BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON
~MIRAI~
PART III: THE DATE
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Note: In part II, you might have noticed that I wrote ~HARUKANA MIRAI~
instead of simply ~MIRAI~. That's because Harukana Mirai was the
original name of the fanfic, but I forgot to change it in part II!
Sorry!
Some Japanese words I use:
gaijin = foreigner
iie = no
* * * *
"Hey hey, Tomo-chan! You're going out with Miyazawa-sempai
tomorrow, right?" Nozomi asked.
Tomo nodded with a smile on her lips. She continued to walk down the
corridor with her friends all around her.
"Where is he taking you?" Sayuri wondered.
"We're going to see a movie," Tomo replied. "I'm so excited
about it."
"You're so lucky, Tomo-chan!" Nozomi sighed. "You get to go
out with the most good looking guy in the entire school! Though it
did take for a while for him to ask him out."
"Nozomi-chan, it's just that Miyazawa-sempai is shy," Sayuri
pointed out. "Or else he would have asked Tomo out long ago. So, what
are you going to wear tomorrow?"
The girlish chatter continued as the three exited the school and went
outside. Meanwhile Yasha stood leaning against the car parked on the
school's parking lot. Since she was dressed rather nicely, with a
black dress at knee length and sun glasses, school boys kept whistling
at her as they walked by. Not that Yasha cared, she was mostely
annoyed by it. She looked at her watch and the moment afterwards she
saw Tomo walking out from the school with two of her friends.
[Right on time,] she thought and took one step to walk towards
Tomo when she saw a middle aged man and a younger one approach Tomo
and her friends. The younger one was at Tomo's age, with brown hair
in a ponytail and was wearing the male uniform of the school. The
middle aged man also had brown hair, with some grey streaks, but it
was cut short. He was wearing a grey business suit and wore a pair of
glasses. Yasha's eyes automatically narrowed, though she couldn't see
the older man very well, she immediately knew who it was. She began to
walk towards the four students and the older man. Tomo suddenly caught
sight on Yasha.
"Marika-san!" she called. Yasha managed to smile, even though
Tomo did use her real name instead of her nick name. Everyone turned
to Yasha as she approached the group.
"This is one of my roomates, Marika Dahl," Tomo introduced.
"So, you are a gaijin?" the older man said and reached out his
hand for Yasha to shake. "Where are you from? I am Miyazawa Takehito."
[The NSS leader,] Yasha added to herself. [He may be like any
other father, but he is still a hateful NSS leader.] She forced
herself to be friendly to this man, even she despised all the people
who were like him or even agreed with him opinions. If she would have
it her way she would just yell at him for his stupid opinions, but
doing that would mean that she would eventually be exposed as
Sailormedusa and Tomo would suffer the consequences from her actions.
"Europe," Yasha answered and shook his hand. "Sweden,
actually." She glanced quickly at the young man standing next to
Miyazawa Takehito. "So... does your son happen to be _the_
Miyazawa-sempai that I've heard so much about?"
Tomo blushed at this and her two friends secretly giggled. The younger
Miyazawa looked downwards.
"Fortunately, yes. It's a nice young lady that you live with."
"And according to her, it's a fine young man that you have
raised."
[If someone had told me that I would exchange polite phrases
with Miyazawa Takehito, I would have stayed at home,] Yasha thought,
wondering how Hikaru would tease her about this if he ever found out.
[I'll have to tell Tomo to keep quiet about this...]
"By the way, Marika-san," Tomo suddenly said. "Why are you
here?"
"I was in the neighbourhood and I thought that I would pick
you up," Yasha replied. "And today is your turn to cook."
"I'll get right on it when I get home!" Tomo promised. Then
she turned to the Nozomi and Sayuri. "I'll see you guys on Monday.
And you..."
she looked at the younger Miyazawa. "Tomorrow." After that she turned
to Miyazawa Takehito and bowed respectfully. "It was nice meeting you,
Miyazawa-san."
"A pleasure meeting you."
Tomo smiled towards everyone and then left with Yasha. "So..." Yasha
began as she sat down on the driver's seat. "That's your
Miyazawa-sempai."
Tomo got into the car and closed the car door. "Yes... You weren't
just in the neighbourhood, were you, Marika-san?" she asked carefully.
"I mean, you don't usually go to Juuban."
"That's right," Yasha answered and started the car. "There was
a few demons hanging around here, I drove here to take care of them."
"Was there any problem?"
Yasha shook her head while driving out from the parking lot. "No, it
was only two. They wrecked someone's garden, though. I got away just
in time before the owner came out and saw two large piles of dust and
her precious, destroyed garden."
"You sound cruel when you say that."
Tomo spoke with soft words and a kind voice, so unlike Yasha herself.
How many times she had hurt people's feelings with her cold voice and
harsh words she didn't know. But if there was something that Tomo
didn't have was Yasha's suspicousness, which has come in handy many
times. Usually people said that she was too suspicious, but she always
turned out to be right in the end. Yasha pushed down her sunglasses
again so that they screened her eyes and protected them from the
strong sunlight that shone through the window. Tomo, however, enjoyed
the sunshine. Yasha glanced at the innocent and younger girl.
[You better be careful tomorrow, Tomo-chan,] she thought but
said nothing to Tomo. [Very careful.]
* * * *
"Tomo-chan, looking good!" Chie smiled as she saw Tomo coming
down the stairs. Tomo smiled and took the last steps down. She was
dressed in a long, blue and white dress. Chie remembered Tomo buying
that dress last time they went out shopping.
"Thank you," Tomo answered and glanced her watch. Chie laughed
softly.
"Don't worry, he still has a few minutes left. Doesn't she
look great, Yasha?"
"Hm..."
Chie turned to Yasha, somewhat surprised that she said nothing else.
Hikaru also looked at her. Yasha was leaning against the wall, with
an absend look on her face.
"Is something wrong?" Chie asked. Yasha finally looked up.
"No, nothing," she murmured and went into the kitchen. Chie,
Hikaru and Tomo watched her going, wondering about Yasha's sudden
lack of words. Tomo was about to follow Yasha into the kitchen when
the door bell rang. She forgot about Yasha for the moment and her
heart started to beat nervously at the thought of that her
Miyazawa-sempai was here.
"It's Miyazawa-sempai!" she managed to say. Chie laughed again
and went to open the door. Tomo could hear them talking.
"Oh, you must be _the_ Miyazawa-sempai. My name is Sakura
Chie."
"Uh... hai. It's nice to meet you, Sakura-san. Tomo has told
me a lot about you."
"She has? Only good things I hope..."
