Chapter 04 - The Big Bad Wolf
Usual disclaimers here: I don't own any rights over Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon anime and manga series, they're trademark and copyright of Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei Animation, Japan. The only rights I claim here are over the characters named as 'Destiny Kishi' and 'Guardians'.
My special thanks for Amanda Collingwood, SailorSaber from Grep SailorMoon (and also Cat's creator) for all her help!
***
That sure wasn't the ideal date he was imagining for him and her. "Oh well", he thought, sitting on one of the tallest branches of a nearby tree, "if you want to make someone like you, you have to sacrifice some things in your life... but THIS IS RIDICULOUS!", he almost yelled, while a dark grey cloud seemed to appear over his head, with thunder and lightning. A pretty sign of bad mood.
Under the tree, Tieko, Catherin and her grayhound could only watch as Arthur continued up on the branch, without any signs of that he would get down some day. The dog was lying on the grass, with Tieko scratching his belly. Catherin almost sat on the grass because she was laughing so much that almost couldn't breathe.
"Arthur, I can't believe you're afraid of such a cute dog!", said Tieko, playing with him. "Oooh, do you want me to scratch a little bit more to the left?"
"Well, it's not a PUPPY anymore! It has big AND sharp TEETH that can sink on my flesh and make it bleed!", yelled Arthur, without seeing that he was almost falling from the tree. "YIPES!", and he managed somehow to stay on the branch.
Cat continued laughing, stopping only to get the air she needed to live. "You... you should give him a chance... -hee hee- Arthur! He doesn't bite unless I -haa haa- order him to do so! -hee hee hee-"
Arthur almost fell again of the tree and grabbed the branch with all his strenght, scratching the brown leather jacket he was wearing. "A dog is a dog! And I don't like them! Tieko, why can't you like smaller things, like cats?! They can help much more, like those strange magical cats that always appear along with those Sailor Scouts in Japan!!!"
"Wha-?!", gasped Catherin, picking up a stone from the ground and throwing it at Arthur, that looked more like a carnival target. His eyes grew big when they saw the stone going UP.
A familiar sound of something BIG falling down and crashing through the ground could be heard in the McKinnion's neighborhood.
***
"Moon Fox...", growled Firebird, as he heard what Arthur Crossroads had said.
"OK, OK, I know that I said that there weren't any kind of extra-dimensional creatures there... now you must be thinking 'what the heck are the SAILOR SCOUTS doing there'. Am I right?", asked Moon Fox, trying to make Firebird calm down.
The young oriental man just tapped his black boots on the floor, with his arms crossed by his chest as if he demanded an explanation from his colleague. The stripes of orange cloth that he wore as a belt seemed to move as if a gulf of wind had gone inside the Palace. "Since WHEN do we have open windows in here...", thought Moon Fox, looking at the creepy scene.
"So...?", and Firebird slammed the table on which Moon Fox had been writing some hours ago.
"Would you believe in me if I said that, originally, there WEREN'T any Sailor Senshi or Scouts in that Timeline?", gasped Moon Fox, noticing that his face was TOO NEAR Firebird's, whose eyes seemed to be flashing with anger.
Firebird was about to answer that question with a punch on his friend's nose when he heard the sound of something hard slammering on the floor. When he turned back, all he could see was the figure of Chronos, whose bordeaux stripes of cloth also moved as if wind had gone into the Palace.
"You should believe in that, Venus Destiny Kishi", said Chronos, putting the Time Staff over the table. "Because that is the truth."
"Wha-"
"When I sent Kyn's essence to that Timeline, I was aware of what could I do with their destiny. Originally, only Art's essence was destined to that Timeline. Remember that he killed Tieko Aikawa as Earth Destiny Kishi, but she had no energy to be Mercury", said Chronos, sitting by the table and picking up some sheets of white paper and his Silver Pen. He began to write simple words, without making sentences with them, only sketches. "His essence was banished from our Timeline when we corrected the mistakes he had done on it. His veredict was to go through all Timelines until he discovered what he had done wrong. We saw almost all his lives during all these decades we've been in Pluto's Palace."
"But why did you send Kyn's essence with him?!", asked Moon Fox.
"I thought you had seen how she had changed after all the time we've been here. We all changed, but she never forgave me for being the one who killed one of her friends... and you know that I'm not talking about Art. That was leading her to a depression... so I made her sleep and decided to help them."
"Chronos, that is NOT a good reason for messing up that Timeline", said Firebird, sitting by his side and facing him. "Kyn was NEVER in love with Art. Sending her to Tieko Aikawa's body will only make things more difficult to him. And that doesn't explain why did you also send part of YOUR essence there."
"Oh, that's more simple than adding two and two!"
"So...?"
"I had so much fun when all that happened in our Timeline... I couldn't let her have all the fun alone", answered Chronos, grinning.
"And here we have good n' old Martin back...", laughed Moon Fox, resting his body on the chair.
