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By: Anime Redneck
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Disclaimer: I don't own the GW Guys nor the SM Gals, so no sueing!!
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IV. May 17th, AC199
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//May 17th, AC199
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::waves:: Hello Bookie! heh Can't believe I'm still calling you that after all these years. Strange how some things never change, ne? If you think about it long enough, we don't really change. Well no one from our Group that is. ::giggles:: We're too hmm, close nit? to change. We just grow a little I think.
Several things have happened in the last few months hindering my telling of them to you then, instead of now. So with only seven days left until we graduate I'll tell you about them! ^__^;
Since playing ball in the park where Sokai first met Setsuna, they've seemed to form a bond between them like we all have. It's kawaii. I'm glad that Setsuna let someone else close to her besides the Outers and me. Oh we're all close; but Setsuna never seems to form a 'you tell me all and I'll tell you all' sort of relationship with anyone. Must be from her endless lifeline, solitary confinement at the Gates of Time.
I feel sadness for the Senshi of Time. She's lived to see the rises and fall of a majestic kingdom, lost all of her friends and loved ones only to live a thousand years in silence and loneliness. Waiting, for us to be re-born again, only to loose my Court and I once more, but to gain us back. A never-ending circle, ne?
You've got to wonder how a woman like Setsuna can keep herself together under all that pressure. I know if it was me, I'd probably crumble right away... though all the girls would defiantly beg to differ with me, bring up all the past battles I was forced to endure alone.
::shakes head:: They're wrong though. I'm not as strong as some people think. Setsuna is by far the strongest of us all. I think if anyone else were to be put in her shoes they'd fall pray to the lonely, misty silence that is the Time Corridor... slowly going insane, out of their minds from the nothingness.
I would be fine for a week or so, maybe a month before crumbling from lack of my friend's energy, constant chattering and love. Minako would fall for the same reason, maybe sooner. Makoto and Rei are stronger, they could hold up for three months or longer before slipping and never coming back without they're friends or someone to talk to. No sacred Fire to consult.
Ami-chan... I'm not sure. I guess she'd last as long as Makoto and Rei-chan if not longer... She's always been along right? So maybe she could endure more, I'm sure her super mind could come up with countless ways to keep busy. But with the 'workings' I've done on her, brought her into the 'fun and light', might make being Times guardian as bad for her as it'd be for Minako and myself.
And the Outers... Longest lasting of us all. I think though, that Michiru and Haruka would fall in due time from being away from one another. Those two have a strong bond, strong love for one another... that if they spent a long amount of time away from the other, it'd hurt. That hurt would only grown stronger with time and eventually drive them mad, or kill them. Hotaru, my little Dark Firefly... I have a inkling that the smallest and deadliest Senshi of us all, would outlast us. But as all our fates would be. She would also fall.
None of us have it in us to be the Guardian of Time. That lonely, silent, mind-twisting task befalls the mighty Senshi of Time, Setsuna. But I'm getting off track now airn't I?
The maroon eyed woman's trick for not letting people get to her... I do think it has to deal with her job description. I'm also sure that getting close to people the first time then watching helplessly, as they all perished, they're kingdom fall, has not helped in making her want to have anyone that close to her again. So she keeps everyone at a distance.
Not that we've made it any easier on her. We've been reborn only to die once again in battle. She's had to watch us die thrice times. The youngest. ::sighs, then brightens:: But we've managed to live the last four years without dieing! That's something right? ::laughs smiling goofily::
Setsuna-san is close with five people... Me, Hotaru, Haruka, Michiru and the newly 'let in' Sokai-chan. I think there's more to that girl then we all know. She has a way with people. But when I try pointing that out to the others, they just laugh, smile and point a finger right back at me, causing a blush to rise, knowing that everyone I seem to meet lightens up immediately and has a better day for it. I didn't understand why for a long time 'til I met my four guardians and they explained it for me. Guess Sokai's just like that too. Everyone has they're own light.
Think I'm going to wind up repeating myself if I don't switch to something else that happened. ^_^; Lets see...
OH! We got new transfer students!! It's weird that there's only another week of school left... and they just transferred here a month ago. They're seniors also so I can't help but wonder why it is they'd be transferring so late in the year? Obviously for whatever reasons it is, they've got the credits they need and then some to be able to transfer like that and still graduate. They were at yesterday's graduation rehearsal soo....
