Digimon in Neo-Queen Serenity's Court.
A Sailormoon - Digimon Crossover fanfiction.
By: Kelly Paul Graham.
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DISCLAIMER: The main characters in this story are not mine.
The Digimon and Digi-destined and their families belong to their creator,
Miyoshi Houso,
and Toei Animation.
Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, Chibiusa ("Small Lady"), the Sailorsenshi,
the Family Tsukino-
and Crystal Tokyo- are the property of their creator, Naoko Takeuchi, and Toei
Animation.
NOTE:
Another Digi-fan has let me know (more or less), in reference to another fiction
I have written
("Friends Forever"), that I have Ishida-san's first name wrong. Well, mistakes
can happen. But,
It's too late for me to change names. So.... "Matsuo", meet "Yamato"! "Yamato",
meet "Matsuo"!
I don't remember WHERE I got the idea the "Matsuo" was "Matt"'s original
Japanese name, but
that's what I have it as ^_^
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Part 03b- "Digital Senshi- Choices, Part 2."
Sora was lost in thought in the palace-gardens and staring into a fountain.
"Busy?" Sailorvenus asked.
"Iie." Sora said, scooting over. Sailovenus took a seat next to Sora.
"Where is your Digimon?" Sailorvenus asked Sora.
"Byomon?" Sora asked. "She's enjoying the flowers!" Then Sora called out,
"Byo?!!"
"I am here, Sora!" Byomon said as she munched on a banana. "Oh! Hello,
Sailorvenus! I
hope the royal family does not mind my taking a banana from their garden!"
"Iie!" Sailorvenus said with a laugh. "That is what the fruit in the gardens are
for!
Just in case whoever is here gets hungry or gets a thirst. And, please, call me
Minako. That is
what everyone calls me.. at least, when they are not mad at me!" Minko giggled a
bit, and then
giggled some more.
"Errr.. Ja ne, Minako-san!" Sora and Byomon gave each other a questioning look,
and
then bowed to Princess Minako. "Arigatou!"
"Oh!" Byomon remembered. "I almost forgot! Sora, here's your banana!"
Sora and Byomon sat on the garden bench, eating their bananas. Minako looked at
the
two Digi-partners, and burst into a gale of giggles once more.
"Pardon me, Minako-sama?" Sora asked after she swallowed her next bite of fruit.
"Gomen!" Sailorvenus laughed. "You just remind me.." Venus tried to stifle her
giggled,
"..of 'The Misfits'!"
"'Misfits'?" Byomon gulped, eyeing Venus strangely.
"Gomen!" Sailorvenus apologized again, and blushed. "'The Misfits' was an old
American
movie even when the Senshi and Digi-destined were last on Earth!"
"Hmmm.. " Sora noted, "I think I remember seeing that movie! I remember! I saw
it on
television! Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe!!"
"Hai! Well, Sora-chan, I have a favor to ask of you and Byo-chan. Ja ne?"
"What is the favor, Minako-san?" Sora and Byomon asked as one.
"I need help," Venus slowly began. "Neo-Queen Serenity's reign is coming to an
end.
Soon, Chibiusa shall take over! And, as was the custom in the Silver Millenium
on the Moon, so it
will be here, that every reigning Monarch should have their own Court! To help
the Ruler guide
wisely! Or.. it should be so. Usually, the sons and daughters of the previous
Court rise to take
their parent's place. But.."
"The Senshi have no children?" Sora asked Minako.
"Iie." Venus answered. "The only one offered that pleasure was Serenity! And,
now, our
time has come. We must make way for the next group."
"Will.. you die?" Byomon's eyes were wet as she clung to Sora. "From what I've
been
hearing, the Senshi are Gods and Goddesses! You can't die!"
"Iie, Byomon!" Venus softly smiled, showing more of her serious side. "We are
long-lived,
hai! But, we are not immortal!" Then Venus laughed lightly. "But, it is not our
time to die.. not
yet! We are just retiring to our ancestral home-worlds, and going to visit old
family and friends!
Many I have missed for ages untold."
"And you would chose us as your replacement?" Byomon thought for a few minutes.
"Why?"
"I am called the Senshi of Love," Venus began, "some even say, as you have
guessed,
Byo-san, the 'Goddess of Love', although the people - and some of the Senshi,
speak of that more
in an erotic sense." Venus started to giggle again, causing an embarassed Sora
Takenouchi and
Byomon quite a bit of nervous discomfort.
