Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Learning to Love Again ❯ Chapter 1

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Learning to Love Again
Part 1
By Alecto
Rated PG
Email Alecto: Chiba_Ohiko@yahoo.com
Email Jenny: SelenityAngels@aol.com

Angel Of Saturn: Hey people. Jenny and Alecto are about to start another crazy Author's notes. You have been warned. 10 seconds to run screaming away from the computer... and hope the insanity didn't spread yet. Before you run outta here (or click on the "back" button. Jenny's gonna kill me), I have an announcement. I may never EVER start writing fanfics. *sniffle* There's still a possibility.... ^^;
(Alecto yawns in extreme boredom as Jenny is jumping around on a pogo stick. Up and down... up and down... up and down...
Alecto: I'm getting a headache... @.@ Hand me some Advil please. (Tylenol appears) Hey! I said Advil!
Jenny: Haha!
Alecto: (ignores Jenny) There are somethings I need to explain about this story.
First, it's an alternative ending to R, my own creation. It's about ten years after the 'Sibling Rivalry' episode. Pretend that while thing between Kunzite and Zoisite never happened. I'll come up with an explanation later, I'm the writer here so don't argue with me.
Jenny: MUAHAHAHA... (Jumps the pogo stick and crashes into the wall) owie...
(Alecto sighs and shakes her head)
Jenny: (glares at Alecto) Hmph.
(A huge spaceship suddenly crashes through the roof and descends down into the auditorium)
Jenny: (jumps up and down excitedly) The Martians are invading! We're all gonna die! WHOOHOO!!!!!
Alecto: (stares in amazement *not at Jenny*) Whoa..
(A large ramp retracts from the ship as all waited for the extraterrestrial to appear. Alecto falls to the ground, sweatdropping as a tiny marshmallow with arms and legs descends down the ramp. The marshmallow points vehemently at
Jenny)
Marshmallow: (says in a tiny voice) Take me to your leader!
(Jenny looks at it hungrily and picks it up by the feet, dangling it in midair as the tiny marshmallow rants in outrage. Jenny licks her lips and eats it)
Alecto: (stares at Jenny for a moment) What are we gonna do with the spaceship and what are we gonna do about this stage?! It's rental!
Jenny: (swallows and shrugs, staring at the spaceship eagerly) I dunno... by the way are there anymore marshmallows in there?
(Jenny doesn't wait for an answer and runs into the spaceship)

'This can't be!' Usagi's mind screamed, 'After so many years, he finally returns, but why? Oh, Mamo-chan.'

"Sweet!" Jadeite was practically drooling, Usagi was a charming sight to a male eye. She was clad in a short-sleeved silk blouse, matched with a short navy blue skirt which brought out the color of her shocked cerulean eyes, her long blond hair pulled back into a large ponytail.

Kunzite slapped Jadeite over his head, "Baka! That's Serenity-sama!"

"Honto ni?" Jadeite inquired, Kunzite nodded. "Ahh, too bad."

"Shut up!" Nephrite hit both over their head in eagerness to watch the drama before him unfold.

"Welcome home, Mamoru-san." Usagi whispered quietly as she stared at the floor, her eyes unable to meet his stormy pair.

~~~

"Masaka, is that?" Makoto squinted to see clearly, "Mamoru-san?"

"That s-o-b would know better than to show his face around here." Rei said as she poked pointlessly at her French Fries.

Ami continued to type on her mini-computer as she had been doing for the last 20 minutes. She finally looked up from her work, she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose and said, "You may find what I've just discovered quite interesting."

"Ami-chan, no offenses but I highly doubt it. You find an afternoon of solving trigonometry exciting." Minako replied as she played with her straw.

"Minako-chan." Artemis moaned in annoyance.

"May be so but you will want to see this." Ami replied firmly. The inners and Artemis gathered around the computer to find out what was so fascinating. On the computer screen were the biological outlines of five male looking bodies. "These are the people with Motoki-san, the ones that Usagi-chan is talking to." Ami pushed a button and the first outline was filled in, it was Mamoru.

"What's that bastard doing here?" Makoto growled.

"Wait," Ami instructed, "watch the others." Pushing another button, the four other outlines were filled in.

"Masaka, the Four Dark Lords of the Dark Kingdom." Artemis gasped.

Makoto stood up, "Matte, where are you going?" Minako asked the brunette.

"I'm going to make sure they don't hurt Usagi." Makoto replied lowly, the others followed behind her.

