Prologue
"Are we...I think...Kunzite-sama, are we alive?"
The eldest of the Shitennou groaned, and opened his eyes, turning his head to see his younger lover laying beside him on the stoney ground. His entire body was sore, especially where he remembered being hit by an energy sword that he himself had been conjured. If he had been hit by the sword, he had to be dead, right? He couldn't be alive, yet, as he sat up, he could feel that his body was solid, and he noted the confusion in his lover's eyes. They couldn't possibly be dead. Turning to his right to see what had been on his other side, he wasn't surprised to see Nephrite slowly awaking, and Jadeite sitting up on Nephrite's other side. Somehow, the entire Shitennou was alive again.
"Yes, Zoisite, I do believe we are alive."
"But...how?"
Shaking his head, Kunzite muttered, "I have no idea..."
"Could it have been Beryl?"
"Beryl's dead," another voice suddenly spoke. "We revived you."
The four men, as now Nephrite and Zoisite were sitting as well, turned their bodies around to see the Sailor Senshi standing there. All five of them looked exhausted and nearly torn apart, all except for their lack of injuries or blood, but still determined nonetheless. Why would they have revived the Shitennou? What purpose would they have for these men? The Senshi approached slowly, Sailor Moon leading the group of them. The blonde looked down at the men, wondering to herself why she should trust them, but the past couldn't lie to them. When the girls had recovered their memories, they had discovered that the Shitennou had been Prince Endymion's guardians during the Silver Millennium.
"But...why?" Zoisite nearly whispered.
"You were Endymion's guardians. There has to be a good heart somewhere inside there."
Nobody missed Sailor Mars' distant look as she mumbled, "Deep inside..."
"Endymion's guardians?"
"I think I remember..." Nephrite said, as Kunzite nodded along with him.
"I do too. The Silver Millennium, we were to Endymion what the Senshi are to Serenity."
Jadeite nodded, thinking on it more. He could remember, but there was more to this memory that just being Endymion's guardians. Being the closest to the prince than the others had been, he had heard tons that the others would never remember, let alone have known. Sailor Moon glanced at him momentarily, a look of sympathy on her face. How on Earth could she know what he was thinking? Unless she had been Endymion or Serenity herself...Jadeite gasped as the realization came to him. There had never been a Sailor Moon in the Silver Millennium, and she bore the look of the princess. She couldn't possibly have been Selenity's daughter, could she have been?
"Princess...Serenity?"
Sailor Moon nodded, "Yes, that is me."
"I remember..."
"As do I. Do not what happened under Beryl's rule get between these memories."
"I would never, Serenity," he whispered.
"Please, call me Usagi. I may have been Serenity in the past, but I am Usagi in this time."
Everyone else had been watching the interaction between the two, confusion raiding their minds, other than Sailor Venus, who had been to Serenity what Jadeite was to Endymion. She remembered, and knew exactly what was going on between the princess and the third of the Shitennou. Glancing back, Usagi checked to see if Tuxedo Kamen was alright, and sighed of relief when she noticed that he was standing. It was then that the Shitennou finally noticed Tuxedo Kamen there, feeling guilty as the man had previously been their prince, Endymion. As the man came closer, the Shitennou scrambled to their feet, watching him near in anticipation.
"My men," he began, "I'm glad to see you revived."
"Endymion-sama. Why have you forgiven us?"
"That is easy, Kunzite. I had been under Beryl's control, I know what you went through. And I would be a horrible man to take away your futures."
"Futures...?"
"Don't tell me you don't wish for a future, Kunzite. What about Zoisite?"
The eldest Tennou blushed briefly, before Tuxedo Kamen turned to Jadeite. "And Serenity?"
"I would do anything for her, Endymion-sama."
At this point, six faces turned to Jadeite in shock, wondering what he had meant by that. Usagi tried to avoid his eyes, and basically anyone's eyes, as Tuxedo Kamen nodded, and Sailor Venus grinned. Jadeite nodded to the prince again, and slowly began to approach the current leader of the Sailor Senshi. As he reached her, Jadeite took Usagi's hands in his, and after staring into her eyes for a minute or two, he placed a gentle kiss on his lips. Everyone, save for Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Venus, looked even more shocked to have seen this. When the two blondes separated, they could only smile at each other, and even Tuxedo Kamen could not avoid smiling.
"Alright, men. So are we ready to relocate to Tokyo, now?"
"Of course, Endymion-sama."
