Title: The Chosen Three

Author: Violet Star

Chapter: 1/?

Summary: Another Slayer is called after Buffy dies in "The Gift".

Time: BTVS- AU halfway into season 7. Sailor Moon- After SMStars

Disclaimer: Anything you recognize from BTVS of SM is property of the shows' creators, anything else is mine.

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'The sun is setting and so starts my shift' I thought while watching a particularly beautiful sunset. The Tokyo skyline makes for some of the best views – day or night. The clouds were a wonderful mix of red, orange, and pink colors. And behind the clouds, the sky was such a clear blue. I just wanted time to stop right there at the very boarder between the bright innocent day and the dark evil night. And believe me, there are things wandering at night that are seriously evil.

"Come on Usagi. The sun has set. It's time to go to work." Luna's voice woke me from my daydreaming.

"Alright, let's go." I jumped out of my window into the chilly night air. A few years ago I would have been jumping out of my window at dusk because I had been paged by my senshi and there was a youma that needed to be dusted. Now it is a completely different dusting that needs to be done and none of my senshi know what I am doing. I am the vampire slayer of my generation and my name is Tsukino Usagi.

A little over a year after Galaxia was defeated I started to have very strange dreams about things normal people only see in their worst nightmares. I asked Luna what they were about and she told me of the existence of monsters the likes of which I never knew existed. One night I got a very real demonstration while walking home from a study session Ami had organized. I was attacked by one of the bumpy-faced, fang-toothed, monsters that I recognized from my dreams. Not knowing what was going on, but instinctively knowing what I had to do, I started punching and kicking the thing with more strength and speed than I ever had, even when I was Sailor Moon. I soon had the monster on its back and holding it there when I realized what I was doing and, well, freaked out.

I had never had such skill and grace when fighting a youma, and to tell the truth, I was a little scared of what I had just done. In my moment of confusion and shock the monster, which I now know was a vampire, scrambled up from the dirt and started hightailing it away from me as fast as he could go. Again, instinct kicked in and I knew that I could not let him get away. Grabbing a fallen branch from the ground, I leapt to my feet and chased the vampire until I was close enough and then I shoved the branch so far into his back that it was poking out the other side. Before the demon could turn around and face me, or I could regret what I'd just done, he exploded into a cloud of dust that drifted down to the ground.

That was my first kill, and in the year and a half since then, I have killed so many more.

"Usagi! Pay attention! Come on, I heard something over that way." Luna once again woke me from my musings and started running toward a dark alley. 'Why are they always in dark alleys? They can't choose to attack a well lit street corner every once in a while?' I chased after Luna and reflected on how over the years things really hadn't changed much from fighting one type of monster to another. Upon hearing a scream from the alley I upped my speed a few notches, passed Luna in my haste and found a vampire leaning in for the kill. A woman in her mid- thirties was pinned against the wall and looked at me with a sad, pleading face, begging me to help her.

I went up behind the vampire and patted it on the shoulder. "Are you sure you want to do that? Maybe you would like to try some young, fresh meat." That hardly got its attention, "Come on and get it." I teased him, making some come-hither motion with my hand.

"Why should I try to go after you, girlie; when I could just take this delicious meal here?" The vampire growled with his hand around the woman's throat as he glanced at me over his shoulder.

"Because," I explained in a calm, clear, voice. "If you don't let go of her in the next ten seconds I will shove this pointy little stick in her chest and moon dust your ass till next Tuesday." I waved the object I was talking about in front of his face. At least something managed to get his attention.

The vampire let the woman's neck slip out of his grasp and transformed his face into the image that had haunted my dreams for nearly two years. "Bring it on, you are nothing but a child. This should be fun." He began to move toward me as I backed up slowly.

Suddenly the wall was at my back and I had a mental blank. 'What am I supposed to do now?' was the only thing I could think of. The vamp swung his fist and I automatically ducked. As the brick dust settled around my head I quickly became aware of the weight of the stake in my hand and the moves I knew I was supposed to make came back to me in a flash. Unfortunately I had no way of getting away at the moment and I began to dodge the fists that increasingly came closer and closer to my head. In the process of defending myself, I lost my stake ad I began to think that I might have gotten over my head this time. This guy was larger than any vampire I had faced before and I knew that if I didn't think of a clever way to distract him, my life as Tsukino Usagi would be gone in a heartbeat.

"Usagi, catch!" Luna pushed a long wooden sword toward me when I got knocked to the ground. I rolled over a few times, grabbed the sword, and swung it a few times to get a feel for the weight.

"This is new, Luna. I kind of like it." The vampire noticed my confidence with the new weapon and quickly backpedaled away.

"Damn, another one of those slayers. I just thought you were a cocky little girl." I had backed him up to the end of the alley. "I should just be going now, wouldn't want to wear out my welcome."

"You were never welcome here." I murmured under my breath. I jumped forward and drove the sword through its chest. As the body began to crumble to the ground I heard a whisper coming from behind me that I almost didn't catch.

