NOTE: Tenses will change during the story, I didn't write a note at the very beginning,
but I thought I should warn you.
This is a very strange AU fic, if you don't like seeing Usagi with someone other than
Mamoru, you can turn back now if you like. I don't know if that's the way it's gonna be
but, hey, just a warning.
Enjoy,
Peach
Nobody Home 2
In the Beginning
November 15, 2004
It's been a month. Everything has changed. I can barely remember the faces of my friends
and family, my mind is so muddled. A man has come to Earth who calls himself Valentine.
There is an army of strange creatures who do not speak, and we are forced to flee from
them. They seem to enjoy chasing us.
We do not know what is happening, but it must be happening all over the world. I cannot
believe we are unique in our powerlessness. I cannot transform, the crystal has become a
useless stone. It hurts to look at it.
Things are in shambles, I don't know what to do. I take my only comfort in knowing that the
people I love are safe.
Valentine can't lie, I've found.
Faded has defected. It seems she's more powerful than I though, or maybe Valentine's given
her some power, I don't know.
I've taken to writing this journal to-I don't know really-so I don't forget everything, I
guess. Valentine has this awful Wave that comes through the city every evening, sometimes
we can avoid it, sometimes we can't. Every time it hits us we lose parts of ourselves,
mostly our memories. I don't know what it will do when those are gone.
I'm scared, but I think Ryan is the most shook up of all of us. We found bodies in the
streets yesterday, they're no one I knew, but Ryan recognized them. I can't think of
anything else I can remember from yesterday. That makes me scared.
I'm changing. There's something in the Wave that changes me, it's making me more
controlled, it's breaking me, or trying to. My style of writing has changed, Davis' way of
speaking has changed, Ryan's confidence has been replaced by a deadly fear of the dark.
I don't know what to do.
I will write down the names of every name I can remember, every night I will do this.
I cannot let myself forget.
Rei Makoto Shingo
Mamoru Ami Artemis
Motoki Reika Haruna
Seiya Naru Luna
Haruka Setsuna
Last names escape me. I am sure I know more people than this! Kami help us all. I fear we are lost.
~Usagi
*****
November 23, 2004
I don't know why this is happening to us. I wish someone could tell me, there's so much I
need to know, so many questions I cannot remember. I think I'm getting really hard to deal
with. I can't help thinking that maybe if I weren't here then they'd be able to escape. I
comfort myself with the thought that Usagi would never let me die, she's just that way. It
was she who suggested keeping these journals, because the Wave is wiping our minds of our
memories.
All I clearly remember now is my music. I've taken a guitar from a store in the mall, and
every time the three of us are alone, I play, and they listen. I like to think it helps
them. It helps me. We found some bodies last week. They were people I knew. My girlfriend,
my brother, some kids who go to my school, and an old man I had seen on the street.
I cried when I saw them, it hurts so much, I'll never have them back.
It seems so far away now, I don't feel as sad as I think I should.
Well, Usagi's turned out to be smarter than I though, and it's hard not to get attached to
someone if it's only you and them. I don't really know about Davis though. He seems really
removed from the both of us, and he disappears, sometimes all day. It make me kind of edgy.
It's getting dark, I gotta go turn on a light.
Live and Love Forever
~Ryan
*****
November 24, 2004
So.
I don't know how this is going to help me, but it seems to help Ryan, so I might as well
try it.
Yesterday I went out.
I do that a lot lately, and I know they're getting worried, but there's nothing I can do.
I don't really know if I should write this… It might make me feel less guilty. Oh well,
there's not really anyone who can read it is there?
I go and meet Faded.
There, I said it, and now I can't take it back.
Shit.
I don't know how she gets away from HIM, and I don't think I really want to.
I know I'm just a distraction for her, she has HIM now. I just can't help hoping she'll
get caught in the Wave once. She could forget him and come running into my arms, and then
everything would end happily ever after.
I can't help but feel that we have something. Maybe she's just playing me.
Oh well.
That's not gonna stop me from meeting her. Not until she stops coming.
Fuck.
Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck.
I'm a fool.
The Wave is coming. There's no cover here.
Fuck.
~Davis
*****
"What's left for me?"
"There's lots left for you."
"No, there isn't."
"Yes, there is."
