Another quick update for me! This chapter is particularly important as it basically sets everything up for the rest of the story, not to mention answers a whole bunch of questions. Major twist in the story line for my liking, and hopefully the readers' as well.
Also wanted to mention that this is a rewrite of a story written about three years ago, it was just so horribly written that I deleted it and started anew- and this was born. I thank you all of my readers and reviewers for keeping faith in the story! It all means a lot to me!
Enough blabbing from me, just remember I don't own the Sailor Moon characters, and Scott is totally for sale.
Chapter 9: Past Revelations
Mamoru groaned, the vision in front of him swimming. He opened his eyes slowly, wincing as the light filtering from above hurt his head. He felt like crap- like he had been hit over and over on the head with a baseball bat.
He was laying on his back in the darkness, the only light coming from above where it winked distantly, casting light around him slightly. He struggled to sit up, but found that he couldn't- his hands and feet were strapped to the slab of marble he was lying on.
"HELLO!?" he called, still trying to pull himself free of the binds that held him- but it was useless, they were tied tight.
Steps came close to him and as he turned to see his head to see it was, he remembered what had happened before he had been knocked out.
"SCOTT!" he roared angrily, "Let me out!"
The board beneath him started vibrating as it pulled him straight, till he was dangling off of it. The only things holding him to the board were the thick straps along his wrists and ankles.
Light flooded the room and he blinked excruciatingly, waiting for his eyes to get used to the brightness.
"How are you doing, Mamoru?" a voice said, popping up out of nowhere as his eyes adjusted, the face appearing in the corner of his vision.
"What the hell?" he roared, pulling uselessly at his bindings, "What is going on?"
"I told you," Scott laughed amusedly, as if he enjoyed the confusion Mamoru was going through, "I wanted to talk"
Mamoru growled, still writhing as he pulled and pulled
"Still," Scott hissed and Mamoru froze in his place, the muscles in his body going still. What the hell? Why couldn't he move? He looked at Scott, whose hand was raised in a stopping motion and then it all became clear.
"What did you to me?" he spat, his head being the only thing in his body that he could move
Scott looked at him, an annoyed look on his face, "You're going to listen to me, if it's the last thing you do" there was a warning in his words and despite everything, Mamoru found himself fearing him
"Fine," Mamoru said, admitting defeat, "What do you want?"
"You seem to have pretty big holes in your memory, don't you, Endymion?" Scott asked, moving so he was facing Mamoru. There was a look that Mamoru couldn't quite identify on his face.
"What are you taking about? And how the hell do you know about Endymion?" he asked, wondering what the hell was going on. Usagi had never mentioned him knowing anything about their past lives- just their present alter-egos.
"Let's just say," Scott said, pacing in front of Mamoru, his hands twirling a cane that looked oddly familiar, "I'm not exactly who you all think I am"
"Scott Tsukino, adopted at age two into the loving family of Keji and Hei Tsukino, who you killed about a year ago so you could get your inheritance," Mamoru listed off all of the information Ami had given them about Scott, "Also, can't forget the whole sick psychopathic rapist bent on destroying Usagi Tsukino's life"
Scott glanced at Mamoru, surprised and a laugh bubbled through, "Wow, you guys have been busy, huh?"
"We've been trying to track you down," Mamoru spat, giving his shackles a slight pull, but didn't bother making it long, he wasn't going anywhere unless he was let go- which was apparently Scott's plan.
"And what would you have done if you had found poor defenseless me? Hm?" Scott asked, continuing his pacing, "Tore me a new one with your sissy powers? Made it so I couldn't move without the help of another person? Is that what the oh, so lovable Tuxedo Kamen does?"
Mamoru growled, "No less than you did to Usagi! What sick fuck does that to a defenseless girl!?"
Scott looked away from Mamoru, "Usagi is…perfection," he whispered huskily, a faraway look in his eyes as it seemed like he was looking at Usagi and Mamoru hissed in revulsion.
"She's so pure, I need to taint her. She has to be mine and mine alone"
The tone in his voice made Mamoru shiver hatefully, but he gulped down everything else but his pride, "If you think you can get her, you're dreaming. She'll never give herself to you!"
Scott smiled, still faraway, but his gaze returned to Mamoru, "In case it wasn't obvious, I don't need her to give herself. I just take what I want. Guess how many times I've-"
Mamoru began thrashing against the straps holding him, needing to crush Scott's windpipe so those hateful words would never spew again.
He sagged against it when the pounding in his head increased. He guessed that when Scott had hit him with his cane, he hadn't been very gentle.
