Episode 1: Revelations and Returns
By: scout_venus
Started: April 05/01
Okay, okay, gomen nasi minna. I will warn you now, as I should have done in my last fic: If I ever write fanfics with the Starlights in them, Seiya and Usagi will most likely end up together somehow. The same holds true for this one, though Mamoru will find happiness too.
If any part of this resembles a story you have written, gomen. I have never read a Zodiac Sailormoon fic, and I know there are some out there. All information, names and attacks have either come from my head or from the research I have done.
Please forgive me. When I wrote this I forgot (after watching this episode more than 10 times) that Sailormoon's Eternal Tier was destroyed. For the purposes of this fic, she still has it. It has not been totally destroyed. Again I apologize.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailormoon, if I did do you really believe that I would have to write a fanfic? Though I probably would anyway.
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( ) = A/N
< > = Thoughts/Telepathic thoughts
This series takes palce after SailorStars. Most of the Senshi are attending college or university with the exception of Hotaru who is now attending Juuban High. There has not been an enemy since Galaxia, thus the Senshi have been leading normal lives as the era or Crystal Tokyo draws near.
As she continued to walk along the path the surrounding mist began to thin, going from a thick white curtain to a translucent silvery white mesh. In front of her flashes of light exploded in a variety of colors. Moving further along the path a battle came into view. Red, green, blue and yellow attacks flashed through the air and along the ground towards a single target. Clad in gold the figure raised her arm, quickly dispelling the attacks.
Suddenly a series of golden lights lanced towards the group, cutting through four as they gave their lives to save their friends. She watched as mouths opened in silent screams, tears falling for fallen friends.
The mist rolled back as thick as it had been in the beginning, once again slowly fading to the silver mesh. There, floating in front of her was an angel. Her cream colored skin void of clothing, great white wings wrapped around her body as crystal like tears streamed down her face. Slowly a circle of shimmering figures surrounded the angel gradually solidifying into those of the Moon Princess' elite guardians, the Sailor Senshi.
As she watched this scene unfold the mist was beginning to obsure her view once again.
<'No, not yet. Please not yet!'> She pleaded with her mind as it slowly woke from its unconsious state.
As she opened her eyes she was met with a pair of concerned dark grey eyes. "Another vision my friend?" The owner of the granite slates asked.
"Yes," she answered not quite ready to reveal her vision.
"Have you found her yet?" Another voice asked, Amaris.
"Yes, I have found her and the rest of the senshi, though three seem to be missing," she kept her gaze down towards the floor, waiting for her punishment for not finding all of the Senshi.
"You found them!" A pair of mousy girls exclaimed together.
"Please tell us of your vision Maeko," an older, soft voice encouraged her. Immediatly the numerous voices and conversations quieted in the room.
"Thank you Aneko." Taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart she began to recount her vision.
When she was done, an awed silence encased the room. It was many minutes before anyone spoke.
"It seems we are going to Tokyo to help bring it into the future Crystal Tokyo." Tori, the owner of the granite eyed stated.
"Odango..." Oh how he missed her so! He'd stay out every night staring at the distant star that was her Sun. <'My Odango. How I wish to see you again,'> Seiya thought as he watched the various Stars shoot scross the night sky.
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Yaten and Taiki looked at their friend with concerned expressions.
"He really misses her doesn't he?" Yaten whispered to his friend.
"I don't think it's just missing her, I think it's being seperated from his star." Taiki responded as he pondered his own feelings.
"Yeah, I guess," he muttered. <'Gods do I know how he feels.'> A smile spread across his face as a vision of a blue-eyed smiling face surfaced from his memory.
The two silently left their friend as they mulled over their feelings in their heads.
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Watching from a balcony, Princess Kakyuu listened to the conversations of her treasured senshi. She had know for years of the feelings of her Senshi, noting the gradual change in them. She had watched as they spent more and more time in the forms they had used on Earth changing to their Senshi forms only when needed. Slowly they were permenatly becoming the people they preferred to be. Soon the transformation would be complete and their Senshi forms would only be an alter ego, no longer their true forms.
