Once upon a broken memory - A sailor Moon ficcy

[Inu]

Wow it's been a while since I've written one of these.
'Tis not a one-shot, so I guess this goes here?
Look! Finally a ficcy that isn't Naruto X3

Part 1

Pain...

That was the only sensation the young woman could feel throughout her entire body. That, and the small hint of despair that caused a single tear to escape her half-lidded eyes. It was not despair for herself though, no. She did not care that her entire body was bruised and broken, physical wounds would heal over time.

Her suffering was for the young woman who lay beside her, her body limp. She was not dead, that much was known to her. Her companion was simply asleep, the day’s events having drained all the energy from her body. When she awoke she might feel the slightest pain and exhaustion, but it was nothing that should bring worry.

Fighter cried because it had been her fault the young woman was unconscious. Her long, beautiful blonde hair was messed, dirt covered, her soft lips pulled down into a frown. Even in sleep she was worried.

“Odango...” the nickname came out as a chocked sound from Fighter’s cracked, dry lips. Her eyes once again began to water as she saw the wounds that had been inflicted on the other, her dress ripped and her body curled into a protective ball.

Even though the slightest movement sent a searing pain throughout her entire body, the dark haired female slowly and painfully reached out toward the blonde. She nearly pulled away in horror at the coldness of the girl’s skin as her fingers came in contact with her cheek. She didn’t move though, knowing that the other was simply drained of energy. It was nothing to worry about... At least, that was what she kept repeating to herself.

What would she do, if it turned out things were not as ok as they seemed? A lot could happen in a few hours and Fighter was sure she would shatter if something ever happened to her Odango... her Usagi...

Where were the others? Why had there been no one to help them? Everything was foggy, she couldn’t think straight, like there was something she was forgetting. What it was though, completely eluded her.

She shook her head. Whatever it was she had forgotten, it couldn’t be any more important than helping the blonde beside her.

Slowly sitting up, she gritted her teeth as a shooting, continuous pain shook her entire being. She would endure this though, she had to. “I’m sorry Odango,” her voice was barely over a whisper, that being all she could manage at that time.

Usagi’s eyes flittered open softly just as Fighter was wrapping her arms around her. She tried to speak, but she couldn’t find any energy. It was a wonder she was able to keep her eyes open at all.

“I hope... If ever we meet again...” Fighter spoke into her ear, confusing the blonde. What did she mean by that?

With every last fibre of strength she had, Usagi lifted her arm to try and show the other female that she was awake, but just before she could make contact with the other, her next words stopped her.

“...That you’ll be able to forgive me,” the words were softly spoken, and Usagi could feel the regret that seeped into them. That was not all though, she could feel something ominous in Fighter’s words, though she couldn’t figure out why.

She opened her mouth to once again try and speak. “Wha-” She wasn’t able to finish her question as her eyelids suddenly became heavy once again, her body no longer under her control. She could feel the blackness trying to drag her back into a slumber, but no matter how hard she tried to fight against it, it had begun to swallow her whole.

“SEIYA!" the heartbroken scream rang through nowhere but her own mind. Even if she had no idea why her heart felt so betrayed as she once again slipped into an unconscious state...

*****

“Urgh, five more minutes...” Usagi mumbled as she pulled her bunny patterned covers over her head as she tried to block out the sun’s rays that seeped through her bedroom window.

She stayed like that for a few seconds before shooting straight up, glancing at her alarm clock and letting out a shriek when she got sight of the time. “I’m late!” she cried as she jumped from the bed, quickly slipping out of her nightgown and into her high school uniform. “Why did no one wake me?!”

The cat lying at the foot of her bed yawned, opening one eye to watch the frantic blonde. “Usagi, you do realise...”

“Sorry Luna, we’ll talk later!” she cut off her feline companion before she could give her the warning she had wanted.

Luna quickly jumped down from the bed, following Usagi as she ran from the room. “But Usagi!” her call rang out on deaf ears though as the blonde had already run down the stairs and into the kitchen.

She frantically looked around for her lunch, but was horrified to find nothing. “How am I supposed to survive without food?!” she sulked, still panicked. Glancing at the clock above the kitchen table though, she forgot about food momentarily and just ran toward the door. “I can always steal something off Mako-chan!” she nodded triumphantly.

“Quiet down Baka,” a male voice stopped her in her tracks as she turned to see her younger brother Shingo begin laughing.

Usagi just glared at him, at first wondering what the heck was so funny, then wondering why he wasn’t at school yet. “What’re you laughing at?” she huffed, getting impatient. She really had to get going...

