Eplouge
Fins.
"Thank you," a traveler from the outside said, receiving his passport back
from the man at the gate.
"Don't mention it," the gateman said with a smile.
The traveler adjusted the pack on his back. Surveying the scenes of
Crystal Tokyo before him, he let out a whistle. "Beautiful place..." he said
to himself.
"Yeah, it is," the gateman said, sweeping his gaze over the buildings
as well. "Can't hardly tell this place was so badly demolished three months
ago."
The traveler turned back, giving him a disturbed look. "'Demolished'?"
he repeated.
"That's right," the other man said. "About three months ago, this very
place was attacked by a huge band of youmas. If it wasn't for the King,
Queen, and the Senshi, the place you're standing on would be a crater and
nothing else." He looked up with something akin to reverence on his face at
the Crystal Palace. "They also pulled everyone together after it was all over
to rebuild this city."
"Wow," the traveler said, beginning on his way. He walked through the
streets, mingling with the residents and other visitors as he made his way to
the hotel he was staying in. The hotel was close to the Crystal Palace, so he
figured he could take the scenic route. He noticed, though, that the closer
he got to the Palace, the fewer people he saw until he was the only one
around. Once he was there, he stopped, studying the Palace. It was a massive
structure, but it was magnificent as well. "Amazing..."
"Hey!!"
The traveler moved his eyes to the one who spoke. A girl was leaning
out of a window in the Palace, waving her arms widly. Though he was too far
away to make out her features, he could see that her hair was long and bright
pink. She shouted something else down, but he did not understand it.
"What?!" he shouted back.
"Watch where you're stepping!!" the girl said again, louder.
Puzzled, the man looked down and saw he was standing on a plate of some
sort in the concrete. He leaned down and slowly read the words printed on it
outloud.
In memory of
Zukamori Kome
Who fell on this spot
For our peace.
A date from three months ago was below. The traveler understood, it was
like stepping on a gravestone. He straightened as he stepped off and began to
say something to the girl in the window, but stopped.
She was no longer there.
----------
Chibi-usa sighed as the man left. "Can't they see the plate is there?" she
said to herself.
"You'll have to forgive them. Many can't see it that well."
Chibi-usa smiled as two warm arms encirled her from behind. She leaned
back into Helios, looking up at him. "Maybe we should have made it out of
another material. One that will show up better."
"Maybe," he agreed, resting his chin on her forehead. "But Zukamori-san
wanted it that color. She said it reminds her of her mother's eyes. All ways
murky, as if she was deep in thought."
"I can understand why," Chibi-usa said. "When I saw her, in my mind,
her gaze was distant."
"How have you been feeling?" Helios asked next.
"Been better, been worse," she said with a sigh, wincing at the pain
the action made. Three months coupled with Kyoko's 'touch' had only aided in
the recovery from the wound to her chest. Any sudden movement, or intake of
breath, caused pain. Ami had said the poison was still in her system, but
slowly fading out.
"You could ask if anything else can be done," Helios suggested,
releasing her from his embrace as they began to walk down the hall.
Chibi-usa shook her head. "No, I don't want to burden anyone again. I
nearly killed Kyoko when she 'touched' me, I don't want her coming that close
to death a *third* time," she looked outside, seeing the newly rebuilt
Courtyard. It was falwless, perfect in every way. Her eyes softened with
tears. 'Has it only been three months since then?'
Helios smiled a bit, reaching over and gently taking her hand in his.
She looked back, startled a bit. "Your kindness might be the death of you one
of these days, Chibi-usa-chan."
Chibi-usa smiled, blushing slightly. She pulled his hand in hers out,
stroking the back of his hand on her cheek. "Maybe..."
----------
"I swear, Kyoko, you're going to to be the first person to inflict death
because of frustation!" Ami said, glaring slightly at the white-haired woman
laying on the hospital bed before her.
Kyoko just grinned.
Ruri could not help but smile as well, saying, "I should have told you
earlier, Ami. I am sorry."
Ami sighed, rubbing her temple. "It's all right. I just don't
understand how exactly she survived being stabbed through the heart, levitate
that crystal shard hard enough to ram it through Kome's--I mean the Evil
One's eye, helped bring Small Lady from the brink of death, and still have
energy to levitate a 100 lbs. steel ball." She looked stare into Kyoko's
golden eyes as she said, through teeth gritted in frustration, "Please
explain once more."
"It's simple," Kyoko said. "My telepathy combined with my telekinesis
allows me to perform a....unquie ability."
"Which is..." Ami prompted.
