Undying Love

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Disclaimer:

Haruka, Michiru, Sailormoon, and other characters doesn't belong to me. But the plot is originally mine. Enjoy the story…

(Flashback – 10 years ago)

That night, the Kaioh's manor was crowded with people; not only adults, but also some little children. They all came to celebrate the 7th birthday of Michiru Kaioh, the daughter of Yuzaku and Mai Kaioh.

The house was decorated magnificently, the foods really delicious and all the people congratulating Yuzaku and Mai. But what Michiru's felt was…, emptiness. She wasn't enjoyed the birthday, at all. There was no one of the guests that was her friend, all of the guests comes to please their parents; they even brought their children to build a good relationship for the business reason. No wonder, Yuzaku was a successful businessman, he have a large company that made many profit each year.

Little Michiru approached her father and pull her father's pants a little to gain his attention "Otou-san?"

Her father who was talking to a business relatives with his wife looked down; he squatted and rubbed her head lightly "What's wrong, my little princess?"

"Otou-san. I am so bored. Can I go to my own room and play with my dolls?"

Hearing that, her father patted her head a little and stood again "No, you can't Michiru. This is your birthday. You are the main actress here, everyone wants to meet and congratulate you. So, be a nice girl and behave, will you?" After saying that, her father continued to talk to his friends again.

Little Michiru was in the verge of tears, but she managed to hold it back and walked silently to the garden. She headed to the bench in the center of the garden and looked around to make sure that there was no one there. When she was sure there she was alone, she sat down and cried.

Suddenly there was a sound of something crashed at the second floor above her. Just when she looked up to the window, a tall figure jumped down near her. The figure holding something behind him, it looked like he was a thief. Michiru automatically screamed for help, but the thief quickly covered her mouth and pulled out a knife. He put the knife at the base of her neck and whispered "Listen little girl, I know you are the rich girl that live here. I can use you to gain more money from this family. It is useless to scream, because…, as you can hear, the music from the house is so loud, they can't hear you…"

Michiru tried to struggle, but no matter how she tried, she couldn't release herself from him. He was too strong for her, the thief search for a rope and tied her hands behind her back. Just as he tied her, there was someone else opened the door that connected to the garden from inside the house. The thief quickly stood up and hid himself and his captive behind the bushes.

The person that came out from the house seemed to be a tall male, he have a short blond hair and looked very handsome. He walked to the bench near the bushes and yawned a bit "So boring, when is this party will be over?"

Michiru, sensing that this person could her, tried to struggle and muffled a sound. But she quickly stopped her act when the thief pressed the knife on her again. Luckily, the blonde seemed to hear her sound and walked to the bushes.

"Who is there?"

"Tsk" the thief finally decided to came out, he stood op while holding Michiru "Stay where you are! I have this girl as my hostage!"

The man held both of his hands up and tried to approach him slowly "Whoa there, easy man. I don't even have a weapon with me here. Let's settle this problem with peace, hand her over to me, and I will let you go, okay?"

"Stay there! Okay! I will hand her over, she will only get in my way anyway. Here you go!" she pushed Michiru over to the blonde, but Michiru seemed a little pissed off with the thief, so she grabbed a rock near her and threw it to the thief "Ouch! You little bitch!" he swung his knife to Michiru, who seemed in trance so she couldn't get away.

"Watch out!" the blonde squatted in front of Michiru to cover her. The knife slashed her left cheek and blood immediately came out from it. The knife seemed to cut a black rubber necklace that he used, a platinum ring was used as the pendant for it.

"Why, you…!" anger seemed to boiled in the blonde, he quickly stood up and punched the thief repeatedly "How dare you tried to use the knife against a kid!" he cried out and grabbed the thief arm to throw him in judo style. As the thief knocked out, some people rushed out to saw what was happened. It seemed when they fight the music was turned off so they could hear the sound at the garden.

"What happened!" the adults approached them and looked at the thief "Who is he?"

"I don't know, it seemed he just robbed something here, at the second floor to be exact because no one there; and when he tried to escape, he met with this little girl. Am I right? Err, Michiru, right?" Michiru nodded and handed him a handkerchief "Huh?"

One of the men that stood there cleared his throat and pointed at the blonde's cheek "I think she wants to tell you to cover your cheek with it, it seemed to be bleeding badly"

"Oh, I totally forgot about it, thank you" he patted her a bit and covered his cheek with it.

"Excuse me, excuse me. Ah, there you are, Michiru. I heard there is a thief here, are you alright?" Michiru quickly ran to her father and mother. She cried while hugged them tightly "Sssh, it is alright now. Good work, Haruka. The Tenoh family will be very proud of you. I thank you so much"

"Don't be, Kaioh-san. I just do what I have to do." He reached to his pockets and pullet out a box of cigarette. He took one from it and lights it up.

Suddenly someone took the cigarette from his mouth "Haruka, what are you doing?"

"Ah, otou-san"

"Not 'ah', I told you not to smoke anymore cigarettes. Where are your responsibilities? You are already 19 years old and ready to start your college years"

"I am sorry, can't help it"

Yuzaku cleared his throat and offered his hand to him "James, don't be so hard on him. You smoked a lot too at his age. Me and my wife want to say thank you for your son's help"

"Ah, no problem. We are friends after all." James shook their hands and nodded slightly

"So, your son is already 19? Which university that he will attend?"

"He will go to Harvard, England."

Mai cut him and spoke too "Really? Why not stay here in Japan?"

"Japan is good, but I think it's better to have a study in my homeland too. That was his mother's will too when she was alive. I think it is the best for him."

