I started this six days into Venture! From Perth to Adelaide on a bus, heaps good! (INSIDE JOKE) Not to mention I get motion sickness… yeah. Anyways, this chapter will have a little something different thrown in, I hope you like it. We'll introduce Usagi's purpose in the dark kingdom and there will be a new friend too! Now I would just like to say thanks to everyone who reviewed! n.j I would like to answer your questions.
1) Is there more to the fanfic's plot besides what is in the summary? Well I sure hope so… Yeah I'm pretty sure there will be but it all depends on what way you look at it.
2) How old is everybody in this fanfic? Lucky I worked all that out before I started writing ;) The girls, Naru and Umino are all fourteen, Shingo is ten, Motoki, Mamoru and JADEITE are nineteen (yeah I have made ages for them too :P), Kunzite and Nephrite are twenty and Zoisite is eighteen. I made ages for them based on absolutely nothing so don't hate me.
3) The Sailors are at their first level of power, right? Yes they are :)
4) What's going on when the fanfic begins? Okay, I really don't want to be mean here, but did you read the very first thing it said? It all started the night Nephrite died. I think Naru might have been mourning his death… maybe, I dunno… could be wrong…
5) Why did Zoisite fire dark energy ball at the Sailors? That's an easy one, TO DISTRACT THEM! They are so gullible! :3
6) What was Zoisite up to? I'm not really sure what you mean by this question but I'll try my best to answer. He kidnapped Sailor Moon under Beryl's orders then took her back to the base. Then he went back to find out what he could. He found out her identity then got bored so went down to have a little chat with the other Senshi. If I didn't answer it right be sure to tell me!
That's all first, so go and read it now! Well, after the disclaimer…
Disclaimer :P say it with me, I, don't, own. Sailor, Moon. Got it? No? Well, we'll say it again, I, don't, own, oh you get it now? Okay! Go read!
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Chapter Three
Plans Start
"Aha! There's the comedian again! Alright let's do this!" She said lunging at him.
"I can't believe the comedian can actually fight!" Usagi praised, she and Kunzite had been training every day since she had awoken, and might I say, Kunzite was thoroughly impressed with her skills. From what he heard, from previous battles between the Senshi and the Shitennou, she was the most incompetent of three. She must have been acting, but why? She must have had one, so what was her ulterior motive, and why does she seem so familiar?
"Hello, Kunzite? You in there? " Usagi asked staring at him waving her hand in front of his face.
"I'm sorry, what?" Kunzite replied, finally, breaking out of his thoughts.
"I said! How long do we have to train for? We've been sparring for hours." Usagi said eyebrow cocked, smirk firmly plastered on her face.
"Oh, well, we could probably stop now. When Beryl needs you she will call." Kunzite said lowering his arms and consequently lowering his guard. This was his mistake, the moment he did Usagi whirled into a three sixty and kicked him square in the chest. Kunzite, obviously not expecting this toppled over and landed in a heap. After a minute of lying there in silence Kunzite groaned and rolled onto his side.
"Never let your guard down! I can't believe you fell for that! You're the one who taught me it! Hey, Kunzite? Are you alright?" Usagi asked looking at him with concern. Kunzite just groaned again and stuck out a hand. Usagi, being the nice person she is, grabbed the proffered hand to help him up. This time it was she who was caught off guard. As she grabbed his hand Kunzite pulled his hand back to him pulling her down with it.
"Never let your guard down!" Kunzite mocked her, winking. She just rolled over and pouted at him.
"That's not fun." She whined.
Kunzite just laughed at her then got up, helping her up with him.
"To answer your question, no I'm not alright I'm all left." He said still laughing.
"Wow, that one was just plain terrible." She said giggling herself.
"That's why you're laughing? I never knew you could fight like that! Why didn't you as a senshi?" Kunzite asked while steadying them both.
"Hey Kunzite, what's a senshi? I hear you and Beryl talking about hem all the time."
"What do you mean 'what's a senshi?'?" He asked astonished.
"Exactly that, I have no idea what a senshi is."
"So you mean-"
"Kunzite! Usagi!" Beryl's voice cut him off.
"We'll talk later Kunzite." Usagi said disappearing in a cloud of dark energy.
"Yes, yes we will." He muttered before disappearing himself.
