Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alone ❯ Chapter 12: A Visit to the Past ( Chapter 12 )

Alone

Chapter 12: A Visit to the Past

By Selenity Jade
Rated: PG13

 

Disclaimer: I am not in any way, shape, or form, taking credit for the Sailor Moon characters in this story. I am simply borrowing them.

 

Pairing: Mamoru/Usagi

 

AN: Updated 03/25/08

 

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He stared at the odd shaped device with a grimace. He was supposed to figure out how to work this? What did Pluto take him for? Ami? Maybe he had better ask his other self how this thing worked. Although King Endymion hadn't seen this device, he did appear to have some sort of knowledge of futuristic machines.

 

Tuxedo Kamen, on the other hand, was completely clueless. He could work microwaves and television sets. He could even operate a car and give it minor maintenance. This thing, however, was out of his depth.

 

"Maybe this... button looking thing..."

 

The masked man pressed a crystal shaped button and the entire room lit up.

 

"Now we're getting somewhere."

 

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"Emerald."

 

The green-haired woman turned to look at him, annoyance shown in her eyes. "What do you want, Sapphire?"

 

The man smiled slightly. "How would you like to get rid of Sailor Moon?"

 

She snorted. "And go against my Prince? He wants her here, did you forget?"

 

"She is a distraction. A deadly distraction. She puts everything we've worked so hard for in jeopardy. She needs to go."

 

Emerald flapped her green fan in anger. "Don't you think I know that? I love Diamond! It should be me he adores, not that half-brained twit! But he won't even leave her room! How are we supposed to get close to her!"

 

Sapphire smiled. "We might not have to. Perhaps we should be a little lax in our security and allow that caped idiot to rescue her. Of course, he'd have to get by my brother, but I'm sure we can find a distraction for him."

 

Emerald looked at him worriedly. "But if Diamond were to ever find out."

 

"He'd have you killed. Yes, I know."

 

"Easy for you to say! You're his brother! No matter what you did he wouldn't kill you!"

 

Sapphire smiled bitterly. "He just may if he finds out I conspired to let the woman he loves go. Like I said, she is dangerous. To us all."

 

"And if Tuxedo Kamen does not come?" Emerald asked softly.

 

"Then we kill her."

 

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Mamoru looked around the bare, devastated landscape of the moon. He was a bit disorientated from the harsh transportation unit, as well as the slight amount of gravity on this small planet.

 

He didn't even have a clue as to what he was supposed to be looking for. Just... that here, somehow, he would be able to reach Usako...

 

"Prince Endymion."

 

He swung around at the voice, his eyes widening. "You're..."

 

The silver-haired woman nodded. "Yes, I am Queen Serenity."

 

"How... Aren't you dead?"

 

The Queen smiled. "Yes, Endymion, I am. My spirit, however, lingers here. I am protecting this place."

 

"I see," he said, looking at the woman who had ruled the moon thousands of years ago. At least in this time... He himself hadn't seen her in over a thousand years, back when he was Endymion.

 

"Why have you come here, Endymion? Has something happened to Serenity?"

 

Mamoru sighed. "She's been kidnapped. I need to find a way to Nemesis, a dark planet out beyond Pluto. Sailor Pluto instructed me to come here."

 

The ancient Queen smiled. "I see. Come with me. We will get you to this Nemesis." She then turned and led the way through the ruins of an ancient lunar civilization.

 

Mamoru looked about him as he followed her, his heart sad at the destruction that Beryl and Metallica did to this place so many years ago. He remembered it as such a beautiful city. It was always glowing, full of life and joy.

 

Would it ever be restored again?

 

Queen Serenity stopped just outside the still standing palace. It was just barely standing, though. It had obviously had a few explosions topple parts of it, and the years have not been kind to it.

 

"Where are we going?" he asked her.

 

"Inside," she replied, opening the door without touching it. "You will be the first living person to walk these halls since the day Serenity died over two thousand years ago."

 

"It... makes me sad, this beauty that has long been forgotten by everyone but Usako and I... Even the Senshi do not remember being here."

 

The Queen paused and looked back at him. "We will not be forgotten for long, Endymion." She smiled. "Someday... the moon will live again."

 

She then moved into the darkened palace. "Come this way, Endymion, if you wish to save my daughter."

 

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Tuxedo Kamen followed the ancient Queen deep into the crumbling palace. He could still remember these halls when they had been intact, and it was quite disconcerting to see them now. As Prince Endymion, he had walked these halls to see the woman he had swore to marry. He had traversed the maze-like palace to see the woman he would have - and did - die for.

 

He could remember thinking how alive the palace seemed. Even the walls had had a life of their own. Perhaps it was because it had been standing for thousands of years, housing each generation of lunar royalty. Perhaps the unique power that belonged to that royal line had leaked into the walls.

 

But it didn't matter. It had seemed alive to him then. And now... The walls were dead.

 

And it finally hit him that the place he had loved as much as he had loved the Princess here had been truly destroyed. It hadn't been his home, but it felt like it when he had visited. His princess had been his home...

 

The place had served as a symbol of that.

 

And it had been destroyed.

 

He had failed to protect his love's home back then and he couldn't remember that. He remembered his death. He died. He remembered a lot of his life with Serenity, but he hadn't realized why he had died or what his death meant until now. And it... burned inside his heart as it finally hit him.

 

He had failed to protect her. His death had destroyed her.

 

What if... he failed again? What if they survived this mess, only to have another person come after the Crystal? What if he died again?

 

Would she survive or would it be a replay of this time over and over again?

 

Could they ever truly be free enough to love one another?

 

"Endymion, stop dwelling on what you cannot change."

 

He blinked, glancing up from the floor to behold the queen who looked so much like Usagi. "How did you...?"

 

She smiled sadly. "I know because it is written on your face. Just as the love you felt for my daughter had been there too. I could not forbid such a thing when I saw how much you truly loved my daughter, even when the Earth had housed so many evil beings. You died to protect my kingdom and my daughter. And I'll forever be grateful to you for that. Do not fear a repeat of this. Soon, my daughter will grow again. And together, you shall protect each other."

 

She smiled and then motioned into a darkened doorway. "In here, Endymion. You will find the way the Senshi were able to visit their homes while they stayed her protecting my daughter. This room teleports people to all nine planets and their moons. However, it can also be calibrated to teleport to any object within this distance. It uses willpower to direct one's energy to that planet. If you will yourself to Nemesis enough you should be able to go there."

 

Tuxedo Kamen smiled slightly. "I think my desire to go there will be enough. It is Usako I am trying to save."

 

The Queen nodded. "Good luck."

 

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AN: I like Queen Serenity.

 

Lovies!