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 stood in line holding her suitcase in one hand and her violin in it's case in the other. She let out a sigh as she felt a tapping on her shoulder. "Nani?" Michiru turned to see an older looking man "Excuse me, I'm Kasamatsu Hiroshi, would you happen to be Kaiou Michiru-san?" Michiru turned and smiled with a bow the man who appeared to be in his late fifties and returned "Hai, can I help you?" Michiru asked
"I've been expecting you, your Arishima-sensei had planned your arrival, I'm quite honored to have you on my ship, allow me to show you to your cabin? There's a faster way through this." He insisted Michiru nodded and allowed him to escort her to the front of the line quickly and handed lady at the desk Michiru's ticket and misc info then looked to Michiru carrying the suitcases. "Here, let me get those for you." he said taking the violin case and suitcase before Michiru could reply and led her onto the ship. "Domo Arigatou." Michiru said with a smile
Once they were inside, Hiroshi had led Michiru down a long hall until they approached a room. He took out a key and opened the door to reveal a large room with two large beds with very expensive looking blankets draped over the top of them, soft music played in the back round. In the far front of the beds was a medium sized TV. Hiroshi entered first and set the suitcases on top one of the beds then turned to Michiru "I hope you'll like it here, here are the locations for the diners and just basically everything around the ship is in here." Hiroshi handed Michiru a location map
"The boat will depart around 6pm this evening, so feel free to look around, or go get something to eat, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, oh and you'll be requested to perform for everyone either tomorrow or the next day, you'll be notified, anyway, I'll be going now Sayonara, Kaiou-san." He said
Michiru smiled "Domo Arigatou, Sayonara Kasamatsu-san." she called out before he shut the door. Michiru picked up the map and inside it fell out a key card, 'It must be to come inside this room.' Michiru thought to herself before setting the map and key card aside.
It was hours later that Haruka had been able to get on the ship, how she had made it through the what seemed to be a never ending line was way beyond her. She didn't have much patience to deal with standing in long endless lines, her legs got tired, there's ever so many people shouting, babies crying, infants throwing tantrums, angry customers, it all gave her a migraine.
She sighed with great relief when she had been given her key card and instructions to her cabin. Haruka ran her hand through her sandy blond hair. As she slid in the key card then opened the door to her cabin, set down her stuff and allowed the door to close behind her.
Haruka looked around, she had paid the highest price for an expensive cabin, it wasn't really that big of a deal to her, when she had requested to live by herself, she had inherited money that would last her a good while, that is until she got a steady career. She didn't know much about her parents, only that they had deceased when she was only an infant and had left behind a great deal of money, and she didn't really care about trying to find out more about her parents, it was best to leave the past in the past, she didn't want to meddle with something that wasn't there.
Besides she didn't want a bed that felt like cardboard when she was sleeping and then have to wake up with lower back problems. She had a small round shaped window for outside viewing. She walked into the bath room where there were complimentary soaps, shampoos, conditioner, etc.. She pulled back the shower curtains and found a bath sized jacuzzi with a shower head on top. 'This trip will be better then I thought.' Haruka thought to herself with a laugh then closed the curtains once more and went back into the bedroom
Haruka picked up her card, which she would be using for the three days trip to pay for food and other misc things she wanted to buy on the cruise. She looked at her wrist watch and saw it was almost 4:30pm, the ship would depart in an hour and a half. She decided to head up towards the top deck for some late lunch/dinner.
Later on, Michiru arrived back at her cabin from the spa. She wore her lavender colored strapless swim suit, and she was still dripping from head to toe. Things like that had relaxed her when she was under a great deal of stress. She looked out the ships window to see ship had departed already. Michiru set the towel down and went to shower off and get changed.
A few minutes later Michiru came back out into her room. She sat on the bed drying her hair as she thought about her home life, She remembered Elza and Katana wishing her a great deal of luck and to think of them. Michiru smiled at the thought of their enthusiasm. They had such carefree lives, a part of her wished she could go back to that, the lifestyle she used to have before, she had a dream of becoming a violinist.
Michiru turned to see a letter on the desk next to the table, 'I must not have been paying attention when I walked in from the spa a little while ago.' Michiru thought to herself looking around seeing everything had been neatly organized. 'Room service.' Michiru thought 'They must have put that there while they were cleaning the room.' Michiru reached over and picked up the letter and unfolded it.
Dear Kaiou Michiru-san,
I just thought I'd let you know,
Tomorow night the top deck is reserved for your violin concert,
If this isn't a suitable time for you, just let me know,
Enjoy the cruise,
Kasamatsu, Hiroshi
Michiru set the letter back down and decided to set out her stuff for tomorrow night.
