Sailor Moon X:
Chosen Fates-Alternate Route.
Author's note: SPOILERS ALERT-I know that I should be starting on the full story of the "Sailor Moon X-Chosen Fates-Season 16", but I really wanted to do the Alternate Route which while it's mostly the same as it is just after Aqua's rescue, things begin to change and while the story itself is mostly the same as well as KH3, there are major changes for better or worse. But don't worry, both the Alternate Route and the Original Route of Season 16 both have happy endings.
Anyway, let's begin. I only own my OC characters(Lusie/Future Mini-Moon, Simon, Jake, Savanna, Sailor Passion, Sailor Star, Amelia/Sailor Passionate, Tiffenie/Sailor Magic-Dust, and Kristan/Sailor Ultra).
Prologue: Aqua saved.
~Fates had been decided. Four chosen ones had made it right in one route. Or one would think. Some think things went differently;
Guardians of Light trapped in a Nightmare and perished, Sailor Moon and the other three chosens saving their comrades by sending them all back in time, changing history, saving those who were lost, the dark demise of the Princess of Heart and Prince of Earth by the hands of the Chaos chosen, Chaos and Bhunivelze dead, Sailor Moon's death and resurrection, Xehanort surrenders, Sailor Moon, Sora, Sakura and Ash losing parts of their power to bring back their two dearly beloved, all is well.
But that is not what happened in this Time-line. While some of these events remain the same...the rest is different, because Sailor Moon, my chosen for the future and the true Light of Hope, discovered a marking she failed to see in the Original Time-line, and would create a better peaceful ending, averting such dark tragedies.
This fate begins...where one of the people and Pokemon needed to be saved had been freed from the Darkness.~Cosmos.
During the events of "Sailor Moon X: Chosen Fates-Season 16"...shortly after the defeat of Anti-Aqua...
It seemed like a long time since Aqua lost consciousness. Her memories were vauge after the encounter with Xehanort's Heartless, the kidnapping of the kind man she'd met named Ansem the Wise, the disappearance of one of her old allies Sceptile who was originally a Grovyle when she first met him twelve years ago and the painful and cold darkness that seeped into her heart and spread across her body. She could recall hearing voices; familiar voices but she couldn't reach out. Instead, her feelings and fears she kept in check had swallowed her whole, burying her true feelings and herself in a body of darkness.
When she'd been finally freed, she began sinking once more and thought that she would die and that time was ready to give up. Until someone reached out to her from the surface, calling out her name, and she responded as one of the little boys she met years ago, the same boy who had grown up into a brave, kind and caring young man.
Now she layed on the white sandy beach. Though Aqua had yet to acknowledge it as after spending timeless days, weeks, months and years in the Realm of Darkness, the dark shores of the dark beach sounded the same. She then began to hear familiar voices, some that were precious to her and while she may be hallucinating as she had been for some time now due to being alone for so long, she finally began to open her eyes after moaning herself awake.
For a brief moment, there stood over her in great concern, were her dearest friends, two she spend years with, one whom had been her companion from the ancient past and recently crowned the new Queen and under disguise as a Sailor Warrior, 'Sailor Moon', and finally, a boy no older than eleven or twelve, from a dark future that no longer is and a newest Keyblade Wielder.
Ventus, Terra, Serenity and Jason...
"Aqua!" Cried Ven.
"Aqua!" Terra called out.
"Aqua!" Serenity pleaded.
"C'mon, Aqua!" Jason called out.
"...Ven...Terra...Serenity...Jason." Aqua muttered disorientatally. The sky behind them was a peaceful blue, on a beautiful, sunny day. She had a feeling they were illusions and so was the scenery...especially since as her vision and head began to finally clear, her friends faded away...and the four figures, now a fifth included on the boy's shoulder, the youngest boy, stood; Holding the same looks of concern and worry and only two resembled to two of her friends. Two she recognized, and the fourth boy, she had no idea but he looked no older than twelve and the Pokemon on his shoulder was Pikachu.
Sora, Riku, Serena, the real Sailor Moon, and Ash.
"Aqua!" Sora cried out.
"Aqua!" Riku called out.
"Aqua! Please, say something." Sailor Moon pleaded.
"C'mon, Aqua, wake up!" Ash called out.
"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu called out worriedly.
Aqua's eyes widened as she began to become more aware now; Sora and Riku...they both have grown up since the last time she'd seen them. The new Sailor Moon, Eternal Sailor Moon, looked so much like Queen Serenity, but her hair was blonde instead of white. Ash, though, was unfamiliar but he held the same courage, kindness and love as Jason, Ven and Mickey.
