BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON
~MIRAI~
PART I: HIME-SAMA
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Some Japanese words I use:
ohaiyo gozaimasu = good morning
arigatou = thank you
hime-sama = princess
minna-san = everyone
* * * *
It was a time of chaos, when it should have been a time of peace.
While the New Moon Kingdom prospered, the people of Earth were engaged
into battles with unknown forces and battles with themselves.
A single girl lay on the ground. She was unconsious and therefore she
wasn't aware of the rain that dripped down from the sky. Her soaking,
wet hair was pink colored and was a waist length. The girl wasn't much
older than a teenager, about seventeen or sixteen. It was obvious that
the girl was going to get sick, if not die, if she lied there in the
rain. Some people had seen her, but they had all just ignored her,
telling themselves that they were in a hurry and someone else could
help her. It wasn't until another hour that two people stopped and
approached her. One in curiousity, this girl looked very familiar.
"What do you think, Hikaru?" a female asked. She was a tall
woman, almost as tall as the man standing next to her. Her hair was
dark and almost reached to the ground, which made her look even
taller.
"Probably left behind from the debate this afternoon," Hikaru,
the man, replied. He smirked. "Pretty cute, though."
Yasha just rolled her eyes and then looked at the girl again. "She has
probably been lying here for a long time," she pointed out. "And will
probably have slim chances to survive even if someone takes her to a
hospital. Should I put her out of her misery?"
Hikaru shook his head. He was a handsome man, with short reddish
brown hair and dark eyes which tended to sparkle. He was admired by
many for his good looks, yet some couldn't stand his Don Juan
attitude. Yasha was one of them. Few really knew how kind and caring
he was on the inside, but he didn't plan on letting Yasha know.
"No, Yasha. I think it's best that we take her back to the
mansion. We'll let Chie decide what to do with her."
* * * *
Inside a large mansion, inside a somewhat dark room, sat a woman who
was focused on reading a book. She had only one lamp lightened, but it
didn't stop her from being absorbed by the power of the book. Her
green eyes were framed by a pair of glasses and her golden hair quite
short. The woman was reading a classic novel from the 20th century and
was just getting to the exciting part when the entrance to the great
house was violently pushed open. The blonde, Chie, shivvered when a
cold gust of wind blew through the door and into the room where she
was sitting. Annoyed, she put down the book and took off her glasses.
She walked out to the hallway where she found two of her friends.
"Hikaru, Yasha, what's going on?" she asked them. She noticed
the unconsious girl Hikaru was carrying. "And who's your friend?"
"Some girl Hikaru found," Yasha answered. She closed the door
and then started to wringle the water out from her hair. Chie doubted
that it would take less than a five hours for Yasha's hair to dry
since it was so long.
"We found her where the debate was this afternoon," Hikaru
told. "Yasha was about to kill her when I suggested that we should
take her back here and let you decide."
Chie ignored Hikaru's comment about Yasha. "Take her to one of the
empty rooms on the first floor and I'll see what I can do for her,"
Chie commanded.
Hikaru took the girl upstairs and Chie turned to Yasha. "Does she look
like a NSS supporter to you?" Chie asked.
"I can't tell," Yasha replied. "I didn't see anything
suspicious about her, but I can't tell."
Chie nodded. "Do me a favor, Yasha, and see if you can find Tomo
somewhere. I think she's in the basement."
Yasha raised one eyebrow. "What would she be doing in the basement?"
"She went to the old library to pick up some books for a
school project, I think," Chie answered on her way to the kitchen.
"Ask her if she can help that girl."
Yasha nodded and headed down for the basement. She walked down the
small stairs and saw a lamp that Tomo probably had lightened. After
walking a little further she found Tomo, still dressed in her school
uniform, sitting on an old couch with a pile of books next to her.
Yasha looked at Tomo and inside she saw one of those popular girls she
used to hate back in high school. Tomo was a straight A student, she
was beautiful, popular and had guys asking her for dates all the time.
Yet, not even Yasha could resist liking Tomo. She was only sixteen,
but she was kind, forgiving and had probably never said a mean thing
in her entire life. Yasha could understand why she was so popular and
liked.
"Tomo."
Tomo looked up from her book and smiled faintly. "Oh, Marika-san," she
said, using Yasha's real first name. She put the book away and got up
from the couch, brushing her long green hair behind her shoulder. "I
see that you're back. Is Hikaru back as well?"
"There's a girl who we brought with us," Yasha told. "She
needs help from your powers. We have to be really careful about it, we
don't know if she is a NSS supporter or not." Tomo understood and the
two exited the basement. "Do you need to transform?" Yasha asked when
they stood outside the room where Hikaru had taken the girl. Tomo
shook her head.
"Iie."
"Well then," Yasha said as she opened the door. "She's all
yours."
* * * *
Later that night they all sat in the living room, everyone doing their
own thing. Chie was continuing to read her book, Tomo was doing
studying for a test she had, Hikaru was playing poker with Akira and
Kenji while Yasha, who had nothing else to do, watched the news. It
had been pretty quiet in the room, until Yasha heard something which
caught her attention.
"Hey, listen to this," she said to the others and turned up
the volume of the TV. Everyone watched the TV and the reporter
annoucing the big news.
"Last night king Endymion perished in a plane crash near
Crystal Tokyo. The accident was said to be planned by NSS supporter,
NSS strongly deny being involve in king Endymion's death. With king
Endymion was also Neo-Princess Serenity, who was not found among the
corpses. There is a possibility that Neo-Princess Serenity is still
alive, but she is presumed dead."
"Damn it..." Chie growled as the reporter began to talk about
something else. She ran her hand through her hair. "This is bad."
"So what do we do now?" Akira asked. He was one of the oldest
in the group, twenty four years old like Chie. Like Chie, he was also
one of the calmest.
"What can we do?" Yasha turned off the TV even though the
reporter began to inform about the NSS debate. "King Endymion is dead,
Neo-Princess Serenity might be as well. Neo-Queen Serenity nor anyone
else on the Moon Kingdom has any access to Earth."
"We can't be doomed... I'm not giving up," Chie murmured and
got up. The others watched their leader pacing around the room for a
few seconds, waiting for her to say something. Suddenly she frowned
and turned to Hikaru and Yasha. "Yasha, Hikaru, what did the people
say on the NSS debate?"
"The usual thing," Hikaru said, leaning back in his chair and
putting down his cards. "There were a few who with common sense, but
the rest refused to listen and as usual the NSS side won. There will
be things happening if they continue with this 'No Sailor Senshi'
thing. Things will be happening to Neo-Queen Serenity, Sailor Senshi
supporters, other Sailor Senshi and... to us."
"I know that, Hikaru. But for now that isn't our biggest
concern. What about the girl you two found afterwards? Did you see her
anywhere at the place where the debate was before it ended?" Chie sat
down on the couch again.
"I didn't see her," Hikaru answered and shrugged. "But it's
possible that she was there anyways."
