Deep in a cavern a man stooda silent vigil, hungrily watching an equaly
silent and unmoving woman.
He stood outside the circle and watched his love perform the ritual that might save them all. He watched her as she poured all of herself into the weapon. And he knew that soon, if she was forced to continue much longer, she would make a mistake, her exhaustion catching up with her, and that mistake would cost her her life. So he stood vigil, helpless, outside of the circle in which she worked.
He could remember exactly how they had met. And yet, somehow he had always known her. Somehow. She was a part of him, the other half of his soul.
When he had first come to the Negaverse, his past had been a complete blank, but she had been there from that first moment, laying next to him. She had been watching over him, taking care of him when he was helpless. He remembered just staring at her, in complete awe of the woman that lay next to him, having collapsed there from exhaustion. Her beautiful hair, tied into two long tails down her back, and the form fitting dress had captivated him.
When he was being honest with himself, he knew that the so called Wiseman had lied to both of them. Years of living with that person had taught him not to trust anything he said. But the Wiseman had still been his only link to the past. His only link to her.
And so he clung to the things that the Wiseman had told them. He believed what he had been told of how he had been helping the Wiseman to fight against the tyranny of Queen Serenity in Crystal Tokyo and how during one of the battles, the Queen's special guard had attacked them and the result of that battle had been the loss of both of their memories. He had doubted that until he had watched as Sailor Moon's power ripped through the Wiseman's armies of demons, eventually hitting the Wiseman himself. Wiseman had linked himself to his demon's, determined to defeat Sailor Moon once and for all with this all out attack. That link had cost him his life while the snake Rubeus had been able to survive, ruthlessly sacrificing the lives of the four sisters to hold off Sailor Moon's attack.
He and his love had survived by combining their energies to form a barrier between them and the blast. Their barrier had been what had saved the few demons that had managed to escape back to them. But it had cost them dearly to do so and when they had recovered, they had been horrified at the destruction all around them.
They had spent the next several months trying to figure out what to do. The Wiseman had mentioned allies in the future but only Rubeus knew who they were and he was unable to contact them. They knew that sooner or later Sailor Moon would find them and try to kill them again, so they had to find a way to fight her. And it was his love that had found the reference to the Dark Crystal in an old tome of the Wiseman's. But it had required them to gather energy from human's again, risking fighting with Sailor Moon again. But they had decided that it was their only course.
And then, if they could defeat Sailor Moon, they had a chance to prevent Queen Serenity from taking control of this world in the future.
He sighed and focused his thoughts on his love again. He remembered how she had been so angry when he had first talked to her. She had hated the world and had wanted revenge for all her pain. He had been the only one who had been able to make her smile and slowly he had been able to erase some of her bitterness. He knew that to others she still appeared as a cold and cruel woman, but when she was with him, when they were alone, he saw a light in her, a spirit that he had fallen in love with before he had even understood what it was to love.
He had given her the nickname Little Lady, referring to how short she was compared to himself. She hated it. And that's why he called her that. She was so beautiful with her eyes flashing in frustrated anger, her hair twirling around her as she whirled around to glare at him after he had said it. And he loved to get into arguments with her, her sharp wit and sharper tongue always challenging him to keep up with her.
And now, in order for them to be safe, she endangered herself. For them to finally know peace, they ran towards battle. The irony of their lives was not lost on him.
And still...
There was something that he still distrusted about this whole situation. There was something that the Wiseman had always hid from the two of them. The stories he had told of their pasts had always rung false and yet, he could never figure out what the truth was.
He knew that she still hid parts of her past from him. Her own reasons for fighting along side Wiseman. Pain filled memories that he knew, someday, she would tell him if she could. But for right now...
His attention was brought back from the past with a snap as he saw Rubius standing in the doorway, smirking.
"What?" he growled at this unwelcome intruder.
"Nothing, just checking to see if you were still alive." Rubeus said, turning and leaving Helios and Rini alone again.
