Revelations
Usagi and Raion spent the entire day walking all around the town talking about her days on Earth from the day that she tossed her homework paper on Mamoru's head to the point where they got their memories back again after sending Al and En back to their new home. But when they winded up back at the apartment building, Usagi realized she was coming to the part about Chi-usa, Usagi hesitated and stopped dead in her track on the side walk that she and Raion were walking on. Raion stopped and turned to see his daughter hesitation "What is it?" he asked in a concern voice, Usagi remained silent for a long moment before she lite up a smile with little twinkles of happy tears. "You-you are going to have a granddaughter in about six years from now" she finally with a cheerful laughter, Raion's heart stopped dead in it's tracks now like Usagi stopped in her walking tracks. He started to gasp for air and he began to almost feel light headed "A-a granddaughter?" he repeated her statement then chuckled with his own twinkles of joy "Oh! Oh by the Gods and Goddesses in all the Heavens!" he exclaimed then he became so overwhelmed and excited that grabbed her face with his hands. "I prayed for a daughter to immortalizes your mother's beauty now I am blessed even more by receiving daughters for my future generations. It is more then I could ever ask for all my deeds as a knight, a king, a husband and a father or...a as grandfather" he said while crying again. He begins to sob again as he takes Usagi into his arms and holds her tightly "Thank the Gods, I am blessed all over again with this. Thank you" he said with his face snuggled on his daughter's shoulder. They stood locked in each other's arms sobbing silently until Usagi spotted Mamoru coming out of the apartment building with a smile on his face.
"I thought you left me permanently" he said as he walked down the stairs to them, Raion turned to face him and without any warning, he released Usagi from and rushed to grab a hold of Mamoru. "Your father would be so proud of you" he said happily with his hand now on Mamoru's chest, the young man was at first startled by the king's reaction toward him. Until he looked at Usagi's expression and realized that she told Raion about Chibi-usa "I guess we have your blessing" Mamoru said while chuckling and hugging Raion back. The happy king turned to Usagi and pulled her into a group hug, one that involved Raion hugging the young couple alone and they were just holding him in surprise. "You have both made me very proud and happy" he said, Usagi and Mamoru looked at each other from behind Raion's shoulders. While Raion was overwhelmed with excitement, Usagi and Mamoru were worried that he was going to have another stroke. "Not yet, though" Mamoru corrected as Raion finally released the couple from his embrace "We still need to deal with your brother and find out what happen to my cousin" Usagi said as they stood and faced one another in a serious tone. "Yes, you are right" Raion agreed calmly "We know for sure that the teacher from your college class, Takashi is my brother for starters" he added as he walked to the steps in front of the building and sat on the second one. "If we get to him, we can get to-" Raion wasn't able to finish his statement due to the surprising appearance of Yukio who comes quickly parking his motorcycle on the curb in front of the three of them.
"Dudes, what the hell happen to you back at the hospital when that Godzilla-look-a-like guy came along!" he asked loudly as he removed his helmet and dismounted from his cycle. "I thought you guys were eaten alive by it" he said as he walked to them, Usagi and Mamoru looked at each other as they recalled what happen to them at the hospital. "Sorry, we got separated with the whole commotion" Mamoru explained to Usagi "No I am sorry that we all got lost during that" Usagi said to them both. Raion rose up on his feet with a curious look on his face as he looked at Yukio, Mamoru and Usagi noticed his confused expression and felt bad that they nearly left him out. "Oh sorry Raion" Mamoru said as turned to him and placed a hand on his shoulder "Uh Yukio this is uh" Mamoru said but couldn't finish without coming up with some convincing answer. "My father, Raion" Usagi just blurted out plainly and unashamed "Dad, this is Yukio, a friend that I made from college" Usagi introduced with her hand twined to his. Yukio approached him with his hand extended and his expression unchanged when in his mind he was thinking "Hey uncle and hello cousin" as he said "Hey, it's nice to meet you". Raion nodded in reply as he took the young man's hand and shook it, he suddenly sensed a strong familiar vibes. For the next 2 seconds that passed after the introduction occurred; Raion stared at Yukio and analyzed him while Yukio held his expression without changing. "Something wrong, sire?" Yukio asked while acting like he didn't feel any vibes from Raion "Uh, no, no it's just that I thought you were familiar to me for a moment" Raion answered while still a little shaken from his hand shake. "Well uh, again it's nice to meet you" Yukio said as he pulled his hand out of Raion's hand "And uh HEY! You two. I wanted to show you this" he said pointing at Mamoru and Usagi then reached to the back of his pocket jean and pulled out a folded up newspaper. He handed it to Usagi, she opened up the newspaper to see a picture of the monster that Raion defeated at the hospital "Always remember as a photographer; never leave without your camera" Yukio said laughingly without any reactions that are similar to anybody who was there. "You are a photographer?" Raion asked curiously as he looked at the pictures from between the couple "Yep, it's not much but it puts food on the table and keeps a roof over my head" Yukio explained as he goofed around and spined in a circle with his hands behind his head. "That was a scary moment for all of us" Usagi complimented as she was about to