Disclaimer: I do not own SailorMoon or any of the supporting characters.
Some rich guy and Naoko Takenuchi does. Believe me if I owned it the Dic
episodes would have been just a bad dream.
Disclaimer 2: I don't own any of the songs that I use for Titles of my
chapters. If I did do you think that I would be writing this Fan fic?
Okay maybe I would be. *sigh*
Disclaimer 3: This is my first fan fic so be kind. It is going to suck
a little bit. Please send all comments, flames, letters threating to
kill me and my entire family, and suggestions to me.
Any One at All
By: Marsiefan
Chapter Five:
Regret for those who have gone before
Rei was silent for the rest of the trip to the moon. She barely moved from the spot by the window. All that Rei did was stare at Mars in the distance. Jade was worried about her sanity by the time Yuuchiro had landed them on the moon. Rei stood up slowly and spoke. "Take me to the closest temple I must pray for my planet." Her violet eyes were dull and glassy. Her voice sounded hollow and lacked any emotion. Jade took a step towards her but Yuuchiro reached her first. "I'll accompany the princess to the temple. I can gather what she will need for the sacred fire." Yuuchiro took her by the arm and lead her off the ship. Jade ran to catch up with them. "Rei? I'll go ahead to the palace to speak with the other generals and to the queen. I'll explain what happened. Everything is going to be okay." Jade cooed to her softly.
Rei stopped dead in her tracks turned to Jade and walk to him. She was so close to him that he could feel her breathe on his face. "Is it Jade? Is it going to be okay? I want to believe you so bad!" Rei fell into his arms and cried. Jade whispered calming words into her hair as he stroked it. He looked up to tell Yuuchiro that he would care for the Princess and he could go back to the ship. But as he looked up, he was shocked. Yuuchiro was looking at him with such hatred that Jade thought he was going to attack him right that second. Jade mustered some courage and ordered Yuuchiro to go unload the ship and then go to the palace.
Jade lead Rei through the Imperical city of Athena. He had been there many times as a general for Earth. So he knew his way around. The temple was a beautiful glowig white building. Almost everything on the moon had a shimmer to it, even the people. Inside the temple was a room dedicated to the religon of each of the planets under the Moon Kingdom's rule. Of course the Moon's religon room was the largest and most ornate. The Mars room was warm and familiar to Rei. Although she knew that she was on the Moon she felt like she was back on Mars in her personal temple in the Martian Royal Gardens. FireStones were set all around her in the walls. Their glow was amplified by the large fire in the center of the room. Blood red roses lined the fire. Incense was smoking in billows on the floor of the room. Martian Red Marble pillars and archways flowed over head. Ancient words of prayer in the Mars language was engraved on the walls. Rei gracefully fell to her knees on the ceremonial mat. She raised her hands to the sacred fire and prayed for the lost souls of Mars.
Martian Prayer of Mourning
Rei:
We came only to sleep,
We came only to dream.
It is not so, it is not so,
That we came to endure death.
Like flowers continually perishing.
Will your name endure anywhere?
Will your fame end here in flames?
At least the flower, at least the song remains!
How brief an instant is here in life!
Will it be like this in the next world?
Is it here that we come to know ourselves?
To this end, I add your last breathe. (throw offering in fire)
May we greet one another with love,
in the life to come.
To this end, my father (throw offering in fire)
my mother,(throw offering in fire)
my friends,(throw offering in fire)
my people.(throw offering in fire)
May you be blessed with the flames.
May your dreams be fulfilled;
May your name live on.
May your roads to the Sacred Fire
be short and goals are reached.
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,
And the great fire early droop'd in the western sky in the night,
I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
How shall I deck my song for the sweet souls that have gone?
I cease from my song for thee,
From my gaze on thee in the west.
O my people lustrous with silver face in the night.
Comrades mine and I in the midst, and their memory ever
to keep for the dead I loved so well.
Rei wiped the tears from her eyes and rose from her position. She faced Jade and smiled a small smile. "Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity and I will send my mothers farewell later in the palace in the Lunar way. Now I must put this behind me. I will have the Queen send her most trusted emissary to watch over Mars til I finish my training with the other Princess'. Now escort me to the palace so we can decide what sort of action is to be taken and who it was that attacked my people."
