Hell and damnation ! Another scene that I can't get out of my head !
Well it seems that I'll be working on this baby for a long time.
I'll be calling this the Koji Chronicles.


Part 3 - Walking Home

    All five of the Inner Senshi were
walking to the Hikawa Shrine. They
were talking about their earlier en-
counter with the student that called
himself Koji Watanebe. 

    ' Eeeagh ! He's disgusting ! Eating
those stuff ! It makes me want to 
vomit everytime I think of it.' Usagi said
remembering the way that he had eaten
his so called lunch. 

    ' Me too. But I wonder was he just joking 
or was he telling the truth ?' asked Ami
as they continued their walk. 

     'I never make a joke when the truth is much
more amusing.' The Senshi,surprised,all turned 
around to look at the speaker. It was Koji 
carrying his school bag and smiling at them.
' Didn't I say that I'd meet you after school ?'   
                                                    
      At their surprised looks, he grinned a bit 
wider. 'I have a link to the Princess,similar
to Prince Endymion's. I can track her down 
anytimew I wish. Drinking my blood has that 
effect on people.'  he said as he walked past 
them. He stopped and wheeled around. 'And
I would appreciate it if you don't call me Koji.
Koji Watanabe has beed dead for twelve years
now.' he said with a sad little smile. He then
turned and continued to walk on. The Senshi,
overcoming their surprise at his remark, went
after him.     
       
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             ' What do you mean he's dead ?'
asked Ami out of curiosity when they
finally caught up with him. The boy that
was supposed to be Koji obliged her by
pulling up his sleeve showing a nasty scar
that ran from his forearm to shoulder. Then
he brushed some of his hair away to show 
stitches on his white scalp.

              ' Koji was hit by an out of control
truck when he was four years old. Miracul-
ously he survived the initial shock until he
was brought to the hospital. I was also at
the hospital at that time looking for a quick
snack.' The girls shuddered at this remark.
'I saw Koji being brought in. I paid him no
mind. I sensed that the boy was too far
gone to be any worth to me. Then I saw
his parents. I saw the looks of worry , the
horror and the tears that I've always seen.
Then I looked back at the boy. The looks
that I saw on his parents had tugged at my 
heart.' His face broke into another smile.

             ' You think I'm just another
heartless monster don't you. No, I am far
from heartless. Must be from hanging around 
you mother a lot. I know what it feels to lose
someone especially a child.' he said,his smile
fading with every step.

             ' Your mother was clever, Serenity.
She knew of my daughter's power. She 
deemed it neccesary in defense of her kingdom.
She asked me under the contract that we had
between us, that I give my daughter to her, free
of my taint. I had no other choice but to agree.
Honor I have if not any other virtue. I killed my 
daughter so that your mother might give her a 
new form.' Bitterness laced the words as he 
said them. Then he reverted back to his 
normal voice.  

                ' But I digress. The boy was the 
same age that of my daughter when I killed 
her. I took pity on his parents and entered 
the boy's mind to heal it. There was no poss-
ibility of that. His soul-seat , the place where
the essence of life is kept was destroyed. His
body was nothing more than an empty husk.
I decided to go , seeing that there can be no 
help. That was when my damned conscience
kicked in. ' He said that with a laugh.
                
                   ' Imagine. Me , someone that has
destroyed worlds and killed millions of living 
beings having a conscience ? Ha. Anyway I
remembered Koji's parents. Well, I thought to
myself living the boy's life for him would be quite
easy. I'll just let him die at a later date.I then 
merged with his body and I am what you see 
me now.' he said with a hand flourish to his body. 

                      ' I've tried to kill this body many
times. But everytime, I remember the boy's
parents. Hell, they're decent enogh people. I
just can't leave them like this can't I ? Hmmm,
it seems I'm getting soft in my old age.' he
said as he stopped and turned towards the 
Senshi.
   
                        ' So here we are girls.' he said 
pointing towards the shrine. The Senshi were
too involved in the story to notice were they were
that they looked surprised. Then the boy called
Koji bowed with great flourish. ' I think it's time for 
me to leave.' With that he turned around and walked
towards the setting sun. The five girls stared at him
for quite a while, before he turned to regard them
sideways, a grin plastered on his face. ' Hey girls,
how about a date ?' he said the dying light silhoutting
his frame.       
   
            
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Another scene finished ! Damn ! Another one's
running in my head ! 
C&C anyone ?   

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 my own. Our lights together make us stronger.'   
                   - (After much paraphrasing and reaaranging) Roger Martin