okay....i know that the first one looked like a regular story but i only did that so that if the story flopped i could save face and not have to leave it as an unfinished series. anyway, i'll try to make this one good, and long, though i don't really have a plot in my head, i'll figure it out along the way i guess. Usual disclaimers stand...i don't own SM. oh yes, when i mentioned their teacher in the last story i said haruka, well i meant haruna....sorry bout that. Fly Away part 2 by battie -------------------------- "What?" i asked stupidly in confusion. "I said you are Sailor Moon," the little black cat said patiently, as if talking to a five year old child," the champion of justice, the defender..." "Okay okay, i don't need a speech. What I meant to ask is HOW can I be Sailor Moon? Does it just happen all the time or something? A persons walking down the street, minding their own buisness, and all the sudden their sailor moon?" I wasn't prepared for this sort of thing, between all that had happened and THIS, I was blown out of the water. I mean, I was sitting here, covered with green monster goo, discussing how i was sailor moon with a CAT. I think I'm loseing my mind, I have to be, and it's all the FUCKING Akira's fault. This just takes the cake in the worst day of my life, what the hell else could go wrong? "Your also the reincarnated Princess Serenity of the Royal Moon Family," fate must be laughing her ass off at me, "and this here," pointing at an embarrassed boy in a tuxedo, "is Endymion, your reincarnated fiance, and your future husband." "WHAT?!?! First you tell me I'm Sailor Moon, which after a while to get used to i could probably deal with, THEN you think your gonna wave something about me being a PRINCESS of the MOON no less, who has to marry somebody who fights with a tux, a rose, and a cane, and THINK that I'm gonna sit here, smile, and say 'thank you for finding me finally, i'll do whatever you say'. I don't think so kitty cat, I'm gonna leave RIGHT now, go home, take a bath, and PRAY this whole day has been one big nightmare." With that said I decided to make a big exit, so i turned and stormed off. "HEY!!!!," came the aggravated yell from behind me,"I'm your guardian. If your leaving I'm coming with you, I have to have somewhere to live after all." Hurrying on her four tiny paws the little cat ran to catch up with me. 'Great, not only am i losing my mind, but now I have to take this cat home and take care of it,' I thought to myself. With the cat walking silently behind me it gave me much unwanted time to think of my situation at the house. I was glad that Kumiko atually liked me, I just wasn't so sure that Akira would be that easy to get rid of. Thinking of Akira sent chills of fear up my spine, I had always prided myself on being brave but now that he had attacked me like that i would never feel completely safe around him. I might not even feel safe around strange men walking down the street. Arriving at the door step I used my key to get in and went straight up to my room. Another good thing about living here was that I had my own bathroom, with a huge whirlpool tub to boot. Filling it up I put some bubble bath in, stepping back I started to strip off my clothes. At the indrawn hiss behind my I remembered that the little cat was in the bathroom with me. She had obvisously seen the scars on my back, I was no stranger to abusive orphanage's. The last one, shadyacres, I had been at had been particuarly nasty. Leaving several long rectangular scars with a deeper square on the top of them on my back, from all of the belt whippings I had received. I had been to 3 different orphanages before Shadyacres. Turning around I meet the cats gaze, "Something wrong kitty?" Blinking a few times she answered, "Nothing, and my names not kitty, it's luna." Turning back towards the tub I stepped in and turned on the jets. Taking a wash cloth I gingerly wiped at the marks on my face. These babies were difenitly gonna be here for a while. They were also going to be hard to explain at school. "Excuse me Usagi, i think we need to talk about what happened to night. First of all I need to give you your transformation locket." Jumping up and doing a flip in midair Luna landed lightly on her feet with a rounded pink locket, with a cresant moon in the middle of it, in front of her. "You expect me to wear THAT? It looks like something that jumped straight out of the 60's. And it's PINK. I NEVER wear pink. Here let me see it." I reach down a grab ahold of the small locket. Looking at it for a few minutes i decide to try my new powers out on it. Concentrating on it I picture the way I want it to look. Coming out of my daze I look down at it expectantly. Nothing happened. With dissapointment riding high on my mind I almost missed the slight movement going on in it. Putting all of my attention back on it I watch while it slowly turns black instead of pink and the gold trimming and the small cresent moon turn silver. After that's done it starts shrinking until it's the size of a silver dollar. Now I could slip it on a choker an wear it as a necklace. Settleing further down in the bath tub i started thinking of the events that happened today, especially the incident with Akira. I hoped I would never have to see him again, just thinking about it made a shiver of fear run down my back. I didn't even want to think about it. Lowering myself until the water reached my chin, I closed my eyes and brought up the few memories I had of my life before all of this happened, when my mother was still alive. Thinking about it made a small tear run out of the corner of my eye, making a small silver trail down my cheek, to drop silently into the water below. I remember her sweet voice singing me lullabys, rubbing my hair to comfort me. I also remembered how my father had been before she died. Always loving towards me, taking me to the park while my mother sleep, during her pregnancy with my brother she was always tired and couldn't spend as much time with me. But my father always took the time to take me places, no matter