Millennium I
Secrets of the Past
By Hikari Tsuki Chi
Chapter 9
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters used in this story, except for Yama, the Millennium Crystal, and Sailor Millennium. I also own the plot, even though it hasn't come into play yet.
Note- I really don't have anything to say here…except that here Yama learns one of Serena's secrets. And Serena threatens Yami Marik. That's about it. Tho', hopefully when my cousin gets here she can help me a little. Or not…
Thank you to all you who reviewed! Glad I moved this from over in the Yu-Gi-Oh! section. Probably should've done that to begin with…
Chapter 9
After the detour in the Virtual World, the Battle City finals could finally get under way. Serena came across Yami Marik threatening Ishizu in the hall. "Problem?"
"No problem." He said, smirking.
What little trust she had in him went to below sub zero quickly. VERY quickly. "I trust my old friends more than I trust you. At least they have more honor." As if it was honorable to do what they did to me.
"When the Pharaoh falls you shall be next."
"I don't think so." Serena said, glaring at him.
"What happened at the warehouse was a fluke. I doubt that it'll happen again." He was still smirking the 'I know something you don't slash insane evil madman smirk'.
"Are you so sure about that?" she said calmly, the glamour over her symbol falling as it pulsed to life. "Do not take me to be powerless. And the moon is nearing the full moon part of the cycle. Which means that my power's coming near its highest peak. So unless you want me to send you back to hell where you belong, stay out of my way."
THAT sent him sulking away, but still smirking, but it was now leaning towards the 'I know something you don't' side. Ishizu didn't seem surprised about this revelation, but Serena was catching hell for it from Yama. Since the hallway was now clear, she appeared, albeit in spirit form. "Why didn't you tell me about this?" Her eyes were full of questions, and tinged with suspicion.
"I was afraid."
"Of what?"
"That…you'd treat me differently, think that I was a china doll that needed protecting, and expect me to do things that I sure as hell can't do, and not trust me to do my duties as Sailor Moon and as the Moon Princess."
Yama surprised her by pulling her into a hug. "I would never do that to you. Who thinks that you're weak so I can go and Batsu-no-Game their ass?"
"My old friends, the other Senshi. Not all of them, just the Inners and Uranus and Neptune. They only saw me as the Tsuki no Hime, not me as myself, once it was known that I was the Princess we'd had been searching for. As while as Darien. He was only with me because Serenity and Endymion were together in the past. You remember what I told you about Rini? How she's from the future?" At Yama's nod she continues. "She's really my daughter. Neo Queen Serenity's and King Endymion's daughter. He's only with me because it's our destiny. He never said that he loved me as me, he has only said that he loved Serenity."
"Forgive me for being curious, but how powerful are you?"
"By myself and in Princess form, probably could take out half a dozen small planets or three big ones. Added with the power of the Silver Crystal…maybe an entire solar system. I've never tried it out. I'm not entirely sure exactly how much power I've got, but it's enough to say that my threat to Yami Marik shouldn't be taken lightly. If it wasn't Yami's destiny to fight him then I'll have taken him out myself."
Pulling out of Yama's hug, she smiled and asked, "Are you still mad at me for hiding this from you?"
"I was a little mad, but from your experience, I was an unknown as to how I would act if and when I did find out. I trust you to do what you have to do if Marik does defeat Yami. I think that you don't believe him to be a honest threat, or you'd probably have already destroyed him already."
"You're right. We'd better join up with the others."
Reaching the main room, Serena received a surprise: disqualification from Battle City Finals. "What the hell are you talking about? I didn't break any rules."
The referee was as calm as humanly possible when being stared down by a 5'2" teenager. "You played a card that was not found in any card database, and that card is not recognized as an official Duel Monsters Card. You still 'won' the match, but since the card you used to do so could have been a forgery for all we know, so Marik Ishtar will take your place in the finals."
Serena then proceeded to traumatize the poor man with her extensive vocabulary in Japanese, English, Korean, and a spattering of Latin ones that were taught to her by a priest of all people. Not wanting to watch the duels until Yami Yugi and Kaiba fought, she found a nice piece of rubble a short distance from the entrance to the Duel Tower, and sat down. Just as she had deemed it for Yama to come, and just as she did, Mokuba came running. Too late for Yama to hide, Mokuba got the shock of his life when he saw a girl whom he was sure he hadn't seen on the blimp, who looked a lot like Yugi, sitting next to Serena. "H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-"
"Vowel sounds and syllables are helpful."
"What-what's goin' on here?!" he finally exclaimed.
"Ya know how there's two Yugis, that your brother knows exists but denies it?" Seeing his dumb nod Yama picked up where Serena left off. "Well, the best way to say this is that there's two Serenas as well."
"How?" Easy enough to say that Mokuba was curious.
"I was a spirit trapped inside of the Millennium Crystal. When Yugi solved the Puzzle, which must've released me as well."
"So magick real? Not the slight-of-hand magic, but real magick?"
"Yeah. That's how Marik's been pulling us into all those shadows. It's not a system error; it's magick. He's after Yugi's Millennium Puzzle and the power that mou hitori no Yugi has, since supposedly he was a Pharaoh in Egypt."
"So how is onii-sama involved with this?"
"From what I've heard from Ishizu, he was the High Priest, and he dueled mou hitori no Yugi back in Ancient Egypt when he was Pharaoh for some reason, and we don't know how that duel ended. Why do you think that Seto so hell-bent on beating Yugi? 'Cause he couldn't in the past. Demo, Mokuba, be sure not to say anything about this to anyone, okay? We'd rather not have this come up until after Marik's been defeated."
