Sailor Moon G: Memories and Melodies Part 4 Rated: PG Author: Dragonmaster Dyne email: daveparadise@hotmail.com ************************************************************* Meanwhile the other end of the arcade Serena and Raye were still arguing from their last game. "There's no way on Earth you could've done something like that!" Raye shouted. "Well if you weren't such a sore loser you wouldn't be accusing me of cheating!" Serena retorted. "I'm not a sore loser, you have to be cheating!" Luna simply sighed and decided to walk around looking for some peace when she saw a most highly unexpected couple walk by the window. Luna immediately returned to the still-arguing girls. At least this will shut them up for a while, she thought. Luna jumped in front of the screen just as the two had started another game, promptly ruining Serena's advantage. "Luna! When will you not do this to me! I was winning!" She complained. "Serena this is no time for any of your nonsense, look to your right." Serena and Raye turned to see Amy and Dav disappear from the view of the window. Raye gasped in shock while Serena only smiled. "I knew we could get her to lighten up." Serena said happily. "You set her up!" Raye accused, "How did you know that they would like each other?!" "They both have the same Zodiac signs," Artemis, who had appeared from nowhere, said, "They act the same way so it's only natural that he's a Virgo as well." He jumped up next to Luna, "And his vibrations can only mean one of two things." "What?" Serena and Raye asked. "He's either working for the Negaverse or he is from the Moon Kingdom." "I'll place my bet on the Moon Kingdom," Serena said, "This guy is too nice to be evil." "Yeah but appearance isn't everything," Raye said, "He could've been trained to be like this." "Raye's right," Luna said, "We can't trust him yet. We'd better follow those two in case he should do something to Amy." "Luna you're so paranoid!" Serena said, "Maybe they want to be alone. I don't feel anything around him. Raye, Lita, and Mina don't either." "Serena's right," Raye said, "I haven't gotten any bad vibes but that doesn't mean anything." "Still we have to keep an eye on him." Artemis suggested. "We'll leave him alone for tonight, and tomorrow either Artemis or I will keep an eye on him all day. But just to make sure at least two of you should call Amy later on just to make sure." Luna said. "Right." The two Scouts agreed (for once). "We'll meet at the temple tomorrow and give you our inside scoops." Artemis said, "We'd better let Lita and Mina know about this." Ten minutes after she had left the arcade with Dav, Amy had selected her prize from the bet and separated with him after leaving the bookstore. He said he had to go home for a reason he didn't explain but she respected that and decided to go home herself. Amy walked by the park and decided to take the scenic route since she was in no hurry. Amy walked along the path that cut through the park while reading the new book she had picked out. One that delved on mythology and legends about the Norms. For some reason ever since she had discovered that she was Sailor Mercury mythology became increasingly interesting to her. She walked through the park, enjoying the smell of the flowers and the feel of the breeze through her hair when she had the strangest feeling she was being followed. Amy turned around but saw no one and cautiously continued her walk. She walked a few more feet when a twig snapped behind her. Amy spun around to see a twenty-year-old man with short red hair. His blue eyes pierced hers and he spoke. "Amy Anderson," he said, That wasn't a question. Amy was scared, she never believed that she would be confronted like this, the man continued, "I am here to take you to meet someone who can change your life for the better." "I-I'm afraid that I won't accept anything from any stranger who sneaks up on me like that." Amy said. "Very well then," the man said, opened a test tube, and poured its contents onto the walk. The sludge immediately started to rise and take the form of a monster that looked almost exactly like the one that had captured Amy right before she became Sailor Mercury for the first time. Only this one was shorter, had blue skin, and instead of an axe for a hand it had some sort of tube. Amy had no choice, she grabbed her transformation pen from her dimensional pocket and shouted, "MERCURY STAR POWER!!!" A few seconds later, Amy was replaced by Sailor Mercury. "The master was right about you," the man said, "you are one of the Sailor Scouts. Too bad your powers won't do anything good." He turned to the monster, "Get her!" he commanded. The monster quickly raised its tube-arm and it extended, reaching out to Mercury. She immediately jumped to the side and countered. "MERCURY ICE BUBBLES... FREEZE!!!" After the attack Sailor Mercury expected to see two frozen strangers but to her surprise they had absorbed the power! "I knew you would do that," the stranger said, "so the master injected me with a solution to absorb any ice power sent my way. Now I'm afraid you'll have to pay for that." The stranger produced a staff, a simple wooden staff. And before she could do anything, Sailor Mercury found herself on the ground. The monster took advantage of this situation and shot its arm out again, this time it connected. Sailor Mercury could feel extreme