Promises of the Past pt. 1: Never Ending Dreams
She walked out onto her balcony staring deep into the large blue planet below her as her long black hair, held back into long pig tails blew softly in the wind. Her brown eyes shined in the earth's cool light. The cool Moon air blew fluttering her white dress. She turned her gaze to the white rose garden below her. Dreaming, she closed her eyes as white rose petals blew around her, filling the air with their sweet scent.
"Kizna!" a scolding voice yelled making the girl's eyes snap open.
Kizna turned toward her guardian's pink glaring gaze.
"Botan?" she questioned innocently, "is something the matter?"
Botan sighed her shoulders causing her pink gown to slump.
"Princess Kizna," she began sternly, "do you realize what time it is?"
"I do," Kizna replied quietly turning back to the large blue planet. "I'm just.."
"Dreaming?" Botan said wistfully as she stepped onto the balcony to the Princess's side.
Botan chuckled.
"Dreaming of the handsome Prince and his handsome generals residing within the earth's palace are we?" Botan asked teasingly.
Princess Kizna nodded smiling a reverie's smile. A gentle, imagining wind blew.
"I think we're all a bit curious about earth," a voice said softly behind them making Botan and Kizna turn.
"Yea, I definitely agree, Keiko," Botan replied smiling softly, watching as a brown haired girl with brown eyes step onto the balcony.
Quietly, Keiko's blue and yellow gown rustled.
"I want to see it, too," said another voice. "It makes me wonder what's down there."
Princess Kizna, Botan, and Keiko turned to a small girl dressed in an ice blue gown trimmed in deep blue with long sea-green hair and crimson eyes.
"Hey, Yukina," replied Kizna smiling as she turned back towards the shining blue and green marble in the sky. "We're all eager, but Lunar law forbids us going down to earth."
"Same with Mercury law," Yukina replied.
"And Mars," Keiko added.
"And Venus," Botan sighed leaning on the stone balcony's railing.
"As with Jupiter," a cold voice muttered.
"Why Sakura!" Kizna turned smiling a teasing smile. "I didn't think you had dreams of going to Earth in your head.
Crossing her arms, Sakura glared and walked to the balcony beside the other girls. Sakura smirked.
"What can I say?" she asked arrogantly. "Even I get a bit curious at times too."
"Of course," Kizna replied as the other girls chuckled, "but as they say: 'We're fighting to dream. Our desire is freedom. We can't deceive our own hearts.'"
Keiko, Yukina, Botan, and Sakura nodded in agreement.
"You were always a dreamer, Kizna," Botan said smiling, "a never ending dreamer."
"I'd be careful if I were you, Kizna," Keiko nagged. "It might just get you into lots of trouble one day. You'll see."
Kizna rolled her eyes. "Well," she began turning toward the balcony door leading to her room, "I'll deal with that day when it comes."
The others followed chuckling quietly. One by one, as Kizna held open her bedroom door, the girls exited, leaving Kizna alone in her room. Slowly, she walked to her light blue and silver bed and flopped down into the soft sheets. Quietly, she sighed sadly as she rolled onto her stomach watching the earth in the night sky. 'So, what if I dream about the handsome Prince on earth?' she thought as she reached under a gold pillow. With a soft rustle, she pulled out a small, gold, star shaped locket. She opened the locket as a haunting melody drifted into the room. She stared at a picture of a handsome man with long red hair and soft green eyes. 'You've grown up so much from the little boy you once were Prince Kurama,' she thought running her fingers gently over the picture. Quietly, she sighed. She looked up through the glass balcony doors still watching the earth's soft glow.
Prince Kurama drummed his fingers tiredly on the armrest of his throne. He sighed as he watched the colorful gowns of dancers spin and twirl around the ballroom.
"Kurama," a woman's voice scolded beside him, "sit up straight. You'll wrinkle your suit."
"Yes, Mother," Prince Kurama sighed adjusting himself.
"Remember," the voice warned, "you must call me 'Queen Shiori' in public. Not 'Mother.'"
Kurama nodded. Smoothing the wrinkles and adjusting the gold and emerald crown on his red hair, he ran his white gloved hands over his purple suit and black pants. Behind him, a voice chuckled. He turned.
"Well, well, well," the voice began still chuckling "the Prince is in trouble. For once."
Dressed in a black tuxedo, a crimson-eyed man walked up to him.
"Well, Hiei," Prince Kurama began, "one might be tired too if he were to be here at such a late hour and surrounded by gold digging Philistines."
"Well, the others don't seem to mind," Hiei smirked watching three other men flirt and dance with women on the floor.
