Project: Sailor Earth
Chapter 8: Memories, in the corner of Moshi's mind
By: Tory L. Brown
Again with the legal stuff: My fanfic is based on
the series Sailor Moon, Copyright by Takeuchi
Naoko (Did I mention she rocks?). Memories...in the corner of my
mind..and Moshi's Here we learn her history folks!
Imitar cursed loudly as he threw a lantern on the ground, causing
sparks to fly. "How dare that brat and her sister help her escape! I'm
back at square one. Shizar, bring your worthless butt in here!" A small
man shuffled into the room, bowing his head in great shame. Shizar was
the Captain of Imitar's metallic knights. The responsibility of being
Captain was fun, it was just this part he hated.
"Yes milord," He said, vainly trying not to faint from
sheer fright.
"It was your guards who ran from the three barely grown girls, why
couldn't they contain them?!" He fumed, tendrils of dark smoke emerging
from his nostrils.
"Um..ahh..well." Shizar began to stammer. "It's their powers, you
know once Utopia and Paradise get together, they become very strong! The
little Sailor Earth was just as strong."
"Why do you think, I came back here to kill her! You stupid ignorant
fool, you have one more chance. Go to Earth and kill them. If you don't,
I will kill you!" He snarled, shoving Shizar out into the hallway
mentally.
Shizar shuddered, he'd rather not return if he failed. "It seems I
will need my metallic minions for this." He sauntered down the hallway,
the snickers of the guards reached his ears, for him to be the Captain,
the guards thought of him as a wimp. Opening the large door to his
chamber, he went to the bookcase and began to search for his spell
books.
* * * *
Moshi blinked in total confusion, It had been two days since the
return of ChibiMo and Miko, Moshi's two daughters from Crystal Tokyo.
ChibiMo tried her best to describe what brought them back to the past.
"You see Okaa-san, the reason we're here, well...." She stopped,
looking at Miko, who wiped a few tears from her eyes.
"Whoa wait a minute, why do I have the feeling somehow I died and
you're here to save me or something." Moshi said.
"Well, we're here to stop Imitar from succeeding in killing you in
the past, therefore obliterating any future we may have." ChibiMo said,
glancing at Miko.
"He comes here to kill you, and we die as well, no Mother, no
children!" Miko said, twirling her finger in her hair, a nervous gesture
that Moshi often did.
"I get it, he wants to prevent any of you three from existing." Ami
said, working with her computer.
"Did Sailor Pluto send you?" Chibiusa said, wrapping her small
fingers around her time key.
Miko pulled her key out and showed Chibiusa. "Hai, she did, oh look
my key is just like the one she gave you. Except mine is purple." She
squealed slightly.
"Well we can't call her ChibiMo, She isn't Chibi!" Minako said,
standing next to ChibiMo, noticing that she was a bit shorter.
"Hmm, how about we call her Shi" (pronounced She) Rei-chan said,
trying to distinguish a difference between Mo-chan and Shi-chan.
"Shi is fine, hmm I like that." Shi beamed in Rei's direction.
Luna and Artemis were quietly having a discussion in the corner,
every once in a while glancing back at Moshi. Their whispering became so
annoying to Makoto, so she tapped Luna on the shoulder to ask what were
they discussion so harshly.
Luna turned her brown eyes towards Makoto. "If you must know Mako-chan,
Artemis and I were trying to remember, was there a Sailor Earth ever in
the past." Her words perked up the ears of the Senshi, who all turned and
gawked.
"Nani?" Usagi asked, walking closer to the two cats.
"From my memory, I don't remember a Moshi or Sailor Earth. The only
person from the planet earth was the Prince." Luna said, turning her gaze
towards Moshi and Shi. "I don't know how she came here or anything, all I
know she wasn't in the past!"
"What a load of....mrmphrh" Miko said, trying to remove Chibiusa's
hand from her mouth. Shi glared at her angrily.
"I understand about you not knowing about Sailor Earth, because
simply she wasn't a Sailor Senshi in the past..." Shi said, causing
Mo-chan's mouth to drop open, in shock.
"Well, what was I in the past then, a freedom fighter dressed to
kill!?" Moshi said, glaring at her future daughter. Usagi couldn't
help but stifle a giggle, causing the other senshi to glare at her.
"Actually, I think this might be a good time to tell Okaa-san, Miko."
