Fire's Heart
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: Owning either anime would mean I'd have enough money to make my hair look better than this mess or fluff. -_-)
Well, sorry for the slight delay in the coming of this chapter, but writer's block snuck up on me and bonked me on the head with a frying pan of doomishness. Thus, I was given a severe case of writer's block. Plus I didn't know who I wanted Rei to run into. Then I fiigured out what I wanted to do with her and I started drafting this in my head and. . .taa daa! instant chapter.
I hit one-hundred reviews last chapter. I'm proud of myself. ^^ I'm a very happy writer now. Never thought I'd get so popular of a fic. Tee!
Review responses:
Carrie - *blink* Erk? Praising ME?? Wow, someone's praising me. . . . .People, prepare for the end of the world. O_o
Jennilyn Maxwell - Hope I spelled your name right. *blink* Erherm. Anyway, thankies!
Angel-eyes56 - Hmm, you'll just have to see. This is going to be quite a fun chapter to do. And if it sucks arse, then I'll just have to revise it someday. *blink* That day not being today.
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Ah, true, true, messing with people's heads is quite fun, plus it helps to pass the time! *blink* Hey, and careful with the bouncing, you'll go through the roof. O_o
*sigh* The inner senshi going to the past? That would be a bit fun to do (hey, I just got a new couple pairing for some strange reason. . .it's one of the inners, not Usagi, who'll get with Sesshoumaru, and it's not Rei, either. *blink) but a bit hard. I'd bet you Minako would get on almost everyone's nerves fast (especially Inuyasha's, but that'd be fun to do), but it seems like a good idea. Now, how to go about that is an entirely different thing, though. so, to see if they are, you'll just have to wait and see.
fanfiction fanatic - Thanks!
fire! - Torch me? Aw, you wanna save that torch to toast a flamer I know will come around eventually. XD And don't cry. . . . .you'll get chapters soon enough.
Amazing Grace777 - Eh, well, whatever. S'not like anyone minded. . .much. *cough* Eherm. Um. . .I don't like spaniels? o_o
Tenshi-Hotaru - Tralala, that mistake was fixed. Error on my part for having a blonde moment (no offense to blondes, I know one who is very smart, made it into some private school. . .).
angelwings6117 - As stated above, that was fixed. Yet again I was having a blonde moment. . .Cripes, I'm freaking CHINESE! Asians aren't supposed to have those moments. *sulks*
Whew, well, onto the fic, which, hopefully, will be good. Tee hee, first chapter on this fic for the new year. ^^
*******
"Rei?"
Rei blinked and rubbed her eyes, blinking to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
"Usagi?"
"Usagi? Who's Usagi? Rei, did you bump your head? And why aren't you transformed? It's court policy."
Rei sighed, 'Dammit Setsuna, bad time to start this trickster thing on me. . .'
"Princess,"Rei corrected herself, "Serenity, I'm not the Rei you think I am. . . ."
"Rei, are you sure you didn't bump your head, you're acting different. . ."Serenity said.
Setsuna was going to pay for sending Rei back a good one-thousand years into the past.
"Um,"Rei paused, thinking of a liable excuse, "Serenity, the problem is. . .No I didn't bump my head and. . .I'm from the. . .future. . .Holy crap Setsuna's going to get pummeled when I get back to my rightful time."
Princes Serenity the fifteenth, heir to the throne of the Moon Kingdom and soon-to-be-ruler of the Silver Millenium, stared at Rei funnily, in a very un-princess like manner.
"Rei, you should lie down. If you're not feeling well, you should've just told me and-"Serenity began, but was cut off.
"I'm NOT the Rei you THINK I am!"Rei snapped, quickly shutting her mouth. Yelling at the Princess was not a good idea.
Serenity looked a bit hurt at that, but quickly recomposed herself, "You're right. Rei would never snap at me. Shall I call the guards then, trespasser?"
Rei's eyes widened, "You wouldn't dare."
