Eternal
by Lady Tiger
Chapter 2
Rated R
*Sailor Moon is not my product. I am just using the characters in a fan fiction, I do not own them.
Chapter 2
The power is incredible. I can't believe the power. It is endless. Well, let me catch you up. We all decided being immortal and goddesses was better than the whole Universe being dead. After we all transformed, our pens turned into long staffs with the signs of our planets and hearts behind them. None of our outfits are different, but at the same time they are different. They look the same, but they feel different. Actually, there is one small difference. I lost my tiara a long time ago(well not lost, I just didn't need it anymore), but everyone else has always had their tiaras. Not anymore, only their respective signs are seen on their foreheads now. And now that I look closer, all of our outfits are outlined in black now. I wonder why? But let's get back to buisness, we are all surrounded by countless Locusts, and their number is growing by the second. I guess it is time to test out our new powers.
"I am the soldier born from thunder and lightening, I am Sailor Jupiter, Goddess of Jupiter!!!" Sailor Jupiter snarls at the Locusts and tosses her green staff into the air and shouts "JUPITER...." A black cloud begins to circle around Jupiter.."THUNDER"....A bolt of thunder comes down from the cloud and strike her staff the same second that Jupiter's hand catches it..."ANNIHILATION!!!!!!!!!" She swings her staff around her and bolts of thunder rain down on the Locusts from her staff.
"I am the soldier born from fire, I am Sailor Mars, Goddess of Mars!!!" Sailor Mars holds up her red staff and spins in a circle, fire surronding her and she shouts "MARS...FIRE...BOMB!!!!!!" Hundreds of Locusts are burned as fire explodes up from the ground to burn them.
"I am the soldier born from water, I am Sailor Mercury, Goddess of Mercury!!" Sailor Mercury holds up her blue staff and touches the tip of it to the ground and says "MERCURY.....DROWNING!!!!!" And the ground in front of her turns into water. The Locusts in front of her fall into the water and the ground turns solid again.
"I am the soldier born from love and beauty, I am Sailor Venus, Goddess of Venus!" She twirls around and flips her hair over her shoulder. Then her orange staff appears in her hands and she points it at the locusts, shouting "VENUS..... LOVELY ....DEATH!!!!!" Orange bursts of energy erupts from the staff, disintergrating the locusts in front of her.
"I am the soldier born from waves, I am Sailor Neptune, Goddess of Neptune!" Neptune picks up her lagoon green staff and throws it in the air. As it comes back down from the sky she shouts "NEPTUNE....." The staff gets closer to her upraised hand..."KILLER....." As the staff lands in her hands, she slams the tip into the ground..."WAVES!!!!!" The staff puts out waves of energy which kill everything it touches. The Locusts, or what is left of them, fall to the ground in front of her.
"I am the soldier born from wind, I am Sailor Uranus, Goddess of Uranus!" Uranus throws her hand up and her staff appears in it, twirling and causing a great wind. "URANUS.....WIND.....STORM!!!" All the locusts in front of her are pulled off the ground by the force of the wind, and then bolts of energy coming from her staff cuts into them. Their lifeless bodies fall to the ground.
"I am the soldier born from time, I am Sailor Pluto, Goddess of Pluto!" Equiped with her new staff, Pluto looks the most changed. What happened to her old staff, I wonder? Oh well. Pluto quickly closes her eyes and is surrounded by a black light. Her hands grip her staff tightly and all the light surrounding her flows to the staff. "PLUTO...." Black light continues to flow to her staff. "ENERGY...." The black staff becomes even more black. "OVERLOAD!!!!!" She points the staff at the Locusts and black energy flows from her into the staff and from the staff out to the Locusts. The black energy covers them and then they are gone. As if they had never been there.
"I am the soldier born from death, I am Sailor Saturn, Goddess of Death," whispers Sailor Saturn. Even though I know she could only have quietly whispered the sentence, it seemed to boom in my ears. She also looked weird with her new staff. I wonder where her old one went? She turns to me and smiles. Then she turns back and holds her purple staff in front of her with both of her hands. "SATURN...." Her purple eyes close. "HEART ATTACK!!!!!!" The Locusts in front of her clutch their cheasts as the purple energy from her staff surrounds them. They all fall to the ground. I turn around to start my own bit.
But there is nothing in front of me. It appears my friends have taken care of everything. How nice, a day seems to have gone by when I do not have to kill or fight. My first day of peace in 3 years. I say this to my friends and they all smile and we hug each other. But I seem to have spoken too soon.
"Haha..stupid, weak, pathetic females."
I know that voice. My body freezes and my heart stops. Please don't be who I think it is. I slowly turn around and look up. I pray silently to the Goddess of the Moon. But I forgot that prayers to yourself rarely go answered.
"Mamoru?" I squeak.
"Mamoru? No, I am not Mamoru. I am Endymion, Prince of the Locusts."
Oh there is my Endymion alright. He is so hott in that outfit. The tight black pants and the armor and the cape! Every time I see him in that outfit my breath catches. Then again, around Mamoru I always have a hard time breathing. But what did I just hear him say? Prince of the LOCUSTS?!?! Haven't we already been down this road?!?! Why do enemies always attack me through him? Is brainwashing a Universal evil thing or do they get together and conspire against me?!?!
