Chapter 8 of The Other Soldier Rated R By Miaka Hime
ACK! I totally confused someone when I said that Usagi ripped of Duo's braid! Gomen Eternalmoonprincess! I meant that she ripped it off as in she copied him, cause she had a braid too! Gomen to all of you that were confused ^_^;;
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Usagi sat watching the teacher, appearing to be listening intently but in fact she was sleeping. She had learned long ago that she could sleep with her eyes open. She had been having flash backs constantly that night, which kept waking her up, and she had finally given up sleep at two twenty four and she spent the night counting the tiles on her ceiling. There were exactly one hundred tiles.
Usagi awoke with a jump when the bell rang and quickly got up. She noticed Quatre was the only person that she knew in the class she was in and quickly caught up with him in the hall. "What did I miss in the lesson?" She asked in a monotone. "Didn't you catch it, you were watching the teacher the whole time he lectured." Usagi shrugged. "I kind of fell asleep with my eyes open." She said once again in her monotone. "Well, we were lectured about chapters five through eight." He said looking at his notes. Usagi nodded curtly and went to her dorm, she needed some meditation to clear her thoughts and replenish her soul.
Once she reached her dorm she changed into a pair of black leather flare pants and a black tank top. She decided since she was in her own dorm room, and for the sake of being more comfortable, she'd just wear her usual white socks and not put on any shoes. She quickly took her meditating position and began to meditate.
~* Meditation Type dream thing *~
Usagi smiled softly in her mind when she saw the normal silver light flowing around her. She was flying through the energy and it was heavenly. Then it was suddenly torn away from her and she was falling into a pit of black nothingness. She realized almost at once she was nude and knew she where she was being pulled too.
She quickly projected her dress she had worn the last time she had been in the spirit realm. She closed her eyes tightly until she felt the ground beneath her bare feet. She snapped her eyes open and looked around for the aura of the dead woman she had seen last time she had been in the Realm of the Spirits. Usagi about fell backward when the queen appeared out of thin air. "Serenity-hime." She said softly. Usagi regained her composer quickly and looked the queen squarely in the eyes. "Usagi." She corrected. The queens eyes softened "Gomen, I forget you are known by that name now." She apologized. "I came here because your body is under great strain from the memories that you are receiving." She said. "We hadn't expected that to happen but I suppose without the ginzoushou helping you with your strength" Usagi wondered what the ginzoushou was but did not voice the question. "I decided that it was essential that it be returned to you but my sources told me that it is impossible to give the entirety of the ginzoushou to you. Your energy had become very erratic without it for so long, so it has to sort itself out for awhile before it can be used. They did however say I could give you a small piece of it." The moon queen held out her hand and in a flash of lavender light a tiny crystal appeared attached to a sliver chain. "This will help your body be able to take the strain of the memories without your body becoming so exhausted. It should also help sort out your erratic energy." Usagi cautiously took the small gem. The moon queen suddenly looked up as if she sensed something. Usagi felt another aura enter the realm and she quickly got into battle stance. She kept the battle stance even when she noticed the queen smile warmly when she heard the clink of heals.
Usagi almost gasped when she saw the familiar form of Hotaru, only she was wearing a purple sailor fuku and she held a long dangerous looking glave. "Saturn-chan." The queen said warmly to Hotaru. "Hello Queen Serenity." She said with a deep bow. "What is the meaning of this pleasant surprise?" The queen said with another of her beautiful smiles. "I'm afraid I have to get Usagi to awaken, time passes differently here and it has been an hour, and because she came here while meditating, instead of sleeping she has been unable to awaken. Haruka has been frantic." She said with giggle. Usagi stood there emotionless as The queen gave a wave of her hand, showing she was allowed to leave. "We have finished our talk anyway. Please take her back Hotaru-chan. You may want to explain the senshi to her, now that she has seen you in that form, but don't be too explicit." The Queen directed. Hotaru nodded and bowed again. "Come on Usa-chan." The queen gave them one last smile before disappearing. Hotaru smiled at Usagi. "Grab my hand and we'll wake up." Usagi nodded and grabbed her hand.
~* End Meditation type dream thing *~
Usagi's eyes snapped open and she about screamed, two inches from her face was Duo.
Usagi immediately grabbed her gun and put it to his head. "Kiss me and I'll kill you." He didn't have time to respond because Haruka's foot came in contact with his body making him fly across the room. "I told you that this isn't sleeping beauty you baka!" Usagi had to choke down a laugh. Hotaru who had been lying on a couch sat up. "How did they get in here?" She asked seeing the gundum pilots in the dorm room. "I ran into them when I went to get Michiru." Haruka admitted. Usagi grunted and turned a gun on the pilots. "Out." The five gundum pilots filed out the door well Duo ran out.
