Disclaimer. Comet moon warily looked around the corner, and then twirled around to catch if anyone was behind him. Tip toeing, he snuck to his computer. Quietly he spoke into his videophone. "Hey, Comet Moon here. I own Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, and Ranma. Don't listen to what Stef, Sam, and Dizz say. They are some what deluded and...." Feeling a raised Ki, he glances over his shoulder and sees his Imoutos' glowing red with repressed (Barely.) Fury. "LIKE I SAID. I DON'T OWN ANYTHING. BYE." A cloud of dust suddenly appears where Comet just was. Looking at each other, the terrible, ummm, terrific trio nod and start the chase. In the distance you hear Comet Moon praying to all the deities. Even making up a couple.
AN: See end.
Love, Betrayal, and Redemption
Chapter 3: Revelations
In a brilliant burst of light she arrived.
Her heart and soul bleeding from the wounds inflicted on her by her court, her friends, and her love. Finally giving into the pain, she collapsed to the ground, her petite body wracked with sobs.
Having been rejected by all, her family and friends, she returned to the one place in the Universe she knew she would be welcomed. The moon.
As she lay crying on the barren surface, a warm glow seemed to surround her, comforting her with a loving welcome. Minutes later, finally having gained control of her emotions enough to become aware of her surroundings, she noticed she was indeed being held by a pair of soft arm. Arms that were transparent, and glowed soft silver.
With a slight smile, she raised her eyes to the sight she knew she would see. Looking down on her, with a wise, caring yet sad expression was the Queen of the Moon herself. Queen Serenity.
Reluctantly, they separated; neither spoke a word, just stared longingly at each other.
"Welcome home, my daughter."
It was enough to again cause her to break down into tears, at last, some one acknowledged her for who she was, no questions asked. But she had cried too much of late, and refused to give in to the pain again.
Softly, scarcely above a whisper, she spoke, "Mother."
Her kind gray eyes looked to her in sympathy, welling with tears of her own at her beloved's pain.
As she looked into her Mother's eyes, her own hardened, the pain and agony gave way to righteous fury.
"They have betrayed me. My friends, court, advisors, and Endymion. They have all betrayed me."
Sighing, the Moon Queen looked sadly up to the shining Earth; her own features gave way to a frown.
"I know dearest. They let their minds and fears over come the truth their hearts and souls knew to be true."
"They attacked me, all of them. And Jupiter and CHIBA both hit me in the stomach."
This Usagi had shouted this at the top of her lungs in a tone of fury the likes of which her Mother had never heard before. But she had understood the reasons, and was furious herself.
"I know my darling, but in their defense they couldn't have known."
A confused frown then appeared on her brow.
"That doesn't make what they did right. I wasn't even given a chance to explain myself. They never do. Not that it matters really. I am a disgrace. I'm just a stupid, lazy, air headed pig, who can't do anything right. I'm surprised that you even want to call me daughter gi..."
Queen Serenity was needless to say shocked at this outburst. True she had observed how they treated her, not realizing they were yelling at the symptoms and not even looking for the cause, but she had not believed that Serenity's confidence and measure of self worth had been driven that low.
Gently, yet firmly she took her daughters chin and lifted it so she once again looked her in the eyes.
"Now I will not hear any of this. Has it not occurred to you that there were reasons you had trouble in school? Your hunger? Your need for sleep? And especially, your lack of coordination?"
Thinking it over for a second, she just shrugged. "No."
Chuckling a soft musical tune, Queen Serenity looked lovingly down upon her daughter.
"You never change, do you my love? Well for your information, there are reasons for all of that. And more."
Gliding over to a small boulder, she motioned for her now thoroughly confused to sit.
"First little one, your hunger is from your own power level, controlling the Ginzuishou, and the energy that you need to maintain to control it. The others all just use their Celestial powers, but you have to wield the power of the Ginzuishou as well as other forces that they have no clue of. Someday you should be able to convert energy of the cosmos into a source of strength, or even use your own soul energy. Plus with training, you'll be able to control these powers with less effort."
"The same goes for your need for sleep. The energy you expend is enormous, thus you need to recharge more often, again this will change with time. Though you always did enjoy a nice nap."
Usagi giggled at that. She always had enjoyed her sleep.
"And goodness child, you are a being of the moon. With the presence of the Ginzuishou inside of you, your body was always readjusting itself to the moon's gravitational pull." (AN: Like in the Manga, she always held the Ginzuishou inside her. The Seven shadows and there crystals were more fragments of the crystal and used to track the prime crystal down and return the energy back to it.)
Usagi started at that, "So that's why everything feels so heavy. I asked Luna about that possibility once, and she said I was making excuses."
Smiling gently, Queen Serenity regally nodded her head. "Yes, that is why. And as for your grades and lack of attention in school, let's let you figure it out."
As she frowned, Queen Serenity floated slightly away from her. So she asked the only question she could think of. "HUH?"
Suddenly a grin appeared on her face and she chuckled. "Child, has not the way I've been TALKING to you not seemed a little strange?"
She looked at her in even greater confusion; until she realized that though it seemed normal to her, she had spoke with her in a unusual manor.
"You're not talking, your singing!!"
It was true; she had been singing her entire conversation with her. As though a timeless tune carried her words.
"Yes little one, I do sing, not talk as humans do. As do you. The language of our souls is that of music. We must be trained to speak and hear in the way of the rest of the Universe's sentients, as our song is part of the very song of the creation itself. Our line is trained at birth to translate the input given to us, be it in written language or spoken, into a form we can understand. Other wise the words, both written and spoken, tend to become jumbled, much like the term humans call dyslexia. But when we achieve the translation tune running in our minds, it translates it into an understandable form we can interpret."
"Is that why the few times I was able to study with my music playing, I did better?"
Queen Serenity glided closer to her offspring, "Yes little one, it is. And the reason you're distracted in school. You've always had an active, curious mind. So when you cannot understand the information, you let your mind drift onto subjects that you can understand. You always were a dreamer as well."
Reaching out slowly, she placed her hand upon her forehead, activating her crescent moon insignia. Glowing in response, her own crescent moon glowed, and both closed their eyes.
As they parted, Usagi felt barriers within her mind brake, and understanding of much she has heard and learned became clear.
Whispering in a hushed tone she responded to her Mother's actions.
"You restored my memories, my teachings on the moon. And I can remember the translation song."
Indeed, she didn't even realize that she had just sung her words in the manor of the Moon.
"Yes dearest, I have. All save the memories of the last two months of the moon. Those will come in time. But there is other information that I must impart to you as well. Including the origin of the very Universe itself."
"WHAT???"
Grinning, she continued. "Yes, our line has had a great influence in that. Back when the very Universe itself was born, the first thing to appear was a flawless crystal. As the Universe grew, this crystal was joined by another crystal whose power reacted not in favor to it, and tended to cause destruction wherever it went. The two crystals were almost identical in strength, but the silver shining gem was slightly stronger. It, in the end, settled onto the Moon orbiting the third planet from a yellow sun. A life had just been born there, filled with joy and sadness. For there was no other life anywhere to be found. The crystal formed a bond with this young maiden and kept her company with its love energy. It wasn't sentient; it was more a force of love and life from the very creation of existence. A hundred years later, the maiden sensed a new life being born from the planet that hung in the sky."
