I still have no claim on Sailor Moon or any of her characters. Tenshi is my own creation and not created from another person's character. If there are similarities to any possible character I am sorry. It is pure coincidence
Note from Author: GOMEN NASAI!! What how long has it been…6 months at least sense I put up the Prologue to Siblings Hurt…gomen it took so long…was having problems
creating this one…hopefully chapter 2 will not take as long, but make no promises. I really hope there are a few who are enjoying this…please review! Give me criticism tell me how
much you like it…more reviews the better chance I keep continuing this. Oh, and there will be quite a few flashbacks in this chapter as well as in other chapters most likely as well…
Stirring Memories & Old Friends
The plane jerked as we hit a bit of turbulence, but I still gazed out the window seeing as how that bothered me very little. Sure flying bothered me, but I was not like some and in
complete fear of it. I easily overcame that fear looking down into the expanding city. Tokyo's skyscrapers came into view as well as the roofs of other buildings and homes...home...
-flashback-
"Otou-san! Kaa-san!!" The young girl cheered as she ran to them, but their attention was fixed on her younger brother who had taken his very first steps; while her junior softball team
had just won the championship. She turned away walking up the stairs to enter her bedroom closing the door behind her..
-end-
Returning to a place I have no desire to be near, but yet here I am. The things I do for the people. Memories of long ago kept flooding my mind; memories I had at one time forgotten.
That had taken me so long to forget and yet here they were coming back at full force. Tears brim my eyes, but I quickly blinked them away as the plane bounced when touching the
ground.
"Please remain seated until we come to a full stop and the seat belt sign is off. Thank you for flying International Airlines Flight212. Have a nice day and stay in Tokyo, Japan."
The captain's voice came over the speaker, but I ignored it not caring for anything that he said....
-flashback-
"Otou-san!! You promised!! You promised you would take me to the fair. Why did you take Mamoru instead?" The young girl of eight cried clinging to her father, but he pushed
her away.
"Quit acting like a child, Tenshi. You are getting to old for fairs; get involved with other things for your age and quit the water works." He replied coldly as he entered the living
room with Oka-san and the favorable son. More tears fell as she ran upstairs slamming her door as she collapsed on her bed sobbing into her pillow...
-end-
I stepped off the plane walking through the terminal to be surrounded by waiting families as other passengers walked past me or ran past me into the awaiting arms of loved ones.
I walked right on through knowing there would be no one here for me. I was not worthy of any ones time; and no one knew of my arrival that I knew of. I had only told my Aunt I
was coming here and there was no one I knew of that lived here in Tokyo still. Except for my best friend of my youth, but that was highly unlikely. I came to the luggage claim
waiting for my duffel bag. Seeing it come into view I quickly took a hold of it slinging the bag over my shoulder turning to walk out, but stopped short. Standing before me was a
young man just a bit taller than me; maybe standing 5'7". His sandy blonde hair falling just barely over his sea green eyes.
He wore a blue and white flannel shirt with khakis and brown loafers. He seemed familiar and yet he didn't. I had nearly spoken in my English tone but switched it to Japanese; in
which I still had good memory of, "Can I help you, Sir?"
His smiled grew as a chuckle escaped, "Do you not remember this kawaii face, Shi-chan?"
...Shi-chan...only one person had ever called me that...
-flashback-
The young girl of ten sat in the porch swing as her coco hair fell over her shoulders as she looked through the window into the living room. Mother and Father sat in the floor watching
Onee-san unwrap all his birthday presents. It was their birthday, born on the same day yet four years apart and all she had gotten was a charmed covered bracelet. She moved her
wrist side to side watching the charms shimmer in the sun.
"Shi-chan!!" A child's voice called as she looked to the front of the yard to the white fenced gate. There a young boy of about six stood at the entrance of the gate wearing a dirt
smeared navy blue shirt with black jeans and sandals. His sandy blonde hair falling over his sea green eyes looking tousled by the wind.
The young girl smiled faintly, "Ohoya Moto-kun. What brings you here?" She asked seeing the wrapped packages in his arms. A medium sized box wrapped in baby bluepaper with a small navy blue wrapped package on top of that. He walked through the gate and up the steps to stand before her. "Mamoru is inside." She stated looking out to the trees
but looked back when a package was placed in her lap. The baby blue one rested in her lap as she looked up at him in surprise.
"Open it. Mamoru can wait; that one is for you Shi-chan. Happy Birthday." Motoki stated with a lopsided grin. She unwrapped the package to then open the box revealing
Nighttime Bear. A Care bear! Her eyes immediately lit up as she set the box down so to be able to wrap her arms around him.
"Arigatou, Moto-kun!!! How did you get it???" She asked carefully taking the plush bear out of the box to hold it gently in her arms.
"That is my secret, dear Shi-chan. Well take care. I will go inside now. Happy Birthday Shi-chan!" He stated smiling as he walked
inside....
