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A/N:: This means flashback /This means they're thinking/ ~*~*~*~This means another scene~*~*~*~
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It was springtime in Tokyo once again, and an idyllic scene spread out in the Shinto Temple. As usual, five girls were scattered about the grounds, each doing their own thing as two cats purred contentedly, enjoying the first bit of peace that they had had in a long time.
A certain odango atama was sitting underneath a cherry blossom tree, her expression joyful while her boyfriend, Mamoru sat next to her. No words were exchanged, but each could feel the other's presence, and for them, that was enough.
"Usagi!!" The blonde snapped to attention when she heard her name called. Irritated from being so suddenly jolted out of her dreamworld, she whipped her head around to find herself suddenly staring in the piercing violet eyes of one very angry Rei Hino.
"REI!! Can't you see I'm trying to spend some alone time with mamo-chan??" Usagi's lips formed a pout and Mamoru couldn't help but laugh. She was so kawaii everytime she was frustrated at something (which, with her track record, was often) and he gave her a gentle hug.
"I think Rei wants to talk to you" He smiled understandingly "I've got to go to go catch up on some work at the hospital anyway. I'll catch up with you later, ok?" He planted a small kiss on her forehead, which made her perk up instantly and waved to Usagi and the rest of the girls as he made his way to his car. Usagi stared longingly as the red sports car drove off, then turned back to Rei, who by now seemed to be throwing some sort of inner tantrum.
"USAGI!!" Rei screamed.
"I'M LISTENING" Usagi shot back.
"Finally" Rei rolled her eyes. It still stung a little whenever she saw Usagi and Mamoru together, but she had learned to move on. Still.she shook her head, coming back to her senses.
"Luna and Artemis called a meeting just now. Something about a time portal. Sailor Pluto.Setsuna?? I'm not too sure! Let's go now and find out. Rei dragged her friend up and they both made their way into her bedroom where the others were already waiting. Ami, the brains of the group, had already started punching in stats and data into her palmtop while the other two, Makato and Minako were busy discussing their idea of the perfect guy.
"TALL!!" Makoto exclaimed wistfully. Being taller than most girl, Makoto had always felt her height was a curse. Normally, she would stand at least half a head taller than the other guys her age, and it seemed almost impossible to find someone just right for her.
"Available." Minako sighed. It wasn't as if the Senshi of Love were ugly - in fact, she was quite the contrary. However, her beauty and charisma aside, her talent was more into getting others together than herself, and as much as she loved to see two people truly in love, she had always somehow wished for some of that happiness for herself.
"OK, ok! Enough with the small talk girls - this is serious business" A small white cat was sitting in the middle of the room now, his hands on what seemed to be his hips and he had an expression of kitty-anger.
"Oh Artemis" An even smaller black cat came up beside the first. "Let them be for a while. It IS spring and you know what they say about spring fever. It's only natural."
Artemis looked sceptical. He cleared his throat then started again,
"Girls - the reason why I - " He glanced over at Luna - "WE - called this meeting is that we've heard some disturbing news on the tv just last night. As you might have heard, top authorities believe that a sort of 'fourth dimension portal' has seemingly opened up in the middle of future Crystal Tokyo and already three people have gone missing because they accidentally walked into it. The origin and the location for this portal is unknown, but apparently it is in constant motion."
At this, Artemis paused. The girls stared at the cat in wide-eyed wonder. Then Luna continued,
"It is to mine and Artemis' belief that the most powerful senshi of all - Sailor Pluto - is up to something.and that this is no ordinary portal, but instead a time portal. But the only thing we don't really understand is - why?"
At this, Luna made an expression of complete bewilderment. Complete silence filled the room, broken only by the soft chirping of birds outside Rei's window.
"So.what's that got to do with us??" Makato inquired. "I mean, I understand that she IS a senshi.but she's so powerful! She must have her own agenda.I just don't think we should interfere with that. You never know what's she's up to.and I think we should just let her mind her own business and we should just mind our own"
The rest of the girls nodded in agreement. They had heard all about Setsuna, the mysteriously beautiful green-haired keeper of time and the magnitude of the power that she held. She was no ordinary senshi and she only appeared at the very brink of catastrophe - never out of the blue in the middle of nowhere as she was doing now.
"That's very true." Artemis started slowly.
"But we're still disturbed" Luna finished. "You're right - Setsuna never leaves her corridors for anything short of a catastrophe - and even then, she doesn't always appear. That's why I think we should look into this. Find out what she's up to and then decide where to go from there. There's no harm in just checking things out, right?"
