Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Fifteen:
The wind blew through Micheru's hair as she watched the city from the roof of her apartment.
Lights passed by in the distance as cars traveled through the streets of the shopping distracts.
The wind carried to her the faint sound of music coming from the clubs. She smiled slightly;
she felt relaxed the wind caressing her, singing to her. It wasn't surprising really; to her
Haruka was the wind. Why not take comfort in something so like the one you love?
She turned to see Setsuna standing by the entranceway, a somber look on the woman's face.
"What is it?" Micheru asked, her voice sounding colder then she had meant.
"This hasn't happened." Setsuna said, her voice the quite song it always was.
Micheru walked closer to her, clutching her robe around her trim figure. "I don't understand."
She said shaking her head, not just referring to the gain of information that her friend had just
giving her.
Setsuna rested her hand on Micheru's shoulder, and she couldn't help but feel thankful for
friends support. No there was no way she couldn't feel thankful, or guilty. "Haruka." She
whispered.
"I understand." Setsuna said, removing her hand and walking toward the building's edge. "It's
beautiful, don't you think?"
Micheru walked up beside her, and saw the pain on the woman's face. "Your power isn't elemental.
You shouldn't . . ."
Setsuna put up her hand wishing for silence.
Time passed, the moon low over the horizon when next Setsuna spoke. "I've loved this time." She
said, her whispered voice so sad. "I know what's to become of me as well." Micheru watched as a
few tears glided down her tanned cheeks. "And now I wonder, if this might change that." She
looked over to Micheru and for the first time she could see all the responsibility that would
rest on her friend's shoulders. "Do you understand what its like to know what's going to happen
to everyone? To know that friends will die, that you'll bury your father and mother, and every
descendent of your family until you have to disappear?"
Micheru gripped her friend's arm, and held it tight. How could she betray her? How could she
think it? Always Haruka and her had looked to Setsuna; she was always the one they thought could
handle even the worst problem. But now? "I'm sorry." Was all she could manage. "I didn't
know."
Setsuna shook her head, and wiped the few tears from her face. "It's alright, you're not
supposed to know." She turned away and headed back. "Hotoru came back from her visit." She
said stopping to look back at Micheru. "The future queen knows."
Micheru nodded and turned back to watch as the sun's first rays rose over the city. She had so
much to think about. So much to consider. "I'm sorry Haruka." She whispered once she knew
Setsuna was gone. "I'm so, so sorry." A warming breeze wrapped around her as if in answer.
Chi looked up at her ceiling. So bare, so white, so different. Why am I here? She thought as
she rolled over trying to block out the call of the morning birds. Was it just to hurt him? She
sighed, her eyes closing, the memories of just a few hours ago flooding back to her.
"You just called me Endymion." Her brother said, the shock and disbelieve evident in his voice.
"How - how did you hear that name?"
Chi stepped back fear overwhelming her. "It's nothing Oni-chan." She said trying to sound
bright. "Just a joke, ha ha, funny right?"
"Did Usako tell you that?" He persisted it.
She was by the door now, she could feel the hard wood pressing on her back, all she would have to
do was turn the handle, run. "Oni-chan don't, please." She sobbed.
Mamoru turned away from her. "What is it, Chi?"
"I'm sorry." Chi said walking over to him and hugging him from behind. "I haven't had family
for so long, but now I found you and there's Usako."
"I - I need time to think." Mamoru said his voice flat and almost cold.
All Chi did was nod and go off to her room. Where she had been since.
Chi growled and rolled over in her bed, flinging the pillow at her window. "Stupid birds!" She
screamed. "Stupid me?" She said her voice barely a whisper. She looked over at her clock, and
felt like crying, she didn't want to go to school, not today.
She walked into the living room, tucking her blouse into her skirt and saw a note wrapped into a
bouquet of red rose. She shook her head and walked over picking the flowers up and smelling
them. "Not as good as mine." She mumbled, a small smile on her face. After placing the roses
in a vase she looked at the note.
Be back late, dinner in frig. M
Looking toward the door she dropped the note onto the table. At least he had given her time to
think. "Plus." She added happily as she locked the door and headed down the hall. "I don't
have to cook now."
Usagi waved as she saw Chi rounding the corner to the school. "Come on!" She yelled toward her
friend. "We got five minutes!"
As they finished there walk into the school Usagi could see the dark rings under Chi's eyes.
"You alright?" She asked looking at her friend with concern.
Chi nodded at her and smiled. "Yeah, I just have a lot on my mind."
"Like?"
Chi laughed and shook her head. "Like the fact I slipped and called him Endymion last night."
