Moon Myth
Chapter 3
Thank you to the people who have commented on Moon Myth. ;D
Hmm....Nothing real big happens in this chapter. ^__^
Also, keep in the mind that the mindless game that I mention in this
chapter *does* have a point.
Enjoy!
___________ ~*~ _____________
Emptiness. Black. That was all around her. Voices surrounded her and they sounded familiar. She felt something watery in her eyes, and she batted them excessively to get it out, but was unsuccessful at that. But as she continued blinking, she begun to notice a difference in the black. It was lighter, a grayish tint to it now. And she could've sworn she could see a figure.... or was it a face......
***
"I think she's coming too," remarked Mercury, as she cradled her
friends' head in her lap.
"Why do you think Venus got affected the most?" Mars questioned, as
she crouched next to Mercury and the coming too, blinking Venus.
Mercury shrugged, and wiped some sweat from her brow. A low moan
escaped Venus's lips as her eye lids fluttered. Slowly, she sat
up and felt sore, all over her body.
Slowly, shaping each word, she asked "What happened?"
"We're not sure" answered Jupiter, who was leaning on a nearby tree.
"I'm positive we did the steps right," spoke up Mars, "But there was
two interferences. I felt them."
"Two?" questioned Mercury, "I only picked up one. It was when
Artemis interfered. But, I thought something else was nearby....."
Venus closed her eyes, and imagined Artemis roasting on a barbecue.
Mars nodded. "The other person I sensed was Sere. I sensed her
energy and I think it saved us. I don't know how..."
Jupiter gasped. "I knew I sensed something familiar, out in that
nothing."
"Consider us lucky" Mercury interrupted. "We could be wandering in
space right now if it wasn't for her. She drew us down to Earth, and
probably near where she is."
"Let's get going! We have a princess to find!" cried Venus, who
lept up from her sitting position, only to realize how weak she was
and collapse on the ground, face first.
"Minako-chan, dear Minako-chan..." Mars muttered. Jupiter went over
to the red faced Venus and hoisted her up, then "patting" her on the
back heartily. Venus glared at her and muttered "I'm fine" over and
over again, even though she was counting on Jupiter's support.
Shaking her head, Ami remarked, "If we want to remain inconspicuous,
we definatly cannot go around in our senshi uniforms"
"Even though we'd attract a lot of cute guys" Added Venus
mischievously, winking one eye.
Easily, each of them transformed into a plain, but pretty dress of
their planet's color.
Twirling around in her sunflower dress, Minako giggled. "I feel like
I'm not even a princess anymore!"
Rei smiled at her. "Silly" she remarked, but she could feel a laugh
boiling up in her.
Ami laughed with her hand to her mouth and Makoto remarked "Mina-chan,
your so cute"
Skipping over to Ami, Minako grabbed her hand and skipped on, dragging
her into the forest. "C'mon you guys! We have to find Sere-chan!"
As Rei and Makoto quickly followed and Rei couldn't help but
remark, "She certainly has regained her energy."
***********************
"Yes, when I say "tag", I mean "touch", kay?" Serenity said for the
thousandth time to the surprisingly interested generals. She couldn't
understand how they didn't understand this. It was really simple, she
played this with her friends since she was 4. A mere four year old.
And what were they, in their early twenties?
"Wait," cried Zoicite, waving his hand in front of her face,
as a signal to stop. "I think I got it," his face gave off a
triphumphant glow. "One person is "it". That person has to count to
50 and then find another person, who is not "it", and "tag" them.
Then that person is it."
"YES!" cried Serenity with reflief. She turned to her new
found friends, the other generals; Jedite, Kunzcite, Nephlite and
their friend, Endy. When each general talked about themselves and
introduced themselves, Endy didn't. He only said his name and
comforted her, he wouldn't talk about himself like the others had.
And he was the one she wanted to hear about. She looked at their
faces, hopeful for a look of understanding, but they looked at her
blankly.
"Okay, I get it. It's really simple. See-" started Zoicite.
"Wait," interrupted Serenity. "Let me explain it in a way I
think they might be able to understand." She faced the perplexed
generals. "Okay, one of us is the enemy. The object is to run and
stay away from the enemy. When the enemy captures you, you're the new
enemy."
