Fic: [Sailor Moon] Shattered Ice
Title: Shattered Ice: Super Sailor Mercury
Series: Sailor Moon
Type: Divergence
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1418906/37/Shattered_Ice_Super_Sailor_Mercury
Chapter 37
Akane Karasuma, aka Lead Crow, was a gorgeous redhead who used her beauty to fullest advantage when dealing with hapless males. Shortly after arriving on this world she had discovered that batting her eyes, unbuttoning her to a bit and letting her skirt ride up would cause most men to turn into gibbering idiots. Sadly she was having much less effect than usual as she talked with the three balking young men in a meeting room at Galaxy TV.
Seiya Kou, the lead singer of the Three Lights, was a handsome young man with long black hair and surprisingly piercing eyes, eyes that studied her with a relentless gaze. "I don't object to you hiring us, ma'am," he said to her simply as he leaned against the table, his business suit tailored to fit tightly, "but I do want to know why."
"Well, uhm," Reiko Aya, aka Aluminum Siren, smiled sweetly as the light blue haired woman said, "it's hard to explain."
"Try hard," Yaten Kou said dryly, the smaller white haired boy standing nearby Seiya, his hand nearby the unsigned contracts.
Akane stepped in, knowing that Reiko was too ditzy to really lie effectively. "The truth is that Galaxy TV has been having difficulty with it's competition," she lied glibly, "and we're hoping to stage a large event to draw in viewers."
Taiki Kou nodded, his long brown hair similarly styled to Seiya. He seemed more intillectual than his brothers, casually reading from a paperback he had brought. "We might well provide you a boost." he conceded, "but I'm not sure our younger demographic really suits your station."
Their agent Ritsuko Takahata looked like she was going to have a stroke as she listened to her employers actively campaign not to be hired. "I'm very sorry about this," she sighed to Reiko, "I don't know why they're being so difficult."
"It's quite alright," Reiko patted her arm gently.
"We're hoping to appeal to a younger demographic," Akane said, "but if you really have a problem with this, I suppose we can hire another boy band."
Seiya studied her, still feeling like there was something off with this situation. They could refuse the job, of course, but that would leave them not knowing why this bothered him so much. On the other hand, if they agreed to preform they might be able to learn something....
Making up his mind Seiya said, "All right, we'll do it. But I want us to have complete control of our preformance, we decide what we sing and dance. Fair enough?"
"That's reasonable," Akane agreed, "your the stars, after all." She flashed a smile, "We just want to pull in some of your fans."
The contracts were passed around and the boys read them over, then each signed their section. "Nice doing business with you," Ritsuko smiled, shaking both business women's hands and ritually exchanging business cards. As they left the meeting room she murmured to Seiya, "Please don't do that to me again, it's bad for my nerves."
"Sorry," Seiya gave her a slight smile.
They walked down the hallways and out into the sunlight, all taking a breath of the moderately fresh air. "Does their story about the station having troubles check out?" Yaten asked casually.
"From the research I did, yes," Ritsuko answered promptly, "according to the rumors a new owner bought the station several months back, though no ones knows much about them. Seems very hands off, and hasn't really offered much direction to the station."
Ritsuko lead them to a sporty little van, in which she and the boys got in and they headed back to the school. "I'll look into it further," Taiki mused, taking out his notebook and writing the facts down thoughtfully. A odd thought occurred to him, "How many months ago?"
"Five," Ritsuko answered, driving smartly.
"What?" Seiya whispered to Taiki quietly.
"We arrived a year ago," Taiki said thoughtfully, "and the attacks from Galaxia's servants began almost five months ago."
Both Seiya and Yaten realized what he meant almost immediately. "You think Galaxy TV is connected to...?" Yaten whispered.
"It's certainly a interesting coincidence," Taiki cautioned, "but it doesn't prove anything yet."
The timing was such that the three arrived back at school at lunch hour, giving them a chance to actually eat something before going back to class. This was a rarity, the three often missing classes and/or lunch, for various engagements in their thriving careers. The school didn't mind as long as they kepot their grades up, which was why they had enlisted Ami Mizuno's help.
