Millennium I: Secrets of the Past
By Hikari Tsuki Chi
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own Sailor Moon or Yu-Gi-Oh? I didn't think so.
Note: Just to clear up something. Y'know how I have both Serena and Yama saying that the other is stronger? I think I've confused my beta with this point. When they're normal, as in, not Sailor Senshi, Yama stronger magickally, and Serena's a bit stronger physically, but Yama's a pretty close second, since Serena started to train her. As Sailor Senshi, they're just about even, magickally and physically, since as Sailor Senshi they get a boost. Mentally, in both forms, they're pretty much even too, but Yama can resist stimuli better and Serena can shield better. I don't like to play up the 'yami strong, hikari weak' thing. Where one person is strong, the other is weak. They balance each other out in their strengths and weaknesses. They are equals. Sumimasen to my beta! I hope this clears it up.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed!
This might actually be updated a bit more regularly, since after Battle City, I know what I'm doing!
Chapter 11
Life settled back into it's regular routine, with Marik defeated and Battle City over. It turned out that Yugi and Serena had a bet; whoever won the tournament would let the loser watch whatever they wanted on TV for a week. Y'know, to make up for the anguish of losing? So for a week after the tournament, Yugi suffered through Serena's choice of programming.
Serena also began training Yama in marital arts and hand to hand combat, both in Senshi form and out. It seemed that Yama had had some sort of training in the past, as she quickly rose to a level roughly equal to Serena's.
But despite now having a sparring partner who could give her a challenge, Serena still didn't have the same fire she once had. Maybe it was because of a lack of an enemy, but Yama could tell that her moves didn't have any real driving force behind them.
Exams came, so the whole school went into fits. Well, the majority of the school anyway. But there came a bigger shock once the test scores were posted.
Everyone flocked to the board the morning that they were posted, homeroom being delayed so everyone could find out their ranking before class, when the scores would be handed out. Kaiba and Serena stood side-by-side, faces containing equal amounts of shock as they stared at the board. Pushing their way through, Yugi and his friends quickly found out what had them in such a state.
1: Tsukino Serena
2: Mutou Yugi
3: Kaiba Seto
4: …
You get the idea. Kaiba had been bested by his rival not only in Duel Monsters, but in grades as well. And Serena had bested both of them in grades. "How!"
"Ya Yug', last time, you were down in the boonies with me n' Tristan! What happened?" Exclaimed Joey.
"Well, I started to see school as a game, and it got easier."
"I really don't have anything to do after school, so I just study. But I never dreamed that I'd rank 1…" Said Serena, trailing off.
"What do you mean? You were always first in elementary and junior high, Serena."
"But high school's different." Said Serena. "Don't even think about." She glared at two boys behind her, trying to flip her skirt.
The high school had finally put through the new uniforms for the girls, so now they wore a knee-length pleated skirt, the same blue as the boys' uniform. They also wore white button-down shirts with a blue necktie, and a blue sweater vest with the high school logo on the left breast. Needless to say, the skirt flippings had been cut down significantly. Serena was also far more comfortable in this new uniform. It felt more like her old uniform, with the sailor fuku theme.
"Those boys must have a death wish, if they were trying to flip your skirt." Commented Kaiba back in their homeroom. Due to Serena's threats and to some degree Yugi's 'soulful puppy eyes', Kaiba was being forced to socialize more with the Yugi-gumi.
"Yeah, Serena's 'right-hook of death' is famous among the boys. Tea's 'slap of doom' is almost as famous." Said Tristan.
"Which you would know very well, since you seem to meet it a lot." Serena said dryly.
"Have you heard? We're getting a transfer student!"
"Is transferring in style or something? First Ryou-kun, then Serena, now another one?" Said Tea.
With the teacher's arrival, the students settled down in their seats. "Now, as you may have heard, we have a new transfer student." Said the teacher as she wrote the new student's name on the board.
The door slid open. "Class, this is Tomoe Hotaru."
Hotaru! Serena silently gasped. "The seat next to Tsukino is free."
During class, Serena slipped Hotaru a note. 'Meet me on the roof at lunch.'
Lunch came, too slowly for Serena's liking. Casting a pointed look at Hotaru, Serena headed up to the roof, Hotaru following her. Once up there, Serena threw her arms around Hotaru and exclaimed, "Hotaru! Where the hell have you been? All my letters to the States were sent back 'return to sender'!"
"Why did you think that I was in the States?" asked Hotaru, confused as they settled down to eat their lunches.
"That's where Amara and Michelle told me you were. I believed them since that was the only lead I had."