"Hai! Are you gonna watch the duels?"
"I'll wait until Yugi and Seto duel, so let me know when that is, okay?"
"'Kay!"
Watching Mokuba run off, Yama said, "What do you think will happen?"
"I'm not sure. C'mon-" she jumped off her slab of concrete, and Yama followed. "-Let's walk awhile. It'll take some time before Yami and Seto duel."
After walking awhile, Yama spoke up. "…Aibou?"
"Hai?"
"…Why do you think that…Yami and I…don't remember…?"
"What do you mean?"
"All I remember is the darkness. I was chained down…with cold chains that somehow were no colder than the darkness around me…they dug into me…I couldn't see anything…I couldn't hear myself scream." Serena was silent.
"Somehow…I remember breaking them…I wandered an endless maze…fighting the monsters and tendrils of shadows and chains that sought to tie me down again…there were deathtraps, all to keep me at bay…for all I know…I could have been born there…"
Yama's bangs hid her eyes, but Serena knew what she was thinking. She saw the memories through the link, and she felt her blood run cold. Serena wrapped her arms around Yama, and she started, but didn't pull away. "But…you weren't born there. If you had been, why do you have vague memories of the sun? Of the people who were at one time your friends and family?"
"I don't know…but all I want is to remember…who I am…but why don't I?"
"There's a medical condition I read about somewhere, don't remember what it's called, but it's where a person goes mad from decreased exposure to sunlight, or something like that, and since the evidence points to you having spent your whole life up to the time when you were sealed in the sun, the years of darkness must've caused you to go crazy, and as time went on, you lost your memory. Coupled with the fact that you were chained down, that would have speed up the process to a certain degree. In a nutshell, prolonged time without sunlight being chained down amnesia."
"But if I had amnesia, wouldn't my memory have returned by now?"
"Not necessarily. In your case, a traumatic event plus what was basically torture, along with mystical forces, you'd get flashes and nothing more. In magickal memory loss, it takes a trigger word to return the lost memory of a person. It's reasonable to assume that in your case and as well as Yami's, that your trigger word is your real name."
Suddenly realizing that they were still in each other's arms, they pulled apart, blushing. Stuttering, Serena added, "Since Yami doesn't seem to have flashes, than it's logical to assume that the mystical forces in the Puzzle than the ones in the Crystal, or that my magick counteracting those forces to some degree."
"I guess so…" What's this feeling I have when Aibou's with me? It's like my body's on fire… Thought Yama. I don't remember ever feeling this way before…
Unknown to Yama, Serena felt it too. I never felt this way when I was with Darien. I know I had a crush on him and admired him, but it never felt like this. And I don't remember, as Serenity, ever feeling this about Endymion, almost like I never loved him in any life. I know that some day, we'll have Rini-chan, but for all I know, ours was a political match, as ours seemed to be in the Silver Millennium… "Maybe…we should head back now…"
"Yeah." Yama disappeared, and Serena briefly felt something slide down their link. What was that? Burning heat…all over my body. Raising her hand to her face, she was surprised to feel that her face was still hot. I'm still blushing…and my heart's still racing. I know, at the very least, that I have a crush on her. She's strong and brave, not like me, someone who ran away from their past, who can't even tell the person closest to them what thy fear the most. I'm not strong enough to face my recent dark past, let alone tell anyone. But inside…I can't deny that I feel something for her that I never felt with Darien or Endymion.
Walking back, she ran into the Yugi-gumi running behind a stretcher. "Where've you been?!"
"What happened?"
"Marik…he hurt Joey!"
"What!"
"There was a Shadow Game…Joey lost…according to the doctor…he's technically dead!"
This stopped Serena cold. She stayed as the others went into the blimp. "Damn him…he's upped the stacks."
Looking back at the blimp, she knew that there really was no place for her there. She figured that she had an hour until the next duel, the one between Yami and Seto. "Oi, Yama. I think that I better up my stacks as well."
--Kick his ass! –
Marik was surprised when Serena appeared seemingly out of nowhere, but hid it very well. "What do you want?"
With a flash of light, Princess Serenity stood in Serena's place, her glaive from her current Sailor Moon form in her hands. "You've upped your stacks, and now I up mine. I swear, by the gods, should the Pharaoh fail to make you pay for your crimes, I will." Her words seemed to have power, and her aura showed enough for a silver glow to surround her, which was tinted with gold and a pale rosy pink.
"You think that I'm afraid of you? My power is far greater than yours."
"What makes you think that? My power has existed since the beginning of time, and shall continue to until time's end. The magick of the Shadows…is a mere baby compared to mine."
"You're bluffing."
"If you think I'm bluffing than fight me!" She challenged, swinging her glaive into a ready position.
"To kill you before the Pharaoh…would be a disappointment. I'll take you on once I defeat the Pharaoh!" He laughed as he walked away, and Serenity let her power fade back behind her shields, and she changed back into Serena. As she headed for the arena, Yama mused over the encounter moments before. She radiated so much power, and the way she held herself was as a royal should. She refused to back down to him. She's stronger, and braver, then I'll ever be, unwilling to back down in the face of her enemy. Not like me, who is afraid of her own past. She truly is a messiah…a messiah of light, whose light forced away the monsters and shadows and chains. I will protect her light, and punish those who would dare take her from me…
The stacks have been raised, and feelings felt, yet not understood. The moon shines bright, and stays strong as the play begins to enter its most dangerous act…
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