Chapter 13 - Our Real Enemy
"I'm gonna freeze this space and time
Rise to meet the call
Seize the moment, make it mine
And through it all"
-= Laura Pausini - The Extra Mile =-
"Aimeko, Venus Guardian", said Kyn, lowering the kodachi that was on her hand. "You say that we're fighting against the wrong person, but can you say who is our real enemy?"
"You are the Second Princess of Mercury, Kyn of Saphir. Intelligence and wisdom are part of your soul, can't you guess whom I'm talking about?", replied Aimeko, walking through their direction. "Who are the ones that have on their hands the power of changing History?"
"You talk with riddles, Guardian", said Hinoko, looking a bit annoyed with that. "And I must confess that I'm getting tired of all this. Nobody can change History."
Silence was the only answer they had for a couple of minutes - time enough for the other Guardians reach the place where a fight was happening. After all, light blasts and screams can be heard miles away from where they began. And it was just when Art of Endymion came close to the three girls that a female voice answered Aimeko's question.
"I can", said Kyn, startling Hinoko and the other Guardians. "WE can."
"Wha- what are you talking about, Tieko?!", shouted Cat, running to gather by her side.
"I am Mercury Destiny Kishi. And the Destiny Kishi have the gift... or may I say... the curse of being able to change History", she continued, pointing her right hand towards Art. "But the worst part of all this is that I'm afraid that... that I really am the one who began all this. This story is much longer than any of you can recall."
Art suddently opened his eyes widely and a flash of light made he blind for some seconds. He stopped moving and looked to the horizon, while the nightmares that haunted his sleep for years took a coherent sequence. Then he understood that they were his last life events.
"I don't think that telling everything that happened during the Silver Millenium will be important now", and she looked at Hinoko, who seemed to be curious. "But one thing that happened eighteen years ago is."
***
"We shall be together forever, sweetheart."
Kyn couldn't answer Art's words. She knew that the Crystal Weapon was a threaten against her life and against the whole world she loved.
"Kyn-chan... hottokenai yo...", whispered Sailor Mercury, looking to her sister without being able to do nothing.
And it was for her sister's sake that, even with tears in her eyes, Kyn closed her fist and yelled the words Art knew he would hear. Death's sweet words...
"Mercury Destiny POWER!!!", a blue aura surrounded the girl's body and her eyes lost her pupils. She didn't see anymore, she just knew what she had to do to protect her own life and to protect Mercury's energy, essencial to remake the Timeline.
She couldn't die. She didn't wait twenty thousand years to reborn and lose her life for a insane love. She wasn't going to die, not after all that happened... she would keep her promise and her words she had given to Sailor Pluto. She wouldn't allow herself to die. Not like that.
"Water FLASH!!!", and the energy of Mercury Destiny Kishi's attack concentrated in Art's belly, in the moment when he was about to thrust the blade of his Crystal Weapon in Kyn's back.
***
"You mean that...", gasped Selen, holding thigh on Gin's hands.
"Yes. I killed him", Kyn answered with a calm voice. "And, decades after that, the Destiny Kishi made an important decision."
***
"After so many years, we have your veredict", said Aleph, stepping forward, followed by Kyn. "Your acts against that Timeline have been analysed and now we have decided what you deserve."
"But that's something we thought it would be better to be said by other person rather than me", continued Chronos, holding a strange weapon. The one called Unseelie Holy. "Kyn of Saphir, please..."
The blue-haired woman stepped forward and took a deep breath before saying anything. She was beautiful as Art could remember. "Art of Endymion, for your crimes against all Timelines and for breaking the Code of Caronte, source of our rules, you are sentenced to reborn in any Timeline chosen randomly and to live as many lives are necessary for you to learn the true meaning of love and loyalty", she stopped for some seconds to clean a tear that was falling on her face. "In every life you have, you shall meet my counterpart and have a new chance with her. That shall repeat until you learn what is true Love."
"May Kyn of Saphir's words become true", said Chronos, letting the Unseelie Holy on the table and picking up the Time Staff. The Garnet Orb began to shine and Art's body vanished once more. "And may Serenity guide your lives."
***
Kyn picked up a silver pen from her pocket and showed it to the Guardians. "This is Mercury's Silver Pen. One of the nine artifacts that can rewrite the scenes of any timeline, but only with the Time Staff's blessing."
Amerin had his hand on his chin, as if he was trying to assimilate all the information that Kyn had said and combinate it with his own memories from the Silver Millenium. But was Hinoko who asked the question that he wanted to ask.
