Chapter One: The Beginning; Strive for the Future
Here in Kagoshima, we often were amazed by our symbol, the Sakurajima. It gave off snowflake ashes that drifted downwards slowly to land at our feet. It was the most amazing thing for me until one day, I found myself in a fate that was more startling and amazing than the mountain itself. And it was all in me...
"Mama?" I cried out, slamming the door behind me. "Mama? Father?" I stomped my feet before removing my boots. The weather had gotten stormy in its late season. The holidays had passed but we still had our tree up. It'd probably stay up until after New Year's Eve. Strangely, my family enjoyed American tradition. In fact, the town seemed to enjoy it. But we still had our own roots among us so our culture was meshed into one. I walked to my room and pushed the door open. "Brother?? What are you doing in here??" I shouted. "Get out, you little nuisance." My younger brother took off snickering. I shook my head as I placed myself at my desk. It was placed in front of the window, which had an excellent view of Sakurajima. I watched as light smoke billowed out lazily as the last of the rain dripped from the roof only to glide downward on the window's glass. 'Absolutely beautiful.'
"I know, I'll use it as my essay topic." I jumped up eagerly. "Mama?" This time I heard a muffled reply and I found her in the kitchen, doubled over, her head stuffed in a cupboard. "Mama?" I stifled my giggle as I was given a show as her bottom moved with her attempts to find whatever she was looking for. "I'm going to Sakurajima-sama, okay?"
She pulled out so rapidly that she sent cans flying by my head. I stared at her in shock. "Mama??"
"Just where do you think you're going?? It's very dangerous at Sakurajima-sama's. Don't think that I'd let you go." Mama's eyes gleamed. I resembled her in all aspects, in fact so much that sometimes people thought we were twins. Our hair streamed past our shoulders, colored hazel brown. Sometimes I braided my hair, usually during the hot weather. Mama usually put it up in a bun, regardless of the weather. She was small-sized, something that ran on the women's side, and it was something I was cursed with. My mama, however, dark violet eyes, and had gotten plump over her years as a wife and mother. I had sky blue eyes with tints of green. I was also skinny, not thin but skinny as in athletic built. I ran during the cold seasons and swam during the warm weather. I loved the winter season, especially at January. It was when everything could begin anew, where you could look only forward on a new year. Yes, now was a perfect time for me, except at this very moment.
"But mama, I just want to look at it for awhile."
"You have a perfect view of it from your window." She retorted, turning her back to me.
"Well, what if I just go a little near it?" I said, hoping we'd be able to compromise.
"How much near it?" Her eyes narrowed in on me and I searched desperately for an acceptable number.
"What about up to it's restricted area?" I batted my eyes and gave her my best 'Don't worry, I'll be good and safe' look. Again she turned her back and I waited, holding my bated breath locked in my lungs. I felt my face turning blue when she said finally. "Okay, but I'm giving you one hour. If you're not back by then, I'll send your father after you."
"Thank you Mama," I squealed and ran back to my room. I grabbed some pencils and paper along with my coat. I put my boots on as I exited the house and took off running. The rain had now stopped and the trees glistened and the streets look cleaned of dirt. I walked happily and took the path to the mountain. But then I did something that I never did before. I left the path and went onto a crowded rocky path, so skewered and disorganized that you really couldn't call it a path. Yet I took it anyways, humming to myself. I entered myself in a clearing, that had the most perfect view of the mountain and I plopped down to study my surroundings. At first I looked just at the mountain and took some notes. But as the sun escaped from its cloudy dungeon, the sunray's glinted off something that blinded me. I raised my hand over my eyes and followed the light. It seemed to be a pen, embedded in the dirt about halfway. I pulled on it and was surprised at how difficult is was to pull it out.
