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The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 12

"Sorinya Strikes"

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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Chapter 12 - Sorinya Strikes

"My dear queen," Eagloria said to Queen Sorinya, "I have a report."

"Proceed," said the Queen.

"It appears that the Sailor Scouts and the Knights are getting together well. The Knights are improving their skills."

"I see," said Sorinya. "Hmm, thank you, I think I know what I'll do next. I'll do several things! It'll be so hot and shocking… if that doesn't work then I'll move on to plan B, and when that happens… HA-HA-HA… I don't even want to tell you about plan B!

When it's all done, Sailor Mercury is ALL MINE!"

Meanwhile, in an open and quiet park surrounded by trees, the Sailor Scouts and the knights were taking target practice.

"Well, last round, let's see what we can do," said Venus Knight.

About 75 yards away, Mercury Knight was thrusting thin wooden stakes into the ground. On the top of each stake, he put a bright red apple.

"Well, if it isn't Johnny `Mercury' Appleseed!" chuckled Mars Knight.

Mercury Knight glanced at that comment, and then continued plowing the stakes and setting the apples until he was done with that row.

"Ok," he said as he walked toward the others. "I think Jamie's saying this will be the last shot for each of us." He stopped 25 yards short of the group to plow one more stake and set one more apple.

In all there were a total of ten stakes with ten apples. The stake that was 25 yards away was for Sailor Mini Moon.

Everyone took a spot in line. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon drew their moon rods, the knights drew their swords, and the other scouts took their attack poses.

"All right, guys, one at a time, don't start until the previous person is finished," were Mercury Knight's instructions. "Ready? Ok, Sailor Moon, whenever you're ready."

Sailor Moon was pooped. "YAWN! I'm tired," she said, "can I just walk home and take a nap?"

Mini Moon bopped her on the head. "Stay awake, sleepy head!"

Sailor Moon was fully alert after the encouragement from her daughter. "MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!"

The attack landed squarely in the center of the apple and splattered it to pieces.

The remaining scouts and knights took their turns, using their signature attacks, and their performance was excellent… except for Mini Moon who had to move in a bit closer in order to splatter the apple with her Pink Sugar Heart Attack.

"Great job, guys," said Mercury Knight. "Let's strike."

"Uh, strike?" asked Sailor Moon. "You actually want to take a break for good?"

"No," replied Jupiter Knight, "like in balls and strikes, like baseball!"

"No, no, it isn't any of those," said Mercury Knight. "I read that it's a term used in TV studio production. Whenever they're done shooting something like a music video, they yell STRIKE! That tells the equipment guys to clean everything up in the studio and pack it in until…"

"Greg," said Mars Knight, looking at something in the distance.

"Uh, Chad, I would appreciate it if you didn't interrupt…" Mercury Knight responded. "Anyway…"

"Greg…" said Chad, "am I really, really interested in what you're saying about this… or do I see a fire in the distance?"

Mercury Knight turned around to see that a portion of the forest was indeed on fire, about 500 yards away.

"Whoa, where did that come from?" asked Venus Knight.

Sailor Jupiter noticed that there was a huge, dark storm cloud zooming their way as well.

"Let's get out of here!" yelled Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon were starting to run away from the fire and the cloud, when Sailor Mars halted them.

"You guys, what are you scared about?" she asked. "Come on, Sailor Moon! You're starting to remind me of your old self, the old Sailor Moon who used to cry about EVERYTHING!"

Sailor Moon stood up straight and looked Sailor Mars square in the face. "Crybaby?" she said in a royal voice. "I don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about." She then turned to face the fire. "Ok guys, let's go!"

"Hold up," said Mercury Knight. "We don't have to do anything about the fire. Look, the fire department is here."

Sirens blared and red lights flashed as two large, shiny fire trucks arrived at the scene.

"Greg, you would think that the dark cloud's rain would be able to put out that fire, wouldn't you?" asked Sailor Mercury.

"Yes," replied Mercury Knight, "the only thing is, there's no rain yet."

"The best thing to do," suggested Venus Knight, "is to stay here and wait to see what happens."

"All right," said Sailor Moon, "if you say so."

Firemen were sprawling from the truck and unrolling the hoses. Several of the men grabbed a section of the hose to make sure that it would be steady when the water sprayed.

The fire chief yelled, "Ready? One, two, THREE!"

The water was started, and a huge stream was aimed at the site of the fire.

There was only one problem…

Several seconds after they started spraying, the firefighters shut off the hose and ran for their lives.

The water that they sprayed on the fire actually doubled the fire's intensity.

"Hey, that doesn't compute!" yelled Mercury Knight.

He and the others had to yell at this point because of the wind that was starting to pick up around them as a result of the cloud, which was now directly overhead.

"I have a feeling," Sailor Mercury said, "that this might be the work of…"

Sailor Moon was interrupted by a tremendous, booming lightning strike that missed her by only inches.

Some of the scouts screamed. The intensity of the lightning strike caused everyone to spill onto the ground… all, except Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight.

