28Summary: There was always the prophecy, the prophecy of the future of Tokyo and its protectors. Mizuno Ami knew it, and it had never bothered her before, until she realized what that meant: Leaving everyone she loved behind to enter a 5,000 year sleep, including her boyfriend. Well, now the time is upon them, and within a few months they would enter this sleep. In attempt to save them the pain, Ami leaves her boyfriend of 4 years…unfortunately, this has dire consequences involving a certain book, a certain future princess, and two seishi from Ancient China. As if things in her life couldn't get worse.
Authors Note: I've added more to this chapter, so um yeah…that's why I reposted it
Disclaimer: I no own, you no sue, me no cry.
Prelude
Brown eyes watered as he watched the words fall from those beautiful pink lips. Tears fell from those deep ocean blue eyes he had so often found himself drowning in countless times before. Silky cream cheeks tinged a soft pink from the rays of sunlight that broke in through the treetops. Her slender hands tightened about the several books she always carried as short, dark blue strands drifted into her flawless face.
He wanted to hold her, tell her that it was okay, and tell her this did not have to be, but as he stepped forward to do so, she in turn stepped back.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Greg, but it's over," her soft, and always so meek, voice croaked out as she turned from him. Her long, slender legs carried her petite frame away from him, leaving him to stare at the patch of grass where she once stood.
This can't be happening, he thought as he felt his heart slowly fall into pieces, this can't be happening. He quickly lifted his watery brown eyes to watch the fleeting form of his beloved disappear into the sea of people that swarmed the streets of Tokyo just outside of Juuban Park.
How could you do this to me? I saved your life once; I helped you in battles even though it was very little. I even helped you when you fell into her deepest, darkest of places no one else knew of, and this is how you returns the favor.
Tears streamed down his own pink tinted cheeks as his face dropped to cast a dark shadow over his eyes. Short brown strands shadowed his face in such a manor that made his sudden depression prominent against the array of laughing children within the park.
"You promised we'd be together till the end," he murmured into the wind as his fists tightened into tight balls at his sides. Out of all the things he had seen, his gifts never showed him this, "You promised we'd never be apart, and I believed you because it was you. You're the good guy after all…. You're not supposed to break promises."
All at once though, his mind whirled as a familiar daze washed over his entire being causing his eyes to widen and a gasp to escape the depths of his throat. Soon the crisp green park shredded away, replaced by faces of people he did not know, of a book as it was placed upon a shelf.
A woman with short brown hair and a smiling face, a favor for a daughter…a mistake…his window.
The vision quickly faded, and replaced by the park once more, leaving the man to contemplate the strange pictures and faces that had shortly swarmed his mind.
"Mom, Taka, I'm fine! Really!" Miaka groaned out for the fifth time as Taka helped her into the small, one story home he and she had bought only a few weeks before.
"Honey," Miaka's mother chided as she guided the girl into the living room and gently forced her to take a seat on the couch, "the doctor told us to keep a close eye on you. Just in case something goes wrong."
"Yeah, and the last thing we want is something to go wrong, again," Taka agreed as he followed the two into the living room. He soon sat the large duffle bag he had draped over his shoulder upon the floor, and the book he held upon the corner table next to the couch.
"How about some dinner, hmm?" the older woman smiled as she soon left the room, leaving Miaka and her husband to themselves.
Miaka smiled gently as Taka sat at her side, her head soon resting against his broad shoulders and a soft sigh slipping past her lips.
"Have you talked with Mayo?" Miaka inquired as her brows creased in worry for the young blonde in which so much trouble had been caused over only a day or two prior.
"Yeah," Taka replied softly before sighing himself, "She's doing just fine according to Keisuke."
"I'm glad to hear that," Miaka replied.
A small smile danced across the young mother's lips as her thoughts returned to their little adventure. So much had happened since then, but the book was safe. The best part was, that Mayo was finally happy, she understood what was happening in her life, and she accepted it. The book was safe, and Mayo was happy. Miaka hoped to keep it that way too, for god forbid anything else happen to risk the lives of her friends within the parallel world of the Universe of the Four Gods.
