Chapter 17

Lost to a Gun Shot
by Candy aka solarsun
Chapter 17: Raven

“What are you doing here exactly?!” Usagi muttered looking at the short raven haired girl who hoped down from the window seal and closed the window and curtains quickly still in uniform and looking beat up.

“Mama asked me to come. Told me that I should follow you into the future because the powers of mars will be needed and if Mama transforms it could very well be the end of you,” She giggled smiling. The girl, her sister, was only about 7, Usagi thought dryly and had just learned out to use most of her abilities in the future. If their mother thought it would be a greater risk not to have her here then the situation was probably worse then expected.

“I wish you hadn’t listened to her,” Usagi muttered glancing around making sure Rei was no where near the room and quickly closed the door so anybody passing by wouldn’t hear what was going on. “You’re only 7!”

“And I fight better then you sometimes..” The little girl muttered. “My attacks are almost perfect and I’ve helped you guys out of a few situations.”

“A few?” Usagi blinked only remembering the one situation.

“Anyway you should be thankful I’m here Onee-chan,” The little girl giggled releasing her henshin revealing a pink dress. “The bad guy, mama says, is really mean and really bad and without the power of fire you guys will be doomed.”

“That’s enough of listening to mothers bed time stories,” Usagi grumbled again pushing the girl toward the door. “Now be a good little sister and head back to the future and tell mama that big sis doesn’t like her ideas right now.”

“…Can’t…” The little girl stopped. “The future has changed to much. I don’t have much of a place to go back to right now. I have to set things right so we both can go home to mama and papa.”

Great…Usagi thought dryly tapping her forehead. This wasn’t something they needed right now. Rei had just dumped Mamoru and wasn’t in any condition to face a future child that she has no knowledge of at all. Sure Usagi had told them that Rei had been pregnant before she left, and that was the truth, but she had left out purposely little sister-chan standing below her so she wouldn’t jump to any real assumptions about the future at all.

“Hey Usagi!” Rei’s voice called out from somewhere beyond the door. She sounded like she was cleaning the fire room.

“Y…Yes Rei?!” Usagi jumped running to the door just in case.

“Let me say hi to Mama,” The little girl behind her whispered.

“No!” Usagi hissed quietly. “You stay over there away from the door till I have an idea of what to do with you!”

“Is the broom in my room?” Rei’s voice called out again this time footsteps accompanied the voice down the hallway.

“NO!” Usagi yelled looking about the room answering before she could confirm her yell. Sadly though, that yell was a lie and in little sister-chan’s hands now was the broom as she giggled evily.

“You want it?” She quietly blackmailed.

“No!” Usagi said now in a bind. Once Rei couldn’t find the broom in the kitchen or the living area she would come looking in her room.

“She’s going to come back” The little girl sing songed. “And when she does she’s going to want in her own room and when she comes in she’ll see me unless you do something about it”

“Fine what!” Usagi loudly whispered hissing at her sister.

“Take me to that weird park mama always talked about. That amusement park! I want to go there with you Onee-chan!” She answered.

Usagi’s mind was abuzz with all the things going on. If she agreed to that that meant she would have to find a place for her sister to stay in Tokyo but if she didn’t agree that meant Rei would come back and see her.

Which was something Usagi didn’t want her to see right now.

“Fine fine!” Usagi broke. “Do you know where Makoto’s apartment is?”

“Yeah, been following you for a few days,” She responded.

“Go there. Tell Makoto who you are but also tell her do not tell anybody else till I come around. Ok?” Usagi said holding her hand out for the broom.

“Fine,” The little girl said tossing the broom to her and walking over to the window again. “You better make good on your promise onee-chan.”

“I will! I will! Now go!” Usagi said moving her hands in a ‘go away’ fashion as she could hear Rei coming down the hallway again.

“Are you sure it’s not in there Usagi?” Rei’s voice said as she began to open the door to a very frightened Usagi holding the broom. “Ahh so it is in here…”

“Sorry! Just found it! Under some blankets!” She laughed nervously glancing behind her toward the window only to find the area unoccupied and the window closed.

“Ahh ok,” Rei muttered grabbing the broom and slowly making her way out of the room.

“You really shouldn’t clean at 8 months pregnant!” Usagi yelled after her.

“And you shouldn’t worry to much. Women have been doing this since humans became humans.” Rei yelled back closing the fire room door behind her.

Glancing around once more Usagi made sure her little sister wasn’t in the area as she slide down the door onto her butt on the floor. This was all too much now. First she has to deal with Rei being who she is, next Mamoru and the other senshi, a bad guy to add to the mix, and finally a little sister who shouldn’t be here to top it all off.

O boy…

The woman glared at the shadow which held the image of earth in it’s darkness. For weeks now, since she had awoken, she had searched…searched for the one who caused this mess.

Since the beginning of time she had wanted her revenge upon this one, this person and if he wasn’t alive his family will due.

Anybody descended from his line, his seed will die at her hand for what happened so long ago. It was her right and her destiny to do this.

Though mind you she was sure she was awoken a tad early.

But that didn’t bother her at the least. It just meant that she had more time to destroy and pillage looking for them before the end of time came about. Which, she knew, was quit a time away so she wasn’t worried at all.

She was just impatient.

Once they were dead she could be free. Though she would like her crystal back, she knew that probably wouldn’t be the case and was just willing to overlook that to have his blood on her hands.

Ahhh his blood…

It’ll taste so sweet.

The brown haired senshi of Jupiter glazed at the little twerp who had appeared at her doorstep so suddenly and was now sitting on her couch eating a few cookies she had taken from her secret stash.

“..my stash…does everyone know where I hide them?!” Makoto muttered sadly shaking her head. “Even random little girls who I don’t know but claim to know me?!”

“I told you, I know you and you know me though it is in the future. What is there not to understand?” The little girl said biting off another piece of her cookie.

“I understand that part well enough, could you at least give me a name to call you?” Makoto sighed finally giving up on her cookies.

“Raven,” She replied. “My name is Princess Raven of the planet Mars.”

“Fine I’ll call you Raven. JUST Raven. You are no princess here in this time little girl and to call you that may be suspicious to my neighbors. I already have a walking dead girl living here.”

“You mean Onee-chan?” Raven muttered looking up at Makoto. “She’s quit alive you know. No zombie for a sister for me.”

That made Makoto chuckle a little. No indeed not. Usagi was alive and well now. The little girl had no clue as to the past Usagi and the rest of them had just lived through, did she?

Probably not.

And it wasn’t her right to ruin the girl’s perception of life and her sister. How old was she anyway? 7? 8? And why the hell would Rei send her back with her being so young even if she was the only fire senshi they could use right now? It didn’t make much sense. It was like asking her to be a human meat shield or something. Chibi-Usa wasn’t even that good at that age.

“Gah I’m back!” Usagi said opening the door and quickly closing it, as if she was being followed.

“What took you so long?” Makoto asked standing up and walking over toward her.

“Rei trying to clean under the sink, that’s what!” Usagi grumbled. “Now to deal with you little sis…”

(authors notes)

Yay! Another chapter to this story done! Ok so this isn’t nearly as depressive as the others but it’s silly non the less. I like the talk between Raven and Usagi. It’s cute!

Not much else to say besides SORRRRRY for being so long in an update. Now that I’m in a writing mood I’m trying to get everything I’m currently writing on still updated once.

Please review before you go and as always thanks for taking the time to read one of my stories.