Hello, reader. If you don't know, me then my name is EnraptureSins. Now I normally don't write very long lengthy chapters (which is why I'm separating this one-shot into two parts), they are usually less than 1000. However, requested stories are an exception to the rule. It took me a few hours, but hopefully the person who asked me to write this story is happy with it once I finish by posting the next and last chapter tomorrow. And with that, I do not own anything in this story: no characters, not even the plot.
As for Musa Tecna bestfriends forever, here's what you requested! Think of it as an early Christmas gift from me ;) Since you were pretty vague, I hope what I've written is what you wanted ^.^
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Mother's Ire
PART ONE
WITHIN the eerie silent hall, stood the grand Space-Time Door where Sailor Pluto watched her ally, Sailor Mars and her husband, Jadeite. Exhaustion darkened their faces, but more so, the fear of letting their children go without their watchful gaze. Pluto, despite being stuck guarding the doors, heard from Diana that a new foe appeared. A woman who called herself Garnet, a witch descendant of the Goddess Hecate who wanted the throne on which Neo Queen Serenity sat and reign. She proved to be an enemy that was strong—but had her limits. Most of her attacks were at night where her magic surged. And most of those attacks ended up tiring her fellow guardians out, making their job of defending Crystal Tokyo much harder. Especially when the Outer Guardians weren't there to help (and had only been notified days after Garnet's initial attack.)
It made matters much worse when all the Inner Guardians had families. Garnet saw the poor young children as targets and unfortunately, Mars and Jadeite's children were the witch's first targets. The time guardian eyes shifted to the children who weren't old enough to join the other children in the fight against Garnet and her Shades. Instead, because Neo Queen Serenity wasn't strong as she once was, Sailor Venus ordered Mars to send her children into the past where hopefully some help would come from their former selves.
At first Pluto was reluctant. Messing with time once more like they did when the Black Moon family attacked was like thin ice. But the solitary guardian gave in. Mars rubbed the top of his son, Ryan, head who appeared his mother's mirror—only with tears and a slight refusal to leave his mother's side. His sister, Sarah, didn't shed a tear; instead, she hugged her father. Confidence radiated in her grey eyes. Another smaller girl stood off to the side. She observed the moment right before shifting into a beautiful ivory crow. Its eyes a shade the color of a rose quartz.
She is a strong child Pluto thought, "You two will be fine. And well taken care of until we can defeat her," Mars smiled then looked to her right where Jadeite gave them one as well. "Pluto."
Pluto took a key off her belt, "I will see them safely off."
Jadeite nodded, "Then we'll return to the war room," he said. "Farewell."
Mars and her lover gave their children one final glimpse before starting down the hall again, "…hopefully my younger self is quite understanding," Mars remarked. Jadeite snorted.
"I'll be surprised. It doesn't sound like you." Mars, despite the tense atmosphere, smacked him on the shoulder; and in a matter of minutes, the two disappeared around a corner leaving a seven-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy to face the distant past. Sarah took the Space-Time key the guardian handed them. Turning around Pluto lifted her rod up and quickly downwards, tapping the ground and sending a tranquil echo through the hall. The doors opened slowly revealing a purple and pink misty area where Pluto would look onwards into time for eternity. Frowning, Sarah held her hand out for Ryan to hold and followed Pluto through the Space-Time door.
"How does the key work?" Sarah asked turning it to get a good look at it. Pluto tapped her rod again and the doors closed behind them. Pluto told them the incantation to activate it. Nodding once she understood and memorized the incantation well enough, she held the key up while holding Ryan's hand tightly.
"Guardian of time! Tear apart the sky and open the Door of Space-time to me! I call your true name, the almighty god of time, the guardian of time's father, Chronos! Guidance to me! Protection to me! The path of light to me!"
A bright light filled the area and the two children vanished leaving Pluto to ponder when exactly Venus intended to send them too—unfortunately, Mars neglected to tell her, but her children seem to know. Going back to her position, an uneasy feeling rose within her. Would this help defeat the enemy? Or cause more trouble?
|Mother's Ire|
It was a peaceful afternoon. Or at least as peaceful as an afternoon for both Rei and Jadeite could get. The fire priestess wasn't the slightest amused with Jadeite's attempt at archery. All Rei had to say was that a certain blonde should stick to spears rather than trying to take her head off! Snatching the bow from Jadeite, who had an apologetic and dreaded expression on his face, Rei took an arrow and notched it back on the bow then released it. Hitting a bullseye and leaving a very confused Jadeite.
