BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON
~MIRAI~
PART IV: SOMETHING FAMILIAR
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Some Japanese words I use:
Moshi moshi = A phrase used when answering the phone
okaa-san = mother
hai = yes
arigatou = thank you
ohaiyo = good morning
baka = in this case, it's: "You idiot"
masaka = never / this can't be
* * * *
[She's somewhere around here... I can sense it...]
Akira stood alone on the balcony, all alone and with the wind blowing
in his dark hair. It was Friday night, he had managed to convince his
boss to let him go home a little earlier. He needed some time to
think, without having paper work to do and having annoying co-workers
to deal with. He leaned against the railing, taking a deep breath of
fresh air. Then, for a few moments he closed his eyes. He enjoyed the
peace and silence around him.
[No... I must be on my guard,] he forced himself to think as
he frowned. [The enemies could just be using this against me again. I
can't let them trick me like they did last time.]
He heard the glass door to the balcony being opened. Then he heard
Kenji's voice saying:
"Hey Akira, it's time for dinner."
Without opening his eyes or turning around Akira answered: "You tell
everyone to go ahead and eat. I'm not very hungry today."
Kenji remained silent for a while, but then simply said "Okay." and
went back into the house. He couldn't understand why Akira was
standing out there when it was so cold. Akira opened his eyes and
looked over the garden at the backyard of the house. Though it was
already dark, he could see it perfectly. He smiled as he remembered,
she had always loved flowers and garden. He wished that she could hear
his thoughts, even though she was probably very far away from Crystal
Tokyo. She could be anywhere on Earth, maybe he had just been looking
at the wrong place.
[I thought that you would too be drawn to Crystal Tokyo like I
was. But Triton... I'm beginning to believe that I will never be able
to see your beautiful face again.]
* * * *
"Dinner time, everyone!" Chie called for the second time and
carried the last bowl of ramen to the dining room. Usagi came after
her with the chopsticks and napkins in her hands. She placed them out
neatly on the dining table and was just finished as Tomo entered the
dining room.
"Oh, ramen!" she said happily with a smile on her face. They
soon heard footsteps and shortly afterwards the others arrived into
the dining room. They all took their seats, Usagi didn't know why on
Earth Yasha and Hikaru sat next to each other. Tomo's seat was across
theirs and next to her sat Usagi herself. Chie's and Kenji's seats
were at the end of the table, but the seat next to Hikaru was empty.
"Where's Akira?" Chie asked as she took her seat. "Did I only
imagine him coming home an hour ago?"
"No, he's here," Kenji answered. "But out on the balcony. I
told him that it was dinner time but he said that we should go ahead
and eat without him since he wasn't hungry. Not that I know why he's
standing out there, it's freezing."
Chie frowned. "That's strange..." she murmured. Akira usually didn't
miss a meal or stand out the balcony when it was this cold outside.
"I just hope that he's not thinking about 'her' again."
"Thinking about who?" Usagi wondered as everyone else started
to eat their ramen. Chie looked at Usagi curiously, surprised at her
question. Then she remembered.
"Oh, yes... I forgot. We haven't told you about Akira and
Triton yet, haven't we?"
Usagi shook her head. She had no idea about who this Triton was. She
started to eat the ramen as Chie began to tell her.
"Not all Senshi are from this time," Chie told. "Most Senshi
are born in this age like normal people, just with inherted powers or
in some cases, powers that simply appear. But some are reborn from the
Silver Millenium or even earlier ages, just like the Sailor Senshi of
the Moon Kingdom. Akira is one of them."
"But then why wasn't he reborn along with my mother and the
other Sailor Senshi in the 20th century if my grandmother used the
Ginzuishou to sent everyone to Earth?" Usagi asked. Chie shrugged.
"I don't know, but maybe it has to do with the reason Akira
became reborn. Or it might be that he wasn't needed until now. You
see, the past Hermes Knight died in the Silver Millenium and was
reborn here. He wasn't a Senshi, but something happened and he became
one the day he was born here on Earth. Unlike us, the awakening of his
power didn't mean that he had a mission to get rid of the demons here
in Crystal Tokyo. His mission was to find a person named Triton."
"Triton?"
"It's really romantic, Usagi-chan," Tomo commented. "Triton
and Akira-san were in love during the Silver Millenium. But they were
seperated during the attack of the Moon Kingdom and seperated while
being reborn. Queen Serenity's powers made Akira and Triton Senshi so
that they would eventually find each other. Akira grew up in Germany,
but was drawn to Crystal Tokyo so he thought that he would be able to
find her here."
"It's sad..." Usagi said slowly. "And he haven't even found a
trace of her?"
She remembered the story about the Sailor Starlights who had come to
Earth looking for their princess, Kakyuu. It had taken them a few
months but they had eventually found her. Neo-Queen Serenity had
talked about them a few times, but Usagi herself had only met them
briefly a few times.
"No, and he's been looking for her for a long time..." Chie
continued. "Once, before you came, the enemy tricked Akira. They knew
how determined he was to find Triton and used that to lure him into a
trap. He managed to escape but nearly got killed. It took all Tomo's
healing powers to even stablize his condition."
* * * *
In another part of Crystal Tokyo, a young girl leaned sat on her bed,
knees drawn up and her arms around them. She turned her head and
looked through the window. It was so dark outside and the wind was
howling. The girl smiled to herself.
[What a nice day for my parents to leave me alone in the
house,] she thought as she got off the bed. She put on her slippers
and made her way out from the room. Izukawa Misao turned on the lights
in the hallway, she walked downstairs, slowly. After all, she wasn't
in a hurry.
"All alone by myself and nothing to do..." she said to herself
as she reached the first floor of the house. She entered the kitchen
and opened the refridgerator, looking for something to drink. Finally,
she spotted a small, unopened bottle of orange juice. She took the
bottle and closed the refridgerator door. Not caring to pour it in a
glass, she opened the bottle and drank. After a few swallows, Misao
left the bottle on a table. She walked over the window and opened it.
Fresh and cold air entered the kitchen but she didn't flinch. Instead,
she leaned against the window sill.
[Why am I feeling so strange?] Misao asked herself. [I feel as
if... I don't even know how I feel...]
Her silent thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the phone
ringing. Misao left the kitchen quickly and ran to get the phone in
the hallway. She managed to pick it up just before the fifth signal.
"Moshi moshi?" she greeted.
"Misao-chan, it's your mother."
"Hi okaa-san!" she said, suddenly sounding more cheerful when
she heard her mother's voice. "How are things in Hawaii?"
"It's great here," Izukawa Shizue answered. "Your father and I
feel like we are on a second honeymoon. Do you manage things at home?
You're not planning on having a party or something, are you?"
"No, no, no, not at all," Misao assured. "I'm just doing
homework and watching TV, that's all."
She didn't want her mother to know that she had spent the last two
hours lying in her bed and staring up on a spot at the ceiling,
thinking about absolutely nothing. If Izukawa Shizue would find out
she would overreact and worry about nothing.
"Good, we don't want to come home and find out that the house
is wrecked. I hope that your cooking, I don't want you to eat those
microwaveable noodles all the time."
"Hai, okaa-san."
If Misao could actually see her mother, she knew that her mother would
smile faintly.
"Good. I have to go know, take care of yourself, okay? Your
father and I will be back in a week. Goodbye."
"Yeah, I will be fine. Bye okaa-san."
Misao heard her mother hang up and she did it as well. When there was
silence in the house again, she leaned towards the wall. She ran her
hand through her long light blue hair. A cold gust of wind blew
through the hallway. Misao remembered the open window and went back to
the kitchen. There, she shut it but stared at her own reflection in
the window.
[I feel something strange... though I don't know what it is...
I have a feeling that something is going to happen.]
* * * *
"Sword of lightning..." Odin murmured. His sword began to glow
with light. He held it up in the air and lightning came down from the
sky, striking the demons that stood before him. In the corner of his
eye he saw Ishtar running and forming her attack at the same time. A
ball of light had formed in her hands when she ran into the crowd of
demons.
