1Hey guys, I hope you are enjoying this story cause I didn't get a lot of reviews of the second one. Maybe because it was so long…sigh. Sorry about that. I'll try not to make my stories so long, I'm not sure about this one, but the next I'm positive about.
Hey everyone, SSD here. I'll be helping AAF out on this one since I'm the nearest Sailor Moon buff and once owned all the manga.
A warning though, this story is going to start out serious, then I'll try to progress humor in it! Not sure yet, but still I hope you still enjoy it!
Enjoy!
The characters are going to be OOC!
Behind the Scenes: Leafe Knights
Chapter three: Sasame's quest for the Sailor Moon Manga
"And that's a wrap. Sasame you can go home now." The manger of FM Awayuki said to the Knight of Sound as he was off to go send the latest edition of Sasame's Words Gate broadcast to his other employees.
The silver haired man let out an exasperated sigh as he rose from his chair, to the outside world known as Awayuki Island.
Eight years have passed and much has changed.
The Leafe Knights no longer lived in their apartment. Mannen, Hajime, Shin, and Go live together in the Awayuki mansion with Hayate and Himeno, who are expecting their first child in the spring. Some of the knights started a family while others attended school and worked for a living.
Their jobs as Leafe Knights subsided long ago, ever since the great tree of Fenril collapsed. Now the Knights of the seven elements continued their voyage through life as normal citizens.
Sasame walked through seas of people each day he went to FM Awayuki from his home and back, seven days a week.
Slumber was an issue the knight had, and sleep was one thing he craved…in fact, each time he arrived home, the first thing he'd hit was the pillow. Although, with his children always running amok, it was bliss if he could get two hours of sleep.
But among his sleeping troubles, one other problem was money. Takako was a housewife and always had her hands full with the children. She didn't have enough hours in a day to find a job suitable, with flexible hours she was looking for. This left Sasame with another option…he had to get another job. Okay, the money he made at the station as a radio personality was enough to pay a few bills, but not plenty for the others he still had.
Turning around a corner to the second block to his home, a book in the window display caught his attention. Taking a pit stop, his violet eyes sparkled with joy as he went into the store to purchase the book in the display.
Several minutes later, out came the Knight of Sound with his nose in a book and a new book to his collection. The book that was currently being read was the sixteenth volume to the Sailor Moon manga series. Why, the first time his daughter, Taeko brought home the first volume, Sasame was automatically addicted to the series. Thus collecting everything and anything that was Sailor Moon merchandise.
At two thirty his home was in sight as well as finishing the book. Once approaching the door, he reached his hand into his pocket for his keys to open the door, though when he flung open the door, he wasn't expecting to be clobbered by his two children. Waving his arms wildly to try to keep his balance, he tripped over his own two feet and fell down with two kids clinging to his bewildered body.
Takako, hearing the loud thump, hurried over to the front door to see what all the commotion was all about when she beamed at the sight. Her children Shinenji and Taeko, were playing with their father on the floor. Shinenji had Sasame in a headlock while Taeko had a hold of one of his legs.
Yes, this scene would've been a very precious moment if Sasame hadn't got up and left his family to his Collector's Room.
The bright smiles on the children's faces turned into frowns as they went to their rooms to play.
Takako stood frozen in her place, shocked and irritated by her husband's reaction. Shutting the front door, she strode towards Sasame's Collector's Room and roughly opened the door.
"What do you think you are doing?" The brunette woman asked angrily.
The silver haired man put away his newest addition in the library and cast an enthusiastic violet gaze at his wife. "Just putting away the latest Sailor Moon manga, koishi." He gently placed the book with Sailor Moon's eternal form on a dark blue background beside the aqua volume one of Sailor Moon StarS.
Takako fumed. "I've had enough of this silly obsession of yours! The children want their father! They need him! Not this, this, MOONIE!
Violet eyes widened in surprise and shock. "I'm quite happy being a moonie!" That statement was taken to the extreme with just a glance at the layout of the "Collector's Room."
The walls that were once white were covered in posters of the live action Sailor Moon cast. A majority of the posters being of Sailor Mars since Sasame thought that she was much like his wife: beautiful, but with a short temper. Not to mention she was damn sexy, especially in that red princess gown of hers in the manga. He had all her posters, dolls, action figures, wall scrolls, even had the bed sheets. His wife was particularly pissed at that so he ended up giving them to Taeko.
