Finally finished! Now the question is do I leave them split, or do I put them back together? Give me an answer soon please as I am going to post these rather quickly. 3 more parts (Lena is insisting and Sets is agreeing) and then I'll be basically done!
Title: Daisy Power - part I A reason
Author: Ree
Theme: monster mash -
Genre: general/Drama/scifi
Version: Manga/Anime - way in the future (Troubleshooters series)
Rating: G
Daisy Power - part I A reason
A reluctant messenger "There is a senshi that claims this world."
Persephone's eyes narrowed. "Our world was overlooked. The Princess answered Serenity's call and never returned. She stole my daughter."
Aeacus dropped his eyes from the fury and pain that shone from his queen's face. There was nothing left to say. Of all the planets in the system, Pluto and Saturn were the only ones who never had a senshi, a guardian, of their own. Saturn's princess returned to her home world. Theirs had not. And Serenity never had an adequate answer to what had happened to her.
Persephone's voice slid through his thoughts like that waters of Lethe. "Those people.. the ones living up there right now... they are of the Earth. They know nothing of our misery, our pain, our loss. They defile this planet with their very presence.... and now one comes who claims to be Sailor Pluto?" Her hands clenched in rage. "How dare she!?"
Minos looked at her. "They don't know... you are right. No one but us remembers in this time. It as if all their memories were drowned in Lethe." His eyes caught the wary glances of the two other judges. With the slightest motion he acknowledged them. "Maybe... Maybe..." Kindness was etched into his face, and the quiet wish for his Queen to find peace colored the rest of the sentence. " Maybe we should also find solace in her waters."
The words were barely out of his mouth before she lashed out at him.
"Forget! I will never forget. Did my mother forget about me? No... she searched for me high and low. Hunted until the others begged for her to return her attention to the world. But she didn't. Instead, she found me." Persephone's eyes dropped to her hands that she wrung them in her lap as her voice fell to a sad whisper. "She found me." She sunk low into her throne, memories weighing her down.
The three judges watched her quietly for a moment before they slipped unseen from the room. They met near one of the bridges that led to the surface.
"This senshi... we need to find out more about her." Minos looked at the other two to see what they thought.
Aeacus nodded. "And to do that, we need to draw her out."
"And the only thing that will do that is to attack the people." Rhadamanthus looked towards the bridge. "So, lets go make some monsters. We can release some of the foulest beast locked in the bowls of Hades. Maybe... maybe Serenity will give back our princess if she knows that the other choice is her people hurting."
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Energy flowed up the bridge, filling the air about the gate of Hades and soaked into a small flower that grew near the small cave's mouth. Pulling its roots out of the soil, the new monster went hunting.
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"Mama! Look!" The little girl leaned over to smell the painted daisy.
The flower waited patiently for both of her victims to be in her reach.
"It is pretty. I haven never seen a flower like this one. I wonder if it is on the list of plants. I wouldn't mind planting them in our garden." She knelt next to her daughter to get a closer look.
'Gotch you.' The daisy released a fine mist that covered her victims faces. Gasping for breath, they fell to the ground. The daisy sent her roots through the ground and soaked up their energy. Then she uprooted herself and went looking for another victim.
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Setsuna brushed her hand over Sara's head. She and her daughter were just delivered to the hospital. Whatever attacked them had already hospitalized five other people, all of them barely alive. She looked at her finger tips as her friend was wheeled into the ICU. 'Dust? No... it is pollen. How did she get pollen in her hair?' Turning quickly, she headed out to the area where Sara had been found.
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Setsuna leaned back in her desk chair. Her earlier search had be fruitless, there were no flowers in the area. Tapping on her electronic pad, she brought up the analysis of the pollen from her fingertips. 'Painted Daisy. I didn't know that any of them survived the transition. What does a painted daisy have to do with monsters?' Staring at the board, she pondered what she could do.
Title: Daisy Power - part II Just like....
Author: Ree
Theme: monster mash -
Genre: general/Drama/scifi
Version: Manga/Anime - way in the future (Troubleshooters series)
Rating: G
Daisy Power - part II Just like...
Daisy left three more on the ground, breathing shallow breaths. Slipping into the undergrowth, she waited. Surely her true prey would soon show up. Then she would best her. She would defeat this senshi. She watched as the victims were taken away, and then she waited.
