A young girl with very pale skin, dark purple-black hair and large purple
eyes walked quickly down the street, her backpack slung over one shoulder.
"Hey Hotaru!" a jeering voice called from behind her.
The girl put her head down and walked faster, ignoring the speaker. "Come on Hotaru, why don't you stop and talk to us?" another voice called, this one higher and more feminine then the previous.
Hotaru continued to ignore them, taking a turn down a side street that would lead to the place where one of her friends lived. "Why do you live with those freaks?" the first person demanded. "Did you know that they aren't quite right? That Michiru and Haruka, man they are in love with each other!"
Hotaru felt hot anger writhing inside her gut but she ignored it. She couldn't fight these guys, not like this. She was far too weak. She had to get to the house and quick. So she sped up, hoping that if she continued to ignore them they would go away.
Her wish was not granted. "Maybe you're like them!" the girl exclaimed. "Yeah, you're always hanging out with that pink-haired girl, Chibiusa right? Does she live with you too?"
Hotaru's eyes began to burn as the two began to use that to taunt her. Why do they always pick on me? She wondered. Then she knew, it was because she did so well in most subjects and then did horrible in gym. She shamed them most of the time and this was their way of paying her back for it.
"Man Hotaru you are one odd-cookie," the boy said. "You hang out with two lesbians and then you become one yourself!"
At this insult to Michiru and Haruka, who Hotaru considered parents, Hotaru was ready to turn and attack the others. But she could now see where she was headed and, as she had hoped, the person who lived there was sitting on the steps writing in a book. So she broke into a run and heard the others give chase behind her.
"Whatcha running for, wimp?" the boy called.
"Yeah we just want to play!" the girl called as she laughed. "And ask you all about your living style."
Hotaru ran up the steps and went straight behind the girl who was writing on the steps. "What is it Hotaru?" the girl asked, concern in her purple eyes concerned. She brushed back a lock of her purple hair and looked at Hotaru.
Hotaru pointed and sank to the ground, panting from her run.
The girl stood up, her eyes angry. "Hotaru heard her march down the steps and give a lecture to the ones who had been chasing her. She caught the words, "If I ever see you or hear of you doing this to her again." And, "I will tell your parents." Then the boy and girl ran off and the girl walked back up to sit beside Hotaru.
"Are you okay?" she asked. "I know your health isn't the best."
Hotaru nodded and a few minutes later she was able to talk. "Thank you very much Rei," she said. "They were making fun of me again."
"Well then why did you come here?" Rei asked as she picked up her book and began writing again. "I thought you always ran to Michiru or Haruka with your problems."
"Your place was the closest," Hotaru explained. "And they were getting closer, I was afraid they would beat me up again."
"Again?" Rei demanded, putting her book down. "Have they done this before?"
At the anger in her voice Hotaru hesitated to answer. "Maybe," she said finally.
"The truth Hotaru."
"Yes they have, two times."
"Why haven't you told anyone?"
"I didn't want to get anyone involved with this. Please don't tell mom and dad!" she begged. "They would find a way to make them pay."
"I should tell them," Rei said. "Someone needs to take care of those bullies."
"It isn't really me they tease and taunt though," Hotaru said in a low voice. "It's mom and dad. They always make fun of them."
"Oh," Rei said. "I understand. You take it as a personal insult, don't you?"
Hotaru nodded and tensed up. "How could I not? They are basically raising me and when people insult them I want nothing more them to transform and smash their faces in!"
"Why do you feel this way?" Rei asked. "Didn't Haruka kill you before?"
"You were there Rei," Hotaru said in an accusing tone. "You were there in death for the three years. We all forgave and forgot, even Setsuna and me. I don't hold that against dad anymore. She did what she felt she had to. And you know that mom was breaking apart inside when she did it."
"I know," Rei said. "May I ask you a question?" Hotaru nodded. "Why do you call Haruka 'dad'? She's a girl not a guy."
Hotaru laughed. "I know that," she said. "She just acts more like a father then a mother. Besides.she's together with mom so she's dad."
A bell tower began to toll out and Hotaru leapt to her feet. "I'm late to get home!" she said. "Mom, dad and Setsuna will be worried." She turned and walked quickly down the stairs. At the bottom she turned and looked back up at Rei. "Thanks for helping me today Rei." Then she walked off quickly.
"No problem Hotaru!" Rei shouted after her. Then she sat down, picked up her book and began to write again.