Jade was shocked by Rei's forward speech. She was starting to sound like a true ruler than the carefree girl that he knew back in Mars. He took her in his arms and lifted her face to his. "Rei, you don't have to be brave with me. I know that you have to be hurting. I love you and nothing is going to change that. Please know that you can come to me and talk. I want you to confide in me. I am sorry for treating so badly" Jade said his eyes pleading with her.
Rei's violet eyes will filled with tears. They were not tears of saddness but tears of joy. "Say that part again."
"What? I am sorry?"
"No the part where you said you loved me."
Jade and Rei fell into each others arms and kissed deeply. When their lips parted. Jade whipsered to her, "Rei there is something I want to give to you. I have had it since I first came to Mars. I was supposed to give it to you as a symbol of friendship between Mars and Earth. But now I give it to as a symbol of my love." Jade reached into his jacket pocket and drew out a small velvet bag. He pulled out a ring and placed it onto her finger. "When I leave the moon to go back to Earth remember that I will be thinking of you." He placed his hand over hers.
Rei looked up at him. "If you are willing to pledge your love to me then I will do the same. But we have to do it in the Martian way." Rei walked over to the table against the wall. She picked up the cerimonial knife. She took her hand and carved the knife in her flesh. The blood fell freely from the wound. She then took his hand and did the same. Rei took her hand in hers then allowed the blood to mingle. "You are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give you my body, that we Two might be One. I give you my Spirit, till our life shall be done." Rei looked at Jade. Her eyes were shining with tears. "Now we are truly one. Let us go to the palace. We must inform the queen about the attack." Rei and Jade walked slowly arm in arm to the palace walls. The guard recognized Rei from her past visits. The couple was lead straight to the throne room where the generals and the other princesses had already gathered. The Queen and the Princess were no where to be seen. The royal page announced their arrival. "Princess Rei of Mars and General Jadite, Second in command of the Royal Terrian Army." Seven faces turned their way. Rei's grip on Jade's arm tightend for a second as the group moved towards them.
"Jade! 'Bout time that you made it here!" Neph boomed at him. The generals and Endymion closed in around him and pulled him from Rei's death grip. The three Princess held back and stared at Rei. All three were wearing their planets national colors and decked in royal slendor. Rei looked down at her temple garb. She always tended the temple gardens in these clothes. They had always been her favorite thing to wear. They just felt right on her. Now she was embarassed. The princesses were whispering. 'Probably about me.' she thought. 'I must never show any weakness. I am the Queen of Mars now. I need to show my strength.' Rei held her head high straightened her sholders and marched over to the group. The whispering stopped. Rei looked them all in the eyes. "I am Princess Rei of Mars. I am please to make your aquinatace. I am very pleased to serve Princess Serenity with you all. I hope we can carry out our duties with honor and grace."
A very ditzy looking blonde stepped forward. "I am Princess Minako of Venus. I too am glad to meet you. I am sure that we will live up to our duties." Minako reached out and embraced Rei.
Rei was suprised at the intellengence that this girl obviously had. 'Apperances are deciving.' Rei thought. The two others glanced at each other and stepped forward. A very quiet girl with short blue hair shyly looked up. Rei had already guessed that she was a Mercurian. "I am Princess Ami from Mercury." The large amazon looking girl stepped forward. "I am Princess Makoto, from Jupiter if you haven't guessed." Makoto then grabbed her hand and shook it violently. The four girls then were quiet, all of a sudden Makoto burped. The princess were all holding back their laughter, finally when Minako couldn't hold it in any longer all of the girls busted out laughing. Not one of them could stop talking from that moment on. They felt like old friends.
The generals were having their own private conversation about their charges. "Well Jeddy-poo did you have fun on Mars? Two straight month's of parties. I bet you had a lot of fun. So how many hearts are left broken on Mars huh?" Nephlite questioned with a big smirk on his face. "I sure had a time with Mako-chan, and I was only there for a couple weeks." Not to be out done by Nephlite, Endymion joined in the fun. "So Jeddy tell me, what is the beautiful Rei like? Is she as Bitchy as everyone says? I heard that she was related to the Moon Princess. Is tha..at tr..ue..?" Endymion's last sentence dragged out as he was entranced by something over Jade's shoulder. Jade turned around to see what had struck the prince's fancy. A beautiful creature dressed in a long white gown. Her hair was up in two buns with pigtails flowing down from them. The hair was a silvery blonde. Her sweet face was in agony. A single tear fell from her watery blue eyes. She ran to Rei and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Oh Re-Re I just heard what happened! Come you must see mother she is in her chambers. She is unconsolable right now." The Princess Serenity had finally made her apperance. She and Rei had made up their own langage when they were younger. Serenity and Traquility had made up pet names for the two. Salt and Pepper. Which in there secret language was Re-Re(pepper) and Ni-Ni(salt). Whenever the two were together they used those names for each other it was more natural then the real names. Jade listened to her voice. That was the same voice of Rei's mother. The same tinkling of bells that sounded like they came from heaven above. Jade looked at Endymion his eyes were glazed over. "Does anyone know who that is?" Endymion whispered in a dreamy voice.
