Author's Note: Well I got this chapter a lot sooner than I thought I would. We had this free day at school for cleaning and since I was done, I just stated writing this. Thank you for all those who reviewed and I am sorry for not responding. Anyway, on with the story.
Rainbow
By Sailor Moonac
Chapter Two: Darkest Nightmares
Usagi struggled against the torrent of the minute tsunami as she tried follow in the direction that Mamoru went. Everyone had fled from the area, but the stillness, surrounding her beside the sound of the crashing waves, was perplexing. Usagi soaked from the tidal wave continued her search for Mamoru until she reached the area near the concession stands. There she saw an unconscious Mamoru constrained to the now usual Dead Circus board with Fisheye peering into his mirror.
Usagi ducked behind a tree and pulled out her broach. Focusing on the power that always flowed through her with Chibi-Usa, she silently called to Pegasus to lend her the power to fight. "Moon Crisis, MAKE-UP!"
"Ikuko-mama," shouted Chibi-Usa as she took off her shoes at the front door. "I'm home!"
"I'm in the kitchen, dear."
Chibi-Usa made her way to the kitchen and saw to her surprise, Ran was helping Ikuko do the dishes. Ikuko looked at the clock, which said 11:12 and looked up to Chibi-Usa. "You're home early. I thought you weren't coming back until 11:30? Now Chibi-Usa, you and Usagi should be more like Ran. He's our guest and he still insists on helping with the dishes."
Ran looked down and focused on the dishes with a slightly rosy cheek. "I didn't want to be a burden."
"Nonsense. Oh, and Chibi-Usa, I'm going out to shop later today. I want you to look after Ran. Is that all right?" Ikuko looked over her shoulder as she washed the dishes.
"Of--"SMASH! Ran dropped the plate he was holding and looked nervously out the window. He was shaking slightly and his eyes seemed to show great surprise. 'Where did that sudden power come from! It...it feels like...' Noticing that Ikuko had placed her arm around him, he quickly bent down and started to pick up the broken plate, stammering an apology to Ikuko. "I-I'm really s-s-sorry! I wasn't-was not paying att-tention!"
"Ran." Ikuko took the broken plate from Ran's hand, which had started to bleed from the cuts he got from trembling so much. "That's all right. Just don't touch the plate. You'll hurt yourself. Here Chibi-Usa, take Ran to the bathroom."
Chibi-Usa led the still shaking Ran to the guest bathroom and pulled out the First Aid kit. "Ran, what's wrong?" She helped Ran wash the blood away from his hand and started applying peroxide. "Ran?"
"I...I can take it from here. You...you should go to Usagi. She might need your help."
"What!" Chibi-Usa looked startled at Ran's sudden statement to help Usagi. 'No way...there's no way Ran can know about Usagi and me.' Straightening her composure, she continued talking. "What are you talking about Ran?"
"Usagi, I can feel her. She will need your help." Ran looked away from Chibi-Usa and looked at his hand. "Please? I don't want anything to happen to her."
"Ran--" Chibi-Usa was then interrupted by a sudden beeping noise from her pocket. She pulled out an odd looking watch and looked at it. 'Usagi is fighting something.' She looked back at Ran and met his eyes. She smiled and handed him some bandages. "Okay, and be careful. Ikuko-mama might be mad at me if something happened to you. And..." Chibi-Usa turned around and opened the bathroom door. "Thanks."
She went through the door and Ran could hear Chibi-Usa shouting to Ikuko that she was going out.
"I hope Chibi-Usa can help Usagi." Ran took the bandages and started wrapping them around his injured hand Ran looked to the mirror and frowned. "Usagi..." Ran looked away from the mirror, his reflection did not.
"C."
"Huh!" Ran looked back to the mirror and saw that his reflection was glaring angrily at him. However, Ran was anything from angry; he was scared. "A."
"How can you be happy with her? How can you love her? You were supposed to love me best."
"A...how?"
"I know all that you know. I can feel everything you feel. You can't love anyone but me."
"A--"
A reached out his hand to the surface of the parallel mirror. His fingertips were a mere few inches from the surface of the mirror, and when it came closer, the surface of the mirror started to ripple as though it was made of water.
