Sailor Moon
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Twenty:
The wind blew onto his face, soft and moist from the storm the night before. He breathed in the
scent of the city after a storm, of the trees and grass. Mamoru sighed as he turned down a more
secluded part of the park and continued to run, wiping some sweat from his face as he ran. He
came to a stop at a small wooden bridge that over looked most of the park, and leaned against its
frame, his hands resting on his knees as he caught his breath.
Mamoru smiled as he looked at the early morning sun over the city, bathing it in oranges and
yellows. Closing his eyes he leaned back further into the bridge's frame.
"Endymion." A soft voice whispered into his ear. "Endymion, please wake."
Mamoru opened his eyes, and turned toward the voice. "You." He whispered.
The owner of the voice smiled, her long red hair dancing in the light breeze. "Of course it is I
my love." The woman said, her voice soft and sweet. She moved closer to him, leaning against
the framework next to him. "It is a beautiful morning, no?"
Mamoru looked at her then back at the city. "It is." He said, his voice flat and emotionless.
He looked back at the woman. "What do you want Lillith?"
Lillith pushed of the bridge, and stepped in front of him, bringing his hands into her own. "I
want you my husband. I want you to come back to me."
Mamoru pulled away from her. "I am not your husband. I never was." He said, his voice heated
as he tried to get by her.
Lillith raised her hand; metal glittered in the morning sun's light. She brought her hand down
and showed him the silver circle that wrapped around her ring finger. "It is our wedding band."
She said, noticing the confusing in his eyes. "You gave this to me on your wedding night."
Mamoru shook his head. "Th - That's a lie!"
"It is no lie, love!" Lillith hissed. "We were married, my sister was my maid! You're father
walked me down the aisle!"
"No!" Mamoru spat, as he started to move away from the woman. "No, it's a lie, a trick!"
Lillith shook her head. "No love, no lie. We are married."
"Mamoru!"
Mamoru's eyes shot open and he fell to his knees gasping for breath. A hand fell on his
shoulder; he looked up to see Haruka looking down at him, pity and confusing dancing in her eyes.
"What - What happened?" He coughed.
Haruka knelt down beside him, her hand still resting firmly on his shoulder. She shook her head.
"I don't know, I was running and saw you leaning over the bridge. When I came by you looked
like you were asleep."
Mamoru nodded and tried to stand, but fell back to his knees. Haruka sighed, and Mamoru felt her
hand move to under his shoulder. "You must have really gone for a long run." She grunted as she
pulled him to his feet. "Of all people Mamoru I thought you would know better then to over work
yourself."
Mamoru smiled weakly and pulled away from her grasp. "I guess I have been lately." He said as
he started to walk away, his hand grasping the bridge's railing to help him stay up.
"Haruka stepped beside him, and walked with him out of the park. "You know." She said as they
walked toward his car. "I know a great diner. I'll treat."
Mamoru nodded, it sounded like a good idea. "Alright then, I'll drive."
Haruka shook her head. "Sorry buddy but you don't get a choice with me. I drive."
Ami leaned back into the cushioned chair and closed her eyes with a content sigh. I wonder what
everyone will think when I come back with a tan? She thought. Or if they find out I'm wearing a
two-piece. Ami giggled as she pictured Usagi's face.
Shaking her head, Ami put her hands behind her neck and let the peacefulness of the day carry her
away. Someone flopped down into the chair beside her, and Ami opened her eyes to the tinted
world.
Her mouth dropped up at the sight of her mother stretching out in the chair beside her.
"Mother?"
The woman in the chair beside her looked over. "What is it Ami dear?" The woman asked.
"Yo - You look great." Ami exclaimed, looking at how young her mother looked in her swimsuit.
Her mother laughed, and tilted her wide brimmed hat over her face. "Thanks honey." She yawned
and fell against the chair.
Ami sighed and again leaned back against her own chair, and slowly closed her eyes.
Haruka took a sip of her coffee as she watched Mamoru come over.
"Hope I'm not intruding to much." She said softly, as Mamoru sat across from her.
He shook his head as he picked up his tea. "Not at all, I kind of need a break from those two
anyway."
Haruka laughed, and took another sip from her mug. "I guess you're not used to having family
yet."
Mamoru sighed, his looking deep into his mug. "It isn't that, it's just . . ." He shook his
head and looked up at Haruka.
"That you're not used to it." She offered with a laugh. "I wouldn't worry, I know what it's
like. You're a loner like me." She took another sip from her mug then placed it back on the
table. "All you are really used to is the one you love. In your case it's Odango." She smiled
at him, and sighed when he didn't look up. "Look Mamoru, you aren't the only one with troubles."
