Of Heaven and Hell
Ryo Angel
R
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I know many people find me challenging. They believe that I am no more than a caring empty-headed girl; that I don't have a care in the world. That is the image I wish to portray. In my mind, however, I find myself fighting a battle that I know I can never win. It is not just after I became Sailor Moon that I started these dreams. Ever since I was a little girl, I've had dreams of a man calling out to me for help. His face obscure, a thick fog covered him. We were both lost. The moment I closed my eyes, I find myself in a rose garden, beautiful roses all in the peak of perfection. The aroma would fly towards me, bombarding me with their perfume. Everything was clear as I waved my way through the rose garden. Until I came to the castle. This castle wasn't like the one on the moon. It came from the earth, green vines crawled along the walls and flowers covered the balconey on where he stood, looking down at me. His voice was soothing, melodious, but it conveyed a sense of loss. He called to me, begging me to free him. To find him and bring him back.
I'm sitting at the Crown Arcade now. The senshi is bringing Sailor Venus and her guardian cat. Last night, Luna came home and told me that she suspects Venus to be the Moon Princess. I didn't contradict her. Luna doesn't need to know. Neither does the senshi. This is also a burden that I must bear.
"Usagi!"
I pasted a smile upon my face and turned around to greet the Senshi and the leader of them - Sailor Venus. She was exactly as I had remembered. Except for the hair, she was my exact replica. "Hello." I greeted her with a soft smile. She knows. I could tell she knows by the way her eyes widen fractionally. "My name is Usagi. You must be Minako." As agreed before, Luna and the rest of the Senshi kept their suspicion to themselves. All will be revealed in due time. "Heard you were a new transfer. How do you like Tokyo?"
"Strange diseases." My mouth twitched at her comment and I nodded my concurrence.
"That there is." All is well. She will keep my secret. A wave of energy slams through me and I gasped aloud.
"Usagi, all you all right?" Minako was instantly by my side, catching me as I was about to fall. I shook my head to clear away the headache that was threatening to come.
"I'm all right. Really." I told them, sitting back down, one hand up to my temples. I can feel his prescence. "I think I just need some air." I flashed them all a quick smile before grabbing my jacket and walked out. I turned the corner into the alley and hopped over the wall, following his aura. There he is. He looks hurt... concerned, I slap my hand on the back of him in the act of a playful manner, shocked when my hand came up wet with blood. "Mamoru..."
He turned to me and looked at me with cold black eyes, "I'm busy, Odango. Go play somewhere else." He limped badly away, but the blood on my hand got me concerned, so I followed him discreetly. Swerving through the crowd, he finally stopped near the Crystal Tower. I got close to him and felt a hum in my bones. The closer I got, the worse the vibrations. Finally, I felt myself encased in a giant ball of energy.
Panicking, I said breathlessly, "Mamoru, what's going on?" The vibrations continued to hum in my bones and just then, a headache split through me, no. Not now... please, no... my head rolled back and the world was black.
'You are Serenity, daughter of Fate and Time.' The Fates spins my thread of life. Time is what I never had. 'You are Serenity, my daughter.' I am who I am. No one can change me. 'You are Serenity.' I am. A burst of light and I slowly open my eyes. A familiar stranger with flaming white hair stood outlined by that light and I had to shade my eyes to see him. "Hello, Serenity." His voice had a musical lith to it. I vaguely remember that very voice singing me to sleep when I was a young babe. His strong arms had cradled me and his feathers brushed my cheek lightly as he rocked me.
"Hello..." I couldn't recall his name. It's there within me, but I can't seem to reach it.
"The end is near." He told me, "And soon, there will be a rebirth."
I allowed myself to relax. Another cryptic being out to make my life miserable. "The end of the world? The end of time?" I ask him, frustrated.
He chuckled, "Time is infinite. It cannot end."
"For certain people it did." I retorted, remembering the death of my true mother.
"Their life has ended, true, but for them, they have lived an eternity." His eyes soften, "Your mother lives still, Serenity."
