A day in Crystal Tokyo

(All of the Chibi Senshi and their pets is my twin sister Kali's creation. She has given me permission to use them for this story. Please be kind enough to go to her page Kaliann and tell her how you feel about them. She put a lot of time and effort into them. So please I hope you like them. Thank you and have a nice day.)

The periwinkle heavens were painted with a brilliant shade golden orange as the ball of sky fire slowly ascended into the skies. The radiant golden lights sparkled all over the crystals within the utopian city of Crystal Tokyo. It was a most beautiful sight to behold. The Crystal Palace was the most stunning building in the whole city.

The gleaming light began to dance its way into the Crystal Palace, slowly making its way to the chamber of the young princess of this glorious kingdom. A gentle breeze swayed into the room mixing with the warm light. Sleeping soundly was the princess. Her vivid pink hair wafting in the gentle zephyr was tickling her small features. The young princess sneezed once awaking a trio of kittens in a basket nearby.

The eldest kitten yawned once before shaking herself awake. She was a very pretty kitten. She was the most vivid shade of black and the tips of her ears, tail, and feet were the color of fresh snow. It went so well with her ruby eyes. She wore a gold collar with a "C" hanging around her neck. Yawning once more she gentle nudged her younger brother and sister awake.

"C'mon sleepy heads. It's time to awaken to a new day. C'mon! Wake up!" she said in annoyed tone.

Her brother yawned once and looked his sapphire eyes into her ruby ones. His coloring was the exact opposite of hers. Where she was black he was white and where she was white he was black. He too wore a gold collar with a letter "A" around his neck. He scowled at his older sister and replied.

"It's too early, Comet. It's the crack of dawn for crying out loud. Let us sleep a little bit longer. We are cats, Comet, not birds. We don't have to be up when the sun graces the heavens. Now if you don't mind I'm going back to sleep. I was having a lovely dream of that ginger cat from the old manor downtown. So if you don't mind, sis, I like to dream a bit more about her," with that the male cat circled the woven basket with the plush super soft lilac pillow and went back to sleep.

The youngest a small gray kitten hadn't stirred at all. She was snoozing peacefully with a content smile on her tiny face. Comet just shook her head in disgust. "Honestly you two are so, ugh! C'mon! Wake up, Asteroid! You too, Diana! We've a lot to do today. So sleeping in is out of the question! C'mon Small Lady starts school today! Summertime is over so it's back to school. She's needs up to help her and the other young ones too. So wake up!" ordered Comet to her siblings.

A tiny bell chimed as the youngest Diana finally woke up. She rubbed the sleep from her violet eyes. She let out a tiny yawn and grinned. "Good morning, Comet. What are we doing today? Is Small Lady okay? She looks alright to me."

"Yes, dear little sister, Small Lady is alright. But today is a big day for her. She is about to start fourth grade. Given that she spent so much time in the past she already complete grade three. Today is an important so let's awaken Small Lady shall we?"

"Why can't we just sleep?" grumbled Asteroid as he was finally forced to wake up. He let out a long yawn then scratched behind his left ear. "Why do we have to wake up the Princess anyway? She's never late to school like her mother was. So why must we wake her up? She's probably dreaming of Helios again. She really misses that flying nag."

"Yes, Asteroid, she is most likely dreaming about her prince. Nevertheless, dear brother, she still needs to get up. I'm sure our other animal friends are awakening their princesses too. So let's get too it," Comet remarked assertively to her siblings. She jumped out of the basket and jumped on Chibiusa's bed.

"Oh, darling princess, Small Lady! Time to wake up! Time to greet the dawn and make new friends. So wake up!" cooed the young kitten in her princess's left ear. She rubbed her head against the attractive features of the pinked hair young girl. But she refused to stir. She murmured dreamily "Oh, Helios. How I long to see you again."

"Let me try, Comet. Small Lady, time to wake up! Come on now!" Asteroid told her as he wiggled his tail around her nose. She sneezed a second time but still didn't stir. She was too happily lost in her beautiful dream to be awakened.