I ouffed as I suddenly was thrown backwards onto my rump with the sudden release of the pen. I sat forward and brushed off the dirt. It was colored a bright shiny blue and the top had a diamond shaped crystal on it. 'It's probably fake,' I thought as I turned it around and tried to pull the cap off. I noticed a button on the side and pushed it in curiosity. Nothing happened and I shook the pen in frustration. I suddenly heard a loud frightened meow that strangely came from above me. I looked upward only to have a hairy creature fall on my face.
"YEOWWW," I screeched, pulling fastened claws off of me. "You stupid cat."
The cat wrestled free from my grip to land gracefully and faced me. "Hey, warrior, don't be calling your guide stupid. I have yet to decide if I should help you."
I stared for a moment and turned sharply away from the cat. "Great, the ashes must have gotten to me so much that I'm imagining things." I felt a swipe on my leg and resulting stinging pain. "Aughh..."
"That's what you get for being so disrespectful. Now sit down and let me introduce myself."
I sat dumbly on the grass as the cat cleared its throat. " I am one of the guardians of the Senshi. I come from Planet Mau and my name is Combat C."
"Combat C?"
"My father gave it to me."
"Oh. Who's your father?"
"None of your business. What is your business is why I am here."
"Really? So how'd you learn to talk? Are you a dummy?"
"I am NOT a dummy. I am from the planet Mau...hey wait come back." He yelled at my retreating back.
"Look, I can turn human."
That got my attention. "Prove it."
"Only if you stay."
"Yeah of course, C.C."
"C.C.?" He muttered as he swished his head back and forth. He did a long back flip and I was amazed to see him transform so quickly that it was over in a second. He stood up, a crescent on his forehead, colored a light blue as his grayish blue hair fell down past his shoulders to about halfway to his bottom.
"You look like a girl," I snickered.
His face burned. He looked to be a little older than me, 17 I would guess. " Well," he huffed. "Stuff it."
"Alrighty, what is it that you need to tell me."
"Can I change back first?"
"But you look so cute."
"Really.....I mean, shut up." His flustered behavior made me laugh. In an instant he was back in kitty mode. He was colored grayish blue with jade green eyes. The crescent, I noticed was there too.
"You, Shukumei Shuushi, are one of the legendary soldiers of the Moon Combat Unit, Sailor Janus, the senshi of beginnings."
I waited until I realized that he was done. "That's it? So what? Am I like that crime fighter, Sailor Moon?"
"Sailor Moon is an important person in reference to you. It was she that we helped protect."
"You know what? I'm done listening."
"I know you don't believe me. No one really does at first. But you see that pen in your hand. It's yours. Just call out Moon Janus Aura Mode."
I shrugged and lifted the pen above my head. "Moon Janus Aura Mode." I found my eyes transfigured on the diamond as it gleamed. A shimmer of dim blue light wrapped around my arm, heading to my other arm and downward to my feet. I found myself in an interesting costume. I wore a tight-fitting body piece, the bottom of which was covered by another layer of tight, blue pants of which the foot cuffs were tucked in knee-high boots that were white save for the blue crescent placed at the pointed top. I also wore a blue choker. My top had thin silver buttons that trailed on my shoulders. I had gloves covering my hands up to my wrist, the arm bands blue. My fingers found the tiara, with a diamond in the center. I continued upwards to my hair where I found a line of beads encircling my head.
"I must be dreaming." I breathed, turning around in surprised happiness. "Wow. This is so cool. I'm a crime fighter, just like Sailor Moon and Sailor V."
"Correction, you are a Aura Senshi, one of the four in this group. To complete our mission, we must find the other four." His words had no meaning as I kept turning around, trying to see my outfit is total. He sighed and settled down to wait until I calmed down. Which took awhile, and only to be broken by my dad yelling for me.
I went home that day, taking Combat C with me. It took some weedling, but my parents let me keep him. And from that day on, I was no longer just your average girl, I was a girl with a mission. To fight crime and save the people. Well, actually from what C.C. tells me, it's to fight evil and save the world, but it's the same thing, right? Until next time, End Combat Mode.
