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 4: Parents
Re-edited May 31st, 2004
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"What do you think your mother will do when she hears? What about my father?" Hotaru was gripping the side of her bed as tightly as she possibly could. Her bare legs were swung over the side and she was facing Chibiusa on the other bed sitting nearly the same.
"Your dad'll have a heart-attack and my mother will, um, I don't know. Have Haruka or Michiru ever told their parents?" She thought that they had, but couldn't recall them ever saying.
"I don't think they had to. I think their parents might've walked in on them or something." Hotaru began laughing.
"Actually," Haruka said, Hotaru and Chibiusa turned to face her, both of them surprised to see her there, "we haven't told them at all. And they don't know. It's not a joking matter either, planning to tell your parents something like that about yourselves." Haruka and Michiru were standing just outside the open door. "But you've already decided to tell them, haven't you? That's why you have invited them both here."
Hotaru and Chibiusa nodded together."And one day, we'll be-"
"What? Married? If your parents even accept this, will they let you marry? Will they tolerate that?" Chibiusa lowered her head. Hotaru glared at Haruka. "It doesn't matter what you want, it just matters what they want. If they want you to get married to a man, then you will never marry each other."
"Please-"
"Why don't you think we haven't even told our own parents yet? Would they even approve of us together? They would want us to stop seeing each other even though they can't stop us. It's the same with your parents too, but Queen Serenity has the power to pull you away from Hotaru and keep you away forever."
"No! Not forever!" Tears were falling from Chibiusa's face as she desperately clung to her pillow. Her grip got tighter with ever passing sentence.
"Yes forever!" Tears fell from Haruka's face as well. "None of us would ever see you again, not me or Michiru, and mostly not Hotaru."
Hotaru rose from her bed. "That's a worst-case scenario. It might not even happen like that."
"You're right, it might not," Haruka conceded. "But it's the most likely scenario."
For a moment there was silence between the group. "Chibiusa-san, Hotaru-san- " A knock came at the front door.
"I'll get it." Michiru walked slowly to the door.
"I hope you're truly ready for this." Haruka followed Michiru from the room.
"Are we really ready for this?" They stared at each other as both parents were let into the house.
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Usagi stared at Tomoe who stared at Setsuna who stared at Usagi, and then all gazes went back to each other. Silence was beginning to become the dominating factor of the evening.
"So, what happens... now?" asked Usagi. Her face was almost fully pale.
Haruka stared at Chibiusa and then at Hotaru, angrily, as if she was on the verge of killing both of them.
"Hotaru, sweetheart, you aren't going to stop seeing me every chance you get, are you? I mean, this is a little difficult to grasp right now, but I don't want us to become alienated over it."
"Daddy..."
Setsuna looked at the angry-faced Haruka and the worried-looking Michiru. Both of them looked too stressed to do anything at the moment besides what they were already doing. Setsuna looked down, away from everybody.
"Setsuna-san, how long have you known?" Setsuna looked behind her to Usagi. The paleness was gone from her, but she had a face to rival Michiru's. "You knew for a while, haven't you, Setsuna-san?"
Stoically, she said, "A few weeks."
"Why didn't you say anything, even hinted at it?" She felt almost betrayed.
"Because your daughter was a more appropriate person to tell you. Her and Hotaru are closer to you than I am. It would be as if it were coming from a complete stranger." Setsuna turned her face down again. "I apologize, my Queen."
"Oh, Setsuna, you're one of the closest people to my heart. You could have told me anything."
Setsuna's face didn't change, but she did look away.
Usagi looked around at everyone in the room for a moment, tears starting down her face. "And Helios? What about him?"
It was Chibiusa's turn again to not look at anyone. "I'm sorry, mother. He and I could never be. He's worse than Setsuna when it comes to guarding something," she said, then let go a pitiful chuckle.
Hotaru got up and walked to Usagi. "Do you love your daughter?"
"Hai."
"Want her to be happy?"
"Hai."
"Do you want to make her decisions for her?" Her face was as blank as Setsuna's.
"No. She's a big girl, she can make her own decisions now. It's up to me to support this one or not to." Although where she could find the words to do it or not, she'd have no idea.
"And do you support it?"
Silence.
"Well?"
Silence. Everyone had already been facing the woman, but this made it seem more pressing urgency.
"Mother?!?"
"I don't like it," she said calmly, finally, "but if it makes our children happy, then I'll be happy with them." Usagi looked over at the halfway smiling Tomoe. She looked over at Hotaru and Chibiusa, who were cautiously smiling at him. "Hai. Just one thing: no wild orgies or anything with the four of you, alright? Please, just at least do that for me." The four housemates were taken aback, but they nodded. The Queen rose without her composure and walked towards the door. As she took her up her coat, she declared, "I have to go now. Setsuna-san?" Setsuna got up as well and followed Serenity out the door.
"I guess that date is off then," Setsuna muttered to herself. Usagi heard, but didn't say anything until they were out the door.
"Setsuna-san." The Queen's face stared into the open street. Setsuna turned to face her.
"Yes?"