"Well, that's Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma for you," Kurama replied.
"Did we hear you calling us, Your Highness?" a voice filled with boyish charm asked.
Kurama and Hiei watched as a boy with short black hair walked up.
"No Yusuke," Kurama replied.
His brown eyes shining, Yusuke smirked. "Don't tell us his highness is bored," Yusuke joked. "You're surrounded by beautiful women."
"That maybe so," a gruff voice said, "but at least his highness respects women."
"Does that mean something, Kuwabara?" Yusuke asked, glaring at a tall redhead.
Soft snickers went around the small group. Kuwabara's dark eyes flashed with a challenge as Yusuke's accepted.
"Will you two knock it off?" an annoyed voice yelled. "We're at a party for his highness."
The others turned to a boy with shining brownish gold eyes.
"Sorry, Koenma," Yusuke and Kuwabara muttered.
"You two should follow his highness's orders," Koenma replied brushing his brown bangs from his face, "It is your duty."
Kurama and Hiei chuckled.
Two figures stood in the computer room as the hum of the computers surrounded them. Quietly, they watched the laughing quintet on the screen. A tall, brown haired girl turned to the girl beside her.
"What do you think, Rei?" the brown haired girl asked, "I don't trust them."
"Neither do I, Jesscheaux," Rei replied her blue eyes shining worriedly. "I sense a great disaster will befall us because of these men."
"But for now we can do nothing. Our Princess loves this Prince Kurama of earth," Jesscheaux replied as Rei nodded gravely.
Tightly, Rei gripped the long purple staff in her hands. A large red orb shined dangerously at the top of it. Tensely, she turned away causing her long, dark hair and gown to flutter.
"I will retire for the evening and will investigate this occurrence tomorrow. Goodnight, Jesscheaux," Rei said quietly walking out of the room.
"Goodnight, Rei," Jesscheaux replied her green eyes shining worriedly.
'Princess,' she thought softly. 'You mustn't love this man. He's more dangerous than you'll ever know.' Her hands gripped her purple gown tightly as her knuckles turned a deathly white.
Rei walked into her large bedroom furnished with deep black and gold furniture. Tiredly, she sat down in a black chair and rested her head on her hand. Quietly, she sighed as the Queen's warning words echoed in her mind.
~Flashback~
She stood before the beautiful Moon Kingdom Queen sitting on her throne. She looked up at her worriedly as the Queen stood making her long white dress rustle as she walked towards her. Rei looked up to the taller dark haired woman with soft brown eyes.
"Rei," she began softly, "as the Princess of Pluto it is your duty to stand as the Guardian of Space and Time. Do you understand?"
Rei nodded.
"The Time Gate and Time Stream is a dark place where there is no time," she said. "As long as you are there, you will never age or grow old. You will know every instance in time, past, present, and future. You can move time forwards or backwards, but you can never stop time or tell the happenings of the future to anyone. The future is always decided and can never be changed."
"I understand, Queen Makoto," Rei replied.
Queen Makoto nodded and turned to a soldier standing by her silver throne. Slowly, the silver armored soldier walked to her side carrying a large purple staff with a large red orb glowing at its top. Queen Makoto took the staff.
"This is the Time Key," she began. "The orb is the Garnet Orb. Use these items to control time. Use these items wisely. Should you break any of the Time Laws, your punishment is death."
Rei nodded and took the purple staff in her hands and stared into the Queen's trusting brown gaze. Slowly, Rei curtsied and exited the throne room.
~End Flashback~
I must check the Time Stream, Rei thought quietly as she stood taking the Time Key with her. Through the intricately detailed halls, she walked stopping at a large purple door with Pluto's planetary symbol painted on the wood. With a tap on the door with the Time Key, the door opened, and Rei slowly stepped inside.
As the dark mists cleared a path before her, Rei walked to a large purple door engraved with the phases of the moon. She turned and looked deep into the dark mists.
"Come to me, God Cronus!" she cried into the mists. "Tell me what will happen to our future if our Princess falls in love with the Prince of earth!"
A wave of mist surrounded her, filling her head with visions of the future.
Around her, the cries of the wounded deafened her ears. She stood in a large battle ground as the cold, icy wind fluttered her tattered gown. In horror, she looked down and found deep, crimson blood staining her hands and the ground around her. She opened her mouth in a silent scream.
