Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Love Like No Other ❯ Returning to the Past ( Chapter 1 )

 

 

Smiling to herself, she gingerly opened the folder. “Hmm…let's see…Top Ten Bachelors for the Year 2007, huh? This should loosen her up.”

 

 

She closed the folder and carried it with her out of the room, securely locking the door to her office before she left the building. A satisfied smirk never leaving her beautiful face.

 

 

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--- Parking Lot, Ground Floor ---

 

 

A cold chill ran up Mizuki's spine as she approached her sleek black Mercedes Benz. “Hmm…I have a bad feeling about this…something bad is about to happen to me…sooner or later…”

 

 

She poked her chin with her index finger thoughtfully.

 

 

“Or I could just be imagining things.” She shrugged and fished out her keys from inside her purse.

 

 

“Oh well…it's late and it's time to go home.”

 

 

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--- Earlier, 8:00 a.m., Kou Household ---

 

 

The Kou brothers arrived at the National Japanese Airport located on Tokyo, Japan at 2:00 a.m., Friday morning. They exited the airport and drove south, towards their old home---an aged Victorian house for three hours, arriving there at around 5 o'clock a.m.

 

 

As the black Rolls Royce that they were riding drove up past the familiar huge, oak trees, Seiya---who was sitting on the backseat---couldn't help the sad sigh that escaped his lips.

 

 

It had been too long, far too long since he had last laid eyes on that seemingly endless, white fence that surrounded their home, the open field that was filled with grass---the one that they had used to run and play on back in their childhood days---and the lake where they used to take long, languid swims from during the hot, summer afternoons.

 

 

`Yes…I can still remember…remember those old times as if it all happened just yesterday…'

 

 

Taiki kept his eyes fixed on the road as he swerved the car in front of their house's main porch. `I guess nothing much has changed in the past ten years…'

 

 

Unable to stop himself, his eyes slid sideways to briefly glance at the scene outside the window.

 

 

His lips formed a soft smile as he stared at the tree house perched on top of a huge oak tree near the house.

 

 

Their father had the tree house built for them when he was only six years old. Yaten was only three back then, and Seiya was barely a year old. When Yaten had become six years old, he had refused to play on the `filthy wooden house'---as he had called it back then---but when Seiya had reached the same age, he had instantly become fond of the house. He could always be found playing inside the tree house; sometimes he could be seen playing on the swings attached on one of the branches of the same oak tree.

 

 

Yaten kept his eyes glued towards the sky, forcing his mind away from reminiscing the past, from seeing their old memories---those distant, childhood memories that he had buried deep inside his mind so long ago since that incident---avoiding the instant that the memories would flash before his bright, green eyes, reminding him of the happy family that he once had. Of the warm home he had once possessed.

 

 

Shaking his head in dismay, he glanced at his younger brother. Seiya---being the youngest of the three brothers---had always been the boyish one: both in his physical looks and attitude. `He's the most cheerful of the three of us too,' Yaten noted to himself dryly.

 

 

The car stopped, breaking Yaten away from his musings. Without a word, the three brothers got out of the car.

 

 

The cool, morning breeze blew past them---the relaxing smell of fresh air coupled with the hint of freshly cut grass lingering in the air as they unloaded their baggage from the car's compartment and headed towards the house.

 

 

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--- Lunar Palace Condominium, Saturday, 7:00 a.m. ---

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

A figure stirred from under the comforters of a king-sized bed inside the master bedroom of one of the many apartment-complexes that the condominium---Lunar Palace---offered.

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

The figure groaned.

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

An eyebrow twitched.

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

The comforters were thrown aside and the occupant sat upright, a nerve popping on the side of her forehead.

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

`Who could be disturbing me at this time of the day? It's a weekend for heaven's sake!' The figure thought grumpily as she grabbed a robe and slid it on top of her cotton pajamas. `And I am so not a morning person!'

 

 

Ding dong

 

 

“Coming!” She called out loud, stalking out of the bedroom and going straight for the door.

 

 

Ding---

 

 

The door flew open as the deliveryman was about to ring the bell once again. Coughing in embarrassment, he gave her a sheepish grin, mumbling an apology about disturbing her so early in the morning.

 

 

“What can I help you with?” She asked, forcing politeness in her tone.

 

 

“Umm…Ms. Yokoyama…? You have a package from…StarsPublishing Corporation…please sign here.” The man handed to her a flat parcel and a clipboard which had the receipt attached to it for her to sign.

