Author's Note: Ack! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while! Writer's block is a terrible thing and I'm pretty sure it shows in the chapter. Let's just say this is the interlude before all the fun begins. I'm hoping that I'll have a clear indication of where I'm going now that this has strayed quite a bit from the original outline I made of this. (Of course it doesn't help that I lost it either.)
Well, enjoy! Try not to leave to many flames around. It's bad for the skin you know.
SW=AU
GW = 7 years after Endless Waltz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. ::sob::
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Chapter 6: Tenshi
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
Screams of terror resounded throughout the darkened maze. Contorted fear filled familiar faces of children flew past him, each indistinguishable from the next. The dreamer tried to memorize the looks but was unable to do so. Spinning, turning. Danger, agony and pain filled his fast beating hear. Hopeless despair, anguished immobility gripped his heart ... tighter and tighter.
The darkness was wrapping around him, attempting to capture him. To make the dreamer a part of the despair it was sowing within his soul. Tendrils wrapped around his arms, his legs, pulling him through the roiling floor. He couldn't speak, couldn't scream. Fearful wails pleaded with him to help them. To keep the evil away. Feelings of hopelessness washed over him, brainwashing him into stillness.
In front of him, he watch as two slits, darker than the blackest black opened to reveal bloord red eyes. Those same eyes haunted his waking dreams and when he slept. He knew those eyes. Laughter, mocking and taunting, filled the air. ~They are mine, earth warrior.~
AC 202: September 24
Location: L7, Sirius Academy
"Welcome to Colony L7." Tenshi exclaimed to those who had not been there yet. "The home of most of the Elements and where we get our post secondary schooling and training."
"There's nothing special about this place. It's like any other colony." Grumped Wufei, staring out of the windows to the quite familiar layout of a hanger.
"Wait until we're on the surface, Wufei, before you make your judgement." Heero commented quietly before jumping off, not even bothering to wait for the stairs to attach to the entrance. Kyle sighed as he remained behind.
"The colony looks exactly like any other beneath ground, Wufei. The maintence areas and hangers are placed down here for a reason -- to keep our skies from being littered by unsightly views. You'll see when we get up there."
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
".... Blaze?"
"Something's not right, Jade." A woman replied looking around the warehouse. "It sounds too empty to be the right place."
Jade looked at his partner, worried. Blaze wasn't a woman that spooked easily. She had commented on how eery it was for the place to have a dark red cement floor. To him, it resembled something more closely, but he couldn't think of what. Whatever it was, it making even him uneasy.
Blaze's companion pursed his lips, scanning the area with what limited telepathic/empathic magic he possessed. She was right no one was here. Alive anyway, unless they left them animated robots. "Let's get out of here. It might be a trap."
Blaze had wandered away from him as he was scanning the place. Glissening liquid pooling beneath a crate caught her attention. After prying the wooden box open and peering in it, she let loose a scream.
AC 202: September 24
Location: L7, Sirius Academy
"How? How did you manage to give L7 a natural looking sky when none of the other colonies could?" Quatre asked. They had decided to have the meeting outdoors, where the Pilots, the Senshi and company can enjoy the beautiful weather they were having on the colony.
"It's a mixture of magic and technology." The director of the Academy answered. "Our forefathers tinkered with the knowledge of combining the two and finally put it to use when the colonies were first built. With the technology that came with it, they made this colony invisible to all others to keep this place safe."
"It could have helped the other colonies during the wars!"
"And have either side use the more destructive side of such knowledge? Let alone the danger the colony itself would face for housing it?" Usagi's look alike asked as he joined the group. Slowly, those of the missing Senshi, the Pilots and Kyle joined them in their gathering.
"Usagi?" Minako breathed, staring at the young man. Six pairs of eyes stared at him in disbelief and slight hope that they had at last found their friend.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" He whined in exasperation. "Do I look like a bunny to anyone?"
"You're a guy." Haruka said, slight atonishment could be heard in her voice.
"And proud of it too." He smirked, leaning against the tree they had gathered beneath.
"Only when his missions doesn't require him to crossdress." Teased Kyle as he sat down by Tenshi's feet. Tenshi's answering reply was a swift kick in the butt.
"Are you guys alright?" Michiru asked the newly joined ones.
"Fine, except for the occasional recurring headache that the medic told us was the norm for going through a backfeed." Rei replied, rubbing her temple.
"What are we going to do about CDO Enterprises?" Ryuuno questioned.
"Better yet, what about the Dark Kingdom?" Minako asked.