"Endymion!! You are NOT prince of the Locusts! You are the Prince of Earth!!" Pluto shouted. "You must listen to me, I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time, and Goddess of Pluto. I pledge to you on my honor and my staff, that you are not the Prince of Locusts. You have been brainwashed some how.You are the Prince of Earth."
"Princess? Earth? You protect me? You have got to be kidding!" Endymion laughed. "You would dirty your honor and your word with lies such as that? I no longer feel sorry for you anymore. Your conquest will bring us much honor, for you are without any."
Oh keep him distracted Pluto, come on. I move behind everyone slowly. When I was sure he wasn't looking at me, I close my eyes and will myself to be invisible. This Goddess stuff is coming in handy. I close my eyes again and when I open them I am flying in the air on wings. I fly until I am behind him. Then I will my staff into my hands. But right when I am about to heal him, he turns around and laughs.
"I don't think so, little Butterfly," he puts forward a hand and black energy comes from it, throwing me back and pushing me to the ground.
"PRINCESS!!!" All the scouts shout. They look at eachother for a second. But a second is all Endymion needs. More of that black energy slams into me, and pain floods my body.
Pluto throws her staff into the air. "PLUTO..." She jumps into the air and grabs the staff..."TIME....." Then she slams the staff into the back of Endymion's head..."FREEZE!!!"
Endymion is surrounded by a purple light. After the shock from the pain and his attack wear off, I jump to my feet.
"What did you do to him?" I demand.
"I froze him in time. He will not join our time frame again until I un-freeze him." Pluto says calmly, "You must realize Princess, that I could not let him hurt you, even if you dying is not a problem. He can not move now Princess, but he can be healed. Go ahead! Don't just stand there, HEAL HIM."
"But I do percieve a problem, Princess."
I turn to Sailor Mars. She is as white as a ghost and her hand is on Endymion's forehead.
"What?!?!"
"All his memories of us are totally wiped out. You can heal him, and he will see through the lies that they have told him, but he will not know who we are." She whispers. "After a while, I don't know how long, he will remember, but not right after you heal him."
This is too much. For the past year I have been dreaming of him and now he is back and I can heal him, but he won't remember me. I fall to the ground and tears are running out before I reach it.
Mars runs to me and puts her arms around me.
"Don't worry Usagi, everything will be OK eventually. Gradually he will start to remember. And after you heal him, he will trust you and you can sing to him of your love and maybe he will remember faster." She says, tears running down her face too. It is now that I remember that Rei used to love him too. How rough the past year must have been, how she must have been mourning. But she could never show just how much, for fear of insulting me. I put my head on Rei's shoulder and thank her.
"We should leave the Prince and Princess alone," suggests Saturn,"And Venus, as Goddess of Love, perhaps you could give them a blessing?"
"Of course!" giggles Venus, "How silly of me! I should have thought of that!" She came up to us and put one hand on my cheast where my heart was and one hand on his. She closed her eyes and orange energy flowed from her to us. Then she kissed both of us on the cheek and said "Don't worry, you two hardly needed a blessing. Even brainwashed, his love for you is shouting inside his head."
Then I was alone with a frozen Endymion. His right fist is raised as if to punch someone and his face frozen in a snarl. I wipe the tears from my face and will the staff into my hands. White energy surrounds me and as I close my eyes, I could feel boundless energy jumping between the two of us. Suddenly we are both surrounded with white energy and I am no longer in my Sailor Soldier uniform. I am in my Moon Princess dress, I put my hand up to my hair and twirl a strand around a finger. Oh my! My hair isn't golden anymore!! It's white!!!! No..wait...it's not white, it's silver! Why didn't anyone say anything? They must have thought I knew. Oh well, time enough for that later. I twirl my staff about and then put it in front of me, holding it with both of my hands. "MOON GODDESS HEALING!!" Pink energy jumps from the point of my staff to Endymion. The purple glow leaves him and is replaced by a pink one. After a few moments, Endymion falls to his knees and a blast of black energy leaves him.
"Goddess, what have I done?" He whispers, tears falling down his face.
"Nothing," he jumps at my voice," You have done nothing. It's those damn locusts. Help me destroy them Endymion."
"I will!" he jumps to his feet. He stares at me, shock on his face. "Do I know you? I don't remember anything."
"Yes, we have known each other for a long, long time, my lo- Endymion," I quickly save myself. I almost called him 'my love'. I don't want him to think I too am trying to trick him as the Locusts did.
"I can't take my eyes from you. You are beautiful. I feel as though I have gotten lost in those blue eyes of yours many times before. Were we lovers?" he asked.
"W-well, if you are brave enough to ask, I guess I should answer," I stammer,"Yes Endymion, we were lovers. Since the Silver Millenium."
"Where are we?"
"In a Nexus of Power", I answer.
"How do we get out?"
"We must wait until the Power in our bodies relaxes. This happens when a healing of someone of your power fights back," I said. Oh he is so hott, I wish I could run to him and feel his arms around me as in the old days.
