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Chapter 45: Back Home (For more trouble!)

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Being back home felt like a relief. Sure, I was going to feel Lilim's missing for a while, but considering that she was busy doing her 'mandatory one-month ruling situation' (while also wrangling Minasaki as she had somewhat managed to infiltrate the palace to save her only to get seduced by the good food), but at least I knew that she was going to be fine as I went back home to some normalcy.

Name: Tsukino Shingo
LVL. 67
Age: 11
EXP: 20/850
Title: Princess Serenity's Otouto
Money: 18.788.000Y

HP: 29100/29100
BP: 500/500
SP: 14900/14900
MP: 600/600
DP: 1/100

ATK: 9088 (75203,2)
DEF: 7514 (62178,3)
INT: 782 (6471,1)
LCK: 234 (1936,3)

Well as normal as 'this' may be. I was now significantly stronger, and kind of didn't notice this until after the first day of being back home. Usagi came 'picking me up' from the train station. The Taimanin had been doing me a solid by actually covering my ass up while I was missing, with Seishu saying that I now owed her a long overdue favor that she would contact me to satisfy in due time, giving me the mercy of sparing me for now while also patting my head.

"You did good in avoiding a crisis in the Dark World. Any major revolt would have forced a spillage of scum into our planet and that would have been weeks of grueling works for us. But, that doesn't mean I will not claim my favor, boy. So be ready for more training."

How ominous.

Still, the young hag's visit gave me some headsup on how they fixed up a story on why I was out and how they used extensive mind control magic to just barely keep my sister and her friends from digging too deep on the matter. I owed a thank you to Shiranui too from the way Seishu explained she had been doing most of the grunt work around Ami - she just was a 'piece of work' in her opinion. Once she was out, I was soon getting handheld by her while almost 'carried' back home. I was mentally exhausted after what had happened and after promising Usagi the next trip would take years (like hell I was engaging in that sort of nightmare anytime soon), I was given some 'free hours' to make a few calls with the rest of the mutual friends I had with Lilim to explain the situation.

Saved them from dealing with the worry this all amounted to, but I would also say that it made Mika sad that Lilim would be 'sick for a month' due to her new situation. I couldn't do much about it, and rather endure the week-long 'focused care' I was suddenly subjected by Usagi and the rest of the girls. I had been fairly tense around Ami as she seemed to 'perceive' a change in my appearance.

"You look more... handsome. And less cute."

Strangely enough, she appeared pleased with the change and I could tell that amounted to more interest from her in the long run. Thank God that she had to 'share' with the rest of the girls. Out of those, it was Minako that became my salvation. But mostly because she wasn't outright trying to hook up with me (not as actively as the rest of the ladies) and more because she wanted some questions answered on where I truly went. I told her the truth (minus having sex with Lilim) and she appeared overall intrigued by something I said I too had no clue why it was happening.

"How come you are meant to be Queen Serenity's reincarnation in this case? Why picking you?"

It wasn't a fact, but considering I was getting so much tying up with the former queen, I could only deduce it being the case.

"I would be a liar if I said I knew why. Only thing I knew is that for some reason while I was about to be demonified, I unlocked this new power and it felt like I was..." I paused, words failing me for a moment as I thought of that brief moment against Ereshkigal. "It's like powering up, but instead of feeling your body surge you feel like you are instantly tapping at full power. And that full power- I wasn't pressuring entities around me, it was like reality was my plaything in that moment."

It was incredibly pleasant, but also horrifying how powerful the reality warp truly was. But then, as I was thinking about it, I recalled something else noteworthy.

"And then there was that vision... I think I have a clue on why Serenity is clinging onto me."

"I am listening if it is not too complex," The blonde assured and I huffed. "Look, I am just as giddy as you are about this matter. Those are big clues on who Queen Serenity truly was, but you can't expect me to just... to just sponge it all up."

"I am sorry... but this is big."

"Go on."

"I don't think Queen Serenity was Sailor Moon back during the first war against chaos. In fact, I think she even made that avatar through her connection to the moon."

Minako frowned. "Whatever you mean? I am quite sure the Queen of the Moon would have been Sailor Moon."

"That's what I thought before I recognized her form when facing Chaos. She was not Sailor Moon... she was Sailor Cosmos, and I think I now know why she made Sailor Moon as a separate entity - she had lost the ability to harness her full power, but she could create something for her true successor to eventually use it. The reason why Sailor Moon is the only one able to use the Silver Crystal, something so powerful that no other Scouts can use. It has to be Sailor Moon."

