Bells for Her 002 Tori Azzoli



(AN: hey, minna-chan! I'm back! *all run and hide* ::sighs::

just can't keep y'all happy, can I? Oh, wells...

Thanx to the funky munky, Kay, some other disturbed people,

and to my wierd family, which I'm going to visit today.)



On with the show!



Tsukino Usagi hastily finished her little goodbyes, (AN: I listen

to way too much music. :P) when the emperor arrived. Out

of respect, she immediately bowed down to him, knowing that

her new life relied on how she treated him.



The portly old man paid no attention to her, and rushed over to

talk of his business of being there, with Tsukino Kenji, Usagi's

father.



How Usagi despised her father. He never loved her; he was

ashamed that his first-borne child was of the female gender.

Usagi was absolutely useless in her father's eyes. Kenji had

always told her that the best she could do was marry a wealthy

man, and have many of his children; living a life much like her

own mother did.



But instead, Usagi was being sold to royalty, for her parents'

foolishness and irresponsibility.



Anger was running through Usagi's veins. Her mother never

forgot to tend to the new infant, nor to smear in the fact that

everything that was going on, was indeed, Usagi's fault. Ikuko

was always good at expressing her opinion, and Usagi had also

picked up the trait. Only, they had their own ways with putting

their thoughts into words. Usagi, with writing; Ikuko, using harsh

tones of speaking. Although Usagi had many diaries filled, she was

rarely in possession of them for very long. Her so-called 'parents',

found them and burned each page separately in front of Usagi; but

not before reading the entire booklet to their neighbors. Usagi had

quite a talent for writing, but never perfected her style, for her parents

had taught her that writing was useless. She should learn other skills,

like proper etiquette, or how to please a man.



Although she only took an etiquette class, and she dropped the latter,

Usagi had many 'boyfriends.' Worthless, scheming, unfaithful men they

were. They fooled heart and opened her up so that they could all take

their fill of her. Usagi was too kind and insecure about herself, to stop

them. And once one of them was through with her, another was

waiting in line to enslave Usagi.



Her mind was always in a daze, focusing on the Prince Charming

she knew was out there, but could never find. It was as if he

didn't want to be found, didn't want to give in to the true passion of

life: love.



And whenever those evil men hurt her, all she thought about was

how much closer she was to finding her one and only.



@~~~~~~

Al my friends

we waste so

much love

on our men

@~~~~~~



Usagi's pondering and memories were cut short by the stubby man

in her now, old, home, that everyone in Japan called 'the emperor.'

He cleared his throat, effectively bringing Usagi's mind back to the

situation that they were faced with. His eyes roamed her body, as

if that were the way he would choose her fate. After mentally stripping

Usagi of her beauty, he met her eyes. The eyes of which held so many

emotions. The pale sapphire orbs of which had witnessed many fallen

souls, and possessed the powers to change them back.