"She sleeps like her mom! Maybe we should go to the kitchen and get her something sweet to eat? Or get a cute guy to wake her up? I'm stumped how to wake her up," sighed Comet disappointingly.

"Oh, big sister let me try. I'm sure I can awaken Small Lady."

"Okay, Diana, give it your best shot."

The tiny gray kitten jumped but missed the bed and fell on the floor. Her brother and sister looked concerned but she just shrugged it off and tried for a second time. This time she managed to cling to the flowing magenta sheets, but was slipping, so Comet nabbed her neck and pulled her onto the bed. "Thank you, Comet. Now to awaken Princess Small Lady!" she replied as she went to her friend's right ear and took a big breath, "WAKE UP SMALL LADY!"

"Ahh!" screamed Chibiusa as she fell out of the bed and onto the hard floor. She rubbed her sore bottom for a moment. Then she turned to face her kittens. "What with the loud wake up call? I was flying with Helios! Why did you have to wake me up from such a beautiful dream?" she inquired to the trio of kittens irritably.

The kittens bowed their heads in respect. Comet raised her head first. "We are most aggrieves, Small Lady. But you needed to awake, for school starts today. I'm sure you don't want to miss your first day of fourth grade now do you?"

The girl's dark red eyes widen with shock. She had completely forgot today was the first day of school! "Oh! I'm so dumb! I didn't pick anything out to wear! Oh! Help me find something quick!" she declared in a full on panic.

"Don't you have a school uniform to wear?" asked Asteroid swiftly as he jumped off the bed and waltz over to the closet.

Chibiusa slapped her forehead in frustration. She did have a school uniform to wear. So she grabbed it from the bottle green coat-hanger it was on. She had worn numerous school uniforms while she had been in the past. This one had a pale blue miniskirt with a rosy pink jacket with a white blouse. Diana then handed her a lavender hairbrush so she could tame her thick pink hair. Her pigtails had grown a few inches over the summer so her hair was a bit longer. She wanted her hair to get as long as her mother's hair. Once she was satisfied with her appearance she rushed down a flight of stairs to the dinning hall.

While she was running to the dinning hall she tripped over something and fell down the stairs. "Ow!" Chibiusa moaned loudly as the kittens caught up.

"Are you alright, Small Lady?" they asked worriedly. They licked her face and her bruises tenderly. She smiled weakly at them before she spoke to her beloved pets.

"I'm okay, but you should put away your toys. I could have broken something," she replied as she pulled out a cerulean catnip ball. The trio blushed and hung their heads in guilt.

"We're sorry, Small Lady. We'll make sure in the future to be more careful where we leave our things."

"Apology accepted. Now let's see what everyone else is up too."

They could already hear a lively conversation coming from the stunning dinning hall. It was a beautiful room. There were three crystal chandlers, stain glass windows with pictures of the Sailor Senshi and a two long crystal tables. Already eating some jook was the rest of the princesses and at the second table where their pets happily eating their own breakfast.

Like the kittens each animal had their respective planet insignia on their foreheads and they too could talk. Thanks to the wondrous powers of the Silver Crystal and their Sailors own powers. Going clockwise staring from the kittens right side in the order of the planets were the other pets. Mercury's daughter, Anita's pets were a pair of dogs named, Hermes and Maia. Next to them was a pair of guinea pigs that Melanie Venus's daughter pets, their names were Goldust and Love. Next to them was a pair of ravens that Rachel Mar's daughter owned. They were named Ares and War. Chowing down on food was Linda; Jupiter's daughter was her turtles, Zeus and Speedy. Hiroka, Saturn daughter's had two furry pet' ferrets Chronos and Zephyer Almira, Uranus spunky young daughter had a pair of pet bullfrogs, Bull and Dart. The stunningly beautiful and talented Mika who was Neptune's daughter had pet tropical fish-Poseidon and Amphhryte. And last but not least was the young charming Tracey Pluto daughter who had pet chameleons Hades and Persephone.

