FD: Okay, like the idiot that I can be I forgot to put the different marks that I will be using in the story, down. Okay, lets see. The are the standard quotation marks, i.e. "blah," then there is the thoughts which are underlined i.e. blah. And finally, telepathy will be this 'blah.' Notice the marks around the word thank you. Also I froze just to bring you this chapter!! It's the middle of friking winter here in Flag, and it has decided to snow, and blow. My face is still red. Now just add a white beard, a red suit and bigger stomach, and you have instant Santa. God, the things I do for you people.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN A THING!!! SO IF YOU SUE, ALL YOU WILL GET OUT OF ME IS AN I.O.U., AN APLOGY AND MAYBE 2 CENTS. Sorry.
Enchantress: Why do you feel the need to apologize to these weak and quiet inferior creatures? (note: Enchantress is not a human. She is a creature that my friend Sabrina made up and I use. She is a, well the creature doesn't have a name yet. I can tell you that they look human, except for the retractable dragon claws, and dragon wings, the fact that they have different powers. In Enchantresses case, she has the power of a sorceress, a brownie, a fairie, a dragon, and an elf. Lots of power huh? So she is not a human. Thank you for your time.)
FD: Because they are my readers. They like me. They don't judge me very harshly, unlike you and your dear brother.
Enchantress: I do not judge you harshly, most of the time that is.
FD: Whatever. Anyways on with the story. Bye!!!
Chapter One: Across the Universe of Time
Carry me away from the dark and lonely room./Light me in your arms-all I want to know is you/Chase away the darkness with everything you are/I will find my strength in the beat of your heart.
-Hayley Westenra
-Beat of your heart
I get up, soaking wet and empty inside. My mind keeps replaying the scene that I witnessed in Rei's guest room, and my heart breaks even more, or so I think. I start to walk to the home that Jadite and I shared, half hoping that Jadite wasn't there so I could just pick up my stuff, and call Haru-chan to come and pick me up. I continue to walk along, ignoring the feeling of being watched, to wrap up in my own thoughts to notice.
I leave the park, watching the rain dip off the leaves, and the eaves of the businesses that are surrounding the park. I look at my watch and notice that I have sat at the park for the past 3 hours, numb, and unresponsive. Did anyone ask me how I was doing? I didn't know. I finally arrive at the apartment and take the elevator to the 3ed floor. I walk down the hall and arrive at the door of the apartment. Funny, how I stopped thinking of the apartment as ours. I shake my head, place the key into the slot, take a deep breath and turn the key. I open the door, and look inside, noticing some boxes near the door and know instantly that it my stuff from the room that I slept in with Jadite.
I shift through it all making sure that all my clothes, shoes, and other items are there. They are. I finally get up from my kneeling position and start to go through the house while making a few calls. First I call Haruka to set up a ride to the mansion, then to the new place where I was to stay, my cousin's Yuske's home. Everything is set up with Haruka, now to set up things with Yuske and auntie. I dial and wait for someone to pick up.
"Yo," is the answer that I get.
"Yuske? Is that you?"
"That would be me. Who is this?"
"What, don't you know who this is? It's Selenity. You know, Little Buns."
"Oh, yeah. Hey what's up? Still with that Jadite guy?"
"Um, well that's part of why I am calling," I reply noticing that it is close to 5.
"What's up? Did he hurt you? If he did he will regret it!" Yuske says, sounding like Jadite will regret it for a very long, torturous time.
"Calm down, Yuske. Don't worry, he will start to regret it about the time that I have disappeared from his life. That's where you come in, dear cousin. I need a new place to stay. I also need to transfer schools if you don't mind."
"Hey no problem. When are coming?"
"Tomorrow evening. I need time to find a bed, and some other things. Haru-chan is going to help me move out there. Which reminds me, I have to cut this conversation short. I need to write someone special. I'll see you tomorrow. Love ya, punk."
"K, love ya to, brat." We hang up just as I toss the last thing into my subspace pocket. I look around one last time to make sure that I have everything. I finally sit down at the table to write Usagi a letter.
Usagi
My dear little bunny sister, forgive me, for I am about to leave your life for a short time. I do not mean to hurt you,
Usa, or Catrina, but I must leave here for a short time. I am going to stay with my cousin Yuske for a time. I need you
to understand why I am doing this. I do not know when I will be back, but I can tell you that I will call you every so
often.
I do have a favor for you though, please do not tell anyone about how to get a hold of me. I do not want them to
contact me. I will call you and ask for updates on them, but other than that I do not want contact with them while I try
to figure out who was involved in this, if any one. Take care of Catrina for me, until I come to get her. Either that or
send her back to the future. She'll understand, hopefully.. She is 901, a big girl. Tell her why I left without saying
goodbye.
