Chapter Three: Sailor V to the Rescue! Usagi's secrets.
It had taken Meryl a good half-hour to convince the bus driver to turn the bus around, and another hour to get back to where they had been. After that, it was only a five-minute hike to reach Wolfwood and Helen, both of whom were staring into swirling sand.
Helen's mother grabbed her and picked her up with a relieved sigh, before heading back to the bus.
"Where's Vash-san?" a confused Millie asked Wolfwood. He pointed at the swirling sand, watching as Helen's mother took the content child away.
"Ohhh!" Millie exclaimed. "And Usagi-san?" Again, the swirling sand was pointed at. Almost immediately Millie started looking around for a place the sand was more lenient and easier to dig.
Finally, after ten minutes of searching, while Meryl interrogated Wolfwood in the background, she found a place where her foot sank. It sank until it was to her knee, and her foot hit a barrier that clanked like steel. She got on her hands and knees and started digging.
"Senpai! Wolfwood-san!" she cried, touching metal with the tips of her fingers. "I found something!" Jumping up, Wolfwood and Meryl started aiding Millie with digging, and in almost no time, they had a decent sized hole, a tough metal wall showing.
Wolfwood gave it a kick, groaning in pain and frustration when the barrier didn't break. He sat down with a thump.
"Let me try!" Millie exclaimed, pulling out her huge stun gun out, pointing it at the tenacious metal.
"It won't work Millie," Meryl said tiredly. "The gun is made for human beings, not sand-steamer thick metal walls." Meryl sat down in the sand, wondering what to do to get Vash out.
But Millie was already aiming, a confident smile on her face. As she pulled the trigger, her large classic "X" shaped stun bullet flew out, an odd orange glow seeming to propel it. The metal barrier imploded upon impact, pieces falling to the ground below.
"WHAT?!" Meryl shrieked, falling over. She got up just in time to see Millie put her hand on the edge of the new hole, and catapult herself down into it. Meryl rushed over to watch Millie fall of 30 feet, flipping and landing on the ground like a gymnast, perfectly safe... perfectly impossible!
"Sailor V to the rescue!" Millie quipped, Vash and Usagi before her, posing with her hand in front of her face in a Peace/V sign. Millie's brows furrowed as she realized they had both been crying. Usagi blinked in surprise at the sudden light, and even more at Millie, realizing what Millie had said.
Usagi wiped the tears off her face with her sleeve, standing up wobbly. Vash dried his own tears as well, standing to assist Usagi, trying to walk over to Millie.
"Why did you say that?" Usagi asked Millie.
"Why ~did~ I say that?" Millie pondered out loud, looking up. She suddenly realized how far she had jumped, and turned fearfully to Usagi. "And how did I fall so far without being hurt!?" Millie looked into Usagi's smiling eyes.
"Do you really want to know?" Usagi asked her softly. "Or would you rather find out on your own?" Millie found something calming in Usagi's eyes, and relaxed.
"I think," Millie started, not sure where the words were coming from. "I'd rather do it myself; I'm not sure I'm ready to know yet." Millie nodded to herself. That sounded right, and she left it at that.
Usagi nodded in response, and looked up at the sunlight, basking in it. Two faces appeared overhead, blocking some of the light.
"Millie-chan! Vash-san!" Are you okay?" the black haired girl called. Everyone looked up.
"Hai, Senpai! Vash-san seems okay too," Millie said, looking at Vash, who was helping Usagi continue standing.
"Eh," Vash agreed. "I'm fine Meryl. We have gotten everything taken care of down here."
"Is Bunny okay?" Wolfwood shouted down.
"She's okay Wolfwood," Vash yelled back. "Just tired." He looked down at Usagi, who was having a hard time keeping her eyes opened, but gave him a small smile when he grinned down at her.
A rope came down, and both Vash and Usagi insisted she take the rope first, "Because you were so kind as to come down and save us," they told her. So, tying it securely around her waist, she was lifted up.
By the time the rope came down for Usagi, she had fallen heavily asleep. It was impossible for her limp form to be tied and pulled up without fear of injuring her, so they settled on a compromise of pulling Vash up with him holding her securely. Usagi didn't wake through the entire ordeal.
Wolfwood picked Usagi up as Vash untied the rope. Meryl walked over and smirked at the softly snoring Usagi. She hadn't liked the silver-haired girl from the very first moment she had seen Usagi.
"The suns aren't even set, and she's passed out snoring," Meryl commented. "She must be a real weakling." She found three glares leveled at her; Wolfwood, Vash, and. Millie?!