Takako paused in her ranting that started up after his shameless admitting to being a moonie. She saw the far away look in his eye that she associated with his Sailor Mars fetish and her own aura of flames sprung up around her. "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME!"
Sasame snapped out of his daze and stared in awe at his infuriated wife who was doing a very good pissed off Hino Rei impression. The realization that he was the object of her rage had the sound knight almost cowering in fear at the legendary Woman In Rage Demon Head Assault.
"Yes, honey?" he whimpered.
"You will spend more time with the children and less time with this obsession! It is alright to have a hobby, but this is unhealthy! UNDERSTOOD?"
"Wokari mashita!" Sasame squeaked as his wife's head grew to an intimidating size.
"Good!" Takako spun on her heel and exited the Collector's Room.
Sasame sagged in relief and went to the wardrobe hidden in the corner. His glasses glinted evilly as he opened it and gazed upon the contents inside: an Eternal Sailor Mars outfit fitted perfectly for his wife, a Dark Kingdom general's outfit with red piping and a box of blond hair dye, a miniaturized Mars outfit that would fit snug on Taeko and last but not least, a set of traditional black hakama and haori with a white open gi overcoat along with a very long plastic katana that was perfect for Shinenji. Sasame did wonder why Takako let him get that violent manga Bleach, but tossed the thought aside. The convention was coming up soon and he wanted to surprise his family with the tickets he had gotten in advance.
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Sasame whistled cheerfully on his way back home after a dreary day at the station. Tomorrow was the day and he was going to tell the family tonight at dinner that they were going somewhere special. He couldn't wait to see the surprised and happy expressions on his children's faces and the stunned look on his wife. Though, Takako was less than pleased with him as of late. For the past three days, Sasame had sealed himself inside his Collector's Room making the final touches on the costumes. He just hoped that his surprise would be enough for Takako to forgive him since he had been planning this for months. Well, aside from the fact that there was going to be a prerelease of the last Sailor Moon manga. He also refused to tell his wife that he had received a rather hefty increase in his salary due to the excellent ratings his broadcast was earning. The bonus was more than enough to completely pay off the bills with a little extra to spare.
He entered his home to find Takako glaring at him, identical glares on his children's faces as well.
"Explain yourself, Sasame," the brunette asked coldly as she held up a Dark Kingdom general uniform. The same one that Sasame had been planning to wear.
'Crap, I forgot to put it away last night!' "Uh, Takako, dearest, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this." His wife's glare intensified. "I was just making some adjustments to it. You see, there's a convention tomorrow and I–"
"You're not going." Takako interjected. "You said you would spend more time with the children and not this silly hobby of yours." She stressed the word "hobby".
"I know, dearest, but, Iwasplanningontakingyouandthechildrenwithmeasafamilyouting!" He rushed and took several deep breaths.
"Again, only a little slower this time," Takako stated levelly.
"I said, 'I was planning on taking you and the children with me as a family outing,'" he waited patiently for his wife to explode again.
Takako stood there, dumbfounded. "What?"
"What?" The two echoed their mother.
"Then, where's our costumes?" Little Taeko whined.
"Yeah, I wanna go as Byakuya!" Shinenji complained.
"I already have all the costumes made," Sasame said placatingly. "You will find out when we are ready to leave for the convention.
The children cheered and tackled their father, who laughed at their predictable reactions. Takako smiled softly, pleased that her husband was finally starting to act like a real father and not a Sailor Moon obsessed fanboy. She couldn't help but wonder what he had made for them as she wasn't into any kind of anime.
'I guess I'll just have to wait,' she thought as Shinenji pinned his "helpless" father with the help of his sister.
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Shinenji was in heaven. His father had done a great job at making the costume and he couldn't be more thrilled at being a part of the powerful Gotei 13. So he wasn't Kuchiki Byakuya, but he was someone just as good. He strapped the plastic katana across his back, the final piece of the costume. Taking some hair gel his father had given him (courtesy of Go), Shinenji spiked his already unruly silver-white hair while making sure to leave a small loose bang on the right side of his face. The seven year old boy looked in the mirror and grinned. He was practically the spitting image of the prodigy shinigami since he inherited his mother's green eyes. His eyes flicked to the hilt of the katana jutting over his shoulder.
