Pieces Chapter 3 ~ Minako by Cerulean Blue PG CuteePie224@aol.com or cerulean_blue99@yahoo.com Konnichiwa again Minna-chan! Hiya everyone! I am very glad with the four people have responded to me so far, being Sailor Samantha, Shelby a.k.a. Angel, Rhiannon Cunnah, and MStarry2000. I can't thank you guys enough. This is Minako's birth story, and I think everyone is getting just a little tired of them. lol. There are only this one and Rei and Makoto's. This is shaping up to be a mushy, long fanfic, the way I like them. If you don't like mush, this is not the fanfic for you, though it will get more exciting later...hopefully. I am trying, really! On with the story! Cerulean Blue "Preserve me, O God, for in you I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.'" Psalm 16:1-2 Japanese terms I might use: Hai- yes Iie- no Konnichiwa- Hello Ja Ne- Goodbye (slang) Arigato- Thank You Gomen or Gomen Nasai- sorry + nasai very formal Dajoubu Ka?- Are you alright? Hime- Princess Owari- The End -sama- on the end of a name signifies great respect -chan- on the end of a name means dear baka- stupid, idiot Name: Nick names: Queen Selenity of the Moon Sele-chan, Selene, Lena-chan, Elen Serenity's mother King Solaris of the Moon Aris, Aris-chan, Sol Serenity's father Princess Serenity of the Moon Sere-chan, Serena, Ren, Rena, Serin, Bunny, Usagi, Rabbit Princess Rei of Mars Rei-chan, pyro Serenity's future guardian Princess Minako of Venus Mina, Mina-chan, Minako-chan, Miko Serenity's future guardian Princess Ami of Mercury Ames, Ami-chan Serenity's future guardian Princess Makoto of Jupiter Mako-chan, Mako, Makoto-chan Serenity's future guardian King Aries of Mars Aries-chan Rei's father Queen Demeter Of Mars Deme-chan, Demeter-chan Rei's mother King Eros of Venus Eros-chan Minako's father Queen Aphrodite of Venus Aphrodite-chan, Dite-chan Minako's mother King Apollo of Mercury Paul, Paul-chan, Apollo-chan Ami's father Queen Athene of Mercury Athene-chan Ami's mother King Zues of Jupiter Zues-chan Makoto's father Queen Persephanie of Jupiter Sephanie-chan,Persephanie-chan, Makoto's mother Sephanie Disclaimer: Yatta, yatta. Blah, blah! I don't own Sailor Moon. It belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, DiC, the Program Exchange and whoever else I forgot. Don't rub in the fact that I don't own Sailor Moon. =( I only own some of the characters that are the senshi's parents. I don't think anyone would want to take them, but if you do email me first to get permission. Thanks! If my fanfic has a similarty to anyone else's I didn't mean to copy. My story is my idea and probably been influenced by the hundreds of other Silver Millenium stories I have read and liked. Gomen nasai, I really didn't mean to copy anyone if I did. Now, REALLY, on with the story. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Chapter 3 ~ Minako <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 About the same time as Selenity's and Solaris' blessed event came about, all the inner planets were celebrating births of their own. All the royal families each were given the precious gift of an infant girl, a Princess on each respective planet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venus~ *()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*()*() Examination Room, Royal Palace, Venus King Eros and Queen Aphrodite were trying to wait as patiently as possible, but, in truth, they were as squirmy as children who have a total attention span of a minute and are asked to remain perfectly still. The doctor in the small examination room gazed at them passively, with a dash of annoyance and frustration showing through. Eros and Aphrodite were inwardly cursing at the doctor for taking so agonizingly long to report the results of the pregnancy test. Both Eros and Aphrodite wanted to ring his neck to make him spit out the news immeadiatley. The doctor observed their frustration, and more for his amusement than anything else, he painstakingly went over every detail of what they had no interest in and deliberately skipped over the test results. This was greeted with mutters of the royal jail being rather empty, and they always had extra room. The doctor got their hint and gulped. He then went over the pregnancy test and results very proficiently. "King Eros, Queen Aphrodite, I am very privileged to tell your majesties that you, Queen Aphrodite, are pregnant with a healthy baby. Unfortunately, at this point, we are unable to discern the sex of the future prince or princess," informed