"Bunny has enough problems without your spite!"
"Yeah, and Usa-chan spent a lot of energy saving that child!"
"That was real mean Senpai! ?Usagi-chan is really sad, so you shouldn't pick on her!" All three of them nodded to that statement.
Meryl flushed angrily and stomped of to the bus.
"I wonder what has gotten into her," Vash commented, rolling up the rope. All of them started walking to the bus, and the suns started to set.
"I think Senpai is jealous," Millie replied, after a long amount of thinking, Vash looked up at her startled, prompting her to continue.
"Usagi-chan shows up, and in less than a day, everyone likes her a lot, but she's been traveling with you for awhile, and you still call her "Insurance Girl" or other things instead of her name. Plus, Usagi-chan reprimanded her on the bus, and even though it was indirectly, Senpai is still mad about it."
"Ah," Vash remarked with a thoughtful look on his face. As they neared the bus, Wolfwood handed Usagi to a surprised Vash, and took a cigarette out of his collar, lighting it.
Vash got into the bus, and went to the back where he had been sitting, careful not to hit Usagi's head on the way back. Meryl was nowhere in sight, so he decided she was probably in the restroom. He sat down near the window, Usagi still sleeping in his lap. She rested her head on his shoulder, and her small legs curled on the seat close to Vash.
Millie followed after Vash, and sat across the isle from him, smiling tiredly at him before resting her head on the window. 'Its all so confusing.' she thought frustrated. Wolfwood followed a few minutes after them, and given the choice between sitting next to a cuddling Usagi and Vash, and Millie, he choose Millie. He knew if he sat next to Vash, he'd get into either a fight or an argument with Vash, and most the people on the bus were asleep.
Wolfwood sat close to Millie, and lay his head on her chest. "Your soft." he whispered, falling asleep. Millie sat up surprised, blushing, and watched a sleeping Wolfwood for a few minutes before deciding she didn't really mind, and leaned on Wolfwood a bit, falling asleep. As dreams of a white cat talking to her carried her away, she smiled.
Vash didn't notice the goings on next to him, so intent was he on watching Usagi, a small smile playing on his lips. The suns set, casting a beautiful shade of color on Usagi, before they ducked under the horizon. The moons rose, each making Usagi glow gorgeously.
Meryl came out, saw Wolfwood in her seat, and the only place left being next to Vash and Usagi, and sat down huffily. Vash didn't even notice her, so focused he was at staring at her glistening hair, and beaming face. Meryl just lay her head against the seat, knowing it would take her hours to go to sleep.
Ten minutes later, the girl in Vash's lap started whimpering. 'Oh great, now I'll never get to sleep.' Meryl complained silently. Meryl felt Vash shake Usagi awake, as whimpering turned to quiet sobs.
"Shhh. it was just a dream, just a dream," Vash said in a mantra, over an over, until Usagi calmed down.
"You're all here? Everyone is still alive?" Usagi said in the most heartbroken tone Meryl ever heard, and she tried to keep herself from wincing. 'Everyone still alive? What does that mean??'
"Hai," Vash replied softly. "We're all still here." He rocked her gently.
"And you won't leave me all alone again?"
"I won't leave you alone, I promise."
The last of the sobs faded away into a sad sigh, as Usagi held Vash for dear life.
"You wanted to know the whole story," Usagi stated as a fact.
"Hai; the pieces I learned while down there told me some, but I am missing a whole lot, confusing me," Vash replied quietly. "But you don't have to tell me now."
"Iie, I do. I need to tell someone," Usagi told him. "I will give you the whole story." 'What story?' Meryl thought, listening closely, and faking sleep.
"I'm not quite sure how far the Ginzuishou, that cursed crystal threw me, but more or less my story begins 6000 years ago. I was Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, in the time of the Silver Alliance. I lived on the moon of planet Earth, and was guarded by the senshi of Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. The other four senshi, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto had far more important jobs than guarding me, but I sometimes wonder if I had a few more older Senshi guarding me, if things would have one different. You see, the senshi guarding me were all young girls like me at the time, as prone to get into trouble as I was."
"Jealous of our long life span and out hard earned prosperity, the people of Earth attacked us, wanting us to reveal our secrets, when all our kingdom wanted to do was protect the Earth, that beautiful flowering planet. I was just a child, and absolutely smitten with the Earth, sneaking off there every day to discover new wildlife and nature; to feel the unconfined breeze that carried life on its wings."
