Hello everyone.
Yes, it is another chapter. Sorry it has taken a while. I just
haven't had time to sit down and write. And I can't promise it
will get any better, but thank you for being loyal to the story.
The disclaimer is still in place. And I'm really beginning to like
Satire and Con as well, so you'll need permission to use them too.
~December
The Present
"ChibiUsa?"
The teen in the doorway nodded...and then found herself in a tight
hug from a younger verson of her mother.
"Did you miss me?"
****
The guard had banged on the gate again, annoucing another visitor. 'What
the hell am I, some kind of side show?' Irony thought as she turned
around...
...to see three very familar people. Irony was, at first, silent from
shock, but then she spoke, addressing her friends carefully. "Blackstone-
san, Yui-san...CHIBA-SAN? What are you doing here?"
"We came to talk to you," replied Yui Anrui, called Satire by
her closest friends.
"But why did you bring him?" Irony asked as she pointed to the
youngest member of the threesome.
Toge Blackstone, aka Con, laughed. "See Mamoru? I told you.
Not everyone has heard about the press conference yet."
"What press conference?"
Toge cleared his throat as if to begin a rehearsed speech. "This
brave young man did an honorable thing for the betterment of society. You
taught him well, Alanis-chan-"
"Honorable?" Anrui questioned. "Now that's pushing it. He was
just honest about who he was-"
"What press conference?"
But Irony's truest friends weren't answering her query. They
were too busy debating with each other. Toge continued to press his
point, saying, "But to get out there and lay it on the line like that.
With no back up! I mean, Wow. I'd be afraid to do that in the states.
Here, well, that takes even more guts-"
"WHAT PRESS CONFERENCE?" Irony had had enough.
The question was answered by the youngest of the group, who
had be silent up to this point. "I held a press conference to ask for
your release."
Irony looked at the young man and nodded. "Well, yes, that was
brave...and stupid, but I don't see what has Sat- I mean, Anrui-chan and
Toge so excited."
"Alanis, I told them about my past. The three years that very
few people knew about."
Silence descended.
But it was broken soon enough. "Are you CRAZY? Have you lost
your fuckin' mind? The one plus about this damm hell I'm in is that
the family was safe...you were safe. Dammit, why in the HELL-"
"YOU ARE NOT SHUTTING BE OUT FOR MY OWN GOOD!"
Silence fell again. Finally, the young man spoke again to a
woman he had considered family for a long time. "I'm sorry Alanis.
In many ways you are my family, my anki or my oka-san. I can't not
fight for you. Don't ask me not to."
"What about your bunny? What will she think of this?"
Chiba Mamoru sighed. "I haven't talked to her since you were
arrested...and after that press conference, I doubt her protectors-" Here
Mamoru paused slightly as if he had made a mistake. But he quickly
continued, "friends would let me near her."
Irony looked at the weary young man. "You should talk to her,
Mamoru. She understand more than you think." Suddenly, Irony smirked.
"But protectors is the right word. One paid me a vist a day or so ago.
Threaten me and ordered me to stay away from your girl. She had short
blonde hair. Very protective. Very full of herself." Irony paused,
and then, looking right at Mamoru, said, "If I believed in the Sailor
Senshi, I'd say I was warned off by Uranus herself."
Anrui began to look concerned. "Now I'm worried. You're seeing
senshi? Have they been giving you enough water? And-"
"Haruka-san. It figures."
Mamoru's statement again brought a moment's silence.
...And again, Irony broke it. "So she has a name. That's nice
to know. So, does Tsukino-san have more than one hot-headed 'protector'?"
"She has eight protectors. Three are prone to hot-headedness.
And then there's my best friend, who would gladly do damage to you and
me both."
Irony laughed. "Damm. Sucks to be you."
"And being you is so much better?" the young man countered.
"Yes. On this side of the bars, they can't beat me to pulp...
You can run, right?" The group laughed. Irony smiled, but sobered.
