Act 3


	Defy Destiny... \| home and follow your heart... Act 1 \| Act 2 \| Act 3 \| Act 4 Act 3 What if the Starlights Appeared in the R Season of Sailor Moon? Act 3 Miraaju March 19 '00 Author Notes: HOSHI RULES!! That is all. You may return to your regularly scheduled author. Hoshi (Whack!) Ahem. Sorry for the little interruption there. I had to snatch this back from her. HEY! GO AND DRAW THE MANGA, EH? Sora [email protected] This part is dedicated to Niiyama Shiho, the seiyuu of Seiya in the anime, whom had passed away this past Feb. due to diease. If you wish to now more, visit here: www.meatballhead.simplenet.com/shiho.htm - Arigatoo Niiyama-sama, you really have inspired me in your work - Sora ~_~ "How . . . what did you say?" Sailor Star Maker said, shocked. "Don't be silly, Taiki-san!" Chibi Usa said. "Isn't Kakyuu-hime with you?" Sailor Star Fighter's eyes widen, then narrowed. 'How does she know OUR princess? Why she know our names, and reveal us to the other senshi with her? She has to be the enemy!' Sailor Star Maker and Sailor Star Healer looked at each other. They did not speak verbally, but their mirrored Fighters. Fighter look at the five senshi before her. Surely they weren't disciplines of Chaos, but what if . . . She couldn't be sure, it was a risk she took. Taking a sharp intake of breath she raised her finger, "STAR SERIOUS LASER!" Light emitted from Fighters out stretched hand heading toward Chibi Usa. "Chibi Usa!" Sailor Moon shouted. Using her body to shield Chibi Usa, she took most of the attack. "Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars yelled, fire burned behind her eyes. "How dare you! BURNING MANDALA!" Mars' attack was sent back at Fighter. Leaning over to the Fighter she dodged any possible injury. "Stop it! Stop it!" Chibi Usa shrieked, hysterically. A golden light appeared on her forehead revealing a crescent moon. The light took a step back. A couple of seconds past until the light dimmed. "It's all right, Chibi Usa," said Sailor Moon, she glanced at the three lights before her, then back to Chibi Usa. "It can't be them," Sailor Moon assumed, looking up to meet the three's eyes. "Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki won't act like this." "No! It is them! I know it!" insisted Chibi Usa. "How would you even know Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki?" Sailor Star Healer asked. She had to convince the others that they weren't them. "Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten are my friends, and they're kind people! They would never hurt anyone!" Sailor Moon said. Her words hit them hard. What were they doing? It was clear now, they weren't followers of Galaxia. "Let's go. Our work here is done," Sailor Star Maker said, turning away. "No wait!" Chibi Usa shouted running after them. "Chibi Usa, let it go," Sailor Moon instructed. She wasn't about to let her run off after the three especially since they just attacked her. "No Usagi!" At the mention of the name Usagi, Fighter, Healer, and Maker spun around to look at the senshi behind them. Fighter looked at Sailor Moon, her head was hung low. 'Could she truly be Odango?' Slowly Sailor Moon raised her head. 'How could Chibi Usa do this?' She thought. Sailor Moon gasped when she saw the three Lights staring at her, waiting for a response. Fighter was looking into her eyes, sending a shiver down her back. The cerulean shade matched Seiya's, Sailor Star Fighter was Seiya. Sailor Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury stood unsure of what to do. Mars, however was prepared to attack if need be. Tuxedo Kamen looked at Sailor Star Fighter with venom in his eyes. She was the one that had attacked his Usako. The silence was so deadly, a pin drop could be heard. The air was tense around them, each watching for the other to make their advance. "It is best if we left, let them worry about their own enemy, we have our own mission, and enemy to follow," Sailor Star Maker said coldly said. Healer, giving one last look the senshi before her turned and followed and Maker, while Fighter stayed behind much to their dismay. 'How could something like this happen? How could I attack Odango like that! How could I be so stupid!' Sailor Star Fighter argued with herself. "Fighter, we are not needed here. Let's go!" repeated Sailor Star Maker, snapping her out of her thoughts. Without a choice she obeyed. "Seiya," Sailor Moon whispered into the wind. She helplessly watched the Lights leave. Fighter didn't hear her, or pretended not to hear her. There was so much she wanted to tell her, but how she couldn't. Taiki and Yaten wouldn't allow it. She was the leader, who called the shots, until now. There was going to be a very heated discussion among her fellow lights later. "How?" Sailor Moon asked. 