I hear you,
Amongst the shadows and wing of a dark night.
When I awaken silently, gently,…
…I hope that the world that first appears in my eyes…
…that the voice that touches my ears…
…I hope that it is him once again today.
Everything that is born from that voice…
…so that nobody has to feel any pain.
I love this town, where I'm together with him,
I love being in the rain, together with him,
I love the sounds I make, together with him.
I hear you everywhere,
Even if we were to drift apart on a cold morning…
Chobits
Chapter 5: Dreams
Ishizu immediately de-transformed from her Sailor Earth form, not bothering to conceal her counterpart nor did she care if the gang knew who she was.
"Usa-chan!" she cried and gathered the sleeping girl into her arms. "Wake up! Usa! C'mon! What happened?"
Seto was the first to notice Ishizu hadn't called the girl by her name and caught her upon doing so, "Why are you calling her 'Usa'?"
Ishizu's face fell as she turned to look at him. Her navy eyes locked with his.
"She honestly hates being called 'Max.' Her father's friends call him that, so she gets confused who they are talking to. Her mother used to call her 'Usagi', being shortened to 'Usa'." 1
The gang took that as a decent answer. Yami stared at the white-silver haired Lunarian and inquired, "Why did she collapse?"
Ishizu gently smiled at the Pharaoh, "She does not have all of her memories. Similar to you, Pharaoh. She was involved with your life, but the Gods took her memories away from her, wanting her to create a strong bond with Earth, not just Egypt." 2
A burst of silver-white light came from Usagi's body and Ishizu clasped a hand over her chest, sighing deeply. "At least she's alright. She will probably wake up in a day or so with no recollection of this. Do not mention this to her, do you understand?" 3
The gang nodded, with the expectation of Seto.
"Why not?" he questioned Ishizu with a ferocity about her being Sailor Earth.
Ishizu's blue-green aura began to glow brightly, so everyone could see it. "Would you dare to trespass me, Kabia? I will not spare you. Nor will Serenity's other senshi. Understood?"
Seto glared, but nodded, "Fine."
Usagi's Dream World
Usagi tumbled in a black abyss. She began to look around, after standing up. She stared at the supposed walls and then looked down at herself. She was dressed in a white spaghetti-strap Egyptian dress with two long slits went above mid-thigh. She was bare foot with silver bindings around her arms her wrist to elbow and then one of each of her upper-arms. Ice blue Lunarian and Egyptian letters formed on her back, though she did not see them.
"What's going on? Where am I?" she cried, immediately in defense mode.
A shadow appeared before her, the voice was harsh, "What? Don't you remember, Child?"
Time here,
All but means nothing, just shadows that move across the wall
They keep me company, but they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all.
And I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
But you send your thieves to me
Silently stalking me
"What am I supposed to remember?" Usagi asked the shadow as it kept moving around her. She closed her eyes, preparing herself to scream blood murder.
Dragging me into your war
Would you give me no choice in this?
I know you can't resist, trying reopen a sore
The shadow morphed into a man-like figure and wrapped it's thick fingers around her upper arms. Bruises formed as she moaned in pain, snapping her eyes shut.
"Let go," she whined and the shadow-morphed-man vanished and she cautiously opened her eyes.
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
"Remember, Hikari! Those who forget their past are condemned to repeat it!" 4 was shouted by another male figure as he appeared and screamed at her.
You see love - a tight, thorny thread that you spin in a circle of gold
You have me to hold me
A token for all to see
Captured to be yours alone
And I need just a little more silence,
And I just need a little more time
The courage to pull away
There will be hell to pay
The deeper you cut to the bone
She wailed, unsure of what was going on. The figure let go of her, her eyes opened, staring at the figure melt before her eyes.
"WAIT! DON'T LEAVE ME! AT LEAST TELL ME YOUR NAME!"
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
"DARTZ!" was the final scream.
Time here,
All but means nothing,
Just shadows that move across the wall
They keep me company,
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all.
Usagi burst in tears, clutching her head, wailing, "NO! I LET ANOTHER PERSON SUFFER FOR MY SAKE! IT SHALL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!"
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
She stopped wailing when she felt two hands caress her back softly, soothing her, calming her down. She raised her head from the person's lap to stare at who was caressing her. Her sapphire-silver eyes still held tears; those did not pour down her face.
"Who are you?" she whispered, staring at the man with seven spikes for hair and face cloaked in black.
"You do not need to know now. Let it come to you, it will come. You will remember in time, my koi," he said, then leaned down to capture her lips. Then he pulled away, "Goodbye Kari-chan. I know you will come again."
Her eyes went void and she collapsed.
Time here,
All but means nothing,
Just shadows that move across the wall
They keep me company,
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all. 5
:Meanwhile:
Ishizu, Yami/Yugi, Ryou/Bakura, Marik, Té a, Tristan, Joey and Duke headed to Yugi's Grandfather's Game Shop; while Seto and Mokuba returned home as did Mai.
