Chapter 9-Clash of the Guardians a.k.a Something Gained, Something Lost
	Mizuno Ami was relaxing....it was peaceful and calm. All around her, there was
sparkling emerald, when she looked up, a forest green hue that was somehow
familiar met her eyes. Until something in her changed, it shifted, and she went
under. Choking on water, bitter and salty, her eyes stung. What had she lost?
Was it something she had gained?
	Turning over, she wiped away a few tears and wondered how a dream could affect
her so much. For some reason, it seemed like floating on your back-you could
stay afloat as long as you didn't panic and become scared. What......what had
she misplaced? Had something been added to her, fear, fright? Before the realms
of sleep claimed her once more, she gazed around the dark room, moonlight
tinting everything a glowing white-blue. It was so eerie, and running a hand
through hair slightly matted by sweat, she turned over and faced the wall. As
large sapphire eyes closed, desiring a peaceful and undisturbed rest, an inner
voice whispered, "Zoi...."
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	Delicate silver coils moved this way and that, keeping a careful eye on their
master. Shippou figured he was getting enough experience roughing it this way,
he may as well consider a career as a tree snake...shrugging off the strange
thoughts that pervaded his mind, he smiled in satisfaction when Chiba Mamoru
didn't appear again to hound the poor general. Before he could slither off and
find his fellow guardians, a bit of dull brown stuck out for some reason,
although he wasn't sure why. So many people here had brown or black hair, why
did he suddenly notice a boy with brown hair? Ah. That was Urawa Ryo, he
thought, coils tightening. "Tokage! Erimakitokage, you idiot! Where are you?"
	Irritated, the lizard appeared within seconds and complained, "Stop calling me
Erimakitokage, PLEASE. It's so embarrassing when you do it. I'm going to have to
talk Sets into letting me go back in time so I can persuade Zoicite not to name
me that. What's up?"
	"Now look, he's given me the slip!" whined Shippou, scanning the crowd.
	Staring at his commander, who had never acted babyish in any way before,
Kouseki Yosouya's guardian asked, "Who's he? Kouseinou?"
	"No, Urawa Ryo!"
	"But we aren't tracking him now, are we?" came the logical, steely answer. His
friend joined his search for the missing brown-haired, brown-eyed Ryo, that had
become semi-friends with the silver-haired general after Yosouya
had....."deserted".
	"Can't hurt, maybe he's got another interesting drawing."
	Shaking his head, the frills around the reptile's neck unfolded and folded
again agitatedly. "You're insane."
	"Got a report for me?" asked his leader sharply, expectantly.
	Turning red, although already camouflaged to the brownish-gray of the wood, he
nodded. "Not much, but it's bound to be worth a bit. Chiba Mamoru has recently
bought many shares of the most expensive stock running around, of a company that
holds all claims to economic ups and downs. Apparently, they have the best
resources and people working for them in the field of technological study."
	"I hate it when you talk like that, as soon as Yosouya will acknowledge our
presence again, I'm going to beat him. Badly. Even though it's not
proper...okay, I didn't mean it," his fellow guardian sighed in return. "Look,
there's that young blond girl Kouseinou's been talking to a lot lately, think
she could pose a threat?"
	Narrowing his eyes, Tokage shook his head again. "Nope, you dolt. Jealousy must
be affecting your sense-that's Aino Minako, an actress formerly of Japan then of
London."
	"Your point?"
	Smacking the large snake beside him, the green lizard sighed. "Why is it always
me stuck with....caretakers like you?" Before the annoyed Shippou could open his
mouth and answer indignantly, he hastily said, "Never mind, never mind. Let me
say it in simple terms then: if it has been possible for us to conclude that-"
	*sigh*
	"Shut up!! Now, as I was saying, we concluded that Mizuno Ami of Juuban was
indeed the Princess of Mercury-"
	"And thus the senshi of Mercury," continued the bored snake.
	"We did?!"
	"Good gods, don't you remember ANYTHING? The last generation of the planetary
senshi in the Silver Millennium just happened to be all princesses, a feat which
was both remarkable and sad, since many thought and knew it meant the end of the
world as we knew it. Are you implying that Aino Minako is the princess and
senshi of Venus?"
	Shrugging, he replied, "Could be. Glad you finally caught on. You remember
those prissy guardians of the senshi?"
	"Why?"
