Chapter 1
Tsukino Serena stumbles as she makes her way through New Orleans, thankfully she'd taught herself French and English. Her parents had just abandoned her on the streets, that salaud couple. The nine year old manages to lift enough money to get some food which managed to get her into a somewhat more decent state of health. That was when a brute of a boy knocked her over and Serena's nastier side took over, she was on her feet, daggers drawn and kicking the idiot in the balls from behind before holding one of her daggers to his throat, hard, "Je ne suis pas une cible facile, imbécile( I am not an easy mark, idiot)! " she hisses in French.
" Ya certainly be gettin' y'ahself inta quite the fix, Julien. "
Serena spares a brief glance to see a kid about two years older than her, black scleras and red irises with brown hair, " Shut up, LeBeau! " the idiot known as Julien says.
" Je suis Remy LeBeau et vous êtes( I'm Remy LeBeau and you are)? "
" Je suis Serena( I'm Serena). "
" Laissez l'idiot de fonctionner à la maison avec sa queue coincée entre ses jambes(Let the idiot run back home with his tail tucked between his legs). "
Serena lets him go and shoves him over. Julien races off and Remy looks over the girl he'd been following for two days, " Remy be thinkin dat ya be wantin' a place where ya can safely rest. "
" Knew I was being followed but my follower didn't feel like a threat. Don't suppose decent apparel can be a part of the deal? "
Remy grins, " Way ya can lift wallets, Thieves' Guild will love ya, Serena. "
The blonde sighs, " Better than the Yakuza. "
Remy's eyes widen at this, " You're dat girl? "
Serena laughs at the open astonishment on his face, " Oui, I am. Oh, I can help you with your lovely talent as well, the destructive one, Remy. "
" Comment savez-vous à ce sujet( How did you know about that)? " Remy asks.
" Empathy, I can sense it and I can help you gain the control you need. " Serena says softly, " Now, I want decent clothes, a safe place to sleep, and maybe more food and not necessarily in that order Monsieur LeBeau. "
" Monsieur LeBeau be my père, I jus' be Remy. " is the tart reply even as he leads her away.
Five Years Later:
Serena Soleil rolls her shoulders as she stands up from where Emil and Remy had knocked her over, her sapphire eyes narrowed into slits. The boys look at the fun sized female that was glaring at them, " Cher, Remy and Emil be sorry. " Remy says, trying to head off the storm of anger to come.
" Remy Etienne LeBeau, Emil Marceaux, what have I told ya two about this precise situation? "
Jean-Luc LeBeau watches as the fun sized blonde tears into his son and nephew with a mixture of English, French, and Japanese. Had Belladonna Boudreaux not ended dying from cancer as a child Remy would be engaged to her instead of courting the strong willed and multiple personalitied blonde. She accepted him fully and Remy did the same for her, something Jean-Luc suspected she'd never had before. She had also helped Remy master all of his powers and was there to bleed off the excess of his ability to harness potential energy if need be. Remy was the only one that ever knew which personality was in control as well.
The problem with the Boudreaux's had been settled by the spirited blonde as well when she'd almost killed Marius Boudreaux after Julien had almost killed Remy. Marius had later confided to him that any girl that was the shadow head of the Yakuza he was not going to mess with and they'd worked out a treaty. The Thieves' Guild and the Assassins' Guild had all sworn a solemn oath to never mess with Mayumi or Molly Osaka in any way as they still were connected to Serena. Molly happened to be the blonde's best friend and her mother owned a jewelry store. Mayumi had the two guilds test out her security for a fair price.
When Serena started using Remy's own power against the boys Jean-Luc laughs, Remy would have his hands full with that one for sure. Remy winces as he runs from the irate blonde, why did he let his cousin talk him into this stuff again. He hated it when she was mad at him, Serena was different from everyone else, not including the fact that she had three separate personalities. She accepted him for who he was, his eyes didn't freak her out either.
" Serena, celui d'Emil dont endommagé votre manga Sailor V(Serena, Emil's the one whom damaged your Sailor V manga). " Remy says.
Emil pales as Serena freezes, " EMIL MARCEAUX, I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU WISH YOU HAD BEEN BORN FEMALE! "
The entirety of the guild shivers, no one liked it when she got mad because she got even. Emil tears out of there, heading for his older brother Etienne. Etienne was one of the only few people that Serena never went after. Serena was hot on his heels and the thief pours on the afterburners, Etienne's room was a safe spot for those that had pissed her off. Remy swore he would apologize to Emil later after begging Serena for forgiveness.
Serena returns then muttering under her breath about cowardly thieves. There was not one member in either guild that was stupid enough to steal from her. Her attention turns to Remy and he pales, " Stop letting your cousin talk you into this stuff, Remy. "
" I only go along ta try and keep 'im out of worse trouble, cher. " Remy answers, dropping his third person speaking in the face of the fun sized blonde's wrath.
