Insertion
Part 70
Vahn's Revenge, Final.
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"Pardon?" asked Yohiko as she sat with Xellos
at the
table and blinked.
"I said, Vahn is still alive, and he's
causing
trouble," replied the man simply.
The woman looked thoughtful for a moment and
frowned.
"Vahn?"
"Yes, I believe you blew him up," replied the
mage
casually. "During that party, with the
terrorists?"
"Oh! Oh yeah," said the woman cheerfully.
"Neat. I
suppose he wants..."
"Yes, Revenge," replied Xellos with a slight
frown.
"A rather nasty character that one."
"Yeah, I didn't really meet him before. I
believe it
was a trap I set that got him."
"Something like that," said the mage with a
small
shrug. "He's the only one besides your
friend Olif that survived."
"Hmmm. I guess so, but...I halfway expected to
see
Olif before that guy, he didn't have any arms
or legs."
Xellos sighed and shook his head. "Olif is
living
rather quietly, cowering in the corner of
his cell and muttering gibberish in
a mental
institution."
"Oh," said the woman as she sipped at the cup
of tea
that rested in her palms. "Well, I imagine
I'll have to oblige him
then."
"Quite," said Xellos calmly as he stared at
her for a
moment.
"Well, I suppose I should look for him tonight
then,"
replied the woman with a small shrug.
"Well, it's Saturday, get some sleep first,"
said the
man cheerfully.
"Where is Usagi?" said the woman as she
glanced
around the room.
"She's over with Godai, participating in the
meeting
of tenants there."
"What for?"
"Mostly so they can grill her about who I am
in
relation to you," said the man with a smirk on
his face.
"You mean they still haven't figured that
out?" said
the woman with a slightly surprised
frown on her face.
"No," replied the man as he lifted the
newspaper up
and started reading.
"Boy, I'd think they'd have figured it out by
now,"
said the woman with a small shrug.
"I'm good at keeping secrets," said the mage
with a
slightly evil smirk forming on his face.
"I suppose so," replied the woman. "Still,
everyone
else says they can see it in us. I don't
get it myself, but..."
"Who knows?" replied Xellos with a small
shrug.
Yohiko smirked as she picked up a letter that
was
sitting on the table. "Akane's getting married
next month. She invited me and
my family along.
Want to go?"
"Why not?" replied the man with a small shrug.
"Behave yourself. I kinda like her,
despite
everything," replied the woman with a smirk on her
face.
"Oh, very well then," muttered Xellos.
"I mean it. I know you."
"Right, right, I promise, Mazoku's honor," said
the man with a slightly
disgusted frown on his
face.
"What honor?" said the woman with her
smirk
widening.
"Har, har," said Xellos.
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Usagi sat in the room with the others,
only
half-listening to the debate about whether her
Uncle was Yohiko's
lover or not. A few of the
guesses were close, but they never quite got
it
right. A cousin was as close as they came.
She didn't particularly care. Her mind was
working on
a more serious dilemma. That thing she
had fought two nights ago. Well, when
she wasn't
distracted by thoughts of what had happened
afterwards.
A slight blush crossed the girl's face as she
thought
about it and she noticed everyone was
staring at her.
"What?" said the girl in confusion.
"You mean...he's really that big?" said
Akemi
dumbly.
"That explains a lot," muttered Itchinose as
her
cigarette hung from her lip in what appeared
to be awe.
"What are you talking about?" said the girl as
she
looked at them.
Yotsuya was standing in front of a chalkboard
with a
somewhat surprised looking frown on his
face. "Indeed. It seems my
calculations were
correct."
The girl blanched when she saw that the
words
Xellos's Penis size were written on the board with
a question mark
behind it.
"So that's why she puts up with him,"
commented
Akemi.
"Nooooo!" cried Godai as he stood up and
flopped to
the ground in horror.
"When I asked you, I didn't think you
knew,"
commented Yotsuya.
"What? I wouldn't know that! I was thinking
about
something else! I wasn't even paying
attention!" cried the girl in
defense.
"She hides her shame so well," said Yotsuya.
