Hauntings
Lady of the Black Rose
Ladynorose@hotmail.com
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Part 2

Heyyas! I'm back! Yuppers! Wait! Come back! 
Arrrgg!
I hope you like this. And if you have any 
problem-o-s, just e-mail me! 
Ladynorose@hotmail.com ! 
Well, you know the drill. This is that and that 
is this. Sailor Moon and Associates belong to a 
bunch of people in Canada and Tokyo. And the 
Almighty goddess Takeuchi-sama! Praise be to the 
creator of Sailor Moon!
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	School, of course, was cancelled. There 
always is a few good points to a bad day. Iris 
and Daphne walked around for a while, discssing 
their newfound powers.

	"We can't tell anyone, that's for sure." 
Daphne let her breath out in a big whoosh.

	"Isn't there something like us in Japan? 
Sailor Senshi?" Iris asked.

	"I dunno. If there are, then they come with 
the monsters. Maybe there are more of us. Two is 
not exactly an army."

	"Power of Water. I'd always thought of 
myself as a more fire, or thunder, type. Angry." 
Iris said.

	"And I, water."

	"Ironic, huh? Ah, who cares? I suppose 
water can be angry. Did you see that storm 
thingie? And your fire tornado--"

	"Vortex."

	"Whatever. Listen, though. Maybe there is 
some kind of purpose for it. Do you think our 
attacks could combine?"

	"Water and Fire? Yeah, if you want to douse 
mine." Daphne pouted.

	"No, I'm serious. Maybe we should practice. 
Are there any parks, or secluded places around 
here?" Iris looked around.

	"Yeah, Lover's Park."

	"Okay, can you sneak out?"

	"I suppose."

	"Okay, around midnight then. Show me where 
this park is."

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	Daphne tiptoed down the stairs, avoiding 
the ones that creaked. Her parents had long gone 
to bed, and she had waited until she was sure 
they were asleep. She was still in her night 
gown, but once she was able to get outside that 
wouldn't matter. She crept throught the kitchen 
and out the back door. She sighed in relief.

	"Geez, I've got to find another way. That 
was nerve racking." She mumbled. She raised her 
sceptor. "PYRO POWER MAKE UP!" She shouted. When 
she was transformed, she began running. She 
didn't live all that far from the park, but she 
had no idea when Iris would show up. 

	Approaching the park, she saw a blur of 
blue and green in the trees. Stopping, she 
squinted. Aqua was racing through the trees with 
a cat-like agility.

	"Aqua! Wait!" She called. Aqua stopped and 
dropped from the oak she was standing in.

	"Heyyas, Pyro! Are you late or am I?"

	"Both. Where did you learn how to do that?" 
She motioned to the trees.

	"I've always been able to climb well, so I 
decided to give it a swing. You wouldn't believe 
how strong we are in these things." Aqua pointed 
to her fuku.

	"It would explain how we jumped over those 
kids." Pyro shrugged. "Are you ready to douse my 
fire trying to combine?"

	"Sure. Okay, I'm going to try to tone my 
water down. Throw all your power into your fire. 
Maybe that way it won't go out." 
	
	"Okay, Here goes. "VORTEX SPARKLING FLAME!"

	"TSUNAMI RAGE ENGULF!" The second the water 
hit the fire they both sputtered out.

	"Okay, um, any more ideas, Genius?"

	"Come on. We'll get it sooner or later. 
Maybe, if we concentrate really hard on joining, 
it will work."

	"Once more, then."

	And so it went, for hours. Around four 
o'clock, when the sky was beginning to lighten, 
they finaly got it. Calling it a night, they went 
home, exhausted beyond anything they'd ever 
experienced before. They both over slept and 
ended up missing first period. The rest of the 
morning went by horribly. The teachers were all 
jumpy and nervous and screamed at the students. 
Lunchtime was huge relief  for Iris and Daphne. 
They plunked down at the bench.

	"I swear, if any of those god-forsaken 
beast attack, I'm going to be seriously pissed." 
Iris grumbled.

