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All the usual disclaimers apply: All characters in Sailor Moon
are owned by the wonderful Naoko Takeuchi so don't sue me, I have no
money anyway I'm a poor college student! Meirou Hizashi, Sailor Sole,
Helia, Violet Dusk Guardian, Murasaki Ankoku and Chokusha are MY
characters and are MY ideas and, well, they are MINE (actually it
might be the other way around because they are the ones who tell me
to write about them and write NOW! ^_^). So please don't steal them...
they are not yours! Well I guess it's on with the story!!!
A side note: Sole is to be pronounced as So-Lee
A Bright and Shining Future
CHAPTER 3
Old Friend, Old Enemy
By: Sailor Berkeley
The dust was starting to settle and the Moon, although greatly
damaged, had a weak glow to it as Princess Hizashi of the Sun Kingdom
walked around the ruins. Tears were falling down her eyes and she dropped
to the ground when she saw the bodies of her sister, mother and Prince
Endymion. She sobbed loudly and hugged her sister to her. Picking the
lifeless body up, Hizashi walked up to the Moon Temple and carefully
placed her sister on the altar. She then went back to get her mother
and Endymion. Around her, her brothers picked up the Inner Senshi and
carried them to the same altar. Once they had all been placed ceremoniously
on the altar Hizashi closed her eyes and willed the fire of the Sun to
come to her. When her yellow eyes opened she was dressed in a light
yellow dress that flowed to her feet and had ruby red markings below her
chest and on her shoulders. Her forehead twinkled and the Sun symbol
appeared. She then threw soft flames on the bodies and watched as their
ashes were picked up by the wind and were taken outside of the temple
and out to the battlefield. She then turned around and looked at her
brothers who, for the first time in their lives, were whole. Right
before their "halves" had been brainwashed by Queen Beryl, her brothers
had received a message from their halves as well as their souls. All four
Generals had given up their souls to Hizashi's brothers to keep themselves
alive. They had known that they would never last against Queen Beryl's
mind-warping tactics. With tears falling freely, the Princess then
opened her arms and, with bright yellow eyes, threw flames all over the
battlefield and cleansed it of any residual evil. Once the fires were
dead and nothing but ashes remained, Hizashi closed her eyes and took
her and her brothers back to the Sun Kingdom. Once there Helia jumped
into her arms without a word and Hizashi hugged the cat tightly. She
then spoke the first words she had spoken since she had learned of the
battle and found that, due to her father's alarm systems, she would not
be able to go and help:
"We will sleep." She looked across the field of fireflowers as
her brothers looked at her intently. "I will put us all under a sleep
that will last until we are needed again. Until the Moon Court is reborn
on Earth as my mother ordained." She closed her eyes and put Helia on
the floor before walking towards the door.
"Demo..." Zoicite took a step towards her and stopped as she
barely turned her head, her eyes still cast down.
"In one hour." She then looked ahead once more and walked away.
"We will sleep," were her last words before she walked out of the room.
Hizashi went deep into the fields of fireflowers where she knew
her brothers couldn't come. She then sat down and cried until her eyes
were dry and no tears remained. She looked up at the sky and attempted,
once more, to reach Ankoku.
He was nowhere to be found. She searched with her mind until her
head was pounding and she had to close her eyes to keep the headache at
a minimum. Just when she was about to give up, a strong voice answered
her:
'Hai, Hizashi-hime?' She stood up and felt such joy she sent
her message back to him right away without noticing how formal his
answer was.
'Anko-chan! Anko-chan where are you? I need you! I'm so lonely
Anko-chan! My sister...' She stopped as she noticed something she had
not before. He was close to her. He was on Pluto! Why hadn't she found
him before? And then something hit her. She hadn't found him because he
didn't want to be found. His mind had always been open to her but now...
now it was closed! She couldn't get through! He... he had shut her out!
'Gomen nasai Hizashi-hime. I cannot come to you at the moment.
I have other things to worry about.'
'Anko-chan....' She didn't understand. His voice was so cold. He
was acting so distant...
'Ankoku.'
'I...' She stopped at his strange comment. 'Nani?!'
'Ankoku. Please call me Ankoku, Hizashi-hime.'
She gasped. What was he saying? Why was he saying this? Anko-chan,
her love, her friend... he was pushing her away.
'Look Hizashi-hime I would prefer that you stop calling me. I'm
busy and I have things to look after. My parents have now passed away
as has my brother. I'm sorry that your sister is gone as well and I'm
sure you can understand. I need to be alone right now. I can't be with
you anymore. I don't want to keep this relationship going when I have so
much else to mourn for. Please leave me alone. I would rather not speak
to you again.'
Hizashi sat stunned. She looked at the distant star she knew was
Pluto and sobbed. How could he do this to her? She felt his mind close
to hers and became despearate. She couldn't let him go! She loved him so
much! She could never live without him... he was her everything.
'Demo.......' She said and just as his mind was about to close
she called to him one last time.
'ANKO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!' Her scream could be
heard throughout the entire galaxy, such was the force and the sadness
that it carried. She felt a bit of hope when his mind stopped shutting
its door and sent her a message:
'Gomen nasai Hizashi-hime.' The sound of his mind closing to
hers vibrated in her skull and made her close her eyes with pain. Her
heart was being torn in two and he had left her life... forever.
"Anko-chan!..... Iie!"
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"Iie!..." Hizashi sat up quickly from bed and sobbed, out of
breath. She had been having the same nightmare every day since her
"sleep" and it was getting to her. Everytime it was more vivid and she
could remember another detail and something else that he had said to
hurt her.
She curled up in a little ball and cried, her mind screaming for
him even though she knew that he could not hear her. She didn't even
know where he was. She heard the door open and Zoicite came in and took
her in his arms. She cried on his shoulder for a while and then looked
up at her brother and apologized.
"Gomen ne. I did not mean to scream so loudly."
"You didn't scream... it was your mind that woke me up. I'm
pretty sure that everyone on the planet heard you." Hizashi widened her
eyes knowing that her brother was serious. "But don't worry, sis, you
deserve to scream all you want. I won't stop you."
She then hugged her brother tightly and murmured something into
his shoulder. "Nani? I can't hear you Hiza-chan."
She lifted her head and said: "It's not fair for me to complain
when you four suffer just as much as I do. Your loves are also out there
and you can't be with them... Maia-chan. Don't you miss her?"