My eyes grew wide with disbelief. "You lie." I accused him. There isn't any way that my mother could be alive. She had used the ginzhoushi to save me. It had taken her life.
"She spins the thread of birth. The thread of the past." My mother is one of the Fates? "Your time here is short, come, we have much to do." He took my hand and lead me into the tunnel of light... am I going to die? Is this the end for me?
"Who are you?" I asked him, "How do you know my mother?"
He only chuckled, "All will be revealed in due time." At the end of the tunnel was a locket. My locket. The only one to have ever been made. "The melody of Time continues to play for you, love." I looked at him and memories once again assulted me relentlessly.
I just turned sixteen. And a ball was held in my honor. All was invited. And that night, I met my true love - the Prince of Earth. We had danced the night away and before he had left, he handed me a rose and told me that as long as the rose blooms, his love for me will always be. Father had taken that rose and incased it eternally in time. My father is Time. This is his melody. His last gift to me before Metallia attacked. Before my happiness was wiped away without
a trace. Before I had died and reborned again. No matter where I was, his melody followed me. Eternally.
"Father." I looked at the man in front of me. "What must I do?" I asked him quietly. If the end is near, this means that I have little time left in this world before my next rebirth. I am the daughter of Time. The one who survived the Rebirth of Centuries. The one who is destined to live her life with her soul mate. The one who never dies eternally.
"The time of rebirth is upon you, Serenity, but you have a choice." I looked quickly up at him. A choice? "To be reborn again with no memories of the past. To be an ordinary girl once again."
"And my friends? My love?" I asked quietly.
"Forgotten. You will be strangers through and through. A new tapestry will be woven." He does not mean to be harsh, but it came out that way.
"What is my other choice?"
He lifted up my chin to look at him. "To let Destiny write your life. There will be happiness and triumphs, but there will be pain and loss." He shook his head, "The pain and loss will far outweigh any happiness you will gain in your next life."
"But I will be with my friends. I will be with my love. And that is enough."
I was brought back to reality with the melody of Time echoing in my heart and his love within my soul. Zoycite was there with Mamoru. They seemed to be arguing about a girl.
"She is an innocent!" Mamoru yelled, still holding onto his arm.
"My Queen demands it. She is the payment."
"I won't allow it! I..."
"You have grown weak, Prince of Darkness." Zoycite cut in. Prince of Darkness? What did he mean?
"You still bow down to me, Zoycite. You are nothing. You will cease to be if I only give the command." Mamoru threatened in a low voice.
Zoycite merely smirked, "Oh, I quiver with Fear!" He laughed. A sparkling caught my eye. The shards of Rebirth. How did he come to have them? "Soon the world will fall into darkness and your little bunny will pave the streets with her blood." With that he disappeared. "If you want the shards, you'll have to come get me."
I let out a small groan to let Mamoru know that I had came to. As soon as I got up, the ground beneath me started to crumble. "Run!" He yelled, pulling me forward. The walls around us began to crystallized and bits and pieces began to fall down around us. We made it into the elevator just in time. Catching my breath, I took that time to gather my thoughts. What does Mamoru know about the shards of rebirth? Mamoru used to be Prince Endymion of Earth... but why the Prince of Darkness? I stood by the window of the elevator and looked at the night lights.
"Mamoru..." I began, glancing at him sideways, "What were you doing with that man?"
He thought a moment and in a low voice, he answered me, "When I was little, I had a dream of a woman wearing a long white dress. She loved me with all her heart and asked that I set her free. As I grew older, the dreams came less frequently, but grew with intensity and urgency. We danced the night away, only to be separated by a woman with red hair. I was killed and she..." He looked at me and I saw tears in his eyes, "She killed herself. We made a promise to each other. To find the other no matter where. No matter when."
No matter where you are. No matter when you are. No matter how you are. No matter what you are. No matter who you are. We are destined to be together through all eternity and we will find each other again. This I promise thee. So he has the same dreams. "That's so sad." I told him, tears swimming in my eyes.
