Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R
Act 2
The next day was an interesting day for the girls. When they arrived at school they were told to go immediately to the auditorium after changing into their school shoes and that the assembly would take about 10-20 minutes. When the girls got there two students were up on the stage as well as another well dressed gentleman standing next to the Principal. As everyone took their seats for the assembly the Principal began speaking.
"May I have your attention" He began "we have with us two new students that will be joining the school as of today. Would you two please introduce yourselves?" He asked and they politely obliged. "My name is Seijuro Ginga" The taller brown haired man said as he introduced himself to the school. "My name is Natsumi Ginga and I am his younger sister." the red headed girl said and politely bowed and this was observed by the man standing in the back with his hands in his pockets while the Principal got set to introduce him.
"And now it is my pleasure to introduce this transfer from the States. We don't know much about him except that he will be assigned to one of the classrooms as a teacher and I expect you to be on your best behaviour for him. Son would you mind introducing yourself to the students?" The principal asked and Joshua politely bowed to the Principal and the students before he addressed them.
"My name is Joshua Curtis. You may call me Joshua-Sensei ,Curtis-Sensei or just Josh will do. I was sent to this school by an order from someone. I do not know whom but I will do my best to assist any of you ,student or not, in your studies because that is one thing I was good for when I worked in the States and I earned the respect of the student population and the staff. I hope that whatever class I get will show me the proper respect and I will give you the same. Good day!" Joshua said and stepped back towards the curtain as the Principal dismissed the students to go to their respective classrooms.
As Joshua exited with the new students he was given his roll book and when he saw the class number outwardly he smiled but even he didn't know why! The class was in fact "1-1" and when he opened the roll book he saw a name that looked vaguely familiar but shook it off as he made his way towards the classroom and slid the door open to a bunch of eager students. Joshua knew something had to be up so he addressed them now.
"Don't think of any pranks to pull as long as I'm here. I have a job to do and I know that a lot of you want Haruna...that's fine but let's keep any pranks away from me because I won't tolerate it. Are we clear?" He asked and everyone nodded and amazingly there were NO pranks pulled at all...even when he took roll!
"Tuskino Usagi?"
"HERE!"
"Kino Makoto"
"HERE!"
"Gurio Umino"
"HERE!"
"Mizuno Ami"
"h-HERE SENSEI!"
Ami's reaction caught everyone off guard and caused Joshua to look up from the roll book for a minute and then continue as if nothing happened. The day went without much incident as the only thing that did happen was someone slipped a whoopie cushion on his seat and that student got sent to the principal on the spot!
NOTE TO STUDENTS: This teacher you don't jerk with!
As the school day ended Joshua packed his things and was on his way out the door when Ami stopped him in the hallway. "Curtis-Sensei um..." Ami stopped as she was struggling to get something out and Joshua could tell it was something important as he unknowingly placed a hand on the shy girl's shoulder. "Ami...if its something important it will come to you. Gather yourself and when you're ready to tell me whatever it is that you need to tell me I'll listen...okay?" He asked and Ami nodded and again a single tear shed down her cheek and this didn't go unnoticed by Joshua whom instinctively embraced her and walked with her out of the building. As they walked out Seijuro looked over at Natsumi with a pleasant smile on his face.
"That HAS to be the guy that annihilated that monster! The problem is that if it is the school board here would freak out right?" Seijuro asked Natsumi and she just nodded before reverting to her true form as En. "We need his help and that of the Sailor Senshi Ail and you know that. The problem is I don't think he's willing to let his power awaken just yet if at all." She explained as they teleported back to their hotel room.
Mizuno Household
It took 20 minutes but Joshua had walked Ami home and gave her hand one more assuring squeeze before heading off back to his apartment and Ami's mind started wandering...but only briefly! "Ami? Ami come in!" Saeko told her daughter as she snapped out of her daze and slowly walked towards her room where she set her bag down and looked at a picture from when she was a baby and she noticed a boy cradled next to her in the nursery. Could this have been the teacher?
Dinner time came and as Ami set the table for her and her mother she seemed to have a flashback to a time long since forgotten...
FLASHBACK
"Your Highness" A servant called out and Princess Mercury turned and gave her undivided attention to the gentlemen. "What can I do for you today sir?" Mercury said with a pleasant smile and the gentleman's heart went a-flutter. "I was just wondering...how's your brother been? We haven't seen him around much and people have been getting worried that he's gone missing from the Palace grounds." The gentleman said in a reply and Mercury did ponder the question thoughtfully before answering. "Cloud is always a mystery to the Kingdom. He acts on his own accord with Zoisite and they are almost never seen together. I HAVE observed them together every so often but its usually in the concert hall when Zoi practices his music. Other than that...Cloud is not just my brother...he's one of my best friends here." She explained and as if on cue when the servant left and she turned around the "Man of the Hour" turned up in his white suit and tie.
"Its nice to know that there are people that worry about my whereabouts." Cloud said with a smirk and Mercury all but ran up to her brother and gave him a big hug. This caught the "Warrior of Mercury" off guard but at the same time he knew how important his sister's happiness was and whenever she's like this he's about the only one that she can turn to in a moment of crisis.
And then it all went in the shitter...
