Author's note: stop reading now to prevent further brain damage. This fic is the most shameful thing I've ever written. And embarassing. And... God, I shouldn't even post this! I was 15 and naive when I wrote it. I'm wiser now! Hopefully, it will make people laugh!xD Thanks to those who reviewed. )


Chapter 2

Haruka had been travelling for days. The Water Land was far far away the Lady's lake.

But she was finally arriving. One more day and she would be there. She stopped to rest for the night.

"Thank God we are almost there! I couldn't take much more!" a little fairy, with huge blonde hair, tidied up in odangos, exclaimed.

"Stop complaining, Usagi!" Haruka ordered. "Nobody told you to come!"

"I don't trust you! I have to watch every step you take!"

Haruka laughed.

"You must be joking! I am the only one here who has reasons to not trust someone!"

"Right, right!" Usagi agreed, with a huge sweatdrop surrounding her little head.

"But you're right, anyway. We spent days crossing the lands to find a couple of greety traitors! I wonder what the Star is thinking to make us waste our time on this!"

"I'm hungry!"

Haruka's eyes went wide.

"Usagi! I was talking to you!"

"I know, but I'm hungry!!!"

Haruka took an apple from her bag and gave it to the fairy.

"I don't know why I still let you come with me, you're useless! And you eat too much!"

"Don't say that!" Usagi said, her mouth full with the apple. "What would you do in the lonely nights?"

"Eat, maybe" Haruka replied, ironically.

The huge sweatdrop appeared near Usagi's head again.

"Now seriously" Usagi started. "How will you infiltrate yourself in the palace?"

"My fame preceeds me!" Haruka boasted, forgetting the nice virtue of modesty. "The adventures of the Son of the Star are known everywhere!"

"Exactly!" Usagi interrupted. "The adventures of the Son... How will they react when they find out that you're a girl?"

"They won't discover anything. It's the same, anyway! There are many women fighting around and lots of them are made knights. Who cares?"

"So why do you pretend you're a man?"

"I like it better. Unfortunately, I am far more respected as a man than as a woman. Being a man makes my life easier. And it's funny to make girls confused."

"Don't you have another apple?"

Haruka grabbed the little fairy and closed her in the bag. And calmly fell asleep, while hearing the cries for forgiveness of the hungry Usagi.


"Here we are" Usagi claimed, looking at the huge gates that gave the entry to the world inside the walls of the palace. "What do we do now?"

"The guard will be here in a minute."

In fact, the guard appeared right away.

"What do you want?"

"I'm here to see king Dolph."

"And who wants to see the king?"

"Ruk, the Son of the Star of Darkness."

The guard laughed loudly.

"Yeah, right! And I'm queen Telys!"

Haruka oblied herself not to reply to the guard and whispered to Usagi:

"I hate it when they make me do this!"

She took her hands out of her coat and little flames appeared from her fingers:

"Ruk, the Son of the Star of Darkness."

The guard was completely shocked.

"I... I'm sorry, my Lord... You see, in this job we have to deal with so many impostors that I..."

"Yes, yes!" Haruka agreed, in a hurry. "Can we come in? Or you'll keep us out here for the rest of the day?"

"Come in, come in! My partner will lead you to the palace..."

"We know the way" Usagi informed. "It's a little difficult not to see the palace."

"I insist" the guard said. "He will lead you to the palace and announce your presence to the king. I'm sure the guards of the palace's doors would love to see that fire thing, but we have rules here. And they say that a visitor must be always guided by a guard."

"I admire your sense of responsability" Haruka said, with sincerity.

The guard blushed and called one of his partners to conduct Haruka and Usagi.

They followed him.

"Ruk?!" Usagi whispered, in disbelief. "How the hell did you invent such a ridiculous name for the Son of the Star?!"

Haruka told her to be quiet, so she hid in Haruka's pocket.