Fukai Mori
Chapter 1: Damaged Spirit
loupgarou7(loupgarou72@hotmail.com)
Oh yea! Did anyone notice? I ACTUALLY have a title rather than Chapter 1!!! Also look for a
BIG NOTE on the bottom, but for now there's another note! Mmmm...a promise of death if I
break up Kagome and Inuyasha...how tempting...I wonder if I should...but no. It's just not
my style to break up the leading guy n girl, besides unlike some other of Rumiko's leading
girls I actually like Kagome...xcept when she's acting like a retard n getting Inuyasha hurt
because of it. But I'm sure she was just doing stupid stuff (like all girls do when THAT time
of the month comes around) so it's understandable. However, see big note at bottom.
NOTE: Even if you've never seen, never heard about Inuyasha, you can probably read this
anyway. Up until about chapter 8 all I give up is basic information about 2 characters
from Inuyasha and some made up information. (Around chapter 8 is when the Inuyasha
anime starts, and that's when I write about things from the anime). So please read! Please?
Maybe it'll inspire you to go out and get the anime(when it's available in stores)! Oh yea!
If you want to know what Sesshoumaru looks like why don't you got to Anipike and go on the
Inuyasha links. I think there's a couple of sights dedicated to him, so on the first page
there's going to be a picture of him(without the tempting spoiling character info below).
As for Jaken....just thing ugly, big, walking toad with a cloak on.
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Two lone youkai walked through the clearing. The taller one suddenly stopped.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" The knee high youkai questioned.
"Coming...that presence..."
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"We felt it," Haruka explained, "even from there, we felt it: her sorrow."
"She hasn't been out of her room in three days and barely touches the food her mother
leaves her." Luna murmured eyes downcast.
"Would visiting him at the hospital make her feel better?" Michiru stared down into
her cup of water swirling it slightly.
"I'm afraid it's impossible. Usagi's father lost his job, and Usagi's family is
struggling financially. To even buy one plane ticket would..."
Haruka clenched her fist. "We'll get the guy who did this to him."
"But Haruka-papa, we don't even know who he is!" Hotaru said. Aside she whispered to Setsuna,
"Setsuna-mama, can't you locate him?"
"The past is...," Setsuna whispered. Not bothering to finish her sentence, she rose abruptly
and left their rented flat unnoticed by all except for one. Hotaru followed her with her wide,
deep purple eyes. After glancing around to make sure no one was paying especially close attention
to her, she followed in suit.
Without them the conversation still continued. "It's so fortunate his roommate found
him, if he hadn't...Mamoru-san could've been in for a lot worse than a coma..."
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"Sestuna-mama?" Hotaru asked questioningly. She ran to catch up with the older
woman walking towards Usagi's house.
Setsuna stopped and bending down slightly so she could look at the young preteen eye-
to-eye asked, "Usagi-san is going on a journey. Would you like to accompany her?"
"To see Mamoru-san?" she asked.
Setsuna shook her head, "It's quite different, but it's to insure their future together."
"Yes!" Hotaru nodded her head gravely, "If I can be of help to her."
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"Usagi-san, please dry your tears," Setsuna handed her a tissue.
Usagi peeling herself off the bed made sticky with her tears obeyed dabbing at her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Setsuna-san. That I had to drag you into this." Hotaru watched her quietly. She knew
that people had many faces, but she was so used to the cheerful and happy face of Usagi, she had
almost forgotten there could be others. She could barely associate the bright, sunny Usagi
playing rolling around in the park with her and Chibi-usa with this new pale shadow of her
former self. Unconsciously, she shrunk back behind Setsuna.
"Usagi-san, would you like to go on a journey?" Setsuna asked.
"Jour..ney?"
"To forget for a while, your sorrows. To get away from the place which reminds you every
day of your sorrows?"
"To run away from my sorrows?" Usagi asked tersely.
"No," Setsuna shook her head, "That's not right. Nothing you do here will make him
regain consciousness quicker, but something you do there might."
"What?" Usagi grabbed her sleeve, "tell me what."
"The blood of a youkai."
"I'll do it," Usagi got up, "I'll go."
Setsuna's eyes flashed, "Youkai are different than youma, and the blood of a youkai is
not your objective. It is simply an added bonus. You shall not be able to return home
until you complete your true objective."
"Which is...?"
"It is something you shall have to figure out for yourself."
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Usagi and Hotaru walked through the woods tentatively walking around trees, jumping
over logs, and walking through bushes feeling their ways in the darkness. And then, they found
it. In a clearing illuminated by moonlight, a tall figure standing, and below him a lower figure
holding a staff upright.
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"Hotaru-chan, are you sure you want to go?" Usagi asked.
