SailorsPathfinder : Love and Without

By : MakotoJade – makotojade@hotmail.com

Episode Five : I Remember You...

            "ALAN?!?"  Endymion's mind reeled.  He had thought he was just

about to understand everything, and now...

            Alan seemed shocked at Endymion's reaction.  "What?"  From behind

him, Sage and Leeota left the room talking, as a familiar pink-haired

girl strode into the room.  She looked around and as soon as she saw

Endymion, her eyes lit up.

            "Mamo-chan!"  she ran over, hesitated a moment, "That is you isn't

it?" and then gave him a hug.  "It's great to see you!  You look

different somehow...  I think it's the outfit, or something."  Behind

her, Risa was staring intently at some readout on one of the wall

screens.

            "Uh..."  Endymion found himself at a loss for words, so he simply

did the easiest thing to explain himself.  He detransformed into Mamoru.

Both Alan and Ann gaped at him.

            "You can transform?  I thought only Usagi and those girls..."

Alan looked rather confused.

            "I was the Moonlight Night, too."  The two now looked at him as if

he were insane.

            "How, if you were both in the same places at the same time?  I

don't get it."

            "Let's just say I had a little, um, 'out-of-body' experience...

I'll tell you lots more later, but now, I really would like to know why

you two-"

            "RED POWER..." 

            Mamoru spun to see who was screaming. 

            Now, the entire time Ann and Alan had been speaking to Mamoru,

Risa had not been paying attention.  So when she turned and saw some

strange looking man with a very shocked Ann and Alan gaping at him she

began her attack and dove over the chair in the center of the room at

him.

            Her left finger, red energy charged around it's tip, was now two

inches from Mamoru's chest.  "Who are you... how did you get in here?"

            "Oh, Risa it's just Mamoru!" Ann stood now, hands on her hips

glaring at Risa.

            "Mam-who?"

            Mamoru sighed, "It's me, Prince Endymion...  Tuxedo Mask...  this

is my normal human form."  Risa glanced sideways at Alan.  He nodded.

            She smiled weakly, "Sorry."  she turned towards one of the other

walls, "- BLAST!!"  The wall absorbed the red energy.  She turned back.

"Well, I see you all remember each other- "

            "Wait a minute... why are they here?"  Mamoru pointed at Ann and

Alan as he asked Risa, "I don't understand anymore."

            *          *          *

            "You... yes, you...  I'm bored, go find some human for me to play

with."

            The mindless youma nodded and left the room.

            "This world is so... BORING!!"  she threw a crystal and watched it

smash against the wall.  She sighed, "Nothing is happening at all.  If

only Nephlite were still with me..."  she fingered a pendant on her

neck.  She sighed and turned towards a crystal sphere.  She ran her

hands over it and called to one of her generals.  "Have you had any more

run-ins with the   little Sailor trash?"

            "No, my Queen, they are simply protecting their borders at the

present time, and you have not ordered us to attack in quite awhile."

            She pondered this in her mind.  She could easily wipe out the

Senshi, but their occasional attacks always seemed to cause a brief

spirit of excitement, like the old days when Queen Beryl had commanded

them all.  But, one humongous battle could provide enough excitement to

last quite awhile, but then afterwards it would be just as boring... but

the battle would be so much fun...

            "General, I want you to gather your DarkNites, yes, all of the

youma in your command, and prepare for an attack.  Do you have any

fliers?  Good, I have a special mission for them, but first, let me

contact the other generals and together we'll go over my plans."

            "Yes Queen Hydrazite."

            Hydra smiled a wicked smile, "This could be much fun... much fun

indeed..."

            Her laugh echoed through the castle and it's evil rippled through

the current.

            *          *          *

            Suddenly, Risa shivered.  Mamoru felt a chill run up the back of

his neck, "What was that?"

            "What was what?"  Alan looked at Mamoru.

            "Something only we could feel, a tendril of dark power reaching

out to us through our energy current.  Something is happening

somewhere,"  she looked up, "Signa, get Sage in here."

            Risa looked back down at Mamoru, "Now what don't you understand?"

            Mamoru sighed, "Why Ann and Alan are here."

            "Didn't she tell you?" Alan looked at Risa.

            "NO!"  Mamoru found himself becoming rapidly frustrated.

            "Oh, Mamo-chan, it's all very simple, really," Ann began as she

put a hand on one of his arms.  "After we left your world, we traveled

around a couple solar systems, looking for a place to live, a place to

start over again.  Well, somehow, it was almost as if the people of this

world were calling to us, or if the planet itself was beckoning, either

way, we ended up here."

            Alan started in, "We could immediately feel a dark presence.  We

investigated, and were attacked by some of the DarkNites..." he turned

to Risa, "Does he know what DarkNites are?"

            Risa nodded as Alan continued, "Some of the elemental talents

attacked us... water, fire, electricity, easy to fight off, but there

were just too many of them.  We might of been killed had not the Senshi

showed up to help," he looked at Risa and she took up the story.

            "We could sense that a fight was going on and we decided to find

out exactly who was fighting.  We arrived, helped them, and them brought

them back to the fortress."

            Ann began again, "They explained to us their situation, as they

presumably did for you.  We told them we would help if we could.  After

a time, when we discovered how in need they were of help, we suggested

they try to find Sailor Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury, and the

Moonlight Knight... well, I guess you."