***
When Arthur opened his eyes, he could only see the blue sky, feel the cool wind on his face and the angels passing by. One of them was looking at him, with worry on her black eyes. "She is so cute...", he thought, without strength to stand up or even reach her face with his hands.
But he DID find some strength to stand up and jump on her lap when he felt a wet thing giving him a tongue kiss.
"My, are you really THAT afraid of dogs, Arthur?!", asked Cat, wishing she had a camera to take a photo of that scene.
"Don't you dare tell this to the boys, OK, Cat?", said Tieko, ready to drop Arthur on the floor, when she heard a car coming nearby. "To the ground, Arthur."
"I think Grandma's got new neighbors...", sighed Cat, looking at the silver Scénic that was parking on a house nearby. "And that means that soon she will say 'Catherin, my dear, why don't you go to the new neighbor's house to invite him or her to a walk by the neighborhood?"...", she singed, bending her head side to side with a funny face.
"Hey, Cat", said Arthur, having a very deep breath to gain a little more courage and stop acting like a chicken in front of the girl he wanted to date. "If you have your grandma living here, not too far from Fallen College, why are you at the girls' dormitory?"
Cat frowned and put her hands on her jacket's pockets. "Because I don't own a car and I would have to wake up too early to get to College on time."
She sat down on the grass and started patting her dog, looking at Tieko's face. Her cheeks were red, as if she was shy for being there with Arthur. He also seemed uncomfortable, while trying to be as far as possible from the dog AND trying to get close to Tieko at the same time. An impossible task, in Cat's opinion. That was going to be a very very boring Sunday... if a tall, handsome young man of blue hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark blue sweater over a white formal shirt, didn't appear on the garden with a incredible charming smile on his face.
"Excuse me, I'm the new neighbor", he said, offering his hand to Catherin. "I would like to introduce myself. My name is Aindrea Terence."
"Ni... nice to meet you. My name is Catherin McKinnion, but... it's my grandmother who lives here. I'm going to call her", and she ran inside before anyone else could say anything.
"Wow... I didn't knew that Cat was so shy", said Tieko, feeling the wind that passed by her when Cat ran inside the house.
"Neither did I", said Arthur, standing up and looking at Aindrea. "Sorry if I'm being noisy, but are you attending Fallen College?"
"Yes, I am", he answered, noticing that Arthur had bent his body a little to the side, maybe because Tieko had poked him in a very strong way. "I've been transferred to the first class of this season."
"Pleased -ouch- to meet you... -you could poke a little less harder, Tieko- Aindrea. I'm Arthur Crossroads, second grader of Fallen College... -this hurts-."
"I'm Tieko Aikawa", she said, giving a very angry look to Arthur. "Exchange student from Brazil."
Suddently, Cat's grayhound started to bark very angrily at something on the air. Wind started to blow in the garden and a very loud girlish laugh could be heard anywhere in the neighborhood. Arthur went close to Tieko and passed his arms around her shoulders, trying to get her away from the place where the dog was looking at. Aindrea stepped back, but something made him stay and wait for what would happen.
Catherin heard the laughter from inside the house and ran quickly to the garden, worried with Tieko. That Kaze-something had promised she would come back, specially after Cat had cut her face and ruined her reputation, defeating her on battle. She would want revenge and she had to finish her mission. That would mean taking Tieko to her dimension and that Cat wouldn't allow.
She was Saturn Guardian. And she wouldn't allow that some weird creature from another dimension just went there to mess up all her life and her friends' lives.
"Saturn Violet Power!!!"
***
When Saturn Guardian finally got outside the house, all she could see was Kazeko laughing like a hyena, without seeing that Tieko, Aindrea and Arthur were running on the tip of their feet, trying to get out of there without calling her attention. Aindrea waved to them, whispering something that could be translated as 'let's go to my house before she notices that we're not there anymore'.
"You were defeated once and you didn't learn to pay more attention, Kazeko?!", laughed Siren, with her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Do you want more razor cuts?"
"Wha-", gasped Kazeko, looking down and realizing that she was alone in the garden, only with Siren looking at her. She closed her fist and made a really angry face, shouting "You, whose hair is blue as the deep glacial ice! REVEAL YOUR TRUE IDENTITY AND COME FORTH! And you", she looked at Cat's dog. "Quiet", and the grayhound was tossed to the neighbor's garden with a wind created by one single movement of the youma.
When Kazeko finished her speech, Aindrea stopped running and grabbed his head with both hands, screaming with pain. He soon fell to his knees and bent his body, as if he wanted to protect himself. Tieko went closer to him, worried, and was about to touch his shoulder when he stood up, his eyes shining red. A scream of fear came from Tieko's mouth and she began to step back, trying to get away from Aindrea.
"Get away from her!", shouted Arthur, jumping over Aindrea.
Siren didn't know what to do. She knew that Arthur would try anything to protect Tieko, for what she had seen on his eyes, but Aindrea - or whatever he was - sure was stronger than a common human. But she couldn't go to help Arthur, or Kazeko would be free to do what she wanted to.