"Good morning, my friends. Did you all sleep well last night? Any good dreams?" asked Diana as she was served some scrumptious fish. Before anyone could respond to her inquiry she stuffed her face with tuna. Everyone looked at her strangely. She looked up and stared at them puzzlingly. "What? Did I say something?"

"I hope you don't get any funny ideas, young Diana. We are your friends and maybe as such you should not eat fish!" chastises Poseidon from his glowing aquamarine tank. Amphhryte nodded in agreement. The two fish then swam to the top of their tank to eat the tasty morsels that Mika had sprinkled for them.

"I won't eat you two. We are best friends are we not, Poseidon?" Diana replied to the pretty fishes. She wiped her mouth before continuing on. "But I am a cat, dear Poseidon. I swear I won't devour you two. But do you expect me to go against my nature?"

"No, young Diana, we don't expect you to go against your nature. Still it would be better manners if you didn't eat our brethren in front of us," Amphhryte explained to the young gray kitten.

"I think we're all in agreement that none of us want to eat the other, or harm anyone at this table. We are above such animalistic nature. We are after all Sailor Guardians. As a result I strongly believe we've all evolved beyond those petty behaviors. So might I suggest we concentrate on breakfast? We all have sworn duties to uphold and I think we'd better perform those duties if we had a full stomach," suggested the handsome young Hermes to his fellow companions.

"Here, Here! That sounds like an excellent suggestion. Beside if we talk much longer I'm going eat myself. So let's dig in!" declared Hades and Persephone together as they changed from scarlet to flamboyant orange-yellow.

Whilst the young Guardians talked about themselves the young princesses were enjoying nice hot rice porridge. All of the young eight-year-old girls were the spiting images of their mothers, with the exception of their eyes. They all had their father's eyes. Right now they were happily gossiping about the upcoming events of returning to school.

"Oh, I can't wait for school to start! I've spent nearly the whole summer studying for the first tests of the year! I really think I should have study more on mathematics, but I think I'm satisfactory in spelling. Still I hope we don't get tested on science. I didn't have much time to study for that," expressed young Anita as she buried herself in a thick black manuscript.

"You study too much, Anita. Learn to relax and have some fun! Like me! I'm so ready for gym class. I'm going to be a superstar today. Mom has been training me extra hard in volleyball! So I'm going to embrace the challenges of today with a positive attitude" declared Melanie as she pumped her fist into the air.

"I agree with you, Melanie. We must approach each day with optimism and courage. I sense only good things to come for us today. What do you think, Linda? You think today will be a good day?" asked Rachel as she pulled her long raven hair back into a ponytail.

"I don't know, Rachel. Each day is different from the one before it. Although I think its safe to assume that here in Crystal Tokyo there will be nothing but good things to come for all of us."

"Well I hope we make a lot of new friends today. It would be such a shame to live a life without love and friendship don't you thinks so, Chibiusa?" asked Hiroka as she drank her apple juice.

"Yes, I think we all like to know what are your thoughts, Small Lady?" inquired Almira as she passed some cranberry bread to Mika and Tracy.

The little princess had been very quiet up till that moment. Her mind was still dreaming about her sky haired young priest. Oh god she wished he could be here to see her off to the first day of a new year. Still she would have to be brave and face the challenge without him. She would make him proud. One day they'd be back together and she just have to wait till that day would come. She turned and smiled at her friends.

"I believe today will be a great day. So let's put all our hearts into it and do it, shall we?"

Everyone at the table cheered vociferously as did they at the animal's gemstone table. The brood almost immediately became conscious that they weren't unaccompanied any longer. Looking up from the semiprecious stone table they saw their mothers. Each of them had a warm smile on their faces. Neo Queen Serenity smile was the biggest and warmest of them all.

"Hello, young ones. I imagine you took pleasure in your delicious breakfast. You'll be escorted to school today by Sailor Mercury. I hope you get pleasure from your first day back at school today. Whilst you're at school, Luna will take your Guardians today and teach them about how to be good friends and good Guardians. So I'll see you all later. Right now I and King Endymion have some rather important business to go over, and the rest of the Sailor Senshi must go on patrol. So I hope you all have a good day. Especially you, my darling, Small Lady."

