Another Life
Chapter 3
Genre: After "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Sad to say, as much as I adore them, Sailor Moon and Gundam
Wing aren't mine. So there's no use to sue, all you would get outta me
is a lotta fan fiction, fan art, and anime merchandise!! I just borrow
the characters for the stories, they belong to the various people and
companies..all bow to Naoko Takeuchi, Sunrise, etc, for them!! ^_^
Author's Notes: Kon'wa, minna-chan! ^_^ I'm baaaaaaaack! Gomen nasai for
taking so long to get Chapter 3 posted, but y'know how life is...
*helpless shrug* Arigato for waiting, and thanks for the praise!! Hope
y'all enjoy, and r/r, minna-chan! ^_~
Japanese words
kon'wa-short for konnichiwa
gomen(nasai)-I'm (very) sorry
baka-idiot
Odango Atama-Usagi's nickname, Dumpling Head(like Meatball Head in Eng.)
Omae o korosu-Heero's line, "I'm going to kill you"
Ginzuishou-Silver Imperium, as in the Silver Imperium Crystal
daijoubu ka?-are you all right?
itai-a sound of pain, like "ow" or "ouch"
********
Last time: More memories of the past surfaced, from Usagi and Heero.
Both were mystified as to why they were having these dreams and who
these people were...and more mysteries abound as the story begins...
********
Grunting, Heero got out of bed and pulled on his green tank top,
padding over barefooted to his laptop as he tucked the shirt into his
spandex shorts. Maybe a mission would soothe his nerves, make him
forget about the mysterious girl. His agile fingers flew over the
keyboard, Prussian blue eyes glancing at the screen as the vid-comm
kicked on, showing Dr. J.'s weathered features.
"Getting an early start to the day, eh, Heero?" The man chuckled.
"Hn." Heero grunted, which the scientist took to be affirmative.
"I know the Gundams were destroyed after our last mission, and we're
supposed to be at peace, but peace, sadly, doesn't last forever. Dr. K.
and the rest of us are hard at work at rebuilding the Gundams--they're
nearly complete. So I need you to run interference--make sure no one
knows or suspects that the Gundams are nearly operational, and...Heero?
Have you heard a word I said?" Dr. J. blinked as he noted the young
man's distracted countenance. What could be so distracting to override
Heero Yuy's training?
Listening to the man with half an ear, Heero's thoughts wandered.
Those sapphire eyes wouldn't leave him alone. They filled his mental
vision, blocking out everything else. He could even hear the girl..in
his mind, in his..heart. He felt like he knew her somehow, had been...
special to him. But how could that be, when he was certain he'd never
seen her before in his life? The only women he knew were Relena, Hilde,
Sally, Noin, Dorothy and Lady Une, and that was mainly only through
association of his missions or the other pilots. Besides Relena's
stature as Princess of the Sanq Kingdom and her brief tenure as Queen
of the World, he didn't know anyone of royalty. But he knew the girl
was royalty--Princess of the Moon Kingdom--and her friends were also
nobility. How could this be? Who was she?
"Heero? Young man, are you listening to me?"
Dr. J.'s stern voice interupted Heero's musing, and he snapped to
attention guiltily. "Gomen, Dr. J. Something is on my mind."
"Nothing to do with the mission, I hope?"
Heero shook his head. "Iie. The mission is accepted. Not even Relena
is to know, or the others?"
"You five will know, and those who work with you, of course. But Relena
Peacecraft does not need to know right now. The news will be known in
due time."
Heero nodded. "Mission accepted." He turned off the computer and paced
his room. So, it was back to the usual. Fine with him. But how were the
others going to take it, now that they had new lives outside of being
Gundam pilots? And were they having any strange dreams? Perhaps it was
time to sit down and catch up...
********
Rei Hino cursed softly as she stared into the flames in
concentration. The wind from the open temple door whistled through
gently, blowing the young woman's long dark hair around her, inches
from the fire. She ignored the breeze, gazing into the fire intensely.
'Why?' She asked herself. 'Why am I having dreams about some
chauvenistic, egotistical, honorable, handsome young man that I've
never seen before in my lives?' She narrowed her violet eyes,
struggling to see the face in the Sacred Fire that had been haunting
her, waking or sleeping.
