Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Saga of Mercury ❯ First Evening Out ( Chapter 9 )

The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 9

"First Evening Out"

Written by Jose I. Ramos

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

"Sailor Moon" and all related characters are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI Animation and other agencies.

Storyline © 2002 Jose I. Ramos

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The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however content in some chapters is based on the Mercury Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.

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Chapter 9 - First Evening Out

A majestic sunset lit up the sky in beautiful colors as the bullet train sped its way toward Tokyo. With the train's fast speed, the colors seemed to blend together.

But to a certain number of people in two first class compartments, time seemed to stand still.

The Sailor Soldiers, three of which just saw their true knights in shining armor for the first time, seemed to be in heaven.

In one compartment were Serena and Darien, Amy and Greg, and Chad and Raye. In the other were Lita and Ken, Mina and Jamie, Rini, Luna and Artemis.

Serena was snuggled into Darien right next to the window, looking at the scenery and the whizzing steel poles that held the train's overhead electrification system. She was spooked once or twice by the whizzing of trains going the opposite direction, but other than that… Serena… was serene.

Greg and Amy read a book about scientists' opinions on the Periodic Table of the Elements, which Greg happened to purchase on a whim before they boarded the train; One of Greg's hands held the book… the other held Amy.

Chad was still boasting that he was the Mars Knight, which left sweatdrops on Raye's head.

In the other compartment, Ken was asking Lita how her cooking was coming along. "I'm enrolled in the culinary cooking academy in Shinjuku," he said. "One day I have to show you what I've learned."

"That's the spirit!" responded Lita, blushing slightly and placing her hand on his. "And I'll be around if you need any help."

"Well actually," said Ken, "there's a cooking competition in a nearby high school in a couple of weeks, perhaps you can help me out with that?"

Lita smiled and nodded her head.

Meanwhile, Jamie and Mina talked volleyball. "I've got to see you play a game one of these days," said Mina.

"YOU have to start playing again, Mina!" responded Jamie. "I don't think you've played in a while."

"That's right," Mina said in a powerful voice, "I will play volleyball again, and I'll prove that nobody… and I mean NOBODY… messes with Mighty Mina!"

"Ah…" Jamie had a sweatdrop on his head as he was trying to find words. "Well, I have a match in a few weeks, and I hear that there's a referee coming from America to officiate the match. They say he's really good…"

Rini was talking to Luna and Artemis about the new members to the team.

"They seem so happy, why don't I have a knight?" she said.

Luna sighed. "Rini, we've been through this several times already! You are too young to have your own knight."

"NO I AM NOT!" Rini shouted in reply, veins bulging from her head. Rini had now caught the attention of everyone else in her compartment. "I am a Sailor Soldier like everyone else! You watch, some day I'll have one! Someone who I'll love very much and call my own."

Artemis tried to cheer Rini up… "Well if you had a knight now, what would we call him, the mini knight? If that was the case he'd be half your size!"

Luna, Rini and everyone else in the compartment gave Artemis the strangest of looks following that failed joke attempt.

Hmm, that didn't work, did it… Artemis thought to himself with a sweatdrop on his head.

After the bullet train pulled into Tokyo, everyone took the subway and walked to the Jubban Shopping Center area to spend the night. They split up into two groups: The girls with Luna and Artemis, and the guys. They agreed to meet back at the Crown parlor in two hours for dinner.

The guys decided to do some sightseeing around the OSA*P store.

Serena dragged Raye, Mina, Luna and Artemis over to Bob Floy's.

Amy and Lita were walking toward the supermarket. "So what do you think of Ken?" asked Amy.

Lita couldn't find the right words to say for a few seconds. Then she responded, "Well we all remembered everything when we found out about all those guys. Ken…" Lita blushed at this point. "I LOVE being back together with him. It's perfect timing too, he became single again a while ago, and we both had a GREAT time talking again when we were on the train. He told me that he's in a cooking contest in a few weeks, and I said I would help him to prepare for that."

"I wonder what kind of food he likes," said Amy.

