Two Moons

Sailor Moon

fanfiction

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR ANY RECOGNIZABLE EVENTS, PLACES, OR CHARACTERS.

Chapter 2: Pressure

"Queen Alana, do you think you have time to sneak away?" the young prince whispered to her.

"For what means?"

"The usual," he said slipping his hand onto her back.

She glanced over and smiled sheepishly. "Prince Endymion, I have business to attend to. I don't have the time to waste with you."

"It isn't a waste, my love." He turned slightly and faced her. "Just a little bit of time. Your business will be there when we are done."

"Endymion…all right. I guess I can spare a little time."

A noise arose her only slightly but the wailing animal was what woke her. "Someone is at the door. Alice, wake up."

Ally pushed Solaris off of her and sat up. She rolled her eyes as the door bell rang again before she finally got up and opened the door. "Darien…I'm sorry, I must have fell asleep. Come on in. Just give me a few minutes, okay?"

"Yeah, sure thing."

"Awesome. Come on in. I'll just be a few minutes," Ally said, letting him walk into the small apartment. Reluctantly, Darien walked in. Ally smiled as she walked away quickly to the bedroom leaving Darien and Solaris in the same room.

"So, your cat is very pretty," he said, walking over and examining Solaris, who hissed and ran away.

"Ah, yeah, he's pretty soft too! He doesn't like strangers though, I guess," she said as Solaris ran into the bedroom and eyed her. She bent down to his level and whispered, "Behave." Solaris glared at her again. Ally got up and pulled a ruffled short sleeve shirt on before checking her hair and walking out to the living room. "Okay, sorry about that."

"Hey, it's fine. You don't take as long as people I know," he said walking towards the door and opening it for her to walk through. "I was thinking about a walk downtown that way I can show you the whole city."

"Sounds great." Ally walked out with Darien. The oddity of being in the city was still not hitting her. Every time she saw the skyline, she was reminded of New York but the strange symbols that were used for writing kept reminding her that she was far from home. As night set in, Ally began to get her grounding. The area reminded her of Times Square with the tall buildings, bright lights, and scrolling banners. The flood of people held many different dialects and she could detect her own hidden in the mix.

"Well that's odd," Darien said looking at the skyline. "I've never seen two moons."

"Huh?" Ally snapped out of her trance and looked up. Sure enough there were two moons in the night sky. "The Earth only has one, though."

"That's what I thought too. I guess there's another one in orbit." He stopped at the corner of the road and led her into the small English cinema that was in the middle of the tourist hub. "I asked around and found out that they were showing the Sailor Scout movie tonight. I thought you might be interested. We could do something else if you want."

Ally shook her head as she smiled. "Nope, this sounds awesome!" As they walked into the theatre, Ally looked at the many posters for the movie. There were six posters: one group, four separate posters for different colored scouts, and one final poster that had a matching cutout of a man with a tuxedo and a blonde pigtailed girl. When the movie started, she was able to connect the colored scouts.

Sailor Mars in red with raven hair down to her knees. She was beautiful but angry with a strong religious connection. Sailor Jupiter was brash with her ponytailed brunette hair in a green ribbon. She was the toughest and sweetest of them all. Then there was the smart, short one with oddly black and blue hair. She was Sailor Mercury-the most level headed of the bunch. And then in orange, there was the love struck Sailor V who had her own movie and game series that was mentioned often. She was a mix of everything: brilliant, strong, beautiful, and passively aggressive. She always got what she wanted and had a knack for playing Cupid. She was the only one with a mask out of the group but ironically, she wasn't the leader.

The leader was the annoying, loud, crybaby, childish, and scared blondes it the funny pigtails. Within minutes of her appearing on screen, Ally was tired of her. Her name was Sailor Moon and she was supposed to be the leader but far too often the other sailors had to lead the way. She stood out from the group with dual colors of blue and red along with a large moon brooch. Her love interest was Tuxedo Mask who, like his name suggested, wore a simple black tuxedo with a mask. His weapon didn't make sense to Ally. A simple rose and cane that were able to stop any action from happening, breaking the hardest bonds, and apparently, making every sailor swoon after him. He wasn't very important to the plot. He was good then evil then good again. The only thing Ally enjoyed about him was his witty lines.

