In the last chapter, Usagi had conversed with Naru, Luna, Mamoru, and others at various
times during the current day. Mamoru was the last of those sentients that she then conversed with
before arriving at the arcade, at least when it came to humanoid beings, in fact. But not the last
sentient who she'd just talked to, overall. For she'd talked briefly with Luna both before and after
her latest encounter near here with Mamoru, by the way.
During the aforementioned meetings with Naru, Mamoru, and Luna, she learned that there
would be a concert shortly, Sailor V had busted some robbers while she was fighting Morga as
Sailor Moon, and Mamoru had a job at a hospital. She also learned that Luna was quite serious
about the fact that she was now a Senshi, and that Luna wouldn't be afraid to make threats to get
her way, if the mood struck her to do so, as well. She and Mamoru also called each other names a
little bit near the arcade. She called him "Mophead," and he called her "Odango Atama."
Eventually they both either wanted or needed to part from each other for a time, for various
reasons in each of their lives, in fact.
If you have any opinions on this next episode, or any following episodes, in this story
series, then you all know what to do. I will patiently await the receipt of many quite clean, quite
courteous, and quite constructive reviews about my version of events in this timeline of mine, to
the best of my ability to do so here. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, no doubt.
But for now, let's all get to the story here, if you all don't mind. See you on the other side
of this chapter just as often and just as soon as possible, then, readers. Now without any further
ado, let's get on with the story here, if you all don't mind too much here, people! Feel free to read,
review, and enjoy this episode's chapters, then, if the need and/or desire strikes any or all of you at
all, of course!
The Rising Sun Adventures
Book One
Chapter Four
When Usagi entered the arcade, she did so with a sad look on her face, as she also thought
about her latest conversations with Luna and Mamoru. She soon went to a booth in the dining area
of the arcade, when she saw all the arcade's game machines were in use right now. She sat in that
booth for a while thinking about the events that had happened for her since she'd rescued Luna from
bullies earlier. And since she'd met the young man Mamoru, for that matter, as well.
When she came in, Motoki had his back turned toward the arcade's front entrance. He didn't
see her in the arcade easily enough, though, until she'd been in it for at least five or ten minutes, if not
even longer. Motoki attended to several of the arcade's patrons for a while before he then saw her.
When he did so, he then came over to her as soon as possible.
"What's the problem, Usagi?"
"A jerk, for one. My cat, for another."
"What do you mean?"
"A conceited jerk has teased me of late. I also found a cat not too long ago. Now she's
hanging around me quite a bit. And right now, she seems mad at me for some reason. Even though
I saved her from some bullies earlier, she seems mad at me right now."
"What's her name?"
"My cat?"
"Yes, Usagi."
"Get me a milkshake and a burger or something, and I'll tell you, Motoki."
"Chocolate?"
"Sure, if you can."
He soon returned with the requested food and drink items. He then sat across from her in her
booth just as soon as he could do so here. After she then began to sip at her milkshake, she soon said,
"Her name is Luna."
"What color is she?"
"Black, but sometimes, it's looked like she has purple fur. She also has this weird mark on
her forehead."
"I saw her around here a while ago, while you were at school, I think. I don't know why,
however. Are you sure she's not a stray?"
"She's not a stray, I believe. I don't know just why I believe that here, but she doesn't really
seem like a stray to me here, Motoki."
"I see. And if nobody else claims her, then what will you do?"
"I suppose I'll have to keep her, of course. Supposing that Mom and Dad let me, that is."
"Have you had any animals of your own before?"
"Of course, Motoki. Just no cats, if I remember well enough here."
They talked for a while longer, until Usagi had settled down enough to get herself reasonably
calm here. When she did so well enough, she then moved to a now-empty game machine elsewhere
in the arcade, once she'd seen it fast enough. After she did that, Motoki then left her alone again, so
that he could attend to other patrons elsewhere in the arcade again as needed.
She then played for a while on that machine. Little did she realize that by doing so, she was
doing even more training that might later help her in the future against any number of enemies. But
she might eventually learn that in her life, if she somehow managed to survive long enough and well
enough in it in the future.
