The story that will probably never end...
That's right kiddies. As you are reading this I am working on part V of this series.
Haruka: You don't know when to quit.
Nope. Which is good news for the readers and bad news for me and Elphie Muse.
Elphie Muse:looking frazzled: So...much...words...
That didn't even make sense. But who cares. On with the fic I say!
Everyone (sans Elphie Muse): HUZZAH!
As per usual, all original Sailor Moon characters, related names, etc, belong to the real creator, which isn't me. I did, however, create the characters you do not recognize (Kaijin, Suiren, Kira, Sky/Kaze, Kori, Reno, Kikan, and all other characters you don't recognize from the original Sailor Moon works). So don't steal them. If you want to use them, ask permission. I might just be nice and agree.
Also, some parts of this fic (IE: something that Kai gets in a near chapter) was blatantly taken from Onimusha: Warlords, which makes it not mine. I did twist it a little so it's more original. Thought you guys should know so I don't get sued or anything...or attacked by lightsabers for stealing that scene in the near final chapter of the last story...lightsabers hurt...
Haruka: Thank you Captain Obvious.
Continuing on with the series now as I type on my keyboard...
Haruka: -.-()
Kaioh Michiru finished setting the table and looked at the clock. She sighed as Haruka came into the kitchen. The blonde frowned upon seeing the look on Michiru's face and wrapped her arms around the smaller woman's waist.
"Koi, what's wrong?" Haruka asked. (Love)
"Kai's late again," Michiru said.
"That doesn't mean anything," Haruka said. "He could be late for any number of reasons." The doorbell rang and Haruka grinned. "See? That's probably him and he most likely forgot his keys."
The two Senshi walked to the door and opened it. A rough looking blonde haired teenage boy stood between two police officers. Michiru walked away and Haruka sighed wearily. She rubbed her forehead.
"What's he done now?" Haruka asked.
"We caught him assaulting another man. We're still gathering statements, but it seems that the man your son was assaulting was attacking a woman," one of the officers said in reply.
"So he didn't do anything wrong," Haruka said.
"Unfortunately we found unpaid for store merchandise on his person," the other officer said. "Everything was returned so the stores won't press charges."
Haruka grabbed the arm of the teen and pulled him inside. "Thank you."
"Enjoy the rest of your evening," the first officer said.
"Yeah right," Haruka muttered. She closed the door and turned as the boy slumped down on the couch. He wore a thick leather jacket, chains dangling from the shoulders. Zippers decorated the sleeves near the cuffs. He wore a black shirt under the black jacket, silver chains hanging around his neck. Several silver hoop earrings dangled from his ears, more in the left than the right. He wore a pair of faded blue jeans, a chain dangling from his left front pocket to the back left pocket. A few silver rings rested on his fingers of both hands.
He folded his arms over his chest and watched as Michiru walked back into the room. "What did he do?"
"He managed to save a woman from being attacked," Haruka said.
"That's good…"
"After he shoplifted. Again," Haruka finished coldly.
Michiru reined in her anger. "Kaijin, why are you doing these kinds of things? We raised you better than this."
Kai remained silent, an uncaring look on his face. "Answer your mother Kai," Haruka ordered.
"Why bother? You're just gonna ground me again," he muttered, tossing his shaggy blonde hair out of his eyes.
"Kai, you are sixteen years old. When someone presses charges against you, you'll be sent to prison. Do you want that?" Michiru asked.
"Why do you two care? You're more concerned with your god damn careers and training Suiren to be a Senshi," he snapped, rising to his feet. He stormed to the stairs.
"Don't turn your back on us Kaijin!" Haruka snapped.
"You've turned your back on me!" he shot back, glaring at them.
"Kai, it's time for dinner in any case," Michiru said.
"Not hungry," he muttered, stomping up the steps.
"Kai. Get in the kitchen and sit down now," Haruka growled.
"Make me," he returned and finished walking up the steps. The two Senshi heard his door slam shut and Michiru collapsed onto the couch, holding her head in her hands.
"What did we do wrong?" Michiru asked.
"I don't know," Haruka sighed, sitting next to Michiru. They looked up as Hikari walked in. "More good news?" the blonde asked in a monotone voice.
