Dancing in the Pale Moonlight
By: PhoenixJustice
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is property of Naoko Takeuchi. Certain things mentioned from Sailor Moon Universal A & B belong to Jendra. I only own this story and make no profit from this.
Warning: Rated M for language, future sexual content, language, mentions of yuri and yaoi, original characters, etc.
Pairings: (eventual) Seiya/Usagi, Mamoru/Usagi, Haruka/Michiru, etc.
Setting: post-Sailor StarS anime. Spoilers for the anime as well as the manga, spoilers for Universal A & B as well.
Summary: She could only hope that this piece of peace would last much longer than the last had.
A/N: So a few things might get referenced from Universal A & B, but probably not too much. Mostly it's me taking a few of the Universal characters (Travis, Jake and Apollo to be precise) and adding them into my personal canon. I was given permission by Jendra to do so, just in case you were wondering!
If you want to read Universal yourself you can find both fics over at destinysgateway .com ! It'll give you more of an idea of everything, though I will be putting notes at the end of this chapter about as much as I can of Travis and the like.
Enjoy!
Bold italics for recent flashbacks/current events going on elsewhere. Italics for flashbacks of the past (and possibly the future.)
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Chapter One - A Storm at School! A New Person Arrives!
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Blood follows in trails behind her and it was becoming harder and harder to run, but she knew she couldn't stop. If she stopped, that was it. She would be dead and everyone else would follow right after her.
So she would take this pain, the sorrow of those she had just lost and left and she would move on. She would warn them, if it was literally the last thing she ever could do.
She looks up.
"The stars..." she breathes.
They were shining brightly.
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"Stay tuned! The tenth caller will receive tickets to the concert held in the Tokyo Dome! It's a once in a lifetime concert that you do not want to mi-"
The rest of what the radio person was saying fades as she pushes the power button on her stereo. She liked listening to songs in the morning while getting ready for school, but she was pushing it. She hadn't been late for awhile (thanks to her nagging, but dearly loved, twin brother) and she was not ready for everyone's disappointed, but expected, look if she was late again.
She grabs her bag, says a quick goodbye to a still sleepy Luna, and rushes downstairs. She zooms at top speed into the kitchen, grabbing a piece of toast and sticking it into her mouth as she headed towards the front door.
"Usagi! Aren't you going to eat anything else?" Her mother says, shocked that her bottomless pit of a daughter wasn't trying to eat more.
"Srrymomgttago!" Usagi squeezes out, mouth full of buttered toast. "Oof!"
The front door had opened before she could open it and she ran head on into the body in front of her. She looks up. A few inches taller than her now, but with the same color hair and eyes as her, stood her brother, Travis.
"Whtryoudonhr."
He raises a brow at her.
She swallows her toast. "I said what are you doing here? I thought you were seeing Uncle Jake off."
Mamoru Jacobson "Call me Jake" was Travis' guardian (and one of the few people around them who knew of their true identities.) He was a photographer and often sent to different places for work. But considering Travis' friends and family were in Japan, Jake told him to stay while he went on assignments.
She knew Travis would miss the man; they had become even closer over the past few years and she knew that her brother basically considered Jake the father he never had with his adopted father.
"He had to take an earlier flight and he didn't wake me up." He looked slightly annoyed, but after a sigh smiles a bit.
She taps her foot impatiently, looking past Travis. He chuckles and moves aside and they leave, walking side by side, not super fast but with purpose; if they were quick enough they wouldn't be late. The hustle and bustle of the city is something both were used to as they walked to and from places, so the cars and the like were nothing really they noticed. Usagi hummed a upbeat tune as they walked but it's another piece of music that catches Travis' attention as they walk by some cars.
"Ima dokoni iruno - Moonlight princess-"
He turns to glance at the car that was going past but it was gone by quicker than he could make it out. After a moment he shakes his head and doesn't give it another thought as they hurry on to school.
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"Princess. Prince. I've returned to you."
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Their classroom was filled with the usual buzz before class began.
"Did you see senpai's new hairdo?"