"We will, Mom. We will, I promise you that!" vowed Chibiusa as she and her friends followed the cerulean haired young woman out the door. They paused for a moment to say farewell to their pets before they left the room altogether.

"Well, come along then. We have a lot to talk about today. You all have important duties to the future queen and her court to do. So I suggest we begin by going over the history of our fair city?" suggested the ebony feline to the gathering of animals.

"Yes, Mom. We shall take pleasure in learning about the times of yore. But can we please listen to some music before we do that?" Comet asked hopefully to her mother. Her mother smiled pleasantly at her and nodded. With that all the animals followed the black cat out of the room and to their own classroom.

The children in next to no time arrived at their school. It was in fact the same school Chibiusa had attended in the past, but like the rest of Crystal Tokyo, it had been modernize to reflect the brighter future. Each and every one the juvenile girls played outside on the playground for awhile till it was time to start.

The first thing they did that day was study poetry. Their teacher Ms. Kakyo was an attractive young woman, with shimmering lengthy black tresses and big chocolate eyes. She read some of the most beautiful poetry which captivity her young charges.

"Will I forever deny my feelings for you? Will I ever say how I feel about you to your face as you continue to show me your grace? I grant my heart power for a single hour to say words that can't escape my lips, till at last I come on home where I know I won't be alone. Till we meet again I shall say I love you more then light loves the day. For my fleeting heart works so hard at night to say I hope you are alright. May my dreams and hearts bloom like roses in the morning dew. I shall see you soon, my beloved that my heart so covet. See you in the morning light anew," recited Ms. Kakyo to the children who made a thunderous cheering.

"Now I like each of you to write a poem that comes from you. It doesn't have to rhyme. It just has to come from the heart. Write whatever comes to your mind. Let it flow from your soul. Let passion and soul take flight."

While it took only mere moments for the other young girls to do their pomes, Chibiusa didn't come to mind so easy. She knew she wanted to write about her mother and Helios, but the words to express how she felt didn't come so easily. She began to chew on her fingernail as she twisted one of her pigtails around her on the other.

"Oh! Why is this so hard? Why can't I just say how I feel about Mom and Helios? Why can't I just say I love them? How can I say that artistically?" she wondered aloud. Anita looked up from her poem and touched Chibiusa's right hand.

"Anita?"

"You remember the music you listen to in the past? The one my mother wrote lyrics too? She didn't know anything about it either, but she just did it. So trust your heart and let the words flow, okay, Chibiusa?"

"Thanks, Anita. You're a good friend."

The azure haired schoolgirl smiled, and went back to writing her own limerick about the water and melody that filled her soul. While the girls were writing poetry the animals were busy as well.

Currently they were studying music. Comet was a natural pianist as her brother was a natural chess player. She began to play a melody that was inspired by her mother's adventures in the distant past. While she played some of the other animals sang along with their own unique lyrics.

"We shall fight for what we believe in. We shall fight for love and justice! We will win the day with our bright light of warmth and love! Yes! We are Sailor Senshi and we will win against those who dare to cast a shadow on the moonlight! Yes in the name of the moon we shall punish you!" sang the choir as Artemus and Luna clapped loudly.

"That was very good, young ones. You all have such passion and dedication. You are really wonderful young ladies and gentlemen. I'm incredibly impressed by your enthusiasm. You did a great job, Comet. I'm really proud of you, my daughter!" praised Luna as her daughter bowed at her.

"Thank you, Mom. I suppose we all are acquainted with the fact that each of us is uniquely gifted and have some kinda endowment. Nevertheless, we all need to know that being a true friend is what our Guardian duties are all about."

"You got that right, little one," Artemus interjected as he strolled over to the piano. His daughter blushed profoundly as her father handed her a rose. "Thank you, Dad." The sound of giggling broke the tender moment. Goldust and Love were hopping up and down as was Bull and Dart.

