Author's Note: Hello! Lady Katsu-hime here, with the beginnings of another story here. This is a partner to my other story, Eternal Starlight. You should probably read that one first, or you'll be lost during this one. Okay, here's the info:

Main Character(s): Tsukino Chiyoko (OC), Tsukino Usagi.

Pairings: ChiYaten (aka YatenOC), mild UsaMamo, mild UsaSeiya.

Time: Post Sailor Stars, somewhere in the middle of Eternal Starlight.

Summary: Once upon a time, she believed in miracles. But a world full of destruction and treachery has hardened her, and depressed her. She's just about given up on everything, even her life as a senshi. When a new enemy threatens her world, will she be strong enough to defeat them?

Disclaimer: The anime series Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon and all related arcs/characters/settings/plotlines is owned by Takeuchi Naoko-sama. Any character you recognize from previously stated anime series is not mine. However, the character Tsukino Chiyoko-chan/Sailor Eternal Star and this plotline are mine.
The verse at the beginning of this chapter comes from the song "Stand in the Rain" by Superchick. They own the song, not me.

Another Author's Note: Just like Eternal Starlight, I'm aiming for a maximum of twenty to twenty-five chapters. I find that after that, it tends to start to ramble on and on, especially with a fanfiction, so that's my reason for keeping it kind of short.

Just So You Know: Those of you who have read Eternal Starlight already know the Japanese that I throw in there every once in awhile, so bear with me for putting it in here again. The lecture on the honorifics will come later.
Odango is the word that Usagi and Chiyoko use for their hairstyles. It's also what Seiya calls Usagi. It means Dumpling.
Kami-sama is God
Arigatou means Thank You.

My Heart Will Go On
Chapter One
Chiyoko's Dream

She never slows down…
She doesn't know why but she knows
that when she's all alone
it feels like it's all coming down…

"Usagi-chan! Come on, we're going to be late!" A girl called.

"Hold on, I have to grab my bag!" A short girl flew out of the upstairs room, blonde ponytails flying.

"We're leaving!" the two girls called together as they ran out of the door.

Nearing the school, Usagi slowed a bit and sighed gratefully. "We made it, Chiyoko-chan."

The other girl smiled and pointed to herself. "That's because I keep a good time schedule." She pushed her jet-black bangs back out of her sapphire-blue eyes. "I need a hair cut."

"So do I," Usagi said, inspecting her own blonde bangs. The two girls were exactly the same height, with the exact same hairstyle: two long ponytails topped in odango. The girls shared many other characteristics, which helped people to believe they were related.

And in a way, Chiyoko thought to herself, looking at Usagi, supposedly her "cousin," we are related.

"Usagi-chan! Chiyoko-chan!" A tall brunette shouted, jumping up and down. A smaller girl with blue hair sighed and shook her head.

"We're coming, Mako-chan!" Usagi cried, before grabbing Chiyoko's hand and running off, towards the pair.

"Where's Minako-chan?" Chiyoko asked Makoto.

Ami looked around, her short blue hair not moving a lot. "We haven't seen her yet."

Chiyoko glanced up at the bright sun. Galaxia was finally gone, and Mamoru had returned to Usagi. It didn't seem quite fair that Usagi got all that she wanted back.

I just want to go home, Chiyoko thought, but she knew she was lying to herself when memories of a certain white-haired man resurfaced themselves.

Yaten-chan, I miss you… Chiyoko thought, watching the clouds.

"Chiyoko-chan?" Usagi said, shaking her friend. "What's wrong?"

Chiyoko came back to reality, wiping a lone tear out of her eye. "It's nothing. We should get to class before we're late again," she said gruffly, pushing past the three girls.

Ami watched Chiyoko depart, then turned to Usagi. "How's Chiyoko-chan been lately?"

Usagi looked at the blue-haired girl worriedly. "Well…ever since the Starlights left, she's been very depressed and pensive. I haven't even seen her wearing her brooch in quite awhile. It's as if she's given up on everything."

Makoto frowned. "Well, we know she and Yaten-kun had a thing going. Maybe she's just missing him?"

Usagi shook her head. "No, it's not just Yaten-kun. I think she's homesick." When Makoto continued to look confused, Usagi explained, "she told us that she was from the future, remember?"

"She also told us that she was Sailor Eternal Star, and that her mother was in trouble," Ami broke in. "Maybe she's worried that her mother might be hurt, and she's still here."

"Maybe…" Usagi said, looking towards the direction in which Chiyoko had left.