~~~

"Usagi, I-" Mamoru was cut off by Luna, who jumped protectively in front of her mistress. Her hair black hair stood on ends as she hissed at Mamoru and the four former Dark Kingdom generals.

"Nice cat." Jadeite muttered.

"What are *YOU* doing here?" Makoto challenged, her emerald eyes radiated hate for both her former foes and the man who broke her best friend's heart.

"What's going on? Everything ok?" Haruka appeared suddenly beside Usagi with Michiru by her side. She spoke in her usual masculine voice.

"Not exactly." Minako growled. Usagi's eyes continued to stare at the floor, still unable to meet anyone's gaze.

Haruka placed a comforting hand on Usagi's shoulder. Usagi looked up surprised into Haruka's concerned gaze. "Daijobu?" Haruka asked, Usagi smiled reassuringly, "That's better Odango." Usagi shot a glare at the older women.

Mamoru's blood boiled with uncharacteristic jealousy, he wanted to hit any man who dared to even touch his soul mate. He then proceeded to mentally slap himself. He had no rights to her. He had given them up ten years ago to 'protect her'.

Motoki stared confusedly at the scene before him, what was the source of all this tension?

Mamoru turned to his confused friend and said, "Don't you have to meet Reika?"

Motoki's face immediately lit up, he headed toward the stairs and shouted over his shoulders, "Ganbatte ne!"

"I think I hear the racing game calling me, come on Michiru. Ja minna." Haruka grabbed Michiru's hand and dragged her toward the arcade.

The two groups continued to stare at each other. Tension only grew. No one moved for minutes, everyone seemed rooted to his or her spots. Luna climbed onto Usagi's shoulder, always watching the group of men cautiously.

Rei, having taken too much of the silence, exploded. She pulled out a bunch of ofudas (the wards, the papers with Chinese writing) from her Lunar Space Pocket. "Akuryu Tai-"

"Matte Rei-chan." Usagi put her arm in front of the priestess, "I hardly believe this is the proper environment to discuss such matters."

"Or more likely beat 'em to a bloody pulp." Makoto muttered. Usagi glared at her, Makoto seemed to shrink away under Usagi's gaze.

Mamoru was surprised with Usagi's power. 'She seems so much more different, more withdrawn and quiet yet commanding. She has changed so much since I left. Oh, Usako, how I've missed you.'

"Perhaps we should take this to the Shrine." Ami, the voice of reason, suggested.

"We should." Usagi said as she headed toward the stairs, the girls not far behind her.

Mamoru looked at his friends, they shrugged and began to follow the girls.

~~~

"Can we trust them?" Makoto asked bitterly while glancing briefly behind her shoulder.

"Does your computer detect anything evil Ami-chan?" Minako asked curiously.

Ami typed furiously on her computer, "I don't detect abnormal circumstances but it seems the former Dark Lords have lost all memories of their earlier encounters with us."

"What do you think Usagi-chan?" Luna asked her mistress who did not answer.

~~~

"Is that really Serenity-sama?" Zoisite asked, glancing skeptically at the golden head ahead of them.

"She does seem different than the way I remember." Nephrite remarked.

"It has been a millennium since we last saw them." Kunzite suggested.

"Mr. Chiba!" Mamoru turned around to see Claudia barreling toward them. As she approached her employer she 'accidentally' tripped on a 'crack' in the sidewalk. Mamoru instinctively caught the falling girl.

Claudia grinned widely in Mamoru's embrace unknown to him. She watched the group of girls' turn to look at her, the scowls on the five girls' face only deepened. Claudia recognized the shortest girl in the middle, Mamoru's ex-girlfriend. She smiled wickedly to herself as Mamoru helped her to her feet. 'She is rather pretty,' Claudia admitted to herself as she examined Usagi, 'but Mamoru's as good as mine.'

Rei rolled her violet eyes in disgust, only to find Jadeite doing the same exact gesture.

