Another part of this??? How weird is that? Just joking. I think this chapter may be very long! I think I warned you of that in the last chapter but still! It could get ugly…not really. Ah well you know what they say…neither do I. Okay also I would like to thank Ashley, the only one who reviewed for this chapter. Your review drove me to put up another chapter to make you all feel guilty. Except for Teresa who didn't review obviously because she went back to college. And plus she reviews every chapter of everything. See, you should all learn from my onee-chan.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Warning: I cannot figure out a good Yaten face…sigh…maybe (o.o)~ (That last part is his ponytail…) WOOHOO! I made a Yaten face! I have too much time on my hands! I bet I can make all the Starlights…Yaten: (o.o)~ Seiya: 'o.o'~ Taiki: o.o~ (See Taiki's doesn't have bangs because he doesn't have bangs!) Okay wait, this is the warning section and I'm making faces! Okay, cussing and interesting plans for revenge…
Second Chances
Chapter Eight
"Young and stupid,
Left wide open,
Hearts are wasted,
Lives are broken,"
-Another Song Quote For Teresa To Name
"AHHHH! USAGI!!!" Rei yelled at Usagi who was about to fall off the balance beam. Just as she suspected, Usagi tripped and fell flat on her face. Usagi got up, rubbing her head.
"I'm okay." Usagi announced.
"Are you sure?" Minako asked. "You looked like you hit your head pretty hard." They were all in gym class that day. Miss Meioh told them to use the balance beam and tumbling mats. Which was fun in it's own way. Minako was a gymnast so watching her do great things like aerials was cool. Then there was of course Usagi who was trying her best not to fall over. In Rei's opinion, Usagi could use a constant spotter before she really hurt herself. Makoto was doing pretty well as was herself.
The only thing that made this day really different for Rei was that she remembered. She didn't dare say anything though. The others would probably call her crazy. She hadn't gotten a chance to talk to Jadeite yet but she had to tell him everything. She had been a warrior, a sailor senshi. Sworn to protect Serenity from everything. It was pretty weird to think about.
"Watch this!" Rei turned her head to see Hotaru do a perfect cartwheel and Kakyuu clapped appreciatively. The three Starlights, for that's what they were, stood about Kakyuu like a personal guard.
"Your better than me!" Kakyuu laughed before turning a cartwheel, which was just as perfect as Hotaru's. Rei shook her head a little. It was weird knowing all these things and not telling anyone.
"Rei!" Usagi popped up. "It's your turn!" Rei walked the balance beam effortlessly.
"Let's see if you can do it Odango Atama." Rei joked, smiling at the blonde haired girl who was carefully trying to make it across. Usagi's tongue was poked out in concentration.
"Go for it Usagi!" Mamoru called. Usagi looked up, losing her concentration. Her arms began to flap wildly. Rei jumped out, braking Usagi's fall by landing between the girl and the floor.
"Thanks a lot Mamoru!" Rei yelled over to the sheepish looking blue-eyed boy.
"Wow Rei, thanks!" Usagi helped up her raven-haired friend.
"It's my duty!" Rei told her importantly. Usagi gave her an odd look as if trying to figure out something that Rei was keeping hidden. Could Usagi tell if she was hiding something?
"Rei have you-" Usagi was cut off by Setsuna blowing a whistle.
"Come on! Let's move out people! Room nine's class needs it now." Setsuna ushered them all towards the locker rooms.
"What were you going to say?" Rei asked Usagi. Usagi giggled.
"I can't remember…" Usagi scratched her head. Rei shook her head while smiling. Usagi was always like that.
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"Well plan one has been ruined by Taiki." Yaten folded his arms. "So now I have to come up with a new way to have my revenge."
"Um, Yaten? What were you going to say?" Seiya asked curiously.
"None of your business!" Yaten snapped.
"I don't really think I ruined it. I think that this revenge business is what ruined it in the first place. Call it karma." Taiki got out a small pad of notebook paper and a pen. "However, I am documenting this case as to learn the full psychological impact that occurs when a man's manhood is insulted."
"Great." Yaten muttered sarcastically. "So glad I could be of service to you and your lame projects."