"Using the crystal, she came to this being that walked the blue paradise that she had grown to love. As their eyes met, they knew that their time alone was at an end. Over the Millennium, they moved to live on the Moon that orbited the male's birth world and had many children. Their first-born they named Serenity, and she grew with her Mother's beauty and wisdom, and her Father's strength and intellect. But they knew that all other worlds were barren of life, and that the male's home world was the same. Their life nearing an end, they, together decided to make their last act a meaningful one."
"First they created from the energy of the original crystal, a golden crystal linked to four elemental crystals created to guard the prime golden crystal and an indestructible sword to protect life itself and sent them to the blue shining world, to wait beings worthy to lead and guard this vibrant world. For they knew that this world would take some time to mature. Informing their children this, Adam and Eve placed Serenity in charge of guiding her siblings and world, and to always guard her Father's world. With tears in her eyes, she agreed to this, bidding them farewell and all her love."
"Using the crystal at their maximum power, their entire life forces, they together sent their power throughout the Universe. On worlds over the entire existence of reality, their energy merged with the worlds, moons, and suns, infusing their energy with these Celestial bodies."
"This energy would be the catalyst for life though out the Universe. No matter what the life was originated from, be it plant, animal, fish, reptile, even rocks, the dominant form would always have a biped's structure due to their influence. That is why the human form is so well know through out the Universe. And why cross marriages can create children."
"Also created by the energy was the creation of the Celestial souls. These were the life forces of the Celestial bodies. These took the form of a Dragon, and the energy of this being was centered in the middle of their world, sun, moon, or other Celestial body. From there it send parts of its being and energy through out the rest of the body. But it would take powerful magic to get it to form into its true shape."
"Serenity's first ten children, decided to move to the other worlds surrounding the sun. Taking those who wanted to follow, these girls would become the ruling forces of their world. The energy from their grandparents, slowly seeped into their own bodies, and each became an off branch of the Moon. But all kept in contact with their Mother, agreeing that she was the Monarch of the entire system."
"Over the Millenniums, they kept in close contact. As a new Princess Serenity's was born, she would take the crown upon her Mother's death. All swore their allegiance to the line of the Moon Queen, even the rebel Tsuchi. Tsuchi, though loyal to the Moon, was a loner by nature and wished to grow separately from the rest."
" The race that inhabited the core of the Sun had their bodies altered to fit into the smaller space of their home. With the aide of the Ginzuishou, they created a livable land at its core, protected from the energy of Sol by an indestructible shield. Their bodies became feline, with the ability to alter shape back to human, or a larger feline form, but over the centuries, the feline form became their prime form. They named their land Mau, and many of the Earth legends of the Cat gods came from them. They we're always a bit prideful."
"But disaster struck when the Dark crystal landed on the blue shining world that they now called Earth, the Father planet."
"The crystal traumatized the entire planet, stunting its growth. Only the power of the Crystal of Life aided by the Queen of Saturn, a powerful healer equal to none could seal it. This happen a little over two thousand years ago, and the energy they did use lit the night sky over a little town called Bethlehem, shining down upon a special soul being born that day as if an unseen hand guided the light upon this being who would heal much of the trauma created that night."
"Together, they sealed the Crystal inside the Saturn Queen, using a Metal know only to Saturn to help control it and the very power of Saturn, renown for its great healers, she forced herself into an eternal sleep, using her power to seal its destructive nature. It was not evil per say, but just a force that can only destroy. No other method could be found for this to be used for. So she slept, until her death, where the first born of the Queen would be its new bearer. All Saturn Queens had two children at least from that day forth, until my own reign. In that time, only one Princess was born, leaving the Queen without an heir on her death and the death of the sleeping one. The matter had not been decided on what to do, when the destruction again came."
"Three other occurrences had transpired then due to the dark crystal's power. First, a rip into the Space-time continuum was created, and had to be mended. The only way was to form a seal till it could heal itself. But this would take thousands of years, so the Queen of Pluto offered to stand guard until the seal was completely healed. The two created a staff in which she could control ramped time energy leaks, see the course that time took, and communicate with past, present, and future Pluto's. Her first-born would as well take her place, and the second would rule. But twenty years before the end, the latest guardian died with only one heir, who immediately took her place at the age of ten. This matter also was not resolved in the time that we had left."
"The second occurrence, Queen Serenity herself created. Feeling guilt at her friends' sacrifices, the Queen realized that forces of chaos would yet again be unleashed unto the Universe. Preparing her Daughter to take the throne over from her, she used all her life force to cast a gift of protection across the Universe. Using the crystal and her life force, as her ancestors had, she gave each Celestial Dragon the ability to chose a line of defenders, like white cells and anti-bodies in a body, to fight and protect it. Because the magic for this was female, the defender would usually be female as well. But it was not unheard of for a male to become the Celestial avatar. Sometimes both. These avatars would possess and are able to channel the power of their Celestial body. Be it a star, world or even asteroid. All gave birth to one that day. Pluto and Saturn's Avatar was the Time Guardian and the Sleeping Guardian, chosen to add to their power for times of need."
"All save the Earth, the Moon, and the Universe."
"The Earth was to traumatized to choose, but the power melded with the golden crystal, which had chosen a line to merge with, until one worthy of possessing it would be born. The Sword also joined this line, but broke from it with the next generation, choosing the oldest twin's to wield it. His twin sister would continue to carry the Golden Crystal. This is where the Royal line of the Pendragon split. Both sword and crystal could utilize the power of Earth."
"The Moon had used to much energy to create the rest of the Universes Guardians to form a Senshi of its own at that time."
"And the Universe as well was unable to create one, because it still did not have a dragon form for its soul. It was still in the process of creating one since it was so immense."
"The last occurrence the new Queen created. Using the crystal she formed three talismans to safeguard Saturn. A mirror. A sword. And a garnet orb. These three used together could either seal Saturn, or awaken her. They also could form a chalice from their energies that would enhance one with the purest of hearts. They were divvied between her most trusted and powerful Warriors."
"Five hundred years later a great wizard was able to call on the sword, but made a mistake and called the Father, Uthor Pendragon, to wield it. But the sword rebelled and failure met the wise beings attempts. His Son however, Arthur Pendragon, would carry the sword with Justice in his heart, striving for a dream where the strong always protected the weak. His dream was great, and he held true to it. But he was engaged to one who was not his soul mate; indeed she was the carrier of the golden crystal, twenty-five generations removed. Gwenivere. Though they did love each other, it was not as the history lesions went. Arthur knew of her and Lancelot's love, and approved. With his blessings were they as one, soul mates even, and two children were born too them. The eldest by two years, destined to wield the crystal was named Endymion."
Hearing this, Usagi was shocked to say the least, but before she could comment, her Mother held up her hand.
"Please, let me finish before your inevitable questions. But evil forces forced lies and deception about the pairing, eventually causing the fall of Camelot. But with the aide of Arthur and Lancelot, the first attack by the Nega demons was repelled and Gwenivere was able to escape with the children and the children of many of the round tables knights, four of who were the chosen of the elemental crystals, to Elysium. There Merlin and his son Elios met them. Merlin had used the last of his energy and life force, to bring the remaining of Camelot's loyal populace there, and created a shield to guard from outside forces. It was located at the heart of the planet. This brought the attention of the Moon Empire on them, though they already had become aware of Arthur, by The Moon Queen of that time. Myself. "
"YOU KNEW KING ARTHUR???"
A sad look entered her eyes, as distant memories flowed through her thoughts.
