Usagi's Beginning
Aarana Sky
Disclaimers Note: I do not own any of the characters that are
in this fic. They are all in ownership of the lovely lady of
her own moon over in Japan, Naoko. I would buy it if I had the
money...but I don't. *tears*
Authors Note: This is a fic about what would happen if a person got
stuck in the Sailor Moon world for a day that had never seen anything
of the like. It came to me a while back, and I had STARTED writing
it...but I can't find it...so I am starting from scratch now...I think I
know where it is...but it is far away...and I wanna write now.
And thank you to Karen my BESTEST BESTEST editor!! I don't
know what I would do without her!!!
Ja Ne!!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"...need...one...more...idea..." the girls head fell forward in exhaustion. She
was on a deadline, and that meant only one thing, no sleep. She looked at the
clock. It was 3am and this project was due at 10am. What was she going to
do? After deciding that she would work better with her head on the desk, she
promptly fell asleep.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
She jerked awake at the sound of an alarm...what alarm though? She didn't
have an alarm! Opening her eyes, she looked at her surroundings.
Pink...pink...and even more pink. Looking around at the cluttered room, she
realized that she wasn't at her home or in her studio, or even at her office.
Across the room in a bed, there was a girl, who was obviously avoiding
getting up. A person that could have been the girls mother was pulling the
covers off of her.
"USAGI!!! I TOLD YOU FIVE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO
SCHOOL!!!!" The woman shouted.
"BUT MOOMMMMMMAAAAA!!!!" whined the girl. "Let me sleep
a few more minutes!"
As she observed the mother and daughter, the girl slipped behind a nearby
chair so that her presence would go unnoticed. 'Where was she and how did
she get here?' the other girl thought to herself as she watched the girl slip out
of bed, look at the time, and scream, "WHY DIDN"T SOMEBODY WAKE
ME UP!!! I AM GOING TO BE SOOO LATE!!" The observer turned her
head as the girl got dressed, and then watched as she quickly sped out of the
room.
Standing up, she looked more closely at her surroundings. It was a very pink
oriented room, with lots of moons and bunnies, bedspreads, curtains, floor
patterns and trinkets, all of which had to do with either a moon or a rabbit.
Though the room wasn't messy, it was cluttered, and a large stack of comics
lay in the corner, obviously read about a million times over.
She crept over to the door and took a peak out. It looked like the coast was
clear. How was she to get out without being noticed if there were other
people in the house? Breaking and entering, never mind sneaking out, wasn't
her forte in life. Thinking that she had a clear break, she headed to what she
thought was the front door, but was stopped when the girl's mother appeared
suddenly behind her.
"Jaclyn, what are you still doing here? Usagi left a little while ago! Don't you
have to be in school also?"
She looked up, startled. 'Jaclyn? Who was that? That wasn't her...but if it
got her out of the house...'
"Sorry Ma'am, I will leave promptly." Looking down, she finally noticed
what she was wearing. It was the same thing that the girl Usagi was wearing
when she left, a traditional Japanese style school uniform in red, white
and blue colors. 'I wonder where this came from?' she thought as she quickly
ran out of the house, leaving a startled and confused mother behind her.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
She walked down the street aimlessly for awhile not knowing where she was,
or where she was supposed to go. Not fully looking where she was going, she
didn't notice the handsome young man that was walking towards her with his
head in a book.
*CRASH*
They ran into each other. Down his books went as the force of their impact
knocked them both down unto the ground. "OW!" She cried rubbing her
backside. "Gomen!" she said, looking for the first time at the man that she had
hit. He was cute, really cute, with short back hair and deep blue eyes.Those
were the kind of eyes that you could just get lost in for a LONG time. "I didn't
mean to hit you!!" she apologized.
The stranger laughed. "Thats ok Miss, I wasn't watching where I was going
either, so it is partially my fault. "Are you ok?" She looked up and got lost in
his eyes again. 'I have to stop doing that' she thought as she made an attempt
to stand.
"Yes, I'm fine...but it should be I who apologizes. Are you ok?" "Yes, I'm
fine...but my books on the other hand..." he laughed at the horror that that
statement brought to her face. "Don't panic, I was just kidding!"
She let out a sigh of relief. When they had both finally gotten to their feet and
were composed, he introduced himself. "My name is Chiba Mamoru, and you
are?"
'Who was she? She was who she was, but Usagi's mother seemed to think
that she was someone else. Should she play along and be Jaclyn, or be
herself? The thought of being someone else was appealing, even if for only
one day.' "Jaclyn, my name is Jaclyn," she said.
Mamoru smiled. "Jaclyn, what a pretty name. Well, it was nice meeting you.
I have to go though. I hope I see you again"
"Sure." With that he was off.
She was alone again. *sigh* There was nothing left to do except continue
walking. Thinking to herself 'Jaclyn...my new name is Jaclyn. But who is
that?' She walked on, this time being careful to watch where she was going.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
After walking around for what seemed like hours, she ran into Usagi, the girl
whose house she had been in earlier that morning. "JACLYN!!" Usagi called.
