Hikawa Shrine, Juuban:
Rei Hino sweeps the stairs of the shrine as she performs her duties as miko when Seiya and Setsuna walk up the stairs, " Hino-san, it has been awhile. " Setsuna states.
Rei looks at her warily, " Yes, it has, Meiou-san, how may I be of service to you today? "
Setsuna smiles, " I would like an explanation as how you came to the conclusion as to why it was a good idea to kill the person who saved this planet and restored your life more than once. An actual explanation and not your usual tripe when you're complaining about her. "
Rei blinks at this request from the Plutonian and actually pauses to think about her answer. Unnoticed by Rei Seiya slips off to meet with her crows, Phobos and Deimos. The twin sailors take on human form when they're alone, looking at Seiya, " You have come to ask us why we did not intervene, correct? " the red suited Phobos asks.
Seiya nods at this assertion, " As well as what happened to cause them to all turn on her so drastically, sure there was some in fighting but nothing to that extreme or so I thought. "
The purple suited Deimos looks thoughtful at this, " You do raise a very good point, Seiya, Endymion struck us down before he struck down Luna as we were getting ready to mobilize and defend the Moon Princess. Sure, we are supposed to serve the Martian royal house, but at the same time we are also given our heads and if we do not agree with the direction our princess has chosen then we are to protect the Hime. "
" It was a slow start, but they all eventually came to hate her, mostly because she had the audacity to turn her back on the vision of Crystal Tokyo, the Crystalline Utopia for everyone but the Hime. For her it would have been a Crystalline Hell. Her future self from the possible future warned her of what was to come and she was starting to take the appropriate measures to counteract Queen Serenity the IV plans. " Phobos continues.
" Do you two have civilian names? " Seiya asks.
The twins look stunned at this question, " It has been so long since we have been allowed to use our names, as we were made into crows to better guide our Martian hime. We've used our titles for so long that I don't even know if we can remember our civilian identities. " Deimos says finally.
Elsewhere in Juuban Shingo Tsukino sighs as he remembers his big sister, due to how high of a score his video game had gotten he knew she had been reborn again, he just wished he could have done something to help her. It sucked that she was continually come down on by her, no their parents even though she was doing everything to keep them safe. He'd known the entire time his sister was Sailor Moon and had covered for her when necessary. He also knew that she had convinced her teachers to not send her true grades home.
He'd even known who Chibi-Usa was the whole time, her hypnosis hadn't worked on him. He and Yuli Yamato had gotten close after the deaths of the Ronins and Sailor Moon. Somehow he had yet to age past eighteen, and he wasn't quite sure why that was. " Shingo Tsukino. "
Shingo whips around, " Who wants to know? "
" I can answer the question as to why you haven't aged. " Shingo sees a pale, ethereal woman with dark silver hair.
" Who are you? " Shingo asks her, noting the crescent moon on her forehead.
" I am Queen Sedation of the Moon, one of Serena's ancestors, your sister. You, during the Silver Millennium, were descended from one of my son Haven's children, a different one than Serena. You have inherited the legacy of the Crescent Moon Knight, it is why you have not aged, and why Chibi-Usa's magic did not affect you. "
Shingo's eyes widen at this, " How will I get trained? "
Sedation smiles at this question, " Your father will visit you in your dreams and train you up, all right. "
Shingo nods at this and just continues to ask Sedation questions while she was there. He was not going to lose this opportunity to find out about his hidden heritage.
Naru Osaka sighs as she enters the Crown Arcade, it just hadn't been the same without Usagi. The only reason the arcade was even still open was that Shingo's Sailor Moon video game brought in enough customers to keep it going. Motoki Furuhata still ran it as he couldn't bear to let go of the only connection he had left to Usagi. Naru understood that all too well, as both she and Motoki had been let in on Usagi's secrets. Both knew how to access the hidden op center in the arcade.
Naru had known she had lost her best friend when she had heard about Sailor moon's death at the hands of the Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. It had hurt when she had found out, physically hurt to know she was gone, their savior was gone, but thanks to the news coming out of New York she and Motoki both knew their friend had been reincarnated and was still defending them, just in a different city.
" Naru Osaka? "
" Who's asking? " Naru asks warily.
" My name is Arabella of Venus, I was the duchess during the Silver Millennium when it first started. You, Naru, are Sailor Psyche, the Sailor Scout of the Soul, this is why you hurt physically at the loss of the Hime. "
Naru blinks at this knowledge and settles in to ask questions and learn what she needed to know, she would be using the op center to train with Motoki's help. As there happened to be a training room in there with a simulator. It would help her get to know the different attacks and get comfortable with them. Naru had never really wondered why she hadn't aged, she figured it had been due to her being so close to Usagi.
Empire State Building, 600th floor:
Hestia observes all that was going down in Juuban with a smile. Things were finally starting to get back on track, no thanks to that interfering Queen Serenity. Serena had done all she could to undo her mother's stupidity, but there was only so much one could do in an allotted amount of time. Serenity had screwed up big time, so big that not even Hestia could get her home in order. That right there was saying something.