"Technically, Rei, you are not one of the royal court, so, technically, you are trespassing on private territory."Serenity said.
"But I AM technically one of the royal court!!"Rei argued, "I'm Rei's future self!!"
Serenity stared at Rei beore speaking, "Why would Rei's future self come back here? Everything is in order, nothing can go wrong when mother's ruling," Serenity paused, then opened her mouth again, taking in a deep breath of air before shouting out, "GUARDS! TRESPASSER!"
Rei yelped, "Tattle tail!" before running off to hide. Yes, Setsuna was going to get pummeled as far into the ground as possible when she got back to her rightful time.
Realization hit Rei that she was in the rose garden's maze, a difficult place to navigate through as she found out, dashing around corners to run into dead ends or to seemingly go in circles as she found places she hadn't been in before.
'Dangit, wish I had a few scrolls with me so I could burn these danged garden walls down.'she thought, dashing around another corner and nearly jumping for joy when she saw the exit. Sadly, her joy was short lived as two guards came into view, effectively blocking her only escape.
"Argh!"she yelled, letting out a few curses before skidding to a halt, pulling out her transformation pen, "Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!"
The light flashed and the fire flared to life from the pen in her hand. Once the flaring red light had died down, Super Sailor Mars stood in all her glory. Wasting no time to strike the customary pose that happened after said transformations, she continued running before crouching down slightly, just before she reached the guards, and jumping over the garden walls with apparent ease.
"Good grief, for once those high jumping skillls are put into good use!"Mars said with a grin as she landed gracefully on her feet, cringing slightly at the pain that resulted from her hard land on heels. Brushing off the small pain that had run up her legs just moments before, she took off again, hoping to make it to a safe spot soon.
'Dammit, why must I have the worst of luck these days?!'Mars thought, letting go of her transformation for now as her fuku seemed to melt away and go back into the clothes she was wearing, which she realized were probably dirty as heck from all that time spent in old Japan.
"ARGH! Why me?!"
*******
Usagi sighed as she flipped abesnt-mindedly through some manga she had read a good three-hundred times in the past two years.
Usagi Tsukino was bored. Very much so, as she didn't even feel up to reading one of her favorite manga. Which was very un-Usagi like.
"Okay, I think I've got something!"Makoto shouted gleefully from the computer she was sitting at. Thank the great deities of the heavens Ami tutored her on how to use computers.
"Yes, wonderful lead you've found, Makoto!"Luna cried, happy they were making progress, even without Ami's brains to help them crack codes and such.
"What've you two found?!"Minako asked, popping up next to the two of them.
"So far we're tracking some of Rei's magic detected near there, though it's old, and some of Setsuna's magic around the same area. We're guessing that's where they were in the past."Makoto said, pointing to a few spots on the map of Japan.
Minako blinked, "Seriously? So we've found a lead? YES! Um. . .now what do we do?"
"We wait for Ami to come back so we can send you two out to investigate more."Luna replied.
"Oh. . . .Dang, and I was hoping we could take action immediantly."Minako sighed, pouting.
"Well. . .We could always use the Luna Pen. . . ."Makoto said, giving a furtive glance to Usagi who had taken interest at that moment, "To make Usagi or somebody look like Ami's mom. . . ."
"Ah! We could say it's urgent she come out of school!"Minako supplied.
"I don't think this-"Luna began.
"It's a great idea! Then we can all go to the shrine and investigate!"Usagi piped in, letting her manga fall to the floor as she clapped her hands gleefully.
Luna sighed. She was obviously not going to get her say in, and, even if she did, it wouldn't matter, as she would just get out-voted anyway. Such was the life of a guardian or stubborn-willed soldiers, she decided, hopping off of the table and exiting the room.
"Be careful when you do investigating. Tell me when you're going to leave for the shrine."she requested as she exited, thus leaving the teens to do as they pleased.
