Sailor Moon D: The Digimon Saga: ep- 9 "Negamon's New Plan"
Negamon ignored the departure of Chronos. "Mauvaismon! Destroy them!" she ordered.
The Digimon grunted. "Yes Empress." He wasted no time. "GIGA BLADE!"
SuperOrcamon reacted quickly. "STELLAR WIND!" She opened her mouth & a wide navy blue wave shot out, dotted with silver stars. It stopped Mauvasimon's attack & pushed the evil Digimon back into the Onyxmon. She chuckled to herself. "Now that's cool." She turned to Zudomon. "Let's see YOU do that!"
"Hey!" shouted Chibi-Pluto. "Behind you!"
Mauvaismon was still going. "POSION PINCH!" The red bombs scattered around Senshi & Digimon, forcing Kabuterimon, Togemon, WarGreymon & Angewomon to de-digivolve back to their Rookie froms. He then let lose a second wave, almost ripping off Angemon's wing & missing Sailor Mars. SuperOrcamon tried to move everyone back.
MetalGarurumon ran in from behind Mauvaismon. "ICE WOLF CLAW!" The beam of ice hit Mauvasimon in the back, who crumbled away to nothing.
Negamon swore. Sailor Moon & her remaining Senshi were advancing on Jedite. "Fall back!" Megamon ordered, & the Onyxmon began retreating. As they vanished into the sun, Negamon's snake lashed out & cut Genni's ropes, causing the old man to fall to the ground. Then the evil Digimon vanished back into the sun. And all was quiet again.
Quickly, the Digidestined gathered around Genni. "He's hurt bad." said Joe, trying to sound serious. "But he's still alive."
"Let me." said Sailor Moon. She opened her brooch, & the light of the Imperium Silver Crystal began healing the old man.
"Wow!" said TK. "That's a miracle!" Sailor Moon just smiled.
Genni slowly began to sit up. "Be careful!" said Joe and Mercury at the same time.
"Are you okay?" asked Mimi.
"I'll be fine." said Genni. "But we've got a situation."
"I say we get out of here first." said Gomamon.
Chibi-Moon and Saturn gazed out a window in Mamoru's apartment. Jupiter and Venus were making some tea & cocoa, to calm some nerves. Uranus & Neptune sat by themselves. Tuxedo Mask sat in a chair with his arms crossed, deep in thought. Luna, Artemis & Diana were laying in the sun. It was very quiet in the room until there was a bright light. Sailors Moon, Mercury, Mars, Chibi-Pluto & Digidestined with their Digimon all tumbled into the room.
"Guess who digivolved to Mega!" shouted Zooeymon. "And who's a Super Senshi now!"
"The Queen of England," grumbled Gomamon.
"No! Me and Aqua!" She replied happily. "Isn't that cool?"
Tuxedo Mask quickly went to Sailor Moon. "Are you all right?" he asked.
She nodded shakily. "Yes. Negamon & her troops have retreated for now."
"But we're not out of the woods yet." said Genni.
Chibi-Pluto nodded. "I need to check on my mom."
Sailor Moon shook her head. "It's too dangerous."
"I have to." said Zenrei firmly. "I need to make sure she's okay."
"I know you're worried and I am, too." said Sailor Moon. "But we can't risk running into Negamon again. Or Jedite..."
"Usagi please!" insisted Chibi-Pluto. "I'll come right back, I promise!"
Zooeymon shook her head. She knew what was coming.
Sailor Moon was literally shaking. "Aqua! I am the leader of the Senshi in case you have forgotten & I say I don't want you to go! We can't risk losing you because Zooeymon needs you to Digi-whatever & if she can't do that then we lose! Besides, Chronos said she was okay."
Sailor Saturn clutched Pluto's small key. "She should be. We'd know if she wasn't."
Chibi-Pluto stared at Sailor Moon for a moment. The other Senshi looked at each other. They all knew not to intervene in the fight. The Digidestined watched, confused. Mamoru was in the middle of it all. Zooeymon closed her eyes.
Chibi-Pluto finally sat down on the couch. She turned to Genni. "What's going on?"
Everyone began to calm down. Genni began to explain. "When Negamon captured me, she began probing my memories. She used the information she found about the Digidestined, then compared it with her information on the Sailor Senshi. Her Crystal feeds on energy. Mostly just the energy from our Digimon digivolving. Of course, we can't stop digivolving or else we'll never beat her. But she wasted most of the Crystal's power getting back here on Earth. So she needs another source of power. And she's found one even stronger."
"What is it?" asked Joe, sitting next to Chibi-Pluto.
"Starseeds." replied Genni.
"Starseeds?" asked Sora. "What are those?"
"Starseeds," explained Neptune. "Are in all people; you, me, anyone. Our present enemy, Galaxia, is also stealing them. Apparently Negamon has found a use for them as well."
Genni nodded in agreement. "That's right. I don't know how she found out, but she knows the Starseeds of a Senshi are special. And so are those of a Digidestined. I don't know why, but the are. They give off a large amount of power. That's what Negamon wants. She needs the Poison Crystal to take over both Worlds, and the Crystal needs energy. Apparently, after Sailor Moon's battle with the Doom Phantom, only a small shard of the Crystal remained. Noirmon, who was working for Negamon, had time travel ability and was able to salvage the Crystal."
