by Kaekilia LeoLynn
Yeah, that last chapter was funny... and I have no clue where it came from! Oh Well! Annother day annother chapter. This one should be a bit longer than the last two and a bit more serious. Don't worry, we'll still have fun... I have plans. Mwahahahaha!
By the way... I am in the middle of totally revamping my website. You'll LOVE the changes!
Randomness:
Is it legal to name your kid "Anonymous"?
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Chapter 23
Seiya and Serena met up with the others in the main hall as planned. Suprisingly, Raye had invited Mari-meya to come with them and the two were further off, laughing and joking amungst themselves. Seiya cocked an eyebrow at their actions, but said nothing. On the other hand, Mari-Meya turned to Seiya and saluted, which was brushed off as unnecessary.
"Lady Fighter, Star Seer has just received word that Greiver, Singer, Raider, and Dancer have returned with four more Earth Soldiers. They are on their way to the pallace as we speak."
"What?" Seiya exclaimed.
"They left Earth defenseless?" Yaten was in just as much shock as her sisters.
"Why would they leave like that? You said they were under orders to stay there until we returned home." Serena was angry, no furious. How could the Starlights she trusted to protect her planet suddenly leave it? All Seiya could do was shrug in response.
"I have no idea why they would come back without orders... unless..."
"Uranus." Taiki and Yaten said in unison. Seiya sighed and met Serena's eyes with her own.
"I swear to you, no harm shall come to your planet."
"If Amara sanctioned their departure, she probably has a good reason." Ami replied thoughtfully.
"Yeah a reason to come here and bitch." Yaten muttered. Mina shushed her with a kiss.
"Well, they should be here soon, right? Let's just ask when they get here." Lita said, crossing her arms.
"Ask who what?" came a ghostly voice from the doorway. Everyone turned to see Star Raider standing there with Uranus and Neptune in tow. Shortly afterwards, Dancer, Griever and Singer appeared with Pluto, Saturn and Darien. (AN: that's the first time he appears in this fic. Hooray for him. Now let's go back to reading.)
"What the hell are you doing here? Who gave you orders to leave?" Seiya shouted, her voice echoing off the marble. Serena had to admit, Seiya was scary when she was mad.
"Don't yell at me about it." Griever said as she stepped forward. She pointed to Uranus. "The bitch here, forced us to leave saying that she..."
"You girls have been here long enough. It's time you come back." Uranus interrupted, glancing back at the ebony haired Starlight in time to see her scowl.
"Who are you to make the decicions? I am the Princess of this system! Not you. I have the right to make my own choices and the choices of what else happens within the system. And right now, WE are going to have some fun with our friends. YOU go home and protect it like you're supposed to." Serena shouted. This caused Uranus to step back and the others to look at her in shock. All was silent for a moment, but the Moon Princess continued to seeth in anger.
Uranus glared at Seiya and pointed a finger at her, accusingly. "You corrupted her! Why have you been feeding her these lies?"
"What lies? I haven't done anything." Seiya exclaimed. When Uranus moved towards her menicingly, Seiya quickly transformed. She pointed her finger at the Earth Soldier as she continued to advance. A small ball of energy formed at her fingertip. "I'm warning you only once, Amara, come any closer and I will fire."
"May I remind you, Uranus, you are far beyond your jurisdiction. Attempt anything here and we can arrest you and hold you for judgement." Maker said, crossing her arms. Uranus haulted her advance on Fighter and faced Maker.
"Who the hell asked for your input?"
"Amara, please. Don't do this. It isn't necessary." Neptune spoke in a calm and soothing mannor, but Uranus was immune to it.
Pluto finally spoke up. "Our ties are to close to break now. Don't do anything stupid, Uranus."
"Please stop fighting. This is supposed to be a fun day. You're just ruining it." Mina said, grabbing onto Yaten's arm for comfort. The silver haired Starlight looked at her lovingly. Uranus immedeately pounced on the action.
"Just what the hell have you five been up to?"
