Coronis and Mermaid
Part 2
By Myrna-chan
Notes: The pilot, Howori, is named after the prince in an ancient Japanese tale, in which he falls in love
with a sea nymph. They marry, as long as he follows the sea nymph's command-he must not look at her
until she delivers the child they have together. He cannot stand to hear his love scream during labour so
he peeks through the window to see how she's doing. She spots him, and for breaking their taboo, the
nymph turns into a dragon and goes back to the sea, but leaves their son as a final parting gift to him.
Yancha Koutaishihi means "Mischievous Crown Princess". [Do I need to tell you who that is?] Since her
first name is rather long, Chuu's nickname is Koutai.
***
Ketsui stared out of the window as the stars sped by faster and faster. She grumbled and preened her
feathers with her beak. I hope those two girls are doing all right on their own, she thought. She looked at
the pilot's expressionless face and sighed.
"What's the rush, huh?" She flew to the cockpit and perched on his chair.
"The faster I go, Your Highness, the more quickly we can get to Planet Chuu."
She nipped him on the ear. "Stop it with the 'Your Highness' crap! And I don't want to go to Chuu, I want
to go to Mermaid!" He whimpered and rubbed his ear.
"Yes, madam. But we have to stop at Chuu because I can't be flying for 2 days straight. It's just for one
night, so I can get my strength back." He smiled at the little black bird. "You don't want me to fall asleep
and get into an accident, do you?" He then turned back to the windshield.
Ketsui blinked. "What's your name?" The pilot kept his eyes on the windshield.
"Howori." Ketsui smiled, then flew back to the passenger area. She tugged on one of her wing feathers,
turned dark red, and became a woman again. She then looked out the window one last time before
falling asleep.
***
Megumi paced back and forth. "Whenisshecomingwhenisshecomingwhenis she COMINNNNNNG!"
Kanshou rolled her eyes. "Um, I believe we were right in the middle of taking up your homework."
Megumi smirked. "I didn't do it."
Kanshou stood up from her desk. "You deliberately defied me? How could you?!" She slammed the
book shut. Kanshou glared at Megumi. "I'm going to tell your father." Megumi's eyes widened in fear.
"Please don't! The last time you told on me Dad locked me in the dungeon overnight!" Kanshou stopped
in her tracks.
"He did WHAT?" Megumi sat down on her chair slowly.
"Yeah. Every time I get in trouble he punishes me really severely. I'm afraid of my father, to tell you the
truth. He's been like that ever since Mummy died."
Kanshou walked over to Megumi and put an arm around her. "Why didn't you tell me?" A tear fell down
Megumi's cheek.
"Because...I was afraid what Dad would do if his secret got out." Kanshou sighed as the maid came into
the room.
"Lunch is being served now, ladies, if you will follow me." Megumi got up slowly and grabbed for
Kanshou's hand.
***
Ketsui woke up, startled, as the ship landed with a bump. "What happened, Howori?"
Howori sweat dropped and looked out the window. "There are no suitable runways on Planet Chuu...I
had to improvise. So, your...er...Ketsui, are you going to be in your human or crow form?"
Ketsui smirked. "Crow form, for sure. Who knows what kind of wolves live on this planet?"
Howori blinked and blushed. "As you wish." He jumped out of the ship, helped Ketsui out, then pushed
the ship into the bushes to hide it. He then tugged on the feather in his belt and turned into a crow, as
she tugged her tiara feather. They looked at each other then flew to the top of a nearby tree. Howori
gasped.
"What is it?" Ketsui looked worriedly down at the people below. "That's the princess! Sailor Chuu!"
Howori pointed a wing at the short, white-haired girl running into a shady part of town.
"What the hell is she doing?" Ketsui cocked her head.
"Maybe we should follow her?"
Ketsui smirked. "You're the tour guide."
***
Phobos paced around in circles in the large hallway. Deimos, seated comfortably in Ketsui's throne, was
popping grapes in her mouth.
Phobos peered at her twin, amused. "I've never seen a vegetarian crow before."
"Well mmmfff you should mmmmmfff have-mmmfff by now," Deimos replied, with her mouth full, then
swallowed. "I could get used to this Queen business."
Phobos sighed, and pushed her sister out of the throne. "It won't be like this forever. Remember she's
only been gone for a day, and she'll only be gone for a month. Being a Queen is much more than sitting
around eating grapes."
Deimos looked downcast. "Jeez, sis, you're such a fuddy duddy."
Phobos glared at her sister. "I'm NOT a fuddy duddy! I'm sensible!"
