I present to you another chapter! I hope you all like it enough to leave a review :hinthint: This is also the longest chapter in the story, so a lot will happen :HINT:
Full Summary: A man seeks vengeance upon all the Sailor Senshi. When he arrives on Earth, a young boy watches his family and friends die at the hands of the killer. The Starlights take him in and raise him. When he is old enough, the boy journeys back in time to stop his family from dying.
Still not mine dang gummit!
Fifteen years later…
Kieran fiddled with the silver pendant around his neck. He had filled out during his years on Kinmoku. He was near six feet in height. His blonde hair had grown out to the same length as the Starlights, the silver streaks still evident in his hair.
"Hey," Maker said as she walked up.
He turned. "Hey. You know why Kakyuu-hime called me here?"
"Might have a faint idea. Come on," she said. The two walked into the study. Fighter and Healer were already in the room.
Kakyuu smiled at Kieran. "You have grown much in these past years here. And now you are ready."
He frowned. "Ready for what?"
Maker pulled out something on a chain and held it out to him. "Recognize this?"
Kieran took it and looked closely at it. "It's…it's a Time Key…from Pluto…" He looked up at them. "Where did you get this?" he demanded.
"Setsuna gave it to us before we returned to Kinmoku with you," Fighter said.
"She gave us this as well," Healer added, handing Kieran a note.
He took the note and read it aloud. "Kieran, if you're reading this, then you must be ready. If you're wondering what you could possibly be ready for, I think deep in your heart you know. The Time Key can take you anywhere in time. Future or past. Keep it close and tell no one of it. I can only hope the Starlights will allow you to use it, but use it wisely. I knew that they would come to Earth when contact was lost. After that it was only a matter of timing. Kieran, no matter what you decide, I trust in your decision. Stay safe and always believe in yourself." On the bottom of the paper was the incantation for activating the Time Key.
"You all right?" Maker asked.
Kieran smiled faintly and started laughing. "I can go back and save them! I can save my sister and my parents and everyone!"
"You are aware this will change your future," Kakyuu said.
Kieran nodded. "I know. But if I can stop this killer, then the galaxy might be better off. We've been hearing reports that more and more Senshi are being killed. This man even managed to kill Galaxia. He's growing stronger. The only chance we even have of stopping this guy is by stopping him in the past. We all know it."
"Spoken like Uranus," Fighter commented. "Or any of them for that matter."
"Will you be coming with me?" he asked.
"This is your battle Kieran," Kakyuu said.
"We have to stay. Just in case," Maker added.
He nodded in understanding. "Thank you, for everything you've done for me. I can never repay you."
"Sure you can," Fighter said. "Stop this psychopath."
"I will. I swear it." They walked out onto a balcony and he smiled at them. "See you in the past," he said. He held the Time Key up and shouted the incantation to the sky. A beam of light formed behind him and he slipped the Time Key around his neck and tucked it under his shirt. "Sayonara," he said and stepped through.
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Sixteen years ago…
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Kieran stumbled into a deserted area of a park, one that he recognized from his most painful memories. He began walking, his sea blue eyes hard. He stopped as a cold voice met his ears. "Oh really?"
"Who are you?" a young voice asked.
"Tell me where the Senshi are," the cold voice demanded.
Kieran quickly pulled a mask out and tied it around his head. "Senshi?" he heard Suiren ask. "We don't know any Senshi."
As the man laughed, the disguised Kieran ran into the clearing and leapt into a flying sidekick, forcing the man away from the two kids. "Get the hell away from them!" he snapped.
"Who are you?" the man demanded.
"It doesn't matter. I won't let you kill anymore Senshi!" Fire flared up around his arms. "You two! Run and call for help! NOW!" he barked, shooting his hands out. The two columns of fire slammed into the man and shoved him away. Kieran turned and saw that his younger self and twin hadn't moved. "Oh for crying out loud," he muttered. He picked them up and ran. He felt something coming up behind him and dove forward, rolling to his feet. He burst into the clearing where the Senshi were.
"Suiren! Kieran!" Michiru shouted, rising to her feet.
"Let them go!" Haruka ordered.