She continued her voice still soft and warm. She leaned over the table and ran her finger
across his cheek, forcing him to look up at her. "It isn't your sister that is truly bothering
is it?"
Mamoru nodded. "I really don't know what it is." He said as he moved Haruka's hand away from
him. "I don't know if they're dreams are reality." He shook his head and drank down the rest of
his tea. "But it isn't your problem Haruka."
Haruka watched silently as her friend stood and threw down a couple yen on the table. "I'm going
to walk back to the park." He said quietly then made his way out of the small diner.
"I'll give you this one." Haruka whispered as she lifted the mug to her mouth and quickly drank
down the hot coffee. "But next time Mamoru I will have you."
Rei sighed as she dropped her bags to the floor and fell face first onto her soft bed. "God."
She moaned as she rolled over to look at the bland colored ceiling. "That is the last time I go
shopping with those three." She let out a soft laugh, then pushed herself off the bed that seem
so inviting at the moment.
Rei moaned as she slowly lowered herself into the warm scent bath water. She closed her eyes and
sank deeper into the water, letting her body relax. Slowly she let the smell of the herbs, and
the pull of her exhaustion take her away.
"Rei, Rei!" Someone screamed from far away.
Slowly Rei fought her way back to reality, and opened her eyes. Usa stood above her, blood
rolling down her face, as she continued to shake her.
"What happened?" Rei moaned as she tried to sit up and nausea and pain rolled through her.
Usa shook her head, as she helped her friend to her feet. "They took Usagi." She said, her
voice sounded so small so afraid.
Rei went to speak, to ask who had taking Usagi, but was pulled away from herself, she watched as
if in a dream as Usa helped her out of a building that looked battered and decayed, as the two
garbed in their senshi uniforms ran across a world of destruction and. As their feet crushed old
bleached skulls.
Rei tried to scream, but could not. She knew this place; this was the place of her dreams. The
sun moved across a sky as red as blood, and the two senshi continued to run, Rei always nearby,
never moving but always with them.
Something hit the ground in front of them. Usa pushed Rei back just as a large explosion flashed
across the landscape.
When the light cleared, only Rei stood, Usa laid feet away from her friend, her body bloodied,
her chest raising and falling slowly, too slowly. Rei watched as her dream self fell to her
knees, and pulled her friend into her lap. Watched as rocked back and forth tears streaming down
her eyes. Then she screamed and the world around her shattered.
Rei watched as Usa and her other self fell through a black void, still holding Usa in her arms.
"You most stop this." Spoke Rei's other self, and for the first time the two made eye connect.
"You must stop this, you must not let this happen."
"How! How do I this!" Rei screamed.
Her other self shook her head, and cradled Usa closer to her. "You must stop her."
"What! What do mean?" Rei screamed, reaching out to her other self. Again the world shattered
around them.
Rei's eyes shot open and she gasped for air, water surged into her mouth and lungs. Choking, Rei
lifted her self out of the tub and leaned over it, coughing. What must I stop? She thought, as
water dripped out of her mouth.
"I'm home!" Mamoru yelled as he walked into the apartment and pulled his running shoes off. He
smiled when no one answered him. "Peace and quiet." He smiled, as he walked into the kitchen to
grab some water.
"Hello my love."
Mamoru turned, the glass he was holding slipping from his grasp and shattering on the tiled
floor. "You."
Lillith smiled, as she slowly walked to him, her slender arms outstretched. "Come to me my love,
time and my patience grow short."
"You sure this is okay, Chi?" Usagi asked as they stepped out of the elevator. "I mean I have
been spending a lot of time with two lately, I don't want Mamo-chan get sick of me."
Chi shook her head. "Of course it's alright. And besides." She said and motioned to the ring
on Usagi's finger. "If Oni-chan gave you that ring I seriously doubt he would ever get sick of
you."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah I guess you're right."
"The only reason he's marrying you is so he can have a great daughter like me." Usa chimed in
from behind them.
Usagi turned to face the girl, and sighed when she forgot she now had to look up. "Listen you!"
She hissed. "I may not be your mother yet, but I can make sure you're never born." She le
herself smile as the shock of her words sunk in.
"That's enough." Chi said, as she opened the door to her apartment.
Usagi sighed as she pulled off her shoes in the doorway and, and let her feet sink into the lush
carpet. "I'll grab us some drinks." She said cheerfully as she dropped her bags and headed into
the kitchen.
"I am your wife."
Usagi stopped at the entranceway to the kitchen, her eyes wide as she watched a tall red haired
woman move closer to Mamoru. I know her. She thought.
"Endymion, come to your wife." The woman said softly.
"Wife?" Usagi whispered to herself.
