Title- Reality- Open your Eyes- Part 4
Author- Darkfurre
Rating- PG-13
Length- Four of of a lot of chapters
Disclaimer- We do not own any of the pre-created characters from Sailormoon nor do I
really want to. Many of the characters in this story however ARE ours and we'd
appreciate it if it stayed that way. Do not sue us because I'm sure there are other fanfic
writers more wealthy then us. Were pretty penniless..
Warnings- Umm.....warning....cheese overload
Notes- The other person dropped out so now the rest of the story is coming from Darkfurre
Chapter Four~
Hikaru layed sideways on a cushioned seat in his room, his long
legs drapped over the armrest and his head leaning against the back. He
let out a sigh and then tipped his head backwards to look at Tanna, who
was sitting crossed legged next to the chair sipping a cup of cold tea.
"Is it genes? Will I become insane like my mom and have strange people
visiting me? Will I become like my dad and go suicidal and eventually
kill myself?" It was a stupid question and if it weren't for the fact
that it was merely a tool used to break the silence it never would have
been asked. Tanna looked up slightly and grinned.
"Of course not. You're your own person, Hikaru. Genes make up
appearance but they in no way make up your future or emotions. You
choose what you want to be and stick to the plan. " He took a sip of
his tea and for a moment there was silence. "Don't blame yourself for
your mother. She probably had reasons for it."
"A reason for insanity..." Hikaru scoffed a bit. "I swear, the
only thing wrong with the lady is that she's a paranoid freak always
seeing danger where there is none. She's always calling me her daughter
and telling me strange fairy tales about heros in skirts with magic.
She says it's true but I've never seen any actual magic in my life. Not
even once except for that stranger at the dance and he wasn't exactly
wearing a skirt and that disappearing trick was no big deal. Just a
minor enchantment. Any kid can pull that off a real if he trained for a
week. Does that sound like a lady with a reason?"
Tanna shrugged and took yet another sip of his tea. "On a
different note. How did your mother react to the message the man gave
to you?"
"Oh! That's a whole story in itself. She started to scream and passed out again and when she woke up she forgot anything ever happened. She forgot all about the dance and everything during it. Kind of a good thing and a bad-" Whatever he was going to say next was cut short by the creaking open of his door and the sound of a very feminine male's voice. Hikaru stared, mortified, at his cousin.
He wasn't tall at all, in fact he could have been considered short if it weren't for the fact that his boots had heels on that boosted his height by no less then five inches. The scandel was hidden under yards of fabric fashion into a pale yellow dress that dragged on the floor. Blue eyes identical to his own shined with a mischevious gleen. "Hiku-chan! It is SO fabulous that we could finally come from our own palace to see your own. It's so homelike although the decor is a tad bit out of fashion by a good twenty years. That's ok though. Retro is always in." He laughed again. His voice with it's mock high-pitched tone and elaboration of words grated on Hikaru's nerves.
Gritting his teeth he stood up and played along. "My dear cousin, Angelique. Whatever is the cause for such a wonderful surprise? Surely you did not leave your finery behind for a mere visit." A challenge.
Bait taken. The cheerfulness left and was replaced by an arrogent coldness. "Of course not. There is a rather large complicated reason but you have no need to worry about that. I brought most of my things with me and what I left behind went into storage."
The two stared at each other, neither blinking. Tanna looked from one to the other before settling his eyes on the raven-haired Angelique. "Tea?"
The boy looked at the half empty cup of cold tea with the expression of someone being offered the oppertunity to dine of the bowels of a sewer rat. He coughed. "I think I'll pass. I'm...allergic to items of foods that have been touched by filth."
"Ah. You're a paranoid one. I swear Hikaru didn't touch it though I can understand the concern." He took a sip and then gargled the contents before swallowing to the horror of both of the princes.
"Tanna...." Hikaru shook his head and sighed. Angelique was too shocked to say anything so he simply stared is disgust at the red-head who let a rather loud wet burp and the started to laugh. "I don't thing....nevermind." He nevered seemed to get a break from embarrassment.