She knew the three came with a purpose; she was concerned because she
couldn't figure out what it could be. "So why are all three of you here?"
"We are getting you legal counsel. You are fighting this." was
Mamoru's quiet answer.
"No."
"Yes." Toge insisted.
"No. I refuse."
Frustrated with her friend, Anrui grabbed the bars and gave them
a shake, since she couldn't reach her friend. "Alanis, hello? We've
already had a Paul. And a Dr. King too, for that matter. We don't need
another martyr."
"Martyr? I'm not playing martyr? I'm playing brave soldier who
takes a bullet so the rest of the company lives to see another day. I'm
not dragging anyone else into this."
Toge objected to his friend's reasoning, "No commanding officer
dies so that enlisted men can get out. Besides, something else is going
on. By fighting, we find out waht. So pick up your gun, Alanis Hope
Tierreny; the fight for justice isn't over...but you can be the one to
end it."
Crystal Toyko
The older woman sat and listened to the tale the ruling family
told. She had hoped never to hear anything like this again. "Could you
do anything?" she finally asked.
"No," replied the king. His queen was quietly crying.
"But the situation-"
"Has been addressed in the safest and fairest way that we could."
The older woman sighed. "I thought I had struck the final blow
for justice. I thought my hell was supposed to end this. That was so
long ago...Does it ever end?"
The king looked weary again; weary in a way the older woman had
not seen since he helped her fight for justice. "Maybe it doesn't. Maybe
it doesn't."
- to be continued -
Ugh, what a downer to end the chapter on. I'm really going to need a
sequel to address the stuff that is happening in Crystal Toyko. But
don't worry, this story isn't over yet.
Just a quick character quide, for anyone who got lost because Irony
was referring to her friends by their birth names:
Satire = Yui Anrui (last name first, as she is a native of Japan with no
foreign blood.)
Con = Toge Blackstone. (first name followed by last name. Remember, he's
half American.)
Dare = Chiba Mamoru (but you knew that).
Irony = Alanis Hope Tierreny (but you knew that, too).
Thanks for reading!
Yes, it is another chapter. Sorry it has taken a while. I just
haven't had time to sit down and write. And I can't promise it
will get any better, but thank you for being loyal to the story.
The disclaimer is still in place. And I'm really beginning to like
Satire and Con as well, so you'll need permission to use them too.
~December
The Present
"ChibiUsa?"
The teen in the doorway nodded...and then found herself in a tight
hug from a younger verson of her mother.
"Did you miss me?"
****
The guard had banged on the gate again, annoucing another visitor. 'What
the hell am I, some kind of side show?' Irony thought as she turned
around...
...to see three very familar people. Irony was, at first, silent from
shock, but then she spoke, addressing her friends carefully. "Blackstone-
san, Yui-san...CHIBA-SAN? What are you doing here?"
"We came to talk to you," replied Yui Anrui, called Satire by
her closest friends.
"But why did you bring him?" Irony asked as she pointed to the
youngest member of the threesome.
Toge Blackstone, aka Con, laughed. "See Mamoru? I told you.
Not everyone has heard about the press conference yet."
"What press conference?"
Toge cleared his throat as if to begin a rehearsed speech. "This
brave young man did an honorable thing for the betterment of society. You
taught him well, Alanis-chan-"
"Honorable?" Anrui questioned. "Now that's pushing it. He was
just honest about who he was-"
"What press conference?"
But Irony's truest friends weren't answering her query. They
were too busy debating with each other. Toge continued to press his
point, saying, "But to get out there and lay it on the line like that.
With no back up! I mean, Wow. I'd be afraid to do that in the states.
Here, well, that takes even more guts-"
"WHAT PRESS CONFERENCE?" Irony had had enough.
The question was answered by the youngest of the group, who
had be silent up to this point. "I held a press conference to ask for
your release."
Irony looked at the young man and nodded. "Well, yes, that was
brave...and stupid, but I don't see what has Sat- I mean, Anrui-chan and
Toge so excited."
"Alanis, I told them about my past. The three years that very
few people knew about."
