Miko no Chikyuu, Gejo no Nihon
By: Mirai Megami
Hello! Well as you some of you may remember I put out a poll titled "A fic idea." Well this is the actually fic that you were answering to. And by the way in case you were wondering the title means. "Priestess of Earth, Maid of Japan." For this fic I wanted to go for an exotic title and this is what popped into my head. Also as of now this is the third story I'm working on and soon I'll be releasing another story. I've just recently gotten all these ideas even though I still have to work out some minor details for several, so in other words some chapters for my stories will be out more often than others. Also I want to thank everyone who voted at my little poll and for all the Japanese terms you sent me! I really appreciate it! By the way the reason why this chapter wasn't out sooner is because I first went on vacation for week then ff.net closed down for about a week.
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/…………\* Usagi telling about her past
/…………\** Hotaru telling about her past
'…..' Somebody thinking
"…." Somebody talking
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(Author's POV)
It is a beautiful and bright morning. The sun has already risen and lunch-time is approaching. The grassy green fields are blowing in the gentle wind. "Hahahahaha." A child is laughing in the fields with another little girl by her side.
(End author's POV)
/I remember that day so clearly now. The day when my own fate and the fate of my sister would be forever altered./*
"Sister wait up you know your to fast for me." Yelled a little pauper girl with brilliant purple eyes and a maroon colored raggy old dress. She was running as fast as her little legs could carry her but her older sister was still to fast for her to catch.
"Hotaru! I'm going to win this game if you don't hurry up." Yelled a little blond girl that was slightly taller than the other girl with silver hair and bright blue eyes with a navy blue dress on that was even worse than that of her sister's. The two girls were running down the hill towards the village below.
The village wasn't the best or the biggest town in all of eastern Japan but it was enough for them to be happy with. Several houses on the outskirts of town were more like holes in the ground that were fashioned into little houses. The most expensive houses were in the middle of town where all the business and trade were handled. But even those houses were made mostly of wood and dried dirt, which often had to be layered every year so the houses would not collapse. So the "rich" people in town were really paupers if they ever went into Tokyo or some other major city.
The older sister was still running forward and laughing. "Hotaru come-" The girl looked back and saw her sister standing there with an ominous look on her face. She was looking into the town with sorrowful eyes. "They're coming, coming to take us away." The girl Hotaru said with a barely audible voice. A hand then waved in front of her face, and she snapped out of her trance. "Huh? What?" She asked dumbfounded.
"Hotaru you were spacing out there. Is something wrong?" The older girl asked her. "So something wrong?" There was a silence as the chilly air blew threw their hair. "No. At least I don't think there is." Hotaru stated trying more to reassure herself than her sister. The elder girl eyed her little sister for a moment before they were called by their mother. "Usagi! Hotaru! Come home now dears and be quick about it." Their mother called to them. "Hey Hotaru I'll race you home." Usagi then bolted down the hill nearly tripping over her own feet. Hotaru stood in silence for a moment before following her sister.
/If only I knew the true severity of that vision. If I had understood it's meaning better me and my sister could've./**
"Hello mother." Usagi halted in front of her mom and was panting for breath. "Usagi where's your sister?" The mother barked at her. "Right here mum." The black haired girl called running up to her mother out of breath. "Well you girls come in and have lunch. And later we'll go into town." The mother went in with tears starting to roll down her pale face, although she tried her best to hide them, Hotaru saw them non-the-less. "Mother?" Hotaru mumbled under her breath. "Hey Hotaru come on! Let's quickly eat our lunch. I really wanna go into town." And with that Usagi dragged her into their "house" and began to eat. (Just so you know Usagi and Hotaru live on the outskirts of the town right by the field.)
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Usagi and Hotaru ran out of the house and down the road as fast as they could. "Mother we'll meet you in town!" They then disappeared behind a house as the mother was left behind. She stared at the place in which they once stood. The father then emerged behind her. The mother's legs then began to get shaky and she then collapsed on the dirt ground. She brought her hand to her mouth as she tried to hold back her despair that was threatening to break her into a million pieces. "Now, now dear calm down." The father said trying to sooth the woman. "We must do this or we won't even be able to purchase food for any of us to live on. They will probably be better of with others than they ever could with us." The father said helping the mother up. "But surely there must be another solution." She gasped for air. "We could raise our own crops here and live off of them. Anything but this." She then hid her tears from the world behind her own hands as her husband supported her. "There is no other way. The crops wouldn't be enough. And I've already arranged it so we can't back out now." The father berated her for her behavior. "I don't care if you have already arranged it. I'm not going to do this to them and ruin their lives!" The woman then looked up with angry eyes filled with water. The husband then brought his hand down on her face knocking her to the ground. "How dare you talk to me in such a way. It has already been arranged and we will go through with it." He then started to walk off towards the town leaving the weeping woman behind.