-end-
"Futuhori Motoki?" I questioned still unsure if my assumption was correct but was answered by his growing smile, "Moto-kun..."
"Well are you just going to stand there or come and give me a hug to your long time friend?" He asked laughing with his smiling eyes. I walked into his open arms dropping
my bag so to wrap my arms around him. "Glad to see you are finally home, Shi-chan. We have missed you very much; more than anything I have."
"We?" I asked standing back so I could face him, "How did you know I was coming anyway?"
"My family silly. We have not heard from you in over two years. We thought something had happened to you and how I came to know is that Rebecca sent us a letter
telling us of your arrival." He answered picking up my duffel bag as he took a hold of my hand as we walked towards the exist.
"I told her not to tell anyone. I did not want anyone knowing of my returning, but I am happy to see you I guess." I answered flatly.
"You guess? I should feel so special then. Well come on a friend of mine is waiting in the car. I need to drop her off by the Arcade and then I will take you home. It is still
there you know? My parents could never sale it. They decided to keep it just in case you decided to return. A good decision on their part it seems." Motoki stated taking
my hand in his. "It is good to have you back, Shi-chan."
"Arigatou Moto-kun…" I replied in an emotionless tone as we exited the airport coming to a sea-green. Leaning against the passenger door was a young girl in a Juuben High
School uniform. Her sun-golden hair had a certain shimmer when the sun spread over it along with the slight breeze. She wore her hair up in odangos –what came to my mind
first showing off her cerulean blue eyes. She pushed herself away from the car when we came closer. Her smile was very sincere as she held out her hand.
"You must be Tenshi. Motoki told me about you. I am Tsukino Usagi. I was wondering, do you not have a last name? That kind of caught me off guard when that is all
Motoki said." She asked in cheerful voice, almost to cheerful for my liking.
"Gomen Shi-chan…."
"It is alright, Moto-kun. I do have a last name, but would rather for now just keep it a secret. I would rather not let anyone know of it just yet if you please." I told her
walking by them both getting in the back seat.
Usagi looked to Motoki who only shrugged opening the passenger door for her. Motoki walked around to get into the drivers side glancing at me but I took little notice as
looked out the window awaiting our departure. Motoki drove out of the main entrance way to the airport to weave through the traffic to pull onto the main interstate. As he did
so I would watch as other vehicles passed us by or we would pass them by. Seeing families within the vehicle struck me more than I had really thought they would, but I hid it so
not to be noticed. As I looked past the cars I looked into the heart of Tokyo with all its overpowering towers and buildings. Most of them I recognized from my childhood that
stood still stood in the exact same place as I remembered. Motoki pulled off the interstate to hit the main street driving a few blocks he came to a stop. I leaned over looking out the
other window seeing Tokyo Arcade; I heard the door open as I looked back seeing Usagi get out along with Motoki. I did the same so I could get into the front passenger side.
Motoki walked Usagi in as I stood by the car looking around to then hold my gaze inside the arcade where it stopped dead. Everything around me seemed to stand still as if time had
stopped for that instant. There he stood by the front counter talking to Motoki with Usagi by his side. Even though barely able to see the detail through the glass doors I could see the
midnight black hair barely covering his stormy blues eyes, "…Mamoru…iie…"
"Shi-chan?" Motoki asked stirring me from my thoughts to only have me glare at him. He looked at me confused but I ignored him getting into the car slamming the door. He did the
same except not slamming the door of course since he was not angry or anything. "What is wrong, Shi-chan?"
"Take a wild guess, Motoki." I answered not using his nickname making it all the more obvious that I was angry at him.
"Mamoru…" He whispered seeming to dawn on him, "Shi-chan I can exp…."
"Can you?!?! Did you just happen to forget to mention to me that he was here!!! I definitely would not of came here if I had known that, Motoki! In none of those letters you mentioned
that! None of them, something told me you were holding back but I didn't press it cause I trusted you!" I stated harshly turning to a yell at the end as I crossed my arms looking out the
window diverting my attention.
"That is why I did not say anything and why no one else did. We knew you would never come here if you knew he was here, but he is not the same. Believe me Shi-chan. He has changed,
a lot." Motoki explained driving out of the business area into the suburban area.
I gave a sad laugh as I looked over to him, "Not him, Motoki. Maybe in your eyes he has, but never in mine. He will always be the spoiled brother of mine. Always and don't you dare tell
me he changed cause of the accident! So he lost his memory of that and everything before; so what!! I will always see him as he was!! The favorable son to our parents…."
We came to a stop as I looked out my window my breath catching in my throat. Home, looking the same as I remember if only added color to it. A two story house, surrounded by a white
picket fence with stones leading up to the porch. Motoki's hand took mine turning my gaze away. In his eyes was that look he would always give when he knew he had done something wrong.