She smiled a little more at the thought of her friends that lived within this magical fairytale world: Nuriko, Chichiri, Taski, Chiriko, and Mitsukake. She really hope that they're lives would be full ones this time, all of them.
Gently the small brunette rested her hand upon the small bulge that was her stomach, evidence of her third month of pregnancy. A small smile creased her lips at the thought of her child, Taka and her child to be correct. Her gaze shifted back to the warm smile that rested upon her husband's face before returning it with her own. "I'm glad everything is alright."
"Yeah, me too," Taka replied with a nod of agreement.
Dinner was ready not too long afterwards; the three sitting at the table to enjoy the meal Miaka's mother had whipped up. As usual, the young mother would devour more then her share of what was presented before soon being ushering off to bed by her mother (Taka was charged with making sure the girl went to bed).
A giggle echoed from the bedroom after the door shut behind the two an "Oh, Taka!" soon following afterwards. Miaka's mother chuckled a little at the sound as she cleared the table of the dishes that had been used. Soon she began to tidy up the rest of the small house, picking up socks and couch pillows as she drifted from the kitchen to the living room.
A hand ran through those short brown locks as she replaced pillows upon the couch and duffle bag was moved out of the walkway of the doorway before eyes fell upon that dusty old book resting upon the corner table near the couch. Curiously, the woman picked it up, eyeing the cover for a moment before turning it over to look at the back. A slender finger rose, lifting the back of the book to peer inside the back cover.
"Oh my, this book is way over due," the woman stated as she eyed the library card within it, and then frowned. After a moment or two of silent contemplation she sighed a little, "I'll just drop it off on my way home for them…"
And with that, the woman finished her cleaning, and soon drifted out from the home of her daughter and son-in-law, the Universe of the Four Gods in hand.
Birds sung and whistled, as they perched themselves on the cherry blossom tree just outside of the small home of Miaka and Taka. The sun beamed down on the large glass windows lining the living room of the house, as within a brunette tossed pillows upon the floor and things off the coffee table. Two seconds later she opened her mouth and shouted, her voice echoing out of the house, though dulled slightly by the walls that separated her from the birds that soon flittered off.
"TAKA!" Miaka screamed, causing the man who was shaving, to neatly nick his chin.
With a small frown he took the towel that was on his shoulder and placed it over the small bleeding injury before he slipped out of the bathroom, "What is it Miaka?"
The brunette slid to a stop down at the other end of the hall as she panted slightly. Her panic reflected in her wide brown eyes. "The book! It's gone!"
"Chibi-Usa! Don't run!" the girl shouted over the crowded streets of Tokyo as she chased after the sugar pink cones that darted through the sea of people.
The woman frowned a little as she adjusted her messenger bag on her shoulder and shoved her way through the crowd. Her high heeled, sandals knocked against the cement, as her sky blue haltered sun dress shifted against her moving legs. The white knitted sweater she wore over it half hung off one of her slender shoulders, revealing the slender and cream white skin beneath.
The woman eventually skidded to a stop across the street from a familiar game shop and let her dark blue hues rest upon that small fifteen year old girl that currently stood before it across the street. A slender hand lifted, gently tucking short blue strands behind her ear revealing the three pearled earrings that rested one atop the other.
"Chibi-Usa," the woman sighed softly as she watched the girl from afar.
Tsuzkino Usagi, or better known as Chibi Usa had grown from when last she saw the girl, now a spitting image of her mother when she was that age. She was a little shorter though, and her sugar pink hair a little curlier, but still, she held the same innocents her mother had back then. Her blue school skirt swayed left and right as the wind blue it, causing the blue sailor flap on her shirt to waver as well. Her big sugar pink hues stared inside, sadly almost, at the now empty room beyond the large glass window. Chibi Usa had grown it o a very lovely girl in the woman's opinion.
The Crown Arcade was what the worn sign above the now dormant sliding glass doors read. It was once a hot spot for the high school kids around the area, but had long since been shut down. The owner lost business when the new arcade down the block opened up a few months ago sporting the latest items in technology.
