AN: Sorry about the long wait guys. I had a little problem writing this
chapter. I knew what I wanted, but somehow the beginning just didn't seem
to work. I had to rewrite the beginning more than five times, it was so
frustrating! I'll post some Wish information links on my author's page for
anyone who's interested in the series.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and pointed out my mistakes! At least I know that my readers are paying attention ^_~ Moonmaiden-chan disappeared, so this is the unedited version. I have to say that I got inspired after watching Full Moon wo Sagashite and reading Matter of Time by Tonbo-chan. For those of you who are familiar with Wish, you'll notice how I made some changes to the demons for the sake of the plot ^^;;
Disclaimer: Don't own anything.
Chapter 1
It was impossible for her to say whether she wanted to drown herself more or drown the senshi sitting in front of her with blank expressions on their faces. "I'm telling you! I definitely saw something sitting on Usagi's windowsill last night!" Now she knew what dogs felt like when they chase after their own tails. The sheer frustration was enough to drive any cat into a hissing rage. "It was small, with black wings, and it was talking to itself before it noticed me." The black feline repeated herself for the fifth time in the past half hour. Was it her, or did their mental age digressed while they age physically?
Again the same confused looks on the four faces. "Are you sure Luna? We're not doubting you or anything. But you did say that it was the middle of the night, maybe you had a bad dream or maybe you just saw shadows that looked like evil demons with wings?" Rei asked trying very hard to keep the giggle from her voice. "I don't know what to say Luna, it's been four years since the whole Chaos thing, what can be out there that's worse than Galaxia?"
"I have to agree with Rei Luna, it's been a long time since we've had any threats," Ami added as Minako and Makoto both nodded in agreement too.
Luna dropped her head in defeat and she unconsciously flexed her claws. This sort of comment was something that she would expect Usagi to make, since she was still as immature as a teenager when it came to fighting, but hearing the others, especially Ami taking their senshi duty so lightly was more than a little shocking to the guardian cat. "Have you girls forgotten that you are Sailor Scouts?! It doesn't matter if it's peaceful! You're not suppose to let your guard down even one minute! For all you know, there can be new enemies making plans to take over right this very second. You girls ought to be ashamed of yourselves!" Luna burst out when it was too much for her to handle. "Haven't you guys learned in the past that peace doesn't last forever?" she hissed out. Even if the Earth was in peace, it was still their duty to protect the Princess, even if it was not from extraterrestrial monster, there were plenty of other supernatural life forms than the enemies they fought in the past.
"Calm down Luna," Makoto said as the four girls backed away. It has been more than a long time since the Luna was this angry. The last time was when Usagi accidentally locked her up in the trunk of a car for a whole summer day. Needless to say, when Luna finally got out, she made sure that Usagi would never forget her again by giving the odango haired girl a nice set of claw marks on the back of her hand.
"Why don't we wait for Usagi-chan to get here and hear what she has to say? Maybe she saw something too that might verify your story Luna," Ami suggested.
"That is if that odango-atama can even remember to come," Rei murmured under her breath. "I swear that girl hasn't changed a bit, she's still brainless when it comes to things besides food and guys. You'd think that after turning twenty-two and being engaged to Mamo-chan would make her a little responsible."
"Hey! Watch what you're saying behind other people's back Rei!" The little group all turned around to see Usagi bent over panting, her blonde pigtails touching the ground.
"Usagi don't move!" Everyone froze when Luna suddenly jumped up from Rei's lap. "Senshi transform now!"
"What are you waiting for?!" The black feline practically hissed out. "Can't you see the youma sitting on top of Usagi? It's the one that I was telling you guys about!"
All Luna got were blank looks. The senshi looked at each other, then looked at Usagi's back, then looked back at the cat with the same expression that clearly said that they agreed that Luna is as crazy as a loon.
"Luna," Ami began and cleared her throat delicately. "We can't see anything sitting on Usagi."
~*~*~*~
With the cute little evil smirk on his face that was characteristic of the demon, Chibi-Koryu winked and blew a kiss at the raging black cat that was all but itching to claw his eyes out. This mission was more fun than he had expected it to be. Sure he was more than a little frustrated when he saw his charge today. Man, and he thought that Kohaku was accident-prone. That idiot angel was nothing compared to the Queen of Klutz that he had to protect for the rest god knows how long. Pardon the pun. Chibi-Koryu thought as his happy mood was instantly ruined when he glared at the blond girl he was next to.
This was another thing that he didn't understand about God and his pathetic helpers; if God was all that powerful then why couldn't he make all of the humans as perfect as he was? I mean look at Usagi, she has beauty, but what is beauty without brains or coordination? Now Satan on the other hand, knew how to get the job done, just look at him, the perfect combination of beauty and intelligence, Chibi-Koryu thought, if only he wasn't affected by the power of that stupid moon, then everything about he would true be perfect.
Only this morning when he was following Usagi after she split up with that cat Luna, he lost track of the times she fell after five minutes. He was seriously starting to wonder how the blonde would function if she didn't have her cat to tell her what to do every five steps. Useless to say if it wasn't for him, the baka girl would've been meat pulp by now on the streets of Tokyo, and things didn't get any better when they reached that Mamo guy's place. If anything, it was even more painful to watch her try to help him clean up his place but all she ended up doing was making everything worse. Chibi-Koryu didn't know whom to feel sorry for, Mamoru for having to buy a new living room set or for Usagi who started crying when her loving fiancé yelled at her. She almost reminded him of Kohaku but at least Kohaku didn't have anyone criticizing her that way.
For the first time since he was trapped in his chibi form he took some time off to pity another person. Not that it lasted that long. Right now he was having too much fun taunting that cat Luna. It must be his demonic roots, but it just gave him so much pleasure to see someone else suffering. If he had to suffer than he was going to make sure that he was not the only one getting frustrated. And the fact that only a few animal species could see demons just added more spice to the game. There was nothing more maddening when you were telling the truth and no one believed you.
"What do you mean you can't see it?! It's sitting on Usagi's back right now blowing a raspberry at all of you bakas!" Luna was literally hissing out, her back ached into a perfect half circle.
"Um Luna, I don't feel anything on me," the blonde bunny said out hesitantly. She knew that she was late for a few minutes but she must've missed a lot of things.
"Don't worry Usagi-chan," Minako quickly reassured the other girl who was starting to have a panicked look from the way the black feline was staring at her. "We were just talking about what Luna saw last night while you were asleep." She carefully walked towards her leader and pulled Usagi down to sit with her. Even though she couldn't see what Luna saw, it was better to be careful than sorry. Clearing her throat the goddess of love continued delicately. "Last night when Luna woke you up, did you see anything sitting on your window Usagi-chan?"
