Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )

Title: Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny

Rating: 13-R

Genre: Alternative Universe

Author: Sean Wright

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, I'm just a fan.

Chapter Five

A smoking youma lay behind her, dead thankfully, but that did not mean she was grateful to the person that killed it. She had everything under control and could have finished that beast.

Around her felt the smug satisfaction of the Guardian of Time's presence. From the Gates of Time, Pluto's Senshi had struck out interfering where she was not wanted thinking she had saved her Queen.

Ilene did not know whither to be thankful or angry. She wasn't helpless, she had just been caught off guard, but she truly had the situation under control and had not needed or wanted the Guardian's help.

"You hear me, Pluto!" She screamed at the presence, "I don't need nor want you to do me any favors, I am perfectly capable of caring for my daughter and myself. So back off." She reached down and snatched up her rod and it disappeared in her subspace pocket. "Damned nosy Senshi," she muttered as stalked out of the clearing. "Can't mind her own damned business-" Her tirade was cut short when she felt something tug on her heart. She closed her eyes and in the next second blistered the air with a string of curses. Her eyes opened, rage and fear shown in the sapphire depths as she raced to her car.

"Those treacherous little girls," she cried. "How dare they-Serenity, I am coming." She threw her car into gear and sped away like the fires of hell were behind her.

******

Bunny shrank away from the four girls before her, her eyes darting about looking for away to escape. The Senshi had grabbed her from the street near her home, gagged her and brought her to the Jinja and tossed her into Rei's room.

"Please," her voice trembled violently as she looked into the angry faces around her. "Leave me alone-" She cried out in pain as Rei grabbed her by her shirtfront and hauled her up to her eye level.

"You betrayed us, you idiot." Rei screamed in her face. She had worked herself into a good lather in the since last week and was more than ready to tear into Bunny.

Bunny grasped her hands and tried to free herself. "I did not betray anyone," she shot back and that action got her a good shaking. "Look at yourself-" She cried desperately. "I did what I had to do-"

"So you went out and spread lies about us?" Rei yelled.

Bunny met her gaze firmly, "I don't lie." She told her. A touch of steel was behind to few words, but the others did not notice.

Disgusted, Rei threw Bunny back, the smaller girl stumbled her back lightly hitting the wall behind her before falling down on her rear.

"All of Juuban hates us." Ami told her, her soft voice had a hint of sadness and regret in it.

Bunny turned to her, "What do you want me to do about it?" She demanded angrily. "Contrary to all of your beliefs, people outside the Sailor Senshi are not as ignorant as you would…"

With that Bunny brought the demon back to her face. "Tell them that you lied!" Rei yelled at her.

Now, thoroughly upset, Bunny yelled back at her, "I am not a liar. Nor will I ever defend you."

Thoughtlessly, Rei slapped her, this time was so hard, her teeth clamped together. "You don't deserve to a Sailor Senshi!" Rei started on her favorite rant, shoving her face into Bunny's until they were almost nose-to-nose. "You don't deserve to be our leader. You are a lazy, klutz, ditzy, whiny, underachiever-"

"Get away from me." The smaller girl said through clinched teeth. She did not have to take this.

Rei blinked in surprise, then she smirked, but she did not move. "Finally, you are developing a little back bone. That was real scary, Odango, now if we could just get your lazy butt to-"

"I said get away from me." Bunny shouted this time. The sole of her walking shoe connected with the smirking miko's face, knocking her down because she never saw it coming.

Calmly, Bunny replaced her shoe on her right foot; she ignored the stunned looks on the faces of her former friends. Luna had returned at that precise moment, coming through an open window when she saw the once timid rabbit actually attack another person.

"Bunny!" She screeched in horror as she raced to Rei's side. "How could attack one of your own Senshi? Have you lost what little sense you had left?"

Bunny looked to each of the others, it was just like the last time not one of them came to her defense.

Traitors. Every last one of them was a traitor and it sickened her to have stand in a room with them a moment longer.

However, this time things were going to be different. She was going to make them understand that she did not want them in her life; she did not want to be apart of them.

Bunny turned her attention to the angry cat and she said in the coldest voice she could muster, "She deserved it."

"Now what a minute!" Lita shouted, "No one deserves to treated like that-"

Bunny looked at her as if she were mad. But she did not say that. So that was how they saw it. Now she understood; It was all right for her to be treated like crap and abused by them, but if it were one of them-She pulled her mind away from that, thoughts like that were just too dangerous for her right now.