Mamoru was lost without her Shiri definitely knew that, Motoki knew that, I mean seriously? Even the doorman of his apartment building knew that!. The only person who didn't know that was Mamoru. Shiri noticed something change in him over the weekend; he was drinking less coffee that usual, a lot less, as in, he hasn't had a single cup since Friday! He spent the time her wasn't out looking for her sitting on his bed staring at a red rose, Wow this is pathetic! It's been four days! [YES SUBCONCIOUS VOICES CAN THINK AS WELL!] Now, this rose was special to Mamoru, for more reasons than one. The first being it magically appeared one day in his hand and hasn't died. Magic rose? Who wouldn't treasure that? Second, the day he got the rose, was the day he met Usagi. But, of course, he was completely oblivious to the latter one. When Mamoru first found it he knew it was magic, of course he didn't know why, but it didn't take him long to work it out. It gave him the ability to turn into his alter ego, Tuxedo Kamen! He knew it was magic but that's about all he knew about it. One other thing he knew about it? It was wilting.
Friday night the first of the petals fell off and another fell every day since then.
WELL, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS THE SAME DAY YOU SAW USAGI LAST. COINCIDENCE? I THINK THAT BE NOT!
Kuso, I thought you had died, and who are you? Shakespeare?
I THINK NOTETH, I AMETH YOUETH. IF I WAS DEAD THAT WOULD MEAN YOU WERE TOO! WELL THERE WAS THAT ONE TIME BUT THAT'S COMPLEETLY IRRELEVENT…
Wait, what?!
YOU HEARD NOTHING!
Touchy spot?
NO! JUST, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S ALRIGHT, YOU WILL FIND OUT ALL IN TIME…
Okay, so you're not Shakespeare but you can be very cryptic at some times.
I CANETH TALKETH LIKETH SHAKETH SPEARETH, SO WHYETH WOULD THOU THINKETH I WASETH NOTETH?
All you're doing is adding an 'eth' to the end of each word!
BAKA! IF I SAY I'M SHAKESPEARE YOU WILL ACCEPT IT AND CALL ME SHAKESPEARE!
Nah, I prefer Shiri.
KUSO! YOU REMEMBERED THAT DAMNED NAME! SHE'D GET A KICK OUT OF THAT ONE…
Who the hell it 'she'? You can't know anybody! You're my subconscious!
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T NOT KNOW ABOUT ME BUT, HOPEFULLY, SOMEDAY YOU WILL LEARN.
Bloody cryptic Shiri. I'm not even going to try anymore.
HORRAY! VICTORY! NOW LET'S GO TO THE ARCADE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE THERE THAT YOU WILL WANT TO TALK TO, AND I'M BORED SO I WANT TO TALK TO MOTOKI!
I'm the one who talks to him not you.
THINK WHAT YOU WILL! LET'S GO! I'M SICK OF THIS APARTMENT!
Fine. With that he got up and left muttering something about a 'stupid Shiri'.
I CAN HEAR YOU BAKA!
They were absolutely dead inside. Usagi wasn't only their friend and leader, she was their ray of sunshine. She brought happiness into the lives of everyone who crossed paths with her. Now Rei and Ami had to tell him, they had take Motoki's ray, he needed to know. Rei had decided to rip the band aid off straight away.
"Motoki, we need to talk to you," she whispered then looked around the arcade, "alone."
"Uh, okay, sure," he looked at the two of them curiously, "hey, where's Usagi? I haven't seen her for a couple of days."
Motoki, Motoki, Motoki, wrong thing to say. The girls were still beating them selves up about what happened and they were, as was said earlier, dead inside. Rei, now she was more controlled with her emotions, she did nothing more than give Motoki a death stare and let a few tears form in her eyes. Quiet little Ami on the other hand, her wall of emotions? Yeah that completely shattered. In three seconds flat she was on the floor crying.
"So much for a 'quick rip the band aid off'." Rei muttered darkly, "Motoki, we need to take her out back right now!"
"What's wrong Ami? Was it something I said? Come on Ami, what is it?" He was really worried now, Ami never cried! He didn't know what to do. How do you deal with a crying teenage girl?
"Motoki! Are you even listening!? We need to take her out back right now!" Rei screamed.
