First off, I don't own Sailormoon. Naoko Takeuchi was the original creator, and has the rights to it as such.However, the wonderful people of A D Vision, DIC, Toei Animation, Cloverway, and the USA and Cartoon television networks brought it to me. Support them by buying Sailor Moon on DVD or video cassette and watching their television networks. And if you're po(or), just watch TV.
Calethos Verilain Blacksworth
"When Purple Clashes with Pink"
Chapter 1: Cope
Re-edited May 31st, 2004
----------
Chibiusa stared at the clock. Hotaru would be home in a couple hours. It seemed a little strange at first, Hotaru and Chibiusa as roommates in the past. Queen Serenity allowing Chibiusa all the time she needed to grow up in the past while she and Endymion were still getting to know their second child. Almost twenty now, with Hotaru making up a slight difference in their ages. But, even with Hotaru there as a roommate, Haruka and Michiru were there as well, hampering their fun together. "You're a princess," one would say, while the other would quickly add, "You have to keep out of trouble and stay safe." "We might not be able to protect you if you go out with just Hotaru. Stay here and watch a movie with us," or something that sounded the same. Chibiusa sighed.
The door to the house slammed shut. She knew Hotaru was home. She heard her friend's book bag drop onto the floor and get shoved underneath the table in the kitchen. Chibiusa went to the door of the bedroom and cracked it open slightly, looked at Hotaru and wondered what had made her friend so mad that she actually reached into the refrigerator and pulled out the milk, and considered long and hard whether she'd subject her body to drinking it. Chibiusa's friend threw the jug to the floor and walked away. Haruka was the first to arrive on the scene.
She noticed the splattered milk all over the lower cabinets and floor. "Hotaru, what's wrong?" She passed by the mess and went to find Hotaru. Chibiusa closed her door.
Hotaru opened the door seconds later and stalked into the room. "Hotaru, what's-"
Hotaru smiled at Chibiusa suddenly and dove onto her bed. "Nothing's wrong, Chibiusa-chan." Hotaru dug her face into her pillow and screamed. Chibiusa backed away into her own bed and fell over. She picked herself up again and watched Haruka knock on the door. "Nothing is wrong, Haruka-papa."
"Come on. You haven't called me that in ages. What's bothering you, Hotaru?" Hotaru shook her face in her pillow. A general sigh came from her, muffled by the pillow. "Is it someone at school?" Hotaru still shook her head. She lifted her head and a hand and pointed in Chibiusa's general direction. She looked angrily tired. "Chibiusa-san?"
"Hai." She buried her head back in the pillow to hide the few tears that had begun to appear.
"What happened between you two?" Haruka came into the room. Another knock on the door issued.
"Michiru-mama, come in, please." Hotaru sat up and brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "Nothing happened between us. Haruka-san, Michiru-san, can I talk to you alone, please?" Chibiusa lowered her head, thinking she'd done Hotaru something wrong, and walked to the door. She stopped in front of Haruka and Michiru, looked back at Hotaru sadly, then left.
"What's wrong between you and Chibiusa, Hotaru-chan?" Michiru asked.
"How did you two know you were the ones you were supposed to spend your lives with? How did you know you loved Michiru and nobody else? How do you know you'll never love anyone but Haruka?"
"Oh, well, there's an easy question to ask," Haruka jested. Michiru laughed. "I just knew about Michiru."
"And the same with me. I just knew that Haruka was the one for me and nobody else. Hotaru-chan..." Michiru climbed onto the bed with Hotaru. Haruka leaned up against the wall. She knew what was probably going to come out of her lover's mouth. "Are you and Chibiusa..."
"I don't know! I just don't know. I was thinking about it all day. It's been eating away at me for a long time now, ever since we became roommates like this. At first, it was cool. We were roommates and friends. And later it got to the point where all I could think about was, was..." Michiru turned to look at Haruka. Haruka was frowning.
"Hotaru, I know what you mean. But you can't have her like that. She's the princess of the moon. She needs to find a husband, have a child, secure the future of the moon kingdom. You two can't-"
"I don't care! I feel things, something grabs my stomach and jerks it around, plays basketball with it! My emotions are on a roller coaster ride to oblivion! I come home, happy to just see her some days, and then other days I'm just mad at myself for not being able to say anything I'm feeling to her." She let her frustration show in the way she played with her hands and by frowning.
"You need to say something to her, Hotaru," started Michiru.
"Michiru! Our princess!"
