--September 11, 2000-
Major Carter followed Eternal Sailor Venus as she flew above the
rooftops in pursuit of Kodachi Kuno-who, a few minutes ago, had stormed
into the chapel where they were rehearsing for the wedding, threw some
of her lethal flowers in and declared that: "No one is getting married
until I get my Ranma-sama!!" Then she had bounded off, laughing all
the way. Minako had immediately transformed and started after her,
while Major Carter transformed her cycle to armor mode and did the
Rooftop Hop, following Venus.
"Jeez, how can she move so fast?" Carter heard Venus mutter over her
communicator. Carter couldn't understand it. How had the Kunos learned
where the wedding was? She and the rest of the Knights had helped the
Senshi plan the whole thing so th at nothing adverse would happen to
the Prince and Princess. <And what do we get for our troubles?> Carter
thought a little sarcastically, <someone or something wipes the floor
with us, we find out that Wasshu or Pluto are maybe up to something, we
have more paperwork that we like to stand, and now this psycho shows
up!!> She sighed. "At least life isn't boring."
"What was that?" Venus asked.
"Oh nothing, just thinking out loud. Say, Venus, do you have any
idea how that psycho gymnast found out where the wedding was?"
"I have no idea." Venus replied, her eyes set on the fleeing
Kodachi. "But I overheard the three goddesses talking and I think they
might have an idea of who tipped her off."
Then Venus swore. "She's gone into the Kuno Estates!"
"Great." Carter replied. "Getting her now gonna be a lot of fun.
Think you can scare her out of there with a Romance Shower?"
"I'll try." Venus replied, then flew up above the Kuno house.
"VENUS ROMANCE SHOWER!!"
The multiple laser beams stabbed into the grounds of the estate. In
response, multiple arrows shot into the air towards Venus.
"YEEEEEEEK!!!!" Venus was suddenly busy trying to dodge the arrows.
Carter landed on the wall surrounding the estates and sighted the
arrow launchers. "Let's see how you respond to this!" she said. With
that, missiles launched out of her suit to blow up the arrow launchers.
In response, Carter was knocked off the wall by an energy beam.
"What the....?"
Mara floated up and over the wall.
<Oh shit!!> Carter thought. "I guess it was you who tipped off the
Kunos." she said.
"Yep, it was me. I told Sailor Moon I would get my revenge. How do
you like it?"
A new voice answered. "Oh, I don't know..how do you like this?"
"SOLAR NOVA STRIKE!!"
"NEPTUNE WATERSPOUT STRIKE!!"
"MARS PHOENIX STRIKE!!"
"MERCURY ICE STORMWIND!!"
"CRESCENT MOON BEAM!!"
Mara was blasted from her perch as Sailors Moon, Solaris, Neptune,
Mars, and Mercury arrived and launched their attacks against her.
Venus then flew up. "VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!!"
The chain of glowing hearts wrapped around Mara's leg and threw her
into a nearby tree. Standing up, she swore. "Damn you, you little
blonde! Now you're gonna get it!" She raised a hand...
...which was promptly slashed by a red streak.
Tuxedo Kamen stood atop a nearby fence, holding one of his trademark
roses. "People like you give ladies a bad name!" he said.
"Ah shut up, you tuxedo caped freak!!" Mara said as she raised her
hand to fire at Tuxedo Kamen.
"Mara."
Mara froze and turned around slowly. Belldandy, Skuld, and Urd were
standing there, ready to fire at Mara. The kicker was that Belldandy
was also looking quite mad.
<Uh oh> was all that Mara could think before she was hit by two
force bolts and various bombs (thrown by Skuld). The Senshi added
their various attacks to the mix, and Sailor Moon finished up with her
Eternal Moonlight Harmony attack/he aling move.
Mara, dazed, was thrown against another tree. "Ow, okay, okay, I
get the point, I'm going, have a nice wedding." And with a final wave
(and finger) to Belldandy, she disappeared before a force bolt hit the
tree.
Carter got up from where she had fallen. "Whew, glad that's over."
she said.
"I'm really sorry for everything she's done." Belldandy said.
