Another Crystal Tokyo
Disclaimer: If I owned Sailor Moon and/or Yu-Gi-Oh! I wouldn't be writing a disclaimer.
Chapter 3: Together Again…Sort of.
A 13 year old tri-haired teen walked through the gardens of the Moon Kingdom alone. He and his father had travelled to the Moon in hopes of forging an alliance with Queen Serenity and had been left under the care of her two feline advisors while she spoke with his father. While the palace back in Egypt had beautiful gardens, they paled in comparison to the ones on the Moon. With the climate being much cooler than the scorching heat of the desert, plants grew much easier and in greater numbers than back home. The only other garden he could imagine rivaling the beauty of the one he was in now was the garden of his friend Prince Darien.
During his comparisons, the teen hadn't noticed someone running toward him until they collided. Opening his mouth to berate the other, he found himself gawking instead.
Sprawled out on the ground beside him was a beautiful girl of about 13 with blond hair styled much like Queen Serenity's and beautiful deep blue eyes. A vision dressed in a beautiful white gown, he thought the girl to be a goddess. Turning her head to face him, the prince could see an upturned gold crescent moon on her brow. Looking at her, he couldn't help but feel as though he'd seen or heard about her from someone.
Realizing what she had done, the girl leapt to her feet and helped him up. "I'm sorry!" she apologized, her voice like music. "I was trying to avoid my tutor and wasn't looking where I was going."
As if to back up the girl's claims, a voice hollered nearby, "Princess! You still have lessons you need to attend!"
Realizing who the girl was, the prince decided he wanted to help her. Quickly looking around, he found that they were underneath a large cherry blossom tree. Deciding it would do, he pointed up at the branches before kneeling and cupping his hands. "Quickly, into the tree if you wanna escape your tutor!"
Nodding, the princess stepped on his cupped hands and was hoisted into the tree. Once in the safety of the branches, the prince motioned for her to stay quiet before lounging against the bark. No sooner than his back touched the trunk did a blue haired woman dressed in the garb of the Queen's Sailor Soldiers walk around the tree and into sight.
Noticing the prince, the woman bowed. "Sorry to disturb you your highness," she apologized, "But by chance have you seen a girl in white run by here?"
The prince gave her a sad smile. "Sorry, I haven't," he lied.
The woman let out a sigh of annoyance but bowed once more. "Thank you your highness," she said. Without another word, she turned and left.
Getting back up, the prince peeked around the tree and watched the scout until he could see her no more. Smiling, he looked up at the princess. "You can come down now," he said, "Your tutor's gone."
The princess blushed as she looked down at him. "Um, I don't think I can climb down in this dress without tearing it," she said with a nervous giggle.
Chuckling, the prince held out his arms. "Jump down, I promise I'll catch you."
Swallowing nervously, the princess nodded hesitantly. Closing her eyes, she leapt out of the tree. As he promised, the prince caught her. Opening her eyes, she found herself gazing into his crimson eyes. The prince held her gaze for a moment before remembering where she was. Flushing in embarrassment, the prince set the equally flushed girl on her feet.
Giggling nervously, the princess bowed. "Thank you for your help."
The prince bowed in return. "No problem," he assured her. "I only wish I had someone help me escape my tutor back home."
For a moment, the princess looked surprised by the admission before she let out a peal of laughter. Finding the sound to be contagious, the prince found himself laughing along with her.
After a few moments, the prince cleared his throat and bowed. "I don't think we've been properly introduced, I'm Prince Atem of Egypt."
His companion looked surprised. "Oh! You're one of the visitors my mother was expecting," she said without thinking. As soon as she registered what she said, she flushed with embarrassment once more and curtsied. "Sorry. I'm Princess Serena of the Moon Kingdom."
Atem smiled in response. "Don't worry about it," he assured her. "But I must complement you on your gorgeous gardens."
Serena smiled at the compliment. "Thanks. Many of the plants come from Earth and were planted here after I saw the gardens of Elysion."
