Another day had passed since Cye and Sailor Mercury
defeated Seadra. It was early in the afternoon, and
Mina was lying on the couch, reading a magazine she
brought with her. She was reading a romantic short
story when a dark shadow covered her magazine and a
familiar muffled voice asked, “What are you reading?”
Mina turned around and saw Serena, who was obviously
talking with her mouth full. “Just one of those trashy
love stories, Serena.” “Mm-hmm,” Serena nodded, with
her mouth still full. “What are you eating?” Mina
asked. Serena swallowed before replying, “Lita made
some of her chocolate chip muffins!” Mina noticed a
half-eaten muffin in Serena’s hand. “You want one?”
she asked.
“No thanks, Serena,” Mina replied. “I’m not hungry.”
“Oh, goody! More for me!” Serena exclaimed as she took
another bite out of her muffin. “You’ll probably have
to save some for the guys,” Mina reminded Serena as
she continued reading her magazine. Serena whimpered
loudly when Mina reminded her about the guys. Just
then, the front door opened. “I smell chocolate chip
muffins!” Kento announced loudly as he entered the
living room, followed by Cye, Ryo, and Sage. “Where
have you guys been?” Mina asked curiously as she
closed her magazine.
“We’ve been practicing some of our moves,” Ryo
explained as he took a seat next to Mina on the couch.
“Where’s Mia?” “She had to take Rowen to the library,
and to get some groceries, too,” Serena told him
before she finished off her muffin. “That’s it! I
can’t stand it anymore!” Kento exclaimed as he headed
for the kitchen. “Hey, no fair!” Serena whined as she
ran after him. “Want me to get some for us before our
friend, the Bottomless Pit, eats them all?” Cye asked
sarcastically as he headed toward the kitchen door.
“No need to do that, Cye,” he heard Lita announce. Cye
quickly opened the kitchen door for Lita. She quickly
hobbled into the living room, using the crutch that
Sage found for her yesterday as support.
“Thanks, Cye,” Lita told him as he closed the door for
her. She was carrying a plate with seven chocolate
chip muffins in her free hand. Lita put the plate down
on the coffee table in front of the couch. “Go ahead
and help yourselves, guys,” Lita insisted. “Thanks,
Lita,” Ryo replied as he, Cye, and Sage each grabbed a
muffin from the plate. Ryo and Mina both moved over so
Lita could sit down on the couch. “How’s your ankle
doing?” Sage asked curiously. “Much better now,” Lita
admitted. “I don’t think I’m gonna need this crutch
anymore.”
Just then, White Blaze entered the living room, with
Rini riding on his back. “Hi!” she greeted as she slid
off of White Blaze’s back. “Hey, Rini,” Mina greeted.
“Did you have fun with White Blaze?” “Uh-huh,” Rini
admitted as she nodded her head. Her big bright red
eyes eyed the plate of muffins on the table. “Can I
have one, please?” she asked. “Of course you can have
one, Rini,” Lita admitted. The pink pig-tailed girl
smiled as she grabbed one of the muffins with her
small hands and took a bite out of it.
Just then, the front door opened, and Rowen and Mia
entered the living room. They were each carrying two
paper bags full of groceries. “Hey, everyone! We’re
back,” Rowen announced. “Hey, Rowen. Hey, Mia,” Sage
greeted. “Here, Mia. I’ll get those for you,” Ryo
offered as he stood up and took the bags from Mia.
“Thanks, Ryo,” she admitted as she took a seat on the
couch where Ryo was sitting earlier. As Ryo and Rowen
headed to the kitchen door, Cye warned jokingly, “Be
extremely careful, Rowen. Kento’s still in there.”
Rowen laughed a bit as he and Ryo entered the kitchen.
Suddenly, there was a loud beeping noise. “What was
that?” Mia asked. “It’s my pocket tracer,” Rini
explained as she pulled the tracer out of her pocket
and looked at the screen. “It picked up the Celestial
Stone of Earth!” “Could I see that, Rini?” Mina asked.