“Oh nothing, you just must really love school,” he chuckled, only to get a blank, confused stare from his older sister. “Seeing as how it’s Saturday and all.”

Usagi felt something drop then, and she mentally slapped herself. Of course it was Saturday... “I knew that!” she stuck her tongue out at him, pushing past him back to the stairs. “I was just practicing,” she blew a raspberry at him before running back up to her room.

“I tried to warn you,” Luna told her, stretching out her body.

The blonde just rolled her eyes. “Yeah well, at least now I can go back to sleep,” she flopped back on to her bed, hugging her pillow as she closed her eyes.

“But I thought you were going to meet the others today?” Luna told her, pawing at one of the blonde’s Odango shaped buns.

She shot up once again, startling the cat. “I’m late!” she cried out for a second time that morning.

*****

“Where is she?” a raven haired young woman tapped her foot impatiently as her eyes scanned the crowds, looking for a familiar blonde.

A blunette looked up from the book she had been reading, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “I’m sure she isn’t far,” she tried, knowing that the usual amount of time had passed that they would spend waiting for their friend.

“Ami’s right,” a taller girl shrugged, leaning against one of the poles on the street, her brown hair tied back in a ponytail. “She’s always late, you should be used to waiting for her by now.”

Rei just groaned. “It doesn’t matter if she’s always late, I’m still going to be mad when she doesn’t show up on time!”

The other blonde of the group just laughed at this. “You need to learn to relax a little,” Minako just grinned.

“I’m plenty relaxed!” Rei argued, ready to start an argument.

Makoto cut her off though, spotting the person who had almost started the argument without even being there. “Found her!” the brunette told the others and they all stopped to watch Usagi come running towards them, obviously out of breath.

“Gomen!” she called out as she drew closer, taking a deep breath when she finally stopped in front of the other girls. “I thought it was Friday and ended up getting dressed in my school uniform,” she scratched her head nervously, giving them an apologetic smile.

Minako just hugged their already forgiven friend as Rei just sighed. She was never able to stay mad at Usagi for too long. “It’s fine! You still made it and- Yaten! Taiki!” the other blonde had begun, only to spot two familiar figures.

“Did you come to join us today?” Ami blinked, mostly speaking to Taiki. She hoped they would be, as did the other girls by their obvious interest at the new arrival’s answer to the question.

Taiki shook her head. “Unfortunately not. We only came to ask a question,” she answered, getting disappointed looks from all five girls.

“Have you seen Seiya?” Yaten spoke up, getting straight to what she wanted to know.

Before any of the others could speak, Usagi answered, a confused look on her face.

“Who?”

[Hime Arai]

._.
This...makes me actually consider liking Sailor moon. Especially because you know I hate it.
A lot.
EXTREME HATE.
I will laugh if I try it again and like it. ._.

[Inu]

Yay! Conversion is the best X3

The original jap dub really is a lot better than the english. 4kids just killed it.

[Inu]

Part 2

“Who?”

The word that left Usagi’s lips was simple, but it held a greater meaning than just a simple question.

Minako let out a laugh, patting the other blonde’s back. “Aww, c’mon Usagi. Did you guys have a fight or something?” she laughed, thinking that her friend was simply angry at the missing starlight. Maybe she had finally gotten sick of her adopted nickname.

The other girls didn’t pay attention to Usagi, thinking more about the fact that Yaten and Taiki were desperate enough that they had come to ask them for help. “Is something wrong?” Makoto questioned as studied the face of the two girls that stood before their group. They seemed to be generally worried, and that was never a good sign, especially from Yaten, who usually never truly showed what she was feeling.

Rei was doing the same, and for the first time she noticed that neither of them were in their male disguises, actually wearing clothes made for women for once. Usually that would make her curious, but now all she thought was that they needed to get out without being recognised. She stayed quiet though, wanting to hear their explanation.

What were they doing looking for Seiya? The last time any of them, excluding Usagi, had seen the dark haired starlight, was when all three of the idols had been together.

Yaten and Taiki looked between themselves, obviously more distressed by the blonde’s question then any of the scouts. “Her too?” Taiki mumbled to the silver haired female beside her, only earning a frown in response.

“Too?” Usagi wondered, looking from the girls before her, too Minako. “And what are you talking about? Who’s Seiya?”

This seemed to strike alarms in the scout’s minds. She wasn’t joking. Usagi really had no idea who they were speaking about. They had been so close though, something bad had to have happened.

