Hey welcome back to my fic. I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I was kinda busy. Thanks to Marni, Silver Moonlight-81, Matakishi Hirata-San, and Watery for reviewing for the last chapter.
Dedication: To the men and women who serve in the United States military.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. I wish I did, but I don't (no surprise there huh?).
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"Ah, shit, this isn't going to be fun."
I knew that for a fact when I saw the monster tormenting my school's track team.
The monster looked exactly the same as the others that I had dealt with, big and hideous with grayish scales, glowing eyes, and claws.
I arrived just in time to see the beast shoot its gruesome at the fastest guy on the track team.
"Leave them alone."
The monster turned towards me and temporarily forgot about my classmate. Chills ran through my spine, when its horrible glowing eyes turned to me.
"Who are you to challenge a warrior of Lord Deivic? You are nothing. I shall destroy you. You will not end our way of life; the prophecy will not be fulfilled."
What the hell was with this prophecy? And who the hell is Lord Deivic?
"I am Spirit Sailor Moon. You will not harm the people on this planet, prophecy or not."
The monster redirected its claw from the track star to me. I screamed in pain as the claw buried itself into my leg. I had jumped aside, but because I was tired I hadn't moved very far out of the way, and the monster had anticipated my movement.
I retaliated by thrusting my staff into its flesh. The sharp points of the moon cut into the beast. The monster grunted and looked at the bleeding slash on its chest. I quickly flipped my staff around and drove the moon into the monster's claw still imbedded in my leg.
This time the monster howled and drew back from me. I, at the same time, stumbled away from it holding my leg closed. I knew that I had to do something before the beast was able to recover. I gathered all of my energy into my staff, pointed it at the monster, and shouted:
"Spirit of Selene, strike."
A silvery apparition of the goddess Selene leaped from the tip of my staff. She hurled herself toward the monster. When her blurred form collided with the monster, a blinding light shone, and both the monster and apparition disappeared into the air.
I could still hear the beast's foul curses, its last words ever. My ears ringing and my eyelids closing, I stumbled from the track, limping until fatigue overwhelmed me and I saw no more.
I awoke to find that darkness had settled over Tokyo. I was still in the form of Spirit Sailor Moon, and I still had an awful gash in my leg.
Using the light from a near by street lamp, I flicked away bugs that had been attracted to my blood. There was dried blood all over my leg and skirt, and the wound looked a nasty greenish-purplish-red color.
It turned my stomach to look at the ugly gash on my leg, but I knew that I had to look at. I had to clean it. I couldn't go home with my leg in such a state.
I glanced at my surroundings. I was in somebody's yard, hidden from the sight of the residents by some trees. I looked toward the base of the house; I knew there had to be a hose or water facet somewhere on the house.
I dragged myself over to the facet on the house. With every movement that I made, the pain in my leg increased ten fold. By the time I had reached the side of the house, tears were pouring from my eyes, and I had to bit my tongue to keep from screaming. I wished that my leg could be amputated, anything to make the pain stop.
The cool water that poured from the facet helped to numb my leg and ease the pain. I gently scrubbed at the leg to clean the dried blood off.
Soon I was left only with a discolored gash on my leg. I didn't have the slightest clue how I was going to treat my leg; I could hardly even move the thing.
'I can't do this alone. I wish someone was here to help me.'
I closed my eyes to hold the tears back. While my eyes were closed I failed to see a small dark hole open in the space in front of my. Lightning tore across the gap, but it soon disappeared.
Tears had managed to make their way through my closed eyelids, and were now pouring down my cheeks. I felt a sudden chill come over me. I knew what that meant, and I was now becoming almost familiar with the feeling.
I opened my eyes, and through the tears I could see my spirit examining my injured leg. The apparition touched the gash, and a faint glow came from her hand. I watched in rapture as my wound lost the horrible greenish-purplish color and began to heal rapidly. The wound had disappeared; all I was left with was a large, pinkish scar.
The joy faded from my face when I looked into the sad face of my spirit. Her eyes were so sad that I could almost feel my heart breaking. We gazed at each other for a few seconds. I struggled not to let her sadness overwhelm me. She gave me a final sad smile and floated back into my body.
I walked almost normally back to my house and through the front door. I was greeted my worried parents. Their worry disappeared once the saw that I was safe. Then, the worry turned to anger. They yelled at me for coming home so late and not calling and telling them where I was.
I glanced at a clock and instantly realized why they we so upset. It was after eleven at night. I shrank away from my parents trying to quickly think of an answer to the question: "Where were you?"
"I went to the park after school…to think about what happened. I found and secluded grove where nobody came to disturb me. I guess I was so tired that I feel asleep because when I woke it was dark. I headed straight home."
I hated blatantly lying to them, but times like these required me to do so. I watched as my parents' expressions softened after hearing my explanation. They knew that I was shaken by the attack on the arcade, and I had triggered their pity.
"Oh, Serena, we're sorry for yelling at you like that, but we were worried, with all of the attacks that have been happening," my mom said softly to me.
"I know, Mom, and I'm sorry I didn't let you know where I was and came home late. It was irresponsible of me. I shouldn't have fallen asleep in the park, but I was so tired."
"Your mother and I shall figure out if there is any punishment due. In the meantime, are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?"
My wonderful stomach answered for me by growling loudly. My parents laughed and walked me into the kitchen. As my mom heated up my food my dad decided that he wasn't finished asking me questions.
"Did you have any homework tonight? Have you started it? Did you study for any tests?'
My mom instantly chastised him and told him to leave me alone.
I laughed and smiled at both of my parents. I was happy that my mom had stopped my father from asking all of those questions, but at the same time I wanted to answer them. For the first time in my life I was able to say:
"I've finished my homework already. My teacher left my stay in the classroom after school and work on it. I studied for my math quiz tomorrow with the help of Mrs. Botterili, and she said that I should get at least a B on it."
My parents grinned at me like idiots and I grinned right back at them. My mom placed a plate of dumplings in front of me, and I quickly devoured them.
I sighed in content as I patted my belly. My parents could only laugh at my antics.
"Honey, why don't you head on up to bed?"
I agreed that I needed more sleep, said goodnight to my folks, and I scurried up the stairs.
I had shut my light off, and I was settling down into my nice, warm bed when I got and awful, sinking feeling in my stomach. It was guilt I was feeling. I had just realized that I had neglected to pay any heed to the death of my smallest and furriest friends.
'I was so caught up about losing Darien and the girls that I forgot about Luna and Artemis. Poor kitties, I feel so awful. They had slipped my mind. Now I was assailed by a double guilt; I had killed Luna and Artemis along with the girls and Darien, and I had neglected to even think about the cats and mourn their loss. What an awful princess I am!'
That night I fell asleep shedding more tears. This time I cried only for those two cats, my faithful advisors.
'Luna, Artemis, I'm so sorry. Forgive me please.'
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Watery, I am ashamed to say that I forgot about Luna and Artemis. I realized this after the fact and was hoping that nobody would notice their disappearance, but you got me there. I hope that you are happy now that I have included their fate in my story.
To any people who are wondering: The Outer Scouts will not be joining in the fight (though Pluto might make an appearance), nor will Rini or the Sailor Stars appear.
Until next time
-The Golden Lady