"Ohaiyo, Ryouya here-"
"Hey! I'm here too!"
"-and Tsuki. We just wanted to let you know that Hollie owns us so-"
"You'd better not steal us, or else!" Tsuki brandishes the Space Sword.
"Where'd you get that Tsuki!? You'd better put it back!" Ry runs away with her hands over her head, "You don't know how to use it!"
"Yeah I do, watch this! Oops!" Tsuki holds up her own cut off pigtail.
The New Era is Begun! The Passing of Powers.
Sitting on the window seat in her room, Ryouya stared out the window at the beautiful, busy city stretched out like a glistening carpet. She was daydreaming, usually her favorite activity, but the strange voice kept surfacing in her memory. She squeezed her eyes shut in concentration.
'Who are you?' she thought, 'Why do you speak to me?'
'I am you,' the voice responded, 'and you are me. I speak because it is time for you to awaken.'
"Awaken?" she asked out loud.
Kin was nearby, playing a soft piece on the piano. She looked oddly at her eldest sister when she spoke then turned back to her music.
'Yes,' the voice continued, 'You will be the new Champion of Justice just as I once was.'
'But, Mama is Sailor Moon, she has been for as long as I can remember, and she is passing on the duty to me now.'
'Yes, my daughter. She grew up well in spite of me. And you are growing up well because of her.'
'Nani? You daughter? Are you Chiba Usagi? My grandmother?' the white haired teen couldn't believe what was happening.
A laugh sounded in her head; it was like gentle bells and the wind in the tree tops, 'Of course, but you are as well. We are one I live again through you as your mother someday will in your daughter.'
Ry gazed out letting her eyes play over the blissful city as she let it all sink in. She was her reincarnated grandmother! Things could not get any weirder.
'But I'm not anything like you! I'll never be half of the legendary Sailor Moon you were.'
'You are like me, but you are also your own person. Although we are one, you are still Ryouya, not Usagi.'
'Who is Tuxedo Kamen then?'
She had not meant to send the thought, it just sent itself. Ry blushed and squirmed inside.
A happy sigh came with the answer, 'Ah, he is reborn as well. We are always together, we and him. But just as you are different, so is he, and it will not be easy to find him. Or maybe it will be. Who knows? I threw a crumpled test at my Mamo-chan!'
Ry almost started laughing out loud, but remembered herself, 'But what of my sisters?'
'They are not bound by Fate to their destinies; their seeds are always changing, and are not always present in the physical world.'
'But what does that mean?'
There was no answer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ry waited quietly as her shimmering white hair was pinned up and brushed out. She looked at her sister in the mirror and was jealous of what she saw. Zen was already dressed and looked the picture of calm. The quiet girl looked at her older sister with pride shining in her lavender eyes. The red gown she had chosen for the occasion was embroidered with a trail of pink flowers on a winding vine.
She looked down at her lap. She was wearing the ceremonial dress of the White Moon Kingdom: white, flowy silk formed into a strapless empire-waisted dress. The customary barrets were in pinned just behind the split bangs that constantly annoyed Ryouya and the shell shaped shoulder guards were pinching into her arms. The teen had added her own touch: a delicate pink drop pearl pendant on a gold satin ribbon.
"You are worried; do not be. Everything will be perfect."
Ry turned to her smiling sister, "Zen? How did you know?"
But the secretive girl just winked and put a finger to her lips. She grabbed her sister's hand in her own and pulled the golden-eyed girl to her feet, squeezing Ry's palms reassuringly.
Ryouya smiled and let herself be led out. Her other sisters were waiting, each dressed in her favorite gown as they weren't taking part in the ceremony. Ry bitterly wished she was one of them and thought about the pink velvet hung in shadows in her closet.
Little Kin came up and gave her a hug, "Don't worry Ry, you look very pretty."
She smiled weakly, "Thank you little goldie, you look pretty too."
The silver haired princess twirled in her silky emerald dress, "You think so?"
The nervous girl nodded and the small group made their way into a nearby antechamber that opened off the top of the grand staircase. There, all of the Planetary Court was assembled. The Kings and Queens of their respective planets and their children along with some dignitaries from other systems mingled in the room, chatting with each other and Queen Lady Serenity and King Lord Elios.
