Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Before The Dawn ❯ I Remember When I Sleep - Ch1 ( Chapter 1 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: HimeVenus 
Book 1 - Chapter 1 - or Before The Dawn
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Angst / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.24.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 227 | Status: Completed
Book 1 - Chapter 1 - or Before The Dawn
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Angst / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.24.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 227 | Status: Completed
I Remember when I sleep
By Michi-chan
Minako's screams were too much to bear. He couldn't take it much longer and soon he had given up and leaped out the window. Sighing with relief in the silence of the night Artemist wondered along the wall, waiting for the noise to quiet down. Almost every night after the defeat of Galaxia Minako had been having nightmares. She would scream and cry and thrash around in bed and no matter how hard he tried he could never wake her.
Minako would work herself so hard that she would slip into deep slumber every night and tap into the deepest, darkest parts of her subconscious mind. When that happened, Artemist was helpless. When he asked her what she dreamed she would claim that she could not remember.
"I really don't know Artemist. I try to remember, but when I do... I feel sick to my stomach and I stop trying," she had told him the other day.
Silence in the night. The screams stopped. His soft, white ears perked up and listened carefully before he climbed back through her window. His small paw bumped into her Sailor V compact and he smiled, remembering the day she became Sailor V. She was still recharging the compact in the moonlight. He padded over to her bed carefully as she mumbled something in her sleep. Spiked with curiosity he came closer to the sleeping mass of golden hair.
"K... no..." Minako whispered, her voice strained.
"Minako?" He came closer and lay his head down next to hers.
"Don't.... Artemist ...you ... promised..." Artemist froze. "Ku.... died.... I....." she continued. Suddenly something in his mind snapped. A wall that he had been trying to keep up. A wall that held back his most inner memories. Memories he wanted to forget.
In a flash he darted out the window and raced along the sleeping city streets. The sounds of party goers and club hoppers surrounded him as he dodged feet and cars. He finally reached a set of apartment buildings and walked up to the door. Locked, it figures. He looked up to the balcony on the third floor and the tree beside it. He climbed the tree and came out on the balcony on the second floor. He then unsheathed his claws and scaled the wall. Normally he would have waited till morning and would never scale the wall, but desperate times call for desperate measures. He breathed a sigh of relief when he climbed onto the balcony. Then he started to scratch at the glass door, meowing loudly. In a few moments his call was answered and Mamoru opened his slide door.
"What the- Artemist?" sleepy eyed and confused her moved so that the white tomcat could come in and closed the door behind him.
"Sorry Mamoru," he huffed, still trying to catch his breath. "I didn't mean to come so late, but it's really urgent."
"What is it," Mamoru's mind jumped. "Is Usagi ok?" He panicked then relaxed a little when the cat shook it's head.
"It's Minako, she's... going through a memory relapse."
"A Memory relapse? She' remembering things from the Silver Millennium?"
"Yes, but..."
"What is it? What's so bad?" Mamoru sat down on his couch and Artemist joined him. "You remember, don't you?"
"Unfortunately. You see Minako, had a bad life during that time, it's a long and complicated story. But that is besides the point. I'm sure her counterpart from her past will also be awakening soon."
"So what does that have to do with me? Do I know her or something?" Mamoru asked. Artemist nodded.
"More than you think. He's one of your generals, your protectors from the past earth."
"What?" Mamoru's shoot up and paced the floor. Then he paused. "Which one?"
"I..." Artemist stopped and thought for a while. "I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"My memories... I know Minako. This needs to be kept a secret." Mamoru frowned. He didn't like to keep things from Usagi, especially when it involved one of her friends. This entire setup had disaster written all over it, but how could ne not promise to keep this a secret when the cat had that pathetically pleading look on it's face. Mamoru sighed and ran a hand through his ruffled jet black hair.
"Fine, what do you want me to do?" Artemist smiled.
"I know you still keep in contact with your generals through their stones. If Minako could talk with the man in question then maybe she can put these nightmares behind her." Mamoru sat down and thought carefully about the times he had had to contact his generals. It wasn't hard for him, but for Minako... He never saw her as an overly serious person. Sure she could get down to buisness like the rest of them, but she was still just as ditzy and childish since they first met. In his mind, while the others matured Minako stayed the same.
"I can pull it off... it it'll take a lot of energy... Minako going to have to be completely serious about this." Artemist nodded, but inside he flinched. He knew what people thought of Minako. He had thought the same thing when he first saw, getting yelled at by the teacher and stuffing food in her mouth. However, after the years he spent with her he discovered that Minako was a great actress and she hid so much from everyone that it was painful to watch her go on. Another memory came at that moment.
*Start Flash Back*
~Silver Millennium~
"How long-" Artemist braced himself. "Are you-" he held his breath. "Going to drag-" He planted his feet more firmly in the ground. "This out?" He almost stumbled back and he held up his arms to block one of Sailor Venus's killer kicks. They had been practicing her moves for almost an hour now and he had asked that question for the third time. Minako said nothing as usual. She hadn't always been that way.
"Minak-oof!" Artemist, caught off guard fell back on his back and his head on the ground. He cursed and sat up rubbing a bump that was beginning to form under his white hair. He sat up on his knees as Minako started down at him with those cool eyes. She was worried, he could feel it even if it didn't show on her face.
"I'm fine Minako, really..." his voice trailed off. There was something else in her eyes.
"Artemist, tell no one. Please... I promised I-" he held up a hand to cut her off, shaking his head.