"CDO is working for the Dark Kingdom." Heero replied. "We're trying to get information from one of their higher placed employees that we had the opportunity to take into custody."
"It's a good thing the jail break happened. They found out where L7 was located." A voice interjected. Her person stopped a couple feet away from the group, the sun setting behind the figure. To the ones that had been captured, the voice was familiar.
Makoto rose to her feet from where she was sitting with Rei and Yuuchirou. "You ...!"
"Report."
Within the darkness filled room, a single light illuminated one figure. Standing at ease, having gone through this for so long, she began her verbal report. "The mission was a success however, they had managed to intercept one of our calls and scrambled it on the way to the receiver. It is likely they have figured out the frequency of our communications. However they have not found out about the secondary mail."
"The Dark Kingdom know were Colony L7 is then." Another voice stated. A weaker light illuminated three shadowy figures. The first person is the only one you can make the features out on -- blue eyed and long wavy blonde hair.
"It was to be expected. We have managed to keep our location secret for the last hundred years despite the present technology and magic." A different voice from the first commented.
"What of Alpha Point?" The blonde Elemental asked softly in concern. There was a wave of reassurance from the three shadowed people in front of her.
"All is well, Yuy." There was a soft chuckle from the third. "Don't worry, Faith and Odin are both as troublesome as ever."
Yuy visibly relaxed and a smile that could light up a room appeared on her face. "Yokatta. And thank you for allowing Team Eclipse to reunite for the rest of this mission. One of us will report at the end of this week."
Slowly, the young woman roused herself from the trance she had placed herself into. She sat there for a moment before a hand lightly landing on her shoulder broke her out of her reverie. It was time to rejoin her team, but first she had to wash the brown dye out of her hair.
"You're as healthy as ever, Yuy." Her present companion remarked closing up his mini computer. The computer was reminiscent of the Mercury Computer but this one could only deal with medical information and scanning. There was a pause before he continued. "Ryuuno has a team working on Marshall right now."
At the sink, the patient was methodically washing her hair, returning it to the silvery blonde it was known for. "Good. Hopefully, he is one of the top agents and not someone they keep in the dark about most secrets."
"Couldn't you tell?" The doctor asked her in surprise.
"With the Dark Kingdom, it's hard. They have a varying degree of darkness in them as well as control of hiding them." The woman sighed twisting her wet hair up and headed out. "We'll find out soon enough. Thanks, Baron."
Her first stop was to check in on Marshall then she was off to the courtyard where everyone else was. The Triad was never wrong about anything dealing with Chaos. What was drilled in everyone was that it only takes once to be wrong when everything is sent into hell. When she approached the group, the sun was already setting behind her. She watched in slight amusement as Makoto rose, pointing accusingly at her.
"You ...! You're the one who helped that man!"
Both Heero and Kyle rose from where they sat and went over to her, both men giving her a chaste kiss on the cheek. Laughing, she hugged them both. "I missed you guys too."
Everyone can see the transformation within both stoic men now they were standing next to this stranger. They seemed almost happy and alive. Heero's arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her against him. An action that the Pilots never thought they would see him do.
"Everyone, this is the third and final member of our Team, Usagi Yuy." Heero said introducing her to everyone. "My wife."
Tenshi and Ryuuno went over to her, to greet her as well with hugs. "Had fun, 'neechan?" Tenshi asked in a low voice.
Usagi grinned hugging him in return. "Always, otooto." She slapped him upside the head. "And warn me next time when you're going to do that again. I almost lost control of the spell I had going."
Tenshi grinned at her sheepishly before relinquishing her to allow Ryuuno his greeting.
"Your ... your WIFE?" Duo exclaimed staring at the comfortable couple. Usagi exchanged glances with the two men of her life and snickered. Heero and Kyle had a similar grin of amusement on their faces.
"What about Tenshi?" Minako asked confused.
"Allow me to formally introduce myself." Tenshi grinned standing next to his sister. "I'm Aki Tenshi, Usagi's younger brother. Member of Team Archangel."
"Why didn't you come looking for us, Usagi?" Haruka asked. Usagi sighed, gesturing for everyone to take a seat. Being able to sit with her team mates, the once moon princess was finally able to relax.
"I couldn't." Usagi said quietly. Then she shook her head correcting herself, "I didn't want to." She raised a hand before they could start asking her anything. "I was around during Crystal Tokyo and saw how well you did and the doubt I had for myself grew. That lifetime when I found myself for the first time as Sailor Moon began to give me the confidence I had lacked back then. You probably seen it through my habits and the grades I received."
