Chapter 3-
Life
It was a week after the spider fiasco and Selene was just throwing away her fast food cartons from her breakfast when the doorbell rang. She took one quick look over the city as the sun was just rising in the east.
"Buzzzz, Buzzzzzzzzz..."
"Alright alredy I'm coming, I'm coming!" Selene opened the door to her apartment and greeted the delivery men , "Hi, Just put the boxes over there and set the luggage on the couch." She turned and jestured to the general area of her open living room. The three men walked in , set the packages on the floor in her hallway and walked back to the door, the third lingering for the pay. "Here, 4400 Yen, correct?" The man bowed then turned to leave. "oh, thank you. I can't tell you what a relief it is not to have to carry all of these boxes home from the airport," she turned and waved her hand at the boxes. "My back would have been so sore and my feet..." they were gone. "Oh, well. It was a one sided conversation anyway."
Selene started to unpack the bpxes first. She pulled out pots and pans and other kitchen items first. Then came the towels and soap dishes for the bathroom. She unpacked nic-naks and other miscellaneous things from other boxes and gave them homes. The she came to the suit cases. She opened up the first one and it gave out a waft of air so sour she almost threw up. She didn't even dare to open the others. After a week of sitting around, the clothes ended up smelling like the storage closet in some dank basement somewhere that probably hadn't been cleaned in 40 years. Then she thought about what Darien had said; "Right across from me! Great, I can show you around then!"
"I'll ask Darien where I can wash my clothes." She looked at her clock, 11:30pm. "Aw man! Nobody's going to be open now! Well, I'll ask so I know where to go tomorrow."
"Knock, knock. Hello? Darien?"
"Oh, hi! How are things going so far?"
"Umm, they're okay. I was wondering where I could go to do my laundry?"
"As a matter of fact, Buns and I were just going to do mine. Wanna come?"
"I'd hate to intrude on your time together..."
"Come on. This is the best timeto do it! Nobody's there. During the day, it's overflowing," Serena pointed out.
"Well, okay. Let me get my stuff."
After Selene had her suitcases, they got onto the elevator and hit the button to go to the basement. Serena hung onto Darien the whole way down. Selene could tell that Darien had a problem with public affection.
Finally, the elevator made it to the laundry room. It was huge. Selene looked around and estimated that it must have taken up three-fourhs of the basement. Everywhere she turned there was a washer and drier waiting to be used. Darien picked up Serena after starting his wash and set her on the lid. He started to tickle and toy with her. Everything was fine until the lights and the washers shut off.
Serena, Darien, and Selene took active fight stances. The ground began to shudder. Then out of nowhere a light shown on a masculine cockroach, about seven feet tall, that came from behind a drier. It tossed some sticky paper at Darien and Serena, wrapping them together so tighly that they could hardly breathe. Then the lights came back on. It was the other four senshi standing in the stairway door.
"I protect the first planet, Mercury. Sailor Mercury!"
"I protect the red planet, Mars. Sailor Mars!"
"I protect the planet of love, Venus. Sailor Venus!"
"I portect the storm planet, Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter!"
"We're the Sailor Scouts and we won't let you hurt our friends!"
"I can deal with you four. Whenever you see one cockroach there are normally more lurking around somewhere. Worriors attack!" On his command a roach came from behind each scout and pinned their arms to their sides.
"now to stop any more interuptions..." He covered all the doors and locks with a sticky substance so that they couldnot be opened.
"Never forget the elevator, you shitty critter! Tuxedo-Night-Blindfold!"
"Cute, very cute. I even like the caped crusader look. But you will never catch me with those elementary tricks of yours. Try this on for size!" He waved his hand and a glob of the same sticky stuff that was on the doors was now wrapped around Tuxedo's face so he couldn't breathe.
"My friends. I have to do something..." thought Selene, "but they'll find out who I am. Selene looked around the room at her frineds and then at the bug who was laughing maniacally. "Listen shit for brains. You aren't going to kill my friends and have me stand by and just watch! Nemesis-Holy-Power!" She transformed infront of the whole group as they looked on in a mix of amazement and shock. "I think this elementary tick shoulf fit your stature of very well, Nemesis-Holy-Beam-Strike!!"