A smile crept on my face as I shook my head, "Moto-kun. Gomen for yelling. I can understand why you and your family did it. The Mamoru I knew will always be what I know, nothing can
change that; no matter how much you may say he could have changed. It has been over ten years since I have seen him, but in my eyes that changes nothing. Arigatou for bringing me home
and taking care of the place, but I have favor to ask of you as well as your family."
"Which is?" He asked already figuring what it was as he squeezed my hand gently.
"Do not tell him. Do not tell Mamoru of me or that I am here. Since I still get the feeling he remembers nothing; for now I would rather keep it that way. Onegai Moto-kun." I pleaded seeing
him start to decline. "I will eventually tell him, demo…just not now. I still have a lot to deal with at the moment. Especially memories of this place…" I stated getting out of the car as he
did the same getting my bag from the trunk.
"Alright, Shi-chan, demo I am giving you a deadline for this. He needs to know; more than you realize he does. I am giving you two weeks and if you do not tell him by the last day of the
two weeks then I will tell him myself. Alright?"
I nodded as I took my bag from him giving him a quick hug, "I would like to do this alone. Arigatou, for picking me up as well as for the lift. I appreciate it. I will come by this evening
or tomorrow sometime to see all of you. Will that be alright?" I asked opening the entrance gate. His smile grew as he nodded.
"Our address along with the cemetery is on the refrigerator. We thought we should give you that incase you decided to so see their graves. Ja ne! Take care and see you soon." He said
waving as he got into his car and drove off.
I watched as he drove off until his car faded out then turned to face my childhood home. A six bedroom four bathroom room house painted in a greenish-blue color. With a living room,
game room, kitchen and dining room. I could never figure out why they bought such a large house since there had only been four of us. Two bay windows on the front of the house on either
end looked into the living room and dining room. At the end of the porch was the porch swing looking a bit refurnished than I remembered it. Looking up at the second floor there were two
bay windows looking into one of the bedroom and game room. A balcony in the middle with a sliding door looked into the master bedroom.
I walked along the bricked path up to the porch reaching my hand out to the brass furnished door knob. I held it there for sometime not sure of whether I wanted to do this or not.
"Hello Tsuchi" A deep yet feminine voice stated as I turned my head slightly looking to the entrance gate. My gaze held turning into a slight glare. One of the last people I wished to
see at the moment. Sandy blonde hair blowing in the slight breeze over her navy blue eyes. At first appearance you would think her gender to be male, but I knew otherwise. I knew
her all to well. "Nice to see you too."
"Go away." I stated in a cold tone setting my bag down beside me so I could turn to face her. "You are not welcomed here. You or any of the others!"
She walked through the gate along the brick path and up the steps to stand before me. Both of us the same height so we were eye level, "What are you doing here? You must be
here for a reason."
"You tell me. Surely you have felt it rising if not then you are weaker than I suspected. Uranus." I stated with more of an icy tone glaring at her in even a darker tone. Her facial
expression was all to calm for my liking which only added to my anger rising.
"We have felt nothing. For one we are not connected to this planet like you are, Tsuchi…."
"Tenshi. My name is Tenshi. So quit calling me Tsuchi." I interjected getting tired of the formal name of mine which brought an amusing smile to her face. I gave a dejected sigh
picking up my bag once again and opened the door stopping in the foyer.
"It has been awhile ne?" She asked the concern evident in her tone as she stepped up beside me. I only nodded in response looking around. "Does he know?"
"Iie and he will not know until I am ready to tell him. Got it?" I commanded looking to her receiving a nod as she turned and walked out.
"When you can, come by and see us. We do need to talk. You'll know where and how to find us. You have done it before." She called back over her shoulder with my slamming
the door as her answer.
"Yeah like over a thousand years ago." I told the silence.
After going through the house making sure of everything I found my room setting my bag down by the door. I stood there just gazing into the confides of my room, the place I had
spent most of my childhood; never hardly leaving it since this room was my comfort. My only place to feel happy, safe, and comfortable. I stepped upon the wooded floor seeing as
how it had sometime ago been polished. The room was rather large, but then again with a full size bed caddy cornered in the far back right corner with two night stands made to be
caddy cornered on either side of the bed. A large earth tone rug in the middle of the floor, a chestnut dresser with five drawers on the left side of the room with a small desk to my left
a few inches away from the dresser making it kind of hard to get to the bottom two drawers. The walls were a dim stormy-blue color making the room much darker than it appeared to
be outside, but I liked it that way. More of a chance to sleep in if I chose. Looking back to my bed to one of the nightstands I saw a cd player. Upon closer look it was a 3-disc cd tower
player with a note on the top.
"Welcome home, Tenshi-chan
Love
The Futohori's"
I smiled at the note happy to know I was missed by at least them. Back then they had been the family I had wanted; since I always seemed to be over there a lot. I put the note back
down going to my bed laying down upon the star-moon bedspread that smelt new and clean. "…arigatou…" I whispered before drifting off into a dreamless sleep for once….