Piercing through darkness
" It's time."
Many pure lights in the galaxy have flickered and gone out. Smothered by darkness and greed, the disease of hate spreaded into many hearts. So many that have been destroyed and so many that have yet to face the same fate, completely ignorant to the dark clouds advancing.
" It's time for a message to be sent."
A black swirling sphere floated inconspicuously through the galaxies, silently poisoning the surrounding planets. From inside, a ghostly face slowly emerged from the shadows of black swirling mist that made up a room, a twisted smile creeping across his mouth. The dark figure slowly walked over to a large tank filled with red liquid, his shoes echoeing through the darkness with each step. A young girl floated in the fetal position, her light pink hair swaying around her naked body. Tubes were shoved into her flesh.. " So beautiful." the man said as he petted the glass. Next to her sat three more tanks with the same scenerio only two of the others were male.
"You have all served me well," he grinned as he began slowly pacing back and forth in front of them. "but we are not finished yet, there is more to be done."
An image of Earth appeared from the mist. His crazed eyes glanced over at the apparition. Seven sparkles shone brightly, forcing him to squint. "There will be more who try to stop us." "They will try to protect their planet...filled with the ones they love."
He smiled and looked back at the tanks. "but they will fail..." He turned and began walking away, his smile fading " Just like all with such foolish hopes do."
He paused and glanced back at the tanks. " I trust you will make sure of that." He then disappeared into the darkness.
The silence that had filled the room was disrupted by a small crack in the glass holding the pink haired girl. Her fingers twitched and her eyes gently opened revealing bright golden orbs.
...
" You want us to leave?" Sailor star fighter asked in shock.
"But princess!-" Sailor star maker cried.
"They must be warned of the danger approaching and aided, should it head for Earth." Princess Kakyuu explained. All three of them stared at her in disbelief. Fighter clenched her fists in frustration, for she was torn in two directions.
"They can protect their own princess!" Sailor star healer bursted.
"Healer..." Fighter looked to her in astonishment.
" Yes," Maker stepped forward. " They no longer have anything to do with us!"
Princess Kakyuu closed her eyes slowly then reopened them. " If this enemy continues to grow as it has been then I fear she is our only hope of stopping it."
" Demo!-" Healer yelped.
"Healer!" She silenced her. "You all must help protect her, for her light may be the only thing that can peirce through this darkness."
"Princess," Fighter finally spoke up. " In this time of danger, the only one we want to protect is you." The other two starlights looked to her.
Princess Kakyuu's expression softened. "...and I would love to have you three by my side forever." All three looked to her, tears falling from their eyes.
The moment was broken by her next sentence. " But.. before my safety, the safety of the galaxy must come first." She closed her eyes and began walking out of the room.
"Princess!-" Healer started after her but Fighter grabbed her shoulder. Healer looked to her with blurry eyes, then quickly turned away.
...
As the three starlights jumped into space leaving a trail of yellow, green and red lights lingering behind them, Princess Kakyuu stared after them as she remembered her very last orders to Fighter,
"Is this what you really want?" Fighter asked, appearing behind the princess on her balcony.
"..It isn't about what I want Fighter." Kakyuu closed her eyes. Fighter stared at her, tears threatening to fall. "Please come princess!-" Fighter started.
" I cannot," Kakyuu looked to the city. " To protect our beloved planet, I must stay here." There was a moment of thick silence.
"How long are we to stay?" Fighter finally asked. Princess Kakyuu turned around and looked sadly to Fighter.
" Until this is over."
Fighter studied her princess's face for a moment. ".. Yes princess." She closed her eyes and bowed before leaving.
"We must entrust our fate into her hands now. She with the light brighter than the sun." Kakyuu said still staring into the sky. "Forgive my weakness Starlights, I fear that you will be facing many dangers in the near future and I will not be there to protect you."
"aww," a taunting voice of a young girl came out of the shadows. " now wasn't that sweet."
Princess Kakyuu gasped and whipped around. Her eyes darted all around the room looking for where the voice came from. She stepped further into the room only to have the balcony doors slam behind her.
"Who are you?! Show yourself!" She demanded into the pitch dark room.
The girl's giggles echoed throughout the room.
"Who I am doesn't matter," she answered simply. " It's what I do that does."
The princess felt the floor become wet and mushy. "What's happening!" She panicked as she began to sink.
" You will understand soon enough." the girl purred. " but you were right, you won't be there to protect them."
Princess Kakyuu gasped as she sank deeper. " The starlights! what are you going to-"
" Don't worry princess.." a soft hand carressed her cheek. " They will be joining you soon enough."
...
Luna stood up and readjusted her sleeping position on Usagi's soft bed. For some reason she was having a hard time falling asleep. She couldn't shake this eerie feeling of danger coming. She sighed and rose again, this time gently moving over to the window and staring out at the sky.
