Prince of the Light

By Kirin Li

~I don't own these.

Kirin: Hm. ..Maybe I don't have writer's block after all!

Yugi: That's good, because it's not fair when you two know what's gonna happen and I don't!

Kirin: But Yugi, the story will be so much better when you don't know what is going to happen. At this point, anything could happen!

Yami: Let's just go to the story and maybe Yugi will stop complaining.

Yugi: Shows how smart you are!

Yami: Hey! **confused and mad**

Kirin: **sweat drop** Uh. . .On with the chapter?

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Chapter 12- The Next Minion

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Yumi roll onto her back, flinging her left arm onto the other side of the bed, as she slowly awoke the next morning. "Humph." She cracked open an eye and looked next to her. A small smile lifted the corners of her lips as she saw just who her arm had landed on. "Ouch! That hurt! Ya know, your arm is like a baseball bat!" Haruka whined as she sat up and rubbed her shoulder, wincing. She looked down at Yumi who smiled and gave Haruka's right shoulder a little kiss. "I'm sorry." She said. "Ah-uh, sure." Yumi looked at her, hurt in her eyes. "I wouldn't do it on purpose, I swear! I forgot you were there!" she said. Haruka smiled, winking at her. "Hey! You were jok-" she was interrupted by Haruka kissing her. A deep blush covered Yumi's cheeks as Haruka pulled back. "Don't do that!" she huffed and got out of the bed. "What?"

"Don't do those kind of jokes! I don't like them and you know it!"

Haruka chuckled. "I won't" she said. Yumi glared back at her from the door. "You had better not." She said and walked out of the room. She fixed her black tank top, pulling the bottom part down to cover part of her short gray shorts. Haruka walked out of the room after her, wearing the same kind of thing but with black shorts. Yumi sat on the couch and turned on the radio using the remote. She closed her eyes and listened to the nice song that was on. She felt the couch shift as Haruka sat next to her. "Are you still mad about that?" Haruka asked softly. Yumi sighed and shook her head. "No, of course not." Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Yumi opened her eyes and looked at the clock. "Who could that be this early?" she asked. Haruka shrugged and got up to answer it.

Opening the door, she found Darien standing there. "Oh, hi! What are you doing here so early?" she asked. "Actually I was sent here by Luna and Artemis." He said. "Come in." Haruka stepped back and Darien walked in, followed here by two cats. "Long time no see, guys." She said. "Yes, sorry about that." Luna replied. They walked into the living room and Yumi sat up. "Hello, Darien." She said. She then noticed the cats and smiled at them. "It has been a very long time." Luna said as she jumped up onto the coffee table and sat in front of Yumi. She bowed. "Your Majesty." Yumi nodded back. "Luna. You don't have to call me that, you know. I won't get mad." Luna nodded. "Oh, yes, of course."

"Down to business." Artemis said, jumping up next to Luna. "Bunny has told us everything. About you, your brothers- from the past and present- and about the Lost Scouts. We already knew about them, but not how to awaken or even find them!" he said. "We were afraid that one day Karla would find a way out of that dimension, and now she has. Do you have any idea what will happen if she succeeds to get out?" Luna asked. Yumi nodded. "Yes, she will take revenge on not only those who destroyed her, but also on the universe." Yumi replied. "That's right. And it's YOUR responsibility to protect the universe, for all of eternity." Yumi sighed and sat back on the couch. "I know. You don't have to remind me, Luna." She said, sadness in her voice.

"I, unfortunately, am not the only one that must endure that responsibility."

"What do you mean?" Darien asked. "I mean that I must share that responsibility with one other."

Luna looked at her, surprised. "Who?" Yumi looked to a closed bedroom door. "Yuki." Haruka said quietly. "Who's Yuki?" Luna asked, ears up and listening curiously. She looked at all three of the humans. "I'm Yuki." A young voice said. Yumi, Haruka, Darien, Luna, and Artemis looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yuki, staring at them in his pajamas. He blinked at all of them. "What responsibility do I also have?" he asked, looking to his mother. "When did you-?" She sighed and shook her head. "Never mind. Yuki, come here."

He obediently walked over and sat next to her. "You may not believe me, but . . ." she paused trying to figure out a way to tell him the truth. "A long time ago, I was known as Princess Yumi Serenity. I had a younger brother, Prince Yami, and a baby sister, Princess Serenity. My mother, Queen Serenity, was a very powerful Queen and ruled over the entire solar system." Yuki nodded, wanting to hear all of it before he spoke.

