Chapter 17
Thoughts and Doubts...
Three weeks. Just three more weeks, then the barrier would be shut down.
Three weeks until everyone could get outside the Palace. Three weeks until
Nemesisss attacked. Three weeks to plan.
Three weeks left to wonder if they would make it.
Serenity walked down the hall, her thoughts all piling up on one
another. So much was happening, and so much had happened that made her doubt
the battle's outcome. She hugged herself against a chill that ran down her
spine and closed her eyes, willing what flashed in front of her eyes to
cease.
"Zukamori-chan..." she whispered, her mind thinking back to the
memories she had gotten back of the litle blonde haired girl she had known so
well on the Moon. Now though, she was so different. She was distant.
"Get a grip on yourself," she told herself. "She can act the way she
wants to. Things happen to people that makes them change." she thought sadly.
Once again, her mind began to wonder, shifting through different images
and thoughts as she walked. Images of her daughter...and her lost son.
----------
Ruri sighed as her visor disappeared back into the head of her chair and the
globes around her hands did the same.
"What is troubling you, Ruri?" MCC's voice said as it's screen blinked.
"Everything," Ruri said as she leaned back in her chair, closing her
eyes. "A few weeks ago this battle wasn't so complicated. Now we're trying to
figure out what to do. Kyoko and myself have even been running the Senshi
overtime, though they don't seem do mind much, and we've been upping our own
abilities and power. Yet it all seems as if it'll be futile since the Evil
One has entered the picture, MCC. Zukamori will have to fight her, but I'm
seriously beginning to doubt that Zukamori will win."
"You must have faith, Ruri," MCC advised.
"I know but--"
"What was it that Luna said?" MCC intterupted.
Ruri stopped, perplexed by the fact that a computer was asking her a
question, and an easy one at that. "That Zukamori and the Evil One must
fight, but what does--"
"What were her exact words, Ruri?" MCC said.
"I told you what she said, MCC, so what are you getting a--"
"I believe Luna said, and I quote, '...the future of the Moon shall be
decided in a fight between the Evil One and...The Grave Keeper.' Am I
correct, Ruri?"
"Well, yes," Ruri replied, still confused at what MCC was getting at,
"but what--"
"Luna said Grave Keeper, Ruri. The Grave Keeper and the Evil One will
fight."
"Oh forget it," Ruri said, waving a hand. MCC's screen shut off. "I
don't even know why I'm arguing with a computer." She stood and walked out of
the room, heading towards the training room to let out some frustration.
----------
Ami sighed as she leaned back in her chair, her blue eyes staring blankly at
the computer in front of her. she thought.
She typed a commanded into the keyboard and leaned back again as the
screen began to show her all of her notes on the Crystal Senshi so far.
Inner Senshi
SUBJECT: Aino, Minako
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Venus
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light organe.
-sword, name: Oragne Heart
-attack: Venus Angel Beauty attack
SUBJECT: Kino, Makoto
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Jupiter
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light green
-sword, name: Green Thunder
-attack: Ganymede Angel Thunder Attack
SUBJECT: Hino, Rei
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Mars
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light red
-bow, name: Red Fire
-attack: Phobos-Deimos Angel Fire Attack
SUBJECT: Mizuno, Ami
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Mercury
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light blue
-sword, name: Blue Mist
-attack: Marina Angel Mist Attack
Outer Senshi
SUBJECT: Ten'ou, Haruka
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Uranus
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: blue
-sword, name: Navy Wind
-attack: Miranda Angel Wind Attack
SUBJECT: Kaioh, Michiru
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Neptune
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light blue-green
-sword, name: Aqua Wave
-attack: Triton Angel Water Attack
SUBJECT: Meiou, Setsuna
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Pluto
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light red-purple
-sword, name: Maroon Guardian
-attack: Charon Angel Time Attack
SUBJECT: Tomoe, Hotaru
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Saturn
NEW SENSHI IDENTITY: -wings, color: light purple
-glaive, name: Purple Destroyer
-attack: Titan Angel Deadly Attack
Ami reread the notes as if something else would pop up at her. But it was the
same. She sighed again, shutting the computer down for the night.