Rini nodded as she walked over to the couch and held
up the tracer, so Mina could see. On the screen was a
solid white blip and a blinking orange blip, which
were quite a distance away from each other. “How can
you bring up a map on this thing?” Mina asked. Rini
pressed a button next to the screen and handed the
tracer to Mina. Now, there was a small map of Japan on
the screen, with the white blip over Toyama and the
orange blip further down the island.
“Hey, Mia, do you recognize this place?” Mina asked,
handing the tracer to Mia. She looked at the screen
and replied, “It looks like that Celestial Stone you
mentioned is located at Mt. Dojo National Park.” “Hey,
Sage? Isn’t that the same place where you and Mia
found Kento?” Cye asked. “It sure is,” Sage muttered
out loud. “We better get going,” Mina announced as she
got up from the couch. “Hold on a minute, Mina,” Mia
interrupted as she stood up. “Did you bring a coat
with you?” “No, I didn’t,” Mina admitted, shaking her
head. “Well, you can borrow mine,” Mia told her as
they started to head upstairs. “It can get pretty cold
up at Mt. Dojo.”
As the two girls headed upstairs, Sage shouted, “I’ll
take them to Mt. Dojo, Mia!” “Thanks, Sage,” Mia
shouted back. “Hey, Kento!” Cye shouted. “We just
picked up that Celestial Stone of Earth!” “All right!”
Kento exclaimed as he entered the living room,
followed by Ryo, Rowen, and Serena. “Let’s go kick
some Dark Moon butt!” “Hold on a minute, Kento,” Sage
interrupted. “We have to wait for Mina.” “Aww, man!”
Kento complained as he plopped down on the couch.
“Umm...Sage?” Lita started to ask as she stood up.
“Would it be all right if I come with you?”
“I don’t know...” Sage muttered out loud. “Come on,
Sage!” Lita complained. “I just want to come for the
ride. I’ve been holed up in this house for a few days,
and I could use the fresh air.” “Well, all right,”
Sage finally agreed. “Okay, guys, I’m ready,” Mina
announced as she came downstairs, followed by Mia. She
was wearing Mia’s white snow boots and orange snow
pants. Mina was starting to put Mia’s orange winter
coat on over her yellow sweater when she reached the
living room. “Finally! Let’s go!” Kento retorted as he
stood up and headed for the front door.
As Kento left the house, Mina asked, “Not to offend
Kento or anything, but what’s with him?” “Nothing,
Mina,” Cye confessed. “He’s just itching for a battle,
that’s all. Besides food, fighting is something Kento
lives for.” “Sounds like someone I know,” Mina
muttered under her breath, so Lita wouldn’t overhear.
“Well, Kento’s obviously ready to go, so we should get
going, too,” Sage admitted. Mia handed him the keys to
the jeep before he left the house, followed by Mina
and Lita...
“Oh, wow! It sure is beautiful up here!” Mina
commented as she looked out of the window at the
snow-covered mountains. “Yeah, whatever,” she heard
Kento grumble out loud, who was wearing his orange and
white sub-armor. He leaned forward to the space in
between the two front seats, where Sage and Lita were
sitting. “Are we there yet, Sage?” he asked. “Calm
down, Kento. We’re almost there,” Sage told him. Kento
groaned loudly as he sat back down next to Mina. “What
is with you, Kento?” Mina asked. “Do you like to fight
or something?” “Hey! I happen to be the strongest
Ronin Warrior there is!” Kento boasted. “My armor is
of the Hardrock!”
“Did you say ‘Hardrock’ or ‘Hard-Head?’ ” Mina
muttered out loud. This comment caught Kento by
surprise. “Just what do you mean, Mina?” he asked
angrily. “Well, Kento of Hard-Head seems to fit you
better than Kento of Hardrock!” Mina retorted. “Well,
I wouldn’t talk, Mina,” Kento retorted. “What makes
you think you’re a warrior? You’re nothing but a
life-size Barbie doll!” “Humph!” Mina retorted angrily
as she crossed her arms and turned away from Kento.
