Chapter 1: Past Behind you
Rated: Pg-13 for language that doesn't happen too much
By Miaka Hime
Hi Minna-san. This is an idea I got when watching the last two episodes of Sailor moon (And no it wasn't the dubbed version!) So here's the scoop, All the senshi, Tuxedo Kamen included, are dead, Usagi's the only one that survived.
Also, later on I will be calling Usagi, Bunny. So don't get confused, you'll understand later on when you read this chapter.
Disclaimer: Don't own sailor moon I don't wish I did though cause Seiya's just plain yummy! * Mamo-chan lovers glare at Miaka Hime * sorry ^_^;; (don't worry no Seiya in this fic only Bunny and umm the rest ruins the story SORRY!
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Usagi sat numbly by her window. Makoto, Ami, Minako, Rei, and Mamoru were dead. She was the only one alive to say it really happened. She began to cry once again. Not her usual wailing cry, but the mourning kind, where streams of tears just slid gently down one's face. She paid no attention to the small black cat that slipped quietly into her room and went over to the blond; she licked her hand affectionately but the blond showed no sign that she even knew she was there. "Usagi-chan, please do something, why don't you put your hair back up and go out for awhile." Usagi looked at her long silver tresses that hung limply around her, then back at the cat. "I can't doing my hair like that again would make me look like her."
Luna looked at her for a moment in silent question.
"Her?" Luna finally asked. Usagi continued to look out the window but still answered. "Sailor Moon." She said acidly.
Another tear made it's way down her pail cheek. Luna curled up by the blondes side. "The pain will go away eventually. Don't worry Usagi-chan." Luna said softly and soon the cat's breath deepened and she was asleep.
Usagi got up from the spot that she hadn't left for three weeks since she had made it home. She slowly went over to her vanity and grabbed a hair tie. She set it down on the vanity in a place she could easily retrieve it and grabbed her brush and ran it roughly through her tangled hair. She proceeded to brushed it into a ponytail. She reached for the tie but stopped and let her hair go and braided it instead. She put the hair-tie in and grabbed an assortment of bobby pins and hair ties and made the braid a tight bun.
Usagi went over to her closet and grabbed some clothes. She threw some other assortments of things she wanted.
Usagi Tsukino was leaving Tokyo that very night. After Usagi stuffed her things into a duffel bag she grabbed her star locket and put it around her neck. She looked at a small locket that laid on her vanity. She cringed at the sight of it but put the object in her pocket. Usagi silently went back to her closet and noticed she wouldn't have anything to wear since she had already packed. Usagi didn't really feel like packing all those things for nothing so she changed into her school uniform.
Usagi went over to her phone that lay on her nightstand and called for a cab to pick her up in front of the arcade. They didn't seem to care about the hour of the night at all. Usagi grabbed all of her money she owned and went to wake the slumbering Luna. "Usagi? You're dressed! Is it time for school already?" Usagi shook he head. "I'm leaving Tokyo. I know you're going to say no, but I've made up my mind and I want you to come with me." Luna looked at Usagi's stern face. There was no changing her mind. "We'll have to take Artemis with us, he has no one now." Luna said sadly. Usagi nodded, "Is he still down stairs?" she asked. Luna bobbed her black head up and down. Usagi went through her dresser once more in case she had forgotten something. Usagi suddenly touched a cold metal like object.
"My desgise pen." She smiled and put it in her pocket along with her broach. Usagi walked down the stairs silently along with her duffel bag and awoke Artemis. She commanded the two to wait there and Usagi went into the kitchen and looked through a pile of papers and mail until she found what she was looking for. Then the three walked to the Game center.
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Usagi set her bag down by the curb and saw a light on in the arcade. Usagi looked in through the glass and saw Motoki cleaning up setting up chairs and wiping down tables. Usagi looked at her watch; she had about ten minuets. Usagi went to the door and was glad to find it unlocked. She heard the familiar jingle of bells from the door. "Were closed." She heard Motoki yell. "I know." She answered. Motoki dropped his rag and looked at Usagi stunned. "Usagi-chan!" He ran to the young girl and wrapped his arms around the young girl he called his younger sister. "Beryl, you" Usagi nodded. "Hai, she's gone, along with everyone else." Tears suddenly sprang forth and she grabbed hold of Motoki crying in his arms. "Shhh don't cry Usagi-chan everything will look up." Usagi sniffed and pulled away from Motoki. "Motoki, I'm leaving, no one is to know about this." When she noticed Motoki about to protest she put a finger to his lips to silence him. "Don't worry about me oni-san. I'll be all right. I'll even call once I get there and I'll give you the number of where I'll be staying." Motoki smiled. "Promise you'll call?" She nodded. Usagi looked outside at the two cats. "One more thing I need a box that I can put Luna and Artemis in."Motoki went upstairs to the apartment above the arcade and came back with a cat carrier. "My sister had this upstairs." He handed it to Usagi.
