Usagi, vampire Slayer Part 3 By Danielle Nikita1041@aol.com Hi everyone! Well, here is the next chapter in my story. I want to give many thanx to everyone who wrote me about my story. It just warms my little heart that you all care ^_^. Anyway, I would like to give a special thanx to Cassima for her great idea. She has helped me decide to include the senshi in my story. THANKYOU! As usual, this is an alternate universe type of story, that means no senshi powers, no tuxedo mask ( sniffle ), or anything else that happens in the normal Sailor Moon universe. * Apply standard disclaimer here * In other words, I dont own any characters in Sailor Moon, or any other already copywritted series. Enjoy! Usagi, Vampire Slayer--Part 3 ********************************************************************** * 8 a.m. the next morning * ********************************************************************** Usagi struggled her way out of the tangle of sheets her bed had become. Finally becoming free, she sat on the edge of the bed, and rubbed her head. ~Man, what a night.~ Usagi thought to herself. ~A long plane trip, dinner, dancing, and then not being able to sleep! Geez, I feel like a wreck.~ Usagi forced herself up and out of bed, and made her way to the phone to order coffee from room service. Looking at the clock on the wall, she decided to wake Mamoru up, and invite him for coffee. ~Mamoru......Time to get up.....come on, I got coffee. You know you want some!~ little did she know, Mamoru was not in a place to answer her calls. ********************************************************************** * Mamoru?s Nightmare * ********************************************************************** Darkness was all Mamoru could see. Mamoru was tied to a chair, quite uncomfortably. Suddenly, lights ignited all around him, and he saw what else was in the room. A tall slender woman stood directly in front of him. She had long, straight midnight blue hair, green eyes that seemed to pierce through him, and wore a navy blue clinging dress. "Mamoru......What have you gotten yourself into, huh? You should have never gone to sleep, because now I have you, and you *are* mine now." She silently sauntered up to Mamoru, and caressed his cheek. "Oh, Mamoru. What a fool you were to think that you could actually ever escape me. Why did you even try?" "I hate you, that?s why." Mamoru spat at her. "Come now, dearest. Hate is such a strong word. I don?t hate you, I love you." "You won?t leave me be, and you expect me not to hate you? You kill everyone that you feel gets too close to me. With all of that, you expect me to love you?" "Well, don?t you? I mean, what?s not to love?" She said while flashing a malicious grin at him. "Well I suppose it doesn?t truly matter now. You will love me, whether you want to or not, and then the Day Walker will truly be mine." With a cold laugh, fangs extended from her lips, as she bent her head to Mamoru?s bared neck. "NOOOOOO!" ********************************************************************** Usagi heard Mamoru?s scream, and ran out her door, and into his. She ran to the bedroom, and saw Mamoru tossing and screaming in his sleep. She quickly ran to him and threw her arms around his shaking form, trying to wake and calm him. ~Mamoru! Mamoru, please get up! Mamoru!~ Usagi called to him in her mind. "Noooo!" Mamoru bolted awake. Usagi took his shaking form into her arms and rocked him back and forth, whispering calming words. "Shh, it was just a dream, its over now. Hush, its all over." "Oh, Usagi. She is coming for me. She is coming for me!" "Who, Mamoru? Who is coming for you?" "The...the Queen. She is coming to claim me as her own." "I won?t let her take you, Mamoru. She can?t have you." "But, Usagi, you don?t understand. I was always meant to be hers. She claimed me long before I was even born. And the sad thing is," Mamoru said, looking down at Usagi. " When she claims me, she will have you as well. This she has sworn." "If she takes you, then yes, she will have me as well." "What, without even a fight? If you must lose to her, at least go out with a fight." "What?s the point? If I lose you to her, I will have to kill you, and that would be like killing myself. I couldn?t bear to lose you." Usagi said as she began to softly cry. Mamoru took her into his arms, and held her close, letting her cry. ~Go ahead and cry, Usagi, but there is something that might interest you.~ ~What would that be?~ ~Well, you could challenge the Queen, and fight for me. I would understand any reluctance to do this, for it is a hard task. The Queen will not be easy to defeat.~ ~I don?t care, Mamoru. If I have a shot at keeping you with me, then I will do what ever it takes.