The wind was now gale-force, and was continuing to pick up. It became hard to speak at this point.

"Everyone, lie flat on the ground!" yelled Mercury Knight. "I'll try to freeze that fire."

"GREG, DON'T!" yelled Sailor Mercury.

"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"

The ice blade charge went towards the fire… but instantaneously made the fire grow larger and get closer.

Mercury Knight's eyes went wide open… then he remembered the firefighters. Shouldn't have done that, he thought, as a sweatdrop appeared on his head.

Mars Knight then had an idea.

"Raye, Lita, Ken, come over here!" he yelled.

Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight made their way through the wind to Mars Knight, who held a brief conference.

After their conference, the four, heads held high, walked toward the fire and the newest points that the lightning strikes were concentrated.

"HEY!" yelled Mercury Knight in the intensifying wind. "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?"

Mars Knight looked at him. "Remember you and the pool the other day?"

"WHAT ABOUT IT?" he yelled.

Mars Knight just looked at him, smiled, then joined the other three.

Mercury Knight was confused as the four made their way to the fire and lightning.

Then he had a thought… and realized what they were doing. They're taking a risk, he thought. Is that going to work?

Sailor Venus stood up. "What are they…"

She was stopped when her entire body was covered in a massive lightning bolt. The entire ground shook.

When it was over, a limp Sailor Venus collapsed onto the ground.

Venus Knight was nearby and trudged over to his fallen princess. "MINA! MINA! WAKE UP!" he yelled!

"Oh great," said Mercury Knight, "this is getting out of hand. I have a feeling this is the Negaverse at work."

"Don't worry about Sailor Venus," said Sailor Moon. "MOON SPIRAL HEALING ACTIVATION!"

The sparkles of light emanating from the moon rod showered all over Sailor Venus, and she came to moments later.

A stunned Sailor Venus sat up and looked at the large, intense fireball. "I… hope they know what they're doing," she said of the quartet nearing it.

Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Mars Knight and Jupiter Knight were now only feet away from the flames.

"So, Chad?" Sailor Mars said to Mars Knight. "Ready to do this? You sure it will work?"

"Positive," replied her knight. "Let's do it."

"So, we stay out here, right?" asked Jupiter Knight.

"Yep, I think that's the plan," replied his sailor-suited princess.

"Let's just make sure…" said Mars Knight, taking a deep breath and sticking his right hand into the fireball for ten seconds.

Mars Knight showed no signs of pain, and removed his unscathed hand after the ten seconds.

Mars Knight grabbed Sailor Mars' hand, and together they stepped into the intense fire.

Sailor Jupiter and her knight started to kneel on the ground. Then joined hands, closed their eyes, and began to meditate.

Sailor Mars could see the bright hot, red and yellow flames swirl around her and Mars Knight. But even with the intense fire, not a single part of her caught on fire… not even her long, black hair.

"OK," Mars Knight yelled in the blazing fire. "Here ought to do it."

The two of them then kneeled and began to meditate, exactly like they were used to doing at the Hikawa Shrine.

Sailor Mars and Mars Knight began their Shinto chant in Japanese, first softly, then with increasing volume. "Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen… Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen… RIN, PYOU, TOU, SHA, KAI, JIN, RETSU, SAI, ZEN… RIN, PYOU!"

They stopped their chant there when they were in touch with the fire around them. They said within themselves, EVIL SPIRITS, CAST YOURSELVES AWAY FROM THIS FIRE! BEGONE!"

At the same time, Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight were meditating. Sailor Jupiter said out loud, in her commanding voice, "FORCES OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, YOU ARE UNDER A DARK SPELL FROM THE NEGAVERSE! WE COMMAND YOU…"

At that, a huge bolt of lightning struck Jupiter Knight right where he was.

But Jupiter Knight looked as if nothing was bothering him.

Sailor Jupiter only stopped a moment to look at her knight before continuing. "WE COMMAND YOU TO HELP QUENCH THIS FIRE INSTEAD OF CAUSING DESTRUCTION!"

Jupiter Knight then repeated Sailor Jupiter's words.

The four continued their chants. Hot fire continued to swirl around Sailor Mars and Mars Knight, while thunderbolts were striking the ground repeatedly, one after another, in seeming response to the cries of Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight.

In the distance, Tuxedo Mask had just joined Sailor Moon, Sailor Mini Moon, Sailor Mercury, Mercury Knight, Sailor Venus and Venus Knight.

"I'm not sure if they'll be all right," said Tuxedo Mask.

Mercury Knight thought for a second, and then replied, "If I know what they're doing, they should be fine."

As he said that, the multiple lightning strikes stopped, as if they were immediately silenced. Then, the cloud opened up, and rain began to fall slowly. As that happened, the fire's intensity began to weaken… and weaken… and weaken.

The rain then started to pour, and the rain helped to completely extinguish the fire within a few more minutes. Soon after, the winds died down to normal levels.

"It's safe," said Tuxedo Mask. "Let's go over to them."

The ten of them met up in the spot that Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight were at.

"We did it!" yelled Sailor Mars.

