Prologue
The night was slowly coming to an end, while the city of Tokyo was still over-flowing with life and movement. It being a Friday night and most people had gotten their months salaries. A club was closing in the northern parts of the city. People where walking out laughing and talking about the night's talent competition and soon the guard, letting out two young women and a young man, opened the door. The two women and man stopped by the sidewalk and hugged their goodbyes, and kissed their goodnights, before one of the young women walked down the street, leaving the couple waiting for a cab in the cold air, even thought it was March.
The young woman had shoulder length, gently wavy dark brown hair, which seemed black in the dark and dim streetlights, while her warm, but tired brown eyes shined gently. She was wearing a black polo shirt, with a pair of black jeans under a black leather jacket, which ended at her feet where a pair of black walking shoes covered her feet. She was carrying a guitar case over her shoulder, made in dark blue leather. She had two silver hoops in her left ear, and one in her right.
She looked up at the dark sky with a tired smile over her lips, while her thoughts where elsewhere. She had been one of the acts in the talent contest and she had come last. She didn't really mind that fact, since she had been feeling unready all night. She looked at her wristwatch as she stopped by a crossing. It was getting late. I should take the short way home. She thought as a gentle sigh left her lips, as the clock turned two am. As a car passed by on the street, she walked across the street and entering the empty central park, with its dim light shining up the dusty walking paths. The air was filled with a gentle cover of mist, which didn't worry her much, it had been warm earlier in the week and suddenly it had turned colder. She knew the park by heart and she knew where not to go in the middle of the night.
She walked down the main path, taking calm but somewhat quick steps, not wanting to gather any attention to herself, thinking the park always had some alcoholics sleeping somewhere, she kept on walking.
As she walked by the children's playground, something made her stop in her steps. She studied the playground where she had plaid when she had been younger, and where she came some times with her younger sisters, and her older sisters children. The silence was too silent, which made her feel that there was something hanging in the air. Something wasn't just right. She suddenly looked up at the sky, for no reason, seeing a shooting star crossing the heavens right over her head.
"Shooting stars...?" She whispered for herself with a gentle smile over her lips.
Suddenly some steps behind her ripped the silence of the calming down city.
The young woman sighed deeply, as she slowly turned around while looking at the ground. "I have no money..." She said in a clear voice, thinking it was a drunk walking towards her.
"Suteki Hoshi." A voice said as the steps stopped.
The young woman's eyes widened. "How do you...?" She gasped as she looked at the person standing some feet away. "What the...?" She whispered after a while of just staring under silence.
The person was a young woman with long dark green hair and almost scary red-like eyes, and she was wearing a white body, with a black mini-skirt. She had knee-high boots and white gloves, which ended at her elbows. And her skin was tanned. But the thing that made Suteki Hoshi stare more was the staff the woman was holding. It was made in silver and looked pretty much like a huge key, with a slightly glowing red orb on the top. The young woman was also carrying something that looked like a bundled up baby, but Hoshi couldn't make sure, since nothing was moving in the marine blue blanket.
"Who are you?" Hoshi whispered after a while, taking a step back.
The young woman gave Hoshi a pair of calm red eyes, and soon a small smile plaid on her lips. "My name isn't important at this moment. But I have been looking for you for sometime, Suteki-san." She said and took a calm step closer Hoshi. At the same time the staff just disappeared from her hand.
"Looking? For me?" Hoshi blinked, but held her ground, even thought she wanted to take several more steps back, or just run the heck out of there and home. This young woman was freaking her out, big time.
The young tanned woman nodded and soon looked at the blanket she was carrying. "I have been looking for you, since the stars have chosen you." She spoke with a serious tone in her voice, and soon she looked at Hoshi once more. "You've been chosen to take care of this child, since you are pure hearted and minded." She added and soon took some steps closer towards Hoshi.
"Child?" Hoshi's eyes widened at the words. "I can't take care of a kid! I'm just twenty years old! I hardly can take care of myself!"
The young woman, who was a tad bit longer than Hoshi was smiled at her. "You are the one who will take care of this child. Take care of her as if she was your own and teach her what is right and wrong." She soon held her free hand towards Hoshi. A gentle shimmer appeared and soon she held a small wand in her hand, which had the symbol of Neptune. "This is her wand, which you will need to give back to her when her times comes."