Rei gasped loudly as she the mists retreated from her frightened figure. Quickly, she ran out of the room containing the Time Gate. She slammed the door making an eerie echo through the quiet halls. Ghostly white, she slid to the floor panting and gasping in a cold sweat. 'Her accursed dreams will kill us all,' she thought frightened. 'And there's nothing we can do to stop it. '
She walked out onto her balcony staring deep into the large blue planet below her as her long black hair, held back into long pig tails blew softly in the wind. Her brown eyes shined in the earth's cool light. The cool Moon air blew fluttering her white dress. She turned her gaze to the white rose garden below her. Dreaming, she closed her eyes as white rose petals blew around her, filling the air with their sweet scent.
"Kizna!" a scolding voice yelled making the girl's eyes snap open.
Kizna turned toward her guardian's pink glaring gaze.
"Botan?" she questioned innocently, "is something the matter?"
Botan sighed her shoulders causing her pink gown to slump.
"Princess Kizna," she began sternly, "do you realize what time it is?"
"I do," Kizna replied quietly turning back to the large blue planet. "I'm just.."
"Dreaming?" Botan said wistfully as she stepped onto the balcony to the Princess's side.
Botan chuckled.
"Dreaming of the handsome Prince and his handsome generals residing within the earth's palace are we?" Botan asked teasingly.
Princess Kizna nodded smiling a reverie's smile. A gentle, imagining wind blew.
"I think we're all a bit curious about earth," a voice said softly behind them making Botan and Kizna turn.
"Yea, I definitely agree, Keiko," Botan replied smiling softly, watching as a brown haired girl with brown eyes step onto the balcony.
Quietly, Keiko's blue and yellow gown rustled.
"I want to see it, too," said another voice. "It makes me wonder what's down there."
Princess Kizna, Botan, and Keiko turned to a small girl dressed in an ice blue gown trimmed in deep blue with long sea-green hair and crimson eyes.
"Hey, Yukina," replied Kizna smiling as she turned back towards the shining blue and green marble in the sky. "We're all eager, but Lunar law forbids us going down to earth."
"Same with Mercury law," Yukina replied.
"And Mars," Keiko added.
"And Venus," Botan sighed leaning on the stone balcony's railing.
"As with Jupiter," a cold voice muttered.
"Why Sakura!" Kizna turned smiling a teasing smile. "I didn't think you had dreams of going to Earth in your head.
Crossing her arms, Sakura glared and walked to the balcony beside the other girls. Sakura smirked.
"What can I say?" she asked arrogantly. "Even I get a bit curious at times too."
"Of course," Kizna replied as the other girls chuckled, "but as they say: 'We're fighting to dream. Our desire is freedom. We can't deceive our own hearts.'"
Keiko, Yukina, Botan, and Sakura nodded in agreement.
"You were always a dreamer, Kizna," Botan said smiling, "a never ending dreamer."
"I'd be careful if I were you, Kizna," Keiko nagged. "It might just get you into lots of trouble one day. You'll see."
Kizna rolled her eyes. "Well," she began turning toward the balcony door leading to her room, "I'll deal with that day when it comes."
The others followed chuckling quietly. One by one, as Kizna held open her bedroom door, the girls exited, leaving Kizna alone in her room. Slowly, she walked to her light blue and silver bed and flopped down into the soft sheets. Quietly, she sighed sadly as she rolled onto her stomach watching the earth in the night sky. 'So, what if I dream about the handsome Prince on earth?' she thought as she reached under a gold pillow. With a soft rustle, she pulled out a small, gold, star shaped locket. She opened the locket as a haunting melody drifted into the room. She stared at a picture of a handsome man with long red hair and soft green eyes. 'You've grown up so much from the little boy you once were Prince Kurama,' she thought running her fingers gently over the picture. Quietly, she sighed. She looked up through the glass balcony doors still watching the earth's soft glow.
Prince Kurama drummed his fingers tiredly on the armrest of his throne. He sighed as he watched the colorful gowns of dancers spin and twirl around the ballroom.
"Kurama," a woman's voice scolded beside him, "sit up straight. You'll wrinkle your suit."
"Yes, Mother," Prince Kurama sighed adjusting himself.
"Remember," the voice warned, "you must call me 'Queen Shiori' in public. Not 'Mother.'"
Kurama nodded. Smoothing the wrinkles and adjusting the gold and emerald crown on his red hair, he ran his white gloved hands over his purple suit and black pants. Behind him, a voice chuckled. He turned.
"Well, well, well," the voice began still chuckling "the Prince is in trouble. For once."
Dressed in a black tuxedo, a crimson-eyed man walked up to him.
"Well, Hiei," Prince Kurama began, "one might be tired too if he were to be here at such a late hour and surrounded by gold digging Philistines."
"Well, the others don't seem to mind," Hiei smirked watching three other men flirt and dance with women on the floor.
"Well, that's Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma for you," Kurama replied.