'Seiya is a guy, not girl! It doesn't make sense!' "It would be best if we kept our distance from them," Tuxedo Kamen slowly spoke with concern. Nodding their heads, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter nodded their heads. Taking a deep breath, Sailor Jupiter walked towards Sailor Moon. "Usagi-chan, the others think that it would be best if we kept our distance from them," Sailor Jupiter said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Why?" Sailor Moon asked, turning around. "They're not our enemies!" Adding softly, "they can't be." _________________ "We have to keep our distance from them now. They know too much," Taiki said, directing his statement towards Seiya. "No. They could help us to find..." "OUR princess, Seiya? You're confusing that girl with our princess. You are not to go near her again," Taiki ordered. Yaten smugly added, "They could be used to our advantage." Seiya walked out of the room, without looking back. "How dare they say that about Odango ..." Seiya paused and sighed, "what if they're right?" _________________ Amy couldn't concentrate following day in school. Taiki, Yaten, and Seiya were keeping their distance from them as much as they could. Usagi didn't sleep through her classes like she normally did. Usagi sat at her desk, staring at the board ahead. Her mind's eye replayed what happened the night before. 'It still doesn't make sense! Seiya is a guy, not a girl! I have to talk to him. But how?' Usagi pondered. "Seiya-san," Ms. Haruna said, "Please come up to the board and do problem number five from your homework." Caught off guard, Seiya didn't respond. All he knew was that she had asked him to do something. "Seiya-san," Ms. Haruna said with more force and louder. "Ha ... hai?" said Seiya. "For the second time, go up to the board and do problem number five from last night's homework," Ms. Haruna repeated, annoyed. Slowly Seiya stood, grabbing his assignment, he walked to the chalkboard, where Ms. Haruna was impatiently tapping her foot. Numbly he scribbled some writing on the board, which was wrong. "You may sit down, Seiya-san. Clearly, you are now on the same chapter as the rest of us," Ms. Haruna sighed before she continued, "Mizuno-san, please fix this problem." At the mention of the name Mizuno-san, Ami broke out of her daze in time to hear the end of Ms. Haruna's instructions. Seiya walked back to his seat, on his way back he passed up Usagi. He wanted to talk to her, to explain the whole situation to her, yet he couldn't. Usagi saw the look in his eyes as he passed her. Why couldn't the other senshi understand? Couldn't she just talk to Seiya for a minute? Usagi's shoulder slumped. Things were never easy. _________________ Ami shook her head once more, glancing up at the clock only two minutes passed since the last time she checked. 'Two more minutes until class ends.' Earlier that morning, she spoke to Makoto, when class was dismissed for the day they would stick to Usagi like glue. Now the end of the day approached, the senshi were all to meet at the arcade, later Rei's shrine. Seconds continued to slowly tick by, seeming like an eternity to Ami. Taiki and Yaten monitored Seiya's movements, making sure he didn't take to Usagi. When the bell rang Seiya got up knocking over his books behind Usagi's seat. He bent down to pick them up as Usagi was picking up her own book bag. "Odango," Seiya said softly. Usagi slightly turned her head towards his direction and saw a small sheet of paper by her foot, that wasn't there a moment ago. Usagi quickly grabbed the scrap of paper before Ami approached. She stood up and faced Ami without a word. "Usagi, are you done with the CD I gave you a few days ago?" Naru asked. "No, I'll give it to you back soon, Naru-chan," Usagi said, with a sad smile. "Usagi, are you okay?" Asked an extremely concerned looking Naru. She took a few steps towards Usagi. "I'm fine Naru-chan," Usagi stammered. "Someone said they had a problem?" Umino butted in. "Not now, Umino," Naru said quietly to him, "If something wrong, Usagi you can tell me." "It's not that Naru-chan," Usagi was sinking fast, what was she suppose to tell her, 'hey Naru-chan, I'm the superhero Sailor Moon'? "Usagi-chan, we have to meet the others," Ami offered, trying to help Usagi out of her sticky situation. "I'll talk to you later tonight, okay Naru-chan?" Usagi asked. "All right," said Naru. "Ja ne, Usagi!" Naru called after Usagi as she walked out of the classroom with Ami. "Why won't you tell me what's wrong? Even