The Bishounen Shitennou Generals
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi
Story Signs:
telepathy / emphasis
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'thoughts'
Serena Tsukino-14
Darien Chiba-17
Andrew/Andy Furuhata-18
Reika Nishimura-18
Reese Hoshi-18 (author character)
Nathan Stanton /Nephrite Komokuten-18
Amy Mizuno-14
Raye Hino-14
Jean Chokichi /Jadeite Jikoku-16
Kyle Tauro-18
Mina Aino-14
Lita Kino-14
Zeke Lanker- 14
Kaidou-20
Chapter 10: Unknown Terrain
The lights flickered and dimmed again, even though the Dark Kingdom was already gloomy, that didn't mean it stayed in a state of perpetual darkness. Beryl cursed the Dark Kingdom's lack of electricity, but there wasn't exactly electric cable wires running through this dimension. Beryl lifted a crimson eyebrow and stared at her reflection. She could let some technicians in, and steal their life energy…Beryl frowned at her reflection. The Dark Kingdom was either lacking in air or there must be some fumes about for its Queen to be thinking like this. She lifted a crème pot and gave a dainty sniff. Maybe her theory on fumes wasn't off the mark. She dropped the pot with disgust and narrowed her burgundy eyes.
The Dark Kingdom certainly didn't run on electricity, but it did run on human energy; human energy that her minions were supposed to be collecting. The air behind her shivered and the retaining queen masked her face with the most imperious stare. Venus appeared, subservient as ever, but something about her stance just shrieked of defiance, or at least a rebellious nature. The golden child's head was bowed, bangs covering her eyes, which Beryl wished to see to spot the girl's loyalties.
"What news do you bring Venus to disturb my peace?" The girl, with her head bowed, smirked.
"I did not you had any peace, nor wish for it." Beryl glared at the soldier. She didn't know why, but that reply just irked her. She sat in her silent, until the Soldier of Love sighed and bent down on one knee.
"I have come to report that Jupiter has left us. I believe her alliance is with Sailor Moon and the Guardians of Earth." Beryl could feel the growl forming on the back of her throat. Honestly, she was giddy with wickedness to have the Moon Princess' own soldiers under her command, but now she was regretting her choice for not keeping the contract with the Guardians of Earth. Now she only had two of the Princess' lady-in-waiting, and she no longer knew how long she could keep the two still under power. What she needed was more power to hold them. Beryl rose, her gown gracefully swishing in the nonexistent wind.
"I command that you and Mercury meet me in the throne room in twenty minutes. You are dismissed." The red head waited until Venus disappeared before striding outside of her chambers and ambling down a dark hallway. She pushed through an intricate door fashioned with handles shaped like horses sprouting wings. Beryl felt the familiar dark energy pulse around her and reveled in it. She grudging dropped to her knees and bowed before her dark goddess.
"Queen Metalia," Beryl managed to grit out.
"Beryl," hissed the being of indefinite origins, "why have I felt another Sailor Scout leave the darkness' holding?"
"I am beginning to question the contract I made long ago. Venus is showing signs of rebellion-
"Impossible," ridiculed Metalia, "she, out of all, is the least likely to turn back." The dark being paused, "however, if the spell should wear off, take this." A vial full of obsidian dust appeared in Beryl's hand. "Spread it on the remaining soldier in our clasp and they should not turn so easily." Beryl's fingers closed over the vial. "It is also possible to capture back the rest of the Scouts using this dust. Beryl, I feel my powers weakening. The Dark Kingdom will truly not rise without the power of the Silver Imperial Crystal. Find it!"
Beryl bowed her head, "what if the Moon Princess reveals herself."
Mealtia cackled, "Then we shall kill her!" Beryl nodded.
"And the Prince?"
Metalia snorted, "If you wish still stands, you shall have him. But if not, then he shall die like the rest." A smile graced Beryl's lips, "I shall finally have my prince." Beryl gave her last bow before rising and teleporting to the throne room.