The wand shimmered gently, and the same green glow appeared in Hoshi's eyes. "What's going on?" She whispered and soon she looked at the young woman again. "I can't take care of a child..."
The young woman walked over to Hoshi and gave her the wand. "You are chosen and you will understand your duty in time. You have been blessed with the name of Dreamy Star. And this is your destiny." She said and looked at the bundle in her hand, removing the blanket and showing Hoshi the child's face, and aqua colored hair. She was the most beautiful baby Hoshi had seen and she had seen several, being the second daughter of all and all six sisters, and her older sister had three kids of her own. The baby was sleeping calmly in the tanned woman's arms. "Her name is to be Michiru in this time." She continued after a while and soon she looked back at Hoshi. "You are to be her guardian, until she finds herself facing a dilemma. You must, by then, have thought her all you know, so she will be able to choose her path."
Hoshi couldn't remove her eyes from the child, and didn't notice that the wand stopped shining in her hand, and at the same time the shine in her eyes faded. "What will happen to her after all this?" She whispered as she slowly put the wand into her jacket pocket.
"You will see, when that time comes." The tanned woman answered and carefully gave Hoshi the child. "I wish you luck, Suteki Hoshi. And there will be changes in your life, so don't be scared when they happen. Take them with open arms, as you take the princess now." She added after a while of studying Hoshi, who was looking over the baby in her arms.
Hoshi soon looked at the young woman, who slowly walked away and disappeared into the mist that had turned thicker. Weird. Hoshi thought and swallowed, looking over the baby girl once more, who sighed in her sleep and carefully held onto Hoshi's polo shirt. Hoshi couldn't help but smile at the child. "Well, little kitten, let's be going home..." She whispered as she gently stroked the child's cheek, before walking of into the night and to her apartment.
The walk to Hoshi's apartment felt like forever, even if it took her ten minutes to be inside of her apartment. She closed the door after herself, holding the still sleeping baby in her arms, while she put her guitar case onto the floor. She sighed and soon looked at Michiru, who only made her smile.
"I can't take care of a child..." She whispered to herself and suddenly her eyes widened a little, noticing that there where a pair of shoes missing in the hallway. And some jackets from the hanger were gone. "Natsumi?" She whispered and walked down the hallway, not minding in taking of her shoes or jacket. She walked into the living room, where everything was silent. "Natsumi?" She said in a higher voice as she walked through the empty kitchen and into the bedroom. "Natsumi?" She almost shouted, but didn't higher her voice too much, since she didn't want to wake up Michiru.
There will be changes in your life. Hoshi's eyes widened as she remembered the words the tanned woman had said in the park.
"Changes...?" Hoshi whispered as she slowly sat down on the messy bed, while staring out the window. She left me? She thought after a while before she looked at the other side of the bed, and then at the closet. The doors where opened and showed an almost empty closet. Hoshi swallowed hard and soon she looked at Michiru, who sighed in her sleep and moved her head towards Hoshi. "Changes..." Hoshi whispered and bit her lower lip a little. "I guess it's just you and me then, Michi..." She whispered and soon lied the baby down onto the bed. "Just you and me..." She whispered after a while of gazing at the child.
Michiru sighed suddenly and slowly opened her blue eyes, looking right at Hoshi with a sleepy gaze.
Hoshi gazed back at the girl and smiled gently. "Did I wake you up?" She asked and gently stroked some strands of Michiru's hair from her forehead. "You are a pretty little girl, aren't you?"
Michiru just looked at Hoshi and soon smiled, before she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"I guess you can call me mom after all that has happened now..." Hoshi whispered as Michiru took her little finger into her tiny hand.
Michiru just smiled at Hoshi and soon yawned once more.
Hoshi smiled back at the girl and soon lied down beside her on the bed, still with Michiru holding her little finger in her hand. "Let's go back to sleep, shall we?" She asked with a gentle voice, as she took Michiru's hand into her own. "I'll be right here if you need anything."
Michiru sighed and looked at Hoshi with large, gently shining eyes while touching Hoshi's hand. She soon yawned once more and slowly closed her eyes, falling a sleep once more without making any protest tries.
Hoshi looked at the baby by her side for a long time, not trying to think of the woman that she had been living with for two years, and now was gone. I'll take care of that tomorrow. She thought and sighed gently, kissing Michiru on the cheek before laying her head down once more. "Sleep well little one." She whispered as she slowly closed her eyes, while still holding Michiru's hand carefully in her own.