since you became friends with Ami and the others you changed Usagi," Naru said quietly. _________________ Usagi wanted to read the note that Seiya have given her, but she couldn't. Not with Ami walking next to her. How was she going to figure out what he wrote? "Hey Ami-chan, wait up!" Makoto shouted behind them. Perfect. Ami started walking back towards Makoto. Usagi quickly took out the note and read it with her back turned to the two, then turned back to face them. They only a few feet away from her. As they approached she quickly disposed of the note in her pleaded skirt. Glancing at the large clock down tenth street, it read, 3:45. Usagi had a 1:15 minutes until her question about Seiya and the Starlights would be answered, but what was she to do in the mean time? "Usagi-chan, what were you looking at?" Makoto asked. "Nothing really," Usagi quickly said. "So . . . shouldn't we go and meet the others?" Usagi asked, changing the subject. "Usagi-chan's right," said Ami, "we don't want to be late." _________________ "I was starting to wonder if you're ever going to make it Usagi!" Rei retorted after waiting for them, for nearly ten minutes. "Usagi-chan stopped for some food, Rei-chan. Doko ni Minako-chan ka?" "I don't know. She's not here..." "Gomen! I'm late." "Yet," finished Rei. "Yet, what?" Minako asked, confused. She put down her bag on the title floor. With two quarters in her hands she said, "who wants to race?" "I will!" Usagi exclaimed leaping towards the seat next to Minako only to land flat on her face. Teardrops appeared besides Rei's, Ami's and Makoto's heads. They all sighed in unison. "One game, ok?" Makoto instructed the two. Silence. Both girls were starting at the screen waiting for the light to change from red. Yellow... Green! Minako slammed her foot down onto the gas petal picking up speed, while dodging the other racecar drivers. Usagi slowly put her foot down to accelerate, but her acceleration wasn't quick enough, Minako won. "Anyone else!" Minako asked looking at the group of girls before her. She hopefully searched their faces for another challenger. "Minako-chan, we have to be serious. We can't play at a time like this," said Luna. Minako turned around to find accompanied by Artemis behind her. "Isn't there a no cat's rule in here?" Minako teased. "Minako," Artemis warned. "Where is Chibi Usa-chan?" asked Artemis. "She was told to go home after school by my mom," Usagi said looking at her feet as the dangled to the floor from her seat. "What are we to do about Seiya, Yaten and Taiki?" Luna asked. Each girl wore a different expression on the subject at hand. After a few moments Makoto, Rei, Minako, Ami started to discuss they're dilemma. Usagi didn't say a word as the six talked. Images of her and Seiya at school, at lunch, and the battle from last night. Glancing up at the clock it read 4:52. 'Oh no!' Usagi's mind screamed at her. "I have to go, I can't be late!" explained Usagi. She quickly grabbed her book bag and headed for the exit of the Crown Arcade. "Usagi-chan, where are you going?" Makoto asked. Usagi didn't respond. She dashed out the door just missing someone. A small crumpled sheet of paper fell to ground as she jerked to her right, missing a mom yelling after her child, as she flew down the sidewalk. Quickly checking the street she crossed. Pausing on the median she waited for the traffic to calm. She passed. _________________ "I still don't like this, sitting and waiting," a young woman said to her companion next to her. "There isn't much we can do," a woman with aqua hair sad next to her. Glancing up towards the road ahead she shouted, "HARUKA, there's someone crossing the street!" The driver turned the steering wheel to the right, while her foot slammed on the brake. "Hold on Michiru, this going to be rough," Haruka said gripping the wheel, the car was skidding Michiru held on to the side door handle, prepared for the worst. Haruka turned the wheels to the left, and then back to the right, each turn gave her more and more control of the car, she repeated this motion until the car halted. Usagi slowly picked her head up to be faced with a yellow convertible. "Are you okay little one?" Haruka asked, leaving the drivers door open. She stood next to Usagi. "I... I'm fine. Gomen nasai, please forgive me. I...was in a hurry," Usagi stammered. "We could give you a ride so you won't be so late, ne?" Michiru said looking up at Haruka. Picking up her bag, Usagi said, "Doomo arigatoo gozimasu." Within a few moments they where gone. _________________ Usagi ran out of the arcade with the girls following her. (This what the inners where doing at them same time of