Chibi no Senshi
(A/N: Wee! This is for you Amy and Ellane Furniss! You guys rock!)
Chapter Two - How They Got There and New Friends Made: Parts 01-02
--Knock Knock, Who's There? Signs and How They Got There.--
"Wow! This place looks really cool!", said Chibi-Mina as she gazed around. They were... well, they didn't know where they were but so? Everything looked cool and had a sort of "advanced technology" vibe to it!
They were in a city next to the Sanc Kingdom, called Traverse City. (A/N: What?) They were standing in the middle of a busy sidewalk, no-one seemed to notice them appearing out of no-where. People just walked around the kids. Not giving a crap as to why they weren't in school.
All in all, the girls had no idea in heck as to where they were.
Little did the girls know that no-one understood a word they said. They were Japanese afterall and spoke Japanese. Boy were things going to get complicated!
"They already are!", shouted Makoto, receiving many odd stares from passer-bys and clerks sweeping out their shops.
Usagi was Sailor Moon and was gonna act like it! As in, playing leader.
"Well, we'd better find this Relena person and her castle! Makoto, go ask for directions!", she ordered. Makoto stared at her.
"Okay... why me?", she asked.
"'Cuz... you're the toughest of us!", she said.
Makoto lived with that, and with a prideful grin walked over towards a middle aged man setting up some sort of sign. From the smells of his shop she could tell he worked at a diner. One of her many culinary abilities!
The man stopped messing with the sign when he felt a tug on his apron. He looked down to see a smiling pair of emerald green eyes. The girl wore a green shirt decorated with large sunflowers and blue shorts. She had brown hair pulled back into a ponytail and two rose-shaped earrings were in her ears. (A/N: Where else?)
The man looked down at her, not sure if she were a thief, she looked healthy enough. The smile looked real, he looked over to see two other girls her age and a little baby looking at them. Raising his eyebrows at her he wondered where their parents were. Maybe they didn't have any.
"Gokigenyoo! Tetsu datte itadakemasuka?", came her reply to his gesture.
Stare. What did she say?
"Hm?", went the confused man.
"Michi ni mayoimashita!", she continued. Still he stared at her if she were crazy.
"What did you say? Sorry brat but I don't understand a word you say, so stop wasting my time!", with a huff her turned back to setting up his sign.
Makoto glared at how he ignored her, screw him and whatever he said! Sticking her tongue out she walked back over to her friends.
"That wasn't very nice of him! He ignored you!", said Chibi-Usa, who now held Hotaru.
Makoto nodded in agreement, but Minako had a different look on her face.
"That guy... he was speaking in English! Of course you guys didn't understand him! Your english sucks!" With that, she walked up to the man and tapped him on the leg. She didn't notice the evil looks Usagi and Makoto gave her, Hotaru just blew a bubble with her saliva.
"Excuse me, sir? But could you tell me where weare?", she asked politely as he turned to get a look at her.
'Well, at least she doesn't talk funny,', no the man wasn't very bright.
This youngin' had long blond hair that reached her thighs, some of it was pulled back with a red ribbon, she had happy cornflower blue eyes that shone. She clearly expected an answer. Her orange-sandaled right foot tapped several times. She wore a cute little orange spagetthi strap dress that reached her knees.
"Uh. You're in Traverse City, Japan.", was his reply.
Minako blinked, Was there a Traverse City in Japan? If so, since when?
Okay...
"Can you tell me how to get to the... 'Sanc Kingdom'?", that was a normal question... for tourists.
The man looked thoughtful, maybe the girls wanted to see Princess Relena, not that they would, seeing as the whole place was guarded and the only time it was open to others was for parties, press conferences, and announcements of importance. But the "Kingdom" itself was where Miss Relena lived, the city around it, called Sanc, was an area they would be allowed.