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Usagi and Hotaru then turned down a road that led to the middle of town. Usagi as always was ahead of Hotaru. Usagi without looking ran past the crowd of people and into the street where horses carrying a small carriage were right in front of her. In fact they were so close they would have stepped on her weren't it for the driver's sudden jerk on the reins. Usagi had fallen on the ground because of the shock of the horses nearly stomping her to death. The driver was currently yelling at Usagi for being a quote unquote baka. The driver was then yelled at by a voice from a little boy inside the carriage. Hotaru then arrived on the scene trying to help Usagi off the ground. The little boy then stuck his head out of the tiny window and started yelling at the driver. The boy looked to be about the same age as Usagi, maybe a year older, and then he looked at the dirty little girls with pure disgust. He then put his head back into his carriage. The two girls then stepped back into the crowd and tried to get another look in the carriage.
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"I can't believe of all places we had to come to this dump." The little boy said. He was dressed in the finest silk clothing and had his jet-black hair tied into a ponytail in the back.
"Wufei-sama your father got advice from Mizurei-sama saying that the girls to alter all of Japan's history are here."
"Well I frankly don't care what that onna said. She's just a witch." The young prince said with venom echoing in his voice.
"Master please understand your father's position." His caretaker said. "I do. Let's just get this over with." Wufei then rested his head on the side of his carriage. But his head was quickly jutted forward and then slammed back again into the side of the carriage. "Darn it! What's with this town?!" Wufei was now holding the side of his head, which was aching from the new bump that would soon begin to form.
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Usagi and Hotaru stared at the carriage for a moment longer and then stared at each other as they both prepared to run off again. But their dresses were quickly grabbed by an older man, which was their father. "Dad? What's wrong?" Usagi asked trying to look as innocent as possible. "What's wrong is you girl's and your behavior." He yelled at them but also trying not to attract attention from other's around them. He then let them go and stared down at them glaring.
"Umm…father who was that in the carriage?" Usagi asked her father trying her best to make him forget her encounter. "That young man must have been the Emperors son. They were scheduled to arrive her today." The father said looking off into the direction of the carriage. The two little girls' eyes then trailed that of their fathers. "Wow! No one that important has ever come into our town." Usagi was now wide-eyed at the seemingly meaningless boy was actually the countries future emperor. Hotaru then turned her head towards her father. "Daddy where's Mommy?" Hotaru asked her father with concern filled eyes. "Mommy will be along later. She's just tired right now." The father lied. "Daddy I know your lying to us now." Hotaru told her father with a frightened look on her face. "How dare you talk back to me! Now come." He then grabbed both little girls by the arms and dragged them off to the middle of the town.
Unbeknownst to them they were being watched. A person, who was indistinguishable, was watching them from over their shoulder. The person was wearing a brown cloak. This person had the appearance of a pauper but yet everyone was steering clear of her path. Either for fear or for respect, it was unknown. The person then followed the three down the road trying not seem out of place even though it was plainly clear this person was not from around there.
TBC……….
Well originally I was going to end this chapter dramatically but I decided egh I'll just end it here. Also the next chapter will be so sad! You'll be crying! Well….maybe not but it will still be heartbreaking. =p Well I bet you would like to know the results of the polls so here they are…..
Well several of these questions were so close that the victor won by only one vote! And then about two other's were landslides.
Usagi- Well the victor won this one by only one vote Trowa actually lost by only one vote! And so Wufei won this one at 10 votes. So it's gonna be a Usa/Wu-man fic! =)
Hotaru- Well this one was also extremely close cut as well. Duo came in second by only one vote! And the victor is Hiiro who won with 12 votes. So this is also a Taru/Hiiro fic!
King- Well it's kinda obvious who the future king (emperor) it's Wufei! And Wufei won by a totally landslide with 16 votes! Well Wufei is a lucky one isn't he! He won two of the polls.
Emperor- This guy is one of bad guys in the story I hope you all know. And I realize that I didn't exactly make that too clear! Stupid me! =p This was actually a close cut one also. It was won by one vote also. Trowa came in second. I guess you could say he's kinda lucky! =p And the victor is Zechs/Milliardo. He won with six votes.
Rebel Leader- Well this one was won by a landslide! And Quatre congratulations for being the rebel leader! He won by 15 votes!
Now for the delayed disclaimer…..:Achem: I M.M (not the candy! =p) do not own Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon. They are trademarks of their respected owners. Also I will not continue unless I get reviews so if you want the rest please be kind and review my story!
