Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, but I do own Sailor Star Hexer and Jinxer.
Summary: A new enemy has appeared and is using Sailor Moon as her pawn for revenge.
Chapter 2: Past, Present, Future
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A girl sat slumped in a chair stretching out her arms. Another girl was on the bed, listening to music. Everything was silent until they heard screaming and yelling from outside the closed door of the bedroom.
" Why is Fighter screaming?" the girl in the chair questioned, sitting up straighter.
" Beats me," shrugged the other. The door burst open, revealing a panting Fighter.
The one on the bed jerked into an upright position to give the person who had busted open her bedroom door a withering glare.
" Is there a reason you had to do that?"
" Not really, but it got your attention, didn't it, Hexer?" grinned Fighter happily. Hexer narrowed her eyes at Fighter before flopping back down onto the big comfortable bed.
" You owe me a new door, Fighter," she complained loudly.
" Yeah, yeah, enough about your petty problems. Did you guys hear? Princess Kakyuu is having a celebration in honor of rebuilding our planet! And the best part of it is, she's inviting the Sailor Senshi from Earth to come!! Isn't that great?!" Fighter yelped. Excitement was already coursing through her veins.
"So we finally get to meet, the one, the only… Sailor Moon!!" boomed the girl who twirled around in the chair. She giggled at her own silliness.
" Yup! You finally get to meet Odango!" Fighter announced proudly, jumping over to the bed and bouncing her bottom on it.
" Wow, can you believe it, Jinxer? Finally, we get to meet the famous Odango who Fighter has her heart set on, yet cannot have," Hexer said sarcastically. She took the earbuds out of her ears. Now that Fighter was here, and the subject of Sailor Moon was brought up, she wouldn't be able to hear the music anyway.
Fighter pouted. She knew that Odango had a boyfriend who she was supposedly 'destined' to be with, but nobody could predict the future, right?
" Fine, bring my mood down. By the way, what were you listening to?"
Fighter cocked her head towards the small music device in Hexer's hand.
" Some of the songs that you, Healer and Maker sang when you were idols on Earth," Hexer said.
" Well, did you like them?" Fighter asked. The songs that the Three Lights had sung had been pretty good, not that she was trying to gloat.
" They were okay, I guess." Shrugged Hexer. Fighter's mouth dropped open. Hexer did not just diss her singing. Winking at Jinxer, she continued,
" Jinxer and I could have done better though, couldn't we?"
Jinxer shook her white-blonde bangs out of her eyes.
" You know I prefer dancing to singing," Jinxer replied. Hexer sighed. Jinxer was always too nice, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings. She was too quiet and soft, much like Maker, to Hexer's dismal. But at least Jinxer was fun, unlike Maker who just sat in the library all day reading.
" You prefer dancing because of a certain someone, don't you?" Hexer giggled. The dazed look in Jinxer's eyes confirmed her suspicions.
" What?! Phhff, no, of course not!" exclaimed Jinxer, while her face flushed a light pink.
" You can tell us, don't worry, we won't tell anyone, except maybe the Princess, Maker, Healer-" Fighter teased.
Jinxer blew out a puff of air. If she told Hexer and Fighter, who had two of the biggest mouths on Kinmoku, no doubt in about two days' time, everyone on the planet would know who she liked.
" Swear you won't tell anyone?" Jinxer said hesitantly.
" Swear."
" Promise."
Jinxer swiftly walked over to the door, and after looking out into the halls, she closed it. Walking back and sitting on the swiveling chair, she spun around a couple of times before answering.
" I like Christopher. You know, one of the palace guards?"
There was a brief pause of stunned silence.
" Oh my gosh!! I knew it! I knew it! Whoo!!" Hexer held up an arm in victory. " I am the best!! How did I know!! I have SKILL!!"
The other two Sailor Senshi stared at her, not knowing what was going on.
" How did you know?" Fighter scratched her head in wonder.
" See, every time we pass or see him in the halls, Jinxer turns all googly-eyed, and she keeps blushing and smiling. Now you finally admitted it!"
" Admitted what? Who? Where? Why?" came a voice at the door. Hexer turned around to look into the face of Sailor Star Maker and Healer.
Sailor Star Jinxer groaned as she stuffed her face into her hands.
" Oh, great… thanks a bunch, Hexer!"