"Oh!" Venus let out another round of giggles. "Gomen! I did not mean the scare
you like
that! And I need no help being ecchi!" Minako recovered herself so fast that
both Digimon and
Digi-destined began to wonder, 'who am I dealing with here?'
"Iie!" Venus said. "Erotic love needs no help! The love, the support, that is
needed
now can only come from you, Sora Takenouchi! Chibiusa is as much a being of love
as is her mother,
Neo-Queen Serenity! However! Where they both have love in excess, they need to
feel other's
love in return, or they are lost, as ships caught in a gale! I would not see
EITHER my Queen or
Princess lost!"
Minako's thoughts went back through the centuries. To the time she helped
"nurse" the
woman-child Usagi Tsukino back to "health". And to another time when she, and
the other Senshi,
joined the life-spirits with Usagi's- out of shared love- to save themselves
from a desentigrating
meteorite.
"Hai," Minako whispered as she came back to the present. "I owe them so much! I
will
still watch over Serenity, but someone will need to take my place, here, to
watch over Chibiusa!
Takenouchi-san and I became friends over the years! And, as we would talk , we
would often discuss
the true meaning of love! As I said before, many consider my love 'erotic', for
some reason! But,
your Mama-san tried her best to exaplify the love she said she last saw in you!
The type of love
that cares and nurtures! The kind of love that helps grow!"
"The kind of love that Serenity and Chibiusa need returned to them!" Sora
responded.
A red aura enveloped the two women and one Digimon and Sora and Byomon both held
onto
Venus and smiled :
"We will watch over her!"
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"So! You want my help?" Taichi Kamiya asked. "Why?"
"Hai." Agumon commented. "What is there here that the Sailor Senshi cannot
handle? I
thought the Senshi were invincible ?"
"Iie." Sailoruranus said, looking out over the Pacific. "We Senshi have battled
all,
and won, save for the twins of Time and Age."
"Aha!" Agumon responded. "So, what you need from us is.."
"Someone to fight in my stead," Uranus answered, "after my time is up!"
"It is your time to die," Taichi looked up at the Senshi and gulped, "Your
Highness?"
"Iie, not yet! And, please," the princess smiled, "call me 'Haruka'! "Your
Highness, is
too damned formal."
"Then," Taichi asked, "why did you say, 'after my time is up'?"
"Because the Time of The Princess' Assencion the the Throne as Serenity IX draws
near!
And, with a new queen rises a new Court, new Protectors!"
"So..." Taichi slowly spoke, searching for the right words. "What you're asking
is..."
"For you to take my place among the Senshi." Uranus answered.
"Why?" was all Taichi Kamiya could say, as Agumon saw a slight fear come into
the young
man's eyes. The reptilian-Digimon tried his best to reassure his partner and
best-friend.
"Because you are the chosen-leader of the Digi-Destined!" Haruka smiled at
Taichi. "And..
Because you are 'Courage'!"
Taichi gripped his crest as if trying to tear it from around his neck. "Wrong,
Haruka!
I am 'Wrecklessness'!" Taichi said, bitter tears starting to fall. "You don't
want me!"
The tall blonde looked directly into Taichi's eyes.
"Taichi Kamiya!" Haruka stated. "YOU are EXACTLY who I NEED !" She then blushed.
"Pardon
me, I am- not used- to speaking so with men ! Hai. It is you that I seek, Taichi
Kamiya! You may
think of your courage as recklessness, Kamiya-kun! But, it is courage pure- and
strong!"
"Hai." Taichi answered bitterly. "So strong that it nearly got my friends- my
sister-
KILLED!" Taichi made a fist and drove it into a rock, ingoring the pain.
"Hai." Uranus pondered a bit. "We all make decisions, let things happen, as
leaders that
we later regret. But! Not all can MAKE those decisions! Not all have the courage
TO make them!
Taichi, I used to listen to your Papa-san and Mama-san speak of you with
Neo-Queen Serenity! At the
time, I thought that such tales were those of a grieving family mourning their
only son! But, this
day, I have-sensed- something in you. Something tells me your parents only
caught a tiny glimpse of
what is in you !" The Senshi found herself embracing the young man. "It is that
courage I see that
Chibiusa will need to help guide and sustain her!"
The Crest of Courage began to glow.
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"You need my friendship?" Matsuo Ishida asked this of the sea-green-haired
Senshi at his
side as they watched the sea come into Tokyo Bay.
