Sailor Moon Millennium – Dark Sun Rising
Chapter # 1 – Family fallouts : Danger Arising –
Created December 3rd, 2001
By K.W. Isenor (sailor_sun_@hotmail.com) & Jason (E-mail coming soon)
Notes: Thank-you Jason for all the help with the family tree thing of Shi-ryuu and Kurai-ki!

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"Well aren't ya going to invite me in Jessy?" the girl; Tasha asked in a slang that sounded oddly enough like a Brooklyn one. With an indifferent shrug she pulled out a cigarette, and a lighter. She smiled a little and then lit up in front of Jessica who just blinked as she looked at her cousin.

"Ta…Tas…Tasha?" she said in shock, not believing that this girl, this person was her cousin whom she hadn't seen for more then five years and back then Tasha had been smaller, nor did she have the neon green stripes in her hair, or the punkish look she had developed. She had also never smoked before, nor did she seem as arrogant, and self-assured in her walk. 

She also didn't have the sadness in her eyes that was there now, Jessica thought to herself as she looked at her cousin. 

*Five years* she thought in shock, she hadn't seen Tasha since before her aunt and uncle (Tasha's mom and dad) had been killed in a small shop by an overzealous thug and his friends.

“What brings you here?” Jessica asked as she continued to stare wide eyed at her cousin. Footsteps could be heard coming. Jessica quickly grabbed the cigarette from Tasha’s hand, threw it onto the ground, and stepped on it.

Mr. And Mrs. Walker along with everyone else came into the entranceway. Jon and Hannah stood behind their father while Mrs. Walker ran over to her niece. “Tasha! It has been so long!” Harriet wrapped her arms around Tasha’s lithe body.

"Uhh yeah" she said a little quietly, feeling confined already. She didn’t really want to be here, and had tried to sneak away many times, all of which got her ending up in juvie for a while.

A tear came down Harriet’s face. "I didn't know if you would come or not." The woman turned back to her husband. "We have your room ready."

"Room?" Jessica asked confused. "Is Tasha staying with us?" The red head asked looking from her mother to her cousin.

She shrugged as she put her lighter back in her pocket, not saying a word, not wanting to talk to them at all. If anything she didn’t want to be here, she’d rather be in San Fran then here now.

Jessica was still confused, but before she could question further Alissa stepped forward. "I think we are going to head out now Jessica, we will see you later tonight. Tell us what happens." Alissa said in a softer undertone.

Tasha rolled her eyes a little, before she looked at Harriet. "Umm can I see my room now Harriet?" she asked in somewhat tired tone, as her aunt stiffened at the way her name was so pronounced, she hadn't expected Tasha to be so rude and disrespectful.

Everyone else was shocked at the way Tasha treated her aunt and uncle, the only one she seemed to talk normally to was Jessica; who was very confused at how her cousin was acting, Alissa, Jennifer, Brooke and Madison all left with Nova.

"Yes Tasha oh course, we thought that you might like a more private room so we turned the upper floor of the garage into a bedroom. It is a fair size and even has it's own bathroom." Jeffery said speaking for the first time.

"Thanks" was all she said, the smile on her face never meeting her eyes, which seemed sad and subdued as she headed for her room, not bothering to say hi to anyone.

"I never knew you guys were going to make that into a bedroom, and how come I didn't know Tasha was coming to live with us." Jessica asked hurt from being left out of the current news.

"We will talk about that later, Jessica would you mind showing Tasha her room? I have to go make supper and your father has to find a place for that motorcycle." Harriet explained as she looked out at the bike parked on the sidewalk.

She found Tasha looking out at an open window. "Tasha do you want to go to your room now? We should really sit down and have a long talk I want to know what has happened in your life for the past five years." Jessica said with a smile. Eclipse padded alongside Jessica eyeing Tasha with questioning eyes.

"Yeah, I guess" she said a little sadly as she played with her lighter, *why did Jessica and the others have to be so nice, * she thought to herself bitterly.

"What's wrong?" Jessica asked as she led the way to the back porch where there was a door to the garage. Up the steps they went and Jessica opened the hatch, which lead up into the finished bedroom.

"Huh?" she asked before she looked away, "ohh nothing, nothing’s wrong at all darn it" she said as Jessica blinked a little surprised at her cousin's language.

Jessica decided to shrug it off for now. "Alright Tasha this is your room, I'm going to go get your bags." Jessica said as she quietly turned and left.

Tasha nodded then sighed, she had never really wanted to come here. But no the stupid social worker had made her come and by now she really wished that she hadn't picked the woman's pocket.