"I see you're back," Ami looked up, the blue haired young woman dressed in a boy's school uniform, the thin white scar that ran across the bridge of her nose paler than the rest of her smiling face. She was eating at a long table with Michiru Kaoru and Haruka Tenoh, each of whom greeted them with lesser degrees of cheer.
Watching Seiya and Haruka honestly reminded Taiki of two tom cats entering a room. Each one had to puff up, hiss and spit to prove how 'manly' they were. Didn't matter what the situation, they HAD to go through this ritual every time they met. So once they finished snipping at each other the three men sat down, sighing in relief.
Ami, honestly, looked rather amused by the whole thing. "So, you had that appointment with a TV station today?" she asked as she ate.
"Galaxy TV wants us to put on a show to boost their flagging ratings," Yaten noted with some amusement, the white haired boy scarfing his food.
"Slow down before you choke," Saiya sighed. He looked at Ami, "They're giving us pretty much free reign to design our preformance, too."
Taiki looked thoughtful as he ate, "Miss Kaoru, you play violin, correct? I saw you play a recital with Miss Tenoh as your partner."
"I do," Michiru looked wary, "why do you ask?"
Seiya instantly saw where Taiki was going, "We could include you in our preformance!" he realized. "In fact, I can think of several love songs you could accompany."
"Interesting," Michiru said neutrally. She looked over at Haruka, "What do you think?"
Haruka gave a covert look at Am,i, who shrugged slightly. Yaten noticed, silently wondering why the two older girls might be taking cues from Ami, of all people. Tho admittedly, he had noticed that Ami was a natural leader, even if she seemed unaware of it.
"If you want to," Haruka agreed, putting her hand on Michiru's arm. She gave Seiya a look, "I'll be coming along, of course."
Unspoken was the added 'to keep a eye on you,' but Seiya got it. "Of course," he agreed.
They finished lunch and walked to class, Seiya being his usual charming self, while his brothers bantered with Haruka and Michiru. After they arrived, all three paid their usual amount of attention, while trying to ignore the fangirls.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
The youma growled and bickered, but could be herded by well placed energy bolts. Lead Crow had collected the monsters from dens around the city where they had slumbered, awakening them with Galaxia's power and binding them to her, somewhat.
"So, why are we doing this again?" Aluminum Siren asked innocently as the blue haired woman helped herd the creatures into a public park.
Lead Crow growled a curse under her breath, then got her temper under control. "We're trying to draw out the senshi," she said patiently, "except for the reports by Iron Mouse we have no idea what their powers are. This way, they fight the monsters and we get to see what they can do."
"Oh, Lead Crow! You're so smart!" Aluminum Siren squealed happily.
"That I am," Iron Crow agreed smugly as they released the monsters to rampage.
There must be a alarm or sensor or something the Senshi used, because not long after the monsters were released, the group arrived. It was barely minutes after a Galaxy TV crew reported on it, after a 'anonymous tip' called it in.
There were six Senshi in the first group, all of whom were mentioned in Iron Mouse's files. Keeping to the shadows they watched as the blue haired young woman barked out commands, forming them into a wedge formation to defend themselves. The youma seemed to sense the Senshi and charged forward, only to be scythed down by distance attacks.
"Wow," Aluminum Siren breathed out as energy blasts seemed to explode out of the wedge.
Lead Crow had to nod, it was very impressive. Each energy bolt dropped multiple youma, surning, freezing, blasting or washing them away. In addition to more common energies there were even bolts of pure temporal energy blasting out, along with a kind of quasi-stellar energy. The team was destroying youma by the dozens in a display of incredible power.
In a matter of minutes the hundred and fifty youma they had gathered up were gone, except for the larger, more durable super-youma. They pressed on, maddened and furious as they closed with the Senshi, only to face the heroes close quarters weapons.
