Sailor Moon 2040
Chapter 1: Sorrowful Beginning.
Boots pounded against the ground, rain falling mercilessly on those that ran. Thunder rumbled in the sky, and lightning struck all over while the three warriors kept their pace.
"We have to keep running, don't stop until we find a safe place!" called the man in front, having brown hair and silver eyes with brown in them. He drew his sword and cut through a chain link fence, leading the two younger warriors into an old abandoned church. Panting, they would sit in the remaining pews.
"I can't believe it. To think they could kill them so easily." the younger female said. She had long purple hair, going past her shoulders, and red eyes. She looked down at her hands, clenching them into fists, trying to fight back tears.
"We can't give up yet, Nina. We can't let their deaths be in vain. Alex, what do we do next? They'll find us soon if we don't keep running." said a young male, looking like Nina, only his hair neon green.
"Calm yourself, Kain. They cannot detect us if we suppress our-"
Alex was cut off by the sound of rubble collapsing. Standing there were three shadows, shadows of men. One held a katana, one a broadsword, and one a book. Alex stood up and faced the three men down. The one with the katana stepped forward, still hidden in shadows.
"So you've finally decided to face us. That's mildly amusing." he said, the other two remaining silent. Alex held his sword out and shut his eyes. They flashed open, turning green, his hair going golden and spiked.
"You bastards are going to pay for killing my friends. But most of all, you shall pay for the Princess."
"Princess? Oh the Queen's bratty daughter. She resisted at first, but once I slapped her around some.. Well lets just say she gave up all hope."
"You..Killed..Rini. For that, you'll die even if I go down too!" Alex was truly enraged now, turning to Nina and Kain, he spoked.
"Go now and do not stop running! No matter what you do, do not stop running!"
Kain shook his head, standing up.
"But Alex, what about-"
"I SAID GO!"
"Come on bro, let's get going." Nina grabbed her brothers arm, and the two ran out of the church. Turning back to face his enemy, Alex rushed towards them, yelling.
"This is for my fallen comrades! Rahhhhhhh!!"
The two siblings panted, their feet carrying them down the broken streets and alleyways. From the church, they heard a blood curdling yell as a large shaft of energy shattered the roof of the church.
"Alex!!" Kain turned to run back, bur Nina grabbed him, shaking her head, the tears now streaming down her cheeks.
"There's nothing we can do for him, Kain. All we can do is run."
"..OK" he said, wiping his own tears away.
The siblings were stopped however by two shadowed women. One glared at Nina, licking her lips, fangs being shown off.
"Which do you want?" asked the second woman.
"I do like my boys young… But the girls eyes infuriate me." Raising a hand back, a dagger formed in midair. Cackling, she flung it forward. Nina had no time to react with her own weapon. The dagger embedded itself into her heart, she fell back slowly, the rain landing on her open, lifeless eyes. Kain sank to his knees, cradling her body while crying.
"Don't worry, you'll be joining her."
The second woman grabbed Kain by his neck and lifted him up, a snake appearing around her arm. Hissing, the snake opened its mouth, a swirl of energy shooting out.
"No!!" Kain shut his eyes tight, the light becoming pure white.
The young man yelled as he fell out of the bed, his head thudding on the carpeted floor. Opening his eyes, Kain looked around to see his bedroom, the posters of various cartoons, icons, and the bunk bed he shared with his twin sister, Nina. The purple haired sibling poked her head over the top bunk, tilting her head to the side.
"That nightmare again?"
"Mhm. Only this time it was more intense. I have a feeling something big is going to happen, sis."
"And I think you've been watching too much anime. Get up and cleaned up."
Nina hopped off her bed and entered her own rest room, starting the shower, turning on some rock music. She and Kain were fourteen and thirteen, the daughter and son to Hotaru, Sailor Saturn. Kain made his bed and also got cleaned up, the two wearing matching outfits but with different colors; Kain's was green while Nina's was purple, and both headed to the dining hall. There they were joined by two girls, one having aqua marine wavy hair, pale green eyes, and wore a button up blouse, skirt, and black shoes.
"Hey Misty, how's the violin practice going?" Nina asked as she started to eat a hot roll with butter.
"Great! I do have a great teacher after all." she giggled, looking down at Michelle before giving a wave to her mother, Sailor Neptune. Sitting down, she would whistle over to her best friend, who sported orange hair that went to her lower back, and matching eyes. The girl was eighteen. wore overalls with a black shirt underneath and sneakers, sitting beside Misty before grabbing a piece of toast.
"Tatiana, you look fantastic." Misty said, the eighteen year old giving a shy smile to her friend.
"Thanks, Misty. I heard you playing last night, think you're ready for the concert?"
"I need some more fine tuning, but I'll be ready for a good time. How's it going with your drumming?"
"It would be better if mama would stop focusing on training and more on music." Tatiana said, sighing. Amara, Sailor Uranus did help out with her drum playing, but would always spend most of her time with training her daughter to fight.
