Sailor Moon

Ghosts of the past

A fanfiction by Jonathan Schmidt

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon so don't sue me. There I said it J

This series is based almost entirely on the dub which, despite its shortcomings, I prefer to the original. Judge the story by how well made you think it is not by whether I include those questionable aspects of the original. Try to regard it as a different reality and dimension. It takes place a few months after the end of the Stars season. Any question/comments? Email me at ashmidt@flash.net enjoy.

Text in italics are thoughts.

Text in Triangular Brackets is psychic or telepathic communication.

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Episode one: A Past nightmare! An Old Foe Revives

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It was the bare wasteland known as the Arctic, the deep Arctic only a short distance from the North Pole itself. Three years into the past a mighty battle between incarnate representations of good and evil had taken place here. Good had won out and the harsh winds had soon blown away most signs of the struggle that nearly decimated Earth. It was very different below the surface however. Only a few hundred feet down lay a great cavern, partially collapsed now. Amidst portions of strange alien structures, rendered all the more unrecognizable by the cave-in, lay the remains of hundreds of hideous human-like beings that immediately brought the words "demon" and "monster" to mind. Nothing was left of them but their emaciated outer shells or skeletons, their actual spirits having been extinguished forever by the Silver Crystal, one of the mightiest objects in the entire universe and even beyond it. There was a place though where its power had not reached. Even deeper into the chasm lay the remains of a throne and a smashed crystal ball. Its owner would never look into it again. Yet it is what was in front of and above the throne that is of interest here for here was an entrance to a sub-dimension where the last of a once great army was sealed away, imprisoned for all eternity. At least… that had been the intention…

Beryl… the Sailor Soldiers… they had been all he had thought about from the moment he had been confined to this place of deepest darkness. They had been the reasons for his imprisonment. They were why he had been locked away, encased in this crystal in a state of eternal sleep. Beryl… she was a fool. A fool to not recognize his potential. He could have been the greatest general she had ever had… if not her equal. He was certain of it. The Sailor Soldiers… how could he have been defeated by them… He had taken down their pretty boy protector, he had had them outmatched and on the run… then… then that infernal Mars had immobilized him with one of her accursed spells. How could he have been tricked by the likes of them?! Queen Beryl had not even given him a chance to explain what had happened before she had locked him away.

I will make them pay… he whispered in his mind for what seemed the millionth time. I will make them all pay… In response to his anger his aura formed and a small crack opened in the crystal…

"Mina! Wait for meeeeee!!!" Serena wailed as she raced toward her friend, both late for High School once again.

"You too huh?" the blond haired girl panted to the seventeen year old ditz whose hair looked more like two gold streamers then pig-tails. "Think we'll ever learn to wake up on time?"

"Not in this lifetime!" Serena replied jokingly. The two had soon arrived at the schools entrance; they then took a moment to rest from their long sprint. "At least when I'm Queen of the Earth I won't have to wake up early all the time," Serena said heaving.

"I wouldn't count on it," Mina replied smiling at her friend, "I bet as queen you'll have more responsibilities then any of us. I'll get off easy just being your protector," she stated and took on a confident pose and laughed insanely as Serena collapsed in despair at the thought. It turned out they had been talking a bit too loudly and several passing students were now staring at them like they were from another planet (which they sort of were.) Serena sweat dropped while Mina took offense. "What do you think you're looking at?! Nothing to see here get moving!" she yelled as she pushed them away. The bell went off a moment later and the two stampeded into the building.

Later at lunch the group of old friends gathered together at a table in the park, they had been afforded a half day at school by passing a recent test. Serena had barely passed but the fact she did pleasantly surprised everyone including Darien despite the special date he had promised her if she passed. Raye had heard about it and gotten permission to join them from her school. Serena waved at Molly and Melvin who sat at a nearby table. It had been quite peaceful for the past few months and though the warriors within them longed for battle the five sailor-suited soldiers were more then content to enjoy the absence of fighting in their lives, however temporary it may turn out to be. Still their super-powered forms were a part of their lives, none never left home without their transformation pens and occasionally had to use them to help someone in need, put out a fire etc. They were ordinary girls and they were guardians of the very galaxy. Balancing the two was sometimes difficult but they wouldn't have it any other way. They didn't feel they had much to worry about either. After all they had defeated Chaos itself, there couldn't be anything tougher then that. Even so they weren't at full strength which made them a bit more vulnerable. After the battle with Galaxia the group had stayed in contact with Hotaru but as was usual the others had quickly disappeared from the city as if they had never been there. Trista they understood, with her duties in the future and guarding the gates of time she simply couldn't have stayed though they wished she had at least said goodbye. Amara and Michelle were another story. They just couldn't see why the two had almost always tried to avoid them, joining together as a team only when it was necessary to save the Earth or Sailor Moons life. They had occasionally been friendly and helpful as humans but would just as quickly put up another wall to keep them from getting too close, they truly were "Outer Scouts" in every sense of the words.

