Sailor Moon:
G
Gemstone
By: Elena L Sanchez
Disclaimer: I own the sailors in this fic (Gem Sailors) and the artwork here in
this fic. They are mine and no one has the right to use them for their own
purposes without my permission. The idea of the sailors and Bishoujo Senshi
Sailormoon and the original characters such as Serena etc...belong to Naoko
Takeuchi. I own NONE of her characters and do NOT claim to, but rather thank
her for making such wonderful and inspirational characters. Waii! ^_^
Side note: I just want to inform people that this is based on the ANIME
storyline. NOT the Manga. However, I have not seen ALL of the Stars episodes
(Only a few), so if something is inaccurate please correct me, kindly. I'll try
to fix it. On the other hand if it's something major that would affect the
whole storyline, please just bear in mind that I'm trying to write an
entertaining story. I'm not going to get EVERYTHING perfect. Also I'm borrowing
some stuff from the Manga (Ages, Serena ascending the throne at 22). This is
just a story and I'm only human =(
Sailor Moon: Gemstone : Searching. Lost Soldiers Carry On!
Blackness. Blackness was everywhere.
Blackness speckled with tiny, snowy drops
of white. This was space. The infinite blackness, that gave birth to galaxies,
beings, and planets. The blackness which gave birth to legends and adventures.
It was the same infinity that had given birth to one particular planet out of
many. The planet of Endai.
A planet rich in resources and beautiful
unlike any you had ever imagined. At night the atmosphere would create the
stars to be different colors. Legend says that each color represented the soul
of a great warrior who had passed. In the day, the sun was said to have a
celestial connection to the planet’s queen. If she was sad, it would rain. If
she was angry (which was very rare for the queen had a very gentle heart) the
ground would tremble. It was almost constantly sunny. Looking over the queen
was a group of dedicated soldiers, bound to fate to always serve their ruler.
People on this particular planet weren’t terribly different from those of
Earth. In appearance, they were the same. Truly, the planet of Endai was one of
peace and chaos. Existing in a perfect balance of both.
Until the one known as Daaku had been
born.
The woman of dark and malicious intent was
the daughter of the gentle queen, though many silently questioned how such a
being of hate and greed could be born of one so pure and generous. Not long
after, the serene queen died. Widely was it known that her death could not have
been naturally for the planet itself was linked with the queen. Therefore, the
queen was granted immortality until she passed it to her kin. The mere fact
that the event was so sudden and that no one had heard sent whispers throughout
every town, though no one dared to speak the truth in the new rule of Queen
Daaku. Those who did were silenced quickly and without mercy.
Now what remained of the glorious planet,
were mere shards of nothingness. A bleak, barren backdrop of what once was. The
land had been ripped apart by tyranny, fear and anguish. Lives of innocents
were carelessly taken and lost. The rich atmosphere had become dark, clouded
and sunless.
The balance of good and evil was been
broken.
All that remained were fallen warriors
with one last chance for salvation. Though still bound by fate, they risked it
all in one final battle with the tyrannous queen. Though victorious, the
warriors fled their planet in fear of an ancient prophecy. For it was told that
those who went against their queen, whom they were bound to by fate and
eternity, would suffer worse than death itself.
***
Naomi Nohakai watched with uncertainty.
Everything she had ever known was destroyed. Their planet gone. They had won
the fight but certainly lost the war. Naomi bit her lip, determined to not
release the tears threatening to fall. No, she had to be stronger. She knew as
well as any of her other teammates that in the face of destruction you fall or
continue on. And if you fell, there was little chance to get back up. Naomi put
a hand to her chest.
There was a
deep feeling in her heart. At first it had been hard to place it, but now it
had grown from a mere spark to a raging fire. It was the feeling of failure.
She had failed her queen. They all had. What really was left for them now?
Naomi
brushed a strand of dark blue hair across her shoulder. She didn’t want her
other teammates to see the tears in her eyes. She didn’t even want to
acknowledge them herself. Maybe if she didn’t they’d go away.
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Naomi drew in a deep breath and glanced
around. The group of soldiers was encased in a bubble like orb. To the naked
eye it would appear as a group of beings simply free floating through the
endless abyss of space. Naomi glanced at her comrades, trying to read their
expressions.