After a while of playing on that machine, she got quite bored with playing it again here. So
she soon gathered up her things here, once she'd paid for her food and drink well enough. And she
silently left a reasonably-sized tip on her booth's table, on the way out the arcade's front door. She
wished Motoki a good night, of course, just before she left the arcade behind again here.
Then she went home in very short order here, in fact. When she got there, Luna was still out
and about in the area. After she got back home, she soon went up to her room, and flopped down on
her bed to take a short nap here. She napped for a while, until her mother knocked on her door in
order to tell her supper was ready downstairs here.
Usagi had her supper with her parents Kenji and Ikuko and her brother Shingo then. All four
of them had their suppers in relative silence. Or at least for the most part they did, if not entirely.
Among the few questions that her mother had to ask her during supper was one concerning Luna, in
fact. Ikuko asked, "Usagi, where did that cat who's lately often been following you quite closely
come from?"
"I found her being bullied by some boys who appeared to be about Shingo's age, and I rescued
her from them. At least I think the bullies were about Shingo's age. Though I could be wrong about
that here."
"Does she have an owner that you know of?" asked Ikuko.
"No, she doesn't, as far as I know."
"How about we ask around, and put up signs with her picture on them, and see if anyone
wishes to claim her for their own?" asked Kenji, a photographer for a locally-based magazine of some
sort.
"I don't think that will help here, for some strange reason that I can't quite explain right now,
Dad. I have this feeling that nobody would be able to recognize her well enough to be able to claim
her beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt, Dad."
"Then, Usagi, what do you suggest we do here?"
"Let her stay with me. Yes, I know that I've not always been good with pets of certain kinds,
Dad. But I still feel she should stay with me, for some yet-unknown reason."
"All right, Usagi. Here's what we're going to do, for at least the time being. You'll be
responsible for her until we see if anyone else is missing a cat that meets her description well enough.
But if you don't take care of her well enough, we'll have to rethink this idea here, at least a little bit,
if not a lot." Kenji eventually said this here, after considering the current situation here for a long
enough period of time, and looking periodically at Ikuko, as he then saw fit here.
"Understood."
"Then what do you suggest we call her, for at least the time being, Usagi?" asked Kenji.
"Luna. I know that might seem a strange name to call a cat. But that strange mark on her
forehead looks like a little crescent moon, come to think of it. Doesn't it?"
"I suppose so. All right, then. Her name, at least for as long as she's here, will be Luna, as
you've just suggested here, Usagi. But we'll be watching you and her quite closely for a while,
whenever possible, of course," said Ikuko.
Supper soon ended for the four Tsukinos here, and Usagi went right up to her room just as
soon as she could do so well enough here. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, by the
way. And when she showed up there, Luna was now sitting on a tree branch of the tree just outside
her window.
When Usagi went to close the curtains to her room, so that she could change into her pajamas
for the rest of the night, she saw Luna perched on that branch. She then opened the nearest window
to Luna here, so that Luna could come into her room as she'd done at least once before. Luna then
came into her room through that window, in very short order.
When Luna was then perched on her charge's desk in her room, Usagi asked, "Where did you
go off to earlier, Luna?" But only after making sure, of course, that nobody else in the house or nearby
ones would be able to see or hear them talking to each other here, for all the obvious reasons.
"I was checking out possible signs of trouble I noticed earlier today, while you were at school.
We could have more trouble around here in the near future, Usagi. And you may have to attend to
it then. While I was exploring the area today, I felt some strange feelings starting to show up
elsewhere in Juuban, Usagi. Our enemies may be preparing to strike again around here very soon."
"I don't want to fight again, Luna."
"You will fight again. Whether you like it or not, you will." Luna said this, just as Usagi
went behind a divider to change into her chosen pajamas here with at least some privacy.
"And what if I don't want to?"
"Then they won't care. They'll capture or kill you just as soon as look at you, if they can, and
if you don't fight, Usagi."
"I see. So you're saying if I do nothing, I could be killed?"
"That's right, Usagi. And not only you, but also many other people, if not all other people,
in this world, for your information."
"Like Naru-chan?" Luna then moved to a chair elsewhere in the room, so that she could get
a better look at various things elsewhere in Usagi's bedroom.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, Usagi."