"I was in Egypt. I just recently got back to Japan. Ryou-kun's father was my father's college roommate, and he's letting me live at his house, since it turns out that his father is my true legal guardian."
"Those low-lives!" Serena continued ranting on for the next five minutes. "But either way, I'm just glad I have someone on my side. How'd you get to be my age?"
"Actually, I'm only six months younger than you. I didn't age after the accident, since I was in a coma, and I was always underdeveloped for my age, so technically, I really was 12 when I met you. But in Egypt I aged to where I should be, if I had never had the accident."
"A lot of stuff has happened."
"Hey…Ryou-kun's gonna be sleeping over at Yugi's night, that's where you live, right?" At Serena's nod Hotaru continued. "Well you wanna sleep over? I wanna catch up with you, and there's something I'd like to tell you, away from the boys."
"'Kay!"
Back in the classroom, the Yugi-gumi, along with Kaiba and Ryou, were wondering how Serena knew Hotaru. "Her dad was my father's college roommate, and her legal guardian should anything happen to her parents. They just now found the paperwork saying so, so she's staying at my house." Said Ryou.
"Didn't Serena mention a friend named Hotaru?" asked Kaiba.
"I think so. But she said that Hotaru was in the States, and didn't this Hotaru come from Egypt?" Said Yugi.
"Yeah, she did."
"But are you still coming over, Ryou?" asked Yugi.
"Hmm…ummhmm." Mumbled Ryou, his mouth full.
That night, Ryou stayed at Yugi's and Serena stayed at Hotaru's, it being a Friday night. Loaded down with the required chocolate and ice cream, Serena filled Hotaru in on all that had happened. Hotaru now officially wanted to kill Diamond the next time she saw him, and was planning the Sailor Senshi's bloody deaths, where no one would ever find the bodies. "So they haven't tried to drag you back to Tokyo yet?"
"No, I put up wards so they couldn't trace my aura. If they want me back that bad, then they can drag me back bruised and bloody, like they left me at the bottom of the stairs. But…anything interesting happen in Egypt? Cuz it seems like your aura's changed. Almost as if it's two auras, one on top of each other."
Hotaru bit her lip. "Well…I did get this." She pulled on a chain around her neck, and showed Serena the pendant on it.
Turning it over in her hands, Serena asked, "What is it?"
"It's the amulet of Ma'at."
"The feather that souls are weighed against when they are judged?" At Hotaru's nod, she asked, "Who is it?"
With that, a figure appeared next to Hotaru. She looked a lot like Hotaru, but her hair was longer, down to her waist, and was braided away from her face. Her eyes also were more of a black hue than Hotaru's royal purple. "I am Hikami, Hotaru's yami."
"You have a yami too?"
"There are others who have yamis. Yugi and Ryou have one, each. Yugi's is 'good', but a pain, and Ryou's is a bit sadistic."
Yama, you might as well come out. -
"And I have one too." With that Yama appeared.
Hikami gasped. "Princess!"
Yama looked confused. "Do I know you?"
"Yeah Hikami, do you know Serena's yami?"
"In Egypt, I was the high priestess of Ma'at, and I served the Pharaoh and his sister, the Princess."
"Does that mean you know who I was, back then?"
"Back then?" Now it was Hikami's turn to be confused.
"I don't remember who I was back then. I have no memories of who I was, who my family was, where I come. I don't even remember my name."
"My memories are messed up too. I can't remember certain things either. It's like there's a seal over them."
"Well, before this turns into a sob feast, we've got plenty of ice cream and chocolate for the four of us, so let's a have a mutual depressing share our bad memories talk." Said Serena, handing Hikami and Yama spoons.
The girls definitely had a good cry. The chocolate really went a long way. So did the ice cream. Yep, they all had a good time, after they were done crying. They introduced Hikami and Yama to the wonder of movies. And Hikami now was a chocolate addict as well, Serena already have introduced Yama to chocolate.
They discussed how to help get Serena's drive back, but she waved off all the suggestions. They also discussed how to get Yama's memory back and to correct the block on Hikami's but there was nothing plausible.
All in all, Serena was glad to have someone else, two someone elses that she could talk to. But she knew that this peace wouldn't last, that Orisis would come back to make good on his vow.
The moon princess and the nameless princess now have allies in the messiah of silence and the high priestess of Ma'at. But soon the false lord of the dead will make the first move in this game of chess. And there is no way of knowing whether or not this game will turn deadly…
How was it? You must be surprised. Two chapters in two days? I got bored…
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