Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Saga of Mercury ❯ A Futuristic Discovery ( Chapter 19 )

The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 19

"A Futuristic Discovery"

Written by Jose I. Ramos

Portions based on "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen No Miko

"Sailor Moon" and all related characters are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI Animation and other agencies.

Storyline © 2002 Jose I. Ramos

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The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however content in some chapters is based on the Mercury Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.

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Chapter 19 - A Futuristic Discovery

It had been a long several hours for the entire sailor scout team that was present at the arena when Sorinya attempted to strike.

After Sorinya escaped from the arena, Mercury Knight de-transformed and quickly carried Sasha back to the hotel, which just happened to have a small round-the-clock nurse station for guests. Amy, on the other hand, was asked to revive the rest of the sailor scouts and knights that were knocked out, which she proceeded to do by transforming into Sailor Mercury and using the Shabon Wand.

The nurse told Greg that Sasha had suffered a concussion… however all Sasha needed, according to the nurse, was a few hours of sleep, and she would be just fine.

Greg requested that the nurse notify his other friends when they arrived that Sasha would rest in his room. After the nurse nodded her approval, Greg carried Sasha up to his room and lied Sasha down on his bed.

Greg looked up at Sasha's head… at her short, perfectly styled hair, that reminded him so much of Amy… and saw the bump on her left side that was a result of the hit on the ground.

Greg then heard a sliding sound, and saw Amy rush into the room, along with Lita, Ken, Serena, Darien, Rini, Chad and Raye.

"Greg," said Amy, "Jamie and Mina went over to get Luna and Artemis, and call up the orphanage."

"Good," said Greg. "Thanks."

"Gee," said Chad, "Sorinya got us good."

"Yeah," replied Ken, "but don't you think we should be worrying about Sasha right now?"

"Ken's right, Chad," said Raye. "Sasha looks hurt, and we may have to take her to the hospital."

"No," said Amy, "I think she looks all right, she needs to rest a while, though."

"Yes, that's what the nurse said downstairs," said Greg.

"Poor Sasha," said Rini.

"Yeah, she risked her life to save all of us," said Serena. "Amazing that someone as small as her could do that…"

"But how?" asked Darien.

"I don't know what you guys think, but Sasha's hair looks a lot like Amy's," said Lita.

"Yeah, I think we all realize that," said Greg.

At that point, a knock could be heard on the door. Raye opened the door… and saw Amara and Michelle.

Everyone welcomed Amara and Michelle into the room.

"How's the little one doing?" asked Amara.

"Resting now," said Amy.

"She looks very sweet," said Michelle.

Greg looked at Sasha for a moment… then turned to Michelle and said, "Yes, she does, doesn't she?"

A card swipe could be heard at the door… and in stepped Jamie, Mina, Luna and Artemis.

Luna and Artemis climbed up onto the bed to get their first look at the young girl.

Luna walked around Sasha's body twice. "Hmm. I have a feeling about this girl," she said.

"What kind of feeling," said Artemis.

"I sense… that this girl… has come a long way to see us," said Luna.

"A long way… to see US?" asked Greg.

"Hmm…" Luna said as she continued to study the girl.

"What did you say her name was," asked Artemis.

"Sasha," replied Amy.

"Sasha… Sasha…" said Artemis to himself. "I'm trying to see if this name sounds familiar…"

"Well," said Luna, "the only thing that looks familiar here is Sasha's hair. It looks exactly like Amy's hair… she's got some strands of orange and aqua hair on her left side, but it's blue for the most part, and cut short. Some small bangs were combed forward… yes, if we compared her hair to Amy's, they're almost exactly the same."

"Hey," said Artemis, extending his paw. "What's that necklace?"

Artemis was pointing to Sasha's gold, heart-shaped necklace.

"Oh," replied Amy, "Sasha told me before that her parents had left her that when she was three years old, when she went to the orphanage."

"She was orphaned?" asked Lita.

"Unfortunately, that appears to be the case," said Greg.

Greg got up and walked towards the resting Sasha.

While he was doing that, Artemis asked, "Amy, what do you think of Sasha?"

"Well…" said Amy, "I've become somewhat attached to her over this very short period of time… we all have the same interests… she loves school, and she loves every subject…"

"Well, that's nice!" replied Serena. "Perhaps Sasha could help you, Rini."

"Perhaps she could really help YOU, Serena," replied Rini.

Serena had a sweatdrop on her head.

Meanwhile, Greg was getting a close look at Sasha's necklace.

Greg noticed that there was a small snap on the side of the necklace. The heart, it appeared, was able to open up to show something inside.

