The Darkest Prison Sheds The Light
By fireflyangel
Disclaimer: I do not own either Hotaru or Seji, or anyone else that's from Sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors/Samurai Troopers.
Chapter 1: The Light Returns
Hotaru Tomoe walked through the halls of the Mugen Gakuen school as school had returned from it's summer recess. She was relieved that this year she would be a Senior and would soon graduate. She was even happier when Chibi-Usa, well...not so 'chibi' anymore, came back again to attend her Senior year with her. She was happy to see her friend, though she was now the same age as her, but she noticed she had grown into a beautiful 17-year old. Shortly after her return, Elios had returned as well to be with Chibi-Usa, and last from what Hotaru heard, they were engaged. She was both happy and sad at hearing the news of her best friend. Happy that she found her true love, and sad that she had not know what it was like to experience that feeling. But she pushed her sadness down as she usually did and was happy for Usa.
Over the years, her heart condition had been like a roller coaster, several times resulting in trips to the hospital. But recently, her pain spells had been less frequent but still came without warning. As she turned the coner, a sharp pain was felt in her chest. Hotaru felt dizzy, her vision went blurry, and she became short of breath as she clutched her chest gasping for air. She began to fall when she was caught by someone. As her vision focused back she looked up to see who caught her. She went silent as she saw a pair of blue eyes, eyes full of concern, looking at her violet eyes. She slowly stood and looked up at the blonde-haired guy that had saved her from falling.
"Are you alright?" the man asked as he helped her up. Hotaru nodded. "Yes, I am now. Thank you." Hotaru straightened her uniform and gave a soft smile. "Are you new here?" He nodded. "Yes, this is so much bigger than the high school I went to in Toyama." He bet over to pick up his school bag that had dropped when he caught her. Hotaru smiled softly still as he stood back up. "I'm Hotaru Tomoe." He gave a warm smile of his own. "Nice to meet you Hotaru, my name is Seji Date." She smiled gathering her stuff up as well and she began to give him a tour of the school.
Through the day, they discovered to have the same classes together and in most of them, they sat next to each other. As the day ended. Seji was following Hotaru outside where she was heading to the parking lot to her car. "Hotaru, are you busy tonight?" She shook her head. "Nope, I finished all my homework during study hour." She could tell he was nervous. "Do you want to maybe....go out tonight and....well...you know...have dinner?" It was Hotaru's turn to blush but she felt like she was going to faint, due to the fact that no guy had ever asked her out before. She quickly got to her senses and smiled. "I'd love to." Seji smiled. "Alright, I'll pick you up around 7:30 then?" She smiled and nodded. "Alright, see ya tonight." She smiled and wrote her phone number and address down and handed the piece of paper to him. She got in her black convertable, a 16th birthday present from Haruka, and headed home.
That night, Hotaru sat in front of her vanity mirror getting ready for her first ever real date. She was putting the finishing touches on her makeup when a knock was heard a voice from her bedroom door. "How sweet, our Hotaru's first date." Hotaru turned red and glared at Haruka. "Do you mind? Don't make me more nervous than I am right now." Haruka laughed and came in. "I'm sorry Hotaru, but I'm so glad someone fianlly asked you out." Hotaru nodded. "I know. But I'll never get done in time if you're bugging me." Haruka laughed and walked out.
15 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Haruka and Michiru opened the door to see Seji there, he had called Hotaru and told her the place they were going was semi-formal so he was dressed in black slacks and a matching dress shirt. "Hi, I'm Seji. Is Hotaru ready." Michiru nodded. "Just about, come in." He came in and sat down. "So, are you two her sisters?" Haruka held in a laugh. Michiru smirked. "Oh, I like him already." He shrugged and Haruka walked upstars. About 5 minutes later, Hotaru came down, she wore a simple black dress with a matching blouse. Seji smiled and stood offering her his arm. "Shall we?" She smiled and put her arm around his. "We shall." Haruka came down, wrapping her arms around Michiru. "Michi and I have a recital tonight so we'll be late coming home." Hotaru nodded while Seji blinked looking at Haruka and Michiru. "Alright, later you two."
Seji helped Hotaru into his car and they drove off to the restaurant. "So are those two your sisters or something?" Hotaru shook her head and blushed. "No, they're....my parents." He blinked. "But they're both girls." She sighed. "It's a long story." They got to the restaraunt and after talking and eating, they left and headed to Myuki Park. Once they arrive, he helped her out of the car and they began to walk along one of the paths that were open at night.
After some time they were walking along the lakeshore and hotaru looked out on the surface at dozens of fireflies dancing on the surface. She smiled looking at the lovely display before her. "It's beautiful isn't it?" He nodded but something was on Seji's mind.
"Hotaru?" "Yes?" She looked at him. "What caused you to fall when we met this morning?" She sighed knowing he might ask that. She explained to him about her heart condition. Seji could tell there was sadness in her story and he felt that he should do something to make her happy. "Since then, I feel like I'm gonna be a freak for the rest of my life."