She looked like she had been waiting for her. "You're late! Lets go before
they yell at us!" Jaclyn quickened her pace to catch up, wondering who 'they'
were. "Coming Usagi!"
Catching up to Usagi, Jaclyn saw that they were going into an arcade/soda
shop, obviously a hang out for all of the locals. They hurried to a booth where
four girls were sitting. "Your late again!" one of them accused, glaring at
Usagi. Looking at the foursome at the table, Jaclyn thought they were all very
pretty. One had raven black hair that seemed to glow underneath the
flouresent lights, another had gorgeous blue hair that shimmered like the sea,
the third had gold-blond hair that shone like the sun, and the fourth had light
brown hair that reminded Jaclyn of the color of almonds. With Usagi's bright
golden mass added to the mix, Jaclyn didn't think she had ever seen a more
colorful or pretty group of people.
"Guys, this is my cousin Jaclyn from France. She has come to live with us
while her parents are on a trip abroad. "Jaclyn," she pointed to the woman
with the blonde hair "this is Minako," she pointed to the girl with the black hair
"this is Rei," She pointed to the girl with the blue hair "this is Ami" and finally
the girl with the brown hair "and this is Makoto. Guys, this is Jaclyn".
Together, they all waved enthusiastically towards her, genuinely happy to
meet her.
'Well, at least she knew who she was now.' Jaclyn thought. 'She was Usagi's
cousin, but when did she inherit a cousin named Usagi?' her brain puzzled.
'Would wonders never cease.' The two girls sat down and ordered while the
other girls threw questions at Jaclyn that Usagi seemed happy to answer,
much to Jaclyn's relief.
"So where are you from Jaclyn?" Rei asked.
"France" Usagi answered.
"How old are you Jaclyn?" Ami inquired.
"16, like us" Usagi explained.
On and on it went, while Jaclyn was happy to sit back and let her 'cousin'
answer all of the questions. This way she was able to find out some
information about herself. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice behind her,
"Hello ladies, and Jaclyn, what a surprise" Turning around, she saw that face
again, the face of an angel. Blushing, she knew that she couldn't like this
gentleman... for in all actuality she was way to...
"Hi Mamo-chan!" Usagi cried, nearly jumping over Jaclyn to throw herself in
his arms. "I missed you!"
"But sweet Usako, I saw you just this morning on your rush to school!"
Usagi laughed "I know, but I missed you anyway!"
So they were dating, huh? That was an oddity and a half. She was 16, he was
at least 23 or so. She was...air-headed, he wasn't. But she did see the look on
his face when he saw her...priceless. You couldn't buy that look for a million
dollars. That was the look of true love. If only she could have that one day...
"When are they getting married?" She heard the girl named Rei hiss, "I am
getting sick of all this lovey-dovey cr..."
"Rei hush", Ami chastised. "It's about time they were happy. When you think
about all they have gone through, you have to admire their ability to last
through..."
"I don't know", Minako interrupted. "I don't think all of the evil is gone yet..."
"But it is", Makoto said "Now shhh, we have company, and she might
overhear us." The four girls immediately stopped talking, but Jaclyn had heard
them.
'What was this evil they were talking about? A past girlfriend that wouldn't let
go? A boyfriend? They couldn't mean some 'TRUE' evil, could they? There
was no such thing...was there? That was something that you would only find
in movies, not in real life, and not with sweet Usagi and handsome Mamoru.
Right?'
Finally, the couple sat down, Jaclyn moving over so that they would have more
room. For a small booth, it had surprisingly a lot of room to fit all seven people.
"So you know Jaclyn Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked with a little bit of fire in
her eyes. 'Jealously?' Jaclyn thought. She had it occasionally, and though she
thought Mamoru was the perfect guy, she had already decided that he wasn't
for her.
"I met her this morning," Mamoru said. " We actually bumped into each other.
I have a bruise from it and everything. Reminds me of all the bumping into you
I used to do", he chuckled. "I thought those days were over though." Mamoru
winked at her as Usagi's face lit up in flames.
"BUMPING INTO HER! I DON"T WANT YOU TO BUMP INTO
ANYONE BUT ME MAMORU!!!" Usagi cried.
Everyone at the table started laughing at a joke that Jaclyn didn't get, and
didn't think was funny either. Usagi calmed down in what seemed like a
second. "What is so funny?" she asked. That created even more laughter,
and even Mamoru couldn't help himself. Leaning over, he placed a gentle
kiss on her cheek, "Nothing Usako...nothing at all." That seemed to placate
her, so she leaned forward to take a sip out of her drink.
After awhile, the group eased into a calmed silence. Jaclyn began to feel
that some unspoken memories were being passed among her table mates.
Memories that she could have no way of knowing. "You know," Ami said,
finally breaking the silence, "We haven't gotten together like this in a while.
It has been way too long guys. Just because our main focus is gone, doesn't
mean that our bond has lessened." The group nodded.
"That is true", Minako piped in "Artemis misses Luna! They need to have
Diana!" The group again laughed, and in no time at all, Jaclyn felt like the
odd man out.