Greg said to himself, well Sasha, I don't want to violate your privacy, but who knows if this heart necklace has something to do with all of this…

Greg opened up the heart.

Greg looked inside… then gasped and froze, stunned in shock at what he saw.

He looked up again at Sasha, then back down at the necklace.

Greg nervously said, "She came a long way to see us, all right…"

"What are you talking about," asked Darien.

"Well," said Greg, showing the inside of the necklace to everyone, "can anyone explain why this necklace has the MERCURY SYMBOL INSIDE??"

Everyone gasped.

Amy almost fainted.

Indeed, the inside of the necklace showed the symbol of the planet Mercury, dotted with small sapphire stones. A large, circular diamond filled in the space inside the circle portion of the symbol.

"She's one of us," said Greg.

At that instant, Greg could start to feel something from inside… his psychic powers from being an original rainbow crystal carrier were starting to kick in.

"I'm getting my psychic pow… whoa, they're strong…" said Greg.

Amy's frozen face met Greg's. "What is it telling you," said Amy, "anything, just say anything… whatever you see…"

"Right…" said Greg…

Greg concentrated… and concentrated…

The psychic powers of Greg were lying out the timeline… of the future…

Greg had random thoughts pass through his head, and he described these thoughts to the others as he saw them…

##

It was the 31st century on the planet Mercury.

In the royal hospital ward, King Gregory was pacing back and forth, waiting outside of the delivery room, where Queen Amy was only moments away from giving birth to their first child.

News of the impending birth spread across the entire moon kingdom, and King James of Venus and King Endymion of the Moon joined Gregory in the ward as they anxiously awaited the result.

"Boy or Girl?" asked James.

"Well, we've got the technology," said Gregory, "but we decided it's best to wait until the baby is born to find out."

"Oh, you like surprises?" said Endymion.

"Yeah… I have only one wish… whether it's a boy or a girl…" said Gregory, smiling. "I hope that the child will grow up to be as smart as Amy… we'll worry about the heir to the throne at a later time…"

At that point, the assistant surgeon stepped out of the room and saluted King Gregory. "Your Majesty, we've…"

"Stop, stop," said Gregory. "You can just call me Gregory, or just Greg, skip the your majesty part, PLEASE."

"Uh, yes, Greg, anyway, we've waited too long, we have chosen to start inducing labor."

"Well, that's fine with me. You have to do what you have to do."

"If you'd like to join your wife, that would be fine with us… just put on a doctor's robe and a mask."

"Well," said Endymion, "this is it! Are you nervous?"

"Sort of," said Gregory, "but this the moment I've been waiting a very long time for…"

"When the baby is delivered, make sure you tell us about it so we can tell everyone else," said James.

"Right," said Gregory, as he donned the doctor's coat and the mask, and held his head high as he walked with the assistant surgeon into the delivery room.

The other doctors bowed to Gregory as he made his way toward the table… with his blue-haired wife on it.

Gregory immediately clutched Amy's hand.

Amy was sweating profusely, but was smiling.

"I love you," she said.

"I love you too," said Gregory, "and I'll be right here with you until the baby comes out."

"Thank you sweetie," said Amy in reply.

Two minutes later, the contractions began.

Amy clutched tightly to Gregory's hand as she began to breathe the way she was taught to.

"Nice deep breaths," said Gregory. "Now start making those breaths shallow… faster… there you go."

"Are you ready, Your Highness?" said the chief surgeon. "PUSH!"

Amy started to push, and could feel the pain all over her body. Amy cried out loud… wailed out loud… as the baby began to make its way into the world.

"KEEP PUSHING," yelled the chief surgeon.

"Come on Ames, you can do it," said Gregory.

"Aaaahh," yelled Amy. "Yes… be strong… be strong… ahh… be strong…"

Amy was starting to smile as he repeated Gregory's words of wisdom that he had used constantly.

"That's right, be strong, just like I've always told you…" said Gregory…

At this point, everyone… including Endymion and James standing outside… could hear the cries of Amy… then the cries of something else… the baby that was on its way out.

A few seconds after that came the chief surgeon's important words…

"THAT'S IT! IT'S OUT!"

The doctors clapped and cheered as the baby came out and was taken to the corner for inspections and tests.

King Endymion and King James embraced upon hearing the surgeon's words.

Amy shed tears of joy as the chief surgeon gave Gregory permission to remove his mask.

Amy and Greg held each other close - held each other tight - having succeeded in bringing a child into the world.

"You did it, Amy!"

