Title: Love Always Finds A Way
Part: Chapter1
Rating:PG-13
Alternate Reality
Author: Kija
Email: kijam@hotmail.com
Homepage: www.angelfire.com/tv2/crystaldreams
Disclaimer:
Okay.. so I don't own Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei
Animation, etc. do...
Author's Notes:
I'm sending in this chapter as well since the Prologue was
really short..
Please tell me what you think.
Chapter1
"Excuse me Miss. Miss?"
Usagi shot up straight when she felt someone tap her shoulder.
She looked around startled trying to find out where she was
when her gaze finally stopped at the young stewardess who was
looking at her worriedly.
"I'm sorry to have startled you, Miss... I just wanted to tell
you that we will land in ten minutes and you have to fasten
your seatbelt."
Usagi just nodded and gave the other woman a small smile.
Sighing heavily she sat up straight and prepared herself for
the landing. Risking a glance out of the plane window she saw
what she had been missing for so long.. Tokyo.. home.
With her bags in hand Usagi turned towards the exit.. so this
was it... she was home again.. she would see her father Kenji
and her step mother Sheryl.. but the person she had most been
looking forward to seeing again wasn't there... pressing down
the urge to cry she took a brave step towards the doors.. "not
too hard.." she whispered to herself trying to take away her
own nervousness.
When the sliding doors finally opened the first thing she saw
were hundreds of unfamiliar faces.. people who were searching
for their loved ones who had just returned from a business trip
or vacation.
She let her gaze wander until it locked on a middle aged man
with dark brown hair and a half happy-half sad look on his face
..he obviously had wanted his daughter to come home under much
more cheerful circumstances as well.
Usagi took one last deep breath before she put on a small smile
and walked confidently over to her father-Kenji Tsukino.
She was surprised when he pulled her into a sudden tight hug
for she had always seen him as a rather cold and distanced man
who in spite of loving his family dearly preferred to work.
"It's been a long time Usagi since I last saw you.. and you
have grown up so much! You have become a very beautiful young
woman!" Kenji commented while turning his daughter around to
get a better look at her.
"We have to watch out or you'll be married by the end of the
week." he tried to joke.. failing miserably.
Usagi just rolled her eyes.. just the way she had remembered
him.
She knew her father just tried to lighten the mood and give her
some strength and for the moment she believed it worked.
The drive to Tsukino Manor was rather silent, Kenji only asked
a few general questions about school and what she had planned
for the future.
When they neared the house Usage's heart started to race.. so
many memories.. so many things that reminded her of her
childhood days with her sister. Finally when they were driving
up to the front entrance Usagi couldn't take it anymore and
silent tears started to run down her cheeks, although she tried to suppress it a few sobs escaped her lips.
Her father looked over at his child worriedly and put a hand
onto hers comfortingly.
When Kenji stopped in front of the house Usagi stepped out of
the car with a heavy heart.
She knew she had to do this. had to endure this torture- for
Rei.. and her baby.
Usagi turned to her father who was busily giving the butler
instructions on where to put her bags. The old man nodded and
slowly made his way back to the house with Usagi's bags.
"Where's Sheryl, Papa?" she asked innocently.
He gave her a sad look before answering "She's still in church,
I guess.. arranging everything for the ..funeral" he took in a
shaky breath and forced himself to continue "She wants
everything to be perfect.. Rei was her only child after all.."
"What about Rei's husband and the baby?" she blurted out .. she
just had to know.
Her father gave her a small smile before his features turned
sad once more "Let's talk about this later, okay Usa?"
It wasn't a question but a statement and with that Kenji
Tsukino strode into the house.
Usagi sighed and quickly ran after him.
Inside nothing had changed.. everything was as Usagi had
remembered it.
"I believe you need some rest after the long flight?"
"Hmm?.. Sorry, what did you say papa?" Usagi asked absentmindedly as she tried to remember all the wonderful days
she had spent in this house and all the fun times she had had
with Rei ..they had always been playing pranks and were feared
by most of the house's staff for they had always left a huge
mess behind them.
"Do you want to take a little nap?" Kenji asked again.
She just shook her head but added that she would want to go
around the house and garden alone for some while.
Her father just nodded and excused himself telling his child he
had to do some work.