After school, Chiyoko and Usagi walked home together, since neither of them were in after-school clubs. Usagi watched Chiyoko carefully, but the black-haired girl seemed cheerful. They reached their house without any problem, and Chiyoko immediately took off for her room, in the old attic where Chibiusa had slept.

Dear Mom and Dad, Chiyoko wrote, and then tapped her pen against her chin as she thought of something to write.

I hope everything's alright back home. I know you must have a reason for keeping me here, and I'm waiting patiently to find out what it is.

I'm getting sort of homesick, and a lot lonely. It's hard to continue life here without Yaten-chan. I find that I'm missing him more and more each day…

Chiyoko tore up the paper in frustration. She couldn't tell that to her mother and father!

Flopping back onto her bed, Chiyoko looked out at the moon, which was just rising. She hated the bright white sphere, hated it for what it had done to her family. When she was younger, her mother had told her that the moon signified all that was pure, and all that was good. The moon was her mother's guardian deity, just like the light of the stars was Chiyoko's, and therefore it had always been something godlike in Chiyoko's eyes.

But then the memory of frightened shrieks and deathly noises surfaced in Chiyoko's mind, and she remembered why the moon had become tainted. It had become the enemy base, because the moon's defenses could not suppress the approaching evil. It had become the perfect access point to Crystal Tokyo, and from then on, the moon had meant destruction for all of Chiyoko's family.

Thank Kami-sama that Chiyoko's mother had had the insight to doubly protect the Grand Palace of Crystal Tokyo, and the enemy had not been able to get in. But Chiyoko's mother was weak. Her only request was that Chiyoko go back in time and change things around a bit, make it certain that Chiyoko would be born.

So that was why Chiyoko was stuck here, in the late 20th century. She had completed her first mission, but apparently, it wasn't enough.

The raven-haired girl sat up, taking a gold notebook out of her desk drawer and opening to the first clean page. Carefully, she wrote, I'm Tsukino Chiyoko, 16 years old, in the first year of high school. I'm a bit aggressive and aloof, but, I'm actually an agent of love and justice, pretty Sailor Soldier, Sailor Eternal Star. This is my journal for my secrets and thoughts.

Chiyoko sighed. Not only a bit aggressive and aloof, but a lot lonely. Yaten had been her only true friend in this era, and he'd also been her boyfriend.

"Yaten-chan…"

"Chiyoko-chan?" a soft voice accompanied a knock on Chiyoko's door.

Chiyoko looked at the moon, ignoring Usagi.

"Chiyoko-chan, can I come in?" The trapdoor opened, and Usagi's blonde odango appeared. Chiyoko flopped onto her bed.

"Chiyoko-chan, are you alright?" Usagi said as she emerged from the stairwell.

Sitting up, the raven-haired girl said softly, "Usagi-chan, do you miss Seiya-kun?"

Usagi blinked. "Well…"

"I mean…" Chiyoko looked at the blonde girl. "You two were in love. How do you bear being away from him?"

Usagi sat on the bed next to Chiyoko. "I guess…I guess that I love him. But I have to be with Mamo-chan, or else Crystal Tokyo won't ever be made, and Chibiusa-chan won't be born. I admit it would be easier to date someone closer to my own age, but it's also easier to date someone who isn't really a female, and who lives closer than Kinmoku."

"But…do you miss Seiya-kun?"

Usagi nodded. "I miss him dearly. I miss any of my friends when they go away."

Chiyoko looked out at the moon. "How did you get through Mamoru-san's trip to America?"

"Well, I kept my hope up, and wrote to him every day. I knew that one day, he'd return to me." Usagi placed her hand on Chiyoko's shoulder. "Does that help at all, Chiyoko-chan?"

Chiyoko thought about it, and perked up. She nodded. "Arigatou, Usagi-chan. You helped a lot."

Usagi smiled. "If you have anything else you want to talk to me about, my ears are always open. Mama said dinner will be soon, okay?" the blonde said as she exited.

Chiyoko turned and looked out at the moon again. Suddenly, it regained its pure godlike status in her eyes. She smiled to herself and sat down to write, glancing at the moon every now and then; in fifteen minutes, she was done, and descended the staircase, closing the trapdoor behind her.

Her notebook sat open, revealing the words written on it:

I admit that I miss Yaten-chan, almost too much to bear, but I know now that I can't lose hope. Not only hope for Yaten-chan's return, but hope for a better world. My faith in Usagi-chan, my parents, and myself has rekindled. I'm feeling a lot brighter. I believe that I can make a better world for everyone to live in. This is my dream.

Yet Another Author's Note: Does Chiyoko's first journal writings sound familiar? hee hee Stay tuned for the next installment of My Heart Will Go On.