"Well, head down this street southways, and if you travel down far enough you'll pass the theatre and a street named Peace and Trial. Take that and you'll see a sign saying you're in Sanc, and a forest beyond that, walk along the road in it and in no time you'll see the Darlian/Peacecraft home in the distance, meaning you're there!", he said as easy and understandable for the child. Or maybe he was just stupid himself.
"Okay mister... thank-you!", said the girl with a grin and she ran back to her friends to relay the message. The man mearly scratched his head and went back to work, he didn't want his boss docking his pay afterall.
--And so the girls followed his directions, surprisingly getting them right, they would worry about other things later for their destination was ahead of them! Not that Usagi really kept her mind off food.--
"Oh! This is so cool!" Squealed Usagi, they'd past all the cool-looking shops, dragging Minako away from all the clothing stores, and were now walking down the road in the middle of the woods.
As for why Usagi wasn't deathly afraid of the dark woods was because along the road lining beautiful flowers grew. Daisies, sunflowers, tigerlilies, and morning glories wound around the trees. The sun peeked out from behind the treetops, shading them from it's heat.
Hotaru was a happy little thing, she had yet to get any scary visions, her diaper was clean, and she didn't have to walk.
Makoto, the strongest and toughest out of the four girls, and the only who could make a sandwich without getting peanut butter everywhere, she held baby Hotaru in her arms, Usagi was a step behind her, they walked in a line, attempting to ignore Usagi's grumbling stomach. She had yet to show her discomfort in voice, oddly enough, but they didn't know that as soon as she started whining, Hotaru would cry, and when she cried Makoto would start complaining too, and then Minako- who was leading them- would probably go bang her head up against a tree to knock herself out meanwhile the tree would probably be covered in long brown furry vines. (A/N: And if you don't know what those vines are, you're doomed in the wilderness.)
And so this happened.
Luckily though, Minako just started slapping herself in the face instead of getting herself some poison ivy. She slapped herself so hard though that she went flying into the middle of the street. This caused Usagi to stop whining and stare at her unmoving body, Hotaru stopped crying and laughed at how her friend had probably just knocked herself out, and Makoto didn't know what to do!
A black car came driving down the road, headed towards Sanc, the car had to stop, seeing a little blond girl in the road. A woman stepped out, looking at them curiously. She noted the brunette holding the little dark-haired baby on the side.
Usagi ran in the road and bent down to her friend.
"Mina-chan? Daijoubu ka?", she asked, while patting her "twin's" head. Minako groaned and turned over, her face all red and with a big red hand mark on her right cheek. The deadly mark.
"Daijoubu... demo, atama ga itai desu.", came her reply, thus Usagi had to hold in her giggles.
The woman in the car attempted to go see if the child was okay, but a man stopped her, heading towards them himself while another man pulled the woman back into the car gently.
When the man reached them Minako was sitting up next to Usagi. She stared up at him as he gave them an odd look, he heard them speak in their language.
"What... the heck are you doing in the middle of the road you brats!", he said.
Minako stared at him. This guy... was HOT. And apparently asian. His glaring didn't phase her as she finally realized what he said. Usagi just twiddled her thumbs, not being able to speak english or understand it.
"Hey! We're not brats! We're just going to the Sanc Kingdom to see Relena-san, meanie!", she shouted indignately, standing up and stomping on his foot, not that that hurt him.
Asian Man had to laugh, this girl wasn't afraid of him, she must be a war orphan, maybe her friends too? He wondered about the marks on her face though... wait, the Sanc Kingdom? What would little girls want with going there? Maybe they thought they could get Relena's autograph?
"Whatever brat, just get out of the road.", with that he turned on his heel and walked back over to the black car.
"What was that?", asked the woman, looking past him towards the girl who looked a bit miffed and the pigtailed girl who was brushing her clothes off.
"They're walking to the Sanc apparently, to see Relena-san.", said Asian Man.
"Relena-SAN? Not many speak like that.", she asked.
"Yeah, I didn't know people still spoke in Japanese either."