The masked Kieran set the twins down. "Get the hell out of here now!" He spun around and a massive wall of earth rose up, the man slamming into it. "Now god damn it! This guy is out to kill all the Sailor Senshi!" The man burst through the wall.
"Out of my way or you will die as well," the man growled.
The masked Kieran tore off his cloak. "I will never let you kill these people Damien," he said.
The man's eyes narrowed. "How do you know my name?"
Kieran smiled. "You're a Senshi killer. You expect to go unnoticed? This is your only chance. Give up now while you can."
"Never! I am unstoppable!" Damien laughed.
"Not for long," Kieran returned. Fire flared up around his body. "You've no idea who you're messing with. I'll do whatever must be done to save the Sailor Senshi from you. Even if it kills me. Your killing spree stops here."
"I'll never stop boy." Damien snapped his fingers and vanished.
"I'll always be waiting then," Kieran returned. He turned and noticed the Senshi were still there, untransformed. "What the hell is wrong with you people? A guy comes running up telling you to run for your own safety but you don't? I know you've seen a lot of weird stuff in your lives, but come on! This guy was after you!"
"You said he was after the Sailor Senshi," Rei said.
"I did. And he is. And he can sense your powers." Kieran sighed. "Look, I know who you all are. I was sent to protect you."
"Even if we were Sailor Senshi, we don't need your protection," Haruka said.
"Yes you do," he corrected. "I'll be around if you need me." He turned and vanished in a flash of fire.
"Who the hell was that?" Haruka muttered.
Michiru lightly hit Haruka on the head. "Language!"
"Ah! Gomen!"
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Setsuna sighed as she walked into her apartment. It had been a long day with the two new strangers appearing. She kicked off her shoes and walked over to the light switch. She flipped it on and stopped when she saw the masked figure. "Who are…how did you get in?" she demanded, inching her hand towards her pocket.
"I teleported in. I have to talk to you."
"About what? I'm just an astronomer."
He chuckled. "As Meioh Setsuna maybe." He reached under his shirt and pulled out the Time Key. "Recognize this?" he asked.
"Should I?"
He sighed. "Fine. How about this?" he demanded, thrusting the note to her.
She opened it and read it. By the end her garnet eyes were wide. She looked up at Kieran. "You're…you're Kieran?"
He pulled the mask off. "I am. I'm from the future. About sixteen years give or take a day or week…something like that." He tucked the Time Key back into his shirt.
"Why? Why did you come back?"
"Because on this day Suiren and Neptune were killed by Damien. In the following six months the others were killed. Before I was taken from Earth, only you remained alive. You gave me to the Starlights for my own protection and I've lived with them and Kakyuu-hime since, training and learning."
"You came here to change the past."
"For the better I hope."
"Why are you telling me though?" she asked.
"Because you can make sure I don't mess up the timeline too much. After Damien killed you all, he went off and began killing other Senshi he could find."
"You're serious?"
"He's already killed Lead Crow and Aluminum Siren along with two others I'm not familiar with. And that's as far as I know." Kieran sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I could do this by myself, but I had to warn at least one of you."
"Will you tell the others?" she asked, motioning for him to sit.
"Not yet. It was hard enough seeing Father and the others there."
"So what will you do now? You obviously can't go around as Ten'ou Kieran," she pointed out.
"I know. For now I'll just call myself Link."
Setsuna smiled. "After one of your favorite video game characters."
His face reddened slightly. "Yeah well…" he mumbled. "Um…I was wondering…could I…"
"Stay here?" she finished. His face reddened even more as he nodded. "Of course you can stay…Link." She noticed his pendant glinting in the light. "You're an elemental?" she asked.
He nodded. "I was worried that it might have changed by my interference today since Suiren's death triggered it…"
"This you will stay the same until you return to your time. Then the memories of the life your younger self will live will be added to your own, eventually suppressing the original memories," she explained.
He nodded. "I think I'll just stop trying to understanding time paradoxes."
"Wise idea," she agreed. He yawned and stretched. "Why don't you get some sleep? That had to take a lot of power in fighting that guy off."
"Not really," he replied. "I've been training on how to use these powers for fifteen and a half years."