"I didn't see her either," Yasha replied. "Why are you
asking?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Chie asked and also looked at Tomo, Akira
and Kenji. "I just thought about it when I heard about it on the
news... The long pink hair, the age and the condition you found her
in... I think that girl is really Princess Tsukino Usagi Selenity. She
was hurt, unconsious in the rain... this is too much to be just a
coincidence."
"She does seem familiar..." Tomo pointed out quietly. "As
Chie-san said, the age is right. The princess looks like she is
eighteen or nineteen years old now. It's sad that we don't have a
picture to compare with."
"There are chances that she's not the princess and an NSS
supporter instead," Kenji remarked. "And she's not awake yet, isn't
she?"
Chie shook her head. "Iie, not yet. Even though Tomo used her powers
to heal her, it will probably take a while for her to wake. After that
she'll probably have to spend a few days in bed."
"What should we tell her when she wakes up?" Akira wondered.
"We'll see if she tells us who she is first," Chie said. "If
not... we'll just have to wait and see."
Tomo looked at the clock. "I'm going to sleep," she said with her
usual kind voice. "Good night, everyone!"
"Good night," Chie echoed as young girl left the living room
with her books. Tomo was walking up the stairs when she saw someone
standing there. She nearly dropped her books because she wasn't
expecting anything, but when she saw who it was she smiled faintly.
"So, you are awake now."
It was the pink haired girl who Hikaru and Yasha had found. She looked
rather pale and was leaning on the railing for support. "Where am I?"
she asked.
"My friends found you outside in the rain," Tomo told. "They
brought you back to our house. Are you feeling alright? Wait a second,
I'll just go and get Chie." Tomo put down her books right on the
stairs and then quickly went back into the living room.
"Chie!" she said. "She's awake now."
Chie got up and so did the others, they all came to the stairs quickly
and saw the pink haired girl looking at them in confusion. There was
silence for a while, no one knew what to say. Then Tomo finally walked
up the stairs and over to the girl.
"My name is Kamiya Tomoko," she told, smiling lightly. "But
you can just call me Tomo. What's your name?"
"It's... Usagi."
The others looked at each other, they were all thinking the same
thing. That this was too much to be just a coincidence. But they
didn't say anything about it, Chie went up the stairs.
"Are you feeling alright?" she asked with her calm voice. "Do
you feel any seizure or any pain?" Usagi shook her head. "Are you
hungry?"
"A little," Usagi replied quietly.
"Come," Tomo said. "I'll get you something to eat."
She went towards the stairs and then into the kitchen. Usagi followed
her, taking quiet steps as if she didn't want to be noticed.
Meanwhile, Chie went down to the others.
"This is too much to be just a coincidence," she said. "But we
better stay cool until Usagi tells us her story."
"What if she does?" Yasha asked.
"Leave this to Tomo," Kenji suggested. "If there's anyone who
Usagi will talk to, it will probably be Tomo."
* * * *
Usagi didn't know what to think. It was a miracle that she had gotten
back to Crystal Tokyo in one piece, but the people who had said to
rescue her... Could they be trusted? There was nothing that said that
they were NSS supporters, on the other hand there was nothing that
said that they weren't. She guessed that Tomo was the youngest of the
people who lived in the house, but none looked like they were related
to each other. She had to be careful, not just for her own sake, but
for her mother's as well. She didn't even want to think of how NSS
supporters would use her to blackmail her mother.
"Here, have a seat," Tomo said and drew out a chair. Usagi
nodded and sat down on it while Tomo began to prepare a sandwich while
humming a quiet song. This girl Tomo seemed somewhat special to
Usagi... She didn't know how to desribe it.
Usagi
thought.
"I guess that you feel pretty confused with so many people in
the house, right?" Tomo asked. "It's because we all live together but
none of us are related. As Hikaru would say: We're all just a bunch of
friends."
"Hikaru?"
"Hikaru is the brown haired guy," Tomo explained. "He and
Yasha, the one with very long black hair, is the ones who found you
and brought you back here. Chie is the oldest here, she is the one
with blonde and short hair. The two others are Kenji and Akira. Akira
is the tallest one."
"I see...."
"It must sound really weird," Tomo smiled. "I'll introduce you
all to them properly later on."
Usagi just nodded. Right now she was just too hungry and too confused.
* * * *
The next morning when Usagi woke up she found the house quite empty.
She assumed that most of the people in the house were on their to
work, or school in Tomo's case. But after walking pass a calender she
saw that it was a Sunday. Usagi eventually made her way to the kitchen
and then to the dining room, which was very easy to find. Around the
table was Tomo and four of the people Usagi had seen last night. She
couldn't remember their names but she could tell that the one missing
around the table was the blonde. At the same moment when Usagi opened
her mouth to politely say ohaiyo gozaimasu, Tomo looked up and saw
her.
"Oh, good morning, Usagi-san," she greeted with a friendly
smile and pulled out a chair next to her. "Have a seat."
When Tomo said that everyone noticed her. Usagi smiled nervously while
having everyone's eyes on her. "Ohaiyo gozaimasu, minna-san," she
greeted and then made her way towards the chair that Tomo had pulled
out. The others returned to their discussion or to read the news
paper. As Usagi sat down she noticed that the food on the table wasn't
a typical Japanese breakfast. Tomo smiled again and poured up a glass
of orange juice for Usagi.
"Hikaru-san is from America, Marika-san and Akira-san grew up
in Europe," Tomo explained. "Chie-san usually cooks, but she's working
an early shift so Marika-san and I made breakfast today."
"You never get tired of saying my real name, don't you?" Yasha
asked as she put two slices of bread into the toaster. "Usagi-san, you
can call me Yasha instead.
"It's best that you do as she sats or she'll get mad," Hikaru
told Usagi with his usual smile. Yasha just glared at him.
"As you can guess, this is Marika-san and Hikaru-san who found
you," Tomo introduced. "And this is Kenji and Akira is the one reading
the news paper."
"Tomo, let the girl eat something instead, I'm sure that she's
starving," Kenji said in a friendly tone. He got up and took out a
plate from the cabin. Afterwards he shoved a few pancakes on the plate
and handed it over to Tomo. "Here you are, Usagi-san."
"Arigatou," Usagi thanked and recieved that plate along with a
fork. She was truly grateful for the pancakes which smelled heavenly.
She couldn't remember when she last ate pancakes.
"Hey, look at this," Akira said suddenly. Everyone turned to
him, since Akira rarely said something. And when he did, it was
usually important.
"What is it?" Kenji asked.
"Take a look at this article about NSS," Akira replied and
showed Kenji a page in the news paper. "Technically, they don't say it
but the NSS are overjoyed that king Endymion is dead. Now they are
just one step closer towards their goal, to overthrow the royal
family."
The rest were concentrated on the article in the news paper, but Tomo
noticed that Usagi stopped eating and a sad expression that came
across her face. She decided to not say anything about it, at least
not yet.
