[Ranma/SM][FanFic] Sailor Ranko The Harder They Fall, Chapter 9
Bill Heineman
The ongoing saga of "Sailor Ranko", set after "Sailor Ranko: Just Add Water"
Based on "Sailor Ranko" by Fire and "Twice in a Millennium" by Kevin D.
Hammel and acknowledging "Black Moon - Eclipse of the Sun" by Arthur Hansen
By Bill Heineman
I don't own these characters. Please don't sue me, kill me or make me pose
for Nabiki's camera.
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Nodoka was humming to herself as she briskly walked from the Tendo household
to the train station. She checked the schedule and waited for the next train
that would take her to Juuban. She had in her pocket of her kimono a list of
potential apartments and small homes that would suit her needs. She couldn't
wait to get to her son's apartment to tell him and his wife that her
property in Nerima sold for much higher than she expected.
She sat on the bench among a crowd of people. Some people were gathering
around a wall mounted TV. They were murmuring amongst themselves as some
sort of newscast went on the air. Nodoka ignored it since she had better
things to think about. The train arrived and she hopped up from the bench
like a little girl going to a toy store and slid onto a seat in the train.
The train appeared to have fewer people on it than normal for this time of
the evening. Nodoka didn't mind. She had a seat all to herself. She placed
her katana on her lap and held it to scare off anyone who would disturb her
happy thoughts.
Her head was filled with joyous thoughts of spending a lot more time with
her son.
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The air base commander got the word he had been dreading. His subordinate
gave him the news. "Sir, we have a confirmed sighting of Godzilla in Tokyo
harbor."
The commander got up from his desk. "Are you sure?"
"We've confirmed from two sources. An oil tanker and this..." He turned on
the TV in the commanders room. He turned the channel to a news station.
"... the streets. There is widespread chaos as the creature is approaching
the west side docks in the bay. This is Eye in the Sky for channel NNN24
reporting." The TV showed an arial view of Godzilla from the rear. The
helicopter aimed its powerful light on the creature. The monster turned to
face the camera. It inhaled and breathed a column of fire at the camera
cutting off the picture.
The officer turned to the commander. "Convinced?"
He slammed his clenched fist on his desk nearly breaking the hardwood
surface. "Scramble the fighters! I want this thing served up on my plate for
breakfast!"
"The Americans have offered to assist. I've got the commander of the Okinawa
base on the line outside."
"No, no. Tell him this is an internal matter." The base commander was a
proud military man from a long line of brave Japanese warriors. He wanted to
show the world that Japan could deal with the problem itself.
The siren went off and four jet fighters took to the sky. All fighters were
equipped with Type 80 radar guided missiles. The Americans had briefed the
Japanese that infrared-guided weapons failed miserably in the New York
Godzilla attack. The attack on Tano confirmed that Type 93 infrared guided
missiles were useless. Interception would be in twenty minutes.
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Sailor Sun stood in awe at the sight of the magnificent creature. It didn't
seem possible for an animal of that magnitude to even be real. Godzilla took
a step back from the end of the pier. It snarled at the debris in the water.
It exhaled its fire breath and roasted the remains of the speedboat and half
of the dock. Sun turned away and raised her arms to protect herself. The
heat wave sent a wall of hot gases over the street that ran alongside the
bay. People fell over from the burning wind. Sailor Sun barely was able to
stand. Her Senshi powers of the sun allowed her to withstand the intense
heat that came from the breath attack.
Sun lowered her arms and saw the precision of the breath weapon. Only the
tip of the dock and the immediate area around it was destroyed. The rest of
the damage was limited to scattered small fires. There was no major
structural damage in the adjoining buildings. There were several injured
people on the ground. Sun ran to the nearest victim and patted out the fires
on his clothes. She ran to three other people and put out the tiny patches
of flame on their clothes as well. Sun looked up at the creature that
appeared to be sniffing the air for something. Sun screamed to the crowd.
"Everyone! Get away from the water!" She pointed away from the sea. "Run
that way!"
The remaining few people in the area ran away from the ocean. Sailor Sun
started leading the crowd to safety as the mighty beast just stood there.
Sun dragged some people out of the street and onto the sidewalk out of harms
way. A police officer arrived and dragged away the last of the injured
people from the middle of the street. He stood with the injured and tended
their wounds. He pulled out his radio and called in for backup.
Godzilla was examining the fragments that remained of the boat. Something
caught its attention and it walked onto the street. Sun ran out of the way
to prevent herself from being stepped on. The giant stood in front of the
restaurant and looked around. Gusts of wind blew around the street as the
massive head of the creature swished back and forth.