"So, they think the Moon Princess is the same person as Sailor moon?" Ally asked, leaving the theatre and walking down the sidewalk into the heart of downtown.

"Yup because she is."

"Or is she? I mean, there's already five of them, right? Who says there aren't a dozen more?"

Darien shrugged. Well, there are more but that doesn't mean they're all capable of being the Moon Princess. "Maybe there is. And then what?"

"Well, they have to try, right? For all they know, they're all princesses or something. And what's with the tuxedo guy?! Why are they even letting him near them? He's like evil avenue!"

Darien laughed and scratched his nose. Well, thanks, that's really sweet. "They like him. He's useful to them."

From the corner of her eye, Ally glared at Darien. "No, he's not. He's evil. If he's supposed to be so good, then why is it so easy for the bad guys to take him over?"

"He's more open minded?" Darien shrugged. If I knew that answer, there wouldn't have been any times where it happened.

"Yeah, to evil," she mocked.

"I guess you don't like them?"

She shrugged as they stopped at the ice cream shop. "They're okay, I guess. Just not what I would have thought."

"Why's that?"

"The leader is a crybaby. You know if she wasn't there, I might actually like them."

"You don't know the half of it."

"What do you mean?"

"Um…" Darien shook his head. Of course, speaking outlaid about Serena really wasn't what he wanted right now. Even worst, speaking about her at all. "I mean there are other movies. She just gets worst every time. Hey, want some ice cream?"

"Sure, strawberry, please."

Darien nodded and ordered as Ally stood beside him and looked around. She could tell she was in a high tourist area because there were two menus: one in English and one in Japanese. Darien handed her a cone and they walked out into the dying out crowd. "So, those moons are still out."

"Yeah, they are. It's so weird. I've never seen anything like it before."

"That makes two of us." They walked forward away from the street and towards a central fountain between a set of businesses. Catching her attention away from the moons, Darien moved his cone towards her.

"Darien," she squealed as he bopped her nose with his ice cream cone. She reached her tongue up and licked it away before bopping him back on his nose.

"I didn't mean to. I guess my deft perception is just off but really, take a bite," he laughed as he wiped away the melting ice cream and offering her his cone.

Ally looked at him for a moment before leaning forward and licking the tip of the ice cream. "Not bad. What is it?"

"Mango coconut," he said as she offered her own ice cream to him. Darien grinned to himself as he leaned forward and took a bite, still managing to get some on his chin which Ally wiped away instantly. "How are you liking Tokyo?"

"I love it but wish I understood the language," she laughed. Over the noise of the crowd and the traffic, a roar of an eruption broke out. "What was that?"

"I don't know." Don't tell me the Negaverse is here. Not now. The noise came again but shook the ground. Darien stepped back as the ground beneath them cracked. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a white floating figure shriek by. No, no, no, this isn't happening. "We need to get out of here."

"Darien, what's going on?" Ally looked down as the ground shook violently again. "Is this an earthquake?"

"I don't know," he said reaching forward and grabbing hold of her arm, "we need to get out of here."

"And go where? Darien, we're in open water, here." The ground cracked underneath them and the road caved in. Ally stepped forward towards him as the ground erupted again underneath them. Ally screamed as the pavement underneath them gave away, causing them both to fall.

"Ally!" Darien moved forward, pushing aside the debris and pulled her towards him. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, fine," she looked up and saw the deep gash in the pavement they were in that was at least six feet down. "How do we get out?"

"I'm not sure." He looked around at the debris then shook his head. No, no, no, that can't be happening. The Negaverse is here. I can feel it but the girls aren't even here. And I'm stuck here in this hole. "I can lift you up and you can get out."

"What?" Ally looked at him with surprise. "No, either we both get out or no one does." The earth shook around them causing the debris to shuffle. "We get out together, okay?"