"Ugh, why do the morning's have to be so early?" ("That's what the definition of a morning is, idiot." a boy's friend replied, shaking his head.)
"Can you believe it? And she was so young too!"
"Hey, what about answer four on last week's-"
"Usagi-chan! Travis-kun!" Usagi looks up to see Minako standing in front of her desk-Travis' desk was next to hers-eyes sparkling with feeling. "You'll never guess what I just heard!"
"Well, knowing you, it's probably about-"
"Settle down, class!" Miss Nerada, their homeroom teacher, says sharply at the door. She was a average heighted woman, with short auburn hair and pretty blue eyes. She could be strict, but she was not a mean person by any means. "We have in our midst a new exchange student! I expect all of you to show her the courtesy I expect out of all of the students in this school, but especially all of you as she will be in your classes!" She heads over to her desk, turning to the door and gesturing for someone to come forward.
A girl walks into the room and over to stand in front of the teacher's desk next to Nerada-sensei. She wore the same high school uniform as all the other girls. Her blonde hair trailed down to the middle of her back and her eyes were the color of garnets. Oh, no. Usagi shakes her head. They were blue; must have been a trick of the light.
"This is Anna St. Clair, from America. She's new to Japan, so I expect you all to make her feel welcome!"
"Hello. I'm looking forward to meeting you all properly." Anna bows lowly, smiling.
Usagi glances around the room. She knew that the foreign girl would be a sight for them all for a good while; it had been the same when Travis had first arrived. Although he was Japanese, he was raised almost from birth in America, so it took awhile for him to adjust. She wondered how long it'd take for the new girl. She glances over at her brother to gauge his reaction of the new student. He was staring at the girl.
And not with the same expression as the other boys or even some of the girls. His brow was furrowed slightly and he seemed to be looking through her rather than at her. She pokes at him. He jumps slightly, glancing at his sister.
"Staring." she mouths. He nods slightly.
"Alright. Let's see...yes, there is a free seat over by Travis." Miss Nerada says, pointing out where to sit. The girl starts to walk over and Usagi could hear Travis sucking in a quick breath. Huh, he must like her. Well, she was pretty. "Travis, perhaps as you come from the same place, you would have an easier time showing Anna."
Anna stops in front of Travis' desk, bowing slightly. "Hello, nice to meet you." She was looking at Travis, but funnily enough didn't seem to be looking him in the face. Or maybe she was just seeing things. The girl was in a new country and class, so of course she'd be shy... The girl takes a seat and with that, class starts.
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"Do you feel that?"
"Yes. It's-"
"I know. I feel the stars. Someone new has entered the fray."
"Friend or foe, I wonder."
"I wonder too. We'll see. Regardless-"
"Yes. No matter what."
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"Why are you here?"
"You know why. How could I stay away?"
"If it is found out..."
"Then it will be found out. I love you. I am not ashamed of that, or being with you."
"I love you too. But you are shackled by your duty as much as I am shacked by mine."
"Only for so long and on our terms. I will not leave you again."
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She is out of the classroom, quick as can be. Everyone knew the kind of appetite that Usagi had. Travis also had the same sort of bottomless stomach, but he was usually more...refined, elegant about it? Most of the time, anyway. She heads to her usual spot by a nice shaded tree and is happy to see Ami, Minako, and Makoto already sitting there eating.
"Ooh, Usagi! Travis! Finally!" Minako exclaims, waving them over with frantic hands. "Can you believe it? A new transfer student?"
"Was that going to be your big news?" Travis asks with a grin, before diving into his lunch.
"It was!" Minako complains. "All my thunder was taken!"
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Usagi walks to the school gate with her brother-with Minako and the others closely behind (even Ami seemingly couldn't help herself against the tide of curiosity when it came to the new student, hiding her face mostly behind a book, but her eyes still kept peeking in their direction.)
Travis turns and gives his sister-and then the others a look, rolling his eyes before letting out a breath and walking over to the new student, who seemed to be waiting patiently. She turns towards him when he's nearly to her, smiling genially at him. He's too busy not looking her directly in the face, to notice that she's doing pretty much the same thing.
