Millennium I
Secrets of the Puzzle
By Hikari Tsuki Chi
Chapter 15
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Sailor Moon.
Note: Really nothing to say. Just that I on my third set of symbols to show communication b/t yami and hikari And I have H S A exams coming up and finals after that. Evil tests…
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Chapter 15Day 7, a Sunday, finally arrived. Everybody had arranged to get together for a picnic. Needless to say, Yugi and Serena were highly nervous. But for different reasons of course. Serena because it was the day of Jadeite's challenge. And Yugi…
The night before…Yugi lay in bed. It was past midnight, yet he could not sleep. He figured that Serena couldn't sleep either, the sound of her pounding the keyboard of her laptop seemingly echoing through the still house. (Should I tell her tomorrow, Yami?)
((It's your choice, Aibou. And isn't already tomorrow?))
(No need to be technical. And I think Serena knows more than she really lets on. She didn't even blink when you spoke to her.)
((True.))
Day 7…Grandpa watched Serena fix up the picnic lunch while watching Yugi shuffle his deck across the room. At the rate he was shuffling those cards, he wouldn't be surprised if they got motion sick. The tension between the cousins was still thick enough to be cut with a knife, though it seemed as though Yugi was about to give.
While it may come as a shock to her Tokyo friends a.k.a. the Sailor Senshi, Serena could cook. And cook REALLY well.
But still she was worried that Jadeite would attack, and that she and the others would be forced to transform in front of them. She was also worried about whom the other person Jadeite would bring along to fight. For some reason…the knot in her gut only grew bigger and colder the more she thought about it. She had a pretty good idea who it would be.
Serena could feel Yama's anger, but she made her swear not to intervene should that happen. He would be hers.
At the park… (Sorry if it's moving too fast; promise things get more interesting. )
Silence reigned. The battle lines had been clearly drawn early on. VERY early on. It took all of five minutes for everyone to choose their sides…or lack of…
In the first corner, Yugi and the Yugi-gumi sat, sans Tristan. His father's company had transferred him to America, and Tristan and his mother had no choice but to go with him, as it was a permanent transfer.
In the corner directly across from Yugi and the others, sat Serena and Hotaru.
In the corner to the right of Serena's and the left of Yugi's sat Grandpa and Ryou.
Across from Ryou and Grandpa, sat Kaiba and Mokuba.
Needless to say, those who weren't on a side sweatdropped.
Everyone pretended to be absorbed in their food, but were either talking to their respective others, or lost in their thoughts. Kaiba, however, was typing on his laptop with his usual speed…single-handed… Noticing the other's disbelieving looks, Mokuba said, "I couldn't convince him not to bring it."
That left everyone blinking. Biting his lip, Yugi said, "Serena?"
Looking up, she answered, "Yeah?"
"You probably know this already… but there's a spirit inside my Millennium Puzzle. And when I duel, it's both of us out their dueling. Ever since I solved it, there have been people after it for its power. Pegasus wanted it to try and bring back his love, and Marik wanted it to gain the power of the Pharaoh."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Everyone was watching them, even Kaiba, who did so without breaking his typing speed.
"All of my friends have gotten caught up in all of this somehow…and I didn't what you getting hurt…"
"Yugi. I've told you that I can take care of myself. And I know that you're gonna say that these people can do things that no one else can, but either way, I wish you could have trusted me. And to be honest, even though I can tell the difference, it's hard to know who I'm really talking to." She smiled.
"Are you going to tell me your secret now, like you promised?" Yugi asked.
Before Serena could answer, there was the sound of sarcastic capping. "Yes, why don't you?"
Everyone was pulled into another place. It was a room made entirely of carved stone, granite, to be precise. There was exactly one entrance leading in or out, and it contained a cast iron door that looked at least two inches thick. Everyone who wasn't in the know started as Serena glared and said, "Jadeite. Too cowardly to attack head on?"
"My lord wishes for certain secrets to…come into the light, as it were." He was smirking the whole time.
(Yama? Any ideas?)
((I was hoping that you'd have one.))
"What are you talking about?" As soon as the words left her mouth, Serena was caught in a spell that didn't allow her to move.
Walking closer, he said, "I think you know what I mean." He blasted her, destroying the previous spell and sending her flying.
But she wasn't the only one sent flying. As Serena hit the floor, it wasn't her that sat up first groaning. She looked a lot like Serena, like she did before she started dying her hair and wearing contacts. But her hair was streaked with gold as well as red, like Yami's. Her eyes were also red like Yami's, and she was NOT happy. "Does this give you some sort of joy? Or do you want me to kill you sooner?"
But her comment was spoken to nobody, as he ran like the coward he was. Turning to Serena, she said, "Serena? Are you alright?"
It was Serena's turn to sit up groaning. "Anyone catch that license plate? So I can kill the driver very slowly?"
"Serena!" cried Hotaru, running over to her. But she wasn't the only one who ran over to the pair. Another girl ran over to them as well, one who looked remarkably like Hotaru, but with longer hair.
