Disclaimer: I do NOT own Sailor Moon and any of the characters…Other than them, belongs to me…hehe
A/N : A drastic drop in review and hits does not extinguish my urge to write! Behold! Another chapter!! –I'm on sugar high, sorry-
Your World and Mine
- The Surfacing Darkness-
Michiru poured her heart out at Setsuna, and that's literally speaking. She'd told her mentor about her recent run-ins with Haruka and co, and how she finds out that Haruka was actually the real heir of the Throne to Japan.
For this particular information, the aqua haired girl watched closely at her mentor's face. To her surprise, the emotions on Setsuna's face, or the lack of, didn't waver one bit. It was as thought the garnet eyed woman had known about this particular information from god know when.
"Setsuna?...er…you weren't surprised…"
The garnet eyed woman lifts her eyes up from the orb on top of her staff towards the girl seated across from her.
"I have lived a long life; this mere fact does not surprise me." Was the cryptic answer Michiru got. The latter frowned.
"You mean, you knew?"
"That will be answered when the time comes." Setsuna's words had a tone to them, as though indicating an end to the conversation. Michiru knows better then to crack the older woman, it'll be the same as trying to pry information off a rock.
"Michiru-" Setsuna's voice filled with enshrouded mysteries when she spoke again, jerking Michiru out of her train of thoughts "do you remember what I've told you, the night your magic awoken?"
The aqua haired girl tried to remember "vaguely…yes."
Her mentor did not seem impressed by her answer, and when Setsuna's Garnet Rod began to glow, it was Michiru's turn to get impressed.
"I have once told you about your destiny. How you were able to summon the powers of the seas…" the glow on the orb eventually gets more brighter and it's blinding Michiru enough. The orbs flashed brightly once more, before Michiru had enough sense to peek from her tightly closed eyes and gasps.
Before, she was inside the Praying Room with Setsuna, but now, she had been teleported to God-knows where.
Everywhere around her was pitch black, silver specs of lights was glowing dimly, easing Michiru's feeling of being trapped in a closed space. The aqua haired girl sensed Setsuna's movement somewhere behind her, though she could not see, and her mere presence calms the younger girl.
Michiru turns to the pitch black in front of her eyes and let out another gasp as she found out that wasn't pitch black anymore.
9 round orbs in different sizes had came out of nowhere, glowing in different colors of auras.
The aqua haired girl blinked in confusion "wha- what in the world-?"
"These are the planets," Setsuna's voice echoed in the dark sub-space or wherever they're in now "these are the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. They are called the Inner Planets."
An eyebrow rose up Michiru's visage as she blinked, the aforementioned planets got zoomed in front of her nose, before fading out as quickly as they appeared.
"And these- are the Outer Planets. The Outer Guardians, as they have been called." The rest of the 9 orbs came into view, as the farthest one, Michiru realized, was also the smallest.
Michiru turned her head to where Setsuna's voice was coming from, but since she doesn't know she just swivel her head in different directions every 5 minutes or so "uhm…Sets? We're not studying astronomy right now, are we?"
A deafening silence fills the sub space "no. we are reading fates. As your fate as well as mine and the others are written here, in front of your eyes."
Michiru found it confusing that the 4 orbs in front of her eyes represent fates, but she bites back her tongue. She needs answer and Setsuna has it, Michiru will listen even if it bores her to death.
"As you may already know, the night your magic awakens, the turbulence in the Sea was at its peak. The sea had been calm for years, way calmer than what's normal as this world was invaded by darkness. But then it roars out as though calling out for its master, the wielder of its power…" Setsuna pause as Michiru began to shiver.
"I…yes," the aqua haired girl wrapped an arm around herself "yes. That night. I felt the sea was calling to me."
"The Sea was a source of power to one of these planets. The planet Neptune, to be exact." An aqua marine-colored planet swelled up in size "and Michiru? This-is your guardian planet."
Kaioh Michiru, at the moment, was rendered speechless.
"Magic that calls upon an element, is not just mere magic. Not just anyone can calls upon the element. These special ability are only restricted to us, to the Outer Senshi. You have the power to call upon the sea, and by awakening your magic, you have also come to embrace your destiny as the soul will save this world. You are Sailor Neptune, Michiru, the Guardian of the Sea, and one of us, the Outer Senshi. This, is your destiny. Saving the world, is your mission."
Michiru took deep calming breath as she let her logic took place "Us, Setsuna?"