The night was slowly coming to an end, while the city of Tokyo was still over-flowing with life and movement. It being a Friday night and most people had gotten their months salaries. A club was closing in the northern parts of the city. People where walking out laughing and talking about the night's talent competition and soon the guard, letting out two young women and a young man, opened the door. The two women and man stopped by the sidewalk and hugged their goodbyes, and kissed their goodnights, before one of the young women walked down the street, leaving the couple waiting for a cab in the cold air, even thought it was March.
The young woman had shoulder length, gently wavy dark brown hair, which seemed black in the dark and dim streetlights, while her warm, but tired brown eyes shined gently. She was wearing a black polo shirt, with a pair of black jeans under a black leather jacket, which ended at her feet where a pair of black walking shoes covered her feet. She was carrying a guitar case over her shoulder, made in dark blue leather. She had two silver hoops in her left ear, and one in her right.
She looked up at the dark sky with a tired smile over her lips, while her thoughts where elsewhere. She had been one of the acts in the talent contest and she had come last. She didn't really mind that fact, since she had been feeling unready all night. She looked at her wristwatch as she stopped by a crossing. It was getting late. I should take the short way home. She thought as a gentle sigh left her lips, as the clock turned two am. As a car passed by on the street, she walked across the street and entering the empty central park, with its dim light shining up the dusty walking paths. The air was filled with a gentle cover of mist, which didn't worry her much, it had been warm earlier in the week and suddenly it had turned colder. She knew the park by heart and she knew where not to go in the middle of the night.
She walked down the main path, taking calm but somewhat quick steps, not wanting to gather any attention to herself, thinking the park always had some alcoholics sleeping somewhere, she kept on walking.
As she walked by the children's playground, something made her stop in her steps. She studied the playground where she had plaid when she had been younger, and where she came some times with her younger sisters, and her older sisters children. The silence was too silent, which made her feel that there was something hanging in the air. Something wasn't just right. She suddenly looked up at the sky, for no reason, seeing a shooting star crossing the heavens right over her head.
"Shooting stars...?" She whispered for herself with a gentle smile over her lips.
Suddenly some steps behind her ripped the silence of the calming down city.
The young woman sighed deeply, as she slowly turned around while looking at the ground. "I have no money..." She said in a clear voice, thinking it was a drunk walking towards her.
"Suteki Hoshi." A voice said as the steps stopped.
The young woman's eyes widened. "How do you...?" She gasped as she looked at the person standing some feet away. "What the...?" She whispered after a while of just staring under silence.
The person was a young woman with long dark green hair and almost scary red-like eyes, and she was wearing a white body, with a black mini-skirt. She had knee-high boots and white gloves, which ended at her elbows. And her skin was tanned. But the thing that made Suteki Hoshi stare more was the staff the woman was holding. It was made in silver and looked pretty much like a huge key, with a slightly glowing red orb on the top. The young woman was also carrying something that looked like a bundled up baby, but Hoshi couldn't make sure, since nothing was moving in the marine blue blanket.
"Who are you?" Hoshi whispered after a while, taking a step back.
The young woman gave Hoshi a pair of calm red eyes, and soon a small smile plaid on her lips. "My name isn't important at this moment. But I have been looking for you for sometime, Suteki-san." She said and took a calm step closer Hoshi. At the same time the staff just disappeared from her hand.
"Looking? For me?" Hoshi blinked, but held her ground, even thought she wanted to take several more steps back, or just run the heck out of there and home. This young woman was freaking her out, big time.
The young tanned woman nodded and soon looked at the blanket she was carrying. "I have been looking for you, since the stars have chosen you." She spoke with a serious tone in her voice, and soon she looked at Hoshi once more. "You've been chosen to take care of this child, since you are pure hearted and minded." She added and soon took some steps closer towards Hoshi.
"Child?" Hoshi's eyes widened at the words. "I can't take care of a kid! I'm just twenty years old! I hardly can take care of myself!"
The young woman, who was a tad bit longer than Hoshi was smiled at her. "You are the one who will take care of this child. Take care of her as if she was your own and teach her what is right and wrong." She soon held her free hand towards Hoshi. A gentle shimmer appeared and soon she held a small wand in her hand, which had the symbol of Neptune. "This is her wand, which you will need to give back to her when her times comes."