The odango-haired girl slowly shook her head. By the time that she opened her eyes all she saw was Luna looking out her window and telling her that there would be a senshi meeting the next day.
"Try to think Usagi, are you sure you didn't see anything that's around the age of Chibichibi, it has black hair and eyes, and on its back it's got black wings." Luna asked impatiently, eying the empty space a few inches above her mistress's head, where she saw the Chibi-Koryu waving at her.
"I'm sorry Luna, I really don't remember anything at all," Usagi answered almost on the verge of tears. It was bad enough that Mamo-chan had to yell at her this morning but having Luna question her like this... it was hard even for her to put on her cheerful front.
The black cat sighed. Maybe it was only her, since no one else could see it. Or maybe... something clicked in Luna's head. "Minako, we're going to have another senshi meeting tomorrow at the same time, make sure that Artemis is here, drag him out by the tail if you have to. Rei, can you bring out Deimos and Phobos and then do a fire reading on Usagi?"
"Sure," the miko answered hesitantly not seeing the point to this at all. Luna was acting as if some evil spirit possesses Usagi, but just by looking at how Usagi was whining it was perfectly clear that there wasn't anything wrong with the blond ditz at all. But what the heck, if doing a fire reading could stop all of Luna's weird worries then she was all game.
Floating right above Usagi's head, Chibi-Koryu chuckled. So the cat thought that a fire reading would be able to stop him, as if. Didn't she know that only the lesser demons could be detected by those amateur human tricks? As the nephew of Satan no one could track him down if he didn't want to be found. As for Deimos and Phobos, whatever those things were, they wouldn't stand a chance against him.
His question was quickly answered when two black dots swooped down towards him from the sky. Usagi ducked and covered her head with her arms as she tried to run away from the crows that started circling her. Chibi-Koryu grinned at what he saw. So that was what Deimos and Phobos were, they just made his work easier. Too bad Luna didn't know that the Royal family of Satan and the crows had always formed an alliance. There was no way that the stupid cat could use his own allies against him.
Closing his eyes, a dark violet seal appeared on his forehead as he concentrated his powers on the two crows, projecting his thoughts to the birds as they turned in the sky gracefully to attack him again.
Rei watched puzzled as her pets swooped down on Usagi as if to attack her, was Luna right the whole time? That something was plaguing Usagi even though no one could see it? Just as she was thinking to herself, Demos and Phobos suddenly froze in midair. It wouldn't have looked strange if it were for the fact that one second they were charging Usagi and the other they were completely still in mid-flight.
The dark haired miko quickly whistled, calling her guardian crows. The two birds seemed to have regained their control and answered to their mistress's call. "What did you see Deimos and Phobos?"
The two crows croaked as they landed gently on the miko's outstretched hand. Carefully gripping her slim fingers so that their claws wouldn't cut into her flesh. She caressed the glossy black feathers as she listened.
"What are they saying Rei?" Luna asked impatiently, her feline eyes didn't miss the precious second when the two birds stopped their attack when that weird symbol appeared on the youma sitting on Usagi. So she wasn't the only one who could see them. That brought a bit of relief and confidence to the guardian cat. Now if only the humans would believe their pets!
"Well Luna, I'm sorry to tell you, but it seems like Demos and Phobos didn't see anything unusual around Usagi," Rei sighed, "Should I still do a fire reading on her Luna?"
The feline's red eyes narrowed at the creature, the one she could see, if the youma thought that she could be defeated so easily, than she would show him. She wasn't the guardian of the Sailor Senshi for nothing. "Of course. I won't rest until I make sure that Usagi is safe."
The blond girl sighed, her day was going from bad to worse and based on what she was feeling right now, and how determined Luna seemed, she was in no mood to argue with the cat. Not that any arguing would make her guardian to change her mind. She had long discovered that when she didn't want to be persuaded, Luna could be as deaf as a rock. There was nothing she could do than to go through whatever the cat planned for her. No rest for the tortured. Even Rei sympathized her, which was not characteristic of the dark haired girl.
Dragging her feet she followed her scouts and Luna, almost forgot to take off her shoes before she entered the room of the sacred flame if Ami hadn't reminded her. She felt like a zombie as she followed Rei's instructions to kneel between the miko and the sacred flame. She had no clue in what was going on, all she knew was that this had something to do with the reason Luna woke her up last night. But right now she didn't want to go through with any of this, what Mamo-chan said to her was still too fresh in her mind.
In the meanwhile the chibi-demon that was the cause of this entire ruckus looked on in amusement. It had been such a long time since he has had so much fun. Even teasing Kohaku pales in comparison to this. He would teach the kitty cat not to mess with him. With that thought in mind, a devious plan started to form in his head as the girl they called Rei started to chant.
"O sacred flames, please guide us. Show us the new danger that threatens Usagi-chan's life," the dark haired miko asked as she performed the final hand seals. Everyone stared at the flames trying to see the changes in the leaping fire until their eyes were burning with dryness and heat.
"Rei, do you see anything yet?" Luna whispered, impatient but afraid to disturb the girl's concentration. Just when the question left her mouth, the sacred flames took shape and leaped out towards Usagi. Everyone gasped in shock, it couldn't be true but there was no mistake that the sacred flames took a sharp that was almost an exact copy of Luna.
"Usagi-chan!" everyone shouted at the blond who sat unmoving with her back to the fire. The scorching heat singed the ends of the golden strands and threatened to devour the frozen figure if Rei hadn't pushed her princess out of the way. The large fire replica of Luna landed on the hard wooden floor and growled at the girls before it disintegrated.
Chibi-Koryu smiled. Mission accomplished. Looked like he won this round according to all the shocked faces of the girls as they turned as one to look at their guardian cat. Humans were so easy to trick.
"I can't be true!" Luna yelled out shaking her head. She looked up at the grinning demon that could only be seen by her. "It was you isn't it? You were the one who manipulated the flames to look like me!" She turned towards the frightened faces of the senshi. "Don't be fooled Usagi."
There was fear on their faces when the dark feline approached their leader. It was Makoto who pushed the unresisting Usagi behind her. The rest of the senshi followed suite and surrounded Usagi, separating her from the cat. "We're sorry Luna, but you know that Rei's fire readings is never wrong."
"But... you don't seriously believe that I would hurt Usagi!" a wounded look appeared on her furry face. How could they doubt her like this? She would never betray or hurt her princess in anyway. Usagi was almost like a daughter to her, she only wanted the best for her princess, for her safety...
