002 ♫ Music

[musicite.livejournal.com]

[There is a heavy sigh before Zoisite lifts his hands to the piano (he's seated at one, in a nondescript room with billowing curtains at its windows). He closes his eyes.

Just as he's done every day, almost every moment, since arriving in this configuration of worlds, he reaches out through his music. He reaches through each communicator that the song passes through, feeling his way for Endymion's presence.

The piece is constant, steady, flying through its higher notes with amazing runs and arpeggios; to the listeners, it's likely to bring nostalgia and thoughts of times long past - childhood moments half forgotten, old friends and lovers. Zoisite opens his eyes.

Again, there is nothing. He cannot sense Endymion. The music shifts its mood, seamlessly. He speaks without interrupting the deft, sure movement of his hands, almost to himself.]

My music should also be able to repel these Heartless.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I don’t know why you would want Jadeite and…

[This conversation is taking a strange turn. ]

You and Kunzite are…?

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

You do not know? Kunzite is the leader of the shitennou.

[He is glad to be able to say it once more, to say it proudly.]

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

[Frown. Wrong guess. ]

I know that…
But, aren’t you two…? In my world you two were seeing each other.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[He treats this with only mild surprise, but surprise nonetheless.]

No. Our interests in that are very different.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

… Not really my business anyway.

[Even things like that can be different? ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

Were you asking to see whether our worlds were different?

I will tell you what you wish.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

[Yes, sure. He will go with that one. Lies are better than… you know, admitting to being curious about those two. He is not as honest as Naru down there. ]

Then tell me what happened in your timeline. You didn’t die but Queen Beryl was defeated?

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[He frowns. He has not had time to learn the rest himself.]

Kunzite knows more than I. However, I will tell you everything I remember.

[That word should be a sign, really.]

In the distant past, we protected our planet, Earth, along with Master Endymion. However, stirred by discontent, we rebelled against him to make war on the Moon. In that time, the moon and our planet were both destroyed.

We were revived enslaved by Beryl, with our memories repressed and bound to her even when we remembered. We fought against the sailor senshi who once protected that planet with us, and their princess. However, Metalia grew too strong. And the Dark Gate that Beryl opened to allow in Metalia, allowed the Heartless to also enter.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

The Dark Kingdom hasn’t been defeated in the timeline I come from. The last thing I remember is dying.

[In the arms of that girl as she cried. Naru will not be mentioned though. That might be too dangerous. ]

It doesn’t sound like you defeated Queen Beryl either… or whoever Metalia is.

There is one more thing I want to know. Want makes you think you can control the heartless with your piano playing?

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

I saw Beryl destroyed. And Kunzite assures me Metalia is also gone; I need nothing more than that.

As for the Heartless, my music is my power. [Or rather, his power is channeled through it.] I will show you if you wish. [Heartless hunt?]

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to know what your power was… not spend time with you…

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[He actually smiles at that, a little twitch of his lips that looks more like a smirk.]

Why not both at once? Come. Let us meet.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I have other things to do.

[Sorry Zoiy. Meeting you some were would mean leaving Naru alone for a while. He can’t do that. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[It's OK. He'll just keep telling her all about you. He has nothing else to do, after all. :D]

Even though you asked?

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to know what to watch out for.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

You are not my enemy. Nor am I yours.

[The words come with a soft sigh, a light puff of air. He wishes he could do more than say it.]

I will show you this.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

Prove that by staying away.

[He is a tough customer… a bit too stubborn for his own good. But, baby steps. This conversation actually did do some good. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

Why do you insist on holding yourself apart?

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I have already said.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[He raises his voice; Nephrite seems to have a talent for provoking that in him, here.]

That is no reason!

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

That I don’t trust you or anyone associated with the Dark Kingdom is not a reason?

[Arrogant scoffing again. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

That is irrelevant to me, or to Kunzite; we are no longer under Beryl's thumb, or within the Dark Kingdom.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

We’ll see if that is true or not…

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

We will. I did not abandon you then, and I will not abandon you here and now.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

Its not being abandoned if I tell you to do it!