She realised now what she should have done three years ago. Quickly she left her perch to take her place in the room used to meet with her Senshi. How she was going to miss them! There was much preparation to do, new Senshi to train and an explanation to come up with as to why she was dismissing them, and of course there was the farewell party to plan. She looked back over her shoulder with tears in her eyes. <'Gods I wish them much happiness.'>
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Usagi gazed at her surroundings with amazement. How her life had changed! She had finished high school with honours, moved into an apartment of her own and started college-staying near the top of the class in each subject she was in.
After the battle with Galaxia, Usagi had been able to pick up her grades, as she no longer had to put all of her concentration into the battle. She had also started a reputation as never being late. With all of the free time she had after school she had started to spend more time with her friends, studying and, of course writing to Mamoru. With all of her accomplishments her parents finally agreed to let her move out on her own. But how she wished Mamoru were here.
After the battle with Galaxia, Mamoru had written to the University about being accepted for the next year. With his grades the obliged right away so she had only spent a few months with him before he left. During that time though, Mamoru finally proposed to her, promising that they would marry when he returned.
Though now, remembering him and his love for her, she felt empty inside, as though she had not found love. This had started soon after Mamoru had left for America again. She had tried many things to fill this void- even spending most of the money she had saved, to go to America- had not filled this void.
Suddenly a shrill beeping noise snapped her from her trance-like state. She immediately reached into her shoulder bag to pull out her communicator.
"Usagi here. This had better be important I have a final to study for!" She said as she looked at Minako's face.
"It is, there's a youma in the park. You'd better get there fast." Minako replied as she glanced over her shoulder.
Usagi realized, in that glance, that Minako was hiding something. "Minako-chan, tell me the truth, what aren't you telling me?"
"Usa-chan..." She started. Taking a deep breath she started again. "Usagi you'd just better get down there quickly. I'm on my way now," with that Minako's face winked out of the communicator screen.
"I wonder if this is a new enemy or just a youma on its own. Even they can be more dangerous by themselves than when under orders." She murmured while rumaging through her bag for her transformation brooch. <'But for some reason I can't help but think it's something more than that. Minako-chan refused to tell me something.'> She thought as she looked back on the conversation.
"Oh gods," she gasped aloud, covering her mouth as tears threatened to fall. "What if something happened to Luna!"
Luna had been staying with Minako recently until Usagi had gotten settled into her apartment. Luna would usually go out with Minako and Artemis on their weekly turn for patrol of the city. What if Luna had gone on ahead and was surprised by a youma? More frantically she continued her search, finally locating her brooch behind her biology textbook.
Holding up the brooch she called out the words that sounded so foreign yet so natural to her, "Moon Eternal, Make-Up!" Soft white feather's enveloped her as street clothes faded away gradually replaced by a white body suit and a short tri-coloured skirt.
Opening her balcony door she stepped out into the fading sunlight. Making sure that the door was locked she turned and lept off her fifth story balcony to the rooftops below.
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As she turned off her communicator Minako looked down to Artemis. "I guess we'd better get our buts in motion and get ourselves a piece of the fight."
"Right. Henshin-yo!" Artemis replied looking up to his friend.
"Venus Crystal Power, Make-up!" Series of golden start wrapped around her body replacing her clothes with her sailor fuku.
Once she was done, she bent down to gather Artemis close to her. Turning behind her she said to the group in shadows, "You guys had better get going that youma's not going to last long with Sailormoon on her way."
"Right. Arigatou Minako-chan. We'll see you soon." With that the figures lept away.
"You might need this." With that she pased the figure something that glittered in the waning light.
"Arigatou," with that they disappeared into the sunset.
"Good luck," she whispered into the wind. Turning, she continued on her way to the park.