The old building stood lonely amongst the array of people and newer buildings that surrounded it. Upon the once opened doors one last flyer hung tenaciously, only to be blown away by the sudden gust of wind that blew across the street.
The paper fluttered and floated, twisted and flipped, until it effectively crossed the street and landed in a puddle of water near the woman's feet.
The, now twenty year old, Mizuno Ami who eyed the building shifted her ocean blue gaze to the old flyer, her features saddening a moment.
"Sailor Moon, Defender of Justice Game! New Release! Get it here, now!" the flyer read, bringing back more memories of her past life. It was then her gaze shifted up a little in the puddle to rest upon her reflection.
Well, it wasn't really her past life, just not as big of a part anymore. There were no more attacks after Chaos was finally defeated, no more threats of any sort. Granted there was an odd happening now and then, such as the strange happening a few months ago with that fire in the center of the city. That had been cleared up though. Now and then her and the girls would get together to just do some random criminal stopping, but nothing more then that.
After high school, the girls started drifting apart. Though Ami and Usagi attended the same college, Ami rarely saw the princess, save after a class or two, for on weekends the girl would spend it with Mamoru ( it was usually when he could visit from his own college classes). Makoto went to a small college in Kyoto to practice her culinary arts, and Rei became head Priestess of the Shrine. Minako returned to England to restart her acting career after Motoki went to America. Michiru and Haruka had taken the young Hotaru on their musical tour, and Setsuna went back to the gates of time. Everyone had split up to continue on with there lives as normal, even Ami. She took her classes as if she was really going to be a doctor one day, she knew other wise though. Next month everyone would be brought back together, but not for a reunion but to sleep for the next 5,000 year.
Ami shook the thoughts from her head as she soon dashed across the finally cleared street to reach the future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru.
"Chibi Usa," Ami scolded once reaching the girl's side, her blue hair being shoved from her face slightly once more.
"What happened Ami?" the girl soon asked as her pink hues drifted up from the dingy window.
Chibi Usa had been gone for about four years now and came to visit one last time before their sleep, and Ami had been charged with keeping an eye on the girl for the day.
"The shop closed down Small Lady," Ami replied resting a hand on the girl's shoulder. She began to usher the girl away from the shop and down the side walk.
"What about Motoki?" the girl inquired as her sugar pink hues drifted up to the slightly taller woman.
"He went to America," Ami stated softly as she slowed to a stop at one of the many crowded cross walks.
"Oh," Chibi Usa stated softly, her eyes dropping to the pavement. "Minako was sad wasn't she."
"Yeah," Ami stated softly. It was one of the many reasons she had left back to England herself really. "But she's fine now. Making movies and what not."
There was a long silence between the two as they soon crossed the street. Chibi Usa folded her slender hands behind her head as they did this, before glancing to the older woman.
"I heard you and Greg broke up."
Ami stiffened at the girl's words, her gaze quickly shifting to the ground. The crosswalk light shifted green, and the two girls crossed the street in momentary silence.
"It was for the best," Ami stated. She was feeling those tears begin to well up once more as she thought back to the day prior.
Greg looked so surprise to hear what she had to say, and so hurt. She didn't mean to do that to him, she never meant to hurt him so much. It was just that, she knew they weren't going to last. He couldn't follow where she was going, but it hurt so much. She had ran home soon afterwards, locked herself in her room and cried. Cried for hours.
HONK! HONK! Was what ripped the girl's mind from her thoughts as her gaze shifted down the road she and the girl from the future crossed. There, storming down the road, came a car, the driver looking way unto happy, and the woman in the passenger seat matching his unhappiness with worry.
"Come on Chibi Usa, let's get out of the street," Ami stated, as she quickly finished her trek across the street, her ward following close on her heels.
The car sped past the crosswalk, not even yielding as the rest of the people scrambled out of the path of the it, and with a sharp turn and a squeal of tires it shot only a few more buildings down before into the Library parking lot it disappeared.