----------
~*~
Chibi-usa stared in disbelief at the scene below her. It was the Last Battle
of the Silver Millenium. She had only learned about it through books and the
Senshi's own memories. Yet all that information didn't tell how gruesome it
really was.
she thought.
Crying reached her ears. Chibi-usa turned and saw a young girl huddled
under a broken pillar. Chibi-usa
thought, stepping closer to the girl.
A scream sounded and the girl's head shot up. "Sere-chan!" she gasped
before running out from under the pillar and in the direction of the voice.
Chibi-usa followed her, surprised by the speed the girl moved at
through the battle feild. When the girl reached her desination, she screamed.
Chibi-usa stepped back in shock when her eyes fell on the broken balcony and
the two bodies floating in the air.
"Sere-chan!" the little girl gasped. "Sere-chan!!" Suddenly the girl
clentched her fists at her side and her eyes narrowed on Beryal, who was
reveling in her victory so much she didn't notice the girl. All she cared was
that she had won.
Or so she thought.
"You," the girl hissed, her hazel eyes turning white.
Beryal's eye caught the glow radiating for the girl and turned her
attention to her. "Who are you?" she said when she felt the energy that
pulsed from her.
"You killed her," she whispered. "You," white light surround her and
flared like a fire around her body. Almost unconsiously, she raised her hands
above her head.
"What is this?!" Beryal gasped, backing away as pulse after pulse of a
strange energy struck her.
"YOU KILLED SERE-CHAN!!!" the girl shrieked.
The light around her shot up her hands and flew out in all directions,
blanketing the battle feild and Moon Palace in whiteness. Chibi-usa raised
her arms to block the light from her face upon reflex. Screams sounded, then
a deafening silence followed. Slowly, Chibi-usa lowered her arms and opened
her eyes. The light was still all around and the girl still shot more of it
out. The silence was deathly. Chibi-usa could see the bodies of the soldiers
that were close to the girl being burned instantly to ashes while others
further away weren't as lucky.
"Zukamori-chan...." a soft yet pained voice spoke.
The girl took in a sudden breath.
"Zukamori-chan....I...I...for...give...you..."
Soon the light disappeared and the girl stood on the feild alone.
"No," the girl whispered in disbeileif. "No. No. That can't be." She
stumbled towards the bodies of Princess Serenity and Prince Edymion, which
had somehow survived the attack. "I killed her," she said, falling on her
knees beside the Princess, tears streaming down her face. "I killed her," she
sobbed. "*I* killed her!"
"Of course you did," a harsh voice said.
The girl spun around and saw a man standing behind her. He was tall and
had brown hair that stopped just below his shoulders. His cold blue eyes
stared at her with a hatefull gaze.
"You!" she said, knowing him without ever have meeting him.
"So you know me, Little Grave Keeper," the man sneered. "No matter."
His eyes narrowed as he raised a hand. "You'll be dead in a few moments
anyway." His hand was surrounded by black light.
"No!" the girl shouted with such ferousity it shocked the man. A curved
wave of white light shot from the girl's raised hands and struck the man on
his neck, cutting his head clean off. The decapitated head and body suddenly
evaporated. The girl sat there, shock at what she had just done and seen.
"You poor child," a ragged voice spoke.
The girl's head shot up and saw Queen Serenity standing a few yards
away. The Queen's arm was around her stomach and her once pure white dress
was stained bright red right under her arm. "Queen!" the girl gapsed, backing
away in fear.
"Zukamori, I won't hurt you," the Queen said, wincing in pain as she
took a step towards the frightened girl.
"N-no. No! Stay away!" Zukamori shouted, standing up and backing away
even more. "I failed, Queen," she said. "I failed. I was supposed to make
sure he wasn't released and he was anyway. I failed!"
"You did not fail, Zukamori," the Queen insisted.
"Yes. Yes I did," Zukamori said, suddenly calm. "And I must take
responsiblity for my failure."
"Zukamori! No!" the Queen shouted.
"It has to be done," she said, raising a hand. In it appeared a gold
and silver glaive just her size. Zukamori closed her eyes as she moved the
blade, pointing it straight at her heart. "Goodbye, Queen."
"No!!" the Queen yelled, running to stop the girl dispite her injury.