"You're boring! I'm going to my room. See ya."
Phobos sighed. What are we going to do? There's so much responsibility and here we are, fighting like
a pair of...well...crows.
Suddenly a page came running into the room. "Mistress Phobos," he panted, "We have some good
news. The kingdom of the faraway planet Mars has just welcomed a baby princess."
Phobos squealed with delight. "I love babies! What's her name?"
"Rei, Phobos."
Phobos got out of her seat, and clapped her hands. A servant came running. "Bring me some
stationery. I want to write a letter of congratulations to the Kingdom of Mars."
***
Megumi fidgeted all through the meal. Her father gave her a dirty look constantly, warning her to
behave, or she would know the consequences. He's on to me. I know he is, she thought. Kanshou ate
slowly and quietly.
"Megumi," her father began. Megumi's head shot up from her plate, eyes wide with fear. "I've decided to
take a bride. And nothing you can say will change my mind. And furthermore, if you even try to argue,
I'll have you locked up until your next birthday."
Megumi gasped, then burst into tears. "I hate you...I HATE YOU!" She rushed out of her chair, upsetting
the table.
King Sabishii stood up, and pointed at his young daughter. "Seize her!"
Two soldiers quickly grabbed the girl by the arms and brought her back to her father. The king stared at
his daughter, and nodded for his soldiers to let her go. "You are a brat. I wish you never were born."
Sabishii stared coldly at his daughter. "Lock her in the dungeon."
Kanshou then threw a plate at Sabishii. "Leave her alone, you son of a bitch!"
The plate hit Sabishii on the head, as a few drips of blood slid down his face. He lowered his eyes.
"Take her, too."
Megumi then grabbed the transformation pen out of her pocket. "Mermaid Planet Power, Make Up!"
A flash of cyan light blinded everyone and Megumi was replaced by Sailor Mermaid.
She twirled her trident and pointed it at her father. "One move and he dies. Now let her go."
Kanshou, being held by the soldiers, couldn't believe that her ditsy student had suddenly changed into
THIS.
"You heard me. Let her go," Mermaid commanded.
The soldiers released Kanshou. Mermaid then ran out to the closest exit into the courtyard, with
Kanshou following closely.
"Should we follow them, Your Highness?" a soldier asked.
"No. Let them go. Megumi will soon come crawling back." Sabishii smiled, then smirked.
***
Ketsui panted for breath as she flapped her wings slowly. "Jeez, how far is she going to go?"
Howori smirked. "I take it you haven't flown this much before?"
Ketsui glared at him. "I have...but not since I was 13." She peered down at the little white-haired girl and
then watched as she disappeared into a run-down house. What is she doing? Ketsui thought. She and
Howori swooped down to the house and perched on its roof. They peered into the window.
"We've had enough of WAITING, Koutai." A large man wielding a knife stepped slowly towards the
princess.
"Koutai?" Ketsui looked confusedly at Howori.
"I guess that's her name," he whispered.
Koutai stepped backwards until she was trapped in the corner. "I..I promised you I would have the
money tomorrow!"
The man smirked. "Well, you shouldn't have come to us if you didn't have it, Your HIGHNESS." Koutai
screamed and pushed through the largest men and his two lackeys and ran out the door. "AFTER HER!"
Ketsui gasped. "I have to help her!" She tugged onto one of her wing feathers and became human. She
pulled a transformation pen out of her boot. "Coronis Planet Power, Make Up!" A bright flash of red light
blinded Howori, and Ketsui was replaced by Sailor Coronis. She jumped down from the roof and blocked
the gangsters' way, pulling out her whip.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? You don't look like a native." The large man pointed his knife
at Coronis.
She smirked and whipped the knife out of his hand. "What kind of man are you, threatening a young girl
over a bunch of stupid money?" The man stared, disbelieving, at his empty hand. "In the name of
Coronis, I punish you!"
The two men behind him gasped. "Coronis?" One of them said. "That means she's from that crow planet!"
"Let's get out of here!" The other one yelled, and the two lackies ran into the house. The man growled
and followed them.
"Don't think this is over, Chuu Princess!"
Howori fluttered down from the roof and pulled on one of his wing feathers. "What happened to being
incognito, Ketsui?" He smirked at her.
"Oh, put a sock in it." She walked over slowly to Koutai sobbing her eyes out. "Are you alright, Your
Highness?" She bent down and smiled at the young princess.
Koutai looked up at the dark-skinned soldier. "T thank you. I probably should have transformed and I
would have done the same thing. Those men are cowards."
