Where I Belong
By: Reily Yuy
Chapter one- The Beginning of a New Journey
Usagi Tsukino ran down the street towards the park. She looked about sixteen years old but in reality, she was some where close to sixteen hundred years old. Her once golden blonde hair was now silver and her eyes were no longer a sapphire blue, but now a deep midnight blue. Today she wore black, baggy carpenter jeans and a tight, black tank top. Had she still had her transformation brooch, it would be in her pocket. She had given it to the Inner Senshi, making them think she had given up the Silver Crystal. But in reality she didn't need the brooch to transform. The Silver Crystal hung around her neck on a silver chain.
Those foolish Inner Senshi actually thought that she, the heiress to the Moon Throne, would actually give up her jewel? Her very essence of life? What did they take her for? An idiot? Ha! What fools! Usagi was much smarter and stronger than they thought. But she had to play dumb for them. Had to put up a false sense of being so she could attempt to fit in.
~Crystal Tokyo~
"Your Highness?"
"Yes Uranus?"
"I must take leave. Your past self is on her way to the gates to start her search for her family."
"Go to her then. This future is long since dying. See that she is safe and that her new life sets the right path to her future."
"Yes your Highness. I shall miss you."
"I shall never be too far away Uranus. But I shall miss you too, Haruka my cousin."
~Time Gates~
As she walked slowly through the mist, Usagi's mind played back the painful betrayal she had gone through just yesterday.
Flash.
"God Usagi! You're late for the third time this week!" yelled a furious Rei Hino. "Well excuse me for being held up at the arcade! You'd think you'd give me some credit for trying!" Usagi screamed back.
"Well Usagi," Ami Mizuno began. "Maybe if you spent more time studying instead of at the arcade. We wouldn't have to be on your back all of the time."
"You'd think you would act like you did in the past," sighed Makato as she cleaned up the cookie mess from earlier.
"What are you saying?" Usagi hissed dangerously. "You don't want me as your Princess any more?"
"We didn't say that Usa-chan. It's just you've changed then what we remember a millennia ago," consoled Minako.
"Speak for your self Minako. I say we don't need her as our Princess. In fact." Rei trailed off. She pondered her thought a moment more. "In fact I don't think she's the real Princess at all!"
Ami and Makato nodded in agreement. Minako, on the other hand, didn't look too sure. A quick jab in the side from Rei however made her think otherwise.
"You know what Usagi. They're right. The more I think about it. the more I realize. You can't be our Princess. She wouldn't have dumped Mamoru."
Usagi looked almost hurt. Key word there was almost. She laughed, almost insanely.
"What's your deal Usagi? Have you cracked?" Minako growled.
"You could say that. But I have to admit. You really aren't as smart as you seem," Usagi laughed again staring each Senshi in the eye. "You see. By planning mutiny in front of me, you have ultimately proven that I really do not belong in this dimension. And it wasn't I who dumped Mamoru. In truth he dumped my by cheating on me with Naru and ruining all chances of a happy future."
The four Inner Senshi, Mars, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter looked at Usagi with a burning hate in their eyes.
Rei smacked Usagi across the face, "How dare you speak ill of our Prince like that. He would never do such a thing to the "true" Princess."
Usagi laughed once again, "You really are foolish. The Outer Senshi knew what they were saying about you." Usagi whistled before speaking again. "Luna, Artemis. Let's leave here before the Earth really does come to an end. Better say goodbye to me now, I won't be back to help you for quite awhile. If then."
The Inner Senshi stood up almost ready to kill Usagi. But before they could do a thing, Usagi tossed her transformation brooch at them, and then she; Luna and Artemis ran from the Cherry Hill Temple and towards the park.
Back.
"Serenity-hime. We have been waiting for you."
"Puu what have I told you about formalities?"
"Forgive me Serenity. Force of habit," Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto replied bowing.
"You really going to leave us koneko?" Haruka Tenoh asked coming through the Gates of Time.
"She has to Haruka. She very well can't just stay here. The Inners would be after her for sure," Michiru Kaiou, Sailor Neptune, responded to her lover.
"As much as I would love to stay here and live with you four, I must leave. I cannot stay in a world where I am hated and almost feared by my supposed friends. The earth will be much better off with out me for now," Usagi replied with a shake of her head.
