Psh, I only got like two more reviews. Why do I continue to write if I
don't get reviews? Hmmm? Oh yeah, because I like to write. *grins*
Disclaimer: refer to previous chapters. ;P
Last time: Usagi and Trunks closed their eyes and just enjoyed the feel of the breeze and of each other. Trunks opened his eyes and Usagi was gone.
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Chapter Three: Reality
Usagi opened here eyes and groaned.
'Darn, it was just getting good.' She thought to herself.
Usagi put on her uniform and put her hair in her odangoes. Then, she took her hair out of their odangoes. . .and put them back.
'Somehow. . .the odangoes seem wrong. Serenity has been my past and was supposed to be my future, but I know that's not going to be happening now. . .' Usagi thought as she sighed.
'I need a change. I'm not Serenity anymore and I'm not going to be Neo- Queen Serenity. I'm still Sailor Moon. . .but a warrior of the moon doesn't need to wear the hairstyle of a princess. What to do, what to do. . .' Usagi pondered.
Usagi caught sight of a pair of scissors on her desk.
'But I'm not THAT desperate for change.' She thought to herself with a shiver.
Finally, she decided on french-braided pigtails on either side of her head.
'Perfect. A slight change, but Serenity will always be a part of who I am on some level.'
"Usagi! You're going to be late!" Usagi's mom yelled up the stairs.
"I knew she wasn't going to get up early today! Yesterday was just a freak accident!" Shingo yelled.
Usagi ran down the stairs, stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth, smacked Shingo upside the head and ran out of the house with her lunch.
"Maybe she is turning over a new leaf. She didn't leave her lunch this time." Ikuko said thoughtfully.
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Usagi sprinted to school and surprisingly arrived in her classroom ten minutes before the bell rang.
"Well Usagi-chan, you're not as early as you were yesterday, but it beats coming in with the bell." Makoto said as she slung an arm around Usagi's shoulders.
Usagi gave a laugh and put her hand behind her head.
"Gomen minna-chan (sorry everyone)! I was just trying to figure out how to do my hair." Usagi said.
"Hey Usagi-chan, you finally took your hair out of their odangoes!" Mina exclaimed.
"Yup! Well, I just felt that it was time for a change." Usagi said.
"That is a very commendable act, Usagi-chan. To become your own person and make your own future. Does this mean you're going to start studying for your future, also?" Ami asked as she took off her glasses and took her nose out of her book.
Usagi sweatdropped.
"Well Ami-chan, I don't think I have to make SUCH a drastic change. . ." Usagi said.
The bell rang and the girls took their usual seats.
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It was after school and the girls had met up with Rei to walk over to the Fruit Parlor.
"Gomen-nasai (sorry) minna-chan (everyone), but I gotta go. Ja (seeya)!" Usagi said as she walked towards a different route.
"Where you goin odango? Don't tell me you're ditching us again to do 'homework' again!" Rei exclaimed.
"Rei-chan! You can't call me that anymore, I don't have odangoes anymore, see?" Usagi said, pointing to her hair as evidence.
"Yeah, but you'll always have odango for brains, odango-atama (dumpling head)!" Rei said.
"Rei-chan! Nande (why)? NANDE?!" Usagi screamed, over dramatically as she pulled both braided pigtails with her hands and then proceeded to "strangle" Rei.
"Because I love you and I love odango, too." Rei said calmly despite the shaking with a smile as she patted Usagi on the head.
"I LOVE YOU TOO, REI-CHAN!" Usagi squealed as she tackled Rei to the ground in a bear hug.
"ITAI (ouch)!" Rei yelled as she landed with a thud.
Makoto, Minako, and Ami laughed at Usagi and Rei's antics. The tongue wars were annoying, but these squabbles were extremely amusing.
Makoto managed to pull Usagi off Rei and Minako offered a hand to Rei who was still on the ground, laughing with tears streaming down her breath.
"I don't know if I'm crying because that was so much fun, or because my butt hurts so much!" Rei said as she finally got off the ground with the help of both Minako and Ami.
After the girls had calmed down, Rei turned the subject back to Usagi's departure.
"So Usa-chan, where are you leaving off to?" Rei asked.
"I'm going over to see the outers." Usagi said.
Ami, Makoto, and Rei all developed thought bubbles with pictures of Setsuna and Mamoru. They all nodded deeply. Yes, a talk alone with Setsuna would be in order. Little did they know of Usagi's real reason to see the Guardian of Time.
"Hey, why are you going? Why don't we all go?" Minako said enthusiastically. Unfortunately, Minako knew not at all.
