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AUTHOR: Shadow82
TITLE: Eternal Sailor Moon
PART: 4
PARTTITLE: School Days
CATEGORY: Series
COMMENT: Taking place two years after Sailor Stars…
NOTES: The Japanese School year starts in April
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ETERNAL SAILOR MOON
CHAPTER 4: School Days
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The rays of the sun, weak due to their distance from the star, lightly glanced across the black crystal planet that circled our star. The planet itself, however, seemed to emit its own dark aura, which consumed whatever light that managed to get through. The glow itself seemed devilish as the castle built from the crystal erupted in a black glow all its own.
In a chamber surrounded by black orbs and which could be considered a throne room, the planet's monarch sat in darkness, hidden in the shadows. A quiet thought continued to travel through the beings head as they recounted the events that transpired the past evening.
I have sent two of them. Two of my seekers and both have returned with nothing. Rather so, destroyed and not gaining the objects for which we search for. The monarch's thoughts became quiet before a woman's hand exited the darkness. It motioned towards two of the black orbs and beckoned them towards her. There are forces at work on that planet. Forces, some of which have to be that of the senshi. That is the only explanation and they are the only ones I know whom have remotely the power to defeat one of my seekers. The two orbs landed in her hand. "I need information...ARRISE MY STALKERS!"
The crystals shimmered before two beings formed from it. They both were hidden in the darkness, forming shadowy silhouettes that would mark their presence. The monarch's hand retreated into the darkness before her words sounded forth, "You both are here to serve my purposes. I want you to destroy all opposition you face on the Earth. At the same time, I want you to find them because they are vital to the plan. You have an army of seekers at your command. Do not Fail. I will be watching." As the words were spoken, the monarch and the thrown vanished.
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Usagi slowly walked to school as her thoughts went back to all the events that had occurred over the past day. She let out a soft sigh as she continued to walk. A new enemy. She continued lost in her thoughts, After all this time... Is my fate really to fight for all eternity?
"USAGI?" Usagi stopped and turned her head, glancing behind her as one of her oldest friends ran up to her.
Naru?" Usagi asked surprised to see her.
"Usagi, what are you doing up so early?" Naru asked as she caught up. "I mean you usually barely make it on time for the first class."
"Nani?" Usagi gasped surprised. "I wasn't late yesterday."
"Exactly," Naru nodded, as a huge sweat drop formed on Usagi's forehead. "You've been acting strange lately and I've been wondering why. Is something up?"
"No...nothing really"
"Are you sure Usagi, I mean, if something is wrong you can come talk with me about it."
"I know Naru, I'm fine really." Usagi spoke quietly before glancing back up at Naru, "So how has Umino been treating you?"
"Oh he's been treating me ok...I'm suppose to be meeting him in a few minutes at his place so he can show me something of his..." Naru responded as she caught a brief sadness cross Usagi features but was gone so fast that she couldn't tell if she had seen it or not. "As a matter of fact, this is the street I'm supposed to go down." She paused. "Usagi come with me we can talk a bit more. If you don't have to go to Umino's I can always apologize to him later. Right now, you're more important."
Usagi shook her head. "No Naru, I'm fine. Go ahead to Umino's. I'll see you at school during class, ok."
Naru stared at Usagi for a moment. "Are you sure Usagi?" She watched Usagi nod. "Ok, we'll meet you at the entrance." Naru watched as Usagi nodded before bounding off to meet Umino.
Usagi let out another sigh when she knew Naru was far enough away. She turned before continuing on her path to school.
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A black motorcycle streaked through the streets of the Juuban district. The sleek bike and its rider moved cautiously through the streets, as if they were looking for something or someone, causing the traffic to move from around them. By the amount of traffic that seemed to be avoiding them, they apparently weren't finding what they were searching for.
As the rider slowed his bike before finally pulling it to a stop at a traffic light, he let out an audible sigh from under his helmet. He lifted the visor before lifting his arm up, raising the sleeve, and staring at the silver watch, which adorned his wrist.