"I can 'remove' myself from my body." Before Ami could question her,
she held up a hand and continued, "I can remove my conciousness, projecting
the part of me that keeps me alive outside my body. While in this state, my
body freezes, making it look as if I died. I saw the boy before he threw the
sword and started the process just as the sword struck me. The shock caused
me to lose control for a short period of time. When I regained it, I threw
the crystal shard into the Evil's eye...the rest you know," she said with a
shrug.
Ami growled slightly. "I'm slightly confused still, but let's leave it
at that. Now, you still have a hole in your chest, so keep inactive until I
say so, all right?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Kyoko said, grinning again.
Ami turned on her heel, muttering something under her breath before
exiting. When she was gone, Ruri turned to Kyoko, who leaned back in the bed,
hands behind her head, looking smug. Kyoko shot Ruri a look. "Come on," she
said. "Say it."
Ruri rolled her blind eyes. "All right, all right. You were right."
"Yep!" Kyoko said.
Ruri sighed, shaking her head. "I must admit I seriously doubted you
when you told me of the verse."
Kyoko nodded. "I just went on a gut feeling and everything turned out
all right, considering," she added.
Ruri nodded. "But, one thing I am a bit confused on."
"What?"
"Well, the first part of the verse--'One from Earth and Moon born'--
told about a child half-Lunarian half-Earthling releasing Nemisess."
"Yes."
"But remember the next part?
'Take the halves of Earth and Moon,
For your time comes soon.
Take them and create,
What you shall not take.'"
"What about it?"
"'Halves of Earth and Moon'? 'Take them and create what you shall not
take'?" Ruri shrugged hopelessly. "I do not understand that."
"It's talking about the same thing," Kyoko began, sitting up. "'Halves
of Earth and Moon' is what Nemisess took from the others. He took them and
created what he wasn't going to get any other way. The Senshi." Seeing she
did not understand, she continued. "Do you fully understand what happened to
Terry? Releasing Nemisess activated a spell--a curse. Terry was put under the
curse and has been that way until Chibi-usa was able to break it using the
Tears of the Scarred One. The curse split Terry--"
"--into his two halves," Ruri finished. "I know that. The one that
followed the Evil One was his supposed 'negative' side. All the negative
emotions and such and so on. The one we knew as Adonis was his other half,
the 'positive' side of that. He was split into his two opposite counterparts.
But what about the others?"
"They were further back when it happened," Kyoko said. "Nemisess tried
to take them with him when he escaped but failed. He just extended the reach
of the curse and took the esseance of the Senshi's negative counterparts but
because they weren't within full range, he had to make the bodies himself.
Doing that also made the curse on Terry screw up to where the two weren't
full counterparts: the boy received the power to create youmas and remember
absolutely nothing while Adonis could remeber only the Lullaby and revert
youmas back into their base form. Nemisess twisted the counterparts of the
Senshi into the perfect soliders for himself." A smirk spread across her
face. "But he did not count on the Senshi figuring out their weak point: the
artifical bodies can't stay together if their heart is exposed to air."
"But what about the Crystal, the Tears of the Scarred One?" Ruri asked
next. "Why did it change when it touched Zukamori's Crystal?"
Kyoko shrugged. "That Crystal was lengendary. It was said to rivial the
Ginzuishou in power and versatility, but could only be used once after it was
created." She laughed slightly. "We were fortunate that Priest Helios found
it before Nemisess did. The Crystal was formed by the back lash of energy
Terry created when he split, so it returned the energy to Nemisess, making
him break out of Kome. It then fused with Zukamori's Crystal, enabling
Terry's halves to combine. Otherwise, there'd still be two of him running
around."
"I am still confused, but all right," Ruri said as she made her way to
the door. "You get some rest, all right?" she called over her shoulder. "Ami
can not see it, but you are weaker than you seem to be."
"Okay," Kyoko said in response. She yawned slightly, though she did not
fall asleep just yet, her mind turning to other things.
Like the Lullaby. The One of Legends.
Chibi-usa.
'Who'd have thought it was that simple? The Legend was about someone
leading 'our people' all right. Just not the way we thought. If it wasn't for
Chibi-usa, Terry's halves would never have regained their memories, they
never would have been able to combine back again into their real form, and
Kome would still be posessed by that cursed creature, Nemisess, wishing to be
set free.'
A small tingle in the back of her neck caused a warm smile to appear on
her face. She looked around before closing her eyes. If Ami knew she was
doing this, she'd kill her. Slowly, so as not to aggrivate her injury, Kyoko
began to 'remove' herself from her body.
