Oh wow I have finally finished this stupid story. It only took three years of my life to do seven chapters XD I suck so bad.

Well, this story was never a big one and it was never going to be, but I was happy enough to write it and imagine my own happenings on the Moon before everything went to shit. It's probably not a good story, but I don't care, from this story I can see how much my writing has changed over the years. I guess that's a good reminder and a comparison for me, a nice learning curve.

Well for those that bothered to read this and enjoyed this story, thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy this finale and it makes up for me taking forever to finish this freaking thing! I hope you enjoy it and have a pleasant day! c:

Epilogue

Their best was only to an extent, enough. Whilst William, Shaberi and Kaguya were running away out of the Queen's fortress, Ushiwaka was about ready to board the ship. As soon as his leaving ceremony was done with, he would drive away to a new place. He was told that he would be taken to the Celestial Plain, to live amongst the Celestials for a few months. The gods were suspicious, believing the Moon Tribe to be swerving from their given duty. They weren't necessarily wrong. Waka couldn't blame them, he'd have done something a long time ago. A long time ago to him and a long time ago for the Celestials were completely different, however. A few thousand years difference, to be exact.

Yet he was chosen. It didn't surprise him that he was chosen to be sent to the Celestial Plain, the most pure of all Moon Tribe members. He was the prince of this kingdom and therefore it was his duty to meet with the Celestials and keep the peace. If they were suspected of going out of line, the Celestials could destroy them. Whilst they were kind to a fault, they were a very righteous race. Treason, treachery and betrayal were punishable by death.

Even if he wanted to tell the Celestials what was really happening, what his ideas were and what they could be potentially planning, he couldn't risk his people's lives over something he wasn't certain about. Perhaps his mother was pulling his leg, or it was a simple fleeting thought and overreacted by throwing Waka out and not having spoken to him since. Who knew?

Still, as he walked to his Queen, who used to be his mother, he almost didn't want to look into her eyes. But he was a defiant soul, one that stood for what he believed in and he stared straight back not with a threat, but a promise. An unsaid promise, one that he knew the Queen would read in his eyes.

I will fight you.

That seemed to make the Queen smile. Challenge accepted.

"Prince Ushiwaka, you are aware of what your mission is, or do you need a reminder?"

Patronising bitch. "I am fully aware of what is needed of me. I am to stay with the Celestials and reassure them that we are not straying from our own destiny."

The Queen smiled, confidently to the crowd, sarcastically to Waka. "Fantastic, for your country and your people, hold this job with pride and bring the gods to our side."

Dread was all Waka felt as the Queen uttered those words. She was clearly planning something, but he had no idea what and he felt that he could do nothing. That was the worst feeling, the feeling of uselessness, helplessness. He may as well do this job, if not for his people that he dearly loves so much. He presses a fake smile on his face, looks away from his Queen and walks forward into the Ark. A pair of soldiers followed him, no doubt to make sure he did his job properly. The Queen didn't trust him enough to keep to his word. She really thought him low enough to allow his people to be destroyed by the angered gods. That made an ironic smile appear on his face, but it quickly disappeared as he heard one of the guards grunt and push him forward with the side of a gun.

"Get moving, the Queen wishes for this to be launched in time. She is coming aboard also, prince." he growled out, a mocking tone with the word 'prince'. "If not to be polite for those up above."

Waka turned and smiled, trying to seem pleasant despite his irritated feelings, "Of course, I couldn't imagine the Queen not showing her fair face to the Celestials who hold the axe over our heads."

That earned a warning glare from the guard, if he had super powers, then Waka was sure he would've been killed on the spot. "Your people depend on you, prince, I wouldn't joke lightly."

The Queen could easily not bother with Waka going, could easily go on as she had been. But Waka knew that the Queen would not let it come to chance, she would not risk angering the gods and dooming not only her guards and her people, but she herself would not survive the Celestial's wrath. They would destroy her people and herself if they had any idea that she was serving the demons, the enemies of the Celestials. They would rather quench anyone allying themselves with the demons than take the chance of it spreading to unwanted places. Nobody could blame the Celestials, the demons were hard and harsh creatures with a strong and unknown leader backing them all up who seemed to know everything. They could predict the movements of any creature, god or no, and swallow them whole. He was sure there was once a god that was swallowed whole by a demon. He wasn't certain, but Waka could bet his money on it.