Tomo had made her way to the hallway by now, with a shy smile on her
lips. Chie watched the two teens, Hikaru also did that. They were both
amused by them. Both teens were modest and shy, not really knowing
what to say. One thing that Hikaru noticed was that even though Tomo
had stayed with them for a long time, she hadn't taken after Chie and
gained a good self confidence. He was slightly happy that she hadn't
taken after Yasha's attitude, though. Chie got the impression that
Miyazawa was a fine young man, even though he was a little shy. Tomo
and Miyazawa finally went off on their date, Chie smiled as she closed
the door after them.
"Well, now they're off," she declared and suddenly remembered
about Yasha. "Hey Hikaru, why don't you check on Yasha? You know, just
to make sure that she's okay. She has been acting a little strange
since yesterday."
"Sure, but I'm not sure that I should be the one to talk to
her," Hikaru answered unsurely. Chie smiled again.
"You'll survive."
Hikaru just sighed and went into the kitchen with his hands in his
pocket. To his surprise, the kitchen was empty. Hikaru looked out
through the window and tried to see if Yasha was in the garden. But he
only spotted Usagi sitting and reading at her usual place.
"Where the hell did she go?" he asked himself and suddenly
caught sight on a note on the kitchen table. He picked it up and
quickly read through it.
'I've gone out for a while. Won't be back until tonight.
Yasha.'
Hikaru smiled to himself as he put down the note. It was so typical
of her to just leave without any explanation. But this time he could
easily figure out why she had left. Then he went out the back door and
took a short cut to the garage.
* * * *
Yasha was already in the movie theatre when Tomo and Miyazawa arrived.
She hid her face behind a magazine as they walked past her. The young
couple settled down on two seats in the middle row. Since Yasha was
sitting in the back row she could see them perfectly well, however
they would have a hard time seeing her.
[So far, nothing has happened,] Yasha thought as the lights
went out and the big screen went on. [But it's only the beginning of
the day...] She opened a bottle of soda and drank some. She had gotten
out of the house before Tomo had, since she knew where they were going
she had driven to the movie theatre as fast as she could. As soon as
she had had time, she had pulled her hair into a ponytail so it would
be harder for Tomo to recognize her, in case she was spotted. And
wearing sunglasses always helped. Now that the lights were off, Yasha
took them off, it was already dark enough.
"Hey, what kind of movie is this?"
Yasha froze. She recognized that voice well. [Please,] she prayed.
[Please, don't let it be him... Anyone but him...]
"Yasha."
[Shit.]
"Hikaru, what the hell are you doing here?!" Yasha hissed
angrily when Hikaru casually took one of the two empty seats that were
next to her. He flashed his normal grin towards her.
"The question is, what are you doing here?" Hikaru asked,
looking at her. "Are you so eager to go out on a date that you spy on
Tomo's?"
"I'm only here to make sure that nothing suspiciously happens
to Tomo today," Yasha replied coldly, deciding to ignore the insult.
"Which once again brings up the question why _you_ are here. I don't
think that you are the type to go and see a movie just like that."
"Well, let's just say that you're not so hard to figure out,"
Hikaru answered. "So, I decided to tag along and give you a hand. Got
anything to drink?"
The only response he got was when Yasha violently shoved the bottle of
soda right into his face.
* * * *
"Chie-san, what are you doing?"
Chie looked over her shoulder and saw Usagi standing there. "Oh,
Usagi-chan," she said and then turned to the computer screen again. "I
am just looking up a few things," she answered. "And writing an e-mail
to my brother." Chie smiled faintly and continued to type. "That
fool... he still believes that his future lies in America... But I
guess that there's nothing that I can do to convince him to come
home."
Usagi nodded in silence and walked away from Chie and the computer.
She suddenly thought about it, neither Chie nor the others talked that
much about their families. She wondered how they had convinced Tomo's
parents to let Tomo live with them, but she didn't think that they
would go and say: "Your daughter is a Senshi, that's why we want her
to live with us". It reminded her about the Outers, the difference was
that Tomoe Souichi had known about his daughters identity when Setsuna
had come to get her.
Another strange thing was the aging. Usagi truly wondered what
was so special about her, since Chie was a lot younger, yet she looked
older than Usagi. Same thing with the others except for Tomo. No one
could explain Usagi's strange aging, not even Sailorpluto. Even if she
did, she probably withheld the information for some reason.
"Oh, by the way," Chie called before Usagi had had time to
left the study. "Have you seen Hikaru or Yasha? They seem to have
disappeared."
Usagi shrugged. "I don't know," she replied. "I haven't seen them
since Tomo left."
* * * *
Tomo suddenly turned around, eyeing the bushes that covered the park.
Miyazawa looked curiously at her.
"Kamiya-san, is something wrong?" he wondered. Tomo turned her
gaze from the bushes to him. She smiled.
"No, it's nothing," she answered and they continued their walk
through the park. Behind the bushes, Yasha sighed of relief. Then she
whacked Hikaru on his head with a news paper.
"Could you be just a little quieter?" she hissed angrily.
"Hey, you were the one who punched me!" Hikaru retorted and
snatched the news paper from Yasha.
"That's because you stepped on me!"
In the corner of her eye, Yasha saw Tomo turning around and looking
towards their directions. She quickly ducked and dragged Hikaru with
her.
"What was that for?" Hikaru whispered.
"She's looking at us," Yasha explained. "Probably because all
the noise we made."
"You were the one who started it."
Yasha glared at him but decided to not risk Tomo hearing them again.
After a few seconds she peeked through the bushes and saw that Tomo
and Miyazawa had continued their walk. Yasha got up and silently left
the bushes, trying to be a quiet as possible. Hikaru, however, just
stepped right out. Luckily Tomo and Miyazawa were too far away to hear
it.
"So... what do we do now?" Hikaru asked.
"Follow them, what else?"
* * * *
"How sweet..."
Tiamat looked at the holographic image of Tomo and Miyazawa walking
together with a bitter look on her face. They were so young, so
innocent and so happy... Unlike herself.
"Still crying over that fool, Tiamat?"
Tiamat waved her hand light and the image disappeared as someone
appeared floating in the air. It was another woman, wearing the same
kind of black dress as Tiamat. Both had identical reddish eyes and
both had reddish hair, but Tiamat's was darker.
"What are you doing here?" Tiamat demanded, somewhat angry
because her sister had arrived at a time when she needed to be alone.
Hecate shruggled and twirled a lock of her curly hair around her
finger.
"I was just wondering what you were doing," Hecate answered,
smiling towards Tiamat. "Of course, I should have known. Are you
jealous of that cute little couple that I saw before?"
Tiamat turned away to avoid Hecate's gaze. "She... they both
represent people that I hate," she answered. "Disgustingly happy and
naive... So unaware of the real world."
Hecate sighed. "Sometimes you are so hard to figure out, sister dear,"
she said. "If you hate people like them so much, then why won't you
do something about it?"
Hecate shook her head before she disappeared into darkness and left
Tiamat alone again. Tiamat stood still for a while, then she waved her
hand and the image of Tomo and Miyazawa reappeared.