"You said that you need the Time Staff's blessing", said Hinoko. "But shouldn't it be with the Guardian of Time?"
"It should be. Chronos, Sailor Pluto's son, is the true heir to the Time Staff", answered Art, coming close to Kyn. I can remember now... he was the one who gave me a second chance in this Timeline. A second chance in this world.
***
"A time-space key. What... wait, you can't be serious about that. It's against the rules. A Destiny Kishi cannot travel in time to change its History!"
"Unless the time-space key is given to him by the Guardian of Time", replied Chronos, holding the Time Staff on his right hand. "My mother is dead. I'm the new Guardian of Time. And I give you the permission you need to do so, Earth Destiny Kishi."
"You mean that..."
"Your memory shall be partially erased. Flashbacks shall come in your dreams and you shall also lose your eternity, but not your soul. But then you will be able to meet her again and to change this future."
"Chronos, I...", he gasped, almost crying.
"Don't say anything."
***
"Everything that happened in these days were meant to happen", said Aimeko, with a knowledge that she didn't even know where had come from. The words just came to her mind and she felt that telling them was the right thing to do. "They just happened faster than in the first time and that prevented Art from killing his partners before Kyn could awake from her deepest memories."
Silence was the only answer that any of the people there could give. But there were more things that had to be explained and... most strange of all, something told them that all that mystery had to be solved quickly before something terrible happened.
"You mean that Sailor Pluto is dead?", asked Super Sailor Moon, with tears on her eyes. "But... but..."
Sighs and groans were the only reaction for that obvious, but still atonishing question that came from the blond's mouth.
***
Sometimes, we feel as if some facts weren't meant to happen. That was the feeling that crushed into Lady Saphir's heart when she heard the story that Kyn was telling by the mirrors of that Timeline. Something was wrong in that story, even though she couldn't tell exactly why. Only the ones known as 'Destiny Kishi' would able to... but not all of them were capable of doing it at that moment.
"Aleph, is everything that Aimeko of Venus said correct?", asked Lady Saphir, with tears on her eyes.
"Almost", he answered, with a strange expression in his face. "There is just one part that she didn't tell anybody yet."
"And can you tell us what is it or will it change all that Timeline?", growled Moon Fox, with a not-so-friendly glow in his eyes.
"Of course I can. But we have to find someone first. Has anyone seen Chronos all this time?"
"WHA-", gasped Firebird, making a virtual keyboard appear in his front and typing some commands. "What is happening here?!" All the mirrors in the Silver Hall went blank suddently and nothing seemed to obey Firebird's commands, neither verbal nor digital. "It can't be...!"
"We're out of control!", shouted Seph, running into their direction. "Quick, gather in the middle of the hall! We have to get out of here NOW!"
"But Kyn's still in her room!", exclaimed Sailor Mercury, trying to run while two strong hands held her in the middle of the hall. "I can't leave her!"
"She won't be alone", said Seph, taking a crystal from his pockets and handing it to Moon Fox. "Go to Tieko's Timeline. I'll be right after you, 'kay?"
"Ok. Teleport", and the small group vanished from Pluto, the small planet that held one of the biggest secrets of mankind - the History of Time.
***
Time had stopped in Mornington. At least, that was the feeling that everybody had at that moment. The blue-haired girl that stood up in front of them didn't look like Tieko at all. They seemed to be two different girls, alike only in their appearance, but with different hearts.
"Y' mean all this was meant to happen?", asked Siren, trying to pick up all the pieces of the strange story Aimeko was telling them all.
"Correct", answered Aimeko, looking at the Guardians. "And everything for the sake of the love of one person."
Everybody couldn't help but look towards Art, who lowered his eyes for some seconds. But suddently, he raised his face and threw a small stone in Aimeko's direction, missing her for some inches.
"Are you out of your mind?!", exclaimed Gin, holding Art's arms, trying to stop him.
"I'm not", he mumbled. "Because I've got her, at last! Reveal yourself, Mistress of the Ocean! Neko of Marine!"
And a silver haired girl, with purple eyes, came out from nowhere and looked at them as if they meant nothing to her. With a madly look in her eyes that frightned even Hinoko, who took battle position when she glanced towards her.
With a movement of her arms, the girl threw the unconscious body of a boy that was almost like Martin, and, laughing evilly, she picked up an artifact that no Senshi nor Kishi hadn't at least heard about once in their lives.
