A Tear in Time

Chapter One - The Black Hole


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"Why does it have to be so hot?" whined a rather upset Tsukino Usagi, who had just gotten out of another two hours of detention. You'd think that by her last year of high school she'd have learned not to sleep in the middle of her calculus class. How she even got to calculus is a mystery to quite a few people. Now it was unfortunate that this seemed to slow down the meeting with the rest of the senshi. Which would have probably ended in Rei and Usagi having another tongue war. No, they haven't matured. Being around blonds did that to you. (Now now, not all blonds are stupid.)

Well anyway, apparently it was the hottest day in the last five years and that was why the rabbit was mad.

"It's hot! We didn't need to have a stupid meeting anyways and it's not like we're gonna have anymore enemies until I become queen and - I'm not even going to finish this sentence because it's too hot!" Usagi failed to finish her rant as while she was heading to Rei's shrine she managed to get run-over by another blonde. Said blonde had a red ribbon in her hair and looked very familiar to Usagi.

"Usagi! ...What are you doing on the ground?" questioned the ever-cheerful, perky Minako. Now for Usagi to reply she had to first be peeled of the floor, and tied down to keep from attacking Minako. After this was done her "speech" went a-like this:

"Well, let's start from the beginning, shall we? First I wake up and find I am late to school again. Second, I end up getting detention from Haruna-sensei for sleeping in class. Third, I head over to an un-needed meeting and end up getting hit by one Aino Minako. AND YOU'RE JUST SO PERKY TODAY AREN'T YOU?" Usagi "explained".

"Well yeah, this is great, isn't it!" Minako replied, "There's a hot new band with a HOT new singer! He's probably the HOTTEST guy in all of Japan! Look!", she exclaimed, holding up an Up to Boy May 2005 magazine. Now, Usagi wasn't as stupid as everyone thought. You see... it was the distractions. And this was one of them.

"Whoa, you're right! HE IS CUTE!" yes. A distraction.

Now if you knew what was about to happen to these two crazy, tempermental, magic-using, crime-fighting schoolgirls, which you should, if you read the summary, then you would know that a big black hole was about to swallow these two unsuspecting, boy-ogling, teens.

And with that it did.

BOOM! The mysterious, scary hole appeared from no-where, sucking up some lamposts, benches, and a couple of senshi.

I, the author, believe I can sum up the one thing that they would have said if they had the chance:

"Aaaahhhhhhh!"

--Usagi's POV--

Where did that hole come from? What's going on? "Minako-chan?" I called, only to not receive a reply. "Where are you? Where am I?". "Am I being punished for getting another detention? Because I know it's not my birthday! It's only May!"

--End Usagi's POV--

Usagi viewed her surroundings, taking in a vaguely familiar sight... this looked like her old home!

'The Silver Millenium! I'm on the Moon! But why? Has mother called for me? If so, wouldn't Minako be around? She would have answered if she could, wouldn't she?' thought the Rabbit.

Suddenly a bright silver light shined in front of Usagi, blinding her for a moment. Usagi saw a figure walking away from the light, towards her. It was tall, white, and was scaring her. Thinking it was a ghost Uasgi screamed. Loud.

"Aaahhh! I'm dead! The light, the ghost, the hole! Where's my Mamo-chan? I'M DEAD! DEAD!" cried Usagi, who was wishing she could have at least seen her life flash before her eyes. No such luck. Oh well.

"Calm down, Little One. You're not dead." said a smooth, silky voice. It sounded vaguely familiar to Usagi. Blinking a few times, she stood up, waiting for this mysterious happening to end. No such luck.

The light was now gone, and there stood Serenity's mother, Queen Selenity. Tall, regal, and with wings, she said, "Hello, Serenity. It's been a while. Hasn't it?".

"Mother? Is that really you?" inquired the more-than-slightly-shocked Usagi.

You'd be shocked too if you were suddenly eaten by a giant black hole and appeared on the moon where your old home was a thousand years ago.

"It is I, dear daughter. I can only stay for a while though, and you must get back to your body as well. You could say it was luck on how I was able to temporarily intervene on your little time-travelling trip to ask you, what were you doing? What reason could you have to want to go to the future? Is it because of Chibi-Usa?", asked Selenity, who apparently didn't have a clue as to what was going on either.

