THE SIBERIAN WAR-EPILOGUE:HOME BY CHRISTMAS
By Red Star
NOTE: I do not own any real or anime characters mentioned here.
TOKYO AIRPORT, FOUR DAYS AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER…
The Antonov-70's came out of the western sky. Hordes of Japanese families waited to the side of the airstrips as the massive planes came slowly but surely to a stop. Sakura, Professor Avalon, and Julian moved through the crowds toward one plane in particular.
"They're bringing them in order of the camps they were in, and the papers say that this is the plane he would be coming home in." said Avalon. Julian took Sakura's hand and did his best to give her a reassuring smile. The plane's cargo-bay door opened up and hundreds of Japanese POWs came out into the sun. There was laughter and crying all around. One lieutenant took hold of his girlfriend and gave her an astonishingly hard kiss.
Mothers gave bear-hugs to returning sons and fathers, doing their best to hold back tears of joy, slapped them on the back. Russian soldiers stood by, automatic weapons at the ready, glaring out at the crowds of happy people. Sakura and her father and friend stood waiting patiently. But, as the crowds thinned, they could see no sign of Tory. Soon, only a few people remained with them on the airstrip. Sakura looked toward the ground. Professor Avalon kneeled down beside her and put his arm around his daughter. "I'm sorry, Sakura. It will be alright…"
"Hey, Squirt!" Sakura and her father turned to see Tory Avalon in a dirty flight uniform emerging from the Antonov. Behind him was a Russian pilot. "Jeez, kid, you should have gone to the crapper before we landed!!"
Sakura ran up to her brother and threw her arms around him. Tory smiled and knelt down and gave her a bear hug. "Good to see you, Monster," he said as a small teardrop began to crawl down his face. "Good to see you,"
TOKYO, DECEMBER 23
Serena happily showed off her new dress to the group gathered at Rei's temple. "It's beautiful, Serena. Perfect for the Christmas dance," said Lita. "Isn't it? And I get to wear it with the perfect guy!" As Serena finished her sentence, Darien suddenly appeared behind her. "And I get to wear this tux with the perfect girl, eh?" He grabbed her from behind and kissed her on her temple. Darien then saw Ami, who was wearing a long, beautiful, blue dress. "Hey, Ami, do you have a date too?" Darien asked. "Oh, perhaps. I don't think he likes the term date really." She blushed. "Who's the lucky guy?" Before Ami could answer, a black car drove up beside the temple. On it's hood was the Russian Imperial Flag and a Russian Admiral's flag. The chauffer got out and opened the side door. Out stepped Admiral Victor Kolsov, complete with dress uniform and the red sash of the Order of the Imperial Eagle across his chest. In his right hand he held a few long roses. "Hello, Ami!" he called out. He approached her, made a noble bow and presented the flowers to Ami. Kolsov smiled at her friends and looked them over with his one good eye. "You must be her friends; Ami has said so much about you." "What kind of things?" Mina asked suspiciously. "All good things, I assure you. Well, Ami. Shall we?" She nodded and took Kolsov's arm and the two walked back to Kolsov's car with the group staring at them all the way.
THE KREMLIN
Dane I sipped at some tea as he watched his television. The war had ended successfully and he was pleased with the results of his reconstruction plans in the east. Bridges, streets, buildings, ports, ships, railroads, trains, everything was nearly completely repaired. About a month after the war ended, the Imperial Diet confirmed Nohitomo as Prime Minister of Japan. He resigned his commission in the Army and set to work rebuilding both his country and it's relations abroad. A few weeks after his inauguration, he met with Chairman Vladimir Putin in Seoul, Korea. The two heads of government negotiated and signed a Non-Aggression Pact. Since then, the Japanese had approached the Minister of Petroleum about building an oil-pumping system that would bring Siberian oil to the Japanese islands. Ah yes, it was a good war. In his victory, Dane had found in Lakov a genius, and had ordered him to Moscow to take up the position of Commander in Chief of the Imperial Army. Right now, Marshal Lakov was visiting his wife's grave near Omsk, the city they had lived in before she had died. The Emperor sighed and laid back his head as he turned to CNN. "In U.S. news today, Colin Powell has declared that he will be the Republican candidate for the Presidency in the next election. He denounced the dissolution of NATO by the European Powers and promises to revive it."
And so the seeds of future conflict were sown.
COMING SOON…
Russia's reach for empire in Eastern Europe brings forth…