The woman appeared thoughtful.
"We should give them a ride then!", the woman smiled, "I don't see why they can't see her. They're just children."
The man glared, but she was right, they were just children. Shrugging he called towards them,
"Brats! If you want a ride, then hop in!", that was putting it bluntly, and if the girls were smart they wouldn't "hop in".
Usagi gazed confusedly at the Asian Man and the woman. To her all they said was gibberish! She was also kind of upset that nobody here spoke Japanese. Well, minus her friends.
"What did they say?", she asked as Minako beckoned Makoto over to them, in the middle of the road.
"They said they could give us a ride there!", she said, somewhat unsure.
Makoto scratched her arm, "Well, you shouldn't ride with strangers! They could be kidnappers!"
"Well, we could accept their offer, and if they turn out to be bad people... we could sic Mako-chan on them and get away!", said Usagi.
Asian Man stared over at the several girls, they seemed to be discussing their predicament, he himself spoke a little Japanese. Just enough to find out what was up with them and why they spoke one of the "lost languages".
"Are you sure this is a good idea, onna?", he asked the woman.
She nodded her head, "Of course! If they came from Traverse then they're sure to be tired. This is the revolution! Children should have homes, not wandering the streets having to steal food! Why do you think we went to L2? Money there is obviously scarce, we want to maintain peace, and for the people to live happily.", her touching speech just made Asian Man grunt as the girls walked toward them.
The blond with the red bow spoke, "Uh, if it's no problem, we would like a ride. But only I can speak english so they won't know what you're saying. Um... I'm Minako! And the other blond is Usagi, Ponytail is Makoto, and the baby is Hotaru!", she ended, grinning.
The woman smiled kindly, "Well, Minako you and your friends can step right in. It's no bother,"
Minako pulled at Usagi's sleeve and pushed her into the car. The woman slid over to the left and Usagi sat in the middle, Makoto stepped in with Hotaru leaving Minako to sit inbetween the driver and Asian Man.
"Let's go then."
Usagi sat nervously, buckling her seatbelt the doors locked and the driver hit the gas. They were off to the Sanc Kingdom. She hadn't wanted to say much, all of this was overwhelming for the now five year old. She began to tug at her pigtails, something she did as a kid out of nervousness. Come on, her boyfriend had turned into a squirrel, they were children again in another dimension, she didn't know if becoming Sailor Moon was a possibility in this body, and she was hungry! It had been hours since she last ate anything! She heard Minako talking in her stupid english and attempted to push down the few waves of jealousy. What if they were going to make fun of her pigtails? She looked up at the driver. She had yet to hear his voice so she wondered if her could talk at all.
As if feeling her blue eyes on him, the driver glanced into the rear-view mirror and her eyes caught his. With an unhearable eep! she bent her head back down.
'It's no good crying!', she thought, 'You're supposed to be a princess! You shouldn't be afraid of every little thing! Come on girl, hold you head up high and save your tears for later!', she tilted her head up straight and sat as properly as she could, taking a look at the woman to her left she noticed her sitting like a real lady. Usagi copied her.
To some you would think they were big sister and little sister, even though the little sister was really more like a twin sister since she was really the same age as the other girl. Blond hair, blue eyes, even if they were a few shades different.
Makoto looked out the window, watching the trees go by fast. After a while this made her dizzy."Memai ga shimasu", she muttered,shaking her head and turning her view on something else, the guys up front. She didn't even want to hurt her brain trying to figure out what they were saying since she could only say "thank-you" and "good-bye" anyway. Gasping slightly, she stared at the driver, then back at the Asian Man.
They looked just like her old boyfriend!
Holding in her squeals of delight at this wonderful discovery she realized something. She was five, and they were probably about 16-17 years old. 'That's not fair!', she thought angrily, 'I'm too little! Not to mention after I change I'll have to go back home! Ugh!'
