Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Author's Notes: Well. I did get a few reviews ^^. I think I'll continue. A few things. Serenity knows things about the moon kingdom... and what part she played. She knows better than to advertise it though, especially towards Mamoru or her other allies.
Posted 11/2/03
'Thoughts'
Kitten Serenity Chapter 1
Serenity awoke to the sound of Mamoru's alarm and his groaning. Yawning, she jumped over Mamoru's form and moved up to the dresser to turn off the alarm. As she did, she heard Mamoru moan a name, and turned to give him an odd look. 'He's been having weirder and weirder dreams lately, though most seem to pleasure him. I wonder if he would have been such a pervert if I wasn't here.'
Serenity snorted at that last thought, 'He probably would have been more of a pervert without me here to look after him.'
She proceeded to his head and started to lick his cheek, hoping he would wake up without her having to yell into his ear. Sure she was quick but the yell he gave was scary when he jumped and it always gave her a headache until late afternoon. "C'mon Mamo-chan, get up." She said, trying to get him to wake up.
"No more hime, I've got class in the morning," he moaned, "Though I wouldn't mind after class."
Serenity blushed, a mighty achievement for a cat, and then got slightly miffed. "MAMO-HENTAI!" she screeched, quickly jumping under the bed when he jumped.
'That was totally not what I had in mind,' Serenity thought as she streaked towards the kitchen from under the bed.
"SERENITY!!!! What was THAT for?"
Serenity shook from her place under the kitchen sink and prayed that he would be nice and leave the window slightly open so she could get out of the apartment for a while. 'Man he sounded scary. He shouldn't have been dreaming of things like that. I mean come on, I'm flattered but how do I know that he'll like me human? Come to think of it would I know how to act human?'
She heard Mamoru grumbling as he got out a bowl and some cereal and proceeded to eat some breakfast. Then she heard him leave for the bathroom and proceed to get ready. Only when she heard the front apartment door shut did she venture from her hiding place, not knowing that she was being watched.
Mamoru watched from the shadows as his best friend and pet cat stepped from her hiding place in the kitchen. She fell for the trick every time and it amused him to no end. 'This will teach her to wake me up like that,' Mamoru thought as he prepared to pounce. Serenity realized it was a trick as she heard Mamoru's slight chuckle and decided to play along until he pounced.
Serenity counted in her head until she knew that Mamoru would come out and try to catch her. As she predicted, Mamoru came in low to scoop her up and she avoided, jumping and bouncing off his head. She landed on the couch and turned to see Mamoru face first on the floor, and slowly picking himself up. She laughed, not being able to stand his funny position.
Mamoru glared at her as well as he could from his position and then stood up and shook his head, picking her up and setting her on his lap. "That wasn't very nice earlier," he admonished, trying to keep her laughing down, "I'm not a pervert."
Serenity giggled, "Yes you are, you were moaning and groaning and going 'Ohhhh yeah, keep it up.'"
Mamoru turned red and scowled at her, "That's still no reason to wake me up like that. What if the neighbors heard you?"
"So they'll think you have a girlfriend over that agrees you're a pervert."
Mamoru sighed and looked at the clock, "Alright then, I've got to go. Please don't cause any trouble today."
Serenity rolled her eyes and looked to the balcony door, which he had left slightly open for her. 'No time like the present,' she thought as she wiggled her way through the small crack in the door. Soon she was through and hopping from balcony to balcony well on her way down to the ground. As she reached the ground, she started humming a beautiful tune from her memories as a princess. It wasn't long until she was near the park, eager to see if she could find that special flower in the garden again.
As she neared the entrance, a slight scuffle between three kids and a cat caught her attention. 'What do I do?' Serenity thought, slightly panicking, 'Wait! I know.'
Serenity got up on the fence and started shouting rather incoherently, effectively scaring the children away. Serenity smirked to herself, and jumped down to inspect the cat they had been picking on.
The black cat just laid there, a couple of band aids on it forehead. "Oh! Poor kitty. Let me get that band aid off your head."
Serenity grabbed the band aid with her teeth and pulled, spitting it out as soon as she had it off the other cat. When she turned back to the other cat, she noticed its red brown eyes and crescent moon. 'Luna!' Serenity thought, remembering from her dream, 'It has to be! But I was told to keep the fact that I knew a secret.'
"Artemis?" Luna asked incredulously.
Serenity shook her head, "Who's Artemis? My name's Serenity! Were you once a human too? Is that why you can talk?"
"Huh?" was all Luna could say.
Serenity rolled her eyes. "My name is Serenity, not Artemis. I was a human at one point but after my parents crashed on the way home from the hospital, I got turned into a kitten."
Luna studied the girl sighed, "You were probably meant to be one of our Sailor Scouts meant to search for the princess then."
Luna looked at the ground and frowned. She was startled when Serenity nudged her and meowed. A step behind them alerted Luna to the fact that someone was there and she jumped, turning as she did so.
"Hello Serenity! How's Mamoru-kun?" asked a red headed girl as she picked Serenity up. Serenity just purred as the girl pet her. The red head looked down at the other cat. "Who's this? Too bad momma wouldn't let me take care of a cat. Do you two want to come to school with me?"