"Which could have started the whole Time disruption." concluded Chibi-Pluto.
The kids looked at each other. It seemed that the matter of Time was over their heads. Jupiter sipped her tea quietly. Then Kari broke the silence & asked, "Um...what happens when you lose your Starseed?"
"You die." said Uranus coldly. Kari gasped. Mimi's eyes went wide. They gazed at the Magnificent Soldier as she stood with her back against the wall. "You can't live without your Starseed." she said. Gatomon stared at Uranus, unable to believe how harsh the girl could be.
"You literally fade away." added Mars softly. Sora stared at the other girl. TK clung to the arm of his brother. Mars and Uranus' words seem to echo in the silence.
There was a silence in the room. Sailor Moon leaned on Tuxedo Mask's shoulder. Sailor Venus offered some cocoa to the TK & Kari. But knowing that you could die was nothing that could be comforted. Chibi-Pluto knew this very well. And she could feel that Joe knew this, too. And that was a comfort by itself...
Sailor Pluto groaned, trying to ignore an intense pain her in head. Negamon & her troops burst through the Door of Time; Pluto had been knocked out by Mauvaismon. She reached for her Time Staff, using it like a crutch to help her stand. She slowly pulled out her communicator & attempted to reach her daughter.
She didn't have to wait long. Zenrei's face appeared on the small screen, clearly showing how relieved she was to see her mother alive. "Mom!" she said. "Are you okay?"
Sailor Pluto nodded slowly. "Yes. Are you on Earth?"
"Yeah...Is something wrong?"
"I don't want you to stay there. When Time is repaired, I don't know what may happen to you." explained Pluto.
Zenrei nodded. "Mom, guess what!"
"What?"
"Chronos made me a Super Senshi."
Pluto smiled. "That's great! I knew he was up to something." Pluto paused for a moment. "Please come to the Fourth Dimension. Love you..."
Her daughter smiled. "Love you, too."
"Has anyone noticed we've been traveling a lot lately?" asked Tai. He & the others were walking into the Hall of Planets, having just visited Pluto at the Door of Time.
"That's actually a good thing." said Izzy. "Negamon won't be able to keep a positive lock on us." he paused. "Or our Starseeds."
"But she may also know that we need to hide in the Fourth Dimension while Sailor Pluto repairs Time." added Sailor Mercury. She turned to Zenrei and asked. "Do you know where we could hide if we are attacked?"
The Emotional Warrior put Zooeymon on her shoulder. "Well, the Doors to Mars, Earth, the Moon and Pluto are still okay. Hopefully we can get through those safely. Maybe Saturn, too."
"That's it?" asked Zooeymon. "No secret hideout in the mountains or something?"
Zenrei shrugged awkwardly. "What? Sorry!" she said. "The Fourth Dimension has its limits, you know. Or lack of them..."
"Do you mean we could hide on the Moon?" asked Sora.
"If we had to."
"Well I'd rather fight them face to face." said Jupiter, ramming her hand in her fist.
Tentomon stopped flying. "It looks like you may get your wish!" Overhead, a dark portal was opening up. Negamon, Jedite and the Onyxmon were flying through.
"Zooeymon digivolve to...Porpoisemon" The Digimon watched the digital demon draw closer. "Who am I kidding? We can't fight here!"
"Let's get to Mars!" said Chibi-Moon. "It's the closest one!"
Sailor Moon bit her lip. "Chibi-Usa! You, Mamoru, Minako, Ami and Hotaru get to Setsuna & tell her what's happening." She paused. "Do whatever it takes!"
Tuxedo Mask nodded. He lead the other Senshi to the Lampost.
Matt turned to Saturn before she left. "Will you be okay?"
The Senshi smiled. "I will," she replied. Then she went with the others.
"Sailor Mars!" shouted Zenrei as the remaining Senshi and Digidestined ran from Negamon. "Your turn! Go for it!"
Mars nodded. She took out one of her scrolls and threw it towards the lock of her Door. The scroll, while in mid-air, burst into flame & snaked into the lock. The Door opened, revealing a bright path of smoke with fire on the edges. Matt and Tai ushered their siblings along, while Sailor Mars lead the group. Agumon, Gabumon, Tentomon and Porpoisemon worked with Sailors Jupiter, Neptune & Uranus to keep the Onyxmon back.
Of all the Digidestined, Izzy was thrilled to be on Mars. There seemed to be some kind of insivisble life-support; no need for spacesuits. The sky was a dull, yet bright orange. Every footstep kicked up red dirt. There was only a small breeze.
"Wow," muttered Tai. "I've never been on a planet before. Well, besides Earth."
"Do you think Negamon will find us here?" asked Patamon.
"I hope not." said Sailor Moon quietly.
"Now what do we do?" asked Gomamon.
"Surrender to me and let fate take its course!" Negamon appeared in the sky again, with her army of evil Digimon...and Jedite. A sinister smile grew on Negamon's blood red lips. "You can't hide from me."