Tomo thought.
"How cruel," she said instead. "They shouldn't be happy, even
if they are against the royal family."
"What do you think about it, Usagi-san?" Yasha asked suddenly.
"Are you on the NSS side?"
Tomo turned to Usagi, who was doing everything she could to look
normal. Hikaru sighed quietly for himself, this was what could be
expected from Yasha. She was often somewhat insensitive and blunt, but
that was how she had always been. But no one said anything, everyone
just waited for Usagi to answer the question.
"I... don't know," Usagi slowly answered. "I don't really know
about the situation, so I can't answer. I can't say that I'm an NSS
supporter or that I'm not."
Akira thought.
"What about you?" Usagi carefully asked. "Are you on the NSS
side or not?"
"Well, we're probably in the middle of both too," Tomo
answered for the entire group. It was best so. Whatever Tomo said came
out in a friendly way. She was probably the only one who could say
harsh and mean words and still sound friendly and kind. Yasha was
greatly disappointed by the answer, but she decided to not ask
anything more. The toast jumped up from the toaster. Hikaru reached
out to take one but Yasha grabbed his hand.
"Hikaru, those are mine," she said calmly, but her voice
warned him that he would be in trouble if he did take the toast.
"Chill sweetie," Hikaru answered and took the toast anyway.
"You can have the other one."
Yasha's eyes were flashing with anger, but with Usagi sitting just
across the table, she couldn't do what she would normally do when she
got angry.
* * * *
The Princess is still alive...
"What a shame, that you have failed," a calm female voice
echoed through the dark hall. A red haired man, dressed in a dark
armor and a dark cape, looked around as if trying to find the source
of the voice. His eyes, normally glowing with evil, were at the moment
desperate.
"My Queen, I swear that I will find the princess and destroy
her!" the man vowed.
"Will you?" the voice said.
"Yes, if you only give me a chance!" the man answered.
"Well then..." the voice whispered. "I will increase your
powers, since you succeeded in destroying king Endymion... If you
succeed to destroy the princess also, you will be greatly awarded."
* * * *
"She hasn't said anything yet," Kenji said into the phone. He
looked through the window and saw Usagi and Tomo out in the garden. "I
think it's going to take some time for her to trust us."
"If she really is who we think she is, then she'll probably be
very careful to not tell," Chie replied. "She might not tell us for
quite a while unless we somehow hint that we're not NSS supporters.
Did you read the news paper this morning?"
"Yeah, Akira was smart enough to bring NSS into the
converstation," Kenji answered. "However, we couldn't really tell how
her reaction was."
"It was worth a try. Look, I'm just going to check something,
then I'll be right back home. Bye."
"Bye."
Kenji hung up and put down the phone. He sighed and leaned heavily
towards the wall. he thought. The
next moment he heard loud voices from the downstairs. Assuming that
something bad had happened, he darted down the stairs as quickly as he
could. In the living room, he found Yasha and Hikaru fighting, as
usual.
"No one calls me sweetie and gets away with it!" Yasha hissed.
"Well, guess that you just have to get used to it," Hikaru
smiled and made an attempt to walk away from Yasha. But she wasn't the
kind of person who let people get away.
"I'm not finished with you," Yasha muttered.
"You want a piece of me, Yasha?" Hikaru said with a smirk.
At the same time Kenji rushed into the living room and placed himself
between Hikaru and Yasha.
"Hey both of you, take it easy!" he said. "You know the
rules."
"That we can't blow up the house when we have guests?" Hikaru
said lightly. "But that doesn't stop Yasha, doesn't it, sweetie?"
"You..." Yasha growled.
"Just calm down, will you? The last thing we need is you
blowing up the house in front of someone how we think could be the
princess."
* * * *
"Wow, you guys really have a big garden," Usagi pointed out.
"It's Chie and I who do the most of the gardening," Tomo told.
She bent down and touched a flower's petal with her fingers. Then she
and Usagi went back to the porch. "Sometimes, it can be really fun."
"I have a big garden at home too..." Usagi murmured absently,
not really thinking about what she was saying. She thought about the
gardens at home, with the sparkling fountain that reflected the image
of Earth in the evenings.
"Usagi-san?" Usagi snapped out of her daydream when she heard
Tomo's voice. Tomo smiled faintly towards the older girl. "You looked
like you where some place far away."
Usagi laughed softly. "In my mind, I was. You caught me daydreaming."
"I sometimes do that too," Tomo replied. "There were times in
class when I dreamt of something else instead of listening to my
teacher." Suddenly Tomo's eyes went serious and she began to look
around the garden.
"What is it?" Usagi asked.
"I don't know..." Tomo murmured and continued to gaze around
the garden. Suddenly she looked right upwards, staring right into
nothing. "There is something here."
"Very clever of you, my dear," a male voice said. Usagi didn't
recognize that voice. Though she hadn't spoken much to Kenji, Hikaru
or Akira, she knew that it was none of their voices. So did Tomo.
"Come forth, whoever you are!" she called.
At her command, a tall man dressed in armor and a cape appeared
floating in the air. His hair was fiery red and spiked. His eyes had
the same color as fresh blood and were filled with evil. After
revealing his presence, Tomo stepped off the porch. Usagi's first
thought was to stop her, but somehow Tomo didn't seem frightened or
surprise by the man appeared floating from no where.
"It's been a while since last," the red haired man said. He
smirked but Tomo remained unaffected. "Archangel."
"Archangel?" Usagi repeated and looked at Tomo in confusion.
Tomo took her time to look at Usagi.
"Please retreat, Usagi-san," she told. "It will be less
dangerous for you if you do as I say."
Then Tomo walked a few steps forwards. She looked upwards and faced
the red haired man, who was floating high above her. Usagi took a few
steps back, but remained in the garden where she could see everything
that happened. The man didn't float down to the ground as Usagi
thought that he would, instead he remained up in the air.
"Why don't you join me up here?" he asked. "I know that you
can."
"If that is your wish, Morpheus," Tomo replied. Usagi could
hardly believe what was happening. Tomo's eyes closed and a circle of
light appeared around her on the ground. The next moment transparent
wings appeared on her back, then grew solid. The wings, though not as
great as the legendary Eternal Sailormoon's, were folded over her
chest and were impressive with it's light mint green color. The wings
folded out as Tomo opened her eyes. A wave of feathers flew by her and
when it was gone Tomo's clothes were replaced by a light blue and
white Senshi fuku.
Usagi thought.
"In the name of the almightly Kami-sama, I, the Archangel,
will defeat you," Tomo said. The next moment she flew up in the air,
her wings carrying her up to the same height as Morpheus was in. At
the same time, Chie suddenly came out from the kitchen, followed by
Yasha, Hikaru, Akira and Kenji.
"Oh my goodness, it's Morpheus again," Chie whispered.