Tasha nodded then sighed, she had never really wanted to come here. But no the stupid social worker had made her come and she really wished that she hadn't picked the woman's pocket. She looked at her right hand, contemplating buying a knife. Each time she tried to kill herself, something stopped her from going all the way, what she didn't know.

Jessica returned shortly with an armload of black suitcases and flung them down on the bed. She had broken Tasha's thoughts for the moment anyway, something telling her that she should be glad that she had come back sooner then she had thought.

"Tha…thanks" she said softly as she looked away. *Slag it! Why can’t they have just left me alone? * She thought to herself.

"No problem." Jessica said with a smile. Eclipse butted her leg. "You remember Eclipse don't you?" Jessica asked as she indicated the large Doberman pincher.

"Yeah, he remember the firecracker thing still?" she asked as she smirked a bit as Eclipse narrowed his eyes upon remembering that Tasha had tried to tie a firecracker to his left front leg, and light it when she was only six.

"I think he remembers, please don't do anything like that again." Jessica pleaded as she stepped between the dog and cousin, for both their safety. Both Tasha and Eclipse didn’t really care for each other that well, why she didn’t know.

"But that was kind of fun" she said in that 'I'm the bad girl on the block' voice of hers, though Jessica knew that she was just doing that so that Jessica wouldn't ask her what was wrong again

"Do you need anything else? Did you drive all the way here?" Jessica asked as she looked out the window at the motorcycle still parked outside.

"Yeah" Tasha said with a grin. "Was fun flashing the drivers of passing cars," she said with a flirtatious wink as Jessica blinked in shock at her cousin.

"You've changed a lot since I say you last." Jessica said in a neutral tone. She definitely didn't like the change, which her cousin had gone through. Yet losing your parents would most likely do that to someone, especially the way it had happened. Tasha had been so young when they had died. Jessica was worried for her cousin; there was something about the way she acted and looked that frightened her.

Tasha shrugged indifferently. "Ohh come on Jess live a little, it's all harmless fun." She said with a grin.

Jessica was about to say her view on the subject but a call came from the house. "Tasha, Jessica!" Jon's voice called.

Tasha looked at where the call had echoed from, and once more the bravado she’d been flashing died, that sad look in her eyes. “Why can’t they just leave me be” she whispered to herself, not knowing that Eclipse had caught the words and was carefully digesting them mentally.

"Come on Tasha, Jessica!" Jon said as he stopped up the stairs. "Mommy and daddy want you guys to come downstairs." Tasha sighed a little as she followed Jessica downstairs, she hated this, she wanted out of this town, away from the reminders of her old life, and she wanted to be back with her friends most of all.

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Sitting down at the large white kitchen table Jessica waited for her mother and father to start the conversation. “We are sorry for not telling you and your brother and sister that Tasha was coming.” Jeffery said softly.

“We didn’t want to get your hopes up incase Tasha ended up not coming for one reason or another.” Harriet explained.

“Well you could have given me some fair warning.” Jessica stated as she folded her arms across her chest.

Jeffery placed his arm on Jessica’s shoulder. “Now come on dear, don’t be angry at us, she is here now and will be here for sometime, you have to remember we are her only family left.”

“Why did Tasha come here? I thought she was living with a Foster Family in the states.” Jessica pointed out.

“She was, but she ended up moving from foster family to foster family. No one would keep her. Something has happened to poor Tasha to change her for the worse I am afraid. Being too young to live on her own and us being her only family left we offered to take her in.” Harriet made clear.

“Why is she so…?” Jessica paused as she tried to think of the right word. “Rebellious? She used to be some nice and polite, sure she was the trouble maker when we were younger but nothing as bad as what she appears to act like now.” Jessica explained.

Jeffery shook his head. “I’m not too sure of that myself but I think her rebellious nature and total lack of sense when it comes to rules is why Tasha is with us now and not another foster home. We will just have to wait it out and hope for the best.”

“The social worker I spoke to on the phone said that Tasha had been living on the streets for a few years” Harriet said a little sadly. “And that she had also run away from foster homes before” she replied as she and her husband shared a sad look. “They wonder if she should see a specialist,” she stated, as Jessica gasped in horror as she thought of the implications of what her mother had said.

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Jessica tossed and turned as she thought of her cousin. Tasha had changed from the little girl Jessica had grown up with. She was much different and that look in her eyes, she was harboring some deep secrets, and from what her mother had told both her and her father, Tasha had been living on the streets, and had ran away on more then one occasion. But what could she do? Tasha didn't want to talk about anything; it was as if Tasha was trying to shut everyone out of her life.