"Porpoisemon digivolve to...Delphinmon"
"Gomamon digivolve to...Ikkakumon"
"Patamon digivolve to...Angemon"
"How does she keep finding us?" asked Mimi.
"Palmon digivolve to...Togemon"
"Gatomon digivolve to...Angewomon"
"Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon"
"She must be tracking us somehow!" said Izzy. Then it hit him. "Our Starseeds! She must be able to track them somehow!"
The Black Poison Crystal absorbed the digivolving energy. Negamon gave an evil chuckle. "You are such an intelligent boy," she muttered. "Nothing gets past you, does it?"
"Nothing gets past Izzy!" said Tentomon proudly. He prepared to digivolve to Kabuterimon.
"This will!!" replied Negamon. She raised her arm that was decorated with her chain & the Black Poison Crystal. Then, her fist shot out instantaneously right to Izzy. He had no time to react. Mimi screamed. Negamon's fist, charged with Black Poison energy passed right through Izzy & came out his back. The fist opened, & revealing a small, glittering crystal, then snapped back to Negamon. Izzy wobbled a bit on his feet, then fell backwards toward Tentomon and Mimi. He vanished into thin air a few moments later. Only his computer, Digivice, tag & crest remained.
Negamon laughed insanely, admiring the Starseed she had just taken. The Digidestined gathered around. Mimi began sobbing, staring at where Izzy had just been. Sailor Uranus' words echoed in her mind: *You die* Did that mean that Izzy was really dead? Was he gone forever?
Tai clenched his fist in anger. "What did you do?!" he demanded.
Negamon shook her head. "You are so blind. As you can see, I took a Starseed." Izzy's Starseed began circling the Black Posion Crystal, like a moon would orbit a planet. "Really, it's not a complicated matter."
"You can't take someone's life like that!" said Sailor Moon. She grabbed the Eternal Tial. "STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"NEEDLE SPRAY!"
"SOLAR TAIL SLAP!"
"CELESTIAL ARROW!"
"HAND OF FATE!"
"METEOR WING!"
The Senshi followed: "MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!"
Sailor Chibi-Pluto removed the star shape that held the Spirit Crystal from her staff. "My friends are my greatest gift & I won't let you go unpunished for this." She said, & glanced briefly at Tentomon & the others, all still in shock over losing Izzy. Chibi-Pluto held out the Spirit Crystal. "SILVER PASSION TORNADO!" A huge, swirling silver wind shot from the Crystal and joined with the other powers.
The massive barage of attacks knocked Negamon back, but it did not release Izzy's Starseed or even crack the Poison Crystal. Negamon quickly recovered. "You children are pathetic." she said. "With the added energy of a Starseed, especially the Starseed of Knowledge, I cannot be so easily elimanted. VENOMOUS NIGHT!"
Everyone scattered, avoiding Negamon's blow. Joe tried to catch his breath. "We have...to try something..." he panted.
"I'm open to suggestions." muttered Angemon.
Jedite raised his arm. "Onyxmon, attack!"
They did. They swarmed like locusts among the Senshi and Digidestined.
"MARS FIRE...IGNITE!"
"Togemon digivolve to...Lillymon"
"Birdramon digivolve to...Garudamon"
"HAND OF FATE!"
"SOLAR TAIL SLAP!" The wave of attacks began carving small paths through the Onyxmon. But as a few went down, more filled the places.
Zenrei & Joe hid behind a large rock. Zenrei couldn't focus on the fight. She could feel the sadness coming from her friends; the sadness the came when they realized the Izzy was dead. That his Starseed was just another tool for Negamon. "Joe," she asked. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he replied. "I'm hanging in there."
"That's good." She flinched as an explosion went off nearby. "Cause I'm not..."
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"WING BLADE!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"HARPOON TORPEDO!"
"We can do this!" said Joe, trying to sound confident. "I just don't know how."
"FLOWER CANNON!"
"STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"HAND OF FATE!" Another wave of Onyxmon were knocked away.
Uranus tackled Neptune, missing Negamon's Starseed-stealing hand. "Are you okay?" Uranus asked her partner. The teal-haired Senshi nodded. Then Jedite attacked them, his foggy energy blasts & crystal spears making huge craters when he missed.
Garudamon and Angewomon attempted to fly overhead & get the drop on Negamon, but they were blasted by Negamon's Venomous Night. Ikkakumon, Mars and Neptune were attacked by Jedite. The resurrected Negaverse General then turned to knock Uranus' Space Sword from her hand.
"We need the others!" muttered Sailor Moon. her left wing was clipped by a stray flaming ring from Mars' Celestial Fire. She didn't even bother to yell at Rei for it.
Negamon's hand flew out again, this time at Sailor Jupiter. The Senshi of Protection managed to react: "SUPREME THUNDER!" The green lightning collided with the black energy & began to slow down Negamon's fist. Negamon pushed farther, but Jupiter held her ground.
"Makoto!" shouted Sailor Moon. "Get out of the way!"
It was too late. Negamon's fist passed through Sailor Jupiter, then came out her back, revealing the Starseed. The hand snapped back to its owner.
