I don't own Sailor Moon. Naoko Takeuchi does. Likewise I don't own Inu Yasha. Rumiko Takehashi does. I'm not making any money off this. The idea of hitsuzen is the product of CLAMP and will be explained at the end of the chapter.

Of Wolves and the Moon

Chapter one: Epilogue

By

Lance the Flamesniper

It was a matter of hitsuzen that the Senshi woild eventually become aware of yokai. It was only a matter of time and only the gods would know the outcome. And also, no one could have guessed when and how it would come to pass or what it would inevitably reveal about the past…

---from the journal of Rei Hino

Kougaro, crown prince of the city of Tranquility, rushed through the halls of the palace with a vicious sneer. He was not in a great mood, having his home planet invaded and being one of the only ones to know exactly why the attack was occurring would do that to a person. However that didn't matter at the moment, nor did the ruined ball that would have held the announcement of an engagement.

All that matters is finding her and getting her to safety! Kogaro thought as he rounded a corner. Without a second thought he unleashed a flying roundhouse kick that nearly took the last of the negaverse soldiers' head off his shoulders before continuing to sprint toward the Imperium's defensive barricades. He vaulted the barricade at the end of the hallway and came face to face with his three best friends: Gintama, Hakakkure and Aya, The three had obviously seen better days and, in Gintama's case were running low on ammunition.

"Prince Kougaro!" The three exclaimed! "What's the situation?"

"Well, before the advance warning teams got taken out, we determined this is a full on invasion from the kingdom ruled by the House Nova on Earth. They're being backed by youma and apparently any chance of outside help has been cut off," The prince replied.

"What of the Weapon Masters and Weapon Lords?" Aya asked.

"A lot of them are dead. I think the one from Pluto was sent on a mission to the Plutonian Embassy. Other than him I've not heard a lot of them and in the long run it isn't important."

"What could be more important than the city falling?" Cried Hakakkure.

"Making sure my hime is safe of course!" The prince replied.

"Last I saw her she was dancing with Prince Endymion. When the attack broke out he was told to take her to the palace keep to be safe," Gintama stated.

"Thanks for the update. Hold these pieces of filth off as long as you can. Show them why you don't mess with the Imperium and more importantly warriors from Tranquility!"

"Yes sir!" The three intoned before their leader resumed his trek to the keep.

Inside the keep Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity waited in safety. Or at least Serenity did. Endymion paced.

Why is this happening now!? She wasn't supposed to find out about this arrangement until after the fact and she certainly shouldn't have been able to raise an army of men and youma. Not this quickly at least. Endymion thought.

Of course there were many things Endymion didn't know and in the end what wasn't known by several people would cause a great deal of problems in the future. One great example of what Endymion didn't know was that it was his trusted advisors and secret Earth Seperatist (Also known as the Negaverse movement) who had informed Beryl Nova of both the trade treaty and the King's desire to marry Endymion off to the blonde princess of the moon. He assumed that the announcement that was going to be made at the ball was going to cement the deal, which was true after a fashion.

The other thing he didn't know was that Serenity didn't love him. Oh she liked him well enough to dance with him at the masked ball and talk with him when they encountered each other, which seemed to be quite often. Still her heart belonged to another and it was him that her mind, heart and prayers went out to in this horrible situation.

Serenity wasn't sure when the two of them had started feeling the way they did toward each other, only that they'd started out as friends, playmates and schoolmates really. It was he that would go to great lengths to keep Luna from being too hard on her. It was he who had taught her how to ice skate, something that made both Minako and Makoto somewhat jealous.

Just as the wait was becoming intolerable the door to the room flew open. Endymion's hand flew to his sword and stayed there even once he saw who it was. After all Kougaro was someone Endymion didn't like. The feeling he'd learned was definitely mutual. Kougaro was constant his (successful) efforts in keeping Endymion from becoming too close to Serenity. He was quick with a well timed smart-aleck comment or a joke Endymion didn't get. At the moment however Kougaro looked angry and relieved at the same time..

"Kougaro!" Serenity cheered as she lauched herself into the arms of her secret love. "I don't understand why is this happening?"

Kougaro looked at Endymion with a look of utter contempt and instantly the Terran prince knew: Kougaro knew the truth. He didn't know how this man would know but somehow he'd found out, just like Beryl had found out.

"While this man is not a traitor to the Imperium as many accuse him of being, he is at least in part to blame for this situation. As I am a man of honor as I suspect him to be, though not nearly as honorable as he pretends, I will allow him to choose whether or not to tell you what wrong he has committed," stated Kogaro.