"So we were lovers..."
"Yes."
"But you are more than human, how could we have been lovers?"
His question leaves me stunned. How could he have realized that?
"I was only human, like you, until recently." The story takes a while, but I tell him. I also tell him about how the Locusts suddenly appeared, and how he then was captured. He wants to know more, but the Nexus fades away and we are suddenly surrounded by eight curious Sailor Soldiers.
"Is he healed?" Mars asks.
"Does he remember anything?" Venus asks.
"Did you fight?" Jupiter asks.
"How did the time freeze stop?" Pluto asks.
"Did it take a lot of power to heal him?" Mercury asks.
"Have you two made up yet?" Uranus grins.
"Can I smack Uranus?" Neptune asks.
"How are you feeling prince?" Saturn asks.
"Ok, yes he is healed, no he does not remember any of his past, but he remembers what he did as the 'Prince of Locusts'. No we did not fight. The time freeze broke when I healed him, and it took a little more energy than normal to heal him. and YES Neptune you can smack Uranus." I say it all in one breath.
Neptune picks up her staff and smacks Uranus over the head with it. Saturn takes another step towards the Prince and asks him again how he is feeling.
"Fine, thankyou," he says quietly. he seems amused by the behavior of the nine women who have suddenly surrounded him.
"Will you accept this transformation pen?" Saturn asks, holding out his transformation pen, "Will you accept it of your own free will, with knowledge of the risks and the blessings?"
Everyone gasps and stares.
"How did you get that Saturn?!" Mercury demands.
But neither Saturn nor Endymion pay any attention to her. Endymion stares at the pen. Then he turns to Usagi, who has since reformed back to Sailor Moon. He looks at her eyes then turns back to Saturn and picks the transformation pen out of her hand.
"I accept it of my own free will, with knowledge of the risks and the blessings," he says. Then he throws up his hand and shouts "Eternal Earth God......MAKE UP!!"
Endymion is surronded by a bright red light and when the light fades away, he looks the same, but at the same time different. His outfit is the same, but he glows a light red and he radiates power.
Venus giggles and Uranus chuckles. Everyone turns to them with questions in their eyes.
"Sorry..." Venus giggled.
"But what.." Uranus chuckled.
"Are we..."
"Supposed to..."
"call him?"
"SAILOR EARTH?" They both shout, then burst into laughter.
*~*~*
Everyone is laughing now. How wonderful that sound is. I don't think any of us have actually laughed since this all started 3 years ago. But the question that Venus and Uranus asked is a valid one.
"What do we call you?" I ask quietly, between giggles.
"How about plain old God of Earth, Endymion?" he says.
"Well, sounds fine to me!" Jupiter laughs, "But how 'bout we all set up camp for the night? I don't think we'll be getting any more visitors for the night."
"I agree with Jupiter," Endymion said quietly,"You guys have killed about half their army. It won't take long for them to get new recruits, but they won't be attacking you again until they find out what made you stronger."
"Endymion, do you think you could tell us what you learned while being their 'prince'?" Mercury asks.
"Certainly, once we have the camp set up," he said.
So we all de-transformed and set about making camp. Makato said she would go get our tents and stuff(we have it hidden in some woods near by). Endymion said he would go get some wood for the fire. Everyone else just stands around and looks at eachother. Then Haruka turns and asks where we are going to set camp. I point to an attractive spot and she goes and stands in front of it.
"URANUS....WINDS!!!"
Strong gusts of winds come from her hands and clear out the spot I pointed at.
"Hey, this is really cool," she says,"So much trouble would have been diverted if we had just had these from the begining."
"But we didn't have the experience in the beinning, and we might have used the power wrongly," Ami argued,"I think that is why we didn't get them until it was absolutely necessary for the Universe."
"It's kind of scary, knowing how much power I have at my disposal," Venus said quietly.
"It's not much different for me," Saturn whispers,"The only difference is a few new powers, plus I won't die if I use them now."
"See now, I am gone for a second, and you guys are all getting sad and weepy on me," Jupiter shouts from afar, "Stop feeling sorry for yourselves and help me carry this crap!!"
I go to move with the rest, but Saturn stops me.
"Princess, I feel danger for the Prince, go find him," she said.
My heart stops. Could the Locusts be looking to capture him again? I nod and run in the direction he had taken. In the background I hear Minako curse about her long skirt and Ami saying we should go get some new clothes that will fit better. I look down at my clothes and stop in my tracks. It has been some time since I de-transformed. In fact, now that I think about it, I haven't de-transformed in about a year. My jeans are raggedy and so is my tshirt. They are tight in a few places, and loose in others. I look like a homeless person. My shoes are long gone. Ami is right, maybe tomorrow we'll go shopping. Our parents have been sending money to a deposit box for 3 years now. We can go on a very big shopping spree. Maybe get an apartment or something. For once, the future is looking bright. Then I hear a groan and I remember Endymion. I go to run again but when I look through some trees, I see him kneeling in front of the hugest Locust I have ever seen. Locusts are normally big and ugly. They are usually around 6 ft tall and look like a cross between a cockroach, a human, and a very hairy bear.