* * * * *
Rubeus smirked as he left the pair in their cave. He was the only one who knew the truth anymore, the truth about those two. After all, he had been the one who had captured Queen Serenity's daughter and delivered her to the Wiseman. And Helios had apparently come to try and save her. Rubeus didn't understand exactly who the man was but the Wiseman had said that he was some kind of guardian and brainwashing him to join their side was something really special. Something about this man having access to some mirror.
Rubeus didn't really give a damn who he was. All he knew was that those two were a pain to deal with. The Wiseman had had difficulties corrupting the man's mind and Helios had been able to reverse some of Rini's corruption in a way that had baffled the Wiseman. And now those two seemed to think that Rubeus was working for them. Well, he'd show them. Once he figured out the identity of Sailor Moon, he would destroy her himself without their precious crystal. And then, after that pair had exhausted themselves to create the weapon, he would kill them and take it for himself.
It wouldn't be long now. There was no one left to stand in his way. Even Diamond couldn't touch him. That arrogant little prince hadn't even been born yet in this time.
* * * * *
Serena stood outside, her head thrown back and eyes closed so that she could bathe in the light of the moon. A slight breeze caused the leaves to rattle on the trees surrounding Rei's shrine and the sound of insects provided a soothing white noise. She wasn't thinking about anything, allowing her mind to grow peacefully blank for the first time in days. All of her worries and fears were shoved off to the side for the moment so that she could enjoy this perfect night.
* * * * *
Ami smiled up at the sky. There was something about seeing the moon, even during the day that comforted and inspired her.
Shaking herself out of her reverie, she turned to the man walking beside her and smiled before loading him down with all her books. After all, what good was a boyfriend if you couldn't get him to do all your heavy lifting.
* * * * *
Zoicite grunted as twenty pounds of books were thrust at him and with a resigned, pitiful sigh, shifted to add them to his own stack of books. Someday he'd get her back for all the work she made him do.
Someday soon he thought, thinking about his plan.
* * * * *
In an alley, a woman stretched and groaned, feeling muscels pop all over her body as she finally got out of work. At least the night had been fairly quiet. Waving to a couple of her employees, she headed home.
Glanceing at the night sky she picked out the moon and then the planet Jupiter. She smiled as she thought of her old teachers drilling the planets and constellations into her head.
* * * * *
Momentarily, the sitting figure heard the angry voice of her love, her concentration split for a mere second. But that second allowed some of the energy, the smallest minute fraction to twist and warp out of her control, curling up into a tight coil inside of the crystal. But the woman was too tired by now to deal with it immediately and decided to allow the slight imperfection to remain until she was stronger.
So more and more energy was forced to obey the woman's command, being shoved again and again into the crystal she was making. This new energy slowly covered the slight imperfection until it was unnoticeable and eventually the creator forgot about its existence.
* * * * *
Darien woke up and looked around for Serena. After a momentary heart attack at finding her missing he saw her outside and padded silently outside. He slid his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on top of her head, sharing in the moonlight with her.
Together, the two figures stood in silence, waiting for the dawn.
* * * * *
A/N Sorry thes things take me so long to write. A there's a brief Lita teaser so people don't kill me. Soon. I swear. Oh! For all those who are confused, Helios is from Erusion and it the protector of people's dreams, and guard the Golden Crystal (ooh, ooh! crystal theme! ahem. sorry) in the anime, for all those people who have no clue. He appears as Pegasus and was attracted to Rini during Super S. Yes, I am pulling characters from different Seasons but I figured, so much time has passed and the timeline is screwed up by Serena not awakening the scouts. This means Sailor Moon has never met Rini and has no clue that she is her daughter in this fic.
So...do you like? The other options for the villains were Allen and Ann, Prince Diamond and Rini, or someone completely made up. If you REALLY hate it...um...let me know. Okay, going to go hide in a corner now.
Kaji - consider your self added to my update list. Hee hee. Yea, a lot of people like the mushy stuff. I try to add a little in most chapters so people don't forget about those two.
Gizelle - I wish I'd update sooner too. Trust me. I try though. There is just this evil scedual that kicks my butt all too often.
happygolucky111 - I usually try to make the chapters about 5 pages. But that's just me. And it's not a firm rule because sometimes I get to points were it is a perfect ending point. And the Lita spoiler is for you!
