Millennium I
Secrets of the Past
Chapter 17
By Hikari Tsuki Chi
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…Okay, by THIS note (6-14-05), I've reached 100 reviews. What I promised will be after this chapter. Be forewarned; the treat could be considered spoilers.
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Chapter 17
They weren't really in a maze, if one wished to be technical. It was a room with corridors leading off of it, seven to be exact. "What do those symbols mean?" asked Joey. The crash back had shaken him and Tea out of their shock.
The first one bore an Eye of Wisdom above it, two blank cartouches on either side. "I guess it means that only Yami and Yama can go down that one." Said Tea.
The second one had a crescent moon over it. "Me and Yugi." said Moon.
The third bore the symbol of Saturn over it, coupled with the feather of Ma'at. "Sailors Saturn and Ma'at." Said Grandpa. Why would an enemy go through all this trouble? Is it a trap? He thought.
The fourth corridor entrance bore the kanji meaning "thief" and "innocence" over it. "The tomb robber and Ryou." Barked Yami.
The fifth one had the kanji meaning "horse" over it. "The brothers Kaiba." Said Bakura, scowling at Yami.
The sixth entrance had a carving of a puppy dog and a pair of dance shoes above it. "The koinu and Tea." Said Kaiba, smirking.
"I am not a koinu!" Growled Joey.
"You growl like one." Deadpanned Moon.
The last one had a depiction of the poker hand "Royal Flush", symbolizing Grandpa, and…
"Is that a rabbit!" asked Mokuba.
Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Thought Moon, just as a pink and purple whirlpool portal opened above her, depositing its cargo.
Thankfully, unlike in the past, she was able to back up far enough to catch what it dropped, rather than have it drop on her. "Rini! What are you doing here?" Moon asked of the bundle in her arms.
Rini was older than she had been last time she was in the present…past…you know what I mean, this time around twelve. And with age, comes extra weight, so Moon had to put her down quickly. She was taller too, reaching her mother's shoulder when the extra inches of her 'rabbit ears' was added, the hair streaming down from them reaching just below her hips. "Hikari, is this…"asked Millennium, trailing off.
Looking over at Millennium, Rini's eyes widened slightly, then quickly returned to normal, a fact that Kaiba, Moon, Grandpa, and Millennium noticed. It wasn't that they were particularly more observant, though when compared to Joey they were in fact more observant, it was merely that they were the ones facing towards her face. "Yes, this is my future daughter." Moon answered, confused by the emotions trickling down through their link, the ones that managed to get through, as her yami had blocked it on her end, albeit poorly for some reason.
That's it. Thought Millennium. I have no chance at Serena. She has a daughter in the future, by a man, something I could never give her. Even if we were together for a while, why bother? It's not as if we'll stay together, she has to marry Darien, and become Serenity as he will become Endymion, no matter how much he hurt her in the past. Only Yami was able to hear these thoughts, the link they supposedly shared as twins somehow returning. Moon could sense the sadness in her ki and aura, and through the link, but for once, her gift, the gift that she shared with Radar-ojii-san, failed her.
None of the others were shocked at the idea of Moon having a daughter. Saturn and Ma'at already knew, Mokuba was somewhat drooling after Rini's young yet already developing body, Ryou, Bakura, Joey, and Tea had already seen too much weirdness to be truly shocked by this new revelation. "Rini, you go with Grandpa. You should transform." Said Moon.
Rini nodded. "We've finally figured out why my wand refuses to cooperate. While my powers are close to the Moon, they are far more close to the power of Dreams and Illusions." Pulling out her new brooch, she called out, "Dreamweaver Priestess Power Make-up!"
The light was blinding during her transformation, much to Mokuba's disappointment. Sure he was only eleven, but he knew Joey, and would you really expect Joey NOT to begin corrupting him behind his older brother's back?
When it dimmed and disappeared, she stood now as Sailor Dreamweaver. Her skirt, sailor collar, boots, and the trim on her gloves were all a pale sugary pink, dusted with silver and the barest tint of gold. Her bows were the same dusty silver and gold that covered the pink parts of her fuku. Her tiara held a silvery opal, and her rabbit-odangos had silvery-gold-pale pink jewels on them. All in all, the overall design resembled Saturn's, as that seemed to now be the norm for their new fuku. (Or it could just be that the author really likes Saturn's original fuku and thinks that all of the Senshi's fuku should be modeled off that pattern)
"So… does that mean that you'll be marrying Helios?" asked Saturn impishly. She knew how her friend was about the Priest of Elysion.
"Hotaru!"
