Finding My Way Home
Chapter Six: Be Faithful
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Setsuna said; "Take Hotaru with you. She is one of you, after all."
Hotaru looked stunned for a moment, and her soft, childlike voice questioned her shock, "But how can I be?"
"We think you're their princess."
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Keiichi looked shocked, dark eyes widening for a moment, Hotaru's amethyst ones responding and meeting his, both nodded, silently connected in a way. Princess and Protector. Setsuna's body flickered for a moment, before regaining it's stable form. Hotaru stood up, smiling at Setsuna and hugging her as she returned to the keeper of Time. Setsuna: The Senshi of Pluto.
Sailor Pluto nodded her head, speaking softly; "Well, it's time to go, Sailor Sagittarius, protect Hotaru-chan whilst your are learning your powers and finding your friends," the Senshi of Pluto nodded, taking Hotaru under her arm, "and do not let Michi and Haru near the princess for a while."
-- Two Weeks Later: Tokyo Airport --
"Ah! Ow..." A rather clumsy blonde toppled down the escalator at the airport, her bags falling on her head. Alicia rubbed her head, muttering under her breath in English, causing many people to look at her oddly. Alicia Johansen stood up, dragging her bags toward a man who was holding up a sign with her name. She smiled and waved.
"Hello there!" The older male blinked a few times, Alicia sweat dropping, before addressing him in Japanese, "Konnichiwa! Watashi wa... Alicia desu!" The man nodded, and led her toward the doors, taking her bags with him. The blonde looked muddled, before running after him. When they reached the outside, a limousine was waiting for her, the man who'd held her name hoping a door open.
Taking out her dictionary, Alicia asked him, "Am I riding a limo?" He nodded, Alicia squealing and diving into the door in a very excited way.
Once they were settled in the car, Alicia pulled out her mp3 player, bashing her head along to her music as she sung; "Stringsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana there was U2, and Blondie and Music still on MTV. Her two kids, in High School, they tell her that she's uncool, but she's still, preoccupied in nineteen, nineteen, nineteen eighty-five."
A male's voice came back through the intercom; "Are you alright miss, you sound like you're in pain." Alicia blushed, and sweat dropped, staying silent after these words.
Half an hour later, they had arrived at an estate on the borders of Tokyo, where a girl and a man knelt before four females. Alicia stepped out of the car, and instantly the girl who was kneeling looked up and sapphire met amethyst in daggers. Neither liked each other from the very first moment. But Alicia would be polite, and the blonde walked toward them, her flip-flops making noises as they scraped on her battered jeans. Her sequined top glistened in the sunset.
Minako Aino looked up from the kneeling people before her, walking over to the confused Australian. "You must be Alicia Johansen. I'm Minako, but please, call me Mina. These people behind me are Rei, Ami, Makoto, Hotaru and Keiichi, we hope you enjoy your stay here, I'll have Keii-kun help you with your bags." Each person, both male and female, waved when his or her name was spoken, and Keiichi stood up, walking over to Alicia, whose bags had appeared behind her.
Keiichi grinned, this girl seemed not to realise what she was getting herself into as he lifted her bags, and she followed, seemingly bewildered. Keiichi led the girl inside, Alicia having to run to keep up with him, "Uh, Excuse me, but why is everything so... creepy here?"
"It's this way because the Princess likes it this way." Keiichi replied with a smile. She was now taking two steps to his one.
"The Princess? You mean Royalty lives here?"
"You've met her. She's the one who brought you to us."
"You mean... You mean my dream was real?"
"You got it."
"But I don't even know what the term Senshi means!"
"You're a warrior for the Princess now."
"Can I meet her? I mean soo-" Keiichi sighed, this girl wouldn't shut up, so he resorted to drastic measures, kissing her on the lips. Alicia went quiet for a moment, before slapping him hard across the face. "Thanks a lot. I didn't want my first kiss to be with some guy I didn't even know!"
"That was your first kiss?" Keiichi said, as he dropped her bags to cradle his beet red cheek, which had a handprint across it. Alicia huffed and grabbed her bags, storming up into her room, throwing her bags onto her bed. Already she didn't like two of the people here. Closing her eyes for a few seconds, she opened them to a room full of people.