Once outside Usagi searched for a special thing.. or rather a
special place..
walking towards an old oak tree she stopped underneath it and
looked up.
Up in the gigantic crown of the tree was a small very beautiful
tree house..
The young woman smiled.. she had hoped it would be still there.
Carefully climbing up the ladder she opened the entrance to the
small wood house.
Once inside a million of memories came back to her.. wonderful
moments she had spent with her sister..
this was the place where they had talked about everything..
where they had dreamed about their ideal husband how they
wanted to get married at the same time and that their children
would grow up together just as they did..
Usagi picked up an old teddy bear that was still lying on the
many pillows scattered on the floor.. this had been hers.. she
had never left the house without it.
She remembered the night when she had left it there.....
It had been a stormy and rainy night....
-----------*flashback*-------------
"AHH!" screamed the little girl as lightening made the night
look like day and the thunder roared like a wild lion ready to
eat her every moment.
Barefoot she ran through the wet grass to the one place she
knew she would be safe. lifting her tiny feet she climbed up
the wet ladder threatening to slip any moment.
When she reached the top she saw a soft light flickering
inside... she had known her sister would be there.
Just then it thundered again and the small girl gripped her
teddy bear even tighter.
Shuddering she entered the small tree house and found the girl
she had been looking for lying on the pillows reading a book.
"Rei?" she squeaked.
The other girl turned violet eyes to the six year old before
smiling and standing up.
The older girl took a blanket and wrapped the small girl into
it.
She the took her into her arms and told her a story about the
thunder and the lightening..
"You don't have to be afraid Usa-chan. The thunder isn't
dangerous... what you hear are just the tortured cries of a man
who is trying to find his true love again."
Usagi turned curious big blue eyes to stare at her big sister
who seemed to be so wise and mature with her 10 years..
Rei smiled down at her and continued her story "Yes... once
upon a time a young god fell in love with a peasant girl. It
was true love and they wanted to stay together forever, but
there was a jealous goddess who wanted the young god for
himself. She had tried to win his attention for a long time but
he just seemed to ignore her which made the goddess angrier and
angrier. When she found out about the god's love on earth she
couldn't take it anymore and used her powers to turn the young
woman into a tree. The young god was of course furious when he
found out what she had done but before he could take revenge
the other gods had found out about his love and since it was
forbidden to love an earthling he was cursed to never have a
human form again. They also planted woods so that the young god
couldn't find his love anymore. And since that time he is
searching for his true love on earth who is somewhere
imprisoned in a tree... with the help of lightening he tries to
find his love and free her.. but he never succeeded for there
are endless woods on earth.. but he never stopped loving her...
that's why he is still searching for her all over the world..."
Usagi smiled up at her sister and bravely handed her the teddy
bear.
"Here.. you take it Rei-chan...I won't need him anymore."
The older girl smiled down at her smaller sister and tightened
her grip.
Usagi slowly fell asleep in her sister's warm embrace. Just
before she went off into dream world she asked
"Do you think I will find a love like that as well one day?"
"I'm sure you will Usagi, I'm sure you will."
------------*end flashback*--------------------------
Usagi smiled.. she had wrapped herself into a warm blanket and
was now looking up at the stars.
she slowly lay back on the warm pillows and closed her eyes..
if just everything could be like that again...
The next morning she awoke to the bright rays of sunshine that
were finding their way through the breaches of the old oak
tree.
Usagi opened one sleepy eye to greet the wonderful morning.
Lazily getting up from the floor she tried to stretch in the
small room and had to find out that it wasn't the wisest thing
for a grown up to spend a night in a tree house..
After she had descended the tree she made her way towards the
Manor.
Servants were already running around cleaning the house and
preparing breakfast.
Usagi offered everyone a friendly smile as she entered the
house.
Although she was still very sad and depressed that last night
in the old tree house and the wonderful memories of Rei had
lightened her mood and she knew that she had to remember the
good days.
That wouldn't take away the pain she knew but it would help her
confront it.
Looking around the large living room she caught sight of the
pictures on the shelf by the window. Her father and Sheryl
always kept their favourite pictures of their loved ones there.
Taking a closer look at the pictures she noticed that someone's
pictures were missing.. there was none of Rei.