Three days later and the Dark Kingdom attacked and sadly one of the most important pieces to the defence of the Kingdom ,Lord Zoisite, had turned his back on the entire Moon Kingdom and in the battle to save the Kingdom a lot of people were mortally wounded and not the least of which was Mercury. When Cloud saw his now former friend in Zoisite working with Queen Beryl the rage that was in him boiled over 10 fold!
"ZOISITE!" He screamed "DON'T LET ME FIND YOU ON EARTH BECAUSE IF I DO SO HELP ME GOD YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!" He bellowed but the eccentric Lord just flipped his hair back, laughed and the massacre continued. Had it not been for Queen Serenity the Moon Kingdom would have truly lost the battle. In Cloud's mind however the Kingdom DID lose! It lost the Princesses of each Kingdom, He lost a good friend and His sister was mortally wounded and dying...it pretty much was a bad day for them!
"Mercury wake up! Sis wake up PLEASE!" Cloud yelled but it was no use. His sister was dying in his arms and the Queen had one last act before she passed on. "Cloud...Luna...Artemis" She said weakly and all three of them made their way to the dying Queen. "You're time serving me is almost over...I want...each of you to live happily on Earth and when the time comes...you...will...all...awaken" Were the final words of the Queen as the crystal and Moon Stick dropped and everyone was sealed away to awaken on Earth when the proper time came!
END FLASHBACK
"He...he's here...HE'S HERE!" Ami yelled and this got a strange look from Saeko as they sat down for dinner. "Who's here Ami...someone you know?" The elder Mizuno asked and Ami jumped a few feet before nervously walking to her seat at the table before settling down and eating supper. "It's...nothing mom. I was just thinking aloud is all." Ami said in a nervous reply and that was the end of the conversation for the rest of the meal until she got up, cleared the table and excused herself to her room and got back to her studies. What could she have POSSIBLY been hiding from her mother?
Joshua's Apartment
[RING RING]
"ONE MINUTE!" Joshua called out from the bathroom as he finished getting ready for bed when the phone rang...problem was it wasn't his land-line phone or his normal cell phone...where was it coming from? The answer came from a phone that he had never seen before...at least not that he remembered and when he answered it weird stuff started happening! When Joshua hung the phone up he assumed that no one was on the other end and then he looked in the mirror and let out a blood curdling scream that ,had the walls not been insulated and soundproofed, the entire apartment could have heard it! "What...what happened to me? Who is that staring in the mirror back at me? WHY is this happening to me? Someone help me understand what in the hell is going on?" Joshua screamed as he shakily made his way to his couch and just stared blankly at the TV that he hadn't turned on yet.
"You rang?" A voice called out and Joshua looked around but couldn't see anyone. What kind of sick game was this? "Alright pal you got about 1 minute to show yourself before I go tearing this apartment apart looking for you! Now where in the hell are you?" He yelled and the voice just laughed before speaking again. "In due time Joshua no...'Warrior Cloud'. You will know all you need to know and I will help you understand your past. I will tell you this much: You DID notice the reaction that Mizuno-san gave when you called her name out for roll today...did you not?" The voice asked and Cloud stood there and thought about what was asked. He HAD noticed that Ami started crying when she was standing in front of him but why? He asked her what was wrong and she couldn't tell him. What was she hiding?
Nothing more came out of the conversation except for the fact that yet again a civilian's voice could be heard screaming and Cloud's expression changed to one of a determined man to help whomever was in trouble. He composed himself and stormed out of the apartment and made sure that no one he knew saw him. As he hid in the background the two Senshi were joined by a third party this time with brown hair and a ponytail and this one was apparently controlled by a female dressed in blue...but not whom he thought it was! No...this person was named "Berthier" and for some reason not even three women could take this ,what would be found out later to be called a "droid" could be taken down by their attacks! Cloud knew that he HAD to spring into action
Out of nowhere the following phrase was heard:
"WARRRRRRIIIIOOOORRRRR STTTTTRRRRRRIIIIIIKKKKEEEE!"
Same attack and the same grizzly result to the monster and Berthier couldn't believe what she had just seen! Whom in the hell possessed that kind of power and more importantly where were they? Luna followed the smell of the burned flesh and walked down the alleyway where she saw the figure disappear when she heard the following echo through the night:
"I want to meet the girls behind the Senshi. I want to meet the three I helped tonight out of uniform at a location of their choosing and more importantly I want to reunite with my sister. Her name is Mercury and I love her dearly. Help me with this and I will show myself to you the next time I help you. Can you do that for me?" The seemingly disembodied voice asked and Luna nodded as the three girls: Mercury, Moon and Jupiter showed in the alleyway and for the third time that day Mercury shed a tear but this one was different...she was going to get her brother back!
NEXT TIME...
"Mizuno-san"
"Yes Joshua"
"You wanna hang out later?"
New Teacher, New mysterious voices and apparently this one knows Ami and Joshua-Sensei. What do we do? If he finds out..
Ami: Relax Tuskino-san I think all will be okay
Usagi: You do?
Makoto: Is it true you had a brother Ami-Chan?
Ami: Well...
Next time on Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R: Ami-chan's family reunion! The "Heavenly Warrior"'s identity revealed!