"I see"

"Um, sorry, but I think we will have to go now. It is already late and we have to prepare our self for his departure tomorrow"

"Oh, okay then. Be careful on your study there, Haruka. I will Kaioh-san. Excuse me"

Little Michiru just stood still, watching them as they were leaving. She suddenly realized something sparkled on the grass and picked it up. It was Haruka's necklace with the ring, she looked at it carefully and there was a letters crafted inside it "T.H." she looked around her and put it in her pockets slowly.

"I will keep this carefully, Haruka. I hope we can meet again…"

When Haruka and James reached the car, James unlocked the car and they get in. "Son? Him? You sure are trying to put me as your son, father"

"Why not? You dressed as a boy yourself"

"Yea, I love to wear boy's clothes and act gentlemanly. But…, I am a girl. Is it okay for you?"

"What's wrong with it? You and I both want you as a boy. If you are a boy, then I could give the entire company to you without any burdens. They won't look down on you, you know?"

"Humph, I know. Let's go, otou-san. I am tired."

As the car running along the road, James kept looking to Haruka's cheek "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just that I wonder why you not treating your wound with the medicine kit? It will leave a deep scar if you don't"

"I don't care. Leave it be that way, that will be better. They will be sure that I am a boy; there was no girl who wants to keep a scar on her face. So…, it will be easier to convince them"

"Well, up to you then"

Haruka looked at the pink handkerchief that Michiru gave to her; the handkerchief now became red bacuse of her blood and she noticed there was writing on one edge "Kaioh Michiru" "Nice name, and she already shown her beauty at her age"

"Huh?" her father confusedly looked at her "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing"

(Flashback – 1 year ago)

The Kaioh family's business have a huge failure, the company have a sudden bankruptcy. All of their fortunes were taken, including their house. Mai Kaioh died because of heart attack while James was unemployed. Because of the reasons, Michiru become the backbone of the family, she became…, a strip teaser at a midnight bar. Although her job makes pretty much money, her father always used it for buying beers. If she couldn't have enough money, he would beat her several times until she cried.

(Back at present time)

"Umi! Umi!"

"Huh?" Michiru woke up from her trance when she heard her stage name

"Stop dreaming, you got a show to do now. Get ready quick."

"Okay, okay" she put the platinum ring that she was holding into a small pocket and put it carefully inside her bag. Yes, it was the ring that Haruka dropped years ago. She has falling in love to 'him' at that time and still dreaming that 'he' would save her from the misery. After she was sured that the ring was safe, she put on her costume and applied her makeup in front of her makeup table.

The bar's owner, Mitsuko, is a fat lady. Although she sometimes hard to her staffs, but she was a nice person inside. "Try to perform your best. We got a huge customers today, some owners from the business company is here. It seemed they want to please their dealers tonight"

"Okay, I am ready" Michiru grabbed a thin coat to cover her body and headed to the stage.

Smokes from dry ice appeared and lights are directed to the stage. As the smokes disappeared, a figure showed up at the stage, that person was Michiru. She wore a mask and walked around the stage to give a view to the audiences. After she circled around, she went back to the stage and took off a coat, revealing a very sexy dress. Her action received applauses and whistles from the audience. As the music played, she slowly took off her clothes while collecting money from the audiences.

After there was no one to take off, she collected money for the last time before disappearing to behind the stage.

(At the VIP place)

"Alex! Alex!"

Alex was a handsome young 'man', 'he' was 29 years old and running a huge record company. 'He' was blonde, have nice blue eyes and have a scar at 'his' left cheek "Yeah?"

"The dancer already left the stage, you know?"

"Huh? Uh…" she cleared her throat a little and look back to her business partners "Um, sorry about that"

"Don't be. I notice all the time your eyes kept following her movement on the stage. There was no man who could stand off seeing such beautiful and sexy girl."

"Hey, stop teasing him. You have a bulge in your pants too there"

"Whoops, it seemed my instincts are the same as you, Alex" everyone there other than Alex was all laughed.

Alex was deep in her thoughts again "That girl, it seemed I have met her somewhere before"

(At the back stage)

Michiru and Mitsuko counted her money that she earned "Good job, Umi. You collected many today. Here is your share"

"Thank you, Mitsuko. I think I will go home now"

"Okay, okay. Be careful there. Don't forgot you have another performance in two days"

"Okay, good night"

Michiru slowly walked to her house, well, it was not a house, it was a small apartment room which located in suburb community. She only could rent that kind of place because of her father. All her father and mothers friend left them when they don't have any fortune left. When she arrived at her apartment, her father yelled for her "Michiru! Michiru!" her father had been drunk again.

"I am here, otou-san"

"Where's the beer? Have you bought it?"

"Here you are" she handed a bottle of beer to him.

"Just one?"

"Yes, we must save dome money for food and paying the bills. I am sorry, I…"

"I told you to buy three of it! Go! Buy two more!"

"I can't! I am too tired to go! Besides, we need the money!"

Her father seemed to ignore her and kept beating her until she couldn't stand it "Okay! Okay! I will buy it!"

"Good girl. Now go!" he pointed at the door and kicked her.

She stood up and dragged her painful body to the door "Where are the real you used to be, otou-san" she cried again while remembering about her past times.

Author Notes:

Taraaaaa, a new story you got there. What do you think about it? Part of you maybe have realized about who Alex really is, yes, she is Haruka. Alex is her English name. Actually, I planned to finished Broken Heart first then writing this one, but the idea for this story keep coming in my mind. My girlfriend was the one who suggested the plot for this story.

I am sorry if the updates delayed, hehe.Thanks for reading and don't forget to review

To amnesia nymph: thanks for your suggestion, but I think this title will be the best suitor for this story