TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
By: Neko Majikku
Chapter Seven: The Arrival of the Truth
Rated: PG-13
I am the Princess of the Moon. I am the Heiress to the Moon Kingdom. I am... In so much trouble... I glance to both sides. The Moon had been invaded by Youma. It was impossible to move anywhere.
He clanged his two katanas together, growled, swore, and kept attacking. He... He is so wonderful... He is... He is... Not... Endiymon... He is a second suitor. I have two. I must pick one, I know. But it is difficult...
Another youma launches for me, and he blocks it, swearing profusely as he sees my mother. "C'mon!" Strong hands take my waist and I am carried to the castle. He sets me down and blocks the attacks of evil from both my mother and myself. He is so wonderful... He is so much like his name... So like a wildfire...
A cold wind flows around us. Has she come to save me again? Save us?
"What do you want?" he asks angrily. He never did trust her. So few did.
She stands watching the scene calmly. Without emotion. Can you blame her? All she has ever known is the Underworld. Dead. What a lonely existence. She has never felt love...friends... happiness... She knows hate... cruelty... deception... sin to the highest regard. I don't blame her for her emotionless gaze. She saved my life from the Hounds of Hell... brought back to life a girl who would have died at birth and allowed her and her alone to get near who she really is... She need only understand Life aside from Death and perhaps... Perhaps she will be our friend too.
She stood silent, watching him valiantly fight off youma. He was growing tired, though. I could see it clearly.
"Please...Tell me the outcome of this, Lady." I plead. She gazes at me for a moment. I do not waver. There is much pain beneath that mask but I do not flinch.
"You will die..." she bowed her head, turning to something coming.
"Beryl!" he growled as the figure comes into focus. The evil being only laughs and sends up an explosion beneath us. The last thing I see is the emotionless girl's face... She looks emotionless still...
She lifts her hands and is gone in a flutter of her wings.
Usagi sat up in her bed at the sudden memory. The dream memory had been so clear it was if she had actually been there at that moment when it happened... Not as if it was a fleeting through across her subconscious. The night sky was the same troubled darkness as in her dream.
It was time.
"So this is it. If she loses... You wipe them clean." The Man glanced at the Woman beside him as she gazed at the scythe blade before her. She looked calm... But he could tell... She wanted to lose.
Sailor Moon walked into the construction site and the two left to greet her. This was a tense time.
The Woman watched Sailor Moon. She was near tears.
"Where are my friends? Did you- did you..." she broke down now. Her eyes remained on the Woman but were full of tears.
"They are safe." The Woman replied. She pulled off her hood. "If you defeat me, you all go free."
Sailor Moon wiped her eyes and glared at the Woman in determination. She may be the same person from her dreams that she appeared to pity... But no one harms her friends. No one. "Hai," she replied, watching the Woman carefully. She had no wings now, Sailor Moon observed. Only a tattered old cloak.
The Woman lifted her hand, preparing to do this quickly. She had seen Sailor Moon fight, and although she proved strong, she was still weak. "Chainlink..."
"Why are you doing this? What purpose is there?" Sailor Moon asked, lashing out her arms beside her and preparing to move.
"Redemption!" Thousands of rings hit the ground around Sailor Moon but not one hit her. She ducked the attack, or so she thought, and waited for it to end.
"Answer me!" Sailor Moon ordered.
The Woman lifted her hand and the same chain that had captured Saturn now held the Moon Princess. "I am testing you under orders," she replied.
Sailor Moon struggled under the pressure of the chain. She shut her eyes, almost giving in. She was trapped... She lost... she failed... She... Couldn't let her friends go... "What will happen now?"
"You'll lose all memory. Your powers will be taken away."
Usagi ran, she was late again... She ran to school and got detention and from detention headed home. As she walked, she stopped to gaze up at a group of girls from another school talking. They were headed to the Hino Shrine... And here was Usagi, heading home because Naru had a date with Gurio... The shrine seemed so familiar...
... I'll become normal again... But I'll loose my friends... I can't... Sailor Moon squirmed again. "IIE!" She cried.
A flash of silver light penetrated the chain and it shattered. The links regrouped but this time headed straight for their owner.
The Woman's eyes widened and black wings materialized behind her, tearing into the fabric of her cloak. She took off and jerked around to avoid her own attack. How could this be? she wondered.
