I would like to take this opportunity to remind all my readers that this story is a SEQUEL to another story of mine, called, "In Happy Hiding". You will need to have read this to understand the prophesy, or even figure out the prophesy before the Senshi! And some of the flashbacks are recollections from the first story, which took place in the Silver Millennium. It's not very long, so please swing by there and read it if you haven't already. It helps you understand, and it helps my self-esteem to get more reviews! Hee Hee!
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One last note: I know you are all waiting for this to really branch off from the main story, and it will start to do that in this chapter. In this chapter, we meet the fiery Rei… and… Jadeite.
-Moon Pie
Escaping Oblivion Chapter Four: Flames of PassionLuna caught up with Sailor Moon and the newly discovered Sailor Mercury on the roof of the Crystal Academy cram school. When she saw the new Senshi, her tiny cat jaw dropped.
"Ami?" she asked, shocked.
Ami just giggled. Usagi had already warned her that their advisor and guardian was none other than Luna, the talking cat.
"Yes, Luna?" she asked, smiling. She removed her tiara to reveal the sign of Mercury on her forehead.
"Well, I'll be dogged," Luna said. "I thought you were the enemy and you turned out to be Sailor Mercury! Sailor Moon?" Luna question. The soldier of the Moon merely smiled omnisciently. Luna shrugged and jumped into Mercury's arms.
"Well, Sailor Mercury. Do you have any questions?"
"Ie," was the calm answer.
Luna stared. "Really?"
Sailor Mercury set the cat down, and stood to her full height. "I have sworn my loyalty to my leader, Sailor Moon. And I have vowed to apply all assets in my to the battle against evil. I do not question my missions."
Luna was impressed. Loyalty without question, just like a true Senshi.
"State your missions, Sailor Mercury." Luna instructed, wondering if Usagi had actually given a debriefing.
Sailor Mercury took a deep breath. "Obey Sailor Moon without question. Protect the people of Earth from evil at all costs. Locate the Silver Imperium Crystal and keep it out of the hands of evil at all costs. Locate and protect the Princess at all costs."
Luna grinned, hoping Usagi was taking some mental notes. Then, she sobered and asked a question that earned her a warning look from Sailor Moon.
"Do you… remember anything from your past life?"
Mercury's eyes remained blank. "No. I do not. Demo… I know my purpose, now, Luna. I don't need memories to give me that."
Luna nodded, "I'm sure all of your memories will be awakened with the Princess."
Sailor moon fidgeted, looking at her watch, and yawning. "Sheesh, this is boring. Uh… at ease, Mercury."
Luna rolled her eyes, but Ami just giggled, relaxing. "I still can't believe that Luna can talk!" Mercury breathed.
Sailor Moon rolled her eyes. "The real miracle is getting her to shut up."
Luna decided not to dignify the remark with a response, leaving an awkward silence between them. Sailor Moon laughed.
"Why don't we call it a night, Sailor Moon? Besides, we have a history test tomorrow!" Mercury suggested.
Sailor Moon recoiled, disgusted. "TEST?! Ugh." Then she winked. "How's about helping me study, Ami-chan?" Usagi said, as she detransformed.
Ami followed suit, grinning. "Sure, Usagi-chan! I still have a while before Mother expects me back home."
"Great!"
Mamoru climbed into his apartment through the window (simply because he could) and then detransformed.
He flopped on his bed, and sighed deeply.
"Phew! Now I don't have to worry so much since she has another Senshi to help her fight." Then it struck him, that he wasn't sure why he was so concerned and obligated to protect her.
He shrugged, and slipped out of his shirt (AN: drool) and quickly used his psychometry to heal the wound in his side, courtesy of a stray pencil.
Mamoru rubbed his face tiredly, glancing at his desk full of homework. He groaned, and shut his eyes. Immediately, Sailor Moon's face appeared before his eyes.
"I am… an anomaly…" she'd said, so sadly. Imaging it gave him a strong urge to find her, take her in his arms, and comfort her.
Then he remembered seeing the blood seep from her neck. He remembered the raw panic and primal rage that took control over him when he saw her hurt. Then, pride when she didn't flinch, and then terror and overwhelming concern when she fainted behind him.
