The story of the Silver Millennium
Raion and Usagi were still standing in the shallow waters of the beach were the Kraken was defeated by Raion himself. The rest of the gang just stood by and watched with joy for the two of them while still crying at the sight of it all, except for Usagi the Knights were still in their Senshi suits. No one had the heart to ask any question about their situation with Raion and Usagi still sobbing in each other's arms. "Knights of the Silver Millennium" Yori said surprisingly as he walked out of the vehicle that he rode with Michiru in "I present to you: Lord Raion, King of the Moonkingdom and ruler of the Silver Millennium" he said as he finally made it to the sandy ground where he could see the king and Princess. Usagi was now feeling that she now had further extension on her legacy, more details then what she learned from her mother "I have so many questions to ask you but I don't know where to begin" Usagi said while snuggling her head on Raion's chest. He chuckled softly to her statement as his tears now started to decrease more then Usagi's. "Well, before I answer any of those questions" he said as they parted then reached into his back pocket "Let me first give this back to you, if you want it back" he added as he pulled out Usagi's long missing star locket. "My locket!" Usagi exclaimed happily as she gently took it from his hand and opened it to hear the beautiful music once again since it's disappearance "I have missed this for so long" she said with her eyes closed and listening to the music. "I will never lose this again" she said happily as she closed it and slipped it into her side pocket "You know that was actually a gift made by a friend of mine, who intended to give it to your mother a long time ago" he said as he looked behind Usagi and looked at Mamoru. "Who?" Usagi asked looking up to him, but before Raion could answer her question they were interrupted by clapping gloved-covered hands.
Everyone including Raion and Usagi all turned to the side up only to find the Phantom standing carefully on the branch of a tree, leaning on the tree while clapping his hands. Then he padded his heart and pulled out a yellow rose from out of his cape and tossed it to Raion, when the king caught it in his hand the Phantom made more signs and jesters. "What is he saying?" Usagi asked after looking at the yellow rose then looking at the Phantom "He said: That was a heart warming reunion but now I must apologizes to you all, for I must take Princess Serenity with me on a solo journey" Raion explained as he pulled Usagi behind him. "Then get through us first, Ghost!" Sailor Mars said as she and the rest of the Knights including the Outer Senshi all rushed to stand between the Phantom and Usagi. "Watch him, Zoisite" Kunzite commanded to his young lover "Come!" he commanded to Nephrite and Jadeite, the three of them rushed to join the Knights. "Generals, remember you are now mortals" Raion said the brave warriors with concern "We know my lord, but we also sworn to protect you and the princess with out very lives" Kunzite answered while still paying attention the opponent. The Phantom crossed his arms over his chest then stacks of flash cards merged out of his hands, he jumped down from the branch with his arms spreading open his cape. Suddenly the cards in his hands morphed into multiple duplicates of himself, they all charged right towards the Knights and the three Generals. The Knights drew out their swords and started swinging at each 'Phantom' that crossed one of them, the Generals fought with any method that was useful in combat. "There's a lot of these guys!" Sailor Jupiter shouted as she kept swinging her sword even providing a few of her martial art skills in her combat. Raion quickly remembered the cards that create illusional decoys for the real Phantom "Wait! Knights, Generals. Listen to me! Those Phantoms that you are fighting are not real!" he hollered at them while keeping Usagi close to him.
