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Long ago, when the Silver Alliance was at its peak, there were 10 planets that were ruled under the moon of the alliance.
The Moon symbolized peace and prosperity. It was the sign of good fortune, and a bright future, for all those that respected the rulers. The Queen of the Moon, Serenity, was 7 months pregnant with her daughter, who she would later name Usagi. She and her husband were the happiest couple and the most beautiful. Queen Serenity was known for her long and beautiful silver locks, and her warm and kind brown eyes, while her husband King Itachi was known for his raven colored hair and mysterious blue eyes. Together they would have the perfect daughter.
Venus was the sister planet to the Moon, and was the symbol of love and beauty. Aphrodite was the current queen and the sister to Serenity. Her flaxen colored hair, unlike her sister's was extremely thick and shined golden under the correct light. Her blue eyes held untold stories of romance and loss, but she always wore a charming smile, trying to convince those around her that she was happy.
Aphrodite's husband was recently killed, and she was now alone on her planet of love, being the only loveless one. The only memory she had of her lover was her beautiful new born baby, Minako. Without Minako, Aphrodite surely knew that she would've gone insane.
Minako, even though she was still at the tender age of 6 months, looked like an exact replica of her mother. Her small baby hairs had already taken the same golden color of her mother, and she also held the same smile, though Minako's smile held more truth to it then her mothers. And also, like her mother, Minako would grow up to be cursed by her own gift of love.
The planet of Mercury, named after the King Mercury was a place of intelligence and ice. The 5 month old princess of the planet was the best thing to happen to Mercury. She was small, born not more than 4 lbs. and had an unnatural hair color of blue, with matching ice colored eyes. Ami, the name given to the princess was almost completely opposite to her father.
Her father, Mercury was the perfect description of his planet. He was a man that spent most of his time trying to solve age old mysteries. Though he had more important things to worry about, such as the welfare of his people and his family, he would much rather spend time trying to expand on his knowledge. He ruled his planet under a strict book of codes and laws. If the laws were not followed, the law-breakers would be severely punished. His entire personality was that of an unbreakable ice block.
When Ami was born, the people had expected her to be as cold and heartless as her father. But instead of crying when her life began, Ami had laughed, a small tiny giggle, looking around at her surroundings with such innocent interest. And as Mercury held his daughter, he could feel the ice wall around him begin to melt.
Jupiter was a planet that was based upon admiring natural and the gifts of thunder. When Jupiter first became inhabited, there had been terrible thunder storms that had killed much of the people trying to settle there. Eventually, a man named Jupiter learned to tame the thunder, and protected the people around him. Jupiter died at the age of 50, being struck by his own thunder, and the planet was named after his honor.
He left behind a daughter named Sera, who was very different from her father. Instead of indulging in her gift of thunder, Sera spent much of her time behind the walls of her castle, cooking. Sera was a woman with auburn colored hair, and dark yellow eyes. She was quiet and shy, and preferred to live the simple life of a house wife.
Sera began to grow older and easily fell in love with one of the kingdom's guards, for there were no other men for Sera to see. With the guard, she conceived twins, her son Duo and her daughter Makoto. Duo looked exactly like his father, with chocolate colored hair and crystalline blue eyes, while Makoto had inherited her grandfather's looks. She had auburn hair, and the famous electric green eyes, that could easily be fascinated by a flower or anything that was made by nature.
The sister planet to Jupiter, Uranus, was known for a different aspect of nature, wind. The people of Uranus lived a life in the "fast-line" doing everything at an extremely speedy pace, and always putting their life on the risk. The only two living royalties were Midori and Haruka, the wind sisters. Midori was 16 and the current queen of Uranus, while Haruka was only at the tender age of 3, and treated Midori more like a mother than sister.
Neptune was not only known for its vast oceans, and sea-creatures, but also for its close friendship with Uranus. Haruka, and Michiru, the 2 year-old princess of Neptune, were already best friends. It was said that Michiru was so in-tune with water, that she learned to swim even before she learned to walk.
The final two planets were probably the deadliest of all, and considerably feared by others.