"Arthur, you will have to handle that on your own!", shouted Siren, taking battle position and making a glaive appear on her right hand. "I'll take care of Ms. Laughter here!"
"OK! I'll try to... -gah!-", answered Arthur, right before having his throat almost smashed by Aindrea's hands.
Tieko gasped when saw Aindrea suffocating Arthur and ran to get a small branch that had fallen from the tree. She closed her eyes while attacking Aindrea's back with it, using all her strength, but all she did was call his attention to her and he released Arthur, who fell on the ground, breathing hard. He began to walk on her direction, with an evil smile on his face.
"NO!", shouted Siren, looking at Tieko's direction.
"Now, who isn't paying attention on the battle?", said Kazeko, grinning. "Take THIS!"
Kazeko joined both hands in front of her body and aimed at Siren. A strong whirlwind came from her hands and lifted Siren from the ground, taking her almost to the top of the tree Arthur had been some minutes before. With a smile on her face, Kazeko lowered her hands and the wind stopped blowing, letting Siren fall.
"God, this is going to HURT!", thought Siren, trying to think quickly in a way to soften her crash on the hard ground.
"Looks like there's nobody else to stop me from taking you now, young lady...", said Kazeko, getting closer to Tieko, walking slowly.
Arthur's eyes grew wide with horror when he saw Aindrea grabbing Tieko's arm, making her scream. He began to desperate, but something within his mind told him that she wasn't a common girl, that she wasn't defenseless. His old headache returned, after months, making him fell to his knees, unable to keep his head up. He held his head with both hands, curling like a ball, trying to ignore the pain he was feeling.
-She is not defenseless and you know that.-
-You know that she's not a common girl.-
-You know that she can handle that by herself.-
-She's not a common human and neither are YOU!-
-You carry a secret in your soul, set it free!-
-SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS ANYMORE!-
-You are afraid of what can happen in the future.-
-You can't let this fear take over of your will.-
-You know that this decision can change your life.-
-You know that this decision can change your destiny.-
-Everything is on you now. What will you choose?-
"Shall we go, young lady? After taking you, I...", said Kazeko, stopping when something on Tieko's forehead began to shine. "I see. It was really after you that I had to go. You're the one."
"NO!", shouted Arthur, standing up slowly, a golden shine coming from his forehead. His brown hair was being messed up by some kind of wind that lifted the hair that fell on his face, revealing a magic symbol. "You will have to kill me first! Earth Destiny Power!!!"
"Wha-", gasped Siren, while managing to stab her glaive at the wall of Grandma McKinnion's wooden house. "Arthur is..."
A golden light surrounded Arthur's body, and his clothes were also changed. When the transformation sequence finished, he stood there with black pants and black boots, that were so alike that seemed that it was an only piece of clothing, and a white shirt underneath a brown leather jacket, with a white bracket with the symbol of Earth on his right arm. On the place where Siren had her belt, Arthur had black stripes of cloth, that were moving with the wind that passed by. He also had a long sword at his back.
He withdrew the sword from its accabard and took battle position, preparing himself to attack.
"My, my, looks like there's no end to surprises here", said Kazeko, moving her left arm to her front, creating a whirlwind on his direction, trying to make him fly away from the garden, but Arthur jumped over the wind and, with a somersault, landed right behind Kazeko, poking her with the tip of his sword.
"So, Kazeko, what will you do now?", he asked, with an evil grin on his face. "Retreat... or die?"
"We shall meet again, young warrior", she answered, disappearing in the air.
"What a short battle", said Siren, landing safely on the ground. "But what will we do with HIM?"
Aindrea's eyes were still shining red and his face hadn't turn back to normal. With Kazeko's retreat, he had let Tieko go and seemed as if he was confused, without knowing what to do. He looked everywhere, before taking battle position and preparing himself to attack the two warriors.
"He's Kazeko's creation", said Arthur, getting his sword. "I don't think we have another choice but destroy him."
"Are you really sure of it?", asked Siren, making her glaive disappear. "Maybe if we wait a bit more..."
"Do you think I'm going to wait until he attacks us?", replied Arthur, going on Aindrea's direction. "You seemed to be a nice guy, Aindrea, sorry about this", and he lifted his sword and prepared himself to attack.
"NO!", yelled Tieko, surprising Siren and Arthur, who stopped his attack and lowered his sword. She ran between Aindrea and Arthur and opened her arms. "You won't kill him, Arthur."
"Get out of the way, Tieko! He can attack you!", shouted Arthur, angrily.
"I won't! I know we can find a way to bring him back to normal! It's just a matter of time!", she continued yelling, shaking her head, having tears on her eyes.
"It's just a matter of time until he gets you! Remember what Kazeko said, 'reveal your true identity'! That's what he really is!", and Arthur raised his sword once again.
"If you want to do so, kill me first! I will NOT be responsible for an innocent's death!"
