Part 2: An annoying mystery man and new relatives
The next day Sailor Earth, or Tranquilla (the name she remembered and was called; Loke said it was a good name because it was similar to his niece's name, in case she ever had to stay with his brother's family) was walking down the streets of Tokyo dressed in black boot cut slacks and a white shirt, loose but complementary, with short sleeves, her long black hair in the same bun and tail style it had been in yesterday. She looked just like a normal teen. She was to find a black cat, named Luna, with a glowing crescent moon on her forehead and tell her what had happened. A black cat suddenly jumped in front of Tranquilla. It was black, and on its forehead- on its forehead was a glowing crescent moon!! "Hey cat- come back here!"
Tranquilla ran after the cat and tripped. She flew through the air in a spectacular arc, splaying her arms and legs, just glad she wasn't wearing a skirt. "AAAIIAAAIIEAAEEE! OH NOOO! AAII!" She landed in an awkward, unreal looking position. "Waah! That HURT!"
"Hmm. What a klutz!" a strange male voice said laughing. "Maybe you should walk before trying to fly again."
Hmm? Tranquilla looked up and saw an extremely handsome guy, black hair blue eyes laughing at her. He had spoken English, which was odd in Japan, but he must have done it because she had. He looked strangely familiar and was holding out a hand to help her up.
::She was gazing up at a man in a carriage. He was incredibly handsome, light brown hair, dark blue eyes and a great smile. "Alright Lady Quilla, join me on this ride." She smiled, "If you call me 'lady' use my whole name." He took her hand and pulled her up "Yes, Lady Tranquility." ::
Back in reality Tranquilla took the dark haired man's hand and stood up. He looked at her hairdo and smirked. "You're a meatball head, like my girlfriend but I can't call you that - I know, yo-yo, it looks like a yo- yo. You're a klutz too, Yo-yo." He looked down at her (for he was quite a bit taller) with an unusual smile.
"It's a bun! And my name isn't Yo-yo, jerk. " She turned away and then back, walking to where the cat had went, even though she knew it was long gone.
Tranquilla walked down several normal streets, checking out houses and alleys, looking for… something, she wasn't sure what. She kept passing houses, but then stopped, coming back and looking at one; it was an ordinary house, just a two-story house like all the rest, but she felt something weird coming from it. The door opened and a woman came out smiling.
"Hello, You must be Tranquilla, you look just like the picture Loke sent us. Your bags arrived here yesterday, why don't you come in and I'll show you around. I'm your aunt. Your uncle and cousins are home, and we'll be having dinner in a while. Your room is next to Serena's, and you'll be going to school together." Tranquilla followed her "aunt" in and looked around. It was a nice house, and the table was set for six. Hmm, why six? Maybe Serena is having a friend or two over, and the setting isn't for me "Serena will be walking to school with you until you know the way, so you'll probably be late- that girl's late for everything! Once you know the way you can go early enough to be on time. Why don't you go upstairs, Serena's room is right on the left side of the hallway. I've got to see to dinner. Oh, and Loke sent a note of something he forgot to tell you"
Tranquilla looked at the note, it was in Loke's distinctive handwriting, and in English; she was the first one to open it so she knew that its contents were safe.
Tranquilla dear,
If you got this note you're at my brother's house in Tokyo, around where I told you to go. I think that Luna is somewhere around there, as the Negaverse seems to have been attacking there a lot lately. Anyway, you'll be going to school, but try not to make to many close friends, just some normal ones, since you must be prepared to fight the Negaverse by yourself; we don't want your friends injured. Try to stay out of other trouble, okay? I sent some of your stuff there, so you'll be happy and clothed.
See ya, ------ Loke
Tranquilla walked up the stairs and sighed. She was stuck in a strange house, in a strange city, with strange people who spoke a strange language. Yea. She looked at Serena's door and smiled, knocking quietly.
A girl about Tranquilla's age opened the door; she blinked and so did Tranquilla. They looked almost exactly alike! The new girl was slightly shorter than Tranquilla, and had blond hair put up into two buns and tails, but other than that and their clothing, they were nearly identical. Looking at each other's face was like looking into a mirror. Tranquilla spoke first, "Hi, I'm Tranquilla Tsukino, your cousin. I'll be staying with you for a while, and, umm, could you tell me where my room is? Your mom says were in the same grade. Are you good at school? We really look alike, don't we?"