"Just because I'm needed elsewhere doesn't mean you have to suffer. I want you to go on your date." Setsuna almost protested, but Usagi butted in, "And have fun."
"Yes, my Queen." Setsuna bowed slightly.
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Setsuna looked at her Queen as she told Endymion. He looked at Setsuna for a moment, a worried glance, and then called for Sailorsaturn.
A few moments passed, but Sailorsaturn teleported into the main entrance hall. Her Silence Glaive had been left on Saturn. She came unarmed and knowing what the trouble was. "I am here, my King and Queen." She bowed to each of them.
Getting straight to the point, he called to her. "Did you treat her right?"
Her short, curt reply was, "Yes."
"Will anything happen to her?" he asked quickly after.
"Not while I am still around and I am Sailorsaturn, Senshi of Silence. Nothing has nor will happen to her. In fact, everything I recall suggests that she has lead a rather dull life behind a fast-food counter. She's only broken a single finger, and that was by accident, slamming it into the cash register drawer while closing it. It healed just fine."
"She was here and you frequently visited. Why is it that you never did anything to encourage... your love for each other while she was still here?" the Queen asked.
"Because, like you have a future with each other, I have a future with her that begins in the past."
"Are there anymore secrets you want to tell us before we have to find out the hard way?"
She had no hesitations. Her long years without the Princess had taught her the meanings of patience and of quiet eagerness. "We agreed to be married once you gave us your blessings."
The King raised an eyebrow. "When we legalize it then, basically?"
"Yes." She nodded enthusiastically.
"When she returns then," said the Queen.
"That is all. Please go back to Saturn." And that was it, she was dismissed from the short inquisition. A weight came away from her shoulders, and she left feeling liberated of a burden she didn't know she carried.
"As you wish, my King and my Queen." Saturn bowed again and left. She shot Setsuna a worried glance. Setsuna smiled at her. Hotaru smiled back and finally left.
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"You've eased your consciences. So what now? Are you going to adopt? That wouldn't be sufficient, with your mother," said Haruka. She was trying, really trying to accept it.
"No," Chibiusa said, "I hear there have been some fascinating developments in the field of genetics."
"Yes, there have been." Hotaru grinned.
"Jeeze." Haruka sighed. "Michiru, how would you feel about taking a drive with me?"
"Sure. Where are we going?"She looked at Haruka quizzically.
"To visit my mother and father." Michiru smiled. "What?"
"My mother recommended the same thing Chibiusa-chan and Hotaru-chan are talking about when I told her." She began laughing. Haruka looked quizzically at Michiru, and Hotaru and Chibiusa laughed.
Calethos Verilain Blacksworth
"When Purple Clashes with Pink"
Chapter 4: Parents
Re-edited May 31st, 2004
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"What do you think your mother will do when she hears? What about my father?" Hotaru was gripping the side of her bed as tightly as she possibly could. Her bare legs were swung over the side and she was facing Chibiusa on the other bed sitting nearly the same.
"Your dad'll have a heart-attack and my mother will, um, I don't know. Have Haruka or Michiru ever told their parents?" She thought that they had, but couldn't recall them ever saying.
"I don't think they had to. I think their parents might've walked in on them or something." Hotaru began laughing.
"Actually," Haruka said, Hotaru and Chibiusa turned to face her, both of them surprised to see her there, "we haven't told them at all. And they don't know. It's not a joking matter either, planning to tell your parents something like that about yourselves." Haruka and Michiru were standing just outside the open door. "But you've already decided to tell them, haven't you? That's why you have invited them both here."
Hotaru and Chibiusa nodded together."And one day, we'll be-"
"What? Married? If your parents even accept this, will they let you marry? Will they tolerate that?" Chibiusa lowered her head. Hotaru glared at Haruka. "It doesn't matter what you want, it just matters what they want. If they want you to get married to a man, then you will never marry each other."
"Please-"
"Why don't you think we haven't even told our own parents yet? Would they even approve of us together? They would want us to stop seeing each other even though they can't stop us. It's the same with your parents too, but Queen Serenity has the power to pull you away from Hotaru and keep you away forever."
"No! Not forever!" Tears were falling from Chibiusa's face as she desperately clung to her pillow. Her grip got tighter with ever passing sentence.
"Yes forever!" Tears fell from Haruka's face as well. "None of us would ever see you again, not me or Michiru, and mostly not Hotaru."
Hotaru rose from her bed. "That's a worst-case scenario. It might not even happen like that."
"You're right, it might not," Haruka conceded. "But it's the most likely scenario."
For a moment there was silence between the group. "Chibiusa-san, Hotaru-san- " A knock came at the front door.
"I'll get it." Michiru walked slowly to the door.
"I hope you're truly ready for this." Haruka followed Michiru from the room.
"Are we really ready for this?" They stared at each other as both parents were let into the house.
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Usagi stared at Tomoe who stared at Setsuna who stared at Usagi, and then all gazes went back to each other. Silence was beginning to become the dominating factor of the evening.
"So, what happens... now?" asked Usagi. Her face was almost fully pale.
Haruka stared at Chibiusa and then at Hotaru, angrily, as if she was on the verge of killing both of them.