As he sent an attack putting his defenses down Selene dogged the sticky paper and started a new attack while still on the move, "Nemesis-Planet-Boom!" The sky glowed the ground started to shake again, the air filled with smoke and when everything cleared there was a jeweled bug on the floor where the villian had once been. Selene Bent down to pick it up and stood up to find seven happy faces staring at her.
"Sailor Nemesis, Selene, keep up the great fighting. See you around!"
"Wait! Tuxedo Night!" Nemesis called after him. But before she could do aything he was already on the elevator and gone.
Darien stood next to Selene and whispered in her ear, "That's your key to follow him. Go!"
Selene looked at Darien and he motioned to the elevator which Venus had called back for her. "Thanks guys!" She raced inot the elevator and as the doors closed could hear the cat calls and the excitement coming from the girls.
As she reached for the control panel to push the ground floor button she noticed a note attached to the button:
Dear Nemesis,
Meet me at the Corner Street Cafe
in an hour. I'll be anxiously awaiting
your arrival.
Love,
Tuxedo Night
Selene stepped off the elevator at the ground floor and ran out the front door, down the street to the cafe. When she got there, the sign in the window told her that it was closed. She slid down the door and rested her head on her knees. The clip-clop of shoes on the pavement made her look up. But all hope was lost when she saw the face of a dorky boy in her tutoring class. "Hi Endo." With big, black rimmed glasses that kept falling down his nose he looked dorkier than ever.
He bent down and looked into her face, "What's wrong, little lady?"
Selene looked back at him, trying not to laugh and replied, "I was going to wait for someone but it seems that the note I got was falsified in telling me that this cafe was going to be open in an hour. So here I am depressed that some one I held dear could do such a thing."
Endo looked at her with a very surprised yet sorrowed look upon his face. "The cafe opens in five minutes." He said it as though it was a offer to help the situtation. It worked.
Selene looked up front her knees to smile wildly at Endo. Then she threw her arms sround his neck and declared, "Thank you so much for that news, Endo. It's the best I've had in a long time!"
Endo offered his hand after he got up to help her do the same. As they stood at the door they talked about class and the weather. And as Endo had said the cafe opened five minutes later.
"Hey, wanna sit with me?"
"Just until my friend comes."
"So have you been studying hard? The exam for high school is really tough. I've been studying night and day! That's why I cam here, to study. For my college exams, that is, not my high school."
Selene turned just for a moment to look at him. She could tell he was very nervous around her. She turned back to watch the door for Tuxedo Night. After a minute Endo spoke up again, "So, Selenity, how are things in your part of the world?"
"Oh, they're fi- What did you call me?!"
"Selenity, that's still you name isn't it?"
Selene hadn't been paying much attention at all to what was being said, because her mind was focused on watching for Tuxedo Night. As she turned around she saw a pale yellow rose sitting on her placemant. She looked at Endo who was staring down at his books. Then he looked up. The same pair of triangular goggles that Tuxedo Night wore were now resting on his face.
She stared at him in complete disbelief, "You're...?"
"Yup."
"How did you know my name was Selenity?"
"What do you think Endo's short for?"
She bearly breathed the name, "Endymion..."
"In the flesh. Selenity, it's been such a long time. Would you mind if we went on a moon-lit walk together?"
"Nuh-uh!" She grabbed the rose and Endo's hand and ran all the way to the park, dragging him behind. When they got there, Selene slowed down and looked up at Endo's face, taking in the memories.
"I've always dreamed about you. I could never figure out who you were, but then I the first night we met, here, in the park, I looked at your face and knew it was you right away. Beauty of your stature doesn't leave a man's mind even over the course of 1,000 years."
"That's so lovely Endymion. I'll cherish this moment forever."
They sat on the fountain, Slene locked in Endo's arms until the sun came up to start the new day.