"Yes, Us. I was, and am, Sailor Pluto, The Guardian of Time." Setsuna appeared beside Michiru, her face set onto one of a Mage in deep understanding while questions popped up inside Michiru's head.
"b-but-" this new information was shocking, not to mention absurd "what's this got to do with saving Haruka?"
The garnet eyes of the Guardian of Time flashed before she replied "Haruka or should I say, Tenoh Haruka, is Sailor Uranus, the Guardian of the Wind. And, your destined partner." She added gently to the shocked look upon her protégé's face.
The tall blonde took a deep breath before exhaling with more force than needed. Her ribs feel okay, her spirit was soaring high to the sky and a wide grin had been present in her face since the morning.
Last night had been the best night ever in her life. It was the night she and Michiru consummate their relationship, and the night where she had open her heart to the person she cherished the most.
The heir of Japan walked through the green mountain valley, just behind the Euston forest, whistling softly as she goes. She was in a good mood today, and nothing is going to spoil this for her.
The breeze picked up slightly, caressing her face and neck in a gentle touch, an action of love an soothing that always calm Haruka's heart.
"So, you're happy too, are you?" she asks no one in particular, but the wind picked up at her question, as though answering a 'yes' to her ear.
Haruka chuckled good naturedly, oh how she just loved the wind.
Ever since she was small she always loved the wind. It was as though the wind and her had a special connection with each other. Haruka find them comforting and soothing to her wild soul and the Wind, in turn, became more or like her guardian. She'd know when it'd pick up speed, warning her of something bad. The wind brought her happiness, and Haruka knew somehow, that she would not be whole without the wind.
Unknown to the blonde, ancient magic began to merge with her aura. The sleeping magic inside her awoken slightly, being one with her. Unknowingly to Haruka herself, she, had awaken as Sailor Uranus.
But her good mood was soon spoiled by the intense smell of burnt wood. The blonde frowned and followed a thick smoke in the once blue sky. Her eyes widened at the sight from the mountain top.
Euston Village was engulfed in flame.
"Gather up everyone, don't let anyone escape! Tie them up, lock them up, out them in the carriage! Let them face their punishment for disloyalty to the Governors!" Seiya's voice echoed throughout the burning village.
The screams of women and the wails of the children came to deaf ears as the soldiers under the Kou Brother's command tie up every living soul in Euston Village. They gathered evidence from the site, as a proof that the place was indeed the Silver Arrow's HQ.
A little girl screamed as she was pulled inside a carriage by a soldier.
"Hands off, you prick!" Mamoru gave a roundhouse kick out of no where and hit the soldier K.O. But other soldiers didn't stay silent at the attack, at once they began to group around Mamoru and began beating him down till he was unconscious.
"Mamoru-san!!" the little girl's crying only got more hysterical as she was pulled into a comforting embrace from Minako. The blonde eyeing daggers at the soldiers who were now dragging Mamoru's body inside one of the carriages.
"Want some, blondie?" a soldier spitted on Minako's face as the blonde felt her blood boils. But with a kid in her arms, she could do naught but surrender.
"Fuck you." she hissed at the soldier as she went inside the carriage which Mamoru was in. she could only hoped that Haruka is well out of this mess and find the culprit that had blab their secrets away.
Haruka ran with all the speed she could muster towards her home. All the alarms in her body were ringing, indicating that major disturbance had taken place. And when she arrived at the mouth of the village, the sight of armed soldiers, horses, and carriages meet her eyes.
The blonde attacked the soldiers without further ado, her rage getting the better of her.
'What the fuck had happened here?' her mind demanded as her blade made contact with steel armor, and pierced through flesh. Crimson blood fell with a spell upon the once bloodless village. She was getting the upper hand in this fight, but the unlimited number of soldiers was slowly taking its toll out on her.
No matter how strong she is, Haruka will never be able to defeat a whole army by herself.
Suddenly, the hairs behind her back stood up on end. Acting on instinct, Haruka leveled herself with the ground as a blast of energy came bolting above her head, destroying all in its way.
The blonde turned her head towards her attacker and felt her hackles rise. Kou Seiya was smirking at her with an eerie black jaded sword in his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Tenoh." The pony tailed man gave er a mock salute as the Wind senshi stood on her feet.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!" the blonde roared in rage as adrenalin pumped in her throbbing ears. The call of her forgotten surname did no good to the worse situation.
Seiya, however, didn't back down from her tone of voice.
"I am doing my job. Rounding up the loonies and bag them for the Governor. Michiru's dad." He added in a mock after thought.