As she thought, it slowly dawned on them.
"Somehow, this reminds me of a little kiddy game." muttered
Nephlite.
"All right! We can finally play now!" Serenity jumped up and
down happily, clapping her hands. "I'll be it--I mean, the enemy first." She poked Endy in the shoulder. "Tag! Your it!!" Then she quickly brought up the wispy layers in her dress and ran into the bushes and trees.
"Huh?"
Zoicite started backing away. Pointing at Endy, he remarked
"He's the enemy."
Everyone left standing now bolted away from Endy, leaving him
in the middle of the field.
Placing his hands over his boyishly grinning mouth and twinkling
eyes, he began.
"1....2...3....4....5....6.." (AN: etc, etc,)
*****************************
Rei, Ami, Makoto and the no longer skipping Minako walked
through the dense forest.
Makoto felt calm here. All the lush greenery surrounded her
and made her feel at home.
"It reminds me of my home, at Io Castle" she thought out loud,
then blushed deeply when she realized she spoke.
"Tell us about it," Ami softly gestured with her voice.
When Makoto hesitated, Minako mentioned, "What else can we do
while we walk? Nothing but talk." Then she smiled slightly at her
own rhyme. She was so bored she was making up rhymes *successfully*.
"Well, to tell you the truth, it's just like this." she
motioned with her hands to the surrounding life. "Peaceful, calm,
full of tranquil-"
"All un-Mako-chan characteristics," teased Rei.
"Hey," she glared at her with mock anger. "Well" she shot
back, "of course the *fiery* redness of your planet has absolutely
*nothing* to do with *your* personality."
She smirked as she saw Rei turn slightly red in an effort to
prove Makoto wrong about her theory.
"Breath, Rei-chan." Ami remarked, glancing at her.
"And what, dear Mako-chan," said Minako, swishing her hair
back dramatically, "do I have to do with my planet?"
Minako watched wickedly as Makoto pondered on that one.
"There is the fact that Venus is the planet of love, which you happen
to take to the nosy level...."
"I am not nosy!!" cried Minako, stepping on a nearby stump so
she could be higher than tall Makoto. She smiled triumphantly when she saw herself eye to eye with her. "I'm helpful, full of advice,
without me many people would've-"
"lived a successful love life." Her eyes sparkled in a teasing
way. Putting an arm around Minako's shoulders, Makoto tried to coach
her.
"You see, you have to let love come to you."
"But I'm the senshi of LOVE, for goddesses sake!"
"Minna." Rei's voice sharply invaded into their conversation.
"We're not alone...."
In a blink of an eye, Ami had her computer out and was fiercely
typing. "We're surrounded. Probably bandits. There's about 10 of
them. And only four of us."
"What are you talking about?? We can whip them." Makoto
smiled, raising her henshin stick.
"No" Ami whispered harshly "We can't transform. Think of the
rumors that would spread?!" That was a shock none of the others had
in for them. They couldn't use their powers?? It wasn't like they
were completely helpless, they do know how to fight fist to fist, even
petite Ami, but the shock of their powers out of use for a time being
made all of them feel incomplete. They each got prepared in fighting
form, their backs protected so they only had to fight off the front.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" a deep voice murmured
from the bushes in front of Makoto. Narrowing her eyes, she clenched
her fists tighter. Voices started speaking in front of all of them.
"Such pretty ladies all alone, what luck!"
"It's too bad you had to be by yourselves."
"Something tells me I won't be alone tonight."
Cringing in disgust, they glanced at each other for a signal
to attack. They had no need for their attackers all sprung out.
A stocky bearded man grabbed a hold of Minako's fists and drew
his face closer to hers, as if leaning in for a kiss. Quickly, she
jabbed her knee into his gut. His breathe staggered and she felt him
loosen his hold on her wrists. Taking that break, she spun around
and flung a massive kick to his face. Clutching his head to hold back
the dizziness, the man fell down to the ground.
Triumphantly, she glared down at him, "The goddess of love
does not accept ugly, perverted men." And with that, she stepped on
him to reach the other man now facing her were her other attacker had
been. A large patch covered his one eye, but she had no doubt that
that effected his fighting that much. Glaring at him and feeling her
confidence soar, she punched him square in the face.
