Life's too weird Chapter 25: Life’s little constant reminder, a sailor moon fanfic

An: Hello dear readers! For those of you in America, might I first say "Bush won, I think we're all gonna die." Sorry if you are republican, but freedom of speech baby! Lol, anywho squeaky and I were asked a very good question by a loyal reader this weekend.

Joanna asks: "Was Miaka in the show- or am I just not remembering her?"

Answer: She was not in Sailor Moon, but had her own show. Fushigi Yuugi. Great show man, great show. Anyway, I made up this representation of her, but technically she and Taka are crossovers. Like Bunny's 'cousin' Kagome. Thanks for asking!

And I know a lot of you are angry at Mamoru and Bunny not being together. Trust me, Squeaky-chan and I are too. But that's the way the story has evolved. I can tell you that there will be more fluff and kissing, but I can't tell you whither or not they will get together in the end. (Winks) You just have to read and find out!

Well ENJOY REVIEWERS AND I'LL SEE YOU AT THE BOTTOM!

Disclaimer: I own nothing, but Christmas is coming. Oh mommy dear....

Life's too weird!

Chapter 25, Life's little constant reminder

"Okay, so Ami said that the monster was IN Yale, but she never said where." I said, debriefing Sailor Suzaku as we ran towards the campus.

"Well finding the monster shouldn't be that hard." Suzaku snorted out in semi-disgust.

"Why is that?" I said, slowing down a bit to look at her.

"They always make such a mess! And then I have to clean them up!" She whined. I chuckled softly, then speed back up.

"Oh, and Suzaku I want you to hang back in this fight. Like we usually do. I don't want you fighting." Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her frown in dislike.

"Why can't I ever fight? I have the power to clone my opponent's attacks! Come on Sailor Moon, you can't tell me that my power isn't useful!"

"I know it's useful Suzaku, but I want you to stay safe. If I can save at least one of my friends from fighting, I'll do it." I sighed, hoping Miaka would understand. She nodded mutely, then returned to running silently.

Ever since these battles had started five years ago, I always tried to leave my fellow senshi out. I would call when I desperately needed help, but anything to keep my friends from getting hurt. I was the reason that my friends would get hurt, and I hated myself for it.

FLASHBACK!

"Damn it!" muttered Sailor Mars, pounding her hand on the ground and grimacing in pain.

I took a quick glance around and hunched over. Partly in defeat, partly because the gash across my stomach was becoming too painful to bear. We were losing, and horribly. This "Black Night" monster was slashing about wildly, and whenever his sword slashed, one of the senshi seemed to be in its path.

Mars had a slash across her left shoulder; Venus had a streak of blood flowing for her right leg. Mercury had several back wounds, and Jupiter was unconsciously clutching her left arm and rocking back and forth. And I. I had my stomach wound and a couple small nicks on my chest. All and all, the only one to escape this harsh beating was Miaka (Sailor Suzaku) and that was due to her detention.

"We have to get him guys." I heard Mercury weakly say, before collapsing on the ground in pain. I stared over at Mercury with tears in my eyes, and prayed that Miaka would come soon. She was our only hope left.

As I opened my eyes, I saw the Black Night charge over at us again with a crazed, murderous look in his eyes.

'This is it, we are going to die...' I thought, preparing myself for the worst.

But then, I heard a loud clamor, and glanced up, barley believing my eyes.

"Suzaku!" I cried, my tears of despair transforming themselves to teas of joy. Our only hope was there, tackling the monster, and fighting it with everything she had. I felt the familiar rush of wind, which meant that Suzaku was stealing the Knights attacks, and before I blacked out due to a loss of blood, I could see Suzaku swing a heavy sword towards her attacker.

Some hour later, I awoke to see Miaka, Rei, Ami, Makoto and Mina (all in civilian form) standing over me with smiles. I smiled back, thinking how 13 year olds should never have to deal with this. But we did, and we were better for it.

I continued smiling, until I noticed something wrong with Miaka. Her smile seemed aloof, and she seemed to be swaying lightly. As I reached out my hand to hold her steady, Miaka fell down to the ground in a cold faint. I rushed to her side and found several cuts, bruises and even gashes starting to form all over her body. There was a rather larger gash across her forehead, several puncture wounds that bleed profusely, and Miaka had grown a deathly shade of white. I looked over to Ami, who whipped out her mini-computer.

"Miaka seems to have suffered a large amount of wounds while fighting the knight. They disappeared for a while, yet after she used up so much energy healing us, they returned. She seems to be in... critical condition." She whispered, then tears started falling from Ami's eyes as well as everyone else's.

