Destiny's Hold: Season 6…the lost season


© 2003-2009 By Stacey Painter (Serena CrystalMoon)

Disclaimer: Sadly enough, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the other characters; I just manipulate them...

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Chapter 14:

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"Usagi-chan? Usagi-chan, wake up." Usagi heard Marie talking to her as she came back to consciousness .Opening her eyes Usagi found herself in the master bedroom-suite, clutching the arm of a sleeping Rei and being looked over by Ami's mother. Worry flooded her eyes as she remembered the battle and then her vision after her power had erupted. "Rei-" She croaked, attempting to form a sentence but not getting far due to an extremely dry throat.

"Rei-chan's just fine. She came back to consciousness a while ago and after I gave her a thorough examination she fell asleep. You're okay as far as I can tell but I need more data before I can be completely sure. I hope you don't mind me asking…" she said picking up one of Usagi's long silver locks, "what happened?"

With a sigh, Usagi looked at the blue-haired woman. "I don't mind you knowing, but it's a long story and I'd like to make the announcement to everyone at the same time."

"Of course, my only concern is your health. You seem to have gone through an inward change as well as an outward change and I'm quite worried as it's made it difficult for me to examine you. "

"You're speaking of my hair as well as my faster healing and my blood. I'll explain to everyone soon, but to ease your worries just know that I'm perfectly fine." Standing up, Usagi bent down and gently woke Rei. "Time for some answers, Rei-chan." She told the Miko while helping her into a sitting position then looking once more to Marie. "I need to speak with Rei-chan alone. We'll be fine. Tell the others that we're both perfectly healthy but are resting and are not to be disturbed."

"As you wish." Marie replied with a bow before leaving the room and closing the door gently behind her.

Usagi walked across the room, locked the door, then returned to her place beside Rei. Looking into her friend's violet eyes, she mulled over where to start. "You remember? You have all of your memories back?" she asked lightly, receiving a hesitant nod from Rei. "How do you feel? I'm asking you this here, alone, because it seems our lives are entwined with each other far more than they are with the other senshi. On the moon we were in love, here we're best friends. And now… now we're something else entirely. When the last of our memories were released so were the souls of our past selves. The parts that were locked away from us are now free. The Mars I fell in love with is not just a person in my memory, she's part of you. Tell me Rei-chan, how the complete you feels."

"How I feel?" The fire senshi asked, "Like a bulldozer ran me over. I love you, Usagi. Not, I once loved Serenity. Not I love you now because my past self has finally been freed. I, Hino Rei, love you ,Tsukino Usagi. I always have and I always will. I've loved you since we fought Queen Beryl here on Earth, I could never tell you. Now, knowing that at one point you loved me too… that on the Moon we had been in love…is amazing. Knowing that you were ripped away from me… that we had no future when we could have… is hell. Then knowing that we were in love and you never loved Endymion but you do now… and we're only friends… the tables have been turned and it's torture! I'm such a mess. In the past I lost you, in the present I want you but can't have you and in the future I'll never have you."

"Oh, Rei-chan!" Usagi replied and threw herself at the girl, arms wrapped around her as tight as possible. " I promise you," the blond told her friend, "that we will work this out."

"How?" the raven-haired female spoke through the curtain of silver hair covering her.

"I'm working on that now. . . more than you realize has happened and it's time we get this new situation as under control as we can. But first we have to take care of us."

"Us?"

"Yes, us. There is an us." She told Rei, looking into the other girl's violet eyes before standing up. "Come with me?" She asked, holding out her hand.

Taking Usagi's hand, Rei stood up. "What are we doing?"

"Going out."

"But what about the others? Our families?" Rei asked, confused.

"It's been taken care of." Usagi replied, leading Rei to the window and pulling a pen from her sub-space pocket. "Ready?" she asked Rei, receiving a nod. The pen began to glow, engulfing them in it's light before fading away.

Amusement sparkled in Usagi's eyes as she looked at Rei, taking in the girl's short, razored punk-rock style hair cut with it's mix of black and green streaks. It went well with the green plaid school uniform skirt and white shirt with matching tie.

Rei's eyes were wide as she took in Usagi's purple and blue streaked pig-tails and sexy blue corset and gypsy skirt. She didn't look like her Usagi but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, she looked damn good and she still had that glint in her eye that she got when she thought of something out of the box. Realizing that the glint was aimed at her, Rei looked down at herself. "What the. . ." she blurted as she saw her clothes before rushing to the full length mirror across the room, her eyes widening even more at seeing her appearance.