Serenity purred and nuzzled the girl's neck, then giving Luna a pointed look, asking her to follow. The girl held an arm out to Luna, who decided it would be ok and jumped up to the girl's shoulder. "Naru-chan!"
Naru turned to see Umino running towards her and sighed. "Hi Umino."
The two talked on the way to school with the two cats purring on the way. Luna noticed the way Serenity paid attention to what they were talking about and wondered why she was listening to all the gossip. Soon the two got to the piece of information Serenity was waiting to hear.
"My mom's having a big jewelry sale today. I was real surprised that she all of a sudden decided to have one," Molly said.
"Would you like me to buy you something Naru-chan?" Umino asked, looking hopeful.
Serenity sweat dropped and noticed the school ahead. She jumped off, followed by Luna. Serenity watched the two go and then turned to Luna. "You said I might be one of the scouts?"
Luna nodded, and Serenity continued, "Since I was in a horrible car accident, my power may have been trying to save me until the time of awakening. Maybe you hold the key to help me change back."
Luna looked thoughtful, "Maybe if I gave you your transformation brooch. The way your power feels to me would be that of Sailor Moon's. Well, that and the symbol on your forehead."
Serenity giggled and then motioned for Luna to follow. "We'll go somewhere so no one will see us."
Luna nodded, and followed Serenity to the park. When Serenity nodded that it was safe, Luna produced Sailor Moon's transformation brooch. "I'm not sure how this will work," Luna said, "But normally you would hold up your hand and yell 'Moon Prism Power, Make Up!'"
Serenity nodded and picked up the brooch between her paws. "Let's give it a try! Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
A sudden flash of light made Serenity human and the transformation took place. Soon she was standing in a Sailor fuku with pink bows and a short blue skirt. "Alright! I'm human again!" she yelled.
Luna looked rather proud of herself and started when Sailor Moon slumped down on the grass. "Oh no!" she wailed.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked, confused.
"How am I supposed to explain this to Mamo-chan? 'Hi I was your cat but I'm human now. Can I still stay with you?'"
That took Luna completely off guard, "You don't have a place to live?"
Sailor Moon shook her head. "I told you didn't I? May parents died in the car accident. Only my baby brother and I survived. I don't even have clothes to wear."
Luna face faulted rather hard, another extreme accomplishment for a cat. "Why didn't I think of that?" she muttered to herself, "Detransform and see what happens."
Serenity nodded, and did so. She returned to cat form, the brooch fitting itself on her collar magically. Serenity groaned, "I was looking forward to being human too. Oh well! At least I can be so part of the time! And I don't have to go to school!"
Luna face faulted again. As she picked herself up she asked a question that had been bugging her earlier, "Why were you listening to the two gossip earlier?"
Serenity shrugged, "I wanted to know what it was like for her to be human. That and I know Molly's mother doesn't do spur of the moment things. I was confirming a notion I had. Since this is rather sudden, I think something's wrong at the jewelry shop."
"Then let's investigate," Luna said, "Where is this jewelry store?"
Serenity sweat dropped, "Did your owner just move here or something?"
Luna sighed, "I just woke up from stasis so excuse me."
"Oh I'm sorry Luna! I didn't mean that the way it sounded! I'm really sorry honest!"
Luna just shook her head and waited for Serenity to lead. Serenity did so, pouting. They arrived before any of the shops had opened and Serenity sighed, "We're going to have to wait another couple of hours before we can investigate or Naru's mom will notice us coming in. She got mad last time I came in on Naru's shoulder."
Luna nodded and looked around, "There's not a window we can use?"
Serenity shrugged, "We can look but I doubt it."
Luna just started around the building checking out all the windows, Serenity following. Luna found a window looking in on the basement and gasped. Serenity followed her gaze and gave out a strange growl. "That's Naru's mom! Now I know something's up!"
"Like you said, we'll have to wait," Luna said.
Serenity frowned, "Naru's my friend, even if she doesn't know that I can talk. I've got to do something."
Luna shook her head, "We ought to come up with a plan. We have time before the stores open."
Serenity frowned and ran back around to the front of the building, staring at the door as if willing it to open for her. Luna shook her head and grabbed the other cat's collar, dragging her away. When they reached a park, Luna let her go.
"The best we can do at the moment is sneak in when it's busy and when the youma shows its true colors kill it. If we just barge in there, it will give you a bad name and the youma will win."
Serenity snorted, "So you're saying that the best we can do is let it drain a few people and attack it when it's dark."
Luna nodded, and Serenity sighed, consenting. Then she frowned, "You know after all that I'm not really sure I know how to fight."
Luna face faulted and Serenity sweat dropped. "It's not my fault," she muttered, turning away from the black cat, 'I wasn't a scout in the Silver Millennium. This is a great disguise though, the Dark Kingdom wouldn't even think about the princess fighting them as a blue blooded scout.'
Luna just shook her head at the other cat and then realized something else. "My memory is rather blocked," she told Serenity, "I don't know how you're supposed to fight either. I was rather hoping you would remember when you transformed."
