My Disclaimer: I own none of it. None, I tell you, none! Okay, just the story, but that's it.
Offical Disclaimer: Yu-gi-ohbelongs to Takahashi Kazuki, Jump magazine and manga, and none of it belongs to me so I don't earn anythign from this. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moonbelongs to Takeuchi Naoko, Kodansha, Toei Animation, TV Asahi, Bandai, DIC, Cloverway, Pioneer, and a whole host of others and, like before, I'm none of them and have nothing to do with it, therefore it's not mine. The only thing I own are a few made-up characters (who don't appear yet), the story itself (which connects them) and my anime. Take everything else, but if you touch my anime I'll sick my mutt-of-DOOM-and-face-licking on you as soon as I get her from my parent's house.

Author's Notes: a) Don't kill me, I've seen worse, but I've the good fortune to have not run into it enough that I could name the fics here.
b) There will be Shonen-ai later on, mainly in the Puzzleshipping variety. Just fair warning. No lemons...yet...probably not, and if so I'll see to it that it has it's own fic. Pointless chatter and/or lemony scenes need their own fics.

Shards of the Ginzuishou

Prologue: The First Senshi

Before the time of the Silver Millennium, before Queen Serenity and her kingdom of the Moon, the fabled ginzuishou was broken into many pieces. When the first battle against Chaos was fought, they were all joined to call forth the greatest Senshi. The power, however, could not be joined so quickly, and the soul of the one they created was left empty, with only a protector, in the Galaxy Cauldron.

Realizing their mistake, the great Senshi of the first times intended to take it apart, turning it into the Seven Sacred colors and thus into the nijizuishou, the Mystical Rainbow Crystals. However, when the crystal broke, it was into eight parts. The Seven Sacred colors now created, it was uncertain as to the purpose of the eighth until the first Senshi of Wisdom realized that the seven would only create an almost-perfect ginzuishou. With the eighth, it would create the true ginzuishou, but until then, it would only create one almost as power.

Not wanting such a power to be unleashed at such an early time, the eight crystals were scattered throughout the universe, one remaining behind to be given to the leader of the First Senshi. The nijizuishou were all to be recognized by the colors, while the last, called the ikizuishou, or 'Spirit Crystal', would only show its color once given back to the ginzuishou.

As time went on, the children of those early Senshi spread, creating more stars. When the second of the ninjizuishou was found, it was found that only with the sacrifice of the holder, who was connected by their soul to the crystal, could a newer, stronger crystal be created, and then it was only by their consent. The holder gave their consent, as did the next, and the next, until the time when the holder of the newest crystal was Queen Serenity, who held the ginzuishou and who gained the empty shell that once held the greatest Senshi's spirit. Of the last crystal, the one that would grant the last power to the ginzuishou…there was no sign.

The young boy sat curled, looking up at the night sky. He wished he had a friend…someone he knew at the school. Anyone.

He looked over at the sky and thought he saw a star falling. He reached towards it and was surprised when something fell into his hand. Had he caught a falling star?

He opened his palm to see a quick shimmer of light pass up and to his chest, where his heart would be. Blinking, the boy looked back at his palm and held up his hand. "I wish I had a friend. Anyone."

The next day at school, when someone came up to bully him, a new person stopped them, and then with a look he realized that this person wanted to be a friend. His friend. He smiled as he gave his name. He kept the star a secret, though. It had given him this one wish, maybe he could get another…but no, that would be wrong. He finally decided that it was his secret and his to keep.

Part 1: The Two Cats

There was the sound of clanging cans, and Yugi quickly reached over to stop the running cat that was about to streak by, a few kids following and obviously angry that their fun was stopped. Yugi simply cast them a glare as he freed the cat and looked it over. The poor thing was colored black, a small yellow crescent moon on her (he was sure it was a girl) forehead. He gave her a warm smile and put her on his shoulders, ignoring the kids behind him. "Come on, I'll take you home."

The cat meowed at him, seeming to be happy, and looked at him, almost critically, with blue eyes. He looked at her with his own purple eyes and the same smile. The cat seemed content with this and stayed on his shoulders as he got home. "Ojii-san, I'm home!"

"Ah, Yugi! Who's your friend?"

"Some kids were playing a trick on her. Can I keep her, Ojii-san?"

Mutou Sugoroku smiled and seemed to think about it before finally nodding, "I guess so, but what if she has an owner, Yugi? Put up some signs if she stays, that way they know where to look at least. In the meantime, yes, she can stay here."

The cat mewed happily and stayed on Yugi's shoulder as he went upstairs, not really fighting as he cleaned her off quickly and dried her, then took her into his room.

She's a beautiful creature, Yugi, Yami said, appearing for a moment beside Yugi. The cat's eyes seemed to refocus, now on Yami, then back to Yugi and Yami. The two blinked and Yugi asked, "Do you think she can see you?"