“Stop it, you two!” Sage interrupted. “You should be
concentrating on what’s more important: finding that
Earth Stone,” Lita added.
“Whether you like it or not, you two are gonna have to
work together,” Sage pointed out as he made a left
turn in the road. “What? No way!” Kento and Mina
complained simultaneously. They looked at each other
for a moment, then quickly turned away from each other
in disgust. “There’s no way I’m working with her!”
Kento retorted. “At least we agree about one thing,
Kento. This is definitely not going to work!” Mina
retorted. “Knock it off, guys! We’re here,” Sage
announced as he pulled the jeep over to the side of
the road and put it in park. The two Ronin Warriors
and the two Sailor Scouts climbed out of the red jeep
and looked at the cluster of mountains spread out
before them.
“Whoa! Looks like you guys have your work cut out for
you,” Lita muttered out loud. “Don’t worry, Lita.
Rini’s pocket tracer will lead us straight to the
Earth Stone, no problem,” Mina told her as she took
the tracer out of her coat pocket and turned it on. As
Mina studied the map on the computer screen, Kento
whispered loudly, “Do I seriously have to work with
her, Sage?” “For the last time, Kento, yes,” Sage
replied wearily. “You may be the strongest out of us
Ronin Warriors, but don’t forget, you’re dealing with
something from the future, something much more
dangerous and stronger than you claim you are. You’re
gonna need Mina’s help.”
“Come on, Sage!” Kento pleaded. “Can’t you just take
her back to Mia’s? I can handle it by myself.” “Cool
your jets, Kento,” Sage retorted. “Just don’t do
anything you’ll end up regretting.” “Ready to go,
Sage?” Lita asked, who was back in the front passenger
seat of Mia’s jeep. “You bet,” Sage replied as he got
back in the driver’s seat. As he started the engine,
Lita shouted, “Good luck, Mina!” “Thanks, Lita! I’ll
keep in touch!” Mina shouted as the jeep pulled away
from the entrance of Mt. Dojo National Park. “Are you
ready or what?” she heard Kento ask rudely. Mina took
a deep breath to calm herself before replying, “Yes, I
am, Kento.”
“So...which way?” Kento asked impatiently. Mina looked
down at the tracer for a moment. “This way,” she
replied as she walked forward, followed by Kento.
“Great! Now I’m stuck with her!” Kento thought.
“Great! Now I’m stuck with him!” Mina thought. “Hey!
Why did you stop?” Kento asked. Mina was looking up a
high, steep cliff right in front of them. “That’s a
long way up,” she remarked. “We’re gonna have to find
a way around it.” “Looks like I’ll meet you at the
top,” Kento remarked as he bent down and jumped high
into the air. He flew halfway up the cliff and used
his hands to grab the wall of the cliff. Using his own
physical strength and the strength of his sub-armor,
Kento made it to the top of the cliff.
“Hey! What about me?” Mina yelled up to him. Kento
looked down at her and chuckled. “What about you?” he
retorted as he started to walk away. “Where do you
think you’re going, Kento?” Mina asked. “You need me
to find that Celestial Stone of Earth!” Kento looked
back down at her and replied, “I can find that stone
without your help. Besides, I don’t need any help from
a girl!” Mina was shocked to hear those words come out
of Kento’s mouth. “You have a choice, Mina: either
wait for me to come back, or if you hurry, you can
probably catch a ride from Sage and Lita!”
With that, Kento walked away from the cliff, with no
intentions on coming back. “Oh, no, you don’t, Kento!”
Mina muttered angrily as she walked toward a steep
path on the side of the cliff. “I’m not leaving here
until I find that Earth Stone, and there’s no way I’m
waiting for you to come back for me!” she thought to
herself. With determination blazing in her bright blue
eyes, Mina hiked up the steep trail as fast as she
dared...
Meanwhile, unknown to Kento and Mina, Topaz has been
watching their entire argument through his crystal
ball. “Hmm, how quaint,” he muttered sarcastically to
himself. “The two warriors are having a little
quarrel. Perhaps I can use this to my advantage.”