Jupiter fell to her knees for a moment, as Sailor Moon ran to her fallen friend. She went on her knees to hold the dying Senshi, but Jupiter had already begun to fade away. Soon she was gone. Sailor Moon groped the air numbly, in shock.
"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"
"SILVER PASSION TORANDO!"
Sailor Mars helped Sailor Moon stand. "Come on," said the Fire Senshi. "Let's move." She helped Sailor Moon walk.
"HARPOON TORPEDO!"
"CELESTIAL ARROW!"
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM...SMASH!"
"Makoto," sobbed Sailor Moon. "Oh my God...Rei...Makoto's dead!"
"Everyone fall back!" shouted Tai. He and Agumon were leading the others to a nearby cave. "Let's go, now!"
The Onyxmon stopped their advances. They watched Negamon with awe as she placed Jupiter's Starseed in orbit with Izzy's. The Black Poison Crystal's size increased. Negamon's three eyes glittered as the Crystal's power grew. Jedite chuckled. "The Senshi were always fools..." he muttered. "Shall we destroy the rest of them?"
Negamon watched the Digidestined and Senshi run to a cave in the horizon. "No, not now." she said coldly. "Let them grieve for their losses now. It will the be the last thing they will ever feel again."
"Damn it!" Uranus slammed her fist against the cave, near the entrance. The Digidestined were hiding farther back in the cave. Kari and Mimi could be heard sobbing. "We can't just sit here, we should be fighting!" said Uranus.
Sailor Moon was crying. "We can't." she said. "We can't lose anyone else." She buried her head in her hands. "Makoto, I'm so sorry..."
"Then what are we supposed to do?" asked Matt. "Even if we sent WarGreymon & MetalGarurumon & SuperOrcamon out there it wouldn't do any good. We need Izzy to fufill that prophecy. Not to mention that he was actually figuring that thing out..."
"Then how are we supposed to get him and Jupiter back?" asked Neptune.
Sora looked at the group with sadness in her eyes. They had never really faced the death of one of their own before. And here it was. She looked at Tai, who seemed to be staring into space. He even ignored Agumon.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. She went over to Tai & asked, "How are you doing?"
Tai looked up. "Oh...fine." he said quietly.
Sora sat down next to him. "It's a shock huh?"
"Yeah..."
She paused. "I think we can handle it."
Tai looked up at her. "Really?"
"I don't see why not. We've beaten the Dark Masters."
Tai attempted a chuckle. "Yeah & Myotismon, Etemon and Devimon." He began to smile. "You're right Sora, we can handle this. Thanks."
Sora smiled. She liked it when Tai wasn't so down.
Zenrei was trying not cry, but the white gloves of her fuku were already stained with her tears. She was trying to be strong for the others. But Makoto and Izzy were gone. Her sadness was only increased by the grief her friends felt. As an empath, she felt it all.
Joe sat next to her quietly. Finally, she took a deep, calming breath & said, "Joe,"
He looked up. "Yeah?"
"Will you do me one favor?"
"What?"
"Don't let yourself get killed, too. I don't want to lose you."
Joe nodded slowly. Across the cave, Porpoisemon and Gomamon chuckled to each other. "I think it's finally working!" said Porpoisemon.
"Bad timing, though." replied Gomamon.
"Someone's coming," declared Uranus. The Digimon headed for the entrance of the cave. There was a swirl of black wisping near the entrance.
"PEPPER BREATH!"
"BLUE BLASTER!"
"SPIRAL TWISTER!"
"FLYING STARDUST!"
"POISON IVY!"
"Wait!" said Kari. "That's Tuxedo Mask!"
The Digimon stopped their attack. Sure enough, a shaken Tuxedo Mask carefully peered inside the cave. "Is this what I get for not knocking?" he asked. Sailor Venus was behind him.
"Mamoru!" declared Sailor Moon. She embraced him. "It's awful!" she sobbed. "They killed Makoto! Oh Mamoru she's dead!" She looked at Venus. "Oh my...Minako! She's gone!"
"Calm down." whispered Tuxedo Mask. "Everything will be all right. I just came to tell you that Sailor Pluto knows what's going on now. She and the others are standing by."
"Izzy's dead, too." said Tai, trying not to show the pain in his voice. "Just like Sailor Jupiter. Negamon took their Starseeds."
"Izzy isn't dead." declared a voice. Tentomon was huddled in a corner, deep in the shadows. "I'd know if Izzy was dead & he's not dead." said the bug-like Digimon. "Maybe...it's the way Negamon takes Starseeds; it keeps part of you alive."
"Is that supposed to make us feel better?" asked Gatomon.
"He could be right..." muttered Venus. "I mean, maybe that's what helps the Poison Crystal harness the energy."
"In any case," said Zenrei. "We can't sit here & wait to be destroyed."
"If we go out there, we'll get killed!" said Sailor Moon. "We can't do that!"
"We have no choice! Maybe there's a way to free the Starseeds. Like Tentomon said, they may not be entirely dead. Besides, the entire world is counting on us."