Zoicite's eyes welled up and he looked down with a small smile.
"Of course I do. Sometimes I feel like my heart is going to shred to
pieces it hurts so much. But I know that she is happy and that makes me
feel better. The others feel that way too. Onee-chan, look at me." He
lifted her chin with his fingers and made her look into his eyes.
"There must be a reason for that to have happened. We all know how he
loved you. You must believe that. He wouldn't have just said that for
no reason, ne? Just wait. You'll see him again. Then you can drill him
with questions and, if you want, beat the hell out of him. I'll help."
He winked at her as she smiled softly and laid her down on the bed.
"Now get some sleep."
"Hai..." She said and closed her puffy eyes once again.
Zoicite covered his sister with her blankets and softly closed
the door behind him. His three brothers were all leaning against the
wall with their eyes closed. They all looked at each other with sad
eyes. Kunzite was the first to speak.
"When we find him I'm personally going to kill him." He said
calmly and walked into his room without another word. The other three
sighed, knowing he was serious and went to sleep thinking about their
own loves. The last sound heard throughout the apartment was a small
sob and a whisper that carried with the wind: "Anko-chan... doushite?"
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Usagi sat up from bed, her heart beating quickly. "Luna? Luna,
did you hear that?"
Luna turned her red eyes to her charge and nodded slowly. "It
was the saddest sound I have ever heard in my life."
Usagi stared out the window at the full moon and a single tear
marked its way down her cheek. "It was my sister."
Luna looked at Usagi, sorry she had said anything. Although she
could hear the emotion that the "scream" transmitted, she could not even
begin to understand what it was saying. Her telepathic abilities were
not that good. She rubbed her head against Usagi's hand and Usagi
absent-mindedly petted her cat's head - her mind was miles away.
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Along with Usagi, every person in Tokyo woke up with a feeling
of deep sadness entrenched in their hearts. Most of them, however, went
back to sleep simply dismissing it as a bad dream, some of them, the
ones who were more intuned with their minds, felt deeply sorry for
whoever was suffering so much in the world. One person stood up and
punched a hole through a wall. His shoulders shook heavily in anger,
or perhaps in sadness. His brow furrowed and he punched the wall once
more, this time with a lot less force and the wall stood solidly against
his fist. He dropped to the ground with his head in his hands and fell
asleep after a while. The sun's rays found their way into his bedroom
and, as one of them hit his face, a twinkle from a tear flashed from his
eyes and was gone.
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Hizashi woke up the next morning and went out to make breakfast
for herself and the four young men snoring in their beds. She smiled as
she cracked an egg and started making breakfast. She didn't even notice
as Nephrite came out of his room and stared at his older sister wearing
an apron and whistling happily, as if nothing had happened the night
before. He shook his head and walked towards her with a smile on his
face. He didn't know how she did it. He gave her a light peck on the
cheek and she gave him a big hug.
"Hope you're hungry! I made enough to feed an army!"
He laughed. "Yes and I bet it tastes just like army food huh?"
She smacked his arm and stuck her tongue out. "Now be nice! And
if it's good you don't get any so there!" She turned her back on him
and finished making the last batch of pancakes. By the time she was
done and had taken her apron off, a group of bed-heads showed up at the
breakfast table and gobbled down all the food before she blinked. She
gawked at them as she always did when they ate. "No wonder Dad was
worried about going bankrupt. With you four eating the way you do!" She
ducked as a towel was thrown at her face.
"Don't even start. His Majesty was not even close to going
bankrupt and you know it!" Jadeite said practically. "Anyway it was very
good." He then got up and went to take his shower after retreaving the
towel from behind his sister. She made a face at him and then smiled.
She knew her brothers loved her food. It was one of the things she was
extremely proud of. She had always skipped her boring archery lessons
to go to the kitchen and learn from the castle's Chef who loved her and
spoiled her to death. She learned it so well that she was soon making
the foods for some of the banquets - much to the disagreement of a
small cat. She then snapped out of her reverie and looked around.
"Where's Helia? Have you guys seen her?"
"Ummm I think she went to talk to Luna. She mumbled something
last night when..." A hushed silence went over the group as Zoicite
elbowed Nephrite with enough force to make him weeze. Hizashi forced a
smile on her face.
"Don't worry! I'm fine now. I need to take a shower and then
speak to Pluto-hime. Or I mean Setsuna-san. So don't worry about it."
She walked into her bedroom and soon the shower was heard in the living
room.
Kunzite hit his brother upside the head and Nephrite glared at
him. "Sorry! I wasn't thinking! Geez!" He walked off to his room and
closed the door behind him. Zoicite shook his head silently at Kunzite
and they both looked at their sister's closed door and sighed.
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Hizashi walked out of that apartment that morning in a very good
mood. She had decided to put Anko-c... no Ankoku-sama out of her head
once and for all. That meant that she was going to be happy. She walked
with her head raised high as she went through the streets and to the
park where Setsuna-san had agreed to meet her. When she arrived there
the green-haired Guardian of Time stood up and hugged her Princess with
a smile.
"Hizashi-hime! I have missed you Your Highness!" Hizashi grinned,
knowing that no matter what she said Pluto was never going to drop the
hime from her name. She never said anything anymore and Pluto knew very
well that she had given up.
"Puu! I have missed you as well! Or I mean..."
"It's alright you can call me Puu. You have done so for as long
as I can remember and it reminds me. Reminds me that you are still my
little Lady." Setsuna laid a soft hand on Hizashi's bright hair. "Of
course, I have another Small Lady to look after now you know."
Hizashi nodded. "My niece. I don't mind Puu. And I'm glad to see
she uses my old nickname for you!"
"Yes, she adores that name. But you were the first one to use
it and I will never forget you for it! Only 3 months old and you invaded
my mind and screamed out 'Puu!' I nearly had a heart-attack."
Hizashi giggled. She remembered that incident. One of the bad
things about being telepathic was that she remembered things in minute
detail. Even things she did not want to... she stopped giggling suddenly
and looked down at her hands. She wished she could wipe that memory
away, but knew it was impossible.
"Do not worry my Lady. It will all be alright." Hizashi looked
up at her Aunt Puu and saw the wisdom that millenias had bestowed upon
this single woman and knew that she was right. She had never been wrong
before. She nodded and smiled.