"Chiba, you're losing your mind," he said, aloud. "Think about something else. Like your homework for example."
He moved to his desk, and pulled out his math textbook from underneath his English book. The latter fell to the floor with a bang. He winced, shutting his eyes. As soon as he did, Usagi's smiling face appeared, winking mischievously.
He snapped open his eyes. "I need some sleep. I'll do this homework in the morning."
He wandered back to his bed, and turned to the window, watching the rising moon.
"Princess, I don't remember you. I've never seen your face, even in my dreams. But I think I'm betraying you already, by falling for not one, but two other women. My heart is confused. But I know that we are destined to be together and that when I find you, everything that will be, will be. For now, I'll just let whatever's meant to happen, happen."
With this, he fell asleep.
When Usagi crawled into bed that night, she was expecting a break from her nightmares, since she'd found Mercury. In fact, she really needed a break because her grades were steadily worsening and because she never got a good night's sleep, she was starting to feel the effects physically.
However, the fates did not have any mercy left for Usagi that night.
The old saying about fighting fire with fire couldn't have been more false in this battle. The Senshi of Fire was furious. When her tears dropped from her eyes, they sizzled on her face, hot with rage and pain. But her opponent, another Shitennou of Earth, could wield fire almost as well as her.
Almost.
"Give up, girl! You've already lost! You fight for nothing! Beryl is going to kill your pitiful princess, because all of you Senshi are preoccupied by fighting us!" Jadeite yelled, laughing sadistically.
Sailor Mars froze, and even the flames curling in her palms stopped moving.
"What did you just say?" She hissed, her voice dangerously low.
"I said--,"
"Did you just insult my princess?!"
Jadeite's lips curled into a sick smile. His eyes were blank with the trance of evil. "Why, yes, Senshi. I believe I did."
Mars glared, furiously. "I was going to forgive you for using me. I was going to forgive you for betraying me, and threatening my princess. I was going to forget that you were too WEAKto resist the evil that seduced you! I would have even forgotten that you were so STUPID as to think for a minute that your hideous "queen" even had a CHANCE against Queen Serenity and the Princess, or to think that YOUR PRINCE would EVER abandon her! I would have put it all behind me and allowed Serenity to heal you!"
Jadeite took a step back, watching cautiously as the Princess of Mars began to cause small fires to catch on the ground around her. The flames flickered off of her violet eyes ominously.
"How DARE you insult my princess in my presence! After all she's done for you?! After everything WE have been through together? Me and you? I LOVED YOU, YOU IDIOT!" she screamed.
She regained her composure, but her eyes flashed mercilessly. "Your treason cannot be forgiven. Prepare yourself for death, Jadeite. And say hello to Beryl for me!"
"AKU RYO TAI SAN!"
The enraged Senshi whipped out a scorched scroll and flung it at her adversary. It hit him dead in the center of his forehead and he was unable to move. Mars smiled, tears running down her face. She walked slowly up to her petrified lover.
"Jade, I know you are in there, somewhere. And I want you to know that I'm sorry. I loved you."
She tilted her head slightly, then pressed her lips ever so gently on Jadeite's. Because of the scroll, his facial expression couldn't change, but a single tear fell from one eye before they turned blank again.
Sailor Mars backed up, taking three large steps. The flames lit up her eyes again. "But you are still a traitor! So, die, you SCUM!"
With that, she cupped her hands together, and a huge burst of fire poured from her palms, eradicating Jadeite and leaving nothing but a burnt corpse that toppled to the ground lifelessly.
Sailor Mars was still for a moment. Then, silently, she turned to a small flame at her feet, and cupped her hands around it and made it into a bonfire. She admired the flames for a moment, then looked up to the sky.
"Princess? I believe in you. You will make all of this right again."
Then, her face still upturned to the heavens, and her eyes closed reverently, she spread her arms out to her sides, then walked into the flames. Her tears evaporated in the heat.
Usagi shot up in bed, her face red from crying. She staggered over to her desk, and scribbled for a moment, then buried her face into her hands to muffle the sobs.