"What!" all the Knights said at the same time then the decoy Phantoms stopped attacking them, they were now just merely running around each Knight and General in circles. "He's right, this spell were used as decoys for the real Phantom" Nephrite said frustratingly as he tried swing his left leg around to try and hit one. "We just never knew how to tell which on is the real one" Kunzite explained while panting from exhaustion "So now how do we tell which one is the one?" Ami asked while holding the blade of her sword before her. "Find the one with the carnation on his caller" Raion explained with Usagi still behind him. The moment Raion gave the clue to the Knights and the Generals, the decoy Phantoms all froze on one spot then kneel with their capes covering their necks. "Now he challenges you to find the right one" Raion said as he drew out his sword and stood before Usagi, the king now felt his fatherly instincts kick back on but he was also fearing that he couldn't protect his daughter against someone that he knows is very clever at deceiving the eyes of a hundred men. Usagi stood her ground which was still in shallow waters and the thought of being chased by the Phantom but her father's presences made her feel safe. Suddenly from the very shallow water where Usagi and Raion stood in, they were both pulled under the water "My lord Raion!" the Generals cried out "Usagi-chan!" the Knights screamed out. Before any of them could begin running to the spot were the king and princess were pulled under, the decoy Phantoms all burst into flames. They were all completely surrounded by fire that they couldn't leap over
On the sandy shores where Zoisite was waiting by Lupus who was laying in the car, he looked around the clear surrounding of the flames. He suddenly saw something quickly burst out of the water "Look ahead of all of you!" he shouted and pointed for the entire gang. They all looked up and spotted the real Phantom was high above the Knights and the Generals with Raion and Usagi coughing out waters from their lungs and struggling to break free from him. "My lord! Princess!" Zoisite shouted, the flames finally dosed down and the Phantom tossed Raion onto them. "Raion!" Yori shouted then rushed down. The Phantom landed back on the tree branch where he first appeared "Usagi!" the Knights cried out "Usa-ko!" Mamoru shouted in fear for her "Mamo-chan! Everyone!" Usagi cried back to them as she still tried to struggle to break free. The Phantom pulled out the famous museum pocket watch that the Knights and Raion were after, he dangled it before Usagi's face and suddenly she stopped struggling. The passed out right in the arms of the Phantom, he knelt with Usagi on the branch then gave one gesturing wave to the Knights, the Generals, the cats and then of course Raion. He then threw one side of his cape over himself and Usagi, they vanished into thin air right before everyone "NO! USAGI!" Raion shouted to the vanishing Phantom. He was d and fell onto his knees while the Knights all fell on their knees as well except for the Outer Knights who were grunting in frustration and the Generals all were in despair. But not as despaired as Raion was.
Takashi sat in his chair staring endlessly at the Queen Serenity portrait until he heard the sound of the living room door opened from behind him. He rose from his chair and turned to see his son still now dressed in casual clothes while carrying an unconscious Usagi in his arms "Well, well, I am very impressed by you Yukio" he said with his hands clapping. "Thanks" he said in a sarcastic tone "Does she know that you are the Phantom?" he asked curiously with a hand on his chin "No" Yukio answered as he turned to leave the livingroom.
"What is wrong now, son?" Takashi asked after sensing Yukio's tone of voice, the boy stopped in front of the grand stair case and faced his father "The earth prince's honor guards were resurrected" Yukio answered. "Really, that's unbelievable, only the one with the Silver Crystal could do such a thing and this young thing couldn't-" Takashi stopped himself and realized the answer right in front of him "Raion, of course he must have used the crystal after that war with Beryl" he said. Yukio sighed hard as he turned and started walking the stairs "You're right, it has been a long day and she is tired. Best we let her sleep it off, put her in her room" Takashi said in his own sarcastic tone as Yukio was already walking up the stairs. "Oh and Yukio?" Takashi called to him, Yukio turned to face him just when he was half way up the stairs "When I say 'her room' I mean her room, not your's" he said happily then headed back to the livingroom. Yukio stood where he stopped on the stairway and looked at him was discontent "Take all the fun out of everything, old man" he said silently then continued his way upward.
