Diaries of a chuuni kid
Diary of Neptune, Age 1130
Hello, diary!
"Hello, Neptune."
Amazing! Mom seems to have found me a talking diary. It even knows my secret name. I had a dream last night. In it, the shiplords arrived… but I swept them away with a single stroke of my sword! Everyone was cheering.
Okay, okay, it's not that big a secret. Let me introduce myself. My name is Neptune, sometimes called Michiru, and I'm eleven hundred years old. And a half. I look much younger, but that's because I'm actually a half-goddess. My special skill is transformation!
I have two best friends, my little sister and Noire. Um, and Noire doesn't really have any other friends, so I try really hard to be there. She's a bit of a loner. And my little sister is, um, I sometimes took her too much for granted. ...but Aya talked me through that, and Dad, so I don't do that anymore. Sarah is the best sister I could ask for, and I want to make sure she knows that.
Mom threatened to stuff an eggplant in my mouth if I don't stop saying it all the time, so I mostly do so by hugging her.
Names, names. I know a lot of people. Apart from my bestest friends, I know Uni — she's Noire's little sister. That's the nickname I gave her, 'cause she's on her own a lot. Er, it sounds bad when I say it that way, but I've never done so, and she likes it. Actually, I almost forgot. Actually, she's right downstairs watching a movie with Sarah. She's not really on her own that much anymore.
Then there's Iffy, 'cause her clothing style is iffy. She's my bodyguard. She's a mercenary, and will do anything for food, even fight monsters.
…
I know, diary. I suck at names.
Diary.
Can you make someone a friend if they drop a car-load of snow on you? Because that happened today. It was cold. And heavy. And it actually hurt a little. And it was very unfair, since I was about to defeat Aya and Nei once and for all!
They made a new friend too. Her name is Iris.
Yes.
That Iris.
...she's kinda mean. I think she's evil.
Diary of Neptune, Age 1134
Dear diary. Two weeks Four years have passed since my last entry.
This may be my final entry.
The balance of power has broken, and the world now teeters on the brink of destruction. Iris has come upon us. My continued hope is that all the snow will melt, as surely not even divinity can condense snowballs from thin air.
She also makes awfully good cookies, so I guess she's not evil after all. Tomorrow I'm gonna show her around!
Diary of Neptune, Age 1403
Peashy's here~!
Dear, diary, I guess I should explain. Peashy is my cousin, she's ten, and unlike Sarah she has the good sense not to be taller than me. (Little sis is now officially the Tallest. She got so sorry about that, I had to spend the day comforting her with snacks and games. What's with that? Ah, but 'twas fun. Mom says I'm okay, I'm just growing like she did, but li'l sis is growing like Dad.)
Peach stops by pretty often, I just haven't written about it before. Her mom died during second Sol… so…
I guess she was too young to remember, though.
She's a good girl. Full of life, I guess I should say. A bit too eager to punch people— I've got to get her out of that habit, she's strong enough that it's starting to hurt.
I took her out to play with Noire and the others, and when we were tired we stopped by Aya's place. Nei dotes on Peashy— she's really good with kids. Me, I'm, um, I sometimes get into fights with her if we're both tired. I've been trying really hard not to do that. If I don't mention it again, then maybe I succeeded.
I never told you, diary, but keeping one was Aya's idea. She thought it would help if I write down what I'm doing. I read the first couple of entries again yesterday, and wow.
Anyway, turns out Iris was visiting. That's, what, the fourth time this week? I think they're cooking something up. I'm sure I'll find out what it is later.
She took Peashy flying.
Since when can Iris fly?
Diary of Neptune, Age 1404
They turned the entire hill into an underground labyrinth! There is a minotaur! There's no way Iris and Nei did this on their own!
Diary of Neptune, Age 1405
I'm more tired than I've ever been in my life, and I can't stop grinning. Getting Peashy to sleep will be impossible.
Diary of Neptune, Age 1406
We defeated the minotaur! I slid between its legs and stabbed it from behind, and then Noire cut its throat, and it sort of fell onto Peashy's punch. Turns out it, uh, was Iris all along. But she was a party member! What.
I've said it before, I'll say it again, Iris is bullshit, but I think I love her. Best summer ever.
Michiru's Diary
This might be my final entry.
How am I supposed to seriously write a line like that? Even though it's true, who will believe me? I've used it before! If you've read my diary then I hope you're me, future me, and that you're just as awesome as I always hoped you'd be, or… no. Nonononono. We're not doing this. I hope that you're alive.
The Shiplords arrive today.
My name is Michiru Kaioh. I'm sixteen, and I can't help at all. For the longest time, I wanted so badly to think I could. I told myself, "I'm special," or "Somewhere else, I'm really a goddess," or even just that I'd become a Potential. Maybe. Someday. If I just believed hard enough—is that the bargaining phase? It didn't happen.
Delusions? Sure. I told everyone, I knew I was making it up. That I was just playing. I'm not Neptune, she's just a girl from a game. One I made up based on my dreams. One I've still got to program. And, I did know. I'm not crazy, no matter what Noire said
No matter what Sandra says. I'm sorry.
I just hoped, because hope was all I had. I'm not a Potential, like Aya. I'm not as smart as my little sister. Heck, I'm not even tall and strong like her. I'm not a great warrior, or a poet, or even dedicated to schoolwork like my best friend and, and I knew I could be, but time slipped and I didn't want to not have fun and I wanted something magic to happen and… here we are, I guess. Koharu says writing sometimes makes her cry, so maybe I can be a writer? I just can't see myself spending all my time cooped up the way she does.
Nei is on Mars, stopping there from being a fourth Sol. Knowing her, I'm sure she's in the lab right now. Iris is… Iris is fighting. My hands shake when I think about that. At least Peashy's dad is pretty safe, but Iris isn't, no matter what she says. I never told her how much I liked being her friend.
Time's slipping away. I should comfort my sister, but she's got Uni and I'd be in the way. Who do I have?
You know… if I had time, this would be when I'd crumple up the paper. It's all so overwrought. We'll be fine… right? Iris said so, Aya and Nei said so, and they wouldn't lie. My family won't die. It's just, they'll be fine despite me.
What can I do? What could I have done?
Nothing I can think of.
There's one last thing I can do. I'm going to hug Sandra, and I'll tell her why, and I won't let her go. I won't tease her, either. I'll tell her that. I'll tell her I never really meant to. It's not much, but it's something I should have told her a long time ago.
And I'll see you later, diary.