"So why me? Why not anyone else instead of me?"
"Because you're a chosen Senshi. You are Sailor Moon. And you'll need to fight or die,
Usagi. There are at least a few other sleeping Senshi out there, but we haven't found them just yet.
When we then do well enough, your battle will hopefully not be one you still have to fight alone as
a Senshi, I believe. I have no definite idea whether or not Tuxedo Kamen is actually our friend, our
enemy, or somewhere in the middle yet, though, Usagi."
"He's got to be a friend, if he's so handsome in his black tuxedo, Luna. Or at least an ally,
if nothing else as well, here." Usagi then came back out from behind her divider, once she was
dressed sufficiently well in her pajamas here, in fact.
"Just because he helped you once doesn't mean that he'll prove to be an ally or friend to the
Senshi in the future well enough, Usagi."
"Of course it has to mean that, Luna." Usagi then moved over to her desk and sat down at
it to do some homework before going to bed again.
"You're thinking with your eyes, not your heart or head, Usagi. He could be an enemy of ours
that just happened to help us out here once."
"Keep on talking like that, and I might not tell you something you might be interested in at
least a little bit, Luna." Usagi turned to Luna briefly as she was working on some of her homework
here, then.
"Oh? And what would that be, by any chance, Usagi?"
"Mom and Dad have seen fit to let you stay with me for at least the time being, while they see
if anyone else is missing a cat that meets with your description. Which means that I'll be expected
to be responsible for you for at least as long as you're here with us Tsukinos, of course."
"I see. So they've put you in charge of me?"
"Yes, it seems so. So I suppose that I can boss you around now, right?"
"Think again, Usagi. I'll still be holding the reins of control over you, in fact. Even if they
might actually think otherwise, I still will, Usagi. I may appear to only be a cat right now, but I'll still
be your boss as much, and as often, as I can, in your life, for as long as I can, Usagi."
"But you're just a cat to everyone else who doesn't know you can talk at all, Luna. They don't
know you can talk yet, if they ever will, so they think you're just a cat. And they'll always think that,
I believe, even if you happen to have a weirdly-shaped bald spot or mark on your forehead, Luna."
"It's not a bald spot, mark, or anything else you might think that it is, Usagi."
"Then what is it, Luna? For unless I'm mistaken, I've never seen a cat with a mark like yours
on their forehead before I saw, rescued, and met you."
"It's what you might call a birthmark as humans, if I'm not too mistaken here about such
things, Usagi."
"Just how old are you, then, Luna?"
"Old enough to be your boss. Let's just leave it at that right now, Usagi. Maybe if you do
better as a Senshi in the future, you'll learn more about me, and why I had to find you here."
Eventually, the two of them got too tired here to do much else other than to go to sleep. So
Usagi soon got into her bed, and went to sleep, in very short order. Luna then moved to another chair
in the room that was more plush in its nature, and she too went to sleep here, in fact.
In the next chapter, we might see more action from the Negaverse side of things here. But that
is yet to be decided here. If you'd all be willing to state your opinions on the matter here sufficiently
cleanly, courteously, and constructively, then maybe I could write the story better here. This, of
course, is for all the obvious reasons, readers. I'd really like to see what you all think of how this
story is going here so far. And I believe that each story in this series will cover a period of at least
three to six months of story time, if not more, at least currently. Don't count on the first part of R
being part of this story series here, at least not for the time being, if at all. I may decide to entirely
skip the Doom Tree Arc for Sailor Moon and substitute another arc in its place, or I may lengthen the
Black Moon Arc enough to cover the necessary time frame. However, all future story arcs for this
story after the Negaverse one are yet to be determined. I might also omit the Sailor Stars Arc or alter
it in this story series, as well. That's if I actually do happen to get that far along in this particular
story series someday, of course.
Until later, then, I suppose I'd better cut this short right here and right now, everyone. Take
care and God bless, God willing, of course, readers. If you feel the need or desire to read and review
this, then, please do so. And please do try to do so rather cleanly, rather courteously, and rather
constructively, if at all possible. Thanks in advance, readers, if you then do so. I know you might not
entirely agree with how I might write this story, of course. But please let me use artistic license,
whenever possible, for it, just the same. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing
off. Over and out!
times during the current day. Mamoru was the last of those sentients that she then conversed with
before arriving at the arcade, at least when it came to humanoid beings, in fact. But not the last
sentient who she'd just talked to, overall. For she'd talked briefly with Luna both before and after
her latest encounter near here with Mamoru, by the way.
