
Subj : On the Edge of Yesterday!
To   : All
From : Daniel Harrison #1
Date : Tue Jul 01 1997 11:58:37 AST

                        Chapter Fourteen: Ancient Japan!

     Sailor Venus gasped as she hit the hard cold ground from the brightness of
the time stream. She sat up and saw that Mercury was behind her. Sailor Moon
and Jupiter appeared shortly after. Luna came over. "Did everyone make it?"
     Venus looked around. "Where's Artemis?"
     Sailor Moon glanced up from where she had fallen. "Tuxedo Mask?"
     The light suddenly shimmered behind them and, Sailor Mars came through.
She slammed into the wet ground and shook her head ridding it of the dizzy
feeling she had just experienced. "Is..is everyone here?" she said.
     Sailor Moon stood up then saw the light appear again. Tuxedo Mask and
Artemis fell through. Luna ran over to Artemis. "Are you both alright?"
     Artemis looked around. "I...I think so. Did we all make it?"
     Sailor Jupiter blinked. "Where's Sailor Pluto?"
     Sailor Mars looked away. "I...I think she's dead. She was being
overwhelmed by them. I was going to help but...." her voice trailed off the
tears filling her eyes. "We've lost so much.."
     Artemis looked around. "Where are we?"
     
     A rumble filled the air. Everyone realized it was coming from the ground.
Then, a group of men on horses broke through into the field from a nearby
wooded area.
     Tuxedo mask stood up. "LOOK!" he shouted.
     The men rode toward them. They were dressed in what appeared to be ancient
japanese armor. They held swords and were shouting. Suddenly behind them
another group of horsemen broke through. Artemis turned and realized they were
on a battlefield!! The first group rode past them barely missing. They were
obviously trying to escape the second that was closing fast.
     "What do we do?" Sailor Venus shouted."
     "RUN!" Tuxedo Mask grabbed Sailor Moon's hand and ran hard in the
opposite direction. The other Scouts followed suit trying to stay together.
They watched as the two groups clashed slamming their swords together and
screaming at each other. Then, a small group broke off and turned toward
them!!"
     "Artemis!" Luna shouted.
     Artemis swore as before they could move the group of horesmen swept around
them and began to circle. Then, they slowed and stopped leaving the group
surrounded in the middle.
     Two men broke the circle and entered it facing the Scouts. Luna looked
quickly at Artemis *NOT A WORD!* she thought in mindspeak!
     The first man move his horse forward. "I am Togonara Kei. I'm the Warlord
Leader of the Ashikaga clan. Who are you?"
     Tuxedo Mask blinked realizing they were speaking to him. He swallowed. 
     Before he could speak, Sailor Mercury stepped forward. "Please Honored
Warlord. We did not mean to intrude upon your lands. We are a group of circus
performers. We are travelling and, we will leave if you so desire."
     The second man moved his horse forward. "Hmph!" He glared at Tuxedo Mask.
"Do your women always speak for you peasant?" His eyes fell on Sailor Moon who
clung to Mask. "Are you a good warrior? Maybe I will find out and if not, I
will kill you and take your woman!"
     Tuxedo Mask glared at the man....realizing they had again stepped into a
quagmire with no escape....