"One time I was down there, and I met the Earth prince, falling in love with him at first sight. Thinking back on it, it was probably all staged," Usagi sadly remarked. "I mean, we were at war with Earth. How naïve I was. After sneaking off to visit him several times, I smuggled him to the moon to visit, convinced by him that it was okay. As soon as he crossed the border, our shields collapsed, and we were overrun. Everything was destroyed, my friends, family, and my mother was on the verge of death. Endymion, the Earth prince was killed in the attack too, and I gave in to suicide in hopeless agony, killing my self with his sword."
"My dying mother witnessed all of it, and as the Earthian's left our home in ruins, having found no secrets, my mother pulled herself to the prayer room. She knew everyone was dead, so her final prayer was that we could all be reborn into better lives on Earth."
"And I did, for all of 14 years. I was Tsukino Usagi, the klutzy happy-go-lucky blond that was always late, failed tests, played games, and ate junk food of all types. And then Luna, the advisor from the Moon Kingdom found me. She rather looked like a cat with a crescent moon shape on her head, but she talked, and she told me that the enemy that overrun the Moon Kingdom, Queen Beryl, was back, and I had to defeat her. I had no idea who I was, beyond the fact a talking cat wanted me to fight. So I changed into Sailor Moon, the senshi of the moon."
"Along the way, fighting different terrifying monsters that Beryl had created, I found my four guardian senshi. Mizuno Ami, Senshi of Mercury; Hino Rei, Senshi of Mars; Kino Makoto, Senshi of Jupiter; and Aino Minako, Senshi of Venus. Tuxedo Kamen saved my life several times when I was in a tight spot, and I found out later that he was Endymion, and he was also Chiba Mamoru, the person I always argued and fought with."
"The final battle was tough, and I used every last ounce of my strength keeping everyone alive while I defeated Beryl, but she was only the first in a long line of enemies." Usagi continued, describing each enemy, the Outer Senshi, her future daughter. Meryl just sat in shock that so much could happen to one person.
"After Galaxia, I started creating Crystal Tokyo, and it was all so perfect. But the senshi fell in love with humans, and asked to be released of their huge life spans so they could grow old with their loved ones. I did so without a second thought. it wasn't until I watched their withered and aged bodies be lowered into their graves, with me looking the same as always, that I realized what my choice did. Still, my sanity held; I had Endymion. But he was not a Senshi, and although he had a long life span from living so near the Ginzuishou, he did die of old age."
"I tried killing myself to be reunited with all my friends and Endymion, but as I watched silver blood flow, and my wounds knit themselves back together, I knew that I could ever die. The only person I had left, my daughter, openly showed her contempt for me. It was my fault that the Senshi and her father had died. she hated me with her very soul. So I wished on the Ginzuishou to die, the only thing I knew left to do. So Neo- Queen Serenity, the me I used to be, died. But I am Cosmos now, and Cosmos can never die," she finished. "If you hate me I understand. I'm not human, and I've committed suicide more than once. I let all my friend die."
"I can't hate you Usa-chan," Vash told her softly. "And they made the decision, not you. I'm glad you didn't die."
"I'm glad I didn't die too," Usagi returned quietly. "I have friends now. You, Wolfwood, Millie and Meryl."
"Meryl?"
"Hai, she reminds me very much of my best friend on Earth; we argued all the time, but we were close. On top of that, I know of two of my Senshi that were reincarnated so far."
"Two? I know Rem was one, but who was the other?"
"I'm pretty sure, between what she said, and the abilities she showed, that Millie is Venus," Usagi replied. "I mean, who else but Mina- chan would flip down like that and quip "Sailor V to the rescue!" She smothered a giggle. "I'll just let her memories return to her on their own, so I'll let her be about it." Usagi yawned deeply.
"You should sleep now Usagi," Vash lectured her. She nodded tiredly.
"As long as you promise that next time you tell me your story," Usagi said, drifting off on Vash's shoulder. Vash fell asleep not too long after Usagi, and when he did, Meryl sat up and looked at Usagi. 'I'm sorry; I didn't know,' Meryl thought guiltily. All that pain, all hidden by Usagi's constant giggles and smiles.
She smiled down at Usagi, suddenly feeling protective of the small silver-haired girl. 'I'll make sure Vash no Baka doesn't hurt you.' Meryl thought, before leaning her head against Vash's shoulder and falling asleep.
She dreamed of controlling the fire of her spirit, with the moon shining down on her.