The high flames flickered suddenly as she prayed and chanted under her
breath, her fingers making the sacred signs. She held her breath,
watching as the dancing fire formed a picture of the man. She gazed at
him, making a note of his features.
Raven-black hair that flowed like dark water shoulder-length, but she
mostly saw it pulled back into a severe ponytail. Hard, piercing, see-
through-your-soul onyx eyes as black as his hair. Chiseled features,
sharp, prominent, like a sculpture. But so dangerous and handsome. She
could sense strength, pig-headed stubborness, and deep-seated honor
flowing from this man. She smiled ironically. He was much like her.
But why was she dreaming about him? Who was he? Why was she dreaming
about him now, when she was growing so much closer to Yuuchiro? Why did
he feel so important to her? The questions raced through her mind along
with her dreams of this mysterious man, and she was so lost in thought
and confusion, she didn't hear the footsteps of four others behind her
until a blonde odangoed girl with curious blue eyes popped into her
line of vision.
"Ohayo, Rei-chan! Anything in the Sacred Fire?"
Rei screeched in sudden fright, backpedaling rapidly away until she
crashed into the candle brazier and toppled over sideways. She glared
daggers at the blonde as she scrambled to her feet.
"How many times must I tell you not to scare me like that, Odango
Atama-baka?!"
Usagi stuck out her tongue at the Shinto Priestess. "Gomen nasai, Pyro,
excuse me for interrupting you out of one of your trances! How am I
supposed to know when your senses aren't at home?"
"When I'm in front of the Sacred Fire, onna!" Rei blinked at her choice
of words, forgetting their daily argument session. Did she just say
'onna'? Where had that come from?!
Usagi blinked as well. "Onna? Why does that sound so familiar? Rei-
chan, daijoubu ka?"
Rei shook her head as she glanced at her friends, who silently gathered
into a circle facing her. "Iie, I'm not. I've been having dreams of
some strange man. I felt like I've known him from somewhere, but I
don't know where from."
The girls glanced at each other in some silent communication before
Usagi asked her quietly, "Chinese features, dark hair gathered into a
ponytail, dark eyes?"
Rei blinked in suprise. How did she..? "Hai. He's been in my dreams,
in the Sacred Fire, for two days straight now. I can even see him when
I'm awake. But how do you know what he looks like? You're not psychic,
are you, Usagi-chan?"
Usagi shook her head, eyes troubled and worried. "I don't think you
have to be, Rei-chan. All of us have been having dreams of strangers,
men our age we've never seen before. I think it might be something from
the time of the Silver Millenium. Luna, Artemis, can you help us?"
The lunar cats, the black female Usagi's guardian, the white male
Minako's, each adorned with the sacred crescent moon upon their
foreheads, padded over to the circle of girls and sat in the middle.
Luna's amber eyes glanced seriously at each before she sighed.
"These memories trouble me, minna-chan. For five years, since you first
transformed and gained your powers as Sailor Senshi, we knew of the
Silver Millenium. Queen Serenity ruled the planets, had a daughter, the
Moon Princess, Serenity, who fell in love with the royal Earth Prince,
Endymion. Before they were bonded, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom
invaded and destroyed all. Queen Serenity defeated Beryl and her dark
powers, and used the last of her strength and will to send Serenity,
her court, Endymion, and the people to a new future on Earth. You were
reborn to reunite, love, fight and live again, defeating the darkness
and representing the once-great Moon royalty."
Artemis purred reassuringly to Luna as he took over, his blue eyes
hard. "Now we have these lost memories, of a time BEFORE Endymion and
the events after, of five young men. You each seem to be mysteriously
connected to one, and Usagi can see them all. We are just as confused
as you." He glanced over the girls' heads. "Has the fabric of time
changed?"
The girls turned to see four other young women at the doorway, one a
tall, boyish-looking blonde, another a girl with violet hair and eyes,
a sea-green-haired woman beside the blonde, and a tall, regal woman
with long dark-green hair half-captured in a bun and intense red-
violet eyes.
"The seas roar with unrest, but I can't see why." spoke the sea-green-
haired woman, Michiru Kaioh.