As soon as Tasha was sure that everyone else was asleep she got up and changed quickly then threw on her duster and started walking quietly down the stairs and went outside, she yawned as she pulled out a cigarette lit up and inhaled the smoke. She really hated being stuck inside all the time and what was going on with the Walkers, why were they being so nice to her? No one else had ever been nice save for Kat and the others, she clenched her left hand into a fist. But they weren’t here. They were in San Francisco and Tasha was stuck here in this miserable excuse for a town.

She frowned as she breathed in the smoke, not caring whether or not it would kill her. *Those were good times* she thought to herself as she continued to smoke, not knowing that Eclipse had heard her and had gone to get Jessica. "Maybe I should just run; that'll show them, and then I could go back to San Fran and have some fun,” she said to herself, a plan forming in her mind.

She smiled to herself, Kat and the others were her real family, they had taken her in and had taken care of her when she needed it, no one else had. They had been five girls, living on the streets, doing what they wanted, when they wanted, with whom they wanted. A street gang, they had lived and done things their way.

Taking another drag on her cigarette she headed towards the garage, where her cycle was.

Jessica slowly made her way down the stairs and then into the kitchen, she watched Tasha go through the door. "Where is she going?" Jessica asked Eclipse as the dog carefully followed Tasha.

With a yawn Tasha got onto her cycle, started the ignition and zoomed off her hair flying behind her as the cycle roared along the street and out into the night. "Now what?" Jessica asked herself angrily.

The large black and brown Doberman pincher looked up at Jessica. "Quickly if we move fast enough me might be able to catch up to her." He said as he looked at her.

Tasha laughed as she revved the cycle up, she was going faster then the speed limit and having a very good time as she zoomed along the road, the trees and passing cars aiding the cool breeze. With a smile she zoomed into the bike lane and turned left.

Jessica had transformed into Sailor Sun making it easier for her to keep up with her speeding cousin. Red hair rushing behind her, as she made great leaps and bounds.

Tasha smiled as she arrived just outside of town, and stopped near a log cabin. Already there were other bikers walking past her, like her they too were getting ready for the illegal biker tourney that was getting underway. She handed a man her admission fee then winked at one of the other bikers, as she pulled out a small bag filled with something white and took out some of the white substance.

Sailor Sun and Eclipse came to a panting stop behind a large tree, which gave them a vantage point over the collecting bikers. She didn't know what to say or do but decided that she had better transform out of her Sailor Uniform.

Jessica held her transformation wand above her head, but instead of chanting the transformation phrase she muttered a few words. "Solaris Star Medallion transform me into a biker chick." Jessica shrugged her shoulders and was covered with gold and red sparkles.

She looked down at her new leather pants and coat. Her hair was up in an easy bun and she wore a dark shirt with a pattern of a dragon on the front.

"How do I look?" She asked Eclipse; the dog just shook his head and jumped down from the large branch he had been standing on.

Tasha groaned as she sniffed the powder before her and smiled hazily, Jessica staring in shock, horror, and worry as she watched her cousin who staggered around for a bit, in a daze.

Tasha yawned. Stretching she hopped onto her cycle then flipped off one of the other biker's who glared at her as they waited for the flag to drop. With a quick motion a man waved a flag and instantly all twelve cyclists zoomed off onto the highway, Tasha’s bike the last one to leave.

Jessica stared in shock. Not even thinking she grabbed one of the bikes off to the side and revved up the engine. Screeching the tires after Tasha and the other bikers.  The large Doberman jumped on the back and dug his claws into the set so he wouldn't fall off as the bike roared to life and shot out after the other bikers.

The pine trees gave off their pine scent as the bikers roared along, like banshees screaming in the night, their tires squealed as they constricted along the road, which was in need of some repair. Some occasionally fighting with each other as they continued on their trek through the area that they had code-named Redwood Forest. Occasionally one could see a deer and a small river on the right side of the railing that separated the road from the small ravine.

Tasha was already in tenth place and gaining fast, her thoughts focused on one thing; winning the race and getting the money to get out of the town, buy herself a fake id, that would allow her to not get into trouble with the Social Workers again.

She laughed as she swerved into another biker, which led to a fistfight between her and the other biker, right before she pulled out a club and smacked the biker twice in the head, the blows sending her opponent falling off his bike and onto the road. She laughed again as she revved the cycle and zoomed up past a pair of bikers who were engaged in a slugging match, *almost there* she thought to herself.

Jessica eyes went wide as she had to dodge the biker’s body as he rolled on the road grumbling in pain. *How could Tasha almost kill a man without even thinking twice about it? * Jessica thought to herself as the man groaned and quickly got off the street before a car could hit him.