Sailor Sun prepared a magic attack. "Searing Plasma..." Godzilla turned and
quickly ran down the street in the same direction as the Frenchmen. It
didn't seem possible for a creature of that size to move as fast as it was
walking. Sun dropped her attack and ran to the middle of the road. "Hey! Get
back here you coward!"
Sun ran after the creature. She pulled out her communicator and dialed the
alert code. "Everyone, that thing's approaching..." She took a good look at
where the thing turned at a street corner. She jumped to the rooftops and
saw the Tokyo Tower directly ahead. "Shiba Park. It's right next to Tokyo
Tower."
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Nick, Philippe and Alain ran at top speed towards the Tokyo Tower. They
thought that would be the most likely area that the Japanese military would
set up some sort of defense or command post. They didn't count on a giant
lizard stalking them as they ran away from the boat.
THUMP! Nick turned around and saw in the distance a very large and pissed
creature slowly walking toward the intersection of the street they were on.
THUMP! It stopped and started to sniff the air. It turned in their direction
and started walking after them. THUMP! It was being careful not to step on
any cars and pushed some of them aside to clear the road. THUMP! It got
frustrated and started grabbing cars and threw them out of the way. THUMP!
It gave the reptilian version of "I just don't care if it hurts my feet"
look on its face and started crushing the cars as it stepped on them. THUMP!
Nick examined himself for any clue as to why the creature was following him.
He smelled his shirtsleeve. He realized what it was tracking. He looked
around for a clothing store. He stopped in front of one and whistled to his
teammates.
Philippe turned to the noise from Nick. He glanced at the oncoming green
freight train marching down the street in their direction. "WHAT THE
HELL!?!?"
"Ditch the clothes! They smell like the boat." Nick threw off his shirt and
unbuckled his pants.
Alain was in shock, a massive green iguana stomping down the street was not
an everyday occurrence. He saw Nick performing his poor rendition of a
strip-tease. "What the hell are you doing?"
Nick fell on the sidewalk face first. He forgot to take off his shoes before
removing his pants. "The fish smell is what it's tracking. We've got to
throw off the scent." He kicked off his shoes.
Alain and Philippe smelled their clothes. In seconds they dropped their
equipment and undressed to their underwear. Nick ran into the clothing store
first and grabbed a shirt and a pair of jeans off the rack. They were too
big for him but he put them on anyways. He wasn't picky.
Alain and Philippe ran to the rack with their size and got properly fitting
clothes. They were French. They would rather die than be caught in a bad
suit.
Alain grabbed a large gym bag from a display in the sportswear section. He
placed the nuclear charge in the new bag and left the canvas one on the
floor. He ran to the front door. An angry shopkeeper yelled at him for
stealing the clothes. Alain waved his rocket launcher and Philippe cocked
his assault rifle which scared off the store owner. Nick stumbled out the
door and the two Frenchmen followed him outside.
The three men ran to their discarded clothing and Philippe grabbed his extra
ammo clips from the coat on the ground. Alain picked up his extra round for
his rocket launcher. The men saw six girls in mini-skirts standing in an
intersection down the block making poses and shouting something at the
creature. Nick was dumbfounded by what he saw. Philippe grabbed Nick and
dragged him off. "We can sight see later." They ran toward the tower.
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Usagi entered Usa's room. She saw her wrapping up her kata. She went over to
Diana and petted the little pink cat. "Usa, where have you been going to
every night?"
Usa spun in place. She was trying to maintain balance on the tip of her
shoe. "Out."
Usagi stopped petting Diana. She sat on the bed. "Could you please be more
specific Usa? I am your mother and I deserve to know where my daughter is."
Usa stopped spinning and relaxed her muscles. "Mom, I can't really talk
about it."
Their communicators beeped. They both pulled out identical wristbands and
got the message from Sailor Sun. Usagi and Usa reached for their broaches
and transformed. Both girls made the exact same pose when they finished
their light show. They both were pleased at how the other looked like and
said together. "COOL!" Only the pink hair and her developed muscles made Neo
Sailor Moon any different from her mother. Both Sailor Moons were in their
Super Sailor Moon fukus with white skirts and extra jewelry in their hair.
Sailor Moon commanded her daughter. "Let's get to Mercury's house! Just
follow me!" They both jumped out the window of the bedroom and ran to
Mercury's house.
