ASSASSIN, Chapter Two
By: Shari Hirtle
Email: Odango2001@aol.com
Rating: PG(-13 maybe, but I don't think so)


September 8, 2000

Disclaimer: All SailorMoon characters do not belong to me, they belong 
to 
Naoko Takeuchi and some other people, everyone else belongs to me.


~*~

     On a dark side of the Moon, in a place called Chi No Kuni - The 
Land of 
Blood, a dark figure sat in a red velvet throne, looking out a magic 
window, 
watching… waiting for the right person to come into view.

     “Sachiko,” a deep voice called.

     In a splash of red light, a woman with short black hair framing 
her 
round face and big brown eyes appeared in front of the figure, 
kneeling.

     “Sachiko, there has been no one to cross the screen who I might 
even 
think of for the job I need done. So what I need you to go to town and 
hand 
pick someone for me. Can you do that?”

     Sachiko stood, “Yes.....

     The figure leaned forward, into the light; black, shoulder length, 
wavy 
hair, porcelain pale skin, thin lips, and cold, ice blue irises 
surrounding 
completely silver pupils.

     .....Lord Oni.”

     Kori Oni, now only called Oni, smiled, baring long, white fangs, 
“Good.”

~*~
In Town (of Chi No Kuni)

     Sachiko walked through town in *all* black, looking rather strange 
to 
the people of town, especially since her brown eyes were now glowing 
bright, 
blood red; reading people’s minds.

     Sachiko, along with Oni, was a vampire and they, meaning vampires, 
were 
almost common in Chi No Kuni. It was practically their land, hence the 
name 
CHI No Kuni. They had extraordinary strength and could read minds, make 
people do anything against their will, and hear and see miles away.

     Sachiko stopped in the middle of the road and everyone around her 
froze 
in fear as her glowing eyes started to flash from black to red. She 
slowly 
looked over the crowd and her eyes settled on a man, about 30. Her 
right arm 
suddenly shot out, grabbing him by the collar, pulling him up off the 
ground, 
“Where is the one you call Mamoru?”

~*~

     Mamoru Endymion Chiba sat with his feet rested on his desk, 
leaning back 
in his chair, counting the money he’d made that month, “500,000 
yen… 800,000 
yen… 1,000,000,” Mamoru grinned and started to put the money away.

     But suddenly the door burst open-- err.. *off* and landed on the 
floor 
with a loud thud, causing Mamoru to fall back in his chair and throw 
all the 
money he had been counting and stacking neatly up in the air, 
“Chikusho!! 
(Shit)”

     Mamoru quickly stood from the floor and brushed himself off, 
looking 
pissed to no ends, “What the HELL?!” he exclaimed and looked up to 
the door 
to see a woman dressed in all black standing there.

     Sachiko gasped when she saw Mamoru’s face, he didn’t look 
anything like 
she thought he would. He was gorgeous with midnight black hair, his 
long 
bangs falling into his ocean blue eyes, his skin slightly tanned and he 
had 
the build of an athlete, he was also tall with the height of about 6 
feet.

     “I hope you know that you’re gonna pay for that door.”

     Recovering from her shock, Sachiko walked up to his desk and set 
two 
fairly large sacks of money on it.

     Mamoru’s eyes widened, “That’ll pay for it,” he took his 
eyes away 
from the bags and looked up to Sachiko, “what can I do for you, or 
should I 
say who can I kill for you?”

     Sachiko slapped an envelope on his desk then seemed to disappear.

     Mamoru sighed and rolled his eyes, “Damn vampires.”

~*~

     Mamoru looked down at the letter in his hands then up at the huge 
stone 
castle in front of him, “The king, huh? What’s he need me for? 
He’s a 
vampire, isn't he? He kills people himself everyday!” he said to 
himself.

     He walked up to the tall double doors and lifted and a hand to 
knock but 
the doors suddenly opened. Mamoru stood there for a moment, his fist 
still in 
the air then it finally dropped back to his side and he walked in. He 
shifted 
uncomfortably as a chill ran through his spine.

     Mamoru looked from one staircase, to another, and to another, 
“Umm....” 
he sighed and shrugged, “eeny-meeny-mynee-moe, catch a tiger by the 
toe, if 
he hollers let him go, eeny-meeny-mynee-moe,” he smiled and started 
for the 
left staircase.

     Suddenly, the left flight of stairs turned into the middle one and 
the 
same woman that had been at his office was walking up them. ‘Does 
this girl 
*ever* speak?’ Mamoru thought and sighed again, following her.

     When they reached the top of the stairs the woman disappeared in 
what 
looked like waves of blood swirling around her which made Mamoru’s 
stomach 
lurch.

     After a few minutes Mamoru got over his temporary nausea and 
looked 
around. 

     Doors. 

     LOTS of doors.

     Anger and frustration was building, quickly inside him, “Damn 
it! If 
this happens ONE more time I’m going home!” he shouted and one of 
the tall 
doors opened, he stomped into the room.

     Mamoru looked up to see the king sitting infront of him, holding a 
glass 
full of a red subtsance that was, no doubt, blood with the woman in all 
black 
standing next to him in some slutty, red outfit. Mamoru looked at her 
and 
opened his mouth to say something to her, but decided against it and 
just 
shook his head, looking back to the king.

     Oni smirked, “You’re not even going to bow before your 
king?”

     “No, not after the trip you just took me on AND she broke my 
door!” 
Mamoru exclaimed, pointing to Sachiko.

     Oni laughed, “You know, I was just thinking how ironic it is to 
have 
your name be Protector and you’re an assassin,” he said and started 
laughing 
again.

     Mamoru was annoyed and getting impatient, “What do you want from 
me?”

     Oni stopped laughing and looked at Mamoru, “Well I want you to 
kill 
someone for me.”

     “I know that! But who? Who do you want me to kill?! Where? 
How?”

     “Usagi Serenity Tsukino, Princess of Zoge No Kuni. I want you to 
make 
her trust you completely, fall in love with you even so it’ll be most 
painful 
when you kill her.”

     “A princess? You want me to kill a princess? And you want me to 
make her 
fall in love with me?” Mamoru asked, unbelievingly.

     “That’s right.”

     “Why?”

     “Because I hate her. She’s my sister-- Oh, speaking of family, 
kill 
mommy-dearest too.”

     “What?! You want me to go all the way to Zoge No Kuni, make a 
princess 
who just happens to be you SISTER, fall in love with me, kill her 
mother who 
I asume is your mother also, then kill her too?! You’re INSANE!! Off 
your 
rocker, right off the deep end!!”

     “I’ll pay you double of what Sachiko gave you earlier.”

     “So when do you want me to do this?”

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End Chapter Two.
September 10, 2000
Email is a good thing!
Oh, sorry this chapter was SOO short!