Ryoko: Here's part two Vela-chan!
A/N: Ryoko: Again I apologize for not getting this up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, nor the chars used.
Fate Isn't Written in Stone
Chapter 9:
New Friends, New Allies
"Endymion did awaken. That is true," a voice said.
Everyone turned quickly around. A few (ESM, Mars, Neptune, and Maker) took quick gasps.
Several senshi stood 20 ft. away (3 senshi). One was a star, one was a normal sailor, and the last looked like a cross from both. She was the one that had spoken.
The star sailor was dressed like Fighter Maker and Healer. Her color was easily lavender. Her hair was a dark red-orange, with dark gray eyes. She too had the tapered tail, like Taiki's expect with bangs. She looked the same age as Fighter Healer and Maker.
The normal senshi's fuku was mostly deep down with ocean blue trim. She had dark green hair in a braid, with a gold ribbon intertwined in it that fell to her waist. Her eyes were dark brown; she looked about the Inner senshi's age. She clutched a long staff made of rough wood with a large wood orb on top. Engraved in the ball on top was a circle with a dot in its center.
The sailor who looked like a cross between a star and a normal looked Haruka/Uranus' and Neptune/Michiru's age. She had a skirt like the normal senshi but the top was like the Lights and thigh length boots and long Starlight like gloves. She had a back bow and tiara. Her hair was blonde and in odango's exactly like Usagi's. Her tiara jewel was star shaped only it was white. She held a long staff with wings on top of a blue pearl encircled orb that was ivory looking with a star on top.
Fight Healer and Maker stared at the star senshi. Finally Maker spoke up. "Teller.is that you?" she whispered.
The star sailor smiled kawaii-like. "Princess Kakyuu sent me. She heard your song of the upcoming battle."
"Song?" Fighter asked.
"We sang to the Princess the night you went with Usagi," Healer answered.
Teller nodded. "I came to help. Light of the deep sky, Sailor Star Teller!" She cried posing.
"Another one?" Uranus mumbled her eyes wide.
Fighter was laughing and hugging Teller. "I've missed you. It's about time you get battle experience Verku-chan!"
Teller chuckled. "I know!"
"Hate to interrupt your reunion," ESM interrupted. "But who are you two?" She looked at the other two senshi.
Pluto took a step forward, looking at the normal senshi. "You are." she trailed off, unbelieving. The sailor nodded smiling.
Pluto was at a loss for words. "But.But that's not possible! No where in history are you mentioned!"
"Yes. But nowhere in history did it say Mamoru was evil did it? So, with Mamoru out of the picture.I was awoken to help in his place." the girl returned.
ESM gazed at this girl. Mamoru.Mamoru out of the picture.awoken.in his place.Thoughts screamed through her head. Mamoru was the guardian of the Earth.It she was awoken to take his place then.
"Sailor Earth?" ESM asked incredulously.
Earth smiled. "Guardian of nature and life on Earth, I am Super Sailor Earth!"
Pluto keeled over, luckily Neptune caught her. "Pluto, Pluto! Can you hear me?" She asked, fanning her with her hand.
Pluto's eyes were @.@ and twirling. "This isn't possible." she moaned. "Ehhhh."
Earth smiled. "Yeah, I'd be surprised if I was her too. Logically, I'm not supposed to exist."
"Who are you?" Saturn asked looking at the star/normal sailor.
This sailor, who had been silent and solemn the entire time, smiled and raised her staff a little so the light bounced off the star. "Guardian of the Giver of Life for this solar system, Sailor of power-" she struck her pose- "Sailor Sun!"
Saturn gave her a once over. "Why are you dressed funny if you're a normal senshi?" she asked.
Sun cocked her head, smiling lightly. "The sun is a star truthfully, but also is in this solar system. So I ended up getting a mix of both."
"Sailor Sun." Neptune murmured. "I think of you from somewhere before-"
"So what?! ESM exclaimed. She pointed a finger at Sun, ballistic. "The Odango Atama is MY trademark! Why do you have them?!"
Sun looked at ESM peculiarly as she spazed. "Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?" ESM asked surprised at Sun's calm.
"That I was your teacher on the moon? I dressed like you and wore my hair like you because I was your decoy as well as your teacher. Don't you remember?"
ESM shook her head. "Tell me. I'm still gaining memories."