"DAMN JERK!" a person yelled from his place on the ground, his face shifted into one of hysteric anger and panic, he was one of the lucky ones that managed to get out of the cars path just in time.
"Dude," Chibi Usa stated with a blink, "They let that guy have a license…then I should be able to get one too."
"Not a chance," Ami stated with a soft chuckle as she nodded down the road, "Come on. We're almost there, and you want to get that paper done don't you? Besides I'm late for work as it is."
Chibi Usa let out a long sigh as she reluctantly followed the older woman, "Yeah yeah."
"Taka you almost ran over that guy back there!" Miaka squeaked worriedly as she rolled down her window and peered out the window to make sure no one was hurt in her husband's frantic driving.
"I can't believe I left it right there out in the open!" Taka growled. He referred to the book that he had so clumsily left out in the open back home. "Let's just hope they'll let us get it back."
"Yeah," Miaka stated softly.
After a good few hours of searching the house inside out and upside down, they finally called Miaka's mother hoping the woman had seen it and perhaps knew where they could find it. Unfortunately, that's when they found out the woman dropped it off at the library on her way home, thinking it was an over due library book.
With a suddenly sharp turn into the Library parking lot they went skidding to a stop outside the library steps.
Miaka quickly climbed out of the car, and darted up the building's steps, her husband in tow, and into the building. To the front desk she darted where the librarian on shift blinked at the woman.
"Hello, was there something I could help you with," the woman asked, tilting down her reading glasses and placing the book she read upon the desk.
"Yes, we're looking for a book.." Miaka stated bluntly, panting slightly with one hand upon her swollen tummy.
"…Um, well yes. This is a library," the woman stated monotonously, with a frown, "we have, a lot, of books."
"We're looking for a certain book," Taka quickly stated as he came to his wife's side, panting a little himself. "It's called the Universe of the Four Gods, it should have been brought by sometime yesterday evening."
The woman blinked a little before sighing and placing her book down," It should have been put into the computer already, so I'll check there first." The woman turned to the desk top computer she sat before and was about to begin typing into the machine when she'd blink, "Finally! You're late!"
"Sorry, Sorry!" the girl stated as she walked into the building, a teenager on her tail, "I had to pick up my friend's cousin for her."
"Whatever, clock in," the woman stated as she soon stood, "I'm gone."
"H-Hey! What about us?" Miaka quickly stated with a hint of panic.
"Ami there will help you," the woman stated bluntly as she left the desk and grabbed her things from the shelf just beyond it.
"Try to stay out of trouble Chibi-Usa, alright?" the woman called after the girl who waved her off and wandered away. The woman drifted behind the desk soon after, setting her messenger bag down as quickly as she could before smiling at the two that waited, "I'm sorry about that. You needed help, correct?"
"Yes," Miaka nodded a little, "we're looking for a book that was dropped off yesterday evening called the Universe of the Four Gods."
The woman, Ami, nodded a little as she sat at the computer and resumed where the woman left off. "The Universe of the Four Gods right?" Fingers moved across the keys easily as her hand occasionally drifted to the mouse. Her brows furrowed a little after about five minutes of searching, "It doesn't seem we have that book here on this floor, it is a story, correct?"
"Try reference Materials or really, really old books that aren't allowed to be checked out, or Ancient China," the girl suddenly stated, earning her a blank stare from the girl.
"Alright then," the woman then stated with a bright smile, "it must be a really good book to have you so worked up like that."
"Actually," Taka stated with a nervous chuckle, "I guess you could say, it's very, very important to both of us.
"It's nice to see people who love reading as much as I do," Ami stated with another soft chuckle as she shifted screens and search windows, "Now let's see.."
Chibi Usa shifted her weight slightly in the chair she sat in, the table now cluttered with the papers she just moments ago strewn out upon the table. She frowned a little more as she looked at her paper before sighing.
"I hate this. I need a drink," she groaned.
"You're only avoiding the work," a voice piped out. The empty bag settled on the table began to move a little before out from it a furry head would pop, a gray cat soon blinking its bright red eyes at the girl.
"I just want a drink," Usa replied with a pout, "I'll get you something too Diana."