“What’s going on, Topaz?” He looked up from his
crystal ball at Amethyst, who had just entered the
room. “It’s Kento of Hardrock and Sailor Venus,” Topaz
explained. “Don’t tell me. They’re after the Celestial
Stone of Earth,” Amethyst muttered out loud. “Afraid
so, sister,” Topaz admitted. “May I remind you,
brother, that there are only two Celestial Stones left
that are not fully charged,” Amethyst reminded Topaz.
“If Kento of Hardrock and Sailor Venus find the
Celestial Stone of Earth, we’ll only have one left.”
“Perhaps that won’t happen,” Topaz revealed. “And why
not?” Amethyst asked. “From what I’ve seen, it appears
that Kento of Hardrock and Sailor Venus have gotten
into an argument,” Topaz explained. “Because of this
fight, they have gone their separate ways to find the
Celestial Stone of Earth. Neither of them will be able
to destroy the creature from the Earth Stone on their
own. Thanks to their little dispute, Kento of Hardrock
and Sailor Venus refuse to work together.” “Still,
there’s a slight chance they may be able to pull this
off,” Amethyst muttered thoughtfully. “It’s hard to
tell with those do-gooders.”
“Fortunately, I have a plan to make certain that they
don’t,” Topaz announced as he reached down to the
floor and picked up a leather pouch. “Isn’t that the
same sand you used for creating those sand creatures?”
Amethyst asked. “No, this is different,” Topaz
explained as he took out a handful of blue sand from
the pouch and showed it to her. “This blue sand has a
different effect than the black sand I used before.
The black sand can make inanimate objects come to
life, whereas the blue sand can help control living
creatures.” “What do you plan on using that blue sand
on?” Amethyst asked curiously as Topaz searched for
something on his crystal ball.
“Just take a look for yourself, Amethyst,” Topaz
announced. Amethyst looked into her brother’s crystal
ball and saw the pack of wild wolves roaming around in
a forest. “Excellent choice, Topaz,” she admitted as
she stepped back. Topaz sprinkled some of the blue
sand over his crystal ball and watched the wolves as
the blue sand rained on them. As soon as the sand made
contact with the wolves, their eyes glowed an
unnatural fiery red. “They are now under our control,”
Topaz announced. “Those wolves now have only one
objective: destroy Kento of Hardrock and Sailor Venus
on sight!” He and Amethyst chuckled sinisterly as the
leader of the pack let out a long howl and lead the
other wolves toward the mountains...
Meanwhile, back at Mia’s house, Serena, Rae, Amy,
Lita, Rini, Luna, and Artemis were in the living room,
waiting patiently for their friend to contact them. “I
don’t get it,” Lita muttered out loud. “Mina promised
me that she would keep in touch with us.” “Perhaps
she’s too occupied at the moment to contact us,” Amy
suggested. “That could be it, Lita,” Rini admitted.
“Don’t worry. She’ll call us when she gets the
chance.” At that moment, a beeping sound came from
Serena. “Hey! That’s probably Mina now!” she exclaimed
as she took out her pocket communicator from her
pocket and turned it on. The other girls and the two
cats looked over Serena’s shoulders as Mina’s image
appeared on the mini-screen.
“Hey, Mina!” Serena greeted. “Hi, guys!” Mina greeted
cheerfully. “Mina, have you and Kento located the
Celestial Stone of Earth yet?” Artemis asked. “Not
yet, Artemis,” Mina admitted. “I’m getting pretty
close to it, though.” “Mina, where is Kento?” Luna
asked. “You’re not gonna believe this, but Kento
ditched me!” Mina announced. The five girls and two
cats gasped when they heard this news. “Why would he
do something like that?” Amy asked. “Kento is so
stubborn,” Mina muttered angrily. “He said that he
could find the Earth Stone by himself, and that he
didn’t need any help from a girl! He’s such a jerk!”
“Who’s a jerk?” Sage asked as he, Ryo, Cye, and Rowen
entered the living room. “Apparently, Kento is,
according to Mina,” Amy replied. “And why is that?”
