Okay, I know I forgot to do the whole disclaimer thing in Chapter 1, but
that was because I'm a rookie and it slipped my mind, go figure. Not only
that, but I was rushing and it was late. Well, to me it was. I apologize
for that. Go ahead and call me stupid, my bud already did, but for other
reasons. Alright, I don't own Sailormoon (nuh-duh!), but Noni and Yuri are
my characters so there!
Quick thing: I'm not grand on summaries, but I wrote this story about a
year ago, so I've had it for a while, and it's about time I share it with
someone, whether it's just one or more than one person. Here you go the
second chapter, the later ones come later (well, obviously). Thank you to
whoever reads and/or reviews.
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Chapter two
Yaten was walking in the alley, making a midnight round. , he thought. It all looked familiar to him. He continued walking, even though he thought he knew what was coming. Another block and he'd be home, safe in the apartment. Nothing to worry about then, right?
A man stepped out from a crossing alley with a huge wooden bat. He yelled at himself, but couldn't do it. The man struck him once, hard, in his lower back, launching Yaten to the ground. He pounded Yaten with his bat as though it would end all misery or discord. Yaten took one clear look at his face before he was kicked in the stomach. He doubled over and tried to run, but the man struck his leg. He felt swing after swing from this man's bat, no mercy shown at all, until there was a flash. He was hit on the head, but the blow wasn't delivered with full force. Another flash crossed his eyes.
"Leave him alone!" a girl yelled.
The man lunged himself at her with his bat, but she somehow managed to take it away. She had her camera aimed at his eyes and there was another flash. She ran as the guy yelled in pain, holding his eyes. A person rushed at the man, knocking him to the ground. It was Seiya coming to Yaten's aid. Yaten managed to breathe his name before he was drowned in darkness. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yaten shot awake, throwing the blankets off of himself. He couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Every time he'd close his eyes he'd see the incident happening again. He dreamed the attack again. It was different this time. It was clearer and longer. Was Seiya the one that saved him or was it the girl? It had to be Seiya. He was the only person he had seen after he was gone. Seiya was trying to keep him in the real world. Yaten sighed heavily as he lied his head back down and looked at the ceiling endlessly.
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Yaten was striding around the city when he saw Setsuna sitting on a bench. She caught him with her eyes, releasing a halfhearted smile. He smiled in return and sat next to her.
"Today, we're both alone," she said.
"Yes," he said. "But I doubt anyone reminds you about what happened to you in the past."
Setsuna sighed, patting his shoulder. "I've had people badger me for doing one thing wrong. We're only human, to an extent. We all tend to go out of our way so we won't make the same mistake twice."
He laughed a bit and put his hands in his pockets, rising from his seat. It was the first time he bothered to talk to someone of the outer Senshi without causing an argument. He felt lightened by it.
"I forget how lonely it can get hardly having anyone to talk to on your level. You must especially be lonely, seeing as you are the keeper of time."
Setsuna looked at him in surprise at his comment. "Yes, it does. But I have my friends. And you have your brothers to keep you company, not to mention Luna, don't you?"
"Luna is just my friend, though. Try having everyone baby you two weeks after you almost get-"
He shut his mouth before he said another word. He thanked Setsuna for her time, continuing his walk.
He sauntered down the street. A flash of light caught his attention. He turned to where he saw the flash and saw a young girl with a camera. She had short black hair that reached the middle of her neck. Her bangs were in a spider look and the rest was held back by a thin hair band. She had these thin rimmed glasses and purple eyes. Yaten started to walk up to her, when she proceeded to run.
"No wait! I just want to talk!" he yelled and followed suit.
She scaled a brick wall and jumped to the alleys. She ran down the alley, then entered a yard, disappearing from sight as Yaten jumped off the brick wall. He walked down the alley and looked through the picket fence he saw her run to, almost getting hit by a baseball bat. She swung again, missing him on purpose and continued to run down the alley, then headed to the streets, disappearing from sight as she ran into a crowd of people.
"God damn you!" he yelled, not bothering to follow her. "I just wanted to talk!"
He started to walk home, grumbling about the "stupid little bitch that didn't want to talk to me."
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Yaten walked slowly to the apartment. He leaned against the door, but he didn't want to go home yet. Maybe he could find that girl, again. He was about to leave through the entrance when he saw Seiya open the entrance door.