Ami ducked the man's effortless punches to knock her out and
drag her away. On one of her ducks, she jabbed her elbow in his ribs,
definatly breaking some. He howled in pain and gnashed his teeth at
her. Fear struck Ami's eyes and she swiftly kicked him in the same
place she punched him, with the broken ribs. Leaning towards the
ground a bit, he ducked in fright and scrambled back into the wood of
trees and brushes.
Rei slinked behind her attacker and swung her foot under his,
causing him to trip and fall. Quickly, the man lept up, definatly
angry at being tricked by a women. Rei's eye's twinkled mockingly as
she dodged his slow grabs and punches. 'Are all earth men this
slow?' She leaped behind her attacker again and kicked him hard on
the back, causing him to fly to the ground, away from her. Stumbling
a few times to get to his feet, when he finally got to them, he
scampered away. She glanced at Makoto, the strongest fighter of them
all, they all knew that. She was clearly enjoying herself.
Easily, Makoto jabbed her punches directly in her attackers
face, not waiting to make him weak. "C'mon, is this all ya got?!" she
cried, launching another punch on the collar bone.
"RETREAT!" the man cried, seeing Makoto's grin as she got
back in fighting position.
"Everyone okay?" Rei asked, glancing at her friends. Their
wasn't a visible scratch on their bodies.
"Well, this proves we aren't rusty!" Minako remarked.
"If all earth men are like this, they must be weaklings!"
Makoto concluded.
"They just didn't have the training we had. They were poorly
trained." Ami guessed.
"I like the weakling conclusion better." Rei began braiding
her long hair, a style she felt comfortable in.
*******************
She peered between two branches at the open field were Endy
used to be. A butterfly flew past. A bird chirped. Once in a while,
she heard the wind tousle the tree branches. The wind also whipped the little curls that hung around her face in her eyes and against her cheeks, tickling her to no ends. She sighed. This is what she always wanted to hear and see. She never heard the soft breeze or a butterfly fly past, free to roam the lands. Her moon was nothing compared to this haven. But they protected the Earth. She had a duty, and at that moment, she felt suddenly guilty. She should've been helping Luna with the Main Computer or something extremely useful! Instead, she was on her dream planet, playing none other than a game of tag. Tears sprung to her eyes. What would her friends think? If her subjects found out, what would they think? That she would be unfit to be queen?
She closed her eyes, trying her hold back a sob. 'That's why mother doesn't know' she reassured herself, 'that's why I'm only going to be gone for a day.'
______*_______
Endymion slunk close to the ground, in an effort not to be
seen. So far, he had spotted all his friends in their hiding places,
all but Sere. He wanted to capture her. She had the most gorgeous
dress on, that seemed to flow with her curves. Yet, judging simply
by her dress, he could tell that she wasn't from around here. The
style of her dress was new, he was almost positive it hasn't been worn
by anyone in his kingdom, Earth. But then, wasn't she on Earth?
Running his hand through his hair, he decided to ponder on
another subject troubling his mind. Why he was so damn attracted to
her. When she looked so helpless back there, he wanted to hold her,
tight. He didn't know about the other generals, but the reason he
didn't get this game at the start was because he was bewitched by
her. The way her blue eyes brighten or even the little things, like
how her lush lips formed each word. He loved how he saw her first
smile, when she said her name and how it lighted up the room and his
heart.
Focusing his eyes on a small movement in a bush, he darted
over towards it. As he neared the bush, he was able to see in it.
There was Sere, crouching with a dreamy expression on her face.
This was going to be easier than he thought. Grinning practically
right behind her, he wrapped his arms around her petite waist. He
felt the intake of breath in her stomach and her muscles tighten,
then struggle. As he refused to let her go, since he enjoyed this
feeling of holding her, he heard her giggle.
Leaning over towards her ear he paused, relishing the feeling of
being this close to her face. He could faintly smell the freshness
from her skin and he could feel the curly wisps of golden hair now tickling his cheek.
"I captured you" he huskily murmured in her ear.
*****************
Thanks for getting this far into my story!
I really love hearing what you think of my story!!