Bluejello - I hope you like the villians. Here. You can have a girl scout cookie. I stole them from my mommy over spring break.
Salestine - thanks! Compliments, I love them.
MoonWonderer - yep, it's villian time. So what did you think? Yea, nay, Denial needs to re-learn how to write? hee hee.
lill_one - lol. A rhymes are appreciated. I'm so glad you found my story an liked it.
Mercurial - *sigh* Someday I will be able to update with some sembliance of speed. I swear.
Sele - hmm...I'm thinking Pluto will be a must at the very least and Lita is coming soon.
neoqueen - woo hoo! I love readers like you. You don't make me feel so bad about updating so slowly. hee hee
Codie - a strawberry fruizle? That sounds great. hmm....I don't NEED to do hw right now...strawberry fruizle run!
lazzykane - I put Lita in! *dances around in a circle* Oh, you probably meant in like a *significant* way, huh? I'm working on it!
Adyen - all the generals are alive...I think. And I have no clue how everything is going to work out. I'm having too much fun digging the hole to figure out how to get out of it. Hmm...that might actually be a problem...Naw!
Venus Smurf - HI! Okay. Seriously. I swear I'm going to review your story. I love it too much. It is like this reward that I allow myself for studying. *sigh* But do I ever hit the 'review' button? nooo. *hangs head in shame*
Ginny_Star - this was a lot about my villians. I'll try and fill in background info on the generals as the story goes along. Basically, all you really need to know is that they were in love with the scouts on the moon and then Beryl brainwashed them, causing them to turn against the scouts. Hope that helps.
Silver Dragonfly - damn! That is one of the most poetic reviews I have ever gotten. Thank you soooooo much. It really made my day.
BenRG - lol. Don't take much of what I say too seriously. About the teleports, I love it when people ask questions and point out little errors in my stories. It helps me make things better and to be perfectly honest, I had never thought about the individual teleport thing before. Anyways, thanks for still reading this. I feel like it is getting really long and will only get longer. I'm suprised some of my readers haven't given up on me.
Marni - only a little Generals tid-bit in here but I hope you liked this chapter anyways!
He stood outside the circle and watched his love perform the ritual that might save them all. He watched her as she poured all of herself into the weapon. And he knew that soon, if she was forced to continue much longer, she would make a mistake, her exhaustion catching up with her, and that mistake would cost her her life. So he stood vigil, helpless, outside of the circle in which she worked.
He could remember exactly how they had met. And yet, somehow he had always known her. Somehow. She was a part of him, the other half of his soul.
When he had first come to the Negaverse, his past had been a complete blank, but she had been there from that first moment, laying next to him. She had been watching over him, taking care of him when he was helpless. He remembered just staring at her, in complete awe of the woman that lay next to him, having collapsed there from exhaustion. Her beautiful hair, tied into two long tails down her back, and the form fitting dress had captivated him.
When he was being honest with himself, he knew that the so called Wiseman had lied to both of them. Years of living with that person had taught him not to trust anything he said. But the Wiseman had still been his only link to the past. His only link to her.
And so he clung to the things that the Wiseman had told them. He believed what he had been told of how he had been helping the Wiseman to fight against the tyranny of Queen Serenity in Crystal Tokyo and how during one of the battles, the Queen's special guard had attacked them and the result of that battle had been the loss of both of their memories. He had doubted that until he had watched as Sailor Moon's power ripped through the Wiseman's armies of demons, eventually hitting the Wiseman himself. Wiseman had linked himself to his demon's, determined to defeat Sailor Moon once and for all with this all out attack. That link had cost him his life while the snake Rubeus had been able to survive, ruthlessly sacrificing the lives of the four sisters to hold off Sailor Moon's attack.
He and his love had survived by combining their energies to form a barrier between them and the blast. Their barrier had been what had saved the few demons that had managed to escape back to them. But it had cost them dearly to do so and when they had recovered, they had been horrified at the destruction all around them.