"Just who I was looking for," he said, throwing his arm around Yaten's shoulder, who swatted it away.
"What for?" he asked, only to be ignored.
Seiya opened the door to their apartment and pushed Yaten inside. Taiki greeted him as he was practically fell to the ground, after receiving another friendly shove from Seiya.
"We were wondering when you were going to come home," he said.
"You're not the only one," Yaten muttered under his breath, looking at Seiya
Seiya stuck his tongue out at Yaten, jumping on the couch. Yaten showed him his middle finger to be a sport, then looked at Taiki, who was putting on his glasses.
"We found something that might be an interest to you," Seiya said holding a letter in his hand. "It has no name, but it is addressed to you."
"So? Don't we all get many like that?" Yaten said, walking toward his room.
"It was personally delivered by some girl. She left a picture, too. It's a good photo."
Yaten stopped abruptly, showing some interest.
"And so what if she did?" Yaten asked, showing little interest again, making his way to his room.
"I think you'd like to know that she doesn't know we're the Three Lights."
Yaten turned around, grabbing the picture and the letter from Seiya. He walked smoothly to his room and shut the door behind him.
"I thought you didn't care!" Seiya yelled through the door.
"Well, I didn't before, but if she doesn't know who we are, that's better, isn't it?" he asked no one.
Yaten looked at the picture. It was of him before he was attacked. He opened the letter, as though there was a bomb inside. He was greeted by a drawing of a cartoon character on the corner of the letter, smiling at him with an arm behind its head. It looked just like him.
Hello Yaten,
I'm sorry for running from you today. I got scared. I've actually been following you from the alleys for a while now, but I'm not stalking you. I know it sounds weird, but I have no idea how I found your apartment. It was like instinct. I had dreamt you the day before I saw you outside your apartment window. I didn't know who you were, but something about you just caught my attention. I've been following you on your walks through the alleys since that day, trying to figure out why you're alone. I mean, you're beautiful, how can you be so alone? I believe that you'd like to know that I was a witness to your attack a few weeks ago. I tried to warn you, but I guess you couldn't hear my cry. I didn't know what the guy was going to do, but as soon as I saw, I did what I could to get him away from you. I managed to take his bat away, if that counts for anything. The flash from my camera worked better, though, right in the eyes. I'm sorry for using that bat to swat you away, but you caught me off guard. I sort of had to defend myself, I thought you were going to do something else than just "talk." Honestly, something about your spirit drew me to you. The dream I had about you and those that followed after just led me to you. I wanted to see who this mysterious person was, I wanted to meet this person, I wanted to meet you. I didn't know your name until someone yelled it out after you got attacked. Whoever they were, they scared me away. I guess it's thanks to them I know your name. I hope you accept my apologies and my gratitude. I don't know what you think about me now, but I hope it isn't bad. Thank you for your time.
There wasn't a name following the message. Behind the picture were the initials N. K., but how could he figure out who it was? There was just no way but to see if she would follow during one of his walks. Maybe then she would appear again. It was the girl from his dream, after all. And she had stated herself that she followed him during his walks.
Yaten couldn't sleep with all that was buzzing through his head. He wanted to know if she'd follow him again during one of his walks, as tedious as he thought it would become. Maybe she could help him remember more of the attack. There were still pieces left out. He didn't know exactly how it happened, who it was, or what happened afterwards.
He got up early the next morning and looked at the clock until it struck the time he would usually take his stroll through the alleys, receiving confused looks from both Seiya and Taiki.
"Not like I care," he said, "but if she comes over today, I wrote this as a reply. It wasn't a love letter, Seiya. Go ahead and read it if you want. It's vague, baka."
In the letter he wrote for her to meet him at the park, if possible. That was about it. Seiya looked at the clothes door with dumbfounded eyes.
Yaten tried hard not to walk faster than he usually would. He had his book with him incase she didn't come, or was too shy to do so, and he would end up at the park. He took every precaution.
He heard footsteps behind him halfway through his walk. They were quick and stressed. He turned around and saw her running, almost out of breathe. He stopped, throwing his hands into his pockets, nearly dropping his book, and waited.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up," he said.
"Well," she said, breathing almost heavily, showing him the letter, "the one with dark hair didn't want to give it to me."
"Seiya," Yaten said. "I gave it to Taiki. He has a soft spot for pretty young ladies, wait that is Seiya."
