AUTHORS NOTES
DISCLAIMERS: Rights to Sailor Moon are owned by Naoko Taceuchi, Kondansha Publishing, Toei, DiC, Optimum Productions, Cloverway...am I forgetting anything?
There will be VERY DETAILED Authors Notes at the end of the fic, if you're intereted.
Anyway, please enjoy the story!
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EPILOGUE
"Bye, Mom! I'm meeting Darien in the park!"
"Have fun, Serena. Don't come home too late!"
"I won't this time, Mom. I promise!"
It had been three days since her fateful battle with Jedite, and her fateful night with her parents. Serena had spent these few days with her family, to help ease any fears and doubts they still had, or may have had. She also spent the time sighting all of the good qualities Darien possessed, and assuring her father that Darien hadn't taken advantage of her in the slightest.
Ken had become more comfortable with Darien as the days passed. From the countless stories Serena had told him, to the stories he heard on that fateful night, to the words out of Darien's mouth himself, he concluded that Darien was a suitable boy for Serena to date. Granted that he was slightly uncomfortable about the fact that Darien was nearly four years older than Serena, and the fact that he was going to college, but he would just have to accept that.
As Serena left the house, she thought to what Luna had said to her. "It seems that Queen Serenity has given you two more time to spend with eachother. Her methods of this seem…interesting to say the least, but now that your parents have somewhat come to terms, you should be able to breathe a little easier."
This was true in a sense. Serena was able to breathe easier. Now that her relationship with Darien was out in the open, and that her parents actually approved, she had one less thing to worry about.
Checking her watch, Serena realized that she was a few moments behind schedule, among other things. "Darn it!" she thought to herself. "I can't be late again! Not now!" she then broke into a run, with Darien and the park just a short while away.
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Ten minutes later, Serena finally made it to the park entrance. Waiting there, with a warm smile, was Darien. "You're late again, Meatball-Head," he remarked.
Instead of trying to defend herself, Serena just wrapped her arms around the one she loved. "Can't we just enjoy the moment?" she asked.
Darien's response was a simple one, for he leaned down towards Serena, his lips meeting hers. Serena, liking this response, returned the embrace. After a moment, Darien broke it off. "Of course," he said plainly. Serena laughed.
The couple entered the park hand in hand. Walking around, Darien began a new conversation. "So, how's your dad holding up?" he asked.
"He's doing okay," Serena replied. "He's still feeling weird with the fact we're dating, but every time I talk to him, he seems to be more relaxed about it."
"Don't tell me that he's full relaxed about it already," Darien said.
Serena laughed again. "Believe me, Darien, it's going to be a long time before Dad is fully relaxed!"
Darien laughed as well. "I thought so. Do the other Scou…uh, Guardians know that your parents know?"
"Believe me, I make that same mistake Darien," Serena said, remarking on the entire Scout / Guardian transition. "Yeah, I called them on my communicator the day after. My family promised to keep the whole thing a secret. Even Sammy is going to, thank goodness."
"That's good," Darien remarked. "So, do you know if the other Guardians got off as easily as you did with your parents?"
"Well, all Amy got was a stern lecture from her mother since she didn't call first," Serena explained. "Raye got extra chores to do at the temple. Mina got grounded for a week. And you know Lita's situation…"
"Yeah, I can relate," Darien said.
Serena hung her head. "It must be hard to live all alone. I can't imagine it."
Darien put his free hand on Serena's shoulder. "Don't worry about it," he said reassuringly. "I'm sure she's okay."
Both took a seat upon a nearby bench. It faced the wonderful fountain that her friends met at when Lilithite stole Serena's broach, and changed their lives forever. Serena hung her head back. "Darien?" she said.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Do you think we changed the future at all?" she wondered. "I mean, since we got new powers, did anything change."
This suddenly triggered something in Darien's memory. "Oh no, I almost forgot to show you something!" he suddenly blurted out.
This sparked Serena's curiosity. As she watched Darien reach into his jacket, he pulled out a small, disk-like object. "Where'd you get that?" Serena asked.
