Disclaimer: Helios is the property of ChibiUsa, who does not belong to me. Neither does Sailor Moon.
Chapter Three
A little pink haired girl packed her back pack to get ready to go home. While she was packing, she heard some of the other first graders talking about tomorrow. It was mostly girls and they seemed very excited about it. Some of the boys were anxious too. ChibiUsa finished packing and walked to the door where she met her two friends, Momoko and Kyuusuke.
"Are you excited for tomorrow too, ChibiUsa-chan?" asked Momoko. The other girl turned her big red eyes to her friend.
"What's tomorrow?" Her friend gave her a look. One that said you have to be kidding.
"It's February fourteenth! Valentine's Day!" Realization dawned on ChibiUsa.
"That's right! Who are you going to give chocolate to, Momo-chan?" Momoko blushed.
"Well, I don't know. There aren't really any boys that I like. What about you?" The three friends had changed their shoes and were now simply talking in the school yard. ChibiUsa turned a light pink that almost matched her hair.
"Me neither," she replied quickly. Does Helios count as a boy? She wondered. Then, just thinking of giving him chocolate, she blushed again.
"What a waste of time," Kyuusuke scoffed. Momoko hit him on the head. "Itai! What was that for?"
"For being a baka, baka." He was still rubbing his head as he argued with her. Kyuusuke and Momoko headed in the way of their homes, still arguing while ChibiUsa said goodbye to them and went home alone in thought.
When she was several blocks away from both school and home, a man came out of an alley and covered her mouth with one hand while his other hand was gripping her tiny body before she knew what was happening. The hand over her mouth had a cloth with a strange smell that made ChibiUsa feel light-headed and dizzy. She passed out and the man took her away to an abandoned warehouse. He put her and, after checking it, her back pack in a second story room with a high up window. The man locked the door and left her alone.
When ChibiUsa finally came to a half an hour later, she took note of her surroundings. When she remembered what happened, she became scared. However, when she saw her little blue back pack, she knew all was not lost. She opened it and to her relief, the little bell that Helios gave her was still there. Softly, so as not to let any bad guy hear, she rang it. That soft ring was enough because then Helios appeared in his familiar way.
"ChibiUsa-chan, what happned?" He asked her. She was so happy to see him after being kidnapped, that she threw herself right at him and hugged him around his middle (because he was so much taller than her…). He was startled for a moment, and then hugged her back. He looked up and saw that here was a window big enough for her to get through. He pulled back from her hug.
"ChibiUsa-chan, listen. I'm going to carry you up to that window. Hold on to the ledge." She nodded and held on tightly to him. She felt her feet leave the floor as he floated both of them up. She held on tighter. When she saw the window, she followed his instructions and grabbed on. She saw that they were high up and gulped.
When she turned to ask how they would get out, she saw he was floating on the other side of the window. Oddly enough there was a soft light coming form him that kept her from seeing his body. When the light faded, a white horse with wings was all that remained. Her jaw dropped.
"H-Helios?" she asked hesitantly. The horse nodded. It then turned its back to her and looked back at her. Realizing that he wanted her to get on his back, she climbed up through the window and did just that. "I'm not too heavy, am I?" she asked. The horse shook his head and gave her a horsey smile.
ChibiUSa held on tightly as they soared above the clouds. She nuzzled her face into his mane. Warm…and soft, she thought.
Helios the Pegasus landed near her house and ChibiUsa jumped off. He disappeared before she could thank him. She got home and found that her mother hadn't noticed her absence because not much time had passed.
"ChibiUsa, what took you so long?" Usagi asked. (Despite not being gone that long, she was late…)
"Gomen nasi, Okaa-san, I took the long way home. Ano… since Valentine's Day is tomorrow, could you help me make chocolate?" Her mother smiled.
"Hai." So mother and daughter spent time together, making chocolate.
(Scene change)
That night, when ChibiUsa went to bed with the usual Helios-blanket, she remembered how he had changed into a Pegasus earlier. Maybe I'll give him chocolate as a thank you present… She thought before falling asleep. Yeah, that's what I'll do…
ChibiUsa somehow managed to wake up before Helios that next morning, so she caught him before he disappeared. Neither one of her parents was up yet, which made it extra easy for her to give Helios the chocolate heart she had made the day before. When she carefully got out of bed, Helios woke.
"Up so early?" he asked. ChibiUsa gave him a nod.
"Uh-uh. Wait right there. I have something for you," she told him as she left her room and headed for the kitchen. Curious now, Helios floated into a standing position. Quick as a wink, the little girl was back with a wrapped up heart chocolate.
"Here," she said as she held out the present, "for Valentine's Day and for saving me yesterday." She blushed a little and Helios smiled.
"Thank you," he said, accepting the gift.