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" What happened? " Khamiya demanded when she saw Mamoru standing alone and bewildered in the middle of the temple grounds. " Where is everyone? " She glared at him as he stared vacantly at the ground before him. " Endymion! " she finally snapped when he still failed to answer.
" I didn't get here in time to stop him, " he whispered hoarsely. " He took them all. "
" Who? Who took them? "
" I don't know. He was from the Dark Kingdom, and by the time I saw him it was too late. They all vanished. "
" Damn it! " Khamiya cursed, taking her transformation crystal in hand, " Are you just going to stand there and mourn, or are you going to do something? "
Her words seemed to snap him out of his shock, and he turned his brilliant blue eyes on her, " Why did you call me that? "
" Call you what? "
" Endymion. You called me Endymion before. "
Khamiya frowned, " It doesn't matter. I got your attention, didn't I? "
He studied her for another long moment, " We've met before, haven't we? " he asked hesitantly.
" Don't be foolish, Mamoru. I live in a galaxy light years away, and I've never been to this planet. What you're saying is impossible. "
" I don't believe that anything is impossible. Anyone who heard the story of my life would say that it is impossible, and yet I know it to be so. Who are you? " he was standing over her, his eyes boring into hers. She would never have admitted it, but his presence frightened her in that moment. And though she wanted nothing more than to turn away, she couldn't. A vision flashed in her mind, and she could tell from the expression on his face that he was experiencing something similar.
" Am I interrupting? "
Both of them jumped, immediately tearing their gazes from each other to the man who stood hovering several yards away. " You! " growled Mamoru, " Where are they? "
Zoisite laughed, " You'll be seeing them soon enough, boy. Now I suggest the two of you come with me quietly. "
" Lunar...Crystal...Power...Transformation! "
Zoisite frowned as he watched the little brat transform. He attempted to throw an attack but was cut off when a razor sharp rose stuck in his hand. " What the..."
Mamoru had done his own transformation and now stood as Tuxedo Kamen. " We want our friends back now! " Out of the corner of his eye he saw Sailor Eclipse vanish, and it almost distracted him when Zoisite threw his next attack.
Tuxedo Kamen jumped out of the way and tossed another rose at the general who managed to side step it. They battled back and forth neither opponent really taking any damage. Tuxedo Kamen was beginning to think that the Celestial Senshi had abandoned him, but out of nowhere she appeared behind Zoisite. " Lunar...Shadow.... Surrender! "
The blast hit him dead center in the back, knocking him unconscious on the ground. " Sleep tight, general, " she said nonchalantly. She kneeled beside him and studied him for a moment. He seemed vaguely familiar as the other two generals had. By now she knew that they had met at some time, though she could not recall the precise circumstances. Misty images filled her thoughts, bits and pieces of a past that she could never quite remember yet never quite forget.
" I remember now! " Tuxedo Kamen shouted pointing a finger at the young woman kneeling over Zoisite's prone form, " I know who you are. " There was a combination of awe, fear and disbelief in his tone as he stared at her.
She stood slowly, her eyes never leaving him as she moved closer, " Endymion, listen to me. You mustn't tell the others. You don't know nearly as much as you think you do. " She waited with baited breath for him to respond. All of her memories were slowly reviving, the awful truth replaying itself in her mind like the nightmares that had plagued her for so long.
" How can you expect me to do that? " he exclaimed, " They have a right to know. "
" Please, " she begged, " have faith in me. I am a Senshi as much as any of the others, and I shall not betray that responsibility. This pains me more than you will ever know, but there is much that you don't understand. I haven't time to explain. We must go into the Dark Kingdom to free the others, and our time is short. "
" Fine, " he said slowly, " but I'll be watching you. "
Eclipse sighed feeling her heart twist painfully in her chest. So it had begun. She lightly laid a hand on Tuxedo Kamen's sleeve and the other on the unconscious general; a second later all three of them were gone.
