Into The Vortex
by Mikazuki
Rated PG-13 - Adult situations, violence and language
Copyright & disclaimer:
As much as it pains me, I do not own Sailormoon nor its characters. SAILOR V, SAILOR MOON & all related material are © 1992 - 2000 NAOKO TAKEUCHI, KODANSHA LTD, TOEI ANIMATION, DiC ENTERTAINMENT, PIONEER ANIMATION & CLOVERWAY. SAILOR MOON, the SAILOR MOON characters & their respective names & likeness are trademarks of TOEI ANIMATION. All rights reserved.
This story was written by Mikazuki Naishinnou and is the property of Mikazuki Naishinnou. You may not distribute this story without permission. Published A Sailormoon Romance & Aria's Ink.
Recap of the story so far...
Prince Endymion of the Golden Kingdom was sent forward in time through a vortex. He encounters Serena Tsukino who mistaken him for her least favorite person, Darien Chiba. Thinking that he has amnesia, she takes him home only to encounter the real Darien Chiba. She learns that Endymion is looking for Queen Serenity in order to help him save his kingdom from Beryl. With Amy's help, she learns that Darien and Endymion share the same soul.
Agreeing to help, Serena sneaks into a party in search of their missing princess only to discover that Nephrite along with the rest of Queen Beryl's generals are actually Endymion's generals. This leads her and the other Senshi to believe that Endymion and Darien are Negaverse agents. She also realizes that Endymion looks exactly like Tuxedo Mask and since Endymion and Darien look like identical twins that meant Darien was Tuxedo Mask.
Sailor Moon, the Senshi, Tuxedo Mask and Prince Endymion begin a battle with Nephrite, who has taken the Silver Crystal from Princess Selene. Endymion, in the process of trying to stop his general from taking it, is injured.
Tuxedo Mask and the Senshi go after Nephrite while Sailor Moon remains behind to reveal to Endymion that Queen Serenity is long dead and he is thousands of years into his future. In turn, Endymion has revealed to Sailor Moon that while he may never have met the Senshi he knows that there isn't a Senshi of the moon.
More revelations are forthcoming in this chapter so enjoy!
From Chapter Four...
"I don't understand. If you're a Senshi then you must take me to Queen Serenity immediately!"
She shook her head. "That's impossible."
"Impossible? Why? I need her help," he said pleading with her. "My world needs her help."
She looked up at the full moon then into his eyes. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at him. "I can't... Queen Serenity has been dead for thousands of years!"
Chapter Five: Revelations, part one
"Dead..." He looked her, he knew instantly she was telling him the truth. "How? No wonder why everything looks so different. Even the stars are different... But how could thousands of years have passed?" He felt nauseous at the revelation that thousand of years had passed and all he knew and all he loved were long dead. "Beryl lives though… How can this be?"
"I'm sorry, Endymion. I am so sorry!" Sailor Moon cried.
"Sailor Moon, where are you!" Her communicator pad went off as Sailor Mars' voice was heard. "We need you! NOW!" The urgency was audible to both Endymion and Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon lifted her hand where she held the small device having pulled it from whatever subspace pocket it was stored at. "I'm on my way." She looked at the Prince, "I'm needed in battle. Stay here."
"No. I'm coming with you. I'm the last Crown Prince of the Golden Kingdom and it's my swore duty to protect this planet and it's inhabitants from Beryl."
"Let's go," she said as she took off running in the direction the battle was being fought at.
"Dodge this, Cape Boy!" Nephrite hissed as he threw another energy ball at the masked man. "Do you not know when to quit? I won! Give it up, Tuxedo Mask."
"You haven't won yet, Negascum!" He yelled back as he threw several steel tipped roses at the General.
Nephrite and Tuxedo Masked continued to battle for several minutes before the Senshi arrived. He gathered the black magical energies into a large sphere. Tuxedo Mask dodged being hit in the chest by the ball but he was not fast enough to dodge it completely. The sphere hit him on shoulder throwing him back several feet.
