Dreamscape
By Musou Misora
Standard disclaimer applies.
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Chapter Five: Hyouden, Field of Eternal Snow
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Dear Michiru-mama,
I've wanted to tell you this for so very, very long, ever since Haruka-papa was killed. Hai, she did not commit suicide like everyone says.
Serenity-hime killed her.
Onegai, don't be angry at her anymore. I'm writing this letter to explain what happened to make her do all of this to us.
You see, Usagi-chan knew about her past as the Moon Princess all along, even before Luna told her. Until Luna came and explained everything about the other Senshi, Usagi's life was perfect. We all thought she dreamt of silly things, did silly things, and thought silly things. She wasn't, and still isn't, a klutz.
It was all just a facade.
In truth, she despised us more than we can imagine. Her dream was a perfect, pink dream, where she would have everything and anything she ever wanted; in short, she wanted freedom from chigiri. Usagi-chan would love who she wanted to love, not just because they were engaged in a former time.
This is all I can tell you, since my time to die has come. Remember what Setsuna-mama asked you? Well, I ask you the very same thing.
Forgive her.
Hotaru
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I set down the pen, and recline in my seat. For a long while, I had believed all Mamoru told us; now I saw the truth. I can only hope Michiru-mama will also.
I feel Usagi appear beside me. She sits quietly upon my bed for a few minutes, and then speaks to me.
"Hotaru-chan, I know what you dream of. I wasn't sure about the others. Demo...will you tell me the dream again? One more time?"
I nod. "My dream is always the same. Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and I wake up one morning, only to find our yard is covered in perfectly white snow. Setsuna makes pancakes for breakfast, and then Haruka puts my snow gear on. We run and play and make snowmen, have snowball fights: everything. The day is endless...eternal..."
Usagi looks down at her feet. "You know, I'm almost sorry for what I've done. There's nothing I can do now."
"Hai."
"Very soon, all four of you will see that endless snow."
"Hai."
"I wish you happiness, if you can find it, upon my Dreamscape."
"Sayonara, Serenity."
"Sayonara, Dosei."
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(*sighs* I couldn't bring myself to describe how Hotaru dies. She's my favorite character...)
---Musou Misora
"If your lips
Feel lonely and thirsty
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn..."
-Billy Myers, "Kiss The Rain"
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