I do not own any of the original Sailor Moon Senshi that are in this story, but I do own Ashlee & Michelle-Aurore plus their Senshi Forms.
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Transformations - Remade
Chapter Three: To Find a Lily
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Well I managed to turn in my artwork on time when I got to school, though I can't say I got to class on time. It seemed that we were having a free period anyway so I quietly walked to my seat in the back, and began to sketch the boy with the beautiful ocean eyes whom I had met not too long ago. Though, little did I know he was watching me near by.
"You seem to have a photographic memory, now don't you?" his voice was soft and silky as he spoke sliding into the seat next to her. Ashlee could feel her face heat up as she scrambled to hide the drawing from his eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" she tired to keep the shake out of her voice but it seemed as though she didn't have much luck with it.
"Oh come now, don't be like that. It was such an awesome drawing, let me see please?"
"Fine," she sighed uncovering it, "It's not much though…just a rough sketch."
"It's amazing, I'm serious." He said with a smile, "What's your name, I wasn't able to ask for it before you ran away this morning."
She gave a small smile, "I'm Ashlee…" her hand self consciously went to her brooch and gripped it lightly. He noticed this and wondered if she was worried about something, but he pushed the thought away, "I'm Seiya from the Three Lights…" his voice seemed to trail off as his eyes clouded over for a second, her he regained his thoughts within a second after it happened.
"You don't sing anymore do you?" she noticed his shocked glance, but he nodded with a sigh.
"We stopped singing years ago…we lost our inspiration I guess you could say."
Ashlee felt pity for him, and her arm reach out to lay her hand on his, but when she realized she pulled it back.
Even though only her finger tips had managed to softly grace his hand, he felt himself melt at the touch. He looked at her with questioning eyes as she swiftly pulled her hand back. She could feel his eyes watching her as she sat there staring at her feet. She got lucky and the bell rang to signal that class was over. She gave him a quick shy smile and then turned to leave, when his hand wrapped around her wrist gently.
"Meet me at the Crown Arcade after school? He asked as his eyes searched hers for any slight sign of emotion, but there was none.
"Sure, Seiya…I'll be there" Her wrist slid out of his grasp slowly but he caught it once more, "Ashlee, on second though meet me out side of the school first?"
This time her smile was true and her dark ebony eyes sparked emerald green, but their color was soon ebony again which made him question what he saw to be real or not.
"Jaa, mata atashita, Seiya." she giggled with a slight tilt of her head and was off leaving him replaying her familiar heavily accented voice over in his head.
"I've heard that voice before…but where?"
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Lunch Break
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I've been feeling weaker and weaker by the hour, though I don't understand how. I shouldn't be feeling like this, I have my brooch on my bow. It's almost as if "it" was near by. It is really the Pure Lily Crystal, which is my equivalent to the Silver Imperial Crystal. Though there is absolutely no way it could be here, it was destroyed along with my Guardian Senshi. So I don't understand, but I'll have to tell Seiya that the outing is off today…I need some rest…I'll just finish my lunch."
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A Sailor Senshi was hiding out on the roof watching Ashlee eating her lunch alone. She stayed until the un-suspecting girl went inside the school.
"The crystal seems to have a major effect on her, maybe she is the Princess after all…I'll have to continue to follow her to find out for sure. The girl disappeared with a shimmer of pink lights.
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Ashlee walked slowly and carefully so she didn't fall from her energy drain she seemed to be having today. Seiya noticed this as soon as he caught sight of her and ran to help her so she didn't have to walk by herself without support.
"Ashlee, what's wrong? You seem so pale? Are you okay?" his face was etched with sincere concern and she didn't understand why.
"I'll be fine Seiya…just need to rest." She let him give her some extra support as they walked, "I'm sorry Seiya…"
"Don't worry about it, there's always other times to play video games…now which way do you live?"
"I live above the old Antique Shop. It's just a bit further, I can make it, you don't have to come…" she pulled away from him trying to steady herself when her head gave a horrid throb of pain and she fell to her knees in tears, "What's happening to me?!" she choked out as she let Seiya lift her up into his arms. They were only a few strides from the Shop, he stood there with the sobbing Ashlee in his arms looking around, but he missed the pink lights as Ashlee's stalker orbed away.
"Hmm.." he thought, "I could of swore I felt a strong presence near by." He shrugged it of and took her in side. But she seemed to only get worse as her body temperature seemed to have risen in a matter of moments. He didn't understand what was happening to her. When he laid her onto her bed, he noticed that her brooch was pulsing from black to white repeatedly. He touched her forehead but her skin was so hot that it burned.
"What the hell is this?!" he said as he ripped the brooch from her bow and got it as far from her as he could. Her sobs seemed to fade slowly but she was still at high temp which wasn't good. He had to even if she slapped him when she was better. Picking her up carefully he wandered across the hall to the bathroom. Somehow he managed to undress her without much defiance from her, also she let him lay her in the tub. He turned the cold water on to fill the tub, while pouring some onto her body to help cool her off, when he noticed her half healed scar on her shoulder. Running his finger across it lightly a scene replayed quickly in his head. He looked at the fragile half conscious girl wondering if it could really be her who was destroying the city.
Her voice snapped him out of his thoughts, "…Seiya…" she breathed he didn't know if her face was red from the fever or the fact that she was naked in front of him, though she didn't seem to notice the later option just yet.
"Ashlee you're awake, I'm glad." he said stroking her cheek softly. Her eyes met his and his breath caught in his throat, they were slowly changing from Emerald to Ebony. Her shivering brought him back to normal.
"Come on lets get you out of the ice water, it seems your fever is gone now." It was then that she realized she was totally undressed in the tub. She looked at him with eyes the size of hubcaps, but then she sighed,
"You lucky I semi trust you or you would be dead right now…"
"I'm very grateful that you aren't going to kill me Ashlee, now come on, up with you. And don't try to shoo me away you aren't in any state to be by yourself just yet." she listened and let him help her out of the tub and to get dressed into her night gown.
He insisted on staying the night calling his brothers and telling them to not expect him home. Seiya's face was a little more than flushed when he got off the phone. There wasn't any furniture in the room for him to sleep on, so he was going to sleep on the floor until, she told him that her queen size bed was big enough for two.
