Title: What makes you a superhero
Author: Ree
Theme: Preseries - superheroes
Genre: general/humorish
Version: Anime/Manga/PGSM
Rating: G

I asked for their stories and this is what they told me. I can't guarantee they're the truth, you will have to ask Takeuchi Naoko, to whom they belong to.

What makes you a superhero

Kokoro, Satsuki, and Sonami plopped down next to Rei. Kokoro turned to Rei, obviously continuing a conversation. "So, who is your favorite superhero?"

With three pairs of eyes waited, glowing from the pleasure of their conversation. Rei tilted her head slightly. "The Bamboo Princess."

Satsuki frown. "She is mythology, she isn't a superhero."

Sonami flipped out a comic. "See, Wonder Woman is a superhero."

Rei dutifully looked again at the woman with dark hair wearing a body suit. Sonami was known for her love of foreign comics and her constant talking about them. Wonder Woman was the newest addition to her collection. "Wonder Woman is from some place exotic, so is the Bamboo Princess."

Kokoro grinned. "Yeah, she is from the Moon, just like Superman was from some other planet."

"Krypton." Sonami absently filled in the planet's name while she thought. "But a superhero has something really special about them. Some sort of super ability."

"She was found inside a stalk of bamboo." Satsuki frowned while she tried to make it work. "And she grew up really fast."

"And she was really pretty." Kokoro pointed to Wonder Woman. "They always seem to be really pretty."

"And she was really good at the social arts." Rei watched as Sonami's face started turning red.

"But that doesn't make her a superhero!" Sonami glared at her friends.

"But she can travel through space without a space suit. Doesn't that qualify her?" Rei's question was received with a stronger glare.

Kokoro poked harder at her friends obsession. "Sure it does. Almost all of Sonami's superheros can fly through space with out a space suit."

Sonami jumped to her feet preparing to storm off. Satsuki grabbed her arm and glared at Kokoro. "Stop it, Kokoro." She transfered her gaze to Sonami. "And you know what she is doing, so just calm down and sit."

The two girls looked down, mollified.

"But I always thought of her as a hero. Then you, Sonami, would talk about superheros, and I thought she would fit perfectly. Superheroes tend to look a little different than everyone else. I imagined her with hair the color of moon light and eyes are the color of the dawn sky."

Satsuki tilted her head. "Why not as dark as the night sky?" The other girls listened for the answer.

"Because she was happy here on Earth, so her eyes shown like the sunlit sky."

Kokoro looked up, a smile wreathing her face. "Then her hair has to be touched by the sun as well. Not the color of silvery moon light, but the pale shade of a sunbeam streaking through the clouds."

"And that is when she gets her super powers!" Sonami leaned forward, excitement shining in her eyes, her anger forgotten. "She doesn't get her powers until she is on the Earth. Not until she transforms." The last word was said with reverence.

Sonami's excitement was contagious. Satsuki asked the question that was in everyone's mind. "What should be her super powers be? And what does she transform into?"

"Bamboo is known to be good for your health, so maybe she can heal people?" Rei looked at Sonami to see if this was a good idea.

Sonami nodded sagely.

Kokoro jumped in. "But armor and staves are made from bamboo, so she should be good at defense. Like Wonder Woman with her arm bracelets."

Sonami tilted her head considering the idea.

"She needs some sort of attack." Satsuki waited to see if Sonami would come up with one.

Kokoro frowned. "She is a princess, she supposed to be protected, not attacking."

Sonami waved away Kokoro's words. "Wonder Woman is a princess too and she can attack."

"A bow." Rei nodded to herself. "She was well trained in all the woman's arts, so she had to be trained in how to shoot a bow."

"So, she could attack from a distance and be protected while she did it." Kokoro glanced at Sonami to see if that was acceptable. She wasn't going to take another brushing off lightly.

Sonami folded her hands around her knees. "So, when she transforms, she can heal, protect, and attack with a bow." She smiled as the others nodded.

Rei continued. "Her alter ego has silvery hair and eyes the color of the night sky. And when she transforms, she has pale blonde hair and sky blue eyes."

Satsuki's and Kokoro's eyes meet. Their words rushed out at the same time. "She need a costume."

Kokoro continued. "Of course, she has to wear a school uniform during the day." The others nodded in agreement.

"And a formal kimono when she is transformed." Satsuki grinned as the others faces crinkled in confusion. "She is a princess! And she is our country's story. So, she get a kimono."

"Then she has to use a fan with bamboo sticks for protecting everyone." Kokoro grinned at Rei's disbelieving face. "It's a super fan, she is a superhero."

The four girls dissolved into laughter, and the rest of lunch was spent creating superheroes.