Silver Millennium Life Bonds
Rocky Oberlin
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: My name is clear so everyone knows I don't own Sailor Moon or the Ronin Warriors. Windy is from my imagination. Thank you.
The figures were all spread out, but the woman in white could see the looks of hatred, pity, and sadness on all their faces. A blonde haired girl with her hair pulled into two ponytails cradled a small child with the same hairstyle in her arms. The woman could tell the child was dead, but the hatred of the black haired man towards the blonde was evident. There were others who held hatred were the parents of the blonde, another blond in orange, a black haired girl in red, a blue haired girl in a uniform in the same color, and a brown haired girl in green.
"You killed her. You killed my daughter," growled the black haired man.
"No, I didn't. I couldn't stop her," whispered the blonde.
"No. You killed her. You could, but you didn't. You don't deserve to be a Scout," snapped the girl in red.
"We are so disappointed in you Serena," said her mother.
"You could have saved her," said her father.
"But, I couldn't-"
"Don't lie, Serena. We all saw. You could have taken the shot, but you didn't," said the other blonde.
"You aren't our princess. Our princess was graceful and she helped others. You're just selfish," said the girl in green.
As each person verbally attacked her the other four women and the boy grew angry. They had seen the truth. Serena couldn't have taken the shot; it would have killed the child and some of the others.
"You aren't my daughter."
"You aren't our princess."
"You aren't my love. I don't love you."
That was the final blow. Serena collapsed into a weeping heap and only moved to run away when one of the silent figures reached out to touch her. The woman in white decided to make her presence known.
"You are a bunch of hypocrites. She didn't want to kill any of you, but you just killed her spirit."
"And who are you?" asked the girl in red.
"I am one who can see the truth, Sailor Mars. Or should I call you Raye. Don't worry; you won't have to worry about Serena any more. I am going to take her someplace where she won't bother you any more."
"How?" asked the girl in blue.
"Setsuna isn't the only one who can cross time and dimensions, Amy. I do it all the time. And I think that she won't let you anywhere near Serena once I drop her off."
"Who are you to take our daughter?" asked Serena's father.
"I thought that she wasn't your daughter anymore," sneered the boy next to him. "You said, 'you aren't my daughter'. So I guess that you don't deserve to worry about her anymore."
"Sam is right. You did disown her in the presence of her, your family, and ten other people. So I lay claim to her future. I will help her create her own destiny."
The black haired boy started to object to what the woman said, but he was cut off.
"The future isn't written in stone. The only concrete future is when Christ returns, but even He didn't know when that would happen. So I guess that we will just have to wait won't we Darien. Good day, I am going to find Serena."
"Wait." The woman turned to see Sam running toward her. "Take me with you. I want to go with my sister."
"Are you sure you want to come with me? Once you leave this dimension won't be able to return. No one will remember you and even if you did return you won't be able to return to your family."
"Serena is my family. If she goes, I go."
"Very well. Come with me. Oh, and Inner Scouts, now that the Moon Princess is gone, you won't be able to protect the Earth that you love so much. Don't worry, if evil looks like it will take over everything, I'm sure that God will prevent it, He is in charge after all."
The woman turned back toward the direction that Serena had run and walked away. The ones that she had identified as the Inner Scouts scowled after the departing woman and boy. Finally the silent women spoke.
"You had no right to say that to the Princess," growled a shorthaired blonde woman.
"She couldn't have taken the shot, it would have killed Rini and you," added the teal haired woman coldly.
"The woman is right, you don't have to worry about the Princess any more," said a shorthaired girl.
"And she is right in that I won't let you anywhere near the Princess once she has left the dimension," added the silent Scout of Time, Setsuna, Sailor Pluto. "I'm going back to the Time Gates. May be I can catch the Princess before she leaves for her new home."
"Can we come, Setsuna-mama?" asked the girl.
"Yes, we want to help also," added the blonde woman.
The Guardian of Time nodded and the four Outer Scouts disappeared from sad scene.