The girls all looked at each other uneasily. The Senshi of Time was definitely one person they all didn't want to mess around with, but they knew the validity of the cats' concerns. They agreed that they would meet up tomorrow to check up on Crystal Tokyo's situation.
Suddenly, Usagi glanced at her watch and noticed that it was almost 6 - DINNER TIME!
"AIiiee!" The blonde screamed, "mom's gonna kill me if I'm not back home in time for dinner! I was already late for dinner yesterday and if I'm late again she won't let me meet with mamo-chan today!" The girls giggled in amusement as they watched their odango haired friend sprint out of the room at breakneck speed, with Luna hot on her heels.
"She certainly does run fast - I'll give her that." Minako chuckled as she scooped up her own white kitty and walked out of the room.
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"Urrrggh." Mamoru reached out a trembling hand to steady himself against a tree. He had been walking towards the hospital, walking a longer route through the park from where he had parked his car, when he had another flashback.
* "It's time" a voice murmered."What? I don't understand" a young Mamoru cast his wide innocent eyes towards a steadily growing bright light. "Where am I going??" he cried out. "To safety." A blur of motion surrounded him, suffocating him, entrapping him.*
Mamoru breathed heavily - the fifth flashback he had had in two weeks: did this mean something? He brushed away the thought.it couldn't be.It must be the stress. He had been working too much lately, barely having enough time to maintain a relationship with Usagi. He realized that he missed her terribly, and made a mental note to bring her a rose on their date tonight.
Shakily, he headed through the glass doors of the hospital, unaware of the eyes that followed his every movement.
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"Uagi!" Her mother scolded her as she ate as quickly as she could, "Slow down! You're going to choke!" The young girl grinned sheepishly, finished her dinner then asked to be excused. Her dad chuckled as he watched his daughter hastily prepare for her date tonight. He leaned over to his wife and remarked,
"That Mamoru sure is a lucky guy to have gotten a chance with our little bunny" He grinned. Usagi heard the moment and blushed. She had always felt that she was the lucky one! /No matter/ she thought. /I'm going to finally see him tonight! I can't wait!/ She made the final adjustments to the brooch that she always wore on her blouse and hurried out the door, waving goodbye to her family.
She had promised to meet Mamoru at the arcade - the place where their romance had all began. For the first time, possibly, in her entire life, Usagi found herself actually EARLY for their date. She smiled to herself - /won't Mamoru be surprised?/
She entered the arcade and found her friend, Motoki working their as usual. As he saw her walk in, he impulsively got out a tall glass and began to make a chocolate milkshake before she stopped him, saying,
"Don't Motoki - I've got a date tonight" Usagi smiled happily as her friend gave her a friendly wink. "With Mamoru? Lucky guy! Hope you guys have fun!" Motoki grinned - he had always imagined two of his close friends together, and now that they finally were - it was like he had made a match from Heaven!
Usagi smiled, then sat down at the stool and proceeded to have a light conversation with her friend. As the minutes ticked by, she began to get increasingly worried - Mamoru was never late! Every couple seconds, she glanced down at her watched, scanned the room and looked at the door hopefully, but was disappointed every time. Motoki sensed her distressed and tried to soothe her,
"it's okay Usa - he'll be here" He smiled encouragingly at her, but inside, he felt a pang of fear. He was never late. He had known Mamoru for almost five years, and his friend had only been late one. Even then, he had the consideration to call to tell him that he had been in a traffic jam.
At nine o'clock, Motoki closed the gates of the arcade and returned back to the stool where Usagi still sat, her hair hanging limply at her sides and her hands absently fiddling with the straw of a milkshake - the third that could be found on the table. Motoki gently tapped her on the shoulder,
"Usa? I have to close up now" he looked apologetically down at the crestfallen girl in front of him.
"I'm sure he has his reason for not showing up - maybe an emergency at the hospital or something. C'mon, I'll walk you home. It's getting dark."
He half dragged, half guided the now softly crying Usagi to her feet and they both walked solemenly in silence towards her house.
/I can't believe he stood me up/ Usagi thought with a sob /Oh Mamo- chan - what happened?/
When they reached her house, her father opened the door, and after a brief exchange, Motoki gave Usagi a friendly hug good-bye, reassured her that when he got the chance, he'd ask Mamoru about tonight, then walked back home. Mr. Tsukino caught his daughter just as she collapsed into his arms, sobbing her little heart out.
"Why dad?? What did I do wrong? Is there something wrong with me? Does he not love me anymore?" The sixteen year old wailed as all the emotions she had kept inside her came flooding out. Mr. Tsukino could do nothing but hold his daughter, silently cursing the day he actually thought Mamoru was a good man.