"Leave him alone!!!" I am surprised to find myself suddenly 3 feet away from them, with my transformation wand in my hand. Endymion looks at me, a plea on his face. I remember how he reacted when I healed him, and I realize he is probably more scared of being brainwashed again than anything else.
*ENDYMION* my mind shouts.
*Serenity?*
*Endymion, you are a God now, he can not do anything to you that you don't want him to! Fight back!* My face has tears running down it now. He has been mentally damaged by all this, and if he would just fight back, it would be the start down the path to total healing.
*I'm scared Serenity...help me please..* his mind voice trails off. He is getting weaker. Suddenly my mom's voice pops in my head 'Sometimes people have been through so much Usagi, that they just need to be protected for a little while. Then when they see that they have nothing to fear, then they will start fighting back.' Oh mom, I miss you so much.
"Eternal Moon Goddess.....MAKE UP!!!!!!!" I am surrounded by pink energy and then I am suddenly Eternal Sailor Moon again. "Leave him alone! You will not have him on your side again, I swear it!!" I will my pink, white, and blue staff into my hand then start twirling it around. I throw it in the air..."YOU".....and it falls back into my hand..."ARE"....then I twirl it to face the huge Locust...."MOON DUST". Bolts of pink energy fly out of the staff and cut into the Locust. He is dead within a second.
Endymion slumps down into a pile of limbs. I just stand there for a second, waiting for movement. After a few minutes, I use my new powers to levitate him a few feet off the ground. Then I start walking towards camp and pull him along. When I walk into camp with Endymion floating behind me, everyone stops what they are doing and just stares. Then they continue on their buisness. All of them except Hotaru. She was tending the fire, but now she comes up to me and smiles.
"Princess, is the Prince alright?" she asks.
"Yes, he is just weak. He was attacked by a Locust and was too scared to fight back," I said. Hotaru motions towards one of the tents and I float Endymion into the sleeping bag waiting in there. After that is done, I go and sit by the fire. I sigh and tears start to run down my face. Suddenly I am surrounded by all the scouts.
"Well, we're done with the camp. It's all set," Michiru mumbles.
They all sit with me, in a circle around the fire. I don't know why, but suddenly I started singing. What I didn't know was that when I started singing, Endymion woke up and was watching us from the tent. All I knew was that we were going to have a full night of sleep for the first time in 3 years.
"There are days when those gray skies
Make you blue
Each forward step you take
You fall back by two," I sing.
"You've been hit by some hard knocks
You just can't stand
Feeling like Alice felt
In Wonderland
Let me be the one to lend a hand," Rei sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there
There's nothing like the laughter that we share
Whenever you need someone
Or a shoulder to lean on," Minako sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there," everyone sang.
"And when life's going your way
Just like a breeze
It's a kite-flying kind of day
Above the trees," Hotaru sang.
"Together we'll be making memories," everyone sang.
"As the world turns us around
We hang on to what we've found
A treasure we both need
I will go that extra mile
To give you back that certain smile
That you've given me
I'll answer every time and anywhere," Makato sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there
There's nothing like the laughter that we share," Michiru sang.
"Whenever you need someone," Haruka sang.
"Or a shoulder to lean on," Ami sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there," Setsuna sang.
"Call my name
I'll be there," we all sang.
We all broke out in laughter and gave eachother hugs. We had been singing that song since this all started. We sing it each time we need hope. For a few hours we sat around the campfire, reminiscencing about old times. Minako remembered when we first met. Ami remembered when she almost went away to a special school in a different country. Makato remembered when she thought she was too weak and went to a special training school. Rei remembered when she sang at her school's fair. Michiru remembered her race with Ami. Haruka remembered how me and Minako followed her when we first met her. Hotaru remembered how I made sure she was re-born. Setsuna remembered when we defeated Nehelenia the last time. Everyone was looking at me, to see what I said. Tears filled my eyes and I held in a sob.
"I remember when Endymion protected me each time I was in trouble. I remember how he died for me when Queen Veril threw the crystals at us. I remember when he died for-"
"Usagi, he is not dead. He just doesn't remember," Ami said gently.
"You must trust in your love, it will prevail," Minako said," I am the Goddess of Love, so you should trust me on this, k?"
"He will remember," Rei said,"You just need to give him time."
"Well I know what Usagi needs!" Jupiter grinned and dug into one of her packs. After a minute she proudly held up a bottle of vodka. "Here Usagi, drown your sorrows away for one night atleast. You can tell us tomorrow morning if Goddesses get hangovers!" She placed the bottle in my lap. "Let's go to bed gang and let Usagi be alone."
Everyone nodded their consent and got up. Michiru smiled at Haruka and made their way to their tent.
"Our first night of peace Michiru," Haruka said, grinning from ear to ear.
"I wonder what we'll do?" Michiru said, a wicked grin on her face.
Hotaru smiled at them and then went with Setsuna to their tent. Rei and Minako shook their heads in disgust, while Ami and Makato simply turned their backs to everyone and went to their tent. Soon I was alone around the campfire. Well, I thought I was alone, but Mamoru was watching me.
by Lady Tiger
Chapter 2
Rated R
*Sailor Moon is not my product. I am just using the characters in a fan fiction, I do not own them.