"The winds scream, but everything is moving too fast for me to see
anything." The blonde, Haruka Tenoh, growled angrily.
"The peacefullness is unsettled, and my visions are disjointed, like
your own." The violet-haired girl, Hotaru Tomoe, murmured uneasily.
"Time hasn't stopped, or changed, but something has happened. I cannot
see into the future. It is a mystery to us all." The dark-green-haired
woman, Setsuna Meioh, replied softly.
They stepped into the room, forming a circle around the girls as they
sat down. Setsuna met the others' eyes, human and feline. "The only way
to solve this is to link minds, let each of your memories flow into
one, and see what we can see. Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and myself will
form a physical and mental barrier, because we weren't there in the
Moon Kingdom during that time to help, and this could also be signs of
a new enemy on the horizon."
Usagi groaned in exasperation. "I certainly hope not! Galaxia was hard
enough! I thought we'd have peace until Crystal Tokyo was born. We have
more battles to face?"
Setsuna smiled softly at her princess. "You're not Neo-Queen Serenity
yet, are you?" Usagi shook her head. "Then the battle is not over." She
smiled again as the girls groaned. "Gomen nasai, minna-chan, I know you
hate the battles, but peace is not won yet."
"Wonderful." Usagi grumbled. "So what must we do, Setsuna-san?"
"First, close the door so your grandfather does not intrude, Rei-chan."
Setsuna nodded to Hotaru, who simply waved a hand and closed the door
before Rei could even get up. "Then, link hands. We Outer Senshi will
also link hands to add power and block and protect."
Usagi, Rei, Ami, Makoto and Minako linked hands, forming the Inner
planetary power, while Setsuna, Hotaru, Michiru and Haruka did the same
to form the Outer planetary power.
"Now, Usagi-chan, since you have the more-formed memories, you will be
the main focus of power. Rei-chan, since you have psychic skills, you
will be the mirror to everyone's memories, so that all can be seen
through everyone's mind's eye."
"Lovely." Rei grumbled. "I'm going to need a lot of rest after this.
I'm going to be so drained..."
"Luna, Artemis, perform the Lunar Mind Meld to open Usagi's memories.
It will connect each Senshi like a chain from our bond with Usagi, so
be prepared. Now, call upon your planets!"
"MOON ETERNAL REVOLUTION!"(AN: Hey, it's after "Stars"..wouldn't you
think they would have new powers by then?? ^_^)
"MARS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"MERCURY STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"JUPITER STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"VENUS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"URANUS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"NEPTUNE STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"SATURN STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"PLUTO STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
A halo of light surrounded each Senshi, raising their hair and bodies
off the floor. Silver Moon, fiery Mars, sunset Venus, ocean Mercury,
forest Jupiter, lightning-yellow Uranus, sea Neptune, lavender Pluto,
midnight Saturn. The lights converged into two rings, connecting the
Senshi. Luna and Artemis sent their lunar light to Usagi, who shuddered
violently, then screamed as the fragmented memories engulfed her in a
wash of lunar light.
Mamoru Chiba, Usagi's fiance, Endymion to her Serenity, and hero
Tuxedo Kamen, gasped as he felt his love's emotions through their
special bond, then ran the rest of the way to the Cherry Hill temple.
What were they doing?! Why was his Usako feeling such pain? Heart
hammering with shared pain and fear, he burst through the doors, mouth
dropping as he saw his love and their friends floating in the air. The
air itself was sizzling with their planetary powers, moving like an
electric current between their linked hands.
"What's going on here?!" he cried fiercely, heart nearly stopping as he
saw the pain on his love's face.
Luna turned within the circle, shushing him quickly. "Something has
happened within the Silver Millenium's timestream, Mamoru-san, and the
Inners have been having visions of mysterious young men. They have to
access their memories to find out the truth!"
Visions? From the Silver Millenium? Well, this was ironic--he'd been
having visions recently of that time, too, of five men who served the
Earth royalty. He told Luna of this.
"You as well?!" she yowled in surprise. "It's too late to join the
circle...just stay there, and close the door. We may need you, too..."
Mamoru closed the door, glancing worriedly at Usagi. Kami-sama, what
pain she was in, and the others, as well..