"SO… how about you and Greg? What do you think, now that you have a true love?"

"Oh, don't change the subject!" Amy responded, giggling and blushing. "Well… as I'm sure you've seen already, we've had our share of good times and bad times in the past few weeks."

"Yeah, you almost lost him one time."

"And I almost lost him, too, when he was being controlled by Sorinya."

"…Sorinya?" Lita asked.

"They never told you," Amy responded, "She's our new enemy from the Negamoon."

Lita stopped walking and put her hands on her hips. "Oh," she said in disgust, "I just hate fighting those Nega-creeps!"

"Lita," Amy said, "it's our job to fight off the Negaverse for the good of our entire Moon Kingdom."

"That's what you always say," Lita said.

"There's another reason, too… She… she is after me."

"You, Amy?"

"Yes, and Luna and Artemis believe that I'm the target… and in order to get to me, she'll use any means necessary, including getting through you, Serena, and the other girls. That's why the knights were brought back."

"Don't worry, Amy, as long as I'm here, you'll be safe. You're one of my best friends… You know what? One day you should come over to my house so I can cook a meal especially for you!"

"Thanks for the offer Lita, maybe I'll take you up on it."

"Yeah, I can make you something like…" Lita was trying to think of some little-known food that she could serve Amy. Then one popped into her mind. "I have a lot of seafood! How about a nice, juicy, yellow-tailed tuna fish?"

Amy's eyes bulged and sweatdrops appeared on her head when she heard the key phrase, "Yellow-tailed tuna fish." She remembered trying that once before, and despite her desire for a variety of foods, especially nutritious foods, this was one dish that she absolutely hated. "Uh, no… sorry, I've had problems with that. Yellow-tailed tuna fish…"

Amy was interrupted by a tap on her shoulder. "Excuse me, miss," said a female voice.

Amy and Lita turned around to see a woman in a green shirt with light khaki pants, sandals, and short orange hair. The shirt had a pocket with a purple fish on it. "I understand you hate yellow-tailed tuna fish? What's wrong with it? You should try it once again soon. Once you taste it again then maybe you'll change your mind."

"Your point?" demanded Lita.

"Oh yes, well, if you're interested in fishing excursions for yellow-tailed tuna, and other fishes such as trout, bass or snapper, I can help, because I represent a touring company that specializes in fishing."

Lita's eyes beamed. "Really! Wow, tell me all about it, fish would make excellent main course dishes!"

"Yep," the woman snapped. "Really, any fish, and any size, we can pretty much take care of the experience!"

"I… I'm really not into fishing that much," said Amy.

"Oh don't worry about it, we can make your experience pain-free!"

"Why don't we give it a shot," said Lita.

"No, wait," said Amy, "I still have my doubts. For starters, where will the tour meet?"

"The tour," the woman responded, "meets outside Brighton Academy. Isn't that where you went to school, Amy?"

"Why, yes, it was, when I was a young… wait a minute, how do you know my name?"

"Uh… your name?? What name??" said the woman.

"You said my name, how do you know it?"

"Yeah, what gives," shouted Lita.

OH CRAP, the woman thought. She proceeded to shove Amy hard to the ground.

"AMY!" Lita yelled.

Amy was unconscious on the concrete sidewalk.

Turning to the woman, Lita yelled, "What was that for?"

The female grinned an evil grin and took a step back. "Orders from my queen," she said in an evil voice. "Oh well, I blew my cover so I might as well kill her!"

"You're not going to lay a finger on her!" shouted Lita, taking out her transformation pen. "JUPITER STAR POWER!" she yelled. Thunderbolts surrounded her, as she became Sailor Jupiter.

The woman in the green shirt had morphed into what looked to be a mermaid, with a red-scaled body, very long orange nails and long, silky orange hair. The necklace that she wore contained a ruby crystal with the inverted symbol of the Negamoon.

"I am Morphonia, the most beautiful of Queen Sorinya's servants! I have come to avenge for my sister, Aquina. Sailor Mercury shall perish!"