The wand shimmered gently, and the same green glow appeared in Hoshi's eyes. "What's going on?" She whispered and soon she looked at the young woman again. "I can't take care of a child..."
The young woman walked over to Hoshi and gave her the wand. "You are chosen and you will understand your duty in time. You have been blessed with the name of Dreamy Star. And this is your destiny." She said and looked at the bundle in her hand, removing the blanket and showing Hoshi the child's face, and aqua colored hair. She was the most beautiful baby Hoshi had seen and she had seen several, being the second daughter of all and all six sisters, and her older sister had three kids of her own. The baby was sleeping calmly in the tanned woman's arms. "Her name is to be Michiru in this time." She continued after a while and soon she looked back at Hoshi. "You are to be her guardian, until she finds herself facing a dilemma. You must, by then, have thought her all you know, so she will be able to choose her path."
Hoshi couldn't remove her eyes from the child, and didn't notice that the wand stopped shining in her hand, and at the same time the shine in her eyes faded. "What will happen to her after all this?" She whispered as she slowly put the wand into her jacket pocket.
"You will see, when that time comes." The tanned woman answered and carefully gave Hoshi the child. "I wish you luck, Suteki Hoshi. And there will be changes in your life, so don't be scared when they happen. Take them with open arms, as you take the princess now." She added after a while of studying Hoshi, who was looking over the baby in her arms.
Hoshi soon looked at the young woman, who slowly walked away and disappeared into the mist that had turned thicker. Weird. Hoshi thought and swallowed, looking over the baby girl once more, who sighed in her sleep and carefully held onto Hoshi's polo shirt. Hoshi couldn't help but smile at the child. "Well, little kitten, let's be going home..." She whispered as she gently stroked the child's cheek, before walking of into the night and to her apartment.
The walk to Hoshi's apartment felt like forever, even if it took her ten minutes to be inside of her apartment. She closed the door after herself, holding the still sleeping baby in her arms, while she put her guitar case onto the floor. She sighed and soon looked at Michiru, who only made her smile.
"I can't take care of a child..." She whispered to herself and suddenly her eyes widened a little, noticing that there where a pair of shoes missing in the hallway. And some jackets from the hanger were gone. "Natsumi?" She whispered and walked down the hallway, not minding in taking of her shoes or jacket. She walked into the living room, where everything was silent. "Natsumi?" She said in a higher voice as she walked through the empty kitchen and into the bedroom. "Natsumi?" She almost shouted, but didn't higher her voice too much, since she didn't want to wake up Michiru.
There will be changes in your life. Hoshi's eyes widened as she remembered the words the tanned woman had said in the park.
"Changes...?" Hoshi whispered as she slowly sat down on the messy bed, while staring out the window. She left me? She thought after a while before she looked at the other side of the bed, and then at the closet. The doors where opened and showed an almost empty closet. Hoshi swallowed hard and soon she looked at Michiru, who sighed in her sleep and moved her head towards Hoshi. "Changes..." Hoshi whispered and bit her lower lip a little. "I guess it's just you and me then, Michi..." She whispered and soon lied the baby down onto the bed. "Just you and me..." She whispered after a while of gazing at the child.
Michiru sighed suddenly and slowly opened her blue eyes, looking right at Hoshi with a sleepy gaze.
Hoshi gazed back at the girl and smiled gently. "Did I wake you up?" She asked and gently stroked some strands of Michiru's hair from her forehead. "You are a pretty little girl, aren't you?"
Michiru just looked at Hoshi and soon smiled, before she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"I guess you can call me mom after all that has happened now..." Hoshi whispered as Michiru took her little finger into her tiny hand.
Michiru just smiled at Hoshi and soon yawned once more.
Hoshi smiled back at the girl and soon lied down beside her on the bed, still with Michiru holding her little finger in her hand. "Let's go back to sleep, shall we?" She asked with a gentle voice, as she took Michiru's hand into her own. "I'll be right here if you need anything."
Michiru sighed and looked at Hoshi with large, gently shining eyes while touching Hoshi's hand. She soon yawned once more and slowly closed her eyes, falling a sleep once more without making any protest tries.
Hoshi looked at the baby by her side for a long time, not trying to think of the woman that she had been living with for two years, and now was gone. I'll take care of that tomorrow. She thought and sighed gently, kissing Michiru on the cheek before laying her head down once more. "Sleep well little one." She whispered as she slowly closed her eyes, while still holding Michiru's hand carefully in her own.