Well everybody, I'm back again. This is a Sailor moon story with a twist. None of the usual guys (Darien, Greg etc.) are in it. They are replaced by me and my frends, change of pace. The story is mine, Sailor Moon isn't. I also recomend you read the read me. It's important. The Guardians by Guardian Mercury Rated- PG13 Smerc8@aol.com Part I- A New Day The alarm clock goes off at about 7:15 in the morning. Shawn goes over to Brad and wakes him up. He rolls over in Bed and slams a fist down on the alarm clock, and gets up. "Hey Brad, get up. We got school in 45 minutes." "Morning already, boy that's the last time I go to bed that late." "Come on, out of bed." "I'm awake Shawn, quit the shouting. Who else is up?" "Dave just woke up and Jason just got out of the shower. Pat's downstairs making breakfast." Brad gets out of bed and jumps in the shower. He gets dressed and goes downstairs, followed by Jason and Dave." "Morning Pat, what's for breakfast?" "Figured that we'd go American Jay. We got eggs, bacon and toast." "What have we got to drink?" "Milk, OJ and coffee Shawn." "Sounds good to me, I'll take my eggs scrambled." "Gotcha Brad, Dave?" "Over easy thanks." "And you two?" Pat continues to take orders and serves everyone. They all begin eating breakfast and talking. "So, you guys all ready for another "fun" day of school?" "Oh yeah Jason, can't wait." "I know Pat, I'm gonna see how mad I can get my teachers, you Brad?" After Brad finishes his breakfast, he puts his jacket on, grabs his school bag, and heads for the door. "Well, I'll see you at lunch guys. I want to get to get a fast jump on the day." "Why you leaving already, got a date already?" "Shut up Shawn!" "Alright, c-ya at lunch." As Brad was walking to school he was thinking about what the upcoming day may have is a store. "Another first day at a new school. Can't wait to see what happens this time." The other guys have just left the house and were on their way. Pat takes out the map of the city he picked up at the airport, then points east." "Course setting captian?" "We go this way guys, and cut with the damn Star Trek crap Dave." "Sorry Pat, it was so tempting. lead the way." Brad continues walking to the school, trying to determine where he is. He wasn't paying attention and suddenly bumps into someone. He apoligizes and so does the other person. He finally sees who it was. "I knew I should've looked at that stupid map before I left. Oh, I'm sorry miss, you okay?" (She has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen.) "Yes, I'm fine thanks. I haven't seen you around here before, new in the neighborhood?" "Yes I am, from Kyoto actually. My name is Brad, what's your's." "Amy, pleased to meet you." The two of them start talking and then Brad thinks of something to ask Amy. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know where Juban High is would you? "You're in luck that's where I go to school. Just follow me." As the two of them continue toward school, Brad begins asking questions about the school in general. "So, what's the school like actually? I heard it has a great reputation." "Best high school in Tokyo actually. Overall everyone is really nice and the teachers are friendly. I have to warn you though, the food here can be a bit rough." "Thanks for the warning, I'll bring my lunch instead." They soon arrive at school and see the other four guys looking for Brad. They've been looking for 10 minutes and we're getting a bit aggrivated. "Okay, where is he? I'm starting to get mad." "Calm down Shawn, he'll show up. "Can I help you guys with something?" The four guys turn around and see brad and Amy standing there. They go over to them and start talking. "Where the hell have you been!? We've been looking for 10 minutes!" "What's wrong, you weren't worried about me, were you Shawn?" "Anyway, what happened, did you get lost or something?" Amy lets out a small giggle and smiles at Brad. He smiles back at Amy and then realizes he hasn't introduced her. "Oh, Amy this is Jason, Shawn, Pat and David. Guys, this is Amy." "How do you do Amy." "Pleased to meet all of you." "Ah, can you direct me to the cafeteria?" "Sure, go in the main door and take a left. "Thank you." "You just ate Jason. Is that all you ever do?" "Don't even start with me Shawn." Amy giggles again and looks at his watch. He taps Brad on his shoulder who was talking to Pat. "Yeah Dave, what's up?" "It's 7:50, we gotta get to homeroom." "Yeah, it's not a good idea to be late on the first day. C-ya everyone." Everyone goes their own seperate ways for their morning classes. At lunch time, Davis and Shawn find Brad at his locker. They have two girls following them. "Hey you two, who are your friends?" "This is Mina Brad. "And you Shawn?" "This is Raye." "Nice to meet you two. So, how'd your morning go you two?" "Okay I guess, I met Mina herein biology class. She sat right next to me and we just talked the whole time." "Learn anything in class?" "Well, just a lot of gossip but that's it Shawn." "Well, biology is your specialty so, it makes sense not to pay attention in class. If you know what I mean." "Ah, shut