~ Usagi sat up, ending her crying spell. "Mamoru, come with me. I have preparations to make, and I don?t want to be alone right now." "Of course, always for you. Lets go to your room." ********************************************************************** Once inside Usagi?s room, Usagi told Mamoru to sit in the chair by the bed. " I ordered some coffee, I figured you would like some. Go ahead and help yourself. I am just going to get dressed." With that, Usagi entered the bathroom, and emerged a few minutes later wearing a dark red, long sleeved top, and tight, dark red pants. Her hair was re-done in the strange hairstyle Mamoru noticed upon first meeting Usagi. Usagi walked over to the table next to the bed, and picked up the phone, dialed a number, and sat facing Mamoru on the bed. "Hello, Rei?........... Yea, its me, listen, can we meet today?...............OK, great, see ya then. Love you too, Rei. Goodbye." "Mamoru, do you mind going on an errand with me? There is someone you need to meet." "I don?t mind. Lets go." ********************************************************************** They exited the building, and proceeded to walk down the street. "So where are we going, Usagi?" " We are going to visit a friend of mine. She will be able to help me strengthen my spirit force, yours too. Just one step in preparation for the Queen?s visit." "So you are going to fight back?" "Of course! I couldn?t possibly lose you, its just unthinkable." Mamoru smiled to himself at her statement. They continued on in silence, until Usagi stopped in front of a house. "This is it." She stated as she began to walk up to the front door. Mamoru followed, noticing as he approached the front door, that a sign hung above it, " Only the pure of heart may escape the wrath of life?s fire." ~Weird~ Mamoru thought to himself. *Knock, Knock* "Ahh, Usagi, come in, come in. Its been a long time." Greeted a woman Mamoru assumed was Rei. Rei had long purplish- black hair, that shone even out of the sunlight, and violet eyes that seemed to look into the very recesses of your soul. She wore a loose yellow dress that fell just below her knees. She directed them to sit, and she brought in a waiting tray of tea. "So, Usagi, What might I help you with today?" "Well, Rei," Usagi started, " I really need your spiritual guidance for an upcoming battle. I have to challenge the Matriarch to a battle." "Usagi, I thought you were already going to kill her. Why do you need to challenge her to a battle when there was already one planned?" "This time, killing her won?t be enough. She is trying to take Mamoru back, and I won?t let her, I can?t let her." Usagi said while grabbing Mamoru?s hand for emphasis. Rei looked in the direction of Mamoru, finally taking notice of him. "So you must be Mamoru. Nice to meet you." ~Hmmm, something seems very wrong about this one~ Thought Rei. Focusing her attention on Usagi, Rei asked, " So when do you want to start?" "Immediatly. The sooner we start, the faster all this can end." "Fine, we will start tomorow morning. I suggest you check out of your hotel today, you will spend the night here." ~and maybe I can do some looking into this Mamoru guy~ "Great. Thankyou so much Rei. We will return in an hour." "See you in an hour then."Rei said while showing them to the door. "Goodbye Usagi, Mamoru." With a final wave, Usagi and Mamoru walked back toward the hotel. ********************************************************************** * an hour later * ********************************************************************** Usagi, Rei, and Mamoru were sitting in Rei?s living room watching TV ~This will be a great time to probe Mamoru?s mind~ thought Rei. Rei closed her eyes, sending out feelers toward his mind. Her eyes snapped open as she connected to him. ~Hmm, what do we have here? Oh, my!~ Images ran through Rei?s mind at an alarming speed. She saw darkness, death, a midnight blue haired lady, and finally Usagi surrounded by a dark light. Suddenly her connection with Mamoru was broken, and he sat staring at her from the floor. ~What exactly did you think you were doing? Why were you probing my mind without my permission?~ ~Well I.....I wanted to find out who you really were. You aren?t exactly all you appear to be.~ Rei shot back. ~That still doesn?t excuse your prodding of my mind. Why don?t you just ask me what you want to know? I would have told you.~ ~Fine. What exactly are you, Mamoru?~ ~I am evil, with a pure heart. I am dark light. I am the future King to that lady you saw in my mind. This is what I will be if Usagi fails. When she wins, I will be the dark protector to her alone. I will be hers, and will be good because of it.~ ~What do you mean by all of this? How can you be evil and have a pure heart?~ ~It all depends on who wins the ultimate battle. If the Queen wins, my pure heart will die, and the evil will consume me. When Usagi wins, my pure heat will make me good throughout. I am not what she believes me to be. I would prefer if she did not know.~ ~Doesn?t she deserve to know? I don?t think you quite realize what you mean to her. She loves you, you know.~ ~Does she now? And how would you know this?~ ~I can read it clearly on her face. Every time she looks at you, her eyes tell of her love for you. I thought for sure you would have noticed it.~ ~She shouldn?t love me, I am not worthy of her love.~ ~She thinks you are, and that should be enough for you.~ ~How can she be so sure? She doesn?t even know me all that well.~ ~How did you decide you loved her?~ ~I don?t know, I just loved her when I met her.~ ~There, you just answered your own question.