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rlm@2 1 Author's notes: ^_^
rlm@2 2
rlm@2 3 Ohayou, konnichiwa, konbanwa, mina-sama. Thank you for trying
rlm@2 4 out my fanfic. ^_^ This isn't my first Sailormoon fanfic, it's my
rlm@2 5 second. ^^; But I wrote my first one two years ago, and it wasn't
rlm@2 6 very good, so... ^^;;; Anyway, if nothing else it gave me some
rlm@2 7 experience.
rlm@2 8
rlm@2 9 This fanfic is based on the manga storyline and mostly takes
rlm@2 10 place in the future (except for this part). I've planned out four
rlm@2 11 parts, the other three being longer than this one, but sometimes
rlm@2 12 authors end up changing outlines completely, so who knows? ^_^; You
rlm@2 13 won't really have had to read the manga to understand this story, but
rlm@2 14 it does help with little tiny details (okay, some big ones, too). I
rlm@2 15 tried to stay as close to the storyline as possible and use the
rlm@2 16 correct dates, so this can be thought of fitting very nicely into the
rlm@2 17 story.
rlm@2 18
rlm@2 19 I say that, but there's one point which I'd like to make
rlm@2 20 clear. As you read farther into this story you might say, "That would
rlm@2 21 *never* happen! There's no evidence for that!" Well, you'd be right,
rlm@2 22 sort of. There is some very subtle evidence in the manga, especially
rlm@2 23 in the artbooks. Not enough to definitely say it's true, mind you,
rlm@2 24 but enough to create a fanfic around it. ^_^; Isn't that what fanfics
rlm@2 25 are for? To explore possibilities? :)
rlm@2 26
rlm@2 27 By now I'm sure you're all going "Huh? What is she talking
rlm@2 28 about?" Well, you'll find out in later chapters. I didn't want to
rlm@2 29 spoil it for you here. ^^;
rlm@2 30
rlm@2 31 I'm tending to use a fair amount of Japanese in this fanfic,
rlm@2 32 just because I imagine them speaking totally in Japanese with
rlm@2 33 subtitles in my mind. ^^; Most of it's fairly straight forward, and
rlm@2 34 you should be able to tell what's going on even if you don't know any
rlm@2 35 Japanese at all.
rlm@2 36
rlm@2 37 I'm rating this fanfic R. Not all of it is worth an "R"
rlm@2 38 rating (this part, for example, is at most PG), but some of it is.
rlm@2 39 It's mostly because of the sexual scenes and situations that will
rlm@2 40 happen later on. It's not a hentai fic, though (not that I have
rlm@2 41 anything against hentai fics ^=^;). No one really pays attention to
rlm@2 42 ratings anyway, do they?
rlm@2 43
rlm@2 44 Special thanks to all my favourite fanfic authors! Jackie
rlm@2 45 Chiang, LeVar Bouyer, Tim Nolan (he's the man ^_-), Greenbeans, and
rlm@2 46 everyone else I'm forgetting! You're fanfics are great, and have
rlm@2 47 given me a lot of inspiration for this one. ^_^ Doumo arigatou!
rlm@2 48
rlm@2 49 And, of course, I thank the megami Takeuchi Naoko for writing
rlm@2 50 and drawing such an interesting and compelling story. Sailormoon has
rlm@2 51 changed my life, and it makes me very happy. It's a part of ME.
rlm@2 52
rlm@2 53 Anyway, I'm sure you've all had enough of by babbling. On
rlm@2 54 with the fanfic!
rlm@2 55
rlm@2 56 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rlm@2 57 Chibiusa no PYUA na kokoro
rlm@2 58 (Chibiusa's Pure Heart)
rlm@2 59 Part 1
rlm@2 60 By Andrea Doolan <ajhd@king.igs.net>
rlm@2 61 "Sailormoon no ichiban daifan"
rlm@2 62 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rlm@2 63
rlm@2 64 ~*~*~*~*~
rlm@2 65
rlm@2 66 The mid-summer sun was just starting to set over the rolling
rlm@2 67 hills of the Japanese countryside. If one listened closely, one could
rlm@2 68 hear the faint cry of seagulls a few kilometres to the east, where the
rlm@2 69 Pacific Ocean stood. The wind was ever so gentle as it washed the
rlm@2 70 cresting waves ashore.
rlm@2 71
rlm@2 72 One would never guess that a site as peaceful as this would
rlm@2 73 even exist five months after the fierce battle in the river delta of
rlm@2 74 Tokyo occurred. The Silence had fallen upon the Earth, but thanks to
rlm@2 75 the ever-shinning light of the Messiah, she rose to resurrect the
rlm@2 76 souls and structures which inhabited the blue-green sphere.
rlm@2 77
rlm@2 78 Out of this a child was born, or rather reincarnated. With it
rlm@2 79 came hope for a bright future and happiness for everyone. No one
rlm@2 80 would have recognised this child if they saw it today. Instead of a
rlm@2 81 five-month-old baby, the body of a five-year-old stood in its place.