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Finally arriving at the park she took in the scene that met her eyes. Mercury, Mars and Jupiter formed a small triangle to try and block the youma in. They were continually throwing attacks at it, slowly wearing it down so that she could come in and return it to its origin. As she jumped down from her perch she quickly scanned the area for Luna.
"Sailormoon!" A voice from behind cried out in relief. "You made it."
"Of course I did Luna. I'm glad you're all right," she responded as she gathered Luna close to her.
"Why wouldn't I be all right?" She asked, slightly confused.
"Nevermind Luna. I have work to do," she said, gently putting Luna down and straightening up. "Mercury! I'll take it from here," she called knowing that she wqould pass on the message to the others.
As the attacks stopped the three Senshi slowly backed away leaving the battered youma pained and confused. Once the Senshi were a safe distance away she began her attack. "Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" A shimmering silver light enveloped the youma sending it to an unknown place as the light vanished.
"Where's Venus?" Mars asked as she walked over to Sailormoon.
"When I talked to her she said she was on her way. Though it does worry me that she isn't here yet," she replied slowly getting a worried expression on her face.
"Hey guys, did I miss anything?" A voice came from above the trees.
"You missed all the action!" Jupiter said as she punched her hand.
"Gomen minna. I ran into something's I had to take care of," Venus said as she landed gracefully on the ground.
"That's okay Venus. Everything has been taken care of," Mercury stated as she returned to her street clothes.
"Anyways I'd better get home. I've got a final tommorow," Turning to Luna, Sailormoon continued, "When will you come with me Luna? It's been almost a year."
"When this year is done for you I will come home Usagi," Luna said. "For now you must concentrate on your studies."
"I know Luna. I'll see you all on Saturday. Later minna!" With that she lept up to the rooftops to return to her apartment.
When she arrived on her balcony she quickly released her transformation, "Ugh, I still have a couple hours of studying to do," she groaned as she unlocked the sliding door. "I just want to go to sleep."
"Now why would you want to go and do that when I'm here?"
Letting out a scream Usagi backed up against the sliding door fumbling for the lock. "Wh... Who's there?" She questioned fearfully.
"What? You can't even remember my voice? It's only been three years."
Listening more closely now she thought to herself, <'Yes, now that he mentions it, his voice is vaguely familiar.'> "Who are you? Answer me now," she commanded not exactly liking how things were going.
"All right, all right Odango. Jeez, you really are a princess."
"Who are you to call me Odango? And what makes you believe that I'm a princess?" She questioned further.
"You really have forgotten me haven't you?" He asked incredulous.
<'What do I do? I've got a strange man in my apartment and he knows I'm a princess. Oh Luna, how I wish you were with me right now.'> She thought as fear slowly took hold of her.
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He chuckled silently to himself. How beautiful she was with the moonlight silhouetting her in the glass. Moving his eyes from roaming her body to search her face. It was then he saw the raw terror in her eys. She who stood up to someone that had enough power to destroy world's. Who had faced death countless times. She was scared of him.
<'Oh gods. What have I done? I thought she would recognize my voice. Why did I do this? Why?'> His own breed of fear began to well up inside of him. Not fear for himself, but fear for her. If he continued on with this he didn't know what she'd do.
Slowly he got up from the couch he had been sitting on. As he calmly advanced towards her softly calling her name, "Usagi..."
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She watched as he got up from the couch. <'Oh gods. What is he doing?'> She tightened her grip on her brooch as the figure advanced. As fear began to seep into every crevice of her body she began to feel light headed and tried to focus as her vision blurred.
She watched as the figure stepped into the thin strand of moonlight that entered the room. As she watched, the shadows cowered from the light, exposing the identity of the figure to her. She let out a faint gasp as the apparition whispered a soft apology, "Usagi..."
There, standing half in the shadows the other half bathed in moonlight stood Seiya. Her Seiya. Eyes widening in surprise she let out a small groan as her body began to slump to the floor.
