The dreams, the rings, and the watch
As the senshi began to settle down in the restaurant, Makoto lead everyone into the back room where Luna, Artemis, and Old Yori were on a circle table awaiting them. Except for Luna and Artemis, Yori was sound asleep on the table. "Father, if you were going to sleep through out this meeting why didn't you stay with Diana?" Luna asked frustratingly. Yori ignored Luna's question and leaped off the table then walked to the window that viewed the next building across the street. The senshi took their own seats around the table. "We saw what happen out there" Artemis exclaimed "Did you happen to see where that guy went?" Rei asked with her arms on the table, both cats shocked their heads. "Damn it!" Rei exclaimed as she quickly rose off her seat "Rei are you sure about the locket?" Usagi asked with Mamoru's arm around her "I am sure, the question is what happen to it?" Rei replied as she turned to face Usagi with her hands on her waist. "Try to recall the last time you saw it" Ami suggested calmly with her hands on the table and leaning to Usagi. Everyone sat quietly and waited for Usagi to clear her thoughts "All I remember is using it to bring you back" she explained while looking at Mamoru, he turned away in shame.
Usagi envisioned the time when Mamoru was under Beryl's spell, The senshi died trying to get Usagi to Beryl. Usagi was the last senshi still standing to face the witch, meanwhile Mamoru was about to kill her but she held the locket right to him. He reached out and touched it, the power with in that locket seemed to have broken the spell. Beryl was angered by everything she saw, she threaten to kill both of the young lovers but Mamoru struck her with a single rose. Usagi cradled an exhausted Mamoru in her arms "Thank you" he said while looking up at her with a smile on his faces "I'm free now" he said then as the rose he tossed began to deteriorate; Usagi knew that Mamoru was dead. She didn't sob because she knew right there and then that she was going to die after she has defeated Beryl "I was about to kiss you but I felt bad that all my friends died before they could kiss there boyfriends" Usagi explained as she continue to recall.
"Boyfriend? I Minako was single even before we met" Lupus said with his head pipping out through the drain on the floor. "Lupus" the girls all called out as their majestic friend as he leaped out of his hide away and landed next to Minako. "What is going on?" he asked as he pulled up his own seat "We have been trying to locate Usagi's star locket" Rei explained quickly. Lupus was soon given all of the up date, then Usagi carried on where she left off. From where she left Mamoru who just dead in her arms and she headed off to face Beryl "And I just left my locket there with Mamoru" Usage said to end the story. Suddenly as she placed her purse on the table it tipped over on the table and a folded newspaper fell out of it. While everyone was debating all the details that Usagi just told, she started to read an article that was circled "Astronauts find pocket watch during moon exhibition" was what the articles head-line. The picture showed a pocket watch that was in the shape of a circle with small waves on the edges, there were crescent moon on the center with of it along with other tiny figures. Apparently the camera couldn't catch it, Usagi sensed a familiar attraction to the watch as she looked closely at the unfocused figures on it. She suddenly found herself on the moon kingdom, in a secluded area of the garden that had a water fountain, there she sat on a bench with Mamoru kissing her cheeks and neck. He was 18 and she was 17 though.
"I want you" he whispered in her ear, Usagi giggled at the thought of the two of them finally exercising their love. "Now?" she asked happily and excitingly at the same time "If it can be possible" he said with a small chuckle "We can't do that here, we'll get caught" Usagi said after Mamoru tried to lead her to the palace. "We'll be very quiet" he said persistently with his hands holding hers "No, your father will suspect something when he sees that you have been gone all day" she Usagi urged him, Mamoru sighed frustratingly "You're right, and I shouldn't rush us like this" he said as he released her hands and walked to the fountain. "But these secret visits become more difficult as I grow into a man" he said looking at her "I know it does to me too, but I also want our time to be special" Usagi said as she walked to him with her hand over his chest. "Like when my mother and your father can speak in friendship like they did when we were little" she added "I'd like that too" he replied as he took her hand and pulled her into a warm embrace. As the moon princess leaned her head on her sweetheart's chest she saw some spying eyes staring at her "Mamo-chan, someone is watching us" she exclaimed, the earth prince was about to chase the spy. But his princess held him back "No run out of here, they may not catch you" Usagi urged him "GO!" she shouted, Mamoru ran off to his black horse that was hiding behind a huge bush. Usagi made her way to where her spy was hiding at but he made a run for it before she could catch him "Wait! Stop!" she called out to the spy who seemed to have stopped at her call, he stood right where he stopped. "Please, you can't tell anyone about Mamo-chan, they'll kill him" she pleaded, the spy slowly turned around to face Usagi. He was the same age as her but had a lump on his back and he was cripple, Usagi recognized him "Cousin?" she said shockingly while he stared at her. "Uh-Uh" was all he could say. "Nakuia!" shouted an old man angrily at the boy "Where have you been?" he commanded him like a dog, the boy limbed his way toward the old man. Usagi stood by and watched as the old man waited for the little cripple to come right next to him, then she screamed out a protest when she saw the old man strike the boy with his staff "NO! You Bastard!".
