Betrayal of the Moon
Serena's POV
"Dammit! I'm late again! Raye's gonna kill me!" I thought as I stumbled on my way to the near-by park. I'm just hoping she's not in a bad mood….
I saw the flash of colour from their clothes up ahead, and ran quickly towards them. I could see them all standing in a group, talking. It was obvious that they were fighting. About what, I think I know – me. Should they go or stay and wait for me?
"Heya guys!" I yelled, and they all turned and looked at me. I quickly reached them, and stood there, in front of them, catching my breath. It was then that I noticed that no-one had spoken yet. I looked around, and saw that that all the senshi were here, even Trista, and Darrien, which was really unusual. They all had this cold look in their eyes, and I started getting a little upset. What was wrong? I wasn't THAT late, I was only….I checked my watch, 5 minutes late.
"What's wrong? Is there a new enemy?" I asked, worried by the silence.
"See, I told you she's not fit to be leader" Raye muttered, and they all nodded their heads. This was getting ready weird now.
"What is it?" I said quietly, now aware of their piercing looks. What did I do?
"Serena. You are a pathetic leader. You run away from the slightest insult, and cry and sulk like a baby. You are unworthy to be the leader of the Sailor Scouts," here Raye pause, taking a breath "so we" she said, gesturing to the others "are deciding to remove you from your position as leader. Luna and Artemis have given us the ok, and told us how to do so. So give up the Silver Imperium Crystal and we won't hurt you."
"WHAT!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I was astonished. I knew that they thought lowly of me, but why this. But I wouldn't let them take the Silver Imperium Crystal. I was the only one who could control its power. I thought about what I would do. There was only one was that I would see, and that was to fight them. But was I strong enough to defeat them all? And what was all of that about Luna and Artemis telling them how to remove me as their leader? Tears welled in my eyes. But I couldn't let them see me cry. Too late now.
"Look, the Sailor Scout who stands for a massive rock, which is not even a planet I might add, is crying. Well, I'll tell you now Serena, I never liked you. Raye was always the one for me. We have been dating behind your back for the whole time I've known you, and trust me, she is the better leader" Darrien sneered in my face. I shook my head, trying to hide my tears and disgust. How could they do this to me? How could I have been so foolish as to trust them, be their friends and lover? Quickly I looked around, checking that there was no one around to see, and I transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. I looked at them, and noticed they had also transformed into their eternal forms. Luna must have upgraded them into these forms.
"Oh look, she's actually going to attempt to fight us!" Amara yelled, laughing at me "we can beat you with nine planets powers combined. We are, of course, including Earth" she said, pointing towards Raye who was held in Darrien's arms. That just hardened my resolve. They could not have the Silver Imperium Crystal. I would not let them have it.
"You cannot, and will not, ever, have the Silver Imperium Crystal. I am the only one who can control it, the only one who can shed its light unto the world. You can fight me for it, but you will never have it" I said softly, my voice floating over to them on the wind that Uranus had surely called.
"Attack" Raye yelled, and in an extremely organised fashion, they spread out. I had nowhere to run. All around me was surrounded. There was no way for me to get out, no way for me to defeat them in this formation. Suddenly, someone broke the circle. It was Lita. She walked over to me, and stood next to me.
"I don't like this. Serena has always stood up for us when we needed her too, and protected us whenever we couldn't. I won't fight her. But I will fight you," she said, her voice ringing out across the park. I shot her a thankful look.
"Friends, don't desert friends" she whispered to me and took my hand. And then Mina walked over to me and took my other hand.
"I agree with Lita. Serena is our leader, and has saved your sorry ass millions of times Raye. She has saved all your sorry asses. So if anyone else doesn't want to desert their princess, then come over here." Mina was right and they all knew it. But then Michelle said something so shocking I nearly yelled.
"We are supposed to protect a princess. But what is she. She is a clumsy, unreliable, cry baby of a loser. She is a weakling, so I hereby denounce her princess" she said. There were was a chorus of "hear, hear!"s heard around the circle. By this point I was crying, the tears streaming down my face. I couldn't stand it anymore. Lita and Mina were bravely defying the odds by standing in the centre of the circle with me. But I knew they couldn't defeat me anymore. They needed two more people to attack me and actually scratch me. But then Luna and Artemis transformed into their human forms, but into ones I had never seen before.