"We don't believe that either. We know that you will never harm Usagi-chan in any way Luna," Minako said sadly, she knew how hard it was for Luna. If it was Artemis, she wouldn't be able to handle it, but the safety of her princess was more important than anything. "We don't know for sure what's going on right now. So maybe it'll be best for you to stay away from Usagi- chan right now Luna. It won't be permanent, just until we find out what's happening. We know that you won't harm Usagi, you would rather die than to see something happen to her, but maybe your presence plays a role. Just to be on the safe side."
"You want to separate me from Usagi?!" an unbelievable look on her face. "Do another fire reading Rei. Did you make a mistake? Maybe you were thinking about what me when you were asking the fire. There has to be a mistake!"
"I'm sorry Luna. Even if I repeat the fire reading, the result is going to come back the same, you know that," the miko shook her head and refused to look at the cat guardian. "Even Deimos and Phobos said that they didn't detect anything unusual around Usagi-chan."
"Fine forget all the that! Ami scan Usagi with your Mercury Computer. I'm sure the Silver Millennium technology will be able to detect the youma I'm talking about."
"Luna, I think you should stop this nonsense," the blue haired genius said after a long pause. "We've tried everything you suggested so far and nothing showed up. No one has seen the youma you have been talking about. Even if there is a youma, wouldn't it attack by now? Especially since you can see it following Usagi around, why would he just do that and not harm her?"
"Because he's trying to gather information! Because he wants to find out your weaknesses! Because he wants to create conflict and create a rift in the sailor senshi and it's obviously working very well!" Luna yelled out.
"Luna, I think that it'll be best if you take a little time off now. It's been a long time since we've had any threats, maybe you'll just overreacting a little," Minako said hesitantly, not wanting to anger the cat further. Who knew what Luna was capable of doing right now? And on one in their right mind was very eager to find out either.
"Are you saying that I'm seeing things? That I'm crazy?!" the guardian feline growled out, making all the girls flinch. "Fine, if you guys don't believe me then I'll go. Don't come crying to me when something happens to Usagi," Luna flung over her shoulder coldly and left the little group.
Everyone sighed in relief, but Rei immediately turned towards her best friend. "Usagi-chan, promise me that you'll stay away from Luna for the time being."
The blonde opened her lips to complain but one look around the determined faces made her close them again without uttering one sound.
"No buts! We know that Luna would give her life for you, but the fire reading isn't something that should be taken lightly. She might have an influence on the bad omen that's ahead of you," the miko explained and forced her princess to look into her eyes. "We'll have to tell Mamoru-san about this and each of us will take turns watching over you just in case. I'll ask Luna to stay with me here at the temple for the time being, so you'll be able to see her whenever you want to, okay?"
There was no light in the defeated sapphire eyes. "Do whatever you want. I'm leaving now."
The four girls watched speechlessly as their leader seemed to drag herself out of the temple, without any of her normal cheerfulness and energy. Did something happen between her and Mamoru this morning that might've made her so uncaring? She hadn't said anything and usually when they had a fight she would be brawling her eyes out by now. The quiet depressive mood was just so out of place with a girl as full of life as Usagi.
~*~*~*~
The park as full of people, after all it was Saturday in the middle of the summer. Kids ran around laying tag and young couples walked hand in hand. There was nothing that made her feel worse than watching all these happiness around her. She felt so out of place, so alone at this moment.
Now that there were no more enemies, the senshi had all gone on their separate ways. Pursuing their dreams now that there were no senshi duties to inhibit them. Even Mamo-chan was too busy to see her, always working extra-shifts, and the little time that she did get to spend with him, he was always too tired. It was like she didn't know this Mamoru at all. He was too different from the way he was when they were fighting side by side as Sailormoon and Tuxedo Mask back when he actually cared.
Now she didn't recognize the man that fell asleep in her presence. Maybe it was because of her, how she stayed the same while everyone else around her changed. She almost wished that the Earth was in danger again so she could have her friends and her precious fiancé back. But that would be too selfish, putting the lives of so many people in danger just for a few minutes of personal happiness.
"Life sucks," Usagi murmured to herself as she plucked a rose blossom from a near by bush. The perfectly formed flower reminded her of the ones Tuxedo Mask used to throw. He was so romantic back then.
"I agree," Chibi-Koryu said out lout still floating next to the blonde girl. "I can't believe I'm still stuck like this."
Usagi shrieked loudly and dropped the flower she was holding. Did she just hear a voice talking next to her ear or was she so incompetent now that she didn't even notice someone walking up to her? She turned around and peeped over her shoulders. No one. She let out a shaky laugh, "It must've been my imagination. I can't be hearing voices in my head."
"You can hear me?" Chibi-Koryu asked in surprised and winced in pain when the blonde shrieked even louder than the first time. If he weren't in charge of protecting her, he would've ripped those vocal cords out by now. But he was too intrigued by the fact that she could hear him to act upon his more violent desires. Now wasn't this interesting. As far as he knew, no one could see or hear him unless they were already dead. Of course that pot-bellied Kohaku's human was an exception. Wait a minute, Kokuyo did say that he was protecting the Moon's daughter. The fact that this Usagi was the offspring of a giant space rock combined with the fact that she owned a talking cat and was a part of Sailor senshi (whatever that was) must've meant that she had some sort of power. God, why didn't he try to communicate with her sooner? Maybe being in this chibi form for extended lengths of time had a negative effect on his mental capabilities, all the more reason to get out of it as soon as possible.
Usagi stared as the flower she dropped was picked up by an invisible hand and floated to her face, waiting for her to take it back. But the poor frightened girl couldn't do anything except to run way in the opposite direction while screaming about ghosts and youma.
Chibi-Koryu looked at the rose he held and shrugged. If she didn't want to believe it, than he would have to force her to. With a snap of his fingers, the running blonde tripped on a tree root that suddenly grew up from the concrete ground. Flying towards the girl casually, another snap of his fingers and Usagi was picked up and deposited on the green grass, all the scratches magically healed. "Before you start screaming bloody murder again, let me explain first," he couldn't finish because she started to mumble to herself.
"Oh my god. Luna was right all along. There is a new enemy," Usagi hugged herself tightly and looked around as if trying to locate the invisible enemy.
He wanted to scream too. This was even harder than talking to Kohaku. At least the baka angel had the courtesy to listen to what he had to say once in a while. And here he was trying to be nice and explain to the human girl (not every demon was as patient as he was) and she accused him of being a monster. At last, his anger got the better of him and with a loud curse, he directed a bolt of lightening towards the tree that the blonde was leaning against.