"She can always fulfill her obligations later if she feels the same way. It's not like the Kingdom is going to be destroyed if she feels the same as Hotaru now." Haruka stared down at the floor.
She lifted her head back up and smiled. "This is one of those things you'd have to put up with," Haruka said to Hotaru, "a fussy woman you love but can't talk sense into, but who has a better chance of talking her sense into you." Michiru giggled. "Do you want me to tell her, Hotaru-chan?"
"I don't know. I just need some time to think about it all right now." Hotaru turned back onto her belly and dug her face into her pillow again.
"Hotaru, no matter how much time, you'll always think like you're doing right now. You can't think straight. That won't go away until you say something to her." Hotaru remained still for a moment. "And maybe it won't even change then." Silence from Hotaru prompted, after a long moment, "Hotaru-chan?"
"Hotaru-chan?" Michiru added.
"I don't know what to say," Hotaru's muffled voice came out.
Haruka laughed. "Just say whatever fills your heart. If it comes from your heart, she'll understand."
Hotaru paused again. She stared at Haruka and Michiru for a long moment, then got up again and wiped away her tears. She smiled. "I need to use the restroom." She got up off the bed and went to the restroom. Haruka and Michiru heard the water running in the basin.
"Let's go out, let these two be alone." Haruka put her arm around Michiru's body. Michiru nodded solemnly, and the two left the room. Haruka knocked on the restroom door. "We're going out," pause, "We'll be back in a few hours." The two walked to the front door, gathered their jackets and keys, and left the house.
Hotaru stared into the mirror, smiling, and trying to wash away the redness around and in her eyes. "What's the worst that can happen?" she asked herself, "She says no and we're still roommates. But what if she wants to go back to her parents because of it? What happens then?" Her smile faded and she continued washing her face. "Well, I can't let this continue like this either way."
"Hotaru-chan? Are you in there?" Chibiusa pushed open the door slightly to see the light playing on Hotaru's loose dark hair. She looked breathtaking.
"Yes. I'll be out in a minute." Hotaru turned off the water and grabbed a towel to dry her face. Her heart began chasing her breath. Sweat began running down her face. 'What if...' "No time for 'what ifs'." 'Yeah, but what if...'
"Hotaru-chan, did I do something wrong?" What if she'd seen it and that's what she was mad about?
'What do I say?' "Coming!" She tried to slow her breathing and heart, but they kept their rhythmic beats.
"Hotaru-chan?"
Hotaru opened the door. For a moment, she just stared at Chibiusa, sweat threatening to drip, heat pounding, blood thudding dully in her ears. Her breath could probably be heard by Chibiusa. And it was. Chibiusa noted it and almost stepped back. Hotaru grabbed Chibiusa. "Chibiusa-chan..." She hugged Chibiusa for all she was worth, then kissed her on the forehead. Chibiusa was forming tears. "I have been trying to keep it to myself, I've been afraid. I wanted to tell you for so long, I've wanted to say something. I don't know if I can." She swore in her mind. Her heart slowed its tremendous pace slightly. "Chibiusa, I think I l- I mean I lo-" Beads of sweat ran down her back.
"Shh." Chibiusa pulled her arms up and out of Hotaru's hug. She grabbed Hotaru by one of her wrists gently and quickly led her to the kitchen. "Hotaru-chan, look. I made you a cake while you were at school." Chibiusa pulled a cake out of the refrigerator, ignoring the mess on the floor. Hotaru had, in her fit, only seen the milk and not the cake. "You should've been here while I was making it. It was hard, first trying to do what the recipe said. I don't know how to take the yolks out of the eggs, so Michiru showed me. And later trying to frost it-"
"Shh." Hotaru pointed down to the cake. "I do too. You I mean. You know what I mean." Chibiusa giggled.
"Is thais what made you mad today?"
"The cake? No. I hadn't even seen it. But, uh, yeah. I can't stop thinking about you. You know, I'm beginning to get low marks in some of my classes because I can't stop? Well, either low marks or I'm not reading the papers right." Chibiusa giggled some more.
"Want a piece?"
"Let's save it for later." Hotaru grabbed Chibiusa by the wrist and brought her back to their bedroom. "Maybe Haruka and Michiru will let us go out by ourselves now, even with only me to protect you." The two girls cracked up.
----------
"I wonder what my little girl is up to tonight," Queen Serenity said to her husband. She rubbed the freshly burped child's back. "Probably confessing her love to someone special."
"I hope so."
