Reality Bites

DISCLAIMER: This fan fiction is based on the PGSM Sailor Moon series. I do not own the characters in any way shape or form. These are fictional based and not to be included with their story lines and plots. This is only for fun and enjoyment. Please enjoy and leave reviews if you like.

Rated: M for explicit content and maturity

Characters: Rei/Makoto Fan fic with sapphism/Yuri.

Setting: Alternate reality.

By: C.l.e.o.p.a.t.ra

Prologue

School had let out for the winter months with Christmas on the way. The snow would drizzle down slightly over the roads and the air smelt of chestnuts and cinnamon. Mako-chan wore an oversized basketball jacket to keep her warm that day. She hadn't paid attention to her other attire as much, it was the usual black baggy cotton pants that had tons of pockets for pens, small paper, and her wallet. Her shirt was black with tribal markings; she smiled at the thought of it. (Remembering the orphanage,) Sutashi was orphaned as Makoto although Sutashi was older; they had met in an orphanage in the US. Sutashi and Makoto grew up together until Makoto was about 10 years old. Makoto left with foster parents in Japan. Makoto would write Sutashi everyday, although Sutashi was older then Makoto she knew how she felt. Makoto always had friends who left her and when Sutashi stopped writing she was so worried that Sutashi had left her as well.

This wasn't like the Sutashi she had known and grown up with, they both had to fight and Sutashi was the only one who would stick up for Makoto. She was an older sister that Makoto adored, no one would understand her better then Sutashi. Makoto could hear her voice ringing in her head all the time "Mako remember we are always apart of eachother. But, I can not be here all the time to save you. You have something I will never have nor understand. Remember that others will need you just as much as you may need me. And when you do remember that you will always have me there fighting beside you." Makoto smiled and nodded, "I will always remember Sutashi." Sutashi face would soon disappear, she couldn't remember the look in Sutashi' eyes.

She had to find her no matter what; Makoto was nearing her sixteenth birthday and decided she wanted a plane ticket to America to find Sutashi. Her foster parents knew that she wouldn't give up on her dear friend so they called the old orphanage in New York. Sutashi was much older the Makoto and was already out of the orphanage and had been going to college. She was coming out to the orphanage tomorrow to take the kids out for the day. The orphanage arranged for Makoto to come and stay with them for a while. Makoto left and went to America that night; she arrived in New York the next day. The orphanage sent a car to come and pick her up, she couldn't wait to see the look on Sutashi face. She was so tired from the flight she fell asleep in the bunk bed immediately

Mrs. Swafford was just getting the kids ready that evening for Sutashi to come by and take the kids out for the day. Sutashi came in with her leather somewhat fur coat on and brushed off the snow from her golden hair. She removed her glasses to clean them with a soft cloth that Mrs. Swafford gave her. "Sutashi," Mrs. Swafford said with a smile. Sutashi looked at her in disbelief; she didn't know how she knew that name. No one had called her Sutashi since her and Makoto where kids. She had lost touch with Makoto when she left the orphanage, the first one had been burned to the ground and all her letters had been scorched beyond repair. She gulped and her deep blue hue orbs glistened. "She is here?" Mrs. Swafford smiled, "I think you should see if she is awake before you take the kids, some of them are not dressed yet."

Sutashi ran up the steeps like she was 13 again. She then saw Makoto sleeping on the top bunk as she always wanted to do but Sutashi wouldn't ever let her since she was so small and prone to falling into the floor all the time. Sutashi smiled and then said a "Mako-chan you're not allowed to sleep in my bed what I told you before!" She jerked a little and said,"Nani!" Sutashi hadn't spoke Japanese in forever and she was rolled out,"BAKA! Mako-chan" Makoto almost fell out of the bed when Sutashi grabbed her, Makoto eyes burned for a moment then she seen her eyes "SUTASHI-SAN", Sutashi smiled at her. Makoto hugged her so tight and began to have small tears in her eyes. She looked at Sutashi again and Sutashi was crying as she said slowly in "My Nihon is bad can you speak English?" Makoto smiled and replied, "I can but it's bad as well."