Cye asked. “Mina just told us that Kento ditched her
at Mt. Dojo,” Rae replied. The four boys gasped when
they heard this news. “What?” Sage replied. “I warned
him before we left not to do anything he’ll regret.”
“I don’t get why Kento would abandon Mina at a time
like this,” Cye admitted. “Did something happen that
we should know about, Sage?” Ryo asked. “Well, Kento
and Mina got into a little fight on the way to Mt.
Dojo,” Sage admitted. “I didn’t think he would do
something like this.”
“Well, he did, Sage,” Mina replied over Serena’s
communicator. “Could I see that for a minute, Serena?”
Sage asked. “Sure, Sage,” Serena replied as she handed
Sage her communicator. “Listen carefully, Mina. Since
you’re on your own, there are some dangers that you
should know about,” Sage told Mina. “What kind of
dangers?” Mina asked. “With the mountains so high up,
there can be sudden snowstorms up in Mt. Dojo,” Sage
explained. “You also have to keep quiet, or you might
cause an avalanche.” “Okay,” Mina muttered a bit
nervously. “Anything else I should know about?” “Watch
out for wild animals, especially wolves,” Sage warned
her.
“Why wolves, Sage?” Amy asked. “They’re normally
passive animals that would rather retreat than fight.”
“Sounds like someone we all know,” Rae muttered out
loud. “Hey! I heard that!” Serena shouted. “Anyway,
why would wolves attack a human?” Amy asked. “When Mia
and I went up there to find Kento when he was in a
suspended state after that first battle with Talpa, we
were attacked by a pack of wild wolves,” Sage
explained. “These wolves in particular, they were
being controlled by one of Talpa’s Dark Warlords:
Kale.” “Oh, I see what you mean now,” Amy admitted.
“Good, because I don’t!” Serena openly admitted.
“Remember I told you about those sand creatures that
attacked me on the beach yesterday while Cye was
searching for the Water Stone?” Amy asked. Everyone
nodded their heads in approval. “I’m positive that
Topaz and Amethyst had something to do with that,” Amy
continued. “If they can create creatures out of
inanimate objects, who knows what else they’re capable
of?” “Good point, Amy,” Rowen admitted. “You guys!”
Mina shouted through the communicator. Sage looked at
the screen and gasped. “What’s wrong, Sage?” Lita
asked. “Mina’s image is breaking up,” Sage revealed as
he handed the communicator back to Serena. “Mina,
what’s going on?” Serena asked. “Sage was right about
those sudden snowstorms!” Mina shouted, with her image
and voice starting to break up.
“Just hang in there, Mina!” Rae shouted. “I’ll try,”
Mina replied before the screen suddenly went blank.
“Oh, no!” Serena wailed as she pressed some buttons on
the communicator in hopes of getting Mina back.
“Serena, that snowstorm probably caused too much
interference for her communicator to handle,” Amy told
her. “Don’t worry about it. She’ll call us back as
soon as the storm dies down.” “Do you think Mina will
be okay, Serena?” Rini asked worriedly. “Don’t worry,
Rini. Mina’s a Sailor Scout. There’s nothing she can’t
handle,” Serena assured the little girl...
“Hello? Serena? Amy? Rae? Lita?” Mina shouted into her
wrist communicator. She groaned out of frustration
when no one answered her. Mina looked up at the dark
billowing clouds above her, which were blowing
ice-cold blasts of wind and hundreds of snowflakes
everywhere. “I bet that snowstorm is jamming my
communicator,” Mina muttered to herself as she stood
up. She pulled up the jacket’s collar to cover her
neck better, then reached into her pocket and pulled
out Rini’s tracer. “Okay, let’s see...” Mina muttered
as she studied the screen. She noticed that the solid
white blip was pretty close to the flashing orange
blip. “The Earth Stone’s very nearby,” Mina muttered.
“I’m almost there.”