"Hey, don't worry about it," Sailor Moon said, putting an arm on the
goddess's shoulder, "you shouldn't have to apologize for that jerk's
actions."
Belldandy nodded and smiled.
The Kunos took that as their cue to make an appearance, but....
"PINK LADY'S SUGAR BOMB SCATTER!!"
The Kunos were blasted by multiple pinks balls which exploded into
dust around them, causing them to sneeze uncontrollably. Ranma and
Akane then double teamed them and knocked them out.
Everyone looked up to see Sailor Chibi Moon...with wings... floating
above them.
"Huh??" was what everyone had to say.
"Well?" Chibi Moon said. "Did you think you were the only ones to
get power ups?" She then posed. "I am the sailor soldier of the
eternal moon of the future, Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon!!"
Carter sighed. "And to think, we have two more days to go."
Venus then popped up. "Right!! So let's get to it everyone!"
Everyone, including Chibi Moon, facefaulted.
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--September 12, 2000--
The next day was filled with interesting incidents, from the
painting of the bride and groom by renown painter Yumeno Yumei, to the
Crystal Knights rehearsal for the wedding, to the usual last minute
mishaps (most of them somehow caused by either Minako or Mihoshi's
appearance).
On the other side of town, Wasshu and Ryoko were trying their hand
at matchmaking. Their targets: Tenchi, and Wasshu's blue haired
friend. Unfortunately, the Mihoshi Effect seemed to stick to hem today,
for every attempt to get the two of them to "accidentally" bump into
each other met with comical failure.
Even Urd, when she was called in, failed as badly as Ryoko and
Wasshu had. Urd was about to try her ultimate move: the Cupid's Arrow
of True Love (or Large Booms, depending on whether the stupid wires
were crossed or not, according to Skuld) when a hand came out of a
mirror near a rug Wasshu's friend was standing on...and pulled the rug
out from under her. Yelping out, the woman fell.....right into
Tenchi's arms.
"Uh..hey! Are you all right?" Tenchi asked.
"Er..yes, I just lost my footing, that's all." she replied, turning
around to get a look at who caught her....and gasped.
Tenchi was doing the same. "Uhh...okay...err....glad you're all
right....err...?"
"Uh...Tsunami. Glad to...to ...meet you. Yeah, that's it."
"Oh...well...I'm Tenchi. You...you want to get something to eat?"
"Uh...yeah, why not?"
And the two walked off, leaving a space pirate, a mad scientist, and
a goddess (second class, limited) to stare agape...until Belldandy
waved from the mirror near the fateful rug.
The three facefaulted.
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--September 13, 2000 (mid morning)--
Usagi Tuskino was making a final adjustment to her wedding veil when
her mother came in the dressing room. The chapel was packed, security
was tight, and no more youma had attacked since the EDF had toasted
those youmas....<what was their name?> Usagi thought. <Oh yes, the
Spice Youmas> She shuddered.
Her mother adjusted Usagi's veil. "My first child, my daughter is
finally getting married. I can hardly stand it."
"Mom. Stop embarrassing me! I'm nervous enough as it is." Usagi
said.
"Sorry dear, it's just that I'm so proud of you....."
A new voice interrupted. "As am I."
The Silver Crystal in Usagi's broach started glowing, and a woman
appeared near mother and daughter. A woman who looked like Usagi, only
her hair was silver.....
"Mother..." Usagi gasped.
The spirit of Queen Serenity, the dead ruler of the Moon Kingdom,
nodded to Mrs. Tuskino, then went over to Usagi and fixed her dress a
little. "My daughter, I am so very proud of you. Standing up to your
foes with courage, and now *finally* marrying Prince Endymion.
I can only stay a while, but I will be watching from where I am now,
and I wish you the best in your future."
Usagi looked up at her past mother with tears in her eyes. "In the
name of the moon...I will not let you down...Mother." And with that,
Usagi hugged her, crying all the while.
Queen Serenity looked up at Mrs. Tuskino with an unspoken plea in
her eyes: Watch over her. Mrs. Tuskino nodded in reply. <I will>.
