Title: How I Feel
Entry: Chapter Two
Author: Moon Girl Lex
Rating: PG
Genre: romance/drama
Notes: Italics means that its part of a poem/song (which I made up! So no one sue me for copyright infringements). Bold means Usagi's thoughts. Bold Italics means someone is talking to her that is not physically there.
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon= not mine. Poem/Song= mine. Simple legistics folks. Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Bandai, DiC and whoever else I forgot (Tokyo-Pop?) Poem/Song (to be named eventually after I get the actual music notes down for it to BE a song…) belongs to me, Moon Girl Lex only. Should I sell it, you all will be the third or fourth to know.
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I went to school feeling, uncomfortable with myself. Who was I? It was becoming bothersome to constantly say to myself silently 'I am Usagi Tsukino. I am the daughter or Kenji and Ikkuko (OOC: spelling? Not sure…) Tsukino. I have a younger brother, Shingo…' I think once I said it out loud in class, Ms. Haruna got really mad and gave me detention. Strange how a once familiar past time for me is so alien now.
"Can anyone translate this sentence?" Ms. Haruna asked, tapping the board with her pointer and looking about expectantly. Around me groans of frustration were all that could be heard as the students went to work to figure the sentence out. "Usagi? Are you so good now that you don't need a book to help?" Ms. Haruna asked, her lips a thin line of disapproval.
"No ma'am. It says 'The treeline is no farther then twenty yards.'" I told her, standing up and reciting. As the Crown Princess of the Moon Kingdom I was well versed in most any language known. Though 'Earth Speak' wasn't taught, I worked hard to learn it so that one day Endymion and myself could talk without translator devices.
Ms. Haruna was obviously surprised--not totally in a good way from the way her eyes kept darting from the book to the board and then me. "Uhh…correct." She finally said. The entire class turned around to look at me. I stood tall, hands clasped in front of me ans stared ahead.
"Sit Usagi!" Naru hissed, embarrassed for me.
I did as she said. I saw Ami and Makoto cringe before returning their gazes to the front. I believe I made another mistake. I sighed and took out my mathematics book as the teacher said too. Another long day indeed.
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"Hey Darien, what's happening?" Motoki, Darien's best friend, asked as the tall handsome young man entered the Café.
Darien looked up from his book and pocketed his glasses. "School, school and then, more school." He replied, taking a seat the counter. Motoki automatically handed him a glass of soda before resting himself.
"Aren't I lucky I don't have to worry then huh?" he joked, trying to coax a smile out of his serious friend.
Darien gave a small smile and nodded, returning to his book after a sip of soda. Sighing, Motoki took up his rag and went back to cleaning the soda machine, wondering is Darien ever was without a book.
/Outside/
"This…place is somewhere s--I like?" I asked the four surrounding me skeptically. I admit to being a fun loving girl, but this place hardly seemed 'fun'.
Mina and Makoto exchanged secret smiles, before they hurried me inside, laughing the whole time.
"Howdy girls!" a cute blond guy said from behind the counter, waving his dishrag enthusiastically.
"Motoki…" I said in wonderment. This guy meant something important to me. I tried to pinpoint the exact feeling but I couldn't. Something between love and friendship it seemed.
"Hey Usagi," he said, smiling. He nudged someone at the counter, another man with dark hair, and smiled. Everyone seemed to smile a lot.
The girls hurried me to a booth far in the back, just out of sight of the dark haired guy. "So?" Mina asked, her blue eyed dancing merrily.
"What?" I asked, staring at her confused. Mina was my cousin back then, but now…we're just friends it seemed.
"What did you think of Motoki? You are in LOVE with him!" Makoto prompted, her ponytail bobbing back and forth.
"No…I love Endymion." I answered immediately, without thinking.
They looked at each other, a look I began to view as their 'In time she'll understand' look. It seemed they used that look more then actually talking to me.
"I mean…I LIKE Motoki, but I don't love him yet." I amended.
Rei shook her head and refused to look at me, Ami looked embarrassed and pulled a book from somewhere (The seat? She hides books in the seats I think!), Mina absently picked at her nails and Makoto--with nothing to do-- looked uncomfortable.
This was hard to ask. "Guys…when do you think Artemis and Luna will be awakened?" I finally asked. I missed Luna, my feline guardian and advisor. I took her for granted far too much before.
"We're not exactly sure…" Ami.
"…they might not even be cats…" Makoto.
"…your mother said…" Mina.
"…she'd repay their loyalty with a gift." Rei finished explaining.
"Oh. Have you looked for them?"
