Have Seiya And I Ever Been In Love? Usagi Is Confused!
Usagi is lying on her bed. She is thinking about what Mamoru and the others said.
[Flashbacks]
Mamoru: We are no longer Endymion and Serenity. We are Chiba Mamoru and Tsukino Usagi. We should have our own future.
Protector: Sailormoon, you are no longer the old Serenity anymore. Lucky for me that I didn’t meet her but I meet you.
Mamoru: We have to wake up from this fantasy of ours. I did. And when you wake up, you will see that we are not the perfect match. We are not meant for each other. We will not be able to accommodate ourselves for each other.
Rei: No matter what happens, we will stand by you.
Mamoru: You are in love with Seiya without noticing, aren’t you?
Rei: We saw it in your eyes.
[End of flashbacks]
Usagi is now standing in the balcony staring at the dark sky.
Usagi (thinking): Yes, we are no longer Serenity and Endymion. We have our own future. All of my friends can notice it. I can’t stick with the past anymore. But how can they be so sure that Seiya and I were in love? Were we?
[Title Screen]
The doorbell rings and Usagi goes to open the door. It’s Seiya!
Seiya (smiling): Hello, Odango!
Usagi (surprised and excited): Seiya-kun! You came back! I really miss you!
Usagi jumps into Seiya’s arms with tears in her eyes. They hold and look each other.
Seiya (smiling): I came back for you.
Usagi (smiling): Are you going to stay forever?
Seiya: I will do whatever you want me to do.
Usagi (blushed): They told me that you loved me. Do you still love me?
Seiya: Of course I do. I love you always.
Usagi puts her head on his chest, still blushing.
Usagi: Seiya …
Seiya lower his head and looks at Usagi eyes to eyes.
Seiya: Then how about you, my Odango? Do you love me?
Usagi (blushed even more): I …
Ikuko (shouting): Wake up, Usagi! It’s 8 o’clock already! You’re going to be late!
Usagi slowly opens her eyes and find herself in her bed. She is disappointed.
Usagi (whispering sadly): It was just a dream…
After school, the inners are having drinks at the Crown with Usagi. Usagi is drinking her orange juice silently with head down. Everyone thinks that she is upset because Mamoru and Chiyoko are a pair now. They are worried.
Makoto: Are you ok, Usagi?
Usagi (looks up): I am fine. Why did you ask?
Makoto: Well, Mamoru-san and Chiyoko-chan…you…
Usagi: I told you many times. I am ok. I am their friend now, remember? I am perfectly fine with them. I know you guys care about me, but please don’t ask again. He started his new future, and I am going to start mine.
Minako: Then why are you so upset?
Usagi: I just …
Ami: You just feel upset since you have been with him for so long, even though the two of you broke up for good, right?
Usagi knows that they misunderstood. She was not thinking about them. She was thinking about her dream. However, she doesn’t want them to know.
Usagi: Yeah. But actually, I am a lot more worried about the new enemy.
All (thinking): Worried? There has to be something wrong with her.
Rei: Don’t worry. We got so many friends here. We are going to make it.
Makoto: Yeah, we even have new friends.
Ami: Usagi-chan, everything is going to be just fine.
Minako: As long as we are together, we can defend anything.
Usagi (nodding with a smile): Yes, you are right.
Meanwhile, Hecate is bowing to Cassandra in the hall.
Cassandra: Hecate, how can you fail again and again? Each time you go, one less person comes back. Four Winds were like that. You are just the same. You are not coming back this time, are you?
Hecate: I am really sorry about what happened, your honor. I promise you that I will bring back the right Hope and Love Crystals this time. Please give me one more chance. I would like to take revenge on those who killed my sisters.
Cassandra: I will give you the chance. But if you fail again, we will kill you even if they don’t. Do you understand me?
Hecate: Yes, your honor.
Usagi seems reading a book in her room. But actually, she is still thinking about Seiya and their relationship. Luna comes in and jumps to her desk.
Luna: Usagi, Haruka-san, Michiru-san, and Setsuna-san heard about Mamoru-san and Chiyoko-chan. They are worried about you.
Usagi (absently): I told you that I am fine. I am happy for them, really. Both of them are my friends. You don’t need to ask me that again.
Luna: I am worried because you are reading a book. That isn’t like you at all.
Usagi gets sweat-drops when she hears this.