"Who are Luna and Artemis?" Jaclyn asked.
The girls quieted. Obviously they had forgotten she was there, and had
spoken of things she wasn't supposed to know about. 'Nothings', 'Never
minds' and 'No Ones', popped up around the table as they all looked down
uncomfortably. Only Mamoru had a look of regret on his face. He
mouthed the word sorry as he too turned away afraid to make eye contact.
"Can you all get up for a minute...I have to go to the ladies room", Jaclyn
blurted out, desperate to get out of this awkward situation. They complied
with her request, obviously thinking the same thing. She ran out the door
with no intention of returning. They didn't want her there, she wanted to
be alone...so she would grant their unspoken wishes.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Where did she go?" Mamoru voiced, some many minutes later. The others at
the table all shook their head. "Usako, how do you know her?" he asked.
Usagi looked up from her shake, "She is my cousin from France. She is
staying with us while her parents are out of the country." "So that means
that she doesn't know her way around the city," Mamoru stated, "and she
is out there ALONE??" Everyone around the table nodded. "Lets go find
her before someone or something else does."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I am all alone yet again, nowhere to go. She looked up, "I think this is
the way back to the house, I wanna see if there is a way to get home
from there. I WANNA GO HOME!!"
"I can take you home", a strange voice behind her stated. She turned
around. Standing there was the ugliest looking thing in the world, about
7 feet tall and brownish green. It had the look of the Jolly Green Giant
from America...but it wasn't smiling. "Just close your eyes and all will be
well again."
Jaclyn jumped out of the way just in time to avoid a shot of goo. It hit
the wall behind her and the wall slowly dissipated. "ACK", Jaclyn cried,
she fled not knowing where to go, where to hide. "HELP!" she called.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!"
"STOP THIS ACT OF TERROR!" a voice called from the distance.
"When you attack civilians that is unforgivable, but when you attack
family that is punishable by dusting." The shadowy figure jumped down
from the shadows and struck a pose. "I am Sailor Moon and on behalf
of the Moon...I will punish you!" Four other figures all jumped to her side.
A rainbow of colors stood before her, red, blue, green, orange, and Sailor
Moon's Reddish Pink. Jaclyn knew that they would help her, and be her
heroes.
The costumed girls jumped out of the way as the monster shot some
gooey goo at them.
"I am Sailor Mars", the one in red shouted, "and on behalf of the planet
Mars, you are toasted! Mars Flame Shooter!" She held out her hands as
continuous blast of fire shot out of her finger tips towards the monster, but
he easily dodged it with his own sticky attack. Mars was left in shock.
The one in green stepped forward, "I am Sailor Jupiter, and on behalf of
the planet Jupiter, I will fry you! OAK EVOLUTION!" Lightning came
out of midair and flew towards the monster, but he jumped out of the way
and avoided that attack also.
The one in blue came next. "I am Sailor Mercury, and in the name of
Mercury, you are frozen! Aqua Rhapsody!" Playing a harp, a blast of
ice shot out towards the monster. It hit him, but in a flash the ice
disappeared and they were left with the monster again, unharmed.
"Nothing is hurting him!!" Mercury cried.
The girl in orange stepped up. "So you wanna mess with my friends,
you have to mess with me! I am Sailor Venus! Sailor Of Love and
Beauty! And in the Name of Venus, you are all washed up pal! VENUS
LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!!!" With a kiss off of her hand, a chain
of hearts flew out and wrapped around the monster, squishing him. "NOW
SAILOR MOON! Before he gets out!!" Sailor Moon stepped up and
pulled out her wand. "MOON...", before she could even swish her
wand...the monster broke free and shot a blast of goo right at Sailor
Moon who wasn't expecting it. Before anyone could blink, Sailor
Moon was on the ground, covered in goo and crying. The four girls
ran to their fallen comrade.
'That stuff had to hurt.' Jaclyn thought.
A hidden figure till now, jumped down from the trees. "Princess...my
Usako....darling...", he ran to her side. "Senshi, continue to fight.
Mothering Usako can't help you too much right now."
Jaclyn just stood there in confusion. Usako? Princess? Was Sailor Moon
Usagi? She looked at the other senshi. The hair coloring made sense.
So then the mysterious figure must be Mamoru. 'My, my, he looked
good in a tux', she thought.
Attack after attack the monster threw at the girls, and they threw
attack after attack at the monster. Nothing seemed to stop it. While
the battle raged on Mamoru tried unsuccessfully to free Sailor Moon
from the pile of goo that surrounded her. Not sure of what to do
herself, Jaclyn too went over to where Mamoru knelt and tried to help
free Usagi. 'Please, please, let us get her out!' she prayed.
Silently, the four girls focused all their energy at Usagi. One thought,
one dream. Usagi's freedom. Suddenly, a bright light shown through
the goo that held Sailor Moon captive, and the goo slowly dissipated.
Left was a very tired Usagi with a locket shining brightly at her breast.
As Sailor Moon stood up her senshi fuku turned from the reds and the
blues into a pure snow bird white, a long flowing dress with gold and
silver shards. Suddenly before them stood, not Sailor Moon anymore,
but the princess of the moon.
