****Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah yeah...don't own 'em so don't sue, I 'aint got any money.
****Authors' Note: Here's where the story will start to have a more interesting plot, this is an introduction to the new love triangle, only instead of involving Scott/Jean/Logan, poor ol' Canucklehead gets stuck in with Mamoru and Usagi. And for those of you Logan/Rogue lovers, you SUCK, Rogue/Remy 4ever...and if you watched the edited stuff at the end of the movie, you'll see in the part where Logan gets a tour, that Jean is wearing a WEDDING RING (scene with her and Scott in auto class), thank you very much. Thank you to Midnight Lady who mentioned Usagi's missing glasses. Check out that sight I mentioned in the first chapter to better understand Wolvie facts I use in here. Oh...and if you want the chapters out faster...review more, please. Enjoy!
Ja Ne!
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Cherry Hill Temple
Usagi was the first to wake up. She took a moment to absorb her surroundings, the sailor senshi left early after dinner the previous night. Usagi smiled at the memory, the X-Men and sailors seemed to fit in quite nicely together despite the slight language problem. This brought a bigger smile to her lips. The suns was threatening to touch the tree-tops when Usagi got up from her futon in Rei's room, she quietly crept around Kitty, Ororo, and Jean's sleeping forms. It was a wonder how Rei's room was big enough for all of them. Logan had crashed reluctantly in the main room of the temple, while Xavier slept in a guest room down the hall. Usagi made her way to the washroom where she proceeded to style her hair into the odango-style she had as Sailor Moon. She grinned at the finished product, the hair style seeming quite natural. She ruffled her wings and continued down to the kitchen, slipping her glasses on she poked through a cook book for some Japanese type dishes.
Soon the smell of food flooded the hallway, making it's way into the girls' room waking Kitty up immediately, she squealed in delight, waking the other women.
"Usagi's like making breakfast!" She chattered excitedly, Rei got up and headed groggily for the door,
"I do my chores..." she mumbled as best as she could in English, silently wishing for Minako's presence.
Kitty strolled casually through the kitchen and silently reached for some food, but received a slap on the wrist instead. Usagi glared but gave in and allowed the girl to sample.
"Why don't you do me a favor and pick some cherry blossoms for me?" Kitty smiled and nodded eagerly,
"Like sure!" She bolted out of the kitchen and went outside to look for the blossoms. Usagi poured a cup of coffee and headed towards the main room where 'prince charming' was sleeping on a sofa. Usagi kneeled on the floor ne3xt to him and let the rich aroma wake him up. He opened his eyes and looked at hers through the glasses, she held out the cup silently. Logan smirked (AN: Ahhh...he's sooo hot! Oops...sorry),
"you know...you're actually *almost* attractive with your mouth shut". She rose an eyebrow in disgust as he took the object of interest from her hands,
"you're welcome", she mumbled. Logan took a gulp of the dark liquid, the caffeine shooting through him like a bullet, but leaving just as quickly, once his healing factor took over. Although it was enough to wake him up. His thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of Kitty's worried voice, she came in carrying an injured bird with her.
"Like, it fell out of it's nest way up in a tree, could you like heal it?" She asked. Usagi, who removed and pocketed her glasses, and gingerly lifted the bird to look at it more closely. She held it firmly and closed her eyes in concentration. She started to sing, her wings lifting a bit, the song filled the temple with a soothing peace, waking up the others from their slumber. Usagi stopped short of the ending and opened her hands, the bird's wings flapping madly.
"It's just a baby...I'll return it to it's nest." Usagi got up from her kneeling position and flapped her wings, raising into the air just high enough to place the bird into it's nest.
Just as she landed the sound of a car door shutting startled her, Mamoru had driven over, along with Minako, Makoto, Ami, Artemis and Luna trailing closely behind. As soon as Kitty spotted Minako, she hurled herself onto the unsuspecting senshi, knocking them over, and began chatting excitedly.
"Let's like, go shopping!" Minako's face spread into a grin and the two ran off in the direction of down town Tokyo. This gave Usagi and idea.
"Ami-san! Do you know anything about a scientist by the name of...Lord Dark Winds?" Ami nodded,
"I was going to visit with the Professor, but I could take you to his lab." Usagi rose an eyebrow.
"You know him personally?" Ami nodded,
"Well, since you're all here...except the mall rats who probably will be out all day, why don't we eat breakfast, ne?" The others agreed readily and headed inside.
Down Town Tokyo
The trio made their way down the streets of Tokyo, Ami leading, and Usagi and Logan following, they were bickering as usual,
"Tell me again why you're coming?" Logan asked accusingly, Usagi smiled brightly,
"Because...I'm the one who told you to come to Japan in the first place." She answered. Ami came to an abrupt halt when they reached a broken-down building,
"Here we are" Usagi and Logan scanned the building in wonderment, Ami knocked on the door, and called for Dark Winds, (AN: if you ever watched the cartoon, he's called Professor Oyama, but in this I'm referring to Marvel-verse info.) Usagi scratched her head.