Now it was Serenity's turn to face fault, while Luna sweat dropped.
"Guess we'll wing it then," Serenity murmured as she picked herself up, "Until then, there's a great place for a cat nap in this park and the gardener always holds scraps for me. Let's go! I can show you the town tomorrow but I feel like I ought to rest before I go into a battle."
Luna shook her head and then followed Serenity to her designated place, finding it was indeed warm and a great place to nap.
*Ten Hours and One Feast Later*
Serenity saw the sun setting and looked over to Luna, who nodded. "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
Soon Serenity was Sailor Moon, and she and Luna moved across the roof tops towards the jewelry shop. They dropped to the front door to find customers passed out everywhere and the youma strangling Naru.
Sailor Moon was shocked, "Let Naru-chan go!"
The youma's head turned all the way around without it moving its body. "Who're you?"
Sailor Moon was silent for a moment before she introduced herself. "I am Sailor Moon, champion of love and justice. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. On behalf of the moon, I'll punish you!"
The youma laughed, "I think not. Arise my slaves!"
The people passed out on the floor began to rise and slowly moved towards Sailor Moon, attacking with whatever they could. Sailor Moon dodged, trying to avoid the people and not hurt them. All her years as a cat started to show as she moved agilely through the crowd. She was, however, heavier in this form than in cat form, and she eventually tripped, falling against a pillar.
"Oh great! Luna what do I do?!" she cried, eyes becoming watery.
Luna didn't have an answer for her right away and Sailor Moon screamed, the ornaments in her hair flashing. The zombified people dropped to the ground, losing all of their energy and Sailor Moon stopped screaming, startled.
The youma's armed stretched towards Sailor Moon, claws extended. She shrieked, and a rose stopped the youma. Sailor Moon looked towards where the youma came from and saw a man in a Tuxedo and a mask standing there. 'He looks like Mamo-chan,' she thought, staring.
The youma growled at the interruption and Tuxedo Mask introduced himself, while Serenity's heart pounded. "Sailor Moon!" Luna hissed, "Use your tiara! Moon Tiara Action!"
Sailor Moon got up and used it, quickly dusting the youma. She turned back to where Tuxedo Mask was and watched him leave, saying he enjoyed the show. 'Endymion,' Sailor Moon thought, 'Definitely Endymion, but he doesn't seem to know who he is.'
"Sailor Moon, let's go!" Luna yelled in her ear.
Serenity jumped and rubbed her ear, "Alright Luna, alright. Let's go."
They left, Serenity detransforming and leading the way to Mamoru's apartment. Mamoru was pacing by the open patio door, apparently waiting for her to come back. She jumped in the door, Luna right behind her and Mamoru scooped her up.
"Geez, Serenity where have you been? I've been worried sick!"
Serenity looked at Luna and then looked at him, "I was out. I'm sorry."
Luna sputtered, "He KNOWS you can TALK?!"
Serenity sighed, "He's been with me since I found myself like this. When I was smaller I made quite a few mistakes and nearly got caught. Mamoru was able to help me out cause he knew."
Mamoru stared at Luna and shook himself, "How many other talking cats are out there?"
Luna sighed, "I don't know. But I do appreciate you keeping this a secret."
Mamoru just nodded and went to the cabinet, "I had one of those headaches again and collapsed."
Serenity's gaze grew very concerned as she watched him pull down her and Luna's dinner. "Are you ok?"
Mamoru nodded, "Luckily I was here so I didn't pass out on the street. I had the strangest dream though."
Luna and Serenity exchanged looks, "What kind of dream?" Luna asked.
Mamoru gave Luna a startled look as he placed the dish of cream before them. "Had something to do with a soldier and a jewelry store. I dunno. It was just a dream."
"Dreams can be prophetic," Serenity said, "Or from a past life of something left undone."
Mamoru laughed, "I think it was just because of the strange way the lady was packing in customers at the store earlier today."
Luna looked between Serenity and Mamoru, trying to figure out why he didn't know who he was. Mamoru went in the other room and got started on the last of his homework.
Luna gave Serenity a look, "Why didn't you tell him?"
Serenity sighed, "He wouldn't believe me. Besides what do I tell him?"
"You're right, I'm not sure it's a good idea for him to know," Luna said, "What would we do if he turned out to be working for the enemy? We're walking on dangerous ground as it is."
Serenity gave Luna a mournful look, "He wouldn't work for the enemy. The princess is important to him."
Luna gave Serenity a startled look as Serenity turned and went into the other room.
*One Week Later*
'I hope we don't have any problems today,' Serenity thought, 'There have been three attacks already. I'm getting tired.'
Luna woke from her cat nap to see Serenity staring out the window. "I think we should go investigate now," she said.
Serenity nodded and walked up to the balcony door, nudging it open. They both made their way to the ground, and split up. Luna had found Serenity to be fairly dependable when investigating places but a complete failure at fighting. 'That episode at the House of Fortune was utter chaos,' Luna thought, looking for anything out of place.
