I don't own Sailor Moon, nor did I create it. Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, this is just my alternate universe version, a sort of "If I created Sailor Moon" story...
Note: Any dialogue written like this is in a foreign language, the language, unless Japanese, will be specified.
CHAPTER 34:HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION #5
THE DREAM AND THE DESTINY OF THE LOVERS
JULY 13, 1987
Around 2:30 in the morning, Usagi Tsukino was sleeping, like she normally did at that hour. She was having her recurring dream, about her being a princess, and living in a beautiful palace on the Moon, and being married to a handsome prince. Like usual, Usagi couldn't see her face, nor that of her handsome prince, but she knew that she was the princess. Also, as usual, Luna was there, as her Royal Adviser. Just as the prince kissed her, Usagi sat bolt upright in bed. As she did, Luna ran into her room, sensing something was wrong. "Is anything wrong?" Luna asked.
"No," Usagi said. "It's that dream again."
"The one where you're a princess on the Moon?" Luna asked.
"Yes," Usagi said. "I don't know if I've ever told you this before, but I've had that dream at least once a week since about a year before I met you and became Sailor Moon. At first, I thought it was a schoolgirl's fantasy, being a beautiful princess with her handsome prince, but in the last couple months, I've been having this feeling that this dream is trying to tell me something. I always wake up at a different part of the dream, sometimes, the real world even bleeds into the dream."
"How does that work?" Luna asked.
"The morning of the day I first met you and became Sailor Moon," Usagi said, "I had that dream just as my alarm clock went off. In my dream, you were not only singing "Detroit Rock City", but singing in Paul Stanley's voice."
"Why would I be singing in someone else's voice?" Luna asked.
"I had the radio on my alarm clock set on KNAC," Usagi said. "They just happened to be playing "Detroit Rock City" when my alarm went off, and it took me a few seconds to realize your singing was actually my clock radio."
"That would make sense," Luna said. "A couple months ago, I remember taking a catnap in the kitchen."
"To you, every nap's a catnap," Usagi said.
"Anyways," Luna said, "A couple months ago, I was taking a catnap in the kitchen. All of a sudden, for some reason, I started dreaming about bacon. The dream was so real, I could smell the bacon. I wake up, and your mom is in the kitchen, frying up bacon."
"Okay," Usagi said. "So the real world sometimes invades our dreams. But anyways, this isn't about that. I just told you I've been having this feeling the last couple months this dream is trying to tell me something. One thing I never told you about this dream, the prince and princess, I could never see their faces. But even though I could never see her face, I always knew I was the princess. As for the prince, I know who he is, that's what woke me up like it did."
"You know who the prince is?" Luna asked.
"It's Jerry," Usagi said.
"You sure?" Luna asked. "Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen you get so gaga over a boy like you have over him. Don't get me wrong, he's nice and all, but for the life of me, I can't see exactly what it is you see in him. No offense, of course."
"None taken," Usagi said. "I can't explain what it is, either. I know I've only really known him for a week, and he doesn't really seem like the kind of boy I'm usually attracted to, but for some reason, I could see the two of us growing old together. I don't know what it is, but the first time we kissed, it felt like we'd been married for over 50 years."
"You're losing me," Luna said.
"I don't know how it is for cats," Usagi said. "but with humans, when two people are in a loving marriage for over 50 years, they're going to do a lot of kissing. And I could imagine if I'm kissing the same man at least a few times a day, every day, for over 50 years, his kisses are going to feel very familiar. Not monotonous, but familiar. That's what it felt like the first time I kissed Jerry. It felt like I've kissed him a million times before."
"Is everything okay?" Ikuko Tsukino asked, as she came into Usagi's bedroom.
"Everything's fine," Usagi said. "How did you know something was wrong?"
"I'm your mother," Ikuko said. "Your adoptive mother, but in my defense, I'm the only mother you've ever known. It's my job to know when something's wrong with my children. Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not right now," Usagi said. "It's something I need to think about first, Maybe if I thought about it a little, it might actually make sense."
"Whenever you're ready to talk," Ikuko said. "You know where to find me."
"And that goes for you, too," Usagi said to Luna, after her mother went back to her own bedroom. "This is starting to make sense, but I have a gut feeling that it's my job to put the pieces together."
"So what are you going to do right now?" Luna asked.
"Go back to sleep," Usagi said. "Or, at the very least, try to go back to sleep. Who knows, maybe I'll have some really weird ass dream that somehow puts the pieces of all this together, and wraps them up in a pretty package. And don't worry, I'll let Jerry in on this. If it involves him, he has the right to know about it, but I don't want to tell him much until I figure it out myself. Somehow, I have a gut feeling that if I keep him completely in the dark, I'd be a bad girlfriend, and I like him too much to be a bad girlfriend."
