“Jewel, step forward.”
Lady Sillan said. The green haired woman appeared, with Rose at her side.
“I am here Lady Sillan.
Even Lord Kuzor couldn’t keep me away.”
“The leave you have asked
for is over. Get the piece tomorrow, or die trying. Rose, since you
have shown such great promise, I want you to go with her. You two succeed,
or else. Nothing must get in the way of us and that piece, nothing.”
“Yes, my queen.” Jewel
said with a bow. Rose simply grinned, and followed Jewel out the
door. Lady Sillan would get her pieces. One way or another.
The Governor stared at
the new good luck charm that had fallen on him in the park. He couldn’t
identify where it was from, but it was very gothic looking. He quickly
recognized the roman numeral VII (7), and had pocketed it. But recently
these two weird ladies had been following him around.
The Governor slid the
good luck charm into his desk and left. When he left, the two girls silently
watched the motions he went through to get past the security. Without the
Governor’s knowledge, they disappeared. Till tomorrow.
Amy waited outside her
juku for Greg. She knew that whatever had happened between them had to
stop. Romance and love just weren’t in her dictionary right now, no matter
how cute he was. She just didn’t know how to tell him.
Finally she saw him on
his way out, he was walking with a friend of his. Of course he waved
his friend goodbye, and ran over to see her. Greg was charming, brave,
and definitely handsome. Amy just didn’t know how to tell him that she
couldn’t see him anymore.
“Ames! Guess what, the
greatest thing just happened!” Greg said, as he reached into his briefcase.
“Yes Greg?” Amy asked,
as a paper was shoved into her face. It said something along the lines
of acceptance to a game show called ‘I.Q. Testers.’ Amy winced.
She too had been accepted, and she would have to go for the credit she
needed. It was not that she wanted to show off her intelligence, the school
just wouldn’t let her pass without another credit to her name. At least,
not with high honors.
“That’s wonderful Greg.”
“Ames, want to celebrate?
I heard you got in too. All right, I saw it in a dream, but this is great!
We’ll be there together, anyway back to celebrating, I’ve got this great
new video, and…” But Greg’s voice trailed as he looked into her eyes. “Is
that really what you want?”
“What do you mean Greg?”
“Nothing, never mind.
There’s always a first time, eh?” He said, more to himself. Greg
turned, and walked stiffly away. Amy thought about his remarks, and gasped.
He had practically read her thoughts about wanting him ‘out’ romantically.
She looked down at her feet, and wondered if that was really what she wanted.
It had to be, she had never been wrong about something like this before.
Then again… she had never been in a situation like this before. Why did
she have to be a teenager in a love?
Professor Tomoe waited
as his daughter hesitantly opened the letter. Hotaru read over the letter,
sighed wearily, and showed it to her father. Professor Tomoe’s eyes lit
up upon seeing it. He grinned broadly, and shouted out “My little girl’s
going to be on television!”
“Papa, I don’t want to
be on television. Everyone will be looking at me.”
“Precisely! Then you,
my dear, will show them how intelligent you are! Come on, you know you’re
practically a genius! All you have to do is keep up your Chemistry scores
and your Phys. Ed. grade and you’ll do great.”
“Alright, Papa. I’ll do
it.” But I won’t like it. Hotaru got up, and wandered aimlessly
to the library. Why did she have to be smarter than everyone else?
The Governor walked around
the building one more time. He had been followed, and was cornered. That
much he knew. But by who, or what, he didn’t. It was then that he saw two
beautiful girls standing in front of him. He was hesitant, and then yelled
out for them to identify themselves.
“No need for you to worry
Governor.” Jewel responded, as a wave of nostalgia passed over the man.
He stumbled and fell. The lucky number sliding from his coat pocket. Rose
lunged for the piece, but a green streak of light knocked it away.
“Who was that?” Rose asked,
as she saw a young boy dressed in white. He yawned lazily, and picked up
the piece.
“I am Lucent Knight, yadda,
yadda, yadda. Now, can I get to sleep?”
“Lucent Knight, never
heard of ‘ya’.” Jewel shouted. “Rose, get out of here! I’ll handle this
nuisance.” Rose disappeared, and Jewel looked at the boy with her green
eyes. “Hand over the piece,”
“No. Zentar, to my hand!”
He yelled, as a green tinted dagger flew towards the boy’s hand.
Hmm, he has control
of that dagger. Maybe he is stronger then I thought. No matter, he’ll
die easily. He has no magic.
“Listen, you ugly witch.
Get lost, or I’ll fry you with electricity.” It was an eerie, almost metallic
voice clanged. Its exact origin couldn’t be stated, but Jewel only laughed.
Did this boy really
think he could beat her? That was funny. “Sure you will!”
A burning ball of flame
hurtled towards the boy, bouncing harmlessly away. He pointed the
dagger into the air, and let go. The dagger hung there for a second, and
it spun around in a circle. The dagger flew over Jewel, who swatted to
keep it away, and a burst of yellow-green limelight encircled the witch.
Screaming, as she
fizzled away, Jewel collapsed. In an instance, she was gone, Lucent Knight
too was gone, and Zentar had drifted silently down the hall.
Dear Sailor Scouts,
This seems important, hold on to it.
Lucent Knight.
“What does it mean, Amy?”
Serena asked, as they all stared at the odd shard of glass, and the note.
“Apparently, your friend
Lucent Knight wants us to hold onto this, it could be dangerous.” Luna
remarked, as she scratched at her ear.
Artemis nodded, and looked
to Mina. “I’ll keep it!” The blonde girl said. All eyes turned to
Mina, asking the same question, ‘Why?’ “Just hand it over to Sailor V!
I won’t let anyone touch it.”
Raye smiled, and spoke.
“I’ll do a reading on it later, maybe I can come up with more?”
“Good thinking.” Artemis
said. “I mean, it’s not like you ever do anything else.”
“Artemis! That’s a very
ungentlemanly thing to say.” Mina scolded.
“I’m just saying, that
if all we can do is a reading on it, we won’t get anywhere.”
Amy smiled, and pulled
out her computer. In a flash, she was analyzing the odd piece of glass.
In a matter of seconds though all sorts of odd figures began appearing
on her computer screen. Judging by the face she made, no one wanted to
ask if she had gotten what she was looking for. Finally, she smiled again.
“I’ve seen these ruins somewhere before. I’ll just need to go look them
up.”
“Where have you seen them
before?” Raye asked, sensing something was amiss.
“At that old, abandoned
house Trevor set up shop. I think I’ll be able to translate some of this
if I go there.”
As the conversation inevitably
moved closer and closer to things other then the piece that they held,
such as boys, movies, and a series of other things they discussed, Lita
burst through the door. She was obviously tired, and she was also red and
wild with excitement. “Everyone, you wouldn’t believe my luck! I was picked
for the new show…”
“Rose, you failed to get
me that piece, I need all twelve of them.” Lady Sillan said. “And worst
of all, Jewel was destroyed in the process.” The three knights at their
table exchanged a worried glance. The rest of the succubus also paused
in their conversations, because this was new. Only Rochelle had ever
been a real causality, but now another of theirs had been lost? And on
top of that, piece number seven had gone missing as well.
“I should have known better
then trust you Rose. Perhaps it was only luck those girls did not destroy
you. No matter, you are not disposable, yet.”
“Thank you, my queen.”
Rose said, as she took her seat near the now empty one.
“On to business!” Sillan
announced, as the rock appeared in her hand. “We have just found where
piece number ‘2’ is. It has fallen into a small building; the humans call
a studio.