"A! NO!" Ran grabbed his head and clenched his eyes shut. Suddenly, the mirror burst into pieces, spraying the walls of the bathroom with glass. Astonishingly, all the mirror shards had missed Ran and averted to hit the wall instead.
Ikuko heard the commotion coming from the bathroom and rushed towards it. She stopped at the door, catching her breath, and saw the broken bathroom mirror and Ran cowering on the floor. "Ran!" Ikuko had some difficulty getting to Ran through the glass shards on the floor but eventually made it to him. She placed her arm around Ran and pulled him into a hug. Ran was crying on Ikuko's shoulder muttering something under his breath. "Ran! What's wrong!"
"A...no."
"Usagi! Mamoru!" Chibi-Usa had ran to the botanical garden and saw Super Sailor Moon dodging an attack from a Lemure not so gracefully. Chibi-Usa ducked behind the same tree that Usagi had used before and pulled out her own broach. "Moon Crisis, MAKE-UP!"
"Pretty Sailor Soldier of the future moon--"
"Chibi-Moon, I don't think this is the time for a speech!" Sailor Moon grabbed Chibi-Moon and jumped away from the attack, only to land on a trampoline. "Uh-oh..." Both Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon had started bouncing on the trampoline non-stop.
"Well, no Pegasus. Oh well." Fisheye stepped towards Mamoru and kissed him before turning to Moon and Chibi-Moon. "I doubt they can get off the trampoline. Lemure, destroy them and be done with it." Fisheye turned to face Mamoru again. He waved his hand and the Dead Circus board disappeared, dropping Mamoru to the floor. "Since I like you...I guess I'll spare you. Though Zirconia might not like this. Oh well." Fisheye jumped backwards into a portal and disappeared.
"You-set us free-e-e-e!" Sailor Moon tried to jump off the trampoline and succeeded in landing on her bottom beside it. "Chibi-Moon, call Pegasus!"
"I--" yelled Chibi-Moon as she landed also on her bottom beside Moon. Straitening up and taking out her Twinkle Bell, "Got it." Bowing down in a prayer, she called to Pegasus to lend his power to Sailor Moon. "Crystal Twinkle Bell!"
With the Moon Gorgeous Scope summoned, she fired her attack with the help of Pegasus, to the Lemure and destroyed it, turning it back into a shadow. "Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
"Mamoru!" Chibi-Moon rushed over to Mamoru and woke him up.
"Mamoru!" Sailor Moon came up behind Chibi-Moon and helped him up. "Are you all right?"
"Yes..." Mamoru grabbed his head and shock it slightly. "Where's Fi?"
"Fi!" Sailor Moon looked outraged at Mamoru suddenly mentioning her. "What about her?"
"She was here, I was afraid she would be attacked."
"Well, she's not here now. So, I guess she ran off in fear." Sailor Moon helped Mamoru stand up and de-transformed back into Usagi. "Here, I'll walk you home Mamoru."
"Thanks Usagi. Chibi-Usa, why the long face?"
The now de-transformed Chibi-Usa glared at Usagi, who smiled sheepishly, and frowned. "Usagi, I'll walk Mamoru home. Ran, well...he was upset when I left."
"Ran?" Usagi shifted her attention to Chibi-Usa and frowned. "What was wrong? He wasn't hurt was he?"
"He hurt his hand, but he told me to go help you. And that was before you called." Chibi-Usa turned around and started to walk back towards Mamoru's apartment with Mamoru. "Hurry up Usagi! I want to talk to you about it."
"Thanks Chibi-Usa. Come on Mamoru. I should get an umbrella before it rains."
"Usagi, do you think something is wrong with Ran?"
"I hope not."
"You had the chance to kill the target so Pegasus wouldn't hide in there, but you didn't! Explain yourself Fisheye!"
"I..." Fisheye looked away from Zirconia and his glaring eyeball of Zircon.
"Fisheye might have sensed the danger and fled. After all, didn't mere seconds later did Sailor Moon break free?" Hawkeye looked up at Zirconia and pointed to Zircon. "Didn't Zircon see?"
