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Darcey-*cowers under desk and chanting while rocking back and forth* I am not afraid…I am not frightened…I will not run away from the scary reviewer… ^.~ Heh, glad you like the story!
Zaeria- *stares at in a mix of fear and amusement*
Solus Nox- Yes, yes I did.
Wiked Tenshi- Yes, I do plan to pair Hope up with someone and no she will noy replace Relena *well, at least I don't think I'll make her*
Dragon- *grins* lol *Gasp* Heero…fun? Did you send Duo with him for target practice or something? ^.~ Arigatou, and I hope I can continue to live up to your expectations.
Jchild- *munching on pocky* heh…this chapter is a bit late…but I still get pocky right? *grins hopefully*
Authoress*Crest- *backs away slowly* I guess we're even then…I confuse you with my story…you scare me with your review…*smiles nervously* even, ne? *gulps*no? ….eh..gomen on making you confuse? *Sees that Authoress is still ranting* Ano….*looks for an exit, finds one and then runs away*
WindRider-Damia- Wufei and Relena?! o.O *shudders in horror* *grins* I could answer all your questions right here and now…but then it wouldn't be a surprise when it occurs in the story! ^_~V
Lady Love- *slowly backs away* eh…yes m'am? *salutes and hurries to finish typing…Ano..um….you think you can point the gun somewhere else….heh^-^;; Someone could get hurt by that *namely me…* ^-^;;; *starts typing even faster as the scary Lady Love just glares and doesn't remove the gun*
Disclaimer- Don't own either shows
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Chapter Eight
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Recap:
Twenty-three safeties switched off, all of which came from the guns pointed at Usagi. Various swords and other weapons were brought out, all intent on the beautiful stranger's demise.
"Omae o koruso." Had the situation not been a grave one, one would be in awe as almost fifty people in the room said the phrase in unison, void of all emotions.
"Omae o koruso, Cosmos." A dark voice hissed.
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Shocked eyes flew to Wufei, who had a red aura surrounding him. There was a glazed look over his eyes, which had red circles surrounding his pupils.
"Chaos…" Usagi and Quatre both took a defensive position.
"How dare you inhabit his body, Chaos!" Something akin to hatred shown in Usagi's eyes.
"Leave Kayoshi alone!" Quatre shouted. The possessed Wufei turned to face Quatre, and smirked.
"Now why would I want to do that? Neither you nor your mother, " Here, Wufei's head was turned to face Usagi, "shall hurt me in this form."
"And what makes you so sure of that, Chaos?" Usagi hissed.
"Because your both to pathetic to risk harming your dear Kyoshi!"
"Chaos, leave him be!" Usagi shouted, a bright light surrounding her. When it died, she was dressed in a tight body suit of pearl white, styled after a sailor's uniform. The skirt was short, and was pure white, save a front flap, which was multi-colored. A long white cape flowed behind her in the nonexistent wind, ending at the heels of her winged shoes. An eight-pointed star appeared on her brow, glowing brightly as a staff appeared in her gloved hands.
"Cosmos…" The being inhabiting Wufei's body whispered with hatred.
"Leave his body." Usagi, or Cosmos stated coldly, sending a wave of white light towards the one she called Chaos.
"I'll be back!" He hissed, before fading away just as the light hit him.
"Iie! Come back! Give him back to me!" Usagi screamed, running to where Chaos had stood moments before. "Give him back…" She whispered, "Give him back."
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"I told you it would sound farfetched…" Usagi took a sip of her tea, letting it work its magic and relax her muscles, if only for a moment.
"Well..it IS farfetched…." Millardo proclaimed. Relena just sat there, shocked. Quatre sighed, massaging his temples.
After Wufei had…disappeared…explanations had been demanded after the shock and search wore off. But the story told was…unbelievable…and incomplete.
"I'm confused..what does this have to do with anything?" Duo asked.
"That was only the beginning, Duo. The…introduction." Quatre petted Tsuki, who lied next to his and Usagi's feet.
"But I don't understand…."
"Do we have to retell it for you?" Quatre winced against a pounding migrane.
"Yes."
"Thousands upon thousands of years ago, this story began." Usagi sighed, and leaned back against her seat. "There was a peaceful kingdom, known as the Silver Millenium…………"
--Two hours later—
"That cannot be true! If there was nothing around her, how—" Noin was cut off by Usagi's chiding stare.
"If I may continue?" A reproachful glare was sent out. Clearing her throat, she continued.
