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Almost
eleven months had passed since the deaths of the Sailor Senshi. Usagi hadn't
really known them, and didn't mourn much. But Serena hadn't taken it very well,
of course they had been with her. Guiding and being there for her, fighting,
helping and saving her many times. She had cried a lot, and still did
sometimes. Usagi knew she acted very tough, but inside, she was still Serena.
Careless, airheady, loyal, Serena Tsukino. She had matured plenty the past
months, she was much more of the ideal senshi. She was now smarter, she studied
well and received good marks in class. She had lost her clumsiness, and had
never had a crush on any guy again. Deep down she always cared for Mamoru in a
special way, she would never love again. He was gone, and Chibi-Usa was gone,
now she didn't seem to care anymore.
Usagi
had been adopted into the Tsukino family, and changed her name to Tsukino
Usagi, she was still Sailor Moon, able to pull her magic powers up at anytime,
but everyone knew her as Usagi.
Serena
didn't care for friends anymore either, having her feelings smashed to bits
twice now, she never seemed to mind the absence. She and Usagi were a pair to
the finish. Serena also stopped talking that sad day, after she had helped
Usagi. But everyone understood her, she never bothered to communicate with
anyone but Usagi. They were telepathically linked together by Luna, who had
been adopted by another family. She said that Serena's training didn't need her
anymore, and that if evil ever threatened the world again. An evil so powerful
all that were good crumbled away before it. Then, and only then would she
return to aid the soul of one good person, and build them up to overthrow the
evil power.
"Serena! Usagi! School!" Called Ikuko.
The warm, comforting smell of warm porridge wafted
up the stairs into the room that the two sisters shared. Usagi's face lit up at
the smell, she sniffed the air carefully.
"Hmm," she said, and sniffed again. "Creamy wheat
porridge… brown sugar, gah! No! Regular… orange juice, freshly squeezed.
Serena?"
"Wrong, brown sugar," Serena whispered coldly
into Usagi's mind.
"Figures," Usagi mumbled. "Coming!" She got up,
picking up her school bags, she slid down the banister, catching her sister
scowling behind her. "You never do slide anymore."
"What's the point," Serena growled softly.
"Good, you're here!" Ikuko said. She was convinced
that Serena wouldn't talk because she couldn't, and insisted she learned sign
language. She launched into a volley of strange symbols, her hands forming
strange shapes, and twisting into ways Usagi never thought possible.
"She's mute not deaf," said Usagi, helping herself
to a bowl.
Ikuko wasn't pleased, she picked up a large stack of
papers, "Usagi listen." It says here that Serena might not be deaf, but it
would be easier to coax her to try and make out the sounds using her hands."
Serena put on an emotionless mask most of the time,
no feelings escaped her face. She simply ignored everything around her, bottled
up her fears, and hate.
Every now and then a little of that anger was let
out, and today was one of those peculiar days.
The two girls ate their breakfast, grabbed their
lunches and dashed outside, they raced to school. Neither one out of breath,
even though they had been running. The bell rang, but the girls were both in
their seats. Serena and her red haired friend sat apart, they weren't friends
anymore, a fight had struck up before long. She had grown impatient about
Serena's lack of voice one day, and some rage came out.
"Well, no one's absent, very good." Said Haruna cheerfully,
going through the list. "Today's first glorious class is PE. Please go down to
outside track. It's a beautiful day out!" She clapped her hands, and the
students walked out into the streaming light of the sun. The girls giggled and
gossiped, and the boy's joked and pretended to trip each other until –
"Himoku! I told you not to trip Naru-san!"
"I'm sorry sensei, and Naru, it won't happen again!"
The small boy said. He was usually picked on for being the short one, but he
was quite intelligent. He remembered what just happened, Gyousei, one of the
boys that picked on him, had tripped Naru. Himoku idolized the girl with the
New York accent, but never had the chance to speak with her.
Today was volleyball day, and Usagi felt ready to
tackle anything. She did, of course, handicap herself. Serena on the other hand
never tried, if the ball came towards her, she would merely ignore it.
Gyousei spiked the ball towards the twelve year old,
he had never given her a chance, she and Himoku were the odd ones out despite
their ability.
Usagi blocked it marvously, hitting the ball to make
it soar right over the net. Her team
cheered, Serena scowled, and Gyousei missed in confusion. The whistle blew,
Usagi's team had scored a point.
Serena was made to serve, she threw the ball in the
air, preparing to serve it over. But sudden memories of Minako surged through
her, she dropped the ball and put a hand to her head. It was painful, seeing
your best friend smile at you, or win a game and dedicate it to you. Serena
looked up at her scowling team, most of her classmates were already frightened
with her. But if you passed through all of the angry faces, you saw one. One so
warm and bright, with big, twinkling blue eyes, looking at you with a worried
look. Serena couldn't help but feel better, despite her predicament.
"I love you Usagi, you know that right?"
Serena thought, her voice echoing all around her, but only Usagi could decode
her message.
She smiled back, and Serena felt like she was in
heaven, surrounded by beautiful angels. "Me too, Serena. Me too."
Serena picked up the ball, not even smiling, and
lifted it over her head. She threw it up, and smashed it with her clenched
fist. The white volleyball surged through the air, not too far, but just enough
to get it over the net, and land in front of one of the students.
Serena and Usagi's team cheered. Usagi smiled at her
sister, and Serena knew it was all worthwhile.
Ten minutes later the game had ended, a miraculous
fifteen to four. The two sisters playing marvelously.
"Yeah! We beat 'em!" Usagi yelled, her right hand
waving happily in the air.
"Hmph!" Serena said.
Usagi scowled and her eyes narrowed angrily. "Honestly,
cheer up!"