They had spent the next several months trying to figure out what to do. The Wiseman had mentioned allies in the future but only Rubeus knew who they were and he was unable to contact them. They knew that sooner or later Sailor Moon would find them and try to kill them again, so they had to find a way to fight her. And it was his love that had found the reference to the Dark Crystal in an old tome of the Wiseman's. But it had required them to gather energy from human's again, risking fighting with Sailor Moon again. But they had decided that it was their only course.
And then, if they could defeat Sailor Moon, they had a chance to prevent Queen Serenity from taking control of this world in the future.
He sighed and focused his thoughts on his love again. He remembered how she had been so angry when he had first talked to her. She had hated the world and had wanted revenge for all her pain. He had been the only one who had been able to make her smile and slowly he had been able to erase some of her bitterness. He knew that to others she still appeared as a cold and cruel woman, but when she was with him, when they were alone, he saw a light in her, a spirit that he had fallen in love with before he had even understood what it was to love.
He had given her the nickname Little Lady, referring to how short she was compared to himself. She hated it. And that's why he called her that. She was so beautiful with her eyes flashing in frustrated anger, her hair twirling around her as she whirled around to glare at him after he had said it. And he loved to get into arguments with her, her sharp wit and sharper tongue always challenging him to keep up with her.
And now, in order for them to be safe, she endangered herself. For them to finally know peace, they ran towards battle. The irony of their lives was not lost on him.
And still...
There was something that he still distrusted about this whole situation. There was something that the Wiseman had always hid from the two of them. The stories he had told of their pasts had always rung false and yet, he could never figure out what the truth was.
He knew that she still hid parts of her past from him. Her own reasons for fighting along side Wiseman. Pain filled memories that he knew, someday, she would tell him if she could. But for right now...
His attention was brought back from the past with a snap as he saw Rubius standing in the doorway, smirking.
"What?" he growled at this unwelcome intruder.
"Nothing, just checking to see if you were still alive." Rubeus said, turning and leaving Helios and Rini alone again.
* * * * *
Rubeus smirked as he left the pair in their cave. He was the only one who knew the truth anymore, the truth about those two. After all, he had been the one who had captured Queen Serenity's daughter and delivered her to the Wiseman. And Helios had apparently come to try and save her. Rubeus didn't understand exactly who the man was but the Wiseman had said that he was some kind of guardian and brainwashing him to join their side was something really special. Something about this man having access to some mirror.
Rubeus didn't really give a damn who he was. All he knew was that those two were a pain to deal with. The Wiseman had had difficulties corrupting the man's mind and Helios had been able to reverse some of Rini's corruption in a way that had baffled the Wiseman. And now those two seemed to think that Rubeus was working for them. Well, he'd show them. Once he figured out the identity of Sailor Moon, he would destroy her himself without their precious crystal. And then, after that pair had exhausted themselves to create the weapon, he would kill them and take it for himself.
It wouldn't be long now. There was no one left to stand in his way. Even Diamond couldn't touch him. That arrogant little prince hadn't even been born yet in this time.
* * * * *
Serena stood outside, her head thrown back and eyes closed so that she could bathe in the light of the moon. A slight breeze caused the leaves to rattle on the trees surrounding Rei's shrine and the sound of insects provided a soothing white noise. She wasn't thinking about anything, allowing her mind to grow peacefully blank for the first time in days. All of her worries and fears were shoved off to the side for the moment so that she could enjoy this perfect night.
* * * * *
Ami smiled up at the sky. There was something about seeing the moon, even during the day that comforted and inspired her.
Shaking herself out of her reverie, she turned to the man walking beside her and smiled before loading him down with all her books. After all, what good was a boyfriend if you couldn't get him to do all your heavy lifting.
* * * * *
Zoicite grunted as twenty pounds of books were thrust at him and with a resigned, pitiful sigh, shifted to add them to his own stack of books. Someday he'd get her back for all the work she made him do.
Someday soon he thought, thinking about his plan.
* * * * *
In an alley, a woman stretched and groaned, feeling muscels pop all over her body as she finally got out of work. At least the night had been fairly quiet. Waving to a couple of her employees, she headed home.
Glanceing at the night sky she picked out the moon and then the planet Jupiter. She smiled as she thought of her old teachers drilling the planets and constellations into her head.