The Inner Senshi except Io and Sun arrived at Mercury's place within ten
minutes. Mercury began the quick briefing. "Io is on her way to Sailor Sun's
location. Sun said the monster is green, fifty meters tall and really pissed
off."
Jupiter groaned and got weak. "Did you say fifty METERS tall?" Venus and
Moon wanted to faint.
"Yes, this creature is massive. It's bigger than anything we've ever faced.
It's right now somewhere near Sun's job on the bay." Mercury saw that Sailor
Moon was pale from fright. She turned to Neo Sailor Moon. "Neo Moon, can you
lead the teleport?"
Sailor Moon recovered from her attempt at a fainting spell. "I'm the leader
here! I lead the teleport!"
Neo Sailor Moon crossed her arms and faced away from her mother. "Well I'm
Sailor Moon too you know."
Sailor Mars glowed red. "Stop this pointless bickering!" She pointed to
Moon. "You lead the teleport." She pointed to Neo Sailor Moon. "You should
lead the attack."
Sailor Moon wanted to cry. "Who died and put you in charge?"
Neo Moon and Mars each grabbed the crybaby's hands and grabbed Mercury and
Venus in turn. Jupiter completed the circle. Mercury instructed, "Moon
concentrate on the creature and take us to a place where we can intercept
it."
Sailor Moon closed her teary eyes and concentrated her magic. She focused
her energy on Tokyo Bay. "Ok Mercury. I think I got it."
Mercury concentrated as well to help guide Moon to a proper location. The
two girls agreed in their minds on a street corner and they all disappeared
and reappeared in an intersection swarming with people running for their
lives. The Senshi fanned out and faced the monster.
The girls immediately realized that this was a really, really bad idea.
Godzilla was two hundred meters away and approaching fast. Sailor Moon took
a step forward and made a pose. "I am Sailor Moon! I right wrongs and
ugh..." Neo Sailor Moon grabbed her mother and ki jumped out of the way
before a giant foot could smash them flat. Sailor Mars cast a "Fire Soul" at
the reptile's leg and Jupiter cast "Supreme Thunder Dragon" on its tail. The
monster kept going and walked past the Senshi.
Sailor Sun had teleported next to the other girls. "Hey guys..." She fell to
the ground sound asleep. The sun had already set and Sailor Sun hadn't
bothered to notice.
Godzilla was unfazed by the attacks. Its thick leathery skin deflected
Jupiter's lightning and Mars' fire attack gave it an itch. The monster
stopped in front of a clothing store and started sniffing the ground. The
monster nudged its nose at the front door smashing the entrance and causing
the facade of the building to fall down on the street. Godzilla reared its
head and gave out a bellowing roar.
Sailor Venus and Mercury stopped their magic attacks. The six standing
Scouts fell to the ground covering their ears. Sailor Sun woke up and was in
agonizing pain from the noise.
Godzilla's spikes on its back glowed blue. It inhaled. Sun saw that there
were people still scrambling out of the store. She cried out. "Oh no you
don't! Searing Plasma Blast!" Sun threw a fireball right on Godzilla's face
to distract it and the fireball exploded with tremendous force. The creature
reeled from the impact and stood up on its hind legs with the tip of its
snout over eighty meters in the air. It released its breath to the sky in a
spectacular plume. Godzilla came crashing down on its claws, which shook the
street. The quake knocked the Scouts back down to the ground.
Sailor Sun prepared another attack. Mercury scanned the creature with her
computer. "Sun..."
"Searing Plasma Blast!" She threw another fireball at the monster. Godzilla
moved aside and the magic fire missed it and flew into the sky harmlessly.
Godzilla sniffed the air. It had Sun's scent.
Mercury looked at Sun and then at Godzilla. It dawned on her what the beast
was doing. "Sun, I'd beam out right now if I were you."
Sun turned to Mercury. "This thing's a wimp. I handled things this big in
Ryugenzawa with only martial arts." Godzilla gave out a mighty roar in Sun's
face spewing out Godzilla spit all over her and causing her flaming red hair
to flutter in the gale force wind. Godzilla took in a deep breath and raised
a blue aura.
Sun got wide eyed as the beast opened its maw and lunged at the senshi.
"Eep." The other Scouts ran for cover. Sun concentrated her teleportation
magic on the Tokyo Tower behind the creature. "Sun Beam Transport!" She
disappeared just as the entire street was bathed in radioactive fire. The
cars all over the street exploded and were blown away in all directions.