She smiled as though she didn't accept compliments easily, then released an elongated "Right" to show her sarcasm. She had a notebook with her and a camera around her neck. Her hair was loose now and it curled in a little. She had a black tank top, with a cat on it, and fiery blue jeans.
Yaten cleared his throat, beginning to walk, causing her to follow.
"So," he started. "What made you come out?"
"Oh, I don't know. I mean, I've been listening to my dreams for months now and they said it was okay to do so."
"You mean, your dreams told you to? How lame is that?"
She gave him an agitated look. He looked at her and changed his tone.
"Sorry," he said. "I didn't mean to-I'm sorry."
"Here's a warning, I give it to everyone: I do have a short fuse, but it's on a three strikes policy, stranger or family."
"Point taken," he said, looking ahead. "What's your name, anyway?"
"Full name is Nova Noni," she said. "But call me Noni.
"So you weren't born here, I take it."
She laughed a bit. "Yes, I was. My mom is American and my dad is Japanese. They made a deal since my mom was so independent: he could name the first child, if it was a boy, and she would name the second child, boy or girl."
She held up two fingers and then pointed at herself. She smiled and said it was fine being second born. She didn't get special privileges like her sibling, but it was still fun.
They never made it to the park. If anything they ended up going to the beach near the city. They watched the waves roll into the rocks and she took pictures of the scene. She looked at Yaten then at the water hitting rocks. An idea lit up in her head instantly.
"Hey, I'm hoping to be a photographer, but I need various pictures in my portfolio. Do you mind?" she asked holding up her camera. "It's just going to be two: one for my photo album and another for yourself, if you want it. Just stand on the rocks and I'll snap quick ones, no poses."
He couldn't resist her voice. It was beautiful and inviting, like nothing he had ever heard before. He nodded and walked to the rocks. He turned around and asked if it was fine where he was.
"Just another step back. Perfect. Okay, just look at me," she said and waited until the water splashed on the rocks. She snot the pictures quick, as promised. They were perfect.
Before they knew it, a crowd had gathered around them once Yaten was back. She looked around, confused. she thought.
"Oh my god!" some girl yelled. Noni turned around and saw a strawberry ice- cream haired girl run toward Yaten. "Can I have your autograph? I mean, I love you!"
Yaten gave a scared expression out of surprise and expectation, but it faded quickly. "Uh, yeah, sure," he said, signing a book she had. More and more girls started to do the same. Noni started to back away slowly, feeling drowned by the crowd. She noticed Yaten's book on the ground and picked it up before one of the girls figured it was his. She started to walk back the way they came.
Yaten saw her leaving. He signed a few more autographs before saying it was all he could do for the day. He started to run towards Noni, who looked angry, but Yaten didn't do anything for her to get angry. It was the people's fault. No it wasn't their fault, it was his. He should have said no to them, but didn't. Why didn't he? He didn't know himself.
"Nova," he said behind her. "I'm sorry about that."
"Call me Noni. Only my mother can call me Nova," she said turning around, as though she had a few spears to throw at him. "They were treating you like you were a celebrity, why?"
"Because I am," he said, stopping. "I'm in a band called the Three Lights, didn't you know that?"
"Obviously not. Why didn't you shoot me a warning?"
He let out a small smile, but it faded away when her look didn't fade. "I thought you knew, but now I know you didn't. Besides, you didn't ask me."
She started to walk again, keeping her face as passive as possible. They didn't talk until they were halfway to his home.
"Okay," she said. "I'm sorry for acting like that. I shouldn't have done so."
He was about to speak when someone fell from the sky. It was a youma monster. He grabbed Noni, and began to run. He couldn't transform with her there. Something grabbed a hold of his leg and he fell. He looked up at Noni, who had stopped to see what happened. He was starting to get dragged toward the monster.
"Run!" he yelled. She hesitated, but he looked at her like he was going to be okay. "Just run!"
She started to run again, but made a u-turn through the vines, trees, and bushes that were above the wall of the alley. When she arrived back to the spot she had seen Yaten, he wasn't there. Sailor Star Healer was fighting against the monster that had arrived. It wasn't that strong, but she still had a worried look on her face.
Noni leaned a little closer to get a better look. She brought out her camera, thinking it might scare the monster away from Sailor Star Healer just enough that she'd be able to get an attack through the wall of vines that this monster had for a shield. she thought. She wanted to get away, but something inside was telling her to stay. Noni leaned over a bit more to get a closer look of the monster.