"Venus Love Me Chain!" She cried out aiming at Nephrite's hand. The magical chain wrapped itself around the General's wrist binding it. "Mercury NOW!" She cried out.
"Not that easy, Sailor Venus!" Nephrite hissed as he released a stream of energy down her chain blasting the young warrior into a wall.
"Venus!" The three girls cried out in unison running over to the fallen girl.
"Nephrite! Stop this at once!" Endymion cried out to his General as he reached the battlefield followed by Sailor Moon.
"Who are you?" The tall brunette general demanded from the Prince as he began to battle him.
"Do you not know me? I am, Prince Endymion. Prince of the Golden Kingdom and your friend," Endymion said as he dodged the bolts of deadly energy. "What has happened to you?"
"Why should I know you? You're nothing more then my enemy!" He said as he continued to throw energy bolts.
Endymion dodged the bolts but did nothing to try to stop the man he considered a good friend.
Tuxedo Mask's red rose flew through the air slicing Nephrite's hand. "Return the Crystal, Nephrite!"
"Never!" Seeing that Endymion would not be challenging him, Nephrite turned his attention to Tuxedo Mask. "You and those Senshi have been thrones in my side long enough! With this crystal, Queen Beryl will be able to take over this pathetic world!"
Tuxedo Mask continued to throw roses at the Negaverse General battling with him for the crystal. He drew his cane and began using it as a weapon against the General. The box containing the Crystal fell from Nephrite's hands and onto the grass. Endymion looked on to the two men, torn between helping his old comrade and a man obviously his ally. Instead of involving himself between the two he grabbed the box from where it had fallen and opened it.
There among the velvet cushions was a large diamond. It was a large yet simple diamond in the shape of a sphere. It contained no magical properties but was still priceless. Endymion sighed as he looked at the gemstone.
"Beautiful but worthless to me," he said to himself. "Nephrite! What you are fighting for is not the Imperium Silver Crystal! It's merely a diamond! You lost my old friend, leave now!"
"What? You lie!" He screamed at the Prince. He then saw the diamond in Endymion's hand. "It's a trick!"
Laughter filled the air. "Thank-you Nephrite for taking this mission! You have failed yet again and failure will not be tolerated!" The man continued to laugh.
"Jedite! Show yourself!" Nephrite demanded.
"As you wish!" Jadeite appeared through a portal of black mist. "Queen Beryl will be most disappointed in you! You might as well let Tuxedo Mask kill you. At least you will die a 'hero' of the Negaverse!" Jadeite said as he continued to laugh. "Otherwise I will be forced to deal with you."
"You? Deal with me?" Nephrite began to laugh. "You can't harm me, Jadeite!" He said as he directed his energy bolts toward the other Negaverse General. "You're merely Beryl's plaything."
" Jadeite! Nephrite! Stop this at once! I, your Prince, command you!" Endymion shouted at the two men battling in the air.
The green-eyed man looked down at the Prince and narrowed his eyes. "He is familiar, but from where?" Jadeite wasn't paying attention to Nephrite and he used this to his advantage hitting Jadeite with a direct hit. Jadeite plunged to the ground with a sickening thud.
"Nephrite! Jadeite! No!" Endymion cried out to his friend as he rushed over to his fallen friend.
"Destroy or be destroyed. It is our way!" Nephrite screamed as he prepared a final blow against Jadeite.
"Kunzite! Zoisite!" Endymion shouted as two more men appeared.
"Jadeite!" Zoisite shouted as he saw the younger man on the ground. "Nephrite! You will die for this!" Zoisite powered up a bolt of energy in the shape of a sword and plunged it into Nephrite's back. The brown hair man plunged to the ground and landed on his stomach. Kunzite stood back, amused by the scene, two less idiots in his way as far as he was concerned.
"No! Stop this, my friends!" Endymion yelled at the men he considered his closest friends and his brothers.