The others were once again jumping on the same bandwagon, rushing to defend Rei's actions. Rei had gotten up, assuring Luna that she was fine, before turning her burning gaze on the silent Bunny.

"You think you can just get away with hitting me and not-"

"I am tired of this game," Bunny whispered.

"What?" Ami asked, "What game?"

She faced them bravely now, the light and happiness that they were used to seeing was gone. Even as a small smile bent her lips, there was still no joy, just pure determination, but no fear or an apology.

"I am not your leader," She told them. Bunny looked Luna in the eye as she harden her soul against them. "I am no longer a Senshi," she said quietly. "I never wanted to be a Senshi, but you forced it on me by telling me that I had no other options for life than being your Princess' slave. I put up with it, believing that this was right and just, but I am no longer so naïve. Find yourself another Sailor Moon and leader for your Senshi. I am no longer it." She turned to Rei then, a cold distain appeared on her delicate features, "I am not your friend and I don't like you. In the beginning I really did try to be your friend if not for anything because you were lonely. But you did not want my friendship, you wanted someone you could abuse. Rei, I think you are a horrible, twisted little person with nothing to live for and no one who loves you. If I felt that you were worthy of it, I would hate you. But you're not, I prefer to forget you exist." She turned her back on her and faced Mina and continued, "I wanted to be your friend and I tried to be so. And you, just like Rei, pretended to be my for the sake of the Senshi, but you, Mina, are not my friend. I am glad I did not let you into my heart. You are deceitful just like the rest of them. Turning away from you comes almost like a blessing." Next was Lita, "I welcomed you into my heart with opened arms because you were alone in this world. No one should be alone, I believe that with my whole heart and that was why I befriended you. I wanted to welcome you into my life not out of pity, for I genuinely wanted to be your friend. Lita, I did everything I could to bring you into my world; I took you to parties when you weren't invited because others feared you or though you to be what you are, an anti-social outcast with violent tendencies, I introduced you to my onii-chan, all my friends, and to these girls here. Not once did I ever feel sorry for you, but now I do."

Finally, there was only Ami. Bunny went to her and embraced her. As she held her, Bunny fought off tears as she whispered in Ami's ear, "You were my best friend, but you hurt me. I don't know if I will ever forgive you, Ami-"

The Senshi of Ice broke down in tears, "What did I do?" she cried as she held on to her only friend as if she were dying.

Bunny's heart went out to her, but she did not break. "I can't tell you that," she whispered as she pulled away from. "You have to figure it out for yourself-"

"Bunny-" Ami cried desperately as she grabbed her friend's hand. "Please, don't leave me alone."

Bunny squeezed her hand and smiled at her, "You are never alone, Ami." She gave her hand a final squeeze, before pulling away. "I promise." And she looked at them all once more, the four miserable girls and the cat. Bunny steeled heart and said to them, "For the last time, leave me alone. I gave you all what you wanted, now let me live in peace." Bunny turned away then and walked out of the door and out of their lives.

Ami collapsed to floor, sobbing pitifully.

Rei was angry. Of all the nerve, after everything they had done for that ungrateful little wretch, who was she to stand before them and tell them to do anything. She could not just walk away from them, not without a fight and that was exactly what Rei was going to give her. Her anger for the last two weeks having reached a fever pitch and she wanted nothing more than let it loose on Bunny.

Without a word to the others, Rei ran after Bunny with every intention of bringing this to a proper close, her way. She caught up with the smaller girl in the courtyard. Rei grabbed her by the arm and spun her around raising a hand to strike Bunny. But someone grabbed her wrist. She looked down and saw that it was her grandfather who held her arm, his violet eyes were flashing dangerous as he silently dared her to challenge him.

Ilene ran forward then and pulled her daughter away from the enraged young priestess and held her daughter tight.

"I want her arrested," Ilene said coldly to the police officers standing behind her. "I want them all-"

"Mama, please," Bunny said quietly. "I'm fine. She didn't hurt me."

"This time," Ilene said with fire in her eyes as she glared at the girl in the temple robes. She caught a glance of the small black cat and her eyes narrowed. "Hino-san, I will concede to my daughter's wishes, but this is the last time. I warn you, if your granddaughter ever comes near my daughter again, I will not hesitate to have her arrested after I beat the living hell out of her."

"I would like to see you try." Rei yelled.

