Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Shepherd ❯ Chapter 11

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The Shepherd

A Digimon-Sailormoon "what-if" crossover-fiction.

DISCLAIMER:

The The Digimon, the Digidestined, The Sailorsenshi and their
families (except for Kelly, Selena, Agamemnon, and Penelope )
are not my property! They never were, and never will be.

The Digimon, the Digidestined, and their families are the property
of their creator, Miyoshi Houso, Toei Animation (in Japan), and
Haim Saban (in the USA).

The Sailorsenshi, their friends, and families are the Property of
their creator, Naoko Takeuchi, Kadansha Publishing and Toei
Animation (in Japan), and DiC (in USA) and CWI (in Canada).

NOTES:

Here are the "givens" in the actual Anime. In "Digimon",
Izumi Koushirou ("Izzy" in the English dubbing) is orphaned and adopted.
And in "Sailormoon", the parents of Mizuno Ami ("Amy" in the dubbing)
are divorced, and Ami lives with her mother.

I don't know if "Ayumi" is the actual name of Ami's mother
in Sailormoon or not, or if she's even named, but that's the name I've seen
in a previous fan-fic. So, that's her name, here !

"Koneko", Japanese for "Kitten", is Sailoruranus'- Haruka's- name for Usagi.

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Hotaru's P.O.V.

"Peace, Graham-Sama! The war is over! I, Sailorsaturn, in the name of Princess
Serenity, COMMAND it!! It is time to get back to your family."

With those words said, My voice goes from comforting to commanding as
I feel the weight of the Silence Glaive rest in my hands. I glance around at the
chaos. Galaxia's demons would have loved this. Pharoah 90 would have loved this!
It is truly a feast of hatred and terror unmatched in my lifetime.. and, I
doubt, in my father's.

I look towards Setsuna. All of the color has drained from her face and she is
trembling. She is looking at Haruka, who is also white and trembling.
Demo.. I feel Haruka is trembling for a different reason than Setsuna. I can see
it in her eyes. Haruka can not hide her rage well. Especially, from one who has
felt those very same furies!

I turn my attention to the Baka Graham-Sama has pinned to the ground with the
Staff-of-Mercury. "Gather your children", I reassure Graham-Sama with a whisper.
Then I look down at the pathetic excuse for a human on the ground. And I speak
to him in a voice as cold and dark as deep space.

It is a voice that scares me, still:

"You will get up and run home, inu! Go back and thank whatever god is watching
over you that you are not DEAD this day! GO!"

The inu did not stay long. I hear him get up and scurry away.

Then lift my glaive to the first brave baka that moves. It is the
leader of the thugs around the sons of Ishida and Takaishi, I learn later.

"You will back away from the children, Bakayarou, and then drop your weapons!
Or... I shall slice your black-heart out of your living body!"

Bara's P.O.V.

If the Fates were to allow me to live until the end of time, I shall
NEVER forget the feelings of that battle! And a battle is surely was! I felt
fear, love, awe, excitement.. and, I am sure, many other emotions.
I was quite sure and certain that I would die this day! Let no one forget that!

The crowd around us definitely had the taste of blood on their minds! And that
scared me.. I would lie if I said it did not! But, being with Yamato and his brother
Takeru, along with their digimon, I had a feeling I would not die alone. And,
stangely, that gave my a warm feeling. Better to die with friends, than to die
alone! There.. then.. somehow.. in our little group, I started to feel something
else: Love. It was the love of two brothers for one-another, and the love of their
Digimon to them, and they to their Digimon.. and, finally, it was my love for
Yamato- and his for me! He smiled at me. And, I knew, come whatever may,
everything would be alright.

Then, the hordes descended!

It was truly awe-inspiring. Although the crowd was only a few feet away,
the distance between us seemed telescoped. And, when the moment of the attack
came, that same crowd seemed to roll toward us as a tsunami. It was terrifying
and mesmerizing at the same time!

And, then, we found ourselves closed in! I could no longer see the Kamiyas and
Sora. Then, I started hearing the yells and screams of war.. some of the phrases
being rather obscene! It was all very frightening.

I would not want to go through it again.

Soon, we were packed tight in a circle. I felt I would die here. Yet,
strangely, I was not afraid of death! If my fate was to meet death here, then
let death come! At least, I would be facing it with Yamato-san and Takeru-kun!
Facing death would not be lonely. I took a strange comfort in that. Then, I
notice our.. protectors! Garurumon was beside Yamato, and Angemon was beside
Takeru! A werewolf and an aqngel-of-life would be fighting with us! Then, I
noticed Mr. Graham's digimon- Wizardmon- beside us.

