You Never Got To Know Me...
Now You Will Never Be Able To
Chapter 1
By Namida no Hikari
namidanohikari@aol.com
"Usagi-chan!"
"Naru-san." Naru stopped and stared at Usagi. Something had taken the place of her best friend. Someone that seems to be emotionless and perfect! Something that Usagi had never been.
"Usagi-chan, what is wrong? I mean, you were acting totally different today, not to mention that you were also early to school!" Naru exclaimed, watching Usagi closely for any sign of emotion.
"I'm just me." Usagi said, in an emotionless tone. "If you are done with the questions, I need to get going to the library." Naru shook her head and Usagi nodded a good-bye.
"What happened to you, Usagi-chan?" Naru asked softly, staring at Usagi's back.
"Have you seen Usagi-cha-, uh, Usagi-san today? She was totally different!" Minako exclaimed. Rei glanced at her in annoyance.
"Who cares about her?" Rei said in a flippant tone. Everyone present in the room glared at Minako, who caste her eyes down in embarrassment for bringing up the subject.
"Yeah, she was-," Makoto started.
"Enough! Remember, she is not one of us any more." Setsuna exclaimed, glaring at Makoto. Makoto looked away and seemed to find the wall very interesting.
"Now that we know Usagi-san is not the princess, we will need to start searching for the real one." Haruka stated.
"Setsuna-san, are you sure Usagi is not the princ-," Ami asked.
"Of course I am sure. I am the time guardian." Setsuna said coldly.
"Setsuna-san, we all make mistak-," Ami tried again.
"I do not make mistakes. Enough of her. We need to discuss where to find the real princess." Setsuna said, looking at everyone around her.
"I couldn't detect the princess in the Mercury computer." Ami said softly.
"I couldn't find the princess in the flames either." Rei informed them. Setsuna turned her glance at Michiru, who shook her head, saying the she couldn't find anything in the mirror. Ami, Rei, and Michiru didn't tell the others one thing. They had results, but the princess they asked for always turned out to be Usagi.
"Setsuna-san, why don't you know who the princess is? I mean, you are the time guardian after all." Makoto said sarcastically.
Setsuna glared at her, hearing the mockingness in her voice.
"The time gates have closed on me."
"WHAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!"
"Why else do you think I am here?" Setsuna asked in amusement.
"To find the princess." Was the immediate answer. Setsuna shook her head.
"That is only one of the two things that I must do."
"What is the other thing?" Hotaru asked curiously.
"To defeat the new enemies." Again, there was an uproar.
"What enemies?"
"Are they here-"
"About tim-"
"Who are they?"
"I'll have to work on this new-"
"ONE AT A TIME!!!!!" Setsuna cried, feeling drowned in all the noise. They quieted almost immediately, staring at her.
"I do not know who the enemies are, only that they are very powerful and want to rule Earth and the rest of the galaxies. It is the same case we've had with all of our past foes. That is why it's very important we find the REAL princess as soon as possible." Setsuna said, looking at all the senshi in the room.
"I guess we would need to start training then." Haruka said, with a grin. All the inners and Hotaru groaned, while the rest of the outers watched them with amusement dancing in their eyes.
Usagi sat in her room, staring at the moon that had always seemed so bright, but so dull today. 'The moon seems to be reflecting the mood I'm in. Wonder what they are doing right now.'
Knock. Knock.
"Come in."
"Usagi-san." With a startled gasp, Usagi whipped around and found who she was least expecting. Chiba Mamoru. He nodded a greeting and turned to look around her room.
"How are you, Usagi-san?"
Usagi narrowed her eyes at the -san part. "I'm fine, Mamoru-san." An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Clearing his throat Mamoru tried to break the silence.
"About what happened yesterday-" Mamoru began, but stopped when Usagi gave a dismissive wave.
"Don't worry. None of it was your fault." Usagi said smiling, though it did not reach her eyes.
"In that case, you probably wouldn't mind giving me the crystal along with the broach. Oh yeah, the ring also."
Usagi stared at him, not believing that he said those words. Usagi slowly took out her locket and opened it. The Ginzuishou sparkled back at her. Usagi looked at it one last time before stumbling towards him, while pulling the ring out of her hand. When she finally stood in front of him, she held the items out with shaky hands.
