A Glance at the Future.
Or a Glimpse of the Past?
--------------------------------------------------------- Neona-chan.
Disclaimer- I don't own Sailor Moon, Code Name: Sailor V, Aino Minako, Artemis, or any of the other characters in this story. Don't sue now ^_~
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The Dream. Part One.
A dream?
Had it been just a dream?
Mina closed her eyes and put down her pencil.
How could she concentrate at all with such a pressing question about her future.
She twiddled her fingers and gazed absently out of the window into the deep blue sky.
'It's always been like this, why did I expect it to change? A glance into my future is but a glimpse of my past'
The bell rang and the teacher finally stopped talking, she grabbed her bag and walked out onto the street, brushing her hair back behind her ears and out of the wind.
"Mina! Minako-chan!" yelled a cheerful voice from behind her, turning she saw Usagi and Mamoru.
Not knowing why, she turned and fled, tears dripping down her face, and over the edge of her nose.
She ran home. Where else could she go.
Artemis paced up and down infront of Mina, looking at her tear stained face, and her empty eyes.
"Mina... tell me."
"Artemis... will I always be alone?"
Artemis taken aback by the question looked at Mina.
"What do you m-"
"Artemis... am I doomed never to find love? Everyone I've ever loved has left me, or I've been forced to leave them. I'm a joke. Goddess of Love and Beauty? Who am I kidding with that?"
"Now Mina! You're young... you'll find someone!"
"Artemis. I had a dream, and it was so real. I saw the future. And I was alone Artemis. All alone"
"Mina..."
"Don't you remember... in England -him" she choked, not wanting to say the name.
"I thought he loved me, I loved him... But... but I was wrong. Even Tiger's Eye and Hawk's Eye. I fell for them, but they were just a hoax, they felt nothing for me. And somehow I feel so far away from my friends... why is it... that I'm always the one left out?"
"Mina, your friends never leave you out..."
"Artemis they don't even know me. Who do they see Artemis? They see my mask, a happy-go-lucky girl who's a klutz and messes everything up. That isn't me! It isn't!"
"But that's what you show them!"
"But do they take the time to know anything else about me? Ami... they know she's more than her smarts. Lita- more than her brawn. Rei, more than her temper. Serena... more! But yet they haven't taken the time to know the real me, they probably suspect they know me, that I'm so shallow anyone can fathom!"
"I'm sick of being alone Artemis. I'm sick of being average. I'm sick of being seen as shallow."
"Mina... you know we all love you!"
"Usagi loves Mamoru. Ami loves Greg. Rei loves Chad. Lita has someone too. Reeni has Helios. Amara and Michelle have each other. Hotaru- Hotaru is still young, and her father loves her. Setsuna and I are the ones that are alone Artemis-chan, and will be forever."
She lay down on her bed, now dressed in her pyjamas, pulling up the covers over her head.
"Goddess of Love and Beauty... right. I have no love... beauty maybe. but love" she murmured, getting closer to sleep until she finally nodded of, mouth still in a small frown.
Artemis sighed, his bright blue eyes shining eerily in the darkness.
Softly he jumped onto the window seat and into the glimmering silver light of the moon.
He gently nudged Minako's transformation pen, which had been left there carelessly as she had changed.
"Minako. We all love you." he said in the silence as a bright light came from the pen and enveloped him.
He suddenly became taller, the two back legs becoming longer, his spine becoming straighter, and forelegs becoming shorter. His face became longer, less plump, and from it came long silver hair. The blue eyes were still there, yet narrower, and there stood the human form of Artemis.
"Mina... I have a family, in the future. Yet I would give it up for you. Time was supposed to flow, in the same way it would have if you had not been killed in the battle. But yet the ressurection of you girls has changed everything. No longer will you each marry the four generals. You have each found someone else dear to you. Except for you Mina." he gently whispered at the sleeping girls form.
"Yes. If it were an ideal future, as it was to be before, I must marry Luna and have Diana. Yet, it seems to me that I cannot do that. Before, I would not have been this close to you Mina. This has changed everything. Mina I know you haven't found anyone. But I have found you Mina."
He walked carefully, as to not wake her, and stood above her bed, he closed his eyes and leaned down. Kissing her.
"Yes Mina... I have found you." He said, slowly changing back to his feline form "And Mina I love you more than you can imagine, I know you... the true you. And you know me Mina, I will always be there for you"
He jumped onto the bed and curled up next to her, purring.
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Escalating Destiny. Part Two.
"The enemy is strong" beep. blip. beep. "My computer tells me that--"
Ami was cut off, for there was no one there.
Mina walked down a tight, empty corridor, gazing at all of the nameless doors on either side, Artemis trotting next to her had the same puzzled expression.
"What is this, where are we?"