"You've been to Elysion?" Atem asked, surprised.
Serena nodded. "Oh yes. My best friend is Prince Darien of Elysion and sometimes I visit him when no one's watching."
Looking over the girl once more, Atem realized why she looked familiar. "You're the friend Darien told me about," he commented.
Serena smiled. "Only nice things I hope," she replied.
Atem nodded. He had only heard nice things about the Moon Princess from his friend, due to the fact that the Prince of Elysion was in love with her. Though if he recalled correctly, the Moon Princess saw Prince Darien as an older brother rather than someone to marry. He wondered how his friend would react if he tried his hand at courting the Moon Princess. He was broken out of his pondering by the princess waving a hand in front of his face.
"Sorry, did you say something?" he asked.
Serena smiled at him. "I asked if you wanted to walk through the gardens with me," she repeated.
Atem nodded and extended his arm. "I'd love to," he confessed.
Giggling at the gesture, Serena wrapped her pale arm around his tanned arm and proceeded to show him around the gardens.
The annoying blare of an alarm roused Yami from his sleep. Groaning, the teen reached out and slammed his hand down on the sleep button to shut it up. Rubbing his face, he made his way to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Under the steady stream of water, he found the remnants of sleep washed away and replaced with the feeling that something was going to happen that day. Pushing the feeling away, he found his mind wandering back to his dream.
Ever since he got his body six months ago, he had been haunted by dreams that left him feeling empty inside when he awoke. The dream was always the same, a tanner version of him would be walking through a garden until he was knocked to the ground by a girl with long blond hair pulled into odangos. He would help the girl escape someone who looked strangely like the Sailor Mercury that Yugi and his friends had spoken about, and then the two would walk through the garden together. Despite the fact that he had been having the dream for months, he could never remember what the blonde's face looked like.
Thinking of the girl, Yami's eyes snapped wide open. Though the dream had been the same, he could actually remember everything about her. Her hair, her eyes, the crescent mark on her forehead; he could even remember her voice and laugh. In that instant, the hollow feeling he had been thinking of was replaced with one of contentment—and longing for a reason unknown to him.
Needing to share the news, Yami cut his shower short and was dried and dressed within a minute. Racing to his bedroom, Yami grabbed the Millennium Puzzle and hung it around his neck before dashing back out. Entering the kitchen moments later, he found his 'brother' Yugi and his 'grandfather' Solomon making breakfast.
Once the initial shock of Yami having his own body wore off, he and his friends were met with the question of how they were going to explain him to the public. It was with great reluctance that the group had turned to Maximillian Pegasus for the answer, as he was the only other person they knew who knew about magic. To their surprise, Pegasus had forged documents to prove Yami's legal existence—naming him Yami Moto as well as the King of Games since he had been the one to actually defeat him in a duel. When asked as to why he was helping them, Pegasus replied that if the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle was able to gain his own body through magic then there may yet be a way for his Cecilia to gain one as well. Though they had been skeptical about that, the group of friends had opted to keep their opinions to themselves and accept Pegasus's help.
Hearing him enter, Yugi turned and smiled at Yami; his happy expression turning to worry when he noticed the crazed look in his eyes. "Y-Yami? Are you okay?"
"I remember the girl," Yami replied.
Yugi and Solomon both gasped at the news. They had known about Yami's dreams for months now and had even looked for ways to try and stop them. After innumerous failed attempts, Yami had told them to stop and that he would just deal with them. The fact that he could finally remember the girl thrilled the two.
Yugi beamed at his friend. "That's great!" he exclaimed.
Solomon nodded in agreement; a huge smile on his face. "That is excellent news," he agreed, setting a plate of pancakes and bacon on the table. "Why don't you tell us all about her over some breakfast?"
Agreeing, Yami began to tell his family about his dream
Half an hour later saw Yugi and Yami walking through town with their friends Joey, Tristan, and Téa. As soon as their friends heard the news about Yami's dream, the three had congratulated their friend. The dreams were no secret to their friends and they had helped research ways to stave them off. The news that their friend could finally remember the portion of the dream that had troubled him so much was welcome news.