[She's right...] Tiamat thought bitterly. [I'll do something
about it. The Senshi will learn that no one takes away what's precious
to me without some sacrfices.]
* * * *
[I get this strange feeling that we're being followed...] Tomo
thought to herself. She thought of the possibility that it could be a
demon that was following them. [Nah... I'm just being nervous, that's
all.] She turned to Miyazawa again.
"Kamiya-san, do you want to get some ice cream?" Miyazawa
asked. Tomo smiled and nodded. The two made their way to the ice
cream stand and bought two cones.
"Hey, you like vanilla too?" Tomo asked as they recieved the
cones. Miyazawa smiled his boyish smile, though he was a year older
than Tomo, he was just a few inches taller. He possessed boyish looks
and such a warm smile.
"Ever since I was a kid," he answered. "I always wanted
vanilla whenever we had ice cream or milkshake."
"I was the same," Tomo said. "Chie didn't think that I could
eat any of the other flavours when I first came to live with her."
"Guess we are both the same," Miyazawa replied as the two
began to walk again. "My friend thought that I was having vanilla ice
cream because I was allergic to everything else."
The two continued to talk and laugh as they walked through the park
with their ice creams. Hikaru and Yasha were watching not very far
away, with magazines in case the young couple would see them.
"They look so cute together," Hikaru pointed out when Miyazawa
and Tomo were walking away from them, holding hands.
"Just don't let your guard down," Yasha said sharly. "Demons
could be lurking around just about everywhere."
Hikaru sighed and leaned back at the park bench he was sitting at.
Yasha raised one eyebrow in surprise.
"What is it?"
Hikaru smiled towards her. "You just don't know how to take it easy,
do you?" he wondered.
"Why should I?" Yasha asked. "I'm not here to take it easy,
I'm here to look after Tomo and make sure that nothing happens to
her."
"I thought so. What are you really trying to protect her from,
demons or NSS?"
"Both."
Hikaru sighed again. "You actually don't think that NSS supporters
will just jump up and accuse Tomo of being Archangel, do you?"
"Why not?" Yasha said casually and shrugged. "Demons are that
way. Besides, Miyazawa Takehito isn't just another NSS supporter, he's
one of their leaders. What do you suppose will happen if they find out
about Tomo? She'll never be able to lead a normal life again."
"According to the history books, the Sailorstarlights were
idols on Earth. No one ever found out about their identities even
though they were so famous."
"At that time people practically worshiped Sailor Senshi,"
Yasha replied and sat down on the bench next to Hikaru. "That era is
gone now. And when we were teens it wasn't even this serious. We have
to take precautions these days."
"You sound old."
Hikaru expected Yasha to reply with an insult but she was silent. He
looked at her and saw that she was standing up and looking around.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Quiet," Yasha whispered. She took a few steps forwards and
looked around. Hikaru could see her frown. He got up from the park
bench and joined her. Yasha said one word.
"Demons."
They were everywhere around the park. At the children's playground,
at the ice cream stand, at the fountain... There were at least fifty
demons, possibly even more. Some people had already ran away but there
were some left who needed help. Yasha looked around to see if anyone
could see them. When she was sure that no one could, she closed her
eyes and a wave of energy washed over her, transforming her into
Medusa. Hikaru did the same and transformed into Ares Knight.
"Let's go," Medusa said when they were both done. She ran out
from their hiding place, both demons and humans were surprised when
she appeared. Medusa smiled cruelly towards the demons and held up her
hand, grabbing the bow and the arrows which had appeared. Unlike last
time, there were five arrows which had appeared.
"Poison Arrows!" she called and released all five arrows. They
flew through the air, so fast that the demons hadn't had time to react
when the arrows came towards them. The five arrows hit five demons in
their chests. Another set of five arrows appeared in Medusa's hands
and Ares came running with a burning in his palm.
"BLAZE!!"
* * * *
"Where does all that noise coming from?" Miyazawa wondered, he
turned around to have a look. He didn't let go of Tomo's hand,
normally Tomo would be very happy that didn't. But at that time it
wasn't what she really was worried about.
[Could it be a demon?] she asked herself.
"I don't know," she answered. "Should we go and see?"
Miyazawa looked and the two walked back to the playground which they
had passed a minute ago. Both teens backed at the sight. Demons were
all over the place, all of them looked the same. All were white,
slimey with threes eyes instead of two. Tomo spotted Medusa and Ares
battling demons near the fountain.
[Hikaru-san, Marika-san? What are they doing here?]
"We better get out of here," Miyazawa said nervously and took
one step back. But as soon as he felt something pushing him and he
fell to the ground forwards.
"Miyazawa-sempai!" Tomo called and bent down to see if he was
alright.
"I'm alright," Miyazawa murmured and got up on his knees. Tomo
looked around them. The demons hade discovered them, they were
surrounded in a circle. She saw that Medusa and Ares were still
fighting, but to busy to give them a hand, much less save them. Tomo
glanced at Miyazawa with a nervous look in her eyes.
[What should I should?] she pondered nervously. [We can't run.
If I don't transform, then we will killed. But if I do... what will
Miyazawa-sempai think of me?]
She tried to decide but still didn't know what to do. She took out her
transformation item, a star shaped talisman with angel wings. It
wasn't just her transformation item. It was the only thing left of her
mother. She wished that she had had her mother's strength and courage,
it would have helped her to make the right decision, whatever that
was. She looked at Miyazawa again, then at the demons. When she saw
that they were getting closer and closer to them, she realized that
she had no choice.
[I'll have to do this...]
"Kamiya-san?"
Miyazawa could do nothing but to stare in surprise and shock when Tomo
got up with a determined look on her face. He was just about to ask
her what she was doing when she held out her hands with the Star
Talisman and shouted:
"ARCHANGEL, TRANSFORM!"
The Star Talisman she held shone brightly, spreading light across the
playground. The light was strong, but Miyazawa could see the wings
sprouting out from Tomo's back and the warmth of the energy that was
flowing around the park. Despite all the chaos in the park, he felt a
moment of peace. Finally, when the light disappeared, there stood
Archangel. Her wings were very light mint green, her fuku was white
and light blue. The Star Talisman was placed at the center of her
chest. Miyazawa couldn't believe his eyes.
[Tomo... she's a... Sailor Senshi?] he thought.
"I will not forgive you for trying to hurt Miyazawa-sempai or
scaring the people away from the park," she said to the demons, but
Miyazawa doubted that they understood the meaning of her words.
Archangel held up her hands, closing her eyes.