"So he knows now?" Usagi asked, relieve in her voice.
"Nope. I'm going to try tonight."
"Want me there."
"Sure, I can use the help."
Usagi nodded just as the bell rang, and the two girls headed off toward their class.
Chi sat looking toward the blackboard, watching as the teacher wrote done the notes. She sighed,
and turned to look at Usagi, a small smile crossing her face as she watched her friend slumped
over in her chair sleeping. Not even ten minutes into class. Chi thought, as she watched her
friend.
"Ms. Chiba!" Yelled the teacher, making Chi jump in her chair. She turned to see the teacher
only a few feet away. All eyes in the class were on her.
"Ye - yes sir." Chi said her voice shaking.
The teacher shook his head. "Ms. Tsukino!"
Chi turned to see Usagi jump up and fall out of her seat. The teacher sighed. "Both of you in
the hall!"
Chi leaned against the wall and looked over at Usagi. "This is your fault." She mumbled.
"What!" Usagi hissed. "How is this my fault?!"
"Well." Chi said, a large smile growing on her face. "If you hadn't looked so cute sleeping I
wouldn't have been caught." Chi stifled a laugh as Usagi started to turn red. "I was joking."
"I really hate you." Usagi murmured, and turned away from Chi.
"Usako." Chi said lowly, not sure if her friend meant it or not. "I was only joking."
"So what did you two do on your date?" Mamoru asked coldly as he walked out of his class,
Shinneri by his side.
"Notting much Chiba. We went out to see a movie, got some dinner." Shinneri looked over at him,
and smiled slyly. "You jealousy?"
Mamoru growled, and looked over at Shinneri, his eyes blazing. "I've known Makoto for a long
time. You touch her I'll kill you." Mamoru pushed away from Shinneri and continued down the
hall, hoping that he had stopped this.
"Hey man, let the lady make her own choice!" Shinneri called back.
Mamoru turned to face the man. "Listen Shinneri, I'm trying to be nice here. Stay with her if
you want, but do one thing, anything to upset her, and I'll be your worst problem!" Mamoru
turned again. "Got that?" He said as he started down the hallway.
Makoto groaned as she tried to stand, regretting it almost instantly. Nausea washed over her as
she stumbled in the darkness around her, and fell against a wall. She leaned there breathing
deeply and waited while the nausea slowly faded. Standing again she walked through the darkness.
Where am I? She thought, as she found another wall only five feet from the one she had been
leaning on. Shinneri! Her mind screamed.
"Shinneri!" She screamed, her voice echoing in the darkness. "Shinneri!" She waited, the dark
around her unyielding. There was no answer. Sighing she slid down the wall till she touched the
hard cold floor. What the hell was going on?
She closed her eyes almost welcoming the inner darkness, at that darkness she knew. Slowly she
drifted to sleep, and was welcomed by a woman she had never met, a woman whose eyes blazed like a
green fire.
Come to me. Whispered a soft breeze that wrapped around and caressed her like a lover.
Ami ran out into the courtyard, her face a mixture of fear and joy. "Usagi-chan!" She screamed
and ran over to her friend. "You won't believe this. I'm going on a trip with my mother this
weekend."
Usagi smiled. "That's great Ami, bring back a gift for me." She laughed.
"Yeah me too." Chi chimed in appearing against the sakura they always ate lunch under.
Ami smiled and nodded. "I don't know what to do thought." She looked away, back toward the
school, wondering if should have even agreed to the trip. "The last time I really did anything
with her, I was nine." Ami smiled nervously and looked back at her friends. "I really don't
understand my problem."
"That's easy Ami." Ami jumped and turned to see Minako only a foot or two away, she had never
heard the girl approach. Turning back to Chi and Usagi she knew that they thought the same.
Minako sat down next to Usagi and wrapped her arm around her friend, which if Ami noticed right,
caused Chi to get a little upset.
"Besides." Minako said, leaning closer to Usagi. "It gives me time to tell Usagi-chan all the
juice gossip and Mako-chan's boy toy." She smiled slyly and looked back at Ami. "You don't mind
do you Ami?"
Ami shook her head, and looked again at Chi who looked about to kill. "Chi, you all right?" Ami
asked, as she was getting worried about the girl's looks toward Minako.
Chi jumped and looked at Ami, a nervous smile on her face. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
Ami smiled. "Nothing."
Haruka waited outside the collage, her hands gripped tightly around the handles of her bike. She
knew her mission, all she had to do was get him to Lillith and all this would be over. "Sorry,
Odango." She whispered, as she flipped down her visor, and waited for her prey.