Luna's thoughts: She wondered why she felt this way. They hadn't had any new enemies appear since the battle with Galaxia and that was almost two years ago. Sailor Moon and the Sailor scouts had been able to go back to their regular lives and live peacefully like normal teenagers. It's almost as if all the fighting and strange things had never happened. Well...except for the casual conversations with a cat that is, she corrected herself.
Mamoru had left once again to study in America since all the time he should have had, he had his starseed stolen and hadn't spent any actual time in America. Luna knew it was hard for Usagi to be supportive of his decision and so Luna had spent her time making sure the princess was occupied with school and friends. Lately though, Usagi seemed to be getting lost in thought. Probably disbelieving that she was not needed as sailor moon anymore.
Luna's thoughts were becoming too tangled. She shook her head and reoccupied her place at the foot of the bed, deciding to not tell Usagi about the dark feeling.
The next morning, Luna awoke to a peaceful melody. It was playing from the token Mamoru had given Usagi in their previous life. She opened one of her eyes to see Usagi sitting on her bed, hugging her knees to her chest while staring down at the open star locket in her hand. Luna got up and stretched her muscles before walking over to get a better look.
Usagi didn't seem to notice her presence, still staring at the locket with tired eyes. "..Usagi-chan?" Luna said, with a worried tone.
Usagi looked to her with surprise. " Oh...Luna." she said, gently rubbing her eyes. She stared at Luna for a moment then scratched her head in embarrassment. "aghuh gomen Luna! did you say something?"
"Usagi-chan, you've been daydreaming while listening to that a lot lately." Luna observed.
Usagi looked surprised.. " uhh! well!..I uh...have... been ...thinking about .. alot of stuff...and it ..helps me relax...so.." Usagi struggled to come up with an explanation.
" Do you miss Mamoru?" Luna questioned. Usagi seemed surprised by the question. " Why don't you write him another letter?" she suggested thoughtfully.
Usagi's happy energy faded and she looked away. "Usagi- chan?" Luna said with concern.
"Uuusaagiiii!"
They were interrupted as both were startled by Minako's shout.
...
Usagi and Minako joined the scouts at their regular cafe for lunch.
"Isn't she cool!" Minako shoved a magazine into Usagi's face. Usagi peeled the magazine off and looked at the cover.
An adorable looking girl with long light pink hair that curled and waved all the way to her had golden fawn eyes that made her look angelic and she was wearing a red dress and licking a lollipop while winking at the camera.
"Lulu?" Usagi took her time pronouncing the name written across the top. " Who's she?"
Minako gasped. " You don't know?! Only the hottest new celebrity! She sings, she acts, she models, and she's so freakin adorable!"
Usagi stared blankly at Minako. " I heard she's only a freshman in highschool." Makoto added.
"Being so famous at such a young age could seriously affect her GPA." Ami said with worry.
"More like it gives her more time to work her way up to the best and get any hot guy she wants!" Rei pouted with jealeousy.
" I hope we star together in a movie someday..." Minako beamed with stars in her eyes as she imagined it.
The scouts got into a fight about who would be best at starring in a movie with her. Usagi watched them with a smile on her face.
She really had enjoyed having the peaceful time without enemies turning people into phages. For the time, there was nothing she would rather do than hang out with her friends and watch them bicker like this. She enjoyed the happy energy that surrounded them.
Usagi wondered if she would ever be known as Sailor Moon again. No new enemies had come and things seemed pretty normal. Maybe she was supposed to just live like any other teen now. None of them had talked about it as they all just assumed another enemy would eventually show up... but it had been two years.
She looked out the window as she remembered the last battle with Galaxia and how she had won the battle and saved everyone. Looking back, she didn't know how she had mustered the courage to do so.
She remembered the Starlights and how they had grown to like eachother, and fight on the same side. So many fun memories with them, and so many fun ones she had with Seiya. ...Seiya. She hadn't thought about him for a long time. She missed the starlights...she missed Seiya. She closed her eyes and imagined him in her mind. His image appeared and he turned to give her a mischevious smile and a wink.
The first few months after the starlights left was very hard on her. She had gotten used to them hanging around and knowing that she would probably never see them again made her stomach churn.
The sudden memories of him made her eyes begin to fill with tears. She quickly wiped them away, hoping none of the scouts had seen her.
"Which of us do you think she would Usagi?"
Usagi snapped out of her thoughts and looked to Minako who had asked the question. "Ughh mmahh hh...gomen what were we talking about?" She fidgeted nervously.
"Usagi! Would you pay attention!" Minako growled. " Which of us do you think Lulu would want in her show?"
" eetto..." Usagi scratched her head and pretended to think really hard. " Me." She said cutely.
"What!" they screamed in unison. The scouts began arguing again.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: HEY SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS SO SLOW GOING...THERE WILL BE MORE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT EPISODE! PLEAZ REVIEW! THANKYOU!
