I read Usagi-centered fics every once in a while. Some are good, some are not. And, I don't see anything wrong with them…there are just TOO MANY, especially the ones which have Mamoru treating Usagi badly (some even have him kill her) then she gets reborn in another anime and gets another guy even when NAOKO TAKEUCHI makes it CLEAR that they're head over heels in love and not even the worst of trials can tear them apart.
And also I'd like to point out to the big blank reviewer, …only the first season and second seasons are focused on Usagi. The third season focuses a bit more on Chibiusa, the fourth is…Chibiusa again and the fifth is mainly…everyone and a lesson on what true friendship is, etc. So don't you dare speak as if you know Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon better than I do. Don't you ever, ever think you know more then me in the category of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon because I've watched the show since I was 6 years old (not exaggerating) I know the dubbed AND the Japanese version like the back of my hand, and believe me…I know the back of my hand pretty damn well.
Vale: Now onto happier categories! n_n thanks to all who reviewed!!! I guess Hotaru/Riku won the polls… ^^ yay!
Arnvid: you're forgetting something Vale.
Vale: *mumble mumble* but I'll give you guys another chapter thing to vote. So make your votes because the polls close once I post chapter 3! ^_~ now go read my fic *cry* I love reviews…they're such a wonderful inspiration!
Ages:
Hotaru: 13
Sora: 14
Riku: 15
Selphie: 13
Wakka: 15
Tidus: 13
Leon: 25
Yuffie: 16
Cid: 42
Cloud: 22
Kairi: 14
Hotaru Goes to Destiny Islands
Chapter Two
By:
Vale (Saturn Angels)
~*Last Time*~
Setsuna looked relieved and she hugged her adoptive daughter, "I'm so proud of you Hotaru. Haruka and Michiru would be proud too…"
Hotaru sniffled slightly, even with this new mission coming up…it still hurt extremely to even think of her parents.
Setsuna pulled away from Hotaru, "Get your stuff ready in your subspace pocket. You leave tonight."
~*This Time*~
"T-Tonight!" Hotaru asked stunned, as she looked at the older senshi confused, she hadn't really expected that she would have to leave so soon, "I haven't even been to Haruka and Michiru's funeral yet!"
"If you fulfill the quest there won't be a funeral to go to. Now, hurry we have only an hour or so before the sunsets, you best get your things ready now." Setsuna said solemnly as she opened the car door and climbed out leaving Hotaru behind.
Hotaru summoned her strength and opened the car door excepting the fact that she wasn't going to be home for a while, but if everything went as planned then she would be back home with her Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama. And with those thoughts she unlocked the front door and headed upstairs into her room wondering what she would need to take. The sub-space pocket had no limit, but if she took too many things it would expend some of her energy, "Will I need any food, Setsuna-mama?" Hotaru asked as she continued up the stairs taking each step two at a time.
There was a short silence before Setsuna's voice could be heard clearly, "I highly doubt it Hotaru-chan. But you may want to take along some snacks that won't spoil. You never know what may happen." Her voice echoed slightly meaning she was in the kitchen, voices always echoed from the kitchen.
Hotaru made it to her room, if worse came to worse she figured she would need most of the stuff there. She didn't know where she was going or what the climate would be like, so she emptied out her drawers into her subspace pocket then grabbed her favorite black cardigan from her closet. Then she grabbed her pendant that was supposed to bring good luck. It was a simple gold chain with a gold ring as its only adornment, but around the golden ring were tiny amethysts shaped like the insignia of Saturn. Michiru had bought it for her around Christmas time. She whimpered quietly and bit her lip to keep her tears back; than mentally slapped herself for her weakness.
She grabbed sandals, tennis shoes, and eventually, after some consideration, snow boots. She was wearing black boots fashioned much like her senshi boots. That reminded her, she grabbed her henshin wand and threw it into her suitcase, her communicator/wrist watch was already on so she took one last look around the room then decided what else she would take. She grabbed a book about Einstein, a dictionary, a book full of quotes, and her CD player along with all of her CDs.