This was not the first time Waka had been on the Ark of Yamato control room. He knew everything about the control room, but he had no idea what was in the cargo bay for the Celestials. He figured they were gifts, probably to win over the Celestials onto their side, to not offend them. The control room was filled with buttons and colours that only Waka and the people that built the ship knows what each button does. It took months of practise, each ship was different to each other and the Ark of Yamato was rather large of a ship. He had driven an ark as big as the Yamato before, driving the Moon Tribe army towards where the demons were attacking the worlds. Each ship was different, however, had its own personality touch given towards it and the buttons put in different places, even new upgrades that need to be learnt.

Waka had to admit, though he was dreading the journey, he was excited to try out the new Ark of Yamato. He had never actually driven it, but he had been taught the ropes of how to. It was rather simple compared to some other arks he had driven before. But he was also excited to meet the Celestials. He had never seen the Celestials before, the Queen and a few of her closest guards have been the only ones that have seen the Celestials. Waka either wasn't old enough or his mother was too protective of him at the time to take him to see the Celestials, back when she hadn't turned to the dark side.

He had to wonder what they would be like. Would they be like him? Human looking with blond hair? Or white? Or would they be in animal forms, as many mortals on Earth believed they look like? Were they terrifyingly angry and powerful? Or were they gentle and kind like most of the mortals hoped that they would be? He had no idea what to expect or what their attitudes to be like, but that was part of the fun really. Having been alive for many years, he liked seeing the unexpected, like to experience the unexpected when there wasn't much to be unexpected.

He was scared out of his wits, don't get him wrong, he was bloody terrified of what to expect. But he couldn't deny that he was excited. Happy to be away from his homeland that didn't always welcome him, filled with people that both loved him and despised him in equal terms. Whilst he wouldn't be away from his people entirely, he was getting somewhat of a break. He could only hope that the gods were not obnoxious. He wasn't sure if he would really enjoy his stay if the gods were obnoxious, he would probably try to escape if that was the case. He got enough of that back on his own planet, let alone on another plane of existence.

Spotting the guard getting impatient, Waka nodded towards the guard to take him to the pilot's room, where he would drive the Ark of Yamato. It was right next door to the control room, just in case, but Waka would not manage the control room, the guard pestering him would be in charge of that. Didn't trust him enough, he figured.

Meanwhile, whilst Waka was preparing to launch the Ark of Yamato, William, Shaberi and Kaguya were running towards the crowd, stopping once they noticed the back door of the Ark of Yamato slowly close behind the Queen.

"We're too late," William said mournfully. Indeed, they were. Ushiwaka was sure to be aboard that ark already. He was the one opening the doors and shutting them. At least the Queen had gone, but for how long? How long would she truly be gone? If they didn't do something, hide Kaguya away, then she would be spotted and taken away again.

But there was a way, a way that was dangerous and William may not agree, but Shaberi preferred for Kaguya to meet her brother no matter what, even if it meant being lost in space.

Turning to William, Shaberi spoke; "No, not yet. There's another way. We can get her into an escape pod, Ushiwaka is going to the Celestial Plain, we'll just have to send her there."

William blinked, then scowled. "No, there's no way she could possibly land safely and we can't guarantee that she would even end up on a planet ever again! She could be lost into space for eternity if so much as a rock knocked her off path. It's too dangerous!"

"Do it."

They both turned to the small yet powerful authoritative voice. Kaguya was looking at the ground as she spoke, nervous by what she was asking, perhaps? Or maybe uncertainty?

"Your Majesty, please, there is no way we can guarantee your safety landing or even a landing at all! Surely it is not worth that big of a risk to find Ushiwaka?" William protested, then stuttered. "I- I do apologise, Your Majesty, whilst that sounded cruel, he is your brother but we are talking of your life at stake. Is it truly worth your life and the heir to the throne?"

Kaguya shook her head. "In all honesty, I do not know. I have never met Ushiwaka, all I know is that he was disgraced by my mother and thrown out. For what reasons, I truly do not know. I can't judge Ushiwaka fairly at this point as I don't remember ever having met him, but I know that I would love to meet him."