FIN
Here in Kagoshima, we often were amazed by our symbol, the Sakurajima. It gave off snowflake ashes that drifted downwards slowly to land at our feet. It was the most amazing thing for me until one day, I found myself in a fate that was more startling and amazing than the mountain itself. And it was all in me...
"Mama?" I cried out, slamming the door behind me. "Mama? Father?" I stomped my feet before removing my boots. The weather had gotten stormy in its late season. The holidays had passed but we still had our tree up. It'd probably stay up until after New Year's Eve. Strangely, my family enjoyed American tradition. In fact, the town seemed to enjoy it. But we still had our own roots among us so our culture was meshed into one. I walked to my room and pushed the door open. "Brother?? What are you doing in here??" I shouted. "Get out, you little nuisance." My younger brother took off snickering. I shook my head as I placed myself at my desk. It was placed in front of the window, which had an excellent view of Sakurajima. I watched as light smoke billowed out lazily as the last of the rain dripped from the roof only to glide downward on the window's glass. 'Absolutely beautiful.'
"I know, I'll use it as my essay topic." I jumped up eagerly. "Mama?" This time I heard a muffled reply and I found her in the kitchen, doubled over, her head stuffed in a cupboard. "Mama?" I stifled my giggle as I was given a show as her bottom moved with her attempts to find whatever she was looking for. "I'm going to Sakurajima-sama, okay?"
She pulled out so rapidly that she sent cans flying by my head. I stared at her in shock. "Mama??"
"Just where do you think you're going?? It's very dangerous at Sakurajima-sama's. Don't think that I'd let you go." Mama's eyes gleamed. I resembled her in all aspects, in fact so much that sometimes people thought we were twins. Our hair streamed past our shoulders, colored hazel brown. Sometimes I braided my hair, usually during the hot weather. Mama usually put it up in a bun, regardless of the weather. She was small-sized, something that ran on the women's side, and it was something I was cursed with. My mama, however, dark violet eyes, and had gotten plump over her years as a wife and mother. I had sky blue eyes with tints of green. I was also skinny, not thin but skinny as in athletic built. I ran during the cold seasons and swam during the warm weather. I loved the winter season, especially at January. It was when everything could begin anew, where you could look only forward on a new year. Yes, now was a perfect time for me, except at this very moment.
"But mama, I just want to look at it for awhile."
"You have a perfect view of it from your window." She retorted, turning her back to me.
"Well, what if I just go a little near it?" I said, hoping we'd be able to compromise.
"How much near it?" Her eyes narrowed in on me and I searched desperately for an acceptable number.
"What about up to it's restricted area?" I batted my eyes and gave her my best 'Don't worry, I'll be good and safe' look. Again she turned her back and I waited, holding my bated breath locked in my lungs. I felt my face turning blue when she said finally. "Okay, but I'm giving you one hour. If you're not back by then, I'll send your father after you."
"Thank you Mama," I squealed and ran back to my room. I grabbed some pencils and paper along with my coat. I put my boots on as I exited the house and took off running. The rain had now stopped and the trees glistened and the streets look cleaned of dirt. I walked happily and took the path to the mountain. But then I did something that I never did before. I left the path and went onto a crowded rocky path, so skewered and disorganized that you really couldn't call it a path. Yet I took it anyways, humming to myself. I entered myself in a clearing, that had the most perfect view of the mountain and I plopped down to study my surroundings. At first I looked just at the mountain and took some notes. But as the sun escaped from its cloudy dungeon, the sunray's glinted off something that blinded me. I raised my hand over my eyes and followed the light. It seemed to be a pen, embedded in the dirt about halfway. I pulled on it and was surprised at how difficult is was to pull it out.
