Hello fellow anime fan fic fans. There are those who know me from Tenchi Muyo! I know I haven't finished that one, but I have had this one for even longer than Tenchi series. I have decided to put this one up finally. This is a series, I can't help myself, I tend to write long stories. If I wrote it in a continuous story it would be way too long, so I have decided to post it in a series. It will not take away from my Tenchi story, but I am a bit blocked. Maybe doing this story will help me with getting out of writers block. Who knows? Well, enough of that...
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, nor will I ever. I do not earn any money of my writing, wish I did though I am totally broke. The story is mine though as are any new characters.
Sailor Moon Eternal Stars
Prologue
On a far away planet in the Palace of Kun-Kun...
"I'm dying," said the weak woman with long red hair who was lying on her bed.
"No," said another woman who sat near her bed.
"You will get better," said a third.
"You must think positive, Princess Kakyuu," said a fourth.
"No, you must face the facts, Starlights," Kakyuu said. She hared to be rough, but they had to face it. She was dying, she knew it and they knew it. Her only hope was that they would help the scouts on Earth and her cousin. It had been great to see her cousin again even if it had been for a short while. Her only consolation was that they would take care of her cousin and her cousin's family.
"Sailor Starfighter, Sailor Starmaker, Sailor Starhealer..." she started weakly,
"Yes, my princess," they responded in unison.
"You must return to Earth."
"Why," asked Fighter mournfully, "our place is with you."
"I am dying, you will no longer need to stay by my side," she breathed weakly, "You must go to Earth and find my cousin and my cousin's guardian, Sailor Stardestroyer."
"Another Starlight," exasperated Healer, "But how?"
"Long ago, Destroyer was left to watch my cousin while you were sent to watch me." Kakyuu answered.
"But that would mean...that we are really...from..." gasped Maker.
"Yes, Earth. You are not my true guardians. My true guardians died and, as my aunt feared for my safety, they sent you three to protect me."
"But that left your cousin vulnerable," Fighter said.
"No, not really, they left the leader of the Starlights, the most powerful of you all, with my cousin. It also seemed that there were others to protect my cousin. I don't really understand but I believe that there were four others there to protect my cousin. The reason that you all were sent was also the fact that you were still too young to suffer the detachment of leaving. Destroyer was older and already quite attached to my cousin. Destroyer would never allow herself to be separated from my cousin. So, you became my protectors and know me as your princess," Kakyuu paused to summon some strength. She then continued, "But I am not your princess, you are the protectors of my cousin. That is your true mission, your destiny. This mission is ending, you must go find my cousin and Destroyer, and complete...your... destiny."
They seem to hesitate with the answer, unsure if they should go. They look at each other hoping that the other would have the answer. Then they look upon their dying princess and couldn't say no. Finally, in unison, they said, "Yes, we shall go."
Princess Kakyuu seemed to be satisfied with their answer and as she closed her eyes she whispered, "Good luck, my dear Starlights." The time was nearing for the end for the princess. The Starlights saw this and Fighter quickly asked, "Princess Kakyuu, who is your cousin?"
Without really thinking Princess Kakyuu replied breathlessly, "Earth."
"We know to go to Earth, but who is your cousin," asked Maker.
"My cousin," she said in a low voice, the Starlights bent their heads closer to hear her words. Then with her last breath, Princess Kakyuu said, "Earth," and fell silent.
"Princess Kakyuu," shouted Fighter. No answer came from the still princess.
"It's too late," Healer said, "she's gone."
After a few minutes of silence, Maker said, "You know what we must do now."
"Yes," Fighter said; then taking a breath, " we will go to Earth, find her cousin and our fellow Starlight, and find our destiny. But first..."
They all look at the body and nod.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Somewhere on the planet...
A lone man walked a long dark corridor. He was wearing a black uniform and a cape the color of blood red. His face was pale and his eyes were void of any color.
"Did you accomplish the mission," said a man from the shadows.
"She's not the akasha-sama," the pale man answered.
"Did you get her akasha, it would provide great power," the shadowed figure asked.
"No, I was only able to get it out long enough to get a good look at it. Some force helped it return to her body."
"Could you tell what helped her?"
"No, I couldn't. I was, however, able to make the soul sick. It won't survive," he smiled wickedly.
"Good. It is time to check elsewhere."
"Yes, I believe that Earth is next."
"Then let us go." A fog began to rise from the ground and envelop the mysterious characters. When it cleared, they were no longer there.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Back at the palace...
Three days later, Sailor Starfighter, Sailor Starmaker, and Sailor Starhealer gathered around the center square of the Palace of Kun-Kun.
"It will be odd, will it not, going back to Earth," Fighter said while staring at the memorial statue of his dead princess--no, not his princess, he corrected.
"Yes, it will be strange," Healer replied.
"Do you think that the scouts of Earth will welcome us," Fighter asked.
"We are scouts of that solar system, they cannot throw us out as outside invaders," Maker said.
"That's if the princess told us the truth," Healer said.
"She has never lied to us," said Fighter.
"She lied to us for our whole lives, she never told us that we were not her true protectors," Maker said.
"But we were her true protectors, in a way, until she died. Her aunt gave our protection to her," Fighter said, "So she really didn't lie to us."
"Then why tell us now," Healer replied.
"The mission is over because she is dead, she is sending back to where our real mission lies, to our destiny," Fighter said.
After a few moments, Maker announces, "Then let us go..." The other two nodded in agreement. Then in a ball of energy and the words 'to Earth', they were gone.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
From a distance, she watched from the shadows as the three scouts left the planet. She knew where they were headed, and she knew what was going to happen now.
Slowly she walked up to the memorial and looked at the statue. After a moment she lifted her arms, and in doing so, she lifted the statue. When she could see the tomb under the memorial, she stopped the statue from rising. Inside the tomb was a glass coffin, and inside that was the dead princess, adorned in her formal gown of court.
The woman looked at the young, dead princess. She only looked as if she were sleeping, with no nightmares to invade her dreams; she was soft and serene. She had such beauty, and she was so strong within the heart. It was sad to see her flesh die, but it was not the end for the princess.
The woman begin to speak the sacred words, "Banta no me tunii coidu." The princess then began to glow a soft pale light. Then from her head formed a flower, and from that flower, a clear crystal with a glowing energy in the center that shone a beautiful golden color. The woman looked at the crystal--the starseed--that glowed above the body. "Such stars shine forever," she said in a solemn voice.
She then extended her arm, calling the starseed to her. Slowly it flew towards her and the statue memorial slowly floated back into place. A moment later, she held the starseed in her hands near her heart. She looked at it for a moment, and then turned her head upward to the heavens.
The starseed begun to pulse and then a voice came from it. "They have gone," it said in a voice that matched the now dead Princess Kakyuu.
"I know," said the woman.
"They are headed towards the great light," the voice from the starseed said.
"Yes, I know," the woman replied.
"Is it enough," asked the starseed.
"The great light has many powers, but her control of them is minimal. Even when the group is complete, it will not be enough," the woman answered, then solemnly said, "I know what I must do, but are you willing to do this?"
"I am already dead," said the starseed.
The woman looked down at the starseed again, "But if you go through with it your star will no longer shine."
"Then why do you do it," asked the starseed.
"Because it needs to be done; I must make up for what I did in the past and I must help my family," the woman answered.
"Yes, you are right, it must be done; and, I too must help my cousin and my cousin's family," she responded, "Of coarse, I am willing."
"Then so be it," the woman said, "but first..." The woman then looked up and in a flash of light she was gone.