Our circle is growing!

And, now, with the battle underway, I see her- Sailorsaturn. She appears
as an angel-of-death. Perhaps to take my friends and I? Good. Then, she is
welcome! Just.. someone, please, let my parents know I died
fighting the good fight!

Then, I hear her.. demanding the war stop?? Then, I see her make her point..
literally.. as she presses the tip of her glaive against one of our attackers'
chests!

"You will back away from the children, Bakayarou, and then drop your weapons!
Or... I shall slice your black-heart out of your living body!"

Sashimi, minna?

Jyou's P.O.V.

"Peace, Graham-Sama! The war is over! I, Sailorsaturn, in the name of Princess
Serenity, COMMAND it!! It is time to get back to your family."

Suddenly, it is over. Then, for all my mustered courage, I feel my legs shake
and knees suddenly give way as I fall against Ikakkumon! I then turn around and
cry into the thick white fur of my partner. Why does this have to happen? Why
must I be fighting my neighbors?

My digimon devolves back to Gomamon and nuzzles me. I compose myself.
Then, I start looking around, searching for Koushirou and Mimi and Kelly- Sama!
I quickly locate Graham-Sama.. with what looks like an ice-spear aimed at some
baka's genetalia! And, I have little doubt, the bakayarou in question
deserves to have his manhood ripped off of him! And, Graham-Sama is tensed
enough to do just that at anymore provocation!

Fortunately, that provocation never comes! Instead, I see Koushirou and Mimi..
Odell and Anne.. gently holding their father up as he seems to be handing the
ice-spear to someone.. more than likely its original owner! Kelly-Sama seems to
have aged years in the few days he has been here in Nippon! I hope, with all my
heart, that he and his children can get back to the States! IT will hurt beyond
measure.. losing my best-friends.. but, after what they have gone through,
Koushirou and Mimi.. Odell and Ann! Pardon me.. need their father- their family!

And, so does Sailormercury!!

Suddenly, I hear a car-door open and close, and a soft- yet firm- voice
speak:

"My daughter has spoken! This war is OVER! By order of Emporer Akihito,
himself! You will now disperse!!"

Professor Tomoe's P.O.V.

"My daughter has spoken! This war is OVER! By order of Emporer Akihito,
himself! You will now disperse!!"

I do not remember. Demo- I am sure that, even under the influence of the Tau
Ceti and working with the Witches 5, I never acted as unseemly as this rabble!
Part of me prays for some baka to do something to break this edgy truce.

And, I am sure, from what my daughter has told me, that the Hime's
much-talked-about capacity to love unconditionally will be overshadowed by her
need to protect her Senshi, should this truce be broken! From what Hotaru-chan
has found out, The Hime-no-Tsuki has known the Hime-no-Mercury the longest. And,
I little doubt, Mizuno-chan feels that friendship has been a lifeline to her! The Hime
-no-Tsuki will not jeopardize her friend's well-being.. even if that means splitting up
the Senshi for a time! Sailormoon will, no doubt, act to keep the family Graham
together.. even if it means sending many of her neighbors to the hospital! HeeHee!

Dano.. a couple of Senshi?

Demo.. I must not let that happen. Dammit. As an.. ally.. of the Sailorsenshi, I
must do what I can to keep the peace. Even if all those around me want blood!
Thankfully, my.. madness.. has not TOTALLY destroyed the reputation of
Tomoe-clan! Nor, has it destroyed our bonds to certain people! I smile. I have
heard about that small-minded bureaucrat Graham-Sama spoke with. Dano..
he is no longer of any importance! HeeHeeHEEEE!

I walk over the the Graham-family, being careful not to step on the bodies on
the ground. Their groans are strangely-pleasing to the ear. Maybe these
countrymen of mine have learned a lesson?

Maybe.

I next pull an official-letter from the pocket of my lab coat:

"Graham Kelly-Sama? You are requested to an audience.. with his Emperial
Majesty!"

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Here it is!! The next-to-the-last (hopefully) Chapter!

As Chapter 12 should be the end, I have a question for my readers/
reviewers.. What should happen to my ex-wife, the kids' mother? Should
she..

( 1) Come back to the kids and I?
( 2) Die / Get killed? Or,
( 3) Should she disappear, or wind up with the population Neo-queen Serenity
banishes to Nemesis/ the Blackmoon?

Also.. What should happen to Izumi Suon?

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