*twitch twitch* Must…tell…you people…who the pairing is…Anyway…thanks for the reviews! And no, Trunks will not hug Kalpana. I asked him to and his eyes went like this: Oo;
Anyway…no real changes to this chapter either…and after that I gotta do Chapter 3 from scratch. It's gonna be FUN FUN FUN though! Because I love writing with…um…a person who is a secret. You'll find out. Of course. And LD and Dani already know. nn; Don't tell anybody!
*...*=thinking
"…"=talking
_…_=an emphasis on a word
*~*~*~*
Mirakuru Romansu
Book 1, Part 1, Chapter 2: Look into the Flames...
By Lady Firefly
*~*~*~*
"Another youma?" Ami repeated, looking up slowly from the screen of her small blue laptop. "Are you guys sure?"
"Trust me, we're sure," Usagi muttered dryly. She had always hated these stupid study sessions. What was the point of having them, anyway, now that they were in high school? It's not like she'll need to learn the entire table of elements. After all, she was destined to be a queen. All queens really need to know are leadership skills, and Usagi had gained quite a bit of that from being a senshi.
"Usagi, you should be more serious about this," Rei scowled slightly. The raven haired priestess always seemed to be occupied in her own little world at this point in the study session. Her school, TA academy for girls, would get her into college whether she studied or not. She just went to the study sessions because she was bored. But now she was listening to every comment made intently, and even expressing some of her own ideas. She had been sensing something evil for the past week or so, but she hadn't been sure if it was real or her imagination…now she could be sure it was real.
"Did you see anything unusual about the youma? Like, markings of some sort?" Ami asked, typing away at her laptop.
"Nope." Makato shook her head, her auburn ponytail swishing behind her. Makato had an entire different approach to these study sessions. Unlike Usagi, she knew that they needed to learn. But that didn't mean she enjoyed them. She would rather be cooking or cleaning, or spending time with a cute boy that she might even be able to marry someday. That was her dream, to be a bride. And using all her free time studying wasn't helping her social status either.
"Um….I think I saw something…" Minako said slowly, playing with a strand of her light blond hair. "On it's shoulder…" Minako hated the study sessions almost as much as Usagi did, simply because she knew that she could be somewhere else, like looking for possible boyfriends…She, however, like Rei, knew this session was important, and she tried to stay awake.
Luna pranced across the long table and looked up at Minako, her topaz colored eyes glimmering. "What? What did you see?"
Minako's baby blue eyes looked almost worried as she looked around the room. Everyone's eyes were on her. "I think I saw a black star…like, maybe the Deathbusters? But I didn't see it too well…all I know is that it was some sort of star, and it was black."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier!" Usagi exclaimed as she fell back into her chair, her golden blond odangoes flapping behind her.
"We should tell the outers about this," Ami said aloud, staring hard at the computer screen. "If it is the deathbusters, Hotaru might be in some kind of danger…" She flicked a piece of sapphire hair behind her ear and looked up at the rest of the senshi. She rather enjoyed these study sessions, even if the others didn't. It gave her a chance to do what she did best, and be around her friends at the same time.
"A star…" Artemis jumped up next to Luna, his blue-green eyes twinkling.. "Hey, remember that cute little kitten that kept following you around at the Silver Millennium? Didn't she have a star on her forehead?"
Usagi blinked. "What star? What kitten?"
Luna thought for a second. "Oh yes, you mean the blue one? Yes, I believe she did have a star on her forehead…a white one, I think."
"No, it was blue," Artemis said.
"Yes, I know the cat was blue--"
"What cat?" Usagi tried to interrupt.
"No, no, the star was blue." Artemis grinned. "Remember how she always used to call you 'Luna-san?'"
"Yes, I do. How could it have been blue, Artemis?"
"What--"
"It was really light blue."
"Kit--"
"It was white."
"Really light blue."
"en--"
"Why do you think it's blue?"
"I dunno. I just remember someone with that color…"
Luna sighed, and a sweat drop appeared on the back of her forehead. "Fine, it was blue, whatever you say, but I sti--"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Usagi yelled.
