Chapter 4 of Silver and Golden Roses
Rated PG13
By Miaka Hime
Gomen! It's taken me SO long to get this out and it's already completed too! I've just had to do a lot of revising and stuff. Anywhoo please read!
Disclaimer- I do not own Sailor Moon
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Usagi sat outside waiting for the guys to get their lunch. She still hadn't told them she was leaving and now she sat with her hair fixed atop her head. In curls that Gaia had done, she looked quite odd trying not to muss her perfect hair yet still looking boyish with pants on and a smudge of dirt on her nose.
"Oh my god, Usa-chan what did you do to your hair?" Jadeite asked in disbelief. "I didn't do it, Gaia did." Usagi answered as Jadeite and the others sat down. "Why?" Endymion asked. "Well that's what I had to talk to you guys about." She said nervously. "Oh?" Kunzite asked. "I'm leaving." She said "WHAT!?" They all said in unison. "Yeah, Gaia, wants me to learn more so I'm going to Neptune. I'll be back in four years." She said. "B-B-But, Usa what about us?" Nephrite asked. "I know, I'll miss you guys so much. I leave tonight." She said sadly. "I guess we'll see you off than." Zoisite said. "Have you told Yokuko yet?" Nephrite asked. "Yes, I stopped by yesterday." Usagi said in a normal tone. "Well, I'm done, I have to go get ready. I'm leaving at dinner time." She said with a sad smile.
Usagi went to her room and changed into an old blue silk gown that Gaia had given her a year back. She than packed which took her hours since she was looking at everything. She even packed her shampoo. She than walked into Gaia's sitting room lugging a huge bag. "I'm ready." She said.
Gaia looked at Usagi who looked lovely in a gangly way, she knew the young girl would grow up beautifully and would one day win the heart of a handsome and loyal man.
Gaia took Usagi's hand and led her over to her favorite couch where a long slender box lay. "A present." She said. "Another one? I couldn't except it." She said pushing it away from her reach. "I don't care if you don't want it, you get it." Gaia said with a lovely smile, while pushing it back toward Usagi
Usagi opened the box to find a beautiful sword with a silver handle and it also had a sheath made so it would fit her hips. "Try it on." Gaia instructed. Usagi put the sword belt on which fit perfectly, she than put the sword in the sheath. "It looks lovely." She said. "Now it's time to go." Gaia said standing and helping a speechless Usagi to her feet.
"Thank you for everything Gaia." Usagi said once her voice had come back. "Your welcome, now let's get going." Usagi picked up her bag and the two walked until they reached the grand ballroom and the two walked in, Gaia led them to a room directly behind the ballroom. Nothing was in the room except a small boxy object that seemed to have many buttons on it.
The queen pressed a button and a portal opened.
"Are you ready?" She asked. Usagi looked, she was hoping they would come say goodbye, she supposed the boys were too mad at her for leaving. "Hai." She said solemnly. Just as she started to go in a voice cried out. "Wait, Usa-chan!" Usagi looked as she started to shimmer away as Endymion and the others ran up. He handed her a red rose, "A present from us, don't forget us!" Usagi smiled and threw an object at him.
"Keep it until I get back." She said as she shimmered away.
Usagi reappeared on Neptune; she had never met the outer senshi or the princess of the planet. She noticed that a girl who seemed to be about fifteen with wavy aqua hair and lovely sea green eyes greeted her. "Hello, you must be Usagi, I'm Michiru, Princess of Neptune." She said with a smile. "Hello." She answered back. The young woman than beckoned her to follow her and so she did just that. She was brought to a room that was decorated with shells, she had an aqua green bed canopy bed, her own bathing room and she had a walk in closet with knew clothes. She had a dresser that was decorated with many shells of different origin. She had an aqua changing screen in a corner of her room and a small vanity, but no window or chair.
"This will be your room. Mine is right next door, and a maid will come in to draw your bath at six, dinner will be served at seven, breakfast will be at seven also. Lunch is served at noon and lessons are from eight until three." She said. "I'll show you around in a little bit but Haruka, princess of Uranus will be coming so I must greet her." Michiru excused herself and Usagi looked through her closet of new clothes. "Great, only dresses." Usagi unpacked her things and than settled down with a book on her bed.
A bit later Michiru knocked on her door and was with another woman who had short blond hair. "Usagi this is Haruka, Princess of Uranus. Usagi gave a curtsy to the princess that Gaia had taught her to do, "Your highness." She said. "Oh please, must you guys always bow?" She asked bluntly. Usagi looked at her. "You don't want me too?" She asked. "Hell no!"