"I guess we'll just have to wait a while for her to return and tell us all about it, won't we, Rini?" Queen Serenity softly cooed at her newer child and she gently put the girl into her gilded crib.
Calethos Verilain Blacksworth
"When Purple Clashes with Pink"
Chapter 1: Cope
Re-edited May 31st, 2004
----------
Chibiusa stared at the clock. Hotaru would be home in a couple hours. It seemed a little strange at first, Hotaru and Chibiusa as roommates in the past. Queen Serenity allowing Chibiusa all the time she needed to grow up in the past while she and Endymion were still getting to know their second child. Almost twenty now, with Hotaru making up a slight difference in their ages. But, even with Hotaru there as a roommate, Haruka and Michiru were there as well, hampering their fun together. "You're a princess," one would say, while the other would quickly add, "You have to keep out of trouble and stay safe." "We might not be able to protect you if you go out with just Hotaru. Stay here and watch a movie with us," or something that sounded the same. Chibiusa sighed.
The door to the house slammed shut. She knew Hotaru was home. She heard her friend's book bag drop onto the floor and get shoved underneath the table in the kitchen. Chibiusa went to the door of the bedroom and cracked it open slightly, looked at Hotaru and wondered what had made her friend so mad that she actually reached into the refrigerator and pulled out the milk, and considered long and hard whether she'd subject her body to drinking it. Chibiusa's friend threw the jug to the floor and walked away. Haruka was the first to arrive on the scene.
She noticed the splattered milk all over the lower cabinets and floor. "Hotaru, what's wrong?" She passed by the mess and went to find Hotaru. Chibiusa closed her door.
Hotaru opened the door seconds later and stalked into the room. "Hotaru, what's-"
Hotaru smiled at Chibiusa suddenly and dove onto her bed. "Nothing's wrong, Chibiusa-chan." Hotaru dug her face into her pillow and screamed. Chibiusa backed away into her own bed and fell over. She picked herself up again and watched Haruka knock on the door. "Nothing is wrong, Haruka-papa."
"Come on. You haven't called me that in ages. What's bothering you, Hotaru?" Hotaru shook her face in her pillow. A general sigh came from her, muffled by the pillow. "Is it someone at school?" Hotaru still shook her head. She lifted her head and a hand and pointed in Chibiusa's general direction. She looked angrily tired. "Chibiusa-san?"
"Hai." She buried her head back in the pillow to hide the few tears that had begun to appear.
"What happened between you two?" Haruka came into the room. Another knock on the door issued.
"Michiru-mama, come in, please." Hotaru sat up and brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "Nothing happened between us. Haruka-san, Michiru-san, can I talk to you alone, please?" Chibiusa lowered her head, thinking she'd done Hotaru something wrong, and walked to the door. She stopped in front of Haruka and Michiru, looked back at Hotaru sadly, then left.
"What's wrong between you and Chibiusa, Hotaru-chan?" Michiru asked.
"How did you two know you were the ones you were supposed to spend your lives with? How did you know you loved Michiru and nobody else? How do you know you'll never love anyone but Haruka?"
"Oh, well, there's an easy question to ask," Haruka jested. Michiru laughed. "I just knew about Michiru."
"And the same with me. I just knew that Haruka was the one for me and nobody else. Hotaru-chan..." Michiru climbed onto the bed with Hotaru. Haruka leaned up against the wall. She knew what was probably going to come out of her lover's mouth. "Are you and Chibiusa..."
"I don't know! I just don't know. I was thinking about it all day. It's been eating away at me for a long time now, ever since we became roommates like this. At first, it was cool. We were roommates and friends. And later it got to the point where all I could think about was, was..." Michiru turned to look at Haruka. Haruka was frowning.
"Hotaru, I know what you mean. But you can't have her like that. She's the princess of the moon. She needs to find a husband, have a child, secure the future of the moon kingdom. You two can't-"
"I don't care! I feel things, something grabs my stomach and jerks it around, plays basketball with it! My emotions are on a roller coaster ride to oblivion! I come home, happy to just see her some days, and then other days I'm just mad at myself for not being able to say anything I'm feeling to her." She let her frustration show in the way she played with her hands and by frowning.
"You need to say something to her, Hotaru," started Michiru.
"Michiru! Our princess!"
"She can always fulfill her obligations later if she feels the same way. It's not like the Kingdom is going to be destroyed if she feels the same as Hotaru now." Haruka stared down at the floor.
