Eternal City Crystal Tokyo

This story was based on the works of Shanejayell, the author of the Arisugawa's Locket series and its sequel Eternal City: Crystal Tokyo. I gained permission to use my idea in an email correspondence with him since he didn't want the idea I gave him. So with no further ado here is our story.

Chapter 1

Reawaken The Past Pt. 1

By: Vampwriter

In the mountainous area near Crystal Tokyo nothing typically happens. People usually stay away from this area because of who lives on this mountain. And that suit her just fine. Jun Fudou stared out over her domain from the relative safety of her cave with a mixture of satisfaction and loneliness. The satisfaction came from the knowledge that this place was a refuge from others, but the loneliness came from her new need to be around others again. After being back into the city again after so many years and going to the palace to see the Senshi again made her realize just how alone she was. The Senshi and the queen seemed honestly eager to finally put the past behind them and become friends with her. And for some reason Jun found herself willing to allow it.

She was suddenly shaken from her thoughts, as the ground below her started moving beneath her. "Is it an earth-quake?" she thought to herself. She went to the edge of her cliffside home and looked down toward the landscape below. Less than a mile away she saw the earth itself begin to deform, as eight curved pillars of stone seemed to grow out of the ground. Between them the ground split and fell away and molten lava came to the surface. At the center of the lava pool an island of rock and a connecting bridge remained. The island rose a little and three short steps formed.

At the very center of the island something rose out of the rock, but didn't seem to disturb it in the least. It was a pair of hands cupped around something that looked like a blood red egg. The hands themselves looked like they were made of marble. Once they finished their assent the ground stopped moving and Jun decided to go have a look.

Shifting into her Devilman form she flew off to the island and landed before the hands. She took one look at the egg and gasped at what she saw within. Taking a step back she turned and flew off toward the city to tell the others what had happened.

Neo-Queen Serenity and the others had gathered together in the meeting hall a minute or so after the quake had finally stopped. Ami was currently explaining what she had discovered.

"This was no ordinary quake," she said, "I detected a powerful energy source at the epicenter. One very similar to our own."

"What are you saying?" Makoto asked. "Could there be another Senshi?"

Everyone looks at Setsuna expectantly and she shook her head. "I don't know anymore than you do." She looks over at Serenity, "There is something blocking my vision of the time stream. I can, however, tell you that whatever it is that happened is important."

As she finished they heard the sound of wing beats and turned to see Jun the Devilman alight on the balcony. As she stepped inside she seemed relieved to see everyone present. "I take it you know about what happened." She made it statement of fact rather than a question.

Minako nodded slightly. "If you're talking about the quake, then, yeah, we felt it."

Erika piped up. "Mercury said that there was something unnatural about it though."

Jun had only met the youngest member of the Senshi once before, but she found that even though she disliked the Senshi, she found herself liking her. It was like she simply couldn't bring herself to feel any hostility toward her. Jun nods at her in confirmation of the statement. "And she's right. It wasn't an ordinary quake." She turns back to the queen. "Something has appeared in my mountain, something that I think will interest you." It was obvious she wanted it to be a surprise.

Rei stood up from her place next to Amy and looked around the table, laying her hands on the edge of it. "So do we go check it out?"

Serenity answered without hesitation. "Of course we will. We have an obligation to this city to make sure that it will be of no danger."

Erika stood up with Catrine next to her. "Can we go too?"

Serenity looked at her parents and they, in turn, looked at each other. Coming to a mutual agreement they turned to their younger daughter. "Of course you can come along. Although you are still in training as a Senshi, you are still a member of this team." Said Uranus. Neptune looked at Catrine, who was quickly looking like she was afraid of being left behind. She laughed slightly at her nervousness, "Don't worry, Catrine. We would never think of separating you from your girlfriend." Catrine was visibly relieved. "Just make sure to stay close to Erika and don't go wandering off on your own."

Catrine shook her head up and down quickly, her mounting excitement quite apparent. They all laughed as Erika blushed at her girlfriend's antics. They'd been going out for the past few months, and everyone at their school knew about it. Somehow, though, they had managed to keep Erika's background secret so far.

The meeting adjourned they head for the teleporter room and head to the mountain where Jun lived to check out what had happened. They arrive seconds later and Jun leads them to the lava pool. The rock bridge arching slightly over the lava was wide enough for two, but they crossed in single file to lessen the chance that someone would fall in. Jun flew over their heads and landed next to the hands and waited for them to cross. Serenity came up and wiped her hand over the condensation that had gathered on the surface of the pod to see what was inside. She backed up quickly with a sharp gasp, covering her mouth with her hand. Endymion stepped up next to his wife to see and his eyes went wide. Jun laughed slightly. "That was my reaction too."

The others gathered around to look at it and were each surprised to see a Senshi sleeping within. She held a spear cradled in her arms with two wickedly edged blades. It was Setsuna who remembered what they were looking at. "It's an embryonic stasis pod."

Juri looks at her in confusion. "Huh?"

Setsuna doesn't take her eyes off as she continues her explanation. "Back during the previous Silver Millennium the guardian deity of Earth, then called Terra, hade a child to take over her position as Senshi of Earth. However, something went wrong. For some reason her body was unable to handle the power that she inherited and it tried to destroy her from within."

Miki nods his head. "So they did this to her to help her live?"

Setsuna nods, "Yes. The guardian and the previous Queen Serenity sealed her inside this pod and buried her deep within the Earth itself. This was meant to allow the planet to help her regulate her power until she was able to do so on her own."

Touga walked around the pod observing its design. "So why did it take so long for her to finally wake up?"

Setsuna shook her head, "No, she hasn't woken up yet, per say. She's still sleeping, and I can think of several reasons why she might have been released back into the world."

Saionji walked up to the pod and laid his hand upon it, running his hand along its length trying to find the seam to open it. "So how do we get it open?" He turns back to Setsuna.

She, in turn, looks back at the Queen. "We don't, she does."

Serenity blinks a couple of times and points at herself. "Who, me?" The others sweat drop slightly. No matter how many years have passed some of the old Usagi still shows through.

Setsuna nods. "Yes. It was set up so that only you could open it when the time came to reawaken her." She produces a knife from her robes and flips it so the handle is facing her. "Cut your hand open and let a couple of drops of blood fall on the surface of the pod. Then shine the light of the Silver Crystal to break the lock that keeps her suspended."

Serenity tentatively took the knife and looked at Setsuna nervously. "Does it really have to be this way?" Since she was just a child she had been frightened by the sight of blood.

Setsuna nodded sagely. "That is the way it was set up by your mother. She wanted to make sure that no one could open the pod except you."

When put that way Serenity could see the logic behind the decision. Without another word she steps up and draws the knife across her right palm. Handing it back she closes her hand and squeezes a few precious drops of blood onto the stasis pod. She then draws the Silver Crystal out of her robes. She lets its light shine forth upon the pod and as the Earth begins to tremor the stasis pod reacts.

To be continued…

Well, that's it for the first chapter. I know, I know, it's a bit short. It's actually a lot shorter than any other story that I've written to date. The Eva story I'm currently working on has about twenty pages each. So with three chapters done and a fourth in the works that's over eighty pages so far! And to top it off I honestly don't know how many chapters I'm going to make the first section. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the chapters I'm working on are only part one of a three "novel" series. When they come out PLEASE try not to flame me too much! Please!

I hope you enjoyed the story, I'm on to the next. Oh, one more thing before I go; to reiterate I did manage to get permission from the original author, thankfully, to create this. Thanks for your time, bye…