"Good, I'm getting tired of curtsying and wearing dresses." She said. Uranus looked at her like she'd grown a second head. "What?" She asked. "You're no normal lady." She said. "Cause I'm not a lady, I grew up in a cottage with my adoptive family." She smirked. "I like her." Haruka said with a smile. "We're going to go get the others who are coming, want to come?" Michiru asked. "Sure." Usagi said.
The three walked back to the portal room and two people walked out, one was a young woman with dark green hair and one was a girl about Usagi's age with shoulder length black hair. "Usagi these are princesses from the other outer planets. Princess Setsuna, of Pluto." She pointed at the green haired girl. "And Princess Hotaru of Saturn."
"You don't have to curtsy to them ether." Haruka whispered in her ear. "Setsuna, Hotaru this is Usagi. She's here to learn with the rest of us, she's from earth." The rest of the day the princesses showed Usagi around the palace they later had dinner together in Usagi's room.
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For the next three years Usagi and the princesses were inseparable, Haruka and Usagi both were boyish and Michiru was a very girlish and taught them how to do Setsuna's hair up nice. Usagi of course wouldn't take her hair down in front of them and would run back into her room and do her hair.
Usagi finally got used to dresses, that is once her pants didn't fit her anymore, but Haruka gave her some of hers so it wasn't too bad. Michiru constantly took them swimming in the oceans and Setsuna loved to spar with Usagi and Haruka who made a good team, and Hotaru liked to read in the library with Usagi. Usagi had also realized her sun golden hair had turned a heavenly silver.
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Usagi and the others all were on the beach tanning except Usagi and Haruka who refused to wear a bathing suit. One by one the senshi fell asleep on their towels.
Usagi awoke to the cold metallic feeling of a sharp knife against her neck. There was a bandit on each senshi probably demanding money. "Give me any jewelry and money you have." He said in a raspy voice. "I don't have any." She answered quickly. "Too bad." Usagi felt him press a bit harder. Usagi felt the trickle of blood and screamed a bright flash of silver light flashed from around Usagi's body. Causing the man to drop to the ground. Usagi stood on wobbly legs, Usagi saw the other men too had dropped to the ground. Haruka looked at the man at her feet and then at Usagi. "How did you"
"I don't know." Usagi said looking at her hands where she had seen the most amount of silver energy escape from. "We should go to the palace, they will need to be put in cells." Hotaru said softly. Usagi brought a hand to her neck the blood was gone. "What's going on?" She asked. "You're displaying powers, perhaps senshi powers. We will not tell her majesty of earth." Setsuna answered. "How did you know I didn't want to tell her?" She asked. "I don't know, I just do."
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Usagi's instructors from then on taught her how to control her power so it wouldn't come out on huge blasts like before.
It was six months before Usagi would be returning to earth when Michiru gave her a transformation pen. "Just call out Earth planet power." She said. Usagi nodded and did as told.
"Earth Planet Power!" She yelled. Usagi felt the silver powers swarm around her as she turned into a sailor Senshi.
When her transformation was complete she had silver white boots with a stripe of silver across the top and unlike the other senshi her fuku was white with a shimmering like silver tint. Her hair was tied into a tight braid.
From then on she worked in her power since she had already mastered everything else and soon it was time to go home.
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On her last day Usagi dressed in leather and her and Haruka sword fought. "You know Usa-chan, you shouldn't go to earth to be with those boys all by yourself." She said as she lunged at her. Usagi blocked. "And what do you suggest Ruka-chan?" Haruka lunged again and Usagi jumped out of the way. "I say we go to earth for a visit, maybe train a bit, of course Setsuna has to go back to the time gate and Hotaru has to get back to Saturn but me and Michi-chan will be there." She said jumping out of the way as Usagi thrust a sword at her. "I agree." Usagi said jumping up when Haruka thrust her sword at her again. "Good, I've already cleared it with Gaia." Haruka said. Usagi smiled and put her sword at Haruka's chest. "I won for once." Haruka smiled. "I was distracted." She said. Michiru coughed to get the attention of the two, she obviously had been in the room. "It's time to go Ruka, let's get out of here!" Usagi pouted. "I don't even get to change?" She asked. "It's too late for that, you and Ruka should have known." She than turned with the bag on her shoulder.
Usagi ran to her room and grabbed her bag having packed hours ago. She than ran to portal room. Usagi took a quick peek in her bag and found the withered rose. She had missed her locket. The Neptunian queen turned on the portal and hugged her daughter. Michiru walked through first than Haruka and lastly Usagi.