"Nice…shot," Jadeite's lip twitched. His eyes reflected his worries on whether he should be worried about that arrow aiming towards him or his privates—she threatened him too many times now and he was seriously starting to believe her—or not. Rei rolled her eyes.
"Archery is just not for you. Especially since you managed to shoot one backwards and nearly took my head off," she snorted.
"It was an accident," he muttered. "I wouldn't want to ruin your beauty."
Rei ignored him and went over to the target, "I'll forgive you this time, but next time," she took an arrow out the target and pointed it towards him; small flames sparked around the metal point. "I won't hesitate to make you the target instead."
Jadeite flinched, "I'll…do well to remember that." If anything, Rei was just the same as the woman she once was during the Silver Millennium…only ten times scarier and dangerous. But that's what intrigued him in the first place and well, opposites do attract.
"Please do."
Amusement filled her hyacinth eyes, "Usagi and the girls are having a day out so—"
From above a panic shriek, sounding much like a crow, pierced through the heavens. Pausing her sentence Rei glanced up where a small spark appeared in the sky. A second later a silver and grey vortex opened and two fearful and childlike screams enveloped the tranquil atmosphere. Rei, without thinking, ran to catch one child, a boy, and the girl slammed right into Jadeite knocking him to the ground. Rei too stumbled, but she didn't fall.
The screams stopped and Rei blinked; the boy she caught clung to her tightly, "—did you…?" Rei mumbled. "I'm not seeing things, are I?"
Jadeite grunted when the girl sitting on his back shifted. "I," he flinched from the pain. "have no idea. You don't mind getting off my back?"
His question was directed to the girl sitting on his back, clenching a key, "Sorry," her swift apology didn't match the annoyed expression on her face. She stood up and Rei got a good look at the girl who appeared to be a miniature Jadeite. Her long, blonde hair, though it looked shorter than Rei's and cold grey eyes stared back at her. She wore a scarlet shirt with the words "Blood" etched into it and black skinny jeans with chains. She fixed her black biker jacket and tapped her black and she bent down to tie her shoelace on her black sneakers again. When she was done, she looked between Rei and Jadeite, but paused on the confused priestess who still had the other child in her arms.
"Let go of my brother!" The girl demanded, giving her a cold and steady glare. "Or you're going to regret it."
Rei looked agitated, but as the girl asked, she placed the boy on his feet; he didn't leave her side, "You look like Mama!" He exclaimed his violet eyes shimmered. Looking down she gave him a highly-disturbed look. The expression didn't last long. If the girl was Jadeite's mirror, then the boy was hers. His cropped, purple tinted raven hair was in a ponytail and he carried her exact facial features. He wore a dark purple short sleeved shirt with a jacket, shorts, and a pair of white sneakers. Both the children wore gloves: the girl, red; the boy, dark purple.
"Mama?" Jadeite snickered quietly. He had already stood back up and was now dusting himself off. "No offense, love, but I don't take you for the motherly type."
Rei grinded her teeth and balled her fist, "I can be 'motherly' when I want to be. You'll make a horrible father," she snapped.
"Oh?" Jadeite grinned forgetting there were two children watching. "So, will there be some baby making soon?"
The moment the question left his lips, a fiery flamed dagger aimed directly for Jadeite Jr.; Jadeite yelped and jumped out the way, but the weapon still grazed his pants, "I was just joking!"
Rei mumbled something while turning her attention to the two unexpected guests, "So…where did you get that Space-Time key from?"
It wasn't too long ago that Rei and the others had been to the future to save it. It hadn't been too long ago that their little intervention with the timeline disrupted everything and somehow allowed the Generals to come back. That they were once guardians who consistently protected Earth, invasion after invasion. And it definitely hadn't been too long since Chibiusa, the time traveling future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru, left to return to the future—for good—after Queen Nehellenia's defeat. So, what in Selene's name was going on now?
The peace was too unrealistic as Minako suggested Rei thought bitterly, "I'm not telling you," the girl hissed. "Ryan get over here now. We don't know if they could be an enemy!"
Reluctantly, the boy, Ryan, walked over to his sister, "Look, kid," Jadeite started. "We don't have time for games. How about you give us your names?"
The girl shook her head, "Do you know where Sailor Mars is?" What did these kids want with her? Jadeite glimpsed over to her.
"Yes…"
"Then take us to her," the girl said shoving the key into her jacket pocket.
