The Magic of the Mirror
It had been a month since Serenity had died while defending the solar system, but the pain was still heavy on many people's hearts, though none more so than Yue. If you though he had been distant before, that was nothing to how he was now. He didn't speak unless spoken to and usually gazed at the moon for most of the night.
Sakura finally figured out what her father had been talking about that fateful night. He was holding a party in honor of the People of the Moon. Apparently, they had discovered some tomes and had been trying to decode them for quite some time. Finally decoded, they found that it gave history on the princess of the moon, a young woman called Serenity.
According to the tomes, the princess had been a kind and gentle youth of only 427 years. The archaeologist rationalized that these people must have had a different way of counting years, because it was impossible for people to live that young, and judging by the paintings they had found, the girl in question looked no older than nineteen.
The party was going to take place behind the university, on the shore of a man-made lake. A small stage had been erected, with Selene's mirror on one side, and a blown up portrait of the princess on the other.
Sakura mad no move to tell her father that Usagi-chan had been the princess that he had been studying, and in fact the girl that had saved his life against the monster. It wouldn't really make sense to tell him now that she was... passed on. It would only bring grief to her father and remorse to her, for not telling him sooner. Of course, it wouldn't have been her fault, seeing as Fujitaka never mentioned what he was working on, but still.
Seeing as he was in charge of the event, Fujitaka got as many tickets as he wished. He didn't need a ticket (obviously), but he got five for his children. Touya had decided to take Yukito, and Sakura was taking Tomoyo and Syaoran (much to Touya's displeasure). Also, many of Sakura's friends from school (Chiharu, Yamazaki, Rika, Naoko, ect.) had gotten tickets from their parents, who said that they didn't want their children to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. Eriol had also gotten tickets for himself, Kaho and Nakuru (how, he would not say). And the outers had gotten tickets, through Haruka and Michiru's earthly fame.
Soon, the night of the event was upon them, and people from all over the world were arriving. Sakura and company found their seats near the front and sat down, waiting for the show to begin.
"This is so exciting!" squealed Tomoyo, pulling out her video camera. Sakura and Syaoran sweat dropped.
"Yeah just to think, a whole show about...Usagi-chan," said Sakura. The other two nodded sadly. Yukito, who was sitting on the other side of Touya, who was sitting next to Sakura, with Tomoyo and Syaoran on the other side of her, had his eyes flash ice blue.
Fujitaka stepped up to the podium and cleared his throat. Immediately, the crowd silenced. "I would like to thank you all for coming to this most exciting event," said Fujitaka. "This is one of the most profound archaeology discovery in a decade. Welcome everyone to People of the Moon.
"Now your probably all wondering, 'Why people of the moon?'. The answer is simple. According to the tomes, they were descendants of Selene, and most of the pictures have the sky with the earth in the sky. Many of you may scoff, but you will be mocking these peoples' beliefs. Of course, they're not true, but we must still respect them.
"In most of the pictures, and or tomes, we hear of six people in particular. One, is the Queen, whose name is Selenity. Others are people named Mizuno Ami of Mercury, Aino Minako of Venus, Hino Rei of Mars, and Kino Makoto of Jupiter. The most important person is Princess Serenity. ("Hey, they forgot us!" growled Haruka)
"Now, we have found a most remarkable artifact, which we have dubbed, The Moon Mirror. As you can see, it has a massive size, and instead of showing your real reflection, it magnifies it so that the image is in the middle of the surface. We have also noted that it does not always show your true reflection. This continues to puzzle us.
"Now, I will ask my daughter, Sakura, to come before the mirror."
Quite surprised, Sakura got up and walked on to the stage. With an encouraging nod from her father, she stood before the mirror and gasped in surprise. It wasn't her reflection.
In the mirror, Sakura was dressed in the battle costume that she had been in when she fought Eriol. Her pink staff was in her hands, and the Sakura cards were fluttering about her. Her pink aura was visible around her, and something was pulsating above her heart.
She pulled back her dress, so that the spot that was pulsating in the mirror was visible. What happened next surprised everyone. The moonlight hit the mirror and rebounded so that is hit the spot. With a flash of bright light, Sakura opened her eyes to see a tiny key floating in front of her, with the symbol of the moon.
Setsuna nodded at the other outers, before throwing up the other keys, which they had claimed from Serenity's apartment. With one last look at them, she threw them in the air. The keys immediately glowed their respective colors and whizzed to the other. Then, all the keys floated over the water, while people in the crowd watched in amazement.
The keys formed a circle, floated for a second, before rushing towards each other and fusing in the middle, forming the legendary Ginzuishou. The crystal began to pulsate and the water below it began to rise. It twisted and turned until it formed the silhouette of a woman with long hair done in half buns. The silhouette, which had no color, so it was simply water, lifted it's hands to cup the crystal.
Beams of red, orange, green, and blue shot from the silhouette's abdomen and, shot to the stage. More silhouettes, formed: one of fire, one of an orange glow, one of electricity and one of ice. They solidified into girls wearing sailor fukus.
"Hey! We're free!" exclaimed the one in orange.
"Yeah! Go us!" cried the girl in green.
"What is going on here?" wondered Fujitaka, not to mention most of the crowd. Yukito, however promptly changed into Yue, not caring if the whole world saw. (A/N: Can you just imagine the confusion? He he)
"Well, it appears that the merger that was formed between our beings and Serenity's being split," informed the blue one. The other girls sweat dropped.
"I think we got that Ami," sighed Rei. "Let's just watch..." Their gazes turned to the water.
