Love and Destiny Chapter 6
By Sailor Draco
PG13
HimeNoDraco@aol.com
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Authors note:
So sorry it's taken me such a long time to get this chapter out, I had
writers block for a while there. Anyway, you may want to go back and
reread the end of Chapter 5, I added what happened when Makoto let Neptune
and Uranus in and the conversation they all had. You may notice I have
changed to the Japanese spelling of the senshi's names. ::Shrugs:: I've
gotten interested lately in the Original Japanese version and like these
spellings better. Oh, and translations of Japanese words are at the bottom
of the page.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Sailor Moon or any of it's original characters.
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The four inner senshi along with Neptune, Uranus, and the Knights sat under
a cherry tree in the park, pretending to be a bunch of teenagers enjoying
time together. It was another one of their secret senshi meetings. Minako,
of course, was still in the hospital, still in a coma.
"So what new information do we have on Aethus and the dark kingdom?"
asked Rei. Not to long ago they started calling the old earth kingdom
now risen with nearly all it's power the dark kingdom.
"Well they have attacked numerous places through out the city. It seems
they are gathering energy for something. Also noted is all these yoma that
are now appearing seem to be old earth creatures of legend. Among these
so far have been ogres, giants, elves, and dwarves," informed Ami.
"The question is what exactly do they need all that energy for?" asked
Calvin. "They must be saving it for something big. They haven't directly
attacked us or the Princess since that night. They must be planning
something..."
"What have you gathered from the fire readings Rei?" asked Makoto.
"Nothing," she replied, everyone stared at her in disbelief. "Something
is blocking my visions, my powers. Every time I try through the great fire
I can feel a powerful force blocking my powers, pushing me away."
"It has to be the dark kingdom. We must figure out what they are
planning!" exclaimed Jason.
"Perhaps the answer lies not in the present, but in the past," said
Michiru.
"What do you mean?" asked Usagi.
"Perhaps we can find a clue as to what they are planning by looking
back at what they have done in the past. Perhaps we should look back at
what happened when every planet sent their armies to earth, all but the
moon," explained Michiru.
"That's a good idea. Maybe there in the past is some inkling as to
what these people plan for the future. Guys, can you tell us what happened
those fateful days?" asked Rei. Stephen looked towards Daemon and the
others who all nodded their permission before telling the tale of that
dreadful day.
"Each of us were leaders, high ranking generals, in the armies sent
to Earth. Daemon from the sun's true moon, Calvin from Saturn, Jason from
Neptune, and myself from Jupiter. As you know we were sent to Earth to
try to stop or slow down Beryl's invasion. But it was all a trap, a trick
to bring all our troops to one place. It was a complete slaughter, no one
survived. Endymion lead the attack on us, with all of his and Beryl's
forces. They were at full strength, nothing was slowing them down. Not one
soldier survived, we were among the very last to fall. It was total
chaos."
"So they wait until they are at full power and then throw everything
they have at us," said Haruka.
"Pretty much yes," replied Calvin.
"Then we must attack before they have a chance to gather all their
power, before they get another chance to attack us," said Rei.
"And just how are we going to do that? We don't even know where they and
their forces are!" pointed out Makoto.
"Yes we do," said Usagi.
"What?!" the girls asked united as the boys just stared.
"Don't you guys remember?" asked Usagi. She saw the confused looks on
their faces and rolled her eyes. "And you use to call me dumb," she
muttered under her breath. "The old kingdom used to be in Elysion. Wanna
bet that's where they have returned?"
"But how do we get there? They are sure to have it heavily guarded,"Jason
pointed out. Now it was Ami's turn to smile.
"We have a friend on the inside, isn't that right Usagi-chan?"
"Right as usual Ami-chan."
"Who?" demanded Haruka.
"Helios," said Usagi smoothly.
"The priest?! What makes you think he's going to help us?" Calvin.
The girls smiled slightly together, except for Haruka and Michiru who were
also clueless about this part of one of the past battles.
"Helios likes Chibi-Usa, he'll do anything to help her when he finds out
she's in danger," said Makoto innocently.