Chapter 2
The power is incredible. I can't believe the power. It is endless. Well, let me catch you up. We all decided being immortal and goddesses was better than the whole Universe being dead. After we all transformed, our pens turned into long staffs with the signs of our planets and hearts behind them. None of our outfits are different, but at the same time they are different. They look the same, but they feel different. Actually, there is one small difference. I lost my tiara a long time ago(well not lost, I just didn't need it anymore), but everyone else has always had their tiaras. Not anymore, only their respective signs are seen on their foreheads now. And now that I look closer, all of our outfits are outlined in black now. I wonder why? But let's get back to buisness, we are all surrounded by countless Locusts, and their number is growing by the second. I guess it is time to test out our new powers.
"I am the soldier born from thunder and lightening, I am Sailor Jupiter, Goddess of Jupiter!!!" Sailor Jupiter snarls at the Locusts and tosses her green staff into the air and shouts "JUPITER...." A black cloud begins to circle around Jupiter.."THUNDER"....A bolt of thunder comes down from the cloud and strike her staff the same second that Jupiter's hand catches it..."ANNIHILATION!!!!!!!!!" She swings her staff around her and bolts of thunder rain down on the Locusts from her staff.
"I am the soldier born from fire, I am Sailor Mars, Goddess of Mars!!!" Sailor Mars holds up her red staff and spins in a circle, fire surronding her and she shouts "MARS...FIRE...BOMB!!!!!!" Hundreds of Locusts are burned as fire explodes up from the ground to burn them.
"I am the soldier born from water, I am Sailor Mercury, Goddess of Mercury!!" Sailor Mercury holds up her blue staff and touches the tip of it to the ground and says "MERCURY.....DROWNING!!!!!" And the ground in front of her turns into water. The Locusts in front of her fall into the water and the ground turns solid again.
"I am the soldier born from love and beauty, I am Sailor Venus, Goddess of Venus!" She twirls around and flips her hair over her shoulder. Then her orange staff appears in her hands and she points it at the locusts, shouting "VENUS..... LOVELY ....DEATH!!!!!" Orange bursts of energy erupts from the staff, disintergrating the locusts in front of her.
"I am the soldier born from waves, I am Sailor Neptune, Goddess of Neptune!" Neptune picks up her lagoon green staff and throws it in the air. As it comes back down from the sky she shouts "NEPTUNE....." The staff gets closer to her upraised hand..."KILLER....." As the staff lands in her hands, she slams the tip into the ground..."WAVES!!!!!" The staff puts out waves of energy which kill everything it touches. The Locusts, or what is left of them, fall to the ground in front of her.
"I am the soldier born from wind, I am Sailor Uranus, Goddess of Uranus!" Uranus throws her hand up and her staff appears in it, twirling and causing a great wind. "URANUS.....WIND.....STORM!!!" All the locusts in front of her are pulled off the ground by the force of the wind, and then bolts of energy coming from her staff cuts into them. Their lifeless bodies fall to the ground.
"I am the soldier born from time, I am Sailor Pluto, Goddess of Pluto!" Equiped with her new staff, Pluto looks the most changed. What happened to her old staff, I wonder? Oh well. Pluto quickly closes her eyes and is surrounded by a black light. Her hands grip her staff tightly and all the light surrounding her flows to the staff. "PLUTO...." Black light continues to flow to her staff. "ENERGY...." The black staff becomes even more black. "OVERLOAD!!!!!" She points the staff at the Locusts and black energy flows from her into the staff and from the staff out to the Locusts. The black energy covers them and then they are gone. As if they had never been there.
"I am the soldier born from death, I am Sailor Saturn, Goddess of Death," whispers Sailor Saturn. Even though I know she could only have quietly whispered the sentence, it seemed to boom in my ears. She also looked weird with her new staff. I wonder where her old one went? She turns to me and smiles. Then she turns back and holds her purple staff in front of her with both of her hands. "SATURN...." Her purple eyes close. "HEART ATTACK!!!!!!" The Locusts in front of her clutch their cheasts as the purple energy from her staff surrounds them. They all fall to the ground. I turn around to start my own bit.
But there is nothing in front of me. It appears my friends have taken care of everything. How nice, a day seems to have gone by when I do not have to kill or fight. My first day of peace in 3 years. I say this to my friends and they all smile and we hug each other. But I seem to have spoken too soon.
"Haha..stupid, weak, pathetic females."
I know that voice. My body freezes and my heart stops. Please don't be who I think it is. I slowly turn around and look up. I pray silently to the Goddess of the Moon. But I forgot that prayers to yourself rarely go answered.
"Mamoru?" I squeak.
"Mamoru? No, I am not Mamoru. I am Endymion, Prince of the Locusts."
Oh there is my Endymion alright. He is so hott in that outfit. The tight black pants and the armor and the cape! Every time I see him in that outfit my breath catches. Then again, around Mamoru I always have a hard time breathing. But what did I just hear him say? Prince of the LOCUSTS?!?! Haven't we already been down this road?!?! Why do enemies always attack me through him? Is brainwashing a Universal evil thing or do they get together and conspire against me?!?!