Lady Anika
Chapter 3
Thank you to the people who have commented on Moon Myth. ;D
Hmm....Nothing real big happens in this chapter. ^__^
Also, keep in the mind that the mindless game that I mention in this
chapter *does* have a point.
Enjoy!
___________ ~*~ _____________
Emptiness. Black. That was all around her. Voices surrounded her and they sounded familiar. She felt something watery in her eyes, and she batted them excessively to get it out, but was unsuccessful at that. But as she continued blinking, she begun to notice a difference in the black. It was lighter, a grayish tint to it now. And she could've sworn she could see a figure.... or was it a face......
***
"I think she's coming too," remarked Mercury, as she cradled her
friends' head in her lap.
"Why do you think Venus got affected the most?" Mars questioned, as
she crouched next to Mercury and the coming too, blinking Venus.
Mercury shrugged, and wiped some sweat from her brow. A low moan
escaped Venus's lips as her eye lids fluttered. Slowly, she sat
up and felt sore, all over her body.
Slowly, shaping each word, she asked "What happened?"
"We're not sure" answered Jupiter, who was leaning on a nearby tree.
"I'm positive we did the steps right," spoke up Mars, "But there was
two interferences. I felt them."
"Two?" questioned Mercury, "I only picked up one. It was when
Artemis interfered. But, I thought something else was nearby....."
Venus closed her eyes, and imagined Artemis roasting on a barbecue.
Mars nodded. "The other person I sensed was Sere. I sensed her
energy and I think it saved us. I don't know how..."
Jupiter gasped. "I knew I sensed something familiar, out in that
nothing."
"Consider us lucky" Mercury interrupted. "We could be wandering in
space right now if it wasn't for her. She drew us down to Earth, and
probably near where she is."
"Let's get going! We have a princess to find!" cried Venus, who
lept up from her sitting position, only to realize how weak she was
and collapse on the ground, face first.
"Minako-chan, dear Minako-chan..." Mars muttered. Jupiter went over
to the red faced Venus and hoisted her up, then "patting" her on the
back heartily. Venus glared at her and muttered "I'm fine" over and
over again, even though she was counting on Jupiter's support.
Shaking her head, Ami remarked, "If we want to remain inconspicuous,
we definatly cannot go around in our senshi uniforms"
"Even though we'd attract a lot of cute guys" Added Venus
mischievously, winking one eye.
Easily, each of them transformed into a plain, but pretty dress of
their planet's color.
Twirling around in her sunflower dress, Minako giggled. "I feel like
I'm not even a princess anymore!"
Rei smiled at her. "Silly" she remarked, but she could feel a laugh
boiling up in her.
Ami laughed with her hand to her mouth and Makoto remarked "Mina-chan,
your so cute"
Skipping over to Ami, Minako grabbed her hand and skipped on, dragging
her into the forest. "C'mon you guys! We have to find Sere-chan!"
As Rei and Makoto quickly followed and Rei couldn't help but
remark, "She certainly has regained her energy."
***********************
"Yes, when I say "tag", I mean "touch", kay?" Serenity said for the
thousandth time to the surprisingly interested generals. She couldn't
understand how they didn't understand this. It was really simple, she
played this with her friends since she was 4. A mere four year old.
And what were they, in their early twenties?
"Wait," cried Zoicite, waving his hand in front of her face,
as a signal to stop. "I think I got it," his face gave off a
triphumphant glow. "One person is "it". That person has to count to
50 and then find another person, who is not "it", and "tag" them.
Then that person is it."
"YES!" cried Serenity with reflief. She turned to her new
found friends, the other generals; Jedite, Kunzcite, Nephlite and
their friend, Endy. When each general talked about themselves and
introduced themselves, Endy didn't. He only said his name and
comforted her, he wouldn't talk about himself like the others had.
And he was the one she wanted to hear about. She looked at their
faces, hopeful for a look of understanding, but they looked at her
blankly.
"Okay, I get it. It's really simple. See-" started Zoicite.
"Wait," interrupted Serenity. "Let me explain it in a way I
think they might be able to understand." She faced the perplexed
generals. "Okay, one of us is the enemy. The object is to run and
stay away from the enemy. When the enemy captures you, you're the new
enemy."
