfriend."

"Well then, what's the point of bringing us together then?" Jamie asked.

"Good grief, not even a how are you?" said Greg. "Anyway, I'm glad you guys could come. Let's take this train to the countryside. It'll be worth it."

Greg had to coax and shove Chad into the train… and then everyone went on their way.

On a remote hillside near Mount Fuji, Chad, Ken and Jamie faced Amy, Greg, Luna and Artemis.

"Welcome, Knights of the Inner Planets!" said Luna.

"YAAAAAAAAH!" shrieked Chad. "That cat talked! That cat talked! Ken, did you see that cat talk? Jamie?"

Ken and Jamie stared at Luna as if they were in a trance. "Uh-huh."

"That makes two," Artemis said.

"I WANT OUTTA HERE!" yelled Chad as he started to run back down the hill. But Greg stood in his way. It took a minute of reassurance from Greg for Chad to go back and join the others.

"Inner Knights of the Planets of… what are you talking about?!" said Ken.

"Uh, that's Knights of the Inner Planets," Greg responded. He turned to Amy. "Guess we'd rather show them than make a long speech, Ames. Let's go."

"Right," Amy responded.

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"

The three guys were struck with awe. "AMY! SAILOR MERCURY!" yelled Chad.

"Who are you?" asked Jamie, pointing to Mercury Knight.

"I'm Mercury Knight," he responded.

Ken thought for a moment… "You… you, look familiar…"

"Yeah… I remember you…" said Chad.

"Mercury Knight… hmm…" said Jamie.

The three were all struck with thoughts… and soon, they started to remember their past.

"Raye," said Chad.

"Lita," said Ken.

"Mina?" said Jamie. "Why am I starting to think about her all of a sudden?"

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" yelled a voice.

Mercury Knight turned around and gasped.

"For Love and Justice, we are the sailor-suited… WHAT?" yelled Sailor Moon, looking at the three guys.

"Uh, what are you guys doing here?" asked Mercury Knight.

"You transformed, so here we are!" replied Sailor Mini Moon.

"Oh great, the plan backfired!" said Mercury Knight.

"Well, nobody's perfect," chuckled Sailor Mercury in reply.

"Chad?" said Sailor Mars.

"Ken?" said Sailor Jupiter.

"Is that you Jamie?" said Sailor Venus.

"What are they doing here?" asked Sailor Moon.

"Uh… we were just… taking them through the countryside!" said a nervous Mercury Knight.

"Stop, Greg," said Sailor Mercury. "Now that everyone's here, we might as well tell the truth."

Mercury Knight turned toward Artemis and nodded to him.

"Sailors… meet your knights," said Artemis.

Mars, Jupiter and Venus gasped.

"Our knights?" said Sailor Mars.

Mars stood next to Chad, Jupiter to Ken, and Venus to Jamie.

Chad, Ken and Jamie remembered about a time long ago, when they were soldiers trained to protect their planet and defend the kingdom and their planet's princess. They remembered the closeness that they shared with them.

"I feel weird," Chad complained as the Mars symbol appeared on his forehead. Then he thought to himself, Is this the warm feeling that I've been having the past few weeks?

The Jupiter and Venus symbols appeared on Ken and Jamie, respectively, as well.

The tiaras on Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus vanished, and the respective symbols appeared on their foreheads. They started to remember their distant past, too.

"Starting to remember, guys?" asked Mercury Knight.

"Yeah," replied Chad, "I remember seeing Raye every day… I protected her and our planet… as the Mars Knight!"

"I was with Lita all of the time," said Ken. "I was the Jupiter Knight! From the planet of thunder and lightning."

"And I was Venus Knight," said Jamie, "to protect the love and beauty that was in Princess Mina."

Sailor Venus blushed when she heard this. Sailors Mars and Jupiter got teary-eyed.

"Finally," said Sailor Jupiter, "my TRUE prince charming!"

Suddenly, daggers formed in front of the three guys. Each of them took the dagger with their symbol on it.

Sailor Mars' face was beaming. "Oh Chad," she said.

Chad looked at his Mars dagger, clutched it tightly, then turned his eyes toward the Mercury Knight. "Hey, is this wicked cool or what?" he said to him.

"Uh…" started Mercury Knight, "… didn't I say that once?"

"It's time to transform," said Sailor Mercury.

"Okay," said Chad. "Now let's see if I remember… MARS… KNIGHT POWER!"

"JUPITER KNIGHT POWER!"

"And I say VENUS KNIGHT POWER!"

"That was perfect!" replied Mercury Knight.

Mars Knight looked at Sailor Mars. "Raye," he said, "this isn't so weird anymore. Now I know. It wasn't just a coincidence that I began to work and study at your grandpa's shrine. It was destiny."

"Chad," Sailor Mars responded, "this proves that we have something special with each other."

"Well Lita," said Jupiter Knight, smiling, "I'm not joking - I broke up with Lucy about two weeks ago, so… can I see you again?"

"Hmm, let me think…" Sailor Jupiter said, giving her new knight a quizzed look, then a joyful one. "YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!"

Venus Knight chuckled, then looked at Sailor Venus. "I agree with Chad! This is so cool, don't you think?"

"Yeah," Sailor Venus responded. "Now I know my attraction to you a while ago really meant something…"

Jamie and Mina kissed. Ken and Lita, and Jamie and Mina, shared tight embraces.

A red rose interrupted their kissing.

"Well, look who it is!" said Mercury Knight. "You should remember this guy because he's our leader! None other than…"

"TUXEDO MASK!" yelled Mars, Jupiter and Venus Knights.

"When the threat is high, I find nothing else more pleasing than to see your bond of friendship, dedication and love continue over all these years. It's good to see you again." Tuxedo Mask said.

"Now, everyone," said Sailor Mercury, "we'll all be ready when the time comes for new attacks from the Negaverse!"

"WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE!" yelled Sailor Mini Moon.

"Yes!" said the knights, raising their swords into the air.

"To the past!" said Sailor Mars.

"To the present!" said Sailor Jupiter.

"To the future!" said Sailor Venus.

"To the…" started Sailor Mercury…

"UNGH!" winced Sailor Moon.

Mercury Knight looked puzzled. "To the UNGH?" he said. "Uh… all right, to the UNGH!"

"Ah… I didn't say that," said Sailor Mercury.

"What's wrong, Sailor Moon," asked Tuxedo Mask.

Sailor Moon was moving her legs into knots.

"You've been having… such a good time with yourselves… and such a LONG time… I… I…"

"What?" asked Sailor Mercury.

Sailor Moon yelled at the top of her lungs. "I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!"

Sweatdrops were on everyone's heads. Mercury Knight pointed his finger in one direction and said, "Uh… the nearest bathroom is at the train station down the hill…"

Sailor Moon ran off like a roadrunner.

"… One and a half miles out," Mercury Knight said, completing his sentence.

Meanwhile, back in the Negaverse…

"Your majesty," said servant Eagloria, appearing before Queen Sorinya. "I have something I must tell you about, something that I saw."

"Do not bother me," said Sorinya, "I am concentrating on how to get rid of Amy Mizuno's `girlfriends'."

"But your majesty…"

"LEAVE ME! Once I have perfected this plan, no one will stand in my way, not even that puny Greg who calls himself Mercury Knight! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"

End of Chapter 8

How well will the new knights get along with all of the others as a team?

And what's next on the docket for Sorinya?

Stay tuned for the answer in Chapter 9 of, The Saga of Mercury.

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