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The Rewriting of a Legend
by Rain Ayo
Episode 7

	"Inside of you?"  Luna asked.  "That's...I don't 
know..."
	"There isn't any other way to explain it.  If I 
didn't have powers then, what makes you believe that I 
have powers now?" Usagi asked.
	"How did it get there?" Luna asked.  "There are 
so many questions that need to be answered."
	"Well for now we don't have the time to get them 
answered.  We need to prepare for battle.  Just knowing 
that I have power is enough.  I'll still be able to 
fight when the time comes," Usagi said.
	"I suppose your right," Luna said.  
	Usagi sat back against the sofa.  She felt 
exhausted.  She knew she'd probably would have cracked 
if it hadn't been for Mamoru's support.  The link they 
had was coming in handy, even if they didn't know how 
they were able to use it.
	Mamoru felt just about as drained as Usagi did. 
With Usagi under so much pressure he didn't want to 
leave her to fend for herself.  He knew that he needed 
to get her out of her house away from all the things 
that were happening to her.
	"Are you done?" he asked softly.
	She nodded.  "I'll be right back," she said, 
knowing what his plan was.
	Luna looked at Mamoru.  "You're taking her with 
you?" she asked.  When he nodded she continued, "I've 
never seen her like this.  She seems so lost.  I'm sure 
you could take better care of her than I."
	"You've done a wonderful job, Luna.  You do a 
lot for them all.  Don't think that you are worthless.  
I don't think any of them would find that true, even 
Artemis," he said.
	At the mention of Artemis, she excused herself 
to go check on him in Usagi's room.  Usagi returned 
shortly after that.
	He quickly got up and took her into his arms.  
"It's okay.  I'm here," he said softly.
	She burst into tears and he held her a little 
tighter.  "I'm sorry.  I just don't want to believe any 
of this.  I'm not the leading type," she said in between 
sobs.
	"Shh," he said softly.  "You're doing fine.  I'm 
so proud of you."
	"Thank you Mamoru," she said as her sobbing 
slowly stopped.
	"Come on.  I'm going to take you out.  Anything 
you want we'll do," he told her.
	"Really," she said.  She looked up at him with a 
small smile.  "How about we go get take out and some 
movies?" 
	'Sounds good to me," he said.  She got her bag 
with a change of clothes in it.  He led her out to his 
bike and a half an hour later they arrived at his 
apartment with a pizza and two movies.
	She got the movies ready while he got them some 
drinks.  When he returned he found her sitting on his 
sofa reading on of the many books that was on his 
bookshelf.  He sat down beside her and lifter the book 
up from her lap to see which one it was.
	"A poetry book, one of my favorites at that," he 
said.
	She looked up at him.  "I would never have 
thought you'd be one for poetry," she said.
	"I'm just full of surprises," he said.
	He gave her a kiss.  She put the book aside and 
curled up against him.  They sat together eating pizza 
and watching the movies they rented.  They didn't talk 
much, just enjoyed being with one another.

