Author Notes:
First: Yay! Ten reviews! I appreciate even the bad ones, so thanks!
Second: Chibi Usa is 907 years old in the graphic novels I have (Super S), so I based her age off that. In this story, Chibi Usa was born three years after Crystal Tokyo was created, and for my purposes, three years before Usagi put the planet to sleep.
Third: I like Seiya, so I don't care who thinks he sucks. Only a Memory Away
By: Lirial Raito
Chapter 1: Wish Upon The Stars
She sat on the ledge of her window, carefully balanced. Absently she petted the gray cat she held gently in her lap. The moon shined softly upon her, giving a silver tint to the pink cascade she called her hair. Crimson eyes blinked back tears, as they did every night. The silver moon and sparkling stars made her miss her parents, as they did every night. She wanted to know the woman she was named after; she wanted her father to stop dating and spend more time with his daughter.
What happened to mother? No one ever tells me, if they even know. I was named after her, so she must have loved me very much. I bet she was beautiful.
As she stared up into the night sky, four shooting stars raced out of sight. Chibi Usa smiled wistfully. I'll make a wish… oh pretty stars, I wish that my mother could be with us again! Please!
Her eyes filled with more tears as she bent her head down to kiss the top of her cat's forehead, and the crescent moon there. "Oh Diana, if only I knew her… life could be so much better than this peace."
Diana didn't stir from her nap as Chibi Usa stood and went to her bed. She laid the gray cat next to her bed, in a small replica
made just for her. The she slid under her covers to sleep, adding a prayer in hopes that the Queen might find out, and find
a way for Chibi Usa to meet her mother.
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Mamoru paced around his apartment, waiting for his girlfriend to get there. She'd called him an hour before, claiming that she needed to talk. Immediately. Yet she still wasn't here. He was starting to get extremely annoyed when he finally heard a key turning in the lock, and his door swung open. His Rebecca stood in the hallway a moment, blond hair a little straggly, blue eyes shadowed. Then quickly, she walked in and shut and relocked the door. Mamoru walked over to Rebecca and hugged her gently, then backed away.
"So, what did you need to talk about Rebecca?"
She stared at him, forcing her eyes and face not to give away her emotions. He couldn't know how much this hurt her.
"Well Mamoru… I care for you, and I've been thinking a lot about us. You know, our future? But… I just can't see myself with you in the future. I think we should break up. You haven't spent hardly any time at all with your daughter since you started seeing me."
She wanted to smile, admit the irony to this. Since she could see into the future from time to time, the irony was almost too much for her. Mamoru stared at her with wide eyes. She looked a lot like Usagi once had, and he had been hoping that they could make a long future together. He started to tremble slightly, grief hitting him suddenly. "Oh…"
Rebecca looked as long as she could stand at his handsome face and lovely eyes, then forced herself to turn around. The door unlocked itself, but neither noticed. "Goodbye Mamoru, perhaps in time we could be friends again. We were not meant to be."
With that she tossed her key to his apartment onto an end table, and walked out the door.
Dazed, Mamoru walked to the door and locked it, then went out onto his balcony. He stared into the night sky. As the shooting stars passed over him he let some of his tears fall.
I wish Usagi were alive… I can't bare to be around Chibi Usa when her mother is gone… something about it
isn't right.
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Minako yawned and tossed the comic she was holding into the owners lap.
"Here Rei, read this one. And pass me those cookies Makoto made, will ya? I'm starved."
Rei glared at Minako but handed her the cookies anyway. "You're such a pig Minako, I'm amazed you aren't the size of a house yet."
Makoto stuck her head out of the kitchen.
"Be nice Rei, at least she tells me she likes my food. And pass some of those to Ami, she hasn't tried any yet."
Minako took a couple of the cookies, and shoved the plate toward Ami.
The blue haired genius ignored the plate for a moment, then balanced her book where she could read one handed and took a cookie. She set the book down after a moment of munching on the cookie. "These cookies are very good Makoto, thank you for making them. I've really missed all the time we used to spend together, it's nice to get together with you three again. School is very fun, but I haven't made friends at the University anywhere as special as you guys are."
They smiled quietly at one another, grateful for their happy lives and their peaceful planet.
"Yeah," Makoto spoke up again, "I just wish Usagi was here. The klutz was the only person who liked my food better than Minako, and she was always so cheerful. I kinda miss hanging out with Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru too, but she helped us all to get along better than we could on our own."
"Well Makoto, I just saw four shooting stars. Maybe we should each make a wish?," said Minako.
"Yeah! That'd be great! A wish granted for sure, for each of us. I wish that Usagi was still around, to enjoy my cooking! Your turn Minako."
The blond twirled a piece of hair around. "Well, I wish that we could be friends with the Queen. I know she thought she knew who we were once, when Chibi Usa was still short, but it'd be nice to know our Queen as a person, and not an idol or figure head. Your next Rei."
"Hmm… well, I wish that Queen can find someone to fall in love with, who'll love her too. After all she's done for Earth Serenity deserves some personal love. And you Ami?"
"Oh, I don't know. I guess I wish that I knew what happened to lead up the creation of Crystal Tokyo. I have some theories,
but I'd like to know for sure. As far as I can tell, everyone has forgotten what happened, but no one cares."
The four fell silent as they contemplated their wishes.
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Haruka sat in front of her television, pondering the stick that floated in front of her. Each night for a month the blasted thing had appeared, then disappeared every time she reached to it. A small breeze was created in the room when the stick appeared, whispering to her in words she no longer understood.
I wish I could get that stick and find out what it means.
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Michiru stood in her studio, glaring at her latest painting. The Neo Queen had asked Michiru to paint a portrait from a photo,
but every time she tried the painting came out wrong. She kept painting Usagi, in her high school uniform, that odd broach
in the middle. Her cat Luna peaked out from around a tree corner, spying in her kitty ways.
Why do you plague me now Usagi, when I need to get this finished? I wish I could remember what connection you have with the Queen.
Frustrated, Michiru set her brush down and walked to the indoor swimming pool Haruka had made for her.
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Setsuna stared at the staff in her hands, glaring at this bit of responsibility. An odd man had come to her today, with silver hair
and golden skin, telling her that she was to resume her duties as the Guardian of Time. As far as Setsuna knew, she didn't
know anything about guarding time. All she wanted right now was to get back to her fashion designs and finish her latest
projects, so she could spend more time with Hotaru and Chibi Usa.
Should we start calling her Usagi, instead of Chibi Usa? I wish I knew what happened…
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Hotaru sat in the floor of her room, eyes closed, hands together in front of her. As she concentrated, a replica of the universe formed, each star and planet full of life. She smiled. Doing this seemed so familiar… each of her mini planets seemed to speak to her, trying to tell her stories. As they floated around her, she could see in her mind symbols that associated with each of the planets. As Saturn passed by its symbol grew brighter, and she smiled. I wish I knew how I was connected to you… I remember somewhere that there used to be Sailor Senshi… I wonder if that was true?
She let the mini universe disappear, then got up and crawled into bed. She'd ask Setsuna about that tomorrow. Setsuna would know, she always did. t.b.c.