The woman in white followed the sound of a girl weeping and the sense of great sadness to find Serena. Sam followed close behind her, staying quiet until they found the crying girl. The woman sighed as she watched the pitiful sight. "We will have to go soon. Go back to your house and get what you and Serena need. Meet me back here and then we will leave."
"You won't leave without me, will you?"
The woman turned to look at him. "I promise you, when we leave you will be with us."
"What's your name?"
"I go by Windy. One day I may tell you what I used to be called when I lived."
Sam was puzzled, but ran back to the people he used to call parents. He didn't even look at them when he entered the house and ran to his sister's room. He grabbed everything he thought she would need, including her Lunar Pen. Sam pet the sleeping Luna and said, "Too bad Serena couldn't say good bye herself, but she won't be coming back. Bye Luna." He left his sister's room and went into his for what he wanted.
'Serena's leaving? Why?' asked the newly awakened Luna. She jumped down and followed the running boy back to the park where Serena was crying on Windy's shoulder. "That's the Windwalker, Windy. I haven't seen her since the Silver Millennium. Why is she here now?'
"But I don't deserve this comfort. I killed my own child," sobbed Serena.
"Don't you believe that. If you had tried for that shot, then you would have murdered Rini and the Scouts. You tried to save them, but even you can't stop the monster from slitting someone's throat. Even I can't do that and I'm supposed to be able to do things that no living person can. Do you think that you can out do someone sent by God Himself? You are human and so was I before I died. We all have limits that we can never overcome; we have to do the best we can with the abilities God gave us."
"She is right Serena," said Sam. "Even I could see that you couldn't take the shot. How many people would have been killed?"
"I don't know," she whispered.
"Then believe the Windwalker and your brother. Now what is going on? Why are you here Windwalker?"
"The Inner Scouts and Darien decided to blame Serena for the death of Rini. Even her own parents say that she is to blame. I am rewriting her future and sending her someplace where she can help and be happy."
"And I'm going with her," added Sam.
"Then take me with you."
"And me," added a new voice.
Windy arched her eyebrow. "And why would the Guardian cat to Sailor Venus want to come with us?"
"Because I have left the service of the House of Venus due to the dishonor of the current holder of the office of Sailor Venus and wish to help with the protection of the Moon Princess."
Puzzled looks were exchanged between Luna, Serena, and Sam. Windy just snorted in laughter and said, "In other words, you got mad at Mina and said that she was now on her own because she betrayed her princess."
Artimas nodded.
"Well, I guess that Artimas could come with us since Sailor Venus no longer needs a Lunar Guardian," admitted Luna.
"Then everything is settled?" asked Windy.
"It is with me," said Sam.
"What about you Serena?"
"Yeah, I guess. There's nothing here that I really need anymore. Where are we going?"
"To reunite you with your twin, the Prince of the Sun. I suspect that your REAL life bond will be waiting for you also. We shall have to see."
"LIFEBOND!!" exclaimed two cats and a boy.
Windy stood up and helped the sad Princess of the Moon to her feet. "Yes, Life bond. The other heir to the throne of Earth, but only due to the fact that the Queen of the Earth didn't really love her husband; hers was an arranged marriage and she couldn't marry her true love, but that didn't stop them from seeing each other." Windy shook her head. "What a mess that was. It was a good thing I stepped in to do something about it." As she spoke the scenery faded into a dark mist. A shadow of a door loomed ahead of them.
"Where are we?" asked Sam.
"The Gates of Time," answered a mysterious voice (AN: three guesses who).
Serena straightened her posture and readied herself for more accusations to be thrown at her. She had to remember she was a princess and must stand tall through anything.
"We are here to serve you, Princess," said another voice. Out of the fog came four figures. When they were in two feet of the small group the figures knelt down before Serena. To say that she was surprised would be an understatement.
"But why? I killed Rini; I don't deserve your service."
"Yes you do. Unlike the traitors, we saw the whole picture and what could and couldn't be done," said the shorthaired blonde.
"My mirror showed that for you to use your attack on it would reflect and kill almost everyone in the area," said the teal haired woman.
"We understand the sacrifices that must be made. It was unfortunate that we lost Rini, but we could have lost more," said the sad shorthaired girl.