"So what's your new plan?" Seiya inquired.
"I'm still thinking." Yaten told him. "It can't be another insult because she'll be expecting that."
"That's Hotaru for you, devious, under-handed, and scheming." Seiya joked. Yaten was really into this though.
"Exactly!" Yaten agreed with him.
"Um…I was joking…" Yaten didn't seem to hear Seiya's words.
"I have a plan!" Yaten informed them all.
"Which is?" Taiki waved his hand as a sort of prompter to the silver haired boy. Yaten grinned at them rather smugly.
"We have a math test today don't we?" Yaten asked them.
"Yeah…" Seiya replied. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"So Setsuna wants me to help her grade papers! I'll make sure that Hotaru completely fails her math test!" Yaten looked rather triumphant.
"That's it?" Seiya asked. "That's your plan?"
"Well unless you morons have a better one…" Yaten trailed off. Neither Seiya nor Taiki volunteered any ideas. "Gee what a surprise."
"How will she even know it was you?" Taiki asked him, frantically scribbling in his notebook.
"She'll know." Yaten assured them. "She has to know."
"That's one fail-proof plan you got going there." Seiya said sarcastically.
"Plan?" Kakyuu's voice broke into the conversation. "What do you mean?"
"Oh Yaten has a brilliant new-" Seiya's mouth was covered by Yaten's hand. "Mph-mhphmmmmm!
"Seiya's choosing to be the Kinmokusei idiot." Yaten explained. "He's just babbling again."
"I see." Kakyuu raised her eyebrows. "Are you all ready for the math test today? Setsuna told me it's kind of hard. Now I don't want to see like the parenting figure of the group, but I trust you all studied."
"I studied although I find the whole new math concept very easy to understand." Taiki told them all, closing his book.
"I thought you were a science nerd." Yaten remarked, smirking slightly once more.
"Math is a branch of science." Taiki said calmly. "Besides, did you study?" Yaten's eyebrow twitched slightly.
"Of course I studied!" Yaten protested. "The only one that didn't was probably Seiya! Probably couldn't find his math book even if it was-"
Kakyuu stopped him. "Yaten, you wouldn't say anything that might offend a princess would you?" Yaten shook his head. "Then shut up!" Everyone stopped and looked at her. "What?" She blinked her large red eyes at them.
"Sometimes…Kakyuu…I wonder if Yaten is a bad influence…" Seiya finally broke the silence.
"You know, I never got to express a lot of emotions or thoughts that I had in the past life…" Kakyuu's eyes became very bittersweet. "I just…sometimes…"
"Great job Seiya! Now she's all sad!" Yaten snapped at him angrily but Seiya did not hear him. He heard something else, long ago, his mind was remembering something that he had forgotten.
"I wish I were good enough for her…" Seiya trailed off to herself. She was staring up at the night sky with a single wish glowing in her heart. Yaten stepped out onto the balcony next to her.
"You idiot…" Yaten shook her head. "Do you think that's the reason she's getting married? All you have to do is look at her and realize that this isn't what she wants! The advisors made her!"
"I guess maybe we're all slaves to destiny…" Seiya told her silver-haired companion. "I always have been a fool. I knew the classes and still hoped…"
"We all don't want a change like this. Kakyuu isn't linked to anyone like she's linked to us." Yaten bowed her head.
"Oh Yaten, it's not Seiya's fault." Kakyuu gave them a small smile as a sort of reassurance. "I just have some bad memories. Much like all of you do I'm sure. None of us could have lived the perfect life." With those words, silence reigned over the four people. Each one dwelling on their own lives.
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Rei sat across from Jadeite at a small lunch table. For once she hadn't sat with the others, as she had on almost every other day. A silence had just fallen over the two. His face looked pained and hers a sort of melancholy.
"I'm sorry Rei." Jadeite apologized. "I…"
"Shhhh…it's in the past isn't it?" Rei touched his hand soothingly. "We've all been reborn, more than once. I think that this life you can become whatever you want."
"Anything I want to become?" Jadeite repeated. His expression showed a sort of hesitation. He was waiting for something although Rei did not know what exactly it was.
