Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Twelve:
Her skin was ruddy from the fire's heat, her brow covered with sweat, her eyes were clenched
close, her mind using its own senses, trying to probe for a grain of truth. Rei had been in
front of the fires for most of the day, her mind desperately trying to unravel the truth of her
nightmares.
She growled in frustration, her eyes shooting open staring into the depths of the fire, nothing
had come to her.
Slowly she picked herself up, working out the kinks in her back and neck. She looked at the
fires one last time before turning and heading to the large courtyard of the shrine.
A cool breeze ran through the night air, chilling her, wrapping her arms around herself she
walked through the courtyard, her eyes looking into the sky. It was a beautiful night; clear of
clouds and the lights of the city she could see every wonder of the heavens. A smile came to her
the beauty of the nature around her driving the darkness of her dreams far away.
Another breeze blew by colder then the previous, and a group of raven sprang from a near by tree
their caws making the cold of the breeze chill her to her bone. She looked back at the shrine
wondering if she should go back, try her readings again, but decided against it and continued to
walk through the nature that surrounded the old shrine.
Rei stopped near a group of trees and looked at the small pond, the pale light of the moon
reflecting off its glassy surface. She smiled her heart content.
A shadow appeared on the far side of the pond and made her jump, it's sudden appearance making
her jump. Rei narrowed her eyes and stared at the figure.
It was a woman, her form nude, she walked along the edge of the lake watching its still waters,
Rei could she her long hair which appeared red in the light of the moon flowing with the winds
and seeming to melt into the shadows.
The woman her bright green eyes which shone with a light of their own staring at Rei. The
woman's hand rose asking for Rei to join her. She could do nothing but obey. Those eye
commanded obedience.
Chi walked the halls of the hospital the cart of food whining in front of her desperately begging
to be oiled. She stopped and took a tray of the cart, and disappeared into the room, she was
happy this was the last room.
The old woman was asleep in the narrow hospital bed, the machines beside her beep rhythmically.
Chi looked at the woman and her heart sank, she knew the woman hadn't much time left her body was
filled with cancer. Resting a hand on the woman's hand Chi looked up at her. "I'm sorry old
one." She said sadly, and headed out of the room.
The intercom crackled as she closed the door to the room, she looked up toward the ceiling were
the system's speaker was, and waited for the voice.
"Would Ms. Chiba please report to the front nurse's desk once she is done with her rounds." Came
the gruff voice of the head nurse, a hard woman who Chi hated. Most likely she's gonna yell at
me again. Chi thought as she rolled the cart into an elevator and had gone to the cafeteria to
drop of the cart.
Usagi looked anxiously down the hallways that intersected with the hospital's main lobby, her
heart racing as she waited for Chi. She spared a glance over at Ami who was looking toward the
lobby door, waiting patently. Turning back she almost gasped as she saw her friend walking
hurriedly down the hall, stopping when she finally noticed Usagi standing there.
Chi backed up a step and Usagi shook her head silently begging the girl to keep coming, it had
taking most of the evening just to Drag Mamoru down here.
Looking worried Chi finished the trip and reported to the head nurse.
"Ma'am?"
The old woman looked at chi disgust obvious on her face. "These three have come to see you, I
told them no visitors during working hours but they said it was an emergency." Shaking her head
the old nurse looked away. "I'll give you the rest of the night off."
Usagi could see Chi looking at her and thanking her, she just nodded and begged that she hurried.
"I thought we could discuss this over some dinner." Usagi said brightly as Chi walked around.
Turning her head slightly Usagi could see the fear in her love's face and smiled at him, wrapping
her arm under his. "Come on Mamo-chan, it will be good."
He nodded and rubbed his hand over Usagi's. "You're right."
Hotoru stood outside the bedroom door, a plate of food resting her hand. She listened to the
sobbing in the room beyond and wanted so badly to just go in a comfort her friend, sighing she
turned around and saw Setsuna standing there.
"She needs time." The woman said her voice low and sad. "What happened, it . . ." Setsuna
shook her head, trying to knock the memories of the day's earlier encounter away from her.
Hotoru set the plate down on the coffee table and looked up at the dark skinned woman. "Tell me,
I - I might be able to help after all from what you have told me, I might understand better then
anyone."
Setsuna nodded seeing the logic in what Hotoru had said.
"Haruka is tainted the dark magics that bonded her to Galaxia still exist in her." Setsuna sad
her voice barely even a whisper.
Hotoru shook her head. "How can that be, I thought Sailor Moon . . ."
"Even that power can only go so far, she isn't a god." Setsuna looked out into the night, her
gaze seeming to be far off to a place that Hotoru knew she would never know. "Not yet." Setsuna
turned back to look at her, her eyes seeming much sadder. "I know so much, but I didn't see
this, any of this." She shook her head. "This wasn't supposed to happen."