"Flash!" she called and quickly placed the ball on the ground.
It was good that she was a fast runner, since the ball exploded the
second after she had managed to get out of the crowd. Ishtar turned
around, but not to examine the dust that the demons had turned into.
Instead, she turned to Hermes Knight, who battled the demons with his
sword. Ishtar frowned. Hermes wasn't moving as quickly as he was
usually doing.
[He's not concentrating,] she thought, eyes widening as she
saw a demon unseen by Hermes get close to him. She raised one arm.
"Energy Beam!!"
The demon that Hermes had fought against turned into dust by his own
attack, just a moment afterwards he saw a demon behind him turn into
dust by Ishtar's attack. Ishtar and Odin joined up with Hermes now
that all the demons were destroyed.
"Hermes, are you alright?" Odin asked. Ishtar knew that he had
noticed it as well.
"Yeah..." Hermes answered. "Why do you ask?"
"You're not concentrating as much as usual," Ishtar pointed
out. "Is there something bothering you? You know that you can talk to
us whenever you want to."
Hermes looked at Ishtar. [Always wanting to find out what the problem
is,] he thought. [But this I need to solve on my own.]
"It's nothing, Ishtar. I just... need to take a walk."
Before Ishtar could answer to that Hermes had turned around. He walked
down the empty streets with a fast pace. Ishtar bit her bottom lip as
she watched him going away.
[He's not trusting us. Why? He knows that he can and that we
won't betray him. He has been pushing us all away for the last few
days. I no longer know what to do.]
"He'll be alright," Odin suddenly said as if he had read
Ishtar's thoughts. "He has always managed to get by."
"Let's hope so. We better get out of here before the police
shows up."
Meanwhile, Hermes stood leaning against a brick wall in an alley. He
closed his eyes for a second and transformed back into his civilian
form. Akira opened his eyes, in his hand he held a blue pendant.
Seeing the pendant, he remembered when he gotten it in the Silver
Millenium. It was her, Triton, who had given it to him. Akira smiled
faintly.
[It's strange, Triton... Recently I just haven't been able to
get you off my mind.]
* * * *
[I knew that some shopping would do me good,] Misao thought
happily as she walked down the crowded street. She carried three bags
with clothes, accessories and other things, in each hand. She suddenly
stopped walking and looked through the window to a jewelry. She eyed a
beautiful bracelet and then looked at the price.
"2000 yen for a bracelet?!" she whispered to herself and then
looked at the bracelet once again. She loved shopping and she loved
bracelet. Her family was wealthy and it's wasn't a secret. But
still...
[It will do me good to save some money...] Misao decided to
not stay any longer in case she would change her mind. Without
looking, she took a few quick steps. In return, she bumped into
someone who was on his way out from an alley. The collision caused
Misao to drop her bags and fall backwards.
"I'm sorry, miss. Are you alright?" a male voice asked.
"No!" Misao snapped, her happy mood had disappeared as the
fall had caused some pain in her back. "My back hurt like he..." She
looked at the man she had bumped into for the first time. She had
assumed that it was some, klumpsy ugly guy but instead she was staring
at a handsome man with dark bluish hair and dark eyes. He was very
tall and was probably somewhere around twenty two to twenty four years
old.
[A cute one...]
"I didn't see you coming," the man said. He had a deep voice,
Misao noticed. But somewhat cold. "And it looks like you didn't see me
either."
"What do you mean?!" Misao exploded, she had gotten out of the
trans she had been in when she had first looked at the man. "You were
the one who bumped into me first."
"If I am correct, you weren't even looking forwards when you
walked into me," the man replied coldly. He looked somewhat annoyed
with her talking as loud as she did, even though no one else noticed
it. People passed by without paying attention to the two. Misao bit
her bottom lip as she remembered that she hadn't been able to take her
eyes of the bracelet in the jewelry store's window. But apologizing to
a stranger was something that she rarely did and she didn't plan on
doing it now.
"If I remember right, you just walked on without looking," she
retorted, hoping that she would be right. The man looked surprised.
Misao smiled to herself.
[Didn't see that coming, did you?] she thought victoriously.
[You are very cute, mister. But learn one thing, no one gets Izukawa
Misao to apologize unless she wants to.]
"So who's fault is it?" Misao continued, still with a smile on
her face. She picked up the six bags which she had dropped before.
"Yours. At least I had the decency to be polite."
Misao's eyes narrowed and the smile on her lips disappeared. Her
patience was now gone. "Well then, mister-polite-and-know-it-all. I
have to say that I hope that I will never, ever, see you again."
Without waiting for an answer she walked right past the man and
continued to walk home. Akira turned around and watched her leaving.
There was something strange about the girl, he had sensed it. Of
course, he couldn't be sure of anything, but he had a feeling that she
wasn't like any normal girl.
[I have to be on my guard, she could be an enemy,] was Akira's
last thought before he continued to walk. He felt troubled, even more
than he had before. Either it was Triton or this girl that bothered
him, or perhaps it was both of them.
* * * *
It was typical Sunday at the house. Chie was tending to her flowers in
the garden, Tomo was helping her and they were both showing Usagi.
Hikaru and Kenji out on the porch playing cards. Yasha was somewhere
in the house where she could paint without being disturbed. The only
one within range to hear the door bell ring was Akira. He had been
reading and had opened that someone else would get the door. But when
he had remembered where the others were. Sighing, he put down the book
and made his way to the front door. He opened the door and saw someone
he had least expected.
"You!" he and the girl who stood outside the door called out
at the same time. He couldn't believe this, the girl that he had
bumped into stood on the doorstep.
"What are you doing here?" the girl shrieked.
"I live here!" Akira answered, then said in a much colder
voice. "What are you doing here?"
"My friend..." the girl began, a little surprised by the cold
voice. "I got her address a few days ago and it says that she lives
here... Kamiya Tomo."
"Misao-chan!" Akira heard Tomo's voice say. He turned around
and saw Tomo standing there, still with her gardening gloves on.
"Ara, Tomo-chan," the girl said, smiling towards Tomo. Akira
looked surprised at Tomo when she walked towards the two.
"Tomo... you know this girl?" he asked. Tomo nodded.
"Hai," she answered. "Akira-san, this is my friend, Izukawa
Misao. We go to the same school, but she's two years older.
Misao-chan, this is one of my roommates, Akira Kazuo."
"Seems like it's fate that we meet, doesn't it?" Misao said,
smiling. Akira just rolled his eyes and left the two girls. Misao
looked at Tomo. "What's wrong with him?"
Tomo smiled faintly towards her friend and took off her gloves. "It's
nothing really," she answered.
"I brought you the manga that you wanted to borrow the other
day. Since I had nothing to do today I thought that I might as well
come here and hand it over."
"Arigatou, but you could have just given me it tomorrow in
school."
Akira heard their voices even though he had left the hallway. He
stopped when he was back in the door he had been in before. Leaning
against the wall, he frowned. Later that night everyone was gathered
around the dinner table. While Usagi and Chie were engaged into a
converstation about the garden, Akira looked across the table where
Tomo was eating quietly.
"Tomo."
She looked up towards him. "Hai, Akira-san?"
"That girl who came this afternoon," Akira began. "How well do
you know her?"
Tomo thought for a while before she answered. "Hm... For a long time I
guess," she answered. "Ever since I started school here. Why do you
ask?"
"I sensed something strange around her," Akira told, it caught
the attention of everyone around the table. "Haven't you?"
Tomo looked surprised, then shook her head slowly. "No... Misao is
one of my best friends in school," she told. "I have never felt
anything suspicious when I have been with her."
"I did," Akira said. "Yesterday I bumped into her. I knew
right away that there was something strange about her. I think that
she might be an enemy."