rlm@2 82 Tonight she was being put to bed by her mother in a 19th century
rlm@2 83 western style house on the grassy hills beside the sea.
rlm@2 84
rlm@2 85 "Ne, Michiru-mama," said Hotaru as she was tucked under the
rlm@2 86 covers, "what's love?"
rlm@2 87
rlm@2 88 The woman with long aqua green hair giggled a little bit. She
rlm@2 89 had a caring smile on her face and looked lovingly at the black haired
rlm@2 90 child. "I wonder what made you ask that, Hotaru-chan."
rlm@2 91
rlm@2 92 "Nothing, really... I was just wondering." Hotaru looked at
rlm@2 93 her inquisitively.
rlm@2 94
rlm@2 95 The graceful woman sighed, still smiling. "Well, love is the
rlm@2 96 most powerful force in the world. It can heal all wounds and brings
rlm@2 97 joy and happiness to everyone." Hotaru looked at her mesmerised, and
rlm@2 98 pleaded with her eyes to be told more. "There are lots of different
rlm@2 99 kinds of love, each one of them wonderful. For example, Haruka-papa,
rlm@2 100 Setsuna-mama, and I love you very much. You're our very precious
rlm@2 101 daughter."
rlm@2 102
rlm@2 103 Hotaru smiled happily at this and replied, "Hai! I love you
rlm@2 104 all, too!"
rlm@2 105
rlm@2 106 Michiru continued, "And then there's the type of love you feel
rlm@2 107 for a friend, such as myself with Setsuna." Hotaru just gave a
rlm@2 108 knowing nod. "And then... At one point in your life you'll meet one
rlm@2 109 person whom you want to spend the rest of your life with. This
rlm@2 110 person, you will realise, is the other half of you and part of your
rlm@2 111 soul. You'll become unable to think of being with anyone else. This
rlm@2 112 person will fill your thoughts and your heart. Together, you will
rlm@2 113 make a complete package."
rlm@2 114
rlm@2 115 "Like you and Haruka-papa, ne!" said the child happily.
rlm@2 116
rlm@2 117 Michiru just smiled. "I think it's time for little girls to
rlm@2 118 get to sleep."
rlm@2 119
rlm@2 120 "Ohhh..."
rlm@2 121
rlm@2 122 "Sa, turn off your lamp." The little girl complied, which
rlm@2 123 left the volume of Yeats' poems in shadow. Thus far, she had
rlm@2 124 memorised about half the book. In actuality, the room was full of
rlm@2 125 ornately decorated lamps, but the one by the bed was the only light
rlm@2 126 source for the room at that time.
rlm@2 127
rlm@2 128 Michiru bent over and kissed Hotaru goodnight. "Oyasumi
rlm@2 129 nasai."
rlm@2 130
rlm@2 131 "Oyasumi."
rlm@2 132
rlm@2 133 Michiru shut the bedroom door still with the loving smile on
rlm@2 134 her face.
rlm@2 135
rlm@2 136 ~*~*~*~*~
rlm@2 137
rlm@2 138 The bell struck 3:25 at Juuban Elementary School. A rush of
rlm@2 139 students started to run towards the shoe lockers. A girl with pink
rlm@2 140 hair walked over to a desk at the opposite end of class 6-B. Her oval
rlm@2 141 shaped odango had a more than passing resemblance to a certain animal.
rlm@2 142
rlm@2 143 "Ho * ta * ru * chan!" she said teasingly. "Kaeru yo."
rlm@2 144
rlm@2 145 "Hai, Chibiusa-chan! Ne, why don't we stop at Fruit Parlor
rlm@2 146 Crown and get some milkshakes?"
rlm@2 147
rlm@2 148 "Okay!"
rlm@2 149
rlm@2 150 The two girls walked hand-in-hand out of the school and along
rlm@2 151 the streets of Juuban. They idly chatted about the on-again
rlm@2 152 off-again relationship between Kyuusuke and Momoko. Before long they
rlm@2 153 were sitting at a booth in the soda shoppe giving their orders to
rlm@2 154 Furuhata Unazuki.
rlm@2 155
rlm@2 156 "Chibiusa-chan, we'll always be friends, right?"
rlm@2 157
rlm@2 158 This made the pink haired girl look up from her strawberry
rlm@2 159 milkshake. She put on the biggest smile and said, "Un! Forever and
rlm@2 160 ever!"
rlm@2 161
rlm@2 162 But the cheery exterior didn't fool Hotaru. "Then if you're
rlm@2 163 my friend, why are you leaving?" There were almost tears in her eyes.
rlm@2 164
rlm@2 165 Chibiusa's smile faded away. "Gomen ne. But I have to go
rlm@2 166 home. This isn't my time, and I have to tell mama all that's happened."
rlm@2 167
rlm@2 168 Hotaru looked dreadfully disappointed. She didn't like the
rlm@2 169 thought of losing her best friend for any reason. "But...when you go
rlm@2 170 back, I'll be there, right? The older me, I mean."