A young man sat down besides the four teenagers, sipping on orange juice and eating cereal. This was the son of Sailor Mars, or Rei, named Drake. He was just a year older then Misty and Tatiana, but he was born mute. He never spoke a word, but they could all tell through body language what he wanted. He wore a red t-shirt, blue jeans and boots.
"Good morning, Drake." Kain said cheerfully, getting a smile and wave back in response.
Down at the other side of the table sat a couple; a young man, age twenty-four with brown hair, silver eyes with brown, and wearing a white button up short-sleeved shirt, black slacks and shoes. A young lady, age twenty-five with pink hair in two long pony tails, the tops pointed at left and right angles. Her eyes were pink as well, all to match her pink outfit that consisted of a pink t-shirt, jeans and shoes. The two looked into each others eyes, blushing a little.
"Rini, I've been thinking about the date. The twentieth is a beautiful day, supposedly with no rain. What do you think, My Princess?"
"That's true, but I've read that the thirteenth is going to be perfect with very little humidity, My Prince.."
Alex turned to his mother and Rini's mother, Lita and Serena.
"What do you two think?"
Lita held up a hand, smiling while Serena giggled.
"It's your wedding day, you two need to chose it on your own. We can only help with setting the place up and clothing. You know the rules."
"Thanks a lot, mom." Alex said, sighing.
"Oh cheer up, honey. This is something to look forward too, our marriage." Rini said, taking his hand.
"That's true, I wonder what the others-ghk!" a glass of water was dumped onto his head by Tatiana, the other youngsters laughing.
"Chill out, Romeo. The wedding isn't for another four months."
"Very funny…"
The castle suddenly shook with such force; the walls beginning to crack and plaster fell from the ceilings.
"What could that be?" asked Amy.
"A quake?" Mina suggested.
"That's no quake, friend." Trista said, and she was right. The wall from the courtyard blew up, sending chunks of the wall to the dining hall. Everyone got up and headed right for source. The sky began to darken slowly; thunder rumbling.
Standing in front of them were six people. One stood in front of the five, looking at the Princesses and Princes, Queen and King emotionlessly. Walking forward, they all got a better look at him; he had combed backward blonde hair, a smooth looking outfit, like a tuxedo. There were three other men, and two women. They stepped forward to fall in line, each looking like a normal human being. The blonde one spoke first.
"We've come for the Knights. If you give them to us peacefully, there will be no blood shed. However if you refuse, we cannot guarantee your safety."
"You dare threaten our children and our Queen?" Amara called, however, the blonde one merely held his hand out sideways; a katana shot out of his hand, covered in blood and darkness.
"My name is Lucifer."
The second male came forward, holding his opposite hand out, a small broad sword like Alex's appearing, only this one had flames around the blade. He had red spiky hair, wearing leather.
"I am Michael."
The third male held both hands out, a book appearing in them, his long raven black hair going to his shoulders, wearing a cloak.
"Dantanian." he spoke, voice gruff.
The fourth male unsheathed a rather large sword, having one eye and shaggy hair, a large red cape over his black gear.
"You can call me Caim."
The first woman held her hands out as well, multiple daggers being summoned. She wore crimson red armor, but allowed her cleavage to be shown off, her hair a mix of grey and white.
"I am Belial, your worst nightmare."
The second woman and final warrior held out her right arm, a snake coiling around it and hissing. She bared her own fangs and cackled. This woman wore a snaked print outfit, but it almost looked like it was her own skin.
"My name is Lilith."
Alex walked forward to meet them, the other children following him.
"My name is Alex, these are my friends and comrades in arms; Drake, Tatiana, Misty, Nina, and Kain. What business do you have with us?"
"Our leader has ordered us to bring you back to headquarters." Lucifer spoke, his voice was smooth as silk.
"You see, he has much interest in your powers, especially what you call 'Galaxy Soldier Mode'. He believes that you six are more than just warriors; he wants your power to shatter the worlds. You can be his personal guards."
"Sorry, but we already protect Neo-Queen Serenity." said Tatiana, glaring at the six opponents. "Being evil just isn't our style."
"A pity. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. We, The Hunters now have no choice but to declare war against the Moon Kingdom." Lucifer shook his head, then took a step backwards. "Kill them." he said.
"Knights, it's time to show them what we got. KNIGHT EUROPA POWER!" Alex held his pendant up, becoming clothed in a black uniform with a sword sheathed on his back.
"Knight Titania Power!" Tatiana was suddenly in an orange outfit similar to Europa's, holding in her hands a giant hammer.
"Knight Larissa Power!" Misty's uniform was aqua marine, holding in one hand a violin, in the other a rod.
Drake snapped his fingers, a red uniform covering him, his weapon of choice was a naginata, a three bladed weapon atop a long pole. He had become Knight Deimos.
"Knight Memas Power!" Nina's suit was purple, and she brought out a bow, setting up an arrow to fire.
"Knight Telesta Power!" Kain's combat outfit was green, his fingers glowing.
"Attack!" Lucifer rushed calmly up the stairs, bringing his katana against Europa's sword, the two clashing their blades again and again.
