Authors notes: Stl, this is mainly for you. To tell you the truth, you're
the first flame I've ever gotten. (Aside from people saying I have bad
spelling) And that's a hard thing to take, the first probably being the
worst. And please, do you have to resort to name-calling? I mean you're
welcome to your opinion, but please don't express them in such mean ways.
I'd be very grateful. And if you'd stay tuned, I'm doing something with
Seiya and Serena. It's a special moment for them, but it'll be in the last
chapter. Thanks........
Two Roads Part VIII:
Hotaru, Lita, Yaten, the cats, and Kenshin hurried out of the labyrinth of corridors. With a sigh, Lita stared up at the secret entrance she'd found one day when she was still... with them. "Thank you god, finally we're out."
"I'll drink to that as soon as we're back on Kinmoku." Yaten said, "So let's get out now." The others nodded and both men stepped to the door.
"1." Kenshin said.
"2." Yaten said.
"3." Both said together and plowed the door down.
Lita rolled her eyes, "You could have just opened it." Kenshin groaned as he and Yaten stepped over the door. "Hotaru?" Lita called as she too stepped out. "Are you coming?" She glanced back and spotted Hotaru staring back into the darkness.
"Ya." Hotaru sighed and turned back to the light, "I just thought I saw something." She reached down and picked up Ceres and Orbit, while Luna and Artimis followed at her heals. Lita and Hotaru caught up with the Yaten and Kenshin who were looking over the edge of the dark clouds that held the dreary castle.
"Now what do we do?" Luna asked, "It's straight into space from here."
"Hai." Lita murmured.
"So......." Hotaru sighed.
"We teleport back?" Lita said, "But I don't think that'd work. You don't have enough power to get anywhere. So...."
"We have to wait for the others." Kenshin sighed, "But how long? And how will they know we're here?" He glanced up at the ominous sky, with green eyes painfully staring. "I feel it'll be up to just us."
"So........" Yaten muttered, "We teleport to space and fly back?"
"I think so. We at least have to try." Lita closed her eyes and pursed her lips. "We really have to get out of here so we can fight when we need to." Her eyes opened, now filled with pain. "I have some paying back to do. But now is not the time."
"Li...." Hotaru watched as the senshi of Jupiter stared off at nothing, her body looked weak, her eyes pained, her skin pail; she looked sick. 'What happened to you Lita? Did Akuma hurt you more then I thought?' Lita turned her gaze to Hotaru and gave her a small smile.
"Shall we?" Ceres suggested snuggling closer to Hotaru, "I dislike this place immensely."
"And you have some threads to reweave?" Hotaru asked softly. The cat's eyes cut to Hotaru /Don't you dare Saturn./ A voice warned in her head, /Orbit and I are responsible for writing destiny in text. I have a job to do as well! As the Fate of the Present, I need to make sure nothing is permanently damaged for the future./
(An: Do you all get it now? I'm not sure if I'm explaining our new cat friends right. They're the Fates from Greek Mythology, the ones that spin destiny with a loom. Well since destiny screwed up, they came to help.)
"Okay." Yaten sighed raising his hand to Hotaru's, "Shall we?"
"Hai." Hotaru said softly, placing her small hand into his. Lita grabbed Hotaru's other hand, and Kenshin took her's and Yaten's. Luna and Artimis jumped back into the bag on Lita's shoulder while Ceres and Orbit took a different route; on Taru's shoulders.
"Healer Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Wisher Star Power!"
"Um...... I don't have a power." Hotaru, Lita, Yaten, and the cats all sweat dropped.
"Just concentrate your power!" Lita said. Everyone's auras flared around them; color jumped and flamed to life. Their powers combined and there eyes closed. They're bodies started to fade as they reached out into space where they would be once they'd totally faded out.
But........
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Seiya and Serena ran as fast as their legs could carry them. "Forget about the plan! We've got bigger problems." Haruka called from her position; she'd been trapped pushing Michi out of the way of one of Wine's traps.
"Ah.... You are no fun." Akuma chuckled. "But you're almost all girls which means no matter what, I get some fun after."
"You're a sick man!" Karutsu screamed.
"Why of coarse. I like Serena didn't I?"