Usagi jumped away just in time and watched in horror as the large willow tree got cremated in a matter of seconds. She had never seen a youma this powerful before. Her hand itched for her compact that was safely locked away in her drawer. Now that there were no more enemies, she always kept her relics from her Sailormoon days at home. But now, she didn't even know if Sailormoon would be able to defeat this enemy considering it was more than a little difficult to fight something that you couldn't even see. "What do you want from me?"
"Now that I have your undivided attention. Let me introduce myself," Chibi- Koryu smirked. Nothing like a little violence to drive the point home. My name is Koryu and I'm the nephew to his evilness, the Ruler of Hell: Satan. Now I don't understand why or how you can hear me, since ordinary humans can't. So I guess that it has something to do with your powers."
"You know that I'm Sailormoon?" Usagi asked wide mouthed. Now this was one smart youma who did his homework. Normally youma never bothered to find out Sailor senshi's real identities. She must tell the others about this... but her communicator was at home with her compact.
"What's a Sailormoon?" the chibi-demon looked confused for a while. Kokuyo never mentioned anyone called Sailormoon before. But now that he thought about it, the girls and that cat said the name quite a few times. But that's not important right now. "Never mind, I don't care what it is. I was told that you are the daughter of the Moon. Is that true?"
The daughter of the Moon? That was the first time someone addressed her like that. "Well I was the daughter of Queen Serenity, the Ruler of the Moon Kingdom in my previous life."
"Close enough. So like I'm saying. I'm not going to harm you or your little friends... that is unless they interfere with my mission."
"Don't you dare..."
"If they don't interfere with me, you and your friends will have nothing to worry about." Chibi-Koryu continued. "I don't know how much you know about angels and demons, but I'll try my best to explain," He took a deep breath. He had never been this patient with anyone before, not even with Satan. What would the denizens of Hell say if they could see him now, taking his time with a human girl? His reputation as the hot-tempered demon would be ruined for all eternity. "Before an angel or a demon reaches their maturity and full power, they spend half of everyday in chibi form. For angels who draw their powers from the sun, they are able to maintain their adult form during the day and revert back to chibi form at night. For the demons it's the opposite. Our powers come from the moon. So we have our adult forms at night and chibi forms during the day. Now recently I've discovered that I can't turn back into my adult form at nights. I've been told that it is because you, the Moon's daughter is in grave danger. Therefore, you're mother the Moon is too worried about you to care about others, we demons are stuck in this chibi form until you are safe from whatever harm that's threatening you. So you see, in order to make your mother happy again, I'm stuck with the job of watching over you."
Usagi stared suspiciously at the blank space in front of her where the voice came from. This was getting crazier and crazier by the second. Angels and demons? Adult and chibi bodies? And people found Sailor Senshi were hard to believe. "How do I know you are telling the truth? Demons aren't known to be very trust worthy you know, assuming that's what you truly are."
"Jeeze woman! Haven't you been listening to me?" Chibi-Koryu threw his short arms in the air. He wished that there were more things for him to burn because right now, the temptation to throw a bolt of lightening at the blonde was overwhelming. "Do you think I would waste my time tormenting a mere human like your when I can torture God's favorite baka angel at any time I want to? Here I am offering you my services like an ANGEL," he spat out the word, "And I get treated like a piece of crap. Fine, if you don't believe me, I'll leave. What do I care if you die in the next five minutes and never get married to that ass of a fiancé. I'll see you in Hell someday."
"Hey wait!" Usagi called out in hast and bite her tongue. Why did she stop the demon from leaving? For all she knew he could be the reason that was putting her in danger. And was what he said true? That she was going to die soon and he was going to protect her from that? Her very own Guardian Demon.
Chibi-Koryu was startled when the girl suddenly burst into a giggling fit. That girl definitely needed some help.
"I'm sorry Koryu-san. You can stay if you want. My life sucks already so it can't get any worse than it already is," Usagi offered.
"You don't know how much worse my life sucks compared to yours," the demon grumbled and sat down on Usagi's shoulder. "Not being able to transform back is one thing, but having angels pitying you is more than humiliating! I would rather die than let that ugly Kohaku see me like this."
"Well that sounds pretty terrible. But at least you don't have a fiancé who never notices you now and friends who you never get to see," Usagi sighed. "Is Kohaku your rival?"
"Well she's an angel. And I hate all angels but her most of all. She's no where as powerful as I am, and I'm a million times more gorgeous and sexy than she'll ever be!"
The bunny giggled. They sounded just like her and Rei-chan back in high school. "So why do you hate her so much if you're so superior to her?"
"Well..." Chibi-Koryu broke off. He never thought about it before. "Because she's clumsy, useless, annoying... I don't know! I just hate her okay? Do you have a problem with that?" he asked offended.
The blonde giggled. "No, no of course not." This Kohaku sounded so similar to her though. Clumsy, useless, annoying, those were the words that Mamo- chan said to her this morning. She thought sadly. "I think you won't like me that much either then Koryu-san."
"Of course not baka. Who can like someone that trips every five steps? That's why if I'm stuck here, I might as well have some fun. If you help me to get my adult form back, then I'll turn you into a brand new hot sexy mama that no man will be able to resist."
The odango haired girl laughed. This was one funny demon, so different from how she imagined them to be from the Bible stories. She was suddenly very curious to see him. How would Koryu look in his adult form? Would he be dark and debonair? Would he be charming and handsome? Would he be goofy and cute? Sadly there was no way to tell from his voice since he sounded disturbingly like Chibi-chibi. "You have a deal then demon-san."
"Good, but you must promise not to tell your talking cat or your friends about me."
"You have nothing to worry about that. To tell you the truth, it was pretty funny what you did to Luna today," Usagi smiled at the memory. "I've never seen her so mad before. If she knew that I can actually hear you, she would shred me with her claws."
"Yeah that was me. Cats and some other animals have the ability to see us for some reason. I don't think she'll give up though," his eyes lit up at the thought of all the nasty things he would do that the black feline if she dared to interfere. In a way he wanted to see what Luna would do, it would provide all the more entertainment for him. He always did favor cats over other animals. Maybe Ruri and Hari would like to have some fun here on Earth too. He turned and gave one of his trademark smiles at the black shape hiding in one of the bushes.
~*~*~*~
She knew. Luna glared hatefully at the youma sitting on Usagi. She had never felt such a strong dislike for anyone, not even Queen Beryl when she destroyed the Moon Kingdom. How dare this creature come between her and her princess? And why did Usagi lie to protect the thing? Her red eyes narrowed. He must've brainwashed Usagi when she wasn't there to watch over her mistress. And how dare the senshi separate her from Usagi when it was clear that right now was when the blonde needed her the most? Well she still had a trump cared up her sleeve. She would prove to them all that she wasn't seeing things. After all, she clearly saw with her own two eyes how the blonde was talking to the creature.