The King smiled at his daughters, "In a few minutes, your mother and I will be going down. Follow us one by one in the way we practiced." He winked, "Don't worry, no one will see if you fall, they'll all be too busy drooling over my gorgeous wife."
The Queen shot her husband a severe look and then laughed good naturedly, "Pay no attention to your father girls, he is a rogue and I regret marrying him."
"Do you hear that girls? She wishes you weren't born!" Here, he was dragged out of the room by his wife and the girls dissolved into giggles.
The muffled call of trumpets was heard and they watched their stately parents descend the staircase from the doorway. Loud applause sounded and they looked at each other, all turning visibly blue. The applause was the sign and Ryouya held her breath and started down the steps, after a reassuring shove from Tei.
'I'm going to trip, I'm going to trip...' ran over and over in her head as her heels took the steps one at a time, making no sound on the plush carpet.
But she didn't trip. She floated gracefully down the stairs, right hand gliding along the banister and left hand lifting up her voluminous skirts to reveal her glass slippers. Although she was panicked inside, her face was the very picture of calm, and she reached the bottom of the stairs, pausing for her name to be said.
"May I present Her Royal Highness, Erishiumuno Ryouya, Princess Lady Serenity of Crystal Tokyo!"
The assembled company burst into applause and she dropped an exquisite curtsey. The path to the Great Hall was lined by the visitors waiting for a glimpse of the other royals and she nodded her head as she passed along the lines.
'Someday these will be my people to watch over,' she thought.
The throne room was empty except for her parents and a few attendents; the crowd would funnel in after all the nobles had been presented. She stepped over the threshold and heard 'Princess Erishiumuno Teiinen' announced as she took her place at her mother's right hand. Slowly, all the seats filled and the dazzling company was ready to begin the ceremony.
Almost instantly, the chittering crowd ceased talking as King Lord Elios rose to his feet.
"Friends, thank you for coming on this momentous occasion. On this day, nine new senshi will be named and a new era of peace will begin. Never before has an event of this kind occured since the ancient days of the Silver Millennium. Now, if the Queens would all rise, the Passing will commence!"
The King was seated and the eight queens of the Sol System surmounted the steps of the dais and faced the crowd, each woman held a star shaped crystal in her hand. Next, eight teenage girls rose from their seats and stood before their respective mothers.
Before Queen Ami stood a slight girl with pale blue hair and sapphire eyes. Ami raised her blue crystal high with a triumphant smile.
"I now bestoy this crystal and the Powers of Mercury, Plant of Ice and Knowledge to you, Reisui Eichi. Take it and fulfill you destiny!"
The moment Eichi took the crystal, it began to change. A firce light emanated from her hand and an intense chill filled the room. When she turned to the awe-struck people, they saw that the crystal had become a pen of light blue metal stamped with the symbol of Mercury.
The girl proudly called out, "Mercury Power, Make-up!"
Snow flakes flew from the pen and swirled around her limbs in a fury. The blizzard died down and Eichi became Sailor Mercury. Her skirt and collar were light blue and her bows were sapphire. Light blue boots came up to the middle of her thighs and her gem flashed in her gold tiara.
The ceremony went on until all the planets had been given new warriors; all that remained was to name the new champion of justice. As the Queens took their seats, Queen Lady Serenity rose and addressed the guests.
"I have been your Sailor Moon since my mother the legendary Neo-Queen Serenity achieved her ultimate form of Sailor Cosmos when I was fourteen years old. I, however, am not capable of wielding that power and, as I pass my first brooch over to my daughter, I will only be your queen in body though still your soldier in spirit." The crowd roared its approval and the queen nodded her thanks, gesturing for Ryouya to come stand beside her. "May I present to you Erishiumuno Ryouya, Sailor Moon and the future Sailor Cosmos!"
The people rose to their feet clapping and stayed standing even after silence fell out of respect for the event about to take place.
"Daughter," the queen whispered the first word, "I now bestoy this brooch and the Powers of the Moon, Planet of Purity and Sanctity. Take it and fulfill your destiny!"