"Why you ******* son of *****! I'm gonna....." Seiya raged on. (An: Sorry, I really didn't fell like swearing tonight. I used them all up when I "misplaced" my cell phone today. Oops......)
Setsuna leaped from another of the slashes of energy Crimson shot at her, while Taiki dodged one of Scarlet's black disks. Michi was trying to free Ruka, though not succeeding very well; she got caught in the slime herself. Karutsu and Seiya fought with Akuma.
And Serena......... All she could do was watch in horror as her friends suffered, 'because of me'. Her mind screamed at her run, her heart to fight, her body to crumple up and cry.
"No! No more tears." She whispered. "I have to be strong. I have to buy Lita time to get Hotaru and Yaten out of here!" Serena's eyes closed for a second as she gathered her wits together.
"So that's your plan." Serena whipped around and found Crimson floating behind her with a smug smirk upon her lips. "I knew that trader would be up to something!" Her eyes flashed, "I'll just have to go take care of the rats now then. Master?" She turned to Akuma.
"Of coarse...." He waved his hand and she vanished leaving Serena staring where she'd been. 'No. All of our work. Our planning. But most of all my friends!' Her eyes welled with tears but she urged them not to fall. 'Please no more tears.'
As Serena fought with herself on the inside, Akuma was reading to strike from the outside. He gathered his evil energy into a ball the size of a basketball and shot it at Serena.
And she didn't even see it coming till it was too late.............
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A blast shook the mid- teleported group of senshi and brought them, with a crash, back to the reality of Akuma's cloud layer. "Trying to escape little birds?" Crimson cackled. Lita growled at her and stood; she was the only one who could. The others lay motionless, all drained of their energy. "And now there's no where to run."
"I hate you." Lita spit. She lunged at the fired eyed woman and toppled her to the ground. Both women struggled for dominance, as the wrestled on the ground. The rolled at least ten yards from the sleeping group as Crimson finally pin Lita down.
"No it's time for you to die!" She grinned wickedly. "And I'm going to be the one to do it. But first...." Her eyes narrowed to the unsuspecting sleepers. "I'll kill them."
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lita's cry echoes across the clouds, and all the way into the dark abyss of sleep.
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Ceres and Orbit watched in horror as the evil fire senshi advanced on Saturn and the others. "What should we do? What can we do?" Ceres asked.
"Nothing." Orbit answered.
"But there has to be something!" The younger cat cried.
"The only way is to revile our true forms. And revive the fighters."
"Revive Saturn at least, since the transformation will take most of our energy." Ceres corrected.
"True. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"If it will save some shard of destiny, yes."
"Alright." Orbit sighed and closed his eyes. "If what must be, must come to be......"
"Then let it be, what it shall be...."
"Past!" Orbit called.
"Present!" Ceres closed her eyes and concentrated.
"Future!" another cat appeared from out of nowhere.
Rainbow lights filled the area and Crimson was blasted back with a scream. It faded as the lights dimmed and the dust settled. Three people now stood where once three cats where.
"We...."
"Are..."
"The....."
"Fates..."
Three voices echoed.
"Guardians of the........"
"Past...."
"Present......"
"And Future......"
"I am the guardian of the past!" The tallest was a man with silver hair tied in a ponytail. His eyes were ebony and he looked like he was carved out of a dream. His clothes were all white, but sparkled with silver dust. He wore a necklace with on word on it; "Telificas".
"I am the guardian of the present." A woman's gold eyes sparkled dangerously as she wiped a piece of stray black hair into bun that was worn at the top of her head. She wore an attire of all gold with wisps of silver dust. On he neck was another a charm with the writing; "Incubus."
"I am the guardian of the future." A small girl stood next to the woman. She had black and silver hair that hung loose to her shoulders. Her eyes were violet with flakes of gold in them. She wore both silver and gold clothes and sported a charm with the words; "Emituabus."
"We are the Fates!" They all said together.
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Serena's senses kicked in a minute too late, as the ball of energy was centimeters from killing her. A scream threatened to rip from her lips, yet no sound came. The only thing after the dust settled was two bodies toppled over.