"So?" He finally says, smiling in return. "You ready?"
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Usagi still wasn't sure just how she found herself alone at the Fruits Parlor Crown. First Ami begged off, needing to go and get a few new study aids and then talk with her mother. Then Makoto said something about needing to get some baking stuff, then Minako...actually she wasn't sure where Minako went.
She lets out a huff, sulking in her seat, twirling around the leftover dregs of her smoothie with her straw. Travis was still off showing the new girl around town. She tries not to acknowledge the stab of jealousy she feels. It wasn't like she could hog her brother's time all day-and it wasn't like she wanted to either. They spent plenty of time together and she generally didn't mind him wanting to occasionally do stuff on his own (and this wasn't even something he had planned either, after all; Miss Nerada had asked him to do it.)
So she wasn't sure just exactly what her problem was. Maybe it was her late start to the morning. She had awoken to find herself tangled in her blankets, sweat on her brow. Apparently she hadn't been loud in her sleep though, because Luna had remained deeply asleep. She couldn't quite remember what she dreamed either, just that it unsettled her.
Maybe it was the peace that was bothering her.
Not that she ever wanted to fight, or that others had to. She did, and always would, what she had to to protect this world, to protect everything outside of it, but she didn't do it happily. Not in the sense that she liked battle, anyhow. It was merely a necessity.
But a downtime of peace made her think of the times that had come following it. Defeat Beryl and Metalia and gain a measure of peace for a time and then the Black Moon family comes. Defeat them, have a break and then Master Pharoah 90 and the Witches 5 come. Defeat them, have a measure of peace and then Nephrenia and then Galaxia and-
She tears off that train of thought. She longed for peace for everyone more than anything, but it felt like they were dealing with a never ending fight with Chaos. They probably were.
She could only hope that this piece of peace would last much longer than the last had.
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A/N: Some notes!
This deals mostly with anime events, with some manga events splashed in. Such as the stuff with Galaxia; as with the manga, Chibi Chibi was Sailor Cosmos and not Galaxia's Star Seed. Some attacks and such also taken from the manga, but this will deal with most of the anime, but will have mentions from the manga. There may be attacks used from PGSM, but I haven't decided on that yet.
As to some things about the Universal A & B stories, Travis is Usagi's twin brother; he and her had been split up as babies and adopted into different families. They didn't know of each other until a bit into his arrival into Japan, when they realized his true identity and what that meant in relation to her (and the others.)
They're soon inseperable, and for awhile there is friction between Usagi and the Inner Senshi (this is due to Wiseman using his influence in the Inner Senshi's dreams to cause a tear between the Senshi and Usagi.) Eventually Travis learns of Usagi's true identity as Sailor Moon, his falcon Apollo turns out to be a Guardian in the same vein as Luna and Artemis. In the past, Travis was called Tranquility-and boy did he loathe the name then as he does now! Travis learns he can become a Senshi and becomes Sailor Sun (later Sailor Sol.)
While Usagi and the other Senshi fight (with Rei and company refusing to work with Usagi), Usagi and Travis learn that she can use his Sun Stone and transform with him, becoming a new Senshi. She then adopts the name Sailor Sun in that form and he takes the name Sailor Sol (the Latin name for Sun.) Eventually things get found out, patched up, Mamoru leaves for a bit (this is during the time in R when Mamoru had broken up with Usagi) and gets in some trouble, but also finds out he can become a Senshi, Sailor Earth.
I'm also changing Uncle Jake's name a bit to reflect the changes in names I'm using compared to Jendra. In Jendra's fic, the senshi are called by their dub names, but I'm using their original names. And as Jake's name in her fic is Darien Jacobson, in this he is going to be called Mamoru Jacobson.
So basically I'm taking the some of Universal for some backstory, but adding my own twists with it and then creating my own thing.
I hope you enjoyed this!
Let me know what you thought!
-PhoenixJustice