“What’s going on?” Rei demanded, staring straight at Yaten. Her expression demanded an answer, and she would get one.

Yaten just glared in response. She didn’t like that look. It was like the raven haired young woman before her thought she was in control, that she was the boss of her. She was about to tell her that they’d explain when they wanted to, when Taiki put a hand before her to stop her.

“We have to talk,” she nodded. She was glad to see that the others seemed to know exactly who they were searching for. What worried her was Usagi. How could the strongest of them have been effected? This was bad, especially since the blonde was their only link to Seiya at the moment. She had been the one she’d gone to see before she’d gone missing.

“Alright, but can we do it somewhere else?” Usagi butted in, everyone turning to look at her. A strange sound broke the silence and she just laughed. “I’m starving.”

*****

The seven girls all sat down at one of the tables in the restaurant section of CROWN, silently looking between themselves. The scouts were just staring at the starlights, waiting for an explanation while the two girls just tried to think of where to begin explaining.

Taiki sighed, and opened her mouth to begin explaining, but it was the silver haired girl who spoke first, sick of the silence. “Seiya,” she started, looking between the others, specifically at Usagi who still had no idea who they were speaking about. “...Doesn’t exist.”

“Excuse me?” Minako just blinked at the silence that followed that sudden confession. So what was she? Some kind of illusion? Or even the transformation of something else? She felt dizzy as a number of explanations spun through her mind.

“What she means is,” Taiki continued, also having an eye on Usagi as she ordered something to eat. Everyone else was too wrapped up in trying to hear what the hell they were talking about when their friend asked if they wanted anything to eat. “To everyone but us, and you, Seiya never existed. She was never a member of the Three Lights, and no one has ever even heard of her,” her voice became softer with each word, but the girls heard everything she was saying.

Four heads snapped around to look at the blonde who sat at the edge of teh table, mumbling something about her food taking too long. “You mean Usagi...” The blunette who had been quiet up until then tried, attempting to understand all of this. It made no sense, but really, what had made any sense in their lives since they had discovered their destinies?

“Seems to be affected as well,” Taiki nodded slowly.


“But what does this all mean?”

Yaten glared at nothing in particular, crossing her arms over her chest. “It means that something’s gone wrong. We’ve never seen anything like someone’s entire existence being erased. Whoever caused this has to be powerful with either a grudge against Seiya, or is trying to pick us off one by one,” she spoke, her hands balling into fists.

Something was definitely wrong. None of them had ever seen Yaten this distressed. “What are we going to do?” Usagi spoke up.

Yaten blinked. “You were actually listening?” she raised an eyebrow.

The blonde nodded, her expression was serious. “I still have no idea who you’re talking about, but from what you’ve said it sounds like this Seiya is a friend, and it makes me sad to think I’ve forgotten a friend,” she explained. Her speech would have seemed so much more inspiring if she hadn’t been shoving French fries into her mouth every two words.

Rei stood up slowly, everyone looking toward her as she did. “Meet me at the shrine in an hour,” she told the group, walking off as if she were in a hurry before any of them could answer.

*****

“Is there anything I can get you?” Rei’s grandfather popped his head into the room, looking from his granddaughter to the giant fire that burned before her as she sat on the wooden floor, her eyes closed, chanting to herself.

Rei didn’t open her eyes, but stopped her chanting for a few seconds. “Not now grandpa,” she told the old man quickly, resuming her previous motions.

“Ok then,” he nodded, popping his head back out the door and leaving her to do whatever she was doing.

Rei opened one eye softly to glance into the fire, nothing popping out at her. She could feel sweat beading on her forehead, not from the heat of the fire, but from how hard she had been working to get some kind of sign.

She blew a stray strand of hair from her face, before just pulling a string from the fold of her miko outfit that she would use as a pocket, pulling her hair together and trying it up, making sure to sure not to leave any hair hanging in her face.

“I must be doing something wrong...” she muttered to herself, trying to figure out a different approach. She had been thinking of Seiya when chanting, but if teh starlight no longer ‘existed’ then maybe she had to think outside of the box.

She still didn’t get it. How could Seiya have completely been erased? It didn’t make any sense. Neither did the fact that they were still able to remember the dark haired female, yet Usagi, the one who had the strongest bond with her, couldn’t.

She closed her eyes, placing her hand over them as she let out a soft sigh. She couldn’t give up yet though, they had to know what kind of enemy they were going to have to face, they had to know something. Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes again, but what she saw wasn’t the burning flames she was so used to.

