So here is chapter two. I was glad to see such a large response to the first chapter, even though it was so small. Anyway this is my first actual Sailor Senshi battle scene, so we will see how it goes. Sorry it took so long. The story is complete but still under revision so I will post as soon as I can. Thanks for the reviews, they make my day. Enjoy chapter two!
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"I am here my liege." Her voice calmed him. Quickly Mamoru stood, knowing that if anyone, Pluto would have the answers.
"Setsuna, what the…?" He asked softly knowing she would understand.
"The truth of your past life has been revealed." She told him, afraid to look him in the eye.
"I was evil then; I let it turn me evil." He said confused. He looked to Pluto for help, but she studied the book on his desk instead. "Does this mean that its back?"
"Yes." She nodded.
"It can turn me evil again?" He asked already knowing what the answer was. He had allowed it to control him the first time out of petty and jealously, but this time…he was a different person now.
"Yes." She nodded slowly this time he looked worried.
"Can you help me?" His dark blue eyes met her ruby eyes and she knew that it was a lost cause to try and deny him anything. She could…no, would never deny him anything. All he had to do was to look at her and she knew that she would do what ever she could. He was her king.
"This is a time key." She said taking one off her belt. "This one is special, it is sentient. If it feels any evil come into your body, it will transport you to me, at the gates of time, where no evil can touch you. That will stop you from being taken over… Do you understand?" He nodded then looked over to the picture that he had on his desk of him, Usagi and, Chibi-usa. Pluto asked the same question that he was thinking, knowing that someone needed to say something. "Do you still love her?" She asked, she regretted the question, but couldn't take it back.
"I don't know, I loved her partly because it was my destiny, but now, that was never a real part of my destiny. I didn't love her on the moon; I lusted for her power, and beauty." She walked to him her eyes probing deep into his soul. She touched his forehead gently, running her hand down the side of his face.
"You will be confused for a long time." Pluto stated a fact. She held up the key and it disappeared.
"Where'd it go?" He asked, but the warm glow in his chest already gave him a clue
"Inside you." He nodded slowly, understanding and accepting that a soon a battle would be on their doorstep.
"Thank you, Pluto." But she was already gone. He stared at the place where she once was and smiled a bit.
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His long hair was pulled back in a ponytail as his eyes looked for the ones that she had sent. It had been a godsend to hear from her. He had thought that he was going insane. But he was Nathan now instead of the Nephrite that he had once been. He was born in America, raised by the DeVailas, he was a computer programmer moving to Japan at the end of the month. He wasn't a general but he was in his last life. He had always been better at certain things, a master in karate, a black belt in taekwondo, and a played a mean game of X-box. But these new memories, something else was there…waiting for him somewhere. He felt in a way that he was needed.
He also knew that he needed to find the woman that he loved he knew that it would be destined all he had to do was find her and hopefully these people would help. He looked at the tall blond man walking his way, he recognized him almost immediately.
"Jadeite." He said drawing the man's attention, almost laughing at the fact that it was true. These dreams and memories. It was all true. His short blond hair fell into his eyes and he pushed it out as he smiled. He seemed relieved to see a familiar face as well.
"Just Jed now. Nephrite." He said extending his hand, but he already felt like he knew this person. That they had been friends forever.
"Call me Nathan."
"You going to get help?"
"Yeah, I thing I need my girl back."
"Yeah. I get that. Kind of feel like I belong with her… but I have never met her but I killed her, I told her I loved her then killed her. For a while, after I remembered I thought that I was goin' nuts. I knew her name, remembered how she felt against me and what she tasted like. But I knew that I didn't know her." He said referring to Rei.
"I know, Jed, I remember, too. We had loved them quite a while, but the others, it wasn't love with them,"
"I know." They stopped talking, and then unnerved by the silence Jed spoke again. "Tell me, how do you forgive that? How can she get past us killing them?"
"You don't expect forgiveness you have to earn it." The two men talking looked behind them to see the reason why they were there. Three men stood in casual clothes. They each had long hair in a ponytail; one had deep blue eyes reminding them of their prince while the shorter one that had white hair had cat green eyes. The other, the tallest had intelligent violet eyes, with long brown hair pulled back, a few tendrils coming loose to float over his forehead.