Rei smiled at Serenity. "Ni-Ni I am fine. Better than I was a couple days ago. I will go to the Queen's chamber, but I think that it would be proper for you to address the guests and tell them who you are. With the Queen indisposed of you must take over her duties." Rei said to her gently. Serenity blinked a few times and noticed for the first time that there were other people in the room. "Oh...Yeah. I forgot!" Serenity giggled. "Re-Re what would I do without you? You always were the brains of this operation! I am Serenity," Serenity said to everyone. "You can call me Ni-Ni. I am more used to it then anything else! Re-Re here is my cousin. She and I are like sisters. I apologize for this but, there was an attack on Mars. The palace was destroyed and the Royal family was assassinated. We are not sure yet who it was but as soon as we get some training and control over the powers that you have been born with, we will investigate. Some of you are not aware of these powers but Luna, the palace military advisor, will be briefing all of you in a moment. Now I must leave, Prince Endymion of Earth is here and I must take him to my mother. We are trying to neogate peace between our two kingdoms. Re..I mean Princess Rei will you be alright here for awhile?" Rei nodded mutely. Serenity had changed into Queen mode. She was a whinny little crybaby most of the times but she was trained to rule the universe. She could take control of any situation and handle it with grace and maturity. Endymion was impressed. Never before had he met a princess that was beautiful and majestic. He stepped forward took her hand kneeled before her and kissed the open palm. Ni-Ni was stunned. He was absolutly gorgous. His midnight black hair simmered and shone in the candle lights. His eyes were almost the same color as her own. She was blushing. "Your highness." Ni-Ni managed to force out. Darien stood up again and offered her his arm. The two walked out of the room totally entranced by each other.
A small black cat emerged out of the shadows. It crept quietly up behind the group of girls and pounced on the nearest and most vunerable, Princess Ami. She let out a shreik and spun around trying to find the source of the attack. The cat's claws had been caught in the flowly fabric of Ami's dress. Both were struggling to get free, Ami was screaming her head off and tore around the throne room her arms flaying. Both Minako and Makoto found this incredible funny and preceeded to laugh so hard that they could barely breathe. Rei found the scene amusing but refrained from laughing hard.
The generals were still in the process of catching up when Zoicite realized it was Ami that was causing all the commotion. He then began to chase after her. That did it for Minako, Rei and Makoto they couldn't control their laughter any longer and fell to the floor in a heap of silk and ribbons. Finally Ami realized that whatever was attacking her was on her back and stopped to try to get it off. But when she did Zoicite came crashing into her. Both fell over and Zoicite ended up on top of Ami. The cat finally free of it's satin prison ran to safety. Ami blushed at Zoicite being so close to her, he was so close it was almost like he was going to kiss her. All of a sudden she was back on her feet and steadying herself. Zoicite's face was a deep scarlet. "There m'lady. Are you alright?" Ami tried to remove the disappointed tone from her voice. "Yes, kind sir I am fine. Thank you for coming to my rescue. Thanks so much. Now where is my brave attacker?"
There was a brillant flash and the poor little black kitty became a beautiful woman, not much older then they were or so it appeared, wearing a yellow gown and her long black hair fell to the middle of her thighs. "Luna-sensei" Princess Rei called and ran to embrace the startled woman who once she realized it was really Rei hugged her back warmly. "Everyone this is Luna, she is the Miltary advisor. She is also Ami's attacker!"
Everyone looked stunned at the woman.
