Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Three:
Usagi shook her head, as she sucked down more of her milkshake through a straw. "Sorry Ami, I
couldn't get her to come." She said after finally swallowing.
"It's alright Usagi-chan." Makoto said putting down her own milkshake. "Did you get anything
out of her though?"
"We have clean up next week."
"Good, maybe you can learn something from her." Ami added.
Mamoru leaned over his balcony looking out over light speckled city below. He took a sip of the
tea he was holding and continued to stare. "Lillith, I know that name." He whispered into the
wind. "Where have I heard that name?" He quickly drunk down the rest of his tea and walked
back into his apartment, closing the glass sliding door behind him then quickly changing into a
riding suit.
The streetlights passed by in rays as he rode down half empty streets, his eyes focused on the
darkened streets before him, his mind turned inward.
"I am you wife, Love." Lillith's soft voice whispered in his mind. Spreading like tendrils of
mist, wrapping around him, enveloping his mind. " Always her, she always takes you away!"
The bike whined to a stop, Mamoru, jumped off, letting his helmet fall uncaringly to the ground.
Slowly he made his way up the small hill in the park that looked over the lake. He stared out
over the darkened waters, and continued to walk toward them till he was standing on a small dock.
He sat over the edge of the dock, and looked down into the waters. "What in hell is going on?"
He asked no one. Sighing he picked himself up and turned to walk back to his bike, but stopped
as a young girl approached him.
The girl walked closer to him, her purple eyes blazing in the pale light of the moon. "You're
so confused aren't you?" She asked softly, her voice seemed sad, and so out of place with her
eyes, but she gave a sad smile. "I remember wanting to see you so much." She said, as she wiped
tears from her eyes. "But I was so sick, and the doctors were afraid that I'd make mother sick
as well."
"What are you talking about?"
The girl pulled back as if Mamoru's words were a physical blow. "Nothing." She said softly,
her voice so near a whisper. "Nothing at all." She turned away and started to running toward
the hill, disappearing into the darkness.
Mamoru started after the girl but stopped, and turned back to the dark waters of the lake.
What's going on? He thought, and once more sat on the dock ledge.
A thin red line rose over the lake, and Mamoru frowned, he had spent much of the night sitting
there, like a fool. He stood, and creaked his neck and back, trying his best to get the kinks
that had developed over the night out. Slowly he made his way back to his bike, his eyes
widening as he saw the bouquet of red roses waiting for him on the seat. Mamoru picked them up
and studied them, noticing a small note that was pinned to the bouquet.
'Please remember. I love you.'
Mamoru sighed, and dropped the roses to the ground, and started the bike, soon he was off to his
apartment to get ready for the day.
Usagi rolled over in her bed, trying to keep the morning light and her mother telling her that
she must get up away. Finally through she stumbled out of her bed and almost blindly made her
way to the bathroom.
As she was brushing her teeth, she could hear some at the door, giving it no mind she went on
with her rushed morning rituals, and made her way down the stairs, with an extra
five minutes to spare.
"Bye Okasan!" Usagi called as she put her shoes on at the door.
"Usagi wait." Came her mother's voice.
Usagi turned to see her mother standing by the stairs, a smile on the woman's face. "I'm glad
you're actually running on time today dear, but you have a friend waiting for you in the
kitchen."
Usagi dropped her shoe. "Really, wow."
As she walked into the kitchen she was surprised to see Chi sitting at the table having a
conversation with her father. As soon as the girl saw Usagi she excused herself and walked
over.
"I thought maybe we could walk to school together, it might save us both some bruises this
time."
Usagi smiled nervously bring her hand up to scratch her head. "Ah, sure, alright."
The day was cool, and Usagi could swear she could smell a storm. She smiled happily as a soft
breeze blew by, sending her hair haphazardly into the air. She looked over at Chi, and her
smile faded.
Chi's eye's were downcast, her feet half dragging on the sidewalk.
"Are you okay, Chi?"
