Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Remember Me ❯ Truths Revealed Part 1 ( Chapter 8 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: Thanks a lot to Naoko Takeuchi for creating such a spectacular story, along with it’s brilliant characters. I’m only borrowing the characters, so don’t sue! And without further ado, here’s Ch. 8!

Serena and Daniel arrived at his place. They had stayed silent all the way there, yet Serena hadn’t minded.
Daniel closed the door behind him.
While Serena stood only a couple feet in front of him absorbing the atmosphere. She could tell he didn’t use his apartment often. But then it occurred to her, he’s a doctor, he doesn’t have much time to be using it, seeing as how he’s needed more at the hospital. She turned around to face him.
He was looking at her with great interest, which didn’t bother her, he had always looked at her that way.
“You really are beautiful,” he said.
Serena looked at him questioningly. She knew he’d said that to her before, but right now he made it sound as if he’d realized it for the very first time. Before she could reply, his lips were already on hers. His hands wrapping themselves around her waist, pressing her closer to his body. Serena gasped as she felt his kiss become more demanding, “Dan…,” her voice began, but was quickly taken away when he fiercely dug his tongue inside her mouth. She felt one of his hands trail down in front of her, down her abdomen, and under her skirt. She pushed him away from her.
“Daniel, I-I thought we were going to discuss what’s happened,” she said hesitant.
He wasn’t paying attention to her, he was tracing his lips with his fingers, reflecting back a couple seconds ago when he had his lips against hers.
“Daniel!” she cried, knowing he wasn’t paying attention, also taking the fact that he wasn’t being himself.
He looked up at her, “What did you see in that pathetic mortal?”
“What?” she asked bewildered.
“I mean,” he said, taking a step toward her, “what did you see in the mortal of whom I’ve stolen his body and soul?”
She looked at him in horror, “Who are you?”
He smiled slyly at her. An unnatural wind flowed inside the apartment, and within a second Serena was looking at a man in silver armor and a black cape. At first, Serena could only see his lips, curled up in a sly smile. After he removed it, she noticed he had dark blue eyes with a trace of violet. His long brunette hair was tied in a low ponytail, while a few strands fell loose on his shoulders.
“My name is Rhye,” he introduced himself.
He took a step towards her and continued, “I noticed you right away on my trip to Earth,” he told her. “Seeing you lead a double life. One as a College daughter trying to lead a normal life, and the other as the heroin, Sailor Moon.”
Serena was now drawing quick short breaths as she heard this, something had hit her. “You killed them,” she said softly, tears beginning to trail down her face, “You killed my family!”
“I did,” he admitted without caring.
With this, Serena didn’t bother to think twice, she drew up her strength and swung her fist, aiming for his face. She widened her eyes as, with great precision, he grabbed her forearm, turned her so her back was to him and tightly wrapped it around her neck. He held her other arm behind her back.
“You’ll do well to just listen to what I have to say,” he whispered softly into her ear, smiling at what she had just attempted to do. Serena was looking at him from one side, clutching her teeth, showing her aggravation.
“At first, I thought you were going to be a problem in my plan,” he began, holding her tighter against him, “But when I examined you closer, I began to understand you. You fight to protect the good. And most importantly, those you love,” he stopped, and with a flick of his wrist, four tubes appeared before them, with in them were Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury. From what Serena could see, they were unconscious.
“Scouts!” Serena yelled, taking a step forward, but was held back, “Let go of me!” she yelled, struggling to set herself free in order to release her friends from those tubes.
“I made a few blood tests on them,” he continued, as if he hadn’t been interrupted, “Turned out, that not one of them is from this planet. And, if my calculations are accurate, neither are you.” he made great emphasis on the word ‘you’, as he whispered it to her.
“What difference does that make?” Serena asked fiercely.
“It makes a great difference, to me. From the moment I knew you weren’t from the planet you so desperately protected, I became quite attracted to you,” he said seductively, “Just like me, you fight for people who need it. Although we fight on the opposite side of the field, we both aim for the same goal. Victory.”
After minutes of total uncertainty and when she didn’t feel his breath on her neck anymore, she realized he had turned to the side, “I played a little game with you,” he mentioned, turning her around to face him, still holding her arms tightly.
“Game?” she questioned in confusion.
“I suppose I’m not exactly proud of it, yet, I don’t regret doing it,” he spoke in riddles.
“You‘re not making sense,” Serena said, angry.
He looked at her with cold eyes, “I had to get rid of him. Somehow I knew you belonged with him, and I knew you wouldn’t do it on your own, so I did it for you. I erased him entirely from your mind,” he smiled.
When he saw the lack of clarity on her flawless face, he continued, “It was easier than I had expected. Your mind was weak at the time, with no thoughts other than of him. Of course, no one can magically forget a person completely. At least, not on this planet. Which is why I had to make it seem like an accident. I won’t deny how devastating it was to see you being drown and getting hurt the way you did. But, I knew you’d recover rapidly.”
“Erased him from my mind?” she repeated, more to herself. ‘I knew you belonged with him’ echoed in her head.