Hotaru nodded solemnly. "I'll help you in your journey."
"Now then," Setsuna called her garnet orb, and began channeling power into it
to call forth a portal. During the channeling she briefed them the best she could, "You shall
be going into the feudal era of Japan. I predict you shall arrive at a forest. Go straight
until you reach a clearing. Two youkai will be there, Sesshoumaru and Jaken. The one with the
mark like and unlike your own, Sesshoumaru, shall be the youkai you offer yourselves up to for
servitude. He detests humans, but as long as you show no fear of either him or Jaken, he
might accept you."
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Usagi approached them boldly. Sesshoumaru turned to face her sneering. She stopped at
what she thought to be a close, but still respectful distance. She waited until Hotaru had
caught up with her before bowing down.
"Who the hell are you?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
She said calmly, "I am your servant, if you shall have me, Sesshoumaru-sama."
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"From then on, follow all his orders no matter how revolting or evil you think they are.
It is the only way you shall survive. Now then, the portal has opened."
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The wind rustled in the trees above, Stray crows cawed, but in the clearing there
was silence. And then the silence was broken. Sesshoumaru smiled, "Very well."
Jaken gasped. "But Sesshoumaru-sama! What if-"
Sesshoumaru glared at him, "Jaken, are you questioning my orders?"
Jaken lowered his eyes. "No, Sesshoumaru-sama."
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The pages of Usagi's manga books fluttered softly at the wind the portal made, and a
few stray papers on her desk faced the threat of being sucked into the portal. Usagi moved first.
Stepping over a pile of clothes she had never had had the time or energy to put away to went
to Setsuna and hugged her with an unexpected fierceness. Neither Usagi nor Hotaru noticed
the slight glowing from Setsuna's hands when she embraced Usagi. Hotaru followed also eager to
give 'Setsuna-mama' a hug before her departure. When the two senshi were done their good-byes
and promises to return, there was nothing left to do but leave.
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"However," Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "I shall not tolerate it being said that
I have become soft on humans like my father. I must make it known you are no ordinary humans."
Hotaru restrained a gasp.
Sesshoumaru continued on ignoring her reaction. "Five miles in that direction," he paused
to point at a path. "Five miles in that direction, there lives a band of rather powerful youkai.
You are to exterminate all but one. Mention my name to that one and come back to this place.
I shall wait for a day but no longer. If you do not come within a day, I shall assume that you
two have died."
"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." Hotaru and Usagi said in unison.
"Wait," Sesshoumaru said as they turned to leave, "Your names." It was more a demand
than a question.
"Usagi."
"Hotaru."
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"Hotaru-chan!!! Wasn't he SOOOOO SCARY????" Usagi squealed when they were two miles
from their destination.
"Usagi-san, do you think this is a good idea. I mean he SENSED that we weren't human."
Hotaru fiddled with her skirt nervously.
"Hotaru-chan," Usagi frowned, "I'm sorry I brought you into this. I should've been more
considerate." Her eyes slowly welled up with tears, "I'm sorry, but at the time all I could
think about...all I could think about was Mamo-chan..."
Hotaru found and squeezed the older woman's hand. "It's ok. We'll survive. We'll save
Mamoru-sama. Don't worry."
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"Sesshoumaru-sama, what did you mean when you said 'make it known you are no ordinary
humans?'" Jaken asked.
"You could not smell it? Their smell, unlike anything I've smelled before. Neither
oni nor youkai nor human. How interesting." Sesshoumaru said.
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By the time they were ready to attack the youkai, four hours had already passed. In
the first hour they had located the youkai, and for the second and third Hotaru went to scout
the area to make sure there weren't others wandering around away from the main group while Usagi
stayed to keep track of the youkai. In the fourth hour, they spied on the youkai waiting for a
stray to wander away from the main group. Altogether there were eight and seemed to be a family
of brothers and sisters. They seemed like ordinary humans, but as Hotaru and Usagi saw when two
brothers had gotten into a heated debate, their skin had turned blue, their hair red, their face
and elongated, and they sprouted demon-like wings. And finally the time came. At 5:38 according
to Hotaru's watch at the first sign of the sun, the biggest youkai departed from the rest of the
group. Hotaru and Usagi followed him to the river, where much to the girls' embarrassment the
youkai began stripping and bathing himself in the river. After they turned around, their faces
aflame, they transformed.
"Moon Eternal(Silver Moon Crystal Power), Make up!"
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make up!"
"Death Reborn(Ribbon) Revolution!"
As expected the bathing youkai turned to their direction, only to be completely
annihilated as ribbons passed through his body.
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Glowing eyes snapped open in the darkness. "This power..." it spoke softly, 'the power
of the White Moon Princess..."