*Don't worry, your Highness. They are in good hands.*
Mamoru jumped, startled at the low male voice that echoed in his head.
Who was that?! The voice sounded so familiar...He shrugged, then turned
his attention to Usagi.
"Itai!" Usagi hissed in pain, reeling from the overwhelming emotions
and memories. "I don't..want to do..this! Onegai, Setsuna-san, I
can't!!"
"You..can, Usagi-chan.." Setsuna mumbled in shared pain. "Just focus..
concentrate your energy!"
"Demo...it hurts!"
"I know, Hime..gomen nasai. You have the power...depend on the
Ginzuishou Crystal..you can..do this!"
Usagi screamed again as she reached out blindly, unknowingly, for those
in their dreams. The white-hot light flashed like the Crystal, and then
all was dark...
********
Duo's violet eyes widened impossibly as he glanced around at the
gathering of formerly-ex-Gundam pilots. "You mean you've had the same
dream, too?!"
Wufei sighed and rolled his eyes. "We've ALL had the same dream,
Maxwell-baka. I thought we'd already established that."
"Well, yeah, but the very same dream of some kind of castle with weird
planet babes--"
"Moon Kingdom, and they were planet princesses, not babes." Wufei
snorted.
"Geez, sorry, Wu-man. Princesses, then." Duo grinned as he watched
Wufei turn purple with rage. Even after a long time, he still had the
touch to anger Wufei. 3...2...1...
"MAXWELL, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S WUFEI, NOT
WU-MAN!" Wufei bellowed, his hands clenched to throttle the braided
baka.
Quatre sighed, covering his eyes. "Here we go. I'm glad Wufei doesn't
have a katana with him, or we'd have the usual battle."
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Trowa grinned as
he separated the two, just like old times.
Heero glared at the two, then slammed his fists on the table angrily.
"MAXWELL, CHANG, KNOCK IT OFF!" he bellowed, startling them apart,
then stumbling them backwards. Duo's eyes were saucers as he held up
his hands in a "I surrender" gesture.
"Geez, Heero Yuy, raising his voice above a quiet monotone. Now I
*know* it's serious!" Wufei nodded in agreement, his own eyes wide as
he stepped back nervously.
Satisfied he had their attention, Heero huffed angrily and sat back
down, the others joining him. "We have no time for antics if we're
going to figure this out. It's unusual enough to be having a dream
about people we don't know, but they all seem to be connected, person
to person and the place. It's all centered at this Moon Kingdom, and
these princesses seem to be a court and friends."
Quatre nodded at Wufei--they were the most sensitive of the group, and
besides Heero, knew more of the dreams than Duo or Trowa. "These dreams
seem to be memories of some sort, repressed memories, perhaps. We each
seem to dream of one girl..."
Duo nodded, smiling goofily about his dream girl. "A gorgeous blonde
babe in orange, with legs that go on forever--"
Wufei snorted, interrupting Duo's raving. "A black-haired onna in red,
with violet eyes..." he flushed unexpectedly at the memory, making
Quatre smile and recount his.
"A blue-haired girl in blue. Quiet, intelligent..or at least that's
what I feel around her..her aura, I mean.." he flushed as well.
"A brown-haired girl in green." Trowa replied softly, simply. He hid
his blush under his hair.
"A blonde in gold and white, with strange buns at each side of her
head.." Heero murmured. "Her eyes..so sad, a neverending sea of
blue..."
Duo grinned at Heero's description, and replied, "Why, Heero,
that's almost poetic! Wow, didn't know you had it in you!! Relena would
be so furious if she heard you like that, and not describing her.."
Heero blinked, then surprisingly, blushed as he was caught in his
flowery comment. "Omae o korosu.." he rumbled absently at Duo to save
face, but it didn't have its kick as the others realized that even the
stoic pilot was affected by these dreams!
"Well, what do you know...?" Trowa replied softly, grinning at Heero's
glare. "The Perfect Soldier has a heart!"
"Hn." Heero grunted, crossing his arms awkwardly. He concluded these
dreams were nothing but trouble. But that still didn't solve their
mystery, and he had a feeling, there were more surprises in store...