~ Said Rei, breaking contact with Mamoru. "Well, I am headed toward bed. I suggest that you both do the same, cause its early wake up tomorrow." Rei waved goodnight, and exited the room. Usagi turned toward Mamoru, and said, "Ready to go to bed?" "Not just yet. You go on ahead, I?ll go to my room in a while. I want to stay up a while longer." "All right. Goodnight, Mamoru." Usagi got up, and as she headed toward her room, she affectionately rubbed his head. "Night, Usagi. Pleasant dreams." ********************************************************************** * Rei?s Dream * ********************************************************************** Rei found herself walking among ruins. Every so often, she would hear a cry from one of the dead bodies around her, then she would hear a sickening crack, and all would be silent again. She suddenly found herself in an almost empty courtyard type place, and directly in front of her stood a woman on a platform. "Rei..... I?ve been waiting for you Rei." "What do you want?" "Why Rei, is that anyway to talk to me? You know why I am here." "I will not do it, never! Unlike you, mother, I have loyalty and virtue. I didn?t sell my soul to evil." "Why, child, you sound as if you hate me." " I detest you mother. You stand for all that is wrong in this world." "Rei, poor foolish Rei. Well, since you are so bent on my downfall, I suppose you should wake up and get started." Rei started to turn around, but before she could leave, the woman spoke once more. "Oh, and Rei darling, I would use this time wisely, never know how much more you will have." With an evil laugh ringing in her ears, Rei turned and ran. Rei woke with a start. ~What could she have meant? I suppose she meant that my death would come soon. I guess I need to prepare Usagi before I die.~ With that, Rei got up, and entered the bathroom to grab a shower before waking the others. ********************************************************************** "OK, Usagi. Sit right here in front of the fire. Mamoru, sit next to her." Said Rei, who sat in front of Usagi, chanting words Mamoru and Usagi could not understand. "Usagi," Rei began. "Focus your mind on the fire. Make the fire do something." Usagi concentrated on the flames, and slowly the flames turned from orange to a light blue color, then shifted to black. ~Hey, I didn?t do that!~ ~But I did Usagi.~ Mamoru?s voice said. With a burst of added power, Usagi started to turn the flames back to the pretty blue color. ~Ha! Take that, Mamoru!~ ~Lets just comprimise~ With that, the flames finally settled on a midnight blue color, with black around the edges. "Well, it looks to me like your minds are in great shape. Time for the next exercise. Now this time, Usagi face me, and Mamoru face the backside of Usagi." They did this, and Rei communicated to Mamoru, ~Mamoru, on my count, try to force her mind open. Go slow at first, but as she resists, push harder. One, two, three, go!~ Rei tried to force Usagi?s mind open by sending out tendrils of power into her mind. While at the same time, Mamoru did the same, but from behind. Rei began to slack off as Usagi defended against her mental atacks, until only Mamoru still assaulted Usagi?s mind. Mamoru sent out a stronger wave of mental power, but Usagi still defended off his attacks. Mamoru sent stronger bursts of power, and he began to glow a vibrant midnight blue color, as Usagi began to glow a brilliant shade of sky blue. Usagi?s hair started to float about her, her eyes turning into pupil-less pools of sky blue. ~Enough!~ Usagi mentally screamed. With one last scream of power, she threw Mamoru and Rei back from her. "That will be quite enough of that! I am.........I am quite.............." Usagi couldn?t finish as she passed out from the strain. ~What was that Rei?~ Mamoru questioned. ~ I do not know. I can only assume that Usagi is becoming what she always was.~ ~ And what is that?~ ~ She is becoming the ultimate immortal. Her birthright powers are starting to emerge in response to the upcoming battle with the Matriarch.~ ~ The ultimate immortal? What does that mean? ~ ~She is becoming a power to rival even the matriarch. You do know how she became what she is, don?t you?~ ~ Yeah, something about her mother was bitten by a vampire while she was pregnant with Usagi, and the vampire genes were transfered to Usagi before her birth.~ ~ Is that what she told you?~ ~ Yeah, why, are you saying it isn?t true?~ ~Well, in a way it is, and isn?t. Did she tell you her mother died?~ ~ Yes. Was that a lie, too? ~ ~ You should know, you know what her mother looks like. I saw her picture in your mind. ~ ~ What? I don?t know what you?re............................Oh No! No, no, no, no.............not her. Please not her! ~ ********************************************************************** Hee hee, cliffhangers!! Well everybody, after a lot of deliberation, and no ideas, here is the next chapter in "Usagi, Vampire Slayer". It?s a tiny bit shorter than normal, but hey, gimme a break, I got finals this week. Anyway, as usual, comments, questions, flames, praises, or just anything can be sent to Nikita1041@aol.com. Bye-e Danielle