Dear lovely readers!
It's Sailor Moon rare pair week 2022 day 6 theme is WISH and I feel more than excited to participate in it! Every now and then I leave my convenient couch and write about other cute couples than UsaMamo (although I have to admit they are my all time favorite lovebirds with their fighting and over centuries stretched love story).
This time though I fell in love with an idea about a rare pairing I have hardly seen fanfic about but have realized that there are tons of artwork existing in the internet. I always wanted to write something about them cos they would have made such a cute couple together.
So what if... Naru and Nephrite had a little bit more time with each other in the 90s anime?
I don't own Sailor Moon but maybe there's a next life when I get the chance to.
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No. He isn't.
He simply cannot!
Masato Sanjoin... he isn't a bad guy at all.
Not like Usagi have said when she had warned me to ever meet him again. She had left me standing in the threshold with a mixed feeling of confusion, anger and concern. Usagi is my best friend since kindergarten. The person I can trust the most in the world. But this time she cannot be right at all with her judgement.
Masato Sanjoin, no...Nephrite-Sama. That's his real name.
He isn't a bad guy at all. I keep telling me this over and over again.
The first time I met him it was love at first sight. Might sound a bit queasy I know, but I can't help it. It's simply true. Some further brief encounter followed on a regular basis until it ended up in a very romantic evening at the embassy when he told me that I was the most wonderful girl in the world.
He might have lied a lot to me before but he didn't lie to me at that time. He proofed it with his actions after I defeated him against Sailor Moon in the park. He freed me out of hell. From his, um work mates? To be honest, they were very scary and I thought I would die.
But ever since heros like Sailor Moon stepped into this world I started to believe that there was more than us simple human beings on Earth. And since I've met this wonderful man I started to believe in magic.
Nephrite.
It was a bumpy road until he revealed his true identity to me, though. I have to admit that. However, the circumstances with this evil organization he was involved with explained a lot of his behavior towards me. Sometimes he was hot, whispering me so wonderful words and promises in my ear and the next moment he was cold as ice, yelling at me that I must be Sailor Moon and making me feel all dizzy with trying to suck energy out of me. That was weird indeed.
But thankfully this is no longer the case cos after we talked in the park he opened up to me, telling me the truth about his background. And this gentleman even carried me bridal style! Unconditionally I was falling so hard at this moment, even if I was terrified what I had experienced just minutes before with his cruel work mates.
Surely, not my first time I was captured by the dark kingdom crew, before them there were several monsters trying to kill me, but Nephrite-Sama is the first of this group who had made up his mind and wants to protect me.
In his arms I feel save.
He was simply gorgeous to me when we were both sitting under a tree in the park at this chilly night and... that was when he kind of asked me out.
Okay, it was rather me who started to speak of this chocolate parfait and asking him if his evil organization has something like a free day but he suggested to put this thought into action.
Together. With me. So that's a proper date, right?
Why should I stay away from this incredible man like Usagi has told me so? Because of all the bad guys around him? He did say he would quit. He promised me and I believe him. Every single word. He is my hero. My very own personal hero.
He would never lie to me...again.
I'm sitting in my room, dressed in a casual long orange skirt and a nice yellow summer shirt, looking out of the opened glass door of my balcony. Feverishly waiting for him to pick me up for our date.
Our destination of today? The arcade! Where we'll have tons of chocolate parfaits together, stealing a bit of the melting gold from each other, exchanging secret looks and at the same time looking at each other like the biggest, most fabulous love couple of all times!
He's an adult man, I know. But I am not a kid to him. He treads me like a woman, respects me and will be my husband in the future. I am sure about that.
I hear the doorbell ring, telling me that my hero in shining armor will come to sweep me away to our own little world where everything will be alright, safe and cozy. Where no best friends will tell me to stop seeing him, where the enemy can't get us and where I am an adult enough to exchange hot and heavy kisses. And maybe more (oh my God!).
I run to the genkan, open the front door and I see the perfection standing in the threshold, gazing at me with his irresistible eyes, capturing my heart with this trademark smile of him.
He is my man.
"Hi" I press out and gift him with a smile, coming straight from my heart and spreading over my lips which seek for a kiss.
Hey Naru, that's barely a whisper but he opens his arms, allowing me to fall even deeper for him by holding me tight and I can feel sweet murmurs in my hair.
I know I shouldn't be here because of many reasons, but please allow me to take you out on a date. It would make me so happy.
Of course, I nod my head eagerly without saying a single word of agreement to him.