"Musta seen him coming out of the bath or
something,"
agreed Akemi.
"Even if I did! I wouldn't be looking at
that!"
snapped the girl. "Gross!"
"Your mother is not married. There is no shame
in
assessing an unattached man," said Yotsuya
calmly.
"You jerks!" cried the girl.
"It isn't true!" muttered Godai pathetically.
Usagi stood up and crossed her arms over her
chest.
"I'm leaving! You can figure this out on
your own!" She turned away and
slammed the door
behind her.
"Her embarrassment reveals the truth," said
Yotsuya
as he looked at the sobbing form of
Yusaku.
Akemi had her arm around him and was
comforting him
as best she could. She also
appeared to be enjoying it a little too
much.
"Don't touch that!" cried the boy as he jumped
up
suddenly.
"Sorry," she said sheepishly as she wiggled
her
fingers and smirked.
"If I was single again," said Itchinose with
a
slightly wistful sigh.
"Stop saying things like that you perverts!"
cried
the boy in horror.
"Hey, it's not our fault you got cute all of
a
sudden," said Akemi as she blew a puff of smoke
into the air.
Godai hung his head and sat down again to
sulk.
"Just, leave me alone."
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Usagi started to open her door and paused as
the
voice of Yohiko and her Uncle stopped her.
"Right, right, Mazoku's honor," said the
man
cheerfully.
"What honor?" replied her mother.
"Har, har," said her Uncle flatly.
"Mazoku?" muttered the girl under her breath
with a
slightly surprised frown. "What...some kind
of monster?" She stepped back and
sucked in a
quick breath as her mother opened the door.
"Hello Usagi, I thought you were talking with
the
band of idiots today," said the woman
cheerfully.
The girl paused. "I umm..."
Xellos sighed. "How much did you hear child?"
he said
with a weary looking frown on his face.
"Nothing! I didn't hear anything about a
Mazoku!"
cried the girl fearfully.
Yohiko blinked. "What?" She turned her head to
look
at Xellos for a moment and frowned. "Come on
in, might as well get this over
with."
The girl nervously complied, ready to jump
away at a
moment's notice.
"That's just a title dear," said Xellos.
"He's right," said Yohiko. "Xellos is..."
"I've already told her I'm a sorcerer,"
supplied the
man calmly. "It's no big deal."
Usagi relaxed. "So, that's some kind
of...sorcerer
thing?"
"Something like that," said Xellos with a
small
chuckle. "More like a school, it's closer to
say you're born into it."
"So, mother is..."
"No dear," said the woman with a small sigh.
It was
true, she was as human as Usagi at the
moment.
"Um, I'm not..."
"No," said Yohiko with a small chuckle. "Don't
worry.
It's part of the reason he's the way he
is."
"Kind of hard to explain to someone who's
not
informed," said Xellos. "At least not without
scaring the hell out of
them," he thought
privately.
"Oh," said the girl as she took it on face
value.
"Well, I guess so."
"Right dear, don't think too hard about it,"
said
Yohiko cheerfully.
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Usagi stood on the roof of her home and
glanced
around as she jumped down into the street,
the transformation taking place as
she landed. She
smiled and dashed off into the darkness, not
realizing
that another figure did much the same
thing on the other side of the
home.
She didn't get very far before she paused and
noticed
someone waiting for her in the street.
"Ryoga?"
"Hello Sailor Moon," said the boy as he nodded
at
her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked
in
confusion.
The boy blushed, he'd been trying to find his
way to
the Tendo Dojo. He had to say goodbye to
Akane at least. After the last
meeting with Usagi,
he realized that he would never be with his
first
love. So, he'd moved on. He hadn't yet told her
about his family
curse, and floundered over it for
a moment. "I knew you'd be going out again,
after
that thing." He steeled himself as her expression
told him he was
right.
"I have too," she said as she turned her gaze
away
from him. "No one else is going to beat him."
"I'm going with you," said the boy as he
started
walking towards her.
She frowned at this. "It's dangerous."
"That's why I'm going," he replied calmly.
"I don't want you to get hurt," she insisted.
