A few general notes:
-Roughly translated, "Watashi-tachi no Onaji Yume" means "Our Dream Together" or "Our Same Dream".
-I try to keep this story as in character as possible. That said; I know some people may disagree with some of my interpretations or couple pairings. I hope you'll keep an open mind and just enjoy the story for entertainment purposes though. Thanks!
-Haruka and Michiru are no longer a couple in this story. I have absolutely nothing against homosexual couples whatsoever, and indeed I am a fan of quite a few of these couples in various anime. But I just personally feel that Haruka and Michiru don't fit very well as a couple, and I explain this in a way that I hope makes sense with the characters and the series. I really hope I don't offend anyone and that you'll still keep reading!
CHAPTER ONE:
Homecoming
-The part of the dream when Chibiusa runs alongside the river is the same scene as the end of the second SuperS ending song, "'Rashiku' Ikimashou"!
-The beginning takes place just after Chibiusa has returned from the 20th century, after the second battle with Neherenia, in the first part of the "Sailor Stars"
Japanese Translations
-i. Ee/ Hai –Yes
-ii. Ne – Right?
-iii. Gomen-nasai/ Gomen – Sorry
-iv. Kawaii – Cute
-v. Mata ne/ Ja ne/ Ja mata/ Ja – See you later
-vi. Arigatou – Thank you (informal).
-vii. Nani – What?
-viii. Daijoubu – Are you all right?
-ix. Ohayou – Good morning
The sound of flapping wings echoed across the late night sky as a few crows flew above the glittering buildings of Crystal Tokyo, home of the Royal Family that ruled over 30th century planet Earth. Nine-year-old Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity of Crystal Tokyo watched them from where she sat in bed next to the largest window in her bedchamber.
"Small Lady?" asked a tiny voice.
The young princess turned her head to look at the tiny, pinkish-grey kitten at the foot of her bed, "Mm? Nani?"
"What are you thinking about?"
"Oh…just…"
"Small Lady?"
"Momma!"
Neo-Queen Serenity of Crystal Tokyo, Small Lady's mother, stood in the doorway to the princess's bedchamber, "I just wanted to say good night. Are you happy to be back home?"
"Ee…" Small Lady agreed quietly, but didn't meet her mother's gaze.
"Small Lady?" the queen entered and sat down on her daughter's bed, and would almost have sat on the kitten, Diana, if Diana hadn't noticed and moved away quickly.
"Momma…can the future really change? Could I really have disappeared?"
Serenity paused, "Are you talking about what happened with Neherenia yesterday before you came home?"
She nodded, "Did anything happen here? Did Poppa start to go into the nightmare?"
"Nothing happened here. Everything went on just like normal," Serenity looked thoughtful, "I can't say for certain, but I don't believe that the future can really change. Everything turned out all right, didn't it?"
"It did," Small Lady agreed, "So then… the future really can't change?" she seemed hopeful, "Because even when I was supposedly disappeared, I was still aware of myself… I think I was floating in light… and then I thought I heard the voice of-" she stopped.
"The voice of…?"
"Well…" she hesitated, "Never mind. I'm sure it was just an effect of the state I was in. Maybe it was just my imagination…"
Serenity smiled, "Okay. But I think that if you were still aware of yourself in that time then the future surely can't really change. Do you feel better now?"
She smiled, "Hai."
"What's up?" said a male voice from the doorway. It was Serenity's husband and Small Lady's father, King Endymion of Crystal Tokyo.
Serenity looked up at him and gave a little wave, "Oh, hi Endi! I was just saying good night to Small Lady."
He smiled, "Ahh, right. Good night, Small Lady."
"Good night, Poppa. Good night, Momma."
Serenity got up and the two adults began to leave.
"Wait, Momma!"
Serenity turned around, "What is it?" she walked back and started to sit down again.
"Serenity, WATCH OUT!" Endymion yelled.
She jumped up, "WHAT, WHAT?" she yelped while looking around frantically.
"You almost sat on Diana." He said.
She looked at the kitten, who had returned to her spot on the bed, "Ah, gomen-nasai Diana!"
Diana got up and sighed, walking to lay down by Small Lady, "That's okay."
Serenity sat down and Endymion went to stand behind her.
"Momma, what did you mean when you said that I would have important encounters in the 20th century?"