A huge grin was plastered on Tanna's face. "I didn't get to introduce myself yet. The name is Blackwind. Tanna Blackwind." The prince looked at the offered greeting with the same expression he used for the tea. Hikaru guessed it was his favorite expression. He held his hand out reluctantly. "Oh don't be silly. Around these parts we don't shake hands. It's too proper." With that he swept the dress-clad figure off his feet up into a bear hug. His crystal blue eyes nearly popped out of his sockets from teh surprise of it all. Or perhaps it was because Tanna was squeezing too hard. It was kind of hard to tell....
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"I have NEVER been so utterly humiliated in my entire life! I DEMAND that that..that...THING apologizes to me at once and then is publicly humiliated! In MY kingdom, my subjects would never even DREAM of touching me in such a manner!" Angelique paced back and forth next to the large mohagany table placed in the dining hall, his dress rippling behind him like water, gracefully, his pale face a deep red that came with his ranting rage. Not a very attractive flaw, Hikaru thought to himself, his own skin remained flawless even after hours of sobbing. Tanna was sitting next to him with a lazy bored look on his face on his left and his mother and her sister were sitting next to each other on his right. The two queens had similar expressions as if they were waiting for the prince to stop so they could get back to their gossiping.
"Maybe it's because no one in their right mind would want to touch him in the first place." tanna whispered into his ear. Hikaru let out a giggle.
"Doesn't say too much for you then, does it?" He whispered back. Tanna elbowed him, a grin on his face.
"SEE! He's doing it right now at this moment with NO regard for the royal and noble blood present in the same room!" A finger pointed at Tanna from a perfectly manicured hand as Hikaru also noticed. He looked down to his own nails which were rather short. He'd better stop bitting his nails before his cousin rubbed it in his face.
His aunt hung her head for a moment before looking up and yawned. "Done? You'll wear yourself out...before the evening is over if you continue on this note." She said with a deliberate slowness. Queen Tranquility had a reputation for getting tired before any action had even taken place and out of all the time he'd seen her, Hikaru had never seen any evidence that disproved that. Never once had he ever seen her do anything on her own that required any energy besides dine and talk and those were always done on a minimum.
Angelique turned an even darker shade of red and glared murderously at his cousin's peasant friend before storming out of the room and silence filled the air soon followed by the chatterings of the two queens. Well...maybe of one queen as the other did little more then nod and 'hnn' an agreement. It was certainly better then listening to his spoiled cousin's temper tantrum. Next to him Tanna stood up and bowed to the two adults.
"My ladies. As fair and wonderful as you both are and even though I wish I could spend endless hours gazing into the eternal youth and beauty that is you, I dread that I must say fairwell. Will you bid me good parting?" Hikaru rolled his eyes and watched as his strange friend bounced off.
Bait taken....well...sort of. Serenity giggled like a school girl but Tranquility raised an eyebrow with much effort, taking the poetic teenager into account for the first time. "Good by then..." her voice trailed off. "Sister. I am weary. I'll retire for the night...if you don't mind." Serenity nodded and stood up to leave as well.
A strange day indeed....
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...but then wasn't everyday strange?
Even days after the burst of outrage, Angelique made it a point
to stare in disapproval at Hikaru whenever given the chance. Weither it
was from his point of views on the proper apparel of a 'princess' or
from his choice in friends was unknown. As far as he was concerned he
didn't care either. Let his cousin preen over his perfectly manicured
nails, radical political ideas, and his mountain of wealthy clothings,
Hikaru was perfectly happy with his borderline presentable and yet
still adorable (A fact Tanna had to hammer into his head) appearance
and down-to-earth points of views on politics. Very natural attually
now that he thought about it.
No, what he actually found strange was the fact that his aunt
never retired to her chambers for the rest she kept making a point of needing.