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Sailor Moon swung her eternal staff* again hitting the enemy to the side. The battle
was harder than expected. At first they seemed to have the upper hand, when Super Sailor Saturn
cast another Death Reborn Revolution as the first of the youkai had burst through the bushes,
but immediately after that she had fallen to the ground, and Eternal Sailor Moon knew
exactly why. A time travel, transforming, and two Death Reborn Revolutions had just been too
much for the fragile body of the eleven year old girl. Usagi had first tried her Silvermoon
Crystal Power Kiss, but to no avail. The Silvermoon Crystal Power Kiss had been especially
designed for purifying. In order for purification to occur, there had to be a bit of goodness
no matter how small, in the heart. They had no such goodness. And now Eternal Sailor Moon was
reduced to this: knocking seven youkai away from the fallen body of Hotaru. It was a lucky
think the youkai were too wary of her and some hidden power she might be hiding to just charge
in or else she would be dead by now. She barely stepped out of the way of the youkai to rushed
at her from behind, but although she avoided a claw through the chest, he still cut heavily
into her arm. Then more charged, and she found it too much to handle. Searing pain racked
all over her body, as more claws dug into her. Ignoring the pain, she imbedded the end
of her staff to the ground, and conjuring up holy light to protect her, from the staff
came the bright ball of light that stayed on the staff for a few moments before rushing out
knocking the youkai back. The barrier was not very strong and would not last long, but it would
do at least for now. She needed power. The power that even Eternal Sailor Moon could never
hope to wield because of the purpose of her being. But she knew of one person who could. One
person, who tiring of the neverending battle with evil had finally set out to destroy its cause.
The person who could've brought an end to everything, who held the powers of the universe
including the powers of death and destruction. Sailor Cosmos*. But it was impossible. The senshi
of her time were elsewhere and their powers could not be called. She fell to her knees. There
was no hope for victory. There was no hope...for survival. Her 'great mission', the thing
she was supposed to understand, the hope for Mamoru's survival all ended here. With Usagi
being killed by a pack of youkai the senshi could've disposed of in seconds. But then from
inside her came a voice.
"Moon Princess of the White Light. Would you like to win? To save yourself and
countless others?"
"Who are you?"
"I am a young planet in need of a senshi. I heard your cry for help. Indeed the
cries of the White Moon Princess do carry themselves far across the galaxy. It does not matter
if you do not live on me. You will still be able to access my powers. As you can see yourself
and other senshi have been able to access their powers even from earth. But please, are you
willing to be my senshi, until my very own comes?"
"Thank you," tears formed in Usagi's eyes, "Truly, thank you. What will this new
senshi's name be? What do I do once I'm her? What are her powers?"
The planet chuckled, "You may call her Sailor Bellona. As for transforming and
attacks, once I give you my power, they shall come to you naturally."
"Bell..ona?" just then she felt a light surround her and for a second she couldn't
breathe, but once it passed away she felt the presence of a new power inside her. A split
second later the youkai had broken through the barrier, but it was too late for them.
Usagi raised both her hands up to the sky and cried out, "Bellona Star Power, Make-up!"
Unlike the feathered transformation she was so used to this time, clouds of sparkles
surrounded her body. When she was done her feet landed lightly on the ground. She
looked around to discover all but one of the youkai were gone, and in their place piles
of ashes. She backed away horrified, yet at the same time fascinated. 'A senshi...that can
kill youkai with just the transformation and still have enough control to keep from killing
one...? What kind of power is this?' But then she remembered Sesshoumaru's orders. Approaching
the barely conscious youkai, she dragged him to his feet by his hair.
"Who- who are you?" the youkai choked out.
"We are Sesshoumaru-sama's new servants." She did her best to smirk while her
stomach sickened at what she was doing, "All of your friends and relatives here today
have been killed purely for Sesshoumaru-sama's entertainment. After all that is all weak
youkai like you can be to Sesshoumaru-sama: entertainment. You should leave now
before I decide to change my mind and kill you as well."
When he had half-stumbled, half-flew out of her view she inspected her body.
Her boots had become a light peach, and at the top was the symbol of the planet, 'No, HER
planet', she corrected, Bellona. Her skirt had reverted back to its one layer form, but
now it was a light peach and at the hem was gold lining. Her ribbons and bows were now
a cream green color with gold lining, and her brooch and become a circle with the Bellona
symbol inscribed inside. Her choker was now some kind of metal(for she couldn't take it off
to look at it) and from what she could feel it was Bellona symbols linked together. Her
gloves were peach as well, but at the end of the fingers of the gloves...spikes? No, imitation
claws. Her skipped her forehead. She probably did have the Bellona symbol on her forehead as
well, but feeling it wouldn't reveal anything. Being careful not to stab herself on the
head she felt the top of her head. She frowned. Something was wrong...something...She didn't
know what until she felt it around her face. Her hair had unfurled from it's odangos.