"It's you..." Aqua muttered in realization and surprise, not to mention feeling awkward as well, slowly pushing herself up and then suddenly realized that there were much more company surrounding her for the first time in ages; three she recoginized, another was a bit familiar, the rest were unfamiliar but they all held light and a bit of darkness but with kind feelings.
Sailor Dark Moon, Mickey, Sakura, Future Mini Moon, Sailor Mini Moon, Donald, Goofy, Max, May, Crash, Eddie, Dawn, Piplup, Misty, Brock, Madison, Kero, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Tuxedo Mask, Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, Puss, Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Jessie, James and Meowth were all there on Destiny Islands, the beach where Aqua now was.
"Thank goodness! You're awake!" Mickey exclaimed happily and in relief, having dried off his tears even though more threatened to fall, but this time in his feelings that replaced the guilt and sorrow he had earlier, as Sakura also smiled in relief by the King's left and Sailor Dark Moon by his right.
"Mickey..." Aqua acknowledged. She hasn't seen her smallest but stronger and very sweet friend in ages. Given his expression, he was very glad that she was still alive. He must have been searching for her as Aqua's memories were still fuzzy.
Blinking, she turned her attention to Sailor Moon and, remembering what Ansem had told her earlier, made a good guess since Sailor Dark Moon held powerful darkness but with a heart full of kindness and light. "You must be Princess Serena."
"Huh?" Sailor Moon blinked, surprised. Then, remembering that Aqua must mean that Mickey told her about what was happening two years ago, the Moon Princess smiled and nodded. "Yeah, that's right. My real name's Serena. But you can call me Sailor Moon if you like."
'She is the real Sailor Moon. But, Serenity was Sailor Moon too. This will take a while in getting used to.' Aqua thought to herself and she nodded back, then turned to the young Pokemon Master to her left and guessed, "And you must be Ash."
Like Sailor Moon, Ash was surprised before he gave Aqua his friendly smile and answered, introducing himself and Pikachu, "Yeah. I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town on Earth, and this is my partner and best friend, Pikachu."
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu greeted estatically.
"Pleased to meet you." Aqua smiled. Ash and Pikachu sure did look like the best of friends for life. Maybe even brothers despite being a human and a Pokemon. Finally, she turned back to Mickey and gazed at Sakura and suddenly realized that the thirteen year old girl...her magic of the stars...was almost exactly like Mickey. Could she be a fellow apprentice of Master Yen Sid?
"I sense...your magic is very similar to Mickey's. Are you Sakura?" Aqua asked.
Sakura and Mickey both shared a glance, then turned back to Aqua as the young Cardcaptor nodded with a kind and cheerful smile. "Mmm-Hmm. I'm Sakura Avalon, keeper of the Star Cards and Mickey's Apprentice."
Then quickly realizing what she said, Sakura sheepishly corrected herself with an embarrassed giggle. "Uh...I mean, sort of Mickey's Apprentice. He taught me how to keep my magic under control."
Sakura giggled a bit more while Mickey, feeling embarrassed in being silently called his younger friend's Mentor despite that he did teach her how to keep her Magical Powers in check as best as Yen Sid taught him how to keep his under control years ago, sheepishly scratched the back of his head which made Aqua giggle. The young female Keyblade Master never would have guessed that Mickey had become a mentor.
It was then that Aqua finally noticed her surroundings and her smile faded away into that of another realization and growing concern, not yet fully realizing where she truly was. The same beach, the same small but beautiful island, the crystal clear blue waters, the Star Shaped fruit...it hasn't changed since she came here twelve years ago...
"Are these...the Destiny Islands?"
"That's right." Mickey confirmed with a nod.
"When did they fall into darkness?" Aqua asked, moving to sit more comfortably on her knees. While most of the worlds she recalled were left in ruin as the rest was a blur, the islands looked the same and she began to think it was quite possibly because of the strong light here and now her friends and their new friends had somehow become trapped.
Seeing her reaction, Sailor Dark Moon shook her head and reassured her with a soft smile. "You're in the Realm of Light."
Aqua gazed in shock and utter disbelief at the doppleganger of Sailor Moon, or a replica, or a relative maybe, she couldn't tell. Could it really be? Was she...really back in the Realm of Light? How was it possible? She had been very certain that she would be trapped in the Realm of Darkness forever, never to see the light again, her friends, anyone she met, feel their warmth, to sink into sorrow and despair despite her promises...From the confirmed nods from the rest of the group, Aqua began to choke up in tears which began to form and fall free from her beautiful blue eyes.
