8th July, 2004
AN Hey! After a whole heap of personal probs, I'm outta home and working on my story again! Just going through my story & fixing it up, improving etc. Dakara, go easy and give me some time, ne! (I don't have the net at home anymore, so this is going to take ages)
Cheers!
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Disclaimer: The characters of Sailor moon and Harry potter are NOT my creation. I make NO money from this.
Summary: Mamoru and Rei have betrayed Usagi. But how deep is that betrayal?
Author's Note: this indicates thought
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Dictionary
-chan = an affectionate end to a friend, family, or lover's name. Used mostly among young friends.
Tatami = a mat woven from straw. The material around the outside of the mat once told what level of importance you were.
Senshi= Warrior.
Tsukino Usagi = Rabbit of the moon; after the legend of the rabbits on the moon who make mocchi (Japanese rice patties)
-hime = affixed to the end of a princess' name
Odango-atama = Dumpling-head
Koneko = Kitten
Chibi-Usa = Small Rabbit/ bunny
Mizuno Ami = Water's beauty
Hino Rei = Fire spirit
Kino Makoto = Wisdom of the trees
Aino Minako = Beautiful child of love
Kaioh Michiru = Maturing Sea King
Tenoh Haruka = Distant Sky King
Tomoe Hotaru = Firefly of the soil
Meioh Setsuna = Momentary Dark King
Chiba Mamoru = Earth Guardian
Tuxedo Kamen =Tuxedo Mask
Tsukikage no Knight = Moonlight Knight
Juuban = #10
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Harry Potter and the Lunar Warrior
Chapter 1:
Why man invented triple choc hot fudge sundaes.
The evening winter air was playing with the foliage of the evergreens lining the little rivulet, merely one of many in Tokyo. The setting sun reflected off their glistening leaves in a way that made the young blonde smile with delight as she ran down the street as though she was being chased by a pack of wolves.
Boy, will they be surprised when I show up for the meeting early! She thought to herself as she paused before a tall flight of stairs leading up to an enormous temple. She brushed her knee-length hair behind her ear with an inattentive hand and started to walk up the grey stone steps.
"Wow! I'm more than fifteen minutes early!" she exclaimed with glee, glancing down at her watch.
She made her way through the landscaped gardens of the temple, to the house proper, and towards the sliding door belonging to the room they used for their meetings. Suddenly, an ear-piercing scream reached her ear. A moment's thought told her it came from her best friend's bedroom.
"Rei!" She breathed as she flung the door open, thinking the young priestess may be in trouble. However, what she saw made her wish she had been late. While her supposed best friend, Rei, was lying on her back, a man very familiar to the girl was covering her naked body.
"Mamo-chan?" She whispered, finding within her hushed voice the inability to hide the horror and disappointment evident within her. The couple looked up from their 'vigorous' exercise, to see the thin blonde haired, cerulean- eyed girl staring back at them in disbelief.
"Mamoru?" She repeated hopefully, as if wishing this was just a dream would make it so. Rei closed her eyes and banged her head on the tatami mat. Meanwhile, Mamoru was claiming his pants from the pile of clothes near the door.
"Why, Odango-atama." He answered nonchalantly; glancing at the buns on top of her head, from whence streamers of long golden hair coursed down her back. You're here early." He stated, as if this were just a chance encounter in the park. "The meeting doesn't start for twenty minutes. We weren't expecting you for at least another hour, Usagi."
"Looks like it. Goodbye." Usagi said as she turned her back on the scene; her voice dripping with venom.
"Wait, Usagi!" Rei pleaded, yanking her school shirt on and dashing after her friend.
"Why?" Usagi asked over her shoulder, her snide voice as cold as ice. "Why should I wait? You're obviously busy, I wouldn't want to interrupt."
"We have a Scout meeting." Rei pleaded to her friends retreating form.
"I don't think I'll be at today's meeting." Usagi said with a malicious laugh.
And with that, she set off in the direction from whence she had come, fighting her tears all the way. She paused at the top of the stairs when she noticed her friends; Setsuna; Haruka; Michiru; Hotaru, and Chibi-Usa making their way up those same stairs she had walked up only minutes before. When Usagi's young future daughter saw her, she bounded up to meet the girl whom would grow up to be the monarch of Earth. Her pink haired cones bobbed from side to side as the short ribbons of hair emanating from them, gently brushed her jacket's collar.
"Wow, Odango-atama! You're here early!" She teased, an obviously fake look of surprise fixed to her face.
Usagi gave her a wane smile as she crouched down to her level. "Chibi-Usa, can you and Hotaru do me a favour?"
"What is it first?" She asked suspiciously, placing her small hands on her hips.
"Can you two go tell the other scouts that the meeting has been cancelled?" Usagi asked in such a calm voice she surprised herself. Chibi-Usa nodded and, grabbing the hand of the pale ten year old girl accompanying them, they left to find the other scouts. Usagi smiled wanly as she watched the pink head bounce down the street with the shoulder length jet-black of the most dangerous warrior in the world, bobbing behind her. When they were out of sight, Haruka put a hand on Usagi's shoulder.
"What happened, Koneko?" She asked gently, her tomboy features for once looking feminine fir a change.
Usagi shook her head and looked up at the Outer Scouts, an obviously counterfeit smile sitting precariously on her pale face. "Wanna go get some triple choc hot fudge sundaes?"
"Oh, Neptune! This is bad!" Michiru sighed as the started off towards the ice-cream parlour.