"Endymion!! You are NOT prince of the Locusts! You are the Prince of Earth!!" Pluto shouted. "You must listen to me, I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time, and Goddess of Pluto. I pledge to you on my honor and my staff, that you are not the Prince of Locusts. You have been brainwashed some how.You are the Prince of Earth."
"Princess? Earth? You protect me? You have got to be kidding!" Endymion laughed. "You would dirty your honor and your word with lies such as that? I no longer feel sorry for you anymore. Your conquest will bring us much honor, for you are without any."
Oh keep him distracted Pluto, come on. I move behind everyone slowly. When I was sure he wasn't looking at me, I close my eyes and will myself to be invisible. This Goddess stuff is coming in handy. I close my eyes again and when I open them I am flying in the air on wings. I fly until I am behind him. Then I will my staff into my hands. But right when I am about to heal him, he turns around and laughs.
"I don't think so, little Butterfly," he puts forward a hand and black energy comes from it, throwing me back and pushing me to the ground.
"PRINCESS!!!" All the scouts shout. They look at eachother for a second. But a second is all Endymion needs. More of that black energy slams into me, and pain floods my body.
Pluto throws her staff into the air. "PLUTO..." She jumps into the air and grabs the staff..."TIME....." Then she slams the staff into the back of Endymion's head..."FREEZE!!!"
Endymion is surrounded by a purple light. After the shock from the pain and his attack wear off, I jump to my feet.
"What did you do to him?" I demand.
"I froze him in time. He will not join our time frame again until I un-freeze him." Pluto says calmly, "You must realize Princess, that I could not let him hurt you, even if you dying is not a problem. He can not move now Princess, but he can be healed. Go ahead! Don't just stand there, HEAL HIM."
"But I do percieve a problem, Princess."
I turn to Sailor Mars. She is as white as a ghost and her hand is on Endymion's forehead.
"What?!?!"
"All his memories of us are totally wiped out. You can heal him, and he will see through the lies that they have told him, but he will not know who we are." She whispers. "After a while, I don't know how long, he will remember, but not right after you heal him."
This is too much. For the past year I have been dreaming of him and now he is back and I can heal him, but he won't remember me. I fall to the ground and tears are running out before I reach it.
Mars runs to me and puts her arms around me.
"Don't worry Usagi, everything will be OK eventually. Gradually he will start to remember. And after you heal him, he will trust you and you can sing to him of your love and maybe he will remember faster." She says, tears running down her face too. It is now that I remember that Rei used to love him too. How rough the past year must have been, how she must have been mourning. But she could never show just how much, for fear of insulting me. I put my head on Rei's shoulder and thank her.
"We should leave the Prince and Princess alone," suggests Saturn,"And Venus, as Goddess of Love, perhaps you could give them a blessing?"
"Of course!" giggles Venus, "How silly of me! I should have thought of that!" She came up to us and put one hand on my cheast where my heart was and one hand on his. She closed her eyes and orange energy flowed from her to us. Then she kissed both of us on the cheek and said "Don't worry, you two hardly needed a blessing. Even brainwashed, his love for you is shouting inside his head."
Then I was alone with a frozen Endymion. His right fist is raised as if to punch someone and his face frozen in a snarl. I wipe the tears from my face and will the staff into my hands. White energy surrounds me and as I close my eyes, I could feel boundless energy jumping between the two of us. Suddenly we are both surrounded with white energy and I am no longer in my Sailor Soldier uniform. I am in my Moon Princess dress, I put my hand up to my hair and twirl a strand around a finger. Oh my! My hair isn't golden anymore!! It's white!!!! No..wait...it's not white, it's silver! Why didn't anyone say anything? They must have thought I knew. Oh well, time enough for that later. I twirl my staff about and then put it in front of me, holding it with both of my hands. "MOON GODDESS HEALING!!" Pink energy jumps from the point of my staff to Endymion. The purple glow leaves him and is replaced by a pink one. After a few moments, Endymion falls to his knees and a blast of black energy leaves him.
"Goddess, what have I done?" He whispers, tears falling down his face.
"Nothing," he jumps at my voice," You have done nothing. It's those damn locusts. Help me destroy them Endymion."
"I will!" he jumps to his feet. He stares at me, shock on his face. "Do I know you? I don't remember anything."
"Yes, we have known each other for a long, long time, my lo- Endymion," I quickly save myself. I almost called him 'my love'. I don't want him to think I too am trying to trick him as the Locusts did.
"I can't take my eyes from you. You are beautiful. I feel as though I have gotten lost in those blue eyes of yours many times before. Were we lovers?" he asked.
"W-well, if you are brave enough to ask, I guess I should answer," I stammer,"Yes Endymion, we were lovers. Since the Silver Millenium."
"Where are we?"
"In a Nexus of Power", I answer.
"How do we get out?"
"We must wait until the Power in our bodies relaxes. This happens when a healing of someone of your power fights back," I said. Oh he is so hott, I wish I could run to him and feel his arms around me as in the old days.
