No Time for Love - Prologue
by MeiouKishi
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Pluto, Sailor Moon, or any other characters affiliated with Bishojo Senshi Sailormoon. All copyrights are owned by Naoko Takeuchi, TOEI, Kodansha, Bandai, DiC, etc. However, Naito Hitoyo, Jueru, and Yakuto were created by me, and may not be used or taken without my permission.
Author's notes:
I would first like to thank those who helped me with this fic. Chibibuni, for proofreading and giving me suggestions. To Princess Janise, also for proofreading and encouraging me to write this fic. To my online friends who have always been there. And to all the fellow moonatics around the world; let's keep Sailormoon alive forever!
This fic is part of the Pluto's Knight series, written by Chibibuni and myself. It takes place after "Time and Time Again". This is my first fanfic written *solely* by me. The previous fics were co-written by me with Chibibuni as the main author. If you haven't read any of the fics in our Pluto's Knight series, I suggest you do so and read those first before reading this one. You can find them on Fanfiction.net (do an author search for 'MeiouKishi') or on my site, @ http://lovelysetsuna.8k.com. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Thanks for reading this, and enjoy the fic!
-MeiouKishi
Character profiles are here. Please be warned that they do contain spoilers. So if you don't want to know what happens, don't read the profiles!
Rated PG-13 - R for language and violence.
Send all comments to MeiouKishi@aol.com
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Prologue
A jet black Nissan Skyline is seen speeding in the distance. The sunset gives the car a shiny, auburn color, which matched the color of its owner's eyes, Naito Hitoyo. A picture of his beloved, Setsuna Meiou, hangs down from the rear view mirror. He looks at her picture as a grine comes to his face. Naito shifts his car into a higher gear and speeds up as he feels time becoming more precious; he can't wait to see her again.
'Such a beautiful day', he thought as he looked to the horizon to see the beautiful Tokyo sunset in the distance. Thoughts of his past relationship with the Princess of Pluto crept in his mind. As much as he loved to remember the past, he knew that he was still in that relationship, and hoped to continue where Setsuna and Jueru- his past self- left off.
The car comes to a halt as Naito reached his destination. A very anticipated Naito crawled out of his car and waled into the 'Rose Cafe', an expensive restaurant owned by Makoto Kino. Naito walked in and looked for Setsuna. She was not there. Naito, disappointed, took a table and sat down. He started to daydream while waiting for her to arrive. This was not the first time she was late...
Naito, tapping his fingers on the table, looks up at the clock. It had been an hour. As impatient as he was, he began to get up and leave. But before he could, he saw a tanned, tall, green-haired woman hurriedly find her way to his table. Naito's anger fades as he sees her wearing her beautiful black princess gown. He gets up and puts his arms around her.
"Setsuna, where were you?", he asked. "It's not like you have all the time in the world!"
Setsuna glares at him and decides to ignore the comment. They sit themselves down as she takes Naito's hand and holds it close to her.
"I'm sorry I was late", she said, in a soft-spoken voice. "How long were you waiting?"
"An hour", he answered. "I had this whole evening planned-"
Setsuna is so touched that she places her hand over her heart.
"You waited that long for me? Oh Naito...", she stops to think. Her head sinks down. "I hope you're not mad..."
Naito lifts her chin up and looks into her garnet red eyes.
"Setsuna-chan, just looking at your beautiful face makes it worthwhile. I could never be mad at you."
He leans forward and their lips meet. When their lips part, Naito continues to look at her, as she does something she rarely does.
She smiled.
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A dark, tall, male figure is seen walking towards the cafe. His short, light brown hair is blowing calmly in the wind. He holds a sword in his hand which is not visible by his long trench-like overcoat. Embroidered on the golden handle of his sword is the symbol for Pluto, colored in black. He looks through the window of the Rose Cafe as he is passing by. He finds who he is looking for. He grins as he backs away and watches from the distance.
Naito and Setsuna, once their lovely dinner is finished, decide to call it a night. They walk hand in hand out of the cafe and to Naito's car. Naito opens the passenger door for Setsuna before going in himself. As Naito opens the door to the driver's side, he catches a glimpse of the figure. The stranger puts his head down as he sees Naito looking at him.
'He looks familiar', Naito thought. He squinted, trying to get a better look at the dark figure. He couldn't see his eyes.
"Naito?" A puzzled Setsuna said, looking at him strangely. Naito snapped out of his trance.
"Oh, yeah. heheheh... Sorry." he looked at Setsuna, then back at the stranger. 'Probably just my imagination', he said to himself as he started the car.
The figure lifts his head and watches Naito's car drive by and disappear in the night. His narrow, golden eyes look down at the black Pluto symbol on his sword. "Jueru", he said in a soft whisper. "So we meet again..."
END OF PROLOGUE 8/13/00