Shi said to Miko who nodded in return.
"Where to begin this long story...." Miko started.
* * * *
Shizar spent long hours in his chambers, searching for the correct
spell to summon, one of his golden minions. Shizar was the Golden Knight,
the leader of the metallic knights and captain of Imitar's guards. It
seemed to Shizar that no matter what he did, he earned no respect. "That
bastard.." He muttered to himself as he flipped through pages and pages of
simple spells. The others mocked him for being spell dependent, what do
you expect for a Wizard to do, hand to hand combat? He had his metallic
minions to do that for him. One good spell and Imitar and the rest would
respect him for the rest of his life. A knock on the large golden door,
intrupted his train of thought. "Come in!"
The door opened and a tall woman entered, her silver hair was held
back in a tight ponytail that brushed her ankles as she moved. Her silver
eyes flashed and glittered with hidden excitement. She removed her
flowing silver cape before sitting in the golden chair before Shizar. She
was Maeve, the Silver Knight and the Lieutenant of the Metallic guards.
"So dear Shizar, I see Imitar was a bit cross with you again." She purred,
crossing her long legs.
"Cross, isn't exactly the word!" Shizar exclaimed, out of everyone in
the citadel, Maeve was the only one who gave him respect and he liked her
for that, also she was utterly attractive.
"Dear Shizar, when will you learn not to take crap from Imitar,
you're the only one who has the power to overtake him!" She said, leaping
from her seat.
"Yeah, yeah you say that to me every time, speaking of which, have
you seen Valtork?" Valtork was the Bronze Knight, the weakest of the
Metallic guards.
"No, You know how Valtork is, he always have to be alone." Maeve
answered, keeping and eye on Shizar, his golden eyes flickered as he
scanned the gold covered books on his shelves. Maeve resisted the urge to
run her fingers through his long golden hair, she wanted for a long time
to tell Shizar how she truly felt for him but her duties as the Silver
Knight came first.
"Aha, I've found my spell!" Shizar said with intense excitement, his
large golden eyes flashed. Maeve moved the chairs for him to have room to
summon his metallic minion.
Shizar closed his eyes and began to utter a few words that Maeve
couldn't understand. The room began to glow gold, causing Maeve to cover
her eyes. "I Shizar, the Golden Knight. Command you, Stormfire the golden
minion to appear!" A figure appeared slowly, flickering in and out of
dimensions. The form turned solid and standing before the two knights was
Stormfire the Golden Minion. Stormfire's skin was a burnished gold that
twinkled whenever the light hit it.
"You summoned me my lord?" Stormfire said, half bowing in respect for
his master.
"Yes, I've summoned you, I need you once again to take care of Sailor
Earth, we must make sure she don't survive to see the furute, no Sailor
Earth no Sailor Utopia, Paradise or Earth, you understand?" Shizar said,
placing his spell book back upon the shelf.
"I understand my lord, I will take of this problem at once." With
that Stormfire vanished from sight.
"I hope he don't screw up." Maeve sighed, casting a look at Shizar,
if Shizar failed she knew Imitar would kill him and then she would become
the Golden Knight, leaving the responsibility to her.
* * * *
"Ok, I don't understand, please repeat that!" Usagi said, staring at
Shi who only giggled in return.
"I'll give a short version." Shi started, settling into a comfortable
position. "The Sailor Earth she is now didn't come into existance until
after the re-awakening of the Senshi. In the past during the Silver
Millennium, She was one of Queen Beryl's generals, Mosite." At the mention
of Moshi's former name she gasped in recoginition. "When it came time for
Queen Beryl's attack on the Moon Kingdom, Mosite fled to the other side
and helped the Moon Kingdom fight against Queen Beryl. Of course Beryl
wasn't happy with that because Mosite was one of her strongest Generals."
Shi paused, nodding to Miko letting her know to continue.
"Well.." Miko began. "Mosite begged Queen Serenity to grant her
asylum with the Moon Kingdom for turning traitor to Beryl, before it could
be granted, Zoisite murdered Mosite. Serenity contacted her friend on
Earth, Gaia to come to her aid. Gaia took Mosite's body and reanimated
her, renaming her Moshi. She turned Mosite's white hair black and her
gray eyes violet so Beryl wouldn't know who she was. Gaia raised Moshi
with a brother named Mamo..mame?" Miko stammered on the name.