"What I want to know," Coronis began, "Is why you're hanging around with those types of people
anyway." Koutai stared at the ground in shame.
***
Megumi and Kanshou sat shivering in an alleyway. "I still can't believe you pulled your weapon on your
own father," Kanshou said quietly.
"I...I don't know what came over me. When I transform, I lose all my sense and reason. It's like I've been
guided by an evil spirit instead of a good one." Megumi buried her face in her hands and began to cry.
Kanshou put an arm around her. "While we can't go back to the way we were, I'll be here for you, okay?"
Megumi shook her head. "I don't want you to be. I got you into this and I don't want you to be hurt. I'll
just go back to my father and smile through the pain of his remarrying. I..I've done some thinking. I can
understand why he wants to get married again."
Kanshou kicked a stone. "But if he really loved you he would understand that no one could replace your
mother."
Megumi sighed. "He only pretended to love me. He secretly wanted a son even though he knew only
princesses can become Sailor Soldiers. As soon as my mother died, he had complete control of me and
was able to do what he wanted to do to me."
"I know." Kanshou sighed.
Megumi's eyes then widened. "Oh my god, the Coronis queen! What if she comes here and sees us like
this? How embarassing!"
Suddenly there was screaming and panic coming from the other side of town. The two got up and
stopped a passerby. "What's the problem?" Megumi asked.
The man passing by gasped for breath. "The king's been murdered." He then caught his breath and
continued to run.
Ketsui stared in disbelief at Megumi. "Did you..?"
Megumi shook her head. "No! No! How could I, I've been with you the whole time! Besides...I couldn't
possibly kill anyone." The two then ran towards the palace.
***
Ketsui, Howori, and Koutai walked slowly toward the palace. "My parents always smothered me. Giving
me rules. Don't do that, speak like this, don't do this, walk like that. I rebelled in the worst way possible-
by getting involved with the worst people in town."
Howori nodded. "But you knew it was dangerous, so why did you do it?"
Koutai's eyes flooded with tears. "Because...I don't know why!"
Ketsui sighed. "Anyway, we're talking you back to the palace. We also have to introduce ourselves to
your parents."
Koutai nodded. They walked up the steps to the gigantic white gates where they were stopped by some
guards. "It's okay, boys, they're with me." The guards nodded and let the trio pass.
END OF PART TWO
Part 2
By Myrna-chan
Notes: The pilot, Howori, is named after the prince in an ancient Japanese tale, in which he falls in love
with a sea nymph. They marry, as long as he follows the sea nymph's command-he must not look at her
until she delivers the child they have together. He cannot stand to hear his love scream during labour so
he peeks through the window to see how she's doing. She spots him, and for breaking their taboo, the
nymph turns into a dragon and goes back to the sea, but leaves their son as a final parting gift to him.
Yancha Koutaishihi means "Mischievous Crown Princess". [Do I need to tell you who that is?] Since her
first name is rather long, Chuu's nickname is Koutai.
***
Ketsui stared out of the window as the stars sped by faster and faster. She grumbled and preened her
feathers with her beak. I hope those two girls are doing all right on their own, she thought. She looked at
the pilot's expressionless face and sighed.
"What's the rush, huh?" She flew to the cockpit and perched on his chair.
"The faster I go, Your Highness, the more quickly we can get to Planet Chuu."
She nipped him on the ear. "Stop it with the 'Your Highness' crap! And I don't want to go to Chuu, I want
to go to Mermaid!" He whimpered and rubbed his ear.
"Yes, madam. But we have to stop at Chuu because I can't be flying for 2 days straight. It's just for one
night, so I can get my strength back." He smiled at the little black bird. "You don't want me to fall asleep
and get into an accident, do you?" He then turned back to the windshield.
Ketsui blinked. "What's your name?" The pilot kept his eyes on the windshield.
"Howori." Ketsui smiled, then flew back to the passenger area. She tugged on one of her wing feathers,
turned dark red, and became a woman again. She then looked out the window one last time before
falling asleep.
***
Megumi paced back and forth. "Whenisshecomingwhenisshecomingwhenis she COMINNNNNNG!"
Kanshou rolled her eyes. "Um, I believe we were right in the middle of taking up your homework."
Megumi smirked. "I didn't do it."
Kanshou stood up from her desk. "You deliberately defied me? How could you?!" She slammed the
book shut. Kanshou glared at Megumi. "I'm going to tell your father." Megumi's eyes widened in fear.
"Please don't! The last time you told on me Dad locked me in the dungeon overnight!" Kanshou stopped
in her tracks.