"And I don't want you to get hurt either, who
knows
what would have happened if I hadn't shown
up when I did."
The girl nodded as she realized he wasn't
going to
leave her alone. "All right." A grin
formed on her face as she grabbed his
arm and
started to pull him along. "We'll celebrate after
we beat
him!"
"What?" said the boy as his entire body turned
beet
red.
"It isn't at that mansion anymore," said the
girl. "I
went back a few days ago, but it was
cleared out. Police were
everywhere."
"I see," said Ryoga. "So where are we going?"
"Back to that mansion," said Usagi firmly.
"Huh? But you said..."
"They might have left a clue about where they
went
behind. I couldn't get in last time because
of the police."
"Oh," said the boy dumbly.
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They arrived within an hour and stood staring
at the
doorway. There were no longer any police,
but the scene was taped off. There
were boards
nailed up on the windows of the entrance, but the
rest of the
home was untouched.
The pair walked inside calmly. The door had
been
locked, but Usagi's costume was easily able
to mimic the key by filling in
the lock like a
sort of liquid.
"So, what are we looking for?" asked Ryoga.
"Anything. Maybe we should split up?" said the
girl
as she glanced back at her companion.
"I don't think that would be a very good
idea," said
the boy nervously.
"You're not scared are you?" she quipped.
"No! But..."
"All right, you can stay with me then!" said
the girl
as she latched onto his arm.
"This isn't a date you know," he said weakly.
"Well, it's as close as we've come to one,"
said the
girl cheerfully as she pulled him into
the middle of the lobby.
"How quaint," said a voice from the shadows.
The
lights came on and the pair stood there in
shock. Usagi released Ryoga's arm
and frowned at
the figure that stood at the top of the stairs.
Tanaka smirked at the pair. He was wearing a
long
cape with armored shoulder pads over a light
purple uniform. A broadsword
hung at his side and
his hair was now fluffed into a style that hung
into
his face from his bangs. "Welcome back. I
suspected you might return here.
The police
presence kept me from setting my trap until now."
He pointed at
the girl and laughed.
"Um...are you wearing lipstick?" said Usagi as
she
seemed to peer at him for a moment.
"Why, yes," replied the man calmly. "I am
wearing
lipstick."
"Why?" muttered Ryoga in confusion.
"Because, I am an evil bishonen villain!"
"Oh," replied the pair.
"Vahn! Welcome our guests!" snarled the man as
he
drew his sword and pointed it at them
dramatically. After a second or two, he
let the
tip touch the floor and gasped. "This thing is
heavy!"
"It's that thing!" said Ryoga as the
mechanical beast
appeared in the room from the
basement again.
"Ah, they have returned. I didn't come here to
play
your games Tanaka. I want the other one, not
this puny being!"
Usagi blinked. "Other?"
"The Shadow," said the thing hatefully. "He is
my
true enemy, you are nothing to me, and I will
destroy you to satisfy my
obligation. I will have
my real revenge soon enough!"
The girl's ribbons started to elongate from
her back
and float in the air again. "Ryoga, get
out of the way, you won't do me any
good out
here."
"Right, I'll wait for an opportunity to
strike," he
said with frustration clear in his
voice. "I shouldn't have come. I caught
him by
surprise before, I'll just get in the way against
that
thing!"
Usagi was already moving forward with
grim
determination in her eyes. "You're going down this
time!"
"You cannot win," said the thing coldly as its
claws
began to work in anticipation.
Ryoga glanced down nervously as he started to
walk
towards the man standing at the top of the
stairs. His gaze was cold, and
Vahn ignored him.
"So, she sends her sidekick to die at my
hands?" said
Tanaka coldly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" snarled
Ryoga
as he clenched his fists at his side. "I'm
not her sidekick!"
"No matter, we all know that only Sailor Moon
has the
power to vanquish me! Your attempts will
be laughably pathetic!"
"Is that so?" snarled Ryoga as he stood off
against
the man.
"Yes, It's inevitable. If she manages to
defeat Vahn,
we will have a dramatic battle on the
roof of this building. In the
moonlight, we will
face each other in honorable combat, with only one
of
us surviving."