Ilene smirked, "Don't test me, little girl." She leaned close to her and said in a harsh whisper, "I am not what I appear." She saw the confused, horrified look on Rei's face. She turned to Jonathan Hino and said, "Where ever I go, I see that animal." The elder Priest turned around and saw Luna lurking in the shadows, her red eyes were fixed on Ilene.

Rei came up short at that remark. Bunny turned to face her and the rage built up anew, but Rei held her tongue. Bunny would get hers, her mother could not be with her always.

No one insulted Hino Rei and got away with it.

******

Ilene did not question her daughter on the way home. The police had filed a complaint on Ilene's behalf and were going to issue a restraining order against each of the four girls and serve them the following day.

"I think we should move back to France," Ilene suggested as they sat down to a late dinner of take out sushi.

Bunny shook her head, "I like it here and all my friends are here."

"It was just a suggestion, little rabbit," Ilene sounded a bit miffed. She laughed, "How about we go there for the summer if you want, you know, take in the sights, see the old neighbourhood, and just hang out."

Bunny nodded, "That sounds like fun."

"Then it's a date." Ilene said around a mouthful of rice.

"Yep."

"Shake on it?" Ilene held out her right hand.

Bunny grasped her hand and gave it a good pump. Then she sat back. "So how did your meeting go?" She asked curiously.

"It was good, Mr. Toshii seems to like this new series a lot."

"Me, too." Bunny said, her mouth filled with fish and rice, "So will Mamoru ever declare his true love for the Lady of Light?"

Ilene shrugged, "I don't know, you think he should?"

Bunny laughed, "Mama, you know I am hopeless romantic. Of course he should-"

"Then he won't?"

"Why not?" Ilene answered with a cheeky grin. Bunny was confused, "Mama, why won't he-"

"I'm not going to give my secrets away."

Bunny almost screamed in frustration. "Mama, sometimes you can be so mean."

Ilene stuck her tongue out and winked. "I can do that, because I am the Queen of the Universe."

"Yeah, right and I am the Moon Princess." Bunny chortled.

"If you say so, your Highness." Both burst out laughing. One not knowing how true that statement really was.

******

The next day was a hard one for Ami. She was served with a restraining order to stay away from Bunny. Her mother had been there at the time and when she saw the letter, she nearly flew through the roof.

After the policeman had left, her mother read the order again and she tore into Ami. Marie Mizuno asked her daughter what was wrong. Was life in Juuban so bad that she had to turn to violence? She asked if she wanted to return to her old school, she could get her back into the Infinity College if she wanted to go there again.

With half answers and no answers, Marie told her she was going to call Ami's former psychologist. She was going to have back on her medication before this week was over with.

Ami begged and pleaded with her not to do that. She promised to be good and she swore she would never hurt anyone again. She would have promised anything, to avoid the doctors and that horrid place. She did not want to be sent away again.

Mina's mother had finally reached her breaking point. Last night they had a fight about how late she had come home, then about the strange boys who were calling and leaving lurid comments on the voice mail. It was bad enough that Mina had been expelled, but the restraining order was just the last straw for their relationship.

So she threw Mina out. She didn't care where Mina went, just as long as it was away from her. She said was tired of having the disgrace of a daughter living in her house and not pulling her weight. She had conveniently forgotten that it was off Mina's work that she had the house she lived in and the car she drove. Her mother had gone on to tell Mina that she never wanted her anyway and only put up with her because the girl had some talent and people wanted to use her in films. But no one wanted her anymore and she didn't want her either. Now that was a low blow.

Mina loaded all of what she could in the back seat of her car that morning. On her cell, she had called her agent and asked her if she could stay with her for a while. She was going to need her own place and work, anything would do right now. At least she still had her own money and her dad would send her some if she was desperate enough to ask for it, which would never happen because he did not want anything to do with her either.

She slumped down in her seat and covered her face with her hands. "God, how did my life turn out this way?" Her voice hitched before she dissolved into a mess of tears. It was not supposed to have been like this.

Lita threw the restraining order in the trash and her school uniform with it. She was tired of Juuban and the people in it. She had been jumped for the fourth time since the incident and now she had been kicked out of school.

She had seen Bunny and saw the bruise on her face from were Rei had slapped her and guessed that was what set Molly and her crew off.

Tired and depressed, Lita went to her bedroom and fell on her bed. She prayed that one day this mess would straighten itself out and things could go back to they way they were before that night.