Such thoughts were far from their minds now however as most of the group gossiped about various things except for Amy who as usual was studying though she still managed to keep focused enough on their conversation to answer whenever they spoke to her.

"So Raye, you still haven't asked Chad out yet have you?" Serena cocked her eyebrow as she asked the raven-haired girl.

"For the millionth time Meatball Head I'm not interested in him!" Raye shot back, her easily set off temper surging to the surface.

"Oh come on! You're telling me you still haven't realized you're in love with him?!" Serena yelled just as loudly.

"I do not love him!" Raye said as she stood up and placed her hands on the table, lightning shooting between her and Serena's eyes from across the table.

"Do too!" Serena replied adamantly as she stood up and leaned halfway across the table.

"Do not!" The raven-hair yelled as she mimicked Serena's movement.

Lita stood up and separated the two before the inevitable tongue war could ensue, "alright you two just calm down. This is nothing to fight over, now shake hands and make up!"

The two hung their heads and agreed with the tall scout. "Yeah I guess you're right…" Raye said as she shook hands with her friend and sat down though Serena got in another quiet "do too!" before quitting. Raye didn't notice though, as she was already lost in her thoughts. Had she given up on the idea of Chad and her being together too quickly? Before she could attempt an answer however fear suddenly gripped her entire being and she sensed an unearthly presence. What made her most afraid was it was familiar… a vision formed in her mind of a crystal breaking apart to reveal a dark shadow with blazing red eyes that then opened its mouth wide, let out a scream and rushed forward. She had little idea of what it could mean and opened her eyes to see her friends staring at her in concern.

A few blocks away at her school Hotaru was having a similar vision. She collapsed in fear as some of her school friends ran over to help her up. She was grateful for these new friends she had made but they weren't particularly close to her and she couldn't compare their friendship to the one she shared with Rini, Serena and the other scouts. She was so happy that she was now a part of their futures and would be able to be with Rini once more and grow up with her in the soon to be Crystal Tokyo. She still hadn't figured out how all the conflicting realities and memories Rini would end up having would fit together but she trusted that Sailor Pluto and Neo Queen Serenity would figure something out. Her life had been quite a bit better during her "second" childhood though her father had still not fully recovered from the injuries he sustained from Germatoids possession of him and Mistress 9s attacks. Indeed because of the damage he didn't regard Hotaru's sudden aging about a year before as very strange. Perhaps his memories were slowly returning or perhaps he had gone insane, she hoped with all her heart that it was the latter. Regardless of why, he had accepted her without question and never mentioned that day she grew up again.

"Hotaru are you all right?" A concerned teacher asked walking towards her.

"Something's… happened!" was all she said before turning and running from the school as fast as her legs could carry her. The teacher assumed that something had simply happened with her father at home again and so decided not to pursue her. "I have to tell the princess," she whispered to herself, more thankful then ever that ever since Mistress 9 had left her body she had been as healthy and strong as any girl her age if not more.

As Jedite brooded the crack in his crystal prison grew and spread. Hate… darkness… pain… vengeance... he repeated these words time and again. They were what he was now. Then for the first time in over three years he opened his eyes slightly and spoke. "Beryl…" the crack grew further, "Sailor Soldiers…" and further… His eyes opened fully and he screamed. "You will pay!!!"

The entire crystal shattered…

"Raye… Raye are you all right?" Mina asked putting a hand on her friend's shoulder as she stared blankly into space. Closing her eyes Raye spoke, "I can feel it guys a great evil has just been released on Earth and what's strange is it is familiar. Like I've somehow felt it before."