When she was done inspecting herself, a glimmer caught her eye. On the ground a katana
in its scabbard. She shivered as she again saw the Bellona symbol. She detransformed.
She had had enough of being Sailor Bellona, but as she did her knees wobbled and she
fell to the ground. 'Being Sailor Bellona must take a lot more energy than I thought...'
she thought before she collapsed to the ground unconscious.
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"That power," Sesshoumaru stood looking in Hotaru's and Usagi's direction.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, what is the matter?" Jaken leapt to his feet as well. Smirking,
Jaken asked, "Are those two GIRLS dead?"
Sesshoumaru stared at him coldly. "Now I see...Stay here, Jaken. I have things to get."
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(One hour after the appointed time they were supposed to meet Sesshoumaru)
"Usagi-san, do you really think, he'll still be here?" Hotaru frowned, "he doesn't
seem like one to wait."
"He's there," Usagi smiled reassuringly, "I know it."
Suddenly Hotaru grabbed her hand, and turned her to face her. "Usagi-san, why did
you not take the blood of the remaining youkai?"
Usagi smiled, "Those youkai were weak." She said, and Hotaru thought she detected
a hint of contempt in her voice. "Stronger youkai must have more powerful blood. The
blood I want is Sesshoumaru-sama's." Usagi pulled her hand away and continued on.
No, she had just imagined it, Hotaru said to herself. It probably wasn't contempt but...
pity. Yes, that was it, she told herself. they walked in silence around the trees as
they made their way to the clearing. When they reached the clearing they found Sesshoumaru
and Jaken just as they had left them, except for one difference. In Sesshoumaru's hand were
some fabrics. Usagi and Hotaru rushed over to him, and bowing down low again, Usagi asked
for his forgiveness.
"You're late," Sesshoumaru said, "But it doesn't matter. You two have been accepted."
Usagi and Hotaru breathed out sighs of relief. "However," Sesshoumaru continued, "Slaves
wearing those...weird kimono's of yours shall not be accepted." He threw the kimonos at the
both of them which they both caught. "Come back here in five minutes with them on. I waited.
Don't make wait any longer."
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(Four minutes later)
Usagi and Hotaru emerged from the spot hidden by grass with which they had used to
change. Hotaru's silk kimono was purple and dark blue and had embroidery elaborately
woven into it. Usagi's kimono was the same except it was pink and yellow.
"You two are wearing it wrong," Sesshoumaru stated. Usagi gasped as he approached
her and grabbing the top of the kimono, he pulled the top apart revealing her shoulders
and the top of her chest*. "Understand that under no circumstances, do I want it to be
said that I have taken two humans for WIVES like my father. I must make it known that you
are not human and that you two are, if anything to me sexually, concubines."
Usagi's eyes slightly hardened as he moved to do the same to Hotaru, and she
struggled not to pull the sides up as she felt the cool night air brush against her
partly exposed upper back and chest.
*In the Sailor Moon manga, sailor moon gains the staff (also I think she held it in
the anime, when Rei or Hotaru saw her on top of a hill with a staff). I have
no clue what the name of the staff is, and I think the eternal tier refers to the short THING
she holds in her Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss. So following the pattern of the names of
the items she gains while in her eternal state, I have dubbed it the eternal staff. If anyone
knows the REAL name, I'd love to know.
*I don't know for a fact that Sailor Cosmos 'held the powers of the universe', but there are
many implications that she does. Such as her power(which Pluto should technically be the
only one who has the ability to use) to transport Sailor Chibi-Moon and the Amazon Quartet
through space and time. Also the meaning of Cosmos. I also heard she had the power to reflect
instead of just block attacks. Coolness, indeed.
*For a mental image of what their kimono's look like think Yumi of Rurouni Kenshin. Go
here: http://www.geocities.com/supersaiyajin3_gotunks/ and then to the character's
page. In the individual pictures she's the last one in the second row. In the background
she's the one next to the bandaged(NOT A MUMMY) guy....hmm well in the anime the neckline
wasn't THAT steep...
BIG NOTE:
The overall Inuyasha plot line will remain unchanged, however the battles with Sesshoumaru
WILL change. It's kind of stupid to think that if you stick two of the most powerful senshi on
Sesshoumaru's side there's going to be absolutely no change. If the Inuyasha gang were to be
stuck on Queen Beryls side of course the senshi/Queen Beryl's battles would be changed.
Therefore please don't flame me. I'm not being biased towards Usagi and Hotaru, and I'm not
saying they're all powerful or whatever. I'm just being realistic.
