"Speaking"
Chapter Five: Unanswered Questions
Lily handed the last person in the café their cup of coffee, one of the only normal type of drinks they had. Her mind, however, was far from what was happening there. Her mind was pondering the topic from that morning, the Earth Guard's reincarnations remembered.
That was the only way the computer would be alerted when the men had been awakened his past memories and awakened their dormant powers. She couldn't believe that over a millennia and a few years that they had awoken. Lily hadn't felt this giddy in…a long time, to make it short.
It felt weird to her, with the Earth Guard awakened. She felt her links to them reopen, but were untapped, for the Earth Guard believed she, along with the other protectors of Selenity, had died on the planet Sedna during the supposed 'Final Battle' between Dark and Light.
Or so, everyone had thought, even Selenity had been happy that it was the last battle with the Ultimate Darkness. She had allowed her little sister to take care of the lesser demons of the dark side. (At this she giggled, thinking of the movie series called Star Wars that had later been used in many private jokes for the Court of Selenity). But, recently there had been some activity on Sedna and with the recent attack on the Court of Serenity, all things pointed to the not-so-dead guy.
A not-so-dead guy that would have done the universe some good to be dead. But then, Fate and Destiny loved to play around with options for making people's life worse, while not messing up with the balance. Lily sighed; yup, their lives were the pits. And sadly, they knew it.
She yawned and looked at her watch, a silver chain with purple flowers around it and encircling the face of her watch. It read two o'clock. She hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.
It was her break time, giving a small wave to Selenity and Alexandra, Lily walked into the changing rooms and changed out of her waitress uniform, fully intent on going out for the next two hours to relax and have a cup of coffee. Wincing at the thought of the beverage's taste, she edited her previous thought. Tea was better, tasting and smelling.
An hour later found Lily sitting in a small coffee shop, drinking tea and watching people pass by. Unconsciously, she was checking each person's face to see whether or not they were her former best friends. She had memorized the faces that morning on the computer.
Each one looked like they had years before. Lily had been so surprised that she had acted the way she had at the time. But then, it was a shock. No one expected the group to be found until Crystal Tokyo, if the time ever came.
Lily sighed again, remembering how Selenity had almost not allowed her future niece to come back to the past. After much debate between the two in the Time Gate area, Selenity, Lily and Nathan had gotten Chibi-Usa, or Little 'Ren as Selenity called her, to not reveal the dangerous truth of the Court of Selenity, the secret of their existence. The group had decided not to reveal that they were alive until Serenity and Endymion were married and, between the others expect the two it involved, that Selenity and Matthew loved each other. A small project that the matchmakers had give up about 263 years ago.
A brilliant pair of emerald eyes brought Lily out of her pondering. It belonged to a man with dirty blonde hair that was tied in a low ponytail. The owner of the eyes gasped and then shook himself and began to hurry off.
Lily threw the change down on the table for her cup of tea and took off out of the café like shoppe and after the man. This was what she had been waiting for the last hour, for Zoisite to show his face while passing by.
The group was supposedly in Japan for a business meeting between the four stone companies that they owned. The Court of Selenity knew better, they were here to find Endymion in his rare sightings in Tokyo, Japan. They wanted to see Endymion and Court of Serenity, especially when they had supposedly killed their friends and engaged 'girlfriends' (the inner Senshi).
She couldn't lose him, not her friend. Not again. Hurriedly, she called out 'Excuse me!' and 'Gomen!' to the people she ran into while she chased after the emerald eyed man. The chase finally got off the crowded streets of Tokyo and into a park.
The park seemed oddly familiar to Lily as she ran through it after Zoisite. It was as though she h ad been there before. Lily shook the feeling off and continued her pursuit. She had an Earth Guard to catch. And fast, before he reached the others, which would not help her 'invisible' status at the moment.
Lily turned the corner and almost ran into a person, a person who had green eyes. He grabbed her and helped steady her, all the while he stared at her as if trying to figure out if she was real.
"Erm...hello?" Lily said, mentally wincing at her words.
"Hello, miss." Zoisite smiled, in a sad sort of way, and looked rather shaken, "Are you alright?"
