"Thunder"
by AndromedaeM13Titan

hey guys! please leave comments! i like this story!!! ^_^ HEE
its not TOO romantic, mind you.
i tried to leave the romance for one paragraph per chapter. hahaha kind of...
anyway! have fun and please comment!

as promised, here's chapter 2! hope yuo enjoy this as much as the first chapter!

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Chapter 2: Light of the Darkness' Soul

Usagi Tsukino writes....
Dear my Osa-Diary,
Wow, yesterday was really weird!!! I really want to believe Himeko... I really think I will be able to trust him once I get to know him better. But... Rei-chan says to stay away, so I think it's best I do... anyway, I'll get Mamo-chan to protect me! Oh well... Chibi-Usa doesn't really understand much of this situation, and to tell you the truth, I dont really either! I'll do my best to make sure my buddies and my future daughter are safe! I would never let Himeko hurt them.... but I don't think he would.... And about that senshi.... oh well! Too much thinking, more eating! I have to hurry or I'm gonna be late for school! JA NE, OSA! SUKi-DA!!!

Ai, Usagi-chan! (the coolest Usagi in the world!)

Usagi was walking to school when saw Himeko. Oddly enough, he was hanging out with another girl about her age. The two seemed to be enjoying themselves, laughing and eating breakfast bars, on their way to Mugen. Usagi thought to herself, what a strange guy Himeko was. He certainly was handsome, she divuldged, but still she felt uneasy about becoming his friend. She really did, to be able to become closer, friendwise, to the new guy. However, she had to heed Rei's words. In heart, she knew there couldn't be a single evil thing in Himeko's athletic appearance, but there was always a chance. Unfortunately, Himeko seemed to notice Usagi and he and his friend beckoned her over.

"Usagi! This is my friend, Katsuki. She's been my friend since we were babies." His smile nearly melted Usagi. She wanted to believe him, she wanted to trust him, but there was a part of her that told her not to.

"Bonjour, Usagi. I'm Katsuki Masaki, I also go to Mugen with Himeko! We've had some pretty good memories and gone through so much together! Himeko is just about my best friend!" The two of them laughed and continued munching on their breakfast. Himeko noticed Usagi's hesitance to speak and looked concerned.

"You ok?" He asked her.

Usagi smiled, "I'm just tired." Usagi looked at her watch and panicked. "Oh no! I'm late again! Sorry Himeko, sorry Katsuki. It was nice meeting you but really, if I'm late one more time, Naru and Ami might just have my head on their dinner plates!" In a hurry, Usagi dashed away and hurried to Juuban Junior High. Behind her, Himeko smiled as Usagi ran off.

That afternoon, upon the release of students from school, Usagi, Makoto, and Ami were walking home together. They were going to visit Rei and ask her if she had received any information about Himeko, or the new senshi, from the fire yet. To their surprise, they heard a lovely tune and a beautiful voice behind it. The girls stopped in their tracks to listen to it. The voice was a soprano's, and the tune came from a violin and piano. It was like looking up at the moon and seeing it's glittering, silver light. The girls were breathless as they realized who it may be. Ami shook her head, she thought it was an enemy's trap, but the others were taken and they walked towards the sound. As they had expected, it was Himeko with a girl behind him and another boy sitting at the piano. Himeko played with such fluency and artistry, it was extremely hard not to stop and enjoy the song. He didn't notice them, for his eyes were closed, but they knew that he at least felt their presence. He played like an angel, and Makoto and Usagi were swept off their feet.

As the composition ended, Usagi and Makoto came running down the amplitheatre steps, tumbling down to greet the violinist. He widely accepted their greeting with a broad smile and noticed Ami walking slowly down the steps. He smiled, but secretly wondered why she and Rei were so distant from him.

"Hi Usagi-san, hey Mako-san." He sat down on the stage. "It's a surprise seeing you here! What compelled you to visit me?"

Mako smiled. "Actually, we were on our way to go visit Rei-chan, but we heard the music and the singing... oh it was like falling in love with the song rather than any human!"

Himeko laughed. "Many people tell me that. I suppose that's why I'm such a great violinist; music is the love of my life and always will be. It has always been a part of my life, ever since I was born. I remember mother telling me that the first thing I crawled to was my piano and often slept underneath it. Then I began playing the violin at age 3. So... it's very obvious why I feel so strongly about music." He chuckled a little.