	"To help us, maybe? The generals are obviously going to come face to face in
the future with the past *snicker*."
	"What makes you think they were awakened?"
	Smirking, the green one retorted, "Just a large power surge a few years back,
shortly after whatever's currently got a hold of Chiba Mamoru. Bet you....my
guardianship that they awakened as many as they could get their hands on."
	"They haven't GOT hands, and I don't want to see them!" Shippou whined.
	"What's WRONG with you?"
	*whimper* "Phobos and Deimos are creepy...."
	*whap*
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	Knowing that a headache coming on, Mizuno Ami hastily exited the temple quietly
and sat outside, under some flowering cherry blossom trees. Even from her seat
on the rough wooden bench, she could hear her friends's squabbling. As soon as
she had passed the kitchen, seen Makoto covered from head to toe in batter and
Rei holding some dripping egg beaters, looking sheepish, she had decided to
leave. Quickly.
	Pondering over her strange dream the night before, the word still came to her
mind. 'Zoi? General Zoicite,' she reminded herself. 'But he's dead and gone, not
to mention evil. I wonder what he looked like though? I mean, just in case he
was reincarnated in this life as well. Long, curly blond hair....and his eyes. I
forgot what color his eyes were.'
	Feeling a slight tickling on her bare leg, she reached down to flick off what
she supposed was an annoying ant or bug when a leathery, soft body met her
fingers, and she tried not to scream. "Konnichiwa, tokage. It's very interesting
to see one of you in the wild, who do you belong to? Surely not Rei-chan or
Mako-chan, they have Phobos, Deimos, and Aoao. Good gracious," she said softly,
coming eye to eye with tiny green emeralds that glinted intelligently. "Those
were his eyes.....almost the exact same."
	"Who's eyes?" asked Tokage, before he remembered that lizards weren't supposed
to talk. Mentally hitting himself over the head, he watched warily for the
chance that he might be dropped or even thrown.
	Stifling a shriek, she tried to slow her heart's pounding. "You...you must be a
guardian. Although they aren't any more senshi, except perhaps some for the
outer planets."
	"That's right..." he mused thoughtfully. "Now, who's eyes do mine look like?"
	Hesitantly and at his gentle prodding, she replied, "Zoi's. General Zoicite's,
excuse me."
	"How? How do you remember? Who....?" he demanded, panicking, feeling deja vu
come on. Why did this girl speak of his master? She had a guardian, that he was
sure of. Otherwise, she would have fled long before. Phobos, Deimos. Those were
the crows of Mars. Aoao, the annoying one of Jupiter.
	"I'm Mizuno Ami."
	"That's not exactly what I meant, but it's nice to meet you. My name is
Erimakitokage. You called me Tokage, didn't you?"
	"It means lizard, a general name. What did you mean?"
	"You must have a guardian, if you know about them. An animal that talks," he
responded coolly. "Either you're a senshi or a clever trick of Chiba Mamoru's.
Hold on. Mizuno Ami?"
	"Hai?"
	"You......you're the Princess of Mercury." Tokage's mouth dropped open, an
interesting look for the lizard. Here was the former love of his charge, the
senshi of Mercury. Her name revealed everything, as had the generals's.
	"Hai. I suppose you want to see my guardian then? Luna-san's here, too, but she
hasn't found the Moon Princess. Care to tell me who you guard?"
	Nervously fumbling for a name, he knew she wouldn't react well to hear General
Zoicite's name come up, and he wasn't about to reveal that the reborn general
was Kouseki Yosouya. "Eh.....no one yet. Looking for my charge, like Luna."
	"They're all hiding in the room of the Great Fire, I'll take you there."
	"Hiding?" he asked curiously, not objecting to the gentle ride.
	"From Rei-chan, Mars, and Mako-chan, Jupiter. They're fighting."
	Resisting the urge to groan and smack his head on something hard, Tokage
sighed, "They haven't changed, have they?"
	"Not a bit, but don't you like them more this way?"
	"I'm betting Hokushin and Tansei won't......."
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	Aino Minako and Tsukino Usagi walked into Usagi's house, talking animatedly,
setting their book bags down, taking off their light spring coats and shoes.
Tsukino Ikuko came out, running a hand through slightly-mussed purple hair.
