A New Start
Chapter 1: Just another day…
-Italics mean that the character is thinking it, now physically saying it –
-I don't know Sailormoon or the any of the main characters.-
I try to use the Japanese names so here they are and their english counterpart names:
Usagi - Serena
Mamoru - Darien
Ami - Amy
Rei - Raye
Makoto - Lita
Minako - Mina
Rated T for Teen: mild language
It was just another day in Tokyo. People were hurrying on their way to work, children getting ready for school to start, and two figures were seen running down the street from opposite directions. One was Jessica Star, a brunette in her early twenties in business attire clutching a briefcase and just as she was rounding a corner, crashed into the second person who was running late.
"Ouch!" Jessica landed on her butt a bit dazed and looked over at the teen she had run into. Grabbing her briefcase, she leaned over and helped the blonde with the weird meatball hairstyle up from the ground. "I'm so sorry, are you ok miss?" The blonde looked up and smiled, "I'm ok. I wasn't really paying attention since I'm going to be late for school, but then I'm always late for school." Jessica smiled and was about to respond when the blonde shrieked and took off running again past her. "Guess she remembered she was going to be late….just like me. Agh!" Like the blonde, Jessica resumed her running toward the business district throwing out an occasional "excuse me" or "pardon me".
When Jessica was one block away from her building she had to slow down because a crowd had gathered in front of her. Shouts and sounds of cars being crushed were being heard. Trying to figure out what was going on she saw her one co-worker and managed to get next to him. "Kenji-san, what's going on?" A middle aged man with brown hair and unassuming features turned toward her and grimaced, "A monster just appeared up ahead and Sailormoon is fighting it." He nodded to the front of the crowd and resumed his search for a glimpse of the famous Sailormoon in action, "guess the boss isn't going to notice we're late huh."
Jessica laughed embarrassingly and began t look around her. Instead of running in terror these people seemed to be trying to press forward toward the battle. Granted it was impressive, but shouldn't they be ducking for cover…or something? Suddenly a large ball of metal that once was a small car sailed over her head and landed not far behind her. Noticing that the fight was getting intense the crowd began to scatter and run for cover. Seeing an alley to her right, Jessica took off to look for a safe place to hide.
She kept running until she could no longer hear the fighting as well as before. Slowing down, she leaned against one of the buildings lining the alley. Wiping the sweat from her forehead she looked down and saw a shiny piece of metal on he ground near her feet. Reaching down she saw that it was silver locket. It was a simple heart-shaped shape with the initials 'M' and 'T' intertwining engraved on the front.
"Someone is going to be pissed that they lost their locket." Jessica glanced around her trying to see if the person who dropped it was near by, but she was the only person this far down the alley. Curious she opened the locket and one brow went up. On the left side, behind a glass front, two strands of hair; one white-blonde and the other blue, blue hair? Huh, must be a goth couple, and the right side contained a tiny inscription that had been engraved on it 'Love always and forever'. Rolling her eyes, Jessica closed the locket and slipped it into her suit jacket pocket. Noises from the battle were no longer echoing down the alley, just the odd emergency siren. Thinking it safe to return, Jessica turning and just as she started to walk back to her building she stumbled and everything went black.
*Jessica's Point Of View*
It could have only been no more than a minute, but opening my eyes I wasn't in the alley anymore, I was in a cave.
"What the hell?" Shaking my head trying to clear it, I just sat there for a minute. Ok dumbass what the hell did you do? Looking up I hoped to see that I had just mysteriously not noticed a man-hole cover that had been open and had just fallen in the sewer. Not the nicest fragrant thought, but hey you wake in a cave instead of an alley you're willing to believe anything better. "Ok Jess, maybe you hit your head harder than you thought." Noticing a flickering light farther down the cavern corridor, I grabbed my briefcase and started to see if an exit existed….and fell.
"Damn heels." Flicking off my heels with my feet, I glared at the black pumps, "a damn man must have invented the blessed things. What woman in her right mind would think of such torture devices?" Throwing the pumps in my case I started walking in the direction of the light.
* Ten minutes later..ok so maybe it was only 5 minutes, but it felt like 10…hours…*
Seeing the opening of the cave and brighter light I gave a sigh of relief. Finally an exit…maybe not. I squeaked in surprise with a "wtf" look on my face. In the center of the room was a light purple crystal altar looking slab and surrounding it was five similar on the ground. The 'light' or what I thought was a light was actually the five light purple slabs on the ground, glowing. Cautiously walking toward the slab in front of me I wanted a better look at the slabs.
"What the bloody fuck!" Profanity yes, but seeing a guy in the middle of the slab is not something someone would calmly take in. My first glance dumbfounded me for a few seconds, but my second intrigued me. It was something out of those B-movie horror/sci-fi movies. He looked like he was just comfortably sleeping…just encased in some sort of crystal. He had a warrior's face with hints of a warrior's physique hidden underneath his military-looking clothing. His hair was long, down to his shoulders, and it was white-blonde, just like the strand in the locket. I took the locket out of my pocket and opened it to compare. Sure enough the strand in it matched his hair perfectly. "ok then Jess…I think you have definitely crossed the line into insanity". Something out of the corner of my eye caught my attention inside the crystal. Mr. Warrior was moving inside the crystal. In fact as I had been mentally getting myself together the crystal's light had begun to get brighter and brighter still. Backing up I fell again, but this time over my forgotten briefcase. Scooting back against the wall I shaded my eyes as the light became blinding. Just as quickly as it had started, it stopped and a huge *Crack* could be heard in the cave, echoing down the cave's corridor I had just come from. Then silence…and breathing…that was not mine.
Opening my eyes I gasped. There standing in front of me was one of the most gorgeous examples of man I'd ever seen. Standing there, he looked better than when he did in the crystal. "Damn you're gorgeous." That's right Jess, draw attention to yourself, alerting the strange man that just exploded out of a crystal in a strange cave of your existence. Why don't you just put a 'first victim' sticker on your forehead to show him who to kill first! I jumped when I felt something touch my face. While I had been bitching to myself, tall blonde and gorgeous had kneeled down to me trying to get my attention. It took a few seconds to register that he was talking. "Terra? Thank god you're alright. Love, where's Endyomion and Serenity? And the Senshi? Did Beryl get defeated?"
I raised a brow, gorgerous but insane apparently. "Look dude, I have no idea what you're talking about. I just sort of stumbled into here. I was just trying to get to work, there was this fight in the street so I ran to an alley for cover, and somehow I landed in this cave. And it's Jessica or Jess not Terra. So I suggest your take your hotness over there and let me figure out what's going on." I pointed towards the opposite wall, but apparently my ramble hadn't been heard. Not only did crystal boy not move, but he moved closer and being trapped between him and the wall there wasn't much I could do. I just watched as several emotions crossed his face then as quickly as they appeared, they were gone replaced with a stony expression.
"Dammit Terra this isn't the time for games. Just de-activate the luna pen and help me wake the others." Ending his speech he ran his hand through his hair and glanced at the 'others'. Standing he crossed to the center of the room where the crystals were. He looks so sad; I wish I could help him. Hold the phone Jess, what you need to do is get your ass out of here while he's distracted. For all you know he's the next Jason or Freddy. Cautiously I stood up and grabbed my briefcase. Quietly as so not to draw his attention I crept towards the entrance to the corridor and took off running. Just as I began to slow down I heard steps behind me and the blonde's voice calling me to stop.
"Sorry Blondie, this is my weird disillusion and I say it ends now", I called back. For the third time today I stumbled in the dark and fell on the floor. I hit my head against the ground and everything then went black.