AN: Ohayo minna-chan!!! Let's try out chapter two. Domo arigato to all
those that reviewed the first chap: juju, DemonRyu, Yume Yasha,
lady_meyhem, Misty The French Maid (btw, I read your fic. v. kewl! Don't
worry though, some more stuff has to happen in the future before she goes
to the past ::winks::), Neo-QueenCelestia, Spooky Fyre, Sailor Tsunami,
Chloe, Hintokami (Gomen nasi for the delay!!!), satori moon, Rin (lol! I'm
so sorry for making you wait for long!), Remiko, and everyone who read it
(though I really wish you'd review and give me feedback). ^^;;
Once again, "..." is talking, '...' is thought, [...] is AN, (...) is extra info but part of the fic, ... means trailed off, -- means interrupted. Enjoy the fic and *please review* to let me know how you like it! Arigato!
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"Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?" --Rent, Act I.
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One hand covered her mouth. The other pulled her through the semi-open door of a shop. She tried to resist but the captor was too strong. As soon as she was inside, the door silently shut. She bit the finger of her captor until she was sure she'd drawn blood. It eventually drew away, but it didn't seem to be from pain.
All was dark inside. The only light came from a beam of moonlight shining threw the large empty display window. But all else was shadows. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her face, let alone her captor.
"Get down," said a voice sharply. Without time to think, she was pushed to the floor. She considered crying out, but decided against it as she heard the steady marching of alien feet on the street outside.
For many minutes she laid on the smooth floor, barely breathing, fearing the enemies would hear her pounding heart. The steady marching rhythm seemed to echo through her mind.
Eventually, the heavy marching drifted away. The street outside was silent, but the sound echoed from more distant parts of the city.
They were heading towards the center of Crystal Tokyo. Towards the palace. For the first time since she left, she was able to think back and understand. Extreme fear, not for herself but for all those she held dear, griped her heart.
"We've got to get out of here," said the voice as she was rather roughly pulled up. "The androids have already taken this district. You're one of the few, if not the only, survivor."
"Then you're not an ally of the androids?"
There was a short laugh. "Never."
Chibi Usa knew she couldn't always rely on words alone for truth, but currently she felt she didn't have much of a choice. They went to the back of the shop and through a small hallway. "Luckily this place had a back door," said the voice, as it was pushed open.
As the moonlight streamed in, Chibi Usa saw that the voice did indeed have a body. It was a boy, not too much older than herself, though he acted as if he were an adult. He had had a crop of lavender hair and a black jacket with CC on the arm. She couldn't begin to guess what that meant. [AN: CC has been destroyed for awhile, so she wouldn't know about it.]
"Wait," she said suddenly. She backed into a closet near the door.
The boy impatiently shut the door again. "What are you doing?! We've got to get out of here!"
But she didn't answer. She already had Luna-P out of her subspace pocket. "Show me the palace," she commanded.
And that is what she saw. Blood. Blood and death everywhere. The battle was over. The ballroom was in shambles. Bits of glass, stone, wood, and general debris were scattered. The party guests had attempted to flee or hide, and their bodies lied scattered near the exits. Some were even squashed beneath overturned tables.
Luna and Artimes lay silently by the corpse of their kitten. The senshi were also across the room, lost during different stages of the battle.
Mars and Jupiter were near the front of the ballroom. It seemed they had dodged forward to try to stop the duo as soon as the battle began.
But Seventeen and Eighteen were a different type of enemy. They didn't fight with magic. They could dodge with speed unimaginable. They were able to dodged Mars and Jupiter's combined attack, and finish them both.
Mercury had realized this and cautioned the others. She and Venus had stepped up next and prepared attacks with extra speed. But the androids had seen this, too. They pushed forward their army of youmas. Mercury and Venus' attacks destroyed the center section of the army, but more readily filled their place.
The Outers ran up to help, along with Endymion and his sword. Serenity began to gather the power of the crystal.
Sure, a single youma is a push-over, but an army of these monsters to seven, with deadly androids in the background, is another.
Endymion hacked at them one by one, taking off heads and limbs at once. Uranus and Neptune worked back to back, wiping out all near them. Saturn and her glaive were like the Grim Reaper, returning the youmas to the hell where they belonged. Mercury and Venus had combined their attacks, and continued lessening the ranks of the monsters. Pluto fought, but she seemed reluctant. Or perhaps acceptant. She had seen, and she knew that it must happen.
