Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny ❯ Chapter Ten ( Chapter 10 )

Title: Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny

Rating: 13-R

Genre: Alternative Universe

Author: Sean Wright

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, I'm just a fan.

In this chapter I will do a brief retelling of the Fall of the Silver Millennium from three of the characters' perspectives. I'm also taking things from the Stars series so don't be too offended.

Chapter Ten

Rei and her grandfather had just left her first session with her psychologist and she was not happy. The horrid woman had given two prescriptions, an anti-depressant, and an anti-psychotic to control her mood swings and violent tendencies as her grandfather had called them. And what was worst, she was going to have to attend some kinda group therapy for teenage girls who needed anger management.

; She did not want to go, but her Grandpa was giving her no choice. He had told her that he was afraid for her physical as well as mental well-being, and that he feared that one day she would do something that she was forever regret. She would have to attend the sessions, take her medication and go to that group three times a week or he would be forced to commit her for her safety as well as Bunny Tsukino's. For it seemed as if all of Rei's hatred and rage was focused on that girl and no matter what she tried or what he said, she could not stop those feelings from taking over her mind.

; The ancient Jonathan Hino was sure that his granddaughter was possessed, but he did not know by what or whom. He did not feel safe sharing this with granddaughter; her reaction could have been very violent to him or to herself.

; He tried to reason with her, get her to see that life could become better for her if she just let go of the hate. Rei told him that she did not care. No one cared about her, so why she care about herself? He could not answer her, not yet. He just told her to have faith and all would become clear in the end.

; At a pharmacy near the Jinja, Rei waited as her grandfather had her prescription filled. They needed a few things and he asked her to pick them up while he waited. After doing so, Rei made her way to the books section to look at her favorite magazines. Vogue and Cosmo were her favorites. Before she became a Senshi, it had been Rei's dream to become a model. It was her own secret, she used to dream of being on the covers of both, looking sexy, having others envy her and the entire world worshipping her.

That had always been her dream, to be the dominant one, the star, the person everyone feared and bowed down to. But when she became a Senshi, she was not the in that position. She came in third to a blonde ditz and a blue haired geek. She, Hino Rei, the queen of First Street Girls' Academy, the one every man in all Juuban dreamed about and everyone looked up to had to stand aside and watch that blonde flake take all the glory in their fights with the Dark Kingdom.

It rankled her to no end to hear others talk about the Sailor Senshi; Everyone wanted to either meet or be Sailor Moon, no cared that there were four other people who were just as important as the blonde bimbo.

"Rei?"

She came out of her thoughts and was surprised to see Lita standing beside her. She forced a smile to her face. "Lita," she said brightly, "What are you doing here? Isn't this too far from your apartment?"

Lita shook her head, "This store has really good stuff and lower prices that the drug store near my building." She nodded towards Rei's grandfather, he was paying for his prescription at the moment. "Is everything alright?"

Rei paled, then she noticed Lita wasn't looking at her, was talking about her grandpa. A wave of relief rushed to her, she did not want it to get out that she seeing a shrink or popping pills. She went with the story that was already building in Lita's head and capitalized on it as she hoped to gain the sympathy of another Senshi and turn her against Bunny.

******

Mina was exhausted but she could not stop. After a long day of auditions and now she was forcing herself to studying, she did not know how she was going to manage if the Dark Kingdom was to attack tonight. But she could not afford to fail her Princess, she had to be sharp both mentally and physically if she wanted to keep her Princess safe.

But first she would have to make amends with her Princess, Bunny Tsukino.

Oh, Goddess, she still could not believe how blind she had been. She was the Leader of the Imperial Senshi of the Silver Millennium and the distant relative of the Princess' father during in their former lives and yet she had failed to recognize her own cousin and the very person she was sworn to protect. Sure, she blamed herself for her blindness, but she knew a vast majority of it laid at Luna's door. Mina always suspected that something was never right with Luna's explanations about the Princess' disappearance and the crystal and it was only a few days ago that she had stumbled across something that she never would have believed before. Luna did not know whom or what she was looking for.

It shocked Mina to no end, but the more she though about it, the more it made sense. Luna did not know what Serenity looked like, she had admitted it countless times at the meetings and that fact alone should have sent off some kind of alarms in all their minds, but for some reason they ignored that simple, yet very important fact and accepted what Luna believed and that she would be able to sense the Princess' presence if she was near her. Well that turned out to not be true. Luna had lived with Bunny for four months and never noticed anything unique or different about the girl other than she was indolent.

