Yay, look, for once I updated relatively quickly! Shock Horror. Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far! As always I do not own Sailor Moon and the anime I have crossed it with. (The crossover anime is revealed in this chap, and if I tell you what it is I just wasted my time trying to refrain from naming the characters until absolutely necessary!! L ) Have fun, and enjoy this chappie, k.
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She looked up dreamily into the night sky, her light blue eyes taking in the stars on display in the night sky and the full moon hanging over the tower to her left. She turned away, and then did a double take. 'Am I dreaming, or is that a man in a cape up there?' turning back around she gasped, and brought her right hand up to her mouth. It was a man, his figure illuminated and yet at the same time in shadow because of the angle the moons rays were hitting him.
'Wow, he looks so mysterious, but whats with the all black clothing?' shrugging to herself the girl turned and walked leisurely to the edge of the lake and stepped out, reaching up her hands and wringing out her soft blonde hair as she did so. 'It will be so good to be home again tomorrow, I'll get to see Mariabella and mum, and hopefully eat some decent food for the first time in ten weeks!'
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The wind was blowing strongly as he stepped up to the top of the sand dune and placed a green glass bottle there, before retreating to the bottom again. "Okay, let's have some fun shall we?" he questioned the young boy beside him with blond hair. "Let's play Spin the Bottle…" as he said this his hands glowed a faint purple, and the bottle began to spin, before being uplifted by a powerful gust of wind.
"Wow, you did it Master, that was so cool!" the young boy exclaimed as he stepped closer to where the bottle had been in order to make sure it really wasn't there.
"It's all in the wrist" the first replied turning to walk away, just as another gust of wind came by, depositing the bottle back in it's place, the whole bottle.
"Hey, it's still whole!" Majic exclaimed, surprise shown on his face and in his voice, "you didn't smash it to smithereens why?"
"Who said I was trying to hit it?"
"Well… you didn't say you were, but I kind of gathered that that was the desired out come of the spell" Majic replied his voice rising slightly at the end.
"Well you were wrong" was the answer he received as his master turned around with his hands on his head muttering something about it being time for breakfast.
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"Can't you go any faster?" the girl in the back of the wagon questioned, as she looked out at the scenery. She was sick to death of seeing nothing but hill after tedious hill go past, with no lush green gardens or any trees, just sandy dunes and hills. Just five minutes of those images was enough to drive anyone crazy, let alone a girl of seventeen who was extremely quick to agitate and get thoroughly bored. "I said can't you go any faster, I really want to get home as soon as I can!"
"Sorry miss, but I can't, the path is very uneven today, there must have been some pretty big gusts of wind…"
She looked up quickly, as the wagon jerked and stopped, as she slid down the side and rammed into the wall opposite her. "Ow, that hurt…" she muttered as she rubbed her head which had slammed into the wall. "What's going on?" she questioned as she got out of the wagon, and looked at the driver. He didn't say anything, just pointed to the small ditch the front left wheel had gone into, effectively tilting the wagon on a strange angle, and making it impossible to move.
"Oh..." was all that came out the girls mouth as she went closer to the ditch. "Huh, what's this?" she pondered as she picked up a green shiny thing, that was half buried in the sand. "What the…? What's a bottle doing buried in the sand?" tilting it slightly she saw a stream of pale yellow sand fall steadily out of a whole near its rim. "Huh??"
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"Look Orphen, it has been practically a year since you came to Totokana and started to train my son in the ways of Magic, and as of yet I have seen no proof that you are teaching my son anything at all." The middle-aged bar tender stated as he finished wiping down the counter he was standing behind.
"Look, old man, these things take time, magic is not something you just learn over night, ya know?" Orphen stated, his brown eyes glowing dimly in the murky room and what little light there was, was dancing this way and that as it hit the dragon pendant he had slung around his neck. "Besides, haven't you heard? Us Sorcerers are notoriously lazy…" he added as he picked up his spider and took a sip of the lime flavoured fizzy drink.
"Lazy is right, since you came hear all I've seen you do is sleep, eat, sleep, go for a walk and finally sleep again." Majic's dad nodded to himself as he ticked each action off with a raised finger. "Yes that's about all I've seen you do for the past ten months."
Orphen smirked slightly as he popped the cherry from on top of his ice cream into his mouth and swallowed. "Listen old man, Majic is getting the best training possible. Why I was the best sorcerer at the Tower of Fang!"