"I've been waiting for to crack his head," Yasha smiled. She
was the first to reach Tomo, while running her clothes were replaced
by a black and dark blue Senshi fuku. Instead of white gloves she had
net like gloves. Usagi noticed that Yasha's hair was growing longer as
she ran and when she stopped, the hair floated in the air. Usagi
figured that Yasha's hair was about twice as long as it had been
before she had transformed.
Usagi thought and took a
step forwards.
"Usagi-san."
Usagi turned around to face Chie. Chie smiled faintly. "I would love
to explain this situation to you, but I can't right now," she said.
Then she turned around and left the porch as well to join Yasha. Her
clothes melted into a orange and blue Sailor fuku.
Usagi thought as the same things
happened to the three men, who's clothes were replaced by armor. While
Kenji and Akira had swords, Hikaru didn't seem to have a weapon.
"It's six against one, Morpheus," Yasha said with her coldest
voice. "That should teach you not to ambush our guest."
"I was merely visiting her," Morpheus smiled. "Are you feeling
like fighting today?"
"You bet I am," Yasha hissed. In a flash of light her hair
started to grow again, this time it floated up and tried to reach for
Morpheus. It missed since Morpheus teleported to the ground. But Yasha
smiled and held up her arm. A green arrow with a bow formed and Yasha
grabbed them.
"Poison Arrow!" she called and aimed for Morpheus. The arrow
flew through the air quickly, Morpheus tried to escape it. He almost
managed to, but the edge of the arrow touched his arm and left a small
bleeding scratch with traces of poison. The poison was nothing but
insignificant, even a little scratch mattered. Yasha's hair returned
to it's normal length and she smiled viciously.
"Thank you for distracting him, sweetie," Hikaru smiled and
his the corner of his eyes he saw Yasha glaring at him. Hikaru reached
out one hand and a small flame appeared, burning fiercely. "Blaze..."
he murmured and then threw the flame on Morpheus.
The red haired enemy saw that coming, he managed to dodge the
flame only to discover that he was flying in the direction of Tomo.
Tomo raised both her hands.
"DIVINE WING!!!" she called and then reached out her hands
towards him. Her wings began to flap, a hard breeze send Morpheus
right down on the ground. The moment he reached the ground, Kenji and
Akira pointed their swords towards his throat.
"Poison Arrow!" Yasha called again and the poisonus bow and
arrow reappeared in her hands.
"Blaze..." Hikaru whispered and a flame appeared in his hand.
Meanwhile Tomo descended to the ground, walking over to the ground
which had surrounded Morpheus.
"Why don't you tell us what you want with Usagi instead of us
slaughtering you?" Chie suggested.
"Over my dead body," Morpheus hissed.
"You'll be dead soon if you don't tell us," Kenji threatened.
"Let's see about that."
Kenji opened his mouth to give Morpheus some kind of answer, when he
heard someone screaming. He and the five others took their eyes off
Morpheus and looked towards the porch, where Usagi had fallen to her
knees.
"Usagi-san!" Tomo called out. Instead of running towards the
porch, her wings flapped and she flew over there in no time. Before
the other had a chance to decide what to do, Morpheus had gotten up on
his feet and had pushed his way through the circle of people. Yasha
aimed for him and released the arrow, but Morpheus managed to avoid
it. The arrow's edge touched a flower, first it's petals fell off and
then it eventually withered away.
"Usagi-san, are you alright?" Tomo asked. After taking a few
deep breaths, Usagi managed to nod.
"Yeah... it felt as if ... someone was trying to strangle me."
Akira raised his eyebrow at this and then looked at Morpheus who was
standing at the other side of the garden.
"Psychic powers, huh?" he said. "I see that you have achieved
a new power since last time we saw you."
Morpheus snorted. "I will see how these powers work on you!" he
shouted. He was just about to use them when he heard Tiamat-sama's
calm voice somewhere inside his mind.
'Retreat for now, Morpheus... We do not need to worry about
the princess...'
'Yes, Tiamat-sama,' he mentally answered her. Then he turned
to Akira and the others who were waiting to see what power he was
going to use on them.
"You are lucky this time," Morpheus said. "I'll be seeing you
around."
He floated up in the air and then simply vanished. Yasha, who thought
that he would reappear somewhere, looked around but to her dismay
Morpheus was gone. She looked at the others and saw that the others
had gone back to the porch and gathered around Tomo and Usagi. Tomo
helped Usagi up.
"Morpheus has a new power, he was probably using it to hurt
Usagi so that he could distract us," Akira told.
"We could have gotten him this time," Kenji pointed out.
"Right now I don't care about Morpheus," Chie answered. "The
only thing that mattered is that no one got hurt. You are alright,
aren't you Usagi-san?"
"You are all Sailor Senshi..." Usagi whispered, not really
knowing what else to say.
"You got that right," Yasha said and tossed a lock of her long
hair over her shoulder. Usagi looked at Chie, or to be exact, at her
fuku. It was a traditional Sailor fuku with orange skirt and collor
and blue bows. The brooch in the middle was round, with the sign of
Venus engraved.
"You have the sign of Venus..." Usagi murmured.
Chie smiled faintly. "That's right, Usagi-san," she answered. "I'm a
straight descendant of Aino Minako, Sailorvenus. That's why I'm called
Ishtar, Sailorishtar."
"And you others?" Usagi wondered.
"I am the Senshi of the divine heavens, Archangel," Tomo
introduced.
"I'm Sailormedusa," Yasha replied.
"The rest of us are Sailor Knights," Kenji told. "I am who
they call Odin Knight."
"Hermes Knight," Akira said briefly.
"And I'm Ares Knight." Hikaru sat down on a bench. "So... now
that we have introduced us, will you tell us your real name?"
"Hikaru..." Chie warned, slowly turning to him.
"No, it's alright," Usagi assured. She tried to smile. "I
figure that you have all guessed already, but... I didn't want to tell
you until I was sure that you could be trusted."
"We can understand that, Usagi-san," Tomo answered. "It
couldn't have been easy for you to wake up in a house with strangers."
Usagi nodded. "My real name is Chiba Tsukino Usagi Serenity. My father
is... was... king Endymion and my mother is Queen Serenity. I'm also
known to the world as the new Sailormoon. But since my brooch is on
the Moon Kingdom, I have been unable to transform. And now... there's
no way for me to find a way back to the Moon Kingdom."
"There might still be a way," Chie pointed out. "Though we
haven't found it yet, Diana knew a way for us to travel to the Moon
Kingdom by ourselves. However, she never told us before she went to
the Moon Kingdom by herself. That was over a year ago."
"I haven't seen Diana for a long time either..." Usagi
murmured. "She is probably with my mother right now."
"We will find a way to help you back to the Moon Kingdom,
hime-sama," Tomo smiled. "And then we will visit Diana too. We can
never give up the hope."
Usagi couldn't help smiling back. "Yeah... we can't give up...
Arigatou, minna-san."
So, what do you think? Please mail me if you have any comments or
suggestions about this fanfic.