The blonde's eyes darted away as she thought about it and she connected dots. "The Moon is a mirror... just not for the sun. In this case, it's the Cosmos. Which is why, from what you told me in one of the previous time we talked about this, Usagi is going to eventually no longer need to transform: she will attain Cosmos without needing to be Sailor Moon."

I nodded at the correct guess over my theory, and I decided to wrap it up in a summary that was easy to understand.

"To recap the situation: Queen Serenity was born Sailor Cosmos as the natural counter to Chaos, she won against Chaos, decided to retire to the moon, became the Queen of it, and, in a bid to fight back loneliness, she made Princess Serenity. In doing so, she actually lost worthiness before her powers, and knowing that chaos lurked at the chance to take its chances to be born a planet, she created Sailor Moon as a legacy for Princess Serenity to follow."

"But then the Moon Kingdom fell, all life was destroyed in an effort to kill Metalia, and Sailor Moon came to be in a lesser form," Minako argued, humming at my words. "Or maybe she is inherently weak on the basis that she is meant to 'work hard' to be worthy of this power, so that those become part of her rather than be dictated by some ambiguous ruling over morality and duty."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

After that interesting exchange with Minako and checking on a happier Tomoe as she got back to being a happy smart girl while being seen by others as Minako's smart little cousin, I enjoyed the rest of the week with limited efforts to get back to my routine. I know that this sounded like begging for trouble, but I had a reason to feel entitled to a break. After what I went through in the Dark World for Lilim's sake, and the fact that school was over which meant I had a few months before going back to study there, I should have had months to prepare for the next big event: dealing with Season II of Sailor Moon.

I thought about finishing off the Season III baddies, but they had vanished. I had been made aware that Ocelot had taken over the chore of trying to dig more in the matter, but his aggressive attitude only forced the bastards to hide from sight and leave behind nothing that could lead to their current whereabouts. So, despite me wanting to cut some work for my future self, I could tell right now my best bet was planning ways to improve my skills, get OP for Season II and just curbstomp that shit show.

At least, that was the big brilliant plan of mine before-

-14607!

14493/29100

Before I got a massive migraine in the form of a tactical pinkette from the sky. Head to head, the most unglorious attack left me with a headache I would remember forever. Worsened perhaps by the fact that Chibiusa, someone that should have appeared in a few months from now, was now there in the past, lacking both memories and Luna-P.

I knew this was not right.

Pluto should have handled this case better so... how did the pink one ended up earlier in the past and without some crucial elements to aid her quest? I could forgive the amnesia for the massive headbutt we went through, but Luna-P not being there to help her? She could have helped restoring her memories. And in the end, I had to things up myself by relying on Chibiusa's own purse to hypnotize my parents into believing she was my cousin. Was this fine? No, but it was the canon route and I was working on a rather tight schedule to make this work.

Turns out that not only did it work, but I think I broke some interdimensional rules since-

"Oh, so you are our cousin. I am Usagi, what's your name?"

"U-Usako," Chibiusa squeaked, hiding behind me as if I was sheltering her from a big baddy. "N-Nice to meet you."

"Yeah but... why are you hiding from me? Don't tell me that I forgot to put on some make up," Usagi asked, turning to me for that last bit, but before I could answer that, Usako spoke up again.

"N-no, it's just... Neesan looks so... so pretty!"

...

"Awww, and you are the cutest child I have ever laid my eyes upon. No offense, Shin-chan."

I rolled my eyes at that. Why the hell would I mind being seen something else other than a 'cute child'? Nonetheless, this was the first shots of something most unexpected: Usagi liked Chibiusa, and Chibiusa looked up at Usagi. Knowing how the plot was meant to go, Usako being so friendly with her meta-mom was indeed the most confusing thing ever.

Made even weirder when they just vanished around lunchtime of her first day at home because 'Usagi-neesan needed to buy her precious cousin some new clothes'. Didn't help that mom pretty much gave them more money to see that done 'extensively'. Instead of trying to make sense of the weirdest end to a chill week ever, I just went to my room, sat on my bed and... I frowned.

I think my mind broke over this dafuqqery, and this was likely as I realized that if Chibiusa was there so early, it meant that the baddies of SII were about to tag along too. And if they were doing that so soon, then any chance to gear up to curbstomp was out of the window.

...Goddammit.

AN

Shingo: MY PLANS!

Usa and Usa: Let's be besties!

Next time, rushing training and making sure that Usako is ready for what's to come. Especially since she had a darkness seed that acts as a ticking bomb for Shingo and co. Also, I have seen some taking shots at trying to understand Usako's parentage, but I can tell you all she has her canon parents. Which means, going by 'divine blood purging the bad stuff about incest', she is a viable predator for one poor Shingo and she will join the chase for his ass now that Lilim took the first blood in mostly all.