*GIANT SUMMARY*
How Crystal Tokyo Came About
Serenity Sea
PG-13
(Send all feedback to: Serenity_Sea@yahoo.com)
Author's Notes:
Ok guys. I know I haven't updated this story in awhile. One of the reasons is because I can't get online as much as I like. The other is that I have another story, dealing with coffee that just about every SM fan seems to love. I guess what I' trying to explain is my priorities.
Recently, my cousin came for a visit. During her visit, she was reading this story, and laughed quite a bit. This story, as a few of you may know, was my first attempt at 'fan fiction.' One of the things that a writer—any type—comes to learn is how to write. You can all laugh, but that's true. I read this story over and over and I laughed so hard—this is a BAD STORY. You can really tell where I picked up the story and can see how my writing has transformed—Darien isn't calling Serena "Sere' all the time and she's not calling him "Daar." Andrew doesn't talk to Darien calling him dude, and Michiru and Haruka's characters have become more developed.
Ok, well, that was what I COULD TELL from it.
So I am posting a giant, detailed summary that covers chapters 1-7. Chapter 8 is where I picked it up again and am pleased with the way it started turning out.
This also allows me to change a few confusing things. Let me correct some facts that I wish I had never written. Their ages, for one.
* Serena and the senshi are 19. Rini left 3 years ago, with Pluto. If Serena is 19, that makes Darien…24. Neo-Queen Serenity is supposed to re-awaken the world when she is about 22. This kind of screws up my plot, but somehow, I'll work that in.
* Unlike the manga, Endymion's ex-generals have not been turned into rocks. They died as they did in the anime. Keep your eyes peeled for them—I have major good things in store for them.
* Rini is about 13, 14 in our years. I had her go back in time as the 9 year old she was in chapter…3, I think. And then she aged dramatically, causing Hotaru to, as well. Well forget that. She is about 13 and has been banned from Helios as a result of messing with her parent's heads (little spore that we all know and love) during a ball. (This is an entirely separate story involving Lita and a ball gown. If you want to read it, it's called "Thunder's Amazing.")
* Hotaru is about 11. She will age more when Rini comes back for the wedding. (This is because I love that scene.)
* The scouts are not engaged. They are just seriously dating their respective boyfriends. I.E.: Rei/Chad, Ami/Greg, Lita/Ken, Mina/Andrew. The same goes for Michiru/Haruka.
* The Tsukino's names have been changed. They are no longer Illene/Ikuko and Ken. They are Susanne and George. I can't stand her parents names and chapters 8 and 9 already have them this way so it's too late to change.
* Pluto is perfectly fine and normal. (…well, sort of.) But she hasn't been reborn or anything fancy like that. She is the Guardian of Time and all that jazz.
I am going to try and include as much as I can of the real story in each section, but I can't GUARANTEE anything.
Please bear with me during this huge thing, and I hope to bring in more readers after this. I will want to work on it more because I am proud of it. If anyone wants to read the older chapters, I can send them to you—but please—only do this if it's really necessary, because sending out 7+ chapters is a real pain in my situation. If you only want to read it to laugh, let me just assure you that it was BAD.
And now, without further rambling from me, here's the GIANT SUMMARY…
…One more thing. If you want to know about the other story, the one I feel so famous for right now, the title is called "How about a cup of coffee." I would give you the link, but I'm too lazy. I have faith in all of my readers… you know how the profiles work and everything.
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Prologue:
Scene 1: Pluto is at the Gates of Time. She is watching Darien and Serena. Says that she cannot believe he's doing this to her. (Here's the exact dialogue. She puts it better than I ever could.)
Pluto looked deeply into her garnet orb. "Poor Serena. I don't believe Darien would do that to her. I can't believe he waited this long to tell her. Well, actually, I can, because I knew he was going to do this."