Beside her stood a girl named Taryn
Meimou. Shoulder length, straight red hair, the color of dark rubies, adored
her shoulders. A worried look crossed her features and Naomi swore she saw a
tear in Taryn’s own dark scarlet eyes. She looked to say something, but like
the others in the group, had no appropriate words for the moment.
On the other side of Naomi, stood Trinity
Shinsei. The resident loner, and queen of ice. She was adorned with long wavy
golden hair and green eyes that could strike a chill in the coldest of people.
Currently those eyes were turned away from the rest of the group and like so
many times before, Naomi found it impossible to read her expression.
Her eyes moved on to the rest of the group.
Another pair was Sarah Otome and her younger sister Tifani. Sarah clutched the
younger girl protectively to her side. Anyone could tell she was trying
valiantly, perhaps for her sister's sake, to not be afraid. Tifani watched with
childlike fear. Deep within her heart, Tifani was grown up. She was perhaps the
perfect model of what the curse of immortality had done to them all. Time
without aging, except maybe mentally. Even that was tainted as memories from
long ago were eventually erased like the wind scattering ashes. Right now,
Tifani had abandoned all maturity, although she seemed to be fairing better
than her older sister.
Next was a young woman with radiant black
hair, cascading down her back and held high in a ponytail fashion. Normally she
held a regal look about her but for now she looked horrible. The battle had
taken it’s toll on her. Her name was Anna Aounabara and though Naomi didn’t
much care for her, she felt for her deep in her heart. Anna reflected how the
group looked. Beside her stood a very tall, dark yet composed young man with
hair as black as midnight and green eyes that were every bit as striking as
Trinity’s though lighter in their shade. One whom Naomi had longed for since
she could remember. Karik Yamiyono. Karik was a warrior in every sense of the
word. Even now his cold exterior never faltered.
There remained three young men. The first
was Jonathon Banshou whom looked pale and weakened, yet had the face of a
tender young man. Sandy whitish blonde hair and blue eyes as crisp as the sky
itself had once been on Endai. The look upon his face was one of bravery yet
immense pain. Ashe Aozora was next. His usually handsome face was bit dirt
stained and he looked battle worn as much of the others did. His sandy red hair
hung in his eyes which were a sad shade of wine red. He watched with sorrow,
but also solemn anger. Finally was Vincent Haato. The oddest of the group. His
expression was serious yet blank at the same time. In fact, it was like that a
lot of the time.
At the very back, behind the others, yet
with still a good view of the dissipating planet, was clearly the youngest
aside from Tifani. Beside her, standing almost loyally like a guardian angel
over a child, was Hana Nomatsujo. She watched the planet for a few moments then
slowly turned to look at the young girl aside her. Her face held little
expression of comfort nor of fear.
The girl's eyes shone brilliantly with
tears. She had been trying desperately hard to not cry. It wouldn't be right
and she couldn't be weak. Not at this moment in time. Her teammates already
looked down on her. Now she had her duty as princess of Endai, to be strong.
She had to have strength as she watched the misted bubble carry them further
away.
She had to hold her emotions in as she
watched her life slip away from her grasp.
Hope Akkino felt a hand on her shoulder.
She didn't bother to see who it was, because she didn't want them to see the
tears in her eyes. They saw anyway as Hope broke into sobs, collapsing to her
knees.
Her insides melted and the barrier holding
back the wet tears gave way. Her fear consumed her and blinded any thoughts she
may have had. All that was left was raw pain.
Hope put her hands to her face and cried.
She cried so hard, her whole body trembled. Her long brown hair fell about her
shoulders, partially obscuring her face.
The others turned to face her, finally
taking their eyes off the planet, which was almost out of sight.
In most situations, a team would help
their leader. Lift them up, because a leader was the glue of the group. They
were the key to the group's unlocking and their destruction. To their will to
work together and their strength.
Somehow this WASN'T the case, as Trinity
pushed forward and snatched Hope up by the collar of her black uniform.
"Crying ALREADY?!" Trinity spat.