"Who's Chibi-Usa?" asked Stephen confused. The girls looked at Usagi, it
was hers to answer, they had no right to.
"Chibi-Usa is the future mesume of myself and Mamoru," said Usagi, not
looking at any of the boys.
"WHAT?!" the four knights exclaimed, Daemon looked especially surprised.
"She has come back here to the past on several occasions to help us
battle the negaverse. She is also a Sailor Scout, Sailor Chibi-Moon. When
the negaverse went after the golden crystal, Helios was forced to leave
Elysion and took the form of a Pegasus. Chibi-Usa was the maiden, the
one with the golden bell and could best control the golden crystal. The
two became rather found of each other."
"And if he just happened to find out that she was in danger of not
being born he would do anything to help us," said Rei.
"Hai, Rei-chan. We need to gather as much strength as we can to attack
them head on. Helios can help get us in," said Ami.
"But when do we attack? We need enough time to gather our strength, but
we can't wait to long. We have to get them before they get us," Haruka.
"One week," said Rei.
"Are you sure?" asked Daemon.
"Hai. Don't ask me how I know, I just sense that's the right date, I'll
attempt a fire reading to double check," Rei.
"And I'll try to contact Helios," Usagi.
"Hai. We'll meet again in two days, check your communicator for the
location. Until then train as hard as you can, gather your strength," said
Michiru.
They left going their different ways. Rei headed back towards the temple,
Michiru and Haruka race off together somewhere. Stephen and Makoto went
another way, they were going on a date somewhere. Calvin and Jason
went their separate ways. Daemon and Usagi headed back to the apartment.
Daemon was quite the whole way back. Usagi knew why but she wasn't exactly
sure what to say. Finally after ten minuets he broke the silence.
"Why didn't you tell me about Chibi-Usa?" he asked gently.
"Sumimasen Daemon..."
"Usagi..." he cut in.
"Iie. Onegai,jana surudenai. I have should of have told you about her.
However the way things were going I didn't think she would ever be born,
the future is not set in stone you know, it can change. I... I didn't want
to hurt you Daemon. You mean a lot to me." After that neither one of them
said anything, they continued driving to what was now home.
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*Beep...Beep...Beep* went the machine monitoring Minako's heart. She laid
there in her bed, unconscious. Tubes were coming out of her body, machines
hooked up to her. The lights were dim, her curtains closed. A young man
sat beside her bed, laid two daisy's on the table besides her. He got
up and opened the curtains, letting the moonlight shine in. "Get well soon
blessed angel," he whispered and sat by her side, holding her hand, praying
her to get well soon.
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Rei sat at the fire, chanting, seeing. Her raven colored hair flapped in
the wind, some nearly flying in the fire. Finally the vision came to her.
Yes, one weeks time was enough, that was the right time to attack. She
sensed something important about that day, she new it was of the up most
importance that they attack then. But there was something else, something
she couldn't figure out. It was a sense of trouble, something wrong. She
couldn't see what it was and that was driving her crazy! Finally the
vision was gone. She snapped back to reality, gasping for breathe. There
was something going to happen that day, but they must attack then! It was
of the up most urgency that they did! This frustrated her beyond belief,
what were they going to do? She felt a hand on her shoulder and jumped to
her feet. She sighed with relief when she saw who it was.
"Yuuichirou," she whispered. He wrapped his arms around her waist as
she continued to stare into the fire, she leaned back, accepting his
embrace.
"What's wrong Rei-chan?" he asked. She didn't answer. "Rei-chan?"
"No Yuuich-can, I'm all right," she said at last. She loved him, they
had found each other over the years. However he still didn't know about
her being Sailor Mars. She couldn't tell him what was wrong, it would only
make him worry. She turned around in his arms and give him a warm smile
to reassure him everything was all right, then they kissed a lovers kiss.
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Daemon went into the kitchen to get a glass of orange juice. Still neither
Usagi nor himself had said a word since the conversation in the car. He
couldn't believe she had a future daughter that she had actually meet and
didn't have enough trust in him to tell him. She couldn't believe herself
that she never thought to tell him, it had just never come to her mind. She
fumbled through a photo album and found a picture of her with Chibi-Usa the
last time she has there. It also had Hotaru in it. It was taken at one of
their many visits to the park before the heart snatchers had taken Hotaru.