up!" Mina laughs and everyone starts walking, trying to find the others so they can eat with them. As they're walking, Shawn begins to tell his story. "So, how'd you two meet?" "Well David, me and Raye here met in the hallway. I was on my way to history and raye was headed to, where was it again?" "Algebra, and I was late. Knocked him flat on his face." "Hmm, didn't improve it at all." "I heard that David!" Brad and David start laughing and after a second Raye starts laughing too. Shawn gives the two guys a death look that shuts them both up fast. "Hey guys, there's Pat and Jason. Who are they with over there." "The brown-haired one is Lita and the meatball headed one is Serena." "Oh yeah, she's the one that fell asleep in geometry." "Probably Dave." The five of them go over to where the others are sitting and sit down to eat. Jason introduces Serena and Pat introduces Lita. "Hi you two. Well, we've all spilled it, your turn Jason. How'd you and Serena meet?" "Well Dave, it was in gym class. We were playing basketball and old Serena here wasn't paying any attention." "That's nothing new." "Can it Raye! Jason go on." "Somebady threw a pass to her and it would've hit her square in the face if I hadn't knocked her out of the way." "Yeah, thanks again." "No problem. Although whoever threw that pass has a good arm. I think two ribs on my right side are bruised." "Hey, tell them about Melvin." "Oh yeah, there's this one kid Melvin in our class. In one word, stupid. I'm talking beyond belief." "How so?" "Well Brad how many people do you know who trip over a basketball, bounce their head off a floor and lets three people run by and kick him in the head? "You got me, your turn Pat. "Me and Lita met in home ec. class." "Figures, right up your alley Pat." "Yours too Lita." "Let him finish Raye." "Thanks Shawn, anyway the teacher assigned partners for the class. We were assigned as partners and, it just clicked." "Cool, how was your day Amy?" "Fine Brad. Aced all my exams so far today." "That's great." "Why doesn't that surprise me." "Thanks Serena." Everyone notices the time and head to their afternoon classes. As they all leave, they say goodbye to each other. "Catcha all later!" School ends for the day and Brad and jason head for home. As their walking home they talk about their new friends. "I don't know about you, but I had a good day." "Yeah, me too Jay. Especially with meeting those five girls." "One day, five friends. That's a good percentage." "Yeah, and I saw the way you were looking at Amy during lunch." "Oh, get of my back. You couldn't take your eyes off of Serena either." They continue walking home and a person of some type appears in front of the two of them. Brad and jason slowly back away slowly, a bit afraid of who, or what this "guy" is." "Ah, who are you? Jason?" "Don't look at me." "My name is Gendo, from the Dark Moon." "Dark Moon?" "The side of the moon that rebelled against Queen Serenity and the Moon Kingdom." "Queen Serenity?" "Moon Kingdom?" "We'll meet again, ha ha!" Gendo starts laughing as he disappears. Brad and Jason stand there in shock of what just happened. "Ah Jason, you did see all that right?" "Yeah I saw it Brad. I don't know what any of it means but I think we're right in the middle of it." "Great, there goes my good day." The two of them turn around to continue home and see a black cat running away. Jason, who bent down to tie his shoes notices a couple of items on the ground. "Hey Brad, check these out." "What, oh what are these?" They both look down and see a blue circular objectwith a mark in front of Brad and a ring, with a rescent moon on a white background. There is also a wrist band with a crescent moon. "What are they?" "Looks like a compact type of thing with a symbol on it. And that looks like a ring, and I guess that's put on your wrist." "Hmm, looks like it fits into this thing Brad." "What's that symbol on the ring?" "Looks like a crescent moon Brad. How about your's?" "Well, if my mythology is right, it's the sign of Mercury." "That is weird. Let's get back home before anything else strange happens." "Good idea Brad." Brad and Jason finally arrive at home at home. They go inside and put their school bags in their bedroom. Pat knocks on the door. "Jason, can I come in?" "Yeah sure Pat, what's up?" Pat goes inside and sits down on Jason's bed. The two of them begin talking while Jason is putting his things away. He puts the ring and wrist band on his dreser. "So, what's up Pat, you look worried." "Well, I need your advice on something?" "Fire away and I'll see what I can do." Pat watches Jason put his things away then starts talking to Jason. "Well Jason, it's about Lita..." "Ha, I knew it. If there's one thing your bad at it's hiding things." "It's that obvious huh? "Yup." "So, what would you do?" "Tell her you like her. That is the one thing I hate about you, you never have the guts to ask a girl out." "What if she says no?" "Will you just ask her for God's sake. You can be such a baby sometimes you know." "Okay thanks a lot Jason. What do you want for dinner." "Anything, I'm starving." The