Chapter 4 of "I Wish I Had Met You Earlier"

"I Wish I Had Met You Earlier"

By: Sieya Stars

[A Sailor Moon Story in the Rasciana/Arcainia Saga]

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Author's Notes: A couple of things I wanted to clear up about this story ^_^ . First of all, I don't want anyone to think that I am really pompous or something because one of the characters in this has my real name, though not everybody who reads this will know that. But anyway, my real name, that is shared by one of the characters in this story, is the name of someone I knew a long time ago, and love very much, so I legally changed my name to hers, and I gave the name to this before mentioned character. So please don't think that I think way too much of myself, ok? Thanks! ^_^

Also, This story is part of an open ended, and non continuos, saga [or collection] of stories that I will be writing, which will include Sailor Moon stories, and non-Sailor Moon Stories, that all feature the two Characters: Rasciana and Arcainia. I call this open ended saga the: Rasciana and Arcainia Saga. So hopefully that will clear up any questions you might have on that.

Also, I'd like to say that all Sailor Moon characters do not belong to me, ok? They belong to the brilliant Naoko Takeuchi, as well as Bandai, Toei Animation, and countless other companies who own the rights, or have been leased the rights. However, I do own the characters Rasciana and Arcainia, so please don't take these characters for yourself, I wouldn't be very happy about that! ^_^ Thanks!

Also, I know that the Starlights are not really biological sisters, but in my story I have them calling each other that because they are so close and stuff, ok? ^_^

Well, I can't think of anything else pertinent to say, so I believe that I will let you enjoy the story now!

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Chapter 4

Just then Rascia took Seiya's hand and they disappeared again, reappearing back in Seiya's bedroom on his home planet. Seiya looked around in confusion, then in irritation.

"Why did you take us back? I want to know if she is all right? I want to know what happens?!" Seiya said to the two Reality Guardians angrily.

"Dear Seiya, we cannot show you the future, especially since nothing may even happen with that anyway. One can only know so much about the future. And you are not suppose to know anything about your future, at least not yet," Rascia replied.

"What do you mean the future? You said that all of this was the past?" Seiya asked confused.

"No, Seiya. All that we showed you was the past. But what you want us to show you now is the near future. For you see, what you witnessed has just been happening as we have been watching it. And what we are offering you is something that might make anything past what you have seen, never take place. We are going to allow you to make it as if none of that ever happened," Arcainia explained.

"But it already has happened, wouldn't I disrupt time if I went back and changed something that already took place?" Seiya asked.

[AN: Any reader reading this, who does not like reading about time travel or time line theories, might want to skip this next paragraph and continue on reading at the following paragraph.]

"Seiya, time travel is a tricky thing. If you were to go back in time and change Usagi's past so that you were her boyfriend and not Mamoru, and you and her were together as a couple from that point up until now, and then you and her were to be together as a couple from this time we are at now until whenever. The time in Usagi's past that you both know of now [where she is together with Mamoru and not you, and where she didn't know you existed up until the war with Galaxia], that time period isn't lost or doesn't end up disappearing. That time period still exists. It exists as it always has, right up until now. Then from the point where you make the decision to go back and meet Usagi when she first became Sailor Moon, up until now, 3 years after the end of the war with Galaxia, that new time line happens right after the original version that you will change. Then after that, your future from this time point on with Usagi starts to happen."

After hearing Rascia's explanation of how time travel works, Seiya didn't feel so reluctant about taking them up on their offer to go back in time and alter Usagi's past, "So I will not risk ruining Usagi's life, or the future of this world or reality if I have Usagi meet me a few years before the war with Galaxia?" Seiya clarifies.

"Exactly. Trust us, it is our job to keep reality together. We wouldn't offer you anything that would jeopardize that mission. And you have already seen that Usagi is not happy with Mamoru and wants to be with you," Arcainia answered.

"And what of her child with Mamoru, Chibi-Usa? I don't want to cause her to loose the daughter she has grown to love?" Seiya asked.

"Seiya," Rasciana admonished, "We can't tell you everything that is going to happen, or every consequence of every action. You are going to have to trust us, just a little. And remember from what you witnessed a few moments ago, even with Usagi doing everything that she thought she should be doing, that Chibi-Usa was still not being born when she should. So Chibi-Usa's fate is uncertain no matter whether you decide to alter the future or not. Do you understand?"

"You have a point. And what about our princess, who will protect her?! Her other guardian Senshi?!

"You will be going back in time as a time traveler from a different time line. Therefore, the StarLights on this new time line will still exist there on your home planet, until such time as you have altered Usagi's feelings for Mamoru and caused her to love you! At that point the you that is hear speaking to me, and the you in this other time line, will merge, and you will be back on your homeplanet, free to decide your own destiny with Usagi," Rascia explained.

So I guess you are trying to convince me that neither Usagi nor myself, nor anyone else have anything to loose by me taking you up on your offer to enter Usagi's life a few years earlier than I did, and try to alter the past, present, and future between us. Am I right?" Seiya asked.

