Hi. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas or suggestions about putting the senshi and generals in this story. I will admit that I am stumped and I do not have a clue where I could possibly put most of them. I would really appreciate some feedback on this. Otherwise, they probably will not be included (even though I really want to put them in!).
Sailor moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi; I'm still jobless so just try suing me! You'll get nothing! NOTHING!
By Your Side
Chapter 3, Black Gold
By: EmeraldSong
The streets of Dark Tokyo were quiet and still as usual, as a small group of people dressed in the plain gray worn by civilians walked down the street as normally as possible. Several of these groups, two or three people each were slowly making their way to the centre of the city. The Fortress Shiranai glowered ominously at everything unsuspecting of what was about to hit it.
Shingo nervously felt into his pocket and clutched at the small metal cylinder. Soon it would all be over. The twenty-nine rebels stationed around the city were carrying enough explosives to be sure that Endymion was blown straight to hell!
The young woman beside him looked up as if sensing his thoughts and then grabbed his hand to clutch it tightly. Shingo squeezed her hand back gently and untangled himself quickly lest they draw too much attention.
It was a shame that there was no other way; something told Shingo that it would have been nice to get to know this girl. She was pretty in a delicate way with a pixy face and shoulder length curling brown hair. The other person in their group, a man; turned around to glare at them and whispered to hurry up and stop fooling around.
Shingo walked a little faster checking his watch as they went. Eight-thirty, this would be over in fifteen more minutes.
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"Mama!" an excited voice cried. The voice came from a small girl with silver hair, who looked to be around the age of three. Laughing, the tall regal woman lifted the child up as they spun around in circles together. Shrieking with joy, the little girl fell happily into her mother's arms.
In the air white rose petals floated, and in the sky, a blue and green planet hung among thousands of stars; its beauty only slightly obscured and even enhanced by clouds on the surface.
Both the Mother and daughter were clothed in flowing white gowns, embroidered with gold thread. A silver diadem decorated with pearls and with a large crystal set in the centre graced the woman's forehead. Small and perfect pearls laced the hair of the girl. Luminously beautiful were they, in a way that only inhabitants of the moon could be.
Dancing in a courtyard of white marble, surrounded by silver arches and statues formed from gold and mother of pearl, their ethereal beauty more that any mere mortal could hope to attain. The crystal chimes that were everywhere gave off a soft tinkling music as the wind blew by.
The woman spun around once more, and then lowered the girl, so clearly her child to the ground. Fondly she patted her head, then left, white and gold skirts swishing behind her.
Alone, the child looked up at the earth; mesmerized by the colour and life that she saw.
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A large crash echoed throughout fortress Shiranai, and Endymion rose from a throne of black crystal. Curious to what had caused the disturbance he looked out the window, just in time to see a huge plume of smoke rising from one of the smaller towers. His eyes narrowed, searching for what had been the cause.
A small twisted smile replaced the thoughtful frown he had been wearing only a few seconds before.
"Rebels" he whispered eagerly. The golden crystal rose from its hiding place within his cloak, and glimmered with a gold and red aura. Pulsing eagerly, it had been so long since its last feeding.
"They shall pay for their betrayal." His voice abruptly hardened, taking on a slight tone of bitterness. "Never again will traitors, and oath breakers be shown mercy and allowed to live." A mask of feral rage dominated his normally handsome features.
Down below people streamed everywhere, and small explosions went off every few minutes. Did they know what waited above? Doubtful, if they had attacked his stronghold head on, they obviously were not very intelligent.
A blade dipped in shadows and splattered with Destrion's blood appeared in mid-air. Endymion grasped the hilt with his right hand, and clutched the golden crystal in his right. With a scream, he brought them together, ignoring the black, gold and red light that streamed outwards as they fused. The light died down, and in his hands a wicked blade, gleamed an evil black.
"SERENITY!" he screamed in inhuman rage, the name of a woman long dead. He jumped from the tower and landing on his feet like a cat, he struck blindly, not caring whether his opponents were friend or foe.
Golden energy poured off him as he swept his sword across the battlefield, sending wave after wave of tainted light at his adversaries. Berserk, he cared naught at the amount of damage he dealt to himself or his surroundings.
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Shingo grabbed the brown-haired girl and shoved her out of harm's way before a sword a came down on her head. While the guard was distracted, he grabbed her hand and ran out of danger's path.
"Damn." He whispered as they crouched behind some rubble that had been knocked down by one of the first explosions. Nothing was going according to plan! The guards were slaughtering most of the rebels before they even had the chance to detonate. There had not even been a chance to get to Endymion yet!