Anywho... Minako of course, along with Mako-chan went boy crazy right away! And who wouldn't? They're hotties! I'll admit it, I'm still in the 'boy crazy gang' myself, but I'm a little more reserved these days. I think taking care of Sokai-chan with Mako-chan has forced me to grow up faster. Not that anyone's complaining about it. ^_^; I'm still very much a kid thank you very much! I'm never going to grow out of that. ^_~
You want to know about them do you? I see... well I guess I could spare the time to tell you since I've been neglecting writing for another reason, that I'll get to in due time.
These boys though... there's something about them that I can't quiet put my finger on... Sure they just transferred at mid-year, they're young but hard looking. Five of them. That gave way to Minako's thoughts of 'One for each of Us!' theory. ::giggles:: Hai, defiantly kawaii. But they're cold and don't stay around anyone. They even glare at the Sensei's! It's weird.
Dark and handsome describe them all, but for one; he's tall dark and handsome. ^_^ The smaller one, Japanese I know, is the coldest of them all. Taller one up, Chinese, handsome devil, hair tied back in a frighteningly tight looking ponytail that I wouldn't want my hair to be in - ever. He was slightly more talkative to everyone, glaring at all the girls. I think he has a problem with women... don't know though.
Then there's small blonde headed boy, whispers going around are that he's Arabian. He doesn't look it though, not like I've ever seen one before, but I've heard Arabian's airn't usually blonde. That's a little interesting, but he's a nice boy, polite, talks to everyone. I like him. He's the only one, besides his tall companion that I've spoken with. I think the tall ones an Amazon. Might make a cute couple with Makoto! ^_~ Goddess Minako-chan's wearing off on me...
The last of the group is an American that I know right off. You can't miss something like that. But you can't get close to him to talk for he's got tons of girls hanging around him. The only way you can get close to him is with one of his friends glaring they're way through the giggling mass. Seems he's quite the charmer. ::giggles::
So there's the run down on the other event that's happened in the last two months. Five new guys transferred to the school, causing uproar in the gossip circuits that Minako is constantly chattering to us about. Gotta love 'er though! There's a mystery around them that I can't figure out, nor anyone else.
I can't help but wonder though... Will anyone be able to get close to them? Later after they've arrived, I literally ran into the Chinese boy, I still don't know his name, he glared at me, mumbled something while helping me up before turning and leaving on his way. I dumbly stood in the hallway, replaying images and letting my mind wonder 'til the girls found me. I've never seen eyes like that before... so deep, an endless depth of black. And the Japanese boys eyes, such a wondrously dark shade of blue they put Mamoru's to shame. Like a dark, stormy night...
::laughs shaking 'er head:: Enough of boy talk! Yes, they're kawaii! Yes, they look strong. Yes, they look like they can kill.... Goddess, I need help. lol ^_^;
Other event that has kept me from not writing was my 'Job'. ::sighs:: Never knew trying to handle HS and fighting at the same time would be so hard. It is, let me tell you what, it is. There's been many a time that one of the other girls have gotten hurt 'cause I couldn't move outta the way quick enough, stumbled and fallen... I don't really think I should be leader. An argument that's been going on for a year now, but since I'm the Moon Hime, it's a little late to be thinking that. If I weren't the Hime then at least my friends wouldn't have to tackle me out of the way and get hurt, ya know?
I try though... I try hard to get better in everything. Fighting is still my weak point, sure I'm not great in school either, but fighting I need major work on, especially since I don't think whomever is sending these new youma will stop anytime soon.
Youma... Why do they keep coming? What draws them here? Is it my crystal? ::looks to the gold jeweled pen clipped to her shirt:: Does the power from it call the Darkness? I've often wondered that, as have everyone. We think it does. Nothing we can do about that though, its power is too great to try and encase a shield around it, trapping the energy waves from escaping it.
Though we have tried and found ways to change the look of it. It's still in the broach, just in a different form. Now it's a pen. Last week I wore it as a gold and sapphire pendent on my silver necklace. Pretty cool huh? I thought it was a great idea. And I even thought of it! That's what shocked the others. See my thought was that if we changed the appearance of the crystal then others would be more likely to look it over.
