Sailor Moon Mistics: # 3 - The Rumbling Earth By: Pyrite Official Webpage: http://sailormistics.bravehost.com/index.html Author's Notes: "" - Talking outloud '' - Thinking ** - Flashback * * * * * * * * * "Crystal Blizzard Power!" Katie shouted as she threw her hand up in the air and felt a cold wind blow around her. Her clothes disappeared as ribbons of ice swirled from her fingertips to her torso forming her fuku. Her boots which were ice blue with black laces formed then her gloves which were elbow length. Finally her tiara formed, a solitary ice blue gem was set in the silver tiara. She felt her trident materialize in her hand. It was a long silver trident with ice blue accents and three long spikes at the end. She finally posed with her trident and exclaimed, "I am Sailor Crystal Blizzard, Guardian of the Ice Realm, in the name of all that is good I will freeze you!" "We we're afraid you would not remember Blizzard." Galaxy spoke up. "Now that I do, I do not have to rely on Earth's senshi. I can find Terra, Flare, and Soul on my own." Sailor Crystal Blizzard replied. "So who is next on the list Galaxy?" "Terra. You can use your locator to find her." Galaxy replied. "When will we find Soul? Only with her can we truly reawaken Death." Blizzard questioned the two wolves. "Soul will be the last to be retrieved. You know that Death and Soul were to be married before the destruction of the planet." Universe intervened. "How could anyone not know? It was evident before Death asked." Blizzard paused then said, "Back to work." She pressed her ice blue colored earring on her right ear twice then watched as a light grey visor formed over her eyes. "I've almost forgot how to work with my gadgets." "You know how to use them." Galaxy said as he laid down on the patch of green grass beside Universe. "I said I almost forgot Galaxy." Blizzard responded proudly then reached down and pet him between his ears. She looked at her locater and saw a layout of the city of Tokyo appear. A green blip appeared on the visor as she said in triumph, "Aha! I've found Terra!" "Good. It is our responsibility to awaken the Guardian of the Wood." Galaxy muttered then watched as Blizzard looked towards the city. "Come. We have to get to Terra before they do." Blizzard told the two before switching her visor off and throwing her left hand into the air and shouted "Crystal Blizzard Detransform!" "I can't appear to Terra as Sailor Crystal Blizzard until Terra's memory is restored." Katie said as she picked up her bag and looked at the two wolves. "Can you follow without being seen?" Universe laughed softly. "Of course we can Katie. We're wolves and more importantly your guardians." "Let's go then." Katie said as she resumed her shy behavior. * * * * * * * * * "Blizzard is reawakened!" Mera screamed at the shadow figure who had reported back to her with the news. "Fool! Did I not tell you to get some soul spheres and to prevent them from reawakening Blizzard?! This will ruin my plans! Go back to Earth and do your job and this time if you do not prevent them from awakening Terra your job will be handed to my next servant." Mera felt her blood boil as she watched the shadow figure disappear. "Come here, Aki." A man with silvery blond hair appeared before her. "Go to Crystalia and wait for my instructions there. If this does not work and the guardians are reawakened then you must kill Death before they have a chance to reawaken her." The man bowed, his silvery blond hair spilling over his shoulders as he did so. "Yes my lady." Aki disappeared in front of her eyes and she began to think about how she was going to dispose of Blizzard. Blizzard was one of the strongest defensive guardians there was. She looked with eyes full of hatred at the Earth. She would not allow the next guardian to be reawakened, that was certain. * * * * * * * * * "I do not understand Blizzard's behavior." Minako said in a confused tone. "Sailor Crystal Blizzard is as cold as the element she represents. She has never been any other way." Artemis tried to explain. "Hmph. She did not have to be so rude!" Rei responded in an agitated voice. "The nerve, calling us weak." "You must understand it from Blizzard's point of view. She has never admired anyone other than her leader. She sees everyone else as being weak or disposable, even her own team mates at times." Luna told the senshi as she climbed on Rei's bed. "What can we do?" Makoto questioned the two cats. "We find Terra. She is a bit more down to earth than her friend." Artemis answered as the senshi giggled. "Yes I know." "It's time to be serious girls!" Luna chided the five girls. She turned to Usagi, "Is everything alright Usagi?" "I just don't understand why Blizzard was being cold to us...and why did she mention Death's cousins?" Usagi inquired. Luna sighed, as did Artemis. "There is a tale that Sailor Crystal Death had two cousins. One was an inner senshi of this solar system and the other an outer senshi. There is still confusion to this day over who the two were." "So