"Thanks." Mamoru grabbed the broach along with the ring and turned to leave.
"Wait!"
"What?" Mamoru asked with a hint of irritation in his voice.
"You can have this also." Mamoru felt something cold and hard pressed down into his hand. It was the star locket... their star locket. He stared at Usagi in surprise, but she had retreated to the window, avoiding his gaze.
"Why?"
"I'm not the princess. The princess received this from her mother and had given it to you, her true love, as a token of her affection. You had given it to me, thinking I was the princess. But now that you think I'm not, you should take it back, as you have taken the crystal, and give it to the true princess." Usagi said, taking a quick glance at him before turning back, so Mamoru could not see the wetness in her eyes. Mamoru turned to leave, but paused at the door. He looked at the items he held and back at Usagi.
"Arigato."
"Ja ne." Usagi said softly, her voice cracking slightly. Staring at the spot where Mamoru had been, one lone tear slid down her face and many more followed. Usagi cried silent tears. 'Don't leave me. I love you.'
"Gomen." Usagi murmured absently.
"Not a surprise there at all, from how absentminded you always are." Usagi gave a startled gasp. "Rei-chan."
"That's Rei-san to you." Rei sneered. 'Why the hell am I talking to her? I should be walking to school.'
Rei turned to leave, when Usagi's icy voice stopped her.
"Tell me, have you found the moon princess yet?"
"We will in time."
"Tell me when you have found her." Usagi swung her schoolbag over her shoulder, turning away from Rei. "Oh yeah, before I forget, let me warn you of the new enemies." Rei gasped as she turned her startled gaze to Usagi who laughed. Speaking over her shoulder, Usagi said, "Don't look so surprised. If you had been my TRUE friends, you would known." With those final words, Usagi left a gapping Rei on the streets of Tokyo and continued on her way to school.
'What now!' Minako looked around to see if anyone was listening or was within hearing and flipped open her communicator. "What is it?" Minako asked annoyed.
"The lake! Hurry!" Minako blinked as Mercury's image went out. 'There goes my day.' With a sigh, Minako took out her wand.
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Usagi was passing through the park when she heard screams. Her warrior instants quickly took over, as she ran towards the shouting. People were streaming past her, all running for their lives.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
Usagi stopped when she heard the attack. 'The senshi are there, so I should just leave and let them handle it.' Usagi started walking away, but her feet didn't seem to do as she wanted. Usagi sighed and gave up trying. She wasn't about to let them take on a youma by themselves. They weren't powerful enough.
When Usagi approached the scene, she quickly hid behind the nearest tree, where she could observe.
Mars was struggling to rise from where she was thrown, while the youma was gathering energy to attack.
"Of all the youma to send. They send this one." Usagi muttered under her breath. The youma was a female in hot pink. The youma wore a VERY tight outfit, that revealed more than it should have, and huge eyeglasses that hid her eyes.
The youma cupped her hands into a ball. The energy she gathered swirled around her, whipping her hair into a mass of darkness. The youma looked up and released the energy on Mars.
Mars snapped her eyes shut, waiting for it to hit, but it never did. Her eyes flew open could only stare as the youma picked itself up with difficulty, looking ready to collapse. 'What happened?'
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Dead Scream!"
The three globes of energy finished off the youma, leaving only a tiny pink crystal that turned black and crumbled into dust.
"Mars! Mars, are you alright?" Mercury asked, rushing to her aid.
"I'm fine, only a bit bruised." Mars replied as Mercury started to look her over, to see if she was as she said. "We need to talk." The others nodded at her. They all headed towards the temple. Uranus turned around, as if searching for something.
"You okay, Uranus?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Let's go." Uranus took one last look over her shoulder again. 'Why do I feel like someone is watching us?' Shaking her head to clear it, she followed the rest of the senshi, who were unaware of a pair of eyes following them.
From the shadows, Usagi watched them leave. Turning her gaze away from them, she stared at her hands. How had she done it? One moment she was watching in terror as the energy raced towards Mars, and the next, she was cupping her hands together. Her moon crescent mark had glowed on her forehead, drawing energy to her hands. Allowing her body to take over, she had watched numbly, in shock, as the power in her hands expanded and attracted the youma's attention, but not Mars', who still had her eyes shut, waiting expectantly. She hurled the energy towards the youma, canceling its attack. But the energy not only did that, it also hit the youma, almost destroying it.
