Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any anime that appear in this story.
AN This idea struck me and decided to write it because it was just … different. Besides, who wouldn't wanna read a fic with tons of bishies and Usagi? Wait, don't answer that!
Story Summary:
Love is going all wrong … All because a certain cupid's arrows aren't flying straight! AU (Alternated Universe) and a Multi-cross.
Important Notes: There was never a Sailor Moon. Cupid's immortal.
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Multicross/SM
Cupid's Arrows
By Angel-Goddess
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"Why do I have to do it?" Whined a blonde girl as her white wings folded behind her when her feet lightly touched the ground. She pouted, ruby lips sticking out very slightly as she tried to get an explanation from the being before her.
Dressed in beautiful, flowing robes of untainted white and silver, it managed to accent her brilliant azure eyes and her silky, long golden tresses that was done up in a childish style. She looked so lovely that you would've thought her an angel. She was close to it. She was a cupid. The cherub that was responsible of blossoming love.
Now when someone says 'cupid', people immediately think of little naked men with minuscule wings that held a bow and arrow, shooting people with it. Far from true. Well, the small men with wings part, anyway. They were in fact a group of five women that looked to be in their teens.
Pretty and rather surreal, these five could easily blend in with the humans anytime they wanted to without problem. You never know if your unnaturally good-looking female teacher that the guys in your class drool over continuously or even that girl next door is actually cupid.
The being glared darkly at the impudent question the blonde cherub directed at her, her stony, hoary eyes narrowing clearly. "It's not like I'd send you out on purpose. It just so happens that Rei is sick and the others are already doing something!" The divine being snapped, glowering at the winged girl. "You're the laziest out of the five, Usagi. Its about time you did something."
The blonde's eyes sapphire-blue orbs darkened at the mention of her rival's name. Rei was the top cupid who often liked to tease her because of her horrible aim. Being the best archer out of the team of five cupids, she was often given the majority of the job. Not that Usagi cared, of course. But it slightly irked her.
Usagi folded her arms and nodded. "Fine. What do I have to do?" She cautiously relented. There was no real choice anyway. After all, this was her superior telling her what to do.
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"There you go, sir. Here's your change. Have a nice day!" The sales attendant cheerfully chirped at the teenage boy who bought a charming arrangement of crimson roses. Red. Sometimes known as the colour of love. She beamed brightly at him, making him flush and stutter his thanks.
The brunette boy gently took the roses from the counter, carefully handling it so that the unusually perfect petals wouldn't get damaged. His auburn eyes glanced back at the sales assistant that handed him coins. He knew he was blushing by the way he could feel heat crawling to his face when she dropped the coins into his hand with an audible clink. It couldn't be helped though, for she was really pretty. Almost perfect in a way.
Her lustrous blonde hair was pinned up to that it would fit into a white beret that went with her blue and white clerk uniform. Her lively cerulean eyes that were framed in long, dark lashes gazed into his eyes … he could just stare into those twin pools of never-ending blue forever. It was only until she winked and chuckled that he realized he had been staring at her openly for a few minutes. His face burned with embarrassment and he muttered his gratitude again before speeding off, away from the flower shop. His ears were burning from her melodic giggles.
He mentally slapped himself for his thoughts. His thoughts were only supposed to be for one girl. Sakura Kinomoto. The girl who held his heart and didn't know it. Li, you idiot. Today was the day you promised yourself to tell her about your feelings, and here you are, thinking of a pretty sales girl! He scowled and shook his head, slowly making his way to the park where he had told the object of his affections to meet him.
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Usagi tore off the beret in a flick of her hand, letting her hair loose as she ran to the back of the shop and quickly put her hair up in its usual style of two spheres of tightly balled hair opposite each other atop her head, while letting the rest of it fall down, ending just below her knees. She waved a hand in a circular gesture above her head, muttering something under her breath.
Unseen air current drifted around her form, lifting the girl above ground. There was a sudden flash of bright light and in the spot where a normal teenager once stood was a winged girl holding a glowing bow and a quiver of love arrows. Usagi grinned, patting her robes down as her wings flared out behind her with a swish and she took to the air in a graceful motion that was often a rare sight to see. Usagi was known to be extremely clumsy. Time to get the job done. She thought to herself grimly as she rapidly raced against the direction of the wind.
Magic tingled throughout her body, signaling that the invisibility spell was at work. The invisibility spell was a necessity when the team of cupids were trying to get a job done at earth. After all, seeing girls with wings holding a bow and arrow and shooting at random people wouldn't exactly be called 'normal' in the human world where all the two leggers had no wings. Chaos would no doubt ensue. Dozens of busy people walked conventionally beneath her hovering form, taking absolutely no notice of her but often getting startled when there was an unexplained rush of wind over their heads.