"Oh don't be so shocked." Usagi told Rei as she walked up behind her and met her eyes through the mirror. "You don't look like yourself and you look gooood." Usagi purred the last word before taking Rei's hand and leading her back to the window. "And now it's time to go out." Pushing the window up, Usagi ducked through it and onto the porch roof outside.

Shrugging her shoulders, Rei followed Usagi out into the night.

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'Us?' Rei thought as she sipped her drink and looked at Usagi across from her at their corner table at the bar. She couldn't believe they were at a club. 'We're on the run for fuck's sake!' She told herself mentally. They were receiving so much attention. 'This really isn't safe. . .'

"I bet you wanna know why we're here." Usagi said to Rei, before pausing to take a gulp of her drink. "A lot has happened, enough to change many lives and we are the two it will affect most."

"How, what exactly has happened?"

"Not here," Usagi said before glancing around at the other people in their area. "No one may recognize us but we can't risk having that conversation heard. What we're here for is simpler, we're on a date."

"A date?!" Rei repeated in surprise "Usa-"

"No, no names." Usagi interrupted. "Hmmm Usa. . . I like that."

"How are we on a date?!"

"I was in love with him, still am. . . but they weren't my feelings. They're feelings my mother put in me. Yeah I've had that love grow but it's foundation is fake. You see, I care for you as well, I always have. Now, with our souls free I also feel the love we shared in the past as well as the lack of feelings I had for him. My love for him, though it's still there, isn't as strong as my love for you. It isn't real, like ours"

"Usa, what are you saying?" Rei asked, tears shining in her violet eyes.

"I'm saying I want you. I love you, and I choose you."

Tears spilled down Rei's cheeks as she began to cry. Warmth spread over her body as she took in what her princess just told her. She sat, eyes closed, and quiet as a minute or so passed.

Sensing movement near her, Rei opened her eyes to find the punk rock Usagi standing next to her.

"Shall we dance?" Usagi said in a fake british accent, a small smile on her face as she held her hand out to Rei.

"Yes," Rei answered, "oh gods yes." She sighed happily as she walked hand-in-hand with Usagi to the dance floor.

Time passed by quickly and four songs later, Usagi was dipping Rei and putting a soft kiss on her lips. The girls looked into each others eyes and smiled, both enjoying the time they'd spent together but knowing they had to leave.

"Lets get back, we can't be gone too long." Usagi said with a sigh.

"You're right, but I wish this could last forever…"

"It will." Usagi whispered in her ear before leading Rei out of the club, their fingers entwined.

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Sneaking back onto their hidden land, Usagi and Rei leapt back up onto the roof and ducked through the window into the master suite.

"Until I can figure everything out, no one can know about us. The only ones that know anything are Luna and Hotaru." Usagi told Rei, hoping she'd understand.

"I don't wanna hurt Mamoru-san either." Rei told her Princess lightly. "It'll be a lot for everyone to grasp and the ramifications in the future are a big issue too. Don't worry, I understand."

Looking at the clock, Usagi pulled the Luna Pen from her sub-space pocket and released their transformation, the disguise slipping away. "We've been in here 'talking' for an hour and a half, about the enemy, the time line, and the police. . ."

"Right, just to get some thoughts and frustration out before the big meeting."

"Exactly." Usagi responded. "Ok you ready?" Receiving a nod, Usagi opened the door and led Rei downstairs.

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"Look who finally decided to come out of hiding." Artemis drawled from his position on Minako's lap. Mamoru looked up from where he was playing a video game with Shingo. And soon, all attention was on them.

Ikuko sat on a love seat with Kenji, Luna curled up on her lap as they watched the videogame on the television. Marie, Ami, Makoto, Minako, Haruka, and Michiru were sitting around a coffee table off to the side playing Monopoly. Setsuna and Hotaru were sitting in recliners reading books, and Grandpa Hino was doing a crossword puzzle while lying on the floor.

"Um." Rei muttered, fidgeting under the attention of everyone staring at them.