One of the few pictures she and Chibi-Usa weren't fighting in. She walked
into the kitchen with the picture. She thought she at least owed it to him
to show him a picture. She had told him she thought she loved him, but
never told him that she had a future daughter that she already grew to love
as if she was here and now. She had told him everything else, how Mamoru
was cold to her when they first meet, how Beryl had brain washed him and he
nearly killed her, how he dumped her and tortured her heart not telling her
why when the Dark Moon was here, and ever thing else through out the years,
yet she had never told him about Chibi-Usa.
She saw him sitting at the table drinking orange juice and having a
sandwich. She walked up to him, sat down, and held out the picture.
"Chibi-Usa is the one with pink hair, the other one is Hotaru," she said.
He took the picture and looked at it for a while. "She's beautiful, just
like her mother," said Daemon. Usagi smiled slightly. "Pink hair?" Usagi
heard him giggle, she laughed a little too. "Yeah, don't ask me how that
happened because I have no clue." There was a little more silence.
"Daemon, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about her. I honestly never thought
of it," she explained.
"It's all right Usagi, you don't have to explain yourself," Daemon.
"But I want to..." and she began to tell him of what she knew about
Crystal Tokyo and what happened as far as she knew, he listened, his
attention never wavering. It was something she never told anyone else
before, she never even really discussed these events with the scouts.
Sure they sometimes talked about crystal tokyo and Chibi-Usa, but never
what happened those days in the future.
"He should have been with you when you searched for Chibi-Usa, he should
have protected you," said Daemon. She didn't say anything, neither one of
them did for a few moments. Then he looked at the picture again and smiled.
"So this is really Hotaru, Sailor Saturn?" he asked.
"Hai, dooshite?" asked Usagi puzzled.
"She's Calvin's sister, he is the Prince of Saturn."
"WHAT?!" Usagi nearly did a face fault.
"Yes, but don't tell the scouts, we are not even sure if she remembers
him." Now it was Usagi's turn to smile.
"Probably not, she's only ten right now."
"What?! I thought this picture was taking a few years ago."
"It was... You see when Pharaoh 90 showed up she battled him and had to
destroy herself, but I managed to intervene so she was transformed into a
baby instead of dead. She grew up at a fast rate until she reached ten
again, raised by Michiru and Haruka. I wonder why she's not with them now?"
And their conversation continued.
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The week went by fast. They trained their hardest, built up their strength.
They all spent time with their loved ones encase they didn't come back, for
it was all ways a chance when you are a senshi. Over that time Usagi and
Daemon became closer, closer than they ever were before. She was truly
falling in love with him, she realized. If and when it came to choose
between Daemon and Endymion... between Love and Destiny... she wasn't sure
which one she would pick, she truly wasn't sure.
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It was nearly midnight, the Sailor senshi and knights gathered in the park,
awaiting Helios to arrive and take them to Elysion. Suddenly there was a
bright light and when it was gone there stood Helios.
"Hello Priest," said Sailor Moon.
"Hello. We must hurry if I am to get you in before they catch on,"Helios.
He opened a portal and lead them through, the two outer senshi and the
knights a little untrusting at first. After they stepped through they found
themselves in the temple.
"There's the door you must take. The palace is straight ahead, in there
are many rooms where the yoma or energy may be held. Endymion's chambers
have always been on the third floor, west wing. The kings are the second
floor, east wing. The palace itself goes deep underground and has many
passages and hidden chambers. Good luck my friends," Helios. They were
heading towards the door when Sailor Moon lingered, seeing a saddened look
in the priest eyes.
"What's wrong Helios?" she asked.
"I hate betraying my Prince," he said.
"Helios, he's been brain washed yet again. This is necessary to save him
and the future, including Chibi-Usa. It's the right thing."
"I know. Go quickly and safely fair moon hime."
She smiled as she caught up to the others. They were careful to avoid the
path and places where guards may be or look outs may spot them.