"Yes, I knew Arthur. It was during this time that I began to feel emptiness inside of me. Having not found my love, the Ginzuishou granted a wish for me. It called upon all the Senshi and dragon souls of the universe to add to the bio-matrix of an egg of mine it was impregnating inside of me. All Senshi and Dragons contributed save two. The Senshi of Saiya-jin and Namek. Saiya-jin's were not willing to share, and Namek's did not have a Senshi at that time. But the Dragon souls of their worlds did add to the mix."
"Then it turned to the Earth avatars."
"Oh my god. Endymion's my brother??"
Startled, Queen Serenity threw her head back and laugh. After several minutes of shocking her daughter, she finally composed herself.
"No, no little one. Not a biological one anyway. But he is your stepbrother. You see, the crystal actually sent me down to Earth to choose which of the Earth avatars to be in the bio-matrix. Little did I know I would meet my soul mate."
"I was shocked to say the least when I appeared, with no warning to any of us, in the bed with Arthur and Gwenivere. Needless to say he grab Excalibur, the name of the sword of Earth, and threatened ME with it. And needless to say, this and his attitude annoyed me. So I simply sent him flying with a small blast of energy. After he picked himself up, he stalked over to me, and started ranting about women knowing their place and he could not abide witches."
With that a smirk showed on her face, along with a knowing one on Usagi's.
"Gwenivere was the one who calmed us down, not after a few verbal lesions on my part on equal rights, and how male chauvinists boor me to tears. But despite it, I couldn't choose who it was to be."
"After Gwen calmed us down, I explained that the crystal responded to my feelings and was creating a child for me. For the next two months the five of us, Lancelot and Baby Endymion included, met and talked for hours on end. The two men even started to reform from the society-imposed notions of females being the weaker sex. But it wasn't until that night at the lake, when Arthur and I got into a huge argument about equality, that we realized something."
With a wistful smile, she continued. "We were face to face with each other and suddenly, I'm still not sure how, we were lip to lip. It was as you would call now days, my first make out session."
"After we broke apart, I ran. No other way to call it. I was scared. I fell in love with one from the forbidden planet. I spent days mopping about. I found out from Gwenivere, that he did the same thing, until she hit him upside the head and forced him to tell her what was wrong. When he did, she just smiled and said it was about time, and next time he had better do things right."
"For myself, I missed them all desperately. I finally found the courage to return, only to find myself by the lake where he was bathing. The man was HOT."
"MOTHER!!!"
Smirking again, she just shrugged. "Well, he was. He finally noticed my presence, but did not cloth himself. Instead he just held out his arms, and unable to help myself, I came to him. The moon was shining down upon us, and the warm summer air rushed around our bodies. It was the first and only time for either of us. And it was magical."
Usagi put her hands over her ears and hollered at her Mother. "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE."
With a grin, she nodded. "Very well, I suppose that is going to far, but the point is, this is were you were conceived, and the crystal added to my egg and Arthur's sperm..."
"MOTHER!!"
Giggling like a little child, she continued despite Usagi's objections "The crystal added the bio-matrix of all the Senshi and Dragons of the Universe, and its own bio-matrix as well to the joining; creating the being that would grow into you. The only trouble was that it left your Matrix unfinished, leaving in your DNA an unused section for two more DNA. I think this was so Saiya-jin and Namek Bio-Matrix can be added at some future date. But this would cause you troubles, both in the past and present because you were incomplete"
"This is why when you were reborn, I simply implanted into Ikuko your regenerated embryo. But I did appear to your other parents and requested their permission for this. They GLADLY accepted. But to protect all of you, I needed to put a block on their memories of this event. All the other Senshi were reincarnated, you were simply regenerated anew."
Stunned by this confession and revelations of her Mother, she whispered, "I am the daughter of King Arthur and ALL Senshi of the Universe??"
"Yes little one you are. Your full name is Serenity Pendragon, but that was kept secret. For the Nega force shortly there after, attacked the Earth. Heart broken, I knew I couldn't aide them while with child, the energy would have killed you, so your father and the knights of the round table, did battle, for all the elder Senshi were also with child and could not aide the Earth in it's fight. But, eventually, Arthur was able to use Excalibur to seal the demon Metalia in her realm, but at the cost of his and almost all the knight's lives. Including Lancelot, his soul brother."
Tears flowed from both Mother and daughter at the sad story told.
"Eventually, The silver millennium and Elysium began to make a treaty, and you and Endymion met, and fought, and fell in love, as did his guardians and yours."
Anger then welled in the moon princess's heart, the betrayal again cutting deep into her soul.
"That was before they betrayed me Mother. They are no longer my guardians, or my court. I want nothing to do with them, Especially Kino and Chiba."
"Child..."
"Do you know what they did? What they nearly did?"
A confused look appeared on Queen Serenity face.
"Yes I do. But I do not understand how it was possible for that to happen."
"And you think I know. I'M STILL A VIRGIN FOR GOODNESS SAKE. AND I WAS ONE BACK WHEN I DIED IN THE SILVER MILLENNIUM. SO HOW CAN I BE PREGNANT?"
"Despite what you may think, I'm not all knowing. I do not know. But I sense no evil involved."
"Me either. But, I was afraid to tell the others. Knowing them, some of them would have tried to make me abort it, which I NEVER would have done."
Chuckling she replied. "No, you always had to much a maternal nature to harm any child."
Usagi placed her hand over her stomach in the time old tradition of a pregnant female, and was shocked to the core as her senses told her some unexpected information.
"What? What's happen? HOW CAN THIS BE?"
Alarmed by Usagi's fear, Queen Serenity placed her own hand over her daughter's and was as shaken as she was.
"OH dear."
"OH DEAR? OH DEAR? I THINK THAT IS A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT MOTHER. WHAT HAPPEN?!?"
Calming faster then the ranting girl, Queen Serenity takes a moment to collect herself.
"When Jupiter and Endymion attacked and hit you in the stomach, they damaged the embryo..."
"I know that. That's why I used the crystal to heal the damage."
"Yes, but in doing so, you accelerated the growth of the cells, and the Crystal's energy, combined with the energy of your court, split the cell into twelve cells, like when identical twins are born. You are now carrying twelve children."
Staggered by the news, Usagi collapsed to the ground, her eyes losing their focus.
"But a human can't survive that many. And I won't kill one of my babies."
A look of intense thought bloomed on The Lunar Queen's face. Slowly she outlined an idea.
"We can use the Ginzuishou and you inter-dimensional pocket to offset this. The womb can grow inside of there, but still inside and connected to you're body."
With a grin she added, "Pregnant women across the Universe will be envious. You won't look like you've gained an ounce."
Usagi smiled at that, but still worried about her little ones. Then a thought occurred to her.
"You said twelve. And mentioned Tsuchi and Mau. Are there more Senshi yet to awaken? Is Luna Sailor Mau?"
"HA, HA. No her elder sister is Sailor Mau. As for their awakenings, they do need to awaken, but they are not on Earth. Sailor Tsuchi was on her home world when the attack came, always a bit of a loner, and was able to repel the attack with the aide of her mate, Sailor Mau. And yes they were both females, though Tsuchi had the soul of a man. But the damage was to great, and Tsuchi was thrown back into the dark ages. Mau was completely destroyed. After the attack, they came to the moon to aide in the battle, but were to late, and died as well in the battle. Their souls forever connected, they too were transported to the future. But it was on Tsuchi that they were reborn."
"What is Tsuchi? I never heard of such a planet."
"Tsuchi was and is a planet that circles the sun exactly parallel to Earth. So it is undetectable to the beings of this world."
"And they were members of my court as well?"
"Yes."