"You were sent…"
"By our princess." Seiya started.
"To heal you." Yaten finished.
"Then you must go to your prince." Taiki told them. They nodded. Yaten nodded and fisted a hand concentrating. The park was empty but the bright light that came from his hand could catch anyone's eye. He held his hand up and laid one on each man's chest. The glowing spread through them, cleansing their star seeds and their hearts. No evil could ever touch them again, but they could still give it up, he explained before they headed out.
"Wait," they said stopping the lights form leaving.
"Do you know if they are still in Japan." The lights all looked at each other and Nathan had his answer. "We'll be there soon."
"Would you mind staying a little while and talking with us? I think that I would like some help." Jed asked, he wanted to learn more, and these guys seemed to know it, so they spent the part of the night talking about the past the present, and the Senshi.
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Mamoru opened his door and let them in. Frankly he shouldn't be surprised that two of his generals were standing outside his door and now in his apartment, but he was.
"Prince." They said bowing then they looked at each other confused at their actions, the two worlds they knew were starting to mix in their minds.
"My name is Mamoru." He told them. "Let me guess you remember." They nodded staying silent. They all felt guilt about what had happened and he knew that a lot of it was his fault, eaten by jealousy and anger, he had fallen into evil. He thought confused about what he should do. " Pluto?" He whispered as the air around him began to shift and change. From now on he would go to her, he realized. He then saw her standing alone a solitary figure standing at the gates of time, staring off. Realizing that there were intruders she looked over ready to attack, and then she realized who it was and whom he was with.
"King…Generals. Welcome to that gates of time." She said her face serious, but a warm light in her eyes.
"Thank you Pluto. I am in need of your help." For a moment he floundered unsure of what to saw or where to start. Right now, Nathan and Jed were simply human, not linked to their past lives while most of the others were. "What about my generals?" Mamoru asked bluntly pointing to his generals.
"They are needed for the battle ahead. They have powers that lie in the past. You must go there."
"To the past?" Nathan asked.
"To the past kingdom on Earth. Much like the Senshi you have powers that are due to your past life. But you were not meant to be reborn. The course of evil caused you to be here, so unlike the Senshi no one was here to guide you, and no one has the source of your power." She told them referring to the Senshi's crystals. "I can take you to the past. There will be a weapon in the Castle that you must find; you trained with them before you left for the moon kingdom. That is the source of your growing power. Go now," She said opening a door, "you are on your own from here. You know what you need." She watched as the two looked at each other slightly unsure. Then they shared a nod and looked back to Mamoru who nodded showing that he trusted Pluto and that they could do the same. He walked forward with them before being stopped by Pluto's staff. "You must stay King." He nodded and watched his friends go through the door.
"Call me Mamoru." She looked at him ruby eyes widened mouth slightly open, but nodded in agreement.
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Usagi stared out the window during class. Her dream last night unsettled her. Sure she often dreamt of Seiya, but never like that and never had the others been involved. She was confused. She looked over to her friends; they all seemed a little off today. No one really had anything to say. Lunch was eaten in silence and class went on, no one really noticed that the happiest, most hyper girls were not themselves.
Minako didn't know what to think of her dream; she knew that she was leader, but all her memories from the past were conflicting with the dream that she had. The lights had never been there or so she thought, and Yaten, she had gone as far to sleep with him, but she could feel things, like she had in her dream, which made her wonder if she still had latent powers that had just awakened… but by a dream? She could feel love coming off of the couple sitting in the front and the hate in the back row was making her stomach turn. She was so confused, she never knew that she had powers like this and why had they awakened now.
Ami on the other hand tried to put it all on paper analyzing every little detail. Everything was on the paper her note scribbled on everything as her blue eyes tried to put the pieces together, but nothing was going together. One was real the other one wasn't, but which one, the one with the lights or the one without. The princess told her about romance and dreams in a peaceful but cold world, what about the happy moon kingdom that she remembered. Was it fake? Did she love Taiki and scream his name when she died?
