Internet Access Part 8
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"Come on, Lucid, on to Uranus, where Princess Uranus and Neptune are…" the boy said, rubbing his hands in the blood and marking his outfit with it as if it was a badge of greatness.
~~~***~~~Uranus Castle~~~***~~~
"Honey! Stop beating up the servants!" Queen Uranus said as she noticed a ten-year-old Haruka beating up the third servant that day.
"But, Mama!" Haruka said as she noticed a girl behind Queen Uranus. She had emerald-green-hair, wore a dress the same color and had eyes the color of water. Not another princess… I will not play dress-up and put on that blasted make-up… Haruka thought as her mother did the introduction.
"Haruka, meet Princess Michiru Neptune. Michiru, meet Princess Haruka Uranus," Queen Uranus said before walking off. Haruka looked at the princess in disgust. Michiru looked confused and a little sad.
"What have I done? Why do you hate me?" Michiru asked the glaring Haruka in a sad tone. She truly didn't know or understand Haruka.
"I will not play dress-up or deal with that detestable make-up!" Haruka said with her arms folded over her chest.
"Is that all? I wasn't planning on doing that. I love to draw! I wanted to draw your portrait!" Michiru exclaimed as she showed Haruka her notebook and colored pencils set. Haruka grinned and sat down in her chair and held up a servant boy by the collar and Michiru drew her as she sat there.
~~~Ten Years Later ~~~ Uranus Castle~~~
"Haruka! Come on! You can win!!!" Michiru yelled as Haruka raced against the champion of racing in the Moon Kingdom. The champ was actually Michiru's brother, Sky. Haruka passed him and won by an inch.
"You did good… Michiru, you picked a winner finally!" Sky said sneering. He ran his fingers through his sky blue hair and smiled.
"I'm glad you agree!" Michiru sneered back, smiling. Sky was three years younger than the two girls, granted, but he tried to act older, sometimes failing miserably.
"I have to go soon to Pluto…" Sky said as he sighed, "Bye, Michiru! Bye, Haruka!" He walked off to his spaceship and flew off as Michiru and Haruka started to go inside of the castle. Suddenly, a boy with a braid jumped in front of them.
"You are the princesses, correct?" the boy asked, innocently.
"Yes… Why?" Haruka replied.
"Good…" the boy said, before pulling out a miniature scythe that grew to the size of a human. He grinned widely as Michiru turned around wide-eyed and scared. Haruka looked around and noticed a green-haired man advancing toward Michiru with a frail in his hands. He swung at Michiru, but it hit Haruka, who pushed her friend out of the way. The green-haired man swung the frail rapidly and wildly.
"HARUKA!!!" Michiru yelled as the frail hit her back. The boy with the scythe grinned and simply rolled his eyes at the useless attempt Michiru and Haruka made to survive, but the green-haired man grinned.
"Grim Envy Death!" the green-haired man added as he swung the frail again. This time the frail glowed a deadly color green and hit both Haruka and Michiru at the same time.
"Come, Lucid… Next is Pluto…" the boy said as the two princesses took their final breath.
~~~Pluto Castle~~~
A seven-year old Setsuna is standing at the gates of time, located at the back of Pluto Castle. Queen Pluto is standing behind her.
"Setsuna, my dear daughter… Soon you will watch these gates instead of me… You will free your sister's soul for a price… But… Ceria will not be herself till The True Evil is gone and Sky is with her again… In heart and spirit…" Queen Pluto whispered as Setsuna watched her sister guard the gates with deep sorrow in her eyes. The five-year-old Ceria had been chosen by the gates instead of the eight-year-old Setsuna. Her dark, almost black, green hair flowed behind her as she walked into the gates. Setsuna felt immense pain and she stepped back into the castle sweating. Suddenly, a knock came at the door and the servant whispered to the queen that she had visitors. Queen Pluto grabbed a staff and walked toward the door of the castle. She opened it and Setsuna, who was standing behind her mother, gasped as she seen the beautiful Neptune Queen and the five-year-old Neptune Prince. Queen Pluto did the formal introductions and Setsuna grinned as she was told to show The Prince around. She found out that his name was Sky.