A large sign blaring about fitness caught Luna's attention and she noticed a gym where a few days ago an unsafe building stood. She saw Naru, Serenity's human friend walk out with two others looking exceptionally tired. 'This bears looking into,' Luna thought, heading into the building. She was about to explore the basement when she got caught and tossed out by one of the brawny trainers.
Luna frowned, but resolved to bring Serenity back just in case. She seemed to have a nose for this kind of trouble.
Later that night Luna told Serenity of the suspicious place and Serenity rolled her eyes. "You always get tired at a gym. You go there to work out. I'll check it out if you really think I should but I think you're fussing over nothing."
Luna growled slightly and went off to sulk on the couch while Serenity turned towards Mamoru's bedroom, shaking her head.
She found Mamoru asleep at his desk, bent over a book and she rolled her eyes. Carefully, so as not to alert Luna, she transformed to become human and woke him up slightly. "Come Endymion-sama, you need to sleep in the bed, not at your desk. You'll get a crick in your back."
Mamoru only woke slightly and allowed her to help him to the bed. As she tucked him in, he fell asleep again and Sailor Moon chuckled slightly. She paused a moment, and bent over to kiss him, not noticing his eyes open slightly, or Luna watching from the door.
Luna sighed, and shook her head, 'She shouldn't fall in love with him like that.'
Sailor Moon stepped back, blushing, and then detransforming back to Serenity, hopping on the bed and curling up at his feet.
Mamoru woke slightly and sat up, watching Serenity. He then picked the cat up and moved her up to his extra pillow, smiling slightly as she sighed and started to purr.
The next day, Mamoru ran out the door in a hurry and Serenity sadly shook her head while Luna laughed. "Mamo-hentai?" she asked, "That really fits for the sounds he was making earlier."
Serenity shook her head, "He has the strangest dreams. I feel dirty."
Luna laughed, "Maybe you should start sleeping in the living room with me."
Serenity grinned, "That sounds like a good idea."
Luna just laughed some more and reminded Serenity of their mission today, which Serenity half heartedly agreed to. They quickly snuck out the balcony and headed towards Luna's suspicious gym.
Luna jumped as they reached they reached the gym, producing a pen. "Use this and transform into a gym instructor. I'll sneak in and check the basement and stuff. Just shout 'Moon Power!"
Serenity nodded, and grabbed the pen, using it to transform. She made her way into the gym quickly locating all the equipment rooms. Luna went off to explore the interior while Serenity stayed out among the people in the gym.
The main instructor of the gym walked in the room Serenity was in and started giving encouragement with a slight sneer on his face. 'Jedeite,' Serenity thought. 'Looks like Luna was right. Now all I have to do is ruin his plan right?'
One of the women in the gym got off her exercise bike and followed Jedeite out of the room. Serenity got off her own bike and followed discreetly. Luna nearly blindsided her as she followed the two to a stair case. "Transform," Luna hissed, "That woman is going to get the last of her energy sucked out of her."
Serenity nodded and quietly transformed, heading down into the dark basement. Sailor Moon blanched as she saw the teacher in the strange device and decided it was time to speak up. "Hold it right there! It's not noble to take advantage of a girl's dream to be thin!"
Jedeite snarled as he turned. "Sailor Moon," he growled. Then he sneered, "I'll let you play with these boys. I'm leaving with the energy I've collected."
Sailor Moon turned and made a face, seeing the three other instructors crowding into the room. She turned back around as Jedeite disappeared and she nearly screamed her frustration.
"Luna this isn't what I had in mind with this kind of stronghold," she muttered as she ran from the three men.
"You've been drinking too much cream anyway," Luna panted, "We need to get those circlets off their heads."
Sailor Moon snorted and stopped running, turning towards the three men. She punched the first one in the gut and kicked the second one that was closing in, positioning herself in front of the machine. As the third threw the barbell, she dodged, allowing it to hit the energy gathering machine. As the machine sparked, Sailor Moon threw her tiara and destroyed the circlets, wiping her forehead as three returned to normal and the teacher fell out of the remains of the machine.
"There has got to be an easier may to deal with this," she muttered, quickly making her way out of the gym.
Detransforming, Serenity turned to Luna and sighed, "Let's go home, I'm tired."
Luna nodded and led the way, keeping an eye on her charge as they walked.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked softly.
"I've wanted to wake up from this dream for so long, pretend that my parents are ok and that I've still got eleven years until now," Serenity said, "They used to search for the body of one Tsukino Usagi to reunite her with her brother, but I'm really dead to the world now. I want to be human again Luna. Sailor Moon helps a bit, but I'm tired of being a cat when I know that I'm supposed to be different."
"Do you even know what it takes to be human?" Luna asked.
Serenity frowned, "Not really. I pay attention to the girls around me but I can't really decide how I should act. If you'd let me use the Moon Pen to become human once in a while though I'm sure I could learn better!"
Luna frowned, "Maybe after we find some of the other scouts. We can't let Mamoru know about you being Sailor Moon."
Serenity pouted, "I don't like keeping this secret from him. I bet he still wouldn't believe me if I told him he's Tuxedo Mask though."
Luna chuckled and looked towards the setting sun. 'I really hope things get better for her.'
