Fire Senshi's Realm Fanfic: Reawakening

Old Memories

“Your Highness, the Silver Millenium has broken their alliance with us!”
“Then it shall be the same as before… when the divine rule forbids us from being connected to them.”

“Hmm…?”
Kunzite was surprised to see a volleyball bounce across him. The school grounds had been empty but he had been there since this afternoon, watching the Princess of the Moon in her normal garb. He was supposed to observe her every move in order to successfully get the Silver Crystal from her. There were her protectors to reckon with and that would not make their mission easy. One protector came to mind, as he watched the volleyball bounce steadily on the grass. He smiled, having been fortunate that this time, it has not hit his head.
“There it is!” She ran towards the ball, much to Kunzite’s surprise. He had guessed wrong. He was sure to recognize her since they had met many times. The one who came had darker golden highlights in her hair and the expression on her face was not as cheerful as the one he had expected. He swore he remembers those large, blue eyes that seemed to always look at him in surprise.
It wasn’t her. Then he had better go on his way.
“Itte!” Kunzite groaned. Now something had hit him. The abominable thing had bounced off behind him so he looked back to see what it was. By the lumps on his head, he was certain of what that white, round ball is and who had caused it.
“Gomene!!!” The voice was a little shrill and high. Kunzite would not be wrong this time. He smiled at this knowledge.
She came from around the corner looking very worried, apparently because she had probably hit someone again. All the more worried when she realized who it was and showered him with more, “Gomen nasai!” as she rushed to her ball.
“It’s okay, Minako,” he told her and she was controlling swooning at him mentioning her name at the moment. “I know I could find you here.”
She would’ve swooned all the more but she simply blushed, thank goodness. She was speechless, too, because what would you say to an enemy? Or to someone who looked like the person in your dreams, dreamily leaning against the crystal pillars with the blue radiance of the Earth lighting his face?
“Ja ne, Minako!” he said finally, before the moment get anymore interesting.
“Kunzite…” she said. “Our duty is to protect the Princess and the Silver Crystal. To do that, we will do anything, even if we—“
“—I understand… Sailorvenus,” he told her. “Until we meet again,”
He had understood from the beginning. The divine rule had divided them even until this time. They were on different sides. But knowing such a kind enemy as her, somehow it would be difficult to fight.

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Intruders in the castle? Who is he? I must know!
A strange force then touched her. Was it an evil one? It would be impossible to tell. The force had not struck so hard, otherwise, she would’ve felt the sting. And it was coming from her left… and that was the sound of someone unknown… hiding among the crystal pillars.
She gasped. “Who are you?” she called to the figure embraced in darkness.
The intruder did not wish to move. He was looking straight at her. She could tell this from feeling his gaze.
“Dare desu ka?” she asked again, wishing that he would not stay there.
She stopped running when she saw him leaving his place among the pillars. The soft tinges of sunlight caused an even darker shadow to fall on his face, but she recognized the figure that was the silhouette in her dreams. Exactly like the figure she saw in the fire! But why is he in this place? What is he doing here?
The intruder, however, had begun stepping out into the light. He wasn’t the one she pictured at all. Trespassers had evil stares and were monsters in the dark. But as the light slowly revealed his features, she could not deny sensing some gentleness in him.
“Who are you?” she asked again and was backing up as he was approaching. Even the small amount of sunlight caused a glare to shine in his face. She could not, however, forget those eyes and the way he stared at her. For once, she found herself fascinated at his comeliness.