The room was dark, but Rei could hear a wicked laughter in the background. It was a male voice, but that was all she could make out. A light flashed for a second, before the entire room once again faded to black. She had only needed that split second to see what the light had revealed though.

“Serenity..." The word hadn’t been spoken by herself, by Rei could hear it ring throughout the darkness.”

Her hands shook as she once again was simply staring into the fire that had begun to die out as it burned the last of the wood it was feeding on. It didn’t occur to her at that moment that her flames never usually died out by themselves, they would keep burning until she would put them out herself.

She had to speak to the others. She needed to tell them what she had seen. “This isn’t good,” she whispered, the fire giving one last struggle to stay lit before blowing itself out.

[Inu]

Part 3

“What happened?” Ami asked, studying Rei’s features. The miko looked distressed, and none of them really knew what had happened.

They had all shown up at the shrine an hour later like Rei had told them. Even Usagi had shown up on time, and the outer senshi had joined them after a call from Minako. Yet since they’d arrived, no one had really spoken other than in greeting, and Rei telling them to come inside. Her grandpa had come in earlier to leave them a plate of cookies, but from then they’d all just sat in silence, looking between each other trying to guess what had happened and nibbling on the cookies.

Rei sat at the end of the table, silent as she seemed to stare at nothing in particular. Ami sat to her left, Makoto beside her. On her right Minako and Usagi sat, scarfing down the cookies. The outer senshi stood just outside the room, listening in. Michiru and Haruka were standing beside each other, Hotaru standing in front of them with Michiru’s hand on her shoulder. Setsuna was questioning the remaining Starlights as they waited.

They all waited in silence for an answer, but the raven haired young woman wasn’t sure where to begin. She had had visions which worried her before, but something felt different about this one. And then there was that voice. Who had it belonged to, and what did they want with Serenity?

She glanced toward Usagi. If it wasn’t enough they had to worry about what happened to Seiya, but now they would have to keep a closer watch over their princess too.

“Rei?” Usagi blinked, wondering why she was being stared at.

The miko shook her head, taking a deep breath before finally opening her mouth to speak. “We’re in trouble,” she told them, her expression dark.

“Like we didn’t know that already?” Yaten scoffed, rolling her eyes. This earned a glare from Rei, and for once the silver haired starlight shut up, actually in fear for her life at that moment.

“As I was saying...” she continued, moving her gaze from Yaten back to the rest of the girls. “There’s... something out there. And it’s after Serenity,” she paused for a moment as a couple of the girl’s gasped, but all eyes turned towards Usagi who just looked shocked. “I still don’t know how this involves Seiya,” this earned a groan from Yaten, while Taiki sighed. “But I saw something...”

“Could it be chaos?” Makoto interrupted. “We’ve already seen that it takes a lot to get rid of it. Maybe it wasn’t really destroyed...”

Minako shushed her, wanting to hear what Rei had seen, but now the thought of Chaos re-emerging had nestled its way into all of the senshi’s minds. “What did you see?”

“Ruins...” Rei’s spoke in an ominous tone. Ruins? No one could understand why that was so bad. She had seen ruins before hadn’t she? “At first, I thought it was the moon kingdom. It didn’t look like Earth,” she explained.

“What was it then?” Michiru asked softly. She probably one of the most concerned. How was it that she hadn’t gotten a single sign? The first she had known of anything being wrong was when Minako had called for them.

Hotaru sighed, she had thought it would be something like this, but she had hoped it had only been a horrible premonition and nothing more. But then again, she was the senshi of ruin... “It was the Earth, wasn’t it? Or, what was to be Crystal Tokyo,” she spoke up, projecting an image that came into her mind, Haruka placing a hand on her free shoulder as she did so. They still couldn’t take the chance that her powers could go out of control.

It was the exact Ruins the Rei had seen in her vision, but now that she had been able to get a longer look at it, she could tell it really was the earth. It was different though. They could see signs of the city they knew now, but at the same time there were small sections of what they now knew to be the beginnings of Crystal Tokyo, or rather, the Crystal Palace.

The youngest senshi wasn’t able to keep that projection up for long though, and it soon dimmed, before fading away. “How could this have happened...?” Ami wondered, glancing toward Setsuna. She was the guardian of time, she had to have some idea.

She shook her head. “Nothing is ever set in stone, the future changes with every thought a person has,” she explained.

“Where’s Luna and Artemis?” Ami spoke up, looking for the two felines.