Sailor Neptune and Chibi-Moon fell back, the remaining four bracing for battle. Sailor Mercury drew forth her sword, the weapon glinting ominously, as did Sailor Uranus. Sailor Saturn spun her pole-arm calmly, while Sailor Pluto readied her battle staff. The first giant youma fekll to a blast from Uranus' Star Saber, then it became a crazed melee.
Sailor Mercury's sword blazed with unearthly energies as she dodged a blow only to sweep in, slicing the monster across the belly. As it reflexedly groped for it's injury she struck upwards, driving her sword up through the soft part of the lower jaw and up into the brain.
Even as she fought Mercury called out a warning to Sailor Pluto, who just smiled calmly as she parried a blow. She twisted aside to let the strike fall aside, then slammed the hilt of her staff into it's crotch. It staggered back, yelping in pain and she blasted it with purple energy.
"She fights dirty," Lead Crow winced.
"I'm more worried about the pole-arm," Aluminum Siren murmured, watching as Sailor Saturn positively destroyed a youma. Even worse she did it with just the weapon itself, not even calling on her various special attacks!
From behind Sailor Uranus and Chibi-Moon fired off energy blasts, hampered by trying not to hit their friends. The final three super-youma were attacked by them in a group, and in a matter of moments the battle was done barring the clean up. Surprisingly the heroes even helped with that, using their powers to destroy the remains before bounding off.
"Should we try to follow them?" Aluminum Siren asked softly, "Maybe we can find out who they really are!"
Lead Crow hesitated, then shook her head. "No," she said, "we've accomplished what we set out to do, today." Besides, having seen what they could do she did not want to take them on without backup. Preferably lots of backup!
Aluminum Siren was clearly thinking similar thoughts as they walked to the waiting portal home, "I thought Iron Mouse was exagerating in her reports how strong the Senshi are. I guess I was wrong about that."
"Yeah," Lead Crow agreed. "If we're going to beat them," she mused, "we're going to have to hit them with overwhelming numbers of Phages, then finish them off ourselves."
"We're going to turn all the fans at the Three Lights concert to Phages," Aliminum Siren suggested brightly as they went through the gate, "maybe we can get them then?"
Lead Crow grinned, "Exactly what I was thinking."
To be continued....
Series: Sailor Moon
Type: Divergence
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1418906/37/Shattered_Ice_Super_Sailor_Mercury
Chapter 37
Akane Karasuma, aka Lead Crow, was a gorgeous redhead who used her beauty to fullest advantage when dealing with hapless males. Shortly after arriving on this world she had discovered that batting her eyes, unbuttoning her to a bit and letting her skirt ride up would cause most men to turn into gibbering idiots. Sadly she was having much less effect than usual as she talked with the three balking young men in a meeting room at Galaxy TV.
Seiya Kou, the lead singer of the Three Lights, was a handsome young man with long black hair and surprisingly piercing eyes, eyes that studied her with a relentless gaze. "I don't object to you hiring us, ma'am," he said to her simply as he leaned against the table, his business suit tailored to fit tightly, "but I do want to know why."
"Well, uhm," Reiko Aya, aka Aluminum Siren, smiled sweetly as the light blue haired woman said, "it's hard to explain."
"Try hard," Yaten Kou said dryly, the smaller white haired boy standing nearby Seiya, his hand nearby the unsigned contracts.
Akane stepped in, knowing that Reiko was too ditzy to really lie effectively. "The truth is that Galaxy TV has been having difficulty with it's competition," she lied glibly, "and we're hoping to stage a large event to draw in viewers."
Taiki Kou nodded, his long brown hair similarly styled to Seiya. He seemed more intillectual than his brothers, casually reading from a paperback he had brought. "We might well provide you a boost." he conceded, "but I'm not sure our younger demographic really suits your station."
Their agent Ritsuko Takahata looked like she was going to have a stroke as she listened to her employers actively campaign not to be hired. "I'm very sorry about this," she sighed to Reiko, "I don't know why they're being so difficult."
"It's quite alright," Reiko patted her arm gently.
"We're hoping to appeal to a younger demographic," Akane said, "but if you really have a problem with this, I suppose we can hire another boy band."