"Hotaru, sweetheart, you aren't going to stop seeing me every chance you get, are you? I mean, this is a little difficult to grasp right now, but I don't want us to become alienated over it."
"Daddy..."
Setsuna looked at the angry-faced Haruka and the worried-looking Michiru. Both of them looked too stressed to do anything at the moment besides what they were already doing. Setsuna looked down, away from everybody.
"Setsuna-san, how long have you known?" Setsuna looked behind her to Usagi. The paleness was gone from her, but she had a face to rival Michiru's. "You knew for a while, haven't you, Setsuna-san?"
Stoically, she said, "A few weeks."
"Why didn't you say anything, even hinted at it?" She felt almost betrayed.
"Because your daughter was a more appropriate person to tell you. Her and Hotaru are closer to you than I am. It would be as if it were coming from a complete stranger." Setsuna turned her face down again. "I apologize, my Queen."
"Oh, Setsuna, you're one of the closest people to my heart. You could have told me anything."
Setsuna's face didn't change, but she did look away.
Usagi looked around at everyone in the room for a moment, tears starting down her face. "And Helios? What about him?"
It was Chibiusa's turn again to not look at anyone. "I'm sorry, mother. He and I could never be. He's worse than Setsuna when it comes to guarding something," she said, then let go a pitiful chuckle.
Hotaru got up and walked to Usagi. "Do you love your daughter?"
"Hai."
"Want her to be happy?"
"Hai."
"Do you want to make her decisions for her?" Her face was as blank as Setsuna's.
"No. She's a big girl, she can make her own decisions now. It's up to me to support this one or not to." Although where she could find the words to do it or not, she'd have no idea.
"And do you support it?"
Silence.
"Well?"
Silence. Everyone had already been facing the woman, but this made it seem more pressing urgency.
"Mother?!?"
"I don't like it," she said calmly, finally, "but if it makes our children happy, then I'll be happy with them." Usagi looked over at the halfway smiling Tomoe. She looked over at Hotaru and Chibiusa, who were cautiously smiling at him. "Hai. Just one thing: no wild orgies or anything with the four of you, alright? Please, just at least do that for me." The four housemates were taken aback, but they nodded. The Queen rose without her composure and walked towards the door. As she took her up her coat, she declared, "I have to go now. Setsuna-san?" Setsuna got up as well and followed Serenity out the door.
"I guess that date is off then," Setsuna muttered to herself. Usagi heard, but didn't say anything until they were out the door.
"Setsuna-san." The Queen's face stared into the open street. Setsuna turned to face her.
"Yes?"
"Just because I'm needed elsewhere doesn't mean you have to suffer. I want you to go on your date." Setsuna almost protested, but Usagi butted in, "And have fun."
"Yes, my Queen." Setsuna bowed slightly.
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Setsuna looked at her Queen as she told Endymion. He looked at Setsuna for a moment, a worried glance, and then called for Sailorsaturn.
A few moments passed, but Sailorsaturn teleported into the main entrance hall. Her Silence Glaive had been left on Saturn. She came unarmed and knowing what the trouble was. "I am here, my King and Queen." She bowed to each of them.
Getting straight to the point, he called to her. "Did you treat her right?"
Her short, curt reply was, "Yes."
"Will anything happen to her?" he asked quickly after.
"Not while I am still around and I am Sailorsaturn, Senshi of Silence. Nothing has nor will happen to her. In fact, everything I recall suggests that she has lead a rather dull life behind a fast-food counter. She's only broken a single finger, and that was by accident, slamming it into the cash register drawer while closing it. It healed just fine."
"She was here and you frequently visited. Why is it that you never did anything to encourage... your love for each other while she was still here?" the Queen asked.
"Because, like you have a future with each other, I have a future with her that begins in the past."
"Are there anymore secrets you want to tell us before we have to find out the hard way?"
She had no hesitations. Her long years without the Princess had taught her the meanings of patience and of quiet eagerness. "We agreed to be married once you gave us your blessings."
The King raised an eyebrow. "When we legalize it then, basically?"
"Yes." She nodded enthusiastically.
"When she returns then," said the Queen.
"That is all. Please go back to Saturn." And that was it, she was dismissed from the short inquisition. A weight came away from her shoulders, and she left feeling liberated of a burden she didn't know she carried.
"As you wish, my King and my Queen." Saturn bowed again and left. She shot Setsuna a worried glance. Setsuna smiled at her. Hotaru smiled back and finally left.
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"You've eased your consciences. So what now? Are you going to adopt? That wouldn't be sufficient, with your mother," said Haruka. She was trying, really trying to accept it.
"No," Chibiusa said, "I hear there have been some fascinating developments in the field of genetics."
"Yes, there have been." Hotaru grinned.
"Jeeze." Haruka sighed. "Michiru, how would you feel about taking a drive with me?"
"Sure. Where are we going?"She looked at Haruka quizzically.
"To visit my mother and father." Michiru smiled. "What?"
"My mother recommended the same thing Chibiusa-chan and Hotaru-chan are talking about when I told her." She began laughing. Haruka looked quizzically at Michiru, and Hotaru and Chibiusa laughed.