"But I killed your friend, Hotaru," said Serena.
"I'm sorry to say that if she hadn't charged forward so fast when you told her to wait, then she wouldn't have been killed. Your sacrifice was more painful then her death," said Hotaru.
"Small Lady needed to learn patience, but instead she ran when she was commanded not to. We all will miss her, but it was her decision," said Setsuna, the Sailor of Pluto.
"She is getting a talking to right now about obeying her father AND mother right now if you're interested. She may come later to apologize for her rash act," added Windy. "Now it is time to leave this dimension, your twin brother awaits."
"We wish to come as well," said the blonde.
"Do you know what you wish for, Haruka?" asked Windy. "As I told Sam, once you leave this dimension, then you will forever be forgotten. If you return, then no one will recognize you. Everything you worked for will disappear."
"We realize this and we want to go. Serena is our Princess and needs our help," said the teal haired woman.
"What if I said that there would be others to help, Michiru?" asked Windy.
"Then we will try to work with them to protect our Princess," said Haruka.
"And if there was a Prince to watch also?"
"That depends on how he treats our kitten."
Windy laughed. "Sage barely remembers his sister, but I don't think that he would deliberately hurt her. And then there is the Mars Prince and her life bond."
"Mars Prince?" asked Michiru
"Life bond?" asked Haruka.
"You mean you know where they are?" asked Setsuna.
Windy grinned. "I know something you don't know," she teased in a singsong voice. "Shall we go meet them?" The entire group faded from the foggy Gates.
For once it was quiet in Toyoma when the Ronins were getting their groceries. "Geez," said a blue haired boy. "Mia sure did have a lot on the shopping list this week."
"That's because Kento nearly emptied out the kitchen again," responded an auburn haired boy.
"Hey, I can't help that I'm a growing boy, Cye," said the talked about Kento.
"Growing which way?" asked the blue haired boy.
"Not funny, Rowen," growled Kento.
Two of the Ronins weren't paying attention to the ongoing argument. One was thinking about a dream that he had the night before and the other was trying to puzzle out the feelings he was getting when a flash of light grabbed everyone's attention.
"What was that?" asked Kento.
"I don't know, but we better check it out. It may be some rouge from the Dynasty," said a black haired boy.
"I don't know, Ryo. It may be something else," said a blonde to the black haired Ryo. That is when they heard voices complaining.
"Do you think that you could have made the landing a little more easier on us, Windwalker?" a loud female voice asked.
"Stop complaining and get off me!" demanded another voice.
The Ronins hurried over to where they heard the voices and was surprised by the sight. It was a pile of human women, a boy, and two cats. The cats were fine and the boy was crawling out of the pile. The rest were slowly sorting themselves out
"Haruka, I am NOT Michiru and we are in public, so that hand had better move soon," growled a woman in white.
"I'll move it when I can get out from under Setsuna," snapped back the shorthaired blonde called Haruka.
The scene was so funny that the Ronins just stood in their places watching the comedy of errors that was progressing in front of them. Everything seemed to sort out quickly and smart remarks were leveled at everyone in the group. Once clothing was straightened and glares to the woman in white were brought down to a minimum the thousand-dollar question was popped. "Where in gods name are we?"
The woman in white looked up from the boot she was adjusting and said, "Toyoma."
"Now what do we do?" asked Haruka.
"We find Prince Sage, Prince Ryo, and Serena's life bond," said the woman.
"Are they near by, Windy?" asked the little girl.
Windy stood up and stamped on her boot to settle it better on her foot. "They are very close. In fact they are right over there." She pointed over to the Ronins.
"The Princess is going to be life bonded to one of those boys?" asked the teal haired woman.
"What's wrong with us that you have to ask that?" demanded Kento.
"Kento, you are going to get us in trouble one of these days," muttered Sage.
"Well, did you hear the doubt in that lady's voice? It's not like we didn't save the world from Tulpa, Sage."
"Sage? Did you say Sage?" asked the dark haired woman.
"Yeah, so what?"
"Would he be Prince Sage of the Sun Kingdom, Windwalker?" asked the woman.