"No, my love… WE did it!"

Two minutes later, the chief surgeon presented the newborn baby, wrapped in a white cloth, right into Amy's arms.

"If it pleases your highness," said he, "you have just given birth to a beautiful, healthy, baby girl."

Gregory was shedding a tear of delight at this point. "It's a girl…" he said.

"She's so beautiful," said Amy in reply.

"I… I forgot what we were supposed to name her," said Gregory.

"Sasha, remember?" said Amy.

"Yes," said Gregory. Then he asked the chief surgeon, "uh… you mind relaying the birth information to Endymion and James outside, and they'll spread the news. We have chosen the name Sasha."

"Yes sir," said the chief surgeon, "I'll have one of my assistants take care of it right away,"

"Thank you," said Gregory. "Thank you for your help, you and your assistants, for making this delivery a rousing success."

"Our pleasure, sir," said the chief surgeon. "Don't forget about the placenta later…"

Meanwhile, Amy was looking at her new daughter… who had just opened her eyes.

Amy gasped as she looked into the two bright, blue orbs. "She's just opened her eyes, like that!" she said. "This isn't supposed to happen yet!"

"Well, that's a very good sign," said Gregory. "You know what that means… she's ready to learn, just like you."

##

Princess Sasha was standing at the foot of the Mercury palace, facing her parents.

"I'm ready, mommy, daddy," she said.

"I'm sure you are," said Queen Amy, in her long blue gown. "You're ready to learn about the sailor scouts."

"We are going to send you to stay with Sailor Pluto for a short while. She, in turn, will take you to Tokyo in the 21st century, where you will grow up as a normal person; learning as a normal person would…" said King Gregory.

"And in a few years, fate will bring you to the two of us, as our younger selves," said Amy.

"Do you mean that I will see you, mommy?" asked Sasha.

"Yes," replied Amy. "You'll see me as Amy Mizuno, and around her you should see your daddy, as Greg Urawa. With us in the 21st century will be everyone else that you have recognized… Queen Serenity, who is Serena, King Endymion, who is Darien, and many other people."

"I am very excited… and I like my new hair, too!"

"Yes, those orange and aquamarine streaks that we added," said Amy, "are just identifying features for when our 21st century counterparts find out about you. But you look really pretty!"

Gregory said, "I guess they'll just figure you out from your hair style…"

He stopped talking when his daughter looked down at the ground, frowning a bit.

"What's a matter," he asked.

"When… when will I see you again?" said Sasha.

"Well, I have something that will help you remember about your times with us," said Gregory, presenting a heart-shaped necklace, with sapphires and a diamond on the inside, comprising the Mercury symbol.

Gregory placed the necklace around Sasha, and said with a smile, "As my 21st century counterpart would normally say, you look, `wicked cool'. Now, when you go to Earth, your memories of us, and of Mercury and the Moon Kingdom, will be erased… but, this heart will keep all of these memories intact… you know, nothing will happen to them."

"And then," said Amy, "at the right moment, you will be called upon to assist the sailor scouts and knights in their fight against the Negaverse, at which point you will transform into Sailor Mini Mercury, and obtain a power that is very unique to yourself. And once you transform, all of your memories of us will come back."

Princess Sasha was quiet for a moment, but then smiled, and said optimistically, "I will pray to myself, that one day, I will be able to see my mommy and daddy again."

The King and Queen were blown away by what their daughter said. They never expected her to take it this well.

The Queen broke into tears and hugged her daughter. "Farewell, Princess."

"Bye, mommy."

King Gregory joined in the joint embrace.

"Sasha, safe passage to you, and always remember what I have told you…"

BE STRONG…

##

Greg opened his eyes wide, snapping out of his trance.

He looked around to see all the girls moved to tears. All the men, and the two cats, had smiles on their faces.

Then he looked back down to Sasha, who was still resting.

"Sasha…" Greg said softly… "She's… my… daughter…"

Amy embraced Greg at that moment. "Our daughter, sweetie… Who'd have known that this would be happening to us…"

After another hour, Greg decided to carry Sasha outside of the hotel, for a little bit of fresh air.

At that, something unimaginable in the entire country occurred.

A man, of dirty appearance, slammed into Greg, knocking him hard - but not out - on the ground. The man then scooped up Sasha and ran down the street.

"SASHA!" he yelled.

Seconds later, the other scouts and knights began to run out of the hotel to where Greg was.

"WHERE'S SASHA!" Amy yelled.

"Sasha has been kidnapped," said Greg, "a muscular guy bumped into me when I wasn't looking, and took her."