She thought of the rest of the Senshi, their desire to steal her heritage. Of their near constant insults of late. Of the pain they had inflicted upon her. And she thought of her family. Of all the times she felt their shame of her. And most of all, the lecture they gave her a short while back.
*Flash back*
Just getting back from a battle with a new enemy, Usagi plopped down upon her bed when her parents came into her room.
This surprised her, as they usually respected her privacy, and knocked before they came in.
As she lay back on her bunny comforter, she gazed into their serious eyes.
'Uh-oh. This has all the earmarks of another lecture. Boy am I glad I got back before they came in, or I'd be sushi.'
"Ummm, Hi. Did you need something?"
Her Father, never one to beat around the bush got right to the point.
"Usagi, your growing up, and this has to stop."
Mouth hanging open, she just stared at him.
Ikuko smacked him behind the head, and elbowed him aside.
"What he means is, it's time to talk about some adult things. The facts of life to be pacific."
"Oh that's not a problem Mom, we learned all about that in school already."
Her father did not quite appreciate the school curriculum at that time. His face became as red a tomato, and steam started to pour out of his ears.
"WHAT? YOUR TO YOUNG TO KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS."
"But dad, isn't that what you wanted to talk about?"
Kenji started to sputter, but was distracted by Ikuko's giggles.
Forcibly controlling herself, she put her stern Mother face back on.
"Ahem. Yes dear we are, but also about what we expect of you in your code of behavior."
"HUH?"
"We know that you are seeing a boy now, though your father disapproves of this, he finally agreed to allow you to date. ON ONE CONDITION."
Shaken they knew so much, much less the harshness of the lecture, she simply nodded.
"NO SEX."
Scandalized, Usagi sputtered. "Wha... What kind of girl do you think I am? Of course I won't. I always believed in waiting for the right man and time."
Her father, even redder if possible, glared ruthlessly at her.
"We mean it Usagi, if you become pregnant you will no longer be our daughter. We will have nothing to do with you or your bastard child."
A gasp came from the overwhelmed child, but her Mother would not give her time to regain her equilibrium.
"We will kick you out of this house and never speak your name again. You will be dead to us."
"Bu-bu-but..."
"No, buts. This is not up to discussion. Now go to bed and get some sleep. You have a test tomorrow and I expect you to do BETTER this time."
Both parents get up with out a backwards glance at the trembling child, and slam the door shut. Together they made their way down stairs.
Kenji, his face filled with remorse questions his wife.
"Are you sure we did the right thing. We've never talk that harshly to her. And you know as well as I do, that we'd never turn our back on our baby."
Sighing, Ikuko breaks down into tears in his arms.
"I know. But with that little girl down the street wasn't much older then Usagi when she became pregnant. I don't want my baby losing her child hood that soon. And she tends to not always think before she acts. We needed to scare this into her."
Sighing again, they just hold each other for a long time to come, truly upset at the choice they thought they needed to make.
*End Flashback*
"If that's the case Mother, then I'm going to Tsuchi. I'll find the Senshi there and start a new life with my little ones."
Queen Serenity stared into the distance at that, but knew she couldn't change her daughters mind. The wounds were to great and to new to have healed yet.
"Very well. But you shall take some of the treasure of the Silver Millennium with you. After all it is your inheritance, and having wielded the Ginzuishou, you have come of age."
Usagi scowled at that. "That's what I couldn't remember. Once I used it, Luna and the guard's authority over me changed. I was no longer their charge, but their ruler. And they knew it. That's why they smirked when I grumbled about not being able to wait till I was no longer in their direct care."
"Yes, they knew. Luna, Artemus, and the outer Senshi convinced the Inners that you weren't ready to assume the throne yet. You wouldn't have claimed the title of Queen until your twenty-first birthday, but you would have ascended the throne."
"So the committed high treason more then once it seems." Bitterly laughing, Usagi continued. "And it was always Luna that insisted on following the Silver Millennium's laws all the time, yet she committed one of the greatest crimes of all. None of them truly believed in me. I was just the princess that was forced on them. To control and force me to whatever path they felt right. And when I failed to measure up, they found a new Princess to follow."
Sighing yet again at the pain that now separates them, Queen Serenity could only nod.
"We shall send you to Tsuchi to grow and have the children. For more then just that reason."
At Usagi's frown she continued. "There you will find the two last Senshi that you need to make your Bio-Matrix complete. To survive this birth you will need it. The Avatars of Saiya-jin and Namek are on that world, but they have also not awoken. With the Crystal, you can add, WITH their permission their DNA and Bio-Genetics to both your and your children's DNA. Also they and another, the greatest warrior in the Universe yet, can train you in a manor of fighting that will make you stronger then ever. And as well help you to bring your body into balance. And in turn you can train them to be Hero's and the Saiya-jin to be a real prince. They both tend to be a bit harsh, the Saiya-jin most of all, and have not yet learned the difference between Royalty and Nobility. Pride and Honor. In this you will be the best teacher possible."
"We will first restructure your womb to keep the children and you safe during the pregnancy and the start of your training. But leave the training to demonstrations, no actual combat. The blows they would give you could hurt the children despite the precautions. That is how powerful they are. You can practice their demonstrations, but no actual combat with them till after the delivery"
"Now, we must work quickly though my child. My power wanes and I can not stay much longer."
Tears in her eyes, Usagi embraced her Mother once more, and steps back.
"One last thing. I want to send a message to my parents letting them know I'm ok and just leaving. I don't want them worrying about me, or to know about the children. I don't want their last thought of me being shame, even though I could never see the way they do. We can send a letter telling them that I had to many pressures on me, and had to leave. I had found a safe place to stay, and wouldn't be back. That way they will have some closure."
Embracing her back, the Queen nodded.
Then, still embracing, they closed their eyes, and lunar energy flowed through them. As they glowed they started to float above the surface of the moon. The energy filled Usagi, strengthened her and created a bridge with her powers from her womb to her inter-dimensional pocket, placing the embryos in stasis there with a shield surrounding the womb as well.
Feeling a large black belt pouch at her side, she looked at Queen Serenity in bewilderment.
Queen Serenity smiled down at her daughter one last time with all the love in her soul. She had given her one last gift she would need.
"It is a surprise little one. Open it when you get to your new world. Now go, and know no matter where you are, I shall be with you."
Sobbing now, Usagi nods. "As my love will always be with you."
With tears in her own eyes, she nodded. Then a smirk appeared on her face, scaring Usagi. She remembered her Mother's sense of humor to well.
"Oh, and dear. There will be a slight drop when you get there."
Before the fearful girl could respond, she disappeared from the moon, transported to her new home.
Suddenly understanding her smirk and comment and cursing her sense of humor, Usagi screamed.
"THIS WASN"T FUNNY MOTHER. AAAAIIIIEIEEEEEEEEE"
Usagi had found herself all the way up in the upper atmosphere of Tsuchi.
But given the laws of gravity, she didn't remain there.
"AAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE."
To be continued.
Ducks for cover. Uh-oh. Left another cliffhanger. Or faller as the case may be.
Sorry it took so long to get out, but at least it is a long one.
Feed back treasured.
AN: Some of the scenes may seem familiar to Dizzy-Chan's Usagi, a Saiya-jin child. That's because they are. But I didn't steal them. These were either things I wrote for dizz (all the scenes so far. Including the revised origin of the Universe), or got permission to use. Dizz glares, "He did not. I wrote it all. He's...HAHHAHAHAHAHA STOP IT STOP TICKLING ME. OK, OK, SO YOU WROTE IT. NOW STOP."
Having stopped dizz sulks off promising revenge.