Setsuna's communicator started beeping and she pulled it out. "Someone's after Usagi!" Minako's voice shouted.
Kieran was on his feet and out the door before Setsuna could blink, tying the mask back on. He focused on Usagi's energy and teleported to where she was. His hands shot out and Damien was slammed into a wall away from Usagi and Mamoru. He walked forward until he stood between Damien and the couple.
"Out of the way boy!"
"I can't do that," he said. "I made an oath to protect the Senshi and innocent people. And I'll die to uphold that oath."
"As you wish boy," Damien snarled. He formed an orb of black energy in his hand and shot it out. It bounced off of an invisible wall. "What the…"
"Air barrier," Kieran said. "I'm an elemental, a damn good one too."
"Release me boy."
"No. You do nothing but destroy things that people love. The Senshi have lives too you know. Families, friends, people who care about them," he said.
"They never care about life!" Damien snapped.
"That's where you're wrong. The Senshi of this world have given their lives time and again for the innocent. They died so that the human race could keep on going and it has. The Senshi even manage to create a utopia on this world in the future. Nothing but peace and happiness for everyone. A golden age…" he looked down for a moment, "Or a silver age since it is the new Silver Millennium…" He shook his head and looked back up. "The point is the Sailor Senshi care for life. You're the one bent on ending life."
"The Senshi killed my people!" Damien snarled as the other Senshi ran up.
"I know. And I praise them for that," Kieran said.
"Nani?" Usagi demanded.
"Seems like a party is going on here," a voice said. The Starlights walked up behind the Inner Senshi.
"So what's going on?" Maker asked.
"The trapped guy is Damien, the man who has been killing Senshi. The other we don't know about," Pluto answered.
"And the other guy seems happy Damien's people were wiped out," Venus put in.
"Why?" Healer asked.
"Because, his people are the ones who formed and released Chaos." Kieran smiled at Damien's stunned look. "I've read up on you Damien. I've learned about my enemy. I had nothing better to do for fifteen years after you stole my life. Not after when I learned the truth about you."
"I am god's messenger. You cannot and will not stop me!" Damien shouted.
"Then I'll die trying," Kieran returned.
"Another time," Damien said and vanished.
Kieran shook his head and turned to Usagi. "You two all right?"
"I'll live," Mamoru grunted, sitting up as he held his shoulder.
Kieran knelt down and looked at the slash mark on the man's shoulder. "Like hell you will with this. Damien poisons his weapons as added insurance." He pulled Mamoru's shirt clear of the wound. Black putrid looking lines were radiating out from the wound. Kieran cursed in the Starlights' language, causing them to stare at him in shock. Kieran pressed his hand against the wound and closed his eyes, his head bowed. His hand began glowing pale yellow and Mamoru grunted softly in pain. After several minutes Kieran removed his hand, revealing the healed wound.
"Sugoi!" Usagi exclaimed.
"How did you do that?" Uranus demanded.
"Forget that, where did you learn our language? We've never seen you before," Maker said.
Kieran rose to his feet, clearly drained. "You'll know who I am in time," he said and vanished.
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Kieran watched as the Starlights walked down the street. He was wearing a pair of black jeans and a white button up shirt, the sleeves rolled up. A pair of mirrored sunglasses rested over his sea blue eyes. As the three neared him he smiled. "Nice day out, isn't it?" he called to them.
They stopped and looked at him. "Yeah…I guess it is," Seiya said.
"Be a shame if an elemental ruined it," Kieran added, smiling.
"A what?" Taiki asked in a confused voice.
Kieran chuckled. He snapped his fingers and a sudden wind sprang up, dying down almost immediately. "People who can control the elements," he said. He pulled of his sunglasses. "So…Starlights, came for a visit?"
"Who?" Yaten asked in a bored voice.
Kieran shrugged, realizing they wouldn't acknowledge that he knew who they were. "Just three people I know. If you for some reason bump into them, tell them I'm looking for them because I'm curious as to why Kakyuu-hime sent them here at this time," he said, walking away.
The three looked at each other and nodded. They ducked into an alley and transformed. The Starlights leapt up to the roofs and were stunned to see Kieran was already there. "How did…" Fighter began.