"Well, we can't tell the police, this is too important!" said Chad.

Greg stood up immediately and walked straight to Chad. "Chad," he said in a stern voice, "for once… you're right."

Speaking to everyone, Greg said, "Guys, Sasha is too risky for us to lose. Remember, our services aren't just limited to Negaverse creeps."

"Do you need our help?" asked Amara and Michelle.

"I'd say yes," said Amy, "whatever help we can get, we just have to find Sasha!"

"Yes, if she wakes up we have to try and unlock her memory," said Jamie.

"Right," said Darien. "Let's run over to that dead end so we can transform."

The thirteen of them ran to the dead end, saw nobody around there, and proceeded to transform.

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"

"MARS STAR POWER!"

"MARS KNIGHT POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR POWER!"

"JUPITER KNIGHT POWER!"

"VENUS STAR POWER!"

"VENUS KNIGHT POWER!"

"URANUS PLANET POWER!"

"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER!"

"MOON PRISM POWER!"

"MOON COSMIC POWER!"

And a certain man, with a black cape and tuxedo, announced his presence: "TUXEDO MASK IS ON DUTY."

All thirteen of them split across Fukuoka to try to find Sasha and the kidnapper.

After a while, the kidnapper thought that he had outrun all of them, and lied Sasha down on the floor. He then transformed into a large, muscular, red-skinned figure, with a black outfit and the Negamoon symbol on his head.

"And now," said the creature, "I will drain all of this child's energy until she is no more! I, Rederon, will succeed for the Negaverse!"

"I wouldn't touch her if I were you," said a voice.

Rederon looked up.

The strong wind was kicking up, blowing some leaves in the air, as two figures stood back to back in the distance.

"We won't allow you or the Negaverse harm anyone and steal their energy… especially from young girls! I'M SAILOR URANUS, the flying warrior, protected by Planet Uranus!"

"AND I'M SAILOR NEPTUNE, protected by the Planet Neptune! Stop what you're doing to that little girl, or we shall have to harm you."

Rederon placed the resting Sasha on the floor.

"Just try me!" he yelled, as he shot balls of fire from out of his arms. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune jumped out of the fireball's paths before setting up synchronous attacks.

"WORLD SHAKING!"

"DEEP SUBMERGE!"

Rederon was hit, flooded, and shaken by the two attacks. The attacks knocked the wind out of him, and he had one knee on the ground, struggling to regain his composure.

In the meantime, the other 11 sailor scouts and knights had joined Sailor Uranus and Neptune where they were.

"Stop right there!" said Sailor Moon. "We will not allow you to harm a piece of our future! For love and justice, I am…"

Sailor Uranus cut her off. "STOP Sailor Moon… Sasha is starting to come to."

Sasha was slowly opening her eyes and raising her head. "Uh… w… what?" she said softly.

Sailor Mercury ran up to her.

"Sasha, are you all right?"

"W… who are you?"

Sailor Mercury removed her tiara. "It's me, Amy, do you remember me?"

"Amy!" Sasha said.

"Listen, can you do me a huge favor right now?"

"Anything for you, Amy!"

Sailor Mercury placed her tiara back on. "Take your heart locket and open it."

"Okay," said Sasha. "I never wondered what this symbol is all about."

"You might find out in a second… I want you to hold up that locket, and say, Mercury… uh… Mercury… oh no! I don't know what you're supposed to say!"

Sailor Mercury turned to Mercury Knight. "Greg, how is she supposed to transform? What is she supposed to say?"

"Ah… oh, boy," he responded. "Well… if Rini uses prism power, then have Sasha try that! Mercury Prism Power!"

"All right," said Sailor Mercury to Sasha, "say Mercury Prism Power."

"OK!" responded Sasha.

Sasha raised her necklace.

Sailor Mercury, Mercury Knight, and everyone else braced themselves… as Rederon was regaining strength.

"MERCURY PRISM POWER!"

With that, the Mercury symbol on her necklace glowed brightly, and rays of light and bubbles began to shoot out and circle around her. The power was so intense, Sailor Mercury had to back off a few feet.

Sasha danced with the light and danced with the bubbles… and as she did… started to remember everything about her past… about the Moon Kingdom… about Mercury… about her parents… and about why she was sent here, to the 21st century.

When it was all said and done, she struck a pose with both arms straight up in the air, her hands pointing up and away from her body, mimicking a part of the Mercury symbol. She wore white with a blue sailor-type overlay and an orange bow in front, a blue "fuku" skirt, a blue tiara and choker, and blue knee-high boots.

