The End of the Beginning That Is the End
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Chapter Two: The Legend Of A Hero
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I don't know why we came here. To this....hell hole. That's the only way I can describe it. Everywhere there was people suffering. Not always physically, but mostly emotionally. I had vowed that I would save them....from themselves. Setsuna had contacted Michiru and Haruka with Hotaru in tow. I never told them just what happened, but I bet you Setsuna did.
I really don't care about Mamoru anymore. Really, I don't. Rei could have him. He wasn't much in the hunk of wood department any ways. I doubt he could satisfy an ant. Hey, he should fit Rei pretty good then. I'm missing the point here. We came to a place called Gotham City, the dubbed home of the Dark Knight II, as they called him. From what I gathered, about 50 years ago, there used to be a trio of heroes: Batman (the star), Robin (his sidekick), and Batgirl (the other sidekick). Then, they just kind of dropped out of the public eye and remained dormant. Now, suddenly there's a new Batman (whom everyone assumes is the original bat's son) that fights the scum of Gotham. No one really knows what made Batman, either one, what they were and why they were.
*Flashback*
"Batman?"
"A real legend here in Gotham City. He was the Big Bad in the police force and the nightmare of all that went bump in the night"
"What happened to him?"
"No one knows. The rumor is that he got too old to be Batman anymore so now his son wears the suit, watching over the innocent in Gotham."
"Oh. Do you think it's really his son?"
"Do I know? Not for sure, no. Do I have theories? Definitely."
"And?"
"I think that someone would have to be very wealthy to pull that kind of stunts that Batman pulled. Someone who had tragedy in his life and had it happen when he was fairly young for him to think he could take life and death into his own hands."
"Any guesses?"
"A few come to mind."
*End Flashback*
So there I was a few months later, getting ready to attend Hamilton High, with Michiru and Haruka as seniors and Hotaru as a freshman. Me? I was a junior. I didn't really want to go, obviously, but Setsuna said that Batman was around high school age so I might get some insight. Sparing no expense, Setsuna set to work getting us each our own credit card, cell phone, and cars. She got a mansion in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in Gotham and then tackled getting fake documents for us all.
I was now Bunny Moon, late junior of Philadelphia High in Pennsylvania whose parents had died in a boating accident. I was now one of the sole owners of a huge steel industry named Moon Corp. Setsuna bought me a silver BMW convertible, which I am eternally in debt to her for.
Haruka was now Skye Lordes, late senior of Philadelphia High in Pennsylvania whose parents had died in a plane crash and happened to be one of the other owners of Moon Corp. She had Setsuna buy her a yellow Lambrigini and now considers it her baby.
Michiru was Misty Faere, late senior of Philadelphia High in, you guessed it, Pennsylvania whose parents were on the same flight as the Lordes' and were killed as well and also owners of the same company. She went with Setsuna to buy her a Mercedes convertible in blue and insists that Hotaru ride with her instead because her car is the safest.
Hotaru was Ebony Dethe, home schooled at her home in Philadelphia whose parents were killed in the same accident that killed the Moons and owners of Moon Corp. She rides with Michiru and washes and waxes the car every Saturday because she likes it when it's shiny.
Finally,
Setsuna was now Priscilla Eternle whose parents were the final owners of
Moon Corp. who died by natural causes and guardian of the other four girls.
She bought herself a gorgeous red porsche and refuses to let any
of us even touch it.
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I
sat in front of my huge vanity one night, thanks to Setsuna of course,
and brushed my ridiculously long hair. Then a thought came to me. Why keep
it so long now? I hadn't been wearing my usual odangos for weeks now, ever
since I left Japan with the outers.....so why? I went to Setsuna and Michiru
and told them that I wanted to chop my hair. At first they were horrified,
but when I explained the personal significance, they agreed without question.
Michiru even suggested that I dye it lighter. I was skeptical because I
envisioned Minako's hair but Michiru quickly shook her head. Silver, she
said. I shrugged and let the two have fun with my five foot long hair.
An hour and 1/2 later, Hotaru and Haruka were called out and nearly screamed
when they saw my now fluffy, layered shoulder length hair...silver. I loved
it.
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