Rei sat on the cooling earth; she could feel its warm traveling through her as it left the
ground. She looked up at the woman before her, the wind had died yet her hair still waved
around, her eyes blazed there green light drawn Rei to never leave there stare.
"Why does he love her?" The woman asked, her voice was sweet and warm. "Tell me why."
Rei looked at her, looked at why her eyes seemed to flash with hatred as she spoke. "What do you
mean?" Rei asked.
Why does my Endymion love that little girl more then me?" The woman spat. "Tell me why!"
Rei stood up and slowly back away from the woman. How did she know about Endymion? Rei didn't
let her gave leave the woman's she didn't want to give any reason for trouble.
The woman was on her in less then a heartbeat, she gripped Rei by her throat, lifting the girl
high into the air. "Tell me!" She hissed.
Rei struggled against the woman, darkness creeped around the edges of her vision.
"Answer!" She could her the woman scream as she fell into darkness.
Mamoru looked at the girl before him her dark purple eyes seeming to beg him to accept her. He
sighed and looked back over the papers that Ami had handed him earlier. Damn you Father. The
thought as he read the name on the papers. How could you?
He looked back at the girl; her expression was still the same, hopeful that he would want her.
"I've always held my father in the highest regard." He said at last looking out the small coffee
shop's window, his voice cold and withdrawn. "I remember how he tried his best to keep his eyes
on the road before the accident." He looked back at Chi, and shook his head. "I also remember
how aunt Maya held me as the car tumbled down the cliff face. The doctors said if it wasn't for
her I wouldn't have lived."
Chi went to say something but he put up his hand silencing her. "You want me to believe that my
father and my mothers only family had an affair."
"Mamo-chan." Usagi hissed beside him. He gripped her hand harder, trying to tell her what he
was thinking. "I don't want to believe this." He said looking start into Chi's eyes. "If you
would have told me there in the street that way, I don't know what I would have done." He shook
his head. "It will take some getting used to." He said, a small smile finally appearing on his
face. "If I can handle finding out my daughter had crush on me I can handle this."
He watched as Chi looked at him confused then looked over at Usagi. "Isn't that what you said?"
The door creaked open a blade of light shone in hitting her face. "Go away." She mumbled and
rolled away from the door hugging the pillow in her arms, she could still smell Haruka's sent.
Someone sat on the bed's edge, and she moved away from it, she wanted to be left alone, she
didn't need anyone here. "I said go away!"
"Micheru, I'm sorry." Said Hotoru, her voice low and sad. "I know what she's going through."
The girl's hand rested on Micheru's shoulder.
Micheru turned to look at the girl the pillow still clutched in her arms. "This is different,
she's not possessed."
Hotoru smiled at her, her hand never leaving Micheru's shoulder. "I know, but I felt it too, I
didn't understand it then, but I knew."
Micheru sat up, wiping the tears from her eyes. "What are trying to say? Can you help her?"
Hotoru shook her head, her eyes glancing away.
"I didn't think so." Micheru fell back into the bed and rolled away from Hotoru. "I just need
time."
She waited to Hotoru left the room before getting out of bed again and walked over to the closet.
A sad smile came to her as she picked up the shoebox and brought it to her bed.
She was lost in the darkness that surrounded her, be moved by like a ball on the ocean waves.
She floated aimlessly, trying to concentrate to bring herself back into being, but she couldn't
remember. The darkness swayed, a flicker of light appeared far off she looked at, a beacon in
the stormy sea of her own mind. Slowly she made her way toward it, the darkness pulling and
pushing at her, but she wouldn't let it win her again. Things came to her as she swam through
the darkness, memories, places, people. Everything, she was returning to where they had been,
only one question still remained, the woman with the fiery red hair and bright green eyes.
Rei gasped as she sprang up in her bed, the cool rag that had been on her forehead falling into
her lap. How'd I get here? She wondered as she looked at her room, turning a soft smile graced
her face as she saw Yuuichirou passed out next to her door. She slowly stood hr blanket dragging
on the floor. "Thank you." She whispered to her sleeping savior and placed the blanket around
him. She ran her hand on his scruffy cheek then turned back to her bed, tomorrow was the start
of the spring festival she had a lot to worry about.
She closed her eyes, and let the darkness take hold of her, faraway in the void of her mind green
eyes stared back at her.
Haruka sat on the hood of her car, the warmth of the cooling engine rising through her. She
looked out over the lights of the city, her mind focused more so then it had been in years, her
gaze turning always to the tower. "Where are you?" She whispered. "Where can you be hiding?"
Jumping off the hood Haruka walked over the rail of the lookout site and gripped a hold of it,
her face twisting as anger rose up from her blackening heart. "I will find you!" She screamed.
"I will not let you beat me!"
She turned away and headed back to the car a cold breeze blew through the night.
