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Aeden here, I decided to be nice and update. I'm going to warn you now, so you'll know. If I don't get at least five reviews on this chapter, I'm going to hold out on Chapter Three until I do. I know, I know, I probably sound mean, but I want your opinions on this! Also thanks go to you guys who reviewed. ^-^
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Usagi/Ryo-2
Usagi/Touma
Usagi/Seiji
Usagi/Shin
Usagi/Shu-1
Hopelessly
Lost:
Chapter Two:
The only thing she knew was that her head was pounding. It had been storming a few minutes ago. From the sounds of the birds around her, it was just fine now. The heat on her skin told her that it was sunny now as well. Usagi groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. What she saw around her definitely wasn't the park in Tokyo.
This place was smaller than Tokyo. She was finally able to register where she was. She was in an alley. Looking in the glass of a broken mirror, one of her buns had fallen out. Usagi gently tugged the other one out, sighing in slight frustration. She shook her long golden locks until the came to a stop at the small of her back. It wasn't a look Usagi was used to, but she liked it.
Walking out onto the sidewalk, the Senshi of the Moon looked around her. What was this place? It resembled Tokyo slightly, but something was different. It was then that Usagi spotted a sign. She strode up to it quickly and read over it, hoping to learn her current location. Her jaw dropped as soon as her eyes hit the letters. Toyama? She'd heard of it, but didn't have the slightest clue as to where it was. Something also struck her dumb. She couldn't feel the presence of her Senshi or her bond with Mamoru. Why was that? The only thing she could think of was that the Gates of Time had opened and she was now in another dimension.
Usagi's vision began to blur. The tears were building up in her eyes and she desperately wanted to cry. She was all alone in another dimension and didn't have the slightest clue as to how she was going to get back home. Why shouldn't she cry? Because she had to be strong and find a way home on her own, that was why. She was the leader of the Sailor Senshi, she couldn't cry. She would find a way home, but things seemed so hopeless. Biting her lip, she turned around quickly, running smack into someone.
She fell on her butt with a cry of surprise. There was also a grunt from above her. Looking up, there stood what had to be the hottest guy she'd ever seen. His unruly electric blue hair was held back with a green headband. His midnight blue eyes were brought out strongly by his hair. The guy stood about six feet tall and would be towering over her had she been standing up. The guy laughed nervously as he extended a hand to her.
"Gomen, I wasn't paying attention. Let me help you." He said gently. Taking his hand, Usagi was speechless. "Watashi wa Hashiba Touma."
Usagi stared a minute before replying. "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi."
"Bunny of the Moon. Cute." Touma said with a laugh. Usagi blushed.
"I can't help it, that's what my parents called me." She said quietly.
Touma shook his head. "I like it though. It's unique. I've never seen you around here, Usagi. Are you new in Toyama?"
This question refreshed her panic and grief. "No, I'm from Tokyo." Usagi replied as her eyes began to sting with fresh tears. "I don't know how I got here or how I'm going to get back."
"You don't know how you got here? You knew you were in Toyama though." Touma tried to reason.
"That's because I had just read it on the sign! I woke up in that alley over there!" Usagi exclaimed frantically. "I don't know how I got here. The only thing I remember was the storm that had begun before I left."
Touma looked at the girl in slight confusion. He personally thought she was a few sandwiches short of a picnic. She had woken up in an alley? That was just strange unless she'd been violated and left for dead. Usagi didn't look harmed though. The problem seemed to confuse him even more. Tsukino, he hadn't even heard that name before. It was totally new to him.
"You said that your last name was Tsukino. I've never heard a last name like that before."
Usagi seemed to look at him with a certain loss of hope in her eyes. He hadn't heard of her last name? Was it even the same year that she had left? If it wasn't, she had either gone forward or backward in time or been sent to another dimension. She didn't know how to get back. Would she ever? So many questions and doubts were floating around in her mind at this point that it seemed to small to register any of it. The tears seemed to come freely from her eyes. Poor Touma looked at her in confusion and sympathy. By this time, she was sobbing softly.
