Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Eclipse 15
http://hizashi.net/eclipse/
By: Jackie Miller
Secrets Revealed
Luna awoke lying on the floor of the control room. She slowly opened her eyes and groaned, 'Where am I?' she thought, sitting up. 'What happened?' she whispered, staring at the computers and chairs in the control room. She closed her eyes and breathed slowly for a moment, she felt a glow come over her body and the crescent moon on her forehead began to shine softly. "Remember…." A soft voice whispered in her ear. Luna gasped as a jolt went through her body. It ended as soon as it began, and she sat quietly once again.
"I remember, my queen. I will bring honor to you and your daughter." She said quietly without opening her eyes. She stood up and smiled, "I remember everything that you have told me." She whispered to herself. She suddenly remembered Artemis and all the evil she had done. Tears came to her eyes, 'I wish I had not remembered that.' She thought sarcastically. "Don't worry Artemis, I will come to you.' She went to the portal and rode to the top floor, coming out by the SailorV game in the Crown Arcade. The arcade was empty and she could hear someone typing at a computer in the back. Luna quickly transformed into her cat form. "Usagi-chan." She whispered quickly running to the door and sprinting down the street….
She arrived at the Tsukino residence quickly. She stepped in through her cat door and dashed through the kitchen and up the stairs. She paused by Usagi's door and quietly transformed back into a human. She cracked the door and peeked in. Usagi was sitting on her bed, crying quietly. "Luna…." She whispered, tears rolling down her nose. Luna walked in quietly and Usagi did not look up. Luna sat down next to Usagi and gently put her arm around Usagi's shoulders. Usagi wrapped her arms around Luna's waist and lowered her head, crying harder now.
"Mom…" she whispered. Luna said nothing and stroked her hair gently. "Mom, what should I do? I…said something to a friend of mine. I upset her terribly, and…I never got to say that I was sorry." she started to sob more forcefully. "I feel so terrible, what can I do?" she cried. Luna felt tears fill her eyes and she hugged Usagi, saying nothing. "All I want to do….is say that I'm sorry…" Usagi whispered, desperation in her voice.
"Usagi-chan." Luna said, Usagi suddenly gasped and froze, her arms tighter around Luna's waist. "I forgive you." She said quietly. Usagi slowly looked up and stared at Luna with wide tear streaked eyes. "Luna?" she whispered. "Hai." Luna smiled, she hugged Usagi and kissed her cheek, "Suki da yo, Usagi-chan. I will always be here for you." She smiled gently.
Usagi's eyes widened and tears rolled down her cheeks, she hugged Luna again and buried her head in her chest, "I missed you so much Luna…" she whispered. "So did I." Luna murmured softly. "Usagi-chan, go…gomen nasai." Luna said quietly, shame in her voice. "What for?" Usagi asked, sitting up, surprised.
"Gomen nasai, I betrayed you. My only mistress." Luna said, looking down. Her voice was very low and filled with anguish. "I…I did some terrible things while I was Mistress Luna. Could you ever forgive me?" she asked, looking up at Usagi, her eyes were brimming with tears.
"Of course. I would never be angry with you Luna-chan…" Usagi said smiling. They hugged again and Luna stood up.
"But how did you get here?" Usagi asked confused, looking up at Luna.
"I need to speak to all of you. I have learned some very important things to tell the senshi. I will explain when all of us are together."
"Sa, we can go to Rei's shrine. Minako, Mako and Ami were going to talk to Rei and Karei. We can call Haruka and Michiru." Usagi said looking thoughtful.
"Right, let's go." Luna said seriously, she morphed into a cat and Usagi picked her up and walked out the door….
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They arrived at Hikawa-jinja to find Venus, Jupiter and Mercury bending over Rei and Karei who were apparently unconscious. "What happened?" Usagi cried, running up, Luna, in cat form, was draped over her shoulder.
"Controllerwater was here, we destroyed him." Venus said, looking worried.
"He attacked Rei and Karei unprepared!" Mercury said, concerned. Neither of them seemed to notice Luna in their distress.
"Let's take them inside." Jupiter said, standing up. She suddenly looked twice at Usagi and gasped, "Luna!" she cried. Mercury and
Venus both looked up and gasped as well,
"Nani?!" Venus cried, totally shocked. Luna smiled and said,
"Let's take them inside first, then I'll tell you everything."
