************************************************************ Mars's fire ************************************************************ The girls, Greg and Darien were sitting on the temple steps. "So," Raye commented, smiling at Greg, "The first royal guard has been chosen. But how are we ever going to find the rest. None of the rest of us even has a boyfriend." "Don't worry Raye," Serena said. "Things will work out. They always do." Suddenly, Chad and Grandpa ran down the steps of the temple, followed by a girl in a purple fuku with red bows with an orange crystal in her hand. Everone looked at each other and nodded. Darien pulled out a rose. "Moon star POWER!" "Mercury star power!" "Mars star power!" "Jupiter star power!" "Venus star power!" "Water becomes Ice! The girl chased Chad and Grampa back up the steps. "Wait, Sailor Moon!" Luna yelled after her. She did a flip in the air, and a lasso appeared at her feet. "Take this!" "Hold it! Who are you?" "I'm Ares." she whispered, meekly. Everyone sweatdropped. "Certainly the opposite of the real Mars," Sailor Moon quipped. Suddenly Mars shouted, "That's it! The mirror in my dream meant that they're the opposite of us, completely." Suddenly Sailor ares turned around and hit Grampa and Chad with a blast of fire. "Evil fire...ignite!" "Chad!!!! Gramps!!!!" "Mars...flaming anger...flare!" Ares dropped the crystal, which skittered over to Chad and bumped his hand. He slowly began to revive. Meanwhile, Ares had been jumping away from all attacks at supernatrual speeds. Jupiter's thunder had hit her once, but seemed to have little effect. Mercury was trying to get a scan on her. Suddenly Sailor Moon snuck up behind her and roped her with her new lasso. "Lunar lasso, destroy!" It seemed to weaken her very little. "Sailor Mars! She can only be destroyed by her own element, and both a physical and magic wound." Chad, now fully awake, grabbed the crystal and yelled the first thing that came into his mind. "Spark becomes FIRE!" As the crystal darkened to red, he came out in an outfit similar to Tuxedo Mask's, but in red, with an orange lining. He was holding a bow with a flaming arrow nocked. As he shot the arrow through her heart, he sent out a blaze of red light from his eyes. "I am Guard Fire!" The beam of light became fire and engulfed Ares as Chad yelled "Fire!" Ares gone, everyone noticed that Mars had turned beet red. ************************************************************* What? You're still here? Thanks for reading long enough to get to the author's notes. That one was short, huh? Well, I'll get another out whenever the heck I feel like it, so stay tuned. Love, The Sailor of Light and Music, Sailor Lyra