The Time Staff.
"I'm gonna freeze this space and time
Rise to meet the call
Seize the moment, make it mine
And through it all"
-= Laura Pausini - The Extra Mile =-
"Aimeko, Venus Guardian", said Kyn, lowering the kodachi that was on her hand. "You say that we're fighting against the wrong person, but can you say who is our real enemy?"
"You are the Second Princess of Mercury, Kyn of Saphir. Intelligence and wisdom are part of your soul, can't you guess whom I'm talking about?", replied Aimeko, walking through their direction. "Who are the ones that have on their hands the power of changing History?"
"You talk with riddles, Guardian", said Hinoko, looking a bit annoyed with that. "And I must confess that I'm getting tired of all this. Nobody can change History."
Silence was the only answer they had for a couple of minutes - time enough for the other Guardians reach the place where a fight was happening. After all, light blasts and screams can be heard miles away from where they began. And it was just when Art of Endymion came close to the three girls that a female voice answered Aimeko's question.
"I can", said Kyn, startling Hinoko and the other Guardians. "WE can."
"Wha- what are you talking about, Tieko?!", shouted Cat, running to gather by her side.
"I am Mercury Destiny Kishi. And the Destiny Kishi have the gift... or may I say... the curse of being able to change History", she continued, pointing her right hand towards Art. "But the worst part of all this is that I'm afraid that... that I really am the one who began all this. This story is much longer than any of you can recall."
Art suddently opened his eyes widely and a flash of light made he blind for some seconds. He stopped moving and looked to the horizon, while the nightmares that haunted his sleep for years took a coherent sequence. Then he understood that they were his last life events.
"I don't think that telling everything that happened during the Silver Millenium will be important now", and she looked at Hinoko, who seemed to be curious. "But one thing that happened eighteen years ago is."
***
"We shall be together forever, sweetheart."
Kyn couldn't answer Art's words. She knew that the Crystal Weapon was a threaten against her life and against the whole world she loved.
"Kyn-chan... hottokenai yo...", whispered Sailor Mercury, looking to her sister without being able to do nothing.
And it was for her sister's sake that, even with tears in her eyes, Kyn closed her fist and yelled the words Art knew he would hear. Death's sweet words...
"Mercury Destiny POWER!!!", a blue aura surrounded the girl's body and her eyes lost her pupils. She didn't see anymore, she just knew what she had to do to protect her own life and to protect Mercury's energy, essencial to remake the Timeline.
She couldn't die. She didn't wait twenty thousand years to reborn and lose her life for a insane love. She wasn't going to die, not after all that happened... she would keep her promise and her words she had given to Sailor Pluto. She wouldn't allow herself to die. Not like that.
"Water FLASH!!!", and the energy of Mercury Destiny Kishi's attack concentrated in Art's belly, in the moment when he was about to thrust the blade of his Crystal Weapon in Kyn's back.
***
"You mean that...", gasped Selen, holding thigh on Gin's hands.
"Yes. I killed him", Kyn answered with a calm voice. "And, decades after that, the Destiny Kishi made an important decision."
***
"After so many years, we have your veredict", said Aleph, stepping forward, followed by Kyn. "Your acts against that Timeline have been analysed and now we have decided what you deserve."
"But that's something we thought it would be better to be said by other person rather than me", continued Chronos, holding a strange weapon. The one called Unseelie Holy. "Kyn of Saphir, please..."
The blue-haired woman stepped forward and took a deep breath before saying anything. She was beautiful as Art could remember. "Art of Endymion, for your crimes against all Timelines and for breaking the Code of Caronte, source of our rules, you are sentenced to reborn in any Timeline chosen randomly and to live as many lives are necessary for you to learn the true meaning of love and loyalty", she stopped for some seconds to clean a tear that was falling on her face. "In every life you have, you shall meet my counterpart and have a new chance with her. That shall repeat until you learn what is true Love."
"May Kyn of Saphir's words become true", said Chronos, letting the Unseelie Holy on the table and picking up the Time Staff. The Garnet Orb began to shine and Art's body vanished once more. "And may Serenity guide your lives."
***
Kyn picked up a silver pen from her pocket and showed it to the Guardians. "This is Mercury's Silver Pen. One of the nine artifacts that can rewrite the scenes of any timeline, but only with the Time Staff's blessing."
Amerin had his hand on his chin, as if he was trying to assimilate all the information that Kyn had said and combinate it with his own memories from the Silver Millenium. But was Hinoko who asked the question that he wanted to ask.
