Greetings All! This is chapter 22 of *It Has Begun* I hope you enjoy! I know you haven't seen anything from me for some time now, and I'm so very sorry. But I have school to deal with and life is not running smoothly anymore. I shall try to write a longer chapter then this in about...oh, two weeks? Three, tops. I shall love to hear from anyone who reads this! Tell me what you think! What's good about the story? What's bad about it? Is there anything you would like to see added or changed? Just email me and say so! But be nice! I don't listen to people who are mean...... The sailors are in the future! What changes are there with the time shift? And where is the Moon Crystal? How will we defeat the darkness? Will the Moon and Stars win back this crystal future? Well, lets see! Enjoy Thanks! Comments to Reona32@aol.com Destiny Star* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chapter 22 It Has Begun Future "So, when did this happen?" asked Sailor Neptune. I shook my head. "I'm sorry but I can't tell you. All you need to know is that it will happen and it did." I said. "Right Turn." I told them. At the end of the road the group turned right. I jumped over a large piece of quartz with a sigh. Behind me the others looked around the fallen city. The crystal of the buildings sparkled brightly. Large pieces of them lay on the roads everywhere. I led the group through the city to the Crystal Palace. "In your future....some..event.. will cause the birth of Crystal Tokyo, the Gold Millennium. Peace shall rein and the world will come together for the good of all. But as before a darkness shall dwell where none will see. This darkness will form to be the Black Moon Family. The Black Moon Family will aline with another darkness, the Doom Phantom, or the Wise Man as he would have us believe." "The Doom Phantom and the Wise Man are the same?" asked Sailor Light. "Hai." I answered. "That was what should have been." "But as we said before a time shift has happened." said Sailor Pluto. "It was to be that you would only fight the Doom Phantom and the Black Moon Family, but some how they found a portal that lead to a stronger type of Yoma, the Rath. All three made an awesome force." "Which is why I am here." I continued. "I brought all of you together to fight. Only if you fight together with you win against the Doom Phantom and his forces." I glanced behind me to see everyone with their heads bowed, thinking about the things I had just said. I was about to look away when I saw her. I stopped short and Sailor Venus bumped into me. "Gomen nasai" said Sailor Venus. I didn't answer as I yelled out. "Mercury!" The blue scout started and jumped. She was standing with her computer out, scanning the area several yards behind us. Zoisite stood causally next to her. "Will you two come on! It not good to go off on your own!" I pushed my way to the back and glared at them. They jogged over to us. "Gomen nasai" they said together. I stepped to the side and let them go ahead of me before I took my place in the front. "You didn't have to yell at them, Sailor Star." said Sailor Moon. I glanced at her. "The city is not safe right now, it better not to go off the palace grounds." I said. Sailor Saturn shifted the Silence Grave to her other hand. "Why, what's wrong?" she asked. "The Black Moon Family left a parting gift when they went to the past." "Like what?" asked Sailor Uranus, unconcerned. I opened my mouth to answer when a noise cut me off. A high pitched sound come from behind us. It sounded like an insect's chatter. "Like that." I said with out turning. A figure emerge from the crystal wall near where Sailor Mercury and Zoisite were once standing. The noise got louder. Small Lady tightened her grip on Sailor Moon and whimpered. Everyone began to back away with a gasp. "Is that a Spider?!" exclaimed Sailor Jupiter. A large spider made of crystal stood in the road. Six long legs came from a chunk of crystal. Slowly I made my way to stand in the front. "When you reach the end of the road turn left, you will be able to see the Palace then. Don't stop for anything. Go to the Palace, never mind the shield." I said through my teeth. "GO RUN!" Everyone turned and ran. Small Lady screamed as Sailor Moon raced down the street with her. The crystal spider leaped into the air. My staff appeared in my hands with a thought. "Star Power Lights!" I shot up into the air as the crystal spider sailed over my head. I turned and ran as a shower of fine dust fell to the ground. Xzafer Knight and Onyx waited at the end of the road as