"Never leave your backside unattended. Or else you will always be taken by suprise. I am Luna, but I want you to refer to me as Sensei or Luna-sensei. I am not your friend, I am your teacher and I do demand respect. I will be training you during your stay on the moon. I am to make you the inner guardians of this kingdom and it's future queen." Her face maybe that of a young teenager but her voice was that of a mature older woman. "Apperances are decieving. I take many forms but my feline form is the one that you will see the most. This is my true form. I come from the planet Mau. I and my husband, Artemis, are the supreme rulers. We came here to live on the moon after our planet was destroyed. Many of you probably don't remember the destruction of Mau, you were nothing but twinkles in your mother's eyes. Mau was located between Mars and Jupiter. I am sure that you Makoto are familiar with the astriod belt. Ne?" Makoto nodded. "That used to be Mau," Luna-sensei continued. "It was a lush land but evil comes with the good and it overcame the goodness on Mau. Because of the evil and destruction that was being caused, Artemis and I got as many Maus off the planet as we could save and then destroyed the planet with the help of Queen Serenity. Many Maus could not live with out the planet's lifeforce and died. Artemis and I are the only Mau left. I had hoped the evil died on Mau but it seems that it migrated to Mars were it laid dorminte for all these years."
Her eyes went dull and her voice flat. "I am sorry Re-Re but I am afraid to tell you that I knew of the evil long before the attack. Artemis and I did not inform the Queen because we were not sure of it's power until...." Luna-sensei's voice trailed off. She turned away her tears flowing freely. She had help Tranquility grow up. She remembered when Queen Serenity CCXVI gave birth the the Queens. Serenity CCXVII was expected Tranquility wasn't. The temple priestess Beryl demanded that Tranquility be killed. For she wasn't needed, there could be only one Moon Princess. 'It has been this way for centuries, your highness! The older twin becomes queen the other is sacraficed to the Gods!' Queen Serenity was appalled at this and demanded that her other daughter grow up and live a full and happy life. When Serenity CCXVII gave birth to the twins Beryl had stolen the younger twin and tried to sacraficed it in the Temple of the Moon. It had been Luna that found Beryl with the newborn. Queen Serenity CCXVII had banished her from the moon. Before Beryl left she had cursed the moon kingdom and all under it's rule saying the wrath of the gods would come down on them. That is when Mau was infested with an evil. Beryl was making good on her promise when it then destoyed Tranquility."
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Some rich guy and Naoko Takenuchi does. Believe me if I owned it the Dic
episodes would have been just a bad dream.
Disclaimer 2: I don't own any of the songs that I use for Titles of my
chapters. If I did do you think that I would be writing this Fan fic?
Okay maybe I would be. *sigh*
Disclaimer 3: This is my first fan fic so be kind. It is going to suck
a little bit. Please send all comments, flames, letters threating to
kill me and my entire family, and suggestions to me.
Any One at All
By: Marsiefan
Chapter Five:
Regret for those who have gone before
Rei was silent for the rest of the trip to the moon. She barely moved from the spot by the window. All that Rei did was stare at Mars in the distance. Jade was worried about her sanity by the time Yuuchiro had landed them on the moon. Rei stood up slowly and spoke. "Take me to the closest temple I must pray for my planet." Her violet eyes were dull and glassy. Her voice sounded hollow and lacked any emotion. Jade took a step towards her but Yuuchiro reached her first. "I'll accompany the princess to the temple. I can gather what she will need for the sacred fire." Yuuchiro took her by the arm and lead her off the ship. Jade ran to catch up with them. "Rei? I'll go ahead to the palace to speak with the other generals and to the queen. I'll explain what happened. Everything is going to be okay." Jade cooed to her softly.
Rei stopped dead in her tracks turned to Jade and walk to him. She was so close to him that he could feel her breathe on his face. "Is it Jade? Is it going to be okay? I want to believe you so bad!" Rei fell into his arms and cried. Jade whispered calming words into her hair as he stroked it. He looked up to tell Yuuchiro that he would care for the Princess and he could go back to the ship. But as he looked up, he was shocked. Yuuchiro was looking at him with such hatred that Jade thought he was going to attack him right that second. Jade mustered some courage and ordered Yuuchiro to go unload the ship and then go to the palace.
