Disclaimer: *Pulls out gun* Don't make me say it again.
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Chapter Thirteen: Days of Old
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"Hotaru!"
Michiru was immediately at the child's side, cradling her head in her lap.
Heero still had his gun out, not really sure who to point it at. "What
the hell is going on here?" he asked in a deadly soft voice. Trowa had
long since forgotten about his java and has helping Quatre lift the American
boy to the couch. Setsuna cleared her throat, signaling her knowledge of
the situation. "I think I have the solution to this problem." Heero shifted
his silver barrel to her. "Talk". If she was intimidated, she never showed
it. "There is a legend of the ancient world, even older then this world.
Before there was mythology, there were only two gods that worked together
in harmony: God of Death and Goddess of Destruction. There is no 'the'
in front of their titles, since they just were, not simply two gods in
a list of many. After many millenias, they finally realized their affection
for each other, but at this time, a new god came to power: God of Life.
Thinking these two beings were evil, he banished them to opposite ends
of the solar system. Saturn and Earth. It is rumored that once every ten
thousand years, they can possess any beings they wish and meet each other
for a single lifetime." she finished, re-calling her history from Queen
Serenity I. All the remaining pilots looked at her like she was crazy.
"That was a beautiful story Ms. Setsuna...but what does it have to do with
Duo and Hotaru?" Quatre asked, looking at the two teens unconscious. Haruka
took a deep breath for she knew that she was going to get hounded for this
one. "I think what she means is...it's possible that it's not a rumor.
It is quite feasible that Duo is actually possessed by God of Death and
Hotaru Goddess of Destruction. As to why they fainted, there is a perfectly
reasonable explanation. Their spirits were trying to escape their bodies
and reunite?" she looked to Setsuna for confirmation. The time goddess
simply nodded her head. Heero still had his gun at Setsuna, now cocking
it. "Do you expect us to believe that?" he asked, using his infamous death
glare. "Heero, please put the gun away." Quatre begged, using his
infamous puppy dog eyes. Grumbling to himself, the boy reluctantly put
away his favorite toy. "Actually, it would make sense." It was Trowa's
turn to get the crazy stare. He looked around the room calmly before further
explaining. "Duo has always called himself the God of Death. At least this
would explain why." Quatre sighed before nodding his head in agreement.
"It does make sense Heero."
Heero slowly nodded his agreement but quickly turned his glare at Setsuna.
"But how do you five fit into all this?" he asked, fingers itching to take
his gun out again. Michiru's face went red with either embarrassment or
uncertainty, probably both. "Well, we're just well versed in mythology
is all." she said, quickly looked down at the girl in her lap. *You're
a crappy liar my love.* Haruka said psiconically. *I know* the aqua woman
sniffed back. Heero raised an eyebrow to show his disbelief. Haruka exploded.
"Well do you have any better ideas you punk?!" Trowa visibly restrained
Heero from kicking the crap out of the woman while Quatre just muttered
something in Arabic. Suddenly, a groan stopped all action. Duo was finally
coming to. "Duo! Are you all right? What happened?" He was immediately
bombarded with questions from the prince of the sands. "Hey Q-man." he
started off weakly. A second groan coming from Michiru's lap caused another
disturbance. "Somebody get the number of that train that hit me?" she asked
groggily, blinking rapidly to regain her full eyesight. Michiru hugged
her tightly before letting her breath. "Uh, still waiting to be filled
in?" Duo looked from Heero to Quatre to Trowa. Heero just couldn't bring
himself to say it, it was just too irrational. Quatre sighed. "They think
that you and Hotaru are possessed by ancient lover gods." Duo blinked.
"Okaaayyyy....Hey, do you guys have any more of that crack you sniffed
while I was asleep?" Setsuna rolled her eyes and walked over to him. "You
are possessed by an ancient God of Death. I really don't care if
you believe it or not, but it's the truth. Hotaru horned in on their conversation.
"Uh, I'm not possessed, I've always been the Goddess of Destruction." she
said before attempting to get up. Trowa looked over to her. "How did you
know which god? You were asleep and there are hundreds of gods to choose
from." he asked suspiciously. Hotaru looked like a deer in a headlight.
*Great going Hotaru. We almost had the convinced we weren't insane* Haruka
frowned to her young friend. Hotaru simply glared at her before turning
back to the situation at hand. Setsuna sighed for what seemed like the
millionth time that day. "Well you see, it's like this..."
