Rainy Day Beginnings

All of Tokyo was buzzing about the international model superstar that was coming to live in Tokyo. Fans from all age ranges were gathered in the waiting area of the gate as the plane was pulling in. The paparazzi arrived as the passengers were disembarking then the one that all waited for was seen walking out. The long gold red hair was in a ponytail as sunglasses covered blue gold eyes as the young woman was wearing a blue sundress. The flashes of the camera of the paparazzi started to go off as the fans started to cheer and ask for autographs. A soft smile was on her lips as she went signing photos of herself as five men dressed in black uniforms stood on the edge of the crowd watching her. Satisfied that the woman was not a threat to them, they left but one heard someone shout, "Miss Phoenix, do you plan on attending the cherry blossom festival?" The woman, Phoenix smiled and said "Yes I do. Since I've Tokyo my home, I am planning on attending all the festivals. Now if you don't mind, I do have to get to my new home and settle in. Have a good day." She waved as she walked towards baggage claim where her driver had her bags and waiting to escort her to her limo. The man that had remain took out a locket and opened it hearing the song as he watched the woman leave. He vanished as the song ended and no one in the airport realized it.

Once Phoenix was in the car she made sure to keep the windows up and sighed softly. "You did a good job Miss Rivers. If you need someone to show you around, I have a good college friend that would enjoy a break from studies and he'll make sure that you see everything worth seeing," her driver said as he was driving towards the gated home that had a view of the ocean with a beautiful garden in it. Closing her eyes she nods, replying, "Thank you and tell your friend to stop by to introduce himself." The driver nodded as he pulled into the driver and got out to take her luggage inside as she got out. Taking the key out of her purse, she looked at the small villa then smiled at the garden as she was going to enjoy tending to it. Walking up to the door she went inside and looked around. It was her home and reflected her tastes in the ancient cultures as well as simple furniture. This was one photo opportunity that the press would love to take advantage of but this was for her and what friends should make. The driver brought her luggage in and whistled at the sight. Phoenix turned and held out some money. "Thank you for your help and it took a while to collect some of these pieces. When can I expect your friend," she said as she went to take the luggage further into her home. "I called my friend before I brought your luggage in and he should be here in about fifteen minutes. I hope that I can be of further service in the future" the driver said as he took the money then left.

While she waited for the man's friend to show up, Phoenix took her luggage up the slightly spiral staircase to the bedroom. Putting the luggage atop the bed, she started to unpack as most of her clothes had arrived with the furniture and had been put away by the designer she hired to make sure that her home felt like a home and not some cold space. The last bit of clothing was put away when the doorbell rang. Walking back down, she went to the front door and opened it. A pair of soft warm hazel eyes looked at her and she saw confusion as she tilted her head. "Please don't tell me that the knowledge of who I am is overwhelming because I will feel really awful about it," Phoenix said to put the man at ease. Darien was confused as ever since Serena revealed herself to be the reincarnated Princess Serenity, memories from that life found ways to disrupt his current life. Just like now, the woman he could swear was Phoenix from his past life. He recovered and smiled and held out a rose then said, "I brought this to say welcome but I see your garden is full of such flowers." A light blush crossed her face as she took the rose saying "One more rose adds to the beauty of the garden." Holding the rose she stood there as Darien offered his arm. "I hope you don't mind traveling by motorcycle and I have a few friends to meet at the Crown Arcade if you don't mind. It has a fruit parlor attached to it." Phoenix laughed softly and shook her head. "I don't mind at all."

Soon she was on the back of Darien's motorcycle, enjoying what he was showing her as she wore the spare helmet that he had. Her first day in Tokyo was going well as they pulled up in front of Crown Arcade as a high school girl with her long blond hair in pigtails stormed up to the motorcycle and started to say, "Darien, who is she? I'm your girlfriend." The blond turned her royal blue eyes towards Phoenix whose gold eyes showed confusion as the blond continued, "You get away from my boyfriend right this moment." "Serena, take it easy. She is new in town and I was showing her around then decided to introduce her to the Arcade," Darien said as he removed his helmet and got off the motorcycle. That seemed to sooth the blond, Serena who then asked, "So who is she?" By this time Serena's friends had joined them as Phoenix got off the motorcycle. Removing the helmet, her long gold red hair fell loose and all the girls just stared at her as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Feeling a bit uncomfortable, she said, "Hello and I do apologize but I rather have your boyfriend as a friend. You are such good friends I can tell." All at once the girls started to talk at once which made her laugh.

