Chapter 1-
The Awakening
"…Buzz…Buzz…Buzz…"
"Oh, man! 6:15 already?! Drats!"
Selene is a tenth grader at Chicago Central High School. "YAWN!" She's 5'8", blond hair cut short like Haruka's (only a little shorter)and has the same facial features as Bunny. Selene sat on the edge of her bed and stretched her arms up into the air. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a pair of jeans, a Sailor Moon tee, and a pair of Sailor V socks.
She then went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. Her cat, Aphrodite, who was curled up at the end of the bed, woke up. She seemed to notice how early it was, so she stretched, turned once, and plopped back down onto the bed. Selene came out of the bathroom and threw her pajamas onto Aphrodite. Startled, the cat just about jumped out of its skin. "Come on you lazy cat, time for brecky." She walked into her kitchen and watched the sunrise from window as breakfast was cooking. How lonely the mornings were now that her parents were gone. They had been foster parents, but the only ones she ever knew. She was left on the door step of an orphanage when she was only a week old. Her parents took her as a foster child two months later. She loved them so much. She stood there, thinking about the times when she was loved and cared for.
Just then she heard the toaster pop. Coming back to reality, she grabbed her pop tart and walked out the door.
When she got to school everyone was sitting either in the park outside or in the cafeteria, studying for finals. She had to take her Japanese and math final exams that day. Then she would be on a plane to Japan in a week for continued schooling. She didn't have any friends so it didn't matter; she wasn't leaving anything behind. The first period bell rang so she went to her Japanese class. She knew she aced the final, then off to math. Did considerably well on that and her day was over. She went home and packed her bags for her move to Japan.
As she strapped herself in for takeoff she thought about the things she was leaving behind. All she could think of were her parents. She started to cry.
The plane took off at 8:30 p.m., Central Standard Time, for Los Angeles International Airport. They arrived there about 8:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. She stayed on the plane for the two hour fuel up and slept.
When she woke up, they were just pulling into the Tokyo airport. As she collected her luggage she thought once again about her parents and had to choke back the tears. She went to first class baggage for Aphrodite. The cat was not at all pleased. Backed into one corner of her already cramped cat carrier, she hissed and moaned all the way through customs. Selene then found her way to the subway entrance and took it to the train station with only two bags and Aphrodite. The train took her to the Crossroads section of Tokyo where her appartment was. She got off about an hour later and walked the two blocks to her building. She set down her bags and looked at the lease copy that had been faxed to her a week ago. "Yep, this is it."
"Hi!" Selene spun around to confront... a chest. Looking up she saw a handsome face, with dark features and a pleasent smile.
"Name's Darien. Yours?"
"S-Selene..."
"Well, Selene, looks like we're neighbors. Here let me help you with that stuff." He picked up her bags and carried them onto the elevator. He pushed three, his floor then asked, "Where are you headed to?"
"Huh? Oh, third also. My apartment number is 15."
"Hey right across from me! That's great! I can show you around then." They got off the elevator and walked into Selene's apartment. "Umm, actually, I'd like to drop this jet-lag and wait for my stuff to arrive from the airport. Thanks anyway, though."
"Uh, no problem. Need anything, I'm right here."
After he left, she plopped down on the bed in her already furnished apartment and fell asleep immediately.
"MEERROWWWW!!"
Selene sat up and grabbed an umbrella out of a suitcase and shouted, "Who's there!" She looked around and noticed the cat carrier. "Oh, my god! Aphrodite! Sorry baby, I totally forgot!" She walked over to the cage after rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and let the cat out. She watched as the cat struuted out and stretched and sniffed the air and carpet. Then Selene walked to her window and looked at the city in all its glamour.
"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back soon."
"I'm coming with you."
"Who said that?!"
"I did."
"Where are you?"
"Down here."
"Aphrodite?!"
"Yes. Time you and I had a talk."
Selene stared at the cat in disbelief and nodded her head slightly.
After they had walked a while Ahprodite broke the silence, "Still a little freaked out that I talk?"
"Well, yeah! Wouldn't you be if the carpet or your food bowl started to have conversations with you?!"
"No, but I understand why you'd be so confused. Just keep your voice down until we get to the park."
When they got to the park, Selene sat on the edge of the fountain. Aphrodite started to talk again. "Now listen carefully. You know about Sailor Moon, right? Well, she and her scouts are real. They actually fight crime."
"That's right."
"I'd have to agree with those two."
