Summary : (AU) Raphael/Usagi One-shot
He had no goal, for it was before he joined a dangerous organization. His life was empty, sure he wasn't exactly kind, but what is one with no direction? Surrender his pointless life, sure why not? She wasn't exactly faultless, but she still wasn't the leader they needed. Trying so hard, and she couldn't see her own successes. That last attack, she may just let it hit.
Don't Give Up
Semi-long blond hair was plastered to his skull, as he pressed against his own spiky hair. Grey blue eyes were narrowed in an empty glare, they watched the humanity at it's best and was disturbed. For all the kindness he didn't see, mounds of injustices took their place. He was disgusted by such behavior, and he jabbed his hands deeper in his long dark trench-coat. Though really could he do anything, as disgusted as he was with the behavior he was more disgusted with himself. Moaning the state of the world, and not doing a single thing to help it. Really he found it a dismal action, and his booted steps fell harshly against the concrete.
Then a sharp sound wave blasted against him, and with a human curiosity he took off toward the sound. A tremble shook the ground he was running upon, but it didn't stop him. He feared nothing, not even death, for it would be a welcome reprieve from the humanity of the world. Soon he felt his senses flood with an unwelcome feeling of despair, but it wasn't his own. The air ahead of him turned darker in contention with the heavy feelings. Quicker he paced himself, harder he pushed his body, his curiosity feeding some dark need.
A grunt escaped her as she felt her back greet the bark of a familiar tree. An ironic smile alighted on her face, it seemed monsters and enemies of the world had some fetish for the park. Dodging the following attack of the enemy she let out a tired chuckle. All right, she'd admit it, taking on this particular monster by herself wasn't exactly bright. Though she never claimed to be exceptionally bright, and rolled out of the way of another attack. She wasn't quick enough to dodge the rapid attack after, which cut off a few inches of her long blond hair. Though she mourned the pieces of hair now dotting the ground she didn't stop moving, only to let one finger touch her buns to make sure they were still secure. It would be easier to lie to her guardians, if there wasn't to much damage to her person. A lot of her long hair missing though would have been a major tipoff.
Sighing she swayed out of the way of another jab, and
place her fingers on her tiara. It had been ages since she used this attack, but her current enemy wasn't exactly being kind and allowing her to draw one of her rods from her space pocket. Jumping up and over the monster, she drew her tiara off her forehead, and took quick aim. Judging the distance the best she could, she narrowed her sapphire eyes. With a quick thrust, the tiara became a golden frisbee of energy driving through the air toward the target.
Not watching to see if that attack would connect, she took the minute of breath to grab one of her rods. Her concentration was on the monster and not on her weapons to pay attention to which one she pulled out. A quick glance identified what one it was though, and she settled her body in the familiar movements. "Moon Princess Halation !" She screams out as a pure energy beam darts toward the monster.
Normally her attacks were one hit wonders, though it seemed today she will have to do the senshi's part to weakening it as well as destroying it. Either that or the attack she chose was just to weak, no matter, as the beam sliced through the left side of the monster leaving a gaping wound. She flinched, not because of the sight, but because her frayed skirt of her uniform just brushed against a particularly painful bruise on her thigh. She didn't give herself time to recover, and even less time to the monster as she dived down from the air, her leg extended. "Moon kick." She voiced out as her foot made a connection causing energy to leap from her crystal to the meeting point of foot to monster. This though was an attack was an extremely bad idea, as the monster slid backwards toward one of the waking children it had drained earlier. Let it be said that the civilians of Japan were extremely hardy, non the less, they were not senshi, and another draining could very well kill them.
Without a thought to her failing energy, as she had been battling the monster for at least ten minutes she dived in front of the kid. Her mind racing for a way out as she jumped with the kid in her arms, therefore vastly limiting her attack repertoire. Taking a quick breath, she leapt again, and reviewed a feeling of deja vu.
This was the scene Raphael came upon from his brisk run. A little out of breath, he took a deep breath. Then he alighted on an incoming problem, he could see that the female blond, wanna-be heroine was having a hard time dodging. Finally the monster manage to catch one of the girl's legs. Stumbling from her misplaced landing on a tree limb, she tumbled, falling head-first with the kid. Yet at the last possible second she was able to right herself and landed in a crouch. She kept her body between the monster and the kid, and he admired her selfless attitude. Perhaps that was what inspired his following actions. With a strong leap of his powerful legs he pushed the pair out of the deadly attack.
Sailor Moon let out a harsh breath, and turned expecting her boyfriend hero, Tuxedo Kamen. However, the blue steel eyes were not of one recognized. She nodded to him, and then rolled the three of them out of the way of another attack. Turning sideways to him, she gave him a strained smile. "Go, take the kid, and run." She ordered, raising a pinkish wand to block the tentacle attack. "Please go." She urged.