"You and your stupid spirits. They've destroyed everything worth having!"
"We'll rebuild."
"...Fuck you."
"Certainly."
*****
Sen did not want to be left behind.
Sen did not want Valentine's new lover to become evil.
Sen wanted a friend.
Sen wanted that friend to be Faded, the Shadow.
Sen knew that Valentine's creation would stay loyal to him.
But being friends with a little light demon was not against Valentine's law.
Sen had belonged to Valentine, now Sen was free. Free to be whatever it chose.
Sen did not think of the consequences of the Shadow having any friends.
*****
"Will you love me forever, Mamo-chan?"
"Even after I die, Usako." Mamoru held his lover close.
"Oh Mamo-chan."
They kissed, and Usagi woke up kissing her pillow.
She looked over in embarrassment at Ryan and Davis, who were still asleep. She missed her
Mamo-chan so much. When she dreamed, she saw the faces of everyone clearly, but when she
awoke the faded like early morning mists.
Usagi slumped down on the bed. She lay now in the house of a stranger, the three had long
since decided to move to a different house every day, so they couldn't be tracked. She now
had the intense urge to pee.
She got up and just missed stepping on Davis-he lay on a mattress on the floor-and crept
out the door. A hand caught her ankle, and she stifled a shriek.
"Where are you going?" Ryan asked. Apparently he wasn't asleep.
"The bathroom." She muttered.
"Okay."
As she got back into bed he snickered something that she didn't quite hear.
"What was that?"
"Pleasant dreams."
Usagi angrily switched off the small flashlight that Ryan had insisted they left on.
"Hey!"
*****
There is no way out.
I have looked everywhere, there is no way out.
If I knew a way out, maybe we could blast ourselves out.
I don't, there are no weaknesses.
I have used my computer to search out any place that could help us. Some sort of mistake
made in this prison. I don't know.
There's nothing. My only comfort is that as we the senshi were able to fine each other with
my computer, it seems Sailor
Moon isn't here. She must be out there somewhere, finding some way to get us out.
I have total faith that she will use her mental strength to find us and help us.
*****
Minako gazed around at the warped version of Tokyo for what seemed like the fiftieth time
that day. They had been there for only a week, and it seemed like a year. Everything here
was cheerless and dark, making it difficult to even smile. No one ate or drank anything,
and some people were actually disappearing from the city. The only reason she knew days
had elapsed was a huge black calendar that hung in the sky like an omen.
It ticked off the days, and showed the time. She glanced over at Mamoru-they all stayed at
Rei's temple-who looked dead. He was taking it the hardest that they hadn't been able to
find Usagi.
"Fuck." Rei said.
"What is it?" Minako asked, her eyes returning to the window.
"The fire won't tell me anything about anything. This is stupid! I hate being so useless!"
Rei walked over to the spot by the window and kneeled. "I need to know if she's okay." She
whispered quietly enough that Mamoru did not hear her. They had spent days convincing him
that his girlfriend would be okay.
"I know." Minako replied. "This is difficult."
"If I could just sleep then maybe I'd be able to dream something!" Sleep had evaded them
all, and everyone was restless.
It was then that Makoto returned from the walk she had taken, she looked flushed. "Minna!
There's a strange youma about ten minutes from here!" Everyone jumped up and left the
Shrine, glad for a distraction. Luna and Artemis followed behind, and they reached the
scene of the battle to find Ami and the outer senshi fighting a strange-looking monster.
"Burning Mandala!"
*****
"Well, if you hadn't been so mean then maybe I wouldn't have done it!"
"Mean? All I said was leave me alone'"
"I KNOW what you said!"
"So? What does it matt-"
"SHUT UP! Just shut up! That's enough!"
Davis was in a foul mood, he didn't need the only two people he really trusted now
fighting over something so stupid. To his immense surprise, they quieted.
"Shit."
"What is it now, Ryan?" He sighed wearily.
"Look."
Davis heard a gasp, and a choked scream, and then he turned around.
A girl lay on the ground not more that ten feet away, and she had not been there before.
"No." Usagi squeaked. "No!" She took the few short steps toward the girl and knelt in a
small pool of blood. "No!"
Davis stepped forward along with Ryan. Usagi rolled the girl over.
"A senshi." Ryan gasped.
