The Fight for Crystal Tokyo
Neo-Queen Serenity always wondered when the Black Moon Family would attack, but they never did. Instead, a worse threat comes at Crystal Tokyo endangering the peace and joy that has reigned for a millennium.
Author's Notes: This is the third and final story to my "Crystal Tokyo" series. In "The Awakening for Crystal Tokyo", Crystal Tokyo was awakened. In "Nightmares of the King" Neo-King Endymion establishes his four generals. Now on to this story...
Urawa Ryo in the English dub is Greg and Kumada Yuuichirou is Chad. Katarina is from a Japanese Episode in the first season of Sailor Moon that was not dubbed. Also, in Crystal Tokyo, it takes someone twenty years to age. So Chibi-Usa who is actually 160 years old appears to be Age 8.
Chapter 1
A Wedding for Love
The blonde was beautiful in her white gown. She walked down the isle of the vast church with the prettiest bouquet of white lilies and elegance in every step. Her blue eyes expressed her anxiety, but of course all wives-to-be had a sense of anxiousness that came along with that never ending isle walk.
This isle symbolized the road into her new life. Her life had been many things before; she had been a normal girl and a cat with a crescent moon-shaped imprint on its forehead had changed that for her. Then, she was fighter for love and justice as a beautiful Senshi but the awakening of Crystal Tokyo had halted her duty for some time now. Now she was a governess and one-fourth of Neo-Queen Serenity's court, and here she was becoming a wife.
Aino Minako could not be any more frightened by this walk. With every step she took down the isle, it grew longer and thinner. Where had the time gone? Minako became Sailor V, then Sailor Venus, then governess of Point 5 of Crystal Tokyo but here she was becoming a wife. She was already a mother to a handsome blonde boy she had named Ryoku so the next inevitable thing on the list would be grandmother, then great grandmother, then great-great grandmother then... maybe she shouldn't think about it.
Thirtieth century Crystal Tokyo was living long and thriving hard, and life had been good since that day that happened over a millennium ago. As the centuries passed, every member of the inner Senshi was married. Of course it started with Serenity marrying Endymion but she and the other three girls thought that Minako would be next.
Minako was of course the princess of Venus and once Usagi took her place as queen she became the leader. She was blonde, beautiful, curvaceous, and lively. How she couldn't find a husband in over one-thousand years was beyond anyone's imagination. Ironically, it was Makoto, Minako's head bridesmaid, that was second to marry. Some six centuries ago, one of the generals of Neo-King Endymion's court proposed to Makoto saying that even in the Silver Millennium he had loved her. Kuregata Kasai, the legendary warrior of the comets was that man and today he was filling in as Best Man to Minako's husband-to-be because the one who was supposed to be was not present but at least Kasai was accompanied by another one his and the groom's friends Kyoushou Zachary.
The irony grew as another one of Minako's bridesmaids Ami was the next to be married. Her old flame Urawa Ryo had come back to her, as one of the world's leading chemists. "This was the future I saw you in," Ryo told her before proposing. Then Rei's old flame came along. Kumada Yuuichirou had finally come back to make Rei his wife. She agreed once they gave him a proper haircut.
As Minako danced the first dance with her new husband she wondered why it had taken her so long to marry. Maybe, she finally felt that she could settle down. She was always skeptical of Crystal Tokyo's safety, but one could guess she got tired of her skepticism. As she gazed into the blue eyes of her lawfully wedded husband, she couldn't tell what he was feeling. How could she blame him though, she didn't even know what she was feeling!
Noticing that others had joined them on the floor, (beginning with Neo-Queen Serenity and Neo-King Endymion) Minako took that time to go serve herself some punch, leaving her husband's arms.
"I'm so proud of you Minako!" a familiar yet foreign voice called from behind her, planting a small kiss on her cheek.
"Katarina!" Minako exclaimed. "You made it, but how, and when?"
"Come on, could I miss my girl's wedding?" Katarina replied. "It's been so long!"
"Tell me about it; what kept you away for a millennium, girlie?" Minako asked excitedly. "London can't be that exciting without me." Minako and Katarina laughed with one another until Katarina hugged her ready to return to enjoying the reception.
Minako was again alone as she stared into the punchbowl seeing a wine-red, distorted image looking back at her. "You know," someone said behind her. "It's better if you drink the punch and not stare at it."
"Rei-chan!" Minako exclaimed. Rei, priestess of fire and the Senshi of Mars stood before her in her bridesmaid dress. "What's going on?"
Rei smiled at her friend and gave an indication that she knew how Minako was feeling. "It feels weird doesn't it; being married?" Without waiting for a response she continued. "Don't worry; you'll be happy as soon as the marriage progresses."
"How are you so sure?" Minako asked.
"Well, since the whole marriage process hasn't really gone according to plan, you're just feeling a little confused." Rei was not talking about having the wedding in the biggest church or how the train of Minako's dress filled most of it. "You thought you were going to be married first out of all of us, only second to Usagi... Serenity, I mean. Now, you just can't get over the fact that you aren't the example that we three can look at."
That was half of it, Minako had to admit it but something still didn't feel right. What else could constitute this weird feeling? "It could be the fact that you've found a husband that is prettier than you are... at least I think so." She snickered. Minako blushed. Yeah, that was half of the other half. Seeing a handsome man would tempt any woman and in return would tempt the handsome man to be unfaithful. However, her husband probably wouldn't succumb to the pressure. "Oh yeah," Rei continued. "You won't have to worry about that since everyone now knows he's the father of your child."