The two cats looked at the moon princess, and a sweat drop formed on Artemis's head as well. "It's nothing," they said in unison.
"Well," Makato decided this would be a good time to interrupt. "I think we should just wait. If we see another youma with the same star on it, then we'll start looking into the matter. Most likely it was just some sort of decoration…you know how weird some of those youma look."
"Yeah, you're right," Minako agreed. "I'm not even sure if I saw the star. Besides, no use in getting the others mixed up in this …not after they just started getting their lives back together…"
"So it's settled. We won't tell them about this 'new enemy' unless we can be sure it's a real threat," Luna confirmed.
"Right, " the senshi said in unison.
"So, back to gossiping," Usagi declared with a cheerful grin on her face. "Anyone got any dirt they want to spill?"
"Oh my god! Did you see Umino lately?" Minako almost jumped with excitement. "Remember when we were all discussing how he'd look without his glasses a really long time ago?"
"Yeah? Go on?"
"Well he went and got CONTACT LENSES!" Minako squealed.
"Oh my gosh? Are you serious?" Usagi exclaimed.
"Of course! And actually, he doesn't look that bad. For a nerd, anyway."
"You're kidding," Makato joined in. "I always though he'd just be a regular old nerd."
"Nope, he's probably the first bishounen nerd in about a century!" Minako declared.
"Oh my gosh, Naru-chan's so lucky…"
*~*~*~*
Rei was always an impatient child. She never waited around for answers if she couldn't help it; She would try to find them first. She needed to know what the evil was that she was sensing. Sometimes it was a bit of a burden, to be able to sense evil powers more clearly then the rest of the senshi. But the good thing about her limited amount of psychic powers was that if she needed answers, the flames would tell herm if they chose to.
The raven haired beauty now sat before the fire, decked in her white and red priestess outfit, her dusty violet eyes reflecting the red and yellow tones of the flames. She closed her eyes, and concentrated hard on the warmth of the fire. She knew, from years of experience, that she needed to understand and respect the flames, before they would tell her anything.
"Rin…pyou…" Rei began to chant in loud whisper, keeping her eyes locked shut. She could feel the warmth of the fire, could see it's red and yellow waves of light through her shut eyelids, could hear the sharp hissing and cackling. It would tell her something, if she waited long enough. She knew.
"Tuo…sha…" She soon began to see a wisp of something. Her heart was pounding in her ears. She concentrated harder, tried to make the shape more clearer…and the vision sharpened slowly. She saw a large dragon, much like the ones in Chinese mythology, with emerald green scales and a bright yellow underbelly. It seemed to fly right by her…What did it mean? She wondered. She had to find out.
"Kai…Jin…" The dragon suddenly faded into darkness, and Rei saw nothing. For about 10 minutes she continues to concentrate, harder and harder, until she saw another wisp of something. Her muscles tensed up as she concentrated harder, and a large gateway came into view. She'd seen that gateway before…The Time Gates…She thought to herself. Then, as suddenly as the vision had come, it had faded, and again she saw the light of the fire through her eyelids. She continued chanting:
"Retsu, sai…" Still she saw nothing…she quickly became frustrated, and was about to get up and put out the flames when she saw a small black blob of something. She became excited again, and finished her chant.
"Zen…" The black shape sharpened just a little bit, and she could see 6 separate points. *Like a six pointed star…* She mused. *Could that be what Minako saw?*
"Rei?" She opened her eyes abruptly, and the visions ceased.
She turned her head around. Yuuchirou was standing about ten feet away, and although she could not see his eyes, she could tell he was nervous. "Yes?"
"Um, ehe, sorry to bother you and all, but it's getting kinda late and all…" A small sweat drop appeared on the back of his head. "So, you know, maybe you should get to bed so you don't get all, you know, tired in the morning."
Rei sighed. "You're right. It is getting late." She got up slowly and put the fire out. I've worked myself too hard trying to find answers, she though as she took one last glance at the fireplace as she left the room. I can try and figure out what it all meant in the morning…
*~*~*~*
Sailor Pluto sighed as she surveyed the Time Gates for what seemed the millionth time. the silver colored doors shone and sparkled as a wispy cloud hovered 2 feet over the ground, enveloping Pluto's feet in lilac mist.