"I grew up on the Sun Kingdom (flashback of a huge kingdom by the sun). My mother was Queen of the kingdom, Queen Tranquility. I had a brother a sister both older than I. My father had died before I was born (A picture of an older woman in a royal dress with wavy hair that came to her waist dirty blonde. A 16-year-old boy with pale brown hair cut short and a 15- year-old girl in a princess dress with pale yellow hair that came to her jaw. She held a little girl-about 2- that had short golden hair in two ponytails on either side of her head).
Sun's voice was narrating. "Even so we were happy."
The image of the happy family cracked then shattered. The boy and the young girl fell into blackness screaming as the mother and baby older with longer hair yelled for them.
"But this happiness ended abruptly with the arrival of the Negaforce. My brother and sister died during the battle. They had no extraordinary powers. I, on the other hand, was a sailor. A rather small one, but still a senshi."
An image of a tiny Sailor Sun appeared. Only with shorter hair, knee length boots and a.less revealing top (a tank top cut off just above her belly button).
"I tried my best-" image of a beam coming out of her hand and hitting someone "-But I had the disadvantage. I, too, lost my life." (Image of little Sun in the air, limp)
"My mother wouldn't surrender the kingdom so she used her own crystal to trap them. Hers was almost as strong as the ginzuishou, but not quite. The sun and the moon kingdoms were the most powerful then.
"In the end, my mother lost her life." (Image of her lying beside a pool with one hand in the -once clear- water that was now red). "But she sent me to the moon, where I would be safest. Her crystal was sent into space but eventually the Negaforce broke free. But by this time, I was 17 while you, princess, were 14." (An image of Sun in a dress like Serenity's walking alongside her in the rose garden).
"You live through it all over again." ESM stated quietly. "I feel sorry for you."
"Why?" Sun asked. "What happened in the past is over with. The present is what I'm concerned about. That's why Earth and I were sent. We -well I- already knew about my identity and got word from my guardian that I might be needed."
"You have a guardian?" Jupiter asked.
She nodded. "Her name's Shiddo. She's err.rather unique." Sun struck the heel of her staff against the ground and a bell sounded.
A cat jumped out of a tree nearby. ESM gasped thinking the cat would hurt itself, but at 5 ft. above the ground, it stopped.
"She has wings!" Venus cried. The calico cat did indeed have wings. Not big ones, they were barely visible only the lines of them were visible. On her head was a yellow circle with a star sign on it. She didn't have to flap her wings to stay airborne; she just floated by Sailor Sun's shoulder.
"My guardian and companion, Shiddo."
"Pleased to meet you," Shiddo said bowing her head.
"What a cute kitty!" Saturn exclaimed reaching her hand out and petting her.
Shiddo purred but as soon as Saturn's hand left her head she sank to the ground, her wings folded into her body and disappeared.
"What are you names?" Pluto asked.
Neptune jerked around. "Pluto! You're awake!"
() "After you stood up and let me hit the ground, it was kinda hard to ignore the throbbing in my head."
()^^ "Sorry."
Teller took a step forward. "My name is Kou Verku. You may call me Ver- chan."
"Are you like them?" Uranus asked motioning to the other Lights.
"What do you mean?"
"Both a he and a she."
"Oh." Verku blushed brightly. "Well.I am actually." ^^
Jupiter took a step forward. "My name's Kino Makoto. You may call me Mako- chan." She was blushing slightly.
Teller smiled. "I will."
Jupiter stepped back blushing as Sailor Earth bowed. "My name is Kondo (accent mark over the first o) No Chikyuu. If you wish you may call me Hikyuu-chan. All my other friends do."
Sailor Sun straightened, looking powerful and tall (she's about the same height as Taiki) "My name is Techuro Taiyoo (accent mark over the a). Call me Taiyoo-san or Tai-chan, whichever you prefer."
Sun glanced at Earth. "We're done here Hikyuu-chan." Earth nodded and looked at the other senshi.
"We'll see you sooner than you think. She turned to leave but hesitated. "The battle will begin in two days time, not counting today. I suggest you enjoy yourselves until then." Then she, Sun, and Shiddo leapt into the darkness.
"That was.interesting," Mercury stated typing madly on her hand-held computer.
"Whatcha doin'? ESM asked peering over her shoulder.
"Typing in all the information they revealed."