But for now, I have to go. Take care of yourself, Usa, and Catrina.
Forever, and eternally your sister,
Selenity
I wrote no other letters at this time, choosing instead to write them when I settled into my new place. I look outside seeing Haruka pull up. I put my boxes into my subspace pocket, well almost every box. I leave out a couple of boxes out for show for the two that are outside, watching for what I plan to do next. Yes, oh yes, I know the guy that I had bumped into was outside watching my apartment building, with his little friend in all black. Sometimes it pays to be a Scout, yes it does. But other times it doesn't.
I shake my self out of that train of thought and move to open the door just as Haruka is about to knock on my door.
"Hello, Haru-chan. Thank you for taking me to your place for tonight. Don't forget, I have to get a bed tomorrow. Then I have to move half way across town. What fun can I have?"
"Oh, I don't know, Rabbit. Maybe you will find the right guy while going to your cousins school."
"Yeah, and Hades will let Tarturas freeze over. Never goin' to happen, at least not any time soon."
"You never know. Now let's give the two bozo's outside a show."
"Yah, okay." So that's what we do, we move the few boxes out of the apartment, plus a suitcase full of paper and pens. Go figure. We walk down the stairs and out to the street, dropping the key off at the managers' home. We step outside, and walk to the car, placing the boxes and the suitcase into the trunk. I look up to the apartments window, where I see Jadite looking down at me.
"I hope you find happiness, Jadite," I say to myself, and I lift my hand in good-bye. Possible the last goodbye I ever say or wave to him. I turn to Haruka.
"Let's go. I am tired, and want to eat something, than crawl into a warm bed."
"Okay, Rabbit. Let's go. I'm sure Michiru has some food for you, along with a warm pair of pajamas. Hope you feel like some chicken noodle."
"YES! I love Michiru's chicken noodle. I can't wait."
"Then let's go." We both get in the car and look at each other.
'Do you think we fooled them?' I ask Haruka through the mind connection that we have had since we first became more than friends, when we became sisters.
'I do believe so. But then demons like them are rather hard to trick. I still wonder if the short one will figure it out or not,' she says as she starts the car.
'Hey, he's not that short. He's about as tall as Usagi.' She just smiles at me as we pull away from the curb. We arrive a short time later at the outers mansion, never knowing that the two demons would know my cousin, or tell him about what was going on. Hey, how was I suppose to know. I'm not the keeper of time, Trista is.
Back at the apartment, just after Haruka and Selenity leaves.
"I have a feeling about Yuske's cousin and her friend. They didn't talk much, and they went about their business like they knew we were watching them." Jin says to his short friend. Well not as short as before.
"They knew we were watching them. I just don't know how they knew we were watching them, I really don't." (A.N. Confused Hiei! I love it. I really do. Have you ever seen Hiei with a real intense expression on his face? If you have, imagine that face on him.)
"So they did know that we were watching them did they? Another thing that is bugging me is how they had a very little amount of boxes, when we know for a fact that Selenity has quite a bit of stuff."
"I don't know why, but maybe, as much as I hate saying this, Koema has the answers to your questions."
"Fine let's go." With that said they disappeared into a portal, going straight to spirit world.
The spirit world
"Koema, sir, Jin and Hiei are here to report what they saw," a bright, bubbly blue haired grim reaper said. (A.N. A cookie to the one who guess this one right!)
"Thank you, Botan. Send them in," said what looks like a teenager with a binkie in his mouth. The grim reaper, otherwise known as Botan went to do as Koema said, blushing a bit, not quite used to his teenager form just yet. Jin and Hiei walk in.
" You have something to tell me?" Koema asks, getting right to the point.
"Yes we do. But we need to see Yuske. Maybe he can answer the questions that we have."
"Very well. Botan! Get the team. They should be at Yuske's home, getting the place ready for his cousin to arrive."
"Yes sir." After that titillating conversation, Botan opens a portal to Yuske's house.
At Yuske's House (a lot of scene changes huh?)
"come on you guys. She's supposed to be here tomorrow. I want everything perfect for her. She is my only other family."
"Sheez, Urameshi. You would think that she was your lover instead of your cousin. Stop being a slave driver," an orange haired dolt complained. Yuske turned around and glared at him. Kuwabara gulped, knowing that he was either in for a beating of his life, or a yelling. He got both.