"Well," Darien began to explain, "when the rest of you left to take your tests, a portal opened up for me as well. I entered it, then I was transported to 30th Century Crystal Tokyo. King Endymion gave me a trial to pass, which gave me new powers. That's also how I acquired the Rose Sword, Moon Lunar Staff, and this thing."
Serena gave Darien the evil eye again. "And why didn't you tell me this sooner?"
Darien smiled. "The subject never came up, I guess."
After Serena elbowed him in the ribs, Darien continued. "I think King Endymion called it a 'Message Sphere,' or something like that."
"It sure doesn't look like a sphere," Serena remarked.
"I know that," Darien said, "but that's what he called it. I think this is how we activate it…"
Darien pressed a small button in the middle of the disk. Instantly, it floated out of Darien's hands and started to spin extremely fast. So fast, that the flat object looked like a sphere, hence the name. In a moment, a picture of King Endymion appeared on the swirling object, starting a recorded message.
"Serena and Darien," the message began, "if you are seeing and hearing this message now, it means that either one, or both of you retrieved it from us in the 30th century. It also means that you two are watching this together."
Serena, although she was overjoyed to see Darien's future self once again, she was frantically looking left and right, hoping that any of the other people in the park were seeing this strange phenomena.
"If you are in a public place," the message continued, "do not worry. The message sphere will appear invisible to those it wasn't addressed to. This message is meant for you and you alone." Serena blushed at this point. A smiling Darien put an arm around her to make her feel better.
The message continued, with the picture panning out slightly as it did. "Now that the greeting is out of the way, I would like to send my thanks to you for many things. For your tireless efforts to restore Crystal Tokyo from the clutches of the Death Phantom, for taking care of our young daughter, for teaching her many valuable lessons…and so much more that you have done for us. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. And I believe there are a couple of other people that would like to thank you as well."
The picture had finished panning out at this point. King Endymion was now joined by Neo-Queen Serenity, with Rini perched up in her lap. "Hi Serena! Hi Darien!" said a very happy Rini. Both Darien and Serena smiled.
"Okay, honey. Let me talk now," Neo-Queen Serenity said to her daughter. "You can talk next."
"Yes, Mommy," said Rini, disappointment creeping into her voice.
The message continued with Neo-Queen Serenity turning to face their 20th century counterparts, her warm smile greeting them. "It seems odd to be talking to our 'former selves,' but I guess that would seem natural. Anyway, I'd like to give my thanks as well. Not only have you saved my life, but you have done so much else for us, I can't name each thing individually. But most of all, thank you for taking care of Rini. It must have been hard for you, but we thank you none the less."
"Darn right it was hard," Serena muttered. Darien shushed her as the message continued.
"Okay, Rini, now it's you're turn," said the queen.
"Thanks, you guys!" Rini said happily. "I don't know what I would have done without you. Guess what? Mommy's gonna have a baby!"
Serena and Darien were shocked when they heard this. Rini's parents seemed shocked as well. "Rini, what did we tell you about…" King Endymion started.
"Oh, honey," Neo-Queen Serenity interrupted, "she couldn't help it. Besides, I don't think it would affect the past too much."
King Endymion smiled. "Okay, dear." He turned back towards Serena and Darien. "The baby is due next spring."
"Mommy says I'm gonna be a big sister!" Rini beamed proudly. "I hope I get a little sister to play with!"
"We found out yesterday," Neo-Queen Serenity explained. "To tell you the truth, we're as excited as Rini is.
"Anyway," King Endymion said, "time on the sphere grows short. We must be going now. Once again, thank you for your efforts. We'll never forget them." After a few good-byes from the trio, the messaged ended. The disk stopped spinning and floated back to Darien's hands.
This left the couple speechless for a few moments. Serena was the one to break the silence. "Well, I guess that answers my questions about the future," she said, somewhat stunned at the fact that Neo-Queen Serenity was going to have another child. "How about yours, Muffin?"
Darien grinned from ear to ear. "A happy family that continues to grow. What's there to question?"