'It would be so cool if I could use the real Hyourinmaru.' Smirking, Shinenji quoted the release phrase of the strongest ice based zanpakutou. "Set upon the Frosted Heavens, Hyourinmaru." He then left to go meet up with his family, firmly entrenched in the Hitsugaya Toushirou frame of mind.
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Taeko squealed over her Chibi Mars costume and happily put it on. Her light silver locks swayed as she mimicked Sailor Mars's henshin sequence and the six year old giggled when she took the final pose. She really had to thank Papa for this somehow.
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Sasame grinned at his disgruntled wife clad in the beautiful Eternal form of Sailor Mars. He was going as Jedite as he was a huge fan of the Sensh/General pairings. Rumor had it that Mars and Jedite were in a relationship during the Silver Millennium, but Metallia had torn them apart when she corrupted Beryl and started the war.
"Shall we go meet the children, dearest?" He asked with a light touch of amusement in his voice.
"And why am I like this?" Takako demanded to know.
"Simple, there are rumors that Mars and Jedite were lovers once. And since you are so like Sailor Mars, and I wouldn't dream of being unfaithful, Jedite was the only character for me to go as."
"...That's not what I was asking."
"Oh, well, you posses a similar personality to Sailor Mars."
"That's all?"
"Yes."
"...I am never wearing this getup again."
"But what about that Valentine's Day I made you that–"
"I don't want to hear it, that was a one time deal. Now, let's go round up the children," Takako cut him off while blushing a bright pink. She remembered that day; after all, that was the night that Shinenji was conceived.
The brunette woman smiled when she saw her energetic children. Well, Shinenji was in character while Taeko was practically bouncing off the walls. Her husband made a striking profile as she glanced at him from the corner of her eye.
"Shall we get going?" The sound knight questioned and received an enthusiastic "YEAH!" and "Hn" in response. "Then let's move out Mars, Chibi Mars, Hitsugaya-taichou!"
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'Now, how to slip away from Takako and the kids for a while?' Sasame pondered as he was partially dragged into the hotel where the convention was taking place. The knight dressed as a general mused over his options even as he paid for a Keroberos plushie for his daughter and a pair of Byakuya's cloth bracers for Shinenji. An opening became visible when Takako was distracted by a rather bishounen cosplayer dressed as Dark Mousy, Shinenji was gawking at a well done Byakuya and the kid had stars of hero worship in his eyes, and Taeko was cooing at a Shippo plushie. Sasame slipped away with a manic grin on his face.
He hummed cheerfully as he made his way through the masses of cosplayers. He was almost at the stand specified in the flyer when the worst thing that could possibly happen happened.
"AIEE! It's Jedite!" One of the horrors squealed.
"EEEEE! It's Hirokono Sasame!" A different terror screeched.
Sasame balked and made a mad dash away from his destination that was teeming with rabid fangirls. 'Run away run away run away run away run away!' He yelled in his mind as he desperately tried to escape the masses. He breezed by his wife, who was startled at his sudden passing. Sasame weaved through the crowd, eventually making a U-turn so that he could maybe get a copy of the pre-released volume 3 of StarS. His goal was almost in sight. He could practically hear the heavenly music as he approached it. Takeuchi Naoko was there herself, signing the books. He was so close...
When one of those damned fangirls lunged and tackled his legs. Sasame plummeted to the tile floor as the creatures from Hell swarmed him. He screamed in abject terror and tried desperately to claw his way out of the pile. He spotted his wife, staring at him in amusement.
"Ta-Takako! Oof...He...LP! OW!"
The green eyed Sailor Mars laughed as their children giggled beside her. "You shouldn't have tried to run off. Now, anata, have you learned your lesson?"
Sasame used the ultimate weapon and Takako froze. He turned large, tearful violet eyes to his wife. "Please, save me! Hey! Don't touch there!" He yelled at a rather bold fan. Who, to Sasame's horror, was actually an effeminate man dressed as his favorite senshi. Sasame would be damned if he admitted that the man made a better Mars than his own wife. "TAKAKO, HELP ME!"
The former princess of disaster snapped at her husband's panicked cries for help. "Alright, girls and men, HANDS OFF MY HUSBAND NOW!" The aura of flames sprung up around her and the fangirls and few fanboys immediately cowered from the very realistic Sailor Mars. The bold Mars stole a kiss from Sasame, who immediately passed out from the sheer horror that another man had kissed him.