"She is very special to me. Smack she's worth it. I haven't seen her since we were 6. Punch, kick. now get off my back for wanting everything to be perfect for her. Jab she just went through a really back break up. So back off!" Thud. Kurama just sighs and goes back to painting. Keiko comes in just as Yuske finishes his little speech and beat, and walks right back out. Shizuru just looks at her brother with pity and goes back to painting. Kuwabara just lies there, twitching. Yuske picks up a paint brush to start painting just as Botan arrives.
"Hello, boys, and Shizuru. Koema wants to talk to you. Apparently Jin and Hiei have something that they want all of you to hear. So get a move on now. And don't forget Keiko, she won't like it one bit if you leave her behind. Bye,' with that said, Botan disappears into a portal.
"Well we had best get going," Kurama says, pouring his paint into a the bucket and placing his paint brush into a bucket of water and paint dissolvent. He looks up to see the others doing the same thing. Keiko pops her head into the room.
"Was that Botan?" she asks, coming fully into the room.
"Yeah. She said all of us had to go see the toddler. Jin and Hiei want to tell us what they know that I don't know about her. We had better go, or the toddler will have a fit," Yuske replied. He opened a portal to spirit world, and everyone went in, with Shizuru dragging Kuabara behind her.
Spirit World
"Alright, Koema, we're here. What's the big news about my cousin?"
"I don't know. Jin nor Hiei have told me anything as of yet. We were waiting for you. Please have a seat," Koema replies.
"Well now. What a wonderful group you make. All of ya covered in paint," Jin says, all the while smiling that really cute smile. (A.N. Drool! Sorry, back to the story.)
"Just get on with it, would ya?!" Yuske yells, hoping to speed the meeting up so they could finish the painting.
"Alright. No need to get your panties in a bunch. As you know we were watching your cousin for the simple fact that she is to be staying at your house, Yuske. We had to make sure she wouldn't be any trouble while she stays there. Well we have discovered a few facts about her. One is that she has no power aura, or for that matter, an aura at all. It's like she is hiding it from someone. Same with the person who was with her. This guy is a pretty boy, that's for sure, but he has no aura of any kind. It makes me wonder who they are. Don't know about Hiei. Anyways, they also had a very little amount of boxes, even though we know for a fact that Selenity has quite a bit of stuff. Another thing is that they seemed to have wings on their backs. I noticed this when Selenity literally ran into me, but I didn't get a very good look at them. Well I got a good look at them as she was packing up and was talking to you and the guy, I think. They are folded most often then not, though they do move every so often. The wings on both of them reach to just about the floor, maybe a couple inches shy." That's about as far as poor Jin gets when Hiei suddenly decides to jump in.
"The color is the only difference between the guy and Selenity. The guy has a sandy tanned color to his wings. And Selenity has black with light purple and silver lined wings. It looks like each of the feathers are lined in one of the colors, in an alternating pattern. Selenity and the guy seem to know that they are their, and seem to be quite used to it. It seems that no one else can see them, except those with spirit awareness, and spirit power."
"That's right. And her friends seem to have wings to, but I didn't get a good look at them. Also a couple of her friends have a very dark aura around them, while the others are like her and this guy. I wasn't able to get a good look at them. So, Yuske, I have a question about this guy. Why do you let your cousin go with this guy to his house?" Yuske just blinks at Jin, then smiles, or more like smirks at him.
"Jin, that guy you saw is not a guy at all. That is the world famous race car driver Haruka Ten'oh, and he is a she. She enjoys dressing much like a guy, and she has a girlfriend. Yes a girlfriend. Her name is Micheru and they are very cool people. Now, about the wings and aura, Selenity has never told me about it, so I can't answer you about that bit. Now, I have a feeling that she will tell us what we want to know when she feels like it. So for now, lets go to my place and finish the painting. I want it to be dry by the time she comes home." With that said, everyone, including Jin and Hiei, go to Yuskes and finish the painting, never knowing across town, Selenity is creating a song that pulls at the heart strings.
Outers mansion: Selenity's P.O.V.
"Selenity, thank kami that you are okay. I was so worried about you when you left without an explanation. Then Rei told us all about it, and I was so mad," Micheru said as she comes up to me and proceeds to wrap me in a hug, which I return gladly, happy for a friend.
"It's okay, Micheru. I'm fine now. I just need to get away from the Jubban district, where I am most likely to run into Trista and Jadite. Like I told Haruka, I am going to stay at my cousins house for a while. I'm going there tomorrow evening after I get a new bed, some sheets, some towels, pillows and other items. We will have to take the van," I replied, pulling away reluctantly. "By the way, can I get some soup?"
Smiling she replies "Yes, but only after you have a hot bath, and change into something warm, okay?"