Usagi: Well, like dad said, I need to be prepared for university although I may not be able to get into one. Anyway, I think actually Chiyoko-chan is more suitable for Mamoru-san. They are the same type. Chiyoko-chan once told me her dream is becoming a known psychologist. Mamoru-san wants to be a doctor as well. They even have the same dream. They are the perfect match.
Luna gets sweat-drops when she hears that a psychologist equals to a doctor. But she is happy to see Usagi is ok.
Luna (thinking): Possibly, she’s in love with Seiya-kun more than Mamoru-san, and she is starting to realize that. Which’s why she can recover so fast and easily.
Hecate is crying at a picture somewhere. It’s a picture of the Three Witches.
Hecate: I promise you. I will kill them all for you. I promise… I promise…
Mamoru and Chiyoko are having dinner in a restaurant called ‘The Steak House’.
Mamoru: I didn’t know you dream is to become a psychologist.
Chiyoko (smiling): You know it now.
Mamoru (smiling): You are a smart, kind, understanding, and beautiful girl. I am really lucky.
Chiyoko turns deeply red.
Chiyoko: You are brazen, Mamoru-chan.
Mamoru: I’m serious. After all, I am telling the truth, right?
Chiyoko: I’m a lot more like Princess Serenity than Usagi-chan, huh?
Mamoru (seriously): I told you. This is my life and I’m going to live for myself only. It’s my limit to take my past life’s responsibility. I can’t put my marriage into it too.
Chiyoko: Forgive me. I was just kidding. Please don’t get mad. By the way, do they know about us?
Mamoru: What do you mean ‘they’?
Chiyoko: You know what I mean, Usagi-chan and her guardians of course.
Mamoru: I told them.
Chiyoko: Oh.
Mamoru: Oh? I thought you would go mad.
Chiyoko: Although I have not known you guys for a long time, I do know your personalities, or at least I believe I know. You understand each other and your lives are stuck together. You are like a family. No, a lot more than family, you are one. You would understand and forgive each other easily. I wish I was a part of this family. That would be great.
Mamoru is wondered by her words that she can see their relationships.
Mamoru: Did I mention you are sensitive as well?
Chiyoko: I am easy to be touched as well. These are the qualities of a good psychologist.
Mamoru: Chiyoko-chan, I thought I’d never say it but I love you.
[CM Break]
Chiyoko (looking at Mamoru): Never? What about Usagi-chan?
Mamoru: I have never told her that I loved her. I said I liked her.
Chiyoko: I thought that “love” and “like” are the same thing for men.
Mamoru: But they are not the same thing actually, right? I felt full of energy when I was Usagi-chan’s boyfriend. I still have that feeling now, as a friend.
Chiyoko: Oh? How about me?
Mamoru: I believe that I can do anything with you. I have repose and confidence when I am with you.
Chiyoko (blushed smiling): Thank you, Mamoru-chan.
Mamoru (nervously): Do you mind I dumped Usagi-san to be with you?
Chiyoko (smiling): I won’t. I understand your situation. I won’t get mad. Irene even had a fiancé. But now I am in love with you, I won’t turn to him even he appears because I don’t love him. Irene might love him, but not me.
Mamoru is surprised to hear that Irene had a fiancé. He feels a little bit uncomfortable but he doesn’t say a word because he trusts what she said that it was just past life.
Chiyoko: I am more worried about Usagi-chan’s feeling. I should get a chance to talk to her.
Mamoru: Actually, I talked with her several times. She seems fine.
Chiyoko: You were her boyfriend after all. She won’t get mad at you. But I am not sure about me. She may not get mad at me but she may feel uncomfortable when she sees us. But I would like us can still be friends. We can solve this out if we talk.
Mamoru: I think you are right. It’s up to you. No matter what, I will support you.
Chiyoko (smiling): Thank you.
On another day, Usagi and the inners are shopping at the mall. Every one of them is holding bags. This time, it is surprised to see that Usagi isn’t eating around. ^_^
Usagi: How’s this? This dress looks really nice.
Ami (looking at the tag): It’s very expensive. I don’t think you can afford it.
Usagi: Oh, how about this one? This one looks nice as well.
Rei (teasingly): It looks nice on the hanger but not on you because you are too fat.
Usagi (shouting): What? I’m too fat? I can’t believe you said that. I’m not fat at all.