"When she looked around her, there was nothing….nothing had survived. In despair, she wished upon her crystal that all life on Earth be returned…that Earth, herself be revived. The crystal granted her wish, but at a price. When the Queen woke up the next time, she was seated upon a throne of ivory and silver. She was at the center of the cosmos, surrounded only by the stars…she became Cosmos. Depressed, she refused to fulfill her duty, and slowly, the worlds around her began to crumble, but she did not care. Why should she? She had nothing…no one…to live for. Day after day, she wished to join her loved ones in the afterlife…by she could not die, immortal that she was. As time went by, she could bear it no longer, and calling forth her crystal, she asked for a power that could kill her—"
"But you said she was immortal!" Usagi sent a chilling glare to Duo.
"She is. She dies only to be reborn right after. Now, do not interrupt me again!" Usagi sighed, and continued.
"The crystal brought forth the Shi Blade, a mythical weapon whom's origin is unknown. This legendary sword would not be able to offer her eternal release, but it would prolong the reincarnation process. She would not be reincarnated immediately if she died by this blade, but rather, be reincarnated only when she was most urgently needed." Usagi paused, to sip her tea, as Quatre listened on. He had never heard this part of the story.
"Bringing the Shi Blade up to her chest, Cosmos prepared to kill herself. Just as she prepared to plunge it into her heart, she was stopped…by her husband."
"But he's dead!"
"Duo, let her continue!" Relena was intrigued by the story, though she couldn't explain it, she felt she had a part with the story.
"He had been granted life for one night…to spend with her. Nine months after that night, Cosmos gave birth to two beautiful children, a girl and a boy. She named the girl Hope and the boy, Sol. They became her light, her life. They grew to have the powers of dreams, and became the Guardians of Dreams.
When she felt they were strong enough, she allowed them to leave her side and travel in the world of dreams. She worried for them when they were gone, and would leave her post in search of them quite often if she felt they had been gone too long. Seeing this, Fate and Destiny grew worried that she would shirk her duties, though they should have known that she could never. They could no longer control her…but what they did when they had been able to was there to stay. She would forever be Cosmos, guardian of all that is good.
Worried, they created a shield to place around Cosmos's post. In order to leave her post, Cosmos would have to get past the shield, which she could easily do. But in doing so, the shield would harm her, a price she would not mind. Knowing this, Destiny and Fate made sure that should Cosmos try to escape, her children would be able to feel her every pain. She would never hurt her children…could never hurt them. And so, Destiny and Fate won the battle…and the battles after." Usagi sighed.
" One day, Hope and Sol left to make sure no dreams had gone astray…they did not return that day. It was normal for them to be gone for a long time, sometimes a couple of days…but days went past and still, they did not come. Unable to stay put any longer, Cosmos prepared to leave her post, in search of her children. But just as she prepared to go through the shield, her son came back. He was hurt, but he was back. She enveloped him in her embrace, and both cried, hers of joy, though she continued to feel fearful, and his, his…"
Usagi blinked back tears, and took in a long deep shuddering breath.
"It was then that Cosmos realized….Hope….her daughter, did not follow Sol. Hope had not returned with her brother. After comforting her son, Cosmos managed to get the story out of him. Hope was gone. She had not made it out of the broken dream in time. That day, the shield placed around Cosmos's post was broken by Cosmos's pain. Imagine that…the shield that caused Cosmos pain…broken because of her pain!"
A bitter laugh escaped Usagi's lips, as Quatre watched his mother, fearful of this change in her attitude.
"Cosmos left her post, and together, with her son, they searched the universe for Hope. But they never found her…almost a century had passed when the search finally ended. Together, they made their way back to Cosmos's post, where Fate and Destiny told them that Hope was dead. Cosmos did not believe it…refused to believe it. Hope was alive, she had to be! But Sol, Sol had been missing his twin for almost a century…he was there when she vanished…he had never dealt with Destiny and Fate personally. He tried to believe that their words were false, but it stayed with him. Time continued to pass by, and Sol became depressed. As much as she tried, his mother could not cheer him up. Finally, she could no longer bear to see her son wasting away. Cosmos called her son to her one day, and asked what she could do to make him smile again."
Usagi smiled sadly at Quatre, who looked at his feet, ashamed. He had no idea she had felt this way…that Hope and he….that they…that he had caused her so much grief.
"She never expected the answer he gave her. He wanted to leave…to leave the very place he had called home his whole life. He wanted to get away…away from everything. He asked his mother to set him free…to send him away…to get away from anything that may remind him of his sister. To get away from her, of whom his sister took after. He was so depressed and looked so dejected…how could she say no?