"Konnichiwa, girls. A snack is on the table, even though you keep insisting
you're too old to call it that. Except Usa-chan. Don't forget to do your
homework." Before the two blondes raced off for the kitchen, ravenous after a
"strenuous" day at school, burdened with many "frustrations", she called, "By
the way, Mina-chan, some boy has called for you twice."
	"Honto?" she asked calmly, while Usagi squealed with excitement, ignoring the
previous joke. "I wonder who thought could be...."
	"Apparently, a Torit Sukareru said he knew you in London, while you were
filming 'Sailor V' and wants to get back in touch with you. He says he's back in
town and left you this phone number and short message, asking you to call him
back," explained Ikuko.
	Glowering darkly, she took the paper with a quick "Arigato." Once she and Usagi
were in the kitchen, eating sugar cookies, she folded the paper meticulously
first in halves, then quarters, eights, and finally ripping it into hundreds of
little pieces.
	Watching, with an uncanny expression on her face, while her friend dumped the
bits of paper in the trash bin, Usagi mumbled (with her mouth full, of course),
"Why'd you just do that, Mina-chan?"
	"Because he's a pervert. Anyway, he was always after me on the set, a co-star.
He's...hm..two years older, seventeen now. Torit-SAN must be a senior in high
school, wonder if he's going to attend Juuban?"
	"I hope not, if he affects you that much. What does he look like?"
	"Oh, blond hair and dark blue eyes. He had a lot of female admirers there, even
though he was only our age then."
	Usagi protested, "You talk like we're babies or something."
	Shingo snuck in and grabbed a napkin full of cookies. "Hey, Sere-chan, maybe
it's because you are! *snicker* Ja ne."
	"Ja....nani?! OOH, I could kill that little brat!!!"
	"I wouldn't recommend murder just because he called you a baby," Minako
advised, eyes twinkling once more, looking like the surface of a lake in the
summertime.
	"Iie, it wasn't that, he stole some cookies!!"
	*sweatdrop*
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	"Mamoru-kun?"
	"WHAT, Souya-kun?" asked the addressed, flexing his fingers in case the general
had come to annoy him with some trivial manner.
	*gulp* "The stock you've invested in, actually stocks, have skyrocketed with
your purchases, and they've directed the money to the bank. From my
calculations, by next month, you should be able to buy the company with all the
stock you own. Do you plan to....want to plan...?"
	Smiling darkly, he praised, "This is indeed a good sign of fortune. Ick, I
sound like Endymion now. Hai, I should find some delicate way to talk the owners
around it. Any ideas?"
	"Maybe it would be a good idea if Kasen-kun and Kyosei-kun were here, as well?"
	"But Kasen-kun is never very tactful....very well, call them both," he ordered
with a casual wave of the hand.
	Closing his eyes, the blond general used the highly-efficient skill of
telepathy that he had recently acquired. 'Kasen-kun, Kyosei-kun....Mamoru-kun
wants to discuss polite ways of taking over businesses. Can you get over here?'
	'Souya-kun, can't this WAIT?' came the exasperated reply from his brother. 'I'm
trying to ask this girl out....'
	The ever-wise brunette rolled his eyes. 'It's okay, Souya-kun, I'll grab him.
Kasen-kun, you've got enough girlfriends to be called a player, and if you want
to be choked again by our prince, that's fine with me.'
	'Shimatta, I forgot about that.'
	'Would you two HURRY?!' *ahem* Smiling apprehensively at the impatient prince,
he said, "Um....they should take a while to get here from college, seeing we're
not allowed cars or anything like that, they'll have to use public transport."
	"Public transport?" he asked, raising one black eyebrow.
	*sweatdrop* "Buses, etc."
	"Oh....I should talk to the college about that rule."
	"Maybe when you finish, they would take the hint better," Yosouya suggested
tactfully. "There's also the fact to consider that we would never be able to
afford cars anyway."
	Grinning in a way that the blonde wasn't quite sure that he liked, Mamoru said,
"You seem to have forgotten certain....powers I have. Very persuasive powers.
You have no cars?"
	Slightly stung, he retorted, "I don't see you flying around in one, you have a
motorcycle, and none of us have those anyway."
	"True, true. I admire your wit, Souya-kun. Cars are not a problem with the
ever-present money we've gained. And bank clerks are easy to...mislead, shall we
say. Especially if they are female, all we need is Kasen-kun."
	Resisting the urge to groan, the gen asked, "Arigato, I think. Isn't that...a
bit illegal?"