As she thought, it slowly dawned on them.
"Somehow, this reminds me of a little kiddy game." muttered
Nephlite.
"All right! We can finally play now!" Serenity jumped up and
down happily, clapping her hands. "I'll be it--I mean, the enemy first." She poked Endy in the shoulder. "Tag! Your it!!" Then she quickly brought up the wispy layers in her dress and ran into the bushes and trees.
"Huh?"
Zoicite started backing away. Pointing at Endy, he remarked
"He's the enemy."
Everyone left standing now bolted away from Endy, leaving him
in the middle of the field.
Placing his hands over his boyishly grinning mouth and twinkling
eyes, he began.
"1....2...3....4....5....6.." (AN: etc, etc,)
*****************************
Rei, Ami, Makoto and the no longer skipping Minako walked
through the dense forest.
Makoto felt calm here. All the lush greenery surrounded her
and made her feel at home.
"It reminds me of my home, at Io Castle" she thought out loud,
then blushed deeply when she realized she spoke.
"Tell us about it," Ami softly gestured with her voice.
When Makoto hesitated, Minako mentioned, "What else can we do
while we walk? Nothing but talk." Then she smiled slightly at her
own rhyme. She was so bored she was making up rhymes *successfully*.
"Well, to tell you the truth, it's just like this." she
motioned with her hands to the surrounding life. "Peaceful, calm,
full of tranquil-"
"All un-Mako-chan characteristics," teased Rei.
"Hey," she glared at her with mock anger. "Well" she shot
back, "of course the *fiery* redness of your planet has absolutely
*nothing* to do with *your* personality."
She smirked as she saw Rei turn slightly red in an effort to
prove Makoto wrong about her theory.
"Breath, Rei-chan." Ami remarked, glancing at her.
"And what, dear Mako-chan," said Minako, swishing her hair
back dramatically, "do I have to do with my planet?"
Minako watched wickedly as Makoto pondered on that one.
"There is the fact that Venus is the planet of love, which you happen
to take to the nosy level...."
"I am not nosy!!" cried Minako, stepping on a nearby stump so
she could be higher than tall Makoto. She smiled triumphantly when she saw herself eye to eye with her. "I'm helpful, full of advice,
without me many people would've-"
"lived a successful love life." Her eyes sparkled in a teasing
way. Putting an arm around Minako's shoulders, Makoto tried to coach
her.
"You see, you have to let love come to you."
"But I'm the senshi of LOVE, for goddesses sake!"
"Minna." Rei's voice sharply invaded into their conversation.
"We're not alone...."
In a blink of an eye, Ami had her computer out and was fiercely
typing. "We're surrounded. Probably bandits. There's about 10 of
them. And only four of us."
"What are you talking about?? We can whip them." Makoto
smiled, raising her henshin stick.
"No" Ami whispered harshly "We can't transform. Think of the
rumors that would spread?!" That was a shock none of the others had
in for them. They couldn't use their powers?? It wasn't like they
were completely helpless, they do know how to fight fist to fist, even
petite Ami, but the shock of their powers out of use for a time being
made all of them feel incomplete. They each got prepared in fighting
form, their backs protected so they only had to fight off the front.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" a deep voice murmured
from the bushes in front of Makoto. Narrowing her eyes, she clenched
her fists tighter. Voices started speaking in front of all of them.
"Such pretty ladies all alone, what luck!"
"It's too bad you had to be by yourselves."
"Something tells me I won't be alone tonight."
Cringing in disgust, they glanced at each other for a signal
to attack. They had no need for their attackers all sprung out.
A stocky bearded man grabbed a hold of Minako's fists and drew
his face closer to hers, as if leaning in for a kiss. Quickly, she
jabbed her knee into his gut. His breathe staggered and she felt him
loosen his hold on her wrists. Taking that break, she spun around
and flung a massive kick to his face. Clutching his head to hold back
the dizziness, the man fell down to the ground.
Triumphantly, she glared down at him, "The goddess of love
does not accept ugly, perverted men." And with that, she stepped on
him to reach the other man now facing her were her other attacker had
been. A large patch covered his one eye, but she had no doubt that
that effected his fighting that much. Glaring at him and feeling her
confidence soar, she punched him square in the face.