"I'm late for my meeting. This is definitely NOT making me look good." The rider's voice echoed from under his helmet. He shook his head sadly when something caught the corner of his eyes. His head turned and he spotted a familiar uniform walking past. The hidden frown on his face slowly turned to a grin, just moments before the sound of car horns behind him erupted. He glanced up and noticed the signal had changed.
He quickly dropped his visor before revving up the engine for his bike. He made a sharp U-turn before pulling his bike up along side the traveling walker.
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"USAGI!"
Usagi's head shot upward as she heard Minako's voice cry out her name. "Nani?" Usagi asked as her eyes widened. She noticed a large group of people gathered outside the school, close to the parking lot. A moment later Minako came bounding from the group of students, making her way to her before grabbing her hand.
"Usagi, you're not going to believe the news." Minako blurted out as she dragged Usagi along.
"What is it Minako? Why are you dragging me?" She let out in a cry as she was struggling against Minako's iron grip.
Minako's eyes narrowed as she focused in on the crowd of students. "Damn, Ami and Makoto aren't here yet." She mumbled, completely ignoring Usagi's questions.
"Minako!" Usagi whined, "What's going on?"
"Well..." Minako lowered her voice, "...your not going to believe the news, but, according to the rumor mill, the new teacher that's suppose to be arriving today is said to be the mysterious CEO of the Trinity Star Corporation. He is suppose to be a major hunk."
"Nani?" Usagi asked again, slightly confused and more curious than anything else.
"Well they are only rumors, but I bet you he arrives in a limo and I heard he's worth billions and billions of yen...did I mention he's a hunk?"
"Usagi...…Minako!" A voice called behind them, causing both of them to turn their heads towards it.
"Makoto!" Minako shouted raising both of her hands, and one of Usagi's, waving them in the air. "Did you hear the news?"
Makoto nodded as she approached the duo. "Yeah, has he arrived yet?"
"No. Has Ami shown up yet?" Minako began to quickly and excitedly look around, pulling Usagi's arm with her in the process.
"I haven't seen her if she has." Makoto answered before glancing around. "You know, she's usually here by now."
"HERE HE COMES!"
All of them raced to the crowd of students standing on the sidewalk, even Usagi, whether she had a choice in the decision or not. Usagi, though, was now curious as to what the ruckus was about.
The moment the girls got into position, a black motorcycle pulled into the drive path that leads into the faculty parking lot. The biker's head turned a quick glance towards the students standing there. He shifted his weight as he made the turn into the faculty parking lot and then followed it into one of the rows of parking spaces.
"Is that him?" Usagi's voice asked through the crowd.
"It has to be him," a female answered. "He has a faculty license plate."
"Isn't he suppose to be arriving in a limo." A third voice managed to get through the murmurs. "And why is he in a student's uniform?"
The biker, though, wearing a leather jacket which covered most of his upper body, had on a student's uniform on underneath. This could be seen from the shoes, to pants, and even a glimpse of the uniform jacket could be seen under the leather jacket. As he turned his bike into a parking spot and removed his helmet, more questions flew out.
"Are you sure absolutely sure that's him?" Usagi asked, staring at him as well.
"I don't know but he looks like my old senpai." Makoto spoke entranced by his appearance and causing Usagi and Minako to both shake their heads as sweat drops formed on their foreheads.
"Anyway as I was saying, if he's suppose to be a company CEO, then why is he teaching here?"
"Well…." A voice spoke out of the crowd before a boy with large round glasses and the uniform of the school popped out. He was a little shorter than Usagi, had a pocket protector, and a bag to his side. He in every sense of the word, fit the outward description of a nerd.
Usagi though instantly knew who he was as Naru followed him through the group of kids. "Hey Naru, when did you and Umino arrive?"
"Just now Usagi." The red head spoke calmly. "So is that the new teacher?"
"Well as I was saying..." Umino spoke up again after clearing his throat. "...the rumor says he is a CEO, though I'm not really sure on it, but I do know he's the new teacher. He's on the cover of my issue of Martial Arts Digest." He held out an issue of the book from his bag showing a younger version of the biker in a fighting gi during a sparring match. He was 15 in this issue of my magazine and that was about two years ago."