----------
Serenity looked up from her book as Ruri walked into the study. "Good
morning, Ruri," she greeted.
"Good morning, Queen Serenity," the other replied.
Knowing Ruri was not there to read a book--seeing as though she
couldn't--Serenity closed her book and set it aside. "Is there something you
want to talk about?"
"Yes. Queen--"
"Ah ah," Serenity said holding up a hand. She motioned downwards to her
clothes, which were strangely, normal. A bit more like street clothes really.
"What did we agree on?"
Ruri shook her head, trying to hide a smile. Since the battle, the
Queen had changed, yet in a good way. Before, she had all ways stayed in the
Palace, watching over the City and the world beyond the Palace. Now, she went
out every so often in disguise, mingling with the citizens, gathering
information on how they felt about the state of the place they lived in.
Ordinarily, the Senshi would have forbidden it, but Serenity had pointed out
that the reason they did not find either half of Terry was because they did
not look in the most obvious place: Crystal Tokyo itself.
"Fine," Ruri said as she sat in a chair opposite of her Queen.
"*Usagi*-chan then?"
A nodd accompanied with a smile answered her.
"I have been thinking about something lately," Ruri said, leaning on
her armrest, propping her head in her palm. "About Nemisess."
The Queen frowned. "Nemisess? Ruri, it's over and done with, why worry
about that cursed being?"
Ruri shrugged. "I do not know. But, as of late, I notice an odd thing
about Zukamori-chan."
Serenity stiffened. "What?"
"Well, one reason Kome was possesed was because she was a Grave Keeper.
Another because she was in labor. I have long since wondered if Zukamori-chan
inherited a part of Nemisess by accident during the process. Kome even said
he touched her mind. Could he not have bounded with her as well?" She watched
the Queen's reaction as she absorbed this information. An array of emotions
ran through the blonde's face as she thought.
Serenity raised her eyes to Ruri blind ones as she finally asked, "What
brought this to your attetnion?"
"I noticed a strange addition to Zukamori-chan's aura, Usagi-chan," she
answered, looking away. "It was small at first. I though it was a side affect
of the severe amounts of poison she had endured in the fight. But it has
1egun to grow, steadily day by day. I could be wrong, but..." She shrugged.
"I see," Serenity said at last, her brow furrowed as she thought hard
about the situation. After a few minutes of silence, she closed her eyes.
Bright light illuminated her form as the Ginzuishou appeared above her,
pulsing. Ruri sat back, watching, waiting for the answer. When the Queen was
finished, the crystal disappeared, the light as well. She opened her eyes,
locking them straight with Ruri's own.
And a big grin broke out on her face, lighting up with an unexplained
emotion.
----------
Zukamori, gazing out the window in her bedroom, felt rather than heard him
come up. She welcomed him with a smile. "Finally decided to wake up?"
Terry gave her a look through his tossled black hair. "You wouldn't be
saying that if you heard yourself snore." He ducked the small pillow she
threw at him, catching her hand as he came back up. "Just joking," he said.
Zukamori made a face at him. "Have you guessed yet?" she said next.
Terry groaned, wishing the insanity would cease. "I told you: I. Don't.
Know. Now tell me!"
Smiling micheviously, she shook her head. "You have to guess."
"It's too early!" Terry reasoned, wrapping his arms around her waist
and pulling to him in a hug. He dropped his head, laying it on her shoulder
and said, "Just tell me!"
"No, guess!"
Terry made a small whimper. 'Geez! She's been at this for a month! Just
what is it she wants me to guess?' He decided, finally, to cheat a little.
Even though he had not guessed just yet, he had an inkling of what it might
be Zukamori was hiding. He closed his eyes and bearly streatched out with his
mind. He didn't probe Zukamori's mind, she could detect him if he did,
rather, he just checked to see if anyone was nearby.
A flicker came from his left. His mind recognized the familar presence
of Kyoko's essence. She had been doing that for quite some time.
'Good morning, Terry,' she greeted him.
He silently replied.
'Still playing the game?' Kyoko's mental voice had a bit of a smile.
Terry ignored the statement and continued. Instantly, he felt something
different. Something he hadn't before. He frowned a bit, focusing on that.
Close, closer than he thought it was....where...close...
'Hello.'
The soft, small voice made him freeze for a second, the wind being
knocked out of him. 'Hi,' he replied when he regained his senses.
'How are you?'
'All right.'
'That's good.'
Terry leaned back, ending the link, and frowned at Zukamori, "Do I have
to guess? We've been doing this for over a month!"