"True. Fisheye, you will be punished. Hawkeye, here is your next target. Apparently, I can only depend on you and Tigereye to get the job done." Zirconia tossed another picture at Hawkeye and ordered them out.
"Fisheye," mumbled Hawkeye as they walked away from Zirconia. "Don't make me have to cover for you again."
"Well..." Fisheye turned around and glared at Hawkeye. "Who asked for your help anyway!"
"Chill Fisheye." Tigereye had grabbed Fisheye before he had attacked Hawkeye. "I think you need to cool down a bit."
"Fine." Fisheye yanked his arm away from Tigereye. "I'm going to earth a bit. See you later." Fisheye then jumped into a portal that appeared behind him.
Tigereye sighed at the leaving form of Fisheye, before turning to Hawkeye. "So, who's our next target?"
Hawkeye smirked and flipped the picture around. "I already call this one. Her name is Usagi Tsukino."
"Phew, how did it start to rain so fast? Good thing I borrowed an umbrella from Mamoru." Usagi was walking home from Mamoru's house when it started to rain. Nearing her house, she saw a young girl sitting on a bench in the rain. 'Isn't that Fi?'
"Fi!"
The disguised Fisheye looked up at Usagi as she approached. 'It's her...Mamoru Chiba's girlfriend. She's lucky.'
"What are you doing out in the rain? If you're supposed to be my rival, then shouldn't you look nice and not be soaked to the skin?"
"Uhh..."
"Don't answer that, it's rhetorical. Come on. Why don't you come home with me? You can dry off and eat something."
"Why...?" Fi looked at her surprised by her offer. 'But I said I was competing with her. Why! Is she that naive?' She shook off her expression and smiled slightly. "Sure."
Within ten minutes, Fi was at Usagi's house in her bedroom with dry clothes and a cup of tea. Usagi was tucking in a sleeping Ran on her bed. Ikuko hadn't told Usagi nor Chibi-Usa what happened since she saw Usagi had yet another guest.
'Ran...look at his hand. I wonder what happened.' Usagi picked up Fi's wet clothes off the floor and walked to the bathroom. "AHH--" Usagi had covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming anymore. "What happened!"
Her slight scream had attracted the attention of Ikuko and Chibi-Usa, in which they were both rushing towards her. "Ikuko-mama, what happened to the bathroom! It was fine when I left Ran in here."
"Come here you two. And Usagi, you can leave the clothes on the floor. Ikuko led Usagi and Chibi-Usa to the parlor and made them sit down. Within three minutes, Ikuko had told Usagi and Chibi-Usa how Ran had hurt his hand to the exploded mirror. "I'll have to ask your dad to look at that. I still don't know what happened." Ikuko stood up and went back to the kitchen. 'Oh dear, something is not right with that boy, Ran."
Usagi had returned to her room only to find a now awake Ran and a half full cup of tea. "Ran, where's Fi?"
"I don't know." Ran kept his gaze averted from Usagi. Guilt filled him as he felt Ikuko's feelings about him swell in his head. "Usagi, I'm really sorry about the mirror."
Usagi smiled and sat on her bed next to Ran. "That's all right. As long as you didn't smash your hand into it or hurt yourself. Otherwise I'll be really mad!" Usagi giggled to reassure Ran that she was only kidding. "But seriously, Ran, what happened?"
"I..." Memories of A's angry face filled his mind and A's attempt to reach him through the mirror filled his mind. "Usagi! I'm afraid of him!" Tears had started to swell in Ran's eyes as he looked up to Usagi's eyes.
"Ran! Afraid of who!"
The tears had started to flow down Ran's face like two rivers now. "My twin brother, A."
'A! Was this the reason why Ran had run away! How--'
"He already killed B! Now, I think he wants to kill...you."
Phew, that one was long. I hadn't planned on making it that long. Oh well, I was bored, and no homework. I'll try to post the next chapter soon. Wow! This has got to be a record. Three chapters in ONE MONTH! Anyway, read and review! Thanks!
-Sailor Moonac