Spotting her target sitting on a park bench, she swooped in closely, landing rather inexpertly on a branch of a tree that was a few meters away from the nervous boy. The weak branch snapped and sent her spiraling down to a harder, sturdier limb that knocked her breath out from her body in one surprised gasp when she landed on it smack bang on her belly. She clung onto the bough hurriedly and sweatdropped, trying to keep as still as possible as her lower half of the body dangled underneath her in a humorous manner. Thank goodness she was invisible. Her target had obviously heard the entire racket and was surprised when the broken branch fell out of the blue.
He seemed to scan the area around him suspiciously with narrowed eyes before looking bored once again and sitting back down, waving it off as a weak, weathered stem.
Usagi hauled herself ineptly onto the branch as quietly as she could before examining the park with her sharp blue eyes. If all goes as planned, her other target should be here too.
Apparently, Rei had shot these two destined lovers with a pair of the first set of arrows already. All she had to do was release the second pair of love arrows. Usagi tapped the branches idly, a small frown of boredom already marring her pretty face. Waiting wasn't something she was good at, for she had an attention span of a five year old.
The disinterested cupid glanced at the quiver filled with multi-coloured pairs of arrows. Which one was she supposed to use again? Her eyes peeked at her target from behind some leaves, and she squinted. There was a very faint white aura surrounding him, along with a mix of different shades of gold and brown. Ah. So had to use the pink arrows with the coppery coloured feathers.
There were three main arrows. White, pink and red. Each of those main colours had a different combination of tinted feathers that was unique and had only one identical match. Sometimes though, there would be a set of three, maybe even four. It was a rare occasion, but it signified a love triangle. Rather heartbreaking for most, sometimes. Usagi felt sorry for those who were knocked out of that triangle and left to mend their broken hearts.
The first arrow you always struck a human with was the white arrow. Unless it truly was love at first sight, of course, then there would be an exception, which was shooting the pink arrow. The pasty arrow would make the target fall in love. You could call it the first strings of affection. A crush. Or to put it simply, puppy love.
The second arrow was the pink arrow. It would cause a more open romance to bloom between the destined lovers. It was a deeper fondness than just puppy love. The pink arrow is often enough to pull two lovers together. But it wasn't … a perfect match. It wasn't a match made in heaven.
And finally, her favourite. The red arrow. The arrow that symbolized the lovers' undying love and complete trust for one another. Only few ever receive it though, which was saddening. The main reason was that humans were very fickle beings. You see some married couples that vow to love one another until the end of time and yet, some cheat on their husband or wife and leave their spouse for another. That's why the red arrows were almost never used. Truthfully, she had never shot a red arrow before and she had been working for almost a century now!
The blonde matchmaking nymph roughly pulled out one of the two pink arrows with a colourful golden brown array of feathers from her quiver and gently strung it on her bow, not noticing it's match was halfway out of the case. The arrow's head slightly rested on the small crevice that sat just a few centimeters above her hand, so that the feathers wouldn't do any damage to her hand.
She positioned the bow so that it was perfectly perpendicular to the ground. Her left hand gripped the bow's golden body tightly and she shifted so that the brunette teen was in perfect shooting sight. Usagi gradually pulled the glittering string back along with the arrow between her pointer and middle fingers to just below her ear, closing one eye as she pointed the arrow directly at her target's heart. She let the string go, and she watched as the arrow flew and struck her target on the stomach, making him twitch a little.
Usagi sweatdropped. Well, at least she struck her target, right? Even if it didn't hit the heart. She looked around impatiently. Her job with Li Syaoron was done. Now all she just needed the other girl, then she can go back and just lounge around and eat her snacks.
Now what was the girl's name? Oh, that's right. Sakura Kinomoto. She thought, moving her quiver to the side and knocking its contents around. She laid her back leisurely against the trunk of the tree, completely unaware that a certain arrow had slipped out of her quiver and had dropped to the ground. Her blue eyes were slowly closing as she stared into the higher branches where light filtered through the green leaves in a fantasy-like fashion. It was making her so… drowsy …
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Li brightened and his stomach flipped at the sight of a short-haired girl jogging over to where he was sitting. She was waving energetically to him. "Hey! Sakura!" He called, hiding the roses behind his back. His heart was beating fast and his hands felt a lot clammier.