She just grinned.
Terry sighed, releasing her to pace the room, tapping a finger on his
chin as he pretended to think hard. After some time he stopped, holding his
head in both hands as he growled in mock frustration. He suddenly
straightened up, pointing at Zukamori. Smiling warmly, he said, "A girl and a
boy."
Confusion blanketed Zukamori's face, then shock, and lastly releif. She
smiled back as she sat down on the edge of their bed. "About time you got it
right, Terry. Though, I'm surprised. I didn't even know it was two."
Terry shook his head in amusement, standing in front of her. He reached
down and laid a gentle hand on her abdomen. He noticed for the first time it
was a bit bigger than it should be, only to where one could tell if they
looked hard enough.
His thoughts were intterupted as another pillow was bashed on top of
his head. Zukamori frowned teasingly at him. "You cheated, didn't you?"
Terry shrugged, grinning sheepishly. "Maybe, maybe not."
"Can you speak to them?" Zukamori asked, suddenly serious, her voice
small, quiet in a way.
He nodded, reaching over and moving her hand above his still on her
stomach. He closed his eyes and concentrated, this time a bit stronger since
she knew what he was doing. The presence of Kyoko startled Zukamori a bit,
then she calmed down and let Terry lead her mind along with his.
'Hello,' one of the voices said again, sensing a new mind with Terry.
'Hi,' Zukamori replied, at a loss for words. No words could express
what she wanted to say at that point.
'Are you our mommy?'
'Are you our daddy?'
The choursed voices made both chuckle a bit. They continued for a bit,
never noticing the few tears that escaped their closed eyes.
----------
Kyoko was still smiling as she returned to her body. "It's been done..." she
breathed, fatigue in her voice.
"I see so," a voice said. Setsuna appeared, staff in hand. Her usual
solem face was lined with worry, and sadness though she hid it well.
Kyoko raised her eyes tiredly to the Senshi of Time. "Will they--"
"Yes," Sestuna intterupted, not wanting Kyoko to strain herself. "They
will be fine. He will be a fine man, Leader of the future Palace Guards."
"The girl...?" Kyoko pressed.
Sestuna lowered her eyes. "The birth will be difficult, her being the
second one born. She will live, growing stronger every day. She will be the
new head of the Senshi..." She trailed off, not wanting to reveil too much.
"That's good," Kyoko sighed. "But...I wish I could have see them..."
A flash of light caught her eye. The room suddenly became a light
grayish color. The air seemed dead, stale. Kyoko frowned, stopping when she
saw something by Sestuna, who was now Sailor Pluto.
Two young adults, a boy and a girl. The boy was tall, clad in the
uniform of a Palace Guard, with dark blonde hair cut just to his chin, and
intent, deep blue eyes. The girl was about a head shorter, with black hair
down to her knees and flashing, chocolate brown eyes. She was clothed in a
Senshi fuku. Kyoko smiled.
The fuku of Sailor Cassiopia.
"Kyoko," Pluto said, knowing time was short, "this is Ken Chiba," she
motioned to the boy as he bowed with respect, "and Kyoko Chiba," the girl
curtisied, smiling as she came up, "your namesake as well as your successor."
Kyoko stared at one then the other, tears starting to form. "Thank
you," she managed.
"No," Ken said, smiling, "you should not be thanking us."
"We should thank you, Auntie Kyoko," the girl said. "We wouldn't be
alive if it weren't for you."
In unison, they both bowed, saying, "Thank you for everything." As they
came up, they had time just to smile and wave before they disappeared.
"'BYE!" Their voice carried over to Kyoko, who laughed a bit at their
youthfullness.
The grayness of the room vanished, as did Sailor Pluto. Kyoko sighed,
leaning against her pillows. She closed her eyes slowly, thinking to herself,
'Funny...all this because there was a second child.....'
...........
An hour later, Ami walked in to check on Kyoko. But Kyoko had long
since left this world. The Queen of Crystal Tokyo would, for the rest of her
eternal life, go out in the Gardens on the day her friend had passed away,
and utter a small word of thanks to the young woman as if she could hear her.
She always said that they would never forget her.
And she never was....for she had presevered a legacy. A legacy that ran
through Terry, son of the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and Zukamori,
former Guardian of the Cursed Grave. A legacy through the children. Both of
them....
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Sailor Senshi Chronicles
Part One: The Revelation
They say that history is doomed to repeat itself if we cannot learn from it.
