TITLE: I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE - Part 1 - AUTHOR: FurBall E-MAIL: Fur.Ball@mailcity.com RATED: PG-13 AUTHOR'S NOTES: So here it is the first part of my second fanfic. Not much to say right now but enjoy!! =) ~.....~ thoughts (*....*) Author's Notes DISCLAIMERS: Sailormoon and the other characters are NOT MINE! SO PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! although the some places, characters and incidences are mine, any similarities with other fanfics are purely coincidental! "I know our love's forever... I know no matter what..." - "No Matter What" by Boyzone- /*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/ "Mamo-chan!!! stop that" Usagi cried as she tried to get away. "Oh no, you don't Usako this is what you get for tricking me." Mamoru said as he grabbed her again and started to tickle her. Usagi laughed until tears welled up from her eyes. "Okay, Okay I'm sorry!!" she said between laughs as she struggled unsuccessfully. Mamoru stopped tickling her and hugged her to him. "Geez...Mamo-chan...remind me not to go over board next time." Usagi said as she catched her breath. They were on the county fair having a grand time with their friends. Usagi had just tricked Mamoru into accompanying her into the Mirror Castle and left him in there looking for her. He came out ready to call on their friends to help him find her. When he saw her laughing her head off at his expression. "I really do apologize. I'm never doing that to you again." Usagi said as she placed her arms around her boyfriend. "Apology accepted." Mamoru said, he was about to kiss her when he heard their names called. He looked up to see a tall brunette coming their way with her was a girl with blue hair. "So there you are! we were looking everywhere for you." The brunette said when she reached them. "Hi, Ami, Makoto. Whats up?" Mamoru said as he took his arms from Usagi's waist. Makoto smiled fondly at the couple before her. Knowing full well that Mamoru wanted to be alone with his little Usagi. He had been busy with everything especially the upcoming Medicine Assessment Test, which would determine if he could get into med school or not. Lately, he had been spending all his spare time with Usagi. Thinking about this made Makoto smile even wider. "Sorry, to disturb you guys but we were thinking if you wanted to eat with us, or" winking mischeviously at Mamoru "you wanted to be ALONE?" she said emphasizing the last word. Mamoru grinned at her and smiled ruefully, "Yeah we'll eat with you." "Come on my little minx, lets eat." Mamoru said linking his hand with Usagi. Usagi giggled and let Mamoru pull her. "Come on guys lets go!!" Usagi called keeping up with Mamoru's pace. "Hey you two wait for us!!!" Ami hollered as she and Makoto, hurried after the two. A mist of black cloud appeared above the fair grounds and a man came out of it. He hovered above the air looking at the laughing crowd under him. His steel grey eyes darting from person to person looking for the man that he was to find. ~My queen, these people seem as if they are not very conscious of their surrounding, not one of them felt my presence.~ He said telepathically. ~Then my dear Akira look for him, blend with the crowd if you will~ was the answer. Akira smiled and disappeared. "Usagi-chan! Hey that's my share!!" Rei cried as Usagi took the last futomaki from Makoto's lunch box. "You win some you lose some!" Usagi said cheerfully after swallowing the delicious maki. Rei frowned at her friend. They were all having a picnic, with Makoto bringing the food of course, under a tree near the fair grounds. Usagi was sitting beside Mamoru, who was leaning against the tree. Makoto and Amy, sat laughing at Rei, while Minako just left them alone and ate her share. "Here Rei-chan you can have mine I'm full anyway." Amy said taking pity with her friend. Rei thanked her and ate the offered maki. "Shame on you Usagi." Makoto said grinning. Just then a man came out from behind the bushes. He was wearing a light brown turtle neck, white pants and a pair of brown shoes, his white hair was pulled back revealing a star onyx earring. He glanced their way and smiled at their general direction and went on his way. "Wow, was he ever a hunk." Makoto said staring at the guy's retreating back. "Makoto get your head off the clouds and help us with these!" Rei called to her awe struck friend. Makoto looked back at them and saw them packing up their trash and started to go back to the fair grounds to have more fun. "Hey guys wait for me." as she gathered her own trash and started after her friends. "Hey, Amy, where are Rei and Minako?" Makoto asked as they met up at the front gate of the fair grounds. It was mid afternoon and they all decided to go home early. They have classes tomorrow and nobody wanted to be late on their first day at Juuban State University. This outing of their's was just a way to relax before their first day at college. "Ummm... Rei went to the souvenier shop and Minako went with her." Amy said as she waited beside her friend. "And Usagi and Mamoru?" She asked as she leaned against the post behind her. "Usagi-chan and Mamoru-san, have yet to come." Amy said with a knowing smile. Makoto got her meaning and smiled. "Those two really are glued together huh?" Makoto said, looking at Amy. "Yup, you can't see one without the other." Amy said, as she shifted from one foot to the other. "Did you see that guy?" Makoto asked casually refering to the guy she saw coming out of the bushes a while ago. "What guy?" Amy asked. "That guy who came out of the bushes a while ago after our picnic." "Oh, that guy, yeah I saw him. Why?" Amy asked her friend. "Oh, nothing." Makoto said absently. Amy was about to asked more, When Mamoru and Usagi came up. "Hey you guys are we going yet?" Usagi asked as she and Mamoru stopped beside them. "Nope, Rei and Minako aren't here yet." Makoto said. After an hour and a half of waiting, the four friends started to worry. "What could be taking them so long." Usagi asked looking around for a sign of their friends. "Guys, this is way too