Author's Notes: Well. I did get a few reviews ^^. I think I'll continue. A few things. Serenity knows things about the moon kingdom... and what part she played. She knows better than to advertise it though, especially towards Mamoru or her other allies.
Posted 11/2/03
'Thoughts'
Kitten Serenity Chapter 1
Serenity awoke to the sound of Mamoru's alarm and his groaning. Yawning, she jumped over Mamoru's form and moved up to the dresser to turn off the alarm. As she did, she heard Mamoru moan a name, and turned to give him an odd look. 'He's been having weirder and weirder dreams lately, though most seem to pleasure him. I wonder if he would have been such a pervert if I wasn't here.'
Serenity snorted at that last thought, 'He probably would have been more of a pervert without me here to look after him.'
She proceeded to his head and started to lick his cheek, hoping he would wake up without her having to yell into his ear. Sure she was quick but the yell he gave was scary when he jumped and it always gave her a headache until late afternoon. "C'mon Mamo-chan, get up." She said, trying to get him to wake up.
"No more hime, I've got class in the morning," he moaned, "Though I wouldn't mind after class."
Serenity blushed, a mighty achievement for a cat, and then got slightly miffed. "MAMO-HENTAI!" she screeched, quickly jumping under the bed when he jumped.
'That was totally not what I had in mind,' Serenity thought as she streaked towards the kitchen from under the bed.
"SERENITY!!!! What was THAT for?"
Serenity shook from her place under the kitchen sink and prayed that he would be nice and leave the window slightly open so she could get out of the apartment for a while. 'Man he sounded scary. He shouldn't have been dreaming of things like that. I mean come on, I'm flattered but how do I know that he'll like me human? Come to think of it would I know how to act human?'
She heard Mamoru grumbling as he got out a bowl and some cereal and proceeded to eat some breakfast. Then she heard him leave for the bathroom and proceed to get ready. Only when she heard the front apartment door shut did she venture from her hiding place, not knowing that she was being watched.
Mamoru watched from the shadows as his best friend and pet cat stepped from her hiding place in the kitchen. She fell for the trick every time and it amused him to no end. 'This will teach her to wake me up like that,' Mamoru thought as he prepared to pounce. Serenity realized it was a trick as she heard Mamoru's slight chuckle and decided to play along until he pounced.
Serenity counted in her head until she knew that Mamoru would come out and try to catch her. As she predicted, Mamoru came in low to scoop her up and she avoided, jumping and bouncing off his head. She landed on the couch and turned to see Mamoru face first on the floor, and slowly picking himself up. She laughed, not being able to stand his funny position.
Mamoru glared at her as well as he could from his position and then stood up and shook his head, picking her up and setting her on his lap. "That wasn't very nice earlier," he admonished, trying to keep her laughing down, "I'm not a pervert."
Serenity giggled, "Yes you are, you were moaning and groaning and going 'Ohhhh yeah, keep it up.'"
Mamoru turned red and scowled at her, "That's still no reason to wake me up like that. What if the neighbors heard you?"
"So they'll think you have a girlfriend over that agrees you're a pervert."
Mamoru sighed and looked at the clock, "Alright then, I've got to go. Please don't cause any trouble today."
Serenity rolled her eyes and looked to the balcony door, which he had left slightly open for her. 'No time like the present,' she thought as she wiggled her way through the small crack in the door. Soon she was through and hopping from balcony to balcony well on her way down to the ground. As she reached the ground, she started humming a beautiful tune from her memories as a princess. It wasn't long until she was near the park, eager to see if she could find that special flower in the garden again.
As she neared the entrance, a slight scuffle between three kids and a cat caught her attention. 'What do I do?' Serenity thought, slightly panicking, 'Wait! I know.'
Serenity got up on the fence and started shouting rather incoherently, effectively scaring the children away. Serenity smirked to herself, and jumped down to inspect the cat they had been picking on.
The black cat just laid there, a couple of band aids on it forehead. "Oh! Poor kitty. Let me get that band aid off your head."
Serenity grabbed the band aid with her teeth and pulled, spitting it out as soon as she had it off the other cat. When she turned back to the other cat, she noticed its red brown eyes and crescent moon. 'Luna!' Serenity thought, remembering from her dream, 'It has to be! But I was told to keep the fact that I knew a secret.'
"Artemis?" Luna asked incredulously.
Serenity shook her head, "Who's Artemis? My name's Serenity! Were you once a human too? Is that why you can talk?"
"Huh?" was all Luna could say.
Serenity rolled her eyes. "My name is Serenity, not Artemis. I was a human at one point but after my parents crashed on the way home from the hospital, I got turned into a kitten."
Luna studied the girl sighed, "You were probably meant to be one of our Sailor Scouts meant to search for the princess then."
Luna looked at the ground and frowned. She was startled when Serenity nudged her and meowed. A step behind them alerted Luna to the fact that someone was there and she jumped, turning as she did so.
"Hello Serenity! How's Mamoru-kun?" asked a red headed girl as she picked Serenity up. Serenity just purred as the girl pet her. The red head looked down at the other cat. "Who's this? Too bad momma wouldn't let me take care of a cat. Do you two want to come to school with me?"