Outside, Tuxedo Mask was hitting the window with his fists, trying to break it open. He had been doing this ever since he saw what Daniel had become. Yet, something was making it impossible for him to enter, a force field had surrounded the building.
“Serena,” he said exhaustedly with each punch he made.
“Tuxedo Mask,” a mystical voice said from behind him.
He stopped to face a bright light coming from behind him.
There in the middle of sky, stood a man in a white royal tuxedo, floating towards him.
With so much light the man was giving off, tuxedo mask had to have one of his hands before his eyes to try and shield some of it, “Who are you?” he asked.
When the man stood no more than three feet from Tuxedo Mask he spoke, “Perhaps if you took your hand away from your eyes you’d see me more clearly.”
Slowly, Tuxedo Mask did as the man said and when alas saw the man in front of him went into a state of shock. He was looking at none other than himself.
“You’re me?” he said, still looking at the man in front of him in awe.
“That’s right,” the man answered.
“From…from the future?” Tuxedo Mask asked in wonder.
“I was your future self. And that is why I’m here now. Something has happened in your time to change mine. And I know it has something to do with Queen Serenity,” answered the man, still floating in midair.
“Queen Serenity? Are you talking about Serena?” Tuxedo Mask asked anxious.
“First thing’s first. Serena’s inside this building with the one responsible for what‘s happened. You need to get her out!” ordered the man in the silver tuxedo.
“I’ve been trying! There’s a force field around it!” Tuxedo Mask yelled, annoyed to think that the man who claims to be his future-self had just indicated that he hadn’t tried anything to save her.
“There’s always a weak point,” the man said in fact, searching around for something indicating the point of weakness. And with success, he was able to discover it, “There!” he yelled, pointing at what seemed to be a portal.
“Be careful, that portal could teleport you anywhere,” the man in the white tuxedo said, still standing close behind.
“Can’t you help me?!” Tuxedo Mask asked anxiously.
“Haven’t you noticed yet? I’m not of this world, only a memory cast away thanks to the intruder,” said the man bitterly.
“Then I have no choice, I have to go through the portal if I’m to save Serena!” Tuxedo Mask jumped in the middle of the portal and prayed that it will get him one step closer to the woman he loves.

He landed hard on his knees, while scanning the room he had been thrown into. The room was dimly lit with orbs flying here and there.
There was some rustling in the background making Tuxedo Mask cautious. As an orb got closer to the object which cause the rustling a figure came into focus. Tuxedo Mask widened his eyes as he come face to face with none other than the ferocious, Griever.

To be continued…

I know I took longer than expected, but every time I proof read it, I noticed many mistakes! Anyway, I know I kept mentioning the future Tuxedo Mask as ‘the man’, but you have to understand that not even the real Tuxedo Mask know what to refer to him as, not yet at least. The story’s almost over, I’m not quite sure if I should make it two more chapters, one, or even three, I’ll just see as I write. Thanks for reading and as always, comments are greatly appreciated!