the doctor. The last sentence of his declaration went unheeded however, for the king and queen of Venus were too overjoyed with the news of their long awaited baby. Aphrodite started to cry, it was her first baby that she was carrying and she was getting quite emotional. Eros on the other hand, was feeling faint at the great results. He was weak with wonderment, surprise and elation. "Dite-chan, a baby?" he said haltingly. He couldn't believe his good fortune. His beautiful wife and him, having an infant. It was simply too good to be true, he thought happily. What had he ever done to deserve such a complete and utterly perfect life? "Yes, Eros-chan, a baby," Aphrodite said with absurd calmness, even though she could barely believe the doctor's words herself. Her mood swings were showing already. She was at the point of pondering names for the new royalty of Venus. Without a second thought she questioned to the doctor, "Will it be a boy or girl?" The doctor, at this point, extremely mad that he was being ignored and not thanked, was livid when he found out he had been ignored further. As nicely as possible he bit out that the doctors were not sure of their child's sex yet. Aphrodite, though a little disappointed, was not fazed. She went back into a happy daze, and further contemplated options for names. When the doctor finally exited the examination room, Aphrodite and Eros embraced each other tightly, as if there was no tomorrow. "Eros, I want to make a bet that it will be a girl; I am positive that it will be a precious, little princess," stated Aphrodite. "Aphrodite," Eros said jokingly, "want to put your money where your mouth is?" "Of, course. I said before I am positive. Um, what's a good consequence for the loser?" Aphrodite mused seriously. "Dite-chan, I was just kidding." "I don't think so, you promised. You, sir, are stuck." "Oh, very well, if that is your wish." "It is, Eros." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> A month later~ A slight bulge was beginning to show on Aphrodite's normally slim, hard stomach. She didn't really mind, until the morning sickness kicked in. This was a typical morning when she had the miserable morning sickness: (Eros' point of view) At 6 o'clock a.m. she would roll around in bed and tangle the sheets more than she had in the turbulent night full of tossing and turning. Groggily she would open her eyes next to me, and vigorously she'd rub the sleep from her eyes. Next, she kicked off the blankets as if she were in the middle of the Venusian Desert, even when it was as cold as Mars' ice caps. My teeth chatter to think about it. Then she would begin her daily toilette. She began with a shower or bath, provided by me, to try to relax. That was always my favorite part of the morning. 6:30 a.m. She had me dry her until she glowed pink. After, she attired herself in a dress that was not too tight and that hid the slight curve of her stomach. Breakfast was an ordeal. She had to eat these foul tasting, barely edible crackers, that were the epitome of yuckiness. They were, the doctors had said, the one thing she could eat, so she wouldn't retch. If I had to say they most resembled something, I would say, definitely hardtack. I tried one once, to ease Aphrodite's pleas, and they were cardboard, which is a kind exaggeration. If Dite-chan was lucky, she would keep the hard tack down, but half the time, it came right back up. Being hungry, she was never in a good mood. She was as cranky as a rutting boar. If anyone approached her, they did it with extreme caution, like she was a wild beast. I really couldn't blame them for avoiding her, lucky for me, I am the one person she went out of her way to be pleasant to. %$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$ 2nd Trimester--> With the morning sickness over, Aphrodite once again returned to her bright cheery self. Her disposition improved greatly, but at times she grew ridiculously emotional about the most trivial things. She cried when she beheld her childhood crib and remembered her brother, Cupid, tripping her in their old nursery. Eros mused, at this rate, she will cry whenever we speak to one another. This was getting absurd... @$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$@$ 3rd Trimester Even though Aphrodite still was an emotional train wreck, Eros was getting used to her erratic mood changes. What was really bothering him was her obsession with how fat she looked. He assured her millions of times that she did not look fat, only "big figured", and