Hey guys! Yep, it's that chapter! The seventh, where we meet this mysterious duo! Now, this chapter does not start in Usagi's POV. It starts in one of my OC's POV. Sailor Moon is owned by TOEI Animation and Naoko Takeuchi, but wouldn't it be cool if it were yours or mine? :D
I run and run in the darkness. I have no idea where I'm going. Then I see a light. I run towards it to find the blonde queen. She looks like she's praying.
"Ojou-sama!"
That's what I call her, but I actually know nothing about her. All she ever says, is "Protect the Princess!" She has long golden pigtails from odango buns, and wears a flowing white dress with these gold rings going across her chest down to her mid-back, with small white wings. She has a gold and red crown and a yellow crescent moon tattoo on her forehead. Her eyes are a brilliant sky blue color.
"She's here," she says. "I'm here."
What?
"Protect the Princess... Akira..." She fades away and her voice echoes.
"Ojou-sama!"
"Akira!" someone calls from behind me.
I turn and see a girl my age who looks just like the queen, but in normal clothes standing next to Haru. "Haru? Who's this girl?"
"Our princess, of course!"
I sit up really fast. That's as extreme as my dreams have ever gotten. Usually the blonde queen just says "Protect the Princess," every time I try to ask about her. I guess the princess she's always talking about is herself in the past. Is what we call the present the past to the blonde queen? That would mean the blonde queen is from the future. But... that's not possible, is it? I'm not sure I know anything about reality anymore. It's been that way since I was fourteen, when I first became a soldier. (Mamoru can be counted as a soldier, too, you know :3 Haha, I'm so bad about this XD)
I stand up and look at the clock on the wall. 5:45. Time to go to that lovely (annoying) academy that Gramps had me goin' to. When he died, he left me a fortune to pay for this school. God, why does he have me goin' to this gay-ass school? The nuns are such b*tches.
Gramps wasn't my really grandpa. When my parents died in a car accident when I was 2, he was visiting Tokyo, and decided to take me in. He died last year, when I was 15. He was 87.
I throw on my uniform and go out to our kitchen. Er, mine. It gets lonely without Gramps. I sometimes forget he's gone and call out for him, and then I think, "Oh, wait..."
After I finish breakfast, I meet up with Haru at the bus stop. "We should meet her soon," I whisper.
"You saw it?"
I nod. "It was weird. She looks just like the blonde queen I drew for you."
Haru doesn't have the dreams I do. I see things in my dreams, like visions. Kinda psychic.
We walk to the school and get to our seats. She sits two seats in front of me at the far end of classroom by the window.
When the Sister Mary walks in, we all say in unison "Good morning, Sister Mary," and she replies, "Good morning, class!" chipper as always.
"Guess what?" she says with a big grin on her face. "We have a new girl in our class! Miss Tsukino, will you come in?"
"Yes, ma'am." It's the girl from my dream! The Princess! I wad up a piece of paper, you know when you tear piece of paper out of a spiral notebook and you tear of from the perforation, the one with all the holes in it?
She turns her head slightly to the right and smiles. Miss Tsukino is eyeing the two of us oddly. Does she know?
~Usagi's POV~
And the prince pulls the damsel close... and bites her arm really hard. It hurts!
"Ow!" I say, my eyes flying open. I look at my arm, bleeding slightly. Luna!
"Shh! Be quiet, Usagi-chan! You have to get ready to go to school! It's 5:45!"
"What?!" I whisper-shout. I sit up and look around. "Right..." remembering that I live in Kyoto now, and that school starts at six-thirty. Where is that uniform Grandmother gave me? Oh yeah, right next to my futon, barely fitting in the small room. "Riiiiight." I carefully get my dress on, which is kinda hard because the room is short, too. "Here, Luna. I bought this just before we left," I set down a can of tuna for her. Good thing I got a part-time job here before we left. My job is to clean a building after hours. (If anyone's ever seen Fruits Basket, the same job that Tohru has :D)
I tie up my hair like normal and go downstairs to put on my new shoes, black combat boots. This is so not my style, but whatever. "Itte kimasu," I whisper. I walk to my new school, following other girls wearing the same uniform. I see two girls walking on the other side of the street, one with black hair tied in a high ponytail, who, from a distance, looks just like Mamoru, and the other with long strawberry blonde hair tied in a braid. Something about them sticks out to me...
Once I get to the school, I go to the office and the secretary tells me to wait for a moment, and she gets on her phone and calls some lady named Mary. A nun comes out shortly afterward and takes my hand in both of hers and shakes it. "You must be the new student! My name is Sister Mary, and I'll be your teacher! Tell me, dear, what's your name?"