"He's 17," Minako stared on surprised. "How is he able to teach at only being seventeen."
"According to the magazine, he graduated college just before this picture was taken while on tour with the World Martial Arts Tour. He had private instruction from some of the top colleges in the world and he validated the credit hours to graduate at the age of 15. It doesn't talk much about his Secondary schooling, only that before he joined the WMAT, he went to a private school that he graduated from while with the tour."
"Hey who's that with him?" They heard a voice reaching from the crowd.
They had been so focus on the rider they failed to notice the passenger with him. A female student whom seemed to be listening to what the biker was telling her. He shifted the weight on the bike and kicked the stand down as he motioned to the crowd behind them. She shook her head and the expression on the biker's face seemed to frown. The biker removed himself from the bike before helping his passenger off as well. She removed her helmet, releasing her short blue hair from the confines and nodded at him. The biker smiled and nodded towards her as he took the helmet from her hands and walked away, towards a direction that was clear from the mass of students.
Makoto's eyes narrowed on the girl standing there before her eyes widened. "Hey, isn't that..."
"AMI-CHAN!" The young woman whose eyes were on the young man jumped suddenly and turned sharply to the mass of students where she heard her name being shouted from. She suddenly blinked as in the span of a few seconds Usagi and Minako covered the distance from of the curb and the parking spot to now stood in front of the surprised and now confused Ami Mizuno.
"O – O – O – Ohayoo…"
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The young man walked calmly through the halls of Juuban High School with his bag like briefcase hung casually over his right shoulder. Even though his eyes seemed to remain straight forward, he still noticed the eyes of the student body were focused solely on him. He frowned at this. He didn't want to become a celebrity in the school. He was going to have to figure out a way to stomp this out quickly and efficiently. All he had to do was figure out how.
He turned a corner and those thought left him as he spotted his destination, the main office for the school. He approached the doorway, walked in, and spotted a young woman at a desk, filing away paper work. He approached the desk quietly and waited for the woman to finish what she was handling.
As she finished filing the folders, she turned to face him, jumping slightly in surprise. The startled look on her face quickly vanished as she recovered herself and brought a smile to her face.
"Hello, how may I help you?" She asked politely.
His eyes observed hers before falling to her nameplate and then returning to them. "Yes Ms. Monroe, I have an appointment with Ms. Meiou."
She glanced down and opened her appointment book. "And your name sir?"
"Musha...Kage Musha"
She flipped the pages of the appointment book before stopping. "Ah, Mr. Musha, I'll page you into Ms. Meiou immediately." She pressed a button on her desk and activated the intercom system, which lead to the Principal's Office. "Ms. Meiou, Mr. Musha is here to see you.
"Send him in." A female voice responded back before pausing and then speaking again. "Has Caerwyn-san arrived yet?"
"Yes Ms. Meiou, He's been sent tot the counselor's office to retrieve and confirm the records they sent from America with him."
There was another brief pause before Setsuna answered. " Ok, send in Mr. Caerwyn when he returns." A moment after she finished, the sound of the intercom being turned off was heard.
Ms. Monroe, following suit, turned the intercom off on her end before turning to Kage Musha and motioning him in. "You may go in Mr. Musha."
Kage nodded before he opened the door and walked in. His eyes fell across the office, taking note of the size and how it looked. It was fairly large and spacious to what he was expecting. There were a few file cabinets on the right wall of the office. Lining the left wall was a shelf lined with various books based on physics and more specifically things dealing with Temporal aspect of the science. Several large panels of glass and a sliding glass door rested on the wall opposite that of the doorway to the office and revealed a nice view of the school yard and athletic fields. For the finishing touch in the center were too joined desks. On one sat what he knew to be a very expensive computer with the symbol of three stars in the shape of a triangle on it. On the other sat a phone, paper, lamp, and other object that were to normally be found on a desk. However the order of those items was very neat and orderly.