These thoughts were still flooding through his head when all of a sudden a large black shape descended from the sky, howling insanely. Alarmed, Shingo held on tightly to his companion's hand, as the shape landed, making the earth shudder with the impact.
"SERENITY!" a scream so full of hatred and pain, and as the dust and debris cleared, Shingo could see a large man swathed in black standing there. It took Shingo almost a full minute to recognize his enemy, a man who he had despised for so long.
Dark black hair curled around a face that would have been almost beautiful, but with his sunken golden eyes that blazed with battle lust and his expression of madness, Endymion could only be described as demonic.
The dark prince just stood still for a second, and he laughed hysterically as he swung his sword and golden light spilled onto the battlefield. Rebels and Guards alike disintegrated when hit with the lethal golden light. A few of the rebels detonated before they were hit adding explosions and fire to the screams.
In the center of it all stood Endymion, swathed in blood, and a feral look on his face. For the first time, since Shin Wasori's death (A.N. see chapter one) Shingo felt fear instead of hatred and anger towards the madman who stood before him.
He felt a motion at his side and realized far too late that it was the girl. While he had been studying Endymion, she had slipped out of his reach and was heading for a direct suicide attack on Endymion's back.
"DIE YOU MONSTER!" she screamed, just as insane with hate and grief as the man she was about to kill.
"NO!" Shingo screamed in denial, already knowing that it was too late to stop her. That she was doomed.
Endymion whirled around, surprise lighting his features as he leaped out of the way just as she detonated. In his mind, he saw the smiling face of the brown-haired girl who had held his hand fuse with the sad and broken face of his sister Usagi. Tears streamed down his face, and the hatred that had turned into fear once more churned within his heart, channeling grief into animal rage.
"Damn you, Endymion." Shingo whispered, as he swallowed a sob that threatened to tear its way out of his throat, and dug himself out of the rubble. Angry he yelled at the figure in black, at the damn world! "FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!"
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"FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!"
Endymion looked over to see a boy barely out of his teens standing across from him. Normally he would have killed such an insolent fool on the spot, but something was different about this boy. Curious he did nothing, his madness temporarily subsiding.
"YOU'VE CAUSED EVERYONE I CARE ABOUT SO MUCH PAIN, IT'S TIME YOU FELT A LITTLE YOURSELF!" with those last words the boy charged at him, carrying in his hands something Endymion dimly recognized as a small explosive device.
He shifted to the left with the ease of a trained warrior, just as the rebel was about to knock into him; A strange calmness encased him. It was a scent in the air, a flicker of colour in an otherwise dismal world.
"Serenity!" With a strangled gasp, Endymion staggered and clutched at the area where his heart was, something was wrong. Golden eyes that overflowed with hate flickered to a deep sorrowful blue. How could he not have noticed before, the rebel was completely suffused in a silvery aura, streaked with thousands of glimmering rainbow hues.
"Serenity?" he whispered, his sanity and clarity of mind, for the first time in centuries was returning to him. "Where are you?" Endymion looked down and saw his hands smeared in blood. "Oh God, what have I done?"
"What have you done?" The rebel said his voice holding an odd tremor. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU"VE DONE?! YOU DAMN BUTCHER! YOU MURDERER!"
"No it's not true." Endymion denied, starting to panic "it's not."
"YOU DESTROYED MY LIFE! YOU DESTROYED MY SISTER! YOU KILL INNOCENT CHILDREN" The rebel backed away tears streaming down his face, glaring daggers of hate. As he moved away Endymion's sense sanity and peace began to fade, causing him to panic.
"NO! DON'T GO!" Endymion screamed, his rage beginning to return. "Where is Selenity!? DAMN YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" he stiffened trying to calm himself down. It did not work. He looked at the boy and his frustration grew again. The tantalizing aura of Serenity, was no longer calming, in fact it simply served to incense him more.
Her scent was everywhere. Endymion could no longer take it, and once again, his eyes changed colours flicking back to the evil golden hue. Confused, insane and enraged golden black light flew everywhere, searching without abandon, for even a glint of silver to smother.
"SERENITY!"
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"SERENITY!"
"Endymion?" Usagi whispered, confused.
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Little note about Endymion that everyone should understand because it is crucial to the story line.
He is insane. Yes unbelievably, Endymion is insane. If he seems really out of character to you, it is because of this. Think of him having multiple personalities, and he will be much easier to understand, and the way he acts will make much more sense.
I personally love insane characters because they make everything so much more fun
If you have any questions about the story, or want to point out something about it that is not making sense, please review.
If you are going to flame me, please be gentle.
EmeraldSong