Serena rolls her eyes as she knew Remy loved his family, they'd taken him in, given him a home and love. They'd done the same for her all those years ago when Remy had brought her here. Of course, at first she had only trusted Remy, as he had opened his shields for her, knowing that she needed to sense whom he really was. It had taken her a while to warm up to the others and they had been patient with her. Jean-Luc had sent one of his own over to get custody of Serena into his care, Jean-Luc was her legal guardian just in case she needed to go the hospital or something along those lines.
Her former family hadn't even thought about it and just signed her away. It had been Remy to give her, her new last name and he was also the only one to know the full truth about her recent past and the far distant one as well. Remy knew they'd be going to Japan soon so she could deal with that. Mayumi had no problem with housing them though she was a little leery of Remy and Serena sharing a room until they explained that they kept each other's abilities in check.
Remy had worked hard on his school work and Jean-Luc knew Remy was following Serena to Japan. Tante had told the patriarch that Serena needed his boy to have her back over there for the next two years. That Serena had to go back whether she wanted to or not. That was the only reason he had agreed to allow Remy to go, he knew his boy would be too distracted worrying about the fun sized blonde to do his thieving properly. Remy would be testing Mayumi's security for the next two years this way.
The blonde smirks and sweeps Remy's feet out from under him before racing off. Remy had helped with her coordination, teaching her acrobatics. Serena was the best female thief they had. As Remy chases after the blonde he smirks, he knew she wanted to play and talk about what was to come. He knew he'd need to disguise himself for the coming fight and she'd taught him how to change the color of his power, just in case.
Once safely away Serena stops and turns to Remy, " At some point you will need to deal with Endymion, challenge him for my hand and his throne. "
" Je sais, mon amour, il ne vous avoir( I know, my love, he will not have you). " Remy murmurs. That was the one thing Jean-Luc did not know, that Remy and Serena were soul bonded, they need only complete the bond.
" Êtes-vous prêt pour le plaisir de commencer(Are you ready for the fun to start)? "
" Remy né prêt, ma princesse(Remy born ready, my princess). "
" Anata wa sono koto ni tsuite yoroshīdesu ka(Are you sure about that)? " Serena asks, switching to Japanese.
Remy takes a moment to process, " Mochiron, watashi ga kite nan'notameni junbi ga dekite imasu(Of course, I'm ready for what's to come). "
" You are getting quicker with your Japanese. " Serena says.
" I don't have much of a choice, cher. Remy not be leavin' ya alone ovah the'ah ta fight wit'out 'im. " Remy retorts.
Serena curls into his side wearily, letting herself be vulnerable for a few brief moments, leaning on Remy for strength. Remy pulls her in closer, knowing that soon they would be embroiled in her lunar destiny.
Destiny Gates:
Sailor Destiny, a chocolate skinned light green to viridian green haired version of her cousin Sailor Pluto groans. Her body suit was gray, her skirt, scarf, boots, and arm guards were all green while her bows, gloves, leggings, star earrings, star jewel in her tiara, and the star charm on her choker were all dark red. The choker was also green. The was one green star in the center of her skirt on the dark red waistband while there was a gray stripe at the bottom of the skirt and a dark red one above that. The top of her green boots was trimmed in dark red as well. Her gloves were trimmed with green as well similar to how all the Sol System senshi's gloves were trimmed. Her eyes were orange and her tiara was golden in color. The scarf also had three dark red lines on it and there were no sleeves to her senshi uniform. The star in the center of her front bow was green as well.
Her guardian cat was dark red in color with green eyes a silver upturned crescent moon on her forehead wearing a green bow with a dark red round shaped gem in the center of it. Lachesis happened to be her name and the feline hums worriedly, " The hime has met her true soul mate and they have completed the emotional part of the bond. If your cousin gets word of this she will intervene. "
Sailor Destiny sighs at this, " I know, my friend, Pluto will stop at nothing to make sure that damnable Crystal Tokyo occurs. Psyche is already awakened while Nyx and Nemesis are close to awakening as well. Hesper will come soon as will Nike. Eos will take a while to come to us while Dike may be harder to find. The Outsiders must be the ones to stand tall with the hime as the Inner and Outer courts are too loyal to the Bitchenity's ideals. "
" Not Saturn, never Saturn as she is loyal to her half-sister. Saturn would never willingly betray the hime. " Lachesis points out.
Sailor Destiny admits that point, Saturn was always loyal to the true heiress or on rare occasion heir, that was just the way it went. Saturn always knew and always protected. " Remy LeBeau is the true other half of our hime and the true heir to the Earth. I wonder if he was there but we don't remember. Maybe Current could find out for us, for now, we must be ready to fight. " In Destiny's hands was her staff, it too was shaped like a key, but different from Pluto's. For one thing the top of her staff was rounded with now garnet in it, unless she won the Garnet Orb from her cousin. At the bottom part of the staff there were two instead of three whatever things and there were three on her staff where Pluto's had two. Though her staffs' top could be taken off and it could be used as a spear, the top acting as the sheath.
Lachesis nods at this, her charge was right, they had to be ready and an apprentice must be chosen to guard the Gates of Destiny.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men or Sailor Moon.