"I don't know where I am or even what year it is. I know I sound crazy, but it's the truth. I don't know how I got here, Touma-san." Usagi choked. The blue-haired young man took her hand and smiled gently down at her.
"Don't worry, Usagi-chan, I'll help you figure everything out, I promise. It does seem strange that you don't remember how you got here, but everything with turn out fine. As for what year it is, it's nineteen eighty-eight." Touma told her gently.
A look of horror crossed Usagi's face. "Nineteen eighty-eight! It can't be!" she exclaimed loudly. "When I was in Tokyo, it was the year two thousand three!"
"What?!" Touma exclaimed in a like manner. "That's impossible. There's no way that I'm fifteen years older than you! I'm only seventeen."
"Well, you're not fifteen years older than me. I'm sixteen." She said simply.
Touma shook his head. "Come with me and I'll help you as much as I can. My friends and I can give you a place to stay, if nothing else."
Usagi nodded quietly and followed Touma as he headed off down the street again. She was walking down the street with a total stranger, yet she didn't feel threatened. Touma was being nice enough to help her out and even give her a place to stay while she was in this place. The only thing that bothered Usagi was the fact that she had to have been brought here for a reason. The voice had told her that he needed her help. It all came back down to that stupid voice. If only she hadn't heard the voice speaking to her, she wouldn't be here now. Usagi only hoped that Touma and his friends wouldn't have ill intentions when they saw her.
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SMACK!
"Ow, Shin, geez! I was just trying to sample your cooking." Whimpered an injured Shu as he nursed his hand.
The auburn-haired boy turned back around to his skillet and continued frying the fish that were currently occupying his attentions.
"If you weren't hungry all the time, Shu, I wouldn't have to use my spatula as a weapon and what a brilliant weapon it makes."
Shu pouted as his ash-colored hair fell over his headband and into his eyes. He was a growing boy and needed his food. Shu's brown eyes contained a pleading look as he stared at Shin. Shin closed his sea blue eyes and continued to cook their lunch, totally ignoring the Chinese boy.
"If I let you have any now, there won't be any left for Ryo and the others." He said simply.
Byakuen's entrance stopped Shu's argument in his throat. Wherever Byakuen was, Ryo and Jun weren't far behind. Yamano Jun was a young boy of ten that had joined their fight against Talpa several years ago. The ebony-haired boy bounced into the kitchen after the Siberian tiger and hopped up onto one of the kitchen chairs. Grass stains adorned his clothes and any exposed skin that he had.
"I'm here, Shin! I was playing soccer with Ryo! He should be in soon." He announced happily. Byakuen curled up at the table under Jun's feet.
"I hope he's not as dirty as you are." Shu said with a grin. This made Shin turn around and Jun stuck out his tongue at Shu quickly.
"I can't have you eating in here that dirty, Jun. Please go wash up some." Shin said gently. Jun sighed as he slid off of the chair and made his way into the bathroom to clean up.
The slam of the screen door told them all that the bearer of the yoroi no Rekka was among them. Ryo's raven hair clung to his forehead and neck, damp with sweat, as he made his way into the kitchen. His blue eyes held exhaustion from the soccer match with Jun. He made his way over to the table and plopped into the chair that the younger boy had been previously occupying. Sniffing the air, he gave a groan of hunger.
"Shin, whatever it is you're fixing smells great. Is that lunch?" he asked.
"What else would it be?" came a voice from the opposite doorway.
Turning quickly, the three of them saw the owner of that voice. A blonde young man stood leaning against the doorframe. A lock of hair fell over his right eye, leaving the other to shine out a beautiful gray. Shu rolled his eyes at the ladies' man of the Troopers. He was trying to put on his tough attitude today.
"Don't you have a date with Atsuko today?" Shu asked suspiciously.