She looked over at Usagi and tried to smile, but did a terrible job. "Can I ask you a
question?" She said, her voice was low, and sounded as if she were doing her best to hold tears
back.
"Well, you just did." Usagi said jokingly, hoping to make the girl laugh, but Chi never did.
"Sure. What is it?"
"You have a boyfriend right?"
"Umm, yeah." Usagi replied, feeling herself blush. "Is that it? Don't worry Chi, you're very
pretty I'm sure . . ."
"That isn't it." Chi interrupted. "Do - do you make him happy, does he love you?"
Usagi looked at the girl for a second, her mind trying to figure out why she had asked such a
question. Maybe she's after Mamoru? She thought, then quickly dismissed it. "Yes, I guess.
I mean he always seems happy. Why?"
Chi's face almost literally beamed, and a soft smile covered her pale face. "I'm glad." She
said in a soft voice. "I'm really glad you make him happy, Usagi-chan."
"Man, you look like the cat drug you in." Laughed Shinneri, as Mamoru collapsed into his seat
and buried his head in his arms. "I guess you had a wild night after all."
"That's one way to put it." Mamoru mumbled.
"Aw, man Chiba that girl really must of put you through the paces." Shinneri laughed.
Mamoru looked up and over at the other man, his gaze seeming to be solely fixed on him. "What
the hell does that mean?" He said as he sat up, his gaze never leaving Shinneri.
"Huh, nottin' man. I was just saying that whatever girl you took home must have really given
you a lesson. Chiba you gotta lighten up."
Mamoru gave a slight smile, and again rested his head in his arms. "I wasn't with anyone last
night."
Shinneri laughed. "Yep, shouda known that Chiba the Boy Scout wouldn't be doin' the nasty. Ya
were probable studyin' all night. Geez!" Shinneri shook his head, then turned back to his
magazine.
Usagi sat underneath the Sakura, looking up into the darkening sky. "I guess it will rain." She
said, then looked over at Chi who had asked to join her for lunch.
Chi opened her mouth to talk, but never got the chance.
"Usagi-chan, Usagi-chan!" Minako yelled and rushed. "You'll never believe this but that really
cute guy I was telling you about in my English class asked me if I would tutor him." She
wrapped her arms around Usagi and hugged the girl tightly. "Its love I know it is!"
"Most likely not, he may actually want you to help him. You are very good with the language
after all." Came Ami's voice.
Usagi looked up to see Ami, Makoto, Haruka, and Micheru standing just a few feet away.
"And just what are you two doing?" Asked Haruka with a smirk.
Usagi quickly pushed Minako away, and could feel herself blushing again. "Nothing."
"Okay." Haruka shrugged and sat down close to Micheru.
"Hello." Came Chi's voice.
Everyone looked over at her, and Usagi could tell that the girl didn't expect that much
attention.
"Oh, this Chikyu Chiba, the new girl in my class."
"Hmm, Chiba." Haruka said, looking at Chi very intently. "Well, it's could to meet you
Ms. Chiba." Haruka reached over to Chi and shook her hand.
Soon introductions were all underway.
Lunch was almost over when Chi stood and excused herself. As Usagi watched her till she
disappeared around the corner of the school then turned back to Ami. "I really hope you didn't
scan her."
Ami blushed, and held up her computer, a goofy smile on her face. "Sorry."
Usagi sighed, and shook her head.
"Did you get anything?" Minako asked, already looking over Ami's shoulder, her brow knitted as
she tried to translate all the information.
"Well, there is an odd energy coming from her." Ami said, her hand working quickly over the
computer, making some more calculations. "It's not that indifferent from our own.
Haruka stood, and was followed by Micheru. "It couldn't be." She whispered and looked to
Micheru, who just gave her an unknowing shrug.
"Couldn't be what?" Makoto asked, as she began to stand herself.
"Nothing." Haruka said, her voice was cold, emotionless. "Just leave it be."
Chi walked quickly away from the school, her short black hair being pushed away from her face by
the growing wind. In the distance there was a crack of thunder.