"Oh yes," Lily replied, "But I must ask you the same thing, are you alright? You do look a bit pale."
Zoisite looked a bit shocked, "I do? I'm a bit surprised at your appearance; you look like an old friend of mine."
"Really, sir?" Lily looked surprised, and she was, she hadn't thought he would say that. "I must say, though, that I have never meet you in this lifetime." It was true and not lying, technically.
"Oh," a relieved look and saddened look crossed his face. "So, she is really dead," he muttered.
Lily pretended not to have heard what he said and how much it tore at her heart by replying, "Pardon me? I don't think I caught that sir."
Zoisite turned a faint shade of red and answered, "Nothing. I'm sorry; I've been so rude, never giving you my name I mean. I'm Merinan Zachary. What's your name?"
Lily smiled and a chime in the distance caught her attention, "Oh man, I'm going to be late!" She shouldn't give her name away; she was supposed to keep up her looks, of being dead, that is.
She began to jog away, but turned back, "My name is Gaea Lillian. It was a pleasure meeting you!"
Lily ran off before Zoisite could call out anything or do anything that would make her stay. Instead of leaving the park, as she was sure that was the route Zoisite would go, she ran to her right.
Right into a rose garden.
Her breath caught in her throat at the sight of the roses. They all looked like the ones that her brother had loved so much, the ones that her had spent so much time growing when they had been younger. The roses that he had loved do much.
Lily couldn't stand anymore; she had collapsed to the ground a while ago. Now, she was crying. Not loudly, just enough for tears to silently track down her cheeks. She had thought she had gotten over her brother's death a long time ago. Hell, she thought she would have felt better since her brother had been reincarnated, but it had just hit her.
Endymion would never be the same. He would never be her brother. Her brother was dead and never coming back. This Chiba Mamoru was the reincarnation of her brother, but his spirit, his looks; his actions would never be that of Endymion.
Lily realized that in midst of her grief that Selenity had known that too. That was why she had never revealed herself to this reincarnation of Serenity. That's why she had locked herself in her room for days after her sister's soul had been awoken within Usagi. That's why she had been silent and moody lately. That explained everything.
She just cried that she had not realized this earlier and that now that they were so close to her. Now that she had thought she could see her 'brother' again. It only saddened her that she would never see that great man ever again.
She never saw the rose youkai's whip attack come at her. But she felt it. She felt the thorns tear her skin and yelled out in pain. Lily reached for her transformation item, a small case with a lily on it contained her necklace that she transformed with was in her pocket. The whip tightened and she screamed out in pain yet again. Her vision was beginning to get blurry around the edges.
Help someone, anyone, please help me. It isn't supposed to end this way. Not yet. Alexandra, please, help. Endymion! Help!
o.o.o.o.o
Mamoru walked with Usagi back to his apartment. It had been a long day and night before for the both of them. They wanted to discuss what had happened, alone, before they talked with the others tomorrow at the shrine.
They were both reeling at the familiarity the former Moon Queen had used with both of them. With everyone. It felt, as though she had really been there. Helping them through the sudden attack. But they both had pushed the idea away. Queen Selenity of the White Moon Kingdom in the Silver Millennium was dead and had died many years ago.
The both had sought comfort from just being near each other. They had sent small emotions to each other through their link. It had helped them through their daily schooling.
The strangest thing that the couple was trying to get over was the comment. "Not the oldest moon brat." That had frightened both of them. Was there another moon princess? Was she dark? Would this bring Cosmos earlier than she was supposed to come? Who was behind this attack?
Usagi was wondering if she had an older sibling. Boy or girl, either would be welcome and Usagi tried to search her recovered memories for a sibling, but strangely couldn't find a single one. It seemed as though she didn't remember her childhood that well. She waved it off as something that was normal for a human being.
They both entered Mamoru's apartment in silence. Usagi headed to the couch, while Mamoru went to the kitchen and quickly made some tea. When he came back the two sat on the couch, slightly snuggled so, but not so much, as they couldn't drink their tea while lying there.
"Are you alright?" Mamoru asked after a moment's silence.
"Nani? Oh, hai. I'm fine. The strangest thing is, I was saved by moonbeams," Usagi replied.