"Precisely, you were the best sorcerer at the Tower of Fang" he stated as he slammed his cloth down on the counter and looked Orphen straight in the eyes.
"Dad, that's not fair!" Majic stated as he looked up from his mopping, "Can't you see the Pendant on Masters neck? Do you know what sorcerers have to go through to get that? No, you don't want to know what they have to go through to get that… Only Black Sorcerers of the Tower of Fang wear that, and it is extremely hard to come by!" As his voice and temper rose, Majic lifted his mop and pointed it at his father accusingly, knocking Orphen's drink from the counter in the process. "Oops, sorry I'll clean it up…"
"No, don't worry 'bout it, Majic. I'll take care of this one" Orphen interrupted as he held his hands before him and a soft glow surrounded them, illuminating his muddy brown shirt and leather vest that was worn over the outfit, along with a blood red piece of cloth he wore tied around his forehead, which ends were left to flow freely behind. All three items looked old and worn, but were thoroughly clean, the only item that still looked new was the silvery Dragon Pendant, which hung from his neck, sparkling brightly in the light, that signified who he was. A Black Sorcerer of the Tower of Fang.
Majic's dad's eyes widened slightly as the mixture, broken glass and ice cream came back together and the drink returned to how it had been before. "Now… if you could teach my son some tricks like that, the money I'm paying you will be money well spent." He stated before walking out of the room, to clean the outside tables ready for the lunch time rush.
"Don't you worry I will…" Orphen replied to the mans retreating back as he picked up his glass once more and took a contented sip.
"Umm Master, should you really be drinking that?" Majic questioned as he pointed to the glass in Orphen's hand.
"Hmm"
"Well, its just that its been on the floor and…" Majic watched in disbelief as it suddenly registered on Orphen's face what he had been doing and he spat the drink back into the cup, and starred at Majic ominously, telling him with his eyes that this was all His fault.
"Oh will you cut it out all ready, I spat it out!!"
"You're gross…"
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"Sooo… remind me why we are here again Master?" Majic questioned innocently as he gazed at the sky.
"I told you already! We are bird watching!"
"Yes bird watching… then why do we stand out here by this tree everyday at the same time, and not see a single bird go past?"
"Because…."
"Because what? Geez, I thought by now you'd at least be teaching me some sort of spells, but the only spells I've ever seen you perform were today, and neither of them was that flash…" Majic continued as he rolled his eyes skywards.
Orphen ignored his pupil's sarcastic and annoyed tone and starred intently at the sky for a few moments, "Ha, look a Starling!" he said, an arrogant tone laced in his voice.
"Oh yes the rare cokoo Starling, yes I've heard of that…." Majic countered not believing his master for one second that a bird really had flown overhead, after all they had been doing the same thing for over two weeks and not seen one.
Orphen felt something wet land on his head, and slowly raised his hand to touch it, dreading what he may find. Bringing his hand down, he grimaced in distaste as he wiped the bird droppings on his pants and jumped out of the tree.
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"I'm home!"
The shout echoed through the entire house, followed by the sound of the front door banging harshly. Hurried footsteps were heard climbing up the stairs, before another door banged open and an exuberant blonde rushed into the room. Her blue eyes were sparkling merrily, and she held a hat in one hand. "Did ya miss me?" she questioned the older girl in the room.
"How could I not, Cleao?" the older girl answered turning from her position at the window, a faint red hue staining her cheeks.
"What's with the funny look, Maria?"
"Huh? What look…?"
"Don't give me that, just what was so interesting outside that window huh? What were you staring at?"
"Well umm, I think I'm in love…"
"In love? You've got to be kidding me! Who is it this time?" Cleao asked throwing her hands up in disbelief.
"Well, I don't exactly know… You see I haven't met him yet, but he stands outside at the same time every day, has been for the past few weeks…"
"Mariabella I'm ashamed to call you sister, what you have just described is none other than a perverted Peeping Tom!"
"But it's not like that at all…" Maria tried to explain.
"Forget it, I give up do what you wish" Cleao stated as she walked towards the door.
"Don't give me that, Cleao, I remember when you were smitten from afar…"
An image of the boy on the tower dressed all in black illuminated by the moon came to Cleao's mind. Turning to face her sister she said coldly, "That was different." Before continuing on her way out.
