"Ne, Tenshi-kun? I'm only about 5 minutes away, and I haven't passed Neko-chan yet. Are you sure she went home?"
"No, I don't know. That's just what I assumed."
"Oh, hey, wait. That's her bike there. She's parked, but I don't see her. I wonder- Oh!" Suddenly, an intense and sharp pain, along with a sense of fear, had gone through her side. She swerved her bike out of shock and crashed into the side of the road.
"MI-CHAN!" Tenshi yelled over the communicator.
"Ow, I'm okay." She rubbed her head and tried to figure out what was causing the pain in her side. Suddenly, she realized that it wasn't her pain, but Neko's.
"Shimatta! Tenshi-kun, Neko's in trouble!" Before Tenshi could answer, Mi-chan had run in the direction that she sensed Neko had gone in, ignoring her communicator and Tenshi. She only knew she had to get to Neko.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tenshi had listened to Mi-chan's message in horror. She immediately bolted off in the direction that she thought Neko must have gone. She knew it would take forever to get to them, but she would find Neko and Mi-chan and help them. She certainly couldn't just sit there.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The knight yoma was standing above Neko, brandishing his sword. She faced him, wondering how she was going get out of this alive.
Adrenaline was rushing through her body, possibly the only thing keeping her from passing out from pain. Or perhaps that was in response to the sudden need she had to prove herself. Or her survival instinct, since the knight showed no signs of being merciful.
"You should have accepted my offer to be a damsel in distress. Now you have no choice. DRAGON SLAYING STRIKE!" The sword glowed red as he swung it down towards her head.
"IYA!" She instinctively reached up and miraculously caught the sword mid-strike, stopping it there. Even as it cut into her palms and painful energy flowed through it and into her, she continued to struggle to keep it from getting any closer. "I'm� not exactly� powerless!"
"No!" he gasped. Angrily he shouted at her, "Women are supposed to be weak and let the men do the fighting!"
"I'm sorry� I don't fit in with� your status quo!" She slowly stood up with the blade of his sword still between her hands. She glared at him fiercely. "I don't do weak!" Then she did something he wasn't expecting. Something she had learned in Kempo. Something that she hoped would at least surprise him, if not actually being able to hurt him.
She scoop kicked him in the groin.
To her astonishment, his armor wasn't very good at all. The sword went flying as he yelled out in surprise and pain. It landed on the dry beach.
As he limped over to get it, she grabbed her transformation pen. "ERYX PLANET POWER: MAKE UP!" Then she hit him with a "Celestial Force" before he could reach his sword, pushing him away from it at the same time.
She knew she wouldn't be able to stay in this battle very long. She was losing lots of blood, and she could barely stand up. She was going to have to do something good and do it soon.
He ran back towards his sword. "Iya!" she yelled. "Celestial force!" Not only did the attack hit him, but it also affected the sword. First the knight hit the ground. Then the sword landed, running him through.
"I only wanted to help�" he gasped before dissolving.
"This kitten doesn't want your kind of help," Sailor Eryx said.
