Chapter One: Reunited.
He had been searching for a while now. Unsure of where his object was hiding. He knew about what area to find what he was seeking, but for the time he was looking he was unable to find what he had been searching for. It has been over a thousand years since he had seen what he was looking for. But no matter how long his search would take, he would keep searching. He knew in his heart that the time had come to find what was missing in his life for so long. Something that was taken away from him so many years ago. Something that was almost destroyed by his own two hands.
He kept on his search knowing today would be the day that he would find what his heart longed for. He soon came to a site, A site that was empty. An empty lot that was almost in the center of the city. But as he knew, this site would not be vacant for long. As in the distant future, he knew what one day will be standing there. And he knew that the object he was seeking will have a big role to play when the time was to come.
Blue eyes scanned the area he was in. And then with excitement his eyes widen as he found what he was looking for. He slowly made his way to the object. As he got to it to the object, he kneeled by it, and ran his hand over it. The object was small and oval shaped. It looked a bit like a coffin that was sadly small enough to be a child's coffin. But on the front of the coffin looking object was a crest of some sort. The crest of the white Moon Family, the royal family crest.
The blue eyes of the once ruthless warrior, Nephrite, one of the Shitennou started to tear up a bit. The once cold eyes, not cold anymore. To make sure that this was the object he was looking for, he brushed some of the dirt that had been gathering there for thousands of years, when done he knew he found what he was looking for.
On the object he had found, on the top of it had an angel that was surrounded by light. He would then lowly whisper to himself. "Hikari No Tenshi….Angel Of light…. Light Angel" He took a deep breath and started to feel around the sides for something, until he found it. He found a latch that would opened the coffin like object, As he unhitched it, the lid, it made a hissing sound, as though air was just let loose from being trapped inside so long.
So his blue eyes looked into the coffin like object, and saw what he had been looking for, for so long now. His eyes fell upon a small child laying in the coffin. A child about four. With blue hair that came to about the mid of her back. Hair that seemed to frame the child's small body. He looked the child over a bit, his eyes falling onto the child's chest, which to his relief, he saw it was raising up and down, in slow movements, as that of a child sleeping. But this one child had been sleeping for over a thousand years. Though never aged, this child was born on the Moon Kingdom.
Nephrite placed a hand on the child's face and gently caressed her face, hoping that she would wake up. After what seemed a couple of minutes, the child started to stir a bit as she felt the hand upon on her face. Then slowly her eyes started to open. Soon her blue eyes would be fully open. At first all she saw were blurry images. But soon her vision cleared up, and she then saw clearly who had woke her out of her long slumber. When she saw who it was, a fear came into the young girls eyes, and tried to get away from Nephrite as fast as she could. Moving to the far corner of what was her bed for thousands of years. Now tears coming from her ice blue eyes.
As the tears came, she started to scream at Nephrite. "No! get away from me! Please do not hurt me! Go away!" The four year old girl tried to get to her feet, to get away from Nephrite, but her legs seemed not want to work for her, after not using them for a long time. Seeing how the child was afraid of him, and he knew why, he backed off a bit, to let the child calm down a bit, and to speak with her as well, to show that he did not, and was not going to hurt her. "Please, I am not going to hurt you., I promise you that everything is okay, Hikari. I am once again the man I was. I am once again the father that you knew of before I almost hurt you. Please do not be scared" He did not move any closer to the girl, hoping that she would calm down.
Hikari seemed to calm down a bit. She stopped trying to get away, but she kept the distance between her and her father, Nephrite. She kept her blue eyes locked onto Nephrite, eyes untrusting to his words. All she could remember was that on the Moon Kingdom, Nephrite, her father tried to kill her. She still remember his words. *I have to kill you, Queen Beryl demanded That I do.*
Nephrite watched her, and read what was in his daughter's blue eyes. "Hikari, please listen to me. Please remember the words of Queen Serenity. Remember what she told you, before she put you into your long sleep. Her words to you. What will happen the day you were to be woken up. Close your eyes and remember what she said to you"
Again, in her eyes she had looked of distrust towards, Nephrite. It would be about a minute before she
Would give any kind of response to, Nephrite. She would then finally give a response, in the form of a nod.
She would then take a deep breath and closed her blue eyes. As she did, as though for her, it was only
yesterday that is all happened to her.
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It was the last days of the Moon Kingdom. The Senshi were all busy, trying to protect the palace, the
Queen and Princess Serenity. As well as others within the walls of the Palace.
In one of the rooms within the Palace, A young girl with long blue hair, and ice blue eyes, was hiding
within her closet. Curled up into a ball, scared and crying. She had just ran, and locked herself into her
room, and then hid herself into her closet. The one she was running away from, was her own father. Now
under the control of Queen Beryl. Now under the orders to destroy the one thing that meant the most to
him, his own four year old daughter, Hikari.
As, Hikari hid in her closet, she was praying that she would not be found there. She stayed as still as she
Could. Trying to not make a sound, as she cried silently. The child could not believe that she was scared
of her own father. The man who once showed her so much love, especially that she had no mother to take
care of her.
