Title: Partners - Luna's view point part IV
Author: Ree
Theme: Cats (numb)
Genre: General
Version: Manga/Anime Silver Millennium
Rating: G

The cats and all their friends are all from the imaginations of Takeuchi Naoko. I'm not that creative.

Partners
Luna's view point part IV

Luna stood quietly on the observation deck and watched her planet fade into the darkness. She felt that her dreams were fading with her home. All her plans were crumbling around her. She was surprised no-one else could hear them crashing to the deck. She had wanted to be an ambassador, not an assistant. Her family truly thought that she was on her way to her goal. That she was going to learn the ins and outs of her chosen profession. She knew differently. She was here because she was a female, and the ambassador was a male. She was not here to think.

As she stared into the darkness of space, a numbness enveloped her. She wanted to stay wrapped up in this gentle cushion for the rest of this trip. 'Or until I get back home. If I keep this feeling of detachment, then maybe I won't care.' Transforming back into her normal shape, she laid down and tried to absorb the numbness deep into herself.

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Luna heard the door open, but she didn't feel like moving. She caught a glimpse of white fur as Artemis walked past her to the window. She tried to wrap herself up tighter in the feeling of numbness. She felt him curl up near her, and his "Hi" was an unwelcome intrusion into her solitude. Her blue eyes flickered over to him, and then she shifted so that her back was to him. 'Leave me alone! I don't want to feel yet.'

She heard him washing behind her, and then, unable to take her hint, he started talking to her. "So, do you not want to be an ambassador, or do you not want to go to the Moon Kingdom?"

She felt the numbness rip away. His words rubbed salt into the wounds she was trying to ignore. Without thinking of what she was saying, she lashed out at him.

Looking over her shoulder a him, her frustration boiled out. "Ambassador assistant. And I don't want to go that far from home! I graduated top of my class, excellence in everything! And I'm here because I took one semester of the Solar system's language and passed. " She jerked her head around and started bathing her front paws. She was not going to even hint at the other reason she was there. If he didn't know, she wasn't going to plant any ideas in his head.

After she finished her paw, she waited to hear his response. She wanted to look at him, but she didn't at the same time. 'How is he going to react to that? What is he going to do? Say?'

Artemis walked around her until she could see him clearly. When he spoke, Luna felt a tiny bit of relief wash into her. "You graduated top of your class, too?" Cautiously, she nodded in agreement. He continued in a matter-of-fact voice while he was staring at her forehead. "Then your greater than an assistant, and that symbol shows it. The ambassador symbol will only show up on the foreheads of an ambassador, not his assistant, nor anyone else in his party."

Luna's eyes widened. "There is a crescent on my forehead?" She almost hopped up to find a mirror to see if he was telling the truth.

Artemis nodded. "Just like mine."

Luna looked at the golden crescent that was on his forehead. 'I have one of those, too? Then I really am an ambassador.' Luna looked into his eyes, and saw respect reflected in them. She felt as if he had given her back her dignity. She sat up straight, and for the first time in the past week she felt proud of herself.

"So, Ambassador Luna do you want to go read the large file of information in my room, or see what surprises they left in yours?"

Luna felt surprised and pleased at the title. "I've already checked mine. They left me nothing. So, I guess we should study what was left for you."

As they walked to his room, Luna was sure this was going to be a good partnership.