"I'm sorry Rei but you'll have to wait we need to take Ami out back."
Rei face palmed so hard she had a lovely hand imprinted on her fore head.
"I give up." She sighed helping Motoki take Ami out back. Motoki and Rei sat Ami down on a couch in the break room.
"Ami, what's wrong? Did something happen, and where's Usagi?"
That was the straw that broke the camels back, or in this case the question that broke the Ami.
"She's gone!" Ami shouted.
"What do you mean she's-"
"The Negaverse took her at our last battle. It's out Usagi was taken! Nephrite died then Zoisite came, then there was a big black ball then whoosh and boom she was gone! The Negaverse has our strongest senshi and our best friend. Not to mention we're screwed without out leader! What are we going to do now? She's gone! We can't do anything with out her! Rei we are all going to die! Beryl's going to take over the Earth and it's our fault! We could have saved her but we didn't! We are horrible senshi and even worse best friends."
"Great going Motoki, you broke Ami." Though I couldn't have said it better myself. Wait! Did Ami just… kuso!
"The,… strongest,… senshi. The strongest,… senshi? The strongest,… kuso! You guys are, oh my kami! Three of my best friends are the Sailor Senshi! This is the coolest thing ever! Wait back up, did you just say the negatives have Usagi?"
"The Negaverse."
"The Nega-what-now?"
"The Negaverse. They are the purest form of evil you could ever find. The Sailor Senshi were sent into the future to be reborn to fight against them."
"Reborn?"
It was Ami who answered this time as she was finally out of her crazy phase, "The Sailor Senshi are the protectors of the Princess of the moon. Queen Serenity ruled the moon a thousand years ago. The Princess, Princess Serenity, loved exploring. One day her explorations brought her to the forbidden planet, Earth-"
"Wait a minute, forbidden? A thousand years ago? Princess? Was she reborn too? Who is she?"
"Yes, forbidden, it was forbidden for a Lunarian and a Terran to meet. Yes, a thousand years ago, we lived in the Silver Millennium. Yes, a princess and yes, she was reborn but we do not know who she is. We have to find her because she is in danger and she can't find us because like everyone else who was reborn she has no memories. We don't even have any memories."
"Well," Motoki got up to return to work, "this has been a wonderful story but you'll have to finish later because-" Motoki could neither finish that sentence nor go back to work because he promptly blacked out.
As he appeared in the throne room he bowed, "Yes Queen Beryl?"
"Ah Kunzite, nice of you to join us." Beryl said.
Usagi nodded in his direction.
"Well, now that you are both here let's get down to business. I trust the training is going well?"
"Of course, Kunzite is an amazing teacher."
"Well what is your opinion since you receive such a high praise?"
"It is not the teacher that does the teaching, it is the student that does the learning." He said sweeping into a low bow.
"That doesn't even make sense! Did you hit your head on the ground? Poor baby." Usagi said with fake concern.
"Please don't waste your sympathy on me for it is the senshi who will need it."
"The senshi! Now we are getting back on topic. Usagi I have a special mission for you. You will be on a search for the rainbow crystals. Zoisite will be accompanying you for now." Beryl said throwing something at her. Usagi caught the small package and opened it. Inside was a small dark crystal. It gave off the illusion that if you got too close you would be sucked in. Usagi attached it to the chain that was also in the package and hung it around her neck.
"Yes my queen. I am honoured that you have enough faith in me to give me this task." She fell into a proper bow this time and disappeared.
"Kunzite, you are to continue training her throughout her mission, understand?"
"Of course my queen." He replied falling into yet another bow then disappeared himself.
"Once we have the rainbow crystals we can find the retched princess and finally destroy her!" Beryl cackled.
"What the hell? Where am I? Is this a dream?" Motoki stood up and looked around. He was standing on a marble path. On both sides of him were rows and rows of roses and fountains. Something was off about the roses, they didn't look real. He looked further up the path and saw two strange things. Number one; a massive castle made out of marble. It had columns that were at least twenty metres tall and it was a white so pristine that it looked like it glowed. The second was the strange Earth that was hovering just above the castle. Obviously it was the latter that caught his eye more. He knew then that either a, this was not real or b, he was crazy. It's probably like some subconscious mindscape or something; hopefully... he started to walk towards the castle. He reached out a hand to open the giant doors and as he opened them a bright light engulfed him, "I remember."