Siren noticied that Aindrea's eyes stopped shining when he heard Tieko's last sentence. His body was shaking and he curled himself, surprising Tieko and Arthur. It was like he was remembering something from a distant past.
***
"ENOUGH, ART!", she yelled, running between Art and the young blue-haired man, using her kodachi to block Art's sword. "This is only a practice, not a real battle."
"How will he be prepared for a real battle if you don't let me teach him the fear of feeling death nearby?", said Art, smirking.
"We are NOT warriors, Art of Endymion", she continued, helping the other man to stand up. "We are defenders. Don't ever forget that. Are you OK, Amerin?"
"Kyn, you'll spoil the boy...", Art laughed, placing his sword in its accabard. "I do know that we aren't warriors, but how will we be able to protect something if we aren't able to fight?"
"We will protect time with our true skills", she answered, helping Amerin to walk. "That's our duty. That is why we are training so hard."
***
Suddently, Aindrea's body started to be surrounded by a dark blue light, making Arthur, Tieko and Siren get away from him. The light got stronger, making them close their eyes.
When they were able to open their eyes again, all they saw was an unconscious young man wearing almost the same clothes Kenneth wore as Jupiter Guardian, but in different colors. His shirt was dark blue and his boots were light blue. An acquamarine was shining on the middle of his tiara.
"Amerin...!", gasped Arthur, staring at Aindrea.
*** Author's notes ***
OK, I think you must be wanting to put a bounty on my head with all this crazy story I'm writing and all these unknown terms I'm using. You DO deserve an explanation...
The Destiny Kishi: They are a group of characters I created based on my Brazilian friends. They are from a fanfic called "Tempest of Illusions" that isn't translated to English (it's TOO BIG) and are disciples of Sailor Pluto. They are divided like the Sailor Senshi, named after the planets they are from and have a relationship with the Senshi, in their original story.
OBS: The names were changed because they are difficult to say in English. The only one that I kept in the original version was Martin's, because it's easier to an English speaker to say "Martin Siu" rather than "Daniel Graminho" or "Paolla Matsuura". Believe me, people hardly could say my name when I was at England.
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|Planet | Real Name |Selenit Name| Senshi Relationship | Alternative Story Name |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Moon | Henrique Loyola | Moon Fox | None | Henrique "Rick" Luders |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Mercury| Paolla Limy | Kyn | Sailor Mercury's twin | Tieko Aikawa |
| | Matsuura | | sister | |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Mars | Daniel Graminho | Aleph | Sailor Mars' cousin | Daniel Luders |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Jupiter| Helio Perroni | Silver Sky | None | Doesn't appear on the |
| | Filho | | | alternative series |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Venus | Edson Makoto | Firebird | Sailor Venus adoptive | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | Kimura | | brother | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Earth | Not related to a | Art | Prince Endymion's cousin | Arthur Crossroads |
| | true person | | | |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Uranus | Ricardo Gen | Seph | None | Doesn't appear on the |
| | | | | alternative series |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Neptune| Not related to a | Neko | None | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | true person | | | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Pluto | Martin Siu | Chronos | Sailor Pluto's son | Martin Siu |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Saturn | Not related to a | Kare | None | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | true person | | | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
The Planet Guardians: They didn't exist in the original stories of the Destiny Kishi. Their story will be explained during "A New Chance".
The Names: As "Jikan no Senshi Destiny Kishi" was created after another fanfic series, called SM-NDK (Sailor Moon and The Dimensional Key), from Exodus Fanfictions (sorry... Portuguese only), I used the Selenit names currently used by Exodus Fanfictions' members.
Sailor Moon = Princess Serenity (Princess of the Moon)
Sailor Mercury = Saphir (Princess of Mercury)
Sailor Mars = Fihar (Princess of Mars)
Sailor Jupiter = Juno (Princess of Jupiter)
Sailor Venus = Shine (Princess of Venus)
Sailor Uranus = Amber (Princess of Uranus)
Sailor Neptune = Marine (Princess of Neptune)
Sailor Saturn = Onyx (Princess of Saturn - the Messiah)
Sailor Pluto = Fate (Guardian of Time)
Tuxedo Kamen = Prince Endymion (Prince of Earth)
In SM-NDK, we name our characters after the Royal House of the planet they were born/raised. That's why Aleph say "Kyn of Saphir" (even though Kyn is also a princess, the main princess is Saphir, the chosen one to be Sailor Mercury) and Chronos say "Firebird of Shine". The Planet Guardians, though, are NOT named like that, because the "Alternative Stories of The Destiny Kishi" is not a part of SM-NDK (that's the REAL reason. The FIC reason is because they are minor warriors when aside with the Senshi and the Kishi, but not less important), so they have the name of the planet they are from, like "Siren of Saturn" and "Gin of Jupiter".
Thanks for your patience for reading all this!