"Ami-san...why would a 'Lord' live in here?" Ami smiled sweetly,
"He doesn't silly, this is where he does his research so the authorities don't catch him."
"Then why do you know about it?"
"Simple, the senshi had an encounter with him previous to your arrival".
They were interrupted with the sound of a voice, a rather raspy voice. Ami opened the door, and the trio walked inside, the room was dark, except for the light coming from the adjoining room. Ami held out her arms,
" You two stay here for a minute, I'll have to go in alone, first". The other two stayed put, while the blue-haired girl walked into the next room.
Lord Dark Winds sat behind a table with some liquid-filled vials sitting untouched. He smiled at her,
" Good to see you again, Minzuno-san, I hope my droids haven't caused any more havoc in Tokyo lately", Ami smirked and rested her hands on the table,
"Iie, Dark Winds, I haven't seen any in a while."
"Then why the visit?"
"I was curious for some information you may have about a certain type of metal..."
"Oh, you mean my adimantium?" He questioned her, then laughed,
"An indestructible metal, that the Canadian government got their hands on." Ami rose her eyebrows,
"I have somebody here you may like to meet". She called the other two who made their way into the room, Usagi leading Dark Winds smiled at Usagi,
"My what a beautiful young lady..." The smile disappeared all together, and was replaced with a snarl when he saw Logan.
"Weapon X", he muttered in perfect English, the girl's attention turned to Logan, who extended one set of claws and used them to slice through the table, spilling liquid on the floor.
"You did this to me?" Logan demanded, switching to English also, Usagi quietly translated for Ami. Dark Winds laughed cooly,
"Your claws were bone before...I always knew I'd eventually see you again after you escaped from the lab. My Canadian friends weren't very friendly after that happened, you know. You were the first successful test subject, considering your mutation, but there is another that didn't reject it, her name is Yuriko. Yuriko Dark Winds, my daughter. I'm sure you two will meet soon enough." Logan took a second to absorb the new information,
"Why?" He asked, Dark Winds snorted,
"Simple, the government wanted invulnerable 'soldiers' to be rid of mutants, and you would be one of them who would help do that, but you escaped before there was a chance to train you...I grow tired of this, why don't you all leave me now?" Logan went to strike, but Dark Wnids backed into another door while activation the droids in the room. Ami panicked and pulled out her henshin stick,
"This is where the fun begins", Usagi followed suit, and the girls transformed. The trio fought off the machines as best as they could, considering they were outnumbered.
Just then, they heard voices, approaching, and within a second Shadowcat and Sailor Venus phased through the wall. They giggled,
"Rei beeped me on the communicator and told us to stop be incase 'this' would happen", Venus explained, Shadowcat phased through droids, disabling them, but setting the place on fire in the process, she stopped in her tracks,
"Oops...sorry", Usagi looked frantically around for any paper evidence, and found a small cabinet,
"Never mind! Help grab some of these and let's get out of here!" The others agreed and grabbed as much as they could carry, everybody held onto Shadowcat while they phased through the building wall, making it outside. Venus and Shadowcat high-fived each other, dropping papers in the process. They dumped their load onto Ami's and Usagi's arms,
"Well, gotta' get back to what we were doing!" They ran off, Venus de-transforming quickly.
Usagi laughed,
"That was interesting...let's take these back to the temple, ne?"
"Yeah"...Logan agreed holding onto a handful of documents.
Rei's Temple
Ami, Usagi, and Logan were re-telling their little adventure to Professor Xavier, Jean, Ororo, and Rei. Makoto was preparing dinner busily in the kitchen. Charles found the information quite interesting,
"I wonder if there's any inside information about exactly who was involved from the Canadian government". He sifted through some of the sheets while the others dispersed elsewhere. Mamoru approached Usagi, who got startled,
"Where were you?" Mamoru was caught by surprise,
"Uh...elsewhere", Usagi was puzzled at this, "Would you take a walk with me? I have some business down town" Usagi looked at the clock on the wall,
"But Mamoru, it's almost seven o'clock",
"I know", Usagi reluctantly agreed and the two headed off.
Down Town Tokyo
Usagi and Mamoru made their way down the streets of the heart of Tokyo, Usagi looking around in curiosity at boutique windows. Mamoru decided to break the silence, looking at the girl he fell for at first sight,
"What's it like being a mutant?" He blurted out, automatically regretting it afterwards, Usagi hesitated for a second,
"I'm not sure....I've never been asked that before...I suppose it's a bummer I was kicked out of the house, but it's not so bad, I got work as a waitress and cook, I even remember what I looked like the first time I met Logan, stained white blouse and skirt, my hair tied up loosely on my head, and my glasses...oh and a pencil stuck here..." She pointed to a spot on the back of her head. Mamoru frowned, it would be difficult to win her heart at this point,
"You really like him don't you?" He accused, Usagi had a puzzled look drawn across her face,
"Who?" Mamoru inwardly breathed a sigh of relief,
"Never mind", Usagi took a turn by asking the next question,
"Why are these 'rainbow crystals' so important to you?" Mamoru's thinking halted at that question, but the nervous feeling fled quickly as he contemplated the answer.