"Familiar?" Serena asked dumbfounded.

"Do you mean this is an enemy we've faced before?" Lita asked cautiously.

"But how can that be?" Amy joined in concerned as the others.

"Yeah, all of our past enemies were either destroyed or reformed," Mina agreed, "and Chaos has been sealed away in the pure hearts of people all over the universe so it can't escape."

"Just the same I'm certain that this is someone we know though I don't know where it is, or how to find him or her."

"Don't worry," Serena grumbled, "they always seem to find us."

"And besides if this is one of our past enemies we have nothing to worry about," Mina chirped waving the matter aside, "we handled Queen Beryl and Doom Phantom just fine and that was before any of us had even reached the Super level."

"I wouldn't be so confident Mina," a new voice half whispered half panted from behind them, they turned around surprised to see Hotaru.

"Hotaru?!" Serena and Mina gasped at their younger friend.

"What are you doing here," Lita asked even though she already had a fair idea.

"I had a similar vision as Raye and I know that whoever this enemy is they are going to fight very differently from all our past foes," the young girl warned, her voice now sounding much wiser and foreboding then one would expect from someone her age.

"So much for peace…" Serena sighed in resignation.

Jedite lay unconscious in front of Queen Beryl's throne, the dimension rift he had fallen from slowly closing above him. Shards of his crystal prison lay around him and odd black smoke issued from his form growing ever thicker and circling above him. Two blood red eyes formed from within the dark cloud and seemed to examine the former General who lay before it. Slowly Jedite's body stirred and he got to his hands and knee's breathing deeply. "I'm free," he whispered in disbelief, "but… how… how is it possible? My sleep was to be eternal. Nothing could break that spell. Unless…"

"Unless the caster of the magic no longer lives," a piercing and cold voice answered from within the darkness. Jedite looked up to the dark shapeless being above him and gasped in surprise. "Oh great Negaforce!" he then fell prostrate on the ground.

"Much has happened since you have been asleep Jedite," the Negaforce continued, its voice an eerie chilling conglomeration that exuded dark thoughts and evil desires, "we are all that is left of the Dark Kingdom."

"What do you mean? How do you know this?"

"Be silent and listen to my words," the force ordered. "It has been three and a half years since you were imprisoned and since that time Queen Beryl and her kingdom have fallen as well as many other powerful evil forces of this universe and others. This is all because of the Sailor Soldiers."

Jedite's eyes narrowed in anger at the mention of the sailors, "Impossible! How could those three insects have driven back the Dark Kingdom?"

"They did not just drive our forces back," the Negaforce replied, "they completely destroyed them. Most of the Negaforce was extinguished by the power of the Silver Crystal, only the fragment you see now that was within you survived and grew until it at last became strong enough to overcame the spell Beryl cast. While you slept I have from within you watched the worlds events unfold. There are no longer only three Sailor Soldiers but ten and the originals you faced have grown far stronger." As it spoke images of all the sailors in some of their greatest battles formed from within the darkness and ran like a video in front of him. "Doom Phantom… Pharaoh 90… even Chaos itself… all have fallen before them."

Jedite was speechless, many of these names were near mythical to him and the thought that had been overcome was something he could barely believe even as he watched it happen with his own eyes. He at last broke down, slamming his fist into the stony earth, dark power issuing from them in response to his rage. "No! Never in my wildest dreams did I think they could have become this powerful. What is there left for me now but to be killed as well? If they are as strong as these images suggest then I will be nothing to them."

"Do not admit defeat so quickly Jedite, it does not suit a future ruler," the unearthly voice of the Negaforce soothed, the word "ruler" catching Jedites attention. "Open yourself to me and together we will create a new kingdom greater then any that came before."

"How?" Jedite asked just as curious as he was skeptical. "How can we possibly destroy them now?"