"He did WHAT?" Megumi sat down on her chair slowly.
"Yeah. Every time I get in trouble he punishes me really severely. I'm afraid of my father, to tell you the
truth. He's been like that ever since Mummy died."
Kanshou walked over to Megumi and put an arm around her. "Why didn't you tell me?" A tear fell down
Megumi's cheek.
"Because...I was afraid what Dad would do if his secret got out." Kanshou sighed as the maid came into
the room.
"Lunch is being served now, ladies, if you will follow me." Megumi got up slowly and grabbed for
Kanshou's hand.
***
Ketsui woke up, startled, as the ship landed with a bump. "What happened, Howori?"
Howori sweat dropped and looked out the window. "There are no suitable runways on Planet Chuu...I
had to improvise. So, your...er...Ketsui, are you going to be in your human or crow form?"
Ketsui smirked. "Crow form, for sure. Who knows what kind of wolves live on this planet?"
Howori blinked and blushed. "As you wish." He jumped out of the ship, helped Ketsui out, then pushed
the ship into the bushes to hide it. He then tugged on the feather in his belt and turned into a crow, as
she tugged her tiara feather. They looked at each other then flew to the top of a nearby tree. Howori
gasped.
"What is it?" Ketsui looked worriedly down at the people below. "That's the princess! Sailor Chuu!"
Howori pointed a wing at the short, white-haired girl running into a shady part of town.
"What the hell is she doing?" Ketsui cocked her head.
"Maybe we should follow her?"
Ketsui smirked. "You're the tour guide."
***
Phobos paced around in circles in the large hallway. Deimos, seated comfortably in Ketsui's throne, was
popping grapes in her mouth.
Phobos peered at her twin, amused. "I've never seen a vegetarian crow before."
"Well mmmfff you should mmmmmfff have-mmmfff by now," Deimos replied, with her mouth full, then
swallowed. "I could get used to this Queen business."
Phobos sighed, and pushed her sister out of the throne. "It won't be like this forever. Remember she's
only been gone for a day, and she'll only be gone for a month. Being a Queen is much more than sitting
around eating grapes."
Deimos looked downcast. "Jeez, sis, you're such a fuddy duddy."
Phobos glared at her sister. "I'm NOT a fuddy duddy! I'm sensible!"
"You're boring! I'm going to my room. See ya."
Phobos sighed. What are we going to do? There's so much responsibility and here we are, fighting like
a pair of...well...crows.
Suddenly a page came running into the room. "Mistress Phobos," he panted, "We have some good
news. The kingdom of the faraway planet Mars has just welcomed a baby princess."
Phobos squealed with delight. "I love babies! What's her name?"
"Rei, Phobos."
Phobos got out of her seat, and clapped her hands. A servant came running. "Bring me some
stationery. I want to write a letter of congratulations to the Kingdom of Mars."
***
Megumi fidgeted all through the meal. Her father gave her a dirty look constantly, warning her to
behave, or she would know the consequences. He's on to me. I know he is, she thought. Kanshou ate
slowly and quietly.
"Megumi," her father began. Megumi's head shot up from her plate, eyes wide with fear. "I've decided to
take a bride. And nothing you can say will change my mind. And furthermore, if you even try to argue,
I'll have you locked up until your next birthday."
Megumi gasped, then burst into tears. "I hate you...I HATE YOU!" She rushed out of her chair, upsetting
the table.
King Sabishii stood up, and pointed at his young daughter. "Seize her!"
Two soldiers quickly grabbed the girl by the arms and brought her back to her father. The king stared at
his daughter, and nodded for his soldiers to let her go. "You are a brat. I wish you never were born."
Sabishii stared coldly at his daughter. "Lock her in the dungeon."
Kanshou then threw a plate at Sabishii. "Leave her alone, you son of a bitch!"
The plate hit Sabishii on the head, as a few drips of blood slid down his face. He lowered his eyes.
"Take her, too."
Megumi then grabbed the transformation pen out of her pocket. "Mermaid Planet Power, Make Up!"
A flash of cyan light blinded everyone and Megumi was replaced by Sailor Mermaid.
She twirled her trident and pointed it at her father. "One move and he dies. Now let her go."
Kanshou, being held by the soldiers, couldn't believe that her ditsy student had suddenly changed into
THIS.
"You heard me. Let her go," Mermaid commanded.
The soldiers released Kanshou. Mermaid then ran out to the closest exit into the courtyard, with
Kanshou following closely.
"Should we follow them, Your Highness?" a soldier asked.