Dawn had fade and the sun was high in the sky before she felt the ground tremble under light footsteps. 'Another victim... more energy to fuel the Queen's ultimate attack against her enemy. ' Dark hair swished the ground near her hiding place. She waited patiently for the face to appear. Finally, she spotted garnet colored eyes looking at her. 'A little bit more... just a little bit more of your face and I'll have you.'
Setsuna caught sight of the daisy tucked under the bushes. 'Daisies are a full sun plant...' Moving back quickly, she put at least a yard between her and her suspected monster.
Daisy raised her roots closer to the top of the soil attempting to detect where her victim had gone. 'Power... rich strong power... It is close by. Could this be the senshi I was sent to hunt?' Anticipation caused her slip out of hiding.
Setsuna watched as the small flower moved into the light. A twig cracked behind her just as her fingers tightened about her henshin stick. A quick glance over her shoulder confirmed her fear. She was here. Setsuna could see the glow of her golden hair, and caught a glimpse of her cerulean blue eyes. Lena had followed her. 'No. Why does it have to be her, the one person I have ever seen that looks like an exact copy of Usagi right before she became Queen? She sets off every protective instinct I have. And I know she can't be the missing princess. The princess that was stolen from the palace so many years ago would not have had blonde hair nor blue eyes. Not one of the Serenitys had the same hair color or eyes color. ' Tightening her fingers on her stick, she waited her chance to transform. Hopefully something would happen that would distract Lena.
Daisy sidled closer, knowing her cover was blown. This victim was wary and on guard. Once she was far enough from the bushes, she sank her roots in deep and drank deep of the planet's power. The power coursed through her causing her to grow.
Setsuna watched as the flower expanded quickly. Before a moment had passed it was ten feet tall. Then she felt Lena come up behind her. "Run! Get out of here! Quickly!"
Daisy raised its head and showered pollen over the entire area.
Lena jumped in front of Setsuna. "Sets... Run... I can hold it off for a while. You get out of here!" Closing her eyes, she felt the warm energy that had become her friend swell in her chest and flow throughout her body and then out of it, creating a shield.
Daisy glowered when she noticed her attack was thwarted. While that shield was up all she could do is wait. She was good at waiting.
Setsuna stared as she felt the energy, one she knew very well, pour out of the tech who was guarding her. 'So like Usagi... But are you the Princess or the Senshi?' Which ever she turned out to be, Setsuna knew it was her job to protect her. Her voice was muffled under the wind created by the power protecting her. "Pluto Crystal Power, Make UP!"
Lena stared into the bright white light that glowed before her. There in the center she could see the handle. She had seen it only once before, a long time ago, on another planet, and it had not been as clear as this. It called to her, she needed to have it. Reaching forward she stretched her hand into the white abyss that yawned opened. 'Almost... I almost have it. I can feel the handle. Just a little further...' Leaning as far forward as she could without moving away from her protective position in front of Setsuna, she felt the shaft of the stick settle into her outstretched hand. Pulling it out, she stared at the pink handle stick with a crescent on the top of it. Trapped in the arms of the crescent was a broach.
'The shield is down!' Drawing back her leaves, she started her next attack. Leaves flew at her two distracted victims.
Pluto started at the Moon Stick and transformation broach. 'Sailor Moon? She hasn't appeared since Princess Usagi became Queen Serenity II.' She felt Daisy move. Flinging herself at Lena, she knocked her to the ground as leaves whizzed over their heads and sliced into the trees behind them. Her eyes met Lena's. "Take the broach." She scooped it off the ground where it fell when it was jarred loose by the fall and held it out to her. "Hold it up and call out Moon Prism Power, Make Up. Do it quickly."
Jumping up, she prepared to defend Sailor Moon once again. As she deflect the next on onslaught of leaves, she heard Lena voice repeating the phrase. Power flooded about her, power achingly familiar. She waited to hear the what this Sailor Moon would say.
"I am the Guardian of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon! And in the name of the Moon I will administer this justice on you!"
Pluto felt her heart swell. Sailor Moon had returned.
Lena stared at her hands. They were covered in long white gloves with red cuffs. 'Gloves... Sets was wearing gloves as well.' Looking up she spotted Setsuna dancing about the creature, attacking it with a long key shaped staff. 'She is changed as well... could she be the mysterious Senshi that everyone has been talking about? Then am I ... am I a Senshi?'