*I suppose that's one of the many perks of being the keeper of time. Add to that, not seeing your friends, holding back life or death information, and feeling that you've failed miserably in helping your friends. I mean, I don't hate Serenity for doing this, but sometimes I wish I were free of this wretched job.*
"Sometimes…sometime, I swear, that man is so frustrating, its so good he found someone like Serena, at least she can understand him better. Not that it matters much, after all, what he's planning on telling to her could very well break her spirit. Well, we'll see. On the bright side, I get some time off from the gates. At least I'll get to see Hotoru. It will be weird, though, not seeing Reenie there… Well, off to the 'real' world."
Ok. Then the gates get sucked into the time staff, the Garnet Orb, to be precise, and that concludes the prologue. The reason I'm changing this is because… I don't know. But Pluto wouldn't say "real world."
That sounds very MTV.
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Chapter 1—
(This is where I falsely gave the ages. )
Scene 1: We open to hear Serena's alarm clock going off. She assumes it is Reenie, squeaking a toy in her ear. She fondly calls her a little spore and has a suddenly jarring flashback of her. Looking at the alarm clock, she wonders what she's doing awake so early, (8:30 AM) and falls back asleep. Briefly, the thought that Darien had a date with her flies into her head, but then she acknowledges that he knows her better than to wake her up this early; and the scene ends with Serena throwing the clock at the wall, narrowly missing Luna.
Scene 2: Darien rings the doorbell to the Tsukino's house and Susanne opens the door. He has a flashback of Serena as Serenity in the Moon Kingdom, asleep on her bed, but lets it go and comes inside after being warmly welcomed in. Susanne tells him that Serena is upstairs sleeping and he heads up the stairs.
Scene 3: Darien goes into Serena's room and sees her curled up in a ball, asleep. He smiles at the irony of the 'princess' shirt she's wearing along with his boxers. Of course, Serena wearing Darien's boxers is always interesting so we journey back to last night, to find out how she came to be wearing those boxers.
Scene 4: They had dinner at the Moon Terrace, and then they went back to Darien's apartment. There they watch some TV and Serena falls asleep in Darien's arms. Seeing how peacefully she is sleeping, he wants to let her stay asleep, but he can't because he has to bring her back to her house. He decides to change her into the previously mentioned t-shirt and boxers. Then he transforms into Tuxedo Mask, while thinking that he hadn't needed to do that for a long time, and goes out into the night to return his lovely lady.
Scene 5: Darien wakes up out of his thoughts to lean over Serena; shocked to find her kissing him—evidently still dreaming. He hastily closes the door, thinking of George and obligingly kisses her back.
Scene 6: Serena is dreaming that she is with Endymion, and they are kissing. (No kidding!) She notices that they are on a large canopied bed that is made out of crystal and she reluctantly breaks for air. He tells her she needs sleep and against her protests whispers that they have all the time in the world and that he'd wait eternity for her. (After all it's only been—what, 3 years?—what's a few more hours?)
Scene 7: Susanne, hearing the door slam, muses about young love and she and George share a quick kiss.
Scene 8: Serena wakes up from her dream and thinks about Endymion. She says his name aloud a few times and remembers that she has a date with Darien—not realizing that he is on the bed beside her and holding her tightly against him. She struggles to get out of his locked embrace and tells him to let go of her—and finally realizes who he is. She mumbles something about kisses and Darien wants to know who she was dreaming about while Serena realizes that she had a vision of life in Crystal Tokyo. Resolving to ask Rei and Ami to look into it, she begins to get dressed.
Scene 9: Serena comes back, fully clothed and thanks him for waiting for her. He thinks that he would 'wait forever for her,' not realizing that he said it out loud, and Serena goes white, because that was what Endymion said in her dream. Darien notices this, however and asks her if she's ok. She assures him yes and that she needs food.
Scene 10: They are almost there when they bump into her. And she disappears into the crowds before they can stop her.
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CHAPTER 2—(This is where I falsely tell everyone that Pluto has been reborn. Hey, give me a break. I had only seen the S arc and assumed she died.)
