Author's Notes: Hiya, Bunny here!! I'm writing another story (yeaahh!!!)!! I'll probably never finish it... ^_^; I do that a lot. Oh well, I'll try. This is going to be a long one! Please, enjoy (and review!!!)!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon (sadly enough) or Sega. Shocking, right?

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Heaven's Flames

Prologue

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            May 13, 1996

            "Yo, Dad."


            An older man, around his mid-forties, looked up from the clutter on his desk. He grinned at his visitor. Taking off his glasses to reveal green-gray eyes, he motioned his son over.

 
            "Hey, Mamoru." The man, Chiba Hiroshi, walked out from behind his desk and pulled his son into his office.


            "What's up," the boy asked suspiciously. Dad was only this friendly when he wanted something. "Ya told me to come over the second school was over. Something wrong?"


            Hiroshi held out a thin plastic CD case to his son. "You're my game-tester, Mamoru. We just finished up the demo on this one. I want you to try it out."


            Mamoru took hold of the CD and read the title. "'Heaven's Flames'...? Cool." The young teen plopped himself down on the couch in his father's office and inserted the disk into the Sega Dreamcast before him. "Better be good," he mumbled as he flicked on the power switch.


            "It will be." Hiroshi grabbed his coat and began to head out the door. "I've got a meeting; I'll be back in two hours or so. Beat the game, and tell me what you think." Mamoru's father winked. "If ya can beat it."


            Mamoru snorted sarcastically at his father's retreating back. Please, all his demos were so easy. But, Mamoru had to admit, with his father's cushy job in the Sega business, the teen got to try out all the new games before anyone else.


            Mamoru took hold of the joy stick with relaxed hands. He didn't even bother reading the controls (who does?); the game seemed so simple it was laughable. The raven-haired teen sat back and fought his way through the fantasy worlds of vampires and sprites in "Heaven's Flames." He sped through the first three worlds with such ease, he was about to fall asleep from boredom.


            Mamoru blinked in surprise as a giant centaur came rushing onto the screen, sending the hero sprawling and his HP down to a dangerously low 15. A slow grin made its way over Mamoru's lips. Finally, some actually action!


            The teen gripped to controller hard, throwing his whole body into the battle. It would be hard, sure, to defeat the monster with only 15 HP, but Mamoru was fairly confident with his gaming skills that he would make it out alive.


            That's when the 'Game Over' sign light up the screen.


            Mamoru gasped; completely appalled that he hadn't seen the centaur's beating coming. But, before he got a chance to reach for the restart button, the screen began to tremble. Mamoru watched with wide eyes. Flashing colors danced along the walls from the game. The blaring background music seemed to fade as the colors became nearly blinding. A jolt of pain shot through Mamoru as the screen exploded, sending slivers of glass all over the office.

            Mamoru gagged, collapsing to the floor as a seizure swept over his whole body.


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Author's Notes: Ohhh, did ya like it?! I know, it's short. But all my chapters are. ^_^ Please REVIEW!!!!