Her eyes landed on the Inner Senshi. "Your constant proding to do better helped somewhat, until I overheard you guys constantly complaining behind closed doors. Then that time before I died ..." she shook her head. "... you wouldn't have known that everything you said then would strip me of most of the confidence I managed to build for myself. Then when I was reborn during Crystal Tokyo, I found that you made it better than I could ever dream it to be. Again, I doubted that I was even up to the potential of what I used to be and build a utopia as you all have."
"It was you!" Ami interjected. "We did it because of you ... for you. We wanted to apologize for our harsh words ..."
"... Crystal Tokyo was made from the bonds of friendship you forged between all of us, Usagi-chan." Minako added.
"It took all of us make Crystal Tokyo and run it unlike the future we saw of you keeping the kingdom alive with your light." Makoto said.
"We .. pushed you too hard, Usagi ..." Rei admitted softly. "... We should have been more patient with you as you did with us in helping us cope with our loneliness."
"We didn't know what happened, Usagi ... but we should have found out or at least tried to find you." Michiru commented slowly. "We swore our loyalty to you and we didn't lift a finger to find you."
"I should have brought you to the palace when Hotaru and I ran into you that one time." Setsuna said looking directly at her princess. "Yet ... we didn't know it was you. You were so ..."
"Pathetic." Usagi offered. She shook her head. "Just as well as you didn't, Setsuna ... It worked out better this way." She looked down at her hand that was intertwined with her husbands. "I'm much happier this way."
She smiled gently at the Senshi as a group. "You did your best but you didn't know how fragile I had become towards the end. My doubts grew as my confidence fell each time I lost each and every one of you. With every fight that I had to be told what to do. What kind of leader was I when I didn't even know when to attack?"
"What about Mamoru?" Hotaru asked quietly. Heero lightly squeezed Usagi's hand in reassurance.
"What we ... Mamoru and I had ... will remain in the past. We had too many hardships and heartbreaks to allow us a better future." She bit her lower lip before speaking again. "And the soulmate bond is broken."
"What?!" Minako asked. "But ... but .. how?"
"The ginshishou has that power. When I died in the youma attack, I unconciously made the wish of no longer being bound to anyone. It broke the bond I had with Mamoru. It broke the bond we, as Moon Princess and her Protectors, shared." Usagi replied. "It's partially why you couldn't find me."
"Usagi ..." Makoto whispered. Usagi gave her a gentle smile, her eyes filled with age and wisdom. They were happier for it whether they knew it or not. Their lives were normal after they died during Crystal Tokyo. She knew in her heart that they did except for four. There was nothing she could do to help ease their pain. It allowed them to grow from the box the bond had kept them in.
"What about you, Heero?" Quatre asked from sitting behind his wife.
"Dr. J left me a mission before he died. It was to come here to L7." Heero replied, his voice no longer monotone from the war years. "Ryuuno and Jadeite gave me a choice ... whether to return to earth living the life of a shadow or to remain here and learn."
He smiled softly, an expression that would take the other ex-pilots to get used to in their once expressionless friend. "I never regretted that decision after Usagi and Kyle made me see past the missions."
"Speaking of missions," Ryuuno interjected, "I know you guys want to catch up but what are we going to do about the Dark Kingdom?"
"Leave that to us," Minako said with a grin, indicating the present group. "We'll take care of that."
"Ryuuno, you may want to implement the safe guards of L7 or start thinking of evacuating the colony." Usagi said looking at the Academy's director. "They know where L7 is now and I'm sure they will be approaching soon. The Triad knows and I'm sure they are willing to allow us to evacuate to Alpha Point."
He nodded. "Tenshi, get your Archangels together, we have some work to do."
"We need to get you guys equipped with our communication devices." Kyle remarked thoughtfully. "And a crash course in magic and technology. And Yuuchirou, I think you're like me ... I'll work with you on how to be a channel for your partners."
"Yuy!" A figure ran pell mell from the buildings towards the seated group. Alarmed, Team Eclipse rose to their feet. They would never use the last name unless they were talking to all three of them. The messenger skidded to a halt in front of them. "Trouble ... at Mer Point ...! Tia's missing!"
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
"Everything is going according to plan, my sweet." A man said gazing up at a shadowed portrait. "The pieces are in place and it will draw the Universe's Light to you and you will live again! I vow this to you, my darling wife."