Moon, sensing the game Saturn had started, to try and put the others, especially Millennium, at ease, joined into the fun. "How long do you think they'll be married before I get grandkids?" she said, grinning.
"What makes you so sure that I'll marry him, MEATBALL HEAD!" exclaimed Dreamweaver, glaring at her future mother. She too had sensed the game, the one designed to ease Millennium. Okaa-san and Mama don't realize, none of them do. She thought.
"What makes you so sure that you won't, SPORE? I've seen how you looked at him, and you get hearts in your eyes whenever he's only mentioned! Looks like love to me!"
"I DO NOT GET HEARTS IN MY EYES WHEN HELIOS-KUN IS TALKED ABOUT!"
"YOU HAVE 'EM RIGHT NOW! And why is he 'Helios-kun' now, before he was 'Helios-san'!" By now everyone was laughing at the display between future mother and future daughter, Millennium included. Despite her saddened heart, she could not help it. They were too much alike. Though, she wondered, why did she somehow see some of herself in Dreamweaver, just as surely as she saw her hikari in her? After all, Illusions were but one step up from Shadows, and Dreams are often generated within the shadows of the night. What did that mean?
Finally calming the enraged Dreamweaver, they all split off into the corridors designated to them. Moon had produced communicators from her subspace pocket, and gave one to each group that lacked one already, so they could keep in touch. Kaiba had glared at it, as if to figure out exactly how it worked, until Moon promised to let him keep that one, to take apart and fiddle with when they got back, which satisfied him for the moment. At the very least, he no longer glared at it.
With Yami and Millennium…They walked along, silent. Yami was the first one to break the silence. "You aren't happy that Serena has a daughter in the future, are you?"
"Just as happy as you would be if Yugi's future son dropped in on him." She retorted. Biting her lip, Millennium asked, "How do you know?"
"Somehow…I could hear what you were thinking. And I somehow knew that you had blocked her off, though not as well as you could of." He sighed. "The case is looking more and more likely, that we are twins."
"It is."
"Why did you mess with my head so much?" Yami asked.
Millennium grinned at him. "Cuz it was so much fun!"
Shaking his head, he said, "Why is it that you and Serena enjoy messing with my head?"
"Isn't it the same as you psyching out your opponents in a duel?" she asked absentmindedly, reading the writing on the wall that had appeared as they walked along. Nothing of use yet…
Sighing yet again, Yami absently pulled out the pendant she had given him at the Halloween dance, fiddling with it in his hand, as he joined her in reading the writing. The communicator beeped, and Millennium opened it. "Has anyone else come across writing?"
A chorus of 'Yeah's', "Uh-huh's', and a 'Hn' met Saturn's question.
"Read 'im if you can; find out what they're saying." Requested Moon as she, and everyone else, closed their own communicator.
Millennium closed her own communicator, and as she did, she noticed the pendant Yami fiddled with in his hand. "I find that, and its mate, in my soulroom." She said quietly.
"Did you, when you found them, get this flash of giving it to someone, so that you wouldn't lose him in the Shadows?" Yami asked, bringing up his pendant between them as Millennium pulled out hers and held it next to him.
"I did." She answered just as quietly as before.
"The cartouches…" he started.
"When we remember our names…"
"They'll write themselves upon them, so that we'll never forget them." Glancing around the corridor, his eyes returning to the girl, no woman, next to him, the woman that, almost certainly, was his twin sister, he said, "I dream of the past, my past, yet I have trouble remembering them, if I remember them at all."
Closing her eyes and reaching out to the Puzzle and the magick it wrought and held over Yami, she said, "The Puzzle seeks to protect you from a very painful past. When it was shattered, a spell placed upon it at its creation activated. It protects the soul sealed inside, and makes it one of Darkness and Shadows, until and if it finds and remembers its name." Opening her eyes, she continued. "The Crystal seems to hold the same purpose, yet it is also something that can magnify the soul's own magick powers, and that, plus the own power it contains, makes it very powerful, just as powerful as the Puzzle, if not more powerful, strange as that sounds. It feels older than the Puzzle, and even if age equals power, why do I remember more of the past than you, when its hold over my memory should be as strong or stronger?"
Neither of them had an answer. They could only look around as they walked, their eyes always returning to the pendants they had placed around their necks, and the items that still held sway over their power, their souls, and their memories. Both knew that once they remembered their names they would remember everything else, but how could they find them…when no one, not even Time itself, seemed to know them?
Both knew that something was going on, something that had taken their names from not only them, but from the two others that would and could know, and from the one that refused, even now, what was his past, heritage, and destiny. But what was it?
With Yugi and Moon…"Why do I feel like we're going in circles?" asked Yugi.
