Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
Rated: PG-13
By: NeoMoon
Edited By: R Savage
Chapter Two:
The clock paced along slowly, and Usagi could feel her heart beating faster, as she looked at the
new girl in the front of the room, her mind reeling with questions. Who is this girl? Is she
really related to Mamo-chan? Is she an enemy? They kept coming at her, her mind feeling like it
would explode if they kept coming. Finally, like a knife, her teacher's word cut through them,
and brought her back to a reality, that was not so better off.
"Let's see." He said slowly, as he scanned down the role sheet, and looked over the class trying
to find an empty seat.
Usagi looked around herself and was almost horrified when she saw that the seat next to her was
empty. "How long has that been that way?" She cried out loud, bringing the whole class's
attention toward her.
"Aw, thank you Usagi. Ms. Chiba, please take a seat next to Usagi."
Chi smiled, and picking up her bag made her way over to her new desk, giving Usagi a cheerful
wink as she sat down.
The hands of the clock were even slower then, and the day drifted on at a pace that made Usagi
want to scream. She sat through lecture after lecture, reading assignment after reading
assignment. All the while painfully aware, that Chi's eyes were locked onto her.
"What's wrong?" Came a soft whisper.
Usagi turned to Chi's smiling face. "Wrong, nothing wrong." She said with a nervous laugh.
"Then why are you so tense?"
"I'm not . . ."
The bell cut off their conversation. "Stand!" Naru said loudly from the front of the room.
"Bow!"
Mamoru couldn't concentrate. The notebook lay in front of him, his sketch of the particle engine
half complete. The instructor had erased the diagram over forty minutes ago, but he didn't care.
Right now his mind was on things that were far more important, his past. "Why had that girl
called me bro?" He whispered, as his hand daftly tried to finish the sketch, but was failing
miserably at the task. "And that woman, who was she?" Bright green eyes appeared before him,
fiery red hair slithered in front of those radiant eyes. He shook his head, clearing the phantom
away from him, but it did not ease his troubles. "She had said she was my wife, and those eyes,
I remember them, but . . ."
"Aw man, don't tell me that a boy scout like you got hitched up!" Exclaimed a quite voice to his
side.
Mamoru shook his head and looked over, regretting that he had been speaking out loud so near this
guy. "Shinneri, leave me alone." Mamoru said, his voice, abnormally cold.
Usagi sat underneath a blossoming Sakura, her head tilted up, her eyes closed. Her friends were
here, sitting around her, their talk, and laughter making her smile and forget the troubles of
the day, but she knew she had to tell them, at worst it could be an enemy, at best it might mean
that Mamo-chan did have family after all. With a sigh, Usagi opened her eyes and looked at her
three friends, most of the original senshi. "Guys, I - I really don't know how to say this, and
I don't want you all to think I'm being paranoid, or that I'm bored or something like that, but .
. ." She paused, not actually knowing how to go on. They were all staring at her, as they
always did, all looking to her. She swallowed a lump in her throat and remembered who she was,
and who she would become. "A new girl came to class today, I really don't know anything about
her, but her last name's Chiba."
Ami was the first to react, like always, and soon her face was buried in her laptop. She looked
up at them, a worried look in her eye. "It is true that a Chieyko Chiba did transfer to the
school recently, but there are no records of her before that."
"An enemy then?" Makoto asked, her voice was quiet and grave.
Ami shook her head. "I don't know, but we need to find out." She looked over at Usagi.
"Usagi-chan, I'm sorry, but . . ."
"No, no, no!" Usagi almost yelled. "Why does it always have to be me?" She whined.
"Because Usagi-chan, you're the only one in class with her."
Usagi sighed. "I really wish they never split us up."
The others laughed, and as Usagi looked at them she couldn't help but laugh as well.
"Hey, Chiba, wait up!" Yelled Shinneri, as he ran to catch up to Mamoru, throwing his arm around
him when he finally did. "Hey man, a bunch us guys are going out ta some clubs tonight. Ya
know, drinking, women. It'll be a blast."
Mamoru sighed, and lifted Shinneri's hand away form him, letting it drop, then wiping his hand on
his pants, and returned it to his pocket. He continued to walk, doing his best to ignore
Shinneri, who insisted on always walking with him for awhile.