Up the girl stood, grabbing a quarter from her back pack after a minute or two of shuffling, and started towards the desk near the front where her current sitter sat. The small feline was quick to fallow, though being sure to stay out of sight, after all no pets allowed.
"Hey Ami, where's the coke machine?"
The blue haired woman glanced up from the computer she typed at before lifting one hand and pointing towards the stairs just off to the side, "Up the stairs and to the right."
"Thanks!" the girl stated happily.
"And whisper Usa," Ami quickly added as she returned to her work.
Chibi Usa rolled her hues as she began up the stairs, following the woman's directions, cat running ahead of her slightly. Down the quiet hall she went, carefully maneuvering around the 'wet floor' sign strategically placed just n the middle of the hall. She soon stopped at the drink machine placed only a little ways down. Slipping in her coin in and pressing the button of required beverage. Two seconds later she had herself a nice cold can of coke, "Just what I need to get those juices flowing."
"Hey I thought you said you were going to get something for me too," the small cat mewed at the girl with a slight frown.
"Sorry, that was my last quarter Diana," the girl then stated with a blink.
Popping open the can the girl turned to head back to the stairs when, with the grace of her mother, heel slid forward, having hit a still wet spot upon the floor. With a yelp of surprise backwards she fell crashing onto the tile floor and dropping her drink. The coke can crashed onto the floor, splattering its carbonated content across the once clean tiles before it rolled a little ways down the hall and slid to a stop as it hit a closed door.
"Ouch," Chibi Usa whimpered her hand rubbing her back side as she sat up, "that hurt."
"Well, next time you should heed warning signs," Diana chided with a nod of her little head.
Pink hues drifted over the mess that now lay in her wake before sighing a little, "Oh man." Slowly but surely, the girl climbed to her feet and slowly walked her way to where her can had come to a stop. Squatting she picked up the now empty drink and let another sound of disapproval slip past her lips.
"And I was really thirty," she said. Suddenly, from down the hall, the sound of something being rolled on the floor could be heard. Immediately panic filled her, and as always old habits died hard, "Oh no! That's probably the janitor! Gotta hide! Gotta hide!"
Grabbing the knob of the door with one hand she gave it a fitful yank, and into the room she went, cat following, slamming the door shut behind her. Pressing her back against the door, she held her breath, the sound of wheels getting louder and louder with each passing second before, it stopped.
"God damn it," a voice growled from the other side, "I just cleaned this damn hall…"
The sound of shuffling could be heard before, Chibi Usa slowly sighed and let her gaze shift over the dark room she entered. Her nose scrunched slightly at the smell of old books and dust as she let her hues adjust.
Shelves of books lined the small room, and a push cart of them currently sat in one of the several aisles. Slowly the girl walked forward, her feet soundless upon the carpeted floor of the small room.
Must be the reference room, the girl thought as she walked over to one of the carts and picked up a book to look at it. Her gaze shifted once more to one particular book, half buried by the rest. Curiously, she reached forward and pulled it from it's place, her eyes running over the dingy and used cover, The Universe of the Four Gods. Wow. This is old.
"Ah, there you are," Ami stated with a grin as she stood up from her seat. "It's in the office upstairs with a usually more fragile books. I'll go get it for you."
"Oh thank you so much!" the woman exclaimed as she gave Ami a deep bow, causing the part-time librarian to blush a little.
"Just doing my job," Ami stated with a soft chuckle as she moved towards the stairs, "I'll just be a second."
Ami moved up the steps and down the hall, a small smile plastered upon her face.
"Hey Mita," Ami greeted as she passed the grumbling Janitor would managed a grumpy hello back. She didn't seem to phased by it as she approached the door labeled 'Employees Only'. Twisting the knob, in a hand reached flicking on the lights.
As the lights flickered on, her gaze fell upon the sugary pink hair of Chibi Usa and the small cat just on the shelf next to her, curiously peering over her shoulder. Just then the girl let out a surprised yelp as the book, and empty soda can, in hand dropped to the floor at her feet with a thud..