They're always looking for the gold broach it's encased in. Do you honestly think they'd go from looking for that to say a ring? Necklace? Pen or bracelet? I didn't think they would. I could change it to something else every week and they'd never know. Also it helped in not having to wear it on the front of my shirts all the time or in my pocket.
Ami wasn't sure if it could be done at first. I had persisted that it had to be! It was important! If I could change the way it looked, it'd be safer. They didn't argue with me on that one. See I do have brains after all! Not all cells are taken up by reading Manga. Ami-chan researched almost everything her minicomputer could find before hitting an ancient document stating that the crystal was a form of my energy solidified into the shape of the crystal form its now in.
Not only was it easier for me to control my powers with the excess of it gathered in that form, but also it having taken shape of a crystal magnified the output of that power. Convenient and neat. I briefly let my mind wonder who it was that was able to convert they're energy in such a way. Was it my mother, Queen Serenity? Or was it Selene herself? The first person to posses the Moon's energy and beginning line to the royal Moon family.
But not too long did I wonder about it 'cause if I did I would have missed the other part of Ami's explanation and she'd be a trifle upset at having to explain it all again. ^_^;
She read on about how since the crystal was essentially my excess energy in solid form, I could will it into a different appearance, but it had to stay within the broach! The document wasn't so kind as to let us know what would happen if it was ever out of the broach when changed into another form. ::pouts:: Not fair!
One rainy night that the youma attacked my Okasan called the apartment. ::giggles shaking 'er head:: I felt bad that Sokai had to lie to her, but what else could she honestly tell her that would stop the questioning? Afterward though, it was funny. Sokai's explanation of our absence and her being alone was that we were out grocery shopping... at nine in the evening... She was reluctant to buy it but eventually let it drop with a 'Well tell her to call when she gets home, won't you dear?' She had told her 'Sure thing' and hung up.
We didn't get home 'til around Midnight.
A hoard of youma attacked the south end of Juuban Park that night draining people of they're energy. There were so many... There wasn't much time to think about attacking, we just did it making sure to keep the people out of the fight. Four fought, the fifth one got innocents out of the way. It lasted two and a half hours... It wasn't fun. I surprised even myself that night for not whining about wanting to go home. I hadn't done that much in the years passing, but every now and then I would.
Have I mentioned I don't like fighting? I'm on that blonde kids side there... We shouldn't be fighting at all. But life isn't that nice to some people. The thought had hit me, what he meant by not fighting at all. Sure, the wars just ended little over a year ago, but he didn't fight... Did he? He looked too young... then again absolutely no one would believe that I'm Sailor Moon and fight youma's at night to keep all of Tokyo safe, with the help of the other Sailor Senshi and we're only eighteen. ::sigh:: Only Selene knows.
Ah well, I best be going now... Gotta meet the girls at the park! We've taken to playing softball every now and then where there's nothing else to do. ::slight shrug:: Hey there's no hitting the ball, just throwing it, so no one gets hurt... much... okay all the time... ::blushes remembering having the ball pop up from her glove to knock her hard in the nose, making it bleed::
Yeah well... Ball to play, youma to beat up, homework to do... All LATER!! ::laughs grinning:: Except for the ball part...
Ja ne,
Usa-chan ^_^ . //
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Closing her diary placing it in the middle drawer of her desk she stood, grabbing a jacket of the back of her chair and left the room, shutting the door behind her.
"Sokai-chan! Come on its time to goo~o!" Looking down the hall to the small girls room she heard no noise. Thinking it odd not to have noise coming from it or Makoto's room she checked both. They were empty.
Quirking a golden brow she entered the living room to find, no one. The kitchen was the same, a note stuck on the fridge. Walking over she read it. They had left for the park already, not wanting to disturb her writing, left without her. "That was nice of them... though now I have to walk there alone..." Shrugging into her jacket she grabbed the keys and left.
It wasn't very far from the park when she saw him. The guy from school with someone else, a brown headed person was standing next to him animatedly talking, waving his or her hands around quickly while the other, the Chinese man - Wufei - ignored him sipping from his cup.