"Hai." They all nodded, confused. They shimmered as their fuku's melted away, to be replaced by their normal clothes. Makoto picked Rei up gently, as Minako and Ami picked up Karei together. They carried them into the shrine and set them on Rei's bed.
"What will we do?" Mako asked troubled. "They were hurt badly by the attack, just look at them!" she cried gesturing. Rei and Karei were both badly scratched and bleeding from several wounds.
"Usagi, put me down." Luna said suddenly. Usagi looked startled from her concern and set Luna down on the floor. Luna started to shimmer and she melded upwards into her human form, her crescent moon shimmered and disappeared. They all looked suitably shocked and surprised, Minako started to say something but Luna waved a hand at her and she shut her mouth.
Luna looked as if she was concentrating very hard. She knelt by the bed and bowed her head, her eyes closed. The other girls looked mystified and glanced at each other. Luna slowly placed her hands on both of the girls' foreheads. She stayed that way for a moment and her eyebrows were creased with concentration. She suddenly began to glow with a yellow-silver aura, and her crescent moon instantly appeared, shining brightly.
"Nani.." Usagi whispered in awe, Luna looked so holy and beautiful right then, it was an awe-inspiring sight to see.
The aura around Luna flared up and peaked in flame-like points around her. The glow traveled down her arms and went into Rei and Karei's bodies. They seemed to float off the bed and their planetary sign lit up and their wounds disappeared in an instant and Luna took her hands off of them.
"There." Luna said quietly. She opened her eyes and her crescent moon disappeared once again.
"Luna!" Ami cried in shock. Appearing all over Luna's exposed skin were small pink scratches, as if she were being attacked. Luna stood up and swayed slightly, as small beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"It's all right. Whenever I heal someone, I receive their pain." She said softly, wincing slightly as scratches appeared on her face as if by magic.
"That was beautiful, Luna." Minako said in awe.
"Look!" Mako suddenly said. Both Rei and Karei were stirring and they opened their eyes slowly, revealing crystal purple and green eyes, respectively. Their wounds were completely gone and they sat up together.
"What happened?" Rei asked, putting a hand to her forehead.
"The last thing I remember is...an attack." Karei said, looking confused. They both suddenly looked at Luna and their jaws dropped simultaneously. "Nani?" Karei said, looking afraid. "You're the woman that attacked my aunt!" she cried, pointing a finger, her eyes filling with hate.
"It's okay! It's okay!" Usagi said hurriedly, "She is our friend!" she comforted, sitting next to Karei, putting an arm around her shoulders.
"Luna! What's going on?" Rei said looking back forth between Luna and the other girls.
"I will explain everything. I have learned much. Michiru and Haruka should be here soon, we called them." Luna said gently. She bowed slightly to Karei,
"Yuchino-san, I apologize for my actions while I was Mistress Luna. I was confused and tricked onto the side of evil; I am your friend. You can trust me." She said, smiling. Karei still looked nervous, but she smiled slightly and nodded.
Just then Haruka and Michiru walked in together. "Ne minna." Haruka smiled, running a hand through her short white-blonde hair. Michiru smiled gently and then her jaw dropped slightly, "Luna?" she asked, her eyes narrowing.
"How did you get here?" Haruka asked, looking defensive all of the sudden, she reached into her pocket for her henshin wand.
"It's all right. I am better now. I apologize greatly for my evil deeds while I was Mistress Luna. I can never forgive myself for them, but I hope that you all will be able to forgive me. Controllerplanet is an evil woman and she was able to increase my doubts and fears in my state when she captured me. But I make no excuses for my actions…Can you ever forgive me?" she said softly, looking down with pain in her eyes.
Michiru glanced at Haruka and put a hand on her arm and Haruka relaxed. "Of course we can forgive you. You are our trusted advisor and friend." Michiru smiled. She hugged Luna gently and smiled at her.
"I'm glad that you're back." Haruka said, looking uncomfortable.
"Hai! Us too!" Minako grinned widely. "We all missed you!"
"Hai!" everyone else said together. Luna smiled and looked up, with tears in her eyes.
"Arigatou." She said, a tear rolling down her scratched cheek.
"Thank you, Luna-san. For what you did for me. You risked your health to help Rei and I. I will always be your friend for that." Karei said, standing up suddenly. She hugged Luna spontaneously who looked surprised.
"Thank you for your forgiveness." She whispered in Karei's ear. They smiled at each other.