"Back then, I was with Haruka, as I am now. She was known as Princess Haruka and she had a little brother called Prince Yugi. And Darien was known as Prince Endymion. I was the First Crown Princess of the Moon Kingdom, Darien was the Crown Prince of Earth. And Haruka was the First Crown Princess of Uranus. Others were Princess Anzu and Princess Hotaru of Saturn, Princes Seto and Honda and Princess Michiru of Neptune, Princess Rae and Prince Katsuya of Mars, Princess Makoto and Prince Ryou of Jupiter, Princess Ami and Prince Mokuba of Mercury, Princesses Minako and Mai of Venus, and Princess Setsuna of Pluto. We still are the Princes and Princesses of those Planets, and also the Sailor Scouts and Guardians of them, as well. Your father, Toya, was also one of us. His name was Prince Toya, the Prince of Pluto and Setsuna's little brother." Yumi said. She looked at her son, expecting him to not believe her.

"So your saying that you guys and your friends are Princes and Princesses of the planets and are also Sailors?" he asked. Yumi nodded. To her surprise, Yuki's eyes lit up. "Alright!! I'm the son of a Princess! I'm a Prince of the Moon!!!" he began dancing around. "Y-your happy? And you believe me??" he stopped and looked up at her. " 'Course I believe you!" he said. "Yuki," he turned around and faced Haruka. "You understand that now you can't let anyone know, right? This has to stay a secret!" he nodded. "You can trust me!" he turned back to Yumi. "So when can I become a Sailor Guardian, too?"

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"ZARLIN!" Queen Karla's angry voice echoed through the throne chamber, causing all of the minions in it to tremble in fright. Swirls of dark energy appeared and Zarlin appeared, bowing to the Queen. "Yes, My Queen?" Zarlin said, straightening up. "Zander has failed." Queen Karla hissed. "I'm sorry, My Queen. I warned him not to underestimate the Sailor Scouts and Princes, but he didn't listen-"

"Enough. I'm warning you, Zarlin. If you disappoint me again, I will get another to take your place." Zarlin's eyes widened. "But Queen, I am the best of your Generals!" Zarlin said. "Silence! I'll give you another chance. If three more of your minions fail, you shall be the one to pay for their arrogance. Understood?" Zarlin bowed again. "Yes, My Queen. I understand." She then disappeared from the room.

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Zarlin appeared in her chambers and walked over to her full-length mirror, glaring into it. "Zander was a mistake. The arrogant fool, how could I even think he was worthy to do anything." She hissed. "Show me, what is the weakness of the Sailor Scouts. What is most precious to them."

Replying to her order, the mirror began to glow and an image of two boys faded into view. Zarlin's eyes widened. One of the two boys had spiky tri-colored hair and stunning purple eyes, and the other was a bit shorter then the first and had messy black hair and sapphire colored eyes. "The young Prince!" Zarlin gasped. Her eyes drifted to the young boy he laughed with. "But who is he?" she asked. She shook her head. "He is of no importance, but . . . it would be most impossible to get Prince Yugi." Her eyes narrowed as she noticed something strange.

'The look in Prince Yugi's eyes . . . it's . . .' she gasped as she realized what the look was. "Care? He cares for this little brat?" Just then, the sailors, in their true identities, Haruka, Yumi, Yami, and Darien came into the picture. They all laughed happily. "They have the same look! Could it be? Is he the one that all of the Sailor Scouts care about so dearly?" she continued to watch for a moment longer. The boy looked up to Yumi, his eyes smiling with great affection.

"Hmm . . . Yes, he is their greatest weakness."

The image faded and Zarlin turned and walked away, disappearing into a portal.

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Zarlin appeared high above the area of the park where the group was enjoying the nice weather of the day. She glared down at them, an evil smile upon her lips. She stayed there, unnoticed, watching them patiently. "Alan." Behind her, black rose pedals flew in circles and a young man appeared. He floated up beside her. "You called?" he asked. Zarlin turned her eyes to him, her arms folded across her chest. "Yes. You see that large group down their." He smiled and nodded. Zarlin turned completely to him. "You know who they are?" she asked, her eyes narrowed. He looked away from the group. "Of course. The Princesses Yumi Serenity, Serenity, the Princes Yami, Yugi, and some of their guardians." Zarlin smiled in approval.

