Life's too weird Chapter 35: Life Long Friends Again, a sailor moon fanfic

AN: Ok, here it is! I know it was forever and I am sooooo sorry! You see, first there was AP finals, then drama over Prom, then I was in this high, happy romantic mood for a long while, only to realize that no, my guy just really is that oblivious and will not ask me out. ASK ME OUT DAMNIT! I'M SICK OF WAITING ON YOU AND MIGHT MOVE ON! Achem, sorry bout that folks… Anywho, next cam work, then school started piling it on and then… well you guys aren't here to read excuses. I'm officially a senior now and had my last exam Tuesday. From here on till the end things should be relatively regular.

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disclaimer: I soooooooo don't wanna admit my lack of anything. Please don't make me say it!

Chapter 35, Life Long Friends Again

"BUNNY! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!" Screamed a blur of gold as it collided with my body.

"It's good to see you too." I said, embracing Mina in a heartfelt hug.

Since the last Youma attack two years ago, none of the girls had really stayed in touch. We all separated into our own little cliques and stayed in our own little world. Immediately after hanging up with Rei three weeks ago, I had called all of the girls to Boston for a good old-fashioned Senshi meeting during Christmas break.

In those three weeks, Mamoru and I had acted almost the same way as we did before; only we both knew the other's desires. We had both come to the unspoken agreement that until we had both sorted out our lives, neither would advance on the other in the loving way we wished.

This would have been strenuous on any couple, but for some reason we were both so involved in our secrets (though I had no idea what Mamoru's were) to feel the strain. Weird, huh?

Anywho, back to the meeting. By the time Mina had arrived, Rei had awkwardly embraced me in hello, then went into the apartment to talk to Mamoru. Miaka had made herself comfortable and was brewing tea. And Makoto had blown in smelling of sweet pastries, energetically talking about France and mixing her English with her French. Finally, after a round of excited squeals to see Mina, Ami knocked at the door and shyly said hello.

I stared at this physician in the making with slight curiosity. In the 11 years I had known her, Ami never wore anything other than blues and the occasional white. Today she was dressed all in red with a stylish skirt just short of her knees and a daring spaghetti strap.

"Wow, Ami… You've changed." I said in awe. Hearing my awe (and the arrival of another good friend) all of the girls rushed out into the front hallway.

"Ami!" the group collectively gasped, staring at the transformed genius in front of us. At this point Mamoru came round to see what we were staring at and stopped short.

"Whoa, Ami?" Collectively all of our jaws dropped and we continued staring.

"What? Haven't any of you seen a girl before?" She attempted in a sarcastic tone. Taking a step in, we heard a light :click clack:. Daring a glace down, we saw the thinnest stilettos I have ever seen in my life.

"Amy?" I breathed. "What… who… what's with the new look?" Lightly said genius blushed and glanced at Mamoru.

"Umm, I'll tell you later." Nodding uneasily at the way she emphasized later, we stepped back simultaneously and turned to face the now guilty looking Mamoru.

"What?" he asked, backing away slightly from what must have been an intimidating sight. Six women staring expectantly at you and having no idea what they would do next. Oh yeah, must have been scary as hell.

"Oh nothing Mamo-chan. We were just wondering if you'd run out and buy us a cake for tonight from that wonderful bakery across town?" I asked sweetly, ignoring the girlish giggles behind me.

"Across town! That'll take two hours there and back!" he cried, then stopped short. I could practically see Mamoru weighing his options. Should he stay here with a room full of gossiping, squealing girls… or run out for a little while and enjoy some peace from the estrogen he would be in store for in the next week… He nodded resolutely and flashed a smile in my direction. He got the hint.

"Then again…" Mamoru said slowly "I need to pick up a book from Taka as well. Why don't I kill two birds with one stone and just leave you ladies be?" Without waiting for a response he dashed past us with a quick peck on my cheek and a wave goodbye, then he was gone.

"I can read him like a book." I stated, smugly turning to the curious glances behind me.

"Ok, what was that?" asked Mina, stepping closer in such an intimidating way I felt the urge to step away.

"What was what?" I asked innocently, my eyes darting around for an escape.