********
~End Chapter 3~
Chapter 3
Genre: After "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Sad to say, as much as I adore them, Sailor Moon and Gundam
Wing aren't mine. So there's no use to sue, all you would get outta me
is a lotta fan fiction, fan art, and anime merchandise!! I just borrow
the characters for the stories, they belong to the various people and
companies..all bow to Naoko Takeuchi, Sunrise, etc, for them!! ^_^
Author's Notes: Kon'wa, minna-chan! ^_^ I'm baaaaaaaack! Gomen nasai for
taking so long to get Chapter 3 posted, but y'know how life is...
*helpless shrug* Arigato for waiting, and thanks for the praise!! Hope
y'all enjoy, and r/r, minna-chan! ^_~
Japanese words
kon'wa-short for konnichiwa
gomen(nasai)-I'm (very) sorry
baka-idiot
Odango Atama-Usagi's nickname, Dumpling Head(like Meatball Head in Eng.)
Omae o korosu-Heero's line, "I'm going to kill you"
Ginzuishou-Silver Imperium, as in the Silver Imperium Crystal
daijoubu ka?-are you all right?
itai-a sound of pain, like "ow" or "ouch"
********
Last time: More memories of the past surfaced, from Usagi and Heero.
Both were mystified as to why they were having these dreams and who
these people were...and more mysteries abound as the story begins...
********
Grunting, Heero got out of bed and pulled on his green tank top,
padding over barefooted to his laptop as he tucked the shirt into his
spandex shorts. Maybe a mission would soothe his nerves, make him
forget about the mysterious girl. His agile fingers flew over the
keyboard, Prussian blue eyes glancing at the screen as the vid-comm
kicked on, showing Dr. J.'s weathered features.
"Getting an early start to the day, eh, Heero?" The man chuckled.
"Hn." Heero grunted, which the scientist took to be affirmative.
"I know the Gundams were destroyed after our last mission, and we're
supposed to be at peace, but peace, sadly, doesn't last forever. Dr. K.
and the rest of us are hard at work at rebuilding the Gundams--they're
nearly complete. So I need you to run interference--make sure no one
knows or suspects that the Gundams are nearly operational, and...Heero?
Have you heard a word I said?" Dr. J. blinked as he noted the young
man's distracted countenance. What could be so distracting to override
Heero Yuy's training?
Listening to the man with half an ear, Heero's thoughts wandered.
Those sapphire eyes wouldn't leave him alone. They filled his mental
vision, blocking out everything else. He could even hear the girl..in
his mind, in his..heart. He felt like he knew her somehow, had been...
special to him. But how could that be, when he was certain he'd never
seen her before in his life? The only women he knew were Relena, Hilde,
Sally, Noin, Dorothy and Lady Une, and that was mainly only through
association of his missions or the other pilots. Besides Relena's
stature as Princess of the Sanq Kingdom and her brief tenure as Queen
of the World, he didn't know anyone of royalty. But he knew the girl
was royalty--Princess of the Moon Kingdom--and her friends were also
nobility. How could this be? Who was she?
"Heero? Young man, are you listening to me?"
Dr. J.'s stern voice interupted Heero's musing, and he snapped to
attention guiltily. "Gomen, Dr. J. Something is on my mind."
"Nothing to do with the mission, I hope?"
Heero shook his head. "Iie. The mission is accepted. Not even Relena
is to know, or the others?"
"You five will know, and those who work with you, of course. But Relena
Peacecraft does not need to know right now. The news will be known in
due time."
Heero nodded. "Mission accepted." He turned off the computer and paced
his room. So, it was back to the usual. Fine with him. But how were the
others going to take it, now that they had new lives outside of being
Gundam pilots? And were they having any strange dreams? Perhaps it was
time to sit down and catch up...
********
Rei Hino cursed softly as she stared into the flames in
concentration. The wind from the open temple door whistled through
gently, blowing the young woman's long dark hair around her, inches
from the fire. She ignored the breeze, gazing into the fire intensely.
'Why?' She asked herself. 'Why am I having dreams about some
chauvenistic, egotistical, honorable, handsome young man that I've
never seen before in my lives?' She narrowed her violet eyes,
struggling to see the face in the Sacred Fire that had been haunting
her, waking or sleeping.