Smiling at the brown-headed boy Usagi did a mental recall, figuring that that was the young man she had yet to meet - let alone get a clear look at. She idly thought about walking over to speak with them, she hadn't a chance yet at school. Usagi didn't have classes with any of them; the only one she spoke to was the blonde headed Arabian, Quatre R. Winner; his locker was next to hers.
From short chats between classes and lunch she had gathered that all five new boys were a tightly nit group, though none but him and the American - Duo - would admit to it. They didn't talk about the past events too much, Usagi didn't think it mattered much. You were how you were, if you changed then that was great - depending on the change. Life was precious to her; the past was another's left to tell if they wanted to, she wasn't going to fret over it. Didn't matter to her.
Nodding, making up her mind to spare a few minutes - her friends would understand - to speak to them she waited for the light to tell when to cross the way. Stopping behind the taller braided youth she giggled catching the tail end of complaining that the white and blue clad Chinese wasn't listening to him. That caught their attention.
"Whoa!" Duo spun 'round eyes shooting wide, "Babe alert! Hey there!" grinning widely, eyes sparkling.
"hmph Onna" his eyes were unreadable orbs of onyx, "Excuse him, the sun seems to of fried some brain cells" he quipped just to get back on the braided ones nerve, as he did his. Fair payback.
"Hey man!" Sending a glare over his shoulder, it quickly vanished into a dazzling smile as focus was turned back to the blonde beauty before him, "What's your name babe?"
"Babe?" Usagi questioned amusedly arching one golden brow smiling, "Tsukino, Usagi Tsukino" offering a hand out, "And your Duo... and Wufei, ne?" Duo's own brows shot up in interest that someone he didn't know knew of him.
"Yep! That's us! How'd ya know?"
Giggling, "Its not hard to know. Word travels fast in Hell High, when new people arrive." Throwing them a wink, "We've got good informants." Duo laughed, Wufei just stared.
"Informants?" he questioned.
"Yep!" she chirped nodding, sending gold locks bouncing. She figured it'd do no harm telling these two of her friends. "Minako-chan's a follower of all the school gossip. What she hears, we hear." Smiling at they're confused looks.
"Are you both ready to graduate? Saw ya at the practice yesterday!" she winked while sipping from her strawberry shake she bought from the small stand.
"Oh you bet! I can't stand being in school!" the American shouted.
"Baka" shaking his head, "...you still have college to think about." Wufei reminded him.
"Dude, no..." Duo shook his head feverously, "I'm taking a year off! I refuse to go to another school right after gettin' out of a different one!"
She laughed nodding, totally agreeing with him on that one, she didn't much like school herself, let alone know what she wanted to do after she graduated, but she'd be taking some time off herself. "Me to, I can't go right into college like Ami-chan wants to do... I don't even know what I want to do! So, I'll be taking time off."
"SEE!" the braided boy cheered pointing a finger at the blonde bunny, "Even she's taking a year off!"
His companion shrugged. "Do as you like. But don't come crying to me when you-"
"OH NO!" Usagi's yell cut him off looking up from her blue and white cloud covered watch.
Eyebrows raised as both boys cast her curious looks at the shriek, "What's the matter?"
"I'm LATE!" Hurriedly finishing off the drink she bought chunking the cup into the trash she rearrange her jacket, "I was supposed to meet the girls at the park for ball ten minutes ago!" It didn't seem like they'd been talking that long! Had she stared longer then originally thought before walking over to them?
"I'm sorry! Maybe we can meet again at school sometime!" running off in the direction she knew the others to be, she waved, "JA NE!!" calling over her shoulder before vanishing from their sight.
"Well, she sure was energetic eh?" Duo grinned watching as the tail end of the gold streamers disappear. "Think we'll see 'er again?" His companion shrugged, "Yeah, me too... Sooo... Where we goin' now?" Grin still in place.
"Home." Was the answer he got as the Chinese teen about-faced, rolled his eyes and started for home.
"Wha-HEY!! I thought you said we're goin' to the movies!?"
The whine followed the dark headed teen down the street. Resisting the urge to sigh, Wufei cast a glance behind, "You annoyed me, changed my mind" he turned back hiding his smirk as the American ranted about how 'unfair' that was while following him.
