Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Awakening the Shadows ❯ Strangers in a Strange Land ( Chapter 3 )

20 miles outside of Tokyo/Earth

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Mayoko stood facing her friends at the main door of the ship, " We have landed at the appropriate coordinates, and the main computer's readings match the information compiled on Caleria. We won't have any problems breathing the atmosphere though it differs slightly from that of our home planets. The temperature is approximately ten degrees above the normal temp on Andronica during the busy season. Don't overdress. You'll be sorry.

As you can see we've landed in a very scarcely populated area, but according to what we know, the ones we have come to find are located in the nearest major city. A place called Tokyo. "

Nara twisted a thread between her fingers as she listened to Mayoko. ' I'm the Calerian princess; that should be me. ' The Galactic Council had concluded that Nara, though rightfully the leader in this type of situation, was too young to handle the responsibility. So they quickly briefed Mayoko, the eldest group member, and left her in charge. It was an insult, but Nara kept her mouth shut. They were having enough problems already without her adding to them.

" That's about it. Any questions? "

" How are we going to get to this Tokyo? " Aria asked.

" We'll have to walk. "

" Walk? Walk. How far away is it? "

" Approximately twenty miles. "

" Twen...ty? "

" Buck up little camper, " Mayoko smiled. " I promise it won't kill you. "

" I'm willing to make a little wager on that, " Nara grinned.

" Don't bother, " Aria slid a hand along her trim figure, " It's not that I'm out of shape or anything. I just prefer more stylish forms of travel. "

" Uh huh. Like suspension chambers? You still have bed head, " Nara burst out in laughter as her friend's jaw dropped. " You know I'm only joking. "

Aria flashed a smile, " I know. My hair is never less than perfect, " she swept a hand through the thick pink and white mane, " These locks don't know the meaning of bed head. "

" Enough you two. Can we get off this ship today? "

" Take it easy, Keridwen, " Mayoko said, " But we should get going. "

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' I don't want to be here. I want to go home. I want to see my baby brother again. ' Night had fallen nearly two hours ago and they were just reaching their destination. Aria stared at the blazing lights on the horizon. Even Caleria, the industrial center of their galaxy, could not boast such lights and buildings. You could barely see the stars in the sky.

Aria longed for the magnificent beaches and lush tropical forests of her home. Andronica was a resort planet, populated year-round by tourists from practically everywhere. Small luxury hotels and mini-homes provided a place to stay for visitors, but they were spaced out to provide maximum privacy and peace. But this, this nightmare of steel, glass, and lights frightened her to no end. Where could all those people hope to find peace in that mess?

" Well, this is it, " announced Mayoko as they strolled along the busy sidewalks.

" It's...amazing, " Nara gasped as she took in the people and traffic that buzzed noisily around them.

" That's not quite the word I would use. "

" But Aria, " argued Nara, " it's so different. You can just feel the life pulsating all around you! There's so many things here we've never seen, people we've never met and..."

" We get the point, " Keridwen cut her off. She found this new planet interesting but wasn't exactly impressed. It was quite disorganized, and she couldn't imagine how they kept any type of order. With a sigh she followed as Mayoko turned right and headed towards a building that seemed to reach the sky.

Khamiya turned her eyes to the concrete. People kept looking at them. She wondered if they realized that the six girls were from another galaxy. From what Meokan had told them before they launched, these people weren't even aware that life existed off their little chunk of rock. Rather ignorant of them to think that the gods had created an entire universe just for them. What a waste of space that would have been.

They made a turn and as they came around the bend they ran into a group of Earth teenagers." Watch where you're going, " yelled a blonde haired girl wearing green coveralls and a white tee shirt.

Keridwen narrowed her black eyes, " Rude, aren't you? "

" Wanna make something of it? " the girl snapped back while her dark haired companion snickered.

" You don't want to do this, " Mayoko cut in stepping between the two girls.

" And who the hell do you think you are, bitch? "

Stunned, Mayoko took a step back. No one had ever dared to speak to her in such a manner, but it went against her principles to attack someone that she knew would be defenseless.

Nara walked up to the other girl, " Would you just get over it? We have things to do. "

Without warning the blonde stepped forward and shoved Nara to the ground. " I ain't "getting over " shit. Your buddy should have watched where she was going. I'm not moving until I get an apology. "

Khamiya couldn't take any more and quickly moved to face the Earth girl. She raised a hand and laid it against her shoulder. A short blast of energy surged from Khamiya's hand, it was small enough not to be noticed but strong enough to knock the vulgar little brat to the ground.

" What the hell? " she stammered, " What did you do to me? " She was about to get back on her feet, but when she glanced up the violet haired girl's eyes were glowing. With a gasp her jaw dropped and she stayed right there on the ground.

" Let's go, " Khamiya murmured and motioned for the others to follow her.

When they were out of earshot Mayoko turned to Khamiya, " I know what you did back there, and I appreciate it. But you can't be doing those things so freely around here. These people won't understand, and that could get us in a lot of trouble. "

" I refuse to get pushed around by these little nothings. They can't do anything to us. And besides, Mayoko, we're entitled to defend ourselves. I don't care what galaxy we're in. "

Mayoko sighed as the other girl moved ahead. In a way she had to agree. Those girls had shown them no respect at all, and they may have resorted to violence. Besides, Khamiya didn't actually hurt the Earthling, merely taught her a quick lesson in manners. Mayoko could barely suppress the smile that tried to cross her lips.

Sometimes she really wished that she could be more aggressive, but it really wasn't in her nature. Keridwen always spoke her mind without a hint of hesitation, and when it came down to it Khamiya did whatever was necessary...sometimes to an almost harsh extent. But Mayoko had always possessed a mild temper and dislike for confrontation. When the Dark Kingdom attacked she could fight just fine, fire an attack here and there, but when there was a battle to be fought either Keridwen or Khamiya took the lead. They jumped in head first without any concern for the consequences while Mayoko sat back and waited to see what would happen.

Aria leaned over to Luriel, " Do you think that everyone on this planet is like those girls?"

" I hope not, but it is possible. Meokan couldn't supply any information on what the people of Earth are like. The possibility of these defenders helping us is based only on asumption at this point. "

" How are we going to know who they are. "

Luriel paused thoughtfully before she answered, " Mayoko must know. I hadn't thought to ask her previously. "

" Do you think we should go find out. "

" No. I have faith that the others wil let us know when the time comes. "

" Alright, if you say so. " Aria was becoming increasingly uneasy about the whole situation. If the people they were looking for were anything like those teenagers, there was no way that they were going to get the help they needed to fight the Dark Kingdom. And if they didn't then their galaxy was history.

Mayoko fell into step beside Keridwen and pulled a piece of paper from her pocket, " According to this we should make a right turn at that building up ahead, walk about five blocks then make another right. The house is the third on the right. "

" That looks right to me. Have you given any thought on how we're going to approach them? What if the information we have is incorrect. We can't risk revealing our identities to the wrong people. "

" We have to take the chance. This is the only thing we have to go on right now, and our time is limited. I don't care for the method much myself, but our options are few. "

Khamiya stopped dead in her tracks causing the others to halt as well, " There's some kind of commotion up ahead. "

" Let's go check it out, " Nara exclaimed and took off running