((In case you could not tell this takes place after my last story, which is after the last Sailor Moon series ends. To understand what Hotaru said you have to read it. It's called; What She Was Feeling.))
The girl put her head down and walked faster, ignoring the speaker. "Come on Hotaru, why don't you stop and talk to us?" another voice called, this one higher and more feminine then the previous.
Hotaru continued to ignore them, taking a turn down a side street that would lead to the place where one of her friends lived. "Why do you live with those freaks?" the first person demanded. "Did you know that they aren't quite right? That Michiru and Haruka, man they are in love with each other!"
Hotaru felt hot anger writhing inside her gut but she ignored it. She couldn't fight these guys, not like this. She was far too weak. She had to get to the house and quick. So she sped up, hoping that if she continued to ignore them they would go away.
Her wish was not granted. "Maybe you're like them!" the girl exclaimed. "Yeah, you're always hanging out with that pink-haired girl, Chibiusa right? Does she live with you too?"
Hotaru's eyes began to burn as the two began to use that to taunt her. Why do they always pick on me? She wondered. Then she knew, it was because she did so well in most subjects and then did horrible in gym. She shamed them most of the time and this was their way of paying her back for it.
"Man Hotaru you are one odd-cookie," the boy said. "You hang out with two lesbians and then you become one yourself!"
At this insult to Michiru and Haruka, who Hotaru considered parents, Hotaru was ready to turn and attack the others. But she could now see where she was headed and, as she had hoped, the person who lived there was sitting on the steps writing in a book. So she broke into a run and heard the others give chase behind her.
"Whatcha running for, wimp?" the boy called.
"Yeah we just want to play!" the girl called as she laughed. "And ask you all about your living style."
Hotaru ran up the steps and went straight behind the girl who was writing on the steps. "What is it Hotaru?" the girl asked, concern in her purple eyes concerned. She brushed back a lock of her purple hair and looked at Hotaru.
Hotaru pointed and sank to the ground, panting from her run.
The girl stood up, her eyes angry. "Hotaru heard her march down the steps and give a lecture to the ones who had been chasing her. She caught the words, "If I ever see you or hear of you doing this to her again." And, "I will tell your parents." Then the boy and girl ran off and the girl walked back up to sit beside Hotaru.
"Are you okay?" she asked. "I know your health isn't the best."
Hotaru nodded and a few minutes later she was able to talk. "Thank you very much Rei," she said. "They were making fun of me again."
"Well then why did you come here?" Rei asked as she picked up her book and began writing again. "I thought you always ran to Michiru or Haruka with your problems."
"Your place was the closest," Hotaru explained. "And they were getting closer, I was afraid they would beat me up again."
"Again?" Rei demanded, putting her book down. "Have they done this before?"
At the anger in her voice Hotaru hesitated to answer. "Maybe," she said finally.
"The truth Hotaru."
"Yes they have, two times."
"Why haven't you told anyone?"
"I didn't want to get anyone involved with this. Please don't tell mom and dad!" she begged. "They would find a way to make them pay."
"I should tell them," Rei said. "Someone needs to take care of those bullies."
"It isn't really me they tease and taunt though," Hotaru said in a low voice. "It's mom and dad. They always make fun of them."
"Oh," Rei said. "I understand. You take it as a personal insult, don't you?"
Hotaru nodded and tensed up. "How could I not? They are basically raising me and when people insult them I want nothing more them to transform and smash their faces in!"
"Why do you feel this way?" Rei asked. "Didn't Haruka kill you before?"
"You were there Rei," Hotaru said in an accusing tone. "You were there in death for the three years. We all forgave and forgot, even Setsuna and me. I don't hold that against dad anymore. She did what she felt she had to. And you know that mom was breaking apart inside when she did it."
"I know," Rei said. "May I ask you a question?" Hotaru nodded. "Why do you call Haruka 'dad'? She's a girl not a guy."
Hotaru laughed. "I know that," she said. "She just acts more like a father then a mother. Besides.she's together with mom so she's dad."
A bell tower began to toll out and Hotaru leapt to her feet. "I'm late to get home!" she said. "Mom, dad and Setsuna will be worried." She turned and walked quickly down the stairs. At the bottom she turned and looked back up at Rei. "Thanks for helping me today Rei." Then she walked off quickly.
"No problem Hotaru!" Rei shouted after her. Then she sat down, picked up her book and began to write again.
((In case you could not tell this takes place after my last story, which is after the last Sailor Moon series ends. To understand what Hotaru said you have to read it. It's called; What She Was Feeling.))