Rather, she wandered off to and entered the one room in the castle he
had never entered. The large doors to his mother's bedchamber were far
heavier and larger then the others in the castle and seemed enchanted
into searing the hand of whoever was not give invitation. The burn only
lasted for a moment but lingered as a lesson for Hikaru when he was a
most curious five-year old and hurled himself against the door in an
attempt to see what lied behind.
Not that he was spying or anything....It was just his natural
curiousity that caused him to be in the right place at the right time.
That and the fact that his cousin pulled him aside to take a walk with
him so that they could 'bond' like most relatives should. And so that
is how it came to be that Hikaru listened to his cousin droll on and on
about etiquite, relations, and whatever else he could could squeeze out
of the empty space that was improperly dubbed a head.
"...I don't know how you can put up with the condition of your
clothes. I'd NEVER let mine fall into such state of repulsion. It's no
wonder you've not been courted. I've had so many that I'm having
trouble finding room for them all in my extremely large dining hall.
What? Don't you know? It's customs for all suitors to join the family
temporarily while being judged by the lady, that of course being me. Oh
and have you ever...." He continued rambling on about his life in teh
same fake voice he used. It made Hikaru want to go out of character and
sock him once in the mouth. Then he caught sight of his aunt wanding
around looking around as though paranoid about someone following her.
He waved a hand to his cousin from behind the pillar he was hid behind. "Shh. Angelique? What's your mother doing out of her chambers? I thought she was turning in early tonight again." Angelique actually shut up for a moment and joined him. Hikaru could have praised the gods had he actually believed in them.
"I have no idea. I've never seen her walk around after dark before. Must be restless or something. Isn't there a full moon tonight?" His cousin dropped feigned high-pitched for his normal tone as though to whisper. Really, when he wanted to Angelique could almost pass for a normal person when you looked past the dress, attitude, personality, nails, hair, eyeshadow, lipstick, blush, and whatever else made up who he was.
Hikaru looked at his cousin strangely and then back at his aunt, or rather, the door closing behind his aunt. "Seriously. What does sthe moon ahve anything to do with this?" Angelique suddenly let out a gasp.
"What? DOn't you KNOW? The moon has everything to do with it. The entire surface of the Earth is ruled by the rotation and stages of the moon. About a thousand years ago directly before the Mage War, it wasn't like that. Only the ocean was seriously effected but when teh drain of magic caused an imbalance the people of the moon left to the planet's help. Now the moon rules over the Earth and contains all of the leftover magics and making it hazardous to live in. The moon is currently full as as such the path to Earth is opened entirly so sensative people can get restless and sicked by the essense of magic that washes over them." He let in a breath and smiled at Hikaru, eyes filled with a sort of teasing accusation. "If you're suppose to inherit it all then I wonder why you don't know any of this?"
Hikaru flushed. "Maybe because I don't pay attention to my tutor?" Yes, another point for Hikaru, Lord of the lame retorts. He felt like kicking himself. It wasn't lost on his strange misguided cousin and he smirked.
"Sure. Right. I'll think about believing you but in the meanwhile let's get closer and see what they're talking about." He pushed his cousin out from behind their hiding spot and then joined him. "Move it!"
He sideglared at Angelique as he deliberatly slowly made his way to the entrance door and placed his ear NOT on the door but directly next to it where the wall was the least thick. Angelque followed suit but after a few moments time pulled away. "Drat. I cannot hear a single word they're saying. Can you?"
"A little but it's all muffled. I can't understand a word of it." He moved away and shook his head. "Doesn't matter either, It's late and while you may be on vacation, I've got classes tomorrow. 'Night."
Angelique pouted and closed his eyes, his lower crimson-painted lip sticking out as prettily as it could for the full picture, looked like a maiden in distress. "This is hardly a vacation and more of a punishment. Why can't you at least attempt to entertain me?" Nothing but silence awnsered him as there WAS no one there to awnser him. Opening one eye he saw that his cousin had already left. "Hiku-chan! You're no fun!"
~Ja Ne
'Miko' Darkfurre
Please sent all reviews, comments, complaints, praise, worships, and death notices to Darkfurre@yahoo.com or contact me at Widdlekyo on AIM.
