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The Elite AurorsWritten By: Lenna Silverstar
Chapter 2: The New Mission
The silver haired man stood watching her closely, as if trying to read her now unreadable eyes. Over the last 15 years, Usagi Tsukino had managed to conceal her emotions to protect herself from the dangers of being an Auror. No one had ever managed to crack her crablike shell. It was nearly impossible for someone to get close to her, and no one would ever understand why she had turned away from her past.
"Usagi," Remus Lupin said taking a step closer to the Major of the Facility. "Had I have known you were the Major here I would have told Albus to find someone else for this mission. I respected your wishes, and I still do."
"Why are you here Remus?" She questioned a tone in her voice that was unmistakable annoyance. The Usagi that had once walked the halls of Hogwarts was long forgotten, she had forced that form of herself out of her mind, and had become a clearly determined Major of one of the most prominent Training Camps in England, she wasn't about to give that up for anything or anyone.
"Albus has come to request the help of the Elite Aurors. He heard that Fudge attempted to close down the Facility, and knows that the Elite Aurors will be needed in this fight against Voldemort. If Fudge won't be using them, he would be more than thrilled to give them something to do." Remus replied, a sad look in his eyes. He couldn't believe the woman standing in front of him was the same girl he had gone to school with. The one who had so avidly requested to help him.
"He does, does he?" Usagi questioned motioning for Remus to take a seat. "Then perhaps Albus knows about the little mishap I am dealing with at the moment, and that I have quarantined my whole garrison. And that they are not trained enough to help the Order in any form. And besides I have a situation on my hand. I am sure a Deatheater has penetrated my facility, which leaves me but one choice. I have to find them. So you can tell Albus that I just can't possibly help him."
"Usagi…" He's voice faltered as he looked away from her. "I should not have come. I knew you were an Auror, and I knew you could very well be here. I'll give Albus your message."
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"Mamoru!" Usagi cried as she watched the curse explode from the Deatheaters wand hitting the Dark haired man in the chest. He slumped to the ground, a lifeless gaze in his azure eyes. She had run to his side, and threw her arms around him. "No…This can't be!"
Standing, Usagi turned her anger on the Deatheater. He was flung backwards with the explosion of power that was released from her wand. It was always known that Usagi had possessed a great deal of power, one that had nearly got her sorted into Slytherin House. But she had been sorted correctly placed in Hufflepuff house for her kind and forgiving nature. She loved everything and everyone, but she was easily hurt, and forced to take actions into her own hand if it meant life over death.
"You will pay for his death!" She yelled as a hand clasped down on her shoulder. Looking at the figure behind her, she took in the look of a very depressed man. Sorrow flecked his soft eyes, as a curse was flung towards the two. Narrowly dodging the attack, Usagi looked back at the Deatheater. "Stupify!" she exclaimed as the Deatheater fell to the ground.
"Lets get out of here. The Deatheater will go to Azkaban, and Mamoru will receive a proper burial. I am sorry Usagi." The man wrapped his arms around her shoulders as she cried.
"Take Mamoru, take the Deatheater. I…I'm going to do something I should have done long ago. Perhaps one day I will return. Lily, James, Mamoru, none of them should have died. Voldemort will pay should he ever return! I won't watch another friend die on me." She explained that she was leaving London, for a time. She explained no more.
Turning she sauntered away from Remus, leaving him to deal with the situation at hand. The tears fell from her blue eyes unchecked, she looked back only once before apparating away to Minako Aino's apartment down in London. She was still crying as her friend answered the door.
"Usagi?" she questioned as she pulled the girl inside. "Honey, what's wrong?"
"Mamo-chan…" Usagi cried as she buried her hands in her face. "He…he's…dead"
"Oh Usagi, I'm so sorry." Minako wrapped her arms around Usagi's shoulder, and pulled her into a hug. "Does Albus know?"
"Remus will tell him. Minako, I'm going to the Minister tomorrow. He will see my case and he will let me build the Auror training camp. I'll need the help of those I can trust. Can you get the girls together?"