Jade lead Rei through the Imperical city of Athena. He had been there many times as a general for Earth. So he knew his way around. The temple was a beautiful glowig white building. Almost everything on the moon had a shimmer to it, even the people. Inside the temple was a room dedicated to the religon of each of the planets under the Moon Kingdom's rule. Of course the Moon's religon room was the largest and most ornate. The Mars room was warm and familiar to Rei. Although she knew that she was on the Moon she felt like she was back on Mars in her personal temple in the Martian Royal Gardens. FireStones were set all around her in the walls. Their glow was amplified by the large fire in the center of the room. Blood red roses lined the fire. Incense was smoking in billows on the floor of the room. Martian Red Marble pillars and archways flowed over head. Ancient words of prayer in the Mars language was engraved on the walls. Rei gracefully fell to her knees on the ceremonial mat. She raised her hands to the sacred fire and prayed for the lost souls of Mars.
Martian Prayer of Mourning
Rei:
We came only to sleep,
We came only to dream.
It is not so, it is not so,
That we came to endure death.
Like flowers continually perishing.
Will your name endure anywhere?
Will your fame end here in flames?
At least the flower, at least the song remains!
How brief an instant is here in life!
Will it be like this in the next world?
Is it here that we come to know ourselves?
To this end, I add your last breathe. (throw offering in fire)
May we greet one another with love,
in the life to come.
To this end, my father (throw offering in fire)
my mother,(throw offering in fire)
my friends,(throw offering in fire)
my people.(throw offering in fire)
May you be blessed with the flames.
May your dreams be fulfilled;
May your name live on.
May your roads to the Sacred Fire
be short and goals are reached.
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,
And the great fire early droop'd in the western sky in the night,
I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
How shall I deck my song for the sweet souls that have gone?
I cease from my song for thee,
From my gaze on thee in the west.
O my people lustrous with silver face in the night.
Comrades mine and I in the midst, and their memory ever
to keep for the dead I loved so well.
Rei wiped the tears from her eyes and rose from her position. She faced Jade and smiled a small smile. "Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity and I will send my mothers farewell later in the palace in the Lunar way. Now I must put this behind me. I will have the Queen send her most trusted emissary to watch over Mars til I finish my training with the other Princess'. Now escort me to the palace so we can decide what sort of action is to be taken and who it was that attacked my people."
Jade was shocked by Rei's forward speech. She was starting to sound like a true ruler than the carefree girl that he knew back in Mars. He took her in his arms and lifted her face to his. "Rei, you don't have to be brave with me. I know that you have to be hurting. I love you and nothing is going to change that. Please know that you can come to me and talk. I want you to confide in me. I am sorry for treating so badly" Jade said his eyes pleading with her.
Rei's violet eyes will filled with tears. They were not tears of saddness but tears of joy. "Say that part again."
"What? I am sorry?"
"No the part where you said you loved me."
Jade and Rei fell into each others arms and kissed deeply. When their lips parted. Jade whipsered to her, "Rei there is something I want to give to you. I have had it since I first came to Mars. I was supposed to give it to you as a symbol of friendship between Mars and Earth. But now I give it to as a symbol of my love." Jade reached into his jacket pocket and drew out a small velvet bag. He pulled out a ring and placed it onto her finger. "When I leave the moon to go back to Earth remember that I will be thinking of you." He placed his hand over hers.
Rei looked up at him. "If you are willing to pledge your love to me then I will do the same. But we have to do it in the Martian way." Rei walked over to the table against the wall. She picked up the cerimonial knife. She took her hand and carved the knife in her flesh. The blood fell freely from the wound. She then took his hand and did the same. Rei took her hand in hers then allowed the blood to mingle. "You are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give you my body, that we Two might be One. I give you my Spirit, till our life shall be done." Rei looked at Jade. Her eyes were shining with tears. "Now we are truly one. Let us go to the palace. We must inform the queen about the attack." Rei and Jade walked slowly arm in arm to the palace walls. The guard recognized Rei from her past visits. The couple was lead straight to the throne room where the generals and the other princesses had already gathered. The Queen and the Princess were no where to be seen. The royal page announced their arrival. "Princess Rei of Mars and General Jadite, Second in command of the Royal Terrian Army." Seven faces turned their way. Rei's grip on Jade's arm tightend for a second as the group moved towards them.