Seiya's body lay limply over Serena's. A strangled sound escaped from her lips as she stared up into the face of the dead man that had loved her. "No." She whispered. "Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone watched in horror as the princess stood up and glared at Akuma; "It's your fault." She whispered in a deadly calm voice. "All your fault." Akuma felt another laugh coming on. But it was silenced with the echoes of Crimsons blood curdling scream.
Wine and Scarlet's heads whipped around. "Shall we?"
"No." Akuma said. "We've bigger things to worry about. Like where to berry all of their bodies." Serena lunged for the black-cloaked man but Karutsu's arms round around her waist.
"Not yet. Don't fight for revenge." She nodded but still struggled. Haruka, Michi, Taiki, and Setsuna's power was thinning. They hadn't used their new powers as much as they should have so it wore out easily. They were starting to nod off into slumber; not wanting to in the least.
So now it was Karutsu and Serena that were left to fight...........
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Hotaru felt a light shining, pulling her towards reality. She fought it, wanting rest, craving it. "Please; I'm so tired." She moaned. But to no avail she finally woke, her violet eyes fluttering open.
Three people stood over her; watching her. "Ceres. Orbit. Lesta. What happened?"
"You lost your energy, as did everyone. Crimson beat Lita down and Serena needs help! Crimson is now dead, but there are still the others. To save destiny you must fight." Ceres said.
"If you don't, I'm afraid the future will break." Lesta sighed. Hotaru nodded and struggled to stand.
"Saturn." Orbit sighed, "We grant you our power so you may fight and save the universe as we know it."
"But what will happen to you?" Hotaru cried.
"We will fade out of destiny until the battle is won." Ceres said. "I pray it'll be you that rescues us and not Akuma."
"I know I will." Hotaru whispered, "I have to."
The Fates joined hands in a circle around Hotaru and in a flash of light they were gone. Leaving Hotaru standing in a new uniform. (An: Sort of like Cosmos's, but with rainbow, silver, black, and white. And she has pigtails, but with star like shapes as the buns, and her hair's silver. She has the same star pendant from the Super S Series. She has a new staff with a moon with rings around and a crystal resting in the center of the rings.)
"I am Sailor Celestial, the guardian of Destiny and Balance. I hold the Destiny Crystal, and I shall safe my friends!" The words echoed from her lips as the woman. "And I shall save reality!"
Two Roads Part VIII:
Hotaru, Lita, Yaten, the cats, and Kenshin hurried out of the labyrinth of corridors. With a sigh, Lita stared up at the secret entrance she'd found one day when she was still... with them. "Thank you god, finally we're out."
"I'll drink to that as soon as we're back on Kinmoku." Yaten said, "So let's get out now." The others nodded and both men stepped to the door.
"1." Kenshin said.
"2." Yaten said.
"3." Both said together and plowed the door down.
Lita rolled her eyes, "You could have just opened it." Kenshin groaned as he and Yaten stepped over the door. "Hotaru?" Lita called as she too stepped out. "Are you coming?" She glanced back and spotted Hotaru staring back into the darkness.
"Ya." Hotaru sighed and turned back to the light, "I just thought I saw something." She reached down and picked up Ceres and Orbit, while Luna and Artimis followed at her heals. Lita and Hotaru caught up with the Yaten and Kenshin who were looking over the edge of the dark clouds that held the dreary castle.
"Now what do we do?" Luna asked, "It's straight into space from here."
"Hai." Lita murmured.
"So......." Hotaru sighed.
"We teleport back?" Lita said, "But I don't think that'd work. You don't have enough power to get anywhere. So...."
"We have to wait for the others." Kenshin sighed, "But how long? And how will they know we're here?" He glanced up at the ominous sky, with green eyes painfully staring. "I feel it'll be up to just us."
"So........" Yaten muttered, "We teleport to space and fly back?"
"I think so. We at least have to try." Lita closed her eyes and pursed her lips. "We really have to get out of here so we can fight when we need to." Her eyes opened, now filled with pain. "I have some paying back to do. But now is not the time."
"Li...." Hotaru watched as the senshi of Jupiter stared off at nothing, her body looked weak, her eyes pained, her skin pail; she looked sick. 'What happened to you Lita? Did Akuma hurt you more then I thought?' Lita turned her gaze to Hotaru and gave her a small smile.