"Good. We have much to do my Lady. Lord Hedenemos is getting
stronger with each attack. If only..." She did not voice that thought
aloud, however, knowing how painful it would be to Hizashi. "Well never
mind that. You must go talk to the Princess and to the other Senshi.
They need to know about the evil that is coming down on us. And... the
Generals. The Generals need to make an appearance soon. The sooner the
better I think." She stopped for a moment and looked up at the sun. "Do
you think they're ready?"
Hizashi was a little taken back by the question but did not show
it. "Hai. I think they are. It will be hard for them. I know it will be
hard but they are as ready as they will ever be. And they will be happy
once they see each other. So happy."
The two of them just stood quietly side by side for minutes
until Setsuna sighed and looked at Hizashi. "Hai, you are right. You
were always my favorite because of that. You are calm and serene when
you need to be. Always. Chibi-Usa... Small Lady... she is your complete
opposite."
"Which is probably why you love her so much." Hizashi added.
"Hmmm. As usual you speak the truth." Garnet eyes locked in
with bright blue ones and Setsuna softened her voice. "You are the
calmest of them all. You would have been a perfect Pluto ne? However, I
would never wish that upon you nor do I believe you would have been
happy. No matter how well qualified you are for the job." She sighed.
"A Queen already. You don't have that long do you?"
Hizashi's eyes never left Pluto's as they spoke. "Iie. Only two
weeks. You know there is more to this, though. A lot more. How long do
you think it will be before I can... I mean... I don't believe I ever
will... ever again." She took a deep breath and quieted herself. It was
something she took pride in. The fact that she could act as calm as
Pluto did and she would not allow her weakness to show. Not now. Not
here. "Demo... Only Time will tell."
Pluto nodded. "Only Time will tell." Hizashi then gave her Aunt
Puu a hug and walked off in thought. "A Queen already." Setsuna
whispered as she left in the other direction.
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Usagi, tearing around a corner, did not notice as she ran smack
into another person. She looked up expecting to see Mamo-chan and smiled
when it was her sister.
"Onee-san! I'm so glad to see you!"
Hizashi smiled happily at her sister and winked at her. "Still
tearing around corners are you Reni-chan? Did that encounter with the
200 fine china dishes Mother ordered from Kinmoku not help you control
that?"
"Ummm, nani?"
"You don't remeber do you? I had to use telekinesis to put them
all together again. It took me a whole week to get through the first
100 and it would have taken me longer if..." She stopped a minute. Why
was it that everything reminded her of him? "... if I hadn't gotten
help from someone else. You sent them all to me on the Sun because you
didn't want Mother to find out. I remember that when she finally did
you were stuck in the library for a whole month learning everything
about Kinmoku and the way they make their pottery. You had a greater
appreciation for it after that. And Princess Kakyuu laughed so much
when I told her about it. Starfighter seemed mildly interested... demo
it was a long time ago!"
"Nani? You knew Seyia? I didn't know that!"
"Seyia? Ara! Iie Usagi-chan! I knew the Starfighter from a
millenia ago. I believe her name was Yuufu. She was very... interesting
I guess. It's hard to describe her. Do you remember any of this at all?"
Usagi furrowed her brows and then a look of enlightenment came
across her face. "Hai! I remember. It takes 2 years for the plate to
set the way the make it. It is a very delicate process where a certain
amount of light has to be made available and only a certain temperature
can be around it and..."
Hizashi laughed. "I also remembered that you talked to me for
HOURS on how to make Kinmoku pottery." Usagi blushed and then stuck her
tongue out at her sister.
"Well you asked!" Hizashi laughed harder and hugged her sister
happily. Usagi could always make her laugh. "Oh! We need to go to the
Arcade! You have to play the Sailor V game with us! You're going to
love it I just know it!" She then dragged her sister all the way to the
arcade and Hizashi smiled at the way her little sister enjoyed life so
much. On the way Usagi couldn't stop thinking about the sadness that
enveloped her onee-san but decided against saying anything. She seemed
so happy now!
Once at the Arcade Hizashi attempted the Sailor V game only to
discover that she was horrible at it. She stopped playing it and laughed
when her sister was so surprised that there was something that she
couldn't do.
'I was never good at games imouto-chan!' Hizashi sent to her
sister's mind.
'I... I know but I'm still surprised!' Hizashi laughed even more
at that and sat down at a booth out of breath. Luna, Artemis and Helia
came in with Minako, Rei, Makoto and Ami and she smiled at the four
girls. Now that they had their memories back from the Moon Kingdom she
was more at ease with them. They knew that she was a good friend... she
had always been a good friend.
"Hizashi-san!" Ami exclaimed and ran over to hug her. The other
girls gawked. Ami had never before been so open with anyone. As they
thought over their newly acquired memories, however, they remembered a
time when Ami was always happy and smiling and joking just like any other
teenage girl in love. When she was with Zoicite-kun Ami had always been
happy. And she had matured over that period as well. She had found that
studying was not the only thing that mattered and had started to build
on her relationships with other people. She became much more loved by
her people and, though she still loved books, she was able to relate
to others better. As the girls all got reacquainted with the Princess
whom they had all aspired to be when they were younger, Motoki came by
to take all their orders and was introduced to Hizashi who smiled at him
and shook his hand warmly. He blushed and mumbled something, running to
get their drinks.
Usagi giggled. "Onee-san you must realize that your beauty is
leaving all these men completely in love with you."
Hizashi laughed giddily. "Hai, imouto-chan. This should be fun,
ne?" Usagi remembered how her sister was never a flirt and frowned a
bit but knew that this was only a facade to keep herself happy. She
could sense Hizashi's love for her friends and the fact that she was
happy. But not entirely. So she didn't say anything and only smiled.