The forest green haired senshi traced the intricate patterns on the gates with her finger. Guarding these gates was a very important job, she knew, but she couldn't help missing her friends. She wondered how Hotaru was doing in school, how Neptune and Uranus were getting along, winning car races and auditioning for violin solos. She wondered how her princess was getting along, being forced to wait for Mamoru to return from college in a year or so…most of all, she wondered how Small Lady was getting along at Crystal Tokyo. Pluto had watched Small Lady through the Main Gate, watching her transform into a beautiful young lady, much like her mother…she only wished that she could talk to the rest of the senshi…and she knew all too well how her wish would come true…
And she wondered about the future.
Of course she knew what exactly was going to happen…
And oh boy, was it going to be interesting to watch…
She heard a rustle of something behind her. She knew she could have turned around to face what ever was behind her, but she chose not too…Instead she merely transferred her staff from her right hand to her left and back again…
When suddenly something hit the back of her head. Hard. She fell forward, still holding the rod.
She was unconscious before she hit the mist covered ground.
*~*~*~*
Luna couldn't sleep.
She was a cat, she knew, and cats should be good at napping and that sort of thing, but sleep wasn't coming to her. Every time she closed her eyes, they popped back open. She yawned and glanced across the bed at Usagi, who was sleeping soundly.
*Some people get all the luck,* Luna thought to herself as she leaped off the end of the bed and walked around, her topaz eyes glittering in the moonlight from the window. She leaped onto the windowsill, and out onto the roof, gazing into the night.
Just then she realized that something--or someone-- was on the roof with her.
Something with violet eyes…
"Luna-san?"
*~*~*~*~*
"Heh…'poor, _poor_ little Pluto…'"
*~*~*~*~*
There's that evil villain again…nn; Can't WAIT to show her off!
Next time: Starr, the new lil blue kitty, tells the sailor senshi of a NEW senshi living in Tokyo! And she's got a really, really bad attitude! Will her and the other senshi ever get along? And what happened to Setsuna? And just what's going to be so interesting? Find out next time! In like a month when I finish actually writing it… UU;
Anyway…no real changes to this chapter either…and after that I gotta do Chapter 3 from scratch. It's gonna be FUN FUN FUN though! Because I love writing with…um…a person who is a secret. You'll find out. Of course. And LD and Dani already know. nn; Don't tell anybody!
*...*=thinking
"…"=talking
_…_=an emphasis on a word
*~*~*~*
Mirakuru Romansu
Book 1, Part 1, Chapter 2: Look into the Flames...
By Lady Firefly
*~*~*~*
"Another youma?" Ami repeated, looking up slowly from the screen of her small blue laptop. "Are you guys sure?"
"Trust me, we're sure," Usagi muttered dryly. She had always hated these stupid study sessions. What was the point of having them, anyway, now that they were in high school? It's not like she'll need to learn the entire table of elements. After all, she was destined to be a queen. All queens really need to know are leadership skills, and Usagi had gained quite a bit of that from being a senshi.
"Usagi, you should be more serious about this," Rei scowled slightly. The raven haired priestess always seemed to be occupied in her own little world at this point in the study session. Her school, TA academy for girls, would get her into college whether she studied or not. She just went to the study sessions because she was bored. But now she was listening to every comment made intently, and even expressing some of her own ideas. She had been sensing something evil for the past week or so, but she hadn't been sure if it was real or her imagination…now she could be sure it was real.
"Did you see anything unusual about the youma? Like, markings of some sort?" Ami asked, typing away at her laptop.
"Nope." Makato shook her head, her auburn ponytail swishing behind her. Makato had an entire different approach to these study sessions. Unlike Usagi, she knew that they needed to learn. But that didn't mean she enjoyed them. She would rather be cooking or cleaning, or spending time with a cute boy that she might even be able to marry someday. That was her dream, to be a bride. And using all her free time studying wasn't helping her social status either.