"Aqua's right!" declared Mars. "Let's go out there & try to free our friends!"
Negamon ignored the departure of Chronos. "Mauvaismon! Destroy them!" she ordered.
The Digimon grunted. "Yes Empress." He wasted no time. "GIGA BLADE!"
SuperOrcamon reacted quickly. "STELLAR WIND!" She opened her mouth & a wide navy blue wave shot out, dotted with silver stars. It stopped Mauvasimon's attack & pushed the evil Digimon back into the Onyxmon. She chuckled to herself. "Now that's cool." She turned to Zudomon. "Let's see YOU do that!"
"Hey!" shouted Chibi-Pluto. "Behind you!"
Mauvaismon was still going. "POSION PINCH!" The red bombs scattered around Senshi & Digimon, forcing Kabuterimon, Togemon, WarGreymon & Angewomon to de-digivolve back to their Rookie froms. He then let lose a second wave, almost ripping off Angemon's wing & missing Sailor Mars. SuperOrcamon tried to move everyone back.
MetalGarurumon ran in from behind Mauvaismon. "ICE WOLF CLAW!" The beam of ice hit Mauvasimon in the back, who crumbled away to nothing.
Negamon swore. Sailor Moon & her remaining Senshi were advancing on Jedite. "Fall back!" Megamon ordered, & the Onyxmon began retreating. As they vanished into the sun, Negamon's snake lashed out & cut Genni's ropes, causing the old man to fall to the ground. Then the evil Digimon vanished back into the sun. And all was quiet again.
Quickly, the Digidestined gathered around Genni. "He's hurt bad." said Joe, trying to sound serious. "But he's still alive."
"Let me." said Sailor Moon. She opened her brooch, & the light of the Imperium Silver Crystal began healing the old man.
"Wow!" said TK. "That's a miracle!" Sailor Moon just smiled.
Genni slowly began to sit up. "Be careful!" said Joe and Mercury at the same time.
"Are you okay?" asked Mimi.
"I'll be fine." said Genni. "But we've got a situation."
"I say we get out of here first." said Gomamon.
Chibi-Moon and Saturn gazed out a window in Mamoru's apartment. Jupiter and Venus were making some tea & cocoa, to calm some nerves. Uranus & Neptune sat by themselves. Tuxedo Mask sat in a chair with his arms crossed, deep in thought. Luna, Artemis & Diana were laying in the sun. It was very quiet in the room until there was a bright light. Sailors Moon, Mercury, Mars, Chibi-Pluto & Digidestined with their Digimon all tumbled into the room.
"Guess who digivolved to Mega!" shouted Zooeymon. "And who's a Super Senshi now!"
"The Queen of England," grumbled Gomamon.
"No! Me and Aqua!" She replied happily. "Isn't that cool?"
Tuxedo Mask quickly went to Sailor Moon. "Are you all right?" he asked.
She nodded shakily. "Yes. Negamon & her troops have retreated for now."
"But we're not out of the woods yet." said Genni.
Chibi-Pluto nodded. "I need to check on my mom."
Sailor Moon shook her head. "It's too dangerous."
"I have to." said Zenrei firmly. "I need to make sure she's okay."
"I know you're worried and I am, too." said Sailor Moon. "But we can't risk running into Negamon again. Or Jedite..."
"Usagi please!" insisted Chibi-Pluto. "I'll come right back, I promise!"
Zooeymon shook her head. She knew what was coming.
Sailor Moon was literally shaking. "Aqua! I am the leader of the Senshi in case you have forgotten & I say I don't want you to go! We can't risk losing you because Zooeymon needs you to Digi-whatever & if she can't do that then we lose! Besides, Chronos said she was okay."
Sailor Saturn clutched Pluto's small key. "She should be. We'd know if she wasn't."
Chibi-Pluto stared at Sailor Moon for a moment. The other Senshi looked at each other. They all knew not to intervene in the fight. The Digidestined watched, confused. Mamoru was in the middle of it all. Zooeymon closed her eyes.
Chibi-Pluto finally sat down on the couch. She turned to Genni. "What's going on?"
Everyone began to calm down. Genni began to explain. "When Negamon captured me, she began probing my memories. She used the information she found about the Digidestined, then compared it with her information on the Sailor Senshi. Her Crystal feeds on energy. Mostly just the energy from our Digimon digivolving. Of course, we can't stop digivolving or else we'll never beat her. But she wasted most of the Crystal's power getting back here on Earth. So she needs another source of power. And she's found one even stronger."
"What is it?" asked Joe, sitting next to Chibi-Pluto.
"Starseeds." replied Genni.
"Starseeds?" asked Sora. "What are those?"
"Starseeds," explained Neptune. "Are in all people; you, me, anyone. Our present enemy, Galaxia, is also stealing them. Apparently Negamon has found a use for them as well."
Genni nodded in agreement. "That's right. I don't know how she found out, but she knows the Starseeds of a Senshi are special. And so are those of a Digidestined. I don't know why, but the are. They give off a large amount of power. That's what Negamon wants. She needs the Poison Crystal to take over both Worlds, and the Crystal needs energy. Apparently, after Sailor Moon's battle with the Doom Phantom, only a small shard of the Crystal remained. Noirmon, who was working for Negamon, had time travel ability and was able to salvage the Crystal."