The Senshi are about to find this out the hard way. Old foes return with a
new leader, a leader who wants all the Senshi dead. Another Senshi appears,
adding a piece to the already huge puzzle they are in. Strange new allies and
new revealations appear that changes the Senshi's mind of what happened on
the Moon so long ago.
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Fins.
"Thank you," a traveler from the outside said, receiving his passport back
from the man at the gate.
"Don't mention it," the gateman said with a smile.
The traveler adjusted the pack on his back. Surveying the scenes of
Crystal Tokyo before him, he let out a whistle. "Beautiful place..." he said
to himself.
"Yeah, it is," the gateman said, sweeping his gaze over the buildings
as well. "Can't hardly tell this place was so badly demolished three months
ago."
The traveler turned back, giving him a disturbed look. "'Demolished'?"
he repeated.
"That's right," the other man said. "About three months ago, this very
place was attacked by a huge band of youmas. If it wasn't for the King,
Queen, and the Senshi, the place you're standing on would be a crater and
nothing else." He looked up with something akin to reverence on his face at
the Crystal Palace. "They also pulled everyone together after it was all over
to rebuild this city."
"Wow," the traveler said, beginning on his way. He walked through the
streets, mingling with the residents and other visitors as he made his way to
the hotel he was staying in. The hotel was close to the Crystal Palace, so he
figured he could take the scenic route. He noticed, though, that the closer
he got to the Palace, the fewer people he saw until he was the only one
around. Once he was there, he stopped, studying the Palace. It was a massive
structure, but it was magnificent as well. "Amazing..."
"Hey!!"
The traveler moved his eyes to the one who spoke. A girl was leaning
out of a window in the Palace, waving her arms widly. Though he was too far
away to make out her features, he could see that her hair was long and bright
pink. She shouted something else down, but he did not understand it.
"What?!" he shouted back.
"Watch where you're stepping!!" the girl said again, louder.
Puzzled, the man looked down and saw he was standing on a plate of some
sort in the concrete. He leaned down and slowly read the words printed on it
outloud.
In memory of
Zukamori Kome
Who fell on this spot
For our peace.
A date from three months ago was below. The traveler understood, it was
like stepping on a gravestone. He straightened as he stepped off and began to
say something to the girl in the window, but stopped.
She was no longer there.
----------
Chibi-usa sighed as the man left. "Can't they see the plate is there?" she
said to herself.
"You'll have to forgive them. Many can't see it that well."
Chibi-usa smiled as two warm arms encirled her from behind. She leaned
back into Helios, looking up at him. "Maybe we should have made it out of
another material. One that will show up better."
"Maybe," he agreed, resting his chin on her forehead. "But Zukamori-san
wanted it that color. She said it reminds her of her mother's eyes. All ways
murky, as if she was deep in thought."
"I can understand why," Chibi-usa said. "When I saw her, in my mind,
her gaze was distant."
"How have you been feeling?" Helios asked next.
"Been better, been worse," she said with a sigh, wincing at the pain
the action made. Three months coupled with Kyoko's 'touch' had only aided in
the recovery from the wound to her chest. Any sudden movement, or intake of
breath, caused pain. Ami had said the poison was still in her system, but
slowly fading out.
"You could ask if anything else can be done," Helios suggested,
releasing her from his embrace as they began to walk down the hall.
Chibi-usa shook her head. "No, I don't want to burden anyone again. I
nearly killed Kyoko when she 'touched' me, I don't want her coming that close
to death a *third* time," she looked outside, seeing the newly rebuilt
Courtyard. It was falwless, perfect in every way. Her eyes softened with
tears. 'Has it only been three months since then?'
Helios smiled a bit, reaching over and gently taking her hand in his.
She looked back, startled a bit. "Your kindness might be the death of you one
of these days, Chibi-usa-chan."
Chibi-usa smiled, blushing slightly. She pulled his hand in hers out,
stroking the back of his hand on her cheek. "Maybe..."
----------
"I swear, Kyoko, you're going to to be the first person to inflict death
because of frustation!" Ami said, glaring slightly at the white-haired woman
laying on the hospital bed before her.
Kyoko just grinned.
Ruri could not help but smile as well, saying, "I should have told you
earlier, Ami. I am sorry."
Ami sighed, rubbing her temple. "It's all right. I just don't
understand how exactly she survived being stabbed through the heart, levitate
that crystal shard hard enough to ram it through Kome's--I mean the Evil
One's eye, helped bring Small Lady from the brink of death, and still have
energy to levitate a 100 lbs. steel ball." She looked stare into Kyoko's
golden eyes as she said, through teeth gritted in frustration, "Please
explain once more."