Usagi and Rei get into a fight and three others get sweat-drops. At the same time, Mamoru and Chiyoko are shopping on the other side hand in hand. But they had not bought anything yet. Chiyoko puts a nice sweater on Mamoru’s chest and looks at it.
Chiyoko: It is nice on you. Do you like it?
Mamoru (smiling): You have a good taste.
Chiyoko smiles and looks at the saleslady besides them.
Chiyoko: I’d like to take this one. Please pack it for me.
Saleslady: Yes, thank you very much.
Mamoru: I almost forgot. I need to go to the books department to buy something. Would you stay here for me?
Chiyoko: I can go with you after I paid for the sweater.
Mamoru: We can save some time if we separate. Wait for me here.
Then Mamoru runs away. Chiyoko picks a necktie for him while she is waiting for him. When Mamoru comes back, he hands over his bag to Chiyoko.
Chiyoko: What is it?
Mamoru: See for yourself.
Chiyoko: What is it? Oh, it is the book I mentioned last time that I was waiting it to be published. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
Chiyoko jumps into Mamoru’s arms and kisses his cheek, and Mamoru is blushed. Everyone besides them looks at them and smiles. Chiyoko realizes it and is blushed. She then lets go of Mamoru and shows him a small bag.
Chiyoko: I bought a necktie for you too.
Mamoru: I thought you already got me a sweater.
Chiyoko: The necktie is nice and suitable for you. That’s why I bought it. Here it is.
Mamoru: It is really nice. Thank you very much. We should go now. Where do you want to have lunch?
Chiyoko: How about the Crown?
Mamoru looks at her, then he smiles and nods. He knows that she is trying to join the family. She always wants to go the places that the other sailors usually go to. She is always curious about what they usually do. Mamoru thinks that he should pick a time to talk with the others, especially Usagi. He wants Chiyoko to join the family. He wants his love to be friends with his friends. When they are going to the parking lot, as long as the lift door opens, they hear a scream. Chiyoko quickly uses her star-shaded with wings transformation pin (like the style of Sailor Moon’s transformation pin only it’s not a heart but a star) to transform into Sailor Protector.
Chiyoko: Cosmos Protector Power, Make Up!
Hecate is standing in the parking lot with some people lying on the ground and some Crystals flying in front of her.
Hecate (thinking): None of them is the one. But it doesn’t matter. I wait for the sailor soldiers to show up and kill them. Come here fast.
Sailor Moon and four inners show up in front of Hecate.
Moon: Hecate! We are shopping in the mall with lots of stuff. You made us to risk on losing it to come and get you. You need to pay for that!
Four inners and Hecate have sweat-drops.
Four inners: Sailor Moon!
Mars: You are hopeless!
Moon: What? But anyway, for love and justice, the sailor-suited pretty soldiers! Sailor Moon!
Mercury: Sailor Mercury!
Mars: Sailor Mars!
Jupiter: Sailor Jupiter!
Venus: Sailor Venus!
All: In the name of the moon , we will punish you!
Hecate: You are going to die today! Poison River! (a stream of blue liquid)
Mercury: Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!
Mars: Mars Flame Sniper!
Jupiter: Jupiter Oak Evolution!
Venus: Venus Love and Beauty Shock!
Moon: Silver Moon Crystal Healing Kiss!
Hecate’s attack is blocked out. But she quickly picks out a crystal ball from beyond.
Hecate (thinking): Circe, Medea, I am going to use all of our power to kill them. Please help me.
Hecate puts the ball in front of her.
Hecate: Blood Surge!
Circe’s attack comes from the ball and goes to the sailors.
Uranus: World Shaking!
Neptune: Deep Submerge!
Pluto: Dead Scream!
Hecate: Virus Stream! Poison River!
Aglaia: Glorious Lighting!
Euphrosyne: Cheering Capriccio!
Thalia: Blooming Flowers!
Sailor Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia, and Protector show up, along with Tuxedo Kamen. Hecate’s attacks are blocked out and she is forced on the floor.
Protector: Sailor Moon, we use our attacks together!
Moon (nodding): Yes!
Moon: Silver Moon Crystal Healing Kiss!
Protector: Cosmos Divine Light!
Hecate (thinking while the attacks are going to her): Circe, Medea, I am sorry that I can’t keep my promise. But I am coming to you. I am coming to see you.
