n the Beginning

Written by: Lil_Rabitt

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own this, etc.

The hot sun poured over their bodies. They lay in their chairs on the beach. Their eyes shut to conceal the fiery sun from their eyes. Usagi let the warm air tickle her slender body. Her four friends lay beside her in their own chairs.

It felt great to relax under warm sun, the waves shoving the burning sand back-and-forth. Usagi sighed heavily. The stress of her and Mamoru's recent "break" was taking it's toll on the future queen. What caused this "break" Usagi had no idea. Mamoru gave the usual it's not you, it's me speech and broke up with her a week ago. "I will never be close to a boy again." She thought aloud.

"Never say never Usagi. There will be others." Rei said.

"Shut up, Rei!" Usagi shouted expelling her anguish to Rei.

The others turned shocked. Never before had they seen Usagi this angry. Her eyes were narrowed with malice and her fingered tightened into a fist. "You're just saying that because you're going to scoop him up. You've always wanted him for yourself. How many times did you dream about him screwing you behind my back?" Usagi snapped.

Rei was speechless at Usagi's words. True she always had a major crush on Mamoru but she would never cross the line with him. The beach turned to view the scene of the arguing girls.

Embarassed and angry, Usagi stomped across the sand to the parking lot. Her eyes watered, she knew she was wrong for snapping on Rei like that. She needed an outlet and her rival seemed to be the best thing to target. She sniffled her tears beginning to leak. She wished Mamoru were with her and the thought of being with another hurt. It seemed like the worst idea in the world until a calm voice called, "You okay?"

Usagi whirled around. A young man with long silver, no, not silver his hair was shinier, platinum, maybe, stood behind her. His eyes were breathtaking; they were sapphire blue with two jet- black swirls circling his pupil.

Usagi wiped her tears, "Yeah." She straightened up. It was eerie but Usagi could swear she could see a platinum aura around his chiseled body. She had no idea of who he was but one thing was certain he was hot. "I'm Us-"

"Usagi." He answered for her.

"How did you know my name?" Usagi asked. She had never met him before but somehow he seemed to look familiar to her.

"Have we met? You look so familiar." She asked.

"… No. I think I'd remember." He said pulling his long hair back into a ponytail. Usagi stared at his hair; it was shiny and nearly perfect except a single strand of pink hair. "Did you dye you hair that color?" She asked. He gazed into her cerulean eyes. "My hair's been like this my entire life." He answered, stroking the pink strand.

" I haven't seen you around here before. Did you just move here?" She asked. Usagi had forgotten about Mamoru and Rei altogether just by talking to this guy. "What's your name?" Usagi finally asked.

"… Leo." He answered.

"So are you here with some friends?" She asked.

"…I'm waiting for them." He said crossing his arms and leaning against the platinum colored sports car. He seemed so cool to Usagi. His calm voice, his eyes, body and hair all impressed her. "… They're finally here." Leo said suddenly backing off the car and dropping his arms. A daisy yellow sports car rolled up behind Usagi. The driver and passenger she quickly recognized. The aqua blue hair and pretty face belonged to Michiru. The short sand blonde hair and navy blue eyes belonged to Haruka.

"Usagi?" Haruka gasped. Shocked to see the moon princess with Leo.

"I see you've met Leo." Michiru said climbing out of the vehicle.

"You guy's know each other? Usagi gasped.

"… We go back to rocks and dirt." Leo said, greeting Michiru with a hug.

" It's been to long." Michiru sighed in his embrace.

"… Agreed." He said pulling away from her.

Haruka stepped out of the car and pulled Leo into a hug. "You should've come with us. I've missed you so much." She said.

Leo slowly raised his hand to her spine. A soft smile split across his handsome face.

Haruka stared into his hybrid eyes. She shut hers leaning, leaning forward ready to feel his lips. Leo's eyes shut, he appeared to be ready to receive her kiss when both their lips collided with marine blue hair.

"Déjà vu." Michiru giggled, apparently not offended by the two's affections for each other.

"… Yeah, sorry." Leo said calmly, not sounding sorry at all.

"No, it was my fault. I shouldn't have." Haruka grunted.

"It's okay. I understand." Michiru assured them.

"Wow." A loud sigh raked the ears of the friends.

Usagi turned to see Rei, Ami, Makoto, and Minako gawking at Leo.

