A Pretty Sammy Story By The Amazoness Duo And Yosho Masaki amazonessduo@hotmail.com As the battle settled to a finish, Pretty Sammy stood as the victor. Pixie Misa levetated not to far from the battle scene and watched. She often wondered who Pretty Sammy was. Even though she didn't really know her own identaty she would at least like to know her enemies. Maybe, just maybe if she found out before she was reverted back she would remember who Sammy was. Just as Sammy started reverting back to normal Misa did as well. Pixie Misa was engulfed in a bright white light and her outfit disappeared and she was there in the middle of the sky glowing white and nude. Her hair then reverted from blonde to black as her street clothes reappeared. Misao got up off the ground. Her headache was now gone. She walked around and wondered how she had gotten in the alley that she was in. As Misao walked around the corner someone knocked her down. The person stopped and it was Sasami. "I'm sorry Misao." Sasami said, "I was just looking for you. I heard that there was a battle going on in this area of town and I had gotten worried about you." "Thank you, Sasami. I'm fine though. I just don't remember how I got back here. I'm sure that I'll remember though." Elsewhere... "Damn that Pretty Sammy! She is always getting in my way!" a shadowed figure yelled in anger. "It doesn't matter though. I'll get you when you least suspect it. Be warned Pretty Sammy, you will not be a thorn in my side for much longer. You can count on that." "Master." Ramia said. "What is it, Worm!" "If my warrior was allowed to stay in her other form a little while longer, She could find out who Sammy is and Kill her before she can turn into Pretty Sammy." "Your 'WARRIOR' should be greatful that she is even able to turn into Pixie Misa. I'll give you and your 'warrior' one more chance. But be warned, If you fail me THIS time I will show NO mercy!" "Yes Master. I am very grea" "SHUT UP AND LEAVE!!!!" On that note Ramia vanished fearing what would happen to her if Misa failed agian. A few days later on the Afternoon News. "This is the third day in a row that monsters have been constantly attacking the city. The Super Soldier Pretty Sammy Has put a stop to every attack to this point. Police are baffled and can not detect any connection between any of the attack sites. Some people have began to wonder, that with all the constant attacks, just how long Pretty Sammy can keep this up. This is Sara Ulrich with WKBM News at 1:00. Signing off." 'Yeah. Just how long can I keep this up? Not long, I know that much. I can't even get a good night's sleep anymore.' Sasami thought to herself. This was the 3rd day that she has gone without any sleep at all. Just then a little grey rabbit looking creature was hopping across the school yard. 'Oh no. Not AGAIN.' "Sasami! More Luvluv monsters have been spotted. You must hurry." "I can't do this much longer Ryo-ohki. I'm about to collapse as it is already." Elsewhere... 'My plan is working. With Pretty Sammy exhausted, she won't have the strength to fight much longer. I just need a little more time.' "Ramia! The Master want's to see you right away." "Thank you Rumia. You may leave now." On that note Rumia changed into bird and flew off. Back in Japan.. The battle raged on anf for a little while it had seemed that the LuvLuv monster had an edge over Pretty Sammy. With her last bit of energy she was able to launch her ultimate attack, Magical Resolution, and was able to put the LuvLuv monster at peace with it's inner self. "Finally!" "I'm proud of you Sammy. I"m glad to see that you can still fight." "Ryo-ohki! Did you have doubt?" "Well... no but you looked very tired." "I am VERY tired. By the way you are a terrible lier. I also had doubt, but I knew that I had to beat it." "Bonjour Pretty Sammy. You look very tired. Do you think that you have enough strength to defeat me?" "PIXIE MISA! I don't know if I have the strength but I know that I can always defeat you!" "Oh come now. Even I know that you can't defeat me in your weakened state. However it wouldn't be any fun if you just up and surrendered. So get ready Sammy." Misa charged at Sammy and hit her with unbelievable power. Sammy knew that she was no match for Misa now but she just couldn't give up. No. She wouldn't give up. When Misa had was getting ready to give the final blow, Sammy was surrounded with a bright magical light. 