Prophecies Foretold

By: Angel of Mercy

Chapter 7

Dedication: To Rei, thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors.

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Ami once again jerked forward as she felt herself fighting the sleep that her body was demanding.  Her neck and back ached with pain and she slowly rose from her seat to stretch her muscles.  She yawned achingly and looked at the fire through her glasses.  She removed them the tip of her nose and rubbed the bridge of it tensely.  She sighed in irritation, but soon froze as light footsteps were heard against the cold stones of the hallway.  Harsh breathing reached her ears and sharp intakes of breath occurred.  The figure outside was definitely large and it suddenly was at her door scraping something across it.  Maybe it was its claws or scales brushing against the wood.  It kept on walking further away from the library door, but Ami's curiosity won over as she ran towards the door.  She held out her hand in front of her as a blue power wave grew in her hand.  It sparkled lightly and swirled like the waves of the very oceans of the Earth. 

"Who's there?!" she screamed as she flung the door open and ran into the hall.  The figure was by one of the windows and he was hunched over slightly.  His tanned skin glowed pale under the moonlight and he was shaking hysterically.  A large staff was held tightly in his grip and its blades gleamed with pride and power. 

"Ami." A familiar voice whispered as he turned around.  Ami blushed as aqua blue eyes met hers and she let the power in her hand disappear in a flash of light.  Her eyes began to control themselves as they roamed over his features, but she stopped herself as she saw Cye's cheeks beginning to flush from her attention.  She walked closer to him, but wrapped her kimono tighter around her body as she took his hand cautiously. 

"Come with me." She spoke gently as if trying to gain the trust of a small child.  Cye sighed contently and let himself be led back into the room.  The fire glowed brighter upon his entrance and he slowly lowered his sore body to the ground next to Ami.  He took this time to notice her cute face and beautiful blue hair, but quickly turned away as a certain blonde haired, blue-eyed girl came into his head.  He looked towards the fire and dropped his weapon at his side. 

"What are you doing up so late?" he asked without turning to look at her.  He heard her shuffling around a bit before coming close next to him until they were side by side.  He shifted a little at the closeness of her, but stayed put as she began to speak.

"The question is why were you walking around with your weapon so late Cye?  Did you hear or see anything?" Ami asked as she looked up at the brown haired youth.  She saw his eyes begin to grow clouded and his face grew solemn as he thought about the time in the darkness. 

"I was in some dream type state.  When Rei and I were pulled away from the group we got separated from one another…it was so cold and I could hear Rei screaming." He whispered mostly to himself as he remembered the events.  His family approaching him, their decayed faces and haunting voices blaming him for their deaths.  His wife screaming for him to help her and his newborn son crying as he was fed to one of Beryl's demons.  He remembered hearing Rei's anguished screams as a dark figure loomed over her wanting to do something unspeakable.  His eyes suddenly blurred and tears fell down his cheeks from the pain that was welling inside of him.  He heard Ami's gentle voice trying to soothe him, but his wife's voice had replaced hers and was asking him.

"Why?" that voice kept asking inside his head. 

"Go away!" Cye screamed as he threw Ami's hands off of him.  He stood up and looked down at her, but her hair was no longer blue, but a pale gold.  Her oceans blue eyes were now an icy shade and blood covered her. 

"Cye." She whispered again, but Cye kept shaking his head. 

"Go away Kaiya!" he begged as he backed away from her approaching form.  She suddenly smiled and disappeared leaving Ami there looking up at him with frantic eyes. 

"Cye?" she asked, but he simple fell to his knees and only a few tears fell from his eyes as he pounded his fists into the ground. 

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Kento felt his eyes drooping as the two girls in front of him squealed with delight over chess game himself and Rowen were playing.  Minako was glomping a very peeved looking Rowen while he muttered incoherent nothings under his breath.  This never stopped the warrior as she cheered him on, although there was really no use after Rowen has been beating him for the last couple of hours. 

"What is the score Sere?" Kento asked as he looked over at the bubbly Princess that was latched around his neck.  She blinked a few timed before muttering an apology and began to count on her fingers.  Rowen let out a small chuckle at the scene and Serenity huffed as she gave up. 