pain as the arm literally sucked her power out of her. "Remember," the man said, "our orders were to capture, not kill." The monster nodded in agreement. Sailor Mercury wanted to scream but her energy was being drained so quickly that it was impossible. She knew that it would be the end, before she lapsed into unconsciousness she muttered "I'm sorry..." and expected the worst, but at the last second she saw a flash of blue and heard a yell of pain. Rad couldn't believe his rotten luck! He was so close to fulfilling his duty when a person appeared out of nowhere, cut his monster's arm and head off with a blue sword, and left Rad with a huge bruise on his chest where his assailant had kicked him. The attacker's eyes were glowing a strange blue and had said, "By the power of Mercury, I will protect her!" And disappeared. Rad decided not to take the girl with him or else that crazy swordsman would return. Rad sighed and walked into the mansion, the master was not going to be happy. Outside the Sacred Temple at Cherry Hill Raye and Lita were getting worried. Both of them had tried to get Amy on their communicators but no one answered and neither one knew where she had gone. "Maybe Luna was right about Dav," Raye said, "He was in a position where he could've done something to Amy." "Well if he did do anything to her he's going to regret it!" Lita said as she punched her left palm. "Before we start any searching I think it would be a good idea to try a fire reading." Lita somehow suppressed her anger, "Yeah, it'd be better to get some clues instead of searching blindly." The two girls walked into the temple. Sailor Mercury finally began to show signs of waking up after four hours of unconsciousness. She remembered what happened and thought, Why am I still in the park? What happened? No one saw the fight? No one saw me laying here in a heap? But she noticed that she had been set behind a clump of bushes so no one would have seen her unless they looked closely. It was completely dark in the city and the park was no place to be in alone at night. Sailor Mercury quickly reverted back to Amy and began to walk home ever so slowly and cautiously. She had never told anyone that she was afraid of being alone in a place like this at night. Amy was also afraid that that maniac who had tried to kidnap her would return. Amy's will power was strong but her fears caught up to her, after only walking about fifty feet, she knelt down and started weeping in fear. She cried for a good five minutes when a thought came to her head. I shouldn't be here. I need to face my fears and overcome them, otherwise I'll look weak. She stood up and began to walk again. She hadn't gone far when a noise in the wind entered her ears. No, it wasn't noise. It was music. It was... an ocarina! Amy didn't care anymore, she ran towards the source of the music and reached a bench in front of the park's lake. He was there. "Dav!" She shouted. He jumped up, startled. "Amy?!" He said, "That's the second time today. What are you doing here alone this late?" Amy was so happy to see him that she ran up and gave him a hug. "Hold on there, Amy! Did anything happen to you? Are you all right?" Amy realized how surprised he was and immediately let go, "I'm sorry. I'm just happy that there's someone I know here." "Why? Are you running from something?" "Well, yes. I tripped and was knocked out. And I never wanted to be alone here at night. Why are you here, anyway?" "I took a walk after we separated. I got this incredibly unusual feeling in my chest and the next thing I knew I was sitting on this bench. I started playing and..." he looked at his watch, "apparently lost track of time." "Do you do that a lot while playing?" "Actually yes. But since you seem so uncomfortable..." He summoned all of his Courage, "May I escort you home?" Amy was thrilled! She couldn't explain the joy she felt when she heard him say those words but she had no idea why she felt that way, either. "Of course." She said, "It's in this direction." And the two walked down the path towards Amy's apartment. "What do you mean you lost her!?" Blade shouted at his servant. "I'm sorry, sir. But some crazy kid with a sword killed your monster and injured me. I ran and decided it would be best to come back here." "Did her powers have anything to do with it?" "I don't know sir. All I know is he claimed to be sworn to protect her." "Then I'd better go after her myself. Take care of things while I'm gone." "Yes, sir." Rad said as Blade warped out of the room. Back at the park Amy and Dav still had a way to go before reaching Amy's apartment building. "Amy?" Dav asked. "Yes?" She replied. "I just wanted to let you know something really quick." "What?" Amy silently prayed that he wasn't going to ask her out. "I'm not normally blunt like this... but... I think that you are the most wonderful girl that I've ever met." Amy immediately developed a strong red color on her face. She had never expected something like that. And yet, she liked the feeling she had when she heard it. She asked, "You really think so?" "O-of course" he said and Amy noticed that he was blushing as well, "And I just wanted to let you know that your uniqueness is great." "I-it's nice to know that someone feels that way about me." "That's what I feel whenever I'm around you, and I had to get it off of my chest. I hope you're