Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Eighteen:
"Father, you sent for me?" Asked Usa as she entered the large study.
"Ah, yes." Said her father from a corner desk. He looked up at her and smiled as he put down
the book he was reading, Usa could make out its title, Hebrew Legends.
She stepped further into the study, growling inwardly at how slow the dress made her walk.
She waited slightly as her father slowly stood, and creaked his back and neck. He looked back
over at her his smile was gone, his face looked haggard and worn. He must have been up for days.
He walked over to her, and held her shoulders. "I need you to do me a favor kitten." He said
softly. "You're mother can't know, she wouldn't approve."
Usa nodded; she knew her father would never do anything behind her mother's back unless it was
very important.
"How will I know?" She asked, her voice shaking from the story her father told her.
The smile returned to her father's face. "You'll know kitten, the same way I did." His voice
was soft as he touched his heart with his finger.
Usa nodded again, and went to leave the room. "Just let me get a few things, I have this
wonderful gift I want to . . ."
"No!" Her father interrupted, his voice like thunder, making Usa jump and slowly turn to face
her father. "You must go now!"
"But, father . . ."
"Now!" He insisted.
Usa nodded, and hurried made her way to the palace's must guarded secret, the Gate of Time and
Space.
Usa shook her head. "Sister." She said again to the tall black haired girl that stood before
her, her hand going up to rest between her breasts.
"You'll know kitten, the same way I did." Her father's voice repeated in her mind.
"That's right." The woman, Chi said, her eyes narrowing on Usa. "Who are you?"
"I - I'm Usa." She stammered. "I- Is Mamo-chan home."
The woman seemed to lighten a bit and she smiled. "Of course give me a sec I'll get him, you can
all wait in the living room."
Usa smiled and nodded. "Thanks."
Chi peeked her head into the living room to see if the woman she had let in were not causing
trouble. She reluctantly waved to the pinked haired one who insisted on waving at her every time
she looked back in.
Shaking her head and grumbling to herself, Chi made her way to her brother's room, through the
mess of yet unpacked boxes that still littered the hallway.
"Hey Mamo-chan!" She called out as she opened the door. "Some . . ." Chi stupid in mid
sentence as she watched Usagi and her brother making out on his bed. Sighing she walked over to
the bed. "Will you to get a room." She groaned.
Usagi pulled away from Mamoru a goofy grin on her face. "I thought we were in a room." She
laughed.
Chi shook her head, ignoring the need to slap her friend silly and looked over at her brother who
had turned a shade of red. "Anyway, if you two can hold of the hormones for a little, you got
guest."
"Who?" Mamoru asked as he straightened out his shirt and started to the door.
"I dunno? Said her name was Usa."
"Usa!" Usagi screamed, as she scrambled off the bed and ran toward the door pushing Mamoru out
of the way.
Usagi skidded around the corner into the living room. "Chibi Usa?" She asked, her voice low in
shock as her eyes fixed on the tall girl that stood next to the balcony doors.
The girl smiled. "Hi Usagi, it's been a long time huh?"
Usagi nodded, still in shook at seeing a girl she remembered being shorter then her, now standing
almost as tall as Mamoru.
"You - You looked good." Usagi managed to say as she walked over to the girl. "You're really
Chibi Usa?"
The girl sighed. "Yes Usagi! And please its just Usa now, I'm sixteen after all."
Haruka raced down the wet streets of Tokyo's downtown, the city lights reflecting off the dark
helmet she wore.
She hugged a corner as she turned into a narrow alley, barely missing to kids as they slowly
walked across the street, holding each other's hands.
Haruka hissed at the sight, she couldn't have that anymore. "I'm sorry love." She whispered as
she tried to remember her love's smell. She sighed, as she realized she barely knew Micheru
anymore, almost everything she once could have given in detail had fled her mind and heart. She
new it was the darkness that had done this to her, that had robbed her of the one thing she had
left.
Ignoring the cold tears that ran down her face, Haruka rode off into the neon lit streets of the
red light district.
The music swirled around her, invading her senses as she entered the club. Haruka sighed as she
walked down onto the main dance floor and saw the blond wildly dancing to the heavy techno that
was playing above. "I hate this music." She whispered as she pushed her way through the densely
packed dance floor over to where the blond was.
"What the hell you doing!" The blond protested as Haruka grabbed her arm.
"Shut up child!" She hissed as she pulled her to the edge of the floor and swung her into a
nearby couch.