Life
It was a week after the spider fiasco and Selene was just throwing away her fast food cartons from her breakfast when the doorbell rang. She took one quick look over the city as the sun was just rising in the east.
"Buzzzz, Buzzzzzzzzz..."
"Alright alredy I'm coming, I'm coming!" Selene opened the door to her apartment and greeted the delivery men , "Hi, Just put the boxes over there and set the luggage on the couch." She turned and jestured to the general area of her open living room. The three men walked in , set the packages on the floor in her hallway and walked back to the door, the third lingering for the pay. "Here, 4400 Yen, correct?" The man bowed then turned to leave. "oh, thank you. I can't tell you what a relief it is not to have to carry all of these boxes home from the airport," she turned and waved her hand at the boxes. "My back would have been so sore and my feet..." they were gone. "Oh, well. It was a one sided conversation anyway."
Selene started to unpack the bpxes first. She pulled out pots and pans and other kitchen items first. Then came the towels and soap dishes for the bathroom. She unpacked nic-naks and other miscellaneous things from other boxes and gave them homes. The she came to the suit cases. She opened up the first one and it gave out a waft of air so sour she almost threw up. She didn't even dare to open the others. After a week of sitting around, the clothes ended up smelling like the storage closet in some dank basement somewhere that probably hadn't been cleaned in 40 years. Then she thought about what Darien had said; "Right across from me! Great, I can show you around then!"
"I'll ask Darien where I can wash my clothes." She looked at her clock, 11:30pm. "Aw man! Nobody's going to be open now! Well, I'll ask so I know where to go tomorrow."
"Knock, knock. Hello? Darien?"
"Oh, hi! How are things going so far?"
"Umm, they're okay. I was wondering where I could go to do my laundry?"
"As a matter of fact, Buns and I were just going to do mine. Wanna come?"
"I'd hate to intrude on your time together..."
"Come on. This is the best timeto do it! Nobody's there. During the day, it's overflowing," Serena pointed out.
"Well, okay. Let me get my stuff."
After Selene had her suitcases, they got onto the elevator and hit the button to go to the basement. Serena hung onto Darien the whole way down. Selene could tell that Darien had a problem with public affection.
Finally, the elevator made it to the laundry room. It was huge. Selene looked around and estimated that it must have taken up three-fourhs of the basement. Everywhere she turned there was a washer and drier waiting to be used. Darien picked up Serena after starting his wash and set her on the lid. He started to tickle and toy with her. Everything was fine until the lights and the washers shut off.
Serena, Darien, and Selene took active fight stances. The ground began to shudder. Then out of nowhere a light shown on a masculine cockroach, about seven feet tall, that came from behind a drier. It tossed some sticky paper at Darien and Serena, wrapping them together so tighly that they could hardly breathe. Then the lights came back on. It was the other four senshi standing in the stairway door.
"I protect the first planet, Mercury. Sailor Mercury!"
"I protect the red planet, Mars. Sailor Mars!"
"I protect the planet of love, Venus. Sailor Venus!"
"I portect the storm planet, Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter!"
"We're the Sailor Scouts and we won't let you hurt our friends!"
"I can deal with you four. Whenever you see one cockroach there are normally more lurking around somewhere. Worriors attack!" On his command a roach came from behind each scout and pinned their arms to their sides.
"now to stop any more interuptions..." He covered all the doors and locks with a sticky substance so that they couldnot be opened.
"Never forget the elevator, you shitty critter! Tuxedo-Night-Blindfold!"
"Cute, very cute. I even like the caped crusader look. But you will never catch me with those elementary tricks of yours. Try this on for size!" He waved his hand and a glob of the same sticky stuff that was on the doors was now wrapped around Tuxedo's face so he couldn't breathe.
"My friends. I have to do something..." thought Selene, "but they'll find out who I am. Selene looked around the room at her frineds and then at the bug who was laughing maniacally. "Listen shit for brains. You aren't going to kill my friends and have me stand by and just watch! Nemesis-Holy-Power!" She transformed infront of the whole group as they looked on in a mix of amazement and shock. "I think this elementary tick shoulf fit your stature of very well, Nemesis-Holy-Beam-Strike!!"