Both Darien and Serena took a moment to look into eachother's eyes. "A handsome king," Serena remarked.
"And a radiant queen," Darien said.
"My handsome prince…" Serena said, love in her eyes.
"My beautiful princess…" Darien whispered, leaning in closer.
Both shared a deep embrace. An embrace that seemed to be one of many they would share for years to come.
THE END
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Reflections and Final Author's Notes
Wow, it's been so long since I first started this fanfic. I think it will be be about...holy moly, 3 years this April when I first hammered a prologue down for this thing. That is amazing.
The reason I'm writing new author's notes over a year after I finished "Return of the Jedite" is to simply look back on this piece, remember how things came to be, and to give you, the reader, sort-of a "behind-the-scenes" look.
When I began this fanfic, I honestly didn't know where it would take me. Plus, since S and SuperS hadn't been dubbed yet at the time, so I only had the DiC product (shudder), and a few Japanese fun facts to help me along. I decided to go forward with an alternate universe fanfic, taking place right after SMR. So, out came a prologue, and the first chapter. I managed to hammer out a plot, and soon afterwards, I was on a roll!
When I got to the first fight scene, I had other ideas on how to proceed. Senshi manage to procure the badge, Serena transforms, Lilithite gets crushed. Fanfic over. After a bit, I figured out that would completely blow the basis of the title, and the plot. So, I thought about it, and a revelation came to me one night. It's an alternate universe, right? So, why not an alternate power upgrade? So, Senshi LOSE powers, Jedite awakens, and a new journey manages to come out of it.
I tried to create parents of the Senshi that complemented their personalities well. I figured that Amy's parent should be a wise man, so I made him elderly as well. Wisdom comes with age, you know? Plus, Amy never mentioned she had a father, so I gave her one. Mina was hard, so I made her mother a nice soul who means well, but slightly ditzy. I threw in the messed-up proverb as well, just for kicks. ;) Anyway, on to Raye. Same case with Amy and her father, Raye never had a mother. So, I gave her one, decked out in red robes. I apologize if I made mistakes with the Shinto religion, I meant no ill will. I just thought it would fit. As far as Lita's parent was concerned, I always pictured a fun-loving, carefree guy who loved to fight and spar. (Goku?) I had fun creating him.
I made "Scouts" into "Guardians", partialy to fix the "Scouts" name. Hey, I was young and naive back then. Now, I'm older and naive. Anyway, Scouts became Guardians, and my power-upgrade really super-charged them, much more than I thought at first. However, I figured that since the Guardian form was the Senshi form at "full power", I thought better of doubting myself.
The final battle. How DBZ-ish can you get? After reading over the whole thing again, I said at the end "Oh my God! Gohan killed Cell!" Literally! I made so many parallels to the Gohan/Cell fight in Dragon Ball Z without realizing it, it took me 1 ½ years to figure it out. (7 Cell Jrs./7 Generals, Cell VS Gohan 1/Lilithite VS Sailor Moon, Cell VS Gohan 2/Jedite VS Sailor Moon) Woah. Seriously, the battle is very DBZ-ish, because it spans many chapters, focuses on one aspect at a time, and involves many characters at once. I do think, though, that there is enough originality in the writing to warrant it a full Sailor Moon battle sequence.
The ending flooded out of me. I wanted to throw in a twist at the end, and I thought, hey, Serena's family finds out she's Sailor Moon! Do you like? If you don't, that's okay. I thought I carried it well, though.
And speaking of twists, I thought that the "Neo-Queen Serenity is Pregnent? AGAIN?" thing was cool. Then again, it's just me. ;)
One thing that didn't come to be, though, was that this story was supposed to spring foward many sequals. That's why I added in a "new enemy?" sequence in Chapter 29. For the possible sequal to this story. I was going to call it "The Sailor Moon Chronicals" with this story to be Volume 1. Who knows. Maybe I'll put forward a sequal some day. In between MSTing, you know.
Well, that's it. This story in a nut-shell. I loved writing it, and I am very proud of it. I hope you all enjoyed it as well. Take care. All of you.