	Raising both eyebrows this time, Mamoru laughed. "Of course it's illegal, but I
grew up an orphan in this life. The orphanage, rotten and horrible as it was,
paid my education up to high school. Then I began...developing my powers, which
was how I got through college and some other things on the side I won't mention.
Really, you have just too high a sense of honor, still."
	"Still?"
	"I mean, from the past," he substituted hastily. At all costs, Kouseki Yosouya
was to be kept from finding about his memory alterations. Luckily, the two
absent generals burst in, panting. "Well, konnichiwa, Kasen-kun, Kyosei-kun.
Nice of you to join us after so long."
	"Konnichiwa, Mamoru-kun. Gomen, the first bus was full," apologized Kasen,
excusing himself. Or so he thought.
	"Explanations are excuses, Kasen-kun, and I DON'T like excuses. I should warn
you that Kunzite never accepted them either. Kyosei-kun? Anything of importance
YOU want to say?"
	Jumping, the brown-haired one shook his head quickly. "Iie, Mamoru-kun. Shall
we start, then? Unless there's something else you want to ask?"
	Looking at him sharply while Yosouya gulped, used to certain habits of his
already, black eyes narrowed for a moment. "Of course," he replied easily, a few
moments later. "One thing, Kyo-kun."
	"Hai?"
	"I conduct the meetings, here."
	"Gomen nasai."
	"A quick reminder, nothing more."
	"If you say so, Mamoru-kun."
	"Oh, I do."
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	Breathing heavily, Luna hissed, "What are you DOING here?"
	Casually shrugging, Tansei replied, "We came to find you. Enough explanation?"
	"What for?"
	Hokushin turned gravely to address Aoao. "To get help for three bewitched
generals and one evil prince, doesn't it sound like a fairytale?"
	Phobos and Deimos tried to cover up bird-like grins. "Yes, it does."
	"BUT that doesn't excuse the fact that the generals became evil. They were
brainwashed, true, but they broke the hearts of our princesses. They have no
right to see them again in this life." The cold statement came from the usually
silent Koori as she glared angrily at Erimakitokage, who just shrugged the look
off.
	Outraged, Shippou hissed, "It wasn't exactly our fault, was it?"
	"Perhaps not," agreed the Lunar cat, 'but the fact remains that they killed or
attempted to kill the princesses and senshi."
	"LOOK! They were reborn perfectly normal in this life, just as they were born
as the Four Kings in their past lives. It wasn't their fault, either, that a
cold darkness came and stole the prince, who in turn recaptured his generals,"
squawked an indignant Tansei, furiously bobbing in funny motions, a blur of
bright blue with red spots.
	"And you said that Jadeite started an ejection process of his soul, obviously
commandeered by Endymion, that Zoicite had amnesia after a high fever, recalling
nothing of this life but everything in the past. But we can't forgive Nephrite
if you said he willingly turned 'traitor', shall we say, can we?" asked the two
crows pointedly.
	Hokushin winced under the glowers from his fellow guardians-he had forgotten
about their annoying habit of talking at the same time. "I suppose not, but you
can blame it on the stars. He's not one to choose his own destiny sometimes."
	"EXACTLY! Which means that there is no way in this world I'm letting an evil OR
good Nephrite near Makoto!"
	"MUST you be so closed-minded?" asked Tokage.
	*humph*
	"What makes you think they haven't already met? After all, Minako is currently
in the Crown Arcade with Kunzite, Ami met Zoicite as a child, then again when he
was in the hospital," continued the green lizard, ignoring the incensed green
bird.
	"Aino Minako? Oh no.....Artemis, the flea-bitten-never mind! He brought the
senshi of Venus back without telling us! I have to find her, him, and the
Princess of the Moon." Luna disappeared from their interesting gathering with a
backwards look for HER fellow caretakers, indicating that a thorough fight
should be put up.
	"There, see? You've been keeping information form us, not telling us that Venus
was here."
	"Well, excuse US for not knowing that you couldn't find the Princess of Venus
when she was right under your noses! Artemis should have told you, he's Central
Control," huffed Tansei.
	"This isn't going very well," commented a slightly bored Koori. "I mean, so
far, we've accomplished nothing except the fact that you want us to help you
'rescue' Prince Endymion and three generals, senshi Venus has been found, and
we've been insulting each other." While the majority of the "fighters" breathed
a sigh of relief, thanking the gods that one of them had some sense or
impatience, a minority was upset that they didn't get to continue brawling.