"When I was a kid I got into a car crash, the first thing I remember is waking up in a hospital, the doctors said I had complete amnesia. The only ting I seemed to know was my name... 'Mamoru'. I had these dreams, I'd see this beautiful princess and she'd beg me to bring her this 'guinzishou', I figured if I can get her the crystal, she'll tell me who I am." Usagi fell silent, 'he's an orphan', she thought sadly,
"So you think I'm this princess?" Mamoru stopped walking and grabbed Usagi's shoulders, her face blank in surprise,
"I'm not sure, I just know you have to be the most gorgeous girl I've ever met, and I want you to be my girl...do you believe in love at first sight?" Mamoru leaned forward and kissed Usagi, who seized up and pushed away from him.
"Mamoru! What the heck are you doing?!? I can't be your girlfriend, we just met yesterday!" Mamoru blushed in embarrassment,
"Gomen, Usagi-san" Usagi flashed on of her million-dollar smiles and they continued walking,
"That's alright". A saucy voice interrupted their conversation, and evil laughter filling the air. Zoicite levitated in the air in front of the couple.
"Be at the top in ten minutes", she said and disappeared. Usagi eyed Mamoru,
"When were you planning on telling me you were meeting Zoicite?" Mamoru stared blankly back.
Rei's Temple
Jean Grey and Rei Hino sat in front of the sacred fire, Rei's English was improving rather quickly now that she had plenty of practice. They sensed an evil growing rapidly, Jean concentrated and could sense Usagi's distress, the two headed quickly to another room where Professor Xavier and Ami had stopped in the middle of a chess game, he looked at Jean,
"They're in trouble". Rei contacted Minako on the communicator, she pulled out her henshin stick, as did the rest of the senshi,
"Mars power!"
"Mercury power!"
"Jupiter power!"
"Venus power!" Sailor Venus consulted with Kitty, and talked hurriedly to Sailor Mars. "They were heading towards the Starlight Tower, see if Mercury gets any readings, Shadowcat and I will meet you there." Kitty voiced her excitement and pulled out her own uniform from her backpack...a slightly tailored outfit, and slipped it on quickly. Luna and Artemis decided to tag along this time, leaving Xavier anxiously waiting behind.
Starlight Tower, Tokyo
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen stood at the top of the Starlight Tower after dodging several traps set up by Zoicite, as she said she stood waiting for Tuxedo Kamen who held the rainbow crystals protectively.
"Here are the rules, we'll both put our crystals in the middle, and whoever wins the duel keeps the rainbow crystals, ok?" Tuxedo Kamen grit his teeth and walked forward, releasing his grip from the cyrstals,
"Hai, but don't harm Sailor Moon, got it?" He set the crystals on the floor, Zoicite followed suit and deposited hers as well,
"Don't worry about her, she's of no use to us, and neither are the rest of the senshi, or the mutants." Once they moved back to their end of the room. Malacite formed out of nowhere and levitated the crystals in the air, Tuxedo Kamen's eyes widened in horror,
"Iie! You tricked me!" Zoicite laughed,
"Somebody has to hole them while we fight, don't worry, I'm not backing out." Malicite disappeared from sight and the duel began.
Meanwhile...
The Sailor Senshi and X-Men gathered at the ground entrance to the Tower, Sailor Venus and Shadowcat being the first ones there. They bombarded Sailor Mars and Jean.
"Like, we totally spotted them together, walkin' down town!" Shadowcat huffed, she struggled to catch her breath, Venus filled in,
"Yeah, and we saw Mamoru kiss Usagi!" This grabbed everyone's attention,
"No way!" Mars sputtered out, "we only met yesterday". Wolverine and Sailor Mercury were the quietest ones of the bunch, he could feel a familiar spot of envy, or it could've been anger, considering she was 'his' Usagi. A burst of energy caused him to unleash his claws and tear through the doors, snapping everyone back to the task at hand.
"Shall I be of some assistance?" Storm asked, Wolverine reluctantly stepped away from the doors, she summoned lightning, Jupiter joining in with her own attack, the doors disintegrated, Jupiter and Storm high-fived each other, and everyone made their way through the building, heading for the top. As soon as they neared the top floor it was collapsed in, having no way to enter Shadowcat grabbed Sailor Venus and they phased through the roof, Venus blasting a hole with her crescent v attack, everyone hurried through.
Zoicite touched the cut on the side of her face, made by the stem of Tuxedo Kamen's rose. She tasted the blood and narrowed her eyes,
"You cut my face..." She summoned an ice crystal which floated up behind Tuxedo Kamen and it headed straight for him. Sailor Moon screamed in warning, the senshi and X-Men heard it and rushed into the dark room and witnessed the murder of Mamoru. Sailor Moon rushed to his side, eyes watering,
"Iie..." She looked up at Zoicite, "He's innocent, why kill an innocent person? Take your damned crystals, but there was no need for this..." A lone tear slipped from her face, it sparkled and the ancient moon wand formed in front of her.
