The Brother of Sailor Moon

Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Journey

Well this is my first *posted* SM fanfic. This takes place between the R and S seasons, so let me know what you think! Revised 1.26.04 ~ I made some changes basically to the format, but also to the end so that I can make the story make better sense.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fanfic except the idea and storyline.

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My name is Shingo. I am the brother of Usagi. This is a story of a dark period of my life. I don't exactly know when this whole mess started. It was a while ago when I first noticed everything. This whole time strange things had happened right under my nose and I never even noticed. It continues to surprise me on how oblivious my parents are. But then again, my sister Usagi has always been the favorite. That must have been the reason that they forbid me from getting a hamster, but then a few weeks later allowed Usagi to have a cat. Now most people who aren't familiar with my family would say that was because she was older and more mature, but really if you knew my sister, you'd realize that nobody who knew her could ever describe her as "mature". In fact we were complete opposites. I was the good student...the responsible one. I don't know why, then, I didn't see it sooner, but definitely...after the cat incident...things went crazy. First it was the cat. The cat itself was a strange cat...it had strange markings. It was completely black except for one patch of yellow fur that looked like a crescent moon. Sometimes, I swear that cat could talk and act just like a human being. Then, not too long after she got the cat, she suddenly got new friends. She spent less and less time with her childhood friend,Naru, and more and more time with these new girls. She seemed under more stress and was way more secretive.

She also got a boyfriend. A 21-year-old boyfriend. I never liked him. He was WAY too old to date my sister. Yet my parents didn't care, and there wasn't too much I could do about it. The last straw was my "cousin" who came to stay with us. She had everyone fooled...except for me...and maybe my sister. It was so hard to tell with her by then. Yet after she left I came to a realization. It was there that I chose my path. I was doing a report on an emotional disorder and I realized that my sister's erratic behavior was deeper than what I thought. The pieces of the puzzle finally came together.

A series of what seemed like unrelated events, were really significant. They were a cry for help. I believed my sister had some sort of disorder...depression maybe. I didn't know. All I knew was that I had to find out further. I decided to follow her every move and find out as much as I could. Maybe I could help her. Or maybe I could convince Mom she needed help. And so,not really knowing what I would be getting into, I formed a plan of action. I would gather information and then spy. That, I decided, would begin tomorrow. Tomorrow, I would begin to discover my sister's Big Secret.

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