'No. Not now. I.. I can't change back now!' Sammy thought to herself in panic. At the same moment Misa was confused and blinded. Ryo-ohki saw this and told Sammy to run for it but she was too weak to make a move. The light disappeared and there lay, in Pretty Sammy's place, was a nude Sasami. Her clothes soon materialized in place of where the Sammy outfit used to be. Misa regained sight to see Sasami laying where Pretty Sammy was at just a second ago. "So this is who you are. Get ready to die, Sammy! Pixie Blade!" Suddenly a short bladed sword appeared in Misa's hands and she thrust downward. "NOOOOOOOOOO! I can't, no, won't do this!" The blade disappeared and Pixie Misa Stood up and turned around with tears forming in her eyes. She, too, was then Surrounded in a brilliant flash of light as she started to revert back to Misao, Ramia appeared. "What do you think that you are doing?! You will kill this annoyance!" "No! I can't do this to my best friend! You knew this all along didn't you! You knew that Pretty Sammy was my best friend!" The reverting stopped and she retransformed into Misao. "So. She will eventually betray your friendship. It's best to destroy her now, I mean, you will destroy her anyway. It is better to get rid of her befor she can hurt you." "Never!" With that said, Misa took Sasami and left. Two hours later... "Uhhhhhhh... What happened?" Sasami said still drowsy and begining to come around. "Don't worry, you are safe now." Sasami knew this voice but couldn't place it. Her vision cleared after a few moments and she looked around for her rescuer. After another moment she found someone and jumped up ready for battle. "Pretty Mutation Magical Re..." "You don't have to transform Sammy. There is no one else here. I saved you." Suddenly Misa was covered in a brilliant flash of light and a few minutes later the light was gone and Misao stood in Misa's place. Sasami's eyes watered and she started crying. Crying for her friend and crying for herself. The whole time that she was having fun with her friend she was also fighting against her friend. Fighting in battles that could kill her. She could have hurt Misao. She could have killed her. Misao meant too much to her to lose like that. She couldn't stand the thought of hurting her. "Sasami, what's wrong?" Misao asked concerned. She blinked a couple times, confused about what was going on. The last thing she remembered, she'd been having another headache and then everything had faded away. Now she was with a very distraught Sasami. She quickly realized they were in her room, but she couldn't make out how she had gotten there, or when Sasami had arrived. Sasami through her arms around the black haired girl, throwing Misao off balance. Misao fell back onto the bed with Sasami still clutching to her. "Oh Misao… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" Sasami sobbed. "I should have known. I should have done something. I'm so sorry." Misao hugged Sasami, trying to comfort her. She didn't know what to do. Sasami was always the one who made her feel better when something went wrong. She wasn't sure how to calm her friend. "Sasami, its alright. I don't know what you're sorry about, but there's no reason to. I'm fine. Everything's okay." The sound of Misao's voice in her ear sent shivers down Sasami's spine. She was locked in a close embrace with the black haired girl, Misao whispering soothingly to her. Sasami blushed a deep shade of red and tried to disentangle herself from her best friend. Sasami's emotions overflowed as she sat there. The fear of what could have happened to her best friend. The sadness that she'd almost hurt her, the relief that maybe now they wouldn't have to fight anymore. And something else. Some other feeling flowed through her. It was deep and warm and enveloped her like a soft blanket. 'What's going on?' she thought to herself. Her torrid emotions had ripped down a barrier inside her, pouring forth emotions she'd hidden, even from herself. Things she'd pretended not to notice, not to care about. She sat up and stared at the wall of Misao's room. 'Why do I have to pick now to fall in love?' Sasami asked herself angrily. 'And with Misao? How could I be in love with Misao?' Sasami took a deep breath while Misao looked on, confused. 