Crimson Darkness by Sailor Draco.
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Authors Notes: Sequel to Broken Darkness. Told from Usagi's point of view.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon and all its characters are copyrighted by its own respective owners.
Chapter 1 : We have a plan! / Ying Yang
The future has arrived and its not the cheery image of Crystal Tokyo that we all expected. There is no great city, no crystal palace. There is only ruins, destruction, chaos. A darkness has descended upon this world, a darkness so complete that no light can shine through. I have faced such a darkness before, when it took away from me the sisters I held dear, the inner senshi. Makoto, Ami, Rei, all gone, and Minako nothing left but a broken star. In the end I couldn't prevent the darkness from taking over this world, I couldn't stop it from harming the people, I couldn't stop it from destroying the world as we once knew it. But I'm still here, and I will continue to fight this darkness, even with my last breathe. They may be winning for now but if I'm going to die in this shattered world I'm going be sure I take as much of the darkness down with me as I can. If its your time you might as well go down in flames.
True, I had the Crescent Blood Sword. What is that, you might ask?
It's what I used to defeat the first wave of this darkness, an ancient sword with a long blade of a metal unseen anywhere on Earth,
it's hilt wrapped in a gold vine, a crimson crescent moon where blade met hilt. I am told that the very first Queen of the Moon used it to vanish the darkness and bring life to our solar system. She banished the darkness with this sword and then at the end of her life she sealed the sword away, saying that one day the darkness would rise again and one of her descendants would rise to battle it.
Haruka once said that with this sword we have a fighting chance... I'm not so sure anymore.
I stood on the roof of one of the few buildings left standing, looking out on what remained of the city. Tokyo tower was destroyed, one of the first things to go. Most of the buildings are mere rubble, few are left standing, even the ones standing are in rough shape. Most of the roads are hidden under all that debris, abandoned cars are everywhere, along with items like dolls, teddy bears, radios, bicycles, flashlights. The streets are stained red with blood. The people tried to escape, some found saftey, others did not. The world lost technology like communications, transport, most things electronic. Our world is reduced to what our ancestors had and so much destruction. Few of us are left, but those who are still here continue to fight the darkness, continue to hope for a world where our children can grown up peacefully, hope for a world of light that few of us can remember anymore. Perhaps its a fools dream, perhaps there will forever be nothing but this primordial darkness.
A hand was suddenly gently upon my shoulder and I knew who it was before I ever heard his voice. I would recognize his presence anywhere.
"Usagi, you shouldn't be out in the open like this," said Mamoru gently as he wrapped his arms around my waist and I leaned into him, great full for his warmth.
"What does it matter? Eventually the darkness will take us all, its only a matter of time," I responded.
"You can't say that Usagi. You have defeated it once before, you can do it again."
"Wrong, I defeated a servant of the darkness, a soldier if you will.
The darkness itself is a completely different entity, a whole new puzzle box."
"If it was banished before, there must be away to do it again."
I sighed. We have had these arguments before. That day I first encountered the darkness something broke inside of me, I no longer hold that light and hope I once did in my innocent youth. I knew better now. Light doesn't always triumph over the darkness. Sometimes the darkness consumes you and there's not a damn thing you can do about it except cause as much trouble as you can before your gone.
Sometimes people die and there's nothing you can do.
"Mamoru, that was a long time ago. Obviously, the seal used to banish it wasn't strong enough. It kept the darkness away for a long time, but it found a way out of its banishment. The old way won't work any longer, we must defeat the darkness and that cannot be done. The darkness has always existed, there exist both light and darkness in each of us. Darkness is part of the cycle, part of the ever turning wheel. Think of the yin yang.
Its need to keep things in balance, the problem is it has gone array and taken over the light," I explained.
"You have hit on it exactly!" exclaimed a voice behind me.
Mamoru spun us around quickly to find Setsuna smiling at us.
"What do you mean?" I asked curiously. I was truly confused now.
"Usagi, you are correct, things are out of balance. What we need to do is get things back in check, we need a greater source of light to keep the darkness in its boundaries."
"And just how do we do that?" Mamoru asked.
"Why, that's the fun part!" smiled Setsuna. "Follow me." With that she turned around to go inside and down the stair case. Mamoru and I looked at each other, found we were both equally confused, shrugged,
and followed the mysterious Setsuna.
We came to our official headquarters somewhere under ground. Everyone was there-Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, Setsuna, Luna and Artemis. And of course Mamoru and myself. Hotaru was actually smiling! That's a scary thought, when she has to be the cheerful one in our depressed little group. We are all that's left of Earth's defense.
"Okay Setsuna, Spill it," I said as I dropped down into a comfy spinning arm chair. At least a few luxuries have survived.
"As you said Usagi, the darkness has taken control and outshines the light, pardon the wording," started Setsuna. "Through months of calculations we have been able to figure out the darkness doesn't destroy light, it swallows it! As you said it consumes the light,
however it does not destroy it!"
"What exactly does that mean?" asked Michiru.
"It means that the darkness can't destroy the light, it can only gather it and hide it within itself," explained the brilliant Hotaru.