Tranquilla tried to keep a smile on her face and sound bubbly and exited as most girls would be meeting a cousin the same age, but it was hard, especially since this was a complete stranger, and she was having a hard time dealing with the appearance.
"WHAT! Mother, what is going on! Who is this?" Serena looked shocked and confused.
Mrs. Tsukino's voice drifted upstairs. "She's your cousin, remember? Your uncle Loke thought it would be best if she stayed with us, since he moves so much."
"Oh, yea! Sorry, I forgot. Umhahaha. Here you're room's right next to mine." Serena pulled Tranquilla into her room and Tranquilla smiled. It was a nice room, large, with a cool bed, desk and large closet. The wallpaper was purple, her favorite color, with silver blue crescent moons. She loved it. "This room is so great! Purple is my favorite color. But… Who's that poster of?" The poster on the wall looked like one of the girls she had seen the other night. She'd ditch it as soon as Serena left.
"That's Sailor Moon, the Champion of love and justice! She defends our city from monster things." Serena was bubbly now and it looked as if she idolized this Sailor Moon.
Tranquilla looked at Serena, "So, what's school like? You any good in case I need help? Do we walk or ride the bus?"
Serena laughed "ME? Good at school!?!? HaHa, you've got to be kidding. I'm… not exactly the best at school stuff, but my boyfriend and friend Amy are really smart. Amy's more than ten chapters ahead in our class! Umm, I've got some stuff to do, so see you at dinner."
Tranquilla was left alone in the room and Serena had shut the door. Mmm, better get ready for dinner, whatever they're cooking smells good. Who is Sailor Moon? Maybe not what I thought at first. Hmm, Serena wears her hair like that. How funny! It might offend her if I took the picture down; I think she put it up. How can we look so alike, when we're not even related? Well, I'd better get dressed. Tranquilla opened one of the suitcases Loke had sent her, and frowned, seeing it was winter clothing. After a bit of looking, she found one with some summery things, including sundresses. She pulled out her favorite one, a light purple dress; it had a pointed waistline that was stitched like small dark blue flowers, it fell to just under her knees. She smiled at herself in the mirror on the wall and did a pirouette.
Tranquilla looked at her suitcases and sighed. She was glad to have the stuff with her but it was a lot to unpack. There were seven suitcases she could see, and there might be more somewhere else. She opened her other suitcases and was pleased with the results: all her favorite things, even photos, jewelry, and her diary (still locked)had been packed.
Tranquilla moved to her closet and peered in to see how big it was. It was large, a walk in a closet actually, and to her surprise there were several garment bags hanging inside. She unzipped the bags and found several dresses in each; these were here fancy dresses, the kind she wore to balls and other important events; she didn't know what Loke did for a living, but it was important, and they were always going to high class events where she felt very uncomfortable. She took the dresses out of the bags and hung them toward the back of her closet. The dressy things in the suitcases joined them. She decided to save putting her normal and school clothes away for later.
Tranquilla looked at the mirror and frowned. She didn't think she looked right and wasn't sure how people acted at dinner in Japan; it was just a family meal but she didn't want to mess up. She grabbed a purple ribbon, the same color as her eyes and examined it; it was too dark to match her out fit so she selected a lighter one and tied it around her bun in a small bow.
Tranquilla left her room and headed downstairs to see if she could help with anything.
"Dinner's ready. Come, to the table, everyone." Tranquilla's aunt called. Tranquilla walked down the stairs and saw that there were only three people seated at the table: her aunt, uncle, and a little boy about ten. "Tranquilla dear, why don't you sit across from Sammy? Your dress looks really nice, purple is a good color on you. And- why, your locket looks like Serena's!
Tranquilla smiled and started to say something, but was cut off as a noise like a herd of wild beasts started. Shoving, half falling and arguing on the stairs were two girls who looked like sisters; one was Serena, one was a little girl about nine, with - pink?- hair done up in a similar style to Serena's. Both girls were trying to get down first, and just fouling themselves up. Tranquilla was hard pressed not to laugh.
The two girls managed to get straightened out and rushed to the table panting. Serena sat next to Tranquilla and stuck her tongue out at the little pink haired girl. Both had hair up in the same odd style similar to hers, and Tranquilla wondered why it seemed so familiar, an older girl, blond with hair like odangas, and a younger one, sparring. "Sisters shouldn't fight, especially ones with such responsibility!" Tranquilla clapped her hand over her mouth embarrassed. It seemed familiar to her, but more like something she was used to being chastised with. It seemed like a memory… but that couldn't be, because all she new before Loke came from flashbacks.