Windy looked to the group and started to laugh. "Yes, Setsuna, he would be. And the rest of that rag-tag mercenary group is with him."
"What?!" cried the black cat.
"Don't you remember, Luna? Sage met up with four boys while he was on Earth to meet Prince Endymon and hit it off quite well. Of course I think it had to do with him seeing Prince Ryo of Mars again. Not even he blamed Ryo for leaving Mars after the talk of treason started to gain momentum."
"Prince Sage? Prince Ryo? Are you talking about Sage and Ryo here?" asked Rowen.
Setsuna, Luna, and Artimas looked over to the blue haired Rowen and gasped. It was the lost Prince of Earth that Princess Serenity had bonded to so long ago. "P-p-prince Rowen?" asked Artimas.
"What?!" chorused several voices. It degraded into many people talking at once. Windy looked over to the silent boy next to Serena and rolled her eyes at him. He looked a little more relieved when he saw the exasperated look on her face. Windy then brought order to the whole group with a shrill whistle. Quiet reigned as they all looked at her.
"Now that everyone has met can we go someplace that we can talk without blocking traffic and have an audience?" she asked.
"Why don't we go back to Mia's house," suggested Ryo. "Besides, we have to get the food back before Kento eats it or it goes bad." That generated laughs from three of the Ronins and a scowl from Kento.
"Um, how are we going to get there?" asked little Hotaru.
"I'm taking us," said Windy firmly.
"Not after that last trip, you aren't," exclaimed Haruka. "Look at the mess we landed in."
"That was because someone, who shall remain nameless, Haruka, wasn't doing as I had asked while I tried to sort the dimensional winds. If nobody had panicked then we would have landed on our feet and in order. Besides..." The group disappeared from the city with the car and landed in Mia's front yard. "...We're here."
"Show off," grumbled Haruka.
"Do you want some help with the groceries?" asked Hotaru.
"That would be appreciated, thank you," said Cye.
Everyone grabbed a bag and followed the Ronins into the house. "Mia, we have some company," shouted Ryo.
"Oh, so you saw them already?" called back Mia.
"Saw who?"
"Us, Wildfire," said an unexpected guest. It was Kayura and the four Seasonals.
"Oh, boy, this is going to be crowded," Ryo muttered. "No, we have some other guests, too," he called out louder.
"What other guests could we have?" asked Mia as she walked into the living room. "Oh, where did you meet them?"
Windy stepped forward. "You might say that they met them before, but they just don't remember. As for today, well, we almost dropped in on them." She gave Haruka a look. "It's a good thing I'm good at such problems as landing or we might have landed on them or in a lake. Lady Kayura, would you please stop that, it makes my skin itch and forces my mental shields to assume that you are an undesirable trying to get something that you shouldn't get."
Lady Kayura focused back and looked startled. "How did you know I was doing that and how did you know who I am?"
"Like I told the Sailor Scouts, I see the truth. I am able to know what I need, when I need it and could tell you things that would turn every belief of yours upside down."
"Such as?" asked the green haired Seasonal.
"That the five of you really need to talk to someone about the guilt that you are still harboring over working for Tulpa. Anubis has started to accept, but I think that was due to becoming the Ancient's successor for a period of time and certain experiences from the after life. The rest of you need to speak to someone about the depression that you're feeling."
The whole room was startled by what the woman said. "Who do you suggest?" asked Lady Kayura.
"Well," Windy said thoughtfully, "you could go to a pastor, but then you aren't Christian. Still, he would be your best bet." Windy looked over to Mia. "Is there somewhere we can sit these down? I think the frozen dinners are thawing."
Mia shook herself out of her surprise and nodded. "Yes, please, come this way."
"Do you need any help with dinner tonight? We are a pretty big group to be cooking for," Windy offered.
"That would be a big help," claimed Cye. "I think that Mia and I could use the help."
"Fine by me. Haruka, no fighting with the Seasonals, I do hope that you will try to be on your best behavior," she said with a tone like a harried mother. "Play nice and I won't do something you'll regret." Her last comment was with a smile, but the look in her eye said that she would carry out the threat if needed.