She took her time to start pouting, receiving an odd look from both Usagi and the woman, who had yet to introduce herself.
Minako was having a blast talking to the Asian Man, or rather, annoying him. First with the poking, then the messing with his little ponytail, and asking him the word "Why?" over and over again.
When asked by the Asian Man why she looked all beat up she'd given him a simple answer,
"I slapped myself," he said nothing more. For a while, anyway.
She'd gotten a little down when she asked them their names, they said they weren't allowed to.
'Yeah right! They probably just don't want me to know! Meanies!', she'd thought then. The sun was setting a bit. And she heard a yawn from Usagi in the back and looked over her shoulder to see Usagi lie her head on Makoto's shoulder, baby Hotaru was already fast asleep. She guessed this was quiet time. When she was a child mentally, her mother taught her that "quiet time" was when the kids were seen and not heard. Apperently this was also known as bedtime. And several times she heard her mom pray at night. Minako knew her mom wasn't religious too!
"Thank God, she's in bed!", she remembered her mom's prayers usually sounding something like that.
Drowsiness soon overcame her too, and Minako leaned her head onto Asian Man, who muttered a few colorful words, and drifted off to sleep...
--They Saw the Sanc Kingdom!--
The man at the diner failed to mention the the road to Sanc was about 27 miles long.
With a yawn, Usagi sat up, attempting to stretch out her arms and legs, but failing to do so as she was squished inbetween some woman and Mako-chan. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she squinted to get used to the light.
Usagi looked over at the woman, she had her head propped up against her arms. Usagi wasn't sure with how the woman looked even when sleeping. There weren't any wrinkles in her clothing, and she didn't snore- or drool, her hair didn't look frizzy or tangled either. Usagi couldn't help it, she stuck her tongue out at the woman with a glare.
"Careful, your face could get stuck that way," came a voice. Huh? A male voice. And she understood it!
Usagi looked around the car, the Asian Man was asleep, and that left the driver.
He turned his head to face her.
She had to admit that his eyes were beautiful. Emerald green, like Mako-chan's.
"You speak Japanese?" she asked him. Receiving a nod, the man opened his door and climbed out. He poked his head back in and thrust his arms out, towards Usagi.
"Are you coming out?" he asked her.
So he gently lifted her over Minako and out of the car, and quietly set her down as not to wake the others up.
Usagi looked around, she saw a fountain to her right, a big sakura tree next to a large building, and a big mansion. A VERY big mansion. There were men in what looked like uniforms all around the area, some would walk back and forth and others would just stand still, not moving the slightest bit. Usagi wondered what would happen if she kicked one of them. Probably nothing.
"Where are we?" she asked. The man gave her an odd look for a second.
"The Sanc Kingdom. The home of Princess Relena Darlian/Peacecraft." was his reply.
Usagi's eyes widened. This big, beautiful mansion was the princess' castle? That meant that they'd get to meet the princess soon!
Squealing giddily, Usagi ran around in circles around the driver. She stopped running for a second,
"What's your name?" she looked up innocently.
The driver looked down at her. This young girl who's whole mood changed when she found out he spoke her language. Even though he wasn't really sure. But when he heard them talking, he just... understood. He could tell what the pigtailed girl sort of felt on the drive to Sanc, she seemed troubled. He found himself compelled to help her be happy.
"Trowa. Trowa Barton,"
Usagi reached up to shake his hand, "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu! Doozo yoroshiku onegai shimasu!"
--And then, Usagi and Trowa became close friends. They say opposites attract, right? Seeing as there couldn't be anyone more different than those two when together.--
"Sank-yoo for za ride, missss." said Usagi and Makoto. Minako had given them a little lesson in english.
"It was no problem girls." she smiled back at them. Uasgi and Makoto nodded as if they understood, which they probably didn't, and bowed. She found it polite to bow back. Then a strange look came across her face.
