Author Notes:
Story: A Secret No Longer Masked
Chapter: Uncovered Memories
Rating: G
Genre: Action, Drama
Comments: Memories flood back to Usagi.
PLEASE REVIEW
Character Name Translations:
Usagi~ Serena
Aikan~ sadness and joy
Japanese Word Translations:
Arigatou~ Thank you
Gomen~ Sorry
Baka~ Fool, Silly, Dumb, etc. (sometimes used at the ending of someone's name)
-chan~ friend (used at the ending of someone's name)
Ja ne~ Good bye
Hai~ yes, okay, all right, etc.
Iie~ No
sama~ Is either Mr. Ms. or Mrs.// used at the ending of someone's name
san~ a term of respect, usually for an elder, used at the end of someone's name
Konichiwa~ Hello
Minna~ everyone
nani~ what?
E-mail me at marcie@stny.rr.com with comments, suggestions, etc.
Disclaimer: Oh, you mean those funny people who created the characters, etc.? Yeah, kinda wish
I was them, but they get full credit for creating Bishougi Sailor Moon. However, this story is
mine. If you would like to BORROW anything, e-mail me. Don't take, it's not nice ;)
::When there are words in these things that means ppl are thinking::
*This puts extra emphasis on certain word(s)*
"Means someone is talking, but you knew that, right?^_^"
~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~The thing to the left means a scene change.
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Memories flooded into Usagi's mind.
FLASHBACK
"Daddy!" A small girl ran towards her father.
"Serenity! Have you been a good girl?" He asked, the small child who nodded her head vigorously.
He chuckled.
"Daddy, I like it when you laugh. It's pretty."
The man stared at his daughter. "What do you mean?"
"It's pretty. So light and..." The child paused for a second. "Pure."
Stunned, he smiled. He knew what his daughter was doing. She was looking inside of him, seeing
what laid inside. Goodness or evil, she was determining which. The man laughed again, when she didn't realize her gift. It was her time to remain innocent.
END FLASHBACK
Usagi felt a strange feeling seep into her, it was like remembering her past for the first time.
So awkward, but so right too.
FLASHBACK
"Mommy? Daddy?" Serenity looked at the two. Concern laced her eyes, "What's going on?"
"Hush. Mommy and daddy need to talk. Go play."
"But..." Serenity looked at them, sadness welling up inside of her. "I don't want daddy to
leave!!! Don't make him!!!" The three year old cried hystericaly clinging to her father's leg.
Queen Serenity looked at her daughter surprised. The two hadn't even begun talking about her
father leaving. "How did you know daddy was going to leave?"
The child cried harder as her mother confirmed what she felt.
Bending down, Aikan picked up his daughter. "Shh...I'm only going on a small trip. I will be
back before you know it!" He attempted to smile at his lie. The small princess looked at him,
sobs racking her body, but no more hysterical crying.
"Do you promise?" She asked quietly, her eyes burning into his.
"I promise I will be back soon." Smiling, the small princess ran off to find her friends to
play.
END FLASHBACK
Anger flared in Usagi, her father had promised her that he would be back soon. And here he is,
over a thousand years later. She looked at her father with distaste.
"You lied to me."
Glancing at the ground he nodded. "I promised you I would be back soon. I guess I was a little
late, ne?"
Usagi looked at him fiercely, then soon became wrapped up in her memories again.
FLASHBACK
"Mommy?" A small four year old tugged on her mother's dress. "Where's daddy?"
Queen Serenity looked at a far wall. "I don't know."
The child pulled urgently on her dress. "But! I need to know! I saw him! In my dream! He was
getting hurt!"
The queen looked at her daughter, amazed. "We have no way of knowing that. Please stop with
your fantasies." She said agonizingly.
Hurt, but undaunted, she continued. "I need to find daddy! He was hurt! Please...mommy..."
The pain in the queen's face multiplied. She knew her daughter's dreams were prophetic, but she
didn't want her daughter to know that what she said was really true.