Usagi reappeared in her chambers. She looked down on the crystal.
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS. SEE! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENES WHEN I LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS!
"What? Who's there? How did you get in here?" Usagi asked a bit creeped out by the voice's statement.
I AM TERRIBLY SORRY, WAS I NOT LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOU? HOW IS THIS? BETTER? I SAID, I CANNOT BELIEVE-
"I heard what you said! Now stop shouting, you're giving me a headache." She said holding her head, slowly turning around in circles to find the invader, "Who are you?"
I AM YOU. BUT IF THAT'S TO CONFUSING YOU COULD SAY I AM A PART OF YOUR SUBCONCIOUS MIND.
"Huh?"
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU FORGOT WHO I AM!
"You're crazy! Now, what are you doing here?"
TUT, TUT, TUT! WE ARE CRAZY NOT JUST I, WELL YES I, BECAUSE I AM YOU AND, OH BUGGER IT! BOTTOM LINE I AM YOU. I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THAT.
"How did you get in here?"
HAVE YOU NOT BEEN LISTENING TO A SINGLE WORD THAT HAS FALLEN UPON YOUR EARS?
"What the hell does that even mean?"
IT MEANS HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING AT ALL?
"Yeah, yeah. You're my subconscious mind. I am you and you are me, blah de blah blah blah!"
Wait, does that mean you can hear me like this?
AH I SEE THE FISH HAS TAKEN THE BAIT. OF COURSE I CAN.
The fish has taken the what-now?
IT MEANS YOU HAVE CAUGHT ON.
Oh, okay! Well, what shall I call you?
I KNEW SOMEONE A LOT LIKE YOU ONCE. ACTUALLY ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE YOU. WELL, ANYWAYS, THEY NICKNAMED HER KONEKO BECAUSE OF TWO REASONS. SHE HAD A REALLY OLD FRIEND THAT CALLED HER THAT, AND SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN A CAT AT THE TIME. SO YOU CAN CALL ME KONEKO.
Usagi giggled at the second reason. Alright, Koneko, it's nice to meet you.
WELL YOU SEE WE'VE ALREADY, OH BOTHER IT, YOU SHALL FIND OUT ALL EVENTUALLY. IT IS VERY NICE TO MEET YOU TOO, USAGI.
"I remember it all. I was the White Knight, in charge of the guards to the royal family. I was also in charge of working out the battle strategies, yeah, great fun, not! I'm starting to remember it all; the Moon Kingdom, the Golden Kingdom, the Terran royalties, I can even remember the queen. But I can't seem to remember the prince and princess. I have regained some memories but none of them are of those two. What I do remember was that the princess was like a little sister to me and when I met the prince we became best friends instantly. I wish I could remember them and not the war. I remember how much blood was spilt over a thing so small as jealousy. That evil witch killed the prince, and I wish I didn't remember what the princess did. I fear I may be the only one that knows what truly happened to our beloved princess, I'm sure the senshi assume that Beryl killed her out vengeance. The queen was in so much sorrow that she released the true power of the Ginzuishou sending us all to this present time and destroying herself. Such a prosperous time came to a horrible end. We must not let that witch win again! We will get the Ginzuishou and find the prince and princess then bring Beryl to her knees!"
Motoki opened his eyes and saw three pairs looking back at him, "Ami, Rei, Luna, I remember!"
I finished this chapter on the last night of our post tour of Venture. I worked on it on my expedition, Kangaroo Island Wonders, and through the pre and post tours AND the on and off site activity days. I tried to make it a bit longer than usual but considering I wrote it in a tiny book I don't actually know how long it is. We'll find out! I hope you liked it. I had to introduce Koneko now because I couldn't wait, sorry… I put in some ShirixBaka for you guys! Does anybody have an idea who Shiri and Koneko are? Alright I'll try to get back to posting one a day but I am not making any promises. I'm sorry! School starts up again and I have a job and it's my birthday soon too. Fourteenth of February! Wooh! Alright, don't forget I eat gum leaves and sleep hugging a tree all day! Next chapter will be… I have no idea! We'll find out together. I tried not to give you a cliffie but, you know, some might consider that a cliffie. Oh well… okay bye!