As the group approached one of the stores registering people for Battle City, they took notice of a group of seven people waiting out by the door of the store. Looking at the group, Yami couldn't help but feel that he knew them from somewhere. In the blink of an eye, he found the group changing into four of the Sailor Scouts, two felines, and the man he had seen on TV with the scouts several months earlier. Rubbing his eyes at the vision, he found the vision gone.
"Um, excuse me," Téa said, walking up to the group. "Is this a line to register for Battle City?"
A dark green haired woman with red eyes shook her head. "No it isn't," she replied with a small smile. "We're merely waiting for our friends to finish registering."
"Thanks," Téa said.
"Yeah, thanks," Yugi agreed.
Getting nods in return, Téa reached out to open the door only to have the black haired man beat her to it. "Allow me," the man said with a smile.
Téa smiled at the man as she passed through the door. "Thanks."
Inside the store, the group was met by a group of five, 16 year old girls standing at the counter, who once again seemed familiar to Yami. All but one of the girls were holding a box filled with what Yami assumed to be the Duel Disk he'd need for the tournament.
"Name," the store clerk said to a girl with blond hair pulled into odangos.
"Serena Tsukino," the blonde replied, her voice giving her Yami's immediate attention.
"I see you've got four and a half stars," the clerk replied after punching in her name. "And you are in possession of the rare Light of Hope trap card."
Serena nodded. "Yup, that's me!" she said with a giggle.
Turning around, the clerk grabbed one of the three remaining Duel Disk boxes off the shelf. "Here you are miss, and good luck in the tournament."
"Thanks!"
Together, the five girls turned around to leave. Seeing the girls' faces, Yami found himself suddenly looking at a vision of five more Sailor Scouts. As the vision faded, he let out a gasp when he saw Serena's face. The girl looked exactly like the girl from his dream! Four squeals broke him out of his shock in time to see four of the five girls grinning like mad while the fifth—Serena—had a dreamy look in her eyes as she stared at him.
"It's Yami Moto!" the other blonde of the group squealed. In the blink of an eye, Yami found the girl shaking his hand. "It's nice to meet you!" she exclaimed, "I'm Mina Aino."
Before Yami could reply, a tall brunette girl knocked Mina aside to take her place. "Hi! I'm Lita Kino and I'm such a big fan!"
Like before, Yami found another girl taking the place of the previous before he could reply—this time a girl with long black hair and purple eyes. "I'm Raye Hino and it's such an honor to meet you!"
"Girls!" a blue haired girl scolded. "You're being quite rude!" Turning to Yami, she smiled and bowed. "My name is Amy Mizuno, and I apologize for my friends' behavior."
Raye glared at the blunette. "Don't act like you're not as thrilled as we are to meet him!" she snapped. "I saw that magazine you were reading on the plane ride here and how you were ogling his picture!"
Yami blocked out the rest of the conversation as he walked up to the dreamy-eyed Serena. Once in front of her, he found himself to be only an inch taller than the girl. With a smile, he held his hand out, snapping the girl out of her trance. "Hello, I'm Yami Moto," he said.
Serena smiled in response, fully aware that her friends were staring at her with envy. "Pleased to meet you, I'm Serena Tsukino," she replied, reaching to shake his hand.
When their hands touched, Yami found himself jumping at the feeling of an electric shock—something he noticed Serena felt as well. Looking into Serena's eyes, he found himself momentarily getting lost in their depths before he looked her face over. He had been right, she was identical to the girl in his dreams. The only differences between the two girls was that this girl lacked the crescent moon on her forehead and that she was real. After a moment, Serena released his hand and let it fall to her side.
Swallowing, Yami said the first thing that popped into his head, "Would you may be like to do something later?"
Serena flushed scarlet at the question and nodded shyly. "I'd like to, but I'm afraid I might not be able to since I'm only in town for the tournament," she replied.