Serenity purred and nuzzled the girl's neck, then giving Luna a pointed look, asking her to follow. The girl held an arm out to Luna, who decided it would be ok and jumped up to the girl's shoulder. "Naru-chan!"
Naru turned to see Umino running towards her and sighed. "Hi Umino."
The two talked on the way to school with the two cats purring on the way. Luna noticed the way Serenity paid attention to what they were talking about and wondered why she was listening to all the gossip. Soon the two got to the piece of information Serenity was waiting to hear.
"My mom's having a big jewelry sale today. I was real surprised that she all of a sudden decided to have one," Molly said.
"Would you like me to buy you something Naru-chan?" Umino asked, looking hopeful.
Serenity sweat dropped and noticed the school ahead. She jumped off, followed by Luna. Serenity watched the two go and then turned to Luna. "You said I might be one of the scouts?"
Luna nodded, and Serenity continued, "Since I was in a horrible car accident, my power may have been trying to save me until the time of awakening. Maybe you hold the key to help me change back."
Luna looked thoughtful, "Maybe if I gave you your transformation brooch. The way your power feels to me would be that of Sailor Moon's. Well, that and the symbol on your forehead."
Serenity giggled and then motioned for Luna to follow. "We'll go somewhere so no one will see us."
Luna nodded, and followed Serenity to the park. When Serenity nodded that it was safe, Luna produced Sailor Moon's transformation brooch. "I'm not sure how this will work," Luna said, "But normally you would hold up your hand and yell 'Moon Prism Power, Make Up!'"
Serenity nodded and picked up the brooch between her paws. "Let's give it a try! Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
A sudden flash of light made Serenity human and the transformation took place. Soon she was standing in a Sailor fuku with pink bows and a short blue skirt. "Alright! I'm human again!" she yelled.
Luna looked rather proud of herself and started when Sailor Moon slumped down on the grass. "Oh no!" she wailed.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked, confused.
"How am I supposed to explain this to Mamo-chan? 'Hi I was your cat but I'm human now. Can I still stay with you?'"
That took Luna completely off guard, "You don't have a place to live?"
Sailor Moon shook her head. "I told you didn't I? May parents died in the car accident. Only my baby brother and I survived. I don't even have clothes to wear."
Luna face faulted rather hard, another extreme accomplishment for a cat. "Why didn't I think of that?" she muttered to herself, "Detransform and see what happens."
Serenity nodded, and did so. She returned to cat form, the brooch fitting itself on her collar magically. Serenity groaned, "I was looking forward to being human too. Oh well! At least I can be so part of the time! And I don't have to go to school!"
Luna face faulted again. As she picked herself up she asked a question that had been bugging her earlier, "Why were you listening to the two gossip earlier?"
Serenity shrugged, "I wanted to know what it was like for her to be human. That and I know Molly's mother doesn't do spur of the moment things. I was confirming a notion I had. Since this is rather sudden, I think something's wrong at the jewelry shop."
"Then let's investigate," Luna said, "Where is this jewelry store?"
Serenity sweat dropped, "Did your owner just move here or something?"
Luna sighed, "I just woke up from stasis so excuse me."
"Oh I'm sorry Luna! I didn't mean that the way it sounded! I'm really sorry honest!"
Luna just shook her head and waited for Serenity to lead. Serenity did so, pouting. They arrived before any of the shops had opened and Serenity sighed, "We're going to have to wait another couple of hours before we can investigate or Naru's mom will notice us coming in. She got mad last time I came in on Naru's shoulder."
Luna nodded and looked around, "There's not a window we can use?"
Serenity shrugged, "We can look but I doubt it."
Luna just started around the building checking out all the windows, Serenity following. Luna found a window looking in on the basement and gasped. Serenity followed her gaze and gave out a strange growl. "That's Naru's mom! Now I know something's up!"
"Like you said, we'll have to wait," Luna said.
Serenity frowned, "Naru's my friend, even if she doesn't know that I can talk. I've got to do something."
Luna shook her head, "We ought to come up with a plan. We have time before the stores open."
Serenity frowned and ran back around to the front of the building, staring at the door as if willing it to open for her. Luna shook her head and grabbed the other cat's collar, dragging her away. When they reached a park, Luna let her go.
"The best we can do at the moment is sneak in when it's busy and when the youma shows its true colors kill it. If we just barge in there, it will give you a bad name and the youma will win."
Serenity snorted, "So you're saying that the best we can do is let it drain a few people and attack it when it's dark."
Luna nodded, and Serenity sighed, consenting. Then she frowned, "You know after all that I'm not really sure I know how to fight."
Luna face faulted and Serenity sweat dropped. "It's not my fault," she muttered, turning away from the black cat, 'I wasn't a scout in the Silver Millennium. This is a great disguise though, the Dark Kingdom wouldn't even think about the princess fighting them as a blue blooded scout.'
Luna just shook her head at the other cat and then realized something else. "My memory is rather blocked," she told Serenity, "I don't know how you're supposed to fight either. I was rather hoping you would remember when you transformed."