And that in itself should have tip them all off. Bunny wasn't used to the longer daylight hours on Terra, the days on the Moon was shorter and went by faster than those of Terra. That was why she was always so tired. Her body hadn't become used to Terra's time schedule. There were so many other little things that none of them noticed or just chalked up as her being clumsy, lazy, and ditzy or just stupid. So many things that showed Bunny's Lunarian heritage, so many things that screamed that she was the one they were searching for. And to think she had faced all this alone, for so many years. Mina's heart went out to her Princess and the girl she though of as her friend.

She couldn't take the silence another second. She still wasn't ready to face Bunny, but that did not mean she could not take on the others. It was time for the Senshi to learn the truth about themselves and to take up their rightful places as the Imperial Senshi and once again earn the respect and loyalty of their Princess.

; She pressed the All-Call button on her communicator and within seconds every Senshi except Moon appeared.

; "Senshi," she said sharply, "We are having an emergency meeting at my apartment in one hour."

; "Your apartment?" Lita asked, confused. "When did you get your own place?"

; Mina shook her head, "We will discuss that later-"

; "Wait a minute." Rei cried, "Who died and made you leader?"

; Mina clenched and unclenched her fist, wanting nothing more than twenty minutes with Rei and her Love-Me-Chain wrapped around her right fist. "Rei, I am only going to tell you this once and if you disobey me, you whiny little bitch, I am going make you wish your father never had a penis, do you understand me? You will never question my orders again."

; "Hey," Lita cried coming to Rei's defense. "Rei's going through some rough times right now, her grandfather is sick-"

Mina's left eye was twitching something awful. "Lita, I will not tolerate insubordination, not from Rei not from you or any other Senshi." She said firmly. "Be here in one hour. You do not want me to come for you." Sometimes that girl's loyalty could be so misplaced and her damned bleeding heart made vulnerable to anyone who wanted to use her. That's why Luna escaped her execution in the Silver Millennium, the damn Jovian spirit-But she stopped her mental rantings and ordered them all there in the next hour. She gave them the address and dismissed them, but asked Mercury to stay.

"I know you are with Bunny, Athena Diana," a half smile formed on her lips as the former Princess of Mercury gapped her. In the background she heard the voice of her Princess and tears of shame and of joy filled her eyes. "Tell the Princess that I would like to meet her in person-"

The screen split and Bunny's face appeared, her big blue eyes were as round as plates as she stared in astonishment at her former lead guardian.

A slow smile, as warm as the sun spread out over Bunny's face and she squealed in delight. "Eros, you remember?"

Mina could not stop the bright, happy smile that appeared on her face. "It's been so long since I've heard that name, Serenity."

Bunny sobered and nodded gravely. "Yes, it has been long time."

Mina followed her swift change of moods, it was kind of hard to ignore when their hearts were all attuned to each other's.

"Serenity-Bunny," she looked away, "There is nothing I can say that will ever excuse my behavior these last months."

"Then don't say it." She told her. "I will not excuse you of your behavior, Eros. The betrayal I suffered at all of your hands has hurt me far too deeply. It will take some time before I am able or "

; Mina forced herself to meet Bunny's frosty gaze. "I will not ask for your forgiveness, your Highness. Everything I did was off my own free will. All I ask is that be allowed to make reparations for them and be allowed to serve her Highness once more as her Leader of the Imperial Senshi."

; Bunny though about it, then nodded. "You may reclaim your post, Lady Venus, however, you do so with provisions."

; Mina bowed her head, "I await your orders, Princess."

; Bunny took a deep breath and then started, "Reclaim your Senshi and take control of them. Arrest the traitor of our Kingdom, Luna of Mau." She said, "And I charge you, in the name of my mother and our Queen, to arrest the terran Sorceress, Beryl, for crimes against the Solar System, for murder of the Royal House of Terra and the assassination of the Royal House of the Moon, and for consorting with an a Star Killer."

; Mina nodded, "It shall be as you command, my Princess."

; Bunny tried to keep her voice steady, but couldn't as sudden tears clogged her voice. "Also, you are also confiscate the paraphernalia of the Senshi of Mars," she bit her bottom lip to hold back the tears. "Until the time comes that I can trust her again, she no longer a Sailor Senshi."