Scene 1: Serena is a bit shaken up at seeing Pluto, but they agree she'd be hard to mistake for someone else—long green hair, tall slender body, and as always, the purple suit—even in the rush hour chaos. Darien thinks out loud and he—stupidly—mentions something about Pluto not coming back unless they or Reenie were in danger, thereby worrying the heck out of Serena. Because of how real Reenie had seemed to her in her vision, Serena worries more than usual and it's up to Darien to comfort her. He does and makes a peace offering by saying that they should get breakfast. He discovers, however, that she is already gone and experiences another flashback.
Scene 2: Here's the flashback:
Serenity was running top speed to the breakfast table, in the moon kingdom, not caring who she knocked down, or who she ran over. Most of the servants knew about their Princess's mad rush for food in the morning, in fact, all but one person knew…
SMASH!
She looked up to see a man, with jet-black hair, and midnight blue eyes, looking at her oddly. Finally she laughed. Peals and peals of laughter echoed thruout the halls of the majestic Moon palace. The man, whom Serenity later discovered to be Endymion, laughed with her, his robust chuckles echoing in the hallway loudly.
Finally, she looked down at her small wrist. Upon it was a crystal watch that her mother had given her, so that she'd be on time. (AN: so much for that idea)
"Oh my gosh, I'm gonna be late for breakfast!" she yelled, with her eyes as wide as saucers. "Rei's gonna kill meeeeeeee!" Her clear voice echoed thru the halls again, leaving Endymion staring in shock.
Scene 3: Darien meets up with Andrew at the arcade, and asks him if he's seen Serena. Andrew says hello and points out her location. He silently wishes that Darien would 'tie the knot,' so to speak, and hopes that it will be soon. Darien thanks him and heads over to Serena's table.
Scene 4: Enter a really nice part about Andrew dedicating a section of the arcade to them on their 3rd year anniversary. Here:
Darien walked across the tiled floor of the arcade. Upon his and Serena's 3-year anniversary, Andrew had had an addition put onto the arcade. Next to their favorite booth was the famous Sailor V game. It was very nostalgic, really, and both Serena and Darien were touched by the action. *Wow. * He thought, seeing Serena's ever flowing beauty more closely... *Yep. I'm definitely doing the right thing. Finally, I'll make things right between us.
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CHAPTER 3—
Scene 1: We open to Trista questioning her actions.
"He's going to break her heart. I suppose that's why I came. That, (deep breath) and the other reason…"
Trista walked around her apartment, soaking in the moments she was living—as a real person. There were no gates of time to guard, (unless you count the ones in her Garnet Orb…) no secrets kept from her those she loved and *no* she thought sadly, no Small Lady. It was weird to make a trip to the past without Rini. Usually, they traveled together, or else, Rini was already in the past, waiting for her, with Serena, Darien and the other scouts. Trista smiled lightly, thinking of how much Serena had matured now, as Neo-Queen Serenity.
Walking across her tastefully, if not cleverly, decorated apartment, and picked up the phone. She reached out her hand, not surprised in the least when a piece of worn paper floated into it, seemingly drawing it from mid-air. Then she reached for the phone, and with shaky fingers, dialed the number that was written on the well-folded paper.
Scene 2: Paris, France. Here's the scene from there.
"I got it," a blue haired goddess said.
"Ok," came a voice from deep with in the apartment.
"Hello? Yes this is Michiru Ten'ou. Ok… we'll take the next flight out. Bye."
"Who was that?" asked a sandy-haired man, walking over toward Michiru.
"That was Trista. She wants us there. We need to go to Tokyo."
"Is Moonface in trouble?"
"Well maybe. Obviously enough so that Pluto would leave the gates."
"Pluto left the gates?!" he gasped.
"No, Haruka, I'm making it all up…yes." She finished, uncharacteristically sarcastic and edgy.
"I'll get us tickets and you pack for us." The blonde went off in search of the nearest phone, not realizing that Michiru had it in her hands. Michiru sat down, already Haruka. Just then, the blonde came back.
"Mich, it's going to be fine. Trust me."
"Michru-mama?" a thin girl, with violet hair asked .
"Yes, honey?"
"Am I going to see Reenie now? I miss her so much."
"I know Hotoru. I sure hope so."
Haruka drew the girl into their embrace. "Well…you'll get to see Trista, sweets."