'I'm just being over emotional right now. I'm sleep deprived and I'm just happy she's alright.' She looked back at the black haired girl. Misao was looking at her worriedly with her gentle aqua eyes. Sasami turned back towards the wall. "Sasami? Are you okay?" Misao asked nervously. "What's going on?" The blue haired girl smiled warmly at her friend. "I'm fine. I'm just glad things are working out now. I'm sorry I can't explain what's going on right now, but I will. Someday I'll explain. I promise." Misao nodded weakly. "I should go for now. I'll call you tonight. Be careful, Misao." Sasami hugged the other girl tightly before smiling and heading to the door of the room. Misao wrung her hands, still worried. "I will, Sasami. I hope you feel better." "I think all I need is some sleep and I'll be back to normal," Sasami said. She waved to Misao and headed downstairs to the door. Sasami sighed deeply after she got outside. She squinted as her eyes adjusted to the sun light. She wanted to go back in, to see Misao again, but she needed to get some sleep. She tried to ignore all the thoughts invading her sleep hazy mind. After what seemed an eternity, Sasami reached the house she shared with her mother and brother. She stumbled up the stairs to her room. Ryo-ohki looked up in surprise when Sasami collapsed on the bed. "Sasami? You're okay?" Ryo-ohki hopped over to her side happily. "I was so worried about you!" "Thanks," Sasami mumbled, her eyes half closed. "Where were you? I saw Pixie Misa take off with you, but I couldn't catch up in time. How did you escape?" Sasami yawned and tried to make out what Ryo-ohki had said. "Oh, no. I was fine. Misa wouldn't have hurt me. She saved me." She lazily unbuttoned her shirt and threw it to the side, trying to pull the blankets up around her. "She saved you?" Ryo-ohki asked incredulously. Sasami just nodded and rolled over. "Sasami…" Ryo-ohki nudged the blue haired girl after waiting for an answer. "I'm sorry, Ryo-ohki, but I'm tired and I'm confused. I need some sleep after all this. We can talk later, okay?" Sasami smiled tiredly at the cabbit, trying to keep her eyes open. Ryo-ohki sighed. "Sure. You deserve some sleep after all those LuvLuv monsters you stopped. Goodnight, Sasami." Ryo-ohki waited for a reply, but Sasami was already asleep. *** Sasami yawned and stretched as she woke up. She felt a lot better after the non-stop fighting she'd dealt with over the past couple days. It was dark outside now. She had a hard time remembering what had been a dream and what was real. One thing stood out above all else, Misao. Her mind centered on the thoughts of her dark haired friend. Misao smiled at her in her mind's eye. Suddenly, the image shifted, the dark hair was now blonde. The beautiful aqua eyes were now pink. Sasami let out a silent sigh, remembering that her best friend was her worst enemy. But was she? She had saved her life. Maybe it showed just how deep their feeling were for each other, strong enough to get past the magic that cause Misao to be Pixy Misa. The blue haired girl blushed deeply. What was she thinking? Her heart beat had quickened while thinking of Misao. Just what was happening to her? Stretching as she stood up, Sasami hopped off her bed. She glanced around for Ryo-ohki, but the cabbit was nowhere to be seen. She shrugged her bare shoulders and padded across the floor to her dresser. Pulling on her pajama's, she couldn't help but feel a stab of worry for her friend. Was she alright? What would happen to her now that she betrayed that strange lady she'd been working for? Sasami bolted upright and grabbed for her phone. She pushed the speed dial button and paced nervously as she waited for an answer. "Hello?" a gentle voice answered. Sasami smiled at the sound of Misao's voice. The other girl had always been her very dear, best friend. She felt so relieved to know that she was okay. "Hello?" Misao repeated. "Oh! Hi, Misao," Sasami said quickly. She leaned down, picking up her discarded blouse. "Sasami? How are you? I was worried about you…" Misao said softly. Sasami fell back on her bed, a blush on her cheeks and a smile on her lips. "Thanks, Misao. I'm just fine. Actually, I was worried about you." "Me?" the purple haired girl asked in surprise. Sasami giggled. "Yeah. Don't worry about it. I'd protect you if anything happened, anyway," she said, her voice suddenly sounding serious. She promised to herself she wouldn't let anything happen to her friend. If she wasn't Pretty Sammy, then her friend wouldn't be in such danger. Misao never would've been used as Pixy Misa. She owed it to her friend to watch out for her. And she couldn't live with herself if anything happened to Misao. "Thank you, Sasami," Misao said after a short pause. "I really hope you're doing better." "Yeah, I am. I got some sleep after I got home. I feel a lot better," Sasami replied. "That's great. You were acting kind of strange," Misao said concernedly. Sasami sat up on the bed, crossing her legs. "Strange?" she asked worriedly. 'Am I acting strange around her? Did she notice I was?' "I think you were probably just tired," Misao said thoughtfully. "Yeah, that was it," Sasami agreed hurriedly. 