"Cool."
Uranus turned to the Outers. "I don't think I tr-"
"Oh for God's sake! NOT AGAIN HARUKA-BAKA!" ESM interrupted.
"I was only saying-"
"I know what you were going to say. You were going to say 'I don't trust them." They're both from our Solar System!"
Usagi yawned as she walked to school with Ami, Mako, Minako, Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, and Verku. She had forgotten to tell her mom where she was the past two days, getting a major scolding and no TV. or sweets for two weeks. Her curfew had also been moved up to 4:30.
Seiya held Usagi's hand, Taiki held Ami's, and Yaten held Minako's.
Mako and Verku walked behind the others, chatting with each other.
"I wonder when Luna and Artemis will be done recuperating." Usagi stated.
"Quiore said it would take two or three days." Seiya replied.
"The battle will have begun by then." Usagi murmured as they turned a corner.
"Hi kitten."
Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, and Taiyoo stood a few feet away.
"Taiyoo-san?" Usagi asked.
Taiyoo smiled. "Good morning."
Usagi turned to Haruka. "But I thought you didn't."
"That was before Setsuna realized she's in our group," Haruka answered.
"But-but she's not an outer!"
"She's still in out group-" Haruka put an arm around Taiyoo who started to sweat. "We're finally complete!"
"Right.well we gotta get going-Bye!" Usagi called as the inners and lights hurried past and into school.
Usagi and her friend slipped into their seats just as the teacher walked in.
"Good morning class. Today we have two new students," she announced.
Usagi felt someone poke her then heard Seiya's voice. "Look who it is." She looked up and saw Verku-but she had known he was joining their class for the last two weeks before break. Standing beside him was none of than Chikyuu.
"This is Chikyuu. Be courteous and make her and Verku feel welcome. Verku, you can sit behind Sakamata and Chikyuu.there's a seat across from Usagi."
As Chikyuu say down at her desk, she turned to Usagi. "Good morning Usa- chan."
"How'd you know?"
"Your aura gave you away."
"Girls! Don't make me send you two out into the hallway!"
Usagi and Chikyuu nodded and spoke in unison. "Yes ma'am."
Meanwhile a ball of paper bounced off Mako's head and onto her desk. Careful so as not to get caught by the teacher, Mako unfolded it and read it.
"I just met you but I think you are the most beautiful girl in the world. Will you join me for lunch? I hope we will become more than friends. Verku
Maki turned around. Verku was a seat behind her on the next row to her right. She smiled at him, he blushed and looked down.
She turned forward again, wrote something on the paper then tossed it back at him.
Verku opened up the paper.
Sure I'll join you for lunch! You'll love my rice cakes! I think we'll be a lot more than friends. Mako
Verku blushes and shoved the note into his desk.
"Mm.these are really good Mako-chan," Verku announced as he shoveled rice cakes, sushi rolls, and spicy shrimp-on-a-stick into his mouth.
Mako smiled. "I'm glad you like it," she replied taking a bite of a rice cake herself.
The girls and Lights watched from a ways off.
"Now we only need to rind Rei-chan a husband." Minako said.
"What do you mean? She has Yunicherou," Ami replied.
"Oh, yeah right. Like he'll provide for her. On the other hand, my Yaten can provide me with all sorts of things-" she snuggled up against Yaten, who looked a bit scared. "While Yunicherou cannot."
"Minako-chan does have a point," Usagi stated.
"You're not helping!" Yaten cried. Minako now had her arms wrapped possessively around him, she was drooling slightly.
"I'm ALWAYS right," she purred.
"No you're not." Yaten replied.
Minako narrowed her eyes and tightened her arms around him.
"Mina.I can't breathe." Yaten rasped as he fidgeted and his face turned blue.
"You might want to let him live, Minako-chan," Taiki suggested.
"Why?" Asked Mina as Yaten's face turned a deeper shade of blue. He tugged at her arms but to no avail.
"You'll destroy your daughter."
Mina jumped back, horrified. "Oh my gosh! I.Hey wait! I don't even know my daughter so that's alright!" She turned to strangle Yaten again but he was running away. "Yaten! Get back here!" She yelled running after him.
"Leave me alone you crazy blonde!"
"Come back here!"
"NO!
Verku took Mako's hand. "Want to have dinner together? My treat."