"Trista!" Hotoru said, excitedly.
"Yes." Michru said, with quite a smile on her face.
"Let's go!" Hotoru said, grabbing her "parents" hands and dragging them outside.
"But what abut our stuff, sweets?" Haruka asked, clearly amused at her 'daughter's' eagerness to see Trista.
"Who cares? Trista can make us all new clothes! We can have our other junk shipped to us. This is just too exciting to wait around and pack. Let's get on the first plane to Tokyo!"
Haruka and Michiru looked at each other, amazed once again, how well their surrogate daughter expressed their inner feelings.
"Quite frankly, 'Ruka; I didn't really want to pack. This seems too important."
"Well," Haruka said, looking briefly at Michiru, then Hotaru, "then let's go!"
Scene 3: Their flight is called, and they board the plane during the "preferred flyer" calling. Hotaru takes the single window seat and gets deeply engrossed in the men loading things onto the plane to see Michiru explaining that they would be in the double just across the aisle. The two outers share a brief, solemn dialogue:
Haruka and Michiru sat down, enjoying the silence. She took Michiru's hand and placed it in her own.
"The wind carries the wetness of the sea with it, Haruka."
"We're off for another mission, Michiru."
"With quite possibly even higher stake than the Sovereign of Silence and Galaxia."
They sat in the quiet, not needing rules to express their feelings of anxiety and content.
Just then Hotoru, noticing her parents so somber took out a piece of paper from her bunny backpack.
Scene 4: Hotaru has a little flashback about her backpack. It's an 'S' arc moment:
"Give me that! It's mine!" Hotoru snatched the bag from Kaorinite.
"Come to our picnic tomorrow and bring this bag!" (Reenie's voice)
A note had read from inside the bag. In the end, Reenie had let Hotoru keep the bag, insisting that Darien could easily buy her another bag.
Scene 5: Hotaru misses Reenie something fierce…
"Hey.(AN- can you not SO picture Amara saying this in S season all the tie? I can remember that part so vividly.) Wonder what Hotaru's thinking? She looks pretty somber."
"Poor girl. She must miss Reenie awfully. Think about it, Haruka, she's really got no friends her age. It's sad really."
Hotoru wrote 'I love you" and drew herself as Saturn, Michiru as Neptune, and Haruka as Uranus, all with their arms around each other. Then she threw it at the silent couple, giggling.
"HEY! What's this?" Haruka asked.
"Look. She drew us. She really does understand us so well." They leaned over briefly to smile at Hotoru.
*I wish I could heal your hearts, Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa, You are both so quiet, it pains me to wonder what you're thinking about, and it hurts me, too.*
"Excuse me, Ma'am, Sir," a pretty redheaded flight attendant asked, pausing to look at Haruka a second longer. Haruka winked and felt the brutal repercussion of Michiru's elbow in her side. "Can I get you anything to drink?"
Haruka answered for them, "Two martini's, up, and an orange juice for the little one over there, she's with us."
The flight attendant paused to look at Hotoru, and shock was evident on her face as she looked back and forth at the aqua and blonde couple, to the violet haired girl. Finally, she gave up trying to figure out what was going on, and just got the drinks.
"Papa, mama, I had a dream last night. (Michiru and Haruka looked at each other.) "It was about Crystal Tokyo, but Reenie wasn't there. I looked all over for her, and when I asked Neo-Queen Serenity, she looked at me like I was drunk."
"Crystal Tokyo?!" Haruka hissed to Michiru, shocked.
"But we know from Pluto that Darien has to at least propose to Serena, or something major like that." Michiru responded logically.
"I know. (AN- Can't you see Amara saying this, too?) and so far he's shown no signs of doing so." Haruka finished for her.
The flight attendant came back to take away their drinks away, and the plane took off for Tokyo.
Scene 6: This is just a brief little scene about how they each felt about flying.
Haruka never minded flying, in fact, she loved it, almost as much as she loved racing. ALMOST. Not quite as much. After all, it was her Senshi element. As far as Michiru went, she didn't mind it, either. The sky, after all, went hand in hand with the sea, her Senshi element. Hotoru, who'd never flown on a plane, except for once, when she was a baby, was too excited be scared.