	"Too early." Daphne groaned. "Need coffee-- 
Mountain Dew-- Pepsi-- " She dug in her pruse and 
came up with a couple of dollars of change. She 
stumbled over to the Coke machines and bought two 
Surges. She put one in front of Iris and opened 
the other. Glorious Caffeine! "Drink up, girl. 
Maybe this will wake us up." She said. Iris 
nodded. They got an energy boost from it, and it 
let them last through the day with out falling 
asleep. Doesn't mean they were able to pay 
attention.

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	"Ami-chan, there is dark energy in America. 
What do we do?" Rei asked. Usagi groaned and dove 
under the bed. After Beryl was defeated, 
everything had been peaceful. Except that Mamoru 
didn't remember her.   And that they didn't 
remember her until Luna had given in and revived 
them.

	"I say we go cream em!" Makoto yelled.

	"Just leave?" Minako asked.

	"Mrfgmrfhmfmrhfmrfhmmfrmfhrmmgmrhfrhumfeghr
m fhrhmhrfmmf!!" Usagi yelled from underneath the 
bed.

	"Do what?" Minako asked. a blonde odangoed 
head came out. 

	"I said, Luna can brainwash our parents and 
teacher to thinking we're exchange students. Then 
we can teleport." The head disappeared.
	
	"As much as I hate to admit it, that's a 
great idea, Odango Atama." Rei said. She looked 
at Luna and Artemis.

	"It would work." Luna said thoughtfully.

	"And it would be better than just leaving." 
Artemis added.

	"Alright, Senshi! Let's go kick some Nega-
butt!" Makoto yelled. 

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	"That's the third attack in two days, Daph. 
And they keep getting stronger. Pretty soon, we 
are gonna have some major-o-so problems kicking 
their butts."

	"We've been getting stronger too, deary." 
Daphne reminded her.

	"Not enough. We gonna need help!"

	"Oh yeah. Um, Mr. Police person? yeah, you 
see, me and my friend here, well, we can turn 
into girls with bows and really short, almost 
indecent, skirts and weird powers to shout the 
snot out of monsters, but it's not enough, so if 
you could lend us some of your men-- say what? 
What size staight-jacket do I wear?"

	"Not funny, Daph. I'm serious. Maybe we 
should be looking for another one of us."

	"How do you suppose we do that? Walk up to 
them and ask?"

	"I could help." A male voice said. They 
jumped.

	"Who's there?!" Iris yelled. Daphne pulled 
out her henshin stick.

	"Hey! Down here!" They looked down. A brown 
cat met their eyes. "Yup. Me. Hi." They shrieked. 

	"It talks!"

	"Geez! Lower the decibals, wouldja?" He 
mumbled. Daphne was the first to recover her 
wits.

	"Y-you said y-you c-could help." She 
stuttered

	"I can. My name is Vulcan. I was sent to 
help you guys out."

	"Really? Well, Vulcan, do tell, How?" Iris 
asked.

	"I can sense energy levels, so if I were 
close enough to a person. I could tell you if 
they were a senshi. Not which one. You'd have to 
throw her in front of a youma to do that."

	"gee, how nice."

	"Yup."

	"Well, I suppose. I mean, you talk, so I 
guess I'll have to believe you. Are there more of 
us?" Iris asked.

	"Yes. Three more, to be precise. Sailor 
Thunder, Sailor Ice, and Sailor Melody."

	"That's helpful. Do you know where they 
are?" Daphne asked.

	"Uh, no."

	"I feel like drowning you." Iris muttered. 
Vulcan gulped vervously and began to explain just 
how he could sense their missing partners.

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	"I hate malls. Vulcan, who better find 
somone or else." Iris moaned. Vulcan had talked 
them into taking him to one of the malls to see 
if he could find anyone.

	"Or else what?"

	"Or else or you are gonna see the full 
extent of water, buddy."

	"Oh."

	"Iris, stop threatening him. It could take 
months to find them on our own." Daphne scolded.

	"Problem?"

	"Oh, you!" Daphne playfully slapped Iris. 
Vulcan raised an eyebrow. 

	"That's funny." He said. He was staring at 
two girls, one with raven black hair and the 
other blonde. They were arguing over something.

	"Them! They are senshi!" He exclaimed.

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And there's my cliffhanger. Not exactly much of 
one, but it's good enough.
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