Loving Evil by Moonlight
Chapter One - Usagi's Music of the Night
--+--Night time sharpens
Heightens each sensation
Darkness awakes
thump!
Usagi, age 15, yawned loudly as she sat up in bed one Saturday night. She shot an annoyed look at her cat-shaped clock as it read 11:23 PM. What had woken her up from her sweet dreams?
thump!
Usagi's eyes widened and she threw her covers over her odangoed head. The last thing she needed right now was a youma attacking!
"Go away, please!" she whispered frantically, "Sailor Moon isn't here! And neither is that half-pint brat you're looking for!"
Apparently the rabbit's pleads had been answered as the sound stopped. The silence was deafening. Usagi sat up, pulling down her crescent moon blanket.
thump!
Where was that sound coming from? The roof?
And stirs imagination
Silently the senses
Abandon their defenses
Usagi pushed away the bad feeling she had and looked around her room. It sounded like...something...what though? Whatever it was, the sound was beautiful. And also, kind of sad. It was as if the wind was making it's own music.
She pushed the covers off, crawling over to her window she opened it, letting it swing open. She winced as the doors slammed against the outside walls. The sill was wide, about 4 inches or so. Wide enough for her to lean out and see just what was going on up there on her roof.
Usagi was not as brave as she seemed, and was hoping for it to be her cat Luna or...a harmless bird--an owl! Which wasn't very harmless, as the teen recalled reading about their talons and sharp beak and night-craving for mice and little rabbits...
"Oh, please don't be a ghost!" she wimpered somewhat pathetically as she twisted around, now sitting on the sill. She held onto the sides of the window tightly and leaned back a few inches. She looked up, seeing nothing. Yet. Usagi looked back into her room, eyeing her brooch. Maybe she should have it with her. Just in case...she glanced up again and attempted to scream.
A figure, dressed in black, was looking down at her, or so it seemed. She couldn't see a face. It swooped down - like an owl, and grabbed Usagi.
"Ah! Help!" she squealed as she felt herself being pulled up. Strong arms wrapped themselves around her, successfully keeping the blonde from wriggling out of it's grasp.
With a soft thump! Usagi was back on her feet. She now realized that she was on the roof. The...thing, was walking along the roof now, away from her.
Slowly, gently
Night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it; sense it,
Tremulous and tender
Usagi blinked, rubbing her eyes. The figure, silhouetted against the full moon, stopped, it's cape flowing in the wind.
Turn your face away
From the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light...
"Tuxedo Kamen?"
And listen to the music of the night...
'He's not...'
"Who are you...?" Usagi asked the mysterious figure. It turned it's head, though Usagi still could not make out a face.
"Mmm...well, I suppose we should get going Sailor Moon, there's no point in waiting for your friends to come." Usagi gasped, it knew?He knew? What was it--he? It had a very...nice voice. Almost seductive. Stronger than Mamoru's and not as deep...
"HEY YOU SCUM! GET AWAY FROM HER!"
Usagi looked down, seeing her friends the sailor senshi--Mars, Venus, and Tuxedo Kamen?
"What's going on? Kamen-sama!"
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" a firey arrow shot from the bow Mars now held. It looked as though contact would be perfect. At least until the figure leapt up, narrowly missing it. Of course, it had to land somewhere. It just so happened that that was behind Usagi.
"Eep!" Usagi squeaked as it's arms found their way around her once again.
Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before...
"Trust me..." she heard it--him, whisper. With that his cape covered her and all went black for a moment. Usagi felt herself lift off, she heard the cries of her love and friends. She knew that going back to them was not something she really wanted for that second. She wanted...freedom. Adventure...adventure that she couldn't get from being Sailor Moon.
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me...
Kamen leapt up and began running after the two. They had never seen a droid like this before! It had taken off just like that, it didn't even bother gloating as the others foolishly had. This one was smarter, faster, stronger. It also really wanted Sailor Moon.
"TUXEDO SMOKING BOMBER!"
"VENUS...LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
The figure twisted around, spiraling around, dodging the failed attacks. Tuxedo Kamen did not give up though, and he kept on running along the rooftops. Prince Diamond would never get his princess!
It reached one hand out to the side, a black ball of energy formed - white electricity surrounded it, the two senshi could sense it's power. The blast shot from his hand and hit the prince, effectively knocking him off of the roof of some newlywed's house.
"Usako!" he shouted, Mars and Venus came running up behind him. They saw him crying, not knowing what to do.
"USAKO!"
--+--
"I tried to be nice. But your friends wouldn't listen. I went to your silly boyfriend, and he said he wasn't going to let me have you." the figure said harshly to Usagi. She couldn't see a thing, the whole room was dark. They had landed just seconds before, and the...man was a bit upset.
"Why am I here? You're with the Black Moon family, aren't you!" Usagi cried. She was mad now, they had only made life harder for her, and were at fault for her having to fight again. Screw adventure!
"The Black Moon family? I'm insulted Princess. As if I would ever even let them revel in my presence!" the man scoffed.
'Great! I'm with a crazy--and powerful weirdo without my brooch! Well, Usagi girl, I guess you'll have to handle this one without Sailor Moon.' the Odangoed One thought.
The man smiled, and that smile showed something to Usagi. Something that assured her that Diamond wasn't involved and worrying about her grades wasn't going to happen.
You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night...
Afterall, usually when a vampire abducts someone, they usually die or become a vampire too. Getting away safely with your true love only happens in movies.
Usually.
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Notes:
This idea popped into my head one night after reading an R.L. Stine book and thinking of a Leslie Nielson movie. Hope you enjoy it, this chapter will be a little songfic-y, the others...I hope not. This shouldn't have anything to do with PotO either, I just thought the song worked with the chapter.
No, he wasn't singing. ) Even though I'm sure none of you would mind hearing him sing. In his Japanese or English seiyuu though? That english guy has a CD out, you know...can you figure out who this mysterious marauder is?
Ugh! This is just like PotO! That's not right! Oh well, maybe you'll like it anyway? It'll be kind of "Beauty and the Beast"-ish too! That's good. And this story - and FotM officially expel my hiatus! YAY!