The Knights, the cats, Raion and the Generals all retreated to the home where the Outer Senshi lived in by 7 in the evening. Everyone were all in silent mode in their own way, Ami was in one of the guest bedroom dressing Lupus's back wounds with the usage of however small amount of knowledge that she knew in medicine. Makoto was assisting Ami in the Livingroom with Minako stroking Lupus's hair back with her hand "I think that should do for you" Ami said as she started putting back the equipments of the first aid. "Thanks, Ami" Minako said as she was left alone with Lupus in the room. Rei was down stairs talking on the phone to Usagi's parents to let them know that she was staying over at her temple "Yeah, no it's no problem with my grandfather in fact he loves having two granddaughters over" she said over the phone with a fake laugh. Then hung up and walked to the livingroom, Michiru came walking down the stairs with a tray of untouched food "Did he eat anything?" Haruka asked while leaning on the counter as her lover walked to the kitchen. "No, he just said 'No thank you then kept looking up at the Moon" Michiru explained as she started storing the left over food away food. "Everyone, to the livingroom!" Yori shouted as he walked down the stairs from Raion's room, everyone did what he asked and assemble to the livingroom. Once everyone found their own comfortable place, Minako kissed a sleeping Lupus on the forehead and left him "Shouldn't Raion be here?" Ami asked as Minako entered the room. Yori shooked his head as he approached the coffee table in the center of the room "We must leave him be" he said as he climbed on the table. "First Raion is not just the king of the Moonkingdom and the ruler of the Silver Millennium but he was first the legendary 'Man of the Moon', the guardian of the Moon Goddess Serene" Yori started out.
Usagi opened her eyes to a blurry vision of her surrounding but once she rubbed her eyes, she quickly remembered what happen to her and what happened on the beach. She sat up on the bed and looked around herself, the room was huge with only a mirror in the corner of the room on the right of the door. Her bed was a grand queen size with female pillow cases and bed sheets covered with heavy blankets, for a moment she thought about her situation then her father's face appeared in her mind. The same expression that he gave her on the beach before their moment was interrupted by the Phantom, just as she was about to climb out of the bed she was startled by her door opening and the Phantom calmly walked in with a white shopping box in his arm. He bowed his head to her for greetings then placed them on corner of the bed, when Usagi waited for him to stand by the corner of the bed she tried to make a run for the door. But she was startled by vicious growling Doberman barking up at her, she screamed as she jumped back only to find the Phantom behind her with his hands on her shoulders. He handed her a note that slipped out of his sleeve, Usagi accepted it when the Phantom released her.
The note read "Dinner will be ready in 30 minutes, please take the time to fit yourself in the dress and check your face. I shall return to bring you down to the dinning room, and all your questions shall be answered. Good evening". Usagi looked up to find the Phantom already out the door and locking it behind her, she then turned to the box that was left with her. She quietly walked to the box "Well only for the sake of the truth" she thought to herself as she opened the box to find a white silken evening dress, it looked like a wedding dress. "Is this an impromptu wedding?" she asked herself loudly and without a wonder about what would happen to her next, she took a quick shower then slipped into the dress. She then waited for the time to pass and the Phantom to come for her but she was mostly praying that her friends and her father comes for her. Finally the lock of the door was unlocked and it slowly opened up to the Phantom standing in the door frame with his hand extended to her "I guess it's dinner time" she said loudly as she rose from the corner of the bed. Usagi accepted his hand offering without any hesitation "You don't talk much do you?" she asked sarcastically as he lead her down the hallway, they made it to the grand stairway.