Every one looked oddly at Tranquilla. "We're just cousins!! You know that!" Serena seemed really offended and started making faces at Rini, who made faces back.
"I'm sorry, I slipped, but you were acting like sisters, who don't want anyone to know they really like each other."
Serena smiled at Tranquilla. "After I'm done with my homework I'll show you around! Rini," she kicked the little girl sitting across from her, "will probably want to go with us. I can show you the arcade, and ice cream stores, and mall, and park, but we got to stop at Cherry Hill Temple first. My friend Raye lives there, and we, I mean my friends, usually hang out there!" Serena was distracted by the food and started piling it on her plate. "You'll love it here Quilla!"
Quilla. She couldn't remember ever being called that, but it felt… right, some how. It was what the guy called her in the last flash back, but how could Serena have known that? :: "Quilla, hurry up," a girl in a white ball gown with orange flowers on it said pulling her along the hallway. They were bare foot and the girl's shoulder-length blond hair was slightly curled under./// "Quilla, your hair!" an older girl cried in shock. She had blond hair in the royal "odangas" as the prince called them, and was in a long, straight, fancy, white dress.// "Quilla," "Hey Quilla shouldn't you be in training?" Two girls with long hair stood before her. They were both wearing casual clothes; the one with reddish purple hair wore hers straight and the one with creamy blue hair had rings and waves that she always tried to get rid of. ::
Tranquilla gasped and leaned forward. The spells were always uncomfortable. She realized where she was and saw that she was being stared at. "Headache, I think it's just the jet lag," she gasped nervously. Lifting the chopsticks, she gazed awkwardly at them for a moment, and then realized they ere just weird carrot sticks and began to munch. She picked up her fork and started eating, but not near as fast as Serena.
There was something weird going on. Coming to this city had triggered a flashback, which was unusual. But these people were even worse! Multiple flashbacks at once had never happened to her before, and she had had something like actual memories! Her new "family" was triggering new responses- or were they? It was mostly around Serena. And what were the "royal odangas", who was the "prince"? Both had been mentioned in her last flashback.
The next day Sailor Earth, or Tranquilla (the name she remembered and was called; Loke said it was a good name because it was similar to his niece's name, in case she ever had to stay with his brother's family) was walking down the streets of Tokyo dressed in black boot cut slacks and a white shirt, loose but complementary, with short sleeves, her long black hair in the same bun and tail style it had been in yesterday. She looked just like a normal teen. She was to find a black cat, named Luna, with a glowing crescent moon on her forehead and tell her what had happened. A black cat suddenly jumped in front of Tranquilla. It was black, and on its forehead- on its forehead was a glowing crescent moon!! "Hey cat- come back here!"
Tranquilla ran after the cat and tripped. She flew through the air in a spectacular arc, splaying her arms and legs, just glad she wasn't wearing a skirt. "AAAIIAAAIIEAAEEE! OH NOOO! AAII!" She landed in an awkward, unreal looking position. "Waah! That HURT!"
"Hmm. What a klutz!" a strange male voice said laughing. "Maybe you should walk before trying to fly again."
Hmm? Tranquilla looked up and saw an extremely handsome guy, black hair blue eyes laughing at her. He had spoken English, which was odd in Japan, but he must have done it because she had. He looked strangely familiar and was holding out a hand to help her up.
::She was gazing up at a man in a carriage. He was incredibly handsome, light brown hair, dark blue eyes and a great smile. "Alright Lady Quilla, join me on this ride." She smiled, "If you call me 'lady' use my whole name." He took her hand and pulled her up "Yes, Lady Tranquility." ::
Back in reality Tranquilla took the dark haired man's hand and stood up. He looked at her hairdo and smirked. "You're a meatball head, like my girlfriend but I can't call you that - I know, yo-yo, it looks like a yo- yo. You're a klutz too, Yo-yo." He looked down at her (for he was quite a bit taller) with an unusual smile.
"It's a bun! And my name isn't Yo-yo, jerk. " She turned away and then back, walking to where the cat had went, even though she knew it was long gone.
Tranquilla walked down several normal streets, checking out houses and alleys, looking for… something, she wasn't sure what. She kept passing houses, but then stopped, coming back and looking at one; it was an ordinary house, just a two-story house like all the rest, but she felt something weird coming from it. The door opened and a woman came out smiling.