anyone of us could be Death's cousin?" Makoto asked. "Yes. Even we are not sure of Death's family tree." Artemis said as he stared at the senshi. "So what do we do now?" Usagi asked the two cats. "We find Sailor Crystal Terra." Luna told her. * * * * * * * * * Eva felt an uneasiness as she walked through the park. It was odd. She never felt this way before. "Hello Eva." A girl with long ice blue hair greeted her. Somehow she felt she knew this girl, but how? "Hello." She answered back. "Eva, my name is Katie, but I go by another name. I am Sailor Crystal Blizzard and you are my friend Sailor Crystal Terra." Katie told her. "Okay..." "If you need proof Eva then we shall give it to you." A masculine voice interrupted. Eva shrieked. Two wolves approached her carefully. "We will not hurt you." Galaxy told her. He walked up to her and sat down. "Remember." He said as his symbol glowed and shone on her forehead only to change to a symbol of a dark green circle with a cross in the middle. Memories flooded the guardian's mind. She saw herself transformed and as a soldier on a planet in another galaxy. She saw her friends, the other guardian's, laughing with her as she told a joke. "I remember." Eva finally said. "Death! She's still on Crystalia!" "That is why we have to awaken the other two. We need to get to Crystalia and awaken Death from her sleep." Katie told her friend. "Terra!" Another masculine voice called out. This time she saw a white cat with a crescent moon on it's forehead. "Artemis." She said as she remembered him. "We need to talk." Katie narrowed her eyes at the five senshi and the black cat with them. "Don't you all get a clue? We don't need your help." "You are such a pompous person!" Rei shouted as she and Katie glared at each other. "Keep mouthing Mars. I can freeze you." "No." Galaxy growled at the guardian of ice. "We do not attack other senshi Katie." "I don't care. I'm not pompous, we just do not need help from you." Katie said, turning to the senshi of fire. She then turned back to Galaxy. "Just wait till Rare is awakened, she'll agree with me." "Listen to you bickering like children." Eva finally cut in. "You two act like you did in the past. We have to concentrate on finding the other two. When we do we will be able to go back to our planet." Katie turned away from Rei, crossed her arms, and let out a 'hmph.' "Eva you still are way to lenient." "Oooh. Cold as ever aren't you?" Eva replied. "I know my duty. It is to our leader. Pyrite is the strongest and the best leader ever. There is no one in comparison to her." "If you are going to talk duty then stop arguing with Mars over there and let's concentrate on finding Rare." A scream suddenly interrupted their arguing. "What..." "No time to talk! Crystal Blizzard Power!" Katie cried out. Eva followed suit, "Crystal Terra Power!" The world melted away as five balls of lightning surrounded her then merged into a giant ball that consumed her. Eva watched as a shower of sparks formed her fuku, gloves, boots, and tiara. She watched as her world reappeared and she struck a pose. "My name is Sailor Crystal Terra, in the name of the eternal wood I will destroy you!" The two transformed guardians bounded off towards the scream with Galaxy and Universe behind them. "I can't believe those two!" Rei shouted. "They can't do that!" "Blizzard is a bit rude." Makoto agreed. "Blizzard is only doing what she thinks is best." Usagi interrupted. "Anyone can tell her love for her leader. It is a kinship that we all have for each other." "If I may ask, who are the last two?" Ami questioned Luna and Artemis. "Flare and Soul." Artemis replied. "Hurry and transform. We need to go see what happened." * * * * * * * * * When the newly transformed senshi had arrived they found that they had no job. Terra and Blizzard had taken care of whatever had caused the scream. "Mera is gaining power." Terra murmured. "Don't worry, once we have Flare and Soul then we will be able to reawaken Death and put an end to her." Blizzard replied. "This would be a whole lot simpler if you would let us help." Venus interrupted the two. Blizzard glared at Venus as she pointed her trident at her. "We don't need your help." "Blizzard! Stay your trident. You know Death would not approve." Terra turned to Venus, "Look, we cannot accept your help. No matter how many times you ask to help we cannot let you. The guardians have their secrets to keep. When we are finished finding our other friends we will come and meet you. Until then do not help us or follow us." "But why not?" Sailor Moon asked. "Because, we have to prove ourselves capable of finding our friends. Now let us be." Terra said then she signaled Blizzard to follow her. The senshi were left in astonishment as they bounded towards a safer area to talk. Usagi didn't understand them at all. It was difficult to when one was on the defense and the other would not explain why. Soon they would talk and she knew they would understand everything then. Next Episode: The Flame that Never Goes Out