"Sooo…" Haruka said, running a hand through her hair again. "What's all the commotion about? Why did you call us so urgently?" she asked seriously. Luna let go of Karei and a serious light came to her eyes.
"I have learned much, and have to tell you all I can." She said.
"I'll go get some tea." Rei said, standing up…
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The girls sat around the table in Rei's room, Luna sat at the head with her eyes closed. She remembered all the fun times spent at this table. All the girls persuading Usagi to study, Usagi stiffing muffins in her face two at a time, so many memories. Even memories from the past flooded into her mind, so many good times. 'I can't let this great evil destroy all that we have built.' She thought determinedly, Planet's laughing face flashing through her mind.
"...na…Luna." A soft voice said, Luna's eyes flashed open to see all the girls looking at her, Michiru had her hand on Luna's arm. Luna smiled slightly and looked down, "Gomen, I was thinking." She said softly. Michiru had a concerned look on her face and glanced at Haruka as she sat back.
"I have a lot to tell you all. Many things have happened to me while I was under Planet's control." Luna said quietly. Many emotions flitted across her face, but the main one was distress.
"Daijoubu Luna-chan." Usagi said gently putting a hand on Luna's arm.
"Hai." Luna said, smiling at her a new strength filling her.
"This woman is the most evil person I have ever had the displeasure of serving. Her source of power is the many planets and solar systems that she has taken over. She calls them her 'collection'. The number of planet's that she has seized is innumerable." Luna paused, a painful look on her face, she looked at each girl. "Planet cannot be defeated by means that you may know of, but don't fear. We won't lose, we can't." Luna said solemnly.
"What do you mean conventionally?" Minako asked, her forehead creased with thought.
"I can say no more on the matter. Don't ask me." Luna said firmly. Minako started to protest, but Usagi hushed her.
"She has 4 controllers, or generals. You have already killed one of them. But by doing this, you only make her stronger. When they die, their power goes to her." Luna said. Each girl felt a growing sense of dread come over her heart, 'How can we ever win.' Usagi thought sadly.
"Each general draws their power from their respective element. Matter, Fire and Water are the ones that are left.
Matter is the strongest of the three, while Water is the weakest."
"Luna-chan, Water was here a little while ago, we hurt him badly before he left." Minako interrupted.
"Good, we don't need to worry about him." Luna nodded.
"Anyway, although these generals are strong in their own rights, they are weak compared to us, they are not unified. They fight with each other for prestige and respect from Planet, we can defeat them." Luna said confidently.
"Sa. Planet has captured Setsuna, as you must know by now. But I know where she is kept, she is guarded by one controller, but I am confident in our abilities." Luna nodded.
"Where is she kept!?" Haruka said loudly, half-standing.
"Calm down, Haruka-san. We will get her in due time. To learn all the secrets that you need to know, in order to defeat her. We must go to the moon."
"To the moon?" Usagi asked incredulously.
"Hai. It's very important to remembe…" Luna was interrupted when the door suddenly burst open and Artemis ran inside breathlessly, Mamoru at his heels.
"Luna!?!" he gasped, putting a hand to his chest. Luna smiled and stood, walking over to him.
"Hai, it's me." She smiled, putting her hand over his.
"Demo…how?" he stuttered in shock, she was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his long life. Her luxurious black hair had grown longer in her absence and trailed the floor behind her, making a silky cape, which swirled around her, reflecting light. Her bright blue eyes were large and echoed light, as tears filled them. Light seemed to glow around her outlined form, making her seem like an angel in his eyes.
"Love." She whispered for his ears only. His eyes widened, and he hugged her spastically.
"Ai shiteru, Artemis. I will never leave your side again." Luna whispered in his ear, as she kissed his cheek.
"Luna…" he whispered in awe, hugging her gently as he inhaled the sweet scent of her hair. He slowly leaned down and kissed her deeply, "Ai shiteru…" he whispered into her mouth.
Mamoru walked over to Usagi and put his arm around her shoulder as they all gazed at the rapturous couple. Usagi looked up at him and he smiled down at her, with love in his eyes…
The couple was suddenly broken apart by a man's screaming outside.
"Grandpa!!" Rei screamed, running outside. The others followed suit. Karei's eyes widened as she saw a beautiful woman holding Rei's grandfather by the throat. Her long red and purple hair sparked around her furious face as she choked the helpless man…
To Be Continued
