Never Again - Part Two
By: PhoenixStAr
Rating: Pg-13
Disclaimer: Sailormoon not mine. However, Saikoushidousha attacks,
Sailor Phoenix, Fenikkusu Kirei, the Platinum Guard, the Platinum Star,
concept and story line *are* mine. Please ask before you use them.

My email: kireiphoenix@hotmail.com

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Rei's P.O.V.
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Cherry Hill Temple, Rei's room, 11:30 a.m.

"He did WHAT?!?"

"Calm down, Mako-chan. What Mamo-chan...Mamoru-san
said was right. I *am* too immature, and annoying, and ditzy, and klutzy,
and stupid, and-" Mako starts cracking her knuckles and growling under her
breath. Haruka-san was doing the same thing. Those two are the most
intimidating people on earth.

We're all sitting at my temple, listening to Usa-chan's story.
'All', meaning Mizuno Ami, Kino Makoto, Aino Minkao, Tomoe Hotaru,
Ten'oh Haruka, Kaiou Michiru, Kou Seiya, Kou Yaten, Kou Taiki, and
me, Hino Rei. We are the famous Sailor Senshi.

Surprising, isn't it? Respectively, in our henshined forms,
we're Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Sailor Saturn,
Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Star Healer,
and Sailor Star Maker. Me? I'm Sailor Mars. If you haven't guessed, Usa's
Sailormoon and Mamoru, that little good-for-nothing college boy, is
Tuxedo Kamen. Oh yeah, and there's Meiou Setsuna, also known as Sailor
Pluto. I'm guessing the reason she's not hear is because she's heard
this a million times over. Luna and Artemis are the residential talking
cats. Luna's Sailormoon's guardian while Artemis is Mina-chan's. I feel
sorry for Luna, having to guard over a klutz like Usa. Back in the
Silver Millenium, they were Queen Serenity's Royal Advisors.

Back to the situation. This supposed prince was about to feel
flames shooting up his ass, if I don't set his apartment on fire first.
I can't take it anymore! I'm *not* going to sit here and watch
my princess degrade herself just because that stupid excuse for a
soul mate of Usa-chan's was baka enough to dis her!

"STOP IT, USA! Just because he's baka enough to-" I stop short.
After all that bakayaro's done, the blessed Odango was STILL baka enough
to love him. One glance at the pained expression on her face...BAKA!
How could she still love him?!

"It's okay, Rei-chan. I've got to try and move on, right?"
I watch as she plasters a fake smile on her face. I swear, if I didn't
know her so well, I couldn't tell that she's straining. I glance quickly
at the others. They were all sharing worried looks as well. I can place
a sure bet that *anyone* in the room, with the exception of Usagi, is
ready for a game of Kick-Cape-Boy's-Ass. With multiple rounds per player.
Unluckily for us though, Usa would rather die then let us lay
a hand on him. Kami, I just want to flambe his butt from here to Mars
and back, but Usa still loves him and refuses to stop protecting him
from us.

"If you need anyone to make him jealous, you've always got
Seiya over there," Taru-chan blurted. As she laughed, her short dark
purple hair(it's natural, can you believe it?) swung in the breeze
and her deep violet eyes sparkled. Kami-sama, Hotaru, how incredibly
dense can you get?? Yeah, just go ahead and give Cape-boy-wanna-be
(AN: My own personal nickname for Seiya. That should've been part
of my disclaimer thingy...the name's mine too.) a reason to get
closer to Usa.

"Umm..." As infuriating Hota-chan's comment was, I almost
bust out laughing, looking at Seiya's red face.

"Thanks, but no thanks Hota-chan. I'll keep that option in
mind." Usagi mumbles.

Mina-chan shoots me a worried look before she pipes up,
"Hey, the mood's getting too depressing. It should all be water
over the arch, right, minna-chan?"

That girl has got to work on her sayings. "Water under the
bridge, Minako, water under the bridge." I watch as everybody, with
the exception of Usa, who didn't seem to be paying attention, sweatdrops.

"Whatever. Let's go down to the Crown and get some ice cream, k?
Come on, girl. My treat! I'll pay for the Sailor V games too!" Minako
bubbles. She's almost as good of an actress as Usa is.

"Thanks, but...no, it's okay. I think I'm just going to go home
and do some thinking." I smother a sarcastic comment as it was about to
come out of my mouth. Thank kami I stopped myself...she doesn't need any
more hassles as of yet.

"Be careful, Usagi-san," Michiru says as she brushes her
turquoise hair out of her face. I don't get how she can call Usa-chan 'san'.
She's way too childish to be addressed so respectfully.

"Hey, if I was careful, then what would I need all of you for?"
Usa-chan grinned. I felt like a ten pound weight was lifted off my
shoulders as she grinned. Maybe she was finally going to act mature
and forget about the baka...

After Usa leaves, Ruka-chan drives Michi and Hota back to
the Outer Senshi's apartment. Luna and Artemis heads for Central, and
the Inner Senshi follow, except we're going to be there for the ice cream
and not for worrying about non-existant youma attacks.

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Usagi's P.O.V.
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Juuban Park, 1:07 p.m.