Malicite was startled when the crystals flew by themselves out of the room and above Usagi, they became on solitary crystal, the legendary guinzishou, it connected itself to the want, a burst of energy disintegrated Zoicite, silver energy surrounded Usagi and she became Serenity-hime, the moon princess from the Silver Millenium. The senshi gasped, Luna and Artemis couldn't believe it,
"She 'is' the moon princess!" Luna exclaimed.
Usagi kneeled beside Mamoru and positioned him on her lap, her mind swirled with memories of an ancient past, from 1000 years ago when she as Serenity and Endymion's romance began. She spoke her words softly so only Mamoru would hear the tale of her mother's rule.
"My mother ruled the universe, she was Queen over the Silver Alliance, my guardians were Sailor Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, all princesses of their respective planets. We would have celebrations every night...do you remember? That's where we met. You would sneak by my window some nights just to see me.
There was a rebellion against the Silver Alliance by Queen Metallia of the Negaverse. She and her minions reigned terror against the universe. One night you came to me saying you had to go fight, it broke my heart, but I was brave and gave you my locket as a promise that you would return to me.
Soon Metallia attacked the moon, and we died trying to save each other, along with the deaths of the rest of my court. My mother banished Metallia using the eternal power of the guinzishou, and with the last of her energy she sent you, myself, the senshi and the guardian cats 1000 years into the future to ensure we would have a normal life."
Usagi faded back to Sailor Moon, and she passed out. The others rushed to her, Venus took her pulse,
"Still ticking". Malacite appeared and took the dying Mamoru,
"He belongs to Metallia now", he stated and they vanished. Sailor Mars reached out to grab Sailor Moon, but Wolverine growled in distaste, lifting the unconscious girl into his arms.
"Let's get out of here", he suggested firmly, the others agreed.
"We'll have a lot of explaining to do", Artemis mumbled as the puzzled group headed back to the temple.
Rei's Temple
Usagi sat silently outside of the temple doors, she spoke no words since earlier that evening, it was dusk now, the moon glowed a radiance it never did before. She stared at it, the cursed rock that held her prisoner now, and it felt lonely, because she no longer loved Mamoru as she did when he was Prince Endymion. 'Hai, I do believe in love at first sight', she concluded silently, her eyes closed, she listened to the soft beating of her heart.
Meanwhile...
"She looks so miserable..." Minako commented sadly,
"I wish Rogue was here, she and Usagi are best friends." Jean said, she, Rei, Kitty and Minako kept close watch over the girl since they made it back.
"She, like, won't even talk to anyone". This gave Jean an idea, she headed into the next room where Logan was sifting though records they stole earlier that day, he didn't bother looking up, considering he could smell her perfume a mile away,
"What'dya want Red?" She smirked,
"You're the only one who can piss Usagi off at the drop of a hat, so go do it".
"Why should I?" Jean sighed,
"Simply because she refuses to speak, just be a good boy and get her back to normal."
"Hmpf...fine."
Logan walked outside carrying a few papers, he sat down next to Usagi and followed her gaze at the moon.
"Hey, Usagi-baka, you should be inside cookin' dinner." She didn't budge, Logan growled, "you can't tell me you like that shrimpy cape-boy that much. C'mon he threw roses for an attack." This produced a smile, Usagi blushed and averted her gaze.
"Says who?" She retorted, Logan smiled in triumph and placed the papers on her lap, she pulled her glasses out and put them on taking a close look at the information. "Wait a second, this is about you...you were in the war? Both of them?" She looked up at Logan and rose her eyebrow, "You could very well be over a hundred years old...I beat you...I'm a thousand years old." Usagi giggled, amusing Logan in the process, "I'm trying to remember a life I'm not living, you and me...we're the same." She quieted again,
"Hmmm..." Logan couldn't think of any words to answer with, he reached for Usagi's glasses and removed them, her blue eyes sparkled brilliantly, "the same", he mumbled agreeing with her, taking her chin he 'surprisingly' gently pulled her towards him and kissed her. Usagi seized up, her pulse speeding up rapidly, but after a second she loosened and melted right into the embrace.
Meanwhile....
"Let's see if Usagi's back into this world yet." Minako suggested, she and Kitty went to the door and peeked outside, their eyes widened at the sight, they closed the door and eyed each other.
"Like, I guess I was right when I thought, like, Usagi was totally into Logan, that's why she didn't dig Mamoru." Minako and Kitty shook each others' hands. Rei entered the room and approached the girls,
"Is she talking?" Rei inquired, Kitty blushed,
"Like, not exactly, but she's totally not thinkin' about Mamoru, I can almost guarantee it." Rei became puzzled but shook it off.
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AN: It is very difficult to make Logan romantic, without slipping out of character...so bear with me, kay?