Yugi's Grandfather had shown Ishizu an old dusty room to place Usagi in, while he made tea for the rest of his visitors. They all began talking about Max or Usagi, until Ishizu stepped foot in the room. She let go of a deep breath, sat down and began sipping on the herbal decaffeinated tea.
"So…" Té a mumbled. "Is Max… err… Usagi…"
She never finished because Joey butted in, "What are we supposed to call her, Max or Usagi or Usa, or what?"
Ishizu smiled, "Whatever she will let you. Call her Max for time being until I tell her I told you that I called her Usagi, okay?"
The group nodded all together with mutters of "Sure," "Yea," or "Ok."
Té a resumed her question, after smacking Joey on the back of the head, "Anyways, is she okay? She was completely wiped out."
Ishizu nodded mindlessly.
Duke asked her the next question, "What happened at the restaurant?"
Ishizu opened her closed navy eyes to glance at Duke, then stared into her mug of tea. Before she got that chance to respond, everybody heard a deafening scream from Usagi, "WAIT! DON'T LEAVE ME! AT LEAST TELL ME YOUR NAME!"
Yugi, Ishizu and Marik bolted upstairs to see what was wrong. Té a, Tristan, Duke, Ryou and Joey followed quickly behind them. Ishizu was by Usagi's side in the moment she stepped foot in the room. Usagi's right arm was reaching out to grab somebody, when tears sprung from the corners of her eyes and she shook her head back and forth as she wailed, "NO! I LET ANOTHER PERSON SUFFER FOR MY SAKE! IT SHALL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!"
As fast as she started crying, it stopped and she whispered softly, "Who are you?"
She then fell limp and mumbled words in Lunarian and Egyptian, causing Bakura, Yami, Marik and Ishizu to take a double take of what she said.
Té a regained her senses and asked Ishizu, "What did she say?"
Ishizu turned her saddened eyes to the teenage girl, "Usagi said 'Mommy' in her native language and 'Daddy' in her other language. She never met her mother, for when she was born this time, her mother died giving birth to her. Her father was always away when she was a girl, therefore, she rarely, if ever, saw him."
"Let's go," Ishizu muttered and everyone followed her back to the living room.
This time, Yami came out of the millennium puzzle around Yugi's neck and asked Ishizu, "What did you mean by 'when she was born this time'? Did she live another life?" 6
"So curious, Pharaoh," Ishizu mumbled. "She has something to do with your past, but I am not allowed to tell you, for I too only know pieces of the past. Usagi is in the process of regaining all of her memories."
A loud groan filled Usagi's room, but only made a tiny whisper to the gang; which would passed it off as Yugi's Grandpa's cleaning the game shop.
:Usagi's room:
Usagi bolted from her sleep, sitting straight up from her waist. 'What's going on?' she thought, sacred of what she had seen in her dreams and what she had felt. Her right hand flew to her neck, hoping nobody had seen the bruises. Then she touched her lips; 'What an breathtaking kiss…'
Helios 7 appeared to Usagi from a black portal and touched her head softly. "I'm sorry, Serenity-Hime, Pluto wouldn't allow me to not send you those dreams…"
Usagi turned to Helios, curiously asked him, "What do they mean?"
Helios's lavender-blue eyes bore into her dark blue eyes.
"I believe the dreams are from your past, Serenity-Hime. I honestly cannot give you a correct response, so do not believe my every word."
"Can you send me a couple blissful and happy dreams?" Usagi softly asked. "I am still tired from fighting those stupid yomas…"
Helios nodded, touched her head and Usagi fell back asleep, dreaming of cotton candy, doughnuts, ice cream and other food she desired. Helios vanished as soon as he had appeared, mentally told Ishizu that Usagi was asleep again and he had returned to the center of the Earth, where he continued to send children happy dreams.
Chapter 5:
1 From 'Max' to 'Usagi' to 'Usa'.
Ishizu just this is part up to cover Usagi; she doesn't want the YGO gang to become suspicious of Usagi's being in Domino City.
2 "She does not have all of her memories. Similar to you, Pharaoh. She was involved with your life, but the Gods took her memories away from her, wanting her to create a strong bond with Earth, not just Egypt."
Ishizu gave Yami a hint to his past, so he can think about something while
3 A burst of silver-white light came from Usagi's body and Ishizu clasped a hand over her chest, sighing deeply. "At least she's alright. She will probably wake up in a day or so with no recollection of this. Do not mention this to her, do you understand?"
The burst of silver-white light from Usagi's body is her aura. Usagi will have no recollection of her fighting the monsters because Sailor Pluto doesn't want to know.
4 Those who forget their past are condemned to repeat it.
I got this from a sign in my Advanced Placement Government class. Thought it fit the story. Will later be explained.
5 Time
A song by Sarah McLaughlin. I thought it was suitable for this section.
6 Yami's asking of 'when she was born this time'
Another hint to Usagi's past, something the YGO gang will later ask Usagi about.
7 Helios
He showed up because he knew that Sailor Pluto was sending Usagi these bizarre dreams, but couldn't do again against because Queen Selenity Usagi's mother wanted her to see them.