Author- Darkfurre
Rating- PG-13
Length- Four of of a lot of chapters
Disclaimer- We do not own any of the pre-created characters from Sailormoon nor do I
really want to. Many of the characters in this story however ARE ours and we'd
appreciate it if it stayed that way. Do not sue us because I'm sure there are other fanfic
writers more wealthy then us. Were pretty penniless..
Warnings- Umm.....warning....cheese overload
Notes- The other person dropped out so now the rest of the story is coming from Darkfurre
Chapter Four~
Hikaru layed sideways on a cushioned seat in his room, his long
legs drapped over the armrest and his head leaning against the back. He
let out a sigh and then tipped his head backwards to look at Tanna, who
was sitting crossed legged next to the chair sipping a cup of cold tea.
"Is it genes? Will I become insane like my mom and have strange people
visiting me? Will I become like my dad and go suicidal and eventually
kill myself?" It was a stupid question and if it weren't for the fact
that it was merely a tool used to break the silence it never would have
been asked. Tanna looked up slightly and grinned.
"Of course not. You're your own person, Hikaru. Genes make up
appearance but they in no way make up your future or emotions. You
choose what you want to be and stick to the plan. " He took a sip of
his tea and for a moment there was silence. "Don't blame yourself for
your mother. She probably had reasons for it."
"A reason for insanity..." Hikaru scoffed a bit. "I swear, the
only thing wrong with the lady is that she's a paranoid freak always
seeing danger where there is none. She's always calling me her daughter
and telling me strange fairy tales about heros in skirts with magic.
She says it's true but I've never seen any actual magic in my life. Not
even once except for that stranger at the dance and he wasn't exactly
wearing a skirt and that disappearing trick was no big deal. Just a
minor enchantment. Any kid can pull that off a real if he trained for a
week. Does that sound like a lady with a reason?"
Tanna shrugged and took yet another sip of his tea. "On a
different note. How did your mother react to the message the man gave
to you?"
"Oh! That's a whole story in itself. She started to scream and passed out again and when she woke up she forgot anything ever happened. She forgot all about the dance and everything during it. Kind of a good thing and a bad-" Whatever he was going to say next was cut short by the creaking open of his door and the sound of a very feminine male's voice. Hikaru stared, mortified, at his cousin.
He wasn't tall at all, in fact he could have been considered short if it weren't for the fact that his boots had heels on that boosted his height by no less then five inches. The scandel was hidden under yards of fabric fashion into a pale yellow dress that dragged on the floor. Blue eyes identical to his own shined with a mischevious gleen. "Hiku-chan! It is SO fabulous that we could finally come from our own palace to see your own. It's so homelike although the decor is a tad bit out of fashion by a good twenty years. That's ok though. Retro is always in." He laughed again. His voice with it's mock high-pitched tone and elaboration of words grated on Hikaru's nerves.
Gritting his teeth he stood up and played along. "My dear cousin, Angelique. Whatever is the cause for such a wonderful surprise? Surely you did not leave your finery behind for a mere visit." A challenge.
Bait taken. The cheerfulness left and was replaced by an arrogent coldness. "Of course not. There is a rather large complicated reason but you have no need to worry about that. I brought most of my things with me and what I left behind went into storage."
The two stared at each other, neither blinking. Tanna looked from one to the other before settling his eyes on the raven-haired Angelique. "Tea?"
The boy looked at the half empty cup of cold tea with the expression of someone being offered the oppertunity to dine of the bowels of a sewer rat. He coughed. "I think I'll pass. I'm...allergic to items of foods that have been touched by filth."
"Ah. You're a paranoid one. I swear Hikaru didn't touch it though I can understand the concern." He took a sip and then gargled the contents before swallowing to the horror of both of the princes.
"Tanna...." Hikaru shook his head and sighed. Angelique was too shocked to say anything so he simply stared is disgust at the red-head who let a rather loud wet burp and the started to laugh. "I don't thing....nevermind." He nevered seemed to get a break from embarrassment.