“Dare desu ka?” she whispered.
The morning had already changed the setting of the red plains to the white panel walls that surrounded Rei’s bedroom. Where did these dreams come from?
It was probably seeing his face after a long time… This was how the others felt. Makoto’s frequent absences in the study sessions they had were a mystery no one had the time to ask. She was meeting with the villain all the others knew about and she knew that meeting him was wrong, except that Nephrite was always there to meet her. And Ami always wondered what had happened to her worthiest opponent after he had promised that he would not let her win.
In the meantime, Mamoru continues to wonder how his comrades returned to life and how he could make them realize that they are not on the side that they should be. ***************************************
“Hino Rei-san?”
Who could this be? The voice is unfamiliar! When she turned to look, it was another stranger who had called her. He looks taller for a high school boy but his uniform made it clear that he was from Juuban High School. He was grinning sheepishly at her as he held a bunch of red roses in his hands.
“Hino-san…” he smiled as his hand brushed his chin-length dark hair. “I’m sorry to have bothered you. I saw you coming from school a-and…”
He was expecting her to speak, even a little sentence wondering why he had followed her to school… at least to interrupt his stuttering, but Rei was done with strangers now. Strange men often have silly deceptions, so why should she bother entertaining this one?
“…I-I would like to give you this!” he smiled again as he handed her the bouquet. “Hino-san… I shall wish to see you again! Arigato!” He bowed. Rei watched him leave, even seeing him look behind his shoulder and see her reaction as he turned the corner, still blushing from the encounter. The card had said, “Good luck on your exams, Miss Hino.” Hmmm… but there were no major exams in T.A, nor was there a special quiz she knew about. The admirer even forgot to sign his name and he would regret this mistake later. But there wouldn’t be a chance for him, anyway, as the right one always appeared at the most unexpected times…. “Hino-san!”
Now who could this be? She had only finished reading the card. Rei looked up to see who it was.
“I see someone has remembered your birthday, Hino-san!” Jadeite told her mockingly, standing about five steps higher at the stairs of Hikawa Jinja.
“It is not my birthday,” she answered in an irate tone while she continued to ascend past his side.
“Ah! Then you have an admirer, Hino-san!” he mocked her again and climbed the steps to follow her.
“None of your business!”
“It didn’t seem to me… that men can easily talk to you.”
And it seems he had been appearing out of nowhere just to deliver an insult. “They do not interest me,” Rei said proudly and tossed her hair. “And neither do you!” When you’re angry, it’s easy to give a lie like that.
And for his part, it was hard to keep a straight, taunting face when he was being looked at her like that. He smiled mischievously without saying a word.
“Perhaps you are just jealous, Jadeite-san?” It was her turn to taunt him.
Jealous? He laughed at that sarcastic remark. Wasn’t he in his unique hiding place again when the stranger approached her? Jadeite had known the shy admirer had stuttered in delivering his short speech and that would somehow miss his chance at her. Or would it when he recognized the tinge of interest in her face, even that it was just a little, when the stranger handed her the bouquet? She even watched to see him leave. “Jealous, Hino-san?” This was his safe answer.
Matte! Wait! Jadeite was again surrounded by his light, his signal to disappear. Leave, then! What good is it finding out why you came back? You never finish our conversations, anyway.
As soon as he had gone, she immediately ran towards the entrance to Hikawa Jinja. Phobos and Deimos flew and greeted her as always and it seemed that they knew what had happened the moment she knelt down to seek their comfort.
“Minna… onegai!” Rei begged from her ravens. “What is it that I should remember?” ***************************************
Jadeite’s mind had been crowded with many unknowns. Someone had begged him not to return to ‘her.’ The storm had not started, he was told. She was the same one who he had remembered most vividly of all—sleeping peacefully by the fire and strands of her long, midnight hair touching her cheeks.
The past kept haunting him for such time now when he could not even face his present. It was impossible. If he had not sided with Beryl, then this would allow him to at least see Hino Rei. But he could not even remember why he had joined Beryl’s side. As far as he was concerned, the senshi were in the way of their plans in getting the Silver Crystal, as they were before.
“Jadeite-kun, where have you been?” Nephrite asked.
“What is it, Nephrite?”
”You have met with a certain enemy again, haven’t you?”
“Met with her?” Jadeite laughed.
Nephrite shook his head. “Don’t pretend she means nothing to you, Jadeite-kun. These are the things we cannot control. If we can, it would’ve been easy.” It was someone from the surface world, the one with the cinnamon tendrils and sentimental philosophy that had told him that. He, of all people, would know how it is to be confronted with someone as important.
Jadeite nodded. “It is very hard indeed, Nephrite,” he admitted. Very hard just to even confront Hino Rei. There was never anyone like her in his entire life, he was sure! She was simply arrogant. Her stares were always ready to accuse, looking at you as if she were staring right into your innermost soul. There was some sort of enchantment with it because he would like to get lost in her enigmatic countenance… this he knew, was the reason the anonymous admirer stuttered when he handed her the flowers earlier.
“But with her knowledge of who I am now, it is easier for both of us,” Jadeite continued. “That we should both act like who we are… as enemies.”
“Minna… we are all complete!” Kunzite interrupted the conversation when he entered the room.
“What is it, Kunzite-kun?”
“We have another plan set,” Kunzite seriously informed them. “The Magical Silver Crystal that will retrieve our memories… will soon be ours.” ***************************************
The Princess of the Moon… is one her own, Kunzite observed. This would be the right time to execute the plan. Her protectors would sense that she would be in danger once they appear, but by the time they come, they would have already taken the ginzuishou. He nodded his signal to his comrades.
Usagi had been unprepared for such an encounter. Her thoughts turned to worry for her Mamo-chan, with his own worries for his former allies. She was actually thinking that the Dark Kings were only possessed by Beryl’s evil spell and can be brought back to their side once more, until she saw a shadow blocking her way.
“Greetings, Princess!” Zoisite greeted her.
Knowing that he would not let her pass, Usagi turned and ran the other way. She would rush out to her Mamo-chan, hoping he would still be at the Game Center. However, she was not able to reach him in time. From out of the corner, Nephrite appeared walking calmly out of his hiding place to block her path.
“You shall not go anywhere, Princess,” Nephrite told her.
There was nothing else to do. She was surrounded. The generals watched in silence as Usagi uttered her transformation. Their plan was going well. The Princess of the Moon had finished her speech as Eternal Sailormoon, and she was holding the Silver Crystal in her hands. The emergency invoked a call to her protectors, as Kunzite predicted. The senshi sensed the danger that has come about on their princess and they were rushing to her aid.
“Very impressive, Princess!” Jadeite appeared. He was floating above her. “All we need from you is the ginzuishou.”
“Beryl is dead! We have defeated her!” she told them. “You don’t have to carry out her evil plans!”
“There is nothing left for us, Princess,” Kunzite then appeared above her. “Except to follow our mistress, Beryl.”
“You are wrong!” she pleaded. “You were being used by her!”
The words struck her enemies cold. They had heard this before, a part of their past that they tried to seek.
“Beryl is gone! You don’t belong to her!” she continued. “Remember your—“
“—Enough of this!” Zoisite shouted. “We shall have the Silver Crystal! Or we shall—“
As fast as he appeared to them earlier, Tuxedo Kamen leapt from oblivion to where Sailormoon stands. He took his mask again before them and he looked at each of them straight in the eye. The generals were gripped with regret. Their prince assured that their memories would return but he had not succeeded. Tuxedo Kamen raised his cape to cover the Princess Serenity, as he had done to protect her many years ago. They remembered how determined he was when he had done this, while watching it from Beryl’s side.
“Minna…” Tuxedo Kamen began. “This is not the way!”
“Prince Endymion-sama,” Kunzite spoke. “Beryl-sama has assured us of the Magical Silver Crystal’s powers. We shall require it!”
“That abominable woman required you to take the ginzuishou for her to rule the universe!” Tuxedo Kamen uttered in anger. “She has been using you from the very start. Even in the past long ago!”
“How shall we know this? Our memories are blocked!” Jadeite protested.
“Beryl has given you more power long ago in the time of the Silver Millenium and it has corrupted your minds!” Tuxedo Kamen continued. “By that time however, she has not taken you over completely and then you tried to go against her! She then took away all your memories and brainwashed you to pledge allegiance to the most evil queen, Metallia!”
His comrades were stunned at his revelation. Their minds were filled with eerie images of the dark queen.