Haruka found the magic emitting from Seiya's sword to be disturbing, but she thought no more of it "get the hell out of here!" she snarled, her fist clutching the hilt of her blade until blood drips down from it.
Seiya's eyes flashed in annoyance "no, I wont. If you had enough sense to think, Tenoh, you would very much realize that you are in no position to demand something for me. This whole place is under my control now. And you, are going to jail." He said the last words with such flourish that it looked like he enjoyed in saying it.
Haruka could not take more of his taunting, she had to kill this man now or it's going to bug her for the rest of her life.
"Space Sword…" Haruka raised her sword aloft, above her head as she concentrated all of her energy to this one attack, god knows she had no stamina left to engage this infuriating man in a battle "…Blaster!"
The wind began to howl and soon crescent-shaped wind blades began hurtling itself at Seiya, who strangely, didn't make a move.
The smirk that came upon his face sent a shiver down Haruka's spine.
Muttering to himself, Seiya brought his own blade down in an arc as Haruka's attack came inches away from hitting him. With a force that resembled exploding dynamite, Seiya's spell collided with Haruka, sending the blonde off her feet before landing on the ground with a loud thud.
Squinting through her eyes in the middle of the flying dust, Haruka sat up, ignoring the protest from her now sore body, as she tried to see the effect of her attack.
Kou Seiya was still standing tall, with no scratch upon his figure.
"I-Impossible-!!" Haruka was stunned "h-how?!"
"The same attack wont hit me twice, Tenoh." Seiya raised his sword once again, Haruka being stun, could not do anything to save her life.
"Don't blame this on me, Tenoh," his immensely powerful and God-awful attack came once again, engulfing the blonde in a world of pain and agony as she screams into the air, writhing on the ground from falling at least a hundred feet from the air.
Finally Haruka's body surrendered, she could feel her consciousness slipped away as Seiya came into her blur vision.
"Don't blame this on me," the smirk was the last thing Haruka saw as the next words he spoke etched itself on her brain "blame Michiru for everything. For without here, this lot would not happen."
And the blonde let darkness claims her.
A chill made its way down on Michiru's spine. She looked around in panic.
What was this feeling? A sense of danger…did something happen to Haruka?
The aqua haired girl stopped her mind before it went wayward with false imaginations.
"Michiru?" the aqua haired girl turned to her mentor and the priestess on her left.
After being told bare of her destiny, Setsuna brought Michiru to the Moon temple, where her friend lives. Her friend was actually a priestess that had been in watch over the things that had happened lately.
Michiru eyed the priestess, she was younger that the aqua haired girl. Hino Rei was her name, long Raven Black hair flying with the breeze and intense pair of amethyst eyes. The sense of wisdom the girl had around her confirmed Michiru that Hino Rei was the same type as Setsuna.
Mysterious, broody and always enshrouded in never ending mystery.
"Kaioh Michiru-san," the priestess spoke before Michiru held up her hand and stop her.
"Call me Michiru, please." The priestess nod and continue.
"Michiru, you have been told of your foretold destiny. And you have come here to relieve your talisman. The weapon which will help you in your battles." Yep, Michiru's right. Mysterious alright.
The aqua haired girl frowned at a certain word "talisman?" she echoed. Rei nodded.
"Setsuna has the Garnet rod," she motioned towards Michiru's mentor who was eyeing her staff affectionately, as though it was a part of her "and every Outer Senshi had their own promised weapon. And yours, is this-" a shiny aqua marine orb appeared upon Rei's opened palm.
A second later, the orb exploded in a burst of light, and in its place was a beautiful blue hand mirror that emits powerful magic. So powerful that Michiru could feel the air around them pulsed in its presence.
"This is yours to wield," Rei handed the mirror to Michiru who took it with outmost care. The second she held the mirror, she felt electricity running through her. And a feeling of nostalgia hit her.
As though she was separated fro the mirror and was now reunited again.
"This is the mission you have to upheld," Michiru stared straight at Rei's blazing amethyst eyes "save the world, and bring a better future to the land."
"Michiru, find Haruka." Setsuna spoke with a note of urgency in her usually calm voice "find here, before others does."
With a determined nod, Michiru turned to the spot and headed towards the direction where she could feel Haruka's heart calling out to her.
This time, she will save Haruka.
A/N: man, this is one difficult chapter. Many important points make their appearances here and my favorite inner senshi Rei-chan, made her appearance!! Review please, it'll make me graciously happy XD.