"Any fool with half a brain can tell she faked that." Minako whispered to Makoto, who nodded in agreement.

Usagi couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy at the sight of another woman in the arms of the only man she had ever loved. She turned her back on the scene and continued walking as Ami stared worriedly after her friend.

Suddenly Usagi stopped in her tracks as a strange feeling washed over her, a feeling she had not felt in ten years, evil. She twirled around, "Rei-chan, watch out!" Her warning came too late as a bloody red beam flew at her.

Jadeite immediately sensed the danger to his soul mate. He threw himself in front of the frozen priestess and tried to set up a shield if possible. The pair skidded back on the cement sidewalk.

"Rei-chan!" The other three inners cried in horror.

"Baka Guardian." someone muttered above the group of former warriors. Everyone except Claudia, who had long disappeared but no one cared to notice, gazed above into the sky.

Levitating above them was a fiery haired woman. Her red hair was pulled back into a ponytail that reached the middle of her back and her smoldering gray eyes oozed with wickedness. She wore a red sleeveless one-piece vest-like suit, the skirt reached her lower thigh and her dark high heels seemed to mercilessly stab the thin air. Strange stone-like earrings adorned her ears and a gold bracelet encircled her left wrist. Her crimson red lips smiled cruelly and almost sweetly upon them, the black tricep on her pale forehead glowed with power.

"Give me the Ginzuishou, Tsukino Usagi or should I say Sailor Moon." Her grin widened as Usagi's eyes did.

"Akuryo Taisan!" Numerous slips of papers flew in the woman's direction. She disappeared momentarily and reappears behind the group. Her gold bracelet glowed slightly and the sidewalk around the senshi and the generals exploded.

Through the dust of the explosion, Mamoru shouted, "Minna, split up, we'll regroup later." With that Mamoru grabbed Usagi and fled into the darkness of a nearby alley. The cats tried to follow the pair but could not see through the dust. So they did the only thing they could for the time being, hide.

The other men quickly followed Mamoru's example, they grabbed their respective partners and fled in different directions. The woman stared at the vacant lot around her, she cursed before vanishing in a bounce of red light and sparkles.

~~~

"Is he back with the last ingredient yet?" Two cloaked figures stood impatiently in the cavern. By their side was a large crater in the ground filled with a strange boiling liquid. The speaker was clearly female. Her face was hidden by the blackness.

"No, but I wish he'd hurry though." The second person grumbled. By his voice you could easily tell he was male.

"Why are we on this miserable excuse of a planet for anyway? Humans are such vile and treacherous creatures." The first spat in disgust.

"I know. I could be home now in a nice hot tub but instead I'm stuck in here conversing with *you*." The second sounded thoroughly irked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She growled, "You have best watch that insolent tongue of yours."

"That's enough you two." A third person commanded as he materialized from the darkness, a blooded cloth poach rested safely in his hand. "I am sick of your petty squabbles, now get to work."

~~~

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Makoto screamed as Nephrite dragged her into the park. The pair ignored the strange stares they received.

"Saving your life Jupiter-sama." Was his only reply.

"If anything, *anything*, happens to Usagi-chan, I'll hold you responsible. You and that son of a bitch who broke her heart." Makoto growled. "Who the hell are you anyway?"

Nephrite released Makoto and coolly bowed to her, "I, Jupiter-sama, am Nephrite, third general of his highness, Prince Endymion of Earth and Elysion."

"Jupiter-sama?" Makoto asked curiously.

"Are you not the princess of Jupiter, heir to the throne of the Io Kingdom and the soldier of protection, Sailor Jupiter?"

"How do *you* know all that?"

~~~

"We have to go back!" The usually calm Ami exclaimed while she pulled at
Zoisite's vice grip. "Usagi-chan!"

"The enemies know of our identities, we must regroup and formulate a battle plan." Zoisite said. "Is there a way to contact your friends?"

"Yes but there's been an interference with our line of communication the past few days."

"Shimmata! There must be a way to locate them."

Ami pulled her computer out of her Lunar Space Pocket as the blond haired general began to ponder needlessly.

~~~

"Daijobu Venus-sama?" Kunzite placed a comforting hand on the blonde's shoulder. Minako pulled back fearfully, all she could think about was how her friends and how he tried to kill them and herself.

