Here it is, the last chapter of Artemis and Luna. I hope you enjoy it!!! I
no own Sailor Moon!!!!!
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Being a cat isn't all it's crack up to be. Now, don't get me wrong; I love the petting and carrying and kisses on the head but being human for so long and then suddenly becoming a cat is very....well, odd.
Like for instance, I had to get used to not being able to open doors. I'd have to sit at a door for hours just to wait for someone to come by so I could ask them to open it for me. Now, I know you are thinking "Why not just go find someone to open it?" But that was harder than it seems. That palace was huge and trying to find someone to open a door for me was tiring. After my first time of doing that, I just decided it was easier to just wait. I mean, nothing was THAT pressing anyway.
Those creatures did come to the palace. In fact, they came around a year after we were changed. They just showed up one day and demanded to search the place. Luna and I were terrified. We hid in the kitchen under a table. I know we looked like cats but that still doesn't get the image of your family in their own pool of blood out of your head.
The creatures came once every year. And every year, Luna and I got braver. By the time the girls were 13 we were purring and rubbing up against their legs. The girls and the queen thought that was hysterically funny.
Minako was unsure of how to act around me at first. But she got over that real quick. I still saw her as my little sister even though she was much taller than me. She told me things she would never tell the other girls. One day we were talking (I think she was just about to turn 13):
"Artemis, do you think I'll ever find love?"
I was shocked by that question but I answered anyway. "Of course you will, Mina."
She sighed and stroked my back. "But why haven't I yet? When will it come?"
"Oh, Minako." I rubbed her chin with my head. "You just have to stop looking so hard. One day, love will find you and you won't even realize it. But when you do, it will feel so wonderful. Just wait for it. It will come."
She smiled. "Like you and Luna?"
I blushed. "Yes, like me and Luna."
"Are you going to get married, Artemis?"
I sighed. "I don't know, Mina-chan. With us being cats it's kind of hard to do that. And I want a real wedding." I looked down. "And I'm scared to ask her."
Minako gasped. "Why? You know she loves you!"
"I know. I just-" I stopped and looked up at her. "She's changed since we've become cats. She's so serious now. And she seems so nervous all the time. She's not the Luna I fell in love with."
Minako nodded. "I know, Artemis. You should talk to her. Ask her to marry you. See how she reacts."
And I did. The next day I went up to her and got her to listen.
"Luna, I always pictured this moment differently. I would get down on my knees but....well, that wouldn't be as effective." I paused and looked her in the eyes. "I talked to the queen. And she promised that in two years, if the creatures were gone, she would turn us back into humans."
Luna raised an eyebrow (or what would be an eyebrow if she had one) but I cut her off from saying anything.
"Luna, will you marry me when that time comes?"
Silence. She just looked at me. I felt my tail drop and my heart sank. 'I shouldn't have asked,' I thought to myself. 'Now she hates me.'
"I would love to, Artemis."
And that's how we began planning everything. We decided that after we married we would go to Earth for a honeymoon and then go back to the Moon and continue working for the queen.
But that never happened. A year later, the entire Moon Kingdom was destroyed. Everyone was killed. The only living things left were Luna, the queen, and me. And the queen was close to dying.
"Luna, Artemis, please watch over my girls," she told us. "I wish I had the energy to change you both back to your human forms but I only have enough left to send everyone to the future."
"That is fine, Your Majesty," Luna said. "And we will watch them."
"Thank you," the queen said. A silver light surrounded me and Luna and I knew nothing else.
That is until I woke up years and years later. And well, you know how the rest of the story goes. I met Minako again, we fought crime, we got back together with the others, and Luna and I teamed up again.
And I was still in love with her. And she was in love with me. But at that time, we were fighting those terrible monsters and we didn't have time to actually do much together. Then one day:
"Artemis?"
"Yes, Usagi-chan?"
"Do you still want to be human and marry Luna?"
"How did you-?"
"Oh come on, Artemis! Minako cannot keep a secret."
I looked down and blushed. "No she can't."
Usagi giggled then grew serious. "Do you, Artemis? Do you want to become human again?"
I nodded. "More than anything."
Usagi nodded once. "Then I promise, when I become Neo-Queen Serenity you and Luna will become human again." She smiled. "I would do it now but I don't have the power yet."
I grinned. "I understand, Usagi. And I thank you. I look forward to that day."
And I am still waiting. We have beaten Chaos and Usagi and Mamoru-san are about to be married. But she just promised me again. And I can't wait. I will be walking on two feet again in no time. And Luna and I will finally be married and have the daughter we knew we would have.
I asked Diana why she is a cat one day. She told me that Neo-Queen Serenity made it so that me, Luna, and her can change into humans at anytime. Pretty smart if you ask me.
But anyway, there you have it. Mine and Luna's story. Pretty exciting, ne? And it isn't even finished yet. We still have the rest of our life to live. And I'm pretty psyched about that.
The End
Well, there it is. And I don't plan on doing a sequel. But I may change my mind after a while. But *sigh* I don't know.