Tuxedo Alex
DISCLAIMERS: Rights to Sailor Moon are owned by Naoko Taceuchi, Kondansha Publishing, Toei, DiC, Optimum Productions, Cloverway...am I forgetting anything?
There will be VERY DETAILED Authors Notes at the end of the fic, if you're intereted.
Anyway, please enjoy the story!
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EPILOGUE
"Bye, Mom! I'm meeting Darien in the park!"
"Have fun, Serena. Don't come home too late!"
"I won't this time, Mom. I promise!"
It had been three days since her fateful battle with Jedite, and her fateful night with her parents. Serena had spent these few days with her family, to help ease any fears and doubts they still had, or may have had. She also spent the time sighting all of the good qualities Darien possessed, and assuring her father that Darien hadn't taken advantage of her in the slightest.
Ken had become more comfortable with Darien as the days passed. From the countless stories Serena had told him, to the stories he heard on that fateful night, to the words out of Darien's mouth himself, he concluded that Darien was a suitable boy for Serena to date. Granted that he was slightly uncomfortable about the fact that Darien was nearly four years older than Serena, and the fact that he was going to college, but he would just have to accept that.
As Serena left the house, she thought to what Luna had said to her. "It seems that Queen Serenity has given you two more time to spend with eachother. Her methods of this seem…interesting to say the least, but now that your parents have somewhat come to terms, you should be able to breathe a little easier."
This was true in a sense. Serena was able to breathe easier. Now that her relationship with Darien was out in the open, and that her parents actually approved, she had one less thing to worry about.
Checking her watch, Serena realized that she was a few moments behind schedule, among other things. "Darn it!" she thought to herself. "I can't be late again! Not now!" she then broke into a run, with Darien and the park just a short while away.
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Ten minutes later, Serena finally made it to the park entrance. Waiting there, with a warm smile, was Darien. "You're late again, Meatball-Head," he remarked.
Instead of trying to defend herself, Serena just wrapped her arms around the one she loved. "Can't we just enjoy the moment?" she asked.
Darien's response was a simple one, for he leaned down towards Serena, his lips meeting hers. Serena, liking this response, returned the embrace. After a moment, Darien broke it off. "Of course," he said plainly. Serena laughed.
The couple entered the park hand in hand. Walking around, Darien began a new conversation. "So, how's your dad holding up?" he asked.
"He's doing okay," Serena replied. "He's still feeling weird with the fact we're dating, but every time I talk to him, he seems to be more relaxed about it."
"Don't tell me that he's full relaxed about it already," Darien said.
Serena laughed again. "Believe me, Darien, it's going to be a long time before Dad is fully relaxed!"
Darien laughed as well. "I thought so. Do the other Scou…uh, Guardians know that your parents know?"
"Believe me, I make that same mistake Darien," Serena said, remarking on the entire Scout / Guardian transition. "Yeah, I called them on my communicator the day after. My family promised to keep the whole thing a secret. Even Sammy is going to, thank goodness."
"That's good," Darien remarked. "So, do you know if the other Guardians got off as easily as you did with your parents?"
"Well, all Amy got was a stern lecture from her mother since she didn't call first," Serena explained. "Raye got extra chores to do at the temple. Mina got grounded for a week. And you know Lita's situation…"
"Yeah, I can relate," Darien said.
Serena hung her head. "It must be hard to live all alone. I can't imagine it."
Darien put his free hand on Serena's shoulder. "Don't worry about it," he said reassuringly. "I'm sure she's okay."
Both took a seat upon a nearby bench. It faced the wonderful fountain that her friends met at when Lilithite stole Serena's broach, and changed their lives forever. Serena hung her head back. "Darien?" she said.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Do you think we changed the future at all?" she wondered. "I mean, since we got new powers, did anything change."
This suddenly triggered something in Darien's memory. "Oh no, I almost forgot to show you something!" he suddenly blurted out.
This sparked Serena's curiosity. As she watched Darien reach into his jacket, he pulled out a small, disk-like object. "Where'd you get that?" Serena asked.