"Let's go!"Usagi crowed, jumping up and digging into her pocket before pulling out her trusty old Luna Pen, which had been long forgotten and unused.
*******
Rei breathed out a soft breath she hadn't realized she had been holding in as she found the next hallway around the corner to be deserted. For some reason she had been drawn to this plain looking hallway, lined with a silvery-blue carpet and silver linens hanging from the walls.
Stepping lightly and making sure to be as silent as a predator stalking its prey, she inched towards the door, every second seeming like a minute as she continued to move towards her goal.
With luck, there would be something good or, better yet, nothing behind the door. With no luck, she was sure to run into the top guard or an army of guards on the other side of the door. That thought made her pause from her soft stepping before she decided she would rather take the risk than let whatever was behind that door just sit around, waiting for someone to find it.
Reaching the large doors built from a strong Lunarian material, she put her hand upon one of the fancy, decorated handles and took a deep breath. Whatever was on the other side of these doors, she would face with a calm face and the heart of any warrior.
She pushed open the doors with all her force, and they flew wide open for her, clanging against the walls which they had been slammed upon.
On the other side of the door was a brightly lit room, filled with shades of silver and soft, dull violet-blue hues.
"Ah, nice to see you, Mars."a calm, serene voice filled with sincerety spoke from the other end of the large room, up to where the end of the carpet led.
Rei's eyes followed the trail of the carpet slowly, as if not wanting to meet the eyes of the person who was at the other end of the room. Finally, her eyes met the end of the velvet carpet and she looked up into serene and calm eyes of a blue-violet hue, some grey mixed in to give them a soft tone.
Queen Serenity the fourteenth smiled softly at Rei.
Rei let out a small squeak and did the only thing she knew to do in front of royalty: bow. With that she slid upon one knee, her elbow propped upon the other, her head lowered.
"You've no need to bow, Mars. And, I can quite obviously tell you aren't the Mars I know. . . . ."the queen trailed off, her soft voice still echoing quite loudly off of the walls, defying most laws of sound.
Rei's head rose up, her own deep, passionate violet eyes meeting the blue- violet-grey of the queen's own eyes. Rei slowly stood up, eyeing the queen wearily.
"D-do,"Rei cleared her throat in an attempt to regain her voice, which had decided to betray her by croaking a bit, "Do you know why I'm here?"
"Ah, all too well, dear."the queen smiled softly.
"And I'm definately in the past. . .before Beryl's attack. . . ."Rei paused, keeping note of everything around her, lest this be a trick.
"Quite obviously."Queen Serenity replied, dipping her head slightly in a small nod.
"Well. . . .C-could you tell me why I'm here?"Rei asked softly, lowering her eyes to the floor, not wanting to really stare into the gentle eyes of the queen. She felt too. . .dirty, and. . . .low, compared to Queen Serenity's natural grace and the feeling that just seemed to radiate from her, screaming she was of high power.
"Easily. Pluto sent you here so we could talk."Queen Serenity's eyes brightened, "Oh, this is going to be so fun!" the queen let out a very non- queen like squeal of joy while she clapped her hands together.
Rei sweatdropped. Why had she decided to open the doors was beyond her now. . . .
*******
Lalala! Well, that was fun to type. . .I think. *blink, sweatdrop* So, how's everyone thinking of this so far? Hope you're enjoying it.
Queen Serenity is acting un-queen like at the end, quite obviously. Since we don't really know what she was like. . .I figured that since Usagi's such an innocent, bubbly little girl, the queen has the right to be like that once in a while, too! Y'know? So, whatever.
