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Light of Hope

Chapter Ten

The sun was warm and the air was crisp. It felt amazing against Usagi's skin. She couldn't believe what a beautiful day it was. It was great to get away, she loved her friends dearly but she needed to be by herself, she needed to breath. She understood that they did it out of love for her, but she loved them too! She was capable of protecting herself.

She sat alone on a park bench in one of the many new and beautiful parks within the Sanq Kingdom. It was quite beautiful, with a plethora of cherry blossom trees lined up around the park and along the walkways. They were planted with weeping willows and many oak trees as well. Flowers bloomed in exotic colors around the stone walkways and sandy paths, and a beautiful man made lake was central to the park.

Across the lake sat the inner wall that held the palace separate from the rest of the kingdom.

Usagi smiled as she thought of Crystal Tokyo. There would be no gates separating her great crystal palace from the rest of her kingdom. There would be no need. She's seen the future and what it stood for, peace and hope. No, she would have no separation from her people.

The queen never left the palace much, but when the attack from Nemesis and the Black Moon struck, she rushed out of the Palace. Her gaze was intense and fierce as she glared upon her enemy in the sky.

Usagi blinked away the memory of what she had been told had happened to her in the future before it was changed for the better. Had she really rarely left her palace? Had she not gone many places, seen and met many people? She wondered why that could be so.

Movement on the seat alerted Usagi someone had sat next to her, she jumped and looked to her right to find a very handsome man sitting beside her.

He was looking right at her, studying her.

He was tall, she didn't know how much taller than her he was because he was seated but she could tell it must have been at least a foot if not more. Muscles rippled from his lean and bare arms, and she could clearly see how strong he was under his plain white muscle shirt. Dark jeans covered long and strong legs. His hair was messy but it suited him, falling into his dark mysterious blue eyes, and cut short in the back. The deep chocolate locks think and swaying in the slight breeze in an almost boyish way.

"Nice day isn't it?" Usagi blushed, embarrassed. He just kept staring at her. His fully body turned to face her and it was beginning to creep her out how intense his gaze was. She was sure he hadn't blinked in over a minute. Oh why did I need to be alone again?

He remained silent. She fidgeted nervously.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" She turned and glared out right at him, now fully annoyed. "Do I know you?" She clutched her locket, unsure.

"No, you don't." He stood then and stuffed his tan hands into his pocket.

She was right, he was incredibly tall. Almost as tall as Mamoru, perhaps the same height even.

She watched with ill nerves as he walked away. She stood and retreated in the opposite direction, away from the Cinq Palace. She felt uncomfortable, and she turned to see if he was still walking away but instead he was gone, as if he had vanished completely from the walkway he had just been on moments ago. Her swift walk turned into a jog as she clutched her broach with caution.

…

"This is a beautiful Temple." Relena murmured as she reached the top of the long steps to a beautiful shrine amidst the large holy grounds of the Hikawa Temple.

As she looked towards the small shrine by one of the larger dojo's she saw five young girls sitting and enjoying tea. They seemed to be laughing and so happy together. Relena smiled sadly. She couldn't even remember having real friends, just as she had made a few of them, her school year had been cut short and she'd been involved in a war and politics, finding out she was not whom she had thought; the daughter of a minister... but instead by blood, she was a princess of a dead pacifist nation.

A pacifist nation she rebuilt in Japan.

As she walked closer to the shrine, the Temple behind it became clearer and she recognized the girls, one in particular.

"Usagi-san." She uttered softly, not realizing she had said her recognition aloud.

Usagi and the others turned to look at Relena. Usagi stood up and bowed, but the others remained sitting and their faces seemed to dim with hints of sudden disinterest. "Princess Relena! Welcome to the Hikawa Shrine, what brings you here?"

Relena smiled. Usagi was really a sweet girl, she seemed to shine so brightly. Her gaze turned to the other girls, she wished she could make friends like her… she noticed the disdain and tried to fight to keep her smile, she turned to look at the wishing shrine. "You might think it silly, but I wanted to make a wish on the bells."

Rei scuffed, and rose, moving her long hair back behind her ears and making sure to adjust her miko kimono for show. Her dark purple eyes glittered in the sun and almost seemed to shimmer red, fiery bluish purple opals. "Why would it be silly? It is a wonderful tradition that has often brought good will and hope to people."

Relena lowered her gaze and clasped her hands in front of her bright pink and purple puffy sundress. "I mean no disrespect. I'm sure you've heard of the attacks since my kingdom has been invited here by Japan… it's hard, a foreign nation randomly settles it's home in a different, completely separate country. Not everyone agrees with Japan's governments decision. It's been hard and I thought I'd come to wish for a peaceful ending for all of us."

Rei's eyes softened but the straight lines of her lips remained tightly closed and indifferent.