Makoto and Rei both clamped hands over Minako's mouth and dragged her back. Ami stood in front of the struggling Minako, as if blocking her from Usagi's view, and smiled sweetly.
"You just go ahead Usagi-chan. We'll visit some other time." Ami said.
Usagi let out an amused smile but turned around and walked to the Outer's house. As she left, she heard the others scolding Minako.
"Minako-chan, Usagi-chan obviously wants to talk to Setsuna-san about Mamoru-sama." Makoto said exasperatedly to Minako.
"OH!!!!!!" Minako said.
"Honestly Mina-chan, just because Usagi-chan has stopped being an odango- atama, doesn't mean that you have to take her place!" Rei scolded.
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Ding Dong!
The doorbell of the outer's mansion chimed and Usagi stepped back. Moments later, Haruka opened the door and smiled at her hime (princess).
"Koneko (kitten)! What are you doing here?" Haruka asked as she welcomed Usagi into her home.
"Well, I just wanted to talk to Setsuna-chan." Usagi answered as she walked in.
Haruka began to look a bit uncomfortable.
"Oh, it's not that. I've just been having some weird dreams." Usagi said quickly.
"Well then make yourself at home!" Haruka said cheerfully as she closed the door and led Usagi down the hallway.
"Setsuna! Usagi-chan is here to see you!" Haruka called out.
Michiru stuck her head outside the kitchen and smiled.
"You're just in time for dinner, hime." Michiru exclaimed.
"Aren't I always?" Usagi said as she ran into the kitchen, leaving a chuckling Haruka in her wake.
Usagi slid into a chair across from Setsuna.
"Good Afternoon, Setsuna-chan!" She exclaimed cheerfully.
Setsuna put down her newspaper to look at Usagi.
"Good Afternoon." Setsuna said with one of her patented mysterious smiles.
"How are you and Mamoru-chan?" Usagi asked.
Michiru and Haruka quietly sneaked out of the kitchen when they heard this question. It wasn't that they thought Usagi harbored any ill-feelings, she was the most forgiving person in the universe. It's just that the subject was still so touchy and uncomfortable.
"We are doing wonderfully thanks to you, Usagi-hime." Pluto replied.
Usagi sighed. "Setsuna-chan, haven't we known each other long enough to put stuffy titles behind us?"
"Don't think of it as a title, Usagi-hime. Think of it as a term of endearment. Like tenshi (angel)." Setsuna said.
"I'll keep that in mind. . ." Usagi mumbled to herself dryly.
"How are you, hime-chan?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi smiled at the "chan" placed at the end of her title. Hope was there yet.
"I'm fine, it's just that I've been having really weird dreams." Usagi said.
"Nightmares?" Setsuna asked, worriedly.
"No, I actually enjoy them, it's just. . .well. . ." Usagi said. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Setsuna looked at her expectantly.
"They're so real." Usagi finished, helplessly.
"Go on." Setsuna said as she took a sip of coffee.
"Well. . .every time I fall asleep, I wake up in this place. It doesn't seem like a memory or a dream. It feels like I'm in the country-side. It's a really beautiful place." Usagi said.
Setsuna nodded for her to continue.
"And I can remember everything really well. Usually, I can't remember my dreams and when I do, they're really hazy. . .but I can remember this place like I've actually been there." Usagi said.
This caught Setsuna's attention and she put the mug down on the table.
"I wouldn't be that worried but every time I go there, I meet this guy. He's really nice and he's SUCH a bishounen (hot guy). The reason I think it might not be a dream is because. . .well. . .he's so real and. . .he always tells me that I can't be dreaming because he is real." Usagi finished.
Setsuna looked thoughtful.
"How do you know he's not real?" She asked. "The power of the Ginzuishou (Silver Imperium Crystal) is not to be taken lightly." She said.
"Well, I thought of that but whenever I wake up, I'm not very tired. That must mean that I had gotten sleep which would be impossible if I was awake in another world." Usagi said.
Setsuna smiled at her.
"You've put a lot of thought into this." She said.
Usagi blushed.
"Well, at first I really wanted it to be real because the guy was such a bishie (hottie), but I guess that was too much to hope for. . ." Usagi said a bit sadly.
Setsuna smiled, "You never know, hime-chan. Even I do not know all there is to know about time and dimension travel."
Usagi looked a bit hopeful.
"Yeah. . .yeah, you're right Setsuna-chan! There's still hope!" Usagi squealed.
"So why don't you tell me about him?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi got a dreamy look on her face.