The monster launched an attack towards Sailor Star Healer, who dodged it with female ease and avoided the attack. The attack hit the alley wall behind her. The impact shook through the alley and managed to knock Noni down from her perch. Sailor Star Healer heard her scream as she fell to the ground. She looked at the monster that had looked her way. It was horrible, not exactly the kind she thought she'd ever encounter, but close enough. Sailor Star Healer was trying her best to grab its attention again, but it kept going towards Noni.
"Oh, you're not good looking," Noni said, grabbing her camera. "Take a picture!"
She snapped a quick photo and the monster grabbed it's eyes in pain from the bright flash. Noni ran a short distance and looked around a trash bin. Sailor Star Healer looked in curiosity at what she was doing, almost forgetting about the monster. Noni grabbed her bat and looked at the monster that was coming towards her in rage.
"Give me your best shot, you freak!" she yelled.
The monster let out a flame ball attack. Noni looked at it as though it was a baseball, keeping her stance and swung the bat at the last minute, sending the attack back to the monster. Sailor Star Healer looked at Noni, shocked at what she managed to do. The monster looked at her in shock as well. It shook itself back to reality and assailed Noni with the same attack multiple times. Healer knew Noni wouldn't hold for long, even if she was hitting a series of the flaming balls back at the monster.
"Hey!" she yelled. "Leave her alone, it's me you're after isn't it? My star seed?!"
The monster turned around and began a full charge toward Sailor Star Healer. She started to run towards the monster and leapt off the wall of the alley before the monster struck. She landed in front of Noni, not her intention. She was preparing her Star Sensitive Inferno when the monster caught her off guard. It swung one of its vines towards Healer, knocking her towards the wall. It pushed against her with all its might. Noni grabbed her camera and shot another picture of the monster at point blank. It covered its eyes and started to swing around its vines in rage, letting go of Healer.
Sailor Star Healer ran in front of Noni, taking one of the attacks, and was flung over the wall into the bushes. Noni didn't want to take anymore chances. She grabbed her bat, jumped on one of the trash bins, knocking it down, and threw herself over the wall. She looked around the bushes and saw Yaten, not Sailor Star Healer.
"Yaten," she said, running the best she could towards him. "C'mon!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, I feel so much better. And at least one person likes it so far. Now the stupid angel on my left shoulder can stop badgering me. Again: Sorry for forgetting the disclaimer. I was rushing and yes that's my damned excuse! I really hope you guys are enjoying this story. I liked writing it (even if it's still incomplete!).
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Chapter two
Yaten was walking in the alley, making a midnight round. , he thought. It all looked familiar to him. He continued walking, even though he thought he knew what was coming. Another block and he'd be home, safe in the apartment. Nothing to worry about then, right?
A man stepped out from a crossing alley with a huge wooden bat. He yelled at himself, but couldn't do it. The man struck him once, hard, in his lower back, launching Yaten to the ground. He pounded Yaten with his bat as though it would end all misery or discord. Yaten took one clear look at his face before he was kicked in the stomach. He doubled over and tried to run, but the man struck his leg. He felt swing after swing from this man's bat, no mercy shown at all, until there was a flash. He was hit on the head, but the blow wasn't delivered with full force. Another flash crossed his eyes.
"Leave him alone!" a girl yelled.
The man lunged himself at her with his bat, but she somehow managed to take it away. She had her camera aimed at his eyes and there was another flash. She ran as the guy yelled in pain, holding his eyes. A person rushed at the man, knocking him to the ground. It was Seiya coming to Yaten's aid. Yaten managed to breathe his name before he was drowned in darkness. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yaten shot awake, throwing the blankets off of himself. He couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Every time he'd close his eyes he'd see the incident happening again. He dreamed the attack again. It was different this time. It was clearer and longer. Was Seiya the one that saved him or was it the girl? It had to be Seiya. He was the only person he had seen after he was gone. Seiya was trying to keep him in the real world. Yaten sighed heavily as he lied his head back down and looked at the ceiling endlessly.
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Yaten was striding around the city when he saw Setsuna sitting on a bench. She caught him with her eyes, releasing a halfhearted smile. He smiled in return and sat next to her.
"Today, we're both alone," she said.
"Yes," he said. "But I doubt anyone reminds you about what happened to you in the past."