"It worked!" yelled Sailor Jupiter.

"Yep," said Mars Knight, "and we can all thank Mercury Knight for that."

"Wait," replied Mercury Knight, "are you talking about the time that I breathed underwater?"

"That's right," said Jupiter Knight. "Think of it, Greg. Fire? Thunder? It was perfect for the four of us. Now, you and Amy aren't the only ones with something special. Thunder doesn't bother me, and fire doesn't bother him. That goes for the girls, too."

"Well, you know what that means," said Sailor Venus, pointing to Venus Knight. "All we have to do is wait for him to do something unique!!"

"Good point," replied Venus Knight, who thought of something as he looked through the clearing smoke.

Venus Knight could see the destruction that the fire had caused. Burned and charred trees could be seen everywhere, some of them dried up as if they had just been hit by volcano lava.

He then felt something inside of him… a strong, powerful force. He whipped out his sword and yelled "VENUS LOVE BLADE CHARGE!"

Mercury Knight gasped. "Jamie! What are you…"

But instead of an attack, the love beam coming out of Venus Knight's blade gently showered all over the fire-burnt area.

Slowly, new plants were starting to sprout out all over the ground. The plants stopped growing when they were several feet out.

Sailor Venus gasped. "Wow! You did that?!"

"Yep," replied Venus Knight. "This area lost its beauty after the fire and the lightning. I am Venus Knight, from the planet of love and beauty, and I… well… felt it was necessary to prevent the beauty from fading away here."

"But it seems that those aren't full height, just like the other trees," said Mars Knight.

"Yeah," replied Sailor Mercury, "but I think it's best if the plants stayed this way and we all just let nature take its natural course now."

"All right, the circle is complete!" said Sailor Moon. "Everyone now has their own special talent… except, of course, for me…"

Meanwhile, back in the Negaverse…

"It failed!" yelled Sorinya. "Time for Plan B!"

Sorinya meditated, and it looked as if waves were beginning to pulse out of her head.

"Oh, don't worry," said Mercury Knight to Sailor Moon. "You're the very unique one."

"Well, not really!" said Mini Moon. "I'm the unique one, more unique than her!"

"Oh, will you stop that?" yelled Sailor Moon to her daughter.

"Stop what?" replied Mini Moon. "You haven't got anything special, other than the pathetic stick that you call a moon rod!"

"PATHETIC?" yelled Sailor Moon.

"Stop your habit of yelling, you two," said Tuxedo Mask, putting his hand in the way of the two odango-heads.

"Shove off, you pig!" yelled Sailor Moon to Tuxedo Mask.

"Get away!" yelled Mini Moon.

The two shoved Tuxedo Mask hard onto the grass, and then continued in their shouting match.

Mercury Knight looked confused. "Hey, Ames, do you get any of this?"

Sailor Mercury gave Mercury Knight an angry look. "AMES? You call me AMES?" she yelled.

"But, I always call you…"

"LISTEN UP, YOU, MY NAME IS AMY! ACTUALLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL ME SAILOR MERCURY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

"Uh…" Mercury Knight said, trying to find the right words.

"THAT'S RIGHT, YOU DON'T KNOW, DO YOU?"

Mercury Knight was stunned to see this reaction from Sailor Mercury.

Seconds later, he found that the two soldiers from Mars, Jupiter and Venus were also arguing, for one reason or another.

He could barely hear Sailor Mars saying something to the likes of "how many times have I told you not to stick your hand in the fire?" and Venus Knight taunting Sailor Venus with "you are so sick, you don't even care about anything!"

Out of the eleven that were there, the only two that weren't in a shouting match were Mercury Knight, who was still being yelled at by Sailor Mercury, and Tuxedo Mask, who was still trying to separate Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon. Both of them didn't know what was going on.

Mercury Knight then had an idea, and decided to play along. "So what's wrong with me, Mercury?" he yelled to Sailor Mercury. "Do you want to cover me up in fog? Is that it?"

"YEAH," Sailor Mercury yelled, hands on hips. "Why don't I?"

Mercury Knight looked at Tuxedo Mask. "TUXEDO MASK!" he yelled. "GET READY TO BOLT!"

Tuxedo Mask nodded and braced himself.

Sailor Mercury formed a fog bubble and yelled "SHABON SPRAY!"

The entire area was covered in fog. But the fog never stopped the others from arguing. Sailor Mercury couldn't see Mercury Knight, so she decided to go at it with Sailor Mars in a rare tongue-sticking contest.

The firefighters were nearby as the fog cleared. Instead of going back to pick up their hoses, they watched in wonder as their heroes shouted at each other.

"This situation is not good, Jim," said one firefighter to another as the arguing continued.

Tuxedo Mask and Mercury Knight, however, were gone… and wondering what was going on.

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?

Mercury Knight and Tuxedo Mask can't believe what they've just seen from their friends.

Will they do something about it?

CAN they do something about it?

Find out in Chapter 13 of, The Saga of Mercury.

The Saga of Mercury Chapter 12 - Sorinya Strikes 11