Mina was about to continue walking when she barely
noticed a pair of glowing red dots through the curtain
of falling snow. “What was that?” she gasped. She took
a few steps forward and noticed two more pairs of red
dots. Mina looked around and realized there were about
fifteen pairs of glowing red dots circling around her.
She carefully watched the red dots that were
surrounding her. Suddenly, Mina heard a deep growl
from behind her. She turned around and gasped when she
saw the large gray wolf standing a few yards away from
her, staring at her with its glowing red eyes.
Mina looked up and realized that she was surrounded by
a pack of wild wolves. “It’s just like what Sage was
talking about,” Mina thought, “only I’ll bet that
Topaz and Amethyst did this, and not that guy, Kale!”
Mina realized that the wolves were slowly creeping
closer to her, trapping her within a circle of glowing
red eyes and razor-sharp teeth and claws. “What am I
going to do?” Mina asked herself. “I can’t hurt these
wolves! They’re innocent creatures, only they’re now
under the Dark Moon’s control. I never thought I’d say
this, but I need Kento’s help!” Mina screamed as one
of the wolves leapt towards her, landing only a few
feet away from her...
Meanwhile, as Mina was trying to contact her friends
again, Kento was trekking up the mountain through the
sudden snowstorm. “Almost there,” he muttered through
clenched teeth a he got closer to the top. When Kento
finally reached the top of the mountain, he stopped
for a minute to catch his breath. “Made it,” he
gasped. Kento looked up at a massive rounded boulder
that was split in half. “The Throne of the Gods, or at
least what’s left of it,” Kento whispered. He
approached the monument and looked in between the two
halves. “Ha! I knew it!” he admitted proudly. Sitting
in between the two halves of the once massive Throne
of the Gods was a large orange orb, which was glowing
with a mysterious orange light.
“I knew I didn’t need Mina’s help,” Kento told himself
as he reached for the Earth Stone. Before he could
grab it, though, Kento heard a loud feminine scream.
“Mina?” he asked out of surprise as he looked up.
Kento quickly walked over to the side of the mountain
where he heard the scream and looked down. He gasped
when he saw Mina, surrounded by a pack of wild wolves.
“Aww, man! What did she get herself into?” Kento
retorted as he started to run down the side of the
mountain as fast as he could.
As Kento rushed down the mountain, Mina had fallen to
the ground on her back. The pack of wolves were now
only a few feet away from her. Mina looked up and
gasped when she saw the leader of the pack standing
right in front of her. He was growling deeply and
drool dripped from his exposed teeth. Suddenly, he
leapt toward her and Mina screamed out of fright. To
her surprise, Kento appeared out of nowhere and
jump-kicked the wolf in the stomach. The wolf landed
on the snow-covered ground and whimpered out of pain.
The other wolves quickly gathered around their fallen
leader, then they all looked up at Kento and Mina with
anger burning in their glowing red eyes.
“Nice going, Kento,” Mina retorted. “Hey! What else
was I supposed to do? That wolf was ready to rip you
to shreds!” Kento reminded her. The two heroes looked
up and noticed that the remaining wolves were steadily
approaching them, growling deeply from their throats.
“This oughta scare them off!” Kento muttered out loud.
“What are you going to do?” Mina asked. “Just watch!
Armor of Hardrock! DAO GI!” Kento shouted. He was
instantly transformed into his full orange and white
armor. The sight of Kento’s transformation made the
wolves step back a bit, but not by much.
“You’re not gonna fight them in that armor, are you?”
Mina asked suspiciously. “No! I thought that maybe
when I transformed, they would get scared and run
off!” Kento revealed. “Well, your plan obviously
didn’t work!” Mina retorted. Suddenly, to Kento and
Mina’s surprise, the wolves whimpered out of fright
and ran off, including their injured leader. “Ha! My
plan did work!” Kento boasted. Mina was about to say
something when she heard a loud rumbling noise from
behind them. She turned around and gasped. “What’s
wrong, Mina?” Kento asked. “I don’t think you were the
reason those wolves ran off!” Mina screamed as she
pointed at something behind him. Kento turned around
and gasped when he saw the massive blanket of snow and
ice heading towards them.