"Yes of course I can. Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and Setsuna as well?" Minako questioned as Usagi stood up.
"All of them." She walked away from Minako and found herself standing in her bedroom. Minako had always kept an extra room in case Usagi had come to visit her when she was in London on Ministry business. It had been decorated for her. Light pink paint covered the walls, with soft white bunnies and golden moons were scattered across the room.
Slowly she pulled the diamond ring from her ring finger and placed it into an envelop that would be placed into her closet with other small trinkets of those she had watched die. "Good-bye Mamoru, my love" She whispered as she dropped the envelop into the box with the others.
Her demeanour from that day forward had changed. The fun loving Usagi had become the hardworking, determined Usagi, who was not going to stand for anything but the best from those she taught. They would comply or they would find themselves out of her camp. It was the devotion she had acquired after Mamoru's death that kept her from remembering it, and kept her from watching another friend die. She had never been happier than when she was standing before her students, explaining what it was like to stand before a deatheater and know you could very well die that day. None of them had ever expected her to know so much, the look of innocence that had followed Usagi wherever she went could not be changed. No matter how much she tried, Usagi Tsukino was known as the Innocent Auror, the one who had seen so much but still remained the same. But she was never the same.
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"Remus…I'm sorry. I left with so little of an explanation, and I never wrote to let you or Albus know what had come of me. For all you knew I had…become one of our growing numbers of fallen Order Members. Sirius…did…did he really?" She had always had difficulty believe that Sirius Black, Member of the Order of the Phoenix, and best friend to James Potter was the reason that James and Lily ended up dead while their son ended up in some muggle home.
"No. Peter framed him. James and Lily changed their secret-keeper only a few days before they died. No one but Peter, Sirius and James knew the truth. But Sirius was given no trial, and everyone turned against him. It was only until a year and a half ago that we learned the truth. Usagi, Harry's in grave danger."
"Remus I can't. I promised myself I would never return. My duty is here now. I train those to protect the Wizarding World. I can't return to Hogwarts, I won't return." She jumped when she heard the siren alerting the break out. Grabbing her wand she flung a curse at nothing, which vanished quite quickly.
"Usagi! Norman's been killed, and the man responsible has taken off from the camp." Haruka exclaimed as she ran into the room hardly taking notice of Remus.
"It's quite alright Haruka. He cannot leave the grounds. The beacons in all the recruits have been activated. If any one tries to leave the compound they will end up quite ill for the next few weeks. And they will find they can no longer walk. It was something that was needed to keep our secrets safe." Usagi explained more so for Remus' sake than Haruka's. "Take Michiru and Hotaru and find the person responsible for Norman's death. Bring him to my office, and be quick about it."
Haruka nodded as she quickly left Remus and Usagi alone, doing exactly as she was requested. Usagi on the other hand sighed heavily, as she turned to Remus. Her eyes held a weariness that Remus had never seen before. She looked tired beyond the ages, and needed to take a long rest.
"I am sorry about that. Please accompany me to my office. I am sure we can force some information out of our traitor that will be beneficial to both my facility and the Order." She replied as Remus slipped his pale hand into her own. Tears flecked her eyes. "If you will be staying here for awhile, at least try to eat better." She ordered, his pale sickly face was looking worse than any other time she had seen him, even before a full moon. "One day Remus, you will take me up on my offer and you will let me rid you of that blasted curse."
"One day Usagi, I will see the full moon and think of you." Remus replied as the two walked away from the Officers Gate. His torn and tattered robes billowed out behind him as he walked keeping pace with Usagi, who in all her training had taken to walking at a quick pace. His black boots held his tucked in pant legs, while around his waist was a black belt with a Moon shaped buckle. A light blue shirt caressed his thin chest and his robes fell over top.
Usagi stopped a moment and turned to look at Remus, taking in the crescent moon necklace that was around his neck. "You kept it. I thought for sure when I left you would have hidden it away."
"You gave it to me when we were in our sixth year. I remember the exact night. I would never change that night for any other." Remus replied.