But the androids had become bored. Unknown to the fighters, the androids each shot three orange orbs- six tiny balls with enough energy to destroy a town.
Mercury and Venus were dead before they hit the ground. The one shot between Uranus and Neptune blew them apart, against opposite walls. Their skulls hit the wall, and their backs were to the room, red and bloody. They died a few moments later.
Pluto sadly looked up as the orange orb came to her. "Goodbye, Princess," she murmured.
Saturn managed to get her Silent Wall up in time to protect herself and the King. After the blasts bounced harmlessly off and exploded on the floor, they ran to the Queen.
"Serenity-sama!"
She opened her eyes sadly. "There isn't enough," she said simply, with sorrow.
"Nande?" said Endymion.
"The crystal. It is too weak. It need to rest and restrengthen its powers. It cannot bring them back until a year of no use passes."
Endymion was too shocked to speak. He'd always though the Ginzoushou was indestructible. That it could solve any problem. That everything would be alright as long as it was around. He never dreamed it had such limits.
The androids were approaching. Most of the youmas were gone, but the few that were left were casually eliminated by their masters.
"A good decoy, wouldn't you say?" said 17 as he stood before the three. They were faced with drawn sword and ready glaive.
"Iie Hotaru," muttered Serenity. "This is between myself and them."
"Yes girl," said 18 with a smirk. "Step aside."
"You'll have to go through me," Hotaru replied firmly.
"Very well then," said 17. "Shall we begin?"
Seventeen faced Endymion. "Nice sword," he commented with a smirk.
The King charged. He sliced at the android's arm, but came in contact with only air. Again and again he whacked and stabbed and sliced, but he couldn't seem to touch the actual monster.
Finally 17 stood still and caught the actual blade in his hand. "You really expect to hurt me with this toy?" The blade was thrown aside and a fist fight began.
Meanwhile, 18 was fighting Saturn. She was using a mix of punches and ki blasts. Saturn managed to dodge most.
In less than a minute, 18 was bored. Unknown to Saturn, she fazed out so that her after-image remained in front. Saturn sliced at the image but met nothing solid. She was enveloped by and orange orb from behind.
The Queen watched Saturn fall. She kept reassuring herself that in a year she'd be back, as 18 approached her. 'Make me a martial arts expert,' she whispered to the Ginzoushou. [AN: The Ginzoushou's not dead, it's just weak from being used 24/7 for almost 10 years. It's still got "juice" left in it, just not enough to immediately grant big wishes, like bringing people back to life.]
And so, the Queen fought the android. Eighteen was surprised by how much speed and strength was in the seemingly delicate woman.
Meanwhile, 17 and Endymion were fighting. 17 almost laughed at the King's attempts. Seventeen stopped dodging and made the man think he was doing well. "Oww, my arm!" he moaned, acting.
"Ha! Bet you're sorry you ever challenged the King of the Earth, huh android!" 17 wondered how he could boast so much when his hands probably burned from coming in contact with steel so often.
"You're a baka android." Now it was getting personal.
"You made all your plans to rule the world... no, universe... but you forgot to factor me into them. Ha!" He was getting annoying now.
"Go home and cry, baka android!"
He punched at 17's face again. But enough was enough. 17 grabbed his fist and twisted his arm. "You bore me, human," he said as Endymion screamed in agony. He let go, but the King curled up on the floor and continued to whine.
"Shut up." Endymion was immediately silent.
"Stand up." Despite any pain, he stood and looked at 17 fearfully.
17 held out his hand. "Die." A ki blast sliced through him and the former king fell to the ground with a gaping hole in his chest.
Serenity paused in her fight. "Iie . . . " She couldn't defeat the two monsters by herself. And even if she did get away, she wouldn't be able to go a year in such a dangerous world without using the crystal. She gave up all hope.
18 continued to batter her, but the Queen barely felt it. 'Ginzoushou, leave me. Go to my daughter. Fuse with her moon crystal. Keep her safe.'
"What's the matter with you!" screamed 18 in frustration at the sudden weakness in Serenity. She broke another of the Queen's ribs. "Fight me!!"
Serenity smiled weakly. "I am ready to die."
"Nande?!"
"You may kill me now."
"Suit yourself." She aimed a ki blast at the Queen's heart.
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But Chibi Usa saw none of this. She only saw 18's frustration when she found a dead crystal on Serenity which crumbled at her touch. She saw 17 admiring Endymion's sword and putting it in his belt for decoration. She saw 18 considering Makoto's boots, and deciding she didn't want a new pair. And she saw the bodies.