"Not a chance," yelled Sailor Jupiter. "I'm going to show you what happens when you mess with one of my friends. I am the sailor-suited pretty soldier of love and courage! I represent thunder and lightning! I AM SAILOR JUPITER! On behalf of the planet Jupiter, I shall punish you!"

"Your speeches are like a broken record!" protested Morphonia. "Well get ready because I'm about to break you!"

Sailor Jupiter attacked without hesitation. "SUPREME THUNDER!"

But Morphonia whacked the thunder back at Sailor Jupiter with her bright, red fin.

Sailor Jupiter yelled as she was hit by her own attack. So much energy was drained from her; there were almost two unconscious bodies on the sidewalk.

"This is too easy!" Morphonia said in triumph. "Now, who to get rid of first…"

Sailor Jupiter tried to get up. Ken, she thought to herself, where are you when I need you the most?

"You've won the draw," Morphonia declared. "Meet your death, Jupiter!" With that she extended her hand and thrusted her dagger-like nails at Jupiter's chest.

Jupiter tried to cross her arms to avoid the attack. Then she heard…

"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"

The nails were chopped in half from the electricity coming from Jupiter Knight's blade.

"Ken… Jupiter Knight…" Lita said, gazing at her knight with sparkling eyes.

"You'd better wake Amy up," said Jupiter Knight. "The others are on their way."

Just as he finished the sentence, in came everyone else: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Tuxedo Mask, Mercury Knight, Mars Knight, Venus Knight, Sailor Mini Moon, Luna and Artemis.

Sailor Moon was in the middle of eating ice cream when she transformed, and had hints of vanilla and chocolate on her lips.

"MI MAM MAYMAA MOOF!" said Sailor Moon, striking her patented pose, but still stuffed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Mars Knight looked at Sailor Moon and said, "Your entrance was, like, so bogus."

"Did I hear someone say that they were beautiful?" yelled Sailor Venus.

"HA! My long, rich hair beats yours anytime." Morphonia said.

"Ok, no more Miss Nice Soldier! VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"

The Love-Me chain was deflected as well, and the deflection headed straight for Sailor Venus.

"VENUS LOVE SHIELD CHARGE!" yelled Venus Knight. The shield absorbed everything. Venus looked at her knight and smiled, saying "Thanks!"

Everyone, except for a dazed Amy who was struggling to get up, threw their best shots at Morphonia, only to get their attacks deflected by that huge fin.

Mercury Knight then realized that he had a computer visor, similar to that of his female counterpart. He activated it and attempted to search for a weakness… but couldn't find it.

"I can't find this fish's weak spot!" Mercury Knight yelled to Artemis.

Artemis responded, "Mercury Knight, see if you can get Amy to transform, then you can interface your computer with hers."

"Interface?" said Mercury Knight.

"Yes," said Artemis. "Back on the Moon Kingdom, when some strong enemies came to attack, you two joined your computers together. The interface made your computers more powerful, and thanks to that, you could spot or predict weaknesses easily."

"Hmm, okay, let's try."

Mercury Knight had to get through Morphonia to get to Amy on the other side. He decided to run at her with his Mercury Ice Blade attack. The attack was sent up to the darkening sky by Morphonia's fin.

He finally got to Amy who was weak in the knees… literally.

"Hey Ames," Mercury Knight said, helping Amy to her feet. "Artemis says we can interface our visors. Transform and then we'll try it."

Amy held her transformation pen high in the air. "MERCURY STAR POWER!"

Morphonia was slamming back Sailor Mars' Burning Mandala attack.

"Stop it, you fish!"

Morphonia turned around to see Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight.

"I AM SAILOR MERCURY, champion of justice! In the name of Mercury, I will not allow you to continue to take batting practice using our powers!"

"And I am the protector and defender of Mercury - I AM MERCURY KNIGHT! And don't you forget about that!"

"Oh, I won't forget, but you'll soon forget that Sailor Mercury is alive!" Morphonia yelled, as she sent the nails from her other hand flying toward Sailor Mercury. Mercury Knight picked up Sailor Mercury and carried her out of the way before the nails were able to pierce her.