The first was the planet farthest from the sun, Pluto, a small planet that was known for having a colder temperature than Mercury. Unlike, the other planets, only one person inhabited this place, and she was the immortal Setsuna, who had been around since the beginning of time. Pluto was a wasteland planet that harbored the famous Gates of Time. Setsuna was the only person able to control the mystery of the gates, and was given the curse and gift of being the eternal guardian. There is not much information known on this woman.
Five years after Princess Usagi born, the princess of Saturn, Hotaru was born. Saturn was the planet of death and rebirth and was both feared and loved. While Usagi was considered pure good, Hotaru was pure 'evil' and she helped sustain the balance between life and death.
Most expected Hotaru would be strong and hard headed with fiery temper, but she was a peaceful small child, with a look of complete innocence. She was smaller than even Princess Ami, and had pure black hair, with lavender colored eyes.
The final planet that had no title of true power was the planet of Earth that only had two special qualities. The first was the fact that this was the only planet in the solar system to have mortals, and the second was the fact that the prince of Earth was the betrothed to Queen Serenity's daughter, Usagi.
"And that concludes the briefing on the past 20 years about the 10 planets of the solar system," the stern sensei concluded, shutting the heavy textbook and slammed it down on her front desk.
The sensei's name was Mitsu Kana an unmarried woman of 30 that spent most of her time teaching teenagers about recent history. She had just finished reading a passage from a book about the solar system. Usually, she wouldn't have to go into the topic, but since Princess Usagi was going to be arriving to Earth soon, it seemed important that the people were well informed.
One of Mistu-sensei's favorite students was raising her hand, trying to catch the attention of the teacher. "Yes, Kohaku-san?"
"Well," she began, her eyes shining with curiosity and determination. "I was wondering… why didn't you mention the planet Mars?" This small question had caused half the class to gasp and the teacher to look at the girl wide-eyed.
It was a known fact that talking about Mars was much tabooed. But, no matter what, when ever the chance presented itself Kohaku would not hesitate to bring the topic up.
"Kohaku-san," Mitsui-sensei managed to say, getting over her initial shock. "You should know better than to bring up your silly obsession with Mars. Mars is no longer part of the Silver Alliance, and considered a rogue planet."
Kohaku did not seem very satisfied with the answer, and she almost seemed hurt by it. "And you Mistu-sensei, should no better than to insult my 'silly' obsession with Mars. It'll come back to haunt you one day." No one in the classroom understood her cryptic retaliation.
RING.
The bell sounding signaled the end of fifth period, and the beginning of sixth… or lunch. Kohaku stomped out of the classroom, her rage clearly not disappearing; her faithful friend Maxwell Duo hot on her heels.
"Wait up!" Duo shouted, running after his friend. But Kohaku ignored his shouts, and continued on her quickened pace. Eventually though, Duo managed to catch up to the girl, and gave her a cheeky grin. He began to play with a lock of her raven-colored hair, a nervous habit he developed with spending so much time with her. "I don't get why you piss her off so much. She practically adores her, and you just throw that Mars shit in her face."
Kohaku, who had gained control of her anger, sudden felt the flush of heat on her face. Her cheeks turned a red color, and her violet eyes blazed with anger, and she stopped abruptly and knocked her friend into the nearest locker. "Don't… Don't you dare… Don't you dare insult Mars," she said in a low deadly voice.
Kohaku stared into his eyes, as he tried to avoid her gaze, not wanting to see the pure rush of anger on her face. Finally, after what seemed like hours, which in reality was only minutes, Kohaku released her death grip on the boy, and continued to walk down the hallway, as if nothing happened. Other students stared at the two, wondering what they had fought about now.
Duo felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked to see Winner, Quatre R. looking at him in understanding. "Kohaku-san will get over her anger," he stated and Duo trusted the boy. After all Quatre had a knack for understanding human emotions.
"Yeah, Rei-chan will definitely get over it," Duo gave the boy one of his famous grins.