Great water wings immerged from the water silhouette's back. They wrapped themselves around the silhouette, forming a giant water ball. (A/N: funny mental images! *grins* I get those a lot, hehe)
When the wings retracted, a beautiful woman with long silver hair and the bluest eyes you could ever see emerged, slowly descending until her bare feet touched the water. To everyone's amazement, her feet stayed flat on the water. Holding out a hand, the crystal floated into it. Slowly and gracefully, the woman made her way to the stage.
People on the stage backed up in fright as she stepped on to it. Fujitaka however, approached her and asked, "Who are you?"
"Do you not remember?" she asked, smiling and arching an eyebrow.
"I-" started Fujitaka, but was cut off when a silver and white blur rushed passed him and enveloped the woman in a fierce embrace.
"Serenity..." whispered Yue. "I thought you were dead."
Serenity giggled, "I was." Yue looked at her in shock. "The Ginzuishou brought me back."
"Never, do that again," whispered Yue fiercely, before claiming her lips in his. The kiss lasted until the two heard Minako, Makoto and Rei hooting.
Laughing, Serenity left Yue's arms and walked up to the podium. "Welcome. I know you are all here for the people of the moon exhibit. Though the archaeologists did have a number of things right, most is wrong."
"And how would you know?" asked an angry archaeologist.
Suppressing her laughter, she merely pointed to the blown up painting of her and stated, "I am Serenity, princess of the "People of the Moon", though we prefer to be called Lunarians. As for Ami, Minako, Rei and Makoto, their not Lunarians at all. They come from a completely different race. Ami is Mercuranian, Minako is Venusian, Rei is Martian, and Makoto is Jovian.
"You said that I couldn't possibly be four-hundred, and twenty-seven years old, but I am - was. I'm not anymore, seeing as I just died. Now, you all look at me like I'm crazy, but it's the truth. I hate to burst your bubble people, but magic exists, you're all just too blind to see it. You think all the weird happenings here in Tomoeda were just coincidence? Ha! I think not.
"Two-hundred years ago, there was a kingdom on the moon. Now, I know that archaeologists have been looking for Atlantis for as long as you can remember. I hate to break it to you, but it's been visible the whole time. It's on the moon... or at least what's left of it. People from earth destroyed it, like I said, two hundred years ago.
"Now, I don't blame Terrans, for they were possessed, but after I came to earth, for I was the only survivor, it took a while to warm up to them. Just weeks past, I defeated the evil that possessed you those many years ago. The catch? I died, but with the power of the Ginzuishou, I was brought back.
"Now, I don't expect you to believe it, for it does sound pretty far fetched, and you don't know me, but I can turn into someone you might just believe." She waved her hand and her hair went blonde. There were gasps from all the people who went to the Tomoeda schools. "In this form, I am known as Tsukino Usagi. I'm guessing that if you didn't believe in magic before, you do now, ne?"
Usagi changed back to Serenity. "I think it's time I brought back my kingdom." Her crescent moon wand appeared in her other hand, and she placed the Ginzuishou in it. Lifting it above her head, she cried, "Moon Restoration!" A beam of white light shot towards the moon. "It is done," she whispered. "It is time for me to return home."
"No!" said Yue. "I won't let you go alone! I'm coming with you!"
"Yue," said Serenity gently, placing a finger on his lips. "Your place is here. You have a duty to do, a duty to my father and a duty to Sakura-chan. She needs you. As powerful as she is, she still needs someone to train her, to guide her, to protect her. Okay, she has Cerberus, but c'mon, it's Cerberus."
"I heard that!" came a small voice from the audience.
Chuckling, Serenity shook her head. "You have to stay here Yue. We will see each other again... I promise. Nothing will keep me away. It's just that right now, Sakura needs you more than I do, and it would be selfish of me to keep you all to myself. Do you understand?" Yue nodded. "Good, then I must go now." She kissed him and backed away. "Senshi!" Within an instant, all the senshi were in a circle around her. "Let's go home," smiled Serenity. They all glowed their respective colors and shot up to the moon.
Yue watched his love go, but knew she would be back soon. "Ashiteru Serenity."
I hear the voice of my destiny call,
And I know I must go find my way.
The hardest part will be leaving you all,
And I'll miss you more than words can say.
I'll be only a memory away...
If you need me, you can call me anytime of day,
I'll be there, it's okay,
Only a memory away...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
This weekend, the world suffered a great surprise. The archaeological find, dubbed "People Of the Moon", was discovered to be a real race that is alive today. Unlike being people that worshiped the moon, this race is actually from the moon. During a party honoring the people, the princess of these people, whom she called "Lunarians", emerged, along with several others. She said, and I quote, "Magic exists." This was further proven when, by a miracle, or her magic, her kingdom on the moon was restored, complete with people. This continues to baffle scientists, who have no reasonable explanation for this, save the "magic" theory.
Apart from this, more races were found, thriving on each of the planets. When asked why astrologers never noted this fact, they could give no reasonable explanation. We can only assume that it was "magic".
Earth and the other planets meet to discuss commerce this evening. The princesses of each planet will be standing in their parents' shoes.
- The Tokyo Tribute
Kinomoto Family
You are invited to join in the celebration of the union of
Princess Serenity Usagi Tsuki Lunaria Reed
To
Yue.
in Holy Matrimony.
Please reply to Hiiragizawa Eriol.
Hope you can come! ^^
A/N: Hahahhaha! I'm done! Finally! Sheesh, that's a load off my chest. What a happy ending, ne? I bet you were sweating at the part where she said good-bye. I'm evil. So yeah, that's it. La Fin. The End. El Extremo.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! ^^
If you want another CCS/SM crossover, check out my new fic, Of Sun, Moon and Cards.
Bai bai minna!