Then she is vanished. Everyone is relieved and they transform back to normal form. Four inners and four outers look at Mamoru and Chiyoko. Usagi walks towards them. Inners and outers look at her surprisingly. Mamoru becomes nervous and tries to step on the way. But Chiyoko pulls him back, shacks her head, and gives him a smile.
Usagi (to Chiyoko): May I talk with you personally?
Mamoru (turning his head between Usagi and Chiyoko): I will go with you.
Chiyoko (smiling): Mamoru-chan, you have talked with her too many times. Let us talk a little, ok? (Turns to Usagi.) Let’s go, Usagi-chan.
Then Chiyoko and Usagi leave together and go to Chiyoko’s home. Mamoru and the others look at the direction they left without saying a word.
The death of Hecate brings an end to the Three Witches. So let’s talk about them a little bit. They are all from Greek myth:
Hecate is
the Goddess of the Dark of the Moon, the nights that there is no moon and the
world above is as dark as the world below. She was the overseer of the world of
the dead and was associated with magic and witches and also said to have the
power to bestow on or withhold from mortals any gifts she chose. She mixed
fertility with death to be used as earth power. During the daytime, she had
somewhat of an influence over farming, but at night her interests were in
witchcraft and ghosts. Witches and sorceresses, such as Medea, invoked her in
their magic arts. Usually portrayed with three faces, she is the Goddess of
Crossways. This is where the Greeks left their offerings monthly, at the
crossways where three roads met. Because of her connection to the underworld,
Hecate is often portrayed as having similar traits as those of Persephone. She
offered to make sure that Zeus' ruling was obeyed when it was decided that
Persephone's time would be divided between her mother and Hades. Like Hades and
Persephone, King and Queen of the Dead, Hecate was never allowed to sit as a
member on the council of Olympians.
Medea,
whose name means "the cunning one", was the daughter of the king of
Colchis. She was a ruthless sorceress who was something between a witch and a
goddess. She was the first wife of Jason who came to Colchis to retrieve the
Golden Fleece. It was actually Aphrodite and Eros who caused Medea to fall in
love with him, as they knew, without her help, he would be unable to perform
the tasks her father insisted of him. She did use her magic to aid him in his
tasks, and then returned on the Argo with him to Iolcus.
On the
way back, with her father's ships in hot pursuit, she cut her half-brother into
pieces and threw them into the sea knowing that her father would stop to
retrieve them. Iolcus was, at that time, ruled by King Pelias, and Medea
tricked his daughters into boiling him, which resulted in his death. Because of
this, both Jason and Medea were banished.
Jason
went on to take a second wife named Glauce, which really ticked Medea off, and
she saw to it that Glauce was given a poisoned wedding dress, which burned her
skin and killed her. Then she went a little further and killed her own children
by Jason. She then escaped to Athens in her grandfather, Helios', chariot and
married King Aegeus.
This was
before Aegeus knew that Theseus was his son, and when he one day showed up in
his court, Medea tried to put doubts in her husband's mind that Theseus was not
his heir because she wanted her own son by Aegeus to succeed him. But, when
Aegeus finally realized that Theseus was indeed his son, Medea fled with her
son and returned to become ruler of Colchis.
Circe is the daughter of Helios, the Sun God, and Perse. She was a powerful witch who had no love for mortals. Initially, she was married to a king and poisoned him in hopes of taking over the kingdom. But, she was banished from the city and went to live on the Island of Dawn, Aeaea. She is best known from The Odyssey where she turned Odysseus' men into animals with a magic potion. Of course, the gods helped Odysseus, and Hermes was sent to give him an herb that would make him immune to Circe's magic. She eventually agreed to turn his men back, but only on the condition that Odysseus sleep with her. Then she warned him of the perils in the next part of his journey. Odysseus and Penelope's son, Telemachus, is said to have married her.
As you can see that I just picked the names for the story only. I didn't follow the myth about the names actually. Three Witches are not sisters and even have no relationship at all in the Greek myth. However, they are sisters in my story.
Woo, the story is getting more and more exciting. What’s going to happen next? What is Usagi going to do? Ask Chiyoko to leave Mamoru? Make friends with Chiyoko? Or ask Chiyoko to bring back Seiya? Don’t ask me. I don’t know…yet. Tell me what you think about my story at Princess_CynthiaK@yahoo.com.hk .