"Well, he's really built. And he can fly! Isn't that so cool? But the most amazing thing about him is his light lavender hair-" Usagi said before being interrupted by Setsuna spitting coffee all over the table.
"TRUNKS?!?" Setsuna yelled incredulously.
"Yeah, that's his name. Briefs Trunks. How'd ya know?" Usagi asked quizzically.
"Ano (um). . .Usagi-hime. Trunks-kun is the only non-royal Lunarian who has ever been allowed access through the Time Gate." Setsuna said a bit faintly.
"Sugio (Cool)! How come?" Usagi asked.
"Because I couldn't have stopped him if I tried. . ." Setsuna mumbled.
Usagi looked at her quizzically.
"Well, also because the gods allowed it. It was for the good of the earth so it was allowed, but it caused a split in the time stream." Setsuna said.
"Usagi-hime, do you know what this means?" Setsuna asked.
"Regular people can go back in time?" Usagi said.
Setsuna sweatdropped.
"Ano. . .Usagi-hime, this means that Trunks-kun is real. . ." Setsuna said slowly.
"Honto (really)?!? SUGIO!!!" Usagi screamed.
Setsuna sweatdropped again. She loved her princess and all, but she was a little slow at times. . .
"Hey Setsuna-chan, How did he get permission to travel in space? I mean, I'm sure lot's of people could travel back in time to make the future better?" Usagi asked.
"Well, Usagi-hime. Firstly, Dende-sama sent in lots of appeals and paperwork to ask for permission and secondly, I was asked to look into the future of the world and could not see anything that would make the future any worse so it was allowed." Setsuna said.
"Setsuna-chan, you know Dende-chan too?!?" Usagi exclaimed.
"Yes, have you met him?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi nodded her head fervently.
"Yup! And I met Bulma-chan and Vegeta-baka and Popo-san too!" Usagi exclaimed.
Setsuna visibly paled.
"You met Vegeta-Ouji?" Setsuna asked.
"Hai and he was such a bakayaro (idiot)!" Usagi said.
"You didn't TELL him that, did you?" Setsuna asked, fearing for her hime's safety.
"Well. . .I called him a baka?" Usagi said hesitantly.
Setsuna fainted.
"Setsuna-chan? Setsuna-chan? Daijoubu (are you okay)? Ano. . .should I not have done that? Setsuna-chan?" Usagi asked.
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hehehe. Please review. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! And I promise all things will be explained in the next chapter!
Disclaimer: refer to previous chapters. ;P
Last time: Usagi and Trunks closed their eyes and just enjoyed the feel of the breeze and of each other. Trunks opened his eyes and Usagi was gone.
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Chapter Three: Reality
Usagi opened here eyes and groaned.
'Darn, it was just getting good.' She thought to herself.
Usagi put on her uniform and put her hair in her odangoes. Then, she took her hair out of their odangoes. . .and put them back.
'Somehow. . .the odangoes seem wrong. Serenity has been my past and was supposed to be my future, but I know that's not going to be happening now. . .' Usagi thought as she sighed.
'I need a change. I'm not Serenity anymore and I'm not going to be Neo- Queen Serenity. I'm still Sailor Moon. . .but a warrior of the moon doesn't need to wear the hairstyle of a princess. What to do, what to do. . .' Usagi pondered.
Usagi caught sight of a pair of scissors on her desk.
'But I'm not THAT desperate for change.' She thought to herself with a shiver.
Finally, she decided on french-braided pigtails on either side of her head.
'Perfect. A slight change, but Serenity will always be a part of who I am on some level.'
"Usagi! You're going to be late!" Usagi's mom yelled up the stairs.
"I knew she wasn't going to get up early today! Yesterday was just a freak accident!" Shingo yelled.
Usagi ran down the stairs, stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth, smacked Shingo upside the head and ran out of the house with her lunch.
"Maybe she is turning over a new leaf. She didn't leave her lunch this time." Ikuko said thoughtfully.
*
Usagi sprinted to school and surprisingly arrived in her classroom ten minutes before the bell rang.
"Well Usagi-chan, you're not as early as you were yesterday, but it beats coming in with the bell." Makoto said as she slung an arm around Usagi's shoulders.
Usagi gave a laugh and put her hand behind her head.
"Gomen minna-chan (sorry everyone)! I was just trying to figure out how to do my hair." Usagi said.
"Hey Usagi-chan, you finally took your hair out of their odangoes!" Mina exclaimed.
"Yup! Well, I just felt that it was time for a change." Usagi said.
"That is a very commendable act, Usagi-chan. To become your own person and make your own future. Does this mean you're going to start studying for your future, also?" Ami asked as she took off her glasses and took her nose out of her book.
