AN: I just realized how confusing some things might be because of the way I lined out the story. Asteroid aka Holden is a boy. Sometimes I switch from mini POV paragraphs and (in the last chapter too) forgets to put the name of the character first and just put "her" or "she" accidentally. And note that in Holden's pov, he thinks to Nessa, he is like a big brother to her. And Nessa thinks that she is a little sister to Holden. Neither knows about the whole 'hidden love' thing. So if you find some things creepy for a best friend to do, that's probably why.

Chapter 7

(An hour later...)

While it was true that it was one of the best days of her life, it was also one of the most painful memories she has. She was five and had created a character, a Sailor Moon character, to be more specific, named Tenshi Sakura. She created it with one of her then best friends, Isa Rosewood.

After the incident, Isa, or rather, Izzy changed. She changed so much that it was scary. Nessa needed her in a lot of ways after Izzy moved to Tokyo. She needed her when her mom got a new boyfriend and was proposed to. She needed her when her mom wanted to go on with a full court case about who gets to keep the children in the Rose Family. She needed her when her dad got this horrible girlfriend who was a real brat for a 40 years old, ok, more like a "b-word". But the point is, she needed her so much during those four years.

But she was never there.

Nessa turned on her bed. The most recent battle with Alpha had taken place about an hour ago. Beside her, Roni slept quietly. She stared at the ceiling and let herself relive the memory.

The 11 years old Nessa was slipping a cup of the unicorn milkshake from Star Gazer, their local cafe sponsored by the company, Star Gazer that makes electronics, when her phone buzzed.

Isa, Isabella Rosewood, her best friend since forever sent her a text. It said "Goodbye, Nessa.". Nessa frowned, what could Isa possibly mean? Did she hide something from her? She texted her mom.

Mom, did something happen to the Rosewood family?

Oh, um, don't you know, honey?

Know what?

They are moving to Tokyo, Japan.

What?

Vanessa put her phone down and her eyes started watering. Why didn't Isa tell her? Was she not good enough for Isa? Thoughts swirl around her mind. She stormed upstairs to her room and slammed the door shut. She plopped herself on her bed and cried. She cried like there was no tomorrow and didn't care at all, for her about-to-be wet pillow, or the sound of her mom pounding on the door. The one years old Veronica smiled the way babies do and caressed Nessa's cheeks, wiping away some of her tears as Nessa cries and cries.

Nessa had never understood why Isabella, now people called her Izzy, never said goodbye to her face to face. She was so mad at Izzy that she blocked her on every social media possible and deleted every email Izzy sent her. Although she didn't have the heart to delete it forever. It still sat, in the bottom of the trash can of her email. Every once in a while, a notification would pop up, saying "would you like to delete this email permanently?"

Of course, Nessa always pressed No, keep this email. But she never read any single one of them. When she met Holden, he practically dragged her out of her crying-sleeping-eating-then-repeat mode and helped her feel like herself again.

He didn't ask too much and didn't bug her like the others when she didn't tell him why she was crying the day he walked up to her. It took her nearly two years to tell him about the incident, which is basically Izzy not saying goodbye face to face and not being there for her when she needed her. Sure, you must think that Nessa is being overdramatic, but it hurt her a lot. It changed her, in too many ways that even Roni lost count.

By the time Izzy came back, she ignored anyone and everyone who called her Isa and only responded to people calling her Izzy. She had changed into a completely new person and apparently has something against Nessa.

At first, Nessa wanted to think that it was an coincidence and she just caught Izzy at the wrong place, wrong time. But it wasn't. Izzy drew ,with sharpie, across Nessa's messenger bag, the "b-word" in big, bold capital letters. She dropped a living worm into her lunch box, destroying her lunch and her lunch box along the process. And hid fake bugs in her desk that even made her yell in surprise in the middle of a period, earning herself long talk with the teacher.

That was only the start of it.

There were days where she would find notes in her locker, saying something like "Go to hell" or "Die already, nobody wants you." There's no physical proof that this was all Izzy, but Nessa recognized Izzy and her fake friends' hand writings.

It was heartbreaking, really. Coming from a ex-best friend, those words pierced through Nessa's heart. Although she never asked Izzy why she hated her so much.

Nessa stood up and wiped away any stray tears that managed to roll down her cheeks. She silently walked toward the kitchen and poured herself a cup of water. She drank it, and was about to go back to sleep when she heard something from the window behind her.

She groaned inwardly. She hates scary movies. Slowly, she turned her head around and looked over to the window. She sighed when she saw that it was only Mamoru. He pointed toward the door. She opened the door and three people walked in.

"What are you doing up so late, Chiba-san?" Nessa asked, assuming that Usagi told him all about her. Mamoru nodded as greeting and went straight upstairs.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Vanessa Rose. The number one loser, and nerd in the school." Izzy started. Nessa sighed. She had been right. Constellation -Izzy- and Comet -Hinata- were staying with Mamoru at his apartment. She probably told Mamoru all about Nessa.