"Within the darkness exist light, however darkness cannot exist in the light."
"Exactly," continued Pluto. "To restore the balance we must go inside the deepest depths of the darkness, for that is where we shall find the light, and set it free!"
I stared at them all like they were insane. Could the really be thinking about going inside the darkness? I'm sorry, been there,
done that. I was the only one to survive last time, I was so not going to risk the lives of those I love again. I could not, will not lose anyone else. Besides, last time we didn't go very far into the darkness, we were on the inner limits. Who knew what horrors were hidden in the deepest part! Haruka was grinning like mad, Setsuna looked so happy she found a way, Hotaru looked her usual sad self,
Mamoru had that light in his eyes again that said he held hope we might just win.
"Are you really serious? And what are you grinning at Haruka?!" I demanded.
"Finally, to go into the darkness itself, to finally be able to defeat it? Sounds like a blast to me!" responded Haruka. Michiru just shot her a look that said she thought this was as crazy as I thought this was.
"You are all crazy. I am not going to authorize this, you can forget it right now! I've been in the inner part of this darkness, and it was hell all by itself. Imagine what nightmares are at its center!
The others died horrible deaths, I won't allow you all to do the same!" I ordered, standing up and leaning with my hands flat on the table.
"Usagi, think about it, a way that we may finally defeat the darkness.
please Bunny, just think about it. Don't decided just this moment,"
pleaded Mamoru. I looked into his exquisite eyes and saw the love that he held for me, for this world and our future. I sighed, how could I deny him the simple request of thinking about this plan?
"Okay, I will think about it but I'm not making any promises," I finally said. With that I left the room, left them to discuss this plan among themselves in more detail. I could already tell the outer senshi would do this without me if I decided against it. It was to big a chance to not try, and they would need me, need the one person who's been in there before. Damn it, I don't want to lose anyone else that way! Poor Minako was completely shattered, and the others died such horrible deaths. No, if they were going through with this plan I couldn't let them do it alone. Was there really hope for this world? Could we still bring a bright future full of light and butterflies and moonbeams? Maybe, just maybe we could pull it off.
If not, will, we all die sometime. Might as well face it head on rather then sit back and wait for it to come. The next day was sure not going to be a good day, I could already feel it.
What do you think? I got a request to do a sequel to Broken Darkness and figured, why not? I'm not sure how many chapters there are going to be, but this seemed like a good place to stop for the moment. I have tons of ideas for the next few chapters. If you want to recieve an email notice when I write more fanfiction visit my
and join the notify list there. Hope you enjoyed this first chapter,
feedback is always welcomed and
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Authors Notes: Sequel to Broken Darkness. Told from Usagi's point of view.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon and all its characters are copyrighted by its own respective owners.
Chapter 1 : We have a plan! / Ying Yang
The future has arrived and its not the cheery image of Crystal Tokyo that we all expected. There is no great city, no crystal palace. There is only ruins, destruction, chaos. A darkness has descended upon this world, a darkness so complete that no light can shine through. I have faced such a darkness before, when it took away from me the sisters I held dear, the inner senshi. Makoto, Ami, Rei, all gone, and Minako nothing left but a broken star. In the end I couldn't prevent the darkness from taking over this world, I couldn't stop it from harming the people, I couldn't stop it from destroying the world as we once knew it. But I'm still here, and I will continue to fight this darkness, even with my last breathe. They may be winning for now but if I'm going to die in this shattered world I'm going be sure I take as much of the darkness down with me as I can. If its your time you might as well go down in flames.
True, I had the Crescent Blood Sword. What is that, you might ask?
It's what I used to defeat the first wave of this darkness, an ancient sword with a long blade of a metal unseen anywhere on Earth,
it's hilt wrapped in a gold vine, a crimson crescent moon where blade met hilt. I am told that the very first Queen of the Moon used it to vanish the darkness and bring life to our solar system. She banished the darkness with this sword and then at the end of her life she sealed the sword away, saying that one day the darkness would rise again and one of her descendants would rise to battle it.
Haruka once said that with this sword we have a fighting chance... I'm not so sure anymore.
I stood on the roof of one of the few buildings left standing, looking out on what remained of the city. Tokyo tower was destroyed, one of the first things to go. Most of the buildings are mere rubble, few are left standing, even the ones standing are in rough shape. Most of the roads are hidden under all that debris, abandoned cars are everywhere, along with items like dolls, teddy bears, radios, bicycles, flashlights. The streets are stained red with blood. The people tried to escape, some found saftey, others did not. The world lost technology like communications, transport, most things electronic. Our world is reduced to what our ancestors had and so much destruction. Few of us are left, but those who are still here continue to fight the darkness, continue to hope for a world where our children can grown up peacefully, hope for a world of light that few of us can remember anymore. Perhaps its a fools dream, perhaps there will forever be nothing but this primordial darkness.
A hand was suddenly gently upon my shoulder and I knew who it was before I ever heard his voice. I would recognize his presence anywhere.
"Usagi, you shouldn't be out in the open like this," said Mamoru gently as he wrapped his arms around my waist and I leaned into him, great full for his warmth.