close the newspaper; Yukio comes back to her and stops her "Wait, look in the next page after that" he said quickly as he turned the page over from Usagi's grasp. Usagi, Mamoru and Raion saw another picture of what looked like a Greek Gazebo with the symbol for Earth on the top with more strange writings on the stone steps. "By the Gods!" Raion exclaimed in shock as he snatched the newspaper out of Usagi's hands, Usagi and Mamoru worried about Yukio becoming suspious of Raion's immediate reactions. "Uh, it's just a very beautiful Gazebo, isn't it?" Usagi asked to try and distract Yukio "Not really, Takashi found it in the woods up north where they also found the remaining of a castle from what is said to be millions of years ago and I am not just saying the middle ages. He claims that it is a transporting Gazebo, the only question is: 'Does it transport you from one place on Earth or does it transport you from here to..." Yukio explained with a thrilling excitement in his voice then turned and pointed straight to the sky as he finished his explanation "Somewhere up there?". Usagi and Mamoru were overwhelmed by the information from Yukio, they looked at each other for a moment then back to him "Um, do you believe that?" Mamoru asked with a convincing act of clueless. Yukio laughed before he answered "Hell yeah I do!" he said with his arms waving in the air, then he looked behind the couple to see that Raion wasn't where he was anymore "And apparently, your old man believes it too" he added while pointing it out. Usagi and Mamoru turned around and found that Raion disappeared from behind them "Raion!" Usagi exclaimed as she scanned the area that they were at. But he was no where in sight "I think he may have headed to that Gazebo" Mamoru whispered to Usagi's ear, she turned to him with a bit of fear in her eyes.
Raion made it on his own to the museum just in time to see the security guards leaving their post to go on their lunch break. He hid in the Japanese middle ages collection area which was next door to the room that the Gazebo was at. Raion walked to it with a surprised expression on his face, again his memories flooded his mind, memories of how he and the other knights used this Gazebo to transport themselves from one planet to another in a matter of seconds. Raion suddenly sensed eyes staring at him from behind and he turned to see Takashi leaning on the wall with his arms crossed with a huge grin on his face. "No Raion, you are not dreaming, I am really here" he said now with his arms spread opened like he was awaiting a hug, Raion stayed where he was without moving. "Oh come on Raion, we are still brothers and we are family. Don't you want to greet me with a hug?" Takashi sneered then laughed at his brother's hesitancy "I am afraid that you have done too much damage to my home and my family to receive a proper embrace just yet" Raion said still without moving toward him. Takashi chuckled softly at his reply "I was surprised to hear that you were reincarnated" Takashi said as he walked to the Gazebo and away from Raion. "I was just as surprised as you were, everyone died on the Silver Millennium and they were reborn on Earth" Raion replied, suddenly Takashi sensed something in Raion's voice. "You were not reincarnated like Usagi and the other royal children of the Silver Millennium" Takashi said while staring at him in amazement. Raion was silent and unmoved "How sad" Takashi said as he approached Raion "That you look so healthy and yet..." he said until he stopped right in front of Raion. Then by surprised to Raion, Takashi jabbed his fist onto Raion's chest, Raion screamed in such agonizing pain from his heart as he fell to the ground while gushing blood at the same time, the punch felt like a knife was stabbed right into him. "You are dying on the inside" Takashi finished as he slipped his hand in his pocket, Raion rolled on his side while still groining in pain "I wonder if Usagi knows about this?" Takashi said as he stepped over his brother without a care for him. "Well I am going to give you another chance for us to be brothers and friends again and a family again if you consent to making me the ruler of the Silver Millennium" Takashi said as he stood facing the Gazebo and placed a hand on it and the other in his pocket. Raion's concerns were now more focused on Usagi and how his brother right about not being able to seeing his daughter or the granddaughter. "She does know" Raion finally said then coughed as he struggled to get back on his feet "And she will fight to keeping the kingdoms at peace, destroy Kyross and to keep me alive" Raion said as he placed his hand over his heart and the other on his knee. Takashi turned to face him "And most of all, Takashi. I will never let you rule over my kingdom nor any of my fellow knight brothers's kingdom for as long as I still stand...and my Usagi" Raion vowed now standing straight and tall. "What makes you think that you can stop a powerful God like Kyross? You can't imprison him, oh and if you think that prophecy that your friend Endy recommended to you would work? You still are missing one more Earth person to complete this task" Takashi said insultingly now with both hands in his pocket. "True, but that doesn't stop hoping" Raion said unmoved and unattached by his discouragement "Very noble Raion, I guess that is why father chose you to rule over me and why shouldn't he?" Takashi asked sarcastically and Raion shook his head with no thought of humor to Takashi's joke. "I didn't have a beautiful child or a wife that was a goddess" Takashi listed all his denied desires while Raion only looked at him with pity "No, you chose to rape a woman and have what you consider an ugly child but you could have loved him, you could hav-" Raion was quickly cut off by Takashi "Love! How do yu love something that has a face that is more worthy of fear and terror? Don't you tell me what I could have done for Nakuia" Takashi hissed at him harshly.