"Quiet mortal!" Kunzite said as he glared at the prince. "This is our way. The two are fools and deserve death." The white hair man looked at the Prince and narrowed his eyes. "You will be next," he said as he fired a bolt of energy at the Prince before disappearing.
"How do you know them?" Tuxedo Mask demanded as he rushed towards Endymion.
"They are, were, my generals. I grew up with them. They were left to protect my kingdom from Beryl as I left to meet with the Senshi. What has happened?"
"...dead for thousands of years... thousands of years... thousands of years..."
"Endy! Answer me! What happened in your world?" Sailor Moon yelled at him snapping him out of the shock he was in.
"You called me that before... S...S...Serena?" The Prince asked as he looked at the Senshi. "You're a Senshi?"
"I...I... yes, Endymion. It's me, Serena. I'm Sailor Moon," she said as she looked up into his eyes.
"Serena is Sailor Moon?" Tuxedo Mask exclaimed. Shocked to find out the young woman he cared for and battled next to, on more then one occasion, was the same young woman he hated and fought with during the day. The 'Meatball Head' he knew was the young woman who saved Tokyo and the world on almost a daily basis.
Serena looked at Tuxedo Mask and nodded. "Yes, I guess my secret is out." She looked at the dying men and kneeled at their side. "Nephrite... Jadeite…."
Nephrite looked up at the beautiful blonde. "An angel." He reached out to touch her then looked at Endymion and Tuxedo Mask. "The stars are singing to me. They are calling me home," he said as he gasped for air. His eyes closed shut and the man disappeared in a shower of sparkles.
Jadeite turned his head to look at Sailor Moon. "For the Negaverse!" He cried out before he too turned into a glittering dust. Sailor Moon sat there, shocked and numb from the occurrences.
"Zoisite and Kunzite," Endymion answered. "My friends have betrayed me! They're Beryl's generals now." He looked at the spot where the man he grew up with had moments before disappeared from. "How is this possible? They were to protect my kingdom! I need to return home. I need to stop this from happening!"
"I don't know if that's possible, Endymion," Sailor Mercury said as stepped forward. "We don't even know how you came from the past and definitely don't know how to send you back."
"The past... I still can't believe that I am so far into the future." The gravity of the situation hit him. He knew Sailor Moon told the truth when she said thousands of years had passed but to know that everything he knew and loved were long dead and gone was simply too much.
"We need to figure this out. How did you get here Endymion? Are you one of Beryl's generals too?" Sailor Mars demanded.
"No! I could never be one of her minions!" He replied, his voice filled with anger. "That bitch was destroying my world! She has my friends under her spell!"
Sailor Venus clutched her injured shoulder as she glared at him. "If you're after Silver Imperium Crystal and Beryl is as well then what are we supposed to think? Especially since you look like Darien!"
"Enough!" Serena shook her head. "I don't know how this is possible but I need to tell you both the truth." She looked at her fellow Senshi who stood behind her. "You need to know the truth at least about us."
Sailor Moon transformed back into Serena and stood in front of Endymion. "As you now know I'm Sailor Moon, leader of the Sailor Senshi. The Moon Kingdom fell thousands of years ago when Queen Beryl killed Queen Serenity."
The tears fell from her face as she continued. "Everyone on the moon was killed including Princess Serenity and the Senshi. Queen Serenity used the last of her magic as she saw the death and destruction around her. She sacrificed herself by sending the souls of her child, her warriors and those in the kingdom to the future to be reborn. She sealed the evil but knew it wasn't destroyed. She hoped that her child and the children of her kingdom would be reborn into a peaceful time but knew there was a chance that Beryl would be able to break the seal and come back to finish what she started so long ago..."
"But where is the Princess?" Endymion asked.
"We don't know," Sailor Jupiter replied. "We haven't been able to find her or the Silver Imperium Crystal. For all we know the Princess hasn't been reborn or was reborn too early. Or she could just be in hiding. We simply don't know."