She had loved a dark haired man with serious eyes. A tall man with broad shoulders and lean muscles, one that made her laugh, and one that broke her heart, and one that had used his hands and arms that had loved her to kill her. The one that laughed as she gasped her last breathe. The one who had held her and told her everything would be okay, even if her princess and his prince didn't get married. He was the one who had killed her, but he had loved her. She was confused, she looked over to the others, they were all deep in thought, may be she wasn't the only one confused. Makoto put her head in her hands trying to stop the thoughts that hurt her head and her heart. She woke up from a nightmare crying harder than she could ever remember, and yet she was reluctant to tell her friend, worried about what they would say. But she knew that something was off with her friends too and that sooner or later one of them would break. Or she would.
Across town Rei was in the same confusion as the others. Her first enemy had haunted her dreams last night. His blue eyes and blond hair had taken on a different glow in her dream. He wasn't her enemy…he was her lover. Not in the full sense of the word but she remembered him. The fights they would have only to be followed by laughing and kissing, dancing and moonlight walks in the Garden. Then him telling her he loved her then digging the sharp blade of the dagger she had given him into her back, stealing her life and her last breath she was cursing herself for letting emotions play a role in her life. She snapped up looking at the teacher who was handing her test back. "Gomen." She whispered and she put the test in her bag, with out looking at it.
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They came back carrying a weapon, and looking quite proud of themselves. "Were you seen?" Pluto asked hoping that they weren't
"No, you put us where we needed to be." They had been gone for a matter of moments, but to them it had felt like little longer.
"Everything was very familiar."
"I remember it like it was yesterday."
"Do we go back now?" Jed asked holding his bow and arrows.
"No, you need to stay here, you will be needed soon, and I will take you. When the time comes, you will transform into what you were, on the moon. The Senshi are strong, but you can fight along side, them they will need you greatly, in the battle coming ahead." They nodded and sat down on the fog-covered ground, to talk and remember.
"Pluto join us?" Mamoru asked. She looked down at him, red eyes full of sorrow.
"No, I must protect the gates." She said walking to the main door.
"Then let me join you." He followed along while the Jed and Nathan followed became a little more at ease with each other, joining the prince and the mysterious Pluto.
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"Serenity, marry me?" She looked down to the man she loved kneeling to her in the garden.
"Yes!" She told him falling to her knees and hugging him then covering his face with kiss after kiss. "I love you Seiya."
Usagi snapped out of her dream state when she heard Minako yell her name. "Hey, girl, where you goin'?" Usagi smiled.
"You noticed." Minako smiled and dropped the charade.
"We all did." Ami said from behind Minako.
"You can tell us anything." Makoto said.
"I had a dream last night… it was strange. It was about the moon kingdom, but it was different this time."
"We need to go to the temple." Ami said quietly interrupting Usagi.
"Why?" Usagi asked confused.
"Because I had a dream, and I think that mine is like yours." Saying no more they all headed for the temple. They met Rei there she was in the middle of a fire reading so they sat in the back waiting. She felt them there and smiled at them, purple eyes welcoming.
"Hey guys."
"Hey." They responded unenthusiastically.
"Okay, lets get down to business." Minako said.
"I had a dream…" Usagi started.
"And the Starlights were there." Haruka finished from behind her as they walked in the door. Michiru squeezed her lovers hand noting slightly that she was shaking. She knew that Haruka was afraid to tell the truth and break his princess's heart.
"Hey, how'd you know? Everyone's stealing my thunder." She whined accusingly, but looking to her older friends with a bright eyes.
"We've always known." Michiru answered. "That was your true past being revealed to you. That was what really happened on the moon kingdom." Michiru watched as the light drained out of Usagi's eyes replaced with slight betrayal.
"The Lights…" Ami asked.
"The generals…" Makoto also questioned.
"Yes." Haruka answered.
"And the betrayal." Rei said summing it up. "It was real."
"But what about this?" Minako asked. "I can feel things."
"That was one of your old powers on the moon kingdom, both you and Rei. Rei sensing good and evil, you sensing love and hate."