Sailor Mercury then activated her computer visor. "Okay, Mercury Knight, let's try it."

The two of them joined hands and concentrated. And soon… their visors turned from a blue color to a golden yellow color. Their computers were now interfaced with each other, and their scanning abilities tripled.

The visors zoomed in to pick up something microscopic on Morphonia's back.

"There's a small defect on one of her vertical fins," said Sailor Mercury.

"You're right," responded Mercury Knight, "It may be like her Achilles Heel. Let's try targeting that."

"Right!"

The two let go of their hands to return their visors to normal, but they knew what they were aiming for.

"Everyone! Aim for the back, just below her shoulders!" yelled Mercury Knight.

"I'll help," yelled Sailor Mercury. "SHABON SPRAY FREEZING!"

The attack froze Morphonia in her tracks. This enabled everyone to use their attacks toward Morphonia's back.

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"

"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"

"FIRE SOUL!"

"MARS FIRE BLADE CHARGE!"

"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"

"JUPITER THUNDER BLADE CHARGE!"

"CRESCENT BEAM!"

"VENUS LOVE BLADE CHARGE!"

"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"

"MOON TIARA ACTION!"

Tuxedo Mask threw three roses to that same area, with one flick of the hand, to close out the attack.

Morphonia screamed in agonizing pain as each attack hit her. The Crescent Beam attack nearly shattered her Negamoon necklace. When it was over, she was left slumped on the floor.

"Now, Sailor Moon!" yelled Tuxedo Mask.

"NOT SO FAST!" yelled Morphonia, breaking through the ice and struggling up. "You… haven't… heard… the last of me!" she yelled. A puff of orange smoke and she was gone.

"Wha?" said Sailor Moon. "She's gone!"

"Gone?!?!" replied Mars Knight. "You mean, we attacked her and all that, and then she just disappears?"

"I don't get it," said Sailor Mars. "That doesn't happen much."

"Well at least I was excited," said Jupiter Knight. "I think that was my first attack!"

"Yeah, I really liked it too," Venus Knight said in agreement. "This is like making a kill in volleyball!"

"Well, I'm glad you found it that way," said Sailor Venus, "because that's what fighting the Negaverse is basically all about."

"We thought you guys were gonna have to train again," said Sailor Jupiter. "Looks like we were wrong!"

"I'm hungry!" complained Sailor Mini Moon.

"Okay," said Tuxedo Mask, "Looks like we're done for now, so let's head on over to the Crown for a bite."

"We'll have to keep our eyes open, you guys," said Sailor Moon.

They all de-transformed and headed to the Crown parlor.

As they were walking down towards the parlor, Greg looked to his left and noticed that the 10-Ban Land Amusement Park was open tonight. It struck an idea in his head.

They entered the Crown Game Center, which was below the parlor, and walked upstairs. As soon as they got upstairs, Lita noticed the special of the day. "Amy! Look at this!"

Amy looked at the special, and then found herself with sweatdrops all over her.

The special was, Yellow-tail tuna fish, customer's choice of raw, fried or broiled…

Amy froze in her tracks. Greg put his arm around her. "What's up Ames? You look… oh," he chuckled, "Yellow-tail tuna fish is the special, eh? You won't try it again?"

Amy vigorously shook her head. Greg then turned to the others. "Can you guys help Amy out with the yellow…"

Greg stopped talking when he saw sweatdrops on Serena, Raye, Mina and Rini. They were staring at the specials menu in discomfort.

Greg then turned his head back to the specials menu, and read the special again.

Yellow-tail tuna fish, customer's choice of raw, fried or broiled… with warm shitake mushroom sauce, drenched or baked in. Served with asparagus and steamed carrots.

Will EVERYONE enjoy their meal?

Morphonia claimed that the scouts and knights had not seen the last of her... will she return?

And what was Greg thinking about when he saw the amusement park?

Find out in Chapter 10 of, The Saga of Mercury.

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