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By: Anime Redneck
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Disclaimer: I don't own the GW Guys nor the SM Gals, so no sueing!!
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IV. May 17th, AC199
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//May 17th, AC199
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::waves:: Hello Bookie! heh Can't believe I'm still calling you that after all these years. Strange how some things never change, ne? If you think about it long enough, we don't really change. Well no one from our Group that is. ::giggles:: We're too hmm, close nit? to change. We just grow a little I think.
Several things have happened in the last few months hindering my telling of them to you then, instead of now. So with only seven days left until we graduate I'll tell you about them! ^__^;
Since playing ball in the park where Sokai first met Setsuna, they've seemed to form a bond between them like we all have. It's kawaii. I'm glad that Setsuna let someone else close to her besides the Outers and me. Oh we're all close; but Setsuna never seems to form a 'you tell me all and I'll tell you all' sort of relationship with anyone. Must be from her endless lifeline, solitary confinement at the Gates of Time.
I feel sadness for the Senshi of Time. She's lived to see the rises and fall of a majestic kingdom, lost all of her friends and loved ones only to live a thousand years in silence and loneliness. Waiting, for us to be re-born again, only to loose my Court and I once more, but to gain us back. A never-ending circle, ne?
You've got to wonder how a woman like Setsuna can keep herself together under all that pressure. I know if it was me, I'd probably crumble right away... though all the girls would defiantly beg to differ with me, bring up all the past battles I was forced to endure alone.
::shakes head:: They're wrong though. I'm not as strong as some people think. Setsuna is by far the strongest of us all. I think if anyone else were to be put in her shoes they'd fall pray to the lonely, misty silence that is the Time Corridor... slowly going insane, out of their minds from the nothingness.
I would be fine for a week or so, maybe a month before crumbling from lack of my friend's energy, constant chattering and love. Minako would fall for the same reason, maybe sooner. Makoto and Rei are stronger, they could hold up for three months or longer before slipping and never coming back without they're friends or someone to talk to. No sacred Fire to consult.
Ami-chan... I'm not sure. I guess she'd last as long as Makoto and Rei-chan if not longer... She's always been along right? So maybe she could endure more, I'm sure her super mind could come up with countless ways to keep busy. But with the 'workings' I've done on her, brought her into the 'fun and light', might make being Times guardian as bad for her as it'd be for Minako and myself.
And the Outers... Longest lasting of us all. I think though, that Michiru and Haruka would fall in due time from being away from one another. Those two have a strong bond, strong love for one another... that if they spent a long amount of time away from the other, it'd hurt. That hurt would only grown stronger with time and eventually drive them mad, or kill them. Hotaru, my little Dark Firefly... I have a inkling that the smallest and deadliest Senshi of us all, would outlast us. But as all our fates would be. She would also fall.
None of us have it in us to be the Guardian of Time. That lonely, silent, mind-twisting task befalls the mighty Senshi of Time, Setsuna. But I'm getting off track now airn't I?
The maroon eyed woman's trick for not letting people get to her... I do think it has to deal with her job description. I'm also sure that getting close to people the first time then watching helplessly, as they all perished, they're kingdom fall, has not helped in making her want to have anyone that close to her again. So she keeps everyone at a distance.
Not that we've made it any easier on her. We've been reborn only to die once again in battle. She's had to watch us die thrice times. The youngest. ::sighs, then brightens:: But we've managed to live the last four years without dieing! That's something right? ::laughs smiling goofily::
Setsuna-san is close with five people... Me, Hotaru, Haruka, Michiru and the newly 'let in' Sokai-chan. I think there's more to that girl then we all know. She has a way with people. But when I try pointing that out to the others, they just laugh, smile and point a finger right back at me, causing a blush to rise, knowing that everyone I seem to meet lightens up immediately and has a better day for it. I didn't understand why for a long time 'til I met my four guardians and they explained it for me. Guess Sokai's just like that too. Everyone has they're own light.
Think I'm going to wind up repeating myself if I don't switch to something else that happened. ^_^; Lets see...
OH! We got new transfer students!! It's weird that there's only another week of school left... and they just transferred here a month ago. They're seniors also so I can't help but wonder why it is they'd be transferring so late in the year? Obviously for whatever reasons it is, they've got the credits they need and then some to be able to transfer like that and still graduate. They were at yesterday's graduation rehearsal soo....