"I'm gonna go for a walk Kento, see ya later." Rowen said as he waved his hand to dismiss himself.  Minako tried to keep a hold of him, but he gently removed her hands from him.  He walked out silently and Kento followed his friend with a worried gaze, but let him go for he knew the events of earlier had affected all of them greatly.  He himself was trying to deal with it inside and not let it show, trying to be strong for Serenity and the sake of her future kingdom.  Ami had insisted that Ryo should rest for the things he had gone through and after the session with Serenity it would be better to let him rest.  He was suddenly drew out of his thoughts just as he began to think about what would have happened if Ryo had died…

"Kento lets go see Ryo again, I want to see him." Serenity said as she pulled on his sleeve.  He looked up at her for a moment and then smiled as he shook his head. 

"Ryo needs his rest…after what happened just a while ago we almost lost him.  Let him rest Serenity." Kento spoke a little harshly as he mentioned his friend.  Serenity stared at him for a moment before shaking her head and walking out of the room.  Kento got up to intercept her, but Minako laid a gentle hand on his shoulder. 

"Let her go for now Kento, you should know by now how stubborn she can be.  It seems that all of us have been affected by this little event.  Seeing how close you and the other Ronins are with Ryo and then the whole thing with Rei and her past." Minako said as she looked down at the ground.  Kento eyed her for a moment before turning his full attention to the girl sitting across from him.  Her beautiful blonde hair gleamed in the light of the fire and her cornflower blue eyes held questions for him.  Pain reflected in them and he began to realize that she was right; things of the past seemed to be coming back for each of them.  He hadn't seen Cye since their encounter earlier that day after Ryo had been taken for treatment and he remembered seeing the look in Cye's eyes.  It was the look Kento had seen once in his best friend, it was when Kaiya had been killed and his son, Raiden.

"Minako…tell me, how did you feel when that thing was in the room?" Kento asked as he recalled the time that the creature had looked at him.  The whole room had seemed to change, taking him a few years into the past that he regretted remembering.  He had seen his wife standing a few feet away from him smiling as she walked closer, but things had happened so quickly as the blade of one of the enemies struck her in the stomach.  She had been about to deliver their first child in a few days as expected, but their baby had been killed first and then her.  Kento shook his head to rid of his thoughts as he fought down the tears. 

"I…I saw me when I was younger…around the age of fifteen.  I…….was a female prostitute on the streets….there was nowhere I could go.  My father was a powerful lord and he had found out that I had fallen in love with a street peasant named Kunzite.  He disowned me later on, and I…had to do things to men that I can't even say even now." She said as she looked away from Kento in shame.  The memories she had pushed into the back of her mind had resurfaced once her eyes had met those ruby eyes of that demon.  The memories of those men touching her and the things she was forced to do to them. 

"It seems that things we want to forget from our past have been rekindled.  Rowen is remembering his memories of his wife and daughter, but I know nothing of what Ryo and Sage saw.  They had never been married, but their pasts are unknown…even to me."

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Rei continued to run as she heard Makoto calling out to her.  The images of those two being so close kept coming to her head and she couldn't seem to get it out of her head.  The green symbols glowing upon their foreheads confused her, but she understood what her visions were trying to tell her.  She stopped along a willow tree and jumped into the branches just as she saw Sage run past.  She held her breath as she heard him call her name, but she held back from answering his call.  She thought back to the symbols that had glowed so brightly on them, they had both been green and they were of Wisdom and Jupiter. 

"Just like the prophecy Ouji-san told me of.  Once the darkness settles over the land to conquer the Earth, 10 warriors will sacrifice their lives for the sake of those things close to them.  Pasts will be brought back and feelings will be tested to the highest degree.  Wisdom and Jupiter will bond together when the moon is full, Hope and Mercury awaken when the blood of innocence is shed by darkness, Justice and Venus collide when the world begins to crumble beneath their feet, Life and Moon release the light into the darkness of evil, and Mars and Virtue become one as they bring the rage of the mighty dragons of the elements." She recited it as she remembered her grandfather telling it to her millions of times as a child. 