The high flames flickered suddenly as she prayed and chanted under her
breath, her fingers making the sacred signs. She held her breath,
watching as the dancing fire formed a picture of the man. She gazed at
him, making a note of his features.
Raven-black hair that flowed like dark water shoulder-length, but she
mostly saw it pulled back into a severe ponytail. Hard, piercing, see-
through-your-soul onyx eyes as black as his hair. Chiseled features,
sharp, prominent, like a sculpture. But so dangerous and handsome. She
could sense strength, pig-headed stubborness, and deep-seated honor
flowing from this man. She smiled ironically. He was much like her.
But why was she dreaming about him? Who was he? Why was she dreaming
about him now, when she was growing so much closer to Yuuchiro? Why did
he feel so important to her? The questions raced through her mind along
with her dreams of this mysterious man, and she was so lost in thought
and confusion, she didn't hear the footsteps of four others behind her
until a blonde odangoed girl with curious blue eyes popped into her
line of vision.
"Ohayo, Rei-chan! Anything in the Sacred Fire?"
Rei screeched in sudden fright, backpedaling rapidly away until she
crashed into the candle brazier and toppled over sideways. She glared
daggers at the blonde as she scrambled to her feet.
"How many times must I tell you not to scare me like that, Odango
Atama-baka?!"
Usagi stuck out her tongue at the Shinto Priestess. "Gomen nasai, Pyro,
excuse me for interrupting you out of one of your trances! How am I
supposed to know when your senses aren't at home?"
"When I'm in front of the Sacred Fire, onna!" Rei blinked at her choice
of words, forgetting their daily argument session. Did she just say
'onna'? Where had that come from?!
Usagi blinked as well. "Onna? Why does that sound so familiar? Rei-
chan, daijoubu ka?"
Rei shook her head as she glanced at her friends, who silently gathered
into a circle facing her. "Iie, I'm not. I've been having dreams of
some strange man. I felt like I've known him from somewhere, but I
don't know where from."
The girls glanced at each other in some silent communication before
Usagi asked her quietly, "Chinese features, dark hair gathered into a
ponytail, dark eyes?"
Rei blinked in suprise. How did she..? "Hai. He's been in my dreams,
in the Sacred Fire, for two days straight now. I can even see him when
I'm awake. But how do you know what he looks like? You're not psychic,
are you, Usagi-chan?"
Usagi shook her head, eyes troubled and worried. "I don't think you
have to be, Rei-chan. All of us have been having dreams of strangers,
men our age we've never seen before. I think it might be something from
the time of the Silver Millenium. Luna, Artemis, can you help us?"
The lunar cats, the black female Usagi's guardian, the white male
Minako's, each adorned with the sacred crescent moon upon their
foreheads, padded over to the circle of girls and sat in the middle.
Luna's amber eyes glanced seriously at each before she sighed.
"These memories trouble me, minna-chan. For five years, since you first
transformed and gained your powers as Sailor Senshi, we knew of the
Silver Millenium. Queen Serenity ruled the planets, had a daughter, the
Moon Princess, Serenity, who fell in love with the royal Earth Prince,
Endymion. Before they were bonded, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom
invaded and destroyed all. Queen Serenity defeated Beryl and her dark
powers, and used the last of her strength and will to send Serenity,
her court, Endymion, and the people to a new future on Earth. You were
reborn to reunite, love, fight and live again, defeating the darkness
and representing the once-great Moon royalty."
Artemis purred reassuringly to Luna as he took over, his blue eyes
hard. "Now we have these lost memories, of a time BEFORE Endymion and
the events after, of five young men. You each seem to be mysteriously
connected to one, and Usagi can see them all. We are just as confused
as you." He glanced over the girls' heads. "Has the fabric of time
changed?"
The girls turned to see four other young women at the doorway, one a
tall, boyish-looking blonde, another a girl with violet hair and eyes,
a sea-green-haired woman beside the blonde, and a tall, regal woman
with long dark-green hair half-captured in a bun and intense red-
violet eyes.
"The seas roar with unrest, but I can't see why." spoke the sea-green-
haired woman, Michiru Kaioh.