Ryouya's hand trembled a little as she reached for the sugary pink and gold brooch. She would have pulled back but for the voice in her head, no, her heart, that urged her forward.
'Stand strong, follow your heart; it will lead you on the right path.'
She grasped the jewel and before her very eyes, it changed to look somewhat how she knew her grandmother's first brooch had looked. The disc was gold and the moon on the bottome edge was silver. A violet diamond surmounted it and four white jewels were at the poles.
Holding it up in her now steady hands, she spoke the words that would change her life, "Moon Prism Power, Make-up!"
The moon appeared inside the room, full and shining behind her, casting all but her crystalline silhoutte in shadow. The brooch laid on her chest and showers of gold and purple diamonds exploded from it. The dust wrapped around her body to form her gold and purple fuku.
All the new senshi returned to the dais to stand around their leader and princess, awaiting the signal to leave. In a whirl of energy, the Asteroid Senshi appeared and, after bowing before the nobles and people, led the young girls out of the hall to begin their first training session.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Wasn't that a wonderful ceremony?" Tei squealed exuberantly when the girls had returned to their shared sitting room.
Zen nodded wildly in response, a big smile on her face, but Tsuki just grunted.
"What's matter?" Kin took herself and her paper dolls up onto the couch next to her severe blonde sister.
"Nothing," she responded moodily, "Why do we haveto wait to get our powers?! I want to be out there fighting now!"
"Everything will happen when it is meant to happen," Fushi responded mysteriously as she headed out the door, pulling on her dress coat.
"Wonder where she's going?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello! So what'd you think this time? Don't worry, I'll reveal all the new senshi in time, but I want to watch you squirm first! Oh, and about the Helio=Chibi-usa's grandfather thing, yes, I realize it's out there, but I figure if Sailor Moon has an endless love why can't her daughter? And if the maiden to crone mythology exists in Sailor Moon, and it does, then Chibi-usa is Queen Serenity reborn and her love from the past would be tied to her by the famous 'red thread of fate' and born anew in the future.
~Jinjur
"Hey! I'm here too!"
"-and Tsuki. We just wanted to let you know that Hollie owns us so-"
"You'd better not steal us, or else!" Tsuki brandishes the Space Sword.
"Where'd you get that Tsuki!? You'd better put it back!" Ry runs away with her hands over her head, "You don't know how to use it!"
"Yeah I do, watch this! Oops!" Tsuki holds up her own cut off pigtail.
The New Era is Begun! The Passing of Powers.
Sitting on the window seat in her room, Ryouya stared out the window at the beautiful, busy city stretched out like a glistening carpet. She was daydreaming, usually her favorite activity, but the strange voice kept surfacing in her memory. She squeezed her eyes shut in concentration.
'Who are you?' she thought, 'Why do you speak to me?'
'I am you,' the voice responded, 'and you are me. I speak because it is time for you to awaken.'
"Awaken?" she asked out loud.
Kin was nearby, playing a soft piece on the piano. She looked oddly at her eldest sister when she spoke then turned back to her music.
'Yes,' the voice continued, 'You will be the new Champion of Justice just as I once was.'
'But, Mama is Sailor Moon, she has been for as long as I can remember, and she is passing on the duty to me now.'
'Yes, my daughter. She grew up well in spite of me. And you are growing up well because of her.'
'Nani? You daughter? Are you Chiba Usagi? My grandmother?' the white haired teen couldn't believe what was happening.
A laugh sounded in her head; it was like gentle bells and the wind in the tree tops, 'Of course, but you are as well. We are one I live again through you as your mother someday will in your daughter.'
Ry gazed out letting her eyes play over the blissful city as she let it all sink in. She was her reincarnated grandmother! Things could not get any weirder.
'But I'm not anything like you! I'll never be half of the legendary Sailor Moon you were.'
'You are like me, but you are also your own person. Although we are one, you are still Ryouya, not Usagi.'
'Who is Tuxedo Kamen then?'
She had not meant to send the thought, it just sent itself. Ry blushed and squirmed inside.
