End of the Millennium A Xian Shade Production Author's Notes: After that long and confusing pile of dren that I call chapter 6, I bet you'd welcome a nice shorty like this. :P This one will be the last for a little bit, as it seems in my haste to finish this giant book, I completely forgot a chapter! Worse yet, it's the next one! Disclaimer: I do not own any aspects of Sailor Moon or Phantasy Star. If I did, this would be an anime, or manga, or both. Thanatos, Ares, Chronos, Aljus, King Marcus, and the worthless one are © Xian Shade and may not be used without my permission. People failing to follow this rule have broken Xian's Law #849, paragraph 3, line 2: Don't fuck with my shit. The Path of Finding Destiny, Chapter 7: Floating to the atmospheric level, Thanatos went to speak to the approaching sensation of Ares, but found himself on the receiving end of his fist instead, the bronze knuckles digging into Thanatos' cloaked face with all their might. ~"WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!?"~ Thanatos held his sore jawline within the hood. ~"Idiot. I was salvaging our dignity as best we could. Would you rather have your whole planet alienated from the alliance, like mine was?"~ ~"I could remain as I am now! My people can still see me without the others seeing me! You had to go and blow our cover!"~ ~"It's simple, Ares. Think about it. What reason did we have to leave our planets other than to do our jobs?"~ Ares moved to open his mouth, but only ended up making his mouth gulp like a fish. Then, a grin came over his features. ~"You little sneak. You outsmarted her by letting us keep what we already had. But what about you? No more moonlighting on Mercury for you."~ ~"Didn't you hear me? I was willing to stay on the planet I resided upon. I've been residing on Mercury for years now, much longer than the short week I spent on Saturn."~ ~"It wasn't kind to trick her, Thanatos."~ ~"You already were, by posing as a mortal, Chronos. She's intent upon stalling Saturn's alliance. I'm sure you're used to being held back."~ Thanatos growled bitterly, pointing out his older brother's faults. Chronos only scowled. ~"Besides, something tells me she doesn't like us much. What say we make an example?"~ Ares was already grinning, so he couldn't be smiling much wider. A sinister chuckle came from his armored frame. But Chronos was not amused. ~"What kind of example?"~ ~"Let's just see how long they deal without our abilities to defend them. Personally, I think I need a vacation anyway. I'm sick of directing souls and sorting the chaos, as well as dispatching the darkness from this system."~ Now Ares held a similar face as Chronos. ~"I LIKE my job, Thanatos."~ ~"You can still fight your wars, Ares. Let's just not defend the other worlds from outside influence. We ARE neutrals, after all. Once they realize the mess they're in, we save the day. Deal? I mean, how often do we have to defend them? They have a force strong enough to defeat the peons that come to the system anyway. Time they got a taste for real war, instead of the petty squabbles you have to quell. They've become lazy and spoiled. Time to expose them to harsh reality."- ~"Why Thanatos, are you letting your darker nature take hold of you?"~ Ares took Thanatos in a headlock and rubbed his knuckles furiously over the top of his hood. ~"Haa ha ha ha ha! You've made your little brother proud!"~ ~"Ahh, get off me, you moron. Chronos, I know you don't like this plan."- ~"Not in the least."~ ~"Well, your hands have been full training that pretty little thing you've wrapped your robes around. Isn't it time you introduced her to the gates? It's where she'll be working."~ Chronos nodded. ~"It's true. She's almost ready, once I train her to use her talisman properly."~ ~"Then when you train her fully, you must both reside there, correct? You've left security far too lax at the gates, not being there all the time, like you're SUPPOSED to be. Father gave you that responsibility himself."~ Chronos hung his head as he realized his younger brothers were right. He was the eldest of the four, but he was being very irresponsible with his job. He'd let the war and his brief social stint overcome his life's work. ~"Then it's settled. We leave them to their own devices, and let them fall into chaos. We can make things better no matter what."~ As the three brothers went their separate ways, a pair of silver dots blinked and swam off into the distance. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ~"Greetings, worthless one."~ The twin silver dots settled before the nebula-like entity that sat upon the edge of the solar system. ~"Mighty Metallia, the three children of Mother in the solar system ahead have disbanded their protection. Now the worlds are open to our attack."~ ~"Excellent news indeed, mother will be pleased with them. What news of Seth?"~ ~"He appears to have left the system many years ago. His guise must have been in peril."~ ~"Coward. Very well. I have sensed a rabble~rouser on the third planetoid of the system. She wields considerable power for a human, and her negative emotions have stirred up much anger amongst the people against the creatures of light. Perhaps she has had contact with one of our kind before. Contact this one. Give her promise of greater power. We need to build an army, and this one could supply it. It's possible that with just myself and the darkness as reinforcement, though the battle will be mighty, they may still be able to stop us. We must divide their ranks further to ensure a slaughter."~ ~"Will that be all, Metallia?"~ ~"Yes. Now go!"~ ------------------------------------------------------------ Rut roh! Thanatos' plan seems ill-advised now. Who is Seth? A spy? The Phantasy Star fans will recognize the name. ^_^ Metallia has recognized the evil vibrations from Earth... who does Metallia speak of? (like you don't already know! :P) See you all next time!