"Divine Wing!" she exclaimed, opened her eyes and held out her
hands. The angel wings on her back began to flap fiercely, within a
few seconds the demons were blown away while Miyazawa had no trouble
remaining on the same place he had been on. He didn't even feel
anything, it was as if her powers were effecting the demons but not
him. He continued to stare in shock and confusion when Archangel flew
up in the air. He studied her single move, watching her fighting the
demons with such grace and determination he had never seen before. She
used her attack and her wings to push the demons back, not even
needing to touch them. Tomo had never been the kind of girl who fought
with her bare hands. Even in school, she never insulted anyone even if
they were mean to her or her friends. The two others also fought, one
who green arrows and one with small spheres of fire. Sure, all people
were aware of that Sailor Senshi weren't myths and how impressive and
mighty their powers were. But Miyazawa, son of a NSS leader, had
never, in his life, seen anything like it before.
Finally, Archangel flew higher, high enough for her to see
all demons in the park. She smiled faintly to herself, thinking that
she had actually managed to push the demons towards each other only by
using her one attack. The demons were all gathered now and held back
with help from Ares and Medusa. For a moment she thought about
Miyazawa and wondered what was going on in his mind. Perhaps he
already hated her. But she quickly pushed the thought away, telling
herself that she needed to concentrate. Archangel took a deep breath
and held her hands together as she murmured a short prayer. She felt
the energy gather around her, she felt them gather in her hands. When
she opened her eyes, there was the glowing ball of light energy.
"Angelic Purification..." she whispered and hurled ball at the
group of demons. The demons saw the strong light coming from above.
When the energy ball touched the ground a light spread across the
park, not unlike what had happened before when Tomo had transformed
into Archangel.
* * * *
Tiamat watched it all from the darkness she was standing in. The
holographic image showed the light purifying the demons, one by one
they turned into pure dust. Soon the light reached all the demons in
the park and when it was gone, all that was left was dust. Her plan
had failed, the little girl had turned out to be a heroine. The
heroine which always got the happy ending. Everyone got their happy
endings. Except for her. There was only one word which she could say.
"Damn."
* * * *
Archangel floated down to the ground, as her boots touched the ground
she transformed back into Tomo. She stood before Miyazawa who was
looking at her. Tomo couldn't decide if it was a good or a bad sign.
Medusa and Ares transformed both back into their civilian
forms. Yasha took one step forwards but Hikaru grabbed her arm,
shaking his head. Yasha looked surprised at Hikaru first but stopped
to watch was going on between Tomo and Miyazawa. The two teens were
both standing quietly, looking at each other. None of them dared to
say anything, they didn't even know what to say. Tomo turned her gaze
to the ground when the silence finally got to her. She tried to stay
calm as she said the words.
"Now you know. I guess... this means that you don't want to
see me anymore..."
She didn't look at Miyazawa because she was afraid of what she would
see in his eyes. Chie had once told her what had happened to some
Senshi who had been exposed. Followed by the press, avoided by friends
and family, constantly harrassed by NSS and anomynous people... She
had prayed that it would never happen to her. But now... She shouldn't
have let Hikaru talk her into it. Now, it was all over.
"Iie, Kamiya-san."
Tomo looked at Miyazawa in surprise. He was smiling, the boyish grin
which he had smiled just before the battle had begun. The smile wasn't
false, neither was the look in his eyes.
"This may sound a little weird... but..." Miyazawa began. "I
think that your powers are cool! I'm not lying, how many people in our
school can say that they can fly?"
Tomo could tell that he was sincere, he really meant the words that
were coming out from his mouth. She was shocked.
"I... don't know what to say..."
"Just because Miyazawa Takehito is father doesn't mean that I
agree with his beliefs," Miyazawa continued. "I do respect my father
and his opinions, but I just think that this time he's being wrong.
I'm not just saying this to make you happy, if that's what you think.
I really mean it. And... I would like to see you again... that is...
if you still want to see me."
Even from afar, Yasha and Hikaru could see Tomo's eyes sparkling with
pure happiness. They both smiled amusingly as Tomo gave Miyazawa a
quick kiss and saw the faint blush on his cheeks. Hikaru and Yasha
exchanged one glance, then left the park to leave the young ones
alone.
* * * *
"Looks like you failed."
Tiamat didn't even care to look who it was. "Go away, Hecate," she
said without looking. She heard Hecate sigh.
"It's so typical of you. Just hope that you won't fail the
next time. After all, Hel-sama will be expecting one of us to take
after Morpheus. It will probably be you, so don't fail."
"Go away!" Tiamat yelled. She turned around and reached out
her hand. A black, sharp crystal came out from no where and flew right
towards Hecate's chest. But Hecate smiled and lifted one finger. A
protective barrier appeared before her, when the crystal touched the
barrier it turned into thousands of pieces. Tiamat frowned.
"Please don't be mad at me, sister dear," Hecate continued
sweetly but false. The barrier she had called forth disappeared. "I'm
only interested in what's best for you."
Hecate's musical laugh faded away as she disappeared. Tiamat closed
her eyes and sank to her knees.
[Morpheus... I swear that I will avenge you... one day.]
* * * *
"So... it went well, didn't it?" Chie asked when Tomo came
into the living room. Tomo had this dreamy look on her face, she sat
down in the couch and took a deep breath.
"Yes... it did."
"Hey, I want to hear all about it!" Usagi said and immediately
put down the magazine on the table. "What happened? What kind of movie
did you see?"
Tomo giggled at Usagi's curiousity and the two eventually left the
living room so that Tomo could tell the details about the date,
excluding the battle with the demons. Chie watched the two leaving,
then turned to Hikaru and Yasha who were sitting at the two ends of
the couch, both reading a news paper. Both had been quiet and hadn't
said a word ever since they had arrived home.
"You two are awful quiet today," Chie pointed out. She took
off her glasses. "By the way, where were you two this afternoon? If I
didn't knew you two better I would say you were also on a date."
"Not a chance, Chie," Yasha muttered.
"I take it that you didn't like the movie that we saw?" Hikaru
teased.
"Hikaru!" Yasha exclaimed with a glare. The grin that Hikaru
had on his face was driving her crazy, although no one seemed to
notice it except for her.
"So it's not okay for Chie to know about our date?" Hikaru
continued to tease.
"You two were really out on a date?!" Chie called out. Hikaru
knew that she was just faking to play along.
"No!" Yasha said quickly. She put down the news paper and got
up in frustration. "I hate you, Hikaru!" she called as she left the
living room.
"I love you too, honey!"
Chie took her glasses on. She picked up the book that she had been
reading before. "You can stop the act now, Hikaru," she said. "It's
only going to make her angrier."
"How come you always know when one of us are lying?" Hikaru
asked.
Chie just smiled secretly.
Finally, part 3 is finished! It turned out to be a little shorter than
I expected, but I hope that it's okay with you! If you have any
comments, just e-mail me. Until next time!
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
7 December 2000
NEXT:
Sailormoon Mirai Part IV: Something familiar
As Akira starts to think about a person in his past life, a strange
girl shows up. Akira isn't sure of what to think, is Izukawa Misao
just another normal girl or an enemy?