****Authors' Note: Here's where the story will start to have a more interesting plot, this is an introduction to the new love triangle, only instead of involving Scott/Jean/Logan, poor ol' Canucklehead gets stuck in with Mamoru and Usagi. And for those of you Logan/Rogue lovers, you SUCK, Rogue/Remy 4ever...and if you watched the edited stuff at the end of the movie, you'll see in the part where Logan gets a tour, that Jean is wearing a WEDDING RING (scene with her and Scott in auto class), thank you very much. Thank you to Midnight Lady who mentioned Usagi's missing glasses. Check out that sight I mentioned in the first chapter to better understand Wolvie facts I use in here. Oh...and if you want the chapters out faster...review more, please. Enjoy!
Ja Ne!
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Cherry Hill Temple
Usagi was the first to wake up. She took a moment to absorb her surroundings, the sailor senshi left early after dinner the previous night. Usagi smiled at the memory, the X-Men and sailors seemed to fit in quite nicely together despite the slight language problem. This brought a bigger smile to her lips. The suns was threatening to touch the tree-tops when Usagi got up from her futon in Rei's room, she quietly crept around Kitty, Ororo, and Jean's sleeping forms. It was a wonder how Rei's room was big enough for all of them. Logan had crashed reluctantly in the main room of the temple, while Xavier slept in a guest room down the hall. Usagi made her way to the washroom where she proceeded to style her hair into the odango-style she had as Sailor Moon. She grinned at the finished product, the hair style seeming quite natural. She ruffled her wings and continued down to the kitchen, slipping her glasses on she poked through a cook book for some Japanese type dishes.
Soon the smell of food flooded the hallway, making it's way into the girls' room waking Kitty up immediately, she squealed in delight, waking the other women.
"Usagi's like making breakfast!" She chattered excitedly, Rei got up and headed groggily for the door,
"I do my chores..." she mumbled as best as she could in English, silently wishing for Minako's presence.
Kitty strolled casually through the kitchen and silently reached for some food, but received a slap on the wrist instead. Usagi glared but gave in and allowed the girl to sample.
"Why don't you do me a favor and pick some cherry blossoms for me?" Kitty smiled and nodded eagerly,
"Like sure!" She bolted out of the kitchen and went outside to look for the blossoms. Usagi poured a cup of coffee and headed towards the main room where 'prince charming' was sleeping on a sofa. Usagi kneeled on the floor ne3xt to him and let the rich aroma wake him up. He opened his eyes and looked at hers through the glasses, she held out the cup silently. Logan smirked (AN: Ahhh...he's sooo hot! Oops...sorry),
"you know...you're actually *almost* attractive with your mouth shut". She rose an eyebrow in disgust as he took the object of interest from her hands,
"you're welcome", she mumbled. Logan took a gulp of the dark liquid, the caffeine shooting through him like a bullet, but leaving just as quickly, once his healing factor took over. Although it was enough to wake him up. His thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of Kitty's worried voice, she came in carrying an injured bird with her.
"Like, it fell out of it's nest way up in a tree, could you like heal it?" She asked. Usagi, who removed and pocketed her glasses, and gingerly lifted the bird to look at it more closely. She held it firmly and closed her eyes in concentration. She started to sing, her wings lifting a bit, the song filled the temple with a soothing peace, waking up the others from their slumber. Usagi stopped short of the ending and opened her hands, the bird's wings flapping madly.
"It's just a baby...I'll return it to it's nest." Usagi got up from her kneeling position and flapped her wings, raising into the air just high enough to place the bird into it's nest.
Just as she landed the sound of a car door shutting startled her, Mamoru had driven over, along with Minako, Makoto, Ami, Artemis and Luna trailing closely behind. As soon as Kitty spotted Minako, she hurled herself onto the unsuspecting senshi, knocking them over, and began chatting excitedly.
"Let's like, go shopping!" Minako's face spread into a grin and the two ran off in the direction of down town Tokyo. This gave Usagi and idea.
"Ami-san! Do you know anything about a scientist by the name of...Lord Dark Winds?" Ami nodded,
"I was going to visit with the Professor, but I could take you to his lab." Usagi rose an eyebrow.
"You know him personally?" Ami nodded,
"Well, since you're all here...except the mall rats who probably will be out all day, why don't we eat breakfast, ne?" The others agreed readily and headed inside.
Down Town Tokyo
The trio made their way down the streets of Tokyo, Ami leading, and Usagi and Logan following, they were bickering as usual,
"Tell me again why you're coming?" Logan asked accusingly, Usagi smiled brightly,
"Because...I'm the one who told you to come to Japan in the first place." She answered. Ami came to an abrupt halt when they reached a broken-down building,
"Here we are" Usagi and Logan scanned the building in wonderment, Ami knocked on the door, and called for Dark Winds, (AN: if you ever watched the cartoon, he's called Professor Oyama, but in this I'm referring to Marvel-verse info.) Usagi scratched her head.