; Wordlessly, Mina nodded. In the final battle, she was going to be without two Senshi. At their current level, there was no way she, Mercury, and Jupiter was going to walk out of there alive. If they had their Star Crystals, then this would not even be an issue.

; That was it. "Our crystals." She shouted.

; Bunny was puzzled, "What crystals?"

; However, Ami knew what she was talking about. Her excitement was evident as she told Bunny. "We are-were-in the Silver Millennium Eternal Senshi. We never had pens. We had crystals. Sailor crystals…"

; "But in the last battle, something happened to our crystals," Mina mused, still remembering. "It was the night of Sere's Engagement Ball. The terran Royal Family was late and strange, conflicting reports were coming from the planet, but the Queen told us to go out and pretend that nothing was wrong. Our crystals were on display in the main reception room along with our mothers and fathers, crystal and weapons-"

; And then they remembered.

; There was so much noise and smoke in the air when the transport opened. The Queen and Princess of Venus escorted an injured Prince Endymion into the Queen's private rooms. Hermes tended to his wounds while the Queen ordered Aphrodite to increase the guards around the palace. Prince Adonis had sent Lord Artemis to Terra to verify the information and if possible, rescue Prince Helios and Queen Gaia and Endymion's guards. The young man brokenly informed them that they were dead. Everyone in the Golden Palace had been slaughtered and the last he saw of his friends, they were trying desperately to hold the horde at bay while he was forced to retreat. Kunzite and Endymion had fought their way to the transport system and in a final effort to save the last member of the terran Royal Family, Kunzite shoved Endymion into the transport and destroyed himself in the process.

; Mina remembered. She had been watching Endymion and Serenity dancing and around them were royal guards playing courtiers and there was Senshi at every door. Crown Princess Eris of Mars and her father predicted that battle could go either way, it all depended on the actions of one person.

; Ami recalled seeing someone enter the main reception room and stand near their crystals. At the time she never thought about it until it was too late. The Elder Senshi's crystals did not respond to their calls and the younger ones were reduced to the lowest levels. But they refused to give up and faced the enemy, knowing that it was going to be their end.

; Mina nodded as fresh tears streamed down her face. She could see her beautiful mother as she led her fateful charge against Luna's forces. Glorious Aphrodite was a new born sun in the face her enemy, waving her golden sword in the air as she urged her soldiers on for their Queen and Kingdom and to their deaths. Her father, Prince Adonis, was slain trying to defend the palace gates, his body had been ripped apart by those demons until what was there did not resemble the handsome Prince-Consort of Venus. In one day she had lost her love, when Kunzite had sacrificed himself, her parents and her home and her life on the palace steps.

; Ami had been with her father, King Hermes as they ran through the marble halls leading both the Queen and Princess to the Prayer Room. The Queen of Jupiter's two niece, Hebe and Hestia had to forcibly bring the Prince of Terra; he was determined to fight the three attackers, to avenge his parents, friends, and his planet.

; She had been told to guard them in place of the Jovian Senshi and was glad as she tried to come to terms with Zoisite's death. Endymion was angry, but in control for the moment; Yet she knew when or if he met with either of Beryl or Luna, that rage was going to come out and annihilate them and she prayed that he would and avenge her husband's death.

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; Bunny remembered how shocked her mother was when she learned that the Outer Gates had fallen. Neptune and Uranus were gone and the dark horde crept over the Lunar landscape, blocking out the light of the coming dawn. She had gone to then Endymion, trying desperately to seek comfort in his arms, but there was just a feeling a doom that shadowed her soul. From the outskirts of the palace grounds, a dark violet light tore viciously at the darkness. She could feel the destruction caused by Persephone of Saturn as she sent wave after wave of her most powerful magic at Metallia, but it was not working. She remembered thinking something was wrong; Persephone alone had the power to destroy entire Universes with a turn of her Silent Glaive, but not even she was able to bring down one of the invading forces and soon she too was overwhelmed by the enemy. Serenity had sensed dark magic afoot, but she could not concentrate long enough to trace it back to the source. Everything was happening so fast, too many people were dying at the same time and her Senshi were too spread out and she was frightened. Why hadn't the Senshi stopped the enemy's continued advance?

Then her already lost world spun out of control. She felt the darkness loom over Eros and Persephone and then no more. Serenity started screaming wildly and uncontrollably. If Saturn had fallen at there enemies hands what hope did they have of defeating the enemy.

Endymion pushed her behind him, he was asked her mother if there was transport ship that was readied for this? The Queen said no.