"So what do you say?"
"No." Mamoru said coldly and turned down the street to his apartment.
"Man!" He could hear Shinneri yell from behind him. "You know people talk about you, man! I'm
only trying to help! Opening ya up a little!"
Mamoru kept walking, doing his best to ignore the words, yet knew that Shinneri was right.
People were talking.
Usagi waited, her heart pounding again, as the hand on the clock above the blackboard slowly
inched its way to the twelve, the plan repeating itself in her mind the whole time.
"After school, ask her to come to the Crown with you." Minako had said. "We'll meet you there,
and Ami can do a scan on her without her even knowing."
Makoto, had rested her hand on Usagi's shoulder. "Be careful." She whispered.
The bell rang, and Usagi jumped out of her memories and franticly looked for the new girl,
finding her by the door, talking quietly to Naru. Thank you Naru! Usagi thought, and hurried
over to join them.
"Hi Naru! Ms. Chiba." Usagi said as she walked over to the girl's.
"Oh, hi Usagi-chan." Naru said cheerfully. "I was just telling Ms. Chiba that you two have
clean up detail next week."
"But I thought I had it with Umino?"
Naru blushed, and quickly tried to hide it with her hands. "Yeah, that's true, but I uh thought
that me and Umino could. You know Usagi-chan."
Usagi smiled, and nodded. "Don't worry, Ms. Chiba, just because our class Rep. is a pervert,
doesn't mean she doesn't do her job well."
"I'm not a pervert." Naru said meekly.
"Please call me Chi." Chieyko said.
"Okay, Chi. Um, I was wondering if you want to join me later? Some of my friends are meeting at
the Crown, and I just wanted to know if you'd come."
Chi smiled, but shook her head. "I'd love to, but I got work tonight."
"Work?" Usagi asked blankly. "Isn't school enough?"
Chi laughed. "It isn't that, I volunteer at the hospital here. I like to help people."
"Oh." Was all Usagi could manage to say.
"Well, I best be off then, don't want to be late."
After Chi had gone Naru looked at Usagi, and smiled. "Can I come?"
"Yeah." Usagi sighed, and started out of the room.
"What is wrong with her today." Naru moaned as she went to catch up.
The moon was high in the night sky. Mamoru tossed in his bed, the woman's eye never leaving him.
He knew them; he remembered them from somewhere, such brilliant green eyes. Question was though
- where?
He opened his eyes, and they grew wide with shock. At the foot of his bed the woman stood. Her
naked form, highlighted by the pale light of the moon.
"Good evening love." She said, softly, seductively, her full red lips barely moving. Slowly,
like a growing shadow she climbed onto the bed, and inched closer to Mamoru, until her hips were
aligned with his. She smiled at him, and lowered herself down till her head rested on his chest.
"Your heart is beating so fast, Endymion, my love."
Mamoru tried to speck but couldn't. The woman raised her head, and looked at him. Her green
eyes, so familiar seemed to see right through him, and everything else. Her lips parted
slightly, and she again lowered her head, kissing his chest softly, her hand, moved up his body,
circling his organ, then moved on to his chest to complement her lips.
Mamoru shook and finely words reached his lips. "No! Usako!"
Pain rushed through his body, as the woman's nails dug into his chest, he could feel the warmth
of his blood trickling down his side.
"Her again." She spat, her face contorted in fury. She pulled away from him, her nails leaving
a red path down his torso. "Always her, she always takes you!" She looked at him, her face
softening, but her green eyes still blazed. "I will have you back my love. I will have you."
Slowly she turned and walked toward the shadows, her hair seeming to become part of them as they
touched.
"Who - who are you." Mamoru asked, trying to sit up in his bed.
The woman looked back at him, the fury in her eyes gone, replaced by a look of an injured animal.
"You - you have forgotten me?" She said, her voice choking on tears. "I am your wife Endymion.
I am Lillith." She smiled, and rushed back over to him, pressing her pale hand to her lips,
then touching hand with the wounds she had caused. The action made them instantly vanish. "Do
not worry love, I will make you remember me?" With a sad smile, she turned away and disappeared
into the shadows.