Kieran smiled. "After living with you guys for fifteen years, I think I know how you think."
"We don't even know you," Maker said.
"Sure you do. You've already met the younger me…granted he doesn't have the silver in his hair yet…"
"You're Kieran?" Healer asked.
"From the future. I came back to change the past because the Senshi of this system were all killed. Pluto gave me to you guys so I'd be safe." He quickly told them everything he dared to. "So now I'm curious. Why are you guys here?"
"Kakyuu-hime sensed two powerful beings here. At first there was only one and she had confidence that Sailor Moon could stop it, but when the second power showed up, she became worried as did we," Fighter said.
"So you came here because of me," Kieran said.
"So this guy's people made Chaos, right?" Maker asked.
Kieran nodded. "That's why he's so powerful."
"So how do we fight this guy?" Healer asked.
"If I had stayed in my time to beat him, I'd've lost. His powers are still growing. By coming back to the past…"
"You have a better chance of stopping him," Maker figured. Kieran nodded. "So do the others know who you are?"
"Only Pluto. I haven't seen my parents or my sister in over fifteen years," he replied softly.
"They won't think anything different of you," Healer said.
Kieran opened his mouth to say something when he sensed something. He spun around and ran to the edge of the roof. He looked down at the street and saw the man stomping towards the young Kieran and Suiren. The older Kieran's eyes narrowed and he could see silver streaks in his other self's hair. "Shimatta!" he snapped. He looked back at the Starlights. "Get the others now!" he snapped. He leapt off of the roof and flew down towards the man. He slammed into Damien and landed on his feet. He turned to the two kids. "Run! Go for help!" He grunted in pain as a metal rod was slammed through his right shoulder.
"Star Serious Laser!"
"Star Sensitive Inferno!"
"Star Gentle Uterus!"
The three attacks slammed into Damien, forcing him back. Kieran tore off his shirt and wrapped it around his wound. Black tribal tattoos covered his shoulders, upper arms, chest, and back. His silver pendant glinted in the light.
"Dead Scream…" The attack slammed into Damien. "The others are on their way!" she called to Kieran.
"You will not stop me boy! The Senshi will all die! It is the decree of god!" Damien shouted.
Kieran firmly planted his feet. "Hold on," he told the Senshi. He reared both of his arms back and lifted his left foot up. With a yell he slammed his foot down and shot his hands out. The ground around Damien's feet wrapped around him and the two columns of fire slammed into Damien, wounding him.
Damien broke free. "This…is far…from over boy…now…you die too!" He vanished from sight as the others ran up.
"Impressive," Uranus commented.
The elder Kieran fell to his knees, clutching his right shoulder. "He needs to be healed," Pluto said.
"Not will we learn more about him," Uranus said.
"He could die!" Fighter exclaimed.
"Then I'm sure he'll talk quickly."
Kieran grabbed the rod and pulled it out, letting out a small cry of pain. He tossed the bloodied rod to the side as fresh blood began soaking his chest. "Saturn, heal him!" Neptune cried. Saturn nodded and quickly healed Kieran. He let out a slow breath when she finished. "Arigatou," he said, rising to his feet.
"Who are you?" Uranus demanded, glaring at him.
"You might as well tell them," Maker said.
Kieran nodded and pulled off his mask. He stared at the ground. "I am Ten'ou Kieran, son to Kaioh Michiru and Ten'ou Haruka. Orphaned when I was ten years old and raised by the Starlights on Kinmoku."
Uranus grabbed him and hauled him to his feet. "Don't lie!" she snapped.
He stared her in the eye. "I don't lie…Father."
She released him, her eyes wide. "K…Kieran…" she stammered.
"Nani?" Neptune demanded. She looked at him and her eyes widened. "Oh my god…" she whispered.
He smiled, barely keeping the tears from his eyes. "I have a lot to tell you all," he told them.
Japanese Word Guide:
Sayonara: Formal goodbye used when you are not going to see someone for an extended period of time.
Gomen (na sai): I'm sorry.
Nani: What?
Sugoi: Amazing/That's incredible.
Shimatta: Damn it.
Only a few more chapters left. It's not a long story, just one I felt like writing. Drop a review please!