The six girls all drank their shakes or cokes and laughed over
the old times. Hizashi of course had more memories, what with being
telepathic as well as older, and she had many an embarrassing story to
tell. The time that Maia-chan (Ami-chan now), in a hurry to go to the
library, forgot to put on a dress and scared the wits out of a maid and
caused a servant-boy to drool after her for weeks because he saw her
in her "undies." Rei-chan could not stop laughing until Hizashi told her
how Hera-chan (Rei-chan now) had lost her temper one day and had set a
curtain on fire that had nearly burned down the entire West Wing until
Maia-chan had doused it with some ice-cold water. She also told of how
Rhea-chan (Mako-chan now) had once fallen in love with a kitchen boy
because he reminded her of her old sempai. She followed the poor boy
around for three weeks until he ran off to tell the cook that Jupiter-hime
was under a spell and could not cook anymore. "Rhea-chan was so mad,"
Hizashi said, "that she not only stopped following him but she also
made sure that everytime he touched any metal object he was sent flying
across the room from getting shocked." All the girls laughed and Makoto
just mumbled something about her old sempai. She then reminded them of
how Dione-chan (Minako-chan now) had found that her ability as a Love
Goddess had improved by making two people fall in love only to find that
they were destined to fall in love with two others. "She was so mad,"
Hizashi continued, "that she attempted to make them fall out of love
but she had done such a good job at making them fall for each other that
they ended up getting married and having children and being very happy
indeed. She was so mad though!" They all laughed and didn't need to be
reminded about Usagi-chan's incident with the dishes. They all remembered
that prominently.
"It's not fair!" Usagi-chan yelled. "Of course they remember MY
problems!" At that everyone laughed even more and didn't even notice
when four young men sat down at a table at the corner and watched four
particular young women with sad eyes.
"I have more to tell if you want me..."
"Iie!" The five girls unanimously yelled. Ami-chan blushed.
"I mean... that's enough." Hizashi laughed and gave her favorite
Senshi a hug. Of course she would never tell the other Senshi that and
she did love the other Senshi to death but Maia, or Ami, was special.
Perhaps because she was Zoicite's love... thinking of him she looked
back and saw the four there. Her eyes saddened and sent a message to
them, knowing they couldn't respond. 'Why make it worse on yourselves?
You'll be able to see them later. Just give it some time. They aren't
ready yet. Just give me another day. Onegai?' She barely saw Kunzite nod
from the shadows and the four left through the back door. She turned
back to the girls and sighed. How was she going to make them remember
their loves better so that they would not be upset at seeing them again?
They needed to remember so they would be happy once and for all!
Just as she was about to mention something a scream was heard
outside. The girls all looked at each other, all mirth gone from their
faces and the determined faces of warriors appearing instead. Hizashi
couldn't help but feel sad that these young girls, only 16 years old,
had such hard lives but she knew that they had chosen this life. That
they did it willingly and that they would do anything to keep this
world and their Princess safe. The six ducked behind the booth and all
transformed quickly. The Senshi then ran out into the streets to find
two youmas sucking people's energy and growing with it.
"I can't stand by and watch you destroy people's conversations
with friends!" Sailor Moon yelled. "In the name of the Moon I will
punish you!"
"And in the name of the Sun!"
"Mars!"
"Mercury!"
"Jupiter!"
"And Venus!"
"We will punish you!"
"Ah! Sailor Sole!" Sole looked to the right and almost shivered.
Almost. "How are you dearest? Have you still no love for me?"
Sole looked at the man that came out of the shadows and slit her
eyes. She should have known. Python. The other Senshi looked confused,
not knowing how she knew him. He was handsome. He had white hair that
fell across his eyes and seemed like it would be as soft as hay. He was
tall and his face was very angled. But what made people stop and shiver
were his eyes. They were cold. The lightest coldest purple imaginable.
"Love? For you? Python you must be dreaming."
"Oh that hurts Hiza-chan. It really does."
"You do not call me that anymore Python. Not ever again will you
call me that."
"Oh yes I forgot, that pitiful excuse for a Prince is now your
lover. How could I forget? That you were destined for me and me alone
and that you chose HIM instead of me? No, Hiza-chan I shall call you
that for as long as I please. You have no right to deny me of that
endearment. Do you know how long I waited for you? Treated you as well
as I could? All that I did for you just to see you walk out with him?
No, of course you don't. You never even glanced at me when you left. Not
even once. I'll get you back Hiza-chan. I swear I will."
Hizashi, having grimaced everytime he called her Hiza-chan, was
now past angry and her anger was being transferred to her eyes. They
shone the most horribly bright yellow. She tightened her fists and
concentrated on the man standing in front of her. "You have no right to
call me that because I never gave you the right. You were a friend. Just
a friend. Nothing more. Everything else is in your head Python. I don't
know where you got these ludicrous ideas but they certainly aren't the
truth."
"Still trying to look good Hiza..."
"Don't say it Python. I'm warning you."
"Nani? Say what? Hiza-cha..." Before he could even finish she
was on him like a wolf. All the anger she had toward him. All the hurt
he had bestowed upon her she took out on him right now. She grabbed his
neck and squeezed her yellow eyes consuming him. He was so hot. Her eyes
were burning him to death. Slowly so she didn't notice, he took a knife
from his back and slashed her arm. She let go of him with a hiss. He
then tripped her with his leg and put the tip of his knife against her
throat. The other Senshi were busy attacking the youma who had at the
moment decided to get rid of the other girls and Hizashi barely heard
her sister's yells to let her go.
"You are so beautiful Hiza-chan. So beautiful." He whispered,
the cold knife resting against her throat. She looked straight ahead at
him, her eyes still as yellow as before. He sighed. "I guess that since
I can't have you... well... no one can." She kept staring at him, waiting
for the end when he suddenly dropped the knife and grabbed his head,
screaming in pain. "Stop it!" He yelled out to no one. He screamed one
more time before going through a portal and leaving the streets.
Hizashi slowly attempted to stand up and grimaced when her arm
swelled. The knife was poisoned. She was so weak. Suddenly she was
supported by a strong pair of arms that felt so comfortable. So memorable.
So... Anko-chan? She looked up to see a pair of violet eyes looking down
at her own. She gasped. At least she thought she did. She couldn't hear
anything except her own beating heart. And his. His beating heart. And
then he was gone and Chokusha was supporting her weight and boiling the
poison off her body. Soon her wound was healed and she ran out to help
the other Senshi. By the time the other youma had been beaten she was
ready to rest with the other girls at the Hikarawa temple. But once the
girls had rounded to corner to go to the temple she stayed behind for
a second and looked down the street. She sighed one last time and ran
after the other girls.
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With his hand in a tight fist Violet Dusk Guardian watched as
his love ran around the corner and shook his head. No, she would never
understand.
Japanese words used in this chapter:
hai - yes
gomen nasai - very sorry (formal)
nani - what
demo - but
gomen ne - sorry
iie - no
onee - big sister
ne? - right?
doushite - why
Ara - Oh
imouto - little sister
onegai - please
Senshi - Warrior (Scout in DIC version)
Well that's it for now! What do you think? Write to me and
tell me! My e-mail is cfmc@uclink4.berkeley.edu! All comments are
appreciated! Thanks!