Tasha laughed as she got into another fight this time with two other bikers, she pulled out a can of mace, sprayed it into the face of one biker then kicked the other one in the groin and they and their bikes skidded into the asphalt and she zoomed along, she was now in seventh place and gaining on the biker in sixth place.

Jessica had to turn sharply and almost feel off to avoid the two bikes, which came screeching towards her throwing up sparks. Eclipse growled deep in his throat. What was Jessica to do? Her cousin seemed out of control and would obviously not listen to reason, especially since Jessica was in disguise.

Tasha grinned as she swerved, nearly avoiding the speeding car. "Idiot" she murmured as she heard the sound of a police cycle in the background. “Ohh slag the cops!” she said as she snarled in distaste as she looked in her rear view mirror and saw the silhouette of a police motorcycle gaining fast on her and another biker. “Just what I bloody well need!” she said angrily as she hurriedly threw the bag of drugs into the brush, she wasn’t going to get caught with drugs, not here, not now, especially not with the social workers just waiting to get an excuse to put her in some padded cell.

Eclipse turned around and saw the red and blue flashing light on the front of the police cycle drive towards them. Jessica forced the bike into the next gear and revved the engine, she had to catch up to Tasha and get her to stop the race before the cops caught her.

Tasha laughed as she zoomed up to fifth place, the sound of Anarchy in the UK blaring through the radio on her cycle, she slammed into another biker, causing him to skid out of control and slam headfirst into a park bench, she then swerved to avoid a frightened deer as she took fifth place and zoomed up towards the last four riders. She wasn’t going to give up, not when she needed the money in order to leave on her own.

Well at least she didn't hurt the deer. Jessica thought to herself as she drove past the police cycle closing in. Jessica was almost right alongside Tasha's bike now; the problem was how to get her to stop.

Tasha laughed as she kicked the forth place biker, knocking him down off his bike. She roared into forth place and smiled as she slammed into the third biker, who punched her three times before she grabbed the other biker’s fist and twisted it hard enough for the bone to snap. As the other biker veered off with a broken hand she took third place.

The second biker nodded to the first and then slid back to where Tasha was, pulling a club the second biker, a woman with red hair tried to slam the club into Tasha’s bike, but before she could Tasha’s left hand shot out and she grabbed the club and yanked it away, then slammed it into the other woman’s helmet, knocking the other woman down, just as she passed by a car.

The horn of the passing car blared in Jessica's ear as she swerved and continued to follow Tasha, she had to do something and she had to do it now. Leaning forward she held down the throttle and zoomed up so that she was neck to neck with Tasha.

Tasha zoomed alongside the lead biker, a man named Biker. “Yeah you, I was hoping that you were here for this” she said as she punched him viciously then yanked his right arm and judoed him somewhat, sending him onto the hard road with a sickening thud.

Tasha then tried to shove Jessica off to the side, a determined look in her eyes as she then slammed her bike into Jessica's "Sorry but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do" she said as she tried again and again to get the other biker to fall off her bike.

Jessica found it hard to keep the bike steady, Eclipse helped in balancing the weight. In anger the Doberman pincher snapped at Tasha trying to get her attention.

Tasha snarled back then pulled out a chain and threw one end onto the throttle of the cycle and forced it to turn right, long enough for her to get ahead of them.

Jessica pounded her fist on the bike and struggled to regain control of her bike, the distance growing between herself and Tasha, how was she going to get her to stop, how was she going to get Tasha to listen to reason.

Tasha swerved into another lane and then turned to the right, she only had one more mile to go and she wasn't going to let anyone screw this up for her, not now. Jessica managed to get a little extra speed and caught up to Tasha again, but what could she say to her? Tasha growled, and swerved her bike into the other one; she then punched Jessica hard in the face, and tried to punch the other biker out.

Jessica recoiled from the sudden impact and put her hand up to her bloody lip. Within seconds Jessica had to dodge another fist flying in her direction. Tasha then kicked the bike itself, and slammed her bike into the other and it nearly skidded away and her cycle zoomed ahead.

Groaning in announce Jessica leaned forward yet again and the motorcycle speed up. Jessica this time with a well placed kick to the side of Tasha's bike and yelled angrily. “Pull over!" she demanded as she tried to force Tasha to pull over.

"Like slag I will!" Tasha said as she pulled out the club she'd grabbed from one of the other bikers and smashed it into the steering controls of the bike, sparks flying from the steering of Jessica’s bike.

Jessica screamed out in fear. "Tasha stop this!" She screamed again as the front of the bike began to wobble. Tasha just shrugged as she zoomed ahead and onto the finish line, the flag dropping behind her as she roared into the parking lot. She stopped her bike and dismounted, she smiled genuinely for the first time in many years as she headed over to where the judges were.

