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* WARNING * I'm really sick of the Usagi gets betrayed by the inners stories so there is some Usagi-bashing in this story (very little, with good reason). I have also changed the histories of the senshi slightly so if you want to flame me, go ahead, but I'm not changing anything. This IS a Heero/Rei story so if you don't like those, go away. The rest of the guys and senshi, I'm open to suggestions, so when you review, say who you want to see together.
The title comes from the song on the Roswell soundtrack, listen to it, its really good.
Ages:
Senshi (Inners)-18
GW guys-20
Hotaru-17 (she caught up with the Inners)
On with the story…
Brothers and Sisters
Prologue
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The senshi sat nervously, gathered at Haruka and Michiru's mansion. They had every right to be nervous, Setsuna had been the one to call the meeting. She generally only brought news of death and destruction so all of the senshi were on edge as to why exactly she wanted to see all of them. Once everyone was settled, Setsuna rose gracefully, her expression somber. "Thank you all for coming today," she began, "I have some news that will come as a shock and will hurt most, if not all of you. Before I begin my story, I ask that you not interrupt until I am completely finished."
Looking around, she received nods of consent before she continued on with her story, "After the fall of the Moon Kingdom, as you all know, Queen Serenity sealed you into crystals and sent you to Earth's future to be reborn. What you didn't know is that a few of the crystals went astray in the timelines. I managed to retrieve most back to the proper flow but two managed to slip past me. Two of you were reborn far into the future, into one family as sisters. It took me over five years to track the two of you down and when I did, I found you both happy and healthy in a loving home, surrounded by family. If it had been up to me, I would have allowed you to stay, but the Negaverse was already showing signs of returning and I had my orders. I am ashamed to say this, but I kidnapped you from your family and brought you here so you could fulfill your destinies as senshi. I altered the memories of you and your new families, but was unable to do the same to your true family. I hadn't realized I had crossed both the temporal and dimensional boundaries, therefore I was weakened."
Here Setsuna paused and looked up, her garnet eyes filled with shame and remorse, "I'm sorry Rei, Hotaru. I hope one day you can forgive me."
Rei and Hotaru sat in shock, absorbing the huge news Setsuna had just given them. Slowly, as it began to sink in, both girls' violet eyes turned cold, emotionless. "Who were we?" Rei asked, her voice containing a hardness none of the senshi had heard her use before.
"Rei, your name was Chang Houyan and Hotaru, you were Chang Ziyi. Your parents were named Xiao Lang and Mei Jing. You have an older brother named Wufei. He's about two years older than you are Rei."
"Why Setsuna," Hotaru demanded, "Why tell us? Why now?"
Setsuna flinched at the coldness in the voice of the girl she considered a daughter. "There are no more threats left until Crystal Tokyo is formed and I couldn't leave it like this."
Rei's infamous temper flared into existence. "There are no threats left?" she yelled, "Is that it? That's what our entire existence is about isn't it? Duty. It's our job to make sure the princess has everything. Love, power, protection, family. We have to give up everything for her. For what? An eternity of watching her be happy with her love, her family, her kingdom. What about us?"
At this point, Rei crumpled into a heap on the floor, sobbing, "I have a sister and a brother. I had family, I was wanted."
Hotaru knelt down beside her and wrapped an arm around her. The rest of the senshi arranged themselves around the two girls, unsure of what to do. Mamoru had his arm wrapped around Usagi, who was weeping uncontrollably at both the news and Rei's harsh words. "I swear I didn't know," Usagi cried, "I didn't know!"
Hotaru, angry at everything, turned to face her princess. "Didn't know or didn't want to know?" she snapped out coldly, "You were too wrapped up in your perfect life, with your perfect family, your perfect boyfriend and your perfect future. You never noticed anything we've suffered. We've died for you more than once and you don't know anything about us. You never knew Rei's supposed 'father' abused her, causing her grandfather to take custody of her. You never knew that Minako was bulimic up until two years after she became a senshi. You never knew that Ami doesn't speak about her father because she and her mother are in hiding from him after he began stalking them violently after her parents divorced. Her last name isn't even Mizuno. You never knew that Makoto was almost date raped by her former sempai. You never knew that Haruka and Michiru had been thrown out by their own families simply because they loved one another. No princess, you took everything you saw at face value, believing that since you were happy, so was everyone else."
Usagi looked as though someone had slapped her in the face. The other senshi seemed to be frozen on the spot, unable to do anything but gape at the unfolding situation. Finally, Rei broke the silence. "Setsuna," she said, "I want to go back, to my real home. I want to find my family."
Hotaru nodded to show her agreement. "You owe us that much Setsuna. Let us discover who we were, are."
The other inner senshi had been quietly discussing amongst themselves. "Setsuna," Minako said, "If you agree to this and Rei and Hotaru do not mind, we wish to see this dimension as well. Also, we feel that we might…benefit…from some time away from Serenity-Hime."
Usagi winced at the use of her formal title. Setsuna looked to Rei and Hotaru who nodded their acceptance of these terms. Next, she turned her gaze towards her princess, garnet meeting blue and said, "Very well, you'll leave tomorrow morning. You have tonight to pack and say your good-byes. I'll arrange for a house, money, schooling and any other necessities you'll be needing. We'll meet back here at 9:00 am."
With that, Setsuna disappeared through a portal, back to the time gate. With her departure, all of the others made moves to leave. "You all hate me don't you?" Usagi asked miserably, "That's why you're all leaving me."
"Usagi-san," Rei managed to say, "We're angry, very angry right now. We've just been told our entire lives have been a lie. We need to discover who we are. Without you."
"Do you all feel this way?" Mamoru demanded, trying to ease his love's pain.
He was met with silence, but the way the senshi either openly glared at him or studiously avoided his gaze was answer enough. "Mamoru-kun," Minako said, coming up to him, "We all do love Serenity-hime, but its not enough. You both have to understand that we need this. Its up to you and the Outers to protect her from now on."
"Will you return?" Usagi asked, hope evident in her eyes.
"We shall see," Rei said in a monotone, her voice flat and emotionless.
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