More Notes: This could serve as an "intermission" between Rubeus's attempts. By the way, some lyrics and the song used are from "On My Own" which appeared in the Les Miserables musical. Oh, and flames are welcome. Umm, is this part long enough?

A Walk Through the Moonlight

            Tokyo looks extremely different from its parallel in the future. There are no crystals. Instead there are those buildings of different sizes. Change has exploded as compared to the last time I remember seeing the city before we were exiled. It's the third time I've chosen to stroll at this hour. I walk along choosing my paths randomly. It is late at night. Strangely enough, there are still civilians on the street. I am in disguise of course. The breeze ruffles my now temporarily blonde hair. I smile slightly and peer at the midnight sky. The pale wan moon in all its serenity shines down on the city with a silky glow. Its sheen reflects back and forth on the trees and glass windows. The mere smooth texture of the celestial creature reminds me of that elegant queen. The moon…all pretty and shy just as her face is…Nearby, I watch a young teen and his lady converse and kiss every now and then. It strikes a chord within me and I see who those two could be. The queen and I. All alone… just the two of us without the rest of the meddling family. Yes…even loyal caring Safir and not Wiseman. He's certainly not the romantic type. While we're enjoying ourselves, I'd put my trust and reign in his temporary power. Ay, shall I stop gazing at the moon? It reminds me so much of the pretty blonde that I obsess with that it pains my eyes just to glance at that shimmering white orb of dust. I sigh and turn away.

            Out of the corner of my eye, I see five girls pushing each other out of a mall. The first one to catch my eye was the girl with blonde hair. Her hair resembles the queen's. Two balls of curled up hair wrap into circles hold two long twines of beautiful glossy hair. Her eyes are very wide and seemingly naïve in comparison to the queen's serious and more mature eyes. The girl's slender body even has its similarities to the one that I dream about. Strange. Quite strange. The other four girls push the blonde into the street while she screeches and flails at them. No, it can't be. This cannot be the queen's former self. There is no grace. Another girl with blonde hair tied back by a red bow spots me. She points and gapes. The tall brown haired teen with a ponytail follows her gaze. I wave rather welcomingly and smile that smile of mine. Yes, that mysterious, secretive smile that lures many to my grasp. I hear them whisper as the other girls turn to look at me all too obviously. I wave and smile more. They hiss to each other, and I chuckle to myself in my mind. I'm cute, they say. They bumble among themselves some more, and I move on. I notice behind a trashcan a shadow. I narrow my eyes as I take a closer look. That princess. The snobbish child that was begotten by ... sophisticated Serenity and …..that not so deserving Endymion. No matter. We'll deal with her later. As I walk on at a rather relaxing gait, I catch a glimpse of the girls following me and peeking from the darkness of shadows. They whisper, but I cannot hear what they say. Little Earthlings, shouldn't they be asleep? I sigh and keep walking. They still follow.

            I smile and decide to turn. "Hey, there," I call out. "Why are you following me?"

            They timidly come out with red faces. "Umm, we were, uh….shoplifting!" the blonde that resembles the queen blurts.

            "You idiot! Shoplifting?!! We don't shoplift! We were shopping!" the long black haired companion yells as she pushes the blonde to the ground.

            The girl with the short blue hair turns to me and smiles nervously. "I'm sorry. It seems my friends have gotten into, umm…. a fight."

            I smile. "A small catfight. That's what friends are for," I say. I leave leaving the girls to sort out the argument themselves. Behind me, I hear the fight stop as all of them stare at me depart. As soon as I turn the corner, I hear them yelling and fighting about who scared me off. I laugh lightly and stroll into a park. A song slips into my mind as I observe my surroundings and stop averting my gaze to the moon. It is a song that I remember from somewhere…

And now I'm all alone again

Nowhere to seek, nowhere to ask

Without a guide without a star

With a face to say hello to.

And now the night is in,

Now I can make

Believe she's here.

Sometimes I walk alone at night.

When everyone else is supposed to be sleeping

I think of her and then I'm happy

With the wishes that will come true.

The city goes to bed

And I can live inside my mind.

On my own

Pretending she's beside me.

All alone I walk with her till morning

With her

I feel her arms around me

And when I close my eyes, I sigh

And she has found me.

In the rain the pavement shines like silver.

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness the trees of full of starlight.

And all I see is her and me forever and forever.

And I know it's only in my mind for now

That I'm talking to myself and not to her at the moment

And although I know that she is blind

Still I say there's a way for us.

I adore her

But when the night is over

She is gone, the river's just a river

With her, the world around me changes

The trees are bare and everywhere the streets

Are full of strangers.

I cherish her

But I realize that I'm not quite there yet.

There's still a goal that I must still achieve.

Crystal Tokyo must fall so that we can

Be together forever…