"Princess, no!"
"Princess...not the Crystal!"
"Does anyone think this is all familiar?"
"Serenity!"
"Princess!"
'Princess? So Usagi was a princess?' Jaclyn shook her head, this
was just one weird occurrence after another. 'So, did this mean
that Mamoru was a prince? she was guessing that he was.'
Jaclyn watched intently as the princess raised her locket and
it changed into a pretty flower crystal. 'What is that?' Jaclyn
thought.
"That is the Silver Imperium Crystal." Jaclyn looked around.
'Where was that voice comingfrom? She looked up and around
but didn't see anyone. "Close your eyes and you will seeall that
I want to show you my dear..." Jaclyn closed her eyes hoping
to get some of the answers that she had been looking for. She
had a lot of questions. "Open your eyes."
Jaclyn opened her eyes and she was in a world that was
unreal, something that she would have seen in a dream.
"Welcome to my Kingdom" Jaclyn turned around and saw
a goddess in silver, slender and tall, a beauty to rival that of
Venus. She instinctively bowed, not knowing what else to do,
or say.
"I bet you are wondering why you are here, in this world, in
this dimension. I will tell you, but first I must tell you the story
of the Moon Kingdom and the Silver Millennium, the hardships
of lost love, and the heart ache of lost souls. When I am done
you will understand, and hopefully so will others."
Jaclyn looked at the woman in silver. "Who are you?"
The women smiled. "My name is Queen Serenity, and I am
here to tell you my tale" With a swish of her hand, people
appeared, many people that looked happy, without a care in
the world. "They can't see you or hear you, you need not be
cautious."
"A thousand years ago our Moon held a Glorious Kingdom,
we call that time the 'Silver Millenium'. All the planets,
except one, lived together in peace. The Earth was not a happy
place and did not like the moon and their powers of life and
beauty. Though there was one person who would live on the
moon if he could." She motioned Jaclyn to move over towards
the balcony and to look over. There was Mamoru, all decked
out in uniform...ready for battle. "For you see, Prince Endymion
was in love with our Princess Serenity. But there were people
from earth that were not content with the moon ruling all of
the planets. One woman in particular, Queen Beryl raised a
revolt..." For hours the good queen continued her tale of that
time. In horrifying detail Jaclyn watched the downfall of the
kingdom, the death of the Prince, and the sacrifice of the
Princess. All brought tears to her eyes.
"Why did this have to happen?" Jaclyn cried, awash in tears.
"There is a lot more to the story if you are willing to listen."
the queen said. Jaclyn nodded. The Queen took her hand
and they were off, back into present time. For what seemed
like days, weeks, months, they went through Usagi's life,
Usagi's hardships. They went through the breakups, the
heartaches, the fights, the love. Jaclyn couldn't control her
tears. And she thought Usagi was an airhead? ...but in
actuality all she had tried to do was enjoy a little of
her life while continuously having to battle to save the world.
"So what happens to Usagi? Does she go to the future and
become the Queen? Does Chibi-Usa really get born?"
The Queen smiled at Jaclyn. "That my dear is still unknown.
Even I don't have the power to know what is definitely going
to happen.
With a flick of her hand they were back in the park and
Usagi, with her crystal, was battling the monster. "I am
very proud of my daughter. She is everything that I could
have hoped for, and more. There is a reason that I brought
you here." the queen said to Jaclyn."This time, this place, is
real if people believe. Make the people believe."
Jaclyn gave the Queen a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"For us to be here, and to fight, we need the thoughts and
the dreams of people. Without it, we don't exist. Make
them believe, make them fight for our cause." The Queen
started to fade away.
"WAIT!!! HOW DO I DO THAT!!! DON"T LEAVE
ME!!! DON"T LEAVE ME!!!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"don't....leave....me.....don't....leave......me......" She woke up with a
start. A dream...it was all a dream....or was it??
She looked at the clock. It was 9:30am. Quickly, she
jumped out of bed and threw on her suit. Grabbing her
briefcase she ran out the door. Not only didn't she have
her project done, but she was going to be late, also.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"You're late!"
She ran into the office out of breath. It was only 10:10am,
but enough time had passed thatthey had grown restless.
"Gomen", she apologized.
"So, what have you for us today?"
She caught her breath. What did she have? She looked
at all the faces that were in the room, all cold and heartless.
"Make them believe" she heard in her head. Suddenly she
smiled. So this is what 'she' meant.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to tell you a story about a place called
the Moon Kingdom..."
For hours she went on about the Moon Kingdom, it's people
and the senshi, theirhardships and heartaches until all the
people in the room were captivated. After she had promised
to bring them sketches the next day, the president of the
company came over and shook her hand.
"Naoko Takeuchi, I think you may have a hit on your hands."
...and she did.
~!~
The end.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Wow, that felt good to finish. I have been working on this
for a week straight. Why I made this all one part I don't know,
but I hope that I am improving on my writing after all of
this time. So what did you think of the ending??? Did you guess it???
What do you think?