Yami tried not to let his disappointment from the news show and forced a smile. "Oh, really?" he asked. "Where are you from?"
"The Juban District of Japan."
Yami's eyes widened in surprise. When he asked where she was from, he had expected her to be from one of the neighboring towns, not from another country. After a moment, the name of her home finally registered. If she was from Sailor Moon's hometown, maybe she knew something about her—and more importantly her crystal.
Joey beat him to the punch and asked, "You're seriously from the Juban District?"
Serena nodded. "Yes I am," she confirmed. "I've lived there my whole life."
"That's where we're all from," Raye added. She pointed at the doors. "Our friends out there are from there too.
"Have you guys ever met the Sailor Scouts?" Tristan asked.
Out of the corner of his eye, Yami thought he saw Raye, Lita, Mina and Amy share a look. Unfortunately, the look came and went before he could be sure. Though that left him with the question as to why they would even share a look at the question.
Lita shook her head. "Not officially," she replied. "Though they've saved each of us at least once."
Yami and his friends looked surprised by the news; Yami's wondering officially over at the admission. No one would want to admit that they had had to be rescued and would probably lie and say that they met them some other way.
"Really?" Yugi asked.
Amy nodded. "Really." She held her hand out toward Yugi. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced."
After a moment of thought, Yugi nodded and shook her hand. "I'm Yugi Moto."
"Joey Wheeler," Joey chimed.
"Téa Gardner," Téa said with a smile.
"The name's Tristan Taylor."
"And you already know my name," Yami stated.
Raye opened her mouth to say something only to be cut off by the aqua haired woman from outside, poking her head in. "Girls, if you wanna make it to lunch with Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire and the Four Sisters, we have to go now."
"Coming Michelle," the girls said.
"Sorry but we have to go," Lita commented. "But it was nice meeting you."
Serena nodded. "Hopefully we'll see you all during the tournament tomorrow."
Though disappointed by Serena having to go, Yami smiled at the idea of seeing her tomorrow. "Yeah," he said. He turned to wave to the girls as they left. "See you all tomorrow."
Once the girls were gone, Joey grinned teasingly and lightly elbowed Yami in the ribs. "So," he said, drawing out the 'o'. "You gotta thing for Serena?"
Yami flushed scarlet at the question. "Um…kinda?" he asked. Seeing his friends puzzled looks, he continued, "I think she's the girl I've been dreaming about for the past few months."
The response surprised his friends. Of all the things they expected their friend to answer with, that hadn't been one of them. What were the chances of someone dreaming of another person and then meeting them in real life? It sounded like something out of a fairytale or a romance novel.
"Everything about Serena is identical to the girl I've been dreaming of," Yami continued. "Her face, her hair, her laugh, hell even her name is the same!"
"Okay," Yugi said, a little freaked out. "That's just strange."
"Really?" Téa asked with stars in her eyes. "I think it's romantic! Yami has literally met the girl of his dreams!"
"Who's only in town for the Battle City tournament," Tristan commented.
"Which is what makes it romantic!" Téa said. "He has until the end of the tournament to win her heart!"
"The only problem is that he'll probably have to duel her at some point," Joey argued. "And she may not take losing to a guy trying to win her heart too well."
"Not to mention that she's from Japan," Yugi added. "She'd have to agree to a long distance relationship."
"Are you kids going to buy anything?" the store clerk asked, interrupting their conversation.
Remembering why they were there in the first place, Yami nodded at the clerk before looking back at his friends. "We'll finish this conversation later," he promised.
Getting murmurs in response, the teen headed over to the clerk to register for the tournament that would determine the future of man-kind.
A/N: And there is chapter 3.
Originally I was gonna have Yami not recall the girl in his dream until a later chapter, but I changed it half way through writing the chapter. It gives Yami a reason to pursue Serena while Serena will receive her own in the next chapter.
The next chapter will see the scouts visiting the Domino Museum to see the tablet housed there where they will meet Ishizu and receive a premonition—as well as a new ally.
Until then, please let me know what you thought in a review!