'The senshi will not survive this battle without my help. But how, without them knowing who?' Usagi stared at her hands, totally out of ideas. Usagi walked pass the park, but stopped when she saw a little girl jumping around.
"Who do you think I am? I'll tell you what. I'm a dancer, I'm a skater, and I am who I want to be!"
Usagi watched the little girl skip while chanting the lines over and over, until they were registered into her head. 'I am who I want to be.' Usagi's eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly found a deserted alley and looked around to see if anyone was watching. She took out a pen from her pocket and stared at it.
'I hope it works.' Usagi threw the pen into the air and shouted, "Transform me into a sophisticated senshi!" Muti-colored strings shot out from the red crystal at the top of the pen and engulfed Usagi, who had tilted her head up, letting the power rush over her, changing her.
When Usagi stepped out of the light, she had dark red eyes, with long black hair that was tied into a single ponytail, with a few strands curling around her face. Her outfit was a short black dress that had a V shaped neckline and was trimmed in red. The dress reached to her knees with a thin, silver chain in the shape of small cresent moons hanging loosely from her waist. Her dress also had split sleeves that went slightly past her elbows and she also had on a pair of high heel, black boots that kind of looked like Sailor Moon's, only it was black, with a small red rose on each side of it. On her neck, where the senshi usually wore a choker, she had on a silver necklace, with a dark red crystal in a shape of a tiny heart, that made it seem like a choker, and she also had on a pair of ruby earrings. She had no tiara on, but in its place were a few strings of silver and red that were wrapped around her head loosely.
Usagi looked herself over, until she was satisfied with her new appearance. "Now, what shall I call myself?" Usagi murmured to herself. 'Sailor Star? Nope. Sailor Hope? Sailor Light? Sailor... Sailor... Eclipse... Sailor Eclipse!'
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Well, that's it for now. I'm not sure how I'm doing so far. Bad.... Good.... You decide, but you've gotta tell me. Ja ne! ^.~
Now You Will Never Be Able To
Chapter 1
By Namida no Hikari
namidanohikari@aol.com
"Usagi-chan!"
"Naru-san." Naru stopped and stared at Usagi. Something had taken the place of her best friend. Someone that seems to be emotionless and perfect! Something that Usagi had never been.
"Usagi-chan, what is wrong? I mean, you were acting totally different today, not to mention that you were also early to school!" Naru exclaimed, watching Usagi closely for any sign of emotion.
"I'm just me." Usagi said, in an emotionless tone. "If you are done with the questions, I need to get going to the library." Naru shook her head and Usagi nodded a good-bye.
"What happened to you, Usagi-chan?" Naru asked softly, staring at Usagi's back.
"Have you seen Usagi-cha-, uh, Usagi-san today? She was totally different!" Minako exclaimed. Rei glanced at her in annoyance.
"Who cares about her?" Rei said in a flippant tone. Everyone present in the room glared at Minako, who caste her eyes down in embarrassment for bringing up the subject.
"Yeah, she was-," Makoto started.
"Enough! Remember, she is not one of us any more." Setsuna exclaimed, glaring at Makoto. Makoto looked away and seemed to find the wall very interesting.
"Now that we know Usagi-san is not the princess, we will need to start searching for the real one." Haruka stated.
"Setsuna-san, are you sure Usagi is not the princ-," Ami asked.
"Of course I am sure. I am the time guardian." Setsuna said coldly.
"Setsuna-san, we all make mistak-," Ami tried again.
"I do not make mistakes. Enough of her. We need to discuss where to find the real princess." Setsuna said, looking at everyone around her.
"I couldn't detect the princess in the Mercury computer." Ami said softly.
"I couldn't find the princess in the flames either." Rei informed them. Setsuna turned her glance at Michiru, who shook her head, saying the she couldn't find anything in the mirror. Ami, Rei, and Michiru didn't tell the others one thing. They had results, but the princess they asked for always turned out to be Usagi.
"Setsuna-san, why don't you know who the princess is? I mean, you are the time guardian after all." Makoto said sarcastically.