She silently let go of Luna-P and put it away. "Get me out of here," she murmured to the boy.
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They slipped out into the dark street and began running. He was fast and she was lagging behind. He had to stop and come back several times so he wouldn't lose her.
Chibi Usa was panting hard. Her head was down, staring at the white snow and forcing herself to keep moving. Suddenly the snow in from of her became slush- the back street had ended and emptied into the main street of the city.
She jogged up to where the boy stood by the side of a building.
"Kuso," he swore. "Demo there's no other way out. We'll have to risk it to get to the gates. If only you could fly!"
He began running again, even faster now. Chibi Usa tried her hardest to keep up, but her chest burned and her head was spinning. Every step was painful.
She was forced to stop and grabbed at a wall for support. She fell to her knees in the cold snow, gasping for air. The cold air burned at her aching lungs, but she took it in gulps.
She looked up as soon as the world had stopped spinning. The boy was nowhere to be seen.
"Well, well, well. What have we here?"
She slowly turned her head. Two stray youmas stared back at her. Both wore almost comical clown outfits, but carried deadly looking machine guns.
Chibi Usa let out a short scream and scrambled to her feet. There was a bang somewhere behind her. She twisted out of the way, but something fast and hot flew by her flesh and left a bloody trail across her arm. It exploded a few feet in front of her.
The world was spinning again. Something attacked the youmas from above. Her arm was bleeding. The world was getting dark.
The last thing she remembered was looking down at the drop of red blood in the pure white snow . . . .
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AN: Gomen nasi! I know some of you are about to yell at me for that ending. Gomen, but I just couldn't make myself change it. ^^;; Ah, the drama.
So, the more readers review = the quicker I upload the next chapter. So please be the "ink" for my pen and submit your reviews. It only takes a second.
Also, if anyone wants to be notified of updates, let me know and leave your email address when you review (or send me an email). I send out noticed via email when I upload stuff. And if you are already on the list and want off or change your email, please let me know so that I don't keep getting mail returned saying you no longer exist. ^^;; Domo arigato.
Until next time, Ja ne!
~Calli-chan Callistostar786@hotmail.com
BTW, I'm in the process of writing two new fics, if you're interested. One is GW/BSSM probably called "Sacrifice". The other is a HP fic (non x-over! ::gasp::) called "Perilous Omens." They're my first fics for both sections, but they hold promise. So check em out! They should be up sometime soon. Arigato!
Once again, "..." is talking, '...' is thought, [...] is AN, (...) is extra info but part of the fic, ... means trailed off, -- means interrupted. Enjoy the fic and *please review* to let me know how you like it! Arigato!
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"Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?" --Rent, Act I.
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One hand covered her mouth. The other pulled her through the semi-open door of a shop. She tried to resist but the captor was too strong. As soon as she was inside, the door silently shut. She bit the finger of her captor until she was sure she'd drawn blood. It eventually drew away, but it didn't seem to be from pain.
All was dark inside. The only light came from a beam of moonlight shining threw the large empty display window. But all else was shadows. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her face, let alone her captor.
"Get down," said a voice sharply. Without time to think, she was pushed to the floor. She considered crying out, but decided against it as she heard the steady marching of alien feet on the street outside.
For many minutes she laid on the smooth floor, barely breathing, fearing the enemies would hear her pounding heart. The steady marching rhythm seemed to echo through her mind.
Eventually, the heavy marching drifted away. The street outside was silent, but the sound echoed from more distant parts of the city.
They were heading towards the center of Crystal Tokyo. Towards the palace. For the first time since she left, she was able to think back and understand. Extreme fear, not for herself but for all those she held dear, griped her heart.
"We've got to get out of here," said the voice as she was rather roughly pulled up. "The androids have already taken this district. You're one of the few, if not the only, survivor."
"Then you're not an ally of the androids?"
There was a short laugh. "Never."
Chibi Usa knew she couldn't always rely on words alone for truth, but currently she felt she didn't have much of a choice. They went to the back of the shop and through a small hallway. "Luckily this place had a back door," said the voice, as it was pushed open.
As the moonlight streamed in, Chibi Usa saw that the voice did indeed have a body. It was a boy, not too much older than herself, though he acted as if he were an adult. He had had a crop of lavender hair and a black jacket with CC on the arm. She couldn't begin to guess what that meant. [AN: CC has been destroyed for awhile, so she wouldn't know about it.]