how worried he was about mother. I don't think I will ever understand why he went down the path that he did. If only he would have controled his drinking and grief, to take care of his children. At least little Shingo had been young enough that someone would have adopted him. Maybe he was with a happy family now, one that took care of him, loved him like her father never could. He was obbsessed with the thought of my mother dying trying to give birth to him. He was never directly mean to him, he would just have nothing to do with shingo, leaving my to take care of him. It was actually a blessing in one sense when he died, at least Shingo was given a chance at a happy family. Feeling the water becoming cold I jumped out quickly and grabbed a towel off the rack, dried off, and put on my night clothes. "Usagi," Luna said, scarying me since I had forgotten that she was there,"Tommorrow, after school, I want you to go back to the shrine, where you were earlier today, for a senshi meeting. We need to fill you in on everything that has happened so far, before you showed up that is. We'll also have to show you how to use your powers, and control them to the fullest." Upon saying that she jumped onto my king size bed, walked to the end, curled up, and went to sleep. Now that cat definitely had balls. Not only did she follow me home, but she jumped on my nice big bed, a black satin sheets, and went to sleep. 'Oh well, might as well just go to sleep. If I stay awake trying to make sense of all this i'll not get a wink of sleep.' Climbing onto the soft mattress I grabbed the blanket and pulled it up to my chest for warmth. Right before I fell asleep I heard a contented purring coming from the end of the bed. It really was nice to have a cat again, even if she talked and tried to boss me around. I jerked up at the sound of my alarm going off, kicking out and causing Luna to go for a rough tumble off of the bed. 'Opps.' Rubbing my head I swung my legs over the side of the bed, clenching my toes in the soft carpet before I stood up fully. Walking over to the bathroom I splashed cold water on my face and brushed my teeth quickly. Moving towards my closet I stared at the clothes inside, trying to figure out what to wear. 'Hmmm...I've worn that, that, don't want to wear that. Well, I guess I'll wear this.' Grabbing the outfit, I laid it on my bed and proceeded to take my night clothes off. It was alittle outlandish for school, but she felt in an outlandish mood today. I looked in the mirror before I left the room, to run a brush through my hair, and found, to my great surprise, that the bruises had faded to a sicking yellow. Light enough that a light cover of make up would make them un-noticeable. Only a dime size cut was left on my temple, that one would probably end up being a scar. Walking out of my bedroom I walked down the stairs in a hurry to be out of the house and on my way to school. Striding to the garage I went to get my bike, only remembering I hadn't gotten the tire fixed when I got there. 'Damn, that sucks.' Turning around I walked toward the gate to the sidewalk, in a hurry to catch the next bus. As it turned out the next one didn't come for fifteen more minutes, making me late for school. When the bus arrived in front of the school, I rushed out, in a hurry to get to my first class. Right as I reached the inner stair case the late bell rung, almost making me jump out of my skin it startled me so. 'God Miss Kuno was gonna kill me, she absolutely hated it when anyone was late to her class. Hesitating before I walked into the class I took a deep breath. Pushing the door open I did my best to look nonchlant about being late. It didn't work. "So..Miss Tsukino. You finally decide to grace us with your presence. And may I say I just love your choice of attire today." Bringing up my coldest stare, the one mostly reserved for my late would be adopters, I looked at her and replied, "I'm so glad you like it. After all, I wake up every morning trying to think of what to wear, just so I can please you. I thought you'd like this." The class went silent as they watched what might happen. They didn't go unrewarded. Miss Kuno puffed up like a blowfish, her face going beet red, and pointed at the door. "Get outside and wait until I tell you to come in. I want you to stand out there with these buckets in your arms, and don't let them droop. I'll be watching!" Putting my books down I picked up the buckets, that were quickly filled halfway with water from the lab facuet, and stonily left the room. Leaning against the wall I silently held the water buckets at shoulder length, thanking god that I was as fit as I was or I wouldn't be able to hold them for any length of time. After about a half an hour I seen two students and a teacher walk around the corner, one, a young man, student was tall with short blond hair, and the other, a young woman, had aqua colored hair that was shoulder length, very elegant. The girl was dropped off at a class two down from me, and the young man was brought to my class. Before the teacher walked in he glanced at me. Stopping he looked closer, "What are you doing out here young lady?" "I was late for class." I made the reply as short as possible. The boy looked at me and took in my cut off shorts, that stopped about two inches above mid thigh, my small black tank top, various chains and necklaces, combat boots, and finally the odd pendant I had around my neck. After his survey he glanced at my face and saw me studing him. He was quite handsome. Too bad he looked like a prep. "Is that a tattoo miss?" the man was bugging me again. "Yes it is sir." "Hmph.....Well come on young man, time to get you to your class." Giving him a suggestive wink as he went by, I bodly eyed him again. This might be a fun school year after all. He looked alittle put out at first but then her returned my wink in full measure. This was definitely gonna be fun! ------------------------------------- okay I'm done now....bye! oh my new address is battie8199@aol.com Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com