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Three:
Usagi shook her head, as she sucked down more of her milkshake through a straw. "Sorry Ami, I
couldn't get her to come." She said after finally swallowing.
"It's alright Usagi-chan." Makoto said putting down her own milkshake. "Did you get anything
out of her though?"
"We have clean up next week."
"Good, maybe you can learn something from her." Ami added.
Mamoru leaned over his balcony looking out over light speckled city below. He took a sip of the
tea he was holding and continued to stare. "Lillith, I know that name." He whispered into the
wind. "Where have I heard that name?" He quickly drunk down the rest of his tea and walked
back into his apartment, closing the glass sliding door behind him then quickly changing into a
riding suit.
The streetlights passed by in rays as he rode down half empty streets, his eyes focused on the
darkened streets before him, his mind turned inward.
"I am you wife, Love." Lillith's soft voice whispered in his mind. Spreading like tendrils of
mist, wrapping around him, enveloping his mind. " Always her, she always takes you away!"
The bike whined to a stop, Mamoru, jumped off, letting his helmet fall uncaringly to the ground.
Slowly he made his way up the small hill in the park that looked over the lake. He stared out
over the darkened waters, and continued to walk toward them till he was standing on a small dock.
He sat over the edge of the dock, and looked down into the waters. "What in hell is going on?"
He asked no one. Sighing he picked himself up and turned to walk back to his bike, but stopped
as a young girl approached him.
The girl walked closer to him, her purple eyes blazing in the pale light of the moon. "You're
so confused aren't you?" She asked softly, her voice seemed sad, and so out of place with her
eyes, but she gave a sad smile. "I remember wanting to see you so much." She said, as she wiped
tears from her eyes. "But I was so sick, and the doctors were afraid that I'd make mother sick
as well."
"What are you talking about?"
The girl pulled back as if Mamoru's words were a physical blow. "Nothing." She said softly,
her voice so near a whisper. "Nothing at all." She turned away and started to running toward
the hill, disappearing into the darkness.
Mamoru started after the girl but stopped, and turned back to the dark waters of the lake.
What's going on? He thought, and once more sat on the dock ledge.
A thin red line rose over the lake, and Mamoru frowned, he had spent much of the night sitting
there, like a fool. He stood, and creaked his neck and back, trying his best to get the kinks
that had developed over the night out. Slowly he made his way back to his bike, his eyes
widening as he saw the bouquet of red roses waiting for him on the seat. Mamoru picked them up
and studied them, noticing a small note that was pinned to the bouquet.
'Please remember. I love you.'
Mamoru sighed, and dropped the roses to the ground, and started the bike, soon he was off to his
apartment to get ready for the day.
Usagi rolled over in her bed, trying to keep the morning light and her mother telling her that
she must get up away. Finally through she stumbled out of her bed and almost blindly made her
way to the bathroom.
As she was brushing her teeth, she could hear some at the door, giving it no mind she went on
with her rushed morning rituals, and made her way down the stairs, with an extra
five minutes to spare.
"Bye Okasan!" Usagi called as she put her shoes on at the door.
"Usagi wait." Came her mother's voice.
Usagi turned to see her mother standing by the stairs, a smile on the woman's face. "I'm glad
you're actually running on time today dear, but you have a friend waiting for you in the
kitchen."
Usagi dropped her shoe. "Really, wow."
As she walked into the kitchen she was surprised to see Chi sitting at the table having a
conversation with her father. As soon as the girl saw Usagi she excused herself and walked
over.
"I thought maybe we could walk to school together, it might save us both some bruises this
time."
Usagi smiled nervously bring her hand up to scratch her head. "Ah, sure, alright."
The day was cool, and Usagi could swear she could smell a storm. She smiled happily as a soft
breeze blew by, sending her hair haphazardly into the air. She looked over at Chi, and her
smile faded.
Chi's eye's were downcast, her feet half dragging on the sidewalk.
"Are you okay, Chi?"