They entered a grand dinning hall with a huge round table that had tall white candles, classic designed china and tall wine glasses that were filled with wine, the entire meal smelled good to Usagi's noise. She was impressed with the classic styled dinning environment but she still wanted to know why she was there. The Phantom pulled out her chair for her like a decent gentleman "Okay?" she said quietly as she slowly sat in the chair while at the same time, the Phantom pushed the chair in for her. Usagi sat quietly in her chair as the Phantom flipped out a lighted match from his gloved hand and lite up the candles. After he lighted the candles he turned his attention back to Usagi, he was surprised to see her scarfing down the food and gulping down the wine. Behind the mask, Yukio was chuckling in his mind and saying "Whatever happened to her princess manner?", Usagi paid no attention to the staring Phantom. After she finished her meal she sat back and sighed in content "That was a good meal!" she exclaimed with her hand rubbing her belly. "Aren't you going to eat anything?" Usagi asked the Phantom who walked to thin table that was standing by the wall, he picked up a remote control. He held it to his side then clicked on it and suddenly a projector machine was turned on, there were three images shown on three different walls. One on the left, another of the right and finally on the center, Usagi gasped when the images revealed the same images that she saw in Takashi's class
"Lovely images aren't they?" said Takashi coming quietly from behind her, she was surprised to see that he came in without her hearing the door opening but most of all she was surprised to see him. "Takashi!" she exclaimed as she jumped out of her chair "My, my, you do look lovely in that dress. Like a real formal princess" he said with a smile on his face as he made his way around the table to a seat across from her. "What are you-" Usagi asked but stopped to notice the Phantom leaning on the thin table and watch the both of them "Oh don't worry about the Phantom, he is here to be your faithful bodyguard" he said as he poured himself some wine then noticed her empty plate. "Apparently, your good princess manners died with you on the Moonkingdom" he said spitefully.
Usagi was shocked to hear him know about her past death on the Moon "Who are you and how do you know about the Moonkingdom?" she demanded angrily "Now, now, that isn't the proper manners of a princess" he said with a smirk on his face. "Cooperate with me and you might be able to see your friends and your father again" he threatened her as he sat on the chair that was the opposite of her. With that threat that he made, Usagi settled herself down and tried to think about her friends "What do you want with me?" she asked straight forward. "You mean your memories of me have not returned yet? Not even about the Phantom? Or of your father?" Takashi asked with a shocked reaction, he waited patiently for Usagi to answer him. But her hesitation was all the answer that he needed "Well, of course the Phantom took you from him before Raion could even introduce himself to you properly" he said sadistically as he held his and to the Phantom. "That was rude of him and of me, I do apologies Usagi. Or shouldn't I be calling you Princess Serenity? It seems we should be more formal to each other" he continue while Usagi was feeling irritated with Takashi's constant witty remarks. "Please!" she asked abruptly with her fists hitting the table "There, there now, you will see everything that has happened before the destruction of our home" Takashi said. Suddenly Usagi was surprised by the pocket watch that made her fall asleep in the Phantom's arms, the watch's shiny golden back cast a light from the candles on the table. It flashed over Usagi's eyes fast at first then once it started slowing down, Usagi grew calmed and relaxed in her seat but her eyes remained opened as her mind started to dwell down a path that looked like it was taking her forward but instead it was going backwards. She was suddenly seeing the Moonkingdom, standing tall and just as beautiful as it was when Usagi last recalled it from her mother.
Back at the Outer Senshi's home, Yori was just beginning to tell Raion's story on the Moonkingdom at the same time Usagi was the lucky one who got to see it like it was played in a movie theater. While Yori had to tell the Senshi and the General by details and details, hoping that they would get a clear idea of what Usagi was seeing.
"I need you all to know that, Raion was at first known as the legendary 'Man of the Moon', now to the people on Earth that believe that this legend is just a figure that resembles a human's face that is perceived on in a full Moon. But where we came from the Man on the Moon was a real person with a great purpose to us all. You know that Queen Serenity was the incarnation of the Moon goddess Serene? In truth be told: the Man of the Moon was the sole protector and server of the Moon goddess herself. He was chosen to unite the leaders of all planets and search for the Silver Crystal, at that time the planets were not a peace but that does not mean that they were in war either. It was more about the fact that they lived so far apart from each other that it took an entire month to get to one planet after another, except for Earth and the Moon. Each planet was watched and care for by a God or Goddess and they all agreed it was time to unit their mortal leaders. They chosen Raion for his innocence, loyalty, honesty and kindness to others. I explained to Raion that he was to summon all the planetary leaders both the inner and outer ones which he did accomplish successfully with the help of Lord Endymion I, Mamoru's father and the first king of Earth.