She was no longer just Sasha…

She was the future Princess Sasha of Mercury…

She was Sailor Mini Mercury.

Sailor Mini Mercury immediately turned her attention to Rederon.

"How dare you try to destroy my friends! I shall not allow it. For love and peace, I am the future princess of Mercury, SAILOR MINI MERCURY!"

"You go, girl," said Mars Knight.

Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight smiled joyfully upon hearing that positive comment.

Sailor Mini Mercury immediately proceeded to move her arms forward, in a swift circular motion, and yelled, "SHABON FAN!"

Mercury Knight quipped, "Shabon FAN??"

At that instant, waves of water were starting to encircle Mini Mercury's moving arms. The water then shot forward, at a great rate of speed, toward Rederon.

"Too easy," said Rederon, as he held up his hands to block the water.

The water struck Rederon's hands… and froze on impact.

Sailor Mercury was amazed. "That was super cooled water!"

Rederon found himself not able to move his hands, which were frozen together in front of him.

"All right, you!" said Mercury Knight, pointing to Rederon with his sword. "I find you guilty of violating law number 2938-G. I doubt there exists such a law as 2938-G, but you are hereby sentenced to cruel… AND USUAL… punishment! MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"

The fast rays from the Ice Blade attack froze Rederon's entire body, shattering it into blocks of moon dust, which quickly melted and disappeared.

Mercury Knight sheathed his sword. "Another job well… done…"

Mercury Knight stopped when he saw Mini Mercury - with the glowing symbol of Mercury having replaced the tiara on her forehead - looking at him.

Mini Mercury was smiling, and tears were beginning to flow out.

Mercury Knight slowly stepped forward. Sailor Mercury then joined him, wrapping her arm around his.

Mini Mercury said: "M… mommy? Daddy?"

Mercury Knight and Sailor Mercury crouched down to Mini Mercury's level.

"Well, I guess you could say that…" said Mercury Knight, "even though you're not going to be born for another… thousand years…"

Mini Mercury put her hands on Mercury Knight's shoulders, to which Mercury Knight gave a surprised look. "I now know why I am here… why I've come," she said. "To find my future parents and to learn to become a sailor scout, just like everyone else."

"But what about the orphanage?" said Sailor Mercury.

Mini Mercury, putting her hands back down, said, "I don't need to stay there anymore… because I have found my true mommy and my true daddy."

Mercury Knight paused for a moment, and then said: "Time to say hello to the future."

He opened his arms…

And Mini Mercury ran right into them…

"I LOVE YOU, DADDY!" she yelled.

Mercury Knight smiled and looked at Sailor Mercury, who was streaming tears from her eyes.

"I… love you… Sasha… my daughter" replied Mercury Knight, who held Mini Mercury tightly.

Then Mercury Knight let go of her and said, "Hey, what about this other girl with short blue hair?"

"MOMMY!" she yelled, hugging Sailor Mercury.

As Sailor Mercury hugged her future daughter, Mercury Knight asked her, "I guess we'll manage?"

Sailor Mercury nodded in approval.

By this time, the other sailor scouts and knights had joined the threesome.

Mini Mercury looked around. "I know all of you!"

"Welcome aboard," said Sailor Moon.

"Yeah, you're swell!" said Sailor Mini Moon.

"Rini!" replied Sailor Mini Mercury. "Can you teach me, too?"

"We'll all be around to teach you," said Sailor Venus.

"That's what friends are for," said Sailor Jupiter.

"Remember, there's no I in team," said Jupiter Knight.

"You can start slowly, and then we'll work it from there," said Venus Knight.

"You're going to enjoy life with us," said Sailor Mars. "We'll see each other every day, hang out, and go out to eat things…"

"Well, I do have schoolwork," said Mini Mercury.

Sailor Mars' eyes rolled back in her head, while Mars Knight responded, "that's two now!"

"If there's anything you need help on, we'll be around," said Tuxedo Mask.

"Thank you… thank you everybody," said Mini Mercury. "Whenever I face something hard or difficult, as my father would say…"

"What?" asked Mercury Knight after a pause.

"Be strong," she responded.

The strength of Sailor Mini Mercury's response brought smiles to the faces of her future mother, Sailor Mercury, her future father, Mercury Knight, and to the rest of the sailor scouts and knights.

In the distance, the sun was already setting, mixing in with the puffy clouds to offer streaks of orange, yellow, pink and gray in the sky, as a happy, exciting, eventful and cherished day in Fukuoka came to a close.

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