'That was all it was, right?' "I'm sorry, Sasami. I have to go," the blue haired girl could hear the regret in Misao's voice. "That's okay. I'll see you tomorrow, Misao. Maybe we can go someplace after school," Sasami said hopefully. "I'd like that," Misao answered happily. "It's a date, then," Sasami heard herself say. She blushed as soon as the words were out of her mouth. "Sure. Bye, Sasami!" Misao said, seeming not to notice her friend's odd behavior. "Sleep well, Misao," the blue haired girl said reluctantly. "I love you," she added as an afterthought. "What?" "Nothing! Nothing! Umm… Goodnight, Misao!" Sasami hung up the phone quickly before she could say anything else. After a glance at the phone, she tossed it to the side as if it were diseased. "What's going on?" she said aloud. The next day.... "Sure you can ask me anything Sasami." "Thank you Mihoshi. What do you do when you love someone but you aren't sure if they love you in the same way?" "Love? Oh! I'm SO happy for you Sasami! Who is it? Has he said anything to you? Have you two gone out on a date yet?" "I'd rather not say who it is now and not for the other two. Would you please answer my question." "What question was that?" "What do you do when you love someone but you aren't sure if they love you in the same way?" "Oh. Well I'm not." Mihoshi stopped in midsentence when she heard the door knob turn and the door start to open. Reflex had taken over when she reached for her gun and had it armed and ready, aimed for the spot right beside the door. "FREEZE!" Ever since her and Kiyone had been robbed while they were sleeping, she has been training hard and improving her senses. "Mihoshi, it's me, Kiyone. Now put the gun down." "Sorry Kiyone. Did you have any luck?" "No. Neither I nor the police have been able to find anything. I honestly don't think that we'll see any of that stuff agian." "At least none of our stuff for the store was stolen." Mihoshi then returned her attention back to Sasami. "As I was saying, I'm not sure what to do. I would tell that person how I felt and then do something special for them." "What are you guys talking about?" inquired Kiyone. "Little Sasami here is in love. She wants to know what to do so she came here to ask for advice. Do you have any Kiyone?" "Sasami all I, or anyone else for that matter, can tell you is to do what your heart tells you to do. The only other thing we can do is give you ideas." "Thank you Mihoshi. Thank you Kiyone. I'll tell you how it turns out." With that Sasami left. Still as confused about her situation as ever. As she walked down the street she heard a load explosion to her left. She ran as fast as she could to the next cross section and looked to her left. There were flames and smoke everywhere. Sasami looked around her and saw that no one was around. "Pretty Mutation Magical Recall!" A bright flash of light engulfed Sasami and out came Pretty Sammy. At the scene of the explosion.... "Where the hell is Pretty Sammy!" Ramia shouted. "What do you want, Ramia?" "Ah, Pretty Sammy. I want you to DIE!" Sasami sweatdropped. She really didn’t need this, especially not now. She was having enough trouble with her love life to worry about a maniacal magical person trying to kill her. “Is there anyway we could possibly do this some other time?” the blue haired girl asked pleadingly. Ramia furrowed her brow angrily. “How dare you mock me, Pretty Sammy. For that I’ll have to make sure your death is drawn out. And very painful.” The magical girl sighed. Things just never could be easy for her, could they? Pulling her wand up in front of her, she prepared for the attack. A flash of light appeared in Ramia’s hand, quickly hurtling her way. The blue haired magical girl raised her wand in the air. “Pretty Coquettish Bomber!!” Energy surrounded Sasami as she used her strongest attack, trying to force her concentration on this rather than a certain dark haired girl that had been the focus of her thoughts as of late. The attack flew straight at the red headed woman. Sasami smiled triumphantly, but the victory was short lived. Sasami’s smile faded away as she saw her attack rather than hit the magical woman, head right through her. Her mind reeled with the implication. “And illusion?” Sasami whirled around, her eyes wide in horror, but it was too late. “Die.” Ramia grinned, energy lashing out at the bane of her existence. She would finally get what she wanted, the end of Pretty Sammy. Sasami stood trapped like a deer in headlights, the energy seeming to move in slow motion towards her. She closed her eyes tightly, her arms going in front of her in reflex. She