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Helia, Violet Dusk Guardian, Murasaki Ankoku and Chokusha are MY
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A side note: Sole is to be pronounced as So-Lee
A Bright and Shining Future
CHAPTER 3
Old Friend, Old Enemy
By: Sailor Berkeley
The dust was starting to settle and the Moon, although greatly
damaged, had a weak glow to it as Princess Hizashi of the Sun Kingdom
walked around the ruins. Tears were falling down her eyes and she dropped
to the ground when she saw the bodies of her sister, mother and Prince
Endymion. She sobbed loudly and hugged her sister to her. Picking the
lifeless body up, Hizashi walked up to the Moon Temple and carefully
placed her sister on the altar. She then went back to get her mother
and Endymion. Around her, her brothers picked up the Inner Senshi and
carried them to the same altar. Once they had all been placed ceremoniously
on the altar Hizashi closed her eyes and willed the fire of the Sun to
come to her. When her yellow eyes opened she was dressed in a light
yellow dress that flowed to her feet and had ruby red markings below her
chest and on her shoulders. Her forehead twinkled and the Sun symbol
appeared. She then threw soft flames on the bodies and watched as their
ashes were picked up by the wind and were taken outside of the temple
and out to the battlefield. She then turned around and looked at her
brothers who, for the first time in their lives, were whole. Right
before their "halves" had been brainwashed by Queen Beryl, her brothers
had received a message from their halves as well as their souls. All four
Generals had given up their souls to Hizashi's brothers to keep themselves
alive. They had known that they would never last against Queen Beryl's
mind-warping tactics. With tears falling freely, the Princess then
opened her arms and, with bright yellow eyes, threw flames all over the
battlefield and cleansed it of any residual evil. Once the fires were
dead and nothing but ashes remained, Hizashi closed her eyes and took
her and her brothers back to the Sun Kingdom. Once there Helia jumped
into her arms without a word and Hizashi hugged the cat tightly. She
then spoke the first words she had spoken since she had learned of the
battle and found that, due to her father's alarm systems, she would not
be able to go and help:
"We will sleep." She looked across the field of fireflowers as
her brothers looked at her intently. "I will put us all under a sleep
that will last until we are needed again. Until the Moon Court is reborn
on Earth as my mother ordained." She closed her eyes and put Helia on
the floor before walking towards the door.
"Demo..." Zoicite took a step towards her and stopped as she
barely turned her head, her eyes still cast down.
"In one hour." She then looked ahead once more and walked away.
"We will sleep," were her last words before she walked out of the room.
Hizashi went deep into the fields of fireflowers where she knew
her brothers couldn't come. She then sat down and cried until her eyes
were dry and no tears remained. She looked up at the sky and attempted,
once more, to reach Ankoku.
He was nowhere to be found. She searched with her mind until her
head was pounding and she had to close her eyes to keep the headache at
a minimum. Just when she was about to give up, a strong voice answered
her:
'Hai, Hizashi-hime?' She stood up and felt such joy she sent
her message back to him right away without noticing how formal his
answer was.
'Anko-chan! Anko-chan where are you? I need you! I'm so lonely
Anko-chan! My sister...' She stopped as she noticed something she had
not before. He was close to her. He was on Pluto! Why hadn't she found
him before? And then something hit her. She hadn't found him because he
didn't want to be found. His mind had always been open to her but now...
now it was closed! She couldn't get through! He... he had shut her out!
'Gomen nasai Hizashi-hime. I cannot come to you at the moment.
I have other things to worry about.'
'Anko-chan....' She didn't understand. His voice was so cold. He
was acting so distant...
'Ankoku.'
'I...' She stopped at his strange comment. 'Nani?!'
'Ankoku. Please call me Ankoku, Hizashi-hime.'
She gasped. What was he saying? Why was he saying this? Anko-chan,
her love, her friend... he was pushing her away.
'Look Hizashi-hime I would prefer that you stop calling me. I'm
busy and I have things to look after. My parents have now passed away
as has my brother. I'm sorry that your sister is gone as well and I'm
sure you can understand. I need to be alone right now. I can't be with
you anymore. I don't want to keep this relationship going when I have so
much else to mourn for. Please leave me alone. I would rather not speak
to you again.'
Hizashi sat stunned. She looked at the distant star she knew was
Pluto and sobbed. How could he do this to her? She felt his mind close
to hers and became despearate. She couldn't let him go! She loved him so
much! She could never live without him... he was her everything.
'Demo.......' She said and just as his mind was about to close
she called to him one last time.
'ANKO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!' Her scream could be
heard throughout the entire galaxy, such was the force and the sadness
that it carried. She felt a bit of hope when his mind stopped shutting
its door and sent her a message:
'Gomen nasai Hizashi-hime.' The sound of his mind closing to
hers vibrated in her skull and made her close her eyes with pain. Her
heart was being torn in two and he had left her life... forever.
"Anko-chan!..... Iie!"
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"Iie!..." Hizashi sat up quickly from bed and sobbed, out of
breath. She had been having the same nightmare every day since her
"sleep" and it was getting to her. Everytime it was more vivid and she
could remember another detail and something else that he had said to
hurt her.
She curled up in a little ball and cried, her mind screaming for
him even though she knew that he could not hear her. She didn't even
know where he was. She heard the door open and Zoicite came in and took
her in his arms. She cried on his shoulder for a while and then looked
up at her brother and apologized.
"Gomen ne. I did not mean to scream so loudly."
"You didn't scream... it was your mind that woke me up. I'm
pretty sure that everyone on the planet heard you." Hizashi widened her
eyes knowing that her brother was serious. "But don't worry, sis, you
deserve to scream all you want. I won't stop you."
She then hugged her brother tightly and murmured something into
his shoulder. "Nani? I can't hear you Hiza-chan."
She lifted her head and said: "It's not fair for me to complain
when you four suffer just as much as I do. Your loves are also out there
and you can't be with them... Maia-chan. Don't you miss her?"
Zoicite's eyes welled up and he looked down with a small smile.
"Of course I do. Sometimes I feel like my heart is going to shred to
pieces it hurts so much. But I know that she is happy and that makes me
feel better. The others feel that way too. Onee-chan, look at me." He
lifted her chin with his fingers and made her look into his eyes.