"Which could have started the whole Time disruption." concluded Chibi-Pluto.
The kids looked at each other. It seemed that the matter of Time was over their heads. Jupiter sipped her tea quietly. Then Kari broke the silence & asked, "Um...what happens when you lose your Starseed?"
"You die." said Uranus coldly. Kari gasped. Mimi's eyes went wide. They gazed at the Magnificent Soldier as she stood with her back against the wall. "You can't live without your Starseed." she said. Gatomon stared at Uranus, unable to believe how harsh the girl could be.
"You literally fade away." added Mars softly. Sora stared at the other girl. TK clung to the arm of his brother. Mars and Uranus' words seem to echo in the silence.
There was a silence in the room. Sailor Moon leaned on Tuxedo Mask's shoulder. Sailor Venus offered some cocoa to the TK & Kari. But knowing that you could die was nothing that could be comforted. Chibi-Pluto knew this very well. And she could feel that Joe knew this, too. And that was a comfort by itself...
Sailor Pluto groaned, trying to ignore an intense pain her in head. Negamon & her troops burst through the Door of Time; Pluto had been knocked out by Mauvaismon. She reached for her Time Staff, using it like a crutch to help her stand. She slowly pulled out her communicator & attempted to reach her daughter.
She didn't have to wait long. Zenrei's face appeared on the small screen, clearly showing how relieved she was to see her mother alive. "Mom!" she said. "Are you okay?"
Sailor Pluto nodded slowly. "Yes. Are you on Earth?"
"Yeah...Is something wrong?"
"I don't want you to stay there. When Time is repaired, I don't know what may happen to you." explained Pluto.
Zenrei nodded. "Mom, guess what!"
"What?"
"Chronos made me a Super Senshi."
Pluto smiled. "That's great! I knew he was up to something." Pluto paused for a moment. "Please come to the Fourth Dimension. Love you..."
Her daughter smiled. "Love you, too."
"Has anyone noticed we've been traveling a lot lately?" asked Tai. He & the others were walking into the Hall of Planets, having just visited Pluto at the Door of Time.
"That's actually a good thing." said Izzy. "Negamon won't be able to keep a positive lock on us." he paused. "Or our Starseeds."
"But she may also know that we need to hide in the Fourth Dimension while Sailor Pluto repairs Time." added Sailor Mercury. She turned to Zenrei and asked. "Do you know where we could hide if we are attacked?"
The Emotional Warrior put Zooeymon on her shoulder. "Well, the Doors to Mars, Earth, the Moon and Pluto are still okay. Hopefully we can get through those safely. Maybe Saturn, too."
"That's it?" asked Zooeymon. "No secret hideout in the mountains or something?"
Zenrei shrugged awkwardly. "What? Sorry!" she said. "The Fourth Dimension has its limits, you know. Or lack of them..."
"Do you mean we could hide on the Moon?" asked Sora.
"If we had to."
"Well I'd rather fight them face to face." said Jupiter, ramming her hand in her fist.
Tentomon stopped flying. "It looks like you may get your wish!" Overhead, a dark portal was opening up. Negamon, Jedite and the Onyxmon were flying through.
"Zooeymon digivolve to...Porpoisemon" The Digimon watched the digital demon draw closer. "Who am I kidding? We can't fight here!"
"Let's get to Mars!" said Chibi-Moon. "It's the closest one!"
Sailor Moon bit her lip. "Chibi-Usa! You, Mamoru, Minako, Ami and Hotaru get to Setsuna & tell her what's happening." She paused. "Do whatever it takes!"
Tuxedo Mask nodded. He lead the other Senshi to the Lampost.
Matt turned to Saturn before she left. "Will you be okay?"
The Senshi smiled. "I will," she replied. Then she went with the others.
"Sailor Mars!" shouted Zenrei as the remaining Senshi and Digidestined ran from Negamon. "Your turn! Go for it!"
Mars nodded. She took out one of her scrolls and threw it towards the lock of her Door. The scroll, while in mid-air, burst into flame & snaked into the lock. The Door opened, revealing a bright path of smoke with fire on the edges. Matt and Tai ushered their siblings along, while Sailor Mars lead the group. Agumon, Gabumon, Tentomon and Porpoisemon worked with Sailors Jupiter, Neptune & Uranus to keep the Onyxmon back.
Of all the Digidestined, Izzy was thrilled to be on Mars. There seemed to be some kind of insivisble life-support; no need for spacesuits. The sky was a dull, yet bright orange. Every footstep kicked up red dirt. There was only a small breeze.
"Wow," muttered Tai. "I've never been on a planet before. Well, besides Earth."
"Do you think Negamon will find us here?" asked Patamon.
"I hope not." said Sailor Moon quietly.
"Now what do we do?" asked Gomamon.
"Surrender to me and let fate take its course!" Negamon appeared in the sky again, with her army of evil Digimon...and Jedite. A sinister smile grew on Negamon's blood red lips. "You can't hide from me."