Usagi sweatdropped.
"Well Ami-chan, I don't think I have to make SUCH a drastic change. . ." Usagi said.
The bell rang and the girls took their usual seats.
*
It was after school and the girls had met up with Rei to walk over to the Fruit Parlor.
"Gomen-nasai (sorry) minna-chan (everyone), but I gotta go. Ja (seeya)!" Usagi said as she walked towards a different route.
"Where you goin odango? Don't tell me you're ditching us again to do 'homework' again!" Rei exclaimed.
"Rei-chan! You can't call me that anymore, I don't have odangoes anymore, see?" Usagi said, pointing to her hair as evidence.
"Yeah, but you'll always have odango for brains, odango-atama (dumpling head)!" Rei said.
"Rei-chan! Nande (why)? NANDE?!" Usagi screamed, over dramatically as she pulled both braided pigtails with her hands and then proceeded to "strangle" Rei.
"Because I love you and I love odango, too." Rei said calmly despite the shaking with a smile as she patted Usagi on the head.
"I LOVE YOU TOO, REI-CHAN!" Usagi squealed as she tackled Rei to the ground in a bear hug.
"ITAI (ouch)!" Rei yelled as she landed with a thud.
Makoto, Minako, and Ami laughed at Usagi and Rei's antics. The tongue wars were annoying, but these squabbles were extremely amusing.
Makoto managed to pull Usagi off Rei and Minako offered a hand to Rei who was still on the ground, laughing with tears streaming down her breath.
"I don't know if I'm crying because that was so much fun, or because my butt hurts so much!" Rei said as she finally got off the ground with the help of both Minako and Ami.
After the girls had calmed down, Rei turned the subject back to Usagi's departure.
"So Usa-chan, where are you leaving off to?" Rei asked.
"I'm going over to see the outers." Usagi said.
Ami, Makoto, and Rei all developed thought bubbles with pictures of Setsuna and Mamoru. They all nodded deeply. Yes, a talk alone with Setsuna would be in order. Little did they know of Usagi's real reason to see the Guardian of Time.
"Hey, why are you going? Why don't we all go?" Minako said enthusiastically. Unfortunately, Minako knew not at all.
Makoto and Rei both clamped hands over Minako's mouth and dragged her back. Ami stood in front of the struggling Minako, as if blocking her from Usagi's view, and smiled sweetly.
"You just go ahead Usagi-chan. We'll visit some other time." Ami said.
Usagi let out an amused smile but turned around and walked to the Outer's house. As she left, she heard the others scolding Minako.
"Minako-chan, Usagi-chan obviously wants to talk to Setsuna-san about Mamoru-sama." Makoto said exasperatedly to Minako.
"OH!!!!!!" Minako said.
"Honestly Mina-chan, just because Usagi-chan has stopped being an odango- atama, doesn't mean that you have to take her place!" Rei scolded.
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Ding Dong!
The doorbell of the outer's mansion chimed and Usagi stepped back. Moments later, Haruka opened the door and smiled at her hime (princess).
"Koneko (kitten)! What are you doing here?" Haruka asked as she welcomed Usagi into her home.
"Well, I just wanted to talk to Setsuna-chan." Usagi answered as she walked in.
Haruka began to look a bit uncomfortable.
"Oh, it's not that. I've just been having some weird dreams." Usagi said quickly.
"Well then make yourself at home!" Haruka said cheerfully as she closed the door and led Usagi down the hallway.
"Setsuna! Usagi-chan is here to see you!" Haruka called out.
Michiru stuck her head outside the kitchen and smiled.
"You're just in time for dinner, hime." Michiru exclaimed.
"Aren't I always?" Usagi said as she ran into the kitchen, leaving a chuckling Haruka in her wake.
Usagi slid into a chair across from Setsuna.
"Good Afternoon, Setsuna-chan!" She exclaimed cheerfully.
Setsuna put down her newspaper to look at Usagi.
"Good Afternoon." Setsuna said with one of her patented mysterious smiles.
"How are you and Mamoru-chan?" Usagi asked.
Michiru and Haruka quietly sneaked out of the kitchen when they heard this question. It wasn't that they thought Usagi harbored any ill-feelings, she was the most forgiving person in the universe. It's just that the subject was still so touchy and uncomfortable.
"We are doing wonderfully thanks to you, Usagi-hime." Pluto replied.
Usagi sighed. "Setsuna-chan, haven't we known each other long enough to put stuffy titles behind us?"
"Don't think of it as a title, Usagi-hime. Think of it as a term of endearment. Like tenshi (angel)." Setsuna said.
