Here's the next chapter to the story. This is mainly background info, but mind you, I am not revealing all! heh heh...none of these characters belong to me...cept Chaosis...in a sence that he is not Chaos itself. R&R!
~*Illusions on the Abyss*~
~Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos~
Where am I? Hotaru wondered.
The wind was blowing in her face; it felt chillingly real. She was standing on the cliff facing out on a flat stretch of land, as far as her eye could go. At the corner of her eye, jagged cliffs continued down either end.
The sky was gray. Like a storm was approaching.
She could sense something in the air. Something evil.
"Hello?" she asked timidly. "Setsuna? Rei? Usagi!"
Echoes.
Whispers.
Hotaru shivered, taking a set back. She stepped on a piece of cloth. She looked down, finding out that she was no longer wearing her school uniform. She was wearing a long violet dress, its skirt having a slit at each side to expose her thin legs and her knee-high boots, her upper-part covered in a silver-gray armour with ancient engravings.
Interesting, she thought.
"Ho...ta...ru..."
She looked up sharply, her hair played by the wind. It sounded like the enemy she had defeated just recently. Silence..."Who are you?" she cried. "What do you want from me?!"
"To...destroy...you..."
She gasped at the comment. She was taken aback, her right hand in a clentch. Who was this enemy? Why did it wanted to destroy her? She was only a meek, fraile child who was always ignored into the shadows at school and at parties.
The one who held eternal silence.
"Why?" she asked, her voice barely about a whisper to her bottled anger.
"Because...of who...you are..."
Was that really a reason? she wondered. She felt the world shift around her, mist swirling around her like she was the center of a storm. The scenery changed to a barren world, the sky smoke gray and red, the ground stained with blood and sweat. Rocks uplifted, as if the apocalypse had arrived wherever she was.
Battle sounds could be heard from a distant.
Hotaru clamboured over, tripping once in a while in the long purple skirt. The wind howled violently with sand coming up to her eyes, stinging them painfully. After a while walking, she felt her ankles ache from the knee-high boots she was wearing.
I mustn't give up, she told herself.
Crashes. Groans. Blasts of wind.
The battle's nearby, she thought. I better keep low. She crouched down, making her spine complain, no doubt. It made it a little hard to breathe, but she progressed anyways.
"---Engage!"
What was that? Hotaru crept to a large boulder and peered over.
A battle raged on. Two combatants, both ragged from battle, one floating in air and the other on the ground. The one floating was in some sort of senshi clothing, only more fancy, as if part of the royal guard or something. Longer hair than Hotaru, down to the shoulders. On the ground, a ravaged enemy, dark clothing and a deadly face was struck by a ball of purple light...
Wasn't that my attack? she wondered.
"You'll never win, Samurai of Silence," the ragged warrior said.
"In your nightmares, Chaosis."
Two things struck her at once. The first was the name Chaosis. The name was mentioned a couple of times during the battle and every time she heard the name, she shivered. The second thing was the woman's voice; it sounded so much like her.
"We will see...Sailor Saturn."
Hotaru gasped at the mention of her senshi name. This woman, floating in the air, was her? Where was she? Most importantly, when was she? Why was she brought here?
Chaosis wasn't done. "You may have won this battle, but there is still a war to be fought. While we were fighting, the Negaverse invaded the Moon Kingdom with Queen Beryl leading the attack. Pity, the almighty Samurai of Silence isn't fighting the with other Outer Senshi or the other Inners. Pity, really." He laughed, and he was gone.
Scene shifted, mist enveloping Hotaru.
The battle on the Moon. The Inners were already down and the Outers had been gone. By the time her ancient self got to the battlefield, Queen Beryl had broken the link of hands between Mamoru and Usagi and Queen Serenity used the last of her power to send them all to the Earth, including the etheral Sailor Saturn. But before she was sent...
"Saturn, you must realize that Chaosis will return."
"I know, your Majesty."
"If so, he will appear at a time when the world no longer knows who we are. He will strike at their hearts and the world will be shattered; the senshi cannot do it alone, let alone Prince Mamoru. You are the only one who can stand up to Chaosis...which is why I am delievering a star crystal with you, containing your excess powers. The others will know you as Sailor Saturn, Senshi of Silence and Destruction. But Chaosis and I shall know you as the Samurai of Silence, defender of the Good."
Mist. Fade.
So that's why I'm here, Hotaru thought, sulking. My true powers are emerging from this star crystal that Queen Serenity gave me. I am becoming the person I was before...and Chaosis wants me dead. It's my duty to not get killed and stop Chaosis from seeding the world with Chaos. I see now.