"Are you done?" Scott asked amusedly, looking near laughing
Mamoru glared at Scott, "Why am I here?"
"As much as it irks me," Scott said, continuing his twirling of Kamen's cane, "I have a need of you"
"If you think I'm going to do anything-"
"It doesn't consist much of you doing," Scott said, waving his words away, "Regardless, this skirting the topic is annoying me. Tell me, Endymion, do you remember anything other than Serenity?"
"What does this have to do-"
"Because, you impatient dolt," Scott spat, disliking how Mamoru wasn't answering his questions, "I am a part of it!"
Mamoru was stunned silent at this, his mind rushing to figure out what he was talking about. But he emerged with nothing.
"Endymion," Scott spat, "The star of the Earth Kingdom, beloved Prince," his eyes turned hard, "Secret lover of the Princess Serenity"
"What-"
"Yet, he didn't look to see who made him, did he?" Scott continued angrily, "He didn't remember his friends, his family"
"Who are you?" Mamoru whispered, fear running through him. What Scott was saying was true. The truth was he didn't remember much of his past life other than Serenity. He had always thought it was the only thing worth remembering. But he had known that there were more things in his past- important things.
"Courat," Scott said, turning from Mamoru, "First son of the Earth Kingdom, the forgotten son in favor of the Second," the hate in his voice physically hurt Mamoru, "You took everything away from me"
"But-"
"And I didn't care," Scott continued as if Mamoru hadn't said anything, "Till you took her from me," the hate in his statement was much more than was humanly possible.
"But I didn't-"
"You had EVERYTHING!" Scott roared, turning on Mamoru, rage making him shake, "Why did you have to take her too!?"
Mamoru's eyes were wide as he took everything in, not believing what he was hearing, "We're soul-"
"I swear," Scott hissed, "If you say soul mates, I will cut you down here and now!"
Mamoru shut up, knowing enraging Scott at the moment was not a good idea
"When I saw her, my heart stopped! I was working on making her mine! But then you waltzed in and she only had eyes for you!" Scott roared, shaking in anger and fury as he glared at Mamoru.
Mamoru was pale, "What did you do, Scott?"
"You were promised to her! I couldn't sit by and let you-" he broke off hatefully, "I incited Beryl and introduced her to a certain Metallia" he said simply after that, no emotion present in his voice. Now he was only telling a story.
"It was you?" Mamoru cried, horror in his voice as he grasped what was going on, "You started the war!? You killed us all!"
Scott's nostrils flared, "She wasn't supposed to die," he hissed, "Beryl was only supposed to kill you and destroy the Moon Kingdom, leaving Serenity and the Earth Kingdom for my taking- but you! You had to go and reject Beryl for Serenity!"
"You couldn't control her," Mamoru said tersely, "You created her but you couldn't control what she did with the power"
"She lived long enough to regret it," Scott spat, "When I weakened her enough so Queen Selenity could take her"
Mamoru couldn't believe his ears. This wasn't happening. How was this possible? But somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew it was. Maybe Endymion had always known how much his brother had hated him- but he had never thought he would do something like this. And apparently it hadn't been important enough for him to remember.
"How could you do that to your own Kingdom?" Mamoru questioned, hatred running through him for the man- no, the monster, standing before him.
"Don't think so highly of yourself, Endymion," Scott said simply, "I did it only because I wanted Serenity"
"How do you have all this power?"
"The same way you do," Scott shrugged, "I was born with it- but our" -he spit the word out- "parents saw me for what I truly was- both times. The King and Queen put me in the back, letting you raise above me on a pedestal and this time they just gave me away"
Mamoru froze, disgust bubbling in him, "You're a Chiba…"
The cane slammed down against his gut and Mamoru roared in pain
"Never," Scott hissed, his face inches away from Mamoru, "relate me to yourself"
"But-"
Another whip was brought about from the cane and Mamoru growled, "We will stop you"
Scott laughed coldly, his eyes glaringly on Mamoru's, dark intentions swirling beneath them menacingly, "Look at you, even more weak than you were in your past life. You couldn't even protect Serenity from me when I didn't have powers. What makes you think you can protect her from me when I'm finally whole again"
Mamoru remained quiet, his mind working a mile a minute while Scott continued in his tirade.