"Are you alright, Usagi?"
She whirled around startled to look at her father who was
standing in the door leaning against the doorframe.
"You have scared me, papa." The young girl pouted.
The middle aged man just chuckled deeply while making his way
towards her.
Putting a gentle hand on her shoulder he looked into her eyes
deeply.
"I'm sorry.. I really didn't mean to scare you, my little
sunshine." He stroke away a strand of her golden hair and
looked at her lovingly.
After Rei's death he had realised how important family is and
that children are a gift from heaven which are given to you..
but can also be taken away again.
"Never change." And with those words he turned around and left
Usagi on her own.
The girl watched her father intently as he left the room. He
definitely had changed.
Just as she left the room herself she saw someone standing at
the top of the stairs.. a woman of about 45 with long wavy red
hair.
Her eyes were puffy and red Usagi could tell and she looked
incredibly tired.
Usagi gasped when she recognized Sheryl.. she looked so much
older and so heart broken.
The sight was quite unbelievable when you considered Sheryl's
and her daughter's relationship.
They never got along well. Sheryl had never wanted a child-Rei
was just a "mistake".. and she never failed to tell her so
every time they met.
It had hurt Rei's feelings badly Usagi remembered. She had
never really had a father and her mother didn't love her.. or
at least pretended she didn't.
That's why Kenji had adopted her and let her call him papa,
although she was already 8 and knew he wasn't her real father.
Usagi knew Kenji loved Rei like she were his own child and that
he suffered a lot under her sudden death.
When Sheryl detected Usagi downstairs she just turned around
and locked herself in her room again.
Now she was standing there all alone in the enormous entrance
hall of Tsukino Manor... nobody wanted to talk to her about Rei
and the family she left it seemed..
Usagi sighed heavily and turned to walk out into the garden
again when someone knocked on the door.
The girl looked around searching for the butler but not finding
him anywhere she decided to open the door herself.
"How may I help you?" she asked the middle aged couple standing
on the door step.
The tall handsome man was the first to speak.
"Hello, we are the Chibas, I believe Mr. Tsukino is awaiting
us."
To be continued...
Chapter1 finished july,2001
Part: Chapter1
Rating:PG-13
Alternate Reality
Author: Kija
Email: kijam@hotmail.com
Homepage: www.angelfire.com/tv2/crystaldreams
Disclaimer:
Okay.. so I don't own Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei
Animation, etc. do...
Author's Notes:
I'm sending in this chapter as well since the Prologue was
really short..
Please tell me what you think.
Chapter1
"Excuse me Miss. Miss?"
Usagi shot up straight when she felt someone tap her shoulder.
She looked around startled trying to find out where she was
when her gaze finally stopped at the young stewardess who was
looking at her worriedly.
"I'm sorry to have startled you, Miss... I just wanted to tell
you that we will land in ten minutes and you have to fasten
your seatbelt."
Usagi just nodded and gave the other woman a small smile.
Sighing heavily she sat up straight and prepared herself for
the landing. Risking a glance out of the plane window she saw
what she had been missing for so long.. Tokyo.. home.
With her bags in hand Usagi turned towards the exit.. so this
was it... she was home again.. she would see her father Kenji
and her step mother Sheryl.. but the person she had most been
looking forward to seeing again wasn't there... pressing down
the urge to cry she took a brave step towards the doors.. "not
too hard.." she whispered to herself trying to take away her
own nervousness.
When the sliding doors finally opened the first thing she saw
were hundreds of unfamiliar faces.. people who were searching
for their loved ones who had just returned from a business trip
or vacation.
She let her gaze wander until it locked on a middle aged man
with dark brown hair and a half happy-half sad look on his face
..he obviously had wanted his daughter to come home under much
more cheerful circumstances as well.
Usagi took one last deep breath before she put on a small smile
and walked confidently over to her father-Kenji Tsukino.
She was surprised when he pulled her into a sudden tight hug
for she had always seen him as a rather cold and distanced man
who in spite of loving his family dearly preferred to work.
"It's been a long time Usagi since I last saw you.. and you
have grown up so much! You have become a very beautiful young
woman!" Kenji commented while turning his daughter around to
get a better look at her.
"We have to watch out or you'll be married by the end of the
week." he tried to joke.. failing miserably.