Chapter 1: Damaged Spirit
loupgarou7(loupgarou72@hotmail.com)
Oh yea! Did anyone notice? I ACTUALLY have a title rather than Chapter 1!!! Also look for a
BIG NOTE on the bottom, but for now there's another note! Mmmm...a promise of death if I
break up Kagome and Inuyasha...how tempting...I wonder if I should...but no. It's just not
my style to break up the leading guy n girl, besides unlike some other of Rumiko's leading
girls I actually like Kagome...xcept when she's acting like a retard n getting Inuyasha hurt
because of it. But I'm sure she was just doing stupid stuff (like all girls do when THAT time
of the month comes around) so it's understandable. However, see big note at bottom.
NOTE: Even if you've never seen, never heard about Inuyasha, you can probably read this
anyway. Up until about chapter 8 all I give up is basic information about 2 characters
from Inuyasha and some made up information. (Around chapter 8 is when the Inuyasha
anime starts, and that's when I write about things from the anime). So please read! Please?
Maybe it'll inspire you to go out and get the anime(when it's available in stores)! Oh yea!
If you want to know what Sesshoumaru looks like why don't you got to Anipike and go on the
Inuyasha links. I think there's a couple of sights dedicated to him, so on the first page
there's going to be a picture of him(without the tempting spoiling character info below).
As for Jaken....just thing ugly, big, walking toad with a cloak on.
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Two lone youkai walked through the clearing. The taller one suddenly stopped.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" The knee high youkai questioned.
"Coming...that presence..."
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"We felt it," Haruka explained, "even from there, we felt it: her sorrow."
"She hasn't been out of her room in three days and barely touches the food her mother
leaves her." Luna murmured eyes downcast.
"Would visiting him at the hospital make her feel better?" Michiru stared down into
her cup of water swirling it slightly.
"I'm afraid it's impossible. Usagi's father lost his job, and Usagi's family is
struggling financially. To even buy one plane ticket would..."
Haruka clenched her fist. "We'll get the guy who did this to him."
"But Haruka-papa, we don't even know who he is!" Hotaru said. Aside she whispered to Setsuna,
"Setsuna-mama, can't you locate him?"
"The past is...," Setsuna whispered. Not bothering to finish her sentence, she rose abruptly
and left their rented flat unnoticed by all except for one. Hotaru followed her with her wide,
deep purple eyes. After glancing around to make sure no one was paying especially close attention
to her, she followed in suit.
Without them the conversation still continued. "It's so fortunate his roommate found
him, if he hadn't...Mamoru-san could've been in for a lot worse than a coma..."
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"Sestuna-mama?" Hotaru asked questioningly. She ran to catch up with the older
woman walking towards Usagi's house.
Setsuna stopped and bending down slightly so she could look at the young preteen eye-
to-eye asked, "Usagi-san is going on a journey. Would you like to accompany her?"
"To see Mamoru-san?" she asked.
Setsuna shook her head, "It's quite different, but it's to insure their future together."
"Yes!" Hotaru nodded her head gravely, "If I can be of help to her."
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"Usagi-san, please dry your tears," Setsuna handed her a tissue.
Usagi peeling herself off the bed made sticky with her tears obeyed dabbing at her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Setsuna-san. That I had to drag you into this." Hotaru watched her quietly. She knew
that people had many faces, but she was so used to the cheerful and happy face of Usagi, she had
almost forgotten there could be others. She could barely associate the bright, sunny Usagi
playing rolling around in the park with her and Chibi-usa with this new pale shadow of her
former self. Unconsciously, she shrunk back behind Setsuna.
"Usagi-san, would you like to go on a journey?" Setsuna asked.
"Jour..ney?"
"To forget for a while, your sorrows. To get away from the place which reminds you every
day of your sorrows?"
"To run away from my sorrows?" Usagi asked tersely.
"No," Setsuna shook her head, "That's not right. Nothing you do here will make him
regain consciousness quicker, but something you do there might."
"What?" Usagi grabbed her sleeve, "tell me what."
"The blood of a youkai."
"I'll do it," Usagi got up, "I'll go."
Setsuna's eyes flashed, "Youkai are different than youma, and the blood of a youkai is
not your objective. It is simply an added bonus. You shall not be able to return home
until you complete your true objective."
"Which is...?"
"It is something you shall have to figure out for yourself."
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Usagi and Hotaru walked through the woods tentatively walking around trees, jumping
over logs, and walking through bushes feeling their ways in the darkness. And then, they found
it. In a clearing illuminated by moonlight, a tall figure standing, and below him a lower figure
holding a staff upright.
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"Hotaru-chan, are you sure you want to go?" Usagi asked.
