Title: Revelations - Chapter 2

Author: Katigox

Disclaimer: Again, all owned by Naoko Takeuchi . . .

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Chapter 2

Next day . . .

Chibi-Usa quietly sat at the table, eating breakfast with the other Senshi when Ami walked in. Minako looked up and waved towards her, "Ami where were you?! You didn't get to here my gossip!"

Ami pulled up a seat next to her and smiled politely, "What gossip?"

Chibi-Usa swallowed softly to listen carefully. Even though she was handed the first aid kit last night to take to her mother's suite, she had no idea what was going on except for the fact that a friend of her mother's was hurt. But it's not like it mattered anyway, because nothing could have prepared her to see a man, other than her father, in her mother's bedroom.

"Seiya's here!"

"Seiya?," Ami gasped.

Minako nodded and Makoto joined in, "You shouldn't get so excited. If nothing happened before, why would it happen now?"

Minako laughed, "Simple. Because of all those built up hormones over the past years."

Ami laughed nervously, "Usagi doesn't have any built up hormones. She didn't even know that he was in love with her in the first place."

They all looked at her and rolled their eyes, Makoto reasoned, "Well, he did try very hard to win Usagi over."

Rei finally spoke up, "And he almost succeeded. I mean guys, Mamoru was technically dead, and for all she knew, he left her behind when he went to America. Then along comes Seiya - but you got to hand it to Usagi, she didn't give in."

Rei had turned to the seat left of her to speak in Chibi-Usa's direction, "I'm sorry - do you know about any of this? Because we're sitting here gossiping like teenagers and maybe we just shut up."

"No it's fine. Of course I know all about Seiya," she lied through her teeth, "But why do you think again that he almost succeeded?"

Rei looked at the others and Minako began, "Well because of a few things. For example . . . "

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Seiya woke up in a chair that he couldn't even remember sitting in. Hearing the birds chirping outside he assumed he must have slept in it all night, and he was able to confirm his theory when he got up and had to grasp his back to straighten it.

I am getting old.

He yawned and stretched until he felt a soft sting in his side where the thorn had lodged itself last night.

Last night . . .

The memories came in quick crashing waves and he looked around to realize it was Usagi's bedroom. Not his but hers.

Why did he sleep in Usagi's bedroom?

Speaking of Usagi, he didn't see her anywhere and began to walk around in the room to see if she was just in a corner somewhere. But she wasn't in her bed, or on the balcony. Not that anyone could actually stand on the balcony since it was literally covered with those thick red rose bushes. He walked over to her mirror stand and sat down in front of it. He noticed a beautiful pin by the edge and couldn't help but touch it. Just then a hologram began to play within the actual mirror itself.

He leaned in to get a better look and watched random scenes play out before him. The original Moon Kingdom, in all its glory, where Usagi and Mamoru had met for the first time in different lifetimes. A dance shared at a ball before all Hell broke loose. The first time those two met in her current lifetime, before she even became Sailor Moon. The first time Mamoru rescued her as Tuxedo Mask. The ball where she had dressed up in a violet dress with embedded roses stitched in. Their first kiss in that lifetime.

Seiya couldn't watch anymore. He ran his fingers over the pin again and ended the session.

He sunk his back into the chair in front of the mirror and told himself solemnly that that is why he could have never won her heart. They shared lifetimes together. Mamoru and her were soul mates. He couldn't compete with that if he tried. But he had tried, in the past. Tried so hard in fact. Fought everyone and everything just to be by her side. Why did he come here now? All this trip was going to do was remind him of every painful memory he had tried to lock away.

"I see you've finally decided to wake up."

Seiya turned quickly and saw Usagi standing there. Right there in front of him.

"I - I'm not sure I understand why I slept here last night."

Usagi smiled warmly and explained that after that awkward moment she offered to catch up instead and he sat in a chair. But the next thing she knew he had fallen into a deep sleep.

He rubbed the back of his head, a little ashamed, "I guess all that planet hopping can wear you out pretty quickly. It's just been so long, that I didn't even remember the toll it can take on you. I'm sorry about that."

Usagi waved her hand in protest, "Why be sorry? You fell asleep and I figured after all that traveling and landing in my rose bushes that maybe you needed that sleep. I wasn't going to wake you. And since you slept in here I simply made a bed out of one the sofa's in the front parlor of my suite. So really, no apology necessary."

Seiya stood up and with a quick bow replied, "Thank you your majesty but right now I should probably go get that appointment with your daughter soon. Maybe I should actually meet the bride before the wedding."

He winked at her and walked out of the room.

Usagi blushed.

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Rei took a deep breath before she walked out into one of the ceiling gardens that was protected by a large crystal dome over it. She had walked all over the south wing looking for Chibi-Usa when she finally spotted her walking into the garden.