Now it was Serenity's turn to face fault, while Luna sweat dropped.
"Guess we'll wing it then," Serenity murmured as she picked herself up, "Until then, there's a great place for a cat nap in this park and the gardener always holds scraps for me. Let's go! I can show you the town tomorrow but I feel like I ought to rest before I go into a battle."
Luna shook her head and then followed Serenity to her designated place, finding it was indeed warm and a great place to nap.
*Ten Hours and One Feast Later*
Serenity saw the sun setting and looked over to Luna, who nodded. "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
Soon Serenity was Sailor Moon, and she and Luna moved across the roof tops towards the jewelry shop. They dropped to the front door to find customers passed out everywhere and the youma strangling Naru.
Sailor Moon was shocked, "Let Naru-chan go!"
The youma's head turned all the way around without it moving its body. "Who're you?"
Sailor Moon was silent for a moment before she introduced herself. "I am Sailor Moon, champion of love and justice. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. On behalf of the moon, I'll punish you!"
The youma laughed, "I think not. Arise my slaves!"
The people passed out on the floor began to rise and slowly moved towards Sailor Moon, attacking with whatever they could. Sailor Moon dodged, trying to avoid the people and not hurt them. All her years as a cat started to show as she moved agilely through the crowd. She was, however, heavier in this form than in cat form, and she eventually tripped, falling against a pillar.
"Oh great! Luna what do I do?!" she cried, eyes becoming watery.
Luna didn't have an answer for her right away and Sailor Moon screamed, the ornaments in her hair flashing. The zombified people dropped to the ground, losing all of their energy and Sailor Moon stopped screaming, startled.
The youma's armed stretched towards Sailor Moon, claws extended. She shrieked, and a rose stopped the youma. Sailor Moon looked towards where the youma came from and saw a man in a Tuxedo and a mask standing there. 'He looks like Mamo-chan,' she thought, staring.
The youma growled at the interruption and Tuxedo Mask introduced himself, while Serenity's heart pounded. "Sailor Moon!" Luna hissed, "Use your tiara! Moon Tiara Action!"
Sailor Moon got up and used it, quickly dusting the youma. She turned back to where Tuxedo Mask was and watched him leave, saying he enjoyed the show. 'Endymion,' Sailor Moon thought, 'Definitely Endymion, but he doesn't seem to know who he is.'
"Sailor Moon, let's go!" Luna yelled in her ear.
Serenity jumped and rubbed her ear, "Alright Luna, alright. Let's go."
They left, Serenity detransforming and leading the way to Mamoru's apartment. Mamoru was pacing by the open patio door, apparently waiting for her to come back. She jumped in the door, Luna right behind her and Mamoru scooped her up.
"Geez, Serenity where have you been? I've been worried sick!"
Serenity looked at Luna and then looked at him, "I was out. I'm sorry."
Luna sputtered, "He KNOWS you can TALK?!"
Serenity sighed, "He's been with me since I found myself like this. When I was smaller I made quite a few mistakes and nearly got caught. Mamoru was able to help me out cause he knew."
Mamoru stared at Luna and shook himself, "How many other talking cats are out there?"
Luna sighed, "I don't know. But I do appreciate you keeping this a secret."
Mamoru just nodded and went to the cabinet, "I had one of those headaches again and collapsed."
Serenity's gaze grew very concerned as she watched him pull down her and Luna's dinner. "Are you ok?"
Mamoru nodded, "Luckily I was here so I didn't pass out on the street. I had the strangest dream though."
Luna and Serenity exchanged looks, "What kind of dream?" Luna asked.
Mamoru gave Luna a startled look as he placed the dish of cream before them. "Had something to do with a soldier and a jewelry store. I dunno. It was just a dream."
"Dreams can be prophetic," Serenity said, "Or from a past life of something left undone."
Mamoru laughed, "I think it was just because of the strange way the lady was packing in customers at the store earlier today."
Luna looked between Serenity and Mamoru, trying to figure out why he didn't know who he was. Mamoru went in the other room and got started on the last of his homework.
Luna gave Serenity a look, "Why didn't you tell him?"
Serenity sighed, "He wouldn't believe me. Besides what do I tell him?"
"You're right, I'm not sure it's a good idea for him to know," Luna said, "What would we do if he turned out to be working for the enemy? We're walking on dangerous ground as it is."
Serenity gave Luna a mournful look, "He wouldn't work for the enemy. The princess is important to him."
Luna gave Serenity a startled look as Serenity turned and went into the other room.
*One Week Later*
'I hope we don't have any problems today,' Serenity thought, 'There have been three attacks already. I'm getting tired.'
Luna woke from her cat nap to see Serenity staring out the window. "I think we should go investigate now," she said.
Serenity nodded and walked up to the balcony door, nudging it open. They both made their way to the ground, and split up. Luna had found Serenity to be fairly dependable when investigating places but a complete failure at fighting. 'That episode at the House of Fortune was utter chaos,' Luna thought, looking for anything out of place.