"… Ready?" Leo asked, ignoring his new fan club.

"Yeah." The two lovers nodded.

Haruka and Michiru climbed back into the yellow convertible. Leo touched the door of the platinum colored car. The door slid into the sky. He climbed inside the car. The engines roared before both cars rolled down the road.

"I don't where he came from but I'd like to visit." Minako moaned her eyes fixed on the spot where he stood.

" He looks nothing like my old boyfriends but he can be my new one." Lita gawked.

"What kind of car is that?" Rei sighed.

"Ferrari." Ami said. "They're French and very expensive. Either he's rich or he's been saving a long time."

"Weird." Usagi gasped.

The wind raked the emerald green glass. The warm sun was hidden beneath the pearl white clouds. Three figures were invisible as they lay in the soft grass.

"How was France?" Haruka asked, sitting up and turning her eyes to Leo.

They all were silent. Leo stared at the sun that peaked from behind the clouds, raining its warmth all over the three. The bright star didn't stagger his eyes. Looking at the sun was as easy as looking at a woman for him. The sun hid behind the clouds again. Leo shut his eyes softly. Turning to meet Haruka's navy blue eyes. "… It would have been better if you two came with me." He sighed.

"I wish I would have now. I'm sorry about what happened?" Michiru said turning to the timid Leo.

"It's okay." He said dully, sitting up. "I've moved on." Leo said standing, letting the wind carry his hair in its quick embrace.

"You seem… shyer." Michiru said.

"Really?" He asked in his low calm voice.

"You seem the same to me. You never said much anyway." Haruka smiled.

"Really. You seem shyer than the last time we met." Michiru said slyly, walking to his side. She placed her hand on his shoulder, spreading uprooted grass all over his long pearl white jacket.

"She has a point. You weren't shy about what we did." Haruka chuckled.

"Je l'ai apprécié." Leo said, smiling softly.

"What?" Haruka and Michiru both said.

"French for: I enjoyed it." Leo said his smile quickly fading.

The three stood together at the top of the hill. Staring down at Tokyo.

"You two still together?" Haruka asked Leo.

"Yeah. I barely see her." Leo said voice calm.

"Is it hard." Michiru asked.

"No. She told me everything. I understand." Leo said.

"Setsuna's a great girl. Don't screw up." Haruka said sharply.

Leo nodded, turning his back on the neon city. Leo stepped away from the couple. "I have to go."

"Where you staying?" Michiru asked watching him tread to his car.

"My dad's place. Hey." He said suddenly not so shy.

"Who was that girl at the beach?" Leo asked. He felt forced to ask this, as if, a gun was pointed to his brain.

"Which one? They all seemed to like you." Michiru giggled sofly.

Leo thought for a moment, trying to tempt his memory back to him. "… The blonde with the meatball head."

"Oh…didn't you read her?" Haruka asked trying to see the point to his question.

"Yeah. I just think…nothing, it doesn't matter." Leo sighed, climbing into the auto- mobile. The engine screamed, as did Haruka. "Leo!" Haruka ran next to the driver's seat; grabbing the window. Leo turned looking into her eyes.

("There's more to this than he's letting on") Haruka's mind said to Leo.

"Ruka its nothing." Leo lied eager to track down Usagi.

Haruka sighed heavily, realizing she couldn't milk any truth out of Leo at the moment. "Call me when you get home."

Leo nodded. Haruka relinquished her grip on the window and watched the Ferrari roll down the hill. Haruka sighed again. She didn't feel letting Leo go was the right thing to do. Usagi and her peanut gallery weren't the best people to hang around. Youma and monster's seem to be instantly attack friends of the senshi and she didn't want her "Leo" being one of them. "Think I did the right thing?" Haruka asked Michiru.

"You know Leo, his mind's made up he's going to find her no matter what we do." Michiru smiled, tangling her palm into Haruka's. Haruka didn't smile she feared for him. He was, well, him to her and the thought of losing him hurt her more than any bullet ever would.

A spectrum of colors shined through Juuban Park. Usagi had transformed into Sailor Moon, Champion of Justice. Her daily patrol of Tokyo was boring. She strolled down the road her eyes peeled for youma.

