It was about 2:30 on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Fuji Raceway. A race car sped across the start line. The driver, who ran about 25 laps before, said, "Lap time?" A voice in her ear said, "1:45:31. Cut harder into the corners." The driver nodded & when she went into the first turn, she turned the wheel harder than she did before. Instantly, the back end of the car swung around the turn to fast & caused the vehicle to spin out completely. "DAMNIT!" she screamed & slammed her hand on the wheel. She then put the car into gear and almost instantly, she heard a loud snap. "Timing chain snapped!" she said into the mic. "Bring it back in." the voice said, "I'll have a gander at it."
Slowly, the car pulled into the pit area. A man stepped into the pits and looked the car up & down, just shaking his head. "Smalls, you know how to break a car." he said, "Third one this week." The driver got out of the car & took off her helmet, letting her pink pigtails fall naturally. The driver was Chibiusa, who turned 22 four months ago. "I put it into 1st and just like that," Chibi said, "SNAP! The stupid shifter went limp." The mechanic lifted the hood and had a close look at the motor. "Not the timing." He said, "A piston let go. I have no clue why, though."
"How long before this thing can run again?" Chibi said. The mechanic simply said, "This thing is a classic. It'll be damn hard to source the parts. I'd say...6, maybe 7 months." Chibi just lowered her head, "Great," she said, "just great." She looked out past the track and saw her home, Crystal Tokyo. "As quickly as possible, please." she said.
She got ready to head back into the city when her personal guard stepped up and said, "Call from the Palace. Their wondering when you'll be in for the millennium ball." Chibi sighed a little and said, "Tell them I've not forgotten about it & I'm heading into Akihabara to get my dress." Her guard nodded and ushered her to a limo.
An hour later, Chibiusa was in the Shinjuku dress shop, looking at various dresses. "What about this one?" she said to a friend. "Um...", the friend said looking at the red & black dress, "...flashbacks of Black Lady come to mind." Chibiusa cringed and quickly stuffed the dress back on the rack. Just then, a 15 year old girl wearing a white jacket and stylish baby blue pants entered the shop and said, "Still don't have a dress for the ball, sis?"
Chibiusa turned and responded to her sister, Chibichibi. "I thought you had a game today?" Chibichibi shrugged and said ,"I was scratched from the roster." She asked a clerk to grab her tailored dress and presented a ticket. "Ordered it about 2 weeks ago," Chibichibi said, "and gave these guys my measurements...Oh yeah!" She pulled out a ticket and gave it to the clerk. "Her dress." She said simply. "What?!" Chibiusa exclaimed. "Yeah," Chibichibi said, "I know what style you wear, so this one's on me."
The Clerk came out with two bags. Suddenly, Chibiusa's bodyguard came up to her and said in an urgent voice, "Highness, something happened to Serenity!" The sisters rushed to the waiting limo. "Where is she? Where's Mama?!" Chibiusa asks desperately. "State hospital." The guard said. Chibichibi leaned into the driver's ear and said, "Adam, FLOOR IT!" The driver nodded and quickly slammed his foot into the gas pedal. The back wheels spun wildly, then found its grip and propelled the limo forward in a violent manner.
Five Minutes later, they arrived at the State Hospital. They got out and met with the Chief of Surgery. "How is she?" Chibiusa said desperately. "Sever pain in her abdominal region," He said, "and she's been vomiting something fierce all the way here." Chibichibi sniffled and said, "I...I wanna see mommy." Chibiusa then said, "Where's dad?" The doctor said, "I just got off the phone with him. Darien's on his way." Chibiusa nodded. She took her sister by the hand, then headed to the private elevator.
When they got to Serenity's hospital room, the guards at her door saluted. "Beat it." Chibiusa said quite frankly and the guards quickly left. They entered to see their mother, Neo Queen Serenity(More frankly, Usagi Tsukino) hooked up to an IV, pumping pain medications into her arm. Chibichibi started to cry. She wasn't used to seeing her mother like this at all. Chibiusa Tried to choke back tears in attempt to stay strong. "Chibiusa," Serenity said weakly, "I feel like hell." Chibiusa said, "You've been through worse. How long ago did this happen?" Serenity thought, then said, "Last night. I thought I ate something bad and thought nothing of it. Then this morning, the pains got a little worse. Then, about a half hour ago, they got real bad. Almost a stabbing pain."
Chibiusa nodded weakly. Chibichibi said through sobs, "Will you be okay Mama?" Serenity waved her over to the bedside, took her hand and said softly, "I will fight this with my last ounce of will. I promise you...both of you...I will be fine." Both Chibiusa & Chibichibi came in close to her their mother.
Darien looked in the observation window and said to the doctor, "What did the blood tests find?" The doctor frankly stated, "It's most definitely cancer. But in what form, I cannot tell you." Darien's head sank deeply. "How long?" He said. The doctor looked at her charts. "No more than 2 weeks." A single tear flowed from Darien's eyes. He placed his hand on the glass of the window. "Usako," he said, "this is one battle I cannot help you in and that hurts me more than anything."