During the aforementioned meetings with Naru, Mamoru, and Luna, she learned that there
would be a concert shortly, Sailor V had busted some robbers while she was fighting Morga as
Sailor Moon, and Mamoru had a job at a hospital. She also learned that Luna was quite serious
about the fact that she was now a Senshi, and that Luna wouldn't be afraid to make threats to get
her way, if the mood struck her to do so, as well. She and Mamoru also called each other names a
little bit near the arcade. She called him "Mophead," and he called her "Odango Atama."
Eventually they both either wanted or needed to part from each other for a time, for various
reasons in each of their lives, in fact.
If you have any opinions on this next episode, or any following episodes, in this story
series, then you all know what to do. I will patiently await the receipt of many quite clean, quite
courteous, and quite constructive reviews about my version of events in this timeline of mine, to
the best of my ability to do so here. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, no doubt.
But for now, let's all get to the story here, if you all don't mind. See you on the other side
of this chapter just as often and just as soon as possible, then, readers. Now without any further
ado, let's get on with the story here, if you all don't mind too much here, people! Feel free to read,
review, and enjoy this episode's chapters, then, if the need and/or desire strikes any or all of you at
all, of course!
The Rising Sun Adventures
Book One
Chapter Four
When Usagi entered the arcade, she did so with a sad look on her face, as she also thought
about her latest conversations with Luna and Mamoru. She soon went to a booth in the dining area
of the arcade, when she saw all the arcade's game machines were in use right now. She sat in that
booth for a while thinking about the events that had happened for her since she'd rescued Luna from
bullies earlier. And since she'd met the young man Mamoru, for that matter, as well.
When she came in, Motoki had his back turned toward the arcade's front entrance. He didn't
see her in the arcade easily enough, though, until she'd been in it for at least five or ten minutes, if not
even longer. Motoki attended to several of the arcade's patrons for a while before he then saw her.
When he did so, he then came over to her as soon as possible.
"What's the problem, Usagi?"
"A jerk, for one. My cat, for another."
"What do you mean?"
"A conceited jerk has teased me of late. I also found a cat not too long ago. Now she's
hanging around me quite a bit. And right now, she seems mad at me for some reason. Even though
I saved her from some bullies earlier, she seems mad at me right now."
"What's her name?"
"My cat?"
"Yes, Usagi."
"Get me a milkshake and a burger or something, and I'll tell you, Motoki."
"Chocolate?"
"Sure, if you can."
He soon returned with the requested food and drink items. He then sat across from her in her
booth just as soon as he could do so here. After she then began to sip at her milkshake, she soon said,
"Her name is Luna."
"What color is she?"
"Black, but sometimes, it's looked like she has purple fur. She also has this weird mark on
her forehead."
"I saw her around here a while ago, while you were at school, I think. I don't know why,
however. Are you sure she's not a stray?"
"She's not a stray, I believe. I don't know just why I believe that here, but she doesn't really
seem like a stray to me here, Motoki."
"I see. And if nobody else claims her, then what will you do?"
"I suppose I'll have to keep her, of course. Supposing that Mom and Dad let me, that is."
"Have you had any animals of your own before?"
"Of course, Motoki. Just no cats, if I remember well enough here."
They talked for a while longer, until Usagi had settled down enough to get herself reasonably
calm here. When she did so well enough, she then moved to a now-empty game machine elsewhere
in the arcade, once she'd seen it fast enough. After she did that, Motoki then left her alone again, so
that he could attend to other patrons elsewhere in the arcade again as needed.
She then played for a while on that machine. Little did she realize that by doing so, she was
doing even more training that might later help her in the future against any number of enemies. But
she might eventually learn that in her life, if she somehow managed to survive long enough and well
enough in it in the future.