"We are. That or the writing's repeating itself." They spoke nothing of the new revelations. Not now. They focused in on the current problem, and would deal with the revelations when this was all over.
That is, if they got out alive.
With Saturn and Ma'at…"These writings say nothing that will help us." Said Saturn, rubbing her eyes.
"They appear to be random words." Ma'at said, glancing over at her hikari.
Suddenly she grabbed both of Saturn's arms, turning her to face her. "There's something I want to do, if we don't make it out of here." Ma'at said, almost frantic.
"Wha…"
Saturn was cut off by her yami's mouth on her own. Something inside of her broke at that point. Had she secretly longed for this, but believed it too far out of reach? For whatever the reason, Saturn's eyes slid closed as she kissed Ma'at back, pushing her back against the wall behind her.
Coming up for air at last, breathing heavily, Ma'at said, almost in a whisper, "Aishiteru."
The words were more than Saturn had ever dreamed for. She knew in her heart that she felt the same. "Aishiteru mou." She whispered back, placing a brief kiss on her lips before taking Ma'at's hand and leading the way down the corridor.
If they survived this, they would have time for their new relationship. Because when you have eternity, you can afford to wait a few hours or days. Even when it's love.
With Bakura and Ryou…Bakura grumbled about plans to get his revenge on the Pharaoh while Ryou merely sighed and tried to make sense of the writings.
With Kaiba and Mokuba…Mokuba was treated to a lecture about ogling girls, brought on not only by his actions earlier when Dreamweaver had appeared, but also from his brother's frustration over being able to read the random writings on the wall, understand what the words as individuals meant, and not knowing how he knew how to read them. Supremely annoyed, Mokuba exclaimed, "Well, YOU ogle Joey and get away without him noticing. A BLIND man would realize that you like him long before either you or him admit it!" Stomping down the corridor.
Kaiba stood shocked. He did NOT ogle the koinu…much. And he didn't OGLE him, he merely…
No matter which way he cut it, the fact was clear, and our dear Seto-kun refused to admit it.
After all, the koinu bit was no longer an insult now was it?
With Joey and Tea…Neither of them could read the writings, so they merely discussed how their lives had become very weird VERY fast.
With Grandpa and Dreamweaver…"The man who is supposed to be your father isn't your real parent, is he?" asked Grandpa, out of the blue.
"I don't have a father in the 30th century anymore." Said Dreamweaver. For some unknown reason, Pluto-obaa-sama had said that it would be okay to tell Grandpa.
"I said he wasn't your real parent. I never said anything about him being your real father. Unknown to both Yugi and Serena, I'm well aware of the Silver Millennium, having lived through it."
Okay, now she knew.
"Your other parent is…" he trailed off, there being no need to say anything else.
"Yes." She answered simply. "But they can't know that."
"Of course not."
Of course they couldn't know. Because if they knew, that would change the future.
And we can't have that happening now can we?
At the end of the corridors…Yami and Millennium exited their corridor at the same time has Grandpa, Dreamweaver, Yugi, and Moon exited theirs as well. "Anything?" asked Moon.
"Nothing. Those corridors had absolutely no purpose what so ever." Said Yami.
Just then Saturn and Ma'at exited their corridor. "Nothing." Said Ma'at, though her voice sounded a bit…higher…than usual.
Of course, she and Saturn had been holding hands when they had exited, though they weren't anymore. Moon and Millennium exchanged glances, silently vowing to grill their friends later. After all…
…Why on earth would Saturn have a rather firm grip on Ma'at's hair? Even if it was in a ponytail, it was a bit too Gundam Wing for the two of them.
They had really expected Ma'at to play Heero, rather than Duo. But they silently theorized that it would be hard to hold Saturn's hair without being obvious.
Everyone else had quickly joined the others. Kaiba was in a rather foul mood for some reason, and even Joey thought it wise not too provoke him. For once.
"Even if there was anything in our corridor, we couldn't read a thing." Said Tea sheepishly. "Sorry."
"Was there even a point to those stupid corridors anyway?" asked Bakura.
"Probably not." Said Moon as everyone walked through the one exit the room they all entered contained.
All without breaking her glare match with Yami.
Amara would be proud, if she cared.
End of Chapter 17Moon's right, those corridors had no point other than for the plot. You see, here the villain and the lair conform to the plot, rather than the plot conforming to the villain and the lair! No, I'm not crazy, why are you asking? Y'know Kool-Aid doesn't have nearly enough sugar? Even after three glasses of it?