"Ami-san...why would a 'Lord' live in here?" Ami smiled sweetly,
"He doesn't silly, this is where he does his research so the authorities don't catch him."
"Then why do you know about it?"
"Simple, the senshi had an encounter with him previous to your arrival".
They were interrupted with the sound of a voice, a rather raspy voice. Ami opened the door, and the trio walked inside, the room was dark, except for the light coming from the adjoining room. Ami held out her arms,
" You two stay here for a minute, I'll have to go in alone, first". The other two stayed put, while the blue-haired girl walked into the next room.
Lord Dark Winds sat behind a table with some liquid-filled vials sitting untouched. He smiled at her,
" Good to see you again, Minzuno-san, I hope my droids haven't caused any more havoc in Tokyo lately", Ami smirked and rested her hands on the table,
"Iie, Dark Winds, I haven't seen any in a while."
"Then why the visit?"
"I was curious for some information you may have about a certain type of metal..."
"Oh, you mean my adimantium?" He questioned her, then laughed,
"An indestructible metal, that the Canadian government got their hands on." Ami rose her eyebrows,
"I have somebody here you may like to meet". She called the other two who made their way into the room, Usagi leading Dark Winds smiled at Usagi,
"My what a beautiful young lady..." The smile disappeared all together, and was replaced with a snarl when he saw Logan.
"Weapon X", he muttered in perfect English, the girl's attention turned to Logan, who extended one set of claws and used them to slice through the table, spilling liquid on the floor.
"You did this to me?" Logan demanded, switching to English also, Usagi quietly translated for Ami. Dark Winds laughed cooly,
"Your claws were bone before...I always knew I'd eventually see you again after you escaped from the lab. My Canadian friends weren't very friendly after that happened, you know. You were the first successful test subject, considering your mutation, but there is another that didn't reject it, her name is Yuriko. Yuriko Dark Winds, my daughter. I'm sure you two will meet soon enough." Logan took a second to absorb the new information,
"Why?" He asked, Dark Winds snorted,
"Simple, the government wanted invulnerable 'soldiers' to be rid of mutants, and you would be one of them who would help do that, but you escaped before there was a chance to train you...I grow tired of this, why don't you all leave me now?" Logan went to strike, but Dark Wnids backed into another door while activation the droids in the room. Ami panicked and pulled out her henshin stick,
"This is where the fun begins", Usagi followed suit, and the girls transformed. The trio fought off the machines as best as they could, considering they were outnumbered.
Just then, they heard voices, approaching, and within a second Shadowcat and Sailor Venus phased through the wall. They giggled,
"Rei beeped me on the communicator and told us to stop be incase 'this' would happen", Venus explained, Shadowcat phased through droids, disabling them, but setting the place on fire in the process, she stopped in her tracks,
"Oops...sorry", Usagi looked frantically around for any paper evidence, and found a small cabinet,
"Never mind! Help grab some of these and let's get out of here!" The others agreed and grabbed as much as they could carry, everybody held onto Shadowcat while they phased through the building wall, making it outside. Venus and Shadowcat high-fived each other, dropping papers in the process. They dumped their load onto Ami's and Usagi's arms,
"Well, gotta' get back to what we were doing!" They ran off, Venus de-transforming quickly.
Usagi laughed,
"That was interesting...let's take these back to the temple, ne?"
"Yeah"...Logan agreed holding onto a handful of documents.
Rei's Temple
Ami, Usagi, and Logan were re-telling their little adventure to Professor Xavier, Jean, Ororo, and Rei. Makoto was preparing dinner busily in the kitchen. Charles found the information quite interesting,
"I wonder if there's any inside information about exactly who was involved from the Canadian government". He sifted through some of the sheets while the others dispersed elsewhere. Mamoru approached Usagi, who got startled,
"Where were you?" Mamoru was caught by surprise,
"Uh...elsewhere", Usagi was puzzled at this, "Would you take a walk with me? I have some business down town" Usagi looked at the clock on the wall,
"But Mamoru, it's almost seven o'clock",
"I know", Usagi reluctantly agreed and the two headed off.
Down Town Tokyo
Usagi and Mamoru made their way down the streets of the heart of Tokyo, Usagi looking around in curiosity at boutique windows. Mamoru decided to break the silence, looking at the girl he fell for at first sight,
"What's it like being a mutant?" He blurted out, automatically regretting it afterwards, Usagi hesitated for a second,
"I'm not sure....I've never been asked that before...I suppose it's a bummer I was kicked out of the house, but it's not so bad, I got work as a waitress and cook, I even remember what I looked like the first time I met Logan, stained white blouse and skirt, my hair tied up loosely on my head, and my glasses...oh and a pencil stuck here..." She pointed to a spot on the back of her head. Mamoru frowned, it would be difficult to win her heart at this point,
"You really like him don't you?" He accused, Usagi had a puzzled look drawn across her face,
"Who?" Mamoru inwardly breathed a sigh of relief,
"Never mind", Usagi took a turn by asking the next question,
"Why are these 'rainbow crystals' so important to you?" Mamoru's thinking halted at that question, but the nervous feeling fled quickly as he contemplated the answer.