knew it would do her no good, but she also knew there was nothing she could do. Before the blast could hit, two arms wrapped around her waist and leapt off with her. The energy hit right were Sasami had been standing. Her eyes slowly opened when she realized she was still alive. She took a deep breath, her hands going across her body, making sure she was okay. Looking up to her rescuer, she was shocked by the sight. The girl was slightly taller than her, long feathery blonde hair falling to around her shoulders. Sasami could feel some of the dark purple, almost black leather of the girl’s costume against her. The girl’s hands were still around her waist, holding her close. The background seemed to fade away for Sasami, everything gone except this beautiful girl that rescued her. ‘Misao and Pixy Misa are the same person. She must really care about me, too, then.’ The thought that Misao had come to her rescue in a sense sent a tingle up and down Sasami’s spine. Before she knew what she was doing, the blue haired magical girl leaned forward, her soft lips brushing against her rescuers. That moment, those soft lips against her own, the whole moment felt truly wonderful. It was more magical than anything magic she’d done as Pretty Sammy. Pixy Misa’s eyes went wide as saucers as she felt Pretty Sammy kiss her. She froze, unsure of what to do for once in her life as Misao’s other personality. Her hands tensed against Sammy’s sides, but that just spurred the blue haired girl on, making her kiss the blonde deeper. Misa’s eyes started to fall closed, not knowing how to stop what was happening. Not wanting to. Misa barely shook herself from her trance in time to drag Sasami out of the way of another attack. The blonde feigned anger as she turned to the blue haired girl, too confused by what had happened to actually deal with it right now. “What are you trying to do, Sammy? Get us killed? You want to kiss, you wait till we’re not about to die. That does put a damper on my plans for the day, you know.” Sasami looked down, blushing profusely. What had she just done? Why? She just hadn’t been able to help herself. It had felt so good, so right. Even if this was her former rival, she was just as much in love with her as Misao. They were the same person, even if she did act differently as them. “Sorry…” she said sadly, barely in a whisper. The blonde grinned reassuringly. “Worry about it later, Sammy. And if we do make it out of this alive, maybe I’ll let you try again.” She winked, drawing a blush from the blue haired girl. She laughed as she looked around for Ramia. She always did enjoy teasing the other magical girl. As long as she didn’t have to worry about the implications of the kiss. It wasn’t half bad. Kinda good, actually.. Misa’s mind started to wander back to it before she spotted her former master. “Pixy Sexy Fire!!” She yelled, the blast flying towards Ramia. Ramia faded out of the way just in time. Reappearing further off, she scowled. “You traitor! I’ll kill you as well.” After a moment, she added, “The next time we meet.” She turned around, fading away again. The two magical girls stood in silence for a long moment. Now that the battle was over and done with, Sammy’s little kiss earlier came to the surface in both of their thoughts. Pretty Sammy turned to Pixy Misa, hoping to find out what the blonde girl thought of it. But Misa had a trump card to play. Besides, this wasn’t her problem. She was the happy outgoing one. She’d let her other side deal with it, even if she wouldn’t remember. Dipping backwards, the leather clad magical girl fainted. Shifting back to normal from Pretty Sammy, Sasami sighed miserably. It figured that it would turn out like this. Things never could be easy, could they? Of course, Tsunami wouldn’t have chosen her as the earth’s champion if she didn’t believe in her. But then again, this scenario probably wasn’t something she’d been chosen for. “Misao-chan? Misao-chan, are you alright?” Sasami asked, shaking her friend softly. “Hmm?” Misao blinked her aquamarine eyes tiredly, trying to focus. It took her a moment before she could make out Sasami’s worried face looking down at her. “Sasami-chan? Owww….” She held her head as she tried to sit up but Sasami pushed her back down. “Wait until you feel better first. I don’t want you to hurt any more than you already do. I know how sick you can get.” Sasami bit her lip as she watched her dark haired best friend lying on the floor with a pained look on her face. She really wished there was something she could do about Misao’s poor health. They had first met when Sasami had helped her get to the nurse’s