~MIRAI~
PART III: THE DATE
by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.
Note: In part II, you might have noticed that I wrote ~HARUKANA MIRAI~
instead of simply ~MIRAI~. That's because Harukana Mirai was the
original name of the fanfic, but I forgot to change it in part II!
Sorry!
Some Japanese words I use:
gaijin = foreigner
iie = no
* * * *
"Hey hey, Tomo-chan! You're going out with Miyazawa-sempai
tomorrow, right?" Nozomi asked.
Tomo nodded with a smile on her lips. She continued to walk down the
corridor with her friends all around her.
"Where is he taking you?" Sayuri wondered.
"We're going to see a movie," Tomo replied. "I'm so excited
about it."
"You're so lucky, Tomo-chan!" Nozomi sighed. "You get to go
out with the most good looking guy in the entire school! Though it
did take for a while for him to ask him out."
"Nozomi-chan, it's just that Miyazawa-sempai is shy," Sayuri
pointed out. "Or else he would have asked Tomo out long ago. So, what
are you going to wear tomorrow?"
The girlish chatter continued as the three exited the school and went
outside. Meanwhile Yasha stood leaning against the car parked on the
school's parking lot. Since she was dressed rather nicely, with a
black dress at knee length and sun glasses, school boys kept whistling
at her as they walked by. Not that Yasha cared, she was mostely
annoyed by it. She looked at her watch and the moment afterwards she
saw Tomo walking out from the school with two of her friends.
[Right on time,] she thought and took one step to walk towards
Tomo when she saw a middle aged man and a younger one approach Tomo
and her friends. The younger one was at Tomo's age, with brown hair
in a ponytail and was wearing the male uniform of the school. The
middle aged man also had brown hair, with some grey streaks, but it
was cut short. He was wearing a grey business suit and wore a pair of
glasses. Yasha's eyes automatically narrowed, though she couldn't see
the older man very well, she immediately knew who it was. She began to
walk towards the four students and the older man. Tomo suddenly caught
sight on Yasha.
"Marika-san!" she called. Yasha managed to smile, even though
Tomo did use her real name instead of her nick name. Everyone turned
to Yasha as she approached the group.
"This is one of my roomates, Marika Dahl," Tomo introduced.
"So, you are a gaijin?" the older man said and reached out his
hand for Yasha to shake. "Where are you from? I am Miyazawa Takehito."
[The NSS leader,] Yasha added to herself. [He may be like any
other father, but he is still a hateful NSS leader.] She forced
herself to be friendly to this man, even she despised all the people
who were like him or even agreed with him opinions. If she would have
it her way she would just yell at him for his stupid opinions, but
doing that would mean that she would eventually be exposed as
Sailormedusa and Tomo would suffer the consequences from her actions.
"Europe," Yasha answered and shook his hand. "Sweden,
actually." She glanced quickly at the young man standing next to
Miyazawa Takehito. "So... does your son happen to be _the_
Miyazawa-sempai that I've heard so much about?"
Tomo blushed at this and her two friends secretly giggled. The younger
Miyazawa looked downwards.
"Fortunately, yes. It's a nice young lady that you live with."
"And according to her, it's a fine young man that you have
raised."
[If someone had told me that I would exchange polite phrases
with Miyazawa Takehito, I would have stayed at home,] Yasha thought,
wondering how Hikaru would tease her about this if he ever found out.
[I'll have to tell Tomo to keep quiet about this...]
"By the way, Marika-san," Tomo suddenly said. "Why are you
here?"
"I was in the neighbourhood and I thought that I would pick
you up," Yasha replied. "And today is your turn to cook."
"I'll get right on it when I get home!" Tomo promised. Then
she turned to the Nozomi and Sayuri. "I'll see you guys on Monday.
And you..."
she looked at the younger Miyazawa. "Tomorrow." After that she turned
to Miyazawa Takehito and bowed respectfully. "It was nice meeting you,
Miyazawa-san."
"A pleasure meeting you."
Tomo smiled towards everyone and then left with Yasha. "So..." Yasha
began as she sat down on the driver's seat. "That's your
Miyazawa-sempai."
Tomo got into the car and closed the car door. "Yes... You weren't
just in the neighbourhood, were you, Marika-san?" she asked carefully.
"I mean, you don't usually go to Juuban."
"That's right," Yasha answered and started the car. "There was
a few demons hanging around here, I drove here to take care of them."
"Was there any problem?"
Yasha shook her head while driving out from the parking lot. "No, it
was only two. They wrecked someone's garden, though. I got away just
in time before the owner came out and saw two large piles of dust and
her precious, destroyed garden."
"You sound cruel when you say that."
Tomo spoke with soft words and a kind voice, so unlike Yasha herself.
How many times she had hurt people's feelings with her cold voice and
harsh words she didn't know. But if there was something that Tomo
didn't have was Yasha's suspicousness, which has come in handy many
times. Usually people said that she was too suspicious, but she always
turned out to be right in the end. Yasha pushed down her sunglasses
again so that they screened her eyes and protected them from the
strong sunlight that shone through the window. Tomo, however, enjoyed
the sunshine. Yasha glanced at the innocent and younger girl.
[You better be careful tomorrow, Tomo-chan,] she thought but
said nothing to Tomo. [Very careful.]
* * * *
"Tomo-chan, looking good!" Chie smiled as she saw Tomo coming
down the stairs. Tomo smiled and took the last steps down. She was
dressed in a long, blue and white dress. Chie remembered Tomo buying
that dress last time they went out shopping.
"Thank you," Tomo answered and glanced her watch. Chie laughed
softly.
"Don't worry, he still has a few minutes left. Doesn't she
look great, Yasha?"
"Hm..."
Chie turned to Yasha, somewhat surprised that she said nothing else.
Hikaru also looked at her. Yasha was leaning against the wall, with
an absend look on her face.
"Is something wrong?" Chie asked. Yasha finally looked up.
"No, nothing," she murmured and went into the kitchen. Chie,
Hikaru and Tomo watched her going, wondering about Yasha's sudden
lack of words. Tomo was about to follow Yasha into the kitchen when
the door bell rang. She forgot about Yasha for the moment and her
heart started to beat nervously at the thought of that her
Miyazawa-sempai was here.
"It's Miyazawa-sempai!" she managed to say. Chie laughed again
and went to open the door. Tomo could hear them talking.
"Oh, you must be _the_ Miyazawa-sempai. My name is Sakura
Chie."
"Uh... hai. It's nice to meet you, Sakura-san. Tomo has told
me a lot about you."
"She has? Only good things I hope..."