"Wait," she said suddenly. She backed into a closet near the door.
The boy impatiently shut the door again. "What are you doing?! We've got to get out of here!"
But she didn't answer. She already had Luna-P out of her subspace pocket. "Show me the palace," she commanded.
And that is what she saw. Blood. Blood and death everywhere. The battle was over. The ballroom was in shambles. Bits of glass, stone, wood, and general debris were scattered. The party guests had attempted to flee or hide, and their bodies lied scattered near the exits. Some were even squashed beneath overturned tables.
Luna and Artimes lay silently by the corpse of their kitten. The senshi were also across the room, lost during different stages of the battle.
Mars and Jupiter were near the front of the ballroom. It seemed they had dodged forward to try to stop the duo as soon as the battle began.
But Seventeen and Eighteen were a different type of enemy. They didn't fight with magic. They could dodge with speed unimaginable. They were able to dodged Mars and Jupiter's combined attack, and finish them both.
Mercury had realized this and cautioned the others. She and Venus had stepped up next and prepared attacks with extra speed. But the androids had seen this, too. They pushed forward their army of youmas. Mercury and Venus' attacks destroyed the center section of the army, but more readily filled their place.
The Outers ran up to help, along with Endymion and his sword. Serenity began to gather the power of the crystal.
Sure, a single youma is a push-over, but an army of these monsters to seven, with deadly androids in the background, is another.
Endymion hacked at them one by one, taking off heads and limbs at once. Uranus and Neptune worked back to back, wiping out all near them. Saturn and her glaive were like the Grim Reaper, returning the youmas to the hell where they belonged. Mercury and Venus had combined their attacks, and continued lessening the ranks of the monsters. Pluto fought, but she seemed reluctant. Or perhaps acceptant. She had seen, and she knew that it must happen.
But the androids had become bored. Unknown to the fighters, the androids each shot three orange orbs- six tiny balls with enough energy to destroy a town.
Mercury and Venus were dead before they hit the ground. The one shot between Uranus and Neptune blew them apart, against opposite walls. Their skulls hit the wall, and their backs were to the room, red and bloody. They died a few moments later.
Pluto sadly looked up as the orange orb came to her. "Goodbye, Princess," she murmured.
Saturn managed to get her Silent Wall up in time to protect herself and the King. After the blasts bounced harmlessly off and exploded on the floor, they ran to the Queen.
"Serenity-sama!"
She opened her eyes sadly. "There isn't enough," she said simply, with sorrow.
"Nande?" said Endymion.
"The crystal. It is too weak. It need to rest and restrengthen its powers. It cannot bring them back until a year of no use passes."
Endymion was too shocked to speak. He'd always though the Ginzoushou was indestructible. That it could solve any problem. That everything would be alright as long as it was around. He never dreamed it had such limits.
The androids were approaching. Most of the youmas were gone, but the few that were left were casually eliminated by their masters.
"A good decoy, wouldn't you say?" said 17 as he stood before the three. They were faced with drawn sword and ready glaive.
"Iie Hotaru," muttered Serenity. "This is between myself and them."
"Yes girl," said 18 with a smirk. "Step aside."
"You'll have to go through me," Hotaru replied firmly.
"Very well then," said 17. "Shall we begin?"
Seventeen faced Endymion. "Nice sword," he commented with a smirk.
The King charged. He sliced at the android's arm, but came in contact with only air. Again and again he whacked and stabbed and sliced, but he couldn't seem to touch the actual monster.
Finally 17 stood still and caught the actual blade in his hand. "You really expect to hurt me with this toy?" The blade was thrown aside and a fist fight began.
Meanwhile, 18 was fighting Saturn. She was using a mix of punches and ki blasts. Saturn managed to dodge most.
In less than a minute, 18 was bored. Unknown to Saturn, she fazed out so that her after-image remained in front. Saturn sliced at the image but met nothing solid. She was enveloped by and orange orb from behind.
The Queen watched Saturn fall. She kept reassuring herself that in a year she'd be back, as 18 approached her. 'Make me a martial arts expert,' she whispered to the Ginzoushou. [AN: The Ginzoushou's not dead, it's just weak from being used 24/7 for almost 10 years. It's still got "juice" left in it, just not enough to immediately grant big wishes, like bringing people back to life.]