"There must be a reason for that to have happened. We all know how he
loved you. You must believe that. He wouldn't have just said that for
no reason, ne? Just wait. You'll see him again. Then you can drill him
with questions and, if you want, beat the hell out of him. I'll help."
He winked at her as she smiled softly and laid her down on the bed.
"Now get some sleep."
"Hai..." She said and closed her puffy eyes once again.
Zoicite covered his sister with her blankets and softly closed
the door behind him. His three brothers were all leaning against the
wall with their eyes closed. They all looked at each other with sad
eyes. Kunzite was the first to speak.
"When we find him I'm personally going to kill him." He said
calmly and walked into his room without another word. The other three
sighed, knowing he was serious and went to sleep thinking about their
own loves. The last sound heard throughout the apartment was a small
sob and a whisper that carried with the wind: "Anko-chan... doushite?"
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Usagi sat up from bed, her heart beating quickly. "Luna? Luna,
did you hear that?"
Luna turned her red eyes to her charge and nodded slowly. "It
was the saddest sound I have ever heard in my life."
Usagi stared out the window at the full moon and a single tear
marked its way down her cheek. "It was my sister."
Luna looked at Usagi, sorry she had said anything. Although she
could hear the emotion that the "scream" transmitted, she could not even
begin to understand what it was saying. Her telepathic abilities were
not that good. She rubbed her head against Usagi's hand and Usagi
absent-mindedly petted her cat's head - her mind was miles away.
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Along with Usagi, every person in Tokyo woke up with a feeling
of deep sadness entrenched in their hearts. Most of them, however, went
back to sleep simply dismissing it as a bad dream, some of them, the
ones who were more intuned with their minds, felt deeply sorry for
whoever was suffering so much in the world. One person stood up and
punched a hole through a wall. His shoulders shook heavily in anger,
or perhaps in sadness. His brow furrowed and he punched the wall once
more, this time with a lot less force and the wall stood solidly against
his fist. He dropped to the ground with his head in his hands and fell
asleep after a while. The sun's rays found their way into his bedroom
and, as one of them hit his face, a twinkle from a tear flashed from his
eyes and was gone.
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Hizashi woke up the next morning and went out to make breakfast
for herself and the four young men snoring in their beds. She smiled as
she cracked an egg and started making breakfast. She didn't even notice
as Nephrite came out of his room and stared at his older sister wearing
an apron and whistling happily, as if nothing had happened the night
before. He shook his head and walked towards her with a smile on his
face. He didn't know how she did it. He gave her a light peck on the
cheek and she gave him a big hug.
"Hope you're hungry! I made enough to feed an army!"
He laughed. "Yes and I bet it tastes just like army food huh?"
She smacked his arm and stuck her tongue out. "Now be nice! And
if it's good you don't get any so there!" She turned her back on him
and finished making the last batch of pancakes. By the time she was
done and had taken her apron off, a group of bed-heads showed up at the
breakfast table and gobbled down all the food before she blinked. She
gawked at them as she always did when they ate. "No wonder Dad was
worried about going bankrupt. With you four eating the way you do!" She
ducked as a towel was thrown at her face.
"Don't even start. His Majesty was not even close to going
bankrupt and you know it!" Jadeite said practically. "Anyway it was very
good." He then got up and went to take his shower after retreaving the
towel from behind his sister. She made a face at him and then smiled.
She knew her brothers loved her food. It was one of the things she was
extremely proud of. She had always skipped her boring archery lessons
to go to the kitchen and learn from the castle's Chef who loved her and
spoiled her to death. She learned it so well that she was soon making
the foods for some of the banquets - much to the disagreement of a
small cat. She then snapped out of her reverie and looked around.
"Where's Helia? Have you guys seen her?"
"Ummm I think she went to talk to Luna. She mumbled something
last night when..." A hushed silence went over the group as Zoicite
elbowed Nephrite with enough force to make him weeze. Hizashi forced a
smile on her face.
"Don't worry! I'm fine now. I need to take a shower and then
speak to Pluto-hime. Or I mean Setsuna-san. So don't worry about it."
She walked into her bedroom and soon the shower was heard in the living
room.
Kunzite hit his brother upside the head and Nephrite glared at
him. "Sorry! I wasn't thinking! Geez!" He walked off to his room and
closed the door behind him. Zoicite shook his head silently at Kunzite
and they both looked at their sister's closed door and sighed.
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Hizashi walked out of that apartment that morning in a very good
mood. She had decided to put Anko-c... no Ankoku-sama out of her head
once and for all. That meant that she was going to be happy. She walked
with her head raised high as she went through the streets and to the
park where Setsuna-san had agreed to meet her. When she arrived there
the green-haired Guardian of Time stood up and hugged her Princess with
a smile.
"Hizashi-hime! I have missed you Your Highness!" Hizashi grinned,
knowing that no matter what she said Pluto was never going to drop the
hime from her name. She never said anything anymore and Pluto knew very
well that she had given up.
"Puu! I have missed you as well! Or I mean..."
"It's alright you can call me Puu. You have done so for as long
as I can remember and it reminds me. Reminds me that you are still my
little Lady." Setsuna laid a soft hand on Hizashi's bright hair. "Of
course, I have another Small Lady to look after now you know."
Hizashi nodded. "My niece. I don't mind Puu. And I'm glad to see
she uses my old nickname for you!"
"Yes, she adores that name. But you were the first one to use
it and I will never forget you for it! Only 3 months old and you invaded
my mind and screamed out 'Puu!' I nearly had a heart-attack."
Hizashi giggled. She remembered that incident. One of the bad
things about being telepathic was that she remembered things in minute
detail. Even things she did not want to... she stopped giggling suddenly
and looked down at her hands. She wished she could wipe that memory
away, but knew it was impossible.
"Do not worry my Lady. It will all be alright." Hizashi looked
up at her Aunt Puu and saw the wisdom that millenias had bestowed upon
this single woman and knew that she was right. She had never been wrong
before. She nodded and smiled.
"Good. We have much to do my Lady. Lord Hedenemos is getting
stronger with each attack. If only..." She did not voice that thought
aloud, however, knowing how painful it would be to Hizashi. "Well never
mind that. You must go talk to the Princess and to the other Senshi.