Himoku's brows were knitted, he scrunched the bottom
of his shirt in frustration. He approached Naru, not daring to look at her
eyes. "N-Naru will you comewithmetothedance?"
"Huh?" Naru asked in confusion. "I missed that
sorry."
"W-Will you come with me to the dance?"
Naru's confused face started to change, she smiled
sweetly and patted him on the shoulder. "Himoku-san, you know that me and
Melvin are together. What would he think? You're a really nice guy Himoku," she
said, watching his heart tear in half. "I'm not right for you Himoku, go find
the right girl, one that loves you like you love her. You'll find her!"
Himoku looked up at her, "thank you Naru, you're
right of course."
"Isn't that sweet?" Usagi whispered to Serena.
"Yeah but just watch."
Gyousei walked over with his friends, and started to
shove Himoku around, just like what happened every day. But today Himoku was
not to be pushed around. Other days he had given in, he had given up. As well
as got beaten up. He looked at Gyousei his eyes full of anger, he stormed
forwards, his fist ready.
But Himoku had not had a day of training, and rage
couldn't be put to use without knowing how. Gyousei got their first and soon
Hinoku was sporting a bloody nose.
"Himoku are you alright?" Naru asked.
"Sure he is!" Gyousei said, kicking him savagely.
Something in Serena bubbled up, she felt helpless
when she watched Makoto die in front of her. And she was helpless right now.
Until….
"What is this a soap opera?" She roared coming up
behind Gyousei.
"You're such a freak Serena, I'll scar you both now,
two weirdos with one blow."
Serena threw him a roundhouse kick, and delt him a
quick uppercut. "Can a freak or weirdo do that Gyousei. Oh and carefull, I
think I might have scarred your face. Try putting on some ice, hopefully it
won't swell too much."
Gyousei shot her one last piercing stare and walked
calmly away.
Serena faced Naru and smiled, "sorry, after what
happened almost a year ago, I didn't feel ready to talk. But I can now,
friends?" she asked outstretching her hand.
"I'm sorry too, I should have known. Thanks." Naru
accepted her hand, and giggled, her New York accent making it sound like music
to Himoku. The reunited friends got up and headed back to their next class. The
day ended after a long math quiz, and several other classes. Serena slept
through those, Naru said it was because she was starting to go back to the old
Serena. This was proved later on, when Usagi found that her sister had failed
the Mathematics quiz.
The two rabbits started their way home. It wasn't a
long way it just took a while.
"It's a breakthrough Serena, I'm proud of me," Usagi
said seriously.
"You're proud of yourself??? But what did you do—er
nevermind." Serena finally understood the joke. Moments later she fell flat on
her face.
"I told you you were coming back," Usagi said, rolling
her eyes.
Suddenly a rush of cold wind infiltrated their
senses, the sky darkened, and the sounds of the world all faded away, leaving
only the sound of the wind. The gust stopped, and a garnet portal appeared in
front of them.
"Enter!" said a robotic voice.
"Pluto!" Usagi exclaimed happily, the two girls
rushed in. They felt their body's leave their world, as other portals flashed
in front of them. They stopped moving and saw the familiar reddish glow before
them.
"Welcome girls, 'Sagi, Serenity."
"How've y'been?" Serena asked, looking at her
surroundings in rapt attention, that only a person with a one track mind could
have.
"I've been alright, as for your friends' dimension,
it is not going as well. And I presume yours isn't either," Sailor Pluto explained.
"It's better than before, we've adjusted better,"
Usagi said, filling Pluto in on what she probably already knew.
"That's good Usagi, that was the point of you coming
to this dimension, to train and to learn to treasure friends and prepare yourself.
I have pulled you out of your dimension almost a month early, this is because
the time stream of Goku's dimension is different to yours, Serenity. Only a
week has passed there, whilst a year here. Are you ready to leave?"
Usagi looked at Pluto, then at Serena painfully, "it
is a month early." She paused, weighing her options, she really wanted to see
her friends in the Z universe. But she couldn't leave Serena, especially after
her breakthrough. It was all too fast.
"Usagi," Serena said.
"What?"
"Go."
"WHAT?" Usagi said in disbelief. "But I can't leave
you!"
"Usagi!" Serena said, shaking her sister. Her next
dialogue came in no less than a whisper. "Usagi, you are me, we're the same.
The same person, the same appearance, the same mind, the same thoughts. I know
what you want, and I know myself. I'm spoiled, I get everything I want, now I'm
giving you what you want. Go back to your friend's dimension, and save it. Mine
is doomed, I know that already," Serena continued despite Usagi's frown of
disbelief, "but you can save yours. And then maybe, maybe one day I'll be able
to rescue mine as well. Good luck Briefs Usagi, I hope we meet again someday."
"No Serena, it's not doomed, it's going to grow, and
flourish, and bloom. It can't be over Serena, it's just starting! You and Naru.
Yeah, make Naru Sailor Melvin-Lover."
Serena smiled at the joke. "I'll be fine, I'll make
it. Now go."
"No."
"Setsuna, Pluto my dear. I princess Serenity,
rightful heir of The Moon and future Queen and ruler of the Silver Alliance, hereby
order you to transfer this Class B-2 fighter to her home dimension."
Sailor Pluto suddenly stood up straight, looked dead
ahead, her shoulders perfectly parallel to the floor. "Yes Your Majesty, are
you certain?"
"Are you questioning my orders Setsuna?"
"Yes Majesty, for once in my life I am," The senshi
of time said boldy.
"Posotive, good bye Usagi, good luck."
And with that Usagi disappeared, she tried to stop
Sailor Pluto, but her fate had already been set in stone. She felt herself
whirl through the time space warp, and suddenly it all stopped, and she looked
at her surroundings.
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