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
9 November 2000
~MIRAI~
PART I: HIME-SAMA
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Some Japanese words I use:
ohaiyo gozaimasu = good morning
arigatou = thank you
hime-sama = princess
minna-san = everyone
* * * *
It was a time of chaos, when it should have been a time of peace.
While the New Moon Kingdom prospered, the people of Earth were engaged
into battles with unknown forces and battles with themselves.
A single girl lay on the ground. She was unconsious and therefore she
wasn't aware of the rain that dripped down from the sky. Her soaking,
wet hair was pink colored and was a waist length. The girl wasn't much
older than a teenager, about seventeen or sixteen. It was obvious that
the girl was going to get sick, if not die, if she lied there in the
rain. Some people had seen her, but they had all just ignored her,
telling themselves that they were in a hurry and someone else could
help her. It wasn't until another hour that two people stopped and
approached her. One in curiousity, this girl looked very familiar.
"What do you think, Hikaru?" a female asked. She was a tall
woman, almost as tall as the man standing next to her. Her hair was
dark and almost reached to the ground, which made her look even
taller.
"Probably left behind from the debate this afternoon," Hikaru,
the man, replied. He smirked. "Pretty cute, though."
Yasha just rolled her eyes and then looked at the girl again. "She has
probably been lying here for a long time," she pointed out. "And will
probably have slim chances to survive even if someone takes her to a
hospital. Should I put her out of her misery?"
Hikaru shook his head. He was a handsome man, with short reddish
brown hair and dark eyes which tended to sparkle. He was admired by
many for his good looks, yet some couldn't stand his Don Juan
attitude. Yasha was one of them. Few really knew how kind and caring
he was on the inside, but he didn't plan on letting Yasha know.
"No, Yasha. I think it's best that we take her back to the
mansion. We'll let Chie decide what to do with her."
* * * *
Inside a large mansion, inside a somewhat dark room, sat a woman who
was focused on reading a book. She had only one lamp lightened, but it
didn't stop her from being absorbed by the power of the book. Her
green eyes were framed by a pair of glasses and her golden hair quite
short. The woman was reading a classic novel from the 20th century and
was just getting to the exciting part when the entrance to the great
house was violently pushed open. The blonde, Chie, shivvered when a
cold gust of wind blew through the door and into the room where she
was sitting. Annoyed, she put down the book and took off her glasses.
She walked out to the hallway where she found two of her friends.
"Hikaru, Yasha, what's going on?" she asked them. She noticed
the unconsious girl Hikaru was carrying. "And who's your friend?"
"Some girl Hikaru found," Yasha answered. She closed the door
and then started to wringle the water out from her hair. Chie doubted
that it would take less than a five hours for Yasha's hair to dry
since it was so long.
"We found her where the debate was this afternoon," Hikaru
told. "Yasha was about to kill her when I suggested that we should
take her back here and let you decide."
Chie ignored Hikaru's comment about Yasha. "Take her to one of the
empty rooms on the first floor and I'll see what I can do for her,"
Chie commanded.
Hikaru took the girl upstairs and Chie turned to Yasha. "Does she look
like a NSS supporter to you?" Chie asked.
"I can't tell," Yasha replied. "I didn't see anything
suspicious about her, but I can't tell."
Chie nodded. "Do me a favor, Yasha, and see if you can find Tomo
somewhere. I think she's in the basement."
Yasha raised one eyebrow. "What would she be doing in the basement?"
"She went to the old library to pick up some books for a
school project, I think," Chie answered on her way to the kitchen.
"Ask her if she can help that girl."
Yasha nodded and headed down for the basement. She walked down the
small stairs and saw a lamp that Tomo probably had lightened. After
walking a little further she found Tomo, still dressed in her school
uniform, sitting on an old couch with a pile of books next to her.
Yasha looked at Tomo and inside she saw one of those popular girls she
used to hate back in high school. Tomo was a straight A student, she
was beautiful, popular and had guys asking her for dates all the time.
Yet, not even Yasha could resist liking Tomo. She was only sixteen,
but she was kind, forgiving and had probably never said a mean thing
in her entire life. Yasha could understand why she was so popular and
liked.
"Tomo."
Tomo looked up from her book and smiled faintly. "Oh, Marika-san," she
said, using Yasha's real first name. She put the book away and got up
from the couch, brushing her long green hair behind her shoulder. "I
see that you're back. Is Hikaru back as well?"
"There's a girl who we brought with us," Yasha told. "She
needs help from your powers. We have to be really careful about it, we
don't know if she is a NSS supporter or not." Tomo understood and the
two exited the basement. "Do you need to transform?" Yasha asked when
they stood outside the room where Hikaru had taken the girl. Tomo
shook her head.
"Iie."
"Well then," Yasha said as she opened the door. "She's all
yours."
* * * *
Later that night they all sat in the living room, everyone doing their
own thing. Chie was continuing to read her book, Tomo was doing
studying for a test she had, Hikaru was playing poker with Akira and
Kenji while Yasha, who had nothing else to do, watched the news. It
had been pretty quiet in the room, until Yasha heard something which
caught her attention.
"Hey, listen to this," she said to the others and turned up
the volume of the TV. Everyone watched the TV and the reporter
annoucing the big news.
"Last night king Endymion perished in a plane crash near
Crystal Tokyo. The accident was said to be planned by NSS supporter,
NSS strongly deny being involve in king Endymion's death. With king
Endymion was also Neo-Princess Serenity, who was not found among the
corpses. There is a possibility that Neo-Princess Serenity is still
alive, but she is presumed dead."
"Damn it..." Chie growled as the reporter began to talk about
something else. She ran her hand through her hair. "This is bad."
"So what do we do now?" Akira asked. He was one of the oldest
in the group, twenty four years old like Chie. Like Chie, he was also
one of the calmest.
"What can we do?" Yasha turned off the TV even though the
reporter began to inform about the NSS debate. "King Endymion is dead,
Neo-Princess Serenity might be as well. Neo-Queen Serenity nor anyone
else on the Moon Kingdom has any access to Earth."
"We can't be doomed... I'm not giving up," Chie murmured and
got up. The others watched their leader pacing around the room for a
few seconds, waiting for her to say something. Suddenly she frowned
and turned to Hikaru and Yasha. "Yasha, Hikaru, what did the people
say on the NSS debate?"
"The usual thing," Hikaru said, leaning back in his chair and
putting down his cards. "There were a few who with common sense, but
the rest refused to listen and as usual the NSS side won. There will
be things happening if they continue with this 'No Sailor Senshi'
thing. Things will be happening to Neo-Queen Serenity, Sailor Senshi
supporters, other Sailor Senshi and... to us."
"I know that, Hikaru. But for now that isn't our biggest
concern. What about the girl you two found afterwards? Did you see her
anywhere at the place where the debate was before it ended?" Chie sat
down on the couch again.
"I didn't see her," Hikaru answered and shrugged. "But it's
possible that she was there anyways."