"Are both of you alright?"
Before either of them could answer, Yami, having remembered a spell to give himself a solid body, appeared and said, "WHAT is going on here?"
"You want the full version or the cliff notes?" asked the girl who had appeared next to Serena. "And before any of you ask, I go by Yama. My real name is anyone's guess."
Before Yami could answer, Joey exclaimed, "What? There's two Serena's and two Hotaru's! How'd this happen?"
"Joey, if you don't stop yelling then I'm gonna make you stop." Said Serena groaning as she stood up, clutching her back. "I'm in a bad mood already, and I have a headache. Please don't add to it."
"I still want an exclamation." Do I really need to say who that was?
Serena glared at him. "Who died and made you boss? Oh, wait, you're already dead technically."
Yami returned her glare. "Well who put you in charge?" he said, walking towards her.
Stopping about a foot from her, they continued to glare at each other. Yama, having stood up, whispered to Yugi, "Why do I feel like we're always going to have to break up their arguments?"
"You feel that too?"
Now, by the time this little exchange between Yugi and Yama had taken place, Yami and Serena had already dissolved into a cloud of dust, limbs and heads poking out at random intervals, with curses in Japanese, English, mangled Korean, Latin, and ancient Egyptian being spoken as the two settled their differences maturely. With a good old-fashioned fistfight.
Everyone gathered sweatdropped, though Bakura appeared in a solid body, laughing his guts out. Sighing, Yama and Yugi entered the fray and pulled the two apart, just as Yami called Serena something that earned him a dirty look from Yama, a smirking Bakura, a very red Yugi, and a blinking group. Serena, mature as she was, responded by calling him something that left everyone blinking, and Yama very red while moaning "HIKARI!"
Yes, the two of them both have very dirty mouths, though one must wonder where they could have learned such language, since at one point they were both royalty. Either way, both can swear bad enough to make the most foul-mouthed sailor blush, and VERY few qualms about using it, especially when it can be directed towards the other. But it's not like they could be written out; there doesn't exist rating high enough to accommodate such language.
Hotaru and Hikami merely sighed. "Can't we all just work together to figure a way out of this situation, without arguing or fighting?"
"Who are you?" asked Tea.
"Hikami." Very short and to the point. But then again, what else could she say, given the information the Yugi-gumi knows?
"Ano…Serena?" asked Grandpa. "How does that man know you? And what is he talking about?"
Serena, Yama, Hotaru, and Hikami all shared a look. Each one of them knows that the only way they can get out of this is to transform. Serena nodded her head slightly. "Before we tell you…please understand why we DIDN'T tell you." Said Serena.
"That man…Jadeite…knows us because of our duty. The master he talks about is our current enemy. When you see exactly what we're talking about, I know you're going to ask why we have to be the ones to do this; why can't someone else do what we do." Started Hotaru.
"But understand this," continued Yama. "There is no one else who can do this. It's our duty, honor, and curse."
"And every day the world stays in the dark about what exactly we do, is another day we can protect them…and you." Finished Hikami.
By then all four of them held their brooches. Hotaru had recently powered up, and this was only the second time she had used this power up.
"Silver Moon Millennium Make-up!"
"Ancient Millennium Cosmic Make-up!"
"Silver Saturn Millennium Make-up!"
"Ma'at Warrior Priestess Make-up!"
Bright light surrounded the four. Silver around Serena, gold around Yama, dark purple around Hotaru, and pale desert tan/gold marbled with white around Hikami. When the light dulled and faded away, in their places stood Sailor Moon, Sailor Millennium, Sailor Saturn, and Sailor Ma'at, respectively. Even Yami was left speechless. Finally Yugi said, "Well, this is definitely bigger than my 'secret.' But still, why not tell me, or any of us?"
"It would have put you in danger, should you have known. But I doubt it would really matter now." Said Moon.
"What do you mean?" Now that the alpha male had cooled his heels, Yami was a great deal calmer.
"Today, Jadeite and one other lackey of the enemy's were planning to fight us. Two on four. With all of you watching. I say planning because as far as we know, this wasn't part of the plan. But then again, he is the enemy, so why should we trust him?" said Millennium.
"If we're going to be fighting anyone, we have to get out of here first." Said Saturn.
"And we will have our fight, as planned. If you win, you can leave this room and go and face our master. Lose…and we kill all of you and take your Items." Jadeite said, as he entered the room with the other person who would be fighting.
It was as Moon expected. She was pleased to see that her dagger had done what it was said to do when it came in contact with evil, as his white outfit didn't hide the burns on the upper right side of his chest. "Diamond."
(Thankfully, I'm not mean and evil enough to cut it off right here. I hate cliffhangers too!)
"Greetings my princess." Said Diamond, smirking. (Okay, I have NO idea how Diamond really speaks so this is my perception of it.)
"I was never yours, and I never will be." Answered Moon, as she and Diamond began to circle one another, like two caged predators, both posed to strike.
Needless to say, EVERYONE was watching, the majority to try and figure out what happened between the two. Yes, even Jadeite.