Tomo bit her bottom lip and put down her chopstics. Akira saw the sad
look on her face and knew that he had said something wrong. The others
stopped eating as well and turned their gaze to Tomo. There was
silence in the dining room before Tomo spoke.
"No..." Tomo said quietly and calmly. "Misao can't be an
enemy. She took care of me when I first started school, she's my best
friend. She's one of the kindest people I have ever know. So please
Akira-san... don't say such thing about her."
With that she rose from the chair and ran out from the dining room.
There was silence around the table again, no one said anything about
it. Then Usagi put down her chopsticks and rose from her seat as well.
"I'll see if she is alright," she said before leaving the
dining room to follow Tomo. When Usagi had left, Chie looked at Akira
with a stern look in her green eyes.
"What was that all about, Akira?" she demanded to know. Sure,
Chie and Akira were at the same age but at this point Chie sounded as
if she was Akira's several years older sister. "Is there something
that we should know about?"
"Just about a friend of Tomo," Akira murmured and continued to
eat. But Chie wasn't willing to let the subject drop just like that.
Tomo wouldn't run off if it wasn't something important.
"And you sense something strange around her?" Chie pushed.
"What if it's not an enemy? What would you do if Tomo's friend turns
out to be Tri..."
"No," Akira cut off coldly. "She looks nothing like Triton."
With that, the converstation ended. The others knew that Akira wasn't
in his best moods. Chie said nothing more about it. Meanwhile, Usagi
was out in the gardens looking for Tomo. She found her sitting on the
park bench with her face buried in her hands. Usagi smiled faintly as
she sat down on the bench next to Tomo and put her hand on the younger
girl's shoulder.
"Hey... what's wrong?" she asked. "I don't think that Akira
meant anything bad when he talked about your friend. He was probably
just being honest with what he had sensed." Tomo removed her hands
from her face and looked at Usagi with sad eyes. She shook her head.
"It's not the reason why I'm sad," she told. She looked down
on the ground. "It's because... Lately... I have sensed something
strange around Misao as well." Tomo sighed. "When I first started
school I had no friends and I was always alone. But Misao became
friends with me and looked after me. I may have more friends now...
but Misao's still the one I can trust the most... I don't want to
believe what I have been sensing, I kept telling myself that I'm just
being mistaken. But when Akira-san has sensed it too... I'm afraid
that there's something wrong about Misao."
"Couldn't it be that she's a Senshi or something?" Usagi
wondered. "I mean, I sensed something strange around you and the
others the first time I met you and you turned out to be a Senshi
team."
Tomo shook her head. "I don't know... But... none of us are psychics.
Sure, we somehow know when one of us are in trouble, but almost all
Senshi do. Neither Akira, I nor the others have the power to sense
Senshi or enemies. You are special, that's why you can do it."
* * * *
"Nee, Tomo-chan... Cheer up, will you?"
Tomo looked upwards and saw two of her friends, Sayuri and Nozomi,
standing next to her seat in the classroom and looking at her in
concern. Tomo managed to smile faintly towards the two.
"Ohaiyo," she greeted and sat up straight. Sayuri looked at
her curiously.
"You look a little tired," she pointed out. "Did you spent
all night studying for the test?"
Tomo just nodded. She hadn't studied for the test. After Usagi had
talked to her, they had both returned to the dining room. She had
apologized to everyone for running off and then finished her meal.
Though she had gone to bed early that night, she hadn't been able to
sleep. She had spent hours thinking about what Akira had said about
Misao. But she still refused to believe that Misao was a danger. She
simply couldn't.
"C'mon, let's go and meet up with Misao and Miyazawa," Nozomi
suggested. Tomo got up from the chair and followed the two others to
the hallway. There they spotted Misao and Miyazawa on their way out
from their classroom. The two upper classmen caught sight on the
younger girls and made their way over to them.
"Ohaiyo, everyone!" Misao greeted with her usual happy voice.
She saw Tomo and noticed what Nozomi and Sayuri had before. "You look
pretty tired. Let me guess, you studied for that test that you said
that you were going to have?" Tomo nodded again. "You didn't have to,
I'm sure that you would will do just fine anyway."
"Hey, why don't we go out for a while?" Miyazawa suggested.
"It's pretty boring just to stay in the hallways."
Before anyone had time to answer his question an alarm was heard
through the school. Everyone looked up towards the speakers that were
in each corner of the ceiling. Soon the principal's voice was heard.
"Attention everyone, this is principal Kawamura. There is an
emergency, please evacute the school and gather at the soccer fields!
And please stay calm!"
"Demons..." Tomo whispered, her voice and face turning
serious. No one but Miyazawa heard her.
"What's this all about?" Misao wondered. Suddenly a loud crash
was heard somewhere. Tomo looked around and then up at the ceiling.
"Watch out!" she called and pushed Nozomi and Sayuri away.
Just a few seconds afterwards the ceiling cracked and a demon came
falling from above. The other students in the hallway ran as fast as
they could, Misao, Sayuri and Nozomi did the same. Miyazawa was about
to when he saw that Tomo had no intention of going anywhere.
"Tomo!" he shouted to get her attention. She looked at him
over her shoulder.
"Please leave with the others as soon as you can," she told
him calmly. "I'll take care of this."
"You can't do it by yourself!" Miyazawa protested. Tomo smiled
faintly towards him.
"Have faith in me, Miyazawa-sempai," she simply said. "And the
others will be here soon. I'll be alright. Please leave."
Miyazawa realized that there was nothing that he could do about it.
"Tomo... please be careful," he said to her before leaving. Tomo
turned to the demon and jumped aside just in time to avoid it's claw.
She pressed a button on her communicator, sending a warning signal to
Chie and the others. Then she got up on her feet and avoided the
demon's claw once again. This time she ran back into the classroom
where her bag was. She digged into it and found her transformation
item, the Star Talisman. She could hear the demon following her as she
raised the Star Talisman.
"ARCHANGEL, TRANSFORM!"
When the demon entered the classroom, it was surprised when Archangel
flew right past it. Once out in the hallway, she was about to descend
when she saw other demons coming towards her. Turning around, she saw
the demon she had just flew past coming too. Archangel hestitated,
then closed her eyes and held out her hands. Her wings began to flap.
"Divine Wing!" she called and opened her eyes. The first demon
who had appeared was blown down to the floor and Archangel flew right
over it. Once she had all the demons in front of her, she began to
murmur a prayer. Moments later the hallway shone with light.
* * * *
"Miyazawa!" Misao shouted when she finally spotted Miyazawa
at the gathering place for all the students. It took all her strength
to get through the crowd of panicing students and then she had to call
out Miyazawa's name at least ten times before even she got his
attention.
"Miyazawa, where's Tomo?" Misao demanded as soon as she got
to Miyazawa. He didn't answer her question which angered her more than
he could imagine. Misao's anger and worry for Tomo grew for each
moment that passed. "WHERE IS SHE?!"
"I don't know..." he finally answered. Misao could tell from
the tone of his voice that he was lying. She knew that Miyazawa cared
too much for Tomo than to just 'not know'.
"What do you mean 'I don't know'?" she hissed angrily. "You
were with her when we evacuted the school! I know that you're hiding
something! For your and Tomo's sake it's best that you tell me right
now."
"Izukawa-san, I can't!" Miyazawa answered. "It's too
dangerous, I simply can't tell!"
Only by saying that Miyazawa revealed where Tomo was. Misao's reddish
eyes widened. "Damn you..." she whispered. "You mean that she's still
in there?! Baka! How could you leave her in there?!"
Without waiting or expecting for an answer, Misao left Miyazawa and
began to make her way out from the gathering place. Miyazawa looked
shocked when he saw that she was trying to find a way back into the
school. No one but him noticed that she succeeded.
* * * *
Hermes Knight pulled out his sword from the demon's limp body. "Good
thing that we got here on time," he remarked. Ishtar nodded, agreeing.
"We better look for Archangel," she suggested. "I doubt that
she evacuted with the other students. Where do you suppose she could
be?"