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Serenity stared at her former protectors as if they were something
she stepped in. "If they are impardonable, why should I forgive you?" she
asked, keeping all emotions void in her voice. The inners struggled to
come up with answers, but could find none. "That is what I thought." she
said, making them feel even worse. She sighed. "I want you to know that
after this moment, I will never think of you again. You are forgiven from
your transgressions, but not forgotten. You will always remember this day
for the rest of you mortal lives. You are stripped of your gifts
as senshi and princesses and prince. You will watch as I re-claim what
was rightfully mine and still is, Queen of Crystal Tokyo. You will serve
me as the lowest beings, never to be redeemed. Leave now." she ordered
them, focusing her powers to remove their planetary powers. All of their
transformation pens were torn from their respective bodies in balls of
color. With a single thought, they were transported back to their homes
to weep over their unimaginable loss and people and as royalty.
When
it was all over with, the princess looked over to her new prince and fell
to her knees. "I can't believe I finally did that. After all this time,
all this pain, it's finally over." she breathed, looked up into his soulful
black eyes. He simply stroked her soft hair. "But all that time and pain
makes the victory taste sweeter." He spoke from experience. All was silent
for a few precious moments before a huge shout was heard from the other
room. "Oh dear. I'll be back my love." With a single thought, she changed
back into her regular clothing and took off for the living room. Wufei
shook his head slowly and let all this new information sink in. 'Let me
make sure I have this strait. I'm a reincarnated prince from another planet
out of this solar system, a lover of an ancient princess of the moon, a
now love sick puppy. Yep, I think that about covers it.' he thought almost
sourly, but couldn't bring himself to it. As soon as she transformed, he
knew it was real. This wasn't another stupid dream that had plagued him.
This. Was. Real. And she was just as beautiful now as she was in his head....
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"Are
you people insane?!" Heero shouted, feeling weird about never having done
that before. Setsuna had finished telling them of their supposed life,
and they weren't buying it for one second. "But it's true! Look up old
newspapers! You'll see us! Look up Crystal Tokyo! We're real! We're not
lying!" Hotaru shouted back, regaining her strength and fighting with these
insolent pilots. Heero was about to respond, but a new presence cut him
off. "If you don't believe us, here." Cosmos handing them a small, round
disk. "All your information is on there hotshot. That is genuine OZ product,
bound to tell the truth. It was all secreted away in base 253, maybe you've
heard of it?" she said sarcastically. Heero glared at her before running
to Quatre's car to get his trusty laptop. "Never fear, laptop is here."
Cosmos muttered under her breath, making Duo nearly collapse in laughter.
Heero ignored her and shoved the disk into his laptop, processing the new
information. The other pilots gathered around him to read over his shoulder.
A large newspaper clipping came on screen reading: Series of Irrational
Murders Solved By Mysterious Young Women. A picture of five girls
in skirts and wearing masks was below it. The article went on to describe
how and who was behind these murders, none of it really making sense. "Five
young women calling themselves the sailor senshi apparently apprehended
yet another youma in Central Park, claiming that it was behind the recent
rash of deaths." It went on, but it didn't really matter. He clicked another
screen and a huge ruined palace was downloaded, along with the picture
of two bodies badly corroded, a katana sticking out of one. Miraculous
Discovery Made On The Moon! this title read. "Astronauts got a
shock when they landed on the moon late yesterday morning. A palace lying
in crumbles and bodies strew everywhere. 'It was like a great war had taken
place here! We looked through the palace and came up with some interesting
artifacts' Anthony Berks reported, the leader of this eventful mission.
Scientists believe that these bodies could actually be from over two thousand
years ago and the young woman with a sword in her body could possibly be
Princess Kaguya, the legendary princess of the moon. The artifacts are
being brought back to NASA tomorrow afternoon and will be analyzed carefully
before being open to the public..." it went on. "This is unbelievable..."
muttered Trowa. "Oh, but it's very true. Keep going." Setsuna ordered.
Without question, they did. Ancient Artifacts Brought Back From the
Moon, Shocking Authorities. "A few months ago, we reported on a
story that that was literally out of this world. A palace on the Moon that
had raised some very interesting questions have now been answered. Scientists
have now finished analyzing the artifacts brought back from the moon and
are now led to believe it was not Princess Kaguya's kingdom, as
once rumored, but another legendary princess from mythology, Serenity.
DNA test confirm that the body of the young girl is over two thousand years
old, as once speculated. But the real shocker was the interesting connection
between the moon and the sailor senshi. Paintings and statues depicting
them were discovered and the DNA from a previous battle of Sailor Moon
matches exactly with the young princess of the moon. When confronted, the
senshi simply replied with 'No comment', but our sources say that Sailor
Moon is actually the reincarnation of Princess Serenity. Which leads to
yet another important discovery made by DNA testers. A resident
of downtown Tokyo may actually be the missing link between Sailor Moon
and Princess Serenity. Usagi Tsukino, 16, has the exact DNA as both Sailor
Moon and Princess Serenity! We have yet to speak with this young woman,
but we will keep you posted." A picture of a girl that looked almost exactly
like Cosmos was featured next to the article.
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There you go kiddies! Chapter Thirteen hopefully doesn't disappoint. R&R!!!