Caim leapt up and brought his sword down upon Deimos' naginata. The mute warrior pushed up against him, going for a sideways swipe, which Caim leapt back to dodge.
Michael seemed reluctant to participate, but Titania's hammer had found him; he deftly side stepped the blow and sent out a punch to her rib cage.
"Ow! Don't you know men aren't suppose to hit women?!"
"Sorry, but I don't follow rules too well." he said, sending a kick to her chest; she fell onto her behind before getting back up and glaring at him.
"Grrrr that's it. TITANIA HAMMER!" she brought her hammer down to the ground, lightning surging toward Michael.
"Impressive!" He slid his hand over his sword, the fire forming a wall to protect him.
"LARISSA TIDAL WAVE!" Larissa placed the rod onto the violin and started to play. A tidal wave came up, she atop of it as it crashed into Belial, who had been trying to pick a fight with Memas.
"I hate being wet!" the villainess glared at the aqua marine-clad woman, and threw multiple daggers at her with lightning speed, however they were all stopped, sliced into pieces. By thin razor wires. Said wires would retract back into Telesta's gloves. He grinned and sent them out once more, but they missed Belial by mere inches.
"Nice one, bro." Meamas said, patting her brother on the head. Taking her bow and arrow, she let it fly toward Lucifer, who deflected both it and Europa's strike effortlessly.
"Come here, little girl." Lillith had leapt over the battle to land in front of Rini, She grabbed Rini by the neck, starting to charge up her snake. The others could not move, the snake having put a shackle spell on them. However, a male voice behind her spoke.
"Get your hands off my daughter-in-law, hag." turning to face the voice, a fist slammed right into her face, making her drop Rini and releasing the court from the spell. Gokan stood there, wearing his orange gi, looking from Rini, to Lita.
"Sorry I'm late, dimension travel way was clogged up."
"How dare you strike my beautiful face, you imbecile!" Lillith sent out a shirek that made more walls crack and crumble, swiping at the warrior. Gokan flipped backwards behind his son, looking at the battle; the Knights were fairing well against the Hunters, but clearly the opponents were more skilled.
"Son, remember the training we did?"
"You bet." Smirking, the father and son went into action, Gokan flipping Alex off his back so the son could pull a heel slam, and Alex grabbing his dad's arms to let him do a pinwheel kick. Lucifer leapt, side-stepped, and teleported backwards to his own group of warriors that had stopped fighting.
"Dantanian, do it."
Opening up the book, Dantanian held one hand out, eyes glowing.
"You shall know true sorrow and suffering." his voice echoing as he read a spell. The skies were now fully darkened, lightning struck the ground repeatedly. The castle was starting to crack everywhere. Neo-Queen Serenity looked to her husband, Endymion, who nodded solemnly. Taking Rini by the hand, she would take her to the Knights, where she, the King, and Princesses formed a circle around them.
"Mommy, what are you doing?" Rini asked, noticing the sadness in her mom's eyes.
"You must live on to battle this enemy. It's up to you to shape the new generation and protect Crystal Tokyo. Alex, Rini, you are now the leaders of the Kingdom. Good luck everyone." The symbols of the planets glowed on their foreheads, a bright light surrounding the seven warriors.
"Mom, Dad, wait!" Alex called, but it was too late; they were gone from view, and the seven were transported into a church; like the one from Kain's dreams. They rushed outside, being able to see the castle.
The Queen and King held one another, eyes shut. The Princesses looked on as their fate loomed. Gokan held onto Lita, running his hands over her hair, hugging her into him, speaking only one word.
"….Lita…."
The six enemies had vanished; the Crystal Tokyo castle shattered, the spell Dantanian had cast shot forth a powerful negative energy from the ground, enveloping everything in that area. When the dust settled, everything was gone. Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, Princesses Amy, Rei, Lita, Mina, Amara, Michelle, Trista, and Hotaru were no more.
At the church, the Knights all cried, holding one another. Nina, being brave for her little brother, held him in her arms as he wept, eventually falling asleep. Rini watched as her fiancée walked a few feet forward and fell onto his hands and knees, starting to sob uncontrollably. Rini tried to comfort him, but he let out a raging yell that echoed throughout the black skies, his hair turning blonde, spiked. His eyes turned green. Slamming his fists into the ground again and again, yelling.
"NO!!!!"
At The Hunters HQ, a man shadowed out by the darkness spoke.
"I assume the mission went as planned."
"Yes, Your Excellency. The Knights are now alone." Lucifer said in his calm voice.
"And now they're ripe for the game! Your Excellency, please allow me to go next!" Caim said, looking excited.
"No, Caim. The first to go will be Dantanian."
"If that is what you wish, sir." said the spell-caster.
"Indeed it is, you shall go and hunt."
"Understood."
Michael stood against the wall, his arms crossed while staring at the floor. He was deep in thought about the battle.
"Is something the matter, young one?" asked Belial, stretched out on a couch.
"What I think is none of your business, got that?"
"Sorry I asked. Hmph."
Lucifer turned to his comrades, smiling a sadistic smile, while his voice was perfectly calm.
"The Hunt… Is On."
