Right, well, I guess I am in a writing mood. Warning Implied rape and character death.
'Still she sleeps, and the world she protected needs her now, yet still she sleeps.' An old quote chased through his forehead as he struggled through Demando's fortress. Chibi-Usa, his precious little bunny had been kidnaped by a man obsessed with her mother. For a minute or so, he hated his wife. In retrospect, this was her fault, for being so wonderful, for being protective and being cased in crystal. If only she had listen to him, stayed inside where she was safe, where he could protect her. Then to have his daughter dragged into this war was ludicrous. His own true family ripped asunder because his wife had to be to kind. She should of followed his advise and sealed the Dark Moon in Nemesis instead of merely banishing them there. Yet, his heart sorrowed for his Lunarian Queen, his love, who slumbers safely in the crystal prison.
His hand felt heavy as his sword appeared in subconscious defense, as he neared the core of the domain. The onyx doors swung open in a welcoming gesture. Shock spread through his system as he saw who sat perched on Demando's knee like an obedient daughter. "Chibi-Usa?" He questioned, as she had nearly aged to her mother's present years.
"Chibi-Usa?" She inquired. "Why no, I'm Black Lady." She scolded cheerfully.
"Lady, that isn't how we greet guests, what would your mother think?" Demando scolded lightly.
"Quite right Papa." Black Lady agreed, and rose from his knee. She dropped a perfect curtsy before standing with a smirk.
"Lady, go to your room, I wish not for you to see this." Demando ordered.
"Yes, Prince Demando." Lady stated and faded into the dark hallways of the Nemesis castle.
"What have you done to my daughter?" Endymion yelled.
"She is no longer your daughter." Demando sneered back.
"Have you brainwashed her into believing she is yours?" He asked.
"Hardly, I merely concocted the fact that she was born from her mother via the crystal." Demando explained. "She views me as her father figure, because the Queen is to be mine." He finished before standing up with a lazy stretch. "Now, shall we, I wish for your death quickly, I have things to do." Demando commented before launching a strike with a thin rapier that had appeared in his hand. "Don't be careful, the tip is poison, please scratch yourself." He instructed, dodging the heavy handed hit.
For awhile it was a marvelous dance between the King of the White Moon, and the Prince of the Dark Moon. However, it was fruitless, as Demando was fresh while Endymion had been fighting for awhile. With a quick lower block followed by an uppercut, he unarmed his opponent. Yet, Endymion refused surrender and charged with fist flying. This melee barrage was ended as he flew by, being nicked by the tip of the blade.
"Foolish, you are going to die now." Demando stated.
"That maybe so, but your plan is ruined too." Endymion returned before using his fading energy to leave the castle with the senshi's powers in hand. Demando screamed angrily before following, but he was much to late. He arrived in time to see Endymion smash the dark crystal against the crystal prison of the Queen. However, instead of breaking, the crystal flashed and melded with the prison. With his last few breaths, Endymion freed the golden crystal from his chest and pushed it against the prison.
Both watched as the golden crystal floated gently above the sleeping queen, protecting and healing her. Yet, the whole time the prison never shattered, and Endymion finally closed his eyes in defeat. His last breath was a cry of pain as Demando shoved a boot tip into his back.
"To die on your knees like the dog you are, you never deserved her." Demando told him. The King could not answer as his breath wasn't his.
"My liege!" Two voices cried as they skittered into the room.
"I was wondering where you flea bags might have gotten to." Demando commented as he turned to the white and black cats that had a grey kitten on their back. "Now, to ride the moon of you three." With that he conjured a ball of negative energy and shoved it toward the cats. "Scream for me." Demando ordered, as the cats turned Meta-human in order to protect their daughter. However, the energy consumed them all, ripping them apart slowly. Their dying screams is what he considered his wedding march as he approached the sleeping Queen.
"Now my lovely, it is time to free you." Demando stated, his hands raising to chest level. Waves of discolored light fluctuated between his fingers as he reached toward the crystal. As his fingers touched they began to burn, and a wave of energy threw him away from the queen. "No, this cannot be!" He yelled. Eyes frothing with anger he summoned all his energy to throw at the prison. It merely rebounded, missing him by mere inches. "Fine, if I cannot have you now..."Demando gritted out, and his imagination was almost toyed with the proud expressions of the senshi and king standing protectively in front of their queen. "Then I shall have the princess." He told them, and with a swish of his cloak, vanished from the destroyed Crystal Tokyo.
His white pristine boots clicked against the darken floor as he headed toward Black Lady's room. He pushed the grey door open with a heavy breath. "Princess, come to me." Demando demanded. Black Lady rose obediently and approached him demurely, as she was still a lady. Wrapping his possessive arms around her, he nuzzled his head into her neck. For a second she purred before her still buried purity kicked up. Slowly she began to struggle trying to gently push him away.
"No." She murmured.
"I am your King!" Demando informed her before tossing her to the bed.