"Hello, You must be Tranquilla, you look just like the picture Loke sent us. Your bags arrived here yesterday, why don't you come in and I'll show you around. I'm your aunt. Your uncle and cousins are home, and we'll be having dinner in a while. Your room is next to Serena's, and you'll be going to school together." Tranquilla followed her "aunt" in and looked around. It was a nice house, and the table was set for six. Hmm, why six? Maybe Serena is having a friend or two over, and the setting isn't for me "Serena will be walking to school with you until you know the way, so you'll probably be late- that girl's late for everything! Once you know the way you can go early enough to be on time. Why don't you go upstairs, Serena's room is right on the left side of the hallway. I've got to see to dinner. Oh, and Loke sent a note of something he forgot to tell you"
Tranquilla looked at the note, it was in Loke's distinctive handwriting, and in English; she was the first one to open it so she knew that its contents were safe.
Tranquilla dear,
If you got this note you're at my brother's house in Tokyo, around where I told you to go. I think that Luna is somewhere around there, as the Negaverse seems to have been attacking there a lot lately. Anyway, you'll be going to school, but try not to make to many close friends, just some normal ones, since you must be prepared to fight the Negaverse by yourself; we don't want your friends injured. Try to stay out of other trouble, okay? I sent some of your stuff there, so you'll be happy and clothed.
See ya, ------ Loke
Tranquilla walked up the stairs and sighed. She was stuck in a strange house, in a strange city, with strange people who spoke a strange language. Yea. She looked at Serena's door and smiled, knocking quietly.
A girl about Tranquilla's age opened the door; she blinked and so did Tranquilla. They looked almost exactly alike! The new girl was slightly shorter than Tranquilla, and had blond hair put up into two buns and tails, but other than that and their clothing, they were nearly identical. Looking at each other's face was like looking into a mirror. Tranquilla spoke first, "Hi, I'm Tranquilla Tsukino, your cousin. I'll be staying with you for a while, and, umm, could you tell me where my room is? Your mom says were in the same grade. Are you good at school? We really look alike, don't we?"
Tranquilla tried to keep a smile on her face and sound bubbly and exited as most girls would be meeting a cousin the same age, but it was hard, especially since this was a complete stranger, and she was having a hard time dealing with the appearance.
"WHAT! Mother, what is going on! Who is this?" Serena looked shocked and confused.
Mrs. Tsukino's voice drifted upstairs. "She's your cousin, remember? Your uncle Loke thought it would be best if she stayed with us, since he moves so much."
"Oh, yea! Sorry, I forgot. Umhahaha. Here you're room's right next to mine." Serena pulled Tranquilla into her room and Tranquilla smiled. It was a nice room, large, with a cool bed, desk and large closet. The wallpaper was purple, her favorite color, with silver blue crescent moons. She loved it. "This room is so great! Purple is my favorite color. But… Who's that poster of?" The poster on the wall looked like one of the girls she had seen the other night. She'd ditch it as soon as Serena left.
"That's Sailor Moon, the Champion of love and justice! She defends our city from monster things." Serena was bubbly now and it looked as if she idolized this Sailor Moon.
Tranquilla looked at Serena, "So, what's school like? You any good in case I need help? Do we walk or ride the bus?"
Serena laughed "ME? Good at school!?!? HaHa, you've got to be kidding. I'm… not exactly the best at school stuff, but my boyfriend and friend Amy are really smart. Amy's more than ten chapters ahead in our class! Umm, I've got some stuff to do, so see you at dinner."
Tranquilla was left alone in the room and Serena had shut the door. Mmm, better get ready for dinner, whatever they're cooking smells good. Who is Sailor Moon? Maybe not what I thought at first. Hmm, Serena wears her hair like that. How funny! It might offend her if I took the picture down; I think she put it up. How can we look so alike, when we're not even related? Well, I'd better get dressed. Tranquilla opened one of the suitcases Loke had sent her, and frowned, seeing it was winter clothing. After a bit of looking, she found one with some summery things, including sundresses. She pulled out her favorite one, a light purple dress; it had a pointed waistline that was stitched like small dark blue flowers, it fell to just under her knees. She smiled at herself in the mirror on the wall and did a pirouette.