"The winds scream, but everything is moving too fast for me to see
anything." The blonde, Haruka Tenoh, growled angrily.
"The peacefullness is unsettled, and my visions are disjointed, like
your own." The violet-haired girl, Hotaru Tomoe, murmured uneasily.
"Time hasn't stopped, or changed, but something has happened. I cannot
see into the future. It is a mystery to us all." The dark-green-haired
woman, Setsuna Meioh, replied softly.
They stepped into the room, forming a circle around the girls as they
sat down. Setsuna met the others' eyes, human and feline. "The only way
to solve this is to link minds, let each of your memories flow into
one, and see what we can see. Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and myself will
form a physical and mental barrier, because we weren't there in the
Moon Kingdom during that time to help, and this could also be signs of
a new enemy on the horizon."
Usagi groaned in exasperation. "I certainly hope not! Galaxia was hard
enough! I thought we'd have peace until Crystal Tokyo was born. We have
more battles to face?"
Setsuna smiled softly at her princess. "You're not Neo-Queen Serenity
yet, are you?" Usagi shook her head. "Then the battle is not over." She
smiled again as the girls groaned. "Gomen nasai, minna-chan, I know you
hate the battles, but peace is not won yet."
"Wonderful." Usagi grumbled. "So what must we do, Setsuna-san?"
"First, close the door so your grandfather does not intrude, Rei-chan."
Setsuna nodded to Hotaru, who simply waved a hand and closed the door
before Rei could even get up. "Then, link hands. We Outer Senshi will
also link hands to add power and block and protect."
Usagi, Rei, Ami, Makoto and Minako linked hands, forming the Inner
planetary power, while Setsuna, Hotaru, Michiru and Haruka did the same
to form the Outer planetary power.
"Now, Usagi-chan, since you have the more-formed memories, you will be
the main focus of power. Rei-chan, since you have psychic skills, you
will be the mirror to everyone's memories, so that all can be seen
through everyone's mind's eye."
"Lovely." Rei grumbled. "I'm going to need a lot of rest after this.
I'm going to be so drained..."
"Luna, Artemis, perform the Lunar Mind Meld to open Usagi's memories.
It will connect each Senshi like a chain from our bond with Usagi, so
be prepared. Now, call upon your planets!"
"MOON ETERNAL REVOLUTION!"(AN: Hey, it's after "Stars"..wouldn't you
think they would have new powers by then?? ^_^)
"MARS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"MERCURY STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"JUPITER STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"VENUS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"URANUS STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"NEPTUNE STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"SATURN STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
"PLUTO STARLIGHT REVOLUTION!"
A halo of light surrounded each Senshi, raising their hair and bodies
off the floor. Silver Moon, fiery Mars, sunset Venus, ocean Mercury,
forest Jupiter, lightning-yellow Uranus, sea Neptune, lavender Pluto,
midnight Saturn. The lights converged into two rings, connecting the
Senshi. Luna and Artemis sent their lunar light to Usagi, who shuddered
violently, then screamed as the fragmented memories engulfed her in a
wash of lunar light.
Mamoru Chiba, Usagi's fiance, Endymion to her Serenity, and hero
Tuxedo Kamen, gasped as he felt his love's emotions through their
special bond, then ran the rest of the way to the Cherry Hill temple.
What were they doing?! Why was his Usako feeling such pain? Heart
hammering with shared pain and fear, he burst through the doors, mouth
dropping as he saw his love and their friends floating in the air. The
air itself was sizzling with their planetary powers, moving like an
electric current between their linked hands.
"What's going on here?!" he cried fiercely, heart nearly stopping as he
saw the pain on his love's face.
Luna turned within the circle, shushing him quickly. "Something has
happened within the Silver Millenium's timestream, Mamoru-san, and the
Inners have been having visions of mysterious young men. They have to
access their memories to find out the truth!"
Visions? From the Silver Millenium? Well, this was ironic--he'd been
having visions recently of that time, too, of five men who served the
Earth royalty. He told Luna of this.
"You as well?!" she yowled in surprise. "It's too late to join the
circle...just stay there, and close the door. We may need you, too..."
Mamoru closed the door, glancing worriedly at Usagi. Kami-sama, what
pain she was in, and the others, as well..