Usagi saw lights coming up the street. She grabbed her desgise pen. She gave Motoki a wink and than called out her magical phrase turning herself into an older looking Usagi in a business suit. She gave Motoki another wink and walked outside. She picked up her bag once again and put the two arguing cats into the carrier and the cab stopped at the curb. "Are you the lady who asked for a cab?" He asked gruffly. He looked completely tired and was no doubt roused from bed to take her somewhere. "Hai. Usagi got into the back seat. "Where too?" He asked. "Tokyo Airport." She answered. The man put his cab into gear and they sped off to the airport.
Once they were there Usagi thanked the driver and paid his fee, which was highly over priced but she was in too much of a hurry to care much. Usagi grabbed her bag and they walked over to the ticket counter. "May I help you?" The woman asked irritably, she obviously was quite tired herself. "I need to exchange this ticket from Hokkaido to LA California in the US." The ticket woman looked at the ticket and then back at Usagi.
"Name?" She asked.
"Serenity, Chiba." She answered nearly choking the name Chiba out. Serenity used a bit of magic to make records of herself quickly. "Alright, now when do you want to go?" She asked. "Tonight." Serenity said. The woman looked at her a bit startled. "Tonight?" She repeated. "Hai." The woman typed into her computer. "It will be an extra 100 dollars." (A.N. How much is that in yen?) The woman said. Usagi put down the money. "Alright there's a flight leaving in an hour in a half." She handed Usagi some tickets. The woman explained to Usagi about the connecting flights and things she would have to know and than said to have a nice flight. Usagi thanked her and than went to her gate.
Once Usagi's plane was there she boarded and put her duffel bag up in the overhead compartment and than put the two cats under her seat. Since no one was on the plane Luna decided to ask Usagi something she had been itching to say since the mention of LA. "Usagi-chan, Why LA? Do you even speak English?" Usagi nodded. "I was born and raised there until I was 6. Than mom, dad, and me moved to Japan and mom gave birth to Shingo." She answered sleepily. She than laid back and fell asleep.
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Once Usagi landed she went to the bank and digged into her savings and then left no trace it even existed and made sure Serenity Chiba didn't exist as well. She then made her new identity. She was now Bunny Harrison. After all this, she changed back into herself. (AN Remember she used the desgise pen) Usagi found a hotel for the night and first thing the next day she dressed and got the paper and began looking for a job. This is when she realized this was going to take awhile.
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Bunny walked into the modeling institute and stopped at the secretary's desk. "Hi, I'm Bunny Harrison, I'm here about the ad in the paper." She said with a big smile. The secretary looked at Bunny over her rimmed glasses. "I'll give you a tip before I call Ms. Kinsly, smile large and let her know you're not interested in modeling classes you just want to get started. She tests people that way." Bunny smiled at the woman. "Thanks Miss." She said with another smile. The woman gave her a thumbs up and buzzed Ms. Kinsly. "There's another one about the ad." She said into the phone. The woman waited a moment and than replied, "Alright I'll send her right up." She said hanging up the phone. "It's through that hall and it's the second door on your left." Bunny gave her another award winning smile and went in the direction indicated by the woman. Usagi found herself in front of a door to Ms. Kinsly's office. Bunny straitened her tank top as well as a tank top could be straitened and than put on a bright smile and rapped lightly on the office door. "Come in." A woman's voice said. Bunny walked into the office and there was a woman sitting in a chair with short black hair and chocolate eyes smiled back at her. "I'm Ms. Kinsly, you're here for the modeling position aren't you?" Bunny nodded her smiled never faltering. "Please have a seat." Bunny sat in the seat across from the woman. "Well, let's get started. What's you're name?" She asked taking a pen to her paper. "Bunny Harrison." She answered. "Have you ever had modeling classes or do you have any experience." "No." The woman wrote something down.
"Alright, do you want to get some classes before you come to work for us?" "No. I'd rather get started right away." The woman smiled even bigger. "Welcome to Flash Magazine the top magazine in the world." Bunny smiled even larger. "Come in tomorrow we'll sign some paper work and you can get started on Thursday." Bunny shook the woman's hand. "Thank you."
As Bunny got up to leave the woman yelled at her to be there at noon.
Bunny changed quickly for her meeting and practically ran for the bus. Once she got to Ms. Kinsly's office she signed all the papers. "Now I'll probably be pairing you with someone, because the opening is actually a partner for Tranquility she looks a lot like you really. But anyway, her partner moved and she needed a replacement." Bunny nodded. "Anyway it might be good for you to get to know each other so I took the liberty of scheduling lunch for you too at Marion's. You aren't busy are you?" Bunny shook her head. "Good, I just know you'll like Marion's they have all sorts of sandwich's." At the mention of sandwiches Bunny gulped back tears at the thought of Ami. "Are you alright?" Ms. Kinsly asked. "If you're feeling ill I could reschedule" Bunny shook her head. "No, it'll be fine."
