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Chapter 5
Suffice to say because of last night's incident Usagi was feeling rather down. She was glad it was a Saturday for she wouldn't have been in any mood to go through school with any smile on her face. Though the sun was shining away in the morning beam, her feelings did not reflect it. She was on her way to the temple a meeting to discuss last night's incident. She didn't want to admit it but Raye's words hurt her a lot. Her words dug up her insecurities which she had tried her best to keep buried.
If she had such a problem with her being just a senshi, then they would be disappointed that she was the 'perfect' princess they were looking for. That brought even more unshed tears in her eyes.
"Usagi-chan," Luna spoke softly. Taken out of her thoughts, she looked down to see Luna who was in her arms. She was looking up at her with worry, "Don't worry, you were never meant to transform, its not your fault that you don't have the natural instincts."
"But Luna…I don't really have qualities of a so called princess, which is supposed to be my destiny," she said it with her voice tone low, her head hanging low as well.
"Of course you don't! You were never trained. Whereas in the past you were given training from birth, this time around that didn't happen. So don't patronize yourself for not being Princess-like when you were raised to be nothing like a Princess. Your mother wanted you alive and happy, not be a perfect princess replica you were in the past," Luna said it while rubbing her head against Usagi's chin, hoping to make her feel better. It was the truth after all. No princess was born grace like. They were constructed. This was most likely Serenity's real personality, what she would have been had she not be the sole heir of the galaxy and trained to rule.
"Really?" Usagi said it, looking at Luna with hope in her eyes as she observed her guardian. She had been fearing that Luna herself would look down on her after finding out she is the princess they were looking for, as would the senshis be. But the cat's words comforted her and left her at ease. When she nodded, Usagi smiled and relaxed. But she had been so intently looking down at Luna that she wasn't looking ahead. Immediately she hit against a brick wall and the force was enough to knock her backwards. Luna yowled in response while Usagi braised for the hard impact. But to her surprise she didn't hit the ground. Instead, solid, but warm arms got hold of her and pulled her forwards, causing her to cushion against the brick hard chest. Dazed Usagi blinked and mutterer.
"Uh thanks…" she trailed as she looked up to see her saviour and her eyes meet a very familiar deep blue eyes. Eyes which were full of amusement, directed at her.
"No problem Odango, someone has to protect the citizens from a klutz like you," Mamoru teased as he stared at her, waiting for her reaction.
"Oh! Why you," Usagi hissed in anger, with her free hand which wasn't holding Luna, she tried to smack him on his shoulder for his remark but to her surprise, he immediately caught her wrist with his hand. She would have tried to pull it but then to her utter shock, Mamoru opened her fist and then actually kissed the palm of her hand. At the unusual act she immediately blushed, her heart beating fast at the unlikely act of her nemesis.
"What? Mamoru wha?" she stuttured in confusion at the affectionate act, but to her relief even confusion marred Mamoru's face too. He appeared befuddled, he was staring at her palm as if it was alien. Finally, he dropped her hand like a hot potato, appearing embarrassed to.
Not waiting for him to pull something else which made her feel anything like that again, she side stepped and ran at her Sailor Moon speed. Just wanting to get away from him and praying he didn't look behind to observe her unnatural speed. But she hadn't needed to worry at all. Mamoru himself was rooted to his spot, staring at his hand, finding it unbelievable what he did.
Yes he thought Usagi was cute, and her blush did give him satisfaction (more than he would like to admit) but he couldn't afford to play around with the little innocent blonde anymore nor get anymore attached to her. Not when he had actually found his dream princess. When he had seen Sailor Mars picking on Sailor Moon he had to stop himself from wringing the fire senshi's neck. He did not like how he treated her. To see her sad expression even made him feel worse. He had actually been tempted to go to her and comfort her when he heard her say something which shocked him and made him leap with joy internally.
Sailor Moon was the Moon Princess. His Princess, who had been reaching out for him for such a long time. His search was actually complete, even before he found her silver crystal. To say he was overjoyed would be an understatement really. He had been getting too attached to the blonde senshi. A attachment he had resented because he knew he would have to eventually betray Sailor Moon and steal her half of silver crystal, the more he got attached, the more he would hurt both of them. So to know the blonde he was fairly falling in love with was also the princess he had devoted himself too, gave him the best of both worlds.
If only he had knew who Sailor Moon was. Now all he had to wait for the next battle, then he would sweep in and take his princess, for they needed to talk.
Usagi sighed as she finally finished climbing the stairs. Once she was there, she walked on with what confident she could manage until she was inside the shrine completely. The sight which greeted her actually reeked of uncomfortableness. Ami, Makoto and Raye were standing around the table, obviously waiting for her. While Ami and Makoto gave her a wave and a smile, Raye's frown did not vanish.
Once they were there, Luna jumped off from Usagi's arms and situated herself on top of the table.
"Well now that we are here, we need to talk and address a few issues," Luna started.
As if waiting for that sentence, Raye immediately started off.