"I wasn't even there in that lifetime!" Usagi whispered fiercely to herself. "So why do I feel like all of these horrible things are my fault?!"
She didn't even glance at the time, as she threw on some clothes and stealthily exited her room from the window, and down a nearby tree. She didn't know where she was running to, but she knew exactly whom she wanted to see.
She passed through an alley on her way and transformed without stopping. Sailor Moon exited the alley, and ran diligently on.
When her feet stopped, she found herself in the park, at the bench facing the lake and the rising sun. She sat down, and waited.
Mamoru's eyes popped open, and his senses overwhelmed him. Sailor Moon had transformed. She wasn't in danger, he realized, rubbing his head, and jumping out of bed. But she needed him. Badly.
Fear. Uncertainty. Loneliness. Anger.
He transformed and closed his eyes. He reached for her with his senses, and found her.
Shame.
He leapt out of his window, cape flying out behind him.
He could feel her tears.
Only a few moments passed for Sailor Moon until the dashing rogue that she was growing so fond of appeared at her side. She moved to stand to meet him, but he stopped her by taking her hands and kneeling before her.
"What's wrong, Sailor Moon?" he asked, his voice twisted with pain at seeing her upset.
Tears fell unchecked from Sailor Moon's eyes. And the dam that she'd been building to hold back everything that had fell on her shoulders in the last week just collapsed.
She spilled out everything except identities. She told him about her horrible dreams, the prophesy that put the hope of the world on her shoulders, and the feeling she had that everything was all her fault. Tuxedo Kamen was silent as she wept, but he held her hands and squeezed them gently, caressing the top of her hands with his thumbs.
As she ended, Sailor Moon paused to wiped the tears from her eyes, and whispered, "And even when I look into your face, Tuxedo Kamen, I feel nothing but a sense that I have failed you most of all!"
Tuxedo Kamen's heart went out to the young woman before him, and he was overcome with affection for her and admiration for how strong she was, and pain that she had so much to bear alone, even with another Scout at her side. He took her hands and pulled her slowly forward, so that their faces were only inches apart.
"Sailor Moon." he whispered into her ear. "You have never failed me, or anyone. And you are not to blame for what happened in the past. Don't ever think that you were. And Sailor Moon?"
She looked up, relief already clouding her eyes.
"You will never be in this alone. I will always be at your side. No matter what."
Sailor Moon closed her eyes and smiled as the relief and joy washed over her. Then, she regained her composure, and stood. She extended her hand to help Tuxedo Kamen up. He accepted smiling.
She placed her hands on his shoulders, and stood on her tiptoes and whispered breathily in Tuxedo Kamen's ear, "You save me even from myself. Arigatou…"
She got off her tiptoes and bowed very slightly, then flicked her wrist, and a white rose appeared.
"This time, a rose for you, Tuxedo Kamen-sama." She tucked it into his shirt pocket, then took his hand and kissed his palm.
"Thank you," she whispered, before backing slowly away in the shadows.
Tuxedo Kamen watched her, then, when he could no longer see or feel her, he look at his hand and found the handkerchief that he'd tied around her wound at the last fight sitting between two of his fingers, coiled around the stem of the rose.
Later, after Usagi had awakened from the emotionally drained doze she fell into upon her arrival back home, she found Luna and Ami talking in hushed tones. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. "What's up, guys? What time is it? Why aren't we at school, Ami-chan?" she wondered, yawning.
Ami giggled. "Two reasons. One: You were dead to the world. Two: School's been cancelled."
Usagi shot up. "What?!" she demanded, alarmed. "Why?"
Luna cocked an eyebrow. Usually Usagi would be delighted to know that school was out. She smiled. Perhaps her young charge was already beginning to mature.
Ami sobered, pulling her glasses off and folding them neatly. "There's been a crisis on the Sendai Hill bus."
Usagi hopped on one foot as she pulled her jeans on. "Well, where is it?"
Ami took a deep breath. "That's the crisis. It's gone."
"WHAT?" The cry was muffled because Usagi was pulling a shirt over her head.