"Honestly, what am I supposed to do about her? This is worse than the time she fell for that circus clown freak, who could do nothing but walk on his hands! And how dare she bring up that Boy! That was below the belt!" she fumed as she stalked angrily towards her room, intent on changing out of her dusty travel clothes.
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"Volcan, stop your belly aching and finish the onions." A short troll said as it stirred the stew, it's thick glasses glinting slightly in the dim light. "I is your fault we are in this situation in the first place. If you didn't suck at cards we wouldn't owe Orphen all that money."
"Shut up Dortin! I was up six hands, when that money loving sorcerer used some kind of magic and won the game, I have a right to complain!"
Dortin shook his head, and went back to watching the stew.
"AAAHHHHHH!!!!" the scream was heard through out the house and caused the two trolls to look up from what they were doing and run out into the hallway. "A Peeping Tom, A Peeping Tom!" one of their mistresses was crying as she ran down the stairs and into the living room, grabbing the sword that her father had given to her for her fifteenth birthday. She turned around and ran full pelt down the hallway, not seeing the two figures until it was too late, and tripped head over heals.
"Why that's not a Peeping Tom, Miss" Dortin tried to explain, "that's Orph…"
"What my brother hear is trying to say," Volcan quipped up, one hand held over Dortin's mouth, as he motioned to him with a jerk of his head, "Is that you should punish him severely. No man should be able to peek at a maiden and live. You know what you must do right?"
"Oh yes, I know" Cleao replied, her face red with rage, "I must slice him into little pieces!" she cried as she stood up and rushed towards the front door. "Hey you, yeah you in the tree!" she shouted as she stalked towards her prey, sword glinting menacingly in the light. "How dare you look into my window whilst I'm getting changed you perverted Peeping Tom!"
Orphen looked quizzically at the girl before him, as he realised that he still held the binoculars Majic had given him in hi hand. "I wasn't staring at you, I was Bird Watching!" he said indignantly, tossing his head.
"Yes, that's why you have a pair of Binoculars in your hand, yes that makes perfect sense really it does."
"Okay, I'll admit, it looks bad, and here Majic you can have your binoculars back."
"Bad is the understatement of the century mister! You're a sick perverted man and need to be punished!" Cleao shouted raising her sword to strike at the man standing before her. As she got closer a look of disbelief rushed over her face for a split second as she realised it was the same person she had seen standing on the tower, before a look of resolve fell over her face, and she brought the sword slashing down.
Majic watched in horror as his master and the girl entered a strange dance with the girl swing the sword with the expertise of a swordsman and Orphen ducking and dodging the snake like weapon.
Orphen's eyes widened as he realised what the girl was holding, and he put up his hand, calling the sword to him, "You shouldn't use this, it is dangerous to bring it out, she will be drawn by it's power" he stated as he clasped the sword firmly in his hand.
"What do you mean? And hey give that back, that was the last thing I ever received from my father, and I refuse to let you touch it!" Cleao exclaimed in anger reaching for the sword as the sky turned an ominous black and the cry of thunder was heard.
"Get out of here!" Orphen cried, as he turned his back to the girl and Majic, "Get in the house and don't come out, it isn't safe!"
"I refu…"
Dortin's face turned white, as he tapped his brother on the shoulder. "Did you just see what I saw?" he questioned in a quiet whisper.
"If you mean that spoilt blonde brat and the boy disappear, then yes I did." Volcan replied his voice tight with fear.
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Motoki looked up, they were in a clearing, Usagi still passed out beside him. Standing in front of them was a strange man dressed in what looked to be all black clothing, a red stream of cloth falling from the back of his head. He turned his head to look at Usagi as he heard her grown.
Usagi slowly sat up and blinked her eyes into focus. Looking around she stared confusedly at her surroundings, before turning to face her friend. "Motoki-kun, where are we???"
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Well I hope you liked this first chapter, and yes for those of you have guessed this is an Orphen/Sailor Moon fic. I just didn't name it in the disclaimer, as I wanted it to be a surprise, if you know what I mean. I decided to write this chappie, as I'm in an extremely good mood, because I'm positive I passed my Lit SAC with flying colours! Wahoo!!
As always R&R okay?
Ja ne,
Raye-chan