"You read too much manga," said Ryoga coldly
as he
took up a combat stance.
"Martial arts?" said the man in amusement as
he put
his sword on his shoulder pad and chuckled.
"You fool, I'm a bishonen
villain. It's my very
nature to be deceptive and cowardly."
"What?" said the boy in confusion.
"Lucky for me, it's an interpretive art form,"
said
the man as he took a handgun from his belt
and promptly shot Ryoga.
The lost boy's eyes went wide, he had moved,
but not
soon enough. "I..." he said as he slumped
down against the stair rail and
clung to it for a
moment. His left arm hung uselessly at his side.
"You
bastard. I'll."
"You'll die," said Tanaka coldly.
Usagi's attention had vanished from Vahn at
the sound
of the shot. She gasped in horror and
looked up at the scene. "No! Ryoga!"
she screamed
angrily.
Vahn simply stood there for a moment, but
started to
move towards her to stop her.
Another voice entered the room and everyone
went
silent.
"Pathetic, you're nothing more than a
charlatan,"
said an evilly smooth tone from one of
the upstairs rooms as the door opened.
"I'd like
to see how you'll do against a real bishonen
villain."
"What?" gasped Tanaka. He spun around and took
a step
back.
Jadeite was standing there with a rapier in
his hand
and a cool smile on his face. "I was
going to just let this little drama play
out, but
you're a disgrace. I won't have you besmirching
such a title with
such a pathetic display."
Vahn stopped moving and spoke to Usagi. "We
will not
be interrupted. Your friend will live, if
you manage to survive me
again."
The girl glanced at Ryoga. He was on his feet,
and
didn't appear to be too badly hurt. He now had
one of his bandannas tied to
the wound on his
shoulder and simply watched the pair in front
of
him.
The girl turned to face the cyborg and
frowned.
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Tanaka snarled as he hefted his sword and
pointed it
at the man. "You say I'm not good
enough to be a bishonen villain? How dare
you!"
"You're too short," said the notably taller
Jadeite
calmly as he stepped forward.
"I'll kill you!" snarled the man as he charged
and
swung his sword clumsily.
Jadeite merely raised his hand and a pillar of
dark
magic engulfed the man.
A charred looking skeleton slumped onto the
ground
when the light faded. "Heh. Pathetic." He
narrowed his eyes and turned
towards Vahn. "Now,
as for you..."
"My, it certainly is noisy in here tonight,"
said a
cold voice from the darkness. Everyone
turned to see a tall dark blob of
darkness walk
through the front door of the home. the shadows
melted away
from the thing, revealing a tall man
with a pair of handguns held at the
ready. His
eyes were amused more than anything else.
"You!" cried Vahn as he swat Usagi aside. The
girl
had a few tendrils of ribbon wrapped around
him, but hadn't really started
fighting yet.
The girl hit the wall roughly and rubbed at
her head
in irritation.
The Shadow paused and looked at the thing for
a
moment, not even bothering to take stock of the
situation around him
otherwise. "Vahn?"
"At last! I shall have my revenge!" roared the
thing
as it raised its claws into the air in
triumph.
Everyone paused when The Shadow suddenly fell
to his
knees.
Vahn chuckled, his nemesis was paralyzed with
fear,
to shocked to fight. "I hope you'll give me
a better fight than this."
The Shadow ignored him. "A...A...A Su...A
Suuu...A
Suup...A Super Villain?!" He jumped up to
his feet and raised his arms in
triumph. "Thank
you!"
Everyone simply stared at him for a moment.
"What?" said Usagi dumbly. "Hey! He's my
Super
villain!" cried the girl irritably. "I was just
gonna kick his
ass!"
The Shadow paused again, realizing that there
were
others in the room with him. "Wha?"
Usagi blinked as she fell under the
intimidating
figure's gaze. "USAGI? What the hell
are you doing here?"
"Um...I know you?" said the girl in confusion.
"Oh, You are in so much trouble when you get
home
young lady!" said the Shadow as he rushed up
to her and grabbed her ear,
twisting it painfully.
