May it be
an evening star Mornie utúlië (darkness
has come) May
it be the shadows call Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)
A
promise lives within you now
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness
falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh,
how far you are from home
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
(darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise
to find the sun
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
(darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
May It Be, Enya
Disclaimer: If you think I own Naruto or Sailor Moon, I must recommend that you go to a doctor and GET YOUR HEAD SCREWED ON STRAIGHT!! If you don't like this story, then blame the chocolate walnut cookies and the green tea with ginseng and honey in it that I ingested before writing this.
NOTE: This italics are Usagi speaking to Naruto.
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So.
You finally came. Why are you so surprised? Surely you already
knew that I was here? No? Well, I can't say I didn't
expect that. I merely hoped the old man that you think so highly of
would have the common sense to tell you I was here. Ignorance, I will
admit, is bliss, but knowledge causes you to be far more prepared.
What is your name, kit? Naruto? I hope your parents meant for
it to mean 'maelstrom' and not 'fishcake'. Though you'd make a very
cute fishcake, I am sure. Forgive me. You still don't know who
I am? Very well. I am who you would call, Kyuubi. Impossible?
Child, nothing is impossible, merely improbable. I was sealed in your
belly on the eve of your birth, just a few short hours after you were
born. Your Yondaime sacrificed his life so that this seal would hold,
and here I am today. You are frightened, kit? Don't shrink
away. Look at these bars, this seal, this prison that I dwell in. It
has stood for eight solid years. It will not crumble now that you are
aware of me. I would not hurt you even if I could. You
are incredibly mistrustful for one your age. That squinty frown on
your face is not becoming at all, as it hides those beautiful blue
eyes of yours. I would much rather see you smile... There, that's
better. Even if you don't want to smile, do keep your eyes open. They
are the color of the clear summer sky, a sky that I have not seen in
several years. To business, then, as you are obviously so
uncomfortable. Why are you here? ...You're not going to give
me a straight answer, are you? Yes, we have only just met. I'm
sorry, I should not have demanded answers from you. Of course I am
apologizing to you-- do you see anyone else here besides us? Since
you are not going anywhere soon and neither, obviously, am I, why
don't I tell you a story to pass the time? You're shivering.
Are you cold? It is rather drafty in here. I'm sorry I can't help you
with that. Of all things you could have done,
walking into my cage was not what I expected. Were I a true
bloodthirsty beast, Naruto, you would have died faster than you could
blink. Nevermind, then-- you have the mulish set to your mouth that
Rei had, and I don't wish to argue with you now. Who was Rei? Well,
more to the fact of the matter, who Comfortable? Good. This
will take a while. We have time, though. Once, in the long
ago, far before there were ninja villages-- yes, that long-- there
were nine warrior women known as the Sailor Senshi who defended the
Earth. Each one of them represented a planet in the solar system,
which was where they had originally come from. They fought many
battles to protect the solar system from outside invaders who wished
to destroy their home, and I could go into such detail about each one
that you would fall asleep. Therefore, I will tell you only of The
Last Battle. There is an entity called Chaos, who is the
symbol of everything that is dark. It devoured galaxies and destroyed
lives in it's endless journey for domination over the light. As it
happens, Chaos came to the Earth, and fought against the Sailor
Senshi, and after being forced to save its own skin-- or rather the
skin of the body it possessed at the time-- by leaving the battle
badly injured, it created took some of its essence and created nine
beasts, soulless things that had no thoughts, no original ideas, no
identity, with only the will to serve Chaos. And Chaos loosed
these demons upon Earth. In addition to being incredibly
strong and powerful, these beasts were relentless in pursuit of the
Sailor Senshi, tearing apart whole continents in their search for the
women. The Sailor Senshi were strong, but it would take all nine
women and several hours of grueling fighting to vanquish just one
demon. Then, their leader offered up the idea to absorb all the
beasts into herself, using her sacred crystal, thus dying and taking
them all with her to the afterlife. Her senshi refused to allow her
to do such a thing, and demanded that she seal a demon in each of
them, making the weight an equal burden to bear. And she did.
The crystal, unused to such taxing demands, cracked and imbedded
itself into the leader's chest just over her heart, never to be used
again. It remains there to this day, a reminder of what the price of
battle is. Sadly, the story will not end there. Happy endings
hardly ever stay that way, as I am sure you have found out yourself,
little kit. They did not know about the madness. For an
entire month, the senshi went on without displaying any signs of
feeling the demons inside themselves-- other than the animal ears and
tails they had acquired upon the sealing, but those were easily hid.
