Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny's Hold ❯ Chap. 6: Explanations ( Chapter 6 )

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Destiny's Hold: Season 6…the lost season

© 2003-2004 By Stacey Padjune (Serena CrystalMoon)

Disclaimer: Sadly enough, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the other characters, I just manipulate them...

Riza:I get what you mean about not naming the main couple but that would pretty much kill the story line…I won't say why… Heh heh heh. Thank you for reviewing, and I know I asked for it when it comes to long reviews, but I just can't help it. I love long reviews. The `die' thing was a little confusing and thank you for helping with that matter, so it is acceptable for me to use “shi-ne” from now on, if I choose to? I hope so, I don't like being incorrect with my vocabulary! For Rei's Vision/Dream thing it's specifically written to intrigue but not let anyone know exactly what was going on. For instance, her hair and eye color as well as main description was nonexistent for that fact, because too much can't be given away or my story line goes to shit. I can tell you this much however, I like how you think. Using your logic like that you may figure out a lot of the future events in this story just by thinking so much into things, though I don't think there's enough for you to go on yet! The mix of the black dress and the diamonds was to make sure no one could be sure of who her `lady love' had been, no even her! Yep, what you know is what she knows and in the vision she hadn't the time to look at the woman's face after admiring her dress and before her vision faded away, I don't think I was too clear about that, see if she had seen the woman's face, I would've wrote about it but I also didn't write that she didn't see the woman's face. I'll make sure I go back and fix that and remember that for future events. Well I'll stop babbling now! n_n

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Chapter 6: Explanations

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Rei and Ami watched silently as Mamoru, Usagi and the other inners took their seats, forming a semi-circle in front of them. Luna, who'd been perched on Usagi's shoulder leapt down to the floor, padding her way over to the edge of the futon and jumping up into Ami's lap before curling up into a comfortable ball. “Now-“

The door to Rei's room burst open, immediately interrupting the cat before she could even really start her sentence. Eyes widened and jaws dropped as all turned their attention to Haruka holding a scruffy Yuuichiro up on his tip toes with a death grip a pregnant woman wouldn't be able meet, the three other outer senshi standing behind her surprised at her actions yet staring icily at him, their stares seeming cold enough to freeze him had they wanted.

“Haruka-san, what are you doing to Yuuichiro-san?” Usagi demanded haltingly her princess qualities showing, causing her senshi to release the man at once. Face flooding with red, Yuuichiro bowed to all around him before exiting quickly, running down the Jinja hall and to his room, like the hounds of hell were at his heels.

Bowing respectfully to Usagi, her example followed by the other outer senshi, Haruka spoke. “Gomen ne, Hime-sama. He'd refused us entrance to the room, saying Rei-chan and her friends were in here and weren't to be disturbed, no matter who we are.”

“Yes, but that gave you no right to man-handle him the way you did. Now, please come in. Sit.” Usagi said, gesturing for the Haruka and the others to sit down.

Sitting down, the four remained quiet stealing glances at one another, waiting for one to say something about the problem at hand. Noticing their strange behavior, Usagi sighed. “Haruka-san, Michiru-san, Setsuna-san, Hotaru-san, what is it? Why are you all here?”

“Usagi-chan, as you well know, another force of youma has stricken,“ Setsuna addressed her princess. “I don't know too much about them yet but what I do know, is bad.”

“How bad, Setsuna-san?” Usagi asked, her face grim.

Tucking a strand of dark forest green hair behind her ear, Setsuna met the eyes of Usagi. “Somehow, they've managed to show up here, throwing off our timeline and disrupting the eternal flow of time. Now was supposed to be the beginning of a Golden Age soon to come, the beginning of peace and tranquility as you become ready to ascend the throne. Their appearance here and now should not be and may cause a global reconstruction of fate.”

Slamming her fist into her hand, Makoto's green eyes showed defiance. “So let's beat them so we can go on with our lives!” she growled, envisioning herself beating the stuffing out of some youma.

“If it were only that simple, Mokoto-chan.” Michiru sighed, “Setsuna-chan hasn't told everything yet. The futures you all knew to be yours are no more. With the appearance of this new youma force, the timeline has been re-written and she can't see the end, something's blocking her from it.”

Gasping, Ami looked to Setsuna for confirmation, receiving a solemn nod in response. “Well, is there anything we can do about it?” she asked, hoping a logical action could be taken.

“No, I'm afraid not, Ami-chan. I'm sure some of you have already felt a slight shift in your lives, it's do the creation of your new futures. You may experience love, power, intelligence, visions…the possibilities are endless as will be the changes that you may all go through while battling this new youma and setting a new future.”