"Shall we?" Ceres suggested snuggling closer to Hotaru, "I dislike this place immensely."
"And you have some threads to reweave?" Hotaru asked softly. The cat's eyes cut to Hotaru /Don't you dare Saturn./ A voice warned in her head, /Orbit and I are responsible for writing destiny in text. I have a job to do as well! As the Fate of the Present, I need to make sure nothing is permanently damaged for the future./
(An: Do you all get it now? I'm not sure if I'm explaining our new cat friends right. They're the Fates from Greek Mythology, the ones that spin destiny with a loom. Well since destiny screwed up, they came to help.)
"Okay." Yaten sighed raising his hand to Hotaru's, "Shall we?"
"Hai." Hotaru said softly, placing her small hand into his. Lita grabbed Hotaru's other hand, and Kenshin took her's and Yaten's. Luna and Artimis jumped back into the bag on Lita's shoulder while Ceres and Orbit took a different route; on Taru's shoulders.
"Healer Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Wisher Star Power!"
"Um...... I don't have a power." Hotaru, Lita, Yaten, and the cats all sweat dropped.
"Just concentrate your power!" Lita said. Everyone's auras flared around them; color jumped and flamed to life. Their powers combined and there eyes closed. They're bodies started to fade as they reached out into space where they would be once they'd totally faded out.
But........
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Seiya and Serena ran as fast as their legs could carry them. "Forget about the plan! We've got bigger problems." Haruka called from her position; she'd been trapped pushing Michi out of the way of one of Wine's traps.
"Ah.... You are no fun." Akuma chuckled. "But you're almost all girls which means no matter what, I get some fun after."
"You're a sick man!" Karutsu screamed.
"Why of coarse. I like Serena didn't I?"
"Why you ******* son of *****! I'm gonna....." Seiya raged on. (An: Sorry, I really didn't fell like swearing tonight. I used them all up when I "misplaced" my cell phone today. Oops......)
Setsuna leaped from another of the slashes of energy Crimson shot at her, while Taiki dodged one of Scarlet's black disks. Michi was trying to free Ruka, though not succeeding very well; she got caught in the slime herself. Karutsu and Seiya fought with Akuma.
And Serena......... All she could do was watch in horror as her friends suffered, 'because of me'. Her mind screamed at her run, her heart to fight, her body to crumple up and cry.
"No! No more tears." She whispered. "I have to be strong. I have to buy Lita time to get Hotaru and Yaten out of here!" Serena's eyes closed for a second as she gathered her wits together.
"So that's your plan." Serena whipped around and found Crimson floating behind her with a smug smirk upon her lips. "I knew that trader would be up to something!" Her eyes flashed, "I'll just have to go take care of the rats now then. Master?" She turned to Akuma.
"Of coarse...." He waved his hand and she vanished leaving Serena staring where she'd been. 'No. All of our work. Our planning. But most of all my friends!' Her eyes welled with tears but she urged them not to fall. 'Please no more tears.'
As Serena fought with herself on the inside, Akuma was reading to strike from the outside. He gathered his evil energy into a ball the size of a basketball and shot it at Serena.
And she didn't even see it coming till it was too late.............
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A blast shook the mid- teleported group of senshi and brought them, with a crash, back to the reality of Akuma's cloud layer. "Trying to escape little birds?" Crimson cackled. Lita growled at her and stood; she was the only one who could. The others lay motionless, all drained of their energy. "And now there's no where to run."
"I hate you." Lita spit. She lunged at the fired eyed woman and toppled her to the ground. Both women struggled for dominance, as the wrestled on the ground. The rolled at least ten yards from the sleeping group as Crimson finally pin Lita down.
"No it's time for you to die!" She grinned wickedly. "And I'm going to be the one to do it. But first...." Her eyes narrowed to the unsuspecting sleepers. "I'll kill them."
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lita's cry echoes across the clouds, and all the way into the dark abyss of sleep.
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Ceres and Orbit watched in horror as the evil fire senshi advanced on Saturn and the others. "What should we do? What can we do?" Ceres asked.