Setsuna sighed, patting his shoulder. "I've had people badger me for doing one thing wrong. We're only human, to an extent. We all tend to go out of our way so we won't make the same mistake twice."
He laughed a bit and put his hands in his pockets, rising from his seat. It was the first time he bothered to talk to someone of the outer Senshi without causing an argument. He felt lightened by it.
"I forget how lonely it can get hardly having anyone to talk to on your level. You must especially be lonely, seeing as you are the keeper of time."
Setsuna looked at him in surprise at his comment. "Yes, it does. But I have my friends. And you have your brothers to keep you company, not to mention Luna, don't you?"
"Luna is just my friend, though. Try having everyone baby you two weeks after you almost get-"
He shut his mouth before he said another word. He thanked Setsuna for her time, continuing his walk.
He sauntered down the street. A flash of light caught his attention. He turned to where he saw the flash and saw a young girl with a camera. She had short black hair that reached the middle of her neck. Her bangs were in a spider look and the rest was held back by a thin hair band. She had these thin rimmed glasses and purple eyes. Yaten started to walk up to her, when she proceeded to run.
"No wait! I just want to talk!" he yelled and followed suit.
She scaled a brick wall and jumped to the alleys. She ran down the alley, then entered a yard, disappearing from sight as Yaten jumped off the brick wall. He walked down the alley and looked through the picket fence he saw her run to, almost getting hit by a baseball bat. She swung again, missing him on purpose and continued to run down the alley, then headed to the streets, disappearing from sight as she ran into a crowd of people.
"God damn you!" he yelled, not bothering to follow her. "I just wanted to talk!"
He started to walk home, grumbling about the "stupid little bitch that didn't want to talk to me."
************
Yaten walked slowly to the apartment. He leaned against the door, but he didn't want to go home yet. Maybe he could find that girl, again. He was about to leave through the entrance when he saw Seiya open the entrance door.
"Just who I was looking for," he said, throwing his arm around Yaten's shoulder, who swatted it away.
"What for?" he asked, only to be ignored.
Seiya opened the door to their apartment and pushed Yaten inside. Taiki greeted him as he was practically fell to the ground, after receiving another friendly shove from Seiya.
"We were wondering when you were going to come home," he said.
"You're not the only one," Yaten muttered under his breath, looking at Seiya
Seiya stuck his tongue out at Yaten, jumping on the couch. Yaten showed him his middle finger to be a sport, then looked at Taiki, who was putting on his glasses.
"We found something that might be an interest to you," Seiya said holding a letter in his hand. "It has no name, but it is addressed to you."
"So? Don't we all get many like that?" Yaten said, walking toward his room.
"It was personally delivered by some girl. She left a picture, too. It's a good photo."
Yaten stopped abruptly, showing some interest.
"And so what if she did?" Yaten asked, showing little interest again, making his way to his room.
"I think you'd like to know that she doesn't know we're the Three Lights."
Yaten turned around, grabbing the picture and the letter from Seiya. He walked smoothly to his room and shut the door behind him.
"I thought you didn't care!" Seiya yelled through the door.
"Well, I didn't before, but if she doesn't know who we are, that's better, isn't it?" he asked no one.
Yaten looked at the picture. It was of him before he was attacked. He opened the letter, as though there was a bomb inside. He was greeted by a drawing of a cartoon character on the corner of the letter, smiling at him with an arm behind its head. It looked just like him.
Hello Yaten,
I'm sorry for running from you today. I got scared. I've actually been following you from the alleys for a while now, but I'm not stalking you. I know it sounds weird, but I have no idea how I found your apartment. It was like instinct. I had dreamt you the day before I saw you outside your apartment window. I didn't know who you were, but something about you just caught my attention. I've been following you on your walks through the alleys since that day, trying to figure out why you're alone. I mean, you're beautiful, how can you be so alone? I believe that you'd like to know that I was a witness to your attack a few weeks ago. I tried to warn you, but I guess you couldn't hear my cry. I didn't know what the guy was going to do, but as soon as I saw, I did what I could to get him away from you. I managed to take his bat away, if that counts for anything. The flash from my camera worked better, though, right in the eyes. I'm sorry for using that bat to swat you away, but you caught me off guard. I sort of had to defend myself, I thought you were going to do something else than just "talk." Honestly, something about your spirit drew me to you. The dream I had about you and those that followed after just led me to you. I wanted to see who this mysterious person was, I wanted to meet this person, I wanted to meet you. I didn't know your name until someone yelled it out after you got attacked. Whoever they were, they scared me away. I guess it's thanks to them I know your name. I hope you accept my apologies and my gratitude. I don't know what you think about me now, but I hope it isn't bad. Thank you for your time.