"Um….I think I saw something…" Minako said slowly, playing with a strand of her light blond hair. "On it's shoulder…" Minako hated the study sessions almost as much as Usagi did, simply because she knew that she could be somewhere else, like looking for possible boyfriends…She, however, like Rei, knew this session was important, and she tried to stay awake.
Luna pranced across the long table and looked up at Minako, her topaz colored eyes glimmering. "What? What did you see?"
Minako's baby blue eyes looked almost worried as she looked around the room. Everyone's eyes were on her. "I think I saw a black star…like, maybe the Deathbusters? But I didn't see it too well…all I know is that it was some sort of star, and it was black."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier!" Usagi exclaimed as she fell back into her chair, her golden blond odangoes flapping behind her.
"We should tell the outers about this," Ami said aloud, staring hard at the computer screen. "If it is the deathbusters, Hotaru might be in some kind of danger…" She flicked a piece of sapphire hair behind her ear and looked up at the rest of the senshi. She rather enjoyed these study sessions, even if the others didn't. It gave her a chance to do what she did best, and be around her friends at the same time.
"A star…" Artemis jumped up next to Luna, his blue-green eyes twinkling.. "Hey, remember that cute little kitten that kept following you around at the Silver Millennium? Didn't she have a star on her forehead?"
Usagi blinked. "What star? What kitten?"
Luna thought for a second. "Oh yes, you mean the blue one? Yes, I believe she did have a star on her forehead…a white one, I think."
"No, it was blue," Artemis said.
"Yes, I know the cat was blue--"
"What cat?" Usagi tried to interrupt.
"No, no, the star was blue." Artemis grinned. "Remember how she always used to call you 'Luna-san?'"
"Yes, I do. How could it have been blue, Artemis?"
"What--"
"It was really light blue."
"Kit--"
"It was white."
"Really light blue."
"en--"
"Why do you think it's blue?"
"I dunno. I just remember someone with that color…"
Luna sighed, and a sweat drop appeared on the back of her forehead. "Fine, it was blue, whatever you say, but I sti--"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Usagi yelled.
The two cats looked at the moon princess, and a sweat drop formed on Artemis's head as well. "It's nothing," they said in unison.
"Well," Makato decided this would be a good time to interrupt. "I think we should just wait. If we see another youma with the same star on it, then we'll start looking into the matter. Most likely it was just some sort of decoration…you know how weird some of those youma look."
"Yeah, you're right," Minako agreed. "I'm not even sure if I saw the star. Besides, no use in getting the others mixed up in this …not after they just started getting their lives back together…"
"So it's settled. We won't tell them about this 'new enemy' unless we can be sure it's a real threat," Luna confirmed.
"Right, " the senshi said in unison.
"So, back to gossiping," Usagi declared with a cheerful grin on her face. "Anyone got any dirt they want to spill?"
"Oh my god! Did you see Umino lately?" Minako almost jumped with excitement. "Remember when we were all discussing how he'd look without his glasses a really long time ago?"
"Yeah? Go on?"
"Well he went and got CONTACT LENSES!" Minako squealed.
"Oh my gosh? Are you serious?" Usagi exclaimed.
"Of course! And actually, he doesn't look that bad. For a nerd, anyway."
"You're kidding," Makato joined in. "I always though he'd just be a regular old nerd."
"Nope, he's probably the first bishounen nerd in about a century!" Minako declared.
"Oh my gosh, Naru-chan's so lucky…"
*~*~*~*
Rei was always an impatient child. She never waited around for answers if she couldn't help it; She would try to find them first. She needed to know what the evil was that she was sensing. Sometimes it was a bit of a burden, to be able to sense evil powers more clearly then the rest of the senshi. But the good thing about her limited amount of psychic powers was that if she needed answers, the flames would tell herm if they chose to.
The raven haired beauty now sat before the fire, decked in her white and red priestess outfit, her dusty violet eyes reflecting the red and yellow tones of the flames. She closed her eyes, and concentrated hard on the warmth of the fire. She knew, from years of experience, that she needed to understand and respect the flames, before they would tell her anything.
"Rin…pyou…" Rei began to chant in loud whisper, keeping her eyes locked shut. She could feel the warmth of the fire, could see it's red and yellow waves of light through her shut eyelids, could hear the sharp hissing and cackling. It would tell her something, if she waited long enough. She knew.