Pluto drew back her key staff. "Dead Scream." Power flew off the end of the staff right at Daisy.
Daisy watched the ball with growing horror. This was going to be the end of her. But it wasn't. The power flowed through her joining the other powers, the ones that created her. They were almost a perfect match.
Pluto danced back, her mind racing. 'It wasn't hurt. The power of Pluto can't harm this creature? Then a Plutonian made this. Mother... why would she want to destroy what we have wrought here?' Still attempting to figure it out, she automatically deflected Daisy's leaf attacks.
Lena frowned. Sets attack didn't work. 'She needs my help.' Even as she ran forward, she tried to figure out how to work the wand she was holding.
Daisy watched as the other girl, the one with long blonde pig tails, came flying up behind the other one. 'She is close enough now. Now I can drain them both!' Shooting her roots up through the ground, she shot them towards both of her victims.
Pluto dodged the roots. As she flew to the nearest empty spot of ground, she watched as Sailor Moon tripped on the rough ground and tumbled. 'No! I have to...' She watched in horror as the roots entwined around her.
Lena frowned at the root as it wrapped itself about her. Jerking her arms out of the way, she made sure her hands stayed free. Then, hoping that the crescent was sharp, she used the wand the one way she knew how.
Pluto watched in surprise as Moon used the Moon Wand to try and cut the root that was holding her. What surprised her more was that Daisy dropped her like a hot coal when Moon Wand managed to penetrate the surface. 'Moon Power. That is what is going to be needed to defeat it. But can she do that attack yet? I hope she can.'
Moon ran back away for the field of roots, watching the monster carefully, looking for another opening. 'Give me one... Just one... then you can feel this crescent wand's cut again.' She watched Setsuna out of the corner of her eye. She didn't know what to call her right know. ' I hope she is okay with her name...' "Sets! Get out of the way."
Pluto flickered her glance towards the other Senshi. She was sure she could handle this monster, after all she had only used her weakest attack. But....'Sailor Moon wishes to fight? She may look like Usagi, but she acts more like ChibiUsa. Okay, she wants to fight... then let's see if she can attack.' Pluto danced back out of the way of the flailing roots. They were calming down as the monster recovered from the unexpected pain. "Moon! Take off you tiara, hold it, and call out Moon Tiara Action as you throw it at the flower."
Lena realized she was talking to her. 'Tiara?' Raising her hand to her brow, she felt the slim band of metal. Pulling it off quickly, she threw it with all her might at the monster. "Moon Tiara Action!"
Her eyes widened as she watch the slim gold band become a golden glowing disc that flew straight towards the flower head.
Daisy saw the bright disc flying towards her. Somehow she knew it was really going to hurt. Leaning back, she felt it shave across the edge of her calyx. Petals rained about her.
"Now is your chance! Use the Moon Wand. Hold it above your head and call out Moon Healing Escalation! while inscribing a large circle in the air with the wand." Pluto's voice rang out across the clearing even though she spoke in her normal tones.
After replacing her tiara, Lena held the wand up and did as she said. "Moon Healing Escalation!"
Pluto watched, hoping that this would work. Hoping that Lena had enough power to make it work. She was not that surprised when Lena performed the parts of the attack sequence that she forgot to tell her. Then a golden crescent flew towards the daisy.
Daisy watched as the golden light streaked towards her. Part of her was sure this would hurt, the other part was sure that it was the cure for the pain she was already in. When it hit, she found out that both were right.
As the light faded around the monster, Lena dropped to her knees. "It's small again. But... but is it defeated?"
Pluto rushed over to her, catching her shoulders before she fell face first into the ground. "Yes, the energy that was making it evil is gone." Tired blue eyes looked up into hers. "You did very good today, Sailor Moon."
"Sailor Moon? How am I a senshi? And which one are you?" Lena felt her eyes closing. She barely heard Setsuna's response.
"I am Sailor Pluto." Setsuna let her transformation dissolve as Lena drifted off to sleep. As she lost consciousness, Moon's transformation also faded. Setsuna brushed her hand over the thick blonde hair, now safely tucked back into its tight long braid that always ran down the center of Lena's back. 'Princess and Senshi... you are both. Just like Usagi.' Before Moon's transformation had been released, Setsuna noticed that she had the crescent moon symbol both on her tiara and her neck band. 'You have been found. And now we have to return you to your parents, safely.'
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