Godzilla sniffed the ground to make sure that the tiny irritant was disposed
of. It found no trace of Sailor Sun. It turned to the now empty clothing
store. It took a step back to aim at the pile of clothes sitting out in
front of the building to incinerate them. Godzilla breathed again
obliterating the clothes, the store and the neighboring buildings.
Godzilla lifted its front claws off the ground the smelled the air again. It
turned to Tokyo Tower and tilted its head. It sniffed again.
Mercury brushed herself off from all the ash that had landed on her. She
scanned the wind and for the location of Sailor Sun. She found Sun's
communicator signal on the top floor of the tower. The wind was blowing in
from the direction of the tower. Godzilla had perfect wind conditions to
find Sailor Sun. She cursed. "Sun you idiot. Next time, teleport downwind."
Godzilla slowly walked to Shiba Park. It would cross the open area to get to
the Tokyo Tower.
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There was a large crowd of tourists on the observation deck of the Tokyo
Tower. They were looking down at the battle going on in the distance down
below. The people started to get worried when the monster showed that it had
a breath weapon. The Tokyo Tower was tall, but Godzilla would have no
problem knocking down the structure if it was so inclined.
Sailor Sun beamed in. "Don't you..." She fell flat on her face and snored.
"Zzz..."
Some people crowded around the red haired Beautiful Sailor Suited Senshi.
She muttered, "Dad, why did you take me there when you couldn't read
Chinese? Zzz..."
One of the tourists was using a pair of binoculars on the chaos beneath
them. She was watching the creature approach. "That thing is coming this
way!"
There was a collective scream among the crowd as some of them ran to the
elevator to escape. Other people ran to the emergency stairwell when it was
obvious that the elevator was going to take too much time. Sailor Sun just
snored.
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Godzilla entered Shiba park just east of the tower. It caught a second
familiar scent. It paused and glanced at the trees and plant life all around
it. Nick, Philippe and Alain were hiding next to a blossoming cherry tree in
hopes that the scent of the tree would throw off Godzilla. The plan had
worked until the creature decided to enter the park they just happened to be
hiding in.
Philippe turned to Nick. "I still say that running would be nice."
Nick had tied a cord around his waist to keep his pants from falling down.
"Normally I'd agree with you. But right now, it's tracking us solely on
scent. If it sees us and matches us up. We're toast."
Alain checked his rocket launcher. "If it makes a move on us, I can distract
it with this."
Nick muttered. "As if that's going to do any good."
Philippe held his rifle and checked the clips. He cocked his rifle and held
it ready. "I've got the explosive tipped rounds. I can seriously piss it off
with this." Philippe faced Nick. "I'll just tell the thing that you killed
its mother. That should make it want you dead too."
Nick wasn't laughing. "Funny."
A tuxedo clad man stood in the shadows near the men. He watched over Sailor
Moon.
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The six Scouts entered the park from the east. The tower was on the
northwest corner. Sailor Io ran up to the group and joined them. "Sorry I'm
late." She looked around. "Where's Sun?"
Mercury pointed to the tower. "She's up there. She's probably asleep since
this was her second night teleport."
Io was worried about her Senshi husband. Sun was helpless when she suffered
from teleportation fatigue. "What's the plan?" Io turned to look at the
creature. She wanted to run in the opposite direction as fast as her senshi
legs could carry her.
Mercury and the group stared at Sailor Moon. "Well?"
Sailor Moon slicked back her ponytails. "I say we dust it!"
Neo Sailor Moon rolled her eyes. "It's not a youma."
"It isn't? What else could it be?"
"It's an animal, plain and simple mom." Neo Sailor Moon tried to keep a calm
attitude near her mother. It was painful sometimes to resist resorting to
violence to knock some sense into the leader of the Senshi.
Jupiter raised a fist. "I say we dust it anyways."
They all shouted except for Neo Moon. "Right!" Neo Moon followed the plan
anyway.
Moon led her warriors closer to the beast as it was deciding to approach a
cherry tree with some men hiding behind it or the Tokyo Tower. The girls
took positions and heard the roar of a jet engine high above. Moon looked in
the sky and saw four planes making an attack run. "Lovely."
Jupiter shrugged. "I guess they want to have a crack at it."
Venus started to run for cover. "Let them." Mars jumped behind a large rock.
The others stared at each other and then scattered.
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The lead pilot got a visual on Godzilla. "The target has stopped and I've
got a good lock. It's in an open field. I've got a clear shot. Permission
requested to engage."
"Permission granted Alpha one. Engage the target."