"What? Let me go you freak! Wait! Home! You're
going
to tell my mother about this!?"
"Your mother?" said the figure dumbly. "You'd
better
get your behind back home right now!" he
snapped. "You and I are going to
have a long
discussion about this when I get back young lady!"
"What the hell? Who are you?" cried Usagi as
she
tried to escape the figure's grip on her ear.
Tears of pain were starting to
well up in her
eyes.
"You let her go!" screamed Ryoga as he dove
towards
the figure in an offensive stance.
"Ryoga? What are you doing here?!" cried The
Shadow
as he finally noticed the boy.
"Huh?" said the boy dumbly as he found
himself
grabbed by his ear. "You two are in on this
together?"
"What?" said Usagi in shock.
"What kind of trouble have you been getting
your
cousin into mister?" snapped the angry man as
he jerked Ryoga's head from
side to side
violently.
"Cousin?" said the pair in unison as they
suddenly
froze and looked at the man in shock.
Vahn wasn't sure what to do, he simply stared
at the
scene. "I...um..."
"Hold your horses! I'll get to you when I deal
with
this!" said the Shadow impatiently.
"But I..." said Usagi in horror. "He is not
my
cousin! He's my boyfriend!"
"Um! Yeah!" said the boy lamely.
"Usagi Hibiki, what the hell are you talking
about?"
snapped The Shadow.
Ryoga froze and looked at the girl. "Your name
is
Hibiki?" he muttered as he almost passed out.
"Um yeah...don't tell me..." said the
girl
quietly.
"Ryoga Hibiki," confirmed the boy. He seemed
to be on
the verge of tears.
"WAAAAAAHHHHHH! I'll never have sex again!"
cried the
girl as she burst into tears.
The Shadow froze and released both teens.
"What?"
Slowly, his head turned to look at the
boy, a cold fire burning in the back
of his eyes.
"She made me do it!" cried Ryoga in horror.
The Shadow growled, it was an inhuman sound.
The two
handguns appeared in his grip again and he
leveled them on the unfortunate
boy.
"Oh shit," said Ryoga lamely. He turned and
started
running.
The Shadow moved after him, firing shots that
barely
missed the boy. His skills clouded by an
intense anger. "Die! Die! How dare
you! My little
girl! You perverted bastard! Just you wait until I
get my
hands on you!"
Vahn had yet to move. He simply watched the
scene,
unable to do anything. "What the hell is
this?" he muttered to himself.
"Little bastard! I'll see how well you can get
to
know your cousin without it!"
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" cried Ryoga fearfully as he
was
chased back and fourth through the room.
Usagi chased after the man, her ribbons
clinging to
him desperately as she tried to stop
him without much success. "No! Don't
hurt him!"
Jadeite blinked and turned away, intent on
leaving
quietly.
A pair of bullet holes stopped his escape and
he
slowly turned around.
The shadow was glaring at him from below,
pausing his
chase of the lost boy for a moment.
"Where the hell do you think you're
going?"
"I was just leaving," said the man lamely.
"You stay put Nephrite! We're going to have a
long
talk about this, and why the hell you're
here!"
The man hung his head and sat down on the
floor.
"Man."
"Noo! Don't hurt him!" screamed Usagi as she
latched
onto the man's back, trying to hold him
back more than ever. "Stop it! Stop
trying to kill
him, and leave my super villains alone!"
"All right, that does it," snapped the
intimidating
figure as his form slowly melted
away.
Usagi froze, absolute terror suddenly
appearing on
her face as she realized who she was
holding in her grip. The ribbons fell
away,
seeming to almost be sheepish as they slumped off
of the
woman.
"Young lady, you'd better get your ass home,
right
now."
"Mom?!!!" cried the girl as she simply fell to
her
knees. "No way!"
"Mom?" muttered Vahn. The whirring of
machinery
coming to life filled the room and a
rage built up inside him. "A woman? A
woman did
this to me? I was beaten by a woman?!!"