Monsters of infinite nature and design surrounded her throne, but the two figures that stood out the most were wearing a pristine plaited short skirt. Beryl's eyes narrowed and she summoned them forth with a dangerous manicured hand. Venus and Mercury stood before her; both had defiance, if not contempt, growing in their gaze. She would fix that so they were her little obedient dogs. The obsidian dust fell on their shoulders, smothering with the spell. Both of the girls fell on their knees, choking for air as their soul was further sealed in the abyss of darkness. Venus was the first to rise as usual; her being the stronger of the two or the strongest of all the Senshi, as a matter of fact. Beryl relished in glory as the empty blue orbs of Venus stared blankly back at her.
The vial of dust was teleported into Venus hand. The girl gave no sign that she noticed, or was even aware of room she was in. Mercury arose next to Venus, fixing the same blank gaze at Beryl.
"My orders are you to retrieve the Scouts that have turned. You are also to find the Silver Imperial Crystal for our glorious Dark Kingdom!" A roar filled the throne room while the Queen and her Scouts remained silent. Beryl held up her hand to quiet the monsters. "If the Moon Princess shall reveal herself, then your orders are to kill her." She dismissed everyone with a wave of her hand. She waited until everyone left before transporting herself into a room very different from her chamber.
Beryl sat down on the pink coverlet and observed with disinterest at the girly décor lining the crevices and corners of the walls. She lifted the covers and eased herself on the bed. Her eyes finally rested and she became unconscious, drifting off in a realm where her evil mind could hide. Her figure became more girlish, and her crimson haired shortened and changed to a wavy burgundy red.
"Molly, time for breakfast!" Molly's eyes opened and she yawned. She stretched and her azure eyes gazed around her room, wondering why she felt so weird.
"Man, are those some strange dreams I'm having!" Molly lifted the covers and slipped into her slippers, unaware what her other self was plotting.
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Jean sighed as he continued to listen to the banter between Raye and Serena. With a flick of his wrist, he smited another dust pile with the temple's broom. It was uneventful to stay at the temple now, but he felt like he couldn't leave. Must be the priestess I'm obsessed about, mused Jean. He heard footsteps shadowing his, and tensed up.
"Hey Jean." Jean relaxed and acknowledged his leader. Darien collapsed on the step above Jean. He sat in silence and Jean waited patiently. Jean just knew for some reason that Darien was his leader. He didn't need a dumb cat to tell him that, it was just a feeling in his gut that Darien was his leader. And if he wanted to survive in the police force, he knew he had to trust his instinct, which was usually never wrong.
"I-I…" Jean paused his dusting.
"You wanted to escape with your hearing so you ran away from those two," Jean nodded to indicate Raye and Serena. Darien chuckled.
"You are partly right." Both men glanced over at the girls, where one girl was pulling on the pigtails of the other. A serious look fell over Darien's feature.
"I have been having dreams about a girl," Jean raised a blonde brow while Darien sequential rolled his eyes, "it's not perverted. She wants me to find the Silver Imperial Crystal." Darien shook his head, "I don't know what it means." Jean ran his fingers through his wavy blond curls.
"Why aren't you telling this to Nathan?"
"I wouldn't know if Nathan would take it seriously. Apparently, only he is the great psyche." Jean snorted and patted Darien on the back. Jean decided to settle himself on the step Darien was also using.
"If your subconscious is telling you to find this Silver Imperial Crystal, then I suggest you search for it. It actually might coincide with Artemis' issue with the enemy."
"Hmm." Jean leaned on Darien's shoulder to get up. The contact made Darien tense. A vision formed behind his eyelids. Jean was dressed in armor, sitting contritely in a chair as he glared at Nathan, his expression guarded. Then a man with a slightly lighter build and long curly hair passed Jadeite and made a comment about woman troubles, which enraged the general further. A deep voice spoke behind him and he turned around, but the face was blotted out, like a film with pieces of it missing. All he could tell was the man was dressed in armor also, but it had a lighter hue than the others. The mysterious man summoned him with his hand and the vision dissipated. Darien blinked, what the hell was that?
