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Military Life

Chapter 1

Life in the military is always an adventure, moving to new and exciting placing, getting to meet and make new friends. It all sounds exciting and fun, but what people forget are the ones left behind. Well not actually left behind, but pretty damn close.

I grew up in a life that was chosen for me, moving from place to place--seven times to be exact--in the past nine years. My mother was Japanese and my father a Japanese American…but also a United States Marine. Although I was extremely proud of my father, I also resented his career choice.

I was born in Tokyo, Japan in the summer of 83. Living for eight years next door to my Aunt Millie—my mother's younger sister—and cousin Minako. To the left of my house live two of my best friends—twins—Rei and Mamoru Chiba. Their mother is my mother's best friend, she was known as Akio-okasan to all of us children. Across the street lived two of my other best friends—believe it or not they were twins too—Makoto and Motoki Kino, their mother was also best friends with mine, Mamma Leila.

Then there was the little blue house that sat next to the Kino's families, it belonged to Ami Mizuno, she is an only child. Her mother also as you might have guessed, is best friends with my mother, Dr. Anna. We all grew up together, since we were born. Best friends always and forever, that's what we believed and it was true, we thought we would go thru EVERYTHING together…that's until my father came home one afternoon and turn my world upside down.

Sure I was only eight at the time, but moving to America and leaving behind friends and family is hard on any child. To say I was upset is an understatement. I tried everything and anything to stay, Minako even begged my parents to let me move in with her…well that didn't work. My mother then told me that for eight years my father has had to live alone traveling around the world just so I could have eight years of normality.

Well her guilt trip worked. We moved…yea sure some of you are probably thinking "big deal, everyone moves" we'll try Seven times in nine years! Not so minor now huh?

North Carolina, Indiana, Puerto Rico, Kansas City, Italy, German, California.

School after school, friend after friend and to make matters worse no one understood me. No one understood what it felt like to move so much, to get use to a school and make new friends and then move in the middle of the school year no less! See most military families live on base but for some strange and crazy reason mine decided it would be best to live OFF base. Now I never said my parents were geniuses, but I digress.

I did go back to Japan every summer; it was great to be back with my friends, my true family. But then the time would come for me to say good bye and leave. Well your probably wondering why I'm telling you all this, it's not for pity or anything I just want you to understand were I'm coming from. So that you can understand why I'm moving back to Japan….

My name is Usagi Tsukino; I am 16 years old and soon to be a senior in high school at Juban High. I have moved around seven times in my nine years…but I am moving back alone. My father was sent to Iraq for 15 months as my mother…well she died last year in childbirth…and before you ask the baby didn't survive either.

I am a 16 year old teenager with no mother and a father who could be killed…I hate my life