"She means to say Mamoru. Chiba Mamoru I think was his name." Shi
corrected, allowing Miko to continue. Before Miko could finish, Usagi
broke in.
"Chiba Mamoru!? Mamo-chan is your brother?!!?" Usagi yelled.
All this time Moshi quietly soaked up the information that was
presented. She tried hard to think and remember, but nothing came to her.
The only thing she could remember was the Sailor Elementals. "I don't know
Usagi-chan." Mo-chan answered, looking down at the floor.
"Well, while everyone was sent ahead to the future. Moshi stayed
with Gaia who created the Sailor Elementals. They protected Earth at that
time. When there was no longer a need for the Sailor Elementals. They
were all put in a deep sleep for one thousand years. When Glutius came
to Earth in search of energy, Gaia woke the Elemental Senshi. Of course
you all know that Glutius murdered the other three leaving Moshi. Gaia
sent Moshi in search for you and the rest is as they say history." Shi
finished with a large grin on her face.
"Okaa-san doesn't remember, Shi!" Miko said, tugging on Shi's arm.
"Hmm..." Shi pondered. She turned towards Moshi who looked at her in
suprise. Shi closed her eyes and a cloud symbol appeared on her forehead.
The white light the cloud projected connected with Moshi's infinity
symbol. The two silently faced each other, Shi passed all the memories to
Moshi, whose face began to quirk with recognition. After what seemed
hours, the two emerged from the coma like state.
"I remember." Was the only two words Moshi could utter before falling
into a sobbing heap. She could remember the pain of Zoisite's blade
entering her body, leaving a large gaping wound.
"Gomen, Moshi. It was time for you to know." Shi comforted her.
"All this time I thought I was a princess." Moshi started, rising
from her spot, she turned towards Rei who gasped. "You were right
Rei-chan, I am evil!" She stormed out, heading for the street, with
Shi and Miko in tow.
In a mad dash she ran towards the downtown area, cutting into an alley,
the same alley where the mimic had her almost killed. "Why did Gaia make me
forget!" She wailed, burying her head into her lap. Shi and Miko turned into
the alley, stopping once they saw her.
"She's over here!" Miko called and the rest of the Senshi turned into
the alley.
"You should kill me, I may turn on you all!" Moshi said, her eyes
turning into violet pools of tears.
"Mo-chan...." Makoto said, kneeling down, putting her arms around
her, causing Moshi to wail even louder.
"Oh man, she's worser than Usagi" Rei muttered.
"Stop that wailing!" A voice boomed in the senshi's ears. Turning to
the wall, Gaia's face appeared. "Moshi, I took your memory for a reason.
Everything has it's time, and now was the time for you to know. It is
definitly not a time for crying, you must be on your guard. Imitar is
searching for ways to destroy you all. Don't despair Moshi, you have
everyone on your side." A bright ball of light hovered over the girls, on
the ball of light was Gaia's face, her smile as bright as the light.
Her smile faded, almost to a look a sadness. "Oh Moshi, just because
your past was one that was a bit..tarnished. Doesn't mean, you're not
worthy to be Sailor Earth now. I want you to remember something for
me."
Moshi looked up, her tear stained face contorting with each sob.
"Nani?" She said from her tear sore throat.
Gaia smiled again, continuing. "Remember, we are infinite, life is
infinite. No one can take that away. Nothing can change it. Even
thought you were evil then, you now have the chance many others didn't.
The chance to make right and make peace. Do that, and the past, your
past, won't even count anymore." The ball hovered towards Moshi. It's
bright fuzzyness brushed her cheek, as if to kiss her.
Moshi smiled, "Arigato Gaia, Arigato." She turned to Makoto and held
out a hand, to which she grabbed and hauled Moshi to her feet. With
Makoto's arm across her shoulders and Miko tugging on her hand. They
walked back to Rei's temple, deep in thought about the problem at
hand.
The End
Next Chapter: Project: Sailor Earth: Chapter 9: All that glitters, could
be gold.
*** Japanese Words used in Chapter Eight ***
Okaa -- Mother
Hai -- Yes
Nani -- What
Chibi -- Little
-chan -- suffix on someone's name meaning affection.
Arigato -- Thank you
Gomen -- Sorry
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