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"Remus!" Usagi bellowed as she tripped up the stairs leading to the astronomy tower. "Oof!" she stumbled a bit more as she came out into the night air, a silver beam of light washing down on her from the crescent moon above. A smile spread across her face as she felt the warmth of the light against her face, but the smile quickly faded when she found Remus Lupin sitting alone. "Remus?"
"Usagi, what are you doing up here?" he questioned her, his eyes held a fear that he had kept from everyone but the marauders, and he was sure that Usagi would find out and never want to be near him again.
"James told me…is it true?" She questioned as she took a step towards him. She wasn't afraid of him, she had never been afraid of him. And if he were a werewolf she would still care about him, though she was dating Mamoru now, she would never forget the friendship she had with Remus. The girls were one thing, but Remus was another. They had become friends quickly and she would cherish that friendship until the end of time.
"Yes." He replied shortly and looked away from her. He had felt her brush up against him as she sat down beside him. "Why are you still here?"
"Because, I'm your friend." She replied innocently. "And friends are always there no matter what. I don't care if you're a werewolf, or a vampire, or a normal wizard. You're still my best friend, and nothing will change that." She smiled as he turned to look deep into her eyes.
"Thank you Usagi." His eyes fluttered down to their hands. "What is this?"
"A present. My mother gave it to me and I'm giving it to you. She said that one day I could give it to whom ever I chose. Remus Lupin, I want you to have the symbol of the crescent moon. And if you ever wanted my help, I could make you normal again." She looked up at the sky, as the light of the moon trickled down around her face, revealing a small crescent moon on her forehead.
"Whoa, Usa…How?" Remus stammered never having seen magic like that before. He had known of a legend that had spoken of a Princess of the Moon, but had never believed in it much.
"You know the legend Binns takes about sometimes?" She giggled, "Its true. I can't help being who I am, and that it is my home that brings you such pain every full moon. But I can stop it if you'll let me." She whispered into his ear. She wanted so much to help him, and make everything go away.
"No!" He growled, as he stood up to look at her. "You can't be." He stood there bewildered when her school robes melted away and she stood in a long white dress and golden embodiment around her chest, and another silver necklace laced her beautiful neck, one of the full moon.
"My name alone means, Bunny of the Moon." She replied as a tear slid down her face. "The Moon is my home. Was my Home." She rephrased her thoughts. "My mother's last gift to me was a life here on Earth, and these two necklaces. The Crescent Moon I give to you as a symbol of the time you have before you turn into a werewolf. I would have given you the full moon but I see that being more of a fear than a gift."
"Usagi…" Remus stated as he watched Usagi walk away from him, the light of the moon seeming to follow her. "Don't go."
Turning she looked back at him, "As long as the silver moon shines, I'll always be near you Remus Lupin." She smiled as she walked down the stairs leading back down into the school to finish her homework before Ami took her head off again next time they got together.
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"I remember that day too. I was sure you would never talk to me again when you found out my secret. Only the girls knew. I never told James, Sirius, or Lily." Usagi replied as she fingered the Full Moon necklace around her neck. "I still hold by what I said. "The Moon still shines, and I still watch over you. Every full moon I cringe at the thoughts of what are happening to you."
"It is part of my life Usagi. And I did research into the legend about you. I know that by taking away my werewolf blood you will weaken yourself. I won't have you harming yourself to help me. I wouldn't let James, Sirius or Peter do anything that would hurt them." Remus replied.
"Oh no, becoming anigmus' was never anything dangerous." Usagi rolled her eyes, as she walked into her office to find Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru standing with a man with dark black hair, and pale green eyes. Usagi took a seat behind her desk and motioned for the girls to stand near the doorway.
Hotaru took up the door, while Haruka and Michiru stood behind the man to make sure he didn't escape again. Remus stood behind Usagi's desk and looked the man, a doubt take confirmed his suspicion.
"What in the name of hell are you doing here Manson?" Remus growled much to the shock of the others.