Darien ran his fingers through his ebony locks and concentrated, trying to summon the vision back. He just caused himself to gain a headache. Jean gave him a worried look.
"Are you okay?"
Darien brushed Jean off, "I'm fine. I think I saw the past or something…I'm just not sure." His hand cradled his head. "Do you ever get the feeling that Artemis is not telling us everything?" Jean's skepticism shadowed his features.
"Well, he won't tell us about the enemies. He absolutely refuses to come to the very few meetings we have with the scouts at this temple. Oh, and did I mention that he never talks about a past life even though I have feeling we are all connected somehow?"
Darien chuckled, "So you have had some thought about this."
"Yeah," Jean picked up his broom, "but I still trust the cat even though he's keeping secrets."
"Darien!" Serena screeched and she draped her arms around his shoulders. He relaxed in her arms; this felt so familiar. A vision burst in his head. Darien felt his heart speed up as a young woman wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He felt the hem of her adorned gown gently tease his armored boots in the breeze.
The woman laid her cheek aside his head and whispered, "What is wrong, my prince?" A smile curved his lips and he twirled the lady around so that she daintily collapsed in his lap. He stared into the purest blue eyes and gazed at her with love. She laughed and pushed back a silvery blonde curl behind her ear.
Her lips pursed, "Now Prince Endymion, you didn't strike that pose to lure me, did you?" He smiled as he cupped her face. He was sad, but his princess could always chase the blues away. He knew the eyes were mirrors to the soul and these cobalt eyes were the purest he had ever seen.
"Darien?" Darien frowned, the image of the woman's face was replaced with Serena and he suddenly realized that the vision had dissipated. Funny, her eyes matched the woman in my vision, but the hair color is definitely different. Even more curious, the woman kind of reminded me the woman from my dream and called me Prince Endymion.
"Earth to Darien, are you in there?" Darien blinked.
"Yeah…"
Serena sighed, "Oh dear, this is a problem." She started pounding on his shoulders, "I can't have you spacing out…since I kind of space out too."
"Okay, okay, Serena, stop it."
Serena paused, "Are you really okay?" Darien's heart lifted as he heard the concern in her voice. Serena may act like a ditz, but sometimes she saw through others that usually no one else could.
"I'm fine." A grin appeared on Serena's face that was contagious and started to spread to Darien. She patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm off then." She nodded to Jean, "See you next time." She walked off with her pigtails swinging behind her.
"I can see why you like her." Darien shot Jean a dubious look. "She would uplift anyone spirits no matter how down they were. She's the type of person to give people hope…"
"Yeah, but Serena and I aren't together. We're just friends."
Jean smirked, "Uh huh." The younger man walked away with his broom, whistling an anonymous tune. Darien sighed and stood up. He guessed that was his cue to go. While walking down the sidewalk he wondered if a man could like two women a once. Depression fell over Darien, that would make me a cheater.
"Darien!" His entire being froze. Reese's voice waved from across the street and it looked like she was going to cross over to meet him. Shit. He was glad he was blessed with long legs and ran the rest of the way home.
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Serena set her schoolbag down on the bed. Today was uneventful, aside from meeting Darien. A smiled curved on her lips and she jumped backwards on her bed, and then shrieked as she felt claws dig into her.
"Luna why did you scratch me," Serena whined in here typical Serena-like way, meaning very loud. The burgundy-eyed cat bestowed on her a vicious glare.
"Maybe if you tried looking at your bed before jumping on it a like a paratrooper, we wouldn't have this problem." Serena pouted as she rubbed her back. Serena squinted and looked at the black cat with a suspicious look. Luna gulped; this usually meant Serena was going to ask a question that Luna couldn't answer yet.