"I didn't see her either," Yasha replied. "Why are you
asking?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Chie asked and also looked at Tomo, Akira
and Kenji. "I just thought about it when I heard about it on the
news... The long pink hair, the age and the condition you found her
in... I think that girl is really Princess Tsukino Usagi Selenity. She
was hurt, unconsious in the rain... this is too much to be just a
coincidence."
"She does seem familiar..." Tomo pointed out quietly. "As
Chie-san said, the age is right. The princess looks like she is
eighteen or nineteen years old now. It's sad that we don't have a
picture to compare with."
"There are chances that she's not the princess and an NSS
supporter instead," Kenji remarked. "And she's not awake yet, isn't
she?"
Chie shook her head. "Iie, not yet. Even though Tomo used her powers
to heal her, it will probably take a while for her to wake. After that
she'll probably have to spend a few days in bed."
"What should we tell her when she wakes up?" Akira wondered.
"We'll see if she tells us who she is first," Chie said. "If
not... we'll just have to wait and see."
Tomo looked at the clock. "I'm going to sleep," she said with her
usual kind voice. "Good night, everyone!"
"Good night," Chie echoed as young girl left the living room
with her books. Tomo was walking up the stairs when she saw someone
standing there. She nearly dropped her books because she wasn't
expecting anything, but when she saw who it was she smiled faintly.
"So, you are awake now."
It was the pink haired girl who Hikaru and Yasha had found. She looked
rather pale and was leaning on the railing for support. "Where am I?"
she asked.
"My friends found you outside in the rain," Tomo told. "They
brought you back to our house. Are you feeling alright? Wait a second,
I'll just go and get Chie." Tomo put down her books right on the
stairs and then quickly went back into the living room.
"Chie!" she said. "She's awake now."
Chie got up and so did the others, they all came to the stairs quickly
and saw the pink haired girl looking at them in confusion. There was
silence for a while, no one knew what to say. Then Tomo finally walked
up the stairs and over to the girl.
"My name is Kamiya Tomoko," she told, smiling lightly. "But
you can just call me Tomo. What's your name?"
"It's... Usagi."
The others looked at each other, they were all thinking the same
thing. That this was too much to be just a coincidence. But they
didn't say anything about it, Chie went up the stairs.
"Are you feeling alright?" she asked with her calm voice. "Do
you feel any seizure or any pain?" Usagi shook her head. "Are you
hungry?"
"A little," Usagi replied quietly.
"Come," Tomo said. "I'll get you something to eat."
She went towards the stairs and then into the kitchen. Usagi followed
her, taking quiet steps as if she didn't want to be noticed.
Meanwhile, Chie went down to the others.
"This is too much to be just a coincidence," she said. "But we
better stay cool until Usagi tells us her story."
"What if she does?" Yasha asked.
"Leave this to Tomo," Kenji suggested. "If there's anyone who
Usagi will talk to, it will probably be Tomo."
* * * *
Usagi didn't know what to think. It was a miracle that she had gotten
back to Crystal Tokyo in one piece, but the people who had said to
rescue her... Could they be trusted? There was nothing that said that
they were NSS supporters, on the other hand there was nothing that
said that they weren't. She guessed that Tomo was the youngest of the
people who lived in the house, but none looked like they were related
to each other. She had to be careful, not just for her own sake, but
for her mother's as well. She didn't even want to think of how NSS
supporters would use her to blackmail her mother.
"Here, have a seat," Tomo said and drew out a chair. Usagi
nodded and sat down on it while Tomo began to prepare a sandwich while
humming a quiet song. This girl Tomo seemed somewhat special to
Usagi... She didn't know how to desribe it.
Usagi
thought.
"I guess that you feel pretty confused with so many people in
the house, right?" Tomo asked. "It's because we all live together but
none of us are related. As Hikaru would say: We're all just a bunch of
friends."
"Hikaru?"
"Hikaru is the brown haired guy," Tomo explained. "He and
Yasha, the one with very long black hair, is the ones who found you
and brought you back here. Chie is the oldest here, she is the one
with blonde and short hair. The two others are Kenji and Akira. Akira
is the tallest one."
"I see...."
"It must sound really weird," Tomo smiled. "I'll introduce you
all to them properly later on."
Usagi just nodded. Right now she was just too hungry and too confused.
* * * *
The next morning when Usagi woke up she found the house quite empty.
She assumed that most of the people in the house were on their to
work, or school in Tomo's case. But after walking pass a calender she
saw that it was a Sunday. Usagi eventually made her way to the kitchen
and then to the dining room, which was very easy to find. Around the
table was Tomo and four of the people Usagi had seen last night. She
couldn't remember their names but she could tell that the one missing
around the table was the blonde. At the same moment when Usagi opened
her mouth to politely say ohaiyo gozaimasu, Tomo looked up and saw
her.
"Oh, good morning, Usagi-san," she greeted with a friendly
smile and pulled out a chair next to her. "Have a seat."
When Tomo said that everyone noticed her. Usagi smiled nervously while
having everyone's eyes on her. "Ohaiyo gozaimasu, minna-san," she
greeted and then made her way towards the chair that Tomo had pulled
out. The others returned to their discussion or to read the news
paper. As Usagi sat down she noticed that the food on the table wasn't
a typical Japanese breakfast. Tomo smiled again and poured up a glass
of orange juice for Usagi.
"Hikaru-san is from America, Marika-san and Akira-san grew up
in Europe," Tomo explained. "Chie-san usually cooks, but she's working
an early shift so Marika-san and I made breakfast today."
"You never get tired of saying my real name, don't you?" Yasha
asked as she put two slices of bread into the toaster. "Usagi-san, you
can call me Yasha instead.
"It's best that you do as she sats or she'll get mad," Hikaru
told Usagi with his usual smile. Yasha just glared at him.
"As you can guess, this is Marika-san and Hikaru-san who found
you," Tomo introduced. "And this is Kenji and Akira is the one reading
the news paper."
"Tomo, let the girl eat something instead, I'm sure that she's
starving," Kenji said in a friendly tone. He got up and took out a
plate from the cabin. Afterwards he shoved a few pancakes on the plate
and handed it over to Tomo. "Here you are, Usagi-san."
"Arigatou," Usagi thanked and recieved that plate along with a
fork. She was truly grateful for the pancakes which smelled heavenly.
She couldn't remember when she last ate pancakes.
"Hey, look at this," Akira said suddenly. Everyone turned to
him, since Akira rarely said something. And when he did, it was
usually important.
"What is it?" Kenji asked.
"Take a look at this article about NSS," Akira replied and
showed Kenji a page in the news paper. "Technically, they don't say it
but the NSS are overjoyed that king Endymion is dead. Now they are
just one step closer towards their goal, to overthrow the royal
family."
The rest were concentrated on the article in the news paper, but Tomo
noticed that Usagi stopped eating and a sad expression that came
across her face. She decided to not say anything about it, at least
not yet.