Paolla Limy Matsuura, a.k.a. Tieko Aikawa
angelmercury@bigfoot.com
Member of Exodus Fanfictions
http://fly.to/eff
Usual disclaimers here: I don't own any rights over Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon anime and manga series, they're trademark and copyright of Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei Animation, Japan. The only rights I claim here are over the characters named as 'Destiny Kishi' and 'Guardians'.
My special thanks for Amanda Collingwood, SailorSaber from Grep SailorMoon (and also Cat's creator) for all her help!
***
That sure wasn't the ideal date he was imagining for him and her. "Oh well", he thought, sitting on one of the tallest branches of a nearby tree, "if you want to make someone like you, you have to sacrifice some things in your life... but THIS IS RIDICULOUS!", he almost yelled, while a dark grey cloud seemed to appear over his head, with thunder and lightning. A pretty sign of bad mood.
Under the tree, Tieko, Catherin and her grayhound could only watch as Arthur continued up on the branch, without any signs of that he would get down some day. The dog was lying on the grass, with Tieko scratching his belly. Catherin almost sat on the grass because she was laughing so much that almost couldn't breathe.
"Arthur, I can't believe you're afraid of such a cute dog!", said Tieko, playing with him. "Oooh, do you want me to scratch a little bit more to the left?"
"Well, it's not a PUPPY anymore! It has big AND sharp TEETH that can sink on my flesh and make it bleed!", yelled Arthur, without seeing that he was almost falling from the tree. "YIPES!", and he managed somehow to stay on the branch.
Cat continued laughing, stopping only to get the air she needed to live. "You... you should give him a chance... -hee hee- Arthur! He doesn't bite unless I -haa haa- order him to do so! -hee hee hee-"
Arthur almost fell again of the tree and grabbed the branch with all his strenght, scratching the brown leather jacket he was wearing. "A dog is a dog! And I don't like them! Tieko, why can't you like smaller things, like cats?! They can help much more, like those strange magical cats that always appear along with those Sailor Scouts in Japan!!!"
"Wha-?!", gasped Catherin, picking up a stone from the ground and throwing it at Arthur, that looked more like a carnival target. His eyes grew big when they saw the stone going UP.
A familiar sound of something BIG falling down and crashing through the ground could be heard in the McKinnion's neighborhood.
***
"Moon Fox...", growled Firebird, as he heard what Arthur Crossroads had said.
"OK, OK, I know that I said that there weren't any kind of extra-dimensional creatures there... now you must be thinking 'what the heck are the SAILOR SCOUTS doing there'. Am I right?", asked Moon Fox, trying to make Firebird calm down.
The young oriental man just tapped his black boots on the floor, with his arms crossed by his chest as if he demanded an explanation from his colleague. The stripes of orange cloth that he wore as a belt seemed to move as if a gulf of wind had gone inside the Palace. "Since WHEN do we have open windows in here...", thought Moon Fox, looking at the creepy scene.
"So...?", and Firebird slammed the table on which Moon Fox had been writing some hours ago.
"Would you believe in me if I said that, originally, there WEREN'T any Sailor Senshi or Scouts in that Timeline?", gasped Moon Fox, noticing that his face was TOO NEAR Firebird's, whose eyes seemed to be flashing with anger.
Firebird was about to answer that question with a punch on his friend's nose when he heard the sound of something hard slammering on the floor. When he turned back, all he could see was the figure of Chronos, whose bordeaux stripes of cloth also moved as if wind had gone into the Palace.
"You should believe in that, Venus Destiny Kishi", said Chronos, putting the Time Staff over the table. "Because that is the truth."
"Wha-"
"When I sent Kyn's essence to that Timeline, I was aware of what could I do with their destiny. Originally, only Art's essence was destined to that Timeline. Remember that he killed Tieko Aikawa as Earth Destiny Kishi, but she had no energy to be Mercury", said Chronos, sitting by the table and picking up some sheets of white paper and his Silver Pen. He began to write simple words, without making sentences with them, only sketches. "His essence was banished from our Timeline when we corrected the mistakes he had done on it. His veredict was to go through all Timelines until he discovered what he had done wrong. We saw almost all his lives during all these decades we've been in Pluto's Palace."
"But why did you send Kyn's essence with him?!", asked Moon Fox.
"I thought you had seen how she had changed after all the time we've been here. We all changed, but she never forgave me for being the one who killed one of her friends... and you know that I'm not talking about Art. That was leading her to a depression... so I made her sleep and decided to help them."
"Chronos, that is NOT a good reason for messing up that Timeline", said Firebird, sitting by his side and facing him. "Kyn was NEVER in love with Art. Sending her to Tieko Aikawa's body will only make things more difficult to him. And that doesn't explain why did you also send part of YOUR essence there."
"Oh, that's more simple than adding two and two!"
"So...?"
"I had so much fun when all that happened in our Timeline... I couldn't let her have all the fun alone", answered Chronos, grinning.
"And here we have good n' old Martin back...", laughed Moon Fox, resting his body on the chair.