"What's wrong with you?" The blond said as she straightened her hair.
"How's are guest?" She asked as she sat down in a chair near the blond.
The blond shrugged. "As best as she can be considering."
Haruka smiled. "Considering?"
The blond sighed. "Considering." She said with a sarcastic tune. "That she was kidnapped by to
people she considers friends."
Haruka stood, and quickly grabbed a cigarette out of someone's mouth and let it fall to the
floor. "No smoking please." She said with a smile as her fist meet with the guy's face. She
turned back to the blond, the smile growing even more feral. "Let's go visit or dear Makoto."
The blond stared at her for a moment before rising off the couch. "Alright." She said, her
voice hardly containing her fear.
Chi poured the tea into the final cup, and looked over at Usagi. "So that girl's your daughter?"
She asked, not able to conceal the shock that still sat in her mind.
Usagi nodded, as she brought the tray with the other cups of tea over to Chi.
"But, she's almost as old as you."
Usagi shrugged as she placed the tray down on the table, and turned to get some snacks for the
refrigerator. "She's from the future." She said simply as she moved from the refrigerator to
the cabinets."
"Future? How the hell can she be from the future?"
Usagi laughed as she lifted a package of cookies out of the cabinet and brought it over to the
table. "Trust me, when I say just let it be." Usagi smiled at her friend, and went to putting
the cookies on the tray. "In my world too many questions are a bad thing." Usagi lifted the
tray and headed for the living room leaving Chi alone in the kitchen.
Chi sank down into a chair as she watched Usagi go. "Your world?" She whispered.
Usagi sighed as she put down the tray of snacks. "It's raining again." She mumbled.
Makoto threw her arms around her face as light surged into the darkness. With a small grunt she
picked herself up and stood, waiting to see what happened next.
"Well, you're still alive." Came a cold familiar voice. "That's good."
Makoto blinked her eyes slowly getting used to the sudden light. She could tell that two figures
stood before her. "Who are you?!" She yelled.
One of them sighed. "Oh please Makoto, don't tell me you don't know me."
Makoto blinked again and almost gasped as she recognized the two people standing before her.
"This has got to be a dream." She whispered.
"No dream love." Haruka said as she stepped closer to her. "It's all to real." Her hand flew
up hitting the wall, only inches from Makoto's face. She smiled, and Makoto could feel herself
cringe at the coldness of that smile. "Now listen, because I'm only going to ask once."
Makoto nodded, she had no other choice, they out numbered her. "Tell me first, what happened to
Shinneri?"
Minako spoke up from behind Haruka. "He's safe, we had no use for him."
Haruka's cold smile grew. "Now like I was saying." Her other hand flew up hitting the wall on
Makoto's other side, trapping her. "There is something on this world, a person that is slowly
draining us of our powers."
Makoto nodded.
"I want you to help us find who ever it is and get ride of them."
"Is it an enemy?" Makoto asked, some strength returning to her voice.
"No, must likely not."
"Then I won't help! I won't hurt some innocent just to keep my powers!"
"Foolish child!" Haruka screamed as her knee buried itself into Makoto stomach. "You will help
us!"
"No." Makoto coughed.
Haruka growled as she grabbed her by her hair and flung her into the other wall.
Makoto groaned as she tried to get to her feet, wiping blood off of her chin. Haruka walked over
to her picking her up by her hair. Makoto screamed in pain as she was lifted to eye level with
the woman.
"This is your last chance." Haruka hissed.
"No."
Haruka screamed as she slammed Makoto's body into the wall. Makoto tried to scream out in pain
but couldn't. Again she was thrust into the wall.
"Stop it!" Minako suddenly screamed. "We didn't come here to kill her."
Makoto was dropped to the floor. Haruka spit on her and left the room.
"Will you be alright right?" Minako asked as she bent down next to her. "Do you need anything?"
Makoto pushed away from the girl and rolled up next to the wall. "I . . . Don't . . . Need
you're . . . sympathy . . . Traitor."
"I see." Minako said as she stood. Slowly the light left the room and Makoto was again left in
darkness.
"So why are you here?" Mamoru asked her as she took a sip of her tea.
Usa put up a finger, asking him to wait and quickly finished her tea. "Father sent me." She
said, her eyes looking over toward Chi. "He told me to come back to stop something."
"What?" Hotoru asked from beside her, her hand resting on her friend's shoulder.
Usa sighed, and tried to break her eyes away from Chi, but couldn't. "I'm supposed to stop a
death."