Sutashi smiled at Makoto through the streams of tears falling down her face, she sniffled and let Makoto go and rubbed the tears away. "Okay, well we will just have to work on your English and my bad Japanese." Sutashi said softly. Makotos' green hues began to glimmer softly as Sutashi gently hugged her as if the world would end tomorrow. Makoto could hear the voice of her sister say,"Mako will you come with me and the children, we are going ice skating." Makoto's smile never left her lips as she said,"Hai!" Then Sutashi smiled and said, "Yes" I remember that one. Makoto laughed. They took the kids to the ice rink and they all began to skate, Makoto couldn't skate so Sutashi taught her the basics and helped her. Sutashi had a camera with them so she took pictures of Makoto. After while they had someone take pictures of them together, near the end of the day Makoto asked Sutashi if she could stay with her. That when Makoto realized something was wrong, Sutashi took a steep back and smiled a little. "Mako, I think it would be better if you stay at the orphanage right now. There are a lot of things we need to talk about, and right now is not a good time to come and stay with me. So much is going on in my life, I don't think it would be fair to you and well drag you into something your might not understand right now." Mako felt the off Standish approach that was not like Sutashi to be so awkward towards her.

She understood that maybe it would take time for Sutashi to talk to her about her new life alone. She must work very hard and have to stay so tough around others, and so that she would not seemed to be a burden to them. Makoto understood all to well how Sutashi must feel, seeing her for the first time in over 6 years was very hard for both of them. But, Makoto was happy that her sister had not forgotten her, and at least she had the nerve to tell her that it wasn't a good idea until they rekindled their old friendship and sisterhood with eachother. She respected Sutashi for that, no one else was ever as honest and truthful than Sutashi was. Makoto stayed at the orphanage that night still thinking over what Sutashi had said. What was it she wanted to talk to Makoto about she was looking at her watch "Mako I will be by tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., be ready to go out. We need to talk, K?" Makoto nodded as she lay in top bunk and said in English"2:00 p.m." She looked at time again, "Baka!" It was already 2 in the morning and she couldn't sleep.

She missed Sutashi, the smile the look in her eyes. Sutashi was so beautiful, and still as tomboyish as she was. She felt like she was home, but Sutashi looked so worried. She could still hear Sutashi in her head, 'Remember that others will need you just as much as you may need me. And when you do remember that, you will always have me there fighting beside you.' She softly spoke "I will be strong for you Sutashi!" Then she fell asleep soundly, the next day she woke up and brushed her hair from her face she looked at her watch and it was 12:00 Noon. She jumped up and fell off the bunk bed. "Ouch!" She exclaimed after she rubbed her side she got up and ran to the shower. She showered put on some jeans, sweatshirt, socks, and shoes. Then she grabbed her coat and looked at the time it was 1:30. She then looked at herself a minute, and thought "I don't ware make up, I comb my hair, brush my teeth and it still takes me and hour to get ready?" She then smiled and said, "Well at least I look ok!" She could hear the voice like it was echoing the vent, it was Sutashi's voice. She went over to the vent and listen the same way they did as kids. This was how Sutashi and Makoto knew Makoto was leaving for Japan, she listened carefully. Mrs. Swafford "Stacy, Makoto needs to know! And you need to tell her that she shouldn't see you anymore. Her foster parents don't want Makoto spending anymore time with you then she should. They think it would be better that she not see you at all, but Makoto looks up to you and they won't deny her that." Sutashi simply said, "I am not a virus for their daughter, Gene! If they didn't want Makoto here there should have never sent her. She was fine, no one had to know where I was and what I was doing. Makoto is like my younger sister, I wont let them treat her like she is a baby because Makoto isn't!"

Makoto gasped,' this was Sutashi, this was her sister that always stuck up for her. Sutashi always made known that Mako wasn't a child. Just like every other orphan they had to learn on their own and they matured faster then others. Maybe too much at times, but that was life and well reality bites.' Mrs. Swafford, "I think it is for the best that you end all ties today before Makoto family will have you banned here and in Tokyo so you may never see her again." Sutashi voice depend, "I will talk to her Gene, but don't think I will turn a blind eye to the one person who meant a lot to me since I was a child. She is the only family I really even think of calling family. They can go to hell if they think Mako will ever be taken away from me that easy." Sutashi had never been seen so upset and angry with passion so fierce that it we echoing through the rafters. Makoto was surprised Sutashi had never said her true feelings out loud they always just thought of eachother as family and nothing else.