Yohiko finally seemed to remember he was there
and
cursed under her breath. "Get lost Usagi, I'll
handle this. He's an old
friend of mine, and you
and I are going to talk about this later."
The girl stumbled back, not even trying
to
argue.
"Auntie Yohiko?" said Ryoga as he poked his
head
around a corner. He shook for a moment, and
then passed out cold.
"Nephrite, get them out of here and take them
home.
You'd better be there when I get back."
The man stood up from his seat and frowned.
"Fine. Ya
jerk."
Vahn's chest had slid open, revealing a
compartment
inside with a round red object inside.
Yohiko growled as a black liquid
seemed to form
around her body, changing her form.
"Die! I'll kill you and your whole family!
Revenge is
mine!" he screamed as a small missile
blasted from his chest. It took Yohiko
dead center
and threw her through a wall. There was an
explosion on the
other side, and the building
started to burn.
"Mother! No!" screamed Usagi as she started
to
move.
Jadeite appeared behind her and grabbed her.
"She's
fine! That's not enough to kill her," he
said sharply as he pulled her away
without too
much trouble. He grabbed Ryoga around his neck and
the boy
made no move to stop him. They all
vanished in a flash of light.
Vahn growled as he saw this. "No! They have
escaped!"
He turned towards the smoldering hole
and chuckled. "No matter, I shall send
your family
to meet you in hell soon enough."
There was a familiar sound from inside the
hole,
barely audible over the flames.
Vahn's sensors picked it up and he
frowned.
"What?"
It was the rhythmic sound of machinery moving,
and
the soft thump of footsteps.
"Freeze, creep," said a mechanical
sounding
voice.
Vahn stepped back in shock, not believing what
he was
seeing before him. A small armored man was
walking out of the hole. "What is
this?"
"You're under arrest," said the thing calmly.
Its arm
moved mechanically to its side, and a
compartment opened out of its leg. A
huge firearm
appeared and moved into its grip.
"Is this some sort of joke?" snarled Vahn
angrily as
it raised its arm and began to fire at
the thing.
The armored figure calmly walked forward,
jerking
only slightly as the occasional stray
bullet struck it in the chest. "You're
going
down," it said in an emotionless monotone as it
began to fire at
Vahn.
Both of the machines were doing little damage
to each
other, they simply circled, firing at one
another and doing nothing more than
make sparks
fly off each other's bodies.
Vahn quickly tired of this and charged
forward. His
claws opened wide and he dove for the
thing.
"Big mistake," said the thing coldly.
"Eh?" muttered Vahn as he found his claws met
with
the thing's fists. They stood pushing on each
other. Vahn chuckled as he
pushed the thing back,
easily sliding it slowly across the floor.
"It
seems you're weaker than I am. I'll tear you
apart!"
"You'll try," said the thing calmly. "I'm
afraid I
can't allow that though.
"What?" said Vahn as he realized something was
wrong.
The thing didn't have the silver shine to
it any longer. Instead it had
turned jet black,
the blackness was slowly moving up his arms and
the
robotic figure melted away to reveal the
woman's face. "Heh. Fool."
"What are you doing?" cried Vahn as the
darkness
covered his chest.
"Too bad I've got other places to be tonight,
I'd
love to stay and play with you for a while,
but I've got family
business.
Vahn desperately tried to escape, he
thrashed
violently, but the woman's grip was iron solid.
"No! It can't
be!"
Yohiko chuckled as the darkness slowly started
to
seep into the cracks and seams of the robot,
prying them apart slowly and
moving through the
innards of the monster. "Where are you?"
"No! This is impossible!" screamed Vahn in
horror as
he began to feel something sliding
across what was left of his chest. he was
deep
inside the monstrosity, invulnerable to any
attack.
"Ah, there you are," said Yohiko. "Goodbye."
Vahn went silent as a sharp pain exploded
across his
chest, the pressure that had started to
build inside his armor had crushed
him inside the
beast. The machine went silent.
Yohiko chuckled and removed the last traces of
the
costume from inside Vahn's shell. "Well, that
was quick."
"What's that noise?" asked Pissant.
"What noise?" asked Carrot.
