Disclaimer: I do not own any Sailor Moon manga or anime.
A/N: Okay, so I'm using the original Japanese names this time, but when I was reading to refresh my memory the other day, they kept calling Mamoru 'Darien', so if I'm wrong, sorry! Review Please!
I woke up, and yet the memory kept coming, ferociously. I closed my eyes and clamped my hands over my ears. The scene's noise combined with the thoughts of the outside world were incredibly loud.
Missing by about an inch, Endyran tumbled to the ground. I kept on running, despite the discomfort my heels inflicted. I could hear his footsteps behind me, and even Endymion and Serenity shouting for us to stop. He caught up with me quickly, and brought his arm around my waist to stop me. He picked me up swiftly, knocking my legs from under me.
"Got you." he whispered. I glared up at him. It was no use running anymore. Only Endymion had come (Serenity was hiding somewhere for fear she'd be discovered, I'm sure), and palace guards had come to see what all the commotion was about. All of them had weapons drawn, and Josephine had come up behind Endyran as well. I crossed my arms and pouted, like a child.
I was caught.
I didn't dare try to talk; the situation was too serious. Everyone stared coldly at me.
"Why are you here?" Endymion asked, harshly. I regained my composure and focused my glare on him.
"Oh, Apollo just let me leave the Sun, Your Highness. I can't do a bit of exploring?" I asked sarcastically.
"Princess, I don't believe that. Please explain." he said, his anger brimming.
"What?" I lied.
"I found her spying on the you and...your friend." Endyran said, no hint of amusement left.
"What are we going to do with her?" Josephine asked.
"Don't concern yourselves." I snapped. "Would you put me down?" I shouted in an irritated manner. Endyran agreed. He didn't have to hold me, not if I was already surrounded by weapons. What he didn't know was how long I'd been waiting to actually use the knowledge that had surrounded me for my sixteen years.
"Why were you spying?" Endymion asked.
"I think you know well enough. You know what you're doing, so you should know what I have to do. Now, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have a report for a certain person." I had found an opening, and flipped out of the circle, and ran to any place they hadn't thought of yet, reading their minds quickly, like a child's game of tag in a whole village.
Then Endymion and Endyran caught up to me.
"Arien? Arien!" Usagi stared at me with concern, trying to shake me back into reality.
"Let me go, Endymion!" I shouted aloud, trying to kick. Usagi was silenced at the name, and pulled her arms back. The stare that had concern was turned into one of questioning.
"Why were you saying Darien's name? Are you alright? You sort of blanked out." she said, rolling out all of the questions. Well, I should've expected Usagi to be this straightforward
"I'm fine, sorry." I said, standing up and choosing to answer the second question first. I was back from the memory, sitting up on the pallet I had made of blankets. The noise of other visitors was loud in my head, but I blocked out the buzz. The only ones then that I heard were Luna, Artemis, Solaris, Usagi, and Minako. The three cats were watching me, and Minako had joined Usagi after hearing my shout.
Endymion? What does she know about him? Those were the question that were basically in all of their heads.
"Endymion....he was the Earth Prince, wasn't he? He was chasing me, because I was spying on Serenity and him...but another Earth Prince chased me before. What does that mean?" I babbled, as if I were the only one that was in the room. They both stared at me, like I had grown a third eye or something.
"No..." Minako started, shaking her head. "Endymion was the sole heir."
"If there was another one, we would've known already." Usagi agreed.
"You didn't know there was a Sun Princess, either, yet here I am. Tada!" I said sarcastically. "I know what I saw. Endyran was his name...they both look the same, except Endyran's eyes are green and his hair is blonde. But in their features, you could tell they were brothers, maybe even twins. But Endyran was more skilled...he tracked me down quickly."
"What does that mean, then?" Usagi asked, the same question I'd asked in the beginning. I paused.
"It means Darien will be competing with Endyran for the crown."
"No." Darien stated coldly later that day. He even went as far as to storm right out of the arcade and walk down the street. I stopped Usagi from following him.
"I better go. I know the details." I explained. I ran to catch up with him, leaving the others in confusion once again.
"Endymion.... no, Darien." I started, my mind being used to saying Endymion from what I'm sure was my past life. "I've seen him. I don't know why, but I have. I will continue to see things like this, and I know they're true. These...visions, memories, whatever you want to call them...are accurate, and I know they've happened to me."
"It's impossible. My family is gone." He still stared ahead, avoiding me.
"I know what you're thinking, so I know how determined you are that you don't have a brother. But, you have to believe me! Can't you feel it? That something's missing? You must have felt that before you got dragged into this whole thing. Usagi-san might have been a temporary fix, but I know what's really missing." I grabbed his arm to stop him. and looked him in the eye. "Your brother. He's missing from me too, although I don't know how that particular situation happened. But I can feel how empty his presence is. You must feel it too!" He didn't answer for a while, but I heard his thoughts slowly start considering the possibility.
"If I were to have a brother," he started,"How would we find him? He probably doesn't have the same name; we don't even know if he's in this city! The chance of finding him would be slim." I tried to find my words.
"How did Usagi find you? It's fate. He'll come to us. For both of our sakes."
Then, against all my instincts of wanting to get away from him (the dream still had effects of it left), I hugged Darien.