He stepped out of the shadows, midnight black hair falling into his deep blue eyes. His lips curved into a smirk. "And Princess Serenity, you will pay for the trouble you've caused my family."
Well, enjoy! Try not to leave to many flames around. It's bad for the skin you know.
SW=AU
GW = 7 years after Endless Waltz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. ::sob::
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Chapter 6: Tenshi
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
Screams of terror resounded throughout the darkened maze. Contorted fear filled familiar faces of children flew past him, each indistinguishable from the next. The dreamer tried to memorize the looks but was unable to do so. Spinning, turning. Danger, agony and pain filled his fast beating hear. Hopeless despair, anguished immobility gripped his heart ... tighter and tighter.
The darkness was wrapping around him, attempting to capture him. To make the dreamer a part of the despair it was sowing within his soul. Tendrils wrapped around his arms, his legs, pulling him through the roiling floor. He couldn't speak, couldn't scream. Fearful wails pleaded with him to help them. To keep the evil away. Feelings of hopelessness washed over him, brainwashing him into stillness.
In front of him, he watch as two slits, darker than the blackest black opened to reveal bloord red eyes. Those same eyes haunted his waking dreams and when he slept. He knew those eyes. Laughter, mocking and taunting, filled the air. ~They are mine, earth warrior.~
AC 202: September 24
Location: L7, Sirius Academy
"Welcome to Colony L7." Tenshi exclaimed to those who had not been there yet. "The home of most of the Elements and where we get our post secondary schooling and training."
"There's nothing special about this place. It's like any other colony." Grumped Wufei, staring out of the windows to the quite familiar layout of a hanger.
"Wait until we're on the surface, Wufei, before you make your judgement." Heero commented quietly before jumping off, not even bothering to wait for the stairs to attach to the entrance. Kyle sighed as he remained behind.
"The colony looks exactly like any other beneath ground, Wufei. The maintence areas and hangers are placed down here for a reason -- to keep our skies from being littered by unsightly views. You'll see when we get up there."
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
".... Blaze?"
"Something's not right, Jade." A woman replied looking around the warehouse. "It sounds too empty to be the right place."
Jade looked at his partner, worried. Blaze wasn't a woman that spooked easily. She had commented on how eery it was for the place to have a dark red cement floor. To him, it resembled something more closely, but he couldn't think of what. Whatever it was, it making even him uneasy.
Blaze's companion pursed his lips, scanning the area with what limited telepathic/empathic magic he possessed. She was right no one was here. Alive anyway, unless they left them animated robots. "Let's get out of here. It might be a trap."
Blaze had wandered away from him as he was scanning the place. Glissening liquid pooling beneath a crate caught her attention. After prying the wooden box open and peering in it, she let loose a scream.
AC 202: September 24
Location: L7, Sirius Academy
"How? How did you manage to give L7 a natural looking sky when none of the other colonies could?" Quatre asked. They had decided to have the meeting outdoors, where the Pilots, the Senshi and company can enjoy the beautiful weather they were having on the colony.
"It's a mixture of magic and technology." The director of the Academy answered. "Our forefathers tinkered with the knowledge of combining the two and finally put it to use when the colonies were first built. With the technology that came with it, they made this colony invisible to all others to keep this place safe."
"It could have helped the other colonies during the wars!"
"And have either side use the more destructive side of such knowledge? Let alone the danger the colony itself would face for housing it?" Usagi's look alike asked as he joined the group. Slowly, those of the missing Senshi, the Pilots and Kyle joined them in their gathering.
"Usagi?" Minako breathed, staring at the young man. Six pairs of eyes stared at him in disbelief and slight hope that they had at last found their friend.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" He whined in exasperation. "Do I look like a bunny to anyone?"
"You're a guy." Haruka said, slight atonishment could be heard in her voice.
"And proud of it too." He smirked, leaning against the tree they had gathered beneath.
"Only when his missions doesn't require him to crossdress." Teased Kyle as he sat down by Tenshi's feet. Tenshi's answering reply was a swift kick in the butt.
"Are you guys alright?" Michiru asked the newly joined ones.
"Fine, except for the occasional recurring headache that the medic told us was the norm for going through a backfeed." Rei replied, rubbing her temple.
"What are we going to do about CDO Enterprises?" Ryuuno questioned.
"Better yet, what about the Dark Kingdom?" Minako asked.
"CDO is working for the Dark Kingdom." Heero replied. "We're trying to get information from one of their higher placed employees that we had the opportunity to take into custody."