Remember, the 'Queen Serenity the fourteenth' and 'Princess Serenity the fifteenth' were both made up numbers, seeing as we don't know how many predecessors they have, in all truth. But hey, when you say 'Queen {insert name here) the {insert number here}', it sounds much more impressive and regal. . .kind of. *blink*
Well, I shall leave you for now! Ta ta, world! {-has been acting weird lately. . .well, weirder than normal}
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: Owning either anime would mean I'd have enough money to make my hair look better than this mess or fluff. -_-)
Well, sorry for the slight delay in the coming of this chapter, but writer's block snuck up on me and bonked me on the head with a frying pan of doomishness. Thus, I was given a severe case of writer's block. Plus I didn't know who I wanted Rei to run into. Then I fiigured out what I wanted to do with her and I started drafting this in my head and. . .taa daa! instant chapter.
I hit one-hundred reviews last chapter. I'm proud of myself. ^^ I'm a very happy writer now. Never thought I'd get so popular of a fic. Tee!
Review responses:
Carrie - *blink* Erk? Praising ME?? Wow, someone's praising me. . . . .People, prepare for the end of the world. O_o
Jennilyn Maxwell - Hope I spelled your name right. *blink* Erherm. Anyway, thankies!
Angel-eyes56 - Hmm, you'll just have to see. This is going to be quite a fun chapter to do. And if it sucks arse, then I'll just have to revise it someday. *blink* That day not being today.
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Ah, true, true, messing with people's heads is quite fun, plus it helps to pass the time! *blink* Hey, and careful with the bouncing, you'll go through the roof. O_o
*sigh* The inner senshi going to the past? That would be a bit fun to do (hey, I just got a new couple pairing for some strange reason. . .it's one of the inners, not Usagi, who'll get with Sesshoumaru, and it's not Rei, either. *blink) but a bit hard. I'd bet you Minako would get on almost everyone's nerves fast (especially Inuyasha's, but that'd be fun to do), but it seems like a good idea. Now, how to go about that is an entirely different thing, though. so, to see if they are, you'll just have to wait and see.
fanfiction fanatic - Thanks!
fire! - Torch me? Aw, you wanna save that torch to toast a flamer I know will come around eventually. XD And don't cry. . . . .you'll get chapters soon enough.
Amazing Grace777 - Eh, well, whatever. S'not like anyone minded. . .much. *cough* Eherm. Um. . .I don't like spaniels? o_o
Tenshi-Hotaru - Tralala, that mistake was fixed. Error on my part for having a blonde moment (no offense to blondes, I know one who is very smart, made it into some private school. . .).
angelwings6117 - As stated above, that was fixed. Yet again I was having a blonde moment. . .Cripes, I'm freaking CHINESE! Asians aren't supposed to have those moments. *sulks*
Whew, well, onto the fic, which, hopefully, will be good. Tee hee, first chapter on this fic for the new year. ^^
*******
"Rei?"
Rei blinked and rubbed her eyes, blinking to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
"Usagi?"
"Usagi? Who's Usagi? Rei, did you bump your head? And why aren't you transformed? It's court policy."
Rei sighed, 'Dammit Setsuna, bad time to start this trickster thing on me. . .'
"Princess,"Rei corrected herself, "Serenity, I'm not the Rei you think I am. . . ."
"Rei, are you sure you didn't bump your head, you're acting different. . ."Serenity said.
Setsuna was going to pay for sending Rei back a good one-thousand years into the past.
"Um,"Rei paused, thinking of a liable excuse, "Serenity, the problem is. . .No I didn't bump my head and. . .I'm from the. . .future. . .Holy crap Setsuna's going to get pummeled when I get back to my rightful time."
Princes Serenity the fifteenth, heir to the throne of the Moon Kingdom and soon-to-be-ruler of the Silver Millenium, stared at Rei funnily, in a very un-princess like manner.
"Rei, you should lie down. If you're not feeling well, you should've just told me and-"Serenity began, but was cut off.
"I'm NOT the Rei you THINK I am!"Rei snapped, quickly shutting her mouth. Yelling at the Princess was not a good idea.
Serenity looked a bit hurt at that, but quickly recomposed herself, "You're right. Rei would never snap at me. Shall I call the guards then, trespasser?"
Rei's eyes widened, "You wouldn't dare."