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As he locked his gaze on her he saw her terror melt from her face as surprise took its place. Watching her he saw her body relax, and as her eyes rolled up into her head he stepped forward to catch her as she slumped to the ground.
"Usagi! Usagi, gomen. I did not come here to harm you." He whispered into her hair as he gently lifted her from the floor. Slowly and with the utmost of care, Seiya transferred her from the floor to the comfort of her bed. Bending over the bed he genty pushed the locks of hair that had fallen out of place to the side of her face. As he straightened up he gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek, trying not to disturb her. Silently he left the room in search of a chair and a blanket.
A few minutes later he returned to the room with a blanket and a pillow, unable to find a suitable chair. Carefully he rested his back against the bedside table. Pulling the blanket over him as he positioned the pillow so as to not disturb the contents layed out on the bedside table. Slowly he drifted of to sleep.
(AN: This section changes back and forth between Usagi and Seiya's point of view. I'm sorry if there is some confusion but there was no way I could separate it. Again I am sorry if there is any confusion.)
As Usagi awoke from her unconsious state the memories of the past night flooded her mind. <'Seiya? How could he be here? He lives in another galaxy with another Princess.'> Slowly she sat up and looked at her surroundings. <'It must have been a dream. I'm here in my room, in my bed and there's no way he could get in here.'>
Suddenly a groan rose from the floor. Whipping her head around in the direction of the noise she spotted the object that confirmed her memories. There laying on the floor was Seiya. <'He looks so peaceful. So here. So...... so IN MY ROOM!'> she screamed mentally.
Watching his face she saw his eyes flutter as he woke from his nights rest.
"Odango?" He whispered.
"S..Seiya?" She whispered still not believing he was here.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Stretching his arms above his head he looked at her with concern. "You don't remember last night?"
"Yes I do. I remember you being in my apartment and scaring the hell out of me." She replied accusingly.
"Gomen Odango. I thought you would come through the front door and turn on the lights."
"Oh, but tell me something."
"What?"
"What happened last night? I don't remember much."
"That's certainly understandable," he chuckled. "You fainted after I said your name."
Her face flushed red as she let out an embarassed "Oh."
"It's okay Odango." Moving into a more comfortable position he let out a pained moan.
"Seiya!? Are you okay? Did I hurt you or something?" Swiftly moving on the bed, she moved so that she leaned over the side, her hair falling to the floor.
"I'm all right. You did nothing," he explained.
"Oh. Then what's wrong?"
"I believe I have found the reason why sleeping against a night table is not good for one's back." Getting up to move again, he promptly fell back as waves of pain coursed through his body.
"Don't move," within seconds she had swung her legs from beneth her and had slid to the floor. Carefully she repositioned him so his lower back rested against her knees. Gently she placed her hands on either side of his neck, applying gentle pressure to her rotating thumbs. Gradually she added the rest of her fingers then her palms. Beginning to add the rest of his back in the massage she could feel him melt beneth her hands.
Breaking the silence that had hung over the two Usagi quietly questiones him, "Seiya?"
"Hmmm?"
"Why are you here?"
"To visit. Why do you ask?"
"I'm just curious. But that wasn't my question."
"What was it then?" He asked gently
"Why did you come here?"
"I told you that already," he answered, puzzled.
"No. Why did you come to my place?"
Suddenly his head shot up unnoticed by Usagi who was concentrating on his back. "Oh. Th... There's a, ummm... a good-"
"SHIT!" Quickly she dropped her hands from his back and jumped to her feet.
"What's wrong Odango?"
"I'm late," she whined sounding like the Usagi he knew.
"For what?"
"My final that starts in fourty-five minutes."
"You've got time."
"Not if I shower, change and try to get through traffic before then."
"Oh," slowly moving his arms he tested out his back. "Go get ready and we'll get you there on time."
She looked at him skeptically. Finally she let out a sigh and turned to go to the bathroom. "I'm trusting you to get me there on time."
"I will, I will," he laughed.