"No!" Black Lady screamed and shoved harder against him, but she was no match. Especially when he brought out his third-eye to cease her struggles. Black Lady may have inherited a lot from her mother, but unfortunately she inherited her father's will. So, she was beaten and used in Demando's anger as her mother's substitute while she could only cry silent, motionless tears.
This would go on for years as Demando's army ravage and plundered the Earth her parent's loved so much. However, since she was still imbued with dark energy, but had pure energy coursing through her, her crescent mark changed to a left pointed moon of lavender. Soon she was pregnant with new life, and Black Lady wept. On the eve of her baby's birth, she took her own life along with her child's, there by returning the crystal to it's rightful owner.
The Queen who still slept...
If Demando had been angry before, he was furious now, as he had felt a surge of that damned Silver Crystal revive the fallen senshi, but without their warrior powers. They infected his earth, slowly seeking out the last of the human race and reproducing.
Time continued evolving and once again the senshi passed away, but normal deaths. Their lines still strong in the blood of the humans they had blessed. Though time is a funny thing, as also the monsters had evolved into something more, something more demonic...With the passing of time, so was the legend of the Lavender Crescent and the Sleeping Queen. Passed by word of mouth and written in stories that would herald the Feudal Era.
The priestess once known as Midoriko, gave her soul to become the Shikon no Tama, but before that she once sought out the Lavender Mark Demons. These demons were the lore keepers of the Lavender Crescent, whose ancestor prayed to her and was blessed by her cursed mark. The demons were gifted with great and terrible power, each one carrying the mark. One of the mark is suppose to have a great destiny, it was only assumed that the marked would be female.
Yet, it was the Warring Era, where peace was sought constantly. Midoriko had a peace treaty with the Thunder Tribe, who ancestor was supposedly the Amazon woman of Jupitarian Thunder. Along with the water tribe of mermaids that had descended from Neptune's Goddess. The Ice god held the blood of the Mercurian Knowledge Bearer to which she was also friendly. So, the priestess was well known, and well liked, but that worked against her as well.
For when the demons, who had started the war heard that, they began to seek her blood. At the birth of the Feudal Era, after Midoriko's sacrifice, Demando of the Dark Moon had wasted away. As with his last few breaths had sought his queen out once more. Laying his hands against the terrible prison, the Golden Crystal flashed wickedly, denying him of life.
Yet, still the Queen slept...and a young male demon was watching his mother.
Sesshomaru was a terribly curious child, he would wonder for days on end why his mother kept staring at that statue in their garden. There was nothing powerful or fascinating about it, nothing that he could tell anyway. His mother denied his ability to enter the garden until she had invited him. He had just turned a hundred today, and figured it was his right to see what was in that garden, what was so fascinating about that statue. Also, what the purple crescent on his forehead meant, as he was teased about it. It looked girly, and he was called feminine, which he despised. However, his father was Lord of the Western Lands, and he wore his father's marks with pride. Never minding that fact, he waited for his mother to leave before he snuck into the garden.
His golden eyes alighted on the statue, and they grew in amazement. The statue was white marble, and was etched in a forlorn Queen, as she had a crown. His eyes stayed on the golden crescent that pointed upward on her brow. Eyes were made of sapphire and seemed to glisten with diamond tears. The white marble was sculpted in a wide-brimmed dress. Now Sesshomaru could see why his mother stood in front of this statue, she was a pretty lady. "Sesshomaru!" His mother's scolding voice came from directly behind him, and he whirled to face her with a raised chin. He was proud of taking a step to ambition, to having fulfillment.
"Sesshomaru..." His mother muttered. "Sit here, and I will tell you a story." This story would be the last his mother ever told him, as the next day she was captured by an army of humans. She was raped continuously, as the humans had the nerve to camp on Western Land.
His sensitive ears heard his mother's cries every night, and Sesshomaru began to grow cold to the sound. His anger about his father began to grow, as his father had went to fight some campaign for humans in the Northern Lands. More then a seven full day ride away from the castle. When his mother escaped from the humans, she was vengeful and mean, her behavior making no sense. Yet, the whole time, her crescent mark still glowed proudly, so that is why he promised to keep his instead of slicing it through. When his father returned, he did not try to soothe his mate, instead he told his young son he would have to put her out of her misery.
One night, while he thought Sesshomaru was sleeping, Toga, the InuTashio, approached his wife. Raising his lethal blade, he cut her head off, all the while his young son watched. When Sesshomaru turned eighteen, he followed his father on one of his outings, and found that he was consorting with a human! She was also with child, an abomination from both races. Sesshomaru's attitude became unapproachable, and his heart turned to ice.
Yet, still he visited the statue, slightly confused at his actions. Occasionally, he would hear his thoughts drift back to the story that was once told to him. Still the Queen sleeps...
I have a question, that needs an answer. Since I have so many unfinished stories, which one do you want me to finish first? This story, which ever it is, will be focused upon solely which will then be finished. Please review and vote. Right, as I said, Sesshomaru is not related to Serenity, merely marked by her line's protection. Please read and review. Much care WCB.