Hope closed her eyes tightly. She knew that she shouldn't cry in front of
Trinity, but her tears said otherwise and continued to flow. The very pain in
her heart told her otherwise. Trinity released her grip on Hope and Hope stepped
back, hanging her head.
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Trinity glared with fire and disdain in
her emerald green eyes. Then with one fluid and swift movement, her hand
reached back and flew across the air to connect with Hope's face.
Hope
stumbled back against the side of the orb, which was carrying the warriors. As
she hit it, the orb glowed white with a soft, low hum. Ashe turned to face
Trinity and glared, quite angrily. "Would you stop it?! She's young!! She
doesn't know any better!"
Trinity wheeled around to face him. Aside
from her eyes, which still burned with anger that was matched with Ashe's, the
rest of her body gestures showed no sense of anger. Her hands remained
unclenched and relaxed. Her shoulders and body posture was relaxed as well.
"Oh? Well, correct me if I'm wrong,
but I fail to see Tifani crying and is she not younger than Daaku Jr. over
there?" she said simply, venom creeping through her voice.
"Shut up!!!" Hope screamed. Hana
simply kneeled down beside her, saying nothing, no expression. Her hand placed
itself on Hope's trembling shoulder.
"You forget that Tiffani may be the
image of a child but she's countless years older than Hope!" Ashe
corrected.
"I forget nothing,"
Trinity said coolly, the anger in her eyes fading as she turned away from Ashe.
"The only thing that anyone has forgotten is that SHE -"
Trinity paused to point a finger accusingly to Hope. "She is the
offspring of our enemy and she is NOT truly one of us nor our
leader."
Ashe moved to say something, but Trinity
cut him off sharply. "She will never be our leader and having her here is
a mistake. You'll see for yourselves," she added, retreating to her spot
near Naomi.
Naomi shot her a sour look. "Oh what?
You're going to act as ignorant as the rest, Naomi?" Trinity said, keeping
her eyes focused on a point of dark space beyond the orb.
Naomi said nothing for a moment, studying
Trinity. "No, but now is CLEARLY not the time for your 'warm'
remarks," she said quietly. The only response she got was a cold, devious
smirk from Trinity.
The tense mood was broken as Karik spoke
up, cold, yet calm. "It's gone..."
The group turned to watch as the speck,
that was Endai, finally disappeared into the dark reaches of space. The same
reaches from where it was born.
Hope, whom had been slightly calm for a
moment, broke into another round of pain wracked sobs. Naomi watched her, but
said nothing, nor made a move.
“Poor Hope…she’s not a hardened
soldier…not like us…” Naomi thought to herself. Another voice cut into her
thoughts. A slightly darker voice.
“Which is why you should’ve left her to
die on that miserable planet…”
Naomi frowned. A battle of conscience
perhaps, but she knew better.
She only turned her vision back to where
their planet once was. Home was gone now. They were disgraced warriors with no
place to go.
Tifani summoned up the one question in
everyone's minds. She looked to Sarah then to the others, worriedly. "What
do we do now...?"
There was a long silence. No one looked at
each other. No one answered.
Finally, Hana looked to Tifani, no longer
wanting to look at the black void of space. She closed her eyes calmly as if in
great thought. For a moment, Hope stopped crying and turned to look to Hana.
Hana then gave Tifani, and the others, the only answer there was to give.
"We wait..."
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Author's note: I’ll try and have one Author’s note at the end of every chapter.
So this was chapter one of the BSSM:G re-make. I know it was long but hopefully
most chapters won’t be this long. Also, I hope the names were easier to
remember. As a side note, you can see in the pictures that for now, out of
uniform, they’re just basically wearing black pants and black shirts. There’s a
list below of who is who incase, you forget or are still confused.
Naomi – Sailor Sapphire
Trinity – Sailor Emerald
Ashe – Tourmaline Warrior
Hope – Sailor Diamond
Tiffani – Sailor Turquoise
Sarah – Sailor Pearl
Hana – Sailor Garnet
Jonathon – Topaz Warrior
Taryn – Sailor Ruby
Vincent – Amethyst Warrior
Karik –Peridot Warrior
Anna – Sailor Aquamarine
Get to know these names because they’ll show up quiet frequently.