girl's were at Raye's just hanging out. Along with other things, the main topic of conversation is the new students. "He is so cute, and he likes some of the same things I do. he's into sunsets and going dancing." "That's cool Mina, Pat loves cooking and he's into the martial arts." "That's right up your alley Lita." "You got that right Serena." All the girls make their comparisons of the new guys. Luna and Artemis are talking quietly over in a corner. "I think I may have found two of them Artemis." "That's good Luna, what about the other three?" "I'm not really sure, I do have an idea on who they are though." Amy gets up and goes outside on the porch. Lita goes outside to see what's up with Amy. She puts a hand on Amy's shoulder, which startles her. "Oh Lita, you startled me." "Hey Amy, wanna tell me what's wrong?" "Oh, I was just doing some thinking." "About what?" "Nothing really." "You just met the guy today Amy." "I know but, he's different." "What do you mean by that?" "He respects who I am. How much I study, the time i put into school, everything. "Maybe there is something there." Lita and Amy go back inside and see everyone watching the tv and eating popcorn. After a while, the conversation shifts to Scout business. "So how do we get rid of this guy?" "I don't know Lita." "Where do you think he's from, the Negaverse?" "No Raye, I used my computer to scan him during one of our fights. His body isn't made up of the same components." "Then who or what is he?" "Don't know Serena." The girls continue talking and soon it was time for everyone to go. As everyone left, they reminded each other of a Scout Meeting they had tomorrow and the exam in english. "C-ya guys later." "Bye Amy, everyone." The next day in school is fairly quiet. Nothing strange occurs and it goes by rather quickly. On the way home, Amy and Brad are talking about chemistry class. "Did you get the assignment today Amy? I only caught the last part of it." "Yup, pages 24-30. Also, we have an exam on Thursday." "Great, I stink at chemistry." "I'll help if you want me to?" "Thanks, I'd really appreciatte it." The two of them smile at each other and continue walking when they both hear someone scream and see a youma attacking innocent people in the park. "Amy, what is that thing?" "Ah, come on. We have to stop that thing." "How?" "Just come on Brad. "But we'll be killed." Both Brad and Amy run into the park and Gendo appears again. Brad remembers him immediatly. "You again!" "I told you I'd be back." Gendo shoots Brad with an energy blast which slams him into a building. He's dazed for a minute and when he comes to, he sees Sailor Mercury and was sitting next to the black cat he saw yesterday. "Anybody get the number of that semi?" "Brad, are you okay?" "Huh, a talking cat? I must have been hit harder then I thought. "Remember that broach I left you yesterday?" "You mean this thing?" What about it? "Hold it up and shout Mercury Crystal Power!" Brad does as Luna says and a blue aura surrounds him. When he's done, Brad is wearing a white top with a blue cover around his neck. Much like Sailor Mercury's. His top is short sleeve and has blue cuffs at the end of the sleeves. Finally, he has on blue shorts and blue boots. The broach was on his right side of his waist and he's wearing blue gloves. He has a tiara on, just like the Sailor Scouts, with a blue crystal in the middle. "What, what the hell happened! "You are Guardian Mercury, sworn to protect Sailor Mercury "That's her, right?" "Yes." Guardian Mercury stands there, still in shock. He wasn't really sure what to do and then something seemed to click. He didn't know why but, he felt like he knew it for a long time. "Here goes nothing. Mercury, Ice Spear!" Sailor Mercury is pretty banged up. Nothing she has tried has worked against the youma. The youma knocks her down and is about to finish her off. "Well, no time like the present. Mercury, Ice Spear!" Guardian Mercury throws the spear and strikes the monster in the chest. this gets it's and Sailor Mercury's attention. "Ah! Who threw that!" "I am the one of ice and water. The one who has sworn alligence and to defend the Princess of Mercury and all that is good. I am, Guardian Mercury." Guardian Mercury jumps from where he was standing and lands next to Sailor Mercury. She's a bit surprised at what happened. He helps her to her feet and asks if she's okay. "You alright?