"I think--" said Artemis "That these were the alternating realities that Ami told us about. Each one is a door into our dreams, a desire come true, yet none of them are truly real"
"So it's a trap?" said Mina, setting a light hand on the doorknob.
"Yes... but any of these doors could be a way out... yet I don't knowif you should open any of them..." said Artemis.
"Well... we have to find a way out to help the girls... maybe they don't think they need me, but I'll show them" said Mina, twisting the doorknob and letting the large silver door open silently.
A barrier of grey fog stopped their view of the inside, but they could hear light music coming from the inside. Slowly Mina and Artemis passed through the fog... and a bright light was emitted.
"Your eyes
Never pay attention…
This wavering heart
Chases you sadly"
Artemis opened his eyes to see a theater filled with screaming fans.
"Ah… yet I want to believe…
Ah… a gentle feeling…
Love is not crying yet
It's only staring
At this throbbing
Because it's not a lie now…
It's not crying painfully
Because I think of you…
I only want to be stronger
than yesterday"
He looked up at the stage and to his surprise a beautiful golden haired girl singing in a turqoise dress.
Mina.
"So that your aim
to fight for the dream
won't lose,
I even cry…
Ah… it's just like that day by day…
Ah… I'm proud…"
Mina's dream... to be an idol. Yes this door was not the exit, but a window into her dream.
"Love is not crying yet
I hold tight this thought
To live bravely ---
I only change now…
It's not crying forlornly ---
(That's) for sure everytime
Within this heart ---
It seems like it's because of you…"
Jumping onto the stage Artemis lept at Mina, but in that instant the whole theater wavered.
"Oh Artemis..."
It was Mina's voice, yet where was she?
Artemis looked over and to his surprise Mina was resting on his shoulder... Shoulder?
Now it was his dream.
Mina wearing a long flowing dress, her gloved hand in his, her blue eyes gazing up at his.
But it wasn't true.
This wasn't Mina.
Artemis frantically looked around and saw another door in the distance.
He sadly gazed into the pseudoMina's eyes, savouring the last beautiful glance and parting his hands from hers.
"It will happen someday. With the real Mina."
With that he ran to the door and opened it, reverting back to cat shape as he went.
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Hehe, is this the end? No.
Don't worry all ye people who liketh this story, I'm just regrouping my thoughts for the next part!
By the way, song lyrics are from Ai wa mada nakanai, or Love is not Crying Yet.
I obtained the lyrics from here- http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/2526/lyrics/Chara/Yajima/nakanai.htm
Thanks for reading, and please review!
Or a Glimpse of the Past?
--------------------------------------------------------- Neona-chan.
Disclaimer- I don't own Sailor Moon, Code Name: Sailor V, Aino Minako, Artemis, or any of the other characters in this story. Don't sue now ^_~
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The Dream. Part One.
A dream?
Had it been just a dream?
Mina closed her eyes and put down her pencil.
How could she concentrate at all with such a pressing question about her future.
She twiddled her fingers and gazed absently out of the window into the deep blue sky.
'It's always been like this, why did I expect it to change? A glance into my future is but a glimpse of my past'
The bell rang and the teacher finally stopped talking, she grabbed her bag and walked out onto the street, brushing her hair back behind her ears and out of the wind.
"Mina! Minako-chan!" yelled a cheerful voice from behind her, turning she saw Usagi and Mamoru.
Not knowing why, she turned and fled, tears dripping down her face, and over the edge of her nose.
She ran home. Where else could she go.
Artemis paced up and down infront of Mina, looking at her tear stained face, and her empty eyes.
"Mina... tell me."
"Artemis... will I always be alone?"
Artemis taken aback by the question looked at Mina.
"What do you m-"
"Artemis... am I doomed never to find love? Everyone I've ever loved has left me, or I've been forced to leave them. I'm a joke. Goddess of Love and Beauty? Who am I kidding with that?"
"Now Mina! You're young... you'll find someone!"
"Artemis. I had a dream, and it was so real. I saw the future. And I was alone Artemis. All alone"
"Mina..."
"Don't you remember... in England -him" she choked, not wanting to say the name.
"I thought he loved me, I loved him... But... but I was wrong. Even Tiger's Eye and Hawk's Eye. I fell for them, but they were just a hoax, they felt nothing for me. And somehow I feel so far away from my friends... why is it... that I'm always the one left out?"
"Mina, your friends never leave you out..."
"Artemis they don't even know me. Who do they see Artemis? They see my mask, a happy-go-lucky girl who's a klutz and messes everything up. That isn't me! It isn't!"
"But that's what you show them!"
"But do they take the time to know anything else about me? Ami... they know she's more than her smarts. Lita- more than her brawn. Rei, more than her temper. Serena... more! But yet they haven't taken the time to know the real me, they probably suspect they know me, that I'm so shallow anyone can fathom!"
"I'm sick of being alone Artemis. I'm sick of being average. I'm sick of being seen as shallow."
