Princess Neptune's Crush
Preview- Back in the days of the old Moon Kingdom, all was at peace mostly. Michiru Kaioh, Princess of Neptune, meets Haruka Tenoh of Uranus at a party held by Princess Serenity. She instantly falls in love, not realizing that Haruka is a woman. How does Michiru act when she finds out the truth? Does Haruka love her back? Check out Chapter 1 below.
Chapter 1: Prince Haruka and Sailor Uranus?
Michiru Kaioh stared into the mirror, tying a red ribbon in her emerald green hair. She then noticed the reflection of someone standing behind her. She turned.
"That ribbon really shows off your hair, Princess Neptune." Haruka Tenoh of Uranus stood there. Michiru saw a smile appear across Haruka's face. Such a beautiful smile, Michiru thought. Haruka was dressed in a white suit, a sword sheathed at her side. Michiru knew all of the others of Princess Serenity's court, but Haruka was a mystery. Michiru assumed Haruka was a man. Had to be. The suit, the sword, the short hair cut... Princess Mercury has a short hair cut though...
"Please. Call me Michiru," Michiru insisted.
"And call me Haruka." Haruka held out her hand in a handshake. Another man-like thing, Michiru thought. Odd though... I thought Prince Endymion of the Earth was the only prince. Michiru shook her hand.
"I wonder why Serenity called us together today. It's interrupting my riding," Haruka mumbled.
"Horse riding?" Michiru asked curiously.
"No. Horses are too slow for me." Haruka grinned, running a hand through her short blond hair, causing it to stick up which gave her a wild look. "I ride my motorcycle. It's the closest thing I can get to flying, since I wasn't born a bird unfortunately." Haruka sighed. "It would be incredible if I could fly. Cutting through the wind like it's nothing at all..." Haruka then looked at Michiru. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm going off into my own little world."
"That's okay." Michiru smiled. He's quite handsome, she thought. Serenity has the prince of Earth... maybe I can have the prince of Uranus!
Suddenly Setsuna Meioh, Princess Pluto, walked into the room. "Neptune? Uranus? We're starting."
Haruka and Michiru followed Setsuna into a large banquet hall. Princess Serenity sat at one end of a rectangular table, Prince Endymion at the other end. On one of the long sides sat the inner princesses, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. Opposite them sat Princess Saturn and three empty seats. Setsuna motioned for Haruka and Michiru to sit first. Haruka shrugged, sitting between Saturn and an empty seat. Setsuna sat on the other side of Saturn. This left Michiru sitting next to Haruka. Michiru smiled, happy she was able to be so close to Haruka.
Serenity smiled warmly, her jeweled crown atop her head and her long blond pigtails flowing behind her. All of the princesses admired her for her beauty. "Thank you all for coming. I just wanted to congratulate you for a job well done. We've kept the galaxy free from any disasters." Serenity then continued to say she was throwing a sort of party for them all. She provided lots of food and music started to play Most everyone started dancing after the dinner.
Michiru noticed Haruka standing against the wall, sipping a glass of wine after the dancing started. She walked up to her, pulling the glass from her hands. She shook her head. "Wine's bad for you."
"I'll be fine. I'm just drinking it for taste. Endymion offered it to me."
"Oh." Michiru then smiled, grabbing Haruka's hand. "Come on, you and me are going to have fun. Dance with me."
Haruka nodded. "It would be my pleasure."
The two walked out on the dance floor and started to dance.
"You have beautiful eyes Michiru," Haruka commented. Michiru had noticed her staring at her eyes, but hadn't said anything. "They have the sparkle of dreams."
"Thank you." Michiru felt her face flush. Haruka laughed.
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about. It's true."
"Love is in the air," sang a voice cheerfully. Minako Aino. Princess Venus. She was dancing with a guard.
Michiru's face turned bright red. Haruka simply smiled. She looked at Minako. "Princess Venus?" she called.
"It's Minako. Yes?" Minako answered.
"Out of curiosity... what is our compatibility rating? I know how you are the princess of love."
Minako thought for a minute. "You two look really cute together. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest... 10. Definitely." She smiled, giving her two-fingered V sign. Her sign for Venus.
Michiru was trying hard to regain her normal color, hating knowing that Haruka could see her embarrassment. "What did you ask that for?" Michiru asked.
"Curiosity," Haruka replied simply. Then she admitted, "Plus something about you draws me to you. I don't know if it's your beauty or not..."
After that night, Michiru went home to Neptune. She constantly thought of travelling to Uranus to visit Haruka. Then one day...
Trouble was on the border of Pluto. The outer senshi, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Pluto, were to take care of it. Michiru transformed to Sailor Neptune, wondering if Haruka would be there. She thought of Tuxedo Kamen and grinned, imagining, Haruka in the same outfit.
When she arrived at the fight, only Pluto and Saturn were there. They attacked the shadow monster, not having much luck of getting rid of it. Then suddenly a powerful blast knocked the shadow to the ground. The outers all looked around.
"Sorry I'm late, but better than never." A sailor senshi wearing yellow and blue stepped into the light, arms across her chest.
"Who are you?" Sailor Neptune asked.
"I'm Sailor Uranus, the pretty sailor suited senshi of the sky." She looked at the shadow. "And I'm ready to help take you out!"
Sailor Neptune frowned. Sailor Uranus? But where's Haruka? Prince Uranus? I thought senshi were only princesses. Obviously not. Sailor Uranus had to be related to Haruka. Cousin maybe?
Shadow's comments: I hope you all liked this chapter. The next chapter goes into a little more detail and Haruka is revealed to be a woman. Check out Chapter 2: Haruka's Secret Revealed!