Ami tried not to laugh because of the seriousness of the moment, but she couldn't help smiling a little. "The bus just disappeared. There were many children on the bus, and there are tons of frantic parents at the Hikawa Temple."
Usagi rolled her eyes, envisioning her own mother's chronic tendency to overreact. "Great. Well, let's fulfill our duty to society and go solve the problem for the hysterical mommies."
Luna snorted. "Usagi."
"What?"
Ami laughed. "Let's go. We better go see if the priestess of the temple has any information we can use."
"Right."
When the two Sailors reached the temple, the chief priest of the temple was trying to calm the frantic parents. Usagi paused, cocking her head slightly, to listen.
"Your granddaughter has ESP! Why doesn't she help us find the children?! Has she no heart?!"
"The priestess is not involved. It's better to leave such things to the police…"
Usagi shook her head, and looked around. She spotted a beautiful young woman with long ebony hair. She was exotically pale, and her hair had a violent tint when the sun hit it just right. Her face was twisted with hurt and anger. She turned on her heel, her robes flying out behind her.
Usagi moved to follow her, automatically drawn to someone in pain. But before she could say a word, the girl turned around, a frantic look in her eyes.
"Evil spirits, you cannot invade this holy temple! Aku Ryo Tai San!"
Before Usagi could remember where she'd heard that phrase before, a scroll landed dead between her eyes. She fainted immediately.
Mamoru looked up from his milkshake, sensing something strange from Sailor Moon. Curious, he decided he'd try to find her to see if anything was wrong.
"Hey, Motoki-kun, I'll see you later! Put that shake on my bill for later!"
"Sure, Mamoru! Sayonara!"
When Usagi woke up, she had a splitting headache. She moaned and rubbed her head gently. "What happened?" she groaned.
She opened her eyes to find the priestess standing over her. She looked embarrassed and concerned.
"I felt a great power enter the temple. I thought it was an evil spirit. I'm sorry. I made a mistake."
Usagi smiled wryly, mentally thanking the young woman for the compliment.
"It's ok. I was actually just coming over to talk to you. You haven't seen another girl with black hair, that kind of looks blue in the sunlight, have you?"
The priestess nodded, stunned speechless by the instant forgiveness she received from the girl.
"Oh, ok. Thanks. By the way, my name is Usagi."
She shook herself out of her stupor, causing her long hair to wave around her elegant face. "Rei."
Usagi smiled warmly, and shook her hand. When she did, it was hot to the touch, but Usagi said nothing. She remembered the phrase the young woman had used and connected it to the girl in her dream. Rei was Sailor Mars, she realized, excitedly.
"It's nice to meet you, Rei. I… um… came to ask if you knew anything about the Sendai Hill bus."
Rei's face went cold. "Listen, I've told you vultures that I had no part in it!"
Usagi blinked, then remembered the parents outside. "No, no! You misunderstand… I'm not here to point fingers. I… want to help."
Rei wondered what good this girl thought she could do, but before she could voice her suspicions, the girl continued.
"In fact, I'm positive that you are not responsible, Rei. All of the crazed people are wrong about you. Very wrong."
The muscles in Rei's face slowly relaxed as she smiled. "Arigatou, Usagi."
Usagi smiled. "I'll be seeing you soon."
Usagi met up with Ami a block from the temple. Ami had questions the bystanders but got no information. Usagi added her lack of help ontop.
"Ugh, I guess we'll just have to ride the next bus," Usagi grumbled. "In that case, I'm going to go by a good luck charm."
She turned on her heel, and walked swiftly back up the steps. The woman at the counter said "Next," but the man in front of her didn't move.
She rolled her eyes, and shifted her weight impatiently. "Excuse me, sir, but there are others in line."
The man turned.
"Odango Atama?" he asked, surprised.
Her jaw dropped. "Baka? What are you doing here?"
Mamoru quickly hid the love charm in his pocket. "What's it to ya?" he teased, moving out of her way.
"Ugh, never mind. Move."
He laughed, and watched her as she paid.
"A good luck charm? To keep you from running over people like myself?" he asked, chuckling.