"That beeping?" muttered Xainfu in confusion.
"Beeping?" muttered Dan. "Oh shit."
The entire building exploded in a spectacular
ball of
flame.
+++++++++++++++
"Who are you really?" snarled Usagi angrily.
Jadeite was sitting across from Xellos with a
frown
on his face. "My real name is Nephrite. I'm
an old friend of
your...mother."
"What's going on here?" screamed the girl
in
frustration. "What happened to my mom?"
Xellos didn't look very comfortable. "She
found
her?"
"Yeah, we're screwed too," said Nephrite as he
faded
into Phibrizo.
"What the? What's going on? Who the hell is
this
kid?" screamed Usagi. "What happened to
Jadeite?"
"Actually, my name is Jadeite, he's Nephrite,"
said
her Uncle with a small nervous chuckle.
"Huh?!" cried the girl in frustration.
"I was training you," said Nephrite with a
small
shrug. "I was playing evil villain and
keeping an eye on you."
"You kidnapped people to train me?" screamed
the girl
in anger.
"No, I just sort of showed up at the end and
started
giving orders. They were usually in so
much chaos that they listened to me
without
question. I haven't really done anything," said
the boy with a
small shrug.
Ryoga stood next to the table with a horrified
look
on his face. "Could someone please tell me
what's going on? Sailor Moon isn't
really Auntie
Yohiko's daughter is she?"
"Well, her mother's name is Yohiko..."
said
Xellos.
"This sucks," grumbled Usagi.
"How dare you! You raped me! My own cousin!"
cried
Ryoga in anguish.
"Shut the hell up! You should have told me you
were a
Hibiki!" cried the girl.
"Now, now. Wait, did you say rape?" Xellos
paused and
looked at the girl. "Oh, you didn't."
Nephrite seemed to catch on and looked at
them. "You
slept with your cousin?"
"Yes! No! I mean...We didn't know!" said Usagi
as she
hung her head.
"Man, no wonder Yohiko was so pissed,"
said
Nephrite.
Both of them knew of this some time ago, but
playing
stupid now would make it easier to
convince Yohiko that they were ignorant
later. If
she was as angry as Nephrite had said, it could
possibly save
their lives.
"Why isn't she here yet?" cried
Usagi
fearfully.
"Huh? Don't worry, Vahn's not strong enough to
hurt
her. Her costume is much more powerful than
yours," said Xellos with a small
smirk.
The girl nodded and watched the door. "I hope
you're
right."
"Staying there would have just put us in the
way,"
commented Nephrite.
"In any case, there isn't much we can do now
besides
wait anyway," agreed Xellos.
"What's going on?" muttered Ryoga fearfully.
"We're waiting for Usagi's mother to get home
to kill
you, and hopefully we'll be able to talk
our way out of it ourselves. I'd let
you go, but
I'm hoping she'll blow off enough steam to leave
us alone
after she's through with you," said
Xellos.
"Yeah. Sorry, you understand right?"
agreed
Nephrite.
"What? Kill me?" cried the boy in shock.
"Don't worry Ryoga, I don't think it'll go
that
far..." said Usagi with a weak smile.
The door opened and slammed into the wall.
Yohiko
stood there with an aura burning around her
as she glared into the room.
"Now..."
++++++++++++
Nephrite, Jadeite, and Usagi all sat at the
table in
silence. None of them daring to speak.
Ryoga was a broken pile of unconscious
blood on
the floor behind the intimidating woman.
"You're all going to tell me a story, a story
about
Sailor Moon, and why you thought it would be
a good idea to keep it from me
that my daughter
was running around the streets at night, alone."
"She wasn't alone," grumbled Nephrite. "I was
usually
following her. Most of the time."
"Oh?" said Yohiko as she looked back at Ryoga.
"I had no idea! I swear!" cried the boy
fearfully.
"She must have done it after I left
her! I was just training her! Xellos
asked me to
do it!"
The priest glared at Nephrite. "You little..."
"Oh, he did?" said Yohiko darkly.
