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AN: I tried to get this chapter out as soon as possible, sorry if it is shorter than the others, but to get it out quicker I cant go into as much detail. It may take a little longer for the next chapter to get out, the concilation is that it will be longer! Thanks for all the support so far.
Chapter 12
Raye's eyes narrowed and glared at the shadow in the doorway. "You're late!"
The shadow jumped in surprise and scrambled into the room holding a tray out in front of them. "Uh, Sorry Raye I thought that you might want more tea and refreshments for your friends."
Ray grabbed the tray and slammed it down onto the table. "What part of "PRIVATE discussion, did you not get Chad, now get out!"
Chad then scrambled out of the room as best as he could, as a "Tsk, Tsk." Noise came from behind them. A slight breeze now made its way through an open window, a swish of fabric lightly ruffled in all of their ears. All of the women turned to see what had made the noise after seeing that none of the present attendee's had made a noise let alone had gotten up. The corner of Mina's mouth twitched into a brief smile, and then slid back into an expressionless face.
A long silver hooded cloak billowed in the slight breeze from the window. There was a clip adorned with the royal seal of the crescent moon around the neck of the cloak, not one of the Scouts could see into the shadowed hood.
Shadowed from everyone she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, when the sudden feeling of déjà vu swept around her. She wanted to keep herself in control, this was her time to set them straight, whether they wanted to or not. This was her moment and not theirs.
The long sleeves of the cloak slowly slid down as she lifted her arms towards her head, cautiously she grasped the edges of the hood and pulled it back inch by inch lifting the shadow from her face and revealing her blue eyes filled with wisdom, honor, and duty. As she lifted the hood over her forehead a crescent moon glimmered brightly revealing that she was of the royal blood of the moon. The women were still as they watched her finish pulling the hood over her head and letting it drop back revealing long silver locks and the hairstyle of the Moon Princess.
Not hesitating Mina immediately bent down in a low bow of respect to her. They watched in confusion disbelief at the situation, until Mina reprimanded them. "Get out of your dumb stupors and show some respect."
They followed Mina's example and bowed to the floor to speechless to do anything else.
A sweet yet commanding voice flowed out from the girl. "That is enough, there are things I need to discuss with you of utmost importance, and I don't have much time."
They sat up and stared, not able to do much else. Mina sat up and rolled her eyes knowing that this whole thing was more for the others than for her. So she sat patiently waiting.
"I am Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom that was destroyed during the Silver Millennium; I am also Sailor Moon the very same one you fought with yesterday and fifty years ago when you were teenagers. I am Serena Tsukino the same schoolgirl you went to school with. I am the same person you berated and kicked out of the team all those years ago." She stared directly into each of their eyes as she said these words.
Lita was the first to speak up after regaining her courage. "Princess Serenity, Serena all this time it was you?"
"You were the girl at the hospital and at the funeral. You're so young. How?" The brainy Amy spoke up while Raye continued to be silent.
She nodded her head. "Yes, I knew back then that I was the heir to the Moon Kingdom and would have revealed it to you then if certain events had not taken place. As to the reason I still look young that is a question still left to be answered and I wish that you Amy could help me solve it. I am here now asking you all as my guardians of the Silver Millennium to put aside the past and look towards the future. Queen Beryl is up to no good once again and it is time that we defeat her. I need your help in finding the Silver Crystal, for it is still missing, and it is the only way we can defeat the Negaverse. Will you all join with me?"
Three of the four women nodded their heads in harmony, the fourth Raye sat there silently, until she burst out. "So all this time you were the Princess and you did not have the nerve to tell us? You lied to us and then made us wonder for years if we would ever complete our mission in finding our princess."