"Good. Zander was a complete disappointment to me. He had too many failures and he was arrogant. He was killed by the young Prince Yugi. Queen Karla isn't happy one bit with his failure. She won't tolerate many more. Can you handle what he could not?" Alan nodded, a smile turning up the corners of his lips. "Of course. I am much more loyal and responsible than Zander could have hoped to be." Zarlin smiled. "Good to hear. See the young boy down there?" Alan turned his dark purple eyes to the group again. "Yes."

"He is their weakness. If you get him, you'll be able to destroy the pesky Sailors and we'll be unstoppable. How you use him is up to you." Alan nodded and narrowed his eyes as he watched them. "Two more things. Don't disturb them right now, it wouldn't be wise. Also, if you fail, you'll be at Queen Karla's mercy." Zarlin hissed. "I understand. I'll not fail." Zarlin looked back down at the group, then floated, quickly, backward and vanished.

"Hm . . . Now to see who that kid is, and why he's so important." Alan disappeared and then reappeared behind a tree, near the group. With his back against the trunk, he listened to them, eyes narrow.

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"So you know everything?" Yugi asked Yuki. He nodded. "I overheard them talking in the living room this morning with two cats. I heard something about me and sharing a responsibility, so I went out and asked about it." He replied. "And they just told you?" Rae asked. Yumi giggled. "You sound surprised. Why wouldn't I tell him? I hated having secrets from him, and now I don't." Rae nodded. "Yeah, but. . ."

"Oh, it's fine, Rae. Lighten up. Anyway, he has Silver Millennium blood in his veins he should know everything. It's only fair!" Bunny said.

"Yeah, I know." Rae said, giving it up. "Enough chit chat, let's have fun!" Yugi said. Everyone looked at him, surprised, but then smiled. "Come on!" Yugi said impatiently. Yuki laughed and began to race Yugi. The others sweat dropped as they watched. "He had too much sugar today." Yami said. "Found your stash, did he?" Yumi asked, laughing. Yami frowned. She began laughing harder. "I'll take that as a yes." Yami glared at her. "Oh, I'm so scared." She teased. Yami growled deep in his throat. "Anyway, Yuki stunned us all today." She said, changing the subject.

"How?" Minako asked. "He wants to become a Sailor Guardian." Darien answered as he watched Yugi and Yuki laughing. "He what?!" the five sailors said in unison. "But, Rini didn't even start her training until about a year ago, and she's eleven!" Bunny said. "I know." Darien replied. "You two aren't going to let him start training, are you?" Makoto asked. Haruka shrugged. "Don't know. We haven't decided yet." Haruka said. Yumi nodded. "I'd like to take him somewhere, first. Maybe to see Seto."

"That would be a good idea. Seto might have something to teach him. Mokuba would, too. He is the youngest Guardian, after all." Yumi nodded in agreement.

"I feel insulted. You don't even think about me teaching him anything?" a voice asked from behind them. They turned around, startled by the voice. "I'm sorry, Mai." Mai smiled and shook her head. "No, it's fine. Don't be sorry, Yumi. I'm not mad. Taking him to those two would be a good idea. He might even end up learning how to play Duel Monsters." She replied. "Eheheh, knowing Seto, he will." Yumi said, sweat dropping slightly.

"Why don't you teach me yourself?" Yuki said, startling everyone. They turned around and saw Yuki and Yugi walking up to them. "I don't think you'd like that, not if she's anything like Gramps." Jounouchi said, walking up behind Mai. "He's one tough teacher!" he said. "Yeah, really. He had you whipped out during your training. You even fell asleep standing up one day!" Jounouchi glared back to Honda, who was behind him. "Shut up." Honda smiled widely. "But why? I'm just agreeing with you!"

"Yea, sure ya are." Jounouchi said flatly. Anzu and Bakura walked up to stand by them. "They're like this all the time." Anzu said, her arms folded across her chest. "Hey, guys! What are you doing here?" Yugi asked. "Actually, I'm not sure why." Anzu replied. Bakura nodded. "We were walking around and found ourselves walking here with Mai." He said. They turned to Mai. "Well, I . . . uh . . ." she put a hand behind her head, sweat dropping, and chuckled nervously. "I just felt that I had to come here. I'm not sure why, though. . ."

