1Disclaimer: All characters of the series "Sailor Moon", except for Sailor Storm and all other original characters, are under copyright protection of Naoko Takeuchi
The cool night air of the city was reinforced by both the cloudless moon-filled sky and the quiet sounds of late night traffic. It was 1:00 in the morning of a Saturday in the Jacksonville downtown area when a certain individual was perched on the side of a hospital near the rooftop. The girl, who was wearing an odd sailor-style ice-skater uniform, was none other than Sailor Storm. Her uniform consisted of a white form-fitting bodysuit with a black sailor-style collar with two white stripes and a blue stripe between them, a large blue bow in the front with her crystal perched in the middle, a large black bow on the back of her waist with two sheer trails, and a black ruffled skirt ending somewhat higher than mid-thigh. She also was wearing white gloves that went 2" past her wrists, black boots with flat soles and ending just below her calf muscle, and a silver tiara with a blue gem in the middle and a white and silver eight-armed star encrusted on the gem. She was a symbol of hope for most of the population of the city, while being a nuisance to the police, and a downright threat to criminals of the city's underground. At this point, she was simply keeping watch of the night since she had no worry of waking up early on a Saturday. Any girl would give up almost anything to be her for just even a moment. However, what they didn't know is how many dangerous and eye-awakening situations Storm has come across ever since she first started. Ever since she was first awakened, her whole life began turning upside-down with no way to stop or control it. And that is where this story begins...
SAILOR STORM: The Awakening
Chapter 1
Jacksonville, 3 months earlier...
The bells have rung to signal the end of the last class in First Coast High School. The students started filing out to both the parking lot and the school bus zone. A group of boys who managed to skip the last two classes were hanging out at the entrance of the parking lot while smoking cigarettes. The security personnel told them countless times to not smoke on school property, but the boys had connections with growing crime syndicate of the city that the school's security was forced to back off. They always took enjoyment in torturing other students who were even remotely nicer to everyone than they were. They were already tripping freshmen to seniors as they walked by to their cars or to the buses that were being loaded up in the lot when one junior was walking up. It was the one kid that they wanted to see broke down more than anything else in their little world; Kyle Rayden. He walked right past them when one them shoved him forward.
"Hey, Rayden. Long time, no smashing," that bully said.
"Yeah, good one, Butch," another bully said.
"Yeah, Butch. That was really good. How long did it take you come up with that one," Kyle replied sarcastically before turning around and continuing on.
"Where the hell d'you think you goin', you little shit," the second bully snarled as he kicked Kyle to the ground.
Kyle hit the ground pretty hard with the assistance of that kick. He scraped his hands on the concrete, but his face never touched the ground. While the group of four were laughing at him and before they could make a move again, Kyle quickly got up on his feet and turned to face them, throwing his bag to the ground.
"Oh you want more, pretty boy? We got plenty," Butch taunted.
"Actually, I was wondering if those steroids not only shrunk your balls, but also shrunk your brains," Kyle shot back. "Oh wait, that's right. You weren't born with any."
Butch charged forward to attack, but Kyle ducked low to the ground and dug his fist into Butch's gut. As Butch doubled over, the other three boys rushed in. Kyle began defending himself and going offensive as much as he could while trying to stay out of there grasp. He managed to hurt two knees, bruise some ribs, and scored a black eye before two of the boys managed to knock the wind out of him and grabbed his arms to hold him up. At that point, he was at their mercy. Butch and the second bully took turns punching him either in the face or in the stomach. He never realized that a black cat had been staring at him for the entire fight.
He was in a subdivision next to the high school behind someone's house. He knew that he was a black cat named Zeus who could talk and was intelligent. However, the only things he knew were that, and a phrase that was given to him. The phrase was this: "To find the sailor warrior you seek, you must look for a person who has stars shooting out of their head." It wasn't much to go on, but he figured that it was better than nothing. It was at that moment that he saw that he was near a high school, so he decided to check things out there. At that point, he realized that may very well find the girl he was looking for. What he didn't realize was that the phrase did not clearly mention the person being a girl. As he was heading to the school, he was only moments away from seeing something that he somehow felt was not supposed to happen.
He managed to reach the school in time to witness a fight breaking out between a group of four boys against one smaller boy, who wasn't going to let them beat him up without them paying for it. He saw that the boy managed to get in some pretty good hits while trying to dodge incoming blows, but the group managed to overwhelm him and started beating him without interruption. Zeus was thinking of leaving, but something was peculiar about the one boy that made Zeus stay there. It was then that he saw an odd blue glow coming out of his eyes that grew a bit brighter every time he was hit. He now decided that he was not going anywhere.