"I' go call the hospital." Mina said as she ran towards the phone.

"I'll get some bandages." Said Makoto.

"You keep holding her Bunny while Rei and I start cleaning these wounds." Said Ami as I nodded slowly, then bowed my face down to meet Miaka's deadly pale face.

"Miki? Oh Miaka, I'm sorry." I said, letting small tears make a trail down my face. "I promise to never let you get hurt again. I'm so sorry. Just pull through this. Please, pull through this."

END FLASHBACK!

I sighed, and looked over at my longtime friend. It had taken her three weeks to recover from that attack. Most of her scars had disappeared... yet on the base of her neck, right above the collarbone, there was a jagged scar. Left there as a constant reminder of what could happen to Miaka.

"Well I think we're here." Miaka said, stopping suddenly.

I looked over at the chaos and destruction.

"Yes, it certainly seems we are." Glancing once again at Miaka's still visible scar, I firmed my resolve and jumped down into the mess, leaving Miaka to stand there alone.

I spotted the monster (a butterfly one from the looks of it) some ways off, engaged in a verbal fight with the senshi. Waaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiit.... Butterfly? That didn't seem right. All the other monsters we fought were ugly and never used words... what on earth? I looked around wildly, hoping to see a Nega-Verse general controlling the monster. Yet there wasn't one. Instead, to my utter amazement, was Selenity.

And she was staring right at me.

I made my way over to her, ignoring the shouting coming from the senshi and monster.

"Wha...what the hell are you doing here?" I said shakily.

"I am fulfilling my part of the promise Bunny." She said coolly.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well Bunny, this monster is different. I want you to go down there and fight it."

"What the hell are you talking about?" I hissed, losing my temper.

"Oh Bunny, stop talking and go be with the TRUE man of your dreams." And with that she disappeared into the fast drawing night.

"True man of my.....what?" I mumbled, then another scream caught my attention. "I'm coming already!"

After the battle (where all the fun happens)

"Why is it that this monster is just as bad as any Nega-verse ones, even though Selenity is controlling it?" I muttered, sometime later on that night, after the "monster" had been defeated. We had all been engaged in the battle, yet behind me I could feel Tuxedo Mask's constant observation and guidance. The entire time.

"Did you say something Sailor Moon?" asked Venus.

"No I didn't. I think we're done here too, so if you guys want to go back to whatever you left behind feel free."

"Fine." Mars spit out as she turned on her heel and stalked off.

"What's gotten into her?" came a soft, slightly French (An: yay France!, lol) accent behind me.

"I don't know Sailor Jupiter, I don't know..." I said turning around to find my three remaining friends preparing to leave as well. Suzaku stood off to the side, still repairing the broken buildings.

"I have to go now Sailor Moon." Said Jupiter, with a sad tone. We all knew that by staying together and hanging out, we would attract unwanted attention. I nodded and she pressed her watch for teleportation.

"I do too. I was just about to ask for this cute guys number!" Venus said with a giggle, before she turned and left.

I turned to Mercury, who simply shrugged, gave me a friendly wave and left as well.

"Say, Sailor Moon? While I'm cleaning this up, why don't you wander about a bit? I think this might take a while."

"Alright Suzaku. Be careful." I said, finding a secluded area (that was free from Tuxedo Mask's gaze and from civilian eyes) to power down. By the time I emerged, Tuxedo Mask had left and people were starting to repopulate the area. Looking over at Suzaku I sighed then walked away. This was as good a time as any to finally get Mamoru a Christmas present.

I searched around a bit, finding nothing in particular that caught my eye.

Sighing once again in frustration, then IT caught my eye. It was small, sweet, spoke of love, yet gave nothing away. It was perfect! I quickly paid for it and ran to the nearest spot where I could transport back home.

Miaka could catch up later, but I needed to get this present wrapped up for Mamoru before he left for New York.

Oh when did his plane leave again?!

An: Okay, six pages. Don't tell me that this wasn't one of our longest chapters yet! I know that's a mean cliffie, but I'll see you again on Friday! Promise!

And review, alright? Not to sound begging, but I feel that interest is waning. If I see a notable decline in review numbers (and I hate to resort to this) I don't think I'll update as often. Sorry, but my other fics have taken backburner to this one, and I need to know that it was worth it. Sorry.

Oh, and if you have any plot line questions, leave it in a review and we'll answer it! It'll be fun!

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