Usagi didn't respond to the jibe. "Can it, Mamoru-baka. I need more good luck than anyone else who's so unfortunate as to know you."
Mamoru froze, and watched her retreating form.
Something about her tone of voice was familiar to him, but something was blocking the memory. He shrugged, and walked off.
His urge to find Sailor Moon was gone.
Ami and Luna looked around as the bus began to drive off. "Ugh, where could Usagi be? I guess we'll have to investigate without her. But before they realized that the bus said "Juuban" instead of "Sendai Hill" it was too late to stop.
"Uh oh."
Usagi looked around the bus and found it empty. "Those rumors must have gotten to everyone." She glanced around again. "Well, I'm not waiting on Ami and Luna. I gotta get this over with."
She sat down.
Suddenly, the bus just took off. "Nani?!" she yelled, jumping up.
"What's going on?!" she demanded from the driver. He actually got up, and turned around, his short blond hair flying out from his head. The bus continued to hurtle through a black void.
Usagi gasped, her hand flying to her mouth. "Jadeite?!" she whispered.
He laughed sadistically, and took her roughly by the arm. "How nice! You've heard of me! Well, congratulations, foolish girl! You've just been picked to donate your energy to Metallia!"
Usagi shivered at the name, but before she could move, Jadeite placed his hand on her forehead, then slowly, she felt her strength leave her, and her eyes grew heavy. Her world went black.
When Usagi came too, she opened her eyes to see Rei shaking her roughly, worriedly. "Are you okay, Usagi?!"
Usagi sat up, instantly alert. "Hai, I'm fine. Where are we?"
"I don't know…"
She looked around, but wobbled dizzily. She was still very weak. Rei caught her, a question in her eyes.
"I'm fine."
Rei looked at her skeptically, but said nothing. Usagi subtly reached her hand behind her back, and flicked her wrist, reaching into her space pocket, praying. She pulled her hand back, and found a red pen between her fingers. "YES!"
"What?"
Usagi turned to Rei, and knelt. She took one of the girls hand and gripped her violet eyes with her own.
"Hino Rei, what I am about to tell you will change your life. You will have to be prepared to stop what you're doing at any moment to fight a youma. You will have to keep your identity a secret from everyone, which will call for stealth, and when necessary, dishonesty, in order to keep your identity a secret and your loved ones safe. You will face danger on a daily basis, and you will be called to risk your life in order to protect the city from evil."
Rei was stunned. "What? Usagi, are you okay?"
Usagi raised her hand, and transformed.
"Oh, Kami…" Rei whispered. "Why? Why me?"
Sailor Moon smiled, and repeated what she'd told Ami. "Rei, you are Sailor Mars. The Senshi of Fire. The Tamer of the Sixth Realm. Why you? Because you have the power. It is your destiny. You have the chance to be a hero. A chance to protect your family, your friends, your city, your world. Uncap that pen, and all of your worst nightmares," Sailor Moon paused, giving a small smile, "And all of your fondest dreams will come true. You will have no regrets."
Rei was silent, for a moment. "You were the great power that I sensed!" A smug look came over her face. "I was right!"
Sailor Moon laughed, then sobered, placing the pen in Rei's hand. "Well, Sailor Mars? Will you now redeem your vow to fight evil and defend justice?"
Before Rei could answer, a low voice cut through the air. "Sailor Moon?! How did you get here?!"
Sailor Moon whirled and saw the former general. She immediately hoped that Rei had no memory of what had happened between the two in the past.
She remained defiantly silent, forcing strength into her limbs.
"No matter. I will be remembered for destroying you!"
He flew at Sailor Moon, and the girl, thinking frantically, had no time to react. His fist hit her square in the side, and she doubled over, only to be kicked in the face.
Sailor Moon gritted her teeth in pain, and back flipped from the ground away from the general.
"You are no challenge!" he exulted.
She winced, but resumed a fighting stance. "I don't want to hurt you, Jadeite. I know you don't mean what you're saying."
He laughed, green eyes flashing. "How noble! Too bad, I cannot say the same for myself! And that, I do mean!"