"Porpoisemon digivolve to...Delphinmon"
"Gomamon digivolve to...Ikkakumon"
"Patamon digivolve to...Angemon"
"How does she keep finding us?" asked Mimi.
"Palmon digivolve to...Togemon"
"Gatomon digivolve to...Angewomon"
"Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon"
"She must be tracking us somehow!" said Izzy. Then it hit him. "Our Starseeds! She must be able to track them somehow!"
The Black Poison Crystal absorbed the digivolving energy. Negamon gave an evil chuckle. "You are such an intelligent boy," she muttered. "Nothing gets past you, does it?"
"Nothing gets past Izzy!" said Tentomon proudly. He prepared to digivolve to Kabuterimon.
"This will!!" replied Negamon. She raised her arm that was decorated with her chain & the Black Poison Crystal. Then, her fist shot out instantaneously right to Izzy. He had no time to react. Mimi screamed. Negamon's fist, charged with Black Poison energy passed right through Izzy & came out his back. The fist opened, & revealing a small, glittering crystal, then snapped back to Negamon. Izzy wobbled a bit on his feet, then fell backwards toward Tentomon and Mimi. He vanished into thin air a few moments later. Only his computer, Digivice, tag & crest remained.
Negamon laughed insanely, admiring the Starseed she had just taken. The Digidestined gathered around. Mimi began sobbing, staring at where Izzy had just been. Sailor Uranus' words echoed in her mind: *You die* Did that mean that Izzy was really dead? Was he gone forever?
Tai clenched his fist in anger. "What did you do?!" he demanded.
Negamon shook her head. "You are so blind. As you can see, I took a Starseed." Izzy's Starseed began circling the Black Posion Crystal, like a moon would orbit a planet. "Really, it's not a complicated matter."
"You can't take someone's life like that!" said Sailor Moon. She grabbed the Eternal Tial. "STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"NEEDLE SPRAY!"
"SOLAR TAIL SLAP!"
"CELESTIAL ARROW!"
"HAND OF FATE!"
"METEOR WING!"
The Senshi followed: "MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!"
Sailor Chibi-Pluto removed the star shape that held the Spirit Crystal from her staff. "My friends are my greatest gift & I won't let you go unpunished for this." She said, & glanced briefly at Tentomon & the others, all still in shock over losing Izzy. Chibi-Pluto held out the Spirit Crystal. "SILVER PASSION TORNADO!" A huge, swirling silver wind shot from the Crystal and joined with the other powers.
The massive barage of attacks knocked Negamon back, but it did not release Izzy's Starseed or even crack the Poison Crystal. Negamon quickly recovered. "You children are pathetic." she said. "With the added energy of a Starseed, especially the Starseed of Knowledge, I cannot be so easily elimanted. VENOMOUS NIGHT!"
Everyone scattered, avoiding Negamon's blow. Joe tried to catch his breath. "We have...to try something..." he panted.
"I'm open to suggestions." muttered Angemon.
Jedite raised his arm. "Onyxmon, attack!"
They did. They swarmed like locusts among the Senshi and Digidestined.
"MARS FIRE...IGNITE!"
"Togemon digivolve to...Lillymon"
"Birdramon digivolve to...Garudamon"
"HAND OF FATE!"
"SOLAR TAIL SLAP!" The wave of attacks began carving small paths through the Onyxmon. But as a few went down, more filled the places.
Zenrei & Joe hid behind a large rock. Zenrei couldn't focus on the fight. She could feel the sadness coming from her friends; the sadness the came when they realized the Izzy was dead. That his Starseed was just another tool for Negamon. "Joe," she asked. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he replied. "I'm hanging in there."
"That's good." She flinched as an explosion went off nearby. "Cause I'm not..."
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"WING BLADE!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"HARPOON TORPEDO!"
"We can do this!" said Joe, trying to sound confident. "I just don't know how."
"FLOWER CANNON!"
"STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
"HAND OF FATE!" Another wave of Onyxmon were knocked away.
Uranus tackled Neptune, missing Negamon's Starseed-stealing hand. "Are you okay?" Uranus asked her partner. The teal-haired Senshi nodded. Then Jedite attacked them, his foggy energy blasts & crystal spears making huge craters when he missed.
Garudamon and Angewomon attempted to fly overhead & get the drop on Negamon, but they were blasted by Negamon's Venomous Night. Ikkakumon, Mars and Neptune were attacked by Jedite. The resurrected Negaverse General then turned to knock Uranus' Space Sword from her hand.
"We need the others!" muttered Sailor Moon. her left wing was clipped by a stray flaming ring from Mars' Celestial Fire. She didn't even bother to yell at Rei for it.
Negamon's hand flew out again, this time at Sailor Jupiter. The Senshi of Protection managed to react: "SUPREME THUNDER!" The green lightning collided with the black energy & began to slow down Negamon's fist. Negamon pushed farther, but Jupiter held her ground.
"Makoto!" shouted Sailor Moon. "Get out of the way!"
It was too late. Negamon's fist passed through Sailor Jupiter, then came out her back, revealing the Starseed. The hand snapped back to its owner.