"NO!"
*****
To be continued
but I thought I should warn you.
This is a very strange AU fic, if you don't like seeing Usagi with someone other than
Mamoru, you can turn back now if you like. I don't know if that's the way it's gonna be
but, hey, just a warning.
Enjoy,
Peach
Nobody Home 2
In the Beginning
November 15, 2004
It's been a month. Everything has changed. I can barely remember the faces of my friends
and family, my mind is so muddled. A man has come to Earth who calls himself Valentine.
There is an army of strange creatures who do not speak, and we are forced to flee from
them. They seem to enjoy chasing us.
We do not know what is happening, but it must be happening all over the world. I cannot
believe we are unique in our powerlessness. I cannot transform, the crystal has become a
useless stone. It hurts to look at it.
Things are in shambles, I don't know what to do. I take my only comfort in knowing that the
people I love are safe.
Valentine can't lie, I've found.
Faded has defected. It seems she's more powerful than I though, or maybe Valentine's given
her some power, I don't know.
I've taken to writing this journal to-I don't know really-so I don't forget everything, I
guess. Valentine has this awful Wave that comes through the city every evening, sometimes
we can avoid it, sometimes we can't. Every time it hits us we lose parts of ourselves,
mostly our memories. I don't know what it will do when those are gone.
I'm scared, but I think Ryan is the most shook up of all of us. We found bodies in the
streets yesterday, they're no one I knew, but Ryan recognized them. I can't think of
anything else I can remember from yesterday. That makes me scared.
I'm changing. There's something in the Wave that changes me, it's making me more
controlled, it's breaking me, or trying to. My style of writing has changed, Davis' way of
speaking has changed, Ryan's confidence has been replaced by a deadly fear of the dark.
I don't know what to do.
I will write down the names of every name I can remember, every night I will do this.
I cannot let myself forget.
Rei Makoto Shingo
Mamoru Ami Artemis
Motoki Reika Haruna
Seiya Naru Luna
Haruka Setsuna
Last names escape me. I am sure I know more people than this! Kami help us all. I fear we are lost.
~Usagi
*****
November 23, 2004
I don't know why this is happening to us. I wish someone could tell me, there's so much I
need to know, so many questions I cannot remember. I think I'm getting really hard to deal
with. I can't help thinking that maybe if I weren't here then they'd be able to escape. I
comfort myself with the thought that Usagi would never let me die, she's just that way. It
was she who suggested keeping these journals, because the Wave is wiping our minds of our
memories.
All I clearly remember now is my music. I've taken a guitar from a store in the mall, and
every time the three of us are alone, I play, and they listen. I like to think it helps
them. It helps me. We found some bodies last week. They were people I knew. My girlfriend,
my brother, some kids who go to my school, and an old man I had seen on the street.
I cried when I saw them, it hurts so much, I'll never have them back.
It seems so far away now, I don't feel as sad as I think I should.
Well, Usagi's turned out to be smarter than I though, and it's hard not to get attached to
someone if it's only you and them. I don't really know about Davis though. He seems really
removed from the both of us, and he disappears, sometimes all day. It make me kind of edgy.
It's getting dark, I gotta go turn on a light.
Live and Love Forever
~Ryan
*****
November 24, 2004
So.
I don't know how this is going to help me, but it seems to help Ryan, so I might as well
try it.
Yesterday I went out.
I do that a lot lately, and I know they're getting worried, but there's nothing I can do.
I don't really know if I should write this… It might make me feel less guilty. Oh well,
there's not really anyone who can read it is there?
I go and meet Faded.
There, I said it, and now I can't take it back.
Shit.
I don't know how she gets away from HIM, and I don't think I really want to.
I know I'm just a distraction for her, she has HIM now. I just can't help hoping she'll
get caught in the Wave once. She could forget him and come running into my arms, and then
everything would end happily ever after.
I can't help but feel that we have something. Maybe she's just playing me.
Oh well.
That's not gonna stop me from meeting her. Not until she stops coming.
Fuck.
Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck.
I'm a fool.
The Wave is coming. There's no cover here.
Fuck.
~Davis
*****
"What's left for me?"
"There's lots left for you."
"No, there isn't."
"Yes, there is."
"You and your stupid spirits. They've destroyed everything worth having!"