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DISCLAIMER:: I do not own sailormoon, any of the its characters, blah blah blah.I only read it ALL THE TIME and LOVE IT TO DEATH ^.~
A/N:: This means flashback /This means they're thinking/ ~*~*~*~This means another scene~*~*~*~
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It was springtime in Tokyo once again, and an idyllic scene spread out in the Shinto Temple. As usual, five girls were scattered about the grounds, each doing their own thing as two cats purred contentedly, enjoying the first bit of peace that they had had in a long time.
A certain odango atama was sitting underneath a cherry blossom tree, her expression joyful while her boyfriend, Mamoru sat next to her. No words were exchanged, but each could feel the other's presence, and for them, that was enough.
"Usagi!!" The blonde snapped to attention when she heard her name called. Irritated from being so suddenly jolted out of her dreamworld, she whipped her head around to find herself suddenly staring in the piercing violet eyes of one very angry Rei Hino.
"REI!! Can't you see I'm trying to spend some alone time with mamo-chan??" Usagi's lips formed a pout and Mamoru couldn't help but laugh. She was so kawaii everytime she was frustrated at something (which, with her track record, was often) and he gave her a gentle hug.
"I think Rei wants to talk to you" He smiled understandingly "I've got to go to go catch up on some work at the hospital anyway. I'll catch up with you later, ok?" He planted a small kiss on her forehead, which made her perk up instantly and waved to Usagi and the rest of the girls as he made his way to his car. Usagi stared longingly as the red sports car drove off, then turned back to Rei, who by now seemed to be throwing some sort of inner tantrum.
"USAGI!!" Rei screamed.
"I'M LISTENING" Usagi shot back.
"Finally" Rei rolled her eyes. It still stung a little whenever she saw Usagi and Mamoru together, but she had learned to move on. Still.she shook her head, coming back to her senses.
"Luna and Artemis called a meeting just now. Something about a time portal. Sailor Pluto.Setsuna?? I'm not too sure! Let's go now and find out. Rei dragged her friend up and they both made their way into her bedroom where the others were already waiting. Ami, the brains of the group, had already started punching in stats and data into her palmtop while the other two, Makato and Minako were busy discussing their idea of the perfect guy.
"TALL!!" Makoto exclaimed wistfully. Being taller than most girl, Makoto had always felt her height was a curse. Normally, she would stand at least half a head taller than the other guys her age, and it seemed almost impossible to find someone just right for her.
"Available." Minako sighed. It wasn't as if the Senshi of Love were ugly - in fact, she was quite the contrary. However, her beauty and charisma aside, her talent was more into getting others together than herself, and as much as she loved to see two people truly in love, she had always somehow wished for some of that happiness for herself.
"OK, ok! Enough with the small talk girls - this is serious business" A small white cat was sitting in the middle of the room now, his hands on what seemed to be his hips and he had an expression of kitty-anger.
"Oh Artemis" An even smaller black cat came up beside the first. "Let them be for a while. It IS spring and you know what they say about spring fever. It's only natural."
Artemis looked sceptical. He cleared his throat then started again,
"Girls - the reason why I - " He glanced over at Luna - "WE - called this meeting is that we've heard some disturbing news on the tv just last night. As you might have heard, top authorities believe that a sort of 'fourth dimension portal' has seemingly opened up in the middle of future Crystal Tokyo and already three people have gone missing because they accidentally walked into it. The origin and the location for this portal is unknown, but apparently it is in constant motion."
At this, Artemis paused. The girls stared at the cat in wide-eyed wonder. Then Luna continued,
"It is to mine and Artemis' belief that the most powerful senshi of all - Sailor Pluto - is up to something.and that this is no ordinary portal, but instead a time portal. But the only thing we don't really understand is - why?"
At this, Luna made an expression of complete bewilderment. Complete silence filled the room, broken only by the soft chirping of birds outside Rei's window.
"So.what's that got to do with us??" Makato inquired. "I mean, I understand that she IS a senshi.but she's so powerful! She must have her own agenda.I just don't think we should interfere with that. You never know what's she's up to.and I think we should just let her mind her own business and we should just mind our own"
The rest of the girls nodded in agreement. They had heard all about Setsuna, the mysteriously beautiful green-haired keeper of time and the magnitude of the power that she held. She was no ordinary senshi and she only appeared at the very brink of catastrophe - never out of the blue in the middle of nowhere as she was doing now.
"That's very true." Artemis started slowly.
"But we're still disturbed" Luna finished. "You're right - Setsuna never leaves her corridors for anything short of a catastrophe - and even then, she doesn't always appear. That's why I think we should look into this. Find out what she's up to and then decide where to go from there. There's no harm in just checking things out, right?"
