Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Sea By Moonlight ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Dolphin-chick 
Watch out for bird lice! The Cosmic Senshi appear (briefly)! Digging up Antares' past.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 11.23.2001 | Pages: 1 | Words: 987 | Visits: 180 | Status: Work In Progress
Watch out for bird lice! The Cosmic Senshi appear (briefly)! Digging up Antares' past.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 11.23.2001 | Pages: 1 | Words: 987 | Visits: 180 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 2
Antares waded her way through the hot spring, wrinkling her nose at the sulfuric stench. A few stray cherry blossoms had fallen in; the gardeners always managed to keep the cheery trees that lined the small spring in full bloom. Antares was pondering this when her peaceful reverie was broken.
"BONZAIIII!!!" SPLASH!
Antares shrieked, startled by the sudden intrusion. Sailor Libra popped out of the water. She swam over to a rock in the middle of the spring, her large, waterlogged wings sagging behind her and weighing her down. "Damn, it's hot," she complained, pulling a fine-toothed comb out of the side of her swimsuit shorts.
"Of course it's hot, it's a hot spring. They call it that for a reason," Antares commented back. She was annoyed at having her bath so rudely disturbed. "What are you doing anyway?"
"Preening," Libra answered simply, brushing out the feathers of her wings one by one.
"Do you have to do that here?" Antares watched as Libra absently pulled out loose feathers, setting them in a pile.
"I'm molting; the Queen hates it when there's feathers all over the palace. They don't float around when there wet. And besides I think I have a mild case of bird lice."
"What?!"
"Hm? Oh, it's a common affliction. I probably picked up in the avery1. They're like people lice, only on birds. Hot water kills 'em," Libra stated as if it was a well-known fact. That said, she leapt into the water flapping her wings and splashing everywhere.
"ACK!" Cut that out!" Antares screamed. Knowing it was probably a useless cause anyway, she climbed out of the spring and threw on her bathrobe, praying she didn't have bird lice.
~oO Oo~
"There it is," said the dark shadow near the immense window. Her index finger was against the glass, indicating Earth's white moon.
"So Polaris, do you think Antares is still there?" a small, lavender haired woman asked.
The figure by the window turned abruptly, her knee-length light blue hair swirling around her. Her outfit was similar to the other four women's; the Cosmic Senshi uniform hardly varied from soldier to soldier. She wore a white midriff top, with a sailor collar spangled in diamonds and a silver bow with a prismatic eight-point star in the middle. On her arms and hands were two black gloves with a strip of silver wrapped around the wrist and dipped down near the knuckle, held with a five-point star. The tiara was a skinny band of silver, crossing the middle of the forehead in a straight line, with a tear shaped, mother of pearl gem. Her boots were high, above the knee. The top formed a V-shape, lined with another strip of silver and decorated in the middle with another eight-point star. She also had a pleated skirt, which, liked the collar glistened with tiny diamonds. The only difference between each Senshi's outfit was the color of the skirt and collar. Polaris wore midnight blue, Cappella wore lavender, Altair had violet, Vega's was deep red and Canopus wore light green.
"No, Cappella, I don't," Polaris answered.
"What?! Then why are we going there?"
"I don't -think- Antares is in the Moon Kingdom. I -know- she is."
~oO Oo~
knock knock knock
"Yes?" Neo Queen Lady Serenity opened the door to her bedroom. "Ah, Sailor Antares, what is it?"
Antares bowed to the Queen. "I've been monitoring the dark mass as you've requested. It appears to be moving into the solar system now. If it continues on its present course, it will meet with the Moon in a matter of a week."
The Queen looked a bit nervous. "Very well the," she said. "I'll sent the Outer Sailor Senshi to investigate." She turned to her husband. "Helios, would you please call my mother and request she send the Outer Senshi here to the Moon Kingdom?" King Helios, who had been sitting nearby and listening intently, nodded and left the room to call Neo Queen Serenity.
"Ma'am, I must protest. I am significantly stronger than the Sailor Senshi, and if this mass proves to be a malignant force, it would be much easier for me to control it," Antares said.
"This is true. However, if this force is evil and does defeat the Sailor Senshi, we'll need you here to protect us. You are one of the Cosmic Senshi; of course you are powerful. And intelligent. The people of your planet always were."
"True, Atlantis was a beautiful place. There was a small band of survivors, you know. They followed me, I think, and made a city on Earth. But they're gone now..."
"Antares, you came to us from another galaxy. My mother remembers it well. She was only three years old then, but she remembers. You have the power to train the Zodiac Senshi to be nearly as powerful as the Cosmic Senshi. I have no doubt that, as a Cosmic Senshi, you could've easily defeated Galaxia. Look at what happened to Queen Ceres. Do you think any of the Sailor Senshi could've even hoped to do that? Or the Star Senshi? The Animates? No, it took a Cosmic Senshi. If ever any soldier of this galaxy were to fail, you would be the one chance at redemption."
"The power of the Cosmic couldn't save Atlantis."
"The force that destroyed your planet was a hundred times stronger than Chaos. You tried."
"But it wasn't enough."
"It was. You tried and that's what matters. A lesser soldier would've cowered where you stood strong."
"..."
The Queen smiled softly. "Get some rest. The Outer Senshi will be here tomorrow and we don't want to disappoint our guests, do we?"