***
When Arthur opened his eyes, he could only see the blue sky, feel the cool wind on his face and the angels passing by. One of them was looking at him, with worry on her black eyes. "She is so cute...", he thought, without strength to stand up or even reach her face with his hands.
But he DID find some strength to stand up and jump on her lap when he felt a wet thing giving him a tongue kiss.
"My, are you really THAT afraid of dogs, Arthur?!", asked Cat, wishing she had a camera to take a photo of that scene.
"Don't you dare tell this to the boys, OK, Cat?", said Tieko, ready to drop Arthur on the floor, when she heard a car coming nearby. "To the ground, Arthur."
"I think Grandma's got new neighbors...", sighed Cat, looking at the silver Scénic that was parking on a house nearby. "And that means that soon she will say 'Catherin, my dear, why don't you go to the new neighbor's house to invite him or her to a walk by the neighborhood?"...", she singed, bending her head side to side with a funny face.
"Hey, Cat", said Arthur, having a very deep breath to gain a little more courage and stop acting like a chicken in front of the girl he wanted to date. "If you have your grandma living here, not too far from Fallen College, why are you at the girls' dormitory?"
Cat frowned and put her hands on her jacket's pockets. "Because I don't own a car and I would have to wake up too early to get to College on time."
She sat down on the grass and started patting her dog, looking at Tieko's face. Her cheeks were red, as if she was shy for being there with Arthur. He also seemed uncomfortable, while trying to be as far as possible from the dog AND trying to get close to Tieko at the same time. An impossible task, in Cat's opinion. That was going to be a very very boring Sunday... if a tall, handsome young man of blue hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark blue sweater over a white formal shirt, didn't appear on the garden with a incredible charming smile on his face.
"Excuse me, I'm the new neighbor", he said, offering his hand to Catherin. "I would like to introduce myself. My name is Aindrea Terence."
"Ni... nice to meet you. My name is Catherin McKinnion, but... it's my grandmother who lives here. I'm going to call her", and she ran inside before anyone else could say anything.
"Wow... I didn't knew that Cat was so shy", said Tieko, feeling the wind that passed by her when Cat ran inside the house.
"Neither did I", said Arthur, standing up and looking at Aindrea. "Sorry if I'm being noisy, but are you attending Fallen College?"
"Yes, I am", he answered, noticing that Arthur had bent his body a little to the side, maybe because Tieko had poked him in a very strong way. "I've been transferred to the first class of this season."
"Pleased -ouch- to meet you... -you could poke a little less harder, Tieko- Aindrea. I'm Arthur Crossroads, second grader of Fallen College... -this hurts-."
"I'm Tieko Aikawa", she said, giving a very angry look to Arthur. "Exchange student from Brazil."
Suddently, Cat's grayhound started to bark very angrily at something on the air. Wind started to blow in the garden and a very loud girlish laugh could be heard anywhere in the neighborhood. Arthur went close to Tieko and passed his arms around her shoulders, trying to get her away from the place where the dog was looking at. Aindrea stepped back, but something made him stay and wait for what would happen.
Catherin heard the laughter from inside the house and ran quickly to the garden, worried with Tieko. That Kaze-something had promised she would come back, specially after Cat had cut her face and ruined her reputation, defeating her on battle. She would want revenge and she had to finish her mission. That would mean taking Tieko to her dimension and that Cat wouldn't allow.
She was Saturn Guardian. And she wouldn't allow that some weird creature from another dimension just went there to mess up all her life and her friends' lives.
"Saturn Violet Power!!!"
***
When Saturn Guardian finally got outside the house, all she could see was Kazeko laughing like a hyena, without seeing that Tieko, Aindrea and Arthur were running on the tip of their feet, trying to get out of there without calling her attention. Aindrea waved to them, whispering something that could be translated as 'let's go to my house before she notices that we're not there anymore'.
"You were defeated once and you didn't learn to pay more attention, Kazeko?!", laughed Siren, with her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Do you want more razor cuts?"
"Wha-", gasped Kazeko, looking down and realizing that she was alone in the garden, only with Siren looking at her. She closed her fist and made a really angry face, shouting "You, whose hair is blue as the deep glacial ice! REVEAL YOUR TRUE IDENTITY AND COME FORTH! And you", she looked at Cat's dog. "Quiet", and the grayhound was tossed to the neighbor's garden with a wind created by one single movement of the youma.
When Kazeko finished her speech, Aindrea stopped running and grabbed his head with both hands, screaming with pain. He soon fell to his knees and bent his body, as if he wanted to protect himself. Tieko went closer to him, worried, and was about to touch his shoulder when he stood up, his eyes shining red. A scream of fear came from Tieko's mouth and she began to step back, trying to get away from Aindrea.
"Get away from her!", shouted Arthur, jumping over Aindrea.
Siren didn't know what to do. She knew that Arthur would try anything to protect Tieko, for what she had seen on his eyes, but Aindrea - or whatever he was - sure was stronger than a common human. But she couldn't go to help Arthur, or Kazeko would be free to do what she wanted to.