"So we were lovers..."
"Yes."
"But you are more than human, how could we have been lovers?"
His question leaves me stunned. How could he have realized that?
"I was only human, like you, until recently." The story takes a while, but I tell him. I also tell him about how the Locusts suddenly appeared, and how he then was captured. He wants to know more, but the Nexus fades away and we are suddenly surrounded by eight curious Sailor Soldiers.
"Is he healed?" Mars asks.
"Does he remember anything?" Venus asks.
"Did you fight?" Jupiter asks.
"How did the time freeze stop?" Pluto asks.
"Did it take a lot of power to heal him?" Mercury asks.
"Have you two made up yet?" Uranus grins.
"Can I smack Uranus?" Neptune asks.
"How are you feeling prince?" Saturn asks.
"Ok, yes he is healed, no he does not remember any of his past, but he remembers what he did as the 'Prince of Locusts'. No we did not fight. The time freeze broke when I healed him, and it took a little more energy than normal to heal him. and YES Neptune you can smack Uranus." I say it all in one breath.
Neptune picks up her staff and smacks Uranus over the head with it. Saturn takes another step towards the Prince and asks him again how he is feeling.
"Fine, thankyou," he says quietly. he seems amused by the behavior of the nine women who have suddenly surrounded him.
"Will you accept this transformation pen?" Saturn asks, holding out his transformation pen, "Will you accept it of your own free will, with knowledge of the risks and the blessings?"
Everyone gasps and stares.
"How did you get that Saturn?!" Mercury demands.
But neither Saturn nor Endymion pay any attention to her. Endymion stares at the pen. Then he turns to Usagi, who has since reformed back to Sailor Moon. He looks at her eyes then turns back to Saturn and picks the transformation pen out of her hand.
"I accept it of my own free will, with knowledge of the risks and the blessings," he says. Then he throws up his hand and shouts "Eternal Earth God......MAKE UP!!"
Endymion is surronded by a bright red light and when the light fades away, he looks the same, but at the same time different. His outfit is the same, but he glows a light red and he radiates power.
Venus giggles and Uranus chuckles. Everyone turns to them with questions in their eyes.
"Sorry..." Venus giggled.
"But what.." Uranus chuckled.
"Are we..."
"Supposed to..."
"call him?"
"SAILOR EARTH?" They both shout, then burst into laughter.
*~*~*
Everyone is laughing now. How wonderful that sound is. I don't think any of us have actually laughed since this all started 3 years ago. But the question that Venus and Uranus asked is a valid one.
"What do we call you?" I ask quietly, between giggles.
"How about plain old God of Earth, Endymion?" he says.
"Well, sounds fine to me!" Jupiter laughs, "But how 'bout we all set up camp for the night? I don't think we'll be getting any more visitors for the night."
"I agree with Jupiter," Endymion said quietly,"You guys have killed about half their army. It won't take long for them to get new recruits, but they won't be attacking you again until they find out what made you stronger."
"Endymion, do you think you could tell us what you learned while being their 'prince'?" Mercury asks.
"Certainly, once we have the camp set up," he said.
So we all de-transformed and set about making camp. Makato said she would go get our tents and stuff(we have it hidden in some woods near by). Endymion said he would go get some wood for the fire. Everyone else just stands around and looks at eachother. Then Haruka turns and asks where we are going to set camp. I point to an attractive spot and she goes and stands in front of it.
"URANUS....WINDS!!!"
Strong gusts of winds come from her hands and clear out the spot I pointed at.
"Hey, this is really cool," she says,"So much trouble would have been diverted if we had just had these from the begining."
"But we didn't have the experience in the beinning, and we might have used the power wrongly," Ami argued,"I think that is why we didn't get them until it was absolutely necessary for the Universe."
"It's kind of scary, knowing how much power I have at my disposal," Venus said quietly.
"It's not much different for me," Saturn whispers,"The only difference is a few new powers, plus I won't die if I use them now."
"See now, I am gone for a second, and you guys are all getting sad and weepy on me," Jupiter shouts from afar, "Stop feeling sorry for yourselves and help me carry this crap!!"
I go to move with the rest, but Saturn stops me.
"Princess, I feel danger for the Prince, go find him," she said.
My heart stops. Could the Locusts be looking to capture him again? I nod and run in the direction he had taken. In the background I hear Minako curse about her long skirt and Ami saying we should go get some new clothes that will fit better. I look down at my clothes and stop in my tracks. It has been some time since I de-transformed. In fact, now that I think about it, I haven't de-transformed in about a year. My jeans are raggedy and so is my tshirt. They are tight in a few places, and loose in others. I look like a homeless person. My shoes are long gone. Ami is right, maybe tomorrow we'll go shopping. Our parents have been sending money to a deposit box for 3 years now. We can go on a very big shopping spree. Maybe get an apartment or something. For once, the future is looking bright. Then I hear a groan and I remember Endymion. I go to run again but when I look through some trees, I see him kneeling in front of the hugest Locust I have ever seen. Locusts are normally big and ugly. They are usually around 6 ft tall and look like a cross between a cockroach, a human, and a very hairy bear.