All was quiet as the weight of this new information settled over the group, each thinking about what they've noticed already and what may become of them in time. Looking around, tears pricking at her eyes Usagi addressed Setsuna. “Is the insurance of all of our lives still strong as was in our future in Crystal Tokyo, or can…can…” the sadness took over, breaking her voice and enabling her to go on. Tears flowing down her cheeks, fearful of loss that she could not handle.

“Yes. I'm sorry there's no other way, but with the new future unknown, any senshi if not more could die…don't lose hope though, I expect all of the senshi will gain new powers as well, it will take an extreme amount of force and injury to hurt let alone kill any of us, and do not forget, Crystal Tokyo may still exist, I'm not sure exactly how much of our timeline has changed already and how much more it will change.”

Luna sat on Ami's lap, the blue haired girl running her hand gently over the cat's midnight blue fur. Looking up into the sad eyes of Usagi, Luna cursed the youma for putting her charge through this once again. Now, not only was the future unknown but the lives of her and all of her senshi were at risk once more, the future not ensuring their survival through the new timeline and into Crystal Tokyo, which they assumed would still exist it time as long as nothing too drastic happened and caused either their future King or Queen to pass on before they had the chance to rule. Quiet took complete control over the room, not a squeak was made and not a throat was cleared. Tension was high and no one knew what to say as they all watched their princess, a single tear escaping her eye and trailing down her flawless face, more tears following the first. All knew just what kind of a toll the past had taken on Usagi, but no one could even guess what their future and the future of all mankind might do to her.

Some fifteen minutes later, Usagi's tears had finally stopped. Making up her mind, she knew she had to stay strong for senshi and for the world. Looking to Rei she nodded, signaling to the girl that it was time to share what they had learnt. The Miko's voice cracked as she opened her mouth and addressed the group, silently changing into her senshi form with a flash of red light. “Sailor Senshi of her Highness Serenity-hime, extreme measures must now be taken. Not only is out future undistinguishable and our present plagued with a new enemy but we also face another threat. Two nights ago Sailor Moon and I engaged in a mission, a simple yet dangerous one. Our mission was to gather any evidence of youma activity coinciding with the five disappearances as of late. To do this, we needed our senshi powers, but we couldn't afford to alert all of you to our mission, two senshi was all that was needed for our operation, any more could've been disastrous.” Pausing she looked around, noting the intrigued look on Makoto's face, the worried expression on Ami's and the signs of hidden and growing anger of both Luna and Haruka. “Using the Luna Disguise Pen, we transformed through its power, but not into our senshi uniforms, rather into matching black outfits, suits fit for going unnoticed in the dark of night. Sneaking into the Police Headquarters, we searched their files for information on the disappearances.” Gasps caused her to pause but a second, puling out the folder she had taken from under her mattress, she continued. “Wrong, yes. Illegal, yes. But the importance of our mission far surpasses that.” She told her fellow senshi, handing Ami the folder. Opening the file and reading through it's contents Ami and Luna, who'd been sitting in the Ice Senshi's lap and reading along, both gaped in astonishment at what lay in front of them, tears springing to their eyes.

“What is it? What does it say?” Michiru's gentle melody of a voice spoke for their entire assembly.

Luna looked up, blinking her eyes trying to disperse the tears that would not go away and threatened to spill down over her fur. Sighing she looked to Artemis, who'd remained quiet as he laid curled up on Minako's lap. They blame Sailor Moon and her Sailor Senshi for the youma attacks since the re-activation of them when Beryl began her attack. They've been following the senshi for the past five years and have close to discovering who they really are. When they do, they will not hesitate to bring you in, hoping to stop the youma attacks.”

“That's preposterous! Sailor Moon and the Senshi have done nothing but protect their human asses from the very beginning. Had they not, most of them would be dead and anyone alive would be a slave right now!” Mamoru's voice boomed over the other cries of outrage around the room, no one but no one insulted his Usako like that!

“They haven't acquired any good pictures of the senshi, but they do have pictures of all of you, including Mamoru, in your civilian forms. They know who ach of you are but can't figure out exactly how you all fit in, but they believe you're all informants linking the senshi to the youma.” Luna told them, after she had read the rest of the report.

“I'm afraid that's not all either.” Mars spoke up once more, sadness overwhelming her voice. “Earlier this morning while I was doing my chores I was attacked by a youma. He gave me these cuts,“ she said gesturing to the bandaged gashes on her upper arms. ”It took a lot to defeat him and I didn't have the time to call for backup.” Red light flashed once more, leaving Rei in her Miko robes where Sailor Mars had just been.