*Don't worry, your Highness. They are in good hands.*
Mamoru jumped, startled at the low male voice that echoed in his head.
Who was that?! The voice sounded so familiar...He shrugged, then turned
his attention to Usagi.
"Itai!" Usagi hissed in pain, reeling from the overwhelming emotions
and memories. "I don't..want to do..this! Onegai, Setsuna-san, I
can't!!"
"You..can, Usagi-chan.." Setsuna mumbled in shared pain. "Just focus..
concentrate your energy!"
"Demo...it hurts!"
"I know, Hime..gomen nasai. You have the power...depend on the
Ginzuishou Crystal..you can..do this!"
Usagi screamed again as she reached out blindly, unknowingly, for those
in their dreams. The white-hot light flashed like the Crystal, and then
all was dark...
********
Duo's violet eyes widened impossibly as he glanced around at the
gathering of formerly-ex-Gundam pilots. "You mean you've had the same
dream, too?!"
Wufei sighed and rolled his eyes. "We've ALL had the same dream,
Maxwell-baka. I thought we'd already established that."
"Well, yeah, but the very same dream of some kind of castle with weird
planet babes--"
"Moon Kingdom, and they were planet princesses, not babes." Wufei
snorted.
"Geez, sorry, Wu-man. Princesses, then." Duo grinned as he watched
Wufei turn purple with rage. Even after a long time, he still had the
touch to anger Wufei. 3...2...1...
"MAXWELL, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S WUFEI, NOT
WU-MAN!" Wufei bellowed, his hands clenched to throttle the braided
baka.
Quatre sighed, covering his eyes. "Here we go. I'm glad Wufei doesn't
have a katana with him, or we'd have the usual battle."
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Trowa grinned as
he separated the two, just like old times.
Heero glared at the two, then slammed his fists on the table angrily.
"MAXWELL, CHANG, KNOCK IT OFF!" he bellowed, startling them apart,
then stumbling them backwards. Duo's eyes were saucers as he held up
his hands in a "I surrender" gesture.
"Geez, Heero Yuy, raising his voice above a quiet monotone. Now I
*know* it's serious!" Wufei nodded in agreement, his own eyes wide as
he stepped back nervously.
Satisfied he had their attention, Heero huffed angrily and sat back
down, the others joining him. "We have no time for antics if we're
going to figure this out. It's unusual enough to be having a dream
about people we don't know, but they all seem to be connected, person
to person and the place. It's all centered at this Moon Kingdom, and
these princesses seem to be a court and friends."
Quatre nodded at Wufei--they were the most sensitive of the group, and
besides Heero, knew more of the dreams than Duo or Trowa. "These dreams
seem to be memories of some sort, repressed memories, perhaps. We each
seem to dream of one girl..."
Duo nodded, smiling goofily about his dream girl. "A gorgeous blonde
babe in orange, with legs that go on forever--"
Wufei snorted, interrupting Duo's raving. "A black-haired onna in red,
with violet eyes..." he flushed unexpectedly at the memory, making
Quatre smile and recount his.
"A blue-haired girl in blue. Quiet, intelligent..or at least that's
what I feel around her..her aura, I mean.." he flushed as well.
"A brown-haired girl in green." Trowa replied softly, simply. He hid
his blush under his hair.
"A blonde in gold and white, with strange buns at each side of her
head.." Heero murmured. "Her eyes..so sad, a neverending sea of
blue..."
Duo grinned at Heero's description, and replied, "Why, Heero,
that's almost poetic! Wow, didn't know you had it in you!! Relena would
be so furious if she heard you like that, and not describing her.."
Heero blinked, then surprisingly, blushed as he was caught in his
flowery comment. "Omae o korosu.." he rumbled absently at Duo to save
face, but it didn't have its kick as the others realized that even the
stoic pilot was affected by these dreams!
"Well, what do you know...?" Trowa replied softly, grinning at Heero's
glare. "The Perfect Soldier has a heart!"
"Hn." Heero grunted, crossing his arms awkwardly. He concluded these
dreams were nothing but trouble. But that still didn't solve their
mystery, and he had a feeling, there were more surprises in store...
********
~End Chapter 3~