"Reflections of a Red Rose"
By: NeoMoon
Rated: PG-13
Chapter Twenty:
The wind blew onto his face, soft and moist from the storm the night before. He breathed in the
scent of the city after a storm, of the trees and grass. Mamoru sighed as he turned down a more
secluded part of the park and continued to run, wiping some sweat from his face as he ran. He
came to a stop at a small wooden bridge that over looked most of the park, and leaned against its
frame, his hands resting on his knees as he caught his breath.
Mamoru smiled as he looked at the early morning sun over the city, bathing it in oranges and
yellows. Closing his eyes he leaned back further into the bridge's frame.
"Endymion." A soft voice whispered into his ear. "Endymion, please wake."
Mamoru opened his eyes, and turned toward the voice. "You." He whispered.
The owner of the voice smiled, her long red hair dancing in the light breeze. "Of course it is I
my love." The woman said, her voice soft and sweet. She moved closer to him, leaning against
the framework next to him. "It is a beautiful morning, no?"
Mamoru looked at her then back at the city. "It is." He said, his voice flat and emotionless.
He looked back at the woman. "What do you want Lillith?"
Lillith pushed of the bridge, and stepped in front of him, bringing his hands into her own. "I
want you my husband. I want you to come back to me."
Mamoru pulled away from her. "I am not your husband. I never was." He said, his voice heated
as he tried to get by her.
Lillith raised her hand; metal glittered in the morning sun's light. She brought her hand down
and showed him the silver circle that wrapped around her ring finger. "It is our wedding band."
She said, noticing the confusing in his eyes. "You gave this to me on your wedding night."
Mamoru shook his head. "Th - That's a lie!"
"It is no lie, love!" Lillith hissed. "We were married, my sister was my maid! You're father
walked me down the aisle!"
"No!" Mamoru spat, as he started to move away from the woman. "No, it's a lie, a trick!"
Lillith shook her head. "No love, no lie. We are married."
"Mamoru!"
Mamoru's eyes shot open and he fell to his knees gasping for breath. A hand fell on his
shoulder; he looked up to see Haruka looking down at him, pity and confusing dancing in her eyes.
"What - What happened?" He coughed.
Haruka knelt down beside him, her hand still resting firmly on his shoulder. She shook her head.
"I don't know, I was running and saw you leaning over the bridge. When I came by you looked
like you were asleep."
Mamoru nodded and tried to stand, but fell back to his knees. Haruka sighed, and Mamoru felt her
hand move to under his shoulder. "You must have really gone for a long run." She grunted as she
pulled him to his feet. "Of all people Mamoru I thought you would know better then to over work
yourself."
Mamoru smiled weakly and pulled away from her grasp. "I guess I have been lately." He said as
he started to walk away, his hand grasping the bridge's railing to help him stay up.
"Haruka stepped beside him, and walked with him out of the park. "You know." She said as they
walked toward his car. "I know a great diner. I'll treat."
Mamoru nodded, it sounded like a good idea. "Alright then, I'll drive."
Haruka shook her head. "Sorry buddy but you don't get a choice with me. I drive."
Ami leaned back into the cushioned chair and closed her eyes with a content sigh. I wonder what
everyone will think when I come back with a tan? She thought. Or if they find out I'm wearing a
two-piece. Ami giggled as she pictured Usagi's face.
Shaking her head, Ami put her hands behind her neck and let the peacefulness of the day carry her
away. Someone flopped down into the chair beside her, and Ami opened her eyes to the tinted
world.
Her mouth dropped up at the sight of her mother stretching out in the chair beside her.
"Mother?"
The woman in the chair beside her looked over. "What is it Ami dear?" The woman asked.
"Yo - You look great." Ami exclaimed, looking at how young her mother looked in her swimsuit.
Her mother laughed, and tilted her wide brimmed hat over her face. "Thanks honey." She yawned
and fell against the chair.
Ami sighed and again leaned back against her own chair, and slowly closed her eyes.
Haruka took a sip of her coffee as she watched Mamoru come over.
"Hope I'm not intruding to much." She said softly, as Mamoru sat across from her.
He shook his head as he picked up his tea. "Not at all, I kind of need a break from those two
anyway."
Haruka laughed, and took another sip from her mug. "I guess you're not used to having family
yet."
Mamoru sighed, his looking deep into his mug. "It isn't that, it's just . . ." He shook his
head and looked up at Haruka.
"That you're not used to it." She offered with a laugh. "I wouldn't worry, I know what it's
like. You're a loner like me." She took another sip from her mug then placed it back on the
table. "All you are really used to is the one you love. In your case it's Odango." She smiled
at him, and sighed when he didn't look up. "Look Mamoru, you aren't the only one with troubles."