"Time-travelling? I have no idea what's going on! Return to my body? So, I'm a ghost? Please say I'm not, mama!", Usagi practically cried. Apparently she was frustratedand confused. Now, an upset Usagi most definately is not a good thing as since she hardly ever got mad or frustrated. See, her anger is like when you have a can of Dr. Pepper and you shake it up really good. Now when you open said can of Dr. Pepper it all comes out. Sometimes in your face which is no fun as you would much rather have it in your mouth.

Sighing, Selenity thought at how she could explain the whole situation to her daughter, as she knew Usagi wasn't very good with bad news. If she didn't know she was travelling through time then how could... oh no. Could this be because of a "tear in time"? If so then this really wasn't good. Not at all. The senshi will be affected by this. As well as all of Earth!

Can none of them live in peace?

'Oh, Selene, why does my daughter have to go through all of this pain? Why can't she just rule Earth with Endymion and live happily ever after?' thought the dowager queen of the moon.

"You see... you have travelled into the future by over a thousand years, dear. Sailor Pluto was the one who informed me and so I intervened and now here we are!" apparently the saying "Like mother, like daughter." fits in here. Where do you think Usagi gets it from? The Boogyman?

"Okay, so where is Minako?" spoke the oddly enough, calm Usagi. This surprised Selenity as she wasn't expecting her offspring to take this so well considering that she didn't even know she was travelling through time in the first place. She had expected the little rabbit to run around screaming about never wanting to become Sailor Moon and save the world and wanting a normal life with cute boys, food, and bad grades. Which she did have, but with a little extra. In other words, a life filled with magic, a handsome man who was betrothed to her and this all added up to a rather un-normal life.

Actually, while Usagi seemed calm on the outside, she was riding a roller coaster inside. She didn't like roller coasters. Or haunted houses. Or monkeys. Anyway, let's get back on track here. 'Time travel? Oh gosh! It's been over a thousand years! Does that mean we'll be in Crystal Tokyo?'

"What about the others? What was that big hole in the ground?" she asked, panic evident in her voice.

"You have many questions. Unfortunately I cannot answer them all as our time together is limited. First of all the year you and Minako have appeared in is After Colony 198.She and you are unharmed. I shall consult Pluto on this "large hole" that you have described and we shall also inform the others. It's a pity Ami wasn't with you, she would have been able to keep you and Minako under wraps." explained Queen Selenity.

She never got a reply as suddenly everything seemed to melt away for Usagi. Their time was up and Usagi's spirit was being teleported back to her body in the year AC 198...

--Land of the Gundams--

"Ow, my head hurts." cried Usagi as she sat up. Shaking her head slightly she studied her surroundings.

'Let's see... some trees, some grass, the sky, burning buildings, scary guy looking at me...'

"Geez!" exclaimed a confused Usagi, "So much for my wishing this to be a year where everything was made of ice cream."

"Did someone say eating eye-cream? That doesn't sound very good..." moaned the tired and grumpy Minako as she too, sat up. The said scary guy put his right arm behind him only to withdraw a slightly small black, metal object that looked very much like a gun.

'Wait... a gun? A gun!' thought the now panicking as well as confused Little Rabbit who was ready to start hyperventilating.

Now Minako hadn't noticed the gun, as her blue eyes were locked onto the SUPER-HOT guy that was glaring at her. 'Whoa! And I thought Mamoru had some looks going for him! Compare this hunk to Mamoru and he looks (Mamoru) like an ugly old... bug!' Minako thought, it wasn't until after he started walking towards Usagi did she notice the black object in his hand.

--Hiiro's POV--

'Whatis going on? First the monsters have appeared again. Now this?' he thought.

He'd been busy holding them off with some other soldiers and they all vanished as these two girls seemed to fall out of the sky! These monsters had completely destroyed Colony L2 in the first invasion.The second time they had come the monsters had started snatching up blonde women for no apparent reason then disappeared without a trace for about a week. Then a few hours ago they attack the Sanc Kingdom? It seemed almostas if they wanted Relena...