She wasn't in time. Without hesitation, Zukamori drove the blade
through her chest.
Chibi-usa's eyes widened in horror as the small girl fell to the
ground, her blood creating a crimson pool around her. "Oh my gosh," she
whispered, her hands covering her mouth.
"No! Zukamori!" the Queen shouted, dropping to her knees and picking
the girl up. "No," she breathed when she found that Zukamori was already
dead.
"It had to be done," a calm, familiar voice spoke. Sailor Pluto
appeared standing in front of the Queen.
"The heck it did!!" Chibi-usa shouted angrily, though she knew they
couldn't hear her. "What the heck's wrong with you, Pu?!"
"Why?" the Queen said through gritted teeth. "Why such a young child,
Pluto? She did nothing to deserve this."
"Each is responsible for their own actions," the Guardian of Time said.
"The Grave Keeper failed in her job and took responsiblity as she said."
"She was only nine!" the Queen exclaimed, bringing her tears filled
blue eyes up to look at her. "She was just a child and she was handed a job
she could never have handled!"
"Could she?"
The Queen stopped, confused.
"This all needed to happen, Queen," Pluto continued, "in order for the
future to live."
"So what now then?" the Queen asked.
"You already know," Pluto said, motioning towards the Moon Septer that
lay beside her.
~*~
----------
Zukamori studied her glaive, running a hand across the decorated staff part.
Her eyes ran along the sleek edge of the blade. She smiled slighly,
remebering how the blade had smoothly sliced through her chest so many years
ago.
"Like a hot knife though butter," she mumbled, fingering the tip
carefully.
"Reminesing of things past?"
Zukamori sighed inwardly as she looked to her right and saw Setsuna
standing there. "Why is it you all ways know what I'm thinking of,
Guardian?" she said.
"Can I ask you the same thing?" she replied, smileing.
Zukamori blinked. She had never seen Setsuna smile before. It was
strange to see a happy/carefree expression on her usually serious face. "Eh?"
"Never mind," Setsuna said shaking her head.
Niether spoke for a few seconds, each thinking their own thoughts.
Finally, Setsuna said, "Are you fully aware of the situation ahead of you,
Zukamori?"
Zukamori snorted, leaning back against the wall. "I'm not *that*
ignorant, Guardian."
Setsuna smiled further at the name. She remembered back on the Moon
that Zukamori all ways called her 'Guardian'. All that the small girl that
Zukamori had once been knew was that Sailor Pluto was a guardian much like
herself. The only one responsible for something very important.
But Time itself was never a moblie being with great power.
Setsuna crossed her arms and looked down the other end of the hallway.
"Some say ignorance is bliss," she half-mummered, a far away look overcomeing
her features.
"They know what they're talking about, huh?" Zukamori agrreed, glancing
back at the glaive in her hands.
"Yes," the Keeper of Time said, looking back at her. "Zukamori...just
be sure you know what you're doing."
"No prob," she said, a half-smile appearing on her face. "There's a
reason for everything I do."
----------
Kyoko frowned, shutting the book in front of her. She set it on the growing
pile on her left side and turned to her right side, picking up the next book.
"Twenty down," she mumbled, opening the cover carefully, "one undered and two
to go." She sighed, flipping through the worn pages.
She yawned largely, leaning her head on her
palm. She stopped, frowning again at what she saw on the page.
"What the--?" She blew on the pages, causing dust to fly away from it.
She scanned the words on the page as she read outloud,
"Evil, take a form.
One from Earth and Moon born
To deliver you into the universe,
To be repayed by your curse.
Take the halves of Earth and Moon,
For your time comes soon.
Take them and create,
What you shall not take.
Your lord will return,
Yet you will be the one to burn.
You, take the Tears of the one you scar
Which will take you very far
For the universe knows as well as you,
In one, there is all ways two."
Kyoko stared at the last few words. "'In one, there is all ways two...'" she
whispered softly. "No way. No way!" She shoved the book away and began to
flip through the next one, saying under her breath, "No way! There's no way!"
----------
NEXT: Kyoko finds something that might pull them ahead in the battle. But,
she does come too late...
__________
Thoughts and Doubts...