In present Tokyo, Beryl raises her hands in victory.
“Kunzite, remember!” she threatened. “You and your comrades have pledged allegiance to our ruler! You are bound to me…!”

“We are bound to her…” Kunzite whispered. “T-there is no hope….” He then gave the signal for the others to move.
This signal only triggered their hesitation, but without a past, how would they understand everything that has been coming to them? Each of them found themselves in a situation where they had no choice, except gather the powers in their hands and continue their plan.
Tuxedo Kamen watched their stance. The Golden Crystal glowed from within him. It was the luminance of the Silver Crystal that sparked it. The two crystals generated a large ray of light that brightly shone in their faces. From the other side, the Dark Kings’ power was greatly increasing as well, but the one that their opponent held was gradually becoming larger and larger and ready to swallow its antagonist’s power.
“Ima-yo!” Kunzite shouted. “Now!”
As soon as the generals released their power, the combined crystals released an attack of its own, slowly taking over the dark beam from Beryl’s own former allies. The struggle to keep their power intact against the Prince and Princess had been difficult. It was this light from the crystals that blinded their vision. They screamed in pain as the light consumed them.

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“It is there! Look!” Sailorneptune pointed to the pillar of yellowish light in their horizon.
“What has happened?” Sailorvenus asked in worry.
“A-are we too late?” Sailorjupiter added.
“No,” Mercury replied sullenly. “I think Sailormoon is safe.”
At a time like this, it is inevitable to take sides. And this was the time that the guardians of the Princess have dreaded. Had they completely remembered what had transpired in their lives before the battle of the Silver Millenium had begun, they would have realized that the cycle has repeated again. Their memories of the past were solely filled with Beryl’s battles—and this is what they had in common with Beryl’s generals.
Sailormars watched the light drape its white mist over the horizon and blurring the sights of the city. She watched it intently, somber as her comrades were over the fate of their enemies. Like them, seeing the light fleeting in the horizon seemed one of the saddest things, even if it meant victory for the Silver Millenium once again. It was as if someone’s face seem to be disappearing in the mist as well, the way disappearances usually occur, when they surround themselves with their auras and then… be gone.
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