Takako glared at the one who dared to touch HER general in such a manner. Shinenji-taichou unsheathed the plastic katana on his back and Chibi Mars adopted the same aura as her mother. Bold-Mars balked and trembled under the triple assault, especially since Shinenji made an excellent Hitsugaya.
"Get him." Was the command given and the beating commenced. The not-so-bold-now Mars wobbled as he stood and walked away from his tormentors.
"Don't touch my dad, you damn crossdresser!" Shinenji yelled at his retreating back. He received a swat to the head from his mother's white gloved hand.
"Don't swear, Shinenji."
"Stay away, creepy man!" Taeko warned at the male Mars that was already out of earshot.
Sasame shakily stood, still recoiling in horror that the man had the balls to kiss him. Okay, that was worded wrong for as that thought crossed his mind, Sasame felt drastically ill. His face turned a sick shade of green and Takako wrapped her arms around him to hold him steady, concern evident in her green eyes.
"Sasame? Are you okay?"
"I think, I think I'm gonna be sick...urg!" His stomach retched, but nothing came up.
"Let's head home, anata, I don't think it wise to stay here any longer."
Takako dragged her ill general out of the hotel with their worried children trailing behind. Sasame muttered something under his breath and his wife cast him a suspicious glance.
"What was that, dear?"
Tears streamed down his face as the knight playing general wailed. "I didn't get the last volume of Sailor Moon or Takeuchi-sama's autograph!" he bawled.
Takako smiled secretly and her children stifled their giggles. "That's too bad, dear, maybe next time?"
Sasame nodded his head miserably as his stomach retched again.
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It has been two weeks since the convention and Sasame still had nightmares of the male Sailor Mars. It was made even worse when the knight of sound discovered that it was one of his own coworkers that was the offender. He was mortified when he walked into work the morning after and came face-to-face with him. The man had the audacity to blow a kiss his way while Sasame was frozen with horror. It did come as a mild relief to know that he had done it because he lost a bet, but that relief was swept aside when the man confessed that he did enjoy the kiss. Sasame just wanted to sink into the ground; but since Shin wasn't there, that was an impossibility. Now, he was on his way home where his wife promised a very pleasant surprise for his birthday.
His eyes glinted and a perverse grin threatened to split his face. 'I wonder if it'll be anything like last year?' He thought curiously.
He entered his quaint home and braced himself as his energetic children barreled into him. His wife looked exhausted beyond belief, but happy to see him.
"Welcome home, anata. Happy Birthday."
"Happy Birthday, Daddy/Dad!"
"We got a present for you, Daddy, you're gonna love it!" Taeko giggled and turned eager eyes to her mother. She nodded and Taeko squealed happily as she revealed a small, silver wrapped package with a purple bow on it and darker silver crescent moons on the paper.
Sasame chuckled in amusement as he took it and carefully peeled away the paper. His eyes widened in shock. There in his hands was the last volume of Sailor Moon with a beautiful picture of Usagi on a golden yellow background with orange, six petaled flowers framing her. He reverently pulled the glossy cover back and gasped. In a lovely shade of purple ink was Takeuchi Naoko's autograph.
"To Hirokono Sasame, Happy Birthday! Takeuchi Naoko."
"Ta-Takako, when, where–?"
"At the convention of course. While you were running from your fans, the children and I made a small stop at the stall where Takeuchi-san was signing autographs and selling that book. We talked for a bit and it turns out that she is a fan of your broadcast as well. She was quite flattered when I told her that you enjoyed her works."
Sasame embraced his wife in a heartfelt hug and then kissed both his children on their foreheads in gratitude. "Thank you, so much. You are the best that a man can ask for in a wife, daughter, and son."
"We love you, too, anata." Takako leaned up and whispered something in his ear. A goofy grin spread across his face as the words registered in his mind.
They each had a slice of cake with Sailor Mars's face screened onto it after some saboyaki and went to bed, Sasame more eager than the children. It wasn't the promise of sleep that drew him, but the promise of his wife.
"It seems that Sailor Mars decided that Jedite was far to attractive and irresistible. She also heard that today was his birthday and decided to do something special for one of the prince's generals."
END
WHEW! This is finally done! Sorry I took so long, but I'm in college now and had a lot to do. I hope everyone liked this and feels sorry for poor Sasame. Please review AAF for this! I know she'll give me the feedback.
