Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Change of Fate ❯ No place like home...? ( Chapter 2 )

Just forewarning Standard disclaimer. Sailor Moon is not mine, the idea and the show belong to people much richer than I. Please don't sue!

Dimmer however is mine.. of course if someone wants to use him or any of his transformations for ANY reason "thbbt" go ahead. You have my complete and total permission. I only request you tell me… Hell, I don't care if you don't tell me, it's not like I could find you anyway.

Warning: mild language, also this is my first fic. Maybe some lime sometime in the far future, but I seriously doubt it. Violent scenes, no worse than most action movies, but they actually sound worse when described…

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"Hey Amy, Did you here the news?"

"Hi Serena, what news?"

"They say the guy who smacked into downtown Tokyo was seen at my school!"

Amy laughed. She forgot to tell her friends about Dimmer, the fact that he fell out of the sky had pretty much evaporated in her mind until she thought about it. Usually she wouldn't forget something important like that, but after talking to Dimmer, he seemed so normal you tended to forget the abnormal things that brought him there. Of course, the fact he didn't like to be called sweet, or most other cute names, often would prefer to be part of the minority than any majority, and suddenly popped out with songs, bad puns, strange but funny words, (like aardvark), and meow for no apparent reason she could think of, well than again maybe falling from the sky wasn't the strangest thing he did. But it seemed all in character for him, it just seemed more or less like those are the things you should've always seen in Dimmer.

"Earth to Amy! Amy! Jeez Amy, snap out of it!"

"Oh sorry about that Serena what were you saying?"

"She was saying that she heard the young guy who fell from the sky was supposed to be a hunk."

"Oh Lita, when did you get here?"

"Sometime during your space out, what was that all about anyway?"

"Well, now that you bring it up, I know the young man who you two are talking about. Serena mentioning him just reminded me about him that's all."

"WHAT?!" Lita and Serena shouted together.

"You know him?" Serena wined closing on Amy from her right

"And you didn't tell us?" Lita said in the same tear-stained tone of voice, closing on Amy's left.

Amy smiled and blushed with a big sweat drop on the back of her head, "Sorry"

"Well your going to introduce us now right?" Serena said while smiling with an evil look in her eyes.

"Of course she is Serena, after keeping it from us all this time it would be the only proper thing for her to do." Lita was declaring it as if just trying to go against this thought would cost someone something dear. All Amy could do was let out a sigh.

"Wait a minute guys I forgot. I don't know where he lives." Amy stated just remembering this now, "The girls are right, I haven't even asked him anything about where he's staying! I really should try to find out a bit more how he's handling things. Of course I could swear I asked him that before..."

Needless to say both girls were steamed at her. "What?" Serena was saying, "Well than how did you meet? Are you close? Do you even know his name?"

"Yeah Amy, spill it"

"Ok here's how we met."

Cut scene. Please put long flashback here.

"And that's how I came to tutoring him."

"So he comes to your house for lessons and supper on Tuesdays and Wednesdays does he?"

"Yeah, but he hardly needs them anymore. It's only been about two weeks, and he has pretty much learned most of the language, so I've decided to move him on toward the kanji."

"Okay than it's settled." Lita said triumphantly.

"What's settled?"
"Simple," Serena offered, "we come over tomorrow to meet him, should we bring Rei?"

There was only one thing Amy could say and it was the word that Dimmer had gotten her used to of using, "Ugh".

In the background Lita was answering Serena's question. "Nuh-uh she has been searching the streets up and down thinking it must have been some kind of Nega-spy. She would probably pin one of those wards to his head before he says a word she's gotten that paranoid over this."

"Well we have to tell her sometime, she is starting to creep me out with all this X-files stuff."

"Of course we'll tell her, we'll just make our first impressions tomorrow, and invite her up the next night. That way she won't ruin our fist impressions with hers"

"Okay, sounds good. What time should we show up tomorrow, Amy?"