Seiya studied her, still feeling like there was something off with this situation. They could refuse the job, of course, but that would leave them not knowing why this bothered him so much. On the other hand, if they agreed to preform they might be able to learn something....
Making up his mind Seiya said, "All right, we'll do it. But I want us to have complete control of our preformance, we decide what we sing and dance. Fair enough?"
"That's reasonable," Akane agreed, "your the stars, after all." She flashed a smile, "We just want to pull in some of your fans."
The contracts were passed around and the boys read them over, then each signed their section. "Nice doing business with you," Ritsuko smiled, shaking both business women's hands and ritually exchanging business cards. As they left the meeting room she murmured to Seiya, "Please don't do that to me again, it's bad for my nerves."
"Sorry," Seiya gave her a slight smile.
They walked down the hallways and out into the sunlight, all taking a breath of the moderately fresh air. "Does their story about the station having troubles check out?" Yaten asked casually.
"From the research I did, yes," Ritsuko answered promptly, "according to the rumors a new owner bought the station several months back, though no ones knows much about them. Seems very hands off, and hasn't really offered much direction to the station."
Ritsuko lead them to a sporty little van, in which she and the boys got in and they headed back to the school. "I'll look into it further," Taiki mused, taking out his notebook and writing the facts down thoughtfully. A odd thought occurred to him, "How many months ago?"
"Five," Ritsuko answered, driving smartly.
"What?" Seiya whispered to Taiki quietly.
"We arrived a year ago," Taiki said thoughtfully, "and the attacks from Galaxia's servants began almost five months ago."
Both Seiya and Yaten realized what he meant almost immediately. "You think Galaxy TV is connected to...?" Yaten whispered.
"It's certainly a interesting coincidence," Taiki cautioned, "but it doesn't prove anything yet."
The timing was such that the three arrived back at school at lunch hour, giving them a chance to actually eat something before going back to class. This was a rarity, the three often missing classes and/or lunch, for various engagements in their thriving careers. The school didn't mind as long as they kepot their grades up, which was why they had enlisted Ami Mizuno's help.
"I see you're back," Ami looked up, the blue haired young woman dressed in a boy's school uniform, the thin white scar that ran across the bridge of her nose paler than the rest of her smiling face. She was eating at a long table with Michiru Kaoru and Haruka Tenoh, each of whom greeted them with lesser degrees of cheer.
Watching Seiya and Haruka honestly reminded Taiki of two tom cats entering a room. Each one had to puff up, hiss and spit to prove how 'manly' they were. Didn't matter what the situation, they HAD to go through this ritual every time they met. So once they finished snipping at each other the three men sat down, sighing in relief.
Ami, honestly, looked rather amused by the whole thing. "So, you had that appointment with a TV station today?" she asked as she ate.
"Galaxy TV wants us to put on a show to boost their flagging ratings," Yaten noted with some amusement, the white haired boy scarfing his food.
"Slow down before you choke," Saiya sighed. He looked at Ami, "They're giving us pretty much free reign to design our preformance, too."
Taiki looked thoughtful as he ate, "Miss Kaoru, you play violin, correct? I saw you play a recital with Miss Tenoh as your partner."
"I do," Michiru looked wary, "why do you ask?"
Seiya instantly saw where Taiki was going, "We could include you in our preformance!" he realized. "In fact, I can think of several love songs you could accompany."
"Interesting," Michiru said neutrally. She looked over at Haruka, "What do you think?"
Haruka gave a covert look at Am,i, who shrugged slightly. Yaten noticed, silently wondering why the two older girls might be taking cues from Ami, of all people. Tho admittedly, he had noticed that Ami was a natural leader, even if she seemed unaware of it.
"If you want to," Haruka agreed, putting her hand on Michiru's arm. She gave Seiya a look, "I'll be coming along, of course."
Unspoken was the added 'to keep a eye on you,' but Seiya got it. "Of course," he agreed.