Aarana_Sky@hotmail.com
I would love some emails from you please :)
Aarana Sky
Disclaimers Note: I do not own any of the characters that are
in this fic. They are all in ownership of the lovely lady of
her own moon over in Japan, Naoko. I would buy it if I had the
money...but I don't. *tears*
Authors Note: This is a fic about what would happen if a person got
stuck in the Sailor Moon world for a day that had never seen anything
of the like. It came to me a while back, and I had STARTED writing
it...but I can't find it...so I am starting from scratch now...I think I
know where it is...but it is far away...and I wanna write now.
And thank you to Karen my BESTEST BESTEST editor!! I don't
know what I would do without her!!!
Ja Ne!!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"...need...one...more...idea..." the girls head fell forward in exhaustion. She
was on a deadline, and that meant only one thing, no sleep. She looked at the
clock. It was 3am and this project was due at 10am. What was she going to
do? After deciding that she would work better with her head on the desk, she
promptly fell asleep.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
She jerked awake at the sound of an alarm...what alarm though? She didn't
have an alarm! Opening her eyes, she looked at her surroundings.
Pink...pink...and even more pink. Looking around at the cluttered room, she
realized that she wasn't at her home or in her studio, or even at her office.
Across the room in a bed, there was a girl, who was obviously avoiding
getting up. A person that could have been the girls mother was pulling the
covers off of her.
"USAGI!!! I TOLD YOU FIVE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO
SCHOOL!!!!" The woman shouted.
"BUT MOOMMMMMMAAAAA!!!!" whined the girl. "Let me sleep
a few more minutes!"
As she observed the mother and daughter, the girl slipped behind a nearby
chair so that her presence would go unnoticed. 'Where was she and how did
she get here?' the other girl thought to herself as she watched the girl slip out
of bed, look at the time, and scream, "WHY DIDN"T SOMEBODY WAKE
ME UP!!! I AM GOING TO BE SOOO LATE!!" The observer turned her
head as the girl got dressed, and then watched as she quickly sped out of the
room.
Standing up, she looked more closely at her surroundings. It was a very pink
oriented room, with lots of moons and bunnies, bedspreads, curtains, floor
patterns and trinkets, all of which had to do with either a moon or a rabbit.
Though the room wasn't messy, it was cluttered, and a large stack of comics
lay in the corner, obviously read about a million times over.
She crept over to the door and took a peak out. It looked like the coast was
clear. How was she to get out without being noticed if there were other
people in the house? Breaking and entering, never mind sneaking out, wasn't
her forte in life. Thinking that she had a clear break, she headed to what she
thought was the front door, but was stopped when the girl's mother appeared
suddenly behind her.
"Jaclyn, what are you still doing here? Usagi left a little while ago! Don't you
have to be in school also?"
She looked up, startled. 'Jaclyn? Who was that? That wasn't her...but if it
got her out of the house...'
"Sorry Ma'am, I will leave promptly." Looking down, she finally noticed
what she was wearing. It was the same thing that the girl Usagi was wearing
when she left, a traditional Japanese style school uniform in red, white
and blue colors. 'I wonder where this came from?' she thought as she quickly
ran out of the house, leaving a startled and confused mother behind her.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
She walked down the street aimlessly for awhile not knowing where she was,
or where she was supposed to go. Not fully looking where she was going, she
didn't notice the handsome young man that was walking towards her with his
head in a book.
*CRASH*
They ran into each other. Down his books went as the force of their impact
knocked them both down unto the ground. "OW!" She cried rubbing her
backside. "Gomen!" she said, looking for the first time at the man that she had
hit. He was cute, really cute, with short back hair and deep blue eyes.Those
were the kind of eyes that you could just get lost in for a LONG time. "I didn't
mean to hit you!!" she apologized.
The stranger laughed. "Thats ok Miss, I wasn't watching where I was going
either, so it is partially my fault. "Are you ok?" She looked up and got lost in
his eyes again. 'I have to stop doing that' she thought as she made an attempt
to stand.
"Yes, I'm fine...but it should be I who apologizes. Are you ok?" "Yes, I'm
fine...but my books on the other hand..." he laughed at the horror that that
statement brought to her face. "Don't panic, I was just kidding!"
She let out a sigh of relief. When they had both finally gotten to their feet and
were composed, he introduced himself. "My name is Chiba Mamoru, and you
are?"
'Who was she? She was who she was, but Usagi's mother seemed to think
that she was someone else. Should she play along and be Jaclyn, or be
herself? The thought of being someone else was appealing, even if for only
one day.' "Jaclyn, my name is Jaclyn," she said.
Mamoru smiled. "Jaclyn, what a pretty name. Well, it was nice meeting you.
I have to go though. I hope I see you again"
"Sure." With that he was off.
She was alone again. *sigh* There was nothing left to do except continue
walking. Thinking to herself 'Jaclyn...my new name is Jaclyn. But who is
that?' She walked on, this time being careful to watch where she was going.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
After walking around for what seemed like hours, she ran into Usagi, the girl
whose house she had been in earlier that morning. "JACLYN!!" Usagi called.