"I sure don't. I told you, I don't think she's my type."
"You were leading her on then, Seiji." Ryo said.
"No I wasn't, I never said I wanted to date her." The blonde argued.
"Don't worry, I have enough for an army." Shin said, trying to settle the argument.
Jun came bounding back into the room and took a chair next to Ryo where he began chattering about their soccer match earlier. He had blocked Ryo's goal and scored one himself. Shin pretended to listen as Seiji took a seat and Shu imitated Jun with his hand. The opening of the front door told them that the final member of the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers had arrived. A few seconds later, Touma entered the kitchen. Byakuen raised his head and growled savagely. Ryo looked down at his feline friend and then back up to Touma, but he had turned around in an instant.
"Don't worry, Byakuen won't hurt you. You're just new to him, that's all."
Touma stepped aside to reveal a girl who barely stood five feet tall. Her waist-length golden hair had a wind-blown look about it. The pink tank top and teal mini skirt she was wearing was covered with dirt and ripped in some places. Scuffs and scrapes graced her knees and elbows as she looked shyly up at them with her big azure eyes. Shu smirked at this.
"So, Tenku, you finally got yourself a girlfriend. Way to go!"
Touma's cheeks turned crimson as he tried to make a hasty recover. "Usagi isn't my girlfriend. I just met her."
Seiji focused on this girl. He could sense the fear and panic in her. There was something different. Korin no Seiji could also feel the power that this girl had. Something wasn't right with this. He decided to remain quiet instead of coming out and addressing the issue.
"It's nice to meet you, Usagi. I'm Mouri Shin." Shin said, stepping away from the stove momentarily. "The block-head over there is Layfang Shu. The blonde is Date Seiji."
"I'm Sanada Ryo."
The girl stepped forward and bowed slightly. "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi."
"Don't forget me!" cried a voice from in between Ryo and Seiji. "I'm Jun!"
Usagi gave a small laugh. Touma smiled before looking back over to her. He would have to use the telepathic link that the Troopers shared to give them a heads up about what was going on.
"Guys, there's something I have to tell you." Touma announced mentally.
"You're getting married! I just love weddings!" Shu exclaimed mentally.
"Get with it, Layfang (A.N. I saw that posted somewhere as one of the interpretations of Shu's last name, so I decided to use it ^-^), this could be important." Shin scolded.
"Geez, I was only having some fun."
"What do you want to tell us, Touma?" Seiji asked.
"Let me get Jun to take Usagi to the bathroom and I'll explain everything." Turning to the young boy, Touma smiled. "Jun, why don't you take Usagi to the bathroom? I'm sure she wants to get cleaned up."
"Ok, Touma!" Jun exclaimed. "This way, Usagi-san!"
Taking Usagi's hand, Jun led her out of the kitchen. Touma waited until the footsteps had stopped before he began speaking.
"The thing with Usagi is that she's not from here. She's not sure how she got here either. Usagi said that woke up in an alley and didn't know where she was until she read a sign."
"So what? She was at a wild party and woke up with a really big hangover." Shu deduced.
"Then explain the fact that she's from fifteen years in the future." Touma said calmly.
Seiji jerked his head toward his best friend. "You're joking. There's no way possible."
"Iie." Touma said, shaking his head. "I'm telling you the truth. You're an empath, Seiji, you know whether I'm lying or not. You know I'm right."
When the silence got to an unbearable level, Ryo looked around the room at his comrades. This girl, Usagi, had come from the future. A burning feeling welled up in his soul. Something was going to happen in the near future that had a lot to do with this girl. He wasn't sure what it was, but it was going to be something important. The silence was finally broken by Shin.
"Well, what can we do? Where is she going to stay?" he inquired.
"I was actually hoping that she could stay here at Natsui's with us. That way, we could keep an eye on her." Touma stated.
"Hai, that makes sense. I have this feeling that we're going to need protect her very soon." Ryo said, staring out the window.
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