They finished lunch and walked to class, Seiya being his usual charming self, while his brothers bantered with Haruka and Michiru. After they arrived, all three paid their usual amount of attention, while trying to ignore the fangirls.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
The youma growled and bickered, but could be herded by well placed energy bolts. Lead Crow had collected the monsters from dens around the city where they had slumbered, awakening them with Galaxia's power and binding them to her, somewhat.
"So, why are we doing this again?" Aluminum Siren asked innocently as the blue haired woman helped herd the creatures into a public park.
Lead Crow growled a curse under her breath, then got her temper under control. "We're trying to draw out the senshi," she said patiently, "except for the reports by Iron Mouse we have no idea what their powers are. This way, they fight the monsters and we get to see what they can do."
"Oh, Lead Crow! You're so smart!" Aluminum Siren squealed happily.
"That I am," Iron Crow agreed smugly as they released the monsters to rampage.
There must be a alarm or sensor or something the Senshi used, because not long after the monsters were released, the group arrived. It was barely minutes after a Galaxy TV crew reported on it, after a 'anonymous tip' called it in.
There were six Senshi in the first group, all of whom were mentioned in Iron Mouse's files. Keeping to the shadows they watched as the blue haired young woman barked out commands, forming them into a wedge formation to defend themselves. The youma seemed to sense the Senshi and charged forward, only to be scythed down by distance attacks.
"Wow," Aluminum Siren breathed out as energy blasts seemed to explode out of the wedge.
Lead Crow had to nod, it was very impressive. Each energy bolt dropped multiple youma, surning, freezing, blasting or washing them away. In addition to more common energies there were even bolts of pure temporal energy blasting out, along with a kind of quasi-stellar energy. The team was destroying youma by the dozens in a display of incredible power.
In a matter of minutes the hundred and fifty youma they had gathered up were gone, except for the larger, more durable super-youma. They pressed on, maddened and furious as they closed with the Senshi, only to face the heroes close quarters weapons.
Sailor Neptune and Chibi-Moon fell back, the remaining four bracing for battle. Sailor Mercury drew forth her sword, the weapon glinting ominously, as did Sailor Uranus. Sailor Saturn spun her pole-arm calmly, while Sailor Pluto readied her battle staff. The first giant youma fekll to a blast from Uranus' Star Saber, then it became a crazed melee.
Sailor Mercury's sword blazed with unearthly energies as she dodged a blow only to sweep in, slicing the monster across the belly. As it reflexedly groped for it's injury she struck upwards, driving her sword up through the soft part of the lower jaw and up into the brain.
Even as she fought Mercury called out a warning to Sailor Pluto, who just smiled calmly as she parried a blow. She twisted aside to let the strike fall aside, then slammed the hilt of her staff into it's crotch. It staggered back, yelping in pain and she blasted it with purple energy.
"She fights dirty," Lead Crow winced.
"I'm more worried about the pole-arm," Aluminum Siren murmured, watching as Sailor Saturn positively destroyed a youma. Even worse she did it with just the weapon itself, not even calling on her various special attacks!
From behind Sailor Uranus and Chibi-Moon fired off energy blasts, hampered by trying not to hit their friends. The final three super-youma were attacked by them in a group, and in a matter of moments the battle was done barring the clean up. Surprisingly the heroes even helped with that, using their powers to destroy the remains before bounding off.
"Should we try to follow them?" Aluminum Siren asked softly, "Maybe we can find out who they really are!"
Lead Crow hesitated, then shook her head. "No," she said, "we've accomplished what we set out to do, today." Besides, having seen what they could do she did not want to take them on without backup. Preferably lots of backup!
Aluminum Siren was clearly thinking similar thoughts as they walked to the waiting portal home, "I thought Iron Mouse was exagerating in her reports how strong the Senshi are. I guess I was wrong about that."
"Yeah," Lead Crow agreed. "If we're going to beat them," she mused, "we're going to have to hit them with overwhelming numbers of Phages, then finish them off ourselves."
"We're going to turn all the fans at the Three Lights concert to Phages," Aliminum Siren suggested brightly as they went through the gate, "maybe we can get them then?"
Lead Crow grinned, "Exactly what I was thinking."
To be continued....