The Life Sailors Part 1 Written By: Aria Chiba and Rowan's Girl Rated: PG-13 You can e-mail your comments to ariachiba@hotmail.com This was a story that we have been writing back and forth. So to put an actual idea about what this story is about at this time... you'll just have to read to find out what we manage to come up with! No, we don't own Sailor Moon. Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is copyrighted to Ms Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Nakayosi, DiC, etc. This story is soley for fans and entertainment. Any simularities between the Rowan on Ronin Warriors and our Rowan are purely coincidental. ******************************************************************* ** Note: This story was written to focus on Aria. Look ** ** for Zahara side, coming soon! ** "Watch this Jacob!" yelled a tall red-headed girl as she threw a ball at stack of bottles. CRACK! All but three fell down. "Awwww!" she cried. Jacob came over and gave her a hug. "It's ok, my Aria O'Malley." She gave him a small peck on his cheek, then turned around to see what she had won. "A pretty ring for the pretty lady." the man said, handing over a gold ring, incased with tiny green stones. She thanked the man, and walked off with Jacob. She looked carefully at the ring, and the light green stones sparkling in the sunlight. It was to light a green to match her eyes, but it matched Jacob's eyes perfectly. "Wait a moment Jacob, " she said, grabbing his arm. "Aye, what is it?" he asked, watching her remove one of the necklaces she wore. It was the plain gold one that was so long, she looped it around her neck twice. She carefully strung the ring on it, and attached it around his neck. "Happy birthday, my Jacob O'Leary," she murmered, hugging him. He gave a smile, and said quietly, "I'll thank ya a little more properally later." She grinned, and tightened her arms. Then a voice rang out, "See what happens when I leave ya two alone for a second?" An average sized girl with short brown-black hair and a dark complexion, your average African girl. She stood out amoung the majority of the red-head, light skinned population in Ireland. Not that she minded standing out! "Oh, whatever Zahara. It's sooo much better when your not around to supervise!" I said cheerfully to my best friend. I looked around for my mom and dad, or my siblings. "Have you seen Mum, Da, Lizzie, or Rion? "Naw, but why would ya want to?" She said, laughing. "Look at the time! It's almost time to leave, and you know Da, he'll take off just to teach us a lesson!" Aria said, smiling. "Oh, like it'd be all that bad stuck in an amusement park with my two favorite girls..." Jacob started to say before he was inturrupeted. "TWO FAVORITE GIRLS! I thought i was your favorite Jakey!" cried a little voice. They turned around and found 4 year old Lizzie standing there, tears in her eyes, 8 year old Rion and Aria's parents behind her. Jacob quickly stooped down and formulated a story as he picked her up. "Of course your my favorite Lizzie! You know," he quieted his voice, pretending to say it as if only for her ears." You know how jealous they'd get, if I showed my true feelings! Your big sis would probally beat me up!" She giggled and gave him a kiss. "Ok, I forgive you!" she whispered back as he set her back down. Aria's dad spoke up, "It's almost time to leave, but let's just stay for the drawing. Ya never know, we might win a trip or something!" 'Oh whatever, like that'd happen' the three teens thought to themselves, but didn't say anything when the saw the looks on Lizzies and Rion's faces. "Let's go listen kids," her mom anounced, picking up Lizzie and grabbing Rion's hands. Her dad came up next to them and whispered, "Ya guys are getting so mature. What great 15 year olds you are!" He pulled Aria into a headlock and started after his wife. "Daddy!" she cried, trying to wrench her head free. ********************************************************************* ** Near the end of the Rafle ** "Congratulations to the lucky family and their new TV set. Now, for the final prize... a 5 person round trip package to Japan!" "5 person?!" Zahara sobbed. "Then you and I wouldn't be able to go Jake! Unless your family put up the money..." she said, with an evil grin. She was adopted, and her new family couldn't afford