Sora gave the young woman a friendly chuckle and held out his hand to her to help her up, saying what Kairi told him a year ago when he and Riku returned from the Realm of Darkness. "You're home."
It was true. This was no dream or hallucination. Aqua was back where she belonged; finally free from the terrible nightmares of the Realm of Darkness. She began to suddenly cry, not in sadness or despair, but happiness. Everyone else began to smile happily at her return and restoration to normal which she had no memory of, but at the moment, her being safe now was more important.
"You're home!" Sailor Mini Moon, Max, May, Dawn, Donald and Goofy cheered happily.
"Piplup, Piplup, Pip!" Piplup was happily cheering while jumping up and down and Pikachu soon joined in.
Future Mini Moon, happily crying at seeing her friend she met two years ago in the darkness, cried out, "Welcome home, Aqua!" before throwing herself into the older woman's arms, her own arms around the Keyblade Master's shoulders.
It was the warm touch of the little girl, a Sailor Scout in training, the Moon Princess of the 40th Century and the fact that like with Sailor Moon and the pink haired girl, Sailor Mini Moon, she sensed the Silver Crystal that Aqua almost instantly remembered; she recalled meeting her in the Realm of Darkness, the two having joined forces and become friends to try and save a world of Pokemon from a Realm of Twilight from the Dark Matter and now that seeing her safe and here filled Aqua with more happiness.
"Lusie!" Aqua cried out, hugging the child in return.
Mickey quickly joined in the reunion and hugged two of his friends in tears of joy as he laughed happily and Aqua had her other arm around his small but very warm body and all three of them didn't even bother in wiping away their tears. Aqua was overwhelmed in being around friends once more, friends filled with warmth of love and happiness after spending so much time alone in the cold, cruel darkness. Soon, Donald, Goofy, Sailor Mini Moon, Ash, Pikachu, Sakura, Sailor Moon, Sora and Riku join in on the reunion while the rest of their friends smiled emotionally.
Sailor Dark Moon was wiping away tears of her own, very happy that six of her friends had finally found a long lost friend. It made feel warm inside, and that only renewed her determination and hope that Lea would have this moment with Roxas once they learned how to restore him without harming Sora, and Xion once everyone else's memories of the girl whom only Dark Moon herself still remembered would return, and even Isa once he was restored from Xehanort's control.
The rest of the Sailor Team and Team Rocket had tears of happiness of their own and while they didn't know Aqua as much as Mickey did, they knew what it was like to reunite with friends and family after being separated for so long and the fact that Aqua was crying in happiness told them enough that she was much like them and Sailor Moon, Sora, Ash and Sakura in strength and personality.
Sid began to cry hysterically, his tears falling like water works as he found this scene very beautiful. He unknowingly grabbed something closest to him and blew his nose loudly...until he realized that it felt furry and now soaking with his tears and goop from his nose. Flinching while Diego cringed away slightly in disgust, Sid let go of the trunk that belonged to the now irritated and disgusted Manny.
"Oh, sorry, Manny." Sid apologized sheepishly.
"Sid!" Diego groaned.
"Oh, Sid! Ew!" Manny groaned, shaking his trunk slightly. This was going to take ages to clean off his trunk and while he couldn't blame his friend for being happy and emotional, did the sloth really have to use his trunk like a tissue? Yuck!
No one else even noticed, as Crash and Eddie both looked ready to bawl their eyes out as well, but they were stronger than that. Or at least...one of them was.
"I promised myself I wouldn't cry when this reunion happened." Crash sniffled, holding back his tears at the scene before him and his brother.
"I didn't." Eddie admitted, and wailed loudly, pulling out a tissue from out of nowhere and blew his nose loudly, and too close to Crash who cringed back in disgust, glaring at him in annoyance.
Team Rocket were looking twice as emotional as all three of them had handerkiefs of their own, ready to bawl their eyes out as well.
"I never thought this would be so beautiful." Jessie sniffled, tears formed in her eyes.
"I'd probably do the same thing as Aqua, the 40th-Century Twerp and Mickey-Squeaky if I was in their shoes." James whimpered.
"I ain't got no shoes, but I'd go like that too." Meowth sniffled. "I'm so happy for the Twerps...!"
The trio then cried loudly as their tears streamed out like waterfalls and fountains onto the sand of the beach. Donkey and Puss, trying their best not to cry, hugged each other while sniffling at the wonderful sight before them. Just then they admittedly had thought it wouldn't be possible to rescue Aqua alive, now it was clear that hope had made it possible.
