The Crystal Senshi
Savagekitty
Dedicated to those who are true senshi of the heart and spirit.
Chapter Thirteen
Full Circle
She jerked upright, awake. She was covered in a cold sweat of fear. What had woken her up? She looked around her dark room, running a hand through her hair. For a moment, she couldn't remember who she was. The room was dark, the curtains opposite her bed moving softly in the night wind. Her hands settled in her lap over cool sheets. Someone stirred beside her and rolled over.
"Cat? Are you ok?"
A male voice asked groggily. He sat up too and flicked on the light by his side of the bed. The light struck dazzling silver, bed mussed hair as light yellowish eyes looked over her. They were lazy with sleep and Catherine stared at him, unable to remember. Why were those eyes so important? And then it hit her. She covered her mouth with both hands and pulled away from the half naked man in her bed. He blinked, waking up a little more, "Caty, are you ok?"
"Oh God… You…what…" She started breathing hard, to the point where she had to throw her legs off the side of the bed and stick her head between her knees. The man moved to rub her back and once his skin touched hers, there was a sharp shock. He pulled back, confused. His eyes went blank for a moment then wide. He opened his mouth, "Holy shit."
Caty shivered, turning back to him, "Kunzite?"
His shoulders hunched, his mouth slightly open and his eyes wide as a tremor shook through his body. He grabbed her pulling her into a hug, "I can't believe we forgot that. How… Caty." He buried his face into her shoulder length maroon colored hair. She wrapped her arms around him, "I know, I know. This is unbelievable. I had a nightmare… of… of that last time and… I woke up here. You… You aren't Kunzite now. You're Kane. I'm Caty. Not Emerald and… and…"
In the light she saw it, a small golden medallion the size of a quarter. In the middle sat an emerald star. It was in a fine chain on gold hanging from her dresser mirror.
She stared at it for a second then buried her face into his shoulder as they sat in bed, shaking. The fan whirring in the corner softly. Caty started to sob softly as memories came flooding back. Not only from their first lives together, but of their second. Kane rubbed her back gently.
"It will be ok. This will pass. Don't worry. It's just shock, Caty."
"I know. I just… I can't… What happened to them all? I can't remember them being in my life now. I remember school in America. I remember coming to Japan to study. I remember meeting you. My mom and dad and brother and sister but… not my best friends. Kunz-… Kane. What if they didn't come back?"
"They had to, Cat. They had to have come back." He wiped her tears away with a corner of the sheet and smiled, "Life is too wonderful to just quit on it."
They didn't get back to sleep that night. They were too full of fears and wonderment. What had happened to the other senshi? For that matter, what had happened? Caty remembered up to where she had fallen off the cliff. Kane, as Kunzite, had remembered see Caty's face just before slipping into darkness, feeling colder then the hard ground was.
They looked in phone books in-between jobs. They couldn't concentrate. Kane worked as a geology expert at a museum. He cataloged and inventoried minerals and stones that came in from digs all over the world. Caty was study for her doctorate in ancient folklore. Her thesis was how Japanese folklore entwined with Native American, African and European folklore. She sat at her desk in the University of Tokyo's offices, staring at the name she's been looking for weeks now. Chiba, Mamoru. The only Mamoru in the Chiba category. Her hands shook as she wrote down the address and phone number then called Kane to tell him the news.
Meeting in the park where they usually took lunch together, Caty shared her news. She had called Mamoru, setting up this meeting. Kane balanced his weight from foot to foot nervously. Caty sat on a bench, trying to keep her hands still. They sat near the lake that sat in the center of the park. The day was lovely, a late spring and everything was blooming. It had been a nice warm day, Caty removed her jacket and lay it over the back bench. She crossed her arms to make her hands stop shaking. Kane sat beside her on the bench, taking one of her hands, "There isn't anything to be nervous about. We know these people."
Before Caty could respond, a tall man in his early twenties came over a small rise. With him was a young blonde woman. Her hair in a braid down her back. Even from where they sat, Caty and Kane could see they both had sparkling blue eyes. Caty held her breath. There were small differences, but they were still the same. Caty and Kane stood as Usagi and Mamoru came to them. Usagi's eyes looking into Caty's deep green, searching. She seemed to find what she needed and hugged the taller woman. Mamoru shook Kane's hand. Caty and Usagi pulled apart, but still gripped each other by the arms.
"It's amazing. I didn't think anyone else remembered. I had… I need to start at the beginning." She graciously waved Caty and Kane to sit down. They all sat in the warm grass, the cherry blossom trees waving gently above them. Mamoru circled Usagi in his arms as she began.
"After You… I mean Emerald fell off the side of the mountain, the Crystal pulsed and flashed. I passed out from the pain of it. When I woke up, I was on the Moon. In the Prayer Room. I could see the Earth from where I stood. It was wonderful. But then I realized what had happened. I was frightened, unsure if I was dead or alive. I smelled gardenias. Turning, I saw my mother. Well, the Queen. She smiled at me and then told me that I had done what she wasn't able to do. Metallia was destroyed and the Chaos was sealed away. I asked what about my friends. What happened to them. She said you all were fine. For your bravery and loyalty, you all would be reborn. I had a choice."
She looked at Mamoru. He patted her knee, urging her to go on. Usagi nodded. Caty was puzzled.
"I could stay on the Moon and take my rightful place on the throne or return, reborn. You can tell what I chose. Before I left though, I asked if we would remember. She said…only if we had to. Only if we had to, Caty. That frightens me."
Caty looked down at her hands wrapped in Kane's. If they had awaken as senshi, then something bad was about to happen. Or maybe not…
"Usagi… if you were able to take the throne, what if you were to take it now? I remember from the manga from before… they don't have the manga now, I looked. No one had ever heard of Sailor Moon now. We got a clean slate. Now, we have a chance. You are to take the Throne. Is Luna and Artemis…" She let the question hang in the air.
Usagi looked at Caty then smiled, "You know… when my memory came back a few months ago, I went and looked. The shop is still there. I saw them, but I kept away. They looked so happy. I don't know if they remember or not."
Caty nodded. She understood, if they didn't remember, she didn't want them to. What they had been through was horrible. Caty stood up, "We can only deal with what comes. We will wait."
Usagi stood and nodding, taking Caty's hand, "Senshi."
Caty smiled, gripping the younger girl's hand, "Senshi."
End Chapter Thirteen
End Series One
The Crystal Senshi