A.N. So far so good? R & R!
It had taken Meryl a good half-hour to convince the bus driver to turn the bus around, and another hour to get back to where they had been. After that, it was only a five-minute hike to reach Wolfwood and Helen, both of whom were staring into swirling sand.
Helen's mother grabbed her and picked her up with a relieved sigh, before heading back to the bus.
"Where's Vash-san?" a confused Millie asked Wolfwood. He pointed at the swirling sand, watching as Helen's mother took the content child away.
"Ohhh!" Millie exclaimed. "And Usagi-san?" Again, the swirling sand was pointed at. Almost immediately Millie started looking around for a place the sand was more lenient and easier to dig.
Finally, after ten minutes of searching, while Meryl interrogated Wolfwood in the background, she found a place where her foot sank. It sank until it was to her knee, and her foot hit a barrier that clanked like steel. She got on her hands and knees and started digging.
"Senpai! Wolfwood-san!" she cried, touching metal with the tips of her fingers. "I found something!" Jumping up, Wolfwood and Meryl started aiding Millie with digging, and in almost no time, they had a decent sized hole, a tough metal wall showing.
Wolfwood gave it a kick, groaning in pain and frustration when the barrier didn't break. He sat down with a thump.
"Let me try!" Millie exclaimed, pulling out her huge stun gun out, pointing it at the tenacious metal.
"It won't work Millie," Meryl said tiredly. "The gun is made for human beings, not sand-steamer thick metal walls." Meryl sat down in the sand, wondering what to do to get Vash out.
But Millie was already aiming, a confident smile on her face. As she pulled the trigger, her large classic "X" shaped stun bullet flew out, an odd orange glow seeming to propel it. The metal barrier imploded upon impact, pieces falling to the ground below.
"WHAT?!" Meryl shrieked, falling over. She got up just in time to see Millie put her hand on the edge of the new hole, and catapult herself down into it. Meryl rushed over to watch Millie fall of 30 feet, flipping and landing on the ground like a gymnast, perfectly safe... perfectly impossible!
"Sailor V to the rescue!" Millie quipped, Vash and Usagi before her, posing with her hand in front of her face in a Peace/V sign. Millie's brows furrowed as she realized they had both been crying. Usagi blinked in surprise at the sudden light, and even more at Millie, realizing what Millie had said.
Usagi wiped the tears off her face with her sleeve, standing up wobbly. Vash dried his own tears as well, standing to assist Usagi, trying to walk over to Millie.
"Why did you say that?" Usagi asked Millie.
"Why ~did~ I say that?" Millie pondered out loud, looking up. She suddenly realized how far she had jumped, and turned fearfully to Usagi. "And how did I fall so far without being hurt!?" Millie looked into Usagi's smiling eyes.
"Do you really want to know?" Usagi asked her softly. "Or would you rather find out on your own?" Millie found something calming in Usagi's eyes, and relaxed.
"I think," Millie started, not sure where the words were coming from. "I'd rather do it myself; I'm not sure I'm ready to know yet." Millie nodded to herself. That sounded right, and she left it at that.
Usagi nodded in response, and looked up at the sunlight, basking in it. Two faces appeared overhead, blocking some of the light.
"Millie-chan! Vash-san!" Are you okay?" the black haired girl called. Everyone looked up.
"Hai, Senpai! Vash-san seems okay too," Millie said, looking at Vash, who was helping Usagi continue standing.
"Eh," Vash agreed. "I'm fine Meryl. We have gotten everything taken care of down here."
"Is Bunny okay?" Wolfwood shouted down.
"She's okay Wolfwood," Vash yelled back. "Just tired." He looked down at Usagi, who was having a hard time keeping her eyes opened, but gave him a small smile when he grinned down at her.
A rope came down, and both Vash and Usagi insisted she take the rope first, "Because you were so kind as to come down and save us," they told her. So, tying it securely around her waist, she was lifted up.
By the time the rope came down for Usagi, she had fallen heavily asleep. It was impossible for her limp form to be tied and pulled up without fear of injuring her, so they settled on a compromise of pulling Vash up with him holding her securely. Usagi didn't wake through the entire ordeal.
Wolfwood picked Usagi up as Vash untied the rope. Meryl walked over and smirked at the softly snoring Usagi. She hadn't liked the silver-haired girl from the very first moment she had seen Usagi.
"The suns aren't even set, and she's passed out snoring," Meryl commented. "She must be a real weakling." She found three glares leveled at her; Wolfwood, Vash, and. Millie?!