Serenity and Endymion smiled at each other, then Serenity spoke, "Well, you had lots of important encounters, but the two MOST important ones…well; one of them as you well know was Hotaru-chan. Sailor Saturn. You were the one who befriended her first."
She nodded, "You're right. That's what I thought, too. But…what was the other one?"
Endymion smiled, "You know who it is."
"The one who right now is watching over our earth from Elysion," Serenity finished.
"Elios…" Small Lady whispered.
Serenity nodded, "I was so glad when you found him!" she folded her arms, "That's because then you stopped chasing after MY Mamo-chan!"
Endymion cleared his throat.
"Hi Endi!" Serenity waved at him again.
"Good night." Small Lady said suddenly.
Serenity nodded, "Good night. Sleep well!"
"I will!" she grinned.
"Night, Small Lady." Endymion said, and then he and Serenity left.
"Good night, Diana!" Small Lady said to her kitten.
"Good night," Diana replied, returning to her spot on the bed and curling up in the blankets.
Small Lady looked out the window, "Elios… I couldn't tell them, but it was your voice I heard when I was in that light. You called me your pretty girl just like you used to. Was it real, or was it my imagination? I wish you could tell me…" she paused and glanced to see if Diana had heard her, but the kitten had all appearances of having fallen asleep and didn't respond, so she turned back to the window. "Now I'm in the 30th century again… I'm sorry I made you wait a thousand years, but I had to come back home. Elios…when will I see you again?'
She sighed, then lay down in her bed and slowly drifted off to sleep.
...
A bunch of children she'd never seen before surrounded Small Lady.
"Have you seen Pegasus?" one asked her.
"We have so much fun together!" squealed a girl.
"Chibi Usa-chan! Have you seen him?"
"I'm sure he likes me the best!"
"Nuh uh! I'M definitely his favorite!"
"No, It's me!"
"No, me!"
"No! Me!"
Small Lady turned away from the chattering kids to see the four inner senshi, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, talking in undertone amongst themselves.
"Pegasus is very common in the dreams of children, isn't he?" Venus asked.
"Yes, but then he goes away when they become adults!" Mercury stated.
"I wonder if there'll ever be someone that he'll stay with even into adulthood?" Jupiter wondered.
"No way! Do you think that's possible!" Mars exclaimed.
Their voices and the children's echoed all around Small Lady, closing in on her. She squeezed her eyes shut and began to run away from them. Soon the voices faded and were replaced by the chirping of birds. She opened her eyes to see that she was now running alongside a peacefully flowing river, as the song, "'Rashiku' Ikimashou" played softly in the distance. Suddenly, the straw hat that she was wearing flew off and she gasped. Her face broke into a smile and her eyes lit up joyously as she watched her hat blow away in the wind.
"My Pretty Girl."
That voice! She whirled around. Sure enough, across the river stood Pegasus, holding a white rose in his mouth.
She smiled.
...
Small Lady sat up in bed, "A dream?" She looked around, and then sighed, gazing out the window at the bright blue morning sky, "Pegasus. Will you stay in my dreams even when I'm an adult?"
She got out of bed and wandered down to the kitchen, where Neo-Queen Serenity sat at the table, "Ohayou, Small Lady! Want some cereal?"
"Ikuko-momma made eggs," she said bluntly, sitting down across from her.
Serenity smiled, "I'm not Ikuko-momma."
"Usagi," Small Lady said to her mother.
"Chibiusa," Serenity said back. They both laughed.
Serenity lifted the lid off the jar in front of her and peered in, "AAAUUUGGHH! ENDYMION!"
Endymion burst into the room, "Nani! Serenity, daijoubu!"
"WHO ATE ALL THE COOKIES!"
Endymion grinned sheepishly, "Oh…um…that was…Well, I guess that was me."
She growled low, then stopped and smiled, "Well, I guess I don't have time to go to the supermarket so I'll just have to MAKE some more!"
"What? NO! I mean, uhhh…sounds…great…" he made a weird face like he was trying to fake a smile and then left.
Small Lady sighed, "Sailor Jupiter is making lunch and dinner, ne Momma?"
"Hai." Serenity groaned.
"Can you make lemon pies like Ikuko-momma?" Small Lady asked.
"I…can…try…"
"Never mind."
"Heh. You'll probably burn it," smirked the dark purple cat on the floor.
"Shut up, Luna." Serenity said in an annoyed tone.