Usagi just rolled her eyes.. just the way she had remembered
him.
She knew her father just tried to lighten the mood and give her
some strength and for the moment she believed it worked.
The drive to Tsukino Manor was rather silent, Kenji only asked
a few general questions about school and what she had planned
for the future.
When they neared the house Usage's heart started to race.. so
many memories.. so many things that reminded her of her
childhood days with her sister. Finally when they were driving
up to the front entrance Usagi couldn't take it anymore and
silent tears started to run down her cheeks, although she tried to suppress it a few sobs escaped her lips.
Her father looked over at his child worriedly and put a hand
onto hers comfortingly.
When Kenji stopped in front of the house Usagi stepped out of
the car with a heavy heart.
She knew she had to do this. had to endure this torture- for
Rei.. and her baby.
Usagi turned to her father who was busily giving the butler
instructions on where to put her bags. The old man nodded and
slowly made his way back to the house with Usagi's bags.
"Where's Sheryl, Papa?" she asked innocently.
He gave her a sad look before answering "She's still in church,
I guess.. arranging everything for the ..funeral" he took in a
shaky breath and forced himself to continue "She wants
everything to be perfect.. Rei was her only child after all.."
"What about Rei's husband and the baby?" she blurted out .. she
just had to know.
Her father gave her a small smile before his features turned
sad once more "Let's talk about this later, okay Usa?"
It wasn't a question but a statement and with that Kenji
Tsukino strode into the house.
Usagi sighed and quickly ran after him.
Inside nothing had changed.. everything was as Usagi had
remembered it.
"I believe you need some rest after the long flight?"
"Hmm?.. Sorry, what did you say papa?" Usagi asked absentmindedly as she tried to remember all the wonderful days
she had spent in this house and all the fun times she had had
with Rei ..they had always been playing pranks and were feared
by most of the house's staff for they had always left a huge
mess behind them.
"Do you want to take a little nap?" Kenji asked again.
She just shook her head but added that she would want to go
around the house and garden alone for some while.
Her father just nodded and excused himself telling his child he
had to do some work.
Once outside Usagi searched for a special thing.. or rather a
special place..
walking towards an old oak tree she stopped underneath it and
looked up.
Up in the gigantic crown of the tree was a small very beautiful
tree house..
The young woman smiled.. she had hoped it would be still there.
Carefully climbing up the ladder she opened the entrance to the
small wood house.
Once inside a million of memories came back to her.. wonderful
moments she had spent with her sister..
this was the place where they had talked about everything..
where they had dreamed about their ideal husband how they
wanted to get married at the same time and that their children
would grow up together just as they did..
Usagi picked up an old teddy bear that was still lying on the
many pillows scattered on the floor.. this had been hers.. she
had never left the house without it.
She remembered the night when she had left it there.....
It had been a stormy and rainy night....
-----------*flashback*-------------
"AHH!" screamed the little girl as lightening made the night
look like day and the thunder roared like a wild lion ready to
eat her every moment.
Barefoot she ran through the wet grass to the one place she
knew she would be safe. lifting her tiny feet she climbed up
the wet ladder threatening to slip any moment.
When she reached the top she saw a soft light flickering
inside... she had known her sister would be there.
Just then it thundered again and the small girl gripped her
teddy bear even tighter.
Shuddering she entered the small tree house and found the girl
she had been looking for lying on the pillows reading a book.
"Rei?" she squeaked.
The other girl turned violet eyes to the six year old before
smiling and standing up.
The older girl took a blanket and wrapped the small girl into
it.
She the took her into her arms and told her a story about the
thunder and the lightening..
"You don't have to be afraid Usa-chan. The thunder isn't
dangerous... what you hear are just the tortured cries of a man
who is trying to find his true love again."
Usagi turned curious big blue eyes to stare at her big sister
who seemed to be so wise and mature with her 10 years..