"Mina... you know we all love you!"
"Usagi loves Mamoru. Ami loves Greg. Rei loves Chad. Lita has someone too. Reeni has Helios. Amara and Michelle have each other. Hotaru- Hotaru is still young, and her father loves her. Setsuna and I are the ones that are alone Artemis-chan, and will be forever."
She lay down on her bed, now dressed in her pyjamas, pulling up the covers over her head.
"Goddess of Love and Beauty... right. I have no love... beauty maybe. but love" she murmured, getting closer to sleep until she finally nodded of, mouth still in a small frown.
Artemis sighed, his bright blue eyes shining eerily in the darkness.
Softly he jumped onto the window seat and into the glimmering silver light of the moon.
He gently nudged Minako's transformation pen, which had been left there carelessly as she had changed.
"Minako. We all love you." he said in the silence as a bright light came from the pen and enveloped him.
He suddenly became taller, the two back legs becoming longer, his spine becoming straighter, and forelegs becoming shorter. His face became longer, less plump, and from it came long silver hair. The blue eyes were still there, yet narrower, and there stood the human form of Artemis.
"Mina... I have a family, in the future. Yet I would give it up for you. Time was supposed to flow, in the same way it would have if you had not been killed in the battle. But yet the ressurection of you girls has changed everything. No longer will you each marry the four generals. You have each found someone else dear to you. Except for you Mina." he gently whispered at the sleeping girls form.
"Yes. If it were an ideal future, as it was to be before, I must marry Luna and have Diana. Yet, it seems to me that I cannot do that. Before, I would not have been this close to you Mina. This has changed everything. Mina I know you haven't found anyone. But I have found you Mina."
He walked carefully, as to not wake her, and stood above her bed, he closed his eyes and leaned down. Kissing her.
"Yes Mina... I have found you." He said, slowly changing back to his feline form "And Mina I love you more than you can imagine, I know you... the true you. And you know me Mina, I will always be there for you"
He jumped onto the bed and curled up next to her, purring.
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Escalating Destiny. Part Two.
"The enemy is strong" beep. blip. beep. "My computer tells me that--"
Ami was cut off, for there was no one there.
Mina walked down a tight, empty corridor, gazing at all of the nameless doors on either side, Artemis trotting next to her had the same puzzled expression.
"What is this, where are we?"
"I think--" said Artemis "That these were the alternating realities that Ami told us about. Each one is a door into our dreams, a desire come true, yet none of them are truly real"
"So it's a trap?" said Mina, setting a light hand on the doorknob.
"Yes... but any of these doors could be a way out... yet I don't knowif you should open any of them..." said Artemis.
"Well... we have to find a way out to help the girls... maybe they don't think they need me, but I'll show them" said Mina, twisting the doorknob and letting the large silver door open silently.
A barrier of grey fog stopped their view of the inside, but they could hear light music coming from the inside. Slowly Mina and Artemis passed through the fog... and a bright light was emitted.
"Your eyes
Never pay attention…
This wavering heart
Chases you sadly"
Artemis opened his eyes to see a theater filled with screaming fans.
"Ah… yet I want to believe…
Ah… a gentle feeling…
Love is not crying yet
It's only staring
At this throbbing
Because it's not a lie now…
It's not crying painfully
Because I think of you…
I only want to be stronger
than yesterday"
He looked up at the stage and to his surprise a beautiful golden haired girl singing in a turqoise dress.
Mina.
"So that your aim
to fight for the dream
won't lose,
I even cry…
Ah… it's just like that day by day…
Ah… I'm proud…"
Mina's dream... to be an idol. Yes this door was not the exit, but a window into her dream.
"Love is not crying yet
I hold tight this thought
To live bravely ---
I only change now…
It's not crying forlornly ---
(That's) for sure everytime
Within this heart ---
It seems like it's because of you…"
Jumping onto the stage Artemis lept at Mina, but in that instant the whole theater wavered.
"Oh Artemis..."
It was Mina's voice, yet where was she?
Artemis looked over and to his surprise Mina was resting on his shoulder... Shoulder?
Now it was his dream.
Mina wearing a long flowing dress, her gloved hand in his, her blue eyes gazing up at his.
But it wasn't true.
This wasn't Mina.
Artemis frantically looked around and saw another door in the distance.
He sadly gazed into the pseudoMina's eyes, savouring the last beautiful glance and parting his hands from hers.
"It will happen someday. With the real Mina."
With that he ran to the door and opened it, reverting back to cat shape as he went.
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Hehe, is this the end? No.
Don't worry all ye people who liketh this story, I'm just regrouping my thoughts for the next part!
By the way, song lyrics are from Ai wa mada nakanai, or Love is not Crying Yet.
I obtained the lyrics from here- http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/2526/lyrics/Chara/Yajima/nakanai.htm
Thanks for reading, and please review!