"Usagi! Wake up" the girls said around her, Mamoru cradled her in his arms "Usako!" Mamoru called with his hand wiping away the sweat on her forehead. Usagi woke up in shocked and confused to find herself the way she was awakened "What happened ?" she asked as she placed her hand over her aching forehead. "Geez! Meatball-head first you stared at this newspaper and when I asked you what you were reading, you fainted and then you started talking in your sleep" Rei explained frustratingly "You know we can't keep picking your ass back up" she added with her arms crossed over her chest. "Why did you have to revive me to this?" Usagi asked the rest of the gang except Rei "Knock it off you guys" Ami said after sighing tiredly of her two best friend's bickering. "What happen Usagi?" she asked as she held her hand as comfort after feeling her pulse during her pass out "I-uh, I was-just um" Usagi looked at her friends then reminded herself that she didn't want to mention of her dreams or visions that she has been having lately. But at the same time she didn't like lying to her friends especially Mamoru "You had another dream, didn't you Usagi?" Luna asked from the table, Usagi didn't answer only turned her head away from her friends and her boyfriend "What dreams?" Makoto asked looking at Luna then back at Usagi "Dreams of what?" Minako asked, Usagi found everyone looking at her with patients in their eyes which meant they were expecting an answer. "I don't know" she answered with Mamoru helping her to sit up "I just saw us back on the moon, sitting by a water fountain and talking about-" Usagi was stopped by everyone that had red faces "We heard a few words but that was enough to tell us what was going on" Makoto explained with her hands over her head.
"Oh...Well anyways then there was this cripple guy that was spying on us and when I tried to talk to him he ran, and then this cruel man called him a 'Nakuia' then struck him with his cane" Usagi's voice started to tremble at the reminder of that poor soul crying in pain at that horrible abusive adult. Mamoru comforted her with his arms around her "What dose 'Nakuia' mean?" Minako asked curiously "I don't know" Usagi answered "But it did sound familiar to me and so did the name Raion" she added. "Raion?" Rei exclaimed shockingly "You know him?" Minako asked Rei "Hell Yeah! That's the name of that homeless man that Yuuichirou and I ran into" Rei explained. Usagi then thought about the man that saved her earlier was this 'Raion' that they were talking about and if he was the one that placed the newspaper in her purse.
"What other dreams have you been having" Rei asked now in a more concern voice, Usagi didn't want to reveal anymore of her dreams and the more questions that the senshi ask her the more upsetting it made Usagi become. "I don't know" Usagi answered "Can you tell us any details about these dreams?" Ami asked "I don't know" Usagi answered again more filmily then before. "Can't you tell us anything about-" Minako was about to ask but Usagi bursted out angrily at everyone "I have no clue and I don't give a damn about it!" she said. Everyone stared at Usagi with stunned looks on there faces "All I want is to have a normal life for just at least four years while I am in college, with my boyfriend and my friends without the worries of some other threat to this planet" Usagi explained as she rose up from the floor and paced from side to side of the room. "Why can't I have that peace? Why does Sailor Moon have to interfere with my life again and again?" she asked now sobbing. Everyone didn't realizes how much Usagi felt that every since the three starlight and their princess left then Chibi Chibi returned to her home in the future, Usagi wanted to have a normal life just before her duties as queen comes along. Rei got up set and did what she always done to Usagi to make her be strong, she slapped her in the face "You think that you're the only one who wants a normal life?" she asked looking straight at her in the eye. "We all wanted that, Ami wanted to go to Germany to study her medicine, Makoto wanted to travel to Paris in the best cooking school, Minako turned down a two film contract, and me well I haven't written a single song since this past spring festival" as Rei finished her long statement, Usagi realized that she was right. "Your right and I am sorry" Usagi said as she forces her heart to hide her selfish desires, Rei smiled and hugged her friend "We forgive you" she said.