Rei smiled down at her and continued her story "Yes... once
upon a time a young god fell in love with a peasant girl. It
was true love and they wanted to stay together forever, but
there was a jealous goddess who wanted the young god for
himself. She had tried to win his attention for a long time but
he just seemed to ignore her which made the goddess angrier and
angrier. When she found out about the god's love on earth she
couldn't take it anymore and used her powers to turn the young
woman into a tree. The young god was of course furious when he
found out what she had done but before he could take revenge
the other gods had found out about his love and since it was
forbidden to love an earthling he was cursed to never have a
human form again. They also planted woods so that the young god
couldn't find his love anymore. And since that time he is
searching for his true love on earth who is somewhere
imprisoned in a tree... with the help of lightening he tries to
find his love and free her.. but he never succeeded for there
are endless woods on earth.. but he never stopped loving her...
that's why he is still searching for her all over the world..."
Usagi smiled up at her sister and bravely handed her the teddy
bear.
"Here.. you take it Rei-chan...I won't need him anymore."
The older girl smiled down at her smaller sister and tightened
her grip.
Usagi slowly fell asleep in her sister's warm embrace. Just
before she went off into dream world she asked
"Do you think I will find a love like that as well one day?"
"I'm sure you will Usagi, I'm sure you will."
------------*end flashback*--------------------------
Usagi smiled.. she had wrapped herself into a warm blanket and
was now looking up at the stars.
she slowly lay back on the warm pillows and closed her eyes..
if just everything could be like that again...
The next morning she awoke to the bright rays of sunshine that
were finding their way through the breaches of the old oak
tree.
Usagi opened one sleepy eye to greet the wonderful morning.
Lazily getting up from the floor she tried to stretch in the
small room and had to find out that it wasn't the wisest thing
for a grown up to spend a night in a tree house..
After she had descended the tree she made her way towards the
Manor.
Servants were already running around cleaning the house and
preparing breakfast.
Usagi offered everyone a friendly smile as she entered the
house.
Although she was still very sad and depressed that last night
in the old tree house and the wonderful memories of Rei had
lightened her mood and she knew that she had to remember the
good days.
That wouldn't take away the pain she knew but it would help her
confront it.
Looking around the large living room she caught sight of the
pictures on the shelf by the window. Her father and Sheryl
always kept their favourite pictures of their loved ones there.
Taking a closer look at the pictures she noticed that someone's
pictures were missing.. there was none of Rei.
"Are you alright, Usagi?"
She whirled around startled to look at her father who was
standing in the door leaning against the doorframe.
"You have scared me, papa." The young girl pouted.
The middle aged man just chuckled deeply while making his way
towards her.
Putting a gentle hand on her shoulder he looked into her eyes
deeply.
"I'm sorry.. I really didn't mean to scare you, my little
sunshine." He stroke away a strand of her golden hair and
looked at her lovingly.
After Rei's death he had realised how important family is and
that children are a gift from heaven which are given to you..
but can also be taken away again.
"Never change." And with those words he turned around and left
Usagi on her own.
The girl watched her father intently as he left the room. He
definitely had changed.
Just as she left the room herself she saw someone standing at
the top of the stairs.. a woman of about 45 with long wavy red
hair.
Her eyes were puffy and red Usagi could tell and she looked
incredibly tired.
Usagi gasped when she recognized Sheryl.. she looked so much
older and so heart broken.
The sight was quite unbelievable when you considered Sheryl's
and her daughter's relationship.
They never got along well. Sheryl had never wanted a child-Rei
was just a "mistake".. and she never failed to tell her so
every time they met.
It had hurt Rei's feelings badly Usagi remembered. She had
never really had a father and her mother didn't love her.. or
at least pretended she didn't.
That's why Kenji had adopted her and let her call him papa,
although she was already 8 and knew he wasn't her real father.
Usagi knew Kenji loved Rei like she were his own child and that
he suffered a lot under her sudden death.
When Sheryl detected Usagi downstairs she just turned around
and locked herself in her room again.
Now she was standing there all alone in the enormous entrance
hall of Tsukino Manor... nobody wanted to talk to her about Rei
and the family she left it seemed..
Usagi sighed heavily and turned to walk out into the garden
again when someone knocked on the door.
The girl looked around searching for the butler but not finding
him anywhere she decided to open the door herself.
"How may I help you?" she asked the middle aged couple standing
on the door step.
The tall handsome man was the first to speak.
"Hello, we are the Chibas, I believe Mr. Tsukino is awaiting
us."
To be continued...
Chapter1 finished july,2001