“I still wish you would've Rei-chan…you could've been seriously injured.” Usagi fussed over her fire senshi, “Next time, even if there won't be enough time for backup to reach you, please send out a distress call.”

“Hai, I will, I promise.” Rei said truthfully, now was not a time for pride and the breaking of promises, too much was at stake.

“Arigatou, Rei-chan.” Usagi thanked the Miko, everything remaining silent for a while afterward.

The silence broken when Usagi's stomach growled rather loudly, signaling it was time for some food. Laughing, everyone agreed to go to home for lunch. The outers, offered hospitality by Usagi to come to her house, declined politely before leaving with the others and heading off in the direction of their hotel.

Luna leapt up from Ami's lap to Usagi's shoulder as she and her charge set off for home, Usagi's stomach growling in hunger.

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Onyx watched from a distance as the mass of girls left the Hikawa Jinja, seen off by his former youma's target. “This will prove to be more difficult than we thought,” her growled, dissipating into nothing and appearing in the middle of down town Tokyo, inside a small flower shop. Watching the owner run all over the store in a frenzy cleaning, and snipping and arranging…huffing around with a smile on her face. “Next target, Miyaka Hana. Flower Shop Owner.” He said aloud, unnoticed by the frenzied girl even when a vine of dark green with thorns of dark black appeared out of no where and stood beside him. “Let her reach her peak before you take her. Cast the spell to keep her energy levels high and don't hurt her. Make sure you keep this quiet and under control, we don't want more interference. Take her back to Lord Shairon so he can approve before you put her with the others.” He sneered, laughing as he disappeared again.

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It was still early but darkness had already claimed the streets of Tokyo, Rei laid back in her bed listening to the cold wind beat against her window, some entering the room through a tiny rift between the window and her wall. Scene's of earlier played over and over in her mind like a broken record as she laid there; the hurt she felt resonating from her princess, the tears in her eyes when she found out her future was no more and how many terrible possibilities could shatter her world. Rei felt her heart break, knowing she could do nothing for her Hime-sama but protect her as best she could. Tears sprang from her eyes and trailed down her cheeks. “If only,” she heard, the sound a faint whisper on the wind. “If only she knew how I felt.” The voice became clearer, the scent of flowers wrapping around her, a faint warmth enveloping her as the vision came. The woman before her, beautiful and extravagant, graceful and delicate, was a woman of exceptional beauty. Her skin was golden, creamy and flawless. Her eyes twinkled with happiness and unshed tears resembling emeralds of the highest quality covered in crystal clear water. Long tresses of chestnut colored hair fell down over her shoulders and back from a high pony tail in a beautiful waterfall. Daily tended nails of metallic green wrapped around an ice blue picture frame held steadily in her hands as she sighed, her eyes fixated on the divine creature within. “If only,” she sighed, the tears that had threatened to spill over now doing so and spilling down her cheeks. And with that the vision was gone, leaving Rei laying in her bed confused as ever. Twice already she had been bestowed with visions, neither of which she's asked for or even had while in the presence of the sacred fire. Already confused by the first she couldn't help but be even more confused by the second. In the first she'd been dressed in ornate jewels and silks at a masquerade ball, and had been happy when united with her `lady love', a woman in a silk dress with equally ornate jewels but what she couldn't remember was anything about what the woman had looked like. Facial features and hair color completely unknown, the woman was a faceless phantom that has plagued her over the past two days. Over and over since her last vision two words had echoed through her mind, haunting her, confusing her…I'm gay? The words echoed through her mind again, frightening and confusing her before she could push them away and think about her newest vision. She made herself calm down, ignoring the nagging and even afraid curiousness within, gluing her mind to the vision she'd just had. The woman had been sad, distraught over hiding her love from a woman she cared about. She was older and more elegant, but seemed to resemble Makoto is the most uncanny ways. They looked so similar and yet, there was something about that woman that was far from anything Makoto was. Her voice was more aged, rather than young and carefree. She looked to be around the same age as her but her appearance was so much more mature. Her hair seemed browner if possible and her eyes even greener. Was this woman Princess Makoto from the past? Or maybe Makoto from the future? Is she just a dream, meaning nothing or is she a part of Makoto, a part unseen? Oh how confusing… Rei groaned silently, her head pounding with confusion and lack of energy sleep waiting to claim her. Droopy eyelids closing over amethyst eyes, Rei was out, sleeping peacefully in the land of dreams.

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Author's Note: Here you go, Chapter 6! Please Review you guys, I'm dying here!

--Serena