"Making our own destinies." Serena answered at once. All of the Sailor Soldiers' eyes were on her now. "We've been here finding love, creating new friends and losing others, signing treaties, and swearing at destiny for fucking us over."
"What did you just say?" Darien asked, speaking up for the first time. He was shocked. Not only at Serena's new boldness but at her foul language as well. She wasn't like that before she came to this strange new world. Serena locked eyes with him and he found he couldn't breathe. The love was gone from her eyes. She didn't love him anymore. "Wha... What have you done? Serena?"
"I have made my own path. The only reason why we remained together is because of or past lives and the future. Well, I'm not Princess Serenity anymore. Even though a part of her does still live on in me, I am Serena. I'm a different person. Therefore I have the right to choose my future and... my love." Serena looked at Star Fighter causing the Starlight to blush. Serena finally looked back at Darien. "I truly am sorry, but I just couldn't live in the past... or in the illusion that I was showded in by my own gaurdians."
"What do you mean by that?" Neptune asked, still shocked at the change in her princess.
"We never showded you in any illusion. Where the hell are you getting these stupid ideas?" Uranus shouted, once again glaring at Fighter.
"You're all sitting there saying that if I don't marry Darien, the future as we know it will be destroyed. Rini won't be born and Crystal Tokyo will never come to be. You never said what would happen if I made my own choices for the future. You were all too affraid to see beyond the looking glass... beyond the future we knew, to any other future. I was blinded by that future as well and thought there was a scipt that needed to be followed strictly in order to achieve it. I'm tired of doing as I'm told or doing things a certain way just because that's the way I'll do it in that ONE possible future. I'm creating my own. Here and now, with Seiya." Serena was quiet. The room was quiet. Then came a clap. And annother. Everyone turned towards the thrown room to see Queen Kakyoku and Princess Kakyuu applauding the Moon Princess.
"Very well spoken." Kakyoku replied. She and Kakyuu approached the rest of the group, getting bows from the lower-ranked Starlights. The Queen's ruby eyes scanned the faces of all the new-comers. "You five need to understand the words of your princess as she is the heart and soul of your system. If she is unhappy, the system suffers. You should learn to respect your Princess for who she is and what she wants. While you are pondering over that, why don't you all go to the festival; give some tempers a chance to cool. Then came back for dinner and we will discuss this civilly."
"That's a great idea. What do you say, Amara? Want to take a gander at our Independance Festival?" Fighter asked, dropping out of her transformation. Amara scowled at her in responce.
"What about our planet? It's defenseless." Lita said, the worry evident in her voice. The queen smiled and looked to her daughter.
"It has been taken care of. When I heard that Uranus had forced the early return of Griever's team, I immedeately dispatched more Starlights. The ten of them should be arriving about now." Kakyuu explained. The Earth Soldiers were a little more at ease about that news.
"Why the hell wasn't I notified of this?" Seiya exclaimed.
"None of us were told." added Yaten.
"The report came in over the comms early this morning. Weren't you listening?" Singer cocked and eyebrow and crossed her arms. Seiya blushed and looked away. Yaten looked at Mina and winced. Taiki had to refrain from laughing outright. Singer was abashed. "You weren't listening?"
"Just what HAVE you been doing here?" Griever asked, eyeing down her commander. Seiya turned to her, still slightly blushing.
"A lot."
"We've got some news, good and bad, but it can wait until later tonight. Let's not ruin the... um... good mood." Taiki once again had to hide her laughter. Seiya stuck her tounge out at her.
"Come on kids, let's go to the festival before you end up hurting eachother." Kakyoku chuckled as she made her way through the Sailor Soldiers and out of the palace. Kakyuu and the others followed.
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Author's note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It was a lot longer than the last two. Thank you, Serenitynight, Lunadoragon, Sailor Fire Star, and Tinkerbell for your reviews. I'm almost up to 50. Cool!
This sucks! My girlfriend just broke up with me and she's not telling me why. In fact she's not even talking to me... so I can't fix the problem. How does one get a girl to talk to them again?