"And there not going to tell us why," Jadeite muttered so quietly and sighed. "I'm not going to give away Sailor Mars's identity to a bunch of kids. I don't know where you came or why you fell from the sky, but we're not helping you unless you tell us why."
Figuring the girl wasn't going to tell them a thing, she moved her sleeve back and revealed the communicator on her wrist, "Rei to Minako."
It took a minute for Minako to reply, *What's up, Rei? *
"Can you gather everyone and bring them to the temple," Rei looked over her shoulder to see Jadeite arguing with the girl while the boy watched her, his hands stuffed into his pants' pocket. "We have some…guests."
Minako's tone changed from bubbly to serious, *Is there trouble? *
"No, but I think there might be," Rei said. Those kids didn't come from the future—Rei was pretty sure at this point—for nothing. And seeking helping too? Something was wrong. It reminded her of when they first met Chibiusa. "You'll see when you get here."
*If you say so. We'll be there as soon as possible. *
The conversation ended and turning around, she peered down to see Ryan standing behind her, "You are pretty," he said cocking his head. "What's your name?"
"Rei. Rei Hino," Rei replied. Her eyes narrowed. What was this feeling whenever she glimpsed into his eyes? "Is yours Ryan?"
Ryan nodded, "And that's my sister Sarah. Mama needs help," and that was the only thing he said. He went back to his sister side and stopped the argument between Jadeite and Sarah. Then again, Jadeite shouldn't have been arguing with her in the first place. She was a child for goodness sake. His maturity needed some work. Above her she some shrieks and looked up to see three crows flying their direction. Two of the crows circled around Rei and then, glowed, transforming into two young girls. The third crow lowered to her eye level, flapping, and with a squawk, it flew over to Sarah, perching on her shoulder.
"I was wondering where you went too, Rose," Sarah said, but her eyes looked shocked. "Phobos and Deimos?"
Phobos and Deimos looked alarmed that the girl knew their names and titled their heads, "Milady, who are they? We found the crow in the back of the temple and brought it here."
"Perhaps," Phobos frowned. "These are the children it was looking for?"
"How did you know it was looking for Sarah and Ryan?" If this wasn't enough evidence to know these kids, not only looked identical to Jadeite and Rei, but also (and possibly) had a talking crow…Rei didn't know what she would do. She beckoned Jadeite to come over to her and he did.
In a quiet tone, she whispered her suspicions to him, "You think they came from the future like Chibiusa?" Jadeite concluded looking back at the children speaking with the crow. "That and I'm guessing the vortex they came through…"
"The girl has a Space-Time key as well. Only one guardian has a belt of those and that is Sailor Pluto."
"But Sestuna doesn't guard the doors anymore."
Rei shook her head, "Someone is always guarding the door whether it be past, present, or the future. I remember meeting her—Future Pluto is different than Setsuna."
"Okay. Then who's their 'Mama'? And why would she need us? I'm pretty sure Usagi has only one daughter and we've seen her before. It has to be someone else," Jadeite sighed.
Rei agreed, "Minako and the others will be here any moment now. Maybe they can convince the children to tell us more."
The sound of running footsteps interrupted their conversation, "Speak of the devil," Rei murmured. In front of them was the whole gang: Usagi, Minako, Ami, and Makoto with the guys and cats right behind them. Seriousness was the only expression Rei saw.
They must've thought we were in danger Rei thought. Though we could be with the arrival of Ryan and Sarah.
Noticing how calm and collected Rei and Jadeite were, their expressions vanished, "What's the problem?" Minako took in some deep breaths. Without telling them, they stepped away from each other and pointed to the two children; one glared at them and the other looked curious.
"That's the problem," they both said at the same time.
Usagi cocked her head, "Where did they come from? And who are they?"
"Sarah and Ryan. They fell from the sky," Rei said in a deadpan tone. "Just like Chibiusa used too."
Luna and Artemis came to the front of the group, "From the sky?"
Jadeite nodded, "They have a Space-Time key as well. So, Rei and I think they come from the future; but, they're being too stubborn to tell us anything. Besides what we can conclude on our own, that's the only information we know."
Minako looked passed them, "Maybe we should take this inside."
|Mother's Ire|
Sarah only want them to take her mother's past self. The only way they could make sure the woman was their mother was if they met her as Sailor Mars. In all, Sarah didn't trust the people around her and as usual, her little brother was too trusting (which is why that evil witch managed to catch them both and imprisoned them in her graveyard temple). The raven woman, Ryan told her her name was Rei, wore a Shinto priestess uniform, the same one that she and her brother wore whenever mother was training (however, for her brother, it was in the psychic department since he inherited their Father's colder abilities).