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Twelve:
Her skin was ruddy from the fire's heat, her brow covered with sweat, her eyes were clenched
close, her mind using its own senses, trying to probe for a grain of truth. Rei had been in
front of the fires for most of the day, her mind desperately trying to unravel the truth of her
nightmares.
She growled in frustration, her eyes shooting open staring into the depths of the fire, nothing
had come to her.
Slowly she picked herself up, working out the kinks in her back and neck. She looked at the
fires one last time before turning and heading to the large courtyard of the shrine.
A cool breeze ran through the night air, chilling her, wrapping her arms around herself she
walked through the courtyard, her eyes looking into the sky. It was a beautiful night; clear of
clouds and the lights of the city she could see every wonder of the heavens. A smile came to her
the beauty of the nature around her driving the darkness of her dreams far away.
Another breeze blew by colder then the previous, and a group of raven sprang from a near by tree
their caws making the cold of the breeze chill her to her bone. She looked back at the shrine
wondering if she should go back, try her readings again, but decided against it and continued to
walk through the nature that surrounded the old shrine.
Rei stopped near a group of trees and looked at the small pond, the pale light of the moon
reflecting off its glassy surface. She smiled her heart content.
A shadow appeared on the far side of the pond and made her jump, it's sudden appearance making
her jump. Rei narrowed her eyes and stared at the figure.
It was a woman, her form nude, she walked along the edge of the lake watching its still waters,
Rei could she her long hair which appeared red in the light of the moon flowing with the winds
and seeming to melt into the shadows.
The woman her bright green eyes which shone with a light of their own staring at Rei. The
woman's hand rose asking for Rei to join her. She could do nothing but obey. Those eye
commanded obedience.
Chi walked the halls of the hospital the cart of food whining in front of her desperately begging
to be oiled. She stopped and took a tray of the cart, and disappeared into the room, she was
happy this was the last room.
The old woman was asleep in the narrow hospital bed, the machines beside her beep rhythmically.
Chi looked at the woman and her heart sank, she knew the woman hadn't much time left her body was
filled with cancer. Resting a hand on the woman's hand Chi looked up at her. "I'm sorry old
one." She said sadly, and headed out of the room.
The intercom crackled as she closed the door to the room, she looked up toward the ceiling were
the system's speaker was, and waited for the voice.
"Would Ms. Chiba please report to the front nurse's desk once she is done with her rounds." Came
the gruff voice of the head nurse, a hard woman who Chi hated. Most likely she's gonna yell at
me again. Chi thought as she rolled the cart into an elevator and had gone to the cafeteria to
drop of the cart.
Usagi looked anxiously down the hallways that intersected with the hospital's main lobby, her
heart racing as she waited for Chi. She spared a glance over at Ami who was looking toward the
lobby door, waiting patently. Turning back she almost gasped as she saw her friend walking
hurriedly down the hall, stopping when she finally noticed Usagi standing there.
Chi backed up a step and Usagi shook her head silently begging the girl to keep coming, it had
taking most of the evening just to Drag Mamoru down here.
Looking worried Chi finished the trip and reported to the head nurse.
"Ma'am?"
The old woman looked at chi disgust obvious on her face. "These three have come to see you, I
told them no visitors during working hours but they said it was an emergency." Shaking her head
the old nurse looked away. "I'll give you the rest of the night off."
Usagi could see Chi looking at her and thanking her, she just nodded and begged that she hurried.
"I thought we could discuss this over some dinner." Usagi said brightly as Chi walked around.
Turning her head slightly Usagi could see the fear in her love's face and smiled at him, wrapping
her arm under his. "Come on Mamo-chan, it will be good."
He nodded and rubbed his hand over Usagi's. "You're right."
Hotoru stood outside the bedroom door, a plate of food resting her hand. She listened to the
sobbing in the room beyond and wanted so badly to just go in a comfort her friend, sighing she
turned around and saw Setsuna standing there.
"She needs time." The woman said her voice low and sad. "What happened, it . . ." Setsuna
shook her head, trying to knock the memories of the day's earlier encounter away from her.
Hotoru set the plate down on the coffee table and looked up at the dark skinned woman. "Tell me,
I - I might be able to help after all from what you have told me, I might understand better then
anyone."
Setsuna nodded seeing the logic in what Hotoru had said.
"Haruka is tainted the dark magics that bonded her to Galaxia still exist in her." Setsuna sad
her voice barely even a whisper.
Hotoru shook her head. "How can that be, I thought Sailor Moon . . ."
"Even that power can only go so far, she isn't a god." Setsuna looked out into the night, her
gaze seeming to be far off to a place that Hotoru knew she would never know. "Not yet." Setsuna
turned back to look at her, her eyes seeming much sadder. "I know so much, but I didn't see
this, any of this." She shook her head. "This wasn't supposed to happen."