Darien went into the hospital room and hugged both his daughters, then went over to Serenity. "Usako," He said, taking her hand gently, "I really wish I could help you, but this fight is yours and yours alone." Usako gave him an odd look, saying, "What do you mean?" Darien the told Serenity, Chibiusa & Chibichibi about the blood test. Chibiusa was shocked into a stunned silence & little Chibichibi clung onto Usagi while uncontrollably crying. "I don't wanna lose you, Mama!" she sobbed. Serenity comforted her youngest, then looked at Chibiusa, who now had tears streaming down her face.
Chibiusa turned and went out of the room. She leaned her head against the wall and started to openly & loudly cry. Darien followed her out, gently placing his hand on her shoulders. "We can't do anything else-" he started to say, but Chibiusa cut him off. "This is complete bullshit!" she exclaimed, "She was healthy three weeks ago!" Darien grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face him. "More tests," he says, "are being done. They suspect she was..." He stammered the words out, "poisoned."
Chibiusa looked at darien with a sort of building anger. "Poisoned?" She said, "Why?" He shook his head and said, "No damned clue. They cannot even find the compound. It's like some sort of dark-" "-magic." Chibiusa finished his thought.
Outside the hospital, a dark looking figure looked up at the floor where Serenity was being treated. He smiled and said, "Soon, oh so soon, you will be dead and my vengeance will begin." He turned and disappeared in a dark cloud. Two familiar faces noticed this and one of them said, "Are you sure that's her son?" The other nodded and said, "Yep. Pretty sure. Should we tell Chibiusa?" The first face played with her light blue hair and said, "Yes VesVes. If we can help save Serenity..." VesVes looked at her friend and said, "PallaPalla, let's go."
Ves called Chibiusa and said, "I think we know who tried to murder your mother." Small Lady said with slight anger, "Who?" Ves said plainly, "Beryl's son, Darus. He vanished in a cloud of smoke right in front of us."
"I thought Beryl didn't have any children!?" the young princess said, sounding confused. Ves simply stated, "We had suspicions about Darus soon after he came into the city on that refugee transport. We did check everyone out from that transport six months ago & he was the only one that was of considerable health. The rest were hungry and sick."
Chibiusa said in a slightly urgent tone, "Get the rest of the quartet. We are going to find this bastard!" She hung up, turned to her beloved father and said, "Tell mom I'm going to fix this, even if I have to kill myself in the process." Darien hugged his oldest daughter tightly & said, "Do what you must." He released her from his grasp and let her transform into Sailor Mini-Moon(even though at 22, she wasn't mini anymore), then she went from the floor in search of Darus.
Suddenly, the hallway in front of Serenity's room filled with a black cloud. Darien started to cough fiercely and exclaimed, "What in the hell?!" Thirty seconds later, the cloud tightened into a solid form. "Hello," Darus said evilly, "Your highness!" Darien stepped back from him and said, "You'll not have this day, you son of a-" Darus simply waved his hand at Darien & sent him flying down the hall. "I'd love to kill you," he said, "but watching your heart ache without your beloved Serenity is reward enough." He entered Serenity's room and said, "I've been waiting a thousand years for this!"
He then rose his hand and a stream of dark energy emanated from it, enveloping Serenity & causing her the greatest of pain. She looked at her youngest and said, "RUN!"
A blood curdling scream came from Serenity as Chibichibi ran from the room & could be heard from all over. Mini-Moon heard the scream and rushed back to her mother's room. Darus was standing there looking at the now dead Serenity and started to laugh. "Burn in hell," he said, "Your majesty!" "You first," a voice said from behind him. He turned to see Mini-moon & the Sailor Quartet staring him down with weapons drawn. "PINK SUG-" She didn't get the words out before he vanished. A bodiless Darus said in a loud, booming voice, "Now your heart will feel loss like it never has before. This kingdom can burn for all I care."
She turned to her Quartet & said, "Track him." They nodded & went from the hospital. Mini-moon untransformed and took the hand of her now passed mother. Tears started to roll down her face & she began to sob loudly. Darien, who was slammed down the hall, recovered and came up to hug his heart shattered daughter. They- no, the entirety of the silver millennium had lost its queen.
Word spread quickly of Usagi's tragic passing. People openly wept for her soul. This went on for weeks. Her body laid in state at the foot of the Crystal Palace & soon after a grand State Funeral was planned. Her crystal casket draped with the flag of state. Chibiusa was never seen after the funeral as she holed up inside the prayer chamber trying to come to grips with the passing.
Soon after the Funeral, Serenity's casket was loaded onto a transport & was carried to a tomb that was built on a planet that was on the furthest outskirts of the realm. When she was placed inside the tomb, her moon locket, moon stick & moon rod were placed with her. She would now rest in peace for eons...or so one would think.
About a month passed on the planet & a figure appeared at the tomb. She smiled and said, "There is another realm where your spirit is needed." She rose her winged staff & a bright light enveloped the planet. seconds later, it was gone.
On the planet's surface, it appeared like nothing happened. "Three hundred years should be long enough for your spirit to mature," she said. She then placed a small crystal on the tomb and said, "May one of sound mind and pure heart come upon this place & discover the powers of Sailor Moon." She quickly vanished. over 300 years, the tomb was covered by moss & the planet remained undisturbed until one day, fate came into effect.
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