Nods of agreement. "Problem is, they must be like you. Their memories looked away." Ami told me, shrugging.
"Perfect." I muttered, sinking down into my seat and pouting.
/counter/
"Did you see her?" Motoki asked, looking at Darien then the group of girls huddled in the back.
"Her who?" Darien asked absently, marking a page in his book for further reading.
"Her! The one I told you about. Usagi Tsukino." Motoki said impatiently, glaring. "Do you even listen to me anymore?"
Darien grimanced and realized he was right. He spent more time reading around Motoki then talking to Motoki. "Refresh my memory." He said.
"Blond, big blue eyes, sweet personality…" Motoki said. "If I wasn't dating someone I'd asked her out." Motoki sighed.
"She here?" Darien asked, ignoring his friend.
"Yeah, back their with that group of girls. Their her friends. Rei Hino, Ami Mizuno, Makoto Kino and Mina Aino. In that order, left to right with Usagi being the one with the odangos." Motoki pointed out, his arm reaching across Darien's face so he was forced to turn.
***
In the middle of sipping her water, Rei choked and turned red. Flapping her hands she motioned behind me. Now I realize she didn't mean fore to turn around, but I did anyhow.
Your face…imprinted in my memory. Your smile…enough to make me wild…I'd know you anywhere…my love…
"Endymion?" I whispered, sliding out of the booth seat to get a closer look. "Endymion?" I whispered again, my steps gaining speed as I realized who it was. "ENDYMION!" I shrieked in joy, throwing myself into his arms and sobbing into his shoulder. "I missed you so much…didn't think…the girls said…oh my love!" I murmured incoherently.
I lifted my lips to his and kissed him, pressing myself closer to him. "My love…" I whispered against his lips.
Strong hands pulled me off him. I struggled but they held firm. I turned to see who it was and gasped in outrage. "Let go! How dare you--? LET ME GO BY ROYAL ORDER!" I commanded, shouting as loud as I could.
Despite my best efforts Makoto and Rei dragged me out of the café and out to the street. Ami and Mina hurried after, trying their best to keep me quiet. "You know what?" Rei asked, before I felt a thud against my neck.
***
/Café/
Motoki stared at Darien, Darien stared at the blond girl being dragged away by a raven haired girl and brunette. Another blond, strikingly similar to the first rushed past with a blue-black haired girl, both offering apologies.
I turned to stare at Motoki. He blinked. "Didn't realize you knew Usagi THAT well Darien." He said.
"I don't--at least…I don't think I do. She called me…she called me 'Endymion'. That isn't my name." Darien said flustered. The unexpected small bundle had acted as if it was natural for her to kiss him so passionately.
"Mistaken identity?" Motoki asked with a raised eyebrow. "I've known Usagi a long time and she has never acted like that before."
"Maybe she was on something." Darien mummbled gruffly, willing himself to forget how it felt to be kissed by her.
Motoki's dishrag fwapped Darien on the head hard. "Don't say that." He warned angrily.
"I didn't mean--"
"I got work to do Darien. Have a good afternoon." Motoki said coolly, walking away and disappearing into the back room.
Darien looked to the heavens above. "What did I DO to deserve this?" he asked plaintively. As if in answer, the light above him blinked twice then went out.
***
Nothing seemed the same…after you left…will I ever see you again? Good bye…Good bye…
I awoke with a major headache and the feeling of being trapped. Neither was welcome.
"She's awake." A voice said.
"Good…Usagi? Can you see okay?" Ami asked, bending over me.
"Why…wouldn't I? Why do I have a headache?" I asked, confused.
"Rei decided to quiet you down, but knocking you out." Mina said dryly, leaning against a wall.
"It worked." Was all Rei said, from the fire.
"It hurts!" I protested. She came over with a cup of steaming green liquid. "What's that?" I asked, feeling queasy.
"It'll help." Ami assured me.
After a momen t of hesitation, I drank the liquid down in a gulp. "Bleh…no taste!" I complained. "Where's Endymion…you pulled me away from him!" I accused a moment later.
"We need to tell you something, Usagi…Princess." Makoto started quietly.
"What?"
"Endymion is…he doesn't remember you. The Queen…she made it so that he wouldn't." Ami said uncomfortably.
"Why?" I asked carefully, watching each face closely.
"The prophecy." They said together.
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tbc
Ending Notes: I can't quite figure out how Darien and Motoki met in my story universe. Ohh! Shingo makes an appearence next! YEAH! My favorite character! Plus! The truth behind the life of the Royal Family of the Moon!