"Me?" Makoto asked.
"The power of deflection. You used to form an energy shield. Part of your tapping into the power of thunder and lightening."
"But…"
"You will learn." Haruka said impatiently.
"What about me?
"You Ami can absorb information about your enemy's power and do it yourself."
"So any attack used against me I can use." She started to process all the information that was being told to her.
"Yes." She nodded in understanding.
"I'm sooooooo confused." Usagi whined as she started crying, it seemed like everything she knew was falling apart around her. She couldn't find any ground to stand on. Makoto scooted closer to her holding her. "What's real?" She cried. Michiru looked to Haruka knowing that it would be best if she told her. So she got down on her knees and looked at her princess.
"On the moon you loved Seiya, and he loved you, what you dreamt is the truth." She looked up at Haruka tears rolling out of her blue eyes as she looked at her.
"Why?"
"A new evil is coming, the source of the Negaverse. We must be prepared; this is why the memories were released." Michiru said as she grabbed Haruka and left them all alone and confused.
"They will come to us if they need us." Michiru said grabbing Haruka's hand and squeezing it.
"They hurt." She said simply.
"We all do." Michiru answered. Usagi watched them leave tears pouring down her face.
"Evil?"
"I don't feel anything." Rei said refusing to cry over a love long gone.
"Do the Lights know? Did they ever know?" Ami asked, but the questions went unanswered.
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Kunzite and Zoisite looked at their leader. Dreams had caused the hurt anger and pain that they were feeling right now, but they wanting nothing more that revenge. Revenge against everything of the White Moon. And this man had the power to do it, so they gave themselves over and once again turned to the dark side.
He gave them extra power and told them their duties, to try and destroy the Senshi and if they failed they would die. Seemed to work. It was nice to be alive again and know of all the betrayal in their lives. Now they could avenge their former selves and come face to the past. He looked from under his cloak to his new generals. They would do nicely, and if they didn't, oh well, he could always find new recruits.
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They got their apartment back from the last time they were here and got settled in. It felt like they never left. They were all still confused about what happened on the moon, but more and more of their memories came and soon they remembered everything. They woke up to get ready for school; they were going back to school. No reason why only to put up a front; they may start being The Three Lights again, they hadn't decided. But they had to wonder would they be in the same class as before, with the same people as before, it would be nice to surprise everything. The answer when they got to school was yes. They were to be introduced once again in the middle of class, but right now they were having a test. As they walked in the room they saw everyone's head bowed over the papers concentrating hard. Their eyes fell on a certain four as soon as they came through the door. Usagi was biting on her lip concentrating hard, while Minako was twirling her pencil in her hair while staring at the paper. Ami was writing steadily, brushing her hair back as she flipped the page. Makoto was biting her pencil and staring at the paper in what seemed to be confusion
"Students." The sensei said drawing the attention of most except a hand full all included were the three, but they saw Makoto's mouth drop as she saw them. She was tapping Ami on the shoulder. "We need to welcome some new students back. Please make Kou Seiya, Kou Taiki, and Kou Yaten welcome. Please find an empty seat boys." They stayed at the front of the room watching the reaction of the girls as the lifted their heads. Usagi was pure joy, Minako was confused but happy, and Ami just stared shocked. The light had no idea what they remembered anything and since lunch was over, it would have to be later when they talked, but the test was the last thing on the agenda for the rest of the day so, it would be almost two hours before they could all talk. Seiya then took the seat behind Usagi while Yaten sat next to Minako and Taiki sat in front of Ami. Usagi kept looking back to see if he was really here. She couldn't explain the joy that she had had when she saw him standing up there with his 'brothers.' Yaten on the other had just sat and stared while Minako tried to finish the math test, he would look down to pretend that he was reading, but then he would look at her. She finished her test and handed it in, then too started to read peaking glance at him, every once in a while. Taiki just listened, to her breathing, smelling her uniquely fragrant scent; he could swear that he heard her heart beating, the connection, was it still there?
Then the bell rang and there was a stampede for the door and the lights. They were asked to sign autographs and pictures and they watched as the scouts mingled out the door. They caught up with them on the walk home talking.
