Sailor Sun of the Moon Kingdom
Chapter 6
Hours pasted, Phobie's test were taking a long time, but the queen's doctor
was very careful.
Luna entered the room once again, after leaving her
their a few hours earlier. "I've spoken to the general, he also believes their
was more to that fight then his staff saw. He was allowed you to continue in the
contest."
"What about Minaca?", Phobie consernly asked.
"You
friend is still in the contest, she is one of the few who have made it this far.
Nothing will come of her, due to you."
Phobie took in a deep breath. She
was happy to be allowed back into the contest, but she didn't like the idea of
her friend being booted out because she returned.
"The doctor tells me,
other then a few burses and a black eye, you managed to come out of that fight
pretty well.
"Thank you. ", Phobie answered, "But someone else
helped."
Luna was intrigued, "Who, we must give this person the credit
they deserve."
"He said Neon when he left, I assume, that was his name."
Phobie watch in puzzlement when Luna's face went from curious to shock.
"What?"
"It couldn't have been Neon."
"Why, who's
Neon?"
Luna sat and started to explain, "Neon, was a war lord from our
current enemy the Negaverse. He came to the moon a long time ago, with the goal
of capturing and enslaving the population. Luckily a young princess Serenity was
able to stop, his plans, but not with out great injury to
herself."
"Injury, you mean Queen Serenity?"
"Yes, He was treated
as a guess of the kingdom's and the two were very close, until the knowledge of
his past and his plans came out."
"What happened to him?"
Luna
sighed, "He was destroyed."
"Oh." Phobie sounded, looking
down.
Luna then noticed something, A scar, healing but almost looking
somewhat fresh. "Phobie, were did you get this scar from?"
Phobie got up
and looked into a nearby mirror. A scar from the corner of Phobie's left eye,
all the way down to the center of her ear. She felt it and a flash of one of the
men hitting her quickly went before her eyes. "I don't..." the flash happened
again, this time much slower, Phobie could see the man's fist, coming down on
her. She could see a wedding band on his hand, with a pointed decoration on it.
She could feel the scar being made with the ring, as she relives him hitting
her.
"Phobie, are you ok?", Luna asked in concern.
"The scar was
made during the fight, with kidnappers."
"Oh", Luna looked down, "I'm
sorry."
"Oh, don't worry, I bet in a week it'll be gone.", Phobie side,
trying to cheer both of them up.
"Unfortunately, according to this
report, that scar, is permanent." Luna said to Phobie.
"Permanent?",
Phobie, said shocked.
"I didn't mention it, because, we though it was a
older scar, it was amazingly clean but it's heal. The cut was so deep, it looks
like it won't be healing any farther then that."
Phobie moved her hand
along the scar. It wasn't very noticeable, a thin scar, almost like a fresh
scratch, but it extended a good distance.
* * *
That night,
Phobie walked back into her room, and when straight for her bed. At least Minoko
wasn't around to bother her anymore. Then she heard a snoring noise. She looked
over at Minoko's bed, and their she was, sleeping in it. Even though it was
dark, her purple hair was a dead give away.
* * *
In the Morning
Phobie, woke up, Minoko wasn't their. Phobie got up and walked out to breakfast.
In the mess, she spotted Minaca. Phobie quickly got a meal and walked over to
the table were Minaca was sitting with about 3 other girls. Phobie notice that
the group was considerably smaller. Before Phobie, left, their were over a few
hundred girls, now it looked like their were less then a hundred.
Phobie
finally reached Minaca's table. She sat down, across from, Minaca. "Hi, Minaca."
Phobie cheerfully said, happy to see her friend again.
"How could you?"
Minaca said. Then she silently got up, leaving whatever was left over from her
meal and walked away.
Phobie was shocked at the cold shoulder she got
from her friend. "What?"
"Well, what did you expect?" One of the girls at
the table answered.
"Will someone please tell me what's going on?",
Phobie demanded.
"You told the guardian that you saw Neon.", another of
the girls responded.
"Yea, I did. So?"
"No one on the Moon kingdom
mentions Neon. Do you know what he did?" The same girl asked.
Phobie was
genially confused. "He, tried to take over the moon?"
"He..." the lady
got up, "I can't even say it." and walked away.
"What?" Phobie asked as
the girl walked away.
"Neon was said to stolen...", the other girl
paused, "... taken her...", again she paused, looking for the proper wording,
"Serenity and Neon were very close...It's said that Neon took one of Serenity's
eggs."
"Her Egg?" Phobie confirmed.
"Right from her... while she
was with him." Phobie though for a while... egg, egg... She didn't quite
understand, but the other girl continued, "He never was able to use it for
anything, but it was never found. We all hoped that it was destroyed with
Neon."
"You all hoped?"
"The stories are told in such a way that
if anyone from the moon hear it, they feel as responsible as Serenity did to
stop him."
"That must be a good story. Is that why Minaca's
mad?"
"I would think so... Saying Neon's back, that won't help you make
any friends here."
Makoto approached the group form behind, "Ah, don't
worry about that. He's dead, and never going to come back."
Phobie looked
at Makoto, and asked ,"Weren't you told to leave too?"
Makoto looked at
her and replied, "Yep. But I came back and told them that you wouldn't let me
down to eat."
Phobie angrily replied, "You WHAT?"
"Yep, I though,
no reason, for both of us to go. And now, were both together
again."
Phobie was really angry and quickly got up and walked in the same
direction as Minaca, until she saw the figure again. He was on a balcony just on
the wall of the mess. This time Phobie wasted no time, she quickly ran to the
passageway to the baloney and ran up it. She eventually got to the balcony and
looked around, No one their, not even anything to resemble the figure. Phobie
turned around, ready to go back down stairs, then she heard someone whisper
behind her.
"Why?", Phobie quickly turned around and saw the figure
standing behind her, on the balcony she was just checking. "Why did you have
to..."
"Neon?" Phobie questioned .
"Yes, I am, Neon." Phobie
stepped up closer. He was the same man, the hero who saved her and Princess
Serena. He had short black hair, and strong bearing Face and a lean figure. Most
women would define him as the perfect man. A little too perfect, in Phobie's
option.
"Are you the same Neon?" Phobie again questioned.
"No", he
sat down on one of the chairs on the balcony, "No, I'm not the Neon that
everyone on this rock, fears."
He looked over the edge of the balcony at
the girls below. "I know what your thinking. Is this guy telling me the truth,
or is he lying. And I'll tell you the same as I tell everyone else. If I was
that Neon, I should be older, and dead."
"So who are you?" Phobie
inquired, sitting next to him.
"I'm no one."
"Oh... why did you
help me?"
He looked into her eyes and paused, considering her question.
"To save the princess", he looked at the ceiling, "you know, you are the
one."
"What does that mean?"
Neon looked back at Phobie. "These
games, they're pointless, your the one who's rightfully going to get the
powers."
"I'll like to think that I get them, fair and
square."
"Oh, you do. They wouldn't hold these pointless tests, if they
didn't think you'll pass them."
"So everyone knows?"
"No, only
those how can see be on today."
"You mean into the future?", Phobie
surprised.
Neon slightly laughed, "Yes, I guess that's one way to look at
it. And to answer your next question, yes, I have been watching you. But my
reasons are my own."
"How did you know I was going to ask that? Did you
see it?"
"No, that's the kind of person you are Phobie."
Phobie
looked down, nervous, she looked back up and Neon was gone.