A large sign blaring about fitness caught Luna's attention and she noticed a gym where a few days ago an unsafe building stood. She saw Naru, Serenity's human friend walk out with two others looking exceptionally tired. 'This bears looking into,' Luna thought, heading into the building. She was about to explore the basement when she got caught and tossed out by one of the brawny trainers.
Luna frowned, but resolved to bring Serenity back just in case. She seemed to have a nose for this kind of trouble.
Later that night Luna told Serenity of the suspicious place and Serenity rolled her eyes. "You always get tired at a gym. You go there to work out. I'll check it out if you really think I should but I think you're fussing over nothing."
Luna growled slightly and went off to sulk on the couch while Serenity turned towards Mamoru's bedroom, shaking her head.
She found Mamoru asleep at his desk, bent over a book and she rolled her eyes. Carefully, so as not to alert Luna, she transformed to become human and woke him up slightly. "Come Endymion-sama, you need to sleep in the bed, not at your desk. You'll get a crick in your back."
Mamoru only woke slightly and allowed her to help him to the bed. As she tucked him in, he fell asleep again and Sailor Moon chuckled slightly. She paused a moment, and bent over to kiss him, not noticing his eyes open slightly, or Luna watching from the door.
Luna sighed, and shook her head, 'She shouldn't fall in love with him like that.'
Sailor Moon stepped back, blushing, and then detransforming back to Serenity, hopping on the bed and curling up at his feet.
Mamoru woke slightly and sat up, watching Serenity. He then picked the cat up and moved her up to his extra pillow, smiling slightly as she sighed and started to purr.
The next day, Mamoru ran out the door in a hurry and Serenity sadly shook her head while Luna laughed. "Mamo-hentai?" she asked, "That really fits for the sounds he was making earlier."
Serenity shook her head, "He has the strangest dreams. I feel dirty."
Luna laughed, "Maybe you should start sleeping in the living room with me."
Serenity grinned, "That sounds like a good idea."
Luna just laughed some more and reminded Serenity of their mission today, which Serenity half heartedly agreed to. They quickly snuck out the balcony and headed towards Luna's suspicious gym.
Luna jumped as they reached they reached the gym, producing a pen. "Use this and transform into a gym instructor. I'll sneak in and check the basement and stuff. Just shout 'Moon Power!"
Serenity nodded, and grabbed the pen, using it to transform. She made her way into the gym quickly locating all the equipment rooms. Luna went off to explore the interior while Serenity stayed out among the people in the gym.
The main instructor of the gym walked in the room Serenity was in and started giving encouragement with a slight sneer on his face. 'Jedeite,' Serenity thought. 'Looks like Luna was right. Now all I have to do is ruin his plan right?'
One of the women in the gym got off her exercise bike and followed Jedeite out of the room. Serenity got off her own bike and followed discreetly. Luna nearly blindsided her as she followed the two to a stair case. "Transform," Luna hissed, "That woman is going to get the last of her energy sucked out of her."
Serenity nodded and quietly transformed, heading down into the dark basement. Sailor Moon blanched as she saw the teacher in the strange device and decided it was time to speak up. "Hold it right there! It's not noble to take advantage of a girl's dream to be thin!"
Jedeite snarled as he turned. "Sailor Moon," he growled. Then he sneered, "I'll let you play with these boys. I'm leaving with the energy I've collected."
Sailor Moon turned and made a face, seeing the three other instructors crowding into the room. She turned back around as Jedeite disappeared and she nearly screamed her frustration.
"Luna this isn't what I had in mind with this kind of stronghold," she muttered as she ran from the three men.
"You've been drinking too much cream anyway," Luna panted, "We need to get those circlets off their heads."
Sailor Moon snorted and stopped running, turning towards the three men. She punched the first one in the gut and kicked the second one that was closing in, positioning herself in front of the machine. As the third threw the barbell, she dodged, allowing it to hit the energy gathering machine. As the machine sparked, Sailor Moon threw her tiara and destroyed the circlets, wiping her forehead as three returned to normal and the teacher fell out of the remains of the machine.
"There has got to be an easier may to deal with this," she muttered, quickly making her way out of the gym.
Detransforming, Serenity turned to Luna and sighed, "Let's go home, I'm tired."
Luna nodded and led the way, keeping an eye on her charge as they walked.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked softly.
"I've wanted to wake up from this dream for so long, pretend that my parents are ok and that I've still got eleven years until now," Serenity said, "They used to search for the body of one Tsukino Usagi to reunite her with her brother, but I'm really dead to the world now. I want to be human again Luna. Sailor Moon helps a bit, but I'm tired of being a cat when I know that I'm supposed to be different."
"Do you even know what it takes to be human?" Luna asked.
Serenity frowned, "Not really. I pay attention to the girls around me but I can't really decide how I should act. If you'd let me use the Moon Pen to become human once in a while though I'm sure I could learn better!"
Luna frowned, "Maybe after we find some of the other scouts. We can't let Mamoru know about you being Sailor Moon."
Serenity pouted, "I don't like keeping this secret from him. I bet he still wouldn't believe me if I told him he's Tuxedo Mask though."
Luna chuckled and looked towards the setting sun. 'I really hope things get better for her.'