All three companions sat and enjoyed the flight, heedless of the future outcomes that would befall them.
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CHAPTER 4—Scene 1: We open with Darien wondering how is going to do 'it.' (AN: NO, NOT LIKE THAT!)
*How am I going to do this?* He thought. *I could always go traditional. You know, bending down on one knee and asking her. Or I could do it somewhere else, somewhere more private…Yeah. I'll go back to my apartment. *
"Ready, Serena?"
A voice jolted Serena out of her reverie. She'd been wondering what her dreams meant. Looking up into a pair of penetrating midnight eyes, she stared harder into Darien's eyes. He'd been jumpy all morning. *Wait. Is that anxiety I see in his eyes? No way. My Darien, all nervous?*
"Oh yeah, sure Darien," she said, her voice with its usual amount of joy.
The scene goes on to include that if they had probed each other for their real feelings that they would have gotten some answers… but they don't.
Scene 2: Darien's apartment. Ok. This scene is embarrassing, so I'll sum it up the best I can. Let's just say that chocolate has a funny effect on Serena when she eats a lot of it, and she momentarily forgot they were dating. Darien used this to his advantage and they share a brief make-out session. It gets heavier than usual and Darien is a bit shocked to find out that she could kiss like that—he never pushed her too far before but now he had and she responded quite nicely. He was in the middle of commenting on it when something knocks him out from behind. Serena, who had turned to fix the plate of strawberries didn't notice until someone knocked her out, too. I'll include Pluto's part of the scene.
A Garnet Orb, complete with time key and wielder (Pluto) stood looking at the two fallen forms. "Forgive me your majesties. It had to be done."
Holding her time key in front of her, she raised it above her head, and pointed it in front of her,
"Pluto…" Then swung it to the left, then the right. "…Deep…" Lastly, she pointed it to the knocked out couple, and uttered her last words- "…Slumber…"
Small, maroon time key sparkles emitted from the third talisman, sprinkling the couple. One landed on Serena's forehead, fading to flash a small but brilliant crescent moon on her forehead. Another landed on Darien's fingertips, and he twitched his fingers subconsciously, forming a perfect rose bud. Slowly the rose opened, and in the center of the petals, laid a small diamond ring. It was shaped in a crescent, with a gold weave, that looked suspiciously like a rose stem.
Pluto, looking thoroughly satisfied at her future monarchs, left to go pick of Haruka, Michiru, and Hotoru at the airport. She felt a small tug on her heart as she thought of the frail, violet haired girl. De-transforming, she jumped off the balcony, just barely breaking her legs.
*Man. I gotta remember to de-transform after I jump. *
Scene 3: This next scene involves Reenie.
Meanwhile, in Darien's apartment, the ring was lifted slowly off the petals by a ghostly pink haired figure and placed gently on Serena's left hand, second finger in from her pinky. Looking briefly at her future parents, and the mess Pluto had just made of them; she dusted her hands off from the deed she just did.
*Better get back before Mom and Dad find out that I snuck out again. * With a small flash of twisted silver and pink, and a brief raise of what looked like a time key, she left.
Scene 4: What's going on in Serena and Darien's dreams. Endymion, down on one knee, is asking Serenity to marry him on the balcony of her bedroom. She pulls him off the ground, looks him in the eye and accepts. Then they kiss…and kiss…and kiss.
Scene 5: Haruka and Michiru are waking up a very sleepy Hotaru.
Hotoru groggily opened her eyes to see Haruka smiling at her and Michiru shaking her shoulders slightly.
"We're here sweets."
"He…he proposed." She said in a half-slurred voice. Opening her eyes again, "And Reenie helped."
Then she closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
Michiru sighed and Haruka leaned down to cradle Hotoru in her arms. They walked off the lane; oblivious of the small, pink backpack they left behind. The pink haired girl appeared again. Snatching the bag up protectively, she made an annoyed sound. Then, clutching it to her chest tightly, she remembered the picnic. Running off the plane, she chased after the trio.