"Chibi-Usa what are you doing in here?" Ami stated with a frown as she stepped fully into the room, the girl giving a nervous laugh.
"Well see what happened wa.." Her sentence never finished as a wind suddenly began to blow within the confines of the room. Confusion swept her features as the sound of flipping pages soon followed. Turning around, her gaze landed upon the book that she dropped.
Her brows knit together a little as slowly she began to back up, but not before a sudden explosion of wind and light enveloped the room, and in instinct the young princess let out a shrilled scream.
Ami felt the panic rise up within her chest as her hand lifted to shield her eyes from the bright light that spilled into the room, that is until the scream was heard. Quickly arm was dropped and forward she dashed, her half blind gaze making out the slender hand of the young girl that was up higher then it should have been, meaning that she was floating.
"Usagi!" Ami found herself shouting as her hand clasped tightly onto the girls, her eyes squeezing shut as the light and wind began to cause them to tear. The air around her began to thicken almost, as if suffocating her slowly, but she refused let go of the girl. Soon, she too felt her feet begin to leave the ground.
Suddenly, the light grew brighter, painfully bright, and the wind only picked up more, and try as she might, Ami could feel her consciousness slipping away from her. Her last conscious thoughts rested upon the scream her young friend let out once more..
Miaka shifted slightly as she looked at Taka, smiling at him, "See. Everything's going to be okay. We'll get the book and then we'll leave, lock it away so it won't ever have to be used by another person again."
Taka smiled at his wife before sighing a little and nodding, "yeah."
It was then that a shrilled scream filtered down from the second floor, causing both Miaka and Taka to snap there gazes to the stairs. Without a second thought the two quickly dashed up the steps, and sped around the corner to the only open doorway on the hall.
"Miss Ami!" Taka found himself shouting as he was first to reach the now silent room that smelt of burnt metal. Miaka was soon standing at her side, her eyes wide.
There, silently laying upon the floor was the Universe of the Four Gods and an empty can of coke that rolled left and right, hitting the bottom of the book shelf it was near. Pawing at the book would be a small grey cat that now looked at the two that made their presence.
"Oh no…Taka…Not again…"
Authors Note: Hey everyone, been a while since I've written anything…I've had major writers block, and a heap load of stress to join it. As a result I decided to work on an idea I had a while ago. But basically a Fushigi Yuugi/ Sailor Moon crossover thing…As for anyone who read this chapter the first time, yes I added more n.n; Heh' sorry, it was just so short…but any way…To answer reviews!
Mystlady: Hiyo! Haven't you reviewed one of my stories before? I think you have! Heh'. But yes, I tend to avoid those Usagi centered fics, most of the time anyway. Ami's really my favorite character( Makoto is my second favorite ness). Anywhoooo, I'm really glad you liked it so far and thanks for the review!
kitsune of the dark void: If you mean if it's after the whole last bit of the series where Miaka's pregnant child disappears and mayo acts all bitchy and tries to convince Tamakins that he and she are together or whatever, then yes. If not, then I have no idea what your talking about n.n; My Japanese pretty much sucks n.n; Hehe But I'm glad you liked my first chapter, and I hoped you liked this extended version too. So ya! Thankies a bunch!
Well then, now that that's done, I think. I'll continue this fic, just so I can, though I won't guarantee I'll finish it x.x; I think it's a bad habit with most people who think, or are, creative heh'. Okay, now I'm not sure about pairings just yet, or even if there are going to be any…so, if you have any suggestions for pairing please toss 'em at me (It'll probably either be Taski or Chichiri though simply because the other suzaku warriors are pretty much still kids)..Oh, and I think I have my age differences a little off, but it was the best I could do with having not seen the jap anime for a really long while -has restarted to doing internet research- And if facts (originally for the animes) for either anime are off a little I'm really sorry…what else…um….Oh yeah! If you couldn't tell already, I also have a problem with giving this story a suitable title… so, um, if anyone has any suggestions that'd be great too!..hehe…yeah..well, I think that's it…so um. I'll shut up now! Thanks again for reading!
