How Crystal Tokyo Came About
Chapter 15 B
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Jaedite stared blankly at the three men before him.
"Dude, I think he's going into shock."
"Naah. He's just happy to see us."
The oldest glared at them. "Or it could be that he had no idea we were coming," his pale violet eyes pinning the Queen.
Numbly, he nodded.
Queen Serenity stood up and clapped happily—way out of character for her. "This is wonder-ful! Everything can work out now!" The four men were staring at her. "What? Is it a crime to be happy nowadays?"
Kunzite pulled Jaedite aside. "Is she always like this? Because if she is—then man, I feel sorry for you—spending all this time with her." He looked at her majesty. "No offense, Serenity."
Somewhat overwhelmed, Jaedite took his time answer Kunzite's question. "No… she hadn't been like this before—not as long as I've been here, anyway.—WHAT AM I DOING?!" He threw his arms around Kunzite.
The more dignified general tried vainly to disengage himself from the embrace. "Jaedite… yeah, um, Jed? Let go." Jaedite shook his head, burying it closer into the general. "No, really, let go." With a sigh, he muttered, "I really didn't want to have to do this…"
There was a brief glow of ultra-violet coloring between their bodies and Jaedite was thrown back a few feet.
He sat, unmoving, on the ground. "You guys… you aren't… evil, are you?" They shook their heads no. He struggled to get to his feet, "Then… how—what?"
Nephrite, the only general with dark hair, walked over and helped his friend up. "We have our powers, just like we always did—they just aren't tainted with evil anymore."
Zoicite joined them, his pale violet-blue eyes assessing the medical extremities of the situation. Satisfied that there were none, he came closer to them, albeit a bit nervously. "We're back. And we want the connection you have with Rei."
At the sound of her name, Jaedite lurched back from the group and glared at them. "You want that? You want her unable to sleep? You want to erase her memories so that she can sleep? You want to obliterate any semblance of history she has of the Moon Kingdom—memories she's painstakingly pieced together? You want her drawn and unhappy? Fine. Take it. I love her, but my god, you guys—even I knew when to stop." That having been said, he resumed his brooding post by the window.
They exchanged looks. He didn't know yet.
"Ah, Jaedite?"
"What?" He replied in a voice that made the skin on the back of their neck crawl.
"They know."
***
There was silence echoing in Ami's living room.
Then, uncharacteristically, Trista rose from her seat and dusted her hands off ceremoniously. "Well. I'm glad that's over with."
The inners' heads all swiveled her. "You knew, too??"
An eyebrow rose questioningly. "Hey—remember me?—Senshi of TIME?"
"Oh."
Trista rolled her eyes and was about to say more when a golden-silver flash momentarily blinded them. When they could see again, Helios, Priest of Elysian, stood in its place.
"Whoa. How come we don't get cool special effects when we teleport?" Haruka muttered to her companions.
"Sailor Pluto." He said, gravely.
She looked back at the slumbering princess, and then to him with askance. "You know the King and Queen will have my head for this, right?" With a sigh, she stepped aside to let him pass.
He crossed directly to the slumbering princess and lifted her into his arms quite easily. To the senshi's stunned amazement—save Mina, who was watching the encounter with interest, and Trista, who know just how far their love went for each other, and was letting him go through with it—he then disappeared much the way he came.
A Cheshire grin was on Hotaru's face after they left and she made the mistake of letting a giggle past her lips.
"What's so funny?" Haruka demanded of her 'daughter.'
"Oh, nothing." She replied in a sing-song voice. "Nothing at all."
***
Completely and thoroughly exasperated with the way this day was turning out—not to mention the fact that he'd already been told that cryptic message several times already, each resulting in disastrous events, his voice was laced with anger that you didn't have to be familiar with to know where it was heading. "They. Know. WHAT?"
Zoicite put his hand on Jaedite's shoulder comfortingly. "The know about us. They remember us—thanks to Ames—" he paused, taking a minute to think about the blue-haired genius who'd captured his heart—"And they know we're coming. The only one who doesn't… is Rei."
He shook his head in wonderment, a grin starting to spread across his face. "Well then… welcome to the party."
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