Once they were united, I explained that Serene was murdered by an evil God named Kyross, vengeful god who rebelled against Zeus when he pined for Serene's love and when she rejected him, Kyross raped her then killed her. In her death, a shine crystal merged out of her body and before Kyross could take the crystal, Serene's spirit took it away from him and hide it in the form of a median that she had chosen to be her karma. The next task for the knights were to search for that median and get the crystal before Kyross could get it. To help them in their quest, Zeus gave them these powerful rings that gave them the powers of the immortal beasts. They searched everywhere for that median until they soon discovered that the median was a young woman that Raion and Endymion have known all their lives, Selene also soon to be known as Queen Serenity. Once the knights discovered Selene's true identity and the Silver Crystal that merged from out of her body, Raion used that crystal to seal away Kyross. Zeus rejoiced so much that he gave Raion all the wishes that he could ask for and Raion wished for all the planets to be brought together in a peaceful harmonious way. Then came fourth the creation of the Silver Millennium, Raion, Endy and the rest of the planet rulers agreed to call themselves the Knights of the Silver Millennium. Raion and Selene were married a year later but matter the happiest moments then were only a disguise for the troubled sin that was carefully hidden away by Takashi, Raion's younger brother.
Because behind everyone including Raion's back, his younger brother Takashi, who didn't seem to care about peace between all the planets and he felt that since we; Lunarians are superior to the people of Earth then we should be ruling over them. But like Usagi, Raion hoped that Takashi's views and beliefs would change with time passing by but... if only that were true. Fortunately for those who didn't trust Takashi, we relied all investigations of Takashi to the Phantom who was known our trust friend, spy, inspector of the Silver Millennium and protector of Raion and his family. Although he was a knight of the Silver Millennium, Lord Endymion I used his Phantom identity to keep an eye out for all the planets but when he started suspecting Takashi, he place all his attention on him. He finally discovered that he made a deal with Kyross to help him break free from his prison in exchange that he would seizes power over not just the Moon but all the planets in the Silver Millennium. Five years later after Usagi and the Inner planets children were born, Endymion rescued Serenity when Takashi attempt to rape her. When he brought that case to Raion and the other knights, there was no hope of finding Takashi guilty that is until the Endymion brought out Nakuia as a witness. Nakuia was a crippled and deformed boy that Takashi's ward that he took in secretly but he never showed any kind of actions of love or affections, only harsh hits and remarks. Even with all the cruelty that the boy has received from him, Nakuia didn't back up Endymion's accusations. There was no true statement made by Nakuia and no way of finding him guilty but Raion was feed up with defending his brother against his friends, their father and his family. He decided to have him held in his chamber until he would think of something to do with his brother and Nakuia would continue to live with the Moon family.
Takashi escaped from his chamber prison and headed off to finally release Kyross, Raion, myself and his knights head over there to prevent the door from opening. Endymion remained in the Moonkingdom to watch over the Silver Millennium but most of all; to protect Usagi and Selene. At the portal door where Takashi was about to open it, the knights made it there just before he could open it. The only way to keep the door from opening up, was for Raion and the knights to sacrifices their lives and to use their very souls just to keep it closed...I was sent back to the Silver Millennium with their rings and deliver the news about them to their loved ones.