"Himeko-san," Usagi began. "Please don't think we're upset with you. It's just... we have very cautious friends... who don't really trust you. I'm sorry, but ever since that explosion at the opera house, we've all been a bit shakey."

Himeko smiled. "No problem, it's all good. I don't blame you. I was uneasy, myself. I saw the explosion as I rode away on my bike, and truthfully, I hoped you all were all right. Haruka and Michiru didn't talk to me today, but I can't see why not. I suppose it had something to do with the previous night's happening, and their accusations. If you see them again, tell them I'm innocent until proven guilty." Himeko winked and said goodbye to his new friends, and then exited. Katsuki was waiting for him behind the curtains.

"Himeko-chan," Katsuki tried to smile and leaned on one of the chairs. "You can't keep it a secret from them any longer. And... they might think you're something you're really not. It's kind of gross; it's like their hitting on you and you're flirting back. Are you trying to tell me something?"

Himeko was embarassed. "Oh! I didn't know I was getting that friendly! Personally, I'm trying to keep a safe distance from them. And don't go thinking the wrong things because I'm not attracted to them at all; I'm not even attracted to girls, Katsuki! You, of all people, should know that! You're perverted thoughts really disgust me!" He laughed. "Well... don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I'm strong enough to fend for myself. If they get over cautious I'll have to tell them... or, maybe someday when we finally fight together, side by side, they'll find out."

"What about Mamoru? He will know you at first glance!"

"I don't think we'll have to worry about Mamoru." Himeko smiled. "I knew from the first time I saw him that he would go to extreme lengths for anybody he cared about. That includes not only Usagi and Chibi-Usa, but myself as well. And maybe he'll know about that guy I've been trying to find for the past few years." Smiling, Himeko and Katsuki walked off into Tokyo. Mako grew upset, and thought that Katsuki and Himeko were a couple, that they, because they've known each other for a long time, had a thing for each other. Usagi reminded her that Himeko said his only love was music. Ami, on the other hand, grew even more skeptical about Himeko. Perhaps Katsuki was their allied princess.

Upon reaching Rei's house, the girls sat down to a cup of tea with Mamoru and the other senshi. They asked him everything he may remember from the past, besides the obvious with Princess Selenity and the war with Queen Beryl. Unfortunately, he shook his head to every question, that he did not remember any other guardian besides Kunzite, Nephlite, Jadeite, and Zoicite.

"Although," Mamoru put down his tea. "I do have a vague memory of a friend who had once told me he was madly in love. He didn't tell me with whom, only that he was crazy for this one girl. He kind of looked like Himeko, but there was a distinct difference: his eyes were blue and his hair was a dirty blonde. Himeko has green eyes and he has dark brown hair, so he's not the one we're looking for." The girls sighed, they had been wrong this whole time. "But don't give up. Himeko could be the new senshi we met the other day. We don't know much about him, except for his musical talent... so we must still be a little cautious. But since we now know he could not possibly be the prince, there shouldn't be too much worry."

"What if he's not the senshi?" Minako said. "Then that would make him the enemy, and that would bite because he's just so adorable!" Rei slapped Minako on the back and motioned for her sit down and shut up. The senshi sat in silence, confused about the new people who had entered their lives. Himeko was a strikingly adorable boy and then there was that wise senshi. A sailor senshi? Well, the girls didn't know. They couldn't see the figure completely, only it's shadow. The girls were frightened; for they had never been so confused about an enemy ever in their years as senshi. Even the fire had no updated readings on Himeko or the senshi. It simply said to watch out for themselves. The silence was tackled as the doors and windows blast open, candles and unlit insence tumbled to the floor and papers went flying about the room. They were being knocked about by various solid items and felt as if they were losing consciousness. Fotunately, none of them did.

Then, the sky turned a deathly and ominous black... "Hahaha!" Maniacal laughter surrounded them. "You are but the fungus between my minions' toes! You are helpless little senshi!" The senshi looked up and were astonished. The figure that stood before them wore a completely black outfit and had devil-like wings on their back. To their amazement, the girl looked identical to Himeko! That's when they figured... Himeko must have been a girl the entire time! But time was not on their side as they had to transform in front of their enemy.

"You lied to us, Himeko!" Sailor Moon had tears in her eyes. "All those words of music and life, they were lies!"

The fallen angel laughed. "I do not know of who you speak of! My name is Black Tenshi and I am here to rid of you soldiers of light!" Once again the girls' accusations presented them with falsehood. Black Tenshi was not Himeko and it seemed that Himeko was still a guy. "I wish to destroy you, just as you destroyed me those years in the silver millenium! I was a heavenly child back then! But you ruined me and wanted me to seek revenge!"