"Morning to you to, Izzy." Nessa said sarcastically. She crossed her arms and shivered. It is really cold despite it being a April morning. The weather here is really weird.

"What is a brat like you doing here?" Izzy said casually. Nessa rolled her eyes.

"I could ask you the same thing." Nessa said with a slight annoyance in her voice.

"Why, I've been travelling in and out of... the universe. This time is the longest time I've stayed in this universe so far. My best friend, Mamoru-kun, is here to talk to his fiance about the new Sailor Senshi." Izzy answered. Nessa frowned. So Mamoru didn't protect Moon in time because he had to take care of Izzy and Hinata? Nessa looked at Hinata, standing uncomfortably, leaning on a wall near the door. Hinata was from Japan. He transferred to the school Nessa went to shortly after Izzy came back from Tokyo, which interested Nessa a lot when he first came because he made it obvious that he loves Izzy. Like, I-will-go-to-the-other-end-of-the-world-for-you love.

He looks a lot like Mamoru, actually. Jet black hair, and everything. But the only differences are eye color, age, and personality, really. He had blue eyes. But it's not the same shade of blue like Usagi or Mamoru. It was more like a more navy blue color.

"Hinata-kun, you can come in. Usagi-chan won't mind." Nessa said with a smile. Hinata barely nodded.

"WHAT?!" a loud shout came from upstairs following by a loud thump sound. It sounded like someone was furiously mad. Nessa stormed upstairs, concerned.

"You put a random 15 years old girl over your fricking fiance?" Minako shouted. Nessa hushed them but they didn't seem to notice.

"Not a random 15 years old. She's a good friend of mine. Either way, she's... different." Mamoru hissed back, trying to be as quiet as possible. Usagi nodded.

"I understand. Minako-chan, you're going to wake up Roni-chan, Holden-kun, and Nessa-chan." Usagi said to the other blonde girl. Nessa rolled her eyes.

"Too late..." She said to the girls. They all look at her apologetically. Nessa went back downstairs only to see that Izzy and Hinata were gone. The door was left wide open.

She chased them after she ran out the door and for the first time, noticed the bracelet on Izzy's hand and the anklet on Hinata's foot. When she saw the creature this time, she ducked into an alley. She watched Constellation and Comet fight the creature with ease. But this was the part she was curious about. Alpha reappeared, she floats in the air, making her about a feet taller then Comet and Constellation. She scuffs at the seemingly useless creature of hers and pulled out a few arrows and a bow.

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Constellation and Comet were ready to fight. They had fought Alpha twice before and they will do it again just to actually kill this girl. She had once called herself "MARS" but they can't figure out what that means or stands for. Alpha was aiming for Constellation, but Mistress seemed to tell her something again. Alpha pointed the arrow at Comet instead.

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They dodged before the arrows seemed to miss but it didn't matter anymore to Nessa. She had gathered the information she needs. She ran back to the house.

Once there, she ran to the upstairs. The girls turn to stare at her curiously. Holden and Roni stared at her but they seemed relieved.

"Nessa. Is everything ok?" Usagi asked, alarmed.

"Comet and Constellation. They just fought Alpha again. The Mistress doesn't allow her to shoot anything at Constellation. So there's got to be something going on. Chiba-san, how long had Izzy and Hinata been staying at your apartment?" She said. She frowned a bit when she said Izzy's name, old habit.

"Izzy?" Holden asked, worried.

"Hinata?" Roni asked, curious.

"About two months ago. The first time she came, she had a breakdown in the middle of the street for some reason." Mamoru replied, the second part more to himself than the others.

"Did she tell you about her past?" Nessa said, if she did, Mamoru probably hates Nessa right now.

"Yeah, why?" Mamoru asked, his eyes narrowed. Nessa's hands flew up to her hair, frustrated.

Why?

Why did Alpha openly attack the senshi and the boys, but doesn't attack her or Izzy? Nessa started pacing, for a few minutes, an awkward silence fell over the group.

"Oh no," Nessa said, understanding why. Of course, she had been too blind to understand. Angel wasn't the princess. But who would be the second princess? Roni? One of the girls? ChibiUsa? Her?

Pffffffft, definitely not her.

"Nessa." Usagi stated, snapping Nessa out of her thoughts. Nessa looked at Usagi.

"Yes?" Came the reply.

"Why do you need to know so much about someone you hate and hates you?" Usagi asked, a pained look on her face.

Nessa didn't answer. She just frustratingly ran her hand through her hair and ran down the stairs.

"We need to know what's going on." Rei stated. Everyone nodded.

"Who is she most likely going to open up to?" Makoto asked.

"I'll go." Holden said, staring at the staircase.

"Actually, Haruka-san, can you go? She is more likely to open up on her own to someone who she admires as a celebrity." Ami said, typing something on her computer. Haruka nodded before going downstairs. Holden felt a new and weird emotion bubble up within him.

"Jealous?" Minako teased. Holden just stared at the staircase.

"What's it to you?" He replied. After a minute or two, he ran downstairs.

He never said no