Takashi looked at him for a moment then chuckled softly as he slipped his hands into his pocket and looked to the floor. "Then I hope you not try to interfere with our plans" he said, Raion looked at him in shocked and puzzled at what he meant by the 'our' part in his statement then he figured that he meant him and the Phantom. "Tell me, who is this Phantom that is serving you?" Raion demanded in his royal tone, Takashi smiled sinisterly before he answered. But before he could, both men were interrupted by the abrupt entrance of Usagi, Mamoru and Yukio. Usagi was shocked with fright when she saw the blood on her father's face and shirt "Father!" Usagi exclaimed as she rushed to grab a hold of him in her arms. Mamoru rushed to stand by the other side of Raion "You heartless bastard!" Usagi said as she was about to launch at Takashi in a violent manner. Mamoru grabbed a hold of her and pulled her back "He's not worth this!" he said as he pulled her away, Takashi only stood smiling without flinching from Usagi's near attack. "Usagi, my dear and Mamoru, son you both came at a perfect time" he said jokingly then looked to Yukio "And with perfect timing as well" he added as he pulled out the Phantom's mask from the inner pockets of his jacket. Mamoru, Usagi and Raion all stood up and looked at Takashi with confusion in their eyes then they turned to Yukio who had been standing by in silence. "I thought you all might like to meet my son, Yukio who was once called Nakuia but resents being called that" Takashi said then tossed the mask to Yukio like a frisbee. Usagi looked to Yukio with amazement "What the Hell are you talking about?" Mamoru asked in his own shocking voice. "Oh Raion, you didn't sense anything from Yukio?" Takashi said then suddenly the moon symbol on his forehead started to glow. He turned to his son, a beam of light shot out his head and hit Yukio on his forehead "I was hoping the rest of the Senshi would be here but I will just have to make due with the three of you" Takashi said as Yukio's entire body started to glow and wind began to blow on him. Suddenly a strange symbol appeared on his forehead, one that was unique from the rest of those who lived on the Silver Millennium, it was a combination of the moon and earth at the same time. "I would like all three of you to meet my son, the future ruler of the Silver Millennium" he added then the light dissolved and the wind disintegrated, Yukio stood before them with this small grin on his face and his eyes still close. Then he opened them and reached into the pocket of his jacket "I couldn't help but laugh every time you guys don't notice my connection to my father" he said as he pulled out the Phantom's mask. Usagi and her two men looked at him in shock as Yukio placed the mask over his and suddenly the mask expanded all over his head. Then Yukio spread his arms opened with the black cape attached to both of the arms, then he swung it around himself until he was completely cover in it then he rose up to his feet again. And there standing before them now with his arms casually crossed over his chest is the Phantom himself then he waves at Usagi who was now even more shocked with Mamoru next to her and Raion to shock for words. Usagi concluded in her own head that Yukio is her cousin Nakuia!
Apologies for the long suspense that I placed you guys in, I had another case of writer's block and for the one that advices me to keep my words separate (Thank you for that by the way) but I use WordPerfect to write my stories and it is a P.I.T.A. but it publishes to HTML when I post them on the site. I hope you like this chapter, and keep posting positive responses, it gives me some encouragement to continue writing.