…Okay, coming back the evening after typing the note above, I think that I don't know what I was thinking, per se. Uhh…please don't kill me for pairing Saturn with Ma'at? Or at hinting at Kaiba/Joey or Millennium/Moon or Yami/Yugi? Pretty please? (Makes with the puppy dog eyes)
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I figures that as a treat, since I'm not far enough into the character development yet and I don't have any way to whip up a side story that'll fit in SOMEWHAT with the plot, and also I haven't gotten hardly anywhere INTO the plot, I'll let the readers into what I'm planning for the future. You can call 'em spoilers if you want to, but really all they are are summaries of the future stories in this little world I've woven. Considering that most of the time when my updates are slow is that I'm working on those stories, I'd call us even now.
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Millennium II: Journey to the Past: It's been two years since the events in Secrets of the Past, and Serena has just celebrated her 18th birthday. As you can expect, it's not her average birthday. How can it be average when you come into your full powers as heir of the Royal Moon Line with your twin brother who in this life is now your cousin, finding out your past mother is Sailor Cosmos, and you're related to the Guardian of Time? But just as she and everyone around her gets used to the new revelations, Pluto has a mission, two Senshi only. And it can't be one of the others. If you couldn't guess from the title, Serena and Yama 'volunteer' to go back 5,000 years into the past, to chase down Osiris. Sounds simple, right? But there's a catch, as always. They have to fight the youma in the past without drawing suspicion on themselves. In the Pharaoh's court. On top of that, Osiris is gloating about something, but what? Yep, nothing new with this scene. Of course, after all's said and done, will the two couples too blind to see the love in the air (Serena/Yama and Yugi/Yami), finally get together, or will Yama and Yami make good on the promise they made, secretly?
Millennium III: Reunion of Souls: This story's been through a lot of revamping, but this plotline should hold. It's been twenty years since Journey to the Past. Twenty years since Serena has seen Yama and Yugi has seen Yami. Yama and Yami have each kept up with what was happening with their hikaris in their own way without contacting them. But after an explosive encounter with Serena, Yama is finally compelled to read the manga Serena had drawn, and Yami to start to mend his relationship with Yugi. Reading Serena's manga, Game Queen, Yama draws parallels between the world of the Game Queen and her own. Will the last two couples remaining finally get together? And after they do, will Serena still have to give it all up, to create a kingdom and live with a man she doesn't love?
Millennium IV: Past Memories: As with MIII, this story has also been through a lot of revamping, but this new plotline is probably set. Crystal Tokyo, the 30th century. Upon its creation in the 21st century, Serena, now Serenity, bound all memories of her from Yama, to keep her safe from the Senshi and Endymion. But it is Serenity who isn't safe. She has no power, and is but a figurehead. Enraged by the fact she hasn't given him a male heir, despite the fact the throne should rightful go to Rini, Endymion and the Senshi declare her a traitor in her own kingdom and banish Serenity from Crystal Tokyo upon pain of death. Serenity takes refuge in Yugi's house, where he lives with Yami…and Yama. Yama, her memories of Serena and Serenity sealed, believes her own hikari dead. But if she was, why is she still alive? Shouldn't she have been resealed into the Crystal upon her death? But upon Serenity's arrival, she begins to question her own memory. Is her hikari alive, and if she is, why did she leave her? Can Serenity reunite with Yama, reclaim what is rightfully hers, and expel Endymion and her treacherous Senshi? At least Saturn and Pluto are on her side, with Millennium and Ma'at waiting in the wings. But who said it would be easy?
Millennium Side Story: Ken no Imoutou: Sister of the Sword: This story takes place between MIV and MV. This story is important in the sense that it introduces Nazo, even if her appearance in MV is up for grabs currently. This is also a Rurouni Kenshin story, and as such will be in the Rurouni Kenshin category, as no Senshi will appear in this. Kamiya Kaoru is traveling back from business in Yokohama when she meets a woman named Musumeno Nazo, who happens to be a mirror image of Kenshin, right down to her scar, though on the right cheek rather than the left. Turns out that she's Kenshin's twin sister, though five minutes younger. Going through the events in Kyoto and with Yukishiro Enishi won't be the same. But a year after the battle with Enishi has settled, Nazo runs into trouble of her own. What does Musumeno Shinoko want with her? And what does it have to do with her husband, Musumeno Katsuyo? Could Nazo be the most famous female assassin of the Bakumatsu, Hitokiri On'na Battousai? But who said she would come out and say it without a little persuasion.
Take note, Serena is Nazo and Nazo is Serena. And no she did not cheat on Yama! That gets settled in MV.