She left her room and turned off the many lamps that were in there deciding she should save power while she was gone. She made her way down the stairs and headed into the kitchen. Setsuna was seated at the wooden table holding a steaming cup of green tea as she watched Hotaru, her face unreadable as per usual. The sun was setting behind her causing a halo of light to form around her head giving her an unearthly appeal.
Hotaru dug through the pantry looking for things that wouldn't go bad. In the end she grabbed some water bottles, some popcorn, and eventually a few packs, or rather cups of 'Chicken flavor Cup Ramen'.
"Are you ready Hotaru?" Setsuna asked softly.
The younger girl nodded, "Yes, Setsuna-mama. As ready as I'll ever be."
"Good." Setsuna replied with a brief nod, "Then Hotaru…" she paused slightly and with a flash of white light the two vanished from the mansion's kitchen to reappear in Setsuna's space continuum, "Hotaru, you're sure you have everything?" Setsuna asked as Hotaru began walking to the double doors which presented themselves eerily through the fog.
Hotaru opened the doors and turned to Setsuna, "Don't worry Setsuna. I'm sure I have all I need and more." Then she walked through the doors and they shut behind her with a loud bang that echoed dissonantly through the dense silence.
"Gambatte ne… (Good luck)," Setsuna whispered before turning her back to the door readying herself for the silence of guarding the gates once more.
On the other side of the door Hotaru looked around, she hadn't used the Gates of Time in a while and wasn't quite used to the pressure that was placed onto her once she stepped inside. The gravity was more then on earth, though you would expect it to be less. She made her way forward clumsily then thought of Setsuna's request and her mission. She remembered at last how to get to her destination. She remembered Haruka and Michiru's faces then summoned Setsuna's image and heard an echo in her head of what Setsuna had said about the journey. She only had a moments notice before she looked down and saw a bright white light. It had worked.
The light slowly climbed its way up her body enveloping her with its warm radiance. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. That was the last thing she remembered before she began feeling drowsy and blacked out.
((A/N: I could be evil and end it there…but then it'd be to short so…))
Hotaru was awakened by something wet around her feet. One moment it was there, then the next moment it was gone, and then it would come back again accompanied by a sound that seemed so familiar… but she couldn't place it. It was when she became more of her surroundings that she figured out she was laying in something soft, very hot though. There was something gravelly, probably sand, pressed against her cheek and something was crawling over her hand. She blinked and opened her eyes and looked over at her right hand. On it there was a strange spider of some sort. She gave a shout and began shaking her hand yelling, "Get off! Get off!" when she looked back at her hand, once she had composed herself, she realized that it indeed was gone.
She gave a sigh of relief then looked at her surroundings. The wet stuff turned out to be the ocean and she was sitting in the sand. She just sat there for a few seconds watching the waves roll in and out. It was when she heard laughter that she stood from her position and wiped the sand off of her pants and t-shirt. It was pretty warm and suddenly she felt stupid for having brought snow boots.
She followed the sounds of laughter and shouting until she spotted a group of children, all around her age, sparring. There was a guy holding a strange ball of some sort. It was blue striped white, or maybe white striped blue, and had a strange texture. There was a girl with brown, flipped hair who had nunchakus long enough to jump rope with. There was a boy with blonde slightly spiked hair who had a wooden sword. Then there was a girl with red hair watching the three fight, she was cheering for the girl clapping wildly and whistling saying things like "You've gotta defend the girl's tough image! Gooo Selpphiiee!" Hotaru guessed Selphie was the name of the girl with the flipped hair. But those four weren't the ones who piqued her interest.
Off by themselves on a small island connected to the main island by a wooden bridge were two boys. One looked to be around her age maybe a year older, and the other a year or two older then the first boy. The younger had spiked brown hair that stood out in all directions; the other had a silverish hue of blue hair that was straight. The two were sparring as well, though they seemed more into it then the others had been. Like they were fighting for some sort of prize.