The girls all looked at each other uneasily. The Senshi of Time was definitely one person they all didn't want to mess around with, but they knew the validity of the cats' concerns. They agreed that they would meet up tomorrow to check up on Crystal Tokyo's situation.
Suddenly, Usagi glanced at her watch and noticed that it was almost 6 - DINNER TIME!
"AIiiee!" The blonde screamed, "mom's gonna kill me if I'm not back home in time for dinner! I was already late for dinner yesterday and if I'm late again she won't let me meet with mamo-chan today!" The girls giggled in amusement as they watched their odango haired friend sprint out of the room at breakneck speed, with Luna hot on her heels.
"She certainly does run fast - I'll give her that." Minako chuckled as she scooped up her own white kitty and walked out of the room.
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"Urrrggh." Mamoru reached out a trembling hand to steady himself against a tree. He had been walking towards the hospital, walking a longer route through the park from where he had parked his car, when he had another flashback.
* "It's time" a voice murmered."What? I don't understand" a young Mamoru cast his wide innocent eyes towards a steadily growing bright light. "Where am I going??" he cried out. "To safety." A blur of motion surrounded him, suffocating him, entrapping him.*
Mamoru breathed heavily - the fifth flashback he had had in two weeks: did this mean something? He brushed away the thought.it couldn't be.It must be the stress. He had been working too much lately, barely having enough time to maintain a relationship with Usagi. He realized that he missed her terribly, and made a mental note to bring her a rose on their date tonight.
Shakily, he headed through the glass doors of the hospital, unaware of the eyes that followed his every movement.
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"Uagi!" Her mother scolded her as she ate as quickly as she could, "Slow down! You're going to choke!" The young girl grinned sheepishly, finished her dinner then asked to be excused. Her dad chuckled as he watched his daughter hastily prepare for her date tonight. He leaned over to his wife and remarked,
"That Mamoru sure is a lucky guy to have gotten a chance with our little bunny" He grinned. Usagi heard the moment and blushed. She had always felt that she was the lucky one! /No matter/ she thought. /I'm going to finally see him tonight! I can't wait!/ She made the final adjustments to the brooch that she always wore on her blouse and hurried out the door, waving goodbye to her family.
She had promised to meet Mamoru at the arcade - the place where their romance had all began. For the first time, possibly, in her entire life, Usagi found herself actually EARLY for their date. She smiled to herself - /won't Mamoru be surprised?/
She entered the arcade and found her friend, Motoki working their as usual. As he saw her walk in, he impulsively got out a tall glass and began to make a chocolate milkshake before she stopped him, saying,
"Don't Motoki - I've got a date tonight" Usagi smiled happily as her friend gave her a friendly wink. "With Mamoru? Lucky guy! Hope you guys have fun!" Motoki grinned - he had always imagined two of his close friends together, and now that they finally were - it was like he had made a match from Heaven!
Usagi smiled, then sat down at the stool and proceeded to have a light conversation with her friend. As the minutes ticked by, she began to get increasingly worried - Mamoru was never late! Every couple seconds, she glanced down at her watched, scanned the room and looked at the door hopefully, but was disappointed every time. Motoki sensed her distressed and tried to soothe her,
"it's okay Usa - he'll be here" He smiled encouragingly at her, but inside, he felt a pang of fear. He was never late. He had known Mamoru for almost five years, and his friend had only been late one. Even then, he had the consideration to call to tell him that he had been in a traffic jam.
At nine o'clock, Motoki closed the gates of the arcade and returned back to the stool where Usagi still sat, her hair hanging limply at her sides and her hands absently fiddling with the straw of a milkshake - the third that could be found on the table. Motoki gently tapped her on the shoulder,
"Usa? I have to close up now" he looked apologetically down at the crestfallen girl in front of him.
"I'm sure he has his reason for not showing up - maybe an emergency at the hospital or something. C'mon, I'll walk you home. It's getting dark."
He half dragged, half guided the now softly crying Usagi to her feet and they both walked solemenly in silence towards her house.
/I can't believe he stood me up/ Usagi thought with a sob /Oh Mamo- chan - what happened?/
When they reached her house, her father opened the door, and after a brief exchange, Motoki gave Usagi a friendly hug good-bye, reassured her that when he got the chance, he'd ask Mamoru about tonight, then walked back home. Mr. Tsukino caught his daughter just as she collapsed into his arms, sobbing her little heart out.
"Why dad?? What did I do wrong? Is there something wrong with me? Does he not love me anymore?" The sixteen year old wailed as all the emotions she had kept inside her came flooding out. Mr. Tsukino could do nothing but hold his daughter, silently cursing the day he actually thought Mamoru was a good man.
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