Jupiter fell to her knees for a moment, as Sailor Moon ran to her fallen friend. She went on her knees to hold the dying Senshi, but Jupiter had already begun to fade away. Soon she was gone. Sailor Moon groped the air numbly, in shock.
"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"
"SILVER PASSION TORANDO!"
Sailor Mars helped Sailor Moon stand. "Come on," said the Fire Senshi. "Let's move." She helped Sailor Moon walk.
"HARPOON TORPEDO!"
"CELESTIAL ARROW!"
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM...SMASH!"
"Makoto," sobbed Sailor Moon. "Oh my God...Rei...Makoto's dead!"
"Everyone fall back!" shouted Tai. He and Agumon were leading the others to a nearby cave. "Let's go, now!"
The Onyxmon stopped their advances. They watched Negamon with awe as she placed Jupiter's Starseed in orbit with Izzy's. The Black Poison Crystal's size increased. Negamon's three eyes glittered as the Crystal's power grew. Jedite chuckled. "The Senshi were always fools..." he muttered. "Shall we destroy the rest of them?"
Negamon watched the Digidestined and Senshi run to a cave in the horizon. "No, not now." she said coldly. "Let them grieve for their losses now. It will the be the last thing they will ever feel again."
"Damn it!" Uranus slammed her fist against the cave, near the entrance. The Digidestined were hiding farther back in the cave. Kari and Mimi could be heard sobbing. "We can't just sit here, we should be fighting!" said Uranus.
Sailor Moon was crying. "We can't." she said. "We can't lose anyone else." She buried her head in her hands. "Makoto, I'm so sorry..."
"Then what are we supposed to do?" asked Matt. "Even if we sent WarGreymon & MetalGarurumon & SuperOrcamon out there it wouldn't do any good. We need Izzy to fufill that prophecy. Not to mention that he was actually figuring that thing out..."
"Then how are we supposed to get him and Jupiter back?" asked Neptune.
Sora looked at the group with sadness in her eyes. They had never really faced the death of one of their own before. And here it was. She looked at Tai, who seemed to be staring into space. He even ignored Agumon.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. She went over to Tai & asked, "How are you doing?"
Tai looked up. "Oh...fine." he said quietly.
Sora sat down next to him. "It's a shock huh?"
"Yeah..."
She paused. "I think we can handle it."
Tai looked up at her. "Really?"
"I don't see why not. We've beaten the Dark Masters."
Tai attempted a chuckle. "Yeah & Myotismon, Etemon and Devimon." He began to smile. "You're right Sora, we can handle this. Thanks."
Sora smiled. She liked it when Tai wasn't so down.
Zenrei was trying not cry, but the white gloves of her fuku were already stained with her tears. She was trying to be strong for the others. But Makoto and Izzy were gone. Her sadness was only increased by the grief her friends felt. As an empath, she felt it all.
Joe sat next to her quietly. Finally, she took a deep, calming breath & said, "Joe,"
He looked up. "Yeah?"
"Will you do me one favor?"
"What?"
"Don't let yourself get killed, too. I don't want to lose you."
Joe nodded slowly. Across the cave, Porpoisemon and Gomamon chuckled to each other. "I think it's finally working!" said Porpoisemon.
"Bad timing, though." replied Gomamon.
"Someone's coming," declared Uranus. The Digimon headed for the entrance of the cave. There was a swirl of black wisping near the entrance.
"PEPPER BREATH!"
"BLUE BLASTER!"
"SPIRAL TWISTER!"
"FLYING STARDUST!"
"POISON IVY!"
"Wait!" said Kari. "That's Tuxedo Mask!"
The Digimon stopped their attack. Sure enough, a shaken Tuxedo Mask carefully peered inside the cave. "Is this what I get for not knocking?" he asked. Sailor Venus was behind him.
"Mamoru!" declared Sailor Moon. She embraced him. "It's awful!" she sobbed. "They killed Makoto! Oh Mamoru she's dead!" She looked at Venus. "Oh my...Minako! She's gone!"
"Calm down." whispered Tuxedo Mask. "Everything will be all right. I just came to tell you that Sailor Pluto knows what's going on now. She and the others are standing by."
"Izzy's dead, too." said Tai, trying not to show the pain in his voice. "Just like Sailor Jupiter. Negamon took their Starseeds."
"Izzy isn't dead." declared a voice. Tentomon was huddled in a corner, deep in the shadows. "I'd know if Izzy was dead & he's not dead." said the bug-like Digimon. "Maybe...it's the way Negamon takes Starseeds; it keeps part of you alive."
"Is that supposed to make us feel better?" asked Gatomon.
"He could be right..." muttered Venus. "I mean, maybe that's what helps the Poison Crystal harness the energy."
"In any case," said Zenrei. "We can't sit here & wait to be destroyed."
"If we go out there, we'll get killed!" said Sailor Moon. "We can't do that!"
"We have no choice! Maybe there's a way to free the Starseeds. Like Tentomon said, they may not be entirely dead. Besides, the entire world is counting on us."
"Aqua's right!" declared Mars. "Let's go out there & try to free our friends!"