weird. They said they would be gone only for a minute or so." Amy said nervously. "This is not good. Come on lets find them." Usagi said. The others nodded and the four friends split up by pairs. In the sovenier shop a few minutes before, Rei and Minako were browsing with the items. When Rei suddenly, stood straight and started to look around. Minako, sensing her friend's nervousness, looked at her. "What is it?" She whispered. Looking around also. "I felt an evil presence." Rei whispered back. "Like here?" Minako asked surprised. "Yeah like now." Rei answered, looking left to right and back again. "How strong?" Minako asked furiously. "VERY strong." Rei said trembling slightly. Just then, a cold wind blew, Rei shivered as it touched her. Minako froze up when she felt it. "What was that?" she asked, looking around. the other customers didn't seem to have felt the cold wind that had just blew past. "I don't kno..." Rei started to say when she felt a cold hand that seemed to have encircled her throat. It started to tighten and she suddenly felt light headed she tried to call out to Minako, but when she turned her head she saw Minako on the floor unconcious as was the other customers. "What the..." the last thing Rei saw before the dark succumed her was the grey eyes of the man who had suddenly appeared before her. "What in the world?!" Usagi exclaimed when she saw all the people lying inside the souvenier shop. "What happened here?" Mamoru asked nobody in particular. "Rei! Minako!" Usagi cried when she saw her two friends lying unconcious near the counter. Usagi rushed to her friends side and started to wake them up. "Rei! Minako! wake up! come on you guys wake up!" Usagi said as she shook them awake. Mamoru shook Minako's shoulder, a few minutes later she stirred and her eyes fluttered open. "What?..." Minako asked groggily. Rei was coming around too. later the other occupants of the souvenier shop started to wake up also. "What happened?" Mamoru asked Minako as he helped her up. "I don't really know." Minako said as she tried to get her bearings. "Geez... my head feels like its going to explode." Rei murttered, as she leaned against Usagi. "Come on lets go. You guys need some rest." Usagi said as she lead them outside. "Fools!!! They didn't know what hit them!!" Akira smiled at her, as she savored their small victory. "They didn't notice any thing!!!" She cried. and looked at the onyx ball beside her. It was glowing with the power it had stored. "This is easier than I thought." She smiled again. She touched the ball and immediately felt the energy building within. "Soon all will be well underway and nothing can stop us!!" she said as she stroked the mane of the panther beside her. It purred as her hand went lovingly down its back. "Akira, see if you can do the same thing again tomorrow right now attend to our little babies." she ordered as she stood up and moved into the shadowy part of the cave. "As you wish my queen." Akira said and did as he was ordered to do. Akira walked up to a column of ice and set a small ball of onyx beside it. Soon enough, a glow started to surround the onyx and it transfered to the column of ice. The small egg with in stirred and grew in size. It ate up the stored energy within the onyx ball. When it ran out of energy the creature curled into itself and sat there waiting for the next meal. Akira smiled evilly when he saw the big change in the creature. It was before just a size of a pea, now it grew to the size of an adolescent lion. with that small amount of energy the change had been so big. "Imagine what your size will become if pure energy is fed to you, my pet." He whispered and moved on to another column and did the same. "Oh.. damn... my head feels like its going to fall off." Rei hissed, as she was assisted by Usagi into the temple. A while back Usagi and MAmoru helped Rei and Minako into Mamoru's van. Later, Ami and Makoto caught up with them and they all went home together. They had already dropped Minako at her house. Ami went next then Makoto. Rei was the last one because ahe was nearer to Usagi's house than the other's. "Easy Rei." Mamoru said as he supported Rei on the other side. Usagi hurried on ahead to open the door to Rei's room. She then went to the kitchen to get Rei some tea. Mamoru on the other hand helped Rei onto her bed and tucked her in. Usagi entered the room with the hot tea and helped Rei to drink it. When Rei was a bit more comfortable, Usagi coudn't help but ask Rei what had happened. "I don't really know Usagi. One minute I felt this strong evil prescence, the next me, Minako and the others were already unconcious." Rei said weakly. "What could have happened?" Usagi wondered. "Why of all times does this have to happen?" Mamoru sighed. Usagi smiled at her boyfriend, and said, "don't you worry Mamoru I'll be more careful and what more I'm going to protect you!" she said trying to lighten them up a bit. Mamoru grinned and shook his head. "Hey that's MY line!" Usagi just smiled. Rei touched Usagi's hand, which got her Usagi's attention. "What is it Rei?" Usagi asked her friend. "I just remembered," Rei whispered. "What's that?" Usagi and Mamoru, listening intently at Rei. "I felt something being taken from me and the others but mostly from the guys." "You mean now the targets are guys and not girls?" Usagi asked disbelievingly. "I'm not...sure but before I fainted I...remembered seeing those... eyes..." Rei said slowly getting drowsy. "What eyes Rei?" Usagi asked her softly, knowing well that her friend was about near sleep. "Grey...Grey eyes..." with that Rei fell asleep. Usagi and Mamoru looked at each other. "Grey eyes?" they said in unison. To Be Continued... /*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/////*****/ Well minna that's it for the first part of this fanfic I know its a cliff hanger but... *silly grin*...I chose it that way coz I didn't want to suddenly run out of space. though I can still see I have some but its better to be safe than sorry. =) EMAIL!!! I want EMAIL!!! please tell me what you think. well minna that's it for now!!! Ja Ne!!