She looked like she had been waiting for her. "You're late! Lets go before
they yell at us!" Jaclyn quickened her pace to catch up, wondering who 'they'
were. "Coming Usagi!"
Catching up to Usagi, Jaclyn saw that they were going into an arcade/soda
shop, obviously a hang out for all of the locals. They hurried to a booth where
four girls were sitting. "Your late again!" one of them accused, glaring at
Usagi. Looking at the foursome at the table, Jaclyn thought they were all very
pretty. One had raven black hair that seemed to glow underneath the
flouresent lights, another had gorgeous blue hair that shimmered like the sea,
the third had gold-blond hair that shone like the sun, and the fourth had light
brown hair that reminded Jaclyn of the color of almonds. With Usagi's bright
golden mass added to the mix, Jaclyn didn't think she had ever seen a more
colorful or pretty group of people.
"Guys, this is my cousin Jaclyn from France. She has come to live with us
while her parents are on a trip abroad. "Jaclyn," she pointed to the woman
with the blonde hair "this is Minako," she pointed to the girl with the black hair
"this is Rei," She pointed to the girl with the blue hair "this is Ami" and finally
the girl with the brown hair "and this is Makoto. Guys, this is Jaclyn".
Together, they all waved enthusiastically towards her, genuinely happy to
meet her.
'Well, at least she knew who she was now.' Jaclyn thought. 'She was Usagi's
cousin, but when did she inherit a cousin named Usagi?' her brain puzzled.
'Would wonders never cease.' The two girls sat down and ordered while the
other girls threw questions at Jaclyn that Usagi seemed happy to answer,
much to Jaclyn's relief.
"So where are you from Jaclyn?" Rei asked.
"France" Usagi answered.
"How old are you Jaclyn?" Ami inquired.
"16, like us" Usagi explained.
On and on it went, while Jaclyn was happy to sit back and let her 'cousin'
answer all of the questions. This way she was able to find out some
information about herself. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice behind her,
"Hello ladies, and Jaclyn, what a surprise" Turning around, she saw that face
again, the face of an angel. Blushing, she knew that she couldn't like this
gentleman... for in all actuality she was way to...
"Hi Mamo-chan!" Usagi cried, nearly jumping over Jaclyn to throw herself in
his arms. "I missed you!"
"But sweet Usako, I saw you just this morning on your rush to school!"
Usagi laughed "I know, but I missed you anyway!"
So they were dating, huh? That was an oddity and a half. She was 16, he was
at least 23 or so. She was...air-headed, he wasn't. But she did see the look on
his face when he saw her...priceless. You couldn't buy that look for a million
dollars. That was the look of true love. If only she could have that one day...
"When are they getting married?" She heard the girl named Rei hiss, "I am
getting sick of all this lovey-dovey cr..."
"Rei hush", Ami chastised. "It's about time they were happy. When you think
about all they have gone through, you have to admire their ability to last
through..."
"I don't know", Minako interrupted. "I don't think all of the evil is gone yet..."
"But it is", Makoto said "Now shhh, we have company, and she might
overhear us." The four girls immediately stopped talking, but Jaclyn had heard
them.
'What was this evil they were talking about? A past girlfriend that wouldn't let
go? A boyfriend? They couldn't mean some 'TRUE' evil, could they? There
was no such thing...was there? That was something that you would only find
in movies, not in real life, and not with sweet Usagi and handsome Mamoru.
Right?'
Finally, the couple sat down, Jaclyn moving over so that they would have more
room. For a small booth, it had surprisingly a lot of room to fit all seven people.
"So you know Jaclyn Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked with a little bit of fire in
her eyes. 'Jealously?' Jaclyn thought. She had it occasionally, and though she
thought Mamoru was the perfect guy, she had already decided that he wasn't
for her.
"I met her this morning," Mamoru said. " We actually bumped into each other.
I have a bruise from it and everything. Reminds me of all the bumping into you
I used to do", he chuckled. "I thought those days were over though." Mamoru
winked at her as Usagi's face lit up in flames.
"BUMPING INTO HER! I DON"T WANT YOU TO BUMP INTO
ANYONE BUT ME MAMORU!!!" Usagi cried.
Everyone at the table started laughing at a joke that Jaclyn didn't get, and
didn't think was funny either. Usagi calmed down in what seemed like a
second. "What is so funny?" she asked. That created even more laughter,
and even Mamoru couldn't help himself. Leaning over, he placed a gentle
kiss on her cheek, "Nothing Usako...nothing at all." That seemed to placate
her, so she leaned forward to take a sip out of her drink.
After awhile, the group eased into a calmed silence. Jaclyn began to feel
that some unspoken memories were being passed among her table mates.
Memories that she could have no way of knowing. "You know," Ami said,
finally breaking the silence, "We haven't gotten together like this in a while.
It has been way too long guys. Just because our main focus is gone, doesn't
mean that our bond has lessened." The group nodded.
"That is true", Minako piped in "Artemis misses Luna! They need to have
Diana!" The group again laughed, and in no time at all, Jaclyn felt like the
odd man out.