"It's simple," Kyoko said. "My telepathy combined with my telekinesis
allows me to perform a....unquie ability."
"Which is..." Ami prompted.
"I can 'remove' myself from my body." Before Ami could question her,
she held up a hand and continued, "I can remove my conciousness, projecting
the part of me that keeps me alive outside my body. While in this state, my
body freezes, making it look as if I died. I saw the boy before he threw the
sword and started the process just as the sword struck me. The shock caused
me to lose control for a short period of time. When I regained it, I threw
the crystal shard into the Evil's eye...the rest you know," she said with a
shrug.
Ami growled slightly. "I'm slightly confused still, but let's leave it
at that. Now, you still have a hole in your chest, so keep inactive until I
say so, all right?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Kyoko said, grinning again.
Ami turned on her heel, muttering something under her breath before
exiting. When she was gone, Ruri turned to Kyoko, who leaned back in the bed,
hands behind her head, looking smug. Kyoko shot Ruri a look. "Come on," she
said. "Say it."
Ruri rolled her blind eyes. "All right, all right. You were right."
"Yep!" Kyoko said.
Ruri sighed, shaking her head. "I must admit I seriously doubted you
when you told me of the verse."
Kyoko nodded. "I just went on a gut feeling and everything turned out
all right, considering," she added.
Ruri nodded. "But, one thing I am a bit confused on."
"What?"
"Well, the first part of the verse--'One from Earth and Moon born'--
told about a child half-Lunarian half-Earthling releasing Nemisess."
"Yes."
"But remember the next part?
'Take the halves of Earth and Moon,
For your time comes soon.
Take them and create,
What you shall not take.'"
"What about it?"
"'Halves of Earth and Moon'? 'Take them and create what you shall not
take'?" Ruri shrugged hopelessly. "I do not understand that."
"It's talking about the same thing," Kyoko began, sitting up. "'Halves
of Earth and Moon' is what Nemisess took from the others. He took them and
created what he wasn't going to get any other way. The Senshi." Seeing she
did not understand, she continued. "Do you fully understand what happened to
Terry? Releasing Nemisess activated a spell--a curse. Terry was put under the
curse and has been that way until Chibi-usa was able to break it using the
Tears of the Scarred One. The curse split Terry--"
"--into his two halves," Ruri finished. "I know that. The one that
followed the Evil One was his supposed 'negative' side. All the negative
emotions and such and so on. The one we knew as Adonis was his other half,
the 'positive' side of that. He was split into his two opposite counterparts.
But what about the others?"
"They were further back when it happened," Kyoko said. "Nemisess tried
to take them with him when he escaped but failed. He just extended the reach
of the curse and took the esseance of the Senshi's negative counterparts but
because they weren't within full range, he had to make the bodies himself.
Doing that also made the curse on Terry screw up to where the two weren't
full counterparts: the boy received the power to create youmas and remember
absolutely nothing while Adonis could remeber only the Lullaby and revert
youmas back into their base form. Nemisess twisted the counterparts of the
Senshi into the perfect soliders for himself." A smirk spread across her
face. "But he did not count on the Senshi figuring out their weak point: the
artifical bodies can't stay together if their heart is exposed to air."
"But what about the Crystal, the Tears of the Scarred One?" Ruri asked
next. "Why did it change when it touched Zukamori's Crystal?"
Kyoko shrugged. "That Crystal was lengendary. It was said to rivial the
Ginzuishou in power and versatility, but could only be used once after it was
created." She laughed slightly. "We were fortunate that Priest Helios found
it before Nemisess did. The Crystal was formed by the back lash of energy
Terry created when he split, so it returned the energy to Nemisess, making
him break out of Kome. It then fused with Zukamori's Crystal, enabling
Terry's halves to combine. Otherwise, there'd still be two of him running
around."
"I am still confused, but all right," Ruri said as she made her way to
the door. "You get some rest, all right?" she called over her shoulder. "Ami
can not see it, but you are weaker than you seem to be."
"Okay," Kyoko said in response. She yawned slightly, though she did not
fall asleep just yet, her mind turning to other things.
Like the Lullaby. The One of Legends.
Chibi-usa.
'Who'd have thought it was that simple? The Legend was about someone
leading 'our people' all right. Just not the way we thought. If it wasn't for
Chibi-usa, Terry's halves would never have regained their memories, they
never would have been able to combine back again into their real form, and
Kome would still be posessed by that cursed creature, Nemisess, wishing to be
set free.'