"Technically, Rei, you are not one of the royal court, so, technically, you are trespassing on private territory."Serenity said.
"But I AM technically one of the royal court!!"Rei argued, "I'm Rei's future self!!"
Serenity stared at Rei beore speaking, "Why would Rei's future self come back here? Everything is in order, nothing can go wrong when mother's ruling," Serenity paused, then opened her mouth again, taking in a deep breath of air before shouting out, "GUARDS! TRESPASSER!"
Rei yelped, "Tattle tail!" before running off to hide. Yes, Setsuna was going to get pummeled as far into the ground as possible when she got back to her rightful time.
Realization hit Rei that she was in the rose garden's maze, a difficult place to navigate through as she found out, dashing around corners to run into dead ends or to seemingly go in circles as she found places she hadn't been in before.
'Dangit, wish I had a few scrolls with me so I could burn these danged garden walls down.'she thought, dashing around another corner and nearly jumping for joy when she saw the exit. Sadly, her joy was short lived as two guards came into view, effectively blocking her only escape.
"Argh!"she yelled, letting out a few curses before skidding to a halt, pulling out her transformation pen, "Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!"
The light flashed and the fire flared to life from the pen in her hand. Once the flaring red light had died down, Super Sailor Mars stood in all her glory. Wasting no time to strike the customary pose that happened after said transformations, she continued running before crouching down slightly, just before she reached the guards, and jumping over the garden walls with apparent ease.
"Good grief, for once those high jumping skillls are put into good use!"Mars said with a grin as she landed gracefully on her feet, cringing slightly at the pain that resulted from her hard land on heels. Brushing off the small pain that had run up her legs just moments before, she took off again, hoping to make it to a safe spot soon.
'Dammit, why must I have the worst of luck these days?!'Mars thought, letting go of her transformation for now as her fuku seemed to melt away and go back into the clothes she was wearing, which she realized were probably dirty as heck from all that time spent in old Japan.
"ARGH! Why me?!"
*******
Usagi sighed as she flipped abesnt-mindedly through some manga she had read a good three-hundred times in the past two years.
Usagi Tsukino was bored. Very much so, as she didn't even feel up to reading one of her favorite manga. Which was very un-Usagi like.
"Okay, I think I've got something!"Makoto shouted gleefully from the computer she was sitting at. Thank the great deities of the heavens Ami tutored her on how to use computers.
"Yes, wonderful lead you've found, Makoto!"Luna cried, happy they were making progress, even without Ami's brains to help them crack codes and such.
"What've you two found?!"Minako asked, popping up next to the two of them.
"So far we're tracking some of Rei's magic detected near there, though it's old, and some of Setsuna's magic around the same area. We're guessing that's where they were in the past."Makoto said, pointing to a few spots on the map of Japan.
Minako blinked, "Seriously? So we've found a lead? YES! Um. . .now what do we do?"
"We wait for Ami to come back so we can send you two out to investigate more."Luna replied.
"Oh. . . .Dang, and I was hoping we could take action immediantly."Minako sighed, pouting.
"Well. . .We could always use the Luna Pen. . . ."Makoto said, giving a furtive glance to Usagi who had taken interest at that moment, "To make Usagi or somebody look like Ami's mom. . . ."
"Ah! We could say it's urgent she come out of school!"Minako supplied.
"I don't think this-"Luna began.
"It's a great idea! Then we can all go to the shrine and investigate!"Usagi piped in, letting her manga fall to the floor as she clapped her hands gleefully.
Luna sighed. She was obviously not going to get her say in, and, even if she did, it wouldn't matter, as she would just get out-voted anyway. Such was the life of a guardian or stubborn-willed soldiers, she decided, hopping off of the table and exiting the room.
"Be careful when you do investigating. Tell me when you're going to leave for the shrine."she requested as she exited, thus leaving the teens to do as they pleased.