"It's a good thing the jail break happened. They found out where L7 was located." A voice interjected. Her person stopped a couple feet away from the group, the sun setting behind the figure. To the ones that had been captured, the voice was familiar.
Makoto rose to her feet from where she was sitting with Rei and Yuuchirou. "You ...!"
"Report."
Within the darkness filled room, a single light illuminated one figure. Standing at ease, having gone through this for so long, she began her verbal report. "The mission was a success however, they had managed to intercept one of our calls and scrambled it on the way to the receiver. It is likely they have figured out the frequency of our communications. However they have not found out about the secondary mail."
"The Dark Kingdom know were Colony L7 is then." Another voice stated. A weaker light illuminated three shadowy figures. The first person is the only one you can make the features out on -- blue eyed and long wavy blonde hair.
"It was to be expected. We have managed to keep our location secret for the last hundred years despite the present technology and magic." A different voice from the first commented.
"What of Alpha Point?" The blonde Elemental asked softly in concern. There was a wave of reassurance from the three shadowed people in front of her.
"All is well, Yuy." There was a soft chuckle from the third. "Don't worry, Faith and Odin are both as troublesome as ever."
Yuy visibly relaxed and a smile that could light up a room appeared on her face. "Yokatta. And thank you for allowing Team Eclipse to reunite for the rest of this mission. One of us will report at the end of this week."
Slowly, the young woman roused herself from the trance she had placed herself into. She sat there for a moment before a hand lightly landing on her shoulder broke her out of her reverie. It was time to rejoin her team, but first she had to wash the brown dye out of her hair.
"You're as healthy as ever, Yuy." Her present companion remarked closing up his mini computer. The computer was reminiscent of the Mercury Computer but this one could only deal with medical information and scanning. There was a pause before he continued. "Ryuuno has a team working on Marshall right now."
At the sink, the patient was methodically washing her hair, returning it to the silvery blonde it was known for. "Good. Hopefully, he is one of the top agents and not someone they keep in the dark about most secrets."
"Couldn't you tell?" The doctor asked her in surprise.
"With the Dark Kingdom, it's hard. They have a varying degree of darkness in them as well as control of hiding them." The woman sighed twisting her wet hair up and headed out. "We'll find out soon enough. Thanks, Baron."
Her first stop was to check in on Marshall then she was off to the courtyard where everyone else was. The Triad was never wrong about anything dealing with Chaos. What was drilled in everyone was that it only takes once to be wrong when everything is sent into hell. When she approached the group, the sun was already setting behind her. She watched in slight amusement as Makoto rose, pointing accusingly at her.
"You ...! You're the one who helped that man!"
Both Heero and Kyle rose from where they sat and went over to her, both men giving her a chaste kiss on the cheek. Laughing, she hugged them both. "I missed you guys too."
Everyone can see the transformation within both stoic men now they were standing next to this stranger. They seemed almost happy and alive. Heero's arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her against him. An action that the Pilots never thought they would see him do.
"Everyone, this is the third and final member of our Team, Usagi Yuy." Heero said introducing her to everyone. "My wife."
Tenshi and Ryuuno went over to her, to greet her as well with hugs. "Had fun, 'neechan?" Tenshi asked in a low voice.
Usagi grinned hugging him in return. "Always, otooto." She slapped him upside the head. "And warn me next time when you're going to do that again. I almost lost control of the spell I had going."
Tenshi grinned at her sheepishly before relinquishing her to allow Ryuuno his greeting.
"Your ... your WIFE?" Duo exclaimed staring at the comfortable couple. Usagi exchanged glances with the two men of her life and snickered. Heero and Kyle had a similar grin of amusement on their faces.
"What about Tenshi?" Minako asked confused.
"Allow me to formally introduce myself." Tenshi grinned standing next to his sister. "I'm Aki Tenshi, Usagi's younger brother. Member of Team Archangel."
"Why didn't you come looking for us, Usagi?" Haruka asked. Usagi sighed, gesturing for everyone to take a seat. Being able to sit with her team mates, the once moon princess was finally able to relax.
"I couldn't." Usagi said quietly. Then she shook her head correcting herself, "I didn't want to." She raised a hand before they could start asking her anything. "I was around during Crystal Tokyo and saw how well you did and the doubt I had for myself grew. That lifetime when I found myself for the first time as Sailor Moon began to give me the confidence I had lacked back then. You probably seen it through my habits and the grades I received."
