Reborn, Reunited, and Remembered
Chapter 1
By Saffir
Darien was surrounded in darkness standing in front of Princess Serenity who had tears in her eyes. He looked around and saw the sailor soldiers around him. One by one the inners disappeared leaving only Serenity. "I'm sorry Endymion" She then disappeared in a flood of light.
The light then took the shape of a young boy. The boy who looked about twelve with short white hair and piercing gold eyes. He wore a long white coat with blue trimmed edges that fell to his knees. Realizing who the boy was Darien spoke. " Elios, what's this about, I don't understand what's happening."
"My prince, I'm sorry those who you have depended on and have looked to you for help, are no longer able to help you, but for helping me in my time of need, I give you this gift." Elios disappear and a mirror materialized in his place. Darien just stood staring at himself in the mirror, when his reflection spoke, "Your gift is the gift renewal but for there to be renewal, there has to first be destruction" then the mirror shattered sending its shards straight at Darien, right to his heart.
"You've put your trust in them once, you must do it again, but first you must make them whole once more"
The ringing of his phone woke him. "Hello" "Hi, can I speak with Jyoji-san." "You have the wrong number." " I'm sorry " " It's ok." and hung up the phone "What time is it" he said looking over at the clock. Seeing it was only six in the morning, he decided to take a shower, and fixed himself a cup of coffee.
The Sun hadn't risen yet, so he just sat on the balcony of his apartment, thinking about his girlfriend and smirked at how they first met.
'Who would have thought that six years ago, a girl would through her test over her shoulder and hit me on the head. The same girl I'd get into fights with every time we ran into each other, would end up my girlfriend. Not to mention sailor moon, my future wife, and Queen of the world.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a thud on his door with an argument following.
"Jeff, just tilt the sofa, then it'll fit in the door." said the white haired young man
"I know what I'm doing Kris so shut up" loudly remarked by the short haired blonde
"Will you guys keep it down some people are trying to still sleep, I don't see why we just didn't leave it for later in the day when people are at work." said a young man with blonde hair in a pony tail
Darien opened his door to see what all the commotion was about. " What's going on out here?"
"See what I mean guys" the pony tailed man said to his two companions, he then turn back to Darien. "I'm so sorry if we've woken you up with all the noise. We're your new neighbors, across the hall, My name's Zane, Zane Peterson"
"It's Ok, I was up already, My name's Darien, Darien Shields."
The two shook hands.
The young man then turned to introduce his companions " The guy with the white hair is Kris Reese, the short haired blonde is Jeff Del Mar, you most likely heard his loud mouth, and our other roommate isn't here at the moment, Nathan Mayfield. You'll see him around most likely later today."
"Are you guys new in Tokyo; if so, I'd be glad to give you guys a tour, when you're done unpacking and have gotten comfortable." Darien said
Kris smiled " Thank you, and yeah we are, we've only been here for about a day, so we really don' t know anyone or our way around"
"Don't mention it, well I don't want to keep you guys from getting unpacked and settled. Besides, I have some sandwiches to make for some friends" He said turning to leave the young men to do their unpacking. He then turned around " Do you guys need any help?"
"Nah, we're fine Dare, besides you probably have a busy day ahead of you, but thanks anyway" said Jeff
"Ok" Darien shut his door and went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the picnic at rei's temple
Darien walked out the door and passed Kris on his way out " Hey Darien, thanks again for the offer"
"Don't mention it, have a nice day" he replied walking to the elevator.
On the way to his car he had the strangest feeling he had seen the guys before, but just brushed the thought away and left for Rei's temple for the picnic.
The cherry blossoms were in full bloom, giving shade while streams of sunlight filtered through to make the day even more beautiful, especially with there being not a cloud in the sky.
"Ummm, Serena, how much sugar did you put in the punch?" Ask Mina looking at her cup really weird
"Probably about 7 cups, why?"
After taking a sip Lita understood why Mina asked "Serena, the punch is way too sweet."
Rei got up " I'll get another pitcher with some water" she walked off mumbling " I swear Serena, if you cook in the future, you better be taking lessons from Lita. Honestly..."
Darien, not really paying any attention to what was going on, thought out loud " It's been too quiet, for too long."
"Huh, what do you mean?" Serena asked with a puzzled look on her face
" Well within the first three years of us knowing each other, we've fought five wars, Galaxia, Nehelenia, Pharaoh 90, Doom Phantom, and Metallia. Now It's been quiet for the past three years, it's a little weird that's all."
"Darien are you saying that we should be now looking for evil to fight, or now start going after crime lords and stuff." Mina chimed
"Mina , I don't think Darien means it like that, do you?" Amy responded
"Not at all, it's just kinda wierd that we can now have a perfectly normal life, that's all" he replied.
Darkness, smothering any form of light, and as cold as arctic ice. Deep in an abyss of unfeeling cold darkness sat an ice diamond like casket. Encased within the casket, as if in a diamond frozen for all eternity, sat a red shapeless phantom.
"Revenge" The word raged from within the diamond, shattering the case like a glass ornament hitting the ground.
"You who tormented me in my dreams will pay." A small ball of red energy began to form. "This is just a little present from me to let you know I'm back." The ball of energy then shot off in to the darkness.
"Sheesh Ami, you took a lot of photos while you where gone for those eight months." Rei said as she flipped to the next page in Ami's scrapbook.