A huge grin was plastered on Tanna's face. "I didn't get to introduce myself yet. The name is Blackwind. Tanna Blackwind." The prince looked at the offered greeting with the same expression he used for the tea. Hikaru guessed it was his favorite expression. He held his hand out reluctantly. "Oh don't be silly. Around these parts we don't shake hands. It's too proper." With that he swept the dress-clad figure off his feet up into a bear hug. His crystal blue eyes nearly popped out of his sockets from teh surprise of it all. Or perhaps it was because Tanna was squeezing too hard. It was kind of hard to tell....
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"I have NEVER been so utterly humiliated in my entire life! I DEMAND that that..that...THING apologizes to me at once and then is publicly humiliated! In MY kingdom, my subjects would never even DREAM of touching me in such a manner!" Angelique paced back and forth next to the large mohagany table placed in the dining hall, his dress rippling behind him like water, gracefully, his pale face a deep red that came with his ranting rage. Not a very attractive flaw, Hikaru thought to himself, his own skin remained flawless even after hours of sobbing. Tanna was sitting next to him with a lazy bored look on his face on his left and his mother and her sister were sitting next to each other on his right. The two queens had similar expressions as if they were waiting for the prince to stop so they could get back to their gossiping.
"Maybe it's because no one in their right mind would want to touch him in the first place." tanna whispered into his ear. Hikaru let out a giggle.
"Doesn't say too much for you then, does it?" He whispered back. Tanna elbowed him, a grin on his face.
"SEE! He's doing it right now at this moment with NO regard for the royal and noble blood present in the same room!" A finger pointed at Tanna from a perfectly manicured hand as Hikaru also noticed. He looked down to his own nails which were rather short. He'd better stop bitting his nails before his cousin rubbed it in his face.
His aunt hung her head for a moment before looking up and yawned. "Done? You'll wear yourself out...before the evening is over if you continue on this note." She said with a deliberate slowness. Queen Tranquility had a reputation for getting tired before any action had even taken place and out of all the time he'd seen her, Hikaru had never seen any evidence that disproved that. Never once had he ever seen her do anything on her own that required any energy besides dine and talk and those were always done on a minimum.
Angelique turned an even darker shade of red and glared murderously at his cousin's peasant friend before storming out of the room and silence filled the air soon followed by the chatterings of the two queens. Well...maybe of one queen as the other did little more then nod and 'hnn' an agreement. It was certainly better then listening to his spoiled cousin's temper tantrum. Next to him Tanna stood up and bowed to the two adults.
"My ladies. As fair and wonderful as you both are and even though I wish I could spend endless hours gazing into the eternal youth and beauty that is you, I dread that I must say fairwell. Will you bid me good parting?" Hikaru rolled his eyes and watched as his strange friend bounced off.
Bait taken....well...sort of. Serenity giggled like a school girl but Tranquility raised an eyebrow with much effort, taking the poetic teenager into account for the first time. "Good by then..." her voice trailed off. "Sister. I am weary. I'll retire for the night...if you don't mind." Serenity nodded and stood up to leave as well.
A strange day indeed....
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...but then wasn't everyday strange?
Even days after the burst of outrage, Angelique made it a point
to stare in disapproval at Hikaru whenever given the chance. Weither it
was from his point of views on the proper apparel of a 'princess' or
from his choice in friends was unknown. As far as he was concerned he
didn't care either. Let his cousin preen over his perfectly manicured
nails, radical political ideas, and his mountain of wealthy clothings,
Hikaru was perfectly happy with his borderline presentable and yet
still adorable (A fact Tanna had to hammer into his head) appearance
and down-to-earth points of views on politics. Very natural attually
now that he thought about it.
No, what he actually found strange was the fact that his aunt
never retired to her chambers for the rest she kept making a point of needing.
Rather, she wandered off to and entered the one room in the castle he
had never entered. The large doors to his mother's bedchamber were far
heavier and larger then the others in the castle and seemed enchanted
into searing the hand of whoever was not give invitation. The burn only
lasted for a moment but lingered as a lesson for Hikaru when he was a
most curious five-year old and hurled himself against the door in an
attempt to see what lied behind.