"Still no activity concerning that dark force. I'm starting to think that it was defeated a few years after I told you guys about it," Hikari said. "Because there haven't been any new reports on it in the last ten years."
"At least that's some good news," Michiru said with a sigh.
Hikari frowned. "What happened?" she asked. The sound of an electric guitar met their ears.
"One guess," Haruka said.
"He's still causing problems?" Hikari asked.
"Yeah," Haruka confirmed.
"We've tried everything but nothing is working," Michiru added.
Hikari looked thoughtful for a moment. "I have an idea. You may not like it but it's worth a shot."
"We'll try it, whatever it is," Michiru said, Haruka nodding in agreement.
Hikari nodded. "All right. Here's what I propose…"
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Kaijin watched the scenery whiz past him as he stared dejectedly out of the window of Hikari's car. She had taken him from Japan and to the frigid land of Siberia. He huddled down in his thick winter coat.
"I don't even know why I'm out here," he grumbled. "Probably just another way for my parents to get rid of me."
"Get rid of you? Kai, they can barely handle you," Hikari replied. "You steal, you lie, you get into fights…they're worried about the path you're on. And so are the rest of us," she said.
"You people only care about Senshi and Guardians," he returned.
"Do you really think that?" Hikari asked.
"I know it," he returned.
"Kai, your parents love you," the half-vampire began.
"Yeah…right," he muttered, putting a pair of headphones on.
Hikari let out a slow breath. She shook her head and focused on the icy road. Her eyes scanned the road and widened. She slammed on the brakes, desperately trying to maintain control over the SUV. The tires tried to grab the road but they found only ice. Hikari spun the wheel and swerved to miss the fallen tree but overcompensated.
The SUV went flying in the air and flew off the cliff road. Hikari wasted no time in grabbing Kai and a duffel bag before leaping out of the falling vehicle. Hikari used her vampire strength and agility to grab onto trees and help Kai and herself avoid serious injury. They landed in a heap at the bottom of the snowy ravine, both shocked to be not only alive, but also mostly unharmed.
"You all right Kai?" Hikari asked.
"Just peachy," he grumbled, pulling his coat tighter around his muscular frame. "Can we please call for help?"
"The phone was in the truck," Hikari said. "We have to get to a village to call for help," she informed him.
"Chikusoume!" he cursed, slamming his fist into a tree. (SOB)
Hikari sighed, having enough of his attitude. She spun him around and slugged him across the face, not holding back entirely. He fell in the snow, stunned at what she had done. "I've had enough of your attitude Kaijin!" she snapped. "You're parents may put up with it but I won't! While we're out here I'm in charge and you'll do as I say, understood?"
"You're not the boss of me," he snarled, wiping blood from his lip.
"Then feel free to wander around alone," she returned. "But it gets very cold very fast here. And all you have are the clothes on your back."
"You'll freeze too," he returned.
"I'm not exactly human Kai," she replied. He frowned and realization dawned on Hikari. "They never told you," she stated more than asked.
"Told me what?" he demanded.
"I'll tell you once we find shelter," she returned, easily hefting the fifty-plus pound bag on her shoulder. He sighed and got up, trailing after her through the snow.
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Several hours later Kai looked up at the darkening sky. He was beginning to lose feeling in his legs and knew that he had to stop even though it looked like Hikari still wanted to keep going.
Kai was determined to keep up. He doggedly plowed on after Hikari until he tripped over a hidden root and fell into the snow. He lay there, trying to get up but his limbs wouldn't listen. He closed his eyes, truly afraid for the first time in his life.
Hikari looked back just as Kai fell. She waited a few moments to see if he would get back up. When he didn't she rushed over to his side. She carefully rolled him onto his back and felt just how cold he was. She listened carefully and faintly heard his heart beating, but it was beginning to slow down.
"Damn it…" she cursed at herself. She pulled the semi-conscious teen on her shoulders in a fireman's carry and plowed through the snow. After walking for nearly an hour, she finally spotted a cave near the base of a cliff. She changed directions and hurried over to it.