Mako nodded. He leaned forward to kiss her but just than Minako and Yaten charged past, Yaten screaming girlishly a thick cloud of dust following them. As soon as the dust cleared Verku just stared at where they had run, sweating. Mako's hair was every which way. She coughed and a cloud of dust flew out of her mouth.
The other 2 boys and girls sweat dropped.
"Minako and Yaten will be fun parents," Usagi said.
"If one of them matures," Taiki muttered.
"Which one? Yaten?"
The other three groaned and fell to the ground.
"Usagi, as much as I love you, I have to say this: You are so blonde!" Seiya exclaimed.
"Hey, can I join you?" a voice asked.
Everyone looked up. Ur was Chikyuu.
Usagi smiled. "Sure Hikyuu-chan."
As Chikyuu sat down on the grass beside them Usagi asked, "Do you and Taiyoo-san live together?"
"Why do you ask?"
Usagi shrugged. "I dunno."
Chikyuu gazed at the two birds flying overhead. "Yes. I live with her."
"Are you related?"
"No, not really."
"Do you.uh.have a -um.relationship?" she asked attentively afraid of offending her.
(A/N: Ryoko: Now I know that's not right.Umm..)
"No." Chikyuu replied calmly.
"Well.why do you then?"
Chikyuu narrowed her eyes at Usagi. "Unlike Taiyuu-chan, my past has left me a deep wound that hasn't closed up yet," she replied sharply standing up. "I forgot, I have to go do something."
As she started to turn away Usagi saw tears glistening in her eyes.
"Something must have happened that was really awful." Ami spoke.
"You did sorta ask to much," Seiya added.
"Oh.I didn't mean to hurt her feelings." Usagi whispered. "I feel so bad."
Seiya, trying to confront her, put her arm around her.
Chikyuu stood behind a tree trunk, looking down. Her shoulders shook once then she straightened a determined look flashing across her face as she wiped her eyes. "I'll try not to cry Ming-Tah."
She pulled an oval locket out from under her blouse and opened it. A younger Chikyuu-not much younger-smiled, her arm around a dark purple haired girl with brown eyes. Behind the two girls were two adults. A man and woman, but their faces hid by the sunlight glare.
".Ming-Tah."
A/N: Ryoko: Again I apologize for not getting this up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, nor the chars used.
Fate Isn't Written in Stone
Chapter 9:
New Friends, New Allies
"Endymion did awaken. That is true," a voice said.
Everyone turned quickly around. A few (ESM, Mars, Neptune, and Maker) took quick gasps.
Several senshi stood 20 ft. away (3 senshi). One was a star, one was a normal sailor, and the last looked like a cross from both. She was the one that had spoken.
The star sailor was dressed like Fighter Maker and Healer. Her color was easily lavender. Her hair was a dark red-orange, with dark gray eyes. She too had the tapered tail, like Taiki's expect with bangs. She looked the same age as Fighter Healer and Maker.
The normal senshi's fuku was mostly deep down with ocean blue trim. She had dark green hair in a braid, with a gold ribbon intertwined in it that fell to her waist. Her eyes were dark brown; she looked about the Inner senshi's age. She clutched a long staff made of rough wood with a large wood orb on top. Engraved in the ball on top was a circle with a dot in its center.
The sailor who looked like a cross between a star and a normal looked Haruka/Uranus' and Neptune/Michiru's age. She had a skirt like the normal senshi but the top was like the Lights and thigh length boots and long Starlight like gloves. She had a back bow and tiara. Her hair was blonde and in odango's exactly like Usagi's. Her tiara jewel was star shaped only it was white. She held a long staff with wings on top of a blue pearl encircled orb that was ivory looking with a star on top.
Fight Healer and Maker stared at the star senshi. Finally Maker spoke up. "Teller.is that you?" she whispered.
The star sailor smiled kawaii-like. "Princess Kakyuu sent me. She heard your song of the upcoming battle."
"Song?" Fighter asked.
"We sang to the Princess the night you went with Usagi," Healer answered.
Teller nodded. "I came to help. Light of the deep sky, Sailor Star Teller!" She cried posing.
"Another one?" Uranus mumbled her eyes wide.
Fighter was laughing and hugging Teller. "I've missed you. It's about time you get battle experience Verku-chan!"
Teller chuckled. "I know!"