"Did we hear you calling us, Your Highness?" a voice filled with boyish charm asked.
Kurama and Hiei watched as a boy with short black hair walked up.
"No Yusuke," Kurama replied.
His brown eyes shining, Yusuke smirked. "Don't tell us his highness is bored," Yusuke joked. "You're surrounded by beautiful women."
"That maybe so," a gruff voice said, "but at least his highness respects women."
"Does that mean something, Kuwabara?" Yusuke asked, glaring at a tall redhead.
Soft snickers went around the small group. Kuwabara's dark eyes flashed with a challenge as Yusuke's accepted.
"Will you two knock it off?" an annoyed voice yelled. "We're at a party for his highness."
The others turned to a boy with shining brownish gold eyes.
"Sorry, Koenma," Yusuke and Kuwabara muttered.
"You two should follow his highness's orders," Koenma replied brushing his brown bangs from his face, "It is your duty."
Kurama and Hiei chuckled.
Two figures stood in the computer room as the hum of the computers surrounded them. Quietly, they watched the laughing quintet on the screen. A tall, brown haired girl turned to the girl beside her.
"What do you think, Rei?" the brown haired girl asked, "I don't trust them."
"Neither do I, Jesscheaux," Rei replied her blue eyes shining worriedly. "I sense a great disaster will befall us because of these men."
"But for now we can do nothing. Our Princess loves this Prince Kurama of earth," Jesscheaux replied as Rei nodded gravely.
Tightly, Rei gripped the long purple staff in her hands. A large red orb shined dangerously at the top of it. Tensely, she turned away causing her long, dark hair and gown to flutter.
"I will retire for the evening and will investigate this occurrence tomorrow. Goodnight, Jesscheaux," Rei said quietly walking out of the room.
"Goodnight, Rei," Jesscheaux replied her green eyes shining worriedly.
'Princess,' she thought softly. 'You mustn't love this man. He's more dangerous than you'll ever know.' Her hands gripped her purple gown tightly as her knuckles turned a deathly white.
Rei walked into her large bedroom furnished with deep black and gold furniture. Tiredly, she sat down in a black chair and rested her head on her hand. Quietly, she sighed as the Queen's warning words echoed in her mind.
~Flashback~
She stood before the beautiful Moon Kingdom Queen sitting on her throne. She looked up at her worriedly as the Queen stood making her long white dress rustle as she walked towards her. Rei looked up to the taller dark haired woman with soft brown eyes.
"Rei," she began softly, "as the Princess of Pluto it is your duty to stand as the Guardian of Space and Time. Do you understand?"
Rei nodded.
"The Time Gate and Time Stream is a dark place where there is no time," she said. "As long as you are there, you will never age or grow old. You will know every instance in time, past, present, and future. You can move time forwards or backwards, but you can never stop time or tell the happenings of the future to anyone. The future is always decided and can never be changed."
"I understand, Queen Makoto," Rei replied.
Queen Makoto nodded and turned to a soldier standing by her silver throne. Slowly, the silver armored soldier walked to her side carrying a large purple staff with a large red orb glowing at its top. Queen Makoto took the staff.
"This is the Time Key," she began. "The orb is the Garnet Orb. Use these items to control time. Use these items wisely. Should you break any of the Time Laws, your punishment is death."
Rei nodded and took the purple staff in her hands and stared into the Queen's trusting brown gaze. Slowly, Rei curtsied and exited the throne room.
~End Flashback~
I must check the Time Stream, Rei thought quietly as she stood taking the Time Key with her. Through the intricately detailed halls, she walked stopping at a large purple door with Pluto's planetary symbol painted on the wood. With a tap on the door with the Time Key, the door opened, and Rei slowly stepped inside.
As the dark mists cleared a path before her, Rei walked to a large purple door engraved with the phases of the moon. She turned and looked deep into the dark mists.
"Come to me, God Cronus!" she cried into the mists. "Tell me what will happen to our future if our Princess falls in love with the Prince of earth!"
A wave of mist surrounded her, filling her head with visions of the future.
Around her, the cries of the wounded deafened her ears. She stood in a large battle ground as the cold, icy wind fluttered her tattered gown. In horror, she looked down and found deep, crimson blood staining her hands and the ground around her. She opened her mouth in a silent scream.
Rei gasped loudly as she the mists retreated from her frightened figure. Quickly, she ran out of the room containing the Time Gate. She slammed the door making an eerie echo through the quiet halls. Ghostly white, she slid to the floor panting and gasping in a cold sweat. 'Her accursed dreams will kill us all,' she thought frightened. 'And there's nothing we can do to stop it. '