"Well," Darien began to explain, "when the rest of you left to take your tests, a portal opened up for me as well. I entered it, then I was transported to 30th Century Crystal Tokyo. King Endymion gave me a trial to pass, which gave me new powers. That's also how I acquired the Rose Sword, Moon Lunar Staff, and this thing."
Serena gave Darien the evil eye again. "And why didn't you tell me this sooner?"
Darien smiled. "The subject never came up, I guess."
After Serena elbowed him in the ribs, Darien continued. "I think King Endymion called it a 'Message Sphere,' or something like that."
"It sure doesn't look like a sphere," Serena remarked.
"I know that," Darien said, "but that's what he called it. I think this is how we activate it…"
Darien pressed a small button in the middle of the disk. Instantly, it floated out of Darien's hands and started to spin extremely fast. So fast, that the flat object looked like a sphere, hence the name. In a moment, a picture of King Endymion appeared on the swirling object, starting a recorded message.
"Serena and Darien," the message began, "if you are seeing and hearing this message now, it means that either one, or both of you retrieved it from us in the 30th century. It also means that you two are watching this together."
Serena, although she was overjoyed to see Darien's future self once again, she was frantically looking left and right, hoping that any of the other people in the park were seeing this strange phenomena.
"If you are in a public place," the message continued, "do not worry. The message sphere will appear invisible to those it wasn't addressed to. This message is meant for you and you alone." Serena blushed at this point. A smiling Darien put an arm around her to make her feel better.
The message continued, with the picture panning out slightly as it did. "Now that the greeting is out of the way, I would like to send my thanks to you for many things. For your tireless efforts to restore Crystal Tokyo from the clutches of the Death Phantom, for taking care of our young daughter, for teaching her many valuable lessons…and so much more that you have done for us. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. And I believe there are a couple of other people that would like to thank you as well."
The picture had finished panning out at this point. King Endymion was now joined by Neo-Queen Serenity, with Rini perched up in her lap. "Hi Serena! Hi Darien!" said a very happy Rini. Both Darien and Serena smiled.
"Okay, honey. Let me talk now," Neo-Queen Serenity said to her daughter. "You can talk next."
"Yes, Mommy," said Rini, disappointment creeping into her voice.
The message continued with Neo-Queen Serenity turning to face their 20th century counterparts, her warm smile greeting them. "It seems odd to be talking to our 'former selves,' but I guess that would seem natural. Anyway, I'd like to give my thanks as well. Not only have you saved my life, but you have done so much else for us, I can't name each thing individually. But most of all, thank you for taking care of Rini. It must have been hard for you, but we thank you none the less."
"Darn right it was hard," Serena muttered. Darien shushed her as the message continued.
"Okay, Rini, now it's you're turn," said the queen.
"Thanks, you guys!" Rini said happily. "I don't know what I would have done without you. Guess what? Mommy's gonna have a baby!"
Serena and Darien were shocked when they heard this. Rini's parents seemed shocked as well. "Rini, what did we tell you about…" King Endymion started.
"Oh, honey," Neo-Queen Serenity interrupted, "she couldn't help it. Besides, I don't think it would affect the past too much."
King Endymion smiled. "Okay, dear." He turned back towards Serena and Darien. "The baby is due next spring."
"Mommy says I'm gonna be a big sister!" Rini beamed proudly. "I hope I get a little sister to play with!"
"We found out yesterday," Neo-Queen Serenity explained. "To tell you the truth, we're as excited as Rini is.
"Anyway," King Endymion said, "time on the sphere grows short. We must be going now. Once again, thank you for your efforts. We'll never forget them." After a few good-byes from the trio, the messaged ended. The disk stopped spinning and floated back to Darien's hands.
This left the couple speechless for a few moments. Serena was the one to break the silence. "Well, I guess that answers my questions about the future," she said, somewhat stunned at the fact that Neo-Queen Serenity was going to have another child. "How about yours, Muffin?"
Darien grinned from ear to ear. "A happy family that continues to grow. What's there to question?"