that he still remained in love with her. I know I look fat, thought Aphrodite sullenly. I feel like I am carrying a bowling ball along with me, wherever I am. Shall I never be thin again? /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Aphrodite cuddled into the warm silk blankets and sheets, and as Eros locked her into a loving embrace, she kissed him warmly. She sighed, blissful for the moment. "Good night, Dite-chan, love." "Good night, Eros-chan," she murmured as she slipped off to into slumber. Dreaming: "Aphrodite, we are going to a royal bowling tournament, do you think you can make it?" questioned Eros. "I think so, as long as I don't have to play, I should be fine," answered Aphrodite. "Good Darling, let's go," said Eros as he kissed her cheek and helped her walk to the limousine on the front driveway of the palace. At the Bowling Alley~ "Look honey! I'm up to play. Oh no! I forgot my bowling ball! It's the only one I can use! Dite-chan, what can I do?" "Eros, I don't care! I am in LLLLLAAAAAABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!" Aphrodite cried, as a contraction hit her head on. "Wow, that was fast!" said Eros, amazed. A doctor, seemingly from nowhere, appeared. "Doctor, what is it?" Aphrodite squealed. "Madam, you have been blessed with a bouncing baby bowling ball! 12 pounds and a beautiful midnight black!" "WHAT???" yelled Aphrodite. As Eros leaned over Aphrodite, he said excitedly, "Hey, Aphrodite, that's the perfect weight for me! Now, I can compete in the bowling league. I always wanted a black one! This is the perfect bowling ball, and we made it together! Maybe you have a nice pink one in there for you, too!" =)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" "Aphrodite, what is it? Wake up," Eros soothed, as Aphrodite screamed in her sleep. "Eros," Aphrodite said disoriented from the sudden, rude awakening, "How could you! I can't believe you were glad our child was born a bowling ball!!" Each word got progressively louder, until the last two words were screeched in his ringing ears. Aphrodite braced herself for the inevitable explosion she was going to cause and closed her eyes tightly as she hit him. Smack. The volcano erupted. "OOWWWWWWW!!!!! APHRODITE, WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!!!! That HURT!!!" screamed Eros painfully. "You deserved it! EROS NO BAKA!!!" Aphrodite shot back. "What did I do to deserve THAT?" he pointed to the red, burning area on his cheek, where her fist had made contact, for emphasis. "I did absolutely nothing to you! "Nothing!? Is being glad our child was a bowling ball, NOTHING!?!?!" "Aphrodite, I am sure I don't know what you're talking about. You had a dream, and a bad one obviously by what you did to me. You sure pack a punch!" said Eros, trying to make sense amid the madness. "A-a dream. Are you sure?" murmured Aphrodite meekly. "Yes, and I am very, very sure that you haven't had the baby yet. Look at your stomach," Eros pointed out. As she glanced down at her very round belly, she laughed nervously and said, "I guess I was wrong, can you forgive me please? Really I didn't know that I was dreaming." "You know I will Aphrodite, and I don't blame you for being mad at me in that dream, whatever it was. Why don't you tell me about it?" "Ok, I think that would be good if you knew why I was so mad at you. Believe me it was justified." "Dite, don't push your luck," Eros replied in a lecturing tone. "Oh, alright, but just because I don't want to be spanked." "I reserve that right, Dite-chan. For you will always be my little angel." At this point, Eros enveloped Aphrodite in a long, tender hug as she drifted back to a peaceful sleep. "I love you always, Dite," Eros whispered into her ear softly. <)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<)<) As time for Aphrodite's due date came around, the palace was alive with preparation for the birth. The new nursery was being constructed, and Aphrodite hoped for a girl because the walls of the nursery were painted a lovely shade of pale pink. The articles in the nursery were all those of a girl and it was a beautiful addition to the castle. Aphrodite insisted personally to oversee the nursery to completion so she could perfect it to her standards. Her baby must have nothing but the best, of course. Eros, however was nervous at her putting too much strain on her and the baby, so when her time drew near, Eros forbid her to do work or any strenuous exercise. Aphrodite grumbled a bit, but forgave him when she finally