"What are you talking about!?" Setsuna cried. "How do you know us!?"

"When you all were protecting the galaxy or Selenity from invaders, I, once known as Kirika, longed to fight in the battle. I was one of Selenity's most trusted advisors and though I was younger than you, I am older than you now! Now, in this new body, given to me by the lord of darkness, I will have my revenge! I loved my princess and her family! I felt as though I was the princess' sister! But then, Beryl came and upon my being attacked, you all left me to die! Without a care even Selenity refused to let me live. I was left to rot in nothingness until a dark man who called himself Puart saved me. Your light did nothing for me!" She sent out a dark energy blast from her palms that was exceedingly strong. Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen hit a concrete wall and slid from the pain.

"Tenshi... why..." Sailor Moon groaned. "If I ever did that, I'm so sorry... Kirika..."

Black Tenshi blast sailor Moon again and she hit the ground harder, her arm was bleeding. "Never call me that!" Her eyes were a cold black but her hair was a beautiful golden blonde. "I am no longer Kirika! I am Black Tenshi, the evil angel of darkness! You forsaught me and left me to die! I see no reason to join your ligh, when darkness has done so much for me!" Again she blasted Sailor Moon, over and over until the senshi's cries could torture Tenshi no longer. Sailor Moon lay as a vegetable, not unconscious, but in enormous pain.

From the shadow, a figure cried out. "Black Tenshi, you are the shadow of light, you were once enveloped by the same light as myself and the princess, once you faught with me. You were once my friend and companion." The figure stood into the light and senshi were shocked; it was Himeko... in the same traditional chinese warrior outfit as in Rei's dream! ((ya wanna know what it looks like? picture li or mei-lin from card captors, then make it blue and black!))

"Himeko!" Black Tenshi gaped at who she saw; as did the senshi. Suddenly Black Tenshi was angry. "Don't you think you've got a special role, because you don't! I'm not giving you any more mercy than I am showing them!" She was in a rage of anger. "You'll die, just like them! Then I will rule this planet and its foolish people!!" Kirika sent a blast hurtling towards Himeko, but he dodged it.

The girls were in shock as Himeko jumped in the air and landed, right in front of Kirika. "Listen to me... Black Tenshi... In your heart the words of the light speak to you. They whisper to you but you fail to listen. You are not evil, I know it! You once faught with me! In the past you and I were a team! There was nothing that could destroy our friendship, even now! I will not destroy you, I cannot! Come, realize the good the light will do to you. It will benefit your life!"

Kirika pushed Himeko away with such force, that he broke the cement wall. It tumbled over him and he was lost amongst the rubble. Kirika chuckled and turned back to the senshi. Their eyes were wide in amazement; Himeko had been related to them in some way in the past, just as they suspected... however not as who they thought. Another accusation was made: Himeko was the prince, Kirika was the fallen princess. The way he spoke to her made the girls wonder if they were just friends or like Mamoru and Usagi. Thought was lost when the rubble began to move. Kirika flipped her head around and was astonished. A yellow glow emerged from the center of the rubble and Himeko stood, however, with slight percision. His eyes were misted and his breaths long and exasperated. Blood dripped from his lip and fingers. He was in enormous pain, they could tell.

"You must see the light and benefit it will bestow upon you." He sounded lifeless, without a soul. To the senshi's astonishment, he pulled out a henshin stick! It was darkblue with a golden star upon the top. "I don't want to hurt you, I don't want the senshi to die. We were all put here together, I don't want that to change." He held the henshin stick in the air, pointed towards a bright star. His eyes closed. "Draco, Star of Might, Surrender your power, and release your light!!" He threw the henshin stick and his body glowed a brighter yellow, "Draco Stone Power, Make Up!" The senshi were shocked!

The star he had pointed to glistened brightly and then emerging from the now limegreen light, was Himeko... as a senshi! A stunning revelation came to the girls: Himeko had always been a girl! Usagi and the other girls felt ashamed. They had been deceived all too easily again, just as they had been with Haruka. And yet still they hadn't the slightest clue as to who the prince or princess were.

Himeko's fuku was dark green and her front and back bows were a very deep red. THe gem on her tiara was emerald green and her boots, ankle high, were black.