Jerry Logue woke up about 7:00 that morning. After a quick shower, he got dressed. He put on a pair of blue jeans shorts, a gray T-shirt worn under a California Angels warmup jersey, white socks, and black and white checkered Vans slip-ons. He then brushed his long brown hair, and as he was tying it back in a ponytail, his younger sister's best friend, Tricia, came in his room. "There's a girl at the door for you," Tricia said. "She didn't say her name, but she claims to be your girlfriend."
"Thanks," Jerry said, tying his hair into a ponytail, and putting a small gold hoop earring in the piercing in his left ear. He went to the front door, where Usagi Tsukino was standing.
"We need to talk," Usagi said.
"Did you have breakfast yet?" Jerry asked.
"No," Usagi said. "Why?"
"I was about to go get something for breakfast," Jerry said. "Wanna come?"
"Where are we going?" Usagi asked.
"Tommy's," Jerry said. "Up on Whittier."
"They serve breakfast?" Usagi asked.
"Yeah," Jerry said. "You ain't lived until you've had a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich with their chili."
"Sounds good to me," Usagi said. "Tell you what, I have some money on me, so how about I buy, you fly."
"Sounds good to me," Jerry said. "Why don't you come out to the garage with me, we'll get my bike, and hit the road. Tricia, if my mom asks, tell her Usagi came over, and I took her to Tommy's for breakfast."
"Okay," Tricia said.
Jerry and Usagi went to the garage, where his motorcycle, a Harley-Davidson SS-350, was parked. Jerry opened the garage door, and Usagi walked out to the alley while Jerry wheeled his motorcycle out. He closed the garage door, and as he and Usagi got on the back of the bike, he kick-started it, revving the engine as the bike came to life. They rode down the alley, coming out at Harbor Boulevard. They rode up Harbor, and made a left turn at Whittier Boulevard, and were soon at Tommy's. Jerry got a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, with chili and 1000 island dressing, along with chili cheese fries and a large iced tea with lemon, while Usagi got a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, with chili, tomatoes, and mustard, along with chili cheese fries and a large iced tea. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" Jerry asked.
"Us," Usagi said.
"You're not breaking up with me, are you?" Jerry asked.
"No way," Usagi said. "I like you too much. In fact, before we eat, I want you to kiss me."
"Sure," Jerry said, kissing Usagi. "That's odd," he said, after he kissed her.
"What's odd?" Usagi asked, concerned.
"We've only been going out for a week," Jerry said. "but when I kiss you, it feels like we've been together forever. No offense, but when I kiss you, your lips feel like an old shirt, or a beat-up pair of boots I've owned forever."
"What do you mean by that?" Usagi asked.
"First off, I have a little confession for you," Jerry said. "When you kissed me that first time, that was my first kiss. But it felt familiar, like we'd kissed millions of times in the past."
"I've been having a recurring dream for almost two years," Usagi said. "It involves a prince, a princess, and a castle on the Moon. Oh yeah, a black cat that speaks several languages, and can even sing in Paul Stanley's voice. The thing is, I could never see the faces of the prince or princess, but for some reason, I always knew the princess was me. I had the dream last night, and I realized you were the prince."
"I don't think it was a dream," Jerry said. "I've had a similar dream, but without the talking cat, and in a crystal palace here on Earth. A prince, a princess, I could never see their faces, but I knew I was the prince. Last night, I had the same dream, and I realized you were the princess. I also realized it wasn't really a dream, but a memory of a past life where you and I were lovers. That explains a lot."
"Like what?" Usagi asked.
"Why I was so smitten with you from the first time I laid eyes on you," Jerry said.
"You may have seen me as plain old Usagi Tsukino," Usagi said, "but I reminded you of your lover from a past life."
"Us meeting was fate," Jerry said. "Don't you think it's strange that you fell madly in love with me in such a short time?"
"What about you?" Usagi asked.
"I've been in love with you since 1983," Jerry said. "But until last week, that love was unrequited. Can't you see? This isn't puppy love, or infatuation, this is fate. Destiny, if you will."
"Like we were meant to be together," Usagi said. "That's one reason I wished you had talked to me before you did."
"Part of it was my fear," Jerry said ."But part of it was also that it wasn't meant to be until now. Anyways, I think we better eat before it gets cold."
The two of them ate, and as they finished, Usagi's communicator went off. "I have to take this," Usagi said. "You understand, don't you?"
"Of course," Jerry said. "You're the superhero."
"Rabbit here," Usagi said.
"Trouble at Loma Norte Park, in La Habra," Makoto Kino said.
"On it," Usagi said.
À SUIVRE...