"What do you mean Kougaro?" Serenity asked as she looked between her beloved and Endymion.

Endymion sighed and lowered his guard. In a way he supposed he should feel grateful to the moon prince, after all he was allowing him to be honest about the situation and thus spare any further stain to his honor but part of him still wanted to deny the situation and perhaps discredit this, obstacle to his own happiness. As if hearing the internal debate, Kougaro decided to speak up.

"Keep in mind if you lie to her or try to besmirch me in any way, I will tell her what I know."

Endymion growled. "Fine! If you must be that way, yes I haven't been completely honest! The truth is I…"

Before Endymion could finish the wall of the room they were in exploded sending shards of stone in every direction. Kougaro wasted no time in putting himself between Serenity and whatever was coming through the wall his sword at the ready. Endymion to his credit also stood, sword drawn and face stern, intending to face whoever their attacker was.

The next blast of energy came from the debris cloud and hit Kougaro square in the chest shattering his sword along the way.

"Kougaro!" Serenity screamed as she dropped to her knees, tears streaming from her cerulean eyes.

The distaction was enough that Endymion saw neither the battle with the invincible shadow or the attack that felled him. Serenity seeing that she was trapped and her beloved's sword was unable to do the job she needed it to, scrambled to the prone body of Endymion and seized his blade. It was at this moment that Luna arrived to see what was about to transpire, namely the self inflicted demise of Serenity as she kneeled teary eyed beside the fallen Earth prince.

Such a true and pure love, Luna thought as she witnessed this. It was also this that she told Queen Selene before her majesty sent the Planetary princesses, Artemis, Luna and Endymion forward. It was the same spell that then locked away the Negaverse. She never learned of the mistake she made…

Kougaru floated in the darkness. Around him he could sense the souls of the men and women of Tranquility who had fell in battle. To Kougaro, dismay there were many souls there. The master of the newly created Lunar arbalest: Gintama; Aya: Tanquility's finest elemental mage whose focus was plant magic; Hakkaure the chain fighter and literally hundreds of dozens of others.

Standing before them was a woman with fiery green eyes and hair darker than midnight. She seemed both and at the same time hopeful. She was clad in a simple Black and white set of robes which quickly clued Kougaro in on who he was seeing: a Shinsengumi (God of death).

"Kougaro, events have occurred which cannot be changed. Errors made that cannot be repaired. All that can be done is risky damage management. I am unable to send you forward as Queen Selene could, but I can offer you reincarnation. Before you accept I must also tell you that in accepting this you would not be reborn as human beings. There are too many of you for me to reincarnate thus. You would become Ookami youkai. From that point you would have to find your own path to the woman you love. I can make only one promise. It is hitsuzen that you and she will meet again. Do we have an accord Kougaro of Tranquility?"

Kougaru looked at the people of Tranquility knowing that he's making a choice for them as much as he would for himself. The warrior men and women of Tranquility looked at each other before Gintama spoke up.

"The question is boss," He said. "Can you go to the afterlife knowing you may never see her again? If the answer is no, then tell this goddess to proceed."

Kougaru smiled at his friend. "I can live without many things: My kingdom, my title, my freedom… but she is my sun and my sky! Please, megami-sama… please! You can't take the sky from me! My spirit cannot be at peace without her!"

"Then," The woman said. "You shall have your chance to find her!"

Then, Kougaru's world flared white….

Kouga came awake with a start. Dammit! Not this dream again! Kouga, prince of the wolf youkai had been having this dream most of his eighteen years. None could tell him what it meant. Not traveling monks, not the tribe's shaman. All he knew was that since the dream started again his heart had been filled with a deep longing.

Somewhere in the distance of his tribe's constant companions let loose with a long howl. Kouga smirked to himself before answering with a howl of his own. His gaze drifted to the moon, the mistress of all wolves as he pondered his dream. Unknown to him, only a few miles away and five hundred years in the future a certain just turned eighteen blonde with blue eyes was also pondering mostly the same dream.

Little did they both know, that their paths were soon to cross, Nor did they know that their meeting would change many things.

TBC

Author's notes:

Okay as promised at the beginning of the story a little bit on Hitsuzen. Hitsuzen is described by Wikipedia as follows: hitsuzen (必然?), means inevitability, destiny, or fate, as being the driving force in the world. According to hitsuzen, there is no such thing as coincidence, and every single action and decision is inevitable, because without them, other related events in the future could not happen.