rlm@2: Author's notes: ^_^ rlm@2: rlm@2: Ohayou, konnichiwa, konbanwa, mina-sama. Thank you for trying rlm@2: out my fanfic. ^_^ This isn't my first Sailormoon fanfic, it's my rlm@2: second. ^^; But I wrote my first one two years ago, and it wasn't rlm@2: very good, so... ^^;;; Anyway, if nothing else it gave me some rlm@2: experience. rlm@2: rlm@2: This fanfic is based on the manga storyline and mostly takes rlm@2: place in the future (except for this part). I've planned out four rlm@2: parts, the other three being longer than this one, but sometimes rlm@2: authors end up changing outlines completely, so who knows? ^_^; You rlm@2: won't really have had to read the manga to understand this story, but rlm@2: it does help with little tiny details (okay, some big ones, too). I rlm@2: tried to stay as close to the storyline as possible and use the rlm@2: correct dates, so this can be thought of fitting very nicely into the rlm@2: story. rlm@2: rlm@2: I say that, but there's one point which I'd like to make rlm@2: clear. As you read farther into this story you might say, "That would rlm@2: *never* happen! There's no evidence for that!" Well, you'd be right, rlm@2: sort of. There is some very subtle evidence in the manga, especially rlm@2: in the artbooks. Not enough to definitely say it's true, mind you, rlm@2: but enough to create a fanfic around it. ^_^; Isn't that what fanfics rlm@2: are for? To explore possibilities? :) rlm@2: rlm@2: By now I'm sure you're all going "Huh? What is she talking rlm@2: about?" Well, you'll find out in later chapters. I didn't want to rlm@2: spoil it for you here. ^^; rlm@2: rlm@2: I'm tending to use a fair amount of Japanese in this fanfic, rlm@2: just because I imagine them speaking totally in Japanese with rlm@2: subtitles in my mind. ^^; Most of it's fairly straight forward, and rlm@2: you should be able to tell what's going on even if you don't know any rlm@2: Japanese at all. rlm@2: rlm@2: I'm rating this fanfic R. Not all of it is worth an "R" rlm@2: rating (this part, for example, is at most PG), but some of it is. rlm@2: It's mostly because of the sexual scenes and situations that will rlm@2: happen later on. It's not a hentai fic, though (not that I have rlm@2: anything against hentai fics ^=^;). No one really pays attention to rlm@2: ratings anyway, do they? rlm@2: rlm@2: Special thanks to all my favourite fanfic authors! Jackie rlm@2: Chiang, LeVar Bouyer, Tim Nolan (he's the man ^_-), Greenbeans, and rlm@2: everyone else I'm forgetting! You're fanfics are great, and have rlm@2: given me a lot of inspiration for this one. ^_^ Doumo arigatou! rlm@2: rlm@2: And, of course, I thank the megami Takeuchi Naoko for writing rlm@2: and drawing such an interesting and compelling story. Sailormoon has rlm@2: changed my life, and it makes me very happy. It's a part of ME. rlm@2: rlm@2: Anyway, I'm sure you've all had enough of by babbling. On rlm@2: with the fanfic! rlm@2: rlm@2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rlm@2: Chibiusa no PYUA na kokoro rlm@2: (Chibiusa's Pure Heart) rlm@2: Part 1 rlm@2: By Andrea Doolan rlm@2: "Sailormoon no ichiban daifan" rlm@2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rlm@2: rlm@2: ~*~*~*~*~ rlm@2: rlm@2: The mid-summer sun was just starting to set over the rolling rlm@2: hills of the Japanese countryside. If one listened closely, one could rlm@2: hear the faint cry of seagulls a few kilometres to the east, where the rlm@2: Pacific Ocean stood. The wind was ever so gentle as it washed the rlm@2: cresting waves ashore. rlm@2: rlm@2: One would never guess that a site as peaceful as this would rlm@2: even exist five months after the fierce battle in the river delta of rlm@2: Tokyo occurred. The Silence had fallen upon the Earth, but thanks to rlm@2: the ever-shinning light of the Messiah, she rose to resurrect the rlm@2: souls and structures which inhabited the blue-green sphere. rlm@2: rlm@2: Out of this a child was born, or rather reincarnated. With it rlm@2: came hope for a bright future and happiness for everyone. No one rlm@2: would have recognised this child if they saw it today. Instead of a rlm@2: five-month-old baby, the body of a five-year-old stood in its place. rlm@2: Tonight she was being put to bed by her mother in a 19th century rlm@2: western style house on the grassy hills beside the sea. rlm@2: rlm@2: "Ne, Michiru-mama," said Hotaru as she was tucked under the rlm@2: covers, "what's love?" rlm@2: rlm@2: The woman with long aqua green hair giggled a little bit. She rlm@2: had a caring smile on her face and looked lovingly at the black haired rlm@2: child. "I wonder what made you ask that, Hotaru-chan." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Nothing, really... I was just wondering." Hotaru looked at rlm@2: her inquisitively. rlm@2: rlm@2: The graceful woman sighed, still smiling. "Well, love is the rlm@2: most powerful force in the world. It can heal all wounds and brings rlm@2: joy and happiness to everyone." Hotaru looked at her mesmerised, and rlm@2: pleaded with her eyes to be told more. "There are lots of different rlm@2: kinds of love, each one of them wonderful. For example, Haruka-papa, rlm@2: Setsuna-mama, and I love you very much. You're our very precious rlm@2: daughter." rlm@2: rlm@2: Hotaru smiled happily at this and replied, "Hai! I love you rlm@2: all, too!" rlm@2: rlm@2: Michiru continued, "And then there's the type of love you feel rlm@2: for a friend, such as myself with Setsuna." Hotaru just gave a rlm@2: knowing nod. "And then... At one point in your life you'll meet one rlm@2: person whom you want to spend the rest of your life with. This rlm@2: person, you will realise, is the other half of you and part of your rlm@2: soul. You'll become unable to think of being with anyone else. This rlm@2: person will fill your thoughts and your heart. Together, you will rlm@2: make a complete package." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Like you and Haruka-papa, ne!" said the child happily. rlm@2: rlm@2: Michiru just smiled. "I think it's time for little girls to rlm@2: get to sleep." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Ohhh..." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Sa, turn off your lamp." The little girl complied, which rlm@2: left the volume of Yeats' poems in shadow. Thus far, she had rlm@2: memorised about half the book. In actuality, the room was full of rlm@2: ornately decorated lamps, but the one by the bed was the only light rlm@2: source for the room at that time. rlm@2: rlm@2: Michiru bent over and kissed Hotaru goodnight. "Oyasumi rlm@2: nasai." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Oyasumi." rlm@2: rlm@2: Michiru shut the bedroom door still with the loving smile on rlm@2: her face. rlm@2: rlm@2: ~*~*~*~*~ rlm@2: rlm@2: The bell struck 3:25 at Juuban Elementary School. A rush of rlm@2: students started to run towards the shoe lockers. A girl with pink rlm@2: hair walked over to a desk at the opposite end of class 6-B. Her oval rlm@2: shaped odango had a more than passing resemblance to a certain animal. rlm@2: rlm@2: "Ho * ta * ru * chan!" she said teasingly. "Kaeru yo." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Hai, Chibiusa-chan! Ne, why don't we stop at Fruit Parlor rlm@2: Crown and get some milkshakes?" rlm@2: rlm@2: "Okay!" rlm@2: rlm@2: The two girls walked hand-in-hand out of the school and along rlm@2: the streets of Juuban. They idly chatted about the on-again rlm@2: off-again relationship between Kyuusuke and Momoko. Before long they rlm@2: were sitting at a booth in the soda shoppe giving their orders to rlm@2: Furuhata Unazuki. rlm@2: rlm@2: "Chibiusa-chan, we'll always be friends, right?" rlm@2: rlm@2: This made the pink haired girl look up from her strawberry rlm@2: milkshake. She put on the biggest smile and said, "Un! Forever and rlm@2: ever!" rlm@2: rlm@2: But the cheery exterior didn't fool Hotaru. "Then if you're rlm@2: my friend, why are you leaving?" There were almost tears in her eyes. rlm@2: rlm@2: Chibiusa's smile faded away. "Gomen ne. But I have to go rlm@2: home. This isn't my time, and I have to tell mama all that's happened." rlm@2: rlm@2: Hotaru looked dreadfully disappointed. She didn't