Shaberi had to smile slightly, "Not many people knew where Ushiwaka disappeared to really after the Queen had kicked him out of the royal household. He hid away behind work, even slept there so it is said. He must have friends in high places to have kept this quiet for this long."

William shook his head. "Ushiwaka is still considered loyalty, he would never have been set upon, whether by the small number of gangs here however rare they are or the guards that work under the word of the Queen. Maybe the corrupted guards would have tried to go for Waka, but not without a reason. Waka is very protected compared to the rest of us."

Kaguya looked up at William, confused. "How so?"

William scratches the back of his neck. "I got rather desperate, I couldn't find food but found some house was having a party and throwing a lot of food away. I hid behind their bin to take the good food before it got spoilt. I didn't think there was anything wrong, they were throwing it out and I was really hungry. I took some of the food in a bag, hoping to take some for the other kids who can't get food for themselves, but a couple of guards caught me. I was very lucky, I'll never be that lucky again. When they caught me, a drunken fight broke out from the party and the guards were engulfed in chaos, I grabbed the bag of small food and ran as fast as I could." William looked at Shaberi, "Shaberi wasn't so lucky, but they did let him go afterwards. I'm not sure if that was better or worse."

Shaberi smiled slightly, pained but confident. "It doesn't matter now, what matters now is that we do what is right. I'm doing this for Waka, I heard he stood up for me against the guards, so the talk of the town is. I feel like I owe him something, even if I didn't ask him. But not only right by him, but right by you as well, Kaguya. I don't know how she treats you in the castle, but it's not right to keep you from seeing your brother."

Kaguya nodded, understanding, eyes wide still from hearing the stories she didn't expect. She didn't want to ask what happened to Shaberi, she felt better not knowing. She may be a young child, but she was not ignorant or naive. "I admire your courage and sense of devotion, thank you. I wasn't sure if you were bandits or going to help me."

Shaberi blinked. "If you thought we were bandits, why did you come with us?"

Kaguya smiled, "I knew you wouldn't harm me, you didn't seem the type. But I wanted to get away, to get out of that balance and, perhaps, install some fear in my mother to see if she truly cared about me or if I was simply an heir to the throne for her. I understand my responsibilities, but it would be nice to be loved like a mother should love a child."

Shaberi could understand that, he really could. It's why he wanted to take in the children who had no parents anymore, it was the best that he could do. "If you really want to do this, then we have to hurry. Because they're distracted by the leaving ceremony for the Ark of Yamato, we might be able to get you into an escape pod and off this planet quick enough without them even noticing. They will be looking for you, oh the guards will be hunting the streets for you, but they will never find you if you have already gone in the escape pod. It was meant for emergency evacuation of an entire planet in the most dire of situations. For example, the gods reigning their rage upon us or demons taking over our city. It's the only inconspicuous way off this planet."

Kaguya nodded her head. "Do it."

That's what brought them to the Dome at the end of the dock away from the crowds. Despite the Dome being used in case of an apocalyptic event, it was fairly easy to get inside. All the guards were at the Ark of Yamato leaving ceremony just in case a riot broke out. It was not out of the realm of reason for it to happen and they probably don't expect anyone to try to make a break for off this planet. It was madness, only pure desperation would anyone ever want to leave this planet, as most believe that demons rule outside and we are the last stand of defence. Shaberi only hoped it was utter bollocks, but he couldn't help but be sceptical since he had known some lands to have been invaded and taken over. So they got told, at any rate.

The Dome was big and white, fully armoured with emergency lights in case the power were to be shut down. There were rumoured to be demons that fed on the power they used, leeched off of it to become more powerful or heal even the most supposedly fatal of wounds. There were no windows, windows were just a liability when it came to the apocalypse. It did not look particularly welcome or safe, it only seemed to remind you of the blandness of nothing. No better than outside should the apocalypse even happen then, surely. There were stairs leading up on the back side of the building, menacing and screaming 'haunted' compared to the rest of the building. That was where they needed to go. The controls to the escape pads were up there, out of the reach of the crowd that would be waiting for any chance to escape with their life and potentially ruining the escape plans.