	"Why should we help them?"
	"Aoao, for Queen Selenity's sake! If Prince Endymion is evil, you must remember
the great power he had. After all, that was why the union between him and the
Moon Princess was suggested. Since he's been overtaken by some alien force, this
could obviously create complications for the senshi. Better to stop diseases
before they're full-blown."
	"Who says we can trust them?"
	*sighs*
	"Today is going to be a long day, alright."
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	One Lunar cat crept up on his mistress, frowning deeply. He didn't like Seishou
Kouseinou, not one bit, and the fact that Minako had absolutely no clue as to
who he was irked him. Only a blind fool could have missed General Kunzite, what
with the silver hair and eyes, his name, everything just REEKED. At least to
Artemis's wrinkled nose. Outside the Crown Arcade, he sniffily declared to
himself that he was way too old for her and not to be trusted.
	"Ahem."
	He turned around quickly to find very angry blue eyes staring into his own
lighter blue ones. "Uh oh, I knew this day would come. Hello, Luna. Long time
no....see, right?"
	"I'm not here for chitchat, you stupid cat, you never told us that you were
back in Japan! With the senshi of Venus, too!"
	"Don't you read the newspapers, kitty-cat? Mina's been in the news as Sailor V
in London."
	"That's another thing, how could you expose her to street filth like burglars,
murderers, and rapists?"
	"Kitty-cat, it was the only was the only way I could train her. You want me to
find youmas or something? I wasn't about to take human form, and there weren't
any other senshi around."
	"Stop calling me kitty-cat, I'm a full grown cat now."
	"Liar," he smirked in the most aggravating way.
	Glowering darkly at the senseless white cat, she sniffed. "What were you doing
lurking around London, anyway? If you told me the rest of the senshi and the
Moon Princess were in Japan, you should have stopped her from leaving."
	"Luna, for Selene's sake, do you expect me to see the future or something? I
didn't KNOW it was her, I saw her leave the airport one day and hitched a very
uncomfortable ride. Still haven't found the Moon Princess, I see," he
reprimanded in return.
	Blushing darkly, she stuttered, "Artemis...I...I..."
	"You nothing! Just look in the window, my precious Mina simpering over that
idiot general!"
	"You're in love with her, aren't you," stated the midnight black cat.
	"Me? Of course not!" he laughed off, trying to see casual, but two burning red
spots had appeared on his cheeks. White didn't exactly hide color well, at least
not as well as black did. "It's Kunzite!"
	"The rest of the generals's guardians are at the temple. With Phobos, Deimos,
Aoao, and Koori," she added, before he could ask. She knew the pompous fool all
too well, much better than she would have preferred. For some reason, it stung
her deeply that he loved his charge. But it was just because he was too old for
her and that he could never have her, ne? Just sympathy for an old friend, that
was it.
	"I suppose I'll have to leave my watching over Mina to go and talk to them?" he
asked expectantly.
	Tartly, she replied cheekily, "Stalking, you mean. Spying, if you prefer it.
The temple's not the best place to be at the moment, although we should go.
Aoao's losing her cool, even though it's not uncommon. Did you know that our
Central Control is located under this very arcade?"
	Giving her a patronizing look, he said, "Of course, Luna, what do you take me
for?"
	"An idiot! For Queen Selenity's sake, what nincompoop would build the Central
Control under an arcade?!"
	"Me," he smirked.
	"You're impossible," she muttered, indicating that he should follow her back to
Hikawa Temple.
	"I know, but that's my charm, and you've gotta love it!"
	He winked comically at her while the Lunar cat's heart jumped alarmingly before
she scolded herself. The strange behavior was jut fondness for seeing someone
she hadn't met again for a long time.....right? 'If I ever hear about the river
in Egypt again, I'm going to make sure Pluto NEVER, EVER allows that sayings to
go around about de Nile....'
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	"Boy, if you don't mind me calling you that-"
	"I do," came the steely answer from Chiba Mamoru.
	"Alright then, you can't possibly believe that I would sell my prospering,
flourishing company to a college student, do you?" asked the owner of the
business, astonished.