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Eighteen:
"Father, you sent for me?" Asked Usa as she entered the large study.
"Ah, yes." Said her father from a corner desk. He looked up at her and smiled as he put down
the book he was reading, Usa could make out its title, Hebrew Legends.
She stepped further into the study, growling inwardly at how slow the dress made her walk.
She waited slightly as her father slowly stood, and creaked his back and neck. He looked back
over at her his smile was gone, his face looked haggard and worn. He must have been up for days.
He walked over to her, and held her shoulders. "I need you to do me a favor kitten." He said
softly. "You're mother can't know, she wouldn't approve."
Usa nodded; she knew her father would never do anything behind her mother's back unless it was
very important.
"How will I know?" She asked, her voice shaking from the story her father told her.
The smile returned to her father's face. "You'll know kitten, the same way I did." His voice
was soft as he touched his heart with his finger.
Usa nodded again, and went to leave the room. "Just let me get a few things, I have this
wonderful gift I want to . . ."
"No!" Her father interrupted, his voice like thunder, making Usa jump and slowly turn to face
her father. "You must go now!"
"But, father . . ."
"Now!" He insisted.
Usa nodded, and hurried made her way to the palace's must guarded secret, the Gate of Time and
Space.
Usa shook her head. "Sister." She said again to the tall black haired girl that stood before
her, her hand going up to rest between her breasts.
"You'll know kitten, the same way I did." Her father's voice repeated in her mind.
"That's right." The woman, Chi said, her eyes narrowing on Usa. "Who are you?"
"I - I'm Usa." She stammered. "I- Is Mamo-chan home."
The woman seemed to lighten a bit and she smiled. "Of course give me a sec I'll get him, you can
all wait in the living room."
Usa smiled and nodded. "Thanks."
Chi peeked her head into the living room to see if the woman she had let in were not causing
trouble. She reluctantly waved to the pinked haired one who insisted on waving at her every time
she looked back in.
Shaking her head and grumbling to herself, Chi made her way to her brother's room, through the
mess of yet unpacked boxes that still littered the hallway.
"Hey Mamo-chan!" She called out as she opened the door. "Some . . ." Chi stupid in mid
sentence as she watched Usagi and her brother making out on his bed. Sighing she walked over to
the bed. "Will you to get a room." She groaned.
Usagi pulled away from Mamoru a goofy grin on her face. "I thought we were in a room." She
laughed.
Chi shook her head, ignoring the need to slap her friend silly and looked over at her brother who
had turned a shade of red. "Anyway, if you two can hold of the hormones for a little, you got
guest."
"Who?" Mamoru asked as he straightened out his shirt and started to the door.
"I dunno? Said her name was Usa."
"Usa!" Usagi screamed, as she scrambled off the bed and ran toward the door pushing Mamoru out
of the way.
Usagi skidded around the corner into the living room. "Chibi Usa?" She asked, her voice low in
shock as her eyes fixed on the tall girl that stood next to the balcony doors.
The girl smiled. "Hi Usagi, it's been a long time huh?"
Usagi nodded, still in shook at seeing a girl she remembered being shorter then her, now standing
almost as tall as Mamoru.
"You - You looked good." Usagi managed to say as she walked over to the girl. "You're really
Chibi Usa?"
The girl sighed. "Yes Usagi! And please its just Usa now, I'm sixteen after all."
Haruka raced down the wet streets of Tokyo's downtown, the city lights reflecting off the dark
helmet she wore.
She hugged a corner as she turned into a narrow alley, barely missing to kids as they slowly
walked across the street, holding each other's hands.
Haruka hissed at the sight, she couldn't have that anymore. "I'm sorry love." She whispered as
she tried to remember her love's smell. She sighed, as she realized she barely knew Micheru
anymore, almost everything she once could have given in detail had fled her mind and heart. She
new it was the darkness that had done this to her, that had robbed her of the one thing she had
left.
Ignoring the cold tears that ran down her face, Haruka rode off into the neon lit streets of the
red light district.
The music swirled around her, invading her senses as she entered the club. Haruka sighed as she
walked down onto the main dance floor and saw the blond wildly dancing to the heavy techno that
was playing above. "I hate this music." She whispered as she pushed her way through the densely
packed dance floor over to where the blond was.
"What the hell you doing!" The blond protested as Haruka grabbed her arm.
"Shut up child!" She hissed as she pulled her to the edge of the floor and swung her into a
nearby couch.
