Standard disclaimers
apply. I don't own Sailor Moon and all it's wonderful characters. Please don't
sue me. Ethie (my kitty) has grown rather used to dry kitty food and I think she
might get disorientated if you won (which you would) and you started feeding her
out of crystal glasses. Besides, her hairballs have gotten smaller and I threw
away all my rugs.*~
Eternally Yours
by Ai-chan
Chapter 2- Reunions can be hell
Zach gaped at the open-mouthed and the girls walked by without noticing Zoicite,
former General of the Negaverse. He in the meantime was getting the feeling back
in his legs and was putting a few things together. He glanced at the blue-haired
girl chatting quietly with her friends. He looked at the mysterious newspaper with
the picture of five girls in short skirts,particulary another certain blue-haired
girl with very blurry features. Then he put two and two together. *It's the girl
from my dream!* he thought excitedly. "Duh Zoi," said a voice next to him. Zach
whipped his head around and looked into the blue eyes of one Jared Goldern. "How
did you..." spluttered Zach. "I'm hurt Zoi, really hurt. Don't tell me you don't
remember me. Talk about an ego blow. Geesh you really know how to cut a guy down.
Were you like this with Kunz?" said Jared. "Jadeite," he breathed.
"Oh what am I saying, Kunz would have kicked your ass from here to Beryl's throne
room. May she rot in the farthest reaches of hell by the way. So how've you been?"
finished Jared as if he hadn't heard. "How did you find me?" said Zach. "Well that
special super-spiffy General soul bond thing was a leading factor. That and the
fact that your car has the liscence plate ZOI on it. Simply followed you around
and bang here we are. But the soul thing mostly," Jared finished. Zach just stared.
"So um, are you going to finish that muffin?" Jared asked. "Okay so we've found them,
what are we going to do about it Jade?" asked Zach. "Wew I fwegure we need tu fund
awrsefes a pwince and fwo hiwgher wrancking Genwerals. Dontcha think?" said Jared
through a mouth full of muffin. "Eh?" said Zach, lifting an eyebrow. "I said that
maybe we should find Kunz, Neph, and the prince first," repeated Jared. "Oh" said
Zach, "Well why don't you just find them the same way you found me?" 'It's uh not
that simple Zoi. I actually uh, 'woke up' you could say, after that very very odd
dream and I remembered everything from my past, and when I woke up I saw you drive
by. I had seen you in my dream and so I documented your liscence, got a police friend
to check it and uh, found you," said Jared. Zach sweatdropped. "It's not *my* fault
I'm lucky Zoi, I'm just, uh, well lucky that way. I can't depend on all of you to
go around with liscence plates with their names on them," said Jared. Zach just shook
his head and said,"Give me a piece of that muffin would you? I'm starved." Jared looked
down at the trail of crumbs in front of him and grinned sheepishly at Zach. Zach sighed
and lifted his hand to flag down a waitress.
Setsuna Meioh watched the two blonde men carefully. She was very pleased with her work
as she listened to Zach playfully tease Jared. They had just been thrown together and
already they were acting as they had in the Silver Millenium. She knew they had a hard
road ahead of them, but she couldn't help but enjoy the sight of everyone so happy and
carefree. She sipped her cafe latte pensively and allowed her self a small satisfied
grin.
Artemis, watching her from the shadow of bushes, was very very confused by
Setsuna's behavior and decided to keep a close tab on her for as long as he could. Then
Artemis glanced over to see what Setsuna was smiling at. He looked, looked again and
then said some words that would have merited a gasp and a smack upside the head from
Luna. Then he hightailed it out of there to call a Senshi meeting and inform the girl's
that the General's were back.
Kenneth Greyins was at that same moment, wandering around that same mall. He looked down
and quickly dodged out of the way of a very fast moving streak of white that was dashing
headlong through the crowded street. Looking back at it he muttered to himself
"Crazy strays," and continued on his merry little way. Then he had a sudden thought about
that streak of white and tried to recall why it was familar to him. But so caught up was
he in his thoughts he didn't notice either Zach or Jared who were busily engaged in a mock
muffin fight. He also didn't notice Setsuna sitting in the adjacent coffee house. But it
would have been very difficult for him not to notice the dark-haired man seeing as how he
slammed into the young man, almost knocking him down. Mamoru shook his head about to clear
it then looked down at his "attacker." The young man had silvery blond hair that fell to
his shoulders and looked oddly familar. "I am so sorry," said Ken, brushing himself off,
"I just didn't see you." He finally looked up into Mamoru's face and both suddenly went
rigid in shock. Then, recognition. *My liege?*
*Ku..Kunzite? But you're-!*
*No my prince, I am not that Kunzite, I am the Kunzite you know, think long and hard about
the past and what you know.*
The flood of memories that hit Mamoru next were so strong that they knocked him
unconscious.