"Why are you here? What do you want?" Minako tried to say this bravely but it came out as a whimper.

"Oh Venus-sama, although I do not remember I know I have done much evil in this lifetime. And I hope, with all my heart, that I will be given a chance to repent them." Kunzite whispered softly. "When I rejoined the living some years ago, all I could think about, all I could remember was you and only you." Kunzite lovingly tucked a strand of golden hair behind Minako's ear and gazed into her sky blue eyes.

Minako drowned into the ice water of his eyes, they seemed all too familiar to her, and she found herself leaning up toward him.

"Venus-sama, if only you could remember what it was like between us before Beryl-" He said no more as Minako's lips cut him off.

~~~

Jadeite, on the other hand was have a much more negative effect on his partner. 'How do I get myself into these things?' he thought as he dodged another punch thrown by an angry Shinto priestess.

"You have something to do with this, don't you?" Rei growled.

"Mars-sama, please calm down." Jadeite pleaded.

"Why did you come back? You're not welcome here, you never were. If I were you, I'd leave before I got hurt." Rei spat.

"I had to come back. There are things to be done, severed relations to mend, and someone I needed to see." Jadeite smiled sadly.

"Who?" Rei's anger momentarily vanished. Perhaps it was that strange look in Jadeite's eyes

"You." Jadeite said simply.

~~~

"Which way did they go?" Luna cried. The two cats stood on the rooftop over the street where a fight had been not too long ago.

"How are we going to find them?" Artemis sighed.

"I don't trust those ... those men after all they put us through! We need to find Usagi-chan." Luna exclaimed.

"But how?"

~~~

"Would you let go of me?!" Usagi huffed. She pulled at Mamoru's grip around her wrist, Mamoru stopped and let go of her hand. "Who do you think you are?"

"It's obvious that our enemies have the advantage, they know who you are." Mamoru hissed.

"How do I know you have nothing to do with this?! How do I know you didn't deliberately separate us?!" Usagi tried to slap him. Mamoru caught her wrist.

"Would you pull yourself together!" Mamoru shouted.

Usagi hung her head. Her golden bangs covered her eyes. "Why did you come back?" She asked softly.

"Huh?" Mamoru blinked.

"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO COME BACK?!" Usagi screamed, her head shot up, tears streaked down her cheeks and dripping onto the cement pavement. "Why'd you come back?" Usagi whispered brokenly.

"I...I..." Mamoru trailed off.

Usagi sobbed quietly to herself against the brick wall. Mamoru stared at her for a second before enveloping her in his embrace. Usagi did not protest, instead she took comfort in his strong arms. If you look at it, it's rather ironic. He was the cause of her pain and yet he was also her one sole comfort.

"Isn't this sweet? I'll let you die in the arms of your beloved protector Serenity-hime." A vile voice hissed behind them.

The couple turned around, only to be greeted by the sight of the lady from earlier.

"What do you want?" Usagi asked.

"The Ginzuishou." She repeated.

"Over my dead body." Usagi growled, she pulled out her broach, the one she hadn't used in years. "Moon Crystal Power! Make Up!"

Nothing happened.

*To Be Continued*

"Love is a circle that doth restless move
In the same sweet eternity of love."
- Robert Herrick

(Alecto is sweeping the auditorium in complete boredom *the horror! once again...* You can see Jenny trying to make her broomstick fly. She jumps off the stage)
Jenny: (squeals) WHEEE!!! (Crashes into a pile of chairs making dust rise into the air)
Alecto: (mutters) that stupid spaceship, making me clean up this whole auditorium... fu- (looks up, alarmed) oh, you're back.
(Jenny muffles a giggle)
(You hear a loud voice boom over the PA)
Voice: HEY YOU TWO! STOP YACKING AND START WORKING!
Alecto: (annoyed) Alright, alright, stop nagging. Jenny, put him on "The List"
Jenny: (confused) What list?
(Alecto screams in frustration and stomps off)
Jenny: (blinks) What's her problem?

Always remember, email is a VERY good things, even if it is to Jenny...

*Note- the idea of the marshmallow invasion belongs to the Angel of Saturn...
Jenny just decided to eat it up...