"I didn't have any say in the matter. They
were
orders from further up," he said as he turned
his head away. "I'd find a nice
kidnapping or
something, set her towards it. Gutless here would
play
villain while he kept her safe while she
learned. After that was over our job
was done and
we assumed she was just coming home."
"Assumed? You?" said Yohiko with a frown on
her
face.
"All right. I'll admit I knew something was
going on.
I was trying to be nice and give the
girl some privacy. I figured there was
maybe a
Mamoru running around, and she was meeting up with
him."
"Privacy?" snorted Yohiko as her aura burned a
little
brighter.
"I'm a lot of things, and a voyeur isn't one
of
them," replied Xellos with a hurt look. "I
don't spy on Carrot and Yohiko
either. It's a
family courtesy."
"So, you knew my daughter was running around
with
some strange boy, a boy who happens to be her
cousin, and you said
nothing?"
"Parenting isn't my job," said Xellos coldly.
"It's
my nature to be deceptive."
Yohiko sighed and stood up. She walked over to
the
kitchen and poured herself a cup of sake.
After that, she poured another cup
and walked back
to the table with the bottle as well. She set it
down at
the table and put one of the cups in front
of her daughter.
"Huh?" said Usagi dumbly.
"So, you want to play super hero do you?" said
the
woman with a smirk on her face.
"Well..." said the girl nervously as she
looked
away.
"Fine, I'm taking over your training as of
now," she
said calmly. She turned and glared at
the pair opposite her.
"Understood?"
Both men nodded.
"The only reason you two aren't dead, is
because I
know you're not here for this. It's
something else, I'm not stupid enough to
believe
that you were sent here just because it was
amusing either.
They're up to something."
"Well, if you've already figured that out..."
said
Xellos with a slightly nervous laugh.
"You're moving out, right now," said Yohiko as
she
glared at him. "I'd better not see you again
for at least a week. After that,
maybe."
"Right," said Xellos as he hung his head.
"We can't just throw him into the street! He's
helped
me at least! I can't..."
"He's just moving in with Nephrite, that's
all," said
Yohiko with a small chuckle.
Usagi blinked and looked at the pair. They
were
already walking out the door. "Sorry, gotta
go, bye!" said Xellos quickly as
he rushed away.
"Traitors! How dare you leave me alone to
face
this!?" cried the girl.
"Now as for you, your training starts
tomorrow
night," said Yohiko calmly.
"Man, I've got a feeling this is going to
hurt,"
muttered the girl dejectedly.
"You have no idea," agreed Yohiko with an evil
smirk.
"As for tonight, you and I are getting
drunk. I think you deserve it after
what this
pervert pulled." She glanced over her shoulder at
Ryoga. The boy
probably wouldn't wake up for a
while, and when he did, he wouldn't be
happy.
Usagi blushed and looked away. "I told you it
was my
fault. You didn't have to hurt him."
"That's the only reason he's still alive,"
said
Yohiko coldly. She smiled and pat the girl on
her back. "Come on, you've got
a broken heart, and
I've got a gallon of ice-cream. Drink up."
The girl looked up at her mother and then
downed the
cup in front of her in a swift motion.
She took a moment to catch her breath
after that
and almost gagged.
"Don't worry, it gets easier. Don't think I'm
gonna
let you get away with this later on either.
You're still not old
enough."
The girl nodded as her mother poured her
another cup.
"Okay."
"I suppose I should do something with him,"
grumbled
Yohiko as she looked at Ryoga for a
moment. She sighed and lifted him onto
her
shoulder. She calmly walked across the room and
opened the window
before tossing him out.
"Mother!" cried Usagi in shock.
"He's fine. I was nice enough to open the
window
first," replied the woman with a shrug.
Usagi sighed and glanced at the window
nervously
before gulping down another shot. "Oh
man. This sucks," she muttered to
herself.
"Most things do dear," said Yohiko cheerfully
as she
joined her daughter and poured herself
another glass as well.
+++++++++++++
TBC...
No, not the end of this world arc just yet.
One more
story arc to go! Then I'll move on to the
final world of Insertion.
Perfect Carrot- Consuming the universe, one Aspect at a time.
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