"You know... I could let you meet her. It wouldn't be hard to pull a few strings." said the woman, as the girls were getting ready to leave. They weren't exactly sure how to go about meeting the princess.
Minako's eyes widened. And Pluto said getting to her would be hard! Or was it getting the antidote that would be hard?
"Really?" said Minako, barely able to believe her ears. 'If only more people were like this lady! She's so nice,'
The woman nodded, "Sure, I know for a fact that she has a little free time on the 15th. Maybe you could come by then?"
Minako's face fell, they couldn't wait until then! Wait... what was today? Well whatever day it was Minako knew they couldn't wait too long, the girls back home would worry and then there was Mamoru.
Minako turned to her friends to tell them the news. Usagi sat next to Trowa, and Makoto was trying to get Hotaru to sleep. The poor baby was hungry.
"Guys! The Lady is gonna let us see the princess!" she screeched, as if Hotaru understood she squealed little giggles of delight. To her this probably meant some nice squished 'nanas. Makoto pumped her fist, nearly dropping the baby. Usagi mearly stared. Then she smiled.
"But... not until the 15th. She is a princess afterall, so of course she'll be busy.", this caused their happiness to go down a couple of notches. Yep, this sucked. Where would they go for the next couple of days?
Minako turned to the lady, they'd figure something out.
"Okay then! We'll come by and meet her! So we'll just go for now! I've got a nice warm bed waiting for me! Ikimashou, minna-chan!" she walked down the long drive towards the already bustling city, Makoto didn't hesitate to follow with Baby Hotaru in her arms.
Usagi looked after them for a second, then looked up at Trowa. It was pretty to see that she didn't want to leave him, but after hearing her friends call her she got up rather slowly and after dusting herself off wrapped her arms around him, she washugging him, and she barely reached his waist. She had to stand on the tips of her toes, a cute sight. Wufei suppressed the urge to smile and laugh at the slightly blushing Trowa.
Usagi waved towards them as she followed the two girls.
The Lady looked after them somewhat sadly. It didn't really seem like they had anywhere to go. She turned and headed towards the palace.
"Do you think they'll be alright?" she asked her bodyguards.
Wufei glanced back towards the children. Shaking his head, he saw what they were like, so innocent. "Who knows? We'll see when they come see the princess."
Lady smiled, she wondered what they would say "Yes, we'll just have to wait,"
"Let's go Princess, your brother has waited for you long enough. Who knows what he'll say to picking up hitchhikers?" said Trowa as he followed them.
--A Place to Live? Well, sorta.--Makoto stared in awe at the large buildings around her. Some of these places looked a little familiar, and others looked big and scary.
The girls had split up, it was Usagi's turn to take Hotaru, and her being the smallest of the three big girls, well, that wasn't an easy job. Minako was the only who could speak english, so she was put in charge of finding a place to stay. Makoto had to find out what they were going to eat, as well as how they would be getting the food. And Usagi stayed behind some big building with the baby, she had the toughest job of all.
Getting the baby to shut, the crap, up. As well as see if she could get in contact with Sailor Pluto. That's another reason why Hotaru was with her. Of course, to find a way to do that was to get the baby to stop bawling it's- um, her head off.
So far Usagi's attempts were in vain. She'd sung every lullaby written, read every bedtime story she could off the top of her head, made funny faces, rocked her, and even tried to play fetch with a stick.
Little Hotaru was hungry and in need of a diaper change. But Usagi didn't and wouldn't know that. How she plans on raising her future daughter, I don't know!
Okay, given that Usagi can't sing worth crap, hadn't read/heard any bedtime stories since she was really five, was scary when making faces, rocked her too fast, and didn't know there were termites on the stick, she was doing an okay job.
But Hotaru wasn't a very understanding baby. Her mind had been turned to mush when she changed, due to the fact that having a baby body wasn't right for a twelve year old. The baby body couldn't take Hotaru's intelligence and power. So in retaliation, she turned her mind to mush.