Tomo thought.
"How cruel," she said instead. "They shouldn't be happy, even
if they are against the royal family."
"What do you think about it, Usagi-san?" Yasha asked suddenly.
"Are you on the NSS side?"
Tomo turned to Usagi, who was doing everything she could to look
normal. Hikaru sighed quietly for himself, this was what could be
expected from Yasha. She was often somewhat insensitive and blunt, but
that was how she had always been. But no one said anything, everyone
just waited for Usagi to answer the question.
"I... don't know," Usagi slowly answered. "I don't really know
about the situation, so I can't answer. I can't say that I'm an NSS
supporter or that I'm not."
Akira thought.
"What about you?" Usagi carefully asked. "Are you on the NSS
side or not?"
"Well, we're probably in the middle of both too," Tomo
answered for the entire group. It was best so. Whatever Tomo said came
out in a friendly way. She was probably the only one who could say
harsh and mean words and still sound friendly and kind. Yasha was
greatly disappointed by the answer, but she decided to not ask
anything more. The toast jumped up from the toaster. Hikaru reached
out to take one but Yasha grabbed his hand.
"Hikaru, those are mine," she said calmly, but her voice
warned him that he would be in trouble if he did take the toast.
"Chill sweetie," Hikaru answered and took the toast anyway.
"You can have the other one."
Yasha's eyes were flashing with anger, but with Usagi sitting just
across the table, she couldn't do what she would normally do when she
got angry.
* * * *
The Princess is still alive...
"What a shame, that you have failed," a calm female voice
echoed through the dark hall. A red haired man, dressed in a dark
armor and a dark cape, looked around as if trying to find the source
of the voice. His eyes, normally glowing with evil, were at the moment
desperate.
"My Queen, I swear that I will find the princess and destroy
her!" the man vowed.
"Will you?" the voice said.
"Yes, if you only give me a chance!" the man answered.
"Well then..." the voice whispered. "I will increase your
powers, since you succeeded in destroying king Endymion... If you
succeed to destroy the princess also, you will be greatly awarded."
* * * *
"She hasn't said anything yet," Kenji said into the phone. He
looked through the window and saw Usagi and Tomo out in the garden. "I
think it's going to take some time for her to trust us."
"If she really is who we think she is, then she'll probably be
very careful to not tell," Chie replied. "She might not tell us for
quite a while unless we somehow hint that we're not NSS supporters.
Did you read the news paper this morning?"
"Yeah, Akira was smart enough to bring NSS into the
converstation," Kenji answered. "However, we couldn't really tell how
her reaction was."
"It was worth a try. Look, I'm just going to check something,
then I'll be right back home. Bye."
"Bye."
Kenji hung up and put down the phone. He sighed and leaned heavily
towards the wall. he thought. The
next moment he heard loud voices from the downstairs. Assuming that
something bad had happened, he darted down the stairs as quickly as he
could. In the living room, he found Yasha and Hikaru fighting, as
usual.
"No one calls me sweetie and gets away with it!" Yasha hissed.
"Well, guess that you just have to get used to it," Hikaru
smiled and made an attempt to walk away from Yasha. But she wasn't the
kind of person who let people get away.
"I'm not finished with you," Yasha muttered.
"You want a piece of me, Yasha?" Hikaru said with a smirk.
At the same time Kenji rushed into the living room and placed himself
between Hikaru and Yasha.
"Hey both of you, take it easy!" he said. "You know the
rules."
"That we can't blow up the house when we have guests?" Hikaru
said lightly. "But that doesn't stop Yasha, doesn't it, sweetie?"
"You..." Yasha growled.
"Just calm down, will you? The last thing we need is you
blowing up the house in front of someone how we think could be the
princess."
* * * *
"Wow, you guys really have a big garden," Usagi pointed out.
"It's Chie and I who do the most of the gardening," Tomo told.
She bent down and touched a flower's petal with her fingers. Then she
and Usagi went back to the porch. "Sometimes, it can be really fun."
"I have a big garden at home too..." Usagi murmured absently,
not really thinking about what she was saying. She thought about the
gardens at home, with the sparkling fountain that reflected the image
of Earth in the evenings.
"Usagi-san?" Usagi snapped out of her daydream when she heard
Tomo's voice. Tomo smiled faintly towards the older girl. "You looked
like you where some place far away."
Usagi laughed softly. "In my mind, I was. You caught me daydreaming."
"I sometimes do that too," Tomo replied. "There were times in
class when I dreamt of something else instead of listening to my
teacher." Suddenly Tomo's eyes went serious and she began to look
around the garden.
"What is it?" Usagi asked.
"I don't know..." Tomo murmured and continued to gaze around
the garden. Suddenly she looked right upwards, staring right into
nothing. "There is something here."
"Very clever of you, my dear," a male voice said. Usagi didn't
recognize that voice. Though she hadn't spoken much to Kenji, Hikaru
or Akira, she knew that it was none of their voices. So did Tomo.
"Come forth, whoever you are!" she called.
At her command, a tall man dressed in armor and a cape appeared
floating in the air. His hair was fiery red and spiked. His eyes had
the same color as fresh blood and were filled with evil. After
revealing his presence, Tomo stepped off the porch. Usagi's first
thought was to stop her, but somehow Tomo didn't seem frightened or
surprise by the man appeared floating from no where.
"It's been a while since last," the red haired man said. He
smirked but Tomo remained unaffected. "Archangel."
"Archangel?" Usagi repeated and looked at Tomo in confusion.
Tomo took her time to look at Usagi.
"Please retreat, Usagi-san," she told. "It will be less
dangerous for you if you do as I say."
Then Tomo walked a few steps forwards. She looked upwards and faced
the red haired man, who was floating high above her. Usagi took a few
steps back, but remained in the garden where she could see everything
that happened. The man didn't float down to the ground as Usagi
thought that he would, instead he remained up in the air.
"Why don't you join me up here?" he asked. "I know that you
can."
"If that is your wish, Morpheus," Tomo replied. Usagi could
hardly believe what was happening. Tomo's eyes closed and a circle of
light appeared around her on the ground. The next moment transparent
wings appeared on her back, then grew solid. The wings, though not as
great as the legendary Eternal Sailormoon's, were folded over her
chest and were impressive with it's light mint green color. The wings
folded out as Tomo opened her eyes. A wave of feathers flew by her and
when it was gone Tomo's clothes were replaced by a light blue and
white Senshi fuku.
Usagi thought.
"In the name of the almightly Kami-sama, I, the Archangel,
will defeat you," Tomo said. The next moment she flew up in the air,
her wings carrying her up to the same height as Morpheus was in. At
the same time, Chie suddenly came out from the kitchen, followed by
Yasha, Hikaru, Akira and Kenji.
"Oh my goodness, it's Morpheus again," Chie whispered.