Future forecast. Stay tuned for the exciting, comical chapter, Moon Ball 2, the musical. Only a warped mind like mine can come up with such an idea, but still a few chapters away.
Anyway. Hope you liked the chapter. Stay tune for the next exciting episode of the price is right. NO, NO. That's not right. Uhhmm. See you next time. Same Sailor time. Same Sailor channel.
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Love, Betrayal, and Redemption
Chapter 3: Revelations
In a brilliant burst of light she arrived.
Her heart and soul bleeding from the wounds inflicted on her by her court, her friends, and her love. Finally giving into the pain, she collapsed to the ground, her petite body wracked with sobs.
Having been rejected by all, her family and friends, she returned to the one place in the Universe she knew she would be welcomed. The moon.
As she lay crying on the barren surface, a warm glow seemed to surround her, comforting her with a loving welcome. Minutes later, finally having gained control of her emotions enough to become aware of her surroundings, she noticed she was indeed being held by a pair of soft arm. Arms that were transparent, and glowed soft silver.
With a slight smile, she raised her eyes to the sight she knew she would see. Looking down on her, with a wise, caring yet sad expression was the Queen of the Moon herself. Queen Serenity.
Reluctantly, they separated; neither spoke a word, just stared longingly at each other.
"Welcome home, my daughter."
It was enough to again cause her to break down into tears, at last, some one acknowledged her for who she was, no questions asked. But she had cried too much of late, and refused to give in to the pain again.
Softly, scarcely above a whisper, she spoke, "Mother."
Her kind gray eyes looked to her in sympathy, welling with tears of her own at her beloved's pain.
As she looked into her Mother's eyes, her own hardened, the pain and agony gave way to righteous fury.
"They have betrayed me. My friends, court, advisors, and Endymion. They have all betrayed me."
Sighing, the Moon Queen looked sadly up to the shining Earth; her own features gave way to a frown.
"I know dearest. They let their minds and fears over come the truth their hearts and souls knew to be true."
"They attacked me, all of them. And Jupiter and CHIBA both hit me in the stomach."
This Usagi had shouted this at the top of her lungs in a tone of fury the likes of which her Mother had never heard before. But she had understood the reasons, and was furious herself.
"I know my darling, but in their defense they couldn't have known."
A confused frown then appeared on her brow.
"That doesn't make what they did right. I wasn't even given a chance to explain myself. They never do. Not that it matters really. I am a disgrace. I'm just a stupid, lazy, air headed pig, who can't do anything right. I'm surprised that you even want to call me daughter gi..."
Queen Serenity was needless to say shocked at this outburst. True she had observed how they treated her, not realizing they were yelling at the symptoms and not even looking for the cause, but she had not believed that Serenity's confidence and measure of self worth had been driven that low.
Gently, yet firmly she took her daughters chin and lifted it so she once again looked her in the eyes.
"Now I will not hear any of this. Has it not occurred to you that there were reasons you had trouble in school? Your hunger? Your need for sleep? And especially, your lack of coordination?"
Thinking it over for a second, she just shrugged. "No."
Chuckling a soft musical tune, Queen Serenity looked lovingly down upon her daughter.
"You never change, do you my love? Well for your information, there are reasons for all of that. And more."
Gliding over to a small boulder, she motioned for her now thoroughly confused to sit.
"First little one, your hunger is from your own power level, controlling the Ginzuishou, and the energy that you need to maintain to control it. The others all just use their Celestial powers, but you have to wield the power of the Ginzuishou as well as other forces that they have no clue of. Someday you should be able to convert energy of the cosmos into a source of strength, or even use your own soul energy. Plus with training, you'll be able to control these powers with less effort."
"The same goes for your need for sleep. The energy you expend is enormous, thus you need to recharge more often, again this will change with time. Though you always did enjoy a nice nap."
Usagi giggled at that. She always had enjoyed her sleep.
"And goodness child, you are a being of the moon. With the presence of the Ginzuishou inside of you, your body was always readjusting itself to the moon's gravitational pull." (AN: Like in the Manga, she always held the Ginzuishou inside her. The Seven shadows and there crystals were more fragments of the crystal and used to track the prime crystal down and return the energy back to it.)
Usagi started at that, "So that's why everything feels so heavy. I asked Luna about that possibility once, and she said I was making excuses."
Smiling gently, Queen Serenity regally nodded her head. "Yes, that is why. And as for your grades and lack of attention in school, let's let you figure it out."
As she frowned, Queen Serenity floated slightly away from her. So she asked the only question she could think of. "HUH?"
Suddenly a grin appeared on her face and she chuckled. "Child, has not the way I've been TALKING to you not seemed a little strange?"
She looked at her in even greater confusion; until she realized that though it seemed normal to her, she had spoke with her in a unusual manor.
"You're not talking, your singing!!"
It was true; she had been singing her entire conversation with her. As though a timeless tune carried her words.
"Yes little one, I do sing, not talk as humans do. As do you. The language of our souls is that of music. We must be trained to speak and hear in the way of the rest of the Universe's sentients, as our song is part of the very song of the creation itself. Our line is trained at birth to translate the input given to us, be it in written language or spoken, into a form we can understand. Other wise the words, both written and spoken, tend to become jumbled, much like the term humans call dyslexia. But when we achieve the translation tune running in our minds, it translates it into an understandable form we can interpret."
"Is that why the few times I was able to study with my music playing, I did better?"
Queen Serenity glided closer to her offspring, "Yes little one, it is. And the reason you're distracted in school. You've always had an active, curious mind. So when you cannot understand the information, you let your mind drift onto subjects that you can understand. You always were a dreamer as well."
Reaching out slowly, she placed her hand upon her forehead, activating her crescent moon insignia. Glowing in response, her own crescent moon glowed, and both closed their eyes.
As they parted, Usagi felt barriers within her mind brake, and understanding of much she has heard and learned became clear.
Whispering in a hushed tone she responded to her Mother's actions.
"You restored my memories, my teachings on the moon. And I can remember the translation song."
Indeed, she didn't even realize that she had just sung her words in the manor of the Moon.
"Yes dearest, I have. All save the memories of the last two months of the moon. Those will come in time. But there is other information that I must impart to you as well. Including the origin of the very Universe itself."
"WHAT???"
Grinning, she continued. "Yes, our line has had a great influence in that. Back when the very Universe itself was born, the first thing to appear was a flawless crystal. As the Universe grew, this crystal was joined by another crystal whose power reacted not in favor to it, and tended to cause destruction wherever it went. The two crystals were almost identical in strength, but the silver shining gem was slightly stronger. It, in the end, settled onto the Moon orbiting the third planet from a yellow sun. A life had just been born there, filled with joy and sadness. For there was no other life anywhere to be found. The crystal formed a bond with this young maiden and kept her company with its love energy. It wasn't sentient; it was more a force of love and life from the very creation of existence. A hundred years later, the maiden sensed a new life being born from the planet that hung in the sky."
"Using the crystal, she came to this being that walked the blue paradise that she had grown to love. As their eyes met, they knew that their time alone was at an end. Over the Millennium, they moved to live on the Moon that orbited the male's birth world and had many children. Their first-born they named Serenity, and she grew with her Mother's beauty and wisdom, and her Father's strength and intellect. But they knew that all other worlds were barren of life, and that the male's home world was the same. Their life nearing an end, they, together decided to make their last act a meaningful one."