She felt her body becoming heavier.
I see now...
~*End of Chapter 4*~
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~*Illusions on the Abyss*~
~Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos~
Where am I? Hotaru wondered.
The wind was blowing in her face; it felt chillingly real. She was standing on the cliff facing out on a flat stretch of land, as far as her eye could go. At the corner of her eye, jagged cliffs continued down either end.
The sky was gray. Like a storm was approaching.
She could sense something in the air. Something evil.
"Hello?" she asked timidly. "Setsuna? Rei? Usagi!"
Echoes.
Whispers.
Hotaru shivered, taking a set back. She stepped on a piece of cloth. She looked down, finding out that she was no longer wearing her school uniform. She was wearing a long violet dress, its skirt having a slit at each side to expose her thin legs and her knee-high boots, her upper-part covered in a silver-gray armour with ancient engravings.
Interesting, she thought.
"Ho...ta...ru..."
She looked up sharply, her hair played by the wind. It sounded like the enemy she had defeated just recently. Silence..."Who are you?" she cried. "What do you want from me?!"
"To...destroy...you..."
She gasped at the comment. She was taken aback, her right hand in a clentch. Who was this enemy? Why did it wanted to destroy her? She was only a meek, fraile child who was always ignored into the shadows at school and at parties.
The one who held eternal silence.
"Why?" she asked, her voice barely about a whisper to her bottled anger.
"Because...of who...you are..."
Was that really a reason? she wondered. She felt the world shift around her, mist swirling around her like she was the center of a storm. The scenery changed to a barren world, the sky smoke gray and red, the ground stained with blood and sweat. Rocks uplifted, as if the apocalypse had arrived wherever she was.
Battle sounds could be heard from a distant.
Hotaru clamboured over, tripping once in a while in the long purple skirt. The wind howled violently with sand coming up to her eyes, stinging them painfully. After a while walking, she felt her ankles ache from the knee-high boots she was wearing.
I mustn't give up, she told herself.
Crashes. Groans. Blasts of wind.
The battle's nearby, she thought. I better keep low. She crouched down, making her spine complain, no doubt. It made it a little hard to breathe, but she progressed anyways.
"---Engage!"
What was that? Hotaru crept to a large boulder and peered over.
A battle raged on. Two combatants, both ragged from battle, one floating in air and the other on the ground. The one floating was in some sort of senshi clothing, only more fancy, as if part of the royal guard or something. Longer hair than Hotaru, down to the shoulders. On the ground, a ravaged enemy, dark clothing and a deadly face was struck by a ball of purple light...
Wasn't that my attack? she wondered.
"You'll never win, Samurai of Silence," the ragged warrior said.
"In your nightmares, Chaosis."
Two things struck her at once. The first was the name Chaosis. The name was mentioned a couple of times during the battle and every time she heard the name, she shivered. The second thing was the woman's voice; it sounded so much like her.
"We will see...Sailor Saturn."
Hotaru gasped at the mention of her senshi name. This woman, floating in the air, was her? Where was she? Most importantly, when was she? Why was she brought here?
Chaosis wasn't done. "You may have won this battle, but there is still a war to be fought. While we were fighting, the Negaverse invaded the Moon Kingdom with Queen Beryl leading the attack. Pity, the almighty Samurai of Silence isn't fighting the with other Outer Senshi or the other Inners. Pity, really." He laughed, and he was gone.
Scene shifted, mist enveloping Hotaru.
The battle on the Moon. The Inners were already down and the Outers had been gone. By the time her ancient self got to the battlefield, Queen Beryl had broken the link of hands between Mamoru and Usagi and Queen Serenity used the last of her power to send them all to the Earth, including the etheral Sailor Saturn. But before she was sent...
"Saturn, you must realize that Chaosis will return."
"I know, your Majesty."
"If so, he will appear at a time when the world no longer knows who we are. He will strike at their hearts and the world will be shattered; the senshi cannot do it alone, let alone Prince Mamoru. You are the only one who can stand up to Chaosis...which is why I am delievering a star crystal with you, containing your excess powers. The others will know you as Sailor Saturn, Senshi of Silence and Destruction. But Chaosis and I shall know you as the Samurai of Silence, defender of the Good."
Mist. Fade.
So that's why I'm here, Hotaru thought, sulking. My true powers are emerging from this star crystal that Queen Serenity gave me. I am becoming the person I was before...and Chaosis wants me dead. It's my duty to not get killed and stop Chaosis from seeding the world with Chaos. I see now.
She felt her body becoming heavier.
I see now...
~*End of Chapter 4*~
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