Rascia and Arcainia smiled at Seiya warmly, "Exactly, Seiya. I'm impressed that you caught on to that all so quickly. That is exactly what we are trying to get you to see as the truth. And you, Usagi, her friends and family, and even Mamoru are all very intelligent, caring, resourceful people. I am sure that if you want to make sure that Chibi-Usa still comes to life, that you will make sure that it happens in whatever way is needed. You must have faith in yourselves and your abilities," Rascia added.

For the first time since he saved Usagi from Sailor Tin Nyanko on the roof of Crossroads High School, and felt for sure that she would always love Mamoru and never himself, he regained all of his hope and brightened up considerably, becoming happy again. A bright smile totally changed and lit up his face, causing Rascia's face to brighten in a smile in response. Arcainia gave Rascia a loving, and understanding gaze that Seiya caught, though he didn't think that Rascia noticed it. She wondered what it meant, but decided it was none of her business.

"You are right. I'm sure we can figure out a way to have Chibi-Usa live, even if I succeed in getting Usagi to myself. But what of her destiny, what about her becoming ruler of Crystal Tokyo, won't that be disrupted," Seiya asked.

"No, Seiya. Remember what I said about trusting us not to ruin reality. Don't you think that you and her are capable of ruling Crystal Tokyo just as well as her and Mamoru?" Rascia asked.

Seiya's smiled brightened even more at the thought, "Yeah, I guess your right. The only real thing that is in jeopardy about her destiny, that she doesn't want to loose, is her daughter, and you said that we all should be able to find a solution to that problem. All right then, I have no more doubts, I am ready to go back to the past right now!" Seiya said, finishing zipping up her travel bag and lifting it up enthusiastically.

Rasciana and Arcainia smiled affectionately at the excited sailor senshi, "Seiya, there are a few things we must tell you before you can go. A few ground rules and things like that," Arcainia explained.

Seiya nodded her head and perked up to attention, "First, when you are sent back you, nor your brothers, will not be able to tell anyone about your being time travelesr, until Arcainia and/or myself, and/or Sailor Pluto/Setsuna appear to you and tell you you can. Second of all, you must work at getting Mamoru together with Makoto/Sailor Jupiter. Third of all, you must convince your two brothers to go back in time with you. You will not be able to successfully go back in time otherwise. Fourth of all, you must succeed in getting Mamoru and Jupiter to admit their love for each other. And fifth of all, you must get Usagi to admit her love for you, before the point in time where Queen Beryl is destroyed," Arcainia finished.

"Who is Queen Beryl? How much time does that mean I have? What happens if I don't succeed at getting Mamoru and Jupiter to love each other?" Seiya asked in a jumble.

Rascia smiled at him again, "Mamoru & Jupiter must end up loving each other, with your help, or," Rascia paused, fumbling for words, "……lets just say that things in the future will not turn out well if you don't! As far as how much time you have, approximately 8 or 9 months. And you will discover soon enough who Queen Beryl is, I can't send you back in the past with too much prior information, consider that another ground rule for being a time traveler."

Seiya nodded his head in agreement, right before Rascia pulled a beautiful sparkling neclace she was wearing under her dress, from off of her neck. Rascia handed the lovely neclace to Seiya, who took it confusedly and with great awe. He realized upon looking at it more closely that it was made completely of sparkling, white diamonds, held together by the most purist gold he had ever seen. The neclace seemed to radiate the same kind of sparkling, bright aura as Rascia and Arcainia did, though it glowed both silver and gold together. It glowed even brighter at Seiya's touch.

"When you have convinced your brother's to travel with you, and you are all ready to go back in time, to when Usagi first became Sailor Moon, place that neclace around your neck. And whatever you do, do not allow that neclace to come off your neck, or you will go back to this point in time and will never be able to return, and time will stay the way it is right now, forever. As long as that neclace stays on you, you will remain safely in the altered time line. And don't worry, as long as it is around your neck, it is completely indestructible. Nothing can harm or destroy it! This is the last, and a very important, time travel ground rule. Do you understand?" Rascia asked Seiya seriously.

Seiya nodded his head firmly, and placed the important, lovely, priceless neclace in his Senshi Extra-Dimension Pocket, until such time as he was to use it! When he looked back up, Rascia and Arcainia were completely gone, not a trace of them anywhere.

"We will be watching you, and wishing you all the best! Dear, sweet, Seiya!" Rascia's voice said, echoing around his bedroom chamber.

In the next minute, he heard wrapping at his door, "Seiya, it's Taiki and Yaten! We are concerned about you, we want to talk to you and try to help you!" Taiki said gently but loudly.

Seiya, a smile beaming on her face, ran to the door, and flung it open enthusiastically. She discovered two things on the completion of this action, one: she was tremendously out of shape - for she was panting and felt light headed -, and two: Taiki and Yaten were incredibly shocked, yet delighted, to see their sister looking so happy for the first time in nearly 3 years!

"Seiya, is that you! Are you finally over Usagi-chan now, and ready to be an active protector of the Princess!" said, you guessed it, Yaten!

"Yaten, can't you be a little more tactfull, and sympathetic for Seiya's feelings! Don't you ever miss, and want to be around Minako, like I feel about Ami and Seiya feels about Usagi! You know she really cared about you a lot!" replied, you guessed it, Taiki.