"Odango!" Seiya yelled. She turned and smiled and knew that she didn't have to control her reaction this time.
"Seiya!" She yelled as she turned and ran to him throwing her self in his arms. He caught her and swung her around.
"Are you happy to see me Odango?" She nodded holding him. That was when the tears came.
"I missed you. I'm glad you came home." She whispered against his chest. He held her while she cried. He looked to the others to help, but they didn't seem to be much help, not making eye contact with them.
"What happened?" He asked the others. They looked up confused themselves.
"Long story." Minako said looking at Yaten, her mind was filed with memories of another life. A blush crawled up her cheeks and as he saw it he winked at her. She smiled and spoke again. "We have to go to the temple," she told them, "would you like to come?" They nodded. Yaten came up to walk along Minako while Taiki did the same with Ami. Mako-chan kept the conversation flowing by constantly asking about their planet while the other girls walked trying to sort their thoughts. Usagi was latched on to Seiya's arm her chatter and Seiya's laugh filled the air. When they came, Rei was just getting from school herself. She smiled when she saw the Lights.
"Konnichiwa." She said looking over them to see that they hadn't changed much, but Yaten had gotten taller, now standing a few inches over Minako, and Seiya seemed to be slightly taller as well.
They took a seat and Rei provided snacks. "Why are you here?" Rei asked rudely, upset because the others had their lovers from the moon, but she and Mako-chan were left with no one. She couldn't really be sure if she would want him back, but it was impossible.
"We were told of an evil." Taiki told her, "and that you would need our help." That caught Usagi's attention.
"Did you guys have a dream?" She asked out of the blue. They all looked at her stunned.
"No." Yaten said rolling his eyes.
"Wait," Seiya said. "Is that how it came back to you?" He asked looking at her. She nodded, as tears filled her eyes. "Odango, don't cry." He told her. He looked to the other Senshi.
"We were still waiting to be told that it wasn't real." Ami said in confusion. "It's hard to believe. So different than what we were shown before." The others nodded in agreement.
"We found out a few days ago, but we had…uh…some errands…yeah, errands to run." Seiya said not sure if he should speak of the generals here. He continued to hold Usagi as she cried silent tears. It felt so familiar to him even thought he was sure he had never done it in this life.
"Well, the past is that past, and it doesn't mean anything about us." Minako said putting up a defense so hopefully to prevent any emotional connection with Yaten like she shouldn't have done the first time. And hopefully reminding everyone that they would have to leave sooner or later.
"Right," they nodded in agreement. Rei's eyes snapped to look up to Minako.
"Do you feel it?" Rei asked.
"Yeah." She said nodding. "That's weird." She said in a whisper.
"Call to action." Makoto laughed. She looked to the lights and felt the need to explain. "On the moon we had more power, I guess. We are starting to learn them again. Anyway, battle time?" She voiced. Usagi nodded and dried her tears, crying wouldn't change why she couldn't figure out whom she loved.
"MOON ETERNAL! MAKE UP!"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"HEALER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!'
"FIGHTER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!'
"MAKER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!"
They ran out the door following Venus and Mars as the lead the way. It really didn't take long; all they had to do was follow the screams when it got to the park. It was an ugly leafy creature that looked like one of the first ones that Usagi fought as Sailor moon. It was tall, about eight feet and covered in blue scales and the red eyes stuck out of the blue.
"Ewww, that is ugly." Usagi said as she skidded to a halt, to look at the creature.
"Then let's dust it," Venus said coming up beside her. The light banter creating a comfortable atmosphere.
"Yeah…" Jupiter said stepping forward. "OAK EVOLUTION!" She yelled throwing tiny green bombs at the youma. The youma was thrown back, but not far. It pointed its finger at the group as a light glowed from it. Venus didn't wait to see what was going to happen. "VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" She exclaimed pushing the youma back with a heart. "Sailor Moon!" Sailor Moon nodded causing her hair to swing around her.
"Aim for the forehead," Mercury told her hollering over the howling of the youma. She stood two feet back analyzing the youma with her computer.