"I've been waiting for to crack his head," Yasha smiled. She
was the first to reach Tomo, while running her clothes were replaced
by a black and dark blue Senshi fuku. Instead of white gloves she had
net like gloves. Usagi noticed that Yasha's hair was growing longer as
she ran and when she stopped, the hair floated in the air. Usagi
figured that Yasha's hair was about twice as long as it had been
before she had transformed.
Usagi thought and took a
step forwards.
"Usagi-san."
Usagi turned around to face Chie. Chie smiled faintly. "I would love
to explain this situation to you, but I can't right now," she said.
Then she turned around and left the porch as well to join Yasha. Her
clothes melted into a orange and blue Sailor fuku.
Usagi thought as the same things
happened to the three men, who's clothes were replaced by armor. While
Kenji and Akira had swords, Hikaru didn't seem to have a weapon.
"It's six against one, Morpheus," Yasha said with her coldest
voice. "That should teach you not to ambush our guest."
"I was merely visiting her," Morpheus smiled. "Are you feeling
like fighting today?"
"You bet I am," Yasha hissed. In a flash of light her hair
started to grow again, this time it floated up and tried to reach for
Morpheus. It missed since Morpheus teleported to the ground. But Yasha
smiled and held up her arm. A green arrow with a bow formed and Yasha
grabbed them.
"Poison Arrow!" she called and aimed for Morpheus. The arrow
flew through the air quickly, Morpheus tried to escape it. He almost
managed to, but the edge of the arrow touched his arm and left a small
bleeding scratch with traces of poison. The poison was nothing but
insignificant, even a little scratch mattered. Yasha's hair returned
to it's normal length and she smiled viciously.
"Thank you for distracting him, sweetie," Hikaru smiled and
his the corner of his eyes he saw Yasha glaring at him. Hikaru reached
out one hand and a small flame appeared, burning fiercely. "Blaze..."
he murmured and then threw the flame on Morpheus.
The red haired enemy saw that coming, he managed to dodge the
flame only to discover that he was flying in the direction of Tomo.
Tomo raised both her hands.
"DIVINE WING!!!" she called and then reached out her hands
towards him. Her wings began to flap, a hard breeze send Morpheus
right down on the ground. The moment he reached the ground, Kenji and
Akira pointed their swords towards his throat.
"Poison Arrow!" Yasha called again and the poisonus bow and
arrow reappeared in her hands.
"Blaze..." Hikaru whispered and a flame appeared in his hand.
Meanwhile Tomo descended to the ground, walking over to the ground
which had surrounded Morpheus.
"Why don't you tell us what you want with Usagi instead of us
slaughtering you?" Chie suggested.
"Over my dead body," Morpheus hissed.
"You'll be dead soon if you don't tell us," Kenji threatened.
"Let's see about that."
Kenji opened his mouth to give Morpheus some kind of answer, when he
heard someone screaming. He and the five others took their eyes off
Morpheus and looked towards the porch, where Usagi had fallen to her
knees.
"Usagi-san!" Tomo called out. Instead of running towards the
porch, her wings flapped and she flew over there in no time. Before
the other had a chance to decide what to do, Morpheus had gotten up on
his feet and had pushed his way through the circle of people. Yasha
aimed for him and released the arrow, but Morpheus managed to avoid
it. The arrow's edge touched a flower, first it's petals fell off and
then it eventually withered away.
"Usagi-san, are you alright?" Tomo asked. After taking a few
deep breaths, Usagi managed to nod.
"Yeah... it felt as if ... someone was trying to strangle me."
Akira raised his eyebrow at this and then looked at Morpheus who was
standing at the other side of the garden.
"Psychic powers, huh?" he said. "I see that you have achieved
a new power since last time we saw you."
Morpheus snorted. "I will see how these powers work on you!" he
shouted. He was just about to use them when he heard Tiamat-sama's
calm voice somewhere inside his mind.
'Retreat for now, Morpheus... We do not need to worry about
the princess...'
'Yes, Tiamat-sama,' he mentally answered her. Then he turned
to Akira and the others who were waiting to see what power he was
going to use on them.
"You are lucky this time," Morpheus said. "I'll be seeing you
around."
He floated up in the air and then simply vanished. Yasha, who thought
that he would reappear somewhere, looked around but to her dismay
Morpheus was gone. She looked at the others and saw that the others
had gone back to the porch and gathered around Tomo and Usagi. Tomo
helped Usagi up.
"Morpheus has a new power, he was probably using it to hurt
Usagi so that he could distract us," Akira told.
"We could have gotten him this time," Kenji pointed out.
"Right now I don't care about Morpheus," Chie answered. "The
only thing that mattered is that no one got hurt. You are alright,
aren't you Usagi-san?"
"You are all Sailor Senshi..." Usagi whispered, not really
knowing what else to say.
"You got that right," Yasha said and tossed a lock of her long
hair over her shoulder. Usagi looked at Chie, or to be exact, at her
fuku. It was a traditional Sailor fuku with orange skirt and collor
and blue bows. The brooch in the middle was round, with the sign of
Venus engraved.
"You have the sign of Venus..." Usagi murmured.
Chie smiled faintly. "That's right, Usagi-san," she answered. "I'm a
straight descendant of Aino Minako, Sailorvenus. That's why I'm called
Ishtar, Sailorishtar."
"And you others?" Usagi wondered.
"I am the Senshi of the divine heavens, Archangel," Tomo
introduced.
"I'm Sailormedusa," Yasha replied.
"The rest of us are Sailor Knights," Kenji told. "I am who
they call Odin Knight."
"Hermes Knight," Akira said briefly.
"And I'm Ares Knight." Hikaru sat down on a bench. "So... now
that we have introduced us, will you tell us your real name?"
"Hikaru..." Chie warned, slowly turning to him.
"No, it's alright," Usagi assured. She tried to smile. "I
figure that you have all guessed already, but... I didn't want to tell
you until I was sure that you could be trusted."
"We can understand that, Usagi-san," Tomo answered. "It
couldn't have been easy for you to wake up in a house with strangers."
Usagi nodded. "My real name is Chiba Tsukino Usagi Serenity. My father
is... was... king Endymion and my mother is Queen Serenity. I'm also
known to the world as the new Sailormoon. But since my brooch is on
the Moon Kingdom, I have been unable to transform. And now... there's
no way for me to find a way back to the Moon Kingdom."
"There might still be a way," Chie pointed out. "Though we
haven't found it yet, Diana knew a way for us to travel to the Moon
Kingdom by ourselves. However, she never told us before she went to
the Moon Kingdom by herself. That was over a year ago."
"I haven't seen Diana for a long time either..." Usagi
murmured. "She is probably with my mother right now."
"We will find a way to help you back to the Moon Kingdom,
hime-sama," Tomo smiled. "And then we will visit Diana too. We can
never give up the hope."
Usagi couldn't help smiling back. "Yeah... we can't give up...
Arigatou, minna-san."
So, what do you think? Please mail me if you have any comments or
suggestions about this fanfic.
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
9 November 2000