A small sound, like that of a child's whimper, caused Usagi to face the Gates of Time. There, before her, stood Hotaru Tomoe, Sailor Saturn and her future daughter Chibi-Usa. Hotaru's vibrant violet eyes shone with unshed tears at the thought of not only losing her best friend (Chibi-Usa of course) but also her other half, her Princess, her sister, and most of all one of her parents.
"Usagi-mama. Must you really leave us? Nothing will be the same with you gone," Hotaru hiccupped as the tears she held in escaped.
Usagi merely nodded and gave Hotaru a comforting glance. Had she have dared to say anything to the small Senshi of Death, she too would have broken into tears. And she still had yet to say good-bye to her future daughter whom she will never see again. Usagi turned her midnight blue eyes to the small pink-haired child whose red eyes were already filled with tears. Usagi could feel herself wanting to cry. Wanting to run forward and hug the child before in a tearful and sad good-bye. But that wouldn't do. She had to be strong for the small ones as well as her older cousins.
"Chibi-Usa," Usagi cooed.
"H-hai Usagi-mama?" Chibi-Usa managed to get out before more tears spilled down her cheeks.
"I want you to stop crying please. You are my daughter and you must be strong, is that clear?" Chibi-Usa attempted to will the tears to stop, "Hai Usagi-mama. I will miss you. I wish you didn't have to go."
A small, sad smile made it's way to Usagi's pale face, "Neither do I my small one. But no matter what you must be strong. You must not cry. For, no matter what happens, I will see you again. You are my daughter no matter who your father is and I will love you the same."
Chibi-Usa looked up at Usagi, tears still falling down her cheeks, "I know Usagi-mama. I know. I love you."
That did it. With those three words, Usagi could feel the tears falling down her face.
"And I love you as well my Small Lady."
With those words said, Chibi-Usa began to fade out of existence. Silver sparkles, the tears Chibi-Usa had wept just moments before, were the only thing left of the small child of the moon. And with Chibi-Usa gone, Usagi felt she should leave. Giving each of her cousins a hug farewell, Usagi stood in front of the Gates of Time. She watched in awe as the doors opened and created a path for her to her new life.
A/n: And there you have it Chapter one of the newly reposted Where I Belong. And yes I am fully aware that this chapter is different from the original. You see I have been working on a rewrite and with having to repost it I figure I would give you the rewritten chapter one. Please leave a review.
~Reily Yuy
Chapter one- The Beginning of a New Journey
Usagi Tsukino ran down the street towards the park. She looked about sixteen years old but in reality, she was some where close to sixteen hundred years old. Her once golden blonde hair was now silver and her eyes were no longer a sapphire blue, but now a deep midnight blue. Today she wore black, baggy carpenter jeans and a tight, black tank top. Had she still had her transformation brooch, it would be in her pocket. She had given it to the Inner Senshi, making them think she had given up the Silver Crystal. But in reality she didn't need the brooch to transform. The Silver Crystal hung around her neck on a silver chain.
Those foolish Inner Senshi actually thought that she, the heiress to the Moon Throne, would actually give up her jewel? Her very essence of life? What did they take her for? An idiot? Ha! What fools! Usagi was much smarter and stronger than they thought. But she had to play dumb for them. Had to put up a false sense of being so she could attempt to fit in.
~Crystal Tokyo~
"Your Highness?"
"Yes Uranus?"
"I must take leave. Your past self is on her way to the gates to start her search for her family."
"Go to her then. This future is long since dying. See that she is safe and that her new life sets the right path to her future."
"Yes your Highness. I shall miss you."
"I shall never be too far away Uranus. But I shall miss you too, Haruka my cousin."
~Time Gates~
As she walked slowly through the mist, Usagi's mind played back the painful betrayal she had gone through just yesterday.
Flash.
"God Usagi! You're late for the third time this week!" yelled a furious Rei Hino. "Well excuse me for being held up at the arcade! You'd think you'd give me some credit for trying!" Usagi screamed back.
"Well Usagi," Ami Mizuno began. "Maybe if you spent more time studying instead of at the arcade. We wouldn't have to be on your back all of the time."
"You'd think you would act like you did in the past," sighed Makato as she cleaned up the cookie mess from earlier.
"What are you saying?" Usagi hissed dangerously. "You don't want me as your Princess any more?"
"We didn't say that Usa-chan. It's just you've changed then what we remember a millennia ago," consoled Minako.
"Speak for your self Minako. I say we don't need her as our Princess. In fact." Rei trailed off. She pondered her thought a moment more. "In fact I don't think she's the real Princess at all!"
