Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Hearts in time ❯ Revelation and Resurection ( Chapter 14 )

I don't own Sailor Moon, if I did my student loan and credit card debts would be referred to in the past tense. I do own Necros, Lance and Wraith. If you ask nicely and give credit where it's due you can borrow them.

Hearts in time part: Revelation and resurrection
By
Lance the Flamesniper

There were some things in life that Lance Jayd can deal with, with ease. Taking tests, socializing, understanding his family believed he was nuts...all of these were in this category. He could understand and accept these. His wonderful girlfriend being a Sailor Senshi, having magic powers and using said powers to fight evil were harder to cope with, but it was still things he could adapt to and overcome. But getting sucker stabbed by some hooded moron who appeared out of nowhere.... nope. That was just something he couldn't deal with. The fact that this blue eyed maniac also stabbed Setsuna and they were both now standing outside their bodies watching as Raye finally got their bodies to stop bleeding didn't help.

"Uhm Setsuna if we're laying there...how can we be here?" Lance asked.

"I think it means we're dying love," Setsuna said calmly. "It's funny though, I thought it would be a little less.... dramatic."

"I see...I think."

"You will not die. At least if I can help it," A soft voice said behind the two.

The Two would be lovers stared in surprise at the tall elegant woman before them. She wore a dress that shined with spun silver. Her head was adorned with flowing argent lock styled in odangos. The hair framed a face that was ethereal in its beauty; a petite nose, rounded jaw, full lips and soft, caring blue eyes. Upon her brow glowed the yellow crescent of the moon, marking her as a Lunarian Royal. Though Lance wasn't sure how he knew that.

"Queen Serenity!" Setsuna exclaimed as she dropped to one knee. At her side Lance followed suit as if the motion was merely reflex.

"You may rise. Prince Lance, I have come to help you remember who you are...." The Queen began.

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The other senshi had arrived just as Raye got the two to stop bleeding. Being that she had proclaimed it a Scout Emergency they arrived in Senshi mode.

"What happened!?" Sailor Moon exclaimed first as Sailor Mercury set to work on some more basic first aid.

"I'm not sure I'd just yelled at them to stop sparring then this weird man with a sword appeared out of nowhere and stabbed Lance then slashed Sailor Pluto," Raye recounted.

"Well Sailor Pluto should be well on her way to recovering soon. Good thing she was here as a Senshi though. Had she not been we'd be preparing funeral arrangements," Sailor Mercury replied.

"What about Lance?" Sailor Venus asked as her mind flashed back to the previous evening and the closeness between the Timeless Senshi and her Ronin beau.

"I'm not sure. He's giving out some pretty strange readings," the Senshi of ice answered.

"Enough of this," Sailor Uranus growled. It had been an Outer Senshi attacked, and as such someone had to pay. "I want to know who did this!"

"As would I," Sailor Neptune responded.

"Yeah and so would Matt and I" Came a drawling voice from the entranceway to the courtyard. The seven Senshi turned to seem Wraith and Matt standing there.

"That's what we're trying to figure out," Sailor Moon said reasonably.

"So we're on the same side here?" Matt asked.

"Yes. Your friend was attacked but so was one of us," Sailor Jupiter replied. "I think we should work together to get the person who did it!"

The seven Senshi agreed, as did Matt. Wraith however was eying Sailor Uranus suspiciously.

"How do we know it wasn't you, Sailor Uranus? After all Matt and I both know you challenged Lance not too long ago," Wraith questioned.

"And he passed," Sailor Uranus replied. "I did not attack this man this time."

"I don't believe you. But I don't got any proof your lying either," Wraith replied.

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Lance looked at the image before him. It was of a younger version of Lance as he sat on the deck of a spaceliner, a boat that looked a lot like an old style galleon only differing in that it sailed on solar winds instead of Earth ones. The young man in question sat akimbo as he polished the blade of his katana. Nearby two younger looking versions of Matt and Wraith rushed around the deck causing no end of mischief.

"You do realize that if you keep that up, the captain is likely to make you travel the rest of the trip swinging from the yard arm don't you?" He asked the two without looking up.

"Oh come on traveler!" The young Wraith said. "We've been cooped up in our cabins this whole trip."

"Yeah! This is the first time we've had a chance to stretch our legs. All you seem to do is sit sharpening that blade," The young Matt continued.

"One must always attend to their tools," the young man responded. "That is the way of things. Unless things are done differently on Jupiter?"

"Perhaps they are. My name is Prince Matthew of Jupiter."

"And I am Prince Wraith of Venus. Who are you stranger?"

"I am Lance the wandering swordmaster," The young Lance replied as his spirit counterpart blinked in confusion.

"A wandering swordmaster? You must not be very great, I've never heard of you," the young Matt replied.