 

 

She signed the receipt and took the parcel, mumbling a `good morning' and `thank you' before the man left. She closed the door, bolting it lock before walking towards the living room.

 

 

Her apartment-complex was fairly spacious; it had a small living room, adjacent to a small dining room. The kitchen was to the left of the dining room and the master's bedroom was located around the corner to the right of the living room.

 

 

The master bedroom had its own bathroom; there were two other spare rooms with their own adjoined bathroom inside as well. A balcony was located to the far end corner, a little behind the living room; it was concealed behind dark-colored draperies.

 

 

All in all, it was like a small paradise. The only catch was—it was definitely NOT cheap.

 

 

Mizuki sighed as she sat on the couch and leaned her head back for a minute, arranging her thoughts, before she glanced down at the parcel resting on her lap.

 

 

“I bet it's from Setsuna-san,” She muttered under her breath.

 

 

Gingerly opening the top, she carefully undid the brown paper covering the parcel. She froze when she saw what was inside.

 

 

`Bachelors' Galore: SpecialDecember-FebruaryIssue'

 

 

“Oh crap…” She groaned, unable to stop the words before it escaped her lips.

 

 

“I have a bad feeling about this…”

 

 

A bright green post-it was sticking out, just below the label.

 

 

Mizuki-san,

 

Your new assignment is to cover an article for the December-February issue of our magazine, “Bachelors' Galore”.The article will be about the “Top Ten Bachelors for the Year 2007”. The list of the ten young men that you will be interviewing, as well as their bio-data, is inside the folder. Good luck.

 

Setsuna Meiou

 

 

Her eye twitched. Then...

 

 

“Damn you Setsuna-san…!” She cried out in frustration.

 

 

Her Editor-in-chief was going to be the death of her.

 

 

`Things just can't get any worst than this,' she thought exasperatedly.

 

 

She's about to find out that it, in fact, could.

 

 

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Author's Notes:

 

 

Oh god, I finally updated! I was supposed to update last February 21, 2007 but my darned brother freakin' locked our computer until I paid him for the new parts that he bought for it. I hadn't been able to touch the pc for two darn days! It was killing me! And it was my birthday too! Speaking of which, god, I'm now officially sixteen years old, oh I feel old! I want to apologize about my Author's Notes on the prologue…I was on sugar-high…gomen nasai if I seemed a bit rude…or tipsy…anyway, I'll update again as soon as I can. Usagi's going to be introduced soon! Jan ne!

 

 

P.S. I would like to hear your opinions or suggestions for the candidates for the Top Ten Bachelors. Just put it in your review or PM me. Please bear in mind that you can only vote or suggest characters from the anime series, Sailor Moon. Thank you.

 

 

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Here is the list of possible candidates for the position as one of the Top Ten Bachelors for the story:

 

 

1. Andrew or Motoki Furuhata

 

 

2. (Professor) Souichi Tomoe

 

 

3. Fiore

 

 

4. Fish Eye

 

 

5. Hawk's Eye

 

 

6. Helios or Eriosu or Elios

 

 

7. Jaedite or Jedite or Jai Daitou

 

 

8. Kakeru Oozora

 

 

9. Kunzite or Malachite

 

 

10. Gurio Umino or Melvin

 

 

11. Nefurite or Maxfield Stanton or Masato Sanjouin or Nephlite

 

 

12. (Prince) Demando or (Prince) Diamond

 

 

13. Rubeus

 

 

14. Yaten Kou

 

 

15. Seiya Kou

 

 

16. Taiki Kou

 

 

17. Haruka Ten'ou or Amara Tenoh

 

 

18. Sapphire or Safiru

 

 

19. Tiger's Eye

 

 

20. Mamoru Chiba or Darien Shields or Darien Phillips

 

 

21. Zoisite

 

 

I included all of the male characters from the series except for a select few such as Ryo Urawa or Greg, Jordan, Kenji Tsukino, Gurio Umino or Melvin McCellbellum, Peruru, Shingo Tsukino and Death Phantom or Doom Phantom. The reasons are pretty simple really, just that it's either that character is too young or too old. In Death Phantom's case…I don't even know WHAT he should look like since the anime show did not portray whatever is behind that cloak of his. And about Haruka…it's a possibility! Anyway, I hope to hear from you guys soon!

 

 

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