"While you slept I was cut off from all external power sources, your dark heart was all that kept me in existence. During this time we developed a bond, a symbiotic relationship where I fed off your hate and you fed off my power. Together we kept each other alive and grew in power. We still share this bond and will slowly continue to become more and more powerful; you are now twice as strong as you once were. You can now absorb energy just like me and will grow more powerful every time you do so. If we combine our resources we will be able to start a reservoir of energy that will eventually enable my full strength to be released just as Queen Beryl once envisioned. We will collect this energy from the people of Earth but will not make the foolish mistakes that Beryl did. Once my full power is realized the universe as it is now will no longer exist and you will rule supreme, second only to the Negaforce." The voice continued to goad him, "Beryl was a fool to not recognize your potential but her dark dreams for this dimension can still be realized, you can prove how wrong she was about you. Because of what I have seen I can tell you everything there is to know about the soldiers including all their human identities, giving us an advantage like none have had before. With that knowledge we can choose where and when the battles take place not the scouts." The evil force paused for a moment to let the full impact of its words sink in. "What do you decide Jedite? Are you still my loyal servant or a traitor like Nephlite?" *images of Nephlite defending Molly appear in the swirling darkness, Jedite clenches his teeth in anger at the sight*

Jedite stood and raised his head in dark resolve. "As long as I exist I will be loyal to the Negaforce."

"Excellent…"

"So how are we going to deal with this new threat?" Lita asked the other scouts, now gathered at Raye's. The guardian cats were with them as well.

"Well lets look at the facts," Mina stated sarcastically. "We don't know where this new enemy is, when it's going to attack, what it wants, or even who it is. I don't see how we can do anything."

Lita slammed her fists into the table startling Amy and Serena. "Ahh! I hate feeling helpless like this, what are we supposed to do just wait until it starts hurting people?"

Amy put down her computer as though she had just decided something, "well until we find out more about them I'm afraid there's not much else we can do but be as prepared as possible, do you agree Raye?" Raye nodded and sighed, the others joining in her resignation.

Serena looked with concern to Hotaru, who had sat silent thus far, "Hotaru maybe you should go home, your father might be worried about you."

This only seemed to make her depressed however as she hung her head and whispered "I doubt he even realizes I'm gone…"

Lita decided to try her expert hand at cheering the girl up, "well I for one am glad you're here, you add a whole new level to our meetings."

"Yeah," Mina chimed in putting her hand on the younger girl's shoulder, "none of the other Outer Scouts ever came to our meetings."

Hotaru blushed shyly, "thanks, I enjoy spending time with you guys but don't be mad at the others. They have their reasons and I'm sure they'll come around someday." The others smiled hopefully.

"Me and Artemis will keep an eye out for anything unusual," Luna said authoritatively.

"Yeah, nothing gets past us," Artemis agreed winking at Luna, the two's love for each other was becoming more and more evident every day.

"Mind if I join in or is this a private club," a handsome voice asked from behind them. *Cue Tuxedo Mask music as the camera pans up on Darien*

"Darien you came!" Serena cried and glomped him, the Earth Guardian was a bit overwhelmed at first as usual but soon returned the hug. "Oh I missed you so much!" Serena squealed as she nuzzled his chest happily.

"Well I could have gone back to college in America you know," he remarked with a smile. "I was lucky I was able to get back in one nearby or you might have seen a lot less of me for awhile." Serena drew circles with her finger on his chest, "I know, but still…" she said with a sweet smile and moved to kiss him.

"Sheesh you only just went out with him yesterday," Raye remarked crossly. Serena stuck her tongue out at her, "oh Raye you're just jealous because I've found my true love and you don't even realize yours."

Raye got up angrily; "why you little worm I should-"

"Anyway," Darien interrupted strongly and both girls became quiet, "I came as soon as I heard from Serena. So you and Hotaru had visions again right?" he asked looking to Raye. She nodded; his face grew troubled and serious. "That's never good."

*As the scouts continue to talk the camera pans away to reveal their image in swirling darkness as Jedite watches them*

Jedite watched them for a moment more with obvious scorn then dissipated the image with a wave of his hand. "They know the location of this base so it will be necessary to move it," he commented to the Negaforce which floated about him and had planted all the information it had on the scouts in his mind. "How about right over the very city they call home." With that he raised his hands, eyes glowing brightly, and the ground around him began to shake.

High above the icy surface of the Arctic broke apart and fell away in a circular pattern as the entire main room of the Negaverse base rose from beneath it and into the sky. A huge dimensional warp appeared above it and the landmass passed into it to exit above Tokyo. Within seconds it became invisible.