Ami ducked the man's effortless punches to knock her out and
drag her away. On one of her ducks, she jabbed her elbow in his ribs,
definatly breaking some. He howled in pain and gnashed his teeth at
her. Fear struck Ami's eyes and she swiftly kicked him in the same
place she punched him, with the broken ribs. Leaning towards the
ground a bit, he ducked in fright and scrambled back into the wood of
trees and brushes.
Rei slinked behind her attacker and swung her foot under his,
causing him to trip and fall. Quickly, the man lept up, definatly
angry at being tricked by a women. Rei's eye's twinkled mockingly as
she dodged his slow grabs and punches. 'Are all earth men this
slow?' She leaped behind her attacker again and kicked him hard on
the back, causing him to fly to the ground, away from her. Stumbling
a few times to get to his feet, when he finally got to them, he
scampered away. She glanced at Makoto, the strongest fighter of them
all, they all knew that. She was clearly enjoying herself.
Easily, Makoto jabbed her punches directly in her attackers
face, not waiting to make him weak. "C'mon, is this all ya got?!" she
cried, launching another punch on the collar bone.
"RETREAT!" the man cried, seeing Makoto's grin as she got
back in fighting position.
"Everyone okay?" Rei asked, glancing at her friends. Their
wasn't a visible scratch on their bodies.
"Well, this proves we aren't rusty!" Minako remarked.
"If all earth men are like this, they must be weaklings!"
Makoto concluded.
"They just didn't have the training we had. They were poorly
trained." Ami guessed.
"I like the weakling conclusion better." Rei began braiding
her long hair, a style she felt comfortable in.
*******************
She peered between two branches at the open field were Endy
used to be. A butterfly flew past. A bird chirped. Once in a while,
she heard the wind tousle the tree branches. The wind also whipped the little curls that hung around her face in her eyes and against her cheeks, tickling her to no ends. She sighed. This is what she always wanted to hear and see. She never heard the soft breeze or a butterfly fly past, free to roam the lands. Her moon was nothing compared to this haven. But they protected the Earth. She had a duty, and at that moment, she felt suddenly guilty. She should've been helping Luna with the Main Computer or something extremely useful! Instead, she was on her dream planet, playing none other than a game of tag. Tears sprung to her eyes. What would her friends think? If her subjects found out, what would they think? That she would be unfit to be queen?
She closed her eyes, trying her hold back a sob. 'That's why mother doesn't know' she reassured herself, 'that's why I'm only going to be gone for a day.'
______*_______
Endymion slunk close to the ground, in an effort not to be
seen. So far, he had spotted all his friends in their hiding places,
all but Sere. He wanted to capture her. She had the most gorgeous
dress on, that seemed to flow with her curves. Yet, judging simply
by her dress, he could tell that she wasn't from around here. The
style of her dress was new, he was almost positive it hasn't been worn
by anyone in his kingdom, Earth. But then, wasn't she on Earth?
Running his hand through his hair, he decided to ponder on
another subject troubling his mind. Why he was so damn attracted to
her. When she looked so helpless back there, he wanted to hold her,
tight. He didn't know about the other generals, but the reason he
didn't get this game at the start was because he was bewitched by
her. The way her blue eyes brighten or even the little things, like
how her lush lips formed each word. He loved how he saw her first
smile, when she said her name and how it lighted up the room and his
heart.
Focusing his eyes on a small movement in a bush, he darted
over towards it. As he neared the bush, he was able to see in it.
There was Sere, crouching with a dreamy expression on her face.
This was going to be easier than he thought. Grinning practically
right behind her, he wrapped his arms around her petite waist. He
felt the intake of breath in her stomach and her muscles tighten,
then struggle. As he refused to let her go, since he enjoyed this
feeling of holding her, he heard her giggle.
Leaning over towards her ear he paused, relishing the feeling of
being this close to her face. He could faintly smell the freshness
from her skin and he could feel the curly wisps of golden hair now tickling his cheek.
"I captured you" he huskily murmured in her ear.
*****************
Thanks for getting this far into my story!
I really love hearing what you think of my story!!
Lady Anika