Rei sat on the cooling earth; she could feel its warm traveling through her as it left the
ground. She looked up at the woman before her, the wind had died yet her hair still waved
around, her eyes blazed there green light drawn Rei to never leave there stare.
"Why does he love her?" The woman asked, her voice was sweet and warm. "Tell me why."
Rei looked at her, looked at why her eyes seemed to flash with hatred as she spoke. "What do you
mean?" Rei asked.
Why does my Endymion love that little girl more then me?" The woman spat. "Tell me why!"
Rei stood up and slowly back away from the woman. How did she know about Endymion? Rei didn't
let her gave leave the woman's she didn't want to give any reason for trouble.
The woman was on her in less then a heartbeat, she gripped Rei by her throat, lifting the girl
high into the air. "Tell me!" She hissed.
Rei struggled against the woman, darkness creeped around the edges of her vision.
"Answer!" She could her the woman scream as she fell into darkness.
Mamoru looked at the girl before him her dark purple eyes seeming to beg him to accept her. He
sighed and looked back over the papers that Ami had handed him earlier. Damn you Father. The
thought as he read the name on the papers. How could you?
He looked back at the girl; her expression was still the same, hopeful that he would want her.
"I've always held my father in the highest regard." He said at last looking out the small coffee
shop's window, his voice cold and withdrawn. "I remember how he tried his best to keep his eyes
on the road before the accident." He looked back at Chi, and shook his head. "I also remember
how aunt Maya held me as the car tumbled down the cliff face. The doctors said if it wasn't for
her I wouldn't have lived."
Chi went to say something but he put up his hand silencing her. "You want me to believe that my
father and my mothers only family had an affair."
"Mamo-chan." Usagi hissed beside him. He gripped her hand harder, trying to tell her what he
was thinking. "I don't want to believe this." He said looking start into Chi's eyes. "If you
would have told me there in the street that way, I don't know what I would have done." He shook
his head. "It will take some getting used to." He said, a small smile finally appearing on his
face. "If I can handle finding out my daughter had crush on me I can handle this."
He watched as Chi looked at him confused then looked over at Usagi. "Isn't that what you said?"
The door creaked open a blade of light shone in hitting her face. "Go away." She mumbled and
rolled away from the door hugging the pillow in her arms, she could still smell Haruka's sent.
Someone sat on the bed's edge, and she moved away from it, she wanted to be left alone, she
didn't need anyone here. "I said go away!"
"Micheru, I'm sorry." Said Hotoru, her voice low and sad. "I know what she's going through."
The girl's hand rested on Micheru's shoulder.
Micheru turned to look at the girl the pillow still clutched in her arms. "This is different,
she's not possessed."
Hotoru smiled at her, her hand never leaving Micheru's shoulder. "I know, but I felt it too, I
didn't understand it then, but I knew."
Micheru sat up, wiping the tears from her eyes. "What are trying to say? Can you help her?"
Hotoru shook her head, her eyes glancing away.
"I didn't think so." Micheru fell back into the bed and rolled away from Hotoru. "I just need
time."
She waited to Hotoru left the room before getting out of bed again and walked over to the closet.
A sad smile came to her as she picked up the shoebox and brought it to her bed.
She was lost in the darkness that surrounded her, be moved by like a ball on the ocean waves.
She floated aimlessly, trying to concentrate to bring herself back into being, but she couldn't
remember. The darkness swayed, a flicker of light appeared far off she looked at, a beacon in
the stormy sea of her own mind. Slowly she made her way toward it, the darkness pulling and
pushing at her, but she wouldn't let it win her again. Things came to her as she swam through
the darkness, memories, places, people. Everything, she was returning to where they had been,
only one question still remained, the woman with the fiery red hair and bright green eyes.
Rei gasped as she sprang up in her bed, the cool rag that had been on her forehead falling into
her lap. How'd I get here? She wondered as she looked at her room, turning a soft smile graced
her face as she saw Yuuichirou passed out next to her door. She slowly stood hr blanket dragging
on the floor. "Thank you." She whispered to her sleeping savior and placed the blanket around
him. She ran her hand on his scruffy cheek then turned back to her bed, tomorrow was the start
of the spring festival she had a lot to worry about.
She closed her eyes, and let the darkness take hold of her, faraway in the void of her mind green
eyes stared back at her.
Haruka sat on the hood of her car, the warmth of the cooling engine rising through her. She
looked out over the lights of the city, her mind focused more so then it had been in years, her
gaze turning always to the tower. "Where are you?" She whispered. "Where can you be hiding?"
Jumping off the hood Haruka walked over the rail of the lookout site and gripped a hold of it,
her face twisting as anger rose up from her blackening heart. "I will find you!" She screamed.
"I will not let you beat me!"
She turned away and headed back to the car a cold breeze blew through the night.