“It’s an avalanche!” Kento yelled. “No kidding!” Mina
shouted. Kento knew he had to act quickly, otherwise
he and Mina would be buried in the avalanche. He
grabbed Mina by the waist and ran as fast as he could
to the side of the mountain. As he ran, Kento noticed
a wide crevasse that was barely visible in the thick
blanket of snow. When he reached the crevasse, he
jumped as far as he could and made it to the other
side of the crevasse, just barely beating the
avalanche. Kento quickly let go of Mina as tons of
snow poured into the crevasse.
“Thanks a lot, Kento,” Mina admitted. “You saved my
life.” “Twice,” Kento reminded her, holding up two
fingers. “Look, all this fighting is getting us
nowhere. Why don’t we call a truce?” Mina suggested.
“Okay, truce,” Kento agreed. “I’m sorry I called you a
life-sized Barbie doll.” “And I’m sorry I called you
Kento of Hard-Head,” Mina apologized. “Oh, by the way,
I found the Earth Stone, without your help,” Kento
added. “It’s up there.” He pointed at the top of the
mountain he was originally on. “You don’t think that
maybe this avalanche was caused by the Earth Stone, do
you?” Mina asked worriedly. “I hope not!” Kento
muttered out loud.
“Just in case, I better suit up,” Mina remarked as she
pulled out her transformation wand from her pocket.
“Venus Star Power!” After she finished her
transformation, Sailor Venus announced, “Let’s go!” As
they headed up the mountain, Kento asked, “Aren’t you
cold in that thing?” Sailor Venus looked down at her
skimpy Sailor Scout uniform for a moment. “It’s no big
deal,” she admitted. “When the other Scouts and I were
up against Queen Beryl, we had to go to her base,
which was all the way at the North Pole!” “Get outta
here!” Kento exclaimed out of surprise. “It’s true,”
Sailor Venus admitted.
“You’re a lot tougher than you look!” Kento admitted.
“Sorry about ever doubting you, Sailor Venus.” “Gee,
thanks, Kento,” Sailor Venus exclaimed with a small
smile. Kento couldn’t help but smile back at her, but
his expression soon became grim as they reached the
top of the mountain, where he had left the Earth
Stone. The two warriors gasped when they saw a bright
radiating orange glow coming from the split boulder.
“Looks like you might be right about the Earth Stone
causing that avalanche, Sailor Venus,” Kento muttered
out loud as he and Sailor Venus cautiously approached
the Throne of the Gods.
Suddenly, the two heroes saw a pair of hands reach up
from between the spilt boulder halves. The hands
grabbed the sides of the split boulder and pushed them
further apart with little effort. Soon after, the
creature stepped out from between the two severed
halves of the Throne of the Gods. Her features were
hard and chiseled, with her forehead bearing the
symbol of the Dark Moon. Tight, short curls of orange
hair framed her face. She was wearing an orange
camouflage shirt, baggy brown cargo pants, and dark
brown combat boots. The creature snickered evilly as
she stared at Kento and Sailor Venus with her menacing
orange eyes.
“Who the heck are you?” Kento asked. “The name is
Petrofina, you two pathetic excuses for warriors!” the
creature announced boldly. “Pathetic?” Kento repeated
angrily. “I’ll show you who’s pathetic, Petrofina!”
Sailor Venus watched as Kento rapidly spun his
naginata over his head. “IRON ROCK CRUSHER!” The
massive jagged slabs of rock rose from the ground and
headed straight for the creature from the Earth Stone.
Petrofina snickered as she raised her fist and punched
with all her strength at the first jagged boulder,
smashing it into pieces. “No way!” Kento exclaimed out
of shock as Petrofina did the same with the other
slabs of rock. “Is that all you got?” Petrofina asked
sarcastically.
“That’s not all,” Sailor Venus announced as she
stepped forward. “VENUS LOVE-CHAIN ENCIRCLE!” The
orange chain of hearts went flying straight at
Petrofina and struck her right in the stomach. She
fell to one knee and held her stomach with both arms.
