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Title: Locked in darkness
Author: Ree
Theme: Shitennou (day 8:"The Only One" by Evanescence )
Genre: General
Version: Manga/Anime (early in the first season)
Rating: G
Takeuchi Naoko had the wonderful imagination to create these gentlemen and their companions. I've just decided to borrow their look alike doubles and give them scripts.
Locked in darkness
Mamoru's eyes shifted back and forth under his eyelids. The dream had started out wonderfully. He was strolling in a garden with his four closest friends. The white haired one ' I should know his name.' threw back his head and laughed at something one of the others had said. Soon all of them were laughing.
Then that scene faded into a silvery mist, and was replaced by another one. This one he knew happened after the first one. 'As if dreams had time.' He was standing in a large dirt circle, with a long sword in his hand. Mamoru lifted it, and was surprised that he knew how to swing it. The brown haired friend joined him in the circle. 'Neph... His name is Neph something.' With a glance to his left, the brown haired friend caught the signal the friend with short blond hair gave. Mamoru watched as Neph attacked him, and then he felt himself react.'We're sparing. This must be a practice circle.' Letting go of his worries, Mamoru let his body move through the patterns it knew so well. Then he heard a noise behind him, turning so he could still see Neph, he saw his other blond haired friend enter the circle. 'His name is Zoi.' Unsure if they were both going to attack him, he readied an attack. Just as Zoi launched his attack, the silver mist was back.
When he could see again, Jade 'That's his name.' was fighting some sort of monster in front of him. Zoi and Neph were trying to take out it's companions. Mamoru felt for his sword while looking for the white haired friend. 'Where is Kun? He needs to be here!' Not feeling his sword, Mamoru looked down at his waist and found that he was not carrying a weapon at all. Then he heard Jade scream. Grabbing the nearest stout tree branch, Mamoru rushed in and started to attack the monster. Jade glared at him. "Get back! We're here to protect you!"
Mamoru dropped back, startled. Someone was protecting him. Normally he protected others. He tried to call up a red rose. One that he could throw at a distance and save his friend. None came to his hand. The fight was covered in a dark mist. Mamoru felt that the dream was turning for the worst.
As the dark mist melted away, his four friends were with him again. ' Good. They all made it.' But something was wrong. They weren't laughing. No one was smiling. All of them looked at him in disgust. When Kun spoke, his voice was neutral. "You have to stop seeing her. Our kind does not mix with theirs.'
Mamuro felt his brow crease. He knew that this was important, but he couldn't figure out why. Kun's eyes showed that he thought that Mamoru would understand. Mamoru searched all four pairs of eyes. Everyone of them had the same closed look. He knew that somehow the hearts of his best friends had been turned against him. The dark mist billowed up again, but this time it seemed to come from the hearts of the four men standing in front of him.
When the mist had cleared, Mamoru found himself on the moon, dancing the night away with Usagi. 'Surely this dream is going to get better now. Even if she is a ditsy blond.' He let the dream pull him where it willed. In it he found out that he and Usagi were more than acquaintances. He heard himself vow to protect her. That was when the feeling of dread seeped into his bones. They were coming. The four men he had called friends. Even as he watched a black cloud boiled up to the Moon. Then the men came crashing down, and spread out, attacking all that were in sight. Leading them were Kun, Jade, Zoi, and Neph. The scene started to mist over again, but this time the mist was all the colors of the rainbow. Before he was consumed, he saw something attempting to get Usagi. Without thinking, he jumped in front of her.
The scene was gone. Mamoru stood in the darkness. He waited to either wake-up or fall into the next part. But the darkness remained. Impatient, he started to pace. That was when he heard the sound of someone crying. Carefully, he followed the sound through the unrelenting darkness. After what seemed like an eternity, he saw a small dark room. There, sitting on chairs that blended with the darkness, where his four friends. 'Even now I still consider them friends. After all I have seen them do. After they betrayed me. They are still my friends.'
Not knowing what to expect, he walked closer. Jade, Zoi, and Neph were quietly crying, while Kun looked extremely sad. But when he stepped into the room, Kun looked at him. Then in one fluid motion, Kun shoved him out. "You can not come in here."
Mamoru felt his face harden. "Why not? You are my friends, and...." He looked at the other three, still lost in their grief.
Kun's mask slipped, and for a brief moment his wanting, his sorrow, shown on his face. Hardening his expression, he blocked Mamoru's path. But when he spoke his voice was soft, and laced with remorse. "Not now. You can not come to us, and we can not come to you. All our lives, we have been waiting for you. We have been waiting for our true leader.' Kun smiled fleetingly."For our friend." The smile faded. "But it is not to be yet. When the Heaven's Light shines down on us, then we will be free."
Mamoru's ears barely caught the last softly spoken word. "Free?" He searched for bars, or anything that held them in the room. "I don't see..."
Kun broke in. "You can't see the bonds that hold us here." He reached out with his hand, but stopped short, letting it fall back to his side. He continued in an abrupt tone. "Go!"
Mamoru stepped back surprised at the tone, and turned to leave. Then he caught the distressed look on Kun's face in his peripheral vision. Turning back, he stepped as close as he could get without entering the room. "Know you are not the only ones who are lost and grieving. I know that pain all too well. Soon... soon all will be well. I will find you." With his promise echoing around them, Mamoru spun back around, and fled through the darkness towards the light.
Mamoru sat up in bed, and felt his eyes turn towards the moon. The dream slowly faded from his mind. All he could remember was that somewhere out there he had someone to save, but he couldn't remember who.