"Anything." Rei nodded her head. He took her hand into both of his. Rei felt a slight heat go to her face.
"Then I want to be what I couldn't be before. I want to be strong for you. I'll never betray you again, this I swear!" The fierce look on Jadeite's face made Rei gasp a little. He was gripping her hand tighter now.
"Jadeite…" Rei trailed off, her throat becoming dry. A tear rolled down her cheek but she did not quickly brush it away. No need to hide those things now.
"Hey you two!" Minako's cheery voice seemed to come from absolutely nowhere. Rei looked up to see the sunny blonde giving them a knowing grin. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything…"
"No, no…" Rei felt herself blushing and tried to shake it off. "We were just talking about that math test!"
"Yeah sure! You can lie to others but not me, for I am the goddess of love!" Minako declared triumphantly. Then she blinked her eyes. "Um…wait…what did I just say? Oh well!"
"Minako…" Rei's face beamed with excitement.
"What? Oh sorry, it's just that Makoto, Usagi, and I we're just sitting at the table, wondering where you were. I'm going to tell them!" Minako exclaimed. "See you!" Minako bounced off.
"She's remembering!" Rei told Jadeite. "That's just what kept happening to me!"
"I wouldn't be surprised if some of them already did remember. Endymion, I mean, Mamoru and Usagi are going out right? Hotaru hangs out with the…what did you call them…Starlights? The Starlights are always with their princess…maybe you should check into this a little more." Jadeite informed her.
"You know…youma have been attacking but I think that someone is taking care of them. Who better than a Sailor Senshi? Although I wonder who is sending them?" Rei frowned a little. "You don't think Beryl…"
"It could be." Jadeite shrugged. "I would have about as much knowledge about it as you."
"Oh well." Rei shook her head. "So, tell me, how's your day been?" The conversation settled on this lifetime and they begun to talk and laugh about things once more.
* * *
Yaten picked up yet another test and opened his red pen that Setsuna had given him for grading the tests. She had just left the room to get papers from the office. He looked down at the name on the paper.
Tomoe Hotaru
This was the test he had been waiting for; with no one there he could so easily make sure that she failed it. He checked her paper over. She had gotten every answer right. He drew out a pencil; he could make mistakes on her paper now. He saw in his mind Kakyuu shaking her head sadness, Seiya rolling his eyes, and Taiki logically explaining why he had done it.
Tomoe Hotaru
Of course there was her to consider. Hotaru had become a part of their group because it seemed that if she couldn't hang out with the other Outers that she was use to, she should at least hang out with them. Plus the Inners had no clue what was going on. It didn't surprise them. They always had been a bunch of airheads in his opinion. He picked up the red pen, so easy to mark things wrong.
Tomoe Hotaru
Yaten made a few marks with the red pen just as he felt a dark presence. He got up and immediately left the classroom. Ten minutes later, Setsuna came into the room, looking down at the test that Yaten had been grading. She smiled a knowing smile.
There looking back at her was a big red one hundred.
* * *
Minako and Makoto walked out of the school building laughing. They were both glad that the math test was over. Their laughter stopped though, when a huge youma jumped out in front of them.
"AHHHHHH!" Minako screamed loudly. "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?" The monster pounced on Makoto. It began to drain her energy. Minako was totally frozen. Then she did the only thing that came to mind.
She threw a shoe at the monster.
Now this plan didn't work quite as well as Minako would have hoped. The monster's arm extended and slapped Minako with a great enough force to knock the wind out of her, also causing her to sail through the air. She shut her eyes in anticipation, knowing she most likely would hit the wall behind her. Of course Minako was right, she did hit that wall but it didn't hurt her as badly as she expected.
"Minako!" Makoto called out weakly. Minako's eyes opened to see that Makoto was glowing. She rubbed her eyes frantically; she obviously hit her head harder than she originally thought. No, Makoto was glowing. A symbol started to glow on Makoto's head.
"Makoto!" Minako exclaimed. "You're…glowing!"
"Unhand my friend!" A voice called out.
"Who?" The monster's crawling voice asked the figure that Minako saw was in the shadows. The person stepped out.