* * * * *
Momentarily, the sitting figure heard the angry voice of her love, her concentration split for a mere second. But that second allowed some of the energy, the smallest minute fraction to twist and warp out of her control, curling up into a tight coil inside of the crystal. But the woman was too tired by now to deal with it immediately and decided to allow the slight imperfection to remain until she was stronger.
So more and more energy was forced to obey the woman's command, being shoved again and again into the crystal she was making. This new energy slowly covered the slight imperfection until it was unnoticeable and eventually the creator forgot about its existence.
* * * * *
Darien woke up and looked around for Serena. After a momentary heart attack at finding her missing he saw her outside and padded silently outside. He slid his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on top of her head, sharing in the moonlight with her.
Together, the two figures stood in silence, waiting for the dawn.
* * * * *
A/N Sorry thes things take me so long to write. A there's a brief Lita teaser so people don't kill me. Soon. I swear. Oh! For all those who are confused, Helios is from Erusion and it the protector of people's dreams, and guard the Golden Crystal (ooh, ooh! crystal theme! ahem. sorry) in the anime, for all those people who have no clue. He appears as Pegasus and was attracted to Rini during Super S. Yes, I am pulling characters from different Seasons but I figured, so much time has passed and the timeline is screwed up by Serena not awakening the scouts. This means Sailor Moon has never met Rini and has no clue that she is her daughter in this fic.
So...do you like? The other options for the villains were Allen and Ann, Prince Diamond and Rini, or someone completely made up. If you REALLY hate it...um...let me know. Okay, going to go hide in a corner now.
Kaji - consider your self added to my update list. Hee hee. Yea, a lot of people like the mushy stuff. I try to add a little in most chapters so people don't forget about those two.
Gizelle - I wish I'd update sooner too. Trust me. I try though. There is just this evil scedual that kicks my butt all too often.
happygolucky111 - I usually try to make the chapters about 5 pages. But that's just me. And it's not a firm rule because sometimes I get to points were it is a perfect ending point. And the Lita spoiler is for you!
Bluejello - I hope you like the villians. Here. You can have a girl scout cookie. I stole them from my mommy over spring break.
Salestine - thanks! Compliments, I love them.
MoonWonderer - yep, it's villian time. So what did you think? Yea, nay, Denial needs to re-learn how to write? hee hee.
lill_one - lol. A rhymes are appreciated. I'm so glad you found my story an liked it.
Mercurial - *sigh* Someday I will be able to update with some sembliance of speed. I swear.
Sele - hmm...I'm thinking Pluto will be a must at the very least and Lita is coming soon.
neoqueen - woo hoo! I love readers like you. You don't make me feel so bad about updating so slowly. hee hee
Codie - a strawberry fruizle? That sounds great. hmm....I don't NEED to do hw right now...strawberry fruizle run!
lazzykane - I put Lita in! *dances around in a circle* Oh, you probably meant in like a *significant* way, huh? I'm working on it!
Adyen - all the generals are alive...I think. And I have no clue how everything is going to work out. I'm having too much fun digging the hole to figure out how to get out of it. Hmm...that might actually be a problem...Naw!
Venus Smurf - HI! Okay. Seriously. I swear I'm going to review your story. I love it too much. It is like this reward that I allow myself for studying. *sigh* But do I ever hit the 'review' button? nooo. *hangs head in shame*
Ginny_Star - this was a lot about my villians. I'll try and fill in background info on the generals as the story goes along. Basically, all you really need to know is that they were in love with the scouts on the moon and then Beryl brainwashed them, causing them to turn against the scouts. Hope that helps.
Silver Dragonfly - damn! That is one of the most poetic reviews I have ever gotten. Thank you soooooo much. It really made my day.
BenRG - lol. Don't take much of what I say too seriously. About the teleports, I love it when people ask questions and point out little errors in my stories. It helps me make things better and to be perfectly honest, I had never thought about the individual teleport thing before. Anyways, thanks for still reading this. I feel like it is getting really long and will only get longer. I'm suprised some of my readers haven't given up on me.
Marni - only a little Generals tid-bit in here but I hope you liked this chapter anyways!