rlm@2 171
rlm@2 172 At this Chibiusa could barely hold back her tears. She wasn't
rlm@2 173 allowed to tell anybody that she had never seen Uranus, Neptune, or
rlm@2 174 Saturn in Crystal Tokyo. She had sworn Pluto. She never really
rlm@2 175 understood why, and no one would tell her. But to make her friend
rlm@2 176 happy, a little white lie couldn't hurt. "Of course you'll be there!"
rlm@2 177 she tried to say as cheerfully as she could. Anything for friendship.
rlm@2 178
rlm@2 179 Suddenly Hotaru got very serious. "We have to make a pact."
rlm@2 180
rlm@2 181 "Nani?" asked Chibiusa.
rlm@2 182
rlm@2 183 "A pact. We have to promise we'll always be together no
rlm@2 184 matter what. Friends forever."
rlm@2 185
rlm@2 186 Chibiusa smiled. She liked the idea a lot, so at the joining
rlm@2 187 of their two pinkie fingers, their pact was sealed. "Forever."
rlm@2 188
rlm@2 189 ~*~*~*~*~
rlm@2 190
rlm@2 191 Hotaru was lying face down on her bedding crying more than she
rlm@2 192 had ever cried in her life. The past few days had not been easy for
rlm@2 193 her. It had come the time to see Chibiusa off to the future, and she
rlm@2 194 didn't like it one bit. In her mind's eye she could still see herself
rlm@2 195 hugging the pink haired girl, tears streaming down her face. Chibiusa
rlm@2 196 wasn't any less emotional. But it was time for her to go. Everyone
rlm@2 197 said their goodbyes; Usagi was taking it pretty hard herself. Finally
rlm@2 198 the pink beam of light carried Chibiusa up to the sky and then faded
rlm@2 199 out.
rlm@2 200
rlm@2 201 Hotaru had been a complete wreck afterwards. She didn't even
rlm@2 202 go to school the next day. Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna were worried
rlm@2 203 about her, but knew she needed at least some time to herself.
rlm@2 204
rlm@2 205 Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Hotaru, may I come
rlm@2 206 in?" asked the slightly low voice.
rlm@2 207
rlm@2 208 "Hai," answered a weak voice.
rlm@2 209
rlm@2 210 The tall woman came into the dimly lit room and sat on the
rlm@2 211 bed. She started to stroke the crying girl's hair. "Shhh... It's
rlm@2 212 all right." Hotaru looked up at Haruka and flung herself into her arms.
rlm@2 213
rlm@2 214 "Oh, Haruka-papa! I miss her so much! I miss her so much!"
rlm@2 215
rlm@2 216 "I know, I know," she said in a calming tone. "We all miss
rlm@2 217 her, but I don't think we can even begin to imagine what you're
rlm@2 218 feeling. You just have to believe in your friendship."
rlm@2 219
rlm@2 220 "Believe?"
rlm@2 221
rlm@2 222 "Sou, shinjiteru yo. Your friendship is very strong. It
rlm@2 223 can't be broken by the waves of time or anything else. You will
rlm@2 224 always be friends, and you know that. That's what's important."
rlm@2 225
rlm@2 226 Hotaru stopped her crying. She remembered their pact. "Sou
rlm@2 227 yo ne. We'll be friends forever, we swore it. I believe... I
rlm@2 228 believe we'll meet again, Chibiusa-chan."
rlm@2 229
rlm@2 230 At that moment, a shooting star streaked across the sky above
rlm@2 231 the house.
rlm@2 232
rlm@2 233 ~*~*~*~*~
rlm@2 234
rlm@2 235 To be continued in part 2! ^_^
rlm@2 236
rlm@2 237 Wow, that was kind of short. This was more of a prologue than
rlm@2 238 anything else, really. The other three parts should be much longer, I
rlm@2 239 hope. ^_^;
rlm@2 240
rlm@2 241 Well, this is usually the part where fanfic authors ask for
rlm@2 242 email and feedback. If you have anything at all to say, just email me
rlm@2 243 at ajhd@king.igs.net. Though I am kind of swamped with email, so
rlm@2 244 don't expect a reply right away. ^^;;
rlm@2 245
rlm@2 246 <shameless plug>
rlm@2 247 And visit my page: http://www.king.igs.net/~ajhd ^_^
rlm@2 248 </shameless plug>
rlm@2 249
rlm@2 250 Extra special thanks to Jay Dee Archer (aka Jupiter Knight)
rlm@2 251 for proof reading my fanfic for me! Arigatou gozaimashita! Go see
rlm@2 252 Jupiter Knight's fanfic archive, he has lots of great stories. ^_^
rlm@2 253
rlm@2 254 http://www.dragonfire.net/~JupiterKnight/
rlm@2 255
rlm@2 256 If anyone is interested, I wrote this while listening to the
rlm@2 257 Sailormoon S Music Fantasy CD. I especially like Fly me to the Moon.
rlm@2 258
rlm@2 259 Completed: Aug 19th 1998.