"You said that you need the Time Staff's blessing", said Hinoko. "But shouldn't it be with the Guardian of Time?"
"It should be. Chronos, Sailor Pluto's son, is the true heir to the Time Staff", answered Art, coming close to Kyn. I can remember now... he was the one who gave me a second chance in this Timeline. A second chance in this world.
***
"A time-space key. What... wait, you can't be serious about that. It's against the rules. A Destiny Kishi cannot travel in time to change its History!"
"Unless the time-space key is given to him by the Guardian of Time", replied Chronos, holding the Time Staff on his right hand. "My mother is dead. I'm the new Guardian of Time. And I give you the permission you need to do so, Earth Destiny Kishi."
"You mean that..."
"Your memory shall be partially erased. Flashbacks shall come in your dreams and you shall also lose your eternity, but not your soul. But then you will be able to meet her again and to change this future."
"Chronos, I...", he gasped, almost crying.
"Don't say anything."
***
"Everything that happened in these days were meant to happen", said Aimeko, with a knowledge that she didn't even know where had come from. The words just came to her mind and she felt that telling them was the right thing to do. "They just happened faster than in the first time and that prevented Art from killing his partners before Kyn could awake from her deepest memories."
Silence was the only answer that any of the people there could give. But there were more things that had to be explained and... most strange of all, something told them that all that mystery had to be solved quickly before something terrible happened.
"You mean that Sailor Pluto is dead?", asked Super Sailor Moon, with tears on her eyes. "But... but..."
Sighs and groans were the only reaction for that obvious, but still atonishing question that came from the blond's mouth.
***
Sometimes, we feel as if some facts weren't meant to happen. That was the feeling that crushed into Lady Saphir's heart when she heard the story that Kyn was telling by the mirrors of that Timeline. Something was wrong in that story, even though she couldn't tell exactly why. Only the ones known as 'Destiny Kishi' would able to... but not all of them were capable of doing it at that moment.
"Aleph, is everything that Aimeko of Venus said correct?", asked Lady Saphir, with tears on her eyes.
"Almost", he answered, with a strange expression in his face. "There is just one part that she didn't tell anybody yet."
"And can you tell us what is it or will it change all that Timeline?", growled Moon Fox, with a not-so-friendly glow in his eyes.
"Of course I can. But we have to find someone first. Has anyone seen Chronos all this time?"
"WHA-", gasped Firebird, making a virtual keyboard appear in his front and typing some commands. "What is happening here?!" All the mirrors in the Silver Hall went blank suddently and nothing seemed to obey Firebird's commands, neither verbal nor digital. "It can't be...!"
"We're out of control!", shouted Seph, running into their direction. "Quick, gather in the middle of the hall! We have to get out of here NOW!"
"But Kyn's still in her room!", exclaimed Sailor Mercury, trying to run while two strong hands held her in the middle of the hall. "I can't leave her!"
"She won't be alone", said Seph, taking a crystal from his pockets and handing it to Moon Fox. "Go to Tieko's Timeline. I'll be right after you, 'kay?"
"Ok. Teleport", and the small group vanished from Pluto, the small planet that held one of the biggest secrets of mankind - the History of Time.
***
Time had stopped in Mornington. At least, that was the feeling that everybody had at that moment. The blue-haired girl that stood up in front of them didn't look like Tieko at all. They seemed to be two different girls, alike only in their appearance, but with different hearts.
"Y' mean all this was meant to happen?", asked Siren, trying to pick up all the pieces of the strange story Aimeko was telling them all.
"Correct", answered Aimeko, looking at the Guardians. "And everything for the sake of the love of one person."
Everybody couldn't help but look towards Art, who lowered his eyes for some seconds. But suddently, he raised his face and threw a small stone in Aimeko's direction, missing her for some inches.
"Are you out of your mind?!", exclaimed Gin, holding Art's arms, trying to stop him.
"I'm not", he mumbled. "Because I've got her, at last! Reveal yourself, Mistress of the Ocean! Neko of Marine!"
And a silver haired girl, with purple eyes, came out from nowhere and looked at them as if they meant nothing to her. With a madly look in her eyes that frightned even Hinoko, who took battle position when she glanced towards her.
With a movement of her arms, the girl threw the unconscious body of a boy that was almost like Martin, and, laughing evilly, she picked up an artifact that no Senshi nor Kishi hadn't at least heard about once in their lives.
The Time Staff.