"Bunny has enough problems without your spite!"
"Yeah, and Usa-chan spent a lot of energy saving that child!"
"That was real mean Senpai! ?Usagi-chan is really sad, so you shouldn't pick on her!" All three of them nodded to that statement.
Meryl flushed angrily and stomped of to the bus.
"I wonder what has gotten into her," Vash commented, rolling up the rope. All of them started walking to the bus, and the suns started to set.
"I think Senpai is jealous," Millie replied, after a long amount of thinking, Vash looked up at her startled, prompting her to continue.
"Usagi-chan shows up, and in less than a day, everyone likes her a lot, but she's been traveling with you for awhile, and you still call her "Insurance Girl" or other things instead of her name. Plus, Usagi-chan reprimanded her on the bus, and even though it was indirectly, Senpai is still mad about it."
"Ah," Vash remarked with a thoughtful look on his face. As they neared the bus, Wolfwood handed Usagi to a surprised Vash, and took a cigarette out of his collar, lighting it.
Vash got into the bus, and went to the back where he had been sitting, careful not to hit Usagi's head on the way back. Meryl was nowhere in sight, so he decided she was probably in the restroom. He sat down near the window, Usagi still sleeping in his lap. She rested her head on his shoulder, and her small legs curled on the seat close to Vash.
Millie followed after Vash, and sat across the isle from him, smiling tiredly at him before resting her head on the window. 'Its all so confusing.' she thought frustrated. Wolfwood followed a few minutes after them, and given the choice between sitting next to a cuddling Usagi and Vash, and Millie, he choose Millie. He knew if he sat next to Vash, he'd get into either a fight or an argument with Vash, and most the people on the bus were asleep.
Wolfwood sat close to Millie, and lay his head on her chest. "Your soft." he whispered, falling asleep. Millie sat up surprised, blushing, and watched a sleeping Wolfwood for a few minutes before deciding she didn't really mind, and leaned on Wolfwood a bit, falling asleep. As dreams of a white cat talking to her carried her away, she smiled.
Vash didn't notice the goings on next to him, so intent was he on watching Usagi, a small smile playing on his lips. The suns set, casting a beautiful shade of color on Usagi, before they ducked under the horizon. The moons rose, each making Usagi glow gorgeously.
Meryl came out, saw Wolfwood in her seat, and the only place left being next to Vash and Usagi, and sat down huffily. Vash didn't even notice her, so focused he was at staring at her glistening hair, and beaming face. Meryl just lay her head against the seat, knowing it would take her hours to go to sleep.
Ten minutes later, the girl in Vash's lap started whimpering. 'Oh great, now I'll never get to sleep.' Meryl complained silently. Meryl felt Vash shake Usagi awake, as whimpering turned to quiet sobs.
"Shhh. it was just a dream, just a dream," Vash said in a mantra, over an over, until Usagi calmed down.
"You're all here? Everyone is still alive?" Usagi said in the most heartbroken tone Meryl ever heard, and she tried to keep herself from wincing. 'Everyone still alive? What does that mean??'
"Hai," Vash replied softly. "We're all still here." He rocked her gently.
"And you won't leave me all alone again?"
"I won't leave you alone, I promise."
The last of the sobs faded away into a sad sigh, as Usagi held Vash for dear life.
"You wanted to know the whole story," Usagi stated as a fact.
"Hai; the pieces I learned while down there told me some, but I am missing a whole lot, confusing me," Vash replied quietly. "But you don't have to tell me now."
"Iie, I do. I need to tell someone," Usagi told him. "I will give you the whole story." 'What story?' Meryl thought, listening closely, and faking sleep.
"I'm not quite sure how far the Ginzuishou, that cursed crystal threw me, but more or less my story begins 6000 years ago. I was Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, in the time of the Silver Alliance. I lived on the moon of planet Earth, and was guarded by the senshi of Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. The other four senshi, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto had far more important jobs than guarding me, but I sometimes wonder if I had a few more older Senshi guarding me, if things would have one different. You see, the senshi guarding me were all young girls like me at the time, as prone to get into trouble as I was."
"Jealous of our long life span and out hard earned prosperity, the people of Earth attacked us, wanting us to reveal our secrets, when all our kingdom wanted to do was protect the Earth, that beautiful flowering planet. I was just a child, and absolutely smitten with the Earth, sneaking off there every day to discover new wildlife and nature; to feel the unconfined breeze that carried life on its wings."