"With the knowledge we now have of their tracking abilities the scouts will have no chance of detecting us," Jedite remarked, reveling in his new powers, "and we will be able to easily keep an eye on everything they do." The former General looked about at the ruined courtroom, "time to clean house." With a wave of his hand rubble cleared and new staircases and rooms formed while others were repaired.

"In order for my powers to grow best I will need a new chamber," the Negaforce hissed seemingly from everywhere.

"Done," Jedite raised a hand and a high column rebuilt itself above and behind the throne. It bulged heavily in the middle and contained two openings making it look a bit like a hideous skull.

Like living vapor the Negaforce snaked its way through the openings until it filled the chamber. Apparently satisfied with the accommodations it spoke. "From here I will provide you with regular infusions of Nega power provided I receive enough energy gathered by you."

"You will," Jedite assured it, "but first I will need a place to oversee the gathering and minions to help bring it about." He walked over to Queen Beryl's throne and crystal ball repairing them with a few gestures he sat down on the throne and sighed in satisfaction. "Oh how many times I have longed to sit here…" he then narrowed his eyes in concentration, "but back to business, if I am to be a ruler then I will require new apparel." Standing up he conjured a long cape and sharp shoulder pads over his Generals uniform, which then turned a slightly darker color.

"And if there is to be a New Kingdom I will need soldiers to do my bidding. The organic material left from my former comrades will be just what is needed for me to create more powerful Youma capable of facing the scouts in battle and completely loyal to me." With several more gestures the slowly decaying and frozen bodies of countless demonic creatures broke apart and rose above him into a giant swirling mass of biological material. Extending an arm Jedite caused a small portion of it to separate from the rest, which settled back on the ground. It began to transform and take on a recognizable shape as the various body parts were infused with Nega power. Jedite nearly collapsed from strain as this was happening.

"Be careful to not tax your new powers Jedite, go slowly," the Negaforce warned. Jedite did not reply but obeyed and managed to keep his hand up until the job was finished. Exhausted he settled back into his new throne to admire his creation. Looking exactly like Queen Beryl right down to the staff, she knelt before him then raised her crazed eyes. Jedite smiled.

"I must say you have a clever sense of irony Jedite," the Negaforce complimented, "creating a Pseudo Beryl to serve you."

"Ironic perhaps but quite appropriate I think. If anything she will surprise the scouts." He looked to the creature, "you know where to go now gather energy from the people of Tokyo and test the scouts, I want to see what they are capable of in their present numbers."

The Pseudo Beryl bowed deeply and hissed "yes master," before vanishing into the darkness.

"This is merely a test run and a chance to introduce myself to them," Jedite explained to the Negaforce, "as we are now linked when my Pseudo Beryl gathers energy it will be transferred directly to me. I will in turn transfer it to you and both our powers will grow."

"Yes," the force hissed in anticipation.

"So Molly what do you want to do now?" Melvin asked his sweetheart as they walked hand-in-hand down the street.

"I don't know, what do you want to do?" she replied with a laugh, this was one of their favorite games. Before it could continue however the Beryl-like creature materialized in the middle of the bustling street, floated over them and raised her staff above the frightened populous screaming "surrender your energy to the Negaforce!" Some ran others stood in shock as tentacle-like clouds of energy shot from her staff and latched onto anyone nearby, they soon collapsed as their energy was drained. Melvin tried to defend Molly but only succeeding in delaying it as a tentacle latched onto him then wrapped around her, draining them both as the pseudo Beryl laughed insanely. As their energy gathered into her staff it fired upward and through a dimensional pocket in a near continuous stream.

Jedite stood up and held out one hand like he always had in the past as the energy gathered into it, swelled, then surged into the Negaforce's chamber, it cried out in pleasure.

"Yes… energy, glorious energy!"

"It will not be long before the scouts arrive," Jedite mentioned sinisterly, "and then I will see what they can do…"

*One of those "sensing lines" shoots through Raye's head* Raye's eyes flashed open, "did you guys feel that?" The others nodded. They turned to look in the direction they could sense it coming from and saw the sky above a nearby area turned dark.

"It's over there," Amy confirmed using her computer.

"We got to get over there fast," Lita said itching for a fight.

"Come one we can take my car," Darien offered as he ran to it.

"Lets go!" Luna ordered.

"I got shot-gun!" Serena cried as the others groaned in exasperation and piled "clown-car" style into Darien's fancy car, Raye sharing the front seat with Serena.