“Researching,” Minako answered, getting a few looks. “You know, trying to find out about Seiya. If we can remember him, surely there are other people?” she finished in more of a question than an explanation.

“That would make sense,” Haruka nodding, speaking up for the first time. Really, she didn’t care if they never found the missing starlight, but she had agreed to go along with this anyway, but only because the missing girl could be connected to this new enemy, and that was the only reason.

A cough interrupted them, and everyone turned to see Luna and Artemis standing at the doorway. “How’d it go?” Yaten asked, actually speaking in a softer tone when she addressed Luna.

The purple cat shook her head. “We weren’t able to find anything on the internet, or any old newspapers,” she told them, earning sighs throughout the group.

Artemis nodded. “Even in photos, it’s like she’s been erased from them,” he explained. Producing photos he had been carrying. Everyone still had no idea where these cats hid those things, or how they carried them.

The girls around the table all picked up a couple of photos, Yaten and Taiki also leaned over to grab a couple. Some of them looked fine, like there was only ever supposed to be one person in the picture, or Yaten and Taiki by themselves. But others were strange. There was a picture they had taken sneakily of Haruka and Seiya arguing. Now it was only a picture of Haruka seeming to argue with herself. Another was supposed to be Minako with her arm wrapped around Seiya’s neck, pulling her over for the photo, but again, there was no dark haired female. “She’s just... gone,” Makoto breathed, shaking her head.

“Actually,” Luna spoke up, patting something on the floor with her paw. Usagi blinked, reaching over to pick it up. “Who’s this?” she asked, looking over the photo.

Minako snatched it from her. “IT’S SEIYA!” she shouted and the others all practically ran to see the picture, excluding Mamoru and the outer senshi. Even Yaten was quick to get there.

“But... how?” Taiki wondered, her eyes wide.

“We don’t know. But this is the only real proof we could find of Kou Seiya’s existence,” Luna told them.

Minako handed the picture back to Usagi. “So where do we go from here?” she wondered, and everyone began to think of a strategy. Everyone except for Usagi, who was staring at the picture of the male disguised Seiya with an arm wrapped around her shoulder, winking, while she smiled and flashed the peace sign.

*****

Darkness shrouded the entire... room? She couldn’t tell it was that dark, and no matter how many times she blinked, or just tried to stare into the darkness her eyes didn’t adjust. “Where am I?” even though her voice was soft it echoed through the entire place.

She didn’t like this place. She didn’t like that she was pretty much blind, that she couldn’t see where she was, or what surrounded her. She hated that she couldn’t tell if something was making her way toward her, getting ready to attack.

She couldn’t even tell if her eyes were opened or closed, but then, she saw something... gold? She strained her eyes, trying to see what it was. Whatever it was, it was coming closer.

Now she could see. It wasn’t gold, but blonde... blonde hair. It couldn’t be? Could it? She had no idea where she was, how would the other be able to find her?

The figure drew closer and she could tell it wasn’t who she had first thought, but rather a man. He was tall, taller than her, with short blonde hair and gentle blue eyes. Eyes that seemed so familiar to her. His expression was far from gentle though, his lips pulled into a smirk, and though his eyes seemed kind, they also had a flickering darkness in them.

He laughed suddenly, making her jump. She hadn’t expected that. “What’s so funny?” she looked the male over, taking a defensive stance.

He cocked his head, staring straight into her eyes and sending a shiver down his spine. “You sure do cause a lot of trouble for such a small thing,” he looked her over.

“I’m not small. Who the hell are you?” she frowned, averting her eyes. For some reason she couldn’t look straight at him.

“All will be revealed in due time,” he chuckled. Damn she hated all that mysterious crap.

She glared at him. “What do you want with me?”

“You’ll see, dear Seiya. You’ll see...”

[Hime Arai]

[Inu]

Is that a good or bad thing? ._.

[Hime Arai]

It's a good thing. Maybe I should start Sailor Moon *e_e* again.

[Inu]

Do eeeeeeeeeeeettt

[Hime Arai]

NUUUUU DX I'M FIGHTING THE UUUURRRGGGGEE

[Inu]

DOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT!!! I reccomend the S season or the Stars season. But you should start from the begining. In sub, not dub.

[Hime Arai]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWR I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MANGA

[Inu]

AHHH! REEEEEEEAAAAAADDD EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTT IT'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD

[Hime Arai]

....
That was weird. Don't do it again.

[Inu]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.............. Ahem, I mean. Ok