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" What happened? " Khamiya demanded when she saw Mamoru standing alone and bewildered in the middle of the temple grounds. " Where is everyone? " She glared at him as he stared vacantly at the ground before him. " Endymion! " she finally snapped when he still failed to answer.
" I didn't get here in time to stop him, " he whispered hoarsely. " He took them all. "
" Who? Who took them? "
" I don't know. He was from the Dark Kingdom, and by the time I saw him it was too late. They all vanished. "
" Damn it! " Khamiya cursed, taking her transformation crystal in hand, " Are you just going to stand there and mourn, or are you going to do something? "
Her words seemed to snap him out of his shock, and he turned his brilliant blue eyes on her, " Why did you call me that? "
" Call you what? "
" Endymion. You called me Endymion before. "
Khamiya frowned, " It doesn't matter. I got your attention, didn't I? "
He studied her for another long moment, " We've met before, haven't we? " he asked hesitantly.
" Don't be foolish, Mamoru. I live in a galaxy light years away, and I've never been to this planet. What you're saying is impossible. "
" I don't believe that anything is impossible. Anyone who heard the story of my life would say that it is impossible, and yet I know it to be so. Who are you? " he was standing over her, his eyes boring into hers. She would never have admitted it, but his presence frightened her in that moment. And though she wanted nothing more than to turn away, she couldn't. A vision flashed in her mind, and she could tell from the expression on his face that he was experiencing something similar.
" Am I interrupting? "
Both of them jumped, immediately tearing their gazes from each other to the man who stood hovering several yards away. " You! " growled Mamoru, " Where are they? "
Zoisite laughed, " You'll be seeing them soon enough, boy. Now I suggest the two of you come with me quietly. "
" Lunar...Crystal...Power...Transformation! "
Zoisite frowned as he watched the little brat transform. He attempted to throw an attack but was cut off when a razor sharp rose stuck in his hand. " What the..."
Mamoru had done his own transformation and now stood as Tuxedo Kamen. " We want our friends back now! " Out of the corner of his eye he saw Sailor Eclipse vanish, and it almost distracted him when Zoisite threw his next attack.
Tuxedo Kamen jumped out of the way and tossed another rose at the general who managed to side step it. They battled back and forth neither opponent really taking any damage. Tuxedo Kamen was beginning to think that the Celestial Senshi had abandoned him, but out of nowhere she appeared behind Zoisite. " Lunar...Shadow.... Surrender! "
The blast hit him dead center in the back, knocking him unconscious on the ground. " Sleep tight, general, " she said nonchalantly. She kneeled beside him and studied him for a moment. He seemed vaguely familiar as the other two generals had. By now she knew that they had met at some time, though she could not recall the precise circumstances. Misty images filled her thoughts, bits and pieces of a past that she could never quite remember yet never quite forget.
" I remember now! " Tuxedo Kamen shouted pointing a finger at the young woman kneeling over Zoisite's prone form, " I know who you are. " There was a combination of awe, fear and disbelief in his tone as he stared at her.
She stood slowly, her eyes never leaving him as she moved closer, " Endymion, listen to me. You mustn't tell the others. You don't know nearly as much as you think you do. " She waited with baited breath for him to respond. All of her memories were slowly reviving, the awful truth replaying itself in her mind like the nightmares that had plagued her for so long.
" How can you expect me to do that? " he exclaimed, " They have a right to know. "
" Please, " she begged, " have faith in me. I am a Senshi as much as any of the others, and I shall not betray that responsibility. This pains me more than you will ever know, but there is much that you don't understand. I haven't time to explain. We must go into the Dark Kingdom to free the others, and our time is short. "
" Fine, " he said slowly, " but I'll be watching you. "
Eclipse sighed feeling her heart twist painfully in her chest. So it had begun. She lightly laid a hand on Tuxedo Kamen's sleeve and the other on the unconscious general; a second later all three of them were gone.