"Arthur, you will have to handle that on your own!", shouted Siren, taking battle position and making a glaive appear on her right hand. "I'll take care of Ms. Laughter here!"
"OK! I'll try to... -gah!-", answered Arthur, right before having his throat almost smashed by Aindrea's hands.
Tieko gasped when saw Aindrea suffocating Arthur and ran to get a small branch that had fallen from the tree. She closed her eyes while attacking Aindrea's back with it, using all her strength, but all she did was call his attention to her and he released Arthur, who fell on the ground, breathing hard. He began to walk on her direction, with an evil smile on his face.
"NO!", shouted Siren, looking at Tieko's direction.
"Now, who isn't paying attention on the battle?", said Kazeko, grinning. "Take THIS!"
Kazeko joined both hands in front of her body and aimed at Siren. A strong whirlwind came from her hands and lifted Siren from the ground, taking her almost to the top of the tree Arthur had been some minutes before. With a smile on her face, Kazeko lowered her hands and the wind stopped blowing, letting Siren fall.
"God, this is going to HURT!", thought Siren, trying to think quickly in a way to soften her crash on the hard ground.
"Looks like there's nobody else to stop me from taking you now, young lady...", said Kazeko, getting closer to Tieko, walking slowly.
Arthur's eyes grew wide with horror when he saw Aindrea grabbing Tieko's arm, making her scream. He began to desperate, but something within his mind told him that she wasn't a common girl, that she wasn't defenseless. His old headache returned, after months, making him fell to his knees, unable to keep his head up. He held his head with both hands, curling like a ball, trying to ignore the pain he was feeling.
-She is not defenseless and you know that.-
-You know that she's not a common girl.-
-You know that she can handle that by herself.-
-She's not a common human and neither are YOU!-
-You carry a secret in your soul, set it free!-
-SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS ANYMORE!-
-You are afraid of what can happen in the future.-
-You can't let this fear take over of your will.-
-You know that this decision can change your life.-
-You know that this decision can change your destiny.-
-Everything is on you now. What will you choose?-
"Shall we go, young lady? After taking you, I...", said Kazeko, stopping when something on Tieko's forehead began to shine. "I see. It was really after you that I had to go. You're the one."
"NO!", shouted Arthur, standing up slowly, a golden shine coming from his forehead. His brown hair was being messed up by some kind of wind that lifted the hair that fell on his face, revealing a magic symbol. "You will have to kill me first! Earth Destiny Power!!!"
"Wha-", gasped Siren, while managing to stab her glaive at the wall of Grandma McKinnion's wooden house. "Arthur is..."
A golden light surrounded Arthur's body, and his clothes were also changed. When the transformation sequence finished, he stood there with black pants and black boots, that were so alike that seemed that it was an only piece of clothing, and a white shirt underneath a brown leather jacket, with a white bracket with the symbol of Earth on his right arm. On the place where Siren had her belt, Arthur had black stripes of cloth, that were moving with the wind that passed by. He also had a long sword at his back.
He withdrew the sword from its accabard and took battle position, preparing himself to attack.
"My, my, looks like there's no end to surprises here", said Kazeko, moving her left arm to her front, creating a whirlwind on his direction, trying to make him fly away from the garden, but Arthur jumped over the wind and, with a somersault, landed right behind Kazeko, poking her with the tip of his sword.
"So, Kazeko, what will you do now?", he asked, with an evil grin on his face. "Retreat... or die?"
"We shall meet again, young warrior", she answered, disappearing in the air.
"What a short battle", said Siren, landing safely on the ground. "But what will we do with HIM?"
Aindrea's eyes were still shining red and his face hadn't turn back to normal. With Kazeko's retreat, he had let Tieko go and seemed as if he was confused, without knowing what to do. He looked everywhere, before taking battle position and preparing himself to attack the two warriors.
"He's Kazeko's creation", said Arthur, getting his sword. "I don't think we have another choice but destroy him."
"Are you really sure of it?", asked Siren, making her glaive disappear. "Maybe if we wait a bit more..."
"Do you think I'm going to wait until he attacks us?", replied Arthur, going on Aindrea's direction. "You seemed to be a nice guy, Aindrea, sorry about this", and he lifted his sword and prepared himself to attack.
"NO!", yelled Tieko, surprising Siren and Arthur, who stopped his attack and lowered his sword. She ran between Aindrea and Arthur and opened her arms. "You won't kill him, Arthur."
"Get out of the way, Tieko! He can attack you!", shouted Arthur, angrily.
"I won't! I know we can find a way to bring him back to normal! It's just a matter of time!", she continued yelling, shaking her head, having tears on her eyes.
"It's just a matter of time until he gets you! Remember what Kazeko said, 'reveal your true identity'! That's what he really is!", and Arthur raised his sword once again.
"If you want to do so, kill me first! I will NOT be responsible for an innocent's death!"