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this. I certainly enjoyed writing this. And I think it turned out very well. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I love all of you! And please read my other stories! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Being a cat isn't all it's crack up to be. Now, don't get me wrong; I love the petting and carrying and kisses on the head but being human for so long and then suddenly becoming a cat is very....well, odd.
Like for instance, I had to get used to not being able to open doors. I'd have to sit at a door for hours just to wait for someone to come by so I could ask them to open it for me. Now, I know you are thinking "Why not just go find someone to open it?" But that was harder than it seems. That palace was huge and trying to find someone to open a door for me was tiring. After my first time of doing that, I just decided it was easier to just wait. I mean, nothing was THAT pressing anyway.
Those creatures did come to the palace. In fact, they came around a year after we were changed. They just showed up one day and demanded to search the place. Luna and I were terrified. We hid in the kitchen under a table. I know we looked like cats but that still doesn't get the image of your family in their own pool of blood out of your head.
The creatures came once every year. And every year, Luna and I got braver. By the time the girls were 13 we were purring and rubbing up against their legs. The girls and the queen thought that was hysterically funny.
Minako was unsure of how to act around me at first. But she got over that real quick. I still saw her as my little sister even though she was much taller than me. She told me things she would never tell the other girls. One day we were talking (I think she was just about to turn 13):
"Artemis, do you think I'll ever find love?"
I was shocked by that question but I answered anyway. "Of course you will, Mina."
She sighed and stroked my back. "But why haven't I yet? When will it come?"
"Oh, Minako." I rubbed her chin with my head. "You just have to stop looking so hard. One day, love will find you and you won't even realize it. But when you do, it will feel so wonderful. Just wait for it. It will come."
She smiled. "Like you and Luna?"
I blushed. "Yes, like me and Luna."
"Are you going to get married, Artemis?"
I sighed. "I don't know, Mina-chan. With us being cats it's kind of hard to do that. And I want a real wedding." I looked down. "And I'm scared to ask her."
Minako gasped. "Why? You know she loves you!"
"I know. I just-" I stopped and looked up at her. "She's changed since we've become cats. She's so serious now. And she seems so nervous all the time. She's not the Luna I fell in love with."
Minako nodded. "I know, Artemis. You should talk to her. Ask her to marry you. See how she reacts."
And I did. The next day I went up to her and got her to listen.
"Luna, I always pictured this moment differently. I would get down on my knees but....well, that wouldn't be as effective." I paused and looked her in the eyes. "I talked to the queen. And she promised that in two years, if the creatures were gone, she would turn us back into humans."
Luna raised an eyebrow (or what would be an eyebrow if she had one) but I cut her off from saying anything.
"Luna, will you marry me when that time comes?"
Silence. She just looked at me. I felt my tail drop and my heart sank. 'I shouldn't have asked,' I thought to myself. 'Now she hates me.'
"I would love to, Artemis."
And that's how we began planning everything. We decided that after we married we would go to Earth for a honeymoon and then go back to the Moon and continue working for the queen.
But that never happened. A year later, the entire Moon Kingdom was destroyed. Everyone was killed. The only living things left were Luna, the queen, and me. And the queen was close to dying.
"Luna, Artemis, please watch over my girls," she told us. "I wish I had the energy to change you both back to your human forms but I only have enough left to send everyone to the future."
"That is fine, Your Majesty," Luna said. "And we will watch them."
"Thank you," the queen said. A silver light surrounded me and Luna and I knew nothing else.
That is until I woke up years and years later. And well, you know how the rest of the story goes. I met Minako again, we fought crime, we got back together with the others, and Luna and I teamed up again.
And I was still in love with her. And she was in love with me. But at that time, we were fighting those terrible monsters and we didn't have time to actually do much together. Then one day:
"Artemis?"
"Yes, Usagi-chan?"
"Do you still want to be human and marry Luna?"
"How did you-?"
"Oh come on, Artemis! Minako cannot keep a secret."
I looked down and blushed. "No she can't."
Usagi giggled then grew serious. "Do you, Artemis? Do you want to become human again?"
I nodded. "More than anything."
Usagi nodded once. "Then I promise, when I become Neo-Queen Serenity you and Luna will become human again." She smiled. "I would do it now but I don't have the power yet."
I grinned. "I understand, Usagi. And I thank you. I look forward to that day."
And I am still waiting. We have beaten Chaos and Usagi and Mamoru-san are about to be married. But she just promised me again. And I can't wait. I will be walking on two feet again in no time. And Luna and I will finally be married and have the daughter we knew we would have.
I asked Diana why she is a cat one day. She told me that Neo-Queen Serenity made it so that me, Luna, and her can change into humans at anytime. Pretty smart if you ask me.
But anyway, there you have it. Mine and Luna's story. Pretty exciting, ne? And it isn't even finished yet. We still have the rest of our life to live. And I'm pretty psyched about that.
The End
Well, there it is. And I don't plan on doing a sequel. But I may change my mind after a while. But *sigh* I don't know.
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this. I certainly enjoyed writing this. And I think it turned out very well. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I love all of you! And please read my other stories! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