Luna was in a Sailor outfit. Her predominate colour was yellow, and then purple and black. In her hands, she held a yellow and purple stick with a black sphere at the end. Her hair was in her traditional hairstyle. She did look good. Artemis was in a white version of Darrien's Tuxedo Mask outfit, and had white instead of red roses. I was shocked, and by the looks of everyone else, they were too.
"Luna and I came from a distant planet, which I assume you all know. Luna was the Sailor scout from this planet, I, its king. When it was destroyed we came to this galaxy, and Queen Selenity welcomed us, took care of us. I would gladly serve her any day. But you, Sailor Moon, I would never serve. I have had enough of this crap. Let's get rid of her" Artemis said, by way of explanation. This made me narrow my eyes. Now, they could hurt me, and Lita and Mina. Before I could act though, they attacked. In the most unexpected way possible. Lita and Mina both shifted their weight, and slammed me into the ground.
"NO!" I screamed. They had all betrayed me. Now there was no one left on my side. Traitors. And so began the attacks. Tears making my vision blurry, I threw attacks everywhere. But I knew deep down that all was lost.
Raye's POV
I could see her shock at the betrayal by Lita and Mina. She was so not prepared. This was good, because that was what I was counting on for this plan to work. Now that she was off her guard, trying desperately to stop us, we could win. We had eleven powerful people on our side; there was no way she could win.
Lita and Mina walked over to me in the chaos, tight smiles on their faces.
"Did we do well?" Lita asked, looking towards the fight. I could tell she was itching to join in, so I made my answer quick.
"Yes, very well. Now you can go hurt her more" I said, laughing with contempt as they rushed off to join the fight. They were eager to finish this, and so was I. With the telepathist granted by Luna, I told them to get ready.
"When you hear me say three, all of you launch your most powerful attacks" my voice rippled across their minds. They all nodded in my direction, readying themselves.
"Are, you ready to fall now, Sailor Moon?" I asked her, walking in her direction, "are you ready to lose your powers, everything?" I said. Her response was startling
"You cannot take the Silver Imperium Crystal. You know that. I am the only one that can control its power. The minute you touch it, it will disappear into me. It is part of me" her voice rang out across the battlefield, which by now was littered with craters and blood. Obviously she had started fighting back.
"Hahahahahahha! You actually think that is the way we are fighting? We have our own Imperium Crystals, as we are rulers of our planet. Luna and Artemis showed us how to find them and use them!" I yelled. I took mine out of my new transformation compact, and it was glowing red. Each of the other scouts did the same. Our new transformation brooches looked like Eternal Sailor Moon's, except for the colour difference. Luna took hers out, and it glowed a bright yellow. Artemis and Darrien each held a Golden Crystal from their respective planets, but Artemis' was a pale blue.
We all raised them into the air, and said the chant Luna told us to recite:
"Silver of the Moon,
You are no longer a part of the circle of trust, love and friendship,
You are banished, stripped of your title,
Silver of the Moon, you are out of this kinship"
Suddenly, Serena was returned to her normal clothes beaten and bleeding. I took her compact, and the Silver Imperium Crystal was gone, inside her again. Now she couldn't access it. I delivered the final blow, knocking her out. Just before she blacked out she whispered
"Love is something you never showed me. I still believe in you so I will do your bidding and I will leave this place forever. But I wish you all the best…."
"Ha! Stupid thing for believing in us still!" I laughed in her face. I turned to the rest of the scouts.
"Let's go to the temple and celebrate this victory!" I whooped, and they all cheered. They trusted me, just as I trusted them. Now the nuisance was gone, we could be the real Sailor Scouts. Luna walked up to me with a red stick in her hands.
"As our new leader, I ask you, Raye, to use this stick and lead us" she said kneeling and holding the stick out in front of her. It was the same as the stick Sailor Moon used when we were defeating Pharaoh 90. But instead of gold lining, it was silver. It was then that I noticed that our crowns and accessories had become silver. It looked better.
"I accept. Now, let's go celebrate!" I raised the stick into the air, and then we all detransformed. Artemis and Darrien lifted me into the air and said they all cheered:
"To the new ruler of the galaxies!" Over and over, and we left we park, but not until Amara and Lita had beaten up Serena's lifeless for a few minutes.