Chibi-Usa had sat herself underneath a small tree, pulled her knees to her chest and crossed her arms over them.

Rei sat down beside her and didn't waste any time, "They never slept together."

Chibi-Usa choked a bit before she was able to face Rei, "What?!"

Rei looked on over the garden and smiled, "That's what you wanted to know isn't it?"

Chibi-Usa looked in the same direction as Rei, "Yes. But I also want to know if she loved this home wrecker back."

Rei faced her, "I honestly don't know that one. I don't think so though because when your Father came back Seiya backed off and your Mother moved on with your Father."

Chibi-Usa leaned against the trunk of the tree, "So now what's going to happen?"

Rei shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know that one either."

Chibi-Usa stood up, "Great because I was told I have an audience with the man in ten minutes."

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Seiya walked into the reception hall which had been changed since the Senshi's dinner last night. Now it was decorated with hues of pink in dedication to Chibi-Usa's wedding. He kneeled in front of the throne before she had even entered the room. Within moments a guard announced her arrival and he watched with his head bowed as her pink slippers walked past him. Once she was seated in the throne she spoke,

"So you are Seiya - Sailor Star Fighter."

Seiya remained in his stance, "Yes, your highness. I am a guest at your wedding and wanted to formally introduce myself and congratulate you on behalf of my people and my princess."

"You can be at ease here . . . but I guess you have already begun that process since you spent last night in my Mother's chambers!"

Seiya's head shot up and he stared at Chibi-Usa. She looked like her mother.

"Pardon me?"

"I wish I could. I know all about you and my Mother," Chibi-Usa crossed her arms over her chest.

"With all do respect your highness - that was before you were even born. And last night I slept on a chair while your Mother slept in her parlor."

Chibi-Usa stood up and stared him down, "You tried separating my Father and Mother -"

Finally Seiya broke his stance and stood up himself. Now he was the one looking down on at her, "Your Father left without ever returning any of her messages - and yeah, technically he was dead. But nobody knew that. And I even backed off once he showed up again."

Chibi-Usa refused to back down though, "But the point is you still tried to make a vulnerable woman fall in love with you - and from the way I heard it you almost succeeded!"

Seiya lost some of his composure and yelled, "Why would that have been so awful!"

"HEL-LO!," Chibi-Usa pointed both index fingers towards herself when Setsuna entered.

"Small Lady - what is going on in here? Oh Seiya; hello."

Seiya bowed politely towards her and then to Chibi-Usa, "Excuse me for ending this audience early, but I think I should probably start packing and returning home."

He turned to leave when Setsuna stopped him, "Seiya wait."

She turned towards Chibi-Usa, "Small Lady, you should not believe gossip. And whatever Seiya's intentions were, your Mother remained loyal to your Father. You shouldn't punish him for something that happened so long ago and he only came here because he got an invitation. He's just trying to be a good representative for his princess and his planet."

Chibi-Usa looked over at Seiya, frowning at first, then sighing, "Fine. You can stay."

She turned with a huff and began to walk away when Setsuna coughed a small 'ahem.' Chibi-Usa rolled her eyes, and turned to face Seiya again, "It would be a pleasure and a great honor to have you as a guest to my wedding."

Seiya just nodded with a bewildered look and Chibi-Usa finally managed to walk out of the room without any interruptions.

Seiya stared at Setsuna, "Thank you."

Setsuna smiled, "She can be a mouthful sometimes."

"Oh you've known her for a long time?"

Setsuna's eyes moved to the side and she nodded, "Yes I have. She is like my own."

Seiya looked at her for another moment, looked at her eyes - those red eyes, the same red eyes he had just been staring into. He stepped back. He never liked Mamoru; and he knew that it was because of his own jealousies, but what if he disliked him for some very good reasons. What if he cheated on Usagi? With Setsuna? The way she looked, just then - reminiscing about "Small Lady."

And those eyes.

He quickly excused himself and walked right into his own personal mission of finding the evidence he needed to finally help Usagi move on. Of course he also told himself it was solely for her benefit since he refused to believe, even in the possibility, of still being in love with her.

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Chibi-Usa paced in front of her Mother's suite.

Sure she told him he could stay - even after the fact had been established that until he left, it would be totally awkward.

Sure, she now stood in front of her Mother's door, knowing that if they haven't been able to speak what was on their minds for the past five years, it probably wouldn't change that day.

Sure she needed some kind of closure on the subject in order to move on but it would have to suffice to get that from the holograms main center.

She turned around and walked away.

- - - -

Ami and Makoto were sitting in the library reading some books when Seiya stormed in.

Ami looked up and bowed politely, "Seiya - it's so nice that you could come."

Makoto joined in, "Yeah, you must be famished, would you like some of the cookies I just made?"

Seiya realized by the grumbling of his stomach that he hadn't eaten since yesterday morning, and even though he was on a mission, he decided that a quick five minute break would be alright. He sat down by them and gobbled down half the plate before he spoke up, "Makoto, Ami do you know anything about holograms?"