"This is the Gates of Time… My sister, Ceria, is the guardian… She is a wonderful little sister, but I wish more than anything she was out here and I was in there… She doesn't deserve the punishment…" Setsuna said, looking at her feet. Sky looked in and stepped in. Setsuna, expecting the boy to jump back out in a sweat, stepped away from the gate. Oddly enough, Sky didn't have any trouble. He reached Ceria and he had a wondering look on his face.
"Why are you staying here?" Sky asked.
"I have to… I was chosen…" Ceria answered painfully. Setsuna thought, So… The Prince likes my sister… I think I understand what mom was telling me… I have to wait till the right time…
~~Ten Years Later~~
"Thanks, Sky… I love it when you visit…" Ceria said, standing against the gate.
"No problem! I love visiting you!" Sky said, but then Setsuna stepped into the Gates of Time. She looked at her feet and mumbled something incoherently. Suddenly, a braided boy grabbed Setsuna by the throat and put a knife to her throat.
"LET HER GO!!!" Ceria yelled as Sky held her back. Lucid grinned and walked over to the two.
"Only under one condition…" Lucid said, holding a green bottle, "You join us!"
"Ok... Just let Setsuna go!" Ceria replied.
"If Ceria goes, I go!" Sky exclaimed. Lucid grinned and poured the same black potion that was poured on him, onto Sky and Ceria's heads. Ceria shivered as the stuff poured over her head. Suddenly, Setsuna noticed a change in Sky's and Ceria's attitudes.
"What do you think your doing? Holding me?" Ceria exclaimed, jumping out of Sky's hold.
"It was you who was grabbed to me!" Sky exclaimed back.
"COME ON! We are going to destroy Saturn… And that pathetic princess…" The braided boy said, walking out of the gates, followed by Ceria, the green-haired man, and Sky.
"Darling, come on!" The green-haired man said to Ceria as they walked away. Ceria gave on last glance at the gates and ran to the green-haired man.
"You shall stay in the gates till you are needed again…" Queen Pluto told her daughter after she found out Ceria was gone.
~~Saturn – Rant Village – The Destruction~~
A four-year-old Hotaru stood in the middle of a destroyed village. She was standing next to a boy with a long braid and a truly sad look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Hotaru asked the boy.
"My family…my town…they died, because of me… I am the one they call Shinigami… My real name is Duo… What's yours, angel?" the boy replied with a small grin.
"I'm no angel. I'm Princess Hotaru… I'm glad to meet you…" Hotaru replied, glancing around at the destruction.
"You sure look like one…" Duo said to Hotaru.
"Don't feel bad about the death, Shinigami… I destroy stuff accidentally all the time… It is just accidents…" Hotaru said as she helped him up. Duo grinned and hugged Hotaru, shocking her.
"Thank you… I needed a friend… Do you know where I can go?" Duo asked Hotaru. Hotaru nodded and grabbed his hand, dragging him to the castle.
"Wow! This place is huge!!!" Duo said as he looked at the huge castle. Hotaru explained what happened to her mother and she explained why Duo wasn't a threat. Queen Saturn was delighted to have a guest in the castle.
~~9 Yeas Later – Saturn Castle Gardens~~
"Duo… Shinigami… God of Death…" a ghastly voice spoke. A sixteen-year-old Duo, wearing a pitch-black priest outfit, looked around and seen a ghostly figure standing there. The figure wore a pitch-black cape and it had a hood that covered his bone face. He held a black scythe with blood dripping off the end of it.
"What do you want? Who are you?" Duo exclaimed. The ghastly figure smirked and cackled.
"Don't you remember me, Shinigami?" the figure asked as he advanced on Duo.
"Should I? I don't know you!" Duo exclaimed.
"That town… Rant… We split there… You remember?" the figure said, grabbing Duo's hand.
"I don't know you!" Duo said, smacking the hand away.