"What does it matter? Eventually the darkness will take us all, its only a matter of time," I responded.
"You can't say that Usagi. You have defeated it once before, you can do it again."
"Wrong, I defeated a servant of the darkness, a soldier if you will.
The darkness itself is a completely different entity, a whole new puzzle box."
"If it was banished before, there must be away to do it again."
I sighed. We have had these arguments before. That day I first encountered the darkness something broke inside of me, I no longer hold that light and hope I once did in my innocent youth. I knew better now. Light doesn't always triumph over the darkness. Sometimes the darkness consumes you and there's not a damn thing you can do about it except cause as much trouble as you can before your gone.
Sometimes people die and there's nothing you can do.
"Mamoru, that was a long time ago. Obviously, the seal used to banish it wasn't strong enough. It kept the darkness away for a long time, but it found a way out of its banishment. The old way won't work any longer, we must defeat the darkness and that cannot be done. The darkness has always existed, there exist both light and darkness in each of us. Darkness is part of the cycle, part of the ever turning wheel. Think of the yin yang.
Its need to keep things in balance, the problem is it has gone array and taken over the light," I explained.
"You have hit on it exactly!" exclaimed a voice behind me.
Mamoru spun us around quickly to find Setsuna smiling at us.
"What do you mean?" I asked curiously. I was truly confused now.
"Usagi, you are correct, things are out of balance. What we need to do is get things back in check, we need a greater source of light to keep the darkness in its boundaries."
"And just how do we do that?" Mamoru asked.
"Why, that's the fun part!" smiled Setsuna. "Follow me." With that she turned around to go inside and down the stair case. Mamoru and I looked at each other, found we were both equally confused, shrugged,
and followed the mysterious Setsuna.
We came to our official headquarters somewhere under ground. Everyone was there-Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, Setsuna, Luna and Artemis. And of course Mamoru and myself. Hotaru was actually smiling! That's a scary thought, when she has to be the cheerful one in our depressed little group. We are all that's left of Earth's defense.
"Okay Setsuna, Spill it," I said as I dropped down into a comfy spinning arm chair. At least a few luxuries have survived.
"As you said Usagi, the darkness has taken control and outshines the light, pardon the wording," started Setsuna. "Through months of calculations we have been able to figure out the darkness doesn't destroy light, it swallows it! As you said it consumes the light,
however it does not destroy it!"
"What exactly does that mean?" asked Michiru.
"It means that the darkness can't destroy the light, it can only gather it and hide it within itself," explained the brilliant Hotaru.
"Within the darkness exist light, however darkness cannot exist in the light."
"Exactly," continued Pluto. "To restore the balance we must go inside the deepest depths of the darkness, for that is where we shall find the light, and set it free!"
I stared at them all like they were insane. Could the really be thinking about going inside the darkness? I'm sorry, been there,
done that. I was the only one to survive last time, I was so not going to risk the lives of those I love again. I could not, will not lose anyone else. Besides, last time we didn't go very far into the darkness, we were on the inner limits. Who knew what horrors were hidden in the deepest part! Haruka was grinning like mad, Setsuna looked so happy she found a way, Hotaru looked her usual sad self,
Mamoru had that light in his eyes again that said he held hope we might just win.
"Are you really serious? And what are you grinning at Haruka?!" I demanded.
"Finally, to go into the darkness itself, to finally be able to defeat it? Sounds like a blast to me!" responded Haruka. Michiru just shot her a look that said she thought this was as crazy as I thought this was.
"You are all crazy. I am not going to authorize this, you can forget it right now! I've been in the inner part of this darkness, and it was hell all by itself. Imagine what nightmares are at its center!
The others died horrible deaths, I won't allow you all to do the same!" I ordered, standing up and leaning with my hands flat on the table.
"Usagi, think about it, a way that we may finally defeat the darkness.
please Bunny, just think about it. Don't decided just this moment,"
pleaded Mamoru. I looked into his exquisite eyes and saw the love that he held for me, for this world and our future. I sighed, how could I deny him the simple request of thinking about this plan?
"Okay, I will think about it but I'm not making any promises," I finally said. With that I left the room, left them to discuss this plan among themselves in more detail. I could already tell the outer senshi would do this without me if I decided against it. It was to big a chance to not try, and they would need me, need the one person who's been in there before. Damn it, I don't want to lose anyone else that way! Poor Minako was completely shattered, and the others died such horrible deaths. No, if they were going through with this plan I couldn't let them do it alone. Was there really hope for this world? Could we still bring a bright future full of light and butterflies and moonbeams? Maybe, just maybe we could pull it off.
If not, will, we all die sometime. Might as well face it head on rather then sit back and wait for it to come. The next day was sure not going to be a good day, I could already feel it.
What do you think? I got a request to do a sequel to Broken Darkness and figured, why not? I'm not sure how many chapters there are going to be, but this seemed like a good place to stop for the moment. I have tons of ideas for the next few chapters. If you want to recieve an email notice when I write more fanfiction visit my
and join the notify list there. Hope you enjoyed this first chapter,
feedback is always welcomed and