Black Dawn. Lady of the Black Rose Ladynorose@hotmail.com ------- This is a fic by the EXTREMELY NEW author, me! It's my first work, so please, go easy on me!! Please!! This starts off right after Sailor Moon R. BUT, Usagi and the senshi are 18. Meaning that this is a LONG time after Sailor Moon R, but all the other seasons haven't happened. Mamoru is 22. It wouldn't be fair if I started it any later, cuz I haven't seen past that. So it would be really crappy and wrong if I started any later, although I have read the episode summeries of all 200 episodes. That helps, but it's not the real thing. I'll stop babbling, so you can read. Sailor Moon isn't mine, peeps! ------- "Of all the things I've seen you do, this is the stupidest, Usako!" Tuxedo Kamen yelled. The senshi had been fighting a youma, minus Sailor Moon, when USAGI came walking up like it was a chipmunk or something. She was now standing directly in front of it, still in her civilian form. The Sailor Senshi were still too stunned to react, but he sure wasn't. Usagi turned to him, and he shuddered at the coldness that resided in her eyes. "I am NOT your Usako anymore, Cape-boy." She sneered, and turned back to the youma, who was just beginning to attack again. "Ha! Fresh blood!" The youma laughed, and prepared to shoot off it's razor-sharp candycanes. Usagi pointed one delicate finger at it. "No. White Light Beam." She said. A silver laser shot from her finger, and the youma screamed as the pain hit him, and burst. As it was raining down, the bloody chunks of youma became moondust. It was blown away by the gentle breeze that seemed to wake them all up. "Usagi-chan?" Sailor Mars asked. "Huh?" "I am no longer a friend to any of you." She said, glaring at each of them. "Don't expect my kindness or gratitude for anything you do or have done." She turned her back on them and walked away. They stared after her in shock. "What's up with her?" Venus asked. *~*~*~ "Mother, must I do this? Is it really nessessary?" Princess Serenity asked a see-though, ghost version of the ORIGINAL Queen Serenity. "I am sorry, but it is." Queen Serenity looked sad. "They know not of the dangers that lay before them. I know it is much to ask, but you must cut off all contact with your earthly friends and family." "I know. I consented to the change, and I intend to follow it through." A tear rolled down Princess Serenity's cheek. "You will live in a apartment downtown, out of Juuban. Pluto will be there, waiting. She has the keys, new records, everything. I will visit whenever I am allowed. Pluto will send you money and such, and check up on you daily to see what else you may want." "And my locket?" Princess Serenity handed the locket to her mother. "Must be changed." The queen's hand covered the locket and a pale light could see seen under it. The locket melded into a heart shape. "Say Moon Cosmic Power, make up, to transform." Princess Serenity opened the locket. A pink, heart shaped jem was inside. She looked up at her mother. "Where-- Where is the crystal?" She asked. "The same place as your new septor." Queen Serenity smiled. Her daughter nodded. "I must go now." She faded away into oblivion. "I will make you proud, mother." Princess Sernity said, powering down into Usagi. "Usagi-san!" She heard a voice behind her say. She turned. Sailor Pluto stood there in front of a portal. "Come, princess. I will take you to your new living area." She motioned to the black hole. Usagi nodded, and stepped into it. Today, Tsukino Usagi died. *~*~*~*~ "This is a nice place, Pluto." Usagi marveled at the ritzy apartment complex. "I've heard of this. It costs millions of yen a month to keep one." "Yes. The best for the Princess. There is no furniture in your rooms yet, but I will give you plenty of money to make up for that." Pluto said, dehenshining into Meioh Setsuna. She walked into the lobby of the building, Usagi behind her. The clerk snapped to attention. "Meioh-sama, how may I help you?" He asked, with the utmost respect. "This is my friend. Apartment 23-a is her's. I expect you to treat her with twice as good as you would me." Setsuna raised an eyebrow. "If I get any complaints, I will have your job." She smiled again, as the clerk nervously handed her a set of keys. "Come on, I show you in." Setsuna led Usagi to the elevators and hit the button for the top floor. "You scared the crap out of him!" Usagi laughed. "He was nosing around in my rooms once. He won't do it again." Setsuna giggled, then she frowned. "This way." The elevator door opened. She led Usagi to a door and opened it with the keys. "I have ensured your privacy. Sound proof walls, one way windows, etc." A small table was in the center of the room, with a stack of papers, credit cards, and thousand-yen notes. Setsuna picked up a couple of papers from the top. "This is your new name, and license. Your car is parked in the garage. It's a black porshe. Can't miss it. Those credit card and money are yours. Don't worry about the bills, though. They are completely taken care of. Your mother wants you to decorate this place up any way you wish." Setsuna winked, and Sailor pluto was there. "Have fun!" She disappeaered. "So, my new name is Kochi Michiko. I like that. Michiko. If I make any friends, they can call me Michi-chan, and that sounds really nice..." Usagi daydreamed. "Eek! I must complete the change." She said. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Slowly, her hair began to turn silver, and her body began to change slightly. She was turning into Princess Serenity, the whole gig. The dress materialized, and she opened her eyes. "Pluto, I hope you put some kind of outfit in there for me." She walked around until she found the bedroom. Empty. She walked over to the closet, and opened it. It was barren, except for one hanger that held a yellow sundress. ON it was pinned a note. -Thank me later- It said. Usagi pulled it off. She walked out of the closet and into the bedroom, were she took off her princess dress and put the sundress on. The princess dress went on the hanger and into the closet. She made her moon mark fade away, before taking the purse that hung with the sundress and put all the crdit cards and money into it. "SHOPPING SPREE!" She cried, and did all but run from the room, to hit main street. Watch out Tokyo! Here comes 'Michiko'! *~*~*~*~ Well, there's part one. No cliffhangers here, but you'll soon learn that I luv em. Hope you like it. And I need feedback!! E-mail me! Flame me! Just give me something to know you're reading!! -Lady of the Black Rose.