"Tuo…sha…" She soon began to see a wisp of something. Her heart was pounding in her ears. She concentrated harder, tried to make the shape more clearer…and the vision sharpened slowly. She saw a large dragon, much like the ones in Chinese mythology, with emerald green scales and a bright yellow underbelly. It seemed to fly right by her…What did it mean? She wondered. She had to find out.
"Kai…Jin…" The dragon suddenly faded into darkness, and Rei saw nothing. For about 10 minutes she continues to concentrate, harder and harder, until she saw another wisp of something. Her muscles tensed up as she concentrated harder, and a large gateway came into view. She'd seen that gateway before…The Time Gates…She thought to herself. Then, as suddenly as the vision had come, it had faded, and again she saw the light of the fire through her eyelids. She continued chanting:
"Retsu, sai…" Still she saw nothing…she quickly became frustrated, and was about to get up and put out the flames when she saw a small black blob of something. She became excited again, and finished her chant.
"Zen…" The black shape sharpened just a little bit, and she could see 6 separate points. *Like a six pointed star…* She mused. *Could that be what Minako saw?*
"Rei?" She opened her eyes abruptly, and the visions ceased.
She turned her head around. Yuuchirou was standing about ten feet away, and although she could not see his eyes, she could tell he was nervous. "Yes?"
"Um, ehe, sorry to bother you and all, but it's getting kinda late and all…" A small sweat drop appeared on the back of his head. "So, you know, maybe you should get to bed so you don't get all, you know, tired in the morning."
Rei sighed. "You're right. It is getting late." She got up slowly and put the fire out. I've worked myself too hard trying to find answers, she though as she took one last glance at the fireplace as she left the room. I can try and figure out what it all meant in the morning…
*~*~*~*
Sailor Pluto sighed as she surveyed the Time Gates for what seemed the millionth time. the silver colored doors shone and sparkled as a wispy cloud hovered 2 feet over the ground, enveloping Pluto's feet in lilac mist.
The forest green haired senshi traced the intricate patterns on the gates with her finger. Guarding these gates was a very important job, she knew, but she couldn't help missing her friends. She wondered how Hotaru was doing in school, how Neptune and Uranus were getting along, winning car races and auditioning for violin solos. She wondered how her princess was getting along, being forced to wait for Mamoru to return from college in a year or so…most of all, she wondered how Small Lady was getting along at Crystal Tokyo. Pluto had watched Small Lady through the Main Gate, watching her transform into a beautiful young lady, much like her mother…she only wished that she could talk to the rest of the senshi…and she knew all too well how her wish would come true…
And she wondered about the future.
Of course she knew what exactly was going to happen…
And oh boy, was it going to be interesting to watch…
She heard a rustle of something behind her. She knew she could have turned around to face what ever was behind her, but she chose not too…Instead she merely transferred her staff from her right hand to her left and back again…
When suddenly something hit the back of her head. Hard. She fell forward, still holding the rod.
She was unconscious before she hit the mist covered ground.
*~*~*~*
Luna couldn't sleep.
She was a cat, she knew, and cats should be good at napping and that sort of thing, but sleep wasn't coming to her. Every time she closed her eyes, they popped back open. She yawned and glanced across the bed at Usagi, who was sleeping soundly.
*Some people get all the luck,* Luna thought to herself as she leaped off the end of the bed and walked around, her topaz eyes glittering in the moonlight from the window. She leaped onto the windowsill, and out onto the roof, gazing into the night.
Just then she realized that something--or someone-- was on the roof with her.
Something with violet eyes…
"Luna-san?"
*~*~*~*~*
"Heh…'poor, _poor_ little Pluto…'"
*~*~*~*~*
There's that evil villain again…nn; Can't WAIT to show her off!
Next time: Starr, the new lil blue kitty, tells the sailor senshi of a NEW senshi living in Tokyo! And she's got a really, really bad attitude! Will her and the other senshi ever get along? And what happened to Setsuna? And just what's going to be so interesting? Find out next time! In like a month when I finish actually writing it… UU;