"I am the master of the Shadow Storm style of swordsmanship," The young man answered. "It is that style that granted me this Starsteel blade."

"My lady what is this me talking about?" The spirit Lance asked of Queen Serenity.

"In the time of the Moon Kingdom there was lasting peace but to insure the peace remained there were both the outer and inner Senshi and the weapons masters. The Senshi, both inner and outer, were made up of the Princesses of the different planets save for Earth. Weapons masters were martial artists trained in use of specific weapons. They trained for years in existing styles then in order to earn the title of master they had to create and display their own fighting style. If the style passed the master was given a starsteel weapon designed for his or her style. In your case you were a swordmaster.

"I see," The spirit said as the pieces began to fit together.

"So what exactly are you traveling to the Moon for Swordmaster?" Wraith's younger self asked.

"Please call me Lance. Titles are for formal things. Not for among people who are to be friends," Lance's past self replied.

"Still Lance what brings you on a trip to the Moon? And where are you coming from?" Young Matt asked.

"I am inbound from Saturn actually. As for why? That's a question I've asked myself many times lately," The swordmaster replied with a distant look to his eyes.

"Sounds like a long story," Wraith ventured.

"The short form is that I was born on Pluto. An old friend of mine from there contacted me to come to the Moon. The question my friends is what you two are doing here?" Came the reply.

"We were just on Pluto. Mostly just seeing the sights," Matt replied.

"On Pluto? I would have thought from your tans that you'd been to the beaches on Neptune. All that's on Pluto are philosophers, mages and a whole lot of nothing," Lance laughed.

"Busted," Wraith grumbled.

"Must be why you left," Matt mumbled.

There was an uncomfortable silence for a time then the Plutonian answered with. ".... Yeah."

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"What do you mean we can't take them to a hospital Lady!?" Wraith railed at Sailor Mercury. "My friend has a hole in his stomach big enough to pass a volleyball through!"

"It's not nearly that big Wraith. I think it would be tight fit to pass a playing card through," Matt corrected.

"You aren't helping Matt," Wraith replied as his eyebrow began to twitch.

"The short version Mr. Wills," Sailor Uranus replied. "Is that Sailor Pluto is a Sailor Scout and as such cannot go to a hospital. It would require too much explaining."

"What does that have to do with Lance?" Matt asked.

"You three aren't from around here. Hospitals ask questions. And the answers you can give they won't believe," Sailor Uranus replied.

"Uhm, I'm not a doctor," Sailor Venus began. "But normal humans don't glow like that do they?"

Everyone turned in time to see Lance's body begin to take on a dark green aura.

"What the Hell!?" Matt and Wraith screamed.

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In the spirit world the starliner was just arriving on the Moon. Three days had passed and the three travelers now friends were glad to be finally able to leave the boat. No sooner had their feet left the gangplank before they heard the hurried running of people within moments the three found themselves surrounded by guards dressed in the colors of Pluto.

Young Matt looked irritated. Young Wraith was angry. But it was his own past self's response that surprised Lance. He merely sighed as if he expected this kind of reception. The three looked at each guard and the pikes pointed at them. Matt and Wraith were about three seconds from grabbing their weapons when the group parted and through the ranks walked a woman dark green hair, long tanned legs and magenta eyes. What was noticeable about her aside from her beauty was that she was clad in a fuku of white trimmed in black save for the dark crimson bow on the front. In her hands was a staff that looked a lot like a large key.

"Oh Hell it's a Sailor Senshi," Matt mumbled.

"Not just any senshi," Wraith muttered. "I think that's Sailor Pluto."

With that thought in mind they immediately looked at their newly met friend. Just their luck they seemed to have fallen in with a criminal. Still he looked rather calm about this. Which meant either he was a fool or that he was so skilled with that sword of his that he thought he could take a Senshi. The green haired warrior walked straight to the sandy haired swordmaster and glared at him. Still he didn't seem phased. Seconds later the glare disappeared into a smiles and cheerful embrace which the Swordmaster happily returned.

"Lance! It's been far too long!" Sailor Pluto gushed as Mat and Wraith Face faulted.

"And miss your big day? Never!" Lance laughed as he let his eye meet hers.

"Uhm excuse me Sailor Pluto," Matt said as he found his voice. "But you two know each other?"

"Of course I know Prince Lance," Sailor Pluto responded. "He and I are childhood friends."

"Prince Lance?" Wraith repeated.

"I kinda forgot to mention that didn't I?" Lance answered sheepishly.

"Yes!" Both princes growled.

"Sorry," Lance responded as he got into a coach with Sailor Pluto. "I'll meet up with you two later."

Once inside the coach the two long friends smiled at each other.

"I've not heard much about you since you became swordmaster. How have you been?" Setsuna asked.

"I've been well. I'm sorry I didn't write or anything. Most times I've kept busy," Lance replied.