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The Outer Scouts waited patiently for Usagi to tell them what was wrong while she attacked her third sundae. The bustling traffic seemed to serve as a reminder to Usagi about the way her life seemed to have slipped away from her control in almost no time at all.
As she forced herself to calm down, she got the feeling that she had to do something or go somewhere; anything to get away from here. And the more she sat there, the more trapped she began to feel. When she finished her ice- cream, she took a deep breath, and started slowly, afraid she would loose her nerve.
"When I arrived at the temple..." She started hesitantly, "I found... I found..."
Michiru placed a hand on Usagi's arm, reassuring the young princess, her long wavy aquamarine locks framing a face of such compassion, that Usagi felt herself on the verge of loosing control of her tears. "It's going to be okay, sweety. Just blurt it out."
She too another deep breath before revealing her misfortunate finds. "I found Mamoru on top of Rei!"
"What! I'll kill them!" Haruka cried out in a furious rage, thumping her hand on the table.
"No!" Usagi said quickly. Their sudden outburst drew the attention of the other patrons of the ice-cream parlour. After a short embarrassed silence, Usagi continued in subdued tones "But there is one thing you can do, Setsuna. Send me away from here"
"No!" Michiru gasped, her hand automatically covering her mouth.
Setsuna stared straight into Usagi's eyes and she into hers. "You know you have something to do there don't you."
"I don't know what, and I don't know how I know but..." She replied mysteriously.
"Are you sure about this? I can only send you there. You will have to find your own way home." Setsuna cautioned tentatively.
"Setsuna. You are my dearest friend. Do you hear what you are saying?" Michiru asked with an underlying fear held voice. "This world still needs her-"
"Not at the moment." Usagi interrupted. "And I want you all to promise that you will not under any circumstances tell the others where I am. Not even Luna or Artemis."
"We can't do that." Haruka sighed. "Then this is a direct order from your princess." Usagi said in a hushed voice. "You will not under any circumstances tell the Scouts; my future daughter, the Princess Serenity; Luna or Artemis; and especially not Mamoru, where I am. Setsuna has already said that she can't bring me back, so it would just cause them to worry about something they cannot change"
"For once, koneko, you have a point." Haruka said in submission. "But the world needs you; maybe not now, but definitely in the thirtieth century. You'll be the one saving our frozen butts from that Ice queen; or have you forgotten?"
Usagi shook her head. "No, I haven't forgotten, but something tells me that it won't be an issue. I'll be back before then."
"How do you know that?" Haruka demanded of her crown princess. "For all you know, this may be the last time we ever hear from you! You could be wrong! You might not be able to get back! You might die before you think of a way home! You might..."
Usagi couldn't help it. A shadow of a smile crept on her face as her friend spewed one concern after another. She seemed to be trying to find something that would make her stay.
"I know that you have a lot of misgivings about this, but it is something I have to do. If I stay, then Mamoru will just draw me in again. I don't want to be with someone who seems to care about nothing but his own ends." Usagi rose to her feet in a manor that left no doubt that she had made up her mind and was not going to change it. "I'll leave tonight."
"Why do you have to leave so soon?" Michiru asked gingerly, not wanting to push her defences up any higher.
"I know you all want me to wait, but I don't want to run the risk of the others finding out." She said pulling out her purse. Haruka put her hand over Usagi's, stilling her nerves and her actions.
"Think of it as a going away present, Koneko." Haruka said affectionately. Usagi managed a grateful smile as Haruka placed the money on the table.
"Come on, let's get this over with." Usagi said miserably, leading the way out of the ice-cream parlour.
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Four lone figures walked through the twilight park, each engrossed by their own thoughts. Michiru's shoulder-length aquamarine hair moved gently like the waves of the sea, her head bent slightly in a grudging acceptance of what was happening this night; while her lover's eyes showed her discontentment with the idea as vividly as a hurricane's path through a town. Setsuna was struggling to keep her calm, regal appearance, as she fought the urge to disobey her princess and send her back to bed in her small town house at the heart of Tokyo instead.
"You know, it's kinda funny me leaving from here." Usagi commented pensively as she kicked a rock a long the path. "This was the place Mamo- chan and I liked the best."
"Time and people change. It is one of the only constants in life." Setsuna said philosophically as they stopped by the large pristine lake in the middle of the park, and Setsuna reached for her transformation pen. "Pluto Crystal Power!"
A dark green coloured light enveloped the young woman, blocking the other's vision of their friend for a moment. When the light dispersed, a dark skinned woman in a sailor suit stepped forward, brushing her long emerald green hair out the way. The Guardian of the Underworld stepped forward. Her white leotard-like outfit was trimmed by a collar and shirt mini-skirt in such a dark green, it seemed almost black. Her collar was decorated by a single white line bordering its edge, indicating that she was one of the Outer Senshi.
Sailor Pluto stepped towards the lake, raising her key-shaped staff, and swinging it in front of her to reveal a multi-hued portal on the bank of the lake, the giant Garnet in the head of her staff, boasting an incandescent red the whole time.
"We will miss you, Koneko." Haruka sighed, hugging her tightly.
"I always hated long goodbyes. But I will miss you all too. Tell Chibi-Usa I'm proud of her." And with that, she broke out of the hug and walked through the portal.
"Goodbye, Serenity-hime" Michiru uttered as the portal closed behind Usagi. "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!!!" The Outers gyrated on the spot to face a livid Luna standing behind them.
"Luna!"