"Would you like some cookies?" Sarah blinked at a brunette who looked just like Jupiter. "They're homemade."
Another man, who looked like Nephrite, grinned and reached out to grab some, "Don't mind if I do!" But the Jupiter look alike slapped his hand away.
"Not you. It's for the children," she placed the platter on the small coffee. Nephrite's copy pouted and waved his hurt hand as if it hurt (the woman didn't hit him too hard.) Why did these people look like her friends and family back home? Mother told her she would know if it was her. And these people didn't appear to want to hurt them. In fact, they seemed…off. A good way off.
Ryan took a cookie and with his yum of delight, Sarah slowly took one; she didn't trust strangers giving her food, not after…her, "These are good, Sis! Just like Aunt J makes them."
Nephrite stopped in his sneaky attempt to steal a cookie, "Aunt J?"
Ryan nodded munching happily on another cookie, "Aunt J is the best cook in the whole world! She makes a lot of tasty snacks," a few crumbs were scattered around his mouth. "right, Sarah?"
Sarah nodded, she agreed, they were delicious, "I'm glad you enjoy the snacks," a black cat jumped onto the coffee and sat down in front of them, her tail swayed. "Rei, the priestess you met, tells me that someone needs help. A parent to be more particular."
Sarah hesitated, but the cat looked and sounded familiar, "Our Mama and the other guardians told us to come here. That people here could help," then she narrowed her eyes. "We can't tell anyone else, but our mother, Sailor Mars. It's important you take us to her."
Silence filled the room.
Then, the blonde Venus look alike, twitched her lip, "Did…you say Sailor Mars?"
Sarah nodded, "Rei having children," the blonde continued then a sly smiled spread across her face. "You know, would you not mind telling us the father? It'll help us find her."
All eyes went straight to an unhappy and horrified Rei, "…c-children…"
The other blonde, she looked like the Queen—only a younger version, wrinkled her eyebrows, "Oh okay. Then our papa, his name is Jadeite. One of King Endymion's Generals."
After Sarah said that one sentence, the disbelief and shock only lasted a few seconds and escalated with the man who looked like her father and Rei trying not to listen to uproar that had started. Sarah and Ryan looked confused. What was so shocking about that? Unless…
|Mother's Ire|
Darkness and moonlight weaved together in a intricate dance, giving the haunted temple an eerie and unwelcoming glare. That same moonlight created a creepy green glare among its death defying graveyard landscape. To most it was clear to stir away from it, but to a certain witch and undead followers? It was home. Gazing up to the moon, the long, ebony haired woman gripped her three-headed serpent scepter and grinded her teeth. The moon's cold light made even her own tan skin glow eerie, if it wasn't for the shadows whispering and clinging to her fragile form. Turning around, her shadow woven dress swayed with each movement, her black heels clicked against the marble floors with each step, and her cold, empty eyes burned with fury.
Footsteps accompanied and looking down, her watchful, demonic dog, Lyncus, glanced up, "She will give up that throne. She doesn't deserve it!" The woman's dark and lukewarm tone made ice form on the old walls. "But I…I have power. I have the blood of a true goddess running through my veins. I'm entitled to that sentimental worship!"
Two ghostly figures, Shades she referred to them as, stood guard at her pitiful throne room entrance and moved aside, "Lyncus, its almost time. Time to claim what is rightfully mine."
"But they guardians, Mistress Garnet," Lyncus titled his head to the side. "And the weak, children who escaped. They are a knife in our plan."
The torches lining the black, rectangular rug leading to her cracked throne, ignited with green fire when she passed by, "Time," she whispered, her eyes lightened to a lazy and hostile shade; that dangerous hue was directed to a weak, wounded guardian resting on the ground. "is such a feeble thing. It leads us to crossroads, paths to further our destinies; but sometimes, time is never on our side. Don't you agree, Sailor Pluto?"
End of Part One! Ah, you gotta love when the villain thinks they are entitled to something just because they have a quarter of god blood in them xD Anyways, this brings this chapter to a close. I'll post the next chapter tomorrow, which is part two of this one-shot. Reviews are appreciated! P.S If you would like for me to do story for you then shoot me a PM, I don't mind writing it ^.^ Until the next chapter!