AN: One more chapter to go and I'll be finished! Hehe I'm beginning to love these short stories, I can deal with updating them ^^;;
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and pointed out my mistakes! At least I know that my readers are paying attention ^_~ Moonmaiden-chan disappeared, so this is the unedited version. I have to say that I got inspired after watching Full Moon wo Sagashite and reading Matter of Time by Tonbo-chan. For those of you who are familiar with Wish, you'll notice how I made some changes to the demons for the sake of the plot ^^;;
Disclaimer: Don't own anything.
Chapter 1
It was impossible for her to say whether she wanted to drown herself more or drown the senshi sitting in front of her with blank expressions on their faces. "I'm telling you! I definitely saw something sitting on Usagi's windowsill last night!" Now she knew what dogs felt like when they chase after their own tails. The sheer frustration was enough to drive any cat into a hissing rage. "It was small, with black wings, and it was talking to itself before it noticed me." The black feline repeated herself for the fifth time in the past half hour. Was it her, or did their mental age digressed while they age physically?
Again the same confused looks on the four faces. "Are you sure Luna? We're not doubting you or anything. But you did say that it was the middle of the night, maybe you had a bad dream or maybe you just saw shadows that looked like evil demons with wings?" Rei asked trying very hard to keep the giggle from her voice. "I don't know what to say Luna, it's been four years since the whole Chaos thing, what can be out there that's worse than Galaxia?"
"I have to agree with Rei Luna, it's been a long time since we've had any threats," Ami added as Minako and Makoto both nodded in agreement too.
Luna dropped her head in defeat and she unconsciously flexed her claws. This sort of comment was something that she would expect Usagi to make, since she was still as immature as a teenager when it came to fighting, but hearing the others, especially Ami taking their senshi duty so lightly was more than a little shocking to the guardian cat. "Have you girls forgotten that you are Sailor Scouts?! It doesn't matter if it's peaceful! You're not suppose to let your guard down even one minute! For all you know, there can be new enemies making plans to take over right this very second. You girls ought to be ashamed of yourselves!" Luna burst out when it was too much for her to handle. "Haven't you guys learned in the past that peace doesn't last forever?" she hissed out. Even if the Earth was in peace, it was still their duty to protect the Princess, even if it was not from extraterrestrial monster, there were plenty of other supernatural life forms than the enemies they fought in the past.
"Calm down Luna," Makoto said as the four girls backed away. It has been more than a long time since the Luna was this angry. The last time was when Usagi accidentally locked her up in the trunk of a car for a whole summer day. Needless to say, when Luna finally got out, she made sure that Usagi would never forget her again by giving the odango haired girl a nice set of claw marks on the back of her hand.
"Why don't we wait for Usagi-chan to get here and hear what she has to say? Maybe she saw something too that might verify your story Luna," Ami suggested.
"That is if that odango-atama can even remember to come," Rei murmured under her breath. "I swear that girl hasn't changed a bit, she's still brainless when it comes to things besides food and guys. You'd think that after turning twenty-two and being engaged to Mamo-chan would make her a little responsible."
"Hey! Watch what you're saying behind other people's back Rei!" The little group all turned around to see Usagi bent over panting, her blonde pigtails touching the ground.
"Usagi don't move!" Everyone froze when Luna suddenly jumped up from Rei's lap. "Senshi transform now!"
"What are you waiting for?!" The black feline practically hissed out. "Can't you see the youma sitting on top of Usagi? It's the one that I was telling you guys about!"
All Luna got were blank looks. The senshi looked at each other, then looked at Usagi's back, then looked back at the cat with the same expression that clearly said that they agreed that Luna is as crazy as a loon.
"Luna," Ami began and cleared her throat delicately. "We can't see anything sitting on Usagi."
~*~*~*~
With the cute little evil smirk on his face that was characteristic of the demon, Chibi-Koryu winked and blew a kiss at the raging black cat that was all but itching to claw his eyes out. This mission was more fun than he had expected it to be. Sure he was more than a little frustrated when he saw his charge today. Man, and he thought that Kohaku was accident-prone. That idiot angel was nothing compared to the Queen of Klutz that he had to protect for the rest god knows how long. Pardon the pun. Chibi-Koryu thought as his happy mood was instantly ruined when he glared at the blond girl he was next to.
This was another thing that he didn't understand about God and his pathetic helpers; if God was all that powerful then why couldn't he make all of the humans as perfect as he was? I mean look at Usagi, she has beauty, but what is beauty without brains or coordination? Now Satan on the other hand, knew how to get the job done, just look at him, the perfect combination of beauty and intelligence, Chibi-Koryu thought, if only he wasn't affected by the power of that stupid moon, then everything about he would true be perfect.
Only this morning when he was following Usagi after she split up with that cat Luna, he lost track of the times she fell after five minutes. He was seriously starting to wonder how the blonde would function if she didn't have her cat to tell her what to do every five steps. Useless to say if it wasn't for him, the baka girl would've been meat pulp by now on the streets of Tokyo, and things didn't get any better when they reached that Mamo guy's place. If anything, it was even more painful to watch her try to help him clean up his place but all she ended up doing was making everything worse. Chibi-Koryu didn't know whom to feel sorry for, Mamoru for having to buy a new living room set or for Usagi who started crying when her loving fiancé yelled at her. She almost reminded him of Kohaku but at least Kohaku didn't have anyone criticizing her that way.
For the first time since he was trapped in his chibi form he took some time off to pity another person. Not that it lasted that long. Right now he was having too much fun taunting that cat Luna. It must be his demonic roots, but it just gave him so much pleasure to see someone else suffering. If he had to suffer than he was going to make sure that he was not the only one getting frustrated. And the fact that only a few animal species could see demons just added more spice to the game. There was nothing more maddening when you were telling the truth and no one believed you.
"What do you mean you can't see it?! It's sitting on Usagi's back right now blowing a raspberry at all of you bakas!" Luna was literally hissing out, her back ached into a perfect half circle.
"Um Luna, I don't feel anything on me," the blonde bunny said out hesitantly. She knew that she was late for a few minutes but she must've missed a lot of things.
"Don't worry Usagi-chan," Minako quickly reassured the other girl who was starting to have a panicked look from the way the black feline was staring at her. "We were just talking about what Luna saw last night while you were asleep." She carefully walked towards her leader and pulled Usagi down to sit with her. Even though she couldn't see what Luna saw, it was better to be careful than sorry. Clearing her throat the goddess of love continued delicately. "Last night when Luna woke you up, did you see anything sitting on your window Usagi-chan?"
The odango-haired girl slowly shook her head. By the time that she opened her eyes all she saw was Luna looking out her window and telling her that there would be a senshi meeting the next day.