Suddenly the child yelped a bit, but covered her mouth quickly, as she sobbed into her hand, as she heard
the door of her room, started to be pounded on, as they tried to get into her room. She then heard the voice
of a man call her, but it would not be the voice of her father that would reach her ears. The voice that had
come was the voice of , Prince Endymion. He had called her name out. "Hikari, if you are here, please,
come on out. We have to get you to safety!" His head looked at the closet door, as it slowly opened, seeing
the head of the child pop out, to see if it was really him. Endymion looked to the child, and motioned
her to come to her.
Slowly, Hikari came out of the closet, crying. Her eyes red. And it was clear to, Endymion, that Hikari
was terrified. He held out his hand to the small child, and tried to put a smile on his face. "The Queen
wants to see you, Hikari. She wants to help you. Help to protect you."
Hikari for a moment, just stood there, and looked to, Endymion, looking unsure of what to do. But,
Hikari knew she could trust him. She nodded her head to him, and then took his hand. To get to the
Queen fast, Endymion, picked, Hikari up and ran from the room, heading to where, the Queen would be.
As, Endymion ran with, Hikari as fast as he could, Hikari held onto him tightly, and was crying into
his chest, and yet to say a word, to him. As soon as they reached the room where the Queen would be, he
sat, Hikari on her feet, and wiped the tears from, Hikari's eyes. "You are safe here. And you will stay
safe. Just listen to what the Queen wants to do, in order to save your life, as well to not lose any time with
your father." Hikari looked to the Queen as she started to speak to her. "Hikari, come closer to me" Hikari
Looked to the, Queen as she held out her hand. Without hesitation, Hikari took her hand, and she then
Finally spoke up. As she did her voice was low, crying and just full of hurt. Her eyes held the same
expression as she looked to the Queen. "Why is papa trying to hurt me?" When seeing her expression, the
Queen herself wanted to cry, but she knew at this point, it would not be a good idea, for the sake of little
Hikari. She had to keep the young child calm.
"Hikari. You have to understand one thing. The man you know as your father, is not the man who was trying to hurt you" The Queen then picked, Hikari up in her arms and sat down with her. Hikari leaned her head against the Queen as she tried to be comforted. But it did not seem to work as once again the child started to cry.
"So now I have no mama and no papa" The Queen shook her head a bit. "You still have your papa. Just right now he not thinking right. Someone has changed him. And right now he does not know who you are." She pulled, Hikari away from her a bit and looked into her eyes. "You trust me, right?" Hikari nodded her head a bit. "Yes I do" "Good. Because if you do. You know I will never lie to you. And right now I can tell you of a way that you will be safe. And will be with your papa again"
Hikari looked to the Queen. Cocking her head a bit. "How?" The Queen pushed some of, Hikari's hair away from her face. "By putting you in to a deep sleep. A sleep that you will not come out of until your papa is back to his normal self. Until he is ready to be your papa again."
Hikari gave the Queen a confused look. "How long will it be?" The Queen shook her head solemnly. "I do not know, Hikari. It can be a long time. Years, Hikari. I cannot tell you when that will be." "So, I will be a big girl when he finds me again?"
The Queen shook her head once again. "No. Once in this deep sleep. You will not age. You will not grow another inch. You will remain as you are. You will still be his little girl"
Hikari leaned her head against the Queen as she thought about it. She then very gently nodded her head. "Okay. I will do it." The Queen hugged, Hikari tightly to her as she started to cry once again. "I promise you it is going to be okay. Everything is going to work out in the end."
The Queen set, Hikari on her feet. She took her by the hand. She lead her to another area of the room. Upon a pedestal sat a object. And object that looked like a small coffin. Upon the lid was the insignia of the Royal Family. Seeing this, Hikari looked to the Queen with a scared look.
Taken notice of the. The Queen kneeled till she was eyes level to, Hikari. She shook her head a bit. "Do not worry. This capsule here, is what is going to keep you alive, as you sleep. So do not be afraid, Hikari. Okay?" Hikari took a deep breath and she nodded her head to her.. She tried to put on a brave face. But she found herself crying instead.
The Queen brought , Hikari closer to her. "You will be okay. Now it is time for you to sleep." The Queen pulled back from her. She then placed her lips on, Hikari's forehead. For a moment, it felt like her head was starting to get warm. They next thing she knew, she was falling into a deep sleep and slumped against the, Queen….
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As Hikari remembered that day. She started to calm down more and more. Her ice blue eyes looked to, Nephrite. Her eyes becoming more trusting towards him. "So everything is okay now?"
Nephrite nodded his head to her. "Yes. Everything is okay now my, Little Angel"
Hikari started to cry once more and rushed forward to where she threw her arms around, Nephrite.
For Nephrite, it felt so good to have his daughter back in his arms. He as well started to cry. Thankful to have his daughter back. Thankful that he had lost no time with her. Thankful the he did not lose anything.
She looked to, Hikari and smiled to her. "It is time we go home, Hikari" He lifted. Hikari out of the coffin and held her tightly to him and walked away from the site that had been her home for all of this time.