They heard a voice followed by light shining around the corner. The
light shone for a few seconds, then disappeared. Ishtar smiled
faintly.
"I guess that we've found her," she said and the two walked
around the corner.
They saw Archangel standing there, leaning against the wall and taking
deep breaths. All around her was dust that the demons had turned into.
Hermes examined the floor and then looked at Archangel.
"Looks like you've been doing some real work here," he said.
"There's more..." Archangel told as she slowly made her way to
her comrades. "They're following me, I've tried to hold them off...
But I'm not strong enough to defeat them alone."
"We'll take care of this," Ishtar assured. Demons came running
around the corner, she frowned when she saw how many they were. Thirty
perhaps, at least twenty five. And more were coming. She raised her
right arm and felt the energy flow through her and gather at her
fingertips.
"Energy Beam!" she called and pointed her fingers towards the
demons. A beam of golden energy struck the demons who were closest,
but others soon took their place. Archangel reached Ishtar who
supported her. Hermes shifted his sword to his left hand and held out
the right hand towards the demons. He closed his eyes and murmured two
words.
"Ice... Blast."
A blast of ice struck the demons, but more came. Hermes Knight opened
his eyes and said in his normal cold and calm voice: "There're too
many. If we kept using our attack and they keep coming, we're
eventually going to get too tired to fight."
"Wha.. what's on here?" a female voice said. Hermes, Ishtar
and Archangel turned around to see that Misao was standing at the end
of the hallway.
"Misao-chan?" Archangel whispered who was still supported by
Ishtar.
"How do you know my name?" Misao asked suspiciously. Then she
saw their clothing. "Oh my God... You're Sailor Senshi..."
Hermes glared angrily at Misao. "This is all your fault," he hissed.
"Hermes, she's not an enemy!" Ishtar reminded.
"Then explain why these demons just showed up here!" Hermes
Knight retorted. "She probably lured them so that they could kill
Archangel! Someone new ought to show up after Medusa killed Morpheus!"
"Hermes, that's not true!" Archangel said with her weak and
tired voice. "Even if someone would show up, that person isn't Misao!"
"Who are you to make such accusations?" Misao demanded, her
eyes darkening as she took a few steps towards Hermes Knight. "Just
because you're a Senshi doesn't it mean that you can judge people
just like that."
"I'll personally finish you off with my sword of ice."
Misao snorted. "Do you think I'm scared of you?" she said. "I'm not
to blame because the demons showed up here, but I came back to look
for a friend of mine. Since she's not here I'll go and look somewhere
else."
Misao turned her back on the three Senshi and the demons. Only moments
afterwards Archangel called on her.
"Misao, look out!"
Misao turned around just in time to see a demon rushing towards her
with it's claw pointed at her. She knew that she couldn't escape it.
Instead, she closed her eyes and waited for the claw to brust through
her skin. But it didn't.
"I can't believe this..." Hermes Knight whispered as he saw
what happened. As soon as the demon came close to Misao, an aura
appeared around her body. The demon turned into dust as soon as it
touched the aura. Hermes saw the colour of the aura. It was silvery
blue... just like Triton's. Misao opened her eyes, surprised as she
found herself floating a few inches in the air. In her hands, a
silvery blue pendant appeared.
"Masaka..." Hermes murmured, staring at Misao in shock.
Archangel and Ishtar glanced at him, then looked at Misao again. She
closed her eyes once again, a wave of silvery blue energy washed over
her. Her school uniform was replaced with a Sailor fuku. The collar,
the skirt, the high heeled shoes and the rings on her long gloves were
silvery blue. The jewel in her silver tiara and the bows were pale
blue. Her bows were longer and reached a little over her knees. Placed
in the center of her bow was the pendant she had held in her hands
just before she had transformed. Her choker was made of bright pearls.
"It's Triton..." Hermes said slowly. Ishtar turned to him with
a shocked look in her eyes.
"What?!" she called out. "I thought that you said that she
looked nothing like Triton!"
"She doesn't, but it's her..." Hermes replied. "That
pendant... I gave it to her in the Silver Millenium and she gave me
the pendant I use to transform."
"Ishtar... Hermes... I don't mean to interupt but..."
Archangel began. "I think they're not willing to wait for you to
finish your converstation."
Ishtar looked over her shoulder and saw that all the demons were
running towards them. She frowned and ran the same time as she helped
Archangel towards the end of the hall were Triton was standing, or to
be exact, floating. Hermes Knight followed them.
"Archangel, hold them back," Ishtar said and let Archangel
stand on her own. Archangel nodded and reached out her hands, her
wings beginning to flap. Triton floated down to the floor, still
looking confused at herself.
"Divine Wing!" Archangel called and a breeze of wind held the
demons back. Meanwhile a ball of light was formed in Ishtar's hands.
As soon as Archangel's wings stopped flapping Ishtar threw the ball
towards the demons instead of running through the crowd like she did
last time she battled.
"Flash!" she shouted and the ball exploded when it was right
in the middle of the demon crowd. Very few demons remained after the
explotion, the few who remained were taken out by Hermes' Ice Blast.
Finally there were no demons left, only piles of dust in the hallway.
Ishtar, Archangel and Hermes turned to Triton who looked more confused
then ever.
"Congratulations," Ishtar said. "You're a Senshi. Unless
you're a NSS supporter, it can't be that bad."
Triton shook her head. "No... I'm not a NSS," she answered. "But...
why am I a Senshi? I mean... aren't only chosen people or something
like that Senshi?"
"Hermes will be more than happy to explain why you are a
Senshi, isn't that right, Hermes?" Ishtar said, looking at Hermes. He
glared at her, but she only smiled back. Archangel took a step
forwards.
"Misao-chan... It's me, Tomo."
"Tomo?" Triton repeated. "Is that why... you stayed instead
of going with us? Does that mean that Miyazawa know that you're a
Senshi?"
Archangel nodded. "Hai, Miyazawa knows. But he has promised to not
tell anyone, even though his father is a NSS leader. I'm a part of a
Senshi team, the Shin Senshi. That is the reason why I live with
Chie-san and the others. And Ishtar here... is Chie, our leader.
Hermes Knight is Akira-san, I believe that you met him yesterday."
Triton turned to Hermes Knight with a shocked look on her face.
"You're that obnoxius guy?!" she called out. Hermes said nothing, his
eyes had a look of coldness and disappointment.
"What are you going to do now?" Ishtar asked. "Now that you're
a Senshi."
Triton looked at Ishtar. "I don't know..." she answered. "What does
one do when one becomes a Senshi?"
"You can either hide it and deny your powers like many others
do," Ishtar began. "Or you battle the demons who terrorize this world
along with us. Or alone if you want to. You're the one who is making
the choice. No one is forcing you."
Triton turned to Archangel. She was silent for a while, then spoke to
her friend. "Are you happy being a Senshi, Tomo? Despite all that's
going on in the world, are you proud of being a Sailor Senshi?"
Archangel nodded. "Yes, I am. My mother was a Sailor Senshi before
me, I am proud to be able to wear her Sailor fuku. Miyazawa and my
friends prooved to me that you can be a Sailor Senshi and still lead
a happy life while you fight for a better future."
Triton was silent again, but then smiled and turned to Ishtar. "If you
would accept me, then I would like to become a part of your team."
Ishtar smiled back. "We accept whoever who wants to become a part of
the team. Don't we, Hermes?"
I'm so happy that I managed to finish this part, I admit that I got
stuck on several places. But luckily, I managed to write it after all.
Please e-mail me if you want to make any suggestions or comments. I'm
looking forwards to writing part 5! ;)
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
20 December 2000
Next:
Sailormoon Mirai Part V: Poisoned future
Yasha is wounded in battle by her own Poison Arrow, the doctors says
that there's no chance that she can survive. Not even Tomo's healing
powers are helping. Hikaru, who is desperate, tries to find a person
who he thinks can help Yasha to get well again.