Scene 6: Trista meets the outers in the crowded airport.
Michiru waved to a dark green haired woman who was looking over the crowds of people. "Trista!"
"We've got a special package here." Haruka said, eyeing her friend carefully.
She gave Michiru a brief hug, and smiled at Haruka, seeing Hotoru nestled in her arms. Turning, she led them to the car.
"…uu! Puu!"
Trista instinctively turned around and caught the pink haired girl in her arms. "Small Lady?" she said incredulously.
Hearing Reenie's name, Hotoru stirred in Haruka's arms. She yawned and opened her eyes. "Reenie!" Giving the pinkish haired girl a hug, she stepped aside quickly, upon hearing Trista's small cough.
"Small Lady, what are you doing here?"
"Ohh, Puu, relax. When you sprinkled your new attack on Serena and Darien, I had to go help them with the ring. Besides, I saw what was happening thru my Ginzuishou. Mom gave me a small piece that fits right inside my time key." She paused, flashing them the key. "So here I am. But I gotta go back; we're having some boring dinner with the French ambassador. His son is so gross! Ick! I'd much rather be here. Maybe I'll talk to mom about it… Bye guys, bye Puu! Bye Hotoru, see you soon!"
Haruka and Michiru looked at Trista, with the look of parents that just caught their child stealing cookies from the cookie jar.
"What?" said Trista, coloring a bit. "Hotoru doesn't stand a chance against you two, does she?"
They stared some more.
"I had to help him! He'd have never proposed!"
They kept looking.
"Let's go, ok?" she finished, crossly. Hotoru had fallen asleep again, and Haruka and Michiru didn't say a word as Trista led them out of the airport and into the familiar Tokyo hustle and bustle.
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CHAPTER 5—Scene 1: Serena and Darien wake up after their dream. He wakes up first after remembering that he had been knocked out by something that looked suspiciously like Pluto's Time Key. Then he thought of the weird dream, and remembered that he still has to propose to her—but the dream made him more confident—knowing that she'd already accepted once. So he reaches into his pocket and retrieves a little black box. He is shocked to find it empty. Then he gets this really creepy feeling and looks over at Serena, who was still zonked out. There was a ring, all right. It just wasn't the ring he'd picked out.
It was the ring Endymion had given Serenity.
Scene 2: Serena wakes up and stretches on the hard, kitchen floor. She opens her eyes and sees the familiar surroundings of Darien's living room. Scene:
*Wait a minute. I'm on the floor, in Darien's apartment. Darien was knocked out by something, and so was I. Then I had that weird dream. But what a second… knocked out?
Pluto, * Serena thought darkly.
Peering over at Darien, she was shocked to see him staring at her hands. He stared intensely at them, as if willing whatever he was looking at to either disappear or burn up. This went on for a while, until she just said- "What?" and looked at her hand.
It was the ring from her dream; the one Endymion had given Serenity.
There's a teaser of the next chapter and then it ends. I distinctly remember chapter 5 being really short.
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CHAPTER 6—It is kind of important by now for you to read the other story, "Thunder's Amazing." A few references are made and you'd be kind of lost if you didn't. If you really are too lazy, or it takes too much time, one of the end scenes deals with Helios and Reenie getting more serious than usual. Reenie makes some comment about her parents getting all 'mushy' on the dance floor, and they go into semi-freak mode. Endymion threatens to lock her out of their family link and she humbly understands. Helios comes and saves her from a really embarrassing dance with her father, while Serenity distracts him so that the 2 teenagers can talk. They (Helios and Reenie, argue and then make out and when they part for air only to go at again—the King is standing in the crowds with his wife and he mentally tells them to get a room. Much to everyone's surprise, especially Reenie's, they do. Helios picks her up and carries her away.
…Bringing us back to the present.
Since then, Endymion banned Reenie from their link and she has been forbidden to see Helios ever since.
Scene 1: Serena and Darien talk about the dream and the ring.
"So." Darien said to Serena weakly.
"So." She replied, just as stunned.