The cat meowed, almost like she was answering but couldn't for some reason. Yugi knelt down, Yami following him, and now Yugi saw that there was some damage around her crescent moon mark. He slowly touched it gently, expecting to be scratched at any moment before he asked Yami, "Could we heal some of this? I think it needs to be."

The cat rubbed her head against Yugi's hand, and suddenly he felt a…tug. He blinked as something tickled his palm and jerked away quite suddenly, seeing a little light appear and head to the crescent moon area. Yugi looked at Yami. "Was that you?"

Yami shook his head and the two looked back at the cat, who seemed to be smiling at him. Yugi leaned in a little, "Do you know what that was?"

The cat replied, "No, but thank you anyway."

Yugi jumped back at least three feet. "SHE TALKED!"

The cat bowed her head. "That always happens. I'm sorry I scared you…both of you…though how their can be two of you like that I'm still trying to figure out."

You can see me?

The cat now turned to where Yami was, or at least where Yugi saw Yami to be. "I can."

Do you know anything, then, about the Millennium Items? I am a spirit who was within the Millennium Puzzle, which Yugi finished and now we're bonded together. As far as I know, there are a few items, but as to how many exactly I am unsure.

The cat tilted her head, looking at the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi, then at the spirit. "I'm not too sure. I have heard something about it…but that was…well," she turned her head, "that was a long time ago. I know the Millennium Items themselves were supposed to be used in the service of the Pharaoh, and whatever else I know about them was only what I heard and rumors. I heard that they have the powers of a place called the Shadow Realm, and that their abilities bring out both good and bad in a human's nature. As to spirits in them…I'm sorry."

Yami smiled anyway. That is still more then I knew. Thank you…um…

"Luna," she said, smiling, "My name is Luna."

Kaiba shot a look before noticing the white spot that seemed attached to Mokuba's shoulder. He now noticed that it was, actually, a cat with blue eyes and a yellow crescent moon and white fur, which stood out against Mokuba's own black hair. Mokuba was smiling and looking over at the cat before looking back to his older brother. "Nii-sama, look what I found!"

Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "A cat?"

Mokuba nodded enthusiastically, and somehow Kaiba knew what was coming next but felt unprepared none the less for the pleading eyes his brother gave him when he asked, "Please, can I keep him? Please, Nii-sama? I promise I'll take care of him and everything! I'll make sure he's fed and out of your hair and not too loud or anything!"

Kaiba wondered how parents handled this. Maybe with a strong 'no'.

"Besides, he needs to find his owner! He lost her and I'm one of the only people to understand him in a long time, which is good because he's been trying to find his wife and his owner for a while as well…"

Kaiba looked over at his little brother. "What?"

"His name's Artemis. He lost his owner a little while ago, and can't find her. He asked if I could help, and in the meantime take care of him. Can I?"

It was so sincere Kaiba wondered if maybe Mokuba hadn't taken too much of what Yugi spoke about seriously. A talking cat?

But the mention of an owner meant that the cat would only stay for a while, therefore Mokuba would have to give him up soon and, well, that seemed fine with Kaiba. He finally nodded and Mokuba smiled, and for an instant he thought he saw the cat smile widely too before the two headed to Mokuba's room, Mokuba chatting with the cat. Kaiba turned back to his work and tried hard to not think about talking cats and magical puzzles.

The next day was early, and Kaiba almost regretted his decision to stay in school. He had work to do, and as it was, he already knew most if not all of the subjects being taught.

What got to him completely, though, was when Yugi, talking to his friends, seemed to bring up something he hadn't wanted to think about.

"A talking cat?" the dog had said, rather loudly and very efficiently getting Kaiba's attention, however unwanted from either side. Kaiba looked over from the book he was reading quick enough to see Yugi nod, speaking quietly to his friends. Kaiba noticed that the odd white-haired Bakura was not present, and began to wonder where the boy was. Like himself, Bakura seemed to be a sometimes-helper of Yugi and the odd spirit within the Puzzle. Unlike Kaiba himself, though, Bakura also seemed to have problems, alternating from a psychotic enemy to a timid friend. At least Kaiba was only on their side long enough to achieve his goals, if they were similar…such as defeating Pegasus. Though, at the time, it really was just similar desires to defeat the creator of Duel Monsters to save someone important. Kaiba found that, indeed, he drew better cards when someone he cared for was in danger, and in general he found the duel to have more satisfaction once won, and just the same…he had felt saddened for Yugi. The other Yugi had been fighting, but for whatever reason Yugi himself had stopped him from being destroyed. How odd.

Kaiba couldn't really hear what it was that Yugi was saying to the others, and thus lost interest in the conversation except to possibly tell Mokuba. If his talking cat…Artemis…had a wife, maybe the cat Yugi talked about could be related and thus the cat would be out before he knew it.