Seji turned to her. "Don't say things like that. You're not a freak." Hotaru was surprised turned looking in his eyes. "Seji..." He looked back into her violet eyes and took her hand. "You are not a freak Hotaru. You are the most beautfiul girl I've ever met." She blushed. "Really?" He nodded. "And that's not all. You have a great personaluty, it's a shame that those guys that teased you didn't see past your condition."
Hotaru was speechless. She had never such a sweeter compliment in her life. She moved over to him and hugged him tightly. Seji was taken by surprise but slowly put his arms around her as well. "Thank you." He looked down. "For what?" She looked up at him, tears coming down her face. "For being so sweet." She leaned up on her tip-toes and kissed him. He was even more surprised but closed his eyes and kissed her back. After a while, they broke the kiss and she smiled soflty but blushed at the same time. They went hand-in-hand back to his car and headed back to her place.
On they way back to the car, Hotaru's senshi communicator went off. Hotaru sighed and looked at Seji. "That's my cell phone. I'll be right back." She walked over behind a tree and activated her comm. "Hotaru it's Haruka, get to the other side of the park, we're having problems with a bunch of Youma...." The signal was cut off and Haruka ran back to Seji. "I have to go, it's an emergancy." Seji nodded. "Alright. Be careful." As he watched Hotaru run off, his Kanji symbol began to glow. He ran following her from a distance.
By now, Hotaru had transformed into Sailor Saturn and was heading towards the battle. A giant spider-like Youma had the other senshi down tangled in a sticky web. Hotaru charged at the Youma ready to attack with her Silence Glaive. But before she could deliver the blow, several other spiders lept over her and shot a sticky web on her, pinning her to the ground. She struggled to break free but with no luck. The spiders began to advance on her ready to drain her energy from her. She kept struggling praying for a miracle.
All of the sudden, several of the spiders were sliced in half by some unkown warrior. A bright light was seen from the trees and a man clad in green battle armor landed in front of the spider. "You shall not hurt these girls, nor anyone ever again!" The spider hissed and shot it's own web at him. He blocked it with is sowrd and electricity began to surge from the blade. "Thunder Bolt Cut!" The warrior yelled and ran up bringing is blade up and severing the spider in two, the spider exploded into a cloud of black dust and the webs vaproized. The senshi got up and the armored warrior turned to leave, however Hotaru noticed something familiar in his eyes and started following him, still transformed....
A/N: That's it for chapter 1. R&R and tell me what you think.
By fireflyangel
Disclaimer: I do not own either Hotaru or Seji, or anyone else that's from Sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors/Samurai Troopers.
Chapter 1: The Light Returns
Hotaru Tomoe walked through the halls of the Mugen Gakuen school as school had returned from it's summer recess. She was relieved that this year she would be a Senior and would soon graduate. She was even happier when Chibi-Usa, well...not so 'chibi' anymore, came back again to attend her Senior year with her. She was happy to see her friend, though she was now the same age as her, but she noticed she had grown into a beautiful 17-year old. Shortly after her return, Elios had returned as well to be with Chibi-Usa, and last from what Hotaru heard, they were engaged. She was both happy and sad at hearing the news of her best friend. Happy that she found her true love, and sad that she had not know what it was like to experience that feeling. But she pushed her sadness down as she usually did and was happy for Usa.
Over the years, her heart condition had been like a roller coaster, several times resulting in trips to the hospital. But recently, her pain spells had been less frequent but still came without warning. As she turned the coner, a sharp pain was felt in her chest. Hotaru felt dizzy, her vision went blurry, and she became short of breath as she clutched her chest gasping for air. She began to fall when she was caught by someone. As her vision focused back she looked up to see who caught her. She went silent as she saw a pair of blue eyes, eyes full of concern, looking at her violet eyes. She slowly stood and looked up at the blonde-haired guy that had saved her from falling.
"Are you alright?" the man asked as he helped her up. Hotaru nodded. "Yes, I am now. Thank you." Hotaru straightened her uniform and gave a soft smile. "Are you new here?" He nodded. "Yes, this is so much bigger than the high school I went to in Toyama." He bet over to pick up his school bag that had dropped when he caught her. Hotaru smiled softly still as he stood back up. "I'm Hotaru Tomoe." He gave a warm smile of his own. "Nice to meet you Hotaru, my name is Seji Date." She smiled gathering her stuff up as well and she began to give him a tour of the school.
Through the day, they discovered to have the same classes together and in most of them, they sat next to each other. As the day ended. Seji was following Hotaru outside where she was heading to the parking lot to her car. "Hotaru, are you busy tonight?" She shook her head. "Nope, I finished all my homework during study hour." She could tell he was nervous. "Do you want to maybe....go out tonight and....well...you know...have dinner?" It was Hotaru's turn to blush but she felt like she was going to faint, due to the fact that no guy had ever asked her out before. She quickly got to her senses and smiled. "I'd love to." Seji smiled. "Alright, I'll pick you up around 7:30 then?" She smiled and nodded. "Alright, see ya tonight." She smiled and wrote her phone number and address down and handed the piece of paper to him. She got in her black convertable, a 16th birthday present from Haruka, and headed home.