Being a single mother is hard.
--Mako-chan and the Hunt--
Makoto stared at a plant. This plant had big green leaves that were shaped like how when you took paint and just splattered it on a wall. She wondered if she could one day change this plant's name to The Splotchy Leaf Plant".
It really had another name. But Makoto being Makoto couldn't remember it's name. She only knew it's leaves were edible. And the girls were hungry. She wondered if the baby would eat it. Salads were healthy. Makoto also wondered if people ever put berries and leaves together in a salad before. She knew Usagi would eat it. Minako would probably only eat the berries.
Whatever they were called.
Molberries? Mullberries? Mallberries? ...
And the leaves! She knew they were the kind that you made root beer out of. Or was it the roots you used? Why else would it be called ROOT beer? Mako-chan liked root beer.
Sasaphras? Sassaphras? Sissypras? Ugh, science wasn't really her thing anyway!
Shrugging, Makoto began pulling off a bunch of the leaves. Figuring she had enough she walked back to where a really really big leaf had a bunch of little red wine-colored berries. Or were they the color of red grape juice? Was that the same thing? Oh well.
She set the leaves next to the berries. A little creek was off a little ways, the water running was a very appealing noise. It was pretty hot out.
Earlier when she'd been given her task, Makoto had walked towards woods that surrounded part of Sanc. And in the woods she found the berry tree and the leaves. The water that would rinse off the "food".
Makoto had done a lot of thinking when she looked for the plants. What about meat? She figured is she were lucky and this actually was Japan she could find the ocean. And where there was ocean, there was fish. 'A lot of fish,' she thought.
So after she had dragged the big leaf to the creek and rinsed off the "salad", she ventured (she'd wrapped the big leaf around her "salad" the a butcher will wrap meat in that white paper) off to an open area, package in hand. She had to find the sun, since the sun set in the west and she needed to find the east. Hopefully the ocean wasn't too far away from where she was.
Funny how far she was willing to go for a "perfect" meal. Let's just hope that she makes it.
--Aino Minako's "How to Put Lessons to Good Use" Part 01--
Let's see, who shall be the Goddess of Love's next victim?
Minako looked around, she'd been turned down by two people already! Stupid idiots! Oh well, they only thought she was some dirty beggar! Her, dirty! How dare they! Ah well, there's that old saying: You win some, you pick someone else! (Huh?)
She needed someone nice, someone who could be well... conned easily. Who could do that and provide a nice place for them? And maybe give them a meal, she was almost afraid to find out what Makoto was cooking up!
She'd been walking around the busy city for about an hour now, she had to be picky, she didn't want to waste her acting abilities! Up on one of the high, high buildings was a large screen that showed some program about how weapons were banned. Banned, huh?
And then Minako saw them.
A man and woman, an elderly couple she guessed. Who was more gullible? Surely with a pretty little smile and a nice tear-jerking story she could convince them to let her and her friends stay with them until Friday! Things were turning up! (You mean looking up?)
She walked over to them. The woman saw her coming and suddenly had a strange look on her face. Was that fear? Suddenly, the woman grabbed her husband's arm and the two walked away quickly. This confused Minako. Of course in the middle of thinking why the woman would do that, she stopped walking towards them.
And you see, they had been on the sidewalk opposite of her. She was currently standing in the middle of the road. And several cars were headed her way, she heard the loud horn of one of the cars. And suddenly everything seemed to stop, the car seemed very close.
If only she could stop time...
(A/N: I changed a lot of stuff! Like dates and... well, whatever. The Sanc Kingdom has replaced Tokyo. English is the only language spoken, 'cept for the girls' language. Oh yeah, this is a bit AU, k? I wonder if you can figure out how so...?
Yay! I'm done with this chapter. But that's only because I cut up the chapter a lot. So really the next few chapters were originally just one. Oh well. This just means I can let them out sooner! Be happy people!)