Half an hour later Usagi returned from the bathroom ready to go. "So, Genius, what now?"
"This... Fighter Star Power, Make-up!" Quickly he finished his transformation. "Go and grab your bag, we've got roofs to hop."
"Has everything been arranged?"
"Yes, Ryujinn. Those of us who are still in school have been enrolled in Juuban High. The others will be enrolling in the local university when we arrive. Aneko is there already trying to find a place to accomodate us."
A small girl looked at Tori after explaining the plan. "Do we have to go to school Tori? I mean aren't we supposed to be looking for the princess?"
Sighing Tori looked at the girl, "Keiko, you know we already know who the Princess is, we're only searching for her because we are to protect her and help to progress the change to Crystal Tokyo."
Keiko looked at her twin and pouted, "This is so not fair Su."
"It's very fair. And how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me Su!?" Her face turning a deeper color than her hair, she sat and glared at no one in particular.
"Jeez, sooorry SU!" She taunted as she stuck her tongue out at her sister.
Keiko and Suki were twins, identical in almost every way except for the color of thier hair and eyes. They both had short cropped hair pulled into pigtails located high on each side of their heads. While Keiko had emerald green hair and eyes, Suki's were electric pink. While strangers could tell them apart visually, their friends could tell them apart by their actions. Keiko was always the one taking risks or speaking her mind while Suki took a more passive roll, thinking before she acted and keeping thoughts or opinions to herself. But, as with all other 15 year olds, add some sugar or caffine and one is just as bad as the other, if not worse.
"So what do we do now Tori?" Hanae asked.
"Now we move."
"What are we supposed to take?" Suki questioned.
"Yeah, I am so not leaving my poster's behind." Keiko stated.
"What, too afraid to leave Colby behind?" Hiroko proded.
"No," she answered quickly. "I've spent to much money to leave anything behind." <'Though there is no way I would dream of leaving Colby here.'> She thought as her embarassed blush faded from her face.
"Don't worry, we aren't leaving anything behind." Tori replied, hinting at what they were going to do.
"Everything?!" Emi whispered in disbelief.
"Everything."
"How......" Amaris questioned cutting herself off as she answered her own question. "Yes! NO boxes to pack and unpack. Nothing broken and nothing lost." She jumped up in joy.
"You mean we're going to learn how to teleport? Yes!" Sadira said, a knowing gleam in her eyes.
"Not just teleporting yourselves, you're learning the hard stuff first."
"You mean the whole house?!" Maeko asked, surprise showing on her face. Seeing Tori nod she gawked at her leader. "But that's never been done before. None of us are trained in teleportation besides you and Aneko."
"You forget the number of us Maeko. With all thirteen of our powers we will all be safe." Tori turned from Maeko to the twins, "But you two must understand that the most strain will be put on you because of your inexperiance and your immature control of your powers. Do you understand?"
They both looked at each other sending silent thoughts between them.
<'Do you think we can do this Suki?'>
Grabbing her sister's hand she locked gazes with her. <'Keiko, we can do anything. You should know that.'>
<'Right Su.'> she paused tightening her grip. <'Let's do it!'>
Looking back at Tori they nodded. "We're ready." They said in unison, both mentally and verbally for reasurrance. Fear, determination and trust came through in their voices.
"Good," she looked away from them turning back to the group, a smile playing on her face. "All right everyone, get a good night's sleep and we'll leave tommorrow." She stood and began to make her way to the hall, stopping in the doorframe when she was questioned.
"Tori?"
She turned towards the voice, "Yes?"
"What about Aneko?" She asked. Aneko had gone to Tokyo to take care of the preparations and had not returned yet. "We need all thirteen, will we not?"
"No worries Amaris. She will return tonight." With that Tori turned and left for bed.
End of episode one.
Next episode:
A new enemy appears, are the Senshi strong enough in both body and mind? And what's happening between Seiya and Usagi? Find out what happens in Episode 2: Meetings.