"You have to understand, my mother and father had died in a car accident when I was very young and I had survived with amnesia. They might be illusions of a lost boy, but to me they were reality. A fact. Something for me to hold on to." He gave a small laugh. "You probably think I'm insane. Hell! I think I'm insane."
I shook my head, "No. You are no more insane than I, Mamoru." I opened my mouth to tell him more; to tell him that I too was having the same dreams, but I sensed a ball of energy coming at us and when I looked up, I gasped, a ball of fire was streaming down the wires! "We're going to be flatter than a pancake if we don't get out of here!" I gasped. I could easily get us out if I was Sailor Moon... but how could I reveal that to him?
The fireball approached! There's no time to think about this! "Moon Power Make-up!"
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*gasp!* They're gonna die! Hehe. Keep those reviews coming. I know a lot of you read this but don't leave reviews. What if I told you that I'm done with the story and I need a few incentives to upload all of them? ^^
So tell me, what do you think should happen?
Am I a genius?
Does this fic need work? (Don't lie, you KNOW it does!)
How will Usagi handle the truth? The real truth about Mamoru?
Who IS Mamoru? Endymion? Lucifer?
There is going to a surprise ending. And I'll tell you straight up, I'm going to write a sequel to this story with a tentative titile - Sins of an Angel - and that one is going to deal with Ali and Ann. I have about four chaps written on that one, and three more chapters for this one to upload. So... tell me what you think, leave a review. In other words, keep me happy if you want to rest of those chapters! ^_^
~*RENA*~ - Hope you like. ^_^ You won't kill me. If you kill me, you'll never know what happens Bwhahahahahha!!!
kino amiko kun - Don't worry about getting lost, I was rereading what I wrote and I got lost... and I wrote it! ^^;;
Kuro Tenshi - Oh, it's not that bad, they're going to have their happily ever after... I think..
Rose - I KNEW I would get more reviews if I threatened... Bwehehehehe...
anonymous - I'm updating... ^_^
princess2000204 - You're getting close... very close... keep guessing ^.~
Ryo Angel
R
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I know many people find me challenging. They believe that I am no more than a caring empty-headed girl; that I don't have a care in the world. That is the image I wish to portray. In my mind, however, I find myself fighting a battle that I know I can never win. It is not just after I became Sailor Moon that I started these dreams. Ever since I was a little girl, I've had dreams of a man calling out to me for help. His face obscure, a thick fog covered him. We were both lost. The moment I closed my eyes, I find myself in a rose garden, beautiful roses all in the peak of perfection. The aroma would fly towards me, bombarding me with their perfume. Everything was clear as I waved my way through the rose garden. Until I came to the castle. This castle wasn't like the one on the moon. It came from the earth, green vines crawled along the walls and flowers covered the balconey on where he stood, looking down at me. His voice was soothing, melodious, but it conveyed a sense of loss. He called to me, begging me to free him. To find him and bring him back.
I'm sitting at the Crown Arcade now. The senshi is bringing Sailor Venus and her guardian cat. Last night, Luna came home and told me that she suspects Venus to be the Moon Princess. I didn't contradict her. Luna doesn't need to know. Neither does the senshi. This is also a burden that I must bear.
"Usagi!"
I pasted a smile upon my face and turned around to greet the Senshi and the leader of them - Sailor Venus. She was exactly as I had remembered. Except for the hair, she was my exact replica. "Hello." I greeted her with a soft smile. She knows. I could tell she knows by the way her eyes widen fractionally. "My name is Usagi. You must be Minako." As agreed before, Luna and the rest of the Senshi kept their suspicion to themselves. All will be revealed in due time. "Heard you were a new transfer. How do you like Tokyo?"
"Strange diseases." My mouth twitched at her comment and I nodded my concurrence.
"That there is." All is well. She will keep my secret. A wave of energy slams through me and I gasped aloud.
"Usagi, all you all right?" Minako was instantly by my side, catching me as I was about to fall. I shook my head to clear away the headache that was threatening to come.