not embarrassed." "Not too much. It's just that... that... I feel the same way. When I'm around you I feel... warm inside." "And do you like this feeling?" "...Yes." "That's what I feel." He said quietly and turned to look into her eyes. Those sapphire blue eyes, Dav felt that they were more beautiful than any real jewel could be. Time had seemed to stop for Amy when they looked at each other and she saw his grey eyes in the moonlight. A perfect moment in time, Dav thought, I've heard about this. A moment in which all time seems to stop so one can enjoy it as long as possible. The two moved closer until they had embraced. Amy thought, This is completely unlike me. But it feels like I've done this before. He lifted her chin and she smiled. Just as their lips were about to brush each other a loud noise broke them apart. "What the..." They both said but didn't see anything behind them. "An interesting pair you two make, Dav. Strangely though it's not you I want, but your girlfriend." Amy blushed at the thought. "You!" Dav shouted, "I killed you! Your operation was stopped! How the hell did you get here?! Show yourself, Blade! Or is your cowardice preventing you?!" "I see your mouth is still as big as it was before. But did you really think that a single explosion would kill me?" Dav's expression changed to worry, "Well, it was a good idea." Blade appeared in front of the young couple, "But like I said, it's not you I want. Give Amy to me and you won't be hurt." "Leave her out of this!" "I warn you boy I'm not like I was when we last met!" "Neither am I!" Dav reached under his belt with his left hand and drew a sword hilt and a blue blade materialized from it. On the tip of the hilt was embedded in it a sapphire and a small symbol began to glow, Amy recognized it. MERCURY?! She thought, Why does he have a sword with the symbol of Mercury?! "That wimpy sword won't save your neck this time!" Blade sneered. "It worked before!" Dav jumped toward Blade and slashed, but Blade quickly warped aside. "You bore me, kid." Blade raised his arm and shot out a ball of lightning, Dav yelled in pain as his entire body was electrocuted and he fell onto the ground on his back. "Dav!" Amy screamed and knelt beside him, "Speak to me! Are you all right." "Run," he wheezed, "I'm not that important, just run." "No! I'm not going to let you die here." She grabbed her transformation stick and shouted, "MERCURY STAR POWER!!!" and Sailor Mercury once again appeared. "I knew it!" Blade shouted, "Now you're going to have to come with me!" "I don't want to have to do with anything about you, monster!" She shouted, "MERCURY ICE STORM... BLAST!!!" The wave of ice was dissipated with a wave of Blade's hand. "Your powers have no use here, but I can increase them a hundred fold." "Why would I want to do that?" "Because none of your friends truly care about you. They only see you as a smart relief." Mercury wouldn't believe him, "That's not true! I have friends, true friends!" Blade snickered, "Then why would they say things like this behind your back?" He produced a small crystal from which an image was projected. In it, it showed Serena and Mina's conversation before school. "So!" Mercury shouted, "They made up and they know that they don't hate me!" "But that's not all," Blade retorted and changed the scene. It showed the girls discussing what happened after she left the arcade earlier. "Now what can we do since the bookworm is gone?" Serena asked. "I agree with Serena for once," Raye said, "Amy's gotten incredibly dull lately." "Tell me about it," Lita sighed, "She's only encouraging us to do boring stuff like study." "How could we have put up with her for so long?" Mina said. Mercury was fighting the tears in her eyes; "It's not true! None of it is!" "I can't win with lies," Blade said, "You must accept your fate. I can be your friend. With our brains combined we will be unbeatable." Sailor Mercury thought for a minute and finally spoke, "Yes, I never want to be used again." "Very well then," Blade waved his hand and a portal appeared, "Step through here and meet your destiny, Amy." Mercury was about to step through when a weak voice shouted, "Stop!" Dav was using the sword to help himself up, "None of it's true, Mercury. This bastard can't be trusted. I know." "I've had enough of you!" Blade powered up another shot and was about to fire when... "SUPREME THUNDER... CRASH!!!" Jupiter's bolt knocked Blade over and his attack lost most of its power but he still managed to shoot it. More screams of extreme pain were heard as Dav flew back ten feet and finally stopped on his stomach after hitting a tree. "Luna was wrong," Sailor Mars said, "Dav is trying to protect her." But she noticed Mercury with Blade, "Mercury, what the hell are you doing?!" Mercury only glared back at her with a completely icy stare, "I've had enough of all of you! And tell Serena that the bookworm will overpower you all! MERCURY BUBBLES... BLAST!!!" The fog allowed the two to escape through the portal. "Dammit!" Jupiter shouted, "We lost 'em!" "But Dav?" Mars said. The two Scouts looked to see a still moving boy who was fighting to get up, or to even move for that matter. Before he lost consciousness, Mars heard him speak, "I-I'm sorry Mercury... I failed you..." And she could see two symbols of Mercury appear, one in each of his eyes before their closing.