Tomo had made her way to the hallway by now, with a shy smile on her
lips. Chie watched the two teens, Hikaru also did that. They were both
amused by them. Both teens were modest and shy, not really knowing
what to say. One thing that Hikaru noticed was that even though Tomo
had stayed with them for a long time, she hadn't taken after Chie and
gained a good self confidence. He was slightly happy that she hadn't
taken after Yasha's attitude, though. Chie got the impression that
Miyazawa was a fine young man, even though he was a little shy. Tomo
and Miyazawa finally went off on their date, Chie smiled as she closed
the door after them.
"Well, now they're off," she declared and suddenly remembered
about Yasha. "Hey Hikaru, why don't you check on Yasha? You know, just
to make sure that she's okay. She has been acting a little strange
since yesterday."
"Sure, but I'm not sure that I should be the one to talk to
her," Hikaru answered unsurely. Chie smiled again.
"You'll survive."
Hikaru just sighed and went into the kitchen with his hands in his
pocket. To his surprise, the kitchen was empty. Hikaru looked out
through the window and tried to see if Yasha was in the garden. But he
only spotted Usagi sitting and reading at her usual place.
"Where the hell did she go?" he asked himself and suddenly
caught sight on a note on the kitchen table. He picked it up and
quickly read through it.
'I've gone out for a while. Won't be back until tonight.
Yasha.'
Hikaru smiled to himself as he put down the note. It was so typical
of her to just leave without any explanation. But this time he could
easily figure out why she had left. Then he went out the back door and
took a short cut to the garage.
* * * *
Yasha was already in the movie theatre when Tomo and Miyazawa arrived.
She hid her face behind a magazine as they walked past her. The young
couple settled down on two seats in the middle row. Since Yasha was
sitting in the back row she could see them perfectly well, however
they would have a hard time seeing her.
[So far, nothing has happened,] Yasha thought as the lights
went out and the big screen went on. [But it's only the beginning of
the day...] She opened a bottle of soda and drank some. She had gotten
out of the house before Tomo had, since she knew where they were going
she had driven to the movie theatre as fast as she could. As soon as
she had had time, she had pulled her hair into a ponytail so it would
be harder for Tomo to recognize her, in case she was spotted. And
wearing sunglasses always helped. Now that the lights were off, Yasha
took them off, it was already dark enough.
"Hey, what kind of movie is this?"
Yasha froze. She recognized that voice well. [Please,] she prayed.
[Please, don't let it be him... Anyone but him...]
"Yasha."
[Shit.]
"Hikaru, what the hell are you doing here?!" Yasha hissed
angrily when Hikaru casually took one of the two empty seats that were
next to her. He flashed his normal grin towards her.
"The question is, what are you doing here?" Hikaru asked,
looking at her. "Are you so eager to go out on a date that you spy on
Tomo's?"
"I'm only here to make sure that nothing suspiciously happens
to Tomo today," Yasha replied coldly, deciding to ignore the insult.
"Which once again brings up the question why _you_ are here. I don't
think that you are the type to go and see a movie just like that."
"Well, let's just say that you're not so hard to figure out,"
Hikaru answered. "So, I decided to tag along and give you a hand. Got
anything to drink?"
The only response he got was when Yasha violently shoved the bottle of
soda right into his face.
* * * *
"Chie-san, what are you doing?"
Chie looked over her shoulder and saw Usagi standing there. "Oh,
Usagi-chan," she said and then turned to the computer screen again. "I
am just looking up a few things," she answered. "And writing an e-mail
to my brother." Chie smiled faintly and continued to type. "That
fool... he still believes that his future lies in America... But I
guess that there's nothing that I can do to convince him to come
home."
Usagi nodded in silence and walked away from Chie and the computer.
She suddenly thought about it, neither Chie nor the others talked that
much about their families. She wondered how they had convinced Tomo's
parents to let Tomo live with them, but she didn't think that they
would go and say: "Your daughter is a Senshi, that's why we want her
to live with us". It reminded her about the Outers, the difference was
that Tomoe Souichi had known about his daughters identity when Setsuna
had come to get her.
Another strange thing was the aging. Usagi truly wondered what
was so special about her, since Chie was a lot younger, yet she looked
older than Usagi. Same thing with the others except for Tomo. No one
could explain Usagi's strange aging, not even Sailorpluto. Even if she
did, she probably withheld the information for some reason.
"Oh, by the way," Chie called before Usagi had had time to
left the study. "Have you seen Hikaru or Yasha? They seem to have
disappeared."
Usagi shrugged. "I don't know," she replied. "I haven't seen them
since Tomo left."
* * * *
Tomo suddenly turned around, eyeing the bushes that covered the park.
Miyazawa looked curiously at her.
"Kamiya-san, is something wrong?" he wondered. Tomo turned her
gaze from the bushes to him. She smiled.
"No, it's nothing," she answered and they continued their walk
through the park. Behind the bushes, Yasha sighed of relief. Then she
whacked Hikaru on his head with a news paper.
"Could you be just a little quieter?" she hissed angrily.
"Hey, you were the one who punched me!" Hikaru retorted and
snatched the news paper from Yasha.
"That's because you stepped on me!"
In the corner of her eye, Yasha saw Tomo turning around and looking
towards their directions. She quickly ducked and dragged Hikaru with
her.
"What was that for?" Hikaru whispered.
"She's looking at us," Yasha explained. "Probably because all
the noise we made."
"You were the one who started it."
Yasha glared at him but decided to not risk Tomo hearing them again.
After a few seconds she peeked through the bushes and saw that Tomo
and Miyazawa had continued their walk. Yasha got up and silently left
the bushes, trying to be a quiet as possible. Hikaru, however, just
stepped right out. Luckily Tomo and Miyazawa were too far away to hear
it.
"So... what do we do now?" Hikaru asked.
"Follow them, what else?"
* * * *
"How sweet..."
Tiamat looked at the holographic image of Tomo and Miyazawa walking
together with a bitter look on her face. They were so young, so
innocent and so happy... Unlike herself.
"Still crying over that fool, Tiamat?"
Tiamat waved her hand light and the image disappeared as someone
appeared floating in the air. It was another woman, wearing the same
kind of black dress as Tiamat. Both had identical reddish eyes and
both had reddish hair, but Tiamat's was darker.
"What are you doing here?" Tiamat demanded, somewhat angry
because her sister had arrived at a time when she needed to be alone.
Hecate shruggled and twirled a lock of her curly hair around her
finger.
"I was just wondering what you were doing," Hecate answered,
smiling towards Tiamat. "Of course, I should have known. Are you
jealous of that cute little couple that I saw before?"
Tiamat turned away to avoid Hecate's gaze. "She... they both
represent people that I hate," she answered. "Disgustingly happy and
naive... So unaware of the real world."
Hecate sighed. "Sometimes you are so hard to figure out, sister dear,"
she said. "If you hate people like them so much, then why won't you
do something about it?"
Hecate shook her head before she disappeared into darkness and left
Tiamat alone again. Tiamat stood still for a while, then she waved her
hand and the image of Tomo and Miyazawa reappeared.