office. Even after all this time, it still scared her to see the poor girl wracked with pain like that. “I love you, too.” “What?” Was her mind playing tricks on her? She had just heard Misao mutter something, right? She really needed more sleep after all of the running around she’d been doing lately. All this stress really wasn’t good for her. She was likely to crack soon at this rate. “Did you say something?” Misao shook her head quickly, rolling onto her side. A scarlet blush colored her pale cheeks as she looked off. “No, I didn’t say anything, Sasami-chan. I didn’t say anything at all.” The nervous butterflies feeling in her stomach was so bad that she thought she was going to be sick. She closed her eyes as the setting sun started to hurt them. She wished that Sasami would just take her home soon so everything could go back to the depressing way of things. Then she wouldn’t have to worry about these things at the very least and that sick feeling would go away. Her eyes fluttered open as a pair of arms encircled her waist and helped prop her up. Pretty pink eyes and cute freckles along with a little light blue at the corners of her vision greeted her. Her blush grew deeper as Sasami looked deeply at her. ‘She smells wonderful. I feel so warm and safe in her arms. I always do. I wish she’d never let go.’ Internally pushing those thoughts away, she continued thinking to herself. ‘I hope she does let go soon. Otherwise I don’t think I’ll be able to pretend everything’s the way it used to be. I don’t know if I could handle anymore changes.’ Sasami noticed Misao stiffening up in her grasp after a moment. ‘Why’s she so nervous all of a sudden? She was starting to relax just a moment ago. Am I scaring her?’ Shaking her head, Sasami never took her eyes away from Misao’s big, frightened aquamarine ones. Her soft body barely moved, feeling like a scared little animal in her arms. Misao’s breathing was very slow, as if she was trying to not bring any attention to herself. ‘If I heard right, she must be scared about the whole thing. She’s always been kinda sad. And with how things are, this could risk losing her best friend and what we already have. I’m not risking much because I know she’ll understand. I know she’ll stay my friend. I know… So why am I so worried?’ the blue haired girl thought to herself. “Misao-chan?” One hand went higher up Misao’s back as she brought her into a better sitting position. Misao swallowed nervously and nodded in acknowledgement. “Hai, Sasami- chan?” Licking her dry lips, Sasami tried to voice what was in her heart. “Misao-chan, you’re my very best friend. You’ve always been there for me and I can’t remember ever being happier than when I’m with you. I don’t want to fight against you because I care too much about you. You’re very important to me. I just want to be with you always. Misao-chan, I love you.” Misao’s cheeks went a deep shade of crimson as words caught in her throat. She was always so lonely, a scared little girl alone in the dark. But Sasami always filled up that darkness for her. She took away that deep loneliness. She was the only real important thing in her life. She was her reason to keep going, her reason to hope when all seemed lost, her reason to look toward tomorrow when her mother wasn’t going to be home and she had cram school to get to. But all that came out was a meek, “I love you, too.” That was enough. Sasami’s face lit up as she hugged Misao tightly. “Oh, Misao-chan!” A warm feeling quickly surpassed any nervous ones that had been inside her as the girl in her arms began to hug her back. All of her unfounded worries and the torment this had caused her all melted away in the beautiful dark haired girls hands. She felt Misao bury her head against the crook of her neck, an altogether pleasant sensation. She held her close, still on her knees. Close to tears, Misao clutched onto Sasami like a life preserver in the choppy waters of her life. But now she could feel some of her faith returning. Things would work out. Because no matter what happened, she’d be with Sasami. Whatever else got thrown in her way wouldn’t matter as long as she could be in her arms. “Thank you so much, Sasami-chan. I never thought..” Sasami cut her off with a soft kiss, her eyes closed as she relished the soft feel of Misao’s lips against her own. The dark haired girl just sat there shocked for a moment, Sasami’s cheeks reddening in embarrassment. No longer able to form coherent thought and drowning in a sea of emotion, Misao returned the kiss. Yes, everything would be alright from now on. ‘Just never let me go. Never set me free from you.’