She lifted her head back up and smiled. "This is one of those things you'd have to put up with," Haruka said to Hotaru, "a fussy woman you love but can't talk sense into, but who has a better chance of talking her sense into you." Michiru giggled. "Do you want me to tell her, Hotaru-chan?"
"I don't know. I just need some time to think about it all right now." Hotaru turned back onto her belly and dug her face into her pillow again.
"Hotaru, no matter how much time, you'll always think like you're doing right now. You can't think straight. That won't go away until you say something to her." Hotaru remained still for a moment. "And maybe it won't even change then." Silence from Hotaru prompted, after a long moment, "Hotaru-chan?"
"Hotaru-chan?" Michiru added.
"I don't know what to say," Hotaru's muffled voice came out.
Haruka laughed. "Just say whatever fills your heart. If it comes from your heart, she'll understand."
Hotaru paused again. She stared at Haruka and Michiru for a long moment, then got up again and wiped away her tears. She smiled. "I need to use the restroom." She got up off the bed and went to the restroom. Haruka and Michiru heard the water running in the basin.
"Let's go out, let these two be alone." Haruka put her arm around Michiru's body. Michiru nodded solemnly, and the two left the room. Haruka knocked on the restroom door. "We're going out," pause, "We'll be back in a few hours." The two walked to the front door, gathered their jackets and keys, and left the house.
Hotaru stared into the mirror, smiling, and trying to wash away the redness around and in her eyes. "What's the worst that can happen?" she asked herself, "She says no and we're still roommates. But what if she wants to go back to her parents because of it? What happens then?" Her smile faded and she continued washing her face. "Well, I can't let this continue like this either way."
"Hotaru-chan? Are you in there?" Chibiusa pushed open the door slightly to see the light playing on Hotaru's loose dark hair. She looked breathtaking.
"Yes. I'll be out in a minute." Hotaru turned off the water and grabbed a towel to dry her face. Her heart began chasing her breath. Sweat began running down her face. 'What if...' "No time for 'what ifs'." 'Yeah, but what if...'
"Hotaru-chan, did I do something wrong?" What if she'd seen it and that's what she was mad about?
'What do I say?' "Coming!" She tried to slow her breathing and heart, but they kept their rhythmic beats.
"Hotaru-chan?"
Hotaru opened the door. For a moment, she just stared at Chibiusa, sweat threatening to drip, heat pounding, blood thudding dully in her ears. Her breath could probably be heard by Chibiusa. And it was. Chibiusa noted it and almost stepped back. Hotaru grabbed Chibiusa. "Chibiusa-chan..." She hugged Chibiusa for all she was worth, then kissed her on the forehead. Chibiusa was forming tears. "I have been trying to keep it to myself, I've been afraid. I wanted to tell you for so long, I've wanted to say something. I don't know if I can." She swore in her mind. Her heart slowed its tremendous pace slightly. "Chibiusa, I think I l- I mean I lo-" Beads of sweat ran down her back.
"Shh." Chibiusa pulled her arms up and out of Hotaru's hug. She grabbed Hotaru by one of her wrists gently and quickly led her to the kitchen. "Hotaru-chan, look. I made you a cake while you were at school." Chibiusa pulled a cake out of the refrigerator, ignoring the mess on the floor. Hotaru had, in her fit, only seen the milk and not the cake. "You should've been here while I was making it. It was hard, first trying to do what the recipe said. I don't know how to take the yolks out of the eggs, so Michiru showed me. And later trying to frost it-"
"Shh." Hotaru pointed down to the cake. "I do too. You I mean. You know what I mean." Chibiusa giggled.
"Is thais what made you mad today?"
"The cake? No. I hadn't even seen it. But, uh, yeah. I can't stop thinking about you. You know, I'm beginning to get low marks in some of my classes because I can't stop? Well, either low marks or I'm not reading the papers right." Chibiusa giggled some more.
"Want a piece?"
"Let's save it for later." Hotaru grabbed Chibiusa by the wrist and brought her back to their bedroom. "Maybe Haruka and Michiru will let us go out by ourselves now, even with only me to protect you." The two girls cracked up.
----------
"I wonder what my little girl is up to tonight," Queen Serenity said to her husband. She rubbed the freshly burped child's back. "Probably confessing her love to someone special."
"I hope so."
"I guess we'll just have to wait a while for her to return and tell us all about it, won't we, Rini?" Queen Serenity softly cooed at her newer child and she gently put the girl into her gilded crib.