"Guided by the star of the dragon, led by the winds of time and space, I am Sailor Draco, guardian of the stars and of my princess!!" Draco walked slowly towards the dark senshi and grabbed her by her collar. "Remember who you are! Recall your true form and your true dream! Remember all those things you wanted to be? Remember your aspirations and hopes for the future? They slumber inside your heart and the only way for you to be truly happy is to resurrect them. Don't you want to fight together with me, again?" There was a terrifying, long silence as Kirika stared into Draco's deep and hopeful eyes. How could she not listen to Himeko? They had been best friends in their pasts, a team unbeatable by any evil. Yet now, she had let jealousy and revenge take control of her. Still...

"No!" She blast Draco again, but she did not budge. A green glow protected her and when the senshi could opent their eyes, they saw Draco holding a silver sword and from it's center gem appeared a beautiful, transparent shield. Kirika stood, frightened and amazed. Draco had a great and awesome power, never seen before by any of the senshi. They sat and watched quietly as Himeko's power and rage strengthened with every moment they stared at her. Kirika was paralyzed with fear as Draco stood, emotionless, in front of her.

"Listen to me," Draco's voice was calm but strong and soulful, yet her eyes made her seem distant and cold. "I was the only one who knew you before, and once again it will be I who bring you from where you stand. Darkness and shadows lead to hatred and murder, which is not the path you wish to take. Do not hold back those feelings of longing, you know you wish to fight with me again. Kirika... your mother would be disappointed." Draco closed her eyes and her aura began shining once again. Rei closed her eyes along with Himeko and saw the same visions. Everyone saw them. Visions of Kirika's horrible death and of her conversion to the darkness. Then they saw the same vision as the other night, with Himeko reaching out her hand to them. Rei managed to pry her eyes open and saw Himeko's eyes dark, holding out her hand to Kirika.

A beam of light hit Kirika's forehead and she began to scream. Visions of a happy yet taunted past swirled about her mind, traveling like a rat looking for it's food. She held her head as her fell to the ground, the shadow of revenge slowly seperating itself from her. What Himeko was doing, the senshi didn't know, but it was working... and in addition, effectively. The visions left the senshi and there was a large flash of light.

A young Kirika sat alone, in a field, her face buried in her hands and her eyes red from tears. As she weeped she heard the wind whispering comforting words, but still she felt nothing. She had lost Himeko again, in another battle, and she was heartbroken. They were like sisters, and every time she didn't return to her home, Kirika would weep uncontrollably. She heard a sudden rustle in the grass and her ears perked up quickly. From the tall grass a blue cat jumped out.

"Demitri!" Kirika immediately recognized the cat. "Demitri! If you're here... then... where is Hime?!" Once again she heard footsteps rustling through the grass and this time saw another young girl. "Himeko!" Kirika ran over to the girl who stood much taller than she and who was a few years older. She cried, standing a good distance from her. Himeko bore a weak smile but then sighed.

She tried to get herself to smile. "Kirika, I'm being called to the next war. This one, I won't walk out of. I will be a front-line knight. Those knights never return home."

Kirika was sad again. "But Himeko, why would your mother do such a thing? Why was I not called for this war? Himeko! You are the only one left to accept what your mother so often fought for, so why would she send you to your death!?"

"I often think that, myself." Himeko sighed. "But then, I realize... she wouldn't have done this if she knew that we were going to perish. Sailor Pluto, herself, gave the message. An enemy will arrive, the ones thought to have begun this war, and they will attempt to murder me." Himeko saw the shocked look on Kirika's face, an awestricken, heartbroken face. "There are many who weep for my mother's decision, and for me. I see this includes you... but none more than..."

Kirika finished the sentence, "None more then that boy, eh?"

Himeko nodded. "Depressed and malnourished, he refuses to speak with me or anyone else, for that matter. He is full of sorrow and anger and will eventually die if he doesn't help himself now. I will truly miss him the most. My heart aches at not being able to say goodbye to him, but if it is what is wished..." She sighed. "I suppose I will see you again. Perhaps in heaven or wherever I am chosen to go. I pray you do well and live a long life. Promise you will, and never surrender to those of darkness..."

The words echoed in Kirika's mind as she opened her eyes. She looked up and saw a dark sky, Himeko before her.

to be continued...

-i really like this chapter, its kinda dramatic, but that's my type. it's because of the music i listen to when i write. it's somewhat depressing/actionpacked/dramatic. it's all classical tho! no singers please, that messes up my train of thought. well, tell me how you like it. chapter 3 is coming soon
-andromedaM13Titan