"Jade! 'Bout time that you made it here!" Neph boomed at him. The generals and Endymion closed in around him and pulled him from Rei's death grip. The three Princess held back and stared at Rei. All three were wearing their planets national colors and decked in royal slendor. Rei looked down at her temple garb. She always tended the temple gardens in these clothes. They had always been her favorite thing to wear. They just felt right on her. Now she was embarassed. The princesses were whispering. 'Probably about me.' she thought. 'I must never show any weakness. I am the Queen of Mars now. I need to show my strength.' Rei held her head high straightened her sholders and marched over to the group. The whispering stopped. Rei looked them all in the eyes. "I am Princess Rei of Mars. I am please to make your aquinatace. I am very pleased to serve Princess Serenity with you all. I hope we can carry out our duties with honor and grace."
A very ditzy looking blonde stepped forward. "I am Princess Minako of Venus. I too am glad to meet you. I am sure that we will live up to our duties." Minako reached out and embraced Rei.
Rei was suprised at the intellengence that this girl obviously had. 'Apperances are deciving.' Rei thought. The two others glanced at each other and stepped forward. A very quiet girl with short blue hair shyly looked up. Rei had already guessed that she was a Mercurian. "I am Princess Ami from Mercury." The large amazon looking girl stepped forward. "I am Princess Makoto, from Jupiter if you haven't guessed." Makoto then grabbed her hand and shook it violently. The four girls then were quiet, all of a sudden Makoto burped. The princess were all holding back their laughter, finally when Minako couldn't hold it in any longer all of the girls busted out laughing. Not one of them could stop talking from that moment on. They felt like old friends.
The generals were having their own private conversation about their charges. "Well Jeddy-poo did you have fun on Mars? Two straight month's of parties. I bet you had a lot of fun. So how many hearts are left broken on Mars huh?" Nephlite questioned with a big smirk on his face. "I sure had a time with Mako-chan, and I was only there for a couple weeks." Not to be out done by Nephlite, Endymion joined in the fun. "So Jeddy tell me, what is the beautiful Rei like? Is she as Bitchy as everyone says? I heard that she was related to the Moon Princess. Is tha..at tr..ue..?" Endymion's last sentence dragged out as he was entranced by something over Jade's shoulder. Jade turned around to see what had struck the prince's fancy. A beautiful creature dressed in a long white gown. Her hair was up in two buns with pigtails flowing down from them. The hair was a silvery blonde. Her sweet face was in agony. A single tear fell from her watery blue eyes. She ran to Rei and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Oh Re-Re I just heard what happened! Come you must see mother she is in her chambers. She is unconsolable right now." The Princess Serenity had finally made her apperance. She and Rei had made up their own langage when they were younger. Serenity and Traquility had made up pet names for the two. Salt and Pepper. Which in there secret language was Re-Re(pepper) and Ni-Ni(salt). Whenever the two were together they used those names for each other it was more natural then the real names. Jade listened to her voice. That was the same voice of Rei's mother. The same tinkling of bells that sounded like they came from heaven above. Jade looked at Endymion his eyes were glazed over. "Does anyone know who that is?" Endymion whispered in a dreamy voice.
Rei smiled at Serenity. "Ni-Ni I am fine. Better than I was a couple days ago. I will go to the Queen's chamber, but I think that it would be proper for you to address the guests and tell them who you are. With the Queen indisposed of you must take over her duties." Rei said to her gently. Serenity blinked a few times and noticed for the first time that there were other people in the room. "Oh...Yeah. I forgot!" Serenity giggled. "Re-Re what would I do without you? You always were the brains of this operation! I am Serenity," Serenity said to everyone. "You can call me Ni-Ni. I am more used to it then anything else! Re-Re here is my cousin. She and I are like sisters. I apologize for this but, there was an attack on Mars. The palace was destroyed and the Royal family was assassinated. We are not sure yet who it was but as soon as we get some training and control over the powers that you have been born with, we will investigate. Some of you are not aware of these powers but Luna, the palace military advisor, will be briefing all of you in a moment. Now I must leave, Prince Endymion of Earth is here and I must take him to my mother. We are trying to neogate peace between our two kingdoms. Re..I mean Princess Rei will you be alright here for awhile?" Rei nodded mutely. Serenity had changed into Queen mode. She was a whinny little crybaby most of the times but she was trained to rule the universe. She could take control of any situation and handle it with grace and maturity. Endymion was impressed. Never before had he met a princess that was beautiful and majestic. He stepped forward took her hand kneeled before her and kissed the open palm. Ni-Ni was stunned. He was absolutly gorgous. His midnight black hair simmered and shone in the candle lights. His eyes were almost the same color as her own. She was blushing. "Your highness." Ni-Ni managed to force out. Darien stood up again and offered her his arm. The two walked out of the room totally entranced by each other.