"Exactly issues such as lazy brains there-"
"Keep quiet Mars, I am speaking!" Luna interrupted, staring at her with heat in her gaze. Raye did not look pleased but she shut her mouth, "Fine."
"Um, Luna, what did you mean by leader? Have you truly appointed Sailor Moon as the leader?" Ami asked, wanting to diffuse the situation before it went heated like last night's fiasco. Luna looked at Ami gratefully and smiled at her.
"Yes, yes I have and there was a reason for that. She is the first senshi and also the most powerful as well. This gives her authority to be the sole leader of the senshi and with the title comes her moon stick. I had to make and give her the moon stick, it was why she took a while to come yesterday night," Luna lied smoothly, with no tremor in her voice. What she was saying made complete sense. If she hadn't known the truth then she herself would have believed it.
"Cool Usagi, you're the leader! That's fantastic!" Makoto said it with a proud smile. While she was the newest senshi (new as if only three weeks in really) she was a big Sailor Moon fan too and she adored Usagi. So she couldn't help but be proud of her. Usagi smiled at Ami's and Makoto's reaction, glad they were taking her authority well. It made her realise that they wouldn't mind it when her real identity is revealed. However when her gaze fell on Raye the smile fell again. Raye, if possible, looked even more livid.
"Sailor Moon, the strongest senshi? That's laughable."
"Raye…" Usagi whispered her name, not understanding where this venom was coming from.
"Raye stop it!" Ami raised her voice, while giving her ebony haired friend a dark look. She was getting sick of Raye's treatment of Usagi and it was getting a bit out of hand. While Raye looked surprised by her voice, it hadn't changed her expression either, neither did their seem to be a remorse.
"In case I need to remind you, you all rely on Sailor Moon to kill the youma and she is the only one who can kill them in one blow. Does that not seem powerful enough to you?" Luna said coldly, while looking at Raye. She opened her mouth to give a retort but she couldn't come up with anything. Then a grudging look overtook her. Satisfied that she had quietened the fire senshi she took a deep breath before she announced this news.
"There's more, you three need to be trained more and more. Sailor Moon shouldn't be the only one who has to kill the youma, you shouldn't rely on one senshi."
"But Luna you said that is Sailor Moon's strength?" Ami said it appearing confused
"Yes but what if something happens and you are all attacked in a divide and conquer style? Would you all wait for Sailor Moon to come? She wouldn't be able to be in 4 places at the same time. And putting that much pressure on one senshi is ridiculous. Not to mention weak. How can you 3 even protect the princess if you can't kill a youma by yourself? Then without Sailor Moon around you 3 will be useless to protect the Princess," Luna said it, knowing how true the words were. She needed the senshis to activate their full power to protect Usagi once they got hold of the silver crystal, for there is no way she can continue being a senshi.
"Are you saying that we have the ability to kill a youma individually?" Makoto asked
"Of course! In the Silver Millenium these youmas were weaklings to you, you singularly could destroy them in five minutes. So we need to train you three hard to unlock your full power for you three are truly weak now. Am I clear?" Luna asked looking at them authoritatively.
"What about Sailor Moon? She won't train?" Raye spoke once again, her voice cold, causing Usagi to flinch. She didn't even feel like her friend anymore, Usagi felt so uncomfortable she didn't even want to be around her.
"Of course she will, but I will train her. Because her power is the moonlight and I will train her harness her full capacity. Okay?" Luna looked at the three senshis. When they nodded, Usagi picked up Luna and then she turned around.
"Bye, um see you later I guess," without a spark in her voice Usagi awkwardly walked away. Once Usagi and Luna had left out the door, Raye without a single word, turned around and made her way inside her room, slamming the door, without a word to Ami or Makoto.
Ami looked at the closed door with worry in her eyes.
"Makoto, when did Raye's teasing with Usagi turn into verbal abuse?" Ami asked with sadness in her eyes.
"I don't know Ami." Makoto herself had no answer, not sure at all with what was going on with the fire senshi, who before used to show affection to the blonde but now only held scorn.
Once she was in her room, Raye slammed the door closed. She clutched her fist in anger. Just the thought of that blonde made her angry. She couldn't help it.
For the past few weeks, she had been having dreams. Dreams she knew of the past, possibly Silver Millennium. She had seen herself and her senshis, but what had amazed her was that even Mamoru had been involved in their life. The proud Prince of Earth. That itself was a sign that he was meant to be hers, for he was inadvertently involved in the senshi business.
But then another memory surfaced. The memory of the blonde haired princess, whose hairdo remarkable was a replica of Usagi's. The replica who had also gotten her claws on Mamoru in the past. That had only angered her. How was it fair? Usagi who was a klutz, ridiculous, no elegance at all. How could she be the moon princess they were looking for? The princess she herself was supposed to sacrifice her life for? The princess who would steal her Mamoru from her? It wasn't fair, not at all. There was no way she would risk her life for that blonde nor let her steal Mamoru from her.
No, she would just have to make sure Sailor Moon never gains her memories of the past. If she doesn't then she could have what she wanted. And maybe if she could have her way, even take over where Usagi obviously failed.