Yaten just rolled his eyes and looked back at Seiya, who grabbed both of their hands and pulled them into her bedroom, closing the door.

"Yaten, Taiki, listen to me, we've been given a chance to alter the past, for Usagi's Galaxy, and who knows, maybe even our own, I don't know for sure yet! But you have both got to agree to come back with me in time, or none of this can happen!" Seiya said, recovering her spent energy by sitting on her bed.

"Whoa, girl, calm down!" Yaten said, rolling her eyes up again, "I think you are starting to suffer from malnutrition caused deliriums now or something! Nobody's going to, or able to, go back in time! Anyway, we have to stay here and protect our Princess!" Yaten said indignantly.

Taiki wasn't thoroughly convinced that Seiya's talk of time traveling was due to his severe bodily deterioration. She remembered that Sailor Pluto had the ability to control time and send people backwards or forwards in time, "Does this have something to do with Sailor Pluto, Seiya? Did she come to you and give you permission to go back in time and alter something?"

Seiya looked at Taiki and tried to think of how to make sure to be able to convince her of the need to go back in time and trust Rascia and Arcainia, "Some fellow friends of hers, that proved to me their connection to her, that also guard the Gates of Time, came to me just before you two got here. They gave me this," Seiya said, taking out of her Extra-Dimensional Pocket the priceless, gorgeous necklace that Rascia gave her.

Taiki and Yaten just stared at the beautiful shimmering necklace that Seiya held, their jaws agape. The necklace in her hands could easily fetch millions of yen very easily, and even with the amount of money they had been making on Earth as popular music idiles would not have been enough to pay for such a priceless item. Not even their princess had something that valuable and lovely in her collection.

"These friends of Pluto's, Rasciana and Arcainia, told me that if the three of us don't go back in time and help out the Sailor Scouts on Earth, that things in our future could go majorly wrong! We must go back! Think of it Taiki, Yaten, we would get a chance to see Ami, and Minako, and the others from earlier in time, and get to know them all over again! It is a terrific, and future saving, opportunity. Surely, you don't believe we can pass it up!?" Seiya cried passionately.

"We just can't ---" Yaten was about to argue, intending on saying that they couldn't leave their princess unprotected, when he heard a lovely, tranquil voice in his head tell him that she would not be in danger, that time in this time line's present would not pass at all while they were gone. For some reason he didn't doubt for a second that the voice was true, he knew instinctively that it was.

Taiki, too, heard a soothing, reassuring voice in his head, and looked Seiya sternly in the face, before breaking out into a large grin, "It will be good to see Ami, at an earlier time in her life, and get to know her all over again."

Even Yaten burst out in an uncharacteristic smile, and Seiya thought she heard Yaten mumble: I wonder what Minako was like at 14!

"We will go with you Seiya! Since Pluto's friends told you that nothing bad can come out of it. And hell, after seeing this kind of a change in you so quickly, I'd be willing to go into the deepest depths of hell with you to keep the old Seiya back!," Taiki said grinning.

A few minutes later Taiki and Yaten met back in Seiya's rooms with their own travel bags ready. Each of them shoving their hands into their Extra-Dimensional Pockets to make sure they had their ever important henshin microphones. Nodding in readiness, they looked at their sister. Seiya nodded back enthusiastically, and carefully put the priceless necklace around his neck. The next mili-instant, the three sisters were sitting in their mail forms in a studio dressing room. They looked down at themselves and saw that they were also several years younger than even they were when last on Earth. They were about 14 or 15. Their travel bags they had packed in their own time line were sitting next to their chairs, and they were dressed in their familiar performing suits.

The next instant a tall man in a dress suit threw open the door and announced to them, enthusiastically, that all was in readiness for their first debut performance in Tokyo. Outside they could here the familiar sounds of thousands of over enthusiastic fans screaming their names. Seiya and his brothers forgot how much they missed singing for an audience. Yaten didn't even think he liked it to begin with, but realized that he had missed it more than he would care to admit.

When they still made no move to get up, the tall man enthusiastically grabbed Seiya's arm and hustled him out, followed by his brothers, and the three of them walked out on the dark stage, in front of thousands of screaming fans. The host of the concert, yelled: One, two, three, four!" and all of a sudden the stage lights streamed down on them from above, and the memories of the many concerts they had performed at in another lifetime came flooding back, and instinct overcame them.

Taiki, Yaten, Seiya: SEARCH FOR YOUR LOVE

SEARCH FOR YOUR LOVE

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Thanks for starting to read my story, this is one of the first two Sailor Moon fanfics I've tried posting on the Net, so I hope that you all like it! ^__^ I'm not exactly sure exactly when I will finish the rest of this story, since I am having a little trouble deciding what to have happen next, though I know what I want to have happen at the end, *sighs*, oh well, go figure, neh? ^_^ If you want to email me with comments, questions, or *sigh* flames, or suggestions or something, use this addy: SailorStarFighter@kc.rr.com . And, if you like reading Mamoru/Usagi romance stories, instead of Seiya/Usagi ones, than please read my other first fanfic: "Mixed Identities" . Thanks! ^_~

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