The pilot got a radar lock on Godzilla and launched two Type 80 radar guided
missiles. They homed in on Godzilla.
Godzilla spun to the sound of the rockets. It quickly glowed blue and
breathed at the incoming missiles. They exploded in the intense heat.
Godzilla spread its breath into the sky but the fighter jets were flying way
too high for the attack to be effective.
Godzilla dug its claws into the ground and started digging. Tons of earth
went flying everywhere. Most of it landed on the Inner Senshi burying them
under mounds of dirt.
The lead pilot gave new orders. "This is Alpha one. I have a negative impact
on the target. Alpha three and four approach from the north. Alpha two,
follow me and approach from the south. We're going to have to hit it from
two sides simultaneously."
Alpha three and four veered off and flew to the north. The lead plane and
his wingman turned south. They would try again to pummel Godzilla.
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Sailor Mars popped out of the dirt and stared at the sky trying to follow
the jets. "What are they up to?"
Godzilla stared at the sky as well trying to figure out where the next
attack would come from. It lowered its head back to the pit it had made and
resumed digging.
"World Shaking!" Sailor Uranus cast her attack at Godzilla's rump.
"Deep Submerge!" Sailor Neptune hit Godzilla's dorsal fin. The two Outer
Senshi just arrived and shot at the beast while it was distracted.
The water attack bounced harmlessly off Godzilla's armor. The earth attack
shook the creature and it stopped digging and peered out of the ground at
its attackers.
Sailor Uranus was amazed that her attack was almost useless. She prepared to
attack again.
Godzilla opened its mouth to breath at its new foes. Alain jumped from
behind his tree since he had nothing to lose. He tree was in the line of
fire near the two Outer Senshi and they would have been barbecued if the
creature attacked. He shouted at the top of his lungs and fired at the
creature's opening mouth. "Suck it down!"
Godzilla swung its tail into the ground and a pile of dirt made a cloud of
rocks that knocked the rocket off course and it exploded in mid-air. The
spray pummeled Sailor Uranus and Neptune. The three men stood in a line
behind the tree and only got minor injuries. Godzilla growled and hunkered
down to jump and land on the insolent bugs that dared to harm it.
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The northern pair of jets were ready. "Alpha one, this is Alpha three. We
are in position."
"Alpha three, this is Alpha one, we are in position. Begin your attack run."
>From the north and the south, the sounds of jet engines could be heard. They
were performing a coordinated attack and launched four missiles from the
north and two from the south at the target.
Godzilla looked at the sky again and was about to breathe at the new group
of incoming fire. It spun its massive head around and saw the other missiles
coming from the other direction. It turned to the west and ran for it.
Alpha one's pilot couldn't believe what he was seeing. The creature moved
out of the park faster than the radar could track it. The missiles smashed
into the park's lake, a grassy area and two buildings. The blasts shook the
area and huge fireballs lit up the night sky. Flaming debris rained down all
over the south and west sides of the park.
The lead pilot swore into his helmet. He called his headquarters. "Base, we
have a multiple negative impacts. I repeat, multiple negative impacts.
Target remains and is traveling westbound. Please advise. Missile inventory
is low."
The park was getting difficult to see. Smoke from the missile impacts filled
the air with thick black clouds obscuring the view.
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Sailor Io covered her ears with her gloved hands to protect her hearing from
the explosions around her. "I thought they were supposed to shoot at the
monster!"
Jupiter peeked from her hiding place. "Wow! I hope we don't get blamed for
that."
The rest of the Inner Senshi popped out of the ground like prairie dogs.
They brushed themselves off and grouped around Neptune and Uranus. Moon
asked, "Where's Saturn and Pluto?"
Neptune and Uranus didn't stick around and they ran after Godzilla. They
answered to Moon as they left, "We don't know." They jumped out of sight
beyond a cloud of smoke.
Mercury stared at Tokyo Tower. "At least they're not sleeping on the job."
"And what's THAT supposed to mean?" Sailor Sun ran up to the group. "Sorry
I'm late." Sun yawned.
Io ran over and held her husband and hugged her. She brushed aside one of
her red bangs. "How did you wake up?"
Sun rolled her eyes as if she was being asked a stupid question. "Who could
sleep though all that racket?"
Moon called out, "Girls, let's get that thing!" She ran after Uranus and
Neptune. The rest followed their princess.
Sun moaned quietly. "Girls? I gotta remember I'm a girl right now." Sigh.