" Sorry, guess I was a bit loud…" wincing sheepishly, Hexer said to her best friend.
" So what were you guys talking about?" asked Maker as she and Healer entered the bedroom and sat beside Fighter on the bed.
" What are we having, a party in my bedroom?" yelled Hexer, putting her hands on her hips and glaring at all of her friends.
" Will anyone answer me?" said Maker exasperated.
" Jinxer's in love with Christopher, you know, the bushy-haired blonde palace guard?" Fighter informed her. Healer's eyes turned wide.
" Really?"
" Aaahhh!! Sierra!! This is all of your fault!! They're not supposed to know!!" came the muffled yell from behind Jinxer's hands.
" Why not? You tell them, the blabbermouths of the century, and not us?" Healer exclaimed.
" EVERYBODY OUT OF MY ROOM!!"
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" Hey, Rei, do you think Usagi is hiding something from us?" wondered Makoto out loud, stirring a straw in the strawberry milkshake in front of her. Rei, Ami, Makoto and Minako were sitting in one of the farthest back booths from the door to the Crown Parlor.
" Why do you ask all of a sudden?"
" Remember when we had that study session, and you and Minako were fighting? Well, Usagi was staring off into space and after you asked her if something was wrong, she just smiled and said no. But, for some reason, I felt like something was still bugging her, but she was scared to tell us why," finished Makoto.
" What could be so important that she would want to hide it from us?" asked Minako, who sat beside Rei, about to dig into a piece of strawberry shortcake.
" Something about the relationship between her and Mamoru is what I'm guessing."
" Huh?" said Rei, Minako and Makoto in unison. They turned to stare at the smart blue-haired girl beside Makoto.
Ami, who had been reading a book up until that point, shifted uneasily in her seat.
" Well, once in school when I was helping her with her math homework in the library, she asked me if destiny was binding. I wasn't sure how to answer her question."
" But she and Mamoru are supposed to end up together!" protested Rei.
" The future isn't set in stone though, Rei," said Minako softly. She dropped the fork that she had been using to eat the cake with.
Now all of the attention was on Minako.
" What do you mean?" Makoto finally asked.
" The future isn't set in stone… at least, I wish it wasn't," Minako whispered that last part, hoping that no one would hear her. Unfortunately, Rei did.
" What do you mean, ' you wish it wasn't'? We gave our lives for Usagi's destiny! Destiny with Mamoru!" Rei yelled, standing up. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, and from Minako too!
" Well, maybe I don't like what destiny has for me! All my life, I've been thinking about others before myself! Just once, I want something good to happen to me! And that stupid destiny is all about a fairytale with Usagi and Mamoru! What about me? What about you? Don't you ever wonder what happens to us?" Minako screamed back at Rei, rage and fury written all over her face.
" We're the ones that fight along Usagi, and yet the future is all about her! Everything good happens to her! Everything that I ever dreamed about, ever wanted, has always been pushed aside to make room for her and her destiny! And guess what? Everything that I want, I can't have! So are you happy now, Rei? Are you happy now?" Minako sat back down in her chair and sobbed into her arms, her mascara now running freely down her face.
Rei just stood there, not knowing what to say after that. When she recovered her voice, she replied,
" I'm sorry, Minako. I didn't know you felt that way."
Minako looked up, her face streaked with tears and black mascara.
" No one knows, I've kept this to myself after they… he… left…"
" You mean the Starlights? What do they have to do with any of this?" Rei was utterly confused.
' Why would she bring them up? What do they have to do with our destiny?'
" I have to go." Minako quickly packed up her things into her purse and ran out of the Crown. In her haste, she left behind a small book, no bigger than the size of her hand.
Rei picked up the book and tried calling out to Minako, but she was already gone. Turning back to Ami and Makoto, with the small item clutched in her hand, she asked them,
" Why did mention them?"
" She misses them," Ami said simply.
" How do you know?"
" Because I miss them too."
" What?"
Rei started to lecture Ami, just like she had done to Minako. While doing so, she let go of Minako's book. Makoto scooped it up, and opened it.
A picture of Yaten Kou fluttered onto the table.
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Wow, that was the longest chapter I've written so far out of all of my fanfics. Probably most of you would say " THAT'S IT??" hehe… I'm high on sugar right now… and I shoved about five Warheads into my mouth all at once...
R&R!! R&R!!
Chris