Inspired by Oh God Not Again! On Harry Potter fanfiction forum.
So Sailor Galaxia has been defeated years and years ago, back when she was sixteen. One of the strongest senshi – also perhaps the oldest, defeated by the hands of 16 years old Usagi. A senshi slash former suicidal princess slash earth's great future ruler with three years of battle experience.
Won against a warrior who destroyed planets.
A bit strange.
But then again she's the holder of the strongest magical crystal.
Right now, Usagi is 21 years old, happily engaged with Mamoru, and is waiting for Chibiusa's birth in around two or three years.
That night, Usagi felt restless despite being overly exhausted from the exams and all those things coming up the corner. She had long since abandoned her lazy way of life and started to reveal her brilliant side of her brain gradually. Ami was impressed when Usagi even passed two semesters with fairly high score.
Having Sailor Pluto and Sailor Mercury had its benefits, it seemed.
Back to the matters at hand, Usagi was restless. She'd toss and turn, drank warm milk, toss and turn again, kicked her striped blue blanket (her lovely bunny blanket was sadly ripped to shreds due to some incidents) in frustration, meditates, counting sheep and any other activities best for sleeping but somehow her brain refused the request. It was almost as if screaming at her to stay awake and expect something to happen.
She was tempted to call Ami at this time, but judging from how giddy the blunette had been earlier this afternoon, Ami might not be available for the moment. Makoto wouldn't be available also, as she's the one who was occupying the genius. Usagi hoped Makoto wouldn't tire Ami out – she needed her to understand these math things and Ami was the only one whom capable enough to teach her, although she should admit herself she was getting good at understanding numbers.
After all it was her fault getting on Department of Astronomy. At first Rei guffawed at the idea, undoubtedly doubting her princess' capability to even do simple and basic math. She'd make the worst mistake on betting to treat Usagi on anything she wanted for a week if she got accepted to it. Long story short Rei was broke and Mamoru often questioned the new expensive outfits Usagi wore for their dates.
So Ami and Makoto were out of question. How about Minako? No, she'd probably snoring in her room right now – also exhausted from her daily schedules as rising idol. And Rei was also out of question. She won't be happy Usagi distracting her from her dream.
Strikes four.
Usagi sighed as she ruffled her blonde hair, her shoulders were slumped as she gazed on the shining moon up in the sky. Somehow… it looked dim.
A nostalgic feeling enveloped her as she shuddered. The moon had always been beautiful in her eyes, always basking Earth with its humble light from Sun.
Shuddering, now because of the cold air, she began to remember her first time on becoming Sailor Moon. The fight with Dark Kingdom was the second hardest for her, that's where her Inner Senshi died for the second time for her. First was when they were on Silver Millennium. The hardest was obviously the fight with Galaxia, and she wouldn't recall the memories.
Ever.
Usagi began to frown at the memory of them who had died. Nephrite, Saphir, Demande…
Just then, her sensor on her communicator went haywire. Last time it rang was two years ago, they fought a dragon-youma that nearly destroyed Juuban. Jupiter was the one who defeated it, she recalled fondly at the complete synchronization the Solar Senshi were performing. Perhaps it was the best fight they ever done.
Usagi didn't think twice to jump from her balcony, transforming to Eternal Sailor Moon on the way down. She landed gently on her feet, already on her Sailor outfit. She began to dash to wherever the communicator-sensor taking her to.
It led her to an opening, a park of some sort nearly outside of Tokyo. Eternal Sailor Moon had flown here to shorten the distance, also silently observing the late-night activities of people below her. It was slightly past midnight, but Tokyo was still lively although wasn't as lively at day. But at night people tend to ignore things, which was why Eternal Sailor Moon could pass easily enough without any suspicion.
At first there was nothing out of ordinary at the park aside of the massive smoking stone, but she did notice a thick dark atmosphere swirling around the rock. The density of darkness suffocate her, but she still stood strong – the Silver Crystal helped her.