"Try to think Usagi, are you sure you didn't see anything that's around the age of Chibichibi, it has black hair and eyes, and on its back it's got black wings." Luna asked impatiently, eying the empty space a few inches above her mistress's head, where she saw the Chibi-Koryu waving at her.
"I'm sorry Luna, I really don't remember anything at all," Usagi answered almost on the verge of tears. It was bad enough that Mamo-chan had to yell at her this morning but having Luna question her like this... it was hard even for her to put on her cheerful front.
The black cat sighed. Maybe it was only her, since no one else could see it. Or maybe... something clicked in Luna's head. "Minako, we're going to have another senshi meeting tomorrow at the same time, make sure that Artemis is here, drag him out by the tail if you have to. Rei, can you bring out Deimos and Phobos and then do a fire reading on Usagi?"
"Sure," the miko answered hesitantly not seeing the point to this at all. Luna was acting as if some evil spirit possesses Usagi, but just by looking at how Usagi was whining it was perfectly clear that there wasn't anything wrong with the blond ditz at all. But what the heck, if doing a fire reading could stop all of Luna's weird worries then she was all game.
Floating right above Usagi's head, Chibi-Koryu chuckled. So the cat thought that a fire reading would be able to stop him, as if. Didn't she know that only the lesser demons could be detected by those amateur human tricks? As the nephew of Satan no one could track him down if he didn't want to be found. As for Deimos and Phobos, whatever those things were, they wouldn't stand a chance against him.
His question was quickly answered when two black dots swooped down towards him from the sky. Usagi ducked and covered her head with her arms as she tried to run away from the crows that started circling her. Chibi-Koryu grinned at what he saw. So that was what Deimos and Phobos were, they just made his work easier. Too bad Luna didn't know that the Royal family of Satan and the crows had always formed an alliance. There was no way that the stupid cat could use his own allies against him.
Closing his eyes, a dark violet seal appeared on his forehead as he concentrated his powers on the two crows, projecting his thoughts to the birds as they turned in the sky gracefully to attack him again.
Rei watched puzzled as her pets swooped down on Usagi as if to attack her, was Luna right the whole time? That something was plaguing Usagi even though no one could see it? Just as she was thinking to herself, Demos and Phobos suddenly froze in midair. It wouldn't have looked strange if it were for the fact that one second they were charging Usagi and the other they were completely still in mid-flight.
The dark haired miko quickly whistled, calling her guardian crows. The two birds seemed to have regained their control and answered to their mistress's call. "What did you see Deimos and Phobos?"
The two crows croaked as they landed gently on the miko's outstretched hand. Carefully gripping her slim fingers so that their claws wouldn't cut into her flesh. She caressed the glossy black feathers as she listened.
"What are they saying Rei?" Luna asked impatiently, her feline eyes didn't miss the precious second when the two birds stopped their attack when that weird symbol appeared on the youma sitting on Usagi. So she wasn't the only one who could see them. That brought a bit of relief and confidence to the guardian cat. Now if only the humans would believe their pets!
"Well Luna, I'm sorry to tell you, but it seems like Demos and Phobos didn't see anything unusual around Usagi," Rei sighed, "Should I still do a fire reading on her Luna?"
The feline's red eyes narrowed at the creature, the one she could see, if the youma thought that she could be defeated so easily, than she would show him. She wasn't the guardian of the Sailor Senshi for nothing. "Of course. I won't rest until I make sure that Usagi is safe."
The blond girl sighed, her day was going from bad to worse and based on what she was feeling right now, and how determined Luna seemed, she was in no mood to argue with the cat. Not that any arguing would make her guardian to change her mind. She had long discovered that when she didn't want to be persuaded, Luna could be as deaf as a rock. There was nothing she could do than to go through whatever the cat planned for her. No rest for the tortured. Even Rei sympathized her, which was not characteristic of the dark haired girl.
Dragging her feet she followed her scouts and Luna, almost forgot to take off her shoes before she entered the room of the sacred flame if Ami hadn't reminded her. She felt like a zombie as she followed Rei's instructions to kneel between the miko and the sacred flame. She had no clue in what was going on, all she knew was that this had something to do with the reason Luna woke her up last night. But right now she didn't want to go through with any of this, what Mamo-chan said to her was still too fresh in her mind.
In the meanwhile the chibi-demon that was the cause of this entire ruckus looked on in amusement. It had been such a long time since he has had so much fun. Even teasing Kohaku pales in comparison to this. He would teach the kitty cat not to mess with him. With that thought in mind, a devious plan started to form in his head as the girl they called Rei started to chant.
"O sacred flames, please guide us. Show us the new danger that threatens Usagi-chan's life," the dark haired miko asked as she performed the final hand seals. Everyone stared at the flames trying to see the changes in the leaping fire until their eyes were burning with dryness and heat.
"Rei, do you see anything yet?" Luna whispered, impatient but afraid to disturb the girl's concentration. Just when the question left her mouth, the sacred flames took shape and leaped out towards Usagi. Everyone gasped in shock, it couldn't be true but there was no mistake that the sacred flames took a sharp that was almost an exact copy of Luna.
"Usagi-chan!" everyone shouted at the blond who sat unmoving with her back to the fire. The scorching heat singed the ends of the golden strands and threatened to devour the frozen figure if Rei hadn't pushed her princess out of the way. The large fire replica of Luna landed on the hard wooden floor and growled at the girls before it disintegrated.
Chibi-Koryu smiled. Mission accomplished. Looked like he won this round according to all the shocked faces of the girls as they turned as one to look at their guardian cat. Humans were so easy to trick.
"I can't be true!" Luna yelled out shaking her head. She looked up at the grinning demon that could only be seen by her. "It was you isn't it? You were the one who manipulated the flames to look like me!" She turned towards the frightened faces of the senshi. "Don't be fooled Usagi."
There was fear on their faces when the dark feline approached their leader. It was Makoto who pushed the unresisting Usagi behind her. The rest of the senshi followed suite and surrounded Usagi, separating her from the cat. "We're sorry Luna, but you know that Rei's fire readings is never wrong."
"But... you don't seriously believe that I would hurt Usagi!" a wounded look appeared on her furry face. How could they doubt her like this? She would never betray or hurt her princess in anyway. Usagi was almost like a daughter to her, she only wanted the best for her princess, for her safety...
"We don't believe that either. We know that you will never harm Usagi-chan in any way Luna," Minako said sadly, she knew how hard it was for Luna. If it was Artemis, she wouldn't be able to handle it, but the safety of her princess was more important than anything. "We don't know for sure what's going on right now. So maybe it'll be best for you to stay away from Usagi- chan right now Luna. It won't be permanent, just until we find out what's happening. We know that you won't harm Usagi, you would rather die than to see something happen to her, but maybe your presence plays a role. Just to be on the safe side."