It only took one Shadow Tempest Storm, Death Ribbon Revelation, and Storm of Divine Justice apiece to finish him off as Millennium, Saturn, and Ma'at took advantage of his distraction. Millennium carved up him up some more as revenge for him not considering her a threat. Besides, it wasn't as if they would want to be in a fight as Sailor Moon fought Diamond. In case she needed their help.
But she had made them swear that they would not interfere. By the ancient Lunarian laws Serena had sworn her revenge on him.
Diamond was still smirking. "But you are mine. I claimed you."
"You didn't finish it. And I'll never let anyone claim me…not without my consent."
Scowling, Diamond unsheathed his sword. "Well if I can't have you, then no one will, least of all Endymion."
Rolling her eyes, Moon pulled out a sword and said, "Endymion will not claim me either. If you really think that you can kill me, go ahead. That is, if you think you can."
She was smirking, the same kind of smirk Yami wears to psyche out his opponent. Millennium's soul seemed to drop with Moon's declaration that no one would claim her. Still…the sword Sailor Moon held…
Millennium narrowed her eyes. The blade was clear, almost as if it were made from crystal. The hilt was a solid white, and the design where the blade met the hilt…
Millennium's eyes widened as she realized just what sword Moon was holding. "She's got the Sword of the Moon!"
"Nani yo!" Saturn exclaimed.
"Sword of the Moon?" asked Yugi. The term was familiar, if only he could remember where…
"It's one of the weapon of the Royal Moon Line. The blade is poisonous to anyone but those of Royal Moon blood or under the protection of Royal Moon blood. Which means…" Saturn trailed off.
"The only person not protected against it, is Diamond. And he's gonna die."
"What did he do to her that would warrant the use of such a weapon?" asked Yami. He may not get along with Serena, but he knew that she would NEVER goes this far out against a person unless they attacked her or the people she cared for.
Millennium looked directly into his eyes, and Yami saw the same thing he saw in his eyes whenever he looked into Yugi's mirror. Pain. A mind held together only with the sacred blessing of the light. A deep longing to know whom she was, to know her name. And beyond all that, the lingering madness caused by millennia of captivity and torture in the darkness, a madness that promised to overwhelm whomever dared to harm her precious light. He could only wonder if Yama, as she said she went by, would see these things in his own eyes.
Millennium saw everything she saw in her eyes contained within Yami's eyes as well. Answering his question, she said, "He stole something from her that is impossible to get back, and the only way she can move past that night, that night when he stole it, is to kill him."
Yami's eyes, and everyone else's eyes who did not already know, excluding Mokuba, who did not understand, widened. "She stopped him before he could fully claim her, but he still stole her innocence."
While everyone was talking and worrying, the two had started their fight. Moon proved to be a master swordsman, her moves seamless even though she was used to working with a singled edged, rather than a double-edged, blade.
Diamond however, was an average swordsman. His moves were influenced by anger and rage, thus making his moves sloppy. Moon disarmed him swiftly by cutting his hand off, and he fell to his knees, reaching for his sword with his remaining hand. She stabbed her sword through that hand, making it useless. "You know…I've waited for this day…since I realized you were alive…" Her face was blank.
"I thought…you were the Senshi that loved all…" Said Diamond, the poison beginning to work through his system, but slowly, almost as if it sensed it's mistress' desire to kill him herself.
"I do love all…but it's your actions that I hate and despise…and because of that, I cannot allow you to remain alive…" Pulling her sword from his hand, Moon held the sword poised over his heart. "Be sure to greet Endymion when he comes."
As she repeatedly stabbed his body, and his soul traveled to Hell, Diamond, once the Prince of the Black Moon, wondered what she meant when she said 'when he comes'.
"Aibou…"Millennium said tentatively. "He's dead. You can stop now."
She said this because Moon kept stabbing his body after it was clear he was dead. Millennium pulled her towards her chest, and Moon dropped the sword, tears steaming down her face. She hid her face in the chest of her yami and clung to her as she cried, the memories of that night flowing through the link into Millennium's mind.
All of them there realized she was crying tears of remorse and healing. She hadn't wanted it to come to this. But she had been left with no other choice.
The door leading out was open, and as Sailor Moon dried her tears, everyone walked out of that room, towards what is right now, a very uncertain future.
The play has entered the final scenes before the climax, for what happened is but a false one. And things will only get stranger as their journey moves forward…
Well, how is it. Y'know, there are some things that didn't go as I planned.
No one was going to find out Serena is the Moon Princess until story 2. But it was hard to plot around that, and it kind of wrote itself in. Besides, it's more practical for everyone to find out she's the Moon Princess in this story. Yugi was not going to be having dreams until the next story. Don't know how that wrote itself in. I don't know how Jadeite got in there. I think I needed a lackey and his fate after he got iced was kind of up in the air.Other things have changed from what I had originally planned, but they are all in the sequels to this, so I'll tell you them as I get to them!
Gomen Nasai for the delay!
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