"I'm surprised you'd be out of your kingdom without any guards." A deadpanned voice cut in. Makoto raised her shimmering emerald gaze to Relena, her face shadowed by her long bangs, the chocolate tendrils teasing at her long eyelashes.

"She's not without a guard." A deep masculine voice countered.

They all turned to the small dojo towards the forest of cherry blossom trees.

The fire reading room.

Usagi gasped as she saw who the man was. It was the guy from the park earlier.

Makoto frowned and shared a worried look with the others. None of them had heard or sensed his presence… even though they had noticed the Pacifist Princess when they'd seen the crescent image of her climbing the steps to the temple.

"Are all the guys in Cinq hot?" Minako whispered to Ami both baffled and slightly pleased. Ami gave a small shrug and merely blushed. Even she had to admit, they were almost as attractive as the three lights had been.

Rei's eyebrow twitched. "Minako!"

Usagi gulped, but turned to Relena and smiled sweetly. The tension in the air was tangible. "You shouldn't worry Princess Relena, the Sailor Senshi will protect everyone."

"The Sailor Senshi are just as much of a threat." The man spoke coldly. His gazed lingered on Usagi's frame.

She frowned. It was the guy from the park earlier! Now that she thought about it, he was headed in the direction of the palace.

"Hiiro!" Relena scolded. She turned to Usagi and smiled. "I'm sorry Usagi-san, since the attacks have happened I am not allowed to be alone…"

Usagi turned to look at her friends and slouched. Oh she knew all too well.

Relena looked at the bell shrine. "There are many legends here in Japan about the Sailor Senshi. So much secrecy but word of mouth tells many things." She frowned. "They say a princess will rise and a kingdom of crystal will brighten the land and save the world, creating a peaceful era on Earth that extends to space." She smiled. "My kingdom is a pacifist nation, they say the Sailor Senshi fight for a peaceful rule under a kind Queen's hand. Maybe… that kingdom they fight for is mine?" She smiled hopefully at Hiiro, pleased with her theory on the odd threatening notes about an old prophecy.

"You're wrong."

Usagi turned in shock to Ami's strong tone. The girls normally soft watery doe eyes were an indifferent icy blue.

"Sailor Moon will be Queen. She is the rightful ruler." Minako said with an air of authority. She looked down her nose at them with her sky blue eyes and her expression off putting and smug.

Relena frowned, her pretty soft cornflower blues were put off. "Do you believe that?"

"With all of my heart." Rei said firmly, her pretty eyes in an almost glaring look of indignation that anyone could think otherwise. She dismissed them by placing her arms folded in the sleeves of her kimono. As if she would die believing it.

Relena turned to Usagi. Her eyes hopeful. They were friends, surely she could think that she was the Queen of the great prophecy. "You too?"

Usagi smiled at Relena, her eyes soft. Almost pitying. "Yes. Sailor Moon will rule as Queen of the Earth and Galaxy… as legend has it, she will marry the Prince of Earth, and they'll rule the Earth and Moon together in an era of peace in the future, when, as rumor has it... many years ago the two worlds had been at war in the far distant past."

Relena smiled, the prince of earth. Perhaps... "My brother maybe?"

Usagi shook her head with mirth. "No, there is an actual Prince of Earth, the same prince that ruled this world a long time ago."

"Lies. There is no such person, or even kingdom. There had never been a single royal family who ruled the entire planet." Hiiro said as he moved to Relena's side, his gaze never leaving Usagi's.

Usagi's nerves sent shivers up her spine. A hot rage over whelmed her. The nerve this guy had! And would he stop staring at her already!? What was this guys problem? Her cheeks puffed up and turned pink with her anger as she glared at him. "He's real. Prince Endymion is real! The Golden Kingdom of Elysion ruled the world!"

He smirked. "In Mythology. And it's not even correct mythology. The only Elysian in myth is the Elysian Fields, where in Hades good souls go after they die. Endymion was a sheep herder who the goddess of the moon fell in love with. She put him into an eternal sleep and she bore him over fifty children."

Minako, Rei and Makoto all couldn't help but laugh. Ami was blushing. She had known of the myth but had never thought about the connection until now. She was slightly disappointed in herself for having only now thought about it.

Usagi's golden brow twitched. She should have paid more attention in her mythology class. Goddess of the moon sounded cool though. Over fifty kids though? She clenched her legs together and imagined various aged Chibiusa's swirling around her head. "LIES!" She shouted with a pout. Such a frightening thought…

The sky suddenly turned dark and a loud growl sounded through the sky. Lighting struck and Relena and Usagi both screamed both afraid of thunder and the closeness of the sudden strike.

Everyone tensed and turned to the steps of the shrine. Someone was coming.

End Chapter

Hmm things are going to change, it's going to get crazy from here c:

The mythology bit at the end is real but the amount of children could be wrong though. I think it's higher. Much higher.