Makoto shook her head, "The only thing I know about them is that I watch them."

But Ami nodded, "What is it that you want to know?"

Seiya swallowed the last batch of cookies before he replied, "How can you get a hologram of the past before holograms were invented?"

Ami smiled and began to explain that it was all because of their joint powers, "Shortly after Crystal Tokyo was founded all the Senshi from this solar system combined their powers to be able to see our past, to be reminded and humbled by it, to understand our beginnings and never abuse our powers. It just so happens that we were even able to go as far back as the Moon Kingdom, to see our past lives - it's quite interesting."

Seiya tried to fallow but as Ami began explaining just how those images were able to be stored in the newly invented hologram directory with mathematical equations he gave up, "Ami - Ami, um so basically powers, all together, create holograms when they had just been invented and you guys stored everything you could think of, right?"

"Well basically speaking, yeah."

"So the first big chunk of the directory is only based on your own memories? What if you remembered something different than what actually happened?"

Ami tried to explain as plainly as she could that they weren't based off of their memories, but she couldn't resist reverting right back to all the mathematical equations she had mentioned before, and then some.

Seiya raised his hand and sighed, "Look I'll just take your word for it." He turned towards Makoto hoping she would give him a simple answer, "Makoto, has the palace always been surveillanced with the holograms machine and then stored in the directory?"

She placed her index finger on her chin and looked up, "Well I don't know about now, but I do know that when we were here - yeah everything was captured by the holograms cameras and placed in the directory."

Seiya smiled, "So where is this directory?"

Ami finally grew suspicious and asked, "What do you want with the directory?"

Seiya knew that they would defend Mamoru so he treaded carefully, praying his acting was good enough to fool them. He took in a sharp breath, letting it out in a deep sigh for dramatic pause and answered, "I wanted to see why Usagi never loved me back; just want to know for the next girl what I can do differently."

Ami and Makoto sighed at the same time and couldn't help but go 'aaawww.' They told him where the directory was and how it will only take commands and let itself be accessed by a Senshi. He nodded and walked to the other end of the library as he was instructed; and when he came to the farthest back shelf, he pulled on the book that he needed to in order to get in. The shelf moved and he walked into the opening that led to a large dome shaped crystal room. As he walked in further the shelf closed behind him and a light turned on to reveal a bulky rectangle in the center of the room.

Once he stood before it, he gently laid his hand on the pad that extended out from the machine. It scanned his handprint and then came to life. Buttons of all shapes and colors covered the top of it and a small pad off to the side worked as a scrollbar - Enter keywords for access.

Seiya stood there for a few moments before he smiled to himself. Maybe he could have some fun with this.

He looked for the keypad and typed in: First time I saw Usagi Tsukino.

Rays of light lifted to the ceiling and in a perfect 3-D image he saw himself looking back at Usagi at the airport so many years ago. But the memory was bittersweet. And shaking it off as simple curiosity he ended the hologram and returned to his original mission.

Enter keywords for access

He tried to think of what he could type in that would catch Mamoru cold-handed.

He shrugged his shoulders and decided that if he honestly was to prove that Setsuna was Chibi-Usa's biological mother, then there was really only one way to go about it:

Chibi-Usa-

But before he could finish typing he heard a shriek and flinched.

He turned slightly to see Chibi-Usa storming towards her, "What do you think you're doing in here?!"

Seiya relaxed against the machine and folded his arms over his chest, "Research. What are you doing here?"

Chibi-Usa leaned on her right leg and also folded her arms over her chest, "I needed to see that nothing happened between the two of you before I could close this chapter and really relax at my own wedding."

"Oh because me being here is the worst thing that could happen at your wedding right?"

Chibi-Usa raised an eyebrow, "Probably." She looked past him and saw her name typed in the scrollbar. She looked back at Seiya and demanded to know what he was up to.

Finally Seiya couldn't contain himself any longer and he blurted out his whole theory before he could even stop it. His words hit her like a ton of bricks but she tried to remain calm as she walked to stand beside him at the machine, "Then let's both do our research and get this over with."

But inside Chibi-Usa was about to burst. She never even considered it before but it would explain a lot of things. The way Setsuna always looked at her Father, how different she and her Mother really were and not to mention how close she and Setsuna have always been with one another. Yet still, she hoped that her whole life would not turn out to be a lie; especially since it was Seiya of all people who could be the one to reveal the truth.

Seiya finished typing: Chibi-Usa's conception.

The rays of light once again reached to the ceiling and in a flash the 3-D hologram started.

But it wasn't what they expected it to be.