Jessica managed to get the bike under control, and get to the finish line in one piece. The police cycle wasn't far behind; in fact from the sound of it, it was gaining fast she thought to herself, she was shocked and shaken by her cousin’s actions. Tasha just smirked as she collected the cash from the man who she had paid her cover charge fee to, and she watched as the police cycle zoomed on past, not even bothering to stop.

Jessica dismounted the bike, which she had stolen, only now did she realize the crime she had now committed. Hurriedly she walked over to where Tasha was standing, smoking a cigarette, and looking for all the world like someone who had had a good time, not someone who cared about the other people that were also in what Jessica now realized was an underground and highly illegal biker tournament.

Tasha smirked as she inhaled the smoke from her cigarette, and looked at the wad of cash that she had just gotten. *A few more payments and then I can get out of here* she thought to herself as she looked at the other biker and smirked. “No hard feelings but I need the money,” she said as she walked over and bought herself a whiskey, opening the bottle she started drinking right in front of Jessica as she began to flirt with one of the other bikers, she winked in Jessica’s direction and then began kissing the other biker in front of her cousin, before Tasha slipped her hand into the guy’s right pocket and took out the his wallet. “Nice except I don’t date pigs!” she said just as she kneed the biker in the groin, and then slammed her helmet into the man’s face, knocking him on the ground.

The other bikers just watched for a moment before they went back to their business, no one even bothering to help the unconscious man up from where he had slumped to the floor. Tasha smiled as she walked over to her bike and began to clean and work on it. She sighed. The throttle needed work again; it was always pulling to the left. With great care she began to work on fixing it, using a small wrench and a few other tools to correct the problem, she didn’t even bother to stand as Jessica walked over to her.

“There a problem?” she asked icily as she looked at Jessica coldly and stood up, removing her helmet and getting into a fighting stance, her shoulders and posture those of a street brawler and a thug who was spoiling for a fight, *as if she hadn’t had more then one already* Jessica thought to herself as she looked at her cousin and resolved herself for a talk with her cousin.

“You almost got a lot of people hurt,” Jessica said slowly, not knowing where to begin as she looked at her cousin who was looking at her like a threat.

“They got in my way, plus I need the money.” Tasha stated simply, “besides it was all in fun,” she pointed out.

“Fun? Fun!” Jessica stated in shock. “How could it be fun to almost kill people!” She demanded as she grabbed her cousin’s arm.

“Let … Go … Of … My … Arm” Tasha said coldly, in a voice devoid of any emotion.

“No I think you need to have a talk to whoever your parents or guardians are,” Jessica stated before Tasha grabbed her by the arm and flipped her onto the ground.

“I said let go,” Tasha stated as she walked towards her bike again.

Jessica stood up, kicked a stone on the ground, and walked off towards home in a huff telling all of her problems to Eclipse on the way. “Stupid Tasha, what happened to her? She used to be so nice when we were younger! Everything has changed now. Smoking, stealing, drinking, the only thing missing is a boyfriend who is also some weirdo demon trying to take over the earth.” She said as she looked at her guardian who nodded.

Tasha yawned as she finished fixing her bike. “Stupid boring town” she said to herself, “nothing ever happens here” she said to herself.

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At first there was a small flash, then a blood red light began to emanate from a spot in an abandoned junkyard, slowly, as if blood was pouring the light began to ooze, before it burst into several different beams of energy and then swirled and coalesced together in an instant. With a roar of energy the vortex morphed into a blood-red portal, with tendrils of energy bursting with what felt like evil itself the portal grew a little and slowly.

A man stepped out, a man in red and black ninja garb, save that he wore no mask and his eyes were all blue, with no pupils. He had spiked gauntlets and was lean and muscular. With a knowing smirk he waited until the portal closed and he then walked out onto the streets and the man looked around. Before him he could see humans walking around, minding their own business. He scowled in disgust and distaste as he watched the humans.

“Disgusting race” he spat disdainfully as he walked down the street, none of the humans noticing him or the way he dressed. “Why the Creator created them and why the elder gods protect them is entirely beyond me!” he said as he grabbed a man, dragged him into an alley, and knocked him unconscious.

There was the sound of a heavy body hitting the ground slowly blood began to form in the other man’s mouth, “and they can get hurt easily!” the being stated as he took some of the blood and wrote strange archaic symbols on his left arm. “And why father wants this forsaken place is also beyond me!” he snapped angrily as his form rippled then took the shape of the young man that he had just knocked unconscious, draining the life from him. “Ohh lookie, a nice fit” he stated sarcastically before he walked down the street, and into the night…

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