"Let's go!"Usagi crowed, jumping up and digging into her pocket before pulling out her trusty old Luna Pen, which had been long forgotten and unused.
*******
Rei breathed out a soft breath she hadn't realized she had been holding in as she found the next hallway around the corner to be deserted. For some reason she had been drawn to this plain looking hallway, lined with a silvery-blue carpet and silver linens hanging from the walls.
Stepping lightly and making sure to be as silent as a predator stalking its prey, she inched towards the door, every second seeming like a minute as she continued to move towards her goal.
With luck, there would be something good or, better yet, nothing behind the door. With no luck, she was sure to run into the top guard or an army of guards on the other side of the door. That thought made her pause from her soft stepping before she decided she would rather take the risk than let whatever was behind that door just sit around, waiting for someone to find it.
Reaching the large doors built from a strong Lunarian material, she put her hand upon one of the fancy, decorated handles and took a deep breath. Whatever was on the other side of these doors, she would face with a calm face and the heart of any warrior.
She pushed open the doors with all her force, and they flew wide open for her, clanging against the walls which they had been slammed upon.
On the other side of the door was a brightly lit room, filled with shades of silver and soft, dull violet-blue hues.
"Ah, nice to see you, Mars."a calm, serene voice filled with sincerety spoke from the other end of the large room, up to where the end of the carpet led.
Rei's eyes followed the trail of the carpet slowly, as if not wanting to meet the eyes of the person who was at the other end of the room. Finally, her eyes met the end of the velvet carpet and she looked up into serene and calm eyes of a blue-violet hue, some grey mixed in to give them a soft tone.
Queen Serenity the fourteenth smiled softly at Rei.
Rei let out a small squeak and did the only thing she knew to do in front of royalty: bow. With that she slid upon one knee, her elbow propped upon the other, her head lowered.
"You've no need to bow, Mars. And, I can quite obviously tell you aren't the Mars I know. . . . ."the queen trailed off, her soft voice still echoing quite loudly off of the walls, defying most laws of sound.
Rei's head rose up, her own deep, passionate violet eyes meeting the blue- violet-grey of the queen's own eyes. Rei slowly stood up, eyeing the queen wearily.
"D-do,"Rei cleared her throat in an attempt to regain her voice, which had decided to betray her by croaking a bit, "Do you know why I'm here?"
"Ah, all too well, dear."the queen smiled softly.
"And I'm definately in the past. . .before Beryl's attack. . . ."Rei paused, keeping note of everything around her, lest this be a trick.
"Quite obviously."Queen Serenity replied, dipping her head slightly in a small nod.
"Well. . . .C-could you tell me why I'm here?"Rei asked softly, lowering her eyes to the floor, not wanting to really stare into the gentle eyes of the queen. She felt too. . .dirty, and. . . .low, compared to Queen Serenity's natural grace and the feeling that just seemed to radiate from her, screaming she was of high power.
"Easily. Pluto sent you here so we could talk."Queen Serenity's eyes brightened, "Oh, this is going to be so fun!" the queen let out a very non- queen like squeal of joy while she clapped her hands together.
Rei sweatdropped. Why had she decided to open the doors was beyond her now. . . .
*******
Lalala! Well, that was fun to type. . .I think. *blink, sweatdrop* So, how's everyone thinking of this so far? Hope you're enjoying it.
Queen Serenity is acting un-queen like at the end, quite obviously. Since we don't really know what she was like. . .I figured that since Usagi's such an innocent, bubbly little girl, the queen has the right to be like that once in a while, too! Y'know? So, whatever.
Remember, the 'Queen Serenity the fourteenth' and 'Princess Serenity the fifteenth' were both made up numbers, seeing as we don't know how many predecessors they have, in all truth. But hey, when you say 'Queen {insert name here) the {insert number here}', it sounds much more impressive and regal. . .kind of. *blink*
Well, I shall leave you for now! Ta ta, world! {-has been acting weird lately. . .well, weirder than normal}