A small tingle in the back of her neck caused a warm smile to appear on
her face. She looked around before closing her eyes. If Ami knew she was
doing this, she'd kill her. Slowly, so as not to aggrivate her injury, Kyoko
began to 'remove' herself from her body.
----------
Serenity looked up from her book as Ruri walked into the study. "Good
morning, Ruri," she greeted.
"Good morning, Queen Serenity," the other replied.
Knowing Ruri was not there to read a book--seeing as though she
couldn't--Serenity closed her book and set it aside. "Is there something you
want to talk about?"
"Yes. Queen--"
"Ah ah," Serenity said holding up a hand. She motioned downwards to her
clothes, which were strangely, normal. A bit more like street clothes really.
"What did we agree on?"
Ruri shook her head, trying to hide a smile. Since the battle, the
Queen had changed, yet in a good way. Before, she had all ways stayed in the
Palace, watching over the City and the world beyond the Palace. Now, she went
out every so often in disguise, mingling with the citizens, gathering
information on how they felt about the state of the place they lived in.
Ordinarily, the Senshi would have forbidden it, but Serenity had pointed out
that the reason they did not find either half of Terry was because they did
not look in the most obvious place: Crystal Tokyo itself.
"Fine," Ruri said as she sat in a chair opposite of her Queen.
"*Usagi*-chan then?"
A nodd accompanied with a smile answered her.
"I have been thinking about something lately," Ruri said, leaning on
her armrest, propping her head in her palm. "About Nemisess."
The Queen frowned. "Nemisess? Ruri, it's over and done with, why worry
about that cursed being?"
Ruri shrugged. "I do not know. But, as of late, I notice an odd thing
about Zukamori-chan."
Serenity stiffened. "What?"
"Well, one reason Kome was possesed was because she was a Grave Keeper.
Another because she was in labor. I have long since wondered if Zukamori-chan
inherited a part of Nemisess by accident during the process. Kome even said
he touched her mind. Could he not have bounded with her as well?" She watched
the Queen's reaction as she absorbed this information. An array of emotions
ran through the blonde's face as she thought.
Serenity raised her eyes to Ruri blind ones as she finally asked, "What
brought this to your attetnion?"
"I noticed a strange addition to Zukamori-chan's aura, Usagi-chan," she
answered, looking away. "It was small at first. I though it was a side affect
of the severe amounts of poison she had endured in the fight. But it has
1egun to grow, steadily day by day. I could be wrong, but..." She shrugged.
"I see," Serenity said at last, her brow furrowed as she thought hard
about the situation. After a few minutes of silence, she closed her eyes.
Bright light illuminated her form as the Ginzuishou appeared above her,
pulsing. Ruri sat back, watching, waiting for the answer. When the Queen was
finished, the crystal disappeared, the light as well. She opened her eyes,
locking them straight with Ruri's own.
And a big grin broke out on her face, lighting up with an unexplained
emotion.
----------
Zukamori, gazing out the window in her bedroom, felt rather than heard him
come up. She welcomed him with a smile. "Finally decided to wake up?"
Terry gave her a look through his tossled black hair. "You wouldn't be
saying that if you heard yourself snore." He ducked the small pillow she
threw at him, catching her hand as he came back up. "Just joking," he said.
Zukamori made a face at him. "Have you guessed yet?" she said next.
Terry groaned, wishing the insanity would cease. "I told you: I. Don't.
Know. Now tell me!"
Smiling micheviously, she shook her head. "You have to guess."
"It's too early!" Terry reasoned, wrapping his arms around her waist
and pulling to him in a hug. He dropped his head, laying it on her shoulder
and said, "Just tell me!"
"No, guess!"
Terry made a small whimper. 'Geez! She's been at this for a month! Just
what is it she wants me to guess?' He decided, finally, to cheat a little.
Even though he had not guessed just yet, he had an inkling of what it might
be Zukamori was hiding. He closed his eyes and bearly streatched out with his
mind. He didn't probe Zukamori's mind, she could detect him if he did,
rather, he just checked to see if anyone was nearby.
A flicker came from his left. His mind recognized the familar presence
of Kyoko's essence. She had been doing that for quite some time.
'Good morning, Terry,' she greeted him.
He silently replied.
'Still playing the game?' Kyoko's mental voice had a bit of a smile.
Terry ignored the statement and continued. Instantly, he felt something
different. Something he hadn't before. He frowned a bit, focusing on that.
Close, closer than he thought it was....where...close...
'Hello.'
The soft, small voice made him freeze for a second, the wind being
knocked out of him. 'Hi,' he replied when he regained his senses.