"One time I was down there, and I met the Earth prince, falling in love with him at first sight. Thinking back on it, it was probably all staged," Usagi sadly remarked. "I mean, we were at war with Earth. How naïve I was. After sneaking off to visit him several times, I smuggled him to the moon to visit, convinced by him that it was okay. As soon as he crossed the border, our shields collapsed, and we were overrun. Everything was destroyed, my friends, family, and my mother was on the verge of death. Endymion, the Earth prince was killed in the attack too, and I gave in to suicide in hopeless agony, killing my self with his sword."
"My dying mother witnessed all of it, and as the Earthian's left our home in ruins, having found no secrets, my mother pulled herself to the prayer room. She knew everyone was dead, so her final prayer was that we could all be reborn into better lives on Earth."
"And I did, for all of 14 years. I was Tsukino Usagi, the klutzy happy-go-lucky blond that was always late, failed tests, played games, and ate junk food of all types. And then Luna, the advisor from the Moon Kingdom found me. She rather looked like a cat with a crescent moon shape on her head, but she talked, and she told me that the enemy that overrun the Moon Kingdom, Queen Beryl, was back, and I had to defeat her. I had no idea who I was, beyond the fact a talking cat wanted me to fight. So I changed into Sailor Moon, the senshi of the moon."
"Along the way, fighting different terrifying monsters that Beryl had created, I found my four guardian senshi. Mizuno Ami, Senshi of Mercury; Hino Rei, Senshi of Mars; Kino Makoto, Senshi of Jupiter; and Aino Minako, Senshi of Venus. Tuxedo Kamen saved my life several times when I was in a tight spot, and I found out later that he was Endymion, and he was also Chiba Mamoru, the person I always argued and fought with."
"The final battle was tough, and I used every last ounce of my strength keeping everyone alive while I defeated Beryl, but she was only the first in a long line of enemies." Usagi continued, describing each enemy, the Outer Senshi, her future daughter. Meryl just sat in shock that so much could happen to one person.
"After Galaxia, I started creating Crystal Tokyo, and it was all so perfect. But the senshi fell in love with humans, and asked to be released of their huge life spans so they could grow old with their loved ones. I did so without a second thought. it wasn't until I watched their withered and aged bodies be lowered into their graves, with me looking the same as always, that I realized what my choice did. Still, my sanity held; I had Endymion. But he was not a Senshi, and although he had a long life span from living so near the Ginzuishou, he did die of old age."
"I tried killing myself to be reunited with all my friends and Endymion, but as I watched silver blood flow, and my wounds knit themselves back together, I knew that I could ever die. The only person I had left, my daughter, openly showed her contempt for me. It was my fault that the Senshi and her father had died. she hated me with her very soul. So I wished on the Ginzuishou to die, the only thing I knew left to do. So Neo- Queen Serenity, the me I used to be, died. But I am Cosmos now, and Cosmos can never die," she finished. "If you hate me I understand. I'm not human, and I've committed suicide more than once. I let all my friend die."
"I can't hate you Usa-chan," Vash told her softly. "And they made the decision, not you. I'm glad you didn't die."
"I'm glad I didn't die too," Usagi returned quietly. "I have friends now. You, Wolfwood, Millie and Meryl."
"Meryl?"
"Hai, she reminds me very much of my best friend on Earth; we argued all the time, but we were close. On top of that, I know of two of my Senshi that were reincarnated so far."
"Two? I know Rem was one, but who was the other?"
"I'm pretty sure, between what she said, and the abilities she showed, that Millie is Venus," Usagi replied. "I mean, who else but Mina- chan would flip down like that and quip "Sailor V to the rescue!" She smothered a giggle. "I'll just let her memories return to her on their own, so I'll let her be about it." Usagi yawned deeply.
"You should sleep now Usagi," Vash lectured her. She nodded tiredly.
"As long as you promise that next time you tell me your story," Usagi said, drifting off on Vash's shoulder. Vash fell asleep not too long after Usagi, and when he did, Meryl sat up and looked at Usagi. 'I'm sorry; I didn't know,' Meryl thought guiltily. All that pain, all hidden by Usagi's constant giggles and smiles.
She smiled down at Usagi, suddenly feeling protective of the small silver-haired girl. 'I'll make sure Vash no Baka doesn't hurt you.' Meryl thought, before leaning her head against Vash's shoulder and falling asleep.
She dreamed of controlling the fire of her spirit, with the moon shining down on her.
A.N. So far so good? R & R!