I walk slowly through the park, not really knowing where
I am, or really caring. I stop and look up. I'm at *our* bench.
Tears start welling up in my eyes until I shake them off. No,
I wouldn't think of him anymore. Then, I stop in my tracks.
I feel someone watching me. I turn around to see Mamo-chan,
I mean Mamoru-san watching me behind a tree, thinking I couldn't
see him. I make eye contact with him before I walk away.

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Mamoru's P.O.V.
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Shimatta, she saw me! Oh kami-sama, I miss her. Why does this
have to be so goddamn hard?? Is that screaming in the distance? Hang
on Usako, I'm on my way.

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Narrator's P.O.V.
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Usagi could hear screaming in the park. She grabbed her brooch,
ready for whatever may come. Finally, when the disruption was in view,
she could see that it was a youma. 'Another stray youma,' she
thought, and quickly ducked into an alleyway and henshined. Anyone
within a 2-mile radius could've heard her voice pierce the sky. "Moon
Eternal Power!"

"Hey busu! (AN: Japanese for 'ugly'.) Over here! I am
Sailormoon, champion of justice and love, on behalf the moon, I will
punish you for disturbing the peace!"

The youma just stared at Sailormoon and blinked. Without
warning, it charged at her.

"USAKO, NO!!!!" Tuxedo Kamen's voice reached her. Distracted,
Sailormoon looked up to see the familiar maksed face before turning
back just in time to see the snarling face of the youma as it
slammed against her. Pain immersed all her senses as she screamed,
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She began to black out while the youma kept slamming energy
discs at her. Sailormoon barely dodged these, while wondering 'I heard
Tuxedo Kamen's voice, so why isn't he stopping the youma?? Oh kami-sama,
it's true. It's actually over, and in more ways than one.' A tear
unconsciously slid down her right cheek. 'Alright, whether or not
Mamoru-san is with me, I've still got to finish off this youma.'


Running behind a nearby tree, she used it as a shield while she
pressed the all-call button on her communicator. "Senshi, I'm at the
park. There's a youma, and I'm down. Hurry!" Sailormoon took a deep
breath. 'Alright, here goes nothing.'

Meanwhile, Tuxedo Kamen watched silently from a treetop, ready to
strike if needed. He had already made a stupid move and yelled out
"Usako, NO!" and wasn't about to do something else dumb.

Usagi was mad. It's already been the worst two days of her life,
and now the youma had to come and make it worse. All the frustration,
love, sadness and anger she felt for Mamoru overwhelmed her. The
ginzuishou started glowing in her brooch. Her mind
spun and the only result she found was the four words.

"MOON SILENT ECLIPSE!" The sky suddenly darkened and a small
crescent moon appeared in Sailormoon's cupped hands. "RELEASE!" (AN:
Get it? Four words...Moon Silent Eclipse Release? Count them...four
words. FYI, just incase you wore confused.) The crescent moon flew at
the youma and grew steadily in size. By the time it reached the youma,
it was slightly larger than the youma itself. The crescent moon
completely encased the youma. All the onlookers could see was the
silhouette of the youma disintegrating into little dust particles.

Sailormoon dropped on her knees from exhaustion. The sky had
returned to its sunny blue color. She looked up to see the Inner
Senshi running towards her and Tuxedo Kamen slipping out of view.
"Whoa, nice attack you've got there, Moon!"

"Thanks Venus." Sailormoon got up and watched the world spin.

"You okay, Moon?"

"Yeah, pyro, like, just peachy."

"Grr...Well excuse me for caring, Odango Atama."

"Sorry, I'm just in a bad mood. I think you know why.
And don't call me Odango Atama! Only he can...Oh, you're just so
mean! WAHHH!!!!!!"

"Sailormoon, you're suffering from utmost stress and
effluvium of cogency. That new incursion necessitates a herculean
quantity of potency, in addition to the actuality that you were in
neither the corporeal nor vehemenical status to suffice. You've got
to further your meticulousness."

(AN: Confused? I would be too. Don't worry, I'll translate.
Translation: "Sailormoon, you're suffering from extreme stress and
loss of energy. That new attack needs a great amount of energy, and
you were in neither the physical or emotional status. You've got to
be more careful." Better? Geez, my thesaurus is getting *such* a
work out. It's all Mercury's fault...gotta be so goddamn smart...
grr...)

"Thanks for telling me *now*, Mercury." Sailormoon spat
bitterly. (AN: Oh yeah, and don't ask me how Sailormoon understood what
Mercury said. She just does, same with the rest of the senshi. It's
magic. Umm...let's say the earrings the senshi wear are translators
for Mercury's little language, and Mamoru doesn't need it cause he's
little college boy with his degree and stuff. No offense to the
Mamo-lovers out there. I'm one too! Hehe. ^_^;)

"Whoa girl, what's wrong with you?"

"It's...like, do I really hafta explain it? Cause I
think you can tell. Jupiter, please. Just...just carry me home? I'm
too tired to walk."

Jupiter winked. "Course, girl."

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury used her bubbles to fog
their area so that they could detransform.

On their way back to Usagi's house, Makoto noticed that her
shirt was getting wet. 'Masaka! She's not drooling again, is she?'
She glanced at Usagi and noticed that her shoulders were shaking.
"It's okay, Usa. Come on, take a nap, and everything will seem better
when you wake up."

'Maybe things will *seem* better, but will they really *be*
better? That's it. I can't take this anymore. There are going to be
some changes around here, starting with me.'

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