; Bunny could recall the despair in Endymion's voice as he demanded why not?

; Her mother's answer was the Moon had never been attacked before. No one had ever expected that an enemy would attack the seat of the universe before invading the planets. They were simply unprepared for this type of strategy.

; Someone from with the Kingdom had betrayed them. That person had to have been strong enough to temporarily seal off their greatest powers, thus allowing the enemy to succeed. They could not comprehend it, who other than Metallia would have anything to gain if Silver Millennium fell?

******

; An hour later, the four Inner Senshi met at Mina's place. It had been tense, when they were all together.

; After Mina had severed them all drinks, they sat there, waiting for someone to begin. So Lita decided to be the first one.

; She reached into her subspace pocket and held out a star shaped emerald that was roughly the size of Sailor Moon's broach and tossed it on the table. "This appeared when I shattered my transformation pen three days ago." She said nonchalantly.

; Rei looked at her wildly. "You broke you pen?" she sputtered in horror.

; "That pen was fake," she told her. "That broach is my true insignia." Heads turned so fast, she would have though them all to have whiplash. With their attention focused completely on her, Lita rose and said to them. "I am Nike, Eternal Senshi and Crown Princess of Jupiter, daughter of the Celestial Senshi and Queen of Jupiter, Hera and King Zeus of Jupiter. And I am the personal guard of Her Imperial Highness of Silver Millennium, the Princess Serenity II."

; The tension in the room seemed to evaporate when Mina laughed. "Well, since you want to be that way about it, Nike; I am Eros, Eternal Senshi, heir to the throne of Venus, daughter of Aphrodite, Celestial Senshi and Warrior Queen of Venus, Leader of the Celestial Senshi and the Imperial Forces of the Silver Millennium. And my father was Prince-Consort Adonis, Captain of the Lunar Guard and Interplanetary Senshi of Magellan. And I was am the Leader of the Imperial Senshi of the Silver Millennium."

; Lita grinned broadly as she clapped a hand on Mina's right shoulder, "I remember, my friend." She said warmly.

; Ami was not about to be left out. She cleared her throat, the girls turned to her and she smiled mischievously, "I am Athena Diana, Eternal Senshi-"

; "And we know," they cried as they pulled her into their little group.

; They hugged each other, jumping up and down, asking a million and one questions, apologizing for the last few months of confusion. Outside there group sat one of their own.

; Rei had no idea of they were talking about. Sure, Luna had mentions the Silver Millennium, not anything such as the girls were talking about. At what got her was how fast Lita and Ami accepted Mina's saying that she was their leader? She didn't care what Mina was calling herself, Eros or Aphrodite, she was not going to waltz up to them and tell to follow her. If anyone was going to be the leader of the Senshi since the Odango Atama had left, it was going to be her, Hino Rei, not anyone else.

; Rei stood up, her violet eyes flashing in the as she marched up to the little group and flung Mina back.

; Mina looked up and saw a very pissed off Rei standing over her, with hatred burning in her eyes.

; "You won't be the leader." She screamed in Mina's face as the other girl stood up and faced. "I am. I'm the better Senshi. Luna never complained about-"

; A backhand across the face shut Rei quick.

; Mina rose up to her full height, towering over Rei by four inches and every bit of her anger showing in her sky blue eyes.

; "By order of Princess Serenity, Bellona of Mars, you are hereby stripped of your powers as Senshi of the Planet of Mars." She said through clinched teeth.

; Rei gaped at her, then she laughed. "You can't do anything to me. Only Luna can take away our powers. And who the hell is Bellona."

; "You are." Ami said coolly as she stepped in between the two. "In your former life, you were Lady Bellona, daughter of the Crown Princess Eris of Mars, Celestial Senshi and Spiritual Advisor to the Queen of Silver Millennium. The same position you were being trained for."

; Rei shook head in disbelief. Like tumblers into locks, it was all falling into place, but she refused to acknowledge it. It would never be true.

; Sadly, they watched Rei slumped down to the floor. Even as she tried to deny it, the truth was right there. Two very distinct and strong lives waged war against each other. Bellona of Mars, Eternal Senshi and Advisor to Princess Serenity against Hino Rei, Shinto Priestess, Sailor Mars. There was no end, just a collapse. Jealousy and guilt wrapped themselves so tightly around her soul, that there was no room for nothing else.

; Mina removed Rei's henshin wand and the star ruby that had just appeared and she handed them both to Ami.