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
Rated: PG-13
By: NeoMoon
Edited By: R Savage
Chapter Two:
The clock paced along slowly, and Usagi could feel her heart beating faster, as she looked at the
new girl in the front of the room, her mind reeling with questions. Who is this girl? Is she
really related to Mamo-chan? Is she an enemy? They kept coming at her, her mind feeling like it
would explode if they kept coming. Finally, like a knife, her teacher's word cut through them,
and brought her back to a reality, that was not so better off.
"Let's see." He said slowly, as he scanned down the role sheet, and looked over the class trying
to find an empty seat.
Usagi looked around herself and was almost horrified when she saw that the seat next to her was
empty. "How long has that been that way?" She cried out loud, bringing the whole class's
attention toward her.
"Aw, thank you Usagi. Ms. Chiba, please take a seat next to Usagi."
Chi smiled, and picking up her bag made her way over to her new desk, giving Usagi a cheerful
wink as she sat down.
The hands of the clock were even slower then, and the day drifted on at a pace that made Usagi
want to scream. She sat through lecture after lecture, reading assignment after reading
assignment. All the while painfully aware, that Chi's eyes were locked onto her.
"What's wrong?" Came a soft whisper.
Usagi turned to Chi's smiling face. "Wrong, nothing wrong." She said with a nervous laugh.
"Then why are you so tense?"
"I'm not . . ."
The bell cut off their conversation. "Stand!" Naru said loudly from the front of the room.
"Bow!"
Mamoru couldn't concentrate. The notebook lay in front of him, his sketch of the particle engine
half complete. The instructor had erased the diagram over forty minutes ago, but he didn't care.
Right now his mind was on things that were far more important, his past. "Why had that girl
called me bro?" He whispered, as his hand daftly tried to finish the sketch, but was failing
miserably at the task. "And that woman, who was she?" Bright green eyes appeared before him,
fiery red hair slithered in front of those radiant eyes. He shook his head, clearing the phantom
away from him, but it did not ease his troubles. "She had said she was my wife, and those eyes,
I remember them, but . . ."
"Aw man, don't tell me that a boy scout like you got hitched up!" Exclaimed a quite voice to his
side.
Mamoru shook his head and looked over, regretting that he had been speaking out loud so near this
guy. "Shinneri, leave me alone." Mamoru said, his voice, abnormally cold.
Usagi sat underneath a blossoming Sakura, her head tilted up, her eyes closed. Her friends were
here, sitting around her, their talk, and laughter making her smile and forget the troubles of
the day, but she knew she had to tell them, at worst it could be an enemy, at best it might mean
that Mamo-chan did have family after all. With a sigh, Usagi opened her eyes and looked at her
three friends, most of the original senshi. "Guys, I - I really don't know how to say this, and
I don't want you all to think I'm being paranoid, or that I'm bored or something like that, but .
. ." She paused, not actually knowing how to go on. They were all staring at her, as they
always did, all looking to her. She swallowed a lump in her throat and remembered who she was,
and who she would become. "A new girl came to class today, I really don't know anything about
her, but her last name's Chiba."
Ami was the first to react, like always, and soon her face was buried in her laptop. She looked
up at them, a worried look in her eye. "It is true that a Chieyko Chiba did transfer to the
school recently, but there are no records of her before that."
"An enemy then?" Makoto asked, her voice was quiet and grave.
Ami shook her head. "I don't know, but we need to find out." She looked over at Usagi.
"Usagi-chan, I'm sorry, but . . ."
"No, no, no!" Usagi almost yelled. "Why does it always have to be me?" She whined.
"Because Usagi-chan, you're the only one in class with her."
Usagi sighed. "I really wish they never split us up."
The others laughed, and as Usagi looked at them she couldn't help but laugh as well.
"Hey, Chiba, wait up!" Yelled Shinneri, as he ran to catch up to Mamoru, throwing his arm around
him when he finally did. "Hey man, a bunch us guys are going out ta some clubs tonight. Ya
know, drinking, women. It'll be a blast."
Mamoru sighed, and lifted Shinneri's hand away form him, letting it drop, then wiping his hand on
his pants, and returned it to his pocket. He continued to walk, doing his best to ignore
Shinneri, who insisted on always walking with him for awhile.