Small Lady got up from the table, "I'm going to go get dressed. Ja ne."
...
In about a half an hour Small Lady returned to the kitchen.
"Hi, Small Lady!" Serenity grinned from the oven, "I made some cookies!"
"Um…uh, yeah…sounds…nice, but I…just remembered there's something I want to do today, so I, uhh…I gotta go! Ja mata!" she hurried out of the kitchen.
She ran down the long hallway, almost running into Sailor Venus who came out of a side hall, "Small Lady!"
"Venus!"
"When did you come back?"
"Yesterday morning."
"Oh, I didn't know."
Small Lady nodded, "Yeah, I spent most of yesterday with my parents. We went to the park and got ice cream and stuff. It was fun."
Venus smiled, "I was just going to see your mother. Why were you running?"
"Momma made cookies."
"E…uh…I'll come with you!" she grabbed Small Lady and began dragging her far away from the kitchen, "Oh, right! You have to come with me and meet Hikaru, anyway!"
"Hikaru?"
"Mine and Yaten's daughter!"
She stopped dead in her tracks, "Venus! You have a daughter!"
She smiled, "Hai! Late last year. When you left I was already two months pregnant, but I didn't know it!"
Small Lady grinned, "Minako-chan! I'm so surprised that you were the first of the senshi to have a baby!"
"Me too! But, I was!" she stopped in front of a room in the Venus wing of the palace and opened the door, "Yaten, sweetie!"
"Hai?" called a male voice from inside the room.
"Small Lady's back! We gotta introduce her to Hikaru!"
The handsome, silver-haired man appeared in the doorway. He smiled, "Welcome back, Small Lady!" he led them into the main room and through the halls to a child's room, where inside a crib slept a little girl with shoulder length silver hair, pulled half back in a slender little pink bow.
Small Lady smiled, "Wow! Kawaii! Where'd you get the name?"
Venus smiled, "Hikaru was my best friend when I fought in England as Sailor V."
Yaten folded his arms and looked away, "I just thought it sounded cool!"
Venus and Small Lady giggled.
"Well, I don't want to wake her up so I'd better go," Small Lady said.
"Go where?" Venus asked.
She laughed, "I don't know! Anywhere that's far away from Momma's cookies!"
She smiled, "Well then you wouldn't mind going to the Saturn wing for me, would you? I want you to return this CD I borrowed from Saturn."
Small Lady nodded, "Of course. I can't wait to talk to her about what happened in the 20th century!"
"Oh, yeah!" Venus nodded, "I remember! You should definitely talk to her! Ja!"
"Bye-bye!" she waved, then ran back down the hallway towards the Saturn wing, on the other side of the palace.
...
"Chibi Usa-chan!"
"Saturn!" Small Lady grinned as her friend opened the doorway into her quarters, "Now I understand why you've always called me Chibi Usa!"
Sailor Saturn smiled, "Mm hmm."
"There was so much excitement in the past! I already feel kind of bored here! Oh, by the way, Venus wanted me to return this to you."
She took the CD, "Oh, yeah! I forgot I lent her this one!"
"Chibi Usa-chan!" Saturn's husband, Roberto; a tall, athletic man with shoulder length blond hair; stepped into the room.
"Roberto!" Small Lady exclaimed, then she gasped, "Ro…berto…you're…"
He nodded, "The same Roberto that wanted to date you 1000 years ago in elementary school."
Her eyes widened, "I thought you looked familiar when I saw you in the past! You and Hotaru-chan got MARRIED!"
Saturn laughed, "Are you jealous, Chibi Usa-chan! You turned down his offer in the 20th century!"
Small Lady giggled, "No, that's really cool! How did you two meet?"
"You'll find out soon enough," smiled Saturn.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You'll see."
Small Lady shrugged, "Ok. Well, I'm so happy for you guys! Hotaru-chan… I'm so glad things worked out the way they did, and we're still friends even in the future!"
Saturn smiled, "Me too. I have you to thank. We'll always be best friends."
"Hotaru-chan!" Small Lady smiled at her friend, "I'm so glad! Well, I think I'll go say hello to all the other senshi! It was great to see you guys again!"
Roberto smiled, "Likewise!"
"Ja mata, Chibi Usa-chan!" Saturn said.
"Ja!" Small Lady waved and then headed off to the Mercury wing of the palace.