"Really?" Sailor Pluto replied as she looked at his left hand.

Lance caught the look and half smiled. "Problem Setsuna?"

"I was just wondering. Are you still a swordmaster or have you bonded to the blade?" She asked.

Lance's smile stayed in place as he carefully turned over his palm, revealing his unblemished palm. "I couldn't. I don't know why but any time I thought about it I just couldn't."

In her mind Setsuna was strangely pleased that her longtime friend had not given himself completely to the skill. "So what were you doing on Saturn?"

Trying to take my mind off you. Lance thought. "I was checking a potential threat from this 'Negaverse movement'."

"And?" Setsuna responded.

"I must speak to the queen immediately Suna. These people want that silver crystal of hers and they won't stop until they get it," The past Lance replied.

"Once I gain my new position, I'll make sure you get an audience," Setsuna promised.

The announcement and presentation of Princess Setsuna, better known as Sailor Pluto, as the new guardian of the Gates of Time had gone without a hitch and there was a ball in full swing. Setsuna had noticed her escort had left her side and promptly went to look for him. In an isolated part of the palace she found Lance. He was dressed in a dark green shirt and black pants, but his cuffs were loose. Seeing this she quickly hurried to her room and got her fathers Garnet stone cufflinks. Then returned to where she had seen her date for the party.

"Lance?" She asked.

"Hey Setsuna," Lance had said. "Didn't think you'd notice me missing so soon."

"Something wrong?"

"You remember me saying that I couldn't bond with my sword?"

"Yes. I do remember that. Why?"

Lance turned his eyes filled with tears. "It's because of you."

"Me?" The Time senshi responded in confusion.

"I can't give myself to the path of a warrior because my heart belongs to you."

"You can't mean that," Setsuna stammered as Lance walked toward her. "I mean for as long as I've known you all you've..."

"All I've wanted was to be worthy of my love for you!" Lance finished for her. Before she could answer he pulled her into a soft kiss.

Setsuna's mind reeled. Lance is kissing me.... but I shouldn't...I have to stop this! For a moment her whole body tensed as her mind tried to cope only to quickly begin to respond to his lips on hers. She felt his hands on her hips pulling her closer then felt as they slide to hold her to him. She found her arms slowly snaking around his neck as the kiss deepened sending liquid fire into her veins. Soon the kiss parted.

"Setsuna...I've loved you for a long time. But I was foolish and ran from how I felt. Can you forgive me?" He asked, his eyes full of hope.

"Yes. I think I can," Setsuna said with a smile. Then she held out the small box with the cufflinks in it. Lance smiled and held out his wrists. "With these I bind my heart to yours," She whispered.

With that finished he removed a crystal star that he was wearing and slipped it over her head and proceeded to complete the ceremony. "With this, the star of Pluto, I bind my heart to yours."

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"We were engaged," the spirit of Setsuna responded as she watched. The scenes went at high speeds. Most of them were scenes of stolen moments and training sessions that produced their perfect teamwork*. Then came the final Night and the events that led to the dreams.

"Yes you were," Serenity responded. "Prince Lance do you remember now who you are?"

"Yes. It's like I never forgot. I must return to my body and make things right," Lance responded as he and Setsuna's spirits faded from the spirit plane.

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In the real world many things happened at once....

"Ohhhh..." Setsuna moan. "That wasn't fun."

"Sailor Pluto!" The Senshi yelled at once.

"I'm so glad you're alright!" Sailor Moon replied and got a slight smile in response.

At the same time Lance Jayd began jerking and spasming as the blackish green lightning of the biggest stroke to date hit him. His face however seemed completely calm. He finally understood what this was and welcomed it.

"What's happening to him!?" Raye yelled. With Matt and Wraith around she couldn't transform. However this was weird even for the Senshi.

"It looks like some kind of stroke," Sailor Mercury replied as she activated her visor. "But the lightning seems to be temporal energy."

"Of course it's temporal energy. He, like his friends are Time Jumpers as well as Royals from the Silver Millennium," Said Setsuna.

"What!?" The gathered group replied as Lance's body completely covered itself in the dark green glow.

His robes imploded revealing his dark green dress shirt and it's glowing Garnet cufflinks as well as his black jeans. Soon they two were consumed by the glow as it converted into a dark green chest plate with silver trim. The jeans didn't seem changed though his shoes had become black boots the received a set of shin guards that matched the silver colored gauntlets that appeared on his wrists. On his forehead glowed the symbol for Pluto before it was covered with a silver circlet with a garnet stone.

"What the..!?" Wraith yelled.

"Hello my friends!" Lance replied as the lightning diminished. He could tell that would be the last one. "I have a lot to tell you."

TBC

*I apologize for rushing through the training. I might write about their romance back then at a later date though.


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