There wasn't a name following the message. Behind the picture were the initials N. K., but how could he figure out who it was? There was just no way but to see if she would follow during one of his walks. Maybe then she would appear again. It was the girl from his dream, after all. And she had stated herself that she followed him during his walks.
Yaten couldn't sleep with all that was buzzing through his head. He wanted to know if she'd follow him again during one of his walks, as tedious as he thought it would become. Maybe she could help him remember more of the attack. There were still pieces left out. He didn't know exactly how it happened, who it was, or what happened afterwards.
He got up early the next morning and looked at the clock until it struck the time he would usually take his stroll through the alleys, receiving confused looks from both Seiya and Taiki.
"Not like I care," he said, "but if she comes over today, I wrote this as a reply. It wasn't a love letter, Seiya. Go ahead and read it if you want. It's vague, baka."
In the letter he wrote for her to meet him at the park, if possible. That was about it. Seiya looked at the clothes door with dumbfounded eyes.
Yaten tried hard not to walk faster than he usually would. He had his book with him incase she didn't come, or was too shy to do so, and he would end up at the park. He took every precaution.
He heard footsteps behind him halfway through his walk. They were quick and stressed. He turned around and saw her running, almost out of breathe. He stopped, throwing his hands into his pockets, nearly dropping his book, and waited.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up," he said.
"Well," she said, breathing almost heavily, showing him the letter, "the one with dark hair didn't want to give it to me."
"Seiya," Yaten said. "I gave it to Taiki. He has a soft spot for pretty young ladies, wait that is Seiya."
She smiled as though she didn't accept compliments easily, then released an elongated "Right" to show her sarcasm. She had a notebook with her and a camera around her neck. Her hair was loose now and it curled in a little. She had a black tank top, with a cat on it, and fiery blue jeans.
Yaten cleared his throat, beginning to walk, causing her to follow.
"So," he started. "What made you come out?"
"Oh, I don't know. I mean, I've been listening to my dreams for months now and they said it was okay to do so."
"You mean, your dreams told you to? How lame is that?"
She gave him an agitated look. He looked at her and changed his tone.
"Sorry," he said. "I didn't mean to-I'm sorry."
"Here's a warning, I give it to everyone: I do have a short fuse, but it's on a three strikes policy, stranger or family."
"Point taken," he said, looking ahead. "What's your name, anyway?"
"Full name is Nova Noni," she said. "But call me Noni.
"So you weren't born here, I take it."
She laughed a bit. "Yes, I was. My mom is American and my dad is Japanese. They made a deal since my mom was so independent: he could name the first child, if it was a boy, and she would name the second child, boy or girl."
She held up two fingers and then pointed at herself. She smiled and said it was fine being second born. She didn't get special privileges like her sibling, but it was still fun.
They never made it to the park. If anything they ended up going to the beach near the city. They watched the waves roll into the rocks and she took pictures of the scene. She looked at Yaten then at the water hitting rocks. An idea lit up in her head instantly.
"Hey, I'm hoping to be a photographer, but I need various pictures in my portfolio. Do you mind?" she asked holding up her camera. "It's just going to be two: one for my photo album and another for yourself, if you want it. Just stand on the rocks and I'll snap quick ones, no poses."
He couldn't resist her voice. It was beautiful and inviting, like nothing he had ever heard before. He nodded and walked to the rocks. He turned around and asked if it was fine where he was.
"Just another step back. Perfect. Okay, just look at me," she said and waited until the water splashed on the rocks. She snot the pictures quick, as promised. They were perfect.
Before they knew it, a crowd had gathered around them once Yaten was back. She looked around, confused. she thought.
"Oh my god!" some girl yelled. Noni turned around and saw a strawberry ice- cream haired girl run toward Yaten. "Can I have your autograph? I mean, I love you!"
Yaten gave a scared expression out of surprise and expectation, but it faded quickly. "Uh, yeah, sure," he said, signing a book she had. More and more girls started to do the same. Noni started to back away slowly, feeling drowned by the crowd. She noticed Yaten's book on the ground and picked it up before one of the girls figured it was his. She started to walk back the way they came.