"Leave him alone!!!" I am surprised to find myself suddenly 3 feet away from them, with my transformation wand in my hand. Endymion looks at me, a plea on his face. I remember how he reacted when I healed him, and I realize he is probably more scared of being brainwashed again than anything else.
*ENDYMION* my mind shouts.
*Serenity?*
*Endymion, you are a God now, he can not do anything to you that you don't want him to! Fight back!* My face has tears running down it now. He has been mentally damaged by all this, and if he would just fight back, it would be the start down the path to total healing.
*I'm scared Serenity...help me please..* his mind voice trails off. He is getting weaker. Suddenly my mom's voice pops in my head 'Sometimes people have been through so much Usagi, that they just need to be protected for a little while. Then when they see that they have nothing to fear, then they will start fighting back.' Oh mom, I miss you so much.
"Eternal Moon Goddess.....MAKE UP!!!!!!!" I am surrounded by pink energy and then I am suddenly Eternal Sailor Moon again. "Leave him alone! You will not have him on your side again, I swear it!!" I will my pink, white, and blue staff into my hand then start twirling it around. I throw it in the air..."YOU".....and it falls back into my hand..."ARE"....then I twirl it to face the huge Locust...."MOON DUST". Bolts of pink energy fly out of the staff and cut into the Locust. He is dead within a second.
Endymion slumps down into a pile of limbs. I just stand there for a second, waiting for movement. After a few minutes, I use my new powers to levitate him a few feet off the ground. Then I start walking towards camp and pull him along. When I walk into camp with Endymion floating behind me, everyone stops what they are doing and just stares. Then they continue on their buisness. All of them except Hotaru. She was tending the fire, but now she comes up to me and smiles.
"Princess, is the Prince alright?" she asks.
"Yes, he is just weak. He was attacked by a Locust and was too scared to fight back," I said. Hotaru motions towards one of the tents and I float Endymion into the sleeping bag waiting in there. After that is done, I go and sit by the fire. I sigh and tears start to run down my face. Suddenly I am surrounded by all the scouts.
"Well, we're done with the camp. It's all set," Michiru mumbles.
They all sit with me, in a circle around the fire. I don't know why, but suddenly I started singing. What I didn't know was that when I started singing, Endymion woke up and was watching us from the tent. All I knew was that we were going to have a full night of sleep for the first time in 3 years.
"There are days when those gray skies
Make you blue
Each forward step you take
You fall back by two," I sing.
"You've been hit by some hard knocks
You just can't stand
Feeling like Alice felt
In Wonderland
Let me be the one to lend a hand," Rei sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there
There's nothing like the laughter that we share
Whenever you need someone
Or a shoulder to lean on," Minako sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there," everyone sang.
"And when life's going your way
Just like a breeze
It's a kite-flying kind of day
Above the trees," Hotaru sang.
"Together we'll be making memories," everyone sang.
"As the world turns us around
We hang on to what we've found
A treasure we both need
I will go that extra mile
To give you back that certain smile
That you've given me
I'll answer every time and anywhere," Makato sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there
There's nothing like the laughter that we share," Michiru sang.
"Whenever you need someone," Haruka sang.
"Or a shoulder to lean on," Ami sang.
"Call my name and I'll be there," Setsuna sang.
"Call my name
I'll be there," we all sang.
We all broke out in laughter and gave eachother hugs. We had been singing that song since this all started. We sing it each time we need hope. For a few hours we sat around the campfire, reminiscencing about old times. Minako remembered when we first met. Ami remembered when she almost went away to a special school in a different country. Makato remembered when she thought she was too weak and went to a special training school. Rei remembered when she sang at her school's fair. Michiru remembered her race with Ami. Haruka remembered how me and Minako followed her when we first met her. Hotaru remembered how I made sure she was re-born. Setsuna remembered when we defeated Nehelenia the last time. Everyone was looking at me, to see what I said. Tears filled my eyes and I held in a sob.
"I remember when Endymion protected me each time I was in trouble. I remember how he died for me when Queen Veril threw the crystals at us. I remember when he died for-"
"Usagi, he is not dead. He just doesn't remember," Ami said gently.
"You must trust in your love, it will prevail," Minako said," I am the Goddess of Love, so you should trust me on this, k?"
"He will remember," Rei said,"You just need to give him time."
"Well I know what Usagi needs!" Jupiter grinned and dug into one of her packs. After a minute she proudly held up a bottle of vodka. "Here Usagi, drown your sorrows away for one night atleast. You can tell us tomorrow morning if Goddesses get hangovers!" She placed the bottle in my lap. "Let's go to bed gang and let Usagi be alone."
Everyone nodded their consent and got up. Michiru smiled at Haruka and made their way to their tent.
"Our first night of peace Michiru," Haruka said, grinning from ear to ear.
"I wonder what we'll do?" Michiru said, a wicked grin on her face.
Hotaru smiled at them and then went with Setsuna to their tent. Rei and Minako shook their heads in disgust, while Ami and Makato simply turned their backs to everyone and went to their tent. Soon I was alone around the campfire. Well, I thought I was alone, but Mamoru was watching me.