His eyes then turned and glanced upon the principal as she sat behind that desk in what appeared be a large, leather chair. His eyes continued to travel across her body before finally stopping and focusing on her red eyes, which seemed to be staring at him disapprovingly. The look in them quickly changed as her form and body took on an all business quality. However, the first look still had him slightly unnerved.
"Mr. Musha, it is a pleasure to finally meet you." She spoke as she stood and held her hand out.
He took it, shaking it slightly, "It is a pleasure to meet you as well Ms. Meiou."
She dropped the handshake before motioning for him to take a seat and then taking her own. She then reached into her desk and pulled out a file with his name on it. She opened it and quickly flipped through the pages. When she stopped, she spoke.
"So Mr. Musha, you have all your paper work straightened and you should be able to begin teaching your first class as soon as the bell rings." She closed the folder before giving him a cold, serious stare. "However, you've already missed your first day on the job. If it was under any other circumstances, you would be fired. You, unfortunately are the most qualified for the job and it is not easy to find a man of your stature and skill to take on such a position. However, Mr. Musha, I will say this: If your presence here is disruptive in any way…I will not hesitate to get you out of this school, no matter how many computers or money the Trinity Star Corporation throws at the Ministry of Education. Is that understood?"
Kage's eyes suddenly seemed to reflect the same look she was giving him. "Clearly," He said as he stared back at her face, unflinching and unshaken by her statement. "Well then," the cold tone in his voice making itself even more evident. "It seems like you covered everything Ms. Meiou. Are you done?"
Setsuna nodded. "You're dismissed Mr. Musha."
Kage nodded, grabbed his bag and headed for the door. "One more thing Mr. Musha." With his hand resting on the door handle, Kage turned his head back, and glanced over his shoulder. "Next time, wear the appropriate teaching attire."
He gave her a look of acknowledgement as he opened the door and slammed it tightly behind him.
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The day passed fairly quickly for Ami Mizuno after her arrival at the school. Upon her arrival with the mysterious student, whom she later learned was the new sensei in the school, to being drilled by Usagi and the others afterwards. She thought today was going to be one of those long days.
The day still however flowed rather quickly. All the classes she had for the day came and went. Nothing exciting or mind numbing happened. It had seemed normal. She was now down to her last class, and though she wasn't looking forward to it, she was relieved that it was the last one of the day.
The class she was taking was "Forms of the Martial Arts." It was a gym class that had recently opened up and she was being forced to take it by Principal Meiou. She had forgotten about the graduation requirement that forced all students to take a gym class. Unfortunately, the class she had wanted to take, aquatic aerobics, had already been filled and this was the only other course that had appealed to her.
She sat on the bleachers and soon her focus fell upon the other students present. There were a lot more females attending the class than she expected. A few males, though one in particular seemed to be pulling all the attention towards him.
"I don't care who this new sensei is," the boy, whom she recognized as Ryu, boast. "I'll show him MY skill." He proceeded to throw a few quick punches in succession before smirking and staring at the females present. Ami heard a few giggles and a couple of murmurs begin, which she promptly shook her head at the whole seen.
"Really now." A voice spoke from behind them, causing all of there heads to turn in its direction of origin. A young man stood slowly. His blue eyes focused on the boy as he tightened the band that kept his sandy blond hair in a ponytail. He then shoved his hands into the trouser pockets of his school uniform, keeping his focus on Ryu. "I really don't see any skill in what you're doing."
Ryu's eyes narrowed as a few more giggles erupted followed by hushed whispers. "Well I bet I have more skill than a filthy gaijin." The boy growled his response back.
Ami watched the young man continue to walk calmly forward before stopping a few feet away from Ryu. Ami could immediately see the contrast between the two of them. Ryu looked older than the young man by a year and as far as she could tell was the more physically imposing of the two. The young man, though he appeared slightly muscular, was nowhere near the size of the man in front of him.
The young man simply shrugged his shoulders. "If you can prove it, then maybe I'll believe in your skill." The young man spoke calmly and he focused on Ryu and motioned him towards the mat.