Tranquilla looked at her suitcases and sighed. She was glad to have the stuff with her but it was a lot to unpack. There were seven suitcases she could see, and there might be more somewhere else. She opened her other suitcases and was pleased with the results: all her favorite things, even photos, jewelry, and her diary (still locked)had been packed.
Tranquilla moved to her closet and peered in to see how big it was. It was large, a walk in a closet actually, and to her surprise there were several garment bags hanging inside. She unzipped the bags and found several dresses in each; these were here fancy dresses, the kind she wore to balls and other important events; she didn't know what Loke did for a living, but it was important, and they were always going to high class events where she felt very uncomfortable. She took the dresses out of the bags and hung them toward the back of her closet. The dressy things in the suitcases joined them. She decided to save putting her normal and school clothes away for later.
Tranquilla looked at the mirror and frowned. She didn't think she looked right and wasn't sure how people acted at dinner in Japan; it was just a family meal but she didn't want to mess up. She grabbed a purple ribbon, the same color as her eyes and examined it; it was too dark to match her out fit so she selected a lighter one and tied it around her bun in a small bow.
Tranquilla left her room and headed downstairs to see if she could help with anything.
"Dinner's ready. Come, to the table, everyone." Tranquilla's aunt called. Tranquilla walked down the stairs and saw that there were only three people seated at the table: her aunt, uncle, and a little boy about ten. "Tranquilla dear, why don't you sit across from Sammy? Your dress looks really nice, purple is a good color on you. And- why, your locket looks like Serena's!
Tranquilla smiled and started to say something, but was cut off as a noise like a herd of wild beasts started. Shoving, half falling and arguing on the stairs were two girls who looked like sisters; one was Serena, one was a little girl about nine, with - pink?- hair done up in a similar style to Serena's. Both girls were trying to get down first, and just fouling themselves up. Tranquilla was hard pressed not to laugh.
The two girls managed to get straightened out and rushed to the table panting. Serena sat next to Tranquilla and stuck her tongue out at the little pink haired girl. Both had hair up in the same odd style similar to hers, and Tranquilla wondered why it seemed so familiar, an older girl, blond with hair like odangas, and a younger one, sparring. "Sisters shouldn't fight, especially ones with such responsibility!" Tranquilla clapped her hand over her mouth embarrassed. It seemed familiar to her, but more like something she was used to being chastised with. It seemed like a memory… but that couldn't be, because all she new before Loke came from flashbacks.
Every one looked oddly at Tranquilla. "We're just cousins!! You know that!" Serena seemed really offended and started making faces at Rini, who made faces back.
"I'm sorry, I slipped, but you were acting like sisters, who don't want anyone to know they really like each other."
Serena smiled at Tranquilla. "After I'm done with my homework I'll show you around! Rini," she kicked the little girl sitting across from her, "will probably want to go with us. I can show you the arcade, and ice cream stores, and mall, and park, but we got to stop at Cherry Hill Temple first. My friend Raye lives there, and we, I mean my friends, usually hang out there!" Serena was distracted by the food and started piling it on her plate. "You'll love it here Quilla!"
Quilla. She couldn't remember ever being called that, but it felt… right, some how. It was what the guy called her in the last flash back, but how could Serena have known that? :: "Quilla, hurry up," a girl in a white ball gown with orange flowers on it said pulling her along the hallway. They were bare foot and the girl's shoulder-length blond hair was slightly curled under./// "Quilla, your hair!" an older girl cried in shock. She had blond hair in the royal "odangas" as the prince called them, and was in a long, straight, fancy, white dress.// "Quilla," "Hey Quilla shouldn't you be in training?" Two girls with long hair stood before her. They were both wearing casual clothes; the one with reddish purple hair wore hers straight and the one with creamy blue hair had rings and waves that she always tried to get rid of. ::
Tranquilla gasped and leaned forward. The spells were always uncomfortable. She realized where she was and saw that she was being stared at. "Headache, I think it's just the jet lag," she gasped nervously. Lifting the chopsticks, she gazed awkwardly at them for a moment, and then realized they ere just weird carrot sticks and began to munch. She picked up her fork and started eating, but not near as fast as Serena.
There was something weird going on. Coming to this city had triggered a flashback, which was unusual. But these people were even worse! Multiple flashbacks at once had never happened to her before, and she had had something like actual memories! Her new "family" was triggering new responses- or were they? It was mostly around Serena. And what were the "royal odangas", who was the "prince"? Both had been mentioned in her last flashback.