After a while of playing on that machine, she got quite bored with playing it again here. So
she soon gathered up her things here, once she'd paid for her food and drink well enough. And she
silently left a reasonably-sized tip on her booth's table, on the way out the arcade's front door. She
wished Motoki a good night, of course, just before she left the arcade behind again here.
Then she went home in very short order here, in fact. When she got there, Luna was still out
and about in the area. After she got back home, she soon went up to her room, and flopped down on
her bed to take a short nap here. She napped for a while, until her mother knocked on her door in
order to tell her supper was ready downstairs here.
Usagi had her supper with her parents Kenji and Ikuko and her brother Shingo then. All four
of them had their suppers in relative silence. Or at least for the most part they did, if not entirely.
Among the few questions that her mother had to ask her during supper was one concerning Luna, in
fact. Ikuko asked, "Usagi, where did that cat who's lately often been following you quite closely
come from?"
"I found her being bullied by some boys who appeared to be about Shingo's age, and I rescued
her from them. At least I think the bullies were about Shingo's age. Though I could be wrong about
that here."
"Does she have an owner that you know of?" asked Ikuko.
"No, she doesn't, as far as I know."
"How about we ask around, and put up signs with her picture on them, and see if anyone
wishes to claim her for their own?" asked Kenji, a photographer for a locally-based magazine of some
sort.
"I don't think that will help here, for some strange reason that I can't quite explain right now,
Dad. I have this feeling that nobody would be able to recognize her well enough to be able to claim
her beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt, Dad."
"Then, Usagi, what do you suggest we do here?"
"Let her stay with me. Yes, I know that I've not always been good with pets of certain kinds,
Dad. But I still feel she should stay with me, for some yet-unknown reason."
"All right, Usagi. Here's what we're going to do, for at least the time being. You'll be
responsible for her until we see if anyone else is missing a cat that meets her description well enough.
But if you don't take care of her well enough, we'll have to rethink this idea here, at least a little bit,
if not a lot." Kenji eventually said this here, after considering the current situation here for a long
enough period of time, and looking periodically at Ikuko, as he then saw fit here.
"Understood."
"Then what do you suggest we call her, for at least the time being, Usagi?" asked Kenji.
"Luna. I know that might seem a strange name to call a cat. But that strange mark on her
forehead looks like a little crescent moon, come to think of it. Doesn't it?"
"I suppose so. All right, then. Her name, at least for as long as she's here, will be Luna, as
you've just suggested here, Usagi. But we'll be watching you and her quite closely for a while,
whenever possible, of course," said Ikuko.
Supper soon ended for the four Tsukinos here, and Usagi went right up to her room just as
soon as she could do so well enough here. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, by the
way. And when she showed up there, Luna was now sitting on a tree branch of the tree just outside
her window.
When Usagi went to close the curtains to her room, so that she could change into her pajamas
for the rest of the night, she saw Luna perched on that branch. She then opened the nearest window
to Luna here, so that Luna could come into her room as she'd done at least once before. Luna then
came into her room through that window, in very short order.
When Luna was then perched on her charge's desk in her room, Usagi asked, "Where did you
go off to earlier, Luna?" But only after making sure, of course, that nobody else in the house or nearby
ones would be able to see or hear them talking to each other here, for all the obvious reasons.
"I was checking out possible signs of trouble I noticed earlier today, while you were at school.
We could have more trouble around here in the near future, Usagi. And you may have to attend to
it then. While I was exploring the area today, I felt some strange feelings starting to show up
elsewhere in Juuban, Usagi. Our enemies may be preparing to strike again around here very soon."
"I don't want to fight again, Luna."
"You will fight again. Whether you like it or not, you will." Luna said this, just as Usagi
went behind a divider to change into her chosen pajamas here with at least some privacy.
"And what if I don't want to?"
"Then they won't care. They'll capture or kill you just as soon as look at you, if they can, and
if you don't fight, Usagi."
"I see. So you're saying if I do nothing, I could be killed?"
"That's right, Usagi. And not only you, but also many other people, if not all other people,
in this world, for your information."
"Like Naru-chan?" Luna then moved to a chair elsewhere in the room, so that she could get
a better look at various things elsewhere in Usagi's bedroom.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, Usagi."
"So why me? Why not anyone else instead of me?"
