A Carnival in Darkness: Part 52

Charlie talks to That Man when he finally wakes up. "The senshis with the help of the duelists and their card monsters have take Raven away."

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Sailor Mars jumps on top of the ball that Raven was in and lowers a microphone down. "You heard everyone. We want our Vega to sing something Country. There will be lots of time for you to vacuum and clean our rooms later on."

Sailor Jupiter calls the strongest duel monsters over to watch over Raven. Sailor Venus would love to take Raven out of the ball and put a bow tie in his hair along with makeup to match his dress but she knew that Raven must always stay inside that ball.

The Sacred Beasts keep a watchful eye on Raven never blinking for a second. Their glares got meaner as they waited for singing from Raven.

Sailor Moon had everyone seated in the concert room with Raven at the center stage. "Now sing Vega slave sing!"

Sailor Mars taps a small stick on a music stand and then acts as a conductor as music is being played and angry eyes stared at Raven to sing. Several crates of tomatoes were brought in to the concert room. The tomatoes would be used if Raven would not cooperate with the senshis and duelists. Traps and spells protected the senshi castle in case anyone would be foolish to try and rescue Raven. Many duelists decided to live with the senshis if Raven would always be singing.

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James still fast asleep. Not aware at what the hamsters plan for him to do in the kitchen as their cooking slave. Cappy hamster wakes up and jumps with joy too. "I want James to cook more Sunflora stuffed pie!"

Once Sailor Pluto saw That Man awake, she walks to That Man and bows down to the hero. "Your greatness, I suggest that we send Sephiroth over to rescue Raven before it is too late. The other senshis could force Raven to sing until he completely loses his voice."

When the hamsters woke up, Sephiroth stood up and dusted himself. He was having second thoughts of going to help rescue Raven because it would be a very dangerous and deadly mission.

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"No...Please, I don't want to sing, damnit! Just let me go!" He'd scream into the microphone as he was given it inside of his ball, but he had no choice, it sounded like at this rate, there was absolutely no hope for poor Raven at all.

"No...Oh no...Please...Dear all higher beings, NOOO!" Raven began screaming very loudly the moment he took notice of those tomatoes being rolled into the room by the crate-full. He hated that damned red fruit ever since these incidents over the past few weeks, this was all going horribly for him.

Having to suck up his pride and try to think of a song that would count as country, giving a try at something he could slightly remember once hearing in the past.

A song by Gary Allan:

"Smoky old bars, bright neon lights, Good old boys and girls of the night, A nice cold beer and a good shot of brandy, I've always had a sweettooth for the Devil's Candy.

Well I've fought it all my life, and the battles, now a war But I'll get up tomorrow and I'll fight it all once more, I try to do what's right, but I'll never understand me, I've always had a sweettooth for the Devil's Candy.

I've played the cards and I've rolled the dice, Well I gave up heaven for a fool's paradise. Once lost an angel when a bad girl was handy, I've always had a sweettooth for the Devil's Candy."

After all of that, he'd break down crying because he hated this new life he was going to be subjected to.

With a soft yawn under his hood, That Man would look up at the people speaking to him, knowing now about what they were all telling him as he too finally noticed how Raven's aura was completely unable to be felt.

Looking around as he had so many kind people offering to help him and he'd have to think things over as to whether he wanted any of them to actually help him, due to the fact that they could get hurt.

"Please everyone, let's all calm down. We need to formulate a plan if we're to get my servant back from the Senshi in order to allow him to work for me in a way where he is not forced to do anything against his will." He'd say in his calm demeanor.

Knowing that if they sent just Sephiroth alone, he might not come back alive.

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Sailor Galaxia claps her hands as Raven sang. "Remember that after the concert, the laundry room is full of dirty clothes that Raven needs to wash."

Sailor Moon threw a tomatoe at Raven. Luckily for him Raven was protected inside his ball prison otherwise his face would be red from the tomatoe. "Less crying and more singing! If you are too tired to sing then there is laundry for you to wash."

Sailor Mars added in another request. "Vega slave, that was a good song you sang but sing another one but this time can you tap dance while you sing?"

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"How about send me instead? I'm blond and I can pass as Axl. I could distract the senshis long enough for Raven to escape." Ken was scared of the senshis too but he had to help out Raven because he felt so sorry for him.

"I'll go with Ken to help him out too." Charlie volunteers to accompnay Ken to find Raven but he didn't think anyone would know where the senshis took Raven or how to get to their hideout.

Dan grabs James back from the hamsters, he refuses to allow the hamsters to take James. "James is mine. He is going to be my student and with his famous cooking I'll be able to lure hundreds of students in to my dojo."

"No you can't take James away from us!" Oxnard and the hamsters form a team to pull James back from Dan in this tug of war contest.

James was enjoying all this attention watching the hamsters and Dan fighting over him. "It's great to be popular and loved. Why don't I stay at Dan's dojo and you hamsters can visit me whenever you want." James could feel the pain in his arms and hopes that a truce could be made soon.

Sailor Pluto would take anyone that wanted to go to the senshi palace if they requested to do so. For now she watched Dan and her pet hamsters fight over James waiting to see what would happen and where James would end up staying. The hamsters stop fighting because it was actually a good idea that Dan had, they weren't greedy they would share James.