Kyle was starting to pass out with each blow until he started feeling a wave after wave of some kind of energy burst spreading throughout his body. The pain was numbing to the point where he couldn't feel it anymore. It was at that time he made his counterattack by kicking Butch in the groin. Butch immediately doubled over while the second guy was coming in. Kyle managed to push to his right at the perfect time to cause the guy on his left to get hammered instead. The shock caused the bully to release Kyle's left arm, who immediately used it to jab the other holder in the face twice. As soon as he got his arm back, Kyle immediately ducked under another punch and slammed a fist into the groin of the guy in front of him. In no time flat, Kyle was back on the offensive with a renewed vigor and ferocity. His attacks now were making him look like he was holding back before. He was now starting to show knowledge in street fighting martial arts, which was catching the group off guard. Finally, Butch finally grabbed Kyle's right arm and fold it behind him. It caused two things to happen. First, it caused Kyle to scream out in pain. And secondly, it caused a blue symbol of two lightning bolts crossed in an "X" followed by a blue eight-armed star of energy to flash on his forehead. It was that flash that caused Zeus's blood to run cold, as well as his memory starting to flood in. He was quickly knocked out of his reverie as several cops had shown up to break up the fight. Zeus left as the cops were questioning both Kyle and group of bullies trying to find out the truth, but not before he found out where Kyle lived.
Zeus made his way to a pay phone at a gas station that still had a phone book attached to it to clarify Kyle's full name and address. As he was making his way to the boy's house, he kept going over and over in his head how this could be possible. His thoughts were becoming so strong that he was now voicing them.
"I just can't believe what I saw. This is impossible. I was supposed to find a BOY to be the sailor warrior I've been chosen to protect? This is stupid. It was supposed to be a girl, NOT a boy. A girl. It even feels right that a girl should be a sailor warrior, and not a boy. But why do I even feel that way if I can't even remember it," Zeus thought out loud.
Zeus was managing to stay out of ear shot as he was still making his way west from the school to Kyle's home.
"Maybe this was a fluke. Maybe I just imagined it. After all, the phrase I remember said nothing about that first symbol I saw, but now that I think about it, it didn't say anything about me looking for a girl. Dammit, I'm so confused here."
Zeus suddenly stopped when an idea popped in his head.
"Wait. I must have imagined it. It makes sense. Since I just woke up after all, I may have hallucinated it. I might just have to keep looking then-"
"You did not hallucinate, advisor," a voice right behind him said.
Zeus turned around to see an apparition of a certain figure he remembers all too well.
"Sailor Pluto," Zeus said. "What do you mean I wasn't hallucinating? That was a boy."
"I see not all of your memories have restored yet. I will help you remember them."
Before Zeus could protest, Sailor Pluto took her Garnet Orb and touched the dull yellow crescent moon crest on Zeus's forehead. His remaining memories had then made themselves known to Zeus, and he remembered everything he needed to do in a flash. He also double-checked his full memory to make sure that it was not tampered with at all, and was satisfied that it wasn't.
"Wait a minute. Which Pluto are you," Zeus asked, wary that he might be talking to the wrong one.
"I'm from the Crystal Earth time line. I made myself unable to be tracked by the current Sailor Pluto, but I cannot keep this up forever," Sailor Pluto answered.
"I understand. So you were the one who brought me here from the past."
"Yes, I am."
"Well, I still don't understand why it has to be this Kyle Rayden. Why him?"
"Because he's instrumental to our new future, our better future. Which reminds me, do not tell him anything about the future until the appropriate time."
"When will I know?"
"Trust me. You will know when the time comes."
"Wait, you said 'Crystal Earth' before. Don't you mean 'Crystal Tokyo'?"
"I'm afraid you will have to wait for the answer on that one. As of now, I cannot help you anymore. You are now on your own, Zeus. Take Kyle Rayden as your charge, train him, advise him, and befriend him. His life is about to change forever, and he must be guided through these changes gently. I wish you the best of luck, Zeus. Godspeed."
The phantom apparition of the future Sailor Pluto vanished into thin air as the sounds of the surrounding area had returned. Had Pluto stopped time around them? It quickly became useless for Zeus to answer that question when he fully realized that Kyle was the person he was charged to protect. He now knew what he was going to give him, and what it will turn him into. Zeus had to hurry to Kyle's home before he was finished with the police. Not only did he have to think of a way to break the news to Kyle, he had to make certain adjustments to the boy's new power before he gave it to him. He couldn't make the changes while he was moving, so he had to make a run for it to the house. It was now a race to see if Zeus could get there in time to make the adjustments before Kyle walked in the door. With that thought, Zeus pushed his limits on running. He was not going to fail his task.
A/N: This is the first chapter of a short story. Hopefully I can get it work out without contradicting the main storyline. That tends to happen with fresh ideas. Anyway, I'll keep up on this and the main story to help me get back into writing. Later.