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Fifteen:
The wind blew through Micheru's hair as she watched the city from the roof of her apartment.
Lights passed by in the distance as cars traveled through the streets of the shopping distracts.
The wind carried to her the faint sound of music coming from the clubs. She smiled slightly;
she felt relaxed the wind caressing her, singing to her. It wasn't surprising really; to her
Haruka was the wind. Why not take comfort in something so like the one you love?
She turned to see Setsuna standing by the entranceway, a somber look on the woman's face.
"What is it?" Micheru asked, her voice sounding colder then she had meant.
"This hasn't happened." Setsuna said, her voice the quite song it always was.
Micheru walked closer to her, clutching her robe around her trim figure. "I don't understand."
She said shaking her head, not just referring to the gain of information that her friend had just
giving her.
Setsuna rested her hand on Micheru's shoulder, and she couldn't help but feel thankful for
friends support. No there was no way she couldn't feel thankful, or guilty. "Haruka." She
whispered.
"I understand." Setsuna said, removing her hand and walking toward the building's edge. "It's
beautiful, don't you think?"
Micheru walked up beside her, and saw the pain on the woman's face. "Your power isn't elemental.
You shouldn't . . ."
Setsuna put up her hand wishing for silence.
Time passed, the moon low over the horizon when next Setsuna spoke. "I've loved this time." She
said, her whispered voice so sad. "I know what's to become of me as well." Micheru watched as a
few tears glided down her tanned cheeks. "And now I wonder, if this might change that." She
looked over to Micheru and for the first time she could see all the responsibility that would
rest on her friend's shoulders. "Do you understand what its like to know what's going to happen
to everyone? To know that friends will die, that you'll bury your father and mother, and every
descendent of your family until you have to disappear?"
Micheru gripped her friend's arm, and held it tight. How could she betray her? How could she
think it? Always Haruka and her had looked to Setsuna; she was always the one they thought could
handle even the worst problem. But now? "I'm sorry." Was all she could manage. "I didn't
know."
Setsuna shook her head, and wiped the few tears from her face. "It's alright, you're not
supposed to know." She turned away and headed back. "Hotoru came back from her visit." She
said stopping to look back at Micheru. "The future queen knows."
Micheru nodded and turned back to watch as the sun's first rays rose over the city. She had so
much to think about. So much to consider. "I'm sorry Haruka." She whispered once she knew
Setsuna was gone. "I'm so, so sorry." A warming breeze wrapped around her as if in answer.
Chi looked up at her ceiling. So bare, so white, so different. Why am I here? She thought as
she rolled over trying to block out the call of the morning birds. Was it just to hurt him? She
sighed, her eyes closing, the memories of just a few hours ago flooding back to her.
"You just called me Endymion." Her brother said, the shock and disbelieve evident in his voice.
"How - how did you hear that name?"
Chi stepped back fear overwhelming her. "It's nothing Oni-chan." She said trying to sound
bright. "Just a joke, ha ha, funny right?"
"Did Usako tell you that?" He persisted it.
She was by the door now, she could feel the hard wood pressing on her back, all she would have to
do was turn the handle, run. "Oni-chan don't, please." She sobbed.
Mamoru turned away from her. "What is it, Chi?"
"I'm sorry." Chi said walking over to him and hugging him from behind. "I haven't had family
for so long, but now I found you and there's Usako."
"I - I need time to think." Mamoru said his voice flat and almost cold.
All Chi did was nod and go off to her room. Where she had been since.
Chi growled and rolled over in her bed, flinging the pillow at her window. "Stupid birds!" She
screamed. "Stupid me?" She said her voice barely a whisper. She looked over at her clock, and
felt like crying, she didn't want to go to school, not today.
She walked into the living room, tucking her blouse into her skirt and saw a note wrapped into a
bouquet of red rose. She shook her head and walked over picking the flowers up and smelling
them. "Not as good as mine." She mumbled, a small smile on her face. After placing the roses
in a vase she looked at the note.
Be back late, dinner in frig. M
Looking toward the door she dropped the note onto the table. At least he had given her time to
think. "Plus." She added happily as she locked the door and headed down the hall. "I don't
have to cook now."
Usagi waved as she saw Chi rounding the corner to the school. "Come on!" She yelled toward her
friend. "We got five minutes!"
As they finished there walk into the school Usagi could see the dark rings under Chi's eyes.
"You alright?" She asked looking at her friend with concern.
Chi nodded at her and smiled. "Yeah, I just have a lot on my mind."
"Like?"
Chi laughed and shook her head. "Like the fact I slipped and called him Endymion last night."