"What's wrong with you?" The blond said as she straightened her hair.
"How's are guest?" She asked as she sat down in a chair near the blond.
The blond shrugged. "As best as she can be considering."
Haruka smiled. "Considering?"
The blond sighed. "Considering." She said with a sarcastic tune. "That she was kidnapped by to
people she considers friends."
Haruka stood, and quickly grabbed a cigarette out of someone's mouth and let it fall to the
floor. "No smoking please." She said with a smile as her fist meet with the guy's face. She
turned back to the blond, the smile growing even more feral. "Let's go visit or dear Makoto."
The blond stared at her for a moment before rising off the couch. "Alright." She said, her
voice hardly containing her fear.
Chi poured the tea into the final cup, and looked over at Usagi. "So that girl's your daughter?"
She asked, not able to conceal the shock that still sat in her mind.
Usagi nodded, as she brought the tray with the other cups of tea over to Chi.
"But, she's almost as old as you."
Usagi shrugged as she placed the tray down on the table, and turned to get some snacks for the
refrigerator. "She's from the future." She said simply as she moved from the refrigerator to
the cabinets."
"Future? How the hell can she be from the future?"
Usagi laughed as she lifted a package of cookies out of the cabinet and brought it over to the
table. "Trust me, when I say just let it be." Usagi smiled at her friend, and went to putting
the cookies on the tray. "In my world too many questions are a bad thing." Usagi lifted the
tray and headed for the living room leaving Chi alone in the kitchen.
Chi sank down into a chair as she watched Usagi go. "Your world?" She whispered.
Usagi sighed as she put down the tray of snacks. "It's raining again." She mumbled.
Makoto threw her arms around her face as light surged into the darkness. With a small grunt she
picked herself up and stood, waiting to see what happened next.
"Well, you're still alive." Came a cold familiar voice. "That's good."
Makoto blinked her eyes slowly getting used to the sudden light. She could tell that two figures
stood before her. "Who are you?!" She yelled.
One of them sighed. "Oh please Makoto, don't tell me you don't know me."
Makoto blinked again and almost gasped as she recognized the two people standing before her.
"This has got to be a dream." She whispered.
"No dream love." Haruka said as she stepped closer to her. "It's all to real." Her hand flew
up hitting the wall, only inches from Makoto's face. She smiled, and Makoto could feel herself
cringe at the coldness of that smile. "Now listen, because I'm only going to ask once."
Makoto nodded, she had no other choice, they out numbered her. "Tell me first, what happened to
Shinneri?"
Minako spoke up from behind Haruka. "He's safe, we had no use for him."
Haruka's cold smile grew. "Now like I was saying." Her other hand flew up hitting the wall on
Makoto's other side, trapping her. "There is something on this world, a person that is slowly
draining us of our powers."
Makoto nodded.
"I want you to help us find who ever it is and get ride of them."
"Is it an enemy?" Makoto asked, some strength returning to her voice.
"No, must likely not."
"Then I won't help! I won't hurt some innocent just to keep my powers!"
"Foolish child!" Haruka screamed as her knee buried itself into Makoto stomach. "You will help
us!"
"No." Makoto coughed.
Haruka growled as she grabbed her by her hair and flung her into the other wall.
Makoto groaned as she tried to get to her feet, wiping blood off of her chin. Haruka walked over
to her picking her up by her hair. Makoto screamed in pain as she was lifted to eye level with
the woman.
"This is your last chance." Haruka hissed.
"No."
Haruka screamed as she slammed Makoto's body into the wall. Makoto tried to scream out in pain
but couldn't. Again she was thrust into the wall.
"Stop it!" Minako suddenly screamed. "We didn't come here to kill her."
Makoto was dropped to the floor. Haruka spit on her and left the room.
"Will you be alright right?" Minako asked as she bent down next to her. "Do you need anything?"
Makoto pushed away from the girl and rolled up next to the wall. "I . . . Don't . . . Need
you're . . . sympathy . . . Traitor."
"I see." Minako said as she stood. Slowly the light left the room and Makoto was again left in
darkness.
"So why are you here?" Mamoru asked her as she took a sip of her tea.
Usa put up a finger, asking him to wait and quickly finished her tea. "Father sent me." She
said, her eyes looking over toward Chi. "He told me to come back to stop something."
"What?" Hotoru asked from beside her, her hand resting on her friend's shoulder.
Usa sighed, and tried to break her eyes away from Chi, but couldn't. "I'm supposed to stop a
death."