"Who are Luna and Artemis?" Jaclyn asked.
The girls quieted. Obviously they had forgotten she was there, and had
spoken of things she wasn't supposed to know about. 'Nothings', 'Never
minds' and 'No Ones', popped up around the table as they all looked down
uncomfortably. Only Mamoru had a look of regret on his face. He
mouthed the word sorry as he too turned away afraid to make eye contact.
"Can you all get up for a minute...I have to go to the ladies room", Jaclyn
blurted out, desperate to get out of this awkward situation. They complied
with her request, obviously thinking the same thing. She ran out the door
with no intention of returning. They didn't want her there, she wanted to
be alone...so she would grant their unspoken wishes.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Where did she go?" Mamoru voiced, some many minutes later. The others at
the table all shook their head. "Usako, how do you know her?" he asked.
Usagi looked up from her shake, "She is my cousin from France. She is
staying with us while her parents are out of the country." "So that means
that she doesn't know her way around the city," Mamoru stated, "and she
is out there ALONE??" Everyone around the table nodded. "Lets go find
her before someone or something else does."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I am all alone yet again, nowhere to go. She looked up, "I think this is
the way back to the house, I wanna see if there is a way to get home
from there. I WANNA GO HOME!!"
"I can take you home", a strange voice behind her stated. She turned
around. Standing there was the ugliest looking thing in the world, about
7 feet tall and brownish green. It had the look of the Jolly Green Giant
from America...but it wasn't smiling. "Just close your eyes and all will be
well again."
Jaclyn jumped out of the way just in time to avoid a shot of goo. It hit
the wall behind her and the wall slowly dissipated. "ACK", Jaclyn cried,
she fled not knowing where to go, where to hide. "HELP!" she called.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!"
"STOP THIS ACT OF TERROR!" a voice called from the distance.
"When you attack civilians that is unforgivable, but when you attack
family that is punishable by dusting." The shadowy figure jumped down
from the shadows and struck a pose. "I am Sailor Moon and on behalf
of the Moon...I will punish you!" Four other figures all jumped to her side.
A rainbow of colors stood before her, red, blue, green, orange, and Sailor
Moon's Reddish Pink. Jaclyn knew that they would help her, and be her
heroes.
The costumed girls jumped out of the way as the monster shot some
gooey goo at them.
"I am Sailor Mars", the one in red shouted, "and on behalf of the planet
Mars, you are toasted! Mars Flame Shooter!" She held out her hands as
continuous blast of fire shot out of her finger tips towards the monster, but
he easily dodged it with his own sticky attack. Mars was left in shock.
The one in green stepped forward, "I am Sailor Jupiter, and on behalf of
the planet Jupiter, I will fry you! OAK EVOLUTION!" Lightning came
out of midair and flew towards the monster, but he jumped out of the way
and avoided that attack also.
The one in blue came next. "I am Sailor Mercury, and in the name of
Mercury, you are frozen! Aqua Rhapsody!" Playing a harp, a blast of
ice shot out towards the monster. It hit him, but in a flash the ice
disappeared and they were left with the monster again, unharmed.
"Nothing is hurting him!!" Mercury cried.
The girl in orange stepped up. "So you wanna mess with my friends,
you have to mess with me! I am Sailor Venus! Sailor Of Love and
Beauty! And in the Name of Venus, you are all washed up pal! VENUS
LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!!!" With a kiss off of her hand, a chain
of hearts flew out and wrapped around the monster, squishing him. "NOW
SAILOR MOON! Before he gets out!!" Sailor Moon stepped up and
pulled out her wand. "MOON...", before she could even swish her
wand...the monster broke free and shot a blast of goo right at Sailor
Moon who wasn't expecting it. Before anyone could blink, Sailor
Moon was on the ground, covered in goo and crying. The four girls
ran to their fallen comrade.
'That stuff had to hurt.' Jaclyn thought.
A hidden figure till now, jumped down from the trees. "Princess...my
Usako....darling...", he ran to her side. "Senshi, continue to fight.
Mothering Usako can't help you too much right now."
Jaclyn just stood there in confusion. Usako? Princess? Was Sailor Moon
Usagi? She looked at the other senshi. The hair coloring made sense.
So then the mysterious figure must be Mamoru. 'My, my, he looked
good in a tux', she thought.
Attack after attack the monster threw at the girls, and they threw
attack after attack at the monster. Nothing seemed to stop it. While
the battle raged on Mamoru tried unsuccessfully to free Sailor Moon
from the pile of goo that surrounded her. Not sure of what to do
herself, Jaclyn too went over to where Mamoru knelt and tried to help
free Usagi. 'Please, please, let us get her out!' she prayed.
Silently, the four girls focused all their energy at Usagi. One thought,
one dream. Usagi's freedom. Suddenly, a bright light shown through
the goo that held Sailor Moon captive, and the goo slowly dissipated.
Left was a very tired Usagi with a locket shining brightly at her breast.
As Sailor Moon stood up her senshi fuku turned from the reds and the
blues into a pure snow bird white, a long flowing dress with gold and
silver shards. Suddenly before them stood, not Sailor Moon anymore,
but the princess of the moon.