She carefully set Kai down and saw that he was shaking uncontrollably. She ran back out into the snow and gathered several branches. She ran back inside the cave and swiftly started a fire. She then rooted through the duffel bag and pulled out several thick blankets. She placed them on Kai and pulled him close to the fire.
"I…I'm…so…sorry…" Kai whispered, his teeth chattering together.
"Hold on Kai. Please," Hikari said. "I'm sorry I took you out here. I just…I don't know…I wanted to let you get away from everything for a while…to relax." She bowed her head. "Don't die. Your parents do love you. So does everyone else." She smiled. "And I did promise to tell you once we got shelter." She began telling Kai of her vampire half and what she had done while being Ketsuki.
Kaijin listened, his trembling slowly subsiding. Hikari kept the fire hot and made sure that Kai remained warm. She carefully listened and heard his heart beating more regularly once more. She sighed in relief and leaned against the cave wall.
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Kai yawned and opened his eyes, slightly confused as to why he was lying on stone in a strange cave. He slowly sat up, groaning as he did so. He stretched and winced as he did so. He rubbed the back of his neck right as his stomach growled.
"Nice to see you awake," Hikari said.
"How long was I out?" he asked.
"Two days," she said. "I was starting to worry that you might not come out of it."
He accepted the food she handed to him and slowly ate it. "Did I say anything weird when I was out?"
"I heard you talking about orbs or something, but nothing decipherable," Hikari replied, stoking the fire. Kai nodded, taking a drink of water. "Why? If you don't mind my asking," she said.
He shrugged. "I don't know. I just…had these really weird dreams or visions."
"What were they about?"
"In one I saw three different colored orbs behind three different types of weapons. This weird voice was saying something like 'These will be used to defeat the darkness' or something like that," he said, staring into the fire.
"Anything else?" Hikari prompted.
"In the other dreams I saw nothing but pain, death, and suffering. And…and…" his voice grew thick with emotion. "The Senshi and Guardians were impaled on spikes and this black figure was laughing."
"All the Senshi?" Hikari asked.
"All but two," he replied. "Uranus and Neptune…they…they had been… butchered…deformed…" he whispered.
Hikari was shocked, not by Kai still caring for his parents, but at how he had seen them die. She rested a hand on his shoulder. "It was just a dream," she said.
"It felt real Hikari. I could hear my parents screaming…" he said softly. He looked her in the eye and she saw determination and regret in his sea blue gaze. "I've treated them like dirt. I don't care if they do pay more attention to Suiren than me. I have to help them."
Hikari frowned. "What makes you think they pay more attention to your sister than you?" she inquired.
"Ever since Suiren became Sailor Tempest, she's been their main focus. And I understand the need for it, I do," he said, "but they could still pay attention to me."
"Have you told them this?"
"No," he said. "They don't give me time to." He let out a humorless laugh. "They don't even know that the school is letting me skip two grades and that I've been accepted to a college already."
"Does anyone know?" she asked.
"Sky and Ami do," he replied.
"Kai, I know things have been tense at your place. But Haruka and Michiru care about you. You need to sit down and talk with them about all this. I know what it's like to not grow up with parents. Give them a benefit of a doubt."
The teenager nodded. "Deal, only if we can stay on vacation for a few more days," he said.
Hikari smiled. "Seems reasonable. Just no overdoing it. Your father'll kill me if you do," she said. Kai grinned and nodded in agreement.
I know, a little short but the rest of the chapters are about five pages in length on Word. And to clear up any confusion you might have, this story takes place about sixteen to seventeen years after Dark Senshi, about ten to eleven if you read the epilogue. Just a little FYI for you.
Now, be a good, nice, kind, loyal reader and send me a review. All non-flammable reviews are welcome. All flaming reviews will be attacked by Eternal Sailor Mercury and Eternal Sailor Neptune...if only because they have the water and ice attacks.
Haruka: I don't get to attack? I have wind!
:sniffs: You ain't kiddin'...
Haruka: That's not what I meant and you know it.
Seiya: I told her not to have the beans for lunch.
:watches as Haruka tackles Seiya and the two begin to fight: Any bets on who'll win? I got twenty bucks saying Haruka wins.
Usagi: Seiya'll win!
:looks at readers and reviewers: Well? Who do you say will win?