"Okay so I lied about whom I was big deal. At least I didn't shove accusations in your faces without finding out the truth first. I was going to tell you the truth until you humiliated me. There was never supposed to be a Sailor Scout of the Moon, she never existed until Luna made a mistake. Why do you think I had such a hard time training trying to fight and learn how to defend, when it all came naturally to you once you were awoken? You could have helped me learn instead of hurting me. I was never supposed to fight, yet I was always late to meetings and when you guys were fighting off Youma because I would be fighting off several other Youma by myself clear across town. You never once asked why I was so tired after each battle or why I had multiple injuries that outnumbered yours. You always chalked it up to me being lazy and clumsy, but in reality I was constantly fighting for my life, fighting against the evil that wanted the power I possessed and my very existence to be eliminated. "
All of the girl's eyes were wide with tears, when the truth was finally revealed to them. They inched closer to her cautious as to what they could do in order to ask for her forgiveness. Serena also had tears in her eyes and felt relief flood her being as all her pent up emotions were released, she launched forward falling to her knees and into the middle of the girls enveloping them into a hug finally forgiving them for the past.
When the girls finished their reunion Serena pulled back a bit and wiped the tears away. "Where are Luna and Artemis, I have a few things that I wish to discuss with them."
Amy looked up with a hurt expression on her face. "About two months after you had left, Luna and Artemis thought they found an entrance that led into the Negaverse. They told us that they would check it out and see if it was accurate, only they never made it back."
"No!" Serena protested trying to deny the truth, shaking her head in denial.
The girls came forward in order to comfort her, put she pulled farther back from their grasp and stood up. She pulled four small devices from her subspace pocket and gently set them in Mina's palm.
She backed up to the open window. "Those devices will help me keep in contact with all of you. I-I need some time to think, Mina will you tell them the rest?"
Mina nodded, knowing that this was on Serena's terms and that if she wasn't fully ready to explain some things, she just needed a little more time.
Quicker than any of the girls could imagine, she jumped out of the window running as fast as she could.
The girls launched themselves towards the window and watched as she ran. Lita yelled out to her. "Come back! We can help you; you don't have to be alone anymore!" Her voice never reached the retreating girl.
Mina placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let her go. I think we all need some space to reevaluate and think things over. Therefore I call this meeting adjourned until further notice."
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Two figures stood in the branches of one of the trees at the top of the stairs that led to Cherry Hill Temple. They watched as Serena flew past them and down the stairs. "Shouldn't we go after her?" one asked the other.
Shaking their head the other replied. "She needs to think about everything that has changed. She is barely learning to close up her old wounds and right now it is best for her to be alone, eventually she will come back."
She ran and ran until she came to a secluded spot in the park, where she collapsed and sobbed for all those people that she had lost over the long expanse of time. If only I wasn't such a coward back then, I could have saved so many people. This time I can not make any more mistakes. It is time to bring this thousand year old battle to an end and I will do it without the aid of the Silver Crystal if I have to.
She stood up, her mind made up and ready for battle, and sent a light beacon cutting through the temporary eclipse she had created earlier.
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"Queen Beryl it seems as if those Sailor wimps have just sent a signal blazing up to the sky." Zocite smirked.
The Queen slightly lifted her brow in amusement." Good, if they are desperate for a fight then that's what we shall give them. Take a few Youma with you as well."
Zoicite bowed. "As you command my Queen." Then disappeared in a flurry of petals.
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Darien felt the pull of familiar power strongly he could not ignore it. He immediately transformed without even willing the transformation. A bright light illuminated the sky and he gasped as he realized it was a large crescent moon, which made him leap over buildings faster in order to get to the source. He felt sadness and desperation tug at his link. He would not stop for anything.
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Across Tokyo in a very dark room surrounded with glowing lamps of all shapes and sizes, a figure sat up, her features shadowed by the darkness that enveloped the room, their long dark hair spilled across the bed as they weakly reached for an object on the bed stand next to her. She flipped it open and pressed a button.
"Kaori, I need you to bring me the car, I have some important business that I must see to in the center of Tokyo." She flipped the phone shut with a click and slowly pulled herself cautiously out of bed, careful that she would not fall.
While a woman with long red hair squeezed the phone within her hand in pure hatred. "Spoiled Brat, if it wasn't for your father I would have gotten rid of you a long time ago."
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