Hotaru nodded solemnly. "I'll help you in your journey."
"Now then," Setsuna called her garnet orb, and began channeling power into it
to call forth a portal. During the channeling she briefed them the best she could, "You shall
be going into the feudal era of Japan. I predict you shall arrive at a forest. Go straight
until you reach a clearing. Two youkai will be there, Sesshoumaru and Jaken. The one with the
mark like and unlike your own, Sesshoumaru, shall be the youkai you offer yourselves up to for
servitude. He detests humans, but as long as you show no fear of either him or Jaken, he
might accept you."
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Usagi approached them boldly. Sesshoumaru turned to face her sneering. She stopped at
what she thought to be a close, but still respectful distance. She waited until Hotaru had
caught up with her before bowing down.
"Who the hell are you?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
She said calmly, "I am your servant, if you shall have me, Sesshoumaru-sama."
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"From then on, follow all his orders no matter how revolting or evil you think they are.
It is the only way you shall survive. Now then, the portal has opened."
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The wind rustled in the trees above, Stray crows cawed, but in the clearing there
was silence. And then the silence was broken. Sesshoumaru smiled, "Very well."
Jaken gasped. "But Sesshoumaru-sama! What if-"
Sesshoumaru glared at him, "Jaken, are you questioning my orders?"
Jaken lowered his eyes. "No, Sesshoumaru-sama."
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The pages of Usagi's manga books fluttered softly at the wind the portal made, and a
few stray papers on her desk faced the threat of being sucked into the portal. Usagi moved first.
Stepping over a pile of clothes she had never had had the time or energy to put away to went
to Setsuna and hugged her with an unexpected fierceness. Neither Usagi nor Hotaru noticed
the slight glowing from Setsuna's hands when she embraced Usagi. Hotaru followed also eager to
give 'Setsuna-mama' a hug before her departure. When the two senshi were done their good-byes
and promises to return, there was nothing left to do but leave.
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"However," Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "I shall not tolerate it being said that
I have become soft on humans like my father. I must make it known you are no ordinary humans."
Hotaru restrained a gasp.
Sesshoumaru continued on ignoring her reaction. "Five miles in that direction," he paused
to point at a path. "Five miles in that direction, there lives a band of rather powerful youkai.
You are to exterminate all but one. Mention my name to that one and come back to this place.
I shall wait for a day but no longer. If you do not come within a day, I shall assume that you
two have died."
"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." Hotaru and Usagi said in unison.
"Wait," Sesshoumaru said as they turned to leave, "Your names." It was more a demand
than a question.
"Usagi."
"Hotaru."
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"Hotaru-chan!!! Wasn't he SOOOOO SCARY????" Usagi squealed when they were two miles
from their destination.
"Usagi-san, do you think this is a good idea. I mean he SENSED that we weren't human."
Hotaru fiddled with her skirt nervously.
"Hotaru-chan," Usagi frowned, "I'm sorry I brought you into this. I should've been more
considerate." Her eyes slowly welled up with tears, "I'm sorry, but at the time all I could
think about...all I could think about was Mamo-chan..."
Hotaru found and squeezed the older woman's hand. "It's ok. We'll survive. We'll save
Mamoru-sama. Don't worry."
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"Sesshoumaru-sama, what did you mean when you said 'make it known you are no ordinary
humans?'" Jaken asked.
"You could not smell it? Their smell, unlike anything I've smelled before. Neither
oni nor youkai nor human. How interesting." Sesshoumaru said.
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By the time they were ready to attack the youkai, four hours had already passed. In
the first hour they had located the youkai, and for the second and third Hotaru went to scout
the area to make sure there weren't others wandering around away from the main group while Usagi
stayed to keep track of the youkai. In the fourth hour, they spied on the youkai waiting for a
stray to wander away from the main group. Altogether there were eight and seemed to be a family
of brothers and sisters. They seemed like ordinary humans, but as Hotaru and Usagi saw when two
brothers had gotten into a heated debate, their skin had turned blue, their hair red, their face
and elongated, and they sprouted demon-like wings. And finally the time came. At 5:38 according
to Hotaru's watch at the first sign of the sun, the biggest youkai departed from the rest of the
group. Hotaru and Usagi followed him to the river, where much to the girls' embarrassment the
youkai began stripping and bathing himself in the river. After they turned around, their faces
aflame, they transformed.
"Moon Eternal(Silver Moon Crystal Power), Make up!"
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make up!"
"Death Reborn(Ribbon) Revolution!"
As expected the bathing youkai turned to their direction, only to be completely
annihilated as ribbons passed through his body.
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Glowing eyes snapped open in the darkness. "This power..." it spoke softly, 'the power
of the White Moon Princess..."