From beneath you it devours.

"Hey Luna, did you just hear that?" Luna jumped to the top of the trashcan she was hiding behind. For being my watcher she sure was a scaredy-cat. But don't ever tell that to her face.

"Hear what Usa?"

"Hmm, must have been my imagination. I need to get more sleep. I am almost dead on my feet." To prove my point I gave a big yawn and stretched my arms above my head. "Thank Selene tomorrow is Saturday. I can sleep in for a bit once."

"Well I'm glad you aren't really dead on your feet, but remember what you told the girls earlier today? You promised to meet them for lunch and a day of shopping. They are really worried about you Usa. I still think that you should tell them that you are the Slayer."

"No I won't do it. They deserve a normal life after what they have had to go through. I am not bringing them into another fight. Especially when this one doesn't seem to have an end." I turned and started walking out of the alley. The woman I had saved was long gone.

"Usagi, you are the one who deserves a normal life. You have been through so much already and your friends were with you through it all. At the very least they should be here to help you now." Luna jumped down and followed me to the sidewalk.

I stopped and picked up the small cat. Sometimes my guardian knew what I was feeling better than I thought. But still I was not going to pull the senshi into my new world until it was absolutely necessary.

"Alright Luna, I will tell them about my late-night adventures only when I can't take care of things by myself. Or -" I added so she couldn't budge in with her opinion, "by the end of the school year. Which ever comes first, I promise."

"What if there comes a day when you can't take care of it by yourself and it becomes too late?" Luna's voice had a measure of sadness in it.

"Don't worry Luna, at the first sign of things going bad I will call the senshi and get them to help me. We still have our communicators you know. If there is a time where I do need the help, they are only a button away." I gave Luna a squeeze of confidence and continued heading into town. It was nearing midnight and I still had to do the nightly sweep through the city part, a few cemeteries, and the clubbing district. I had noticed right away that most vampires liked the young blood that could be found in the same spots the youma liked as well. I was always on the lookout for my friends who might have chosen that very night to go out and accidentally gotten snagged by a hungry vampire. I was sure that Makoto could take care of herself in a fight, and probably Rei as well since she had been taking karate classes, but I was really worried about how Ami and Mina would deal if they were to get attacked by a vampire. 'Would their senshi powers work against the demons? Or would they have to fend for themselves.' For some reason mine don't work against vampires but hopefully they wouldn't have the same bad luck.

Fortunately tonight was not the night to worry about such an occasion and after checking the usual places for vampiric activity I decided to go home and sleep for what was left of the night. Which by my watch was only about three hours, but thankfully I didn't have to meet the girls until noon. Luna had already went home after I left the park so I was walking alone when out of nowhere a strange man stepped in front of me and I barely had time to stop before my nose met his chest.

"Beware the shadows. From beneath you it devours." The man looked pretty ordinary. He was wearing a business suit and carried a briefcase but he spoke so softly and quietly that I had to lean in to hear him even being as close as I already was.

I stepped backward after hearing the familiar phrase and shook my head to clear the foggy feeling I had gotten in the man's presence. "That makes no sense. What is 'it'?" I asked but he had already turned and disappeared around the corner. "Fine be that way, I didn't want to talk to you anyway." I called after him.

By now it was nearing three in the morning and though the sun was another three hours away from rising the sky was already starting to get brighter. Along my lazy stroll back to Juuban I began to think about the strange things that happened that night. 'What was that guy talking about? From beneath you it devours? What does that mean…? I heard the same thing after that vampire in the alley was dusted, I know I did. But does it mean there's going to be another powerful enemy or some kind of earth demon?' Climbing in my window, still thinking about crazy messages I was so distracted I didn't notice Luna sleeping on my bed when I pulled down the covers.

"Meoww!!" Luna yelled, flying across the room. "Watch what you are doing girl! I was having a really good dream."

"Was it about Artemis?" I teased. Ever since Galaxia and Chaos were defeated, Luna and Artemis started spending more and more time together. We all knew they would have a relationship in the future but it didn't stop us from getting excited about their budding relationship now. "You like him, admit it." I grabbed by bathroom things and my robe and headed to the bathroom.

"Alright I admit that I like him, but I was NOT dreaming about him. And don't ask again!" Luna and Artemis always got so miffed when we teased them about each other. I caught her last comment before I jumped into the shower and after a few minutes I was back in the bedroom ready for bed. "Fine I won't… tonight." I started giggling hysterically and couldn't stop. "Oh, I really need to get some sleep. I'm turning back into a fourteen year old." I climbed into bed and snuggled under the covers. "Good night Luna! Sweet dreams!"

I could have sworn that I heard some foul language coming from Luna's mouth before I drifted off.

Alright folks, the edited version as I've promised is now up. Not much story wise has been altered, but there have been some pretty major grammatical changes.

I don't want to make any promises, but I'll try to work on the 4th chapter and have it out sometime that first week of the new year.

Please remain patient and I will get back to you as soon as possible.