Three weeks. Just three more weeks, then the barrier would be shut down.
Three weeks until everyone could get outside the Palace. Three weeks until
Nemesisss attacked. Three weeks to plan.
Three weeks left to wonder if they would make it.
Serenity walked down the hall, her thoughts all piling up on one
another. So much was happening, and so much had happened that made her doubt
the battle's outcome. She hugged herself against a chill that ran down her
spine and closed her eyes, willing what flashed in front of her eyes to
cease.
"Zukamori-chan..." she whispered, her mind thinking back to the
memories she had gotten back of the litle blonde haired girl she had known so
well on the Moon. Now though, she was so different. She was distant.
"Get a grip on yourself," she told herself. "She can act the way she
wants to. Things happen to people that makes them change." she thought sadly.
Once again, her mind began to wonder, shifting through different images
and thoughts as she walked. Images of her daughter...and her lost son.
----------
Ruri sighed as her visor disappeared back into the head of her chair and the
globes around her hands did the same.
"What is troubling you, Ruri?" MCC's voice said as it's screen blinked.
"Everything," Ruri said as she leaned back in her chair, closing her
eyes. "A few weeks ago this battle wasn't so complicated. Now we're trying to
figure out what to do. Kyoko and myself have even been running the Senshi
overtime, though they don't seem do mind much, and we've been upping our own
abilities and power. Yet it all seems as if it'll be futile since the Evil
One has entered the picture, MCC. Zukamori will have to fight her, but I'm
seriously beginning to doubt that Zukamori will win."
"You must have faith, Ruri," MCC advised.
"I know but--"
"What was it that Luna said?" MCC intterupted.
Ruri stopped, perplexed by the fact that a computer was asking her a
question, and an easy one at that. "That Zukamori and the Evil One must
fight, but what does--"
"What were her exact words, Ruri?" MCC said.
"I told you what she said, MCC, so what are you getting a--"
"I believe Luna said, and I quote, '...the future of the Moon shall be
decided in a fight between the Evil One and...The Grave Keeper.' Am I
correct, Ruri?"
"Well, yes," Ruri replied, still confused at what MCC was getting at,
"but what--"
"Luna said Grave Keeper, Ruri. The Grave Keeper and the Evil One will
fight."
"Oh forget it," Ruri said, waving a hand. MCC's screen shut off. "I
don't even know why I'm arguing with a computer." She stood and walked out of
the room, heading towards the training room to let out some frustration.
----------
Ami sighed as she leaned back in her chair, her blue eyes staring blankly at
the computer in front of her. she thought.
She typed a commanded into the keyboard and leaned back again as the
screen began to show her all of her notes on the Crystal Senshi so far.
Inner Senshi
SUBJECT: Aino, Minako
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Venus
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light organe.
-sword, name: Oragne Heart
-attack: Venus Angel Beauty attack
SUBJECT: Kino, Makoto
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Jupiter
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light green
-sword, name: Green Thunder
-attack: Ganymede Angel Thunder Attack
SUBJECT: Hino, Rei
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Mars
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light red
-bow, name: Red Fire
-attack: Phobos-Deimos Angel Fire Attack
SUBJECT: Mizuno, Ami
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Mercury
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light blue
-sword, name: Blue Mist
-attack: Marina Angel Mist Attack
Outer Senshi
SUBJECT: Ten'ou, Haruka
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Uranus
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: blue
-sword, name: Navy Wind
-attack: Miranda Angel Wind Attack
SUBJECT: Kaioh, Michiru
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Neptune
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light blue-green
-sword, name: Aqua Wave
-attack: Triton Angel Water Attack
SUBJECT: Meiou, Setsuna
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Pluto
NEW SENSHI ATRIBUTES: -wings, color: light red-purple
-sword, name: Maroon Guardian
-attack: Charon Angel Time Attack
SUBJECT: Tomoe, Hotaru
SENSHI IDENTITY: Crystal Saturn
NEW SENSHI IDENTITY: -wings, color: light purple
-glaive, name: Purple Destroyer
-attack: Titan Angel Deadly Attack
Ami reread the notes as if something else would pop up at her. But it was the
same. She sighed again, shutting the computer down for the night.