"Hai." Sailorneptune answered.
"But.. why?" Matsuo Ishida honestly asked. "All I 've ever done is hurt my
friends with it!"
"Oh, Matsuo!" Gabumon held Matsuo's hand. "You KNOW that is not true! You have
been the best
friend anyone could have!"
"But, I've hurt so many people!" Matsuo started to cry. "Jyou.. Taichi..
Takeru..."
"But, you have HELPED them MORE, Matsuo-san!" Gabumon admonished his best
friend. "It is just
the Darkness trying to enter you, again, my friend! As it tried back on Spiral
Mountain! Don't let it!"
"Did it ever leave me, Gabumon?" Matsuo lifted asking eyes to his Digimon. "I am
beginning to
think it never left me!"
"We all have some Darkness in us!" Sailorneptune said. "Even after the
Neo-Queen's Cleansing,
some darkness remains! It remains to test us! It is like a forger making a
sword, the light and darkness
bending and shaping us. But the Darkness cannot win! It must not! But I have
felt the darkness- the dark
side of friendship- also, Matsuo Ishida."
"You.. have, Sailorneptune?" Matsuo managed to stammered out.
"Hai. and, please, call me "Michiru'! I know about the dark edge of friendship."
Michiru Kaioh
stared out as the moon rose over the roaring surf. "I have hurt those I care
about- those I love- too
often in my life. And I regret it, still! Even though they have forgiven me. It
seems, the hardest one
to forgive.. is yourself."
"Hai." Agreed a reflective Matsuo. "It is easy to justify your own actions, but
hard to forgive
them!" He slowly lifted up his head from gazing at his Crest. "Why is my
friendship so needed here, by you,
Michiru?"
"Because," the Senshi of Neptune and the Ocean depths replied, "the rime of
Chibiusagi's Assension
to the Throne of the Crystal Millenium has come! And the time of me descent.
Every new Queen deserves a new
Court! New friends and guardians to share her joys and fears, and to lend her
strength when needed! I have
served Neo-Queen Serenity well! And, if called to, I will serve her daughter
just as well! But, Usagi deserves
her own friends around her- not her mother's."
Gabumon held himself protectively close to Matsuo.
"Again, Michiru," Matsuo asked, "why me?"
Michiru thought on the question a bit as the waves crashed onto the beach:
"Serenity was not the only one who talked with your parents. Sailoruranus and I
became good friends
with your parents! We stayed close to your mother even after Shigeru died in the
Blackmoon Wars! And, I was
often struck by the sense of loyalty- of friendship- that she saw in you! Not
only toward Takeru-kun, but also
towards the other Digi-destined! You were- you ARE- all that I have ever wanted
to be, Matsuo Ishida! And you
are what Chibusa NEEDS as she steps up to reign as the next Neo-Queen!"
Matsuo's Crest of Friendship began to glow as Gabumon moved in ever-so-close.
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The sun had just set when Takeru and Patamon wandered into the Fireroom of the
Senshi of Mars.
"Komban-wa, Takeru-san!" Sailormars turned around in greeting. "Komban-wa,
Patamon! I have been
expecting you! Some tea?"
"Komban-wa!" Both Digi-partners answered as one.
"You have been expecting us?" Patamon asked.
"Who told you we'd be here?" Takeru asked in wonder. "We didn't even know we
were coming here!"
Rei Hino smiled slightly, jesturing to the flame, "The spirits showed me who I'd
be expecting
today!"
"They did?" Patamon squeaked as he flew off his perch on Takeru's hat. "Ahhh! A
fire-priestess!"
"Hai!" Rei fixed the two wanderers some tea. "You have had an interesting day
today!" She served her
guests to a tea-ceremony.
"Arigatou!" Tskeru bowed and then slowly drank his tea, savoring it. "It is
good.. to be able to be
someplace you can be sure you can call 'home'!"
"Are you sure you wish to call Crystal Tokyo 'home', Takeru-san?" Rei asked as
she replaced the
tea-service. "Crystal Tokyo is far removed from what you knew as 'home'." Rei
looked a bit pensive.
Takeru answered as slowly and as thoughtfully as he had drank his tea. "Hai,"
the young man
finally answered, noting the Priestess' sadness, "this is home! It is not the
Japan that I knew, it is
not the world that I knew, but it is the Japan that my parents knew! And, you
are the family my parents
last knew and loved! And , as are the Digimon and the other Digi-Destined, The
Senshi and Neo-Queen
Serenity are also my family now!"