"So what do you say?"
"No." Mamoru said coldly and turned down the street to his apartment.
"Man!" He could hear Shinneri yell from behind him. "You know people talk about you, man! I'm
only trying to help! Opening ya up a little!"
Mamoru kept walking, doing his best to ignore the words, yet knew that Shinneri was right.
People were talking.
Usagi waited, her heart pounding again, as the hand on the clock above the blackboard slowly
inched its way to the twelve, the plan repeating itself in her mind the whole time.
"After school, ask her to come to the Crown with you." Minako had said. "We'll meet you there,
and Ami can do a scan on her without her even knowing."
Makoto, had rested her hand on Usagi's shoulder. "Be careful." She whispered.
The bell rang, and Usagi jumped out of her memories and franticly looked for the new girl,
finding her by the door, talking quietly to Naru. Thank you Naru! Usagi thought, and hurried
over to join them.
"Hi Naru! Ms. Chiba." Usagi said as she walked over to the girl's.
"Oh, hi Usagi-chan." Naru said cheerfully. "I was just telling Ms. Chiba that you two have
clean up detail next week."
"But I thought I had it with Umino?"
Naru blushed, and quickly tried to hide it with her hands. "Yeah, that's true, but I uh thought
that me and Umino could. You know Usagi-chan."
Usagi smiled, and nodded. "Don't worry, Ms. Chiba, just because our class Rep. is a pervert,
doesn't mean she doesn't do her job well."
"I'm not a pervert." Naru said meekly.
"Please call me Chi." Chieyko said.
"Okay, Chi. Um, I was wondering if you want to join me later? Some of my friends are meeting at
the Crown, and I just wanted to know if you'd come."
Chi smiled, but shook her head. "I'd love to, but I got work tonight."
"Work?" Usagi asked blankly. "Isn't school enough?"
Chi laughed. "It isn't that, I volunteer at the hospital here. I like to help people."
"Oh." Was all Usagi could manage to say.
"Well, I best be off then, don't want to be late."
After Chi had gone Naru looked at Usagi, and smiled. "Can I come?"
"Yeah." Usagi sighed, and started out of the room.
"What is wrong with her today." Naru moaned as she went to catch up.
The moon was high in the night sky. Mamoru tossed in his bed, the woman's eye never leaving him.
He knew them; he remembered them from somewhere, such brilliant green eyes. Question was though
- where?
He opened his eyes, and they grew wide with shock. At the foot of his bed the woman stood. Her
naked form, highlighted by the pale light of the moon.
"Good evening love." She said, softly, seductively, her full red lips barely moving. Slowly,
like a growing shadow she climbed onto the bed, and inched closer to Mamoru, until her hips were
aligned with his. She smiled at him, and lowered herself down till her head rested on his chest.
"Your heart is beating so fast, Endymion, my love."
Mamoru tried to speck but couldn't. The woman raised her head, and looked at him. Her green
eyes, so familiar seemed to see right through him, and everything else. Her lips parted
slightly, and she again lowered her head, kissing his chest softly, her hand, moved up his body,
circling his organ, then moved on to his chest to complement her lips.
Mamoru shook and finely words reached his lips. "No! Usako!"
Pain rushed through his body, as the woman's nails dug into his chest, he could feel the warmth
of his blood trickling down his side.
"Her again." She spat, her face contorted in fury. She pulled away from him, her nails leaving
a red path down his torso. "Always her, she always takes you!" She looked at him, her face
softening, but her green eyes still blazed. "I will have you back my love. I will have you."
Slowly she turned and walked toward the shadows, her hair seeming to become part of them as they
touched.
"Who - who are you." Mamoru asked, trying to sit up in his bed.
The woman looked back at him, the fury in her eyes gone, replaced by a look of an injured animal.
"You - you have forgotten me?" She said, her voice choking on tears. "I am your wife Endymion.
I am Lillith." She smiled, and rushed back over to him, pressing her pale hand to her lips,
then touching hand with the wounds she had caused. The action made them instantly vanish. "Do
not worry love, I will make you remember me?" With a sad smile, she turned away and disappeared
into the shadows.