----------
~*~
Chibi-usa stared in disbelief at the scene below her. It was the Last Battle
of the Silver Millenium. She had only learned about it through books and the
Senshi's own memories. Yet all that information didn't tell how gruesome it
really was.
she thought.
Crying reached her ears. Chibi-usa turned and saw a young girl huddled
under a broken pillar. Chibi-usa
thought, stepping closer to the girl.
A scream sounded and the girl's head shot up. "Sere-chan!" she gasped
before running out from under the pillar and in the direction of the voice.
Chibi-usa followed her, surprised by the speed the girl moved at
through the battle feild. When the girl reached her desination, she screamed.
Chibi-usa stepped back in shock when her eyes fell on the broken balcony and
the two bodies floating in the air.
"Sere-chan!" the little girl gasped. "Sere-chan!!" Suddenly the girl
clentched her fists at her side and her eyes narrowed on Beryal, who was
reveling in her victory so much she didn't notice the girl. All she cared was
that she had won.
Or so she thought.
"You," the girl hissed, her hazel eyes turning white.
Beryal's eye caught the glow radiating for the girl and turned her
attention to her. "Who are you?" she said when she felt the energy that
pulsed from her.
"You killed her," she whispered. "You," white light surround her and
flared like a fire around her body. Almost unconsiously, she raised her hands
above her head.
"What is this?!" Beryal gasped, backing away as pulse after pulse of a
strange energy struck her.
"YOU KILLED SERE-CHAN!!!" the girl shrieked.
The light around her shot up her hands and flew out in all directions,
blanketing the battle feild and Moon Palace in whiteness. Chibi-usa raised
her arms to block the light from her face upon reflex. Screams sounded, then
a deafening silence followed. Slowly, Chibi-usa lowered her arms and opened
her eyes. The light was still all around and the girl still shot more of it
out. The silence was deathly. Chibi-usa could see the bodies of the soldiers
that were close to the girl being burned instantly to ashes while others
further away weren't as lucky.
"Zukamori-chan...." a soft yet pained voice spoke.
The girl took in a sudden breath.
"Zukamori-chan....I...I...for...give...you..."
Soon the light disappeared and the girl stood on the feild alone.
"No," the girl whispered in disbeileif. "No. No. That can't be." She
stumbled towards the bodies of Princess Serenity and Prince Edymion, which
had somehow survived the attack. "I killed her," she said, falling on her
knees beside the Princess, tears streaming down her face. "I killed her," she
sobbed. "*I* killed her!"
"Of course you did," a harsh voice said.
The girl spun around and saw a man standing behind her. He was tall and
had brown hair that stopped just below his shoulders. His cold blue eyes
stared at her with a hatefull gaze.
"You!" she said, knowing him without ever have meeting him.
"So you know me, Little Grave Keeper," the man sneered. "No matter."
His eyes narrowed as he raised a hand. "You'll be dead in a few moments
anyway." His hand was surrounded by black light.
"No!" the girl shouted with such ferousity it shocked the man. A curved
wave of white light shot from the girl's raised hands and struck the man on
his neck, cutting his head clean off. The decapitated head and body suddenly
evaporated. The girl sat there, shock at what she had just done and seen.
"You poor child," a ragged voice spoke.
The girl's head shot up and saw Queen Serenity standing a few yards
away. The Queen's arm was around her stomach and her once pure white dress
was stained bright red right under her arm. "Queen!" the girl gapsed, backing
away in fear.
"Zukamori, I won't hurt you," the Queen said, wincing in pain as she
took a step towards the frightened girl.
"N-no. No! Stay away!" Zukamori shouted, standing up and backing away
even more. "I failed, Queen," she said. "I failed. I was supposed to make
sure he wasn't released and he was anyway. I failed!"
"You did not fail, Zukamori," the Queen insisted.
"Yes. Yes I did," Zukamori said, suddenly calm. "And I must take
responsiblity for my failure."
"Zukamori! No!" the Queen shouted.
"It has to be done," she said, raising a hand. In it appeared a gold
and silver glaive just her size. Zukamori closed her eyes as she moved the
blade, pointing it straight at her heart. "Goodbye, Queen."