"Princess, no!"
"Princess...not the Crystal!"
"Does anyone think this is all familiar?"
"Serenity!"
"Princess!"
'Princess? So Usagi was a princess?' Jaclyn shook her head, this
was just one weird occurrence after another. 'So, did this mean
that Mamoru was a prince? she was guessing that he was.'
Jaclyn watched intently as the princess raised her locket and
it changed into a pretty flower crystal. 'What is that?' Jaclyn
thought.
"That is the Silver Imperium Crystal." Jaclyn looked around.
'Where was that voice comingfrom? She looked up and around
but didn't see anyone. "Close your eyes and you will seeall that
I want to show you my dear..." Jaclyn closed her eyes hoping
to get some of the answers that she had been looking for. She
had a lot of questions. "Open your eyes."
Jaclyn opened her eyes and she was in a world that was
unreal, something that she would have seen in a dream.
"Welcome to my Kingdom" Jaclyn turned around and saw
a goddess in silver, slender and tall, a beauty to rival that of
Venus. She instinctively bowed, not knowing what else to do,
or say.
"I bet you are wondering why you are here, in this world, in
this dimension. I will tell you, but first I must tell you the story
of the Moon Kingdom and the Silver Millennium, the hardships
of lost love, and the heart ache of lost souls. When I am done
you will understand, and hopefully so will others."
Jaclyn looked at the woman in silver. "Who are you?"
The women smiled. "My name is Queen Serenity, and I am
here to tell you my tale" With a swish of her hand, people
appeared, many people that looked happy, without a care in
the world. "They can't see you or hear you, you need not be
cautious."
"A thousand years ago our Moon held a Glorious Kingdom,
we call that time the 'Silver Millenium'. All the planets,
except one, lived together in peace. The Earth was not a happy
place and did not like the moon and their powers of life and
beauty. Though there was one person who would live on the
moon if he could." She motioned Jaclyn to move over towards
the balcony and to look over. There was Mamoru, all decked
out in uniform...ready for battle. "For you see, Prince Endymion
was in love with our Princess Serenity. But there were people
from earth that were not content with the moon ruling all of
the planets. One woman in particular, Queen Beryl raised a
revolt..." For hours the good queen continued her tale of that
time. In horrifying detail Jaclyn watched the downfall of the
kingdom, the death of the Prince, and the sacrifice of the
Princess. All brought tears to her eyes.
"Why did this have to happen?" Jaclyn cried, awash in tears.
"There is a lot more to the story if you are willing to listen."
the queen said. Jaclyn nodded. The Queen took her hand
and they were off, back into present time. For what seemed
like days, weeks, months, they went through Usagi's life,
Usagi's hardships. They went through the breakups, the
heartaches, the fights, the love. Jaclyn couldn't control her
tears. And she thought Usagi was an airhead? ...but in
actuality all she had tried to do was enjoy a little of
her life while continuously having to battle to save the world.
"So what happens to Usagi? Does she go to the future and
become the Queen? Does Chibi-Usa really get born?"
The Queen smiled at Jaclyn. "That my dear is still unknown.
Even I don't have the power to know what is definitely going
to happen.
With a flick of her hand they were back in the park and
Usagi, with her crystal, was battling the monster. "I am
very proud of my daughter. She is everything that I could
have hoped for, and more. There is a reason that I brought
you here." the queen said to Jaclyn."This time, this place, is
real if people believe. Make the people believe."
Jaclyn gave the Queen a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"For us to be here, and to fight, we need the thoughts and
the dreams of people. Without it, we don't exist. Make
them believe, make them fight for our cause." The Queen
started to fade away.
"WAIT!!! HOW DO I DO THAT!!! DON"T LEAVE
ME!!! DON"T LEAVE ME!!!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"don't....leave....me.....don't....leave......me......" She woke up with a
start. A dream...it was all a dream....or was it??
She looked at the clock. It was 9:30am. Quickly, she
jumped out of bed and threw on her suit. Grabbing her
briefcase she ran out the door. Not only didn't she have
her project done, but she was going to be late, also.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"You're late!"
She ran into the office out of breath. It was only 10:10am,
but enough time had passed thatthey had grown restless.
"Gomen", she apologized.
"So, what have you for us today?"
She caught her breath. What did she have? She looked
at all the faces that were in the room, all cold and heartless.
"Make them believe" she heard in her head. Suddenly she
smiled. So this is what 'she' meant.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to tell you a story about a place called
the Moon Kingdom..."
For hours she went on about the Moon Kingdom, it's people
and the senshi, theirhardships and heartaches until all the
people in the room were captivated. After she had promised
to bring them sketches the next day, the president of the
company came over and shook her hand.
"Naoko Takeuchi, I think you may have a hit on your hands."
...and she did.
~!~
The end.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Wow, that felt good to finish. I have been working on this
for a week straight. Why I made this all one part I don't know,
but I hope that I am improving on my writing after all of
this time. So what did you think of the ending??? Did you guess it???
What do you think?
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