He gathered energy in his hands and launched it at her. She dove to the ground frantically, and rolled. Before she was back on her feet, she heard two new words.
"Fire Soul!"
A massive wave of flames was headed towards Jadeite.
"Noo!" Sailor Moon yelled, and threw herself between him and the blow. The flames did not harm her though, but however, the energy passed through her and weakened her considerably.
"Sailor Moon?!" Mars yelled, running to her side. "Why did you…?"
Jadeite was confused for a moment, and whispered, "Princess?" but no one heard him. And a second later, his eyes were contemptuous again.
Sailor Moon panted heavily. "There may still be good in him! We can't destroy him until we know for sure!" She tried to smile, but her muscles weren't quite strong enough. "Besides," she said, breathing heavily, "It is much better to humiliate the enemy than to destroy them. So help me with this, you'll know what to do."
Sailor Mars nodded uncertainly, and helped her comrade up. "OK."
Sailor Moon took a deep breath, and touched her tiara. "Moon Tiara Action!"
Sailor Mars instantly reacted and called out, "Fire Soul!!"
The fire caught up with the tiara and heated it until it was angry red. Just as it was about to hit Jadeite, he caught it, then screamed at its temperature, and screamed.
"HAH!" Sailor Moon yelled, and snapped her fingers. Immediately the tiara stretched and went above his head, then around his arms, and contracted again. The hot metal was burning his skin.
"AAAAH!!! Queen Beryl, please! Have mercy on your faithful soldier!"
A second later, he disappeared. And promptly afterwards, Sailor Moon crumpled. Mars dove to catch her. "No, no, Mars. I'm fine! Find the children!"
Mars nodded and rushed off. She herded all of the confused, sleepy children onto the bus, and returned for Sailor Moon only to find her unconscious. Without missing a beat, Mars scooped her leader up into her arms, and boarded the bus. It slowly went back they way it came.
When the bus drove up to the temple, Mars looked through the door to see some frantic parents, and off to the side, a very tense Sailor Mercury and Tuxedo Kamen, and a pacing black cat.
She gathered Sailor Moon into her arms, and allowed all of the children to run out to their parents, then she stepped down the stairs slowly, trying the balance the body in her arms without bumping her head on the wall. Tuxedo Kamen rushed up, and took Sailor Moon from Sailor Mars.
"Is she ok?" he asked, setting her down on a nearby park bench, and affectionately brushing the hair from her face.
"Fine," Mars said, puzzled at what had happened so quickly. "She just got her energy zapped."
Tuxedo Kamen gave the dozing Senshi a last lingering look, then turned and bowed to Sailor Mars. "Thank you for protecting her when I could not, Lady Mars." With that, he leapt into the trees and disappeared.
Mercury squinted, and then recognition dawned in her eyes. "Priestess?" she whispered, her eyes darting around for listeners.
Mars nodded, grinning. "Rei."
Mercury smiled. "Ami," she whispered. "And you know Sailor Moon, I believe."
Mars laughed, and nodded.
"Oh, and this is our advisor. She's a talking cat!"
Mars didn't even blink. "I believe it! Today, I've seen it all. So who's the mysterious guy in the tux?"
"MINE!" Sailor Moon squeaked, leaping up. "He's mine!"
Mars looked at her challengingly. "I didn't see your name branded on him anywhere!"
Luna rolled her eyes. "Here we go." Ami giggled, as the bickering got louder.
"I get the feeling we'll have to get used to this," she said with a smile.
Phew! THAT WAS A FUN CHAPTER TO WRITE! So! What does everyone think? Do I have your attention now? Are you curious? If so, TELL ME! LOL! I love reviews, so please give them! And they encourage me to update quicker! So do it! Next chapter, the masquerade ball and Usagi gets drunk! LOL! And the next chapter will bring Mako on the scene. Then, after Minako appears, the real adventure begins.
Once again, this is a sequel to a previous story, so if you want to be enlightened on some things about the prophesy and some of the flashbacks, go check out "In Happy Hiding." It's short and readers loved it! And please review it!
Please review! Hope you're enjoying the ride! Thanks so much for reading!
-Moon Pie