Darien held Serena in his arms as he said, "Maybe we can show her the arcade and fruit parlor as we treat her just like one of us." "Come on Darien, this is the legendary Phoenix Rivers who modeled in all the great fashion shows," said Mina in awe. "Really, I wasn't aware of that. Come on, let's go inside," said Darien as he walked with Serena inside. Phoenix followed and Andrew who was behind the counter just started stammering, "I…I ha...have all…all your photos, Miss Rivers. Can I ha...have your autograph?" She smiled and nods, saying "Of course and in exchange you show which is the best game to play in the arcade, deal?" Andrew blushed and nodded as he produced the Vogue magazine that had her on the cover. Taking the marker he offered she signed it then was taking to a game machine that was Sailor V. He explained how to play the game then Phoenix was off playing the game on her own. Serena, Mina and Lita watched in shock as Phoenix was doing very well for her first time. When she finally died, the girls took her into the fruit parlor where their waitress was falling over herself. After placing their order, Ami asked, "Was it difficult to balance school with modeling?" The girls looked at Ami as if she had just asked a weird question as Phoenix said, "Actually the modeling help me learn more about fashion then what was taught in the school's classroom."

Their order came along with a blue rose for Phoenix from a secret admirer. Blushing as she took the flower from the waitress, she tucked it into her hair. By the time she left, Serena and her friends were now friends of Phoenix. When she had left, Darien looked at them quietly. "Something the matter, Darien," Rei asked. He nods then said, "We all recall our lives from the Silver Millennium and Phoenix Rivers is from there. She was the woman that my brother loved to the point that he turned against us because I was…" He fell silent as Ami said, "Wait a minute, you mean that General Phoenix that was your brother's sole general and protector was really a princess in disguise. And that you are responsible for her showing up to protect Queen Selenity." Darien nods and explained what he remembered when Rei snapped, "Well duh, your brother loved her greatly like you loved your princess. Couldn't you give a benefit of the doubt for once in your past life?" He sighed softly as he took the lecture from the remaining girls before saying, "I know my brother is alive but I haven't found him. Now that we know she is alive and reborn, my brother will be drawn to her. Something tells me that it is about to get worse." As they were leaving, the clouds that had been gathering turned dark and it started to rain. Heading to their separate homes, the girls were thinking about Phoenix in a whole new light.

Meanwhile Phoenix was walking back to her place when she took cover from the rain before she got too soak. Standing in the sheltered entrance way of an apartment building, she felt that the meeting with Darien and her new friends was somehow familiar as she heard a throat being cleared. Turning her gold eyes meet a pair of warm amber eyes of a man that was handsome as he was dressed in black jeans and a silver shirt with a blue jacket. "Excuse me miss but are you the famous model Phoenix Rivers" he asked as his voice was warm. Nodding as she smiled. "I am and afraid that I was unprepared for this rain storm" she said as she looked back out at the street and sidewalk. "Well I was on my way out and I have an umbrella that I am willing to share in exchange for the honor of walking you home. My name is Jiro Black" "Who am I to turn down such a noble gesture? Thank you, Jiro Black." He walked with her out to the sidewalk where he opened the umbrella and soon the two of them were walking towards Juuban Park. After a few minutes they were walking through the park when the sounds of a battle were heard. His amber eyes narrowed as he thought Damn them, they had to pick this to fight those stupid sailor scouts. Hearing the sounds of battle seemed to stir something with Phoenix which caused her to shake her head. Jiro watched her unsure what was going on when one of the youmas that were mindless foot soldiers was tossed in front of them. He didn't jump back as he grabbed her arm when the youma looked at him. His eyes narrowed as he knew the youma could reveal him so he mentally told the youma to attack them. The confusion in the youma's eyes was there briefly before it went to attack them.

