Disclaimer: All the characters in this story are copyright of whoever owns the
rights to Sailor Moon, blah blah blah..... All except those fictional characters
I made up: Oota Taizou, Akimoto Hikari, & Kobayashi Yui.
No spoiler intro: This story is about Minako. The final battle's over. They're
about 24 years old and something happened..... oooooh..... Okay, what a vague
intro..... Oh yeah, she's a model. ^_- Well, this is a no spoiler intro.....
I Should Have Realized
By Artemis
Part One
Dreams..... Everybody has them. Everybody hopes. Everybody tries to make them true.
So when I got my chance, I took it. I met Taizou. We became good friends. He was my
camera man. I was a model. I worked for Alisu (Alice). It was real. It was no dream.
But Usagi-chan hated me for it. Rei hated me for it. Ami hated me for it. Makoto
hated me for it. They all hated me for running away after the final battle.
Was it wrong? Was it so wrong to run away after all of that?
"Mina!" Taizou shouted. "What's up? You look tired."
"It's just being back home....." I smiled. "Thanks for driving me home."
"That's okay," he smiled.
The scenery, the lights sped past as we drove through Yokohama. The stars, the sky
and..... the moon reminded me of the way things were. How much fun the five of us
had and how close we were. Maybe they just thought I would be the last person to
run away? But they all knew I wanted to be an idol. Sure, I wouldn't give up being
a Senshi to be an idol, but everything was over. We had the time. Or did we? Maybe
the reason why they hated me for it was because I was opposing destiny. Opposing
everything we had fought for. But wasn't that it? So we could return as normal
citizens and pursue our dreams? Why did they hate me for it?
"Taizou....." I sighed. "Would you hate me for running away?"
"Depends," he shrugged while watching the road. "What did you run away from?"
"I don't know.....loyalty, I guess.....being together, staying together...after
all...THAT..." I sighed. "Sorry....."
"What's up, Mina?" Taizou asked, concerned. "You're never like this."
"I had friends back here when I left to go to America and they hated me
for it....." I told him. "At least, I think they did. They hated me for running
away from my duty. From OUR duty....."
"Why don't you tell me the whole story, Mina," Taizou suggested, sounding rather
confused. "I mean, I've got time and the traffic is really slow."
I drew in a deep breath and sighed. Where should I start? I guess, from the
beginning. All of it I guess.
"This might sound stupid, but you know those Sailor Senshi?" I asked Taizou.
He nodded.
"Well.....I was one of them....." I said quietly, waiting for his
response.
He just nodded.
"I was Sailor V," I continued. "The leader of them. We fought all these enemies
and in the end, we fought the final battle and Sailor Moon defeated the last
enemy and everything was over. Long story short, we fought, we won, we had
spare time afterwards."
"And you were scouted, you thought everything was over, so you thought it was
okay?" Taizou asked.
I was surprised how calm he was about it. I nodded and sighed.
"There's nothing wrong with that," Taizou smiled. "I thought your friends would
be the best people who'd understand."
"I know...that's what I thought, but they hated me for it," I sighed. "I don't
know why. And now I want to talk to them, but I don't have the courage. It's like
we were playing the game of life before, so I took a different path and they
hated me for it."
"I'll come with you if you want," Taizou suggested. "You should talk to them about it."
"Thanks, Taizou," I smiled. "I'd like it if you came."
rights to Sailor Moon, blah blah blah..... All except those fictional characters
I made up: Oota Taizou, Akimoto Hikari, & Kobayashi Yui.
No spoiler intro: This story is about Minako. The final battle's over. They're
about 24 years old and something happened..... oooooh..... Okay, what a vague
intro..... Oh yeah, she's a model. ^_- Well, this is a no spoiler intro.....
I Should Have Realized
By Artemis
Part One
Dreams..... Everybody has them. Everybody hopes. Everybody tries to make them true.
So when I got my chance, I took it. I met Taizou. We became good friends. He was my
camera man. I was a model. I worked for Alisu (Alice). It was real. It was no dream.
But Usagi-chan hated me for it. Rei hated me for it. Ami hated me for it. Makoto
hated me for it. They all hated me for running away after the final battle.
Was it wrong? Was it so wrong to run away after all of that?
"Mina!" Taizou shouted. "What's up? You look tired."
"It's just being back home....." I smiled. "Thanks for driving me home."
"That's okay," he smiled.
The scenery, the lights sped past as we drove through Yokohama. The stars, the sky
and..... the moon reminded me of the way things were. How much fun the five of us
had and how close we were. Maybe they just thought I would be the last person to
run away? But they all knew I wanted to be an idol. Sure, I wouldn't give up being
a Senshi to be an idol, but everything was over. We had the time. Or did we? Maybe
the reason why they hated me for it was because I was opposing destiny. Opposing
everything we had fought for. But wasn't that it? So we could return as normal
citizens and pursue our dreams? Why did they hate me for it?
"Taizou....." I sighed. "Would you hate me for running away?"
"Depends," he shrugged while watching the road. "What did you run away from?"
"I don't know.....loyalty, I guess.....being together, staying together...after
all...THAT..." I sighed. "Sorry....."
"What's up, Mina?" Taizou asked, concerned. "You're never like this."
"I had friends back here when I left to go to America and they hated me
for it....." I told him. "At least, I think they did. They hated me for running
away from my duty. From OUR duty....."
"Why don't you tell me the whole story, Mina," Taizou suggested, sounding rather
confused. "I mean, I've got time and the traffic is really slow."
I drew in a deep breath and sighed. Where should I start? I guess, from the
beginning. All of it I guess.
"This might sound stupid, but you know those Sailor Senshi?" I asked Taizou.
He nodded.
"Well.....I was one of them....." I said quietly, waiting for his
response.
He just nodded.
"I was Sailor V," I continued. "The leader of them. We fought all these enemies
and in the end, we fought the final battle and Sailor Moon defeated the last
enemy and everything was over. Long story short, we fought, we won, we had
spare time afterwards."
"And you were scouted, you thought everything was over, so you thought it was
okay?" Taizou asked.
I was surprised how calm he was about it. I nodded and sighed.
"There's nothing wrong with that," Taizou smiled. "I thought your friends would
be the best people who'd understand."
"I know...that's what I thought, but they hated me for it," I sighed. "I don't
know why. And now I want to talk to them, but I don't have the courage. It's like
we were playing the game of life before, so I took a different path and they
hated me for it."
"I'll come with you if you want," Taizou suggested. "You should talk to them about it."
"Thanks, Taizou," I smiled. "I'd like it if you came."