Kei of Light - An Incomplete Sailor Moon Fanfic.
1 Prologue
It was going to be a very beautiful spring morning when I entered the shrine. I kneeled down for a moment before the fire, then started the usual shrine-keeping routine: airing the shrine, sweeping and wiping the floorboards with a cloth, and finally, getting new cherrywood for the fire.
Cherry blossoms were abundant on the branches I carried into the shrine and arranged upon the flames. The petals that fell upon the polished floor when I carried the branches in were everywhere. My worries were soon put to rest when they were picked up in a breeze and whirled into the fire, leaping and twisting like a graceful dancer.
I looked out to the sky. The morning was still grey, and the sun had not risen yet. I closed the doors and shut the windows.
The sacred flames glowed in the comforting darkness, warming up the chill air.
Something within the flames made me jump. I can sense something - who could it be? The flames are leaping in expectation of someone. My head turns to the door. It slid open, and a young lady stepped in. The ray of light from the rising sun showed my face to her, and she stepped back in surprise.
"Who…Who are you? What are you doing here…?"
I am surprised too, and my mouth hung open. Why, she looks just like …Then she must remember me…Right?
"My Lady doesn't remember … me?" I whisper. I want to cry, but I must not, at least within the shrine.
She gazes at me, confused and surprised at the same time.
I realise in a flash: She does not know me yet. What a stupid girl I am!
"My name is Kei. Moeru Kei. I…I am sorry about this…" I apologised.
"Well good morning Miss Moeru, and what business brings you here?"
"Please, just call me Kei, if that's fine with you. And I was doing the morning chores in the shrine."
"Okay, Kei. About why you are here, I won't question you any more - in fact, you have done quite a good job!" She smiled as she looked around the shrine.
"Well thank you. It was not much really, you seem to keep it so tidy, I really had nothing much to do, and even that, the wind did half of my work…"
She waved her hand dismissively. "Ah, no more worries on that subject, kiddo. And by the way, my name is Rei. Don't worry about my surname - I don't want you to call me Miss so and so either."
Then she frowned. "I don't remember seeing you around the neighborhood, kid - where are you from? Who are your parents? They must be worried about you by now."
I gulp. She doesn't know about this either?
"I don't have any parents. I am an orphan." I said, as I shuffled my feet.
Rei frowned again. " C'mon, there has to be someone looking after you… You're only about, like, nine?"
The flames crackled, and I saw Rei's eyes flicker for one moment.
"Are you by any chance from another time…?"
I nodded. "You sent me here. From the future."
Rei's eyes widened. "Wow…Neat. So you were my favourite bodyguard or something?"
I was quite surprised too. How much does she not know?
"No, I was one of your priestesses, sent here to prevent a danger."
"And how am I to trust that you're not from the…"
"And how are you to trust that little Usagi's not from there?" I cut in. In fact, I was getting impatient.
"Look there's no point arguing, Let's go to my friends, and we'll sort this out," and Rei tugged me by the hand.
As I was dragged along, I asked her: "How come your friends are out of school? I believe today's the second week of the second term."
Rei turned to face me, still dragging me along. "Oh don't worry about it. A lot of strange things have been happening in Tokyo and schools in this district closed."
"Like what things?" I asked. Could it really be…?
"Nothing! Just follow me!" Rei yelled as she dragged me through the strangely empty streets, into an apartment.
1 Prologue
It was going to be a very beautiful spring morning when I entered the shrine. I kneeled down for a moment before the fire, then started the usual shrine-keeping routine: airing the shrine, sweeping and wiping the floorboards with a cloth, and finally, getting new cherrywood for the fire.
Cherry blossoms were abundant on the branches I carried into the shrine and arranged upon the flames. The petals that fell upon the polished floor when I carried the branches in were everywhere. My worries were soon put to rest when they were picked up in a breeze and whirled into the fire, leaping and twisting like a graceful dancer.
I looked out to the sky. The morning was still grey, and the sun had not risen yet. I closed the doors and shut the windows.
The sacred flames glowed in the comforting darkness, warming up the chill air.
Something within the flames made me jump. I can sense something - who could it be? The flames are leaping in expectation of someone. My head turns to the door. It slid open, and a young lady stepped in. The ray of light from the rising sun showed my face to her, and she stepped back in surprise.
"Who…Who are you? What are you doing here…?"
I am surprised too, and my mouth hung open. Why, she looks just like …Then she must remember me…Right?
"My Lady doesn't remember … me?" I whisper. I want to cry, but I must not, at least within the shrine.
She gazes at me, confused and surprised at the same time.
I realise in a flash: She does not know me yet. What a stupid girl I am!
"My name is Kei. Moeru Kei. I…I am sorry about this…" I apologised.
"Well good morning Miss Moeru, and what business brings you here?"
"Please, just call me Kei, if that's fine with you. And I was doing the morning chores in the shrine."
"Okay, Kei. About why you are here, I won't question you any more - in fact, you have done quite a good job!" She smiled as she looked around the shrine.
"Well thank you. It was not much really, you seem to keep it so tidy, I really had nothing much to do, and even that, the wind did half of my work…"
She waved her hand dismissively. "Ah, no more worries on that subject, kiddo. And by the way, my name is Rei. Don't worry about my surname - I don't want you to call me Miss so and so either."
Then she frowned. "I don't remember seeing you around the neighborhood, kid - where are you from? Who are your parents? They must be worried about you by now."
I gulp. She doesn't know about this either?
"I don't have any parents. I am an orphan." I said, as I shuffled my feet.
Rei frowned again. " C'mon, there has to be someone looking after you… You're only about, like, nine?"
The flames crackled, and I saw Rei's eyes flicker for one moment.
"Are you by any chance from another time…?"
I nodded. "You sent me here. From the future."
Rei's eyes widened. "Wow…Neat. So you were my favourite bodyguard or something?"
I was quite surprised too. How much does she not know?
"No, I was one of your priestesses, sent here to prevent a danger."
"And how am I to trust that you're not from the…"
"And how are you to trust that little Usagi's not from there?" I cut in. In fact, I was getting impatient.
"Look there's no point arguing, Let's go to my friends, and we'll sort this out," and Rei tugged me by the hand.
As I was dragged along, I asked her: "How come your friends are out of school? I believe today's the second week of the second term."
Rei turned to face me, still dragging me along. "Oh don't worry about it. A lot of strange things have been happening in Tokyo and schools in this district closed."
"Like what things?" I asked. Could it really be…?
"Nothing! Just follow me!" Rei yelled as she dragged me through the strangely empty streets, into an apartment.