the previous scene) Running to entrance of the Crown arcade, they four girls clobbered someone that was walking in. "Gomen nasai," Ami apologized for the group. "Mamoru-san?" Minako said surprised. "Did you see Usagi?" Rei asked. Car horns started to honk as a figure darted between them. Mamoru looked behind him to see what all the cars where honking about, to his horror, Usagi was crossing the street. "Usako." "USAGI!" "USAGI-CHAN!" Much to their relief, the car didn't hit Usagi as it swerved to the sides of lane until it stopped. Ami released her breath she had been holding, seeing Usagi unhurt. The driver of the vehicle came out of the car to check on her. A few seconds later Usagi was going in the car with them and left! "What is Usagi doing?" Rei shouted, "we have to follow them!" "Where's Mamoru-san?" asked Minako. "He was here a minute ago." _________________ Mamoru had picked up the scrap of paper that Usagi dropped, he would have given it back to her, but four girls ran into him. After Usagi drove off with the two strangers he looked at the paper. Odango, Meet near the lake at 5:00 today. I have a lot to explain to you. Seiya _________________ "Any reason you're in such a hurry?" Haruka asked Usagi. "I'm suppose to meet someone and I'm always late," Usagi replied, watching the streets zoom by. "Oh, excuse us, watakushi wa Kaiou Michiru des." "Watakushi wa Tennou Haruka des." "Watashi was Tsukino Usagi des." A small smile appeared on her lips noting that her and Haruka had used a formal way of introducing themselves, where as Usagi used an informal method. Noticing the school uniforms, Usagi asked, "What school do you two go to?" "Infinity, grade ten," Michiru politely responded. "Demo," Usagi started confused, "if you're in 10th grade, how can you drive?" "I...I received my license over seas," Haruka stammered. "Ah, here where we are Odango Atama." Getting out of the car Usagi bowed and thanked them for their help. Once Usagi was gone, Michiru said, "I sense something about her, she'll be a key part of the silence." Haruka nodded her head in agreement. _________________ At the park entrance, Usagi paused a moment to catch her breath before proceeding to the lake. Approaching the lake she slowed her pace, keeping an eye out for Seiya, or anyone else. The lake drew neared and neared, but Seiya wasn't there. Defeated, she slumped down on a park bench. "I don't believe it! I was nearly run over by a car on my way here, and now he's not here!" Usagi grumbled, her gaze shifted looking at her communicator. 'How am I going to explain this to the others tomorrow?' "I didn't think you'd ever get here Odango. You're only 25 minutes late," Seiya teased from behind her. Whipping her head around she happily said, "Seiya!" Taking a seat next to her, Seiya sat down. "Odango, I have a lot to explain to you. Let me explain then ask questions, okay?" "Okay," Usagi said. "I'm sure you realize that Taiki, Yaten and myself are not from your galaxy. Our home is far from here, a place called Kinmoku," said Seiya. "The reason why we're here is to find..." A red streak of light stopped Seiya in mid-sentence. Looking at the object embedded on the bench it could only be one person, Tuxedo Kamen. "Tuxedo Kamen-sama!" Usagi exclaimed. "You were suppose to stay away from them," Tuxedo Kamen angrily said. "Too bad she didn't listen." Hearing a voice behind him, Tuxedo Kamen turned around. "STAR SENSTIVE INFERNO!" White energy rocketed towards him and Usagi. Not wasting a moment, Tuxedo Kamen wrapped his arms around Usagi, lifting her up off the ground and of the way of the incoming assault. "Stop this!" Seiya yelled at Sailor Star Healer and Sailor Star Maker. "You should have listen to us yesterday too, Seiya," said Sailor Star Maker. "Our mission..." maker paused as a reddish butterfly flew across her face. The scent of the butterfly could be left by one person, their princess. "Masaka," Sailor Star Healer whispered. "She's close by some where," Sailor Star Maker said, observing the scenery hoping to see their princess close by. Seiya stood in the same spot, frozen. "Seiya, come on lets go!" insisted Sailor Star Healer. Seiya took a deep breath fingering his transformation item. "Fighter!" Warned Sailor Star Maker. Seiya numbly pulled out a star from his pocketing calling out, "FIGHTER STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!" Light flashed replacing Seiya with Sailor Star Fighter, without looking back she followed Healer and Maker. 'I'm sorry, Odango.' 