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Sailor Moon swung her eternal staff* again hitting the enemy to the side. The battle
was harder than expected. At first they seemed to have the upper hand, when Super Sailor Saturn
cast another Death Reborn Revolution as the first of the youkai had burst through the bushes,
but immediately after that she had fallen to the ground, and Eternal Sailor Moon knew
exactly why. A time travel, transforming, and two Death Reborn Revolutions had just been too
much for the fragile body of the eleven year old girl. Usagi had first tried her Silvermoon
Crystal Power Kiss, but to no avail. The Silvermoon Crystal Power Kiss had been especially
designed for purifying. In order for purification to occur, there had to be a bit of goodness
no matter how small, in the heart. They had no such goodness. And now Eternal Sailor Moon was
reduced to this: knocking seven youkai away from the fallen body of Hotaru. It was a lucky
think the youkai were too wary of her and some hidden power she might be hiding to just charge
in or else she would be dead by now. She barely stepped out of the way of the youkai to rushed
at her from behind, but although she avoided a claw through the chest, he still cut heavily
into her arm. Then more charged, and she found it too much to handle. Searing pain racked
all over her body, as more claws dug into her. Ignoring the pain, she imbedded the end
of her staff to the ground, and conjuring up holy light to protect her, from the staff
came the bright ball of light that stayed on the staff for a few moments before rushing out
knocking the youkai back. The barrier was not very strong and would not last long, but it would
do at least for now. She needed power. The power that even Eternal Sailor Moon could never
hope to wield because of the purpose of her being. But she knew of one person who could. One
person, who tiring of the neverending battle with evil had finally set out to destroy its cause.
The person who could've brought an end to everything, who held the powers of the universe
including the powers of death and destruction. Sailor Cosmos*. But it was impossible. The senshi
of her time were elsewhere and their powers could not be called. She fell to her knees. There
was no hope for victory. There was no hope...for survival. Her 'great mission', the thing
she was supposed to understand, the hope for Mamoru's survival all ended here. With Usagi
being killed by a pack of youkai the senshi could've disposed of in seconds. But then from
inside her came a voice.
"Moon Princess of the White Light. Would you like to win? To save yourself and
countless others?"
"Who are you?"
"I am a young planet in need of a senshi. I heard your cry for help. Indeed the
cries of the White Moon Princess do carry themselves far across the galaxy. It does not matter
if you do not live on me. You will still be able to access my powers. As you can see yourself
and other senshi have been able to access their powers even from earth. But please, are you
willing to be my senshi, until my very own comes?"
"Thank you," tears formed in Usagi's eyes, "Truly, thank you. What will this new
senshi's name be? What do I do once I'm her? What are her powers?"
The planet chuckled, "You may call her Sailor Bellona. As for transforming and
attacks, once I give you my power, they shall come to you naturally."
"Bell..ona?" just then she felt a light surround her and for a second she couldn't
breathe, but once it passed away she felt the presence of a new power inside her. A split
second later the youkai had broken through the barrier, but it was too late for them.
Usagi raised both her hands up to the sky and cried out, "Bellona Star Power, Make-up!"
Unlike the feathered transformation she was so used to this time, clouds of sparkles
surrounded her body. When she was done her feet landed lightly on the ground. She
looked around to discover all but one of the youkai were gone, and in their place piles
of ashes. She backed away horrified, yet at the same time fascinated. 'A senshi...that can
kill youkai with just the transformation and still have enough control to keep from killing
one...? What kind of power is this?' But then she remembered Sesshoumaru's orders. Approaching
the barely conscious youkai, she dragged him to his feet by his hair.
"Who- who are you?" the youkai choked out.
"We are Sesshoumaru-sama's new servants." She did her best to smirk while her
stomach sickened at what she was doing, "All of your friends and relatives here today
have been killed purely for Sesshoumaru-sama's entertainment. After all that is all weak
youkai like you can be to Sesshoumaru-sama: entertainment. You should leave now
before I decide to change my mind and kill you as well."
When he had half-stumbled, half-flew out of her view she inspected her body.
Her boots had become a light peach, and at the top was the symbol of the planet, 'No, HER
planet', she corrected, Bellona. Her skirt had reverted back to its one layer form, but
now it was a light peach and at the hem was gold lining. Her ribbons and bows were now
a cream green color with gold lining, and her brooch and become a circle with the Bellona
symbol inscribed inside. Her choker was now some kind of metal(for she couldn't take it off
to look at it) and from what she could feel it was Bellona symbols linked together. Her
gloves were peach as well, but at the end of the fingers of the gloves...spikes? No, imitation
claws. Her skipped her forehead. She probably did have the Bellona symbol on her forehead as
well, but feeling it wouldn't reveal anything. Being careful not to stab herself on the
head she felt the top of her head. She frowned. Something was wrong...something...She didn't
know what until she felt it around her face. Her hair had unfurled from it's odangos.