On the roof of a building Jedite shimmered into existence and watched as Darien's car approached, "here they come," he said quietly and warned his creation via telepathy before vanishing again.

Darien skidded to a stop when he spotted the unconscious bodies and everyone struggled out, Raye and Serena making some "not so nice" comments about each other's weight as they were stuck momentarily.

"Where is it?" Darien asked, as the area seemed to now lack the cause of the disturbance. He soon got an answer as the Pseudo Beryl appeared yelled "right here!" and fired a beam of red energy from her staff and at his car, which blew apart and across the street as everyone leaped out of the way. "My car!" Darien cried quite upset despite the fact that his insurance covered such things, in this town it had to.

"That was low!" Serena yelled angrily, "Darien was going to take me out in that car tonight you! You…" Serena stopped in surprise as the creature turned around. "Uh is it just me or does that thing look like Queen Beryl?"

"You're right it does look like Beryl, but that's impossible," Lita exclaimed.

"So that's what she looked like," Hotaru said as she studied the creature.

"But that can't be Queen Beryl," Artemis said in an uncertain tone, "the scouts killed her years ago. What's going on Amy?"

"Just give me a second," Amy replied as she scanned the creature with her computer, "ah here we go! She may look like Beryl but its just a façade, she's really composed of a bunch of body parts from various beings. She also has no life-force just energy."

Apparently tired of waiting the hideous creature flew forward to attack. Raye leaped in front of her, "evil spirits disperse!" she yelled throwing several of her anti-evil spells at her. Raising her staff the pseudo Beryl disintegrated the paper tags instantly with another beam of red light. Everyone gasped.

"Well scouts what do you think of my Pseudo Beryl? Quite a good likeness isn't it? If she works well I may make more," a new voice spoke from above them and Jedite appeared. Everyone turned to look at him as he floated in mid-air.

"It can't be…" Luna whispered in shock.

Serena stared at him for several seconds then her eyes went wide, "Jedite!?"

"What is this some crazy reunion of our past enemies!" Raye yelled hysterically, "who's going to show up next? Rubeus?"

"You still have that same fiery wit eh Mars," Jedite commented then looked to Amy, "and Mercury I see you still have your face stuck in front of that computer." Amy nearly dropped the computer in shock as he turned to Serena, "Sailor Moon... always a displeasure." He then stared down at Darien, "Tuxedo Mask… someday I'll have to find out how you survived my drowning you, probably has something to do with your connection to this planet." He then turned his attention to Lita who took on a fighting stance, "Sailor Jupiter, I just missed your arrival by a few weeks if I remember correctly." Mina was next, "and you, the famous Sailor V or should I say Venus?" He floated over to Hotaru as Serena and Lita stood in front of her protectively, "the legendary Sailor Saturn, this is truly an honor," he said scornfully.

"He knows who we all are," Lita stated nervously.

"Who is this guy?" Mina asked Serena who was now glaring at the man as she answered.

"Jedite, he was the first of the Negaverse generals we faced and the weakest," Jedite scowled at that remark.

"But how can you still be alive? Last time we saw you, you were being run over by a jumbo jet," Raye remarked.

"Remember Raye we never actually saw him die," Amy reminded her.

"Yes, though that battle still costed me dearly," Jedite suddenly seemed to lose his train of thought as his faced crunched up in anger and he clenched his fists. "I was the most loyal servant of the Negaverse anyone could hope for, I could have been the greatest General Queen Beryl ever had! And yet for my failure to kill you she sealed me away under a spell of eternal sleep! It was only because of the fragment of the Negaforce left within me that I was able to break free and learn what had happened during my sleep."

"I think he has some issues…" Serena whispered in Mina's ear, she nodded.

Having calmed down a bit Jedite continued, "though perhaps I should be grateful because now I have the opportunity to become far greater then any General could hope for and fulfill Queen Beryl's original plans. Where she failed I will succeed. I will release the Negaforce's full power and turn this universe to darkness. So go ahead and transform, I want to see what the soldiers who defeated Doom Phantom are capable of against my creation."

The girls brought out their transformation pens. "I guess we have no choice," Serena muttered.

"He already knows who we are," Raye agreed.

"Moon Eternal Power!"

"Mars Crystal Power!"