"Hate to interrupt your reunion," ESM interrupted. "But who are you two?" She looked at the other two senshi.
Pluto took a step forward, looking at the normal senshi. "You are." she trailed off, unbelieving. The sailor nodded smiling.
Pluto was at a loss for words. "But.But that's not possible! No where in history are you mentioned!"
"Yes. But nowhere in history did it say Mamoru was evil did it? So, with Mamoru out of the picture.I was awoken to help in his place." the girl returned.
ESM gazed at this girl. Mamoru.Mamoru out of the picture.awoken.in his place.Thoughts screamed through her head. Mamoru was the guardian of the Earth.It she was awoken to take his place then.
"Sailor Earth?" ESM asked incredulously.
Earth smiled. "Guardian of nature and life on Earth, I am Super Sailor Earth!"
Pluto keeled over, luckily Neptune caught her. "Pluto, Pluto! Can you hear me?" She asked, fanning her with her hand.
Pluto's eyes were @.@ and twirling. "This isn't possible." she moaned. "Ehhhh."
Earth smiled. "Yeah, I'd be surprised if I was her too. Logically, I'm not supposed to exist."
"Who are you?" Saturn asked looking at the star/normal sailor.
This sailor, who had been silent and solemn the entire time, smiled and raised her staff a little so the light bounced off the star. "Guardian of the Giver of Life for this solar system, Sailor of power-" she struck her pose- "Sailor Sun!"
Saturn gave her a once over. "Why are you dressed funny if you're a normal senshi?" she asked.
Sun cocked her head, smiling lightly. "The sun is a star truthfully, but also is in this solar system. So I ended up getting a mix of both."
"Sailor Sun." Neptune murmured. "I think of you from somewhere before-"
"So what?! ESM exclaimed. She pointed a finger at Sun, ballistic. "The Odango Atama is MY trademark! Why do you have them?!"
Sun looked at ESM peculiarly as she spazed. "Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?" ESM asked surprised at Sun's calm.
"That I was your teacher on the moon? I dressed like you and wore my hair like you because I was your decoy as well as your teacher. Don't you remember?"
ESM shook her head. "Tell me. I'm still gaining memories."
"I grew up on the Sun Kingdom (flashback of a huge kingdom by the sun). My mother was Queen of the kingdom, Queen Tranquility. I had a brother a sister both older than I. My father had died before I was born (A picture of an older woman in a royal dress with wavy hair that came to her waist dirty blonde. A 16-year-old boy with pale brown hair cut short and a 15- year-old girl in a princess dress with pale yellow hair that came to her jaw. She held a little girl-about 2- that had short golden hair in two ponytails on either side of her head).
Sun's voice was narrating. "Even so we were happy."
The image of the happy family cracked then shattered. The boy and the young girl fell into blackness screaming as the mother and baby older with longer hair yelled for them.
"But this happiness ended abruptly with the arrival of the Negaforce. My brother and sister died during the battle. They had no extraordinary powers. I, on the other hand, was a sailor. A rather small one, but still a senshi."
An image of a tiny Sailor Sun appeared. Only with shorter hair, knee length boots and a.less revealing top (a tank top cut off just above her belly button).
"I tried my best-" image of a beam coming out of her hand and hitting someone "-But I had the disadvantage. I, too, lost my life." (Image of little Sun in the air, limp)
"My mother wouldn't surrender the kingdom so she used her own crystal to trap them. Hers was almost as strong as the ginzuishou, but not quite. The sun and the moon kingdoms were the most powerful then.
"In the end, my mother lost her life." (Image of her lying beside a pool with one hand in the -once clear- water that was now red). "But she sent me to the moon, where I would be safest. Her crystal was sent into space but eventually the Negaforce broke free. But by this time, I was 17 while you, princess, were 14." (An image of Sun in a dress like Serenity's walking alongside her in the rose garden).
"You live through it all over again." ESM stated quietly. "I feel sorry for you."
"Why?" Sun asked. "What happened in the past is over with. The present is what I'm concerned about. That's why Earth and I were sent. We -well I- already knew about my identity and got word from my guardian that I might be needed."
"You have a guardian?" Jupiter asked.
She nodded. "Her name's Shiddo. She's err.rather unique." Sun struck the heel of her staff against the ground and a bell sounded.