A sudden rush surged through Leo. A rush so strong he nearly wrapped the hood of his car around a nearby flagpole. His adrenaline did jumping jacks as he panted to catch his breath. He had followed his instincts here to Tokyo. This rush came nearly every day for the past three years. The brakes screamed as the car slid to a stop. Leo panted, gasping for air. The rush continued to throb in him. It was steady, following a rhythm.

"Moon Tiara Magic!" Usagi yelled sending the burning object into a youma. The creature gasped quickly as the accessory ripped through it, slicing it in half.

"Good job, Usagi." Luna said as Usagi sat in the deserted park.

"Yeah. Whatever." Usagi scoffed.

"What's wrong, Usagi?"

"That monster was nothing. I'd beat it with my brain tied behind my back."

"So you want a stronger opponent?"

"Yeah." Usagi lied. Her thoughts burrowed into her memory of the man with hybrid eyes. Usagi checked her surroundings for anything; whether it a human or animal. Seeing nothing, she raised her broach to the sky. In a flash of blinding silver light, Sailor Moon was replaced with the perky Usagi Tsukino.

The rush slowed to a stop. Leo's lips were parted, tempting oxygen inside his lungs. What was this sensation? He wondered as he shifted the car back into gear. He had to find the meatball headed blonde. The feeling pounded in him, hungry to be let out. It severed the ropes that bound it the closer it got to her for some reason. Leo yearned to know why. Hungry for answers, he crushed the accelerator. Using the dormant feeling as a type of radar to locate her.

The pale orb in the sky lit up the streets of Tokyo this night as a teenage girl and her cat headed for home. The orange lights illuminated the gloomy road. Usagi's silence intrigued Luna. "What's really wrong Usagi?" Luna asked.

"Nothing?" Usagi lied again. Why wouldn't Luna leave her alone? She had done nothing wrong but Luna insisted on pestering Usagi with the same question constantly. Ahead of the pissed off Usagi and the curious Luna were a group of guys. There appeared to be at least twenty of them. They stopped dead at the sight of Usagi all alone with a broach made of pure gold and rubies. "That'll make a pretty penny." One sneered to the others. The guys dashed after Usagi who quickly turned and ran. She wanted to transform to defend herself but didn't want to reveal her identity. She ran as fast as she could but the faster crooks tripped her onto the pavement. One goon clutched the broach yanking it to free it from its owner. Luna leapt on the goon sinking her teeth into his arm. The crook yelled in pain before slapping the dark kitten to the pavement. Usagi slammed her foot into the goon's belly.

Angered by the girl's counterattack he slapped her and yanked the broach free. The goons dashed away leaving the girl and her kitten. "Give it BACK!" Usagi yelled after them. A car rolled down the road, turning to block the goon's path. The goon's removed knives and guns from their pockets ready to punish the culprit. The driver's door slid skyward allowing a tall man with platinum colored hair and hybrid eyes an exit. He stepped to the thieves not a trace of fear in his eerie eyes.

No words were exchanged. The goon's pointed they're pistols at him. They emptied every ounce of lead in they're weapons. Shattering glass was the only sound heard as Usagi observed the scene.

"Where'd he go?" One grunted.

The intruder had vanished. The victim to the gunfire was the silver Ferrari. The platinum haired mercenary punched a goon sending him through the display of a beauty shop. The goon's dog piled him, attacking the mercenary. Usagi's body shivered as a wave of powerful energy erupted blasting the goon's in every direction. The broached tumbled to the ground with a soft clunk. Leo scooped up the broach. Walking to the meatball head, his handsome face scarred with cuts which blood oozed from.

"Are you okay? I'll call a doctor." Usagi said pulling a cell phone from her purse.

Leo snatched the phone from her, "No need." He sighed.

Usagi looked at him, the cuts that tainted his face slowly faded. "What the-?" Usagi gasped. "Thank you." Usagi gasped. Leo stared into her mind.

(Wow. Maybe he supports the kingdom. Like Mamoru.)

Anguish sailed into Usagi at the thought of Mamoru. She had yet to move on but this guy made it easier. "You need a ride home?" Leo asked scooping up the black cat. Platinum light doused the cat's body. Luna blinked hopping onto Usagi's shoulder, away from the stranger. Leo walked to his car placing his hand onto the wounded automobile. The bullet holes faded into a crisp Ferrari. Usagi climbed into the passenger seat. Leo slipped inside and doors feel. The car rolled down the road.