With that, Serenity let go of Usagi, and disappeared into the mists.
Usagi turned around and hugged her mother.
Naru peeked in the doorway. "Usagi? Showtime."
Usagi picked up her bouquet. "Let's rock."
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The wedding itself was anticlimactic, considering all that had
happened before. Chibi-Usa (who had come specifically to play a part in
the wedding, Hotaru was pretty estastic about that.) came down the
aisle as flowergirl.
The Moon Cats came next, trotting down the aisle
with all the geace they could muster.
Then the Inner Senshi (with whatever dates they had managed to get)
came down the aisle.
Naru came next, with Umino on her arm.
The Crystal Knights then came out and formed two columns and drew
swords. (Think military honor guard-which makes sense, since Usagi is
a future queen).
Then Usagi came down the aisle, escorted by her father.
The ceremony itself went with no problem. When the minister came to
the part where anyone who had a problem with the wedding should speak
up, everyone tensed up and looked towards the back. Nothing happened.
Whe n Usagi and Mamoru kissed, the cheer that resulted nearly blew the
roof off the chapel.
Later, at the wedding party, the Crystal Knights were raising a
toast.
"To Usagi and Mamoru! May they live happily together for a long
time!" Major Carter exclaimed. The rest of the partiers cheered and
echoed their sentiments.
Major Carter sat down with the rest of the wedding party and pointed
over to Tenchi and his group. "That's the mystery person?" she asked.
"Yeah," Natsume said, "it's funny. She looks so familiar..."
"There's a reason for that." Wasshu said as she popped up among the
group.
"YIII!!! Wasshu!! Don't do that!" Carter exclaimed. Wasshu laughed.
"Sorry about that, Major. To answer your question, there is a
reason she looks so familiar....but I'm not supposed to tell you."
"What?" Carter said. "Why not?"
"It's not my place or time to tell." Wasshu said. "Suffice to say,
she is related to Sasami...and in a way, she's related to the three
goddesses."
Wasshu then changed the subject. "So, where are you guys going
now?"
Carter raised an eyebrow at the feint, but then shrugged. "Well,
the wedding party and their families and us will be heading up to
Liberty Station for another party, then Usagi and Mamoru will be
heading off to their honeymoon."
"Huh? What kind of party?" Wasshu asked.
"Both a remembrance and a look at future things to come." Carter
replied cryptically. At Wasshu's confused look, she laughed.
"According to Pluto, both the fall of the Silver Millennium and the
rise of Crystal Tokyo fall on the same date , today."
"Oh." was all Wasshu could say.
The first dance then started up, with a song both Usagi and Mamoru
had picked for the occasion.
"Deep in my soul..."
"a love so strong..."
"we can't control..."
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--Aboard the ESS Silver Moon, enroute to Liberty Station-
Aboard the Silver Moon, the Crystal Knights primary spacecraft, the
Senshi were excited about the wedding, the fact that nearly everything
had gone right (with one or two exceptions), and were also looking
ahead to the little party soon to be held onboard Liberty Station.
The parents were looking around, awestruck at the little world their
daughters had managed to get themselves into.
Chibi-Usa had left soon as the reception ended.
Usagi and Mamoru were simply content to lay back and relax in each
others arms. Then Usagi noticed that not all of the Senshi were
relaxed.
Getting up, she went over to where Makoto was sitting, gripping the
seat for dear life. Makoto noticed Usagi's worried expression. "Don't
worry, Usagi, I'll be fine once we reach orbit."
"I'm sorry, Mako-chan. If I had remembered about your phobia, we
could have done a Sailor Teleport and reached the station..."
Makoto raised a hand. "Relax, Usagi, you were just spaced out from
the wedding. Believe me, no one blames you for that. I'll be fine
once we reach orbit. Really."
"All right." Usagi said, a little dubious at Makoto's brushing off
about her situation, but went back to her seat.
Liberty Station, orbital headquarters of the Earth Defense Forces,
hung in orbit, awaiting the Silver Moon's arrival.