"Honey," Queen Serenity kneeled in front of her daughter. "Your daddy had to go away for a little while. There dreams you're having, they are only because you are scared. They aren't true, all right?"
"Iie! They true! I know..." She sniffled. "they are..." She ran away from her mother. Her pain only elevating her mother's.
"Serenity, gomen nasai." The queen looked down sadly.
END FLASHBACK
"You...you even made her lie to me!" Usagi shook an accusing finger at Aikan.
"I had to leave!" He insisted. "I didn't want you two to be hurt."
"We would have rather had you with us!" She shouted.
FLASHBACK
"Mom, what did you need?" A blonde teenage girl walked into her mother's bedroom.
"I need to talk to you."
"About what?" Serenity watched her mother's sadness deepen as she began speaking.
"Do you remember your father?"
"Not really, why?"
"He was a good man. But, I'm afraid, you might never see him again."
"So?" Queen Serenity looked at her startled. "I never knew the guy anyways. Why should it matter if I never see him again. He walked out of our lives, don't you remember?"
"Iie...he didn't walk out." She said sadly. "He was forced out." She whispered and continued before her daughter said anything else. "He was being chased. Some bad people wanted to kill him and left to protect us. He is a noble man."
"Why couldn't he have protected us here?" She insisted, thinking her father was nothing but a traitor.
"He didn't have that kind of power."
Princess Serenity stood up. "Mother, he was a traitor and you know it." She walked quickly out of the room leaving her mother who had begun to weep.
END FLASHBACK
"I was so harsh," Usagi whispered. "My poor mother..."
"It wasn't your fault. You hadn't seen me in so long, it was natural to doubt me."
Usagi looked down, crestfallen. "But it was. It was my fault. I let myself believe all those silly rumors!"
"Rumors?"
FLASHBACK
"Benard...psst...over here!" A middle-aged woman holding a broom motioned to a tall man.
"What is it, Thelma?"
"You should hear what I heard!" She gushed. A small pair of eyes peeked around the corner.
"What is it?" He sighed.
"You know the queen's husband, the one that left her." He nodded. "I heard he was really an ex-con that manipulated the queen into marrying him!" Thelma squeeled.
Benard looked at her anxiously. "An ex-con?! And she's still down in the dumps?! The queen really has to grow up!"
After the two had left, the small princess came from around the corner she had been hiding. "Daddy...but he is good." Serenity let tears run down her face.
END FLASHBACK
"There were really rumors like that?" Aikan asked dejectedly. Usagi nodded. "My poor wife, she had to go through all that."
"Serenity, you do realize those rumors weren't true, right?"
"I do now!" Smiling she ran into her father's arms. The tension she felt dissipated as she hugged her father.
Tears ran down her face as she hugged him tightly, "Daddy! I missed you too!" She gripped him tightly hoping that they would never be separated again.
FLASHBACK
Princess Serenity in the middle of a dream, her POV:
Running, running. I always saw him running. And here he was again, running. Daddy! Come back! Stop running! I miss you! I felt my calls to him and knew he couldn't hear them. He never did. I wish, just once, he would hear me.
What?! Why am I glowing silver?! Daddy, help me!
Nani...he's turning around. For me? Did he hear me? I know, I know my eyes had hope in them. He is coming toward me! Daddy! I run into his arms.
"Serenity, my daughter, I love you." He hugged me tightly. "And, I promise I will come back, someday..."
No! Don't go! He's...disappearing...daddy! Don't leave me!
Daddy...
END FLASHBACK
"Serenity, I kept my promise to you, even in your dreams."
Usagi sighed happily. "I know, I know."
Author's Notes:
This chapter was mainly about Usagi and her memories, the next chapter will be about...things^_^
I would like to thank everyone that has reviewed, it is very much appreciated. I would especially like to thank Cyber, who has been reviewing and providing kind comments. Arigato.
I really love that you people read my fic and even review it^^ Arigato.