It was very convenient for the monsters to leave since he had to now get these two girls to safety, they matched the targets perfectly. Long blond hair. At least, all the girls who had been kidnapped coincidentally had long blond hair so they figured that they were the targets.

But how did they just fall out of the sky? He hadn't heard an airplane - then again, it was hard to hear anything since they had been blasting out some heavy artillery.

One of the girls had a very unique style of hair - at least, he'd never seen it before. He overheard something about ice cream. As he was heading towards her the other one sat up, he stopped and caught a glimpse of red behind her head before continuing, ignoring her wide-eyed stare. It wouldn't be the first time it happened.

--Usagi's POV--

Oh my gosh! He's walking towards me! What do I do? What if he's going to kill me? Wow, he's really cute! No! I must not get... those eyes, no! I'm sorry Mamo-chan but he is cute! You'd think so too! Usagi! Usagi! Stop it! He's going to kill you! He's helping me up! He's not killing me! He's...

I need to stop staying up late and watching those old horror movies!

Now he's getting Minako, she's all right! Oh wait... that's what mother said. Usagi! I wonder what's going on here? What's with everything? It looks like there was some kind of battle.That's kinda sad. I wonder what mother ment by the year "After Colony"? I guess I'll just ask this really hot guy... who is staring at me like I'm some kind of freak.' continued Usagi. 'I'm not a freak! Maybe he thinks I'm cute! Maybe things are finally looking up! Maybe not.

--End Usagi's POV--

No such luck. Suddenly it began to rain, soaking Usagi's school uniform as well as the Minako's. 'Mama could have at least lent me an umbrella.' Usagi thought lamely.

"What are your names?" asked the scary-looking but nonetheless cute boy that was now soaked too. Minako seemed to think he was cute too. The hearts in her eyes totally gave that away.

'Calm down, Usagi. He's just asking for your name. Just because he's got a gun does not mean he is going shoot you.' thought the slightly out-of-it Usagi. Fortunately she didn't have to say anything as Minako beat her to it.

"I am Aino Minako! This is my friend Tsukino Usagi!" she said cheerfully - despite the rain. Either she really didn't notice the gun, or she was completely mad.

"Who are you?" spoke Usagi in an attempt to sound tough and suspicious, she failed.

"Yui Hiiro," he replied stiffly.

"So, can you tell us what's going on here, Hiiro? Was there a fight? Do you have a girlfriend?" inquired the crazy Minako who really didn't need to add in that last question.

Hiiro ingored her and pulled out a cell phone from... wherever it is he pulled it from. He pressed in several buttons and waited for someone on the other line to pick up, observing the two odd girls while he waited.

Minako looked too happy and cheerul for her own good and the other - Usagi, seemed to be rather afraid and was still staring at him funny. 'Hurry and pick up the damn phone Quatre!' thought Hiiro, these girls kind of weirded him out. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that they had fallen out of the sky and landed on him and then started staring at him.

He didn't have long to wait as a familiar "Hello?" rang from the other line.

"It's Hiiro. The monsters have retreated and I found two girls by the names of Tsukino Usagi, and Aino Minako. Send in a truck to pick them up and the injured." his voice full of authority and a bit cold. At least the rain was letting up.

"I'll send a truck and paramedics right away,"

"Right, thanks Quatre."

"Who's Quatre?" asked the slightly braver feeling rabbit.

"A friend." came the monotonous reply.

"Oh."

So much for having a nice conversation with a hot guy named Hiiro.

"Is he cute?"

--Minako's POV--

Whoa. Who would have thought that there would be so many hotties in this weird place? First Hiiro with his gorgeous blue eyes, unruly chocolate brown hair, sure he carries a gun and has threatened to kill me about 46 times... since we got in the car... he's still hot!

Then I met Quatre Winner, who's platinum blonde hair shines like the sun and his blue-green eyes are... well I could drown in them! He's single too! Not sure about that Hiiro guy though. I'm thinking me and Quatre are soulmates! He's obviously attracted to bebecause he keeps looking at me with those beautiful eyes of his and when he speaks to me he addresses me as 'Miss Minako'. He's not like Hiiro, the guy seems to really not like me or anyone else for that matter. Usagi can have him if she wants.