So she sent him away, to another galaxy. He was sent to the Milky Way, to be born to human parents…to forget his problems. Cosmos did not wish any harm to come unto him, and sent a guard to watch over him. The guard left to make sure all would go well with Sol, but Fate and Destiny had other plans. The guard, Kayoshi, never made it to the Milky Way before he was killed, to be reborn to human parents.
And so…Cosmos watched from afar as her son and Kayoshi were born to mortal parents and forgot about her. She watched as her son aged as all earthlings did, and said his first words, took his first step, and so on. She watched in pain as Fate and Destiny stepped in, and forced him to remember. She watched, helplessly, as her son once again began to show signs of being depressed. The same she did with Kayoshi, who, after receiving his memories back, set out in search for Sol, though he could not remember how he looked.
When they had met up again, neither realized who the other was. Their auras had been altered so that no enemy may realize who they were. Still, they teamed up, and along with three other young men, fought for peace. Though Cosmos was very pleased that her son had found friends of whom he felt were brothers to him, she could not help but lament over all that she had lost.
It was when Cosmos had been lamenting over her missing friends and beloved that she felt it. Something was threatening her domain. Concentrating, she found that it was a past nemesis, once again trying to gain control of Earth. Naturally, she left her post to come and fight this enemy." Usagi finished the last of her now cold tea and leaned back against her seat.
"I…don't understand…" Duo began. "What does this have to do with anything!? And where is Cosmos now?"
Everyone in the room sighed.
"She's Cosmos, Duo! Remember, that's what Wufei called her!" Noin got up, stretching, then sat back down.
"But…"
"And I, am Sol." All attention landed on Quatre, who was looking at his mother with concern and apology shining in his eyes. "Wufei," his attentioned turned to the audience. "Wufei is Kayoshi."
"The dark entity that I had come here to fight has Kayoshi." Usagi's eyes flashed silver, shining with determination. "Chaos has Kayoshi, and I will not rest until Kayoshi is freed and Chaos, banished once more."
"Banished?! If this Chaos is as powerful as you make him to be, then shouldn't he be killed?!" Millardo rose from his seat.
"Chaos cannot be killed! To do so would disrupt the very balance of the universe."
"The balance?"
"Hai, the balance. The forces of good and evil will forever be together, countering the other. The balance is very delicate, and must always be watched. Indeed, the watcher of the balance, Harmony is a legend amongst us all. She is the balance, itself, or so it is said. She can relieve either Chaos or I, or both of us of our duty!"
"Nani!?" Quatre cried out.
"Hai, it is true! She can do so, and so long as it is her orders, the balance shall remain intact! It is rumored that she can strip away one's immortality…" Usagi's eyes and voice was wistful.
"How can that be?! Mama, how can she relieve you of your duty and not destroy the balance…and what duty does Chaos hold?!"
"She is the balance itself, Sol, and as so, she can choose to relieve us of our duty, or to give us another. Fate and Destiny has decreed me to be Cosmos, sworn enemy of Chaos, and vice versa for Chaos. As they no longer have control of me, though what they had already decreed couldn't be changed by myself, Harmony can overrule their decree!" Usagi looked at Sol, and for the first time, Sol truly saw the distressed glaze in his mother's eyes.
Her eyes were so old…her soul so aged. Was this weakened, desperate soul that he saw in his mother's eyes the same strong soul that had loved him, held him, and raised him as a child? Had her life affected her so? Had his leaving affected her so? He felt guilt gnaw at his heart, threatening to consume him.
"But..Chaos..duty?!"
"Hm…you did not believe that I was the only one who was trapped, did you son? Chaos and I are very much alike in that sense, I am forever trapped as Cosmos, and he is forever trapped as Chaos. We are sworn enemies, yet sworn soul mates." AN- Okay ppl…change of plans…no Wufei/Usa in this story…Chaos/Usa!! I saw this pairing once in a story *Death, Be Not Proud is SUCH an awesome story btw!* and a new thought just hit me…you'll find out at the end…well..it's a cliché thing…but used differently…erm…does that make sense?!
"NANI!?!" Quatre's eyes were wide. "You…and…Chaos? S…oul…mates!!?"
"Hai."
"But…that…that's impossible! Chaos is…evil and…and…he cannot be your soul mate!!" Quatre became silent as his mother turned haunted eyes at him, her lips twisted in a bitter smile. When she spoke, her voice was ironic, dead.
"And why not, Sol? Why can't your father be my soul mate?"
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End Chapter! Hehe…confused? Well, this chapter was mostly just explaining….and then I got hit with the idea for the end, so the next chapter will also be used as an explanation chapter..but for this! Heheh..eh.minna…you won't kill me will you?! Hehe…wellll….review minna! More reviews= faster updates *unless my teachers happens to all decide to load me up on work…*