"So somehow we all fit into this little legend thing.  Sage and Makoto seemed to have already found one another, so it seems that four couples are left." Rowen said as he looks up into the tree.  Rei looked down a little startled, but didn't let it show as she glared down at him icily.  Rowen didn't seem affected by this at all and jumped up next to the raven-haired pyro.  Rei backed away from him a little bit, but she just sighed as he looked at her intently. 

"Why should I tell you?  I never even talked with you ever sense I arrived here a few days ago." She said coldly as she looked at him.  She regretted looking at him now as she saw how incredibly hansom he was, but she would never admit it to herself.  He was far from Sage, but his blue hair appealed to her, as it seemed to match the sky just before complete dark.  She rolled her eyes at these thoughts and turned to look at the rest of the grounds of the castle. 

"It would be nice to get to know one another.  Besides, that prophecy is something I have been studying for a while now ever since Beryl arose from the core of the Earth.  So do you think we are apart of this prophecy?" Rowen asked as he looked over at the girl.  From what he had heard from Cye and Sage, she wasn't a bad person.  He hadn't really noticed her at all over the time she had been there, his attention had mostly been on Makoto, but it still was now as well.  This girl seemed to have something towards him though, her raven hair pulled tightly into a ponytail and her eyes were a hue he had never even heard of. 

"Hai, I know that we are.  I am not sure what the verses mean, but I am beginning to see the meaning of their words.  Tonight is a full moon and Makoto and Sage seemed to have done something to ignite the symbols the prophecy tells about." Rei said as she looked over at him again.  His blue eyes stared into hers for a while and she fought this feeling as she saw a stubborn piece of hair that fell into his face.  She suddenly threw her head up in the air arrogantly to signify that she was done talking, but the boy remained where he sat.

"Tell my something Hino, what did you see when you were fighting against that thing in the tower?  How did you glow that brilliant shade of red and make the barrier crumble when no others could?" Rowen asked as he looked at her.  He saw her tense at the mention of before and he soon regretted it as the memories began to resurface of his time when the ruby eyes penetrated his mind.  The memories of his daughter and wife replayed over and over again in his head as he remembered them. 

"I saw my past Rowen, of my mother and my father.  I saw my first lover Jadeite and when my jealous father killed him when he saw me with him.  Of him touching Hotaru and myself…I….." she trailed off as she looked at him with a scarce look in her eyes.  Rowen was at a loss for words as he lowered his eyes to the ground, but soon her voice echoed to him.

"What did you see?" she asked as she looked back towards the castle to see Serenity coming towards them. 

"I saw my wife and daughter being slaughtered as I was held back by Beryl.  She wouldn't let me help them, she told me it was too late.  My daughter was calling to me and my wife just smiled to me as the demons surrounded them." Rowen said as his hands clenched together.  They began to turn white and his nails drew blood from his palms, but soon soft hands placed themselves over his hands.  He looked towards Rei and saw her smiling at him slightly. 

"Let me help you in your studies to solve the prophecy.  I can help you, I have had visions of something that will happen in the future." She said softly.  Rowen could only nod his head as her hands glowed red for a moment and then he noticed the blood in his hands had disappeared. 

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The next week went on in silence as the warriors sat in the great hall.  All of them were looking quite pale and none seemed to have gotten any sleep.  The Emperor was sighing constantly as he watched his most powerful warriors and allies wonder around the main room like lost children.  The usual chatting Minako was now sitting silently near a bubbly Serenity and a silent Cye.  Rei was in the corner and was discussing something silently with Sage.  Rowen was standing near Ami and Kento and he was grinning as Kento told them something while motioning with his hands.  Makoto sat near his throne as she was sharpening her weapon.

"I have seen that last weeks attacks have forced something between each of you.  I suggest you all go to the upcoming festival and enjoy the festivities.  There will be no objections from any of you, I will have my guards here with me, so you are all dismissed.  I will see that my daughter takes you all and if any of you are not there you will not like my attitude one bit." He said joylessly as all the young peoples faces turned to shock.  No one made a sound, but all the girls felt themselves being pulled along by the Princess as she muttered something about fittings and better clothes.  She nodded once to her father and smiled at her father all the way out. 

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TBC…