"First they created from the energy of the original crystal, a golden crystal linked to four elemental crystals created to guard the prime golden crystal and an indestructible sword to protect life itself and sent them to the blue shining world, to wait beings worthy to lead and guard this vibrant world. For they knew that this world would take some time to mature. Informing their children this, Adam and Eve placed Serenity in charge of guiding her siblings and world, and to always guard her Father's world. With tears in her eyes, she agreed to this, bidding them farewell and all her love."
"Using the crystal at their maximum power, their entire life forces, they together sent their power throughout the Universe. On worlds over the entire existence of reality, their energy merged with the worlds, moons, and suns, infusing their energy with these Celestial bodies."
"This energy would be the catalyst for life though out the Universe. No matter what the life was originated from, be it plant, animal, fish, reptile, even rocks, the dominant form would always have a biped's structure due to their influence. That is why the human form is so well know through out the Universe. And why cross marriages can create children."
"Also created by the energy was the creation of the Celestial souls. These were the life forces of the Celestial bodies. These took the form of a Dragon, and the energy of this being was centered in the middle of their world, sun, moon, or other Celestial body. From there it send parts of its being and energy through out the rest of the body. But it would take powerful magic to get it to form into its true shape."
"Serenity's first ten children, decided to move to the other worlds surrounding the sun. Taking those who wanted to follow, these girls would become the ruling forces of their world. The energy from their grandparents, slowly seeped into their own bodies, and each became an off branch of the Moon. But all kept in contact with their Mother, agreeing that she was the Monarch of the entire system."
"Over the Millenniums, they kept in close contact. As a new Princess Serenity's was born, she would take the crown upon her Mother's death. All swore their allegiance to the line of the Moon Queen, even the rebel Tsuchi. Tsuchi, though loyal to the Moon, was a loner by nature and wished to grow separately from the rest."
" The race that inhabited the core of the Sun had their bodies altered to fit into the smaller space of their home. With the aide of the Ginzuishou, they created a livable land at its core, protected from the energy of Sol by an indestructible shield. Their bodies became feline, with the ability to alter shape back to human, or a larger feline form, but over the centuries, the feline form became their prime form. They named their land Mau, and many of the Earth legends of the Cat gods came from them. They we're always a bit prideful."
"But disaster struck when the Dark crystal landed on the blue shining world that they now called Earth, the Father planet."
"The crystal traumatized the entire planet, stunting its growth. Only the power of the Crystal of Life aided by the Queen of Saturn, a powerful healer equal to none could seal it. This happen a little over two thousand years ago, and the energy they did use lit the night sky over a little town called Bethlehem, shining down upon a special soul being born that day as if an unseen hand guided the light upon this being who would heal much of the trauma created that night."
"Together, they sealed the Crystal inside the Saturn Queen, using a Metal know only to Saturn to help control it and the very power of Saturn, renown for its great healers, she forced herself into an eternal sleep, using her power to seal its destructive nature. It was not evil per say, but just a force that can only destroy. No other method could be found for this to be used for. So she slept, until her death, where the first born of the Queen would be its new bearer. All Saturn Queens had two children at least from that day forth, until my own reign. In that time, only one Princess was born, leaving the Queen without an heir on her death and the death of the sleeping one. The matter had not been decided on what to do, when the destruction again came."
"Three other occurrences had transpired then due to the dark crystal's power. First, a rip into the Space-time continuum was created, and had to be mended. The only way was to form a seal till it could heal itself. But this would take thousands of years, so the Queen of Pluto offered to stand guard until the seal was completely healed. The two created a staff in which she could control ramped time energy leaks, see the course that time took, and communicate with past, present, and future Pluto's. Her first-born would as well take her place, and the second would rule. But twenty years before the end, the latest guardian died with only one heir, who immediately took her place at the age of ten. This matter also was not resolved in the time that we had left."
"The second occurrence, Queen Serenity herself created. Feeling guilt at her friends' sacrifices, the Queen realized that forces of chaos would yet again be unleashed unto the Universe. Preparing her Daughter to take the throne over from her, she used all her life force to cast a gift of protection across the Universe. Using the crystal and her life force, as her ancestors had, she gave each Celestial Dragon the ability to chose a line of defenders, like white cells and anti-bodies in a body, to fight and protect it. Because the magic for this was female, the defender would usually be female as well. But it was not unheard of for a male to become the Celestial avatar. Sometimes both. These avatars would possess and are able to channel the power of their Celestial body. Be it a star, world or even asteroid. All gave birth to one that day. Pluto and Saturn's Avatar was the Time Guardian and the Sleeping Guardian, chosen to add to their power for times of need."
"All save the Earth, the Moon, and the Universe."
"The Earth was to traumatized to choose, but the power melded with the golden crystal, which had chosen a line to merge with, until one worthy of possessing it would be born. The Sword also joined this line, but broke from it with the next generation, choosing the oldest twin's to wield it. His twin sister would continue to carry the Golden Crystal. This is where the Royal line of the Pendragon split. Both sword and crystal could utilize the power of Earth."
"The Moon had used to much energy to create the rest of the Universes Guardians to form a Senshi of its own at that time."
"And the Universe as well was unable to create one, because it still did not have a dragon form for its soul. It was still in the process of creating one since it was so immense."
"The last occurrence the new Queen created. Using the crystal she formed three talismans to safeguard Saturn. A mirror. A sword. And a garnet orb. These three used together could either seal Saturn, or awaken her. They also could form a chalice from their energies that would enhance one with the purest of hearts. They were divvied between her most trusted and powerful Warriors."
"Five hundred years later a great wizard was able to call on the sword, but made a mistake and called the Father, Uthor Pendragon, to wield it. But the sword rebelled and failure met the wise beings attempts. His Son however, Arthur Pendragon, would carry the sword with Justice in his heart, striving for a dream where the strong always protected the weak. His dream was great, and he held true to it. But he was engaged to one who was not his soul mate; indeed she was the carrier of the golden crystal, twenty-five generations removed. Gwenivere. Though they did love each other, it was not as the history lesions went. Arthur knew of her and Lancelot's love, and approved. With his blessings were they as one, soul mates even, and two children were born too them. The eldest by two years, destined to wield the crystal was named Endymion."
Hearing this, Usagi was shocked to say the least, but before she could comment, her Mother held up her hand.
"Please, let me finish before your inevitable questions. But evil forces forced lies and deception about the pairing, eventually causing the fall of Camelot. But with the aide of Arthur and Lancelot, the first attack by the Nega demons was repelled and Gwenivere was able to escape with the children and the children of many of the round tables knights, four of who were the chosen of the elemental crystals, to Elysium. There Merlin and his son Elios met them. Merlin had used the last of his energy and life force, to bring the remaining of Camelot's loyal populace there, and created a shield to guard from outside forces. It was located at the heart of the planet. This brought the attention of the Moon Empire on them, though they already had become aware of Arthur, by The Moon Queen of that time. Myself. "
"YOU KNEW KING ARTHUR???"
A sad look entered her eyes, as distant memories flowed through her thoughts.
"Yes, I knew Arthur. It was during this time that I began to feel emptiness inside of me. Having not found my love, the Ginzuishou granted a wish for me. It called upon all the Senshi and dragon souls of the universe to add to the bio-matrix of an egg of mine it was impregnating inside of me. All Senshi and Dragons contributed save two. The Senshi of Saiya-jin and Namek. Saiya-jin's were not willing to share, and Namek's did not have a Senshi at that time. But the Dragon souls of their worlds did add to the mix."
"Then it turned to the Earth avatars."
"Oh my god. Endymion's my brother??"