"Mercury Crystal Power!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

"Venus Crystal Power!"

Darien brought out a rose and in a flurry of light he became Tuxedo Mask.

Hotaru raised her transformation device. (Since she never transforms on camera in the series [I know she has a transformation in a video game] I'll make up what her transformation looks like.) "Saturn Crystal Power!" Hotaru danced about as her body became energy and thick darkness swirled about her, soon enveloping her form and becoming her sailor suit. She raised one arm and in a metallic flash the Silence Scythe appeared, she twirled it over her head and posed.

The pseudo Beryl raced forward attempting to strike the scouts with her staff and claws as they dodged. Luna and Artemis ran for cover as the pseudo Beryl attacked. With no time for the usual speech the scouts began their assault. Tuxedo Mask jumped behind Pseudo Beryl and struck her in the neck with his cane, she screamed in rage and turned around to slash at him but he was already gone. Before she knew it Jupiter was pummeling her with repeated kicks and punches before she leaped back a good ten feet and got ready to use an attack. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" The ball of lightning shot at her quickly but not quickly enough as the monster dodged aside and fired another red beam, Jupiter just managing to avoid it.

Mercury ran in the way and fired, "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" but it dodged the powerful blast of icy liquid energy as well.

"Let's double team her," Venus said as Jupiter nodded. "Venus, Crescent Beam Smash!"

"Jupiter, Supreme Thunder Crash!"

Attacks combined, Venus's beam carrying Jupiter's electricity, they struck the Pseudo Beryl in the chest and shot her through a brick wall. Within a few seconds she flew out of it in a rage and fired a blast of energy at them.

"Silent Wall!" Saturn's dome-like barrier completely blocked the attack as she stood, scythe raised, in front of the other scouts. Seeing that she wasn't getting anywhere the creature flew at Sailor Moon who had gotten separated from the others

Sailor Moon tried to attack by striking the demon with her staff but in a few quick moves it outfought her with its own and blasted her back with small orb of power, sending Moon tumbling a good twenty feet and getting up a bit dizzy. "I guess I'm a bit out of practice…" she mumbled then screamed as the Pseudo Beryl rushed at her, left arm and claws extended.

In the blink of an eye a swath cut between them and the Pseudo Beryl fell on her chest and lay there, her left hand sliced clean off. "You shall not harm our princess," Saturn, scythe in hand, said darkly as the creatures hand disintegrated into dust. The Pseudo Beryl looked at her stub of a wrist, screamed like a banshee, jumped to her feet and tried to strike Saturn with her staff. The much smaller girl easily overcame the monsters strength and with one surge of power (her eyes glowing red and hair flailing wildly), and push of her scythe sent the creature flying backwards and through the concrete road where she lay stunned and injured.

"Way to go Saturn!" Jupiter congratulated always impressed by Saturn's incredible powers. "Its obvious that this thing is easily no match for all of us let alone you."

"Thank you," Sailor Moon said sincerely, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder as they both smiled.

"Now for you, Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars yelled as she fired the flaming arrow straight at Jedite, his form shimmering as it passed right through him. Mars gasped.

"I've always like holograms," Jedite said with a smirk, "though I assure you that when we do meet face to face I will be far stronger then last time."

Meanwhile the Pseudo Beryl had struggled up from her trough and using her remaining hand to hold the staff shot a beam of dark energy at Sailor Moon, striking and holding her with tentacles of darkness so she couldn't move.

"Sailor Moon!" Saturn yelled in concern as the others ran to her.

"Let her go!" Mars yelled enraged as she charged up another Flame Sniper and aimed it at the Pseudo Beryl.

"Right now!" Tuxedo ordered as he tried to comfort his suffering beloved.

"I'd be careful firing on it now if I were you," Jedite said sounding quite pleased, "to disrupt their link could damage your precious princess." Pseudo Beryl smiled as Sailor Moons powerful energy flowed into her, her hand soon regenerating. The others tensed not sure what to do.

The Silver Crystal would not be violated however and as her broach opened it lit up her whole suit, disintegrating the dark tentacles and sending out a shock wave that knocked everyone, including Saturn, back. Sending out more energy it evaporated the pseudo Beryl's beam and destroyed her staff, the hand holding the staff being pull back quickly as she screamed in pain.