A happy sigh came with the answer, 'Ah, he is reborn as well. We are always together, we and him. But just as you are different, so is he, and it will not be easy to find him. Or maybe it will be. Who knows? I threw a crumpled test at my Mamo-chan!'
Ry almost started laughing out loud, but remembered herself, 'But what of my sisters?'
'They are not bound by Fate to their destinies; their seeds are always changing, and are not always present in the physical world.'
'But what does that mean?'
There was no answer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ry waited quietly as her shimmering white hair was pinned up and brushed out. She looked at her sister in the mirror and was jealous of what she saw. Zen was already dressed and looked the picture of calm. The quiet girl looked at her older sister with pride shining in her lavender eyes. The red gown she had chosen for the occasion was embroidered with a trail of pink flowers on a winding vine.
She looked down at her lap. She was wearing the ceremonial dress of the White Moon Kingdom: white, flowy silk formed into a strapless empire-waisted dress. The customary barrets were in pinned just behind the split bangs that constantly annoyed Ryouya and the shell shaped shoulder guards were pinching into her arms. The teen had added her own touch: a delicate pink drop pearl pendant on a gold satin ribbon.
"You are worried; do not be. Everything will be perfect."
Ry turned to her smiling sister, "Zen? How did you know?"
But the secretive girl just winked and put a finger to her lips. She grabbed her sister's hand in her own and pulled the golden-eyed girl to her feet, squeezing Ry's palms reassuringly.
Ryouya smiled and let herself be led out. Her other sisters were waiting, each dressed in her favorite gown as they weren't taking part in the ceremony. Ry bitterly wished she was one of them and thought about the pink velvet hung in shadows in her closet.
Little Kin came up and gave her a hug, "Don't worry Ry, you look very pretty."
She smiled weakly, "Thank you little goldie, you look pretty too."
The silver haired princess twirled in her silky emerald dress, "You think so?"
The nervous girl nodded and the small group made their way into a nearby antechamber that opened off the top of the grand staircase. There, all of the Planetary Court was assembled. The Kings and Queens of their respective planets and their children along with some dignitaries from other systems mingled in the room, chatting with each other and Queen Lady Serenity and King Lord Elios.
The King smiled at his daughters, "In a few minutes, your mother and I will be going down. Follow us one by one in the way we practiced." He winked, "Don't worry, no one will see if you fall, they'll all be too busy drooling over my gorgeous wife."
The Queen shot her husband a severe look and then laughed good naturedly, "Pay no attention to your father girls, he is a rogue and I regret marrying him."
"Do you hear that girls? She wishes you weren't born!" Here, he was dragged out of the room by his wife and the girls dissolved into giggles.
The muffled call of trumpets was heard and they watched their stately parents descend the staircase from the doorway. Loud applause sounded and they looked at each other, all turning visibly blue. The applause was the sign and Ryouya held her breath and started down the steps, after a reassuring shove from Tei.
'I'm going to trip, I'm going to trip...' ran over and over in her head as her heels took the steps one at a time, making no sound on the plush carpet.
But she didn't trip. She floated gracefully down the stairs, right hand gliding along the banister and left hand lifting up her voluminous skirts to reveal her glass slippers. Although she was panicked inside, her face was the very picture of calm, and she reached the bottom of the stairs, pausing for her name to be said.
"May I present Her Royal Highness, Erishiumuno Ryouya, Princess Lady Serenity of Crystal Tokyo!"
The assembled company burst into applause and she dropped an exquisite curtsey. The path to the Great Hall was lined by the visitors waiting for a glimpse of the other royals and she nodded her head as she passed along the lines.
'Someday these will be my people to watch over,' she thought.
The throne room was empty except for her parents and a few attendents; the crowd would funnel in after all the nobles had been presented. She stepped over the threshold and heard 'Princess Erishiumuno Teiinen' announced as she took her place at her mother's right hand. Slowly, all the seats filled and the dazzling company was ready to begin the ceremony.
Almost instantly, the chittering crowd ceased talking as King Lord Elios rose to his feet.