"Hey, Li!" She greeted, her emerald eyes twinkling with an inner light of partly hidden joy. "I can't stay long because Yukito-kun has asked me to go with him to the Spring Parade. Are you going?"
Li's eyes darkened and he felt his heart almost squirm at the mention of Yukito's name. That silvery haired boy always seemed to gain Sakura's attention no matter what he did. "N-no… I'm not." He stuttered. Why was he so nervous all of a sudden?
Sakura looked a little disappointed. "Oh, I see. Yukito-kun's over there." She pointed to the distance. As if sensing that they were talking about him, the older boy had looked at them and grinned, giving them a half-wave. Sakura giggled and shouted for him to come join them before Li could say anything.
Damn it, does he have to be here too? Li thought in hidden frustration as the older boy started to walk towards them. Everything was ruined. But then he couldn't get angry… he had, after all, forgotten to mention the little detail that she had to come alone. It was probably his fault, anyway.
"Hey Li, are you coming to the spring parade?" The older boy asked, his voice a little husky. Yukito pushed his glasses up his a bit. His hair was flopping lightly on his face in a dashing manner.
Sakura had slightly shivered in a not-so-subtle concealment of thrill at his rich voice and Li's acute eyes had picked it up straight away. Sakura didn't like Yukito that way… did she? Li shoved those horrible thoughts away before turning his attention to the best friend of Sakura's brother. "Uhh… Yukito-san, can I please speak to Sakura privately for a moment?" He asked slowly, russet eyes showing discomfort.
The kind boy nodded immediately, not missing the uneasy glint in the younger male's eyes. He had a slight idea of what the Li might tell Sakura, and he hoped that all would go well. "Sure thing!" Yukito agreed wholeheartedly, leaving the two to talk.
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Usagi fumbled from her spot up in the trees. Where was that arrow? She scowled, her perfect eyebrows knitting together in slight aggravation. She was going to miss the big moment! She glimpsed a pink arrow with golden and brown feathers on its end and she pulled it out victoriously, stringing it to her bow and aiming it at the girl's heart this time.
Letting it loose, she smiled as it spun through the air in almost slow motion before hitting the girl in the head. Usagi sweatdropped again. Well at least her targets didn't feel pain.
The blonde cupid clapped her hands silently in a hushed congratulation for the couple before her. Her work was finally done!
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Crimson roses dropped to the ground.
"I-I'm sorry … Li… but … I can't love you." The hesitant voice came out from the saddened girl who looked down so that her dark brown hair shielded her vivid green eyes from his view. Whether it was to protect him or her from further harm, she had no idea. "I'm in love with someone else." She ended with a soft whisper that barely reached the stunned boy's ears.
Li looked devastated. He couldn't believe it. She was in love with Yukito, no doubt. "But … Sakura…" He choked, tears welling up in his eyes. He tried to blink them away, making his eyes turn a little hazy. Boys didn't cry.
Sakura backed away. Rejecting others hurt her. Especially if it's someone who was a close friend like Li. "I'm so sorry, Li," She whispered apologetically, "I hope this doesn't change anything between us… but I only think of you as a friend." Sakura ran off towards the direction of Yukito, accidentally stepping on the bouquet of roses that he had given to her.
She left the heartbroken boy in the park alone without looking back once.
Li fell to his knees; his heart had been crushed like the wilting red roses that the love of his life had stepped on.
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A being stared at the waters that viewed a distraught teen, her mouth hanging wide open. What the hell was this!? The girl should've been jumping for joy and the scene should've ended with a hug! Her silver eyes narrowed.
"USAGI!" She bellowed stridently, her thundering voice echoing so loudly that you would think that the people of heard would've probably heard it.
The blonde cupid that she had summoned appeared in a flurry of white feathers and dancing pink and red hearts. She looked confused. "Yes?" She questioned, bowing slightly to her supreme superior.
The silver eyes of the divine being flashed threateningly. "I though I told you to shoot Sakura Kinomoto with the matching pair of the arrow you used on Li Syaoron." She gritted dangerously, her hands itching to strangle the perplexed cherub that cringed and took several steps away.
Usagi cowered under her mistress' intimidating glare. "B-but I d-did… didn't I?" She shakily asked. The blonde matchmaker's sapphire eyes widened. Uh oh … no she didn't … "I-I can explain!"
Her boss screamed in rage. "Usagi!!"
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AN Supposed to be a humor fic. It'll be funny later on… If I do continue it, anyway.
Much Love,
Angel-Goddess
Aka Tenshi-Megami