"The Imperium Silver Moon Crystal…" Jedite whispered, in complete awe of the power he could feel from it.

Sailor Moon collapsed, temporarily exhausted from the drain and the crystal that she still had trouble using effectively. Still partly recharged Pseudo Beryl raced forward, hands extended to strangle the girl. Saturn and the others ran toward her to help when from out of the blue a golden orb shot between the scout and demon, knocking Pseudo Beryl back with its shock wave and exploding upon striking the ground nearby. Rose petals drifted through the air…

*Cue Uranus and Neptune battle music as the camera pans up on their bodies*

"Looks like I need the work on my aim," the tomboy sailor said smoothly while swiping a bit of yellow hair from her eye as she stood back to back with her elegant partner on the roof of a nearby building.

"Uranus, Neptune!" Sailor Moon cried happily as the others gaped and smiled in shock.

"We sensed the same things you did and came as soon as we could," Neptune explained.

"Say Sailor Moon, I recognize the witch as some sort of copy of the sorceress who destroyed our kingdom in our past lives but who's this creep?" Uranus asked quite calm in the face of danger as usual.

"He's Jedite," Sailor Moon said contemptuously of the former general, "a leftover from Queen Beryl's army."

"Oh he is he?" Uranus replied smiling smugly at the clearly offended man.

"Yes," Jedite answered trying to maintain his composure, "I'm afraid I never had the opportunity to encounter you two in the past. You are as confident as they say. Or perhaps a better word would be arrogant."

"Well that's an opinion," Uranus answered unperturbed then looking to Saturn smiled, "how you doing kid?"

"Great now that you're here," Saturn replied happy to see the almost complete Sailor Team again.

"Now that you two have arrived I've met all the sailors except Pluto and that Moon spawn from the future," Jedite declared, "I've seen enough of your abilities so I leave you to handle my chimera. Good luck," with that he vanished again.

Still undaunted the Pseudo Beryl attacked the new threat with an orb of red energy thrown from her hands. Uranus and Neptune leaped away, the area they had just been standing blowing apart from the blast. Landing near the other sailors Neptune held out her Talisman Mirror as the monster fired a surging river of dark power at her. "Submarine Reflection!" the mirror lit up and the energy beam seemed to hit a wall about a foot in front of her before reflecting back and blasting Pseudo Beryl to the ground.

"Since when does your attack do that?" Mercury asked in surprise.

"This mirror is good for more things then just finding an enemies weakness, it just took awhile for me to learn how to use it," Neptune replied with a smile.

"Let's finish her!" Jupiter cried but Uranus put up her hand stopping her, "let us handle this, I haven't had a good fight since Galaxia."

"Yeah fighting street gangs and thieves is hardly challenging," Neptune said somewhat boastfully as she walked away from the other scouts.

"They are so rude!" Jupiter fumed.

"Maybe it only seems that way…" Moon stated hopefully.

"I don't know…" Venus sighed, "they certainly have never been team players."

Tuxedo looked uncertain, "I wonder if it's this hard to work with them in the future…" Saturn sighed, a bit disappointed with the less then joyful reunion.

Meanwhile Uranus raised her hand as her Talisman Sword flashed into it. Unsheathing the sword she ran at the pseudo Beryl as she stood up. Leaping in the air she cried out the attack, "Space Sword Blaster!" the glowing blade sent out a wave of energy along the entire length of its swath. The pseudo Beryl leaped in the air just in time as the wave hit where she had been and tore a swath through the concrete in a neat, horizontal line of ripped apart cement.

"Well I'll say this much for Jedite," Uranus commented seeming to be enjoying herself and looking a bit impressed, "his monsters are fast," which was quite a compliment coming from the soldier of sky and wind. Not fast enough however as Neptune leaped and rammed the creature in the back, Uranus joining her to punch it hard in the stomach. Both leaped away a good thirty feet and raised their hands.

"World Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

The energy orbs flew at the stunned Pseudo Beryl from opposite sides completely enveloping and destroying her in a huge explosion of light and one last enraged scream.

Notes:

Now I know in the manga the four Generals were originally Endymion's allies and the partners of the different scouts until they were turned evil by Beryl but as that is never indicated in the anime I'm not going to include it. There will be no mention of it or any possible love Jedite once shared with one of the scouts. Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that before I continued.