That night, Hotaru sat in front of her vanity mirror getting ready for her first ever real date. She was putting the finishing touches on her makeup when a knock was heard a voice from her bedroom door. "How sweet, our Hotaru's first date." Hotaru turned red and glared at Haruka. "Do you mind? Don't make me more nervous than I am right now." Haruka laughed and came in. "I'm sorry Hotaru, but I'm so glad someone fianlly asked you out." Hotaru nodded. "I know. But I'll never get done in time if you're bugging me." Haruka laughed and walked out.
15 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Haruka and Michiru opened the door to see Seji there, he had called Hotaru and told her the place they were going was semi-formal so he was dressed in black slacks and a matching dress shirt. "Hi, I'm Seji. Is Hotaru ready." Michiru nodded. "Just about, come in." He came in and sat down. "So, are you two her sisters?" Haruka held in a laugh. Michiru smirked. "Oh, I like him already." He shrugged and Haruka walked upstars. About 5 minutes later, Hotaru came down, she wore a simple black dress with a matching blouse. Seji smiled and stood offering her his arm. "Shall we?" She smiled and put her arm around his. "We shall." Haruka came down, wrapping her arms around Michiru. "Michi and I have a recital tonight so we'll be late coming home." Hotaru nodded while Seji blinked looking at Haruka and Michiru. "Alright, later you two."
Seji helped Hotaru into his car and they drove off to the restaurant. "So are those two your sisters or something?" Hotaru shook her head and blushed. "No, they're....my parents." He blinked. "But they're both girls." She sighed. "It's a long story." They got to the restaraunt and after talking and eating, they left and headed to Myuki Park. Once they arrive, he helped her out of the car and they began to walk along one of the paths that were open at night.
After some time they were walking along the lakeshore and hotaru looked out on the surface at dozens of fireflies dancing on the surface. She smiled looking at the lovely display before her. "It's beautiful isn't it?" He nodded but something was on Seji's mind.
"Hotaru?" "Yes?" She looked at him. "What caused you to fall when we met this morning?" She sighed knowing he might ask that. She explained to him about her heart condition. Seji could tell there was sadness in her story and he felt that he should do something to make her happy. "Since then, I feel like I'm gonna be a freak for the rest of my life."
Seji turned to her. "Don't say things like that. You're not a freak." Hotaru was surprised turned looking in his eyes. "Seji..." He looked back into her violet eyes and took her hand. "You are not a freak Hotaru. You are the most beautfiul girl I've ever met." She blushed. "Really?" He nodded. "And that's not all. You have a great personaluty, it's a shame that those guys that teased you didn't see past your condition."
Hotaru was speechless. She had never such a sweeter compliment in her life. She moved over to him and hugged him tightly. Seji was taken by surprise but slowly put his arms around her as well. "Thank you." He looked down. "For what?" She looked up at him, tears coming down her face. "For being so sweet." She leaned up on her tip-toes and kissed him. He was even more surprised but closed his eyes and kissed her back. After a while, they broke the kiss and she smiled soflty but blushed at the same time. They went hand-in-hand back to his car and headed back to her place.
On they way back to the car, Hotaru's senshi communicator went off. Hotaru sighed and looked at Seji. "That's my cell phone. I'll be right back." She walked over behind a tree and activated her comm. "Hotaru it's Haruka, get to the other side of the park, we're having problems with a bunch of Youma...." The signal was cut off and Haruka ran back to Seji. "I have to go, it's an emergancy." Seji nodded. "Alright. Be careful." As he watched Hotaru run off, his Kanji symbol began to glow. He ran following her from a distance.
By now, Hotaru had transformed into Sailor Saturn and was heading towards the battle. A giant spider-like Youma had the other senshi down tangled in a sticky web. Hotaru charged at the Youma ready to attack with her Silence Glaive. But before she could deliver the blow, several other spiders lept over her and shot a sticky web on her, pinning her to the ground. She struggled to break free but with no luck. The spiders began to advance on her ready to drain her energy from her. She kept struggling praying for a miracle.
All of the sudden, several of the spiders were sliced in half by some unkown warrior. A bright light was seen from the trees and a man clad in green battle armor landed in front of the spider. "You shall not hurt these girls, nor anyone ever again!" The spider hissed and shot it's own web at him. He blocked it with is sowrd and electricity began to surge from the blade. "Thunder Bolt Cut!" The warrior yelled and ran up bringing is blade up and severing the spider in two, the spider exploded into a cloud of black dust and the webs vaproized. The senshi got up and the armored warrior turned to leave, however Hotaru noticed something familiar in his eyes and started following him, still transformed....
A/N: That's it for chapter 1. R&R and tell me what you think.