Both Darien and Serena took a moment to look into eachother's eyes. "A handsome king," Serena remarked.
"And a radiant queen," Darien said.
"My handsome prince…" Serena said, love in her eyes.
"My beautiful princess…" Darien whispered, leaning in closer.
Both shared a deep embrace. An embrace that seemed to be one of many they would share for years to come.
THE END
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Reflections and Final Author's Notes
Wow, it's been so long since I first started this fanfic. I think it will be be about...holy moly, 3 years this April when I first hammered a prologue down for this thing. That is amazing.
The reason I'm writing new author's notes over a year after I finished "Return of the Jedite" is to simply look back on this piece, remember how things came to be, and to give you, the reader, sort-of a "behind-the-scenes" look.
When I began this fanfic, I honestly didn't know where it would take me. Plus, since S and SuperS hadn't been dubbed yet at the time, so I only had the DiC product (shudder), and a few Japanese fun facts to help me along. I decided to go forward with an alternate universe fanfic, taking place right after SMR. So, out came a prologue, and the first chapter. I managed to hammer out a plot, and soon afterwards, I was on a roll!
When I got to the first fight scene, I had other ideas on how to proceed. Senshi manage to procure the badge, Serena transforms, Lilithite gets crushed. Fanfic over. After a bit, I figured out that would completely blow the basis of the title, and the plot. So, I thought about it, and a revelation came to me one night. It's an alternate universe, right? So, why not an alternate power upgrade? So, Senshi LOSE powers, Jedite awakens, and a new journey manages to come out of it.
I tried to create parents of the Senshi that complemented their personalities well. I figured that Amy's parent should be a wise man, so I made him elderly as well. Wisdom comes with age, you know? Plus, Amy never mentioned she had a father, so I gave her one. Mina was hard, so I made her mother a nice soul who means well, but slightly ditzy. I threw in the messed-up proverb as well, just for kicks. ;) Anyway, on to Raye. Same case with Amy and her father, Raye never had a mother. So, I gave her one, decked out in red robes. I apologize if I made mistakes with the Shinto religion, I meant no ill will. I just thought it would fit. As far as Lita's parent was concerned, I always pictured a fun-loving, carefree guy who loved to fight and spar. (Goku?) I had fun creating him.
I made "Scouts" into "Guardians", partialy to fix the "Scouts" name. Hey, I was young and naive back then. Now, I'm older and naive. Anyway, Scouts became Guardians, and my power-upgrade really super-charged them, much more than I thought at first. However, I figured that since the Guardian form was the Senshi form at "full power", I thought better of doubting myself.
The final battle. How DBZ-ish can you get? After reading over the whole thing again, I said at the end "Oh my God! Gohan killed Cell!" Literally! I made so many parallels to the Gohan/Cell fight in Dragon Ball Z without realizing it, it took me 1 ½ years to figure it out. (7 Cell Jrs./7 Generals, Cell VS Gohan 1/Lilithite VS Sailor Moon, Cell VS Gohan 2/Jedite VS Sailor Moon) Woah. Seriously, the battle is very DBZ-ish, because it spans many chapters, focuses on one aspect at a time, and involves many characters at once. I do think, though, that there is enough originality in the writing to warrant it a full Sailor Moon battle sequence.
The ending flooded out of me. I wanted to throw in a twist at the end, and I thought, hey, Serena's family finds out she's Sailor Moon! Do you like? If you don't, that's okay. I thought I carried it well, though.
And speaking of twists, I thought that the "Neo-Queen Serenity is Pregnent? AGAIN?" thing was cool. Then again, it's just me. ;)
One thing that didn't come to be, though, was that this story was supposed to spring foward many sequals. That's why I added in a "new enemy?" sequence in Chapter 29. For the possible sequal to this story. I was going to call it "The Sailor Moon Chronicals" with this story to be Volume 1. Who knows. Maybe I'll put forward a sequal some day. In between MSTing, you know.
Well, that's it. This story in a nut-shell. I loved writing it, and I am very proud of it. I hope you all enjoyed it as well. Take care. All of you.
Tuxedo Alex