The stairs were loud as the trio of escapees were walking up them towards the control panel. None of them were worried about attracting any unwanted attention, everyone was too far away to hear from inside this most secure building. The stairs shook slightly as they climbed up them, never meant for running up them or so many at once. But it held. Reaching the control panel , Shaberi pushed a button.

A shrilling alarm sounded, startling the party. The button did as ordered, opening the cabinet in the wall. There lay an escape pod, much bigger than the rest. It was specially designed for the princess alone, in the shape of the supposed special and much sought out plants on Earth called Bamboo. It had the markings of the Moon Tribe proudly showing and the bowl to protect and carry her opened up on command. The shrill alarm, however had alerted any guard within a mile radius at least of their presence.

"There's no time to lose! We need to hurry and get the princess in the pod now!" Even at the top of his voice, William could barely hear Shaberi's shout above the alarms. Driven by fear and adrenaline, the trio ran back down the stairs, now fearful of the creaks and shakes of the old stairs. The stairs shook, threatening to betray the team and send them falling downwards. Miraculously, the stairs held as they ran towards the pod, shoving Kaguya inside quickly. She didn't complain, she knew the urgency of the situation and she realised that Will and Shaberi would probably not return home.

"Halt!" A loud booming voice called from the entrance. Because of the sheer size of the place and the material it was built with, the voice echoed loudly and travelled through the area, seeming much closer than it was. Shaberi and Will turned quickly, spotting an army of soldiers at the door at the far front. The place was as big as a huge warehouse to hold the number of citizens on the moon, that number easily reaching fifty thousand or more. They had plenty of time until the army actually reached them, even if they ran at full speed. But they did have guns and magic at their disposal. One was clearly a shape shifter, shifting into a purple cat like creature that ran full pelt at the criminals.

Quickly in a panic, Shaberi scrambled pitifully for the red button to eject the pod and send it on its way. After the third bash on the console, he managed to hit the red button and watched as the capsule closed on the princess and the rockets lit up with a roar. The heat and debris flying from the blast of the rockets forced the duo to cover their eyes, despite the danger behind them. The armies behind, motivated by losing their princess, ran faster to catch the kidnappers, the traitors.

The last thing Kaguya saw before she was lost in space was Shaberi and Will being tackled by the cat creature and the army quickly arriving behind to apprehend the traitors. And she wasn't naive, she knew that they were going to be tried for treason. She knew that they were going to be executed. Very likely on the spot. She would never forget the kindness of those two brave souls.

Sadly, she had. The next thing she remembers is being raised by two lovely couples that she knew weren't her real parents, but she didn't care. They loved her as their own and she was happy enough helping them both with selling bamboo she always felt she loved. Ignorance was bliss, as they say.

The Queen, however, had no idea what had happened on the moon with her own daughter. She was too busy on the Ark of Yamato keeping a keen eye on her son, Ushiwaka. he was a troublesome one, though she remembered a time when he was a handsome young fellow. He used to be lovely, eager to help and eager to please. until he reached his teens. He began to become independent, ready to learn and take over after his mother should something happen to her, ready to become a proper prince. He quickly joined the army and was sent off to other planes of existences to fight against the demons that were causing havoc. He was there for several decades, fighting demon after demon and leading an army of Moon Tribers. The Queen was a fool for believing he would be the same person he was when he returned from such an ordeal, but he was a completely different person when he returned, she felt. Their relationship shattered, he was no longer the polite boy who was eager to help out or please. Now, he appeared to be a cold blooded killer, no nonsense with harsh eyes and harsh ideals. The Queen never got used to the new Waka. She didn't approve of him, he upset her and she wasn't sure how to deal with it. It only became worse when Kaguya was born.

The Waka she was looking at now was distrusting, pretending that she wasn't there to make the journey for himself that much more bearable. He seemed to pretend that the world wasn't around him, focused purely on getting to his destination promptly on time. He must be nervous, the Queen mused, for he had never seen a god before. He had known about them, but as a prince he was not privy to meeting a god until he was of right age and ready to find someone to marry. He was of the age now, had been for a few years, but during that time was when Waka ran off from his duties and worked like a peasant. The Queen didn't stop him, however, he was to learn by himself how life worked, she felt.