"Seven-ish probably" she sighed, at least that'll give me two hours to help him out with the kanji.

"Hello Dimmer, How are you today?""

"Not bad Aimes, Miss. Grant giving me that job really helped out! I also got a job offer at the arcade in the mall. I'm going in for an interview tomorrow."

"That's great news Dimmer! Do you think you'll be able to handle two jobs at once?"

"Well, I'm at least gonna give 'er a go"

"Well, we won't have a lot of time tonight so let's get started on the kanji"

"Kanji? Finally gonna teach me how to read huh?

"Yeah, but a few friends of mine have threatened my life if I don't introduce you to them."

"Why's that?"

"They want to meet the guy who caused a crater in down town Tokyo."

"You sure that's okay talkin' about to strangers?"

"Oh, don't worry about these girls, they know how to keep a secret."

"K Aimes, I trusts ya. Just tell me one thing. Are they cute?"

"Dimmer…"

"What?"

"Ugh"

"What I warn you about stealing my lines?"

"You can't warn me with anything. Keep trying Dimmer, but both you and I know you have nothing on me. "

"Dammit, are we going to get to work or what?"

"I swear, the only way I can get you to work is out do you in comebacks first."

"Well, you gotta admit, getting to work makes a quick subject change when the conversation stops going my way."

"Ugh… just open the book Dimmer."

2hrs. Later

So... this one means spirit huh? Cool."

A knock sounded at the door.

Amy got up and yawned. "Looks like my friends are here Dimmer, I'll get the door."

"Okay I'll just take this chance to raid your fridge."

"You know I think you and Serena are going to get along great" Amy laughed as Dimmer stuck his heads in her fridge. "I wonder if he will even come out of there in the next half an hour." Amy laughed to herself as she walked toward the door.

"Amy" An irritated Lita called from behind the door as she knocked impatiently. "Are you gonna keep us out here all night!"

Dimmer, never able to resist a jab, called out " That depends on how much you complain!"

"Dimmer!" Amy scolded while closing the fridge door on his head, " Come on in girls, don't mind him he's always like that" and opened the door for her friends.

Lita and Serena jumped in the door looking for the mysterious young man that had all of Tokyo looking for him. "So…?" Lita asked.

"Where is he?" Serena finished her friend's question for her.

"He's in the fridge where every other young male would be!" came a muffled call from Amy's kitchen. Amy just laughed as her friends scrambled over each other to be the first to see him. When they finally got into the kitchen all they could see was Dimmer's dirty jeans, and Dimmer's jean shirt, which looked like he slept in it. (He probably did, but they didn't know that).

"Hey" came the pathetic greeting from the guy who they went through all this trouble for.

"Umm… Hi!" Serena would not be perturbed. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew there had be something about this guy, as normal as he seemed, or well… other than his complete informal greeting to strangers that is. "My name's Serena," she stuck out her hand in the universal sign of friendship.

Dimmer finally looked up from Amy's fridge at this. The 5"5 blonde with pig-tails down to her ankles was holding out her hand to him. He smiled. "I'm not exactly sure who I am, but people have taken to calling me Dimmer" He took her hand "nice to meet you Serena".

Lita smiled and held out her hand as well, "Lita, and it's nice to finally meet you too. Amy's told us a bit about you, but has seemed to skipped out on a few things."

"Not possible" Dimmer took her hand too "Amy's not one to leave much out, if ya get her goin', but anything you missed I'll be glad to fill in, after all any friend of Amy's is a friend of mine."

"Oh" Serena said waving off Dimmer's curiosity about Amy leaving anything out, "Don't worry about it, she just forgot to ask where you're staying that's all."

"Oh, right I forgot to mention that didn't I, I live down by the park."

"But Dimmer" Amy spoke out looking thoughtful, "How can you afford an apartment down there? They're kind of expensive. If you don't mind me asking. Besides you must spend a lot of time down there if you learned all the words you said you learned down there."