Raphael was stunted by the self-sarcific attitude, and wanted to argue with the blond female. After all, if anyone should live, it should be her, and he opened his mouth to prove such point.
"Please, just go, we will talk after, promise." She said this all in breath as she managed to heave both him and the kid out of the way of the incoming attack. Gently she set them on the outer realm of the attacking range. Then with a small smile, she leapt back into battle. Her eyes once again scanning the battle.
Raphael blinked, and blinked again, but the tugging of the shaking kid drew his attention. "Don't worry, Sailor Moon-sama, will be able to beat that big meanie." The kid encourage. Raphael seriously doubted that, but he nodded to the kid, and lifted the little boy onto his shoulders. Without a word he carried the youth away from the battlefield.
"I need an opening." She yelled to herself as she played jackrabbit dodge with the annoying monster. "Oh why don't you die!" Sailor Moon instructed furiously. Suddenly hit with a flash of inspiration, she tapped the middle of her tiara. "Moon Twilight Flash!" She screamed, and the battlefield was lit up like a firework display. It got her the opening she needed, but she also lost sight of the monster. A welcome voice overcame her frustration, all through she was slightly disappointed.
"Venus Meteor Shower!" A female voice cried, and large orange strikes of energies struck the ground, and the monster with flair. With quick precise moves, Moon drew out a different rod.
"Right, this should work." She muttered to herself. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" She screamed, and smiled tiredly as the monster joined the ranks of being dusted.
"Princess!" Moon turned to the scream of her fellow senshi warrior. The almost twin of herself, except for a few differences stepped beside her.
"Hey V." She greeted exhaustively.
"Don't hey V me, what were you thinking?" Venus questioned her worriedly.
"Well, I really wasn't, as I was caught by surprise, and had very little chance to call for backup." Moon, now in her civilian form Usagi answered.
Venus smiled at Usagi as she de-transformed into Minako, and clapped her on the back. "Pretty impressive Usagi." She complimented.
"Thanks, could you inform the rest for me, I'm bushed." Usagi inquired.
"No problem bunny." Minako chuckled out, and bounded away with her normal energy. Usagi smiled at her soul sister, before looking around for the kid and the teenage male. Silently she remarked on her boyfriend's no show, wondering about the link they normally shared. However, no answer came to her, and she shrugged while trying to locate the pair.
"That was impressive." The male blond commented from beside her blind spot. Usagi jumped, and automatically put her hand to her broach on instinct.
"Heh, what are you talking about?" Usagi inquired, while mentally praying that the male did not see her transform.
"I know." It was said straight to the point and Usagi sighed.
"Right, well could you not tell anybody, I really do not feel like swiping your memory." Usagi instructed.
"Yeah, no problem." Raphael agreed. "By the way, thanks." He added.
"Hmm, for what?" Usagi inquired quietly.
"You helped me find my path, by watching you struggling to beat an enemy beyond your own abilities, and putting it away." He explained.
Usagi could of laughed at his description, as she had faced down worst, but she merely nodded. "You are welcome." She said with a yawn, and began walking on. He nodded back and turned in the opposite direction.
"By the way, my name is Raphael." He said as he started walking away.
"I'll be sure to remember it, mine's Usagi." She answered just the same, and the pair went their separate ways.
Miles away Raphael ran into a man with two different colored eyes. "I noticed that you want to help purify the world." The male commented. Raphael glanced over him with a measuring gaze not exactly seeing what made it his business. "I can give you the power to do so." He tempted, and was met with a narrowed expression.
"Really?" Raphael asked sarcastically.
"Yes." The male stated, and then waved his arm in a half circle. Raphael felt his deck shudder with power, and he glanced down at it. "This is only a small amount of power I could give you." He added. Raphael weighed him with a searching gaze before nodding.
"Let's do this." Raphael agreed, and the two vanished in a flash of light.
On the opposite part of town, Usagi shudder at the surge of dark energy, but with the proper energy to go seek it, she merely turned in her bed. Though for a minute she could feel a flash of goodness, and a sentence her mother tended to use a lot when she watched the news flashed through her mind.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." She muttered tiredly. Luna, her black guardian cat, jerked her head to look at her, but merely shook her head. Convince she was hearing things from her charge.
Right, well, not exactly a romantic interlude, but not everything will be. As this set is called misguidence, and though Raphael's heart and mind are in the right place, his actions following this are not. Hmm, I'd say this is after the death busters, and before the DOOM organization arc. Later, and please review. Much Care WCB.