"Say no more. I'm my fault, I should have realized how much this means to you." He smiled and Minako's eyes softened. "I promise." She nodded and turned her back on him. He started to get up, but paused when she said his name softly.
"But if I could, I'd smile all the time. I'd always be happy."
*End Flash Back*
By Michi-chan
Minako's screams were too much to bear. He couldn't take it much longer and soon he had given up and leaped out the window. Sighing with relief in the silence of the night Artemist wondered along the wall, waiting for the noise to quiet down. Almost every night after the defeat of Galaxia Minako had been having nightmares. She would scream and cry and thrash around in bed and no matter how hard he tried he could never wake her.
Minako would work herself so hard that she would slip into deep slumber every night and tap into the deepest, darkest parts of her subconscious mind. When that happened, Artemist was helpless. When he asked her what she dreamed she would claim that she could not remember.
"I really don't know Artemist. I try to remember, but when I do... I feel sick to my stomach and I stop trying," she had told him the other day.
Silence in the night. The screams stopped. His soft, white ears perked up and listened carefully before he climbed back through her window. His small paw bumped into her Sailor V compact and he smiled, remembering the day she became Sailor V. She was still recharging the compact in the moonlight. He padded over to her bed carefully as she mumbled something in her sleep. Spiked with curiosity he came closer to the sleeping mass of golden hair.
"K... no..." Minako whispered, her voice strained.
"Minako?" He came closer and lay his head down next to hers.
"Don't.... Artemist ...you ... promised..." Artemist froze. "Ku.... died.... I....." she continued. Suddenly something in his mind snapped. A wall that he had been trying to keep up. A wall that held back his most inner memories. Memories he wanted to forget.
In a flash he darted out the window and raced along the sleeping city streets. The sounds of party goers and club hoppers surrounded him as he dodged feet and cars. He finally reached a set of apartment buildings and walked up to the door. Locked, it figures. He looked up to the balcony on the third floor and the tree beside it. He climbed the tree and came out on the balcony on the second floor. He then unsheathed his claws and scaled the wall. Normally he would have waited till morning and would never scale the wall, but desperate times call for desperate measures. He breathed a sigh of relief when he climbed onto the balcony. Then he started to scratch at the glass door, meowing loudly. In a few moments his call was answered and Mamoru opened his slide door.
"What the- Artemist?" sleepy eyed and confused her moved so that the white tomcat could come in and closed the door behind him.
"Sorry Mamoru," he huffed, still trying to catch his breath. "I didn't mean to come so late, but it's really urgent."
"What is it," Mamoru's mind jumped. "Is Usagi ok?" He panicked then relaxed a little when the cat shook it's head.
"It's Minako, she's... going through a memory relapse."
"A Memory relapse? She' remembering things from the Silver Millennium?"
"Yes, but..."
"What is it? What's so bad?" Mamoru sat down on his couch and Artemist joined him. "You remember, don't you?"
"Unfortunately. You see Minako, had a bad life during that time, it's a long and complicated story. But that is besides the point. I'm sure her counterpart from her past will also be awakening soon."
"So what does that have to do with me? Do I know her or something?" Mamoru asked. Artemist nodded.
"More than you think. He's one of your generals, your protectors from the past earth."
"What?" Mamoru's shoot up and paced the floor. Then he paused. "Which one?"
"I..." Artemist stopped and thought for a while. "I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"My memories... I know Minako. This needs to be kept a secret." Mamoru frowned. He didn't like to keep things from Usagi, especially when it involved one of her friends. This entire setup had disaster written all over it, but how could ne not promise to keep this a secret when the cat had that pathetically pleading look on it's face. Mamoru sighed and ran a hand through his ruffled jet black hair.
"Fine, what do you want me to do?" Artemist smiled.
"I know you still keep in contact with your generals through their stones. If Minako could talk with the man in question then maybe she can put these nightmares behind her." Mamoru sat down and thought carefully about the times he had had to contact his generals. It wasn't hard for him, but for Minako... He never saw her as an overly serious person. Sure she could get down to buisness like the rest of them, but she was still just as ditzy and childish since they first met. In his mind, while the others matured Minako stayed the same.
"I can pull it off... it it'll take a lot of energy... Minako going to have to be completely serious about this." Artemist nodded, but inside he flinched. He knew what people thought of Minako. He had thought the same thing when he first saw, getting yelled at by the teacher and stuffing food in her mouth. However, after the years he spent with her he discovered that Minako was a great actress and she hid so much from everyone that it was painful to watch her go on. Another memory came at that moment.
*Start Flash Back*
~Silver Millennium~
"How long-" Artemist braced himself. "Are you-" he held his breath. "Going to drag-" He planted his feet more firmly in the ground. "This out?" He almost stumbled back and he held up his arms to block one of Sailor Venus's killer kicks. They had been practicing her moves for almost an hour now and he had asked that question for the third time. Minako said nothing as usual. She hadn't always been that way.
"Minak-oof!" Artemist, caught off guard fell back on his back and his head on the ground. He cursed and sat up rubbing a bump that was beginning to form under his white hair. He sat up on his knees as Minako started down at him with those cool eyes. She was worried, he could feel it even if it didn't show on her face.
"I'm fine Minako, really..." his voice trailed off. There was something else in her eyes.
"Artemist, tell no one. Please... I promised I-" he held up a hand to cut her off, shaking his head.
"Say no more. I'm my fault, I should have realized how much this means to you." He smiled and Minako's eyes softened. "I promise." She nodded and turned her back on him. He started to get up, but paused when she said his name softly.
"But if I could, I'd smile all the time. I'd always be happy."
*End Flash Back*