She continued her voice still soft and warm. She leaned over the table and ran her finger
across his cheek, forcing him to look up at her. "It isn't your sister that is truly bothering
is it?"
Mamoru nodded. "I really don't know what it is." He said as he moved Haruka's hand away from
him. "I don't know if they're dreams are reality." He shook his head and drank down the rest of
his tea. "But it isn't your problem Haruka."
Haruka watched silently as her friend stood and threw down a couple yen on the table. "I'm going
to walk back to the park." He said quietly then made his way out of the small diner.
"I'll give you this one." Haruka whispered as she lifted the mug to her mouth and quickly drank
down the hot coffee. "But next time Mamoru I will have you."
Rei sighed as she dropped her bags to the floor and fell face first onto her soft bed. "God."
She moaned as she rolled over to look at the bland colored ceiling. "That is the last time I go
shopping with those three." She let out a soft laugh, then pushed herself off the bed that seem
so inviting at the moment.
Rei moaned as she slowly lowered herself into the warm scent bath water. She closed her eyes and
sank deeper into the water, letting her body relax. Slowly she let the smell of the herbs, and
the pull of her exhaustion take her away.
"Rei, Rei!" Someone screamed from far away.
Slowly Rei fought her way back to reality, and opened her eyes. Usa stood above her, blood
rolling down her face, as she continued to shake her.
"What happened?" Rei moaned as she tried to sit up and nausea and pain rolled through her.
Usa shook her head, as she helped her friend to her feet. "They took Usagi." She said, her
voice sounded so small so afraid.
Rei went to speak, to ask who had taking Usagi, but was pulled away from herself, she watched as
if in a dream as Usa helped her out of a building that looked battered and decayed, as the two
garbed in their senshi uniforms ran across a world of destruction and. As their feet crushed old
bleached skulls.
Rei tried to scream, but could not. She knew this place; this was the place of her dreams. The
sun moved across a sky as red as blood, and the two senshi continued to run, Rei always nearby,
never moving but always with them.
Something hit the ground in front of them. Usa pushed Rei back just as a large explosion flashed
across the landscape.
When the light cleared, only Rei stood, Usa laid feet away from her friend, her body bloodied,
her chest raising and falling slowly, too slowly. Rei watched as her dream self fell to her
knees, and pulled her friend into her lap. Watched as rocked back and forth tears streaming down
her eyes. Then she screamed and the world around her shattered.
Rei watched as Usa and her other self fell through a black void, still holding Usa in her arms.
"You most stop this." Spoke Rei's other self, and for the first time the two made eye connect.
"You must stop this, you must not let this happen."
"How! How do I this!" Rei screamed.
Her other self shook her head, and cradled Usa closer to her. "You must stop her."
"What! What do mean?" Rei screamed, reaching out to her other self. Again the world shattered
around them.
Rei's eyes shot open and she gasped for air, water surged into her mouth and lungs. Choking, Rei
lifted her self out of the tub and leaned over it, coughing. What must I stop? She thought, as
water dripped out of her mouth.
"I'm home!" Mamoru yelled as he walked into the apartment and pulled his running shoes off. He
smiled when no one answered him. "Peace and quiet." He smiled, as he walked into the kitchen to
grab some water.
"Hello my love."
Mamoru turned, the glass he was holding slipping from his grasp and shattering on the tiled
floor. "You."
Lillith smiled, as she slowly walked to him, her slender arms outstretched. "Come to me my love,
time and my patience grow short."
"You sure this is okay, Chi?" Usagi asked as they stepped out of the elevator. "I mean I have
been spending a lot of time with two lately, I don't want Mamo-chan get sick of me."
Chi shook her head. "Of course it's alright. And besides." She said and motioned to the ring
on Usagi's finger. "If Oni-chan gave you that ring I seriously doubt he would ever get sick of
you."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah I guess you're right."
"The only reason he's marrying you is so he can have a great daughter like me." Usa chimed in
from behind them.
Usagi turned to face the girl, and sighed when she forgot she now had to look up. "Listen you!"
She hissed. "I may not be your mother yet, but I can make sure you're never born." She le
herself smile as the shock of her words sunk in.
"That's enough." Chi said, as she opened the door to her apartment.
Usagi sighed as she pulled off her shoes in the doorway and, and let her feet sink into the lush
carpet. "I'll grab us some drinks." She said cheerfully as she dropped her bags and headed into
the kitchen.
"I am your wife."
Usagi stopped at the entranceway to the kitchen, her eyes wide as she watched a tall red haired
woman move closer to Mamoru. I know her. She thought.
"Endymion, come to your wife." The woman said softly.
"Wife?" Usagi whispered to herself.