Chapter 6 of The Other Soldier
Rated R
By Miaka Hime
Konbanwa Minna! I got more reviews and I'm happy again! I thought I might get flamed for introducing the starlight's again. I'm sure you are confused too cause I didn't really explain why or how they got back. But it'll come in time. ^_^
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Usagi walked downtown, she had gone shopping with Minako and Rei because she still had to pretend they were friends. So now she had her fake emotions on and they were driving her crazy. "Oh Usagi-chan look at this!" Minako held up a very skimpy tube top.
"That's not really my style Minako-chan, besides it looks more like a strapless bra." Minako looked it over. "You sure?" Usagi shook her head and Minako put it back. Usagi looked among the racks of clothes and soon found a couple black shirts, along with a few pink items so they wouldn't be suspicious. "I'm going to try these on." Usagi said going into a dressing room.
The first shirt was a regular tank top that had studded flames but it was too large and the other black shirt was a normal thing strapped black tank top. 'This will be comfortable for training.' She thought. She quickly gathered her items and bought a pink T-shirt that probably would fit her and the black shirt. Then the girls went out to lunch before going back the dorms. Usagi was most relieved to see Seiya walking down the corridors with a piece of paper. "Seiya-chan!" Usagi said in a fake peppy voice. Seiya snapped her head up and smiled. "Konnichiwa Odango." She said. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Usagi said to the two girls and ran off with Seiya. Her fake emotions dropped in a second. "What are you doing here in the dorms?" She asked in a monotone. "I had to enroll in school still and I thought while I was here I'd look for you. I got Ami to give me your room number." She said holding the piece of paper. Usagi nodded. "I take it you want to do something?" Usagi said. "If you want too, Taiki and Yaten are at the studio, we decided to be idols while we were here again." Seiya said following Usagi as they walked to her dorm room. Usagi opened her room and Hotaru was watching television. "Konnichiwa Seiya-san." Hotaru said with a small smile. "I take it you still remember me?" Hotaru nodded. "Hai, all of the outers have regained their memories." Seiya nodded. "It's weird to see you as a female." Hotaru said with a smirk. Seiya gave a small laugh. "It was weird for all of us." She admitted. "Usagi, have you forgotten we promised to meet Michiru at the stage? She said she would play for us." "I remembered, I just thought Seiya would like to join us. Would you?" She said in a monotone turning to look at the female. "Hai, it would be nice." She said. "Let's go then." Hotaru said turning the television off. Usagi waited while Hotaru put her shoes on and the three left to the park where there was a deserted stone stage.
In the spring and summer there were shows every weekend, but during the fall and winter their wasn't anything going on. Usagi sat on the between Seiya and Haruka who was already there. Hotaru sat next to Haruka and Michiru stood on the stage and began her violin piece.
When Michiru began she felt like closing her eyes and making the world disappear almost like she wanted to smile. But the perfect soldier in her wouldn't allow it. So she sat there expressionless, while on the inside it was bliss. Soon Michiru stopped and Usagi noticed Haruka, Hotaru, and Seiya clapping so she did too. Michiru began again and Usagi again was lost in her thoughts.
~* Flashback *~
Usagi had been crying, she walked silently through a park when she heard the sounds of a violin playing, it was beautiful, so she walked until she saw a stage and empty stone benches, Michiru was playing while Haruka threw a lemon in the air, they were talking but she couldn't hear them from where she was. Usagi walked closer and giggled in excitement for an unknown reason.
Michiru looked up and saw Usagi. Usagi giggled again. "This is it! This is the ideal figure of a princess." Usagi said. "You're the one I met the other day odango atama." Haruka said when seeing Usagi "Do you have something to ask us?" Michiru asked still playing. "W-Well I'm impressed with your great violin performance."
~* End Flashback *~
"Usa-chan daijoubu?" Haruka asked waving a hand in front of her hands, snapping her out of the memory. "Hai, I was just remembering a time in my former life, when Michiru played this same piece." Michiru must have heard her for her hand slipped and their was a terrible sound that came from her violin. "You remember that?" She asked. "Hai, I just now had a memory come to me." Usagi said in a monotone. "Do you get flashbacks often?" Seiya asked. "Not in the day time, just at night." She said in a monotone. "Let's stop for now, how about we go to coffee?" Hotaru suggested. The other three nodded and Michiru left the stage after putting her violin in her case and they walked off to coffee.
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Usagi awoke once again, from a flashback, only this time it was from the silver millennium. Her flashbacks were so jumbled it was hard to tell what time line they had been from. But this one was from the silver millennium because her mother had been in the flashback. It had been a training session with the outer senshi.
Usagi got out of bed and left her dorm room quietly and went to the park, where Michiru had been playing, under her arm she carried a small black case that held her own violin. She hadn't told anyone she could play, but Setsuna had made her take lessons at a young age, and she had become at least as good as Michiru at playing.
Usagi let a sad note begin her piece, it was a composition she had memorized. It was her stress reliever. As she hit all the right notes she didn't notice the lone tear streak down her face.
When she had finished the piece, she finally became aware of the tear. She put a cautious hand to her cheek. "What the hell?" She whispered in her monotone to herself. She quickly wiped it away and began another piece, it had been a piece she had been writing herself. But hadn't finished. It was a sort of exciting piece (think of the outer senshi transformation theme or the Japanese song Ai Dake ga Dekiru Koto only with violins) but she wasn't sure how to end it yet.
She stopped when she got to the point that she hadn't finished and was surprised to hear clapping. She looked up and saw Michiru. "I didn't know you played." She said. "Setsuna had me learn." Michiru smiled and made her way on stage, she too had violin case. "I'll teach you the rest of the song." Michiru said. Usagi was tempted to ask how she would know the ending when Michiru answered for her. "It was a song I played often, I suppose I must have played it for you once in your former life." Michiru motioned for her to play wither her and they began. Usagi was slightly surprised when Michiru began to sing along to the song softly enough, the words seemed familiar.
The pain that is burning inside my heart
Is a notice love has started to bud
This feeling that I can't even wait till tomorrow
Adds one more secret to the rest
When I am thinking about someone
It calls up a strange power inside me
The name you murmur to me without a thought
Is a magic spell I will protect
They are still now having dreams
The passions inside my heart
There is something that only love can do
It is that kind of foreboding
Gazing at each other with warm eyes
A tomorrow like that I'm sure will come
Please lead me ahead without mistake
Then this power will be born
Whispering to me since some time ago
The spirits inside my heart
There is something that love still aims for
The future flashes before us
They are still now having dreams
The passions inside my heart
There is something that only love can do
That is making predictions
By the time the song was over, Usagi realized she too had been singing.
"That was nice, we should do it again when we have insomnia." Michiru said putting the violin away. "Hai." Usagi said softly, although still in her monotone. Michiru waved goodbye before leaving Usagi, who once again took up her violin and she again played the sad piece again.
Unknown to her, a lone figure was watching her with a expressionless eyes.
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There we are, I'd write more but I'm going to bed, and EARLY for once! YAY! Also this wasn't a very good chapter I know, but at least another one's out right? RIGHT?! Oh well. I'm going to sleep. Don't forget to review!