"I'm Tsukino Usagi, ma'am!"
"Oh, so polite! Please, do come with me! I will take you to our classroom!" (I don't know what Catholic schools are like, I'm just guessing ^^' I know Rei goes to one, right?)
When we get to the classroom, she says, "Please wait here for a moment, kay?"
She walks in and closes the door. "Good morning, Sister Mary," I hear the class say in unison.
She talks for a little bit, and then says, "Miss Tsukino, will you come in?" I take a deep breath, and open the door. I take in the classroom, everyone staring at me, kinda weird. At the far end, I notice those two girls I saw this morning, one seat in between them. That girl even looks like Mamoru up close! Like they could be brother and sister. She throws something at the girl in front of her, over the only free desk in the room. Looks like I get to sit by them.
"Will you introduce yourself?" Sister Mary asks me.
I nod, eyeing the two girls. "My name is Tsukino Usagi, and I'm from Tokyo-"
"Big city girl, huh?" says a girl with straight shoulder length honey-colored hair. She's beautiful! I can't even describe her beauty, it's so perfect. She opens her eyes, an emerald green. She's so beautiful!
I nod. "Y-Yeah, I guess you could say that!" I smile. She scoffs and smirks, but it doesn't quite reach her eyes. She looks at me like an hawk would look at a rabbit. I swallow. Maybe I should try to stay away from her...
"Miss Tsukamoto! You were not given permission to speak! Well, Miss Tsukino, you can sit in front of Miss Chiba, over there. Miss Chiba, please raise your hand!"
Chiba? The girl that looks like Mamoru sighs, and lifts her hand slightly. Maybe I'm more on-target than I thought. I walk over and sit. I hear the girl move, and suddenly her voice is in my ear. "We've been waiting for you, Princess." I tense. What does she know?! But, if her family name is Chiba, then what does it mean? I lean back in my desk
I clear my throat. "Is that so?" I whisper back. "Who are you?"
"My name is Chiba Akira, Sailor Earth." I breathe a sigh of relief. "The girl in front of you is Taiyono Haruko, Sailor Sun."
"I'm also Sailor Moon."
"Oh?"
I nod. "Maybe it's just a coincidence, but you look a lot like someone I know in Tokyo. His family name is Chiba, too, and he is the guardian of the Earth, as well."
"Oh, so Big Brother Mamoru's still kickin'?"
"You know him?" This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
"Lik'said, he's my older brother."
"Why hasn't he ever told me about you?"
"He probably doesn't remember me. Did he lose his memory when he was 6?"
"Yeah, in a car accident."
"Mm, well, there's your answer. I was only 2, so I shouldn't remember anything, but for some reason, I remember everything from the moment I was born. Haven't forgotten anything since. All my memories are sharp and fresh."
"Really? How interesting!" It really is, though. How does she remember all that? Maybe Luna would know? "Tell me: how did you know I was coming?"
"Well, I'm a bit psychic. I see visions in my dreams." That's like Rei! "And for my whole life, I've seen dreams of a queen who looked just like you. She kept repeating, 'Protect the Princess, protect the Princess,' and last night, everything fell into place. She said 'She's here. I'm here,' and I saw you and Haru, and she said you were the Princess, and that's how we knew to expect you." This girl is really special, I can tell. Mamoru's a bit psychic as well. He can sense things from certain people by the touch. And then he had dreams like that of me saying "The Crystal... The Silver Crystal, please...!"
At lunch, I eat with just Haruko-san and Akira-san. I can see a big cluster of girls on the other side of the small cafeteria, Tsukamoto-san included, whispering with each other, glancing over at me, and giggling. It makes me uncomfortable. (I know in Japan they eat in their classrooms with lunches they prepared themselves, but this school provides lunch for you in a cafeteria :3)
The gears are turning, minna! I'm getting there :3 I'm a little worried for the next chapter, because I'm afraid it might drive some of you away But I told you it was coming! I said it would be dark! 'o' After this next chapter, I think I'll do the time skip :3 Please, please, please review! I've only gotten 7 reviews, and they all say the same thing: "Keep it coming!" =_= When I say review, I mean a real review. Like, "Oh, _ is good! I really like _! Maybe you should try doing _. I have an idea! _ could happen! _ needs a little work! I really don't like _ at all." That's the ideal review template. That's how I review :3 It means a lot to aspiring artists!
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