anything like that. But Jacob was the only son of one of the richest families in the area. He laughed. "I'm sure mum and da wouldn't mind putting up something to get rid of us, Zahara." They quieted down as the man reached into the bin of names, and people stood, holding their breaths. He pulled out a slip, unfolded it, and smiled. "The lucky winner is... Riona O'Malley!" "MOM YOU WON!" Aria cried in amazement, getting crushed in a family hug. "Jake! Remember what you said!" Zahara cried gleefully. Lizzie and Rion had already run up to the podium, dancing happily. The rest of them joined the two (of course, they didn't dance with them). Aria gave Jacob a giant bear hug and whispered to him, "You better come too, can you imagine! Japan! The language is so beautiful!" "Don't worry, I'll make sure both Zahara and I make the journey. Mum and Da won't mind too much, and I wouldn't even dream of letting ya go alone." "Everyone, smile!" cried a voice of a photographer, not that it was necessary to ask, since nothing could wipe the smiles off their faces at that moment. ********************************************************************** "Lookie, lookie! You can see Japan!" Lizzie cried. She tapped Rion's shoulder, pointed to the window, and signed Japan. Rion was deaf, born that way. "Oh my gosh, we're going to land soon! My hair must be a mess!" Aria cried, grabbing her brush and brushed through her waist length hair. Zahara was doing the same to her shoulder length hair. Jacob reached over from beside her and tugged on one of the mini-meatballs that held the hair on top of her head back. "There is no way that hair wouldn't look great." "What about my hair Jakey?" Lizzie cried from the seat next to him. He leaned over and whispered, "10 times more gorgeous then Aria's." Aria kicked him in the shin, and he looked over and grinned. The announcement to buckle up and such soon came on, and before long, they had landed. Most of them knew Japanese (except for Lizzie and Rion) since Mom and Dad had good friends who had lived there, and taught them. They got off the plain and were immediatly surrounded by all sorts of people speaking all different languages. Jacob picked up Lizzie and Aria's dad picked up an upset Rion(8 year olds don't like to be picked up). They threaded through the crouds till they found the baggage area. Fortunatly, they found their luggage quickly, and they had soon left the international airport. "TAXI!" Da called, and a taxi soon came. They stuffed their stuff in the trunk, and they were off to their motel. It was a tight fit, but with Lizzie and Rion sitting on their parents laps, and Aria sitting on Jacob's lap, everything was ok. Her father, always a good guy about Jacob, still commented, "I'm going to have to get a rental car soon!" Soon the taxi pulled up to The Crystal Towers, their motel, they piled out and checked in. They had three rooms, one for Aria and Zahara, one for the rest of the family, and one for Jacob. The rooms were large and cozy, and the windows looked out over the lake. "Gosh, it's beautiful!" Zahara said, amazed. "Mmmmmmm, how romantic..." Aria said dreamily, and got swatted over her head. "Aria, can't ya think about anything else but Jake?" "Uh uh. Hey!" she jumped up, "I'm going to go ask him if he wants to take a walk down by the lake! Want to come with?" "Naw, I think I'm going to go explore the motel," Zahara said. They both pulled on some sandles and headed out. "Ja ne Zahara!" Aria called to the retreating figure. Jacob was in the room next to hers, so she went up and knocked. "Who's there?" cried Jacob. "Only yar favorite girl in the world," she called back. He poked his head out and feinted in mock suprise. "Why, yar not Lizzie!" She punched him in the shoulder and pretended to cry. "Awww, I'm sorry sweetie, " he said, taking her hand and twirled her around, making her giggle. "C'mon! Let's go take a walk by the lake!" He grinned, slipped on some sandles, and grabbed her hand. "Let's go!" ********************************************************************** Jacob and Aria, what a great couple! See what happens next in Part 2! ~~Aria Chiba with the help of Rowan's Girl -- Don't forget to check out Zahara's side! The same story... but it's not! Find out the entire story by checking out both Rowan's Girl's and mine!