Silence descended.
But it was broken soon enough. "Are you CRAZY? Have you lost
your fuckin' mind? The one plus about this damm hell I'm in is that
the family was safe...you were safe. Dammit, why in the HELL-"
"YOU ARE NOT SHUTTING BE OUT FOR MY OWN GOOD!"
Silence fell again. Finally, the young man spoke again to a
woman he had considered family for a long time. "I'm sorry Alanis.
In many ways you are my family, my anki or my oka-san. I can't not
fight for you. Don't ask me not to."
"What about your bunny? What will she think of this?"
Chiba Mamoru sighed. "I haven't talked to her since you were
arrested...and after that press conference, I doubt her protectors-" Here
Mamoru paused slightly as if he had made a mistake. But he quickly
continued, "friends would let me near her."
Irony looked at the weary young man. "You should talk to her,
Mamoru. She understand more than you think." Suddenly, Irony smirked.
"But protectors is the right word. One paid me a vist a day or so ago.
Threaten me and ordered me to stay away from your girl. She had short
blonde hair. Very protective. Very full of herself." Irony paused,
and then, looking right at Mamoru, said, "If I believed in the Sailor
Senshi, I'd say I was warned off by Uranus herself."
Anrui began to look concerned. "Now I'm worried. You're seeing
senshi? Have they been giving you enough water? And-"
"Haruka-san. It figures."
Mamoru's statement again brought a moment's silence.
...And again, Irony broke it. "So she has a name. That's nice
to know. So, does Tsukino-san have more than one hot-headed 'protector'?"
"She has eight protectors. Three are prone to hot-headedness.
And then there's my best friend, who would gladly do damage to you and
me both."
Irony laughed. "Damm. Sucks to be you."
"And being you is so much better?" the young man countered.
"Yes. On this side of the bars, they can't beat me to pulp...
You can run, right?" The group laughed. Irony smiled, but sobered.
She knew the three came with a purpose; she was concerned because she
couldn't figure out what it could be. "So why are all three of you here?"
"We are getting you legal counsel. You are fighting this." was
Mamoru's quiet answer.
"No."
"Yes." Toge insisted.
"No. I refuse."
Frustrated with her friend, Anrui grabbed the bars and gave them
a shake, since she couldn't reach her friend. "Alanis, hello? We've
already had a Paul. And a Dr. King too, for that matter. We don't need
another martyr."
"Martyr? I'm not playing martyr? I'm playing brave soldier who
takes a bullet so the rest of the company lives to see another day. I'm
not dragging anyone else into this."
Toge objected to his friend's reasoning, "No commanding officer
dies so that enlisted men can get out. Besides, something else is going
on. By fighting, we find out waht. So pick up your gun, Alanis Hope
Tierreny; the fight for justice isn't over...but you can be the one to
end it."
Crystal Toyko
The older woman sat and listened to the tale the ruling family
told. She had hoped never to hear anything like this again. "Could you
do anything?" she finally asked.
"No," replied the king. His queen was quietly crying.
"But the situation-"
"Has been addressed in the safest and fairest way that we could."
The older woman sighed. "I thought I had struck the final blow
for justice. I thought my hell was supposed to end this. That was so
long ago...Does it ever end?"
The king looked weary again; weary in a way the older woman had
not seen since he helped her fight for justice. "Maybe it doesn't. Maybe
it doesn't."
- to be continued -
Ugh, what a downer to end the chapter on. I'm really going to need a
sequel to address the stuff that is happening in Crystal Toyko. But
don't worry, this story isn't over yet.
Just a quick character quide, for anyone who got lost because Irony
was referring to her friends by their birth names:
Satire = Yui Anrui (last name first, as she is a native of Japan with no
foreign blood.)
Con = Toge Blackstone. (first name followed by last name. Remember, he's
half American.)
Dare = Chiba Mamoru (but you knew that).
Irony = Alanis Hope Tierreny (but you knew that, too).
Thanks for reading!