Summary: The ramblings of a formerly dead man named Jadeite. The Shitennou and Inner Senshi were not lovers during the Silver Millennium for this story.
Inspired by Hirohiko Araki's "Deadman's Questions."
Year: 1996
Hotaru: 10 years old
Inner Senshi and Jadeite: 16 years old
Haruka and Michiru: 17 years old
Zoisite: 18 years old
Mamoru: 19 years old
Setsuna: 20 years old
Nephrite: 21 years old
Kunzite: 25 years old
Hello, my name is Jadeite. You may know me as that guy who got burnt to ashes by Sailor Mars when I first fought her. What you are about to read are the ramblings of a madman. Well, okay, I'm not exactly "mad" in any respect, but if I were to tell you that I was the reincarnation of one of Endymion's guards, you would say that I was. And let me tell you, being reincarnated twice into the same world is a disorientating thing. One moment you're dead and then boom you're alive with the complete memories of how you died. Twice.
On second thought, maybe I wasn't reincarnated. Reincarnation usually means that I should have gotten another start in life, right? Because I cannot remember anything other than my life in the Silver Millennium. Well, there is something else I remember, being burned by Sailor Mars. But other than that, all sixteen years of my life in the modern world are completely gone from my mind.
When I awoke, Kunzite, Nephrite, and Zoisite were all with me. After some discussion about what we should do, we agreed that we should go to the prince. It was nice that whoever had brought us back to life put us in Tokyo. Certainly saved a lot of time having to go from the Arctic all the way to Japan. It's a pretty nice country. I couldn't read any of the signs. Luckily, I could still speak the language. All those lessons in moonspeak finally paid off. Except for the not being able to read part.
Our connection to the prince was still there and we located him. By the time that we got to his location, it was starting to get dark. Never realized how much I had missed seeing the sun set until now. We made our way up the stairs of a shrine. As soon as we reached the top, we saw the prince, along with a group of girls, making his way towards the stairs.
When we saw him, we kneeled and bowed.
"My liege," we all said.
It took moments before Endymion said, "All rise." We did as he said and stood up to face him. I looked at him with as much bravado as I could muster up. The good thing was that he seemed to be happy that we were alive. The bad thing was that the girls transformed into Sailor Senshi and looked like they were about to kill us. Not that I blame them, but interrupting a meeting between us and the prince was still very rude. And I should've known that raven haired girl was Sailor Mars. To my credit, I didn't know that the other girls were also Senshi.
"You're supposed to be dead!" a long haired blonde yelled at us. Her Senshi outfit was orange. On her right hip was a chain of beads.
"Yeah, well, and now we're not," retorted Nephrite.
"What are you doing here?" asked the girl with a brown hair in a ponytail. Her outfit was green. Looking over at the others, I noticed that their uniforms were basically the same, only with different colors as well as a few subtle differences. You'd expect such a powerful kingdom to have their guards' uniforms instill fear into the enemy, not that. At least give the guards classy clothing to show off wealth, like what the Earth Kingdom did with us.
"We're here to see the prince about our duties," answered Kunzite. "In private, please."
The girls tensed up even more after that. In fact, they looked like they were going to murder us. Expect for the one with violet hair and the one with blue hair. They looked a bit unsure to whether or not we were bad. At least now I know who to trust with my life if I ever survive this. The one with the long green hair was practically unreadable. I wonder how many casinos have banned her for that poker face.
The prince cleared his throat and said, "I know of a place."
The girl that was hugging his left arm asked, "Are you sure?" She had long blonde hair with… What do you ever call those things? Balls? Buns? She had two of them on each side of her head with hair continuing out from them. That must be hell to have to tie and untie. What kind of tortures will people endure just to make themselves look good?
"I'm sure, Usako," the prince assured her. He looked towards us and said, "I trust them."
"If you die, you only have yourself to blame," said the woman with short blonde hair.
"Of course," he said as he turned towards the woman. Turning back to us, he said to the girls, "Please do not follow us."
He walked past us and we followed his steps. As we walked down the stairs, I could still hear the girls saying something, probably about us. It's hard to believe that they would actually leave us alone. After all, my comrades and I argued that the Moon Kingdom's surveillance was the biggest reason we couldn't trust them. Nobody said a word as we walked in the streets.
What only took some minutes felt like hours as we approached what was Endymion's home. It was a tall apartment that reached up to twenty floors. He lived in a room on the tenth floor. The number on his room was "1010." Even in this life, ten was his lucky number, huh? His room consisted of a bedspace, a small kitchen, and a small bathroom. A narrow hallway connected the rooms together. It was such a weird sight to see the prince living in such a cramped area.
"Nice place," commented Nephrite. "Would've thought that you lived in a more, ah, princely place."
"Nah," Endymion smiled. "Don't have the money for it. Besides, what would I do with all that space by myself?" He turned on the lights and walked inside to the bed space. He turned his head around the room like he was looking for something. He then walked into the kitchen and looked around there as well. We went to the entrance of the kitchen and saw the prince grabbing a chair. Then a memory clicked in my head. He was always a courteous person, making sure that everyone was comfortable.
Kunzite went towards him and said, "Allow us," Endymion let go of the chair and Kunzite moved it to where Endymion's bed space was. Nephrite, Zoisite, and I grabbed the remaining three chairs and followed. Endymion sat at the edge of his bed while the four us sat in chairs, surrounding him in a semi-circle.
"So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" he asked.
"Prince Endymion," Kunzite began to answer.
"My name is now Mamoru Chiba," Mamoru interjected. "Please call me by that name."
"Mamoru," Kunzite said. "We, the Shitennou, want to resign."
"What?" The confusion was visible on his face.
"We want to resign from our duties as your guards," stated Nephrite. Mamoru folded his hands and looked down at the ground, digesting the words. I felt bad for him. Your friends and guards, who were presumed to be dead, show up out of nowhere and the first thing they do is resign.
"May I ask why?" the prince asked. Why, indeed. To be honest, I didn't know why either and I doubt that anyone else knew why. Was it because we turned against him and sided with Beryl at the end? Or was it because we were brainwashed against him during this life? Maybe it was because we felt inadequate in protecting him. But none of those reasons would've been good enough for him. He would just forgive us and say that we were acting silly.
"We want to have freedom of choice," answered Zoisite after a few minutes. "In the Silver Millennium, we were forced into our duties to be your guards by our families. In this modern world, we were reincarnated with the sole purpose of protecting you, but then were brainwashed to fight you instead. Two times in a row, we were not allowed to make our own decisions. And now that we have a third chance…"
"I understand," Mamoru nodded. I breathed a sigh of relieve. Thank the heavens for Zoisite's sharp mind. Everyone was completely silent after that. We were all uncomfortable but we couldn't just say "goodbye" and leave him like that.
It took some awkward minutes before Mamoru asked another question. "If you don't want to be my guards, can we still be friends?" Goddammit, Endymion, why do you have to be so nice all the time?
"I don't see why not," answered Nephrite, to which the prince smiled. For the rest of the evening, we had pizza for dinner and eased into a conversation about Mamoru's life. He even offered to help us get used to the modern world.
As for the girls, they reluctantly helped us as well. Although, they gave us a warning that if we backstabbed Mamoru again, they would kill us. Nephrite rolled his eyes at that. Really didn't help our past sentiments towards them. The moon princess, for whatever reason, welcomed us with open us. You'd think she would be the one most against us coming back.
The Inner Senshi and Saturn took about three weeks to trust us. The Outer Senshi, particularly Uranus and Neptune, took about four more weeks after that. I mean, come on, none of us even had our powers back yet. What could we possibly do against their abilities, bleed on them?