Rocky Oberlin
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: My name is clear so everyone knows I don't own Sailor Moon or the Ronin Warriors. Windy is from my imagination. Thank you.
The figures were all spread out, but the woman in white could see the looks of hatred, pity, and sadness on all their faces. A blonde haired girl with her hair pulled into two ponytails cradled a small child with the same hairstyle in her arms. The woman could tell the child was dead, but the hatred of the black haired man towards the blonde was evident. There were others who held hatred were the parents of the blonde, another blond in orange, a black haired girl in red, a blue haired girl in a uniform in the same color, and a brown haired girl in green.
"You killed her. You killed my daughter," growled the black haired man.
"No, I didn't. I couldn't stop her," whispered the blonde.
"No. You killed her. You could, but you didn't. You don't deserve to be a Scout," snapped the girl in red.
"We are so disappointed in you Serena," said her mother.
"You could have saved her," said her father.
"But, I couldn't-"
"Don't lie, Serena. We all saw. You could have taken the shot, but you didn't," said the other blonde.
"You aren't our princess. Our princess was graceful and she helped others. You're just selfish," said the girl in green.
As each person verbally attacked her the other four women and the boy grew angry. They had seen the truth. Serena couldn't have taken the shot; it would have killed the child and some of the others.
"You aren't my daughter."
"You aren't our princess."
"You aren't my love. I don't love you."
That was the final blow. Serena collapsed into a weeping heap and only moved to run away when one of the silent figures reached out to touch her. The woman in white decided to make her presence known.
"You are a bunch of hypocrites. She didn't want to kill any of you, but you just killed her spirit."
"And who are you?" asked the girl in red.
"I am one who can see the truth, Sailor Mars. Or should I call you Raye. Don't worry; you won't have to worry about Serena any more. I am going to take her someplace where she won't bother you any more."
"How?" asked the girl in blue.
"Setsuna isn't the only one who can cross time and dimensions, Amy. I do it all the time. And I think that she won't let you anywhere near Serena once I drop her off."
"Who are you to take our daughter?" asked Serena's father.
"I thought that she wasn't your daughter anymore," sneered the boy next to him. "You said, 'you aren't my daughter'. So I guess that you don't deserve to worry about her anymore."
"Sam is right. You did disown her in the presence of her, your family, and ten other people. So I lay claim to her future. I will help her create her own destiny."
The black haired boy started to object to what the woman said, but he was cut off.
"The future isn't written in stone. The only concrete future is when Christ returns, but even He didn't know when that would happen. So I guess that we will just have to wait won't we Darien. Good day, I am going to find Serena."
"Wait." The woman turned to see Sam running toward her. "Take me with you. I want to go with my sister."
"Are you sure you want to come with me? Once you leave this dimension won't be able to return. No one will remember you and even if you did return you won't be able to return to your family."
"Serena is my family. If she goes, I go."
"Very well. Come with me. Oh, and Inner Scouts, now that the Moon Princess is gone, you won't be able to protect the Earth that you love so much. Don't worry, if evil looks like it will take over everything, I'm sure that God will prevent it, He is in charge after all."
The woman turned back toward the direction that Serena had run and walked away. The ones that she had identified as the Inner Scouts scowled after the departing woman and boy. Finally the silent women spoke.
"You had no right to say that to the Princess," growled a shorthaired blonde woman.
"She couldn't have taken the shot, it would have killed Rini and you," added the teal haired woman coldly.
"The woman is right, you don't have to worry about the Princess any more," said a shorthaired girl.
"And she is right in that I won't let you anywhere near the Princess once she has left the dimension," added the silent Scout of Time, Setsuna, Sailor Pluto. "I'm going back to the Time Gates. May be I can catch the Princess before she leaves for her new home."
"Can we come, Setsuna-mama?" asked the girl.
"Yes, we want to help also," added the blonde woman.
The Guardian of Time nodded and the four Outer Scouts disappeared from sad scene.