"Shove off Lupin. The Order can go to hell!" Manson bellowed in return as Usagi tapped her wand on her desk, as tea appeared. "Buttering me up are you Tsukino."
"That's Major Tsukino to you recruit, or did you forget you are still on my base. You will address me properly." She replied sharply, lifting her cup to her mouth. "Now, answer Remus' question."
"Needed information for the Dark Lord. Had it too. If it wasn't for your damn beacons!"
"They are part of protocol here. You want to be an Auror you go by my standards or you're shipped out of here." Usagi said calmly, looking over at Hotaru, who held her hand to her neck. "Hotaru, if you need a rest, have Makoto come and relieve you."
"No Ma'am. I am fine. I just don't trust him. He's not telling us everything." The girl replied, as she clutched a purple pendent in her hands. Remus glanced over at the other two, and noticed a navy blue pendent and an aqua blue pendent around their necks in symbols of the planets.
"Then recruit you will tell us everything. What is Voldemort looking for?"
"Like I would…" he caught his breath in his throat as Usagi shot a look to Hotaru, who immediately released the man. "He wants to know why there are so many Aurors leaving this place that he can't kill. He needed to know your secret so he could devise a plan to eliminate you and your group of Aurors."
Usagi chuckled at this, "There is only one way to kill one of the Elite Aurors Manson. Had you have remained here long enough you might have figured it out. But unfortunately, you'll have your mind wiped clean of your time here, and every barracks in the facility will be searched…on second thought. Haruka, Michiru I would like you two to wake every recruit and pull their asses out into the training circle. Now."
The two nodded as they left the room. Hotaru was given the duty of erasing his memory, and sending him on his way back to Voldemort. But knowing he had failed the man was furious and terrified. Remus and Usagi were left alone in her office as a silver beam of light fell into the room.
"We had best get outside. By the light of the Silver Moon, the Dark Marks will be found." She whispered as they left to stand out in the training circle, every recruit waiting to find out what was going on. "As you all know, by the alarm this evening, there was an attempt to break out of the facility. This has been taken care of, however, it is believed that there are Deatheaters among us." Several of the recruits growled hatefully while some looked terrified. "Senshi, find them and bring them to me!"
"Senshi?" Remus questioned, looking at her.
"Ever wonder why I had several girls around me at all times? The ones with pendants like you saw around Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru's necks are my protectors. My Senshi. They are my Elite Aurors, the very best at what they do, they train the recruits and make damn close to Senshi out of them. The only difference between an Elite Auror and a Senshi is that the Senshi use the powers of certain planets to draw their magic from, while the Aurors use only the power they were gifted with while at school."
Usagi turned to watch as six Deatheaters were brought before her. Each giving her the same reason for why they were there, none of them had admitted to being a Deatheater however the Dark Mark upon their wrists gave it away quite clearly. Being furious Usagi wiped their memories and sent them back to Voldemort. Once the recruits were returned to their rooms, the Senshi stood before her, as if waiting for their next order.
"Usagi?" Minako questioned as she noticed the necklace around Remus' neck. "Are you alright?"
"Long day Minako." She replied quickly, and turned to look at Remus, "It's getting late, you cannot leave now. You will stay the night here, and in the morning you can send word to Albus." Turning back to the girls, "I have a new mission for us all. Harry Potter is in grave danger; we will attend Hogwarts, protecting the school for whatever Voldemort throws at us. However I will need some of you to remain behind and teach. Ami, Minako, Hotaru, Michiru, Haruka, I want you five to join me, the rest of you will remain here. Now go and get some rest."
As the girls left, Remus placed his hand on Usagi's shoulder, and looked down into her eyes. "Why?"
"I won't stand by and know that Voldemort can get onto my base, when Albus helped me build it. The same wards that are on Hogwarts are on my base. If he can get here, he can get to Harry, and I promised James I would never let anything happen to his son." Usagi replied as she looked up into the sky. "We can teach them better than most. Not to say you aren't a great teacher Remus."
"Never took it that way. I'm glad you are returning."
"At least one of us is." She sighed as she turned away from him. "I'll show you to your room."