"Let me refresh your memory then! You are the good side of the balance of death, the side that hates your power. I am the bad side of death the side that loves to kill. We were the two personalities of Shinigami. We both came in and out of control. Finally, the real Shinigami decided it would be better to split himself in two. You are one side of Shinigami and I am the other. When combined, we are the most powerful force in the universe! Let's come together again! Let's be Shinigami once again! The whole power! The deadly force!" the figure exclaimed, leaving out the part about him becoming smart and stronger over time.
"No. I have people I love here! I will NEVER, EVER join you again! I remember now! He split himself in two to become stronger!!! You are stronger!" Duo exclaimed. Hotaru walked outside and screamed as she seen the figure. She fell back and grabbed her glaive and stood back up.
"GET AWAY FROM DUO!!!! NOW!!!" Hotaru yelled as she ran between the figure and Duo.
"Ha! Ha! You believe you can stop me? HAHAHAHA!" the figure said, and then it turned into a stream and flew into Duo's mouth.
"HAHAHA! I AM IN POWER YET AGAIN!!!!!" the figure's voice came from Duo's mouth. Hotaru's face turned white and a tear fell down her face. Suddenly, Duo's face turned dark and he flew to the sky, towards the Moon.
"Duo… Duo… DUO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hotaru screamed in agony as Duo disappeared from view. Queen Saturn ran outside, only to see her daughter on the ground crying in sadness and pain. Queen Saturn tried to calm Hotaru down, but Hotaru's eyes turned red and Queen Saturn backed up, but it was too late. Hotaru had struck her mother in her leg. Suddenly, Hotaru realized what she was doing and fell down crying yet again.
"Mother… I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I'm so sorry!!!" Hotaru said, in tears, as she wrapped up her mother's leg with pieces of her dress.
"It's ok, Hotaru, you didn't have control… It is a trait that runs in our family… I went berserk before to… I know that pain… Your father was taken away from me and I went berserk too…" Queen Saturn said as she stood up with Hotaru's help.
~~One Year Later~~
Hotaru had stayed in her room for a year. She looked out her window and seen a speck fly in the distance. That was Duo!!! She thought as she ran out of her room and towards the spot that the speck landed. She reached the spot and there Duo was, laying down unconscious. Hotaru walked to Duo and woke him up with smelling salts that she always carried with her. Duo was covered in dried blood, but Hotaru didn't care at all.
"Huh? Hotaru? HOTARU!" Duo yelled, hugging Hotaru. Then, Duo realized what was happening.
"Hotaru… I love you…" Duo whispered as Hotaru sobbed into his black and smeared red priest outfit.
"Oh…Duo…I love you, too!" Hotaru said, tears of happiness in her eyes. She kissed Duo and she thought her soul was finally complete. The, Duo turned away, tears in his eyes.
"But… Hotaru… I've killed so many people… Ruined so many lives… All because of this…this Grim Reaper in my mind and soul… I'm leaving soon… The Duo me, anyways… My body will be here, but the me you know will be gone…" Duo whispered into Hotaru's ear. Hotaru became tense and looked at Duo. Tears fell down her face. Duo's scythe appeared in his right hand and wiped the tears way with his left.
"Shinigami, please don't go… Please, don't leave me…" Hotaru exclaimed as she fell against Duo's chest.
"I have to, Firefly! If I don't, you'll die!" Duo exclaimed. Suddenly, three general-looking people landed next to the two.
"Who are you?" Hotaru asked as she backed out of Duo's grip.
"We are the Grim Reaper's Chosen! I'm Lucid! That's Ceria and that's Sky!" the green-haired man said as he pointed to the person of each person.
"Time to go, Duo!" the red-haired female general exclaimed as she grabbed Duo's arm, "Wrimler Drimly Krimls Rimld Grim!" Duo was surrounded in an immense black light and Hotaru was thrown back almost fifty feet. When the light subsided, Duo stood there, but in the same outfit the figure wore. Hotaru transformed to Sailor Saturn and ran toward Duo. Duo raised his hand and fire appeared all around the castle and the town outside the castle. Sailor Saturn fixed her glaive and ran at Duo. Duo, easily dodged, and swung his scythe at Sailor Saturn.