"Okay Ami, who's the blonde guy, you did get his email, screen name, phone number, country, name, come on I want all the details?!?!" Mina shrieked as she drooled all over the young man in one of Ami's photos
"Honestly Mina, we need to find you a boyfriend." Lita said
"You should talk, miss 'ooooooohhhh he's so gorgeous, he looks like my old boyfriend', you say that about every cute guy you meet." Mina replied
"Will you two cut it out, you're starting to sound like Serena and Rei" Darien remarked then received a jab in the side by Serena
"Rei and I don't argue like that anymore" she said taking a bite out of her sandwich
"Back on topic, Ami who is he?" asked Rei
"Oh he was an exchange student from America, I want to say his name was Zane, but I'm not sure. Miyuki took that picture of him. "
'Zane, why does that name sound familiar' Darien thought over in his head. He got up to see the young mans picture to put with the name. As he got closer to the picture, a bright red blinding light appeared in the middle of the group. "I shall have my revenge on you who have destroyed my vessel, REVENGE" said the ball of energy, as it shot red vines at everyone. No one had time to transform, Serena was tied to a tree, as was Lita and Ami. Darien and Mina were held to the ground, as if tree roots sprang up and tried to pull them under, while Rei was thrown and held against the temple wall.
The ball of energy then transformed into two daggers, which were now aimed directly at the hearts of Serena and Rei. "You'll pay for my loss!"
"Dead Scream" Suddenly a large purple wave of energy appeared and washed over the entire place leaving only a thick and very heavy blanket of purple fog, making all the vines disappeared along with the daggers.
" Sailor soldiers, I can not stay long, but know this, that was only the beginning, the beginning of the end. " Said Sailor Pluto's voice within the fog
The Fog slowly lifted leaving the group bewildered by what just happen and was said.
"And on that note, I say we call it a day?" stated Mina who was getting off the ground slightly dazed. Everyone agreed and left the temple
Nathan walked into the lobby just as Kris was exiting the elevator. " Hey Nathan, want do you want to eat today, I'm making a run to the market we saw down the street."
"Pizza sounds good."
"Ok then, I'll see you in a few" he said as he walked out the door
As Nathan stepped off the elevator, he heard a faint yet familiar melody. 'hmmm, Jeff must be on the keyboard.'
The haunting melody filled the room as Jeff played. Too caught up in his playing on the keyboard, he didn't notice Nathan walk in. "Alright, what's wrong, you usually don't play the keyboard unless your bored or upset."
"Actually it's neither one, you guys always say that, can't I just play without being bored or upset about something."
Nathan only smirked and walked to his room " When Kris gets back let me know."
"Alright" he said walking to the balcony
The view was spectacular, you had the ocean not too far away and Tokyo tower on the other side of the city. Suddenly his blood turned cold, and he began to feel light headed. Within seconds he passed out on the balcony.
Zane walked through the door, and noticed the keyboard was on 'Ok Jeff if your not bored you must be upset.' He set his books on the coffee table and walked over to turn off the keyboard when out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Jeff unconscience on the balcony.
"Oh my god, Jeff" seeing his roommate made his heart drop "KRIS, I NEED YOUR HELP"
"Dude Zane why are you yelling, Kris went to the ..." Nathan's voice trailed off at the sight Jeff unconscience " What happened?!?!?!?!"
"Nathan I just got home, you tell me."
Nathan left to go get the smelling salt
Just as Nathan came back into the living room, Kris walked in the door "Uhhhhhhhh, guys I could use your ..." his voice trailed off staring at his roommates " help."
Nathan waved the smelling salt under Jeff's nose a few times before he came to. Jeff groaned " What the hell happened" Zane helped Jeff up " That's exactly our question" He looked dazed trying to register the question and his memory.
" I'm not sure, I was talking to Nathan, walked out to the balcony, and began to feel a chill, got light headed, and I guess blacked out" he said grabbing his head. " I feel like my head collided with a two ton truck, I need an aspirin." Zane helped him walk and took him to his room.
Nathan helped Kris take the food into the kitchen, when Zane walked in " Hey guys, I say we invite Darien over for dinner, since Jeff is out for the night" Nathan just looked dumbfounded " who?" Kris could only quietly laugh and began to explain "Well while we were trying to get some of the stuff in the apartment this morning, Jeff got a little loud. The neighbor across the hall opened his door to see what was going on and well that's how we met Darien."
"I'm fine with it, hell, we at least now know someone in Tokyo." Nathan replied. Zane walked into the living room, "Guys we're going to have to keep it down for a hour and some so Jeff can get some sleep." He then picked up one of the books he had put on the table earlier, got comfortable on the couch and began to read. Kris headed for the door " I'm going get the key for our mailbox ." The pony tailed blonde only waved his hand in acknowledgment.
Darien waited for the elevator doors to open, and began to think about the events of the day, when a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts, " Hey Darien" He looked up to see Kris stepping out of the elevator, "Darien if you want, you can join us for dinner." Darien smiled "Thanks but I'm ok, maybe tomorrow night." "Alright, well you have a nice evening, Darien." he said and walked to the managers office.
That night "Rin, pyo, toh, sha, kai, jin, retsu, zai, zen, Sacred fire, I beg of you, who is this enemy that is against us?" The fire roared to life and said, "Priestess of the shrine, you know your enemy already, for you have been betrayed by them once before. The past has come back to help and as well as hurt." The fire then died down
'We've already been betrayed by them? The only person who betrayed us was Darien when he was brainwashed by Beryl and Metallia, but Darien was attacked too. Could it be Rini, or Haruka and Michiru? How has the past come back to help and hurt.' she thought tiredly as she walk to her room.
end of chapter 1