A cat jumped out of a tree nearby. ESM gasped thinking the cat would hurt itself, but at 5 ft. above the ground, it stopped.
"She has wings!" Venus cried. The calico cat did indeed have wings. Not big ones, they were barely visible only the lines of them were visible. On her head was a yellow circle with a star sign on it. She didn't have to flap her wings to stay airborne; she just floated by Sailor Sun's shoulder.
"My guardian and companion, Shiddo."
"Pleased to meet you," Shiddo said bowing her head.
"What a cute kitty!" Saturn exclaimed reaching her hand out and petting her.
Shiddo purred but as soon as Saturn's hand left her head she sank to the ground, her wings folded into her body and disappeared.
"What are you names?" Pluto asked.
Neptune jerked around. "Pluto! You're awake!"
() "After you stood up and let me hit the ground, it was kinda hard to ignore the throbbing in my head."
()^^ "Sorry."
Teller took a step forward. "My name is Kou Verku. You may call me Ver- chan."
"Are you like them?" Uranus asked motioning to the other Lights.
"What do you mean?"
"Both a he and a she."
"Oh." Verku blushed brightly. "Well.I am actually." ^^
Jupiter took a step forward. "My name's Kino Makoto. You may call me Mako- chan." She was blushing slightly.
Teller smiled. "I will."
Jupiter stepped back blushing as Sailor Earth bowed. "My name is Kondo (accent mark over the first o) No Chikyuu. If you wish you may call me Hikyuu-chan. All my other friends do."
Sailor Sun straightened, looking powerful and tall (she's about the same height as Taiki) "My name is Techuro Taiyoo (accent mark over the a). Call me Taiyoo-san or Tai-chan, whichever you prefer."
Sun glanced at Earth. "We're done here Hikyuu-chan." Earth nodded and looked at the other senshi.
"We'll see you sooner than you think. She turned to leave but hesitated. "The battle will begin in two days time, not counting today. I suggest you enjoy yourselves until then." Then she, Sun, and Shiddo leapt into the darkness.
"That was.interesting," Mercury stated typing madly on her hand-held computer.
"Whatcha doin'? ESM asked peering over her shoulder.
"Typing in all the information they revealed."
"Cool."
Uranus turned to the Outers. "I don't think I tr-"
"Oh for God's sake! NOT AGAIN HARUKA-BAKA!" ESM interrupted.
"I was only saying-"
"I know what you were going to say. You were going to say 'I don't trust them." They're both from our Solar System!"
Usagi yawned as she walked to school with Ami, Mako, Minako, Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, and Verku. She had forgotten to tell her mom where she was the past two days, getting a major scolding and no TV. or sweets for two weeks. Her curfew had also been moved up to 4:30.
Seiya held Usagi's hand, Taiki held Ami's, and Yaten held Minako's.
Mako and Verku walked behind the others, chatting with each other.
"I wonder when Luna and Artemis will be done recuperating." Usagi stated.
"Quiore said it would take two or three days." Seiya replied.
"The battle will have begun by then." Usagi murmured as they turned a corner.
"Hi kitten."
Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, and Taiyoo stood a few feet away.
"Taiyoo-san?" Usagi asked.
Taiyoo smiled. "Good morning."
Usagi turned to Haruka. "But I thought you didn't."
"That was before Setsuna realized she's in our group," Haruka answered.
"But-but she's not an outer!"
"She's still in out group-" Haruka put an arm around Taiyoo who started to sweat. "We're finally complete!"
"Right.well we gotta get going-Bye!" Usagi called as the inners and lights hurried past and into school.
Usagi and her friend slipped into their seats just as the teacher walked in.
"Good morning class. Today we have two new students," she announced.
Usagi felt someone poke her then heard Seiya's voice. "Look who it is." She looked up and saw Verku-but she had known he was joining their class for the last two weeks before break. Standing beside him was none of than Chikyuu.
"This is Chikyuu. Be courteous and make her and Verku feel welcome. Verku, you can sit behind Sakamata and Chikyuu.there's a seat across from Usagi."
As Chikyuu say down at her desk, she turned to Usagi. "Good morning Usa- chan."
"How'd you know?"
"Your aura gave you away."
"Girls! Don't make me send you two out into the hallway!"
Usagi and Chikyuu nodded and spoke in unison. "Yes ma'am."