"We'll rebuild."
"...Fuck you."
"Certainly."
*****
Sen did not want to be left behind.
Sen did not want Valentine's new lover to become evil.
Sen wanted a friend.
Sen wanted that friend to be Faded, the Shadow.
Sen knew that Valentine's creation would stay loyal to him.
But being friends with a little light demon was not against Valentine's law.
Sen had belonged to Valentine, now Sen was free. Free to be whatever it chose.
Sen did not think of the consequences of the Shadow having any friends.
*****
"Will you love me forever, Mamo-chan?"
"Even after I die, Usako." Mamoru held his lover close.
"Oh Mamo-chan."
They kissed, and Usagi woke up kissing her pillow.
She looked over in embarrassment at Ryan and Davis, who were still asleep. She missed her
Mamo-chan so much. When she dreamed, she saw the faces of everyone clearly, but when she
awoke the faded like early morning mists.
Usagi slumped down on the bed. She lay now in the house of a stranger, the three had long
since decided to move to a different house every day, so they couldn't be tracked. She now
had the intense urge to pee.
She got up and just missed stepping on Davis-he lay on a mattress on the floor-and crept
out the door. A hand caught her ankle, and she stifled a shriek.
"Where are you going?" Ryan asked. Apparently he wasn't asleep.
"The bathroom." She muttered.
"Okay."
As she got back into bed he snickered something that she didn't quite hear.
"What was that?"
"Pleasant dreams."
Usagi angrily switched off the small flashlight that Ryan had insisted they left on.
"Hey!"
*****
There is no way out.
I have looked everywhere, there is no way out.
If I knew a way out, maybe we could blast ourselves out.
I don't, there are no weaknesses.
I have used my computer to search out any place that could help us. Some sort of mistake
made in this prison. I don't know.
There's nothing. My only comfort is that as we the senshi were able to fine each other with
my computer, it seems Sailor
Moon isn't here. She must be out there somewhere, finding some way to get us out.
I have total faith that she will use her mental strength to find us and help us.
*****
Minako gazed around at the warped version of Tokyo for what seemed like the fiftieth time
that day. They had been there for only a week, and it seemed like a year. Everything here
was cheerless and dark, making it difficult to even smile. No one ate or drank anything,
and some people were actually disappearing from the city. The only reason she knew days
had elapsed was a huge black calendar that hung in the sky like an omen.
It ticked off the days, and showed the time. She glanced over at Mamoru-they all stayed at
Rei's temple-who looked dead. He was taking it the hardest that they hadn't been able to
find Usagi.
"Fuck." Rei said.
"What is it?" Minako asked, her eyes returning to the window.
"The fire won't tell me anything about anything. This is stupid! I hate being so useless!"
Rei walked over to the spot by the window and kneeled. "I need to know if she's okay." She
whispered quietly enough that Mamoru did not hear her. They had spent days convincing him
that his girlfriend would be okay.
"I know." Minako replied. "This is difficult."
"If I could just sleep then maybe I'd be able to dream something!" Sleep had evaded them
all, and everyone was restless.
It was then that Makoto returned from the walk she had taken, she looked flushed. "Minna!
There's a strange youma about ten minutes from here!" Everyone jumped up and left the
Shrine, glad for a distraction. Luna and Artemis followed behind, and they reached the
scene of the battle to find Ami and the outer senshi fighting a strange-looking monster.
"Burning Mandala!"
*****
"Well, if you hadn't been so mean then maybe I wouldn't have done it!"
"Mean? All I said was leave me alone'"
"I KNOW what you said!"
"So? What does it matt-"
"SHUT UP! Just shut up! That's enough!"
Davis was in a foul mood, he didn't need the only two people he really trusted now
fighting over something so stupid. To his immense surprise, they quieted.
"Shit."
"What is it now, Ryan?" He sighed wearily.
"Look."
Davis heard a gasp, and a choked scream, and then he turned around.
A girl lay on the ground not more that ten feet away, and she had not been there before.
"No." Usagi squeaked. "No!" She took the few short steps toward the girl and knelt in a
small pool of blood. "No!"
Davis stepped forward along with Ryan. Usagi rolled the girl over.
"A senshi." Ryan gasped.
"NO!"
*****
To be continued