"Friends, thank you for coming on this momentous occasion. On this day, nine new senshi will be named and a new era of peace will begin. Never before has an event of this kind occured since the ancient days of the Silver Millennium. Now, if the Queens would all rise, the Passing will commence!"
The King was seated and the eight queens of the Sol System surmounted the steps of the dais and faced the crowd, each woman held a star shaped crystal in her hand. Next, eight teenage girls rose from their seats and stood before their respective mothers.
Before Queen Ami stood a slight girl with pale blue hair and sapphire eyes. Ami raised her blue crystal high with a triumphant smile.
"I now bestoy this crystal and the Powers of Mercury, Plant of Ice and Knowledge to you, Reisui Eichi. Take it and fulfill you destiny!"
The moment Eichi took the crystal, it began to change. A firce light emanated from her hand and an intense chill filled the room. When she turned to the awe-struck people, they saw that the crystal had become a pen of light blue metal stamped with the symbol of Mercury.
The girl proudly called out, "Mercury Power, Make-up!"
Snow flakes flew from the pen and swirled around her limbs in a fury. The blizzard died down and Eichi became Sailor Mercury. Her skirt and collar were light blue and her bows were sapphire. Light blue boots came up to the middle of her thighs and her gem flashed in her gold tiara.
The ceremony went on until all the planets had been given new warriors; all that remained was to name the new champion of justice. As the Queens took their seats, Queen Lady Serenity rose and addressed the guests.
"I have been your Sailor Moon since my mother the legendary Neo-Queen Serenity achieved her ultimate form of Sailor Cosmos when I was fourteen years old. I, however, am not capable of wielding that power and, as I pass my first brooch over to my daughter, I will only be your queen in body though still your soldier in spirit." The crowd roared its approval and the queen nodded her thanks, gesturing for Ryouya to come stand beside her. "May I present to you Erishiumuno Ryouya, Sailor Moon and the future Sailor Cosmos!"
The people rose to their feet clapping and stayed standing even after silence fell out of respect for the event about to take place.
"Daughter," the queen whispered the first word, "I now bestoy this brooch and the Powers of the Moon, Planet of Purity and Sanctity. Take it and fulfill your destiny!"
Ryouya's hand trembled a little as she reached for the sugary pink and gold brooch. She would have pulled back but for the voice in her head, no, her heart, that urged her forward.
'Stand strong, follow your heart; it will lead you on the right path.'
She grasped the jewel and before her very eyes, it changed to look somewhat how she knew her grandmother's first brooch had looked. The disc was gold and the moon on the bottome edge was silver. A violet diamond surmounted it and four white jewels were at the poles.
Holding it up in her now steady hands, she spoke the words that would change her life, "Moon Prism Power, Make-up!"
The moon appeared inside the room, full and shining behind her, casting all but her crystalline silhoutte in shadow. The brooch laid on her chest and showers of gold and purple diamonds exploded from it. The dust wrapped around her body to form her gold and purple fuku.
All the new senshi returned to the dais to stand around their leader and princess, awaiting the signal to leave. In a whirl of energy, the Asteroid Senshi appeared and, after bowing before the nobles and people, led the young girls out of the hall to begin their first training session.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Wasn't that a wonderful ceremony?" Tei squealed exuberantly when the girls had returned to their shared sitting room.
Zen nodded wildly in response, a big smile on her face, but Tsuki just grunted.
"What's matter?" Kin took herself and her paper dolls up onto the couch next to her severe blonde sister.
"Nothing," she responded moodily, "Why do we haveto wait to get our powers?! I want to be out there fighting now!"
"Everything will happen when it is meant to happen," Fushi responded mysteriously as she headed out the door, pulling on her dress coat.
"Wonder where she's going?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello! So what'd you think this time? Don't worry, I'll reveal all the new senshi in time, but I want to watch you squirm first! Oh, and about the Helio=Chibi-usa's grandfather thing, yes, I realize it's out there, but I figure if Sailor Moon has an endless love why can't her daughter? And if the maiden to crone mythology exists in Sailor Moon, and it does, then Chibi-usa is Queen Serenity reborn and her love from the past would be tied to her by the famous 'red thread of fate' and born anew in the future.
~Jinjur