Meanwhile a ball of paper bounced off Mako's head and onto her desk. Careful so as not to get caught by the teacher, Mako unfolded it and read it.
"I just met you but I think you are the most beautiful girl in the world. Will you join me for lunch? I hope we will become more than friends. Verku
Maki turned around. Verku was a seat behind her on the next row to her right. She smiled at him, he blushed and looked down.
She turned forward again, wrote something on the paper then tossed it back at him.
Verku opened up the paper.
Sure I'll join you for lunch! You'll love my rice cakes! I think we'll be a lot more than friends. Mako
Verku blushes and shoved the note into his desk.
"Mm.these are really good Mako-chan," Verku announced as he shoveled rice cakes, sushi rolls, and spicy shrimp-on-a-stick into his mouth.
Mako smiled. "I'm glad you like it," she replied taking a bite of a rice cake herself.
The girls and Lights watched from a ways off.
"Now we only need to rind Rei-chan a husband." Minako said.
"What do you mean? She has Yunicherou," Ami replied.
"Oh, yeah right. Like he'll provide for her. On the other hand, my Yaten can provide me with all sorts of things-" she snuggled up against Yaten, who looked a bit scared. "While Yunicherou cannot."
"Minako-chan does have a point," Usagi stated.
"You're not helping!" Yaten cried. Minako now had her arms wrapped possessively around him, she was drooling slightly.
"I'm ALWAYS right," she purred.
"No you're not." Yaten replied.
Minako narrowed her eyes and tightened her arms around him.
"Mina.I can't breathe." Yaten rasped as he fidgeted and his face turned blue.
"You might want to let him live, Minako-chan," Taiki suggested.
"Why?" Asked Mina as Yaten's face turned a deeper shade of blue. He tugged at her arms but to no avail.
"You'll destroy your daughter."
Mina jumped back, horrified. "Oh my gosh! I.Hey wait! I don't even know my daughter so that's alright!" She turned to strangle Yaten again but he was running away. "Yaten! Get back here!" She yelled running after him.
"Leave me alone you crazy blonde!"
"Come back here!"
"NO!
Verku took Mako's hand. "Want to have dinner together? My treat."
Mako nodded. He leaned forward to kiss her but just than Minako and Yaten charged past, Yaten screaming girlishly a thick cloud of dust following them. As soon as the dust cleared Verku just stared at where they had run, sweating. Mako's hair was every which way. She coughed and a cloud of dust flew out of her mouth.
The other 2 boys and girls sweat dropped.
"Minako and Yaten will be fun parents," Usagi said.
"If one of them matures," Taiki muttered.
"Which one? Yaten?"
The other three groaned and fell to the ground.
"Usagi, as much as I love you, I have to say this: You are so blonde!" Seiya exclaimed.
"Hey, can I join you?" a voice asked.
Everyone looked up. Ur was Chikyuu.
Usagi smiled. "Sure Hikyuu-chan."
As Chikyuu sat down on the grass beside them Usagi asked, "Do you and Taiyoo-san live together?"
"Why do you ask?"
Usagi shrugged. "I dunno."
Chikyuu gazed at the two birds flying overhead. "Yes. I live with her."
"Are you related?"
"No, not really."
"Do you.uh.have a -um.relationship?" she asked attentively afraid of offending her.
(A/N: Ryoko: Now I know that's not right.Umm..)
"No." Chikyuu replied calmly.
"Well.why do you then?"
Chikyuu narrowed her eyes at Usagi. "Unlike Taiyuu-chan, my past has left me a deep wound that hasn't closed up yet," she replied sharply standing up. "I forgot, I have to go do something."
As she started to turn away Usagi saw tears glistening in her eyes.
"Something must have happened that was really awful." Ami spoke.
"You did sorta ask to much," Seiya added.
"Oh.I didn't mean to hurt her feelings." Usagi whispered. "I feel so bad."
Seiya, trying to confront her, put her arm around her.
Chikyuu stood behind a tree trunk, looking down. Her shoulders shook once then she straightened a determined look flashing across her face as she wiped her eyes. "I'll try not to cry Ming-Tah."
She pulled an oval locket out from under her blouse and opened it. A younger Chikyuu-not much younger-smiled, her arm around a dark purple haired girl with brown eyes. Behind the two girls were two adults. A man and woman, but their faces hid by the sunlight glare.
".Ming-Tah."