"And what of you, Patamon?" Rei asked the rodent-digimon.
"My place is with Takeru!" Patamon said solomnly, as if in oath. "He is the best
part of me!
And I would feel strange without him. The Digital-world is where I was born,
true! But, I was born to be
with Takeru! And the Digital-World was no place for him, or for the other
Digi-destined! Even without
Dark Powers vying for control, that World was hostile, violent. So, my place is
also here!"
"So." Sailormars pondered her words carefully. "Even though some of what you
have experienced
here is foreign to you both.."
"We still choose to call it 'home'!" Takeru and Patamon answered.
"Arigatou", Sailormars said softly as she turned back to the fire as if
questioning it. Then she
slowly spoke: "Takeru-san?"
"Your Highness?" The boy answered.
"Please, call me 'Rei'! Everyone in Crystal Tokyo has become family over the
centuries! 'Your
Highness' sounds too stiff."
"Gomen, Rei! Arigatou!" Takeru bowed again.
"There is no need to apologize, Takeru! Do you know that, after Serenity woke us
all, that your
mother would often come here?" Rei started. "Sometimes she would come with the
rest of Serenity's Court and
Shigeru-san! Sometimes with just Shigeru-san! Sometimes, even before Shigeru's
death, she would come alone.
There were four people in Court your parents would talk to regularly, Takeru.
There was Neo-Queen Serenity,
there were Princesses Uranus and Neptune.. and there was me.
"When your parents- especially your mother- and I would talk, Takeru, we would
often talk of you!
Your mother said many times this shrine reminded her of you! She always thought
you were special in a way
she was never able to figure out! And, she said, it was only after you left for
the Digital-World again that
she was able to figure out why you were so special! You, Takeru, have a
spirituality about you. It shows in
the aura around you. Your Mother was able to see it.. and so am I! Your mother
guessed that is why you were
given the Crest of Hope! And," Rei gave a knowing nod to Patamon, "why you have
a strong Guardian Angel!"
Patamon blushed and tried to hide behind Takeru.
Rei sighed and sadly look back towards the fire. "Takeru, after your mother
died, I swore that,
if I ever met you in this life, I would watch over you as if you were me own!
That, and the feelings I have
for your parents, makes what I need to ask very difficult!"
Takeru and Patamon looked worriedly at the Princess of Mars.
"The spirits have reminded me that the Time of the Choosing is near!" The
Priestess began to explain.
"Choosing?" Takeru asked. "Choosing what?"
"The choice of who succeeds we Senshi." Rei answered in a whisper. "Chibiusa is
almost ready to reign
in her mother's stead! And, as Neo-Queen, she must have her own Court-
protectors and advisors! Usually, it is
the children of the previous planetary-rulers that are chosen to rule, but-"
"The Senshi have no children." Takeru finished the thought.
"Hai." Rei nodded. "This evening, the spirits showed me who was to take my
place. As the other Senshi
no doubt have found they who will take their places at Court." Takeru and
Patamon nodded slowly as one. "The job,
however, is frought with dangers! As Serenity's defenders, we have had to give
our lives.. many times! It is just
by the power of the Ginzuishou and Serenity's spirit that we are alive today.
And the Ginzhuishou has been known
to demand a heavy payment from whoever uses it!"
"Hai." Takeru acknowledged. "We kind of thought something like this might
happen! When we saw our parents
today in Odaiba, they asked us to watch after Serenity and Usagi before we left
to come back here! We agreed to it,
since Usagi is, not only the Princess, but our friend! I will be glad to take
your place, Rei, whenever called upon!"
Rei embraced the young senshi with all the warmth a mother could. In response,
the Crest of Hope bathed
Takeru, Patamon, and Rei in it's soothing white light. After the embrace, the
light faded.
"Rei?" Takeru asked. "This is a fire-room! But are all spirits welcome?"
"Hai." The Priestess smiled.
"Good!" Takeru gave a ready smile then stepped outside to commune with the sky
and stars. To Takeru
Takaishi.. no.. Takeru ISHIDA. The Heavenly Spirits always seemed friendly-
Until tonight.
"I have come for you, Bearer of Hope..." the thunders seemed to say manacingly
from a star-fill sky.
"I... have come... for vengeance..." The rolling voice, barely above a whisper,
sounded somehow
familiar. Where had Takeru heard it ?
"Devilmon!"
Takeru hurried back to the Mainroom of the Palace.