"Welcome home, Aqua." Sailor Moon repeated Future-Mini Moon's words, close to tears herself and while it was Queen Serenity who was friends with Aqua, she was still a friend none the less.
"We did it!" Ash announced happily.
Now Aqua was back in the Realm of Light. Sailor Moon and all of her friends and allies were now one step closer in saving those who had been suffering by the claws of Chaos, the hands of Xehanort and the mental jaws of Bhunivelze for far too long. But that didn't mean they were out of the woods yet.
While Aqua was safe, they still had to find and save Ventus, Terra and Sceptile, restore and save Roxas, Namine and Xion, and Sailor Moon, Sakura, Ash and Sora still had to find a way how to regain their Power of Waking as well as prepare for the ultimate final battle against Organization XIII, Xehanort and Chaos ahead of them.
Little did Sailor Moon know, she would discover something that could help her make the future better as she would unknowingly see things that may already happened but she was unaware of.
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SAILOR MOON X:
CHOSEN FATES-ALTERNATE ROUTE.
Omake: (Same scene as of "Sailor Moon X: Chosen Fates-Season 16")
Meanwhile, in the late afternoon of Radiant Garden just around the corner were Vexen and Demyx, who were having a discussion hidden from everyone else...including the real Organization XIII they now served, despite that both of them were not the true chosens by Xehanort even though Demyx still had no clue on what Xemnas talked about him, Larxene, Marluxia and Luxord(who was still fuming by his humilating exit by Captain Jack Sparrow on Earth).
What the younger man was hearing from the creepy scientist made him shocked...okay, so maybe shocked was a bit of an understatement.
"WHAA-!? Mmph!" Demyx's exclaim was cut off when Vexen covered his mouth with his gloved hands and the younger Nobody struggled to free himself.
"Quiet, you dunce!" Vexen hissed in a whisper, not wanting anyone to catch wind on his new goal which he knew that, if the Organization found out, all would be for nothing and there would be no hope...for anyone.
Once they knew that no one was around, Demyx was released after freeing himself and panted before asking the older Nobody incredulously. "But, dude, why why would you pick me?"
Of all the guys this creepy old man could've asked to help him with...betraying the Organization which was unheard of from the guy as far as he could tell, Demyx couldn't believe that Vexen would pick him. He wasn't that special! Okay so he had something to do with the Keyblade War, but Demyx hardly remembered much and was shocked that came from a past from thousands of years ago.
No wonder he couldn't remember much of his life on Earth and his earliest memories was being Myde, a member of Team Nappers before Ash and his friends defeated that Organization and when the Heartless came and stole his heart months later within the same year, he became a Nobody before getting his butt kicked by the same kid as well as the original of Roxas, that Moon Brat Sailor Moon and their allies and then came back now.
"I cannot let the chosen catch wind of this, understand?" Vexen responded.
"Oh, I see! It's because I got benched!" Demyx growled angrily. Well, of course that had to be the reason. Since he's not one of the chosen, he was off the list despite still running the risk of having to fight...and he didn't want to fight, but at the same time, he didn't want to be turned into a Dusk or executed by the even scarier and creeper older man that was Xehanort.
"I got "benched" too!" Vexen argued, only for Demyx to panic and quickly cover his mouth this time.
"Wha-hey! Quiet!" Demyx panickly told him, now worried that they would get caught. It was bad enough that he was on the risk of getting killed for the third time, but he'd be skinned alive if the Organization dudes found out that Vexen had become a traitor under their noses and now was trying to convince Demyx of all people to do the same.
Once they were convinced that no one would come and pounce on them, Demyx let go of Vexen who cleared his throat after being able to breathe again. Just because they didn't have hearts didn't mean they weren't capable of breathing like normal lifeforms; humans for example.
"Okay man, look. Real talk? Backstabbing those guys would be stupid. If they find out, we're yesterday's toast. I mean, what's in it for me?" Demyx questioned suspiciously.
"Forgiveness." Vexen replied, turning away slightly.
"Huh? For what?" Now the younger man was confused. Vexen wanted forgiveness? What happened to the creepy and cranky old man who liked to experiment on stuff and people? Okay, so Vexen was nowhere near as twisted as some dead guy who created Sephiroth from some alien named Jenova-Hojo or something like that-that he briefly heard of recently, but still creepy and twisted enough.
"Men like us-in pursuit for science, we sometimes make terrible mistakes. Lose sight of our mission to help people." Vexen explained, regrettably and while he didn't have a heart, he wasn't pleased with his own actions and after what did happen, now all he wanted was to make up for those mistakes. For the sake of Master Ansem.
