Japanese Usagi

Chapter 1:  Birth of the Japanese Usagi

In a village near Mt. Fuji, the Tachikawa family was in their house celebrating the birth of Sakura Tachikawa's  baby daughter. She held a white baby bunny, whom she named Lily, as their close friends meet her.  One of them was a rabbit in a red-and-white kimono, who saw this from outside.

"Sleep tight, little one, for when you grow up, a great destiny will await you," the rabbit said.

--SIX YEARS LATER--

Lily was in a pink tutu and slippers as she was dancing ballet.  As a child, she was enrolled for ballet class as well as gymnastics lessons.  As she danced, her mother was recording her, as the rabbit, now wearing a white shirt and red skirt, also kept an eye on her.

--PRESENT DAY--

Lily, now a teenager, was with her mother and little brother.  Wearing a blue dress with a red heart, she did a ballet twirn as her mother got a picnic ready.

"Now, you two be careful when you play," Sakura said. Lily and her brother, Taro," Sakura said.  As the two played, they saw a shrine and Taro asked a question.

"Lily, what is that," Taro asked.

"That shrine pays homage to the spirit that protects our village," Lily said.  Soon, she and Taro returned to eat, but they soon saw Sakura was about to fall victim to a snake.

"Mom," Lily said as she ran.  However, unlike the times she ran, she heard a voice appear as red energy surrounded her body, starting to morph her clothes.

"Lily Tachikawa, your destiny begins now," the vocie said as soon, she transformed and flew to snatch her mother before the snake could bite.

"Wait, how am I flying," Lily said as she was shocked.  She soon landed, as Taro was excited.

"Wow, sis, that was amazing," Taro said. 

"Amazing," Lily asked as she soon saw her hand, and saw a red glove on it.  She soon went to the river, and looked at herself, only to be shocked at what she saw.  Her eyes and ears were now red in color, and a red striped went over her eyes, like some kind of mask.  Instead of her dress and shirt, she was wearing a white tanktop with the red dot of the flag of Japan and a red skirt, and on her feet were boots with golden wheels on them.

"What happened to me?  I look like some sort of superheroine," Lily said.

"That is because you are," a voice said as the bunny, now in her red-and-white kimoni came in.  Lily, Sakura and Taro saw her and recognized her.

"Wait, you're our protector spirit," Lily said.

"Indeed, I am, Lily," the rabbit said as she touched Lily, which allowed her change back to her normal form.  Later, the spirit was having lunch with the three as she told about Lily's new power.

"For centuries, I have protected the village, but as I cannot protect the entire country of Japan, I have granted brave rabbits with a special power to do good.  I have chosen Lily as I have sensed she is destined for great things," the rabbit said.

"I see, but why the get-up I took," Lily said.

"Ah, I see you noticed the outfit I gave you.  While the heroes I chose did have a kimono like I did, the last hero would actually team up with a foreign hero in the 1990's who called himself the American Rabbit.  So, with the permission of his mentor, a wise wizard, I have given you the powers of the American Rabbit and the costume, to become the first Japanese Usagi, the defender of all Japan," the rabbit said.

Later, Lily would train her powers in secret, with her mother and brother helping her.  As she ran, she would trigger the power, and become her hero form, Japanese Usagi, and finding out the super powers, like flight, super speed, and super strength.  She also found out that by saying her first name, she was able to change back into Lily Tachikawa.

One day, as Lily was in town shopping, when she heard a crowd talking.

"Did you hear, two kids are stuck on a raging river," one rabbit said.

"Yeah, and no one is fast enough to reach them," another rabbit said.  After Lily heard this, she went to get out of sight, as she decided to ensure only her mother and brother knew her secret, and when she got into an open field, and looked to see no one was around, she ran as fast as she could, triggering her power to transform into Japanese Usagi.  Soon, she skated to a ledge and jumped, taking flight, and seeing the two rabbit kids in a boat heading for a waterfall, she flew down to rescue them.  As she brought them back to town, the townsfolk were in awe as the heroine flew away.  Japanese Usagi returned to her home, and going into the house, changed back into Lily.  As she came in, her mother came in and gave her a letter.

"Lily, a letter came for you," Sakura said. Lily opened it, and was excited.

"Oh, my, I got accepted into Nippon Hakaido High School," Lily said.  A month later, Lily and her family would be in a moving van as they were headed for their new home in Tokyo, where Lily's true adventure was about to begin.

TO BE CONTINUED...