Setsuna glared at her, hearing the mockingness in her voice.
"The time gates have closed on me."
"WHAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!"
"Why else do you think I am here?" Setsuna asked in amusement.
"To find the princess." Was the immediate answer. Setsuna shook her head.
"That is only one of the two things that I must do."
"What is the other thing?" Hotaru asked curiously.
"To defeat the new enemies." Again, there was an uproar.
"What enemies?"
"Are they here-"
"About tim-"
"Who are they?"
"I'll have to work on this new-"
"ONE AT A TIME!!!!!" Setsuna cried, feeling drowned in all the noise. They quieted almost immediately, staring at her.
"I do not know who the enemies are, only that they are very powerful and want to rule Earth and the rest of the galaxies. It is the same case we've had with all of our past foes. That is why it's very important we find the REAL princess as soon as possible." Setsuna said, looking at all the senshi in the room.
"I guess we would need to start training then." Haruka said, with a grin. All the inners and Hotaru groaned, while the rest of the outers watched them with amusement dancing in their eyes.
Usagi sat in her room, staring at the moon that had always seemed so bright, but so dull today. 'The moon seems to be reflecting the mood I'm in. Wonder what they are doing right now.'
Knock. Knock.
"Come in."
"Usagi-san." With a startled gasp, Usagi whipped around and found who she was least expecting. Chiba Mamoru. He nodded a greeting and turned to look around her room.
"How are you, Usagi-san?"
Usagi narrowed her eyes at the -san part. "I'm fine, Mamoru-san." An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Clearing his throat Mamoru tried to break the silence.
"About what happened yesterday-" Mamoru began, but stopped when Usagi gave a dismissive wave.
"Don't worry. None of it was your fault." Usagi said smiling, though it did not reach her eyes.
"In that case, you probably wouldn't mind giving me the crystal along with the broach. Oh yeah, the ring also."
Usagi stared at him, not believing that he said those words. Usagi slowly took out her locket and opened it. The Ginzuishou sparkled back at her. Usagi looked at it one last time before stumbling towards him, while pulling the ring out of her hand. When she finally stood in front of him, she held the items out with shaky hands.
"Thanks." Mamoru grabbed the broach along with the ring and turned to leave.
"Wait!"
"What?" Mamoru asked with a hint of irritation in his voice.
"You can have this also." Mamoru felt something cold and hard pressed down into his hand. It was the star locket... their star locket. He stared at Usagi in surprise, but she had retreated to the window, avoiding his gaze.
"Why?"
"I'm not the princess. The princess received this from her mother and had given it to you, her true love, as a token of her affection. You had given it to me, thinking I was the princess. But now that you think I'm not, you should take it back, as you have taken the crystal, and give it to the true princess." Usagi said, taking a quick glance at him before turning back, so Mamoru could not see the wetness in her eyes. Mamoru turned to leave, but paused at the door. He looked at the items he held and back at Usagi.
"Arigato."
"Ja ne." Usagi said softly, her voice cracking slightly. Staring at the spot where Mamoru had been, one lone tear slid down her face and many more followed. Usagi cried silent tears. 'Don't leave me. I love you.'
"Gomen." Usagi murmured absently.
"Not a surprise there at all, from how absentminded you always are." Usagi gave a startled gasp. "Rei-chan."
"That's Rei-san to you." Rei sneered. 'Why the hell am I talking to her? I should be walking to school.'
Rei turned to leave, when Usagi's icy voice stopped her.
"Tell me, have you found the moon princess yet?"
"We will in time."
"Tell me when you have found her." Usagi swung her schoolbag over her shoulder, turning away from Rei. "Oh yeah, before I forget, let me warn you of the new enemies." Rei gasped as she turned her startled gaze to Usagi who laughed. Speaking over her shoulder, Usagi said, "Don't look so surprised. If you had been my TRUE friends, you would known." With those final words, Usagi left a gapping Rei on the streets of Tokyo and continued on her way to school.
'What now!' Minako looked around to see if anyone was listening or was within hearing and flipped open her communicator. "What is it?" Minako asked annoyed.
"The lake! Hurry!" Minako blinked as Mercury's image went out. 'There goes my day.' With a sigh, Minako took out her wand.