"I'm Sailor Mars and I will punish you in the name of my guardian planet, Mars!" Minako saw the person was a girl in a strange outfit. Her hair was dark and her eyes were purple. Minako thought she looked very familiar. She said the first thing that came to her mind.
"Rei?" Minako cocked her head to one side. Sailor Mars' eyes widened in surprise.
"Jupiter Star Power, Make-Up!" Minako turned around to see that Makoto had yelled out that strange phrase, transforming her clothes into an outfit similar to Sailor Mars' except in green and pink.
"You guys KNEW?" Sailor Mars asked them.
"You are Rei?" Minako gasped. "Woah!"
"Hey, what's going on?" Makoto, who was know transformed and the monster was nursing some wounds. "I'm so lost!"
"Take this!" The monster extended its arm again and Minako leapt out of the way.
* * *
Seiya sighed. Kakyuu and Hotaru were both smothering giggles as Taiki was ignoring the whole situation. He had just ran into a girl who immediately saw who he was and starting trying to give him a love letter.
"I don't usually do this!" The girl giggled behind her glasses that seemed too big for her face. "The girls are going to die when they hear about this!"
"Um, I have to go…" Seiya tried to excuse himself, even though Hotaru and Kakyuu were leaning against each other to keep from falling over.
"Come on Mimete!" A red-haired girl called out to the blonde that pushed the letter into Seiya's hand. "Tellu is going to kill us!"
"Coming!" The blonde, obviously named Mimete ran off. Hotaru had stopped laughing and looked like slightly horrified.
"N-no way." Hotaru stammered.
"What?" Kakyuu looked at her friend in concern.
"The Witches Five!" Hotaru exclaimed. "You guys wouldn't know about it but…they were bad guys…"
"Now their Seiya's worshipping fan girls…" Taiki speculated.
"Gah! Shut up!" Seiya ground his teeth. "At least Yaten wasn't here." They all looked up as they felt an evil presence.
"Looks like another youma!" Hotaru told them all. They looked at each other before running towards the presence.
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"Burning Mandala!" Rei shot fire rings at the monster. The monster dodged out of the way.
"What should I do?" Minako asked Rei and Makoto. "I'm going to end up getting killed!"
"Transform!" Makoto suggested. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" The ball of lightening did hit the leg of the monster who seemed only annoyed with the attack.
"Just say 'Venus Star Power, Make-up'." Rei yelled before jumping out of the way of an extended arm. Minako gulped. She had to help them.
"Venus Star Power, Make-Up!" Minako shouted, for some reason deeming it necessary to throw her hand up in the air. She felt a sort of cold metal in her palm, looking up to see a wand in her hand. She struck a pose when she was finally in her sailor fuku.
"You guys look like you could use some help." Another Sailor Senshi came around the corner. She was carrying a long pole arm.
"Hotaru!" Rei exclaimed. "You knew too?"
"You guys knew?" Hotaru looked a little shocked.
"Is there anyone else that's a super hero that I need to know about?" Makoto asked impatiently. An arm went towards Hotaru who swung her Silence Glaive down, the blade slicing through the arm easily.
"Star Sensitive Inferno!" The attack came, completely obliterating the monster. They all turned to see the source, which was of course, as Hotaru and Rei knew, Sailor Star Healer. "You can't just stand around like a bunch of morons."
"Are we late? Seiya's foot got stuck in a grate." Kakyuu explained as Sailor Star Fighter and Sailor Star Maker ran out after her.
"Does everyone know?" Rei asked. "I thought I was the only one!"
"What the heck is going on?" Minako asked, finally not able to stand it.
"It's simple. You are all Sailor Senshi, protected by your guardian planets." Setsuna was standing there, just ten feet away, with her arms crossed casually. "You have been reborn to protect the Earth once more."
"Setsuna!" Hotaru greeted her happily. "I think that's almost everyone, isn't it?"
"Almost…of course I think Rei should explain to Minako and Makoto in just a little more detail. Usagi is a little…busy right now." Setsuna coughed into her hand politely.
"Go Usagi!" Minako grinned enthusiastically. "But who are these guys?"
"I'm Kakyuu." Kakyuu told them. "And these are my Starlights, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten."