"When I was a kid I got into a car crash, the first thing I remember is waking up in a hospital, the doctors said I had complete amnesia. The only ting I seemed to know was my name... 'Mamoru'. I had these dreams, I'd see this beautiful princess and she'd beg me to bring her this 'guinzishou', I figured if I can get her the crystal, she'll tell me who I am." Usagi fell silent, 'he's an orphan', she thought sadly,
"So you think I'm this princess?" Mamoru stopped walking and grabbed Usagi's shoulders, her face blank in surprise,
"I'm not sure, I just know you have to be the most gorgeous girl I've ever met, and I want you to be my girl...do you believe in love at first sight?" Mamoru leaned forward and kissed Usagi, who seized up and pushed away from him.
"Mamoru! What the heck are you doing?!? I can't be your girlfriend, we just met yesterday!" Mamoru blushed in embarrassment,
"Gomen, Usagi-san" Usagi flashed on of her million-dollar smiles and they continued walking,
"That's alright". A saucy voice interrupted their conversation, and evil laughter filling the air. Zoicite levitated in the air in front of the couple.
"Be at the top in ten minutes", she said and disappeared. Usagi eyed Mamoru,
"When were you planning on telling me you were meeting Zoicite?" Mamoru stared blankly back.
Rei's Temple
Jean Grey and Rei Hino sat in front of the sacred fire, Rei's English was improving rather quickly now that she had plenty of practice. They sensed an evil growing rapidly, Jean concentrated and could sense Usagi's distress, the two headed quickly to another room where Professor Xavier and Ami had stopped in the middle of a chess game, he looked at Jean,
"They're in trouble". Rei contacted Minako on the communicator, she pulled out her henshin stick, as did the rest of the senshi,
"Mars power!"
"Mercury power!"
"Jupiter power!"
"Venus power!" Sailor Venus consulted with Kitty, and talked hurriedly to Sailor Mars. "They were heading towards the Starlight Tower, see if Mercury gets any readings, Shadowcat and I will meet you there." Kitty voiced her excitement and pulled out her own uniform from her backpack...a slightly tailored outfit, and slipped it on quickly. Luna and Artemis decided to tag along this time, leaving Xavier anxiously waiting behind.
Starlight Tower, Tokyo
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen stood at the top of the Starlight Tower after dodging several traps set up by Zoicite, as she said she stood waiting for Tuxedo Kamen who held the rainbow crystals protectively.
"Here are the rules, we'll both put our crystals in the middle, and whoever wins the duel keeps the rainbow crystals, ok?" Tuxedo Kamen grit his teeth and walked forward, releasing his grip from the cyrstals,
"Hai, but don't harm Sailor Moon, got it?" He set the crystals on the floor, Zoicite followed suit and deposited hers as well,
"Don't worry about her, she's of no use to us, and neither are the rest of the senshi, or the mutants." Once they moved back to their end of the room. Malacite formed out of nowhere and levitated the crystals in the air, Tuxedo Kamen's eyes widened in horror,
"Iie! You tricked me!" Zoicite laughed,
"Somebody has to hole them while we fight, don't worry, I'm not backing out." Malicite disappeared from sight and the duel began.
Meanwhile...
The Sailor Senshi and X-Men gathered at the ground entrance to the Tower, Sailor Venus and Shadowcat being the first ones there. They bombarded Sailor Mars and Jean.
"Like, we totally spotted them together, walkin' down town!" Shadowcat huffed, she struggled to catch her breath, Venus filled in,
"Yeah, and we saw Mamoru kiss Usagi!" This grabbed everyone's attention,
"No way!" Mars sputtered out, "we only met yesterday". Wolverine and Sailor Mercury were the quietest ones of the bunch, he could feel a familiar spot of envy, or it could've been anger, considering she was 'his' Usagi. A burst of energy caused him to unleash his claws and tear through the doors, snapping everyone back to the task at hand.
"Shall I be of some assistance?" Storm asked, Wolverine reluctantly stepped away from the doors, she summoned lightning, Jupiter joining in with her own attack, the doors disintegrated, Jupiter and Storm high-fived each other, and everyone made their way through the building, heading for the top. As soon as they neared the top floor it was collapsed in, having no way to enter Shadowcat grabbed Sailor Venus and they phased through the roof, Venus blasting a hole with her crescent v attack, everyone hurried through.
Zoicite touched the cut on the side of her face, made by the stem of Tuxedo Kamen's rose. She tasted the blood and narrowed her eyes,
"You cut my face..." She summoned an ice crystal which floated up behind Tuxedo Kamen and it headed straight for him. Sailor Moon screamed in warning, the senshi and X-Men heard it and rushed into the dark room and witnessed the murder of Mamoru. Sailor Moon rushed to his side, eyes watering,
"Iie..." She looked up at Zoicite, "He's innocent, why kill an innocent person? Take your damned crystals, but there was no need for this..." A lone tear slipped from her face, it sparkled and the ancient moon wand formed in front of her.