the others continued around the corner. Xzafer Knight grabbed my hand as I reached them and we ran down the road. To the right you could see the top part of a large crystal building, the Crystal Palace. Around it was a dome of many colors that swirled in the sky. Another buzzing sound came from behind us. I looked behind us to see another crystal spider coming after us. My staff disappeared and I pointed my free hand toward it. "Star Blast!" The spider flew back and hit a building, it didn't get up. A ball of black power hit the build next to us and the top part slid off and crashed to the ground. Everyone scattered. Sailor Moon's eyes hardened. She handed Small Lady to Tuxedo Mask who carefully rapped his cape around the child. Jumping up over a large piece of crystal she raised her hand. "Moon Blast!" The crystal spider flew back and hit another building. I landed next to Sailor Moon, Xzafer Knight and Onyx right behind me. "Run!" I yelled. Everyone ran toward the Palace and the wall of color. Sailor Mars, Jadeite, Sailor Venus, and Malecite were the first to reach it and stopped before it. "What do we do?!" yelled Malecite. The others stopped behind them. My silver eyes widened as I saw them stop. "No! Don't stop!" I yelled. Sailor Pluto turned her staff side ways and pushed them through the shield. They cried out as they all fell through with out resistence. Star Knight pushed Sailor Light, Sailor Jupiter, Nephrite, and Sun Knight through the wall. Everyone else went through the shield with out a problem. I jumped over another crystal piece and dodged a spider's leg as both Sailor Moon and I ran toward the Palace. I grabbed Sailor Moon's hand as we neared. "Don't Stop!" Together we jumped through the shield and landed on the grass on the other side. I quickly turned and watched as the crystal spider tried to stop before it hit the shield. The thing crashed into the shield at full speed. The color wall flashed, blinding us. When we looked the spider was gone and no others would come near it. "That's what they left behind!?" gasped Wolf as he helped Sailor Neptune up. "Hai, the city is crawling with them." said Sailor Pluto. "Daijoubu?" she asked Kodiak with concern. He nodded as he stood. "Everyone in one piece?" I asked. "Nothing a hot bath wont fix." groaned Sailor Mars as she rubbed her side. "I think I landed on a rock!" complained Jadeite. "You'll live." Falcon told him. I rolled my eyes to the sky and sighed. "Venus, do me a favor?" asked Sailor Jupiter. The blond looked at her. "Nani?" "Get off my foot!" cried Sailor Jupiter. Sailor Venus scrambled to her feet as Sailor Jupiter moved her now free foot and stood too. "So that's what that was!" exclaimed Sailor Venus. The group burst in giggles. "Oh, man~" I groaned with a shake of my head. "This way people!" I made a shooing motion with my arms. "We have got places to be!" I once again led everyone through stone paths. Tuxedo Mask let Small Lady slip to the ground to walk on her own. We pasted a large crystal fountain in the middle of a court yard. "Its beautiful." whispered Sailor Moon. I nodded sadly. "You should see it with the water running." I said. Small Lady grabbed Sailor Moon's hand and she looked down at the child. "The water sparkles under the sun and moon. It looks like a stream of gold when its on." Small Lady said, her eyes brimming with tears. Sailor Moon bent to pick her up. "Its okay, baby. We're here to help." She rubbed Small Lady's back as I led them up some stairs. "Where are you taking us, Sailor Star?" asked Sun Knight from next to his sister and niece, Apollo was perched on his shoulder. I glanced at the yellow knight. "We are going to meet your future, so to speak." I grinned as we rounded a corner and come into sight of a tall man. I could practically feel everyone tense behind me. "No need to worry, we are in no danger when on the Palace grounds, the shield protects us all." I said. The man turned at my voice. He wore a pale lavender suit and held a walking cane with a symbol on the top. A flowing cape hung off his shoulders. He stood straight and looked.....regal. That was the only was to describe him. I heard Sailor Moon and Luna gasp, they recognized him instantly. Small Lady all but jumped from Sailor Moon's arms. As she ran forward Tuxedo Mask made a grab for the little girl but Sailor Moon stopped him. At his puzzled look she just shook her head with a smile. Small Lady leaped into the man's open arms and he hugged her to his chest. "Daddy!" Small Lady yelled. The man pressed a kiss into her