Selene looked down to see a black and a white cat standing on the ground looking at her. Aphordite introduced them. "Luna, Artemis, this is Selene."
"How do you do?" Selene said, now more confused than ever.
"We're fine. Actually, we're more concerned about your well-being," Luna started. "Selene, you are the sailor scout, Sailor Nemesis."
"Nemesis, but isn't that a word that describes something bad?"
"It is now but once it was a word that when said in public people would bow. Artemis, the story, if you would, please," Aphrodite said.
"My pleasure. A long time ago, you lived on the moon as Princess Selenity. Your sister, Serenity, also known as Sailor Moon ans Serena, was jealous of you because you were older and loved the prince of the Earth, Endymion. Your mother, Queen Serenity, saw this and decided to appoint you, the stronger of the two, to guard the holy planet, Nemesis. You initially objected and refused but went in the end.
"By this time Serenity had noticed Endymion's twin brother, Darien, and fell madly in love with him. She would sneak down to earth against all orders of the scouts to see him.
"After a time Endymion noticed you had disappeared and went searching to find you. He went to all the planets of the universe but Nemesis was among the few that the moon was allowed access to only.
"Endymion went to the Queen asking permission to see you. She told him it would break a large taboo set up between the Earth and Moon Kingdoms but let him go anyway. Unfortunately, because of Queen Beryl's infatuation with the two young princes, she killed Endymion on his way to see you. You watched his death throught and veiwing glass and swore revenge and went after Beryl, getting killed yourself. Then Darien got killed trying to fight Beryl and Serenity got killed trying to defend Darien."
"Then mother used the Silver Imperium Crystal to seal us and Beryl to the future," Selene said as the memory can back.
"Serena since then has killed Beryl," Luna interjected.
"Then why do you need me?"
"Well, we need more fighters," Luna answered.
Artemis jumped onto the lip of the fountain and dropped a broach beside Selene, "Take this and yell, 'Nemeis Holy Power.'"
"Alright." Selene took the broach, raised it above her head, and recited the words.
Selene's clothes disappeared and she turned into Sailor Nemesis. As she examined her reflection in the water, she noticed Aphrodite had started crying.
"What's wrong? Did I not do something correctly?"
"No, it's not that. It's just, well, for once in my life I get to experience the rebirth of a scout."
The Awakening
"…Buzz…Buzz…Buzz…"
"Oh, man! 6:15 already?! Drats!"
Selene is a tenth grader at Chicago Central High School. "YAWN!" She's 5'8", blond hair cut short like Haruka's (only a little shorter)and has the same facial features as Bunny. Selene sat on the edge of her bed and stretched her arms up into the air. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a pair of jeans, a Sailor Moon tee, and a pair of Sailor V socks.
She then went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. Her cat, Aphrodite, who was curled up at the end of the bed, woke up. She seemed to notice how early it was, so she stretched, turned once, and plopped back down onto the bed. Selene came out of the bathroom and threw her pajamas onto Aphrodite. Startled, the cat just about jumped out of its skin. "Come on you lazy cat, time for brecky." She walked into her kitchen and watched the sunrise from window as breakfast was cooking. How lonely the mornings were now that her parents were gone. They had been foster parents, but the only ones she ever knew. She was left on the door step of an orphanage when she was only a week old. Her parents took her as a foster child two months later. She loved them so much. She stood there, thinking about the times when she was loved and cared for.
Just then she heard the toaster pop. Coming back to reality, she grabbed her pop tart and walked out the door.
When she got to school everyone was sitting either in the park outside or in the cafeteria, studying for finals. She had to take her Japanese and math final exams that day. Then she would be on a plane to Japan in a week for continued schooling. She didn't have any friends so it didn't matter; she wasn't leaving anything behind. The first period bell rang so she went to her Japanese class. She knew she aced the final, then off to math. Did considerably well on that and her day was over. She went home and packed her bags for her move to Japan.
As she strapped herself in for takeoff she thought about the things she was leaving behind. All she could think of were her parents. She started to cry.
The plane took off at 8:30 p.m., Central Standard Time, for Los Angeles International Airport. They arrived there about 8:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. She stayed on the plane for the two hour fuel up and slept.
When she woke up, they were just pulling into the Tokyo airport. As she collected her luggage she thought once again about her parents and had to choke back the tears. She went to first class baggage for Aphrodite. The cat was not at all pleased. Backed into one corner of her already cramped cat carrier, she hissed and moaned all the way through customs. Selene then found her way to the subway entrance and took it to the train station with only two bags and Aphrodite. The train took her to the Crossroads section of Tokyo where her appartment was. She got off about an hour later and walked the two blocks to her building. She set down her bags and looked at the lease copy that had been faxed to her a week ago. "Yep, this is it."