Malicite was startled when the crystals flew by themselves out of the room and above Usagi, they became on solitary crystal, the legendary guinzishou, it connected itself to the want, a burst of energy disintegrated Zoicite, silver energy surrounded Usagi and she became Serenity-hime, the moon princess from the Silver Millenium. The senshi gasped, Luna and Artemis couldn't believe it,
"She 'is' the moon princess!" Luna exclaimed.
Usagi kneeled beside Mamoru and positioned him on her lap, her mind swirled with memories of an ancient past, from 1000 years ago when she as Serenity and Endymion's romance began. She spoke her words softly so only Mamoru would hear the tale of her mother's rule.
"My mother ruled the universe, she was Queen over the Silver Alliance, my guardians were Sailor Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, all princesses of their respective planets. We would have celebrations every night...do you remember? That's where we met. You would sneak by my window some nights just to see me.
There was a rebellion against the Silver Alliance by Queen Metallia of the Negaverse. She and her minions reigned terror against the universe. One night you came to me saying you had to go fight, it broke my heart, but I was brave and gave you my locket as a promise that you would return to me.
Soon Metallia attacked the moon, and we died trying to save each other, along with the deaths of the rest of my court. My mother banished Metallia using the eternal power of the guinzishou, and with the last of her energy she sent you, myself, the senshi and the guardian cats 1000 years into the future to ensure we would have a normal life."
Usagi faded back to Sailor Moon, and she passed out. The others rushed to her, Venus took her pulse,
"Still ticking". Malacite appeared and took the dying Mamoru,
"He belongs to Metallia now", he stated and they vanished. Sailor Mars reached out to grab Sailor Moon, but Wolverine growled in distaste, lifting the unconscious girl into his arms.
"Let's get out of here", he suggested firmly, the others agreed.
"We'll have a lot of explaining to do", Artemis mumbled as the puzzled group headed back to the temple.
Rei's Temple
Usagi sat silently outside of the temple doors, she spoke no words since earlier that evening, it was dusk now, the moon glowed a radiance it never did before. She stared at it, the cursed rock that held her prisoner now, and it felt lonely, because she no longer loved Mamoru as she did when he was Prince Endymion. 'Hai, I do believe in love at first sight', she concluded silently, her eyes closed, she listened to the soft beating of her heart.
Meanwhile...
"She looks so miserable..." Minako commented sadly,
"I wish Rogue was here, she and Usagi are best friends." Jean said, she, Rei, Kitty and Minako kept close watch over the girl since they made it back.
"She, like, won't even talk to anyone". This gave Jean an idea, she headed into the next room where Logan was sifting though records they stole earlier that day, he didn't bother looking up, considering he could smell her perfume a mile away,
"What'dya want Red?" She smirked,
"You're the only one who can piss Usagi off at the drop of a hat, so go do it".
"Why should I?" Jean sighed,
"Simply because she refuses to speak, just be a good boy and get her back to normal."
"Hmpf...fine."
Logan walked outside carrying a few papers, he sat down next to Usagi and followed her gaze at the moon.
"Hey, Usagi-baka, you should be inside cookin' dinner." She didn't budge, Logan growled, "you can't tell me you like that shrimpy cape-boy that much. C'mon he threw roses for an attack." This produced a smile, Usagi blushed and averted her gaze.
"Says who?" She retorted, Logan smiled in triumph and placed the papers on her lap, she pulled her glasses out and put them on taking a close look at the information. "Wait a second, this is about you...you were in the war? Both of them?" She looked up at Logan and rose her eyebrow, "You could very well be over a hundred years old...I beat you...I'm a thousand years old." Usagi giggled, amusing Logan in the process, "I'm trying to remember a life I'm not living, you and me...we're the same." She quieted again,
"Hmmm..." Logan couldn't think of any words to answer with, he reached for Usagi's glasses and removed them, her blue eyes sparkled brilliantly, "the same", he mumbled agreeing with her, taking her chin he 'surprisingly' gently pulled her towards him and kissed her. Usagi seized up, her pulse speeding up rapidly, but after a second she loosened and melted right into the embrace.
Meanwhile....
"Let's see if Usagi's back into this world yet." Minako suggested, she and Kitty went to the door and peeked outside, their eyes widened at the sight, they closed the door and eyed each other.
"Like, I guess I was right when I thought, like, Usagi was totally into Logan, that's why she didn't dig Mamoru." Minako and Kitty shook each others' hands. Rei entered the room and approached the girls,
"Is she talking?" Rei inquired, Kitty blushed,
"Like, not exactly, but she's totally not thinkin' about Mamoru, I can almost guarantee it." Rei became puzzled but shook it off.
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AN: It is very difficult to make Logan romantic, without slipping out of character...so bear with me, kay?