"Why didn't you come to the meeting today, even though it wasn't really a meeting because Lita and Nathan were too busy to show up?
"I, um, I had to use the computer all afternoon." Or at least, that is half the truth. Serena sighed in exasperation but accepted it. Even though it was pretty freaky that Luna knew how to use a computer, who else had a cat that could talk with intelligence? Exactly, none. Serena learned just to roll with the tide and accept that she had a strange cat who was possibly keeping secrets.
"So…Luna," at this point, Luna started to sweat, "what were doing on the computer?" A mischievous look entered Serena's eyes. "Chatting with your boyfriend?" Luna went into shock and almost fainted. Serena shrieked again and started nudging Luna.
"Luna? Luna? Answer me!" Serena's door burst open with Sammy standing in the doorway.
"Mom said for you to stop shouting so much." The little frowned as he saw Serena messing with Luna. "Hey Buns For Brains, I don't think torturing your cat is going to make it talk."
"Sammy…" Serena clenched her fist and grounded her teeth. The boy's eyes widened and he quickly shut the door. Sammy often seen that look in his sister's eyes, meaning she was going to mess with him later…or his video games.
Luna was still shocked on the bed, thanking the goddess for annoying brothers. She was still traumatized by what Serena said. Boyfriend? As if I and Artemis…no…never!
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Zeke took off his glasses and rubbed his nose were it pinched. He only used his glasses when his contacts start to irate him. No one knew that he needed corrective lenses and that would stay a secret. He twirled his glasses and mused, my little piece of vanity, I guess. He put them back on and looked out the window.
Oh look, it's Miss Frigid. It's not surprising she is staying so late at the school too. Zeke's hazel eyes narrowed as Miss Mizuno ducked suspiciously around a corner. What is that girl up too? Zeke swung his book bag over shoulder and exited the classroom. Curiosity killed the cat, but most people forgot that satisfaction brought it back. He hoped that this would be in his case too.
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BNB: Oh boy, it's been while since I've updated, and I apologize to all my readers still out there. I really did start writing this chapter after I completed the last one, but school, applying for scholarships, and graduating kind of got in my way. This is really just a set up chapter so the real action can happen next time.
Ken: Owiwe, my head hurts
BNB: We share the same head…
Ken: Exactly, when you smack me, you're smacking yourself. And when you think too hard I Am then thinking too hard.
BNB: Yes, I feel so sorry for you…
Ken: I'm not getting any sympathy am I?
BNB: Nope. Anyways here's a little something something for you Shitennou fans out there.
Idle Chitchat of the Shitennou Part 2
Zoicite/Shudders/ And it was so pretty. Why are false things pretty?
Nephrite/Jadeite: What's wrong Zoi?
Zoicite: I found this in Kunzite's bathroom!
Nephrite: Vanity Hair Dye, platinum silver colour. OMG, Kunzy dyes his hair!
Jadeite: Aha, I knew it. You have to be part of the moon kingdom to naturally get that hair color!
Nephrite: Um Zoi, what were you doing in Kunzy's bathroom anyway?
Zoisite: Well, I ran out of hair gel, and only the best kind gets to pamper my hair! I mean, look and yours and Jadeite hair…not as well cared as Kunzite's.
Nephrite/Jadeite: Whatever…
Kunzite (far off): Who the hell has been going through my bathroom!
Zoisite/Nephrite/Jadeite: Shit!
BNB: I want to thank fearless Freak on a MOTOECYCLE, Ranawe217, randomwriter88 for reviewing! superkawaiifoxy, I'm so happy you think my story's original! I did truly think of Beryl's part in the story, meaning after typing up chapter 9 I thought "Darn it, I need to add Beryl's input." She's a little hard to write because all she does is sit on her butt, on the ornament throne, and give orders. I prefer action over commands, but you will see more of her, especially the big boss battle at the end of the story. XD So until next chapter….
Phoenix: REvIEw!!