"I'll keep that in mind. . ." Usagi mumbled to herself dryly.
"How are you, hime-chan?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi smiled at the "chan" placed at the end of her title. Hope was there yet.
"I'm fine, it's just that I've been having really weird dreams." Usagi said.
"Nightmares?" Setsuna asked, worriedly.
"No, I actually enjoy them, it's just. . .well. . ." Usagi said. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Setsuna looked at her expectantly.
"They're so real." Usagi finished, helplessly.
"Go on." Setsuna said as she took a sip of coffee.
"Well. . .every time I fall asleep, I wake up in this place. It doesn't seem like a memory or a dream. It feels like I'm in the country-side. It's a really beautiful place." Usagi said.
Setsuna nodded for her to continue.
"And I can remember everything really well. Usually, I can't remember my dreams and when I do, they're really hazy. . .but I can remember this place like I've actually been there." Usagi said.
This caught Setsuna's attention and she put the mug down on the table.
"I wouldn't be that worried but every time I go there, I meet this guy. He's really nice and he's SUCH a bishounen (hot guy). The reason I think it might not be a dream is because. . .well. . .he's so real and. . .he always tells me that I can't be dreaming because he is real." Usagi finished.
Setsuna looked thoughtful.
"How do you know he's not real?" She asked. "The power of the Ginzuishou (Silver Imperium Crystal) is not to be taken lightly." She said.
"Well, I thought of that but whenever I wake up, I'm not very tired. That must mean that I had gotten sleep which would be impossible if I was awake in another world." Usagi said.
Setsuna smiled at her.
"You've put a lot of thought into this." She said.
Usagi blushed.
"Well, at first I really wanted it to be real because the guy was such a bishie (hottie), but I guess that was too much to hope for. . ." Usagi said a bit sadly.
Setsuna smiled, "You never know, hime-chan. Even I do not know all there is to know about time and dimension travel."
Usagi looked a bit hopeful.
"Yeah. . .yeah, you're right Setsuna-chan! There's still hope!" Usagi squealed.
"So why don't you tell me about him?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi got a dreamy look on her face.
"Well, he's really built. And he can fly! Isn't that so cool? But the most amazing thing about him is his light lavender hair-" Usagi said before being interrupted by Setsuna spitting coffee all over the table.
"TRUNKS?!?" Setsuna yelled incredulously.
"Yeah, that's his name. Briefs Trunks. How'd ya know?" Usagi asked quizzically.
"Ano (um). . .Usagi-hime. Trunks-kun is the only non-royal Lunarian who has ever been allowed access through the Time Gate." Setsuna said a bit faintly.
"Sugio (Cool)! How come?" Usagi asked.
"Because I couldn't have stopped him if I tried. . ." Setsuna mumbled.
Usagi looked at her quizzically.
"Well, also because the gods allowed it. It was for the good of the earth so it was allowed, but it caused a split in the time stream." Setsuna said.
"Usagi-hime, do you know what this means?" Setsuna asked.
"Regular people can go back in time?" Usagi said.
Setsuna sweatdropped.
"Ano. . .Usagi-hime, this means that Trunks-kun is real. . ." Setsuna said slowly.
"Honto (really)?!? SUGIO!!!" Usagi screamed.
Setsuna sweatdropped again. She loved her princess and all, but she was a little slow at times. . .
"Hey Setsuna-chan, How did he get permission to travel in space? I mean, I'm sure lot's of people could travel back in time to make the future better?" Usagi asked.
"Well, Usagi-hime. Firstly, Dende-sama sent in lots of appeals and paperwork to ask for permission and secondly, I was asked to look into the future of the world and could not see anything that would make the future any worse so it was allowed." Setsuna said.
"Setsuna-chan, you know Dende-chan too?!?" Usagi exclaimed.
"Yes, have you met him?" Setsuna asked.
Usagi nodded her head fervently.
"Yup! And I met Bulma-chan and Vegeta-baka and Popo-san too!" Usagi exclaimed.
Setsuna visibly paled.
"You met Vegeta-Ouji?" Setsuna asked.
"Hai and he was such a bakayaro (idiot)!" Usagi said.
"You didn't TELL him that, did you?" Setsuna asked, fearing for her hime's safety.
"Well. . .I called him a baka?" Usagi said hesitantly.
Setsuna fainted.
"Setsuna-chan? Setsuna-chan? Daijoubu (are you okay)? Ano. . .should I not have done that? Setsuna-chan?" Usagi asked.
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hehehe. Please review. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! And I promise all things will be explained in the next chapter!