His once green eyes now golden due to Xehanort's half influence narrowed slightly with determination, determination to set things right. "But now I can help someone with my research. Now I can atone."
A moment of silence. So this was what it's all about? What did Vexen make of Demyx?
Scoffing and deciding that he wanted no part in this, Demyx turned and waved while saying to the guy as he began to walk away. "I'm not a scientist."
Seeing that the younger man was leaving, Vexen quickly caught him by the shoulder, saying hurriedly. "Wait, wait, wait!"
He did stop, but Demyx told him angrily and sheer annoyance as he turned to face Vexen again. "C'mon, dude. I'm useless, I'm chicken, we're not friends. I can count the number of times you and I have hung up on one hand-less than one hand! I didn't even know you in the old life!"
"Fine, fine!" Vexen grunted impatiently before saying calmly. "But listen."
Glancing around and making sure that no one was listening in, Vexen gestured Demyx to come closer. Despite still being suspicious, the younger man leaned close and the older man whispered something in his ear that only they could hear. What he heard was the second unexpected thing he heard all day.
"Huh? No way!" Demyx exclaimed as he leaned back, with a bit of a fright. Vexen was working for him? Since when was that guy, who always scared the living heck outta of him, got involved in all of this? The guy who wasn't Xemnas or Lexeaus, but someone who...well...lets just say always got super annoyed and furious with him anytime he did something minoraly stupid; like slacking off or reading his Manga books.
"It's true. The whole thing was his idea." Vexen replied.
"...No stinkin' way." Demyx muttered in disbelief. That guy was the one who had Vexen go through all of this? When did that guy decide to do the coup? Marluxia and Larxene, yeah he understood. Then again those two had their own agendas. But...the guy who was the most loyal to Xemnas? Betraying him behind his back?
"He wants to atone too. But he is one of the chosen, so his hands are tied." Vexen explained, now a bit relieved that Demyx had listened while continuing the entire plan. "Hence my actions of his behalf, hence my need for you to act on my behalf should all go awry. As you said, we are far from friends. No one would ever suspect you."
So this was what it was all about? Since Demyx was not friends with either of these guys and he was completely useless in a fight, no one would, as Vexen put it, suspect him of doing something like this. Well, he had to admit, it was easy enough and he was the master of running away and hiding without anyone knowing. Plus the upside of wearing these coats is that they blocked out the light and darkness of Nobodies, humans and even King Mickey from the Organization who would be unable to pick up their scent.
There was still two more things he wanted to know, though, before he can fully agree to this.
So after thinking about it deeply, Demyx quiried. "So I'm not doing any fighting?"
"Correct. And more importantly, no benchwarming." Vexen answered, not only the younger man's first question, but also his unasked second question.
No fighting against anyone, and no benchwarming? This sounded too good to be true. So if Demyx can pull this off, he can get away from being included in the War of Light and Darkness and if things ran smoothly and the Sailor Team kids can win the fight, he can finally be free to do what he wants, to start over with his life and, maybe eventually get his heart back again. No more getting into the risk of being killed and no more fighting.
This made him excited.
"Ha! Yeah! Sign me up." Demyx enthusastically replied, pumping his fist. He then turned around and grinned to himself. "Yes! Demyx time."
Vexen gazed at the younger man's back in annoyance and a bit of worry at the energy despite Demyx being the Slacker of the Organization. He just hoped the bumbling young man wouldn't mess things up, but he was his and the other's only hope in pulling this off.
For the sake of Roxas.
A/N: The different direction of the Alternate Route will happen in the next chapter. I just had to add the scene with Vexen and Demyx since it's one of my favorites and once again Demyx is as cute as ever. It makes me excited to see the funny version of him in the upcoming KH3 manga. Oh, and it will be the only Omake of this chapter. ^~^;
Yes, I know it's been confirmed by Shiro who stopped the KH manga series with KH2 three years ago that he's returning to do a Manga Adaption of the latest game. I can't wait! Oh, and not only I got myself the KH: Birth By Sleep Novel last week, but also both KH: Coded and KH: Dream Drop Distance Novels are coming out this year in English as well, Coded in August and Dream Drop Distance in October!
Anyway, see you in the next chapter! And again, I just felt needed to do this Alternate Route since most of the story is the same but the ending routes are slightly different and while both are happy, this one leads into a different direction. Meaning that the Original Route leads towards to "Sailor Moon and the Magical Drift" and "Sailor Moon: Collision Course" while the Alternate Route doesn't.
Just so you know.