Later on the next night, Haruka was about to enter the diner when she saw a flier on the window that caught her eye.
'Violinist Kaiou Michiru performance, tonight 7pm, top deck'
Haruka's eyes went wide, Michiru? On the cruise ship? How could it be?
She looked at her watch, 6:30pm, which meant she had enough time to get dinner and watch the performance.
Haruka changed directions and used the elevator to get to top deck, got so some mochi and a margarita, No one had bothered to ask her age since wearing her tux, she looked like she was in her twenties. She sat at a nearby table next towards the stage. She didn't know why she'd come but it felt as if her feet led her, like she was supposed to be there for a reason.
Just like time had flown by, Haruka saw the lights dim, the people who were at the misc dining tables turned their attention towards the stage as, Michiru who was wearing a long white dress, adorned with a single red rose in the middle of her chest, as well as a pearl necklace. Her wavy aqua hair fell over her shoulders.
Haruka immediately turned her attention to Michiru as she closed her eyes and ran the bow over the strings of her violin. The beautiful rhythm reminded you of the oceans current. Felt herself drawn towards the music, she could feel herself relax. Haruka turned when she could overhear a conversation at a table not far from her's
"That girl is Kaiou Michiru." A male voice said, who must have been very familiar with Michiru's performances
"She sure doesn't look like junior high student." A female voice replied
"She must be quite popular at school, don't you think?"
"I heard she doesn't make many friends." The male voice spoke once again
Haruka frowned at this, she hated people who did nothing but gossip. She remembered seeing Michiru with another friend of her's at her race, Katana was it? Yet it did seem to be slightly true that Michiru didn't seem to be the type to hang around large groups, but rather one or two friends
"I wonder why, She looks like a wonderful girl..." The woman's voice spoke once more
Haruka didn't know why but she felt herself turn and glare at the couple, she knew exactly what it was like. Sure, she was popular at the races, but she didn't have many close friends either, she was always distant, perhaps because that was the way she had chosen to be, or she was deeply afraid of true feelings.
"Yeah..I heard she doesn't like people." The male voice continued
That was it, Haruka wanted to get out of there, she's had enough. She pulled back in her chair. As if on cue Michiru opened her eyes as she continued playing her violin. She saw Haruka who was now making her way out.
Haruka let the door shut from behind her, she decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator this time down towards her room. As she headed down the staircase she turned to see something she hadn't before. It was a humongous painting that immediately shot pins and needles throughout her entire body. She could see a huge ocean wave enveloping many buildings in it's path. The sky was black and she could see everything being destroyed, but what struck her most was that this closely resembled if not captured her entire dream. It was signed at the very bottom, 'The end of the world' By Kaiou Michiru.
"Do you find it to your liking?" A voice called Haruka out from her revere
Michiru sat at the edge of the stair case with her hands folded in her lap
"Arigatou for coming here tonight." Michiru continued with a smile
"Tenou Haruka-san, the prodigious racer."
Haruka continued to look at Michiru's painting without facing her
"You seem to know quite a bit about me...This piece...did you paint it...?"
Michiru ignored the question "You're rather famous."
"There are a lot of freakish fans of yours at my school as well...One of them is a girl, but she says she still wants...to go cruising along the beach in your car." Michiru continued as she tossed her hair over her shoulder
Haruka chuckled
"The end of the world, huh? I'm surprised that a well-to-do girl who...can't even kill one bug can draw such a tragic fantasy." Haruka said looking down and closing her eyes
"It's not a fantasy!" Michiru snapped which caused Haruka to open her eyes
"I can see THAT scene clearly! Just like you can..." Michiru continued
At that comment Haruka turned to face Michiru eye to eye.
Michiru stood up to Haruka's level. Moments passed before Haruka spit out in disgust
"This is stupid, I'm Tenou Haruka, the first Junior racer in Japan. Memories of my previous life or the end of the world have nothing to do with me. If someone has to do it, then YOU can do it. I would like you to stop investigating me like that, though."
Michiru looked down and clenched her hands together "Don't say such selfish things like that...!" Michiru said in a low but harsh voice which surprised Haruka "I don't want to do it, either...I also have a dream, to become a violinist..." Michiru nit her eyebrows together as she looked up "I can't do something stupid like saving the world from destruction." she nearly almost shouted
To be continued...
Authors Notes: The next chapter will most likely be the last one, stay tuned!