Ami and Makato nodded in agreement. Minako, on the other hand, didn't look too sure. A quick jab in the side from Rei however made her think otherwise.
"You know what Usagi. They're right. The more I think about it. the more I realize. You can't be our Princess. She wouldn't have dumped Mamoru."
Usagi looked almost hurt. Key word there was almost. She laughed, almost insanely.
"What's your deal Usagi? Have you cracked?" Minako growled.
"You could say that. But I have to admit. You really aren't as smart as you seem," Usagi laughed again staring each Senshi in the eye. "You see. By planning mutiny in front of me, you have ultimately proven that I really do not belong in this dimension. And it wasn't I who dumped Mamoru. In truth he dumped my by cheating on me with Naru and ruining all chances of a happy future."
The four Inner Senshi, Mars, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter looked at Usagi with a burning hate in their eyes.
Rei smacked Usagi across the face, "How dare you speak ill of our Prince like that. He would never do such a thing to the "true" Princess."
Usagi laughed once again, "You really are foolish. The Outer Senshi knew what they were saying about you." Usagi whistled before speaking again. "Luna, Artemis. Let's leave here before the Earth really does come to an end. Better say goodbye to me now, I won't be back to help you for quite awhile. If then."
The Inner Senshi stood up almost ready to kill Usagi. But before they could do a thing, Usagi tossed her transformation brooch at them, and then she; Luna and Artemis ran from the Cherry Hill Temple and towards the park.
Back.
"Serenity-hime. We have been waiting for you."
"Puu what have I told you about formalities?"
"Forgive me Serenity. Force of habit," Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto replied bowing.
"You really going to leave us koneko?" Haruka Tenoh asked coming through the Gates of Time.
"She has to Haruka. She very well can't just stay here. The Inners would be after her for sure," Michiru Kaiou, Sailor Neptune, responded to her lover.
"As much as I would love to stay here and live with you four, I must leave. I cannot stay in a world where I am hated and almost feared by my supposed friends. The earth will be much better off with out me for now," Usagi replied with a shake of her head.
A small sound, like that of a child's whimper, caused Usagi to face the Gates of Time. There, before her, stood Hotaru Tomoe, Sailor Saturn and her future daughter Chibi-Usa. Hotaru's vibrant violet eyes shone with unshed tears at the thought of not only losing her best friend (Chibi-Usa of course) but also her other half, her Princess, her sister, and most of all one of her parents.
"Usagi-mama. Must you really leave us? Nothing will be the same with you gone," Hotaru hiccupped as the tears she held in escaped.
Usagi merely nodded and gave Hotaru a comforting glance. Had she have dared to say anything to the small Senshi of Death, she too would have broken into tears. And she still had yet to say good-bye to her future daughter whom she will never see again. Usagi turned her midnight blue eyes to the small pink-haired child whose red eyes were already filled with tears. Usagi could feel herself wanting to cry. Wanting to run forward and hug the child before in a tearful and sad good-bye. But that wouldn't do. She had to be strong for the small ones as well as her older cousins.
"Chibi-Usa," Usagi cooed.
"H-hai Usagi-mama?" Chibi-Usa managed to get out before more tears spilled down her cheeks.
"I want you to stop crying please. You are my daughter and you must be strong, is that clear?" Chibi-Usa attempted to will the tears to stop, "Hai Usagi-mama. I will miss you. I wish you didn't have to go."
A small, sad smile made it's way to Usagi's pale face, "Neither do I my small one. But no matter what you must be strong. You must not cry. For, no matter what happens, I will see you again. You are my daughter no matter who your father is and I will love you the same."
Chibi-Usa looked up at Usagi, tears still falling down her cheeks, "I know Usagi-mama. I know. I love you."
That did it. With those three words, Usagi could feel the tears falling down her face.
"And I love you as well my Small Lady."
With those words said, Chibi-Usa began to fade out of existence. Silver sparkles, the tears Chibi-Usa had wept just moments before, were the only thing left of the small child of the moon. And with Chibi-Usa gone, Usagi felt she should leave. Giving each of her cousins a hug farewell, Usagi stood in front of the Gates of Time. She watched in awe as the doors opened and created a path for her to her new life.
A/n: And there you have it Chapter one of the newly reposted Where I Belong. And yes I am fully aware that this chapter is different from the original. You see I have been working on a rewrite and with having to repost it I figure I would give you the rewritten chapter one. Please leave a review.
~Reily Yuy