"Oh, you didn't know Mina?" asked a smirking Miaka. "They finally confessed their undying love for each other."

"OOOOOOO." Said Mina, Amy and Makoto, turning from me to Rei. Watching their heads swivel I was given the distinct impression of either a tennis match or an extremely cliché soap opera.

"What? I just broke it off with Mamoru. I never loved him and it was unfair to hold him to me like that. He seemed relived too…. Care to explain what you two have been doing for the past four years innocent Bunny?" Rei shot back in a friendly manor.

"Nothing I swear. We both respect the fact that the other has issues to work out so we've placed our relationship on the back burner. I mean right now, my first priority should be the senshi."

"Oh that's right… geeze, how are you going to tell him?" asked Mina, seating herself in the love seat.

"You could always tell him like I did with Taka." Said Miaka, sitting next to Mina.

"You didn't so much as tell him as he figured it out on his own and ran to save you from a hurtful blast." I said, relaxing into the recliner while Amy, Makoto and Rei settled themselves on the plush tan couch.

"I was afraid this would happen one day." Said Luna, jumping stiffly on top

"Aww Luna it's great to see you!" cooed Amy, petting Luna's graying fur.

""It's good to see you all. Oh by dear me… I knew this day would come. The day you all move up and away. Joining your new clique's, getting romantically involved with boys, growing up and finding careers… Next thing you know you all will have families and wont want to be in the scouts anymore."

"Oh Luna we could never quit the scouts." I soothed, stepping out of my recliner and petting Luna on her back.

"I know, and that's the problem…" she sobbed.

"What?" I asked, stunned. "Luna, what aren't you telling us?"

"Oh you guys I'm sorry. It's just… well your destiny has been written for thousands of years and… it doesn't look too good. Especially when we find the princess."

"Why?" I croaked, everyone else in the room was deathly quiet.

"I can't quite decipher all of it…the texts are just so old…. but it seems that our moon princess loved a man, one thousand years ago. A man, she could never have; the Prince of Earth. You see, back in the glory of the Moon Kingdom, our moon was kept separate from the Earth by force. There was this troop of rebels from earth led by the vilest and ambitious woman there ever was. Ever will be in fact.

"This woman thought the best way to gain power would be to marry the Prince of Earth, but of course he would not have her. She was too uncivilized, and besides, by that point he had met and fallen in love with our beloved Moon Princess. Infuriated, the evil woman led an army, permanently separating the Moon from Earth.

"Devastated our princess secretly found her way to Earth to be with her prince. Unfortunately the texts are smudged here, so all Artimis or I could get out of them was that a great battle ensued and we were not winning. Calling upon an ancient right of the Queen of the Moon, she called all of her allies and asked them all for the one thing they loved the most; their daughters."

"Do you mean us, in our past lives?" croaked Miaka, fighting back tears (as all the rest of us were).

"Yes, you all are princess's from that ancient time. Our Queen called upon your mothers for you because you all held the power of the Gods. Ami from Mercury, Makoto from Jupiter, Mina from Venus and so on. As such, she bestowed upon you girls the power to use your gifts. Thus the Senshi were born."

"But what happened in the battle?" asked Rei

"Well, it seems that…" Luna's voice cracked and she looked down to her paws. "I'm sorry girls, but despite your gifts, you all lost your lives, one by one. Finally the evil woman found the prince and princess and, in an attempt to kill the princess the woman ended up killing the prince instead. Once again, the texts weren't clear, but we know that one of the moon royalty released her ultimate power, destroying not only her foe, but herself as well. You all were sent here to the future to make sure that history would not repeat itself. Unfortunately, you could not stop the woman from being reborn, and she is our foe to this day…"

'Our current foe… But how can that be? She's been silent for the past two years. There's no way it could be-"

"Beryl..." Mina growled, clenching her fists. Luna nodded. So it was HER fault all these attacks were happening. HER fault I had to see my friends risk their lives time and time again…. Her fault.

"Yes… that's right it was, well is, Beryl."

"So why would finding our princess be a bad thing?" asked Ami. "Seems like if we found her, everything would be alright. She could just kill Beryl then go find her prince."