realized that he really did have her best interests at heart. One early morning, Aphrodite felt a slight pain in her stomach, but dismissed it as false labor, which she had gotten twice already. She did not see the need to awaken Eros from his sound sleep, he had been so exhausted lately, so she let him be. It got progressively worse, however, so she did eventually awaken him about three hours after she had first experienced the slight pain. Only because she really had to, though. Eros would kill her if she held off telling him any longer. Eros awoke with a jar, it was only Aphrodite shaking him softly and telling him to get up quickly. "Dite, what's the matter?" "I'm not sure, but I think I'm in labor." "LABOR!?! Are you sure, hon??? How long have the contractions been going on?" Eros questioned carefully. With a nervous chuckle from Dite, he could only guess it had been a while. He smacked himself for not waking up sooner. Knowing Aphrodite, she would have had their child on this very bed if she had the notion to, instead of tell someone she needed help. Her pride was the size of the solar system and it could make her very infuriating at times. "We are getting you to the hospital, RIGHT NOW!!! I will call the nurses to prepare the delivery room we designated in the hospital." "Eros, please don't be mad with me, I was just thinking that it was false labor," she wept tearfully. At that very moment, her water broke. Eros did not seem to hear her squeak of surprise as liquid gushed onto the bed, nor did he notice the liquid itself. "Aphrodite, I am not mad at you for that. I am mad because you didn't deem it important enough to inform me so I could be there for you. I love you, and I want to be there for you as well. Will you let me?" "Yes, Eros, I will, but, first, could you help me?" "With what, Dite?" "How can men be so dense, especially YOU? EROS, my water BROKE!!!" Eros' only response was "Oh," as he choked on his own ignorance. >?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>? Delivery Room~ "Come on Dite-chan, PUSH, baby!" (Eros avoided his hands being crunched by his wife simply by keeping his hands busy stroking her hair, or caressing her skin. This helpful, self- preserving tip had come from the king of Mercury, who had just recently had a child himself. His wife had pulverized his hands, and he wanted to make sure no other unsuspecting husband suffered the same fate.) "I AAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM, ERRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSS!!!! IIIIIII CCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN'TTTTTTT PPPUUUSSHHHH AAAANNNNNNNNYYYYYYYMMMMOOOOOORRRRREEEE!!!!" "Keep it up a little more! Come on, babe, I know you can. It's almost over!" The little encouragement that it was almost over drove Aphrodite to keep going, and after 3 hours of hard pushing, she was more than eager to get the bowling ball out of her. She grunted and groaned like a wild pig, and finally, with a final groan emitting from Aphrodite, she hurled her squalling baby's head into the big, bright world. "The head, I can see it, Dite-chan!!!" Eros exclaimed joyfully. In the next instant the rest of the baby slipped out of Aphrodite like a person in a water slide. The nurses were prepared, luckily, and caught the little bowling ball and whisked it away to be cleaned. Dite, anxious to know if it was a girl or boy, yelled at the nurses across the room. "Is it a boy or girl?" The nurses shouted in affirmative that it was a precious little girl. They then deposited the little princess into her mother's waiting hands, as Aphrodite and Eros were making cooing noises to their baby. Eros was speechless for the first time in his life, and so was Aphrodite. Although there were only a couple strands of hair on their baby's head, they were a golden blonde, like her mother's, and her eyes glittered like sapphires. Her parents further inspected the perfection of their daughter's features, and were enthralled by her tiny hands and feet. Finally, Aphrodite broke the silence of their awe with the simple question, "What shall we name her?" "What did you find to be a good name when you searched for one?" "I have a list, somewhere. I don' know where it is now, though a couple of names I do remember I liked were: Victoria, Minako, Michelle and Lilly." Author Notes: These are bad names, believe me, I know, but give me a break. We know the one she is going to pick anyway. Here it comes, dadadadadadum! (drum roll)! "I'll narrow it down to Lilly and