"I'm all right. Really." I told them, sitting back down, one hand up to my temples. I can feel his prescence. "I think I just need some air." I flashed them all a quick smile before grabbing my jacket and walked out. I turned the corner into the alley and hopped over the wall, following his aura. There he is. He looks hurt... concerned, I slap my hand on the back of him in the act of a playful manner, shocked when my hand came up wet with blood. "Mamoru..."
He turned to me and looked at me with cold black eyes, "I'm busy, Odango. Go play somewhere else." He limped badly away, but the blood on my hand got me concerned, so I followed him discreetly. Swerving through the crowd, he finally stopped near the Crystal Tower. I got close to him and felt a hum in my bones. The closer I got, the worse the vibrations. Finally, I felt myself encased in a giant ball of energy.
Panicking, I said breathlessly, "Mamoru, what's going on?" The vibrations continued to hum in my bones and just then, a headache split through me, no. Not now... please, no... my head rolled back and the world was black.
'You are Serenity, daughter of Fate and Time.' The Fates spins my thread of life. Time is what I never had. 'You are Serenity, my daughter.' I am who I am. No one can change me. 'You are Serenity.' I am. A burst of light and I slowly open my eyes. A familiar stranger with flaming white hair stood outlined by that light and I had to shade my eyes to see him. "Hello, Serenity." His voice had a musical lith to it. I vaguely remember that very voice singing me to sleep when I was a young babe. His strong arms had cradled me and his feathers brushed my cheek lightly as he rocked me.
"Hello..." I couldn't recall his name. It's there within me, but I can't seem to reach it.
"The end is near." He told me, "And soon, there will be a rebirth."
I allowed myself to relax. Another cryptic being out to make my life miserable. "The end of the world? The end of time?" I ask him, frustrated.
He chuckled, "Time is infinite. It cannot end."
"For certain people it did." I retorted, remembering the death of my true mother.
"Their life has ended, true, but for them, they have lived an eternity." His eyes soften, "Your mother lives still, Serenity."
My eyes grew wide with disbelief. "You lie." I accused him. There isn't any way that my mother could be alive. She had used the ginzhoushi to save me. It had taken her life.
"She spins the thread of birth. The thread of the past." My mother is one of the Fates? "Your time here is short, come, we have much to do." He took my hand and lead me into the tunnel of light... am I going to die? Is this the end for me?
"Who are you?" I asked him, "How do you know my mother?"
He only chuckled, "All will be revealed in due time." At the end of the tunnel was a locket. My locket. The only one to have ever been made. "The melody of Time continues to play for you, love." I looked at him and memories once again assulted me relentlessly.
I just turned sixteen. And a ball was held in my honor. All was invited. And that night, I met my true love - the Prince of Earth. We had danced the night away and before he had left, he handed me a rose and told me that as long as the rose blooms, his love for me will always be. Father had taken that rose and incased it eternally in time. My father is Time. This is his melody. His last gift to me before Metallia attacked. Before my happiness was wiped away without
a trace. Before I had died and reborned again. No matter where I was, his melody followed me. Eternally.
"Father." I looked at the man in front of me. "What must I do?" I asked him quietly. If the end is near, this means that I have little time left in this world before my next rebirth. I am the daughter of Time. The one who survived the Rebirth of Centuries. The one who is destined to live her life with her soul mate. The one who never dies eternally.
"The time of rebirth is upon you, Serenity, but you have a choice." I looked quickly up at him. A choice? "To be reborn again with no memories of the past. To be an ordinary girl once again."
"And my friends? My love?" I asked quietly.
"Forgotten. You will be strangers through and through. A new tapestry will be woven." He does not mean to be harsh, but it came out that way.
"What is my other choice?"
He lifted up my chin to look at him. "To let Destiny write your life. There will be happiness and triumphs, but there will be pain and loss." He shook his head, "The pain and loss will far outweigh any happiness you will gain in your next life."
"But I will be with my friends. I will be with my love. And that is enough."