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Come on let's get this guy." "Ah, right. Mercury Bubbles, Blast!" "Mercury, Ice Spear!" Sailor Mercury's bubble's back it hard to see and Guardian Mercury stabs the monster with his spear. The Sailor Scouts arrive and Sailor Moon dusts the creature. Gendo soon appears above them. "Listen to me Sailor Scouts, you can't defeat me! I'll be back!" "You're relly begining to annoy me!" Gendo disappears and the Scouts and Guardian Mercury begin talking about what just happened. Guardian Mercury is really confused. "Hey, thanks for your help." "Ah, yeah. Can someone what the hell is going on?" "Guardian Mercury you were great!" "Thanks, I think." Everybody transforms back, including Brad and they head toward the burger place. When they all sit down and order, they start to tell Brad everything. "So, do you understand everything?" "I think so Lita. It's just very confusing. Having another life on the moon and that." "Are you sure he mentioned Queen Serenity? "Yes Mina, and something about a rebellion on the moon against her."Wow; you said Jason was with you when he first appeared to you."Yeah, why Amy? "Hmm, it could be that he is a Guardian of some kind." Brad thanks everyone for the food and talking to him then heads home. His head is killing him and he's totally exhausted. When he arrives at home, he goes directly into the bedroom and lays down on his bed. "What a day. What else could happen?" Pat, Shawn and David are all downstairsplaying cards. they're just relaxing and hanging out. "I'll see your two and and raise you another one Dave." "Okay, I'll call that Pat." "I'm in, show 'em." Everyone puts their hands down and shows what they have. Pat has a big grin on his face. "Read them and weep, full house. Aces over queens. Pleasure doing business with you." "Ah shut up!" "Calm down, it's just a game guys." Jason arrives at home out of breath. Shawn looks over and wonders what's up. Pat gets up and starts dinner. "You okay? Youl look like you're gonna pass out." "No, I'mm fine." "Sprint back from the library?" "I just saw the ugliest thing I have ever seen at the park." "Really, what was it?" Jason catches his breath and and explains what it was. he then looks around and wonders where Brad is. "Where's Brad?" "In the bedroom. When he came in he went directly in there. He's probably taking a nap." "Oh, you sure are cooking enough aren't you Pat?" "Well, we have company coming. "You never said anything." As if on cue, the doorbell rings and David answers it. He lets the girls in and takes their jackets. Lita heads into the kitchen to help Pat. Serena and Mina both run over to Jason and David and give them a hug. Raye sits down with Shawn and talk over some tea, while Amy looks around for Brad. Raye starts talking to Shawn. "How was your day Shawn?" "No real problems. No one ran into me today and I didn't get lost between trig and history." "That's good, your learning your way around the building fast. Took me about a month to do that." "I got lost between gym and band." "What am I gonna do with you." Pat is in the kitchen cooking some spaghetti. He goes over to the cabinet where the spices are kept. Lita comes up from behind pat, trying to be as quiet as possible. She puts her hands over Pat's eyes so he can't see anything. "Let's see, the touch of the hands is too soft to be a guy so it's one of the girls. The only one that would be in the kitchen is, Lita." "Hi, whatcha cooking?" "Spaghetti, wanna help?" "Sure, where's the sauce?" "I make my own Lita." "Really, so do I, I'll work on the sauce. You work on the meatballs." "Okay." The two chefs start cooking everything. When they're almost done they step back and look at what they've done. "Hey not bad, not bad at all." "This sauce is great Lita." "Thanks." "You have to give me the recipe for it." "Okay." The two of them look at each other and get lost in each others eyes. they slowly move closer together and kiss each other. Pat feels totally relieved and Lita feels lke she's in heaven. After about a minute , the two of them finally seperate and smile at each other. they're both a bit embarrassed. "I, I don't know what came over me Lita." "You don't need to apoligize, i feel the same way." They smile at each other and finish cooking. Amy is still looking for Brad and can't find him. "David, do you know where Brad is?" "He's in the bedroom Amy. He's probably asleep." Amy quietly knocks on the door and then slowly opens it. Brad is still sitting on his bed looking at the broach Luna gave him. He's still trying to make sense of what is going on. "Brad, can I come in?" "Huh, oh hi Amy. Sure, come on in." "Whatcha doing?" "Still trying to figure what's going on really. I mean this whole guardian thing and being yours of all you guys. I'm not complaining just," "I know, when I found out I was Sailor Mercury I found it hard to handle too. You'll get used to it." Amy goes over and sits down next to Brad and takes his hand. She gives him a kiss and hugs him to try to comfort him. "Don't worry about it. It'll be fine." "Alright, thanks Amy." Everyone meets in the dining room and sits down to eat. Pat and lita bring out the spaghetti, meatballs, sauce and the garlic bread. they sit down and start eating. "You feel any better Brad." "Yeah Shawn, I'm fine." All the guys take their girl friends hands under the table and give it a little squeeze. All the girls give them a small grin. "I don't know about you guys but, I think we should all go to the movies after this. Any objections?" "Good idea raye." Mina and David then stand up and get everyone's attention. "Guys, we would like to propose a toast. To all good time ahead. "And to friendship." "To friendship!" end part 1 Well, how was that, good, bad , ugly? 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