Anywho... Minako of course, along with Mako-chan went boy crazy right away! And who wouldn't? They're hotties! I'll admit it, I'm still in the 'boy crazy gang' myself, but I'm a little more reserved these days. I think taking care of Sokai-chan with Mako-chan has forced me to grow up faster. Not that anyone's complaining about it. ^_^; I'm still very much a kid thank you very much! I'm never going to grow out of that. ^_~
You want to know about them do you? I see... well I guess I could spare the time to tell you since I've been neglecting writing for another reason, that I'll get to in due time.
These boys though... there's something about them that I can't quiet put my finger on... Sure they just transferred at mid-year, they're young but hard looking. Five of them. That gave way to Minako's thoughts of 'One for each of Us!' theory. ::giggles:: Hai, defiantly kawaii. But they're cold and don't stay around anyone. They even glare at the Sensei's! It's weird.
Dark and handsome describe them all, but for one; he's tall dark and handsome. ^_^ The smaller one, Japanese I know, is the coldest of them all. Taller one up, Chinese, handsome devil, hair tied back in a frighteningly tight looking ponytail that I wouldn't want my hair to be in - ever. He was slightly more talkative to everyone, glaring at all the girls. I think he has a problem with women... don't know though.
Then there's small blonde headed boy, whispers going around are that he's Arabian. He doesn't look it though, not like I've ever seen one before, but I've heard Arabian's airn't usually blonde. That's a little interesting, but he's a nice boy, polite, talks to everyone. I like him. He's the only one, besides his tall companion that I've spoken with. I think the tall ones an Amazon. Might make a cute couple with Makoto! ^_~ Goddess Minako-chan's wearing off on me...
The last of the group is an American that I know right off. You can't miss something like that. But you can't get close to him to talk for he's got tons of girls hanging around him. The only way you can get close to him is with one of his friends glaring they're way through the giggling mass. Seems he's quite the charmer. ::giggles::
So there's the run down on the other event that's happened in the last two months. Five new guys transferred to the school, causing uproar in the gossip circuits that Minako is constantly chattering to us about. Gotta love 'er though! There's a mystery around them that I can't figure out, nor anyone else.
I can't help but wonder though... Will anyone be able to get close to them? Later after they've arrived, I literally ran into the Chinese boy, I still don't know his name, he glared at me, mumbled something while helping me up before turning and leaving on his way. I dumbly stood in the hallway, replaying images and letting my mind wonder 'til the girls found me. I've never seen eyes like that before... so deep, an endless depth of black. And the Japanese boys eyes, such a wondrously dark shade of blue they put Mamoru's to shame. Like a dark, stormy night...
::laughs shaking 'er head:: Enough of boy talk! Yes, they're kawaii! Yes, they look strong. Yes, they look like they can kill.... Goddess, I need help. lol ^_^;
Other event that has kept me from not writing was my 'Job'. ::sighs:: Never knew trying to handle HS and fighting at the same time would be so hard. It is, let me tell you what, it is. There's been many a time that one of the other girls have gotten hurt 'cause I couldn't move outta the way quick enough, stumbled and fallen... I don't really think I should be leader. An argument that's been going on for a year now, but since I'm the Moon Hime, it's a little late to be thinking that. If I weren't the Hime then at least my friends wouldn't have to tackle me out of the way and get hurt, ya know?
I try though... I try hard to get better in everything. Fighting is still my weak point, sure I'm not great in school either, but fighting I need major work on, especially since I don't think whomever is sending these new youma will stop anytime soon.
Youma... Why do they keep coming? What draws them here? Is it my crystal? ::looks to the gold jeweled pen clipped to her shirt:: Does the power from it call the Darkness? I've often wondered that, as have everyone. We think it does. Nothing we can do about that though, its power is too great to try and encase a shield around it, trapping the energy waves from escaping it.
Though we have tried and found ways to change the look of it. It's still in the broach, just in a different form. Now it's a pen. Last week I wore it as a gold and sapphire pendent on my silver necklace. Pretty cool huh? I thought it was a great idea. And I even thought of it! That's what shocked the others. See my thought was that if we changed the appearance of the crystal then others would be more likely to look it over.
