In the distance her voice faded in and out of her mind. Nothing could really explain
why she was hearing voices now. It had been four years since that fateful day when she
lost everything. The pain inside her heart was still clear as day. Everything had happened
so fast, but she remembered every detail. Slowly her eyes opened allowing to see her
blurry ceiling. She always cried when it rained. She always cried when she saw snowy
mountains, and ice cream too. Video arcades, schools, temples, and the night sky. It
seemed as though everything made her cry. She new because the one she cared for was in
all thing things.
Ami Minzo, now 20, glanced over at her side clock. It was almost eight in the
morning and she was due to work in one hour. She sighed and looked a picture on the
other side of her wall. Everyone in the picture was smiling, but that seemed so long ago.
She sat up and held her head in her hands, allowing the sadness to run through her.
She swung her legs over the side of the bed, walking across the cold floor to her
bathroom. Everything seemed cold now-a-days. On the sink laid her Henshin pen. It had
been years since she last used it, and she had vowed never to use it or touch it again. She
had lied to herself. Every morning she would run a slender finger over and daydream.
Today she actually picked it, holding it close to her cheek, felling the power connecting
with her own body. That was when the phone rang. Ami jumped and rushed to the phone
in the other room,
"Moshi moshi." she answered.
"Ami-san, it Furuki."
"Oh, hi Furuki-san. Doshita?"
"Kamyia-san wants you to come in right away. I know it's short notice but..."
"It's ok. I don't mind. But I'd like to know why." she asked. Ami noticed that her
working partner, Furuki seemed to hesitate. She said his name and he snapped out of his
trance.
"Gomen... It's your program. Kamyia-san says it's flawed, but I don't believe her.
We worked to hard, and ran so many tests." He laughed nervously. "I think she's just out
to get you."
"Yeah... sure" Ami said quietly. She said good-bye. The pen, forgotten, fell out of
her hand into her open purse. Within 15 minutes she was ready to go. The grabbed her
purse and her shoulder bag and left her apartment.
The Tokyo Research Institution wasn't far from where she lived. On nicer days she
would walk to work. It wasn't the job that Ami had dreamed of, but she didn't mind too
much. After a while her dreams slowly faded and it just seemed like a way to get through
life. After tossing her stuff into her locker she put on her lab coat and walked down the
long hall to the computer room. It was bustling as usual and she took a seat in front of her
assigned computer. It wasn't long before Furuki joined her. He only about half a head
taller then Ami. he used to wear glasses, but switched to contacts not too long ago.
"Ohyo Ami-san." he greeted, his black hair seemed to be messed p this morning.
"Stressing again Furuki-san?" She asked. He nodded, a slight blush on his face.
"Well," he coughed. "The program we developed, Usagi, isn't compatible for other
computer outside the main system. Kamiya-san says that you need to fix it."
"Me?" she asked, wondering why her boss singled out her.
"Well, you see the guys down in programming are on strike, and we need the
program by tonight so marketing can get it out on Saturday. If not, we'll have to wait
another week." he stressed.
"Well. Usagi should be too hard to change." she said quietly and pulled out the
program disk. Thus started Ami's long day. She worked through lunch, and Furuki had
brought her a sandwich. As she ate and typed, she thought back to the days of the
Moonlight Knight. She smiled to herself, keeping it dear to her heart. Hours went by and
soon it was almost midnight. Furuki ran the sixth test and sighed.
"One last section, then we can go home." he yawned. Ami nodded and rubbed her
eyes.
"This will only take about another hour or so. You can go home, I'll run the final
test." Ami suggested. Furuki shook his head.
"You'd be here all night, plus you need my password to get your computer out of
the main system." she smiled at her. "I'll tell you what, I'll go down to the lobby and get
some coffee."
"That would be nice." Ami said. Soon he was gone and Ami yawned again. She
continued to type while Furuki got the coffee.
"Ami..." whispered a familiar voice as Ami wiped her eyes. Her head snapped up
and she looked around for the owner of the voice. the voice called to her and it seemed to
come from her computer screen. Ami stared at it and saw Usagi's lonesome face looking
at her with sad eyes.
"Usagi!" Ami screamed reaching for the screen, but the face faded along with the
voice. Tears ran down her cheek.
"Usagi... Hime... " she touched the screen.
"Ami-san?" Furuki stood holding the cups in the doorway. Ami jumped.
"Doshita?"
"Hai, I’m fine." He handed her the coffee and Ami took it gratefully. She never
liked coffee, but she didn't want to hurt Furuki's feelings. The room seemed to glow and
Ami looked out the window at the full moon. She felt like crying.
"Ami-san!" Furuki's started voice pulled her out of her day dream. She looked at
her computer as it glowed in the light, electrisity pouring out of it. The energy of the
computer crackled and glowed, piling it's self together to form the figure of a young
woman. The woman's features came through so clearly and soon both Ami and Furuki
could see the maiden in her long pigtails and flowing silver dress.
"Usagi...." Ami whispered again.
"You know her?" Furuki asked with a bit of fear. Ami nodded. Usagi looked at
Ami with sad eyes and held her hands out. Electricity shot out of her hands and zapped the
blue hair woman. Ami screamed as her body was lifted into the air and covered in yellow
light. Furuki tried to get her down, but one hit if the energy knocked him out cold.
Ami's pen, which had fallen into her purse earlier glowed and floated to it's master.
It formed a blue bubble around Ami’s unconscious form. Usagi looked on without
emotion as the bubble floated into the light of the moon and disappeared.
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Well how did you like it. This will be my longest project ever. I accept all feedback.
As the story goes on you'll begin to see the meaning of everyone. I'm still working on my
other stories, proof reading and all. The Loveless Godess is one of my favorites, so please
read it. I promise I'll retype chapter 1, since it's been missing for a long time. Stay tuned for
the next Chapter of Moon Revenge. ^_^
