"Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down."
-Chapter 1-
Today was beautiful. The sun was shining bright through the very little clouds that roamed the sky. Birds sang their song, the wind blew gently through the atmosphere, and people were cheerful and smiling constantly. Chou was on her usually morning stroll through the park as she drank iced tea like always. Her eyes twinkled every time the sun light hit them, bringing out the deep blue coloring. Her black-blue hair blew away from her face as she continued her stroll. Everything was perfect. Her friends were perfect, school was perfect, and her sister, who she lives with, is perfect. Her sister is really the only thing that keeps Chou in line these days; ever since her last boyfriend left her a few months ago for someone else. She has kept her in line ever since her parents died 4 year ago, when she was 12. Up until then, they were the perfect family. Father had a great job that paid the bills, and mother was always taking care of Chou. This family was everything that you could imagine a perfect family would be like. Then, one day, father started to act strange. His temper grew shorter by the days, and he became more violent with her and her mother. Eventually, something happened.
While Chou was at school, she was called into the office…
"Chou your mother and father….are…dead."
Chou stood there with a blank stare on her face. Just as the secretary opened her mouth to speak, Chou's sister came crashing into the office right as Chou broke down. She fell to her knees and sobbed into her sister's embrace. Her sister began crying too, along with almost everyone in the school office.
Because of how brutal the murder was, they had decided to keep the real reason of how her parents died a secret. They couldn't tell her the truth. It would be the end of her.
Now, 4 years later, everything is almost perfect again. Chou had accepted her parents' death and grew stronger. Her and her sister became closer than ever, and Chou has made a whole bunch of new friends.
She was finally becoming her old self again. That was until her 'prince charming' broke her heart and left her for another girl. Ever since, Chou has sworn never to fall in love again. She hated getting her heart broken, and who doesn't? So, she took a vow. If she never fell in love again, she would never have to go through such pain again.
Her feet strode in steady beat on the pavement as she smiled and took another drink of her iced tea.
He floated silently in air as he looked down at the park of Tokyo below. His long blue haired fell around his face, shaping it. Suddenly, he spotted her.
'A Sailor Scout…' he thought as he saw black, long hair, just as he remembered Sailor Mars looked.
He zoomed down to the ground just a few feet behind the girl who he thought to be sailor mars.
Chou's smile faded as she heard the sound of footsteps behind her, but she kept walking. A few steps later, the sound came again. This time, she stopped walking. Chou tried to look behind from the corner of her eye, too afraid to turn around. Even without moving, she heard the footsteps as if they were right behind her. Slowly, she turned around and faced a man a little bit taller than her, with long blue hair and a strange outfit.
Chou laughed nervously as she clutched her cold iced tea tightly both her hands.
"C-Can I help you?" She asked the man who only smirked.
"Are you lost or s-something?" Chou asked him again. This time, she chuckled and spoke.
"Playing dumb, are we?" The man asked sarcastically. Chou took a small step backwards and furrowed her brow.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's me," the man said yet again through an evil smirk. Chou swallowed hard, taking another step backwards.
"I-I'm sorry, I don't know you," she said as sternly as she could. Instead, her voice cracked.
The man laughed and took a step closer to Chou, smiling.
"Don't tell me you don't remember who I am."
"No, I don't know you. I'm sorry," Chou said, raising her voice as she turned her back to him and began to walk off. He grew mad now. This Sailor Mars girl was being stubborn.
Growling, he reached out, grabbed Chou's arms tightly and turned her roughly around to face him, knocking the cup of iced tea on the ground, splattering everywhere.
Chou was scared. She has no clue who this man is. His hands were clenched tightly around her shoulders, most likely bruising her. He stared into her eyes intently. She stared back, terrified.
Chou shook her head and pulled herself out of his grip, breathing heavily.
"Who are you, and what do you want with me?"Chou yelled at him defensively. Yet again, the man smirked.
"I came back to see you…Sailor Mars."
Chou cocked an eyebrow at the man confusedly.
'Sailor Mars?' she thought.
"S-Sailor who?" Chou questioned the man.
"I'm surprised you don't remember who I am."
Chou was now getting very frustrated with this man.
"No I'm not Sailor…Mars or whoever. I'm just me. I'm just Chou."
The man froze. He was almost positive it was Sailor Mars. He took one last look over Chou's features.
'She isn't…'
"You're not…" Chou cut him off.
"No, I'm not that girl, whoever she is. I'm Chou!"
There was silence. They stared at each other for a long time before Chou opening her mouth to speak.
"W-Who are you, anyway?" Chou asked, coking her head to the side and stepping forward just a bit.
Before the man could answer, a girl behind him called out.
"Fiore!" The girl began, grabbing the man named Fiore's attention. He turned around to face the mysterious girl.
"What are you doing here? Go back home!!" She ordered him. Chou looked over to the far left and saw her friend Amy standing there.
"Amy?" Chou whispered to herself.
"Fine," the man, Fiore responded to Amy. Smirking, he his head around and looked at Chou.
"Goodbye…Chou…" He said before he lifted in the air and disappeared into a swirl of rose petals.
Chou stood speechless. Amy sighed and walked over to Chou, entwining her arms with her's.
"Amy, you know him?"
"Don't worry. Just forget about it ok?" Amy cooed as she and Chou walked off down the street of the park.
Chou couldn't help but feel curious. With everything that had happened, she wants to know more. She wants to find out more about this Fiore guy. She wants to; she intends to….