~MIRAI~
PART IV: SOMETHING FAMILIAR
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Some Japanese words I use:
Moshi moshi = A phrase used when answering the phone
okaa-san = mother
hai = yes
arigatou = thank you
ohaiyo = good morning
baka = in this case, it's: "You idiot"
masaka = never / this can't be
* * * *
[She's somewhere around here... I can sense it...]
Akira stood alone on the balcony, all alone and with the wind blowing
in his dark hair. It was Friday night, he had managed to convince his
boss to let him go home a little earlier. He needed some time to
think, without having paper work to do and having annoying co-workers
to deal with. He leaned against the railing, taking a deep breath of
fresh air. Then, for a few moments he closed his eyes. He enjoyed the
peace and silence around him.
[No... I must be on my guard,] he forced himself to think as
he frowned. [The enemies could just be using this against me again. I
can't let them trick me like they did last time.]
He heard the glass door to the balcony being opened. Then he heard
Kenji's voice saying:
"Hey Akira, it's time for dinner."
Without opening his eyes or turning around Akira answered: "You tell
everyone to go ahead and eat. I'm not very hungry today."
Kenji remained silent for a while, but then simply said "Okay." and
went back into the house. He couldn't understand why Akira was
standing out there when it was so cold. Akira opened his eyes and
looked over the garden at the backyard of the house. Though it was
already dark, he could see it perfectly. He smiled as he remembered,
she had always loved flowers and garden. He wished that she could hear
his thoughts, even though she was probably very far away from Crystal
Tokyo. She could be anywhere on Earth, maybe he had just been looking
at the wrong place.
[I thought that you would too be drawn to Crystal Tokyo like I
was. But Triton... I'm beginning to believe that I will never be able
to see your beautiful face again.]
* * * *
"Dinner time, everyone!" Chie called for the second time and
carried the last bowl of ramen to the dining room. Usagi came after
her with the chopsticks and napkins in her hands. She placed them out
neatly on the dining table and was just finished as Tomo entered the
dining room.
"Oh, ramen!" she said happily with a smile on her face. They
soon heard footsteps and shortly afterwards the others arrived into
the dining room. They all took their seats, Usagi didn't know why on
Earth Yasha and Hikaru sat next to each other. Tomo's seat was across
theirs and next to her sat Usagi herself. Chie's and Kenji's seats
were at the end of the table, but the seat next to Hikaru was empty.
"Where's Akira?" Chie asked as she took her seat. "Did I only
imagine him coming home an hour ago?"
"No, he's here," Kenji answered. "But out on the balcony. I
told him that it was dinner time but he said that we should go ahead
and eat without him since he wasn't hungry. Not that I know why he's
standing out there, it's freezing."
Chie frowned. "That's strange..." she murmured. Akira usually didn't
miss a meal or stand out the balcony when it was this cold outside.
"I just hope that he's not thinking about 'her' again."
"Thinking about who?" Usagi wondered as everyone else started
to eat their ramen. Chie looked at Usagi curiously, surprised at her
question. Then she remembered.
"Oh, yes... I forgot. We haven't told you about Akira and
Triton yet, haven't we?"
Usagi shook her head. She had no idea about who this Triton was. She
started to eat the ramen as Chie began to tell her.
"Not all Senshi are from this time," Chie told. "Most Senshi
are born in this age like normal people, just with inherted powers or
in some cases, powers that simply appear. But some are reborn from the
Silver Millenium or even earlier ages, just like the Sailor Senshi of
the Moon Kingdom. Akira is one of them."
"But then why wasn't he reborn along with my mother and the
other Sailor Senshi in the 20th century if my grandmother used the
Ginzuishou to sent everyone to Earth?" Usagi asked. Chie shrugged.
"I don't know, but maybe it has to do with the reason Akira
became reborn. Or it might be that he wasn't needed until now. You
see, the past Hermes Knight died in the Silver Millenium and was
reborn here. He wasn't a Senshi, but something happened and he became
one the day he was born here on Earth. Unlike us, the awakening of his
power didn't mean that he had a mission to get rid of the demons here
in Crystal Tokyo. His mission was to find a person named Triton."
"Triton?"
"It's really romantic, Usagi-chan," Tomo commented. "Triton
and Akira-san were in love during the Silver Millenium. But they were
seperated during the attack of the Moon Kingdom and seperated while
being reborn. Queen Serenity's powers made Akira and Triton Senshi so
that they would eventually find each other. Akira grew up in Germany,
but was drawn to Crystal Tokyo so he thought that he would be able to
find her here."
"It's sad..." Usagi said slowly. "And he haven't even found a
trace of her?"
She remembered the story about the Sailor Starlights who had come to
Earth looking for their princess, Kakyuu. It had taken them a few
months but they had eventually found her. Neo-Queen Serenity had
talked about them a few times, but Usagi herself had only met them
briefly a few times.
"No, and he's been looking for her for a long time..." Chie
continued. "Once, before you came, the enemy tricked Akira. They knew
how determined he was to find Triton and used that to lure him into a
trap. He managed to escape but nearly got killed. It took all Tomo's
healing powers to even stablize his condition."
* * * *
In another part of Crystal Tokyo, a young girl leaned sat on her bed,
knees drawn up and her arms around them. She turned her head and
looked through the window. It was so dark outside and the wind was
howling. The girl smiled to herself.
[What a nice day for my parents to leave me alone in the
house,] she thought as she got off the bed. She put on her slippers
and made her way out from the room. Izukawa Misao turned on the lights
in the hallway, she walked downstairs, slowly. After all, she wasn't
in a hurry.
"All alone by myself and nothing to do..." she said to herself
as she reached the first floor of the house. She entered the kitchen
and opened the refridgerator, looking for something to drink. Finally,
she spotted a small, unopened bottle of orange juice. She took the
bottle and closed the refridgerator door. Not caring to pour it in a
glass, she opened the bottle and drank. After a few swallows, Misao
left the bottle on a table. She walked over the window and opened it.
Fresh and cold air entered the kitchen but she didn't flinch. Instead,
she leaned against the window sill.
[Why am I feeling so strange?] Misao asked herself. [I feel as
if... I don't even know how I feel...]
Her silent thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the phone
ringing. Misao left the kitchen quickly and ran to get the phone in
the hallway. She managed to pick it up just before the fifth signal.
"Moshi moshi?" she greeted.
"Misao-chan, it's your mother."
"Hi okaa-san!" she said, suddenly sounding more cheerful when
she heard her mother's voice. "How are things in Hawaii?"
"It's great here," Izukawa Shizue answered. "Your father and I
feel like we are on a second honeymoon. Do you manage things at home?
You're not planning on having a party or something, are you?"
"No, no, no, not at all," Misao assured. "I'm just doing
homework and watching TV, that's all."
She didn't want her mother to know that she had spent the last two
hours lying in her bed and staring up on a spot at the ceiling,
thinking about absolutely nothing. If Izukawa Shizue would find out
she would overreact and worry about nothing.
"Good, we don't want to come home and find out that the house
is wrecked. I hope that your cooking, I don't want you to eat those
microwaveable noodles all the time."
"Hai, okaa-san."
If Misao could actually see her mother, she knew that her mother would
smile faintly.
"Good. I have to go know, take care of yourself, okay? Your
father and I will be back in a week. Goodbye."
"Yeah, I will be fine. Bye okaa-san."
Misao heard her mother hang up and she did it as well. When there was
silence in the house again, she leaned towards the wall. She ran her
hand through her long light blue hair. A cold gust of wind blew
through the hallway. Misao remembered the open window and went back to
the kitchen. There, she shut it but stared at her own reflection in
the window.
[I feel something strange... though I don't know what it is...
I have a feeling that something is going to happen.]
* * * *
"Sword of lightning..." Odin murmured. His sword began to glow
with light. He held it up in the air and lightning came down from the
sky, striking the demons that stood before him. In the corner of his
eye he saw Ishtar running and forming her attack at the same time. A
ball of light had formed in her hands when she ran into the crowd of
demons.