~A young princess and her guard. A young prince and his four handsome guards. A brother.
A sister. Power. Love blossoming. The serene princess receiving a rose from the prince.
A red princess smacking a suprised general upside the head and giving him a kiss when
she thought no one was looking. A shy blue princess coming out of her shell for a
boisterous general. A lively green princess battling another general to the ground. The
general kisses the princess taking her by surprise. A golden princess looks out sadly
over an expanse of the Lake of Serenity from her balcony while the last general stares
up at her. A horrific battle. The four loving generals turned against their loves. Love
against love. Friend against friend. Brother against sister. Death for the five couples
and their perfect worlds. Regret. Four men doomed to serve a demoness. Powerless to rebel.
Finally freed by death. Brought back by a mysterious green-haired senshi. Determined to
find their loves and protect them and their lieges.~
Jared stopped talking to Zoi in mid-sentence about the fascinating rock stuck in Zach's
shoe and looked up suddenly. "What?" said Zach. "Hold up, wait is, that? Kunzite over
there!? Look, it's the Prince too! Oh, oh! Quick let's follow them. Umm, okay no wait
you keep watching the prince now that Kunzite has successfully stunned him unconscious
by opening his mouth," said Jared disgustedly, "and I'll follow Kunz back to his car
and copy down his license plate." "Or you could just tell him who you are' said Zach.
"You really know how to take the fun out of everything Zoi" said Jared. He gave one more
last look to the five rapidly disappearing girls and saw Minako gazing at him. He smiled
at her, and as she looked away, dashed after the completely miffed (or as miffed as he
could get) Kunzite.
Minako was having a very strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. She couldn't quite
explain to her friends what it was. Something just felt wrong. She looked about her
carefully looking for something amiss. Nothing looked wrong. She watched a cute, short-
haired, blond man watch her watching him. She smiled a little at the feeling she got
from him. Mina's powers had greatly enhanced since their last battle, a fact she shared
with no one. As a result, she was able to get a "feel" about people and their relationships
with other people. Her aural vision was always on and from it she could discern certain
things about people. Her connection with her friends glowed a beautiful silver thread,
signifying a strong mental and physical bond, that was very close-knit,trusting, and
protective of each sister in arms. She could see the link between Usagi and Mamoru
and the gorgeous ruby red color signified their everlasting love for each other. Minako
always felt revived and re-energized after being around them, their love was so strong.
Yet, oddly the blond-haired man and Minako shared a link of pale gold, signifying closeness,
protectiveness and love, but not a Usagi-Mamoru kind of love. More of the kind of love all
the Senshi had for their princess. Minako was very puzzled by this, as she didn't know the
man. *Ah,* said a voice inside her, *but you do Mina-chan. You do.* "What the hell" said
Minako very loudly, to the embarassment of her friends. "Who the hell do you think you are
with your smart ass comments! I don't need this from you you mental pain in the-" she stopped
her tirade in mid-sentence to see that every single person in a 40 foot radius was staring
at her and her friends were whistling and trying to put a large distance between her and
them. Minako went bright red and muttered something about having to get her medication and
hurried to catch up. "What the heck was that Mina-chan" whispered Makoto fiercely. "Are you
feeling okay Mina-chan? You don't really take any medication do you? Do you?!" asked Ami.
"No, NO! I'm fine Ami-chan really. Would you get your hand off my head I'm not sick" Minako
said irritably. The group heaved a collective shrug and continued on, each occasionally
glancing back at Minako and raising an eyebrow in question. Minako vainly tried to dredge
up memories of her past. When she looked up again the blond man was gone. Minako, realizing
she was lagging behind her friends, shook her head and caught up to Rei and the others.
"What's wrong?" asked Rei. "Huh? Oh nothing Rei-chan. I just had a feeling from some guy
I saw. I thought I knew him or something. But I can't think from where," said Minako.
"Don't worry," said Rei, smiling encouragingly, "it'll come back to you at sometime or
another." Minako smiled at her friend. She and Rei had become very close over the past
few weeks and shared almost everything with each other. But still the blond-haired man
haunted her...
Domitric frowned at the misty image before him. Minako's puzzled face stared back at him
from his throne room. With a wave of his hand, Domitric swept her puzzled face away and
stared at the cold marble of his throne room. Domitric was not happy. He had seen, or
thought he had seen a General, one of those nasty, protective, overbearing pricks that
he just couldn't stand. This maybe-General was looking at his princess. And this pissed
Domitric off. And there is nothing more awful in this world than a jealous suitor bent
on destruction. Nothing that is, except one that is capable of such destruction. And
Domitric was more than capable.
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