Entry: Chapter Two
Author: Moon Girl Lex
Rating: PG
Genre: romance/drama
Notes: Italics means that its part of a poem/song (which I made up! So no one sue me for copyright infringements). Bold means Usagi's thoughts. Bold Italics means someone is talking to her that is not physically there.
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon= not mine. Poem/Song= mine. Simple legistics folks. Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Bandai, DiC and whoever else I forgot (Tokyo-Pop?) Poem/Song (to be named eventually after I get the actual music notes down for it to BE a song…) belongs to me, Moon Girl Lex only. Should I sell it, you all will be the third or fourth to know.
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I went to school feeling, uncomfortable with myself. Who was I? It was becoming bothersome to constantly say to myself silently 'I am Usagi Tsukino. I am the daughter or Kenji and Ikkuko (OOC: spelling? Not sure…) Tsukino. I have a younger brother, Shingo…' I think once I said it out loud in class, Ms. Haruna got really mad and gave me detention. Strange how a once familiar past time for me is so alien now.
"Can anyone translate this sentence?" Ms. Haruna asked, tapping the board with her pointer and looking about expectantly. Around me groans of frustration were all that could be heard as the students went to work to figure the sentence out. "Usagi? Are you so good now that you don't need a book to help?" Ms. Haruna asked, her lips a thin line of disapproval.
"No ma'am. It says 'The treeline is no farther then twenty yards.'" I told her, standing up and reciting. As the Crown Princess of the Moon Kingdom I was well versed in most any language known. Though 'Earth Speak' wasn't taught, I worked hard to learn it so that one day Endymion and myself could talk without translator devices.
Ms. Haruna was obviously surprised--not totally in a good way from the way her eyes kept darting from the book to the board and then me. "Uhh…correct." She finally said. The entire class turned around to look at me. I stood tall, hands clasped in front of me ans stared ahead.
"Sit Usagi!" Naru hissed, embarrassed for me.
I did as she said. I saw Ami and Makoto cringe before returning their gazes to the front. I believe I made another mistake. I sighed and took out my mathematics book as the teacher said too. Another long day indeed.
****
"Hey Darien, what's happening?" Motoki, Darien's best friend, asked as the tall handsome young man entered the Café.
Darien looked up from his book and pocketed his glasses. "School, school and then, more school." He replied, taking a seat the counter. Motoki automatically handed him a glass of soda before resting himself.
"Aren't I lucky I don't have to worry then huh?" he joked, trying to coax a smile out of his serious friend.
Darien gave a small smile and nodded, returning to his book after a sip of soda. Sighing, Motoki took up his rag and went back to cleaning the soda machine, wondering is Darien ever was without a book.
/Outside/
"This…place is somewhere s--I like?" I asked the four surrounding me skeptically. I admit to being a fun loving girl, but this place hardly seemed 'fun'.
Mina and Makoto exchanged secret smiles, before they hurried me inside, laughing the whole time.
"Howdy girls!" a cute blond guy said from behind the counter, waving his dishrag enthusiastically.
"Motoki…" I said in wonderment. This guy meant something important to me. I tried to pinpoint the exact feeling but I couldn't. Something between love and friendship it seemed.
"Hey Usagi," he said, smiling. He nudged someone at the counter, another man with dark hair, and smiled. Everyone seemed to smile a lot.
The girls hurried me to a booth far in the back, just out of sight of the dark haired guy. "So?" Mina asked, her blue eyed dancing merrily.
"What?" I asked, staring at her confused. Mina was my cousin back then, but now…we're just friends it seemed.
"What did you think of Motoki? You are in LOVE with him!" Makoto prompted, her ponytail bobbing back and forth.
"No…I love Endymion." I answered immediately, without thinking.
They looked at each other, a look I began to view as their 'In time she'll understand' look. It seemed they used that look more then actually talking to me.
"I mean…I LIKE Motoki, but I don't love him yet." I amended.
Rei shook her head and refused to look at me, Ami looked embarrassed and pulled a book from somewhere (The seat? She hides books in the seats I think!), Mina absently picked at her nails and Makoto--with nothing to do-- looked uncomfortable.
This was hard to ask. "Guys…when do you think Artemis and Luna will be awakened?" I finally asked. I missed Luna, my feline guardian and advisor. I took her for granted far too much before.
"We're not exactly sure…" Ami.
"…they might not even be cats…" Makoto.
"…your mother said…" Mina.
"…she'd repay their loyalty with a gift." Rei finished explaining.
"Oh. Have you looked for them?"