They need to know about the evil that is coming down on us. And... the
Generals. The Generals need to make an appearance soon. The sooner the
better I think." She stopped for a moment and looked up at the sun. "Do
you think they're ready?"
Hizashi was a little taken back by the question but did not show
it. "Hai. I think they are. It will be hard for them. I know it will be
hard but they are as ready as they will ever be. And they will be happy
once they see each other. So happy."
The two of them just stood quietly side by side for minutes
until Setsuna sighed and looked at Hizashi. "Hai, you are right. You
were always my favorite because of that. You are calm and serene when
you need to be. Always. Chibi-Usa... Small Lady... she is your complete
opposite."
"Which is probably why you love her so much." Hizashi added.
"Hmmm. As usual you speak the truth." Garnet eyes locked in
with bright blue ones and Setsuna softened her voice. "You are the
calmest of them all. You would have been a perfect Pluto ne? However, I
would never wish that upon you nor do I believe you would have been
happy. No matter how well qualified you are for the job." She sighed.
"A Queen already. You don't have that long do you?"
Hizashi's eyes never left Pluto's as they spoke. "Iie. Only two
weeks. You know there is more to this, though. A lot more. How long do
you think it will be before I can... I mean... I don't believe I ever
will... ever again." She took a deep breath and quieted herself. It was
something she took pride in. The fact that she could act as calm as
Pluto did and she would not allow her weakness to show. Not now. Not
here. "Demo... Only Time will tell."
Pluto nodded. "Only Time will tell." Hizashi then gave her Aunt
Puu a hug and walked off in thought. "A Queen already." Setsuna
whispered as she left in the other direction.
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Usagi, tearing around a corner, did not notice as she ran smack
into another person. She looked up expecting to see Mamo-chan and smiled
when it was her sister.
"Onee-san! I'm so glad to see you!"
Hizashi smiled happily at her sister and winked at her. "Still
tearing around corners are you Reni-chan? Did that encounter with the
200 fine china dishes Mother ordered from Kinmoku not help you control
that?"
"Ummm, nani?"
"You don't remeber do you? I had to use telekinesis to put them
all together again. It took me a whole week to get through the first
100 and it would have taken me longer if..." She stopped a minute. Why
was it that everything reminded her of him? "... if I hadn't gotten
help from someone else. You sent them all to me on the Sun because you
didn't want Mother to find out. I remember that when she finally did
you were stuck in the library for a whole month learning everything
about Kinmoku and the way they make their pottery. You had a greater
appreciation for it after that. And Princess Kakyuu laughed so much
when I told her about it. Starfighter seemed mildly interested... demo
it was a long time ago!"
"Nani? You knew Seyia? I didn't know that!"
"Seyia? Ara! Iie Usagi-chan! I knew the Starfighter from a
millenia ago. I believe her name was Yuufu. She was very... interesting
I guess. It's hard to describe her. Do you remember any of this at all?"
Usagi furrowed her brows and then a look of enlightenment came
across her face. "Hai! I remember. It takes 2 years for the plate to
set the way the make it. It is a very delicate process where a certain
amount of light has to be made available and only a certain temperature
can be around it and..."
Hizashi laughed. "I also remembered that you talked to me for
HOURS on how to make Kinmoku pottery." Usagi blushed and then stuck her
tongue out at her sister.
"Well you asked!" Hizashi laughed harder and hugged her sister
happily. Usagi could always make her laugh. "Oh! We need to go to the
Arcade! You have to play the Sailor V game with us! You're going to
love it I just know it!" She then dragged her sister all the way to the
arcade and Hizashi smiled at the way her little sister enjoyed life so
much. On the way Usagi couldn't stop thinking about the sadness that
enveloped her onee-san but decided against saying anything. She seemed
so happy now!
Once at the Arcade Hizashi attempted the Sailor V game only to
discover that she was horrible at it. She stopped playing it and laughed
when her sister was so surprised that there was something that she
couldn't do.
'I was never good at games imouto-chan!' Hizashi sent to her
sister's mind.
'I... I know but I'm still surprised!' Hizashi laughed even more
at that and sat down at a booth out of breath. Luna, Artemis and Helia
came in with Minako, Rei, Makoto and Ami and she smiled at the four
girls. Now that they had their memories back from the Moon Kingdom she
was more at ease with them. They knew that she was a good friend... she
had always been a good friend.
"Hizashi-san!" Ami exclaimed and ran over to hug her. The other
girls gawked. Ami had never before been so open with anyone. As they
thought over their newly acquired memories, however, they remembered a
time when Ami was always happy and smiling and joking just like any other
teenage girl in love. When she was with Zoicite-kun Ami had always been
happy. And she had matured over that period as well. She had found that
studying was not the only thing that mattered and had started to build
on her relationships with other people. She became much more loved by
her people and, though she still loved books, she was able to relate
to others better. As the girls all got reacquainted with the Princess
whom they had all aspired to be when they were younger, Motoki came by
to take all their orders and was introduced to Hizashi who smiled at him
and shook his hand warmly. He blushed and mumbled something, running to
get their drinks.
Usagi giggled. "Onee-san you must realize that your beauty is
leaving all these men completely in love with you."
Hizashi laughed giddily. "Hai, imouto-chan. This should be fun,
ne?" Usagi remembered how her sister was never a flirt and frowned a
bit but knew that this was only a facade to keep herself happy. She
could sense Hizashi's love for her friends and the fact that she was
happy. But not entirely. So she didn't say anything and only smiled.
The six girls all drank their shakes or cokes and laughed over
the old times. Hizashi of course had more memories, what with being
telepathic as well as older, and she had many an embarrassing story to
tell. The time that Maia-chan (Ami-chan now), in a hurry to go to the
library, forgot to put on a dress and scared the wits out of a maid and
caused a servant-boy to drool after her for weeks because he saw her
in her "undies." Rei-chan could not stop laughing until Hizashi told her
how Hera-chan (Rei-chan now) had lost her temper one day and had set a
curtain on fire that had nearly burned down the entire West Wing until
Maia-chan had doused it with some ice-cold water. She also told of how
Rhea-chan (Mako-chan now) had once fallen in love with a kitchen boy
because he reminded her of her old sempai. She followed the poor boy
around for three weeks until he ran off to tell the cook that Jupiter-hime
was under a spell and could not cook anymore. "Rhea-chan was so mad,"
Hizashi said, "that she not only stopped following him but she also
made sure that everytime he touched any metal object he was sent flying
across the room from getting shocked." All the girls laughed and Makoto
just mumbled something about her old sempai. She then reminded them of
how Dione-chan (Minako-chan now) had found that her ability as a Love
Goddess had improved by making two people fall in love only to find that
they were destined to fall in love with two others. "She was so mad,"
Hizashi continued, "that she attempted to make them fall out of love
but she had done such a good job at making them fall for each other that
they ended up getting married and having children and being very happy
indeed. She was so mad though!" They all laughed and didn't need to be
reminded about Usagi-chan's incident with the dishes. They all remembered
that prominently.
