Title: Forthcoming Destiny
Author: Kyouryoku Senshi
Summary: Haruka has recently started to have nightmares about world destruction, Michiru seeks out to awaken Haruka as Sailor Uranus.
Spoilers: The plot leads up to when Haruka and Michiru first meet and when Michiru reveals Haruka her destiny.
Disclaimer: Haruka and Michiru do not belong to me, they belong to Naoko-sama and etc..
Michiru closed her eyes as she moved the bow elegantly back and forth at a steady pace,
he melody of her song was what made you want to think of the deep seas, a very peaceful, yet slightly depressing
tune. Moments later Michiru abruptly ended the melody followed by a loud round of applause through the fancy restaurant.
Michiru held her violin at her side and bowed deeply, smiled and took her exit off the stage through the back way.
She had been asked to perform at a high class restaurant for all the tourists who had stopped by for lunch.
Some knew her by their interests in the classics, and the others were touched and moved by her performance.
She entered the dressing room and looked over at the clock which showed 1:30PM, Michiru remembered vaguely
how Katana had mentioned a race...Haruka's race, if she hurried and left right after this she could probably meet her friend
there and catch a glimpse of the soon to awaken soldier of the wind.
Haruka had come already dressed for her track race, usually to avoid using the boys dressing rooms, for all the obvious reasons. She wore a loose tank top as well as shorts, with a towels slung over her shoulders and a water bottle in her free hand. When she made her way onto the track the crowds on the bleachers cheered. Haruka still kept a straight face taking a swig from her water bottle before she was about to race and threw it to the sidelines where the fans quickly picked it up and fought over it. "Tenou Haruka's water bottle, not just any water bottle, thee water bottle! the one Haruka-san drank from!" she could hear a fan cry out
Haruka chuckled to her self and shook her head and got onto the track with all of the other competitors, and knelled down in ready position. Katana felt a tapping on her shoulder and turned to see sea green features over her shoulder
"Michiru-chan, look there he is." Katana nearly screamed and pointed in Haruka's direction
Michiru smiled sweetly and looked where her friend was pointing then sat down next to her folding her hands and put on her dark sun glasses to conceal the strong sun rays from her delicate eyes. A few the horn blew signaling the racers to start, Haruka broke off at a breathtaking speed, for her, this was a piece of cake.
But it wasn't before long when someone behind her was right on her heals. Haruka quickly took notice of this and put all of her energy full force into her speed and easily took first place within moments leaving him in the dust.
"And that's it, everyone, Tenou Haruka has broken the record again, why is this not surprising, he is such a fine gentlemen."
Haruka dried her clammy skin 'It was nothing.' Haruka thought to herself knowing full well she didn't win just to win, she just wanted something to take her mind off of last nights events
She bent down to sip from the water fountain, when she heard a female voice calling her name running in her direction
"Tenou Haruka-san!"
Haruka stood back up and turned to see dark features of a girl close to her age.
Katana held up a picture of Haruka and a pen and held it out
"Please, please, you're autograph, you're like my idol!" she exclaimed happily
Haruka took the pen and picture and grinned "Of course."
Michiru stood at the sidelines watching them both with admiration,she even blushed slightly as she stood watching them.
Haruka handed Katana back the pen and photograph which now had her autograph as well.
"Domo Arigatou!" Katana exclaimed and bowed twice in appreciation then ran back towards her aqua haired friend.
Michiru slid her long slender legs into the unaccompanied pool of the local gym, she splashed the water a bit before sliding all the way inside of the large pool. Michiru turned around and floated on her back, she looked at the far up ceiling and traced the lines with her mind as she enjoyed the calm feeling of the waters. Her mind floated back to the thoughts of Haruka, she had once felt the same way, not wanting to accept her destiny. She didn't want to put Haruka through the pain that she had went through, to put such a large burden on her shoulders.
Michiru stood up in the water, letting the waters support her slightly, she just wanted to indulge in her own world and forget everything else, it pained her to think about her mission, there were times she wished she didn't exist, but what choice did she have? She was reborn for the purpose of awaking as Sailor Neptune, and to find Sailor Uranus and then together they could collect the talismans.
She sighed and continued her back stroke and glided down towards the other end of the pool. She envisioned the scene at Haruka's race earlier that day, she knew Haruka hadn't intentionally tried to win the race, she was running from her own fears, the traps of her destiny. Upon reaching the other end of the pool Michiru leaned against the cement edge of the pool and gazed out of the large windows into the starry night.
Haruka lay down on her bed after her nightly jog and stared up a the ceiling, she dreaded the days to come, somehow, knowing school was the next day always made her depressed, she might have been popular but not everyone was always nice, a lot of the boys didn't like her much and were jealous because she attracted most of the girl's attention, while they didn't get looked at twice, she's gotten airplanes in the head, some pencils etc, but she always tried to keep calm even though it took every nerve in her body to keep her from unpleasing her anger but she wanted to avoid fights because she already had enough problems.
She remembered when she had first started the year, a girl had dropped her binder and she had picked it up, that alone caused her many problems, she had nearly gotten slammed into the lockers, by the girl's jealous boyfriend, telling her to stay away from 'his girl'
Haruka shook her head at the thought, people these days...you get frustrated at them, you get stabbed in the back, you be kind to them, they still stab you in the back.
That's why she was often described as 'distant', aside from her fans, she never did really have any close friends. She also never had any guardian, so she had to look to herself for guidance and trust she would make the right decisions. Haruka decided to have a cup of tea to relax her before heading to bed. She sighed and got to her feet, heading towards the kitchen, she pulled out some tea leaves from the cabinet, and put a pot of water on boil and waited until it was done, then poured the water into a mug and sprinkled the tea leaves and waited a bit for the slight flavor to kick in and the water too cool down some before she took as few sips and headed back towards her bedroom.
She set the steaming mug on the dresser next to her bed and lay back down. There were times she felt like not getting out of bed each morning as she wondered what her true purpose in life was, besides racing. Sometimes she wondered why she continued with life, she didn't really have anyone close to live for, it was an emptiness she often felt inside, but something inside told her not to give up, and to continue on, and that's what she did.
To be continued...