Waka, of course, had no interest in his mother. He had never forgiven her for collaborating with the enemy, no matter how complicated it might be, being a queen. He had an idea of how troublesome it could be, but she must've had plenty of advisers to help her if she was that desperate. Why would you ever turn to the enemy to help you run a colony? Or a tribe or race or pack, whatever you wanted to call them. Even Waka wasn't sure. Not that it seemed to matter in any way.

Waka was broken out of his dark brooding thoughts as he spotted light in the deep space. What was that bright light? Was it a star? He certainly hoped not, stars were sometimes big enough to have a slight orbit around them, strong enough to pull their ark towards. He checked the temperature metres for the temperature outside of the Ark into the void. Shockingly, it was raising and staying around the normal temperature Earth would normally have in a well lived area. What was this?

"Ah, we appear to be arriving. That there, son, is the Celestial Plain." The Queen told him over his shoulder, probably having seen the readings of the temperature and coming to that conclusion. Waka didn't reply, he didn't want to. He was probably acting like a petulant teenager, but he didn't care.

As they got closer to the Celestial Plain, he realised what the Celestial Plain really was. It was a floating island in the sky. It had a single volcano, giving the land it's fertility and plenty of trees for life to grow happily. It looked like what Waka imagined heaven to look like, heaven that the humans often fantasized about, or was said to fantasize about. He heard that they often started wars about it, looking at the area, Waka couldn't blame them too much. Considering war was pretty much what he was grown up around, knowing nothing but war, he was probably biased.

Landing went well, the place seemed rather empty, but it was a larger island than he previously thought. The island was still small compared to his home, but it was big enough to hold plenty of wildlife.

Getting out of the Ark of Yamato, the Queen quickly grabs Waka's shoulder. "Now, Ushiwaka. You are to stand by my side, bow when the gods approach and not speak until spoken to. Some gods are very merciful, some are vengeful. You'll be safe if you do that." To say Waka was surprised was an understatement. He wasn't used to his mother caring about his well being since he had been thrown out. Perhaps she had missed him whilst he was gone? Regardless, she was going to have to work harder to impress him and earn his forgiveness.

"I'm aware of how to act, I'll be fine." He replied quietly, trying to be polite but probably still sounding ungrateful despite his best efforts.

The Queen smiles anyway, "I know, but I just wanted to remind you." She then leaves. Ushiwaka follows quickly behind, ignoring the dirty looks the guards were giving him. He was used to such looks from guards.

Outside, it was mild, lovely and warm yet somewhat humid as well. There were small clouds in the sky, but there wasn't a sun to be seen that gives the warmth to this area. This place was clearly run by magic, complete magic. It was crackling in the air everywhere making Waka's skin tingle even when he was used to the feeling of magic, being a sorcerer himself. But this was a different level of magic, he was sure he could become drugged on the feeling. It was somewhat blissful but at the same time send the nerves tingling in anticipation. There was nothing to anticipate, however, not really. The area was small, lovely and beautiful without a sign of anything dangerous at all. He was sure, in the land of the gods, that there wouldn't be anything truly dangerous except the gods themselves.

Waka blinked. Suddenly, there were people in front of him. He flinched, almost instinctively going for his sword. Then stopped. And stared. Most of them were rather beautiful, even the men. All of them had white hair, short or long and all were dressed in white, casual or strict, white was the colour of the gods, pure and whole. But one god stood out to Waka more than any other god. There was a woman in the middle, she seemed the youngest out of them all and yet she was the most fair, the most gorgeous and stunning woman that Waka had ever laid his eyes on. He had seen many women in his time, many even pushed themselves on him for the chance to get even slightly more power, but he was never interested. Not a single female ever caught his interest.

And yet, this single female was enough for his breath to be caught, literally, in the palm of her hand if she so wished. She was powerful, more powerful than the rest of the gods put together. She sparked with magic and energy and yet her smile was the kindest of them all. She was barefoot unlike the others, most who wore basic Japanese footwear and her dress was white with red linings all around swirling and outlining her figure. She held a paintbrush and a painting, obviously she had been painting before they had arrived.

Ushiwaka almost forgot his manners, spluttering and quickly bowing for the gods. The Queen had done so earlier, ready probably to clip Waka around the area and remind him of his manners.