Startled, Queen Serenity threw her head back and laugh. After several minutes of shocking her daughter, she finally composed herself.
"No, no little one. Not a biological one anyway. But he is your stepbrother. You see, the crystal actually sent me down to Earth to choose which of the Earth avatars to be in the bio-matrix. Little did I know I would meet my soul mate."
"I was shocked to say the least when I appeared, with no warning to any of us, in the bed with Arthur and Gwenivere. Needless to say he grab Excalibur, the name of the sword of Earth, and threatened ME with it. And needless to say, this and his attitude annoyed me. So I simply sent him flying with a small blast of energy. After he picked himself up, he stalked over to me, and started ranting about women knowing their place and he could not abide witches."
With that a smirk showed on her face, along with a knowing one on Usagi's.
"Gwenivere was the one who calmed us down, not after a few verbal lesions on my part on equal rights, and how male chauvinists boor me to tears. But despite it, I couldn't choose who it was to be."
"After Gwen calmed us down, I explained that the crystal responded to my feelings and was creating a child for me. For the next two months the five of us, Lancelot and Baby Endymion included, met and talked for hours on end. The two men even started to reform from the society-imposed notions of females being the weaker sex. But it wasn't until that night at the lake, when Arthur and I got into a huge argument about equality, that we realized something."
With a wistful smile, she continued. "We were face to face with each other and suddenly, I'm still not sure how, we were lip to lip. It was as you would call now days, my first make out session."
"After we broke apart, I ran. No other way to call it. I was scared. I fell in love with one from the forbidden planet. I spent days mopping about. I found out from Gwenivere, that he did the same thing, until she hit him upside the head and forced him to tell her what was wrong. When he did, she just smiled and said it was about time, and next time he had better do things right."
"For myself, I missed them all desperately. I finally found the courage to return, only to find myself by the lake where he was bathing. The man was HOT."
"MOTHER!!!"
Smirking again, she just shrugged. "Well, he was. He finally noticed my presence, but did not cloth himself. Instead he just held out his arms, and unable to help myself, I came to him. The moon was shining down upon us, and the warm summer air rushed around our bodies. It was the first and only time for either of us. And it was magical."
Usagi put her hands over her ears and hollered at her Mother. "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE."
With a grin, she nodded. "Very well, I suppose that is going to far, but the point is, this is were you were conceived, and the crystal added to my egg and Arthur's sperm..."
"MOTHER!!"
Giggling like a little child, she continued despite Usagi's objections "The crystal added the bio-matrix of all the Senshi and Dragons of the Universe, and its own bio-matrix as well to the joining; creating the being that would grow into you. The only trouble was that it left your Matrix unfinished, leaving in your DNA an unused section for two more DNA. I think this was so Saiya-jin and Namek Bio-Matrix can be added at some future date. But this would cause you troubles, both in the past and present because you were incomplete"
"This is why when you were reborn, I simply implanted into Ikuko your regenerated embryo. But I did appear to your other parents and requested their permission for this. They GLADLY accepted. But to protect all of you, I needed to put a block on their memories of this event. All the other Senshi were reincarnated, you were simply regenerated anew."
Stunned by this confession and revelations of her Mother, she whispered, "I am the daughter of King Arthur and ALL Senshi of the Universe??"
"Yes little one you are. Your full name is Serenity Pendragon, but that was kept secret. For the Nega force shortly there after, attacked the Earth. Heart broken, I knew I couldn't aide them while with child, the energy would have killed you, so your father and the knights of the round table, did battle, for all the elder Senshi were also with child and could not aide the Earth in it's fight. But, eventually, Arthur was able to use Excalibur to seal the demon Metalia in her realm, but at the cost of his and almost all the knight's lives. Including Lancelot, his soul brother."
Tears flowed from both Mother and daughter at the sad story told.
"Eventually, The silver millennium and Elysium began to make a treaty, and you and Endymion met, and fought, and fell in love, as did his guardians and yours."
Anger then welled in the moon princess's heart, the betrayal again cutting deep into her soul.
"That was before they betrayed me Mother. They are no longer my guardians, or my court. I want nothing to do with them, Especially Kino and Chiba."
"Child..."
"Do you know what they did? What they nearly did?"
A confused look appeared on Queen Serenity face.
"Yes I do. But I do not understand how it was possible for that to happen."
"And you think I know. I'M STILL A VIRGIN FOR GOODNESS SAKE. AND I WAS ONE BACK WHEN I DIED IN THE SILVER MILLENNIUM. SO HOW CAN I BE PREGNANT?"
"Despite what you may think, I'm not all knowing. I do not know. But I sense no evil involved."
"Me either. But, I was afraid to tell the others. Knowing them, some of them would have tried to make me abort it, which I NEVER would have done."
Chuckling she replied. "No, you always had to much a maternal nature to harm any child."
Usagi placed her hand over her stomach in the time old tradition of a pregnant female, and was shocked to the core as her senses told her some unexpected information.
"What? What's happen? HOW CAN THIS BE?"
Alarmed by Usagi's fear, Queen Serenity placed her own hand over her daughter's and was as shaken as she was.
"OH dear."
"OH DEAR? OH DEAR? I THINK THAT IS A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT MOTHER. WHAT HAPPEN?!?"
Calming faster then the ranting girl, Queen Serenity takes a moment to collect herself.
"When Jupiter and Endymion attacked and hit you in the stomach, they damaged the embryo..."
"I know that. That's why I used the crystal to heal the damage."
"Yes, but in doing so, you accelerated the growth of the cells, and the Crystal's energy, combined with the energy of your court, split the cell into twelve cells, like when identical twins are born. You are now carrying twelve children."
Staggered by the news, Usagi collapsed to the ground, her eyes losing their focus.
"But a human can't survive that many. And I won't kill one of my babies."
A look of intense thought bloomed on The Lunar Queen's face. Slowly she outlined an idea.
"We can use the Ginzuishou and you inter-dimensional pocket to offset this. The womb can grow inside of there, but still inside and connected to you're body."
With a grin she added, "Pregnant women across the Universe will be envious. You won't look like you've gained an ounce."
Usagi smiled at that, but still worried about her little ones. Then a thought occurred to her.
"You said twelve. And mentioned Tsuchi and Mau. Are there more Senshi yet to awaken? Is Luna Sailor Mau?"
"HA, HA. No her elder sister is Sailor Mau. As for their awakenings, they do need to awaken, but they are not on Earth. Sailor Tsuchi was on her home world when the attack came, always a bit of a loner, and was able to repel the attack with the aide of her mate, Sailor Mau. And yes they were both females, though Tsuchi had the soul of a man. But the damage was to great, and Tsuchi was thrown back into the dark ages. Mau was completely destroyed. After the attack, they came to the moon to aide in the battle, but were to late, and died as well in the battle. Their souls forever connected, they too were transported to the future. But it was on Tsuchi that they were reborn."
"What is Tsuchi? I never heard of such a planet."
"Tsuchi was and is a planet that circles the sun exactly parallel to Earth. So it is undetectable to the beings of this world."
"And they were members of my court as well?"
"Yes."
She thought of the rest of the Senshi, their desire to steal her heritage. Of their near constant insults of late. Of the pain they had inflicted upon her. And she thought of her family. Of all the times she felt their shame of her. And most of all, the lecture they gave her a short while back.
*Flash back*
Just getting back from a battle with a new enemy, Usagi plopped down upon her bed when her parents came into her room.
This surprised her, as they usually respected her privacy, and knocked before they came in.
As she lay back on her bunny comforter, she gazed into their serious eyes.