"It's not that simple…" moaned Luna "Don't you get it? The release of such power lead to an apocalypse on the Moon, the same thing could very well happen here on Earth. And besides, I do NOT want to lose you girls… you are all so young… I can't…"

"Luna, Luna it's not your fault." I cooed, holding the aging feline to my chest. "Besides, I don't know about the other girls, but if I was sent to this planet to protect it, I would gladly give my life to help it prosper. I will NOT let it die as the Moon did."

All of the girls nodded their agreement around me, and I smiled down at Luna, "Besides, you think I'd let some evil old witch kill my friends? Kill all that I've worked to protect? Not a chance!"

"Oh you all are so brave. Young and naive, but so brave." Luna sniffled.

"I sill don't get it..." said Makoto. "Even if we don't find her, there is a girl out there who is our princess and she is living on earth. What about our finding her could make the world end?"

"Well, I really can't tell you because the texts are so darn unclear. But we do know that if put up against Beryl, the princess will be forced to use her ultimate power, and that is what caused the destruction on the moon."

"So we still need to find her, " I said. "We just need to make sure she doesn't have to go against Beryl."

"I need to talk to Artimis about that, but that would be the best option."

"But wait, Luna… you said we were all given our powers from the Roman Gods our planet was named after… what about Bunny and I?" ask Miaka

"Well I know that there are more scouts than we have right now, but I don't know who they are. We have senshi for all of the planets, we have some for stars, and we have you Suzaku, born from the ancient Chinese God bearing the same name. As for Bunny… I can't quite recall. It may very well be that she is a human from earth endowed with Selenity's powers."

"Selenity?" I jumped "What she got to do with anything?"

"Well she IS the goddess of the Moon, next to her mother Selene." Offered Amy. "Here, she's probably in one of these books right here." She said, pulling one of Mamoru's down and flipping through it. "There!" she said, pointing to the right page. We all gathered at the table around her.

Turning the book so I could read it, I looked down at the sorrowful picture depicting the very Selenity I knew… only different. She had a sadder look on her face, and she held her stomach almost as if it was the only solid thing to keep hold of.

"What's that on the corner of her dress?" I asked, pointing to the deep red mark on Selenity's otherwise spotless blue dress.

"Well according to this passage next to it, this is a portrait taken after a large battle on the Moon… You don't think… do you? Said Ami, her eyes glittering with interest.

"I don't know, read on." I encouraged, my enthusiasm mounting. If this really was Selenity, I could just ask her about what happened on the Moon next time I saw her.

"It says… well that's funny isn't it? It doesn't say what the battle was about, just that this picture is meant to capture the goddess at her weakest point. It says she had just lost her surrogate daughter, hence the blood."

"Wow…" I mumbled. 'I have to remember to ask about that next time I see her.'

"This is all so confusing," muttered Mina, shaking her head. "I mean one minute we have to find the princess so she can save the world, then next we want to find her but we don't want to make her cause an apocalypse."

"It always is…" said Rei sympathetically.

We all stood there in silence for a minute, all contemplating how different our lives were from everyone else's. What all of us wouldn't have given to be normal, to have those petty problems of hair, boys, everything like that. But we couldn't, because of destiny. And to tell you the truth, after so many years of trying to save this world, we had put to much into it to quit. Silently we all firmed our resolves, then glanced about awkwardly.

"So… Ami, are you going to tell us about this wardrobe change?" asked Makoto, pulling the room into a lighter mood.

"Oh, that. Well you see I met this guy…"

"GO AMI!" cheered Mina, walking back to her seat. Everyone else followed suit, listening enraptured to what the genius had to say. I shook my head smiling, half listening to what was going on.

'Some things never change.' I though, grabbing the abandoned book and shutting it. Briefly I looked down at the spine to read the title. I stopped momentarily.

"Why would Mamoru have a book all about Greek Mythology on the Moon?" I muttered, my eyebrow rising. Shaking it off as paranoia, I pushed the book back into its proper place on the bookshelf and walked back to the girls.

"So he said, 'You look great in that lab coat. The red brings out your eyes and hair.' I swear I was blushing so hard!" said Ami rapidly.

I laughed along with the rest, ignoring the nagging feeling the book had brought me.

Well there we go!

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