Rei could not believe it. She simply could not believe what she was hearing. She was being expelled from school because of her behavior off school grounds. The Headmistress, Sister Mary Elizabeth, was informed of the fights and the restraining order, and told Rei and her grandpa that because of Rei's behaviour off school grounds she could not continue at their Academy. She was a direct insult to the morals and ethics of the First Street Girls' Academy and she was ruining the school's reputation.

The Sister went droned on for almost two hours citing reasons why Rei could not continue at their school and why she could not come back before the interview came to a close. At the end Rei was escorted to her lockers to remove all her personal items. Molly's cousin had the pleasure of being Rei's escort and did so with a vindictive smile on her face all the while.

At the temple, her father called and expressed his utter disappointment in her and how embarrassed he was to have her as his daughter, to which she replied by slamming the phone down.

"I don't need him." She said to the empty room. "I don't need anyone."

"You need something, Granddaughter."

Rei whirled around to find her grandfather standing in her door. He was still dressed in the suit he had worn to her school. She tipped her head to side, studying him.

Jonathan Hino returned her look gravely. "Rei, you know I love you. You are almost like a daughter to me, but I think I failed you somewhere on the line."

"Grandpa?" She was suddenly very frighten, her grandfather was never this serious.

"I can't understand why you are so angry." He half muttered to himself. "Your rage blinds you, sometime to the point where you can't see that you have crossed a point."

She turned away from him. "If you are talking about why I threw Bunny out then you are-"

"You will listen to me, Hino Rei and you will be silent." He roared, ending her callous comments before they started. Rei took notice then and she was quite. "Yes, I am referring to way you treated young Tsukino-san. Until that girl walked up those steps, you hadn't a friend in this world. She genuinely tried to be your friend and she shared everything with you, but how did you repay her kindness? You ridiculed her to her face and behind her back. I would hear you girls in the courtyard and Bunny would say how she had gotten a C on her test or something, you would work your hardest to cut her down and take away her joy, saying only someone as stupid as she would be happy to have such a low grade. Or when you had come from one of your battles-"

Rei's eyes went wide, "You knew about those?"

He nodded, "I'm not a fool, Rei, I noticed how you girls were here everyday, for you so call study session and the constant sleepovers. From what I heard then, showed me that you have no honor."

"I do so!" She screamed at him. "She is weak and needs to be made stronger."

He shook his head, "But not by your methods. Rei, Bunny was your leader, you are to support your leader and respect her, but you challenged her-"

"To make her stronger-" Rei said again, trying defended herself and her actions.

"No," he told her, "You challenged her because you wanted glory. You would always point out her mistakes, making more of them than they seemed to be, while conveniently forgetting your own. That was not only disrespectful of you leader, it was shameful of you."

"I am a good Sailor Senshi. I am the best, I-" She turned her face away in shame. "Is it so wrong to want to be the important one?"

"When it hurts everyone, then yes."

She closed her eyes. "I am not selfish."

"But you are jealous of Bunny?" He asked softly.

Rei's eyes snapped open, burning with hate. "It's not fair that she has the perfect life-"

"How do you know her life is perfect?" Jonathan went his granddaughter and sat down beside her. "What makes her life so much better than yours, Mago?" He asked softly.

She sneered viciously. "Just look at her, she's perfect with her perfect mom who gives her whatever she wants. She lives in that perfect house in the best area of Juuban that's bigger than this temple and it's lands. Then she has her perfect little friends who all adore her. And let's not forget Bunny herself. She 4'11, most people that height look like stumps or grossly deformed in some ways, either with over developed upper bodies, distorted figures. But not Bunny. No, she looks normal, but she's so exquisite that she looks like a doll. And her hair. It's long, thick and an unique color not just a simple average blond, hers has a silverish tint to it that makes her look exotic. Then there's her face, her beautiful little face. I've heard so many guys talk about her big blue eyes and pouty mouth, that I just want to scream because just looking at her makes me sick."

"So you take your revenge by attacking her?"

"She deserves it." Rei declared staunchly. "She needs to see what it's like for the rest of us down here."

"Again, I ask, how do you know what life is like-"

"I just told you-"

"No," he interrupted, "You described everything that you can see. But not her."

"She's perfect."

"And why are so desperate to believe that?"

"She has everything thing I want!" She admitted angrily. "It just sickens me to see her with it and waste all that power."