"What is this?" The blonde asked herself curiously, eyeing the large rock wearily. She couldn't sense any 'evilness' on it, only darkness. A pleasant darkness, she thought as she trailed her gloved fingers on the surface of the rock.
Suddenly, the space rock blew up. The Silver Crystal created a protective barrier around Sailor Moon, saving from harm but she could still felt the heat from the space rock.
When the heat finally dissipated, instead of youma she were expecting she saw a black cloud swirling like an orb. Sailor Moon recognized it. It was the Orb of Death, sealed within planet Saturn, an artifact of mystery itself. Queen Serenity once told her a story of Orb of Death, legend told them it contained the soul of those who were already gone, ready to be born again. Only the Chosen Guardian of Saturn could only access it, as it was their duty to do so.
Eternal Sailor Moon cancelled her henshin as she took cautious steps towards the Orb. It was calling for her, tempting her, as the false sense of peace began to overwhelm her senses. She fought the sleepiness that washed over her as she stepped forward, reaching her hand to the Orb of Death.
Nephrite… Saphir… Demando… they must be inside the Orb. She knew it.
Usagi took a final step forward and finally placed her hand of the Orb.
Usagi woke up with a start as her alarm rang loudly on her ears. She panicked for a moment before realizing she had set the alarm to ring at 7 and she got another two hours of sleep before her lecture at 10 AM. She lazily rescheduled her alarm, snuggling under her comfortable bunny blanket.
Wait what?
Usagi leaped off from her bed as she took in her surroundings. It was definitely her room on her house, but it was a child's room. Bunnies, it was full of bunnies. Sure Usagi might love them since it's her favorite animal and her alter-ego, but she couldn't help but to feel embarrassed at her obsession with bunnies. But then again Rei was obsessed with yaoi.
Usagi shuffled to a calendar pinned on her desk, her jaw dropping as she looked at the dates.
It was a calendar around seven years ago, back when she still had no clue about whom the princess is.
Then it finally hit her.
She'd returned to the past.
Usagi was confused, of course, but finally decided she should continue on her life as normal as possible. If her memory served right, she would meet Luna. Still deep in thought, Usagi took a shower and put on her uniform and went down for breakfast. She purposefully ate slower until Shingo snapped at her to not to be lazy and always late to school.
She saved Luna from the bullies, ripping the bandages on Luna's forehead. She purposefully wondered out loud about the crescent mark, to which Luna make an escape. Usagi giggled before resuming to run towards her school. Much to her classmates' shock, she got there before Ms. Haruna. Even her homeroom teacher herself was shocked she was beaten by her tardiest student.
"Class we're going to have a surprise test!"
This shocked Usagi, for she clearly remembered this was the day her test result would be returned. Clearly something had happened. Nonetheless, Usagi did a great job on doing the works. Her university life had always revolved around difficult English term and math, so this surprise test was a breeze for her. Less than fifteen minutes since they started, Usagi already filled all of them and now happily closing her eyes. She had deliberately filled some of them incorrectly, as it somehow odd to have the dumb, klutz blonde to have a perfect score.
But the seven years advantage was a little bit cheating. And it was foolish of her if she didn't take any advantage at all. So she decided to erase some of her deliberate incorrect answers to replace them with the correct ones.
The result was returned after all of them finished their works. Umino got 95, Naru eighty something, while Usagi herself scored 90, to much of others shock and her pleasure.
"How come you get that score Usagi-san? You didn't cheat did you?"
"Ahahahaha…" Usagi merely laughed nervously.
Not that Umino needed to know, right?
The topic hastily changed by Naru to Sailor V catching robbers from jewelry shop. The girls discussed their dream of having those jewelry while Umino stared at them blankly. Sigh, girls and jewelry.
"Ne ne Usagi-chan, our store has been having jewelry sale since yesterday!" Naru cheerfully said to her. Usagi reacted quickly, expressing her interest of having those jewelry though she definitely know it's those brainwashed Shitennou works. What's the name of the blonde one again?