"Good." Ms. Kinsly gave her a small smile.
Ms. Kinsly than gave her explicit directions to the restaurant and she told her to just ask where table five was because that's where she was to meet her new partner.
Bunny made it there in five minuets and asked where table five was and the waitress showed her to her table where she found no one. Bunny decided to just sit still until Tranquility got there. After five minuets of impatient waiting Bunny was about to get up and go, but just as she grabbed her purse a girl showed up. Her long blond hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore flare jeans and a light yellow tank top. Her eyes were a lavender color with a slight sparkle of mischief behind them. "I'm sorry I'm late, my shoot ran late."
"Oh my god you look almost like me!" Bunny's hand flew to her mouth when she realized that she said her thoughts out loud.
"I was thinking the same thing, only I think I'm older, your 16 right?" Bunny nodded. "I'm 19." She said. "Wow, it's kind of cool looking at someone that looks like me." Tranquility said. Bunny immediately agreed.
About half an hour later they still sat in the little restaurant. "So where do you live?" Tranquility asked. "Actually that's why I went job hunting, I'm living in a hotel, if I don't get a pay check I can't buy an apartment."
Tranquility thought for a moment. "Hey! I'm looking for a new apartment, my old roommate moved in with some of his other friends and I could really use a new one." Bunny's silver eyes lit up immediately. "I'd love too!" Tranquility smiled. "How about we go get you're stuff, Jus Jus, left all his furniture behind so we can move you in immediately." Bunny bounced out of her chair. "Sure! Jus Jus?" Tranquility laughed. "His real names Justin, we're cousins." Bunny giggled and they quickly paid the bill and went off to the hotel.
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Bunny's room was large and spacious. It had a nice sized closet with an oak dresser inside, a queen-sized bed with a goose down comforter, and a pine end table. There was a small entertainment center cabinet with no entertainment center.
"All you have to get is some pillows, a cover for the comforter and maybe an entertainment center later. Oh! And a cute little litter box for you're kitties!" Tranquility said looking at the room. "Well, I'll have to wait until I've got some money, I'm sure I'll have to pay rent once I get my pay check." Bunny pointed out. "Yeah right, everything's pre-paid for three months." Tranquility pointed out. "Why did you pre-pay it? You won't make enough money for food, will you?" Bunny asked shocked. "Are you kidding? I'm the star model at Flash! I've got a huge pay check, and now you'll be the co-star so you'll have plenty of money!" Tranquility said with a movie star smile. "But until you get your pay check, I'll spring for a cover for you comforter and you can borrow some of my pillows."
"I couldn't do that!" Bunny protested. But Tranquility wouldn't take no for an answer, she was a very stubborn person sometimes. "No buts! Now lets get going I bet Macys will have something, we can order off my computer!" Tranquility said walking into the other room. Bunny gave a long sigh, things may be looking up but this was getting to be exhausting.
"Come on!" She heard Tranquility yell from the other room.
"Coming!" Bunny yelled back, she took one more look at the room and then she went into the other room.
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The comforter they picked out was a light pink with some light purple moons on it they picked out some light purple sheets to go along with it because they were having they were having sales. Bunny than went into her room to put her things away. She put things away in they're respectable drawers and reminded herself once she paid for her comforter and sheets she was going to go shopping for some clothes.
Bunny pulled out some pictures from her bag and set them up on her other dresser that she failed to notice the first time. She than took off her locket and set in one of her empty drawers. Tranquility came into the room after she had finished putting things away.
"How about we go out to eat? How about Chinese?" She asked.
"Sure." Food sounded good to her after unpacking. "Great! I know this really good place on 13th street. "Bunny smiled her first true smile since "it" happened. "Good, let's go now, I'm starved!" Bunny said.
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I've never written so much in my life! Well actually I take that back I have, but it doesn't really matter, I'm trying to make my chapters longer because it's been driving me crazy, I want YOU the reader to get more than four pages of my stories! Although NO I will no be changing any of my earlier work into longer chapters, it'll just stay the way it was.
Also if you're a dubbed watcher that doesn't know what the heck is going on, I can give you a site with summaries for each JAPANESE episode, but I have a feeling almost everyone has the site, just e-mail me for it. Also if you're wondering why Motoki knows about Usa/Bunny being Sailor Moon it's because in the Manga he knows Usagi's identity, and so I made it the same way for this story ^^ Most of the fic is going by the Japanese anime but there times I go by the manga, but I'll warn ya! So anywhoo, REVIEW!! I won't post anymore unless I get some reviews!