"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!" Sailor Moon yelled, pointing her power all to the forehead where the youma, then fell turning to moon dust.
"That was too easy." Mercury said softly, looking around for anything out of the ordinary.
"That was like the ones I used to fight by myself." Venus said also looking around and missing the lights shocked expressions.
"Hey guys, we won. Why worry?" Usagi said as she powered down. The others followed suit. Rei looked uneasy but decided to drop the subject.
"Hey want ice cream?" Seiya asked. "We'll pay." The other lights groaned but the girls smiled and hugged and said thank you. So after many sundaes and banana splits, everyone headed home. Minako, Usagi, Makoto, and Ami first walked Rei back to the temple then, went to the apartment building where Ami lived, then went to Mako-chan's apartment. After saying a cheerful good-bye, it was just Minako and Usagi. And then had no problem reading each other.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Minako asked, blue eyes carefully watching her friend.
"I'm confused." She started, looking at Minako.
"We all are," she answered.
"I don't know what to do about the lights." Minako stopped. "Ami's mom is gone, how about we go back to her place so all three of us can figure it out. Then we can call Rei and Mako-chan and have a sleep over. It's Friday." Usagi nodded, instantly brightening.
"Good idea Minako-chan." She said excitedly, but the question was still in her mind. 'They had all been in love with the lights in their past lives, but what about now?'
The whole gang ended up coming over and they spent the night remembering everything that had happened. Everyone sharing, all crying and well Rei and Mako-chan did offer insight on what to do about the Lights being back and literally having a past with them. But Usagi wasn't done yet.
"I don't know if I love Mamo-chan anymore. So much of why I loved him was because he and I were destined and because of the past, but the past was wrong and if the past was wrong maybe the future that we saw was wrong too. Mamo-chan has been in America for almost 3 years when he said that it would only be one, to two at the most. I feel that I don't know him."
"Usagi…" Rei said as she stared at her friend.
"But…" Minako stuttered confused.
"Usagi that is perfectly understandable…" everyone stared at Ami. "I think that it may be best if you sit back and look at everything. Maybe Mamoru-san isn't right for you. Things have changed considerably."
"Ami thank you." She smiled at her friend who smiled back. "I know how I felt when my fake past was revealed, I think I know how you all feel." The all smiled, some had tears, but over all they all feel asleep, dreams haunted by their past lives that they learned more and more of each night and dreams of the ones they had once loved.
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"They didn't act how I thought." Seiya said walking home.
"Well they are trying to separate their past lives from the present."
"Do they know that we felt something toward them when we left here, before?"
"No." Yaten told Seiya convinced of that answer. "Minako had no clue."
"And I never told Ami. You are the only one who couldn't keep your love inside." Taiki said looking down at his friend who had his hands stuffed in his jean pockets as he continued.
"Is that so wrong?" He yelled as he looked at his friends, blue eyes studying green then purple. "I can live with out regrets then."
"I wish that we could pick up where we were on the moon, I was happy." Yaten said softly, so that the wind had carried his voice to his comrades.
"Yeah…me too." Taiki said as the walked into the apartment. Finally home, but it wouldn't help; dreams haunted them all that night.
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"Pluto, why are you always alone here?" Mamoru asked watching her ruby eyes as the slowly went to look into his.
"I am always alone." She told him as thought she had been trained.
"No not now."
"You can only stay for a while. Soon they must go help in battle. They will stay in your old apartment." He nodded like he had even a choice in the matter. "The outers can't take them and the inners won't forgive immediately." Over the time that he had been here, he had thought, a lot, he realized much like Usagi had that they were in love for one reason, because the past told him so.
"I want to talk to Usako."
"Not yet, I will bring you to the battle." He nodded.
"The battle?" He asked.
"Yes, soon, for them tonight, at the youth center, they are volunteering for a project. They will be attacked and overwhelmed, we can help, as can the generals. Some will be hurt." She told him looking him in the eye. The look that he was giving her was slowly making her heart melt, and he had melted it so many times, but it was useless, she was to be alone. "Tonight…" she murmured again looking back into the fog, ignoring Mamoru who was staring at her.