"Okay." I go upstairs after telling them I'll be down in a few minutes. I go to the room that I know is mine, and sure enough there are a pair of warm pajama's and a fire going in the fire place. I go and pick the pajama's up, then head for the private bathroom that is mine, making sure there are fresh towels for me. I strip, then start to run the bathwater. While the bathtub fills up, I take my hair down and comb it out, getting all the knots out of my hair. I than braid it and step into the bathtub to soak.
Twenty minutes later, I'm purnie, warm and ready for some of Micheru's wonderful soup. I get dressed in the nice warm pajamas and head downstairs, literally following my nose to the wonderful smell of Micheru's cooking. I can't wait to taste it. I wonder what type of soup it is this time. I hope it is chicken noodle.
I arrive downstairs in the kitchen, and I see that she has a bowl of soup ready for me. I sit down at the bar and dig in, thanking her in between bites. It is chicken noodle. Yum.
I finish my soup, and are given another bowl. I eat that to, but decline the third bowl, preferring to go to work on a new song that has been buzzing around my head for quite some time, at least after the first hour of me sitting in the park with the rain coming down on me. I go into the living room, and set up the recording system as to catch the song, without having to write it down. I sit at the piano and start to play a haunting melody.
What you never know won't hurt you
What you never know won't lie
What you never know won't desert you
What you never know won't say goodbye
What you never know won't hurt you
What you never know won't lie
What you never know won't desert you
What you never know won't make you cry
What you never know won't hurt you
What you never know won't lie
What you never know won't desert you
What you never know unless you try
As I finish singing that song another one takes it's place. I pick up my guitar. This one is a sad melody, full of heart ache. Behind me the outers are gathering, excluding Trista, listening to me play and sing, knowing not to disturb me.
And do you still touch her like you do
Kiss her all over in the way I kissed with you
And when you sleep with her, do you sometimes think of me
Not if you lover her in the way I see
Haruka picks up her drumsticks, while Micheru takes her place at the electric keyboard and Hotaru picks up her guitar.
I had to be free
Had to be free
It's all that I wanted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Alone if I needed
I had to be free
Had to be free
From feelings that haunted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Free
And then into the evening light when the bars of freedom fall
I watch the two of you in the shadows on the wall
And when the darkness steals some of the choices from hand
Then will I begin to understand
I had to be free
Had to be free
It's all that I wanted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Alone if I needed
I had to be free
Had to be free
Had to be free
From feelings that haunted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Free
As the last cords died away, we all knew that we had a start to our next album. Hopefully it would do as well as our last one, Beautiful Moonlight by the Moon Guardians. The cd was a hit, and is still going strong.
We all look at each other and decided to call it a night.
Meanwhile across town in Mamarus apartment
"Oh, Mamaru, harder! Harder, please. Oh dear kami, yes!" said a very familiar female. One with long brown hair that was usually held in a pony tail and very expressive cinnamon brown eyes. Mamaru complies with this demand, and pumps harder, bringing them both to climax. As the lay there, panting after their bout of very tiring actions, they just smile at each other, thinking that they have tricked the princess, the naïve little princess, who just happened to be standing in the bedroom door way, with a shocked expression. Of course they don't notice her and start some pillow talk.
"So, Mamo-chan, what are you going to do about Usa-baka?"
"Well my dear, Mako-chan, I plan to marry her, get an heir out of her so I can control the crystal, kill her, then make you my queen." During this little proclamation of betrayal, Usagi, turns around and creeps away, intent on getting home, calling the outers, grabbing Usa and going to the outers mansion. And she does just that. The outers and Usagi have decided to stay at their other home, near where Yuske lives.
That night what was left of the Silver Millennium court fell apart, and Crystal Tokyo changed for the better.
FD: I am an evil witch!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhackhack Sorry. Got a little carried away there for a short time. So how did you like the renewed chapter one? Good, bad, so so? Do tell me, I would like to know. I would also like to know who you want to still be a sailor scout who fights to protect Usagi. Please tell me, because I need to create new transformations for them for chapter 3. Also in chapter 3, meetings and maybe a little love? Maybe. See your there!! Wait a minute. I almost forgot something. I do not own the above songs. Sarah Brightman does though! She is so good, you really do need to listen to her. I love her personally. I will also be using songs from Enya to. Mostly from her Memory of the Trees cd. Enjoy.
Oh, there is one other thing I want to address. COME OUT YOU COWARD! HOW DARE YOU TELL ME THAT I DON'T HAVE A VERY GOOD STORY, AND NOT LEAVE YOUR NAME!! I DO SAY, COME OUT! Okay, I'm done. Thank you. Oh and another thing, if you decide to criticize my without telling me who the hell you are, I am going to make everyone who reviews, log in, you lazy person!