Jonathan sighed. "From what I've seen of Bunny Tsukino, she is a very delicate little girl who has never lived outside her own sheltered little world until she became a Sailor Senshi. Like all of you, she was alone, even though she had others around her all the time, Bunny alone. That is why she tried so hard to befriend the lot of you. She wanted to end her loneliness as well as share her world with all of you. She accepted each you all as you were, but you could not accept her for herself." He pulled the restraining order out of his pocket and handed it to her. "You are very disturbed, Rei. I've always felt that it was my fault that you were so reclusive and withdrawn, but now I realize that it has gone beyond anything I can do for you. You heart is filled with so much malice and envy that I fear it will take away all of your light and you will be left with nothing but rage." With a grunt, he stood up. "I am going to make arrangements for you to get some psychological help. Maybe therapy can free you from your demons, because I truly cannot."

Rei said nothing and he left her. He made a mental note to find that blasted black cat and do what should have been all those millenniums before. Luna was the root of all this, of that he was sure. With her useless talk of destiny and finding their princess, Luna had crushed their very spirits and made them dependant upon her by dangling their connections to the past before them with the lure of a mythical princess and a bloody stone. Rotten creature did not know that for the last four months she had lived with both her Princess and her Queen and in one night, she had betrayed them both. And what more she had damned near destroyed the Sailor Senshi in the process.

"But Luna will never change, eh Phobos and Deimos?" He smiled sadly up at the two crows that circled above his temple, the wind pulled at his salt and pepper hair and the symbol of Mars flared briefly. "No matter what she does, in the end she will always betray the Moon."

******

Thousands of miles away, in the Northern Mountains of Scotland, Artemis and Terran finished the battle plans for the defeat of the Metallia.

In the training yards, Endymion and his Guards were ending their practice for the morning. Last night, after the announcement, Artemis took Endy aside and told him that he was sending both he and Kris to Tokyo to observe the Lunar Royalty and to seal Beryl's wormhole. It was basically a training exercise for the Crown Prince, but it was one he was truly looking forward to since it would give a chance to meet with Serenity.

Their observation team in Japan found out that Metallia's forces were entering through a breach in a suburban area of North Tokyo called Juuban. They had terran soldiers in Japan, who had been dealing with it up until six months ago when the first Senshi from the former Moon Kingdom appeared.

She had been working under the alias, Sailor V, it was later confirmed that she was Sailor Venus, the Leader of the Imperial Senshi of the Silver Millennium, Eros the Crown Princess of Venus. Artemis went on to report that the all of the Inner Senshi were activated, but they were without memory of their past on the Moon. And further more, the Princess Serenity was fighting as well.

Endy almost choked when he heard that and halfway out the door, before Terran stopped him. Artemis continued, this time revealing the deteriorating situation between the Senshi and the Moon Princess. Andrew's reports were very detailed, revealing the animosity and jealousy and the constant in fighting of the group. Andrew had gone so far as to name the ringleader as Lady Bellona of Mars.

Endy wanted Mars brought up on charges, Artemis was inclined to agree, but they would have to wait. And further news that shocked the young Prince was that Queen Serenity was alive and on Terra, living as the romance novelist Ilene Tsukino.

Endy paced through his suite, reading his instructions while his valet packed his things. He was to go by his nickname Darien with his last name unchanged. Darien and Kristopher Shields, brothers, both were transfer students at KO University. It was a good thing Andrew was there, he was a few years older than they were and could help them find them move about without attacking too much attention to themselves. Still, Endy would have been more comfortable with Jamie and the others along this trip. At least, Terran was coming, although he insisted that he accompany the two since he was Endy's guardian therefore Artemis did not deny him.

"Hey, Endy," Mike knocked on the door then pushed it open. "Artemis wants to see you in the planning room A.S.A.P."

"Tell him I will be right there." He put the packet down and picked up his black uniform jacket and pulled it on as he walked out the door.

In the planning room, Kris was being issued his gear and supplies, when Endy entered. Artemis saw him and waved him inside. Endy glanced down at all the weapons he had been trained to use and the special armor he wore.

The Arms Master was explaining a teleportation device that had been planted in the arm pad of their armor. It came with infrared visor in the helmet, cloaking device, anti gravity, and a link to the main house and the chapter house, which for Juuban was the Crown Arcade. They were issued three firearms, two knives, rations, and meds. Their personal weapons were equipped and they were all set.

Artemis wished them luck and told them to be safe. And begged them not to destroy Juuban.

As he watched them leave, Artemis prayed to Selene and Aphrodite to guide them. Even with Terran with them, Endy and Kunzite were destined to get in trouble. "Goddess, spare your chosen." He muttered, then closed the door, and went back to the training of Terra's Royal Guards and soldiers.

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