"Because you're a chosen Senshi. You are Sailor Moon. And you'll need to fight or die,
Usagi. There are at least a few other sleeping Senshi out there, but we haven't found them just yet.
When we then do well enough, your battle will hopefully not be one you still have to fight alone as
a Senshi, I believe. I have no definite idea whether or not Tuxedo Kamen is actually our friend, our
enemy, or somewhere in the middle yet, though, Usagi."
"He's got to be a friend, if he's so handsome in his black tuxedo, Luna. Or at least an ally,
if nothing else as well, here." Usagi then came back out from behind her divider, once she was
dressed sufficiently well in her pajamas here, in fact.
"Just because he helped you once doesn't mean that he'll prove to be an ally or friend to the
Senshi in the future well enough, Usagi."
"Of course it has to mean that, Luna." Usagi then moved over to her desk and sat down at
it to do some homework before going to bed again.
"You're thinking with your eyes, not your heart or head, Usagi. He could be an enemy of ours
that just happened to help us out here once."
"Keep on talking like that, and I might not tell you something you might be interested in at
least a little bit, Luna." Usagi turned to Luna briefly as she was working on some of her homework
here, then.
"Oh? And what would that be, by any chance, Usagi?"
"Mom and Dad have seen fit to let you stay with me for at least the time being, while they see
if anyone else is missing a cat that meets with your description. Which means that I'll be expected
to be responsible for you for at least as long as you're here with us Tsukinos, of course."
"I see. So they've put you in charge of me?"
"Yes, it seems so. So I suppose that I can boss you around now, right?"
"Think again, Usagi. I'll still be holding the reins of control over you, in fact. Even if they
might actually think otherwise, I still will, Usagi. I may appear to only be a cat right now, but I'll still
be your boss as much, and as often, as I can, in your life, for as long as I can, Usagi."
"But you're just a cat to everyone else who doesn't know you can talk at all, Luna. They don't
know you can talk yet, if they ever will, so they think you're just a cat. And they'll always think that,
I believe, even if you happen to have a weirdly-shaped bald spot or mark on your forehead, Luna."
"It's not a bald spot, mark, or anything else you might think that it is, Usagi."
"Then what is it, Luna? For unless I'm mistaken, I've never seen a cat with a mark like yours
on their forehead before I saw, rescued, and met you."
"It's what you might call a birthmark as humans, if I'm not too mistaken here about such
things, Usagi."
"Just how old are you, then, Luna?"
"Old enough to be your boss. Let's just leave it at that right now, Usagi. Maybe if you do
better as a Senshi in the future, you'll learn more about me, and why I had to find you here."
Eventually, the two of them got too tired here to do much else other than to go to sleep. So
Usagi soon got into her bed, and went to sleep, in very short order. Luna then moved to another chair
in the room that was more plush in its nature, and she too went to sleep here, in fact.
In the next chapter, we might see more action from the Negaverse side of things here. But that
is yet to be decided here. If you'd all be willing to state your opinions on the matter here sufficiently
cleanly, courteously, and constructively, then maybe I could write the story better here. This, of
course, is for all the obvious reasons, readers. I'd really like to see what you all think of how this
story is going here so far. And I believe that each story in this series will cover a period of at least
three to six months of story time, if not more, at least currently. Don't count on the first part of R
being part of this story series here, at least not for the time being, if at all. I may decide to entirely
skip the Doom Tree Arc for Sailor Moon and substitute another arc in its place, or I may lengthen the
Black Moon Arc enough to cover the necessary time frame. However, all future story arcs for this
story after the Negaverse one are yet to be determined. I might also omit the Sailor Stars Arc or alter
it in this story series, as well. That's if I actually do happen to get that far along in this particular
story series someday, of course.
Until later, then, I suppose I'd better cut this short right here and right now, everyone. Take
care and God bless, God willing, of course, readers. If you feel the need or desire to read and review
this, then, please do so. And please do try to do so rather cleanly, rather courteously, and rather
constructively, if at all possible. Thanks in advance, readers, if you then do so. I know you might not
entirely agree with how I might write this story, of course. But please let me use artistic license,
whenever possible, for it, just the same. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing
off. Over and out!