"Does anyone object to an immediate meeting?" Usagi came to the rescue. Not receiving any objections, she moved to the center of the room

"As I'm sure most of you have figured out, something big has happened. First, let me explain this," she said holding up a lock of her long silver hair. "and the change in all of you. Due to the broken timeline many things are happening. During my angry outburst my powers were fully unlocked. In the past, we all had these hair colors and we all had stronger powers," she told everyone as she looked around at the change in each of the senshi. Rei's hair was a shiny black that shined a dark crimson red, a beautiful two tone shroud around her, her violet eyes now a glowing and brighter version of what they had been. Ami's hair was now down to her mid-back, a silky curtain of light metallic ice blue and her eyes a chilling match. Makoto's hair was now a long flowing mass of soft curls, reaching down to her knees, the color had changed to a deep hunter green with random streaks of lighter green, her eyes a beautiful bright metallic green. Minako was every inch the love-goddess she was descended from, long full gold her reflecting the light in the room, molten golden eyes and an unbelievably beautiful tan to her skin. Michiru's hair was thicker and reached down to her shoulder blades and was now a multi-tone sea of teal ranging from a pale teal to murky ocean-depth blue/green, her eyes a metallic swirling match to her hair. Haruka's hair had grown out a bit, but not much, it now reached to right below her ears and was a fluffy cushion of smooth sandy colored locks that shined a light yellow color when she moved. Her eyes were bright yellow and her skin sun-kissed like Minako. Setsuna's hair had changed to knee length as well, the color changing to a dark crimson red, that shone a dark green, her eyes a deep metallic red. Hotaru's hair had grown to mid-back and turned a deep purple, shining a brighter purple when the light hits it. Her eyes though, turning a deep metallic purple. They had all gotten a bit curvier but not too much and they'd gotten taller too., she noted before continuing. "Many of us had been in love with someone... including me." She told them, looking over to Mamoru. "But it wasn't what my mother wanted. She wanted the prophecy of peace in the universe to be fulfilled, and for that to happen certain things had to occur. She didn't want any other future for me, or us. She was selfish and took all other options away from us. All of us. She guilt-ed Pluto into helping her, claiming it was the best course for all involved. She broke up the relationships we all had, locked away some of our memories and pieces of our souls. She formed a bond between my betrothed and myself, even though she knew I was in love with another. She connected the bond to the timeline with Pluto's help, assuring that the prophecy would happen as scheduled.

What she didn't understand was that the bonds between myself, my betrothed and the senshi had been altered to a point where it hindered us in the battle that we should have won. At the fall of the Moon Kingdom, my mother used the last of her powers to transport us here and bind the memories of Luna and Artemis so nothing could unlock what she hid from us, in hopes that the prophecy would still come true.

With the destruction of the timeline, the bond between Mamoru and I has become unstable time-wise but it cannot be broken. The anger I had inside me helped me to access my full powers but I was not ready for it and could not control the strong outburst. The power broke the barrier hiding my locked memories and that last part of my soul. My full powers have awaked and with them, the barriers holding back the locked parts of each of you has been removed. I now stand before you, Neo-Queen Serenity, Sole Ruler and Queen of The Solar System. Mamoru is still my future King, but until he reaches his full power, he cannot become my Consort."

"Queen…?" Ikuko sighed in curious amazement, Kenji echoing her as they looked at Usagi.

"That's why I couldn't get correct readings for you?" Marie asked quietly as she took in the healthy glow of their new Queen.

"Yes, all of us have changed, but you won't have the same problems reading the others until they all reach their full power that they would have reached at Crystal Tokyo."

"Crystal Tokyo… Chibi Usa-chan…" Hotaru whispered, tears in her eyes.

"No more seriousness, I'm all nerves. We have happy, sad and confusion all running rampant in each of us, I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling it." Michiru spoke up sweetly. "Lets just drop all the senshi and future talk for now, come sit and spend time with us." She motioned to Usagi and Rei.

"Michiru is right, " Usagi said with a half-smile. "Talking about all of this won't solve or un-do any of it. Questions can wait for another time. Lets just enjoy each others company tonight."

Walking over to Michiru, Usagi enveloped the girl in a hug, "Thank you" she whispered in the other girls ear, grateful that her idea put off all the questions that she really didn't feel like answering. Walking over to her parents, Usagi sat with them, watching as Rei laid on the floor with her Grandfather and began helping him with the cross-word he was doing.

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The night went on in a comfortable quietness as they sat around the entertainment room, knowing they'd be back to all their problems the next day. Two A.M. rolled around and they decided to go to their rooms, everyone ready for a good night's sleep. They separated… Usagi and Rei going to their suite, followed by Kenji, Ikuko and Shingo; Ami and Marie; Makoto and Minako; Haruka and Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru and finally Mamoru and Grandpa Hino grudgingly following in the rear.

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Author's Note: Sorry it took so long to update, almost a full year… I finally got a computer up in my room. A month ago my husband and I had wireless installed in our house and bought a laptop so now I can type my story at 3am after I get home.

(08-26-2009)

Serena CrystalMoon