"Without the crystal, there is nothing between me taking her for myself," Scott said, obviously reveling in his words, "Your love will never be fruitful, Chibi-Usa will never be born, you shall all die, and Serenity shall be all MINE!" there was an insanity in his voice as he began laughing at his words
"You're wrong," Mamoru said quietly and the laughing immediately stopped, "Sailor Moon is stronger than even you can imagine, and she will stop you. She's faced worse than an obsessed fuck like you," and at this, he heaved his spit at Scott, the spittle landing directly on his cheek
Scott wiped it away with his hand, his eyes calculating Mamoru slowly. He swung the cane down on Mamoru, catching him in the chest, causing Mamoru to scream in pain.
"She's never faced someone like me," Scott said, his tone threateningly dangerous, "I will destroy and she will lose all of you, and I will be the only one left for her"
"Destroy all you like," Mamoru hissed, "But you can't destroy our love"
He had expected the cane to come down on him, but Scott just smiled pleasantly- looking anything but sane, "Actually, I can"
He snapped his fingers and suddenly the board holding him began lowering again.
"What?" Mamoru asked, his tone slightly fearful. He couldn't help it, but Scott's words about him destroying his and Usagi's love had him fearing what he was going to do next.
"I'm surprised you don't remember this place," Scott said, glancing around above him, "Has a certain air around it, doesn't it?"
A cover descended on the top of him, covering away the world.
"What the hell, Scott!?" he roared, trying to pull through his bindings
"Oh, you say you can't remember?" Scott said, glancing down at him, an amused look in his eyes, "Then maybe this will remind you. I have some business to take care of with a certain beauty, excuse me, won't you?"
And he walked away, leaving Mamoru in the dark cold room alone. The cover around him began to glow in darkness and he screamed, the answer coming to him, "NO! SCOTT!"
It was all familiar, now that Mamoru thought about it. Beryl had put him in a similar looking contraption when she had captured him in their first fight. Scott- or was it Courat?- was corrupting him like Beryl had done.
He couldn't let it work! Usagi needed him!
"USAKO!" he screamed as the darkness covered him, shutting off all but the anger in his heart and mind, drowning him in sorrow.
*
Usagi screamed shrilly, shooting up on her bed, "MAMORU!"
She scrambled for her phone, dialing Mamoru's phone again. He hadn't picked her up from school like he usually did the day before, and she hadn't heard from him all day, and it had scared her then, but she had thought maybe he was following a lead or something. But something was seriously wrong.
The line clicked and she hurriedly launched into a tirade of making sure Mamoru was fine. But there was only silence.
"Mamo-chan…?" she whispered into the phone, fear trickling down her spine.
"I think you may have me confused with someone else," an amused voice laughed at her,
The world crashed down around her, darkness threatening to swallow her whole but she grit her teeth, she had to stay strong, if only for Mamoru, "What did you do to him?"
"Mamoru?" Scott asked innocently, "Oh, I just needed him for a project I'm working on"
"You give him back!" she cried, "He has nothing to do with this!"
Scott laughed unbelievingly, "Oh, he has everything to do with this, you know that"
"Give him back!"
"Meet me at the house in an hour," Scott said coldly, "I'd like to have a talk with you, since I didn't have a chance before"
"Bring Mamoru and I'll-"
"I don't think you're in the position to be making demands, Bunny," Scott said harshly, "You know that, don't you?"
"But Mamoru-"
"I want to talk," Scott said, "Mamoru will not be there- but if you're not, he won't be much of anywhere anymore"
"How do I know-" she tried
"You don't," Scott hissed, sounding annoyed, "But I give you my word, however much that is worth, that this is innocent. Don't bring the Senshi"
"I hate you," she spat, "Why can't you just leave us alone?"
"Because," he said simply, "You're mine. One hour. My house," and the line went dead, the cold tone drilling through her heart.
Once again, he had one up on her. How the hell had Mamoru been captured? It didn't make any sense!
She sighed, now she had to go walking right back to him again. She thought about what Mamoru would say if he was here. Something about her sacrificing herself every time someone she loved was in danger?
But it had never been Mamoru before…
Well…not since Beryl had walked anyway. And that had worked out fine, hadn't it?
She couldn't lose him. She'd die. He was the only thing keeping her going anymore.
And here she was again, justifying her actions.
She sighed, dialing on her cell phone. She needed to make a few calls.
Seiya, Makoto and Minako were there in no time, Makoto and Minako looking ready for a serious fight. She hadn't planned on calling Makoto and Minako but her present predicament called for it. She needed backup. Ami was at home, trying to figure out where Mamoru had been taken. Rei was drilling the Great Fire for information once again, trying to figure out what Mamoru's trouble was. Seiya was, sadly enough, the driver.