"It is obvious that this belongs to Usagi. Look there are moon symbolizes on it" Luna said to try and lite up the intense air between them as she pointed at the crescent on it. "It is now being display at the museum" Artemis read the newspaper "We should go there tonight and get that pocket watch" Luna added while looking at the senshi, everyone agreed including Usagi as she wiped away her tears. "Everyone! Look here" Artemis exclaimed as he slipped his head into Usagi's purse and pulled out a tiny bag "This started glowing from inside your purse" he explained with the bag in his mouth. When he finally opened it, he shooked the bag and suddenly four rings fell out of it, every senshi including Mamoru gasped at the sight of these rings. Each one had their planetary symbol on it "I can guess that these are intended for us" Rei said sarcastically as she picked up the one with her symbol then the rest of the gang grabbed their own. When Rei analyzed her ring, she suddenly saw an inscription on the back of it "Hey there's an inscription on mine" she exclaimed "There's one on mine too" Makoto said then suddenly all the senshi exclaimed to having some on the back of theirs.
Mercury-Intelligence
Mar-Intuition
Jupiter-Strength
Venus-Kindness
"There's something very obvious here" Makoto said looking at her ring and looking at all her friends "Someone is going through a lot of trouble to getting us these rings and that pocket watch" she added. "And it must have something to do with that homeless guy Raion" Rei added then Usagi realized that Raion is responsible for the rings as well as the newspaper "Raion must have placed these things into my purse" Usagi spoke out. "You think so?" Luna asked "I know it, he must have some knowledge of where we came from" she answered.
While everyone was debating about their plan to get the watch from the museum later on that night, Yori made his way out of that room across the street to an isolated ally where an eager Raion was awaiting him. "They are going to get the pocket watch tonight" he said looking up at him "Good, there are on good timing" Raion replied "Not that good yet, they are on to you too" Yori added with concern in his voice. Raion looked down at his feline spy "I knew that would happened...soon" he said as he slid on the wall with his back and sat before the old cat, Yori looked at him with concern and worries. "I have been taking two many great risk by interfering with them" Raion said as he set his legs into and Indian style "Do you think the enemy has seen you today?" Yori asked. "I don't know, but if they did they may be on to me by now" he answered suddenly felt his heart pounding in great pain that he clutched it his hand. "What is wrong Raion?" he asked as he sat down before him "This body is becoming sicker and sicker with every passing day" he explained as he pulled out some pills from his pocket of his jacket. "I fear that time is nearly running out for me and I won't be here to guide the senshi and my daughter down the path of this prophecy" Raion explained then swallowed two of the pills in his mouth. "Those modern pills, are they helping you with whatever it is that is killing you?" Yori asked as he watched his master swallow two more. "No but it does help the pain" Raion explained "Yori, you have been my only link to my daughter and her friends" he started out "Remember the promise that you made for me" he told the old feline. "Of course my lord" he swore then his face turned worried and concern "What is it Yori?" Raion asked. "It is Usagi, my lord" Yori answered "She wanted a quiet life before her duties as queen arrives" he explained, Raion smiled sadly for her and then chuckled "Just like me, do you remember?" he asked with a laugh. The cat laughed along with him "Yes I do" he replied, suddenly the two old ones looked up at the top of the building that they were leaning on and saw a shiny sparkle item. As they looked closely at the shiny object they realized it was a dark brown hawk looking down at them "A spy-eye!" Raion exclaimed as the hawk squatted at them then flew off the building "That means that the phantom will be there at the museum with the senshi and my daughter" Raion explained. "What can I do my lord?" Yori asked as he rose onto his four paws, Raion looked down at him "Don't worry I will be there too, tonight" he answered. The old cat objected "My lord your condition and like you said you have been taking too many risks-" Yori was silenced by Raion calmly "Yori how many times do I have to remind you not to call me 'my lord'?" Raion simple said