The girl that Waka had his eyes on smiled and lifted a hand. "Rise, Moon Tribers." They did as asked. "Welcome to the Celestial Plain. I am Amaterasu, God of the Sun and mother to you all. We Celestials have called you here because we are feeling uneasy. Many of the Celestials before me have this feeling that you have been straying from your task."

The Queen smiled, appearing all friendly on the front, but Waka wasn't convinced. "Thank you, Amaterasu. It's a lovely home. I am uncertain as to why your Celestials feel that way, the Moon Tribe is going through a difficult time, our armies are growing smaller and it's harder to fight against the demons. For some reason, they are growing more aggressive, more desperate, we believe we are starting to beat back against them but we are too short on men to push any further."

Waka knew she wasn't lying, he had lead one of the armies against the demons. There were barely any survivors and they were forced to retreat. That was how Waka returned home, retreating from a battle they were sure to lose and they felt it wasn't worth losing their prince to a war in a planet nobody really knew the name of.

Amaterasu seemed to nod, believing her. "I realise that and I feel for you, truly. However, it was more dire than that." She shook her head, as if extremely distressed by this matter. "Some of the Celestials believe that you are being unfaithful and are, in fact, aiding in the demons as they have suddenly gained in power extremely quickly. Is this true?"

The Queen shook her head, also distressed. "Absolutely not, I am unsure of how your Celestials have come to this decision."

One Celestial piped up. "How do you explain their sudden gain of power? I witnessed your son there fighting on the Planet Abbadon with his army and they were overwhelmed ridiculously quickly for mere minions. They were aware that your son and his army were going there. How do you explain that?"

"I am unsure, perhaps the demons have grown more powerful by stalking invisibly in the streets of the moon, perhaps?" Waka wasn't so sure, but he did remember that black wolf demon that saved his behind. He wasn't sure if that demon was a spy, giving out locations to the army about his army, or if he had only been running around the place recently. There was no way for Waka to tell, but he didn't remember feeling any unusual magic on the streets around that time.

"Your son doesn't seem convinced." Another female Celestial pointed out and Waka quickly looked to the floor, trying not to seem guilty for being so obvious with his feelings. He knew his mother would probably blame him, not that he cared, but he didn't want to cause trouble between the Celestials and his people.

"My son has been through tough times, leading that army and he is going through his age, he is almost ready to become a true heir to the throne but he has been... difficult, as of late." How dare she...

"Indeed? Is that why you brought him? Do you hope we as gods could hope to control him and calm him of his teenage rebellious ways?" Amaterasu asked that question, honestly curious.

"In some ways, I had hoped, in a way, that this mission to impress you and learn of your ways would make him a better heir, train him ready to become king."

Amaterasu smiled. "We could do that, many of the Celestials were impressed with his skills in leadership and we would be happy to train him, if you so wish him to be trained."

The Queen of the Moon Tribe smiled back. "It's what I hope. My son also drove this Ark of Yamato you had asked for also, it's ready for if the demons are to push any further, my son can drive you all to safety."

Amaterasu nodded, still smiling the same as ever. "Thank you kindly, Your highness. You are free to go, but I must warn you that the Celestials are always watching. Take care looking around for that spy of yours. We will be in touch."

Ushiwaka had never been so nervous in his entire life. As his mother walked away, taking her guards with her, never had Waka wanted to yell for his mother to come back so much since he was a child. He refrained, but he knew even if he hated her, felt like he hated her, he also felt like he'd never see her again. And that hurt, it really hurt.

Next thing he knew, Amaterasu was standing before him, lovely and beautiful like a Goddess herself. She smiled, loving and kind, "Welcome, Ushiwaka, to the Celestial Plain."

And there began a beautiful and strange relationship. Two unlikely companions that would soon fight against the terrible eight headed serpent demon and be the only two survivors against the demon onslaught and to hope one day return the Celestial Plain to the same glory it held that day.

And that's that. The end of this fanfic after a long three years. I hope you enjoyed this whilst it lasted and I hope to see you in other fandoms! :D

Note I am still working on Celestial Academy those who are wondering, I'm just trying to think of what to write next. I'm terrible at High School writing because my High School was shit and so was my life during it xD I promise to finish that one day too! ;D

~Blackie