A small black cat emerged out of the shadows. It crept quietly up behind the group of girls and pounced on the nearest and most vunerable, Princess Ami. She let out a shreik and spun around trying to find the source of the attack. The cat's claws had been caught in the flowly fabric of Ami's dress. Both were struggling to get free, Ami was screaming her head off and tore around the throne room her arms flaying. Both Minako and Makoto found this incredible funny and preceeded to laugh so hard that they could barely breathe. Rei found the scene amusing but refrained from laughing hard.
The generals were still in the process of catching up when Zoicite realized it was Ami that was causing all the commotion. He then began to chase after her. That did it for Minako, Rei and Makoto they couldn't control their laughter any longer and fell to the floor in a heap of silk and ribbons. Finally Ami realized that whatever was attacking her was on her back and stopped to try to get it off. But when she did Zoicite came crashing into her. Both fell over and Zoicite ended up on top of Ami. The cat finally free of it's satin prison ran to safety. Ami blushed at Zoicite being so close to her, he was so close it was almost like he was going to kiss her. All of a sudden she was back on her feet and steadying herself. Zoicite's face was a deep scarlet. "There m'lady. Are you alright?" Ami tried to remove the disappointed tone from her voice. "Yes, kind sir I am fine. Thank you for coming to my rescue. Thanks so much. Now where is my brave attacker?"
There was a brillant flash and the poor little black kitty became a beautiful woman, not much older then they were or so it appeared, wearing a yellow gown and her long black hair fell to the middle of her thighs. "Luna-sensei" Princess Rei called and ran to embrace the startled woman who once she realized it was really Rei hugged her back warmly. "Everyone this is Luna, she is the Miltary advisor. She is also Ami's attacker!"
Everyone looked stunned at the woman.
"Never leave your backside unattended. Or else you will always be taken by suprise. I am Luna, but I want you to refer to me as Sensei or Luna-sensei. I am not your friend, I am your teacher and I do demand respect. I will be training you during your stay on the moon. I am to make you the inner guardians of this kingdom and it's future queen." Her face maybe that of a young teenager but her voice was that of a mature older woman. "Apperances are decieving. I take many forms but my feline form is the one that you will see the most. This is my true form. I come from the planet Mau. I and my husband, Artemis, are the supreme rulers. We came here to live on the moon after our planet was destroyed. Many of you probably don't remember the destruction of Mau, you were nothing but twinkles in your mother's eyes. Mau was located between Mars and Jupiter. I am sure that you Makoto are familiar with the astriod belt. Ne?" Makoto nodded. "That used to be Mau," Luna-sensei continued. "It was a lush land but evil comes with the good and it overcame the goodness on Mau. Because of the evil and destruction that was being caused, Artemis and I got as many Maus off the planet as we could save and then destroyed the planet with the help of Queen Serenity. Many Maus could not live with out the planet's lifeforce and died. Artemis and I are the only Mau left. I had hoped the evil died on Mau but it seems that it migrated to Mars were it laid dorminte for all these years."
Her eyes went dull and her voice flat. "I am sorry Re-Re but I am afraid to tell you that I knew of the evil long before the attack. Artemis and I did not inform the Queen because we were not sure of it's power until...." Luna-sensei's voice trailed off. She turned away her tears flowing freely. She had help Tranquility grow up. She remembered when Queen Serenity CCXVI gave birth the the Queens. Serenity CCXVII was expected Tranquility wasn't. The temple priestess Beryl demanded that Tranquility be killed. For she wasn't needed, there could be only one Moon Princess. 'It has been this way for centuries, your highness! The older twin becomes queen the other is sacraficed to the Gods!' Queen Serenity was appalled at this and demanded that her other daughter grow up and live a full and happy life. When Serenity CCXVII gave birth to the twins Beryl had stolen the younger twin and tried to sacraficed it in the Temple of the Moon. It had been Luna that found Beryl with the newborn. Queen Serenity CCXVII had banished her from the moon. Before Beryl left she had cursed the moon kingdom and all under it's rule saying the wrath of the gods would come down on them. That is when Mau was infested with an evil. Beryl was making good on her promise when it then destoyed Tranquility."
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