Neptune and Uranus wanted to have another chance to hit Godzilla with their
attack spells. They got to the edge of the park where a large smoke cloud
was forming from a missile impact crater in the grass. Neptune called out to
her love, "Do you see it? Where is it?"
In response, the creature jumped through the smoke cloud and tried to land
on the two Senshi. They barely jumped out of the way in time.
Godzilla ran back into the park. It startled the group of Inner Senshi as it
ran by them nearly killing Jupiter as its massive foot missed her by scant
meters. It ducked back into the hole it made in the center of the park and
started digging again.
Sailor Moon made a pose. "Everyone, let's do it!"
All the girls with Uranus and Neptune included, formed a straight line. They
all cast their attacks as Godzilla kicked up piles of dirt in the air.
Most of the attacks bounced harmlessly off Godzilla's hide. A lucky flying
boulder intercepted Sun's Searing Plasma Blast. Only Io's Lava Blast and
Mars Burning Mandala actually hit the creature. Godzilla dug faster and the
body and then the tail quickly slid underground and out of attack range.
The cave entrance collapsed on itself and the rumbling faded away.
The girls stood at the ready. They slowly turned and viewed every corner of
the park. Godzilla could have erupted from the ground anywhere and at any
moment.
Mercury was scanning the ground. "What in the world?"
Moon stood next to Mercury. "What's the matter?"
Mercury didn't want to believe the readings she was getting from her scanner
in her computer. "I lost it. I can't believe I lost a fifty meter tall
dinosaur."
Mars was appalled. "You actually lost that thing!"
Mercury turned to Sun. "I think it doesn't care about you anymore. It's not
trying to hunt you down. It was too busy digging a hole to escape."
Sun was miffed at that. "Doesn't care about me? Why I'll give it a reason to
fear me!" She struck a heroic pose.
Io yelled at Sun. "What's with you? Do you have a death wish?" She hooked
her shoe around Sun's boot and tripped her. "And knock it off with that
stupid posing. It makes me sick." She struck a pose. She didn't know why.
Sun tripped Io and the raven haired girl fell on her butt. "Keep your
defenses up." Sun hopped upright. She turned and saw the three men behind
the tree trying to sneak off. "Hey! Stop!" Sun ran after the trio.
The other girls wondered what Sun wanted with those men. They followed her.
Sun had caught up to the mystery guests. She jumped directly in their path.
"You were on that boat weren't you?"
Philippe played dumb for a moment. He spoke in Japanese. "What boat?"
"The one that the green thing barbecued. Why was it after you?" Sun was
going to beat the answers out of these men. They had just endangered an
entire city by bringing that thing here.
Philippe saw that there was little use in lying. He didn't have to tell the
entire truth. "We were fishing and got the chum on ourselves and the boat.
There was an undersea explosion and we came here. I believe it thought that
we tried to hurt it somehow."
Mercury and Sun didn't buy the excuse completely. It sounded close to the
truth but they didn't trust these suspicious people. Mercury recognized
Philippe. "You're the guy I saw in Okinawa." Mercury grew cold. "What's
going on here?"
Nick Tatopoulos approached the girls. He spoke in English. "These men are
with me." Philippe hoped that Nick wouldn't say something that would involve
the French.
Mercury turned to the stranger. She spoke in English as well. "Wait. Aren't
you Nick Tatopoulos, the Godzilla expert?"
Nick was overjoyed. There was someone who didn't call him by his hated
nickname.
Sailor Venus looked at him. She understood the conversation in English but
spoke in Japanese. "Yeah, he's that Worm Guy isn't he?"
All the girls nodded in agreement. Nick didn't understand what she said
except the words 'Worm Guy'. He sighed. "We're here to study the creature.
We got too close and it tracked us." He got defensive. "We had no idea that
it would follow us here. Honest!"
Jupiter stared at Philippe's rifle, she spoke in English as well. "And
that's why you're armed to the teeth? Guns like that can probably be bought
in every street corner in the U.S. They're a little hard to come by in
Japan."
"Look." Nick turned his head to the crater left by Godzilla's burrowing.
"We've got a serious problem. Godzilla has the ability to burrow like a worm
and minimize seismic waves. Once it finds a safe place to hide it can
actually go into something like hibernation and it's almost undetectable."
Mercury scanned the ground again. She came up empty. "How to we find it?"
"It will come out soon. The only questions are where and when."
Sun and Moon nodded. They didn't understand a word in English that was
spoken.
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Author's Notes: Please review my story. It makes me feel oh so happy and
prevents me from auditing your tax return.
Bill Heineman
January 5th, 2003
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