Before them, in a 30 ft. tall frame, they watched in horror as Mamoru and Usagi were in the middle of "concepting" Chibi-Usa. They both reached for the scrollbar to stop it but instead they accidentally raised the volume. Now not only were they having to watch something that neither of them really needed to see but now they were absolutely petrified as they were forced to listen to it, too.

"Oh for all that is holy cut it off!," Chibi-Usa screamed while covering her ears in hope that it would drown out the sounds.

Seiya yelled back through almost clenched teeth, "Like I'm enjoying this?!"

He finally located the button and managed to end the hologram. They both opened their eyes and just looked down for several minutes.

Finally Seiya spoke up, "That's not what I meant to see."

Chibi-Usa closed her eyes again, "I think I'm going blind."

Seiya actually had to smile at that one which did not help the situation at all, "I guess it at least proves who your mother is but I still question your Father."

Chibi-Usa looked away from him and down at the keypad, "I know that Setsuna has always loved my Father - I finally understood what that look in her eyes meant when I fell in love myself."

Seiya looked at her again. She seemed determined to find out what the truth was, even if it meant shattering the life she had lead up to that moment with a shocking revelation, "No matter how different you and your Mother are - I think you both have the same courage."

Chibi-Usa swallowed and a silent, but awkward moment hung over them until Seiya finally typed in the next keywords: Sailor Pluto - King Endymion.

Again the flash appeared and several scenes played out quickly in front of them; the first meeting, the first glance, the first words - and then finally they saw something they never expected . . . Setsuna heavily pregnant and talking to both Mamoru and Usagi. They watched as she entered their suite under several layered robes and slowly took one by one off walking towards the bed. By the time she reached the bed, she was in a plain white dress.

It was only then that Chibi-Usa was able to raise the volume:

She picked a great timing didn't she? Setsuna smiled up warmly at them. Usagi leaned her scepter with the Silver Crystal on it against the nightstand.

She wanted to make sure she could be here to see the birth of Crystal Tokyo - Mamoru smiled back down at Setsuna.

We are so close, there are only a few left, then we will have rid the world of them - and then, finally - we can live at peace with our daughter - Usagi spoke up.

Mamoru still looked at Setsuna, he smiled from ear to ear, I don't care what is happening out there right now, the Senshi can handle it. Right now we need to give her the time we have been owing her.

Setsuna glance up at them both, you had a world to save - how where you to know that it would happen when you two were having Chibi-Usa?

Yes, but doing this for us, for the past six months - you have protected our baby and now you are bringing her into the world. Usagi seemed on the verge of tears and Setsuna frowned a little bit as she felt a contraction grip inside of her.

Mamoru quick, get Ami and Hotaru! Usagi yelled and Mamoru left the room.

Since the machine was only supposed to show interactions with Mamoru and Setsuna, the image ended right there, at that moment. Leaving two people hurt and confused.

One because she wasn't told the truth; but what was the truth?

And the other, because he knew he couldn't measure up to this man on his best day. But still these new found facts interested him.

Answers needed to be given but Chibi-Usa knew that if she asked the right questions, the direct questions; then she would be able to find out the truth from Setsuna; still there was some anger left to be piled on Seiya, "Why did you do this? Instead of just talking with my Mother or Setsuna, you just sneak behind both their backs to make my Father look bad - to destroy his legacy."

Seiya smirked his smile to the side, "And oh you're so perfect? You're here to find out what happened between your Mother and me when I already told you the truth - you have no faith in people, and can't believe it until you see it."

Chibi-Usa slammed her hand against the machine, "At least I can accept the truth once it's laid out in front of me! You have to find excuses to be around my Mother, to destroy her late husband's reputation in order to have another swing at it. And since I can't believe it until I see it - let's see what comes up."

She cleared the scrollbar and entered: Seiya - Usagi - Love

Seiya refused to look up as she turned the volume up once again to hear his private conversations with a love he had sworn to forget.

The first time they saw each other at the airport was easy enough to listen to, since it wasn't that long ago when hew saw, and dealt with it. And when their "date" came up he actually smiled and looked up to watch the mishaps of that day. He saw, and remembered, holding her close to protect her; he still remembered how she felt - soft.

The concert came up next where even though the song was intended for another, he could only think of Usagi. Meaning every word for her. Every single word.

He looked over at Chibi-Usa who was watching this seemingly unfazed. The whole situation didn't even bother him. He had worked through all of this a long time ago and it didn't mat-

Rain.

Her words. Her screams. Her cries for Mamoru . . . His head shot back up to look at the scene that unfolded in front of them. A scene. With lines he still rehearsed - only he wrote them off as random memories - a faint, grim memory that only needed to be remembered because of the pain they had caused in the first place, to remind him of the pain they could cause again. Lines that should never have been uttered in the first place

But on that day, on that rooftop, he needed to say what had been bearing - gripping and wrenching - down on his heart for so long. And when that last thought past, he heard it:

Am I not good enough?

End of Chapter. 2