And then, the night of the full moon came, and with it, the
madness. You're confused? Well, I admit I'm not being very
clear. You see, there is a balance to everything, yin and yang, light
and dark, male and female. Upon taking the demons into themselves,
the senshi had filled the gap of soullessness in the demons and
balanced them out. But the sealing was meant to shove the demons into
some dark corner of the senshi's souls, a part of them to be
forgotten and ignored. When the full moon came, and with it,
the full strength of the demons, because the crystal had originated
from the moon and still excercised a small amount of power over it,
the demonic part of the senshi's souls took over. They were
transformed into the beasts that Chaos had originally created, and
then, it was the end. With no one to protect the Earth, the demons
tore apart everything. It is horrible. Trust me, I know. Do I
see a bit of comprehension dawning in your eyes, little one? You are
far more clever than your acadamy teachers give you credit for. When
the senshi transformed back into their original selves, they were
horrified and grief-stricken at what they had done. The leader fled
from them, unable to face what she had done to her friends and
protectors. The team of senshi split apart, and to this day they have
never laid eyes upon each other. On each full moon, they retreat to a
remote area and seal themselves in, until they are human again. You
still don't understand? Or is it that you do, and you cannot accept
it? I was that foolish leader, Naruto. Look-- the crystal is
still melded to my flesh, as it was all those eons ago. Long before I
became Kyuubi, my name was Tsukino Usagi, the reincarnation of the
moon princess, Serenity. I was the one who was too weak, too afraid
to die, to seal all of the demons into myself and accept an honorable
death. Instead, I have destroyed my precious friends, allowing them
to become the very thing we fought against. This knowledge is my
penance, and their pain, and I live with it to this day. Tears?
Don't cry, kit-- not for me. Not I, who have damned all those I love,
and unleashed the greatest evil on the world that it has ever seen.
Dry your eyes, my dear, your tears are wasted on a soul bound for
Hell. How did you come to be so wise, little one? Everyone
does deserve to be forgiven-- just not me. Not I, who has killed your
beloved Iruka-sensei's parents, and orphaned several other children
with my actions. You will understand the magnitude of my
crimes when you are older. What did I tell you about making that
face? One day it will freeze that way, mark my words, and then where
will you be? Ha! I will give you the respect due to a Hokage
when you Well, acknowledgement and
respect is a worthy goal, but why the sudden change? What new reason
do you have to want the position that likely entails endless hours of
boredom and paperwork? ...You wish to tell the villagers the
truth? To clear my name, and those of my fellows? No, I am not
crying because I am sad. It's just...that's the kindest thing anyone
has ever wanted to do for me, and it is coming from the one child
whose life I have ruined the most. Alright, maybe I am a
little sad. I'm going to hold you to your word, though-- our promise
of a lifetime. Surely there is something else you want to ask
me? How did I come to attack Konoha, if I had sealed myself
away? A foolish missing-nin named Orochimaru stumbled across the cave
where I had chained myself, and destroyed the seals in his curiousity
to see what a demon could do. Too bad I didn't have the presence of
mind to step on the little sucker and squash him, but there you
are. ...Someone is calling you, kit. I think it is the old
man, and he sounds so very worried for you. No, you don't have to
tell me why you came here. You are not yet ready, and you will regret
it if you say anything now. Certainly you may come back. This
is, after all, your mind. And I am very lonely-- it has been so long
since I have spoken to another human being. Thank you for your
listening ear, Naruto. Go on now, child. Don't keep your
friend waiting. One more thing? What is it? No.
No, I'm not angry at you. Of course you may call me
Mother.
Done. My insanity of the week has been taken out and hung on the line. Please tell me what you think of it. If you didn't quite understand, the summarization is at the bottom.
SUMMARIZATION: Naruto was beaten into unconciousness by the villagers, and wound up in Kyuubi/Usagi's cell. After talking a while, she tells him of how she came to be what she is today. Naruto cries for her plight, and then declares his intention to become Hokage to tell the villagers of the demons' origins. Usagi also tells him how she wound up destroying Konoha. Usagi hears the Sandaime calling for Naruto, and ushers him out. Before he leaves, Naruto asks if he can call her Mother, and Usagi says yes.
Capiche?
Not one of my better works, and certainly more of my random ones, but I'm rather partial to it. If you like it, I might do a little more.
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