"Maybe you were subconsciously replying to the Princess's subconscious call." Someone said from behind Yugi. Everyone turned and faced the newcomer. "Seto! What are you doing here? Don't you have work?" Yugi asked. "He works on the weekends?" Bunny asked. "My brother works all the time." Mokuba said. "Hi, Yugi!" Yugi smiled brightly at seeing his young friend. "Two reunions in two days. How funny." Mai said. "Well, as Seto said, I'm calling you guys." Yumi said, shrugging. "So then it isn't subconscious?" Seto asked, raising an eyebrow. Yumi shook her head. "Nope. We need to discuss some things."

"Like what?" Anzu asked. Yumi motioned for all of them to fallow her. "We need to go somewhere more private. Wouldn't want Zarlin's next minion to overhear us." She said. The others froze. "There was someone listening to our conversation?" Jounouchi asked stiffly. Yumi turned around, smiling, with her hands folded behind her. "Yeah, there was, but he left before you guys came. The moron probably thought he got the information he wanted and left to go make some sort of plan to try and kill us all, especially me." She said simply. She turned and walked down the sidewalk, the others following. "How is it I didn't sense him?" Yami asked. "I guess because you weren't paying attention." Yumi held her hand out for Yuki, who gladly took it and walked beside her. "I really have no control over it. I can sense when negative energy is near me, even when I'm not paying attention and even when it's faint." She said.

"Uh, where are we going?" Bunny suddenly questioned. They had exited the park and were now going toward Rae's shrine. "We are going to meet up with the other scouts. They're waiting for us at the shrine." She answered. After a while of walking, the group came to a tall staircase, leading to the shrine that Dainichi had taken them to.

"Welcome to the Mutoh Sun Shrine." Yumi said as they reached the top of the steps. "The Mutoh Sun Shrine? Why don't I know of this?" Yugi asked, eyes wide at the sight before him. "Mother told me of it and brought me here often, when we were 'going shopping.' She said that her mother brought her here when she was a child. This shrine belongs to the women of the Mutoh family." She said. She sat down on the high deck that ran around the building. "Why does it only belong to the women of the Mutoh family? Why doesn't Grandpa know about this?"

Yumi smiled and shook her head. "He does know of it." She laughed at the confused faces. The paper door behind her opened and Setsuna, Michiru, Rini, and Hotaru stepped out. "Your grandfather was told everything when Yumi was a baby, I had to explain it all to him personally." Setsuna said. "Hence the reason he called me 'Princess' over the phone the other day. He knew all along and kept it hidden from us VERY well." Rini laughed. "Well, it wouldn't have been a good thing for you to know who you really were when you were still a child."

"Even though you knew in your most recent life, it wouldn't have been a good thing for you to remember it in this life." Hotaru said. Yumi nodded. "This shrine was built by our ancestor, the couple who would create our family. They both knew, somehow, that they would have a descendant that was special. A girl that was an Egyptian princess and Empress in her previous life and who always had and always would be the Princess of the Universe, it's guardian for all of eternity."

"However, they did not know that two of their descendants would be special." Setsuna added. "This place is guarded by a force field that prevents any evil people from getting in. You could call it the Sailor Sanctuary." Yumi said. "Okay, now why are we here?" Rini asked. "Hmm, yes." Yumi nodded, thinking to herself. She stood up and began walking around, pacing. "Yumi?" Yami asked, raising an eyebrow as he watched her.

"You should all know as much about the enemy as I do. Now, you know about Karla and you know who is planning to set her free. The thing you don't know is what Zarlin is." Yumi sighed. "This would be a lot easier if I had some one to help explain it all." She muttered to herself.

"Well then, I suppose you'd like me to help you." A voice said.

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Kirin: I finally got this chapter finished! ^-^" And I've had all the time in the world to do it, too.

Yugi: Well at least you did it.

Yami: Uh hu. The readers are lucky. They get two chapter s because FF.N isn't up until sometime within next week.

Kirin: -_- I miss my stories. I've read them over and over again and it's getting boring. I NEED NEW CHAPTERS!!!

Yugi: Calm down, Kirin! I'm sure that as soon as it's back up, you'll have your new chapters to read. Anyway, please R+R. I like all the reviews that she has!! Please give her more!!

Yami: YUGI!! It's not nice to beg the readers for more reviews!

Yugi: **points to Kirin** She likes to.

Kirin: **twitches**

Yami: **Looks at Kirin** Uh. . . .Why don't you just write the next chapter now and ignore Yugi?!

Kirin: **through clenched teeth** Good idea.