Leave it to good ole Rei to purge the truth onto a silver platter. There was the whole reason. It was true; the man had kept to himself for sometime before willingly committing to Minako so here they were bound together for life. Not even their Age Seven child had brought them together until he was halfway into his Age Three. Hopefully, now married, they were bound by a cord and love that could not be broken, but time would tell that. Thanking Rei for her words, Minako took her seat as Neo-King Endymion and Neo-Queen Serenity were about to give their speech to honor of the newly wedded couple.
Taking her seat she looked beside her – her husband was not in his seat. Beginning to panic, she looked around the reception hall, looking for a beautiful blonde man in a grey tuxedo. Hopefully he would return before the king and queen announced their nuptials to the guests.
"It's been wonderful to see so many good friends get married," Neo-Queen Serenity said. "But it's especially wonderful to see one of your closest girlfriends to do so, especially after so long."
Endymion agreed. "When I first came in contact with Lady Minako, it was her outgoing personality that made me realize that the life of the queen was in good hands. She has displayed leadership and has always stepped up to the plate in a time of need."
"Let's just hope no one expects her to be a nurse... we'll leave that to Lady Ami." Serenity said as the laughter filled the whole room. "But in all seriousness, she is a compassionate and a loving friend. During my pregnancy with Small Lady, she was there trying all she could to help me."
Continuing with their heartfelt speech, Neo-King Endymion continued. "And during Minako's own pregnancy and birth of Ryoku, she did not expect this great city to continue loving her, but Minako, I still don't understand why you would think such a thing especially after doing so much for each and every one of us."
Minako was on the verge of tears as Endymion looked straight into her eyes. She wished that her husband was with her to share the moment and that was when she remembered, her husband was still no where to be found. It would be so embarrassing if she had to stand up and be presented to Crystal Tokyo by herself. She had been recognized many times before as governess but now she was a governess who had a husband. Her husband should be there to stand with her!
"What did I miss?" her husband asked taking his seat.
"Oh my God," Minako sighed. "If you weren't here in the next ten seconds, I'd have found you and killed you!" she whispered so little Ryoku wouldn't hear.
"Calm down Mina-chan, I'm here now and there's nothing to worry about." He assured her. She wanted to be angry or at least a little uneasy but something within her didn't allow it. Whether it was her husband or the fact that it was supposed to be the happiest day of her life she did not know so she smiled as Endymion reached the end of his speech.
"It is my pleasure to present to you General and Lady Shuensha Roiyaru." Applause arose around the hall as Minako and Roiyaru stood up.
"Wow," she thought. She was now Shuensha Roiyaru's wife. Shuensha Minako did have a certain ring to it. As the two held hands and waved to the attendees of the reception, happiness suddenly hit Minako. Her smile was big, bold, and beautiful. She thought herself the prettiest woman in the world and there she stood between the two most handsome men in the world. Now the world could address them as General and Lady Shuensha of Crystal Tokyo Point 5, which also had a ring to it. Roiyaru looked into Minako's eyes and the feeling was there for the both of them this time. Sharing the most passionate kiss they probably had given each other ever since they had dated, the wedding ended on a spectacular note.
After the long reception, Minako waved all her guests goodbye. Chatting with her four best friends she hugged and cried. She had finally joined them in marriage life and she felt great. After everyone left, Roiyaru, Minako, and Ryoku (sleeping in Roiyaru's arms) took a limo to their home in Point 5.
Once they got home, the two helped each other change Ryoku into his pajamas and tucked their child into bed. Heading into their room the two showered together letting the hot water wash over them both. Roiyaru slowly brought her close in the shower and whispered his love for her. "I'm sorry I made you two wait so long." He whispered at her.
"I'm sorry it took me so long to realize I needed you." She responded. They kissed each other's lips passionately. It was love, it was a dream to actually be in love, she responded. Roiyaru knew the feeling. He'd admit that one point in his life he was confused, but he'd be ready to add that it was Minako that made him leave that confusion alone. He had fallen deeply in love with the princess from Venus and this was the way he could express it. His duty now as a husband was to love her and he had every intention to keep that vow.
Roiyaru had picked a perfect life-partner. She was within herself a goddess. Minako was the full embodiment of Aphrodite and Roiyaru was but a mortal lover from the stars. Every time he touched her he was overly fulfilled.
It still felt like a sin to make love in the way they did because it felt that good. Living up to her name, the Senshi of Love, it was no wonder that their expression of love was a perfect picture from beginning to end. The rising action was sweet, seductive, and beautifully slow and thoughtful. Every motion and gesture was a joint expression between the lovers. The climax was a melodious symphony. Their names escaped the other's lips – a perfect mixture of her alto and his baritone voice. Their falling action was just as loving as their rising. Sometimes so much that love would rise all over again. Their kisses were filled with thanks and words that could only signify they're love for one another.
Then the silence would come and they would evaluate each other instinctively knowing what made the other happy and what did not. Lying perpendicular to the bed, letting blonde hair fall to the floor in a mixture of his and hers, they held hands.
However, this night was more special because they were finally intertwined wholly in both a physical and sacred sense. They were husband and wife and in a few hours they would wake up husband and wife.
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