'Uh-oh. This has all the earmarks of another lecture. Boy am I glad I got back before they came in, or I'd be sushi.'
"Ummm, Hi. Did you need something?"
Her Father, never one to beat around the bush got right to the point.
"Usagi, your growing up, and this has to stop."
Mouth hanging open, she just stared at him.
Ikuko smacked him behind the head, and elbowed him aside.
"What he means is, it's time to talk about some adult things. The facts of life to be pacific."
"Oh that's not a problem Mom, we learned all about that in school already."
Her father did not quite appreciate the school curriculum at that time. His face became as red a tomato, and steam started to pour out of his ears.
"WHAT? YOUR TO YOUNG TO KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS."
"But dad, isn't that what you wanted to talk about?"
Kenji started to sputter, but was distracted by Ikuko's giggles.
Forcibly controlling herself, she put her stern Mother face back on.
"Ahem. Yes dear we are, but also about what we expect of you in your code of behavior."
"HUH?"
"We know that you are seeing a boy now, though your father disapproves of this, he finally agreed to allow you to date. ON ONE CONDITION."
Shaken they knew so much, much less the harshness of the lecture, she simply nodded.
"NO SEX."
Scandalized, Usagi sputtered. "Wha... What kind of girl do you think I am? Of course I won't. I always believed in waiting for the right man and time."
Her father, even redder if possible, glared ruthlessly at her.
"We mean it Usagi, if you become pregnant you will no longer be our daughter. We will have nothing to do with you or your bastard child."
A gasp came from the overwhelmed child, but her Mother would not give her time to regain her equilibrium.
"We will kick you out of this house and never speak your name again. You will be dead to us."
"Bu-bu-but..."
"No, buts. This is not up to discussion. Now go to bed and get some sleep. You have a test tomorrow and I expect you to do BETTER this time."
Both parents get up with out a backwards glance at the trembling child, and slam the door shut. Together they made their way down stairs.
Kenji, his face filled with remorse questions his wife.
"Are you sure we did the right thing. We've never talk that harshly to her. And you know as well as I do, that we'd never turn our back on our baby."
Sighing, Ikuko breaks down into tears in his arms.
"I know. But with that little girl down the street wasn't much older then Usagi when she became pregnant. I don't want my baby losing her child hood that soon. And she tends to not always think before she acts. We needed to scare this into her."
Sighing again, they just hold each other for a long time to come, truly upset at the choice they thought they needed to make.
*End Flashback*
"If that's the case Mother, then I'm going to Tsuchi. I'll find the Senshi there and start a new life with my little ones."
Queen Serenity stared into the distance at that, but knew she couldn't change her daughters mind. The wounds were to great and to new to have healed yet.
"Very well. But you shall take some of the treasure of the Silver Millennium with you. After all it is your inheritance, and having wielded the Ginzuishou, you have come of age."
Usagi scowled at that. "That's what I couldn't remember. Once I used it, Luna and the guard's authority over me changed. I was no longer their charge, but their ruler. And they knew it. That's why they smirked when I grumbled about not being able to wait till I was no longer in their direct care."
"Yes, they knew. Luna, Artemus, and the outer Senshi convinced the Inners that you weren't ready to assume the throne yet. You wouldn't have claimed the title of Queen until your twenty-first birthday, but you would have ascended the throne."
"So the committed high treason more then once it seems." Bitterly laughing, Usagi continued. "And it was always Luna that insisted on following the Silver Millennium's laws all the time, yet she committed one of the greatest crimes of all. None of them truly believed in me. I was just the princess that was forced on them. To control and force me to whatever path they felt right. And when I failed to measure up, they found a new Princess to follow."
Sighing yet again at the pain that now separates them, Queen Serenity could only nod.
"We shall send you to Tsuchi to grow and have the children. For more then just that reason."
At Usagi's frown she continued. "There you will find the two last Senshi that you need to make your Bio-Matrix complete. To survive this birth you will need it. The Avatars of Saiya-jin and Namek are on that world, but they have also not awoken. With the Crystal, you can add, WITH their permission their DNA and Bio-Genetics to both your and your children's DNA. Also they and another, the greatest warrior in the Universe yet, can train you in a manor of fighting that will make you stronger then ever. And as well help you to bring your body into balance. And in turn you can train them to be Hero's and the Saiya-jin to be a real prince. They both tend to be a bit harsh, the Saiya-jin most of all, and have not yet learned the difference between Royalty and Nobility. Pride and Honor. In this you will be the best teacher possible."
"We will first restructure your womb to keep the children and you safe during the pregnancy and the start of your training. But leave the training to demonstrations, no actual combat. The blows they would give you could hurt the children despite the precautions. That is how powerful they are. You can practice their demonstrations, but no actual combat with them till after the delivery"
"Now, we must work quickly though my child. My power wanes and I can not stay much longer."
Tears in her eyes, Usagi embraced her Mother once more, and steps back.
"One last thing. I want to send a message to my parents letting them know I'm ok and just leaving. I don't want them worrying about me, or to know about the children. I don't want their last thought of me being shame, even though I could never see the way they do. We can send a letter telling them that I had to many pressures on me, and had to leave. I had found a safe place to stay, and wouldn't be back. That way they will have some closure."
Embracing her back, the Queen nodded.
Then, still embracing, they closed their eyes, and lunar energy flowed through them. As they glowed they started to float above the surface of the moon. The energy filled Usagi, strengthened her and created a bridge with her powers from her womb to her inter-dimensional pocket, placing the embryos in stasis there with a shield surrounding the womb as well.
Feeling a large black belt pouch at her side, she looked at Queen Serenity in bewilderment.
Queen Serenity smiled down at her daughter one last time with all the love in her soul. She had given her one last gift she would need.
"It is a surprise little one. Open it when you get to your new world. Now go, and know no matter where you are, I shall be with you."
Sobbing now, Usagi nods. "As my love will always be with you."
With tears in her own eyes, she nodded. Then a smirk appeared on her face, scaring Usagi. She remembered her Mother's sense of humor to well.
"Oh, and dear. There will be a slight drop when you get there."
Before the fearful girl could respond, she disappeared from the moon, transported to her new home.
Suddenly understanding her smirk and comment and cursing her sense of humor, Usagi screamed.
"THIS WASN"T FUNNY MOTHER. AAAAIIIIEIEEEEEEEEE"
Usagi had found herself all the way up in the upper atmosphere of Tsuchi.
But given the laws of gravity, she didn't remain there.
"AAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE."
To be continued.
Ducks for cover. Uh-oh. Left another cliffhanger. Or faller as the case may be.
Sorry it took so long to get out, but at least it is a long one.
Feed back treasured.
AN: Some of the scenes may seem familiar to Dizzy-Chan's Usagi, a Saiya-jin child. That's because they are. But I didn't steal them. These were either things I wrote for dizz (all the scenes so far. Including the revised origin of the Universe), or got permission to use. Dizz glares, "He did not. I wrote it all. He's...HAHHAHAHAHAHA STOP IT STOP TICKLING ME. OK, OK, SO YOU WROTE IT. NOW STOP."
Having stopped dizz sulks off promising revenge.
Future forecast. Stay tuned for the exciting, comical chapter, Moon Ball 2, the musical. Only a warped mind like mine can come up with such an idea, but still a few chapters away.
Anyway. Hope you liked the chapter. Stay tune for the next exciting episode of the price is right. NO, NO. That's not right. Uhhmm. See you next time. Same Sailor time. Same Sailor channel.
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