"I want to know about the senshi thing Serenity was talking about." Usagi said getting strait to the point. Hotaru nodded. "We are the Sailor Senshi of the outer planets, I am Saturn, Michiru is Neptune and Haruka is Uranus. We'd transform but it would be a waste of energy. Let's just say they take similar forms to the one you saw me in, in the sprit realm." Haruka waved her hand frantically. "Let me get this strait, she was in the spirit realm talking to Queen Serenity and she found out in the spirit realm (which is where she was) that you were a sailor senshi of Saturn I take it queen serenity told you to explain this to her." Hotaru nodded in reply. "I know she knew we were senshi, but now I take it she gets to know a little bit more about our senshi identities." Michiru stated. Hotaru nodded again. "Now that we're clear on this I'll continue." Hotaru started. "Now there is a Sailor Pluto, who guards time, but at the moment is unavailable to be here. Anyway, as senshi we were supposed to in the silver millennium, guard the outskirts of the galaxy, so that youma wouldn't get into the moon kingdom. In our next life we became part of your court with the inner senshi, but I'm not allowed to talk about them to you." Hotaru paused for a moment to make sure Usagi was digesting the information well. Her face was expressionless but she was staring intently at her waiting for her to go on. "All of us were born with high power and we are able to attack youma, or people, with energy attacks. I myself do not have any real attack, all I can really do is make a wall to protect myself and end the world, but of course I can make the world and everyone in it reborn again. I am called the senshi of death and rebirth." She said finally finished. Usagi took a steady breath. "Does this mean I am a sailor senshi?" She asked. "You are but the one that would have your transformation powers released is unable to release them. Pluto is still searching for her." Michiru answered. "But enough of this, how about we all go to bed it's kind of early, but I'm sure we could all use some sleep." Hotaru said. "I think I'm going to stay up a little bit." Usagi said in a monotone, standing. Hotaru shrugged. "I'm going to go to bed, so try to be quiet." Usagi nodded.
Usagi put on some shoes, left the dorms and took to the streets. She was surprised when she came across the recording studio and felt the familiar aura of Seiya and some slightly familiar but still slightly unknown aura's coming toward her. Usagi almost let a smile slip when Seiya and two other females came out of the studio. "Konbanwa odango." Seiya said when he noticed her. "Nice to see you again." Taiki said politely. "Yeah." Yaten said.
"What are you doing out here so late?" Seiya asked. "Walking." She said in a monotone. "No, really?" Yaten said sarcastically. Usagi didn't retort she just stood there emotionless. Seiya threw a glare at Yaten and looked back at Usagi. "We were about to go get a mocha at Joe's, it's place near here. Want to come? We'll drive you home afterward." Seiya offered. Usagi gave a "Hn." Meaning yes and followed the three lights too the coffee place.
Usagi didn't smile because of her training but on the inside she was, as she talked with the three girls. They were completely fun to be around and it was funny to see them get into little fights about nothing. She was didn't show it, even in her emotionless eyes that she was disappointed when they reached their dorms. Seiya walked her to her dorm and she unlocked the door and started to go inside when Seiya stopped her. "Usagi" Usagi was surprised she used her real name instead of odango. "Why don't you ever smile anymore? Sometimes I see you, when you're with the others, like Minako and Ami you smile then, but it's never is a true smile it never reaches your eyes." Usagi looked at her. "I've been trained to be this way." Was all she said before leaving Seiya out in the hall.
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Usagi awoke the next morning refreshed. She had, had a few flashbacks but she wasn't tired, the small crystal which hung around her neck seemed to be doing the trick. She went to classes but nothing major happened in them either, she pretended to be stupid as always, tripped over a tree root when she went outside fore lunch with Makoto, Ami, and Rei and even managed to run into five people while in their presence, including Hiiro. Hiiro had actually been an accident, but that was beside the point. Now she sat pretending to enjoy herself as Minako played with her hair and Makoto painted her nails a blood red. Ami was quoting famous poets, while Rei complained about a boy in her geometry class calling her a weak onna. Usagi knew off the bat who that was but pretended she didn't and just listened until they all ran off to their rooms to study for a math test that Usagi already knew she'd pass.
Usagi waited for her nails to dry before getting up and checking her mail. She was glad to see an e-mail from Setsuna.
Gin,
Remembering an old life is hard, but I've finally been allowed to speed it up for you. You'll be unconscious in a few moments. This e-mail will delete itself.
Usagi promptly blacked out as the message deleted itself and her computer shut down.
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I know it's a cliffhanger and this is a short chapter but I don't feel like pulling another all nighter just to make it longer and I thought this would give you something to look forward to. So please review me lots! ^_^