"So he knows now?" Usagi asked, relieve in her voice.
"Nope. I'm going to try tonight."
"Want me there."
"Sure, I can use the help."
Usagi nodded just as the bell rang, and the two girls headed off toward their class.
Chi sat looking toward the blackboard, watching as the teacher wrote done the notes. She sighed,
and turned to look at Usagi, a small smile crossing her face as she watched her friend slumped
over in her chair sleeping. Not even ten minutes into class. Chi thought, as she watched her
friend.
"Ms. Chiba!" Yelled the teacher, making Chi jump in her chair. She turned to see the teacher
only a few feet away. All eyes in the class were on her.
"Ye - yes sir." Chi said her voice shaking.
The teacher shook his head. "Ms. Tsukino!"
Chi turned to see Usagi jump up and fall out of her seat. The teacher sighed. "Both of you in
the hall!"
Chi leaned against the wall and looked over at Usagi. "This is your fault." She mumbled.
"What!" Usagi hissed. "How is this my fault?!"
"Well." Chi said, a large smile growing on her face. "If you hadn't looked so cute sleeping I
wouldn't have been caught." Chi stifled a laugh as Usagi started to turn red. "I was joking."
"I really hate you." Usagi murmured, and turned away from Chi.
"Usako." Chi said lowly, not sure if her friend meant it or not. "I was only joking."
"So what did you two do on your date?" Mamoru asked coldly as he walked out of his class,
Shinneri by his side.
"Notting much Chiba. We went out to see a movie, got some dinner." Shinneri looked over at him,
and smiled slyly. "You jealousy?"
Mamoru growled, and looked over at Shinneri, his eyes blazing. "I've known Makoto for a long
time. You touch her I'll kill you." Mamoru pushed away from Shinneri and continued down the
hall, hoping that he had stopped this.
"Hey man, let the lady make her own choice!" Shinneri called back.
Mamoru turned to face the man. "Listen Shinneri, I'm trying to be nice here. Stay with her if
you want, but do one thing, anything to upset her, and I'll be your worst problem!" Mamoru
turned again. "Got that?" He said as he started down the hallway.
Makoto groaned as she tried to stand, regretting it almost instantly. Nausea washed over her as
she stumbled in the darkness around her, and fell against a wall. She leaned there breathing
deeply and waited while the nausea slowly faded. Standing again she walked through the darkness.
Where am I? She thought, as she found another wall only five feet from the one she had been
leaning on. Shinneri! Her mind screamed.
"Shinneri!" She screamed, her voice echoing in the darkness. "Shinneri!" She waited, the dark
around her unyielding. There was no answer. Sighing she slid down the wall till she touched the
hard cold floor. What the hell was going on?
She closed her eyes almost welcoming the inner darkness, at that darkness she knew. Slowly she
drifted to sleep, and was welcomed by a woman she had never met, a woman whose eyes blazed like a
green fire.
Come to me. Whispered a soft breeze that wrapped around and caressed her like a lover.
Ami ran out into the courtyard, her face a mixture of fear and joy. "Usagi-chan!" She screamed
and ran over to her friend. "You won't believe this. I'm going on a trip with my mother this
weekend."
Usagi smiled. "That's great Ami, bring back a gift for me." She laughed.
"Yeah me too." Chi chimed in appearing against the sakura they always ate lunch under.
Ami smiled and nodded. "I don't know what to do thought." She looked away, back toward the
school, wondering if should have even agreed to the trip. "The last time I really did anything
with her, I was nine." Ami smiled nervously and looked back at her friends. "I really don't
understand my problem."
"That's easy Ami." Ami jumped and turned to see Minako only a foot or two away, she had never
heard the girl approach. Turning back to Chi and Usagi she knew that they thought the same.
Minako sat down next to Usagi and wrapped her arm around her friend, which if Ami noticed right,
caused Chi to get a little upset.
"Besides." Minako said, leaning closer to Usagi. "It gives me time to tell Usagi-chan all the
juice gossip and Mako-chan's boy toy." She smiled slyly and looked back at Ami. "You don't mind
do you Ami?"
Ami shook her head, and looked again at Chi who looked about to kill. "Chi, you all right?" Ami
asked, as she was getting worried about the girl's looks toward Minako.
Chi jumped and looked at Ami, a nervous smile on her face. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
Ami smiled. "Nothing."
Haruka waited outside the collage, her hands gripped tightly around the handles of her bike. She
knew her mission, all she had to do was get him to Lillith and all this would be over. "Sorry,
Odango." She whispered, as she flipped down her visor, and waited for her prey.