The woman in white followed the sound of a girl weeping and the sense of great sadness to find Serena. Sam followed close behind her, staying quiet until they found the crying girl. The woman sighed as she watched the pitiful sight. "We will have to go soon. Go back to your house and get what you and Serena need. Meet me back here and then we will leave."
"You won't leave without me, will you?"
The woman turned to look at him. "I promise you, when we leave you will be with us."
"What's your name?"
"I go by Windy. One day I may tell you what I used to be called when I lived."
Sam was puzzled, but ran back to the people he used to call parents. He didn't even look at them when he entered the house and ran to his sister's room. He grabbed everything he thought she would need, including her Lunar Pen. Sam pet the sleeping Luna and said, "Too bad Serena couldn't say good bye herself, but she won't be coming back. Bye Luna." He left his sister's room and went into his for what he wanted.
'Serena's leaving? Why?' asked the newly awakened Luna. She jumped down and followed the running boy back to the park where Serena was crying on Windy's shoulder. "That's the Windwalker, Windy. I haven't seen her since the Silver Millennium. Why is she here now?'
"But I don't deserve this comfort. I killed my own child," sobbed Serena.
"Don't you believe that. If you had tried for that shot, then you would have murdered Rini and the Scouts. You tried to save them, but even you can't stop the monster from slitting someone's throat. Even I can't do that and I'm supposed to be able to do things that no living person can. Do you think that you can out do someone sent by God Himself? You are human and so was I before I died. We all have limits that we can never overcome; we have to do the best we can with the abilities God gave us."
"She is right Serena," said Sam. "Even I could see that you couldn't take the shot. How many people would have been killed?"
"I don't know," she whispered.
"Then believe the Windwalker and your brother. Now what is going on? Why are you here Windwalker?"
"The Inner Scouts and Darien decided to blame Serena for the death of Rini. Even her own parents say that she is to blame. I am rewriting her future and sending her someplace where she can help and be happy."
"And I'm going with her," added Sam.
"Then take me with you."
"And me," added a new voice.
Windy arched her eyebrow. "And why would the Guardian cat to Sailor Venus want to come with us?"
"Because I have left the service of the House of Venus due to the dishonor of the current holder of the office of Sailor Venus and wish to help with the protection of the Moon Princess."
Puzzled looks were exchanged between Luna, Serena, and Sam. Windy just snorted in laughter and said, "In other words, you got mad at Mina and said that she was now on her own because she betrayed her princess."
Artimas nodded.
"Well, I guess that Artimas could come with us since Sailor Venus no longer needs a Lunar Guardian," admitted Luna.
"Then everything is settled?" asked Windy.
"It is with me," said Sam.
"What about you Serena?"
"Yeah, I guess. There's nothing here that I really need anymore. Where are we going?"
"To reunite you with your twin, the Prince of the Sun. I suspect that your REAL life bond will be waiting for you also. We shall have to see."
"LIFEBOND!!" exclaimed two cats and a boy.
Windy stood up and helped the sad Princess of the Moon to her feet. "Yes, Life bond. The other heir to the throne of Earth, but only due to the fact that the Queen of the Earth didn't really love her husband; hers was an arranged marriage and she couldn't marry her true love, but that didn't stop them from seeing each other." Windy shook her head. "What a mess that was. It was a good thing I stepped in to do something about it." As she spoke the scenery faded into a dark mist. A shadow of a door loomed ahead of them.
"Where are we?" asked Sam.
"The Gates of Time," answered a mysterious voice (AN: three guesses who).
Serena straightened her posture and readied herself for more accusations to be thrown at her. She had to remember she was a princess and must stand tall through anything.
"We are here to serve you, Princess," said another voice. Out of the fog came four figures. When they were in two feet of the small group the figures knelt down before Serena. To say that she was surprised would be an understatement.
"But why? I killed Rini; I don't deserve your service."
"Yes you do. Unlike the traitors, we saw the whole picture and what could and couldn't be done," said the shorthaired blonde.
"My mirror showed that for you to use your attack on it would reflect and kill almost everyone in the area," said the teal haired woman.
"We understand the sacrifices that must be made. It was unfortunate that we lost Rini, but we could have lost more," said the sad shorthaired girl.