"It's not fair!" Usagi-chan yelled. "Of course they remember MY
problems!" At that everyone laughed even more and didn't even notice
when four young men sat down at a table at the corner and watched four
particular young women with sad eyes.
"I have more to tell if you want me..."
"Iie!" The five girls unanimously yelled. Ami-chan blushed.
"I mean... that's enough." Hizashi laughed and gave her favorite
Senshi a hug. Of course she would never tell the other Senshi that and
she did love the other Senshi to death but Maia, or Ami, was special.
Perhaps because she was Zoicite's love... thinking of him she looked
back and saw the four there. Her eyes saddened and sent a message to
them, knowing they couldn't respond. 'Why make it worse on yourselves?
You'll be able to see them later. Just give it some time. They aren't
ready yet. Just give me another day. Onegai?' She barely saw Kunzite nod
from the shadows and the four left through the back door. She turned
back to the girls and sighed. How was she going to make them remember
their loves better so that they would not be upset at seeing them again?
They needed to remember so they would be happy once and for all!
Just as she was about to mention something a scream was heard
outside. The girls all looked at each other, all mirth gone from their
faces and the determined faces of warriors appearing instead. Hizashi
couldn't help but feel sad that these young girls, only 16 years old,
had such hard lives but she knew that they had chosen this life. That
they did it willingly and that they would do anything to keep this
world and their Princess safe. The six ducked behind the booth and all
transformed quickly. The Senshi then ran out into the streets to find
two youmas sucking people's energy and growing with it.
"I can't stand by and watch you destroy people's conversations
with friends!" Sailor Moon yelled. "In the name of the Moon I will
punish you!"
"And in the name of the Sun!"
"Mars!"
"Mercury!"
"Jupiter!"
"And Venus!"
"We will punish you!"
"Ah! Sailor Sole!" Sole looked to the right and almost shivered.
Almost. "How are you dearest? Have you still no love for me?"
Sole looked at the man that came out of the shadows and slit her
eyes. She should have known. Python. The other Senshi looked confused,
not knowing how she knew him. He was handsome. He had white hair that
fell across his eyes and seemed like it would be as soft as hay. He was
tall and his face was very angled. But what made people stop and shiver
were his eyes. They were cold. The lightest coldest purple imaginable.
"Love? For you? Python you must be dreaming."
"Oh that hurts Hiza-chan. It really does."
"You do not call me that anymore Python. Not ever again will you
call me that."
"Oh yes I forgot, that pitiful excuse for a Prince is now your
lover. How could I forget? That you were destined for me and me alone
and that you chose HIM instead of me? No, Hiza-chan I shall call you
that for as long as I please. You have no right to deny me of that
endearment. Do you know how long I waited for you? Treated you as well
as I could? All that I did for you just to see you walk out with him?
No, of course you don't. You never even glanced at me when you left. Not
even once. I'll get you back Hiza-chan. I swear I will."
Hizashi, having grimaced everytime he called her Hiza-chan, was
now past angry and her anger was being transferred to her eyes. They
shone the most horribly bright yellow. She tightened her fists and
concentrated on the man standing in front of her. "You have no right to
call me that because I never gave you the right. You were a friend. Just
a friend. Nothing more. Everything else is in your head Python. I don't
know where you got these ludicrous ideas but they certainly aren't the
truth."
"Still trying to look good Hiza..."
"Don't say it Python. I'm warning you."
"Nani? Say what? Hiza-cha..." Before he could even finish she
was on him like a wolf. All the anger she had toward him. All the hurt
he had bestowed upon her she took out on him right now. She grabbed his
neck and squeezed her yellow eyes consuming him. He was so hot. Her eyes
were burning him to death. Slowly so she didn't notice, he took a knife
from his back and slashed her arm. She let go of him with a hiss. He
then tripped her with his leg and put the tip of his knife against her
throat. The other Senshi were busy attacking the youma who had at the
moment decided to get rid of the other girls and Hizashi barely heard
her sister's yells to let her go.
"You are so beautiful Hiza-chan. So beautiful." He whispered,
the cold knife resting against her throat. She looked straight ahead at
him, her eyes still as yellow as before. He sighed. "I guess that since
I can't have you... well... no one can." She kept staring at him, waiting
for the end when he suddenly dropped the knife and grabbed his head,
screaming in pain. "Stop it!" He yelled out to no one. He screamed one
more time before going through a portal and leaving the streets.
Hizashi slowly attempted to stand up and grimaced when her arm
swelled. The knife was poisoned. She was so weak. Suddenly she was
supported by a strong pair of arms that felt so comfortable. So memorable.
So... Anko-chan? She looked up to see a pair of violet eyes looking down
at her own. She gasped. At least she thought she did. She couldn't hear
anything except her own beating heart. And his. His beating heart. And
then he was gone and Chokusha was supporting her weight and boiling the
poison off her body. Soon her wound was healed and she ran out to help
the other Senshi. By the time the other youma had been beaten she was
ready to rest with the other girls at the Hikarawa temple. But once the
girls had rounded to corner to go to the temple she stayed behind for
a second and looked down the street. She sighed one last time and ran
after the other girls.
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With his hand in a tight fist Violet Dusk Guardian watched as
his love ran around the corner and shook his head. No, she would never
understand.
Japanese words used in this chapter:
hai - yes
gomen nasai - very sorry (formal)
nani - what
demo - but
gomen ne - sorry
iie - no
onee - big sister
ne? - right?
doushite - why
Ara - Oh
imouto - little sister
onegai - please
Senshi - Warrior (Scout in DIC version)
Well that's it for now! What do you think? Write to me and
tell me! My e-mail is cfmc@uclink4.berkeley.edu! All comments are
appreciated! Thanks!
