Moon Priestess
Summary
NeoQueen Serenity's sudden death sends shockwaves from Earth all the way to Kinmoku. Secrets are revealed as the senshi search for answers with two thoughts in mind: what really happened and what does Seiya Kou have to do with it all? SxU, ShoujoAi
Disclaimer: This fiction is written for the enjoyment of the author/reader, not with intention to make a profit. Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko-sama - me no own, you no sue!
Note: This fiction features the Starlights, but they will not be male in their civilian forms. That's right, it's another Shoujo-Ai fic :D! You have been warned!
Prologue: Tragedy in Crystal Tokyo! NeoQueen Serenity is dead?
It was like any other day, except for the rain clouds.
It hardly ever rained in Crystal Tokyo.
Serenity let a sigh escape her lips as she listened to the sound of gravel crunching beneath her feet. The towers of the Crystal Palace loomed high above her as she walked, and she felt as if the weight of the shadows they cast on her was resting heavily on her shoulders. Living this lie, the lie that she was happy without him.. no.. without her, was getting harder every day. She'd been living solely for destiny for hundreds of years now. A destiny she didn't want.
She had wanted it, she thought, as she let her knees collapse under her and fell to the floor amidst the small corner of the gardens that were filled with red roses. She had wanted it when she first knew about it, when she thought she loved Mamoru. When she was naive enough to believe he wanted her for more than her power. She'd gone through with it only for Chibi-Usa's sake. She loved the pink-haired little princess too much to let her disappear. Now said princess was old enough to receive her crown and the title of Sailor Moon.
Her only regret was that she hadn't told anyone else she was going to do this. They wouldn't understand. She'd been planning this for a long time and now, five days before Chibi-Usa's coronation, she was going to put her plan into action. Her attempt at cheating destiny.
Her clothes and hair rustled in a non-existent breeze and she held the lotus-shaped Ginzuishou aloft, resting between both her palms as she raised it.
"Moon Crystal Power!"
A small smile crossed her face as the Ginzuishou lit up like the fourth of July, casting warm rays of light across the surface of the countless rose petals surrounding her. The crystal was what had provided her the loophole: it was not bound by destiny, only she was.
Rei ran across the garden at full speed as she saw the unexpected light from the crystal suddenly cut out and heard the soft flump of a body hitting the grass, turning the last corner to see NeoQueen Serenity's spent form splayed amongst the roses, the lotus-flower Ginzuishou in her right hand turned to stone.
"USAGI!"
Ami, Makoto and Minako heard the scream and ran, reaching the garden ten minutes later to find a frantic Rei still trying to administer CPR while desperate tears carved their hot trails down her face. Makoto had to forcefully pry her from Serenity and pull her back before Ami could check for a pulse. They waited for the verdict with baited breath and horribly sinking hearts, Rei now sobbing into Minako's shoulder. She already knew the answer even as Ami choked it out.
"Oh god... she.. she's gone."
On the other side of the crystal city, a nondescript blonde girl with her hair done up in odango's started up a short flight of steps into a church, pulling the heavy door shut behind her as a lotus-shaped crystal glinted where it caught the sunlight from the chain around her neck.
The time had come.
(A/N: So, what did you think? This fiction is only 7 chapters long (prologue, five chapters, epilogue) and I'm happy to say that's the angsty part over with. For the most part at least. Who's the mysterious church girl? And what has Usagi planned? When will Seiya find out? Hmm.. I wonder...)