Later that afternoon Naru dragged her to the jewelry store, with Naru commenting on the crowd and how enthusiast her mom was behaving. Usagi politely greeted Naru's mother, still doubting it was Naru's mother at all. Naru's mom offered a huge discount just for her, to which Naru and Usagi made mistake to announce it loudly for everyone to hear. They barely made out from the crowd. There Naru parted ways with her.
Usagi sighed. She glanced at her surprise test in her hand, thinking about her first encounter with Mamoru. She sighed again as it wouldn't be the same as before. She might not meet him this way, so she crumpled it and threw it over her head.
"Oi that hurts Odango Atama."
Her heart skipped a beat. That was Mamoru's voice!
She turned around, barely controlling her facial expression when it was indeed Mamoru… with his ugly green jacket. "Gomenasai!" She apologized with a beaming smile. To anyone who looked at her, it was almost like Usagi wasn't sorry at all.
Mamoru was holding out the crumpled paper, his lips twitching. "90 percent? You've done well Odango."
"Not if my friends got better score than me," Usagi countered as she snatched her exam paper from his hands. "And my name is Usagi! Not Odango Atama!"
Mamoru smirked. Then, in deliberately whiny voice he said, "Odango Atama."
Her joy inside her heart instantly changed to annoyance. She definitely forgot Mamoru was a jerk the first time she met her, bad score or not. Usagi jutted out her tongue childishly as she marched away from Mamoru. She glanced back, frowning when she saw Mamoru was looking at the store, deep in thought.
No doubt he was Tuxedo Kamen, searching for silver crystal.
She stopped by the Crown after noticing Sailor V game poster. Her eyes were focused on the crescent moon on her choker. No wonder why all of them thinking V was the princess. But then again she got Moon as name. How come she didn't notice this? Oh, because she's the idiot one. But how about the genius Ami? Did Ami notice this too back then? Usagi sincerely doubt this.
"Tadaima!" Usagi cheerfully entered her home, greeted back by Ikuko who was holding her spatula menacingly, despite the bright – almost too bright – smile gracing her lips. The blonde gulped nervously. "Okaeri! You're back quite late." She gulped again.
"Just a little bit," She answered with a strained smile.
Usagi took cautious little steps backward when her mother began to advance to her, still holding her spatula tightly. If anything, she was holding her spatula in death grip. Usagi shuddered. "I bumped to Umino-kun today. There was a English surprise test today right? He said the result was returned after that. Umino-kun said he got 95 percent!"
"Oh really that was amazing ahaha!" Ikuko's lips twitched. Usagi wondered how long Ikuko would keep the fixed smile with the act she was doing. No doubt, Ikuko expected Usagi would fail.
"And what did you get Usagi?" There was a strain on her face. She knew she wasn't imagining her mother was trying not to be mad.
Usagi shuffled on her feet, all acting guilty and nervous.
"Let me see." It was not a request. It was a demand. An obligatory. Usagi tried to control her growing smile as she passed the test to her. A second later, Ikuko was practically glowing. The proud mother patted her daughter's shoulder, her eyes were glassy.
"Tadaima!" Shingo entered the house just when Usagi was about to escape from her mother. Shingo stared wide-eyed, before blinking and shrugged, then left to his room. Again, no doubt he was thinking Ikuko was about to punish Usagi for failing her test. Usagi held the urge to deliver her infamous Sailor Kick to Shingo's back when she heard Shingo faintly whispered under his breath, "Baka Usagi-neechan."
But still, even though his tone was vicious, he hadn't dropped his honorific to her yet. Usagi once again held the urge to grin. Unlike her own personal opinion, Shingo did seem to still have a modicum of faith on her. Still, modicum is not much.
Turning her attention to her one and only daughter once again, Ikuko smiled proudly as she gazed at Usagi's confused eyes.
"So Usagi, do you want anything for dinner?"
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