            Mamoru looked at Risa, startled, "I thought you said you didn't

know there were Senshi, I thought you said you were just looking for

warriors.  I thought-"

            "LUMINISCENT BIND!!!"

            Mamoru found himself wrapped in pink energy bonds once more as he

fell to his knees.

            "SAGE!!!"  Ann was livid. 

            "Wha?"  Sage (who had entered the room but a moment before,

responding to Risa's call, and discovered it contained one occupant she

did not recognize) had acted exactly as Risa had. 

            "Sage, it's Prince Endymion... this is his human form."

            "Ah... Sorry!"  Sage put her hands on the threads of energy and

they dissipated.  She turned to Risa, "You called?  I assume it was

about that dark energy that was just running through the current?"

            "Yeah, check it out, okay?"

            "Mhmm," Sage's fingers flew over the wall.

            Alan was helping Mamoru up.  "Now what were we talking about?"

            Risa nodded, "I remember.  We were shocked when we heard of the

Sailors, but then we assumed that they were just warriors of Earth who

had taken the names of the old, well to them, legends.  Ann and Alan

assured us they were worthy warriors, so we sent out a crystal.  It was

the first time Sage had gone through the process, and it took us quite

awhile to find the girl named Usagi..."  Risa paused, "Usagi... the

rabbit... oh, I should have figured it out,"  she sighed and continued,

"And as soon as we did, we tried to get her, but I watched you, and you

seemed to be so much stronger-"

            "Didn't you see Jupiter and Venus?  Both of them attacked the

crystal, it about killed them too, in fact, it might have killed

them..." his thoughts momentarily went to images of Ami, Minako, Rei,

and Makoto, "But, if you saw them, you should have recognized..."

            "The power fluxes!  That was what caused them!"  Sage smiled

crazily, "I knew I had done everything right!"  They all turned to look

at her.  She blushed and turned back to the wall. 

            "I didn't see them.  I only saw you and the... Princess just

before we began pulling you towards the crystal.  We wanted to get her,

she was the one Alan had told us to look for.  But you just seemed so

much stronger... and it had been so long since we had begun... and we've

lost so many people and fortresses... only a few remain.  We try to

protect them... they're only civilians, not that it matters, the word

civilian has no meaning to the DarkNites or Hydrazite."

            A cold shockwave ran through him.  "Who?"

            "Hydrazite, the Dark Kingdom General who dubbed herself Queen when

Beryl died... or when she thought Beryl died."

            Mamoru closed his eyes as he allowed the memory that had begun in

the back of his mind to work it's way to the front.  A thousand years

ago... peace... living on Earth... he was a prince... his generals...

four... or was it... Jedite, Neflite, Zoicite, Kunzite, and...

Hydrazite?

            "Mamo-chan?"  Mamoru jerked his eyes open.  "What's wrong?"

            Mamoru shook his head, "Just uh... thinking.  I'm okay."

            "FLIGHT....!!!"

            A blonde with fire in her eyes stood before him holding a winged

creature of some sort made of pure green energy, beautiful and lethal.

"Who Are You."

            "LEEOTA!"

            Mamoru sighed.

            Sage screamed.

            Every one spun towards her.  "They're attacking!!!  Thousands of

DarkNites descending on Hex 9, 5, 7, 3, 6, and 11 squads...  and 5, 3,

and 6 have no Senshi!!  Hurry we gotta get out there, NOW!!!"

            Ann quickly grabbed Leeota's wrist and explained Mamoru.

"STRIKER!!!"  Leeota discharged her power into the wall.  Alan, Sage and

Risa were already out the door and Leeota was in their wake.

            Mamoru stood, "Wha?"

            "Come-on, Mamo-chan, we've got a battle to fight."  She grabbed

his hand and pulled him after the others.

            **        **        **       

            Usagi gazed around the room.  What should she take with her?  She

had discovered that Mamoru owned the apartment, so she didn't have to

worry about it just yet.  She had called all of his employers and told

them that she was his little sister and that he had been in a serious

accident, and that she didn't know when he would be able to return.  She

couldn't bear to tell them that he was dea...

            Usagi fought the pain and tears as she tried to get her mind into

the present.  What would she take with her?  She didn't know when she

could return anytime in the near future.

            She went through his closet and took out a few of his shirts and

put them into a duffel bag, and then lovingly nestled his picture of

them amongst the shirts.  She looked around the room and then zipped up

the bag.  She grabbed his pillow, put it under her arm, and then picked

up the bag.  She grabbed the key and then moved out into the main room.

            Makoto looked up at her, "You ready to go?"  Usagi nodded.

            They both moved towards the door... but suddenly something caught

Usagi's eye.  A vase full of roses.  He loved roses, he had made her

love them too.  All of them were either dead or dying... except one.  It

shot up bright, alive, and beautiful amongst the decay.  It reminded her

of hope...  "Wait a minute Mako-chan."

            She walked over to the vase and pulled out the rose with her free

hand.  She turned back towards Makoto, "Alright, let's go."

            Makoto gave her a smile, held the door open, then followed Usagi

out the door.

            The click of the door locking echoed through the room.

End Ep. 5