"Okay, let's stick to the plan. We split into three groups. Neptune,Uranus,
and Calvin will search the hidden caverns and passages deep under the
palace itself. Jupiter, Mars, and Jason search the first floor and entire
perimeter, including any other buildings you find. Sailor Moon, Mercury,
Stephen, and myself will search the rest of the palace. If you find
anything sailors contact the other groups on the communicators. If it's
nega-energy or yoma try to destroy it afterwards and try not to attract
to much attention. If they spot you and know your here and alert others,
call us and we all get the hell out of here, got it? Remember we are here
to stop them from advancing. Meet back where we came here from in four
hours. Let's go," said Daemon.
Daemon's group walked down the cold empty corridors. It was as if they
were made of ice. Usagi shivered as she walked down, the sailor fuku's
were definitely not made for the cold environment. They searched each room
they came upon, careful to avoid anyone. So far they had been lucky.
"Most likely everything is down under ground. In the days of the silver
millennium it would have been too obvious to have it in the viewable part
of the palace," said Mercury.
"Right. We've cleared this fourth floor, let's get down into the hidden
parts and help Calvin's group before our luck runs out," agreed Daemon.
They were turning the corner when all of a sudden they ran into...
unsuspecting trouble. "YOU!" shouted Demoness. Before they could blink they
were surrounded by yoma. "Surrender now or prepare to die," she said
evenly. The two knights drew out their swords, Sailor Moon took out her
septor, Mercury pulled down her visor.
"I think it is you who should prepare to die Demoness," said Stephen.
The battle had begun. The yoma's were strong, and there were many of them.
To top it off, Demoness was even fighting instead of sitting by and
watching the yoma's do all the work. Daemon stayed close to Sailor Moon.
Because a fragment of the crystal went inside her she could still transform
and use her scepter, but the scepter was not at full power and was weaker.
Mercury kept freezing the yomas but they broke out. These yoma's were
strong, stronger and smarter than anything they had ever faced. And just as
ugly as the last batch they fought. They were goblins, ones bigger than the
usual. They had a small body but impossibly long legs and arms that looked
like bent sticks. Their skin was a grotesque slimy green that looked like
it was stretched to the breaking point and lay exactly against the bone, no
fat what so ever. Their ears were long and pointed, they almost looked like
gremlins. There was about twenty of them, some with swords, some with
daggers, some with nothing but their nastiness.
Suddenly three of them were ganging up on Sailor Moon. She used the scepter
from the S series, with Chibi-Usa and the bell gone she couldn't activate
the scepter from SuperS. She knocked them unconscious.
"MERCURY! Can't you figure out how to stop these things!" exclaimed Moon.
"I'M TRYING!" she shouted as she froze a few goblins, temporary stopping
them. Stephen was fighting with the sword, cutting the goblins in two,
hacking them into green little pieces. Those with swords or daggers tried
to fight back but they didn't stand a chance against the sword play of a
knight from the Silver Millennium. Daemon was fighting with Demoness, who
was surprisingly good with a sword, not to mention she had some fire magic
that matched that of Sailor Mars. *strange* thought Stephen as he looked at
their fight. *Daemon seems to be tiring already, he can endure more than
this! Something's wrong...*
"Give up knight!" Demoness said to him. "You'll never win."
"What makes you so sure?" he questioned as they continued to battle,
sword against sword. Demoness laughed quietly.
"You'll find out soon enough Prince Dracon, soon enough."
Usagi continued battling the goblins, when all of a sudden she was backed
up against a wall. She just knocked out another three when sudden the ebony
floor below her gave way.
"AHHHHH!" she screamed as she slide down a tunnel, the floor now above her
closed back up. Air was rushing past her, she could feel the metal sides
of the tunnel rub against her skin as she continued to fall. It seemed like
she had been falling forever. Suddenly she landed harshly on the floor. A
tall figure standing in the room dressed in black heard her and spun
around. "Endymion!" she cried in shock as she saw his face.
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"USAGI!" Daemon shouted as he saw her fall through a trap door, her scepter
falling out of her hands and landing on the floor, cracking. Demoness just
laughed quietly *everything's going as planned* she thought. Daemon fought
with new fury and determination, he had to hurry up and end this so he can
find her was all he thought.