Nods of agreement. "Problem is, they must be like you. Their memories looked away." Ami told me, shrugging.
"Perfect." I muttered, sinking down into my seat and pouting.
/counter/
"Did you see her?" Motoki asked, looking at Darien then the group of girls huddled in the back.
"Her who?" Darien asked absently, marking a page in his book for further reading.
"Her! The one I told you about. Usagi Tsukino." Motoki said impatiently, glaring. "Do you even listen to me anymore?"
Darien grimanced and realized he was right. He spent more time reading around Motoki then talking to Motoki. "Refresh my memory." He said.
"Blond, big blue eyes, sweet personality…" Motoki said. "If I wasn't dating someone I'd asked her out." Motoki sighed.
"She here?" Darien asked, ignoring his friend.
"Yeah, back their with that group of girls. Their her friends. Rei Hino, Ami Mizuno, Makoto Kino and Mina Aino. In that order, left to right with Usagi being the one with the odangos." Motoki pointed out, his arm reaching across Darien's face so he was forced to turn.
***
In the middle of sipping her water, Rei choked and turned red. Flapping her hands she motioned behind me. Now I realize she didn't mean fore to turn around, but I did anyhow.
Your face…imprinted in my memory. Your smile…enough to make me wild…I'd know you anywhere…my love…
"Endymion?" I whispered, sliding out of the booth seat to get a closer look. "Endymion?" I whispered again, my steps gaining speed as I realized who it was. "ENDYMION!" I shrieked in joy, throwing myself into his arms and sobbing into his shoulder. "I missed you so much…didn't think…the girls said…oh my love!" I murmured incoherently.
I lifted my lips to his and kissed him, pressing myself closer to him. "My love…" I whispered against his lips.
Strong hands pulled me off him. I struggled but they held firm. I turned to see who it was and gasped in outrage. "Let go! How dare you--? LET ME GO BY ROYAL ORDER!" I commanded, shouting as loud as I could.
Despite my best efforts Makoto and Rei dragged me out of the café and out to the street. Ami and Mina hurried after, trying their best to keep me quiet. "You know what?" Rei asked, before I felt a thud against my neck.
***
/Café/
Motoki stared at Darien, Darien stared at the blond girl being dragged away by a raven haired girl and brunette. Another blond, strikingly similar to the first rushed past with a blue-black haired girl, both offering apologies.
I turned to stare at Motoki. He blinked. "Didn't realize you knew Usagi THAT well Darien." He said.
"I don't--at least…I don't think I do. She called me…she called me 'Endymion'. That isn't my name." Darien said flustered. The unexpected small bundle had acted as if it was natural for her to kiss him so passionately.
"Mistaken identity?" Motoki asked with a raised eyebrow. "I've known Usagi a long time and she has never acted like that before."
"Maybe she was on something." Darien mummbled gruffly, willing himself to forget how it felt to be kissed by her.
Motoki's dishrag fwapped Darien on the head hard. "Don't say that." He warned angrily.
"I didn't mean--"
"I got work to do Darien. Have a good afternoon." Motoki said coolly, walking away and disappearing into the back room.
Darien looked to the heavens above. "What did I DO to deserve this?" he asked plaintively. As if in answer, the light above him blinked twice then went out.
***
Nothing seemed the same…after you left…will I ever see you again? Good bye…Good bye…
I awoke with a major headache and the feeling of being trapped. Neither was welcome.
"She's awake." A voice said.
"Good…Usagi? Can you see okay?" Ami asked, bending over me.
"Why…wouldn't I? Why do I have a headache?" I asked, confused.
"Rei decided to quiet you down, but knocking you out." Mina said dryly, leaning against a wall.
"It worked." Was all Rei said, from the fire.
"It hurts!" I protested. She came over with a cup of steaming green liquid. "What's that?" I asked, feeling queasy.
"It'll help." Ami assured me.
After a momen t of hesitation, I drank the liquid down in a gulp. "Bleh…no taste!" I complained. "Where's Endymion…you pulled me away from him!" I accused a moment later.
"We need to tell you something, Usagi…Princess." Makoto started quietly.
"What?"
"Endymion is…he doesn't remember you. The Queen…she made it so that he wouldn't." Ami said uncomfortably.
"Why?" I asked carefully, watching each face closely.
"The prophecy." They said together.
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tbc
Ending Notes: I can't quite figure out how Darien and Motoki met in my story universe. Ohh! Shingo makes an appearence next! YEAH! My favorite character! Plus! The truth behind the life of the Royal Family of the Moon!