Then I saw this guy named Duo Maxwell! He's cute too! Sorry Quatre, but he is! The cobalt blue eyes, long chestnut-colored hair held back in a braid and I heard omeone call him 'Shinigami'! The god of death and the goddess of love! A forbidden romance! It's just like a fairy-tale! He already left though. Too bad, I wonder how many other hotties are around here? I'll just have to wait and see! Then again, I could just run around and look for them myself!

--Usagi's POV--

What is with that Hiiro guy? He keeps staring at me! Just staring and staring and those eyes! They're so... blue! He still doesn't look happy though.

Can't say the same for Minako. But she's almost always happy. Unless you steal her ribbon. Or hack off her hair. Or attempt to kill her. I guess that would explain why she's giving Hiiro the cold shoulder. Or maybe she just found someone better looking. If that's possible. I wish mother had told me more about this place. What does 'After Colony' mean? 198? What happened to 2005? Why does this have to be so complicated? And why does he keep staring at me?

"Aaarrghhh! This is so stupid!" I screamed unexpectedly.

Why did I do that? Noweveryone is staring at me! Great. Just Great.

--End Usagi's POV--

It wasn't long until another very cute guy walked into the room, this man was none other than Trowa Barton. A man of few words. A man who looked to be a very serious person and wasn't one to speak unless it was to say something that was of utter importance. Yes, a man who needed to lighten up. Or so Minako thought. She was right on track. But could she break him? Knowing her, she'd just make him go insane. Similar to the deal about Quatre going crazy inside of Hiiro's gundam. Not that she knew that that had happened, of course.

Trowa merely glanced at Hiiro, who then stood up and left.

"Miss Tsukino, please follow me." he stated, looking at her with one emerald green eye. Not wanting to leave her friend she didn't move. She didn't know who this guy was! The silent ones always were those whom you needed to watch out for the most.

"If you think I'm gonna fall for that then think again, pal! I don't know what the crap is going on, I don't know who the hell you are, and I'm not leaving until I get some damn answers!" Usagi screeched.

This caused Minako to come out of her stupor from ogling at the green-eyed man and look towards Usagi in shock. She had figured that Usagi-chan would have blown her head off long ago!

Their 'scene' came to an end as yet another man came in the room.He was obviously Asian, with his black hair pulled back in a pony-tail at the base of his neck and his onyx eyes giving away the fact that he did not want to be here anymore than Usagi.

"You!" he barked at Minako, "Come with me or die!". The girls supposed that this man had some serious communication issues he needed to work out.

Well, even with this guy's bad attitude towards her, Minako dutifully followed the Asian man, to Usagi's surprise, but not before quickly turning on her heel to face Trowa,

"I don't care how hot you are! If you harm one hair on Usa-chan's head I'll have your hair you tall, kinda funny-haired, green-eyed man!"

As her noble speech sunk into the two's head Usagi couldn't help but sweatdrop at her friend's, well, weirdness.She felt really touched that Minako cared about her so much though. It made her want to cry. Or sing. Not that she would. Unless the green-eyed man left the room.

Prior to the Odangoed One's thoughts Trowa was thinking that there might be more to these girls. They would have to be watched closely if they were to show anymore signs of this odd, protective behavior. And he hadn't intended to harm the Odangoed One anyway so he didn't take her last words very seriously. Especially since she called him a 'tall, kinda funny-haired, green-eyed man'.

--Usagi's POV--

That was so beautiful! I need to get back on track, and get some answers. It's time to be serious! Whether or not these guys are nearly scaring me to death with their laser eye vision. And then there's this guy! What is he, a cyclops, or something? I wonder where he get's his hair gel... be serious! Get it together! Oh, who am I kidding? That ain't gonna happen.

I might as well speak up.

--End Usagi's POV--

"Lead the way, my dear One-Eyed One. Let's get this show on the road! Because I am starving!"

That was smart, Usagi.You gotta work on the whole "Be serious" thing.

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Notes:

I'm re-doing this fic once again, and I took it off a long time ago and figured I'd at least fix all the mistakes, but can you blame me? I was only twelve! So yes, there has been some major construction. I hope this version is a bit more decipherable.