Her eyes landed on the Inner Senshi. "Your constant proding to do better helped somewhat, until I overheard you guys constantly complaining behind closed doors. Then that time before I died ..." she shook her head. "... you wouldn't have known that everything you said then would strip me of most of the confidence I managed to build for myself. Then when I was reborn during Crystal Tokyo, I found that you made it better than I could ever dream it to be. Again, I doubted that I was even up to the potential of what I used to be and build a utopia as you all have."
"It was you!" Ami interjected. "We did it because of you ... for you. We wanted to apologize for our harsh words ..."
"... Crystal Tokyo was made from the bonds of friendship you forged between all of us, Usagi-chan." Minako added.
"It took all of us make Crystal Tokyo and run it unlike the future we saw of you keeping the kingdom alive with your light." Makoto said.
"We .. pushed you too hard, Usagi ..." Rei admitted softly. "... We should have been more patient with you as you did with us in helping us cope with our loneliness."
"We didn't know what happened, Usagi ... but we should have found out or at least tried to find you." Michiru commented slowly. "We swore our loyalty to you and we didn't lift a finger to find you."
"I should have brought you to the palace when Hotaru and I ran into you that one time." Setsuna said looking directly at her princess. "Yet ... we didn't know it was you. You were so ..."
"Pathetic." Usagi offered. She shook her head. "Just as well as you didn't, Setsuna ... It worked out better this way." She looked down at her hand that was intertwined with her husbands. "I'm much happier this way."
She smiled gently at the Senshi as a group. "You did your best but you didn't know how fragile I had become towards the end. My doubts grew as my confidence fell each time I lost each and every one of you. With every fight that I had to be told what to do. What kind of leader was I when I didn't even know when to attack?"
"What about Mamoru?" Hotaru asked quietly. Heero lightly squeezed Usagi's hand in reassurance.
"What we ... Mamoru and I had ... will remain in the past. We had too many hardships and heartbreaks to allow us a better future." She bit her lower lip before speaking again. "And the soulmate bond is broken."
"What?!" Minako asked. "But ... but .. how?"
"The ginshishou has that power. When I died in the youma attack, I unconciously made the wish of no longer being bound to anyone. It broke the bond I had with Mamoru. It broke the bond we, as Moon Princess and her Protectors, shared." Usagi replied. "It's partially why you couldn't find me."
"Usagi ..." Makoto whispered. Usagi gave her a gentle smile, her eyes filled with age and wisdom. They were happier for it whether they knew it or not. Their lives were normal after they died during Crystal Tokyo. She knew in her heart that they did except for four. There was nothing she could do to help ease their pain. It allowed them to grow from the box the bond had kept them in.
"What about you, Heero?" Quatre asked from sitting behind his wife.
"Dr. J left me a mission before he died. It was to come here to L7." Heero replied, his voice no longer monotone from the war years. "Ryuuno and Jadeite gave me a choice ... whether to return to earth living the life of a shadow or to remain here and learn."
He smiled softly, an expression that would take the other ex-pilots to get used to in their once expressionless friend. "I never regretted that decision after Usagi and Kyle made me see past the missions."
"Speaking of missions," Ryuuno interjected, "I know you guys want to catch up but what are we going to do about the Dark Kingdom?"
"Leave that to us," Minako said with a grin, indicating the present group. "We'll take care of that."
"Ryuuno, you may want to implement the safe guards of L7 or start thinking of evacuating the colony." Usagi said looking at the Academy's director. "They know where L7 is now and I'm sure they will be approaching soon. The Triad knows and I'm sure they are willing to allow us to evacuate to Alpha Point."
He nodded. "Tenshi, get your Archangels together, we have some work to do."
"We need to get you guys equipped with our communication devices." Kyle remarked thoughtfully. "And a crash course in magic and technology. And Yuuchirou, I think you're like me ... I'll work with you on how to be a channel for your partners."
"Yuy!" A figure ran pell mell from the buildings towards the seated group. Alarmed, Team Eclipse rose to their feet. They would never use the last name unless they were talking to all three of them. The messenger skidded to a halt in front of them. "Trouble ... at Mer Point ...! Tia's missing!"
AC 202: September 24
Location: unknown
"Everything is going according to plan, my sweet." A man said gazing up at a shadowed portrait. "The pieces are in place and it will draw the Universe's Light to you and you will live again! I vow this to you, my darling wife."
He stepped out of the shadows, midnight black hair falling into his deep blue eyes. His lips curved into a smirk. "And Princess Serenity, you will pay for the trouble you've caused my family."