like the rlm@2: thought of losing her best friend for any reason. "But...when you go rlm@2: back, I'll be there, right? The older me, I mean." rlm@2: rlm@2: At this Chibiusa could barely hold back her tears. She wasn't rlm@2: allowed to tell anybody that she had never seen Uranus, Neptune, or rlm@2: Saturn in Crystal Tokyo. She had sworn Pluto. She never really rlm@2: understood why, and no one would tell her. But to make her friend rlm@2: happy, a little white lie couldn't hurt. "Of course you'll be there!" rlm@2: she tried to say as cheerfully as she could. Anything for friendship. rlm@2: rlm@2: Suddenly Hotaru got very serious. "We have to make a pact." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Nani?" asked Chibiusa. rlm@2: rlm@2: "A pact. We have to promise we'll always be together no rlm@2: matter what. Friends forever." rlm@2: rlm@2: Chibiusa smiled. She liked the idea a lot, so at the joining rlm@2: of their two pinkie fingers, their pact was sealed. "Forever." rlm@2: rlm@2: ~*~*~*~*~ rlm@2: rlm@2: Hotaru was lying face down on her bedding crying more than she rlm@2: had ever cried in her life. The past few days had not been easy for rlm@2: her. It had come the time to see Chibiusa off to the future, and she rlm@2: didn't like it one bit. In her mind's eye she could still see herself rlm@2: hugging the pink haired girl, tears streaming down her face. Chibiusa rlm@2: wasn't any less emotional. But it was time for her to go. Everyone rlm@2: said their goodbyes; Usagi was taking it pretty hard herself. Finally rlm@2: the pink beam of light carried Chibiusa up to the sky and then faded rlm@2: out. rlm@2: rlm@2: Hotaru had been a complete wreck afterwards. She didn't even rlm@2: go to school the next day. Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna were worried rlm@2: about her, but knew she needed at least some time to herself. rlm@2: rlm@2: Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Hotaru, may I come rlm@2: in?" asked the slightly low voice. rlm@2: rlm@2: "Hai," answered a weak voice. rlm@2: rlm@2: The tall woman came into the dimly lit room and sat on the rlm@2: bed. She started to stroke the crying girl's hair. "Shhh... It's rlm@2: all right." Hotaru looked up at Haruka and flung herself into her arms. rlm@2: rlm@2: "Oh, Haruka-papa! I miss her so much! I miss her so much!" rlm@2: rlm@2: "I know, I know," she said in a calming tone. "We all miss rlm@2: her, but I don't think we can even begin to imagine what you're rlm@2: feeling. You just have to believe in your friendship." rlm@2: rlm@2: "Believe?" rlm@2: rlm@2: "Sou, shinjiteru yo. Your friendship is very strong. It rlm@2: can't be broken by the waves of time or anything else. You will rlm@2: always be friends, and you know that. That's what's important." rlm@2: rlm@2: Hotaru stopped her crying. She remembered their pact. "Sou rlm@2: yo ne. We'll be friends forever, we swore it. I believe... I rlm@2: believe we'll meet again, Chibiusa-chan." rlm@2: rlm@2: At that moment, a shooting star streaked across the sky above rlm@2: the house. rlm@2: rlm@2: ~*~*~*~*~ rlm@2: rlm@2: To be continued in part 2! ^_^ rlm@2: rlm@2: Wow, that was kind of short. This was more of a prologue than rlm@2: anything else, really. The other three parts should be much longer, I rlm@2: hope. ^_^; rlm@2: rlm@2: Well, this is usually the part where fanfic authors ask for rlm@2: email and feedback. If you have anything at all to say, just email me rlm@2: at ajhd@king.igs.net. Though I am kind of swamped with email, so rlm@2: don't expect a reply right away. ^^;; rlm@2: rlm@2: rlm@2: And visit my page: http://www.king.igs.net/~ajhd ^_^ rlm@2: rlm@2: rlm@2: Extra special thanks to Jay Dee Archer (aka Jupiter Knight) rlm@2: for proof reading my fanfic for me! Arigatou gozaimashita! Go see rlm@2: Jupiter Knight's fanfic archive, he has lots of great stories. ^_^ rlm@2: rlm@2: http://www.dragonfire.net/~JupiterKnight/ rlm@2: rlm@2: If anyone is interested, I wrote this while listening to the rlm@2: Sailormoon S Music Fantasy CD. I especially like Fly me to the Moon. rlm@2: rlm@2: Completed: Aug 19th 1998.