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--Liberty Station, Docking Bay 9-
The Silver Moon came to rest in the center of the docking bay. The
hatch opened, and the Senshi, their families, and the Knights descended
to the deck, where Star Admiral Romney and one other person were
waiting for them.
Carter went over to the Admiral and saluted. "Permission to come
aboard?"
Romney returned the salute. "Permission granted, Major. Welcome
aboard, and congratulations on finally getting married, Princess."
Usagi turned to the Admiral and smiled. "Thanks, Admiral!" She then
noticed the lavender haired person standing next to the Admiral.
"Ma'am, who is this?" she asked.
Romney smiled. "Everyone, this is Katherine, my adopted daughter."
Katherine smiled and nodded to the group. "Hi everyone. You can call
me Catty, by the way."
Then the alarms sounded. "What's wrong?" Romney called into her
comlink.
"We're registering a large explosion at the South Pole, Admiral." A
voice from the station's Command Center replied. "Also, we've lost
contact with the Fleet and Serenity Base on the moon, and we're
registering a temporal field building aro und the station!"
"What!?!?!" Romney shouted. "Declare Red Alert, now!"
"Pluto Eternal Power, Make Up!"
All in the group turned to see Sailor Pluto standing there, with the
Time Staff in her hands and a glow surrounding her. "The Second Impact
has occurred. The Wheel of Fate is in motion. Pleas forgive me for
what I must do, for the future of the universe depends on what I now
do."
With that, the temporal generators concealed on the station
activated, and Liberty Station disappeared in a burst of temporal
energy...just as a huge pair of wings erupted from the South Pole.
From a Jurai ship heading from Earth to Jurai, Tenchi and his
friends could only stare at the scene before them.
"My God..." was all Tenchi could say, before the ship warped into
hyperspace to escape the Earth before the gravitational currents set
loose by the devastation could destroy the ship.
From Heaven, Belldandy, Skuld, Urd, and Keiichi could only stare at
the Earth. Belldandy looked at Keiichi, who just a few hours before,
at the reception had proposed to her. She had accepted.
Now she looked at Keiichi with a look that nearly no one had seen on
her face before: a look of dispair.
"It has begun." she said.
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End of The Wedding
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Next time:
As our story begins, a child born of heroes reflects on the past as
she looks ahead to the future. For the lessons of the past can shape
our future. "The Circle Opens" The next story in the Destiny's Path
series!
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Author's Notes:
Jeez!! I really don't have any short projects, don't I?
I hope everyone was satisfied by the Eva scene. I really did not
like the way that particular episode turned out, and after mulling it
over, came up with this. Pretty nice, eh? Plus, it gave Mercury a
chance to have a little revenge. Also note that besides this, nothing
else is changed in the scene. That means the rest of the series right
up to the beginning of End of Evangelion happen with no changes. <Sigh>
I managed to put a lot of character introspection and mystery into
this one, so much that I really did not have room for the actual
wedding. Sorry about that.
If anyone wants to write an expanded version of the Ryoko/Urd/Wasshu
matchmaking scene, by all means, be my guest. Just E-mail me first,
okay?
Yes, I do have a bias towards the Inner Senshi and Saturn, thank you
for noticing that. :-)
I assume everyone has figured out who Romney's "adopted daughter" is
by now?
The armband that Major Carter wears-which helps her to control and
amplify her energy attacks (like her psi sword)-was given to her in the
future Crystal Tokyo when she and Natsume journeyed there with the
Senshi. Her personal Excalibur mecha wa s given to her there as well.
The song in the reception should be familiar to Sailor Moon fans,
it's the famous, "My Only Love" from the NA dub. (Heh, guess DiC did
get something right!)
<Looks over notes> I guess that's it. The prologues are finally
over!! Next time <huge speaker stack appears behind him>
THE REAL GAME BEGINS.
All series (book, musical, or anime) are copyrighted by their
creators and respective companies. I only borrowed them to write this
story. Please don't sue me, for I'm just a poor college student.
Brian Yaple
Knight Productions
IRC nickname: starheart
BYapes@erie.net
Yaple001@mail1.gannon.edu
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