Minako, but I will let you decide from those." "Ok, I will go with, uh, Minako. We can go with Lilly as a middle name, and we can call her either!" "Great idea, Dite-chan! Minako Lilly, I really like it." "Oh, I almost forgot," drawled Aphrodite, with an amused tone. "Forgot what?" Aphrodite smirked, and Eros didn't like it one bit. "Our bet," she said simply. "What bet?" Eros questioned. Then relazation dawned on him, or rather smacked him on the head. He felt queasy. He had been too cocky when he made that bet that it would be a boy against Aphrodite, who said it would be a girl. Eros had hoped she had forgotten about it, instead, he had forgotten himself. "Oh, that one we made when we found out I was pregnant. The one that said the loser had diaper duty for two months, surely you remember that one." "Ah, no, it doesn't come to mind. I really don't recall." "Really? Are you sure?" "Oh alright! Fine, I lost. You happy?" "You can start now." "But, er, I don't know how," Eros said with truimph. "Therefore, I can't." "Oh, yes you can. I'll teach you!" stated Aphrodite with glee. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Later~ "Sick, this is gross. Aphrodite, you are cruel," he said as he watched Aphrodite fix baby Mina's diaper, then tried it himself. "You'll get used to it, daddy." [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]][][][][] Venus~ Minako Lilly the first was proclaimed the first Princess of Venus... for one day, she would rule it. They were wished good luck by all the other planets in the Silver Millennium. It was the third blessed event in the Silver Millennium that year, and miraculously, all the other inner planets' royalty were expecting as well. ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! The Royal Palace, Elders Chamber, the Moon Ominous figures garbed in white hooded robes chanted over and over: "Selene, mother of the moon! Caring, caring goddess, grant us a glimpse of what is to Come! What evil causes us to cringe when we focus on the future? What evil force is in store for the near future, our children? Grant us this request, Oh, Oracle of Selene!" In the Palace's ancient Elders Chamber, the chant echoed eerily off the walls, giving a general creepy feeling, as if to ward off visitors. The elders on the Moon were receiving evil feelings for the future of the Silver Millennium. When they consulted the oracle of Selene and they prophesied that soon, within Serenity's life span, the Silver Millenium and future peace would be jeopardized, if not destroyed. When Selenity and Solaris learned of this, they knew they must protect their daughter and the Silver Millennium, at all costs... """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Minna-chan! OOhh, the story is unfolding... I decided to throw that last part in to spice up chapter three. Maybe it's enough of a cliff hanger to keep people coming back for more... maybe not. *sigh* I know it's boring =(. I already started on the birth stories, so I am going to stick with it. Three down, two to go. Sorry to bore you, but please, if you liked my writing at all, PLEASE email me! Please, pretty, pretty please with a cherry and whipped cream on top! Please?????? I won't beg you to email me, I will grovel! Come on people, but remember no flames, but constructive criticism is fine. Thanks for reading my attempt at a fic! God bless! I wrote a poem/song to make you guys email me! Here goes... Email Me, Oh, Please Please, oh, please nice Minna-chan, You who email me are greater than, The people who don't give a care, That makes it extremely hard to bear. Please, oh, please, I am on my knees! Email me, oh, Email me, You couldn't nicer be If you email me! Write a short one, a long one, I don't care they're always fun To read, in great quantities! They pay the author's fees! Email keeps this author going, When you email, it keeps showing Helps me to improve my writing, And keeps me from biting All those who don't! Not because they can't, but because they WON'T! Cheesy, ne? I thought it was kinda funny. What can I say? I was bored. No offense if you don't email me, but I prefer if you would =). Really, did it convince anyone to email me? At all? Did it make you see how much of an email junkee I am? What? You already knew that? What on earth tipped you off??? Ja, Sayonara, Ciao and all that good stuff, Cerulean Blue a.k.a. Kristen P.S. Hey Sailor Samantha, How are ya doing? I'd like to shout out also to MStarry2000, Shelby, and Rhiannon Cunnah. Thanks for emailing me you guys!