When she was done inspecting herself, a glimmer caught her eye. On the ground a katana
in its scabbard. She shivered as she again saw the Bellona symbol. She detransformed.
She had had enough of being Sailor Bellona, but as she did her knees wobbled and she
fell to the ground. 'Being Sailor Bellona must take a lot more energy than I thought...'
she thought before she collapsed to the ground unconscious.
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"That power," Sesshoumaru stood looking in Hotaru's and Usagi's direction.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, what is the matter?" Jaken leapt to his feet as well. Smirking,
Jaken asked, "Are those two GIRLS dead?"
Sesshoumaru stared at him coldly. "Now I see...Stay here, Jaken. I have things to get."
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(One hour after the appointed time they were supposed to meet Sesshoumaru)
"Usagi-san, do you really think, he'll still be here?" Hotaru frowned, "he doesn't
seem like one to wait."
"He's there," Usagi smiled reassuringly, "I know it."
Suddenly Hotaru grabbed her hand, and turned her to face her. "Usagi-san, why did
you not take the blood of the remaining youkai?"
Usagi smiled, "Those youkai were weak." She said, and Hotaru thought she detected
a hint of contempt in her voice. "Stronger youkai must have more powerful blood. The
blood I want is Sesshoumaru-sama's." Usagi pulled her hand away and continued on.
No, she had just imagined it, Hotaru said to herself. It probably wasn't contempt but...
pity. Yes, that was it, she told herself. they walked in silence around the trees as
they made their way to the clearing. When they reached the clearing they found Sesshoumaru
and Jaken just as they had left them, except for one difference. In Sesshoumaru's hand were
some fabrics. Usagi and Hotaru rushed over to him, and bowing down low again, Usagi asked
for his forgiveness.
"You're late," Sesshoumaru said, "But it doesn't matter. You two have been accepted."
Usagi and Hotaru breathed out sighs of relief. "However," Sesshoumaru continued, "Slaves
wearing those...weird kimono's of yours shall not be accepted." He threw the kimonos at the
both of them which they both caught. "Come back here in five minutes with them on. I waited.
Don't make wait any longer."
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(Four minutes later)
Usagi and Hotaru emerged from the spot hidden by grass with which they had used to
change. Hotaru's silk kimono was purple and dark blue and had embroidery elaborately
woven into it. Usagi's kimono was the same except it was pink and yellow.
"You two are wearing it wrong," Sesshoumaru stated. Usagi gasped as he approached
her and grabbing the top of the kimono, he pulled the top apart revealing her shoulders
and the top of her chest*. "Understand that under no circumstances, do I want it to be
said that I have taken two humans for WIVES like my father. I must make it known that you
are not human and that you two are, if anything to me sexually, concubines."
Usagi's eyes slightly hardened as he moved to do the same to Hotaru, and she
struggled not to pull the sides up as she felt the cool night air brush against her
partly exposed upper back and chest.
*In the Sailor Moon manga, sailor moon gains the staff (also I think she held it in
the anime, when Rei or Hotaru saw her on top of a hill with a staff). I have
no clue what the name of the staff is, and I think the eternal tier refers to the short THING
she holds in her Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss. So following the pattern of the names of
the items she gains while in her eternal state, I have dubbed it the eternal staff. If anyone
knows the REAL name, I'd love to know.
*I don't know for a fact that Sailor Cosmos 'held the powers of the universe', but there are
many implications that she does. Such as her power(which Pluto should technically be the
only one who has the ability to use) to transport Sailor Chibi-Moon and the Amazon Quartet
through space and time. Also the meaning of Cosmos. I also heard she had the power to reflect
instead of just block attacks. Coolness, indeed.
*For a mental image of what their kimono's look like think Yumi of Rurouni Kenshin. Go
here: http://www.geocities.com/supersaiyajin3_gotunks/ and then to the character's
page. In the individual pictures she's the last one in the second row. In the background
she's the one next to the bandaged(NOT A MUMMY) guy....hmm well in the anime the neckline
wasn't THAT steep...
BIG NOTE:
The overall Inuyasha plot line will remain unchanged, however the battles with Sesshoumaru
WILL change. It's kind of stupid to think that if you stick two of the most powerful senshi on
Sesshoumaru's side there's going to be absolutely no change. If the Inuyasha gang were to be
stuck on Queen Beryls side of course the senshi/Queen Beryl's battles would be changed.
Therefore please don't flame me. I'm not being biased towards Usagi and Hotaru, and I'm not
saying they're all powerful or whatever. I'm just being realistic.