Phoenix watched this and taking a hold of Jiro's arm, she pulled him out of reach and delivered a hard punch to the youma's midsection, sending the youma flying back. Standing there between him and the youma, she narrowed her gold eyes and waited. The youma got to his feet and sent an energy blast towards them. Without a word she pushed Jiro into the bushes and waited for the blast to hit her. "Mars Flame Sniper" a voice called out as a fiery arrow smashed into the energy blast. Soon the sailor scouts appeared to form a barrier in front of Phoenix but the youma used a wide energy blast to knock the scouts away. Following his order, the youma rushed towards Phoenix as Jiro watched from the bushes. "Beryl wants you Prince Jiro," said a familiar voice as Jedite appeared hovering. Jiro growled, "Fine but we go back together. If that youma hurts that woman greatly, I am going to destroy whether Beryl likes it or not." They vanished as Phoenix watched the youma then dodge its attack. The sailor scouts in the meantime were slowly getting to their feet as Sailor Moon was getting ready to call upon her powers to dispatch the youma when something happen that caused both the girls and youma to pause.

As she stood there, Phoenix felt a warmth spread over her as the gold flame mark appeared on her forehead as a gold red crystal appeared before her. "Awaken my daughter and let the power of the phoenix flow freely through you" said a soft male voice as her hand reached out for the crystal. Once she touched the crystal, it shaped itself into a small ceremonial dagger as words came to mind that she spoke, "Phoenix transformation." The dagger burst into flames that moved over her hand to cover her body. As the fire dimmed, gone was the sundress replaced by armored clothing of tunic and pants colored gold red with boots of black as a circlet of red feathers crowned her head with the gold red crystal now in the shape of a phoenix in mid rising. The power from the transformation could be felt in the Negaverse as she opened her eyes, staring at the youma. " Big mistake attacking innocent people and for that I will deliver justice. In the name of justice, you will be punished." Standing there, she slowly brought a hand up as she said, "Burning ice." A golden orb of energy started to form in the center of her hand and with a flick of her wrist, the golden orb was sent hurling towards the youma. On its way to its target the golden orb transformed into ice shards that had flames at their hearts. As the shards hit the youma, the flames were released and destroyed the youma.

As the youma was destroyed, the sailor scouts approached her. Sailor moon smiled and said, "That was really cool what you did. Who are you?" "Phoenix Knight" was the emotionless reply as gold eyes watched the girls. "Are you going to fight with us," asked Sailor Jupiter who was the most impressed of the girls. "No and you'll forget what you saw." "Then you are a threat to us and our princess" challenged Sailor mars. Phoenix shook her head saying, "I protect the innocent and can care little about the moon princess or you." "So what are you going to do" asked Sailor Venus and Mercury at the same time as Phoenix started to walk away. "Do what you clearly aren't doing. Protect the innocent" she called out and vanished. The girls looked at each other before de-transforming and going home. Phoenix had also de-transformed and had a headache. Despite the fact that she had transformed, none of her previous life's memories had resurfaced. Nephlite had watched and went to report back to the other generals and Jiro.

"You mean that the woman is another sailor scout," asked Zoycite. Nephlite shook his head as he said, "No she is not another scout but calls herself a knight whose mission is to protect the innocent. It is clear that she has no intention of joining the sailor brats and is not going to be a problem as long as she is not around to stop our efforts of gathering energy for Beryl." Jiro remained silent then said, "She is more than a simple knight and she will be mine to handle, is that clear? Beryl already approves of this and that means that you four will continue gathering energy while I work on bringing this new warrior to our side of the fight." Jedite, Nephlite, Zoycite and Malachite both nod and vanish as Jiro took out the locket necklace and opened it. Listening to the melody, he closed his eyes and planned on getting his princess back at all costs.

Meanwhile when Phoenix arrived home, she was soaking wet and went to change into warm dry clothes. The crystal had morphed itself into a gold bracelet with a red crystal at the center. Once she felt the chill of the rain vanish, she went to pour herself a glass of red wine. Taking the glass, she went to the patio doors to stare out at the sea while she took a sip of the wine. Her mind went over what happen and she was still puzzled by this new part of herself. So far it seemed like with the exception of a few bumps her new life was off to a great start. The rain soothed her as she walked away and sat down to read a book and enjoy her wine while the storm seemed to slowly move on its way to other new beginnings in new areas.