Coming Home (Sailor Moon; Seiya/Usagi; #20)
Title: Sugar Spice
Author: seikochan
Pairing: Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon) x Seiya Kou (Sailor Star Fighter)
Fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Theme: #20. the road home
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Tsukino Usagi, Seiya Kou, and any of the other characters that take part in this drabble do not belong to me, but to the admirable Naoko Takeuchi. Neither do I own "Look Up at the Stars at Night", which was sung by Kyu Sakamoto, nor "The Garden of Everything" by Steve Conte and Maaya Sakamoto. Here's my table so far~
A/N: Well, this was a interesting piece to write - it turned out quite differently from how I originally intended it. Heavily inspired by Shiho Niiyama and Kyu Sakamoto. Enjoy!
Traveling through space was always a difficult task. The lack of air and gravity always made it an uncomfortable journey, even for a Senshi, and Fighter never thought she would have to do it again.
Yet here she was now, soaring through the blackness of the universe, whooshing past countless celestial bodies in a flare of brilliant light. She didn't know how long she had been traveling ... Hours ... Days ... Weeks ... Months ... Years ... They meant nothing to her now.
A wave of exhaustion passed through her, and she barely swerved to miss the asteroid that flew at her. 'Just a little while longer, Fighter. Hold on just a little bit longer, and you'll be home,' she told herself determinedly.
Home ... She almost laughed at the word. For so long, she thought that the planet she left behind was her home. True, it was where her beloved Princess was, as well as her dearest friends and companions. It was where she grew up, laughed, cried - it was where she had lived.
But there was an Earth saying ... "Home is where the heart is." And Fighter knew all too well where her heart remained.
Suddenly, she burst past a small planet, oddly familiar to her. Two more planets rushed by, one a deep blue and the other a fainter blue-green color. With growing ecstasy, Fighter realized where she was, and laughed delightedly as she flew past ringed Saturn, giant Jupiter, fiery Mars.
The blue-green planet that met her eyes filled her with more joy than she ever thought possible. She bit back a sob and burst forward with renewed energy, piercing through the layers of atmosphere that surrounded the beautiful planet, going faster, faster, faster, to that little archipelago from so long ago.
Her lips turned up into a smile, and the Senshi closed her eyes, allowing herself to plummet towards the islands.
"Odango ... I'm home."
*~*
Somewhere in the suburbs of Japan, a young woman crept quietly over to the corner of the room, gently reaching inside to lift the crying bundle out of the crib and into her arms. The newborn mewled softly, scrabbling at her mother's chest, and the woman smiled. She pushed back the long tresses of golden hair, haphazardly tucked into two buns at the top of her head while allowing the rest to stream down, and unfastened the front of her nightdress.
The baby latched onto a nipple, blindly suckling at her mother's breast, and soon calmed down, soothed by her mother's warmth and the milk that she was offering. The young mother moved over to sit on a rocking chair by the window, and swayed back and forth.
"Look up at the stars at night," she sang softly, cradling the child in her arms. "A tiny star's tiny light is singing about a humble happiness," she crooned till the melody lulled the baby back to sleep.
Chiba Usagi stopped singing to smile down upon her daughter, smoothing back the tiny curls of pink hair. She leaned down, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead before leaning back against the chair. A flash of light caught her eye, and she turned her head to see a red star gliding across the night sky before descending into the horizon.
'My Starlight's come home,' she thought dreamily before sleep claimed her.
Author: seikochan
Pairing: Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon) x Seiya Kou (Sailor Star Fighter)
Fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Theme: #20. the road home
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Tsukino Usagi, Seiya Kou, and any of the other characters that take part in this drabble do not belong to me, but to the admirable Naoko Takeuchi. Neither do I own "Look Up at the Stars at Night", which was sung by Kyu Sakamoto, nor "The Garden of Everything" by Steve Conte and Maaya Sakamoto. Here's my table so far~
A/N: Well, this was a interesting piece to write - it turned out quite differently from how I originally intended it. Heavily inspired by Shiho Niiyama and Kyu Sakamoto. Enjoy!
Traveling through space was always a difficult task. The lack of air and gravity always made it an uncomfortable journey, even for a Senshi, and Fighter never thought she would have to do it again.
Yet here she was now, soaring through the blackness of the universe, whooshing past countless celestial bodies in a flare of brilliant light. She didn't know how long she had been traveling ... Hours ... Days ... Weeks ... Months ... Years ... They meant nothing to her now.
A wave of exhaustion passed through her, and she barely swerved to miss the asteroid that flew at her. 'Just a little while longer, Fighter. Hold on just a little bit longer, and you'll be home,' she told herself determinedly.
Home ... She almost laughed at the word. For so long, she thought that the planet she left behind was her home. True, it was where her beloved Princess was, as well as her dearest friends and companions. It was where she grew up, laughed, cried - it was where she had lived.
But there was an Earth saying ... "Home is where the heart is." And Fighter knew all too well where her heart remained.
Suddenly, she burst past a small planet, oddly familiar to her. Two more planets rushed by, one a deep blue and the other a fainter blue-green color. With growing ecstasy, Fighter realized where she was, and laughed delightedly as she flew past ringed Saturn, giant Jupiter, fiery Mars.
The blue-green planet that met her eyes filled her with more joy than she ever thought possible. She bit back a sob and burst forward with renewed energy, piercing through the layers of atmosphere that surrounded the beautiful planet, going faster, faster, faster, to that little archipelago from so long ago.
Her lips turned up into a smile, and the Senshi closed her eyes, allowing herself to plummet towards the islands.
"Odango ... I'm home."
*~*
Somewhere in the suburbs of Japan, a young woman crept quietly over to the corner of the room, gently reaching inside to lift the crying bundle out of the crib and into her arms. The newborn mewled softly, scrabbling at her mother's chest, and the woman smiled. She pushed back the long tresses of golden hair, haphazardly tucked into two buns at the top of her head while allowing the rest to stream down, and unfastened the front of her nightdress.
The baby latched onto a nipple, blindly suckling at her mother's breast, and soon calmed down, soothed by her mother's warmth and the milk that she was offering. The young mother moved over to sit on a rocking chair by the window, and swayed back and forth.
"Look up at the stars at night," she sang softly, cradling the child in her arms. "A tiny star's tiny light is singing about a humble happiness," she crooned till the melody lulled the baby back to sleep.
Chiba Usagi stopped singing to smile down upon her daughter, smoothing back the tiny curls of pink hair. She leaned down, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead before leaning back against the chair. A flash of light caught her eye, and she turned her head to see a red star gliding across the night sky before descending into the horizon.
'My Starlight's come home,' she thought dreamily before sleep claimed her.