"Their girls?" Minako looked as though her eyes were going to pop out of her sockets.
"No." Kakyuu shook her head. "Only when they transform into Sailor Senshi."
"That's a little…confusing…" Makoto commented, scratching her head.
"I'll explain to them. Why don't you guys go back to whatever you were doing?" Rei told the others. "Now okay you two…" The others walked off, not hearing the explanation that the raven-haired girl was giving.
"We're going to hang out at Hotaru's, are you coming Yaten?" Kakyuu asked the silver-haired boy. He crossed his arms stubbornly.
"I've got papers to grade." Yaten told them before walking off.
"You know…" Hotaru began. "I have the feeling sometimes that Yaten doesn't really like me."
"No…Yaten is always like that…" Kakyuu quickly covered before Seiya could ever say anything.
"You're right, I'm probably just imagining things." Hotaru waved away the suspicious feeling. They walked off, feeling that today had been more than weird, it had been downright difficult.
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"Kakyuu…what are you doing?" It was two days later, Seiya had come out onto the top of the school building because Taiki said that he had seen Kakyuu go up there. She was transformed, with her outfit waving slightly in the wind. Her hair up in the loops of royalty. She turned her head and looked at him.
"I'm just thinking…" Kakyuu shook her head. "Do you sometimes wish you could change the past?"
"Why? What happened in the past that you want to change?" Seiya asked her, walking up towards her, over looking the schoolyard.
"Many things…I wish I had been strong enough to not obey the advisors…" Kakyuu murmured. Her eyes clouding over.
"The advisors never did understand anything did they?" Seiya smiled at her. Kakyuu had a tear coming down her cheek. Seiya reached up and wiped it away. "You shouldn't dwell on the past so much. This is this lifetime. You can't change the past no matter how much you want to."
"Seiya…" Kakyuu trailed off. "Your right of course…always right…" Kakyuu seemed to be lost in thought for a moment but she looked back up.
"Don't look sad Kakyuu." Seiya told her. "Why should you look sad?"
"I can't explain it." Kakyuu shook her head. "We'll just say it's unrequited and leave it at that."
"If I knew who made you this sad, I would make him wish he was never born." Seiya vowed. Kakyuu smiled.
"You shouldn't say things like that…don't you know? A vow can bond you into something you did not wish for." Kakyuu leaned over, putting her head on Seiya's shoulder.
"Hey, you did that in the past life too." Seiya remembered suddenly.
"It makes me feel better." Kakyuu closed her eyes as she spoke.
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Chapter eight is finished! I guess I should write chapter nine…oh chapter nine indeed! Of course you poor fans have no idea what I'm talking about but you soon will. You better stay tuned!
Second Chances Akugis!
Take One!
Jadeite: Anything I want to be…
Rei: Anything…
Jadeite: Anything?
Rei: Yes, anything…
Jadeite: Then do you know what I want?
Rei: What?
Jadeite: I want to be Sailor Saturn! She's so cool!
Rei: Why does she have all the fans???
Take Two!
Hotaru: I don't think Yaten likes me…
Kakyuu: No shit Sherlock!
Seiya: Such a comment from you?
Kakyuu: What? Have you ever been a princess? Maybe you shouldn't answer…
Seiya: Gee, that's REALLY funny!
Take Three!
Minako: Makoto!
Makoto: Minako!
Rei: Minako!
Minako: Rei!
Rei: Makoto!
Makoto: Rei!
Hotaru: Rei!
Rei: Hotaru!
Hotaru: Minako!
Minako: Hotaru!
Hotaru: Makoto!
Makoto: Hotaru!
Jade: STOP MAKING FUN OF ME!!!!!
Everyone: O.o
Take Four!
Kakyuu: Do you ever want to change the past sometimes?
Seiya: Yeah…
Kakyuu: Why?
Seiya: Well…
(Flashback!)
Kakyuu: OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Today I'm going to tie you up tight my little puppies!
Seiya: Shouldn't we be the ones into S&M?
Kakyuu: (Cracks a whip) What was that?
Seiya: Princess! Princess! Princess! Princess! Princess!
(Don't sue me Bakuretsu Hunters…)