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"Seiya you have to come!" Usagi whined grabbing on to his arm as they walked through the park using their day off as a picnic and fun day.
"Yeah," Minako agreed. "An appearance by the Three Lights would sure make the whole night a better success."
"But, Odango, we are not good at Fund-raisers."
"Oh, give it a shot." Rei said in a voice that said 'whips.'
"Fine, we'll go." The lights said as they relented. They spent the day playing Frisbee, or getting hit by it if you were Usagi, then they played some Volleyball, and the team that had Minako won. Then they had to leave to get ready. The fund-raiser was at the youth center, it was a sale of the things that the kids had been making and they needed some high school students to volunteer to work selling the items for the evening. It didn't take long for the Lights to be recognized. Someone yelled, "Hey, it's the Three Lights." And the whole night had become a success. By the end of the evening they had enough money to keep the center open another year, much to the parent's relief. The clean up began around nine and as it grew later the place grew cleaner. Around midnight, they were done and tired. The all took a seat against the back wall and sighed. They heard the loud noise come from upstairs, but the manager of the complex was still in the office so they made nothing of it.
"Thanks for coming guys." Rei was the first to thank.
"Yeah," Minako added nodding, "you guys made it a hit."
"Thanks a lot." Usagi said talking around the chocolate chip cookie that Makoto had brought. Then finishing the rest.
"I guess it wasn't that bad…" Yaten said as though it had been an evening of torture. And in a way it had, available men had tried to flirt or talk or laugh with Minako, and every time he wanted to go and rip their throats out, but Minako really wasn't his, he had to remember that. Seiya had felt much the same way as Yaten lucky for Taiki, Ami was so unapproachable she intimidated everyone. That was when they heard it, the scream from upstairs. They looked at each other and got up running up the stairs. They ran into the expensively decorated office and grimaced, there was a youma holding the director of affairs unconscious in his green-ish tinted arms. They looked at each other and nodded. Duty called.
"MOON ETERNAL! MAKE UP!"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!"
"HEALER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!'
"FIGHTER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!'
"MAKER STAR POWER! MAKE UP!"
"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!" Ami yelled creating a fog. Makoto ran forward quickly snatching the director for the arms of the youma, who had yet to get his bearings. She carried the man outside and into the closet, where the youma couldn't find him.
"We need to get him out of the building." Usagi whispered to Minako.
"Hey big, green, and ugly!" Minako yelled drawing attention to herself by waving her arms. "Over here." She then ran out the door, followed by the others. She stopped at the play area guessing that this was as good of place as any. The others stopped as they formed a crowd.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" She yelled as she pulled her flame bow back and shot at the creature. The youma barely stumbled.
"OAK EVOLUTION!" Jupiter yelled once again barely throwing it back. Venus had come to it side preparing to catch it by surprise, just as Mercury yelled out she was to close. It was too late an invisible force picked her up and threw her in the air about ten feet up back. The youma smiled as it threw her into the wall, her body slumped as it slid down the wall.
"VENUS!" Sailor Moon yelled wanting to run to her friend, but instead watched as youma jumped up to the top of the building. Healer watched in shocked horror as Venus went unconscious.
"Go get that thing!" She yelled. "I'll take care of her." She said running over to Venus. The others nodded and ran up the fire escape on the side of the building. "Minako, why did you go do a stupid thing like that?" Healer asked starting to check for wounds.
Sailor Moon glared as she faced down her enemy. "For hurting my friend you are dusted." She yelled the old phrase coming back to her easily. Mercury stood about ten feet from the monster, on the edge of the roof analyzing with her computer. The roof was plain nothing on it but a little closet like building that only had a door and some stairs. The edge around the roof was raised about a foot.
"Don't get to close! It has a field around it that our blasts can't break through that's why we can't hurt him. " She yelled her findings. "A force field will push you back automatically, just like Venus. She has one weak point, located in the middle of her stomach."
