Black Dawn Black Rose Ladynorose@hotmail.com ~*~*~*~*~*~ Iris: Ahem, people. I'm Chibi-Iris. My sister, Rose, is a bit busy... *sweatdrops as she looks into crowd where Rose and Setsuna are throwing fruit at each other* So I'll be reading the story again. Rose: HE'S MINE, YOU OLD HAG! Setsuna: Did you call me old?! Rose: YEAH! YOU'RE FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD! WHY WOULD A HUNKY, dreamy, GUY LIKE SINATO LIKE YOU?! *she flings a kumquat at Setsuna* Setsuna: Why would he like a kid like you!? *Setsuna throws tomato* Iris: Let's get on with the story before they start using bad words. Here you go... ~*~*~*~*~*~ "She's hurt!" A woman in the crowd cried. "Gee, no DUH!" Fighter snapped at her while carefully helping Artemis to her feet. "Can you walk, Usa?" She asked. "I think so... damn... is it legal for a person to use so much blood?" "Legal?" Healer asked. "No, it's against ACT GOD, where it states that a human body can only loose a pint of blood." "You actually listened to Maker during her little, blood and gore speech?" Fighter asked. "Wha? No way! I heard it on MTV." Healer announced proudly. "Oh." Artemis and Fighter sweatdropped. "For a moment there, I though you had a brain." Artemis added. "We need to get out of here, because here comes the media." Fighter pointed to a van with NEWS CHANNEL 7 printed on it in big green and blue letters. "I can't run." Artemis whispered. "I can barely walk." Sinato and Tuxedo Kamen jumped down. Each had the intention of helping her. "Usako..." Tuxedo Kamen began, but Artemis syumbled past him and allow Sinato to pick her up. "Oo, the Cape-man just got the cold shoulder!" A kid that looked about college age crowed. Tuxedo Kamen turned around and glowered at him. "Come on, Sinato." Artemis said. "I need to power down, fast." "Hey, one fast but long travel coming up!" Sinato joked, but was worried about the blood. "To bad Sailor Star Healer can't heal." A little girl at front said. Healer scowled. "It's a name." She growled. The little girl looked like she was going to burst into tears, but decided against it. Instead, she stomped over to Sailor Star Healer and kicked here in the shins. "OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!" Helaer whined, jumping up and down. "ABUSE! MOLESTATION! IT HURTS! I FEEL PAIN!" "Mommy, tell Sailor Star Healer to shut up." A little boy in front asked. Sinato left, both he and Artemis laughing their heads off. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ After she thought everyone had left her alone, Usagi sighed heavily. The bleeding hadn't stopped yet, but had slowed enough to where she was able to make it look like it had, with a little of her magic. She didn't what the others around to see what she had to do next. Slowly, she took a medical needle and thread from a small case that appeared in the air on front of her. Three shadows lurked in the trees, watching her. She cut off a piece of thread using her teeth and lifted her shirt a few inches, revealing the cut. One of the shadows in the tree covered her mouth with her heand, trying not to gag. Slowly, Usagi began to sew the wound up, teeth gritted. It was hot, shooting pain. She'd rather just have the wound, but if she didn't get this sewed up, she'd get sick. After about twenty minutes, Usagi threw the needle away from her, and let out a muffled shriek. "Okay, Hebe. This is where you come in. I did as you told me to. Now you get to make it disappear." Usagi spoke to the moon, it seemed. But, a shimmering figure began to form in front of her. It was a woman, to be sure. It didn't completely appear, but remained ghost-like, see through. "What, Selene?" 