[She's right...] Tiamat thought bitterly. [I'll do something
about it. The Senshi will learn that no one takes away what's precious
to me without some sacrfices.]
* * * *
[I get this strange feeling that we're being followed...] Tomo
thought to herself. She thought of the possibility that it could be a
demon that was following them. [Nah... I'm just being nervous, that's
all.] She turned to Miyazawa again.
"Kamiya-san, do you want to get some ice cream?" Miyazawa
asked. Tomo smiled and nodded. The two made their way to the ice
cream stand and bought two cones.
"Hey, you like vanilla too?" Tomo asked as they recieved the
cones. Miyazawa smiled his boyish smile, though he was a year older
than Tomo, he was just a few inches taller. He possessed boyish looks
and such a warm smile.
"Ever since I was a kid," he answered. "I always wanted
vanilla whenever we had ice cream or milkshake."
"I was the same," Tomo said. "Chie didn't think that I could
eat any of the other flavours when I first came to live with her."
"Guess we are both the same," Miyazawa replied as the two
began to walk again. "My friend thought that I was having vanilla ice
cream because I was allergic to everything else."
The two continued to talk and laugh as they walked through the park
with their ice creams. Hikaru and Yasha were watching not very far
away, with magazines in case the young couple would see them.
"They look so cute together," Hikaru pointed out when Miyazawa
and Tomo were walking away from them, holding hands.
"Just don't let your guard down," Yasha said sharly. "Demons
could be lurking around just about everywhere."
Hikaru sighed and leaned back at the park bench he was sitting at.
Yasha raised one eyebrow in surprise.
"What is it?"
Hikaru smiled towards her. "You just don't know how to take it easy,
do you?" he wondered.
"Why should I?" Yasha asked. "I'm not here to take it easy,
I'm here to look after Tomo and make sure that nothing happens to
her."
"I thought so. What are you really trying to protect her from,
demons or NSS?"
"Both."
Hikaru sighed again. "You actually don't think that NSS supporters
will just jump up and accuse Tomo of being Archangel, do you?"
"Why not?" Yasha said casually and shrugged. "Demons are that
way. Besides, Miyazawa Takehito isn't just another NSS supporter, he's
one of their leaders. What do you suppose will happen if they find out
about Tomo? She'll never be able to lead a normal life again."
"According to the history books, the Sailorstarlights were
idols on Earth. No one ever found out about their identities even
though they were so famous."
"At that time people practically worshiped Sailor Senshi,"
Yasha replied and sat down on the bench next to Hikaru. "That era is
gone now. And when we were teens it wasn't even this serious. We have
to take precautions these days."
"You sound old."
Hikaru expected Yasha to reply with an insult but she was silent. He
looked at her and saw that she was standing up and looking around.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Quiet," Yasha whispered. She took a few steps forwards and
looked around. Hikaru could see her frown. He got up from the park
bench and joined her. Yasha said one word.
"Demons."
They were everywhere around the park. At the children's playground,
at the ice cream stand, at the fountain... There were at least fifty
demons, possibly even more. Some people had already ran away but there
were some left who needed help. Yasha looked around to see if anyone
could see them. When she was sure that no one could, she closed her
eyes and a wave of energy washed over her, transforming her into
Medusa. Hikaru did the same and transformed into Ares Knight.
"Let's go," Medusa said when they were both done. She ran out
from their hiding place, both demons and humans were surprised when
she appeared. Medusa smiled cruelly towards the demons and held up her
hand, grabbing the bow and the arrows which had appeared. Unlike last
time, there were five arrows which had appeared.
"Poison Arrows!" she called and released all five arrows. They
flew through the air, so fast that the demons hadn't had time to react
when the arrows came towards them. The five arrows hit five demons in
their chests. Another set of five arrows appeared in Medusa's hands
and Ares came running with a burning in his palm.
"BLAZE!!"
* * * *
"Where does all that noise coming from?" Miyazawa wondered, he
turned around to have a look. He didn't let go of Tomo's hand,
normally Tomo would be very happy that didn't. But at that time it
wasn't what she really was worried about.
[Could it be a demon?] she asked herself.
"I don't know," she answered. "Should we go and see?"
Miyazawa looked and the two walked back to the playground which they
had passed a minute ago. Both teens backed at the sight. Demons were
all over the place, all of them looked the same. All were white,
slimey with threes eyes instead of two. Tomo spotted Medusa and Ares
battling demons near the fountain.
[Hikaru-san, Marika-san? What are they doing here?]
"We better get out of here," Miyazawa said nervously and took
one step back. But as soon as he felt something pushing him and he
fell to the ground forwards.
"Miyazawa-sempai!" Tomo called and bent down to see if he was
alright.
"I'm alright," Miyazawa murmured and got up on his knees. Tomo
looked around them. The demons hade discovered them, they were
surrounded in a circle. She saw that Medusa and Ares were still
fighting, but to busy to give them a hand, much less save them. Tomo
glanced at Miyazawa with a nervous look in her eyes.
[What should I should?] she pondered nervously. [We can't run.
If I don't transform, then we will killed. But if I do... what will
Miyazawa-sempai think of me?]
She tried to decide but still didn't know what to do. She took out her
transformation item, a star shaped talisman with angel wings. It
wasn't just her transformation item. It was the only thing left of her
mother. She wished that she had had her mother's strength and courage,
it would have helped her to make the right decision, whatever that
was. She looked at Miyazawa again, then at the demons. When she saw
that they were getting closer and closer to them, she realized that
she had no choice.
[I'll have to do this...]
"Kamiya-san?"
Miyazawa could do nothing but to stare in surprise and shock when Tomo
got up with a determined look on her face. He was just about to ask
her what she was doing when she held out her hands with the Star
Talisman and shouted:
"ARCHANGEL, TRANSFORM!"
The Star Talisman she held shone brightly, spreading light across the
playground. The light was strong, but Miyazawa could see the wings
sprouting out from Tomo's back and the warmth of the energy that was
flowing around the park. Despite all the chaos in the park, he felt a
moment of peace. Finally, when the light disappeared, there stood
Archangel. Her wings were very light mint green, her fuku was white
and light blue. The Star Talisman was placed at the center of her
chest. Miyazawa couldn't believe his eyes.
[Tomo... she's a... Sailor Senshi?] he thought.
"I will not forgive you for trying to hurt Miyazawa-sempai or
scaring the people away from the park," she said to the demons, but
Miyazawa doubted that they understood the meaning of her words.
Archangel held up her hands, closing her eyes.