As he sent an attack putting his defenses down Selene dogged the sticky paper and started a new attack while still on the move, "Nemesis-Planet-Boom!" The sky glowed the ground started to shake again, the air filled with smoke and when everything cleared there was a jeweled bug on the floor where the villian had once been. Selene Bent down to pick it up and stood up to find seven happy faces staring at her.
"Sailor Nemesis, Selene, keep up the great fighting. See you around!"
"Wait! Tuxedo Night!" Nemesis called after him. But before she could do aything he was already on the elevator and gone.
Darien stood next to Selene and whispered in her ear, "That's your key to follow him. Go!"
Selene looked at Darien and he motioned to the elevator which Venus had called back for her. "Thanks guys!" She raced inot the elevator and as the doors closed could hear the cat calls and the excitement coming from the girls.
As she reached for the control panel to push the ground floor button she noticed a note attached to the button:
Dear Nemesis,
Meet me at the Corner Street Cafe
in an hour. I'll be anxiously awaiting
your arrival.
Love,
Tuxedo Night
Selene stepped off the elevator at the ground floor and ran out the front door, down the street to the cafe. When she got there, the sign in the window told her that it was closed. She slid down the door and rested her head on her knees. The clip-clop of shoes on the pavement made her look up. But all hope was lost when she saw the face of a dorky boy in her tutoring class. "Hi Endo." With big, black rimmed glasses that kept falling down his nose he looked dorkier than ever.
He bent down and looked into her face, "What's wrong, little lady?"
Selene looked back at him, trying not to laugh and replied, "I was going to wait for someone but it seems that the note I got was falsified in telling me that this cafe was going to be open in an hour. So here I am depressed that some one I held dear could do such a thing."
Endo looked at her with a very surprised yet sorrowed look upon his face. "The cafe opens in five minutes." He said it as though it was a offer to help the situtation. It worked.
Selene looked up front her knees to smile wildly at Endo. Then she threw her arms sround his neck and declared, "Thank you so much for that news, Endo. It's the best I've had in a long time!"
Endo offered his hand after he got up to help her do the same. As they stood at the door they talked about class and the weather. And as Endo had said the cafe opened five minutes later.
"Hey, wanna sit with me?"
"Just until my friend comes."
"So have you been studying hard? The exam for high school is really tough. I've been studying night and day! That's why I cam here, to study. For my college exams, that is, not my high school."
Selene turned just for a moment to look at him. She could tell he was very nervous around her. She turned back to watch the door for Tuxedo Night. After a minute Endo spoke up again, "So, Selenity, how are things in your part of the world?"
"Oh, they're fi- What did you call me?!"
"Selenity, that's still you name isn't it?"
Selene hadn't been paying much attention at all to what was being said, because her mind was focused on watching for Tuxedo Night. As she turned around she saw a pale yellow rose sitting on her placemant. She looked at Endo who was staring down at his books. Then he looked up. The same pair of triangular goggles that Tuxedo Night wore were now resting on his face.
She stared at him in complete disbelief, "You're...?"
"Yup."
"How did you know my name was Selenity?"
"What do you think Endo's short for?"
She bearly breathed the name, "Endymion..."
"In the flesh. Selenity, it's been such a long time. Would you mind if we went on a moon-lit walk together?"
"Nuh-uh!" She grabbed the rose and Endo's hand and ran all the way to the park, dragging him behind. When they got there, Selene slowed down and looked up at Endo's face, taking in the memories.
"I've always dreamed about you. I could never figure out who you were, but then I the first night we met, here, in the park, I looked at your face and knew it was you right away. Beauty of your stature doesn't leave a man's mind even over the course of 1,000 years."
"That's so lovely Endymion. I'll cherish this moment forever."
They sat on the fountain, Slene locked in Endo's arms until the sun came up to start the new day.