Millennium V: Memory and Soul: Musumeno Yama doesn't understand her yami (yes yami), Nazo. Anyone would be, with her sending mixed messages of love and hate tinged with self-loathing. But after a traumatic event happens to Yama and reveals some of her yami's true feelings for her, they vow to start over as friends with a clean slate. But things don't stay peaceful, for after the arrival of Tenhikari Hikami and her yami Hotaru, Yama and Hikami are revealed to be Sailors Millennium and Ma'at, respectively, champions of justice. Considering that they're fighting evil and trying to gather the pieces of the Shadow Brooch with very little positive help from the mysterious Sailors Moon and Saturn, and are practically winging it despite memories of fighting, they're doing okay. But what's the deal with the Shadow Brooch anyway? Of course, what's Yama gonna do when she finds out that Sailor Moon is her yami? Hikami isn't as shocked, but then again, she seems to know more, like Moon and Saturn do. Can Nazo trust Yama long enough to let her back in, to let herself love her again? And can Yama trust Nazo long enough to find out the events that drove Serena to truly become Nazo and bury her innocent and trusting heart and soul beneath an empty shell stained with blood? Can she love her enough to remember what she has forgotten? Yeah right, and stones will bleed.
Children of the Moon Series:
Children of the Moon: Yue: I'm not sure whether this would go under the Cardcaptor Sakura category or the Sailor Moon x-over category, as the senshi will probably not be making an appearance. It's been five years since Sakura and Syaoran have been reunited, and everything and everyone couldn't be happier. That is, except for Yukito, who's questioning whether or not his very existence is real. Of course the fact that Yue, his other half seems to hate him, doesn't help. But wait, things get weirder. There's this woman who has been appearing at all the sites of unusual magic, one who clearly has magic and is seemingly playing mind games with Yue, and enjoying it too. The catch? She's looking for her older brother. The fact that she's the princess of the Moon Kingdom and supposedly doesn't have an older brother is even weirder. Then Yukito begins having flashbacks. And where there was one, there are now two. Can they figure out what happened in the past and how Clow Reed's involved, or will Yue and Yukito be too busy glaring to get anything figured out? Ah, the fur will fly.
Children of the Moon: Yuugi: This story WILL be in the Sailor Moon x-over category. Set after Memory World in Yu-Gi-Oh! Yuugi's twin younger sister, Usagi, is returning from a year as an exchange student in the US, and almost as soon as she steps off the plane the fur begins to fly between her and Atemu. Of course, Malik no Yami shows his face again, allied with a man named Endymion, who seems to have an unhealthy fixation on Usagi. But not only is she not interested, she hates him. Aside from that, both Yuugi and Atemu begin to have weird dreams, and after seeing Usagi kiss a woman she calls her yami, Atemu remembers a soothsayer who lived in the palace from a year before his father's death until right before the first incident with Ba-Khu-Ra, one who had no name but Pansara, given to her mockingly by the Court, based off one of his throne names, because she looked so much like him… An ancient mystery s revealed. Did Atemu have a sister? And what does Malik no Yami and Endymion have to do with her, Usagi, and his and Yuugi's dreams?
Children of the Moon: Selenity: Set in the Japanese version of Sailor Moon. Tsukino Usagi thinks that her life from now on is set. But when she begins to have dreams of siblings she never knew she had, and a new senshi appears looking for her younger sister, Selenity, she and everyone around will begin to question not only their past, but there future as well. The plot hasn't exactly been worked out yet.
Children of the Moon: Full Circle: They should have guessed it. To figure out the ancient prophecy, Nazo and Yama must go back to the time of the Silver Millennium not only to stop the child of an old foe, but also to fulfill this ancient prophecy dating back from the beginning of Queen Serenity XII's reign. Without drawing suspicion. Yeah right. And without revealing their true identities and where they are from. Really askin' for a miracle, aren't we? Throw in a little death and we'll be set!
Something Missing: Still in the VERY basic planning stages. Light and darkness have been revealed, but there is something missing. The Crystal's power over Yama was weaker because it already had a soul under its full power. This soul, named Chihana by Nazo, is older than Yama. Why was she sealed? To figure out this one, they will have to look to the past one last time, back beyond the time of Atemu, to a time when another master of darkness and the Shadow Realm. A female master. Boy, normal is VERY overrated for these people. But once all is said and done, the light and darkness will finally have the shadow, the person missing, the person needed to form the most powerful triad there ever was, ever is, and ever will be.
I also wanna do a Stargate SG-1 story with Nazo and Yama and Chihana, mainly to insult Jack's maturity, but the ideas I have all involve Varthara's Upon a Fiery Steed and/or RogueMoon's Of Gods and Men, so I don't know if that'll ever happen.
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