"Flash!" she called and quickly placed the ball on the ground.
It was good that she was a fast runner, since the ball exploded the
second after she had managed to get out of the crowd. Ishtar turned
around, but not to examine the dust that the demons had turned into.
Instead, she turned to Hermes Knight, who battled the demons with his
sword. Ishtar frowned. Hermes wasn't moving as quickly as he was
usually doing.
[He's not concentrating,] she thought, eyes widening as she
saw a demon unseen by Hermes get close to him. She raised one arm.
"Energy Beam!!"
The demon that Hermes had fought against turned into dust by his own
attack, just a moment afterwards he saw a demon behind him turn into
dust by Ishtar's attack. Ishtar and Odin joined up with Hermes now
that all the demons were destroyed.
"Hermes, are you alright?" Odin asked. Ishtar knew that he had
noticed it as well.
"Yeah..." Hermes answered. "Why do you ask?"
"You're not concentrating as much as usual," Ishtar pointed
out. "Is there something bothering you? You know that you can talk to
us whenever you want to."
Hermes looked at Ishtar. [Always wanting to find out what the problem
is,] he thought. [But this I need to solve on my own.]
"It's nothing, Ishtar. I just... need to take a walk."
Before Ishtar could answer to that Hermes had turned around. He walked
down the empty streets with a fast pace. Ishtar bit her bottom lip as
she watched him going away.
[He's not trusting us. Why? He knows that he can and that we
won't betray him. He has been pushing us all away for the last few
days. I no longer know what to do.]
"He'll be alright," Odin suddenly said as if he had read
Ishtar's thoughts. "He has always managed to get by."
"Let's hope so. We better get out of here before the police
shows up."
Meanwhile, Hermes stood leaning against a brick wall in an alley. He
closed his eyes for a second and transformed back into his civilian
form. Akira opened his eyes, in his hand he held a blue pendant.
Seeing the pendant, he remembered when he gotten it in the Silver
Millenium. It was her, Triton, who had given it to him. Akira smiled
faintly.
[It's strange, Triton... Recently I just haven't been able to
get you off my mind.]
* * * *
[I knew that some shopping would do me good,] Misao thought
happily as she walked down the crowded street. She carried three bags
with clothes, accessories and other things, in each hand. She suddenly
stopped walking and looked through the window to a jewelry. She eyed a
beautiful bracelet and then looked at the price.
"2000 yen for a bracelet?!" she whispered to herself and then
looked at the bracelet once again. She loved shopping and she loved
bracelet. Her family was wealthy and it's wasn't a secret. But
still...
[It will do me good to save some money...] Misao decided to
not stay any longer in case she would change her mind. Without
looking, she took a few quick steps. In return, she bumped into
someone who was on his way out from an alley. The collision caused
Misao to drop her bags and fall backwards.
"I'm sorry, miss. Are you alright?" a male voice asked.
"No!" Misao snapped, her happy mood had disappeared as the
fall had caused some pain in her back. "My back hurt like he..." She
looked at the man she had bumped into for the first time. She had
assumed that it was some, klumpsy ugly guy but instead she was staring
at a handsome man with dark bluish hair and dark eyes. He was very
tall and was probably somewhere around twenty two to twenty four years
old.
[A cute one...]
"I didn't see you coming," the man said. He had a deep voice,
Misao noticed. But somewhat cold. "And it looks like you didn't see me
either."
"What do you mean?!" Misao exploded, she had gotten out of the
trans she had been in when she had first looked at the man. "You were
the one who bumped into me first."
"If I am correct, you weren't even looking forwards when you
walked into me," the man replied coldly. He looked somewhat annoyed
with her talking as loud as she did, even though no one else noticed
it. People passed by without paying attention to the two. Misao bit
her bottom lip as she remembered that she hadn't been able to take her
eyes of the bracelet in the jewelry store's window. But apologizing to
a stranger was something that she rarely did and she didn't plan on
doing it now.
"If I remember right, you just walked on without looking," she
retorted, hoping that she would be right. The man looked surprised.
Misao smiled to herself.
[Didn't see that coming, did you?] she thought victoriously.
[You are very cute, mister. But learn one thing, no one gets Izukawa
Misao to apologize unless she wants to.]
"So who's fault is it?" Misao continued, still with a smile on
her face. She picked up the six bags which she had dropped before.
"Yours. At least I had the decency to be polite."
Misao's eyes narrowed and the smile on her lips disappeared. Her
patience was now gone. "Well then, mister-polite-and-know-it-all. I
have to say that I hope that I will never, ever, see you again."
Without waiting for an answer she walked right past the man and
continued to walk home. Akira turned around and watched her leaving.
There was something strange about the girl, he had sensed it. Of
course, he couldn't be sure of anything, but he had a feeling that she
wasn't like any normal girl.
[I have to be on my guard, she could be an enemy,] was Akira's
last thought before he continued to walk. He felt troubled, even more
than he had before. Either it was Triton or this girl that bothered
him, or perhaps it was both of them.
* * * *
It was typical Sunday at the house. Chie was tending to her flowers in
the garden, Tomo was helping her and they were both showing Usagi.
Hikaru and Kenji out on the porch playing cards. Yasha was somewhere
in the house where she could paint without being disturbed. The only
one within range to hear the door bell ring was Akira. He had been
reading and had opened that someone else would get the door. But when
he had remembered where the others were. Sighing, he put down the book
and made his way to the front door. He opened the door and saw someone
he had least expected.
"You!" he and the girl who stood outside the door called out
at the same time. He couldn't believe this, the girl that he had
bumped into stood on the doorstep.
"What are you doing here?" the girl shrieked.
"I live here!" Akira answered, then said in a much colder
voice. "What are you doing here?"
"My friend..." the girl began, a little surprised by the cold
voice. "I got her address a few days ago and it says that she lives
here... Kamiya Tomo."
"Misao-chan!" Akira heard Tomo's voice say. He turned around
and saw Tomo standing there, still with her gardening gloves on.
"Ara, Tomo-chan," the girl said, smiling towards Tomo. Akira
looked surprised at Tomo when she walked towards the two.
"Tomo... you know this girl?" he asked. Tomo nodded.
"Hai," she answered. "Akira-san, this is my friend, Izukawa
Misao. We go to the same school, but she's two years older.
Misao-chan, this is one of my roommates, Akira Kazuo."
"Seems like it's fate that we meet, doesn't it?" Misao said,
smiling. Akira just rolled his eyes and left the two girls. Misao
looked at Tomo. "What's wrong with him?"
Tomo smiled faintly towards her friend and took off her gloves. "It's
nothing really," she answered.
"I brought you the manga that you wanted to borrow the other
day. Since I had nothing to do today I thought that I might as well
come here and hand it over."
"Arigatou, but you could have just given me it tomorrow in
school."
Akira heard their voices even though he had left the hallway. He
stopped when he was back in the door he had been in before. Leaning
against the wall, he frowned. Later that night everyone was gathered
around the dinner table. While Usagi and Chie were engaged into a
converstation about the garden, Akira looked across the table where
Tomo was eating quietly.
"Tomo."
She looked up towards him. "Hai, Akira-san?"
"That girl who came this afternoon," Akira began. "How well do
you know her?"
Tomo thought for a while before she answered. "Hm... For a long time I
guess," she answered. "Ever since I started school here. Why do you
ask?"
"I sensed something strange around her," Akira told, it caught
the attention of everyone around the table. "Haven't you?"
Tomo looked surprised, then shook her head slowly. "No... Misao is
one of my best friends in school," she told. "I have never felt
anything suspicious when I have been with her."
"I did," Akira said. "Yesterday I bumped into her. I knew
right away that there was something strange about her. I think that
she might be an enemy."