Gently he leads me to the streets of Juban Azabu to the Game Crown Center. I feel like walking on clouds, enjoying every single moment he's with me.
Why I chose the arcade? Simple, I want him in my world. This is where I spend a lot of my free time, where I laugh so hard that I sometimes fell off from chairs, this place is where I feel careless, save and happy.
Curiously he looks around once the automatic doors close behind us. Obviously he has never been in such an amusement place before.
"A video game is always good to start with"
I suggest while pointing at the arcade games. He looks with a slight frown at the name on top of it; "Sailor V".
His face speaks volumes
Um, guess not so. Not sure if a bad guy like me will win there.
I know he rather means it ironically, but I don't think that's funny at all. So I whisper that only he can understand it
"Please don't say that. You are a good guy. Always have been to me."
The look I am rewarded with is painful but also a little spark of fascination for me I find in his eyes. I go on in my silent voice
"You know what? I'll show you how to play without touching the villains who are actually good."
I sit down and put a coin into the machine. The familiar sound of the arcade game starts and I quickly dive into the capturing world of video games. Behind me I feel his presence, watching every move I make when I try to defeat the enemies in this game I've played uncountable times.
I feel strong when he's around me. Brave. Somehow, he makes me believe more in myself. Before I met Nephrite I felt being average. But now I do feel special. Respected. Worth shipped.
I end the round successfully and gaze up to the man with the lovely curly brown hair who seems nothing but fascinated by me. At least the looks he gives me tell me of the deep and true feelings he has for me. I feel myself start to blush, definitely time to cool myself up a bit.
"Aright, next step is a chocolate parfait!"
He smiles so wonderfully in response. I am enchanted and eagerly lead him to the counter.
Motoki gives me a look as if he's not sure in which category he should put my current mood; probably he has never seen me so happy, that's why he looks a little confused.
"I am incredibly in love" I tell Motoki in my mind and take Nephrite's hand boldly. He blushes but doesn't think of taking his hand back.
He is my man. What shall I say?
Motoki gulps and obviously tries to ignore the fact that we are a couple, regardless the age gap. Instead he only addresses me with his cheerful voice
"Oi Naru-Chan. How come your not with Usagi-Chan today?"
"Detention", I declare and quickly add "Never mind though, I have found a very nice distraction for today."
Motoki has no other choice than accepting the fact that Nephrite is with me and I want to show the whole world that there will be nothing who could take us apart from each other. A bit confused he shrugs his shoulders.
"Fine, what do you like to drink then?"
Nephrite wants to raise his dark and sexy voice. But before he can answer I order
"A chocolate parfait. With whipped cream and a cherry on top, please."
Nephrite has no choice. I'll pay for this ice cream. It was my proposal and we don't live in a time where a guy always has to pay for a girl. I am nearly an adult. And I owe him for rescuing me the other day anyway.
Only a few moments later I am sitting in a booth with my dream man, deeply enjoying a shared parfait. It's probably the best I ever had.
"This is pure perfection."
I moan while the cold ice is melting down my throat.
His lips change from slight astonishment about my reaction into a cute chuckle.
I could honestly never get enough of his beautiful smile.
"It's exactly how I imagined it when we were sitting under the tree."
Oh Is all I get in return and his smile drops.
Desperately I want to put his good mood back.
"Please. Don't. You've done everything you could. It wasn't fair. We both know it. But please... let's stay like this just a moment longer. Okay?"
He's all serious now.
"Naru. I know that I've been lying to you to the very end. But"
I really wish I could stay like this forever when he adds
"There's one thing which is true. That is that I'm glad I met you."
I close my eyes and feel a tear rolling down my cheek when I remember him saying this line.
He said it when we were sitting under this big tree in the park.
And when I open my eyes again, everything will be different.
Well, it really could have been like that, couldn't it? I mean... the chocolate parfait. The arcade. Me being the happiest girl on Earth with this wonderful man by my side. Forever.
But what is now?
Now I open my eyes and thus am standing in front of a cemetery in Yokohama, watching the wide field of cold stones and heavy crosses.
"There are so many graves, but in none of them is my... Nephrite-Sama."
Im still speaking to myself, ignoring my friends being with me in front of this big church.
He died for me.
In the park. His body resolving into this air, escaping from this world.
It's was solely my mind which made up all these pictures of me and him being together.
It was only a wish. A little dream of mine.
Reality sucks.
This isn't fair. It's not... fair.
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This oneshot is an inner monologue of Naru she could have had during episode 26 of the 90s anime while she was standing in front of the cemetery in Yokohama, musing about her lost love.