---LUNCH---
Kohaku Rei sat down on the slightly moist grass, and opened up the black colored briefcase she was holding. She pulled out the same exact textbook that her sensei had been reading, and a small lunch box that contained 5 rice balls. She skimmed thru the book, ignoring the shadow looming over her, until the shadow spoke.
"What are you reading, onna?" the shadow asked in an arrogant.
"Nothing, brother," Rei taunted. She knew that her brother despised being associated to her in anyway.
The boy scoffed and sat down next to her, looking over her shoulder at the textbook. "Half-brother. Remember that, dear sister," he corrected her. "Why must you read these silly myths? You can't seriously believe that Jupiter could control thunder, and Saturn controlled death. It's impossible."
"Skeptic," Rei rolled her eyes at the boy. "We'll find out for ourselves wont we?"
"Hai," the boy nodded. "You realize your father is forcing us to attend the 'business affair'. He said something about wanted to extend his ties."
"In other words… He wants to try and form a friendship with Usagi-sama for his political campaign." Though Rei despised her father, her views of things were similar. Except of course, when it came to politics. She always thought ahead everything, planning before she took action… unless she was angered. If she was angry, she couldn't think straight.
Her brother grew bored of the idle chit-chat and grabbed the book from hands, slamming it shut. "Stop your studying," he said simply, not bothering to give much explaining to his actions.
But Rei understood the proud boy, and shook her head. "No, there will be plenty of time for us to fight in gym class." She opened her lunch box and offered him a rice ball, which he 'politely' refused and walked off, deciding that their bonding time had come to an end.
Rei opened her book again, to the same page she was at and continued her reads.
Mars, the third planet of the Inner Alliance, (which included the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus) was the planet of war, fire and passion. This planet's ideals were based upon two things: military training and religion. At the age of 10, all healthy children were expected to undergo military training until they were 18, were they would chose to live the life of a soldier or become a monk. This was of course the policy only for men. Only women of the royal family were expected to undergo training.
King Aries was considered to be a god among his people for he had amazing power. He believed that the balance of life was not good and evil, but body and mind, so his armies were trained under this code.
Aries only direct family was his brother Haku, who was the second in line for the throne. To keep his title, Aries arranged a marriage with the queen of Uranus, Midori. They were wed, and Midori gave her title to her younger sister. A year after the wedding Midori gave birth to a beautiful goddess of war. She was called Rei, a name her father chose her, and was trained to be a miko and warrior.
But when Rei was 8 years of age, the Silver Alliance had gone into war with the Negaverse. Aries was killed in the war and Midori took full control of the planet. Aries' brother wanted to rule and he slaughtered the royal family and anyone who opposed him, taking the title of king of Mars. He betrayed the planets and joined forces with Negaverse.
Rei shut the book, taking a deep long sigh. She watched small droplets of water hit the cover and gasped. 'I'm crying,' She thought in shock, wiping the tears away from her slightly red eyes.
"Hey, Rei-chan!" she heard the familiar voice of Duo. "You okay?" He gave her a serious look of concern, and she smiled at him, rubbing her eyes.
"Just fine," she stood up from the grass, and grabbed her suitcase. She put the book in her suitcase, and handed over her rice balls to Duo, whose stomach was growling loudly. She looked over to Quatre, who was standing right next to Duo, and bowed her head, signifying that she acknowledged his presence.
"Good!" Duo shouted merrily, wolfing down his food.
"Ohayo, Kohaku-san," Quatre bowed, a light blush on his face. He was never good with speaking to girls.
"Oh, Quatre-kun," she rolled her eyes in a joking manner. "Call me Rei-chan! It makes me feel cuter!" She giggled, as Duo choked on his rice ball and Quatre's face turned 5 shades redder.
Somehow, Quatre managed to nod his head. "Ok, Rei-chan. Well, the bell is about to ring, so I'm headed to Phys Ed. Are you coming?" Quatre remembered that he had the same gym class as her. Rei nodded her head, and walked along side Quatre, dragging the food-demon that is Duo with her.
Author's Note: Before people starting asking questions. No, this story is not AU. The rest of the pilots and the gundams will come in later.