Finally she realized that Sutashi was coming up the steps she ran back her coat and Sutashi stood at the top of the steps. "I see, are you ready Mako." Makoto smiled and then she spoke softly;"Hai, Sutashi-san"The glare she saw in Sutashi eyes was not for her but something even deeper then it would go for Makoto. "They went to a small café' called Liquid, it was dark and yet comfortable. And lively, music was being played and they sit out side. Sutashi had a warm chai and so did Makoto. Sutashi took off her coat and she was wearing a black tribal nit shirt. A black leather wristband on her left arm and a watch on her right. She pulled out a pack of smokes and laid them on the table. She then took a cig out of the pack and lit it up, as she took a drag she pushed back her string short golden blond hair and then she smiled. "Your how old now Mako?" Makoto blushed and then she said "I am 16." Makoto looked at the pack of smokes on the table and then looked at Sutashi, "May I?" Sutashi sighed and a horror look showed in her eyes then she smiled. "If you do then you will be hooked for life, and trust me you really don't want that. But if you still want a try go ahead I wont stop you." Makoto smiled and took a cig and lit it up, she coughed and coughed then got use to it.

Sutashi looked down, then spoke rather coldly, "Makoto I know you hear most of the conversation that I and Gene had been discussing." Makoto blushed and then realized that she had called her Makoto and not Mako this wasn't like Sutashi, a lot of things where not like the way Sutashi use to be. "Makoto there are a few dark things in this world that no one can be sheltered by as you get older you will understand more. As you know I have a lot of things I need to talk to you about but first I want you to know that no matter what happens I am always your sister and nothing can stop that. I know I haven't been around and I haven't wrote you in sometime, but right before I moved out the orphanage burned and for 3 years I had no way of contacting you. Everything was lost." Makoto knew there had to be reason she stopped writing to her, and this was an answer she was looking for but as Sutashi took a sip of her Chai she didn't understand why she was cold and distant. Sutashi looked at her and softly smiled, "Mako I'm sorry this is going to be hard to understand, but we can not be together not until you are older. The reason is that your foster parents think I will be a bad example on you for the things in my life are not suited for a girl of your age. I am not condoning that they are right, but I can see now that you would fallow me no matter what." Sutashi stares at the cig in Makoto's hand. Makoto looked at it as well the she quickly put it out. Makoto knew here foster parents hated that she was always in fights and having being kicked out of school they must have thought Sutashi would set her right after this talk. Sutashi took another drag and then she looked down and sadly said "Mako do you know what the term Lesbian means?" Mako looked at her oddly and then she looked down for a moment and began to think on the term, "Mako would it be easier if I said Yuri?" Mako eyes meet with Sutashi' eyes. Makoto eyes got bigger and unmatched Sutashi set with a firm look and cold stare she squinted her eyes then blew out smoke into the air. Makoto spoke lightly, "You like girls?" Sutashi knew her brutally honesty would catch up with her, "Mako I just don't like girls, I fall in love with them and also I go to bed with them as well. I'm very sorry you have to know this now and so quickly, as I said before there are some dark things in life we all can not be sheltered by. And this is me and who I am, I don't expect you to love me or think of me as some weird person that you hardly even know. But I am telling you this because I do love you, and I think of you as my only family."

Makoto gulped and then looked into Sutashi blue hues and softly she grabbed her hand, "Sutashi, nothing could make me hate you!" Sutashi smiled just a bit then softly she said, "And I would never hate you if you did follow my foot steps. Love is love Mako, no matter who it's with. Some love becomes more then just love it is a bond that can never be separated. Just like us our love has become a bond and we are sister that can never be separated. But also know that when you love someone intimately that truly is a different bond then what we share. Never forget that love truly does exist and no one is ever truly alone. Makoto and Sutashi spent the rest of the day together, had the film developed and Sutashi snuck a picture and letter in to Makoto bag. They said their good byes, and Makoto went back to Japan. She found the picture in the bag and a letter.

Dear Makoto,

Keep practicing your English you are getting better then you know. Also I am leavening you with my number and address so if you ever need me you know how to reach me. Also waiting at you home is the shirt I wore that I know you loved. I give it to you for your birthday it might not fit right now but knowing you work outs and 2 more years you will look hot in it. (Makoto blushed at her calling her hot.) Remember me dear sister, you have a strength inside you that surpasses my own. Your more electrifying then you realize.

Love your sister Sutashi

Makoto smiled knowing that one day they would be together again all though she had a lot to talk about with her parents and she couldn't wait to really see their reaction. She then found something wrapped in paper and saw Sutashi writing; Happy B-Late Birthday; She opened it to find a cd player and a cd called Life house with a small note "Listen to the song Breathing" Tears found their way into Makoto's eyes and put the CD in and listened to the song. It was beautiful and she began to hum it softly.

To be continued…..