Author: Ree
Theme: Shitennou (day 8:"The Only One" by Evanescence )
Genre: General
Version: Manga/Anime (early in the first season)
Rating: G
Takeuchi Naoko had the wonderful imagination to create these gentlemen and their companions. I've just decided to borrow their look alike doubles and give them scripts.
Locked in darkness
Mamoru's eyes shifted back and forth under his eyelids. The dream had started out wonderfully. He was strolling in a garden with his four closest friends. The white haired one ' I should know his name.' threw back his head and laughed at something one of the others had said. Soon all of them were laughing.
Then that scene faded into a silvery mist, and was replaced by another one. This one he knew happened after the first one. 'As if dreams had time.' He was standing in a large dirt circle, with a long sword in his hand. Mamoru lifted it, and was surprised that he knew how to swing it. The brown haired friend joined him in the circle. 'Neph... His name is Neph something.' With a glance to his left, the brown haired friend caught the signal the friend with short blond hair gave. Mamoru watched as Neph attacked him, and then he felt himself react.'We're sparing. This must be a practice circle.' Letting go of his worries, Mamoru let his body move through the patterns it knew so well. Then he heard a noise behind him, turning so he could still see Neph, he saw his other blond haired friend enter the circle. 'His name is Zoi.' Unsure if they were both going to attack him, he readied an attack. Just as Zoi launched his attack, the silver mist was back.
When he could see again, Jade 'That's his name.' was fighting some sort of monster in front of him. Zoi and Neph were trying to take out it's companions. Mamoru felt for his sword while looking for the white haired friend. 'Where is Kun? He needs to be here!' Not feeling his sword, Mamoru looked down at his waist and found that he was not carrying a weapon at all. Then he heard Jade scream. Grabbing the nearest stout tree branch, Mamoru rushed in and started to attack the monster. Jade glared at him. "Get back! We're here to protect you!"
Mamoru dropped back, startled. Someone was protecting him. Normally he protected others. He tried to call up a red rose. One that he could throw at a distance and save his friend. None came to his hand. The fight was covered in a dark mist. Mamoru felt that the dream was turning for the worst.
As the dark mist melted away, his four friends were with him again. ' Good. They all made it.' But something was wrong. They weren't laughing. No one was smiling. All of them looked at him in disgust. When Kun spoke, his voice was neutral. "You have to stop seeing her. Our kind does not mix with theirs.'
Mamuro felt his brow crease. He knew that this was important, but he couldn't figure out why. Kun's eyes showed that he thought that Mamoru would understand. Mamoru searched all four pairs of eyes. Everyone of them had the same closed look. He knew that somehow the hearts of his best friends had been turned against him. The dark mist billowed up again, but this time it seemed to come from the hearts of the four men standing in front of him.
When the mist had cleared, Mamoru found himself on the moon, dancing the night away with Usagi. 'Surely this dream is going to get better now. Even if she is a ditsy blond.' He let the dream pull him where it willed. In it he found out that he and Usagi were more than acquaintances. He heard himself vow to protect her. That was when the feeling of dread seeped into his bones. They were coming. The four men he had called friends. Even as he watched a black cloud boiled up to the Moon. Then the men came crashing down, and spread out, attacking all that were in sight. Leading them were Kun, Jade, Zoi, and Neph. The scene started to mist over again, but this time the mist was all the colors of the rainbow. Before he was consumed, he saw something attempting to get Usagi. Without thinking, he jumped in front of her.
The scene was gone. Mamoru stood in the darkness. He waited to either wake-up or fall into the next part. But the darkness remained. Impatient, he started to pace. That was when he heard the sound of someone crying. Carefully, he followed the sound through the unrelenting darkness. After what seemed like an eternity, he saw a small dark room. There, sitting on chairs that blended with the darkness, where his four friends. 'Even now I still consider them friends. After all I have seen them do. After they betrayed me. They are still my friends.'
Not knowing what to expect, he walked closer. Jade, Zoi, and Neph were quietly crying, while Kun looked extremely sad. But when he stepped into the room, Kun looked at him. Then in one fluid motion, Kun shoved him out. "You can not come in here."
Mamoru felt his face harden. "Why not? You are my friends, and...." He looked at the other three, still lost in their grief.
Kun's mask slipped, and for a brief moment his wanting, his sorrow, shown on his face. Hardening his expression, he blocked Mamoru's path. But when he spoke his voice was soft, and laced with remorse. "Not now. You can not come to us, and we can not come to you. All our lives, we have been waiting for you. We have been waiting for our true leader.' Kun smiled fleetingly."For our friend." The smile faded. "But it is not to be yet. When the Heaven's Light shines down on us, then we will be free."
Mamoru's ears barely caught the last softly spoken word. "Free?" He searched for bars, or anything that held them in the room. "I don't see..."
Kun broke in. "You can't see the bonds that hold us here." He reached out with his hand, but stopped short, letting it fall back to his side. He continued in an abrupt tone. "Go!"
Mamoru stepped back surprised at the tone, and turned to leave. Then he caught the distressed look on Kun's face in his peripheral vision. Turning back, he stepped as close as he could get without entering the room. "Know you are not the only ones who are lost and grieving. I know that pain all too well. Soon... soon all will be well. I will find you." With his promise echoing around them, Mamoru spun back around, and fled through the darkness towards the light.
Mamoru sat up in bed, and felt his eyes turn towards the moon. The dream slowly faded from his mind. All he could remember was that somewhere out there he had someone to save, but he couldn't remember who.