"Don't you understand?" I asked, my cheek pressed against his chest. "Neither one of us can survive without him." I pulled away. "You have to have faith that he will be discovered, so the future can be complete."
I walked with him back to the arcade, hesitantly. His state was worse than a corpse's. He stared straight ahead for the whole walk, and he had a blank expression. I didn't want to disturb him, so I didn't say anything.
We walked back in, and although everyone had a questioning look, they didn't ask anything. There was no need, because it was obvious I'd convinced him otherwise.
Then I realized the questioning look was aimed more at me.
"Arien," Ami started, almost unable to take her eyes away from the newspaper. "You might want to see this." I took the paper.
"What is..." I trailed off as I saw my picture on the front page. On top of it, big, bold letters read: 'Takahashi daughter missing'. The article talked about how I was attending the Infinity Academy, and had never returned home yesterday.
I saw my actual name was Youko(I was guessing that 'Youko', meaning sun, wasn't just purely coincidence). I wondered how that news could've gotten out so quickly, when I read on that my father, Hiroshi Takahashi, was the Chairman of 'Takahashi Entertainment', a prominent acting agency, and my mother was an actress, Katsumi Takahashi.
I was their adopted daughter.
I had assumed I was American with my dark skin and, in the back of my head, knowledge of the English language. But, I couldn't forget that I was fluent in Japanese. I must have been adopted.
"Of course!" Minako shouted. "I've seen her in so many movies. It's amazing we didn't realize sooner."
"How? Just because I'm their daughter? No one's even recognized me."
"Well..." Ami had pulled something up on the computer. I looked in amazement at how recognized my mother and me were, with movies, and even me playing a variety of different instruments. I thought back to my knowledge of Apollo. He was the god of the sun, and the arts. Of course his traits would be passed on to his daughter.
I suddenly felt overwhelmed.
"Great! Sailor Sun, Endyran, budding actress! What's next?" Everything was making me exhausted. "Ugh...I should probably contact someone." I walked out again with an irritated expression. Solaris followed me quietly.
I'm done playing your games, I said to the voices. Who are you? Who am I?
I knew this would happen! The female voice shouted. You had to go and take revenge on the other kingdoms! Look at our daughter! She's in turmoil!
Daughter?
I will not admit to that. Yes, I nurtured that dark being. But, I had no intentions of endangering Arien!
Of course. As usual, you always overlook things like that! Our daughter was happy. You had to take away not only her happiness, but the other Kingdoms' heirs!
What are you two talking about? I shouted in my head.
They had already stopped talking.
No! Come back! You have to tell me! You say I'm your daughter? Are you going to let me lose my mind? I was angry at them for occupying me, and filling my head with so many dreams and nightmares. I'd have to handle that some other time though, because even as I thought the words, I was walking into the police station.
I stopped in my tracks. No...I thought. It couldn't be. I didn't even have enough time to think the words as a blonde head turned around at the sound of the door opening.
Endyran.
No, no, no, no, no! I thought. This is too soon! What kind of a cruel trick is the world playing on me? Of course, inside, it would be an understatement to say that I was ecstatic. But I didn't know why, and I wanted to get to know him better first (in my head, as crazy as it sounds). I had just been awakened. Everthing was so overwhelming.
"I found this over near the Infinity Delta site." he said to the police officer, and held up something. It was a gold necklace, with a heart charm on it. It was beautiful in it's simplicity, and strangely, it felt as if then was not the first time I had seen the necklace. It looked so nostalgic.
It had to be mine.
"That's mine!" I blurted out, to my surprise. It might have been mine, but I didn't remember it and thought to just let it go. The words came out before I had a chance to stop them. Endyran turned around to look at me. I could definitely tell it was him then, with such features like Mamoru's, and the beautiful jade eyes.
"Are you sure?" he asked me, his gaze piercing. I could only nod. I still hadn't heard anything from Solaris.
"Then here." he said, tossing me the necklace. I caught it in the air as he turned for the door.
I was positive it was him, but I couldn't help trying to see whether or not he was the same. I tried to find something small, but just settled for one of my black flats I had worn to school the previous day.
I threw it at him as hard and fast as I could.
He caught it without turning around quickly, so fast that the people in the building had thought the sudden rush of wind was simply their imagination. Endyran turned around, holding the shoe in his hand still. He stared at me with a peculiar look, so I read his thoughts.
What was that for? Now that I think about it, this girl....I remember her from somewhere.
I tried coming up with a coverup for myself. "Oops!" I said, smiling. "Sorry. I kicked my foot up so hard, I didn't expect my shoe to come off!" I acted as innocent as possible. I registered how easy it was to actually believe something like that, so the starlet acting thing must have been true.
"No problem." he replied walking over. "Here." He went as far as to kneel down and looking up at me, smiling I might add, and lifting my heel gently to put my shoe on. His touch surprised me. It was warm, and made my stomach leap, in that good way.
He was taunting me. He knew the game that was being played, and he was telling me that he wasn't stupid. You think I don't know, don't you? I also know you're reading my thoughts right now. The earlier thoughts were just decoys, to let you know. I know enough about you, Arien, to know you're looking for me. I knew you'd find me first. It's your turn this time around anyways. I gasped at him, and he smiled, all the while. No one seemed to be paying attention in the room.
"Endyran?" I whispered.
Miss me?
