Author Notes: And so I return to a story and domain I thought I had said my good-bye's to, but Naraku's Consort has some loose ends to tie up. Or at least the side stories of our lovely senshi, and demons, so now I present, without preamble, Naraku's Consort, Gem Edition, take one, the sapphire revolution. Or, dear Mercury.

Sapphire Revolution, Sapphire Skies:

Long pale hands flicked dark blue hair out of her tired eyes as she studied the language upon the paper in front of her. It had been a year and a half since fate had seen to take away her dear friend and princess, to where she knew not, but prayed for her safe return. Yet, prayer was not enough for her, and so she studied mountainous texts about time, history, anything and everything related to the past, present, and future of the senshi. Anything that mentioned the moon in anyway was immediately pulled from the shelves and practically devoured by the need to know. Ami knew not the last time she actually read for fun, or hung out in general, but she refused to leave her princess to chance, not when she knew Usagi would do the same for her.

The library had long since closed for the evening, but since the librarian was a close friend of the family and well use to her habits, she left a key for the senshi of mercury to close when she was ready to leave. Long drawn out black bags hung heavily beneath her blue intelligent yet weary eyes, reminiscing of weeks of poor sleep. Ami only participated in school, shrine meetings and her obsessed research to find her missing friend. The other senshi said nothing each in their own way looking, hunting, for the girl whose soul was a pure as moonbeams, and though the senshi of Pluto assured them that all would be well, they did not know her enough to trust her. Ami, next to Mamoru, and Rei was the most torn about losing her friend for Usagi had been her first friend, and the one for them to rely on most of all. Without her, Ami's only purpose was to be the smart one and go further into her studies, unable to connect with the other senshi on a standard basis.

Shaking her head of the feeling of sleep, she reached for another bottled coffee, straining for more time more awareness. However, in some way her powers reacted to protect her, right as she found something, in an old leather bound book did they erupt from her transformation pen and knock her out. Pale light from a close star and the full moon highlighted her sleeping form, and beside her did a soul arise. Gently the soul lifted her up, fishing the key from Ami's pocket, and retrieving the fallen book and carried her out of the library. Quickly the soul returned her to her home, and caringly brushed the bangs from a tense face smoothing away the worries in her sleep. Then the soul turned and perched on her windowsill, waiting for the light of dawn to fade it back to invisibility, its punishment and curse for past misdeeds. Light from the forlorn moon fell on the soul and it was revealed a familiar face, sadness coloring the very same sky blue eyes of a fallen general.

Zoicite, for that who dwelt on the thin windowsill watched as the short breaths of his past love hitch and hike, holding back tears within nightmares. Softly his booted feet touched carpet as he stepped toward his stressed mercurian princess and once close bent over to brush a kiss on her brow. In a quick minute she settled and he returned to his vantage point, a constant vigil over the one who still owned his heart. Letting his head tilt upward to the moon, his soft blond ringlets falling over his shoulders, he let his memories drift into the past and the beginning of his curse.

Zoicite always welcomed traveling with his prince to the moon above for many reasons, mostly for knowledge, but primarily for… "Suisei." He whispered breathily as he stared upon the dainty form of the princess of mercury. Casually, he strolled up to his equal in intellect and bowed before her, while gently lifting a pale hand of hers to his lips in greeting. Noting slightly the blush on her face, and his prince's dismissal, he wrapped her in a hug of hello. While it was no secret to the other senshi, generals, and prince that he favored his little blue haired lady, it still remained unspoken to the one in his arms. For above all, he wished no harm to befall her, including dealing with his emotions, for it is written no alliance member can marry a terran. Though, he had read the texts and knew how to battle such a law, but he wanted Suisei to come to her own decisions and so he kept his feelings secret.

"Zoi, welcome back, I have missed you so." She spoke softly, music to his untrained ears, desperate to hear the water in her voice, soothing and calming to the emotional turmoil in his soul.

"I have missed you beautiful princess of water and knowledge, how fairs you?" He responds, watching once more as she blushes shyly and smiles ever so prettily.

"Zoi, I do not deserve such compliments, but I fair well and thank you none the less." She states, and though Zoicite knew and felt differently, he spares her more turmoil and instead lays another kiss on her hand.

"As you say, but anyway I am afraid we are not here for a social call." Zoicite explains, and watches as her face darken, and her eyes turn serious. "Metallica has taken the northern hemisphere, Beryl leading the charge." He states, looking over to the window that showed the shadowed Earth.

"Come we must go to Mariner Castle immediately, I shall have our scanners feed information back to us." Suisei ordered, and Zoicite nodded, his prince had said to travel to the Mercury castle for information anyway.

Hearing a sigh Zoicite pulled from his memories and glanced over to his love the sun starting to break the horizon making his form shimmer briefly. Dropping his shoulders he leapt from the windowsill to beside her restless form and laid a lasting kiss on her lips. "Until tomorrow night my sweet Asian beauty of water." He whispered against her lips and then his form vanished, and his eyes opened through another.

Sighing within the mind of his host he wished he could have stopped his past actions, but at least, his host Ryo, did interact with his lady. His curse, it pleased and tortured him all the same, for he could see his love, but he could not touch, he could not have, he could only watch over her. For by night he was a sturdy solid spirit, but by day only a rider to the youth his soul had been born into, but only awakened just recently when a flash of white light speared through this dimension. He calculated it was about the same time the meteor that was said to end all life just up and vanished, when he first awoken back to the pace of life. Again he fell into memories but these were more his awakening than his past, for he wished not to dwell on his lady love whom he would see tonight.

Pain was the first thought in his head and his consciousness came through, time felt awkward and otherworldly as he blinked and felt no eyelids. Savagely he flipped his eyes around trying to incorporate some knowledge to help him understand his situation. The last thing he remembered was the cold eyes of Beryl as she focused her spell upon him, to direct his attack on the moon kingdom. He could only hope they failed though he was currently alive which gave more proof that they may have won. Sorrowfully he pulled his aching body up into a sitting position, and waited to see the carnage, for a minute he saw nothing, and then oh the memories, blissfully ignorant of more pain his body shut down again.

Little while later he awoke again, rivers of tears sloshing down his face as his memories rang through his mind. "Forgive me Suisei, I wasn't strong enough, I am so sorry." He whimpered out, clutching and clenching his hands to his hair as his memories assaulted him. It was by his hand that Mercury fell but oh the things he did before he rid her of her essence. Stained by his past he finally noticed there was a clear look to his body and then noticed he could see through his legs. Faster than most he understood his predicament and so continued his tears and mourning. "I see this is my punishment, to wander as a spirit forever unable to return to the cycle with my lady." He whispered. Queen Serenity must have won than because only Lunar Magic could affect such outcome. However, sadden by his lost he took his punishment with graciousness, for this is little compared to what he had done to whom held his heart. Not to mention the one who held his loyalty, Prince Endymion, what had they done? Zoicite knew not what happen to the other three kings, but for now he only wished to pine and sorrow over his actions.