Darien shook his head, "Okay." The debris shuffled again as a flash of light shown across their heads. He stood up and moved around the debris to create a pathway to the top. "Come on. Ladies first," he said holding out his hand and helping her get up and onto the path. Ally got up and Darien soon followed her. "So, we're out." He glanced around and saw that the streets were nearly empty but Ally's attention was caught elsewhere. She darted towards the street in the direction of a child crying out. Darien saw her as the earth shook again. "Ally!" He ran to her as the ground finally cracked between them. Should I stay and help her or should I transform into Tuxedo Mask? I don't think I can take this thing on by myself. It's so strong. There's no telling what else it can do if this is just the beginning.

"Darien! Take her. I can't jump across with both of us," Ally yelled, getting his attention back. He nodded and reached forward, grabbing hold of the young girl of maybe six years. When he stepped back, Ally jumped across, stumbling forward.

"Come on," Darien said, helping her back onto her feet. "There's a store over there. It doesn't look like this is affecting it." Ally nodded and ran with him, avoiding the cracks along the way. When they were finally inside, they looked around. The store was empty. When Darien let go of the little girl, she ran and hid underneath the counter after saying thank you. He slid down and sat on the floor. "You probably don't like Tokyo now, huh?"

Ally sat down next to him. "I don't know. It's reminding me a lot of home."

"You get earthquakes like this?"

"No but it's always crazy and unexpectable." She smiled as she looked at him before seeing the white creature slink in front of the window. "What is that?"

"Nothing good," he said as a noise ripped through the air, shattering everything with glass. Ally leaned forward, covering her ears as Darien stood up, unaffected. What is that? It's so beautiful.

Ally looked up as Darien approached the doorway. "Darien! What are you doing?" she screamed. He didn't respond but kept his pace towards the door. Ally stood up and ran towards him. "Darien, do you hear me?" She tried pulling on him but he did nothing but brush her off. This is so not good! What do I do? What can I do? Whatever that thing is, it's in control of this. She huffed forward and put herself between Darien and the door. "Darien! Stop!" Ally screamed again but still no response. The wailing stopped and Ally finally removed her hands from her ears. "Darien, are you okay?"

"Ally? What happened?" The door busted open as the creature grabbed hold of her. "Ally! No!"

"This siren chooses you!" the creature crackled, throwing Ally down into the ground. Ally tried to stand up but the siren's shriek cause sound waves to force her down further into the ground, creating a crater in the pavement. It then swooped down into the crater and into Ally's face. "No one can resist my song!" Out of her lips came a low hum sung with words from an unknown language that caused Ally to scream out in pain. From the sky, a red rose broke the siren's concentration. "Who dares to stop my siren song?" The ghoul jetted up out of the crater.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do this to her. I am Tuxedo Mask and I think it's time to drown your sorrows."

Ally pushed herself up as the siren flew away from her and saw him-the man from the movie. She looked around as he distracted the siren. I don't think he can handle this by himself. I need to do something. She stood up and staggered away from the crater and into a small cave made from the debris.

Tuxedo Mask flipped backwards, both trying to outrun and run down the siren. When his feet hit the ground, he quickly whacked the siren with his cane causing her to fly down to the ground. "Come on. Is that all you got?" he shouted, jumping up and avoiding a sound wave attack. A smash of light pushed back the siren causing Tuxedo Mask to look up.

"Sorry, I'm late," she said jumping down from a streetlamp.

His eyes narrowed in on her. "Serena," his whispered, catching her attention for a moment but she didn't respond. She seemed different, cool, collected, and missing her gloves? He noticed arms were bare but nothing else seemed different. "I'm glad you could make it."

She nodded and pulled off her tiara. "Just in time to make this creep into Moon dust!"

Author's Note: First off, thank you all for reading and reviewing! You guys are amazing! If you have any input or questions, don't be afraid to ask or say them! :) Secondly, I wrote this a story a year ago during my huge Moonie geek out (that literally happens every 307 days-I only know this because of my timestamp on my writings) but after hearing about SM 2013-it had to happen again! This will be a really short story but it will be updated and probably finished in very quick manner.

Again, thank you guys so much! :)