"But I killed your friend, Hotaru," said Serena.
"I'm sorry to say that if she hadn't charged forward so fast when you told her to wait, then she wouldn't have been killed. Your sacrifice was more painful then her death," said Hotaru.
"Small Lady needed to learn patience, but instead she ran when she was commanded not to. We all will miss her, but it was her decision," said Setsuna, the Sailor of Pluto.
"She is getting a talking to right now about obeying her father AND mother right now if you're interested. She may come later to apologize for her rash act," added Windy. "Now it is time to leave this dimension, your twin brother awaits."
"We wish to come as well," said the blonde.
"Do you know what you wish for, Haruka?" asked Windy. "As I told Sam, once you leave this dimension, then you will forever be forgotten. If you return, then no one will recognize you. Everything you worked for will disappear."
"We realize this and we want to go. Serena is our Princess and needs our help," said the teal haired woman.
"What if I said that there would be others to help, Michiru?" asked Windy.
"Then we will try to work with them to protect our Princess," said Haruka.
"And if there was a Prince to watch also?"
"That depends on how he treats our kitten."
Windy laughed. "Sage barely remembers his sister, but I don't think that he would deliberately hurt her. And then there is the Mars Prince and her life bond."
"Mars Prince?" asked Michiru
"Life bond?" asked Haruka.
"You mean you know where they are?" asked Setsuna.
Windy grinned. "I know something you don't know," she teased in a singsong voice. "Shall we go meet them?" The entire group faded from the foggy Gates.
For once it was quiet in Toyoma when the Ronins were getting their groceries. "Geez," said a blue haired boy. "Mia sure did have a lot on the shopping list this week."
"That's because Kento nearly emptied out the kitchen again," responded an auburn haired boy.
"Hey, I can't help that I'm a growing boy, Cye," said the talked about Kento.
"Growing which way?" asked the blue haired boy.
"Not funny, Rowen," growled Kento.
Two of the Ronins weren't paying attention to the ongoing argument. One was thinking about a dream that he had the night before and the other was trying to puzzle out the feelings he was getting when a flash of light grabbed everyone's attention.
"What was that?" asked Kento.
"I don't know, but we better check it out. It may be some rouge from the Dynasty," said a black haired boy.
"I don't know, Ryo. It may be something else," said a blonde to the black haired Ryo. That is when they heard voices complaining.
"Do you think that you could have made the landing a little more easier on us, Windwalker?" a loud female voice asked.
"Stop complaining and get off me!" demanded another voice.
The Ronins hurried over to where they heard the voices and was surprised by the sight. It was a pile of human women, a boy, and two cats. The cats were fine and the boy was crawling out of the pile. The rest were slowly sorting themselves out
"Haruka, I am NOT Michiru and we are in public, so that hand had better move soon," growled a woman in white.
"I'll move it when I can get out from under Setsuna," snapped back the shorthaired blonde called Haruka.
The scene was so funny that the Ronins just stood in their places watching the comedy of errors that was progressing in front of them. Everything seemed to sort out quickly and smart remarks were leveled at everyone in the group. Once clothing was straightened and glares to the woman in white were brought down to a minimum the thousand-dollar question was popped. "Where in gods name are we?"
The woman in white looked up from the boot she was adjusting and said, "Toyoma."
"Now what do we do?" asked Haruka.
"We find Prince Sage, Prince Ryo, and Serena's life bond," said the woman.
"Are they near by, Windy?" asked the little girl.
Windy stood up and stamped on her boot to settle it better on her foot. "They are very close. In fact they are right over there." She pointed over to the Ronins.
"The Princess is going to be life bonded to one of those boys?" asked the teal haired woman.
"What's wrong with us that you have to ask that?" demanded Kento.
"Kento, you are going to get us in trouble one of these days," muttered Sage.
"Well, did you hear the doubt in that lady's voice? It's not like we didn't save the world from Tulpa, Sage."
"Sage? Did you say Sage?" asked the dark haired woman.
"Yeah, so what?"
"Would he be Prince Sage of the Sun Kingdom, Windwalker?" asked the woman.