; "Nike, make sure she makes it home safely and please tell her grandfather what has happened."

; Gently, Lita helped the broken girl rise and together they walked to the door. Before she left, Lita turned back to two Senshi in the room.

; "Will be allowed to return to her place amongst us?"

; Mina shrugged. "I don't know, Nike," was the calm reply. "It will depend on our Princess and Bellona. Not us."

; With calm, rationalism that Lita could have never been accused of before, she accepted this as truth and did not try to fight it with a passionate outburst and unfair accusations.

; "When shall we go to Princess?" She asked.

; Ami smiled, "She wants to meet us in the park, tomorrow after school."

; Lita was surprised. "She knows?"

; "She has known for a long time now." Ami nodded, "And she has another surprise for us as well."

*****

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Ilene was bored. The cleaning lady had come and cleaned the house, the lawn care service had cut the grass and trimmed the hedges and she had hunted down every weed that dared to raise it's ugly head in her garden.

; She could have gone to the supermarket, but neither she nor Bunny cooked. Besides Yuki had picked up the essentials they required on Saturday.

; She though about going shopping, but really did not feel up to dealing with the crowds. There was always TV. With a shake of her head, she nipped that idea in the bud.

; But a nap did sound heavenly.

; So with that agreed upon, Ilene stuck out for the living room to recline on her favorite couch and nap until her daughter came home, then they were going out for dinner. For the moment, she allowed herself to rest. The Universe was at peace, if just for now.

; Bunny was seated in her favorite booth at the Crown, lazily flipping through a manga as she waited for Andrew to bring out her order. That run from the park and then the conversation with Mina had nearly drained her.

; Ami had dropped her off at the Crown asking her to wait for her before she went home. Bunny more or less decided to obliged her friend and Guardian and stayed put. She had tried to reach Molly to see if she wanted to go see a movie later but she was busy. So was Kari, and it seemed like everyone else she knew.

; Her phone rang. She glanced at the screen and turned it off. She was tired of the telemarketers. Didn't they believe in taking Sunday's off?

; Andrew arrived with her food and sat it all out for her. "Here we go, Bunny. Two cheeseburgers, super order of fries, double chocolate milkshake and a chocolate sundae."

; "Thanks, Andy." She chirped before diving into her meal like a starving pack of wolverines.

; Andrew shook his head. It still amazed him to watch her eat. Since she was Lunarian, her body required more energy than others. But still, when looking at her, he would have to ask Artemis again.

; He put his tray down and slipped off his apron, shouting to his assistant that we was leaving. He called a good-bye to Bunny, who just waved a good as she continued to stuff her face.

; Stepping out of the arcade, he met Endy, Kris, and Mike. They were all casually dressed, looking like normal university students hanging out. If that was only true.

; Endy was walking his brute through downtown Tokyo, half scaring people who saw the dog coming, and not that Endy seemed to have noticed. He was searching for the beginning of that distortion field. Mike, with his far seeing eyes, saw the beginnings of distortions, and reported that it moving through dimensions. Jamie was already in the delta with Troy and Terran and Molly Osaka, one of their soldiers. Molly could not see or feel anything out of the ordinary. She told her partner everything that she saw via com-link and Jamie was doing the same with Umino and it was sufficed to say they were seeing two completely different things.

; Jamie only saw living horrors in all the buildings. Evil was here, thick and growing stronger with each day. And it all seemed focused on the Infinity College. Kris relayed the findings to the others, but Endy already knew what Jamie was seeing, he saw the same thing and it confirmed his worst suspicions as to who was here and what was allowed to fester on his planet.

; Three miles before they stepped onto the road that lead to Infinity College, Kris and Andrew began their observations. Erebus started growling menacing at the structures and the very street as they continued on.

; To Endy, it was if he had stepped into outer space without oxygen or another planet. He looked around and saw four distinct glowing lights. Violet, turquoise, and gold, and garnet. The violet was weak, it was flickering almost violently, but the other three colors were strong and healthy. And he swore. The Outer Senshi were here.

; Andrew wanted to run back to the safety of his arcade and far from what was bound to happen. Endy was cursing up a storm as he headed towards the center of the delta. The fire in his eyes promised death to all those responsible for this madness. He light tugged on Erebus' leash and the wolf followed close on his master's heels, snarling along the way.

; Andrew just shook his head and groaned, "Why me?"

; "Andrew," Kris barked, "Let's go."

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