'How are you?'
'All right.'
'That's good.'
Terry leaned back, ending the link, and frowned at Zukamori, "Do I have
to guess? We've been doing this for over a month!"
She just grinned.
Terry sighed, releasing her to pace the room, tapping a finger on his
chin as he pretended to think hard. After some time he stopped, holding his
head in both hands as he growled in mock frustration. He suddenly
straightened up, pointing at Zukamori. Smiling warmly, he said, "A girl and a
boy."
Confusion blanketed Zukamori's face, then shock, and lastly releif. She
smiled back as she sat down on the edge of their bed. "About time you got it
right, Terry. Though, I'm surprised. I didn't even know it was two."
Terry shook his head in amusement, standing in front of her. He reached
down and laid a gentle hand on her abdomen. He noticed for the first time it
was a bit bigger than it should be, only to where one could tell if they
looked hard enough.
His thoughts were intterupted as another pillow was bashed on top of
his head. Zukamori frowned teasingly at him. "You cheated, didn't you?"
Terry shrugged, grinning sheepishly. "Maybe, maybe not."
"Can you speak to them?" Zukamori asked, suddenly serious, her voice
small, quiet in a way.
He nodded, reaching over and moving her hand above his still on her
stomach. He closed his eyes and concentrated, this time a bit stronger since
she knew what he was doing. The presence of Kyoko startled Zukamori a bit,
then she calmed down and let Terry lead her mind along with his.
'Hello,' one of the voices said again, sensing a new mind with Terry.
'Hi,' Zukamori replied, at a loss for words. No words could express
what she wanted to say at that point.
'Are you our mommy?'
'Are you our daddy?'
The choursed voices made both chuckle a bit. They continued for a bit,
never noticing the few tears that escaped their closed eyes.
----------
Kyoko was still smiling as she returned to her body. "It's been done..." she
breathed, fatigue in her voice.
"I see so," a voice said. Setsuna appeared, staff in hand. Her usual
solem face was lined with worry, and sadness though she hid it well.
Kyoko raised her eyes tiredly to the Senshi of Time. "Will they--"
"Yes," Sestuna intterupted, not wanting Kyoko to strain herself. "They
will be fine. He will be a fine man, Leader of the future Palace Guards."
"The girl...?" Kyoko pressed.
Sestuna lowered her eyes. "The birth will be difficult, her being the
second one born. She will live, growing stronger every day. She will be the
new head of the Senshi..." She trailed off, not wanting to reveil too much.
"That's good," Kyoko sighed. "But...I wish I could have see them..."
A flash of light caught her eye. The room suddenly became a light
grayish color. The air seemed dead, stale. Kyoko frowned, stopping when she
saw something by Sestuna, who was now Sailor Pluto.
Two young adults, a boy and a girl. The boy was tall, clad in the
uniform of a Palace Guard, with dark blonde hair cut just to his chin, and
intent, deep blue eyes. The girl was about a head shorter, with black hair
down to her knees and flashing, chocolate brown eyes. She was clothed in a
Senshi fuku. Kyoko smiled.
The fuku of Sailor Cassiopia.
"Kyoko," Pluto said, knowing time was short, "this is Ken Chiba," she
motioned to the boy as he bowed with respect, "and Kyoko Chiba," the girl
curtisied, smiling as she came up, "your namesake as well as your successor."
Kyoko stared at one then the other, tears starting to form. "Thank
you," she managed.
"No," Ken said, smiling, "you should not be thanking us."
"We should thank you, Auntie Kyoko," the girl said. "We wouldn't be
alive if it weren't for you."
In unison, they both bowed, saying, "Thank you for everything." As they
came up, they had time just to smile and wave before they disappeared.
"'BYE!" Their voice carried over to Kyoko, who laughed a bit at their
youthfullness.
The grayness of the room vanished, as did Sailor Pluto. Kyoko sighed,
leaning against her pillows. She closed her eyes slowly, thinking to herself,
'Funny...all this because there was a second child.....'
...........
An hour later, Ami walked in to check on Kyoko. But Kyoko had long
since left this world. The Queen of Crystal Tokyo would, for the rest of her
eternal life, go out in the Gardens on the day her friend had passed away,
and utter a small word of thanks to the young woman as if she could hear her.
She always said that they would never forget her.
And she never was....for she had presevered a legacy. A legacy that ran
through Terry, son of the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and Zukamori,
former Guardian of the Cursed Grave. A legacy through the children. Both of
them....
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Part One: The Revelation
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