And so, the Queen fought the android. Eighteen was surprised by how much speed and strength was in the seemingly delicate woman.
Meanwhile, 17 and Endymion were fighting. 17 almost laughed at the King's attempts. Seventeen stopped dodging and made the man think he was doing well. "Oww, my arm!" he moaned, acting.
"Ha! Bet you're sorry you ever challenged the King of the Earth, huh android!" 17 wondered how he could boast so much when his hands probably burned from coming in contact with steel so often.
"You're a baka android." Now it was getting personal.
"You made all your plans to rule the world... no, universe... but you forgot to factor me into them. Ha!" He was getting annoying now.
"Go home and cry, baka android!"
He punched at 17's face again. But enough was enough. 17 grabbed his fist and twisted his arm. "You bore me, human," he said as Endymion screamed in agony. He let go, but the King curled up on the floor and continued to whine.
"Shut up." Endymion was immediately silent.
"Stand up." Despite any pain, he stood and looked at 17 fearfully.
17 held out his hand. "Die." A ki blast sliced through him and the former king fell to the ground with a gaping hole in his chest.
Serenity paused in her fight. "Iie . . . " She couldn't defeat the two monsters by herself. And even if she did get away, she wouldn't be able to go a year in such a dangerous world without using the crystal. She gave up all hope.
18 continued to batter her, but the Queen barely felt it. 'Ginzoushou, leave me. Go to my daughter. Fuse with her moon crystal. Keep her safe.'
"What's the matter with you!" screamed 18 in frustration at the sudden weakness in Serenity. She broke another of the Queen's ribs. "Fight me!!"
Serenity smiled weakly. "I am ready to die."
"Nande?!"
"You may kill me now."
"Suit yourself." She aimed a ki blast at the Queen's heart.
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But Chibi Usa saw none of this. She only saw 18's frustration when she found a dead crystal on Serenity which crumbled at her touch. She saw 17 admiring Endymion's sword and putting it in his belt for decoration. She saw 18 considering Makoto's boots, and deciding she didn't want a new pair. And she saw the bodies.
She silently let go of Luna-P and put it away. "Get me out of here," she murmured to the boy.
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They slipped out into the dark street and began running. He was fast and she was lagging behind. He had to stop and come back several times so he wouldn't lose her.
Chibi Usa was panting hard. Her head was down, staring at the white snow and forcing herself to keep moving. Suddenly the snow in from of her became slush- the back street had ended and emptied into the main street of the city.
She jogged up to where the boy stood by the side of a building.
"Kuso," he swore. "Demo there's no other way out. We'll have to risk it to get to the gates. If only you could fly!"
He began running again, even faster now. Chibi Usa tried her hardest to keep up, but her chest burned and her head was spinning. Every step was painful.
She was forced to stop and grabbed at a wall for support. She fell to her knees in the cold snow, gasping for air. The cold air burned at her aching lungs, but she took it in gulps.
She looked up as soon as the world had stopped spinning. The boy was nowhere to be seen.
"Well, well, well. What have we here?"
She slowly turned her head. Two stray youmas stared back at her. Both wore almost comical clown outfits, but carried deadly looking machine guns.
Chibi Usa let out a short scream and scrambled to her feet. There was a bang somewhere behind her. She twisted out of the way, but something fast and hot flew by her flesh and left a bloody trail across her arm. It exploded a few feet in front of her.
The world was spinning again. Something attacked the youmas from above. Her arm was bleeding. The world was getting dark.
The last thing she remembered was looking down at the drop of red blood in the pure white snow . . . .
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AN: Gomen nasi! I know some of you are about to yell at me for that ending. Gomen, but I just couldn't make myself change it. ^^;; Ah, the drama.
So, the more readers review = the quicker I upload the next chapter. So please be the "ink" for my pen and submit your reviews. It only takes a second.
Also, if anyone wants to be notified of updates, let me know and leave your email address when you review (or send me an email). I send out noticed via email when I upload stuff. And if you are already on the list and want off or change your email, please let me know so that I don't keep getting mail returned saying you no longer exist. ^^;; Domo arigato.
Until next time, Ja ne!
~Calli-chan Callistostar786@hotmail.com
BTW, I'm in the process of writing two new fics, if you're interested. One is GW/BSSM probably called "Sacrifice". The other is a HP fic (non x-over! ::gasp::) called "Perilous Omens." They're my first fics for both sections, but they hold promise. So check em out! They should be up sometime soon. Arigato!