Not that he was spying or anything....It was just his natural
curiousity that caused him to be in the right place at the right time.
That and the fact that his cousin pulled him aside to take a walk with
him so that they could 'bond' like most relatives should. And so that
is how it came to be that Hikaru listened to his cousin droll on and on
about etiquite, relations, and whatever else he could could squeeze out
of the empty space that was improperly dubbed a head.
"...I don't know how you can put up with the condition of your
clothes. I'd NEVER let mine fall into such state of repulsion. It's no
wonder you've not been courted. I've had so many that I'm having
trouble finding room for them all in my extremely large dining hall.
What? Don't you know? It's customs for all suitors to join the family
temporarily while being judged by the lady, that of course being me. Oh
and have you ever...." He continued rambling on about his life in teh
same fake voice he used. It made Hikaru want to go out of character and
sock him once in the mouth. Then he caught sight of his aunt wanding
around looking around as though paranoid about someone following her.
He waved a hand to his cousin from behind the pillar he was hid behind. "Shh. Angelique? What's your mother doing out of her chambers? I thought she was turning in early tonight again." Angelique actually shut up for a moment and joined him. Hikaru could have praised the gods had he actually believed in them.
"I have no idea. I've never seen her walk around after dark before. Must be restless or something. Isn't there a full moon tonight?" His cousin dropped feigned high-pitched for his normal tone as though to whisper. Really, when he wanted to Angelique could almost pass for a normal person when you looked past the dress, attitude, personality, nails, hair, eyeshadow, lipstick, blush, and whatever else made up who he was.
Hikaru looked at his cousin strangely and then back at his aunt, or rather, the door closing behind his aunt. "Seriously. What does sthe moon ahve anything to do with this?" Angelique suddenly let out a gasp.
"What? DOn't you KNOW? The moon has everything to do with it. The entire surface of the Earth is ruled by the rotation and stages of the moon. About a thousand years ago directly before the Mage War, it wasn't like that. Only the ocean was seriously effected but when teh drain of magic caused an imbalance the people of the moon left to the planet's help. Now the moon rules over the Earth and contains all of the leftover magics and making it hazardous to live in. The moon is currently full as as such the path to Earth is opened entirly so sensative people can get restless and sicked by the essense of magic that washes over them." He let in a breath and smiled at Hikaru, eyes filled with a sort of teasing accusation. "If you're suppose to inherit it all then I wonder why you don't know any of this?"
Hikaru flushed. "Maybe because I don't pay attention to my tutor?" Yes, another point for Hikaru, Lord of the lame retorts. He felt like kicking himself. It wasn't lost on his strange misguided cousin and he smirked.
"Sure. Right. I'll think about believing you but in the meanwhile let's get closer and see what they're talking about." He pushed his cousin out from behind their hiding spot and then joined him. "Move it!"
He sideglared at Angelique as he deliberatly slowly made his way to the entrance door and placed his ear NOT on the door but directly next to it where the wall was the least thick. Angelque followed suit but after a few moments time pulled away. "Drat. I cannot hear a single word they're saying. Can you?"
"A little but it's all muffled. I can't understand a word of it." He moved away and shook his head. "Doesn't matter either, It's late and while you may be on vacation, I've got classes tomorrow. 'Night."
Angelique pouted and closed his eyes, his lower crimson-painted lip sticking out as prettily as it could for the full picture, looked like a maiden in distress. "This is hardly a vacation and more of a punishment. Why can't you at least attempt to entertain me?" Nothing but silence awnsered him as there WAS no one there to awnser him. Opening one eye he saw that his cousin had already left. "Hiku-chan! You're no fun!"
~Ja Ne
'Miko' Darkfurre
Please sent all reviews, comments, complaints, praise, worships, and death notices to Darkfurre@yahoo.com or contact me at Widdlekyo on AIM.