Windy looked to the group and started to laugh. "Yes, Setsuna, he would be. And the rest of that rag-tag mercenary group is with him."
"What?!" cried the black cat.
"Don't you remember, Luna? Sage met up with four boys while he was on Earth to meet Prince Endymon and hit it off quite well. Of course I think it had to do with him seeing Prince Ryo of Mars again. Not even he blamed Ryo for leaving Mars after the talk of treason started to gain momentum."
"Prince Sage? Prince Ryo? Are you talking about Sage and Ryo here?" asked Rowen.
Setsuna, Luna, and Artimas looked over to the blue haired Rowen and gasped. It was the lost Prince of Earth that Princess Serenity had bonded to so long ago. "P-p-prince Rowen?" asked Artimas.
"What?!" chorused several voices. It degraded into many people talking at once. Windy looked over to the silent boy next to Serena and rolled her eyes at him. He looked a little more relieved when he saw the exasperated look on her face. Windy then brought order to the whole group with a shrill whistle. Quiet reigned as they all looked at her.
"Now that everyone has met can we go someplace that we can talk without blocking traffic and have an audience?" she asked.
"Why don't we go back to Mia's house," suggested Ryo. "Besides, we have to get the food back before Kento eats it or it goes bad." That generated laughs from three of the Ronins and a scowl from Kento.
"Um, how are we going to get there?" asked little Hotaru.
"I'm taking us," said Windy firmly.
"Not after that last trip, you aren't," exclaimed Haruka. "Look at the mess we landed in."
"That was because someone, who shall remain nameless, Haruka, wasn't doing as I had asked while I tried to sort the dimensional winds. If nobody had panicked then we would have landed on our feet and in order. Besides..." The group disappeared from the city with the car and landed in Mia's front yard. "...We're here."
"Show off," grumbled Haruka.
"Do you want some help with the groceries?" asked Hotaru.
"That would be appreciated, thank you," said Cye.
Everyone grabbed a bag and followed the Ronins into the house. "Mia, we have some company," shouted Ryo.
"Oh, so you saw them already?" called back Mia.
"Saw who?"
"Us, Wildfire," said an unexpected guest. It was Kayura and the four Seasonals.
"Oh, boy, this is going to be crowded," Ryo muttered. "No, we have some other guests, too," he called out louder.
"What other guests could we have?" asked Mia as she walked into the living room. "Oh, where did you meet them?"
Windy stepped forward. "You might say that they met them before, but they just don't remember. As for today, well, we almost dropped in on them." She gave Haruka a look. "It's a good thing I'm good at such problems as landing or we might have landed on them or in a lake. Lady Kayura, would you please stop that, it makes my skin itch and forces my mental shields to assume that you are an undesirable trying to get something that you shouldn't get."
Lady Kayura focused back and looked startled. "How did you know I was doing that and how did you know who I am?"
"Like I told the Sailor Scouts, I see the truth. I am able to know what I need, when I need it and could tell you things that would turn every belief of yours upside down."
"Such as?" asked the green haired Seasonal.
"That the five of you really need to talk to someone about the guilt that you are still harboring over working for Tulpa. Anubis has started to accept, but I think that was due to becoming the Ancient's successor for a period of time and certain experiences from the after life. The rest of you need to speak to someone about the depression that you're feeling."
The whole room was startled by what the woman said. "Who do you suggest?" asked Lady Kayura.
"Well," Windy said thoughtfully, "you could go to a pastor, but then you aren't Christian. Still, he would be your best bet." Windy looked over to Mia. "Is there somewhere we can sit these down? I think the frozen dinners are thawing."
Mia shook herself out of her surprise and nodded. "Yes, please, come this way."
"Do you need any help with dinner tonight? We are a pretty big group to be cooking for," Windy offered.
"That would be a big help," claimed Cye. "I think that Mia and I could use the help."
"Fine by me. Haruka, no fighting with the Seasonals, I do hope that you will try to be on your best behavior," she said with a tone like a harried mother. "Play nice and I won't do something you'll regret." Her last comment was with a smile, but the look in her eye said that she would carry out the threat if needed.