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Moments later in the dark hidden caverns below the palace were Stephen,
Neptune, and Uranus, battling a giant cyclops. They were trying to sneak
around it when all of a sudden Neptune's communicator went off, the cyclops
of course hearing the beeping found them and attacked them. The cyclops was
half way dead, but the outer senshi were tiring. They had to hurry up,
surly someone else would hear the noise and come running adding to the
battle and they still had to answer the communicator. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH!"
shouted Calvin. "SATURN SOLAR DESTRUCTION!" he shouted aiming his sword
at the cyclops head. A huge power beam of purple and black fire shoted
from the sword, blowing the cyclops head off. The now dead cyclops head
splattered everywhere, his now headless body fell to the floor with a loud
noise. Both Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus stared at him.
"Who are you? Only Saturn's royal family has that kind of power... wait!
You can't be..." said Neptune.
"Yes, I'm Sailor Saturn's brother. Now's not the time to talk about it
though, answer the damn communicator!"
She nodded her head and quickly took out the communicator.
"ABOUT TIME!" shouted Mercury.
"What's wrong?" asked Uranus.
"Usagi dissapered, she fell through a trap door when we were fighting
some yoma's. We don't know where she ended up. All we know is the trap
door lead down, so look for her down there then report back! They know
we're here, so keep on guard!" With that Mercury went off.
"This is defiantly not good." Uranus.
"Yeah, not good. Now let's find her!" Calvin.
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For a long moment neither one of them said anything. They just stared at
each other, Endymion standing, Usagi still sitting on the floor where she
landed. Finally Endymion broke the silence, smiling. "It figures you'd fall
through one of the trap doors." Usagi was suddenly filled with anger, she
quickly but gracefully stood up. "Well gomen nasai, it's not my fault those
goblins kept ganging up on me!" Suddenly his face grew dark.
"Usako..."
"Don't you Usako me! You turned against me remember!" she interrupted.
"Usagi, kokoni kiku. You know I still love you..."
"Well you have a hell of a way showing it!"
"Onegai, jana surudenai! If you don't join with us then I will have to
destroy you." A worried look came over Usagi's face.
"You wouldn't force me? Brain wash me like Beryl did to you?"
Endymion shook his head. "Iie Usagi, never. I'd rather destroy you than do
that."
"Endymion..." she sighed, then shook her head. "I should have figured
this day would come. You've been an easy target for evil, it's in your
heart. There's nothing anyone can do about that, not even the ginzuishou
can totally cleanse that heart." Before she knew it Endymion slapped her
hard across the face. She staggered back in shock, pulled her hand to her
face, touching her cheek, then flinching as the pain came to her.
"You are the evil ones! You draw the evil to the earth, my kingdom, all
drawn by the power you possess! All the evil that has come here, all we
have battled, were drawn to you and that crystal! You're the evil one hime,
not I. Don't you ever forget that!" With that he lunged at her again,
swinging his fist at her. She dodged it, barely, but he was quick with
another one, so quick she couldn't dodge it all the way. It hit her square
in the chest, knocking her to the floor, the air leaving her lungs. Before
she could catch it again he kicked her in the side, knocking her against
the wall. "Dooshite! DOOSHITE!" she cried.
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They were looking for her everywhere. They were once again searching all
the floors, Calvin's team was searching the underground caverns, Jason's
group searching the perimeter and all the other buildings. It was
frustrating the hell of out Daemon, he had to find her! He would never
forgive himself if anything happened to her. Stephen saw all this on his
best friends face. He put a hand on Daemons shoulder as they searched
again.
"Don't worry, we'll find her."
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Well that about covers it for this chapter. Hope you liked it.
Hope every one enjoyed this chapter.
Translations:
hai-yes, okay
iie-no
mesume-daughter
onegai, jana surudenai-please, don't interrupt
dooshite-why
senshi-warrior/soldier
fuku-uniform
gomen nasai-excuse me
sumimasen-a formal apology
koko ni kiku-here, listen
hime-Princess
ginzuishou-Silver Crystal
If I left any out you can find them at the japanese words page on this
site, the link for that page is on the profile page.