I ouffed as I suddenly was thrown backwards onto my rump with the sudden release of the pen. I sat forward and brushed off the dirt. It was colored a bright shiny blue and the top had a diamond shaped crystal on it. 'It's probably fake,' I thought as I turned it around and tried to pull the cap off. I noticed a button on the side and pushed it in curiosity. Nothing happened and I shook the pen in frustration. I suddenly heard a loud frightened meow that strangely came from above me. I looked upward only to have a hairy creature fall on my face.
"YEOWWW," I screeched, pulling fastened claws off of me. "You stupid cat."
The cat wrestled free from my grip to land gracefully and faced me. "Hey, warrior, don't be calling your guide stupid. I have yet to decide if I should help you."
I stared for a moment and turned sharply away from the cat. "Great, the ashes must have gotten to me so much that I'm imagining things." I felt a swipe on my leg and resulting stinging pain. "Aughh..."
"That's what you get for being so disrespectful. Now sit down and let me introduce myself."
I sat dumbly on the grass as the cat cleared its throat. " I am one of the guardians of the Senshi. I come from Planet Mau and my name is Combat C."
"Combat C?"
"My father gave it to me."
"Oh. Who's your father?"
"None of your business. What is your business is why I am here."
"Really? So how'd you learn to talk? Are you a dummy?"
"I am NOT a dummy. I am from the planet Mau...hey wait come back." He yelled at my retreating back.
"Look, I can turn human."
That got my attention. "Prove it."
"Only if you stay."
"Yeah of course, C.C."
"C.C.?" He muttered as he swished his head back and forth. He did a long back flip and I was amazed to see him transform so quickly that it was over in a second. He stood up, a crescent on his forehead, colored a light blue as his grayish blue hair fell down past his shoulders to about halfway to his bottom.
"You look like a girl," I snickered.
His face burned. He looked to be a little older than me, 17 I would guess. " Well," he huffed. "Stuff it."
"Alrighty, what is it that you need to tell me."
"Can I change back first?"
"But you look so cute."
"Really.....I mean, shut up." His flustered behavior made me laugh. In an instant he was back in kitty mode. He was colored grayish blue with jade green eyes. The crescent, I noticed was there too.
"You, Shukumei Shuushi, are one of the legendary soldiers of the Moon Combat Unit, Sailor Janus, the senshi of beginnings."
I waited until I realized that he was done. "That's it? So what? Am I like that crime fighter, Sailor Moon?"
"Sailor Moon is an important person in reference to you. It was she that we helped protect."
"You know what? I'm done listening."
"I know you don't believe me. No one really does at first. But you see that pen in your hand. It's yours. Just call out Moon Janus Aura Mode."
I shrugged and lifted the pen above my head. "Moon Janus Aura Mode." I found my eyes transfigured on the diamond as it gleamed. A shimmer of dim blue light wrapped around my arm, heading to my other arm and downward to my feet. I found myself in an interesting costume. I wore a tight-fitting body piece, the bottom of which was covered by another layer of tight, blue pants of which the foot cuffs were tucked in knee-high boots that were white save for the blue crescent placed at the pointed top. I also wore a blue choker. My top had thin silver buttons that trailed on my shoulders. I had gloves covering my hands up to my wrist, the arm bands blue. My fingers found the tiara, with a diamond in the center. I continued upwards to my hair where I found a line of beads encircling my head.
"I must be dreaming." I breathed, turning around in surprised happiness. "Wow. This is so cool. I'm a crime fighter, just like Sailor Moon and Sailor V."
"Correction, you are a Aura Senshi, one of the four in this group. To complete our mission, we must find the other four." His words had no meaning as I kept turning around, trying to see my outfit is total. He sighed and settled down to wait until I calmed down. Which took awhile, and only to be broken by my dad yelling for me.
I went home that day, taking Combat C with me. It took some weedling, but my parents let me keep him. And from that day on, I was no longer just your average girl, I was a girl with a mission. To fight crime and save the people. Well, actually from what C.C. tells me, it's to fight evil and save the world, but it's the same thing, right? Until next time, End Combat Mode.
FIN