hair. "Small Lady, you had me so worried!" he said. He paused to glare at Sailor Pluto, who meet his gaze calmly. "Daddy?" mouthed Tuxedo Mask. Sailor Moon tried not to laugh at his look but you could still hear her sputter. "Who is that man?" asked Sailor Jupiter. "Of course!" cried Sailor Mercury with a snap of her fingers. I ignored them all as I stepped forward and tipped my head slightly. "King Endymion, Greetings." I said formally. The man shifted Small Lady in his arms and gave me the same slit tip of the head. "Princess Reona, Hello." I kept a straight face as I stared at Endymion. However, Endymion's face began to crumble as he started to laugh. "You look like a Roman Statue when you do that!" the King said. Only then did I smile and shake my head. "He never changes!" I said to Sailor Moon. "Would you want him to?" she laughed. "He who?" cried Tuxedo Mask. "You mean you can't tell?" asked Sailor Mercury. "Talk about not recognizing your own reflection." said Jade from next to Tuxedo Mask. He looked down at the wolf. "What? What should I see?" "Why, my dear Tuxedo Mask." said the unknown Endymion. "Can't you tell? I'm you!" There was a moment of silence. "What!!!!!!!!" yelled Tuxedo Mask. Sailor Moon winched and hit him up side the head. At his stunned expression she exclaimed. "You're in the future! We all exist here, only as our older selves! Get over it!" "Wow, Meatball Head making sense. What a change." mumbled Sailor Mars. The blue eyed blond glared at the red scout. "Alright, Alright!" yelled Sailor Uranus as she pushed between the two. "If we're all in the future, when do we get to meet our..older selves?" she asked. "You don't." Both Sailor Pluto and I said together. "Why not?" asked Sun Knight as he leaned on Sailor Moon. "I would rather like to see what I look like when I'm older, wouldn't you?" He grinned at his sister. "No" said Sailor Moon flatly as she stepped away. Sun Knight stumbled to regain his balance. Sailor Saturn rolled her eyes and leaned on her Grave. "But why don't we get to meet our older selves?" asked Lynx from behind her. "Time is a very fickle thing." quoted Sailor Pluto. "Meeting your older selves would make more problems with the time line then need be." I continued. I looked straight at King Endymion, who was smiling at us. "I bet this is all very funny from your point of view but I don't want any one bumping into a mirror, if you know what I mean." He nodded above the head of Small Lady. "I've told everyone to make themselves scarce." he said. "Alright then, may we get on with this." I pleaded. "Follow me" said Endymion. He turned and walked down the stairs on the other side. The group began to slowly follow the King of this crystal future. "Now where are we going?" whispered Wolf loud enough for us to hear. I glanced behind me. "We have a major problem to handle. Remember, we didn't come here alone. We have to get ready to fight the Doom Phantom. Its time to take back the future. Lets meet the Queen of Crystal Tokyo." Ahead of us King Endymion tensed and his head lowered. Sailor Moon looked at me oddly. "Wouldn't I be Queen?" she asked. I nodded and looked at her. "I've told you all what has happened, its no secret. Neo-Queen Serenity was incased in crystal because this times Moon Crystal was missing. Now she is trapped within that crystal and we need to help her. We need to find this times Moon Crystal and then defeat the Doom Phantom." I looked forward to see Small Lady looking back at me with an odd look on her face. She quickly turned away. "To defeat this evil we may need all our powers." I finished. King Endymion led the way into the Crystal Palace. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like? Shorter then my others, I know. But I wanted to give something to you. So a short chapter sounded better. Think about it this way. Short chapters mean I can get them out quicker. So its a trade off. But the next chapter with be longer then this. I'll work on it more. Next Chapter: ...... Crystal Tokyo, Neo Queen Serenity is incased in crystal and now we need to get her out! What will we do? Will we be able to get her out at all? Or will be have to fight the darkness ourselves? And where is this times Moon Crystal? What's up with Small Lady? Does she know? Lets find the key.......... Thanks! Name:Destiny Star E-mail:Reona32@aol.com Chapter:Future #:Chapter 22 Story Title:It Has Begun Words I use: Shimatta:Damn Kuso:Shit Daijoubu:Are you ok?-I am ok..etc. Baka:Idiot Ja ne:Bye Gomen nasai:I'm so sorry Hai:Yes Lie:No Arigatu:Thank You Nani?:What?