"You want to separate me from Usagi?!" an unbelievable look on her face. "Do another fire reading Rei. Did you make a mistake? Maybe you were thinking about what me when you were asking the fire. There has to be a mistake!"
"I'm sorry Luna. Even if I repeat the fire reading, the result is going to come back the same, you know that," the miko shook her head and refused to look at the cat guardian. "Even Deimos and Phobos said that they didn't detect anything unusual around Usagi-chan."
"Fine forget all the that! Ami scan Usagi with your Mercury Computer. I'm sure the Silver Millennium technology will be able to detect the youma I'm talking about."
"Luna, I think you should stop this nonsense," the blue haired genius said after a long pause. "We've tried everything you suggested so far and nothing showed up. No one has seen the youma you have been talking about. Even if there is a youma, wouldn't it attack by now? Especially since you can see it following Usagi around, why would he just do that and not harm her?"
"Because he's trying to gather information! Because he wants to find out your weaknesses! Because he wants to create conflict and create a rift in the sailor senshi and it's obviously working very well!" Luna yelled out.
"Luna, I think that it'll be best if you take a little time off now. It's been a long time since we've had any threats, maybe you'll just overreacting a little," Minako said hesitantly, not wanting to anger the cat further. Who knew what Luna was capable of doing right now? And on one in their right mind was very eager to find out either.
"Are you saying that I'm seeing things? That I'm crazy?!" the guardian feline growled out, making all the girls flinch. "Fine, if you guys don't believe me then I'll go. Don't come crying to me when something happens to Usagi," Luna flung over her shoulder coldly and left the little group.
Everyone sighed in relief, but Rei immediately turned towards her best friend. "Usagi-chan, promise me that you'll stay away from Luna for the time being."
The blonde opened her lips to complain but one look around the determined faces made her close them again without uttering one sound.
"No buts! We know that Luna would give her life for you, but the fire reading isn't something that should be taken lightly. She might have an influence on the bad omen that's ahead of you," the miko explained and forced her princess to look into her eyes. "We'll have to tell Mamoru-san about this and each of us will take turns watching over you just in case. I'll ask Luna to stay with me here at the temple for the time being, so you'll be able to see her whenever you want to, okay?"
There was no light in the defeated sapphire eyes. "Do whatever you want. I'm leaving now."
The four girls watched speechlessly as their leader seemed to drag herself out of the temple, without any of her normal cheerfulness and energy. Did something happen between her and Mamoru this morning that might've made her so uncaring? She hadn't said anything and usually when they had a fight she would be brawling her eyes out by now. The quiet depressive mood was just so out of place with a girl as full of life as Usagi.
~*~*~*~
The park as full of people, after all it was Saturday in the middle of the summer. Kids ran around laying tag and young couples walked hand in hand. There was nothing that made her feel worse than watching all these happiness around her. She felt so out of place, so alone at this moment.
Now that there were no more enemies, the senshi had all gone on their separate ways. Pursuing their dreams now that there were no senshi duties to inhibit them. Even Mamo-chan was too busy to see her, always working extra-shifts, and the little time that she did get to spend with him, he was always too tired. It was like she didn't know this Mamoru at all. He was too different from the way he was when they were fighting side by side as Sailormoon and Tuxedo Mask back when he actually cared.
Now she didn't recognize the man that fell asleep in her presence. Maybe it was because of her, how she stayed the same while everyone else around her changed. She almost wished that the Earth was in danger again so she could have her friends and her precious fiancé back. But that would be too selfish, putting the lives of so many people in danger just for a few minutes of personal happiness.
"Life sucks," Usagi murmured to herself as she plucked a rose blossom from a near by bush. The perfectly formed flower reminded her of the ones Tuxedo Mask used to throw. He was so romantic back then.
"I agree," Chibi-Koryu said out lout still floating next to the blonde girl. "I can't believe I'm still stuck like this."
Usagi shrieked loudly and dropped the flower she was holding. Did she just hear a voice talking next to her ear or was she so incompetent now that she didn't even notice someone walking up to her? She turned around and peeped over her shoulders. No one. She let out a shaky laugh, "It must've been my imagination. I can't be hearing voices in my head."
"You can hear me?" Chibi-Koryu asked in surprised and winced in pain when the blonde shrieked even louder than the first time. If he weren't in charge of protecting her, he would've ripped those vocal cords out by now. But he was too intrigued by the fact that she could hear him to act upon his more violent desires. Now wasn't this interesting. As far as he knew, no one could see or hear him unless they were already dead. Of course that pot-bellied Kohaku's human was an exception. Wait a minute, Kokuyo did say that he was protecting the Moon's daughter. The fact that this Usagi was the offspring of a giant space rock combined with the fact that she owned a talking cat and was a part of Sailor senshi (whatever that was) must've meant that she had some sort of power. God, why didn't he try to communicate with her sooner? Maybe being in this chibi form for extended lengths of time had a negative effect on his mental capabilities, all the more reason to get out of it as soon as possible.
Usagi stared as the flower she dropped was picked up by an invisible hand and floated to her face, waiting for her to take it back. But the poor frightened girl couldn't do anything except to run way in the opposite direction while screaming about ghosts and youma.
Chibi-Koryu looked at the rose he held and shrugged. If she didn't want to believe it, than he would have to force her to. With a snap of his fingers, the running blonde tripped on a tree root that suddenly grew up from the concrete ground. Flying towards the girl casually, another snap of his fingers and Usagi was picked up and deposited on the green grass, all the scratches magically healed. "Before you start screaming bloody murder again, let me explain first," he couldn't finish because she started to mumble to herself.
"Oh my god. Luna was right all along. There is a new enemy," Usagi hugged herself tightly and looked around as if trying to locate the invisible enemy.
He wanted to scream too. This was even harder than talking to Kohaku. At least the baka angel had the courtesy to listen to what he had to say once in a while. And here he was trying to be nice and explain to the human girl (not every demon was as patient as he was) and she accused him of being a monster. At last, his anger got the better of him and with a loud curse, he directed a bolt of lightening towards the tree that the blonde was leaning against.
Usagi jumped away just in time and watched in horror as the large willow tree got cremated in a matter of seconds. She had never seen a youma this powerful before. Her hand itched for her compact that was safely locked away in her drawer. Now that there were no more enemies, she always kept her relics from her Sailormoon days at home. But now, she didn't even know if Sailormoon would be able to defeat this enemy considering it was more than a little difficult to fight something that you couldn't even see. "What do you want from me?"