He had asked no questions when she had called him, and for this she was grateful. She'd have to tell him sometime, but now was not the time. Minako and Makoto would come with her to Scott, staying in the background. They wouldn't do anything unless he did something to provoke them- which she just about drilled into them.
If this was to be a simple talk, she wasn't going to turn it into an all-out brawl between Scott and the Senshi. Because, in the end, she truly didn't know who would win.
Seiya drove like the wind once more, transversing the distance to the house in no time. There was something skilled about his driving that she sensed this time. It was as if his reflexes were faster than humanly possible- but she pushed all this to the back of her mind when they arrived.
She jumped out of the car, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus shadowing her. She had instructed Seiya to remain for them in the car, and he did as told, however sulkily.
They approached the house, it was covered in darkness.
"I thought I told you to come alone," a cold voice said to her from the front of the house, a figure emerging from the darkness
"Your word isn't worth much these days," she said, crossing her arms, "Now, where is Mamoru?"
"All good things come to those who wait," Scott said, stepping closer.
Sailor Jupiter stepped in front of Usagi, "Keep your distance, you don't need to be all up in her face to talk," she spat, her body shaking as she grit her hands in an attempt to stop herself from punching Scott
"Fine," Scott spat, raising his hands in surrender
"Where is he?" Usagi asked again
"He's busy elsewhere," Scott said dismissively, "Now, would your bodyguards mind giving us some privacy so I can talk to you one-on-one"
"Yes, they would mind," Venus said, standing off to the side of Usagi, her pose exuding fury
"Well, fine," Scott said, shrugging, pulling a phone out of his pocket, his hand poised over a number, "If you'd rather have Mamoru returned as a vegetable-"
"Fine," she spat at him, "I'll talk," she glanced at Venus and Jupiter, nodding at them.
They grumpily stepped back. "Give us one reason to hit you," Jupiter said, her tone hopeful, "And we will take you down faster than you can beg."
Scott glared at her hatefully, "We'll see"
Jupiter stepped forward, but Usagi placed a light hand on her arm and Jupiter immediately calmed, stepping away, "Do it, and we'll find out" she said to Scott.
Jupiter and Venus retreated a few steps, and she nodded till they were far enough for her. Scott scowled, but seemed fine with it.
"What?" she asked Scott, "What was so important that you couldn't have them hearing?"
"You aren't as predictable as I thought," Scott said, "I was sure you'd come running weaponless for Mamoru"
"You obviously thought wrong then," she said, her hands gripping themselves tightly, "I learn from my mistakes"
He laughed, "As do I, Serenity, as do I" he paused, looking slightly miffed about something.
Then she realized why.
"What? How do you know about-"
"I know a lot you all don't give me credit for," Scott said, stepping millimeters closer to her
"Distance!" Venus called and he scowled as he retreated.
"I wanted to give you a proposition, and maybe a warning about what was to come," Scott continued, looking like he was getting down to business, "I thought it only fair since you're so outmatched"
"Outmatched?" she said, not getting his words at all, "You think we're outmatched? Are you insane?"
"Quite," he said, "But it doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about. You're in for one hell of a ride."
"What are you talking about?" she hissed, "You're going to give Mamoru back and then disappear if you don't want us to-"
"What?" he interrupted, "Kill me?"
"Possibly," she said, glancing at Venus and Jupiter, "I don't control what they do"
He laughed quietly, "It might not be as easy to kill me as you seem to think. I think you all know there's something different about me"
He had hit it right on the dot and he knew it.
She uncrossed her arms and re-crossed them, needing somewhere else to look but at him, "What are you?"
"All will be revealed in due time," he said, shrugging. She found him different than he usually was. He was more patient. And that look in his eyes…it scared her deeply.
He suddenly snapped his eyes to something behind her, glancing at something, "Oh, look."
Seiya was walking to them, his hands gripped tightly, "What is going on?"
"Seiya!" Usagi cried, skittering to him, "I told you to wait in the car!"
Dammit. She should have known he wouldn't stay in the car. He cared for her too much to let her walk in alone on whatever he thought this was. It obviously wouldn't look very good- what with evil looking Scott, the Sailor Senshi on the other side, and her standing in the center. It was pretty much weird.
"Is this the guy who hurt you!?" he cried, glaring at Scott, barely looking at Sailor Venus and Jupiter, "I'll fucking kill him!"
"Stop it, Seiya!" she said in hushed tones, "It's fine! Really!"