She looked over at Usagi and tried to smile, but did a terrible job. "Can I ask you a
question?" She said, her voice was low, and sounded as if she were doing her best to hold tears
back.
"Well, you just did." Usagi said jokingly, hoping to make the girl laugh, but Chi never did.
"Sure. What is it?"
"You have a boyfriend right?"
"Umm, yeah." Usagi replied, feeling herself blush. "Is that it? Don't worry Chi, you're very
pretty I'm sure . . ."
"That isn't it." Chi interrupted. "Do - do you make him happy, does he love you?"
Usagi looked at the girl for a second, her mind trying to figure out why she had asked such a
question. Maybe she's after Mamoru? She thought, then quickly dismissed it. "Yes, I guess.
I mean he always seems happy. Why?"
Chi's face almost literally beamed, and a soft smile covered her pale face. "I'm glad." She
said in a soft voice. "I'm really glad you make him happy, Usagi-chan."
"Man, you look like the cat drug you in." Laughed Shinneri, as Mamoru collapsed into his seat
and buried his head in his arms. "I guess you had a wild night after all."
"That's one way to put it." Mamoru mumbled.
"Aw, man Chiba that girl really must of put you through the paces." Shinneri laughed.
Mamoru looked up and over at the other man, his gaze seeming to be solely fixed on him. "What
the hell does that mean?" He said as he sat up, his gaze never leaving Shinneri.
"Huh, nottin' man. I was just saying that whatever girl you took home must have really given
you a lesson. Chiba you gotta lighten up."
Mamoru gave a slight smile, and again rested his head in his arms. "I wasn't with anyone last
night."
Shinneri laughed. "Yep, shouda known that Chiba the Boy Scout wouldn't be doin' the nasty. Ya
were probable studyin' all night. Geez!" Shinneri shook his head, then turned back to his
magazine.
Usagi sat underneath the Sakura, looking up into the darkening sky. "I guess it will rain." She
said, then looked over at Chi who had asked to join her for lunch.
Chi opened her mouth to talk, but never got the chance.
"Usagi-chan, Usagi-chan!" Minako yelled and rushed. "You'll never believe this but that really
cute guy I was telling you about in my English class asked me if I would tutor him." She
wrapped her arms around Usagi and hugged the girl tightly. "Its love I know it is!"
"Most likely not, he may actually want you to help him. You are very good with the language
after all." Came Ami's voice.
Usagi looked up to see Ami, Makoto, Haruka, and Micheru standing just a few feet away.
"And just what are you two doing?" Asked Haruka with a smirk.
Usagi quickly pushed Minako away, and could feel herself blushing again. "Nothing."
"Okay." Haruka shrugged and sat down close to Micheru.
"Hello." Came Chi's voice.
Everyone looked over at her, and Usagi could tell that the girl didn't expect that much
attention.
"Oh, this Chikyu Chiba, the new girl in my class."
"Hmm, Chiba." Haruka said, looking at Chi very intently. "Well, it's could to meet you
Ms. Chiba." Haruka reached over to Chi and shook her hand.
Soon introductions were all underway.
Lunch was almost over when Chi stood and excused herself. As Usagi watched her till she
disappeared around the corner of the school then turned back to Ami. "I really hope you didn't
scan her."
Ami blushed, and held up her computer, a goofy smile on her face. "Sorry."
Usagi sighed, and shook her head.
"Did you get anything?" Minako asked, already looking over Ami's shoulder, her brow knitted as
she tried to translate all the information.
"Well, there is an odd energy coming from her." Ami said, her hand working quickly over the
computer, making some more calculations. "It's not that indifferent from our own.
Haruka stood, and was followed by Micheru. "It couldn't be." She whispered and looked to
Micheru, who just gave her an unknowing shrug.
"Couldn't be what?" Makoto asked, as she began to stand herself.
"Nothing." Haruka said, her voice was cold, emotionless. "Just leave it be."
Chi walked quickly away from the school, her short black hair being pushed away from her face by
the growing wind. In the distance there was a crack of thunder.