"No!!" the Queen yelled, running to stop the girl dispite her injury.
She wasn't in time. Without hesitation, Zukamori drove the blade
through her chest.
Chibi-usa's eyes widened in horror as the small girl fell to the
ground, her blood creating a crimson pool around her. "Oh my gosh," she
whispered, her hands covering her mouth.
"No! Zukamori!" the Queen shouted, dropping to her knees and picking
the girl up. "No," she breathed when she found that Zukamori was already
dead.
"It had to be done," a calm, familiar voice spoke. Sailor Pluto
appeared standing in front of the Queen.
"The heck it did!!" Chibi-usa shouted angrily, though she knew they
couldn't hear her. "What the heck's wrong with you, Pu?!"
"Why?" the Queen said through gritted teeth. "Why such a young child,
Pluto? She did nothing to deserve this."
"Each is responsible for their own actions," the Guardian of Time said.
"The Grave Keeper failed in her job and took responsiblity as she said."
"She was only nine!" the Queen exclaimed, bringing her tears filled
blue eyes up to look at her. "She was just a child and she was handed a job
she could never have handled!"
"Could she?"
The Queen stopped, confused.
"This all needed to happen, Queen," Pluto continued, "in order for the
future to live."
"So what now then?" the Queen asked.
"You already know," Pluto said, motioning towards the Moon Septer that
lay beside her.
~*~
----------
Zukamori studied her glaive, running a hand across the decorated staff part.
Her eyes ran along the sleek edge of the blade. She smiled slighly,
remebering how the blade had smoothly sliced through her chest so many years
ago.
"Like a hot knife though butter," she mumbled, fingering the tip
carefully.
"Reminesing of things past?"
Zukamori sighed inwardly as she looked to her right and saw Setsuna
standing there. "Why is it you all ways know what I'm thinking of,
Guardian?" she said.
"Can I ask you the same thing?" she replied, smileing.
Zukamori blinked. She had never seen Setsuna smile before. It was
strange to see a happy/carefree expression on her usually serious face. "Eh?"
"Never mind," Setsuna said shaking her head.
Niether spoke for a few seconds, each thinking their own thoughts.
Finally, Setsuna said, "Are you fully aware of the situation ahead of you,
Zukamori?"
Zukamori snorted, leaning back against the wall. "I'm not *that*
ignorant, Guardian."
Setsuna smiled further at the name. She remembered back on the Moon
that Zukamori all ways called her 'Guardian'. All that the small girl that
Zukamori had once been knew was that Sailor Pluto was a guardian much like
herself. The only one responsible for something very important.
But Time itself was never a moblie being with great power.
Setsuna crossed her arms and looked down the other end of the hallway.
"Some say ignorance is bliss," she half-mummered, a far away look overcomeing
her features.
"They know what they're talking about, huh?" Zukamori agrreed, glancing
back at the glaive in her hands.
"Yes," the Keeper of Time said, looking back at her. "Zukamori...just
be sure you know what you're doing."
"No prob," she said, a half-smile appearing on her face. "There's a
reason for everything I do."
----------
Kyoko frowned, shutting the book in front of her. She set it on the growing
pile on her left side and turned to her right side, picking up the next book.
"Twenty down," she mumbled, opening the cover carefully, "one undered and two
to go." She sighed, flipping through the worn pages.
She yawned largely, leaning her head on her
palm. She stopped, frowning again at what she saw on the page.
"What the--?" She blew on the pages, causing dust to fly away from it.
She scanned the words on the page as she read outloud,
"Evil, take a form.
One from Earth and Moon born
To deliver you into the universe,
To be repayed by your curse.
Take the halves of Earth and Moon,
For your time comes soon.
Take them and create,
What you shall not take.
Your lord will return,
Yet you will be the one to burn.
You, take the Tears of the one you scar
Which will take you very far
For the universe knows as well as you,
In one, there is all ways two."
Kyoko stared at the last few words. "'In one, there is all ways two...'" she
whispered softly. "No way. No way!" She shoved the book away and began to
flip through the next one, saying under her breath, "No way! There's no way!"
----------
NEXT: Kyoko finds something that might pull them ahead in the battle. But,
she does come too late...
__________