"Nothing." Orbit answered.
"But there has to be something!" The younger cat cried.
"The only way is to revile our true forms. And revive the fighters."
"Revive Saturn at least, since the transformation will take most of our energy." Ceres corrected.
"True. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"If it will save some shard of destiny, yes."
"Alright." Orbit sighed and closed his eyes. "If what must be, must come to be......"
"Then let it be, what it shall be...."
"Past!" Orbit called.
"Present!" Ceres closed her eyes and concentrated.
"Future!" another cat appeared from out of nowhere.
Rainbow lights filled the area and Crimson was blasted back with a scream. It faded as the lights dimmed and the dust settled. Three people now stood where once three cats where.
"We...."
"Are..."
"The....."
"Fates..."
Three voices echoed.
"Guardians of the........"
"Past...."
"Present......"
"And Future......"
"I am the guardian of the past!" The tallest was a man with silver hair tied in a ponytail. His eyes were ebony and he looked like he was carved out of a dream. His clothes were all white, but sparkled with silver dust. He wore a necklace with on word on it; "Telificas".
"I am the guardian of the present." A woman's gold eyes sparkled dangerously as she wiped a piece of stray black hair into bun that was worn at the top of her head. She wore an attire of all gold with wisps of silver dust. On he neck was another a charm with the writing; "Incubus."
"I am the guardian of the future." A small girl stood next to the woman. She had black and silver hair that hung loose to her shoulders. Her eyes were violet with flakes of gold in them. She wore both silver and gold clothes and sported a charm with the words; "Emituabus."
"We are the Fates!" They all said together.
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Serena's senses kicked in a minute too late, as the ball of energy was centimeters from killing her. A scream threatened to rip from her lips, yet no sound came. The only thing after the dust settled was two bodies toppled over.
Seiya's body lay limply over Serena's. A strangled sound escaped from her lips as she stared up into the face of the dead man that had loved her. "No." She whispered. "Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone watched in horror as the princess stood up and glared at Akuma; "It's your fault." She whispered in a deadly calm voice. "All your fault." Akuma felt another laugh coming on. But it was silenced with the echoes of Crimsons blood curdling scream.
Wine and Scarlet's heads whipped around. "Shall we?"
"No." Akuma said. "We've bigger things to worry about. Like where to berry all of their bodies." Serena lunged for the black-cloaked man but Karutsu's arms round around her waist.
"Not yet. Don't fight for revenge." She nodded but still struggled. Haruka, Michi, Taiki, and Setsuna's power was thinning. They hadn't used their new powers as much as they should have so it wore out easily. They were starting to nod off into slumber; not wanting to in the least.
So now it was Karutsu and Serena that were left to fight...........
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Hotaru felt a light shining, pulling her towards reality. She fought it, wanting rest, craving it. "Please; I'm so tired." She moaned. But to no avail she finally woke, her violet eyes fluttering open.
Three people stood over her; watching her. "Ceres. Orbit. Lesta. What happened?"
"You lost your energy, as did everyone. Crimson beat Lita down and Serena needs help! Crimson is now dead, but there are still the others. To save destiny you must fight." Ceres said.
"If you don't, I'm afraid the future will break." Lesta sighed. Hotaru nodded and struggled to stand.
"Saturn." Orbit sighed, "We grant you our power so you may fight and save the universe as we know it."
"But what will happen to you?" Hotaru cried.
"We will fade out of destiny until the battle is won." Ceres said. "I pray it'll be you that rescues us and not Akuma."
"I know I will." Hotaru whispered, "I have to."
The Fates joined hands in a circle around Hotaru and in a flash of light they were gone. Leaving Hotaru standing in a new uniform. (An: Sort of like Cosmos's, but with rainbow, silver, black, and white. And she has pigtails, but with star like shapes as the buns, and her hair's silver. She has the same star pendant from the Super S Series. She has a new staff with a moon with rings around and a crystal resting in the center of the rings.)
"I am Sailor Celestial, the guardian of Destiny and Balance. I hold the Destiny Crystal, and I shall safe my friends!" The words echoed from her lips as the woman. "And I shall save reality!"