“I got her!” Sailor Venus yelled triumphantly. “In
your dreams, Blondie!” Petrofina shouted as she stood
up with no problem whatsoever. “I can’t believe it!
There’s not even a scratch on her!” Sailor Venus
exclaimed. “Time for me to return the favor!”
Petrofina shouted. She pulled out a massive boulder
from the ground with ease and flung it at the two
heroes.
“Duck!” Kento shouted in warning. He and Sailor Venus
ducked down, barely avoiding the giant hunk of stone
thrown at them. Sailor Venus could feel the boulder
flying above her, just inches away from grazing her
back. “She’s really strong!” Sailor Venus admitted as
she and Kento cautiously got up. “No kidding, Sailor
Venus!” Kento remarked. “Any ideas how to take her out
permanently?” “We have to attack Petrofina together!”
Sailor Venus reminded him. “That’s how our friends
defeated those other creatures from the other
Celestial Stones. Don’t tell me you forgot!”
“I didn’t forget, Sailor Venus,” Kento retorted. “It
just slipped my mind for a minute, that’s all.” “Yeah,
sure, Kento,” Sailor Venus muttered out loud. “Prepare
yourselves, soldiers!” Petrofina shouted, which caused
Kento and Sailor Venus to look up. The two warriors
gasped loudly when they saw the creature from the
Earth Stone holding an even larger boulder above her
head. “Time for a crash course in pain!” Petrofina
shouted as she threw the massive boulder at the two
heroes. “Oh, no!” Sailor Venus shouted. “I got it
covered,” Kento proclaimed as he stepped in between
her and the giant boulder flying towards them. He
quickly spun his naginata around and swung it toward
the approaching boulder. Almost instantly, the boulder
broke in half.
“That’s not possible!” Petrofina shouted out of
complete and utter shock. “Let’s give her our own
crash course in pain, Sailor Venus,” Kento suggested,
with his naginata raised. Sailor Venus nodded in
agreement. “VENUS LOVE-CHAIN ENCIRCLE!” “IRON ROCK
CRUSHER!” The chain of orange hearts wrapped itself
tightly around Petrofina and restrained her. She tried
to escape from the orange chain, but Sailor Venus’
Love-Chain wouldn’t even budge, no matter how hard she
tried. Petrofina gasped loudly as the chain tightened
around her body. She screamed loudly in pain as the
massive jagged boulders from Kento’s attack struck her
repeatedly. Suddenly, Petrofina was engulfed in a
blinding white light. Both Kento and Sailor Venus
shielded their eyes from the bright light.
When the light vanished, the two heroes slowly opened
their eyes and gasped out of shock. Petrofina had
turned into a solid stone statue as a result of their
combined attacks. “No way!” Kento exclaimed slowly as
he and Sailor Venus carefully approached the statue.
“Is it over?” Sailor Venus asked uncertainly. “What if
she comes back?” “Don’t worry about it. I’ll make sure
she doesn’t,” Kento replied as he pulled his fist
back. Sailor Venus watched as Kento punched the statue
of Petrofina with all of his strength, smashing it
into several pieces. “There’s no way we’ll be seeing
Petrofina anytime soon,” Kento remarked. “You got that
right,” Sailor Venus muttered to herself as she looked
at the small pile of rubble that used to be Petrofina.
“Let’s get outta here,” Kento suggested. “Okay,”
Sailor Venus agreed as they headed down the
snow-covered mountain. “I can contact our friends
through my wrist communicator, and they can came to
pick us up.” Unknown to the two heroes, they were
being watched by someone concealed behind the split
Throne of the Gods. As soon as Kento and Sailor Venus
were out of site, Topaz emerged from behind the
boulder. He snickered quietly to himself as he reached
in between the severed halves of the once massive
landmark. A few moments later, Topaz pulled out the
Earth Stone from the Throne of the Gods. “Four down,
and one more to go,” Topaz remarked sinisterly before
he teleported off of the mountain...
TO BE CONTINUED
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