"Divine Wing!" she exclaimed, opened her eyes and held out her
hands. The angel wings on her back began to flap fiercely, within a
few seconds the demons were blown away while Miyazawa had no trouble
remaining on the same place he had been on. He didn't even feel
anything, it was as if her powers were effecting the demons but not
him. He continued to stare in shock and confusion when Archangel flew
up in the air. He studied her single move, watching her fighting the
demons with such grace and determination he had never seen before. She
used her attack and her wings to push the demons back, not even
needing to touch them. Tomo had never been the kind of girl who fought
with her bare hands. Even in school, she never insulted anyone even if
they were mean to her or her friends. The two others also fought, one
who green arrows and one with small spheres of fire. Sure, all people
were aware of that Sailor Senshi weren't myths and how impressive and
mighty their powers were. But Miyazawa, son of a NSS leader, had
never, in his life, seen anything like it before.
Finally, Archangel flew higher, high enough for her to see
all demons in the park. She smiled faintly to herself, thinking that
she had actually managed to push the demons towards each other only by
using her one attack. The demons were all gathered now and held back
with help from Ares and Medusa. For a moment she thought about
Miyazawa and wondered what was going on in his mind. Perhaps he
already hated her. But she quickly pushed the thought away, telling
herself that she needed to concentrate. Archangel took a deep breath
and held her hands together as she murmured a short prayer. She felt
the energy gather around her, she felt them gather in her hands. When
she opened her eyes, there was the glowing ball of light energy.
"Angelic Purification..." she whispered and hurled ball at the
group of demons. The demons saw the strong light coming from above.
When the energy ball touched the ground a light spread across the
park, not unlike what had happened before when Tomo had transformed
into Archangel.
* * * *
Tiamat watched it all from the darkness she was standing in. The
holographic image showed the light purifying the demons, one by one
they turned into pure dust. Soon the light reached all the demons in
the park and when it was gone, all that was left was dust. Her plan
had failed, the little girl had turned out to be a heroine. The
heroine which always got the happy ending. Everyone got their happy
endings. Except for her. There was only one word which she could say.
"Damn."
* * * *
Archangel floated down to the ground, as her boots touched the ground
she transformed back into Tomo. She stood before Miyazawa who was
looking at her. Tomo couldn't decide if it was a good or a bad sign.
Medusa and Ares transformed both back into their civilian
forms. Yasha took one step forwards but Hikaru grabbed her arm,
shaking his head. Yasha looked surprised at Hikaru first but stopped
to watch was going on between Tomo and Miyazawa. The two teens were
both standing quietly, looking at each other. None of them dared to
say anything, they didn't even know what to say. Tomo turned her gaze
to the ground when the silence finally got to her. She tried to stay
calm as she said the words.
"Now you know. I guess... this means that you don't want to
see me anymore..."
She didn't look at Miyazawa because she was afraid of what she would
see in his eyes. Chie had once told her what had happened to some
Senshi who had been exposed. Followed by the press, avoided by friends
and family, constantly harrassed by NSS and anomynous people... She
had prayed that it would never happen to her. But now... She shouldn't
have let Hikaru talk her into it. Now, it was all over.
"Iie, Kamiya-san."
Tomo looked at Miyazawa in surprise. He was smiling, the boyish grin
which he had smiled just before the battle had begun. The smile wasn't
false, neither was the look in his eyes.
"This may sound a little weird... but..." Miyazawa began. "I
think that your powers are cool! I'm not lying, how many people in our
school can say that they can fly?"
Tomo could tell that he was sincere, he really meant the words that
were coming out from his mouth. She was shocked.
"I... don't know what to say..."
"Just because Miyazawa Takehito is father doesn't mean that I
agree with his beliefs," Miyazawa continued. "I do respect my father
and his opinions, but I just think that this time he's being wrong.
I'm not just saying this to make you happy, if that's what you think.
I really mean it. And... I would like to see you again... that is...
if you still want to see me."
Even from afar, Yasha and Hikaru could see Tomo's eyes sparkling with
pure happiness. They both smiled amusingly as Tomo gave Miyazawa a
quick kiss and saw the faint blush on his cheeks. Hikaru and Yasha
exchanged one glance, then left the park to leave the young ones
alone.
* * * *
"Looks like you failed."
Tiamat didn't even care to look who it was. "Go away, Hecate," she
said without looking. She heard Hecate sigh.
"It's so typical of you. Just hope that you won't fail the
next time. After all, Hel-sama will be expecting one of us to take
after Morpheus. It will probably be you, so don't fail."
"Go away!" Tiamat yelled. She turned around and reached out
her hand. A black, sharp crystal came out from no where and flew right
towards Hecate's chest. But Hecate smiled and lifted one finger. A
protective barrier appeared before her, when the crystal touched the
barrier it turned into thousands of pieces. Tiamat frowned.
"Please don't be mad at me, sister dear," Hecate continued
sweetly but false. The barrier she had called forth disappeared. "I'm
only interested in what's best for you."
Hecate's musical laugh faded away as she disappeared. Tiamat closed
her eyes and sank to her knees.
[Morpheus... I swear that I will avenge you... one day.]
* * * *
"So... it went well, didn't it?" Chie asked when Tomo came
into the living room. Tomo had this dreamy look on her face, she sat
down in the couch and took a deep breath.
"Yes... it did."
"Hey, I want to hear all about it!" Usagi said and immediately
put down the magazine on the table. "What happened? What kind of movie
did you see?"
Tomo giggled at Usagi's curiousity and the two eventually left the
living room so that Tomo could tell the details about the date,
excluding the battle with the demons. Chie watched the two leaving,
then turned to Hikaru and Yasha who were sitting at the two ends of
the couch, both reading a news paper. Both had been quiet and hadn't
said a word ever since they had arrived home.
"You two are awful quiet today," Chie pointed out. She took
off her glasses. "By the way, where were you two this afternoon? If I
didn't knew you two better I would say you were also on a date."
"Not a chance, Chie," Yasha muttered.
"I take it that you didn't like the movie that we saw?" Hikaru
teased.
"Hikaru!" Yasha exclaimed with a glare. The grin that Hikaru
had on his face was driving her crazy, although no one seemed to
notice it except for her.
"So it's not okay for Chie to know about our date?" Hikaru
continued to tease.
"You two were really out on a date?!" Chie called out. Hikaru
knew that she was just faking to play along.
"No!" Yasha said quickly. She put down the news paper and got
up in frustration. "I hate you, Hikaru!" she called as she left the
living room.
"I love you too, honey!"
Chie took her glasses on. She picked up the book that she had been
reading before. "You can stop the act now, Hikaru," she said. "It's
only going to make her angrier."
"How come you always know when one of us are lying?" Hikaru
asked.
Chie just smiled secretly.
Finally, part 3 is finished! It turned out to be a little shorter than
I expected, but I hope that it's okay with you! If you have any
comments, just e-mail me. Until next time!
Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
7 December 2000
NEXT:
Sailormoon Mirai Part IV: Something familiar
As Akira starts to think about a person in his past life, a strange
girl shows up. Akira isn't sure of what to think, is Izukawa Misao
just another normal girl or an enemy?