Story: A Secret No Longer Masked
Chapter: Uncovered Memories
Rating: G
Genre: Action, Drama
Comments: Memories flood back to Usagi.
PLEASE REVIEW
Character Name Translations:
Usagi~ Serena
Aikan~ sadness and joy
Japanese Word Translations:
Arigatou~ Thank you
Gomen~ Sorry
Baka~ Fool, Silly, Dumb, etc. (sometimes used at the ending of someone's name)
-chan~ friend (used at the ending of someone's name)
Ja ne~ Good bye
Hai~ yes, okay, all right, etc.
Iie~ No
sama~ Is either Mr. Ms. or Mrs.// used at the ending of someone's name
san~ a term of respect, usually for an elder, used at the end of someone's name
Konichiwa~ Hello
Minna~ everyone
nani~ what?
E-mail me at marcie@stny.rr.com with comments, suggestions, etc.
Disclaimer: Oh, you mean those funny people who created the characters, etc.? Yeah, kinda wish
I was them, but they get full credit for creating Bishougi Sailor Moon. However, this story is
mine. If you would like to BORROW anything, e-mail me. Don't take, it's not nice ;)
::When there are words in these things that means ppl are thinking::
*This puts extra emphasis on certain word(s)*
"Means someone is talking, but you knew that, right?^_^"
~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~The thing to the left means a scene change.
*****************************
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*****************************
Memories flooded into Usagi's mind.
FLASHBACK
"Daddy!" A small girl ran towards her father.
"Serenity! Have you been a good girl?" He asked, the small child who nodded her head vigorously.
He chuckled.
"Daddy, I like it when you laugh. It's pretty."
The man stared at his daughter. "What do you mean?"
"It's pretty. So light and..." The child paused for a second. "Pure."
Stunned, he smiled. He knew what his daughter was doing. She was looking inside of him, seeing
what laid inside. Goodness or evil, she was determining which. The man laughed again, when she didn't realize her gift. It was her time to remain innocent.
END FLASHBACK
Usagi felt a strange feeling seep into her, it was like remembering her past for the first time.
So awkward, but so right too.
FLASHBACK
"Mommy? Daddy?" Serenity looked at the two. Concern laced her eyes, "What's going on?"
"Hush. Mommy and daddy need to talk. Go play."
"But..." Serenity looked at them, sadness welling up inside of her. "I don't want daddy to
leave!!! Don't make him!!!" The three year old cried hystericaly clinging to her father's leg.
Queen Serenity looked at her daughter surprised. The two hadn't even begun talking about her
father leaving. "How did you know daddy was going to leave?"
The child cried harder as her mother confirmed what she felt.
Bending down, Aikan picked up his daughter. "Shh...I'm only going on a small trip. I will be
back before you know it!" He attempted to smile at his lie. The small princess looked at him,
sobs racking her body, but no more hysterical crying.
"Do you promise?" She asked quietly, her eyes burning into his.
"I promise I will be back soon." Smiling, the small princess ran off to find her friends to
play.
END FLASHBACK
Anger flared in Usagi, her father had promised her that he would be back soon. And here he is,
over a thousand years later. She looked at her father with distaste.
"You lied to me."
Glancing at the ground he nodded. "I promised you I would be back soon. I guess I was a little
late, ne?"
Usagi looked at him fiercely, then soon became wrapped up in her memories again.
FLASHBACK
"Mommy?" A small four year old tugged on her mother's dress. "Where's daddy?"
Queen Serenity looked at a far wall. "I don't know."
The child pulled urgently on her dress. "But! I need to know! I saw him! In my dream! He was
getting hurt!"
The queen looked at her daughter, amazed. "We have no way of knowing that. Please stop with
your fantasies." She said agonizingly.
Hurt, but undaunted, she continued. "I need to find daddy! He was hurt! Please...mommy..."
The pain in the queen's face multiplied. She knew her daughter's dreams were prophetic, but she
didn't want her daughter to know that what she said was really true.