Tomo bit her bottom lip and put down her chopstics. Akira saw the sad
look on her face and knew that he had said something wrong. The others
stopped eating as well and turned their gaze to Tomo. There was
silence in the dining room before Tomo spoke.
"No..." Tomo said quietly and calmly. "Misao can't be an
enemy. She took care of me when I first started school, she's my best
friend. She's one of the kindest people I have ever know. So please
Akira-san... don't say such thing about her."
With that she rose from the chair and ran out from the dining room.
There was silence around the table again, no one said anything about
it. Then Usagi put down her chopsticks and rose from her seat as well.
"I'll see if she is alright," she said before leaving the
dining room to follow Tomo. When Usagi had left, Chie looked at Akira
with a stern look in her green eyes.
"What was that all about, Akira?" she demanded to know. Sure,
Chie and Akira were at the same age but at this point Chie sounded as
if she was Akira's several years older sister. "Is there something
that we should know about?"
"Just about a friend of Tomo," Akira murmured and continued to
eat. But Chie wasn't willing to let the subject drop just like that.
Tomo wouldn't run off if it wasn't something important.
"And you sense something strange around her?" Chie pushed.
"What if it's not an enemy? What would you do if Tomo's friend turns
out to be Tri..."
"No," Akira cut off coldly. "She looks nothing like Triton."
With that, the converstation ended. The others knew that Akira wasn't
in his best moods. Chie said nothing more about it. Meanwhile, Usagi
was out in the gardens looking for Tomo. She found her sitting on the
park bench with her face buried in her hands. Usagi smiled faintly as
she sat down on the bench next to Tomo and put her hand on the younger
girl's shoulder.
"Hey... what's wrong?" she asked. "I don't think that Akira
meant anything bad when he talked about your friend. He was probably
just being honest with what he had sensed." Tomo removed her hands
from her face and looked at Usagi with sad eyes. She shook her head.
"It's not the reason why I'm sad," she told. She looked down
on the ground. "It's because... Lately... I have sensed something
strange around Misao as well." Tomo sighed. "When I first started
school I had no friends and I was always alone. But Misao became
friends with me and looked after me. I may have more friends now...
but Misao's still the one I can trust the most... I don't want to
believe what I have been sensing, I kept telling myself that I'm just
being mistaken. But when Akira-san has sensed it too... I'm afraid
that there's something wrong about Misao."
"Couldn't it be that she's a Senshi or something?" Usagi
wondered. "I mean, I sensed something strange around you and the
others the first time I met you and you turned out to be a Senshi
team."
Tomo shook her head. "I don't know... But... none of us are psychics.
Sure, we somehow know when one of us are in trouble, but almost all
Senshi do. Neither Akira, I nor the others have the power to sense
Senshi or enemies. You are special, that's why you can do it."
* * * *
"Nee, Tomo-chan... Cheer up, will you?"
Tomo looked upwards and saw two of her friends, Sayuri and Nozomi,
standing next to her seat in the classroom and looking at her in
concern. Tomo managed to smile faintly towards the two.
"Ohaiyo," she greeted and sat up straight. Sayuri looked at
her curiously.
"You look a little tired," she pointed out. "Did you spent
all night studying for the test?"
Tomo just nodded. She hadn't studied for the test. After Usagi had
talked to her, they had both returned to the dining room. She had
apologized to everyone for running off and then finished her meal.
Though she had gone to bed early that night, she hadn't been able to
sleep. She had spent hours thinking about what Akira had said about
Misao. But she still refused to believe that Misao was a danger. She
simply couldn't.
"C'mon, let's go and meet up with Misao and Miyazawa," Nozomi
suggested. Tomo got up from the chair and followed the two others to
the hallway. There they spotted Misao and Miyazawa on their way out
from their classroom. The two upper classmen caught sight on the
younger girls and made their way over to them.
"Ohaiyo, everyone!" Misao greeted with her usual happy voice.
She saw Tomo and noticed what Nozomi and Sayuri had before. "You look
pretty tired. Let me guess, you studied for that test that you said
that you were going to have?" Tomo nodded again. "You didn't have to,
I'm sure that you would will do just fine anyway."
"Hey, why don't we go out for a while?" Miyazawa suggested.
"It's pretty boring just to stay in the hallways."
Before anyone had time to answer his question an alarm was heard
through the school. Everyone looked up towards the speakers that were
in each corner of the ceiling. Soon the principal's voice was heard.
"Attention everyone, this is principal Kawamura. There is an
emergency, please evacute the school and gather at the soccer fields!
And please stay calm!"
"Demons..." Tomo whispered, her voice and face turning
serious. No one but Miyazawa heard her.
"What's this all about?" Misao wondered. Suddenly a loud crash
was heard somewhere. Tomo looked around and then up at the ceiling.
"Watch out!" she called and pushed Nozomi and Sayuri away.
Just a few seconds afterwards the ceiling cracked and a demon came
falling from above. The other students in the hallway ran as fast as
they could, Misao, Sayuri and Nozomi did the same. Miyazawa was about
to when he saw that Tomo had no intention of going anywhere.
"Tomo!" he shouted to get her attention. She looked at him
over her shoulder.
"Please leave with the others as soon as you can," she told
him calmly. "I'll take care of this."
"You can't do it by yourself!" Miyazawa protested. Tomo smiled
faintly towards him.
"Have faith in me, Miyazawa-sempai," she simply said. "And the
others will be here soon. I'll be alright. Please leave."
Miyazawa realized that there was nothing that he could do about it.
"Tomo... please be careful," he said to her before leaving. Tomo
turned to the demon and jumped aside just in time to avoid it's claw.
She pressed a button on her communicator, sending a warning signal to
Chie and the others. Then she got up on her feet and avoided the
demon's claw once again. This time she ran back into the classroom
where her bag was. She digged into it and found her transformation
item, the Star Talisman. She could hear the demon following her as she
raised the Star Talisman.
"ARCHANGEL, TRANSFORM!"
When the demon entered the classroom, it was surprised when Archangel
flew right past it. Once out in the hallway, she was about to descend
when she saw other demons coming towards her. Turning around, she saw
the demon she had just flew past coming too. Archangel hestitated,
then closed her eyes and held out her hands. Her wings began to flap.
"Divine Wing!" she called and opened her eyes. The first demon
who had appeared was blown down to the floor and Archangel flew right
over it. Once she had all the demons in front of her, she began to
murmur a prayer. Moments later the hallway shone with light.
* * * *
"Miyazawa!" Misao shouted when she finally spotted Miyazawa
at the gathering place for all the students. It took all her strength
to get through the crowd of panicing students and then she had to call
out Miyazawa's name at least ten times before even she got his
attention.
"Miyazawa, where's Tomo?" Misao demanded as soon as she got
to Miyazawa. He didn't answer her question which angered her more than
he could imagine. Misao's anger and worry for Tomo grew for each
moment that passed. "WHERE IS SHE?!"
"I don't know..." he finally answered. Misao could tell from
the tone of his voice that he was lying. She knew that Miyazawa cared
too much for Tomo than to just 'not know'.
"What do you mean 'I don't know'?" she hissed angrily. "You
were with her when we evacuted the school! I know that you're hiding
something! For your and Tomo's sake it's best that you tell me right
now."
"Izukawa-san, I can't!" Miyazawa answered. "It's too
dangerous, I simply can't tell!"
Only by saying that Miyazawa revealed where Tomo was. Misao's reddish
eyes widened. "Damn you..." she whispered. "You mean that she's still
in there?! Baka! How could you leave her in there?!"
Without waiting or expecting for an answer, Misao left Miyazawa and
began to make her way out from the gathering place. Miyazawa looked
shocked when he saw that she was trying to find a way back into the
school. No one but him noticed that she succeeded.
* * * *
Hermes Knight pulled out his sword from the demon's limp body. "Good
thing that we got here on time," he remarked. Ishtar nodded, agreeing.
"We better look for Archangel," she suggested. "I doubt that
she evacuted with the other students. Where do you suppose she could
be?"