" Uh… yeah" Dimmer laughed standing up straight, while scratching the back of his head growing a big sweat-drop. " Y...y...you could say that!"

"Dimmer. You only get like that when there's something you're not telling me, and you have only been in Tokyo about two weeks. You should not have that much to hide."

Lita, feeling a bit left out of the conversation, thought about how the topic itself was making him nervous. She wondered and decided all at once.

"Really Aimes, you know as much about me as I do!" Dimmer was saying.

"Well in that case" Lita interrupted while picking up her purse, "Why don't you show us your apartment? Me and Serena will have to go home that way anyway and I hear the apartments down that way are really something!"

"Ooo, YES! Please Dimmer?" Serena pleaded not catching on at all, but she did want to see one of those apartments.

"Well it… uh. It's kind of a mess right now."

"Nonsense Dimmer, if you've seen Serena's room you've seen a mess, and now I'm curious too." Amy caught Lita's hints right away.

Letting out a rather large sigh, Dimmer went to get his coat. "Okay but none of ya are gonna like it."
"Eh?! He's got a thing for jeans, doesn't he?" Lita whispered to Amy as Dimmer picked up his jean jacket and backpack.

"Yes, it seems so, but he doesn't have a lot of stuff either. He didn't have much money when he arrived, and he's struggling now." Amy whispered back.

"Ooh. Money's tight is it?" Serena said in an encouraging, loud voice. She went over and gave Dimmer a good pat on the back. "Well don't worry we'll do whatever we can to help right girls!"

Amy and Lita looked a little embarrassed as a sweatdrop formed on each of them as they smiled a nervous yes.

"Ha ha, that's great, no subtleties from you, eh Serena? That's good I thought everyone here was going to be like the prude over there." Dimmer laughed.

Amy laughed off his insult, knowing the joke for what it was, than stuck her tongue out at him.

"Oh now, I can be subtle when I wanna be", Serena said in a voice that sounded like it was holding something back. "But no more dawdling I want to see where you're staying, I can't be a good lot of help to you if I don't know where you live."

Dimmer smiled appreciative at her, " alright than, but don't say I didn't warn yas."

And so they went down toward the park talking about exactly what he remembered, and went through a few good jokes and a lot of bad puns. Seems he and Serena were trying to find out who would be the master of the most horrible puns ever known. Neither Amy nor Lita figured out who won, they were too busy groaning at the utter stupidity of most of them to pay too much attention.

When they arrived at the park Dimmer got everybody to keep their eyes closed for a few minutes as he took the blanket out of his bag and laid it neatly down on his bench. He threw a few things in the trash bin beside it, took out a flashlight and stood it up like a lamp, and placed his pillow on the side of the bench opposite to the trash. "Ta da, you can open you're eyes now." Dimmer said somewhat embarrassed by the circumstances.

The three opened their eyes to the most bedroom look-alike park bench any of them would ever see. Lita was the first to speak.

"You're kidding, right?"

Amy shook her head. "I figured as much. Why didn't you tell me, Dimmer?

"I'm telling ya now, does that count?" Dimmer replied a little sheepishly, not exactly sure what any of their reactions would be.

"Well… it does look a little cozy," Serena thought out loud

"Serena!" Lita shouted, "This is serious!"

"It isn't that bad" Dimmer whispered mostly to himself.

"Maybe not to some one who can't remember anything better, but I can quite easily say this is well below the poverty limit Dimmer." Amy was a little ashamed. The thought he would have no real place to live hadn't even crossed her mind.

"Quite right Amy," Serena said, putting a little force into her voice. " And I know exactly what to do!"

That earned her some raised eyebrows amidst Amy and Lita, and a puzzled glance from Dimmer. Serena just smiled with a look that she had everything figured out.

Endnotes: Hmmm… is this supposed to be some kind of Cliffhanger? Well I'm sure it ain't much of one. Can anybody guess what Serena came up with? ^^ no fair guessing for those who've read this somewhere else!

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