"That was a lot of fun! Can we do some more fun things? After all the Princesses are probably at the moment doing something extremely unfun. Like mathematics and spelling. They might even be having a theory test! So lets do something fun that will cheer them up when the get home!" squealed the two guinea pigs excitingly.

"Yes that would be much more enjoyable, Lady Luna, then learning politics and reading classical novels," chimed in Chronos and Zephyer as they flicked their long tails in anticipation.

"Yes, Lord Artemus and Lady Luna, we would gladly do anything other then stuffy and boring learning today. So if you please can we do something thrilling instead?" asked the ravens Ares and War in an informal way to the cats.

"Well, Luna, what do you say? We've worked exceptionally hard to make these pups into first-rate mentors in addition to guardians. So I guess giving them the day off to play wouldn't be so bad." Artemus said to his lovely wife.

"No, I suppose not. I mean we can study the ways of the past and how it impacts the future. We can gain real life experience with our daily lives and learning how to be a true friend comes from just living. So for today we'll just have fun. We can get back to our formal ways tomorrow. Have fun, I'm sure the little princesses are having a good time too."

The girls were not having fun. After their creative writing assignment they had a rather difficult arithmetic examination, followed by a history exam. Anita of course finished first and most likely got perfect score. Almira and Mika were ecstatic that the next two classes were music and art. They took after their mothers. They played Beethoven fifth symphony together, after that they made clay sculptures. Melanie and Linda enjoyed gym class. Rachel and Hiroka did take pleasure in themselves for the duration of science class. Chibiusa herself felt by the end of the day it had been alright.

After school everyone headed off to the recreational area to engage in recreation. They were delighted to have no homework for the day. And they didn't have to go to cram school. Instead they just enjoyed the beautiful day. They stopped at the shopping precinct and library before heading home. On the way home they stopped by a building that was undergoing construction. It was the new Moon Kingdom museum. It would be complete in a couple of weeks. Neo Queen Serenity had wanted to honor her mother Queen Serenity and her former home. Therefore the museum had been built to show life before Crystal Tokyo and it would also show the history of the Sailor Senshi.

Chibiusa stared at the museum with great interest. She had to smile at herself. She had been a Sailor Senshi herself. She had been of greatest assistance to the greatest warrior who ever lived, her hero and her mother, Sailor Moon. Still she found it ironic that with each adversary they'd faced it was Sailor Moon who had saved her. She saved herself when she became Black Lady; she had saved Hotaru from death, and helped her return her pure heart crystal, and she had saved her when Queen Nehelenia had thrown her over the crumbling building. She was proud to be her daughter. But another thought clung within her mind. Was she worthy of her mother's legacy? She had always had help when she faced enemies in the past. She had always had the Sailor Senshi backing her up? Could she possible save the day on her own? Was she Princess Usagi "Small Lady" Chiba, truly a Sailor Senshi?

By the time they got back to the Crystal Palace their spirits were up. Their mothers greet them with hugs and kisses. Each girl went their separate ways to spend time with their families. Chibiusa went to her mother's bedroom and found her mother brushing her golden hair. She turned and smiled at her. "Would you like me to brush your hair, Small Lady?"

"Yes, Mom! I love that," she squealed as she jumped into her mother's lap. Neo Queen Serenity pleasantly hummed the star locket tune as she brushed her daughter hair. With a dreamy smile on her face she asked her daughter about her day.

"Well we started out writing poems and then we had a lot of test to take. I'm sure I did a good job. Although I bet Anita did the best out of all of us. Everyone had a good time today. I know the workload will be hard. And that I'll have to study hard to keep up. But I know I can do it. So how were our Guardians today? Did they have a fun day at school too?"

"Luna reported to me that they spent the day working on their talents. Nevertheless they did enjoy themselves. Come, Small Lady. A delicious banquet is awaiting us."

Chibiusa smiled and hugged her mom tightly. She loved her so much and she want to grow up to be just like her. The two of them left and were soon joined by King Endymion. It was a perfect day and all was well. Nothing could ruin this. Or could something ruin the peace and love of this magnificent world? And if so could Chibiusa raise to the challenge?