'Was that who you're looking for Seiya?' Usagi thought. _________________ When Usagi came home she saw Luna waiting for her. "I talked to Mamoru-san," Luna said eyeing her, "and I talked to the other senshi, Usagi-chan, they request a meeting with you at Rei-chan's shrine ... why did you go against them?" "Seiya is different from the others, Luna. He started to explain where we was from and why he's here, but ... Tuxedo Kamen-sama showed up," explained Usagi. "Why are they here?" Luna immediately asked. "I don't really know, he didn't have time to say so, let's get to the shrine, and I'll explain it to everyone else too," Usagi said as a plan formed in her head. _________________ Haruka sighed, her hension wand rolled back and forth in her hands. Michiru sat down next to her and place her hand on her shoulder. Haruka looked up to see concern in Michiru's eyes. "Everything is becoming unbalanced, Haruka," said Michiru. "I know," Haruka said, her eyes go back to her hension wand before her. Looking back up at Michiru she searched for a response. "I think it is time we went work," Michiru said, pulling out a teal transformation wand similar to Haruka's. "The silence is closing in, we can't just sit here and wait anymore." _________________ "Faster Usagi-chan, everyone is waiting for you!" Luna insisted. "What's the big rush?" Usagi asked turning the corner running hard into someone. "Gomen nasai!" Usagi said as she slowly stood up, realizing it was Mamoru. "You didn't say why you didn't listen to the others, and stay away from those three," Mamoru commented. "It doesn't really matter," Usagi replied trying to go around him. She was going to be lectured by the others once she arrived at the shrine, she didn't want it to start so soon. "You should stay away from them," Mamoru warned. "You don't even know them!" whined Usagi. "I've seen how they act in battle, I've seen enough," Mamoru said, narrowing his eyes at Usagi. Usagi shook her head in disbelief. "You're not a part of my life anymore Mamoru," she paused. She continued to softly speak, "You're not my boyfriend, you don't talk to the senshi either, you don't understand what's going on, you're not a part of my life anymore." Usagi, using the moment of silence quickly darted past Mamoru. Inside her heart was shattering at the words she spoke, but it was for the better, Luna stood there in a trance like state. She didn't follow Usagi, she didn't move, she didn't blink. After the dazed moment passed, she ran quickly caught up with Usagi, missing the pained, and panicked look on Mamoru's face. 'Could I have truly taken that dream to far? Is it to late?' _________________ "I'm here ... " Usagi said when she entered the shrine. "You have a lot of explaining to do Usagi! Mamoru-san was just here and told us everything!" Rei said, glaring at Usagi. "It doesn't matter what Mamoru said," Usagi snapped. Makoto, Ami, Rei, and Minako gasped when they heard her call him Mamoru, instead of Mamo-chan. "He's no longer a part of this team, or is he a part of my life," Usagi announced. She paused looking at each of the four girls in front of her. "I won't be a part of this team either..." "But Usagi-chan!" Makoto interrupted. "I won't be a part of this team," Usagi continued, " ... until ... the Starlights are excepted as one of us. They are also Sailor Senshi. I briefly spoke to Seiya, before Tuxedo Kamen-sama showed up. They don't mean any harm. They're here in search of someone, and I'm going to help them find her," Usagi said getting up and leaving the temple. Makoto shook her head, "And we about to tell her that we accept the Starlights as our allies, and not our foes." _________________ "Hmm?" Her head darted up. How could this happen? She always watched everything so carefully. Why? Why did those three appear? It was not time and place for them ...but they where there. Glancing threw a large fogged mirror, dark clouds lined the skies of Crystal Tokyo, the future rapidly changing, soon the crystal palace would be no more. Something had to be done, and only she could accomplish it. Raising her staff she sighed, there was no turning back. _________________ Standing up, looking at the Earth, she smirked. "You can not out run me Kinmoku-hime, ever! This galaxy will me mine as well!" Evil laugher followed her thoughts... Anyone going to Anime Central Y2K at Arlington Heights, IL? Please e-mail if you are! ([email protected]) So you can meet yours truly! (gag) I figured out to get rid of my writer's block! Eat fruit cocktail, or sweet and sour chicken, listen to Every Little Thing, or Megumi Hayabashi. It's really late, and I don't want to bore you with authors notes, okay? I will try really hard to have the next part out soon. Minna-san any ideas where to go? 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