"Now that I have your undivided attention. Let me introduce myself," Chibi- Koryu smirked. Nothing like a little violence to drive the point home. My name is Koryu and I'm the nephew to his evilness, the Ruler of Hell: Satan. Now I don't understand why or how you can hear me, since ordinary humans can't. So I guess that it has something to do with your powers."
"You know that I'm Sailormoon?" Usagi asked wide mouthed. Now this was one smart youma who did his homework. Normally youma never bothered to find out Sailor senshi's real identities. She must tell the others about this... but her communicator was at home with her compact.
"What's a Sailormoon?" the chibi-demon looked confused for a while. Kokuyo never mentioned anyone called Sailormoon before. But now that he thought about it, the girls and that cat said the name quite a few times. But that's not important right now. "Never mind, I don't care what it is. I was told that you are the daughter of the Moon. Is that true?"
The daughter of the Moon? That was the first time someone addressed her like that. "Well I was the daughter of Queen Serenity, the Ruler of the Moon Kingdom in my previous life."
"Close enough. So like I'm saying. I'm not going to harm you or your little friends... that is unless they interfere with my mission."
"Don't you dare..."
"If they don't interfere with me, you and your friends will have nothing to worry about." Chibi-Koryu continued. "I don't know how much you know about angels and demons, but I'll try my best to explain," He took a deep breath. He had never been this patient with anyone before, not even with Satan. What would the denizens of Hell say if they could see him now, taking his time with a human girl? His reputation as the hot-tempered demon would be ruined for all eternity. "Before an angel or a demon reaches their maturity and full power, they spend half of everyday in chibi form. For angels who draw their powers from the sun, they are able to maintain their adult form during the day and revert back to chibi form at night. For the demons it's the opposite. Our powers come from the moon. So we have our adult forms at night and chibi forms during the day. Now recently I've discovered that I can't turn back into my adult form at nights. I've been told that it is because you, the Moon's daughter is in grave danger. Therefore, you're mother the Moon is too worried about you to care about others, we demons are stuck in this chibi form until you are safe from whatever harm that's threatening you. So you see, in order to make your mother happy again, I'm stuck with the job of watching over you."
Usagi stared suspiciously at the blank space in front of her where the voice came from. This was getting crazier and crazier by the second. Angels and demons? Adult and chibi bodies? And people found Sailor Senshi were hard to believe. "How do I know you are telling the truth? Demons aren't known to be very trust worthy you know, assuming that's what you truly are."
"Jeeze woman! Haven't you been listening to me?" Chibi-Koryu threw his short arms in the air. He wished that there were more things for him to burn because right now, the temptation to throw a bolt of lightening at the blonde was overwhelming. "Do you think I would waste my time tormenting a mere human like your when I can torture God's favorite baka angel at any time I want to? Here I am offering you my services like an ANGEL," he spat out the word, "And I get treated like a piece of crap. Fine, if you don't believe me, I'll leave. What do I care if you die in the next five minutes and never get married to that ass of a fiancé. I'll see you in Hell someday."
"Hey wait!" Usagi called out in hast and bite her tongue. Why did she stop the demon from leaving? For all she knew he could be the reason that was putting her in danger. And was what he said true? That she was going to die soon and he was going to protect her from that? Her very own Guardian Demon.
Chibi-Koryu was startled when the girl suddenly burst into a giggling fit. That girl definitely needed some help.
"I'm sorry Koryu-san. You can stay if you want. My life sucks already so it can't get any worse than it already is," Usagi offered.
"You don't know how much worse my life sucks compared to yours," the demon grumbled and sat down on Usagi's shoulder. "Not being able to transform back is one thing, but having angels pitying you is more than humiliating! I would rather die than let that ugly Kohaku see me like this."
"Well that sounds pretty terrible. But at least you don't have a fiancé who never notices you now and friends who you never get to see," Usagi sighed. "Is Kohaku your rival?"
"Well she's an angel. And I hate all angels but her most of all. She's no where as powerful as I am, and I'm a million times more gorgeous and sexy than she'll ever be!"
The bunny giggled. They sounded just like her and Rei-chan back in high school. "So why do you hate her so much if you're so superior to her?"
"Well..." Chibi-Koryu broke off. He never thought about it before. "Because she's clumsy, useless, annoying... I don't know! I just hate her okay? Do you have a problem with that?" he asked offended.
The blonde giggled. "No, no of course not." This Kohaku sounded so similar to her though. Clumsy, useless, annoying, those were the words that Mamo- chan said to her this morning. She thought sadly. "I think you won't like me that much either then Koryu-san."
"Of course not baka. Who can like someone that trips every five steps? That's why if I'm stuck here, I might as well have some fun. If you help me to get my adult form back, then I'll turn you into a brand new hot sexy mama that no man will be able to resist."
The odango haired girl laughed. This was one funny demon, so different from how she imagined them to be from the Bible stories. She was suddenly very curious to see him. How would Koryu look in his adult form? Would he be dark and debonair? Would he be charming and handsome? Would he be goofy and cute? Sadly there was no way to tell from his voice since he sounded disturbingly like Chibi-chibi. "You have a deal then demon-san."
"Good, but you must promise not to tell your talking cat or your friends about me."
"You have nothing to worry about that. To tell you the truth, it was pretty funny what you did to Luna today," Usagi smiled at the memory. "I've never seen her so mad before. If she knew that I can actually hear you, she would shred me with her claws."
"Yeah that was me. Cats and some other animals have the ability to see us for some reason. I don't think she'll give up though," his eyes lit up at the thought of all the nasty things he would do that the black feline if she dared to interfere. In a way he wanted to see what Luna would do, it would provide all the more entertainment for him. He always did favor cats over other animals. Maybe Ruri and Hari would like to have some fun here on Earth too. He turned and gave one of his trademark smiles at the black shape hiding in one of the bushes.
~*~*~*~
She knew. Luna glared hatefully at the youma sitting on Usagi. She had never felt such a strong dislike for anyone, not even Queen Beryl when she destroyed the Moon Kingdom. How dare this creature come between her and her princess? And why did Usagi lie to protect the thing? Her red eyes narrowed. He must've brainwashed Usagi when she wasn't there to watch over her mistress. And how dare the senshi separate her from Usagi when it was clear that right now was when the blonde needed her the most? Well she still had a trump cared up her sleeve. She would prove to them all that she wasn't seeing things. After all, she clearly saw with her own two eyes how the blonde was talking to the creature.
AN: One more chapter to go and I'll be finished! Hehe I'm beginning to love these short stories, I can deal with updating them ^^;;