I was brought back to reality with the melody of Time echoing in my heart and his love within my soul. Zoycite was there with Mamoru. They seemed to be arguing about a girl.
"She is an innocent!" Mamoru yelled, still holding onto his arm.
"My Queen demands it. She is the payment."
"I won't allow it! I..."
"You have grown weak, Prince of Darkness." Zoycite cut in. Prince of Darkness? What did he mean?
"You still bow down to me, Zoycite. You are nothing. You will cease to be if I only give the command." Mamoru threatened in a low voice.
Zoycite merely smirked, "Oh, I quiver with Fear!" He laughed. A sparkling caught my eye. The shards of Rebirth. How did he come to have them? "Soon the world will fall into darkness and your little bunny will pave the streets with her blood." With that he disappeared. "If you want the shards, you'll have to come get me."
I let out a small groan to let Mamoru know that I had came to. As soon as I got up, the ground beneath me started to crumble. "Run!" He yelled, pulling me forward. The walls around us began to crystallized and bits and pieces began to fall down around us. We made it into the elevator just in time. Catching my breath, I took that time to gather my thoughts. What does Mamoru know about the shards of rebirth? Mamoru used to be Prince Endymion of Earth... but why the Prince of Darkness? I stood by the window of the elevator and looked at the night lights.
"Mamoru..." I began, glancing at him sideways, "What were you doing with that man?"
He thought a moment and in a low voice, he answered me, "When I was little, I had a dream of a woman wearing a long white dress. She loved me with all her heart and asked that I set her free. As I grew older, the dreams came less frequently, but grew with intensity and urgency. We danced the night away, only to be separated by a woman with red hair. I was killed and she..." He looked at me and I saw tears in his eyes, "She killed herself. We made a promise to each other. To find the other no matter where. No matter when."
No matter where you are. No matter when you are. No matter how you are. No matter what you are. No matter who you are. We are destined to be together through all eternity and we will find each other again. This I promise thee. So he has the same dreams. "That's so sad." I told him, tears swimming in my eyes.
"You have to understand, my mother and father had died in a car accident when I was very young and I had survived with amnesia. They might be illusions of a lost boy, but to me they were reality. A fact. Something for me to hold on to." He gave a small laugh. "You probably think I'm insane. Hell! I think I'm insane."
I shook my head, "No. You are no more insane than I, Mamoru." I opened my mouth to tell him more; to tell him that I too was having the same dreams, but I sensed a ball of energy coming at us and when I looked up, I gasped, a ball of fire was streaming down the wires! "We're going to be flatter than a pancake if we don't get out of here!" I gasped. I could easily get us out if I was Sailor Moon... but how could I reveal that to him?
The fireball approached! There's no time to think about this! "Moon Power Make-up!"
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*gasp!* They're gonna die! Hehe. Keep those reviews coming. I know a lot of you read this but don't leave reviews. What if I told you that I'm done with the story and I need a few incentives to upload all of them? ^^
So tell me, what do you think should happen?
Am I a genius?
Does this fic need work? (Don't lie, you KNOW it does!)
How will Usagi handle the truth? The real truth about Mamoru?
Who IS Mamoru? Endymion? Lucifer?
There is going to a surprise ending. And I'll tell you straight up, I'm going to write a sequel to this story with a tentative titile - Sins of an Angel - and that one is going to deal with Ali and Ann. I have about four chaps written on that one, and three more chapters for this one to upload. So... tell me what you think, leave a review. In other words, keep me happy if you want to rest of those chapters! ^_^
~*RENA*~ - Hope you like. ^_^ You won't kill me. If you kill me, you'll never know what happens Bwhahahahahha!!!
kino amiko kun - Don't worry about getting lost, I was rereading what I wrote and I got lost... and I wrote it! ^^;;
Kuro Tenshi - Oh, it's not that bad, they're going to have their happily ever after... I think..
Rose - I KNEW I would get more reviews if I threatened... Bwehehehehe...
anonymous - I'm updating... ^_^
princess2000204 - You're getting close... very close... keep guessing ^.~