The only person who wasn't there was the girl she hadn't liked. The one with the purple hair, Hotaru or something like that, "What are you all doing in my room! I thought this was my private place!" Alicia said, but was suddenly silenced as the girl she recognized as Hotaru swept into the room. Except, she didn't look to be in the same clothes as she was wearing before. Before, she'd seemed casual, now she seemed to hold herself as an heir of royalty.
Hotaru raised her head, and the silver tiara on it sparkled mercilessly in the dim lighting, but she ignored Alicia; "Keii-kun, I still couldn't call upon the princess in me like Serenity-sama told me I should be able to."
"You'll get it soon, baby." Keiichi said as he wrapped his arms around the young 'princess'. Alicia thought it was time to speak up, just ask how it was done.
"O hime-sama, how is it that you're supposed to call upon the princess in you?" The blonde asked in a soft, bittersweet tone. Noting the tone, Hotaru smirked and pulled Keiichi to her, wrapping a gloved hand that was too 'delicate' to be shown to the world around his waist.
"Oh, I kneel on the floor and call out; 'Constellations; Hear your princess' plea! Show my true form!' and I'm supposed to automatically change in a lot of ways."
Snorting with laughter, Alicia rolled her eyes and just shrugged, "I wonder why it doesn't work. Now, I have jet lag, so please just get out of my face and go snuggle somewhere else."
Sigh, of course the happy people left after that, and Alicia was ever so glad. She fell to her knees and her mind wandered to the door, which slammed and locked of its own accord, her eyes fluttering to a close.
"Let's just see, I mean… who cares if it doesn't work?" She muttered to herself, before she opened her arms and a sudden breeze picked up around her. She felt the power of many absorbing into her small frame and her voice caught in her throat as she felt a chill run down her spine.
"Constellations; Hear your princess plea for you! Show me truth!" A sudden wave of emotions and power overwhelmed her, and Alicia felt her hair lengthen and fall around her before she collapsed on the floor.
Alicia awoke, her body shivering and broken in a cold sweat. She felt older somehow, and her body was cloaked in a long, red gown that was much longer than the length of her body, and a pair of wings graced her back. Her hair was as long as the gown and falling around her body, a part pulled up on either side of her head. Her feet were wrapped with bright red ribbons but no shoes, and man, did she feel royal!
She heard voices, and glanced at the window, it was dawn!
"Hello? Alicia-san? Are you in there?" Setsuna's voice piped up, and Alicia sweat dropped, running for the door and holding it there. Time for some quick thinking, Alicia closed her eyes and screamed.
"I'm naked!"
"No you're not."
Looking up, Alicia glared at the grinning face of Setsuna, who looked about to bounce off the walls. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"O hime-sama!"
"Shush! You'll alert the others!" Alicia snapped, her arms folding over her chest. Setsuna put her hands on her head, and kissed her forehead, where a star suddenly appeared.
"Hime-sama, I really would never have guessed," Setsuna said as she took a few steps back, "no wonder it would not work for Hotaru!"
Alicia glared, playing absently with a strand of very long blonde hair. Setsuna smirked, putting her hands on the shoulders of the young princess. "You must tell them," she said with a smile, "tell them now."
Kneeling in front of Alicia, Setsuna clapped her hands, and the other Senshi appeared, all higgledy-piggledy. The first to enter was Minako, and she fell to her knees beside Setsuna, eyes wide. Following her was the rest of the inner Senshi, and then Keiichi and Hotaru.
Keiichi's reaction is priceless! Alicia thought as she lifted her head, watching as Keiichi's eyes opened, closed, opened and then shut tight. Smirking, the young Australian girl watched as he looked from Hotaru to Alicia.
If Keiichi's reaction had been good, Hotaru's was fantastic! She fell to her knees and started sobbing, screaming and muttering profanities that no girl of her age should even know, let alone utter. She was torn apart, the girl she hated was the princess of the constellations. Not her. And Alicia loved every minute.
A/N: What did you think? Did you enjoy it? Love it, hate it… tell me about it! I want to know. Next chapter will be some mildly adult scenes. Thanks to all who reviewed!
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