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Usagi was passing through the park when she heard screams. Her warrior instants quickly took over, as she ran towards the shouting. People were streaming past her, all running for their lives.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
Usagi stopped when she heard the attack. 'The senshi are there, so I should just leave and let them handle it.' Usagi started walking away, but her feet didn't seem to do as she wanted. Usagi sighed and gave up trying. She wasn't about to let them take on a youma by themselves. They weren't powerful enough.
When Usagi approached the scene, she quickly hid behind the nearest tree, where she could observe.
Mars was struggling to rise from where she was thrown, while the youma was gathering energy to attack.
"Of all the youma to send. They send this one." Usagi muttered under her breath. The youma was a female in hot pink. The youma wore a VERY tight outfit, that revealed more than it should have, and huge eyeglasses that hid her eyes.
The youma cupped her hands into a ball. The energy she gathered swirled around her, whipping her hair into a mass of darkness. The youma looked up and released the energy on Mars.
Mars snapped her eyes shut, waiting for it to hit, but it never did. Her eyes flew open could only stare as the youma picked itself up with difficulty, looking ready to collapse. 'What happened?'
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Dead Scream!"
The three globes of energy finished off the youma, leaving only a tiny pink crystal that turned black and crumbled into dust.
"Mars! Mars, are you alright?" Mercury asked, rushing to her aid.
"I'm fine, only a bit bruised." Mars replied as Mercury started to look her over, to see if she was as she said. "We need to talk." The others nodded at her. They all headed towards the temple. Uranus turned around, as if searching for something.
"You okay, Uranus?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Let's go." Uranus took one last look over her shoulder again. 'Why do I feel like someone is watching us?' Shaking her head to clear it, she followed the rest of the senshi, who were unaware of a pair of eyes following them.
From the shadows, Usagi watched them leave. Turning her gaze away from them, she stared at her hands. How had she done it? One moment she was watching in terror as the energy raced towards Mars, and the next, she was cupping her hands together. Her moon crescent mark had glowed on her forehead, drawing energy to her hands. Allowing her body to take over, she had watched numbly, in shock, as the power in her hands expanded and attracted the youma's attention, but not Mars', who still had her eyes shut, waiting expectantly. She hurled the energy towards the youma, canceling its attack. But the energy not only did that, it also hit the youma, almost destroying it.
'The senshi will not survive this battle without my help. But how, without them knowing who?' Usagi stared at her hands, totally out of ideas. Usagi walked pass the park, but stopped when she saw a little girl jumping around.
"Who do you think I am? I'll tell you what. I'm a dancer, I'm a skater, and I am who I want to be!"
Usagi watched the little girl skip while chanting the lines over and over, until they were registered into her head. 'I am who I want to be.' Usagi's eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly found a deserted alley and looked around to see if anyone was watching. She took out a pen from her pocket and stared at it.
'I hope it works.' Usagi threw the pen into the air and shouted, "Transform me into a sophisticated senshi!" Muti-colored strings shot out from the red crystal at the top of the pen and engulfed Usagi, who had tilted her head up, letting the power rush over her, changing her.
When Usagi stepped out of the light, she had dark red eyes, with long black hair that was tied into a single ponytail, with a few strands curling around her face. Her outfit was a short black dress that had a V shaped neckline and was trimmed in red. The dress reached to her knees with a thin, silver chain in the shape of small cresent moons hanging loosely from her waist. Her dress also had split sleeves that went slightly past her elbows and she also had on a pair of high heel, black boots that kind of looked like Sailor Moon's, only it was black, with a small red rose on each side of it. On her neck, where the senshi usually wore a choker, she had on a silver necklace, with a dark red crystal in a shape of a tiny heart, that made it seem like a choker, and she also had on a pair of ruby earrings. She had no tiara on, but in its place were a few strings of silver and red that were wrapped around her head loosely.
Usagi looked herself over, until she was satisfied with her new appearance. "Now, what shall I call myself?" Usagi murmured to herself. 'Sailor Star? Nope. Sailor Hope? Sailor Light? Sailor... Sailor... Eclipse... Sailor Eclipse!'
* * *
Well, that's it for now. I'm not sure how I'm doing so far. Bad.... Good.... You decide, but you've gotta tell me. Ja ne! ^.~