"Hi!" Selene spun around to confront... a chest. Looking up she saw a handsome face, with dark features and a pleasent smile.
"Name's Darien. Yours?"
"S-Selene..."
"Well, Selene, looks like we're neighbors. Here let me help you with that stuff." He picked up her bags and carried them onto the elevator. He pushed three, his floor then asked, "Where are you headed to?"
"Huh? Oh, third also. My apartment number is 15."
"Hey right across from me! That's great! I can show you around then." They got off the elevator and walked into Selene's apartment. "Umm, actually, I'd like to drop this jet-lag and wait for my stuff to arrive from the airport. Thanks anyway, though."
"Uh, no problem. Need anything, I'm right here."
After he left, she plopped down on the bed in her already furnished apartment and fell asleep immediately.
"MEERROWWWW!!"
Selene sat up and grabbed an umbrella out of a suitcase and shouted, "Who's there!" She looked around and noticed the cat carrier. "Oh, my god! Aphrodite! Sorry baby, I totally forgot!" She walked over to the cage after rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and let the cat out. She watched as the cat struuted out and stretched and sniffed the air and carpet. Then Selene walked to her window and looked at the city in all its glamour.
"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back soon."
"I'm coming with you."
"Who said that?!"
"I did."
"Where are you?"
"Down here."
"Aphrodite?!"
"Yes. Time you and I had a talk."
Selene stared at the cat in disbelief and nodded her head slightly.
After they had walked a while Ahprodite broke the silence, "Still a little freaked out that I talk?"
"Well, yeah! Wouldn't you be if the carpet or your food bowl started to have conversations with you?!"
"No, but I understand why you'd be so confused. Just keep your voice down until we get to the park."
When they got to the park, Selene sat on the edge of the fountain. Aphrodite started to talk again. "Now listen carefully. You know about Sailor Moon, right? Well, she and her scouts are real. They actually fight crime."
"That's right."
"I'd have to agree with those two."
Selene looked down to see a black and a white cat standing on the ground looking at her. Aphordite introduced them. "Luna, Artemis, this is Selene."
"How do you do?" Selene said, now more confused than ever.
"We're fine. Actually, we're more concerned about your well-being," Luna started. "Selene, you are the sailor scout, Sailor Nemesis."
"Nemesis, but isn't that a word that describes something bad?"
"It is now but once it was a word that when said in public people would bow. Artemis, the story, if you would, please," Aphrodite said.
"My pleasure. A long time ago, you lived on the moon as Princess Selenity. Your sister, Serenity, also known as Sailor Moon ans Serena, was jealous of you because you were older and loved the prince of the Earth, Endymion. Your mother, Queen Serenity, saw this and decided to appoint you, the stronger of the two, to guard the holy planet, Nemesis. You initially objected and refused but went in the end.
"By this time Serenity had noticed Endymion's twin brother, Darien, and fell madly in love with him. She would sneak down to earth against all orders of the scouts to see him.
"After a time Endymion noticed you had disappeared and went searching to find you. He went to all the planets of the universe but Nemesis was among the few that the moon was allowed access to only.
"Endymion went to the Queen asking permission to see you. She told him it would break a large taboo set up between the Earth and Moon Kingdoms but let him go anyway. Unfortunately, because of Queen Beryl's infatuation with the two young princes, she killed Endymion on his way to see you. You watched his death throught and veiwing glass and swore revenge and went after Beryl, getting killed yourself. Then Darien got killed trying to fight Beryl and Serenity got killed trying to defend Darien."
"Then mother used the Silver Imperium Crystal to seal us and Beryl to the future," Selene said as the memory can back.
"Serena since then has killed Beryl," Luna interjected.
"Then why do you need me?"
"Well, we need more fighters," Luna answered.
Artemis jumped onto the lip of the fountain and dropped a broach beside Selene, "Take this and yell, 'Nemeis Holy Power.'"
"Alright." Selene took the broach, raised it above her head, and recited the words.
Selene's clothes disappeared and she turned into Sailor Nemesis. As she examined her reflection in the water, she noticed Aphrodite had started crying.
"What's wrong? Did I not do something correctly?"
"No, it's not that. It's just, well, for once in my life I get to experience the rebirth of a scout."
