Ice Princess - Chapter 2
by Athena
nikita@sgi.net

Hi all!  Sorry that this was so long in coming, but I hope that you enjoy it!
As always, a big, you're the greatest and what would I do without you to
Alicia Blade!

The usual disclaimers apply!

Athena

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Three days later, Serena's mind once again drifted to Darien as she was 
jogging through the park.  It was really cold out today, but she didn't seem 
to notice, she was too lost in her thoughts.

<Maybe I shouldn't have went to find him. Maybe he thought I was being pushy. 
Oh, I only wanted to help. Yeah, who are you kidding, you're stuck on him.> 
she sighed as she continued along the all but deserted park. There were a few 
other joggers around and a few parents playing with their small children in 
the snow, but other than that, the park was deserted. She was just about to 
turn around and head back to her apartment when a shrill scream pierced the 
frigid air. Quickly she looked around for a safe place to transform. <Gee, I 
feel like Clark Kent looking for a phone booth!> she thought to herself.  But 
actually, she discovered that she was quite alone and decided to transform in 
the open.

"Moon Crystal Power!" 

In a flash of silver light and black ribbons, she became Sailor Moon. Quickly 
she teleported herself to the place of action.  Upon materializing at the 
fight, she saw four other girls dressed similarly to her only different 
colors already fighting the monster that had disrupted
the peaceful winter day. <Who are these people? And why are they dressed like 
me??> However, it didn't take a genius to realize that they were on her side 
as she watched them battle. But all too quickly, they got themselves in a bad 
position. <Well, time to save the day.> she thought to herself.


"Hey Nega-trash!" All eyes, including those of the scouts turned towards the 
new voice. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size." Everyone was now 
staring in disbelief at the beautiful warrior dressed similarly to the scouts 
only in black. The scouts, who were now tangled in a large web, called out as 
the spider like monster shot its web at the newcomer.


"Watch Out!" they called out, but Sailor Moon was on top of it. Quickly she 
lept into the air and out of the way of the web that had been coming towards 
her.  However, the web managed to hit and ensnare the group of five men who 
had come along behind her. Four of them were dressed in some sort of uniform 
and the last one was in a tuxedo, top hat and mask. <Too weird!> she thought 
as she turned towards the spider monster that was now coming after her again. Again she lept, this time up and over the spider and landed behind it.  

"Nice try!" she yelled at it and she slammed the staff of her massive glaive 
into the ground and as she continued "Moon Distortion....STRIKE!!!" invisble 
waves that seemed to distort the air around them came from the base of the 
staff and the spider creature screamed as it was shakened and weakened. Now 
Sailor Moon brought her glaive back up and made slashing like motions with it 
as she called out,

"Crescent Moon Glaive DESTRUCTION!" the spider monster glittered for a moment 
as the power from her glaive enetered it and then it disintegrated. Now that 
it was gone, the webs that it had trapped the others in also disappeared and 
they all fell to the ground in two separate heaps. She couldn't help but 
laugh at the sight before her. They were all trying to stand and untangle 
themselves at once and it really wasn't working. Finally, they were all on 
their feet again, each girl going to one of the uniform clad men and hugging 
them. Stranglely, it both bothered and overjoyed her to see that the masked 
man didn't have anyone to come and hug him. Finally all attention was focused 
on her. She stood there, patiently taking in their stares as they looked her 
up and down. Then the girl dressed in the red outfit like hers said,


"Well, I guess that we should thank you, but before we do, I want to know who 
you are?" her tone was anything but friendly. Sailor Moon raised an eyebrow 
at her tone, but then merely said,


"If I tell you, will you tell me who you are?" This seemed to anger the girl 
in red because she raised a threatening fist as she stepped forward and 
yelled,

"This isn't a game!" Sailor Moon smiled and said,

"Yes it is!"

"No it's not!" the man standing next to the red skirted girl snarled back. 
But Sailor Moon only laughed and said,

"Then I guess you don't find out!" and she disappeared. The others stood 
stunned, but they failed to notice how erect Tuxedo Mask now stood. <That 
laugh.> he thought, <I know that laugh.  But it just couldn't be her....could 
it?> Finally, Zoicite snapped him out of his thoughts as he asked,

"Hey Tux, you okay?" Tux looked at the others to see that they were all 
staring at him.

"Uh, yeah, fine."

"You sure," Nephlite asked, "because you look like you've seen a ghost." But 
he merely turned around and began walking away as he said,

"Fine. Look I gotta go. See ya." And then he was gone. The others sat 
speechless for a moment,but then decided that they should probably follow 
suit and leave and with the swirling of the snow, the others disappeared as 
well.

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