"No…Shinigami…Please! Not this! SHINIGAMI! Come back to me! PLEASE!!!" Saturn yelled out in despair as she barely dodged the scythe.
"NO…SATURN…KILL…ME…OR…" the grim reaper wanna-be howled, like he was in pain, then his face turned pitch black with evil, "I WILL KILL YOU, YOU UGLY LITTLE WENCH! STAY AWAY FROM SHINIGAMI, MY MASTER!"
"Shinigami…please forgive me…" Saturn whispered as Hotaru watched in horror, "DEATH REBORN REVOLUTION!" Saturn's tears fell freely as she hollered those words. A great purple light engulfed the two and the three generals. Good-bye, Duo… Sailor Saturn thought as her body turned to dust.
~~Present Time – School~~
"As for the rest, Serenity reborn everyone… For some reason, Mars wasn't effected, but Raye wanted to come with all of her friends," Luna explained as everyone came back to their senses. Suddenly, everyone, except Hotaru and Raye attacked Duo.
"Why did you kill us?" Serena yelled as Wufei grabbed Duo's braid. Hotaru bit Wufei's arm and backed everyone away from Duo with Michelle's help.
"He didn't have control… It was all that Grim Reaper's fault… The same one in the future…" Michelle explained, "For my story, you might want to sit down, by the way." Everyone sat down in chairs in a circle around Michelle.
"Alright, let's here it!" Hotaru said after everything was settled.
"Ok… First… I might have said everyone was dead, but actually they are all frozen in a healing crystal in the middle of The Crystal Moon…" Michelle started.
"The Crystal Moon?" Serena asked.
"Yes… Because of the Earth's rebellion, lead by Prince Darien, the Moon had to be crystallized to heal itself. The same crystal is healing my mom and dad as well as your future selves… The middle of The Crystal Moon is a city called Crystal Millennium. That is where all of us live in the future… I was the only one to survive… Thanks to Triton… I keep saying killed, because it seems so much like they are dead… They don't talk; they lay there, sleeping… Ok… Here is the actually story!" Michelle said, "Ok... First, Serdra, Raza, Andre, Miro, and Triton are your future children… I am Hotaru and Duo's future child… Raza is Raye and Chad's girl… Serdra is Serena and Wufei's girl… Andre is Amy and Quatre's future boy… Miro is Mina and Heero's boy… And Triton…is Lita and Trowa's boy… It started on the most "wonderful" day in the world… My birthday… I just turned fifteen… I was so happy and everything until a young papa entered the room. He raised his hand and in one wave of his hand… He knocked out, almost killing, everyone, except Neo-Queen Serenity, Neo-King Wufei, Mama, and Triton… We took everyone to the castle and Neo-Queen Serenity put him or her in the crystal… Suddenly, the young papa was there again… He wiped out Neo-Queen Serenity, Neo-King Wufei, and Mama in one blast… They became one with the crystal like everyone else… Triton and I backed into a wall and Triton found a hole and told me to go to the Gates and go back for help… Back in time… And I crawled through, expecting him to come after me, but I heard him scream in pain and I ran to the Gates as fast as possible… Ceria was there with Sky, both damaged very badly… Sky protecting Ceria…as always…I told them about the crystal and to only head there when they knew the young papa was gone… Ceria told me that that was not papa, but The Grim Reaper mama always told me about… And then I went through the Gate…" Michelle finished, tears freely falling down her face.
"O…my…god… I'm a monster… A monster…" Duo said, staring at his hands, "I kill those dearest to me…"
"It is not your fault, Duo…" Hotaru said, grabbing Duo's hands. It isn't your fault! It is the Grim Reaper's fault… Don't blame yourself…"
"Oh, how touching!" three voices exclaimed as Duo hugged Hotaru.
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