"Okay, let's give this a shot. JUPITER SUPREME THUNDER!" The ball of energy shot over at the monster that raised a hand and sent it back her way. Jupiter froze in panic, and then she felt a familiar tingle rush through her. She raised her hand as the shot neared and a field of lightning glowed out her hand deflecting the blast uncontrollably. The others moved out of the way, but Mercury still didn't see it coming. Mercury looked up when she heard the warning but it was too late, the blast hit, with less power than normal but enough to make her lose her footing and start to fall. She let out a little scream as she started to fall waving her hands trying to keep balance, but she twisted her ankle, and yelled in pain as she started to fall backwards off the raised edge. She tried to grab on the to the edge but she wasn't close enough her fingers barely scratched the brick. She closed her eyes waiting for the hit but it never came. She looked up to see that Maker had grabbed her wrist and was leaning over the raised edge her bare stomach scratching against the rough brick. She looked up to her calmly, but the tremor was still in her voice as she pleaded.
"Please don't let me go." The words echoed for both bringing each person to a point in time that they still weren't even quite sure existed.
"Never." She said softly reaching her other hand down for Mercury to grab on to. The fight continued behind, as they ignore what was going on focusing on each other.
Jupiter looked over to see Maker pulling up Mercury. Her uniform was tattered and the brick bloodied the skin underneath. 'How could I have been so stupid' she thought distracted by Mercury and Maker. Then she was grabbed by the throat, she heard battle cries and the monster flung her in to the air and off the building. But strong arms pulled her against a hard chest catching her. In that moment she had never felt more secure and safe, but when she craned her neck her heart stopped, it was him, the one from her dream, the one who killed her, but supposedly loved her more than life. "Nephrite…" She whispered confused. He was floating in the air holding her against him. She looked down to see that Pluto stood beside Sailor Moon, with Jadeite and Tuxedo Kamen, slightly behind her. Jadeite pulled his bow taking target with his arrow and he let an arrow loose that flew through the shield that the monster had erected around itself. The youma yelled as the arrow tore through the fragile skin in the stomach.
"Now Sailor Moon." He told her calmly. She looked at him in shock and dismay as he gave her the order.
"STAR SEROUIS LASER!" Fighter yelled pushing the youma back farther, now that the shield was down. "Sailor Moon!" Fighter yelled, snapping her out of her reverie. She nodded.
"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!" The power came out from her scepter destroying the youma where it stood.
"Mercury!" She yelled as she powered down and ran over to her friend. Her ankle was swollen, probably just strained when she twisted it, but it still looked like it hurt. Ami powered down then looked at her self. Her legs were all cut by the rough brick and blood was trickling down her legs, she was now holding on to Taiki because she could barely walk enough to put weight on her left foot. Ami looked around slowly making sure that everything was okay.
"What are they doing here?" She asked. Taiki had never heard her use that angry upset voice before.
"They helped." Taiki tried to explain.
"They are not welcome here." Rei said finally. Jadeite looked at her hurt but not shocked.
"Why not?" Seiya asked, these guys seemed pretty cool, or so he thought.
"First they kill us on the moon and then when we first fought Beryl these were her minions. They tried everything that they could to kill us almost succeeding many times. I will never accept them."
"Minako!" Ami exclaimed remembering her fallen comrade. Once they were all powered down they ran down the stairs to see Minako. The only two left on the top of the building where Usagi and Mamoru.
"Usako…" She looked at him, frozen. Was it there, the love, the longing that she had always felt for him? Was it there, the desire to hold him, kiss him, and never let him go? She couldn't feel it; maybe it was there deep in her gut, hidden by the adrenaline and worry over her friends
"I'm so confused." She told him without preamble. "Everything up here is jumbled." She told him grabbing her head.
"Usako… I think that we need to give each other time. I based a lot of our futures on my past life, and if that is false I don't know what's real." He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Do you understand?"
"I think I understand more than that. Are we breaking up?" She asked him. He was shocked, not used to such a blunt question coming from Usagi.
"Yeah, for now. Do you still love me?" He asked really wanting to hear the answer.
"I don't know. You?" She asked him her big blue eyes staring through him.
"I don't know either."
"Will you be around?"
"Yeah you'll be able to find me." She smiled and so did he. The she left him on the roof alone.
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Cat