They seem normal enough… she thought as she watched them fight. But how am I supposed to introduce myself? Hi. I'm Hotaru, I come from another world. It's nice to meet you. I'm here to save all of you from a destruction which is in a form I don't know about yet! Yeah. She could imagine the kinds of stares she would get.
She reached to open her wristwatch, so she could communicate with Pluto, only to find it missing. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. It was there when she first woke up… That spider! she began looking for the spider frantically only to be rather rudely disturbed by a shout accompanied by another, and before she knew it all of the people she had seen from afar were now up close and watching her curiously.
Hotaru sweatdropped, she should have planned her speech before she left, "…Hi…" she said unsure of what she should say, "My name's Hotaru. Um…hi."
There was no response for a while as everyone stared at her. Then the girl with the flipped hair spoke,
"Hiya! I'm Selphie! I'm 13 and well, welcome to Destiny Islands I guess!" she said with a huge grin adorning her features. Hotaru nodded slightly mumbling thanks.
"I'm Sora!" piped up the boy with spiked hair. He was cute enough, though his features held a slight feminine touch to them. His eyes were a sparkling blue, showing complete innocence and compassion, much like Usagi's eyes.
"I'm Kairi!" said the red head as she smiled, "Great! Now we have three girls and four guys! Our population is growing!"
"I'm Wakka, and this is Tidus." The guy carrying the strange ball said while motioning to the blonde boy.
The tall, older, boy stood silent watching her in unspoken fascination for some time just standing with one hand on his waist the other on his chin thoughtfully. Then he held out his hand, "I'm Riku."
"Nice to meet you…" Hotaru said quietly as she shook his hand.
So far so good!
"How'd you get here anyway?" Sora asked interrupting the silence that had befallen the group.
Or not…
Come on, Brain! Think! Think! Faster! Then suddenly a light was turned on inside her head and she got an idea, "I was on a ship with my family…the ship capsized, and I ended up here. Somehow…" Alright. So maybe it wasn't such a great, full-proof idea, but the truth was no better.
"Where are your parents?" Tidus asked suddenly.
"Stupid!" Selphie said and kicked him in the shin, "if she's not with 'em that probably means she's lost or they're… y'know…" she said as she grew quiet.
Hotaru lowered her head not completely feigning tears. She got rid of some of her sorrowful emotions and played the part of someone separated from her parents in a shipwreck, two birds with one stone.
"Sorry about your parents," Sora said softly as he rested a hand on Hotaru's shoulder trying to comfort her. Hotaru mused over how anyone could be so naive to think that anyone was worthy of trusting. She had learned many a time over that it was not always so.
"Can we please…drop that subject?" Hotaru asked making sure to keep her head lowered so the only sign of sadness, besides in her voice, was the way her tears reflected the brilliant sunlight.
"A ship…? So…you came from another world?" Hotaru was a bit skeptical but she could've sworn she heard something akin to melancholy in his voice.
"I guess you could put it that way…" Hotaru said after a while.
"Riku! You and your other worlds ever since Kairi came here you've been obsessed with the idea!" Selphie said rolling her bright green eyes heavenward, "now Hotaru, come this way! You're gonna hafta be sworn into the island! Booyaka! This'll be SO much fun!" and with that Selphie grabbed Hotaru's wrist and ran off to a shack that was close enough to be underneath the wooden bridge she had seen earlier." Kairi ran after her giggling and the guys probably went back to their daily business though she never turned around to see for sure.
~*~*~End Chapter Two~*~*~
Vale: Thank you for all your reviews! So here's my lil' shout-out list! Bold for signed in reviews, italics for anonymous! (leaving your e-mail counts as signed)
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Vale: So n_n thankies! See? I even thanked the flamer. Why? Cuz I don't care about flames. They are openly laughed at, though I did make my point to the big blank coward *clears throat* in the author note underneath the disclaimer in the beginning of the chapter. Toodles! Don't forget to review! ^_~
Arnvid: …R/R. Did you know Vale already has the ending all figured out? And then she's planning on a seq-
Vale: You say another word, you die. Bird boy.
Arnvid: … *holds up a sign: Read and review, please.*