They're always looking for the gold broach it's encased in. Do you honestly think they'd go from looking for that to say a ring? Necklace? Pen or bracelet? I didn't think they would. I could change it to something else every week and they'd never know. Also it helped in not having to wear it on the front of my shirts all the time or in my pocket.
Ami wasn't sure if it could be done at first. I had persisted that it had to be! It was important! If I could change the way it looked, it'd be safer. They didn't argue with me on that one. See I do have brains after all! Not all cells are taken up by reading Manga. Ami-chan researched almost everything her minicomputer could find before hitting an ancient document stating that the crystal was a form of my energy solidified into the shape of the crystal form its now in.
Not only was it easier for me to control my powers with the excess of it gathered in that form, but also it having taken shape of a crystal magnified the output of that power. Convenient and neat. I briefly let my mind wonder who it was that was able to convert they're energy in such a way. Was it my mother, Queen Serenity? Or was it Selene herself? The first person to posses the Moon's energy and beginning line to the royal Moon family.
But not too long did I wonder about it 'cause if I did I would have missed the other part of Ami's explanation and she'd be a trifle upset at having to explain it all again. ^_^;
She read on about how since the crystal was essentially my excess energy in solid form, I could will it into a different appearance, but it had to stay within the broach! The document wasn't so kind as to let us know what would happen if it was ever out of the broach when changed into another form. ::pouts:: Not fair!
One rainy night that the youma attacked my Okasan called the apartment. ::giggles shaking 'er head:: I felt bad that Sokai had to lie to her, but what else could she honestly tell her that would stop the questioning? Afterward though, it was funny. Sokai's explanation of our absence and her being alone was that we were out grocery shopping... at nine in the evening... She was reluctant to buy it but eventually let it drop with a 'Well tell her to call when she gets home, won't you dear?' She had told her 'Sure thing' and hung up.
We didn't get home 'til around Midnight.
A hoard of youma attacked the south end of Juuban Park that night draining people of they're energy. There were so many... There wasn't much time to think about attacking, we just did it making sure to keep the people out of the fight. Four fought, the fifth one got innocents out of the way. It lasted two and a half hours... It wasn't fun. I surprised even myself that night for not whining about wanting to go home. I hadn't done that much in the years passing, but every now and then I would.
Have I mentioned I don't like fighting? I'm on that blonde kids side there... We shouldn't be fighting at all. But life isn't that nice to some people. The thought had hit me, what he meant by not fighting at all. Sure, the wars just ended little over a year ago, but he didn't fight... Did he? He looked too young... then again absolutely no one would believe that I'm Sailor Moon and fight youma's at night to keep all of Tokyo safe, with the help of the other Sailor Senshi and we're only eighteen. ::sigh:: Only Selene knows.
Ah well, I best be going now... Gotta meet the girls at the park! We've taken to playing softball every now and then where there's nothing else to do. ::slight shrug:: Hey there's no hitting the ball, just throwing it, so no one gets hurt... much... okay all the time... ::blushes remembering having the ball pop up from her glove to knock her hard in the nose, making it bleed::
Yeah well... Ball to play, youma to beat up, homework to do... All LATER!! ::laughs grinning:: Except for the ball part...
Ja ne,
Usa-chan ^_^ . //
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Closing her diary placing it in the middle drawer of her desk she stood, grabbing a jacket of the back of her chair and left the room, shutting the door behind her.
"Sokai-chan! Come on its time to goo~o!" Looking down the hall to the small girls room she heard no noise. Thinking it odd not to have noise coming from it or Makoto's room she checked both. They were empty.
Quirking a golden brow she entered the living room to find, no one. The kitchen was the same, a note stuck on the fridge. Walking over she read it. They had left for the park already, not wanting to disturb her writing, left without her. "That was nice of them... though now I have to walk there alone..." Shrugging into her jacket she grabbed the keys and left.
It wasn't very far from the park when she saw him. The guy from school with someone else, a brown headed person was standing next to him animatedly talking, waving his or her hands around quickly while the other, the Chinese man - Wufei - ignored him sipping from his cup.