'Hebe' asked. "Dammit, don't ask me what." Usagi moaned. "Come on. I can't fight with this!" She motioned towards the blood caked wound. "But you shall. I can only speed up the healing process." Hebe griamced. "And you didn't cry, dear?" "I almost wish. It's just a pity Usagi had to die, though. I miss her. She could cry and cry and not feel bad about it." "But you are in charge now." "Yeah. Why didn't you people warn me before that litle episode? Seiya was with me, and you nearly scared him out of his wits! And burned this body in the process!" "Well, we knew you could and would handle it dear." "And if I'd been a bit rusty?" "We'd be sweeping up ashes." "Hebe." Usagi growled. "I am the only ruler of Olmypus now. I also have to rule Earth and the moon, this entire galaxy, and not to mention the Exaleron Galaxy, although I think Minako or Rei would like that job." "Exaleron? You'd give Exaleron to MINAKO? I mean, sure, she's Aphrodite's protogee, but a whole Galaxy?" "I don't want it." "Oh, you're as bad as your mother." "You're as bad as Ares. And that reminds me, how is everyone?" "The worst of us is Posiden, of course. He can't believe he's in the Elysion fields. Zeus took it bad, it's kind of depressed. So's Apollo. But the rest of us are OK." "Ok?" "Alright. We hate it." "Uh-hmm. If you help, I'll see what I can do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Who is that?" Sinato whispered, pointing to Hebe. "I dunno. I thought I heard her call her Hebe." Fighter whispered back, moving silently through the branches to get a better look. "Oh... I'm gonna have nightmares for the rest of my LIFE." Venus maoned. "She sewed it up herself... oh..." "Get over it. Once, I saw her perform surgery on herself with the Sword of Apollo.. that sword... an arrow was stuck in her thigh, the kind of arrow that's made to go in but not come out? She sliced open her leg and ripped it out, all without screaming, which is more that I can say for myself." Sinato told her. "Oh... I'm going to loose my lunch..." Minako groaned. "You'd better not. She doesn't know we're here. She might blow us to bits before noticing we're friends." Fighter whispered back. "She's been real nervous ever since her sisters gave her that power." "Sisters?" Sinato and Venus asked at the same time. "Yeah. A few weeks ago... she fainted after a bunch of energy beams hit her. When she woke up, she said her sisters gave her energy to help her, that the time of blood was near." Fighter whispered matter of factly. "She meant Athena and the others... that's Hebe... but they're all dead." Sinato murmured. "Athena was a greek god." Venus answered. "They all were. But that means...." Sinato's eyes went wide and he nearly fell from the tree. "WHAT?!" Venus screamed in a whispered. "She's Artemis,and slash or Selene. She is the only god left. That's what she meant when she was talking to that youma. She's a goddess." "_What do you mean_?" Fighter hissed. "Come on, guys. Hope you got a show." Usagi looked up towards them. They dropped from the tree, to see Hebe was gone. "So, you've finally figured it out, Sinato. Good work." She said, smiling. "Yes, Sinato. I'm a Goddess. I spoke with Hebe just now, she's confirmed it. Setsuna has given me Lo's sword. I am many people, now. I'm glad I can have someone to talk to." "Alright, Usagi. You ve managed to give me nightmares for the rest of my life. Can we go back now?!" Minako whined. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "BLOOD! BLOOD!" Usagi woke up screaming. Sinato jumped up, startled. Usagi was sitting up, the blankets twisted around her waist, eyes open but not seeing. Shocked, he looked out the window to what she appeared to be staring at. The moon was streaked in red. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "She's in a trance." Rei said, almost immediatly. Ami agreed. "How long has she been like this?" Ami asked. The inner senshi, Lights, cats, and Sinato were all in Usagi's room. Usagi hadn't even moved since she screamed out. She was still looking at the scarlet moon, eyes empty. "She is okay?" Seiya asked. "I really don't know. Her brain patterns are off the wall, she's somewhere, doing something, in her mind. Something not so pretty. It's her memories. It's triggering something in her memories... and let me tell you, none of us have pretty memories." Ami was typing away at her computer. Usagi sprang up from the bed, her eyes filled with fury. "PLUTO!" She screamed. "PLUTO! GET IN HERE, NOW! AND BRING *THEM*!" ~*~*~*~*~*~ Chibi-Iris looks at the fighting pair in the stands, who have stopped fighting. Chibi: I'm not sure, but I think they've stopped... Rose: Rahahahah! I have a secret too... ROSE POWER! Nothing happened. Rose: Dammit! It worked in the movies... Setsuna: Hehe, you think you're a senshi, hehe. Rose flies at Setsuna. Chibi:*sweatdrops* I need some asprin... seeya.