Sailor Moon watched as the chains wrapped around their master and her wings. Without them free, the Woman fell to the ground and landed in a pile of feathers and cloth. Sailor Moon ran up to it and waited cautiously. "I defeated you," she said softly.
The chains disappeared and the Woman knelt before Sailor Moon. "You have. I give in. Your Senshi will be set free and powers returned to them, Moon Princess."
"Who are you really? What's your name?"
"I have no true name... I was called so many... But Queen Serenity gave me the title..." she paused, glancing up at Sailor Moon, judging to see if she were ready to hear what she had to say. "Sailor Hecate."
"Sailor? You- you're a Senshi?" Sailor Moon knelt now, putting her hands on the Sailor Hecate's shoulders and looking into her visible eye. "Who- who ordered you to do this, then?"
"Queen Serenity."
Sailor Moon looked shocked. Was shocked. "How could she?"
"She wanted to know, Princess, if you were truly strong enough to take on future enemies... the Passing..." said the Man that had accompanied Sailor Hecate. "So she asked Lady Hecate."
Sailor Moon watched the emotionless woman. Her cloak evaporated into a completely black fuku. Nothing was white or any other color. Chains wrapped around her arms down to her wrists and her legs down to her ankles. The left side was shorter than the other. The left glove and boot only half as long as the right. A chain bound her massively long hair as well. Her mask covered half of her tiara.
Hecate stood and with a short wave of her hand the surroundings became black. Ten people stood facing Hecate and Sailor Moon. Eight Senshi and two human cats. "What about..." Sailor Moon began.
"Prince Endiymon has been warned..." Hecate turned to Sailor Moon. "You will discover soon enough." She turned back and to the Senshi she tossed their henshins. When the small pens reached the group, their eyes opened and they stared in wonder. "Should you ever need Sailor Hecate... she will be there." And Sailor Moon was once again standing in the construction site. But this time with her friends.
She had won. Neko: Well people, there'll be more to come. A second story that explains what happens to Endy-chan after Hecate threatens him and what the Future is REALLY like... You see... Chibi Usa left one or two eneenie weenie things out...Til then, stay insane. It's more fun that way.
By: Neko Majikku
Chapter Seven: The Arrival of the Truth
Rated: PG-13
I am the Princess of the Moon. I am the Heiress to the Moon Kingdom. I am... In so much trouble... I glance to both sides. The Moon had been invaded by Youma. It was impossible to move anywhere.
He clanged his two katanas together, growled, swore, and kept attacking. He... He is so wonderful... He is... He is... Not... Endiymon... He is a second suitor. I have two. I must pick one, I know. But it is difficult...
Another youma launches for me, and he blocks it, swearing profusely as he sees my mother. "C'mon!" Strong hands take my waist and I am carried to the castle. He sets me down and blocks the attacks of evil from both my mother and myself. He is so wonderful... He is so much like his name... So like a wildfire...
A cold wind flows around us. Has she come to save me again? Save us?
"What do you want?" he asks angrily. He never did trust her. So few did.
She stands watching the scene calmly. Without emotion. Can you blame her? All she has ever known is the Underworld. Dead. What a lonely existence. She has never felt love...friends... happiness... She knows hate... cruelty... deception... sin to the highest regard. I don't blame her for her emotionless gaze. She saved my life from the Hounds of Hell... brought back to life a girl who would have died at birth and allowed her and her alone to get near who she really is... She need only understand Life aside from Death and perhaps... Perhaps she will be our friend too.
She stood silent, watching him valiantly fight off youma. He was growing tired, though. I could see it clearly.
"Please...Tell me the outcome of this, Lady." I plead. She gazes at me for a moment. I do not waver. There is much pain beneath that mask but I do not flinch.
"You will die..." she bowed her head, turning to something coming.
"Beryl!" he growled as the figure comes into focus. The evil being only laughs and sends up an explosion beneath us. The last thing I see is the emotionless girl's face... She looks emotionless still...
She lifts her hands and is gone in a flutter of her wings.
Usagi sat up in her bed at the sudden memory. The dream memory had been so clear it was if she had actually been there at that moment when it happened... Not as if it was a fleeting through across her subconscious. The night sky was the same troubled darkness as in her dream.
It was time.