Smiling at the brown-headed boy Usagi did a mental recall, figuring that that was the young man she had yet to meet - let alone get a clear look at. She idly thought about walking over to speak with them, she hadn't a chance yet at school. Usagi didn't have classes with any of them; the only one she spoke to was the blonde headed Arabian, Quatre R. Winner; his locker was next to hers.
From short chats between classes and lunch she had gathered that all five new boys were a tightly nit group, though none but him and the American - Duo - would admit to it. They didn't talk about the past events too much, Usagi didn't think it mattered much. You were how you were, if you changed then that was great - depending on the change. Life was precious to her; the past was another's left to tell if they wanted to, she wasn't going to fret over it. Didn't matter to her.
Nodding, making up her mind to spare a few minutes - her friends would understand - to speak to them she waited for the light to tell when to cross the way. Stopping behind the taller braided youth she giggled catching the tail end of complaining that the white and blue clad Chinese wasn't listening to him. That caught their attention.
"Whoa!" Duo spun 'round eyes shooting wide, "Babe alert! Hey there!" grinning widely, eyes sparkling.
"hmph Onna" his eyes were unreadable orbs of onyx, "Excuse him, the sun seems to of fried some brain cells" he quipped just to get back on the braided ones nerve, as he did his. Fair payback.
"Hey man!" Sending a glare over his shoulder, it quickly vanished into a dazzling smile as focus was turned back to the blonde beauty before him, "What's your name babe?"
"Babe?" Usagi questioned amusedly arching one golden brow smiling, "Tsukino, Usagi Tsukino" offering a hand out, "And your Duo... and Wufei, ne?" Duo's own brows shot up in interest that someone he didn't know knew of him.
"Yep! That's us! How'd ya know?"
Giggling, "Its not hard to know. Word travels fast in Hell High, when new people arrive." Throwing them a wink, "We've got good informants." Duo laughed, Wufei just stared.
"Informants?" he questioned.
"Yep!" she chirped nodding, sending gold locks bouncing. She figured it'd do no harm telling these two of her friends. "Minako-chan's a follower of all the school gossip. What she hears, we hear." Smiling at they're confused looks.
"Are you both ready to graduate? Saw ya at the practice yesterday!" she winked while sipping from her strawberry shake she bought from the small stand.
"Oh you bet! I can't stand being in school!" the American shouted.
"Baka" shaking his head, "...you still have college to think about." Wufei reminded him.
"Dude, no..." Duo shook his head feverously, "I'm taking a year off! I refuse to go to another school right after gettin' out of a different one!"
She laughed nodding, totally agreeing with him on that one, she didn't much like school herself, let alone know what she wanted to do after she graduated, but she'd be taking some time off herself. "Me to, I can't go right into college like Ami-chan wants to do... I don't even know what I want to do! So, I'll be taking time off."
"SEE!" the braided boy cheered pointing a finger at the blonde bunny, "Even she's taking a year off!"
His companion shrugged. "Do as you like. But don't come crying to me when you-"
"OH NO!" Usagi's yell cut him off looking up from her blue and white cloud covered watch.
Eyebrows raised as both boys cast her curious looks at the shriek, "What's the matter?"
"I'm LATE!" Hurriedly finishing off the drink she bought chunking the cup into the trash she rearrange her jacket, "I was supposed to meet the girls at the park for ball ten minutes ago!" It didn't seem like they'd been talking that long! Had she stared longer then originally thought before walking over to them?
"I'm sorry! Maybe we can meet again at school sometime!" running off in the direction she knew the others to be, she waved, "JA NE!!" calling over her shoulder before vanishing from their sight.
"Well, she sure was energetic eh?" Duo grinned watching as the tail end of the gold streamers disappear. "Think we'll see 'er again?" His companion shrugged, "Yeah, me too... Sooo... Where we goin' now?" Grin still in place.
"Home." Was the answer he got as the Chinese teen about-faced, rolled his eyes and started for home.
"Wha-HEY!! I thought you said we're goin' to the movies!?"
The whine followed the dark headed teen down the street. Resisting the urge to sigh, Wufei cast a glance behind, "You annoyed me, changed my mind" he turned back hiding his smirk as the American ranted about how 'unfair' that was while following him.
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