"Moonbeams?!"
"Oh yes, they made a shield around me. I guess since I've become Princess Serenity, that the moon protects me all the time, not only when I call on it."
"That's strange. I thought I saw a figure in the forest, but I'm not too sure if it was on our side or not."
"Weird, I felt a slightly strong presence right before the arrow almost attacked me."
"Do princesses or future queens say the word weird?"
"Oh shut up! As I was saying, it might have been a lesser general. Or it could be an ally."
"Yes, we've discussed this, Miss Soon-to-be-Queen."
"Shut up."
"With pleasure!"
"What about mother?"
"Queen Selenity?"
"Hai. Didn't she run out of energy the last time we were talking to her? I mean, she felt real! She acted as though she was real, not a fuzzy image like last time or a vague voice in my dreams, a real person."
Mamoru considered this before replying carefully wording his thoughts, "She did seem real, I'll agree with that, and she acted normally for a human, not jerkily like her spirit did. It's strange, I'll give you that."
Usagi smiled at the last sentence, "Oh, it's strange alright. But then, when you're the reincarnation of the High Princess of a kingdom on the room and committed suicide when her loved one died, that's normal."
Mamoru raised an eyebrow, "Sarcasm does not suit you, at all, my dear. Stop scaring me."
Usagi grinned, "Well, I have to have my moments sometime."
Mamoru nodded and moved to the other end of the couch, "Yeah…"
Usagi rolled her eyes and put her sock clad feet beneath her skirt. Even in the winter they wore the hated outfit. Not that it was bad; it was just so cold for a skirt in the winter, even with the school jackets.
"It's so strange what that youkai said. It seems as though I have an older sibling!" Usagi exclaimed suddenly.
"Hai, it is. Maybe the cloaked figure was your sibling."
"Maybe," was the wistful reply, "But I only remember mother and myself. She cried a lot when I was younger, the little memories I have of my childhood. I remember her calling for 'Len' and Puu looking so worn and serious, though she looks as though she is in her teens, though."
"Maybe the enemy is from a long time ago and was put in some sleep and just woke up, thinking that this 'Len' is still alive. To me, it seems as though she died in some attack."
"All these maybe's and no facts. I don't know, anything about by sibling. I just wish I wasn't the only one."
"As do I, as do I."
The both held each other for a while just thinking of the past, and wondering about the future. That's when Mamoru heard it. It was like a dying cry, laced in pain.
…Endymion, help…
-End chapter
Author's note – It's finally finished. I thank you all for the wonderful support thought this. I can't believe it took this long to finish the chapter. I feel so bad. And my computer currently hates me, but hey! The next chapter will contain major Rei and will be shorter than this one, but it's a two for one deal. It should be done by today and up tomorrow? I have the ideas written out in front of me, leaving much room for detail, so get ready! Oh, does anyone know how to space these stories? I can't seem to get it to work. Btw, like the new title?
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BoomBoomBaby – Yup, you're beloved. J I am keeping the story!! I was just having problems getting into Lily's character, after I finished that part the rest was a snap. --() Quite sad, I know. Thanks for the condolences. My dad's side of the family is dropping like flies. Yea, feeling so much better. Poor computer, glad it's back among the land of the living! Thanks again for reviewing.
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Ok, I'm working to finish the next chapter, and then I'll work on Rainfall. It's started, but not finished. PLEASE help me with songs. I have Stupid and The First Cut is the Deepest but I need more, with female singers. I'm thinking about Memory Lane it's country, though… Oh, wish me luck; I'm getting braces tomorrow. My teeth are SO gunna hurt, ::whimpers in the background:: See ya soon!
-Lady Selenity
Japanese Mini Dictionary
Hai – Yes
Iie – No
Baka – Stupid, idiot
Chibi – small
Koshii – dear, beloved
Koi – lover
Gomen (ne) – (very) sorry
Aringoto – Thank you (is the spelling right for this one?)
Ja ne – Good-bye
Minna – Everyone
-chan – suffix for friend
-san – suffix for elders
-sama – suffix for someone of a higher rank
(-) ko – suffix for lover (usually female)
Senshi – sailor scouts