"And what if the Sensei shows up?"
"Well," the young man said. "you can prove your skill to him and I'll take full responsibility for you being unconscious."
"You think you can knock me out?" Ryu scoffed and asked almost jokingly.
"Yeah." The young man responded with a shrug, which caught a few more giggles from the females of the class.
"We'll see." Ryu responded with a dangerous edge to his voice as he took his pace on the mat and dropped into a stance.
The young man also took his place, keeping his hands shoved in his pockets and staring at Ryu, not even bothering to respond to the last comment. "Just tell me when you're ready."
"NOW!" Ryu shouted as he charged forward and threw a fast, hard punch.
Ami watched in awe as the young man simply dodged the punch and then slipped around several more punches thrown at him. Not once did he remove his hands from his pockets. She also observed that all students were focused on the fight. Even the instructors were watching what was occurring, with no obvious intention of intervening.
"I thought you had skill." The young mans voice taunted as he dodged another two punches effortlessly.
"Well…" Ryu growled in a huff as his opponent dodged another punch. "…show me what YOU have!"
"If you insist." Was all Ash said before his left hand flew out and struck Ryu square in the face. Ryu retaliated with a kick, but this was easily knocked aside by the young man's forearm. With Ryu off balance, the young man pressed the advantage, grabbing Ryu's jacket sleeve before delivering a kick which propelled Ryu backwards, and left the jacket's sleeve in the young man's hand. His hand, still clutching the torn sleeve, fell to his side, before he strolled slowly over to the now unconscious body of Ryu and dropped the cloth on top of him.. He turned to the shocked looks of his peers, shrugged, and calmly returned to his seat.
"I see another student has underestimated you Mr. Caerwyn." A voice spoke from the side of the bleachers.
Ami turned her head to see Kage leaning against the bleachers, in the same school uniform she had seen him in earlier. He stood straight, before slowly walking towards the mat and stepping over the unconscious student.
"Hello class, as some of you may already know, my name is Kage Musha. This semester I'll be teaching you 'Forms of the Martial Arts' class. This class will not be easy. Not only will I concentrate on the forms and physical aspects of the arts, but also the mental and spiritual aspects. I am glad that so many of you are interested in this course. Due to the size of the class, the school has allowed me to take on a student teacher. Mr. Caerwyn, can you please introduce yourself to the class."
The young man glared at Kage before standing and walking towards him. He stopped besides Kage before turning and facing the class. "My name is Ashton Caerwyn. Ash for short." With that said, Ash proceeded to walk back to his seat. He sat just in time to see the remnants of sweat drops vanish from Kage's forehead.
Kage brought his hand up, clearing his throat before speaking again. "Uh, yes Mr. Caerwyn, why don't you tell us a little more about yourself. Lets start with your name again."
Ash glared at his, sighed, and then stood. "My name is Ashton Caerwyn. Ash for short. I'm a foreign exchange student from the United States of America. I'm 17, 5'8" in height and I am a Grand Master of Jeet Kune Do." He glanced at Kage before returning to his seat.
Kage sighed. "I guess that will do." His eyes then turned to the class. "Now…"
"Ugh…."
Kage's eyes glanced to the left where Ryu was starting to show signs of life. "Well it seems our sleeping beauty is going to finally join us. I think I will wait till after he's taken his proper place before I continue with my introductions."
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Far from the events occurring at Juuban High School, a crystal clear lake would soon be the staging ground for the latest attack on the planet earth.
The orb which had been released earlier ripped through the atmospheric gasses that surrounded the earth before striking the lake. The sphere, heated from its from the Earth's atmosphere, half the water in the lake instantly evaporated, before producing a blanket of thick fog around the area.
The remainder of the lake suddenly transformed into a large whirlpool as electrical bolts erupted from the center. Moments later the waters calmed leaving only a smooth lake and thick fog. The only thing now out of place was a pair of glowing yellow eyes and a sharks dorsal fin cutting the water, before striking the edge of the pond and then cutting the ground. That too, however soon vanished into the earth.
To be continued……