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Chapter One
"I got it!"
Minako ran up to the volleyball and bumped it into
the air. The girl by the net set the ball to the spiker, who slammed
the ball onto the court floor on the other side of the net.
"Nice job, girls," the volleyball coach said.
"Go shower."
The group of girls left the gym. As they did,
Minako noticed the coach talking to a tall, dark skinned red head wearing
a gray long sleeved shirt with white and blue stripes across the chest
and a pair of blue jeans. Excusing herself from the other girls,
she snook up on the coach and the new girl.
"So, you want to play to us?" the coach said.
"I dunno," she said, fidgeting with a pair of black
earrings she had in her ears. "Do you guys play year round?
Because, as much as I love volleyball and all, hockey is my first sport."
The coach nodded. "Yeah, but that's only practice.
We play usually in about September or October."
"September?" The red haired girl stared at
the coach. "October?! Are you KIDDING?? HOCKEY PRACTICE STARTS
IN SEPTEMBER!"
By now, Minako could hardly contain the small giggle
that escaped the girl's mouth. Everyone knew how strict the volleyball
coach was. There were so few girls, it was a miracle that they had
a team at all.
The coach turned around and looked at Minako.
"Aino! I thought I told you to go take a shower!"
"I did, but I got stopped by someone who told me
I had to help her tour the school, seeing she was new." She tugged
at the girl's sleeve. "So let's go!"
The two girls left the gym.
"Sorry to pull you out of there," Minako said.
"Coach kind of doesn't like people telling her stuff loudly. You
surely would have ended up standing outside of gym class for the rest of
your high school years."
"THanks," the red haired girl said. Standing
next to her, Minako noticed that she was much taller than she first appeared.
"but I could have taken care of myself."
Minako laughed. "I'm Minako. What's
your name?"
"Me? I'm, uh, I'm Misae."
Minako looked at the girl. Something about
her seemed vaguely familiar.
Meanwhile, Chaos had fully recovered from it's last
attack. Now, it was preparing to destroy the senshi once and for
all. As it looked at the senshi of Venus talking to a girl, it noticed
a certain aura around the girl.
"Could it be?...Nah. All of the moon senshi
have been awakened."
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" a small,
Japanese woman asked a young man who was packing a shirt into a box.
The young man laughed, pulling some of his collar
length, curly black hair off the back of his neck for just a second.
"Mom, I'm going over to Japan to play hockey. I'm not going over
there to pick up a wife. Besides, I couldn't ask for a better way
to work on my Japanese...I hear that there are a couple of new Americans
on my team who don't know language."
"I got a hold of one of your uncles in Japan, and
he said he's got a extra room for you."
"Mother, I'm sure I can take care of myself!"
He looked at her with his silver blue eyes. "This is no different
than when I left for Brandon, or for Fredricton, or for Long Beach.
I'm just going a little bit..farther away than normal."
"At least go and see him. He runs a temple
on Sendai Hill, and one of your second cousins is living with him."
The young man closed his eyes and sighed.
"Mom, I have to spend most of my time either at the rink or on the road.
I don't have time to visit with relatives..."
"So then, live with my brother in his temple rent
free then, Jean Francois!"
The young man put his hand to his head and sighed.
Chaos smiled. "This young man will fit in perfectly to my plans. Now...to start them..."
A few hours later. The young man was sitting on an airplane. He had on one of his favorite meditation CD's (he didn't care much for flying). He sighed, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.
"Jean..." a voice called out. "Jean Francois.."
"Who's calling my name?" he asked.
"I am..."
A taller young woman appeared before him.
She had wavy red hair that fell to between mid neck and collar length.
She had naturally tan skin, which brought out the golden toga she was wearing.
"Who are you?" he asked.
The woman smiled. "I thought you wouldn't
remember me, my dear." She looked at him with caring, emerald green
eyes. "We were together nearly a thousand years ago. You were
Draco, my protector, friend, and lover. We lived happily in a golden
castle in a far away place with my army and your knights protecting us."
She then sighed sadly. "Unfortunately, the ones who possessed the
Talent Crystals came and destroyed us and our happiness for no reason.
"I have been reborn, as have you, the generals of
my army, and the ones who possess the Talent Crystals. The only way
we can be together forever is if you and my former generals gather the
crystals and seal them away, preventing them from destroying us.
"Are you willing to help me?"
Jean slowly nodded his head in agreement.
The young woman smiled sensually and walked up to him. She hugged
him and then kissed him passionately, sliding a dark maroon earring in
his left ear. He flinched slightly from the pain.
"Don't worry," she said, nibbling at the ear she
had just pierced. "Soon, we will be together." She pressed
herself against him, sliding her hands up and down his back, slightly squeezing
his behind. "It's nice to know you're still as sexy as ever.
Do you know how hard it is to wait for a thousand years for a fuck?"
He smiled nervously and gulped...
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now approaching Tokyo
International Airport. Please place all seats in the upright and
locked position and fasten your seat belts."
The young man snapped out of his dream. He
rubbed his left ear, which hurt slightly, and felt a small bump on it.
He pulled his fingers away from the bump and found the tips slightly tinted
with blood.
*Note to self...* he thought. *never drink
club soda on an airplane again...*
Meanwhile, the young woman transformed back into
the blackness that was Chaos. It chuckled. "Stupid sentimental
bastard. He was always a sucker for a good sob story...
"Now, to sit back and reap the rewards."
"Thanks for walking back with me, Minako," the red
haired girl said.
Minako smiled. "No problem! So...are
you going to Juuban?"
"Well," Misae said, "it's either Juuban or Nichibotsu
Gauken."
The blond haired girl arched her eyebrows in confusion.
"Nichibotsu Gauken?"
"Yeah..it's a new school that opened. They
sent me an invitation to go to school there, so I might check it out.
My brother wants me to go there. He says that their mostly-English
curriculum would be better for me. But, I heard schools here are tougher
than in the United States, and I'm not a terribly good student, so I don't
want to go to some exclusive academy and fail out.
"You know what they say: never look at a gift horse's
hoof," Minako said.
Misae laughed. "Mouth, Minako. I believe
it's a gift horse's mouth.
"Let me see Nichibotsu tomorrow, and then I'll make
my decision, okay? See you tomorrow, Mina!" Waiving, she ran
into the tall apartment building in one of the ritzier parts of Juuban.
Minako waived back and ran off to meet Usagi at
Crown Game Parlor.