"So this is it. If she loses... You wipe them clean." The Man glanced at the Woman beside him as she gazed at the scythe blade before her. She looked calm... But he could tell... She wanted to lose.
Sailor Moon walked into the construction site and the two left to greet her. This was a tense time.
The Woman watched Sailor Moon. She was near tears.
"Where are my friends? Did you- did you..." she broke down now. Her eyes remained on the Woman but were full of tears.
"They are safe." The Woman replied. She pulled off her hood. "If you defeat me, you all go free."
Sailor Moon wiped her eyes and glared at the Woman in determination. She may be the same person from her dreams that she appeared to pity... But no one harms her friends. No one. "Hai," she replied, watching the Woman carefully. She had no wings now, Sailor Moon observed. Only a tattered old cloak.
The Woman lifted her hand, preparing to do this quickly. She had seen Sailor Moon fight, and although she proved strong, she was still weak. "Chainlink..."
"Why are you doing this? What purpose is there?" Sailor Moon asked, lashing out her arms beside her and preparing to move.
"Redemption!" Thousands of rings hit the ground around Sailor Moon but not one hit her. She ducked the attack, or so she thought, and waited for it to end.
"Answer me!" Sailor Moon ordered.
The Woman lifted her hand and the same chain that had captured Saturn now held the Moon Princess. "I am testing you under orders," she replied.
Sailor Moon struggled under the pressure of the chain. She shut her eyes, almost giving in. She was trapped... She lost... she failed... She... Couldn't let her friends go... "What will happen now?"
"You'll lose all memory. Your powers will be taken away."
Usagi ran, she was late again... She ran to school and got detention and from detention headed home. As she walked, she stopped to gaze up at a group of girls from another school talking. They were headed to the Hino Shrine... And here was Usagi, heading home because Naru had a date with Gurio... The shrine seemed so familiar...
... I'll become normal again... But I'll loose my friends... I can't... Sailor Moon squirmed again. "IIE!" She cried.
A flash of silver light penetrated the chain and it shattered. The links regrouped but this time headed straight for their owner.
The Woman's eyes widened and black wings materialized behind her, tearing into the fabric of her cloak. She took off and jerked around to avoid her own attack. How could this be? she wondered.
Sailor Moon watched as the chains wrapped around their master and her wings. Without them free, the Woman fell to the ground and landed in a pile of feathers and cloth. Sailor Moon ran up to it and waited cautiously. "I defeated you," she said softly.
The chains disappeared and the Woman knelt before Sailor Moon. "You have. I give in. Your Senshi will be set free and powers returned to them, Moon Princess."
"Who are you really? What's your name?"
"I have no true name... I was called so many... But Queen Serenity gave me the title..." she paused, glancing up at Sailor Moon, judging to see if she were ready to hear what she had to say. "Sailor Hecate."
"Sailor? You- you're a Senshi?" Sailor Moon knelt now, putting her hands on the Sailor Hecate's shoulders and looking into her visible eye. "Who- who ordered you to do this, then?"
"Queen Serenity."
Sailor Moon looked shocked. Was shocked. "How could she?"
"She wanted to know, Princess, if you were truly strong enough to take on future enemies... the Passing..." said the Man that had accompanied Sailor Hecate. "So she asked Lady Hecate."
Sailor Moon watched the emotionless woman. Her cloak evaporated into a completely black fuku. Nothing was white or any other color. Chains wrapped around her arms down to her wrists and her legs down to her ankles. The left side was shorter than the other. The left glove and boot only half as long as the right. A chain bound her massively long hair as well. Her mask covered half of her tiara.
Hecate stood and with a short wave of her hand the surroundings became black. Ten people stood facing Hecate and Sailor Moon. Eight Senshi and two human cats. "What about..." Sailor Moon began.
"Prince Endiymon has been warned..." Hecate turned to Sailor Moon. "You will discover soon enough." She turned back and to the Senshi she tossed their henshins. When the small pens reached the group, their eyes opened and they stared in wonder. "Should you ever need Sailor Hecate... she will be there." And Sailor Moon was once again standing in the construction site. But this time with her friends.
She had won. Neko: Well people, there'll be more to come. A second story that explains what happens to Endy-chan after Hecate threatens him and what the Future is REALLY like... You see... Chibi Usa left one or two eneenie weenie things out...Til then, stay insane. It's more fun that way.