They heard a voice followed by light shining around the corner. The
light shone for a few seconds, then disappeared. Ishtar smiled
faintly.
"I guess that we've found her," she said and the two walked
around the corner.
They saw Archangel standing there, leaning against the wall and taking
deep breaths. All around her was dust that the demons had turned into.
Hermes examined the floor and then looked at Archangel.
"Looks like you've been doing some real work here," he said.
"There's more..." Archangel told as she slowly made her way to
her comrades. "They're following me, I've tried to hold them off...
But I'm not strong enough to defeat them alone."
"We'll take care of this," Ishtar assured. Demons came running
around the corner, she frowned when she saw how many they were. Thirty
perhaps, at least twenty five. And more were coming. She raised her
right arm and felt the energy flow through her and gather at her
fingertips.
"Energy Beam!" she called and pointed her fingers towards the
demons. A beam of golden energy struck the demons who were closest,
but others soon took their place. Archangel reached Ishtar who
supported her. Hermes shifted his sword to his left hand and held out
the right hand towards the demons. He closed his eyes and murmured two
words.
"Ice... Blast."
A blast of ice struck the demons, but more came. Hermes Knight opened
his eyes and said in his normal cold and calm voice: "There're too
many. If we kept using our attack and they keep coming, we're
eventually going to get too tired to fight."
"Wha.. what's on here?" a female voice said. Hermes, Ishtar
and Archangel turned around to see that Misao was standing at the end
of the hallway.
"Misao-chan?" Archangel whispered who was still supported by
Ishtar.
"How do you know my name?" Misao asked suspiciously. Then she
saw their clothing. "Oh my God... You're Sailor Senshi..."
Hermes glared angrily at Misao. "This is all your fault," he hissed.
"Hermes, she's not an enemy!" Ishtar reminded.
"Then explain why these demons just showed up here!" Hermes
Knight retorted. "She probably lured them so that they could kill
Archangel! Someone new ought to show up after Medusa killed Morpheus!"
"Hermes, that's not true!" Archangel said with her weak and
tired voice. "Even if someone would show up, that person isn't Misao!"
"Who are you to make such accusations?" Misao demanded, her
eyes darkening as she took a few steps towards Hermes Knight. "Just
because you're a Senshi doesn't it mean that you can judge people
just like that."
"I'll personally finish you off with my sword of ice."
Misao snorted. "Do you think I'm scared of you?" she said. "I'm not
to blame because the demons showed up here, but I came back to look
for a friend of mine. Since she's not here I'll go and look somewhere
else."
Misao turned her back on the three Senshi and the demons. Only moments
afterwards Archangel called on her.
"Misao, look out!"
Misao turned around just in time to see a demon rushing towards her
with it's claw pointed at her. She knew that she couldn't escape it.
Instead, she closed her eyes and waited for the claw to brust through
her skin. But it didn't.
"I can't believe this..." Hermes Knight whispered as he saw
what happened. As soon as the demon came close to Misao, an aura
appeared around her body. The demon turned into dust as soon as it
touched the aura. Hermes saw the colour of the aura. It was silvery
blue... just like Triton's. Misao opened her eyes, surprised as she
found herself floating a few inches in the air. In her hands, a
silvery blue pendant appeared.
"Masaka..." Hermes murmured, staring at Misao in shock.
Archangel and Ishtar glanced at him, then looked at Misao again. She
closed her eyes once again, a wave of silvery blue energy washed over
her. Her school uniform was replaced with a Sailor fuku. The collar,
the skirt, the high heeled shoes and the rings on her long gloves were
silvery blue. The jewel in her silver tiara and the bows were pale
blue. Her bows were longer and reached a little over her knees. Placed
in the center of her bow was the pendant she had held in her hands
just before she had transformed. Her choker was made of bright pearls.
"It's Triton..." Hermes said slowly. Ishtar turned to him with
a shocked look in her eyes.
"What?!" she called out. "I thought that you said that she
looked nothing like Triton!"
"She doesn't, but it's her..." Hermes replied. "That
pendant... I gave it to her in the Silver Millenium and she gave me
the pendant I use to transform."
"Ishtar... Hermes... I don't mean to interupt but..."
Archangel began. "I think they're not willing to wait for you to
finish your converstation."
Ishtar looked over her shoulder and saw that all the demons were
running towards them. She frowned and ran the same time as she helped
Archangel towards the end of the hall were Triton was standing, or to
be exact, floating. Hermes Knight followed them.
"Archangel, hold them back," Ishtar said and let Archangel
stand on her own. Archangel nodded and reached out her hands, her
wings beginning to flap. Triton floated down to the floor, still
looking confused at herself.
"Divine Wing!" Archangel called and a breeze of wind held the
demons back. Meanwhile a ball of light was formed in Ishtar's hands.
As soon as Archangel's wings stopped flapping Ishtar threw the ball
towards the demons instead of running through the crowd like she did
last time she battled.
"Flash!" she shouted and the ball exploded when it was right
in the middle of the demon crowd. Very few demons remained after the
explotion, the few who remained were taken out by Hermes' Ice Blast.
Finally there were no demons left, only piles of dust in the hallway.
Ishtar, Archangel and Hermes turned to Triton who looked more confused
then ever.
"Congratulations," Ishtar said. "You're a Senshi. Unless
you're a NSS supporter, it can't be that bad."
Triton shook her head. "No... I'm not a NSS," she answered. "But...
why am I a Senshi? I mean... aren't only chosen people or something
like that Senshi?"
"Hermes will be more than happy to explain why you are a
Senshi, isn't that right, Hermes?" Ishtar said, looking at Hermes. He
glared at her, but she only smiled back. Archangel took a step
forwards.
"Misao-chan... It's me, Tomo."
"Tomo?" Triton repeated. "Is that why... you stayed instead
of going with us? Does that mean that Miyazawa know that you're a
Senshi?"
Archangel nodded. "Hai, Miyazawa knows. But he has promised to not
tell anyone, even though his father is a NSS leader. I'm a part of a
Senshi team, the Shin Senshi. That is the reason why I live with
Chie-san and the others. And Ishtar here... is Chie, our leader.
Hermes Knight is Akira-san, I believe that you met him yesterday."
Triton turned to Hermes Knight with a shocked look on her face.
"You're that obnoxius guy?!" she called out. Hermes said nothing, his
eyes had a look of coldness and disappointment.
"What are you going to do now?" Ishtar asked. "Now that you're
a Senshi."
Triton looked at Ishtar. "I don't know..." she answered. "What does
one do when one becomes a Senshi?"
"You can either hide it and deny your powers like many others
do," Ishtar began. "Or you battle the demons who terrorize this world
along with us. Or alone if you want to. You're the one who is making
the choice. No one is forcing you."
Triton turned to Archangel. She was silent for a while, then spoke to
her friend. "Are you happy being a Senshi, Tomo? Despite all that's
going on in the world, are you proud of being a Sailor Senshi?"
Archangel nodded. "Yes, I am. My mother was a Sailor Senshi before
me, I am proud to be able to wear her Sailor fuku. Miyazawa and my
friends prooved to me that you can be a Sailor Senshi and still lead
a happy life while you fight for a better future."
Triton was silent again, but then smiled and turned to Ishtar. "If you
would accept me, then I would like to become a part of your team."
Ishtar smiled back. "We accept whoever who wants to become a part of
the team. Don't we, Hermes?"
I'm so happy that I managed to finish this part, I admit that I got
stuck on several places. But luckily, I managed to write it after all.
Please e-mail me if you want to make any suggestions or comments. I'm
looking forwards to writing part 5! ;)
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
20 December 2000
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Sailormoon Mirai Part V: Poisoned future
Yasha is wounded in battle by her own Poison Arrow, the doctors says
that there's no chance that she can survive. Not even Tomo's healing
powers are helping. Hikaru, who is desperate, tries to find a person
who he thinks can help Yasha to get well again.