Endy was the last of the last Knight of the Silver Millennium, everyone of the Millennium were grief stricken by our hero's demise; especially the Queen, her daughter and I. But we could not mourn anyone in peace for a moment because I forgotten about Takashi still alive after failing to opening that Kyross's prison gate. He came to the Moonkingdom only to attempt to abduct Usagi and use her blood to reopen that portal, Mamoru protected her with what skill his father taught him but it was the Phantom that came to their rescue. Endy used up all of the moon dusts that Raion gave him to freeze up Takashi, know this; one ball can make freeze you for an hour or two but more then one can freeze you for days maybe even months. With the knights and Raion gone, Selene didn't know what to do next. Endy suggested to her to simple banish Takashi from the Silver Millennium...forever. Selene took his suggestion and sent the frozen Takashi off to space alone, at least that's what we were planing for but Nakuia voluntarily asked to be sent off with him. So they were sent off together and we never heard from them for the next 12 years that were to come ahead and Endymion used his watch of hypnosis to erase all memories of the knights and of Raion from the minds of all of you...especially Usagi. Now you know about the invasion of Beryl and her master Metallia invading the Moonkingdom? Endymion's trusted honor guards Kunzite, Zoisite, Nephrite and Jadeite were under the spell that Metallia used to gain control over all the people from Earth. Endy was murdered by Beryl before he could reach the Moonkingdom to warn Selene and Usagi who now became Princess Serenity, Endy managed to get his son Prince Endymion II to warn the ladies of the Moon and the other planets." Yori was now sitting by the window that faced the front yard as he ended that one part of the story "And the rest you know about the destruction of the Silver Millennium and the Moonkingdom, Queen Serenity used the power of the crystal to send us all to Earth only without our memories of course and apparently Takashi was reborn on Earth like the rest of us" he said as he turned to face everyone. "But how did Raion managed to bring back the Generals- I-I mean the honor guards?" Ami asked now realizing who they really are in their history "Ask Nephrite" Raion interrupted as he walked down the stairs.
"It was him that helped me find the way to riding them of all the negative energy that Metallia filled them with" he added as he walked to the fire place that faced everyone in the room. "When I woke up from my coma, Yori informed me about what had happened to Nephrite when he found love from a human girl" he explained, a name burst into Rei and Ami's mind at the same time "Naru" they both said. "His discovery of love and laughter freed his soul from his poisoned body, I used the crystal to cleans him and all the rest of the honor guards" Raion explained as he placed his hand on the high board. Makoto suddenly realized something from their battle against Beryl "You were at the battle of Beryl?" she asked but Raion took it as a statement "Yes, I was there. Watching how strong each of you were out there...and my daughter" he answered as he turned to face them "Your fathers would have all been proud of all of you" he said to them with a smile. "Uh my L-" Haruka was about to say the two words that Raion detest hearing but Michiru elbowed her in the rib "I mean, Raion about the crystal?" she asked after grunting hard in pain "And I though I told you to touch me gently" she whispered to her partner. "And I told you: When we are alone" she whispered back to her, Zoisite got tired of hearing the woman having flirt chats that she turned to them and "SHH!" them. "After Beryl was defeated, Usagi was in between death but she still had one last will to ask for one wish which was to go back to the beginning before she met Luna" Raion explained.
"I granted her that wish with the crystal and sent all of you to start all over again, that's what placed me in that coma" Raion explained with his hands in his pocket "It was the least I could do for all of you" he added then walked to where Yori was at. "But why did you bring us back?" Kunzite asked with his arm around Zoisite's shoulder "Because I will be needing you in our next task" was all that Raion said as he stroked Yori on the back. "Sounds like you have a plan" Setsuna said looking at the king "No...Just another plot to either close that gate again or destroy Kyross once and for all" he answered.
Meanwhile back at Takashi's mansion where Usagi was now passed out on the floor by all those visions of the past, it was over flowing in her head even when she was sleeping. "You better take her back to her room" Takashi said when he knelt down and touched her cheek "Shit! I was hoping to tell her about what happen to me" Yukio said as he removed his mask and knelt on the other side of her. "Now, now let's save that surprise when she is awaken" he said as Yukio slipped his hands under her back and legs "What's next?" he grunted out as he lifted her off the floor. "Raion is short handed of knights and the honor guards are mortals" Takashi answered as he rose by his son "He obviously has a plan for them" Yukio said with Usagi in his arms. "Hmm, I believe so. Will need to figure what they are up, have Eye ready for another task" Takashi commanded, Yukio nodded to him then exited the room.