Endymion looked at her in shock but he saw the truth in her eyes. "There's more. Amy, Sailor Mercury," Serena said as she looked at the blue hair girl, "scanned you earlier today. You and Darien… share the same soul. He's you," she pointed to Tuxedo Mask, "reborn."
"Sire, preparations are now complete."
"It's as if she is waiting for someone or something. Her encroachment on Earth is almost complete Sire and all that stands in her way is the Golden Kingdom."
"There he is! Get him!"
"Dead... for thousands of years!"
"Everyone on the moon was killed..."
"He's you reborn."
"Meatball Head and Sailor Moon are the same person? I don't believe it!" Tuxedo Mask said as he looked at the girl in front of him.
"Believe it, Jerk!" Serena said as she stuck her tongue out at him. "What I can't believe is that you and Tuxedo Mask are on in the same!"
Darien removed his mask and he looked at the petite blonde. "So how did you figure out that I and Tuxedo Mask are the same person? You're not the bright."
"Excuse me?" Serena said in disbelief. "I told you before," she hissed at him, "I'm not stupid. And if you must know, it was at the dance..."
"At the masquerade?" The memory of dancing with a beautiful blonde princess flashed in his mind. "That was you?"
"Yes, you jerk! I'm amazed you didn't know it was me!"
"Uh guys..." Sailor Jupiter said as looked at Endymion and then at the warring couple. "Uh, what's wrong with him?" She said as she pointed to Endymion.
"What?" They both said they looked at the Prince.
"Endymion!" Serena yelled as ran to him. "What's wrong?"
"Let's get him back to my place," Sailor Mars said. "We'll figure things out there..."
"Endymion! Snap out of it! Endymion!" Serena said as she shook his shoulders. "Mercury, how long has it been?"
"Almost an hour now," she replied as she looked at her computer's tiny screen. "He's in shock, Serena. This is too much for him or for anyone."
"I'm fine," he said as he shook his head clearing what felt like cobwebs in his mind. "I'm sorry for worrying you."
"Don't apologize. It's my fault," Serena said as she gently placed her hand on his cheek. "I shouldn't have told you everything especially since we figured you are from the past."
Endymion noticed that they were no longer outside. "Where are we?" The surroundings were familiar... had he been there before?
"You're back at my shrine," Raye said as she handed him a glass of water. "Drink this."
"Thank-you." He drank the water.
"I thought princes were supposed to be heroic and strong and not afraid of anything?" Mina said. She immediately turned bright red as she noticed Serena's glare. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean..."
"That's alright Mina, I understand." Endymion said as he smiled to reassure her. "This has been a strange day. More like a nightmare I hope to wake from very soon."
"Endyimon, I need to ask you something and it's really important..." Amy said as she sat across from him. "Serena already told you that you and Darien share the same soul and that he is you reborn. That must mean you were at the last battle between Queen Serenity and Beryl when you died..."
"But I haven't met her yet."
"You and Darien are nothing alike..." Mina blurted out.
"Excuse me? I don't understand?" Endymion said as he gave her a strange look.
"Uh... well... you're full of emotion and Darien is well cold. Total opposites. He's a nice guy and everything... but... well cold."
"And a total jerk," Serena added. "I'm sorry Endy! You're not a jerk but... Well Darien is. He's always calling me names. You saw him in action this morning."
"She's no lady. She's Serena. A clumsy, cry baby who will most like succeed in getting fat off all the junk food she eats...
"At least I'm not likely to fall on my face while walking and chewing gum," he countered..."
"Meatball Brains..."
"You said he was me reborn... How could I ever be like him? We're nothing alike."
Darien glared at the man but said nothing.
"Are you sure of this?" Endymion asked the girls.
"Yes, Amy rescanned the both of you." Serena placed her hand in Endymion's. "It's hard to believe but you two are one in the same."
To be continued...
More Revelations to come in the next chapter.