	The next morning they awoke together, still on 
the couch.  He gave her a kiss on the forehead and a 
quick squeeze.
	"Do you mind if I take a shower?" she asked.
	"Go right ahead," he told her.
	She took a quick shower and by the time she 
changed, she could smellsomething cooking in the 
kitchen.  Mamoru was making omelettes.  He'd already 
changed his clothes and was putting out plates for them.
	They ate in silence for a while.  Usagi looked 
up at him and cocked her head to the side.  "You know, 
we barely know one another," she said.
	"What would you like to know?" he asked.	
	'I don't know...ummm...what about your parents?" 
she asked.  Instantly she felt she'd hit a nerve.  
"Umm...you don't have to answer that if you don't want 
to."
	"It's okay," he said.  "My parents died when I 
was five.  We were in a car accident.  I got amensia and 
I still don't remember anything."
	"I'm so sorry," she said as she moved closer to 
him.
	He smiled, glad for her concern.  "It's all 
right," he told her.  "It wasn't always easy.  I was 
always alone.  None of that matters now.  I have you now 
and I'll never be lonely."
	She enveloped him in a hug.  "I promise, I'll 
take care of you.  You'll never have to be alone again. 
I sware," she said.
	They sat there for a moment, Usagi clinging 
tightly to him so that he wouldn't miss her point.  He 
ran a hand threw her hair.  "What about you?" he asked 
her, breaking their silence.
	"My mom and dad are normal parents, I suppose.  
Protective, a little clueless, and annoying," she said. 
"I didn't have any real traumatic events happen to me as 
a child.  Unless you consider suddenly becoming a super 
heroine traumatic.
	"I just had to grow up really fast.  I didn't 
have a chance to live the happy teen years I was looking 
forward to," she said.
	"I understand.  I didn't have much of a 
childhood myself.  I lived in an orphanage till I could 
get myself a job.  Not exactly how I'd plan the perfect 
childhood," he said.
	"Well who cares about childhoods anyway?  We're 
adults.  We've certainly had no need for them," she 
said.
	"You are quite right," he told her.  "And 
unfortunatly adults have responsiblity.  We should go 
and check on the newcomers."
	Usagi sighed.  "You're right.  At least I feel 
that I can handle myself today," she said.
	Mamoru gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead.  
"Come on," he said as he stood up.
	They made quick work of the dishes and then 
drove to the temple, where they'd agreed to meet the 
next day.  This time taking Mamoru's car, they stopped 
at Usagi's house in order to get Luna and Artemis, as 
well as a few more days worth of clothing, becuase they 
both could see Usagi would need it.
	At the temple everyone had already gathered.  
Minako and Kunzite seemed to be attached to one another. 
Usagi could help but notice the happiness in their eyes. 
Makoto seemed to be floating.  Usagi caught on more than 
one occasion, Makoto staring wistfully at Nephrite, who 
was doing exactly the same thing.  Rei wasn't showing 
much emotion towards anyone, except a few confused 
glances directed at Jedite.  Jedite was ecstatic.  He 
kept say, "I don't need to remember, I can feel it in 
here," as he pounded on his chest.  None of them seemed 
to feel that there was something wrong with any of this, 
except Zoisite.  He was very skeptical of all of this.  
From what Usagi gathered from their first encounter, 
after their battle, that he was a very religious person. 
She believed that it wouldn't take long to bring him 
around.  Ami remained impassive, relaying her own 
scientific information.
	"There you guys are.  We were just answering 
afew questions for our newcomers," Minako said 
cheerfull, which was a great improvement for her.
	"Maybe Luna could help with this one.  They want 
to know how they use their powers," Rei said.  "They 
don't have powers like ours so I don't know how to 
answer that one."
	"Why don't I just make this a lesson for all of 
you.  I don't know much about Terrain magic.  I did my 
best to read up on it in the little time left before 
Beryl's attack.  If I'd known I'd need to teach it, I 
would have been more thorough," she said.  "All you 
gentlemen follow me.  We'll take this lesson away from 
anything that could be seriously damaged.  Artemis why 
don't you lead the girls through a few exercises.  They 
need some practice as well."
	Artemis nodded and led the girls off in one 
direction as Luna lead the gentlemen off in another.
	The men were lead deep into the trees behind the 
temple.  Far enough away from the temple not to damage, 
but close enought to get help if needed.
	Luan transformed into her human form with ease, 
drawing shocked stares.
	"How did you do that?" Jedite asked.
	"My ansectors came from the planet Muu, just 
outside this system.  We fled from our home when it was 
overrun by demons.  The Moon Kingdom took us in.  To 
repay them we've served them in anyway we could," Luna 
explained.  "We are capable of shifting our form from 
feline to human when necessary.  I prefer to remain in 
my feline form, in this case I believe it would be 
easier to show you your lessons in this form.
	"Now Mamoru.  You seem to be able to use your 
powers.  If you could explain how you accomplish that, 
we can go from there," Luna said.
	'She sounds like one of the nuns who taught us 
at the orphanage,' he thought to himself.  "It's mainly 
instinct."
	"You can't keep that up.  It's not a good idea 
to do that, because you have to little to no control of 
your powers and they could go beserk on you.  That would 
do nothing good to protect the Princess," Luna berated 
him.
	'Thanks for the support,' he thought sourly.  "I 
basically invision my target in my head, cock the gun, 
and fire," he said.
	"'Cocking the gun' won't always work, once you 
stop using you powers instinctually," Luna said.  "In 
the beginning you may need to say a mantra in order to 
make things work properly.  For example..." Luna went 
into a big explanation.
	'This is going to be a long day,' Mamoru 
thought.
	
	Everyone gather back at the temple for a midday 
meal.  Luna returned to her normal shape and appeared 
pleased with their success.  They were able to cast very 
simple spells with ease.  Nothing that would cause a 
great deal of damage, but it was something.
	The girls and Artemis had stopped a little bit 
earlier than the men, so they made some lunch.  Makoto 
dazzled them all with a delicious soup.  The rest made a 
large batch of sandwhiches.  Minako was told to worry 
about finding plates and glasses after she almost burnt 
the pot she was using to boil water for tea.
	The men arrived as the girls were discussing 
Minako's cooking skills.
	"Oh did I find that out the hardway," Kunzite 
teased.  Minako looked at him with a pout on her face.  
He gave her a quick squeeze of the shoulders and a peck 
on the cheek.  "So how had the exercising been going?"
	"I beat Rei, three out of four times in no 
powers matches," Usagi said with a smirk.
	"I let you win," Rei said.
	"Sure.  Just like you let Minako and Makoto win 
every match.  I let you win the last one so you wouldn't 
think your a complete failure," Usagi said.
	"Oh I'm gonna get you for that one," Rei said as 
she jumped up to chase Usagi around the temple for a 
while.
	They laughed good-naturedly at the pair.  "Are 
they always like that?" Jedite asked.
	"Well...after our fight," Makoto said.  It was 
obvious that explanations would come at another time.
	"And how have you been fairing?" Minako asked.  
"luna's not pushing you too hard is she?"
	She's a drill sergent all right, but that's just 
what we need now," Mamoru said.
	"In a short while you'll be able to work with 
the girls," Luna said.
	"Let's hope we get that time," Makoto said.
	"I'll drink to that Jedite said as he raised his 
glass.  The others followed in suit before drinking from 
them.
	Usagi and Rei returned then.  Usagi had a smug 
smirk on her face as Rei glared at her.
	"Hurry up and eat.  We need to use up as much 
time as we can to be prepared," Luna said, always the 
one to remind someone of their duties.
	They continued ther meal, keeping converstation 
light and away from what their training was for, by 
mutual consent.  When they finished clearing away the 
meal, they returned to where they had worked before.
	"This time you can use your powers," Artemis 
said as they split up.
	"Just make sure you go easy on us, pyro," Usagi 
said teasingly to Rei.
	"I'll show you pyro," Rei said angrily, before 
chasing Usagi once again.
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Never thought I'd have this finished.  Hehe...a little 
closer to normal.  Although everybody's still oh so 
serious.  Hope you're enjoying this.  You seem to be 
enjoying what I have done so far.  I just hope it lives 
to expectations.  I've got a planed 'special' episode 
where I'll talk about the others and their 
relationships.

Adios!
Rain-chan ( stardreamer@white-star.com )