"No ma'am" Antares bowed and left the room.
The Queen sat on her bed. "I can only pray that this dark force isn't that which destroyed Atlantis."
1. An aviary is a place where a collection of birds are kept.
Antares waded her way through the hot spring, wrinkling her nose at the sulfuric stench. A few stray cherry blossoms had fallen in; the gardeners always managed to keep the cheery trees that lined the small spring in full bloom. Antares was pondering this when her peaceful reverie was broken.
"BONZAIIII!!!" SPLASH!
Antares shrieked, startled by the sudden intrusion. Sailor Libra popped out of the water. She swam over to a rock in the middle of the spring, her large, waterlogged wings sagging behind her and weighing her down. "Damn, it's hot," she complained, pulling a fine-toothed comb out of the side of her swimsuit shorts.
"Of course it's hot, it's a hot spring. They call it that for a reason," Antares commented back. She was annoyed at having her bath so rudely disturbed. "What are you doing anyway?"
"Preening," Libra answered simply, brushing out the feathers of her wings one by one.
"Do you have to do that here?" Antares watched as Libra absently pulled out loose feathers, setting them in a pile.
"I'm molting; the Queen hates it when there's feathers all over the palace. They don't float around when there wet. And besides I think I have a mild case of bird lice."
"What?!"
"Hm? Oh, it's a common affliction. I probably picked up in the avery1. They're like people lice, only on birds. Hot water kills 'em," Libra stated as if it was a well-known fact. That said, she leapt into the water flapping her wings and splashing everywhere.
"ACK!" Cut that out!" Antares screamed. Knowing it was probably a useless cause anyway, she climbed out of the spring and threw on her bathrobe, praying she didn't have bird lice.
~oO Oo~
"There it is," said the dark shadow near the immense window. Her index finger was against the glass, indicating Earth's white moon.
"So Polaris, do you think Antares is still there?" a small, lavender haired woman asked.
The figure by the window turned abruptly, her knee-length light blue hair swirling around her. Her outfit was similar to the other four women's; the Cosmic Senshi uniform hardly varied from soldier to soldier. She wore a white midriff top, with a sailor collar spangled in diamonds and a silver bow with a prismatic eight-point star in the middle. On her arms and hands were two black gloves with a strip of silver wrapped around the wrist and dipped down near the knuckle, held with a five-point star. The tiara was a skinny band of silver, crossing the middle of the forehead in a straight line, with a tear shaped, mother of pearl gem. Her boots were high, above the knee. The top formed a V-shape, lined with another strip of silver and decorated in the middle with another eight-point star. She also had a pleated skirt, which, liked the collar glistened with tiny diamonds. The only difference between each Senshi's outfit was the color of the skirt and collar. Polaris wore midnight blue, Cappella wore lavender, Altair had violet, Vega's was deep red and Canopus wore light green.
"No, Cappella, I don't," Polaris answered.
"What?! Then why are we going there?"
"I don't -think- Antares is in the Moon Kingdom. I -know- she is."
~oO Oo~
knock knock knock
"Yes?" Neo Queen Lady Serenity opened the door to her bedroom. "Ah, Sailor Antares, what is it?"
Antares bowed to the Queen. "I've been monitoring the dark mass as you've requested. It appears to be moving into the solar system now. If it continues on its present course, it will meet with the Moon in a matter of a week."
The Queen looked a bit nervous. "Very well the," she said. "I'll sent the Outer Sailor Senshi to investigate." She turned to her husband. "Helios, would you please call my mother and request she send the Outer Senshi here to the Moon Kingdom?" King Helios, who had been sitting nearby and listening intently, nodded and left the room to call Neo Queen Serenity.
"Ma'am, I must protest. I am significantly stronger than the Sailor Senshi, and if this mass proves to be a malignant force, it would be much easier for me to control it," Antares said.
"This is true. However, if this force is evil and does defeat the Sailor Senshi, we'll need you here to protect us. You are one of the Cosmic Senshi; of course you are powerful. And intelligent. The people of your planet always were."
"True, Atlantis was a beautiful place. There was a small band of survivors, you know. They followed me, I think, and made a city on Earth. But they're gone now..."
"Antares, you came to us from another galaxy. My mother remembers it well. She was only three years old then, but she remembers. You have the power to train the Zodiac Senshi to be nearly as powerful as the Cosmic Senshi. I have no doubt that, as a Cosmic Senshi, you could've easily defeated Galaxia. Look at what happened to Queen Ceres. Do you think any of the Sailor Senshi could've even hoped to do that? Or the Star Senshi? The Animates? No, it took a Cosmic Senshi. If ever any soldier of this galaxy were to fail, you would be the one chance at redemption."
"The power of the Cosmic couldn't save Atlantis."
"The force that destroyed your planet was a hundred times stronger than Chaos. You tried."
"But it wasn't enough."
"It was. You tried and that's what matters. A lesser soldier would've cowered where you stood strong."
"..."
The Queen smiled softly. "Get some rest. The Outer Senshi will be here tomorrow and we don't want to disappoint our guests, do we?"
"No ma'am" Antares bowed and left the room.
The Queen sat on her bed. "I can only pray that this dark force isn't that which destroyed Atlantis."
1. An aviary is a place where a collection of birds are kept.