"Honey," Queen Serenity kneeled in front of her daughter. "Your daddy had to go away for a little while. There dreams you're having, they are only because you are scared. They aren't true, all right?"
"Iie! They true! I know..." She sniffled. "they are..." She ran away from her mother. Her pain only elevating her mother's.
"Serenity, gomen nasai." The queen looked down sadly.
END FLASHBACK
"You...you even made her lie to me!" Usagi shook an accusing finger at Aikan.
"I had to leave!" He insisted. "I didn't want you two to be hurt."
"We would have rather had you with us!" She shouted.
FLASHBACK
"Mom, what did you need?" A blonde teenage girl walked into her mother's bedroom.
"I need to talk to you."
"About what?" Serenity watched her mother's sadness deepen as she began speaking.
"Do you remember your father?"
"Not really, why?"
"He was a good man. But, I'm afraid, you might never see him again."
"So?" Queen Serenity looked at her startled. "I never knew the guy anyways. Why should it matter if I never see him again. He walked out of our lives, don't you remember?"
"Iie...he didn't walk out." She said sadly. "He was forced out." She whispered and continued before her daughter said anything else. "He was being chased. Some bad people wanted to kill him and left to protect us. He is a noble man."
"Why couldn't he have protected us here?" She insisted, thinking her father was nothing but a traitor.
"He didn't have that kind of power."
Princess Serenity stood up. "Mother, he was a traitor and you know it." She walked quickly out of the room leaving her mother who had begun to weep.
END FLASHBACK
"I was so harsh," Usagi whispered. "My poor mother..."
"It wasn't your fault. You hadn't seen me in so long, it was natural to doubt me."
Usagi looked down, crestfallen. "But it was. It was my fault. I let myself believe all those silly rumors!"
"Rumors?"
FLASHBACK
"Benard...psst...over here!" A middle-aged woman holding a broom motioned to a tall man.
"What is it, Thelma?"
"You should hear what I heard!" She gushed. A small pair of eyes peeked around the corner.
"What is it?" He sighed.
"You know the queen's husband, the one that left her." He nodded. "I heard he was really an ex-con that manipulated the queen into marrying him!" Thelma squeeled.
Benard looked at her anxiously. "An ex-con?! And she's still down in the dumps?! The queen really has to grow up!"
After the two had left, the small princess came from around the corner she had been hiding. "Daddy...but he is good." Serenity let tears run down her face.
END FLASHBACK
"There were really rumors like that?" Aikan asked dejectedly. Usagi nodded. "My poor wife, she had to go through all that."
"Serenity, you do realize those rumors weren't true, right?"
"I do now!" Smiling she ran into her father's arms. The tension she felt dissipated as she hugged her father.
Tears ran down her face as she hugged him tightly, "Daddy! I missed you too!" She gripped him tightly hoping that they would never be separated again.
FLASHBACK
Princess Serenity in the middle of a dream, her POV:
Running, running. I always saw him running. And here he was again, running. Daddy! Come back! Stop running! I miss you! I felt my calls to him and knew he couldn't hear them. He never did. I wish, just once, he would hear me.
What?! Why am I glowing silver?! Daddy, help me!
Nani...he's turning around. For me? Did he hear me? I know, I know my eyes had hope in them. He is coming toward me! Daddy! I run into his arms.
"Serenity, my daughter, I love you." He hugged me tightly. "And, I promise I will come back, someday..."
No! Don't go! He's...disappearing...daddy! Don't leave me!
Daddy...
END FLASHBACK
"Serenity, I kept my promise to you, even in your dreams."
Usagi sighed happily. "I know, I know."
Author's Notes:
This chapter was mainly about Usagi and her memories, the next chapter will be about...things^_^
I would like to thank everyone that has reviewed, it is very much appreciated. I would especially like to thank Cyber, who has been reviewing and providing kind comments. Arigato.
I really love that you people read my fic and even review it^^ Arigato.