Siren noticied that Aindrea's eyes stopped shining when he heard Tieko's last sentence. His body was shaking and he curled himself, surprising Tieko and Arthur. It was like he was remembering something from a distant past.
***
"ENOUGH, ART!", she yelled, running between Art and the young blue-haired man, using her kodachi to block Art's sword. "This is only a practice, not a real battle."
"How will he be prepared for a real battle if you don't let me teach him the fear of feeling death nearby?", said Art, smirking.
"We are NOT warriors, Art of Endymion", she continued, helping the other man to stand up. "We are defenders. Don't ever forget that. Are you OK, Amerin?"
"Kyn, you'll spoil the boy...", Art laughed, placing his sword in its accabard. "I do know that we aren't warriors, but how will we be able to protect something if we aren't able to fight?"
"We will protect time with our true skills", she answered, helping Amerin to walk. "That's our duty. That is why we are training so hard."
***
Suddently, Aindrea's body started to be surrounded by a dark blue light, making Arthur, Tieko and Siren get away from him. The light got stronger, making them close their eyes.
When they were able to open their eyes again, all they saw was an unconscious young man wearing almost the same clothes Kenneth wore as Jupiter Guardian, but in different colors. His shirt was dark blue and his boots were light blue. An acquamarine was shining on the middle of his tiara.
"Amerin...!", gasped Arthur, staring at Aindrea.
*** Author's notes ***
OK, I think you must be wanting to put a bounty on my head with all this crazy story I'm writing and all these unknown terms I'm using. You DO deserve an explanation...
The Destiny Kishi: They are a group of characters I created based on my Brazilian friends. They are from a fanfic called "Tempest of Illusions" that isn't translated to English (it's TOO BIG) and are disciples of Sailor Pluto. They are divided like the Sailor Senshi, named after the planets they are from and have a relationship with the Senshi, in their original story.
OBS: The names were changed because they are difficult to say in English. The only one that I kept in the original version was Martin's, because it's easier to an English speaker to say "Martin Siu" rather than "Daniel Graminho" or "Paolla Matsuura". Believe me, people hardly could say my name when I was at England.
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|Planet | Real Name |Selenit Name| Senshi Relationship | Alternative Story Name |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Moon | Henrique Loyola | Moon Fox | None | Henrique "Rick" Luders |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Mercury| Paolla Limy | Kyn | Sailor Mercury's twin | Tieko Aikawa |
| | Matsuura | | sister | |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Mars | Daniel Graminho | Aleph | Sailor Mars' cousin | Daniel Luders |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Jupiter| Helio Perroni | Silver Sky | None | Doesn't appear on the |
| | Filho | | | alternative series |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Venus | Edson Makoto | Firebird | Sailor Venus adoptive | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | Kimura | | brother | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Earth | Not related to a | Art | Prince Endymion's cousin | Arthur Crossroads |
| | true person | | | |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Uranus | Ricardo Gen | Seph | None | Doesn't appear on the |
| | | | | alternative series |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Neptune| Not related to a | Neko | None | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | true person | | | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Pluto | Martin Siu | Chronos | Sailor Pluto's son | Martin Siu |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Saturn | Not related to a | Kare | None | Appears only in Pluto's |
| | true person | | | Palace |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
The Planet Guardians: They didn't exist in the original stories of the Destiny Kishi. Their story will be explained during "A New Chance".
The Names: As "Jikan no Senshi Destiny Kishi" was created after another fanfic series, called SM-NDK (Sailor Moon and The Dimensional Key), from Exodus Fanfictions (sorry... Portuguese only), I used the Selenit names currently used by Exodus Fanfictions' members.
Sailor Moon = Princess Serenity (Princess of the Moon)
Sailor Mercury = Saphir (Princess of Mercury)
Sailor Mars = Fihar (Princess of Mars)
Sailor Jupiter = Juno (Princess of Jupiter)
Sailor Venus = Shine (Princess of Venus)
Sailor Uranus = Amber (Princess of Uranus)
Sailor Neptune = Marine (Princess of Neptune)
Sailor Saturn = Onyx (Princess of Saturn - the Messiah)
Sailor Pluto = Fate (Guardian of Time)
Tuxedo Kamen = Prince Endymion (Prince of Earth)
In SM-NDK, we name our characters after the Royal House of the planet they were born/raised. That's why Aleph say "Kyn of Saphir" (even though Kyn is also a princess, the main princess is Saphir, the chosen one to be Sailor Mercury) and Chronos say "Firebird of Shine". The Planet Guardians, though, are NOT named like that, because the "Alternative Stories of The Destiny Kishi" is not a part of SM-NDK (that's the REAL reason. The FIC reason is because they are minor warriors when aside with the Senshi and the Kishi, but not less important), so they have the name of the planet they are from, like "Siren of Saturn" and "Gin of Jupiter".
Thanks for your patience for reading all this!
Paolla Limy Matsuura, a.k.a. Tieko Aikawa
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