There was silence for a few seconds, until a strangled sob escaped from Serena's throat. The desire to protect his princess nearly overwhelmed Darien again, only this time it was stronger. Darien drew his girlfriend into his lap, and held her while she cried.
*Are you ok? *
Serena gasped.
"What did you just say?"
Darien lifted her chin so that his eyes were meeting hers.
*I said, are you ok? *
*No, * She admitted, not realizing that she'd spoken to him through her mind. *That dream… it felt so real. Did you see how happy we were? * She asked him. *But then Beryl came, and… and…* She stopped unable to go on.
*Serena. We were happy because we had no reason to be sad. You shouldn't feel guilty for being happy. We didn't know what was going to happen. If we did, we would have already gotten engaged. I know it. What difference does it make than if we get married now? * He asked her, knowing her answer.
*Mother won't be there. * She sobbed again.
Scene 2: Takes place in Crystal Tokyo, 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the future. (Aside from the obvious year difference.) The scene:
"But mom! I wanna see the wedding! Dad," Reenie said, turning to face her father, "Tell her it's ok for me to go." She was pleading with them now.
King Endymion and Neo-Queen Serenity exchanged a look. (AN- they do a lot of that in my Fics, eh?) If Reenie's summary of events was correct, they should have come out of the dream about 5 minutes ago. Which would mean that Serena was crying about Queen Serenity…now.
A wail interrupted the King and Queen's thoughts. They looked at each other again, shocked that they could hear Serena's wailing this far into the future.
*Is it possible? * The king asked his wife.
*All I remember is that it was pretty awful; maybe we should send her.*
"GUYS! Will you at least look at me? It stinks when you use that dumb link!"
Ever since Reenie had gone into that room with Helios, her contact with him was limited, and her ability to link with her parents was minimal.
The King turned to face his daughter, wiping the tears off her face.
* It was only Reenie. Even your wails can't reach the future.*
*Thank God.*
Reenie caught snippets of what her parents were saying, and was shocked to hear her father say 'it was ONLY Reenie.' What was so only about her? She sighed impatiently, shifting one foot from another, waiting for her parents to decide, and trying to over look the fact that they had dismissed her faster than a sack of Youma guts.
"Reenie," Her mother's thoughts cut into her own, stormy ideas.
"You can-" her father said, but was cut off by Reenie's sarcastic,
"THANK you!" and flash of her time key.
"-Go." He finished.
"It'll be okay," The King said to his wife, while wrapping an arm around her waist.
"Yeah. I know. I just feel bad for Serena. I know that going to wake the world up is going to take a lot out of her. And bring out the enemies." The Neo-Queen said.
Serenity shuddered briefly, thinking of how she'd had to awaken the world with her Ginzuishou, and cleanse Earth. Then she thought of Demando, and the Black Moon Family. Endymion took his wife deep into his arms, remembering, too, the horror. When she'd been frozen—he remembered it all too vividly.
They stood for while, just holding each other.
Serenity then broke the silence, as she often did.
"Endy?"
"Yes, love?" he said absently, playing with a lock of Serenity's hair.
"Maybe WE should go to the wedding."
Endymion dropped the hair abruptly.
"Is that because you want to re-live it, or because you want to see your mother?"
Serenity remained silent, and ducked her head.
*You know, you look so cute when you're caught. * Endy's voice rang though her head.
Serenity's head snapped up so fast, King Endymion thought it would break. Realizing it didn't, he kissed her.
*Endy…Endy…ENDYMION!*
*What?* His voice responded lazily.
*How can I talk to you, when you're kissing me senseless?!*
*You think this is senseless? I'll show you senseless!*
And here they have a big kissy scene and retreat to the privacy of their own bedroom so that Sailormars doesn't walk in on them or anything.
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CHAPTER 7—Umm… I'm gonna keep chapter 7 just the way it is, with a few differences.
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THANK GOD THAT'S OVER. OK. Now everyone can go read the story and skip over my beginner's syndrome.
I hope you all enjoy this because it took me about 2 hours. Oh yeah. Definitely 2.