When Usagi appeared there were five guys faces looking eagerly at her and one hysterically happy queen. "Usa-chan, your you're a girl!" Endymion said looking at her feminine figure. "And wearing leather." Jadeite with a teasing smirk. "Me and Ruka-chan were sword fighting." Usagi said. "Stop drooling." Haruka said to the boys. "I'm going to my room to unpack. I've got so much to do, any of you coming?" She asked the five guys.
The guys followed and Usagi went into her room and Michiru and the others flopped down on her bed. "No fair your room is better than mine on Neptune." Haruka complained. "You'll get over it." Usagi said taking out the withering rose. "Hey you kept that thing, I was sure you'd have thrown it away. Endymion said. "No way, I practically babied the thing to keep it intact for four years." She said giving it to Endymion. "Where's my locket?" She asked. Endymion looked at Kunzite. "Could you?" He asked. "Whatever." He said leaving the room.
Usagi pulled out some seashells she had collected and than her aqua Neptunian dress, and than the dress the queen had given her and than the other on the queen had given her and than her last pair of pants. "You own dresses!" Nephrite said looking at them. "Yes, I do, You aren't aloud to wear pants unless you're training." Usagi said hanging them up and putting her pants away in a drawer. "I want to meet Yokuko, can we do that today?" Michiru asked. "Sure." Usagi said putting her brushes and hair things away. "I want to fight you and see where you've gotten." Jadeite said. "If I have time." Usagi said. Usagi heard the ringing of a clock indicating lunch. Kunzite came back a few seconds later. "Endymion you really need to clean your room." He handed Usagi her locket who put it away in a drawer. "Let's go get lunch and then we can go to Yokuko's." Usagi said. "We should probably be shown to our rooms first. "Oh, sorry that was my job." Jadeite apologized.
The girls were shown their rooms and than they had lunch.
Usagi and the girls than went to Yokuko's and had some tea and Usagi went back and had a sword fight with Jadeite and won which surprised even Usagi herself. They ate dinner early and also went to bed early since they weren't used to getting up so early.
The next morning Usagi was put into Jadeite's group once again, along with Michiru and Haruka. Michiru went first and beat each trainee but when she was up against Haruka she lost.
Usagi who was the last to fight went one on one. Everyone was surprised to see the battle go very long and both contestants not grow tired. Usagi than with a kick drop to the ground brushed her leg under Haruka, causing her to fall. Usagi of course was up in a heartbeat and she had her sword at Haruka's chest. "Usa you beat me." Haruka said in disbelief.
"Yep, got you back from yesterday." The crowd of trainee's cheered for Usagi's victory. Usagi helped Haruka up. "I'm so hungry!" Usagi wailed. "That's because you bribed the cooks into liking you and they gave you free food whenever you wanted." Michiru scolded. "So!" Usagi smiled. "At least they liked me."
The girls got their food and Usagi went to the gardens and found the guys pigging out. "Hey, Usa-chan wanna know something cool?" Endymion asked. "If it's about who'd you like to sleep with again, no thanks." Usagi said taking a bite of her soup. "Oh god, you remember that?" Usagi nodded.
"Well it's not!" He said. "What is it?" Usagi asked.
The ceremony for the generals are in three days, also they're holding a ball in honor of it, and if I'm not mistaken mom's going to be giving you a new dress just for the occasion." Usagi sighed. "I better go than, lady's we need to suffer through lady lessons, let's go." Usagi and the girls stood up and went back to their rooms for a bath and than changed into a dress and Usagi did her hair as did
Michiru and the three went down to the queens sitting room.
"Girls! I'm sure Endymion told you about the ball." Usagi and the other two nodded. "Come over here." Usagi walked over and found a white dress, an aqua dress and a dark blue dress. "The white one I designed, but the other two are your princess gowns." She said to the two princesses. "Now Usagi, there is a changing screen in the corner." She pointed at the white screen. "A changing screen in that corner." She pointed at another white screen. "And lastly in that corner." Another white screen. "Pick one and change I want to see you." She said. (A.N. I hate interrupting but I've got to, I'm not going to explain the princesses dresses just Usagi's if you need to know what they look like they are the manga princess garb.)
Usagi put on her dress it had a tight upper piece held up by spaghetti straps while the rest flowed off of her like a river of white lace. It made her look like some kind of lady!
Usagi stepped out and got a gasp out of Michiru and the queen and held back snickers from Haruka. Gaia ran over like a little schoolgirl and took Usagi's hand and brought her over to the couch where she had white strapped sandals with a nicely sized heal. The earth queen than handed her three pairs of pearl earrings. "Now I'm just lending you these." She said putting them in her hand. "The men are going to drool." She said. "And I'll hit them if they ruin this!" She said pointing at her dress. The girls burst out laughing.
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