	Darkly glowering at the flabbergasted man, he tried to smile. "Of course I do,
for the fact remains that I own over ninety-nine percent of the stock. I'm
willing to negotiate a much higher price than you paid when you first got the
company."
	"Which can only be expected, since I bought it over ten years ago."
	"Exactly. Now, are you willing to do business, or am I going to have to do some
dirty work?" Mamoru was not a patient man, and he was getting restless.
	Snorting, the man said, "I have your name, Chiba Mamoru. What kind of monkey
business are you going to do, murder me?"
	"Actually, I could force you to sign the papers at gunpoint," he said coolly.
	Staring at the ebony-haired student, the man asked, "You're really insane,
aren't you. You can't possibly own a gun."
	"You're about fifty percent right about that. I could, but I don't. I do,
however, have three very willing generals that would be happy to use something
close to it."
	"Like what....." drawled the businessman. Smiling evilly, Mamoru held out his
hand and let an ember of black fire grow, then dissipated it when a sizable
amount gathered. "Magic tricks?"
	"If you put your hand in it, I'd say there would be some very drastic changes
to the composition of you body. Think how distressing it would be to lose a
hand."
	"You aren't serious, are you?"
	"I just told you to try it."
	"I could call security."
	"And I could call my generals. You haven't heard what they can do, have you.
One of them is VERY friendly. He likes blue fire very much, with quite a few
other abilities to mess with your mind that I wouldn't care to mention. My
second in command, you wouldn't like to meet him, his least powerful attack
sends razor, five-pointed stars through you."
	Pretending not to sound scared, he asked, "What, is he an astronomer or
something?"
	Once again smiling at his companion, Mamoru nodded generously and said, "Hai,
we call him stargazer. My last in command, he's got very high intelligence. But
besides that, you wouldn't like to be trapped in thorny, man-eating vines with
spears of green ice stuck in you, ne?"
	Gulping, beads of sweat standing out, he whispered, "Prove it."
	"Uh, uh, uh, then you would be dead, see? I need you alive to sign the papers,
or I swear I'll kill everyone in the company," promised the black-haired,
black-eyed man with great conviction. The owner of the company needed no urging
after another bolt of black flame consumed a piece of paper in the blink of an
eye while Mamoru watched with immense satisfaction. Things were going his way,
alright. For once. And he liked it.
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	Kouseki Yosouya frowned, staring about the dark room with distaste. While Kasen
was....occupied in their room, Chiba Mamoru had told him he was free to escape
to other places besides his room, for he liked to be....occupied sometimes as
well. It wouldn't do to invade Kousei Kyosei, the blonde was slightly wary of
the large puffs of blue appeared, his way of "communicating" with the stars.
	Here he was, with a enormous empty space to make his laboratory, as Mamoru had
told him. Furrowing his brow, he scribbled down the need for a computer, chair,
tables, sanitizing equipment, and new tiling. Other things could wait, he
promised himself. Life had just gotten very strange to find that almost
everything was at their disposal, but he wasn't one to abuse the privilege,
anything he needed that was urgent to their cause, Mamoru had no trouble in
providing. That wasn't to say, however, that he approved of the trifles his
brother sometimes wished for. Kyosei had just gotten a gigantic telescope, and,
needless to say, was happily playing with his new "toy."
	The reason he had wanted to be truly alone was to think. His memories were
foggy, misty, and his fellow generals had told him it was because of a high
fever he had gotten, causing amnesia. So all he knew was that his parents had
never cared about him, only Kasen, that he had a guardian who had deserted him
when he'd been sick, and nearly all of his memories from the Silver Millennium,
except nearing the end. He had taken a trip to the Moon yet recalled nothing,
except fatally wounding a blue-fukued person, and when he'd leaned over to check
if she was alive, the girl had stabbed him. Although there wasn't a trace of any
injury on his ribs, not even a scar, he rubbed an uneasy hand over his left
side. But this life, there had been someone else he remembered from childhood,
someone that wasn't family. A petite blue-haired child that he'd never seen
again, but how did she tie in with his life? Just a friend, an acquaintance? And
if she was a friend....where was she now? Shaking disheveled blond curls,
Yosouya wondered if he'd be better off listening to Kyosei muttering to himself
about any stars or odd particles that had suddenly appeared in space....and
promptly decided against it. With a sickened expression, he knew he was better
off with just some dust.....at least, he HOPED that was the only thing lurking
around.
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