"No. Let them go. Megumi will soon come crawling back." Sabishii smiled, then smirked.
***
Ketsui panted for breath as she flapped her wings slowly. "Jeez, how far is she going to go?"
Howori smirked. "I take it you haven't flown this much before?"
Ketsui glared at him. "I have...but not since I was 13." She peered down at the little white-haired girl and
then watched as she disappeared into a run-down house. What is she doing? Ketsui thought. She and
Howori swooped down to the house and perched on its roof. They peered into the window.
"We've had enough of WAITING, Koutai." A large man wielding a knife stepped slowly towards the
princess.
"Koutai?" Ketsui looked confusedly at Howori.
"I guess that's her name," he whispered.
Koutai stepped backwards until she was trapped in the corner. "I..I promised you I would have the
money tomorrow!"
The man smirked. "Well, you shouldn't have come to us if you didn't have it, Your HIGHNESS." Koutai
screamed and pushed through the largest men and his two lackeys and ran out the door. "AFTER HER!"
Ketsui gasped. "I have to help her!" She tugged onto one of her wing feathers and became human. She
pulled a transformation pen out of her boot. "Coronis Planet Power, Make Up!" A bright flash of red light
blinded Howori, and Ketsui was replaced by Sailor Coronis. She jumped down from the roof and blocked
the gangsters' way, pulling out her whip.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? You don't look like a native." The large man pointed his knife
at Coronis.
She smirked and whipped the knife out of his hand. "What kind of man are you, threatening a young girl
over a bunch of stupid money?" The man stared, disbelieving, at his empty hand. "In the name of
Coronis, I punish you!"
The two men behind him gasped. "Coronis?" One of them said. "That means she's from that crow planet!"
"Let's get out of here!" The other one yelled, and the two lackies ran into the house. The man growled
and followed them.
"Don't think this is over, Chuu Princess!"
Howori fluttered down from the roof and pulled on one of his wing feathers. "What happened to being
incognito, Ketsui?" He smirked at her.
"Oh, put a sock in it." She walked over slowly to Koutai sobbing her eyes out. "Are you alright, Your
Highness?" She bent down and smiled at the young princess.
Koutai looked up at the dark-skinned soldier. "T thank you. I probably should have transformed and I
would have done the same thing. Those men are cowards."
"What I want to know," Coronis began, "Is why you're hanging around with those types of people
anyway." Koutai stared at the ground in shame.
***
Megumi and Kanshou sat shivering in an alleyway. "I still can't believe you pulled your weapon on your
own father," Kanshou said quietly.
"I...I don't know what came over me. When I transform, I lose all my sense and reason. It's like I've been
guided by an evil spirit instead of a good one." Megumi buried her face in her hands and began to cry.
Kanshou put an arm around her. "While we can't go back to the way we were, I'll be here for you, okay?"
Megumi shook her head. "I don't want you to be. I got you into this and I don't want you to be hurt. I'll
just go back to my father and smile through the pain of his remarrying. I..I've done some thinking. I can
understand why he wants to get married again."
Kanshou kicked a stone. "But if he really loved you he would understand that no one could replace your
mother."
Megumi sighed. "He only pretended to love me. He secretly wanted a son even though he knew only
princesses can become Sailor Soldiers. As soon as my mother died, he had complete control of me and
was able to do what he wanted to do to me."
"I know." Kanshou sighed.
Megumi's eyes then widened. "Oh my god, the Coronis queen! What if she comes here and sees us like
this? How embarassing!"
Suddenly there was screaming and panic coming from the other side of town. The two got up and
stopped a passerby. "What's the problem?" Megumi asked.
The man passing by gasped for breath. "The king's been murdered." He then caught his breath and
continued to run.
Ketsui stared in disbelief at Megumi. "Did you..?"
Megumi shook her head. "No! No! How could I, I've been with you the whole time! Besides...I couldn't
possibly kill anyone." The two then ran towards the palace.
***
Ketsui, Howori, and Koutai walked slowly toward the palace. "My parents always smothered me. Giving
me rules. Don't do that, speak like this, don't do this, walk like that. I rebelled in the worst way possible-
by getting involved with the worst people in town."
Howori nodded. "But you knew it was dangerous, so why did you do it?"
Koutai's eyes flooded with tears. "Because...I don't know why!"
Ketsui sighed. "Anyway, we're talking you back to the palace. We also have to introduce ourselves to
your parents."
Koutai nodded. They walked up the steps to the gigantic white gates where they were stopped by some
guards. "It's okay, boys, they're with me." The guards nodded and let the trio pass.
END OF PART TWO