Scott tilted his head at Seiya, "I know you"
His words sent a trickle of fear through Usagi. Scott was gazing at Seiya in a way that was similar to the way he looked at the girls and Mamoru. As if calculating how to use him against her. She couldn't have that! Seiya was completely innocent of this!
She shouldn't have brought him into this. Whatever happened to him was her fault.
"My fist would love to know you!" Seiya spat as he attempted to step closer.
Usagi stepped in front of him, facing him, "Seiya, stop it," she said, staring into his eyes, trying to calm him, "Please, go back to the car"
Seiya just looked at her, sending her his desire to protect her. Dammit. What was it about the men in her life and wanting either to protect her or hurt her?
"Oh, let him stay…" Scott said, staring at Seiya knowingly, "He seems like a fighter"
A shadow passed over Seiya's face and his eyes sharpened onto Scott, "Who in the hell are you?"
It was almost as if he had attached Scott's words to something. It had awakened something in him.
"A distant friend," Scott said lightly, seeming to enjoy talking to Seiya, "of the fire"
"What are you talking about?" Usagi hissed, pulling Seiya away from Scott, both of whom seemed to be sizing the other up.
Seiya was shaking and she had to tighten her grip to keep him held, she motioned at him with her head to Makoto. She had detransformed while Seiya was busy glaring down Scott- which he was still doing actually.
"Wait," Scott said, raising his hand, Makoto paused, looking confused as to why she had done it, "Our friend here is not who he seems,"
"I would say the same about you!" Seiya spat, looking ready to kill, "Who are you?"
"Someone some healing or making won't help," he said ominously, staring at Seiya, "Fire seems to wish you would stay away, though she's missed you."
Scott was taunting Seiya with something. But she couldn't understand what. Seiya seemed truthfully confused- but at the same time, more and less than she was. Some of what Scott was saying was connecting with Seiya.
Usagi stared with wide eyes as Seiya shook in fury, "What the hell have you done with her!?" he cried, jumping at Scott
"Seiya!"
Scott sidestepped his punch, kicking him away. Seiya went skidding down the street to where Makoto was standing.
She helped him up and dragged him back to where they had parked the car.
"What the hell was that about?" Usagi asked Scott confusedly, "What did you say to him?"
"He'll tell you if he wants," Scott said, "But I'm guessing he's a part of this fight as well," he mused silently, his eyes calculating something quickly, "That won't be a problem."
"You do know none of what you're saying makes any sense, right?" she spat, "Now, why don't you just give Mamoru back and we'll be on our way!"
He smiled at her, his eyes sparkling as something dark moved behind them, making her suddenly feel dizzy, "It won't be that easy."
"What do you want?"
He stepped closer, his warm breath skimming over her. "I want you," Scott said, his finger sliding down her face slowly.
Minako stepped closer threateningly but he raised his hand at her and she stopped as well, shaking in her place. Minako gave a squeak of fury, but seemed unable to move. Her frightened blue eyes met Usagi's.
"What did you do to her?" Usagi asked fearfully. What was going on? The control the Senshi had had was suddenly vanishing. He had the power. He always had.
"I've always wanted you," he said huskily, "And I will finally have you."
She found herself frozen as he stared at her, his eyes glued to her, "What are you doing?" she asked, gulping. She suddenly knew that everything he had agreed to in the past few minutes had been for his benefit, not theirs. He didn't care about the Senshi's powers.
He looked at her lustily, the desire in his eyes more than she had ever seen. He was strong. Stronger than even she feared. And he had been trying to hide it- but his desire to make her fear him had won over any other.
He was done pretending.
"Say goodbye to all you knew," he whispered in her ear, moving closer to her threateningly, his face was at her cheek, "I'll be the only thing you'll know ever again"
"Stop it!" she cried, struggling to break out of whatever bind he had placed over her but she found herself completely frozen.
"You are mine," he whispered, his nose skimming over her skin slowly. Fear bubbled in around her. This wasn't the Scott she knew. There was something different about him. He was darker. As if he wasn't truly in control- though he hadn't been in control much back then- but even less now.
She heard enraged muffles coming from Minako, but she seemed unable to do anything either.
His mouth suddenly claimed hers harshly, his hands clasping her hips as he grinded against her hungrily. She couldn't do anything to fight back and it scared her more than what he was doing.
"Soon," was the last thing she heard before he stepped away, his eyes gleaming in hers, and immediately vanished in the darkness before her.
She fell to the ground the second he was gone, staring at where he had been. A breeze blew over her, ruffling her hair lightly. He wasn't human anymore- if he had ever been.
And he was here to claim what he thought his.
Her.
