Sailor Moon Mistics: # 4 - The Flame that Never Goes Out
By: Pyrite
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Author's Notes:
"" - Talking outloud
'' - Thinking
** - Flashback

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Eva and Katie sat in Eva's apartment thinking about how they were going to awaken
Rare's memories after they found her. "You know you don't have to be so mean to 
them. They were only trying to help out." Eva said to Katie.

"I'm not being mean. Those senshi need to know when to keep their noses out of our
business. Besides Mars would have deserved to be frozen."

"Do you think that being rude is going to help?" Eva questioned her. "We already
have two guardians that fight with each other over Pyrite."

"So what are we going to do about that?" Katie asked her friend.

"We are going to make sure that Kari and Rare see common sense before they start
into it." Eva replied as she remembered the last argument the two had gotten into.

** "I can't believe you! You are so rude Rare!" Kari shouted.

"Me? I'm not rude. You are." Rare replied.

The two guardians glared at each other. "You have been coveting Death-sama ever
since we came here."

"Death is our leader. I deserve some time with her."

"No you don't. She is mine!"

"Listen to you. You have not even approached her with your proposal of love. You
hide it. You will never take action Kari. You are weak. I guess that is why you are
a defensive guardian."

"I guess we know why you are an offensive guardian! It is because you are a pompous,
arrogant person!" Kari told the other girl then stomped off. **

"That is why we have to get Rare first and talk some sense into her." Eva replied.

"I suppose you are right." Katie said in a defeated tone.

"Good. Tomorrow we will find Rare then after that Kari. We will get to Death before
the senshi have a chance to get to her." Eva told her friend then concentrated on
the book she was reading.

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Mera was in a rage. Her powers were returning but she still could not go to Earth
to prevent the Mistics from being reawakened. On top of that, Terra had been 
reawakened and her servant destroyed by the two guardians. 'They cannot find the 
other two. If they do then the guardian of death will be reawakened after her 1000 
year slumber.'

"Ruka." Mera said in anger.

A woman with long red hair appeared, her uniform consisted of a bikini like top with
red leather pants and red high heeled boots. She bowed before Mera. "My lady."

"There are two guardians who have been awakened. I am sending you to Earth and I do
not expect any more guardians to be awakened or you will be punished. I have sent
Aki to Crystalia in case the other two are awakened." Mera told the woman before 
her.

"Do not worry. I will prevent the other two Mistics from being awakened."

"You better." Mera replied as she watched Ruka disappear.

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Katie and Eva watched as the red-haired girl walked out of a shop. "That's her. It's
Rare."

"Good, all we have to do is explain to her about the past." Eva said as they kept an eye on her. They followed her at a length before she stopped and turned around to look at them. 

"Why are you following me?" She asked them as they looked at her in half-surprise.

"Well there goes our plan." Katie said as she turned to Eva.

"Answer me." Rare told them in a fiery voice. 

"We have some things to discuss with you." Eva told her.

"Discuss them here."

"Let me girls." Galaxy said as he walked out of his hiding spot. "Hello Rare."

Rare glanced at the wolf who had just spoke. For once she had nothing to say. Galaxy walked to her and said, "Remember." His symbol shone on her forehead before it turned to a symbol of a red flame. A red beam of light shot down, surrounding her as she remembered her past life. Flashes of memories entered her mind. Many were of her with her leader, Death. Others were with a indigo haired girl, arguing over who knows what.

"I remember. Eva, Katie, where is Kari?" 

"She is the last to be awakened. We will get her next then we will go and wake up Pyrite." Eva told her.

"Hmph. Why do we need her anyway?" Rare asked as she flipped her hair.

Eva put her hand to her forehead. "Oh lord, not again. Can't you understand that Kari is needed most of all? It is her power that will reawaken Pyrite from her stasis."

"What is so important about her?"

"You are never going to change Rare. You just need to leave well enough alone." Katie said.

"At least we are agreeing on one thing. Our leader needs to be awakened." Eva 
murmured as she looked from Katie to Rare.

"You won't be going to get her brats!" A sinister voice said as they turned around.
A woman with long red hair and a red leather outfit said as she stood on a large 
branch of an overlooking tree.

"And who are you?!" Katie snarled as she prepared to transform. 

"I am Ruka, one of Lady Mera's generals. You are the three awakened guardians and I
will not allow you to awaken the last two." The woman snarled back.

"We will not allow you to win. Blizzard Crystal Power!" Katie cried out as she threw
her hand in the air.

"Terra Crystal Power!"

"Flare Crystal Power!" Rare cried out as a ball of fire engulfed her. It disappated
as her sailor fuku appeared. Sparks of flame shot around her forehead, arms, and feet 
forming her tiara, gloves, and high heels. Her bow suddenly formed from a small ball 
of fire as she grasped for it then spinned around and posed. "I represent the Eternal
Flame, my name is Sailor Crystal Flare and I will burn you!!"

The three guardians stood in front of the woman with their weapons pointed at Ruka
in a dangerous fashion. "Bitch, you don't want to mess with us." Blizzard shouted.

"You won't awaken your leader. I will stop you before you can even gain your last
team mate." Ruka replied as she threw poisonous red quills at them. The three dodged
the pins and looked as they melted the cement. "Acid quills."

"Watch out for those girls." Eva warned as she pointed her sword at Ruka. "You better
pray that I don't come for you."

"Oooh. I am so scared." Ruka replied as she threw more quills at them.

The girls dodged and began to circle their new enemy. "I say I freeze the bitch."
Katie suggested as she pointed her trident up at Ruka. Her eyes narrowed at Ruka's as
she started for her.

"No Blizzard, lets take a look at the situation!" Eva shouted as she ran after the 
guardian of ice. 

Katie avoided the poison quills that were thrown at her and shouted, "Icicle Blast!"
Her attack caught their enemy off guard as several bits of icicles clung to her now
bleeding skin.

"You little brat!" Ruka shouted then threw another set of poison quills at them. 

Eva arrived and shouted, "Lightning Punch!" She thrust her fist toward the ground
causing a shockwave of electricity to ripple around her. Ruka felt the effects of
the shockwave and fell from the tree. When she stood up she found Rare's bow and an
arrow pointed at her. 

"I'll be back." She said then disappeared as quickly as she had come.

"What were you doing?" Eva asked Katie, "Your supposed to be the intelligent one, not
go off into battle without our help."

"I was doing what was best. Besides I wounded her!" Katie retorted. 

Eva huffed, "Death would not want us to fight. Besides we have to find Kari tomorrow.
When we do then we can finally join with her and go back home to awaken Pyrite. You 
know we have to plan for that in case Mera has someone guarding Pyrite."

Katie huffed as well, "I know."

"Hmph. I still don't see why we need Kari. She is totally annoying." Rare interrupted
as they looked at her.

Eva put her hand to her forehead, "Not again. Look, we need her. Without Kari our
group is incomplete. If we don't reawaken Kari then Pyrite can't be reawakened."

"I still do not see why we need her."

"You know why we need her Rare, you are just being difficult. Get over your rivalry
with Kari and do it soon because tomorrow we reawaken her." Eva told her as the three
detransformed. "Come on. We will plan for tomorrow."

"I will start tracking Soul down. We need to be able to find her tomorrow and get to
Crystalia to awaken Pyrite." Katie announced.

"Very well then." Eva responded as she watched Rare look at the two.

"Don't expect me to be friendly with her." Rare said to them.

Eva sighed, "We don't Rare. Now come on." 

Next Episode: # 5 - Soul is Needed; A long time rivalry is reawakened