" Lady Hestia, it has been quite a while since we have last spoken. "
Hestia smiles when she sees her old friend, " Queen Hadia, it has been far too long since we last saw each other. "
" Agreed, I have come because of events unfolding in the home city of the Hime. Far too much has been happening as of late and it worries me. Sure she's under the protection of Ryujin, but something tells me that this threat is far more powerful than we could handle, let alone the Hime and her protectors. "
Hestia smiles, " You forget, her true soul mate is at her side and he has power over death while she resides over life, plus couple that with their love and they will prevail. None of the reincarnated royals wish to die in their teens again. "
Sweet Dreams:
Jason smiles as he whips up a batch of strawberry cheesecake while keeping an eye on his cooling cake for a blueberry cake roll, made blue of course, for the blue food lover. He gets the cake into the oven and then finishes his blue blueberry cake roll. Next, he moves on to mixing up a batch of mint chip cookies, gluten free for a regular customer, whom wanted to get his sister some sweets she could eat. " Hey, Jase, we're running low on spritz cookies and chocolate chunk cookies as well. " Evan calls out from the kitchen door.
" Gotcha, Tobias, start making spritz cookies from the dough we had left over while I finish these off, okay. " Jason says.
" Already on it, Jason. " Tobias states.
Jason gets his cookies on the cookie sheets and starts mixing up more chocolate chunk cookies, " Ev, can you go get Aidan, with Amelia and Ally taking a girls day we're a little shorthanded here. "
" I'll call him. " Evan says, as he was busy running the Espresso Machine while Percy and Danette filled orders and operated the cash register. Nico had gone off to make an emergency supply run. Hey, Aid, need a little baking help here.
How will I get there fast enough?
Go behind the Poseidon cabin and teleport to the back door of Sweet Dreams, we're short-handed today.
On my way.
Somehow Jason had managed to get his cookies boxed and labeled, the jellyroll dealt with, and get his chocolate chunk cookies into the oven, while also finishing his strawberry cheesecake. Tobias had gotten two sheets of spritz cookies in and done, the first tray was cool enough, so he called Percy to restock them. Aidan walks in moments later and they put him to work. Aidan was mixing up more spritz cookie dough and at the same time crushing pecans to make pecan sandies. Tobias was still working on making the spritz cookies from the leftover dough. Jason was now on to making cinnamon rolls at cookie size, while he lets the dough rise he works on making cranberry raisin cookies.
Out front Danette and Percy were about ready to pull out their hair, they were getting slammed. Percy takes a quick inventory of what they had out and moans softly, the oatmeal cookies were almost completely out. He races back to the kitchen, " We need oatmeal cookies, stat. "
Aidan leaps on that as Tobias was now using his spritz dough, though he had switched to a different plate. His pecan sandies were ready to go into the oven anyhow. He mixes up a double batch and starts setting them out on cookie sheets. Once Jason's chocolate chunk cookies are done Aidan's oatmeal cookies go in. The kitchen started churning out cookies and other pastries at their usual rate with another competent baker in the back.
Nico walks in and puts away everything he had been sent to get and Jason hands him a new list, " Sorry, Nico, but we've been getting slammed all day. We need all of this, now. "
Nico sighs but sets out to get the new list of supplies, " Save me a slice of that cheesecake, okay, Jase? "
" You got it, Nico. " Jason calls out in acknowledgement, it was the least he could do.
Once all the cookies are restocked and the cranberry raisin, plus the pecan sandies were out Jason takes a moment to look at the inventory and nearly curses out loud in Latin, they were running low on honey buns. He races back to the kitchen and pulls out the rest of their stock of honey buns, replenishing them while Aidan starts another batch of them, Tobias taking over the cinnamon rolls. Generally Amelia and Ally were there as well to help out with the baking process. Percy comes in for the gluten free mint chip cookies just then, " Oh, we're running low on the cream puffs as well. "
Jason heads for the overstock and restocks the cream puffs, " We're gonna need more help in here soon if this keeps up. "
" Tell me about it. " Tobias says, they'd been working nonstop since they got to work today.
Half an hour later Nico returns and has his piece of cheesecake before he gets put to work baking as well. Mostly Nico was just running the stuff to the oven and switching things out. Though he also had to keep track of their stock out front and they weren't even half way through the day. Nico manages to get himself a drink from Evan, whom knew everyone's drink orders by now. Nico gets to work on a tiramisu and once it is in the oven he takes the time to do an inventory and groans, " Di Immortales! We need to start making more cream puffs now! "
Camp Half Blood:
Josh looks at Rowen as they go over strategy, it made sense for the Scout of Flame, War, and Passion to know strategy and tactics, that was what he had been doing with Rowen, he had also been taking archery lessons from him, " So, what was it like for you in your previous lives? "
Rowen sighs, " Not that bad f'ah me. F'ah Ally howev'ah it was terrible. She 'ad tah play dumb in ord'ah tah protect 'er family, an' she got crucified somethin' terrible f'ah it. "
Eli and Noah are working out some more prank plans when their mother, Demeter appears, " Eli, Noah, I have something very important to tell you. I will be granting you two the power of the Earth from Endymion, Mamoru as you two might know of him. "
Eli is the first to come out of the stunned stupor, " So, we both become Tuxedo Kamen or what? "
Demeter smirks, " Just think over the implications for now, you won't be getting the power yet, I just wanted you two to know. "
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Ronin Warriors, or Percy Jackson. I also do not own Amelia, Tatsuya, Tobias, Danette, the Demeter Twins, Zach, and Josh.
Author's Note:
Sorry for the long wait, other story ideas just cropped up and demanded that they be written. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please remember to vote in my poll, I still don't have a winner.