Yaten saw her leaving. He signed a few more autographs before saying it was all he could do for the day. He started to run towards Noni, who looked angry, but Yaten didn't do anything for her to get angry. It was the people's fault. No it wasn't their fault, it was his. He should have said no to them, but didn't. Why didn't he? He didn't know himself.
"Nova," he said behind her. "I'm sorry about that."
"Call me Noni. Only my mother can call me Nova," she said turning around, as though she had a few spears to throw at him. "They were treating you like you were a celebrity, why?"
"Because I am," he said, stopping. "I'm in a band called the Three Lights, didn't you know that?"
"Obviously not. Why didn't you shoot me a warning?"
He let out a small smile, but it faded away when her look didn't fade. "I thought you knew, but now I know you didn't. Besides, you didn't ask me."
She started to walk again, keeping her face as passive as possible. They didn't talk until they were halfway to his home.
"Okay," she said. "I'm sorry for acting like that. I shouldn't have done so."
He was about to speak when someone fell from the sky. It was a youma monster. He grabbed Noni, and began to run. He couldn't transform with her there. Something grabbed a hold of his leg and he fell. He looked up at Noni, who had stopped to see what happened. He was starting to get dragged toward the monster.
"Run!" he yelled. She hesitated, but he looked at her like he was going to be okay. "Just run!"
She started to run again, but made a u-turn through the vines, trees, and bushes that were above the wall of the alley. When she arrived back to the spot she had seen Yaten, he wasn't there. Sailor Star Healer was fighting against the monster that had arrived. It wasn't that strong, but she still had a worried look on her face.
Noni leaned a little closer to get a better look. She brought out her camera, thinking it might scare the monster away from Sailor Star Healer just enough that she'd be able to get an attack through the wall of vines that this monster had for a shield. she thought. She wanted to get away, but something inside was telling her to stay. Noni leaned over a bit more to get a closer look of the monster.
The monster launched an attack towards Sailor Star Healer, who dodged it with female ease and avoided the attack. The attack hit the alley wall behind her. The impact shook through the alley and managed to knock Noni down from her perch. Sailor Star Healer heard her scream as she fell to the ground. She looked at the monster that had looked her way. It was horrible, not exactly the kind she thought she'd ever encounter, but close enough. Sailor Star Healer was trying her best to grab its attention again, but it kept going towards Noni.
"Oh, you're not good looking," Noni said, grabbing her camera. "Take a picture!"
She snapped a quick photo and the monster grabbed it's eyes in pain from the bright flash. Noni ran a short distance and looked around a trash bin. Sailor Star Healer looked in curiosity at what she was doing, almost forgetting about the monster. Noni grabbed her bat and looked at the monster that was coming towards her in rage.
"Give me your best shot, you freak!" she yelled.
The monster let out a flame ball attack. Noni looked at it as though it was a baseball, keeping her stance and swung the bat at the last minute, sending the attack back to the monster. Sailor Star Healer looked at Noni, shocked at what she managed to do. The monster looked at her in shock as well. It shook itself back to reality and assailed Noni with the same attack multiple times. Healer knew Noni wouldn't hold for long, even if she was hitting a series of the flaming balls back at the monster.
"Hey!" she yelled. "Leave her alone, it's me you're after isn't it? My star seed?!"
The monster turned around and began a full charge toward Sailor Star Healer. She started to run towards the monster and leapt off the wall of the alley before the monster struck. She landed in front of Noni, not her intention. She was preparing her Star Sensitive Inferno when the monster caught her off guard. It swung one of its vines towards Healer, knocking her towards the wall. It pushed against her with all its might. Noni grabbed her camera and shot another picture of the monster at point blank. It covered its eyes and started to swing around its vines in rage, letting go of Healer.
Sailor Star Healer ran in front of Noni, taking one of the attacks, and was flung over the wall into the bushes. Noni didn't want to take anymore chances. She grabbed her bat, jumped on one of the trash bins, knocking it down, and threw herself over the wall. She looked around the bushes and saw Yaten, not Sailor Star Healer.
"Yaten," she said, running the best she could towards him. "C'mon!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, I feel so much better. And at least one person likes it so far. Now the stupid angel on my left shoulder can stop badgering me. Again: Sorry for forgetting the disclaimer. I was rushing and yes that's my damned excuse! I really hope you guys are enjoying this story. I liked writing it (even if it's still incomplete!).